Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1922, Page 2

g 2 B D.C: DAY WORKERS HAVE WAGES L 3'6 Per Cent Reduction, Ef =+ fetive April 1, Con- w0 - cerns 2,000 A ‘Fediiction of 3.6 per cent in the pay of.the 2,000 per diem laborers and mechanics of the District government was.ordered by the Commisgioners to- day, effective April 1! This means that all men getting less than $3.36 a day will be cut 8 cent: day. AI?:M getting between $3.36 and $5.38 & day will be cut 16 cents a.day. Al men receiving over $5.36 a day will be cut 24 cents a-day. Wage Board Recommendations. This action was taken on recom- mendation of the wage board, com- posed of two department heads, two employes and _Assistant mlnn; Commissioner Brown. The boar stated that it based its recommenda- tions on “living conditions and com- mercial rates paid locally.” The board further states that the Depart- ment of Labor statistics show a re- duction of 19 per cent from the peak ost. mmmgtcmcember the wage board rec- ommended a cut of 5 per cent, but the Commissioners decided mot to _adopt the recommendation at that time. New Secale Figures. Here are what some of the larger groups of employes will get under w scale: !h:‘:l!% arivers, $3.28 to $3:68; brick- 6; carpenters, $5.12 to ;ue;‘:(vii.:fis;?Tg to $3.36; electriclans, $5.12 to $6; engineers, $4.72 to $5.60; skilled laborers, $3.68 to $4.I6; un- skilled laborers, $2.72 to $3.60: ma- chinists, $5.20 to $6: painters, $5.20 to $5.84; plun;'!‘;e‘l;s.l s‘ss.zlo'. to $6, and 2.48 to $3.12. wg:m:ent heads are given author- ity to exceed these amounts for brief periods of employment. | -—————— SENATEWILL GET TARIFF BiLL SOON Wat'son and Curtis Report Committee Progress to President. Confidence that the tariff bill would be réported to- the Senate by the finance committee this week was ex- pressed today by Senmator ‘Watson, Tndiana, member of the committee, and Senator Curtis. of Kansas, assistant republican leader of the Senate, today on leaving the White House after a conference with President Hnrds: id the commit- the question of continuing the pres- ent plan of levying duties on the tior- Sl ValIRLOY She American whole: Pl:lt'dvr.l:!ead:; the basis for tariff dugpies. genators said the President dé!;gd to know the status of the tariff bill and when they expected to get it before the Senate. Senator Watson declared that “we expuect to clean it all up this week,” and to transfer the bill to the Senate floor. The tariff was said by both senators to have been the only subject of dis- cussion with the President . The bonus was not mentioned, they said, nor the reported split between In- ternal Revenue Commissioner Blair and Assistant Sécretary Dover of the Treasury over appointments. The, Indtans senator said also that he hnd nothing to do with-any reported fight on Mr. Blair. WOULD PUNISH ALL ALIKE President of ers’ Relief Writes Instances to Senstor. Sepator Capper of Kansas, who re- cently introduced a bill in the Senate providing for the abolition of capital punishment. in the District of Colum- bia; has received a letter from E. E. Dud president of the Prisaners’ Bre Rety. ‘which requests that the bill be amended so as to have crime punishable in all states alike. “A thing that is worth doing is ; Going right,” the letter said. % not think a little snd get this whols penal code adjusted as it should & one lick.” b’fltfimlns told of a variance in feces under the samd charge, nifi~ penitentiary, where, he 3 mufnl-’: 300 federal prisoners. “One is for - second-degree murder, and - life,” he said, “while along him ere a hundred men serving e or. second-degree murder: one federal convict serving life fdr manslaughter and in the cell . with him is a -utemp:l.-:nur with five for the same c! 3 Y4 e highest penalty in Louisiana for larceny is two years,” the letter ‘continued, “while in Connecticut it is years. In West Virginia you steal $30—it is thirty days in jail. If you o $21, then you get ten years. I v ant to stop crime and unrest, ‘Whoever £ ake laws just. fi::‘:‘-diofr such unjust laws as those Just recited.’ ~-ROAD SURVEY BEGUN. Dispatch to The Star. FR! , Vs, March 28. y for the improvement of the Richmond-Washington. highway between Fredericksburg and Spot- sylvania Court House has commenced under direction of' A. H. Bell, resident engineer, state highway department, wi C. S. Chariton chief of party. “Th ent roadway will be followed as as practicable, with scme cul eliminated and others light- en ew alignments and easier g will be sought on Fall hill, 2. M nax creek and Gayles run. The, sdrfacing of this road will be alxhq.n-(oot concrete pavement. SERIES OF FREE CONCERTS A series of free concerts will be iven monthly in social hall of the yllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A, 901 Rhode Island avenue. . Thursday at 8 o'clock the following arti: 111 s Prof. Sands. vio- A. C. Williams, reade: ‘Tharpe, loist; Mi: How: lanist; ;:I:s mnl';ue“‘i’vlollll_l"t.d.lld’ Miss Alvets Menard, pianist. —_— AMENDS DISTRICT CODE. By request, Senator Ball, chairman of the District committee, yesterday introduced a bill amending the Dis- rict code so that the legal rate of interest in the District shall not ex- ceed 6 per cent, either in a written or an oral agreement. AFTER SEAT IN CONGRESS. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 28.— State Senator W. A. MacWjlliams yes- terday announced his candidacy. for | The House ways and means commit- tee decided today to defer action on m treaty so £, the fo1 He argued that troubl sl ttack _Ji nat lerwood democratic leader, uggestion by ‘QUIT DREAMING, WORK,’ LENIN ADVISES SOVIET By the Askociated Press. MOBCOW, March 28.