Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1922, Page 2

DISSENSION STIRS NEW MOTOR GORPS Attitude: of Police Toward . Volunteers Said to Be ‘' Factor in Discontent. Dissension In the ranks of the Motor Corps of the Home Defense League of the Metropolitan police force seriously threatens to disrupt the newly fornted organization of 300 motorists of this city. Lack of co-operation on the part of the police department, jack of sympathy of the indlvidual policeman- with the ef- forts of the corps to aid and the summary withdrawing. of police Lagges by the department are said to"be factors in the general discon- tent of some of the high ofiicials of the motor corps. “The only connection we h Ahe police department.” said an official of the corps today. “is thel name of the department on the identi- | fication cards of the motor corps. The policemen themselves go out of their way to arrest a motor corps man for a minor Infraction of the; traffic laws; the heads of the police ! department, in an emergency. are very nice, but apparently have no use for the citizen who volunteers to help maintain law and order. Emergency Declared Past. “The badges of the officers of the organization were withdrawh because | “the time of an emergency #vas past.” Is there any less of an ‘dmergency’ now than there was last July, when they were commissioned. This act has convinced many heretofore be- lievers in the miotor corps that police department co-operation has been more of & myth than anything else.” Another officer of the order com- mented: “We have a fine organization of three hundred of the representative ave with ! business men of this city,” he said. | “They are willing to volunteer to aid in maintaining law and order at all times. They joined the organization for service, but when this service is absolutely unappreciated and in some cases seriously abused what is the result? It is that the motor corps men are gradually beginning to realize that they are not wanted; that they are hounded by the majority of po- licemen, and that they are being made the ‘goats’ of the police department. Many Have Resigned. “This treatment,” he continued, “has led many of the best citizens to resign fowry the order. Many motor corps men have alreaGy taken tae plates off their cars, not because they are ashamed of | the way they look, but because they be- lieve that theirs is a marked car for auny policeman Due to lack of co-operation by the police department, several prominent citizens who entered the organization through a sense of municipal duty, without a chance of remuneration, have been placed in embarrassing positions, and found themselves open to unjust criticism and abuse, it was also learned toda, Several members have stated that when assisting in the handling of | traffic cases on special oceasions. such as tic recent Armistice day celebration, and at other times while aiding mem- berg of the police force In the line of duty, they have been openly insulted and told, “You fellows with those tin badges, beat I can handle tais by myself better. ASK $40,000 TO MAKE “CHARACTER INQUIRY” ‘Civil Service Request Recommend- ed Granted by Budget Bureau. ‘The budget bureau has recommend- ed to Congress an additional appro- tion of $40,000 in order that the Service Commission may give character examinations to all future applicants for positions in the gov-( erhment. Congress already has ap- propriated $60,000 for the work of the commission. Officials believe that character ex- aminations will fill a tremendous need in hiring Uncle Sam's servants. It is the belief of President Bartlett of the Woman Under Truck Dragged Two Miles 'When Fatally Hurt NEW YORK, Januar 20— Brookiyn police were ealled on to establish the identity of an elderly woman who was killed By & motor truck, whick drax- ged her body two miles before the aceident was dincovered. Abraham Cohn of Brooklya and Frank Juccarino of Comey . Ialand, respectively owner ‘and driver of the trmek, said they were unaware of having struck the woman until a Coney Inland led attention to Ject under the ma- 1 Retracing the truck’s route motor cycle ‘police foun weman’s pocketbook contain! $2.70 two sets of false teeth. TROOPS IN RUSH TOLEAVE IRELAND {Eight Military Airplanes Also ! Leave for England—Trans- port Ships Ready. { By the Assoclated Press. DUBLIN, January 20.—Af the British auxiliary police except two battalions have now left Ireland. These two will leave tomorrow. Today the evacuation of the Britis| jarmy in Ireland began in earnest Ships are walting at Dublin to convey the troops, which were scheduled t arrive for embarkation during the | course of the day by seven specia | trains—threg' from Curragh, two from | Tipperary and two from Maryborough. Two special traips were ordered to convey troops )l:om the Kilworth camp to Cork for embarkation. Eight ' military airplanes, with pilots and wireless operators, left for England this morning. SHOOT MAN IN SPINE. | | i | Another Outrage Reported Near Belfast by Armed Bandits. | By the Associated Press. BELFAST, January armed men’ Jook a farmer. named Kelly last night from his home, near Newtownards, and shot him in the |spine. His condition is serious. Sir James Craig, the Ulster pre- mier, left Belfast last night for Lon- don.” where he will meet Winston Spencer Churchill, secretary for the colonies, to discuss outstanding ques- tions concerning the government of northern Ireland. DE VALERA TO HEAD PARTY. 