Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1922, Page 2

COMMITTEE WILL MAP HOUSING TASK Mrs. Helmick, as Leader of Inquiry, States Steering i Body Personnel. Another step toward solving Wash- ington's housing problem was taken today when Mrs. El A Helmick, chairman of the committee appointed by the Commissioners, announced the versonnel of a steering committee to “map out the scope of the inquiry. Julius 1. Peyser, who served in the housing and health division of the War Department during the war, was made chairman of the stéering com- mittee, with the following as me bers: Harry K. Boss and Thomas Bones, real estate men; John Donlin, Jabor leader; Dr. John M. Greis, of the housing buréau of the Department of Commerce; Mrs. Clara Sears Taylar, member of the Rent Commission; and John B. Larner president of the Washington Loali and Trust Company. Mrs. Helmick and John Ihlder, vice chairman of the main committee, will | be ex-officio members of the steering committee. v Henadquarters Established. Mrs. Helmick established headquar- ters today in room 212, District build- Mg, where she will have the assist- ance of Auditor Daniel J. Donovan, secretary of the committee. The first duty of the steering com- mittee will be to make a survey to determine as nearly as pgssible what existing conditions are. In this sur- vey the steering committee wil use data already available at the De- partment of Commerce and in the hands of local agencies. From this survey the steering com- mittee will be in a position to decide what _special subcommittees should be appointed to follow out specific lines of inquiry. - The steering committee will name the chairmen of these subocommittees and specify the duties of each. Mr. Peyser will cal a meeting of the steering committee in the near fu- ture. Henry A. Brigham of Bostop., one of the foremost students of housing in the United States, has been made a member of the Commissioners’ com- mittee. This _announcement was made today by Commissioner Rudolph, who said that Mr. Brigham expected to arrive in Washington tomorrow. Acquainted With Field. Mr. Brigham is expected to prove of valuable assistance to the com- mittee, not only because of his broad knowledge of the fundamental ques- tion, but also by reason of the fact that he lived in Washington through- out the war as an official of the housing bureau of the Department of Labor. He served in various capacities in that bureau, and succeeded Willlam Shannon, local home builder, when the latter resigned as head of the real estate division of the housing bureau. Mr. Brigham is a graduate of Harvard University, and is keenly interested in the housing problem from a national standpoint —_— LEAGUE OF RED CROSS SOCIETIES IN CRISIS American Branch Insists Other Na- » tions Must Pay More of As- sociation’s Expenses. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, March 21—Whether America, which heretofore has fur- nished seven-eights of the support of the League of Red Crods Societies, will continue that assistance is the principal question to be considered at the third annual meeting of the gen- eral council of that organization in Geneva, March 28 to 31. . During the last three years the people of the United States, through the American Red Cross, have con- tributed $1,250,000 for the upkeep of the league. The American Red Cross, through whose initiative the league was founded, will not con- tinue its support unless other national Red Cross organizations will agree to do their share. It American aid is withdrawn it is generally considered that the whole league will face collapse. The ex penses for running the league during the coming year are estimated at $250,000, and the American Red Cross is understood to be prepared to pay a large share of this provided the other countries will make up the balance. Five delegates from each of thirty: six countries, including Soviet Rus-| sia, Turkey and Bulgaria, will attend the conference. Germany is expected to be admitted to membership over the protest of France, many leading league officials feeling that it is time to admit the former_belligerents. TOO SOON TO INTERVENE. Government Not Yet Ready to Act ~ in Coal Strike Crisis. Coincident with announcement yes- terday of the calling of the anthra- cite and soft coal miners’ strike for April 1, government officials Jjoined in the opinion that the situation had not yet reached a stage for federal intervention, while Attorney General Daugherty went so far as to afirm the government's responsibility in case a lack of fuel and curtailment of transportation should causg the public “to be pinched.” The large coal surplus now on hand was emphasized at the White House as a most important factor, steadying the situation, but it was =aid the ef- fort to bring about a national con- ference petween the employers and the miners in the bituminous indus- try was still continuing, notwith- standing the almost complete refusal of the operators to co-operate. Pro- duction was still continuing in non- union coal flelds. it was emphasized. The possibility of more amicable re- lationship between the mine owners and unionized employes, it was said, relieved government officials of much anxiety in that direction. Secretary of Labor Davis, who has represented the government in direct negotiations in