Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1922, Page 2

" SCHOOCS MAY LOSE: DENTAL OPERATORS About April 1 on Account of Low Salaries. Several of the best dental aperators in the District public schools will resign about April 1 because of the low wages they are receiving, it was announced today by Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, supervising medical in- spector. One dental operator who has noti- fled Dr. Murphy that he will resign is Dr. C. Willard Camalier, who has for many years been caring for the teeth of the public school children. Despite the low salaries, Dr. Murphy said that the medlcal depart- ment of the public schools has been able to retain the services of a corps of highly trained and efficient physi- cians. With no increase in sight for the medical_staff, he fears that a number of them will resign ‘amd de- vote -their entire time to more re- numerative practice. Hyglenists Give All Time. As an illustration of how the low wages are destined to cripple the medical staff. Dr. Murphy pointed out at the law has provided for four dental hygienists in the ~ public only two of them are . These dentzl hygienists, he said, are required to devote.thelr en- tire time.to thé school service for the basic salary of 3900 a year. School authorities and officials .of the District government have made vain efforts to secure an increase in pay for the medical staff of the pub- lic schools, which comes under the Jjurisdiction of the health department. An increase was provided in the Dis- trict appropriation bill, but was elim- inated by the House District subcom- mittee. The new teachers’ salary bill, which is now before Congress, also carried a provision for an increase for the medical staff, but this item was cut off by the board of éduca- tion before the measure was sent to the Capitol. ‘The only hope the medical depart- ment employes of the public schools have of securing an increase now, Dr. Murphy said, is.In the passage of the Sterling-Lehibach reclassification bill. If this measure fails of passage, Dr. Murphy emphasized, there is virtu ally no higher remuneration in sight for the .1edical staff in the near fu- ture. Present Medical Corpa. Besides Dr. Murphy the corps of the medical department is composed of twelve medical inspectors, four dental inspectors, eight dental oper- ators, four prophylactic operators and ten nurses. The medical inspectors work not less than three hours a day. according to a regular schedule of school visits, and receive a basic salary of $500 a ar. They examine pupils and recom- mend treatment. They also inspeot pupils and classes for the detection and prevention of communicable dis- ease, inspect sanitary conditions in school bulldings and grounds, exam- ine applicants for child labor permits and applicants for the normal school and for teaching positions, make mental_examination of retarded pu- pils and conduct nutrition clinics. The dental inspettors examine pu- pils and determine their need of dental work and recommend appro- priate treatment. They work three hours a day and receive a basic sal- ary of $500 a year. Eighteen thousand and twenty-three children, approxi- mately 38 per cent of the pupils of the elementary schools, were ex- amined by the four dental inspectors last year. The dental operators conduct free dental clinics for those pupils other- wise unable to secure desirable or nece: :‘uyhdamnl dtmhhlll_ennh my work 312 ay throughout e year, and mla a basic salary of $700 a year. The nurses constitute the staff for ecarrying on folow-up work of the medical and dental inspectors with pupils and parents. They consult pu- pils in the schools and visit pupils and parents at their home with a view to seéing that the instructions of the physicians or dentists are car- ried out. They recelve a basic salary of $1,200 a year.s DRYS INTRENCHING FOR SUPREME TEST (Continued from First Page.) taken a tack which they hope will swing sentiment toward them. They do not urge the return of the saloon —they insist it will not come back. ‘They do not base thefr campaign on the question of repealing the eighteenth amendment. But they are concen- trating on the Volstead law, hoping to exhibit certain of its provisions as too extreme and inconsistent with the intent of the eighteenth amendment. The objective is the return of light wines and beer, though tte anti-pro- hibition forces are by no means united on that point. * Drys See No Way. The drys, of course, see no way by which the Volstead law can be mod- ifled to permit light wines and beer without being unconstitutional. as they insist that to increase the aleo- holic content of beverages now sold would merely fly in the face of the experience of dry states before the eighteenth amendment was adopted ‘wken one-half of 1 per cent of alco- hol was an accepted principle of pro- hibition legislation. The “drys.” how- ever, are not having it all their own way. This election for Congress is the first_in which a prohibition issue can be fought out without being in- cumbered by national presidential questions and party platforms. Iu's the first time since the eighteenth amendment was adopted that the re- turned soldier, who is- said to be against prohibition, will have a chance to register a protest. The preparations being made by the drys are the best evidence of the revival or survival of the prohibition issue. (Copyright. 1922.) —_— MISS BAKER DELAYS TRIP. ‘Will Sail April 11 to Join Fiance, Allister McCormick. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, March 21.