Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1922, Page 2

“REALTOR” MAY BE ‘GUARDED BY SUIS Association Members Fairor Legal Action to Prevent Others Using Title. Indiscriminafe use of the word *“realtor,” adopted by the National As- sociation of Real Estate Boards to designate members of real estate boards affiliated with the National Association, will be contested by court action, if necessary, it was de- clared today by . Chadbourne of Mifneapolis, coiner of the title, at the closing session of the executive committee meeting 6f the national organization at the Willard Hotel. Cltes Minneapolis Case. Mr. Chadbourne. in reporting on means for protecting the use of thd word, cited the action of a Minneapo- lis court in upholding the exclusive use of “realtor” by the real estate board of that city. and peinted out that if disputes arise in other cities in this connection. similar court action should be instituted ¥ S Georgo B. Ricaby of Toledo, Ohio, chairman of a committee on multipje listing. told of the spread of thls system of listing properties for sale and cxplained its advantages ‘briefly. Plans for the annual convention of the National Association in June at San Francisco were discussed. It was stated that many sightseeing and entertainm features will supple- ment the ne B. Hiett, president of the as- together with E. 8 Judd, founder of the organiza- 1. Simpson, Kansas City, mhember of the advisory board. and Henry R. Brigham of Boston, Mass., called on Vice President Coolidge this morning to exterd to him the compliments of the reaitors assembled here. Following the concluding business Session, the delegates were taken to the Lincoln Memorial, where a group photograph was taken, and were then motored about the city to see points of interest as guests of the ‘Wash- ington board members. Most of the delegates will leavi their homes this evening. DELAYS REOPENING e for - OF SCHOOL HALLS Dr. Ballou Awaits Orders Be- fore Risking Children in Auditoriums. Opening of the public school audi- toriums to the pupils. tentatively planned, will he deferred until or- florerlx by b d of educatiom® it was nounced o v by Supt. Bal- lou. Meantime the school board will endeavor to learn definitely from | the Com ioners why the halls are safe for the children and not for the public . The officials decided upon the de- lay, fecling that v should not be held responsibie for the safety of the pupils in view of the fact that District -authorities closed the halls to _public gatherin Dr. Ballou contends that if the auditoriums do not conform to build- ing rezuiations and are not entirely protected ®from fire huzards, as claimed, it is not safe to allow pupils to use them. DS pointed out, buiit and schools, and it is up make them safe. Trained for Fire Emergencien. The differentiation between the pub- lic and the children by the Commis- sioners, it W on the ground that the latter are dis- ciplined and have been trained for fire emergencies. Dr. Ballou s, how- ever, that pupils are not accustomed to fire drills from the assembly halls ana therefore the methods of leaving the schools from these auditoriums. As the school board does not meet until next Wednesday the, halls will be closed until that time, and maybe longer. . Dr. Ballou today received a letter from Commissionér Rudalph author- izing the holding of meetings in the school halls by citizens' associations and civic groups. Before lifting the designed the to them to ban on the auditoriums for public gatherings. however, the superin- tendent will ask the Commissioners for a spccific ruling on each activity held within them. Would Permit Regular Veetings. The letter from Commissioner Rudolph read: “Supplementing our letter of March 3 to the board of educition, we wish to say that the use of the assembly halls in_the public schools as meeting places for the members of citizens® associations and other civic groups of 1 character is, in our opinion, unobjectionable, when such use is ited to periodical meetings for the transaction of business in which such associations aré principally interest- ed, and when it iS not extended to the giving of entertainments to large audienc A report on the community center department’s use of the school halls has been prepared by Miss Cecil B. Norton, general director, and will be forwarded to the Commissioners with the request that they check off the activities which do meet with their approval. ‘The activities which are ‘not approved will be prohibited, Dr. Ballou said, as it is the intention | of the school authorities to abide by | i which every order of the Commissioners. SCREENS FOR JAIL, PLEA OF D. €. CHARITY WORKER With Support of Officials, Mrs. S. K. Raymond Will Ask $3,000 Appropriation. With the eupport of Comm Rudolph, Jokn Edson o Board of Charl W, Fowler, District health officer, S. K. Raymond of 1426 M street, who has been identified with charitable work here, will lay before ghe chair- men of the Senate, and House Dis- trict committees this week “a request for $3,000 to provide screems for the District jail as a means of excluding disease-carrying insec Last August, through the columns of The Star, Mrs. Raymond called 10 the attention of the Commissioners, the board of charities and the super- intendent of the District jail, Capt. Peake, the necessity for ~this im- provement, but no action was taken because of insufficient funds. How- ever, Commissioner = Rudolph, Dr. Fowler and Mr. Edson at the time as giving their unquali- fied indorsement to the movement. The windows of the kitchen of the institution are the only portion of the trict authorities, he | emphasized, was made | are not familiar with] permit it now." lcame kno: D. C. OFFICIAL GETS AN UNDECIPHERABLE CRYPTIC MESSAG Decoding experts of the District government today were confront- E ed with a cryptic message received by Secretary Daniel E. Garges of the board of Commissioners. 