Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1922, Page 2

i ‘2 NEWPARKING RULES FORAUTOS INFORCE Motorists Adjusting Them- selves to Regulations Aimed to Relieve Congestion. Motorists are endeavoring today to adjust themselves to the new park- ing regulations, which became eof- teotive this morning in the congested | section. The former congested area extend- ed from Tth to 1Tth street and from | the south side of Penneylvania ave nue to K street. From today on th iriangular area_ bounded by 12th, street, D street, Pennsylvania avenue | and 15th street is included In the congested section. Under the new rules there are only two parking limits in the congested section—thirty minutes and two hours. In an effort to make compli- ance with the law as easy s possi- blo, Inspector Headley has laid down this simple guide: “Where two-hour parking is per- mitted a sign will be in evidence. Where there is no slgn thirty-minute parking is in force.” Twe-Hour Parking Places. Here ste the places where two-hour parking ls allowed in the congeste sectlor. as announced today by In spector Headley: In the center of New York avenue from 9th to 13th street. Arovrd the triangle in front of the Masopic Temple, at 13th street and New York avenue. In the center of Vermont avenue from H to I street. On D strect from 12th to 15th street. On 14th_and 15th streets from D street to Pennsylvania avenue. Around all public parks and reser- vations in the congested area. which includes Franklin Square, McPherson Square, Farragut Square, La Fayette Square. around Pulaski Park at 13th street and Pennsylvania avenue, Han- cock Park at 7th and Pennsylvania avenue, and Rawlings Park, In front of Center market Must Keep Away From Cormers. Next to parking time, the most im- portant new regulation is that which provides that within the congested section no vehicle shall park within twenty feet of a corner. The twenty feet will be calculated trom the building line of the intersecting street and not from the point where the Intersection curbstones meet. In blocks more than 300 feet in length there will be additional open spuces of thirty feet on both sides and midway between intersectlons. The purpose of these open spaces is to make sure that there will at all times be room for a machine to stop long enough to discharge or take on passengers having business in a glv- en_square. i “BE KIND TO ANIMALS,” URGE COMMISSIONERS, SETTING WEEK ASIDE The Commissioners today pro- clalmed the period from today until Bunday “Be Kind to Animals Week."” In announcing the proclamation, the city heads stated: “During.this period it is hoped that there will be much considera- tion given to the welfare of an- imals, especially the horse, the dnt' 7id the cat. They have been man's constant servants -and com- Panions through all recorded his- tory, and we owe them the duty of providing for their comfort and welfare and to spare them all needless suffering. “The Commissioners hope that during the present week the resi- dents of the District of Columbia Wwill do what they can to create a sentiment of kindness to animals. Schools and organizations of Young People are especially urged to make easfer the lives of these faithful friends. Pastors of churches are also requested to make appropriate mention of this movement in their rermons on April 30, which has been designats ed as Humane Sunday.” SMOOT SEES END OF TARIFF STRIFE (Continued from First Page.) ald the committee proposed that the nited States shculd “apply one tarift o countries alike—with the atural e ception of Cuba—and shall orce all countries to give to Ameri- can products treatment equal to that Which they give to other coun- tries generall; Has Peaalization Feature. % “The Senate blil Is drawn with the idea of penallzing any foreign country which discriminates against our commerce,” Senator Smoot con- tinued, “but iIf that country desires to levy high customs duties either for revenue or for protection we be- lieve that the United States must recognize its unassailable right to and we should not it because cir- 3 ances require it to give to a certain industry a higher rate of protection than that required in the United States. ‘We do not believe that the United States should pursue a general policy of special bargains and special reciprocity treaties. Such bargains in the past have not brought the re- suits hoped for, and, altke in forelgn and domestic politics, they cause complications and dickerings. CAPPER DEFENDS TARIFF. Walsh Attacks McCumber Bill. Statements Issued Last Night. Statements by Senator Capper of Kansas, republican, and enator FOR ACADEMY BOYS Navy Drops Other Activities to Provide Ships and Fuel for Annual Sea Trip. Decision to hold the annual cruise for the training of men of the first three classes at the Naval Academy was reached today by Secretary Den- by after a conference with Admiral Coontz, chlef of naval cperations; Admiral Jones, commanding the At- lantic fleet, and other officers. ! After examination of the fuel sit- uation in the Navy, resulting from restrictions imposed by Congress on | the amount of fuel available for the remainder of the year, it was de- cided that by abandoning certain fleet activities it would be possible to em- ploy two or three ships in an abbre- viated training cruise for the mid- sLipmen Measures of Economy. Among the proposed activities to be abandoned for the present fiscal year and postponed indefinitely as a measure of economy was the plan to {#ink the radio controled battleship | ! Iowa by fleet gunfire on the southern | | drill grounds early next month. The; ! Iowa was to have been used as a tar- | |get by the Atlantic fleet, which ls | ue from Guantanamo on ‘the south- rn drill grounds April 27. Mr.