Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1922, Page 2

FIRE DESTROYS NEW HYATTSVILLE BUNGALOW —— North Beach Park Structure Near- 1y Ready for Occupancy—Loss to County Treasurer Bufgess. HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 14. A bungalow, just completed at North Beach Park by County Treas- urer Herman E. Burgess of this place, was burned to the ground carly last night. A small amount of furniture | was also burned. The building cost in the neighborhood of $4.000 an’. was It was, insured for $1.500. The bungalow wus! about ready for occupancy. erected by Mr. Burgess to use as & summer- home. —— Grad —This university certainly takes an Interest in a fellow, doesn’t it Tad—How’s that? Grad—Well, I read in the graduate magazine that they will be very glad to hear of tha death of any of thelr alumni—Stren —A—Home f& ;our Business 924 14th St. N. Where Values are Sure to Enhance | Most_desirable 4-story, fire- 1roof buliding=—first floor va- cant, three stories above occu- pled and rented as apartments ylelding $3.000 a vear rent. This lot is 21.5 feet wide by a depth of approximately 77.38 feet wide. ‘This a spectally good loca- tion for an automobile acces- sory or tire business, and many other businasses. Price is reasonable —terms may be arranged. J. DALLAS GRADY 322 Maryland Building 1410 H St. N.W. Main 727 Member of the Wa:hington Real Estate Board || they will accy || manent partial disability. INTRODUCESD.C. COMPENSATION BILL ! Senator Ball’s Measure Said ! to Be Most Liberal Offer- { ed to Protect Worker. | An employes' compensation bill for the Diatrict of Columbla, which would |aftect every employer of two or more persons in industrial employment, day afternoon by Senator Ball of chairman @f the District { Delaware, | committee. i forred to-the District committee. It {1s said to be more liberal than any ! similar proposal submitted to either {house. The Fitsgerald workmen's { compensation bill for the District is {now the unfinished business of the | House when District legislation is | called up. | Senator Ball said that the bill In- i troduced Ly him had been drafted to | offset some of the provisions of the { Fitzgerald bill, should that measure ,pasy the House. It is unlikely that {the Senate District committee Wwill | undertake at this short sesslon of | Congress to get action on the bill, unless the House should pass the ! Fitzgerald bill and send it to the Sen- ate. Gives Option to Worker. all bill allows the employes be injured to elect whether pt compensation under the proposed law or bring suft in the courts. It relieves the empioye of the necessity of proving the employer re- sponsible and compels the latter to carry insurance clatma. The rights to compensation are non- asalgnable and are exempt from at- tachment for claims of creditors. | Money payments range from 38 to $13 a week for all classes of Injuries. i{} It 1s provided, however, that the total shall not exceed $6,000 for permanent total disability nor $3,750 for per- A commissioner of compensation, appolnted by the District Commis- sloners, would administer the propos- ed law, and an appropriation of 1$20,000 is recommended for the first ¢ Was introduced In the Senate yester- The measure was re-| to cover potential T.W. PERRY NOT WITNESS. Not Asked to "Testity by Fact- Finding Coal Commission. The 'federal fact-finding coal com- | mtsston, which is investigating the coal price situation in Washington, has not, as stated by The Star, Tues- day evening, asked the Thomas W. Perry Company of Chevy Chase Lake to testify at its hearings, according {to T. W, Perry, its president, in a statement today. Mr. Perry declares at no time has he been asked to appear as u witness and has received no intimation that tae commission w:il { request him to throw any light cn | the situation. | THIEVES IN POST OFFICE Only $2 Missing in Burglary at Riverdale, Md. | RIVERDALE, Md., December 14. | The post office here was entered by | thieyes some time during last night, | who evidently were frightened off. | The hinge on the door had been ! smashed off by a sledge hammer. En- : trance was effected by cutting the | windowpane out of the west side of | the building, and the sledge hammer | was used to get into the rear apart- { ment, where the station was located i Two ' dollars in money was missing | from the money drawer. Mrs. Webb | Worley has notified the post office { authorities and an investigation has | been launched. i SERRETTO LOW BIDDER. | Awarded Contracts to Build