20.—Three Irish World Conference Opens Sat- urday in Paris. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, January 20.—Eamonn De Valera will head an Irish delegation which is to attend the Irish world | conference, which opens here next Saturday, according to an announce- ment made by the secretariat. The honorary chairman of the conference will be the Spanish Duke of Tetuan, who is & general in the Spanish army, the son of a former premier of Spain and a lineal descendant of the O'Donnell_who left Ireland in 1607 at the time of the “flight of the earls.” BORDER'S CAVALRY | ;Gen. Holbrook Tells Associa- tion Mexican Patrol In- sufficient. commission and the other members | of the body sential. The President and Gen Dawes, di- rector of the budget, are understood to have been heartily in favor of the increased appropriation, and the work which it contemplates. NEW 0DD FELLOWS’ HOME IN CLARENDON DISCUSSED Arlington Hall Association Meets to Further Plans and Elect Officers. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va. January 20.— The Arlington Hall Assoclation, In- corporated, organized recently for the purpose mainly of building a jhall to house Arlington Lodge of Odd Fel- lows, met last evening at Ives Hall, Clarendon. and besides furthering plans for the proposed project elected officers for the year. Shortly after the organization of the lodge ground was purchased at the corner of Lawton avenue and that this work Is es- ‘Wilson boulevard, and included in the | transaction was a modern seven-room house. The latter. was recently sold to James R. Weir of Washington, who takes possession next week, leaving ground on the corner with a frontage of fifty-two feet and a depth of 115 feet for the proposed new building. Although sufficient money to be in hand to start building oper- ations, ground “will not be broken until the 1st of April. The structure will consist of two floors, the first flaor to be given over to two stores and the second floor to be used as an assembly hall for the lodge. As some of the capital stock of $15,000 is still unsold, the association appointed a committee, with Norman $Simms as chairman, to launch a drive Svith the hope of disposing of all of the stock in the next thirty days. New officers of the assoclation elect- ed last night are as follows: C. Eu- gene Doyle, president; C. J. Ives, vice ident; J. C. Ristine, treasurer; 'homas S. O'Halloran, secretary, and vaolrd of directors consisting of Dr. R. Boyer, H. K. Green, W. B. Huff- man, E. R. Follin, H. H.: Porter and G. H. McCrillis. The next meeting of the stockhold- ers, it was announced, will be held at Ives Hall, Clarendon, February 1 when plans for the new structure wil ‘e the principal topic for discusaion. KAPPA ALPHAS DINE. Kocal Fraternity Celebrates Birth Anniversary of Gen. Lee. In oelebration of the eauniversary of the birth of Gen. Lee, ma™bers of the chapter of the Kapps XAlpha Fra- ternity, located at George thln ton University, held a banquet at Franklin Square Hotel last night. Speakers included John 'emple Graves, Dn Howard L. Hodgkins, dean of Gcorfie ‘Washington Uni- versity, and William Atherton DuPuy. %ohn Myers gave several vocal selec- ons. Col. Graves struck the keynote of “his_sddress of the evenin declar ed that the Kappa ternity was founded unde: ¢ spon- sorzhip of Gen. Robert E. Lee and that {ts ritual embodies the prin- cliples upon which Lee lived. Regret that reduction of cavalry forces incident to reduction of the Army's enlisted strength to 150,000 men had made it impossible to keep a “sufficient” cavalry patrol on the | Mexican border, was expressed by Maj. Gen. William A. Holbrook, chief of cavalry, before officers attending the annual | States Cavalry Association here. The i fitting out of the cavalry guard on l the border, the general said, had been the occasion for much ci cism, but. ihe added, it could net be helped. and cavalry was now stationed along the border. The assocfation re-elected Gen. Hol brook as president and Col. William C Rivers was reinstated as vice presi- | dent. Other officers elected to the ex- i ecutive council included Brig. Gen. John P. Wood, Pennsylvania National Guard; Cols. F, C. Marshall, George C. Barnhart, Jullus T. Conrad, W. . Smedburg, jr.; George Vidmer, George |E Mitchell, Stuart Heintzeman and | Lieut. Col. John P. Hill. Other speakers before the associa- tion expressed confidence that mount- ed troops would play an important role in future military operations. Their participation in the world war, they declared, was more impertant from a military standpoint than was generally known. One officer declared that if the Germans had had a few cavalry divisions when they attempt- ed the offensives of March, 1918, which nearly succeeded in breaking the al- lied wall, they would have succeeded in_ exploiting their success' and get- ting through. —_— TELEPHONE RATES FAIR, SAYS OFFICIAL (Continued from First Page.) rives from the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in return for the 43% per cent of gross earningx paid to the parent company each year by the local corporation. The company will place another witness on the stand to tell of the advantages which accrue to the local company under its contract with the Western