Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1922, Page 4

SEEKS T0 PROMOTE MINE CONFERENGE Secretary Davis Launches Fresident’s Plan to Avert Sirike. Secretary of Laber Davis has under way today the action contemplated by President Harding to bring ahout & conference between the soft coal operators and the mine owners prior to April 1. Wage contracts now ex. isting In the union telds expre a that time, and failure to replace them with a new agreement I8 Lieiy to be followed by 2 hation-w.de e affocting &.1 union oveiaiion tically the mizes uot_affected will e cortain ones in the West Vir- ginia fielos. Although officlals of the government ere plainly s mauintain eilence in the matter, ground that publh mizht injure the prog- -ss desired, it was undcrstood that Is are being sent to nas ual companies and operaters in different states asking them to meet the commities of United ers authorized to @eal for rnment {s steadily main- position that a provis.on existing binds the mine operators to ns the matter the tract consider with the un of writing a new nai to succeed the one expiring Ap: and which may call for a consider- able wage reduction. Tha diic encountered, it s s lies fact that during th ast vear the practica] dissolution of mine opera- tors' crganizations to dreal with 1o- Lor a natlonal basis has occurred. This fact, it was said, will not be allowed to interfere with the cov decided upon. as the Labor Depar in t ment will appeal to all of-the pe sons who have represented mine | owners in preparation of national | wage agreements under government supervision during the war. The persons most concerned Wwith the tion were not sanguine that the con ference, which will be held sometime hetween now and April 1 uncer the terms of the national agreement, will avert the strike Operators of union said, were determined on i wi union repres Tound by a their organi mines, it was while es. for ation maintenance of present to a WAz and. in ing day and a five-day week. —_— HENRY LANSBURGH DINED BY CARAVAN CLUB Former Potentate of Almas Temple Presented With Diamond- Studded Fez. As a tribute of esteem in which he 1s held by his fellow nobles of Almas Temple, over which he served illustrious potentate for two succe sive terms, “Call Me Henry" Lans- burgh was tendered a dinner by mem- bers of the Caravan Club at the Wardman Park Hotel last night. national wage con-, i | | | | to force a re- | CXpresiion on the | tions contained been | erans’ bill. ion ufibfl' on es | Service men and for vocational ed ition, to & six-hour work- | cation for ex-service | i i ! i N jcording to Vice President Goodw! THREE ESCAPE PRISON; ONE WEARING ROBE OF CLERGYMAN IS CAUGHT LSAN RAFAEL, Calif, Febriary 25.—While Rev. C. B, Forbes, a San Francisco c.ergyman, was delivering a re.iglous lecture at San Quentin penitentiary three convicts took of ' ‘the assembly to : walls and escape. A fouith donned the minister's robe and hat and waked pat several guard:, but was recognized and stopped at the outer gate when he betrayed a str: @ Mervousness in the way he said “good evening.” Those wio escaped were Frank (“lsujen. Willis Knowles and R ch- ard ix 1n Claussen's futh escape lega! detention. He twice ga freedom fiom &an ce from the prison at and once from the ard, 1. He awo from a guard wboard a in it anest in New York as a tive from San Quentin. - He was rving thme as a forger, the two othiers ns buig.ars. Tae conviet who masqueraded as Rev. Mr. Forbes was Heibert Mel- son, rerving a seven-yéur term for theft. BONGS DEFEATED ON REFERENDLM :1,4C0 Chamber of Commerce nal agreement Bodies Vote 72 Per Cent Against Cash Plan. The Chamber of ! » Commerce of the United States, acting through a na- tion-wide refercndum of the more than 1.400 member organizations, to- day took a stand deflnitely In obpo- itlon to the cash bonus for ex-servide men. The vote, the chamber an- nounced. showed 72 per cent of the membership against the bonus. The, Yote will be placed immediately be-' ore Congregs. At the same time the chamber, ac- citerated its previously deciared stand in favor of t 3 Siand in favor of adequate rellet for The referendum also asked an three other proposi- in the pending vet- The result puts the cham- record for a national system for reclamation for the benefit of ex- 1 men. A two- thirds majority, necessary to commit the chamber on « proposition, was lackinz on the question of govern. mental appropriations to enable ex- service men to build homes. The American Legion had previous- 1y expressed to officers of the national chamber the opinlon that the action taken chamber delegates at the last two annual meetings in opposing the cash bonus did not represent the opinion of the membership as a whole. Fall Test Made. “Tke full test has now been made.” said a letter from Mr. Goodwin. “it is apparent that the more fairly the bonus question has been studied the greater has been the reaction against a cash payment. The more vigorously the proponents of the bonus have pre- sented the view that the country has demanded a government bonus the More than 300 nobles, with their | MOre voluminous has become the pro- ladies. were present, and seldom has a private citizen been eulogized as was the popular Shriner on tha occa- slon of his fifty-second birthday an- niversary, In honor of which the en- tertainment was held. Secretary of Labor Davis, Gen. John A. Lejeune, U. S. M. C.; Repre- sentatives Zihlman of Maryland. and