—Premier Len- in, discounting> recent reports of his illness, appeared yesterday before a secret meeting of the all-Russian communist congress and spoke two hours, according to today’s accounts of the meeting, which was held in the Kremlin Palace. The soviet premier made many sar- | castic and. witty remarks while ap- pealing to the communists to cease dreaming and theorising and get to ‘work. Otherwise, he declared, the communists could not hold their own in the impending struggle with the capitalists for control of Russia. “You must be paragons of industry,” he declared. —_— ) BEL IS BELAYED Aid for Liberia Before Taking Further Action. the administration’s bill which would authorize a loan of $5,000,006 to Li- berfa. Committee members, it was said, were generally of the belief that it would be best to further investigate the proposal, especially to determine to what uses the money would be put. It was said. that no action on_the bill would be taken by the committee for at least two weeks. Testimony offered by State and Treasury Department = officials at hearings on the measure revealed that American and British banking interests had made advances total- ing approximately $2,000,000 to the Liberian government. This led va- rious members of the committee, it was said; to believe. that part of an advance from the United States would be used in canceling such loans, and doubt is said to have been expressed. as to whether it would be wise to make a loan under such circum- stances. Some committee members are. also understood to brve been doubtful as to whether security would be sufticient to ‘warrant a $5,000,000 advance from this government. During the war the United ‘States agreed to make the loan, but before actual advances were consummated authority lapsed with the repeal of | war-time legislation. The question of Tenewing the agreement was discussed several months ago at a White House conference between President Harding and a group of congressional leaders. At that time it was reported that Presi- dent Harding favored making the loan, and the bill pending before the ways and means committee was drafted to obtain the sanction of Congress. SENATE TAKES UP ARMS CUT TREATY (Continued from First Page.) France made it apparent that “there was nothing more.tg be done” in that general direction. . Reed Figures Examined. the celebrated §-5-3 ratio was not in fact borme out in the treaty were examined in detail by the Massa- chusetts senator, who declared there was no foundation whatever for such a charge. The treaty provisions, he asesrted, carried out ‘precisely the ratio and the policies that had been decided on and announced to the ‘world previously. SENATE UNTANGLES TREATY. The Senate finally untangled its parliamentary difficulties over the four-power Pacific treaty yesterday afternoon by joining together the supplemental treaty excluding tha homeland J: the opera- tiom of the treaty and the “declara- tion,” signed by the powers at the same time as the main treaty, cluding from the operation of the treaty “domestic” questions, and rati- fying both by a voté of 73 to 0. The solution of the difficulties was brought about by Senator Lodge, chairman of the foreign relations com- mittes, who offered as part of the resolution ratifying the supplemental treaty the “declaration.” In this way the Senate has taken formal notice of the declaration, which cannot be ignored by the other powers. In the vote on tHe double-barreled ratification resolution, opponents of the four-power plan joined in giving approval to the supplements because they interpreted the two agreements as limiting and curtailing the opera- tion of the principal treaty. when the power treaty itself was under con- sideration were defeated by the usual pro-treaty and anti-treaty lineup. 1 Calls Up Naval Treaty. As soon as the vote had been com- pleted Senator Lodge called up the naval limitation treaty establishing a 5-5-3 capital ship ratio for the United States, Great Britain and Japan. ‘The plan of combining action on the two ‘four-power treaty supplements was proposed by Senator Lodge after he had decided it was unnecessary to present two separate ratification reso- lutions. The treaty opponents, hold- ing that the domestic questions sup- plement really was a part of the four- power pact, protested that ¢he method finally settled upon by the republi- can leader was but a “weak and un- satisfactory” way to solve the par- liamentary problems confronting the Senate, but Mr. Lodge and other re- publicans insisted it would be en- tirely effective. By Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, senior tic member of the for- eign relations committee, it was de- o Senator McCormick Quoted: as Saying-Senate Is Sure to-Pass Measure. BY DAVID LAWRENCE: The soldier bonus-bill will be passed. by the Senate. Those who expect it to be shelved.in the upper house will be disappointed. The measure, which already has passed the House, may be. changed or. even, rewritten, but a bonus bill will go through. It will not:be buried in committee or delayed on the calendar, The-authority for the foregoing: diction is Senator Medill' McCormick of lllinois, a member of’the republi- ?r:lu-lgerlnt committee, an- ndn;':ll- on’ senator and a very £0ogd. of senatorial umlment?q mvflt,lood many other senators, Mr. McCormick] House Committee to: Study: ha kept quiet: abou bonue: thue » but he says his silence and that. olt N;‘eollutuel must not_be miscon- straed, Method of Raising Momey. “How will.the money be raised?” he was asked today. “By the sale of Treasury certifi- cates,” he said, “and there is ample authority on the statute books today L0 raise tne sum needed. W2 au- thorized not long ago the jssuance of up Lo ten billions of short-time' certifi- cates, and only three blllions have been issued."” “"Could the country absorb such ad- ditional certificates?’ was the next inquiry. “Certainly. Why, in the last year approximately $75,000,000 has been invested by Americans in foreign bonds. ~ Also about a. billion dollars has been absorbed in municipal tax- exempt bonds—and nobody knows how much more. Ask the. houses—they will tell you they can't put issues on the market fast erfough to meet the demands of investors, Also, notice the splendid -way: in which the country has responded to, the refunding plans of the ury.. Here we are with the victory bonds refunded in large part long before the maturity date. I am convinced the country would never feel an is- sue of short-time Treasury certifi- cates, sufficient to tide us over—say for two to' five years—until the Brit- ish are able to resume paymeat to us on the war debt.” Not Disposed to Discuss Veto. Mr. McCormick didn’t attempt: to pre- dict what President Harding would do. with: the bill if it were passed by both houses. He isn't as sure of a veto as are some of his coleagues, tiugh it is evident he, like the others, is cqunting upon a rewritten bonus bill. The 1lllincis senator de- clares the opposition to the bonus will not succeed with dilatory taotics—in fact, he says those: who are nst the measure are as eager to have it brought up and voted upon and got out of the way as are the pro- ponents of the bill. He seemp to think the bonus ought not to be per- mitted to clog the legislative calendar and prevent other lfilllltlon from being enacted, especially in this, a campaign year. Basis of Predietion. Senator McCormick gauges correct- ly the sentiment of the Senate if the ‘bonus bill comes to a vote. who _finally opposed the measure dwindled. There would seem to be a majority who would shelve the meas- ure if they couid 4o so without a rec- ord vote, but the senators who are up for re-election this year are bound to pursue aggressive tactics and keep the bill before the Senate. Men like Senator ‘'umber, chairman of the Senate finance committee, and Mediil McCormick, who are candidates for re-election, will not allow the meas- ure to slumber, and it doesn't take a large group in the Senate to compel action of some kind. Once the. bill is voted upon a majority is assured. Whether a two-thirds vote cun be mustered in the Senate to override a presidential veto will depend upon the development of public sentiment after the passage of the bill and an expres- sion from the President. So far as the House is concerned it can be counted to pass the bill by a two-thirds vote. if necessary. The vote of 303 in favor of the measuyre recently is a clear int of the strength of the bonus bill in the face of announced presidential opposition. s Preaideat Favors Sales Tax. The President is committed to a veto unless a sales taxe is enacted as a revenue Ymrluur. If he doesn't veto it, he may lose Andrew Mellon as Sec- retary of the Treasury. But thus far he has given every indication that he shares Mr. Mellon's views. The bonus seems to be the liveliest issue in Con- gress. It slumbers for awhile and then bobs up again. Senator Medill McCormick's prediction is significant —it means action on the bill and probably passage by the Senate after the navsl treaties now pending are ratified. (Copyright, 1922.) CONSTRUCTION WQRK IS FORBIDDEN ON SUNDAY Commissioners Adopt Bules for Residential Sections and Near Churches. A regulation making it unlawful to ‘carry eon building construction work in a residential section or near a church on Sunday was adopted by the Commissioners in board session today. The regulation was proposed by Engineer Commissioner Keller and reads as follows: “No work er labor of any kind shall be permitted on Sunday in the N construction, erection eor repair of that the Senate's action ‘in | 0DiN clared .giving belated approval to the sup- plement “is an admission to Japan that the supplement’s provisions are not a part of the four-power treaty.” Two attempts were made to attach other reservations, Semator Pittman, democrat, Nevada, presenting the Lodge league of nations reservation on_ domestic questions, and Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, intre ducing again his proposal that out- side powers be invited to join in Pa- cific conferences affecting their in- terests. , The Pittman ervation was beaten, 21 to 49, and the Robinson reservation was rejected without a roll call. ur-power plan. h:ul ‘would be almost “r&n.'