Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1922, Page 3

SSUEOF D .BONDS VETGED I HOUSE A * Emphatically Disapproved, . Mr. Madden Declares. The 1l Distriet a $20.000.800 1 Commissioners’ pre 1 fe nd to cover necded municipal public works has been promptly i emphatically ® vetoed by 1 nhers of Con- Mar House Representative man of the 1 bond issu appropriations will never allow another the 1 trict. We are just paying off the I J bond issuc. made when the city was committee, sa Congr self-governcd. It has & L nasty financial mess. and we don't want any more of it While the committee has never considered the thouszht. 1 feel safe in p Thirty-five ne of the vote edicting that not members would n Madden vlain that this stand nicipal bond is atrued as antagonist Improvements and ade of local institutions. “lersonally | am. and 1 believe the appropriations committee to @ man is. just as ansious as the Distrift Commissioners to see that the National Capital —for it r capital, just as much as it is provided with up-to-date good strects and sidewalks, d adequate water and sewers, 1l other necessary publie works, Want to do all we can. But we mus not take hasty action that we will rezret in years come. The p posed bond issue is a very foolish thing not let the Co 1d we must sissioners do any thing so unwise. made ABAINSt any t 1o bheé con- ny way to support Banned by Subcommittce. mention of the proposed was made by the Commissioners ring the hearing the “ppropriation bill. according to Rep- resentative C. Cramt Michigan, of the subcom- mittee which has just concluded hear mgs on the local budget mmittee will give the no consideration. beciuse € such proposal in the hudget #nd we are not going beyond hairman report CLEVELAND’S FRIEND DIES Man Who Persuaded Late President to Accept 1892 Nomination. JUTH ORANGE, N. I, December 23 —William J. Gilson. the man eredited with having convinced Gro- ver Cleveland t he should ac the democratie nomination f dent in 1Iv ig dead at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Lorne Campbell He was a New York lawyer, and during the Cleveland administratio w assitant counsel to the Treasury Department With Daniel C. Whitney, mont Gibs Mr headed a delegation to Princeton in the sum- mer of 1892 to urze the former Presi- dent to run again for the offic Mr. Gibson was born in Oxfo A and served with Union forces during The civil war. He was eighty vears old. The coming year will mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the or- ranization of the University of Wis- consin. X oF TH ders of the ¥ Savings ¥ @ at the bank, 1121 14th si n.w.. Jan five o'clock p.m.. for the elec jon of such other before (he to 6 p.m s and_th incss a3 may proper ceting. Polls open fro CLINTON HIATT. THIS DATE come. 3 pom. tary WILL OT BE R racted for debts ¢ ALLEN. NNUAL MEETING OF TH £ the M T c 30, 1 . W JOHNSTON, THE ANNUAL HLECTIO! aud directars for 1he Ame will be held on Thirsday 7Y M. NEELY VI BE RESPONSIT 3 B FOR_AS Gebta but my own. L. CALLISH ork ave: mw. NNT MEETING OF THE rs of the Chas. S election of dire 1 e eld at the office - mew.. on WEDNESDAY. Janu T Y. Transfer buoks will be closed ten dass prior to 1) President. _ S R WATE OFFICE OF TI NS INSURANC ¥ of Washin Wl Georgetown, Tth Ta ave nw.- Th ders of the n'x Insurance Compan ngton srgetown will ment office on wry 1. for the purpose o Irteen d < for the ensuing Polls open from 11 am. to 1 ALBERT W. HOWA R Wash + Company. for the direetors to serve ANNEAL THE holiders of tie boe held at the of properly © streats Satunday. January T connection therewith The transfer of stock o wiant to the by liws) w Close of husiness on D pening of business on [ ; eretary the City und Suburlar the s for (pursuant ection theresith of stock of said by Tawes) iness on De b ness ou g eoretary. vear awl to may proper! P hald at 1 « streots nor Saturday. J Tn connecti nafer o the by laws)) n e 3 (pursuant om the close KEYSER. & g WE HERERY CERTIFY THAT the stackholders of the ranty Tnsurance Compa ath day of November, 1 holders having more {ha in the stock of said compar was voted that the resolution o AT A ME! Lawyers Title Leld on the 922, at_which stock- n fwo-thirds interest ¢ were preseut. it f the board of directors passed October 18, 1922, changing the name of said_co “The Lawyers “Title Tnsurance Co approved, “and this certificate to that effect is acknowledged. recorded und published in accordance with the statute in such cases provided; Ernest L. hmidt, the president of company. bein in fact to acknowl. the and deed of Witness our hands and the corporate seal of xaid company this 11th day November, 19 cal.) ERNEST T. KCHMIDT. Proside 3. VIERBUCHB: Assistant Secretary s pubiic in and iy for firance Company. o e and_Guaranty 1 ance Compans, party o a certain certificate Hug date on the 11th day of November. 