Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1922, Page 2

2 DISTRICT SHRINERS IN BIG, CEREMONIAL Nearly 50 Added to Rolls; Plans for 1923 Conclave Detailed. Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine yesterday afternoon and last evening, at the Capitol Theater, started Its fall ! and winter work with & rousing cere- monial session. Incidentally it added mearly fifty new members to its rolls and let its own nobles know something of what is being done toward making the Imperial Council session in Wash- n next. June something long to be The hive of activity and the hum of merriment inside the Capitel Theater last evening bubbled throurh the cracks n the doors and enthused the overflow on the outsid for has nearly J members about a half of | them could There W tinguished tors but t Kwing Jone: Aladdin Temple which President Hardinz is the bright and - light, with Past Potentate James O. Cutler and Recorder W. . Joseph, who 100k a prominent part in the past in » were outstanding Businesy Session Held. rly in the afternoon the candi- s reported to the class directors, ¢ and O. M. Ballauf, and ness Lo me the de ili upon. emotnil sgan about S o' 1d continued uninterrupted- 1y until_after “low *as some of them called the midnight hour. There was a concert in which the Almas Military mas Orchestra and thi 1h played prom- hairmen of appointed to as- andiford inent parts. the L v ntate sis t Hurry and the executive secretary himself were introduced to a mammoth au- dience. After the introductions and some addresses on the big convention next Ju “the obsequies for the candidates,” as someone called them. began i continued with laughter unabated until the close ixt of Initiates. The _candi 8 initiated were: : J. Frederick Harry V ch, Dr. Dani ck Wil dward Chat- ton Cramer, Wil am o orge Adams How- don, Benjamin ancis B. Leech, aiph am Freder- tichard ant Newlen, vati, Arthur Samuel Pike, Powell, Charkes Henry Joe ders, Raymond arfenberg. Charles H. itmann, Robert Jarran Sine, ymond Ewell Scott, George Milton as. Walter Townsend Trittipoe, Merrill Thomas Vaughn, Stuart Ga iner Wilder, S y Dutton Willi: heodore I’. C. Willis, Stewart Youn, H. irohs, Joseph ;. Caylol hn. Morris Kraft and Smith. B rom other temples | bec liated with Almas were. George E. Doughert Fred S. Jenkins, George Harley Par- ker, Frederick E. Ryckman, Thad B. F. Sargent and Burdett Stryker. Chairmen of Committeen. The convention committee chair- men announced by Potentate Steuart are: Monie Sanger, auditing; Harry Kimball, bands and concerts: W Brown. concessions: Clifford Frelan congressiofal Andrews, de orations > Steuart, In perial divan and ‘Henry Lans bury. hospitality: Ellwood P.” Morey, housing nd hotels William Mont- gomery, insurance Carter Keene, Jaw: L. Whiting Estes, parades and patrols; Roe Fuikerson, program; W. W. Jermane, publicity Oyster, public order and public Dr. Charles B. White, medical Red Cross: F. Lawrence Walker, re- corders: T. Gibbs, registration and information; Warren W. Grimes, songs; Samuel Hart, souvenir; Bur- dett Stryker. telephone and telegraph, ry, transportation. rine session was neld Angeies, and the bank clear- ings for that week showed an in- crease of $7,000,000. At that time there were onl 94,000 members. The membership now is more than 500,000. In 1920 Al Kader Temple in Port- land, Ore.. raised $40.000 for the en- tertainment of the 100,000 out-of-town guests and Portland bank clearings : for that week showed an increase of $5,000,000. Frisco Tops Record. The financial benetits to cities where the Shrine conventions are held hav shown a steady increase yvear after year till 1922, when at San Francisco ihe bank clearings showed an in- crease of $27,000,000 Shriners and other visitors traveled across the con- tinent to San Francisco to attend the sessions and participate in the festivi- ties of the occasion In 1923, with the sessions in Wash- ington, the nation's Capital city, with all _its historical assoclations, world famed buildi ures, its scenery, its accessibility to nearby places where battles. were fought and where the United States really was made, its n. and mountain—all these attractions ure offered to a membership of more ! than 200.000 Shriners who live within 500 miles of Washington. It is sald that every dollar contrib- uted to the 1923 Shrine fund by the business man of Wishington is a dollar invested in a greater Wash ington, a greater busine self. The figures and the experiences of business men in all other cities where the sessions have been held show this. It requires no argument. 156 Temples Invited. Invitations have been sent out to 156 temples throughout the United States. Eighty acceptances have been received in less than a week. The following cities themselves have sent communications here ask- ing the ‘local committees to look out for them: Macon, Ga.; Philadelphia, Pa.; At- lanta, Ga.; Davenport, Rock, Ark.; Hammond. Ind.; Terre Haute, Ind.; Detroit, Mich.;' Knox- ville, Tenn.; Reading, Pa.; Richmond, Va.; Parkersburg, W. Va: Utica, N. Y.; Grand Forks, N. D.; Sioux Falls, S. D.; Jackson, Miss.