Free of California: Frank White, treasurer of the United States; Joseph H. Milans, Elwood P. Morey and L. P. Steuart, present potentate of Almas Temple, all spoke in glowing terms of the work Mr. Lansburgh had ac- complished as head of local Shriners, and after many telegrams and letters from national officers of the organ zation had been read, Capt. Edwin C. Dutton, on behalf of Almas, presented the former potentate with a hand- some diamond-studded fez. Mr. Lansburgh was deeply touched when a silver-mounted frame, con- taining portraits of himself, his mother and father, was given to him by Lulu Temple of Philadelphia. and in a brief address thanked all g;esent for the honor conferred upon m. Letters of congratulation were re- ceived from President Harding. his sec- retary, George B. Christian, jr.; Gen. John J. Pershing, W. Freeland Kendri of Philadelphia, Pa.; Imperial Fabban Conrad V. Dy Iyn, N. Y.; Imperial Ceremonizl Master Clarence M. Dunbar of Frovidence, R. L; Imperial Captain of the Guard Es‘en A. Fletcher of Buffalo, 1 Treasurer W. 8. Brown of Pi John S. Fouche of Chattan Rev. James Shera Montgom lain, Housge of Representatives; Master of Masons C. others. A musical program was prasznted and special numbers were given by the Lotus Quartette, Miss Camiil: Little, Mrs. J. Lester Brook. accor: panied by Miss Florence Reynolds. who also played for Miss Ruth Lejn Ayler. Harry “Honeyboy” Evans sang a specially written song to Mr. Lans- C. Coombs and ‘burgh, and the Montrose Quartette | gave several selections. — hief { by the Chamb eman of Brook- | United States, i | i tests agalnst it. The referendum vote was larger than the vote cast at our annual meetings. The resuit is more decisive. “Adequate relief for the disabled still remains the first.step in the national chamber's program. A present ex- penditure of more than $1,000,000 a day for disabled men is evidence of the desire of the people that those veterans who suffered physical or mental impairment shall be cared for adequately until returned to a life of usefulness and independence. Be- yond that point the national chamber will continue to advocate legislation for the benefit of the healthy unin- jured veterans, which will include op- portunities for vocational training and land settlement aid, best caldu- lated to make every ex-service man an independent, self-respecting mem- ber of his community. REFERENDUM VOTE TARGET. Veterans Charge Attitude Is Unfair and Biased. That the “so-called” referendum on the adjusted compensation measures; for the ex-service men of the- world | war. a statement on which was jssued of Commerce of the typical of the un- fair and biased attitude of the na- tional chamber,” was a statement of Capt. Edwin S. Nettelheim, jr., chair- man of the legislative committes, Veterans of Foreign Wars, today. H declared the proposition submitted o the referendum in no way followed Grand | the known five provisions of the bill. ‘These provisions are: 1. Cash payment, quarterly, over a period of two and one half years. 2. Adjusted certlficate in the form of twenty-year endowment policy. 3. Home and farm aid. 4. Vocailonal education. Homestead and land settlement Believes Chambers Lest Out. “The Veterans of Foreign Wars be- lieve that a good part of the ballots cast were by officers of the national chamber and representatives of the big moneyed interests rather than the local individual chambers in the POLICE SEEKING GIRL, 25, | MISSING FOR THREE DAYS | — Lusiness communities throughout the country, and they respectfully chal- lenge the Chamber of Commerce of the United Statea to publish the lists Miss Pearl Drum, Former War De- partment Clerk, Has Not Fully Recovered From Operation. Miss Pearl Drum, twenty-five years old, former clerk in the War Depart- ment. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lind- mey Drum _of 817 Otis place, is miss, ing from home. nesday afternoon after giving an intimation of an intention not to re- turn, by the statement that search be not instituted for her if she did not return. Mr. Drum. employed as clerk in the Post Office Department,. has appealed to the police to institute search for the missing daughter. The police were told that Misg Drum weighs ;hgu! 105 pounds and has light brown air. Miss Drum gave no hint of what she intended doing or where she thought of going before leaving home. It was learned that she visited the residence of Mrs. Ellzaheth Van Devanter, 2110 H street, where she roomed while employed in the War Department, and spent the afternoon. he left the Van Devanter home about 8 o'clock, saying she would reach her own home in about twenty minutes. Parents of Miss Drum are distressed over her disappearance. She under- ‘went an operation in a local hospital shortly before the Christmas holidays and, it is said, had not fully regained her strength. ler description was sent to the police of the several pre- cinets with instructions to make a thorough search for the missing daughter of the government employ CABLE MEETING PUT QVER Acting Secretary Fletcher Prepar- ing Proposals. The second meeting of the inter- national communications conference to pass on the allocation of all former German cables taken over by the allies under the provisions of the treaty of Versallles, which was set {‘or today, was postponed until-Mon- 2y. Acting Secretary of State Fletcher. who has been charged with the tasl of preparing proposals for consideta- tion of the