1922, ‘and_hereunto annexed. personally ap Ted before me in aid District. the sai rnest L. Schmidt, being personally inown to me as the attorney in fact for said he Lawvers Title Insurance Company. which rxecnted the said certificate. and acknowledged "he same to be the act and deed of the said ‘The Lawyers Title Insurance Company. Give sinder my hand and seal this 13th day of N Vember, 1922, (Seal.) BARL P. F. READY, Notary Public. WANTED—_TO BRI itare to Washingto el and New York cit AND STORAGE CO. HOME GIFTS. £ i Fixt o SHEDD, B R neate, 706 10th Grates. etc T LOAD OF ¥U o from Baltimore, Phil i SMITH'S TRANSVER Commissioners’ Proposal Is | Madden. | at! for | mu- i District | of | William | for irpose of ¢ szl ROSENBI directors to sery the ensuing | Secretary. e year and to transact s © business % | THE NATIONAL CAPITAL BAN mas properly come before t ting. will | annual meeting of the stockholders of the T eld at the office of the 3. Tth and | Nutional Capital Bank of Washington, D. C., { @ streets northwest. Washis D. €. onlfor the election of directors and the trans. | Saturday. January 20, 19 Wk noon. | of any other business that may be the | No Cash for Gifts, Mother Dives Into, River With Baby! . December T of a cheerless Christmas presents for r-old son Bobby caused Mrs. Florence Fern Golden to tie her son to her back and leap into nes river yesterday, ce after she had been two boys from the ice- aked viver. Both, it was an neunced, will recover. WIFE-SLAYER TO DIE| IN ELEGTRIC CHAIR CHICA rscued by 1 | | | | Penalty for First-Degree Murder Incurred by Taxi- cab Owner and Operator. By the Assaciated Press. NEW YORK. December 25.—Ab- ! raham Becker was declared guilty of first degree murder in a verdict re-! turned early today by a jury in the| Bronx county| court. The pen- alty for the crime n New York state is electrocution. Sentence will be pronounced Tues He was con- of killing wife, Jennie. April by striking her over the head with an iron bar and bury ing her in n ashpit Months ater. when neizh- bors became spicious, nd ! Becker had been arrested, her lime- incased hody was found in the shal- low pit in the lot adjacent to Rueben Norkin's garage i Abraham Becker. Norkin Facing I | Corkin also was indicted for mur- | i {der in connection with Mrs. Becker's [ | {death and is awaiting trial. y 1 ‘ker. owner and operator of a| | taxicab, reported to the police in| April that his wife had left him and their children. and asked aid in lo- cating her. There were rumors of {window last night at the home of | foul play at the time and when, some | Joseph Green, poultry dealer, 631 time later. he placed the children in | charitable institutions and went to| live with Miss Anna Elias, police in- | v 1ted and_arrested both Becker § nd Norkin. The latter, police de- clared. made a statement charging the taxi man with killing Mrs. Beck- | er. Witnessed the Bui rkin stood watch while Becker buried her. still moaning, the alleged confession stated. i Becker denied that | the body found in the pit was that of 5 5 SRR Fhits wife: Dot ne ghbors identified in | Was taken from their bedroom, ,,m; - CHICAGO. December i —Reduc- | court clothing taken from the body {$800 in checks had been extracted |tions of railroad freight rates have H ¥ as having been worn by Mrs. Becker. | from the bundle and placed in a chit- | averaged 12 per cent within the last ! The jury deliberated an hour and oot S0 0 el ae ting the Iro ten minutes, after getting the case | fonicr drawer. b e | early today. The initials “K. K. K.” were found | $#71.000.000 annually. the wester :ghalked ;:n the front door of the