—Mary Lan- don Baker did not sail on the Aqui- tania today to join her fiance, Allis- ter McCormick, in England. She will take the Aquitania on the next sail- ing, April 11, and the wedding will take place very soon thereafter. Miss Baker will spend the inter- vening time in southern California. wired friends in this city that McCormick, whom she kept ‘waiting at the church" last January, will spend their honeymooh In Italy. Special Dispatch to The Star. WARRENTON, Va., March 21.—W. Frank Graham died in Emergency Hospital, Washington, D. C., where he,was taken Sunday-night. He had been in his usual health till Saturday evening. He was a partner with Homer E. Frank, in ownership of the Fauquier Demoerat, of which he was business manager. He was prominent in the Masonic Lodge and in the Some of Con- federate Veterans. ‘was _about thirty-two ‘years old, He leaves qne brother. 3 The tuneral takes place fram,'the, M¢ethodist Church here toda. GATHERING PLEDGES SUPP TO VICTORY EMORIAL HiRs Army, Navy, Marine Officers and j‘No;'na‘n War Workers at Rally Promise Aid -an Drive Enthusiastic approval of the pro posed George Washington Victory Memorial and pledges to support the campaign for funds to erect and en- dow the magnificent structure planned to be erected in the Mall at 6th and B streets northwest were volced at. a patriotic rally last night ‘at the home of Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, 1301 16th street. There were present about 300 young women who wore the uni- form during war service, and officers of the Arm It is hoped to have the memorial ready by. “next inaugural” Mts. Dimock announced, and pledges were made by both men and women to as sist in the campaign in Washington. Plans for the nation-wide drive are under way, and within a few days an- nouncement may be made concerning the organization by which it Is plan- ned to raise a toial of from six to ten millions to finance the structure. The corner stone already has been lald by President Harding. Mre. Dimock, opening the program | of the evening. sketehed the history of the development of ° the Washington Victory Mcinorial Asso- clation, explaining how it had i inception long before the world in the dgsire to perpetuate the me:m ory of Washington, and carry out the rortion of his will in whicii he had deeired to “promote an institution for | the general diffusion of knowledge.” The efforts made to carry this out were described by Mrs. Dimock, referring to the connections ~with Washington and Lee University, and with former Columblan College, now George Washington University, and adding that still there remained to be accomplished “the one thing which Washington wanted done, and which 'we have not don Efforts Before War. The speakér tbld of efforts before the war to erect the memorial to Washington, explaining that Elihu Root, then a senator, had introduced a bill by which land was given for the site. Raising money for the memorial, she sald.had been interrupted by the war. The war, Mrs. Dimock continued. provided an additlonal impetus to the purpose of the memorial, *when our boys went over and fought for the country and for freedom, as the boys of 1776. Those were two wars of independence. There is nothing too great to do for our boys. So the two purposes were combined, she said, with plans now to commemoratc in the structure a fusion of the great ideals for which both generations fought. “And 1 think,” saifl Mrs. Dimock, with feeling, as she de- scribed the projected auditorium, that whenever you go into that place and hear the strains of the organ and see the national servicej flag you will be proud of your n tion and of your boys who fought Dr. Thomas Edward Green of the American Red Cross, who is to take a prominent part in _directing the national campaign, declared there was great danger in putting off too long the erection of such a national memorial, for already, he said, the national ardor was cooling, and the time was now ripe for pushing to successful and ‘“speedy conclusion” the vision which already Mrs. Dimock had done so much to realize. “The holy glow of ardor and’ cleansing spirit ~of devotion” of war days should be perpetuated in the pro- posed memorial, which, the speaker said, would be “one of the noblest and ‘most beautiful buildings in the world. Practieal Utility Cited.~ fhar Admiral Thomas J. Cowie de- clared thé proposéd memorial “em- bodles the most exalted sentimets in a form that will prove of practical utility. It will not be merely beauti- ful.” he said, “It will be useful. In the vast auditorium great gatherings will take place. great speeches will be made there; great music will re- sound. The minds and hearts of all will be stirred anew. Finer ideas, greater resolutions, nobler deeds will result.” Reférring to the service stars- to be placed in the bullding in honor of those who served, the admiral declar- ed: “That was really a wonderful idea; it must have been born in the brain of a poet. High in the arching dome they will flash, memorial con- stellations that will ever through the upturried eye bring to mind -the thought of those stirring days.” The speaker congratulated “the country and the people of 'the country” in having Mrs. Dimock at the head of the memorial organization. Women in their country’s uniform in Washington were highly com- mended by Rear Admiral J. L. Lati- mer, judge advocate general of the Navy, who declared that the associa- tion was fortunate to have enlisted the “interest, enthusiasm and adapta- bility” of “such able helpers.” Most efficient work had been ° performed during the war by yeomen (F.), marinettes and nurses, the admiral said. i Promises Ald of Post. Maj. T. V. Walker, vice commander of George Washington Post, No. 1, American Legion, and president of the