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Pine Bluff, Ark.; Columbus, ©Ohio; Des Moines, Iowa; Albany, N. Y.; New Bern, N. Troy, N. Y.; Dal- las, Tex.; Waco, Te: Springfield, Mo.; burgh, Pa.; Seattle, Wash.; Bingham. ton, N. Y.; St. Louis, . Mo.; Peoria, Iil Springfleld, Ill.; Trenton, N. J.; Roan- oke, Va.: Sa Bridgeport, Conn.; Miami, Fla., Saginaw, Mich.; Birmingham, Ala.; Charleston, S. C. Houston, Tex. ewark, N. J.; Mont- gomery, Ala.; Salina, Kan.; Charles- ton, W. Va.; Rochester, N. Y.; Spring: fleld, Mass.; Wichita Falls, Tex.; Port. land, Ore.; Austin, Tex.; Cedar Raplds, Iowa; Fort Worth, Tex.; Lewiston, Me.; Fort Wayne, Ind.; New York city; Amarilla, Tex.; New Orleans; Hartford, | Conn., Cleveland, Ohlo; Wheeling, W. Va.; 8t Paul, Minn.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Kansas City, Mo.. Omaha Providence, R. L; Concord, N, H.; San ‘Antonio, Tex.: Brooklyn, N. Y.; Hono- Julu; Reno, Nev.; Muskogee, Okla. it e el FOUR ORDERED TO HOSPITAL. Maj. Clarence B, Lindner, Coast Ar- tillery Corps, at West Point, N. ¥. Capt. Bernard L. Jarman, Medical at Camp Devens, Mass.; Chap- lain William A. Aiken, at Fort Porter, N. Y. and Capt. Dan_D. Howe, in- fantry, at Camp Meade, Md., have -‘ ofd%k‘;: city for Fl‘&ll- De this Bent Reed General - Hos- ¥ t Singing Squirrel | professional its] rness to sea | for him- | Iowa; Little! Found by Police At White House Private Ernest Seamon of the White House police force, stationed In the executive office, narrowly escaped being placed In the Ananias Club and being branded for all time as a nature fukir, when be told those whom he met yesterday of dis- covering a musical squirrel in the White House zrounds. p This courageous policeman was saved from dis- grace by Charles Hard, appointment clerk of the execu- tive office, and Charles Thompson, one of the White House messengers, declared that they could substan- discovery made by famo tiate the claims of | Seamon. | According to the latter, he was leav- ing the executive office late Sunday lafterncon. The grounds were deserted and all was quiet. As he passed close ito the beantiful old acacia tree on the . ! knoll beside the west gate to the grounds he was attracted by warbling (hat, according to Seamon, Sounded mithing like a catbird, only more tuneful and sweeter. Seamon, Who claim !that according to Seamon, who claims t heart a lover of nature and topped to lsten. He was then jju ned by Thompson, who, like Seamon, | vas impressed with the cléar, melodious notes. | "“That's too muslcal for a catbird,” | Thompson suggested. “Probably it Is a cultivated mocking eamon decided, but the argu- to the identity of the soloist ught to an abrupt end when Yiggy,” the pet squirrel of the appeared from behind |the trunk of the Acacia, and after a friendly grin at her audience, perched against the tree trunk and re- d the singing. According to Seamon's word. with and cn his breast at the time he {guve it, “Plggy” resumed her concert. She let out high notes and low motes, {with equal clarity and tunefulness. All { the while the two men stood looking on lin amazement. Their confusion was {not relived until a moment or o later {when Appointment Clerk Hard joined ithem and assured them that singing \quirrels were nothing out of the or- dinary, at least not in Ohlo, his home state, i “They may be common in Ohio," Sea- imon replied, but they are brand new {around here” —_— POLITICAL TIDES EBBING FOR BOTH PARTIES IN OHIO (Continued from First Page.) [to be a music, er on the subject. Coming back to the city over which he was mayor for four vears, he turned to the practice of law. The townsfolk made him { president of the chamber of com- { merce. He is csteemed by republicans {and democrats alike—they all have a good word to say for the former Secretary of War, but when he wrote n lled open-shop letter he went up even high and business men and lone might say even in the view of {many trade unionists who are out of cympathy with the radical fringe in their movement. Mr. Baker didn't ally himself really with_either side, as_the term “open i shop” is confusing. He lined up with |the public as against the factions who prey on the public purse with strikes and lockouts. But the best way to dexcribe it 16 to quote Mr. Baker's {own words, which antagonized some {labor leaders, but won unanimous | approval outside that group: “The. term ‘open shop’ as used in he labor policy of the Cleveland coniused with the term ‘closed non- union shop.’ It is therefore necessary in-this discussion to remember what the true meaning of that phrase is. It describes a labor relation in which workers are wholly free to join or not to join unions, in which the prin- ciple of collective bargaining is rec- ognized as sound and just, and in which the workers when unable to agree with their employers have a right to be represented by represent- atives of their own choice in wage and other employment negotiations. in such an open shop no man is to be discriminated against because he holds a union card and correspond- ingly no man is to be discriminated against because he does not hold such a card. i i Expresses Own View. “Trade unionist, as I have always {been and am, I cannot bring myself to believe that labor relations are the concern only of employers and em- Iployes as separate and contending classes. In every labor question there are really three parties. The public {has an interest too little recognized iand rarely represented * * * I think | vour district council (Mr. Baker's let- jter was written to the painters’ union) 1 will be obliged to agree with me that {in the last ten years the principle of {trade unionism has made little or no headway. Temporary raises in wages ihave, it is true, been obtained, but at ithe present moment there is a wide- spread public sentiment against labor iunions, and the whole wholesome prin- {ciple is, In my opinion, endangered by | the growing realization on the part of are hurtful limitation upon produc- Ition and a dangerous limitation of !economic freedom to American citi- izens. ¢ ¢ ® “If there eéver was a time when we could be tolerant of the lockout and the trike as a_means,of setling labor con- troversies that time has passed. Every good citizen must now realize that his duty to his country requires continuous labor and the adoption of & rational solution of the problem which hereto- fore we have allowed 10 be fought out with reckless disregard of economic consequences.” Naturally there was a howl from labor quarters at this doctrine. Newton Baker has always been known as a progressive democrat. He is chalrman of the democratic county committes. Ho heard more than murmurs from the politicians. He sald he had expressed his own view—he wasn't committing the party to anything but it is note- worthy that Mr. Baker continues in con- trol of the county organization here just the same. (Copyright, 1922.) CITIZENS DEMAND CUT IN CARFARES (Continued from First Page.) I i the honorable commission for a re- | duction of, fare on. the lines of the Capital Trhction' Company. Ready to Back @latms. “A period of seven months has elapsed since the fare on sald Capital | Traction Company was fixed at 8 { cents cash or six tokens for 40 cents, | with & charge of 1 cent for Intercom: i pany transfers. | *“The federation is prepared to sub- mit evidence to the commission estab- lishing the fact that said rate of fare is not justified under the statute made and provided, “That said fare is unreasonable, un- 3 and discriminatory. v “That the fare allocated as between the cash rider and the token rider is grossly preferential to the token rider and unjustly discriminatory against the cash rider. ok - “That the charge for Intercompany transfer is nelther justified under the text nor by the intent of the law.' —— Praise is 2 mental stimulant; blame is a poison. Many a business is rotted through and ‘through by the everlast- ing nagging and blame that hfi-mmwamm er in the opinion of tne | Chamber of Commerce is unhappily | the public that the practices followed | Electric i | i i 1 supply IDROUTH CRIPPLING FREDERICKSBURG Power Plant Can Operate Only 24 Hours, as Dams Dry Up. FAMINE MENACE LOOMS Reservoirs Nearly Depleted. Lightless Nights Seen Unless Rcin Soon Comes. From a Staff Correspondent. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Septem- ber 26.—Breakdown of the electric power service, which will cripple in- dustrial actlvitles and throw Fred- ericksburg into darkness, will be complete within twenty-four hours unless rain ends the drouth that has resulted in the drylng up of the Rappahannock river from its source to this eity. The blg dam across the Rappahannock on the outskirts of Fredericksburg has backed up enough water to turn only one of the large generators in the power house of the Spottsylvania Power Company, and this only for two days at the longest on low fre- quency. The power now being gen- erated is so weak that machinery in many of the factorles is turning slowly and the lights in the city are growing ‘dimmer. Faced with closing for lack of suffi- cient current, 2 number of industrial plants have adopted emergency meas- ures to keep them in operation in the event of a complete breakdown of the power plant. Small tractors are being used &t a number of the factorles to turn generators in the Individual plants, while other manufacturing con- cerns are planning to press steam en- gines into use for this purpose. Water Famine Looms. With the drying up of the river, Fredericksburg~ also has been con- fronted with a potent water famine. The city depends almost entirely on the Rappahannock for the water sup- ply for the consumption of its 7,000 residents. besides power for its indus- trial activities, street and residence lights. The flltering reservoir is now approx- imately 3,000,000 gallons below its ca- pacity’ and this condition is causing grave concern among city officials. Al- though no official warning has