resi- | railway comgittee on public relation idence when Detectives Flaherty e ; ot | Germans have to work fourteen | Fowler visited the house 1o imveets | S in o i days each year to pay their taxes: in | gate, but police are attaching no sig- | AB4inst agitation for further redu '{"i"fl\"“M:Q,““‘ff‘r‘;j“ call for twenty- |nificance to this fact. T jtions. Additional reductions would S = Fingerprints Are Taken. { constitute a “mena 10 the reviv- ! SPECIAL NOTICES. Detective Burlingame, assistant in | ing prosperity of the country.” the —— oF | the police bureau of identification, | statement made public by S M. F the sha of the Columbia National | obtained fingerprints. ton, chairman, s Bank will be held Tuesday., January 9, 1923, v 3 o) ¥ p rai es 10 S = at Ttx Danking house, 911 F kireet nw.. Wash: bene viooe | poniday ni Bhe) entered b e e Rt D inzton. D. €. for the election of directors and | goto o ™ e rR AL Lamont | have been reduced. the pric o | Sl other Dusiness an mmay properly come | Stréet. by means of a duplicate key | o ives have advanced, the I hafore the meeting. Polls apen from 12 noon | Nd _stole $13.47 from the cash reg- ! adv: N until 1 o'clock p.m. FRANK J. STRYKER, ls‘ff]_ e gtnwm;nz‘ id. Total freight carn- ! Casl Elizabeth Rowles, apartment 46, [Ings of the country’s £ ep- ORE; EXIST. | 1416 R street. told police of the eighth{ tember alone declined § .000 Thomas D. Riordan and Thomas | Precinct of a theft committed in her | through the rate reductions trading ax the Durable Garage | apartment yesterday. Wearing ap- | Asserting that people i ; m.:im'-e 12;.11;.:1\:_ I'ils ‘1): .\‘mw o ‘parel valued at $85 was stolen. *| territor and particularly ners, dissolved as cember 9, 22, 3 v v " i v e T e loudest ¢ or for | sma« F. Murphy has purchased (M= entvituckosliniaibas ke isans (WEraimn KineRieH Sud BaiRlUROS HO0E mess and il Conet 1t ubier the same name | Pe: mieneRatind o fC corg eyl oweniEIIE M e e A and at the same address. THOMAS D. RIOR. | Lyons, poultry dealer, in Center mar- | largest reductions have be made DAN. T F. MURPHY. _ {ket. yesterday. He valued them at!}in western territory be tes on R T. MEETING OF THE STOCK- | $120. and told the police they were | &rain, grain products and hay were holders of *The Resl Estate Title Insurance | taken by two colored men in an auto- | reduced more in proportion. a District of Columbia.” for the | mobile. On western lines, the statement trustees of the to be held at of electing fifteen ny for the ensuing year i of the company. No. 500 5th at. n. on_Tuesday, January 9. at 1 o'clock . Pulls will be opened at 2 o'clock and closed Books for the transfer of stock be closed from December 30, 1922, to 9. 1923, both dates inclusive. GEORGE TAL BANK, *“Your Hanl 1714 Peansylvania Ave. N.W. The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Departmental Bank will be held at its iz house in Washington. D. C., on Tues- . Junuary 9, 1923, at 1 o'clock p.m., for clection of directors for the ensuing year and for such other husiness as may properly come before said meeting. J. T. EXNICIOS President. L. A. ROSAFY, Secretary. dect), 16,23.30. THE ANNUAL MEETI OF THE STOCK- holders of the Atiantic Building Company will be hield at the office of the company, No. 119 Sonth Fairfax st Alexandria, on_the 15th of Japuary, 1923. at 11 o’clock a.m. This meeting {8 for ihe pirpose of election of off: | s and directors for the ensuing year and | Siich ofher busitess ns mas come. before the M. M. PARKER. President. ., Secret: STOC T OF THE holders of T nal Tribune Company will be Leld at_th ce of the company, 4244 G ut Washington, D. (=, on Thursday, annary 4. 1923. at 4 p.m., for the election of trustecs for th transaction of & come before i ensuing year and for the other business as may I M. D, t to the attention of the mecting will January 9, 1923, lock “noon and STEWART, Cashier, OF WASHI Z of the stock- the Citizens' Savings Bank of D. C.. for the clection of direc- 5 and tie {ransaction of such other busi roperly come before the meef office of Mr. Leo P. M. C. 1 meet| | i from 1 | both dat, cember 30. 