Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1922, Page 2

9 * ALEXANDRA HIT ~ HARDBY STORM Nearby City Practically Cut 0ff From OQutside World. Special Dispatch to The Star. y ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 23 (Special).—The worst snowstorm since 1917 hit Alexandria yesterday afternoon and has practically cut 3ff the city from the outside world, al- though trafic between here and Washington is still open. The trolley lines are having a hard time -keep- ing their tracks clear, however. -Milk wagons, bread wagons and practically all motor vehicles com- ing into the city this morning were tied up, many never reaching the city. It is the worst storm: enountered in years and more than eighteen inches had fallen by noon today. ~The telephone and telegraph com- panies report that wire service is worRing all right. At tho union railway station this morning trains from the south were reported running ‘many hours behind time and it was stated that there had been no trains for the south since 3 o'clock this morning. The Washington, Philadelphia and Baltimore and New York morning pa- yers did not arrive and all mail from the north was delayed. Hundreds of Alexandrians employed in Washing- ton were unable to get to that city. The busses of the Alexandria mo- tor bus line up to 10 o'clock today were running at intervals, being un- able to maintain any schedule. The city market this morning was deserted, there being no country peo- ple there. A trzctor was seen early this morn- ing ha in a 'snowbound bread wagon. Several large sleds were out this morning. As a result of the storm many poor persons are suffering, being unable to obtain fuel to heat their homes. Mayor Duncan today notified Chief of Police Goods to have the police notify him of any persons found in distress and their wants will be looked after. Early this morning an army of snow shovelers were busy clearing off the snow from sidewalks, and judging from present appearances it will be several days before the task is completed. ARMS DELEGATES - CONFER ONISSUES On Surface, However, Con- ference Is Marked by Lull. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. On the surface, the Washington conference today was marking time. No meetings of the major committees on limitation of armament or the far east were held. The meeting of the Chinese and Japanese to begin the draft of the proposed Shantung treaty, réturning the former German lease- hold to China, set for today, was called off at the last minute. One subcommittee, that on the Chinese Fastern railway, is to meet this aft- érnoon in an effort to shape a report on that railroad for submission to the far east committee at its next mcet- ing. Tho meeting to begin the work of | drafting® the Shantung treaty —a treaty which will be signed by Japan and China alone—was postponed, it was explained at Japanese headquar- ters in order to give more time for preparation before beginning the ac- tual drafting work, and for no other reason. The Shantung -treaty prom- ises to be a lengthy document, cover- ing as it will a large number of sub- Jects. Conversations In Prospect. “But while the Washington confer- | ence remained quiet today on tke sur- face, it was expected that a number of informal conversations among del egates would materialize, particular- Iy with reference to the much-dis- cussed Sharitung railroad question, whkich s delaying not only final agreement cn Shantung, but the en- tire conference. The Chinese and the Jupanese have said they hoped to re- sume censideration of this subject in | a meeting of delegates on Monday. The control of this railroad, which the Chinese desire in full, and which tho Japanese insist they must have in part, is still the question at issue./| An effort is being made to satisfy both parties througn an arrangement of trafic and assistant trafiic mana- gers, and chief accountant and ssist- nt accountant. There {3 talk of “as- sociate” officers in these positions, too. 7In the meantime, the Chinese dele- gation here, is seeking to ascertain Whether their countrymen will sup- port them in a settlement of the Shan- tung issue along the lines of the lat- ést compromise proposal. The Jap- anese have made the position ¢lear and are not waiting any fur- ther instructions from Tokio on the Subject of Shantung, it was sald to- day. They are ready to do business. % The Japanese are still waiting, how- ¢ver, for final word from Tokio on article 19 of the naval limitation treaty, dealing with the limitation of fortifications in the Pacific. It is expected that this reply from Tokio will be received cither some time to- day or at least by Monday. Assent 10 the latest draft of this article is xpected, the delegates here having ?lven their approval on condition