the industry, had no comment to make. _— ] BOY’S FOOT CRUSHED. Eugene Pulliam Hurt by Car. ‘Woman Injured. Eugene Pulliam, colored, ten years old, 3719-A Sherman avenue, suffered the loss of his left foot yesterday afternoon, when run over by a street car at Georgia avenue. and Girard street. A passing motorist took the boy to Freedmen's Hospital, and po- lice of the tenth precinct are .con- ducting an_investigation. The boy lives with his aunt, Mrs. Josephine Scott, at the Sherman avenue address. Miss Anna Good, thirty-eight years old, 716 D street southwest, was knocked down by the automobile of H. W. McNeal, 1012 17th street, at Maryland avenue and 1lth street southwest yesterday afternoon. She received an injury to hér left ankle. Thomas Miller, Silver Spring, Md., was driver of an automobile that was damaged last night by striking a tree at Longfellow and 16th streets. He received injuries to his head and arm. He was arrested by police of the tenth precinct for an alleged viola- tion of the traffic regulations. Assumes New Duties At Italian Embassy New specinl ndvisor of the embassy. He delegation to the Italinn Join the embasxsy staff. "VOICES IN THE WORLD” LENTEN SERVICE TEXT Rev. Dr. Freeman'Addresses Noon- day Meeting of Lay- " men. Rev. Dr. Freemun, Chureh of t§ men's mid-day 3 took his subj here kinds of voices in the world—none of them is without significatiof “It takes a larger discrimination today to choose bitween the voice of fallncy and the voice of verity The voice of hate wrecked Germany after plunging the world into bloody' war. This war is settled for all time, but the seed sown by it made the voice of selfishness heard almost around the world. This was, in turn,. followed by the voice of suspicion. “America_today holds a dominant place in the world, and uniess we make the voice of confidence drown the harsher voice of hate and sus- picion there is little hope for civili- zation of the world." On the platform with Dr. Freeman was the minister of Serbia, Mr. Grouitch, and wife; also Mary Rob- erts Rinchart, the authores: The speaker tomorrow will be J. Stanley Durkee. H. L. Rust will pre- side. WAR ON MOSQUITO RAISES NEW JERSEY LAND VALUE rector of the v, at the Ia tod are many Taxable Property Worth 307 Per Cent Over Figures From 1899 to 1921. TRENTON, N. J., March —Mos- quito extermination in large part is responsible for the average increase of 307 per cent in the value of tax- able property in New Jersey from 1899 to 1921 ‘This is the opinion of the state de- partment of conservation and devel- opment, made public yesterday, al- though it is not claimed that the war 7 2 on, “skeete first undertaken in 1900, is the only cause. To support its conclusion, the de- partment pointed out that, with the exception of Camden, the nine coun- ties whose increase has exceeded 300 per cent have organized extermina- tion commissions. Only two counties with an increase of less than 300 per cent have such bodies. , FORMER ADVOCATES KILL MARYLAND DRY MEASURE Referendum Amendment Defeated and House Refuses Senate Re- quest for Conference. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 22.—After non-concurrence in the Maryland sen- ate referendum amendment to the state prohibition enforcement bill the state house of delegates yesterday killed the measure by a vote of to 48. ‘The house tabled a senate request for conference. Belief was expressed, however, that “dry” delegates will bring the meas- ure back into the legislature two years from now and will make it an issue in the next legislature. A peculiar’ paradox exists in the fact that thoge who fought the bill hardest, because of its drastic fea- tures—or possibly because they were opposed to any prohibition measure— were practically all of the forty elght delegates who voted for concur- rence, and that the fifty-three who voted against concurrence and for the death of the bill were irreconcilable “drys,” and followed “dry” leadership all through the fight on the measure. —_— SHIP BOARD PROFITS. Makes $1,145,702.14 in Settlement of Claims. * In settling fifty-two claims against the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation yester- day che board found that instead of paying out an aggregate amount of 8.620,739.26, as claimed.’ it would collect the sum of $1,145.702.14, Vice President Smyth announced. This was due to the fact that some of the claimants admitted counter claims of $5,705,949.96. After making adjustments the board found that it would collect $1,494,411.43, fess the amoun of cash’ awards, leaving a total of $1,145,702.14 due the govern- ment. _————— LAW CLERK ON TRIAL. Accused of Taking Bribe to Issue Liquor 'Permit. .William P. Egan, former law clerk to Stephen Kramer, former prohibi- tion enforcement commissioner, was placed on trial today before Chief | Justice McCoy and a jury in Criminal Division 1 to answer an indictment charging him with accepting a bribe from a Milwaukee firm for the issu- ance of a “basic permit” for the sale of intoxicants. The government claims that Egan was paid $500 by Joseph Dudenhofer of Milwaukee for the per- mit. Attorneys E. S. Clark and T. Morris .Wampler are representing the accused, while Assistant United States Attorney Bolbrey s conducting the prosecution. e o MUST SERVE SEVEN YEARS President Approves Sentence iof i Army