Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1922, Page 13

. i —_—— FOR AGRICULTURE NEARLY COST MAN LIFE - BY BEING SHOT DOWN A young white man, bareheaded and " coatless, narrowly escaped bullets from the pistol of “olice- man 1. D. Conklin of the fifth pre- cinct in an alley near North Caro- lina avenue and 11th street south- ' ANOTHER STREET DANG i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1922. §34.976 023 BILL ° e —— g FREE STATE FORGE. cla o s soon NAVY DISHISSAL GUARDS LIMERICK IN GENERAL BUSINESS . A business boom throughout the country was seen by the Post Of- fice Department today In figures of postal receipts of the fifty largest post offices of the country. 13 Il (HELDTORBE LLEGAL inti east early yesterday morning. e = Department Appropriation Sy ;{.}; Halts Republican Arm_y Units, | itk ps ahon: Appellate Court Notes Ir- Measure Reported Out LR Bl Which Seized All Lead- gver those of February, 1921 or = | regularities in Proceedings form of the bareheaded and coat- gain of 641 per cent. Recelp to House- less man. . H t I !:r the February just passed total- . o : George Limberopulo, 628 T street ing Hotels. o A O R il e Against Lieut. Com. Berry. a total appropriation of S.033, the annual appropria- tion bill for the Department of Agri- culture was reported to the” House today. This sum is $3,710,026 less than the total ‘appropriatigns for the current fiscal year, and $1,554 8§35 less than the amount recom- mended in the estimates of the bud- get bureau for the fiscal year start- ing July 1 next. Included in the bill is an appropria- tion of $165,000 for the operatfon and management of the Center Market i the District of Coiumbia for the fiscal year 1923 This item is $10,683 less than the estimated amount. While this is a new item in_the bill, it is authorized by the act of March 4. 1921 * An appropriation of §165.666 is recommended for rent of buildings in the- District of Columbia. —This amount is $1.000 more than the ap- - propriation for the cusrent fiscal Year, and $16,200 less than the esti- mate submitted for the fiscal year 1923. Car Plan Fireproof Vault. A new paragraph is recommended which authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to have constructed in the District of Columbia a fireproof vault for storage of inflammable ma- terials, with a limit-ef cost of $2,500. southeast, was the man who ap- peared to be the victim of the sup- posed hold-up men. He told’the police he thought the afair was a case of mistaken identity. An _investigation conducted by the police = vesterday convinced them that no attempt to rob the Greek was contemplated. It ap- pears that several days ago a somewhat similar stunt was pulled off by young men residing in Southeast Washington, being an effort to have fun with a stranger. In the other instance a stranger was inveigled into an alley under the pretense of meeting a woman, and a man in shirt sleeves rushed from a shed and played the part of an irate husband. Then the vic- tim of the jokers fled, the latter following and exploding electric bplbs. Detective Wise reported having established the Nentity of some of the jokers and will procure a war- rant for them for alleged disor- derly conduct™ FARMER WILKMEN DEMAND FAIRPLAY fact that it is located on a hillside. | Crittenden street northwest, 100king east from Georgia avenue. This street, the scene of a new ment, has a roadbed of red clay, difficult to negotiate in bad weather- becnuse of its slippery eondition. and thd By the Assoclated Press. LIMERICK, Ireland, March 6.—Ar- mored motor cars were patrolling the streets,of Limerick today on_orders glven by the miljtary authorities to counter the move of units of the Irish republican army from Cork, Tippe- rary and Clarg, who arrived in the town yesterday .and commandeered the principal hotels., The incoming | troops declared they Intended to up- me develop- hold the recent proclamation of the brigadier of the mid-Limerick repub- lican army refusing to recognize the provisional government and pledging alleglance to the republic, and it was feared by the authoritles that they In- tended io selze the five police bar- racks here. The Free State troops were ahéead of the invading units on the scene, however, agd today the former were standing to,arms in the barracks and maintaining a close guard. 1t appeared the idea of seizing the barracks had been abandoned by the invading units, if they, In fact, had entertained it, but the presence of the two armed forces is regarded with conslderaple apprehension s to po ble developments. ~ TWO DEAD, 23 HURT. Serious Week End Rioting in Bel- fast—Sniping Renewed. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, March quiet early -today after disorders, 6.—Belfast was in killed and Fibruary, 1921. Parcel post business of such large mall order centers as Chi- cago showed a decided increase, officials said, the per cent increase for Chicago being 4.74, which is quite large compared with the de- crease shown ldst fall and the ‘winter about ended. The Washidgton city post office showed an increase of 7 per cent in its postal business, the figures being $304,083.43 during February, 1922, as compared with $284,203.19 during February, 1921. — e campalgn in favor of acceptance of the Anglo-Irish treaty Sunday were notable not only because of their vast proportions, but the high degree~of enthusiasm evinced. Notwithstanding the rain, which turnedCollege Green mto a veritable forest of umbrellas, e people stayed to hear all the speakers. ‘The orators, in addition to Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith, included Joseph McGrath, minister of labor; ‘William Cosgrove, minister for home affalrs, and other leaders in the pro- visional government. Two platforms were constantly employed by the speakers. With the exception of & minor flag Incident, when girls and women tore down a Free BState tri-color, perfect order was maintained by the repub- Jlcan _police. The resentful crowd Jeered and booed the women for the flag affair and attempts at interrup- tion by a handful of the same women who remained near the platform were drowned out by popular protest. Mr. The District Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Justice Van Orsdel, today declared that the discharge of Lieut. Commander George A. Berry, a naval reserve officer, by the Secretary of the Navy, without acceding to the officer’s request for a hearing by the naval retiring board, was illegal. It affirmed the decision of the 'District Supreme Court to this extent, but ruled that the lower court had gone too far in directing the Secretary of the Navy to accord a hearing before & retiring board. Jurisdiction Limited. The Secretary of the Navy, it s pointed out, has only limited juris- diction In the matter of retirement ors discharge of officers from the He is not only without au- thority, says the court, to exercise such power until an officer has been accorded.a hearing before a retiring board, but he is likewise without au- thority when such hearing has been accorded, until the President of the United States approves the board's findings. “It i3 not within the of the court,” says Justice to control the , administrative or executive discretion of the President. It will be assumed, however, that if the President finds the plaintiff incapacited, as found by the medical board, he ‘will approve Berry's rc- quest and direct the refercnce to a retiring board. Jurjsdiction ‘an Orsdel, which two persons were twenty-three wounded. A missile was thrown today at a group of early- morning workers without injury to any one, Otherwise the city Bhowed little evidence of yesterday's dii Association of Producers Threatens to Make Own Dis- + Was Reported Incapncitated. Lieut. Commander Berry had been found fncapacitated by a medical board, but was refused a hearing be- fore the retiring board by former THREE DAYS OF WIRELESS QUERYING FAIL, TO LOCATE SHIP IN DISTRESS Collins, in a long speech, defended the treaty. He asserted that once the Free State was established the wunion of northeast Ulster with the remainder of Ireland was certain. Ho expressed determination to proceed to the estab- The committee also recommends & new paragraph providing for con- struction of another vault for the housing of a refrigeration plant for the bureau of animal industry, not to SAYS JAPANESE ASK l V. | exceed §25,000. Another new paragraph is recom- mended which provides an qumprlr tion of 35,000 for construction of a sewage disposal plant at the bureau experiment farm at Beltsville, Md. The current appropriation of $360,- 000 for the purchase and distribution of valuable seeds was not estimated for in the budget as transmitted to Congress by the President, and the committes has eliminated this item. Ralses Salary Limit. The bill proposes new legislation which will raise the limit on salaries that may be paid to scientific employes. A paragraph of new legislation pro- vides that the maximum salaries of any scientific employe shall not ex- ceed $6,500. The present limitation is $4500 per annum. The paragfaph reads as follows: “That hereafter the maximum sal- tribution of Product. Maryland and _Virginia farmers who now are supplying milk to the residents of the District are prepar- ing to distribute their own products, if the present