been issued to the consumers, they are ap- prehensive, and a majority of them have voluntarily agreed to conserve as much water as possible during the emergency. The capacity of the filtering basin, which is kept filled at all times, under normal conditions is 15,000,000 gallons. Approximately 12,000,000 gallons enough to supply Fredericksburg for a week or ten days, remains in the basin, and little additional water is being taken in. Auxiliary Plant Saves Day. Complete suspension of the water supply was averted vesterday after- noon by the opportune operation of an auxiliary power plant which has been temporarily erected near the main power house of the Spotts- sylvania company for the emergency. The auxiliary plant was put into use just as the wheels of the gen erator In the main power house slowed down, immediately stoppini operation of the city pumping station where the water in the filtering basin is pumped into the reservoir. The small auxiliary plant is being operated solely to supply current to the pumping station and the city lighting system. If this plant ceases operation on account of the lowering of the water, backed up by ‘the dam, | the city will be plunged into darkness at night and a water famine will be imminent. So low is the Rappahannock river from its source to this city that no water passed over the Spotsylvania company’s dam within the past week. Under normal conditions 80 cubic feet of water flow over the dam per second. Bass Grounds Now Dry. The river, just below the dam, in the Spots where bass fishing should be at its height, is now arid, Weeds are beginning to grow on the rocks in the river bed. Normally, between four and six feet of water cover this section of the river. For its electrical current for fits industries, city lighting system and residences, FYedericksburg depends principally upon two large 1,050-H. W. H. generators and a small 450-K. W. H. generator in the plant of the Spotsylvania company. One of the large generators and the small one have been pug out of commission as a result of the lack of water power to drive’ them. The large generator {which remains in operation is run- ning at reduced speed which is des- tined to decrease as the water backed up by the dam runs off. Aroused over the threatened crip- pling of their industries, Fredericka- burg business men, it was reported today, are planning to take some legal action against the owners of the power plant for their failure to them with electric current. The question will be discussed at a meeting of the Fredericksburg Cham- ber of Commerce next Monday. Similar action was proposed last year, when the electric power service was ‘partially crippled as a result of a drought at that time. JE G POSTMASTERS ARRIVE. FOR ANNUAL POWWOW First Session Opens Tomorrow in Auditorinm of New Na- tional Museum. A steady stream of the leading post- masters of the country, who are in Washington awalting the opening of their-annual convention tomorrow, filed into the offices of Postmaster General ‘Work and First Assistant Postmaster General Bartlett today to pay their re- spects to thelr chlef executives. Anticipating their visit, Gov. Bartlett had arranged attractive photographs of the postmasters around the walls of his office, with & view of making the postal men feel at home and become acquaint- ed with their brother workers in other cittes. M During the six sessions of the con- vention, which convenes tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, in the audl torfum of the New National Museum 'and continues until Friday afternoonm, Postmaster Genéral Work plans to hold “open house” in-his affices in the Post Office Department. Registration of the delegates for the convention is being made at the head- quarters, in the Raleigh Hotel: Among those who will address the sessions are Postmaster General Worl First Assistant J. H: Bartlett, Assistant Paul Henderson, Third As- sistant W. Irving Glover, Fourth Assist- ant H. H. Billany, Rush D. Simmons, Dr. F. C. Smith, Henry 8. Dennison, G. F. H. Birdseye and a number of the postmasters themselves DETAILED TO PHILADELPHIA. Maj. Willlam ~A. Squires, “Dental Corps, at Camp Dix, N.-J, has been THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER' 26, 1922 FREDERICKSBURG, VA., IN GRIP OF .UNUSUAL DROUTH. The dam of the Spotsylvania Power Company across the Rappa- hannock river, on the outskirts of over which no water week, ns a result of Under normal conditions the drouth. 