-’llhfshé a would a the op-nuon»: h to rejection of the whole four-power arrangement by Japan. A st Senator Under- frain from aggression against Japan if she knew that she would find her- welf involved with “three other pow- ers” led to a long ‘coiloquy between the democratic leader and Senator Johnson of California, one of the republican irrecomcilables, Senator Johnson asked THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON,.D. C, SEES.NO SHELVING Left to right:s Dorathy. and producer, who called on Lillian ny Gish, movie stars, with D. W. Grifith, Mra. Harding yesterday. Mrs. Harding Presented each of the girls. with a huge box of flowern. vond| CQOLIDGE PRAISES NATION’S CAPITAL (Continued from First Page.) WOMEN SMOKING AGAIN, N. Y. BREATHES EASIER (Continued from First Page.) at the New Willard Hotel by the ladies of the Washington Rotary Club. Mrs. Crawford C. McCullough, wife of the president of International Rotary, was the guest of honor. The conference activities will end with a reception and ball at the New ‘Willard Hotel tonight, when the suc- cessful candldate for governor, Presi- dent McCullough and the visiting offi- cials of International Rotary will be the guests of honor. Gov. Stock, President McCullough, John Poole and Glenn Meade, past | ternational presidents; Guy Gundaker, past international vice pregident, and Mr. Semmes, with their wives, will recelve the guests. Harold Brooks is chalrman of the committee. PRESIDENT “DROPS IN.” Mr. Harding and Party See Rotary Show at Keith’s. President Harding “‘dropped in” on his fellow-Rotarians at Keith's Theater last night, and, together with Mrs. Harding, Brig. Gen. Sawyer and Ambassador Henry. P. Fletcher, enjoyed the hospi- tality-vaudeville program especially ‘ar- rangad by Willlam C. Radcliffe, chai man of the entertainment committee, and Rotarian Roland Robbins of the theater. A mighty cheer greeted the chief ex- ve as he stepped into his box, his face beaming with smiles, and when the orchestra, struck up ‘The Star Spangled Banner” seldom has the national an- them been sung with such zest. Crawford C. McCullough, president of the International Rotary: Edward L. Stock, governor of the fifth distict, and Charles W. Semmes, president of the local Rotary Club, with their wives, oc- cupied the box adjoining that of the President, and when Mr. Harding dis- covered who his neighbors were he shook hands all around. The house had been reserved ex- clusively for members of the confer- ence and their friends, and not an opportunity was averiooked to let all know it was truly a “Rotary house.” Songs famHiar to every Ro- tarian burst from the large audience ‘whenever there was a lull, and as every one of the special numbers on the bill were “headliners” not a dull moment marked the four hours of en! ent. Speeial Rotary Act. Following the regular vaudeville bill scheduled at the house this week Mr. Robbins announced an added at- traction to be “put on by Rotary ite self,” and after the Marine Band, un- der the direction of Lieut. Santle- mann, had delighted the hearts of all present, George O'Connor of the local club, Ralpk Bingham of the Phila- delphia club, J. H. Richarde of the Scranton club and a “jazz confer- ence” composed of membere of the Williamsport, Pa., club kept their fellow Rotarians in roars of laughter for fully an hour. Later the entire assemblage retired to the lounge of the theater, where a buffet supper was served, followed by general dancing. At the late session yesterday Wil- liam Knowles Cooper, vice president of the local club, gave a brilliant talk on the “Romance and Dynamics of Rotary,” in which he lald particu- lar stress on value of tbe boys' work program of the international organ- isation. - Mr. Cooper emphasized the “splgndid campaign that has been conducted here along such lines” and detailed the workings of the local Boys' Club organized last year. Gives' Code of Ethics. Joseph Sullivan, also of the loeal club, ':’\Illlned the rules which he sald should govern the oconduct of members in making contracts. “An absolutely = clear understanding of the meaning and terms of the con- tract the prompt execution thereof are the conditions that ere tore M”ll ‘R t; hecfiihdl‘ to encour- all Ro - Urging hr'gb et sthics n thelr of -religious ed, how- 'wam';d-h-r of the Philadelphia ever, that in cases of emergency er| GuUY ’ of the leading figures in necessity sach work will be - Dl‘: club, one addre: the body ted by the Commissioners of trict, upon a certificate fro; building inspector as to such emer- gency or necessity.’ It is understood complaint reached the Commissioners that work was done on Sundsy recently in cemnec- tion with the erection t:f an apart- ment house. RECOGNITION OF MEXICO ° PROBABLY SOON DECIDED e . 2 Lord Percy Tells House of Com- speaking in the house of commons to- day, with reference te-resognition of 2 & 1y to & ques- he hoped “Code of Correct Business Methods.” Others to speak at the late ses- sion were Hugh Nerth of Columbia, Pa; Lee Heist of Philadelphia, Mc- Cormick Dawson ‘Williamsport, Pa. Metten of Wilmington r:d ‘g::w‘::e“ Meredith of Atlantic City. Amidst great applause, Chester K. Rohr?l:n of . the Shamekin, Pa, club ane C- H. Godfrey of the At- lantie City elub were amnounced as the successful fice of governor of the §fth district, women &t the Ward- e Y e tire deles LA I and were mansion by Mrs. Harding. Mexico, said Great Britsin and the M—F—EET'VE Spen.ker Tomorrow United States had pursued a common .FT i . policy. and that the Amerioan govern- GGING, _fl___ e Roge:‘ malmm e Harmawort: B Moran, former ity dstective, 3 5S4 ¥ terday United Btates di .of the\clerk of the Un A Tudor Williams of Scrantonm,} nominees for the of- by the y Mrs. Philip flmm of the wWomen's Mrx, BOwerd 1850 e Walte House ever the executive de application in the o!llcn 5 crime for proprietors of public places to let women smoké—loosened upon a thunderstruck town last night by squads of Commissioner Enright's finest—did- not- stop -with spreading gloom in advanced places. = It éven had its effect on downtown cafeterias where stenographers and woman clerks gather for luncheon. The smoking “evil,” the ordinance was designed to check, has spread to New York women in many walks of e. Even Taxi Drivers Worry. Taxicab