1t arrived In the officlal District building mail. It wa:. addressed to: His Hon. The Mayor. Dist. Bldg. G . On a small sheet of paper in type- writing_were the words: “Hello Duteh Wash. Has No_ Mayor. a, CONFERENCE LOS IF 4-POWER TREATY FAILS, LODGE SAYS __(Continued from First Page.) eduction of naval armament. The t#ird was to accomplish all that was possible to aid China in such ways as to help her in the establishment of a free and independent govern- ment and particularly to secure the restoration of the great province of Shantung ‘to the Chinese empire, to which it rightfully belonged. Attained All Objects. “We succeeded before the close of the: conference In attaining all these objects. The treaty now . befote us terminates the Anglo-Japanese alli- ance. Personally 1 belicve that it in- | volves the United States in no obliga- | tion except to meet with the other} signatories and consult in case of any controversy. arising or in case of ag- gression by some outside power not a signatory. I repeat that I think the obligation to meet and consult is the only obligation existing in this treaty. | and the main purpose of the treaty is| attained by the termination of the Anglo-Japinese alliance. Il It Is not neccessapy for me to 8o | into detail as to the reasons for my opinion as to the great importance of this single achievement. It is sufficient to say that in my judgment the Anglo-Japanese alllance was the | most dangerous element in our rela- tions with the far east and with the | acific. Wars come from suspicions which develop into hatreds and | hatreds which develop into war. The Anglo-Japanese alliance caused a growing feeling of suspicion not only in the United States but in Canada. Background to War Spirit. “On the other side, it tended toj give a background to Japan, which encouraged the war spirit and large preparations, both by land and sea for future tonflict. It immobilized England and prevented the exerzise of her influence in the east for the cause of peace, and peace is dis-| tinctly in her interest in that great | region. That menace to peace is re- | moved by the four-power treaty. | “T -have already shown the totald difference which ¢ en this i and the Anglo- al- There is no 1 between that alliance and th ty. Far {from taking the pla he other, {this t simply enabled gland | and Au ia and New Zealand to tako part in terminating the allian {The removal of the Anglo-Japane alliance, which Is complete, crea the situation in which it was possi- ble to bring about an agreement for the reduction of naval armament. While that alliance existed a reduc {tion of naval armament was difficult, {if not impracticabl Would Endanger Other Treaty. “Senators should bear in mind that | the defeat of the four-power treaty would endanger the treaty for the! limitation of naval armament, and the failure of the naval treaty would | shock and startle the world and bit- | i terly disappoint the American people. {\We must not forget the close rela- | tfon between the two treaties. The | {defeat of the four-power treaty | would mean the failure of the con- | i ference. { 1 Let there be no illusion on | that point “The purpose of the American dele gation in the conference and, I think. of all other members of the confer- ence besides those of the United States was to endeavor to do some- |} thing at once practical and concrete | which would promote the peace of | the world. They believed that this! could be done without alliances or | | penalties. Such experiments have | been made in the past in isolated in- {stances, but I venture to assert that inever has the experiment been at- itempted on such a scale or under similar. conditions. Only an Experiment. | “we nave passed through a war the like of which the world has never seen. The misery and the horrors of the great war must never come again if we can do anything to-stop, it. We must try our best to secure this great result. “I know it is only an experiment, but I have falth to believe that the better instincts of mankind are all with us in the effort. If we con- {tinue to preach suspicion and hatred of other nations, if we decline' to {deal with them and believe that they fare all actuated by the basest of {motives, nothing can ever be done. I have faith to believe that this ef- fort, illustrated by before us, will hav i i H | this treaty now ; a large and real world's result in maintaining the 1 {peacé. If we fail the outlook for | ithe future is dark indeed. i Best Hope in America. “The ' best hope of the world for a future where peace may prevail and wars diminish is in the people of the United States. If we fail}] who can hope to succeed? We called | this conference. We proposed the troaties, agreements and declarations in which the conférence culminated. Are we now to stumble and fall at the threshold of the undertaking we designed and brought to fulfiliment? Are we to sink back into a sullen solitude, a prey to dark sus- picions, a hermit nation armed to the teeth and looking forward always to wars as inseparable from the ex- i istence of mankind upon the earth? he United