Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1922, Page 17

i C g ! ‘ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1927. TG DOOTLEG S BONYS [ oot et BOY IN WINCHESTER = CRUCIIERS VICTIM vor | NAYBECOMEISSUE T Coloréd Assailants Put Nait find here— PATTING T AFFECTIONATELY AnD PICKING ere Thr °UQ|I One Hand, Ihen CHERRY: 3. FLASH AT You DISAPPEARING : LETTER Are Driven Away. . Sy in death rate, on the other hand, | were cancer, the rate for which in- creased from 76 to 83; influenza, 14 to 71, and puerperal causes, 15 to 19. The rate for organic diseases of the | heart showed practically no change from the 1910 rate of 1415. DEATH RATE LOWER. Decreases to 1,306 Per 100,000 in 1920 From 1,496 in 1910. Death rate in the United States de- creased to 1,306 per 100,000 popula- | tion in 1920 from 1.496 per 100,000 in| ASKS MEMORIAL PRGBE. 1810, the census bureau announced. All age groups showed a decline | Representative Would Know More in the death rate, but the most pro- | nounced decrease w“} recordedl n | of Victory Shrine Plans. the figures coverlng Inlant N raiy| Inquiry into the operations of the George Washington Memorial Ass under one year of age, the 1920 rate 661 3 3 mpared w B 0 D e e 0 s decline | Clation by the House committee on of about 26 per cent. Rate for the |Public buildings and grounds is pro- group above seventy-five years of d in 2 resolution introduced Mon- | day by "Representative Charles L. age decreased from 14,360 to 13.490 | day, by Representative Ohar 2 WHISTLING AND BRANDISHING MY HATCHET. 5. CLOSEUP ON ME LOORING ARDUND CAUTIOUSLY, ©. CLOSEUP OMN HATLHET ENTERING TREE, 7. FLASH Maryland Congress Member Proposes Funds Be Raised OUER HILL by Beverage Tax. e o AnD Cassirc s BY DAVID LAWRENCE. v 4 INSERT =" WHO CUT DOWN My f CHERRY TREE? ONER HILL. SOFT EDGED CIRCLE. 4. SrioT AT ME COMNG. DOWMN PATH FROM HOUSE. ——that keep your letters Special Dispatch to The Star. i Fa heia S ?—that's th FAvoRITE ‘WINCHESTER, Va., February 22.— | per 100.000, approximately 6 per cent, < -~ : feled i alphabetical Bootlcggerssor i Monuats e o SERT- D e s ive o evy | resolution | to ascertain t > ¥ uesti vhich now is being pro- . CLOSEUP O ME - 1N An attempt on the part of two negro o | amount of funds collected. 1) : a0 S enty-five age group decreased from; . ihody employed and expenditures boys to crucify Harvey Greenwalt, twelve-year-old son of Willlam Green- walt, wal reported last night to the local Red Cross nurse by residents of Highland avenue, and police were making an investigation today. One young negro was belag grilled by the police, but he protsted his innocence, although Greenwalt said he was one of the boys who drove a nail through his hand and were in the act of driving one through the other when his cries for help fright- ened them away. The Greenwalt boy, who went to the home of Fred Hill, after the latter's mon had assisted in pulling the nail from Greenwalt's hand, said he was attacked by two negroes in the Bal- timore and Ohfo freight vard and that they dragged him to a toolhouse where they started to cru- 4 CANMOT TELL A LIE . FATHER.,. 1 DID U7 WITH MY LT TLE HATCHET. qQ, CLOSEUP O US SHAKING ! THANDS . \WE TURN AnD: WAL TOWARD THE HOUSE AND THE SceENg SlowLY ARISES OUT. How's ‘AT Soum0,P0P 7 81 to 2,280 per 100,000, about 12 per cent. The decrease in all adult groups was attributed largely to the re- duced rates from tuberculosis, tv phoid fever, and Bright's disease. The rate for tuberculosis showed a decrease in the ten-vear period from 160 to 114 per 100,000, for typhoid fever, 24 to 8 per 100,000, and Bright's disease and atute nephritis, 99 to 89 The death rate from accidents of al kinds decreased from 84 to 71 Diseases showing a seriou made from the fund. it provides that subpoenas for wit- nesses shall be issued by the Speaker |at the request of the chairman of the investigating committe ORDERED TO HOSPITAL. Charles Gerhardt and Herman Hall, both of the infantry arm. | been’ ordered to Walter Reed ( | Hospital for observation and crease ment. pounded