Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1922, Page 2

- DEPRECATION RATE TRANSTER CPOSED Utility Commissioners “Are Against Change of Jurigdic- tion in W. R. & E. Case. Opposition to transfer of jurisdic- ion over rates of depreciation of the Washington Railway and Electric Company from the District of Colum- bia TIubdlic Utilities Commission to ihe Interstate Commerce Commission is made in a statement ‘today by the Natlonal Association of Railway and Ugyities Commissioners. ~FThe assoclation, according to its gen ral solicitor, Jobn E. Benton, d 'H. L. ANDRESEN CHOSEN . HEAD OF 0DD FELLOWS New Grand Master Has Had Zine Career in Order in This City. SAYS FIRING SQUAD KILLED SOLDIER Eyewitness Tells Senate In- vestigating Committee of War Incident. The shooting of a soldier by & fir- ing squad In France was described to the Senate committee investigating alleged illegal executions today by George W. Yarbrourh of Roanoke, Ala, who said he was an eye wit- ness. “During heavy shellfire near Cha- teau Thierry,” s&!d Yarbrough, "I was going up the road with other men when we saw & eoldier, his hands tied behind him, being m ed to- ward tte woods. The sight was so unusual it distracted our atteation from the shelling. There was an of- ficer, I judged to be & major, in ge of the squad, and when the; ed to shoot the soldier, a white boy about twenty years old, he asked that he_be not blindfolded.” Command te Fire. .{ The witness said he was twenty steps away when the command was given to fire. He wi sitive the ex- ecution was in July, 1918. Yarbrough sald ‘he did not know whether there had been a trial, and that he knew of no other execution. Yarbrough, who said he had appear- ed here reluctantly after a soldier had requested. that he be summoned. testified that he had heard the soldier was shot for neglect of duty. He did not know to what command the man hot was attached, but sald he under- ood the officer in charge of the fir- ing squad was with an infantry regie ment of the 3d Division.” Asked for Further Ficts. Col. Walter A. Bethel, assistant judge advocate general of the Arm{. Told Yarbrough he was an extremely intelligent witness and he wanted him to help give any additional faots which might enable the War Depart- ment to look into the ahooting. “I wish I could hélp,” said Yar- hrough. “but I have told all I know. I was close to the squad, all members of which fired at the command. The soldier fell and the officer waiked over, felt his pulse for a.moment and turned aw ‘Then he ordered the squad to move on.” “Wes there anything about the ex- ecution to make you belleve it was an abuse of power?* Chairman Brandeges ed. ‘Nothing whatever; but I felt tha if they had detailed & squad to kill & man they could have detafied a squad to bury him.” Evidence Confused. There was no .vmme, yesterday bearnig on the charge of illegal hang- ings. Five of the ten witnesses e: pected to testify concerning this hase of the Inquiry weére summoned. ut they did not appear. & report by the Senate sergeant-at-arms showing that four of théem could not be lo- cated. Called as a witness after telegraph- ing Senator Watson, democrat, of Georgia, that he knew of the kiiling of three soldiers, Bruce Bennear of Elk Garden, W. said he had no knowiedge of his own ab 5o sach 5 crimes arply pres y members 27, 1912, becoming a member of jof the committes as to his reason Esther Rebel Lodge. No. G inlfor meking conflicting statements, which lodge he has been one of its|pannear explained that he had writ- strongest workers and supporter: ten the telegram and that a small- At the annual session of the Grand | 150, operator, rewriting 1t with Lodge, January 20, 1816, the Incoming | tne view of eliminating unnecessary grand master, Willlam J. Hope, ap- | words, had made him say what he aid pointed him as grand herald, and for | nor mean. the last six years he has succéssively | "1n conducting -the examination, filled every line office of that grand!cChairman Brandegee gave the wit- body until now, when he is OCCUDY- [jegues all the time they wanted, but ing the chair of the grand master. = |in some instances was unable to get He has been connected with the|g «yes” or “no” answer to direct qu United States engineer office, old|tions as to Whether privates alleged land office building, for the past 1o have been beaten up in prison |elev-n years. z i camps astusily had been kiled. * ———————t SEES END TODEBY OF SHPPING BOARD res to make the issue a test.case. 3t claims. that if jurisdiction over rates of depreclation of the local street railway company is transferred from the District Utilities Commis- sion to the Interstate Commerce Cemmission, It might lead to the ta ing from ail state utilities commis- stons the power to fix rates of de- preciation for street raliways and wapsfer it to the Interstate Com- merce Commission ' Hefring Held Mondny. earing on the case was held be- foke division 4 of the Interstate Com- merce Commission last Monday on petition of the Washington Railway | and Electric Company, which had sought the transfer. Francis H. Stephens, cerporation counsel for the District, represonting the utilities commission, argued that if jurisdic- tion were trinsferred it would ren- der null and void valuations of the street rallway