1922, to January 10, 1923, es included. FERNAND PETIT, Secretary. [ Satisfactory and Complete Printing Service. The National Capital Press 12101212 D st. B.w. TAXI SERVICE—PROMPT, RELTABLE AND safe: rensonable rates. Phone Franklin 7 9am. to4d pm. 230 PRINTING —Completely _equipped to handle the most complicated PRINTING PLANT i { IGH GRAD] NOT HIGH PRICED THE SERVICE SHOP, BYRON S. ADAMS, PRINTER, ke > 512 11th 8t A New Roof With a Brush Let me apply one coat of Liquid Asbestos i i l | Roofing Cement to any kind of roof. I guara: {ee sume. Also woid in bulk. $1 gal. in Seal sackets, dei. in D. C. Estimate free. 3 GON CLARK, 1314 Pa. ave. s.e. Lise. Heating Plants Repaired. is_too high to waste. Get the full mount of heat from your plant by haviag us put it in perfect condition. R. K. FERGUSON, Inc. Heating Dept. 1114 9th st. Ph. M. 2490-2481. | “Biggs Puts HEAT in Heating.” A HAPPY NEW YEAR : —will be if Biggs Heat- Heating & l‘;‘r:cul{?e“."-;- -:1..1'1..:‘4' Plumbing :"ll;or nd:%:nlmemnm- ts Experts. :»;;'Tn:ufn:a?' 5 awe g The Biggs Engineering Co. WARREN W. BIGGS, President. 1310 141h st. nw. Tel. Frank. 3 " |ana Second Banks of THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Snapshets. SETS IT UP NICE AND STRAIGHT SCATTERS REST ON PROMISCUOUSLY Wheeler Sun WATCHDOG LETS BEGINS TO FEEL THE STRAIN. SPENDS 10 MINUTES DE- TERMINING POSITICN OF EACH ORNAMENT J TREE SAGS SUD- DENLY AT THZ KNEES PORTRAIT OF A MAN *TRIMMING A CHRISTMAS SATURDAY. DECEMBER - 23, 1922. —By GLUYAS WILLIAMS. | SAYS MlN[ GUARDS STIRRED UP RIOTS Witness in Herrin Killings Trial Declares Outsiders Caused Trouble. By the Ansociated Press, MARION, 1ll, December > ward Crenshaw, defense witness who |related circumstances of the death of | the first union miner, Jordy Hender- | | ! i 23— I P2 Tl?chs 'THEMHUD GI:S son, today faced a continuation of HEY DROP OFF AGAIN | cross-examination by attornevs for the state prosecuting five me I charged with murder during the He rin rioi On dircct examination yesterday | renshaw testified he was in front of | {his home. about a haif mile from tie ! mine, when he saw Henderson fall! after being struck by a bullet from | the dircetion of the mine iHenderson was unarmed. Thi defense called se ! yesterday to support announced, contention that the slay- ings were' justifiable homicide. 1t attempted to show that extfeme prov- j ation resulted from importation of armed guards and non-union miners lllurml.: the coal strike. Witnesses altoe told of the shooting of three junion miners at the mines on the jaftetnoon of June 21 i He said n witnesses | its previously Guards Are Blamed. A number of the first wlled yesterday testified that | territor; the mine until art {avomkers had “been d {nonsunion men and armed guard it the Bit by the conl «amman Seyeral” of ‘the witnesses testified tthal the guurds had ridden up and {down the public highway miie in a motor truck, rying two they held witnesses the was T union and TINISHES THZ TRIMMING charged [ TREE $471,000,000 Annual Loss Laid to Railway Rate Cuts West Committee Makes A thief, entering an unlatched rear{ Protest Against Further Florida avenue northeast, obtained $4,465 in cash. They overlooked $3,000 in jewelry. Mr. and Mrs. Green had left the house in charge of their watchdog at 6 o'clock and gone shopping. When they returned at 9 o'clock they found their dog tied up in the cellar, prob- attention by barking. Theft of a victrola valued at $95 and a rug worth $2230 was reported by Anna Neely, 902 Westminster street, Several Christmas shoppers met with losses of pocketbooks contain- ing various sums of money yester- day. Mrs. C. C. Smithson, 481 G street southwest, had $90 in her pock- etbook that disappeared from a store where she was making purchases. Others who met with similar losses were: Mrs. L. H. Fisher, 1 Girard street, $28; Mrs. H. W. Clayton, 1926 Lawrence street ‘northeast, $22; Mrs. Eva Decatur, 1120 1st street southeast, $7.25, and Mrs. A. R. Chase, 725 6th street southeast, $10, Two colored men are said to have stolen two caps and a hat from the Vjc:na. hat store, 409 11th street, last night. FEDERAL BANK CHANGES FEARED BY MERCHANTS Letter to President Warns Against Efforts to Amend Laws. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 23.