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THE EVENING Place Your Order In Advance for Bellevue Farms Restaurants Mince and Pumpgu'n Pies Thanksgiving 1332-34-36 G St. 1338 New York Ave. FOES TURN'GUNS - ONSHPPING BL |Center Attack on Provision for Direct Governmental Aid to Owners. { Opponents the administration | shipping bill. which is nearing a final !vote in the House, centered their at- tack at the outset of today's session {on the provision creating a merchant { marine fund for payment of direct government aid to American ship {owne: Representative Davis. Tennessce, {democratic member of the merchant {mavine committee, offered an amend- ment to eliminate the entire section. and the House immedtately plunged into debate. with \arious spzakers limited to five minutes. Wanta to Know Cost. ‘ The section which 3r. Davis sought ito strike out provides for creation of ithe fund by the transfer to it of 10 iper cent of customs duties, tonnage jdues collected by the government and irefunds made by companics making high profits. ! Mr. Davis contended that if a sub- |5idy was to be paid it should be met We Buy, Sell and | : Exchange Houses, Apt. Houses and Business Properties Immediate Attention Address Box 191—B Star Office | how ctly for every need R expert glaziers 604 6th St. N.W. are directing the footsteps of their Reverdy Clagett, Wallace Hill, Eugene SWALLOWS BULLET, lYacht Club Commodore, | Shot in Wife’s Presence, Is Fast Recovering. | jannually by appropriation so that the {much the law was costing. This provision is camouflage.” he tdeclared. “and is inserted to mislead . K publican members of the mer- ciiant marine committee. which framed ihe bill. defended the fund provision. syivania asserting it was the most H section in the measure. Provisions Eliminated. |amendmems adopted yesterday was that which slashed entirely from the | ibill that provision under which ship- | an income tax rebate amounting to 5 per cent of the transportation paid. j Others adopted eliminated the section | | permitting saie of ships by the Ship- ping Board without advertising or com- 2 per cent to 4% per cent the minimum in- terest on loans from the revolving fund | the stearuship Leviathan, the biggest of the government fleet, &hould net be 50 for less than the cost of her re Beside the amendments adopted. anncuncement was made bv Repre- | sentative Edmonds, Fennsylvania. | of thel merchant marine committee, which framed the biil, that he would offer i vision under which concerns, such a | the Standard Oil Company. transport, {ing their own goods in their own =ubsidy. Six of Thirty-Seven Shots Hit. While surgeons were consulting on Thirty-seven shots in the shape of the advisability of a delicate opera- listration shipping b1 in the touse |throat of Francis M. Williame, com- jyesterday, and six hit spots more or modore of the Corinthian Yacht Club less vital. land senior partner in the court !country would know e the public as to the cost of a subsidy | Repreeentative Kirkpatrick of Penn- Regaracd-as mosi inportant of the pers in American vessels would recelve petitive bidding: increased from 2 for hip construction; and provided that conditioning. placed at $8,166,000. ranking republican member i an amendment striking out the pro- ! ships would share In the government amendments were fired at the admin- | tion to estract a Jullet from the The 43ht to riddle the bill was be- | Porting firm of Galt & Williams, the gun five minutes after the actual | patient eliminated the necessity for On his feet first, jan operation by swallowing the bul- Graham of Illineis put | ict. This was learned teday in an in- iforward an amendment to strike out {a section permitting the Shipping {Board to sell ships without advertise jment or competitive sales. Declar. iing that the worst scandal in the gov. 1ernment reached into the sale of izurplus stocks negotiated sal Mr. Graham cailed upon republican: | to take the section and throw it out. H Mendell Not Opposed. Representative Mondell. Wryoming. | :the republican leader, asserted that iterview with him. Williams, as a resul v His conditi g: STOP the wastes i in Gov’t. Printing By Geo. H. Carter U. S. Public Printer. is quickly re deemed pre- Hospital late . today he was planning an utomobile ride. The bullet is stiil in is stomach. 