distributers do not give them fair treatment. This an- nouncement was made today by John iS. Barbour, milk producer, and at- torney for the Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers’ Association, at the final hearing before the Lampert subcommittee, which has for four months been investigating conditions surrounding the Washington milk supply. It has been repeatedly stated before the subcommittee and by members o, the subcommittee that the testimo shows the distributers have been making unwarranted profits, the cost to the conSumer being approximately double what is paild to the farmer producers. This fact was again em- ary of any scientific investigator or other employe engaged in scientific work and pald from the general ap- propriations of the Department of Agriculture shall not exceed at the Tate.of $6,500 per annum: Provided. that for the fiscal year 1923 no salary shall be paid under this paragraph at @ rate per annum in excess of $5,000 except the following: Not more than eight excess of $5,000, but not in excess of .$5,500 each, and not more than three,in excess of $5,500 each.” phasizcd today by Representative El- liot 'W. Sproul of Illinois, a member] of the Lampert committee. Sell at Less Than Production Cost. That fourteen hundred farmers are now selling milk at less than the cost of production, while their investment is five or six timés greater than that cf the distributers who are making approxintately 40 to 50 per cent profit, was stated by Attorney Barbour as one reason why the farmers believe they skould establish their own dis- tributing system. Charles W..Darr, an attorney rep- RIGHTS, GIVE NON Driving Out Californian Farm- ers in Subtle Ways, Claims Lincoln’s Friend. By the Assoclated Prens. CHICAGO, March 6.—The form a loyal which may threaten them now hereafter, Bartow A. Ulrich, an old friend of Abraham Lincoln, told t! alumni of Michigan University at the Hamilton Club here today. He pointed oyt that William a Mary University, founded in 1693, h: educated four signers of the Col stitution, three Presidents, ceven members of Congress, fifte: United States senators, sevente: judges, one lieutenant general, commodore, twelve professors a four signers of the Declaration Independence, George Washingt E great universities of the country should fraternity pledging themselves tbo maintaig and defend republican institutions and co-operate in warding off any impending danger or he nd ad n- twenty- en en one nd of on also gained his knowledge of survey- ing at this university, he said. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, March 6.—What became of the Norwegian freighter Gron- toft and her crew of about twenty men was & question that concerned coastwise radio ° stations today. ‘Three days’ broadcasting of wireless inquiries for the steamer that was sinking four days ago brought only negative answer. The Grontoft was reported by ra- dio last Thursday to be sinking about .500 miles southeast of Cape SHOP CRAFT WAGE | FIGHT OPENS TODAY Representatives of 500,000 Employes Oppose Cut Before Rail Labor Board. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, March 6.—The six rail- Race, her crew without means of escape because all lifeboats had been smashed. The foundering frefghter had passed word 6f her plight to the steamer Estonia, thirty-six miles aWay! and that vessel went to her ald, but found no trace of her at the position given. After reporting failure, tas Es- tonia continued her voyage to New York, and other ships in those wa- ters took up the search, without re- sult, so far as could be learned by New England radio stations today. The Grontoft was bound from Gal- veston for Esbjerg. SAY.MARTIAL LAW RULES HONGKONG Unofficial Advices Report Port Closed and Others Claim Strike Is Off. By the Associated Press. MANILA, Philippine Islands, March turbances. The killing of Owen Hughzs, who ‘was shot while riding in a atreet car in the York street district on Satur- day night, is described by the au- thorities as premeditated. Accord- ing to witnesses, four men saw Hughes seated with his brother and questioned Owens about his religious convictions. They then shot him ead and escaped without interfer- ce by panic-stricken passengers. ‘Worshipers returning home from Sunday morning services in the Townshend Street Presbyterian Church were fired on. They scurried for shelter, while police hurried to the spot and engaged in a duel with gunmen. There were no casualties, aside from the wounding of two men of a party of troeps who were pas: ing at the time. Most of the churches were sparsely attended at night, owing to the in- cessant machine gun