Mac- farland and Langley Schools. Michael Serretto, the lowest bidder. will be given the contract for the erec- tion of the Macfarland and Langley junior ilgh schoo!s, Engineer Commis. sioner Keller indicated today. Mr. Ber- reto's hid for both structures was | The Macfarland wi'l be bullt on Iows | avenue between Allison and Upshur streets and the Langley on T strect | northeast beteveen Lincoln road and id street northeast. Work probably will be started im- | mediately after Christmas and the bulldings should be completed near the beginning of the next acholastic vear. e e ——— Seaton—DId you hear that Fletcher | mobbed by his neighbors merely | for_phoning? | Wallace—No. How could that be? | Seaton—He was saxophoning.—Ex { change. $5.00 to Bar Pins—Solid $100.00 to $1.50 to $5.00 to $2.00 to with fancy $5.00 to $7.50 to $3.50 to B L. 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Linkg—Soltd gold $5.00 to $50.00 Cigarette Cases—Solid silver Watch Chains—8olid gold Scarf Pins—Solid gold Scarf Pins—S8olid gold, with diamonds $10.00 to $500.00 Watches—Solid gold and gold filled, Hamilton, Howard, Illinois, Elzin and Waltham $16.50 to $200.00 Full Dress Sets—Mother of pearl, platinum plated, also solid gold with platinum overlay $5.00 to $150.00 Belt Buckles—Solid gold overlay, with belts $5.00 to $10.00 Military Sets—S8olid silver comb and two brushes person to $20.00 Cigar Holders— gold to $25.00 to $30.00 to $50.00 to $10.00 silver and set and up D THE, EVENING ' STAR, WASHINGTON, 'D. 0. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1922.° HAT HAPPENEL WHEN HARDING PRAISES |z RED CROSS WORK President Declares U. S. Gives Its Best to Alleviate Distress in World. President Harding yesterday after- noon paid high tribute to the American Red Cross in opening the annual meet- Ing of its general board at national headquarters. As an answer to critics of America’s forelgn poficy, President Harding sald at “not only is the government giv- ing of its influence and its power in the protection of human rights and human interests everywhere in the world, but this fine exponent of Ameri- can influence and power and capacity to serve 18 giving the best that is in it for the relief of human beings in distress wherever In the world there is call.”” Declaring the Red Cross was the only organization :n the rspublic which could have tempied him away from the high pressure of executive duties long enough for a greeting, the Fresident sald he came as premdent of the Hed Cross, but shortly should have to go, a8 President of the United States. Tells of Accomplishments. “I am happy to come hers,” he said, “because I rejolce in iny association an the president of this great organiza- fon, but far more happy in the con- sciousness of the service which you nder to our civilization and the world. “1 wish I could convey to you,” he continued, “how delighted I was one afternoon some weeks ago when the urgency of relief in the near east was pressing, and I said to the chairman of the board of this great organiza- | tion, “THere is urgent need of relief. what can the Red Cross do? and with- out preliminary words or a moment of delay, Judge Payne sald, ‘We can serve at once; we are ready.’ And in- stantly {nto that difficult and trying situation the American Red Cross made its influence and its capacity, its readiness to serve, helpfully evident. Nothing has been more gratifving to President awakened conscience of mankind, in the renewed commitments to higher ideals and better fellowships, and ele- vating manifestations of our boasted civilization, there be less to do along the lines which have been fol- lowed in Red Cross work “I wish there were always less tasks of relief to perform; but somehow or other it is the fortune of civilization always to have these duties to per- form, and I rejoice as an Amerlcan, and rejoice as a witness to the pres- ent day civilization, that we have and ready to serve, as the American Red Cross; and T belleve in that con- selousness of willingness and readi- for the time und the energy. and the spirit and soul, that you glve to the work of the organization. Exponent of Humanity. “It is impossibla for me, even with the titular assoclation that I have know any of the Intimate details of your activities. I only know they are lflnu. and I like to tell men who are crving out in many sections of the | United States today that the Ameri- |can government is not giving all the attention it cught to the human side of world appeals—I like to say to them that not