7 Williams was shot three timeés late v night wien he visited the his estranged wife. Mre. iams, at 211 3d street. consultation by sicians Aftcr a s ¢hy it should .1t Wwas decided that an X-ray photo- Ser Page 10 : While he saw no reason Why It should gy Ll of him be taken. First they 1 The NATION not remain. he was not opposed 1o it3; photographed the ncck. The bullet. for Decemb: , elimination. [ which was thought lodged between — An amendment by Representatve|the juguisr vein and the outer ekin ¢ z Terss Y€lof the neck. was absent. n a We d Kuow enough {Blantor. democrat. Texas. providing ' hiiograph of his stomach was taken about government pub- jthat no government employe should There was the buller, in an upright Tications, VEN here in \ be interested financially in the pur- position. on fis wa down. Later - 4 Sy % chasze of government ships was passed another photograph showed the bullet Washington! There are with little opposition. istill farther along toward the lower useful. valuable leafiets. Representative D! son. republi- ' wall of the stomach. hooklets and BOC ;:”»'V:fi“;"» ’L;‘";lgf lhflrlfalnghblovfl-ad— Act Is Subeonscious. _ = , : s ave farm- % o 600000 a year. fours with shippers receiving an in-{Wwillams, by 2 subeonsciou . <earch cost on top oi come tax rebate. His amendment was |herfoTmed the feat for which an opera. $100,000.000 i« ve: offered to the income tax rebate sec. 40N was deemed necessary. He ha I TonwhIenEwaskiates votealont ; dislodged the bullet and started it on | The provision in the bill stipulating : that one-half of the total number of Tivelihoods depend ment miormation oute. all about em. {immigrants admitted to the United| Hi8 recovery is now believed as- course Public Printer States should be hrought over inSured. He is up d'"!d _wilkilns about | American ships was attacked, but it;Nis room. In_ fact. for almost an Carter does k . { remained unchanged. hour he chatted with a representa- VATION'S BUSINESS for { tive of The Star at Emergency Hos- | Amendment Voted Down. {pital this morning. and, in December, he tells how WE { The Davis amendment finally wasily, gave a first-hand version of the (and the rest of the ivoted down, 132 to 93. The House ishooting on Thursday night, as a country) COULD know. {adopted. however. an amendment by vhich William Montague !Chafrman Madden of the appropri; {tions committee, seconded by Repre. = —— isentative Mondeil. Wyoming, republi- De- 20 floor leader, reserving to Congress 26 other good Articles, the rizht to appropriate annually th partments and Editorials, on:money to be expended from the mer. subjects such as: i chant marine fund. L e d large the Madden amendment by How we GUARD our Foreign : Business 1o our Movies hurt us abroad? President EARN? Debts? tells Business Condition: Find out! See Page 40. i fu | “The account which The Star print- ed last Friday was substantially cor- rect and fair,” he declared. “There s few things that I wish to add ‘One is that I can find. try as I may. ! absolutely no motive for the attack upon me. I can't understand why 1 ghould have been shot. I had been with my brother until almost midnight. When I started home 1 was going past my wife's house in my machine ! iwhen T noticed the Melines' lulomn-l ibile outside. Now, since the separa- {tion agreement. my wife and I had - SAMTED DS, children, and for other considerations, The Department of Labor. through | she was to avoid association with the Melines. His Look Not Favorable. { Assistant Secretary Carl R. White, | last night ordered the release from Ellis Island of Miss Nancy Jordan, | {year should be recovered to the go iernment fund of the Treasury. I Fred Kelly's in a R Save Gacolin: v - S Representative Hardy, democrat, of | at Who ARE the Tax Dodger: ‘Texas, sought, unsuccessfully, to en- How ‘the Bur. of Standards NESS specifying that any part of the fund SELLING the Subsidy to Farmers; |not appropriated by Congress each! What it costs to run a ship: 1 stment: HUMAN NATURE How to get ALL the HEAT from your Coai? Teaching Farmers HOW to Sell; How much can e—put AIR in your tires; saould Europe half work! D “Well, when I saw the car there 1 thought I'd go in and look about. I may say that the look with which 1 favored the guests when 1 entered was possibly more expres- sive of my attitude than the words pay her A college—half study, The Douglas M What Organized Busin Fourteen SENSIBLE edi is d torial Rea {who was held at the island pending e numb: l‘l:‘e %:en&bxf disposition of her appeal to Washing- |1, Uged, For T stmpiy &8 0 oom. 3y e < ton for admission to this country.