Alabama_Society, regaled the com- pany with humorous touches from his post. He asserted his belief that if the its men interested to co-operate With the women in the.association great results would be forthcoming. “George Washington Post will do its part,” he declared. “If we can get the legion boys all over the United States to he said, “It will be a great aid.” Lieut Howard S. Fiske, U. §. N. R., paid further tribute to the efiiciency of yeomen (F). who performed the work of men, under his supervision during the war here. As pAst com- mander of George Washington Iost, No. 1, Lieut. Fiske declared the Amer- jcan Legion men here were deeply interested in the byilding of the me- morial. that the striicture was needed for a home for all the legion posts in the District ‘and as a place where not only District but also national conventions of the body could be held We have no hall here in Wash- like several cities in the west,” he declared. He recalled con- ventions of the American Legion at St. Louis, Minneapolis, Cleveland and Kansas City, where great halls “well provided accommodation for several thousand people.” “I hope to see the time when we shall have a building here,” he said, NOONDAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 o'clock Speaker Tomorrow Rev. James E. Freeman Conducted by ¢+ Rev. C. E. Fultz _ Every One Invited—N . Cal Navy and Marine Corps. | George | r, | the organizers of American Legion could get! for Fund. “not only for a memorial, but to hou great -gatherings of patriotic people. I hope the time is not far off when ;_r:)u veterans of this war may help | “We are here, we have heard your | message, we are ready to dellver fto leclared Lieut. H.. M. Peters of the | irine Corps, turning to Mrs. Dimock. | He had referred to the gallant work {of the young man who carrled the message to Garcia. g . Tribute to Women. Samuel Herrick, chairman of speakers’ committee for the nsoe‘l‘“ tion in the District of Columbia, also paid tribute to the women in unitorm, and anndunced that plans had been made to carry out the campaign for the memorial on thofoughly tried and | approved plans—that teams were to ‘be organized and that girls as uni- v{;::med.\'eleranlhnf’lhe war would in e canvass the theaters f; du\r’iglx ,lhe drive. grpe Miss Lois M. Beach of U. 8. 8. Jacob l.lum«s Pa No. 2, American Legion, {responded with a’ promise that “our {®irls. when called upon, will put our shoulders to the wheel, if the Ameri- an Legion\gets behind the proposal, las a whole.” Miss Hope Ki uke‘l:bmi'ker. one of b the Jacob Jones Post, stressed the need of Washing: \:m;'re!urcdll;l: l:‘runos;d building, and le: e hope that it migl Decoms a realtty, S | AMrs. Wesley Martin Stoner, as caj :la(n was chairman of the evening {Urogram. and presiding at tables | Where subscriptions for silver stars for the memorial were received were Mrs. Mark W. Potter, Mrs. Maynard Crane Burrell and Mrs. John Walker Caln. Refreshments were served. ‘Mr Dimock was enthusiastic over the response given by the yeomen (F), marinettes and nurses, and ex- bressed confidence in the success of the campaign soon to be launched for g not only a building fund, but so an endowment for the memorial, | During the evening reference was frequently made to the utility as well as memorial featuges of the structure, nd the building was described as pro- viding not only the central audito- { rium, but also library, office and coun- isel room for patriotic and national | bodies, and as furnishing in the capi- | tal a building suflicient for the needs i not only of nation but also of inter- national gatherings. These, Mrs. Dimock pointed out, would serve to carry out the wishes of Washington. {PASTOR TELLS WHY | CHRIST’S NAME WAS NG [IN PRAYER AT CONFERENCE ___ (Continued from First Page.) resented. |, It was recogmized . that orientals are ver$ sensitive in occi- dental countries. | “For a time it was argued that there Iseemed no particular need for a chap- lain at the gathering. Efforts of those who demanded that the proceedings be marked with prayer were redoubled. A great many of the letters directly charged that former President Woodrow Wilson met with fallure at Paris be- j cause he, as a Presbyterian elder, falled jto stand up for tae invocation of Chris- tian guidance. _Eventually the pressure from the en- tire country had its effect. It was agreed there should be an opening prayer. The complexities of the situation were ap- preciated. It called unquestionably for studied discretio: ‘When the confer- ence met the pra; ‘was delivered. The chosen agent wad Dr. Abernethy. With- in an hour after he had concluded, re- ligious zealots in Washington — and soon throughout the country—were di- recting attention to the fact that the prayer had contained no reference to the Lord and Savior. Members of the conference, however, found no fault, and |the proceedings continued without' any additional prayer until the final session. | Then Dr. Abernethy again was cali- ed upon. He made arother prayer. This time he ended his benediction with the words “in the name of our Savior.” P o This reference to the-Christ in the dying moments of the conference rencwed the gossip that there had been censorship of the opening pray- er and that church &ircles every- where were deeply stirred. Dr. Abernethy, in the study of his church today, said of course he had heard the stories and had received some letters on the subject. “Wera the stories true?" ;_?'Ia:unlly, not. e opening and closing prayers were submitted to no one‘ft?r cen- sorship. No effort had been made to have this done. The doctor was em- phlBll('. i “But why the non-reference to Christ in the initial