| Denby and his advisers found this| jcould not be carried through with- | { out so heavy a drain upon available, { fuel supplies that the project would | have to be deferred until some time after July 1, possibly until next spring, | When_ the 'fleet again comes morth { trom winter drills. i Crulse to Start About June 4. | Details of the midshipmen’s cruise, a8 being worked out, will provide for the assignment of at least two ships and possibly three, sailing from An- napolis about June 4. The training trip will be unusually short this year, however, and the ships »ssigned to the work will carry smaller crews in order to reduce the cost. | SAYS HISTORIES IGNORE % HEROES OF IRISH BLOOD¢ Many Distinguished in the Ameri- : can Revolution Not Mentioned, Mr. Grifin Declares. Declaring that many Ameriocan rev- | olutionary heroes of Irish blood had been ignored by history writers, Rep- resentative Anthony J. Griffin of New York addressed a iarge gathering of members of the Padraic H. Pearse Council of the American Association Employes of the traflic bureau are | walgh of Massachusetts, democrat, |for the Recognition of the Irish Re- still_at work painting white marks on the curbstones to indicate where these open spaces end. The task is not completed, but motorists will be expected to observe the twenty-foot rule at all corners as closely as pos- sible. Ten Feet From Fire Hydrants. Another important section of the new regulations provides that no vehicle shall park within ten feet of a fire hydrant. Formerly this re- striction was five feet. Parking a vehicle in a public alley in the congested area, except to charge or take on freight, also prohibited. Scores of persons who have beaen in the habit of parking their cars all} day on 14th and 15th streets between the avenue and D street were forced 0 go south of D street this morning, % face the necessity of moving theif ars every two hours. From today on parking on F street between 1ith and 15th streets must be t the curb instead of in the center as heretofore. LORD ASTOR “SEVEN-DAY WONDER” AS CONDUCTOR FOR “NAN’S” TOUR| (Continuca irum First Page.) is Lord Astor wears spats, be- labels. Laay As or cause his an-les gt coid. travela in the Astor pearls, strung twice around her neck with the longer strand tucked in the bodice of her dress, because that is the easiest and safest way to carry them. Denies 24-Trunk Story. @he declares that she doesn’t own a_Paris gown, knows nothing at all about the twenty-four trunks she is credited with having brought to America, and girlishly displayed as her most ravishing possession a black duvetyn coat, with roll collar and cuffs of ermine. i The writer's first glimpse of her as she came down the aisle from the diner, where, accompanied by her in- timate friend and traveling com- the Hon. Mrs. Arihur Lytile.on, of England, she had en eating up time while Lord Astor held the fort, was of a lfllr-hllred;[ blue-eyed sylphlike woman, with an ardent face outlooking like a star. She was dressed in a tight-fitting gown of blue cloth, made with long slesves and vestee of blue chiffon embroidered in wool. On her curly head was a jaunty tricone of black :11.':-. with a white breast at one “I'm too tired for more than a few words,” she greeted the writer, must catch a wink of sleep befores we get to Baltimore. Lady Astor Asks Questioms. Lady Astor looked worn and her volce was husky, but the magic words ‘Vitginia”"—from which state the writer also halls—set her sparkling. Pushing aside her personal conduc- tor, who was on the scene, Insisting upon the hap, she pilloted me straight- way Into the drawing room, firing rapid questions out relatives in nchburg and Richmond and old Albemarle. supporting and attacking the McCum. ber tariff bill, ‘were issued last night. Senator Capper, chairman of the farm “bloc” of the Senate, said that the opposition to a protective tarift gseems to come largely from interna- tional banking and importing Inter- ests whose profits depend upon how cheaply they can bring into our m: kets the food and manufactured ar- ticles they buy abroad. “There are indications,” said Sen- ator Capper, “that the opposition in- tends to adopt every known method of delaying the passage of this bill in the hope of defeating it. Chair- man McCumber states that the Tr ury estimates that this bill will bring in more than $360,000,000 an- nually in revenue. This is approxi- mately $1,000,000 a day. Characterizing the tariff bill a economic monstrosity without dent or prototype.” Senator Wal Massachusetts, a democratic of the Senate fi clares th: the republican party “has at 1. t presented to the country a tariff bill that does not merely pro- tect, but, in