Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1922, Page 1

i WEATHER. Falr and not quite so cold tonight; lowest temperature about 15 degrees; tomorrow fair and much warmer. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 23, y at 3 p.m. yesterday; low: a.m. today. Full report on Closing New York Stocks, Page 27. est, 9, at 7 Page 7. nening St WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press fs exclusively entitled to the use for republicstion of all news dispatches creited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published berets. Al rights of publication of special P. dispatcles herein are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 93,590 No. 28418. WILL EXTEND BALL RENT LAW-2 YEARS BYNEW MEASURE Senate Subcommittee Also Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D, C. FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL . | DRAGS BABY ON PILLOW FROM BURNING HOUSE By the Associated Press. LYNCHBURG, Va. February 17. ~—Trythener Robertson, aged four years, saved the lives of two smaller children when the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green Robertson, was destroyed by fire, at Bocock, six miles from here, ac- cording to information received from there today. The little girl was in the house With her smaller sister' and a £ WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1922—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. WARRANT CHARGES | WOMAN WITHFALSE VORCE TESTIMONY Mrs. M. L. Baggett of Alex- 6,000,000 CHINESE FACING STARVATION IN THREE PROVINCES Correspondence of the Assoclated Prees. SHANGHAIL China, January 19. —More than 6,000,000 people are facing starvation in the provinces of Kiangsu, in which Shanghal is located, and Chekiang and Anhwei, according to estimates compiled here. Unprecedented floods which wiped out 20 per cent of the rice crop in these districts are blamed for the food shortage. TWO CENTS. POLICE CLEAN-UP OF D. C. PROISED BY MAIL SULLIVAN New Superintendent Deter- i i Th tive famine of 1922 : i Favors Five Members of | brother aged twa vears ana three | andria, Va., to Appear Be- follows. that of 1951, which cov mined to Break Up Hand i D. C. Commission. Ber Thecle inter to sabity woericd fore Court Tuesday. e book Activities. JURISDICTION EXTENDED TO BUSINESS PROPERTY Bill Also Will Provide That Ap- returned for the baby. Her little brother was too heavy for her to * carry, but she finally succeeded in removing him from his crib, placed him upon a pillow, and In this manner dragged him from the burning building. ISABEL WRIGHT CASE MADE BASIS OF ACTION Washington Man Is Complainant. An.appeal for aid issued by the Chinese international famine re- lief commission points out that it is not going to be an easy matter to obtain relief funds for the sec- ond famine, “especially when we - know that several millions more were collected in 1921 in govern- ment famine surtaxes than were expended by the government on famine relief.” LIQUOR AND DRUG TRAFFIC ALSO WILL BE RUN DOWN Governmental Aid Offered—Pre- peals From Decisions Go Direct Accused Rented Rooms to Those e Cnpmn.s ol Be to Supreme Court. Ahildren o porisnag,on¢ ©f N | gecking to Undo Marital Ties. FREE STAIE B“.L s sponsible. e S, A o Maj. Daniel Sullivan, the new sus ‘The bill extending the operation of From a Staff Correspondent. the Ball rent act for the District of Columbia beyond next May—when it would expire if no action were taken by Congress—is being completed by subcommittee of the Senmate District committee and probably will be lald before the full committes for action next week. The subcommittee bill will provide with other things that the life of the rent act shall be extended for two Years from next May; that the mem- bership of the Rent Commission shall be increased from three to five; that there Shall be two lawyers to act as counsel for the commission instead of one; that business properties shall be under the jurisdiction of the commis- sion as well as residence properties; that appeals may be taken from de- cisions of the Rent Commission only to the District Supreme Court, and that the commission shall have ad- ditional clerical assistance. Purposes of New Measure. ‘The purpose of the new bill is not only to continue the life of the rent act and the rent commission, but to put the commission in a position to deal as expeditiously as possible with the rent situation in the District, and o pass upon cases brought to it, or initiated by it, speedily. Senator Ball, chairman of the Dis- trict committee and author of the : NAME C. A. RAWSON T0SUCCEEDKENYON Republican Chairman Ap- pointed to Hold Office Until November Election. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, February 17.