Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1922, Page 2

" BALLOULAYS DOWN SCHOOL FIRE RULES Letter to Superintendents Tells Them How to Remove Blaze Hazards. Specific and detailed instructions as to how to rid public school buildings of any existing fire hazards will be given to all supervisory officers and principals by Supt. Frank W. Ballou in a circular letter to be sent out Monday. The letter was completed to- day by the superintendent. s The orders to be given the school officers to make the school building as safe as possgible from any danger of fire is an outgrowth of the recent ciosing of the school auditoriums. In the letter Dr. Ballou calls the atten- tion of the school officers to the fire rezulations of the Commissioners of December 10. Text of the Letter. ‘The letter prepared by Dr. Ballou reads: All fire extinguishers should be re- charged at a stated period, a week or two before the opening of the school term. Al di ded school furniture, empty oil ca barrels anl spplie should be removed to the s(oreh us it possible. In cases wher: artic'e are stored under stairwavs the up- plies should be removed .t Even though the stairways are fire- proof they are not absolutely smolk proof. and in the event of a fire the smoke will ascend the stairways and 1 probability cause a panic. Principals should see 1hat no structions are placed in the 1alls, especially planos, phonographs. fabes, ete. Furnitue of this sort shoull be| placed so that it will not interfere with the passageway leadiug to exits. All approaches should be kept free| from obstructions. Precaution for Lahoratorien. “Chemical laboratories. mahual training and domestic science rooms hould be provided with fire extin- suisbers. Tables with wooden tops in _laboratories having gas connec- tichs for small stoves, Bunsen burn- ers. etc.. should have tops made fire- proof. “Janitors should not allow paper. trash and other combustible material to acclmulate in school building: This waste material sholud be put in metal containers and baled and kept in fireproof compartments until hauled away. Papers and ashes should not be piled against fire wood | nor placed in wooden containel “Raffia and other combustible ma- terial used in caning. rug making, etc. should be placed in metal recep- | tacles for storing. “Olls and paints should be placed in a fireproof compartment. Metal con- | tainers should be provided. for the storage of oily rags or waste.” ————— BATTLE IN SENATE ON AGAIN AS NEW PACT IS TAKEN UP (Continued from First Page.) i { i between the United States of Amer-| ica, the British empire, France, and| Japan, it is declared to be the under- standing and intent of the signatory powers: “1. That the treaty shall opply to the mandated islands in the Pacific ocean: provided, however, that the making of the treaty shall not be deemed to be an assent on the part of the United States of America to the mandates and shall nét preclude agreements between ythe United States of America, and’the mBndas tory powers respectively, in relation to the mandated islandB & “2. That the controversiés to which the second paragraph of article I re- fers shall not be taken to embrace questions which according to the principles of international law lie exclusively within the domestic juris- dictions of the-respective powers.” Raises Question of Propriety. Senator Hitchcock’s contention is that this declaration is in reality a part of the four-power treaty. He 1aised the question today as to whether the four-power treaty had really been properly- ratified yester- day. Senator Hitchcock called attention to this declaration yesterday after- noon, but Vice President Coolidge ruled that the declaration would not come before the Senate at that time under the unanimous consent agree- ment to vote on the four-power treaty yesterday without further de- bate. “If they would not let us discuss it yesterday,” sald Senator Hitchcock, “they will find now that this ques- tion must be considered.” FINAL VOTE, 67 TO 27. i Represents Margin of Four Over \ Necessary Two-Thirds. The four-powes Pacific treaty, the center of controversy over accomp- lishments of the Washington arms conferenas, was ratified by the Sen- ate late yesterday with no reserva- tion except the “no alliance” declara- tion proposed by the foreign relations committee and accepted by President ‘Harding. The final vote of sixty-seven to twenty-seven, representing a margin of four over the necessary two-thirds, ‘was recorded after the opponents of ratification had made more than twenty _unsuccessful attempts to qualify Senate action by reservations or amendments distasteful to the ad- ministration. On the deciding roll call twelve democrats voted for “the treaty and only four republicans op- posed it. Thirty-Three Roll..Calls Foréed. Dying hard, the irreconcilible ele- ment which had opposed the treaty on the ground that it establishes an alliance between the United States, Great Britain, Japan and France, forced thirty-three roll calls during a four-and-a-half-hour session set aside for final action on the resolu- tion of ratification. They made their best showing on a proposed reser- vation to invite outside powers into Pacific “conferences” affecting their Interests, mustering_ thirty-six votes for the proposal to fifty-five in oppo- sition. The committee reservation was al- cepted in the end by a vote of 90 to 2, two attempts to modify it failing by overwhelming majorities. It de- clares that “the United States under- stands that under the statement in the preamble or under the terms of this treaty there is no commitment to armed force, no alliance, no obliga- tion to join in any defens Foes Raise Point of Order. Although debate was prohibited dur- ing the day’s session under a unani- mous consent