Electric Company. Defending the , service connection | charges now in effect by the company, Mr. Clarkson told the commission that in his opinion it is more equitable to make the subscribers who acquire or discontinue service meet the installa- tion costs than to saddle that cost on all telephone users. Many Phones Takem Out. He submitted figures to show that during the last two years out of 40,030 telephones installed, 28,175 were dis- connected, leaving a' net increase of only 11,855. Mr. Clarkson testified .that Washing- ton has a very large transient popula- tion, which runs up the amount of in- stalling and disconnecting of tele- phon and that if these transient sub- scribers do not meet the cost to the compeny of putting in and taking out telephones after short periods of time, the old regular subscribers who retain telephones for ‘many years jwithout change would have 'to pay that cost in the general rate for service. Following the lunch recess the first witness will be Thomas Hildt, presi- dent of the Merchants’ National Bank of Baltimore, whn will testify for the cost of money m HIT BY ARMS CUT meeting of the United! pointed out that the great bulk of the | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. DISSENSION STRS |75z | WOMANSNERVE ™ [ s e 2oz s ROADS STORE | = | FOLSBLACK AND | Mrs. Gatti Holds Boys With Note Demandmg ) $15,000. Quick thinking by Mrs. Louis P. Gatti of 736 5th street probably blast- | ed the hopes of a black hand squadron | demanding $15,000 from her for not | | blowing up her home when she hand- ed gn envelope containing $150 and | & paper napkin to two eight-year-old jemissaries of a black hand represent- { ative last night. She held the two boys, Romeo Stel- lota, of 505 Massachusetts avenue and Stanley Petrone of 416 I street. for #bout fifteen minutes until the police, who had been notified immediately of the delivery of a note from the “black ,hanrl" to Mrs. Gattl, had scattered throughout the neighborhood to trail !the boys. Notice of receipt of the i note was taken to the police by New- man Brown, a visitor at an ‘apartment {in the house. - The boys said that & man, short and rather stout, with a scar on the lower portion of his face, had given them note for delivery to Mrs. Gattl. The note demanded $15,000 to be given the bearer. The man was at 6th and I streets, when he approached the boys, shortly before 7:30 o'clock. When they returned in about twenty min- utes he had géne. Suspeets Trailed. Licut. Plemmona of headquarters etailed a squad of detectives and pre- cinct police were ordered to the neighborhood. Although twenty sus- pects were tralled by the police, the i man who gave the boys the note was not found. Mrs. Gatti had received a note on October 20. which had precedéd the { short message last night. It was in Italiun, and a free translation read We want $15,000. everything Eo well to us, everything bad, death or { facts everything in secret or you i homes goes in the air. keep ready the money for the orders we will glve you. we will vindicate ourselves uniess you { do as we order you. The black hand is otent and we have come from New Fork to be sure. be good to us and we will be good to you. mind do not ;uhauer pity your poor family. be { ready with the money. you put it in a { package and consign it to our order. | signed. The black hand. the money must be in bills. not more than 2 Pdid No Attention to It. Mrs. Gatti paid no attention to the note. She had no enemies and did not tuke the message seriously. The note last night. however. brought an fmmediate demand. It said: “Have money ready and place in package. Deliver to bearer. The black hand. Red ink was splattered on the note, to simulate blood staine. Police are continuing with an in- vestigation of the case today and the Department of Justice has been noti- fied of the particulars. “We are sure that there is some mixed up in it.” Mrs. Gatti said and we think it will be cleared up in the near future. One thing is certain. We are not millionaires— far from it. We have never had any { enemies, but on the contrary have lots of friends. } sible that some might I think we were wealthy because my husband was appointed a trustee of the estate of his father, Stephen Gatti But he cannat touch all of that money. He retired from business in order to look after the estate. Mr. and Mrs. Gatti have two sons, Stephen, nineteen years old, working in the office of E. P. Schwartz, real estate and insurance broker, and :i\flchael, eleven years old, a school- DEBATE ON PARLEY IS NEAR IN SENATE (Continued from First Page.) seal of approval on the achievements of the arms limitation and far eastern conference. Everybody will be pleased and none more s0 than the framers of the work when the completed task is handed to the Senate and the ‘“showdown™ comes upon its acceptance or rejec- tion. The hope of the hour Is that this stage may be reached within the next three weeks. Twice, at least, since the middle of December & similar hope has arisen only to be dimmed by overspreading clouds of differences, but they have aiways given way. Opposition Held Useleas. ‘The country has been reading about { the things done by the conference by i piecemeal. They are read today and disremembered tomorrow. When the | papers go to the Senate there will be a recapitulation from some high of- ficial source, either