fact, prohibits and k: out forelgn goods altogether. “Protection as a principle h this bill been completely Senator Walsh said. “The underlying purpose of the bill seems to be the handing out of special favors and subsidies to those groups who are able to exercise either sinister politi- cal influence ‘upon legislators, or per- niclous forms of economic pressure. It is plain that certain’ schedules were dictated by powerful trusts which hold in the palm of their h: large part of American business and control fixing of ma commodities. WILL DISCUSS ATTITUDE OF WOMEN TOWARD WAR International League to Consider Policy of Non-Resistance in Future Conflicts. Whether the women of the Women's International League should pledge themselves to non-resistance and agree to take no part in future wars wnf be points discussed at the annual conven- tion of the American section of the league, which will meet in Washington on April 28-30. Miss Jane Addams, in- ternational president of the organisa. tion, will preside at the meetings of the convention and will present reports from many sections of the twenty-two coun- y of our most essential | tries composing the membership of the gue. - Greece and the Ukraine, Eng- land, France and Germany will each be represented by a delegate. le convention will be the starting| point of a nation-wide speaking tour by three foreign délegates, Mrs. Annot Rob- ineon of Manchester, England; Fraulein Gertrud Baer of Munich, Germany, and Mlle. Theress Pottecher - Arnould of Paris. A speaker from Germany will be heard on the same platform with rep- resentatives of the countries with which Germany was at war. The object of the tour is to further international undes standing betweén nations by means of personal contacts nmorag ‘women of dif- ferent nationalities an American women the problenis other na- During the interview. which is an- other story, Lady Astor asked as many queations as she answered. She is keenly intérested in everything going_on here, and this interest is shared by Lord Astor, who chaperon- ed and supplemented the interview. He was constantly digging under the seat for large manila envelopes b lgln‘ with facts and figures. “Be sure about that, Nan,” he would caution, and out from the envelopes would come the exact data concern- ing the question under discussion. He kept close watch over the time, finally calling out that there were but two minutes left in which to prétty up before the Mount Royal station was reached. Lady Astor aprang upon her seat, stead ing h-r- self by her husband's shoulders, and took from the rack the ravishing fur coat with the ermine collar. “Waldorf” Smiles at “Naa.” “As she tied the narrow string belt around her slender waist and adjusted her corsage of white sweet peas, Lord Astor ran a proudly appraising eys over his llege lady. An “‘Q\I&Io.r cameras, the last &c:l 1 Ing ° ng 1 saw as the train pulled out was “Waldorf” 4ing by and smiling it through with to Washington, which ie an Astor party of its own, ow well Lady Astor's old mammy sed up the situa- tion when, on her first visit to Virginia agter r marriage she was being ctures of Cliveden and of Lord . y Lisa exclaimed : nl-l_Nnmy. you sho is out-mar- o in Mnm: the Astors will the home of Gifford Pinchot, turned it over to them during ‘ enforoed 08 In Pennsylvania. will ive Frid ,, Virginia day, entertained V‘|‘ luncheon by Sir ints Efreckl tions are facing a8 a result of the war. ‘The speakers will talk principally upon cconomio._and. political’” conitions " i their own lands. “GLAD HAND” HELD OUT TO BOY MOVIE ACTOR “Freckles” Bnry', Thirteen-Year- 0ld Star, Calls on Presi- dent Harding. Washington today, from President Harding down to the envious littie street urchin, welcomed Wesley (“Freckles”) Barry, thirteen-year- old motton picture star. Accompanied by his mother, the juvenile actor came here for the purpose of mesting President Harding and other govern- t officials as a representative oi United States Junior Naval Re. m the t at the Union station by six guu rom the House, aix from the Senate and two trom the Unlted Btates Supreme Court, who are or- anizin Capitol unit of tte Junlor finul eserve, and by Joseph P. Morgan and Nelson B. Bell, repre- sentatives of the Crandall theater: and Jack Pegler of the Associated First National Plctures. After the greeting at the station he went to the Hotel Washington and later re- joined the pages at the Capitol, where he was recaived in the Senate by Vice President Coolldge and. Sen- ator Shortridge. In company with ; s mother lllhfl several mand ouse P! e wen! & o ite House at l o.’clook and met the Presi- Duri the afternoon & tour of interest was made by es” and his party. This-even- ing he will appear in person at three of the Crandall theaters. Ben- | dent. the production and the price- | to place before | public at 601 E street last night. i The meeting was held in commemo- . ration of the 177th anniversary of the ! birth of Commodore John Barry, who | took a prominent part in the opera- ) tions of the American Navy during the revolutionary war. Mr. Griffin said that no mention of Commodore Barry, whom he styled “the father of the American Navy,” or his many daring exploits were made {n the