prayer, and the reference in the final?” asked. Then Dr. Abernethy became serious. He explained rather spirit- edly that he had delivered his prayers at the conference exactly as he delivers prayers in his own church. “When Christ told us to pray in His name, said the President's pastor, “He meant very much more than the simple repetition of His name. . “Our Savior gave us a prayer which He Himself composed. It does not jcontain any mentlon of His name. Yet it is the prayer that is repeated from _millions of reverent lips throughout the world every day. “That prayer is offered in the spirit of His name. It always must be.” The gossip of & censorship imposed upon him naturally is resented by Dr. Abernethy, but he said today that inasmuch as no one had officially made that charge, he could make no further answer than that already quoted. (Copyright, 1922. —_— 1. C. C. SAYS MILEAGE BOOK BILL UNCONSTITUTIONAL {Opinion of Majority of Membars Based on Supreme Court Deci- sion in Lake Shore Cage. A majority of the members of the Interstate Commerce Commission, in a statement presented today to the House commerce comlittee. held that the bill recently passed by the Sen- ate directing the commission to or- der the sale of interchangeable mile- age books at a rate lower than the existing tariff was unconstitutional. The opinion, presented verbally by Commissioner Esch, former chairman and long a member of the House | committee, was based primarily on a j decision by the United States Su | preme Court in the Lake Shore rate case in which the court held, in ef- fect, that an suthorized reduction in mileage book prices was not for com- mon benefit, but for the benefit of a favored few, who were carried at less cost. Taking up a section of the bill dl. recting the commission to requi ratiroads to sell interchangeable mil, age books at a rate to be fixed by ft, Mr. Esch declared a majority of the committee believed this Would destroy caqntractual relations between the T “It this became law,” & he Baltimoré and Ohio rallroad would be required to sell books which would be good on the Santa Fe, in a different part of the country, when there is no contract relation’ between the two roads.” 2 —_—— WALES REACHES CEYLON. By the Associated Press. COLOMBO, Ceylon, A 21.~The British battle crulser. own, Wwith the Prince of Wales shoard, arrived here today. .- 3 U. S. MINISTER TO POLANDRETURNS WI'I'I'IBRIDEII The United Siates minixter to Pol ington for few dnys on a honeymoon 13 DODGE AGAN: 0FS BEFORE JURY Miiona lre “Faces - Speeding " Charges Right After End- “ ing Jail Sentence. By the Associated Press. " KALAMAZOO, Mich., March 21.— ‘| The case of John Duval Dodge of De- nd and Mrs. Hugh Gibson, in Wash- trip to the Usited States. Mrs. Gibson, efore here marriage in Brussels, a few weeks ago, was Mile. Yoos Rayn- tiens, Huge.Los& Faced by Refusal To Buy Wa (Continued from First Page.) ing the headquarters company of troops in that vicinity. Part of Parking Project. will eventually have to acquire that land if the parking project is to be carried on. It forms an approach to the proposed Key bridge and is di- rectly in the rear of the semi-public | bustdings, such as the Pan-American building, the Red Cross building and Memorial Continental Hall, facing on 17th street. Col. C. O. Sherrill, officer in charge public bulldings and grounds, | 14 under whose jurisdiction come the structures, also pointed out today that it would be false economy to hold that million and a half of dol- llars in the United States Treapury when this action would result in the scrapping of the buildings, which are in excellent condition, and which cost the government more than $2,- 000,000. In addition, the failure to appro- priate the sum: needed to buy the sites of the buildings would result in the expenditure of hundreds of thou- sands of dollars to remove the gov- ernment oflices located in them to other quartcrs and for the payment of rent of the quarters to which they are removed 1 Rents Would Cost $500,000. The economic angle is represented in the floor space, which could easily be used to advantage by government departments In the following up of the plan of plactng government bureaus under government roofs instead of in privately owned buildings. There is 835,912 square feet of floor space in those buildings. At a con- servative estimate, it was pointed out by Col. Sherrill, ‘o lease or rent this amount of space for government of- fices would cost at the very least $500.000 per year. In three years the $1,500,000 needed to purchase the sites of the buildings would be eaten up in rent money paid out to private holdings, in case the item does not go through, and in addition would be the necessity of scrapping the bulld- ings. In First-Class Condition. As to the bulldings themselves, a thorough inspection of each was made recently. They were found by expects to be in first-class condition, and would be avallable for several years to come. They were equipped with special fire prevention devices, such as a sprinkler system, and the fire hazard has been so well handled that, although & numper of small “cigarette” or “match” blazes have started in various _ structures, there has been no serious damage. A® a matter of fact, the only serious {recent government fires have been lin the_so-called fireproof buildings— Building and the Treasury. The buildings cost the United IS'.llal government $2,029,5659 to build. Where 18 the economy, it is asked, of refusing to buy the land on which they were built and of virtually throwing this amount into the gov- ernmental junk pile? The salvage, Col. Sherrill stated, would be so POLITICAL OPPONENTS {the Commegrce