agreement, the treaty opponents raised a point of order in regard to the declaration accompany- ing the treaty, but not a part of it, and laid the basis for continuing their assault today, when the supplemental treaty defining the scope of the four- power pact comes up for considera- tion. It is the hope of the adminis- tration leaders, however, that ‘the supplemental treaty may be ratified and all that pertains to the four- power arrangement declared off the Senate calendar before tonight? ‘The roll call on ratification of the four-power treaty follow: For ratification: Republicans—Ball, Brandegee, Bur- sum, Calder, Cameron, Capper, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham, du Pont, Edge, Elkins, Ernst, Fernald, #declarations of war with Spain and s |ABSENTMINDEDLY GOES |1eader, I minimum i . THE EVENING - NEW RESERVEPLIN PROPOSEDBY DENY Bill Drafted by Navy Depart- ment s Submitted to Speaker Gillett. Reorganization of the naval reserve is proposed in a bill drafted by the Navy Department and submitted today b for introduction in the House with the comment that cnactment of the mea- sure “will create a naval reserve or- ganization on sound enduring lines and will provide the vitally important re- serves so necessary to supplement the Regular Nav. Provides for Three Classes. OFF AND LEAVES AUTO ABOARD A FERRYBOAT EAST ORANGE, N. J., March 25.— Ernest J. Reugg of West Hoboken admitted yesterday to State Motor Vehicle Commissioner Dill that he had mislaid his automobile on a Weehawken ferry March 4, “just as one would forget an umbreila.” The manner of it was this, he plained: He drove aboard the ferry, left his machine, entered the cabin and became absorbed in his newspaper. When the Manhattan shore was reached he landed with the foot passengers, took a taxicab to his office and never thought about his motor again until he was informed that it had been found. The commissioner explained that he really musn’t be so absentmind- ed, for the police had spent many perfectly good hours trying to solve what they thought must be either a suicide mystery or the theft of an automobile which bandits feared to drive off the ferry. Reugg pleaded that it was the first time he had broken a traftic law in fourteen years, and the commissioner suspended sentence, although remarking that he didn’t know whether such a forgetful man was fit to drive an automobile. The bill provides for organization of a naval reserve into three classes— one, to be the fleet reserve, providing men for combatant ships and aviation; the second, a merchant marine reserve lj‘rlt“lln‘?huyseln‘ _Gooding, Ilals;4‘nllf~'r_- providing for a war fleet of naval auxi. e L0 B T und the third, a volunteer re- mick, MeCumber, Mel serve, the personnel of which, as a MeNary, Moscs New- | resull of civilian occupations, would be berry, " 'Nicholson, orris, | especially fitted for naval service in Oddie, ge, Pepper, Phipps, Poin- |time of war. dextor, Rawson, Shortridge, Smoot, | Secretary Denby, in a letter to the pencer, Stanfield, Steriing, Suther- | Speker L the ‘bill was drafted land, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, | on ples laid down by a board son (indiana), Weller and Wil- | of who made an_oxhaustive study of the question. The new re- mocrats—HBroussard, Dial. Fletcher, | serve would replace the six-cluss re-} Kendrick, McKellar, Myers, oOwen, ervo which for the most part was Paomerene, Funsdell, Trammell, Un- | disenrolled iast fall becausc of short- derwood and Williams—12. age of fund L Obligatex Dincharged Men. The Speaker was informed that the naval reserve, which last June 30 was Republicans—Borah, France, John- son and La Follett—i. Derson. Gerry Gt HAFHe. Harrl. | composed of 26376 oficers and 203, son, Heflin, Hitchcock. King, Over-|666 men, on March 1 had 419 officers man, Pittman, Reed, Robinson, S)l?p-,““(] 4,963 men in the tleot reserve, 6,324 pard, Shields, Simmons o ot | officers and 10.880 men sorving with- v in the volunteer reserve and ‘Walsh (Montana) and Watson (Geor- | out pa gla). Total, 23. Total against rati-, 374 officers on active duty on naval fication, 27. i s aviator: auxiliaries or Republican Bloc™ Stands. The bill stipulates that men en- - e o | listing in the Navy shall obligate} Throughout the day’s vouing a bloc |,y gejves to serve. in addition to of fifty-three republicans stood solid-| their regular enlistments, four years 1y against all reservations and amend- | in the fleet naval reserve. On a o b s of Navy of 100,000 enlisted dey ments except the “no alli men, the Secrelary smid, l0is requires laration of the committee. The fourip.nt in eight vears should furnish republican irreconcilibles, Senators|about 30.000 flcet reservists. Borah of Idaho, France of Maryland.!. poeal Cost Only $750,000 Yearly. John of California and La Follette off g ;g iing that the annual cost of ‘;is‘“’“’;“' . ”‘; ”“"-‘ "‘f:"‘“j:‘ ‘;! maintaining this force would not ex- their side of the chamber who i tapaliog Mo e e o o unlifying proposals, | cced $730.000, Mr. Denby declared although Senator Norris, republicun, | that its value to the country in an of Nebraska, supported several. and | emergency would be “tremendou Senator Ladd, republican. North Dd-|” pne Naval Secretary safd provi- O’ the democratic slde there was|sions for compensation were elastic less unanimity of action. The twen-iand were designed particularly to ty-three democrats who finally voted | furnish an eflicient naval reserve for fainat ratification voted together on | a greatly reduced expenditure of most roll calls in favor of amend-| funds. Ments and reservations, but a group| “Adequate provisions have been in- OF eight or ten $t0od with their party | clyded,” his letter continued. “to Senator Underwood of Ala- bama, in opposition to