Enoyclopedia Brittan- fca, and only slight mention of his many victories was to found in the ~American Historical Encyclo- pedia. James T. McCarthy presided, and delegates were elected to represent the council at the national conven- tlon of the organiszation, to be held here May 5. They were: Rossa Downing, James Slattery, James T. McCarthy and John B. O'Nelll. Alternates are Mra. Kath- erine Welch, Mrs. Joseph A. Daly, Maj. on Maher and Prof. Vahey. Members of the nomi committee were Daniel M. Hassett, Martin Dufficy, Joseph A. Daly, J. J. Dore, Jeremiah O’Connor and Aeneas Collins. There was a meeting of the newly organized Kevin Barry Council, Amer- ican Assoclation for the Recognition | of the Irish Republic, held last night in the Hotel La Fayette, where plans were arranged for the mass meeting | to be held next Sunday night in Gon- 20ga Hall. National Secretary Thom- as W. Lyons, who recently organited | the council, after having “expelled” ! members of Pearse Council, an-| | | nds & |nounced that the new branch had a|uled to be held in the ballrooms this { week have been taken care of else- {membership of seventy-three. NINE BUILDINGS BURN AT CAMP HUMPHREYS Structures Formerly Used as Bl‘b racks Destroyed by Fire of Unknown Origin. Special Dispateh to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 24.—Fire of undetermined origin at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon destroyed nine bulldings formerly used as barracks at Camp Humphreys, Fairfax county, twelve miles south of Alexandria. i The buildings were two. {affairs, and were located in what is | known as section “A. A" The loa will be several thousand dollars, pi tlally covered by . insurance. The | burned bnlldlnfi ‘were the property of the Eastern Wrecking Company of New York. For more than an hour the firemen at the camp, assisted by a number of soldiers, fought the flames, which for a time menaced the entire canton- | ment, which during the world war | [ tory frame | was one of the biggest military es- tablishments in the South. The bulldings destroyed were unoc- | cupied, And were sold Some time agr | {to the Hastern Wrecking Company, Tt | was stated at the camp today that the * igovernment authorities would not {make any Investigation of the blagze, | The burned buildings destroyed were ! to, have been rased by the wrecking i ccmpany. F ( guests returned to their rooms while laroused by telephone and sent bell- ;flre itself and in the THE EVENING' ETAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1922. R RARas. 3 558 3 ——as < bgp g LT :x:fi@;pg%‘ L ier i PHOTOGRAPH SHOWSPALL THAT REMAINS OF BUSINESS BLOCK OF T A % oo 3 Epet] T S s WHICH WAS VISITED BY FLAMES EARLY BRUISE ARR ANGEU; PROPERTY DAMAGE BY FIRE AT FOREST GLEN, MD., ESTIMATED $65.000. (FI ~ 0 B ot s s o B 2 S O PR R s SR ey rap= 'HE FOREST GLEN TRADING COM- TODAY. NOTABLES FLEE AS FIRE WRECKS TOP OF WILLARD Ballrooms and Roof Destroyed in $250,000 Blaze—Whole Hotel Drenched—Guests Leave Quietly and No One Is Hurt. alone. Flames leaped out of every window on :he :op floor and den: black smeke poured out in lar volume. The breaking of the glase in the small windows of the ball- room furnished a heavy draft, which, fanned the blage quickly to serious: proportions and make it appear to those on the ourside that the build-| ing was doomed. It was necessary | for the firemen to stand on the nar-, row ledges at the top of the bulld. ing and draw their heavy hose lines almost the full height of the structure. The water tower was brought into. play, but when extended it was only at the height of the sixth story. How- | ever, several hose lines lead to it and | the pressure sent the stream to the Scores of guests at the New Willard otel, many of national and Inter- national prominence, were called hur- | rledly from their rooms shortly before | 6 o'clock yesterday morning, when a | fire, originating in the large ballroom, | soon turned the tenth floor of the tructure Into a roaring, seething| urnace. There was no panic, no con- | fusion, attributable largely to the| fact that the fire was on the top floor, | leaving the lower floors, where the guest rooms are, free from smoke and flames. The fire was confined to the top floor and roof, but considerable damage | ‘*Pt" f°°T: was done to rooms and equipment! Buraing for Some Time. thruu“‘hout dthe“bugslllnguhy ‘le;!d:lsl: Apparently the blaze had been of thousands ons of wate: O o acencary for the fire- burning for some time before it was men to pour into the structure in discovered, for within a few moments order to overcome the fast spreading after Policeman Caldwell discovered flames. Both ballrooms on the 0P the smoke pouring from the windows tely déstroyed. m;:?;c:;.ir:o:o t'{\'f‘i..‘nioom nu? hotel is the blaze was leaping out of practi- functioning as though nothing had .cally every window on the floor, fed happened. xperts, was sald at o the g | the Willard, will begin today the g ;‘;’"’“ used in decorating work of appraising the damage, al-|the two balirooms. though it !h“ ;,o"n ‘m‘\;gglo,aopuxoed at | Gradually the firemen worked thelr between $250.000 an .000. Imme- | way into the two rooms, throwin, diate steps will be taken to begin the tholsands of gallons of water as they Tebullding of the ballrooms and the | went. Soon after they got inside the roof into one of the finest in the city.