The government, it is pointed out,| r Building Sites small that the entire investment would be practically thrown away. | Rentals Reduced to $400,000. | . The government's plan, under the | economy rcgimé, has been to place all possible governmenteoffices out- side of privately owned structures. At the peak of the war work here | the rentals of private buildings to- | taled 3$1,500,000. This sum has been not go through, according to authori- | tios, the plan would be set back con- siderably and the reduced sum of rentals would be more than doubled— it would be raised from $100,000 to $900.000. The bulldings, as they are today, | Col. Sberrill said, will last fifteen years” in first-class condition. This space of time will give the govern- ment a chance to get out from under its obligations that are immediately | prossing, and will allow for the un- | hurried and unruffed planning of the | new building program for government | department; | - ISENATOR SPENCER GIVES | NOON LENTEN ADDRESS Speaker Wonders That Prayers Made in Half-Hearted Manner Are Ever Answered. At the mid-lenten service at Keith's today the speaker was Senator Selden Spencer of Missour. After an invocation by Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, Senator Spencer took as his subject “The Power of Prayer.” “It Is & wonder to me” said the speaker, “that any prayers are ever answered when they are made in the half- hearted and sleepy manner in which we usually approach the throne of God.” 'He referred to that illustra- tion. of power of prayer spoken of in the twelfth chapter of the Acts, in Which Peter was arrested. chained to guards and held from escape by a regiment of soldiers, all of which pre- cautions were unavailing, because his friends had made prayer without ceasing and with faith In their hearts. W. T. Galliher, who presided. laid a speclal stress upon the meetigg to be held at 12:30 tomorrow, wh¥n Rev. James E. Freeman of Epiphany will address what is confidently expected will be the largest audience of the season. WARNS OF MAIL RULE. qammunic;flons Barred in Parcel Post Packages. If you send a parcel post package don’t put written communications in the package, the Post Office Depart- ment warned today. It has come to the attention of the department that instructions for re- pairs of articles, directions for mak- ing garments, etc.. are frequently in- closed with articles mailed at the fourth-class rates of postage. THhis is all wrong, the department says, and subjects the entire parcel to postage at first-class rates. Post- masters are cautioned to keep on the lookout for violations of this char- acter. ARE WARM PERSONAL FRIENDS. reduced to $400,000. If the item does | troit; ¥n which the young millionaire is ‘charged with driving an Bulomu-l bile ‘while intoxicated, was on the munidipal court docket here today. The charges grew out of a midnight oy ride March 11, when Dodge and x Earl of Kalamazoo invited three young women into their machine and one of the girls, Miss Emmeline Kwakernaak, becoming alarmed, leaped from ‘the car and injured her hemd. Earl was-convicted of drunk- 4enness Friday. To eliminate preliminary delays in | Dodge's trial,-a jury was selected yesterday and the defendant arrived last night from Detroit, where he had Just completed serving a five-day sen tence for speeding, and found every- thing- in geadiness. Dodge's attor- neys and ‘several witnesses accam- panied him from Detroit. Lonf before the hour set for open- Ing of the case hundreds of persons eager to gain admittance to the courtroom gathered along the cen- tral police station, which also Fouses the court. Inside every prer aration ‘had been made for ‘accom- modating a capacity crowd, extra chairs having been placed in aisles and other unoccupied spaces. A spe- cial detail of police was on hand to handle the crowd. Both ‘the state and defense attor- neys carefully guarded the names of witnesses to be called and in ad- vance of the opening of the case it ‘was not known whether Miss Kwak- ernaak, who has been in a hospital since she was injured, would testify against Dodge. Nor was it clear Whether -Dodge would testify in his own behalf. At his arralgnment he denied that he was Intoxicated. After the present case is disposed of. Dodge is to face a charge of il- legally transporting liquor, the offi- cers who arrested him declaring Ilifluor was found in his machine. OLD DOMINION BOAT.‘CLUB DESTROYED BY FLAMBS Two FPires, Wipe Out Clubhouse and Ferry Slip—Firebugs Suspected. 8pecial Dispateh to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March of supposed incendiary orgin at 11:35 o'clock last night destroyed the old ferry slip at the foot of King street, owned by the Old Dominion Buat Club, and just after the firemen had sub- dued ‘the fire flames burst forth from the clubhouse of the Old Dominion Boat Club, on the river front near Duke street. The clubhouse, together wich its contents, was completely destroyed. That both blazes were started by the same party or parties is the opinion of the police and members of the club. It is estimated that the loss to both buildings end equipment will be in the neighborhood of $16,000 and is partially covered by insurance. * The firemen, however, were power- less to save 'the clubhouse, a two- ‘stor)‘ frame structure 45x100 feet. Among the property contained in the | clubhouse were eight thells, valued at from $200 to $1,000 each; fifty canoes. | valued at $100 each: a large number of new oars, sixty wooden and steel lock- lers, a piano, graphopaone, chairs and other equipment. Many of the members of the ciub lost considerable valuables which were stored in their lockers, and & number lost private canoes. Only a few of the individual members carried any insurance. E. E. Carver, president of the club, succeeded in_saving his 18-horsepower cruiser, the Evelyn, which was tied to the east end of the wiarf. The fire is going to prove a serious | drawback to the club, inasmuch as it} had planned to take part in a number ! of events early this spring, including | participation in the water _carnival which will be held in Richmorid in con- Dection with state historic pageant next 5. The members of the club will hold ! a meeting tonight at & o'clock in| the rooms of the chamber of com- | merce for the purpose of discussing the fire and probably outlining ten- | tative plans for the rebuilding. Some months ago the Old Dominion Boat Club purchased the old ferry slip and had planned to build a club- house on the site just as soon as conditions warranted. They had defi- nitely decided, however, not to build | this year. The club is one of the most active clubs in this section and has on its roster about 200 active members. BENJAMIN L. DULANEY | WEDS YOUNG TEACHER! 65-Year-Old Washington Financier United With 28-Year-Old Music Instructor. Word has reached marriage of Benjamin L. sixty-flve Years, a prominent | financier aml clubman of this cit. to Mise Elma Dykes. aged twenty- three years, of Mankato, Jewdl here of county, Kan. on Thursday evening! at Le Belle, Fla., a small town about | forty miles east of Fort Myers, Fla. The ceremony was performed by { Rev. F. Herndon, pastor of the La Belle Methodist Church. The marriage was held in the presence of Mr. Dulaney’s twelve- year-old daughter. Rebecca Dulane: and a few friends, at the home of | Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Doty, where the | bride had boarded. The bride had been teaching school for severa! vears. and the romance started, it is believed. when Mr. Dulaney, who has| been accustomed to go south each! winter, met hef there in December. | Miss Dykes came to La Belle last September, where she’ taught music in the La Pelle High School. She graduated from a St. Louis girly.| school, and last year taught school for a while at Lincoln, Neb. " Miss Dykes' father i5 an eye, ear and throat specialist In Kansas, and it is expected that the newly married couple wlil visit there for a short time and then come to this city. After the marriage Mr. and Mrs. Dulaney mo- tored to Fort Myer. Friday they will go to Chicago, where Mr. Dulaney will attend a meeting of the executive ofi- cers of the Boy Scouts of America. Following this meeling they will visit the bride’s parents in Kansas. The news of the marriage came as a great surprise to the friends of Mr. Dulaney in this city. He was expect- ed to return home to his residence, 2018 Hillyer place, April 1. His son, Paul Dulaney of Cheyy Chase, D. C.. stated today that he 'had received. a letter announcing the intended mar- riage two weeks ago. Mrs. W. J. Baxter, who leased the Dulaney home for the winter, stated that the lease will be up April 1, and that probably after the visit of the couple in Kan- sas- they would make their home here on Hillyer place. She was much sur- prised at the m: e, and stated t only & week ago she had received & crate of fruit from Mr. Dulaney, but no news of the coming event. Behjamin Lewis Dulaney is presi- dent and a @irector of a number of coal corporations. He was commis- sioner to the Paris exposition in 1900 and the St Louls exposition in 1904. He is a member”of the Metropolitan Club and afilisted with the c order. His offices are in the Southern building. REED T0 SEEK BE-ELECTION. ST. LOUIS, March 31.—United States Senator James A. Reed today an- nounced he would seek re-eldction on the democratic ticket. ., lfi CLAIMS 1785 AGREEMENT ALLOWS USE OF DIP NET IN POTOMAC WATERS The question of the right of a resident of Virginia to fish with a dip net in the waters of the Poto- mac river on the Virginia side near Chain bridge will be taken to the Districst Court of Appeals by Attorney Crandal Mackey, rep- resenting Norman Harrell of Ar- lington, Va., who was sentenced by Chief Justice McCoy to pay a fine of $100 following his convic- tion of illegai fishing. Attorney Mackey claims that the right to fish in the Potomac river was reserved to the citizens of Virginia under an agreement be- tween Maryland and Virginia in 1785, and ihe subsequen:i creation of the District of Columbia’ did not abrogate this right. REVISED DRAFT EXTENDS TWO-HOUR PARKING ZONE Will Be Permitted on D Street Be- tween 12th and 15th and on New /York Avenue From 8th to 13th. Two-hour parking will be permitted on D street between 12th and 15th streets and on New York avenve be- tween 9th and 13th streets, when the amended parking rules go into effect thirty days hence. The Commu ing today approved the final drait « the new regulations as announ wl last ith the two joned abov, Heretofore, the congested been bounded on the routh south curb of Pensylvania, but under the revised rules the south curb of D street will be the southern bound- ary between 12th and 15th strees. The principal feature of ilie- new rules is the provision that twenty feet shall be kept clear at the cor- nors of all streets in the congested area. In squares more than 200 fect in length an additional thirty-foct area nas by the open space shall be established mid- | way between intersections. The purpose of - establishing these open islands in blocks where park. ing is permitted is to give persons a place to stop to load and unload J: sengers or merchandise without park- ing. —_— MINE OPERATORS FIGHT “DISORDER” (Continued from First Page.) preliminary conference of the labor section of the anthracite miners and operators’ arbitration commit- tee of eight, which will begin official sessions here tomorrow. 