Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1922, Page 17

| ‘ . de to Have Two Tractors—Higher Pay Likely for | Temporary Work—Effort Will Be Made to ¢ Keep Vehicles Off Car Tracks. Washington will not be caught again without a well defined plan for removal of snow. This was made clear last night by Engineer Commissioner Keller, when he announced that he is now having worked out a definite scheme of or- ganization that will go into operation as soon as it becomes apparent that a snowtail Is to be so heavy as to delay traflic. The colonel also announced that the Commissioners are planning to pur- chase two tractors, such as are used in all large cities, to battle with Jeep snow. drifts against which a motor truck with plow attachment cannot operate. The District government, not ac- customed to_such storms as the one Which hit the city two weeks ago, had gotten out of the habit of han- dling snow removal, one District offi- al said yesterday. The storm of last January was the first of any size to visit the District | ince Col. Keller became Engineer ommissioner, and he instructed his ubordinates to do all that they could with the machinery at their disposal to dig the city out. Planning for Next Winter. Col. Keller's plan of snow organi- zation has not reached the stage of detail and he indicated that not much progress along the line of prepared- ness might be possible for the balance of this winter. From his discussion of the problem, however, It was ap- parent that he fhtends to make snow removal a definite municipal function by next winter. Even when perfected the local gov= ernment’s plan for snow removal will not be as elaborate in detail as in cities like Philadelphia and New York. District officials say, however, that Washingtonians should bear in mind the fact that other cities control their own expenditures, while the District must have its appropriations acted upon by the national legisla- ture, which 8 not as easy a procedure as in cities throughout the country. The local government had some NAVY YARD LAY-OFF SPORTS—Pages 30 and 31. Commissioner Keller Prepares To Fight Snow in District | work. | throughout New York snowplow equipment for the last storm, but, as Col. Keller explained, there was no definite plan of opera- tion worked out in advance, which re- duced the efficiency of what was available. v Wages May Be Increased. During the January storm the Dis- trict did not turn away a single man who applied for snow removal work. But the city offered only $2.80 a day, and many applicants refused to go to work when they learned what their wage would be 175 more than likely that when the next big snowfall visits the city the District will offer more for temporary laborers. Data received by The Star yesterday from the street «leaning commissioner of New York shows that the metropo- lis pays temporary laborers 50 cents an hour for snow removal, which, on a ten-hour day, would be $5. The data further shows that New York city conducts a well organized ampaign, Starting in the fall, to register temporary laborers for snow Slides are flashed upon the screens of motion picture theaters ity calling for men to register. _ Feature of New York Plan. Detailed printed instructions are furnished foremen in all parts of that city telling them just how they are to handle every phase of the problem of clearing the streets and cross- walks when snowstorms come. An important feature of the New York plan is given in the following order: “Should a storm occur dyring the early morning hours, before’ roll call or before the sweepers have left the section for the field, and orders are issued to start snow removal, the work assigning sweepers and labor- ers to their snow route will begin immediately.” Col. Keller said yesterday that in future when snow falls heavily the District's first consideration will be to open driveways for vehicular traf- fic, so that they will not use the car tracks and thereby cripple traction service. At the same time, he said, every ef- fort will be made to open up cross- walks as soon as possible. CHARLES |. WATERS BELEVED FADED Men Losing Jobs Now Hope Shipping Board May Supply Repair Work for Shops. Reduction of the mechanical force a2 the navy yard has practically been completed, it is understood, but an- nouncement of the placement of ap- proximately 100 members of the cleri- cal, technical and “general overhead” force upon the “leave without pay liss” is expected within the next week. The cut in the clerical and techni cal force is due to the dropping of the 1,392 mechanics and general shop employes during the latter part of the week past, since the office force ge! erally is computed to be in direct ra- tio with the mechanical employes. Shops Survey Completed. Machinists’ Union officials had prac- ticadly completed a survey of the pur- poses for which the shops of the Washington navy yard might be used for government department business and the details are expected to be in- corporated in President Johnston letter to President Harding tomorrow. 1t is understood that experts have been working for. the machinists not ony on the various _utilizations to which the navy vard shops through- out the country might be put, but also as to the amount of work the government is having done at private concerns and the amount of funds spent for such work. Comparative statistics have been gathered and a rough draft of the letter is now being completed. Senate Action Important. Much significance is attached by union officials to the Senate action re- garding the re-conditioning of the steamer Leviathan. It is pointed out that if the result of such action will be the allotment of that work to the Boston navy yard, a virtual precedent wil have been established for the United States Shipping Board where- by its steamers will be enabled to] make navy vard shops their repair places. 