States has never vet permitted failure or defeat to be written in her history. She will not | OPPONENTS ORGANIZING. in Consultation With Friends of Wilson. An organized group of “irreconcil- les” in the Senate will range them- selves, it was said today, against the four-power Pacific treaty, When it be- vn that a definite plan of action had been agreed upon after! long consultation by Senator Borah, republican, and some of the friends of former President Wilson. How. far-reaching may be the un- derstanding ‘thus effected by the “ir- reconcilable” leader, or to what extent Borah ments of Mr. Wilson hiniself, is not revealed. Senator Borah and the former President are said not to have conferred _directly, although their jail that is protected Capt. Peake recognized the need for this improve- ment and has stated that out of the appropriation for mmintenance he has endeavored, in vain, to save money to_contribute toward the work. - If the $3,000 is obtained the work of screening the windows and doors will have to be done- by contract, it is said, as the jail has only one car- penter, who could not finigh the work in _time to derive maximum benefit. The beginning of the spring period is not far off, and it is the hope of Mrs. Raymond to secure a special ap- propriation so that work on the »uilding can be started at once. 4 friends say they' have been in con- sultation by letter regarding the four-power pact. . Series of Conferences. Senator Borah's understanding re- garding the plan of campaign against the treaty is said to have followed a series of conferences and an ex- change of letters between him and several men in-and out of the Senate and close to Mr. Wilson. °One. of those from whom the Idaho senator is understood to have sought the views of the former President is Bernard M. Baruch of New York. Another said to have been in cor- respondence with Mr. Borah ‘on the | recommendations iand Manufacturers’ {n |WEINBERG TO HAVE TRIAL iyard. Tt STORESWILLLIST - - L EMPLOYES Merchants and Manufactur- ers Plan Efficiency Reports. Traffic:Group Named. Bstablisfment _ of an .emplayes’ reference bureau in the Merchants 2nd Manufacturers’ Assoclation ahd the Institution of a traffic’committee or group were among the decisions reached at a meeting of the board of Bovernors of that organization “yes- terday. President Anton Stephan, who presided, was directed to ap- point committees to carry forward both undertakings. The bureau will list all of the em- | ployes of tha members of the as sociation and will give the house re- ports on the efficiency and the worth- Whileness of all applicants for posi- tions.. Tt will therefore be an in- valuable ald in the detection of dis- honest persons and will he & mosg helpful ally to the work of the shop- lifting committee, which has hereto- fore performed such a useful function and which under the new undertak- ing, will materially add to its effi- ciency. The bureau is being patterned.aft- er similar bureaus in other cities. contact with which it had through the secretari wro are members of the National Assoclation of Retail Secre- sident Stephen has named Syl- van King chairman of a committee to organize the traflic group. The group will undertake the conslderation of all matters affecting transportation and will, from time to time, make to the board of governors or the entire Merchants and Manufacturers' Assoclation, The purpose of the group is to permit the heads and employes of firms affiliated with the Merchants Assoclation to gain the benefit of higher educatlon in all traffic matters, such as rates for freight and express, packing and wrapping. for local delivery as well as out of town, all with a view to re- ducing the traffic overhead in a de- artment which it is ‘declared has amounfed to a considerable extent. andardization of shipping and re- ceiving will play an important part and the group also will make it po ble for a_broader and better under- anding of mutual problems between the railroads, expr drayage and other companies and individuals deal- ing in or touching the transportation problem as it affects busine: A letter was read by Philip King, chairman of a special committee on the navy yard situation, from William E president of the Inter- 2 al Association of Machinists, | thanking the association for the part it has taken with reference to the re- discharges at the Washington nav ard. BALFOUR SPEECH PHLOSOPHE PLEA London Sees Coalition Status Unchanged — Premier’s Resignation “Up in Air.” By the Associnted Press. LONDON, March 8.—Sir Arthur Balfour's plea for a continuance of the coalition in a speech at the City Carlton Club yesterday afternoon did nothing to improve the position of the coalition and left mattersias they were, with the resignation of Prime Minister Lloyd George hanging in the air, according to the almost unani- mous agreed opinion of political cor- respondents and editorial writers today. Rated “Philosophic Effort.” “Sir Arthui's speech,” said a Lon- don Times editorial, “was a philo- sophic effort the worth of which w be more readily judged” when its in- evitable failure has become ap- parent.” Few informed persons took the view today that the crisis had been solved. although a majority declined to predict any immediate develop- ment, implying a belief that the situ- ation would remain in a state of sus- pense during the prime minister's holiday. . See Remewal of Storm. The two conspicuous exceptions to this viewpoint were the Westminster Gazette, which declared. that the storm was working up again and the political atmosphere was charged with electrioity. rhe Daily Sketch referred some- what indefinitely to “possibly start- ling events before the prime minister zoes tomorrow to Criccieth on his ay.” and added that the premier’s resignation was probably as immi- as ever. BEFORE NEW YORK COURT Alleged Adventurer Not to Be Brought to Washington as Had Been Expected. Instead of being brought to Wash- ington for arraignment before the District Criminal Court, as had been expected, Stephen Weinberg, adven: turer, who was arrested in Brooklyn by Department of Justice agents on a charge of impersonating a mnaval officer here. will be prosecuted in New York, William J. Burns, director of the bureau of investigation, an- nounced today. 