| wife called me and, after refusing, TION'S BUSINESS, if Miss Jordan and her son, three yea at first, 1 finally entered the room. you like STRAIGHT fo1a- are to be taken into the home of S R s b e THINKING on business Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Warren of |two persons I regarded as el tains Kansas City, Mo, Mr. Warren met|more responsible than any others for jects. It con Miss Jordan in England during the] bringing her to her present status. cold, hard facts, but they e After @ short conversation I turned to my wife and Mrs. Meline, and, Meline in turn, and said, “I know ! what vou have been doing, but you ! what you have oeer o & read like fiction. Buy The NATION’S BUSINESS ~A Washington Magazine” For December 25¢c a Copy Get it from your Newsdealer or mail your order (mentioning offer number) to U. S. Chamber of Commerce Mills Bldg., Washington ~— — — — FOUR OFFERS — — — — 1-A Single Copy........25 2-A Trial Term (4 mo.)..$1 3-A Part Term (1 yr.)....$3 The order of the department staied that Miss Jordan and her ch:ld would | be released on payment of a bond of $500 to be put up to insure aga net their becoming a public charge. Mrs. Warren was said to be on her way from Kansas City to New York to take charge of the Jordan famiy. QUOTES GOLDEN RULE. Answer the RED CROSS ROLL CALL and fill out membership blank below. 8end before November 30 and thus ensure Red Cross safety for the community. District Chapter KANSAS CITY, Mo., November 28. —Admittance to America of Mi: ancy Jordan and her three-year-old son Francis was approved by Secre- tary of Labor Davis, who is chief of the immigration bureau. Mr. Da- vis, here to make an address, declared last night that “the conditions sur- rounding a woman who has fallen by the wayside in time of war are not sufficient cause for censuring her for- ever.” < “T don’t believe anybody who be- lieves in the golden rule would cen: he declared. “So respo: people underwri: guaranteeing that she shall never become a public charge, I am heartily in favor of admitting her.” American Red Cross 1414 F STREET N.W. ROLL CALL 1923 1 herewith enelose $1.00 for member- ship in the American Red Cross, 1923 ASSIGNED TO IMPORTANT WOR Ralph Lloyd, Charles Wise. SAVES OPERATIN Te- | ts way from his system by a natural | idental- | the young *polic STAR. WASHINGTON, Members of the special police force of Wallach School, 7th street and Pennsy| classmates during school hours. K IN SAFETY WEE D. €., TUESDAY, K CAMPAIGN. nia avenue. =putheast. who Left to right (front row) : Floyd Hobbs, (seeond row) : Kennett Ellington, Charles Jenkins, Stuart, Thomas Wilson, Edwin Scott. (Third row) : George Berkley, Gllman Parater, Willlam Ashdown. |can be thankful that 1 naven't tola|mobite by a miniature policeman and {him about it. | “Without _ warning ! started. T thought after a bu i {hit me in the face that the best thing for me to do was to rush outside and tell some one about this. I thought I had but little time to live. o 1| rushed out intn the street and tried to get into my machine. If T had| seen any one I could talk to I'd have a statement of the affair, . that 1 wae dyving.” ! Williams is cheerful and optimistic. ! in There is slight discoloration from | tm cd blood circulation about the, throat, but bevond that there is no lindication outwardly of his injury{ i !rave a small circular scar on his f: iHis wife has kept a room opposite Ihis at the hospital and has not left| gince he w brought there i 1 i i 1 GRAMMAR SCHOOL PICKS OWN TRAFFIC “COPS™ Thirteen Chosen by Wallach Pupils to Hold Sway During Recess Periods. Thirteen grammar school traffic cops are directing pedestrian traffic d keeping vigilant eves over their classmates at the Wallach School. 