50 cubic feet of water flows over the dam per second. The river bed just beyond the dam, which usually s cov- ered with between four and six feet of water, Ix dry. 14 SUE LANDLORD, SAY NEEDS DENIED Rockingham Apartment Ten- ants’ Case Continued by Rent Body. Damages for alleged refusal of i their landlord to furnish heat, hot !waur and other services were sought by fourteen tenants of the Rocking- ham apartment house, 1317 Rhode Island avenue northwest, at a prelim- inary hearing today before the Dis- trict Rent Commission. Indicating that the approach of cold weather threatens them with “severe jand intolerable inconveniences” through the consistent failure and re- fusal of the owner, W. Minnie Arm- bruster, to supply necessary accommo- dations, the tenants, through Attor- ney Thomas H. Patterson, are seeking reparation. An answer In which the defendant denies that she “directly or indirectly” has wilfully refused to furnish the services mentioned has been filed with the commission by at- torneys Glassie & Elliott. Case Is Continued. The commission continued the case until October/30 in order that the apartment house may be considered in its entirety through an investi- { gation of all zpartments in the bulld- ing. In the petition for damages filed by the occupants of the fourteen apartments it is pointed out that since the handing down of a rental decision by the rent commission on December 31, 1921, the owner has failed and refused to furnish various accommodations sought by the ten- ants. The complaining tenants are Harry M. Price, Frank K. Price, M. G. Copeland, John G. Harndon, Elizibeth Cunningham, Susan P. Marshall, John C. ODell, C. M. Force, James H. Boggs, Mary and Blanche Barten- stein, Wistar M. Balderston, Walter Stevenson and Alice E. Willoughby. _ - Rental Fixing Urged. Mr. Force also requested the com- mission to fix the rental on his apartment In accordance with its judgment as to what is reasonable. ‘The Ball act, as last extended, pro- vides that in cases where a landlord has withdrawn willfully from any tenant services agreed to or required by the commission, thus exposing the tenant to “any unsafe or insanitary condition,” the commissien shall de- termine the sum which it believes will fairly compensate for such a con- dition. If awarded damages by the commission, the tenant may sue to recover the amount specifled in the municipal court, and the offending landlord is at the same time subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or im- prisonment for not more than a year, or both. CELEBRATE THEIR 63D WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Asron H. Frear and wife recently celebrated their sixty-third wedding at thelr home, 223 8th street northeast. They were married at Hudson, Wi Beptember 19, 1859, and are now grea grandparents. Mr. Frear will be elghty-elght years old fn October and his wife will Teach the same age in July. He was born in Troy, N Y.; moved to Hudson, Wis., when a young man, where he remained for twenty-one years, and moved to Washington in 1878, expecting to re- main three months. He has made his | home here ever since. Mrs. Frear for- merly was Miss Margaret Jane Rick- ard and was born in Chautauqua, N. Y. Mr. Frear has had a position as assistant doorkeepér in the House of Representatives for a number of years and {s past department commander of the rtment of the Potomac, G. A. R., and formerly was chief of the Internatonal Order of Good Tem . His wife was grand vice tem Plar of the latter organization. She Is also a_member of the Federation of Clubs and, it is sald, was the organizer of the Excelsior Literary Club. - Among the guests at the celebration wers Mrs. Grace Roberts, whos gave a recitation; Mrs. Allie Smithy, and Drs. Frank and Pdwin Roberts, who made short speeches. Robert W. Smithy, Miss Etta Cloments of Maryland and Miss Ethel Christy of Troy also were- among the guests present. The First Thing to Do, .When You Return From Your Vacation Is to ORDER THE STAR “FROM PRESS TO HOMN WITHIN THE HOUR.” Evening and Sunday Star, 60c per month Evening Stai 45¢c per month Sunday Sta R. Davidson, Mary M. Parsons, James , 1 Faced with closing on account of 1 T to generate their own eity’s manufacturing pl | with pewer to operate CRAND JURY ENDS WAR FRAUD PROBE First Special Body in District Concludes Sessions—An- other to Be Called. achinery. T | | { | The first special grand jury in the| history of the District of Columbla! concluded its sessions today. This special body of Inquisitors was made possible by a special act of Congress procured at the request of Attorney General Daugherty for investigation | of war funds. It began its session) May 25 and was dismissed toduy from service by United States Attorney Gordon, who explained that as there| were only a few days left before the! expiration of the jurors’ terms of service under the law, and as there ‘was no inquiry which would not take, a longer time to present to them, the Jurors might as well be discharged. Lumber Men Indicted. Two indictments have resulted from the sessions of this special grand jury. After an investigation of eight| weeks tbe speclal grand jury reported an indictment against Ernest C.