fire. Through- out the day and evening the news- paper oflices were overwhelmed with telephone calls from people anxious to know the nature and extent of the disorders. g A bomb was thrown this afternoon in Grosvenor street. The explosion injured & child. A youth named Kidd, who was delivering goods to.a store in the Falls Road district, was callled outside by three m and was shot and seriously wounded. Sniping_ was resumed in other parts of the eity, but up to 2 o'clock this afternoon no further casualties were reported. lishment of a police force desplte the It would warnings of Eamon de Valera. not be a political force to protect any spectal section, but would be for the protection of every cltizen in Ireland. It is reported-that the dispute of the Irish postal employes with the government over a ten shillings cut in wages had been settled and the threatened strike thereby averted. COLLINS NOW POPULAR HERO. Outwits De Valera in Winning Irish Public Favor. BY WILLIAM H. BRAYDEN. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily Ngws Copyright, 1922 DUBLIN, March 6.—There was little difference in size between the Dublin demonstration Sunday in favor of the treaty and De Valera's demonstration Both had but the differencejthe present movement. He say: on February 12 against it. the same crowds, between great. dication of their own attitude. the advantages gained Michael Collins is now the popular has none of De Valera's austerity and no trace of dialectical He is a straight talker and made an immediate effect’with Sun- hero. ~ He skill. the two assemblies was People listened patiently to De Valera, but gave almost no 'l!l"' he pro-treaty meeting was wildly en- thusfastic, identifled itself with the speakers and showed a realization of Secretary Danicls, and had been ordered by the burcau of navigation to proceed to his home and to regard himself as honorably discharged. —_— D’ANNUNZIO SUPPORTS LEGIONAIRES IN FIUME Sends Message Backing Movement. Italian (_:ouncil Will Seek to Pacify City. By the Associated Press. ROME, March 5.—Gabriele D'An- nunzio has sent a message to Maj. Giuriati, a member of the chamber of deputies and who was D'Annunzio’s chief of cabinet, and Deputy Giunta, both mow at Fiume, and a Fiume newspaper, declaring his support of that now, as always, he is on the side of the 'logionaries and what has been conguered should be held. Conditions in Fiume are viewed as iserious by the Italian government, which has decided to take resolute steps to restore normal conditions there. A council attended by the premier, members of his ministry and secretaries of various governmental bureaus, as well as military officiais, considered the Finme coup last night, and later issued a statement that ac- tionwould be taken to pacify the dis- SThis is what the oldest university of "the United States accomplished OPEN TREATY CAMPAIGN. toward preparation of its alumni for the great achievement of laying the foundations of our great republic,” he said. “We of the alumni of Michigan University have a duty to perform of vital importance. Other universities; Harvard, Yale, California, Wisconsin, Tilinois, as weil as Willlam and Mary. and other great institutions of Tearn- ing, should also take part in the movement am _suggesting. _ All| these universities should form & kind of Masonic order or loyal fraternity pledging themselves to maintain and defend our republican institutions and co-operate in warding off any impending danger which may threat- en them now or hereafter. U. S. Encurages Undersirables. “The Japanese come to California and drive out our honest farmers with their subtle ,methods. They under- take to force us to give them rights which they do not grant us in any of their possessions. This government Tong ago should have stopped without fear this imposition upon our loyal day’s meeting. His main linc of argument was the evidence visible every day of the departure of British power from Ireland and the installing in its place of power commanded by the Irish people. He carried the crowd| Staff Sergt. Charles Bertchy, medi- entirely with him when he condemned | cal department, on duty at the Army De Valera for his opposition to set-{ Medical School, this city, has been ting up a new police force. placed on the retired list of-the Army. turbed city. PUT ON RETIRED LIST. resenting some New York state milk TAKEN UNDER DRUG ACT. > producers who are anxious to supply " Colored Man and Woman to Face n;: ]hucal.