companies of the Dis- trict as de by Commissioners Brownlow, Gardiner and Kutz, two Years ago. Mr. Benton HARRY L. ANDRESEN. Harry L. -Andresen was elected | ¥ nd master of Odd Fellows of the {strict of Columbla at the annual election last night, at which there was the largest attendance of mem- bers of the season. Other officers elected were: John D. Yoakley, deputy grand master; Wiltred Lawson. grand warden: Bert V. Wolf, grand secretary; Elbert Charity, grand treasurer, and William M. Millan, grand representative. and President _Carl Jackson of the Assoclation of Utili ties Commissioners appeared and claimed that the powers of state utilities commiesions would _ be usurped by the Interstate Commerce Commission if jurisdiction were transferred from the local Utilitles Commissten to the rail regulatory| Grand Master Andresen was born body. in Chicago, Novémber 9, 1883, and came to this city when eight years old. He attended the graded scliools and Business Hight School. Later he graduated from the Business Y C. A. Institute. He became & mem: ber of Eastern Lodge, No. 7, April 11, 1906, and served through the various | chairs and was elected noble grand of that lodge in 1919. He has been | financial secretary of Eastern Lodge since January 4, 1915. He was admitted to Fred D. Stuart Encampment, No. 7. on April 12, 1910, and .served through all the chairs of that encampment and fin- ally bei elected to its highest of- fic, that of chief patriarch, on January 6. 1913, For the last five years he has been the scribe of that encamp- ment. He was admitted August 2, 1910, as a member of Canton Washington, No. 1, M. where his activity soon ined him position of eénsign on January 2, 1915, in which position he served for two years. On January 6, 1917, he was elected as lieutenant and on July 6 1318, became its captain and commandant, making an un- usually successful term. He joined ;:e Rebekah branch of the order, i Would Hol@ Up Actl Tmportance of the question of de- preciation was emphasized by Mr. Jackson. He expressed the hope that the commission would not take action iff the Washington Railway. and Elec- tric Company case until it had made a nation-wide survey and had availed jtself of such aid as could be given it by the several state commissions. Chairman McChord of the cemmis. mion has written a letter indicating that the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. being engaged in the transmission of intérstate mes- sages, is undoubtedly an interstate carrier. —_—— CHINESE CONTROL AND UNIFICATION OF RAILS PROVIDED (Continued from First Page.) France and Japan. It was pointed out that only four of the powers, those which signed the four-power treaty, are intérested in Article 19, which' would limit fortifications of the Pacific islands, whereas the naval limitation treaty applies to a fifth power, Italy. and covers all the seas in_addition to the Pacific. The Japanese have, of course, in- ted upon the limiting of fortifica- tions in the Pacific islands if there is to be_a limitation of naval construc- tion. But it was suggested that Japan might be as well satisfied if the limi- tation of the fortifications should be iacluded in the four-power treaty. Complete But for Article 19. The naval limitatjpp treaty, except for the srticle 19, has been practical- ly completed. The third official draft, so-called, is now in the hands of the delegates, having been gone over by the naval and legal experts and the heads of the delegations of the five nations involved. ~It really the sixth draft of this tfe: |t 15 said. ‘The treaty stand¥. in the main as originally drafted..There. have been some nges madéin it, however, it was learned today ard the most im- portant are here des¢tiue In the first place,-jt has been defl- nitely estallshed that the naval 1imi- tation treaty is to continue in efect indefinitely unless one of the parties 1fefeto gives natice of. 3 gdesire to bgeak the treaty. Décember 51, 1936, isgthe date fixed for the ending of the trpaty, but one of the powers must hgve given notice two vears prior to tifat date of its intention to abandon tige treaty or else the treaty will run hgyord that date. Ior instanc tice is given in 1910 by a power. treaty will continue to run until {TREAT GERMANS FIRMLY 1S POINCARE SLOGAN (Continued from First Page.) confldence came up, was predicted by experienced parliamentarians. Briaad on Commission. The position to be occupied by for- mer Premier Briand in the parliamen- tary activities of the immediate fu- ture was officially settled today when- M. Briand was unanimously chosen by his party, the soclalist republicans, a a member of the foreign affairs com- mission of the chamber, upon which he sat before becoming premier. Paul Painleve withdrew from the commis- sion to make room upon it for Briand. M. Briand in his valedictory speech in the chamber last Friday said that the Genoa conference would be of an “exclusively economic and finan- cial character.” In high official eir- cles it is stated ti Mr. Lloyd George tald M. Poincare at Saturday’s meet- ing that the first question on the agenda of the Genoa conference wa that of reparations and that M. Brian | must have .misunderstood the ar- rangement. The misunderstanding of the Briand-Lloyd George viewpoint is said to be the