that t is approved by the home govern- fment. As soon as this assent is in hand, the conference will be in a Position to conclude the naval treaty. H Shantung Issue First. : However, the belief prevails thaf no naval limitation treaty will be pctually signed here until the Shan- fung issue Is out of the way, and the ar east treaty dealing with Chine has proceeded to a point where its tompletion is assured. ¢ Having disposed of the subject of #ireless commuenications in China yesterday, the far east committee, when it meets ‘again, will have to éonsider the Baifour resolution for prohibiting the export of arms to China. Possibly. subcommittee on the Chinese Eastern railway will ready to report to the committee an Monday. The far east committee «in addition to these matters, still Has to dispose of the Chinese re- quest that the twenty-one demands of Japan and the 1915 treaty with n be considered. Also, after the tung matter has been concluded, i is expected that the question of the return of leased territories in to China will come up again, British having indicated they would relinquish Welheiwel if the f6rmer German leasehold in Shan- tang goes back to China, and the French having indicated a willing- gees to give up their leased terri- ary. > ——ee . MAJ. FOWLER RELIEVED. “Maj. Raymond F. Fowler, Corps of eers, has been relieved from y at Camp Travis, Tex. and or- to Philadelphia for duty with €s National Guard of Pennsylvania, Jdeut. Commander James T. Alex- ander, at the naval station, Pearl r, Hawail, has been detailed to fi’bbelmuhlp Tennesses, U. S. CLERKS QUIT EARLY TO FIGHT WAY TO HOMES Practically all the government de- partments excused employes early to- day, in_order to give them a chance to battle their way home agalnst the storm. At the Post Office Department a series of “staggered quitting hours” was put .into_effect. Employes who live in the suburbs were allowed to quit work at 1:45 o'clock this after- noon; those who lived a medium dis- tance away were allowed to go at 2:15 o'clock, and those near the office at 2:30 p.m. Employes of the State, War and Navy building, of the District gov- ernment and other offices were ex- cused at different early periods, 8o that they might Be able to get home before the crowds. The Department of Commerce ex- cused woman employes at 3:30 p.m. n the bdlief that this would be sufficient time for them to get a start on all others who might be attempt- ing to get home. ) SENATORS FIGHT WAY THROUGH SNOW TO WORK Forty-nine senators, a bare working majority, fought their way through snowdrifts today to the Capitol. Some of them found the going so dif- ficult that they were late in arriving, but after half an hour's delay consid- eration of the allied debt refunding bill was resumed. X nator Simmons of North Carolina, leader in the democratic fight on the bill, was snowbound in his suburban home, reporting drifts as deep as fif- teen feet. Many other senators living in the suburbs also were unable to reach the Capitol, but Senator John- son, republican, California, who lives Just outside the District in Maryland, fought his way through. Senator Curtis of Kansas, the re- publican whip, had to plunge sev- eral blocks through the snow before he could reach means of transporta- tion, and many other senators had a similar experience. 8 With the storm showing no_signs of abatement at 1 p.m., the Senate reached an agreement to limit de- bate on the debt bill beginning at 3 pm. Monday, and recessed until 11 .m. that day. - Many senators .were of the opinion that if the Sen- ate remained in session until late in the day they might become ma- rooned at the Capitol. GEN. CROWDER’S MOTHER DIES HERE AT AGE OF 88 Native of Missouri, She Came to ‘Washington Two Years Ago and Made Home Here, Mrs. Mary Crowde®y mother of Maj. Gen. Enoch M. Crowder, former judge advocate general and former provost marshal general of the Army, died at 9:30 o'clock this morning at her resi- dence in the Marlborough apartments, 917 18th street northwest. Mrs. Crow. der would have been eighty-nine yeayp of age had she lived until June 1 next. Mrs. Crowder's demise was due_to the disabilities of advanced age. She had been a sufferer from eye trouble for the past year or two, and had on several ot the Episcopal Eve, Ear and Throa Hospital, but this affliction was in no way connected with her death. Three or four children were with her when the end came. These were, besides Gen, Crowder, Mrs. A. B.. Duval 1 of New York, and Miss Nellle Crowder of this city. ter, Mrs. F. N. Tinsman, home in Colorado Springs, Colo. Mrs. Crowder, who was a, native of Missouri, came from Kansas City to Washington about two years ago and had made her home since that time with her son and daughter. Gen. Crowder, who has