Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1922, Page 2

2 [——-— DEB ATE INCREASE IN TEACHERS' PAY Clayton Says Clerks Should Receive Raise First. Davis Thinks Not. REJECT ALL AMENDMENTS Propesed Changes to Constitution of Federated Citizens Tabled by Vote of 26 to 20. Whether school teachers should re- ceive further increases in salaries be- fore the statutory employes of the District government are granted THE “SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. G, MARCH 19, 1922 FIANCEE OF RIDING MASTER A GOOD EQUESTRIAN Will Depart Soon for New Post in Ha i1l PLANS TO PUT DEN N SPEED MANIAGS [Police Chief Soon to Equip Additional Chasers With Swift Automobiles. Maj. Daniel Sullivan, superinten- dent of police, expects to put a dent in so-called “speed maniaes™ when he gets the eighteen Army motor cycles to be used by additional members of the squad of motor cycle policemen. It is expected that the machines will be delivered to the police depart- ment the next few days, and no delay jwill be experienced in putting them in service. It was explained by a District of- ficial that the motor cycles will be {lent and not presented to the Dis- —PART 1 OPEN UNTIL JUNE 1 Recess in June Proposed for Americanization Students. Other Announcements. For the first time in vears the Dis- trict public night schools will be kept open until about June 1, it was defl- nitely announced last night by offi- clals of the schools. Some of the gradéd schools where the enroliment is small, however, may be closed in April or May, it was said. Plans are being made to close the Americanization schools for fifteen days in June. Heretofore, it has been the custom 1o continue the operation of these schools until July 1 and on hat date put them on the summer school schedule. The plan under con- — e e eeeeee—————— wense ), . NIGHT SCHOOLS|™ ™ sk Will Be That Of Pacifier in Ulster NAVAL EFFICIENCY URGED AT BANQUET Many High Officials and Con- gressmen Attend Function of Engineers. | %DISCUSS ARMS REDUCTION America Has Developed Best Fight- ing Ships in World, Says Mr. Denby. Maintenance of the traditional ef< {ficiency and morale of the American {Navy in the face of the ten-year naval ! holiday was urged by high offictals of {sideration contemplates a recess for members of Congress 4 raises was debated before the Federa- trict government, the law uot per- | ] i the Navy and District building last night. they will be retained indefinitely. The New Rule of Economsy. | FIELD MARSHAL SIR HENRY |of Naval Enginecrs last night at the Prof. Allan Davis, principal of Busi- District will merely pay the express | Keeping open the night schools! WILS®, Willard Hotel. Nearly 200 prominent " ness High School, and a delegate to the federation, arose to report on his recent “appearance before the Com- missioners in support of the Capper bill to increase teachers’ salaries. Mr. Davis ‘spoke for the school commit- tee. William McK. Clayton. as chair- man of a special committce of the federation appeinted to work for bet- ter pay for the statutory clerks in I trict service, told the federa- tion that he also attended the hear- ing before the Commissioners and Dleaded the case of tne clerks, who Tave had no general increase in’ forty years. The federation has previously gone on record in favor of better pay, both for teachers and clerks, in the city service. No further action was taken last night following the debate be- tween Prof. Davis and Mr. Clayton a3 to which group should be advanced rst. . €alls Attitude Illogical. Prof. Davis told the delegates he had heard rumors that the Commis- sioners would oppose the bill for an increase for teachers on the ground that they have been raised since the war, whereas the clerks in the Dis- trict bullding have had no increase. The speaker declared such a course would be dangerous and illogical. “You might as well say,” he con- tinued, “that because we need a new police stations we will not build a new fire engine hous: Mr. Davis declared are not opposed to an increase in the salaries of District clerks, but. on the contrary, want to see them given a_proper wage. M. ton took the position that the police. firemen and school teach- ers all have obtained higher salaries since the war, and that none of these groups of public_servants should be pushed farther ahead until the clerks, who have had no increase, are brought somewhere near the level of the other groups. Take No Action. The delegates listened attentively to both speakers, but adjourned without taking any mew action on the subject of salaries in the public service. An attempt to rewrite the constitu- tion of the federation failed com- pletely when the delegates laid on the table; by a vote of 26 to 20, all of_the proposed changes. The meeting had been called espe- cially to consider tne revision of the constitution and the delegates were primed for an evening of heated de- bate on the various sections. The first amendment had not been disposed “of. however, when Capt. George ‘W. Evans of West End chal- ienged the necessity for any changes! the existing rules. Suddenly, in the midst of his speech, he moved that the entire slate of amendments be laid on the table. Although such a development had rot been looked for. the motion was carried by a majority of six. The delegates then asopted another reso- lution discharging with thanks the committee which had drafted the new constitution. Would Have Changed