ambassadors who are nembers of the conference, still’ was working today on his proposals, and that was given as the reason for the postponement. A & | of the individual chambers of com- She left home Wed-" j merce in addition to others who voted against the adjusted compensation bill,” he said. Capt. Nettelheim declared the Vet- erans of Forelgn Wars has in its files more than thirty chambers of commerce, boards of trade or stock exchanges who have repudiated the stand of the United States chamber. MAYFLOWER FOLK MEET. Descendants Hear Poems and Songs at College Women’s Club. Throwing formality to the winds, | the members of the District of Colum- | bia Soctety of Mayflower Descendants jgathered at an old-fashioned party at ithe College Women's Club, 1823 I istreet northwest, last night for their !regular monthly meeting. The meet- ing *was primarily a get-acquainted affair. In keeping with the atmosphere, an old-fashioned lusich was served. Poems cited by Rev. Dr. John Thomas Huddle and Miss Josephine Houston sang sev- eral dolos. | arrangements for “open houses” and ireceptiops for the Daughters of the | American Revolution when they gath- ier in convention here in April. An entertainiment committee for the soclety, headed by Carter B. Keene, was appointed, as follows: Dr. W. S. Waghburne, Col. Thomas S. Hopkins, Decatur B. Axtell, John E. Blood, Mre. Florerice P. Abbott and Mrs. Warren E. Emeley. WORKING ON MESSAGE. President to Urge Aid to Merchant Marine. President Harding spent a portion {of today writing his message to Con- gress on government aid for the American merchant marine. Chair- man Lasker of the Shipping Board said today, on leaving the White House after a, conference with the President, that the executive hopes to deliver the message Monday. ———————a Five of the signers of the American Dealaration of Independence lived to be over ninety, eight over eighty and ten over seventy. by James Whitcomb Riley were re- | The society also discussed future | THE EVENING STAR, ‘WASHINGTON, P. C., SATURDAY, F PUPILS AT JEFFERSON SCHOOL % T ( i EBRUARY 25, -1922;- FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN'S RECESS LUNCHEON oy o — PROVE UNDER EFFORTS OF ASSOCIATION FOR PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS TO GIVE THEM HEALTH- FUL FOOD IN LIEU OF TRASHY KNICK-NACKS. GHILDREN IMPROVE CN SCRODL LUNCAES M morni'ng Mitk and Crack- ers Declared to Show Marked Success. Serving of midmerning luncbeons to children attending the Jefferson School has resuited in a marked inr-; provement In their physical condition and mental alertness. according to Miss Blanche Pierson, principal of the school. The luncheons comsist of pasteurized' milk and graham crack- s, und have been served af the hool for the last two months at the 10:30 o'clock recess. The child pays 4 cents for half a pint of milk and two graham crack- ers, and additional crackers are merved two for 1 cent. The milk is served by making a hole in ‘the| cap of the bottle and inserting af straw. he luncheons are ] der nu::ervmon. nd_the children ar> instructed to firink the milk slowly. . ¥ One of the fourteen nutrition classes in the city Is conducted at the Jeffer- son School, where the children are greatly interested in coming up to normal wejght. and height. Milk and' graham craciers are be- ing served. in many other schools of the District, and the improvement in| the condition of the pupils at the; Jefferson School I8 cvidence, of the Success of the vigorous efforts of the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculsis to teach Washington youngsters how to be healthy. It is} the desire of the leaders of child welfare work to persuade children to spend their pennies for milk andj graham crackers, in lieu of swets.| pickles and pastry. | H 1 i served | THE WEEK || 1t t Events Up io B bruary 35, 1022 FOREIGN. uiet now reigns over north Ire- 1ot ¢ fims delegates back In Paris, reported uneasy over parley results, feeling that their visit to Washing-| ton caused regrettable misunder- | { standing concerning France in some diccles in America. Four hundred; i Italy i slip past United States portals. i vainly looking for new premier. NATIONAL. Federal Judge Kenesaw M. Landis resigns from bench to devote his en- tire time to base ball. Convention of ited Mine Workers of America re-| news demand for a six-hour day, five! days a week. President Harding } states it is impossible to supply Sen- ate with pact details. it being im- | proper to disclose confidential nego- i tiations. “Uncle Joe" Canmon zn- nounces his determination to run no more for Congress. Thirty-four killed when airship Roma falls at { Hampton roads, striking high-pow- ered electric wire, setting her afire. Anniversary of the birth of « el Washington _cejebrated throughout | the nation. Divorce increase laid to! six facts in Alexandria, Va., investi- gations. Plans announced for George Washington Masonic mefnorial at Alexandria, Va. Beveridge forces promise hot fisht in Indiana sena- torial campaign. President Hardirg| opposes reservation to the four-| power pact. - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. I Former civil service building. at 8th | and E streets, declared unsafe by Building Inspector Healy. District Ku Klux Klan holds initiation at Maryland fleld. Seven theaters are suddenly closed by the DiStrict Com- missloners “in the interest of public safety”; the theater managers abiding by order. Theater defects