Captain. - g Announcement has just been made by the War Department-that the President has approved the findings and sentence of the general court martial convened at Governors Island,. New York, in the case of Capt. Beverly Grayson Chew, United States Infantry. That officer was found guilty on charges of defraud- ing hotels and merchants in this eity, New York, Baltimore and Atlantic City by means of forged checks, and was sentenced to be' dismissed and to éon- finement at hard labor for seven ya&rs dn the United States penitentiary a Leavenworth, Kln. e ‘over with the conference originally and has now returned to TAVES AND RIS THENE OF SPEAKER Mr. McFadden, in Addressing ConventionasContrasts the Two Systems. - Changing from indirect tarift to di- rect taxation of the individual has les- scned government protection of agricul- ture, commerce and manufacture and s resalted in the imperiling of private presentative L. T. Melad- den, chairmiai of the committes on bank- ing and currency of the House, today told delegates to the thirtieth annual meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association at the Willard Hotel, - An increase or decrease in thy ift no longer insures the same protection (o industry as formerly, he declared, since direct taxation has become the question of first importance. The power of the federal government, once limited by the nature of its field of taxation to an increase in pfotec- tion which would best serve the in= ‘s of agriculture, commerce and said, is no longer limited in the same way, and the point of danger to private initiative actu- been reached in many in- cturey he Problems Country Must Face. Problems which Representative Mc- asserted the country must D of a fairer distribution be accomplished through recognition of indlvidual income to the fuller ability “How is the principle of divided power to be safeguarded so that the inte of the individual citizen are afes d against the power of number: How is the problem of unemploy- ment, of immigration related to the pic principle of fair competi- 0 Numerou ported. Several hundred lumber men ary of the Interior” Fall was make an but ble to appear. Hits the Adamson Law. J. W. McClure, president of the na- tional association, in opening the con- on, demanded repeal of the Adam- which he charac- and predicted -osperous year in business. mmittees and officers re- scheduled " to was un address, v son eight-hour terized from all parts of the country are at- tending the meeting, which will con- clude tomorro’ MAY PLACE BRITISH LINE BETWEEN IRISH (Continued from First Page.) are evidently good marksmen and sess up-to-date field glasses, judg- by the prompt way in which they the movements of the opposing forces. SPLIT IN REPUBLICAN ARMY. One Faction Holds Forbidden Con- vention Next Sunday. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, March 2—It was officially announced in the republican organ {here today that the Irish republican army convention. the holding, of which was recently forbidden by Arthur Griffith, president of the dail eireann, would be held in Dublin Sunday, as arranged. The announcement is taken here to mean that definite split in the republican army has come. O'Connor, dtrector of engineering of the headquarters staff of the lIrish repubiican army, 80 per cent of the army’'s members believe the army has been “let down,” and that the dail eireann has been false to the repub- lican oath by agreeing to accept the inclusion of Ireland within the Eritish empire. BORDER CLASH NEARER. Irish People Declared Powerless to Avert Civil War. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 22.—The situation on the border between Ulster and south Ireland is golng from bad to worse, and is such that some trifling incident may draw the rival forces into a conflict which will shatter all prospects of peace in Ireland, says the Dublin correspondent of the Times. “The tragic irony of the situation,” he adds, “consists in the fact that the vast majority of Irishmen of all par- ties deplore the danger, but seem un- able to avert it. Kach side daily takes some measure of defense which it regards as legitimate, but which produces prompt retaliation from the other side, with the resslt that po- litical passions are intensified and the pleadings ‘of common sense fail to ind a hearing.” ONLY SMALL RAIDS TO DATE. No General Massing of Troops Along Ulster Border. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1922, DUBLIN, March 22.—Along the 250 miles of the border between northern and southern Ireland practically the whole of the population on each side apprehends an attack from the other. Though the newspapers talk of civil war the trouble has not yet reached that dimension. There is no massing of troops, but many small harrying raids are occurring in widely sepa- rated districts and keeping every- body’'s nerves on edge. AIREDALE BITES THREE. An alredale dog, belonging to Frank N. Chase, 2807 26th street northeast, wag turned over to'the poundmaster yesterday afternoon because it was alleged to have bitten three children who were playing Monday afternoon on Bladensburg road. Ellen Wolfe, Seven years old, 2926 Bladensburg road, in front of whose | home the children were attacked, was treated by Dr. L. S. Savage, for bites on her stomach. Ira Nylan, thirteen