Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1922, Page 4

3 a3 T o S THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON.,__ T, PUNTDENTERTN "5 IPERAL CUNEL SPEEDER IN AUTO SLIPPED AGAIN . AND THEN ELOPES By the Associated Pres Finance Committee of Almas Temple in Drive for SEATTLE, Wash., October 3. A L 1923 Fund. D.' C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, MOVEFOR HEARING INLGHT RATEGAS Public Utilities Commission Asks Supreme c_ourt to Act Soon on Appeal. NIGHT SCHOOLS CROWDED An unusually heavy registration marked the olullinf last night of the District’s public night schools. En- rollment figures, however, will not be forthcoming until the end of the week. Registration will be continued to- morrow night at the sixteen schools which have opened for the night classes. They are the Business, East- ern, McKinley, Dunbar and Arm- strong High schools, and the Small- wood ~ Vocational, Wallach, Henry, Jefferson, -Park View, Garnot-Patte son, Stevens, Randall, Cardoza Voc; tional and ~ Lovejoy Elementary schools, and the " Americanization school. NEGRD IS ARRESTED CARROLL COUNTRY CLUB OWNERS AR FINED $600 Also Get Year Each in House of Correction, But Sentence Is Suspended. 15¢ Wiy PAY TWENTY? TOBACK RESIDENT Democratic Nominee De- clares He’ll Aid Four-Power Pact if Elected. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, October 3.— Completiug a 165-day crulse along Cupid rode on the radiator of Mirs tho Aleutlan lslands, during which it Fern Amelig Conners’ sutomobile as reached Attu, the most westerly she drove recklessly down Morning- point of the western hemisphere, the side boulevard, patrolled by Carl Ny- coast guard cutter Algonquin’ arriv- berg, a motor cycle officer. Miss Con- ed here yesterday. ners, daughter of Arthur M. Con- Lieut. Willlam T. Stromberg, com- ners, former Sjoux City hln:er. elop:d luded discovery o ‘mov- Tt islande the location of & mew wedding' was kept a secret uatil harbor-and & battle with & 100-foot Tiv wite usea to grive_ovir my g beat so fast,” sal yberg, “tha; meostets 15 ‘the Alcutian "chain, had to stop and remonstrate with her Lieut. Stromberg has visited it on 50 often I just decided that I had bet- five occasions and each time has ter marry her and teach her how to found it in a new location. drive the car right. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., October 3.—3 - companied by their counsel, Morris I, Wampler of Washington, Mrs. 1d. Stanley and George Perry of Wasl - ington, until recently in charge the Carroll Country Club, at Bethesd. , this county, appeared before Jud:: The executive committee of the finance committee of Almas Temple 1923 Shrine Committee, Inc., will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at head- quarters in the Homer building, 13th ! I “See Etz and See Better” In the United States Supremo Court today the Public Utilities Commis- sion of the District submitted a mo- tion to advance for an early hearing the case of the Utilities Commission CUT U. S. EXPENSE ]“’0“'-'»5, Says, in Keynote Address, His En- What Eyes Characterize An ADITORIAL No. 1 deavor Would Be Behind Execu- tive, Irrespective of Party. cagetness; 244 N Thd, e P rd P. 8 the decision of the Supreme Court cating s Mrs. ey g wit, love of pleasure, M. Ralston, democratic nominee” for Dublle the. Tallowmme statement tos of the District of Columbia, which Had Struck Man. e e I b R b, e e o Sy el oinena i figstonk sustained the valuation found by the ©d o the Maryland houss of corre: studio ess, concentra- delivering the keynote address of his mittee tonight: = i ) tion for six months. In the disorder! - veness and m campaign here ; oet St S PG00 S nELen Public Utilities Commission of the| George Hubert Casey, colored, | onfoF ¥i monthi. In the disorder T last night, ex- pressed his solve in the event 3 Te- t vision fe for ; 5 . a6 co ntinng, case, the brief in support of a mo- éver, iwere_ suspendid on'iconllitivn tient _impels of erection to| trict Directly Interested |&F mes i “Fncmeasure o swec| General at Association’s | or e Savance satd feleventn precinct, it being alleged | that both of the defendants, who aro specialists. Av work actively for cess and the measure of value to “The principles involved in this |that he was driver of the automobile | now understoo g el 1f now of our : 5 the business interests and the repu- First Conventiol cass are identlcal and the facts in-|that struck and fatally