5 o The specific charge against Wein- berg in New York was not mentioned in the reports frrm his New York agents, Mr. Burns said, but it was definitely asserted that the ‘“naval commander” would be tried in New York first. He is now out on $5,000 bond. The announcement occasioned sur- prise here, as the feat which brought much notoriety to the young man, and which drew an indictment from the federal grand jury §ere, was his spectacular presentment of the Prin- cess Fatima, Sultana of Kabul. at the White House to President Hard- ing while representing himeelf as a naval offi rom_the Brooklyn navy Wi at first announced that Weinberg would be brought back to Washington for trial. Weinberg was arrested Saturday morning, was held in $2,500 bail by United States Commissioner John Hennessey and when arraigned on removal proceedings under the Wash- irgton warrant bail was raised to $5,000. subject is Norman Davis, former Were quo,ed!n may invoilve the per§onal senti- |undersecretary of state.’ In Complete Sympathy. In these exchanges Mr. Borah is sald to have received information which convinced him that Mr. Wilson and he, despite-their differences over the league of nations, are in complete sympathy on many points involved in the four-power treaty discussions. It is declared, however, that there has been no effort to extend the ex- changes to others of the arms confer- ence treaties. - The-1daho senator also has been In constant conference with the demo- cratic senators who are regarded as followers of the former President, and they in turn have corfsulfed with vari- ous of their democratic colleagyes who have been inclined to follow tte lead of ‘Senator Underwood, and sup- port all the treaties. ' WEDNESDAY, MARCH BAD STREETS FORCE CURTAILMENT OF MAIL SERVICE IN|ANTIGONISH GHOST SHY ’ Mall collection service the streetn, which made it delaying the United States mails. 25 GUILTY MARINES Sentenced to 8 to 12 Years at Hard Labor for Part in Nicaraguan Fight. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nlcaragua, March 7.— Twenty-six American marines who were found guilty of engaging in a fight with the city police December 8, in which three policemen were killed, were sentenced today. Twenty of the men were given terms of eight years' Imprisonment ., three of tem years each and three of twelve years each. All the sentences ca¥ for hard labor. Six of the accused men were found not guilty. 2 In another case three corporals of marines, Amthor, Burnett and Rus- sell, were sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment each, in addition to an- other twenty years for having de- serted with their arms January and killing four policemen at Dirl amb; Sergt. Lee Henry of Louisville, Ky., was killed while fleeing with the three corporals after the shooting. The entire command to which the convicted men belonged, including their officers, has been replaced by a new company of marines, and the local resentment felt over the shoot- ings has been wiped out by the Ver- dict of the American Navy and marine officers «who investigated the affair and the members of the court- martial which found the'men guilty. The American officers were enter- tained yesterday by the president and government officials. They will leave for the United States tomor- row. ADDRESS ON “MANH00D” ON MIDBAY PROGRAM 1 Representative Barclay Speaker Today at Lenten Services Held at Keith’s Theater. “Well rounded manhood consists of three feoatures,” sald Representative Barclay of Kentucky in an address at the midday Lenten services at Keith's Theater today on *Manhood. He outlined these as “the physical side, which we demonstrate with our games and sports In this country; the mental side, shown by our great edu- cational institutions, and the epiritual and moral side, demonstrated by 45,- 000,000 church members in the United States.” The speaker said the midday Lenten services in Washington are sufficient demonstration that “we are round- ing out our spiritual side in such a way as to make us supreme in that respect, as we have alwags béen in {the physical and mental, which should be sufficient answer to some of our lrecent foreign visitors who came aver to get our money and insulted jus as they went home by saying that we were immoral, devoted to jazs, didn't know what we wanted in the way of legislation or how to enforce it_after we got it.” The speaker tomorrow, at 12:20 o'clock, will be Dr. Clarence True Wilson. e SUES FOR INJUNCTION. Mrs, McMaster Files New Case Against Medical School Head. Petition for an injunction to re- strain _Helmuth P. Holler, presi- ent of Oriental University Medical School, from selling or disposing of the property at 1702 Oregqn avenue was flled in the District Supreme Court today by Mrs. Myrtie McMaster. Mrs. McMaster tells the court that she recently filed suit for $25000 damages against Holler for e al- leged unauthorized use of her name as assistant registrar of the school. She wants the defendant enjoined from disposing of the property, pend- ing settlement of the suit. i The plaintiff sets forth in her peti- tion that on March 1 Holler was held for the grand jury by a United |States commissioner. for alleged mis- use of the mails. ' WILL SHOW STARR CAR. The new five-passenger, four-cylin- der car, selling for $348, to be.known as the Starr, and built by Durant Motors, Inc., will be shown in| Wash- ington for the first time tomorrow. The exhibition will take place in Harper Brothers’, 1128-30 Connecticut avenue. 