most of the proposed changes. In the thirty militla of the several states, So as SiX|to insure that in time of war the to fifty-five vote on the “outSide Pow- i personnel of these organization: ers” reservation, however, Senator|when called into service in the Navy, Underwood’'s following reached its|ill be able to render efficient service strength, only Senatorslt, the country. Williams of Mississippi and Myers of | Montana, joining him on the demo- | cratic side in opposition to the pro- | posal. Foes Break Over Rule. Transfer Law Altered. “Provislons of existing law felating | to the transfer of men of sixteen and Twice during the long succassion of | tWenty years' service in the Navy to roll calls, which was witnessed by | the fleet naval reserve have been one of lh; larlzestd gfl“l‘;y af"’WdS | altered. so that ultimately the annual that ever has attended a Senate ses- of this part of the naval resery sion, ‘opponents of the treaty broke | SOR PL LN Teduced, and it will over the rule agalnst debate to inject| ), sagured that all men transferred remarks into the record. One of these| /™ 41 qoet naval reserve will be occasions was when Senator Johnson | g,y qualified physically to perform asked for a vote O the Teservation |, ¢ne quties of their respective rates originally presented in committee by | 3y’ (o’ Senator Brandegee, republican, Con- | Terms of enlistment in the reserve necticut, and proposing that the|,,q pe four yvears, and while on United States assume no “moral of|,ctive duty reservists would reccive legal obligation™ to use force Under | ye same pay as men of similar grades the treaty. o> : = in the Navy. The bill also provides “Is it proper to ask.” said Sen-|(,r" reorganization of the Marine ator Harrison, democrat, MissisSipPi | corps reserve into a fleet and volun- “whether this is the original reserva- fo. " regerve. tion agreed to by the foreign rela- tions committee and changed at the MEADE CEREMONY PLANNED TUESDAY request of the President?” “It 1s” promptly replied Senator (Continued from First Page.) Johnson before the presiding_ officer | ended the discussion by a belated| tatto with his gavel { Voted Down, 28 to 64. ! The reservation was voted down, 28} to 64, with only five republicans sup- porting it. Later, just as a final vote was to be taken on ratification, Senator Hitchcock, democrat, Nebraska, asked on the privilege of a point of order i whether the declaration accompying the treaty, signed at the same time by the arms delegates and declaring that purely domestic issues are not to te within the scope of the agreement, was actually a part of the pact. Vice President Coolidge, presiding, replied that he did not care to rule on the question because the declaration was | not before the Senate, and Senator Hitchcock asked when and how it would then be possible to amend the leclaration. He contended that if the declaration was not a part of the treaty, it would not be binding and hence domestic issues really could be dealt with when the four powers meet in “conference.” ART COMPANY BANKRUPT. The Advanced Arts Company, Inc, of 718 11th street northwest today filed a petition in voluntary bank- ruptey. plt iists its debts at $8,893.39, and says it has assets totaling $10, 317.65, of which $7,977.79 is repre- sented by machinery. Attorney Foster Wood appears for the corporation. “Jim” Preston Completes 25 Years As Head of Senate Press Gallery James D. Preston, familiarly known as. “Jim” to men in public life and newspaper men the country over, is today being congratulated by his friends upon twenty-flve years serv- ice as superintendent of the Senate press gallery. Mr. Preston was a youngster when he became superintendent of the press gallery a quarter of a century ago. -He himself comes of a news- paper family. His father, Herbert, Preston, was for many years Wash-|" ington correspondent for the New York Herald. Classed “Institution.” The present superintendent of the Senate press gallery has become an institution in newspaperdom. The press arrangements for big national and _ international gatherings in Washington and in other cities have for years been intrusted to the ca- pable hands of Mr. Freston. Arrange- ments for the press, for instance, at the national conventions of the' re- publican and democratic parties have for many years been handled by him. Recently when the Washington con- ference on limitation of armament and the far east assembled here, Mr. Preston was put in chagrge of the press section of the conference, and became, a&s a consequence, the’ aida and friend of the newspapermen from abroad assigned to cover the confer- ence, @8 he has been for years of the corps of Washington correspondents. ‘Witnesses Many Historic Events. ‘When he came to the Senate first as superintendent of the preds gal- lery, March 25, 1897, only three of the senators sitting today were then mempbers—Senators Lodge of Massa- chusetts, Warren of Wyoming and Nelson of Minnesota.