here. Shall the government put a tax on light wines ‘and beer, or even on beer only, and get more than enough mon- ey with which t pay the soldier bo- nus, or shall the bootlegger continue to get enormous profits which the government is unable to reach either theough the income tax or througn prohibition enforcement In desperation, Congress is seeking a method to raise $350,000,000 a yex to pay a soldier bon every new method of taxi gested has enough foes to prevent adoption by both houses of Conguess. > The bond issue has been rejes b The file illustrated is ecquipped with a patent 1 order—priced at 55¢ U o P In the Heart of the Financial District Beautiful Office Suite clasp which opens casily cify him. . but locks sccurcly. While one boy held Greenwal® the 7 Connecting Rooms i « |other, it was alleged. procured nails that it will increase the cost of liv- ing to everybody. Maryland Man's Suggestion. o circumstances, asks Repre- John Philip Hill of Mary- author of a bilk to tax light and beer, why not gather in at $600.000,000 a year by such more than enough to and a stone and nailed his arm against the building. The other hand was belng nailed In like manner when the negroes were frightened away. Greenwalt said the negroes told him they intended also to “nail up” Fred Hill’s boy. ~Young Greenwalt was suffering in- tensely when taken to the Red Cross office, where Miss_ Margaret Stowers, executive secretarv, and Miss Ger- trude Higgins, district nurse, heard his story. A physiclan attended the boy and several large doses of antitoxin were injected into. his back to prevent lockjaw. ASSIGNED TO DUTY. Technical Sergt. Godtfred Lareon, ordnance department, who has arriv- ed in this city from service with the United States Army in Germany, has been assigned to duty at the Old Hickory Ordnance Reserve Depot, Jacksonville, Fla. For Rent Probably one of the finest office suites in Washington will be -available for tenant of the required standing some time between now and April 1. Outside rooms, delightful view, ideal arrangement. In the nationally-known Southern Building The advantages of superior location in Washington’s most popular office building are many, a building where the standard of occupancy and operation is unequaled in the National Capital. Apply Manager, Room 220 ALLAN E. WALKER & CO,, Inc. 813 15th St. Southern Building Main 2430 These FIL are built for hard wvsage and will stand an unusual amount of rough treatment. cnaner land, wine | least STOCKETT |0 i < proposed for raising revenue,” sai . Fls KB . CQ |John Thomas Taylor, chairman’ of the R national legislative committee of the B American Legion. who is conducting +PRODUCING STATIONERS |the fight for the bonus. “We believe -5 the Senate and House committees are Q‘(’ 'B STRBET-NW sufficiently competent to find ways to finance the bonus." —_— ===7| Speaking of the amounts which could be raised by taxing light wines and beer, Representative Hill sald to- day that taking the figures of 1914 on beer alone and imposing a tax of 20 cents a gallon the total amount that would be raised would be $408 000,000. If that was the consumption | of beer in the face of competition with distilled spirits, how much more beer would be consumed if distilled spirits are absolutely prohibited? At 00,000,000 more taxes would ilable. answers Mr. Hill. Th grand total of $605,000,000 that might be available out of beer taxes is confirmed by Treasury Department experts. Question of Alcohol in Wines. st officials have no doubt they se at least $600,000,000 a year Whether or not light wines included and a tax of 40 cents a gallon put on the latter is not altogether as easy a problem to settle as the beer question. The trouble is that the alcoholic content of light wines would have to be re- . duced to a point which would make them ‘“non-intoxicating” within the meaning of the constitutional amend- ment. bl ‘“’/uc’// " . N District National Bank | 1406 G Street The Lesson Washington Teaches —Is Determination— | On this birthday anniversary of the Father