— Charles A. Rawson of Des Moines is the new senator from Iowa. An- nouncement of the appointment of Mr. Rawson, who is chairman of the republican state central committee, to succeed William E. Kenyon in the upper house of Congress was made by Gov. K. E. Kendall today. Mr. Rawson, it is understood, will serve only until a successor is elect- ed at the general election in Novem- ber. He will start serving imme- diately. The boom for Mr. Rawson's ap- pointment is but a few days old. It started spontaneously throughout the at 9 o'clock for the hearing of the case ALEXANDRIA, Va.,, February 17.— The first warrant to be sworn out in connection with the alleged divorce evils in this city was issued late yes- terday afternoon for Mrs, Mary L. Baggett, who conducts a rooming house at 119 South Royal street. In this warrant, which was issued by Judge Duvall of the police and civil court, Mrs. Baggett is charged with “falsely, willfully and felonious- ly” testifying regarding the residence claim made by Isabel W: Wright in a recent divorce suit here. The com- plainant in the case i3 Thomas J. Wright of Washington, D. C., from whom Mrs. Wright obtained her di- 3 vorce. Hearing Next Tuesday. : DISTRIGT PROJECTS office of Judge Duvall, and upon his Chairman Phipps Says Water information the warrant was issued. The judge fixed next Tuesday morning Supply in Particular Will Be Inspected. Senator Phipps of Colorado, chair- in the local police court. According to the files of the local corporation court, where the vast ma- Jority of the divorce cases in this Jurisdiction are brought, the name of Mrs. Baggett appears frequently on affidavits swearing to the com- pliance with residence and domicile requirements of applicants for -di- vorce. In other words, she has, in these cases, sworn that the applicant in question has resided at her home for the necessary period required by law. She also has sworn to the good character of applicants while domi- ciled at her residence. So frequently has her name appeared in such cases the pool open. NAVAL STRENGTH = SHIPS F MEN. D. C. SKATERS REJOICE AS MERCURY DROPS LOW 8.7 Degrees Above Zero Reported, But Cold Snap to Be Short-lived, Says Weather Bureau. There was skating on the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial today, the continued cold weather making the ice of sufficient thickness to al- low authorities of the office of pub- lic buildings and grounds to throw NAVY YARD DROPS 31 MORE EMPLOYES Majority of Men Worked in Supply Shops—Clerks Also : Slated to Go. Definite announcement that thirty- - | PASSESITS SECOND COMMONS READING Ulster Boundary Amendment Is First Defeated by Vote of 302 to 60. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 17.—The bill es- tablishing the Irish free state passed its second reading in the house of com- mons today after the amendment of- fered“by Capt. Charles Craig, leader of the Ulster unionists, for altering the boundary commission provisiens of the Anglo-Irish treaty had been defeat- ed by a vote of 302 to 60. Lord Hugh Cecil charged the gov- ernment with treating the Sinn Fe.n as if it were a constituted government, adding: “Now that we have found it is not a government and the crimes of a terri- ble character are breaking out, I think perintendent of police, is determined that the handbook activities in thfs city shall be broken up, if such is & possibility. Orders holding precinct captains to a strict accountability for the gambling that goes on in thelr precincts, have been sent out, and Maj. Sullivan has,also made it plain that the same rule applies to the bootleg traffic. The superintendent is planning to have members of Ms command exert every effort to appre- kend violators of these two laws. As a result of the stand taken by The Star and of the progress made by the police department in weeding out the handbook men, some of the older ones in the game no longer are willing to chance prison sentences and have withdrawn from that type of business. The police say that sev- eral have abandoned the promoting end of the ra Federal Aid Offered. Government aid in cleaning up dis orderly conditions and drug peddling in the Diftrict was promised Maj. Sul- livan today by the United States in- terdepartmental social hygiene board, whose confidential investigators in the last six months have uncovered evidence incriminating individuals in illicit traffic. B The board is charged with the duty of cleaning up various forms of vice in civilian communities, to lower sease rates in the Army and Navy. Washington, it was stated, has long present rent act, will submit to the | state, never at any time having been | that the committée appointed by the 5 The ice today was much smoother the bill Rt o be St =l ¥ aetd | besn Tt Bors Henor s Sece e g 4 man of the Serate appropriations sub- one.more employes of the Washing-|the ought to be rejected.’ e sal L 2 s PO’ peause B bcommittee the Sommunication ad.lencouraged by Mr. Rawson himselt. | local bar assoclation’ to investigate | com o o 1 charge of the District| ' 2" 3uring the recent cold spell, and | )™ oo o0 3 0014 be 1aid off at |the ministers did not express their own | inability "of the policc or health Manufacturers’ Assoclation asking that business properties be included in the supervision of the rent com- mission. 2 Senator King of Utah, democrat, a member of the subcommittee drafting the extension bill, in addressing the Senate yesterday afternoon vigorous- ly attacked rent profiteers in the District. He has been aroused over what he considers sales of property in the District at exorbitant figures, and the basing of rents upon these figures after the sales are Eing Plasé Valantfon Biil. He said that he intended .to pre- pare a bill that will provide when- ever any increase in the value #f real estate is shown in a transfer of prop- erty the District assessor shall take note of the increase and promptly as- sesy the property at the figure at which the property is reported to have been sold. At present assess- ments are made only once every two Years, under the law. Senator King again paid his re- spects to builders and confractors op- erating here. He has charged in the past that combinations keep up the high cost of building in Washington as elsewhere. A strict enforcement of the Sherman anti-trust law, he said, would remedy the situation. REGULATION DRAFT MAY SHUT THEATER Rumors Say Possibly Two In fact, Gov. Kendall told one delega- tion that called on him in the interest of Mr. Rawson that he had received a message from the state chairman that day telling of the qualifications of one of the other candidates for the appointment and never mentioned the boom that was starjed in his own be- half. Mr. Rawson _was born in Des Mofnes May 29, 1867. He is engaged in the manufacture of bricks and tiling, with many side lines. He is a director of the Des Moines Na- tional Bank and serves as director of half a dozen insurance companies and trust companies. He was named chairman of the state central committee in' 1912 and served constantly since. During the world war Mr. Rawson served overseas with the Y. M. C. A., being placed in charge of organiza- tion work in the Paris bureau of the association soon after his arrival there. Before sailing for Europe he announced his candidacy for the re- publican nomination for governor, but withdrew soon after returning to this country. He was married February 1, 1900, to Miss Clara Hubbard of Moines. Senator Kenyon, who resigned to accept the judgeship of the eighth district circuit court made vacant recently by the death of Judge Wal- ter Smith of Council Bluffs, took his seat in the Senate on April 24, 1911. He has served with distinction. During the recent session of the na- tional Congress Senator Kenyon gained considerable recognition as the Senate leader of the agricul- tural bloc. Des WILL LOAN DISTRIGT quency with whicn her name has ap- peared. experience in renting room# never “knowingly done anything regular or contrary to the law.’ admitted that she rooms to persons taking up residence suit for divorce, but she said that JAMOTORPLOWS - the divorce situation here, and which has been tabulating every case on the divorce records during the past elght. een months, has deemed it advisable to request Mrs. Baggett to appear at a2 hearing to be held by the committee next week. One member of the committee said today Mrs. Baggett will be asked to make some explanation of the fre- appropriation bill, said today that he and other members of the subcom- mittee would make personal investi- gation of various projects ‘in Washington for which money asked After these inspections had been made, he sald, the subcommittee would pegin consideration of the District bill in executive session and ot prepare {t for report to the Senate. all her| Streets for which improvements 8 | have . been recommended, schools, o | hospitals and other projects are to had e more | be investigated by the senators, less of a specialty of renting|probably accompanied by District officlals. These I ons likely will-not begin until negt week, owing to press of other wo: ‘Will Probe Water Situation. One of the matters t6 which the subcommittee will give particular at- tention 1s of an increased water supply the District. Senator Phipps maid today it seemed clesr to him that something must be done to meet the existing situation. | If there should be a break in the present conduit, the city would be in badl the Denies Any Irregularity. Jirs. Baggett stated 14 the ative of The Star today that expectation of or officials. N in Alexandria preparatory to filing northeastern she had never sworn to-anything but (Continueg on Page 2, Column 1) were Canton, and