drivers were beginning to worry, too, for fear their conveyances might be ruled “public places” and banned as smokeries for fair fares en route home from causing a switch route. Alderman McGuinness, father of the ordinance that had a hectic life from sundown to sunrise, was almost the only New Yorker discoverable ltoda)’ who seemed to regret its pass- ng. It was his pet. He had introduced it twice, scarcely hoping it would see even twelve hours of life. And last nigh*, when the tidings were borne to him that the ordinance was ac- tually being enforced by the police, he worked himself gradually from in- credulity to delight. ; Expanded His Chest. Expanding his chest, he announced plans to introduce a sister ordinance in the next two weeks closing all restaucgate and cabarets at midnight. Most of myn run now until the sin- ful hour of 1, while some “dancing clubs” in thesBroadway zons ara al- leged to keep cpen all night. Aside from Alderman McGuinness, however, Commissioner Enright’s bluecoated enforcers of the anti- smoking found scarcely a friend. Flappers and ex-flappers, who were caught in the act last night by en- forcement squads and ordered to throw away their fags, told the un- comfortable policemen everything in thought they could say and still keep out of durance vile. Spluttered and Swore. Restaurateurs and cabaret keepers, when served with notices against the new “crime,” spluttered and swore. and talked about going to the courts to knock the “outrageous” ordinance in the head. Pmm‘mant promen. personally abhor the smell of a cigar- ette, rose to champion the rigats of their smoking sisters, denouncing the measure as a terrific blow at personal liberty and predicting it would- result only in a greater wave of smoking by women—just, they’ said, the prohi- started people to drink- lm never drank before. er—or when—Alderman Mec- Guinness will veintroduce his ordinance could not be learned today. He was too :nu.dy geplo‘rln‘ the fate that had given quickly snatch ree- ment of ais late lumnt.e‘;l.l“y sace Never Interfere, Says Hylan. CHICAGO, March 28.—Mayor John F. Hylan of New York, before returning home at noon today, after three days spent as Chicago's’ guest, on bein, - formed that Police CommimlonergE‘:- right had rescinded his_order yesterday prohibiting women from smoking in public, expressed satisfaction. ‘ 1 make it a policy in my administra- tion,” the mayor commented, ‘“never to interfere with the ladies—for the; i do as they please anyway.” L LABOR TICKET BEATEN. Butlington, Iowa, Defeats Union Zabor Coptrol in Politics. BURLINGTON, Iowa, March 23— After two years of union labor con- trol, Burlington yesterday defeated the labor ticket for the city c slecting but ‘one of the thzes mncll to , the subway many of whom oR | bers that have been in control of the committee of five. Mayor 8mith won over former Mayor James M. Bell by a m;jg{r(ty of 685. Councilmen Canny a ser were re-elected, and Henry J. Cook and George*C. Young are the other two members of the new council. NOONDAY B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 o'cleck the theater—thus? TUESDAY, MARCH. 28, 1922. PRESIDENT AND MRS. HARDING RECEIVE SHFTERS INVADE FEDERALBREALS Schools: Well Organized, New Order Now Seeks Govern- ' ment Employes.: A [ Apparently satisfled with its enor- mous membership of public school chfldren, the Ancient and Honorable Order of ‘Shifters is penetrating the ranks of the employes in the various government departments. Hundreds of he and she “flappers” in the fed- era] departments already have been initiated into the mysterious order, and they in turn, under the rules of the organization, have _solemnly pledged to “sting” five of _their triends, Consequently, it is confident- ly predicted that by the close of the current week the “Shifters” will have a stronghold in the federal depart- ments as well as the public schools. Since the rapid growth of the “Shifters” in Washington stationery stores have been swamped Wwith de- mands for the brass paper clips, in- signia of the order. If the mystic or- der continues to expand, the dealers say they will have to send out dis- tress calls to the paper clip manufac- turers to replenish their supply. Paper Clips Cheap. The. paper clips are retailing for 25 and 30 cents a hundred, according to their wize. _The initiation fee in the “Shifters” is 25 cents. Therefore, if a or” is successful in initiating, or in the vernacular of the “Shifter” ‘stinging,” into the order 25 of his or her friends each day he can easily earn about $25. S This is one_of the possibilities of opponents are using as a weapon to bring it to a speedy death. There are other numerous possibilities of graft, too numerous to mention, ft a person takes the “Shifter” seriously. But Washington school officials and others who have made an inves tion of the “Shifters” the alarmists to take the organiza- tion as an enprmous joke. Thousands of coples of the creed uf the “Shifters” reached Washington ftoday and are being distributed | broadcast in the schools of the city. { Where they came from nobody seems {to know. "Some say they -ame from New York, where the “Shifters” are said to have originated. Others claim they came from Philadelphia. Text of Creed. The “Shifters'” creed reads: “I, . promise never to divulge any of the secrets, high signs, pass- words or grips of this organization, to wit, the Ancient and Honorable Order of Shifters. “1 further promise to take in only such persons as 1 deem fit to become worthy members and to take them in as soon as possible. 