7th et and Penneylvania avenue south- today, following their elevation | cast to this protective rank by ballot of their school-fellows. * One youngster was selected from each semester class of the school to the position of traflic director. Taeir duties include aiding the police directing traffic and helping school § teachers in the playgrounds by super- vising the activitics of their friends. New Police Huskfes. And woe betide the voungster who olates the order of the elected su- pervisors of their conduct. Heavy hands will descend upon him and! retribution will be dealt out by the| authorities at the school. For most nf the voung traflic directors are no- tably husky voungsters, chosen for this ‘special purpose. i The innovation is a feature of Safety One child at each recess wiil assume a post at each of the corners that mark off the school area. from that post orders will be issued that must be obeyed by the charges of officer.” i s i i i i i | i i i May Probe Campaign Funds. The clections followed strenuous cam- paigns. Several of the yvoungsters have threatened that if duty is not done as it should be done an investiga- tion into campaign funds and disburse- ments of candy on the part of the successful candidates will be inaug- “They got to deliver the goods,” de- clared one elector. “When we put people_in office we intend to see that there isn't going to be any malfeezince or whatever you call mishandling the ! job.” 8o don't be surprised if you are held up in the neighborhood of the | school when spinning along in an auto- | Representation Prominent manufacturer heating specialties desires strong Washington represent- ative. Address Box 139-B, and you increase fits lne— Let us give yon a free esti- mate. R. K. Ferguson, » Paint Dent., 1114 8th 8¢t. Ph. M. 2490-2491. PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent on shares maturing in or 83 months.glt & Pays 4 Per Cent on shares withdrawn be- fore maturity. Assets More Than $8,000,000 Surplus More Than $800,000 4-A Full Term (3 1rs.) .$7.50 Or—G@Give No. 2, 3 or 4 as a CHRISTMAS GIFT Equsally Guilty. From Life. Motor cop—You were doing forty, ma‘am. Young thing—Forty—oh, was I? 'Well, you were doing as mueh your- self—so there!l Il Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W. JAMES BEBRY. Preaident JOSHUA W. CARR, Sceretary {mént park 100k quick to orders to slow down' and For the tive of the authorities. —_— PRESERVE ROCK CREK, 15 PRESIDENT'S VIEW Presiden: llarding is heartily in favor of any program for the preser- vation of Rock creek, it was learned today at the White House. received with enthusiasm in admin- istration circles are much concerned over the drying up of the beautiful stream because of building operations around its tributaries and headwatere. Whether President Harding will pprove personally of a bill, first proposed by the Board of Trade, pro- viding a permanent commission for the purchase of park and government land around Rock Creek, was not revealed. The proposed bill has been widely discussed, especially in citizens' asso- clations, and has received the unani- mous indorsement of all vrganizations which have considered it. Col. . O. Shertill, officer in charge of public buildings and grounds. has come out strongly in favor of the enactment of such legislation, stress- ing the fact that a permanent com- migsion for the purchase of govern- land would be the most effective way of protecting Rock creek. The Dill alko has received the indorsement of Engineer Commis- President Harding, it was under- stood. was ot fully advised as to the in | sioner Keller. details of the yroposed bill, but was| { helleved to be generally in favor of | i anything, within reason. to per- petuate the beauty of Rock creek “Pledged Fourteenth St. a i .15 31 tion in quality Double-breasted Raglan: and small Ulstersz appearance. NOVEMBER 28, 1922. % ungster doing | { the ordering is a bona fide representa- | Thiv was | | _—— GOODMAN & SUSS 23-PT CLOTHING HESE Coats are specially priced, and an in- spection, of the stock will prove a revela- breasted Storm Ulsters, English Model Coats, There are two prices, and a splendid group at cach price. All are typical of the Rochester