Greenville, Me., mometers registered 22 low zero. a temperature of zero. SOUGHT FORD. C. 12 for City Proper Could Clean 480 Miles of Streets. Cost Only $5,000. straits. Either the plan for a new conduit and incre: ‘water supply for the District should be pushed, or there should be constructed reser- voirs capable of holding amfle a:terad water to meet the needs of e District while a break—if any should occur—in the existing conduit would be repaired. Senator Phipps has many times in the past shown that he has the National Zoological park not open for skating today. The winter’s record low mark for the season was-scored,on the official 18| thermometer of the weather bureau at 6:30 a.m. today, when the mercury crept down to 8.7 degrees abovo zero. Following an expected low mark of not less than 15 degrees tomorrow morning, it will warm up rapidly t morrow morning, so that by the af- ternoon Washington will be in a slushy state again, according to the weather a crowd enjoyed the sport. Ponds at bureau Washington is sharing in general weather conditions throughout, the United States. coldest spots in the country today Northfied, Vt., ‘where the ther- degrees be-. New York city experienced UPROARIN HOUSE ON SOLDIER BONUS -z 2t Fordney Declares House Will were the close of work today was made this afternoon by Capt. J.- H. Dayton, commandant of the navy yard. With the furloughing of the additional thirty-one men, the total number of week will be close to 1,400. Twenty-three of the men to be dropped from the pay rolls this after- moon are employed in the supply sho) The remaindcr are in the public works @lyision. It is belleved that a few more workers will be laid off at. the clese of this month. Capt. Dayton also announced that he is taking steps to reduce the clerical personnel of the navy yard, which, it is said, has been made neces- sary on account of the drastic reduc- tion in the mechanical force. How many clerks will be laid off has not been determined. Labor Leaders Renew Efforts. ‘With a further reduction of the navy yard force, increasing the seri- ousness of the unemployment situa- The " jtlon in Washington, labor leaders to- | day are making strenuous’efforts to| provide work for the furloughed men. N. P. Alifas, president of District 44, International Association of Machin- tion will appeal to Congress to in- clude a provision in all appropriation bills to be passed requiring that work of the government's departments be done at the navy yards instead of by rivate firms. Mr. Alifas said he appeared this navy yard workers laid off since last| {opinions, but one another’s opinions, “The government,” he continued, “are in the astounding position that they want the chief boundary commissioner to decide whether the government should break faith with Ulster. The government are looking on with inter- ested curiosity to see whether they are cheats and liars.” Adopted Without Division. ‘With the amendment decisively de- feated the second reading was adopt- ed without a division. The amendment thus disposed of stipulated that in view of the fact that the treaty provided for the crea- tion of a boundary commission, and that such provision was in direct abrogation of Ulster's rights as se- jcured by the government of Ireland |act of '1920 and a breach of the pledges given by the prime minister, house declines to proceed with the second reading until the govern- ment had given assurances that th provision in_question would be elimi Boundary commission should only take effect after approval of the northern parliament had been given. Former Premier Asquith vigorousl supported the bill, in the debate be- | fore the vote, saying the boundary question was an integral part of the treaty and that it would be impos- sible for the government or the parliament to escape the charge of gross bad faith if there were any | repudiation of that part of the agree- ment. Lloyd George Denies Charge. Prime Minister Lloyd George, in- terrupting an attack on the govern- nated, or that any decision of the | Pass Measure—Garner The District government will have twenty-four motor snow plows by next winter if present plans of the engineer department are carried out. Maj. F. S. Besson, assistant engineer interests of the National Capital at heart. He-believes that the District of Columbia should be generously treated, and that the appropriations for it should be made with full con eration of the fact that the capi- committee Which has the post office | ber for the Ormeau division of Belfast, ppropriation bill under considera-|.oneradicted the Ulster member's as- Scores G. 0. P. Methods. |= 5 tion and urged that a clause be in-|on" 2 x = serted in that measure requiring all! sertion that the government had as- e soldier bonus bill wi - Thy s L e Io|Work of the post office department