years old, 2817 26th street northeast, and John D. Cutsall, eight years old, 2805 _26th street northeast, were bitten on their arms. While playing near his home, at | 1622 Evarts place, yesterday after- noon, Samuel Willett, fourteen years l old, Wwas bitten on his right arm by a dog belonging to a neighbor. | His | 280 e waund was dressed at home and the dog was turned over to the pound- master. —_— MISSING MINISTER FOUND ILL Relatives of Rev. Franklin Noble, retired Pennsylvania minister, were distressed ‘over the disappearance o the elderly man from his home, 140; Massachusetts / avenue, yestarday. | While his friends and the police were Y i searching for the missing man he was a patient in Emergency Hospital, but it was not until this morning that relatives learned he was there, 1,000,000 CHICAGO VOTERS. CHICAGO, rch 12.4-11\& register- ed voting population’ of Chicago pass-- ed the 1,000,000 mark yesterday, the final day 'of registration before the rrlmu-y election, April 11, the total, J‘,‘;“}‘.’;‘ men and women, being According to Commandant Roderick | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1922, DEMONSTRATES “BABY" PLANE TO WASHINGTONIANS. Piloting the Sperry pin 100 miles an hour, it can land on a nd. 3 PRESIDENT INITED TOPEARY SERVCES IUnveiling of Memorial to Late Rear Admiral at Arling- ton April 6. President Harding today was in- vited to attend the ceremonies inci- dent to the unveiling of a memorial to the late Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, in Arlington cemetery, April 6. the thirteenth anniversary of the admiral's discovery of the north pole. The invitation, which came from Mrs. Peary, widow of the noted explorer, was extended in person to the Presi- dent by Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the National Geographic Society, under whose auspices the ceremonies will be held, and Rear Admirals C. M. Chester ‘and George W. Baird, John Joy Edson and C. C. Coombs. Form of Memorial/ ‘The memorial will be in the form of a monun i consist of large base which will representative of Upon the latter will be wn the outlines of the continents contain _a sphere th world. and the oceans. At the top of the sphere, at a_point indicating the north pole, will be placed a bronze star pointing to the north, which in this case happens to be toward the Arlington Amphitheater. On one side of the base will be chiseled, in Latin, Admiral Peary's famous motto, “Inveniam Viam Aut Faciam,” which in English is, “I will find a way or make on On the other side of the base will be the words, “Robert Edmund Peary. dis- coverer of the north pole, April 6, 1909.” On the third side will be “Rear admiral U. 8. N, civil engineer, ex- plorer and scientist—1856-1920."" On the fourth side will be. “His beloved wite, Josephine Diebitsch, 1863." Mr. Groavenor to Officiate. Mr. Grosvenor, as president of the Nationdl Geographic Society, will of- ficiate at the cercmonies, and it is considered likely that among the ad- dresses to be made will be one by Secretary of the Navy Denby. Mrs. Edward Stafford, daughter of the ex- plorer, known all over the world as the “snow baby.” having been born on one of her father's arctic expedi- tions, will pull the cords unveiling the memorial. —_— CALVERT STREET BRIDGE TO HAVE ASPHALT FLOOH $26,000 in One of Deficiency Bills to Be Used to Replace ‘Wood. An asphalt surface similar to that on the Highway bridge will be laid on the Calvert Street bridge with the $26,000 appropriation asked by Congress in one of the deficiency bills, Engineer Com- missioner Keller stated today. Col. Keller admitted today that the bridge vibrates considerably with the present wood flooring, but said that when the improvements are made it will be safe to take any traffic load over tae structure. At present, he said, the wood floor is placed on longltudlnal ‘wooden supports. The plan is to replace these wooden supports with steel girders, which will tend to stiffen the entire struct- ure. With an asphalt paving on top of a steel frame, the colonel said, the bridge will meet all requirements. except that it will not be as at- tractive looking as a new bridge. The colonel voiceds the beliei the $1,500,000 necessary to build a new bridge is more urgently needed for scheol buildings and an additional water supply. SEES VALUE IN MOVIES. «Yisual Education” Held Great Ad- vantage in School. i i1l larities, alleged to have concerned a that cation was made by John J. Tigert, federal commissioner of education, at a meeting of the Progressive Educa- tion Association last night, in the auditorium of the Interior Depart- ment. Commissioner Tigert spoke on the subject of “Visual Education.” It was pointed out by Mr. Tigert that the problem of developing mov- ing pictures for educational purposes js mainly commercial. He said a program is needed whereby the pro- ducers and educators can get to- gether and make motion pictures that will be pedagogically useful and present them according to best recog- hized educational methods. DEFENDS DRY OFFICER. Responsibility for alleged irregu- Jarities in sale of liquor in Staunton, Va., does not rest with William Grue- per, head of the executive division of 'the Staunton prohibition office, Federal Prohibition Director Fulwiler of Virginia reported yesterday to Commissioney Haynes. The irregu- of prominent persons, were 3;1'5'..":;« th ‘Mr. Fulwiler to have Been reported by Tom Tisdale, a con- Destsd moonshiner. who had used Grueber’'s name wnhout his knowl- edge and permission. sme thé “flivver” of the ai Carnegie’s Son-in-Law Spurns Big Ofjers for 82,500 Teaching Job By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Mare well Miller, ‘enty- old son-in-law of the late An- drew Carnegle, hax turned down ofters of lucrative positions | with the Bethiehem Steel Com- | pany and J. Morgan & ( to accept a 2500 post as in- structor in engineering at New | York Universicy, it ix Il‘lrlllrd. i nte | Mr. Miller, son of the Roswell Miller, n former prexi- | %o, Milwaukee Irond, married | Misxx Margaret Carnexie, helress | to the fronmaster's millionx, on . 