now retired, has recently returned from where he was sent on a special mis- sion in connection with the elections and finances of the island republic. As provost marshal general during the world war, he had charge of the successful execution of the new selec- tive service law, which was so large a factor in the ultimate defat of the central powers. No definite arrangements for the funeral have beer made. It has been decided, however, to take the body to Trenton, Mo.. where Gen. Crowder's father, who died twenty-five years ago, is buried. SNOW-SHOVEL BEATING BREAKS MAN’S SKULL Moses S. Smith, Colored, Attacked ‘While Clearing Sidewalk and Several Men Are Held. Beaten over the head with a snow shovel until his skull was fractured, Moses S. Smith, colored, thirty-nine years old, . 606 South Washington street, Alexandria, Va., is in a serious condition at the Emergency Hospital and is not expected to recover. .Leo Paul (Chuck) Connors, Charles 0. Schweitzer and Paul B, Schweitzer, all of 1423 R street, and George King of Richmond, Va., are being held by the police of the first precinct in con- nection with the assault on Smis Lucille Catherine Cogswell, twenty years old, 240 14th street southwest, algo is being held as a witness. Smith, who is employed at the Wash- ington Garage, 1212 E street, was clean- ing_the snow from the front of the tablishment about 2 o'clock me ing when & crowd of men st and teased him, according to the police. An argument followed and later, the police say, one of the men took the snow shovel away from Smith and beat him over the head until he was unconscious. He was rushed to the Emergency Hos- pital in the machine operated by Ran- dolph J. Johnson. ‘Headquarters Detectives Sweenay and Messer, who investigated the case, ar- rested the men named and held them for investigation, pending the outcome of Smith’s condition. TAKES OVER TROLLEY LINES. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, January 28.—City authorities have taken pos- session of the capital's two street car companies and will operate them. The lines_have been idle since early this month, due to a strike of the em- playes for higher wages. o g MANY STREET CARS STRANDED IN SNOW (Continued from First Page.) , Washington Railway and Electric Company, announced that the va- rlous car barns had been instructed to hire laborers to sweep the tracks. Arrangements also have been made to obtain the services of fifty sol- diers to clear the track on Georgia avenue north of W street. Charles T. Clagett, division man- ager for Washington of the Chesa- peake and Potomac Telephone Com- pany, today appealed to Washing- tonians to make only necessary tele- phone calls. o He said that no trouble has de- veloped in any part of the mechan- ical plant of the company, but that difficulty is being experienced in get- ting operators from their homes to the exchange offices. The company began early this morning dispatching a fleet of trucks to the homes of the operators, but a number of these became snowbound and the operators were arriving at the offices slowl. Summary on W. R. & E. Co. The following is a summary of con- ditions on the several lines of the Washington Rallway and Electric system: Georgetown Line—Regular. service operated between 36th street and Prospect avenue and East Capitol street, but cars congested at interme- diate points due to cars off track and the pulling of plows. Some service operated west of 36th street on our Cabin John line to Chatn bridge. At- tempted to operate west of Chain bridge or between Chain bridge and Cabin John, but unable to continue. Two cars at present off track. Mount Pleasant Line—First car left Mount Pleasant at 7:16 and hetween this time and 8 o'clock seven cars left Mount Pleasant and between S and 9 a five and six minute headway was operated; between 9 and 10 a ten- minute headway, and after 10 o'clock and up to the present time u five- minute headway is being maintained. Cars congested at intermediate points Que to cars off track. Ninth Stre#t Line—HMave operated some cars between Georgia avenue and W street and wharves, but are snowbound north of Georgia avenue and W, and have been unable to op- jerate any cars from Brightwood car house. We have also been snow- bound since last night on the Con- gress Heights end and attempted to operate as far ad ‘Anaocdstia this morning, but unable to make this schedule due to cars leaving track. _Columbia Line—Operating about. 