i sured Sir James Cralg that the bound. morning before the Senate post office i ment by Thomas Moles, unionist mem-; departments to require medical exa- minations in suspected cases, as may be done in Virginia or Maryland. “All our records, giviAg names, dates. locations and other evidence jare at the disposal of the police,” said IDr. Valeria H. Parker, actively in charge of the board's work. “We will be more than glad to aid in every ‘way possible in this clean-up. A vice district, including drug peddling, bootlegging and gambling, is flourish- in within five; blocks of the Capitol, despite a raid last summer. The board is interested because of ths number of soldiers and sailors sta- tioned here.” Members of the board include Secretaries Mellon, Weeks and Denby, Maj. Gen. M. W. Ireland, Rear Admiral Stitt, Dr. Hugh Cummings of the public health service and Dr. Parker. Four Alleged “Bookies” Arrested. Four alleged “bookies” were caught in the police dragnet vesterday, two arrests having been made by police of the first precinct and two by the special investigation squad. Capt. E, W. Brown of the first pre- cinct led two raids in his precinct, isted by Lieut. Holmes, Sergt. Burke and Precinct Detectives Mans- | field, Lowrey gnd Wilson. Mansfield and Lowrey, the captain said, con- ducted the preliminary investigations, and it was due to their efforts that the arrests were made. David Barnett Cohen, twenty-two years old, proprietor of a cigar store at 1407 w York avenue, surprised Capt. Brown when placed under ar- rest as an alleged violator of the handbook law. He requested that he be permitted to get a copy of the names of persons who had made bets, the captain said, saving he might be swamped with claims today if he did not have the list. The captain grant- ed his request. Eleven persons were in the store when the raid was made and, accord- ing to the police, most of them ad- :E of the nation is located here. The mitted they were there to make bets ported to a republican caucus within be turned over to the navy yards.! commissioner, in charge of city refuse, Will Be Closed by cpm- missioners. Corporation Counsel Francis H. Ste- Phens this afternoon completed the draft of a regulation which he will submit to the Commissioners, giving them authority to close any theater or place of public assembly which, in iheir opinion, does not comply with all of the provisions af the building «<ode, either as to fireprioofing or struc- tural safety. The proposed regtilation provides that the Commissioners shall have power to appoint a committee of qualified individualy to hold a public hearing, at which %o take testimony yegarding any thealer or place of pub- lic assembly abomt which there is doubt as to the sufety from fire risk or structural weakness. Rumors of Closing. Rumors were ¢urrent this morning that following the adoption of this regulation the Commissioners would order the closing of at least one and possibly two of the downtown the- aters. Engineer Commissioner Keller, who s in_eharge of the theater survey, stated, howewer, that n decision had ! been reached| regarding the closing of any theater. It is known, neverthe- Jess, that the Commissioners are en- tertaining serious doubts as to the fire protection afforded the public In at casi one cjowntown theater. Whether: or not this or any other theater is. to be closed probably will not' be decided until the city heads have stwdied and acted upon the reg- ulation which Mr. Stephens drafted this morning. Part of Bullding Code. If tlvs regulation should be adopted @s now drafted the procedure prob- sbly would be to close any theater bouft which there is question pend- ing a hearing held in the manner vrovsided for in the regulation. This regulation is being drafted as a part of "the building code under the gen- ewal police powers of the Commis- €joners. The committee of architects, build- #rs and engineers appointed by the Commissioners is expected to com- b its survey of all theaters thin a day or fwo. Its findings will be considered by the Commis- Eioners In a board Ression. Commissioner Rudolph indicated to- ¢ay that when the committee has completed its work the Commission- «rs will have a statement to make %4 the public concerning the results i the District if it is available. 1 sledge NEEDED EQUIPMENT Federal Government to Turp Over $27,000 Worth of Ma- terial for Fire Use. Approximately $27,000 worth of equipment will be loaned to the Dis- trict fire department at cnce by the federal government to meet a need which was shown to exist when the firemen responded to the call for help at the collapse of the Knickerbocker Theater. 