1919, whortly after hix dixcharge frora the vy, A dnughter, Louise, was born in Junc, 1920 The Miller home in nt HOth street was bought by Mr. Car- negle for $230000. It nd- joins the Carnesie mansion in 5th avenue. GEN. GREGORY SEMENOFF TO BE ALLOWED INTO U. S. Siberian Cossack Leader and Wife, Now in Canada, Not to Be Barred. VANCOUVER, B. C, March 21.— Notification has bgen received from Washington that the United States government will permit the entry into the United States of Gen. Gregory Semenoff, Siberian Cossack leader and his_wife & Gen. Semenoff proposes to negotiate a loan for the new Siberian regime. His ¢ into *the Wnited States was delayed because there was some doubt as to his status under United States laws. Commenting on the delay, Gen. Semenoff said tonight: “If 1 am barred from the United Otates because 1 am a divorced man, this is the first intimation I have re- ceived that taere are no divorced men in the United States. As for the storic that I ill treated United States soldiers who were members of the Siberian ex- peditionary forces, 1 can prove that such stories were circulated by Japanese and bolshevik agencies to hamper my mission in this country and Europe.” —_— NEW TASK FOR BORAH. Head of Senate Education Commit- tee, Succeeding Kenyon. Senator Borah of Idaho, republican, been made chairman of the Senate. committee on. edusntion,.and labor, succeeding Judge William S. Kenyon in this office. Kenvon recently resigned from the Senate to go on the bench. Senator Borah gave up the chairmanship of the committee on interoceanic canals, which has been given to Senator Edge of New Jersey, republican. Other committee changes due to the resignation of Judge Keyon were as_follows: Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin w; transferred, at his own requedt, from the military affairs to the ap- propriations committee. Senator Rawson of Iowa, who suc- ceeded Judge Kenyon, was named to the military, manufacturers, inter- oceanic canals and labor committees, Senator McKinley of Ilinois will succeed Judge Kenyon on the agri- culture committee. As chairman of the education and labor committee, on_ which he was the senior republican member, Senator Borah will have charge of| the bill to create a department of ediication. It is understood that he opposes the @easure, although most of other committes members are supporters. —_— SICK SOLDIERS FIRST, URGED AS PROGRAM Senator Fernald and Representa- tive Langley Tell President Bonus Should Come Later. “Soldier hospitalization first and then soldier bonus” was the program urged upon President Harding to- day by Senator Fernald of Maine,! chairman of the Senate committee on public buildings and grounds, and Representative John W. Langley of Kentucky, chairman of the corre- eponding House committee, who ig in charge of the soldier hospitalization bill, on which he hopes to get action this week. “We discussed with the President the general hospitalization situation,” said Representative Langley at the White House, following the confer- ence. “We urged upon the President the impoptance of enacting legisla- tion” first/ for the sick. soldlers and then for 'the well soldiers. 1 am for both propositions. I feel it would be a political blunder to pass through the House a bonus bill before we pass a hospital bill. Let us take care of: the sick firkt and the well next, I told the President. Both are entitled to ou consideration, but in that orde: The President informed the callers he approved the bill. KING GEORGE HAS A COLD. LONDON, March 22—King George, who is suffering from a slight cold and sore throat must remain indoors several days, it was announced today. MOTOR CYCLE MESSENGER SERVICE INAUGURATED BY P. O. DEPARTMENT A motor tycle messenger service was inaugurated today for the Post Office Department by Postmaster Gen- eral Work and W. /M. Mooney, chiet clerk of the dep-runenLl e The object of the service is o care of .’n ‘messenger WOT)K NOW per- formed outside the departmental bulldings by messengers in the differ- ent bureausc The motor cycle mes- senger will leave the main bullding each day “on the hour” from 9 am. to 5 p.m. Und‘;r the present arrangemente it 1s a frequent occurrence for messen- gers in different bureaus to deliver mail, mnuido of the department to the same place at the same ume. Chiet Clerk Mooney stated in his order. “The new xrran:ement centralizes the services and will prevent this un- necessary use of the messenger force, enabling them to remain in their own bureaus and devote more time