the President or the Secretary ofeState, which will as- semble them in their order and im- portance so that the man in the street can see at a glance what has been done. And it is dollars to doughnuts, it is predicted in officialdom, that the man in the street will first marvel and then approve. ‘With public apporbation confidently expected, reliance is placed upon the acumen of the most incorrigidble ill wishers of the work to realise the danger and futility of opposing the accomplishments in the Senate and undoing all the painstaking efforts of ‘the months by carping criticism and meticulous censoriousness. The three great objectives which of- ficials gre now sure will be attained contain a score of minor details. ‘These three can b F¥sriod e broadly considered | Three Great Objectives. The assured rearrangement of affairs in China, which Will tend to prevent conflict among nations and incl road to national stability and ad- vancement, The agreement amon, of peace in the Pacific and the amica- ble ddjustment of conflicting_ inter- ests in that quarter as an alterna- tive to war. The naval holiday, reduction of armaments, lessening of economic burdens and adoption of more hu- manitarian methods of warfare. An impressive object lesson in reduced armaments, one calculated to appeal to the most casual obweérver; Will be i given in the scrapping of the great warships. Longer Navay Holiday Seen. President Harding has expressed his belief that if the naval hollday can continue for ten years it will be a permanent policy of the world. His views are shared by statesmen of other countries. One of the leading arguments which will be made in the Benate against criticlsm’ of the conference's accont plishments will be: Can the United States afford to be responsible for refusal to undertake a trial effort for the peace of the world, which ex ence may demonstrate as accep for future usage? - \ KEEP OUT OF TEPEES. Government liquor scouts will find the arm ofthe laW barring passage to Indian. tepees in the future, unless they have search warrants, acoording to instructions sent all «federal pro- hibition agents by Commissioner Haynes, Mr. Haynes, in issuing th. instruc- tion: quutsd the section of the m. hibiti vplon-nm to n-t.to !mothlol act, which | | | ; | | i t 1 dentally place China on the high|from his comimttee he would make g the fourlgiving the report to the commerce powers looking to the preservation|committee, and contended it would be CARRIED BLACKMAIL MESSAGE TO MRS GATTI Left to right. Romeo Stellota of 505 Massachusetts avenue morthw and Stanley Petrone of 416 I atreet northwest. They did mot know the character of the message they delivered. HANDBOOK GASES HELD UP BY COURT With Some Dry Hearings in Police Court, Must Await High Tribunal Ruling. Justicé Hitz of the District Supreme Court today told counsel for the gov- ernment that the trial of handbook cases and 6econd violations of the na- tional prohibition act in the Police Court should be suspended until the United States BSupreme Court has passed on the question involved in the Moreland case. In that case the Distriet Court of Appeals held that an indictment by a grand jury must precede the imposition of a sentence carrying hard labor. Asked Writ of Prohibition. The pronouncement of the court came when Attorney T. Morris Wampler asked for a writ of pro- hibition to prevent Judge Hardison from trying James M. Fitzgerald on | pastel drawings, portraits und cari- a charge of violating the national|cgtures of the leading figures in the prohibition act. Judge Hardison had ! (U7ER O 108 e8C BE Hled an answer in which he claimed | conference don: s jurisdiction for the Police Court and | Peruvian artist, Alberto Barretto, is asked that the writ of prohibition be | now on exhibition in the rear parlor denied. of the Shoreham Hotel. ardison inted out that Fl[(‘:g::ds! had bcel:lo arraigned and The group of fourteen drawings is interesting for two reasons: First, leaded not guilty, requesting @ jury DAL UBy this mct he submitted tol L rEEE e R tons the jurisdiction of the court, the - Bari potice judge claimed, and could not|twenty-four years old.and has only oW attack that jurisdiction. He also|taken up art in the last few years stated that the nationgl prohibition |seriously, has caught remarsably &' 80es mot call for imprisonment at | characteFistic expressions on the ma- = e | jority of his subjects without ever having seen them, his work having hard labor, but makes the offens been done entirely from newspaper with which Fitzgerald was) chargeb(: a mere misdemeanor, which may 1 5 tion | photographic representations in New presented to the court on informat photegraphicireptesentations!insNew his home. the artist hi and does not need an indictment. Secondly, because Belleves Question Serious. used as a rather novel medium dif- Governor and Dean Will Match Skill in Horseshoe Pitching By the Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo., January 20. —Gov. Arthur M. Hyde of M souri and Dear ford of the C ture at the University of M sourl had an engagement for a horseshoe pitching contest here today. The governor ix here in con- nection with Farmers' week. PORTRAYS FIGURES INTHE ARMS PARLEY Young Peruvian Artist Ex- hibits Pastels, Embracing Portraits and Caricatures. A very Interesting collection of a motion in a day or so to change