- In his twenty- five years of service Mr. Preston has been present at many historic events in the Senate chamber, including the head a standard of wreath and gar- lands, in commemoration of a great achievement. Fame and Progress ocoupy the central positions, right and left, on either side of the group, Fame, with the urge ever upward and on, strains upward for a clever vision of her object. The figure of Progress, on the other hand, is dynamic in the strength of its own potentialitles. To its left Military Courage clings with bull dog tenacity to the dominant figure of the rear group—War—from which it takes its being. To the left of War, the figure of enegy. vielding to the urge of Fame, loosens his grasp upon the arm of war. War itself, occupying the central position in the rear group, holds in i his clutch two memorial tablets. His wings, in long. sweeping _curves, stretch toward the standard which Loyalty holds above the head of Meade. The side groups are thus out- ilned against the ominous shadow of the wings of War. From the grim determination of Military Courage through the figure of Energy to the figures of Chivalry and Loyalty, the urge is onward and forward foward Progress and Fame, which, alone, of the group, have the power to move with Gen. Meade into the accomplish- ment of the future. The command is “Forward!" JAMES D, PRESTON. with Germany and Austria. If there is anything that the Wash- ington correspondent ddes not know and desires to know, his first act, generally, is to “ask Jim Preston.” If he does not get the information— and he usually does—he is sure to get competent advice as to Where to obtain the desired data. To say that Mr. Preston is popular 8mong news- paper men to put in extremely mild terms the real feeling which his assoclates hold for him. ecretary Denby to Speaker Gillett | L STAR, WASHINGT THE MONUMENT WILL BE PL. RENT RESTRICTION AND HOUSING, TOPIG Fewer Problems in Cities Un- affected by Legislation, Henry Brigham’s View. Cities without restrictive rent legis- lation are troubled least by housing problems in the opinion of Henry Brigham of Boston, national student of home building, who arrived in federalize the training of the naval | Washington today to assist the com- ! mittee appointed by the Commission- ers to stimulate building in the N tional Capital. "_\Vhon I received notice of my ap- pointmen said Mr. Brigham, was surprised that.any one not a cit zen of the Disttict of Columbia should be named on the committee, but upon consideration I realized that the city Washington belongs to every citizen of the country. Its wel- fare and beauty are matgers of inter- est and pride, to every citizen of the country, and furthermore, being un- its representatives fh Congress, fhe acts of Congress in its administra- tion are of national interest. Other Citles Have Problems. “Washington is by no means the only city with a ‘housing problem,’ although it may be significant that cities without restrictive rent law seem to be the least troubled by What Congress does in solving this problem may mot only be a precedent or_example for other cities, but an indication of what Congress might do in case of a similar national prob- em { “I am here purely as a volunteer, being seriously interested both as a | student of housing ana as chairman of the housing committee of the tional Association of Real Fstate ! Boards. Realtors of the country, { representing as they do the interests jof both landlords and tenants, are { deeply interested. “[ regret that it is impossible for mé to leave my business enough to tee, but 1 hope to attend the com- miftee meetings, to keep in close touch with its work and to study the situation as it is reported by the subcommittees. Affects Country’s Welfare. “The housing problem is to see how suitable housing accommoda- tions can best be provided for all tion to advantage. The welfare of the country rests upon the solution of that problem. Naturally, the pro- duction of more homes for persons of moderate means is the need, and the question is how can that produc- tion best be stimulated with justice to all persons. I hope that the Dis- trict confmittee’s investigation will result in _a sound answer.” Julius 1. Peyser, chairman of the steering committee of the housing group, I8 expected to return to Wash- ington from a business trip late to- day, and early next week will start the survey which his committee has been directed to make to determine exactly of homes in the city. Will Name Sybcommittees. With that fact determined, Mr. Peyser Is directed to name the neces- sary subcommittees to inquire into the various phases of the problem. Until Mr. Peyser's survey is made and subcommijttees appointed the housing much progress. Mr. Brigham is not a stranger in Washington, having served in the housing bureau of the Department of Labor during the war, when the city'’s housing problem was at its height. —_—— REFUSES TO EXTEND USE OF NAVY RADIO TO PRESS Head of House Commerce Commit- tee Says Conferees Will Not Accept Amendment.: etude which has marked the status of legislation to extend use ot government ‘radio facilities for the handling of press and commercial Mmossages since ~emactment several Weeks ago by the Senate of the House naval radio bill in amended form was broken today. Chairman Greene of the House com- merce committee and of the House conferees . announced that the con- ferees would not accept the measure as amended by the Senate to extend use of the facilities for five years. Dr. Walter Williams, president, and J. W. Brown, secretary, of the Press Congress of the World, called at the White House and ‘discussed the mat- ter of use of radio facilities for press purposes with President Harding. They said they found the President “very sympathetic’” toward such use. EARLY CHURCHES DISCUSSED. “Phe Early Churches of New Eng- land” was the subjéct of an address given by Rev. Reginald Rowland in the concept room of the Arts Club 1 night. Following the address, M C. Linton, who was the dinner hostess of the evening, played several piano numbers, including. “The Blue Dan- ube,” by Schultz-Elser: -Japanese Study,” by Poldini; “Hark, KA!