cause of the Poincare- Lloyd George deadlock on Genoa. “You may say,' Premier Poincare volunteered today, “so far ss I am concerned, that I will not Bo to Genoa. France may be represented. but not in a conference which entails politi- cal discussions. French business men may meet German sad Russian busi- ness men, but France deésires that the Genoa conference shall not be the means of bolshevik propagands in Europe.” Genoa Chesen for “Reds.” It has developed that Genos wa: chosen because the bolshevik del could reach.that clty without $100,459,000 Appropriaiion s Sufficient to Clear Obliga- tions, Says Report. - The Shipping Board expects by July 1 next to be free from debt, except for possible court claims pending against it, mocording to a statement by the board todsy summarising ‘testimeny of its officials at executive hearings before the House subcommittee, which drafted the independence of appropriation bill. The measure which will be txken up by the House today, carries $100,459,000 for Bhippiag Board expenses during the Racal year, of awhich 450,000,000 Naval Holiday Tén ¥Years. 'he ten-year na il holiday, iwever, runs for the &fi:&h on‘ly France and Italy to down ‘one each in 1937 and 1929. the end of the ten years, the wers will hegin their replace- nts in accordance with the re. ment chart contained in the tfeaty. These replacements extend to 1942 for the United States, Great B¥itain, France and Japan, though Italy's replacements will have been océmpleted by 1937, according to the en the naval building holiday ex- Bies at the end of ten xears ihe pgwers, under a provision of the treaty, will meet again to decide what sBall 'be done further in regard to ngval building. The naval ratios laid dewn for replacements, however, will | hicome effective. and continue so until | £ 1 a ent of the treat The i crossing allied territory, traveling theaty Is clearly written wit! Rt naval Timitation Js o contiage | Oversess throushout the Journey, nidennitely. This was brought out by a notice of change in the naval treaty, it de- | interpellation submitted by Marcel T Cirriers Originaily fus piy | Cachin, leader of the French commifa- as to allow the nations to covert|ist party affiliated with Moscow, which requests that “the boishevik Aelegates be permitted to attend the t%o of the capital ships to be Genoa conference without restristions rapped into alrcraft carriers, | stze 33,000 tones. But only the U.nl(eg o previous undertaking and also hat i llowod to reach the city States and Japan are to do any real bsen mode of travel. scrapping of capital ships, so - vision has been added allowing Great Britain and the other nations to build two | Ysenator McCormick's resolution in was to limit the the United States Senate asking infor- i mation from the European countries uch vessels. The original plan riers to 27,000 tons. regarding their finances has appar- ize of aircraft car- Scrapping Rules Chan; The rles relating to the serafping | SBLY left the cabinet undjsturbed, as of eapital ships have been changed | hereé I s been no discussion concern- -unu?y in the revised treaty. he | ing measures to be fl“h'l"‘hw solve the provisions for sinking and breaking | Situation as it su|n| 2 e consensus up are retained. - But it is; provided | i1 Political, financial and government- > t{ll only one capital ship may be |2l circles is that no action will be tak- wd for v.arntl practice at one {lme. en bx)'" cu:l: ::cn:al:. .;:: rnz:n:huin;x:,. - | spec! = T e L0 o¢ thoen vheslri%ls | ment of intersst on loans, which the lege of using two of these vessels to 'apped at , wvernment declares is conditional e Bramitos e for guBRery | H " payment by Germany of and torpedo tice. The {r’;ny g.u also been changed so ‘ France's share of the indemnity. as to provide that the vessels to be THREE HURT IN ACCIDENTS sorapped must be rendered unfit for ‘War purposes within six months after Horse Frightened by Train Throws Driver to Street. . the time comes for scrapping them, and that the scrapping must be com- Dleted within eighteen months. In_connection with .the ‘“o door’* rtltl:.l;‘ltlan, of Walchfl!lhebflrlth lh;te 4rticles were adopt Y the far} A porse driven by Henry Douglas cast committee VeSterday. ft Je.ihe 1404 Onio avenue, Decame frightened opinion in conference cirdiew 'today ia( s rafiroad engine at 6th and C streets southwest early last night and ran away, throwing ug! from hi and bruising him hip. He was taken to Emergency pital. Vernon Hall, -t b the fourth article, which ;ré- lates specifically to the reviaw by an inte: Newton street, ran ia front of an obile in rmnt‘oll‘ his hom coming is for the settlement of ciaims out of court. ‘The bill also would continue the use of fon of the $35,000,000 from sales, authorized a year ago as remains uncollected at the end of thé current fiscal year, and would pro- hibit the board tm‘a paying to th avy a llability of $16,000,000 o, ing out pf work done for the board by the Navy. Depends Upen Cengress. Estimate of the board's financial condition at the beginning of the soming fiscal year 18 based on the expectation- that Congress will ap- rove the recommendation that the xn.oon.ooo be made continuing, and the section relative to the Navy la- bility. The board's statement e reased the hope that subsequent egislation would be enacted forgive ln’hthe debt to the Navy. P & board estimated that by 'the end of the current fiscal year it will have realized only $25,000,000 out of the $56,000,000 authorisation. ~With that of July last summer with cur. rent appropriations’from Congtess, $12.000,600 deficlency to be voted for reconstruction, §28,000,000 from liquis dation of the §55,000,000 allotment and by reducing the amount in han@ to agents something over $4,000,000 and forgiving of the Navy debt, ac- cording to the board' tatement, it will have sufficient funds to pay all debts within $12.000,000. 