5 It is a conventional type automo- bile, with recognized standard part Quantity production is expected bz the Durant company. Mr. Durant ai rives* in this city tomorrow, comin with a party of friends and associates in & special Pullman Wwhich leaves .New York tonight. MISSING GIRL RETURNS HOME. Police of the tenth precinct last night were told thi Miss Pearl Drum, 817 Otis place, ‘missing from her home since February 22, had re- turned home. No statement of her whereabouts during her sbsence was made to the police. 7 % MEETING POSTPONED A DAY. The meeting of the House District committee was postponed wley upt’l tomorrow. R, ossible for the collcction Post from whic EIVEN LONG TERMS CAPITAL. NATION'S B. F.KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 o’clock Speaker Tomorrow Thomas Nelson Page Conducted by Rev. John S. Moses Every One Invited— oY Collection ASKS MODIFIED ORDER FOR SALE OF CAR TOKENS Federation of Citizens’ Associations Cents” Order. A three-token-for-20-cents petition was presented to the Public Utilities Commission today on -behalf of the Federation of Citizens' Associations by William McK. Clayton, represent- ing the federation. After quoting the six-tokens-for-40- cents order of the commission the petition states: “Your petitioner asks that so much of said order 462 as set forth above be modified, changed and reformed So as to order, authorize and require the sald several and respective street railway companies named in said order to sell three tokens or tickets for the sum of 20 cents. “And your petitioner stands ready vPet‘itions for “Three-for-Twenty- - WATL' PRETE, been withdrawn from Lith and Randolph streets because of the bad condition of rucks to reach the scene without being stuck, and thds mall box was removed iIs xhown in the picture, RED CROSS HELPS - TORNADO VIGTIMS Plans Made to Shelter Those Rendered Homeless in Southern Squall. By the Associated Press. AUGUSTA, Ga., March 8.—While the underzakers at Graniteville were com- pleting arrangements for the funerals today of the five victims of yester- day's thundersquall in the Horse creek valley, mill authorities and the Red Cross at Warrenville and Steifel- town were doing all possible to make comfortable® the homeless and in- Jured. Nearly 200 people would have been without shelter last night had they not been given assistance. Seven of the injured are still in the Lospitals at Aiken, and all are ex- pected to recover, with the exception of Harry Munday, who was still in a critical condition this morning. The other injured being given treatment at Aiken are: Mrs. Josie Hardy, Rufus Bovd, Owen Wood, Joe Green, Mrs. Henry Wood and Frank Clark. Rellef Funds Started. Frederick A. Snow, a member of the winter colony at Alken, who is a wealthy New York resident, started a relief fund late yesterday with a contribution of $100. John G: Chafee :;’alA.n&'ley started agother fund with A number of houses were alread being built at Warrenville and .r{ almost ready for occupancy. These will probably be rushed to comple- tion and will house the homeless. The 1ist of dead remained at five Itoday and separate funerals will be held except that of the Wood chil- dren, Robert Theodore and Lucius Herbert, both aged two and cousins, who will be laid to rest side by side at the Shiloh Baptist cemetery, in Alken county, at 12 o'clock today. The other dead are: Miss Dellie Boyd, age nineteen: Fred Hoover, age to present and lay before the honor- able commission the reasons for the modification of said order herein ask- ed at the time and place the comm!s- sion may designate and set for a hear- ing.” Mr. Clayton pointed out today that the successive raises in the initial out- lay necessary for tokens have in- creased in times past the cash fare re- turns of the company. For instance, twelve, and Dollio Mitchum, eight. SCHOOL TEACHER KILLED. Other Evansdale, N. C., Storm Vie- tims Are Improving. By the Associated Press. WILSON, N. C., March 8—Reports June 1, in one of the flve plants of he said today, when tokens jumped from 30 cents for four to 35 cents for five the jump in receipts for cash fares was from 11 to 16 per cent. If this rule is foilowed by the users of traction facilities, he argues, a num- ber of car riders will be forced to pay cash fares, either because they can- not afford at the time of riding the in- itial outlay or because they do not happen to have so much change in their pockets and are reluctant to break a-dollar bill. WIVES LOCKED UP WITH JURY TWO DAYS; HUSBANDS STORM COURT (Continued from First Page.) withdrew to & corner where they sat facing the wall. We took the sheets off the beds and tried in_vain to make screens of tHem. Then we erawled in and pretended to sleep. “But we didn’t