Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1922, Page 2

2 RRCHIVES BUILDING Amends Bill to Appropriate $500,000 for Site of Pro- posed Structure. VITAL NEED EMPHASIZED Senator Smoot Says U. S. Is Being Held Up for Rentals—Treasury Addition Also Voted. First steps for the provision of a national archives building here to house the priceless and in most in- stances irreplaceable government rec- ords were taken yesterday by the Senate when it adopted an amend- ment to the Treasury appropriation 1 OF CHILDREN ARE TOLD Dr. Pirquet of University of Vienna Lectures at National Museum. Exhibit to Continte. Dr. Clemens Pirquet .of the Uni- versity of Vienna, Austria, told of the standards of nutrition for children as developed by the American Relief Administration_ in his country in a lecture yesterday afternoon in the auditorium of the National Museum. He explained the process employed by the American relief workers in administering to the needs of suffer- | little onmes in Austria and in helping them, through propgy nutri- tion methods. to make the what food they can obtain from relief sources. In connection with the lecture there was an exhibit showing sys- tems of feeding and measuring .under- nourished children. This _exhibit will continue for ten days. The in- structive display is located in rooms ing ing. The children’s bureau of the De- partment of Labor has, at various times since its establishment, under- taken surveys indicating what it re- gards as the proper standards for child nutrition. The exhibits for building up undernourished children were obtained through the studies of nost of | 44. 45 and 46 of the museum build-| THE SHENDAY - STAR, WASHINGTION, D. C SENA]'E APPRUVES |METHODS OF NUTRITION | AU o 5 22 | | | AUTO CRASH FOLLOWS SPECTACULAR CHASE OF ~1922_PART 1. "BOOTLEGGERS -BY DETECTIVES bill, allowing §$500,000 for the pur- chase of a site. the bureau in several industrial centers in the emst. The bill, the first of the big supply Dbills to pass the Senate, also carried a ~ Senate committee amendment, which was approved. appropriating $1,000.000 for the construction of a three-story building in the north court of the Treasury building, the two lower stories of which would be vault space and the third story office space. An item of $20,000 put in by the Sen- ate committee and approved by the Senate is for renewing the roof on the old building of the bureau of en- graving and printing, at 14th and B streets southwest. now known as the auditors’ building. Declares Need Imperative. Imperative need of an immediate Pprovision for the national archives building was pointed out to the Sen- ate in a forceful manner by Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, chairman of the public bui'dings commission. He in- formed the body that the archives building would enable the government to give up some of the buildings now occupled at high rentals. The government would make 10 per cent on the investment in the build ing from the time it moves the rec- ords into it, he saia. He informed the Senate that the lease on the building now occupied by the Department of Justice expires about June 15, and that the owners now are asking the government for an §ncrease of from 400 to 500 per cent over the present rent for a renewal of the’ lease. They will not get it, he said. He cited thisas one of the prob- lems facing the bulldings commission and an argument In favor of the archives building. Senator King of Utah suggested that such a matter should be re- ferred to the rent commission. ‘Won't Pay Increased Rent. “We are not going to pay the in- creased rent unless the Supreme Court of the United States tells us we have to,” said Senator Smoot. “What your commission wants, and it is unanimous, is to build an The lecture and exhibit were ar- ranged under the joint auspices of the Smithsonian Institution, the United States Children's Bureau, the National Research Council and the American Relief Administration. SHIP IN DISTRESS NOT FOUND. NEW YORK, January 21—The steamship George Washington report- ed by wireless tonight that she was unable to locate the Norwegian steam- ship Mod at the position where she was reported in distress. The message added that other steamers in the vicin- | ity had been requested to watch out for the vessel. Limps With Battered 'Hood and ped to the garage last night for general overhauling to body and engine, a martyr to duty. With a battered hood, bouncing heavily over bumps in the roadway. with a broken spring, it wended a pround way to the police garage in the rear -of the 3d precinct, Laughtily through street traffic and receiving a silent tribute of homage from the crossing policemen. That car today is listed with the scores of police department attaches injured in line of duty and it has a perfect Police Auto Proudly Machine Returns Victor From Chase of Whisky Car. The old headquarters speed car that city, with only abowt one-third! going | e picture shows revenue and detectives transferring whinky gontained in quart prexery | Jars from the automobile of the liquor | runners which was wrecked when it collided with a coal wagon at S5th | and O wtreets. + to Repair Shop Broken Spring, “Veleran”’ I s are iu ich work. the population of the up-to-date, $1,000 speed the hands of the police for Which is exactly three times as many |as Washington has. if the local 1915 {model machines can be called up-to- date. The headquarters’ car last night was a small but popular 4-cyl- !inder model touring mach Still Seek Second Man. Donald Kane, who was arrested yes- through ~the hen the automobile in which he was a passenger ended in a smash-up |at 5th and O streets, is being held by | the police on charges of violation of | the prohibition act. Police are con- CITY CLUB'S MANY FEATURES REVEALED AT BIG RECEPTION| archives building in a central place, so that it can take care of all the records of the government. 