kept from ail but owners, as theaters begin ‘to make necessary changes. Two of closed theaters reopen. Favorable re- ports submitted to the Senate on the Jones resolution, which would give national representation to the Djis- trict, and on the Poindexter bill which is designed to give the District a delegate in the Honse. Midwinter baccalaureate sermon for February graduates of the George Washington University preached at First Congre- gatiopal Church by Rev. Jason Noble Pierce. Conference of bar associa- tions of the country held at Memorial Continental Hall to consider neces- sity for two years of college training as a preliminary to_regular law course. Paul de Verral Barry, twenty. eight years old, holds up Tyler B Lawler, street car conductor, robs ! him of $2 and then shoots him dead. Senate passes bill authorizing three new parks for the District—the Klingle Ford valley tract, the Piney | branch tract, and the Patterson tract. President Harding attends reception ! following the eighty-ninth annual meeting of the Washington National Monument Society, of which he Is president. Forty-eight flags encircle IWashington Monument in patriotic excrcises at foot of shaft on morning of February 22. Association of Old- est Inhabitants holds annual celebra- tion of birth of George Washington. Patriotie socteties at Central High School and Takoma Park citizens held exercises commemorztive of the 190th anniversary of the birth of ‘“the father of his country.” Provisions of the bill extending the District rent act for a period of two vears are agreed upon by the subcommittee of the Senate District commfttee in | charge of the measure. Society wom- ien threateped with death by anony- mous writer unless lorge sums of money are forthcoming. Big python at National Zoological Park con- sumes antelope and goes to sleep for six months more. Grand jury inves- tigation of Knickerbocker Theater tragedy begins. Survey by The Star shows Imperative need of improving many new_streets in the northwest gection. Washington Rotary cele. brates seventeenth anniversary. Cab. inet discusses Roma truction; Postmaster General *Hays back in town from Florida. | ALL NITRATE PLANT | terprises for lease, purchase, comple- |tion ana operation ot barred aliens sail from Rotterdam to ¢ | INDIAN CHIEF MAKES PLEA THAT CIVILIZATION'S MARCH BE STAYED Stopping of the march of civiliza- | tion so far as the Yakima Indians ©f Washingtcn state are concerned d of the government to- ay by Chief Meninock, who ap- pexred yesterday with a delegation from Ris tribe before officlals of the bureau of Indian affairs. With consillerable eloquence and at great length through official in- terpreters Chief Meninock and his associates declared they “wanted to be Indians as long as the sun rises and sets. They did not want, he said, to assume private ownership of their lands, take over responsibility for conduct of their own business or accept American citizenship and they cited the original treaties be- tween their forefathers and the government guaranteeing them these rights. Assistant Commissioner Merritt told them that President Harding OFFERS TURNEDIN Congress Receives Engstrum Proposition From Sec- retary Weeks. Congress today was in possession of all the offers made by private en- the govern- ment's war projects and power devel- opments at Muscle Shoals, Ala. Trans- mission by Secretary Weeks of the Engstrum proposal yesterday to the Scnate and House was followed by references by the presiding officers of the two houses of the offer to the agricultural and military committees, respectively, for consideration in con- nection with the offcrs made by Henry Ford and the Alabama Power Com- pany. ‘While the House committeemen held no meeting roday on the Ford prepo- sal, they were busily engaged in sum- marizing the three weeks of tes! mony and_preparing to begin Tues- ay or Wednesday the examination of the power company’s bid. Chair- man Kahn x1id the last witnesses would be heard Monday or Tuesday | and the way cleared by the middle; of the week for actual work on the Alabama proposal angd later the Eng- strum offer. Z It wa- regardgl as improbable to- day th.. the House committee would join with the senators in any [nspec- tion of the Muscle Shoals projects. Some members were anxious when the committee began its investigation of the question about three weeks ago to visit the ground in Alabama. but have reached the opinion now that a trin uld only delay the inguiry and would not be helpful enough in its way to justify the time or expend- (iture. One or more committeemen, notably Representative Miller, republican, Washington, have evidenced a feeling of hostility against the company and charged it with taking advantage of the government during the war, in ne- gotlating a contract with optlonal clauses with the War Department, but officials _of the company, including Thomas W. Martin. its president, have steadfastly contended that the agree- ment was fairly made and entirely satisfactory to the gov cials when it was execu :zment's offi- GIVES DIVORCE SUIT BOND- Mrs. Irene Rose Bailey Deposits I $500 at Alexandria. Mrs. Irene Rose Bailey of Wash- ington was taken to Alexandria yes: terday afternoon by Policeman Hay- wocd Durrer on a warrant SwWorn out by her husband, William Henry Bailey. He alleges that she made false affidavits as to restdence in con- noction with a divorce suit instituted in Al@xandriz. SHe immediately gave hend_ in the sum