of His Country—a lesson that can be gleaned from a dominant trait of his character is determination. He made up his mind to do a thing—and then pro- ceeded to do it. The result is this great and glorious country of ours. . Determination is as essential to success today as in / \ I/"'// ¢ ' : \\\\(//,71\{//7,/"/ slrts ,(‘M,(,{?iL/ ' Copprigha, 1982, M. 7. Webetas . ASKHOW TOREPORT =725 .o 5 o e MILLIONS IN GLAIMS ELECTION EXPENSE ONGERMANS LAPSE, Screened All Lump Soft Coal The Best Coal for Stubborn Furnaces The advocates of the beer tax, how- John P. Agnew & Co.j| "% uavo ; 728 14th St. N.W. Dol Sl ol e eighteenth amendment. The Consti- forbids the manufacture of The Su- preme Court of the United States in Alaska Transferred. Transfer to the Interdéor Depart- ment of the activities of the Navy De- partment in connection with develop- ment of the coal for naval purpc in Alaska. has been recommended tution toxicating bevemge: )y | | = decided that Congress has the power Secretary Denby. b - & A H 2, 1 i 1 1 oo S g Eyes Examined é\o determine what per cent ofeal‘(?o‘hél Representatives Confused by 'n:;: baird of navalofigers gneaged oy Diplomatic Negotiations ‘E‘ Washington’s tm_lc. The determination to make future lcCormicl may includet vel vithi- in t vork, Mr. Denby said 7 e e ss1 \q 1 A Cotlogo Glasses Fittod | may 'x"’]rki":" ad i“r:oux fi.‘!llfikt{:’%fie“\'ol.’ y ‘:"“““"1’%‘?“:"'5“ r(—l;m‘\:l enil ")d ;al:r“.mm»:’: !’ g | want and worry impossible by making the present as we stead la E s that -ha of 1 3 4 2 that suggest . X S 7 v q DR.CLAUDE S.SEMONES || i i B2 che®iimis. thouen 'most | Newberry Case, Make | io' o i50uce committeen enat Ehers: go along provide for those days to come when things may after the project including expend ture of the appropriations involved be turned over to the “Interior De- partment. TROOPS' TRANGFER not be so rosy—or opportunity knocks and you need ready money to embrace it. Determine to open a Savings Account—and then deter- mine to keep adding to it, Once you make the start, it’s easy. The District National is at your service—paying inter- est or savings accounts at the rate of 3%. members of Congress will admit that if the alcohclic content were increased to or even to 2% per cent,-the beverage | Sould still be non-intoxicating. To get money enouga to pay the soldier bonus would require 2 simple resolution of Congress of about fifty words_amending the Volstead act o as to permit per cent beer, and the revenue laws could also be amended So as w0 put a tax of 20c a gallon on the beverages. Aroused Soldier Vote. Eyesight Specialist 409410 McLac~len . 10th and G Sts. N.W. Phone Majn 721. Get Settlement. By the Associated Press. Treaty provisions for the settlement J of claims of American citizens against Germany, aggregating hundreds of millions of dollars. lapsed more than a fortnight ago, it was learned yester- Many Inquiries. “Reprosentatives in Congress are very much interested at this time in the subject of their responsibility to the law to make returns of thelr expend- itures in nomination contests, under the corrupt practices act. The decl- sion of the Supreme Court in the Newberry ¢ase declaring the non-ap- st 5 o0t day, and entirely new diplomatic nego- D tiations with Germany may be neces- Safest and Be The whole thing would be & simple | v - jitiati ith Germany mss f : Famil Scine P g ton St coimple | plicability of that act to primary se- { sary to pave the way for a settlement. R. N. Harper, President H. L. Offutt, Jr., Cashier 'y ot have as tight a hold on members | lections of oandidates has created a |_BY the terms of the separate peace ¥ ; r with Germany. the United Vice Presidents |( aty | reserved the Orders for the transfer of the First|within ni | Army Division from Camp Dix, N. J. | o1 255 e ntful about the passage of a pro- | Decision Only Gulde. ito Camp Meade, Md.. have been sus | consider hibition amendment to the Constitu-! Their only guide for the present is|pended, according to an announcement h‘“\_‘;:‘ilrdm‘ tion while they were