Name. The amendments would have changed the name to the Council of the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions, would have established a new system of assessing dues from affil- lated organizations, and would have provided for an alternate for an ab- sent delegate. Mr. Clayton. for the utilities com- mittee, reported that the public will save $317.000 a year tarough the re- cent reduction in street car fare and $240.000 through the cut in the price of gas,’making a total of more than $600,000. The federation, he said, ogd practically alone in asking for edfictions in those rates. On motion of W. B. Todd, chairman of the highway, parks and waterway committee, the federation indorsed the Commissioners’ bill for a new street between 9th street and Georgia avenue, north ‘of Florida avenue. This straet is intended primarily to take the 9th street cars of the Washington TRailway and Electric: Company to Geotgin' -avenue without passing throngh Florida avenue. The federation also indorsed the de- mand for better paving on Georgia avenut between Florida avenue and Buchanan _st==<t ané s<zested that consider<<ion be given to installation of underground street car trackage on Georgia avenue. C. A. Baker, presi- dent of the federation, presided. FREE PORT STORY DENIED. No Decree Ending Duties Issued, ' Say Soviet Officials. By the Associated Press. RIGA, March 18.—Russian soviet officials’ here denied today that a decres had been issued in Moscow opening fres cxport and import trade With Russia. as was reported in Mos- cow advices vesterday quoting the soviet organ lzvestia. Tt developed today that it was the Sevodnia which published the report and not the Izvestia. DR. NORVAL HERBERT DIES ‘Washingtonian, Long in Drug Busi- ness, Succumbs From Operation. Dr. Norval N. Herbert, for twenty years in the drug business at 1000 Virginia avenue southwest, died yes- terday. following an operation for appendicitis, at- Previdence Hospital. Dr._Herbert was born in Washing- He is survived by his wife, Nina or Herbert; three sons and four dadghters. Funeral services will be held today at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel at Wright's undertaking parlors. In- terment will be at Rock Creek Church cemetery. He wds a member of the Harmony Lodge; ¥. A. M. BRIG. GEN. MASON DEAD. Brig. Gen. Charles Field Mason, United States Army, retired, died at Clarendon, Va., Friday night in_the fifty-eighth year.of his age. Funeral arrangements have not yet been an- nouncéd; but interment probably will ra in the. Arlington national ceme- ery. - Gen. Mason was & native of Vir- ginfa and was graduated from the JMedical College of Virginia in the class of- 1884. - He was appointed an assistant surgeon in the army in May, 1888, and reached the grade of colonel in the medical department July 1, 1916. During the Spanish war and the Philippine insurrection he served in the volunteer establishment as a brigade surgeon. He was placed on the retired list a few months ago on account of disability incident to the seryice and raised to the grade of brigadier general. Before moving to the teachers | salong. n e iived in_ this um‘.g JAMES CLEMENT DUNN, Secretary of the embassy of the United Statex at Madrid, who will go to Port au Prince to become seeretary of the legation at Haitl. Mr. Dunn is in Wawhington receiving instructionx concerning hix charge. |CONFESSES CRIME (Cenunued from First Page.) burn, N. Y., and that his father, Martlew, a contractor. resid: James street in that city. Capt. Holt, in the administrative office at Walter Reed Hospital, stated last night that Martlew has been a patient in the psychiatric that institution for some time, hav- ing been sent here from Camp Ien- ning, Ga. The officer pointed out that Martlew story was news to hospital officials, but admitted the possibility of its being true. He suid that Martlew did not suffer from hal- lucinations. HOLD-UP STORY VERIFIED. at 10 Man Shot, However, Sure Two | Jailed Were Connected. BUFFALO, March 18—Two men were sentenced to ten-year prison terms for the hold up on Christmas eve, 1915, of William A. Hadler In Buffalo. Hadler was shot in_the foot in the hold up. He said tonight that his identification of the two men who} were convicted was positive. Three | men participated in the hold up, he| said. but the third escaped. YALE LOSES DEBATE. Georgetown College Scores Second Straight Victory. 3 Georgetown College debaters scored their second straizht victory over the | debating team from Yale University! last night in upholding the refusal of the American_ State Department to recognize the Russian soviet govern- ment. Decision of the judges was unanimious in favor of theHilltop eam. ‘The debaters for Georgetown, who contended that the United States, in joint action with England, France and Japan, should withhold recognition of soviet Russia, were Sylvan J. Pauly, jr., ‘22, of Indiana. Debaters from of Maine and Joseph A. McGowan, Jr.. ’22. of Indiana. Debaters fro LAID TO 2 OTHERS | rd of | of charges and keep the motor cycles in running condition. Get Many Complaints. Maj. Sullivan and Inspector Headley, the latter in charge of the trafiic squad, have discussed the traffic sit- uation a number of times. They have received numerous complafnts of al- legzed open violations of the law, and have determined to reduce the num- to a minimum. Attention recently was called to the for filing second offense s” aguinst