the reference to his committee. He de- tz said that he had under et ferent colored paper as a background Are Cited. Dellate court is to be followed. Since astances Aee that decision, the Police Court would [the predominant note of the whole Jand had settled the matter. ing picture in the group is of Mr. Hardison. others. The character is very well denote a “pale, insipid nature,” ac- Mr. Dempsey Protests Speaker’s|drawings in the collection are of Japan. In these Mr. Barretto has by the international joint commission | poth the national and personal tem- today to the House interstate com-|found only in the best of pastel is chairman. This settlement of a| mThe drawings of President Harding satisfactory by supporters of the wa- those of Baron de Cartler, Sir Robert | immediately challenged by Chairman close_scrutiny as the others. All of diction over the report. Mr. Dempsey Today Senator Schagzer of Italy somewhat sinister expression given clared there were no precedents for The exhibit, which is sponsored by tion an application for & T 1o & handbook case and |to portray the natures and tempera- that the question looks like a serious ments of the different national figure: one if .the ovinlon of the local ap- thtes Supreme Court has| In the case of M. Briand, red is used fl‘fué“a"iii"wsm of oer‘:xromrt to review | to denote a fiery nature, and red is 'nd the calling of such |face, contrasting colors being used Ao nti1 tha highest tribunal in the| in thie high lights. The most intereat- United States Attorneys| Balfour, although it is caricatured to O‘L.:l:;":rlxd Hart appeared for Judge|a greater extreme than any of the brought out in the expredsive fe: % tures. White Is used as a medium to OBJECTS TO DECISION. |dsnote & pare, inai The most finished and well executed Srinivasa Sastri, the delegate from Disposal of Waterways Report. |india, and Prince Tokugawa of The report submitted to Congress|J3BER. o (1t*Cense of feeling for on the proposed St. Lawrence water- peraments, and has executed the way was referred by Speaker Gillett|drawing in a velvet texture that is erte committee, of which Repre- | WOrk. Metative Winslow or Massachusetts Other Portraitures Described. controversy which had arisen over At 4 ¢ the report was declared|and Secretary Hughes are not up to ot iatactory b the standard of the others, while terway proposal. The ‘decision of the Speaker was|Borden and Mr. Liang are expressive likenesses, but will not stand such Dempsey of the rivers and harbors committee, which had sought juris-|the drawings are done in a broad, daring §tyle that is very pleasing. andounced that with instructions called to see his portrfit and seemed pleased, but rather amused at the to his face by the lurid green back- ground. Ambassador Pezet of Peru, will con- tinue until Wednesday. of benefit to the House to have de- bate on the question of disposal. ART EXHIBIT ATTRACTING ATTENTION HERE C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, I by a young !} 922. RAILROADS STORE - COAL FOR STRIKE' Anticipating Production Cut, ' Large Reserves Are Be- > ing Built. . Fearing & general coal strike on March 31, rallroads of the country are laying in large reserve supplies {of bituminous coal, according to! testimony before the Interstate Com- merce Commission’s rate Inquiry within the last few days. President; Samuel Felton of the Chicago, Great | Western explained several days ago that the roads were storing reserve stocks of coal fu anticipation of calling of a coal strike April 1. Possibility of a general strike was toughed on”today at the inquiry. H W.”Prickett, representing operators | in southern Wyoming, Utah and near- by districts, said it was the purpose of the operators to establish substan- | tial wage reductions April 1. Shortly | afterward, W. 8. Bronson, attorney for the Chesapeake and Ohio rail- road, asked J. D. A. Morrow, vige president of the”National Coal "Asso- what the possibilities were oul strike on_April 1. Mr.! Morrow asserted that “he made it his | | business not to know anything abo ithe labor side of the coal industry in view of the fact that it was ihandlgd by other organizations of mine ‘owners than his~own. The, wage decreave, he added, is generally | { | | expected. Coal Industry Represeated. The commission yesterday heard claims of the coal’industry for decrea railroad rates. J. D. A. Morrow, president of the National Coal Asso tion and represéntative of the largest group of coal mine operators, deciared that his organization would not attempt to say what railroad earnings: would stand In the way of freight reductions, but adserted that if any were granted they should be accotded to coal first an i to_the largest degres. { Mr. Morrow estimated that freights on coal had increased as much as £00 per cent since 1914, and that the pres- ent average cost of transporting a ton of coal from the mines to the consumer was $2.74, while the price of the prod- uct itself at the mine was $2.14. George H. Cushing, for the American Wholesale Coal Association, = declared that rallroad earnings would be suffi- cient to allow sharp reductions in rates on coal with the resumption of normal traffic. POPE NEAR DEATH, SLIGHT HOPE HELD FOR HIS RECOVERY (Continucd from First Page.) another examination shortly after noon, after which Dr. Marchiafava | isald ‘the Pope's condition was very | i