1 want to assure you that your commission wants to save every penny possible. The only question here is whether we are to have an archives building, “I will say now that I would build an archives building just as quickly as it is possible to do so. There are thousands of government papers that could not be replaced, of inestimi able value to the American people, now stored in the basements of pub- lic buildings exposed to all kinds of dangers. Go to the Arlington building and down into the basement and see the conditions there,” he continued. “I don’t want a handsome marble build- ing, with carved walls and statues, and immense pillars of ancient Greece and Rome. I want a large building, constructed for the purpose of hou: ing. these valuable archives, a sub- stantial building that will last the government of the United States for the next hundred years. War Records Piled High. “Valuable records of the late war are piled high in the cities of New York and_Philadelphia. They ought to be in Washington. The only way to get them here is to build an ar- chives building, as all of the available space is now used up.” Senator Fletcher of Florida, said the goyernment ought to have such a building here. Senator King of Utah said that the government should erect the building on space now owned by it, and op- posed the purchase of any additional land. He had read before the Senate & lengthy .communication from J. Lord, who said that he was an engi- neer and was interested in city plan- ning in the west. Mr. Lord's letter opposed the erection of the building on the site originally proposed on the squares bounded by B and C, 12th and 14th streets, which would involve the closing of Ohio avenue, which bisects the squares. The writer urged the present site of the War Trade building at 15th and B streets northwest, pointing out that the government owns this prop- erty, having purchased it years ago for the proposed buildings for the State, Commerce and Justice depart- ments. Owing to the increase in for- eign relations, he sald, it was proper for the State Department to remain in its present location close to the ‘White Hous Building over streets, he said, may offer present economy, but will' ulti- mately be ighly expensive and savors of ‘penny wisdom.” ** Buillding Must Be Central Senator Smoot said that some years ago it was proposed to erect the building on the site mentioned by Mr.. Lord, but to construct it so as not to block the street, but it was not agreeable. He added, however, that the building must be centrally Jocated, or there would be no gain, ©oWwing to the time and expense neces- sary for long trips to a building not located near the departments. Sena- tor Smoot said the Senate could feel assured that the commission was go- ing to do the best it could, and that unless it could save money In the erection of such a building, he would ask for further instructions. Senator King warned the commis- sian that if it didn't select a site on property now owned by the gov- ernment, it could look for criticism. He agreed that there should be such 2 building, and expressed regret that it hadn’t been provided years ago. The Treasury bill as finally passed by the Senate carried a total of $120,- 272,000 as compared with $118,806,000 authorized by the House. PLAN BENEFIT PROGRAM. Citizens’ Association to Help Hos- pital and Aid Society. The Northeast Citizens’ Association ‘will give a benefit entertainment in ‘the auditorium of Northeast Masonic Temple ' Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock for the purpose of raising funds to aid Casualty Hospital and the Travelers Aid Society. The committee on entertainment, of vhich Col. James McWade Harrigan is chairman and Prof. Millard Francis 2ainter director, has arranged an elahorate program’ of character sketches, dancing and .music, which ‘will be rendered by a cast composed of ‘Miss Helen Belt, violinii Miss Marie Belt. pianist; Francis Miller and Dorothy Schenken, character dancing; Randle, the xylophonist; Mrs. Deal, contralto; Drennan, the magician; Luke Fagin, the “American Harry Lauder”; Margaret Cook, solo, dance and reading; Moss Allen and ‘Virginia Catlin, Apache dance; Miss Houston, _contralt: Prof. Millard Francis Painter, laughologist, and Felter's orchestra. Refreshments will be served in the ey et _hall during the dance injer- ons, I SRR ST T e By a I right to carry itself as proudly as it| wishes, 3 For didn’t it, under the skiliful pilot- age of Chauffeur Robey, chase and run down a car with all the fleetness and ability that seven years’ youth over the headquarters car gave it, and wind up a victor in the chase of & Whisky-laden automobile yesterday, with Detective Joe Waldron_and Detective Jett as its occupants? Didn't it wind in and out through traffic on the streets, with a roaring motor, swinging