3 It was announced that Mr. Lewis would head the labor section of the conference for the first two days. His chair then will be taken by Philip Murray, vice president of the Inter- national Union, while Mr. Lewis will g0 to Cleveland to open a session of the policies committee of the Na- tional Anthracite and Bituminous labor unions. - Thirtymine and district chiefs 1oners in board meet-| hanges in time ! IMANY CHECKS LEFT UNGASHED IN HOME Miss Ryan, at St. Elizabeth’s, Has Valuable Securities in Her Possession. Fifty uncashed dividend checks to= taling $12,000, which had beén re- ceived quarterly by her from the Capl- tal Traction Company, were found at the home of Miss Theresa C. Ryan, seventy-one-year-old recluse, recently removed from 1221 1st street norti- {West. by policewomen. to St. Eliza- betiv's Hospital, according to @ peti- tion filed today in the Probate Court by Mrs. Alice Ryan Clark of Brook- lyn, N. Y. Mrs Clark is a niece of Miss Ryan and asked the court to ap- point her as administratrix of the es- tate of Miss Mary A. Ryan, a sister of the recluse, who died January 21, 1910, and whose estate had never been administered. Chief Justice McCoy appointed Mrs, Clark as administratrix and fixed her bond at $35,000. She is represented by Attornevs H. A. L. Barker and Ralph B. Fleharty. Shares Inherited by Sisters. Mrs. Clark tells the court that the two sisters inherited 200 shares of the @apital stock of the Capital Trac- tion Company, with other securities, 1 ate and from the brother, eV [priest_at th Church, who di; was transferred to them Jointly ¥ received and cashed the dividend until 1910, when the i Checks continued to arrive quarter- ly for the stock dividends, the court is told, but the surviving sister, Tha- resa, never collected them. The niece also informs the court that when M Ryan w arched at the hospit she had on her person twenty-thres bonds of $500 each of the Capital | Traction Company, $3,000 in bonds of the Washington Railway and Electrio | Company and $3,000 in bonds of the {Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. In the house, the nieca says, she found the dividend checks, the 200 shares of stock, valued at $19,000, and cash totaling $ half of this propert estate worth $20.000. she. states, be- longs to the dead sister's estate. Only Known Next of Ki Besides the sister, Theresa, titioner says she is the only next-of. unless Homer Ryan, a nephew who d appeared twenty years ago, is alive. The niece declares she found two letters among Miss Ryan's effects signed “your | nephew, Harry.” She states there I never was a nephew by that name. un- |less it should be the boy Homer. These latters were dated a few years ago, and {came from tae Home for Incurables at San Francisco, Calif. i —_— EMPHATIC DENIAL OF SECRET PACT MADE BY HUGHES in, focal representatives of the anthra- i cite workers who returned to report to their organizations after present- ing their nineteen wage demands ar receiving the reply of the operators will be in New York throughout the arbitration committee’'s sittings, it was stated at Mr. Lewis' head- quarters. REAL PARLEY OPENS. Committee of Eight Starts Wage Scale Negotiations. By tke Associated Pres NEW YORK, March 21.—The an- thracite coal mine owners and work- ers’ committee of eight, appointed to carry on the negotiations Btarted last week when thirty-five representatives of labor unions presented 1o opera- tors' representatives the miners' nineteen wage demands, will begin officials 2 today. Fouf representatives of the miners and a like number representing the owners make up the arbitration com- ttee, to which has been entrusted the task of negotiating a mew con- tract. The present contract between workers and operators ends April 1, at which time work in the anthracite mines will cease if a new agreement has not been drafted and accepted by hoth sides. it is generally con- ceded that the new agreement wil not be ready before the expiration of the existing contract. Mr. Lewis was to head the labor section of the conference today and tomorrow, after which he will go to Cleveland to open a session of the policies’ committee of the national anthracite and bituminous labor unions, Phillip Murray. vice president of the International Uhlon, will replace him as the miners’ leader in the conference. Charles S. Allen, secretary of the Anthracite ¢ Consumers’ Associa- tion, told the City Club that the retail price for anthracite in New York now was §2.50 higher than it should be. The higher price. he claimed, was made up of an excess freight rate of $1.30 and excessive refuse shipped as coal, which, If eliminated, would mean another saving of $1.20. With a ressonable revision of min- ers' wages, the elimination of waste in salaries and such items, he de clared. the price of egg coal. now $13.35 a ton, could be cut to $8.25 or 29.30 delivered in the consumer's cellar. ! MEET AT CHARLESTON. West Virginia Miners Holding Bi- ennial Convention. By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 21.— The assembling’ of delegates of Dis- triet 17, United Mine Workers of America, here for the biennial con- vention which opens this morning. {brings to this city representatives of all union mines in the state. The principal business to be considered is the report of the intsrnational wage gcale and policies committee, sub- mitted to the district legislative board at a meeting here last week. The policies report includes provisions for a five-day week and a six-hour day. President C. Frank Keeney of |trict 17 tonight expressed confldence that the delegates will ratify the ex- ecutive board report with little, if any, opposition. MINERS ACCUSE OPERATORS. Charge Threats of Expulsion Used to Force Contracts. BY the Associated Press. KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March 21.