‘I.K‘. the Lark,” by Schubert-Liszt, and “Pon- ple Valsante,” by Poldinl Hazel ‘Wood, dramatic soprano, sang several songs. . The qui 1 MEADE MEMORIAL, ACTUAL WORK ON THE ‘ERECTION OF WHICH WILL BEGIN TUESDAY der the direct legislative control of | be able to serve on any subcommit- : persons, so that family life can func- | how great is the shortage | committee will not make | D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 2 D IN THE BOTANIC GARDEN HOLD-UP MAN GIVEN 4-YEAR SENTENGE W. R. Branham Is Sent to Penitentiary—Alleged Slayer Arraigned. Walter R. Branham, twenty-six years eid, who held up John I Starnes, manager of the Arcade branch of the Piggly Wiggly stores, at Tth street and Pennsylvania ave- nue February 18, was sentenced to- day by Chief Justice McCoy, in Crimi- nal Division 1, to serve four years in the penitentiary. Strong congres- sional influence was exerted to have the young man placed on probation, but the chief justice declared he owed it to society and to the young man himself that he should pay a penalty for his crime, to which he had plead- ed guilty. Judge C. H. Brand, representative in Congress from Georgia, made a ples for probation on behalf of the parents of the accused. Branham's father, he said, i a Methodist minister in Geor- gia and is|seventy years old. For I more than forty years, he declared. the elder Branham and his wife have devoted thelr time to the education and advancement of young men, and it is one of the tragedies of life that sorrow and disgrace should come to them from one of their own sons. He claimed than Branham had been drinking _“prohibition concoctions” and was not responsible for his act because of the effect of the drink. Barry Pleads Not Gulity. | 1 4 OY 1922, WONAN'S POLICE | BUREAU PRAISED Complete Jurisdiction -Over Woman and Child Cases to Be Requested. A committee of fifteen members of the Soclal Hyglene Soclety of the Dis- trict will call on the Commissioners early next week to urge that the woman's bureau of the police depart- ment be given complete jurisdiction over the care and handling of all children and women, except female Lprisoners accused of high crimes, who lould be dealt with by the male branch of the department. This stand was taken unanimously by the society at a meeting in the District building last night, when resolutions were adopted expressing the belief that the woman's bureau Las done excellent work and should be given full control over boys and girls of Juvenile Court age and women not accused of serious crimes. Action was taken on motion of Willard Smith_of the public health service. Mr. Smith sald today the resolutions were passed without ob- Jection. ! Prompted by Clash. This move on the part of the Social clety is believed to have controversy fusal of head of | Hygiene & been prompted by the which has arisen over the ge Lieut. Mina C. Van Winkle, the woman's bureau, to rel runaway girls from the house of de- tention Thursday morning before she had had an opportunity to question the girls and satisfy herself that they should be turned over to their fathers, who had come from New York for: them. Commissfoner Oyster is awaiting a report from Maj. Sullivan, superintend- ent of police, as to just what conver- sation and orders passed between Mrs. Van Winkle and a number of police officials Thursday morning before the girls were released. It is no secret that the women’s bureau and officials of the police de- partment have clashed a number of times over the handling of cases, and the belief prevails that Commissioner Oyster will endeavor to establish defi- nitely before the present storm sub- sides just what the authority of the women's bureau is to be in dealing with missing girls and boys. Drive for $10,000 Budget. The hygiene society also decided last night to launch a drive to ralse a $10,000 budget to carry on an educa- tional campaign in Washington in co- operation with the health department for the control of vendfeal diseases. Congress has enacted a law under which the federal government will con- tribute to the states and the District a stated sum each year provided the state raises an equal amount to com- bat these diseases. <The District of Columbia’s quota is $1,800, which will be available to the heglth department if the Social Hyglene Society provides a like amount. Part of the $10,000 budget will be for the health department and the balance will be used in educational wark in the city. The society decided last night to hold a mass meeting late in April to launch the campaign for the proposed budget. Col. W. O. Owen presided last night. —_— TRAVELERS AID APPEALS FOR $10,000 FOR WORK Activities at Union Station Out- lined and Need for Funds Is Sressed. Arthur C. Moses, executive chalr- man of the Travelers’ Aid Societ which is in need of $10,000, to carry on its work at the Union station, is sending out the following appeal: “You, as a resident of Wasaington, must feel a certain responsibility for every human being who enters the gates of your city. “If you were in the Union station and saw a helpless,blind man alone, vou would hurry up to him or offer your assistance.” 1f you saw a lonely | Paul D. Barry twenty-six years|child come crying from a train, you old. ‘indioted for murdersin first de- |would comfort her and 'ty and| ! gree in connection with the killing |smooth away her troubles. 1f you { the Washington Railway and Electric Company, at North Capitol street and Michigan avenue, February 20, was arraigned today. He entered a plea of not guilty and his counsel, John Lewis Smith and Godfrey L. Munter, secured leave of the court to with- jdraw the plea and demur to the in- {dictment within ten days. The in- i dictment charges that Barry, who {was on probation in a joy-riding case, | killed the conductor while engaged in a robbery in which he seoured only 3 change carrier and its contents ot 2.25. George B. Long, charged with us- ing the mails for fraudulent purposes by sending threatening letters to prominent society women, was ar- raigned before the chief justice. Long entered a plea of not gullty. He is represefited by Attorney James A. O'Shea. The indictment charges that he demanded that Mme. Chris- tian Hauge, widow of a former Nor- weglan minister, and Mrs. Mary Scott Townsend place sums of $20,000 each in _specified places on penalty of personal injury and damage to their properties. One Year for Robbery. Charles F. Haner and Raymond W. ,Maxwell, voung " white men, S ore { Biven one year at Occoquan each fol- lowing their plea of guilty to a charge of robbery. It 1s alleged they held-up Willlam Becker January 22. and ob- tainel $17 from him. ward Graham, colored, was sen- tenced to three vears in the peniten- | tiary. Graham had assauitei Bertha Wiliams with a knife S:ptember 3, Cleveland Smith, colored, | term of four years in the m..n‘i.'