4 special committee of the Colum- bia Lodge of Machinists, represent- ing the majority of navy yard em- HONGRED FOR WORK Cigarette Case Presented to Former Chairman of Trade Board Committee. RARRIS-EWING CHARLES J. WATERS. Charles J. Waters was presented with a gold and silver cigarette case at the first “get-together” meeting of at the City Club last night. Mr. Waters was chairman of the commit- tee last year. Thomas Bradley, president of the Board of Trade, made the presenta- ftion. He complimentea Mr. Waters on the results gaccomplished during his leadership of the committee, stat- loyes of this craft, was in session yor)\'xrtually the entire day yesterday attempting to devise ways and means for an alleviation of the situation. Several conferences have been held hetween ‘members of this committee and senators and representatives on Capitol Hill to consider the shaping of legislation which will aid in a re- adjustment. The Navy Department, from state- ments of officials there, seems willing 1o consider putting the men back at work provided that it can be shown that there is a manner in which this can be done logically, and if an answer can be given to their ques- tion: “What is to be done there are no funds and no work Col. Roosevelt's Ex tion. Col, Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the Navy, has been be- seiged for the past few days by scores of the men placed on leave without pay—officials stated that the' official term without pay” | and not “furlough,” which has a technically different meaning in| ‘avy terminology. To each of them e has been obliged to give the same explanation. The work has to be stopped. There is no use sperding $200.000 per day on ships that must later be scrapped and the building program has been halted. The department is doing everything ineits power to keep as many of its employes on the rolls as possible, and will continue to do'so. This is the sugsunlml explanatien of the case and about as far as the department can go, it was intimated. Reports from navy yards as to re Auction of personnel give the num- ber laid off outside of Washington as follows: Norfolk, 118: New York. 400, and Philadelphia, 450. It is es- timated that men discharged or given Jeave without pay at the Mare Island, Calif, yard will total 1500, and at the South Charleston. W. Va., armor plant will number 450. —_— TAKES $400 NECKLACE. Maid in Admiral Chester’s Home Admits Gem Theft. Geraldine Coates, colored, seventeen years old, expected to be the envy of her numerous friends at a dance lgst might when she ap; in her buil- room dress wearing & necklace valued at $400. Unfortunately for her, how- ever, Detectives Barbee and Murphy upset her plans when they visited her home in the basement of 1210 18th street earlier in the day and arrested her. “I thought they were cheap pearl Geraldine_declared, not knowing they had been bought in Paris for Mrs. Ches- ter, wife of Admiral Corby M. Chester, 136 K street, for $400. Geraldine had been employed as a do- mestic in the admiral's home. . The necklace and a gold pin were recovered from the girl’s home. A charge of grand larceny was preferred against the girl| &nd she was held for a hearing. ing that the 1921 committee had added 451 new members to the board. ‘Thone Present at Meeting. Those _present were: President ‘Thomas Bradley, George B. Farquhar, chairman 1922 committee; Herman F. Carl, Arthur_Carr, L. Lee Combs, George Plitt, Edward J. Murphy, Max Walten, Fred J. White, John R. Cas- per, George Miller, Richard L. Conner, George M. Fisher, J. Harry Cunnin, ham, John T. Meany, John T. Bard- roff, George E. Hebbard, L. L. Reeves, Warren Cochran, Arthur A. Brandt, Herbert L. Davis, Harry C. William Clabaugh, Murray L. Gifford Stacy H. Briant, Odell S. Smith, Wil liam H. Waters, Howard Moran, Jo- seph Galliner, William M. Seay, Frank R. Strunk, John H. Small, L. P. McLachlen, W. Porter Cox, George Emmons. A. J. Richards, Harry All- mond, Wilmot W. Trew, Frank E. Cunningham, Raymond ' M. Peak, Charles ¥. Crane, William E. Wise Luther W. Linkins, Ernest J. Lee- the - 1922 ‘membership committee of |= snitzer, 1. Pierce Boteler, Samuel M.|= Darragh, James M. Proctor, William | R.. Ellis, Clarence Welch, Louis H. Meyers, Stephen E. Kramer, Charles W. Pimper, Bruce S. Branson, Paul G. Ramey, Francis R. Weller, Charles E. Baldwin, John M. Cherry, Charles | W. Morris, R. K. Ferguson and Wil- liam H. Lanham. —_——— NEW LIBRARY COURSE. Y. W. C. A. Offers Research Work in Business Literature. A business library course, designat- ed as a new field for business women, will be opened at the Young Women's Christian Association School in the administration building, on F street, at 7 o'clock Wednesday evening. The course, which was arranged through the co-operation of the Washington School for Secretaries, is under the direction of Miss Adelaide Hasse, editor of Special Libraries, and will bo assisted by special instructors and lecturers, who will be announced later. The association invites all women inter- ested to be present. The course offered by the Y. W. C. A. covers systematized reference and research work in business literature of, all kinds, an announcement said, the .care of material in a business library, such as vertical files, clip- ping, shelf equipment and pamphlet storage and the recording of material, such as cataloguing, indexing, ab- stracting and classification. Instruc- tion in proof reading and preparation is also offered. ¥ WIFE ASKS DIVORCE. Limited diverce and alimony are asked in a petition flled in the Dis- trict Supreme Court by Gertrude M. Beckwith against Willlam P. Beck- with Th@;_! 3 more, Md., February 8, 1910, three children. Attorneys Hawken & Havell represent the wifeg were married at Balti- LTI RO COUPON CLIP—BRING—SAVE! «) ‘With This Coupon Cashmerette Gloves 19¢ ’ Women's and Men's Fleeced Cashmerette Gloves, in black and gray. 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