1t the $55,000,000 is made continu- ing, it is estimated that $30,000,000 will be left for theé board to realis in the comlnf fisoal year, pay the $ii 000 geficit, an $18,000,000 . b; - This amoun! the board sald raay de needed to finish_reconditioning of former Gérs for 1 ities whioh have not yet been ed. ! o Summarizing _its - lfabilities, the hoard estimated' thiat™its operatin loss for the cufrent year would be ported in its liabil- 1 rrent debts, in- the Navy prior July 1; a $7,000,000 debt to the uncovered sinoe that date; 331, 004 for completion of a;w sels, authorized previously; §! for reconditioning _the 65,000 assumed obligativns oh the ited States Steamsiip Company. for contracts entered into before the resent board assumed office and §5.000,000 for wundry dedta: MAJ. DAVIS RELIEVED. Maj. ‘Arthur J. Davis, Quart: - | mastre Corps, has-been relieved fr duty. with the. American graves reg- istration service in Europe and ordered to the United States for a signment to duty. —— TWO OFFICERS RETIRED. Wi t Officers John ime have been 'he ea \ man ships and rnational commission of existing n:no‘lllonl in China, - 1se practically “8ead.” because of the opposition of France and Japan. However, this 6 may be brought up at the time the Chiness or any:of the other sgations if- they desire. .. Italy L sfands ready to support the fourtl afticle, it was said today. The.Amer- w view of the matter is that the thres articles of the open dodr reaolution, which define the open door and set up a machinery for enforcing it, as far as possible, are the mos {mportant, and that even under them it will be about his knee ane or- C street southeast, was knocked down by the automobile of William F. Wall, 512 6th street southeast, In front of 213 6th street northeast, adout 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, his right h{ :finr broken. He received surgl- cal vt possidle to discuss existing g, nity e ‘comeegsions. M ES ST HEL & Inaval radio stations for transmission WASHINGTONIANS * SELECTED {' + WALLACE AS DELEG GEORGE LIVINGSTON. 1OUIS N, GELDERT. ! 1, Celebrate Their Golden Wedding A nniversary l SR DA (The Star is publishing daily & summar- | fzed story of the developments of the arma- | ment conference. By read'ng [t each day you will Reep in touch with the outstand- ing events of the histosic mesting.) The committee on the far east today considered resolutions pro- viding for non-discriminatory oper- ation of the rallroads of China and looking to the ultimate con- trol of Chinese railroads by the Chinese. Two resolutions, one by Sir Auckland Geddes and the other HAYS'FILM DUTIES | T0 BEGIN IN MARCH: Will Devote Attention in His New Post to Upholding Movie Standards. By the Assoclated Press, NEW YORK, January 19.—Wiil H. Hays will become directing head of the new national mssociation of mo- tion picture producers and distrivu- tors “immediately after March 4" it: | was announced last night at a dinner lat which- the Postmaster Gencral was | the guest of a group of motion ; ture officials. Mr. Hays announced that he had signed a contract which makes him executive head of the organization. His salary, reported as tentatively Ifixed at $150,000 & year. was not an- nounced. “The purpose of thi will be to attain and maintain the, highest possible standard of motion ! D;CQUYQ Erodueuon an?hxn de: . the highest degree the moral MR. AND MRS. JAMES M. HARVEY. | tiucational value of the inlustry. Mr. Hays said. MARRIED FIFTY YEARS. “I belleve in the earnestness and in- ———— tegrity of their duurm‘nnllon to gnrzl out these purposés and am convines M. and Mrs. James M. Harvey |of the posibilliies of very larke plans | and successtu consurnmation. y Receive Their Friends, gervics will begin immediately after Mr. and Mrs. James M. Harvey. who | March 4 next.” were married fifty years ago today b; A statement issued by the prM!uctrs Rey.. Wisson of. McKendree. M, K.lexpressed confidence in Mr. Hays' abil- Church, celebrated their golden wed- |ity “to diréct the ‘industry to its pre- }ding anniversary by a reception to|destined place of imporiance in the {their family and friends at their home | civilization of today and tomorrow. in Silver Spring, Md. They were both | “The public will ind we will Yollow born and raised in this city, but have | the leadership of Mr. Havs with that been residents of the Maryland sub- | faithfuiness and enthusiasm which he few years after their mar- ( has never falled to inapire,” it added. . ‘We both *proud and happy | Harvey s seventy-one years;our a fon with Mr. Hays, -hn‘ Wi 52| | . ss0C! old and his wife seventy. Both are in | look forward to the future w! xcellent health and have been