injured | vashington mot again return to this < T curtailment of in Election 3 * irst Con n. _ Tved 7 th S (mBnaral ohars county to live or for business of any F o tation of Washington are entirely in volved are o € same g al cl . V. g y e George Joseph Sweeney, eighteen | kind government ex- the hands of the members of the acter with those involved in all the 2 considered the rights of society superior to those of capital and la- bor, and an- —_— CONTROLBYG.0.P. Chapin Brown Regards Dis- vested in Congress to govern the Dis- trict of Columbia the citizens of this city should do everything within their power to keep that legislative body re- and F streets. Subscription cards will be given out to the various members to commence the drive among the business concerns of the city. will come to attend the session of the imperial council of the Mystic Shrine will be what Almas Temple nligr upon the people. he question before every bus- iness man of the National Capital at this moment is, ‘What is my duty and what should T do in view of the fact that a sum probably in excess RESERVE OFFICERS Five-Minute Ovation Given Army Head Tells Delegates of Need agalnst the Potomac Electric Power The motion was taken Company. under conside companies in the District of Colum- from which valuations similar appeals have been taken to the Su- preme Court of the District of Co- lumbia, where they bia, ration by the court. The case is on appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeals of property of the appellce for rate~ making purpose. After reviewing the history of the - ¢ the sion | years old, 1006 Girard street, mear| The arrests of Perry and Mrs. Stan- claring that’ he| Because of the arbltrary powers in- Y e - v I PACIFISM IS DECRIED |propertics of aii the street raiiway Country Club several weeks ago of are now pending ! Samuei Riggs in the police court he yesterday afternoon and pleaded gui ty to charges of violating the loc option law of the county and Keepin a disorderly house. AS DEATH AR DRVER Accused Claims He Was Too thirty years old, 1774 T street, was arrested this morning by Capt. Riley, Lieut. Ready and Sergt. Dent of the and a sentence of six months In th house of correction were imposci. Both imprisonment sentences, how- southeast night. Casey told the police he was re- turning from Marlboro with several about 8 o'clock Sunday Sheriff ‘Alvie A. Moxley, Chief Deputy anley Gingell and half a dozen sp clal deputies. The officers had b..s preceded by detectives, who, it is s: succeeded in purchasing liquor nounced that in 2 1of 830,000,000 Will e lert heer to cate Public t awalting the declslon of the instant | PA®Sengers in his car and when on |observing the nature of t % support of nis | Publican, thereby continuing the supe- | 3f, 3 visitors? . e Equoate 9 Reriliof case, which must largely control the lvania avenue one of the|Pome daye later a farge number o Samuel M. Ralston. View that Amer- |riority of governmental service, | wphe answer is obvious. He will Unpreparedness. decision of those cascs, and, pending | passengers said he had struck a|lciding citizens ‘of the Bethewds A a deiea must | make | Chapin Brown, attorney for the Dis-|follow the dictates of his business . such dect‘lflax; by this sourt, the ab- | pedestrian. He s said to have told | co RN V) rectrain Perry and (he 3 3 3 ee 5 2 strict o 5 ailed to stop. o ity L T local party leaders, declared in an ad- | ¢xpense of preparation. He not only | Cheered for fully five minutes by |finding itself embarrassed in exXer-| - pojica say that the radiator and e ine eround “’j‘\}d;; e pecELunction; dress last night before the Harding|will contribute himself, but will in- | delegates and alternates, Gen. John J. | cISing Its rate-making powers.” fender of Casey’s automobile showed | PUDIIC nulsance, - 4 < be my_resolve elected.” said Mr. Ralston to serve my country to some noble purpose. Whether the President dur- ing my term of office, or any part of 4 {vl.a of my political faith or not I sha tenan if T am to strive and at his back for the main- of law and order—for the Soclety’s Rights Firat. “I recognize that capital has rights that are sacred and must be protect- ed; that cred and labor has rights that are must be protected, but ter than the united rights two_important factors in our ational life are the rights of society, and society’s right must be protected at whatever sacrifice and cost. else fraud and lawlessness