.'z}‘;r; He was charged with two cases of jrobbery, and the court fixed the |Penalty at two years in each case. Six colored boys, whose ages range from fourteen to twenty-ohe vyears, and who were charged with altering doilar bills into tens and twenties by pasting corners from mutilated notes over the bills, were sentenced today by Chief Justice McCoy to serve one year each at Occoquan. Because of the youth of the accused the court zave them another chance and placed them on probation. A former employe of the redemption Aivision of the Treasury, now deceased, the-court wxs told, had given the portions of mutilated $10 and $2) bills to the hovs. The names and ages of the boys are Jesse X. Cupningham, twenty-onc: Robert L. Cunningham, seventeen; Jerome i Clark, sixteen: French Burice, sixteen; Lawrence Webster, sixteen, and Henry Shepherd, fourteen. 17 DEAD OR MISSING " AFTER MINE EXPLOSION ~ & 200 Members of Day Shift at Trinidad, Col., Leave Just Prior to Fatal Blast. TRINIDAD, Col., March 25.—Seven- teen mien were dead or missing to- day, as a result of an explosion in the Sopris mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, néar here, yester- day,.an official check by mine officials revealed. Eight bodies had been recovered from the “tunnel this morning, but hope that any of the missing workers might be rescued had been aban- doned when the check was made. No attempt has been made as yet to ascertain the cause of the ex- plosion. According to officials, the seventeen dead and missing were the only men in the mine at the time of the dis- aster, the more than 200 members of the day shift having left the mine but. & few minutes before the blast. | i | i ot Tyler B. Lawler, a conductor of } saw a boy whom you recognized as| a runaway, you would like to get| hig_story and help restore him to his parents. If you saw an innocent, un-!| suspecting young girl approached by | {a man whose evident intent was to lead her astray, you would want to interfere, but you wouldn't know Jjust what to do. “The Travelers' . ¢ Aid Society work- ers do know what to do. They are doing it every day—many times a day. They are performing all these services, and many more. “Do you want them to continue? Do you want some of your money to be transmuted Intg personal serv- ice? If you do, send us the amount which you consider your share in keeping up this necessary work. Let the Travelers' Aid function for you, while you go about your business, or while you sleep. . “Please_send a check to John B. ‘Larner, Washington Loan and Trust Company. A few dollars from each of us will continue the work which is such a big public service. We will be glad to receive any amount—no matter how small or how large.” —_— HOLLIS GOT DIVORCE IN FRANCE, IS CLAIM (Continued from First Page.) party can have any validity in the United States, or in any other coun- try recognizing the general principles jof_international law.” 1" There could not have been ‘“pro- ceeding to which she was not a party,” as there must be two parties to all proceedings, Mr. Moore said. |The former senator probably wili come to the United States in a few weeks, he added. DIVORCE DECREE DENIED. Mrs. Hollis Says She Enows of No Legal Separation From Husband. CONRAD, N. H., March 25.—Mrs. Grace B. Hollis authorized through counsel here a statement that she had not been divorced from former United States Senator Henry J. Hollis in any proceedings of which she had knowl- edge or notice. The statement was made after receipt of announcement that the former senator was married this week in Italy. “In December, 1915, the statement said, “Mrs. Hollis obtained a decree of separation, which does not give tp either party the right to remarry, from the supreme court in ‘Concord, which then had unquestionable juris- diction. The decree was obtained upon the ground of abandonment. In June, 1920, Mr. Hollis filed a lilel for divorce in the French courts in Paris and of this proceeding Mrs. Hollis Was duly notified. She appeared by counsel and pleaded her rights as an ‘American citizen and especially those growing out of the decree of Néw fampshire, and_denled the riglits of the courts of France to grant a di- ree. p VOISe: | decree of July 12, 1921, the French courts sustained Mrs. holus’ sition and dismissed the petition. o ‘time fo appeal epired on March 0.5 1922, and no divorce has been granted by the French courts. “Mrs. Hollls also is in ignorance of any steps which Mr. Hollia may have taken in any other European country fident that as an American con! and I8 e Is still the wife of the former senator. Her lawyers say that granted by a court of any ry of which Mr. Hollis is ent or in proceedings to as not & part y can have in the United States :l‘ the no divorce other count! not a resid which l“hde‘ tv; any val other country recognizin in ‘any { general princi| {2400 16th stre | folks. ihanded it to Moore, sayins: DAYS OF SPRING WORK ON DR. WORK AND HE WORKS FROM 7 A.M.ON Dr. Work Work. Employes of the Post Office De- partment claim that should be the name of the Postmaster Generai, as Dr. Work gets to work at 7 o'clock each morning. The spring days now at hand