85 per cent service on this line and giving ample and frequent service between 15th and H streets northeast and the Treasury. Have been snow- bound east of 16th and H northeast and unable to’ give any service. ‘Washington-Interurban Line—Un- able to operate atall. One sno plow and one car snowbound on line. Maryland Line—Operated four cars all night from Mount Rainier until 5 am., but unable to operate any ser- vice beyond Mount Rainier at all and service has been interrupted east of 12th and Rhode Island avenue since 5 am. About 830 per cent of the Maryland runs out on line operating between Eckington - and Treasury, but line tied up at points due to cars sions been a patient ":hfl EPack: North Capitol Line—Practically no service on this line since 5 a.m., due to cars off track at points between North Capitol, P streets and Brook- and. Eleventh Street Line—All cars out ‘Another daugh-ion line, but congested, due to cars| makes her ! off track at many points. Tennalytown Line—Service dis- continued since last night and are - absolutely snowbound. Rapid Fall of Snow, Confining Autos, Keeps Accident Figures Low The rapldity with which the streets were covered deeply with snow last night probably accounted for the comparatively few accldents reported to police during the last twenty- four hours. While practically all mishap to automobiles and pedes- trians were due to the condition of the streets, the rapid fall of snow prevented many automobilists from venturing into the storm -and thus reduced the hazards of traffic. The majority of accidents reported to the police were of a minor char- acfer. Other mishaps were not entered on the police department rec- ords. Hospitals reported that the numbex; oll {.‘u\llllltl treated was surprisingly_low. Crossing Policeman J. R. Jenkins, who does duty §t 14th and U streets, slipped lll%'l ell in the snow at 7th street and Florida avenue this morn- ing while on his way to report for duty. He raceived a severe injury to his back. " Car Hits Autemobile, yesterday a. son and M Dodge Hof ter. The and the three ocoypants hurt. Their injuries were not serious. 1n an effort to avoid a collision with a street car 0de Island avenue and ‘17th street northeast Miles Bai- ver, Grace rs. J. W. Por- ympanied automobile was dam: ley, 1833 Jackson street northeast, turned his automobile to one side, causing it to, skid ov ent. The automobile was badl d its occupant lnlnroj. Bailey received a broken nose and lnjud’n to his head. He was taken home. The machine hurtied twenty feet to the foot of the embankment and ended upright on four w! ‘While walking in front of har home at 106 C street about 9:30 o’clock last night Mra Crompton, forty- eight years old, fell in the snow-and ‘was_given sur- n embank- broke her arm. wical aid at ~Bmorsency H 1, ‘Eugene Hollins, 351 N street south- ‘west, fell on the sidewalk at I" and gn -tumnm l:l‘ll west about 'lkodm i & nee. Charles W. McPherson, 634 I street, was knocked down by an automobile at 9th and E about 7:30 o'clock last night. He received Inju- ries to his head and » but would not go to a hospital. Norris Thompson, colored, 1608 Sum- ner noon, when his ] i ld fo! Sanford Port Fri od n) e J. W. Sea Gr: tel, accompanied Mrs. aged Rh kid over bean! snd h hesls. bot Alioce 4 She g 0spital th wrenched his streets abo body, 1 mpdhmt by WORST SNOW SINCE 1899 GRIPS D. C. (Centinued from First Page.) mobiles exceedingly difficult, traffic being possible in most cases only along more or less swept-off street chr tracks. 2 One store along Pennsylvania ave- nue presented a sign on its door, “Closed on account of the storm.” SOLDIERS IGNORE STORM. llrsva.the Great Snowfall to Get | Permits to Marry. Even an unprecedented snow storm has no terrors for men Who saw ser- vice in the trenches of France, and especially when they are bent on ma- trimony. This was shown today ‘when the first three applicants to appear before Col. W. A. Kroll, the license clerk, were soldiers. Those who ven- tured forth in the storm to obtain the desired permit to wed were Luchie E. Davis of Old Fort, N. C.; Richard Ber- who hails from Bismarck, Mo., | 'm: ad a;)lvltl H. Steadman. All three had served or are now In the Army. SENTENCES PUT OFF. Snowstorm Prevents Session of Dis- trict Supreme Court. The excessive snowfall clogged the ‘wheels of justice today, and there was no session of the District Supreme Court. Chief Justice McCoy and Jus- tice Bailey were at the courthouse, and signed some formal orders at the re- quest of the few lawyers that braved the inclement conditione. ‘The United States marshal did not attempt to' send the combersome van for the prisoners, as a precaution gainst it becoming snowbound. The chief justice deferred uniil Monday the sentences and arraignments which had been scheduled for today. TRAFFIC HELD UP. Derailed Cars Tie Up Tracks In- * definitely. Five important spots where de- railed street cars are liable to hold up traffic indefinitely were given by the Washington Railway and Elec- tric Company at noon today, as fol- low: Eleventh and G. 10th and G, 5th and G, 