will supplant the nation's peace and dignity, and this must never be.” _ Turning to the question of economy in government, Mr. Ralston said: Backs Four-Power Pact. “It is costing too much to run this {government and I make this charge | without reference to the party in (power. I trust I shall be pardoned of The National Remembrance Shop (Mr. Foster's Shop) One door from ser he would co-operate with President Harding in making his four-power } | and Coolidge Club meeting in the Wardman Park Hotel. D. C. Directly Interested. ‘“Citizens of the capital should not remain indifferent to elections whether and lend their fnfluence in maintaining a republican Congress, which, in my mind, is just as important as the elec tion of a President. It is not only es- sential to keep Congress republican in order that the President may not he hampered in carrying out his construc- tive policies, but because Congress has a most direct and unquestioned power over the destinies of our city. “It can raise or lower our taxes, it makes our laws—in brief, it is our boss, although for reasons of its own, it delezates some of its governing powers to the President and the Com- oners. Therefore, we should it that our Congress s safe ; that it is constructive and cfficient, ‘and from my long expe- rience it is by positive opinfon that the republican party stands for all of to duce others to do sc There are some things you cannot “let George do.’ George will not look out for your interests. George is looking ufter himself. Test as Conmvention City. “Washington is to be put to its ceremonie: There is a fast growing convictiun that if the Shrine event proves the tremendous success that now s assured, the business interests of Washington will back a movement to bring to the city each vear a great ccnvention with accompanying vast crowds. Tt all depends upon the success of this one. “The public needs to know and real- ize the fact that every resident bears a certain measure of responsibility, at least his individual responsibility, that always exists between the host and his guest. All the resources of the city, financial, fraternal and so- cial, must be marshaled in order suc- cessfully to meet the emergency pre- sented. We not afford to have any person leave the city next June [ point of any ever assembled in Wash- with any other feeling than that of Pershing was given a rousing recep- tion en entering the first convention of Reserve Officers’ Association of the United States at the New Willard He- tel today. upturned faces of the more than 200 officers in attendance, and on declar- ing that he considered the gathering the most important from a military ington, “or, for that matter, in the country,” once more he was forced to wait until the applause had died down. “It is -impossible.” continued the General, “to describe the far-reaching effect the formation of your organ- ization will have on our country. ke- fore the great war nobody had any conception that such an organization was possible—there was no reason for such a body. The number of re- serve officers in the Unitad States then was practically negligent. —_—— John S. Williams, colored, the com- witness Driver, colored, charged with assault a misnomer. plaining with a'deadly Willlams appeared States branch 1y carved. Nettle, RAZOR PROVES “UNSAFE.” Nettie Driver, Colored, Gets Six p or not the vast majority of them are 't Introduced by Col. J. W. Delafield, Months as Slasher. at 9 o'clock tomorrow mornin In- | the possibility of the issuance of as it is finally settled by o i frst real test as a convention city, P RS ) Lt g. I 4 gty lag e ed by our | denied o¥er;:xlg|rz!fxv$1z§lr§hlgm:r:|d e | surpaseing all previous sreat events, | Chairman, as “the head of the Army,”| The word “safety” as applied to the | trment will be in Mount ~Olivet (German loan for the D “These citizens should give their aid |Chief of which are our inauguration {Gen. Pershing waved his hand at the | modern safety razor, according to o0 against apon, in the of Police Court the court misunderstanding” Sunday. Willia insisted that the weapon u. tie was g “s Nettie in jail. drewa i afety” razor. —_— SETS FIRE TO CELL. Prisoner Fails in Attempt to Burn Nettie vester- day with his head, face and neck bad- He told his friend, had carved him with a safety razor during a *“little that nonth sentence granted a temporary injunction. GERMAN LOAN FORECAST. BERLIN, October 3.