—Lewis E. Plerson, president of the Merchants® Association of New York and chair- man of the board of the Irving National Bank, wrote President Hard- ing that “there is a feeling of pro- found alarm among the merchants’ of the United States lest changes in the federal reserve system may work harm to_the country.” 3 He said that unless a determined effort was made at once “to arrest present efforts to bias the minds of a large portion of our people.” the federal reserve system might become so disorganized that “a repetition of the disastrous_history of the First the United States” might occur. The reserve system can survive, the banker declared, only if its man- agement is continued in the hands of men of courage, expert training and moral independence. “The Merchants' Association real- izes the great difficulties that con- front you at this time in protecting the federal reserve system,” the letter concluded. “But it hopes that you succeed in retaining or securing for the system men of the recognized expert training and outstanding abili- ty necessary to discharge the duties of their high offices.” TYPHOID RATE JUMPS. Increase From 7.8 to 9 Per Cent Shown in Census Report. The typhoid death rate Increased from 7.8 per 100,000 population in 1920 to 9, in 1921 in the death regis- tration area, which comprises thirty- four states and 83 per cent of the population of the United States, the census bureau announced vesterday. The number of deaths reported from this ctause totaled more than 8,000, only nine states showing lower rates in 1921 than in 1920. Rhode Island, wtih 2.6 per 100,000, had the lowest rate last year, and South Carolina, with 26.5, the highest. —_— Mrs. Adelaide Fries of Winstor Salem is the first woman to be hon- ored with the presidency of the North Carolina Literary and Historical So- clety, one of the oldest societies of its kind in the country. ;ably to prevent him from attracting ! The money | BY the Associnted Prexs | ! | Slashe: Statement Claims Decline In Revenues Has Been Steady. MOSQUITO PLAGUE AT YULETIDE PUTS NEW YORKERS ON THE RACK | Special Dispatch to The St NEW YORK, N. Y., December ill another piquant phase of the coal famine has just developed. 1t is nothing less than an epidemic of mosquitoes. Coal is so scarce that people are carrying it home by the bucketful. The forty coal stations opened Manhattan by the coal conservation director are besieged from morning to night by frantic householders, many of them with invalids to care for, who have not coal enough to keep the kitchen stove going, to say mothing of starting the furnace fire. As in the coal famine curing war times. people from suburban districts who have been unable (o lay in eriough fuel or whose carefully hoarded fuel piles have been seized by the fuel administrator have hecn driven to various substitutes. One of these substitutes i Many houscholders, especially land- iadies in the semi-fashionable di tricts of New York city, have had their furnaces overhauled they may burn coke ins The coke idea also wa Montelair, N. J. Simultaneously. both in the city of New York and the suburbs, musqui- toes began to appear. Winter or not there certainly were mosquitoes, who sang and stung with an_enthusiasm hardly known even on a hot summer evening. Complaints were roared oflicials in urban- sections. The health¥oflicials were frankly puzzled. Oiling swamps and stagnant pools was all very well, MINES BUREAU WORKERS HOLD CHRISTMAS PARTY Fun and Frolic Features Annual Family Celebration in Interior Auditorium. More than 100 employes and mem- bers of families of employes of the coke. adopted in to health bureau of mines joined yesterday in furnishing fun and frolic at the third annual family Christmas party held in the Interior Department building. An elaborate program, in which it large part of the bureau staff joined. was carried through, beginning the close of business at 4:30 o'cloch, and continuing until nearly midnight, when the dance, the closing feature of the entertainment, ended. Dinner was served in the cafeteria of the Interfor Department at 6 o'clock. The auditorium of the department was decorated with Christmas trees and trimmings, with a huge tree on the stage in a setting made up like the family room of a home. Gif were presented to officials. “Dadd Bain, director of the bureau of