worked upon the Postmaster Gen- eral in such fashion that he changed his hour of reporting for work from 8 a.m., an hour earlier than the other workers, to 7:30. And he works uniil 5 p.;. every afternoon, too, taking off but a half hour each noon time to visit the department’s cafeteria, Where he may be seen carrying a tray “just like folks.” Employes assert that is the gist of the matter—Postmaster Gen- eral Work is “just folks" an un- aftected man who lives up to his “last name, and expects every man and woman in the department to be “workers.” CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Women’s City Club: Committee for the minstrel show will meet at club tomorrow at 3 p.m. 3 | Went End Citizens’ Assoclation will meet Monday, 8 p.m., in basemen: hall of Concordia Lutheran Church. The Filing Assoc dressed Monday evening by Fred E. Kupgkel, instructor and author, on “Administrative Methods.” ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. TONIGHT. The Eecleet Klub will give a dance, t, 9 o'clolk. | The Red Triangle Outing Club will, give a dance at clubhouse, 20th and| B streets, at §:30 o'clock. The Farmer-Labor party will hold public meetings, 8 o'clock, at Per- petual Hall. Speakers: J. G. Brown of Chicago and John M. Baer of North Dakota. ! i Harrison will " Bt 30 Mrs. Marguerite E lecture on “Modernizing Russia, University Club, ladies’ night, o’clock. Columbia Educational _Association | will meet at § o'clock, Dunbar’High School. Dr. Thomas H. Briggs of Co- lumbia University, New York city.| will lecture on -Purposeful Teach- ing." Ladies’ Auxiliary to Nation; tol Post, N , V. of F. meet at Pythian Temple. al Capi- | w., will The Ramblers' Pastime Club will give a dance at 1101 E streef, 3:45 o'clock. Executive committee, District. D. A. R., will meet at 8 ociock, at George Washington University. Community service dance, 1012 9th 7:30 o'clock. street. Dancing clas: The Girls' Friendly Society will close its extension week work witn a supper at the parish house of the Church of the Epiphany. The Philosophical 3 at 8 o'clock. the Cosmos Club. ers: C. O. Fairchild of the bur standards and S. P. Ferguson of the weather bureau. TONIGHT- Vincent B. Costello Post, No American Legion, will hold a special | meeting at 5 o'clock in boardroom of | District building. Roberson Strangers’ Club will meet at 8:30 o'clock, room 203, Bond build- ing. All strangers invited. Program. Dancing. AT THE COMMUNITY CENTERS Thomson—Tonight: China painting, plain sewing. Johnson-Powell—Tonight: Crescent Club. scout signaling test, community party for young people, Community | Players' rehearsal. Membership in the Community Players, a_dramatic organization, i8 open to any one in the District interested in dramatics. Registrations may be made on Satur- day evenings_at the Johnson-Powell Center _at 7:30 o'clock, with Lenore Marie DeGrange, dramatic instructor. Southeast—At the close of an open community meeting tonight the Polly- anna and Junior Dramatic clubs will present an opereita and three dramatic sketches for the entertain- ment of the community neighborhood | ope { Va. Thursday night. PLANS COMPLETED FORBIG AUTO SHOW Exhibition Which Opens To- night at Convention Hall Center of Interest. Everything is in readiness for the ning tonight of the second annual automobile show, to be heid at Con- vention Hall under the suspices of the Washington Automotive Trade Association. Nearly 130 cars have been hauled up the specially built ramp into the building. and dealers have been busy throughout the day arranging their displays. Decorations Eluborate. The decorations of the building are elaborate; every effort is being madas by the association 1o make this event an epoch in the motor car history in this city. A special orchestra will play throughout the evening. Moving pictures will be shown of the auto- mobile and tire industry, and every advantage is afforded to the moto: and would-be motorist to look over fifty makes of cars with the minimum effort. The accessory exhibit will be com- prehensive. Everything the motorist needs to fit his car up liks his home is there, ready to be installed. Heat- ers, for the winter driver; cigar lig ers, stoplights, parking lights, wind- shicld cleaners, windshield sun ¢ rubber steps, aluminum Steps, rear- view mirrors, special nickel d- lights—anything the motorist des and everything that has been inven:- ed can be procured. Latest Models on View. All the latest models of the vario cars manufactured in ihis country, shiny, new and tempiing, will be on display. Salesmen, polite and efficient, will be on hand to explain the meriis of their particular car. AUTHORITIES HOLD ASSAULT SUSPECT Virginia Officers Pushing Search for Miss Agnes Hawken’s Assailant. One suspect is being held today in the investigation by officials of Fair- fax county into the assault of Miss Agnes M. Hawken of Jackson station, He is Robert Lewis, aged twenty-one years, col- ored, of Glendale, who will be brought before Miss Hawken to see if identification can be made. He ltells a story as to his whereabouts on Thursday that conflicts with testi- mony of Cgnductor Dawson of the Washington and O!d Dominion rail- way. Lewix says that be got off the trol- ley Thursday night about 7:15 o'clock at Glendale, having left Washington at 7 o'clock. He said that a scratch on his hand, which formed one of the principal topics of inquiry -by offi- cials, was sustained while he was at work at the construction of a dairy building in Georgetown. Disputed by Conductor. Conductor Dawson. on the other | hand. declared that he let Lewis off Inis trolley at Jackson station on | Thursday, the day of the crime, at | 4:37 o'clock. | Herbert Hill, colored, tha second ! suspect, is fifteen years old and a {resident of the immediate vicinity of Jackson station. He was released, tonight. Dunbar High—Tomorrow afternoon: Orchestra practice, Community Center Band, Prof. James Miller, leader; story hour, Boy Scouts. Monday after- noon: French. Lovejoy—Tonight: Bell A. C.,, com- munity singing, Achievement Boys. Girls' Good Words Club, athle ., reading room and games, Junior Choral Society, Do:right Girls’ Club, Junior Needlework Club. —_———— SAW FIVE DIE, ONE BY ONE, AS SEA BUFFETED PLANE . (Continued from First Page.) bee Flour Mills Corporation of Kan- sas City, who took turns manning the pump in an effort to keep the fiying | boat afloat. 