2 Commissioner Oyster several days ago submitted to the budget bureau a list of mechanical appliances need- ed by the fire department and which it was thought the War Department might be able to turn over to the District in the present emergency. The budget bureau acted promptly on the request and today the Commj: sioner announced that all of the equipment asked for will be loaned Mrs. Robertson, returning from a spring half a mile away, to which she had gone for water, arrived Jjust in time to see the house fall- ing in. She was grief stricken for a moment, and the loss of her h home was more than offset by joy Chief Watson sald that Superin- tendent of Machinery Robinson will probably have to visit several gov- ernment supply stations in different cities to tag the equipment that would be adaptable to fire department work. Much Equipment Listed. The liét of equipment includes one five-ton truck, one motor searchlight ‘wagon, four passenger automobiles for chiefs, four pulmotors, eight ox- weld cutting outfits to be used on steel bars or trusses, such as the fire- men had to combat at the Knickers bocker to get at the wounded and dead; tin-roof ocutters, el c-wire cutters, tinners’ snips, wall picks, hammers, standard fire depart- ment door openers, hand searchlights, hand extinguishers, ceiling hooks, pinchbars, crowbars and similar ape pliances. Commissioner Oyster expressed gratification today at the promptness and spirit of co-operation- shown by the government in this respect. - —_— STEAMER IN DISTRESS. NEW YORK, February 17.—The coast guard cutter Gresham lsft today to as- |- sist the American steamer Narbo, re- ported in distress 130.miles east of Cape Henlopeny city belongs, he said, to the whole people of the eountry. May Restore Items. ‘The House, in its consideration of the District bill, cut several mil- lions of appropriations from'the rec- ommendations made by the budget bureau. While the Senate committee has not yet begun redrafting the measure, it is belleved that many of these ite ‘will be restored before the bill is reported to the Senate. hearings on the bill were {B!terd-l!. after the sub- ad given an opportunity to all those desiring to be heard and ‘who had made a request for hearings. Today’s News In Brief t issued charges false’ testi- w;;;‘vnln divorce case. Page 1 ds declares republican House Fwnr;hlmanns 1. Page 1 lean-up of Washington prom- PO b9 May. Bullivan. Page nate subcommittee would extend has prepared an elaborate program for snow removal that calls for twelve motor plows for suburban roads and the same number for city streets. At the present time the street clean- ing department has only four of these motor plows and twelve horse-drawn plows. This latter antiquated equip- ment will be done away with when eight additional plows are acquired. Supt. Grabill, in charge of suburban roads, now has twelve horsedrawn plows with which to clean snow from 200 miles of suburban roadways. Under Maj. Bes- son’s plan this old equipment also will be replaced with twelve motor truck plows. New Trucks Unnecessary, It will not be necessary for the city to buy a truck to go with each of these twenty-four plows, for the plows can be attached on short notice to trucks of the water, sewer and other municipal departments. These demountable plows can be e purchased for about $250 a piece. art - Prgerl Twelve of these plows for suburban || 550 T00 B0 YOUR FREC 0 roads and eight more for the street| reading in British house of com- cleaning department for use in the| mans. Page 1 city proper would cost only about|Navy yard drops 31 more employes; $5,000 and will make it possible for others to go soon. Page 1 authorities to open up a clear | Director of the local Chamber qt ;2:!- for vehicles on practically every| Commerce vote l{llll!t'plflen! body’s street in the District. referendum on soldiers’ bonus. 5 Morris Hacker, supervisor ef city Page refuse, estimated today that a-truck | Congress leaders predict delay in defl- with plow attachment will average| nite action on soldier bonus. Page 2 forty miles in eight hours on city streets. Twelve of these plows in|HoMe (A e S T operation in the city would make 480 miles a day. Could Be Used by Night Shift. This estimate of distance, however, allows for the going over of important streets and avenues several times. Mr. Hacker said that when snow con- tinues to fall for twenty-four hours the trucks could be put out with a night shift also. Twelve additional plows will, it is believed, prove ample for the cleaning of 200 miles of suburban roads. Of the twelve plows to be used on city streets two will be attached to small tractors which the city is planning to buy. B The good showing madé by the street cleaning department this week in cleaning snow with only four.motor plows has cdnvinced city officials that the cheapest and most .efficient man- ner of dealing with snowstorms is by. discussion of the framing. crats were 'excluded. ner and Joined the debate. ‘Washington ate finance committee, pay,” the letters said. »ill for addition to School. e it of Theodore P:{:fi.ea to PuhllcELl G. Pearson, Eastern High School K;{édenl. ‘wins gold medal for essay on patriotic tonle.m % Page 4 e-refuses to increase Gallaudet B eapriation. Pico s creasing sales taxe: cess profits tax to bonus: roposes direct and indirect subsi r- to upl ican merchant marine. Page 9 htwood citizens indorse selection ‘2’:‘»31« head. Page 13 Local realty men plan for meeting of O cative committee, national J'fi Page - clation. Three Washington clubs, meeting ?