to’'tne work in their respective offices,” the order declared. “It also will result in & saving in the use of street car tickets.” One man on a motor cycle, it is be- lieved, will do the work of many messen- gers golnx afoot and on street cars. The corridors of the Post Office Depart- Fora: the yaon heing put Iside the ofioes mdnotharmklmtudofhh-g m«mmmdmmmcmm g Judge | ) le of traveling Il space. Lincoln Memorinl in back- TRUST LAW PERIL SCOREDBY MINERE Unions Term Caution of Op- erators Is Only a “Smoke . Screen.” Bituminous coal uperators who danger to the ves from anti- trust law enforcement if they confer with the miners’ union nationally to fix wages were declarod to be setting up “simply a smoke screen,” in i statement issued today by the United Mine Workers. gThe statement re- ferred to an address by George H. Cushing, managing director of the American Wholesale Coal Associa- tion, here vesterday, in which the al- leged legal dangers were discussed. “They know this is a frivolous ex- cuse, but it Is the only one they have left.” the mine workers' siateme said, characterfzing Mr. Cushing as being “in a large way representative of the opefators.” Opinfon of Mr. Daugherty. “Only recently President Habding announced that Attorney General Daugherty had given him an gfficial opinion that the operatd and miners would not violate any law of the United States by meeting in joint conference for the purpose of nego- tiating a new wage agreement. * ~ * Roth President Harding and Secre- tary of Labor Davis have been un- sparing in_their denunciation of the operators for their assault on busi- ness morals by breaking their valid contract with the miners.” The statement asserted that the operators in the ntral competitive fields were absoluely bound by con- tract to enter a national conference, which most of them have refused 1o enter, and added that “the plain, bald-faced purpose in the heads of the operators is the destruction of the miners’ union e TELLS OF LABOR BANK. ‘Miss Shochat Speaks to Hebrews on | Palestine Institution. . Details of the establishment of the Palestine Labor Bunk were given 1o a_mass meeting of Jewish residents of Washinston last night in the Odd Fellows’ Hall hy Mi: pre ting the un izations of Palestine. Miss Shochat told of the bank's founding and its purposes as well a: the benefit it bestows upon Hebrew people of the working class in Pal tine. The government of Palestine incorporated the bank in Jerusalem 1 labor organ last May, she said. An_address also was delivered by A. B. Mitchell, 2 member of the exccu- tive committee of the American Paule Zion. Miiss Shochat will be guest of honor at a banquet tonight in Glick’s restaurant, 621 E street. —_— 42 ACCUSED OF SPEEDING. | Police Take 53 Other Alleged Traf- fic Violators in 24 Hours. Forty-two alleged speeders were arrested by the police during the twenty-four hours ended at 8 o'clock this morning, according to Maj. Sul- livan's report to Commyssioner Oyster, Fifty. the traffic regulations were arrested. Other arrests included in the report were eight for alleged’ possession intoxicants. five for selling for transporting. Ten arrests for in- toxication and two for driving auto- mobiles while under the influence of liquor also were included in the re- port. . FRANCE WARNED TO ARM. Castelnau Says She Must Have 3 to 1 in Standing Army With Germany | By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, March 21.—'France must| have three men to one_man for Ger- many as a standing army when the zero_hour sounds again\” said Gen. de Castelnau, chairman of the army commission, in the chamber of depu ties today in advocating the efghteen months’ service bill as sponsored by | the commission. “Germany,” Gen. Castelnau con- tinued, “has seven diviions of in- fantry'and three of cavalry, and these forces can be trebled overnight. The | league of nations has not yet realized | militarily that the great American na- tion absolutely refuses to cross its tbreshold. We are a great pacifist nation, but we cannot vouch, for| others. Thus we must remain atfach- ed to the principle of an armed na-| io . The eighteen months’ bill now be- fore the chamber provides for thirty- two metropolitan divisions ready for immediate action. B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 o’clock Speaker Tomorrow J. Stanley Durkee, President Howard Univeraity. Conducted by Rev. Joseph Dawson —_— Every One Invited—No Mania Shochat, | three other alleged violators of | and five | ASKS MAN THE TIME; . RECOGNIZES THE WATCH AS THAT OF SLAIN SON By the Associuted Pre: PASADENA, Calif, March Sevano Telles stopped a strange on the strect and asked him the tie. Today the latter is in ju The stranger drew from his pocket a gold wateh which, Telles later declared, Pad been the pron- erty of his son, Martin Tell seven n, who body, stripped and with' the head crushed,s had been found in a reservoir. Telles man more thorougl he wore had been when lie left home The stranger ve the name tid the given a xamined the The clothes worn by his son March 1. wan_arre of Esed More- watch and elothes him by ampother . He _no, and had b man, Moreno with the UNLIMITED TREATY DEBATE AT END; VOTE DUE FRIDAY n is held connection murder. in em- ren e is some other reason for t tttempt 1o force this treaty upon u And t is found in