\ r:na'l;‘kfi .bllllrlgedh ‘u;f lfl 1'e]x:-t1 ofy tRe health office which the Lam- Commissioner Hitt. pert committes s considering on the Charges of alleged violations of the | EFound that it would be unfair to por- Hiarrison narcotic law were _filed mit one person, such as the health aealats Fonlval B Bonner, (coloredjomacs: fo Cratvend promulEate roeu- Awenty-two years old, 1223 6% street, latidns covering the milk business. and isy Hatton, colored, 352 Dixon Derides Tuberculin Test. court southwest, who were occupants| Matthew E. O'Brien, an attorney of an automo & that was stopped by | representing most of "the local dis- Crossing Policeman Droney at & —Martial law has been declared at Hongkong and the port has been closed as a result of the strike of Chinese seamen, according to unoffi- cial advices received here today by British Consul General Harrington. In contradiction of the unofficial advices received by Consul General Harrington are press reports that the Hongkong strike has been settled. A dispatch received from Hong- kong by the United States Shipping Board office here said that one man was killed and eight wounded in a fight between strikers and police there yesterdayy PEKING, March 5.—Efforts on the part of the president to secure the support of Gen. Chang Tso-Lin, gov- ernor of Manchuria, by appointing his half brother, Pao Kwei-Ching, pre- mier, have apparently failed of their object. The Manchurian governor has refused to indorse the appointment of his kinsman, who has been acting as minister of war, and has with- drawn his troops from Peking. This action on his part is considered.an intimation to the president relations have been severed and that the c: tal may be taken by any leader Who cares to do so. - The president has issued a state- ment denying charges made by Wu road shop craft unions, representing 500,000 employes, were the first group of railroad workers on the progrem today at the opening of: the fight over the present scale of wages be- tween railroad labor and the nation’s largest transportation lines before the United States Railroad Labor Board. Petitions asking for a’10 per cent wage reduction have been placed be- | fore the board by 114 roads, while the shopmen have asked increases of 13 cents an hour over the present scale on eighty-five of these road: Increases on more than the eighty- five roads were not asked, it was said, because of failure to get the employes’ petitions in on time. More than 1756 roads have placed petitions for reductions before the board, while many groups of em- ployes have adopted a_method similar to that of the shoprfien by making counter proposals for wage advances. 1t was said that B. M. Jewell, pres! dent df the railway employes’ depart- ment, American Federation of Labor, representing the shopmen, would bec prepared to ask postponement of the hearing on technical grounds, and at- tempts to block the hearings were re- garded es likely in railroad circles. —— e Tremendous Enthusiasm Shown in Dublin in Spite of Rain. By the Assodthted Press. DUBLIN, . March 6.—The crowds which gathered for the opening of the th | tributers, derided the tuberculin test streef and Massachusetts avenue late | required by present health office regu- Saturday lations, and which the measure before ht. Bonner was charged with failing to | the Lampert committee proposes to obey a police signal, sp>eding and not | write specifically into the law. He having a driver’s permit. In a pocket |called such a test an economic waste. of the automobile, it is charged, a : DISTRICT COURT UPHELD. small quantity of cocaine was found. Court of Appeals Affirms Decision Daisy Hatton was permitted to g0 home when Bonner was arrested, and was placed under arrest when she called at the station to see him. Ar- rangements were made to give the Against Western Union. The District Court of Appeals, in an_ opinion by Justice Robb, today affirmed the action of the District Supreme Court in_refusing a man- | citizens. In i couple a hearing before United States Commissioner Isaac R. Hitt this aft- ernoon. damus asked by the Western Union Europe, he sald, the government Telegraph Company against the In-|keeps track of the progress of “the terstate Commerce Commission. The | people and has the defective list SENATORS AGAIN DELAY DEBT COMMISSION NAMES | {<icraon company sousht to compel | watched. . “The defectives are en- the commission to correct the valua- | couraged to migrate and America en- tion of the Texas Midland Railway | courages them to come here. The Definite Decision Put Over Until Finer footing! What price United States does not care to keep and the Kansas City SouthernRail- out undesirables or at least has no way Company by eliminating from the Thursday—Majority of Committee Against. A _conflict of opinion : over the eligibility of Senator