look-: fect confidence.” ing forward to the passing of the fi ‘The producers whose names appéared tieth wedding milestone Wwith great|on the formal announcement as the pleasure. Mr. Harvey, although now | committee in charge of forming the as- Fetired from active business, was a|sociation were Adolph Zukor, Willlam ‘carpénter by trade. Fox, Marcus Loew, Lewis J. Selsnick, + re are en children, Mrs. J. Cole, Samuel Goldwyn and Carl Clark, James Harvey, Mrs. J. Daniels, { Lasmmle. rs. Charles Clark, Willlam T. Har- —_——— Mrs, n;. stk 4 || [TTLE HOPE HELD OUT | 70 END PACKERS’ STRIKE +grandchildren. vey, Harry Harvey desty. There are al; children and five gr U. S. COULD DODGE 'GENOA CONFERENCE (Centinued from First Page.) itable trade relations with Germany, and big business in Japan is inclined to take the British and American 'w that Germany cannot be forced into bankruptcy without dishstroue jconsequences to the trade of the world. ‘The question being asked today w: this: If Premier Poincare will not permit reparations to be discussed at Genoa, the conference there will be of little avail and where t%en can reparations be handled? The preva- Tent opinion is that the French pre- mier {8 emphasizing his belief in the | day, and Secretar Versailles treaty because he assumes [lace to confer on the strike. ce can dominate the reparations|members of t! ouse committee commission. She would if the American | were Representatives John 1. Nolan vote were missing. American member- | of California, Ostar E. Keller of Min- hip on that commission would turn the | nesota, John C. Kleczka of Wisconsin, tables and compel. French aoquies-|E. C. Little of Kansas, Harold Knut- cence ip the moderate views held by)son of Minneésota &nd Roy O. Wood- the other allies about German repara- The committee ex- tion payments. This is the main re pressed itself as hopeful that the d son for the many expressions of opin. ) partment could deviss some means by lon hers to the effect that the sending| which a settlement could ba secured, of a United ‘Buu- representative 10 |after Secretary Davis had outlined the reparations commission is un-|ins situstion. He sald the workers avolauble, & :‘.. -pup ‘l,rfln :.h: ar::m‘l; agresd to nncont( l:‘luurkm.dlutinn or pavment of the ailled war dabt to e e earr thep m - night that erica. Davis said iast (Copyeigat, 1022 the Tabot D partment would continue - its eftor bril about either m USE OF NAVAL WIRELESS | Sausser soalaen, BY PRESS IS FAYORED ek d_that :ll » vious efforts of thé government had been negatived by refusal of the phcking Senate - Committee Amendment Adds Five Years to Period Set companiés to participate. in Measure by House. e unfon organisations have been anxious at all timnes to have the go! & [ewkpapers and press assoclations would be given unrestricted use of Secretary Davis Tells House Mem- bers Companies Refuse Mediation or Arbitration. Further conferences on the strike ot employes of packing houses are not in immediate prospéct by the Department of Labor, it was an- nounced at the office of Secretary Davis "toda; The attitude of the packers was said to preclude any im- mediaté settlement of strike, al though efforts have been made for several weeks by agents af the De- partment of Labor to conform the ntatives ernment’ ices exercised, he said. ————— FLETCHER TO BE ENVOY.. Senate Confirms Nomination as Ambassador to Belglum.’ ‘The nomination of Henry P. Fietcher, undersscretary of state, to be ambassador to Belgium, was confirmed k2 the Senate, ther with that of J. O'Toole ‘West Vir- ginie, to bs minister to 3 HONOR VICTIM OF ZR-2. Classmates Unveil Tablet at An- napolis to Emery W. Ooil. ANNAPOLIS, Md, January 19.—A bronge tablet to the memo: Commandér Emery W. unveiled yesterday at the Naval Acosdemy. . Lieut. Commander Coil was one of the victims of the ZR-3 ?lll‘lfin', vhlhln éhl. giant ll!l:hll 'blr:( n two while fiying bver Hul - t Auj tl.zl His was ) fr and gradul Se 1812, The tables 1 his classmates. * of gress matter uatil June 30, 1 funder & resolution reported favorably from the Senatd naval committee by Senator Polndexter, republican, Wash- ington. t fi: Senate committee*amended the ‘resolution passed last year by the H by extending the period tor gn use of the naval radio. The Eoun resolution limited such use to June 30, 1923, and it would be extend- 'ed for five years under the Senat amendment. In other important re- speots. the House resolytion was ui , the Benate committee taining a provision permitting use ot e “purpoves only when BHvALE k- cial P only when privat Ddles or. radlo systems aré not Ault— ble. o Thig. limitation doés not apply o press matter. ion, which the Senate The .House resoluti now Poine ERENCE 4 ¢ |BRIEFLY TOLD STORY OF ARMS CONFERENC By Secretary Hughes, were before the committee, which was expected to_approve them. The Japanese and Chinese dele- ates will meet at 3:30 o'clock this ternoon to discuss Shantung fur- ther. The question of former German-owned cables and wire- less plants will be before them. The naval limitations treaty has been sidetracked temporarily until the guestion of fortifications in the Pacific cun be settled. It is.not likely that the naval treaty will be ;:ken uUp again. it was said today. T 5 COMPANY TO WORK * KADCHOW MINES