mines, received a toy gun. Recitations were given by Lucille Kearney and Edgar Bowles, and Dr. Bain recited a “family history” of the bureau for the past year. During the dinner a radio concert was given under the direction of Dr. W. Siebel. After the dinner the entire party Joined In singing Christmas carols. - Manhattan and in the sub- | itravelers. warned every jafter Other witnesses told of hiding {their cellars when the shooting Zan at the mine betwesn 1:30 and p.m.. the afternoon of June nd or [having their stock killed shotx {trom the mine. Savw Man Shot I wits during this and one to stay off the roud undown. women n be- by n. i sh that i Edward Crenshaw. who testified that (he was a former univn miner and had {lived half mile from the Lester! {mine all his life. said he saw the f Jardy Henderson, the first | shootin v killed. union 1 | | Crenshaw said standing n {front of I n he saw Hea- | tder: v med. and bul- {lets 1 rom the direct {of the mine. Did vou see “Yes. Any one shot they said his name w 1. and he fell about 100 my house. He must have instantly.” oy testified she lived with out half a mile from the Lester She told of seeing trucks loaded with armed guards ing stars pass her home on the pubi‘c highw vitness declured s had seen a zhbo-, J. Hugh Gi held up and ched by the guards in the high- rds been | | | I wa v, She | MeDowell | strapped to before the she saw with several suid the mine back Supt. a zun days fin | his {ri « M rds on Hizhway. onroy. mother of Edna {Conroy. ificd she lived near the imine wnd had seen the trucks filled with zrmed szuards on the road "hringing water to the mine. and that Mrs ry tes | LTON. jthe muards had shouted at her and | her daughter. | continue rate of reduc- | John G. Conroy. sixty-eight years 1 fron . to old. corroborated the testimony given tembe 1 cent. West- 1)y ‘Yix wife and daughter regarding {ern railways in September €arning e shooting at the mine and the | 00000 fess than if the reducuons fevents which preceded it. He said| e 1 Wl not cause of rate {the guards in the mine trucks each | reductions earnings of western |‘”“»‘,4~arrr-—d two pistols and a rifle acros: hate been reduced at an annual rate ftheir knees and that some of his of about STELO00000. the statement lstoek had been killed by bulle ai Asked how méiny shots were fired, he ; | result of the reduction in rail- | qeclared | | r freight rates. while prices of | o1 gidn't stop to count them.”, | [viher commodities advanced. has been | owhar did vou do? i Fsuch that the average freight ratel wSometimes I hid in the cellar. | | per ton per mile for the country is|sometimes 1 ran around the hd i | enly 31 per cent higher than in 1913, fand sometimes 1 jumped into a di | the statement concluded. ! On cross-examination the Witness f{xaid he had been a miner for fifty | vears before hecoming a farmer and had held petty offices in the miners’ | town of Montelair with its millionaire the [ est v in his fathers union. H i “Have you any feeling against’ these men in the mine?" i ure 1 have. Didn't they kill my | stock 2 | T i The elder Conroy then testified he jlut what good was a film of oil super- {had not seen a single man firing into | | imposed on a film of i« the mine or going toward it i | Answer (o Riddle. : Farmers Fired Upon. t o John Conroy. a son. testified that | ! Ubegiuppdistn) ost affected bY [ho firing at the mine began about | the mosquito plague scemed to be the [o'clock on the afternoon of Junc 21} | i e ihe Taised at the mine about 6 o'clock | mgstiorthegiboarding Mouscss o fand that about an hour later he saw ! ihegulassgaroiiiuated S {two men firing from the pit near the | | {flag. The witness said he spent tes perched proudly on the moun- | iy with his fami | tainside, ’ {cellar and that he and his father were | | Health official in both afflicted ) fired on as they drove in their stock | “rcu.\ racked their brains. In .