&- ge 13 arately, discuss plans for cl!t’y. . O. P. denounced by democratic 5 chairm: Page 14 in executive session: tos soing Af terment. Hougse shortly. It ever, that fiv’u‘l gréat num- ter the méeting : ‘those tendafice expressed the opin 2 'bonus bill would be report was - said, The House was thrown into an uproar during discussion of the meas- ure after Representative Garner of Texas, ranking democrat on the com- mittee, had protested against the ac- tion of the republican members in calling in a representative of the American Legion to advise with them at a secret session, from which demo- Representative Mondell, Wyomin, republican leader, answered Mr. Gar- then Cheirman Fordney - .Grange Protests Sales Tax. The National Grange, through its represegtative, 1| Atkeson, in letters sent today to Sena- tor McCumber, chairman of. the Sen- and.-Repre- sentative Fordney, chairman of the House ways and means committes, declared it is “unalterably opposed to the sales tax or.any,form of direct consumption tax, for the soldier bo- nus or for any other purposes.” “The sales tix is a deliberate effort to shift tax burdens from tho able ‘to pay to those least able to tax is inaugurated, blc'l;gsc:vi‘th!.tlza Semate L B o W omernr Tich | power which Is now ureing it it ls Page 2| doubtful if it could ever be set aside, W. Noyes is fin_lma we can look forward to steadily . Page T. s | diminishing taxes on large incomes|® and inheritances and to.steadily in- to pay the bur- Grange,” Mr. Atke- son continued, “has suggested an ex- pay the SN Should that be -inexpedient, the tax decided on should bb:so: levied that it will not be levied-to:the direct cost of necessities of, the ber of people of limited: income.” Republicans Discnss. Bonus. Republican members of. House ways and means committee meétin; in n to the how- the next ten days “and a republican|He pointed out that the navy yard House will pass it,” Chairman Fordney j employes can do virtually all the re- of the ways and means committee de- clared in the House today during a manner of its pair work of the flost office depart- ment, such as making motor truck ‘parts and repairing mail boxes, etc. Other plans for relieving the gen- eral unemployment situation are un- ‘der consideration by labor leaders, according to Mr. Alifas. Although he declined to disclose the plans un- til completed, he said they were practical and are designed to aid in remedying the unemployment condi- tions throughout the country. Hope for Remewed Activity, Reports in labor circles to the ef- fect that the engineering experts of the Navy favor the immediate ex- penditure of $18,000,000 for repairs said to be-essential to the mainte- nance of efficlency gave rise to hopes of renewed activity in government yards. Mr. Alifas pointed out that if the government should decide to make these repairs and would have the work- done in the government plants it would be possible to retain the normal forces at most of the !yards for a few months at least. This, he sald, would be a temporary respite and would at least give the men to make other connec- tions, -and possibly would provide employment for them until the Department was ready to proceed with its auxiliary building program. Some response from Secretary of the Navy Denby to the program of relief submitted to him Wednesday by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and other labor leaders is expected to be forthcoming by tomorrow or early na':ll week, it i® believed in labor =y 2 ENGINE KILLS 3 IN AUTG. Six Students of U. of N. C. Asleep When Car Is Struck. DURHAM, N. C, February 17.