persistent violators of the specd laws, which would add the penalt including absolute prison_sentences, and the police of- hope motorists have been given warning enough to induce them to comply with the traffic regulations. “It is not the desire of the depart- ment to get motorists in jail.” com- Aobn | mented a police official. “but if they st in violating the law they ay expect to receive sucl at the hands of the court.” Aectivity of Trafic Squad. Activity on part of the traffic squad | pamion fer her future husband, Max Oser, Swiax riding master. the past week resulted in the arrest 218 alleged speeders and 377 for alleged violations of other traffic reg. ulations. Complaints of violations of the speed law and other traffic regu- lations are received from time to time, a recent complaint invelving violations of the regulations against or were stopping to take on or dis- charge passengers 1t is pointed out by police officials that the section of the regulations in- tended to protect and safeguard per- sons about to board or alight from street cars is one of the more impor- tant sections. A penalty of from $5 to $40 is provided for violations of the regulation. and the law explicitly states that automobiles shall not ap- proach within fifteen feet of any street car which has stopped or s about to stop to take on or let off passengers Warnings Given. “The fact that streets are primarily intended for vehicles and street cars must not be construed as relieving in the interest of safe “On the other hand,” it is enjoined. “pedestrians should avoid interfer- ence with traffie, and to this end without first looking to see what is approaching: should cross the street at right angles and only at a regular crossing: should stand on the side. walk or close to tha track when wait- ing for a street car; should face the before moving to the sidewalk, and if crossing behind the car observe the traffic in both directions.” NEW MARKET RUL Yale University. defending the af- firmative side of the question. were Walter R. Marvin, jr., of Pennsyl- vania; Frank R. Davidson of Towa and Spencer Wheldon of New York. Judges for the debate were As- sociate Justice Charles H. Robb of the Court of Appeals, As ate Judge Fenton W. Booth of the court of I i claims, Associate Judge Samuel l Graham_of the court of claims. As-| sociate Judge George E. Martin of the court of customs appeals and Huston Thompson of the Federal Trade Com- mission. William E. Leahy, B.A., L.L.M., of Georgetown was chairman of the debate. STEALS AUTO, $31, GIRL. Lad, 16, Looted Her Father’s Trous- ers While She Dresses. KANSAS CITY, March 18.—When George Keislich, sixteen years old, stopped two policemen early today to ask the way to Joplin, Mo., he made a mistake. At least that is George's opinion. The police took him and Luella Starns, fourteen years, who cried and said she wanted to go home to her mother, to the police station. George told the police he had stolen a small automobile, cliimbed into Luella's bedroom win- dow and awakened her. While she was dressing, he said, he stole $31 out of the trouser pockets of ‘her! sleeping stepfather, to finance an elopment to Joplin. Luefla says he threatened to kill her if she did not get up and come George says he’did not—that Luel- la came of her own free will. LECTURES ON TEREDO. Dr. Bartsch Tells Cosmos Club of Great Damage to Ship Timbers. Destructive qualities of the ship- worm, _probably more commonly known under the generic name of teredo, were described by Dr. Paul Bartsch of the National Museum at a meeting of the Biological Society last night at the Cosmos Club, Dr. Bartsch illustrated his lecture with siides showing samples of the charactér of destruction caused to dock piles and ship’s timbers by ship- worms, which, he said, in southern waters, worked millions of dollars worth of damage to untreated wood. e S S PHILIP HUTTON EXPIRES. Member of Oldest Inhabitants’ As- sociation Dies Suddenly. TOBARPROFITEERS Pri oposal of Department of Agriculture Approved by Center Tenants. Any lessee or holder of any privi- lege in Center market who is found guilty of overcharging, extortion, profiteering or making any uncon- scionable bargain or sale, after the Department of Agriculture has taken final control, will be forever barred from the privilege of selling there. This is one of the provisions of the proposed rules and regulations being drawn up for the operation and con- trol of the market under the direc- tion of the Secretary of Agriculture. The proposed rules and regulations were unanimously approved by more than 150 tenants of the market at a meeting Friday night at the De- partment of Agriculture. Disagree Over Hours. The only point on which there was a division at the meeting related to the hours of opening and closing the market. It is expected that final rules and regulations will be issued by the Secretary of Agriculture April 1. The wholesalers desire early open- ing and closing hours, and the re- tailers request that later hours of doing business be fixed. At present the stands of the wholesalers are dis- tributed everywhere throughout the market, and with tRese stands closed while the retailers are doing busi- ness the market has a disordered ap- pearance. Wholesalers Come Early. 