through noon- @ay crowds at a, whizzing, break-neck speed, without being in a single collision while the car that was fleeing scraped and bumped into automobiles time and time again? Built Back in 1915. That car, although it came from the factory in 1915 and has been a familiar and dreaded sight to law- breakers for half a dozen years now, will be patched up and put back into service, one, which might cope with speedy machines used by lawbreakers. One detective, coming back from Toledo, Ohio, last night, said that in UNIVERSITY WOMEN SEEK HEADQUARTERS ‘Will Start Drive Tomorrow to Buy 0ld City Club Home at 1634 I Street. A national campaign for the pur- chase of the property at 1634 I street northwest, formerly the old City Club, through the sale of stocks and bonds, is to be launched tomorrow night by the American Association of Universi- ty Women at a banquet to be given at the Wardman Park Hotel. Miss Ada L. Ccmstock, dean of Smith College, will be the guest of homor and the principal speaker. The property, when purchased, will become the n tional headquarters of the association. The association, which is composed of women graduates of recognized in- stitutions and was organized in Bos- ton in 1882, by sixty-five women grad- uates of Boston, Cornell, Michigan, Oberlin, Smith, Vassar and Wisconsin colleges and universities, and has 200 branches. The Washington branch was the first organized, its initial meeting being held in November, 1884, in the Central High School. It now has a membership of 600 women. Miss Harlean James is president of the local chapter. ‘The Washington branch has inter- ested itself in local movements of educational and civic value and dur- ing the war opened and supported a home on K street, where they enter- tained women from India, England, France, China, Denmark, Australia, Italy, Canal Zone, Sweden and North Africa. The American Association is also affiliated with similar organizations in Europe, and together they have supported a clubhouse in London for 2 lohg while and plan to open one in Paris soon. because Congress has not | provided appropriations for a new| the | ACTRESS-JOURNALIST WRITES tinuing the search for his companion. Alexandria police yesterd rested John P. Casson and Elmer Ar- duser of 905% 5th streer on charges of violation of the prohibition law They are believed by the Alexandria authorities to have been co-operating with the passengers of the machine which was chased from the Highway bridge yesterday through Washing- ton. Seventy-five gallons of corn whisky were stored at the revenue confisca- tion house last night as the haul of the government from the whisky car. It was stacked from floor to top in the rear of the machine, and was In glass jars, such as are used for preserves and jam. The police learned last night that the operator of the coal truck which was struck by the bootlex his helper, were badly injured. mon Nally, fifty-six years old, of 419 9th street southwest, the operator of the coal truck, who was taken to Gar- field Hospital, had his left collarbone fractured and his head cut. Joseph Willlams, colored; his helper. of 10371 7th street, was internally injured. He was taken to Garfiela Hospital. {CEMETERY GETS RIGHT - | TO SELL PROPERTY | | Senate Passes Measure Which Per- mits Action by Prospect Hill Authorities. Authority is given the Prospect Hill |cemetery authorities to sell several parcels of land on the west side of North Capitol street and opposite the | cemetery, in a_ House bill passed by | the Senate. The measure now goes Ito_the President for signature. The measure as passed merely changes the articles of incorporation of the cemetery to permit it to dispose of this land. Under its original charter it | | could only dispose of land for burial ! purposes, and since.the cemetery was established North Capitohstreet was cut through the property. and this land could not even be scld for burlal pur- poses. Senator Ball informed the Senate that the property now furnishes no revenue to the District, but that if the cemetery were permitted to sell it about one hun- dred houses would be put up by next summer and the land would net about $4,000 a year in taxes to the District of Columbia. —_— GIVEN SURPRISE PARTY. A surprise dinner and birthday party was tendered last night to 8, ‘T. Graham, on his seventy-eighth an- niversary, at the home of his son, C. E. Graham, at 2715 13th street north- east. Mr. Graham was born in this city of Scotch-Irish parentage and until a few years ago had worked in gov- ernment departments during a pe-| riod of fifty-one years. He was re-; tired under the retirement act pro- visions and since then has been re- siding with his son. AN INTERVIEW WITH HERSELF Mme. Sirl Hard of Sigarstad, ac- tress and journalist of Stockholm, who is “covering” the conference on the limitation of armaments, has just interviewed herself. She explained that several American newspaper correspondents have endeavored to interview her, but because of her broken English, were unable correctly to get her talk, and she declded to jnterview herself. “My journalistic I is a writer to the paper Nya Daglight Allebanda, in Stockholm, and my artistic 1 is an actress from the Royal ‘matic_Theater, in Stockholm, and who has played in the Scandi- navian peninsula and in Germany. My two I's looked at each other and the Jjournalistic one asked “Why are you an actress when you are & journalist, and why are you & journalist when you are-an act- ress? Must Know Human Nature. “My artistic 1 answered, ‘You see, my deayr, I cannot be an ac- tress without being a human, and you cannot be a fournlll‘t with- out being a kuman, and nzither of us can be human without knowing human life and human aature.’ ‘We must see and study as much as we have the opportunity to do, and our two spirits, the journai- datio and the artistic, will go band« ‘in-hand to help each other to de- velop ‘and progess. “It is a wonderful opportunity for my two I's that we have coma to Washington. The peace con- ference in Washington ‘and the work of American men and women, their campaign for international peace, their faith, hope anl energy have aroused In me a tremendous admiration, and a stronz desire to do something here in Wasnington to help the new organization, the National Councjl for the Reduction of Armament. Benefit Recital. “In that wish my actress I has arranged a dramatic recital for the benefit of the national council, to be given next Saturday' night at 9:30 o'clock, at the Art Center, 1106 Connecticut avenue.” Mme. Hard anmounced the eyen- ing’s program as follows: he first act of Leighton Osmun’s plav, “The Fortune Teller, which ran in New York two years ugo. Sec- ond, ‘Salome’s Love Hymn,' by Os- car Wilde. I will try to show that this scene is one of the flacst love hymns which has been writteu. Ard, third, a musical Trecital .f Berglio, Bjornson and Grieg. This last number will be spoken in Swedish, the two others will be played in the English. No tickets ‘will be sold on this evening. I have thought that it will be better if . girls sell flowers during the b missions; and that the au &ive as much ax it dosizaa e 1 ! Near'ly 4,000 Attend Function—Hundreds See for First Time Ideal Arrange- ment of New Building. * Four thousand or more Washington- ians visited the City Club last night and learned what the organization has done fo make a real civic center for the National Capital. The occasion was the club's big “open house” reception. Beginning a little after 7:30 o'clock and continuing until midnight, the visi- tors arrived and were shown through the new home of the club. While the reception was in progress, about 400 couples danced in the big, new ball- room. Many Nom-Members Invited. Invitations to the party were sent out to nearly 3,000 non-members, in- cludirg the officers and governors of the other leading local clubs, while members also were Invited to bring as their guests any non-members to whom they wished to show the new { club. The club's officers and governors, headed by President E. C. Graham, received the guests:- in the main lounge, and other members aided in guiding_the visitors about the build- ing. With the exception of the smoker next Friday night,, to\which each member has been invited to bring one guest, the affair was the last opportunity given non-members to inspect the clubhouse. Expressions of Admiration. Many expressions of wonder and ad- miration at the colorful scene presented, both in the cozy lounge and in the crowded ballroom above, were made by the feminine visitors as they strolled through the rooms on their fours of inspection. There appeared to be as many ladies present as there were men, many of them in evening gowns, and they were not backward in satisfying their curiosity’ as to the appearnce of rooms where husbands have been pro- vided with the facilities for such recre- ations as billiards, cards, etc. The women appeared to be particularly de- lighted with the rich draperies and comfortable chairs in the lounge. Dr. Frank W. Ballou and Stephen E. Kramer, respectivefy superintend- ent and assistant superintendent of schools, were interested visitors dur- ing the evening, as were many other local and federal officials. A number of Army officers and their ladies were in evidence. The most popular place toward the latter part of the evening was the magnificent’ ballroom, where a “jazz” orchestra was Kept busy an- swering encores for the dancers. The ballroom is said to be tHe largest of its kind in the city. Punch was served in the room adjoining the ballroom. Mr. Graham wore a radlant smile as he greeted the guests and pointed out to some of them special features of the clubhouse. “This building and its facilities afford something different from other clubs and. therefore, does not compete with other clubhouses. Tt fills a long-felt need in. Washing- ton,” he was heard to remark. Spaciousness is the dominant.note of the new building, all the larger rooms being nearly eightéen feet high. This unusual story height has permitted the construction of mezza- nine floors at the east and west sides on each story, and alfo’ has given a splendid _opportunity for elaborats window draping at the big fourteen- foot windows, which are a feature of all the larger rooms and halls. Attractive Lebl 2 ‘Entering from the street, the guests found a long, high-ceilinged lobby done In black, white and gold, fur- nished in heavy oak and leather and lighted by antique octagonal chan deliers and elaborate . floor lamp: Similar lamps cast their glow through the rich greenery entwined about the grilled baicony overlooking the lobby from the broad marble stair- case. This note of greenery was car- ried out throughout the building. The rich window drape effects were ‘first evident in the big main dining room, which opens off the second-floor lobby, and is equipped to seat between 350 ‘and 400 perso At the three banks of window: street the hangings are a rich figured aroon and old gold, over sand-col- z;ed silk _curtains which match_the |- sand finish of the walls.’ The pl and -decorative friezes of this room are in cream color, relieved by the ellow-shaded side aid table lamps. %Mlm &fl‘m and .:lilell' counter_occupy- the northweet: corner of this floor, while off the dining room <. 1 grille and four private dining rooms, two of them being on the mezzanine of this fioor. Men's Grille Feature. The men's grille is finished in sand color and carved oak, with a red tile floor, bordered’in gray. and a wide red brick fireplace with heavy carved oak mantel and paneiings. The light- ing fixtures are of antiq wrought iron. while brightly figured curtains reliéve the massiveness of the hea oak settles, armchairs and tables. The next private dining room, known as the red room, is furnished in period walnut, with a large ban- quet table, deep taupe rug and win- dow_ hangings to match. A high- dompd ceiling, richly paneled walls andf tall French doors opening from : dinig 819 his grandfather, the 'main dining room are features of this room. The other three private rooms are bright with salmon-colored window drapes, yellow-silk shaded side and top lights. and taupe rugs on floors of red and gray tile. The largest will seat from forty to fifty and the other two about twenty-five each. View Over Dining Room. The women's lounge and dressing rooms, which occupy the west mezza- nine of the dining room floor, are fur- nished in mahogany and cane, fin- ished with old blue velour, the lounge giving a view down over the diming room. The big modern kitchen and service quarters occupy the entire rear half of this floor. The main lounge, a spacious hall, 64 by 66 feet in size, dominates the third floor. Located just above the main dining room and of the same size, its big windows also overlook G street and are strikingly draped in elaborate hangings of old blue velour, | caught ,up with heavy ropes. The furniture of this big hall‘is in period walnut, with overstuffed chairs and lounges’ of royal blue and tapestry, in- terspersed with others in old blue leather. The many large rugs are in flat-color taupe, while the walls and ceiling are in sand finish, broken by panels and friezes of cream colors. A great fireplace, with a mantel reaching nearly to the: ceiling, domi- nates the east side of the room, op- posite the lobby doors. / Decorative Features. Elaborate floor and table lamps and large oil pajntings, together with banks of palms and ferng, are decora- tive features of the lounge. The paintings have been loaned perma- nently to the club by Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Calhoun and by James Sharp, former president of the Commercial Club. Oftf the lounge on the east are three card rodms. the library and a large billiard and po¢l salon with five ta- bles and _room for two moré when needed. West of the lounge are the executive offices, while on. the west mezzanine is a writing room and a modern barber shop. Blue Dining Room. ‘The blue dining room, capable of seating 160 persons, opens off the main_lobby in the rear of the lounge and has already proved very popu- lar for large luncheon and dinner par- ties. Among the gatherings held in this hall last week were the weekly forum of the National Popular Gov- ernment League, a private dinner to the president of the .National City Bank of New York and the weekly luncheon of the Caravan Club. The reom is furnished ‘in pale blue, with cream-colored walls and elaborate overdrapes of pale blue and yellow. The big main ballroom, 62 by 110 feet in size, occupies the fourth floo: with a large balcony along the east side and twelve entrance doors from the lobby on the west.* This hall also -is decorated’ in sand-finishad walls with columns and panels of cream color and is equipped to seat. 1,200 persons. On the west meszanine of this floor are the exercise room, locker room and shower baths. The ballroom also can be used for gymnastic classes. REJECTED SUITOR SHOOTS overlooking G {Rudolph Carroll Wounds Mrs. Anna Butler and Kills Self. NEW YORK, January 21.—Rudelph Carroll, a rejected sultér, shot and serjously wounded Mrs. Anna Butler as she emerged from her iome today, and he turned the uj him- self, inflicting & '"’"iu’-"-m dleds ., S | IPATED IV #HE CHASE. LEFT TO GH ROBEY. NOTED HUMORIST DIES AT HOSPITAL John Kendrick Bangs Fails to Survive Second Operation. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, —John Kendrick Ba humorist and lecturer, died at a hospital here late today of intestinal trouble. Mr. Bangs, J.. January 21. who has been ill for a number of | weeks, succumbed after a second | operation for a growth, performed today. Once before his physicians had | given up hope for a time it recover. Mr. Bangs, famous for more than ! a quarter of ‘a century as a humorist | and man of letters, came of a dis- | tinguished American fami His | father was a noted New York lawyer | i Nathan Bang: the third president of Wesleyan versity. had a wide reputation Methodist preacher and ecclesiastical | writer, Appenred in Chautauquas. The grzndson had appeared on practically all the Lyceum and Chau- !tauqua circuits of the country. He was democratic candidate for mayor of Yonkers. N. his birthplace. in| 1394, but was defeated. He was also | a member of the board of education of Yonkers for several terms. direc- tor of a gas company and i | {of the Halstead Sehool. Pt but he rallied, and | seemed as if he would He was born on May 27, 1862, and was educated at Columbia. While in! college, he became editor -of the | undergraduate publication, Acta Col- {umbiana. He was graduated in 18!3' with the degree of Ph.B., then studied a vear in Columbla Law School, amd | in 1884 became associate editor of Life. In 1888 he became a member of the ataff of Harper's Monthly a8 editor of the “Drawer.” Subse- | | quently he served as editor of Har- | per's Weekly, the Me : Magazine and Puck. el ‘Wrote Witty Poetry, Mr. Bangs was a prolific writer Ofl witty poetry as well as author of a| number of dramatic and musical ! plays. Some of his most entertaining work was done in a series of maga- zine articles called “Leaves from a Lecturer's Notebook.” Other of his principal works are: “Roger Camer- | den” (1887); “The Lorgnette,” with| S."W. Van Schaick (1887); “Katharine | —a Travesty” (1887); “New Waggings | of Old Tales,” with Frank Dempster | Sherman _ (1888); “Mephistopheles” | (1888): “Tiddledywink Tales” (1891) “In Camp With a Tin Soldier” (1892): “Coffea_and Repartee” (1893); “Half | Hours With Jimmy Boy” (1883); “The | Water Ghost” (1894); “Three Weeks in Polities” (1894); 3 of Corsica” (1895); “The Paradise Club” (1895); “The Tdiot” (1895): “A House Boat on the Styx “The Bicyclers” (1896 of the House Boat” (1897): Mantel Piece Minstrels” (1987): Prophecy and a Plea” (1397); “Paste Jewels” (1897); “Ghosts I Have Met" (1598); “Peeps at Peopie” (1898) “The 'Dreamers, a Club” (1899) “Cobwebs from a Literary Corner’ (1899); *“The Bombing of Acre Hill" (1900); “Mr. Munchausen” (1901); “Olympian Nights” (1902); “Uncle sam, Trustee” (1902); “Bi-ky, the Skicycle” (1902); “Over the Plum Pudding” (1902); “Under Difficulties” (farce, 1905) “The Worsted Man" (musical play, 1905); “Mrs. Raffles” (1905); “The Inventions of the Idiot” (1907); “Plotted Fiction” (1308); “Songs of Cheer” (1910); “Jack and the —Check Book” " (19i1); “From Pillar to 'Post”, (1916); “The Cheery (1919). He also wrote “Lady a musical comedy version “School for Scandal,” and “Tomorrowland,” a musical fantasy. In 1918 the humorist lectured for the Young_Men's Christian Assoclation and’ allied troops along the battle- front in France. Mr. Bangs was twice married; his first wife, whom he married in 1886 and by whom he had three children, ! if the wages of operators were likel | represent i sion asked them for information. {mission is again inquiring Into the LODGE SPEECH BY RADIO. | 8its in Home While Addressing Club at Lynn, Mass. An address by raido-was made last | night by Senator Lodge of Maswa- chusetts, of the American delegates to the armament conference, to the! Radio Club in sesslon at Lynn, Mass. Accomplishments of ‘the conference | were recited by Senator Lodge, who was seated in his Massachusetts ave- nue home with his telephone con- nected with the Arlington wireless station. i CONTESTS RETURN OF OLD PHONE RATE Pre-War Schedule in D. C.! Would Be Unreasonable, Says A. E. Berry. A return to pre-war telephone rates at this time would be unreasonable, unfair and would amount practically to confiscation, A. E. Berry, presi- dent of the Chesapeake and Potomac Company, told the utilitics commis- sion yesterday afternoon at the close of the hearing the company's rates. Mr. Berry asked the comm continue present rates throughout 1922, estimating that they would vield the company about 5.78 per cent on the fair value of the property. The president testified that while thi less than the company believ should earn, it recognizes the fa that rates high enough to give a 7 or 8 per cent return would have the effect of driving away subscribers ‘The Chamber of Commerce, repre: ted by Harry King and Arthur E. Seymour, supported the company quest for a continuation of ex rates. Favors Some Reduction. 1 on on to! tain wartime rates Osborne I. Yellott, counsel for the company, devoted practically all his closing argument to the of decisions by courts and sions to support the company’s tention that its depreciation reserve should be included in its fair value for rate-making purposes. Briefly, the company's argument is this: That money placed in the de- preciation reserve belongs to the stockholders because they have not received what is regarded as a rea- sonable return. If they had received a reasonable return on the investment and still been able to place something in the depreciation reserve. then that | sum could be eliminated from the fair value in fixing telephone rates. Mr. Berry testified vesterday after- noon that the company has postponed, for the time being, installation of the first automatic central office in Wash- ington. A number of large cities. he said, will soon try out the automatic, and the local company expects to save money by awaiting the resuits of the test elsewhere. Rates in Other Citles. At the request of Chairman Keller of the commission, the company agreed to furnish the commission later with the rates now in effect in other large cities of the count Chairman Keller asked Br. Berr) to go down. The witness replied in the