sleep much I can assure you. ed all night. I don’t think the men lost any sleep though, judging from the snoring that was going on. Dreas to Chorus of Snores. “In the morning, long before day- light, and to the accompaniment of loud snores, we were up and dréssed."” The second night was a repetition of the first night with the exception | that' the men “turned in,” early, be- ting worn out with argument, and left the women to their own devices. ‘While all the women, after a show of indignation, are considering it in the nature of an “experience” and a | joke, the husbands are not disposed to pass the circumstance lightly, and are promising to make it an issue it poa’ible, before the state legis- jlaturef, ‘Women Better Sports. Men not personally affected by the case have joined in the argument, and are willing to lend a hand in dis- puting the right of the state to com- pel their wives, of any wife, in fact, 'to endure two nights of confinement with strange men. Letters of pro- test are being sent to the newspapers, to judges, to stata senators and to the governor, but the latter has de- clined to commit himself further than-the statement he would not al- low his wife to be placed in such a position. And what of the wives of the hus- bands on_the jury? Nothing much has been heard from them, although one has brought trouble on her head by going to a dance while her “lord and master” was “in-jail.” As the, battle rages Jailer Hart pauses td say that ‘“the ‘women ar better sports than the men,” for i remained for one of-the men to be the first to demand segregation. (Copyright, 1922.) —_—— RICHLEAD MIKE FOUND. |, CARTER' » Mo., March 8.—A syratum of lead, said to.be ene of the richest in the tristate fleld of Oklahoma, Missouri %nd Kansas, has been distovered south:of this city at a depth of seventy feet, according ‘& an announcement yesterday. 25 <iriety and extent, comprising more One of the women talk-' from Jocal hospitals, where almost a score of persons were taken yester- day for treatment of injuries as a result of a tornado which struck the little village of Evansdale, five miles west of here, yesterday morning, in- dicate that ail will recover. One per- son. & negro school teacher, was in- stantly killed when struck b; i piece of timber. i OPENS SPECIAL EXHIBIT OF HOPKINSON’S WORKS Corcoran Gallery Presents Display of Portraits, Decorative Paint- ings and Landscapes. A special exhibit of considerable va- than sixty works by Charles Hopkin- son of Boston, Mass, opened this morning at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and will remain on view through March 31. i The works evidence their author's| versatility, as they include portraits, decorative paintings and landscapes, in both olls and water colors. The display was organized at the In- vitation of the Corcoran Gallery, which makes it a policy to procure from time to time exhibits of the work of artists who are coming rap- idly into prominence in the art world. Two or three of the most favorably mentioned pictures in the special ex- ‘hibition of world-war personalities held several years ago in the New Na- tional Museum, were the work of Mr. Hopkinsan, who made a specfal trip abroad for the purpose. At least one of them has a duplicate in the present display. The artist holds a number of prizes and awards bestowed at vari- ous exhibits throughout the country. The exhibition may be viewed on Mondays, from 12 until 4:30 o'clock; on all other week days, from 9 untii 4:30 o'clock, and on Sundays, from 1:30 to 4:30 o'clock. DISTILLERY RAIDERS GET 2,100 GALLONS (Continued from First Page.) { s2id he was told that the raiders were prepared to kill, or words to that effect, if necessary, to make the clean-up. Hemp said that the attack on the officers was 80 sudden that the three men had no opportunity to spread an alarm. One Truck Abandoned. Later, this morning one of the trucks, containing . seventeen barrels of seven miles south of Frederick. The engine of the truck was broken. It is thourht the trucks came here from Baltimore. Police of Washington and Baltimorg were_ notified, of the rob- berygby. Sheriff Jones. Investigation of the September 9 robbery, which covered a ‘period of two months, and in which twenty men and one woman were indicted by a speclal Frederick county grand jury, fell through with the acquittal of William C. Morgan of Washington and Baltimore. Sihce that time the other twenty indictments have been dropped and the. robbery mystery has been unsolved. EEATE e 3 AND DR. PRINCE GETS NARY A SINGLE SLAP By the Associnted Press. HALIFAX, N. 8., March 8.—0b- viously embarrassed by the pres- ence of £0 many strange mortals in his favorite haunt, the ghost of Antigonish did not walk last night, This was the substance of a bul- letin issued today by Dr. Walter Franklin Prince, director of the American Tnstitute for Scicntifie Research, who came all the way from New York to make the rest- less spirit's acquaintance. Dr. Prince, after his first night in the haunted house of Alex Mic- Donald, at Caledonia Mills, re- ported the wee small hours had passed without a_single ghostly manifestation. Neither the doctor, who glept with his fingers tied to strings leading to bells and rattles in various parts of the house, nor the newspaper reporters, movie men and “still” photographers who accompanied him heard a sound. MONCURE RESUMES HIS TESTIMONY Tells Alexandria Inquirers He Will Summon Special Grand-Jury. ALEXANDRI o §.