—In a speech Essen yesterday Johann Giesbert:, the minister of posts, foreshadowe evidences of having come in con- Tact with some object the past few ays. Funeral services for the victim of the accident, son of Thomas and Catherine Sweeney, will be held at . Paul's Church, 15th and V streets, The Connoisseur’s Packet A Cornwell candy-maker is the master of his art. Any one of the twenty different kinds of confection per- fections in a CORNWELL BETTY BOX expresses superbly his extraordinary skill in candy creations. CORNWELL BETTY BOX The Pound, $1.50 14th St., pos for saving that in my past official ex- | these things. regret that he cannot remain longer. Among War's Lesson. 2 i 2 = - nce 1 meant to jose 1o Oppor: DS e bttt “The Almas Temple .1923 Shrine| “But we learned a great deal in Down Jail. Matinee Mints. 50¢ {Tunity to save the people monce'in| Duty cal Nonentities. committeo has selected the most efii- | that war, chief among Which was | special Dispatch to The Star. e X T§y B3 | L'¢ administration of their state af-|_ “The thousands of political non-|cient man it could find for the gen. |the value of the patristive Clp Was | Special Dispateh to T P Buy the box now. From- | fairs and I am firmly resolved that, @ntities comprising the real citizen- | eral chairmanship of the finance com. | citizen soldiors. Up until then thowr |, STAUNTON, Va., October 3.—Herman this experi-mint vou will in the event of my election, I shali | ship of the capital should not sit idle | mittee, a man who is in touch with | Was more or less antagonism againe: | L¢TKIS, arrested ‘Sunday night on a conclude a genial genius n a actively work pense of absolutel. imperat it seems to me, that the people have relief afforded them in this respect. Taxation for public ew act as their protectors and benefactors,” Mr. Brown continued. “We all should aid. If we have not a vote we should help round up those who_have votes in the states. Go to to cut_down overnment. Tt is the ex charge of breaking into and robbing the laundry of Charley Toy at Waynesboro, set fire to the jail about | an hour after being locked up. Al charge of arson will be added to those affairs, and who appreciates the re- sponsibility involved in this proposi- tion. That man is Thomas E. Jar- rell. Mr. Jarrell likewise has sur- the National Guard, and we didn't must make them, they bring RO far to promote the Reserve Corps. The experience taught us enough, however, that now we are practically —a magnificent display ot s6 much happin new and beautiful pieces. Attractive prices. Geo. Plitt Co., Inc. < and not for the building of te fortunes shall be my policy alston said he is “convinced new day has come upon the world and that it has imposed new obligations upon this nation to help keep the peace of he world. “Holdinz to these views as I d would earnestly co-operate President Harding, s could rationally c in making his four-powe tion or in pushing forward any prom- ising movement he may inaugurate for the banishment of war from the world.” The “Golden Spread” for the Daily Bread Should Be pact func- —— SOROPTIMISTS GREETED. | Club Given Cordial Welcome to Civic Betterment Circle. ¢ congratulations on its rapid th, and a cordial welcome to the vic-betterment clubdom were extended the recently _organized Soroptimist Club by Mrs. J. E. Friz- zell, president of the District of Co- lumbia Federation of Women's Clubs and Itoe Fulkerson of the Kiwanis Club. on behalf of their respective organizations, at a meeting of the Soroptimists in the New City Club s e s A Butter That Excels ¢ : Both Mrs. Frizzell and Mr. Fulker- | n extolled the work done by simi- lar organizations for men, and refer- red to many public benefits that have been fostered by such clubs as Rotary, Kiwanis, Civitan, Lions and Cosmo- politan. Mr. Fulkerson gave the in- fant body many timely suggestions for its upbuilding, and both he and Mrs. Frizzell were tendered a rising Vote of thanks. Fifteen new members were intro- duced. They were: Miss Marguerite L. Sitgreaves, Mrs. Mary E. Elleber- ger, Mrs. Elizabeth E. Coleman, Mrs. —Elk Grove Butter is recgognized as the best. It comes fresh and nice in germproof cartons. the headquarters of the party at 1338 G street and ask if there is anything you can do in this campaign. The Success of the republican party in November is by no means assured and the party workers must be ac- tive every minute from now until the decisive day.” __Mr. Brown’s appeal was made