Smoot, repub- lican, Utah, and Representative Bur- ton, republican, Ohio, to serve on the allied debt commission today caused the Senate judiciary committee to de- fer a final decision en its recommen- dations until Thursday.. A majority of a subcommittee which has been studying the eligibil- ity question today submitted, a re- port that Senator Smoot and Repre- sentative Burton were not eligible. This report was signed by Senators Brandegee, republican, Connecticut, and Overman, democrat, North Caro- lina, and Waish, democrat, Montana. It sustained the contentions in the latter’s resolution that Senator Smoot and Representative Burton would be- come “offi of the government while hol their congressional seats. Senators Cummins, republican, Jowa, and Sterling, republican, South Dakota, submitted a minority report, holding the two members of Con- gress eligible. DEDICATED BY AUTHOR. The song, “Your :Smile,” sung by James K. Young at_ the midwinter dinner of the membership committee of the Washington Board of Trade Saturday night was not dedicated by r. Yourfg to Miss Margaret Gorman, stated in The Star of Sunday, but ‘was dedicated to Miss Gorman by the - author, Ellen Marion Welsh. “Your Smile” was published and used in the musical comedy entitled “Leave It to Pierre,” which ran for a number of weeks at Carroll Hall. ding I R U W Spring Cleaning Time Is Nearly Here About time you were thinking of getting things ready for a general clean-up around the household. We will satisfy the most particular requirements Our Dyeing work, handled of the Best possible results in this branch of service. ™~ Phone the nearest of our stores for further information. Z Satisfaction-Always in'All Ways T e R Satinch!uy Results Guaranteeds Our Prices Are Very Moderate. - MANHATTAN CLEANING & DYEING C0, Inc. 1301 Conn. Ave. ‘1119 14th S."N.W. 650 H'St:N.E. 916 G 35 NW; - 3123 14tk Se.iN.W. 1«%’:’:’:.‘1 the schedule of properties of railroads all the telegraph property listed therein. The company claim- ed.that poles and other telegraph equipment belonging to it had been included in the commission’s valua- tion of the railroads. , __ The appellate court, afifming the District Supreme Court, held the pe- tition ‘prematurely filed, becouse the commrssion had’ not yet valyed the property \of_the telegraph company, When that hearing s conductpd the court suggests the decision of the commission will be according to law and the evidence. —_— EIGHT FALSE ALARMS. Three Held on Suspicion of Calling " Out Fire Apparatus. Sounding of eight false alarms of fire hetween 3:45 and 5:30 o'clock this morning kept ‘members of the fire department and police of several pre- cincts busy. It was reported to the police that the alarms had been sounded by one or more members of a party of three colared men in an automobile, and shortly after the last alarm was sourided three colored men were arrested in an“automobile jat 14th and U streets by Policeman iMcDonald of the eighth precinct. The men registered at the station as {Austin A. Carter, 1735 New Jersey ave- inue, Robert G. Contee, 404 Florida ave- nue, and John Wesley Edwards, 708 Ir- ving street. They were turned over to the police of the fourth precinct for investigation, several of the-alarms having been sounded from hoxes in the southwest sedtion. Thirteen false alarms were sounded'| one night several weeks ago. Lok by experts, will asmure you, effective plan for such opposition. “If we are to have the respect of ose coming from other lands and hoereat y of the laboring classes, we must at least show them and have it taught in our universities that ourselves respect the fundamen! principles of our government. We lstrikes, must show them that we look to the are, in 1 . AB. N LT ATIE R L) (gllalliglig we tal ._'we have never offered, E *—COME IN. TOMOBROW. (Victor ** reduced. B8 various branches of our government, the courts and legislative bodies, *to guard our rights.and give us rellef for any wrongs we may suffer. They should not look to unions and propa- ganda volced by forelgners, or to to gain that to which they reality, entitled.” 4 Il ll!l allls TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT OPPOR’ Pei-Fu, inspector general of the prov- inces of Hupgh and Hunan, against former Premier Liang Shih-Yi in his effort to o the Iatter to resign. Liang Shih-Yi refused to. quit. ofice!| until Wu Pei-Fu made threats of secession on the part of the two provinces. REMOVAL SALE At Our Present Location 1217 F Street The building we are now in has been sold and we will move to our new home at 1222 F Street, right acrosshe street, in a few days. 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