absent in France | v v Gen- | ma ¥ epa vesterday. | 17 which Congress has done. To pay the |eral Daugherty to elections commit- | was explained that the change of | State Department Silent. soldiers a bonus and give them atf(ee No. 2 of the House of Representa- plans was due to the fact that all | gute Department oficials acknowl the same time a beverage of non-in-|;ves in the contested election case |available troops will be required at training camps and elsewhere this sum- { toxicating alcoholic content would ad- edged that the treaty provisions have | mittedly be a solution devoutly to be |of Ralney against Shaw, the twentleth lapsed, but refused to disclose In that|mer and probably will necessitate the dispersal of tae First Division to several wished for, politically speaking, If it | Tllinois Congress district. whethér any other steps have been were not.for the potential power of : laken to protect e rights o mer- the anti-beer forces. opinionithierAttorney G’“""v“‘:e different localitles. +an claimants. Whether the anti-beer elements| *It is my opinion that the Newberry g On March 3, 1921, President Wilson could win a fight against the soldier |decision should be construed as invali-|{ Under the original orders promulgated | transmitted to the Senate data pre- bonus influence is quite another story, dating all of the provisions of the act|several months ago, it was provided that | pared by Secretary Colby regarding the answer to which can only be given | referred to,(the corrupt practices act) | the movement of the gntire First DI- | claims filed by American citizens with after soldler opinion has expressed it- |relating to' momination for the office( vision from New Jersey to Camp Meade | the State Department. That state- self directly to Congress. nrhs::nw;;r 'f“:’,.’;‘.“'.iz,’.fi;::fi‘;“‘::n" !nvg‘éledm:ne“wfisle!e':nb; _lagfl;““- ment showed a total of 1,253 claims whether rimaries, & begin- | 5 (Copreiant, 102 e or by Indorsement and special | ning the transfer, but 5o far Mot & | tg flia eiaime, with sn Sesrebare of single unit has yet left Camp Dix. At the War Bepartment it is stated ) or general elections. to file claims, with an aggregate of PRICES NEARER 1913 MARK it (23 T St e sted $221,231,465. Department officials to- Many Inquiries Made. day ‘said those figures had remained 3 « am also of opinion that as to state- | troops of the First Division will be da- Wholesale Level Last' Month Eep- | ments of receipts and disbursements to | c/ded and announced in a short time. resents a Decline. be filed by candidates for the office of of Congress as to cause the latter to hesitat e Ll situation which has caused many in- Quiries to be made by prospective can- didates. ht to initiate, after the ex ns. the creation W. P. Lipscomb Lewis Holmes . Gockeler N. L. Sansbury But the danger of punishment d soldier vote is not easily | er. of the soldiers are as| T T T S | May Be Necessary to ,i | i PERPETUAL - BUILDING | ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent on shares maturing in 45 or 83 months.- It Pays 4 Per Cent on shares withdrawn be- fore maturity _ Additional Claims. In addition to claims by American citizens there are various pre-war and 3 virtually unchanged. —_—— Assets More Than - ’ Tepresentative in Congress under sec-|TQ INVESTIGATF CHARGES. |war-time losses sustained by the . . $7,000,000 | The sverage of wholesale prices| TR ot e only provision 5 government of the United States, a& 3 . B ' approached slightl A 2 ing 534, s e o e o mfox? [ now in force and effect s tho one which | Bureau Sends Agent to Look Into | American broperty sequestered i ur Government Lontracting Surplus Nearing - {mation made public by the De. |requires such statements to be flled in e tie et dtes (PTNE Germany. amounting to $191.147.346 h | partment of Labor. The bureau’s | connection with the elaction of such can- = :\“d claims for IOJ:!QH sustai!n!ed ’I:_\ $800,000 | weighted index number, based en 100 i The Veterans' Bureau has sent alAmerican corporations operating in § {for the 1913 wholesale price Jevel, | 3idates: epecial representativa to Nashville to | Rumania wien that country was in- epartment i | Stood at 148 last mionth. compared | _Tyler Page. clerk of the House of |, cqtigate conditions in the Tennes- | vaded by the German army in 1916, vi 19 i C % Pared | Representatives, is recelving numer- g 1 f The latter claims aggregate 672, \ orner an . W, with 149 in December, and 177 in .