Chinese and Japanese Dele- ggtes Agree to Corporation Under Chinese Charter. By the Acsoctated Prese, 1 An agreement was reached late yesterday by the Chinese and Japa- 'nese delegates wiereby the coal and|n¢ed of a convention hall for Wasi- iron mines in the Kiaochow leasehold in Shantung shall be operated by a company to be formed under a spe- cial charter by the Chinese govern- ment. The Japanese will be permit- ted to invest capital in the enter- prise not exceeding the amount of Chinese capital. Details to Be Worked Out. worked wut locally by government and the company regurd- ing control ana other features ap- pertaining to operation of the mines. The agreement was reached at a mesting of the two delegations on Shantung and the conversations will be continued at $:30 b.m. today, when the Jueation of cables and wireless both in Chinese waters, and two wire- less stations are involved, one cable from Tsingtao to Chefoo and one from Tsingtao to Shanghal. Both of these the Chinese lay claim to, but the at- titude of the Japanese on the qusstion is not knawn. Salt Mines Next Problem. With the clearing up of this ques- tion. only disposition of the salt mines remains to be settled before the w is cleared for resumption of the neg tiations for sett. Tsinang It was said last night @at neiger the Chinese nor the Japanese nhad heard from their spective governments concerning the compromise proposals put forward by Secretary Hughes and Arthur J. Bal four. The details of the comprom tions have never been mad puplic, but they are understood to in- v méthod of me control ‘of the road T ent and of COLOR PRINTS SHOWING AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Photographs for Schools and Li- brary Decoration Displayed by Art League. An exhibition of prints in color and photographs for school and library decoration is being shown in the main corridor of Central High School this week, under the'auspices of the Public Bchool Art League. This exhibition, which was assembled and is circulated by the American Federati 14 has been shown in New Y‘:)':'kollfilfllz one"o! til\\ren';uwxrbu of Chicago re- cently. ‘ashingts Bouth Manchester, Co‘nl?.n frigooaity It comprises more than one hun- dred pictures, framed, reproducing, in color, black and white and sepia, intings Dy great artis t is be- ng shown at this time on account of the Teachers' Institute to be held in Central High School tomorrow, but is open to the public. Dupl the pictures may be pul ed will be found equally suitable the home. ‘The exhibition is of interest not only from the standpoint of art, but as _exemplifying the excellent litho- raphic work in color that is now :elnl done ifi this country. —— SOCIALISTS SEEK POWER. Plan for Representation at Coming Genoa Conference. By the Aseociated Press. BERLIN, January 18.—International socialist representation at the coming Genoa conference is being planned by the German socialists who are ex- pecting perticipation in the confer- ence by the second and third inter- nationale. - ‘Wilhelm Dittmann, a former member of the German cabinet, has been ap- pointed to confer with Itallan social- {ste to seek help for making the in- fuencing mqvement world wide. —— i DIVA SIGNS CONTRACT. Metropolithn Gets Jeritza = After Farrar Refuses to Sign. EW YORK, January 19.—Maria itsa, Viennese soprano, whose in- terpretation of - La Tosca has been well received, has signed a four-year gmmty wlltlh'me Inropo.lelun on-;t m! s announced tod: Director Giulio Gatti-Casassa. TS The announcement followed twen- ty-four hours after the refusal of the and for rar, (o Mgn & contract €or nmext year. - In operatic circles. the signing of the contract with Jnl'u- is looked upon a8 answer to Farrar, who yesterday indicated that she would deévote & year or more to concert work. - ‘Tosca, One of Miss Farrar's fa- vorite roles for saveral seasons, had 8, led as the liar prerog- » 8 | Details of the project are to bejan the Chinese ] tations will be taken up. Two cables, | &< [BLAMES RUSS ILLITERATE. f Lisut. r'c:hmv.u- Amerioan prima donna, Geraldine Far | g FILLS PLACES TONIGHT UNLESS CAR MEN RETURN Virginia Railway-Power Company _Says Strikers Will Be Considersd NolLonger Emplayes. By the Assoclated Press. RICHMOND, Va., January 19.—Un- less striking street car men in Rich- mond, Norfolk and Portsmouth go back to their jobs tonight, their positions will be fllled from other sources, according to the Virginia Railway and Power Company. which was still refusing today to yleld to arbitration as to settlement of wage reductions 'We_will stand by our positio; id John E. Harvell. general my ager of the company, today. “All men who fail to report for their reg- ular work today will be considered as no longer in the employ of the com pany. If they seek employment after today they will come in 35 new men and ‘will be so rated as to pay and eeniority.” The company reported progress in the operation ‘of cars. Twenty cars were on the streets today, distributed over the lines where most needed. Immediate legal action will be taken by the street car men’s union in Richmond to make possible the continued operation of their “dona- tion” jitneys without the payment of the regular jitney license, George J. ‘Wilcox, executive secretary of the Central Trades and