of $300 before Jus- tice. Duvall and returned to Wash- ington. The court fixed March 4 for hear- ing tbe case. Surety wqi{(umllhed by her father, Charies A. Holland, of | *Vashington. This is the second arrest to be made ce the jprobe. of the alleead Ai- vorce evil started in Alexandria. The parents of Mrs. Balley were here| about the time she arrived and she was_detained only a few minutes at headquarters. l ORDERED T0 ALASKA. Capt. Bond Named Secretary to . Road Commissioners. ‘Capt. Aubrey H. Bond, Corps of En- gineess, has been ordered to Juneau. Algska, ‘for duty as secretary snd Qisbursing officer of the board of roa commissioners for Aiasks. He wil relieve Capt. Charles S. Ward, Corps of Engineers, who has been assigned to 'the 6th Engineers a{ Camp Lewis, Washington. CITY FIRE FIGHTERS’ BALL. Séveral hundred persons last might attended the second annual entertain. ment and dance of the City Fire Fighters’ Association, held in Elks’ Hal.. Capt. Edward O'Conner of No. 3 engimé cbmpany, was.chairman of the committee in charge. Other members were_ Lieut. C. C. Wols, F. J. Nesline, J. J. Gates, C. L. Satter- ficld, John" Albers and E: H. Casrick. . DAVIS -RESI Lieut. John W. Davis; Navali Medi- oml Corps, with the mariné eéxpedi- tionary force im San Domingo, has resigned his commiseion in the Navy. lafternoon at 4 o { | 1 had just signed an order which ex- tendh for ten years the neriod of government guardianship over those members of the tribe who are declared to be incompetent to handle their own affair . Chief Meninock demanded the original copy of the presidential proclamation and after examining it said the Indians would take it but that they wanted the govern- ment control continued “forever.” Commissioner Merritt assured that though ten years was longest period for w | the ich an exten- slon could be made, it could be.ex- i | tended again in 1532. He urged the Indians to adopt the customs of the white men around them particularly as to caltivation of the land on their reservation, which the government has already put under irrigation. The delegation, partially satisfied, arranged to return home after dis- cussing the matter with the House and Senate committees on Indian affairs. WORKING WOHEN NEET TOHORRDH Trade Union League Com- pletes Flans for National Conference. The executive board of the Naticnal Woman's Trade Union League and na- tiork { legislative committee met to- day § 1423 New York avenue to com- plet. ‘plans for the national confer- | ence of working women tomorrow. Dam i to women's labor laws i be Heve ito be involved In the proposed. “equal rights” amendment te Constitution. Delogates will be welcomed at $.i i the I o'clock tonight at the Grace Dodge b EOVERNOR SLAPS STATE DEPARTMENT orth Carolina Executive Re- jects Fletcher Suggestion in Bullock Case. By the Ascoclated Press. RALEIGH, N. C; February 25.—*I am not going to try North Carolina’ honor and integrity before any judge in any foreign country,” declared Gov. Cameron Morrison, commenting on his refusal to accept the sugges- tion from Henry P. Fletcher, acting secretary of state, that North Caro- }lina be represented by counsel at Hamilton, Ontario, and present oral testimony in order to convince Judge Snider that Matthew Bullock, wanted InNorlina, N. C.. attempted mur- and inciting riot, shol - Gcresnd 8 oltld be ex. “The most disgusting epectacle of legal procedure I ever saw was when |' the great state of New York sent Its attorneys and host of wiinesses over into Canada to convince the authori- ties there that it should have the custody of Harry Thaw, a man who had violated its laws," declared the governor. “I'm going’ to deal with Canada through the office of the Secretary of State in the usual way. If there I MINISTER URGES “PEP” IN CHURGH MHSIC AND END TO \WHEEZY CHOIRS By the Amoctated P.\ **- ATLANTIC CI1\ - N. J., February 25.—More “pep” fA churcn music, supplanting, if neq ssary, wheezy choirs with phonogA Phs. was ad vocated by Rev. Jamd ' E. Norcross of New York, field secA *lary for the general board of proms tion of the Northern Baptist ConveA tion, in an address last night. He consoled music lovers generally by. assuring them that planos would be found in heaven. i “Music is the ‘war departn ent’ of the church,” he said. “\¥jien & prayer meeting dles before 1ty it 13 because the music kills fi is hard to get a good organist .and 2 good chofr. I know a church fi"at had been spending $150 anuually &7 an organist and the same amoun for a choir. It bought a good phonos graph and now spends $25 a year for fine records. Incidentally,” the attendance has increased.” Another suggestion to hold inter- est at prayer meetings was to have the Bible pedestal and other furni- ture piaced on wheels, 50 that they might be shifted secretly to keep the members guessing. TAKONA PARK, MD,, PLANS NEW ScHo Town Council Orders Bill Ap- propriating $20,000 Sent to Annapolis. At _a special meeting of the town council of Takoma Park, Md. held last night at the residence of Town REFUGEES SOUGHT Appeal for Phonograph Rec- ords in Letter From Capt. C. F. Rowland. CAPT. CLARENCE ¥. ROWLAND. An appeal to the people of Washing- 4 Clerk Ben G. Davis, steps were taken ton for phonograph records, new to make a request for Immediate leg- | second-hand or cracked, “0 long as 1 islation at the present session of the music,” is contained in a letter® Maryland legislature for an appro- priation for a new site and school