dur- ing a discussion at the meeting re- garding the continuance of the club as a permanent political body and as o the extent of its activities as such, during the present campaign. Louis Addison Dent, president of the club, in calling the meeting to order ex- plained the object of the gathering and said he would like a general dis- cussion by nmrembers before final ac- tion was taken. Organization Perpetuated. Following this discussion, during which remarks were made by T. Lin- coln Townsend, chairman of the joint republican campaign committee of the District; Edyard F. Colladay, re- publican national committeeman for the District; Edgar C. Snvder. mar- shal of the District: Willlam T. Gal- liher and E. C. Graham, president and secretary, respectively, of the repub- lican state committee of the District, and Mrs. Virginia White Speel, in charge of the republican women's di- vision of the local campaign commit- tee, the meeting voted to perpetuate the organization; to authorize its ac- tivities in the present campaign under the supervision of the joint campaign committee, and to urge its members to give financial as well as moral sup- port. The meeting voted to make a sub- stantial contribution to the general fund of the local campaign commit- tee, and elected Gus A. Schuldt sec- retary. to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Lewis Smith. In the absence of Mr. Schuldt last night Willlam J. Dow, a memer of the joint campaign committee, acted Sold by Grocers Who Supply Their Customers the Best Butter Golden & Co. Distributors Agnes L. Rice, Miss Margaret E. Gil- lespie, Mrs. Ida P. Humphrey, Miss Emily H. Ross, Miss Margaret C. Grace, Mrs. Elizabeth Gillespie, Miss i Jessie “Truman, Miss Charlotte C. | Everet:, Mrs. Alice A. Allen, Miss { Agnes M. Hagan, Mrs. Myrtle E. Beck- {er and Mrs. D. B. Edmonston. |HUNT TWO WOMEN ROCK CREEK NURSERY| !N McBRIDE MURDER Growers and planters of ornamental trees, | ished b: s = e iy n a clue furnished by a newspaper e A enens ready now. " 7 DUMeY | rcporter, Detectives Scrivener and o Kelley are looking for two women . lieved to have knowled f th Nursery Near Halpine, Md. Inirder of Barney A. MeBride, whose P. O., Rockville, Md. body was found near Meadows, Md., August 10; A short time ago a taxicab chauf- {ter overheard a conversation between two woman passengers in his-cab on the subject of the McBride murder. He imparted information of the con | versation to the reporter, who turned {it over to the police. The detectives istated this morning that they were without the names of the women, but i they had learned what is supposed to be i the nickname of one. N'mtu";;]”’q"““ ']'.""’“"' GETS POINTS IN EUROPE. - e Mrs. Spreckels Urges Steps to Safe- watel‘ guard Waorking: Women. Unexcelled for Many of the steps taken by Euro- ‘Table Use pean countries for protection of wom- pi en in industry might well be adopted by the United States, it is suggested Known and pre- in a report dprelel:ltedu to ielcretnay i avis yesterday by rs. ma de scribed by the Bretierile Spfockels of San Fran- cisco, who, for the past three months, has been making an investigation of industrial conditions in Europe as they pertain to working women. Mrs. Spreckels was in Paris when she received a commission from Sec. retary Davis to investigate in be- half of .the woman's bureau of the Labor Department conditions as they affect women in industry in Rumania, Serbia, Italy, France and England. Senator Shortridge of California ac- companied Mrs. Spreckels to the La- bor Department yesterday when she resented_ her report to_Secretary 'B-vls, whom. she met for -the first time. possessing great Medicinal Properties MEXICAN TROOPS REVOLT. iated Press. By eRIco "CITY: October 3.—A meager dispatch from Pichucalco in the state of Chiapas, to the secretary of the interior, states that the Fed- eral garrigon of that town revolted yesterday. The cause and extent of the movement were not given, Pichucaleo is on the “Guate, RNWELL & SON. JOHN H. MAGRUDER. stipation, Hontiches A in his place. Plans Are Outlined. Mr. Townsend, after explaining briefly the plans of the local cam- paign committee, paid a high tribute to the club for its active and effective part in the campaign of 1920. National Committeeman Colladay, in advocat- ing the perpetuation of the club, said that the national committee and others higher up in the councils of the party were cognizant of the proud record of the