|iower ceflings, reinforced with steel Practically all of the guests were rods, collapsed, but fortunately none returned to their rooms last night. It | Lot oo SRR e o ebris, Tt was neccssary, however, to make|made the work of conquering the complete changes in the seventh.i plaze eacier, by permitting an open- eighth anc ninth floors, as these Were | ing under the roof. Otherwise it wobld have been necessary for the Witer-soaked. In fact, many of the firefighters to erect ladders in the ballrooms and chop the ceilings down. i ‘While the firemen were fighting the blaze the guests were hurrying out| of their rooms in answer to the tele- phone calls and banging on their, doors. 'Those on the ninth floor, clos- er to the blaze, were begining to feel | the intense heat when they were, called, and naturally hurried out, but ! practically all had time to get Into some kind of dress over their night clothes. Guests came down the marble stair- ys struggling under armfuls of their belongings, and willing hands later tumbled the trunks down the airs to the famous “Peacock alley,” usually deserted at this time in the mornin, Here could be observed the unusual scene of men and women on thelr knees packing their belongings in their trunks. ‘There were several instances Ob- served where men, with unbuttoned clothes, loosely put on in the hurry to get out, carried in their arms and under their coats bottles containing liquids of a color familiar months ago, but now seldom seen in the open. . the blaze was at its height, as at no time was there any danger from fire on the lower floors after the fire com- panies had begun throwing water on the flames. Meetings to Be Elsewhere. Several meetings which were sched- where. These include the Lions Club i and the Opthalmologists’ Soclety. The former will hold its dinner to- night at the Washington Hotel and the latter will conduct its meetings at the Memorial Continental Hall The fire was discovered at 5:50 o'clock yesterday morning by Police- man W. W. Caldwell. He said that he just “pulled” the police box at 14th street and Pennsylvania avenue, and started to walk up the Avenue. While crossing 14th street he saw heavy smoke coming out of the windows on the top floor of the hotel just north of a middle point of the building, He immediately sent in an alarm from the box at 1th street and Pennsyl- vania avenue, and then ras into the hotel to notify the night clerk, who immedistely ordered all of the guests w: Elevators Keep Golag. ‘While the elevators were kept run- ning for some time after the blaze was discovered, it was not possible to use them after the firemen got to work, as their shafts became cata- racts. The stalrways even for a time appeared llke minlature waterfalls, as gallons of water flowed down them, and the chandeliers in the rooms on the first floor appeared as electric fountains as the water trickled through, filled the inverted bowls and then flowed to the hand- some carpets on the floors. To walk on the heavy plush carpets in the boys around knocking on the doors. Detectives Waldron and Sweeney were among the first to arrive from police headquarters, just across the street, and they assisted in the work of getting out the guests, as did the Yeserves of the first and other police recincts as rapidly as they arrived. rived, and witl e Be tves Vermilion and Mullen kept close wateh on the rooms which hurrln!flly‘"letll to prevent ossibility of pilfering. m"ll"hep hundreds of curious who gath- ered at that time in the morning were treated to the spectacular, in the | corridors on the upper floors was like work of- the | wading through marshes. Th firemen in getting hose lines to the literally lopged with water. seat of the fiames. The height of the 'later flowed down the immense bullding - made this, a dificult job ' marble pillars in the lobby and kept a had been SUPREME COURT. ' AR, PHOTOGRAPHED A8 BE . UNION. STATION, @ score of hotel workers busy with squilgees pushing it down the ele vator” shafts, where it helped fill the basement with water to a great depth, Great piles of clothing in the lobby and in Peacock Alley gave the place the appearance of a camp. The be- longings of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. S:w- yer were piled in the F street en- trance to the hotel, but a White House truck soon was brought and removed them. Within a short time after the fire men arrived many of the guests either returned to their rooms, went into the dining room or stood by and vatched the efforts of the firefight- | ers. Many of them had left valuables in their rooms in their haste to get out, but Inspector Grant and a nume ber of his men went through the rooms, hurriedly abandoned, took cnarge of the valuables and carried them to police headquarters, after tagging them. ‘The Gridiron Club had held a ban- quet in the big hall where the fir originated, but a few hours before, and during the entire time the blaz was raging the official flag of the club floated from the cupola on the southeast corner of the building. However, it was later knocked dow! by the