1t is necessary for wholesalers to be at the market at 4 to 5:30 am., and their business is finished by 2:30 to 3 p.m. On the other hand, the/re- tailers do not appear until' 7 to 8 m. and wish to remain open until 30 p.m., to handle the considerable volume of trade that comes from government employes after 4:30. One proposed solution of the problem is ito segregate the wholesalers from {the retailers. Department officials state that their decision as to open- ing and closing hours will naturally | be influenced by the interests of the general public, although every effort will be made to acquiesce in the wishes of a majority of the tenants. The proposed regulations charge i the chief of the bureau of markets and crop estimates with supervision of the enforcement of the act of March 4, 1921, and with full and im- mediate supervision and control over the grounds, bulldings and improve- Ments. .Other provisions relate to applications for occupancy, leases, rentals, sanitation, personal conduct | Phillp Hutton. seventy-four years old, and & member of the Assoclation of Oldest Inhabitants, died suddenly yesterday morning at his home, 1004 M street southeast, of heart trouble, Mr. Hutton was an emplove at. the Washington_navy yard at the time of his death. He had been at the navy yard forty years. He is survived by his two sisters, Miss Catherine R. Hut- ton and Miss Idabell Hutton. His parents and grandparents were Wash- ingtonians. The funeral .will take place from the residence tomorrow at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Con- gressional cemetery. ———e. ARBUCKLE TRIAL ADJOURNS. SAN FRANCISCO, March 18.—One alternate juror, a man, was selected today In'the trial of Roscoé C.. (Fat- ty) Arbuckle for the third:time on & manslaughter cl e, but the panel was ?hlulle; re sha‘;oma el ate was chosen an ourn. of lessees and employes, cold storage {ana trucking. | e S {LAUDS STATE’S GREAT MEN 1 i Senator McKellar Reviews History | | Urging all Tennesseedns to live up to the examples set by the great men of their state, Senator McKellar of Tennessee recalled the lives of the heroes and great men of his state, in an address before the members of ‘the Tennessee State Society, at the Raleigh Hotel last night. Senator McKetar reviewed the his- tory of the state and the achievements of the men from Tennesseés in the world war, pointing out Sergt. York as a splendid example of the soldiers pro- duced from that state, ALt After the meeting there was a dance, at which more than & hundred couples attendsl 3 passing street cars that had stopped ! M b treatment |feller and daughter of Harold F. MoCormick of Chicago, is shown at lef€ drivers from the responsibility of ex- | The last recorded owner was James ton be made commander-in-c ercising all possible care not to in- | Mason, Secretary of Navy shortly aft- | the armies, and James jure pedestrians.” is printed by theler Washington's death. Secretary |Physician to Washington. District Commissioners as a foreword | Mason secured should not step from the sidewalk ! berland front of the car when alighting from |Since that time however, no record of it, and observe the traffic on the right | the collection has been made. MecCormick, sixteen-year-old granddaughter of John D. Rocke- with her friend and secretary, Julia Margold, ready to atart for a trot at Hot Springs, Va. where Mixs McCormick s resting up before going to Europe. She seems at home in the saddle and should prove a good equestrinn com- Washington Waterway Letters, Gone for Century, Found in West By the Associated Press. ne of the Baltimore ST. PAUL. Minn, March flcial and private correspondence George Washnigton, relating to the opening of a water rcfute between the The present 18.—0¢ @nd Ohlo railroad follows the route! ot | proposed by Washinzton and his aids Washington's idea, according to ihe orrespondence and maps. was to npen the Potomac and Jts braneher. ad- nEQ : “ |ing to a point where a small portage colonies “and the western COUNtTY: |or”sunal could be made. and thence reported lost in the early part of into the Ohio and its tributarl- the nineteenth century. has be:n |devclopment would not only o | bring the western countrv iu ton found In the flles of the Minnesota | i\ e colonies, but would tend to Historical Soclety, It was learnsd to- | hold ne colonies together in & more day. Officials of the society are 1t a |satisfactory manner. ‘the varly i o i gineers and statesmen he e cor- loss to explain how the collzction | P, fonGance *includes letfers from found its way into the fles. [t | Thomas Johnson, whn was known as tains about forty manuscripts. | the man Who proposed that W i | One of the letters, undirected, written by George Washing: he eve of the battle of Great Me: the collection fr- Washington with a view of prese: ing the material 10 a congressiona aw, committee Investigating the piaus- | in 1754, between the French and Tn- ibliity of a water route from Cum- | dians, and shortly preceding the de- to the Ohio river and its|feat of Braddock. It appears Nash- | ington was in the Indian countr | received orders to proceed. The letter reads. “If you think it advisable to order me in shattered condition we are in to march up to vou, I will if no more than ten men follow me (which T believe the full amount).” tributaries, Copies of the surveys, made under direction of George Washing:on. ani his comments, were incorporated in the reports of the House committees, first session, Nineteenth Congress. 