affirmative, explaining that the company expects to spend much less 9n, OPerators this year than during 1921 W. B. Clarkson, commercial superin- tendent, testified yesterday afternoon that the company now has about 391 unfilled orders for service, whereas a year ago the number was 574. The company, he said, usually is able to fill 95 per cent of the orders within a week. The other 5 per cent, he said, applications from persons whose homes are so situated that faci- lities are not immediately available. Keller thanked the company and in- terested citizens for the manner in which they took part in the discus- sions. He said the company had made a complete and frank presentation of all the matters on which the commis- Decjsion probably will not be render- ed until some time in February, since existing rates do not expire until March 1. No progress has been made toward reaching a national settlement of the question of whether the 413 per cent of gross earnings paid annually by local telephone companies to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company is reasonable. A. E. Berry. president of the Chesa- peake and Potomac Telephone. made this statement yesterday at the rate hearing before the public hearing be- fore the public utilites commission. Along withe other matters, the coms reasonableness of this annual license payment to the A. T. and T.. which is exchange for the rental of equip- ment_owned by the parent concern ! proper | through William McK. Clayton, speaking ¢ for the citizens' associations, told | the commission that while it might | not be proper to go back to pre- : ¢ war telephone rates, he believed some reduction in the schedule should be made in view “of the excells financial condition of this | and the general downward prices.” Mr. Clayton cited the fact that| street cars, gas and electrl light | rates have been cut below the war | peak and he axked the commi why it should single out the te phone company and allow it to re !reached at regional conferences. th: i and for expert engineering services received from the American company Conaideration Once Postponed. In a previous rate decision the local commission announced that it would postpone consideration of the 414 per cent license in yiew of t! that an effort be made by all state commissions to settle the question in a way that could be followad throughout the country. Walter C. Allen, executive secretary of the local commission, asked Mr. Berry what progress had been made to- ward such a settlement. Mr. Berry replied that the tele- phone company stood ready to go in- to conference Wwith a committee rep- resenting the State commissions, but that @ number of those commis- sions have announced that they would not be bound by such an agree- ment and that to hold such a com- ference would be a waste of time. eer of the A. T. and T., was testifying as to the benefits which local com- panies derive from their afliation with the national company, he was asked by Mr. Clayton if in kis opinion an independent company codid operate: successtully in Washington. > Mr. Robinson replied that he did not believe an Independent company could operate successfully here, pofnting out that one of the big assets of an affiliated company is the long-distance service. Mr. Robinson was followed by E. V. Cox, also an official of the A. T. and T, who was called to explain the ad- vantages of the contract which the local company has with the Western Electric Company for furnishing sup- lies. Pln ope year, he testified, the C, and P. Company saved 16 per cent by buy- ing its telephone material, including cable, from the Western Electric. BLUNDON JURY FAILS. was Agnes L. Hyde. His second wife was formerly Miss Mary Blakeney Gray of New York, whom he married in 1904, P e ERRED IN DESCRIBING PARTY In its account of the party of the West Virginia Soclety of the District of Columbia, The Star stated the af- fair was a celebration of the birth- day anniversaries of Gen. Lee and Jaekson. ‘was an error. It was the annual clder and gingerbread partye o g . | l RICHMOND, Va., January 21.— Failing to agree on a verdict after having the case under consideration since Thursday afternoon at 435 o'clock, the jury in the trial of E. Gordon Blundon, charged with em- bezzling $50,000 of the Commonwealth National Bank of Reedville, was dis- charged by - Judge Waddii] in the United_States district court shortly after 12 o'clock today. It js not yet known how the jury sf Blundon ‘been on trial here since January i | suggestion of the Indiana commission | | | jready While C. A. Robinson, chief engin- | {abandonment { their iseck At the conclusion of the hearing Col. | \Witt NOTED RESDENCES FGURE N SALES Old Austrian Embassy and Charles J. Bell Home Dis- posed Of to Investors. Sale of 1wo of the most noted resi- dence properties in the 1300 block of jConnecticut avenue, which will make way for the rapid development of his thoroughfare as a business sec- ion. has just been consummated, it learned last night. The historic Austrian embassy ai 1305 Connecticut avenue, and the resi- dence of Charles J. Bell, president of the American Security and Trust Company at 1327 Connecticut avenue. almost simultaneously were trans- ferred in to the hands of local in- vestors and will be converted into business properties. it was said. Proceeds to Be Divided. The Austrian embassy wus sold for the governments of Austria and Hun- gary through the firms of Glover & Flather and Weaver Brothers at an nown.consideration. 