5 “The two maxims of this organi zation are: | fdope unto you. ) 1 promise to obey all the demands and orders of the brothers and sis- ters here present for the next twenty- four hours. “Question—What do you want? “Give initiation, password, grip and signs.’ COLORADO RIVER PROJECT SEEN AS AID TO 7 STATES Secretary Hoover Says Equitable Distribution of Waters Will Advance Section 25 Years. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 28. —Equitable distribution of the waters of the Colorado river will advance by {2 quarter of a century the states {through which the stream and its tributaries flow—Uzah, Nevada, Wyo- ing, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and California—Herbert Hoover, Sec- retary of Commerce and chairman of the Colorado river commission, de- clared at the opening of the two-day commission hearing here yesterday. “I feel the responsibility that is placed upon us,” he said. “This is the first effort in hisory to make, in ef- fect, a treaty between the states and avoid interstate conflict. There has been enormous waste of the waters, great delays in the development of the country and retardation of work in the effort to have these questions between the states setiled by the courts. “We have the greatest water source in the United States. The object of the commission is to gain waters and the development of those states.” COL. NUTT MAY ADVISE DRY BUREAU IN CUBA Prohibition Agents Now in Havana Plan Drive on Smuggling From Source. HAVANA, March 28.—The estab- lishment of & bureau in Havana by American prohibition enforcement authorities probably will be recom- mended by Col. L. C. Nutt, who, with six internal revenue agents, arrived in Havana Saturddy night. It is said the visit of Col. Nutt is connected with a proposed drive by the Amer- ican authorities against alleged ship- ments from Cuba of liquor and nar- { cotics. 3 l The situation is reported to have been. considéred in recent confer- ences between President Zayas and ! Philander Cable, the American charge | a'affaires, and Maj. Gen. E. H. Crow- der, and also between Col. Nutt and the American consul generzl, C. D. Hurst. On the completion of the in- quiry here, it is said, Nutt and his aids will visit other islands of the West Indies, particularly the Bahamas. - Col. Nutt hid nothing to say today in connection with reports that Guba had been the base of operations for New York, Florida and New Orleans smuggling rings. ANCHORAGE OF WORLD Subject of Rev. Dr. Mellen’s Mid- day Lenten Service at Keith’s Theater Today. “Christianity is the only anthorage of the world.” This pvas the subject taken by Dr. Heary le Mellen of Atlantic City, who spoke at the mid- day Lenten service at Keith's The- ater today. Being Rotary day, there was an unusually large attendsnce. Dr. Mellen said: “Christ left many things unsaid on many, subjects. Friendship, iotism, and serv! into_our awn o n We live these lives wlong the lines of His life, the more surely do we make material success as well as wae at the reward in eternity.” ‘William Knnwl“ Cooper presided and ’}zc\:‘ Clfll - rles Warner pronounced the benediction. 2 Tomorrow's speaker is Roger Bab- son, who has @ special message for depaitmenta] employ The heads of all the branches the govern- ment\have co-operated to e the meeting a huge success. ° B Services promptly at 12:30 o'elock. CHRISTIANITY THE ONLY graft in the organization which its | M HUNT JOBS FOR 400,000 WORLD WAR VETERANS Legion Officers Renew Drive to Re- lieve Unemployment Among Service Men. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 28— work for more than 400,000 veterans of the world war was the task facing the American Legion in beginning yesterday the second week 'of its drive to relieve unemployment, ac- cording to G. W. Powell, assistant director of the campaign. He said that many of the 325,000 employed last week received only tempeorary work and that many were again un- employed, which, he estimated, num- bered 700,000 at the start of the cam paign. PRESIDENT HONORS CIVIL WAR LEADER (Continued from First Page.) certainties and perhaps disaster. This is a lesson we should not forget to- day and has djrect application to any material reduction in the number of Regular Army officers. “It is, therefore, with rewl satisfuc- tion that I take this hrief part in the ceremonies of today; I hope that the work here will be brought to a _sp usion, 50 that the people of Washington. in- States, may be reminded by this evi- dence ‘of their obligation 10 the hero of Gettysburg.” A tribute to the hero of Gettysburg was then paid by Gov. Sproul, chairman of the Meade memorial commission of Pennsylvania and as a member of the national Meade memo- rial commission. Gov. Sproml's Speech. Gov. Sproul drew attention to Pennsylvania's pride in undertaking a proper memorial tribute to Gen. eade. He said that Gen. Meade, who was by ancestry, training, education and citizenship a Pennsylvanian, was probably the most conspicuous figure from his state in the military his- tory of the civil war. The governor said that the great figures in the contest for the preser- vation of a Union and in the earlier periods of American history were not being lost sight of bevond the tremendous upheaval of later days. He called attention to the fact that the monument is the work of a Philadelphia_sculptor, Charles Grafley, and Philadelphia architects, Simon & Simon, who are responsible for ' the setting and architectural surround- ings. Eulogy by Gen. Miles. ¢ Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A, retired, former