only is the government giving of its influence and its power !in the protection of human rights jand human_ intcrests everywhere in {the world, but this fine exponent of arican ' influence and power and paclty to serve is giving the best that is In it for the relief of human world there is call. “You have done a fine work and 11 be called upon to do mere. nt t: S {of ralief in the ncar ecast. I like to | think that In these meetings you are | adding to your eficiency of organiza- Ition, you are adding to vour readi- ness, and I have rejoiced just now to learn that the annua! roll call has d a finer response than the year _before, and the recommitment of America to do the work you are do- in, So 1 come to offer you the grate~ {ful and cordial greetings of the titu- {1ar president of the organization, to | congratulate you on things done, and wish you new heart and new soul and Rew success in the name of American {sympathy and charity for the work vou have before you. H Presents Mr. Coolidge. | “Now, If you will permit me. this |1s ‘an ‘exeeptional pleasure I have. Some one said, in a_very jocular mood one day, that the Vice President did j not have anything to do except wor- |y about the President’s health. Vice | Bresident Colidge and I have a per- { fect understanding on that subject. | I always rejoice to hafl him as Vic President—he does 80 many thinxs and does them well that the President cannot personally do. While he s not in that capacity here today at my re- quest, I am glad that he is hore to address you; because he brings more of wisdom, and all of the in‘eree: that T could bring if I were to addross you at greater lergth. And so, with my apologies _to him for running awa because dutles are calling, ind re ! newing my most cordial cxpres: { of greetings and good wishes, 1 take pleasure in presenting the Vice Presi- ! dent of the United States.” President Harding, on conclusion of ! his address, returned to the White House, walking to and from the meet- . ing. Vice President Coolidge addres: the meeting at some length, empha sizing the wortd-wide influence of the Red Cross. “We have had a great : awakening of the moral sense of che world,” sald the Vice Presidont, “and that has been exhibited in a thousand { ways, but the foundation of it all ir that spirit which is exhibifel by the Red Cross and that foundation is charity. New Thought of Age. ! | “It is the great realization on the | part of the great body of the people that it is necessary for them to make the requisite sacrifices In order to support our clvilization and to securc its ends; and that is a new thought, a new idea, that has arisen during the | present age thzt was not character- istic of any of the clvilizations of ‘he past.” The speakers were introduced by Robert W. de Forrest, vice pres'dent of the Red Cross. John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross, explained the warm feeling of gratitude he had found throughout me in my experience as than that little incident ) course, we think that In the| such an organization, eager to serve ness comes the great compensation | | | ( AIR FLARE DROPS, Thirty-Pound Explosive stips‘ under the wings of a De Haviland alrplane, a parachute flare plunged to earth and tore a hole in the middle of | the road within % few feet of Haines point, night. Several automoblles were In the vi- cinity of the point. was 3 feet wide and half deep, was filled up early this morning. the plane as part of a demonstration | gt a powertul searchilght given at the el Hukill, seat, pound explosive to drop downward ot smoke. ahout 2,000 feet hi: | feet long and four inches In diame- ter, is used by pilots flying at night. Had the release been succeseful the flare tertitory for two miles around as it ficated downward. By the time it had neared tha burned out and the canvas parachute would Service, the Sperry Gyroscope Com- | pany N. strated its searchlicht for night fly. ing. The fleld was flooded wit cnabling Capt. Burdett Wright, Lieut: ' Clayton Bissell, Smith to take off and land with apparent case. H tests were aviation branches of the Army, and Marine Corps, lery Corps, the of the vice of the Post Office Department, and military attaches from the Brit- ish, ese, Chilean, Brazilian and Polish em- bassies and legations. \ of the activities of the American' Red Cross. toward the Red Cross, Payne said, had been a great influ- ence in shaping European thought toward America of the American Red Cross, closed the meeting with a brief address on the cumulative