11th and E streets and North Capitol and T. The repairmen were so busy. it was said, traffic at these points mi impeded the rest of the day. RUN ONLY TO 15TH AND H. W. B. and A. Cars Not Able to Come to Central Station. The Washington, - Baltimore and Annapolis electric line maintained its schedules today from the® 15th and H streets northeast station, cars be- ing forced to stop there owing to the power bel:r off in the city. Regular schedule was being main- tained from the northeast station. m‘m::x&:b‘het l!i'lsthlwel‘gl forced to e s to and H street northeast. * MASS FOR POPE HELD, Solemn pontifical mass for the re- gm of the soul of the late “Pope enedict XV was h¢ld at St. Patrick's Church this morning at 10 o'clock. l(%r Bonzano, apostolic. delegate, celebrated the mass: Revs. Louis Kel- ley and P."A. Connor were deacons of honor, Rev. . Gavan_was_the deacon of the mass and.Rev. J. J. O'Connor was the subdeacon. Dr..J. Cartright was the master of’ cere- monies and Mgr. Thomas eulogized the late pontiff. The diplomatic corps was repre- sented at the mass, which was a tended by & considerable number of persons, despite the inclement weather. 7 Satiat a atrect car.” The Sicyole was 8 a car. The bicycle® practie demolished. An automobdile owned and driven by Jampes ey,- 1315 10th reet, skidded against an automdbile driven by Samuel Anderson, 133¢ 6th street, near 13th and F' streets, last night. Both machines were damaged. Mrs. Martha Currle, colored, fifty- seven years old, 603 L street south- L!ell on the sidewalk, near Sth o'clock last night and “recelved a slight injury to her head. streets southeast, about 8:30 | 8 : I | Facts About Snow Here, Nineteen inches of smow in nineteen hours, official weather bureau measurement at 11 o’clock today, breaking all past records. Twelve inches of smow im twenty-four hours was the pre- vious rceord, et during the | Mblizzard of February 14 and 13, 1899, Thirty-four and ~twe-tenths incljes of smow en grounds, ef- fical weather bureau measure- ment at end of 1899 blissard, Present storm expected to bent this 1 smowfall record and more bl t{werty-four-hour perfe by 4:20 pm. this aftermoen. On January 30, 1918, thirteen inchen of smow were medsured on the ground at ead of several day»' snowfal In December, 1895, more than a foot of smow Isid em /the sround. G In 1900 the weather bureau record was fourteem imches. In December, 1890, ten inchén of snow was on the ground. MIDDLE ATLANTIC BEARS " BRUNT OF STORM (Continued from First Page.) cording to police, their drivers being unable to move them. CLEAR STATE HIGHWAY. Sleet on Snow Feared in North Carolina. RALEIGH, N. C., January 28.—With seven inches of snow thoroughly ked, with about one-half xxn of sleet, covering this section as e re- sult of the storm which visited North Carolina Thursday and , snow began falling here again at 7 o'clock this morning, with no signs of & let-up at 10 o'clock. Three hundred maintenance gangs were ordered out by Frank Page, high- way commissioner for North Carolina, this afternoon, with instructions to re- move the snow from 6,000 miles of roads in the state highway system be- fore a thaw sets in. The work is being cone with road plows attached to trac- tors and motor trucks, and was p gressing satistactorily at nightfall. SHIPPING HELD UP. Eht be| b ttimore Cut Off From South by Storm. BALTIMORE, January 28.—One o the worst snowstorms in many years had Balttmore in .-rir today. Shipping was at a standstill; street car service crippled and railroad ser- vice between here and Washington. except by the electric line, was vir- tually suspended. North and east of Baltimore, however, railroad traffic congitions were declared to be nearly normal. Heavy foe in the harbor tied up all traffic by water. Steamers leav: ing Baltimore last night for Nor- folic were forced to return, unable to push their way though the ice fleld; others due here this nwrnh:’ had not u.rrl‘ved and were believe to be frosen in. - The steamer Ericoson, plylng be- tween Baltimore and Philadelphia, was reported hard and fast in the foe in upper Chesapeake bay. i SNOW LIGHT IN NORTH. Philadelphia Had Only-Four Inches This Morning. PHILADELPHIA, January 28.