organization and_that they looked for -it to repeat its efforts of the past. Marshal Snyder warned the gathering that they should be more concerned than they now seem to be over the putcome on November 7. While he looked for a return of a republican Congress, he declared that the party must be awake and must function With the effectiveness that it did two years ago and in 1918. Mr. Galliher told of the necessity of raising funds, which, he said, are so essential in keeping the machinery of the party in motion. Mrs. Speel urged the women to do their part in the campaign, and Mr. Graham said he hoped the members of the club would do their share in bringing success at the coming election. NOW “NO MAN’S LAND.” National Woman’s Party Head- quarters Formally Rechristened. The National Woman's Party head- quarters, at 25 1st street northeast, has been formally declared “No Man's Land” Under the terms of the deed for the property, ‘which was signed by Mrs. O. H. P.. Belmont of New York, and which gives to the Wom:. an’s Party the “old brick Capitol, the organization ‘“shall confine and 1imit to women the right to hold of- fice or position of any kind or to re- ‘ceive any salary in the said organi- zation.” ~ It also provides that the ‘Woman's Party “shall use and occupy the same for the advancement of women.” q Mrs. Belmont signed the deed at Sands Point, N. Y., September 28, in the: presence of Alice Paul, vice presi- dent of the Woman’s Party, to whom it was formally delivered. The deed is to be embossed on parchment by B Mrs. Dwight Clark of Washington | and to be hung in a conspicuous place in-the remodeled headquarters. ——e JAILED FOR LARCENY. Edwin Diggs, colored, twenty-three years old, employed at the Garfield Hospital, charged with the larceny of a flashlight from the X-ray depart- ment, and a ragor and a watch, the property: of .one of the nurses, was 'sentenced to serve.six months in jail terdav. S rounded himself with 150 men who also know the seriousness and re- sponsibility of the problem, men who think as he does. Ivery ane is a man who has faith in Washington and its business men, men who will go about and tell every individual what this convention means to the city. And every man who is loyal to Washing- ton bespeaks for these workers a full measure of co-operation as they be- gin their important task THE WEATHER | District of Columbia—Fair tonight and tomorrow: little change in tem- | perature; gentle northwest and north winds Maryland and Virginia—Fair tonight and tomorrow; in temperature; and north winds. ‘West Virginia—Fair tonight and to- morrow; little change in temperature. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 81; 8 p.m., 65; 12 midnight, 57; 4 am. 54} 8 am., 55 noon, 77. Barometer—4 p.am.. 30.12; 8 pm. .11; 12 midnight, 30.11; 4 a.m., 30.08 .m., 30.09; 12 noon, 3007 Highest temperature, 82, at 3.20 p.m. yesterday. Lo perature, 52, occurred at today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 67; lowest, 55. Condition o} the Water. ‘Temperature and condition of the water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 68; condition, muddy. t Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States coast and geodetic survey.) Low tide, 1 high tide, to- little change moderate northwest occurred est tem- 5:15 a.m. p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 1:20 p.m.; high tide, 7:12 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 6:05 a.m.; sun sets 5:47 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun sets, 5:46 p.m. Moon rises 4:43 p.m.; sets 3:47 a.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. ‘Weather in Various Cities (] rises 6:06 a.m.; sun Abilene, Tex. 30.12 Albany’ . 30.02 Asbury Parl Z Atunue‘vcny 30,02 Baltimore ... 80.06 Birmingham. 80.08 88 94 . =245 Clevelan® Denver Detrott El Paso.... Galveston . Helena Huron, 8. D. Jacksonville. 291 Kansas City. 30. BRBRBeE e By, L3, a38R2RR! Miami, Fla. . New Qrleans 29.88 New York.. 80.02 80.10 Raining . Clear Cloudy Clear Part cl Part clou Clear Cloudy NOMINEE OF “LILY BLACKS.” RICHMOND, Va., Qctober 3.