firemen to prevent iis fall ing. During the course of the blage elate, cornices and other small ma- terial fell from the top of the bulld. ing, making the work of the firemen dangerous. Origin Undetermined. Neither fire officials nor hotel offi- cers have yet been able to determine the origin of the fire, and it prob- ably never will be known. ‘The noise of the fire apparatus awakened Vice President Coolidge, who lives in the hotel. He awaken- ed Mrs. Coolidge when he saw the engines stop near the building, but did not realize that the fire was in the hotel. He did not learn of it until after he had started to dress. Mrs. Coolidge was sent to the home of Edward T. Clark, his secretary, ! but he remained at the hotel through- out the fire Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Sawyer were awakened by hotel at- tendants, and lheg later were taken care of at the White House. Other prominent guests in the hotel included: Brig. Gen. harles G. Dawes, director of the budget; Gen. T. Coleman du Pont, sena.or fromn Deleware, and one of the owners of the hotel: Senators McNary, Oregon and Raweon, low: Represen.ative! Husted and Snyder, of New York; C. C. McChord, chairman of the Inter- state Commerce Commission; John Adams, of Iowa, chairman of the | republican national_committee; Mrs. | Maynard Minor, president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution; John Philip Sousa, Olga Petrova, Adolph Zukor, Judge Robert W. Bingham, publisher of the Louisville, Ky.. Courier-Jour- nal; Arthur B. Krock, publisher of the Loulsville, K. Times; Harry Chandler, publisher geies Times, and Edw publisher of the Los Angeles Express. The New Willard was built in 1901 George ple had been entertained. opened by the Willard family of Vir- ginia and the present structure is the property of Joseph E. Willard of Richmond, former ambassador to Spaln. The building is leased afid operated by the Capital Hotel Com- pany, which recently took It over and which operates a number of hotels in New York and other citier. The New Willara has n guests many foreign dignitaries, in. cluding Marshal Foch, Marshal Joftre Cen. Dias and members of the Franch and Belgian delegations to the arms conference. INDORSED BY PRESIDENT. NEW YORK, April 24—A special thought for children of America who have only the streets in which to play is u by President Harding in a fet- ter to the Playground and Recreation Assoclation of America_indorsing Chil dren’s week, April 24 to May 1, to aro interest in the movement for mote play- grounds and more supervised recreation. “We are all too familiar,” the Presi- dent wrote, “‘with the great number of accidents to children playii in the :u-nlt because they have no other place 0 play. cempany. buldiag made s R O e e —— “FRECKLES" WELCOMED TO WASHINGTON BY PAGES FROM HOUSE, SENATE AND T. | s its REBUG STARTS BLAZE IN NORFOLK CEMETERY By the Assoclated Press. NORFOLK, Va., April 24.—For the partment Norfolk firemen this morn- 'ing battled with a blaze in a cem: ltery. Fire of incendiary origin, it is said, destroyed the keeper's office, a barn and morgue, two horses, 2 wag- on and the body of a negro woman in_Calvary cemetery. When the fire was discovered it had gained so much headway that|. there was no possibility of saving the buildings or contents. The horses and wagon, with a lot of tools, were in the barn. The body had been taken to the cemetery Sunday and was placed in the morgue to await burial. |PREPARE MEETING | | | Arst time in the history of the de-| GET §20.00 GENS: - - JIMMY’ MAN STOLE Baltimore Rooms Raided and Second Woman Held for Washington Probe. Special Diepatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., April 24 —Acting on information from Washington, detectives here local Mrs, Olive Kubltz, said to be pianion of estimated a 000 val recovered loot $15.000 and $2 The woman, who name was Poole and legally married to National League to Open Convention at Baltimore Tomorrow. By the Awociated Press BALTIMORE, Md., April 24.—Con- ferences of committee groups of the National League of Woman Voters were held today to clear the way for the opening of the third annual con- | vention of the league tomorrow morning. While these were going on the delegates to the Pan-American Conference of Women, which ended | fast night with a’symposium on the ‘greal women of ail the Americas,” met informally to consider a resolu- tion proposed by the delegate from Uruguay, Senora de Vitale, suggest- ing a permanent Pan-American union of women. Strong sentiment for the proposed organization was manifest- ed, but leaders of the conference felt that the subject was 8o large and af- fected 20 vitally the interests of the Latin _American countries that the delegates from these countries should have opportunity to consider it in detail and reach a conclusion among themselves. This afternoon the delegates will visit the Naval Academy and points of historical interest at Annapolis and afterward ,will be received by Gov. Ritchie at the executive man- sion. FRENCH THREATEN TO QUIT AT GENOA IF PLANS DIGRESS | OF WOMAN VOTERS, { was also found in his trunks. i | companion was engaged ; work.. e h ag th jewelry nd a large trunk ftilled wi and aflverware were