building. J. Bond Smith, corporation | Rellef's headquarters at Erivan, Russian Ar- from Capt. Clarence F. Rowland of this city, director of the Near East refugee department, with counsel, was dirccted to prepare a Dbill appropriating $20,600 for a coun- |meniz, received by Mrs. Cabot Ste- ty bornd issue, with instructions fo|Vens of the local Near East Relief to- present it to the legislature next day. Monday at Annapolis. At the meeting iast night it was shown that the taxpayers pay to Montgomery county $10.000 arnually, or half or what is requested in the bill for & new building. The council voted an appropriation of $500 lastj night, and with a sinilar amount to be made by the authorities of Mont- Romery county it is proposed to make temporary repairs to the school build- ing, pending the construction of « new bullding. The plan calls for seli- ing the present site and building and securing a larger and more central lecation. Mayer Wilmeth Presides. At the meeting Mayor fames L. Wil- meth presided, with Councilmen H. ¥. Taff, Prof. Louis D. Biiss, John R. Adams, J. W. Shadie and Town Clerk Ben G. Davis. Mayor Wilmeth has appointed a committee, composed of citizens and town officials, to inves- tigate and report on conditions in the Marylend school, composed a&s fol- lows: Dr. C. C. Galloway, president, anything wrong with the form of the|ang Mrs. C. B. Smith, vice president papers presented, the state of North|or Carolina will correct them.” JUDGE TO STAND FIRM. Canadian Jurist Insists on Oral Evidence. By the Associated Press. HAMILTON, Ont. February 25—"1 am going to stick to my guns.” This was the answer which Judge Snider made last night to the declara- pn of Gov. Mbrrison of North Caro- ija ‘that his stafe would not “send witnesses to hdave a trial before any @uadian court,” and that if Canada Would not honor, “I6 the regular way,” a request for extradition of Matthew the Takoma Park _Communily League; Councilmen H. F. Taff and John I Adams and Roy Y. Ferner. The appointment of this committee is the resuit of a demand on the part of the taxpayers of that portion of Takoma I’ark lying in Maryland for a_modern school building with suit- able playgrounds. In the meantime effarts will be made to have the pres- ent building put in a sanltary condi tion, jeopagdy from fire removed and lighting facilitles improved. Bullding Out of Date. In a lengthy petition filed with the town authorities it was pointed out that the building on Tulip avenue is out of date, has mever been finished, poorly arranged for school purposes. badly in need of repair, insanitary Hall. The conference proper will be- | Bullock. a ‘Degro’ charged with at-|and unsate, great fire risk due to fur- gin at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning | teFibted murder in connection with 2 | naces at the Grace Dodge Hotel Tea Hous Luncheon will be held at 1 p.m. There will be a conference 2:30 pm. , Wi Give Buffet Supper. Mrs. Medill McCormick will give a buffet supper at her home at 7 o'clock in honor of the delegates. Monday { clock the delegates will meet with the executive board of the National Women's Trade Union | League at the resideence of Mrs. Gif- | ford Pinchot, 1615 Rhode Island av nue. ‘T'he local arrangements for the con- ference are in charge of Miss Matilda | Lindsay, assistant secretary of th national legislative committee an delegate to the conference from th National Federation of Federal Em. ployes; Miss Seima Borchard of the High School Teachers' Union; M Jary Endicott of Federal Employes' Union, No. 2, vice chairman of the Washington committee of the Wom- en's Trade Union League, and Mrs. Luther C. Steward of Federal Em- ployes’ Union, No. 2. The Exeentive Board. The executive hoard of the National | ‘Women’s Trade Union League. which met today, includes Mrs. Raymond . Robins of Chicago, vresIden!;y Miss Rose Schneidermann of the Cap Makers” Union of New York, vice president; Miss Elizabeth Christman of the Glove Workers of Chicago, I rad® riot in Norkna, N. C.. he hoped the American State Department would r scif-respecting state 1o honer a Capadian request. Interviewed at the Hamiiton Club, after having, in the day, refused to honor the American warrant, unless witnesses were brought from North €arolina within a week to testify as o the nature of the charge, Judge szider sald: } . “When the case was first opened I told the United States consul that he must produce oral evidence: I refuse to take affidavits.” i Canadian officials asserted that the ustomary procedure would be fol- owed, snd that Bullock’s fate would of be affected by the fact that in- ternational Inferest had been aroused. —_—— I COLORED YOUTHS HELD ON CRUCIFYING CHARGES Winchester Attack Said to Have -Been Sequel to Juvenile Race Clashes in That Vicinity. Special Dispateh to The Star. s WINCHESTER, Va., February 25.— Fletcher Day, negro youth, went on cretary treasurer; Miss Jo Coffin f the Typographical Union of New York, Miss Mabel Gillespie of the Office Employes’ Unilon of RBoston, the witness stand in police court and testified that he and Charles Menn!