3 ARMY OFFICER WITH ALASKAN POST DRAWS ARMY PAY BUT NOT IN ARMY According to a decision rendered | Kan commission. from which his = Army allowance was deducted. e Treasury, ¥ N by:the; conttoller oL the Treny The controller held that in the Col. Frederick Mears, United States Corps of Fngineers, ceased to be an officer of the Army in May, 1914, when he first began service on the Alaskan commission, not- withstanding he has since been continued on the rolls of the Army and has worn the uniform and in- signia of his rank. It appears that Col. Mears has been drawing two salaries—one of $9.000 from the Interior Depart- ment as head of the Alaskan com- mission and the other of $5,100 as un officer of the Army. making a total annual compensation of $15.- 000. That amount is the total al- lowance for the head of the Alas- FORMER NAVAL COLLIER JUPITER TO BE AIRPLANE CARRIER LANGLEY The formver naval colller Jupiter, first turbo-electric propulsion ves- sel to be built, will be recommis- sioned tomorrow at the Norfolk naval base as the naval airplane carrier Langley. The ship has been undergoing the process of ocon- version for more than a year and has been fitted with a top deck on which planes can land as well as with devices for starting them into the air while the ship is in motion. The Langley, first airplane car- rier to he added to the Navy, s rated as a second line vessel, as €he has a speed of approximately fourteen knots and displaces less FALLS IN WELL IN SLEEP. Mother Carries Babe to Death. Nearly Kills Self. HAMILTON, Ala., March 18.—Hear- ing his wife screaming for help last night, William H. Whitehead dis- covered that she was in the well near the house with her eighteen-months- old baby, having walked out of the house and fallen into the well in her sleep. The baby was drowned before rescuers arrived. Mrs. Whitehead was exhausted when removed from ‘the well from her efforts to remain above the surface of the water, which was twelve feet deep. OPEN NEW CLUBHOUSE. Musolit Members Entertain Wives and Other Guests. First of a series of quarterly “frol- lics” was held last night by ths Musolit Club in compliment to the non-resident members of t'h‘: ec’lu?:d'rhe mew home of the club is at 1327 R street northwest. Plans are under consideration to absence of specified legislution Col. Mears was prohibited from hold- ing any civil office on or under the Alaskan engineering commission by appointment or otherwise and from exercising the functions of such office without vacating his commission in the Army, if the an- nual compensation attached to either office equals or exceeds $2,500 What action will be taken in the case by the War Department has not been determined. The case is somewhat complicated by a prior decision by the judge advocate general of the Army that Col. Mears might accept the civil office in Alaska without changing his Army status. than 20,000 tons. Navy offitials are now urging Congress to per- mit the conversion of two battle crulsers, construction on which has been suspended because of the naval limitation treaty. into first line carriers with a displacement of 33,000 tons and a speed of iittle less than thirty-five knots. The Langley was built at the Mare Island navy yard and de- cision to make all Navy capital ships €urbo-electric drive vessels followed the successful operation of her propeling machinery for a period of years. She will be used fn her new capacity as an air- plane carrier rather as a train- ing ship and a tender for the air fleets of the Navy than as an ac- tive part of the battle fleet with which she could not keep up at full speed. ROBBED OF BIG ESTATE, WITH MEMORY GONE, GEORGIA MAN CLAIMS By the Assorlated Press. ATHENS, Ga., March 18.—An in- vestigation was under way here today by government agents and counsel employed by E. R. Nash of claims that he was robbed of an estate worth approximately $50,000 during a four-year period of suffering from amnesia. ~ Nash told a remarkable story of his experience, the way his estate was disposed of and how he was “recalled to life” at the home of his sister here four days ago. He has engaged. an attorney, who, with government agents, is work- ing on the case in an effort to re- cover the property, which was disposed of, Nash declares, “under pretense of reinvesting the pro- ceeds upon clalm that I was a minor.” He named & prominent citizen of Commerce, Ga., in con- nection with the case. taking an active interest in civic af- Nash's la of memory occurred fairs. Dr. C. Sumner Wormley is pres-| in August, 1918, following an ill- ident of the club. ness of typhoid fever at his home —— in Rebecca, Ga. Since that time HERE FOR FARM; EXPIRES. | 1t was said he has been confined William Fraser, thirty-five years old, Grand Rapids, Mich., came to this city several days ago to arrange for the purchase of a farm in Virginia, and u'"m"i.m":u at ‘}AK’ :I"”u.rei -:.