grave, but not desperate. He lhoughll the turning point would occur to-| | night. { After this examination the Vatican curdinals gathered around tne rope s bedside and kissed his hand, which lay on a cushion. At this time his | holiness was allowed to sit up in bed a few minutes. During the day { the Pope was given just enough nour- ishment to sustain him, all solid foods being withheld in order to allow his tever to subside. Throughout the day there was an atmosphere of sadness in the ante- chamber as the cardinals filed 1 to seek news of the holy father's condi- tion. The Swiss guards stood at atten- tion on the third floor of the huge! palace and rigidly enforced orders | for absolute silence. Scarlet-coated | ushers were on hand everywhere, en- | joining questioning callers to remain | quiet. It was difficult, however, to prevent small groups from gathering | about the attendant cardinals. whis- | pering their hopes for the best. BONZANO GETS MESSAGE. Mgr. Bonzano, papal delegate in Washington, was informed in a cable- gram, received at 9:45 o'clock today {from Cardinal Gaspari, papal secre- tary, that Pope Benedict was ‘“very i serlously ill. Such a message was iregarded as indicating that the pontiff was in a most serious con- dition. Anxious inquiries are being received | by Mgr. Bonzano from all over the United States. In many of the dioceses archbishops and bishops have ordered iprayers for the recovery of the pontift. 'in eyery part of the world must keep ready to go to Rome to participate lin the conclave for the election of a successor. This is the highest func- tion of a member of the sacred college. America has two princes of the church, Cardinal William O'Con- nel, Archbishop of Boston, and Car- dinal Dougherty, Archbishop of H Philadelphia. _Although the conclave | generally ,does not meet for ten or eleven dnysl after the death of a Pope, it is not always easy for the cardi- nals who live far away to reach Rome in time for the selection of the new head of the Catholic Church. At the last conclave, after the death of Pius X, the American cardinals ar- rived shortly after his successor had been chosen. ‘There is no limit for thewduration of a conclave. In the middle ages one | conclave, which met at Viterbo, about fifty miles from Rome, lasted more Electidn of Successor. As is customary when the death of the Pope is expected, all cardinals than two years and a half; in fact, it ended only beczuse the people of the town, Inpatient at the state of an- archy in which the pontifical states were thrown for the want of a ruler, {climbed on the top of the palace where {the cardinals were gathered and un- roofed the building. When Leo XIiI died the most distant member of the sacred college from Rome was the Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, Car- dinal Moran, who arrived several weeks after the election of Pius X. Some prominent _ecclesiastics ad cate a change in the rules of the con- clave so that in the present days of rapid traveling all cardinals may reach Rome in time to enter the conclave be- fore the election of the Pope. Might Have Changed Election. When Benedict XV was chosen as successor of Pius X, it was stated that his_election, was due to such a small majority that the presence of the two American cardinals in the conclave might have changed the decision of the sacred college. Only the Pope, however, has power to change the rules of the conclave. so a successor to Benedict XV probably would take place according to the old regulations. FALL ON STAIRS FATAL. Stumbling on his stairway, John Thomas Kenealy, fifty-one, a letter carrier, 317 W street northeast, fell to the bottom of the stairs this morning and suffered a fractured skull. He dled shortly afterward before medical assistance could be obtained. Coroner Nevitt investigated and is- sued a certificate of accidental death, Mr. Kenealy is survived by a wife, Katherine, six children and three step- children. SENT TO FORT HOWARD. Lieut. Cols. Philip W. Huntin ton, Medical Corps, and George D. ‘Gra- ham, Dental Corps, and Majs. Wood 8. Woolford and Herbert C. Mallory. gfl"cll Co@! and Henry “W. Peter, ‘eterinary 've been relieved ‘of their Dn-enl duties and ordered to report to the commanding general of the 3a Corps area, at Fort Hovu.rd. Md., for assignment to duty with units of m omnhul reserves, Other ‘Medical Corps have w imilar duty in other {today at of Elementary inounced determination of Girls to Tax All Male | Callers 10 Cenuts Each; Sofa Seats, 50 Cenu NE) YORK, Janunry 20— Gallantry is to be taxed in Harriet Judson Y. W. C. A, Brooklyn. The g ve announced that, in order to get contribu- tions in ‘the Y. W. C. A., fund campaign, a luxury tax of 10 cents n head would be levied on male _callers. Unchallenged possession of a wofa will cost 50 centx; sofax for four, 25 centn for_each visitor. The girls ndmitted that wome callers might try to beat the tax by ixsuing invitations to the movie; VALUE OF LOWER SCHOOLS STRESSED Molding of Public Thought in Elementary Study, Teach- ers Are Told. Elementary schools mold the aUI» tude and thoughts of the people of the United States, and not the colleges, Dr. John. W. Withers, dean of the school of education of New York University, told District ppblic school teachers the annual meeting of the Teachers' Institute. Sessions were held simultaneously at