- fleld, also colored, were responsthie for the attempt made last Monday Miss Sarah Green of tho Waitresses' | Unlon of Kansas City, Mo Avgnel Nestor of the Glove Workers :nn‘::ln :‘! E:Iu%‘r;;")l;ls Pauline New- e adelphia Women's Trade Union Lelsue.p Miss Julia ©O’Connor of the Telephone Operators’ Inion of Boston, Miss Emma Steg agen of the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union of Chicago and_ Mrs. Hilda Syenson Boyle of the Bookkcepers, ers’ an ccountan J1 of Albany, N. Y. tEnteizon WOMAN GETS 15 YEARS. Alberta Garner, Colored, Sentenced for Husband’s Murder. Chief Justice McCoy today sentenced Alberta” Garner, colored. to serve fifteen‘years in the penitentiary. The woman~ was recently coavictedt of mansizughter in comnection with the killing of her husband, ArthurGarner, in front of 2222 I street northwest, September 14 last. The grand jury indicted her for murder in the second degree, but the trinl Jury reduced the anslaughter. thinking that the jury i etondad all the clemency called for under the' circumstances gave the woman the® maximum_ penaity for manslaughter. ! Harry Gross was g'ven a term of four years ‘in .the penitentiary fo: housebreaking and lurceny. f r James Rawlings, who stole an automobile, | as sent to prison for three years. A like term was Impoged on William B. Miles for stealine merchandise from a store. The.larceny of cigars and cigarettes from a bowling alley brought a sentence of two years in the penitentiary to Oliver H. Puiler. ORDERED FROM SAN DIEGO. Lieut. - William W. Behlow, Naval Mediqal Corps, at San Diego, Calif., has been ordered to this city for duty in the bureau of medicine and surgery, Navy Department. 4 ASSIGNED TO SEA DUTY: Lieut. James C. Bequette, Naval Sup- ply Corpe, at the Supply Corps School ofApplication, Navy Department, has been assigned to duty on the U. 8. S. Reina Mercedes. ASSIGNED TO DUTY HERE. Hear Admiral Nathan C. Twining has been assigned to duty in the office of naval onerations. Navy Department. Miss | ury had extended | evening to crudify Harvey Greenwalt, fourteen-vear-old ‘son of Willlam Greenwalt. Mennifield declined to testify. - Both were held for the grand jury. The naxt regular grand jury will not: convene until July, but owing to in- tense feeling in the matter, it is expected a special jury—the second for-this term—will be drawn at once. Reports have been current for sev- eral days thdt the attempt to crucity Greenwalt was the culmination of series of juvenile racial clashes. It also has been reported that the posting tHe following night of plac- ards containing the creed of the Ku Kilux Klan, in which maintenance of white supremacy was emphasized in lasge capital letters, had greater sig- nificance than at first thought. Green- walt and the negroes live in a lo- cality inhabited mainly by those who. in an encounter, ysually ask and give no_guarter. Greenwalf, stjll syffering from the wound in his left hand, told the story of what he said occurred. He was on his way home from a motion pic- ture show early in the evening, when Menanifield and Day grabbedy him, h said, rushed him to & railroid ship- ping shed set up on square posts, and while one 'held him againat a post the other bound‘his legs with wire. ! " pay, he.said, held a hand firmly [ oxer the vietim’a'mouth while Menn! !field _drove a square nail-spike | threugh ane hand with & rock. Efforts were heing made to drive | one’ through his right hand, he said. ! when, with al the strength he could : command,’ he pushed Day aside and i cried loudly fof help. - » } _ Several other boe);;. among them Louis Green, colored’ heard Green- walt screamig, and when Green (started in the direction of the scene !of the outrage, Menaifield and Day fled. Green told the police be bad been afraid to. come. forward wuntil now, because:threats had deen. made to “nafl” him up, too. Greenwalt said he heard his assallants say they lso intended ‘to “nail up” & young son of Fred Hill Day’'s excuse for the act was that G&reenwalt was’ one of a crowd of white youths .who, one day last sum- mer,> had -“rocked” a crowd of col- ored boys at a bathing place near' town. Greenwalt testified that Menni- fleld had attempted to hold him up and rob him tm;LmQ ‘Wincheater fair ounds last fal “’l‘he prisoners. are. charged in the ‘warrants with mdiming: with intent to disable, disfigure and kill, and|gi conviction carries a penalty of one to ‘en years in the penitentiary. directly underneath no windows on west no fire escapes, being schoelrooms, side of structure, session at |not request North Carolina or any oth- ' Jeaving children in danger of being trapped in rooms: unsuitable play- grounds. forcing children to play in streets in"muddy weather, and many otber undesirable features. ‘The town authorities have been in- formed that the location is bad and should be changed to ground more suitable to the needs of the school and more advantageously situated as regards present population and to the growing needs for the future. This _condition of the school, it is claimed in the petition, has brought about a stagnation in school affairs, which has resuited ‘in parents ‘either refusing to send their children to the school or being forced to take them from the school after a trial there, with the result that the enrollment has fallen off and the teaching force has been reduced. The petitioners claim that this con- dition is working a real hardship on those citizens who have not the right to send their children to the District of Columbia schools by either being forced to pay burdensome tuition for ougside schooling or sending their chhdren to the Maryland —school, which is not equipped to give com- mon eoducation that every American child {s justly entitied to and which every enlightened community is mor- ally obligated to