‘ uwn e: e suffered &0 lnslxuuon and dfed. Coroner Nevitt gave a certificate of death from natural causex in hospitals at Fitsgerald and Moultrie, Ga-; White Springs, Oz, lando and Maldson, Fla Nash formerly was in the cotton ‘business at Rebecca, where he also operated a lumber mill, grist- mill and a farm, stated. en- | until June has been mude possible by the rigid economy practiced by school authorities. In former years the night schools have been forced to close in April or May, and in several instances earlier, because of the lack of funds, despite the fact that de- ficiency ' appropriations had been granted by Congress. This year, how- ever, a definiency appropriation will not be necessary to continue the June. Iusiness operation of the schools until With | High last the exception of School. all the night schools year were forced to close in although $90.000, which in- a deficiency of $15,000, had been { made available for the operation und maintenance of the night =chool tem. Business last year closed latter part of May. Budget System Helps. One method of economy practiced by school officials in the operation of the night schools, was the adoption of a budget system. Under this plan the $75.000 appropriated for these schools was divided into eight equal allotments by the board of appor- tionment of the school system. Each of the allotments was set aside for a certain month and officers of the schools were warned not to exceed that sum in the operation of their buildings. As aresult, school officials are in a position to announce defi- nitely that they have sufficient funds on hand to insure the operation of the night school system through May. he Another economical policy which already has xaved several thousands of dollars the closing of some of the graded night schools in the outlying sections, where the enroll- ! ment did not justify their continued | | i | | i operation LAND UP FOR TAXES NETS CITY §200,000 Collector Towers Reports 4,0G0 Parcels of Real Estate Sold During Past Week. The District government collected approximately $200,000 during the past week by the sale of real estate on which the owners failed to pay their 1921 taxes, Collector Chatham M. Towers announced last night. This amount was gathered into the city coffers on 4.000 parcels of land and improvements which were sold at the sale. Mr. Towers estimated last night that this sule netted the Distriet about §50.000 more than the one las March. 000 Parcels on Sale. When the e began on Monda. there were 12,000 parcels on wh the 1921 tax had not been paid, rep- resenting in taxes about £300,000. Thus, while less than half of the parcels were disposed of at the sale, two-thirds of the delinquent taxes were collected. The remaining 8,000 parcels remain in the hands of the District until the owners pay the tax and penalty. Although outside individuals now hold tax certificates against these 4,000 parcels sold. the owners may at fany time within two vears from ves. terday redeem their property by call- ing at the ctor's office in the District building and paying the tax and penalty, which is 1 per cent a month since last June. Owner Urged to Settle. The property owners who have al- lowed their land and houses to lLe sold for taxes are urged to settle up before the expiration of the two years and thereby save trouble, as well as additional expense. The persons who paid the taxes on deliquent property last week on March 18, 1924, may request the Com missioners for a tax deed. After they acquire such deeds the original owr in all probability 1 have to pa a cash bonus irn addition to the tax and penalty in order to redeem. A considerable number of tax deeds probably will be asked for this week on property sold at auction two years ago and not redeemed in the mean- time. RELIEF FUNDS LACKING. American Workers Face Abandon- ing of 25,000 Orphans. NEW YORK, March 18.—American relief workers will be forced to aban- don 25.000 orphans in Transcaucasia and other famine zones' of the near enst within the next month because of lack of funds, Chas. V. Vickrey, general secretary. of the Near East Relief, announced tonight. He Said that activities among 2,500,000 adults and non-orphans in Armenia. Ana- tolia and the camps of the refugees who fled upon_the French evacuation already have been virtually closed. —_— HUNDREDS OF HUNGRY VETERANS BEG FOR PAY HELD UP BY “NO FUNDS” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 13.—Sev- eral hundred disabled soldiers taking vocational training in New York and its suburbs crowded into the district office of the Veterans’ Bureau today and unsuccessfully demanded their semi-monthly pay. Behind the cashier's window were 6,000 Treasury checks made out for the veterans, but these were held up since the bureau was out of funds because Congress had not passed the deficlency appropria- tion bill. The disabled men, some of them pleading hunger and empty pock- ets, went up to the fifth floor and begged Maj. Henry G. Op- dycke, district manager, to see that they got their money. He explajned that he had no authority to act, but after telephoning to Washington, permission was re- ceived to issue emergency funds to those most in meed. This fund contained only a few thousand dollars, compared with the $800,000 or more usually paid every two weeks to the 00 tak- ing vocational training in the metropolitan district. It was said that 105,000 disabled soldiers acat- tered over the country faced a similar situation today. Ny Former chief of staft of the British army, who has been appointed com- mander-in-chief of the Ulster forces. Sir Henry, himeelf an Ulsterman, re- signed his post with the British army only a few weeks ago because of political differences. PRESIDENT TO TAKE UP OTHER SOLDIER AID BEFORE BONUS inued fro o i {bill, reported to the House, which contains a bank loan provision, in- stead of a cash bonus. The Presi- dent will be consulted also as to whether the bonus bill should be called up in the House Monday under a suspension of the rules, as most of the House leaders desire. Republicans in Conference. Mr. Mondell's