—Matt N. Lewis, editor of the Newport News Star, was nominated here last nigh a8 _the candidate of the “lily black’ factien of the republican party for ‘United States en‘-fgg in_the Novem- a unit on the necessity of such forces, for in them lay the founda- tion of our fighting forces, for it has proved conclusively that in any war we must fall back upon our citizen | soldiers. “In my travels through the coun-l try I have noticed great enthusiasm | among the citizen officers to estab- lish a sound reserve Army, and this is as it should be, for, aside from the protection it offers, it is a means of preserving records of service, conditions and intimate associatfons of You, who fought shoulder to shoul- der in the great conflict so recently ended.” He then spoke of the obligations contronting the organization in edu- cating the people to the necessity of some sort of military foresight. When a regular Army officer talks of such movements he is immediately accused of harboring selfish motives,” continued the speaker. is up to you to take advantage of your opportunities to outline and guide the mass of people in the prop- er direction. Must Create Sentiment. 1 “‘Of course, without appropriations your organization cannot function, and appropriations will not be forth- coming unless sentiment for a mod- erate military force is aroused in the ! masses. Gen. Pershing assured the assem- blage that it could always depend upon the co-operation and friendship of the regular Army, and that ever would the most efficient officers of the service be delegated when needed to aid in all reserve corps movements. 1 take this opportunity,” he said, to express to you and the component parts of the Army of the United States the entire sympathy and good wishes of the regular branch of the aelrvlce. i n conclusion Gen. Pershin that there were still thoss Who por st in the attitude of the pacifist, “those who have eves and won't see, ears and won't hear. But I don't think it will require much of a cam- paign to relegate that class of cit- izen to oblivion.” Routine Business Transacted. Prior to the entrance of the gener: much routine business nerun‘eent ?; the organization was transacted. After considerable discussion, three delegates from the Officers Reserve Corps National Assoclation, Army of the United States, a local body, head- ed by Col. Winfield Jones, were ac- cepted and their credentials received. Col. Ernest G. {#1ith was appointed sergeant-at-arms by the chair, which later announced that all representa- tives to the convention: have their transportation tickets stamped by Lieut. Col. Leroy Herron before to- night. Introduction of resolutions and dis- cussions will occupy the entire late session today. e VAUGHN CLASS ELECTS More Than 200 Men Attend First Club Meeting at Calvary Baptist. Morethan 200 men“of the Vaughn Bible class, Calvary Baptist Church, attended itg first>meeting of the season last night, at which time class officers for the ensuing year were elected and ipstalled. The new officers are: Homer J.; Councilor, president; 8. W. Bryan, first vice president, R. C. Howard, second vice president; H. B. Nevius, secretary; John T. Skinner, first as- sistant _secretar. « T. Matlack, second assistant secretary; F. L. Koh- | ler, corresponding secretary; Hugh W. ‘Smith, press secretary: Bdw. L. Tolson,. treasurer; R. H. Talbott and R. D. Moss, librarians; Carl Bogardus, | chaplain; F. A. Buell, director of or- chestra; R. S. Ashford, editor; J. . Hambly; chairman membership com- mittee; Neal D. Bragaw, chairman | social committee; A. J. Goodson, chor- ister; J. E. Fox, chairman sick com. mittee; Dr. A. Owen_ Penny, drill- master, degree team B. Wooden, Walter Strong, J. L. Hottel and C, D. 3. Dressly, ushers. 3 —_— Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘RICHMOND, Va., October 3.—Blood- hounds were put on the trail of burg- lars who eariy this morning blew (hel safe in the post office at Centralia, ten miles from this city. The explo-! sion attracted “the attention of per- sons in the vicinity, who opened fire on the fleeing yeggmen, who in their hurry to —escape falled to- “Therefore, it |* of housebreaking and larceny. | kins set fire to a wooden partition between his cell and that next door. Fal ter ! The A cordial at_this —just four White Hou: = St oreroom | | —of Men's Lee House Fifteenth and L Streets N.W. Washingtos, D. C. interesting new Daily, weekly and monthly rates. ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF 24-Foot Front 1416 Eye Street Parker-Bridget Co. Request the Honor of Your Attend- Their ance at 1 and Win- Apparel, being held the week of October 2d to Tth, at the Nationally Known Store. welcome awaits you hotel blocks north of the se. 1220 G Street The F. H. 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