the desire 1t interests which control nments of both countries to the ¢ on and protection es in their further During Senato ussion of Amerl inder* (he four-power paet, Senator ditehcock, demoerat, Nebraska, in- quired ho was to determine w T S Guestion | on eontroversy | should some within jurise u of the con- ference of the four nations. Anxwers Senator Hitcheock. left open.” plicd Sena te. T as- jame the fr act sought o muke it a could, to oid having an involved document, v else it might never get through this body at all.” 1 senator added that nothing anyvwhere in the which reserved to United the right to de- termine whetl immigration, for mple, should be a subject with foren This b Simmens, democr the statement Uit vations the 1t i the suht from t. North of the ch the - deal. we p withhicld to th privilege of det diction. Seeret Pact Chargex Dropped. The isation t Brit twenty - four - hour stions of a r 00-0p suddenly flic succession emanating from from the White ered in_up power Pu s they preparinggto ask for a formal inve ion ar rently put an end whole ent. that ranged down, show- of the four- uree Hou ine the W House offi s said Iy that no secret agreement of the igpested existed. Seer letter re in t estio N a8 olutely Paul Cravath, - the N York attorn whose statement started the row, sent |a tel m saying he had been incor- seerét understanding. | Borah Explains Poxition. i Sc»nmnr Borah, rhpuhllrum nted the ¢ ath s E », contented himself w | saying that what he read was a sten- Tdaho, tement h gREPORT ORDERED ON D. C. MEASURES Continued 'from Fi Page.) gards, warehouses on three jand in the northeas favorable report on this order Representative Millspaugh of Mis- souri, made a favorable report from the subcommitiee on a bill providing for the extension and opening of 9th street in Drizhtwood. from Longfellow !to Underwood sireets. It was ex- iplained that this street is already | chartered and that this measure gives | the District commissioners a right to start _coudemnation proceedings. A | favorable report was ordered. Medical Society Charter. A favorable report also was or- dered on the bill to reincorporate the | Medical Society of tne IMstrict, so 'lh.’tt it can hold in its own right cer- {tain property now held for it by a board of trustees. This bill Fas been amended with a provision that the Medical Soci cannot establish 2 medical school. The bill already has passed the Senate, but will have to (g0 back again for approval of this | amendment. Representative’ Millspaugh told the committee that the banking situa- | tion in Washington was in a bad w. {on account of a number of mushroom ibanks whick come in harters and with small paid-in eap- tal, and the controller of the cur- rency has no authority to prevent {them from doing business He an- nownced his intention to draft a new | generzl banking law, and asked as an emergency measure that a_bill which his subcommittee has been considering should be reported, which was done. This bill would give the controller of the currency authority to pass on new banks desiring to do business in the capital. PLEA FOR PRISONERS.’ Fifty Members of Congress Ask Re- lease of- War-Time Captives. President Harding has received a petition signed by fifty members of Congress urging the release of all war- time prisioners serving terms for ex- pressions of opinions and not for con- viction of overt acts against the gov- ernment. ¢ The petition included twice as many republican pames as democratic. Tt was explained that a resolution is now before the judiciary committee of the House urging general amnesty for the class of prisoners appealed for in this petition. i ————— VETS OPEN D. C. OFFICES. \ = Confederate Hosts Establish Head- quarters Here for First Time. The United Confederate Veterans, for the first ¢ime in the history of that organization, have established headquarters in this city. An order establishes the office in the Southern building, with Past Commander Clar- ence J. Owens In command. under state | issued by Commander-in-Chief Carr SANS GAR MERGER Utilities Commission Writes Senator Ball—Senator King’s Amendment. The passage of the proposed excess Profits tax on the street railways of without any merger the present thne, is Public Utilities Com- widressed today to airmian of the District at the { mission in a letter ! Senator Ball, ¢ {committee of the Senate. | The letter is signed by Col | Keller, Eugineer Commissioner of th i District. Col. Keller says Col. Keller's St ement. or 4 number of years there has been much discus best way to bring about a v (of th i street railways) and little or nothing has been accomplished. JFor this r ison it appears wise to the {sion to suggest that made to en: crger legislation, jsueh, but that efforts be limited the attempt to secure the enactment of the excess profits taxation p means of promotin e sentiment on beha of in_ the minds of those itified with the two traction con:- panic con o attempt fu- jhis Teceptive phay, it s believed 1 com will then ward prope diff s in -rio indulged rega er provosal. 