—Judge Robinson Moncure this mor: sumed his testimony before th cial committee of seven of the Alex- andria Bar Association engaged probing the alleged divorce evil in this city. It probably will be late this afternoon before the judge com- pletes his statement. It is expect- ed that several witnesses will be on the stand in rebuttal. For more than three hours yester- day afternoon the judge was on the stand. It was nearly 6 o'clock when the committee adjourned and the judge stated at the time that it prob- ably would take three more hours be- fore he completed his testimony. Not to Be Cross-Examined. Just before Judge Moncure took the stand Attorney John S. Barbour of Fairfax, representing Judge Moncure, told the committee that, acting on his advice, Judge Moncure would not be subjected to a cross-examination by Attorney Frank Stuart, the latter be ing the man who preferred charge against Judge Moncure, but he added that he would answer any questions Mr. Stuart would submit through counsel or any member of the com- mittee. In opening his remarks Judze Mon- cure declared that the situation is necessarily embarrassing, but, he said, it was a duty he owed the com- mittee and the zens, and in re- sponse to that duty he was present. Takes Up Various Casex. The judge then took up the various cases ‘which had been called to his attention since the probe started and gave his version of the decisions in all such cases as handed down by him. A judge who don't temper jus tice with merey, he declared, is not fit to occupy the position. He told of the dropping of the Bailey case and of the dismi of Mrs. Mary L. Baggett in the police court. He told the committee that when he became judge he was making $12.000 a ycar, and the judgeship pays only $3,000. He said he intended to stay in only a short time. The judge declared he was not going (o be driven off the bench and that he felt the good people were with him. Judge Moncure told the committee that he was going to summon a spe- cial grand jury composed of ‘“real men and real citizens” to investigate the divorce conditions here, and the jury would be summoned for next week. He also told the committee that he is going to have the clerk of court hereafter keep a record of the persons who testify as to residence of persons obtaining divorces here and where one person testifies five or six times he is going to have the grand jury make an investigation. Inherited Business, Says Moncure, Referring to the number of divorces granted in the court, Judge Robinson Moncure testified that since he went on the bench, twenty-one months ago, 870 final divorce decrees had been granted, and he said he did not think he was subject to criticism because a large majority came from Wash- ington. Washington, he asserted. has only one ground for divorce, and that is adultery, and he said that he had been reliably informed that 70 per cent of the chancery cases in that city were divorce cases. He explained that in Virginia there are five or six grounds for divorce, and he added that when he became judge he inherited the business that was still on the docket. MAIL SERVICE ENDS WHEN MUD STREETS BAR CARRIER’S WAY (Continued from First Page.) 2d street to Rock Creek Church road, and from 7th street to, Grant circle, thirty feet wide, $11,700. Paving 3d street, northwest, Taylor street to Upshur “street, thirty feet wide, $4,700. Paving 19ih street northwest. C to E street, thirty-five feet wide, $11,200. Tilinois Avenue. Paving Tllinois avenue northiest, Webster to Allison streets, forty feet wide, 00. Grading and improving Raleigh street, Anacostia, from Nichols avenue westward, thirty feet .wide. $2,400. Paving Crittenden street northwest, 15th street to Piney Branch road, thir- ty feet wide, $3,800. Grading 13th street northeast from Hamlin to Irving streets, $2,100. For grading Brandywine street, 29th to 30th streets; 29th street from Brandywine to Audubon terrace, and Audubon terrace from 29th street to Broad Branch road northwest, $14,000. The Senate also allowed the com- mittee amendment _increasing the amount for assessment and permit work from $225000, allowed by the House, to $285,000. It also approved the amendment in- creasing the appropriation for grad- ing streets, alleys and roads, from $35,000, allowed by °‘the House, to $50,000. g The appropriation for repairs to streets was increased from $431.250 to $500,000, and for repairs for side- walks from $15,000 to $20,000. Appropriation for repairs to subur- ban roads was increased from $200,000 to_$350,000. Senator Harrison wanted to know if ‘the items for street improvements were on account of damage from the recent snowstorm or whether® they were new streets. - “These are new streets where the houses have been built up practically 100 per cent and where the grading has all been done, and the sewer, water and other underground work whisky, wis found abandoned about|phas been completed,” answered Sen- ator Phipps. “These appropriations are 50 per cent reimbursable. The owners of the abutting property re- pay into the Treasury 50 per cent of the cost of the improvements.” ROBBED ON DARK STREET. Failure of the District to provide proper lighting facilities in the vicinity of Grant and Chappell roads is blamed for the hold-up of John Newman, 3809 Davenport street, by two colored men who robbed him of $11.75 and drove away unmolested in J thetr automobile. DISTRT OFFGALS SCORED N SENATE Underwood Blames Traffic Accidents on Lack of Law Enforcement. of Criticism the District Comunis- sioners and the Washington police for fuilure to prevent violations of the traffice regulations, resulting in many deaths, was vigorously expressed in the Senate yester afternoon by Senator Underwood, democratic lead- er of the Senate, during considera- tlon of the District appropriation bill. The Senate was cousidering an amendment adding seventy-five pri- vates to the police force, when Sena- tor Underwood took the floor “I am not opposed the m in- creasing cuty= five men. v any Lgovernment ow: its citizens iy protection. 