found in her room. Detecti then traced two other trunks to 101 North Pulaski street, containing jewelry and_silverware The trunkg had bLeen left at the Pulaski street house by Laucon, who Tented the cellar for storage purposes. Detectives later went to 2102 North Calvert street, where Lauzon had been living with Zoe Caroll, and dis- covel plete set of burglar tools and full of jewelry. The Caroll woman, who was with Lauzon at the time parate from her roll of this city, and had s with Lauzon about a wer Find Finger Print Outfit. earch of the Lauzon apartment. on rth Calvert street, also disclosed u mplcte finger print outfic and a vi antity of old coins. An official bud the Cleveland police department Lauzon had represented himself to persons in this city as an official of the United States government and claimed be an expert in the handling of Ber- tillon measurements, it Is said. Mre Kubitz claimed that Lauzon had re resented himself to be a traveling salesman and that she did not know the contents of the trunk. TWO WOMEN HELD HERE. Association With “Jimmy" Thief Mrs. Virginia Betty Carroll Mrs. OKve M. Kubitz, the forn a of { rested ‘with Lauzon and brought from Baltimore, ed in police staijons pend ther Investigation of their assoc: with the “jimmy” worker. Both clare they did not know their na in eroskes Lauzon already had tolgd the of numerous apartment hous: city that he robbed, and I identified as having been scen in about them. The prisoner recalled that he h i (Continued from First Page.) ave in thelr dealings in Russia. i 'The soviet delegation has over. thrown for the moment | of discussion. explained that which the powers found unpalatable, merely voiced the opinions of the so- viet delegates at the first stage of the negotiations, whereas now they have decided to modify their earlier opinions. Concrete Results Desired. They were careful, howeve 1o make the reservation that this modi fication was contingent upon “the suc- cessful outcome of the present pour- i { duced g0 many shocks and sensations that mere phrases no longer are caus- ing the panic which they did at the outset of the deliberation: Everybody seems to desire some concrete results and then to return home feeling that at least a hopeful building the deranged economic ma. chinery of Europe. spirit at the opening of the third week of the conference. \ The republic of Georgia y | made a dramatic protest to the eco- nomic conference against the “pre- | sumption” of the Russlun soviet dele- gation to speak at Genoa for the peo- le of Georgia. Geor@ta, the land of oil, which all countries covet, desires to speak for herself, and shk has submitted varl- ous documents to prove she has the right to do =o. Some of Georgia's delegates came to Genoa from the United States, where they have been in communication with American oil Interests. They maintain that the 3 because of a desire to control the vast oil fields, which Georgia would like to see developed with the capital of all the powers. Industrial Kurope in the future must find its food products, especlal- 1y wheat, in Siberia and not in Amer- ica, declares a statement Issued last night by the Ruesian delegation, which attempts to prove how much Russia is essential to Europe. The report traces the rapid indus- trial growth of Europe and the accom- panying increased demand for food which it says Europe itself is unable to furnish, and adds, “Europe depends on American and Ruesian wheat, but America is constantly using more and more of the products of its soil.” Electric Rallway Recommended. The statement points out that there are vast areas in European and Asiatic Kussi- which are not yet cultivated to their capacity, and declares the world needs Russian soil if it would solve the food problem, which is ever growing more Erave In this connection em- phasis is laid on the lack of a proper ir usport system in Russia, and the statement therefore recommends a great electric system which woyld cross the continent from the Atlantic o . ieginning at London and reaching_Vladivstok by way of Calais. {Berlin Minsk, Nizhni-Novgorod, the Ural Mountains, Omsk, which was the seat of the ill-fated Kolchak govern- ment, and Irkutsk. The statement points out how such a line would open great regions rich in oil, coal and other minerals. RUSSIA TACKLES FINANCES. By the Aseociated Presa. MOSCOW, April 2¢.—While ite dele- gation at Genoa is trying to reach an agreement with the European powers for economic ald for sovieét Russia, the bolshevik government is seeking to bring its financial and other affairs to a sounder basis by work at home. ‘The all-Russian communist party congress has been the . preliminary battlefield on which this internal struggle to bring order out of chaos in Russia’s finances has been fought. Against the few remaining mem- bers of the communist, party who still _cling to the ‘idea that money should be eliminated, M. Sokolnikoff, assistant to_the commissar for finance, supported by the majority, carried his point that a sound monetary Rys- tem for soviet Russia can be gained only by curtailing the ue of paper money, on one hand, and by collecting taxes to bring the money back to the government, on the other. “Hard” Money Vital. Sokolnikoft