chief of staff of the Army, who as a young officer person- ally knew Gen. Meade, concluded the tributes in a brief eulogy. Benediction was offered by Rev. H. | K. Fulton, chaplain of the Army Re- serve Corps. The music incidental to the ceremonies was furnished by the Music = Army band from the Army School, under the direction of W. Stannard. To add to the impress; ness and picturesqueness of the oc casion, there was a detail of United States soldiers of the 64th Infantry from Fort Washington, serving as a guard, and a detail of United States marines from the local marine bar- racks, serving as ushers. There was an claborate array of including the United States flag of the period of the civil war, thir ;- five flags of today, and flags of the President, Secretary of War, the Go: ernor of Pennsylvania and the Penn- sylvania state flag, and a number, of historic flags of the civil war. Members of the National Meade Memorial Commission are: John W. Weeks, Secretary of War. chairman: Frank B. Brandegee, chairman Senate committee on the library; Norman T. Gould, William C. Sproul, Governor of Pennsylvania, and Lieut. Col. Clar- ence O. Sherrill, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A, executive and disbursing officer «n charge of arrangement for the exercises. Members of the Meade Memorial Commission of Pennsylvania are: Gov. William C. Sproul, chairman; Isaac R. Pennypacker, vice chairman; George E. Alter. attorney general; Edward ‘W. Patton, Col. J. Patterson, Sergt. Henry 1. Yohn, Col. Hugh R. Fulton, John E. Baker and Col. John B. Patrick, secretary-treasurer. Committee for the reception of guests at the exercises: Frederick D. Owen, chairman; Lieut. Col. J. D. Car- mody, U. S. A.; Lieut. Commander L. P. Clephane, U. S. N.; Capt. Frederick B. Hyde, U. S. A, and Dr. Eawin A. Hill, assisting. Members from the Loval Legion in the District of Co- lumbja—Maj. Gen. John L. Clem, U. S. A.; Brig. Gen. Charles W. Hobbs, U. S. n. Henry H. C. Dun- A.; Brig. Ge: 8. A.; Col. Henry C. Rizer, Robert Armour. U. 8. Vols.; Capt. v S. Vols.; Stanton J. Peelle, U. and First Lieut. Thomas U. S. Vols. Flag bearers and guard of honor— Dr. Henry A. Johnson, in charge; members of the Department of the Potomac and ex-soldiers from state of Pennsylvania —James F. Falbey, Jeremiah Witt, Samuel Bricker, C. H. Morgan, S. F. Hamilton, John M. Kline, H. F. Dunbar, Alfred H. Hurl- burt, E. F. K. Will, Richard Schilling, W. J. Weiss and Lewis Vessels. Descendants of Gen. Meade invited to the ceremonies were: Mrs. George Meade, Saunders L. Meade, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Large, S. Sergeant Large, Mr. and Mrs. George Gordon Meade and children, Mr. and Mrs. Horace H. Francine and daughter, G. G. Meade Large and children, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Harrison and children, Mrs. Robert H.-Large and children. and Mrs. Charles P. Fox and children. Mr. and Mrs. M. Stevenson Easby and children, Mr. and Mrs Richard W Meade, Miss Mary Sergeant, Har son Smith, Miss Kathcrine Smith, Mr. and Mrs. John Sergenat Cram. Mi Lily Cram, Col. and Mrs. J. P. Barney and Mr. and Mrs. Wise. Besides Gov. Sproul apd members of the Pennsylvania Memorial Com- mission, the following Pennsylvania officials were present: Harry S. Mc- Devitt, secretary to Governor of Pennsylvania; Bernard J. Myers, sec- retary of the commonwealth; Fred- erick A. Godcbarles, deputy secretary of the commonwealtl Samuel S. Lewis, auditor Charles A. 1t . McKee, gener: Samuel P. jutans general, G. A. R.; Col. Chgrles C. Taylor, deputy commander, R.; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Marg o A. W. Weil, office of the secretary of the commonwealth; Bri Beary, adjutant general Brig. Gen. Edward C. Shannon, Brig. Gen. John | P. Wood, Maj. Gen. Charles S. Farns- worth, U. S. A.; Senator T. L! Eyre, ‘West Chester; Senator Albert Dutton MacDade, Chester, and Representa- tives Charles F. Bideispacher, Wil- liam T. DeHaas, Fragklin Spencer Edmonds and Oscar D. Stark. LILLIAN RUSSELL HERE. To Repoert to Secretary Davis on Immigration Conditions. Lillian Russell who In private life was to see Secretary of Labor Davis on the results of her investigation o immigration conditions in Europe, for which she was given a commis- sion by the Department of Labor. Mrs. Moore, on her arrival in New York ten daye ago from Europe, was quoted as saying that all immigra- tion from Europe to the United States should be Stopped for at least five years. She is said to have d the Hted States would be :l::.dmflflfl}m with 8 flood of :ndc- sirable immigrants unless severe re- ags and colors, | 2 Mr’| im the wife of Alexander P. Moore, a|Carmalt, Mrs. L wealthy business man of Pittsburgh, |James MacFargulear, Miss Anne Eliz- this afternoon and report personally | Harper, Miss Grace G R TAILORAGAN REGPENT OF N Re-Elected President of Clarendon Citizens’ As- - sociation, ixpatch to The.Star. CLARENDON, Va., March 25—C. R. |Ta’_'.°' Was unanimously re-elected {President of the Clarendon Citizens' Association ladt night, at a meeting In the emgine house. several ad- dresses praising the work of Mr. Taylor were made. President Taylor thank, i zation for what he topmed o ooz gonfidence” and promised hjs best ef- orts in carrying on the work of the association. He said a great portion of his energies will be devoted to inducing more residents of the town to take an active interest in the asso- ciation’s affairs and 1o promoting closer co-operation between the vars: ous clvxc'orgnnxu,x ions the county. Much interest was manifested in the selection of a fire chief and re- cording secretary. Three candidates were entered for the place of fire chief, but the baliot gave the pres- ent chief. A. 