1 wm not sure that the citizens of the District of Columbia are mow getling the proper kind of protection at this time. {“I have not any sympathy whatever though, with the cry of the Commis s of the Distriet, Whene are called upon to do anything accomplish auy resuit they fall Con- mony and us their cha the ve t may be true, but often Vit is merely a smoke cloud to hide il ney The man who, when he i charged with not fulfill The lives and communi himself with falling back somebody else is fauit, I have not got enough money, the proper man to hold public If 1 had the authority and an office under my charge should come to m with ex s of that kind, I wou! find another man to fill the job.” Defended by Ball. Senator Ball of Delaware, chairmay of the District committee, defended the Commissioners and the policemen declured that unusual condition exist in Washington, constantly thronged with v “Does not the s Senator Ball, “from the c of the avenves and ington and the drivers from so 1 not entirely familiur with the tra rules of Washington, that the would be more accid here than ¢ Se tor Ball gress provided laws could be forced. ack of Intelligent Enforcement.” o this Senator Underwood not agree. He contended there w: 't that py different sta there if Con men th more efficiently e lack of intelligent enforcement the law, “When men, women and children are Killed daily in the " b “ontinued, “I have no p with the men who arc churged with the autharity to administer the law idlin, in_their chairs and, when some ony calls their attention to the fact tha conditions exist, say that thes {cannot enforce the becaus ongress has not given them enoukl ¥ or Congress has not given enough men. If they would by their £ 1o enfor ne that they the law, they wo a Congress to appeal to tha uld respond if they need mo ey to protect the lives and linil < of the people of the District.” INCREASE IN FIREMEN APPROVED BY OFFICIALS have w Gratified by Senate Action Voting to Add 25 to Force. Praise Senator Cameron. Gratification and relief was pressed by the Commissioners and ficials of the fire department today the action of Senator Cameron of Ari- zona, who succeede in having pre visions for thirteen additional fireme included in the District bill and g ting the increase on the floor of th Senate. The fire department estimates called for the addition of twenty-five men who were urgently necded to augm the present force. Th House cut number down to twelve and the ate committee followed suit On the floor of the Sena. ‘nator Cameron proposed ment, which was agreed to, t raised the additional number’ welve 1o twenty-five, and provide an addition of $15,950 to the Bul s care for the increase, Officials of the fire department de- vesterd an amend- clared that the act was highly - ciated by the department in view . the handicaps which would be e countered umless the addition made. R _—— POISON IS FOUND IN 98 PER CENT OF BOOTLEG WHISKY (Continued from Fi o _Page.) bottles of Jamaica ginger, 261 bottles of assorted extracts, 610 bottles of tonics and 46 bottles of home brew. {The police also scized 6 automobiles, wagon and 8 stills, the report shows. Mr. Oyster Favors Jall Terms. Commissioner Oyster, who has supervision of the police department, Inas a definite plan of dealing with bootlezgers who sell liquor contain- ing poisons. _'There may already be a law on e statute hooks to reach such cuses.” the Commissioner stated to Star reporter, “but I think enactm of a specific law dealing with the question would ‘throw a scare into the bootleggers that would mean the uccomplishment of much good.” He suggested that the sale of any bootleg or other intoxicant contain- ing poison tlat threatens sight, iife and reason should bb made a felony, punishable by a term in the peniien- tiary. ~ He would not have the law provide that the bootlegger must know the liquid contained poison. Sale of the liquor is a violation of law, and the seller should be held to a Strict ac- countability for the consequences re- sulting from drinking it “All that should be convict such persons” the Commis- sioner said, a showing that the fluid sold contained poison.” Alzo Urges Speedy Trials. Commissioner Oyster sald he had been. paying particular attention to handbook and liquor crusades, and jt i« the intention of the government officials to prosecute such. violators to_a finisk. “Rounding up all the bootleggers may be a slow process,” he said, “but the police are steadily gaining ground. They_are getting splendid co-opera- tion from federal officers.” What is needed to make police work effective, he said, is. the im- position of jail sentences following speedy trials. S e RICKARD TRIAL MARCH 20. NEW YORK, March 8.—Trial of Tex Rickard, boxing promoter, on an in- dictment charging criminal assault upon Alice Ruck, fifteen-year-old schoolgirl, today was set for Marcn {20. Supreme Court Justice Wasse:- vogel took under advisement a motion by_Rickard's counsel to dismiss G.e indictment. “ nt necessary to