—The only train from the south on the Pennsylvania railroad since last right passed through here before 9 a.m. today. It left the National Capi- tal at 4:38 am., and carried sleepers. ordinarily making up the 12:10 and 12:20 a.m. trains. The Pennsylvania said there was no serious, interrup- tion to service north of Baltimore. Snow was falling here today and had reached a depth of four inches at 10 am. * FINE TREES RUINED.. Hundreds Broken Down by Storm in Bavannah. SAVANNAH, Ga., January 27— treet car service was resumed on .a limited scale here today v belng' ice-bound, but there were no street 1 lights tonight and many telephone wires were still useiess, while tele- phone and telegraph wires for a fifty- mile radius around the city were still nandicapped by sleet and ice. One of the greatest losses to Savan- nsh was in the destruction of its beautiful trees, hundreds of which were reported to have been broken down by the unaccustomed glaze storm from which the city has suf- fered for two days. The ruins of numbers of trees were being cleared away today by city employes, while hundreds of men were put to work by the wire companies clearing away de- bris and getting ready to restore wire service. ROOFS CAVE IN. All Warehouses Ordered Closed in Danville. DANVILLE, - January 28.— Three warehouse roofs and that of a motor company caved in here today as a result of the heavy snow. All ware- houses have been ordered closed. The #now began to fall in Danville Thurs- day night and has fallen_ without interruption since then. No street cars are running and many autom: biles have been abandoned in the streets of the business section. / OWLS COMING SOUTH. Bign of Severe Weather Reported by Fatmers. BIDDEFORD, Me., January 25— Backing up predictions of a severe winter, hunters report an unprece- dented invasion of this district by white owls. - The white owl. nimrods say. usually inhabits regions where the ther- mometer is below zero most of the winter. When he comes south he is following the arctic weather. ALL RECORDS BROKEN. Fall of Twenty Inches in Lynch- burg Deepest Ever. LYNCHBURG, Va., January 28— The weather bureau station here at 8 o'clock _this orning fixed the depth of the snow here after thirty- seven hours’ fall at 20.2 inches. The previous record, February, 1894, was 12.5 inches. Street car schedules were normal this morning. GOVERNMENT WORKERS HELD UP BY BLIZZARD [ Thousands of government employes were late in coming to work today and the rly indications were that there would be many absentees, but in the course ofthe day storm-bound stragglers continued to come in_and cut _down the absentee list. clerks of the several departments said that employes were coming in all the morning, indicating that most of them were making some attempt to ‘.I to work. Chfef Clerk Libbey, Department of Commerce, said that department wi very fortunate and early rep showed that there were few absen- tees, and these were mostly in the commuter class. In the Post Office, Labor, War and Navy departments, many sbsentees were reported. hut there were no figures available and in the offices_ would t partm were said to be few abaentees,"but in the Department of A{rlc:llun many were reported as absen! R > Several of the departments were without knowledge absentees. the number of At the office of the chief clerk of the Depertment it was gald that they woll':lhlr they had n it of Justice, didn’t know ntees o Business Tech High night schools will n the second semes- ter Wednesday and new classes will be organised in each of these insti< tutions. Announcing the opening of the Principal new semeste! F. E. Lucas Bu 8h typewri bookkeeping, elemenmtary accounting, commercial law, penmanship and possibly some other subjects. Classes to be organized at the Tech High Night School, it was announced by Principal C, W. Rippey, will in- clude beginning French, - Spani solid geometry and two class n history. Registration in sics, electricity, shops cal drawing is now in American onem ’lEGIH SECOND SEMESTER. i | TURGILE ROCKVILLE, Md., January 28 (Spe- cial).—According to reports submi ted at a_meeting Wednesday even ing, the Rockville volunteer fire de- partment, organized less than a year ago, s in a flourishing condition. The statement of Treasurer F. Bache Abert showed that more than $2,200 has been raised by the organization, and that the expenditures were for installing »_fire-alarm_system, the purchase of fire hose and other equip- ment, a substantial payment on the fire truck and pump recently pu chased at a cost of about $3,300 and repairs to fire-fighting apparatus. Arrangements are in progress for holding a- smoker in February, and Wilson S. Ward, chairman of the committee of arrangements, has also begun getting ready for the big carnival to be given on July 4. In the presence of a small gather- ing of relatives and friends, Miss Annic May Miles of Hyattstown and Philip 8. Linthicum of Clarksburg were married Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Wallace M. Brashears, pastor of the Methodist Church at Clarks- burg. The funeral of James O. Easton fifty-two years old, who was killed Wednesday afternoon while operating a saw mill at Scotland, near here, took place yesterday afternoon from the Methodist Church at Lay il The services were conducted by the pastor of the church and burial