| Morse, former director of sales of the ‘War Department, and nine lumber| dealers from various sections of the country who are charged with con- spiring to defraud the United States; in connection with the sale of surplus lumber from Army cantonments. i ‘The inyestigation into the sale of! the Old Hickory powder plant at. Jacksonville, Tenn., at a supposed: loss of one million dollars to the gov- ernment, occupied the attention of the special grand jurors for about five weeks and resulted in an indict- ment of Morse and two New York mien for conspiracy. The special grand jury has been in recess for the past month. Dye Probe to Be Next. United States Attorney _Gordon, after, the regular panel of grand jurors for the October term has been completed, will ask for the summon- ing of another speclal grand jury. Before this new body, it is expected, the Department of Justice officlals | 1 anniversary with relatives and friends|wij] lay evidence in connection with the sale of chemical and dye patents .to the Chemical Foundation, of which Francis P. Garvan, former alien prop- erty custodian, is president. Other sales by former heads of the &lien property custodian’s office will also be investigated, it is stated. | ts turning the generator which | held at the New W MARRIED SIXTY-THREE YEARS. the lack of electrical power, a num- ber of Fredericksburg industrial plants are adopting emergency measures picture shows a tractor at ome of the pplies the factory DT EAPERTS TOHOLD COVENTION HERE SN Surgeon General Cumming Among Speakers—Many Special Tours Planned. The fifth annual convention of the American Diettics Association will be lard Hotel here October 16, 17 and 18 and will close in Baltimore the following day with & ession at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Addresses will be made by dele- gates from carious parts of the coun- try at the two sessions on the open- ing day and that night there will be a dinner meeting at the hotel at which the following have been in- vited to speak; Surgeon General Hugh S. Cummings, 'of the U. S. publichealth service; Maj. Julia intendent. Army Nurse Corps; M Lenah Highbee, saperintendent Navy Nurses Corps, and Miss Lucy Minne gerode, superintendent of nurses, U S. public health service. The merning session the following day will be devoted to speeches and in~ the afternoon visits to Walter Reed Hospital and the office of home economics, Department of Agricuiture will be made. Wednesday, October 18, the Italian dietary survey committee, under the chairmanship of Gertrude C. Mudge, will present its report to the con- vention. The committee {s composed i of social workers from New York city, Boston, Detrolt and Memphis. Dr. Walter Cannon, professor of physiology of the Harvard Medical BSchool, will deliver an address on “Hunger and Thirst” at the afternoon session Wednesday, which will be followed by a business meeting, and reports of committees. At 5 o'clock tea will be served and the following will be hostesse: Mrs. Calvin Cool- idge, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, jr.; Mrs. Henry C. Wallace, Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming. The final session In Washington— ‘Wednesday night—will be presided over by, Genevieve Field of Walter Reed pital, and the convention will h€ar discussion of “Food Serv- ice,” for various ypes of patients, by hospital dietitlans. Miss Mary Lind. sey, manager of the Grace Dodge Hotel here, will also discuss “Food Service for the Hotel.” ‘The Baltimore session will open at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, October 19, and will be addressed by Dr. E. V. McCollum, professor of chemical hy- glene, ana Dr. Willlam S. McCann, associate physician, both of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Adjournment will follow an afterncon in the hospital and the clinic. imson, Super- ! SENATOR WATSON OF GEORGIA SUDDENLY SEIZED BY DEATH | (Continued from First Page.) which he defeated former Senator Hoke | Smith, of the league of nations and of { other policies of the Wilson administra- tion. He was a strong advocate of a bonus for_ former service men and another of his strong policies was advocacy of release of men convicted during the war under the espionage act. He wrote President Harding and made many speeches favoring gen- eral amnesty for such prisoners. Last | winter he created a national sensa- tion by a series of speeches charging that wholesale executions of men in the A. E. F. had occurred without court-martial trlals. The charges | were investigated by a Senate fu- | diciary subcommittee headed by Sen- ator Brandegee, republican, Connec- tcut, which heard many witnesses, | Lut has not yet filed a rcport. Because of the absence of Vice President Coolidge, Senator Cummins, republican, Towa, president pro tem- pore of the Senate, and many of the senators, plans for officlal representa- tion at the funeral of the late senator were uncertain. David S. Barry, ser- | geant-at-arms of the Senate, was no- tified of the death and was endeavor- ing today to make arrangements for an officlal party to be represented at the funeral in Georgia. Senator Har- ris, democrat, Georgia, the late sen- ator's colleague, Is in Europe, having :fl.lfn'led the interparliamentary peace union. Noted for Philippics. During the first year and & half of his term in the Senate, to Which he was elected in 1920, after