—In- formation contained in Teports from varlous mining camps In district No. 19, United Mine Workers, southeastern Ken- tucky and eastern Tennessee, has caused executives of the district to make formal charges that certain mining companies are using the power of tae law, under the eviction statutes of Ten- nestee and- Kentucky, as & leverage to force miners to sign individual con- tracts for another year, in lieu of a gen- eral conference and. agreement on-wages and working conditions. " The executive board has appealed to Congress for a speedy Investigation of these alleged conditions and for such relief as will prevent eviction of their wives and chil- dren. It is further charged that the award for a material reduction in wages made last December. was ac- cepted by the miners without com- plaint, but only in consideration of a further award that living cost should at once be redaced in company com- missaries and in the matter of rents: The companies are further charged with charging the miners about 35 ‘per cent more than like commodities cost_in environing towns. - Officials of the Appalachian Coal Operators’ Association declined to comment in any way upon the allega- tlons of the miners, saying they had ever heard of any move to evict the miners and.knew nothing about it 5 S e ’ ___(Continued from t Page) {{rom the pamphlet a discussion by {Mr. Cravath, under questioning by iNorman H. Davis, former undersec- retary of state, in which Mr. Cravath ireferred to an Anglo-American fleet |in the Pacific which he said he had been told could “dominate Japan and make her live up to the obligations she has assumed.” TREATY DEBATE BITTER. Senators Lodge and Robinson in Dramatic Exchanges. | < | The Senate debate on the four- power treaty touched its high-water mark of biiterness yesterday in an ex- change resulting from suggestions of a secret British-American understanding for future co-operation. Aroused by recurring references to such an international understanding after its existence had been directly denied, Senator Lodge of Massachu seits, the republican leader and a member of the American arms dele- ation, took the floor, and in a voice shaken by emotion declared he no longer could be patient under attacks which seemed to question his patriot- ism and impugn his honor. Replying in a fashion scarcely less dramatic, Senator Robinson, demo- crat, Arkansas, an opponent of the treaty, told the Senate he questioned no one's motives, but proposed to do { his patriotic duty as he saw it. with- jout permitting himself to be “intimi dated by outbursts of indignation. He remained convinced, he said. that both of the Senate’s representatives on the delegation were “amazingly ignorant” of some of the things done at the conference. Confer With President. The exchange between Senators \Lodge and Robinson, which was part of a long debate sown broadcast with charges of er.” “un- truths” and “propaganda.” took place shortly after the republican leader and’ 6ther prominent figures in his ty organization had canvassed the ole treaty situation at = White House conference with President Harding. Beside Mr. Lodge, those who were present included Chairman John T. Adams of the republican na- tional committee, Senator McCor- mick of Iilinois,’ chairman of the Iparty's senatorial campaign commit< tee, and Senator Curtis of Kansar, re- publican whip of the Senate. Suggestion of a British-American understanding for future concerted action was thrown into the Senate debate by Senator Borah, republican, Tdaho, who road a statement regard- ing the conference results he said had been made by Paul D. Cravath New York attorney. In this sta ;ment Mr. Cravath was quoted ax say iing ho had been told “by every mem- | ber of the American deiegation” that !the conference resulted in un- iwritten understanding between the United States and Great Britain of | such a character “that both sides as- isume that in all future emergencies they can both count on having the very closest co-operation.” Seaators Deny Asscrtions. The accuracy of tais assertion was promptly denied by Senator Lodge and by Senator Underwood of Alabama, the democratic leader, and also & member of the American’ delegation. Senator Underwood said he did not recall ever having met Mr. Cravath, and Senator Lodge declared he never talked withi him on the subject. Both asserted posi- tively and directly that so far as they knew no such understanding existed or ever had been discussed. By Senator Robinson it was argued that Mr. Cravath, as well as Secretary Hughes and Elihu Root, the other two | American delegates, should be called before the foreign relations committee before the Senaté voted on ratification of the treaty. It was indicated that a motion to send the treaty back to the committes with Instructions to_invest! gate further its meaning might be made fater, but the administration leaders ‘there was no possibility that such ‘move would succeed. —— 10TH DISTRICT VOTE LIGHT Tucker Has No Opposition Today in Election to Congress. STAUNTON, Va, March 21.—With no opposition, the election today of Harry St. George Tucker of Lexing- ton to succeed the late Henry D. Flood as member of Congress from tfe tenth Virginia district is assured. Mr. Tucker yesterday issued an ap- penl to all democratio voters in thé district to “go to the polls to strengthen the morale of the party.” .A light vote i being polled.