Labor Coundil, declared today. THREE MORE ENTER | AUDITORIUM DRIVE Sign as Chairmen of Com- mittees to Raise $5,000 for Municipal Building. The drive of the Washington audi- torium committee on organization for 100 committee ‘men to raise $5.000 each through the sale of stocks and bonds for the erection of a $500,000 convention hall has brought well over fifty officlal pledge signers to head committees, it is mnnounced. Among those who yesterday signed with Chairman R. N. Harper as com- mittee leaders are Chris J. Gockeler, civic leader and business man; Sam- uel J. Steinberger, hotel proprietor, and Sol Minster, orchestra lealer. “Durin; retary of thée Board of Tri & member of the directora: organization,” said Mr. Gockeler, AR JURIES DIFFER WITH PUBLIC VIEWS Too Inclined to Place Tech- nique Above Appeal, Sdys T. W. Gilmer. The suggestion that the art-loving public should be represented on the Juries making the prizc awards in such exhibitions as the Corcoran biennial, now In progress, is made by Thomas W. Gilmer of this city, in a letter to The Star. Such ju al- ways coksist of a certain number of professional artists whose canons of judgment are often entirely inex- plicable to the average gallery vi tors. A day or two ago The Star ublished the result of the 1922 popu- ar referendum on the pictures. As invariably, a really good picture won, hands down, but as always the popu- lar verdict failed to coincide with the professional artistic verdict. “Lovers of art who are not pro fessionals prefer a picture that the can understand.” Mr. Gilmer writ, “With them the good points are tha drawing, harmonious coloring. depth and, above all, & meaning that ap- peals to mind and heart. They like & picture that tells an Interesting story. Place Judgment om Techniq “Professional artists call mediocrity. With them the portant points are composition and technique. Technique has been de- fined as ‘the form commonly used fc method of execution in fine art.’ The admire a thing that Is without beauty merely becuuse a great skill was re- quired in jts execution. Artists s that it is impossiblé to define a w of art or to give reasons for thei award of prizer. The Sunday Star of December 1%, 1921. contains beautiful reproductions of eight of the picturex in the ex- hibition this y including _three prize winners. To the art-loving pub- lic the prize winners do not appear to be any better than some of the others. There are reliable art critics who are not professional artists, and the art-loving public considers that it might with propriety be represented on the jury making the award Mr. Gilmer refers specifically to the biennial exhibit of 1916-1917, when the first prize “was not re- garded with favor by the art-loving public; it was con. as L] e ington has been constantly before me, and I am sure that this is the opin- fon of all men and womea wh- have beén giving serious considdration to fair to the the following Mr. Cockeler declarsd the project ‘was a “golden opportunity for Wash- ingtonians to invest in community welfare on a basis that will not only guarantee the investment in money, but, what is far more important, put vashington in the first rank as a host {Education Secretary Says They { Number 85 Per Gent of People. ithe prize winnér that year laughter from most exhibition visilors, wha'e even art critics and art lovers ' generally deprecated the award. Oppeses Layman Judge. To have a layman on a jury of five i might pleace the public, one eminent lccal art authority asserts, but could ](nfluencc the verdict only slightly if lat all. while to have two or three laymen would not bo artiste. He takes yattitud f your boy is sick you don’t want 2 layman prescribing for him, but the best physician you can procure. 1f involved in & lawsuit you kend for a good lawyer, not a layman, and when & layman s asked to judge a painting the ‘artist suffer: Another angle tor the question is :mphlsl:m If a layman were chosen d as & national convention city.” ,,‘;:,: ""rf,}(i.ho;;kl:.o:'ew:nun‘-?nnm‘:fi Stelnberger Accepts Invitation. lery visitor or citizen taken by Mr. Steinberger, in a letter to Chalr. { chance—but would be a man or wom- man Harper, said he believed he would |81 With a certain knowledge of art. be recreant in his duty “to my.eity|either a critic, collector or amateur. did I not promptly rerpond to your|A& 50on as a man begins to learr kind invitation to mead a committee | Something of art, it ie pointed out, he to collect $5,000 for & new convention | beginx to judge pictures from the ha artist's standpo the more hc ‘Since receiving your invitation.” he | knows, the more technical becomes continued, “I have talked with a num- | his basis of judgment, so that th. ber of people in different lines of uc- [ very object sought the inclusi tivity, and find such & unanimity of |of a layman. namely. the participa sentiment in favor of a convention ition of the point of view of the gen hall that 1 venture to suggest that{eral public, would automatically i you should go forward it cnce. defeated. githe need of a community-owned au- | torfum was emphasized from an-| other angle by Mr. Minster, who wrote | i it Herper, e oo WOMAN’S PARTY LEADER usicians have a big interest in tne carty” deveropment ot your con: | MARRIED TO PROF. LEVITT