Central High School for the white teachers and at Dunbar High School for the colored teachers. Dr. Withers spoke on “The Burden Education.” He cited the various changes m life which were reflected in the curricula of the schools - “Health Teaching the Public Schools” was the subjs of Mrs. Ira Couch Wood, director of the McCormick Fund of Chicago. She d scribed the work undertaken in var ous sections of the country to improve the physical standards of school chil- dren, and deplored the fact that one- third of the pupils of the schools of Washington are 10 per cent or more under weight. . Urgea Health Program. in Mrs. Wood declared that an inten- sive program of heaith education should be worked out in the public schools of the country. Support of the ! National Education Association in the development of any program of real professional educztion was pledged the Washington teachers and officials by Hugh S. Magill. field secrefary of the erganization. He emphasized that one of the purposes of the association | is to develop a national conscience for education. The speaker at this afternoon’s ses- sion of the institute was C. Alfonso Smith, head of the department of English of the United States Naval Academy. He spoke on “The Ministry of Literature.” Superintendent of Schools Frank W. Ballou presided at the meeting at Central High School. Garnet C. Wil- kinson, assistant superintendent in { charge of colored schools, was chair- man of the Dunbar meeting. {U. S. PLAN'ACCEPTED BY CHILE AND PERU | (Continued from First Page.) settling the difficulties or arranging a settlement by arbitration. The Peruvian government, reply, says: “The Peruvian pleased to manifest sympathy and decided the noble desires of President Hard- | ing and is disposed to constitute the | Washington minister said representa- tive for the arbitration, regulated by the United States, arising out of the treaty of Ancon.” NOTIFIED BY EMBASSIES. in its government is whole-hearted approval of | State Department Avhiting Texts of South American Notes. By the Associated Press. Oflicial announcement of the accept- ance by beth Peru and Chile of the in- vitation extended them several days ago, at the instance of President Hard- Washington and discuss the provisions of the treaty of Ancon which are in dispute between those two nations, was made today at the State Deparl- ment. Although the department was with- out the texts-of the formal acceptance by the two @overnme it was said that the dispatches had been received from the American embassies at Lima and Santiago notifying the American government of receipt of the accept- ance. Press dispatches from Lima quoted ! the Peruvian acceptance as one to discuss the prgvisions of the treaty. Such acceptance would appear to be at variance with the previously an- thes gov- ernment of Chile not to discuss any thing in the treaty save the matter of a plebescite in the provinces of Tacna and Arica. It was said by department | officials, however, that advices from representatives of both Chile and Peru led to the belief that the two governments would meet in con(erT ence in Washington and attempt to settle the differences which have been existing since the treaty was signed in 1884. It was understood that should the plenipotentiaries of the two govern- ments be unable to settle their differ- ences in conference here, they un- doubtedly would endeavor to formu- late some document setting forth the precise points on which they were at variance and submit that document to some arbitrator. It is the belief of department offi cials that both nations sincerely wish to remove what has been described as a “thorn in the side” of peace in Latin America, and that out of the conference in Washington would come a settlement of the long stand- ing_differences. The impending canference was de- clared again today to have a most jmportant bearing on the whole mat- ter of national relationship in South America. It was asserted that meet- ings of the Pan-American Congress in times past had been conducted in an atmosphere of nervous tension, owing to the dispute between Chile ana Peru, and it was said a settle- ment of the difficulties between those two nations was desired by virtually every member of the Pan-American ion. e next session of the Pan-Ameri- can conference is to be held at San- tiago on the invitation of Chile, probably next November. Settle- ments of the difficulties between Chile and Peru by that time would tend to increase greatly the value of that meeting, it was said. FINANCE EXPERTS MEET. Representative Martin B. Madden of Illinois, chairman of the House ap- propriations - committee, was the principal speaker at the semi-monthly luncneon yesterday at the New gr;’%l;l'c(e Hotel. Representative Madden discussed” the world war appropria- tions and revenues. Maj. Otto Grolund also spoke, on the income tax law as it affects Army officers. About seventy-five officers of the finance department, officers of the Finance Reserve Corps and a few ilian employes in the office of the ge( -of finance pere present, The Finance School at Fort Hunt, Va., was reprennted by the com- mandant, Liept. Col. S. 8. Ross, and his assisiant, F. E. Parker. Brig» Gen: H. M. Lord, ehlefotmm. alged. Slizabeth | of all differences | ing, to have plenipotentiaries meet in | | i | | | | i i i | | i | THREE NEW JUDGES ASKED BY