receiv- ONLY SLIGHT RAIE IN CLOTHING PRICES Tariff to Cause But $6.50 Jump in Best Overcoat, Says Bureau. Retail prices on fall and winter clothing will be only slightly ine creased as a result of the new tariff bill, which went into effect last weelk. Statistics substantiating t! state- ment were made public today by the Better Business Bureau of Washing- ton, and viewed from the standpoint of a maximum Increase they show: That on twenty-eight-ounce ecloth in overcoats (without u mohair lining, which is of wool, and might increase the total cost slightly) the maximum increase to the consumer on an ulster style overcoat would be § ‘That on a thirty to thirty-two ounce type, which is often used, there would be a proportionately higher price. This increase, however, could not ex- ceed 21 cents per ounce, so, the Het- ter Business Bureau says, the max- imum_possible increase would not be over $6.50 on thirty-two-ounce mate- rial. On fall suits, the statisties point out, this increase in price of material would mean a maximum jump of $2.85 over prices under the old tariff. The burcau's figures were compiled in conjunction with the National As- livered only a week ago last Wednes. day, the Georgia senator severely criticized the administration for its course in conncction with the rail strike situation. His previous at- tacks on the administration, and most notably his charges of iilegal hang- ing in the Amerlcan expeditionary figure in the Senate body during his brief service there. Born in Thomson, Ga., in 1856, Sen- ator Watson grew up and practiced Jaw there for some years before en- tering state politics. After; serving in tre Georgia house of representa- tives and later, in 1888, as democratic elcctor-at-large for the state, he was elected to Congress in 1891 on populist ticket. After being defeated on that ticket in the next two elec- tions, Senator Watson was nom!inated as the choice for Vice President of the St. Louis populist convention, which_indorsed William J. Bryvan for President in 1836. Nominated for President by the people’s party in 1904, Senator Watson conducted an active campaign to revive the party. Career as Publisher. About that time he began the pub- lication of Tom Watson's Magazine in New York, and a vear later, in 1906, undertook the publication of Watson's Jeffersonian _Magazine, which was continued under the name of the Weekly Jeffersonian. The pub- lications begun in that period were cuspended during the Wilson admin- istration when denied transmission tthrough the mails after attacks in them againet the draft act, the esplonage law and other war meas- ures. Mr. Watson then began pub- lication of the Columbia Sentinel, at Thomson, of which he was proprietor up to his death. In the senator's own language, as given in his biographical sketch in the Congressional Directory, he con- ducted his campaign for the Senate as an “antl-Wilson, anti-league and anti-war_measures democrat.” After defeating Senator Smith and Gov. Dorsey for the nomfnation, he was elected over Harry S. Edwards, independence candidate, who favored American participation in the league of nations, by an overwhelming majority. By the Assoclated Press, ATLANTA, Ga, Senator Thomas E. Wi |who died suddenly, at his residence | Washington early today, was one of the most famous figures in the history of Georgia politics, and during the pas! four years was considercd by observers |as wielding the strongest influence in the state. ¥ During the recent state democratic primary his_support was used in the interest of Clifford W, Walker, success- ful candidate for the gubernatorial inomination. His position in this race followed_differences with Gov. Thomas W. Hardwick, whom he supported two years ago when the two Toms both were elected. Best Known Works. As an author, Watsoh's best known work was “The Story of France,” which was used in the schools of France. Among his other works were “The Life of Thomas Jefterson,” “The Life of Napoleon,’ Thomas Jefferson,” “Bethany. and story of the old south: “The Life and Times of Andrew Juckson,” *Hand- book of Politics asd Economics” and “Life and Speeches of Thomas E. Watson.” The “Sage of McDuffie” as he was known by his followers throughout the state, bullt up his political strength through his publications. When the government stopped his two papers during the war he soon was publishing the Columbia Sentinel. This weekly paper has been devoted to discussion of state and national politics, and _during _the senator's residence in Washington often con- tained accounts of his daily record in the Senate. In his campaign in 1920 Watson was opposed by Senator Hoke Smith and Gov. Dorsey. Watson left his home in Thomson and made a state-wide speaking tour. This was the first time in several years he had appeared on the platform. and in each county he was_heard by hundreds of persons. {He denounced the Wilson administra- September 26, atson of Georgie, a study and Gov. Dorse; During the latter part of his cam- paign he