— Three boys were killed and three others ‘injured when the zutomobile | in which they were riding was struck by a switch engine at a crossing in the eastern part of this city about 4 o'¢lock this morning. With the excep- tion of the driver of the car, who was killed, all were students at the Uni- V'!'lmni of North Ca C. best dier that rolina. six youths were returning to ary adjustment would be of a minor character, while promising Michael Collins extensive changes. A ‘heated altercation ensued be- tween Mr. Moles and Mr. Lloyd George over this point. “Ulster demands a straight deal,” exclaimed Mr. Moles, who said, in con- sion: Z 3% breach is made in the wall surrounding the Ulster area and in- vasion is attempted, we will stand in the breach and defend it or fill it with our dead bodies.” Feared Renewal of Warfare. The vote came after two days of strenuous debate ip the house of commons, during which another com- bined attempt on the part of Ulster- ites and unionists “die hards” to kill the treaty was ineffectively made. Colonial Secretary Churchill opened the debate vesterday with what some of the London néwspapers today termed the greatest oratorical effort of his career. |, During the debate Austen Chamber- lain, the government leader, revealed 1o the house that at one point in the negotiations with Eamonn De Va- lera the government thought the struggle in Ireland would have to be renewed and that the government at that time communicated with military (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) —_— “WHY IS LOVE BLIND?” WELL, HERE ARE SOME REASONS ADVANCED By the Associated Press. SYRACUSE, N. Y, February 17. —Twenty-one young men and women, members of the Syracuse University Biblical Club, who are either studying for the ministry, or to become missionaries, have answered the question, .“Why is love blind?” The question was propounded at the last meeting of the club, and here are some of the answers from the women: “Because he respects other peo- Hngs.” B ]"877 ‘tehent"loverl ‘will not be em- *Ha Is too much taken up with the matter in hand to notice other people’s feelings.” “He must be blind because he does not profit by his past. Peda- gogically speaking, he has merely recapitulated.” “It's lucky he is blind, or he'd ‘work himself to death.” i v From one of the men came: 3 an. might elapse the use of plows attached to motor ':2 votes budge! ‘ham- | before: .&‘-nt -1s--resched “as nigh “Take a look around the campu mfi"" lows are ine: 8ive a ,;md oy G(r’na"n‘duuw g’cn 18} to :":6&:? sales tax pleh, com-|the accident occurred. . It is believed| at the If he weren't be: Quickly attached “to.auy. Iarge ]| Gen. Allanby threatens'to resign post|mended by Haralug, should | o1t ‘the. boye’ were: asisep except the| Biind wowd Be lave mae any o icky i$ in BgYPh ' 2 18§ (Continued on’ driver when the engine struck thecar, such binationa2” e 2,-Column 7.)¢ on the races. They will be called as witnesses if Cohen is placed on trial. Capt. Brown reported the seizure of a blackboard and more than a bushel of racing records and parapbernalia. Agent for Man Higher Up. Nick Boulder, thirty-eight _years old, who conducts a barber shop at 1116 New York avenue, was the other person arrested by the raiding squad of the first precinct. Marked money alleged to have been placed on- the races with Boulder and alleged racing slips werk taken from the barber shop by the police. Boulder denied that he was backing the game, and, accord- ing to the police, glaimed he was ac- cepting the money for a man who is reputed to be one of the big operators of handbook: Lieut. Davis, Sergt. Carlin and Po- liceman Holmes of the special inves- tigations squad v cinct late yesterday a rested two alleged handbook viola- tors. James Augustus Baile: ed, in the barber business 1t $1 Ji street northea Leon Joseph Corridon, twenty 500 North Capitol street, were arcested. Following a rule adoyted some time ago, the police demanded bund 1n the sum of $3.000 for handbook de- fendant. Each of the four defendants gave bond. The guestion of inere: ing the amount of bond has begn dis- cussed, but no defin actim taken Arrested on Dry Charges. Members of the several precinct commands engaged in the investigi- tion of alleged prohibition enforce- ment law violations made several ar- rests in the last twenty-four hours. John - Baramchunk, 626 413 ‘street Southwest, was_arrested by Revenue Agent Lipscomb, Lieut. Pierson and Detectives Berry and O'Donnell of the fourth precinct and charged with il- legal possession of one-half gallon of corn whisky and a similar quantity of cider. Charges of selling and illegal pos- lesllon‘ were filed against William Wyatt, 231 F street southwest, arrest- ed by police of the fourth precinct. Selling one pint of corn whisky and having one-half pint of the intoxicant in_his pnlunlonnverc the amounts involved in the charges. Charles Hackley, 440 1st street southwest, arrested by the same po- licemen, was a!lefie«l to have had one- half pint of whisky. Police of the second precinct arrest- ed Harry F. Miller, 1337 Shepherd street, and North D. McCormick, 4727 Georgla avenue, and charged them with transporting one quart of whisky. They deposited collateral for their appearances Revenue Agent Harman and Detec- tives Rone and Brodie of the sixth precinct arrested James ens, colored, 50 Jackson street northeas and charged him with fllegal p sfon and selling. Seizure of one pint o2 whisky was reported.