- t sections of | 8€€ Agricultural Institution there and it i h ot JAMES BERRY. Presideat [f| | J2RUary. 1921. Prices generally last | ous inauiries trom TZTS {remove all former soldier inmates if {618,713 lel, at a rate of exchange n¢ from prospective aspir- : t e e for momination as candidates for | JeCessary, the bureau announced to. the House, a8 to what they 'may be)"yo action was taken, the bureau | required to do in the matter ol'hp“:"explalned. as a result of charges of licity of expenditures, and replies bV | extortion ' practiced upon negro so quoting the Attorney Genera's opil- | gjer inmates of the institution by - g o ‘rendered to the House committee. | ier inmates of the institation by W ipefendants *Claim Police Court Deel Now. moval of Hale from the institution i was demanded of the Tennessee board Lacks Jurisdiction. It is necessary, it is sald by au-|of education last week by Director| Justice Hitz of the District Su- thorities at the Capitol, to pass a|Forbes. preme Court yesterday cited Judge esolution proposing an amendment| Hale, officials said. has resigned [John P. McMaion of the Police Court roso. S from supervision of the former serv- |to show cause March 6 why a writ of to the Constitution to meet the ob-|jce men in the school, but has not|prohibition should not be issued Jection ef the Supreme Court to the | severed his connection’ with the in-|against him to prevent the trial of corrupt, practices act, but, of cour®e, | stitution. e latter step, officials|JamesS.Graves an obert Williams, b said, would be insisted upon by the|charged jointly with selling intoxi- no such consummation Is possible | 3%, ' The representative of the |cants. jointly Lt within several years, and, in the|bureau left for Nashville armed with | Through Attorney T. Morris Wam- meantime,s the court’s decision and its construction by the Department of Justice will obtain, JOSHUA W. CARR, Secretary WOULD STOP DRY TRIAL. month Tepresented a decline over the | same month of a year ago of 16 per cent. Of all commodity groups, agricul- tural products alone showed an ad- vance in prices during the month, gaining approximately 2% per cent. Has been favored, during the more than fifty years of our existence, with a very liberal proportion of ! the United States government's purchases of elec-_ recorded, ranging from one-half of 1 per cent for building materials to = 3% per cent for food. Clothes and Safe {clotning declined 1 per cent, chemi- of cals and drugs 13 per cent, metals Mdb and housefurnishing goods 1% per cent and fuel and lighting materials over 2 per cent. In the group of mis- 3 cellaneous commodities the decrease h a in average prices was 13 per cent. t 'NO COOKING | Comparing prices in January with those of a year ago, the greatest de- Anue “Food - Drink” for Au Ages | crease, 24 ver cent, is a’m:an for the roup o ousefurnishin _ goods. ‘Quick Lunch st Home,?ficg.m Afetals and metal products deelined ¥ountaing, Ask for HORUICK'S. |23 per cent, fuel and lighting ma- terials 19% per cent, foods 17% per " The ORIGINAL \ 7 Malted Milk trical supplies. That we have always successfuny met the gov- ernment s very ng:d requirements of quallty. de- ~ authority to withdraw the 200 colored | pler the petitioners attack the juris- soldiers from the school and place | diction of the Police Court to try vio- them In other institutions unless the |lators of the Volstead act, -because removal of Hale was effected. the possible sentence carries hard la- bor, which may only be imposed after indictment by a grand jury. livery and price is a manifestation of the service irerAvaid Imitations & Substitut