was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct at Buford. Later the charges were dismissed. In 1914 Watson was indicted in the federal court at Augusta on the charge of sending obscene matter through the mails. He appeared as chief counsel in his defense and charged that the indictment was the Tesult of his at- !tack on Cathollcism. There were many stormy courtroom scenes during the |trial; which resulted in his acquittal. { RITES PROBABLY- THURSDAY, | THOMSO! Ga., September 26— Maj. Charles E. McGregor, close per- sonal friend of Senator Thomas E. ‘Watson, said this morning that he ,had been advised that the body of Senator Watson would arrive here Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, and the funeral would be held at 1:30 Thursday afternoon. Maj. McGregor sald Mrs. Watson, ‘who 1s at the Watson home here, w bearing up heroically under the blow, although the news of her husband’s death was a severe shock. Senator Watson will be buried in the Thomson cemetery, which is situated iin the edge of town. MAY NAME SUCCESSOR. | By the Associated Press. 1'l.‘l’m)llml W. Hardwick must appoint a ! successor to Senator Thomas E. Watson, | who dled early today in Washington, to serve until the general election in November, when a successor to fill the unexpired term of four years will be elected, according to an announcement by Attorney General George M. Napier of Georgia. Gov. Hardwick at present is on a trip to Canada. Chairman W. J. Vereen of the state democratic executive committee, when ‘would be called to ing the nomination over Senator 1 7 Hoke Smith and Gov. Hugh M. | sociation of Retail Clothiers and their Dorsey, Senator Watson gave mo |state organizations. F. A. Ellenwood, indication of any impairment of the | Vice president of the national asso- vigor and activity, which had marked | clation, at the convention of that his long career in politics and as a | body in New York last w declared publisher. g {in an address t the tariff would In his last speech in the Senate, de- | DOt bring crease in the 1 al. This con- forces, had made him a conspicuous | the | {POWER IN GEORGIA POLITICS. | “The Life and Times of tion and the records of Senator Smith | ATLANTA, Ga., September 26.—Gov. | | by a large num ber clothing mer- chants. CITY HEADS PRESS | $6,000,000 APPEAL * i | (Continued from First Page.) amount would be paid by the taxpavers of the District. Good Progress Made. Good progress was made at the con- ference this morning, officials of the |board of estimates for the budget bu- | reau hearing presentations on the iDistrict needs concerning fire, police, health and charits Gen. Lord, director of the burea: of the budget, who sat in wit conference for most of its proce ings. reported, on leaving early, that he thought it mizht be possible to conclude the District presentation to- day, although the budget officials wera willing to give the Commissioners repregentatives ail the time they want to_present their claim Fire Chief Watson was understood to have explained the District's request for a emall Increase in personnel of the fire department and more motor appar- atus. Maj. S n, chief of police, | tollowing the -fir: ef explained why the District needed additional personnel in the police department. Health Officer Heard. Health Officer Fowler was understood to have explained the work being done by his departmenut in connection With control of contagious diseases, inspect- |ing dairy farms and places where food !1s =old in the District and to have pre- sented the reasons why the Commis- sioners’ estimates for this work sho be granted. ‘George Wilson, secretary of the board of charities, was the last speaker for i the District before lunch, explaining the estimates for charitable and penal work in his charge. SCHOOL HOPES REVIVED. i i Now Expected Several Items in 1 Budget Will Be Restored. ! ! Bellef that a number of the build- {ing items stricken from the sch budget for the next fiscal year will by restored by the budget bureau was | volced today by scheol officials fol- lowing a surver of the crowded i schools yesterday afternoon by Red- mond D. Stephens, assistant to Brig. Gen. Lord, director of the bureau of the budget. Accompanying Mr. Stephens were Supt. of ch»’)ulfl | Ballou, R. A. Wheeler and Capt ohn . ood, District assistant | Engineer Commussioner, and Assistant | Superintendents of Schools Kramer {and Wilkinson. 1" Although Mr. Stephens would make i no official statement regarding his ob- | servations, it is believed the conges {ed conditions which le personally | witnessed will ry_ weight in the { decision on the school budget 1 ““The schools visited inciuded the { Webster, Thomson, John F. Cooke, Petworth, West, Johnson-Powell and |the Tenley ntary schools and McKinley. <s, Dunbar and Arm- strong high schools | | e, Petworth 4th and Upshur Sts. N.W. 6-Room Bricks Z 2 O, e e Take “Soldiers’ Home” Car or 16th-Street Bus Marked “Grant Circle” to Sample House 329 UPSHUR ST. Open Until 9 p.m. D. J. Dunigan § M. 1267. \ i LI A ) 22 7777277777 I,