was in the cemetery nearby. ALL STAR EMPLOYES TO TURN NEWSBOY‘S (Continued from First Page.) able in the city has been called in to take papers to outlying points. Each route agent has been ordered to do ble, and. if possible, triplé, his ordi-} force. ¥riends Have Volunteered. A great many friends of The Star nary have volunteered to assist in deliver-} ing the paper. With all trains from the north and south practically at a standstill, The Star will probably be one of the few papers which reach newspaper readers in this city with the current news. § For the benefit of those who wish to help, the list of stations where The Star is delivered by trucks and cai is printed. Any one wishing to as sist in making prompt deliveries ix urged to report at one of the follow- ing stations. The name of the route agent and the approximate time the paper will reach there are also given. Route Agent Stations. Principal stations from which de- liver: made in different sections of the city (there are many sub- stations in every section): Squtheast. W. J. Boyd. 'Nichols avenue and Good Hope road southeast. E. W. Smith, §th and G southeast. H. E. Morris, 522 14th street south- east. A. C. Rodrick, square southeast. Southwest. C. G. Morgan, 6th #nd Virginia ave- nue southwest. Northeast. Leese, North Capitol and K streets 5th and Seward H. W. streets. C. C. Wilkinson, 6th and C streets northeast. C. N. Bennit, §th and F streets northeast. Northwest. ‘W. H. Moore, 5th and I streets northwest. G. Austin, Georgia avenue and k_road northwest. . W. Rickles, Georgia avenue and Columbia road northwest. J. Quinn, Wisconsin avenue and M street northwest. . L. Thompson, 22d ard Pennsyl- vania avenue northw J. L. Kearney, 10th and Rhode Island_avenue northwest. R. K. Whitford, 1st and Florida avenue northwest. 2 George E. Boyd, 14th and T streets northwest. G. E. Crampton, 14th and Girarl streets northwest. J. R. King, 14th and Irving streets northwest. ‘W. E. Isemann, 19th and Kalorama road northwest. J. H. Mott, Dupont Circle. E. H. Musson, 17th and P strapts ~W. J. Furmage, 14th and L streets F’mr(hw&nt. northwest. NELLIE BLY, FAMOUS GLOBE CIRCLER, DEAD Former New York World Writer Beat Time Made in Jules Verne's Imaginative Travel Tale. NEW YORK, January 28.—Nellle Bly, who won fame thirty years ago by making a trip around the world as a _representative of the World, to show that Jules Verne's imaginative romance, “Around the World in Eighty Dayi Was not an exaggera- tion, died yesterday of pneumonia in St, Mark's Hospital. She was born Elizabeth Cochrane at Cochrane's Mills, Armstrong coun- ty, Pa., and began newspaper work while young. In 1887 she joined the World staff and quickly attracted attention by an expose of abuses in the Blackwel Isiand Insane Asylum. Felgning in- sanity, she gained admission to the institution and showed up the defects of management. Reforms followed Fy:blication of her story. She began her famous trip around the world November 14, 9, and completed it January 25, 1890, in seventy-two days, six hours, eleven minutes and fourteen seconds, having found time en route to stop off at Amiens, ce, and interview Jules Her exploit attracted wide attention. She was married in 1895 to Robert , an _aged and wealthy Brooklyn manufacturer, whom she met at & banquet in Chicago. —— COMMANDER ORDERED HERE. ‘world- Lieut. Commander George A. Riker, Naval Medical Corps, attached to the recelving ship at San Francisco, has been ordered to this city for duty a the Washington navy yard. a NEEDED TOMORROW Street Cleaning Department Planning to Dig City Out of Snow. With every available man out to- day opening up crosswalks and clearing sidewalks, the District street cleaning department announced it will tako on approximately 150 eXtra laborers for work tomorrow. Applicants should apply at the strcet cleaning stables, between 9ti and 10th, N and O streets northwest. We do not need foremen or ir spectors,” said T. V. Costigan, super- intendent of cleaning. “We want men to wield shovels. No_attempt Is bein ria Hacker, Tonc refuse, to col bage. today. those teams are being used on horse- plows, in opening up paths for pe- destrians. Early this morning thirty of thes horse-plows were started out fro the D -lri«'! stables at 4th and M streets “rortheast and slowly fought their way through the snow banks to Il)le downtown section of the city. de by Mor- superintendent. of cit cct ashes, trash or ga Many of the drivers of 1t took them a considerable time to 3et to the business section, for the had to push aside the snow as the traveled along. One of the chief difficulties of the District street cleaners will be to keep from piling the snow too high s it is shoveled away from the cross- 28 downtown. Wherever possible sewegst the taken