anpouncement fol- lowed a conference between Speake: Gillett and twenty-seven republican House lcaders, arranged primarily to discuss the question of procedure in considering the bill. Mr. Gillett an- nounced afterward that he would not make up his mind before Monday morning as to whether he would en- tertain @ motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill. S a motion would hlock all amendments and also prevent a motion to recommit the bill with instructions to the ways and means cominittee. } The conference in the Speaker's office lasted for more than an hour and was behind closed doors. Mr. Mondell was delegated as - official spokesman and made this statement: “We discussed the question of the bonus in all_its phases, fully, freely, zood-naturedly, but did not reach any definite conclusion or make any deil- uite arrangement.” 1 Chairman Fordney of the ways and | eans committee said he had nothing add to that statement. | im jt ] “] want to call up the bill just as soon as possible.” he said. “iUs go- ing to be passed quickly. T don’t think we will change the crossing of a U’ or the dotting of an ‘i?" We have a good biil.” . Representative Lineberger of Cali- {fornia, a former service man. who olds a petition bearing a sufficient {number of signatures of House ma- | { jority members to insure the calling of a party conference for next Tues- | {day evening. attended the conference | h the Speaker. He also had a! vitl |t | = talk . Mondell, but de lined to say what had transpired. Mr. Lineberger is withholding the sentation of his petition to Chui an Towner of the House republic crganization. explaining that he hop- ed it would be possible to achieve without @ conference the things that | he and other signers of the petition expected 1o accomplish through al parts meeting. When he circulated | the petition he said it was the pur-g pose to have the whole bonus ques tion threshed out by the republican membership. These in Conference. Mr. Mondell and Mr. Line- . those conferring with Speak- fett were Representative F chairman of the republican congressional eommittee; Chairman Campbell of the rules committee, Chairman Tineher of the agricultural committee, Representative Walsh of Massachusetts, speaker pro tempore; Chairman Madden of the appropria- tion committee, Representative Town- er of lowa. Representative Wo ruff of Michigan, a former serv. man: Representative Mann of Illinois and Representatives Dunn, New York; Nolan, California; Sanders, Indiana, and Anderson, Minnesota, all mem- bers of the republican steering com- mittee. l bers er of Ohio, Members of the wavs and mean committee present were: Fordnev Michigan: Green, lowa: Longwortl Ohio: Hawley, Oregou; Treadway. | Mas Tilson, Connecticut; | Copley, Motf, New York Frear, Wisconsin: Young, North Da- kota: Timberlake. Colorado: Hadley Washington. and Chandler, Oklahoma. Preparation ‘of minority reports on the bonus bill by both democratic and republican members of the ways and means committee went ahead vester- day. but they will not be presented until tomorrow. Representative Kitch in of North Carolina, the democratic House leader. who appeared unex- pectedly at the Capitol vesterday for the first time in nearly a vear, and} other democrats were writing a re- port opposing the bank loan pro- vision. Representatives Treadway and Tilson werc preparing a joint report | for the republican minority. BENEFITED BY VACATION. President Jovial as He Boards Train for Home. 1 By the Associated Press. ON BOARD PRESIDENT HARD- ING'S SPECIAL TRAIN, JACKSON- VLLE, Fla., March 18.—The vacation trip of President Harding was ended today and tonight the chief executive and Mrs, Harding were en route to Washington, where their special train was due early tomrorrow afternoon. The President was in a jovial mood as he boarded the train at St. Augus- tine. He shook hands with a number of persons who gathered at the sta- tion, among them J. Leon Prior. who turned his automobile over to the President during - his stay in St Augustine. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Prior yesterday and today Mrs. Harding sent flowers to_the hos- pital for Mrs. Prior. The President congratulated the father and asked him to convey his regards and best wishes to Mrs. Prior. Mr. Prior told the President that his son weighed ten pounds. Others Aboard Traf Others aboard the train are Sec- retary and Mra Weeks, Attorney General Daugherty, Under Secretary of State Fletcher, Brig. Gen. Sawyer and Secretary Christian. The President spent the morning of his last vacation day in Florida on the golf links. playing a foursome with W. R. Keenan, jr., of Wilming- ton, N. C, Dr. William Moffatt of Utica, N, Y., and Robert Murray, man- er of the St. Augustine Hotel, Where the President made headquar- ters. The President and Mr. Keenan lost the game one up on the eigh- teenth hole. The executive is tanned as a result | of his exerciss on the links and feels Tetreshed and rested and ready . to tackle the affairs' which await his return. Ideal weather ‘marked the vacation periot 2 Wt { ference he did not personally appro {of all the detai ! i H bureau { government officials a4 ranking naval officers were in attendance Varied naval problems were dis- cussed by the speakers, chiefly thosa resuiting from the ements reached &t the international conference on the limitation of armament. A mnote of pessimism, however, was injected into the discussion by Representative Lem uel P. Padzett of Tennessee, who de- clared that while he accepted unre- rvedly the results of the arms con- arrived at, principally | those relative to the reggetion of nuval armament, and the scrapping of capital ships. Reverses Serapping Order. “I do not approve of the scrapping of the best ships aid Representativa Padgett, “and saving those of the mid- dle class, and then scrapping from the top and bottom. 