sald that Russia’s in- dustry and economic resistance was now dependent upon the amount of “hard” and forelgh money the gov- ernment ocould get into its hands. To attempt to go to a gold standard immediately, he declared, would be futile, a9 the recent attempt to cal- culate taxes, etc, on a gold basis had failed because of the impossibility of setting exchange rates quickly enough to keep up with the market fluctuations. Up to the last of March twenty-five erilt in 1822, it developed at the confer- ence. Hllhcrl: the government, while ying out huge n 'paper, :.mlr ever nmlw;“':y of it back, there were no taxes in money to be pald, no tram fares, railway fares or tal or other revenues. Now e inoome is expedted to grow, and ere will be an effort to check the | r outgo. From April 1 the 4 standard at- tunpt was “Ilm.‘"m all waxes, { the { | 1it to his automobile. pariers,” but the conference has pro- | beginning has been made toward re- | Such seems the | sterday : among Lis effects. soviets occupied their country really ; on paper rubles had been issued | stolen a safe weighing 150 po apartment of Barha Holzberg, 1647 Lamont street two carpenters assisted im 1 It i ewelry and liberty bonds to mount of $400 Asked the name of the person persons who disposed of the meit gold and unset stones, Lauzon said that was a bit of information | would not divuige. | puy him by revealing his 1 The prizoner raid he | “I owe that man a debt of grati- tude,” Lauzon said, “and will not re- timore police for protectiol ne officer as much as $600,” h “but wiil not divulge his name.’ While under arrest in etroft he was acked by the Milwaukee police to restore a gold police badge studded { with 116 diamonds, he said, and he moved the stones before going to De. troit. All kinds of Inducements were offered him for the return of the badge, he said, but he did not respond A gold badge of a Cleveland, Ohio, police official was found .among. his effects. Doubt He's Safeblower. While the police have no definite nowledge that he was connected with the blowing of safes, they say afe-blowing material was found Statements and documentary evi- dence found among the prisoner's ef- ‘ectz are to the effect that Lauzon's tealings netted him from $16.000 to {$20.000 quarterly, and that he was a imember of a jewelers’ organization from which he received a_monthly | publication to keep him advised of prices of gold and ! “When I visited a city,” he told the | detectives, always remained long e the trip net me | $500.” He explained that he usually ob- ained cash to the amount of about one-third the value of the jewelry HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES First race, claiming; for three-year olds and up; five and one-half fur- longs—*Roundsman, %5; Allah, 114: i *Vanity Dresser, 92 04; *M i S, 110; Panaman, 11 Reluctant, for two- r furlongs—(b)Gold (¢)The Muleskinner, 110; Be Trueman, 111; (a)Soul Bl Jou. ar_olds; ount, 107; b4 M La Mate, 111; *Josephine C. 106; 33: Bessie Lelghton, 109; Sweet and Pretty, 112; (b)Soviet, 111; The Ul- er, 115; Athana, 108; Armedee, 109 (c)Kewpie 8, 102; Seth's Lemon, 1 )—Salubria and_Ross entry. —McDaniel and Lavin entry. A'so eligible—Illusionist, 104; Zoona, 104. Third race, year-olds and u teenth miles—Phala Red, 104: *Horeb, 10 Commander Colin, 88; 105; ®Archive, 94: Migh Magic, Mark West, 104; Bryngar, 88: Print er's Devil, 98; *Alhena, 89; *Morning Face, §9; Bolster, 104. Fourth race, for maiden three-year- olds; six furlongs—Blue Ribbon, 110; 115; (b) Racquetta, 110; Afr (a) Jocose, 115; Dinahmeur, 110; A 110; Coolgardie, 115; Mary Rock, 110; Maggie 110; (b) Star Jester, 115; Ti ruvian, 115; (a) Superlative, Contusion, 110. (a) Salmon entry. (b) Ross and try. "‘;“lr({h race; the Shenandoah hanéi- for three-vear-olds; one milo eventy yards—Missionary. 166; Plilory, 106; Dick Deadeve. 87; Vio- Iinist, 112; Opperman, 10 Maize, 107! Sailing Along, 98. Sixth race; claiming; for four-vear- olds and up; one mile and a furlong— Our Flag, 114; *Biff Bang, 109; Dark Hill, 102; *Gain de Cause, 100; *Lu- netta, 1i8; Clean_Gone, 108; *Tho Lamb, 100; Tippo Sahib, 111; Comme Ci, 105; *Lucky B, 100. Seventh race; claiming: for three- year-olds and up; one mile and a eix- teenth—scar, 10 vv'wn:‘ g, 100: sPrunes, 99;" The Wag, ek sExhorter, 105; Thistle Paney, 97% Drifting, 93; anger, 88; Wilton Artow, *Majze, 99; Rest- for three- and one-six- 107; Lough Sxplosive, 1 *Sammy claimi on n ., Salumbria stable ca and & 8 Co Queen, ‘Welcome Str: 104; *Refugee, 9! ntice allowance claimed. V\al:?her clear; track fast. ay fares, etc., caloulated on the %t the paper ruble. Foreign currency, which had reached unprece- dented exchange quotations on thu curb—as high, for example, as two {million rubles to the dollar—dropped slowly soon after the plan was un- nounced. Municipalities must support them | selves under the new plan. All go ! ornment budgets are to be cut to the ! bone, und new budgets arranged every threb months. Thé council of commissars has ap- pointed a special commission, line with the neéw policy, to eliminate bu- eaucracy in the state institutions and has proposed a further reduction by 50 per oent of the government @m- ployes. rafl Dbaeis