service. ed, and, at a meeting of the central committee, a resolution was adopted | approving the organization’s present | program. tion called for priority in carrying out the program for the needs of disabled ex-service men and preparedness for disaster relief. Valley, N. Y., widow of the chairman of the Red Cross War Councll, was | elected to succeed him as a member | of the of the Incorporators, and the chapter delegates pelected her to replace him on the central committee. to which Herbert Hoover also was elected, suc- ceedinz Charles D. Norton of New York, who declined re-election. vacancy on the board of incorporators caused by the death of Thomas Nel- son Page was filled by Mrs. Charles Scott, ir., o |1 vice chairman of the soclety. RECORD P. 0. DEPOSITS. ‘Washington city post office for No- vember showed an increase of $2,647' over October, in face of the decreasq ; shown by post offic at large, according to tod g decrease from October, the balance on deposit November 31 being $133,067,000, compared with THE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS DAMAGE TO ROADWAY CAUSED BY EXPLOSION OF 30-POUND FLARE, WHICH, WHILE BEING TESTED LAST NIGHT, W AS ACCIDENTLY DROPPED FROM AN ARMY PLANE. EXPLODES IN ROAD From Plane and Tears Hole in Speedway. Accidentally slipping from its rack shortly before 9 o'clock last| No one was injured, although | The hole, which a foot and a Lieut. Tolcott P. Smith was piloting last night. Staff Sergt. Leo who was in the observation found the release mechanism iled to function, causing the thirty- losed parachute and resu'ting explosion and a large amqunt e plane at the time was $388833TE88888E8883E8L88388882388885! The flare, which was about three PSS S3eEessseeessseessssseesssssesssssesssssstsss $o3eessssseatesssssssssssssssssss would have illuminated the arth It would have have dropped softly to the Co-operating with the Army Alr! of Brooklyn. Y., demon-| light, | L. J. Malitland and those who witnessed the . Among representatives of the y the Coast Artil- Corps of Engineers of the bureau of engineers avy. the aerial mall ser- Army, French, Italian. Spanish, Japan- ‘The gratitude in Europe Chairman | Miss Mabel T. Boardman, secretary effect of Red Cross Officers were unanimously re-elect- The committee’s declara- Mrs. Henry P. Davison of Locust board at the annual meeting ‘The Philadelphia, widow of —— ! | | Postal savings deposits at the |94 of the count announcement | by the Post Office Department. | e country as a whole showed & ' gg of $375.000 during November ' S $133,442,000 on Oo Europe on a recent tour on acoount ' tober 31. Love and Adventure A WONDER STORY OF THE DESERT “A Son of the Sahara™ By Louise Gerard Begins in Tomorrow’s Star Generous installments of this remarkable story will appear in The Evening and Sunday Star BEGINNING IN TOMORROW'S STAR 9600046 ! WOULD BAN CHILD LABOR. 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One democratic member jokingly rey marked that although he could nof speak officlally on account of Senato; Staoot having been designated, he ha brought “ol” and poured it on the troubled waters. | The personnel of the joint congre aional committes at the conference was as follows: Chatrman Walter ¥ Brown, Sena- tor Smoot, Benator Wadsworth, Sena- tor Harrison, Representative Webster of Wusningion, Representative Temple of Pennsylvania and Representative Moore of Virginia. Although the committes came 13 the President’s office at various times, | Photographers mucceeded in persy ing the entire body to gather befurs the White House for a picture. Cabinet officers who have already conferred with President Harding Chairman Brown in constructing a tentative plan Include Secretary War Weeks, Secretary of Con | Hoover, Secretary of the Trea Mellon and Postmaster General Worl While the Department of Defeise was understood in unoflicial q to be at the present time on major subjects under discussio was also xaid that disposition of th forest service, now under the Depart- ment of Agriculture, but proposed tuy g0 to the Interior, was beirg cone sidered The Department of Commerce rangement had been reported tually agreed to with the n | standing that several bureaus wo he res 1 added to it from the Departmert of Agriculture, from the Interior Des { partment and perhape the Treasur:: the const and geodetic survey and ali map making and printing activities of the government were sald to have been proposed for the Department of Commerce. 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