5 When Merger Takes Place. ~ merger has actually t con practi n from t they liave ding the mers with l which witl wn 1 oppor- the policy of Congress and whole, o ng the smallest tunity fc riving the publ ury of a just return for the privileges red. It should be noted, that any gro ceipts tax on ction companies is, to the ex- cnt of its amount, an addition 1o the of transportation and is th sted in the rate of fare wi confe; cours h. 1 must be iraposed.” The merger bill, carrying the ex- cess pro ted by the comm t tax on e of 6 cent n tha r valuation and a 1t lax on operating incon of 7 per cent retur Senate om_the Distriet coms= or Ball o of the commission ap= now is to abandon the mer- ons of the measure and to the excess profits tax fea- mittee b: The parenti Zer prov pass only Keller's Further Statement. Col. Keller said further in his let- ter to Senator Ball tod: the hearing Monday it was - the representatives of the ction Company that there other and better ways of pro- moting a merger than by excess ation. and it may be super- cour notice the fact asked for a more -seription of th ather accomplishing this purpo: rowas 1 by the witni itter of fact, the comn no way of promoting a m than to remove the between the two traction h an be done only n or b e Sl com xation, which re- s in general all that has been taken from it over and above a fair return, seems the prefer- {able plan. ographic transcript of Mr Cravath's Commixxion’s View. {remarks, @md that the anation! “The commission still feels, as it | now” made”would not be pted in| in the that to permit the | court. Serfitor Johnson. repub- | Washington and Electric 1 . California, added that Mr. | {Cravath had best be left to depart|ir ¢ before merging {from the debate “with veracity | the ction Company { shattered in_several direction Pwill remov he two railw: | one rose to defend the New York at-{companies any incentive toward the and the discussion drifted tolareer merger. since the present finan- lother issues of the t ¢ fight. jeial disudvantage alleged to be ex. i The purpose of some of the irrecon d by the ington Rall- {cilables to make the incident and Electrie Company would by asis for a fight to send the tr orption of its subsidiary, be Iback to committee appamently had|completely removed, and its position been abandoned, along with the pro-jwith the bankers and public would posal to summon Mr. Cravath and | hecome strong as that of the Imhtr: to maice a full explanation. | Captiai Traction Compa ] Col. Keller pointed out that the principle contained in_ the excess llrot‘h taxation plan is based upon « Cummings transports that the 6 per cent limit at which this taxation is to begin is justified by i\ stability of the street railway busi- ness here in Washington. Senator King of Utah, a member of the District committee, today intro- duced an amendment 10 the merger bill_which provides that the ex; profits tax proposed shall not apply to money expended within the vew for extension betterments, new equip- ment. the purchase and retirement uf outstanding bonds of the corporatiun or for the purchase of the franchise. K, properties, shares or bonds u: other corporations having franchi i for the operation of street cars w ing the District. His amendment wis ordered to lie on the table and will L. considered when the bill is taken un in the Senate. CLAYTON'S LATEST MOVE. Three Tokens for 20 Cents Urged i . for Capital Traction Alone. ing failed to induce the utilities ion to order three token for on both street railway lines, William McK. Clayton, for the Federa- tion of Citizens' Associations, today asked the commission to issue such an order for the Capital Traction Company alone. The Washington Railway and Electric Company contended that such an order would reduce its revenues by nearly $100,000 a year, but Mr. Clayton tells the commission he does not believe the Capital Trac- i ton Company would be seriously affected by sclling tokens in lots of thres After reciting this fact, Mr. Clayton's petition follows: “l, therefore, on behalf of the Federation of Citizens' Associations. respectfully request that your honor- able commission forthwith order and require the Capital Traction Com- pany to scll three tokens or tickels. upon request of passenger. for 20 cents. “1 call attention of the commission to the fact that the Capital Traction Company now is selling three tokens for 20 cents, but only upon the pur- chase of one dollar's worth at a time. “What the public requircs and asks is for right to purchse the first three tokens in the stack rather than the last three for 20 cents—deal the three tokens from the bottom of the stack rather than from the top. “As the commission itself estimates the rate of return of the Capital Traction Company as now consid- erably over 8 per.cent, and constantly meunting, no further information seems to be necessary as to the ef- fect of a three-for-twenty order upon the revenues of that company. “The placing of a differential of 20 per cent upon the cash rider—falling upon a class of people who can least afford it—should be avoided if other conditions justify, and 1 submit all these condtions are now present the case of the Capital Traction Com pany.” CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE. A Christian Sclence lecture is to be given tomorrow evening in Masonic Temple, 13th street and New York, avenue, by Dr. John M. Tutt, member of the board of lectureship of the First Chu of Christ Scientist «f Boston, under the auspices of the Second Church of Christ Scientist, thll city. URGESEXCESSTAX < L