furnish its children. In requesting assistance and co- operation from the town authortiles i i couraged arrived from “Our relief workers are often dls- and heartbroken,” Cap! Rowland wrote. “We need something to cheer us up in the evening; music would help much, I would be glad {to pay the shipment charges.” Formerly in Siberin. Rowland was formerly Red Capt. Cross treasurere for the Siberian com- mission and director of department of warehouses for the Red Cross. Later he went to Constantinople for the Near East Rolief and thence to Eri- van, where he is at present stationed Writing on January 19, he states that tha: day 6006 Armenians had Mesopotamia, baving under Britieh protec- tlon, after six years as exiles from homa, “penniless, naked, sick and starving., with bitter weather upon beew sent out m. “These homeless Christians are only one of jmany groups the Near Eds Relief is attempting to succor with food shared from orphanages. Condi- Armepia are terrfble tions all over beyond retlef. We are feeding the ¥mit of our appropriation here— 2,000 souls. besiGes 1,000 extra chil- ren who receive one hot meal a day om a new canteen. Hundreds are dving delly within a shert disance of Erivan. 1 have seen women of former wealth and refi nt cutting flesh from a dead horse along the road and carrving it into & mud hut to be eaten. “Can you realize what it will mean o have started this life-sav- 1 a to us |ing work if we must discontinue just when we are brifging these hopeful souls to a harvest time?” Gifts of records, clothes or cash should be gent to Mrs. Cabot Stevens at 308 Bond building. LEGISLATIVE ACT!ON WILL RESTRICT STOCK SALES Blue-Sky Law ° Protect Investors, Is Intent of House Members. Bankers and investment brokers in the District and other agencies in- terested in the welfare of govern- ment employes which have been be- hind legislation to restrict the sale of highly speculative stocks and bonds in the District. were encourag- ed today that early action will Le taken on the proposed legislation. Several hearings were held upon the subject before the House District committee, which delayed action until the House committee on interstate and forelgn commerce should pass upon a general bill of similar char- acter. The House commerce commit- tee, of which Representative Wins- low of Massachusetts is chairman, voted vesterday to report favorably a blue-sky law, the purpose of which is to protect investors against fraud in the purchase and sale of invest- ments and to make the issue and of- ferings of such and any literature in respect thereto a federal, criminal offense, if the agencies of interstate commerce are used Yor such purpose. Representative Joe Brown of Ten- nessee, who i3 chairman of the spe- in securing better echool facllities| ;ia) guhcommittee on blue-sky legis- from the Maryland legislature, au- thority to enable a vote by referen- dum and a bond issue. if necessary, lation of the House District commit- tee. will bring this matter up at the next meeting of the District commit- to raise funds for this purpose, the . b Sotitioners recommended certain im- | t¢¢ on Wednesday. provements for the present building. ———————— ESCAPES P! InF PURSUIT. Driver of Speeding Auto Abandons Car When Bullet Pierces Tank. A big touring car with bullet holes in its gasoline tank, windshield and rear curtains is at the first precinct police station as mute evidence of 2 wild chase through deserted streets of fhe city early this morning. No arrests have been made. Sergt. Marcey's suspicions were aroused early this morning by two men' in & restaurant and a third seated in a touring car standing out- side. He met two other policemen, and In” his own car drove up to th restaurant 'to see the big car mov ay, pick-up speed and vanish up 8 street.. The policemen followed, and when a pistol shot came from the pursued car, the policem nswered the fire, one of their bullets piercing the gasoline tank and eventually Sl R A Great Deal at Steak WHEN you think of a luscious, thick, tender, juicy steak do you see vigsions of two and three dollars flap-fl?- }n{lg their wings? At east two dollars if you cook it at home—and that won’t cover pota- toes, nice brown pota- stopping the car. 3 d finally th o hen, the cor stopped faslly itei toes, bread, butter and coffee. A WALLIS Special Steak with all the tenderness of 3 lover's look, plus French Fried potatqes and WALLIS coffee of excellence, are yours, ggl‘;ved tastefully, for he policemen towed the machine to e Poirecinct. The license on the, car is taken out in the name of Wil- liam B. Parker, Fort Hunt, Va, for whom & Wwarrant was sworn out several days ago on a charge of specding more. than sixty miles an hour. EX ——— PLAN RECITAL SERIES. P. C. Chapter of American Guild of ries of recitals under the direc- tch OF the District of Columbia Chap- tor of the American Guild of Organ- ists is to be given at the Church of hany. m;lfi‘g"-xt :l follows: Marfth 7, at 8:30 p.m., by Harry B. Jepson. profes- sor of or at Yale Universit: April 4, by Lynnwood Farpam, organ ist of thy Church of the Holy Com- munion, New York city: May 8, Fred- rick W. Schlieder, assisted by & ’!u tet composed of Mildred Graham Rio: dan, soprano; - Frieda Xlink, alto: John B. Welis, tenor, and Edward Jahn, basso, sil of the Marble Coll ate Church, New York city. “The concerts will be supported by ooouler subscriptions. MWallig’ “Washington’s Largest Restegrant” 12th and G Sts. NW. - i~