1t was pur- by a local investor, who is 1ing to erect on the property a f stores. This property has a fronta of seventy-one feet on Connecticut avenue and _ seventy- eight feet on 15th street. The stores both Connecticut avenue The purchase price will be turned over will front I5th street of the proper: Austrian to the and Hungarian gov- ernments It hax heen stated previously that upofi the embassy prop- riy veds would be divided quitah ween the two gOvern- used by them, presuma- r acquisition of individual embassies in this city. It is not known whether either of the govern- ments h decided on any particular ¢ with this in view. e of Bell Residence. The residence of Mr. Bell was sold Randall Hugner at a con- sideration of more than $100,000. The name of the purchaser was withheld. This property has a frontage of fifty- five feet on Connecticut avenue and is more than 100 feet deep. The im- t to be made on this prop- not made known. the EYECUTVES AGREE T0 UNIONS' OFFER Railroad Wages and Rules _to Be Negotiated on Ter- ritorial Basis. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 21.—Members of the Association of Raiway Executives today accepted the proposal by th~ four brotherhoods of train servi employes that their wages an@ work ing conditions be negotiated on & te: ritorial basis. Resolutions accepting the proposa’ favored the appointment of region, committees to meet with the fou train and engine service brotherhocd in “a fair effort to compass and :d just all points now at issue, no re strictions to be imposed upon the con sideration of any and all questions « wages and rules governing workin: conditions " Labor Board Last Resort. If a mutual understanding is n matter is to be referred to the ra road labor board as has been done in the past. The resdutions provided that terri- tories in addition 1o the eastern southeastern and western may b established, if roads in such terri- tories so desire, or the railroads may Geal directly with their employes. ‘This action does not involve any by the railways of previously pledged policy 1« feduction in the labor cost of railway operation. the benefit of which is to he turned over to the public in reduced rates” Thomas De- Cuyler. chairman of the asso- ation, said tonight. “It simply rep- resents an attempt by direct negotin- fion and discussion with the leaders of these four organizations to ar- Tive at a fair and amicable settle- ment of the present questions affect- ing these employes. R Statement to the same effect was made by Robert S. Binkerd, assistant to Mr. Cuyler. Regional negotiations do not al- ter the policy of the roads to seek further rate reductions.” Mr. Binkerd said. “This is simply an aitempt to arrive at the same point in a manner Mmore equitable to all concerned.” i negotiations will make it «ible. Mr. Binkerd said, for the firoads to consider both wages and Working rules at once when dealing With the train service men. This may mean, he said, that if the em- plo: agree to the abrogation of Certain rules the railways do not con- Sider fair, the railways in return may agree to continue certain wages. This in effect Teduces rules to considera- tion on a wage basis, he said, and stated that if the same savings to the railways can be effected through changes in rules as through wage cuts, the railways would probably be satisfied. Small railroads may not be able to make the same agreements as trunk lines, he sald. and stated this was he {the reason railroads were given the right to deal individually with their employes. No action was taken today to name the committees to deal with the brotherhoods, this matter being left in the hands of the various territor- . ial organizations. Reduced Rates Sough Rome railroads have already placed petitions for reduced rates before the railroad lgbor board, . following failure to reach an agreement With their employes, and other roads are to submit petitions, railroad officials said today. These petitions can be withdrawn, it was stated, if regional conferences result in satis- factory results, or the rallroads can proceed with their plans to reduce rates by submitting the question to employes so they will be in & position to carry their requests to the labor board in case the conferences are un- successful. = The four transportation brother- hoods involved are the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brother- hood of Locomotive Firemen and En- ginemen, "Order of Rallway Conduc- tors and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and constitute approxi- mately one-fgurth of the rallway em- ployes of thé country. Today's action fdllowed meetings beld in Washington recently of rail. way executives and representatives of train service organisations with Secretary of Commerce Hoover. WILL RETURN TO YALE. Col. H. S. Graves Again to Be Dean of Forest-School. NEW HAVEN, Conn., January 21— Col. Henry 8, Graves, former chief forester of the United States, is to return as dean of the Yale Forest School, it was announced - tonight. Dean James William Touney Is to resume his more purely scientific work. Dean Tofiney, who has been connect- ed with the’ ‘school ‘since - came a full professor in uvue.r admi! ion “of the atter . Prol raves became forester, i M.