LAWYERS Bar Association Urges Two for Appeals Court, One D. C. Supreme Justice. The Bar Association of the District of Columbia held a special.meetiis yesterday afternoon and adopted a resolution asking Congress for two additional justices for the Court of Appeals and one more judge for the District Supreme Court. fforts have been made for several ;Years to induce Congress to name two |additional Justices for each court, hut without success, The resolution adopted yesterday is in the u a compromise in the hope legislators may be prevaiied uy aid at least to this extent in reliev- ing the congested con m of litiga tion at the National Capital The legislative commitiee of the lawyers will take the resolution to the Capitol and renew pleas for the much needed increase in the person- nel of the bench. It will be shown that in the District Supreme Court since the number of justices was last | increased, in 1879, the business of that tribunal has more than doubled The Court of Appeals also has pressing need for two more justices, is shown by the record of bu that court during the past y ness « r, when it disposed of more cases than any of Ithe circuit courts of appeals in the country. As this is the court of final appeal in most of the cases comin before it, it is suggested that th should be more than three justices because in the case of a dissenting opinion where the lower court's de- cision is reversed, the matter is dis- posed of on the opinion of four jus- tices, the two concurring justices of the appeal hench holdin® to one view of the law and the dissenter and the {trial judge on the other side of the question. The resolution also opposes chang- ing the name of the Supreme Court of the District to the “General” Cours of the District of Columbia. POLICEMAN KILLED BY NEWYORKNEGRD List of Murdered Bluecoats Is Now Raised to Nine. NEW YORK, January 20.—L: night's killing of Patrolman Otto W Motz by Frank Whaley, a negro who had been picked up on suspicion of insanity, increased to nine the list of New York bluccoats shot to death the la thirteen months. Eight were #he victims of criminal gunmen; the other was laid low by a fellow police- Of the slavers, two are awaiting trial, two were convicted of rde one was confined i the criminal in two were exou- crated and one escaped without leay ing a clue to his identity. Lixt of Killings. of killings began when Licut 10w 10 an institution for The list cember Horton was t to halt a gang of b flceing in motor car. He had leaped to the run- ning board in the face of repeated volleys of pistol shots. and, after re g a mortal wou whil lying helpless in the wrote the number of the fugitives of paper, which iuter led and conviction of On February Joseph J. Bridget al on stree 4 sl rrest cLive v g Killed che Charles Davis the latter’s o the state insane Patrolman Joseph killed early on th 27, while raidingz Brooklyn. One of mitted firing th freed on the plea that he officer was a robber. Gangster Gets Twenty Years. Patrolman Daniel J. Neville fell o1 August 7, while attempting to « William . Hoey, gangster, drug ad- d and ex-couvi Ho was tenced to from tw ¥ vears to imprisonment st Monda The body og P'atrolman Jose Reuschle was found on the eptember 23, Iving in sk lyn Davis w at Mat “onnel syl ve at West 169th st 1u in his hand was his | from which four shots had been A had been shot three times. pre from cover. but hix murderer escaped |HOPES FOR THE SUCCESS OF U. S. EMPLOYES’ UNION Senator Lenroot Expresses *Best Wishes” for Membership Drive Now in Progress. \Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin t day expressed best wishes to Feder Employes’ Union. for the suc- cess of the membership campaign now in progress. In a letter to William J. Hendricks, president of No. 2, Senator Lenroot said Your organization, I is_pFimar conc united effort by federal 3 an improved employment policy by the government. Believing that or- ganized effort is necessary 1o accom- plish & public undertaking, I wi you every success in your member- ship drive. Best wishes also have Representative Nolan of California and others. According to C. D. An- derson of _the Department, chairman of the central membership committee, the wide distribution of the new membership list is one of the come from i very eatisfactory results of the cam- paign already apparent HAYS’ RESIGNATION NOT FORMALLY PRESENTED Atthough Will H. Hays will reure as Postmaster General on March 4, to become the head of the motion picture industry in the country, he has not yet presented his formal resignation to the President. He made this point plain to- day when he came to tie White House to attend a cabinet meeting, and ex- plained further that, although he has signed the contract for his new office, he has not determined when he will sub- mit his resignation. Mr. Hays said also that Ze had not informally tendered his resignation over the telephone from New York to Presi- dent Harding, as was reported several days ago. He said he did talk to the President over the phone, but he simply acquainted the President with the facts of hig decision and that he had signed l the contract. DR. ROWE GIVES ADDRESS. Dr. L. S! Rowe, director general of the Pan-American Union, delivered an address yesterday morning before the student ofl}c:.n ‘l}(l::ldegs":!'l:ol":(yAp- tion of le Un! 'S vy on pard R muvu l-cfltm 2