1 feit that we should have saved those at the top and rapped from the bottom.” The speakers, in addition to Represen- tative Padgett, were Secretary of the vy Denby nt Secretary Roose velt, Admiral . Coontz, jef of naval operations: Ferguso president of 1 News Shipbuilding and I pany and chairman of th Chamber of Comn I. R. Rob: of + Delaware, mander toastmas nited States Admiral £ of the Ball of Con- was ear el E or 1 Griftin ¥ nt Sceratary Roosevelt emph liever pressed the the naval treat opinfon that the arms conference ac complished its purpose because i Stopped the curse of competitive naval building” of the nations. Must Observe eaty. country must Keep up s declared Mr. Roosevelt that it is vital to do that frow standpoint of our defense & “The i« some misapprehension . among the people of the country iu neral as to the attitude of mili- tary men. They are apt to think that the military » war There is nothing mors as than ! those who give up their lives to the service of the country desire to see They don erhaps the people of the country will not see things the way we see them at this time. Perhaps they do not think we need what we ought to hav This is the time when we must put on every ounce of steam to serv- ice and guard the country’s interest. U. . Ships Sunerior. Ameriea has undoubtediy developed the best fighting ships in every class in the world, etary Denby told the.naval eng He pointed out that he had great affection for the destroyers and expressed the belief that they are the sreatest training schools for men. engineers and officers in the mauval service £ Despite the reduction in the Navy agreed to at the arms conference, Mr. Denby declared that in his opinion the United States would “always have a avy to protect the lives of American citizens and prevent great disaster from coming to this country.” Propaganda Scored. Pointing out that propaganda in erica is tending to undermine the morale and_eficiency of the 2 Representative Padz E hoped that vail and that no false ide: my will destroy” the country’s naval force. “] want the Navy to be us it was before the conference met,” dectared Represcentative FPadgett In mili- tary value and fighting efliciency 1t stood the highest in the world I ant it to remain the best in the sing “the treaty limiting ament,” Senator Ball spok sirability of that agree but asserted that the utmost efficien should be maintained in the naval tablishment under it. Inless we have the Navy of the United States, as granted by this agreement.” he said. “fully manned with properly trained men, with properly equipped ships, and these ships having sufficient practice 1o €o- operate as one, have not an efli- cient Navy.” Urges True Economy. The conference. he asserted. fixed definitely the ratio of the navies of the world and “further disarmament considered we is out of place to be either by the Navy Department or by Congress™ True economy, he added “must be practiced at this time, but economy that places in jeopardy our trade with foreign mnations—that would fail to brotect American citi sens and protect us from outside ag- gression, is not truc nom; “\We find the other nations.” Senator Ball declared, “accepting the results of the conference, and granting their navies proper aid that they might be- come efticient, though limited in size and I do not believe that the United [ States can offord to fail to do like- wise. We must not lose sight of the fact that this is limitation by agree- ment, and we cannot afford to further even as an cxample to the Merchant Marine Urged. Urging a positive merchant marine building program by the United States, Mr. Ferguson declared that unless it is carried out America will less its maritime power. le also said that merchant ships are potential battleships. “The va\iled States,” sald Mr. Fer- guson, “is hopelessly outclassed on the 50-50 ratio basis ul!lenhl"il_ l)@sha ine. Great Britain,” e merchant mar ritaln.” be continued, “has 112 passe p O emty knats or more, while this, has 3." O At a 50-50 ratio?” he asked “C; be possible for this country 1‘}{“!::,-;1 the Jessons of the late war? 1t will be impossible for the United States to be friendly with any nation When it depends on another country o carry on its commerce. 1 sav this in all friendliness to our friends across the sea.” Deplores Closing Yards. . Ferguson deplored the-virtual cl::{nx St shipbuilding yards, due Yo the results of the arms conference. He asserted that unless a large amount of work is placed in the ship- Jards in the next ten vears “all men engaged In the shipping industry will have passed away.” Rear Admiral Robison declared that America must be prepared against open or covered attack. “We know, e said, “that the Navy is & necessity to_the nation.” " Reminiscences of his early life in the Navy in the days of the sailing vessels were given by Admiral Coontz. He concluded with the statement that no matter what comes to us, the tra- gl.flo'na of the Navy will always be up- o