lal -FLORIDA BY SEA JACKSONVILLE Via Savannab C ) From BALTIMORE Tuesday, Friday, 6 .M. \ a on #ood until May 31 Automobiles carried. (Closed Red Cloud {LiverBerries cent, cent, farm products 14% clothing 12 per try: Ford, Medl Corps; Maj. Charles W. Elliott, infa; building _materials 15% per per cen cent and miscel- neous commodities 23 per cent. In all other groups decreases were SENATOR IS THREATENED. Letter Says Chairman Ball Must Stop Rent Legislation. Senator Ball, chairman of the District committee, about a week ago received letter threatening his life if he kept with the proposed legislation ex- tending the rent act for the District of Columbia. postal authorities. He turned it over to the About a year 2<o Senator Ball re- ceived a similar tnreat, and last year while riding in his automobile late one evening _a bullet passed through the ndow of his car and tore a gash in his trousers above the knee, but wita- out injuring him. FACE RETIRING BOARDS. Liewt. Col. Davis C. Anderson, jnfan- Maj. Harry G. Ical n- $1,000,000 MEAT BILL. Armour Confers With Secretary Weeks to Speed Payment. Following a conference between Secretary Weeks and J. Ogden Ar- has been called on for a report on the claim of Armour & Co. for about plied the Army during the world war. Altliough this claim was filed more than three years ago, it has just been brought before Secretary Weeks for action. The meat for which payment is claimed was never used by the troops and was Included in the lot which former Secretary Baker sought to sell in European markets and afterward in this country. MADE BAND INSTRUCTORS. ‘Warrant Officer George E. Zepf, band leader, on duty with. the 3d Cavalry at Fort Myer, Va., and Warrant Officer James C. Eldridge, band leader, on duty with the.53d Infantry at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, have been ordered MADDEN NAMED MANAGER. New Yorker Takes Charge of In- surance for Chamber. James”L. Madden of New York has been appointed manager of the in- surance department of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the chamber announced today. Mr. Mad- has been vacant for some months and completes organization of newa de- partments. designed to represent the major divisions of business. Mr. Mad- den, who is now with the Metropoli- tan Life Insurance Company, will take up his new duties about the mid- dle of March. f The Insurance department of the national chamber was created to pro- mote expansion of American insur- ance nationally and internationally, and to bring the seller and buyer of insurance' into agreement regarding the fundamental principles of insur- ance. It is not intended t6 take the place of nor to duplicate the work MUDDIMAN'S— NOW Is the Time to Get Electric Shades at ~ 16¢ (Sixteen Cents) Each As many as you want at this exceptional price. Also many other big bargains ‘in Electrical Goods. of Insurance organizations, but to serve as a focal point for all branches of the insurance business. o vision. we are prepared to render in the electrical field. N Our vice president, Mr. T. L. Townsend, gives - this branch of our busine_ss his personal super- (To be continued Friday) NATIONAL ELECTRICAL Su, Com, 1328-30 NewYork Ave. Phone Main 6800 SN T e T to this clty for duty as instructors at the Army Music School at Washington barracks. Warfant Officer Kenneth Heber, on duty with the 6th Field Ar- tillery at Camp Dix, N. J., has been as- signed to duty with \the 3d Cavalry at Foil myer, Yo o try; Capt. Leslie C. B. Jones, cavalry; Maj. Murray B. Rush, cavalry; Capt. John S. Jadwin, cavalry, and Maj. Frederic W: Whitney, cavalry, have been ordered before retiring boards to determine their physical fitness for - turther agtive duty. SENT TO ANNAPOLIS. Commander Wilfred E. Clarke, com- manding the U. 8. S. Kidder, has been assigned to duty at the Annapolis Naval Academy. ot i § Correct Digestive Disorders Safe and.Depéndable $1,000,000 ‘an account of meat l“'.denl appointment fills a post -which mour at the War Department, the judge advocate general of the Army