vention-hall project, because we ai T e i areatly in need of a big auditorium which wonderfu. mphony concerts ', e et well us bas and | Miss Elsie Hill Intends, Howeve:r. other entertainments. to Retain Her Maiden Name. ST ‘Will Continue Campaiga. Miss Elsle Hiil, chairman of 1 Council of the National Woman'. Party, was married to Prof. Alber: Levitt; former teacher at George Wush- ington University, and now profes: of law at the Norta akota Law Schou Tlliteracy of 85 per cent of Russia’s!in Chicago, December 24, it became people B the cause of her present con- |[known yesterday. dition, Hugh Stewart Magill, field séc- | Prior to her departure for Richmond retary of the National Education Socle- | Va., this morning to take part in the ty. last night told members of the !campaign to secure the passage of an Sons of the American Revolution at & | “equal rights” biil by the Virgin meeting in the La Fayette Hotel. { legislature Miss Hill gave out the fol- Mr. Magill followed up with the lowing statement: statement that governments can be no; “Prof. Levitt and I were married in wiser than their completed citixenship, | Chicago on December 4. Our mar- and urged America to promote the Con- {riage was not secret. Our friends und stitution through the means of educ: sociates have known of it ever since i tion, it occurred. ‘State educational systems.” he said, “Both Mr. Levitt and myself are ‘have a widely differing efliciency.” { vitally interested in the campaign being On account of this fact, he advocated | Waged by the woman's party for equal rights and he feels as 1 do. that my efforts must be devoted to t campaign until its goal is remched. Mr. Levitt has from the beginning been one of the most intererted friends and advisers of the woman's party in the drafting of its equal rights legislation.” federal control of education and the Institution of a system whereby all schools in America would made to conform to uniform standards. LECTURES ON HAMLET. | !Dr. Pearson Addresses G. W. Shakespeare Society. Dr. P. H. Pearson of the bureau of education last night delivered a lec- ture on Hamiet before the Shakes- peare Bociety of Washington at the George Washington® Uuiversity Law School. . The speaker explained the condi- tions under which the dramatist wrote, and declared that the audience of that day “found no subtleties in the story, but they followed it with their feelings and got at least a part of what has invested this play with universal aj 73 —— BODY IS TAKEN HOME. Brother Comes for-Remains of Stu- dent Killed by Poison. The body of Eugene C. Neary, stu- dent in Georgetown University Medi- 1 School, who died Tuesday night 28 a result of swallowing aconotine tasted while in ciass to Hill was graduated from Vi sar College in 1906. She is the daugh- ter of the Iate Representative Ebe- nezer Hill. for twenty-one years a member of the House. During the Wilson adminfstration Miss Hill was active in picketing the White House and elsewhere in behalf of suftri and was arrested eight serving three sentences in jaif, in Washington, Boston and New York. Following suffrage victory last February, she was elected chairmi of the national council and is in a o o their after marriage will Miss Hill, she said. ——— VICE PRESIDENTS NAMED. Nebraska State Society Appoints T osix Vice presidents and committee ap- pointmentg were made at the regular meeting of the Nebraska State Society in the Wilson Normal School last night. The vice presidents, one from each of th dis- tricts, ar T, E. C. Snyder, Mrs. Willlam F. Norris, Miss Biille Dunn, H. W. Johnson anud L. ®. Malgne. J. B. Shanahan was ap- pointed to the entertainment com- Mittee: Donlad_Enfield, -publicity, and Miss Blanche Wis social. The society passed a resolution of regret over the death of former Senator Joseph Hopkins Millard. Deancing concluded the evening en- nment. Representative M. O. MoLaughlin presided. VETERANS MEET TONIGHT. — Confederate Soldiers to Pay Honor to Lee and Jackson. The Confederate Veterans' Associ tign of the District will hold dirthday celebrations in honor of Robert -E. and Stonewall Jackson at the Confederate Memorial . Home, 1322 Vermont svenue northwest,” at $ o'clock this evening. The pi includes an address by An Lean, and presentation of honor to Confederate veterans by Mrs. Gustavus Werber. The annual reunion of the District federate veterans will_also be names maiden be adopted by Neary, & b came here in response to & message telling of the fatality, and accom- panied the body home. Interment will be 151 St. Peter’s cemetery, New- DRY OFFICER IS FINED. Thomas E. Hines Appeals, Claim ing He Was Smelling Liquor. Thomae E. Hines, federal prohibi- tion enforcement offi who has been on duty here for the last five n.onths, was fined 310 on a charge of drink- ing in public, b( Judge McMahon in Police Court. Hines noted u‘umunl ay rel on §1 . ‘n: 'chlr of disorderly conduct n -Y"""“ against th has dl:t:ndlm trial of which will be arrest n_in the near future. Hin liceman Reese made the u::hy night, and claimed that was drinking in &n automobile down- town, in front of & restaurant. The defendant stated that he was merely melling the n%\.mr in order to “make nd that ti h time. pL. ree per-|of Camp 171, U, Churen company at]and Re Raptist fd not appear ~