'B. Eaton. a large ma- Jority. Fred the incum- { bent” ‘secretary, requested that name be withdrawn from nomina tion, but when he, too, was eulogized for Services of the past, he was pre- vaifed wpon to accept tion, and. as there candidates named, mously elected. Other Officers Eleeted. The remainder of the official the association was chosen, lows he the were he nomina- us Fred L. Sharp, first vice presi- dent; W.'F. Sunderman, second vics president; W. F. Jeweit, third vice president; E. Lester Bennett, financial secretary: A. J. Porter, ireasurer; Patrick ‘Burke, sergeant-at-arms; 15, P. Hough, Herbert Porter and A. | Payne. trustecs; J. Thomas Mannir D. Mitchell, A. P. Payne, G. Crillis and J. 'T. Lipscomb, j [tive committee, and A. I, Fred L. Sharp. legal board Preceding the election of officers an agntndm(—nt to the constitution, pro- viding “that no member of the as- ciation in arrears for dues over o vear shall be eligible 1o v meeting of the association annual election of officer proved. The establishment of a ¢ center of the town, the H. M- or from ater which 10 be used exclusively for fir protegtion, is recommended in a report made to_the associaitno by Fire Chiet Eaton. The report seis forth that al though the town is well equipped Wil chemical engines they would mak. little impression if a fire got a sood start in the frame structure in th vicinity of the Clarendon station. Cistern Urgently Needed. The cistern i urgently needed ! the present time, the report states, and will be doubly =0 when build: operations of the rendon Tru Company, the Citizens' A.sociation and Odd Fellows Lodge ure com- pleted. i In installing the cistern it is as- sumed, the report States, that the town would kave the use of the Fort Myer and District of Columbia pump- ers, in case of a fire. which could not {be handled by the chemical engines. A cistern to hold not less than 25,008 gallons of water is recommended. 1o be established at a cost less th, $1,000. The water for the cistern would be supplied by the drippings from roofs of the nearby buildings. Wants New Fire Engine House. Other recommendations contained in Chief Eaton's report include the erection of a new fire engine house. estimated to cost $5,000, exclusive of the land: the acceptance of the Fort Myer Heights chemical engine and placing it in the vicinity of the Spruce and Lyon Park stations, and the renaming of Several streets in the town which bear the same name. UTILITIES COMMISSION GETS ACCIDENT REPORT Street Railway Official Says In- Jjured Persons Could Have Left Car by Emergency Door. Inspectors of the Public Utilities Commission have investigated and formulated a report on the accident vesterday in which eleven passen- gers were injured in their efforts to get out of a one-man car when the controller box caught fire near 13th and G streets. What the inspectors could mnot be learned. alter- C. { Allen, executive secretary to the commission, stated the commission has a rule under which accident re- ports are not made public, being for the information of the Commissioners. An official of the company. however. stated that the safety apparatus for {opening the rear door in case of emer- gency was in perfect working order. The passengers, he said, could have left by the door if they had used the handle marked ‘“emergency door S 1Y the last street car rate hearing the commission went thoroughly into the advisability of continuing one- man cars in service and concluded that the development of this type of equipment is in the interest of safety and economy. {23 CHINESE JAILED. ’Alleged Stowaways and Sailors Held as Ship Dotks From Cuba. ROOSEVELT, N. J. March 28— Twenty-three Chinese who recently arrived from Havana on the steam- ship South America were placed in the village jail today to await action of immigration authorities. Sixteen of them were said to have been stow- aways, while the others came in as members of the ship’s crew. The Chinese were weil dressed and each had between $1,000 and $1,300 in cash. RECIPROCITY EXTENDED. Reciprocal relations now existing between the Women's City Club of Washington and women's clubs in fourteen of the larger cities of the United States, have been extended to (lhc Women's Club of Paris, it was {announced today LY the vrganization here. The clubs in this couatry with which the local body enjovs friendly relations are in Detroif, New York city, Boston, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Loui#, Albany, N. Y.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Los Angeles, San_¥Francisco, Kansas City and St Paul, % Minn. At-the monthly meeting of the board of directors, yesterday, the fol- wing list of names was voted upon, under the special rules governing the drive for members, which is to con- tinue through April: Mrs. James W. win 8. Booth, Mrs. _reported i Ihee” Elinor 'G. Pari Mra BB Miss inor 3 'SOns, 8. B. Parke, Mrs. Kennon Dail, Mrs. Emma C. Steed, Mrs. Mary L. Selecman, Mrs. Edward Thompson, Mrs. C. Leonard Brown, Mrs, Clare Montenyohl, Mrs. Anna H. B. Kinney, Miss Lucy Watt, Miss Jes- sie V. Lane, Miss Mary Aseneth Jobhu- Son, Mrs. John V. Sees, Mrs. James W. Murphy, Mrs. J. A. Hover., Mrs. Florence E. Roundey, ‘Mrs. Estelle cC Maldonado and Miss Katherine Julia A. Rit the District limited divores ‘They ds today fil suit in e - Cours ‘for 4 from James B. Rich- ‘were, married J ll!’. Me-