designer’s knowledge of overcoat making. which is conceded to be super-excellent. All have been made with the wide sweeping drape that characterizes Goldheim Coats, and most of them are of fleecy fabrics that have a warm There are also harder finished cloths, with plain or plaid backs, in coats of different lengths. Al sizes. OLDESTINRANKS OFCONSULAR CORPS George H. Scidmore, Lately| Deceased, Served State De- partment Many Years. George Hawthorne Scidmore, Amer- | ican consul general at Yokohama. Japan, who died vesterday at his post | there. has been prominently identi- fied with the State Department for many years, being the oldest member | both in age and in point of service of the consular corps. Tke following sketch was prepared by offictals of the State Department today: He was born in Dubuque. Towa, Oc- tober 12, 1854. Was cudcated in pri- vate schools in Madison, Wis, and Washington. Graduated from the law | department ‘of the National Univer- i5ity, Washington (LL. B.); admitted ;o ;25 bar of the District of Columbia n 187 | I Appointed Clerk in 157 Mr. Scidmore was appointed an American consular clerk May 6, 1876, and continued in that position until March 30, 1907, when he was appoint- ed American consul at Nagas: Japan. He served during all this time as a consular clerk, the com- ipensation of which was at the rate; jof $1,000 a year, in the belief that, 1as eventually did occur, the service {would become a career—one with Ipossibilities for advancement. This lons service as n consular clerk re- jtulted in his appointment as consul !at Nagasaki. As consular clerk Mr. |Scidmore was first assigned to Liver- pooi, England, July 24, 1876; appoint- d_vice consul at Dunfermline, Scot- land, August 21. detailed for duty to the consulate general at Paris, July 5 18 transferred to Kanagawa, Japan, for duty in the consulate general, February 24, 1881; served in that office and in the con sulate at Osska and Ohioga until {June 1, 1894, when he was appointed ; deputy’ consul general at Yokohama, | For mome vears during this period | of service in Japan he was alternate- ly judge or attorney in the American consular courts and also practiced in the American and British consular courts until these were abolished, in 11899, In 1885 Mr. Scidmore was in jcharge of the American consulate gineral at Shanghai during the Sino- French war and in 1§91 was sent to !the Fiji Islands as a special agent of | the departinent to investigate the, claims of American citizens to lands | in the archipelago. He spent mearly | two years on this work. The report was used as a basis for_subsequent land titles issued by the British gov- ernment. : Detailed as Legal Adviser. | rrom 1901 to 1307 Mr. Scidmore ! was detailed for duty as legal ad- | viser to the American emba: at I Tokio. As a result of his experi- ence in consular court work, Mr. Scidmore published a volume on American consular courts in Japan. which was widely used court practice. Mr. Scidmore served as consul at agasaki from March 20, 1907, to June | 1909. when he was appointed consul | to Kobe. He was promoted to be! consul at Seoul in August, 1909, and | vember 24. 1913, was appointed ! Yokohama. ~Mr. | { H in consular} { In 1902 Mr. Scidmore was offered the position of legal advisor to tue { Emperor of Korea, ch offer he did ! not accept. | The late consul general was a mem- ber of the Aslatic Society of Japan, the American Agiatic Association; also Yokohama Yacht (commcdore eight terms) Yoko hama Social, Kobe, Nagasaki, Nagasaki International and Yokoham United clubs. a member of the Tokio, Dean of the Service. Mr. Scidmore was called the dean of the consular service, being the oldest consular in year of service in the corps. He was the reciplent of many { signal honors, distinguished service; medals having been bestowed upon him by many nations. ; Surviving him is one relative, a sis- ter, Miss Eliza R. Scidmore, of the Stoneleigh Courts, this city. —_— Indianapolis has a blind woman’ club, all its members being totall sightless. to Quality” t New York Ave. $ .15 at a price. Double- s with all-around. belts, s 2 lc———]olcofo]c—=|c[c——] E. T. Goodman Co., Inc. 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