4 Wave Overturns Plame. They kept this up until Friday morning, when they were so ex- hausted they could no longer man the pump. About this time a huge wave came along and overturned the fiyer. Bulte and Mcore scrambled over the side of the boat, and Moore ‘astened rope around himself to support him | in case he became -unconscious. Standing on his feet, he waved & white handkerchief, keeping this up ull day long. After praying for help, Bul realiz- ing his condition and that death was not far away, took a roll of mon containing $2.000 from his pocke: and ble to a younger man and may be :old out come_through, but 1 cannot any longer.” to his grave beneath the raging wa- ters of the Atlantic. According to the story of Moore, nine boats passed the Miss Miami after she was down, one so closely that he could read her name, but they did_not see the wrecked craft. He said that on Wednesday and Friday he saw planes flying overhead, but saw none on- Thursda: Mrs. J. Stewart Williams, wife of the consulting engineer in the em- ploy of the Pan-American Petroleum CGompany. was aboard the tanker and took charge of the stricken pilot when he was rescued. Belleves Comforter Mother. In his delirium Moore fancied she was his mother and Kept repeating: “Mother, you made me give up the automobile racing game, but don’t take my plane away from me.” That divine Providence had some- thing to do with the rescue is the firm belief expressed by Capt. Wil- liam Wachsmuth of the tanker. He said that something impelled him to go a point off his regular course and that when he did this he sighted the wrecked Seaplane with its sole sur- vivor. It was dusk when he came from his cabin for the last time Friday night before going below, and as he looked out over the waters he noticed an ob- ject. Using his fleld glasses, he saw that it was something waving. He turned his boat toward the object, and, although a high sea was run- ning, he lowered a small boat. ‘As the craft reached the side of the overturned flyer Moore fell exhausted in their arms and was unconscious for some time. JT Passengers aboard the Miss Miami when she left here were Mr. and Mrs. August_Bulte and Mr. and Mrs, Law- rence E. Smith, all of Kansas City, and Mrs. J. 8. Dickson of Memphis. -y Troop 62, Boy Scouts, meeting | You are | Then he, too, dropped | o0 | however, after examination. ssistant Commonwealth Attorney Wilson Farr expressed the opinion that the crime was committad by a {man who knew the locality and who was evidently a resident of that vicinity. 1 Miss Hawken Improving. | The condition of Miss Hawken to- ! day was s2id to be considerably | proved. She is at home of Wil liam Mallory, and her brother, J. fred Hawken. a newspaper man Md. 2 d here y aid authorities in Al- of to the search. He was accompanied by his son. Lewis is being held in an impro- vised jail at MclLean. Rumors of a demonstration by Ku Klux Klan were denied by, officials today. ;MUST WAIT 48 HOURS TO WED, MARYLAND WORD i |Senate Passes State-Wide Bill Aim- ed at Local “Gretna Greens.” ANNAPOLIS. M wide bill to mar- riages in was passed 10- day by the st nate, 20 to 7. and sent the house. Couples who are residents of Maryland could not { under the provisions of the bill be is- {Sucd a license to marry, until they had waited forty-eight hours after Lapplication. Designed to prevent _conditions ! which Senator Cantwell deplored in | defending the bill, the new measure | hits at the situation not only at Elk- ton, known as Maryland’s “Gretna Green.” but also at Rockville, the rendezvous for many couples from the District of Columbfa. Senator Cantwell declared “mar- riage is_becoming more and more commercialized every day under the existing law. and conditions in Elk- are getting worse daily. Fee splitting by ministers is the practice to meet the competition among clergymen. We have viriual mar- riage bureaus established by travel- ing parsons who do not hesitate to stoop to this means of livelihood.” Marriages in Elkton had mounted to 4,000 to 5000 a year. the Senator de- clared, charging that many of the couples_separated shortly after. Opposition to the bill, the Senator declared, came from the so-called “jitney trusts” and “clerks of the courts who profit by the condition.” SUES FOR $1,473.75. R. F. Collins Chargey Watermelons Damaged in Shipment. R. F. Collins today filed suit in the District Supreme Court 10 recov:r $1,473.75 from the Seaboard Air Line railroad for loss alleged to have been sustained on a shipment of watermelons from St. Catherine, ¥la., to Cleveland, Ohio. He says the watermelons were worth '1,723.75, but were spoiled by a delay of five days in shipment and brought only $250. He wants the rail- road company to pay the difference. ‘Attorney H. Winship Wheatley appears for the plaintiff. TO GET COMMISSIONS. Presentation of commissions to cadet officers of the colored high schools will take place Wednesday afternoon next, 2:30 o'clock, in the Dunbar High School auditorium. The exercises will be held under the auspices of the military depart- ment of the high schools of the 10th- 13th divisions. The cadet officers arc students at the Dunbar and Arm- strong high schools.