off and the snow pil cled into the sewers. ‘We will not be able to make muc cadway in digging Washington out of the snow as long as it continues to fall,” said Mr. Costigan. “But if 1t stops by night will turn out i many men as poesible tomorrow spen up the streets for }onday. ef Watson of the fire department last night gave orders to members ol the different companies to carry shov- els on the apparatus for use in emer- gency. Should an apparatus become stalled in the snow, he £aid, lo: prevented by shovels to get the wheels four engme companies and two chiefs res; to an alarm sounded about midni hecausc of the burning of an auton bile at Columbia road and 17th street Practically no loss of time was o asioned by the deep snow, Chi Watson stated, although the going was bad. The alarm was sounded at mid- night, the chief said, and twenty min- utes later the companies Were back in quarters. PRESIDENT STARTS . PROBE OF LOANS | ,Will Investigate Reports That Excessive Interest Rates Have Been Charged. President Harding. it.was said e White House, will investigate rc ports that banks in the west and th: southwest have been loaning federal i funds provided by the War Finance Corporation at rates which are abote the legal percentage allowed, and which have been declared usurious. The usual rate charged for federal loans to farmers and stock raisers in the sections mentioned is 53 per cent, it was said, but the stock ralx- ers have been charged rates varying from 8 to 10 per cent, and in many in- stances a commission has also been charged. Secretary ¥all Reports. Secretary Fall, in the cabinet meei- ing vesterday, it w =said by White House ofticials, made a report on the Isituation to the President, who im- mediately communicated Eugene Meyer. jr. managing director of the War Finance Corporation, who ver! fied the report. : Mr. Mever, who went to the White House, told the President personally that most of the loans to stock raisers had been made to the banks handling the loans at the general rate 512 per cent. and that in only a few instances had the rates been & per cent. President \ charging as much as 5 per cent for a six months loan, and charging an extra 2 per cent commission for each renewal. . Legal Rate Allowed. The lcgal rate banks allowed to charge the stock raisers over the federal rate of 5% per cent, it was explained, is only 2 per cen! That rate is to cover the cost of inspection and the risk on the loans and other similiar charges. It was not indicated at the White House just what steps would be taken against institutions found violating the la in that respect, but it was said the first move might be to refuse further federal moneys to such banks. President Harding, it was unde stood, received reports with deep feel- ing anr promised action, saying that the services for loaning of federal moneys for agricultural and stock raising purposes was supposed to be entirely free and that the government does not sunction usuary in any con- nection. HYATTSVILLE. HYATTSVILLE, Md. January 23X (Speclal).—An interesting program is being arranged for a meeting of the Prince Georges County Teachers’ Association to be held in the law school building of Georgetown Uni- versity, Washington, beginning at 10 o'clock next Friday. Officers _have been installed for 1922 by Mount Hermon Lodge, No. 179, A. F. and A. M., of Hyattaville, as follows: H. B. Hoffman, Hyatt ville, worshipful master; W. T. Con ners, Hyattsville, senior warden; William B. Spire, Mount Rainier, unior warden; S. M. McMillan, iverdale, secretar: Willlam A. Shepherd, Hyattsville, treasurer; Rev. Charles E. McAllister, Hyatts- ville, chaplain; H. 8. Cranford, River- dale, senior deacon; J. T. Van Valk- enberg, Berwyn, junior deacon; J. E. Speake, Berwyn, senfor steward; Dan Morgan, Hyattsville, junior steward; G. W. Whalley, Riverdale, tiler. A banquet wasserved in connec- tion with the installation ceremonies. —_— COTTAGE CITY. COTTAGE CITY, ' Md., January 28 (Special).—A woman's club has been organized here. These officers have been elected: Mrs. Arthur Proctor, president; . Philip Greenwood vice president; Mrs. Thomas Hender: son, secretary; Mrs. Albert Cralg, treasurer, and Mrs. Richard H. Man: field, chairman of publicity. The purpose will be to promote the civic welfare of the community. The policy of the club will be to handle its affairs itself and not to become afliated with the local citizens’ as- sociation, except to tI xtent of co-operation, Wwhen requested. A name for the club will,be voted upon at the next meeting, February 7, at 7:30 p.m.. at the home of Mrs. Wil- liam Bobb. MAJOR ORDERED HERE. Maj. James K. Cockrell, caval Camp Bragg, has m ordered to tI (;l ity for d in_the office of ot cavalry, War 5 AL Depart- 14 _ (EXTRASHOVELERS