~‘|II|1,'I”,,\ next morning. H £ all the thought, the mosquitoes in- | 'On cross-examination Conroy said creased in numbers. Then me the answer to the riddle. A Montelair resident was pensively contemplating his coal bin when he noticed little flock mos- he had been a miner for twenty-seven vears, was a member of the United | Mine Workers and had contributed | » the miners’ defense in the present as He declared he had been told ! auitoes issuing therefr - inves- | he would receive $10 a day from the | tigated further. The coal bin w union defense for the time he spent filled with coke, and the coke wis as a witness. (il,l;"d \lilll‘_n mosquitoes. e (h,n,b “nergetic quiry reveale F BLOC HAS COME TO STAY, ! large quantities of the coke sold in | the suburbs and in New York city had i been stored for_a large -part of the e T e et e fows | LABOR LEADER ASSERTS | | The New Jersey meadows are. in real- | | |ity, salt marshes, and the whole world H | Kiiows what huge and hungry mox- | TYPO Secretary Also W | quitoes these New Jersey marshes i iti | brecd. The female mosquitoes had eatnstiifoofMuch EEolitics S |industriously laid billions of eggs in Unions. H amid the coke piles. As soon as the { coke reached the nice warm cellars | Special Dispatch to The Star. 1 the mosquitoes burst forth and fell | ]NDIANAPOLIS, Ind, December | upon each and every inhabi with- S g o ol e e abitant with-|__pojj¢ica1 action should never be- | | “Wouseholders mow are spraying [come the dominant purpose of or- | [ their coal bins full of coke with the (ganized labor, in the opinion of J. W. | came moxquito killer lotions whic! e A 5 inake porches thereabouts redolent |1iavs, secrelary treasurer of tho ;"‘,,! in the wam and murmurous Summer | (SEGtIORTH FYRORTRRL UL TRIO: the | nighte. {union headquarters here in answer to numerous inquiries as_to the organi- tion's plans in connection with the rogressive” movement. “Necessity has compelled labor to undertake the achievement of some defensive and some reform legisla- tive measures,” said Mr. Hays. “That does not mean that the Typograph-: ical Union is becoming radical. On the contrary, we regard ourserves as conservatives _with extremists on both sides. What political course will best serve to protect the inter- ests of labor is a matter in doubt at | this time. “One thing, however, is certain—) congressional blocs are going to con- tinue doing business in American politics. ~And labor is' going to de- velop strength in that way, if efforts of labor leaders I know count for anything. Objectionable as blocs may be to some politicians, they are a natural development. Geographic representation alone no longer serves | to give voice to the aims of divers classes and interests of the country.” —_— POSTAL PACT SIGNED. President Harding and Postmaster General Work yesterday signed the postal convention negotiated between Canada and the United States re- cently. The convention becomes ef- fective January 1, T. P. Murphy, private secretary to the postmaster general of Canada, brought the engrossed copies of the convention, which were signed here. He left for Canada last night in order to be able to announce on Christmas day the successful conclusion of the negotiationa. (Copyright, 1922.) CRUSHED BY ELEVATOR STARTED BY MISTAKE Workman’s Skull' Probably Frac- tured by Accident at 15th Street and Columbia Road. While working on an elevator door on the first floor of an apartment house, in course of construction, at | Columbia road and 15th street, ves-, iterday afternoon. Charles Williams, } thirty-seven years old, 1510 Columbia iroad, was caught by the moving ele- vator, and jammed between the car and the door sash. One ear was al- most torn off and his skull probably fractured. Police of the tenth precinct inves- tigated the accident, and were told that the elevator was not supposed to be moved while Williams was work- ing on the door. The operator is sald, however, to have started it. The injured man was taken to Emergency Hospital. It was said to- day that his condition was serious, although physicians thought he might recover. I Many designers of postage stamps have slipped in natural history. For more than twenty-five years New- foundland had a stamp bearing a picture of a seal which boasted two forelegs instead of flappers. i me s NEW SHIPBUILOING RACE IS FEARED Borah and Poindexter Fear . Extensive Competition Un- less Check Is Provided. Calls U. S. Senate Arcadian Body DISCUSSION IS DEFERRED Economic Conference Amendment to Receive Further Attention After Christmas Recess. ! | Discussion of 1 { o the Navy for an econom tions and fo limitation f the W conferen Borah amendment i N calling nference of the n further conference ments well for further v naval armament fimit ton, Will not develop further in the Sendte uniil the middie or latter part of next week. The Senate met only for a brief session today and then adjourned until Wednesday ac count of the Christmas hol The question of further naval armament amon: | wits consdeed 3 noon. although the hrovis [ DIl relating to a proposed Witk 10t really before Senate | The calling of an international con- to curtafl construction of n. less than 10,000 tons not covered by the ton amendment conference greement wis ured by Senator Borah. He deferred discussion. how ever, of his wmendment to the nava ppropriation bill requesting the President to eall an international conference 1o deal with economis problems and with land and sea ar aments Sees New Naval Race. B5 the Associated Press . e Associated | | Senator Borah. declaring new NEW YORK, December The | navel-building race apprared immi- Cnited States Senate was dubbed an| nent, cited the heavy expenditures Arcadian body last night by Senator | #nd taxes of this and other countries PRt ! on SENATOR MOSES. ay limitation the pow- atte of the Mference fers FARM BLOC RULE INSENATE SCORED Moses Declares Group of 20, Holding Control, Backs Class Legislation. i ferenc I val fand Was vess i [ | | | {and deplored any increase through Moszes of Hampshire, speakin® | construction of armaments. at the 117th anniversary dinner republican, New England Society and the of ‘lh naval ¥ e iven nporar: of the landing I the administra- ! tion shipping 1 ared the pro- “I speak of as that] vision in the bill by the e emuse 11| House proposing nee on Arvcadian body cause m‘]"m 1 i e is ruled by an agricultural bloc, @lcrafe, was des group made up of eighteen lawyers.|conditions en | Borah. He ag mpetition me editor and a well digger.” ever was there more need tha nt for the praciical idealism for naval 1 by was reporicd in armaments cent arms conf powers the re- mitation at pres which New England stands. 1 said, “";:“’.‘ g seeking to gain for a b 5 brought about even by abolishing the broader privilege than ever has been ) o o7 cenor Stanley said the in- anted to any kroup. sistent demand for lower taxes might Hits Class Legislation. be met in part by abolishing useless government commissions and boards Among these. he said, was the Rail- way Lalwor Board, which he deseribed ‘a political eunuch.” without powei as sixions. to enforce its d “1 have recently taken the pains to sheaves of printed measure the Cougress of the he said, “and ably and those who are ing that legisiation shall be im- ately enacted for the benefit of one group in eur population. “Thiough that runs a sinel pose—to take the money of Clse and give it to sin through it there runs anot Jurpose—the creation of bu high-salaried positions, which, if pro- vided, would most certainly furnish immediate amelioration for whatever farmer happens to get the appoint- ment.” Senator Moses said there was fo much of a disposition among public reibly argued f insi pu-- ebody ss: and single us and =In order to inflation, the December not NA, further VIE: prevent Heague o I forbidden the government {eribute Christmas gifts n h to leWil servants. These gifts would i amounted to 200,080,000.000 | f nations representatives have te dis- Order For Christmas Now nen toduy to appeal to the popular | sentiment and to shift their sails 1o “the ever passing breezes of| McKelvie of Nebraska, another red not the nation an thist followers, tronage mus ds of wisdom speaker, needed hat je discourag dec | | 0 | nd deeds He said the | nation needed honest labor. | i Sayn Farmers Suffer. | “In our international relations there ! -sponsilibity that cannot be| he said. “The bond of eco- | 1omic interdependence thut exists i the nations of the world com- s us to adjust our trade relations meet th, demands of humanity to evervwhere. farmer is not as prosperous to he should be. the governor 1d one of the chief reasor < the price of his products was 100 low in proportion i the cost of the commodity and labor for which these products must be ex- ‘hanged. Thix condition could 1 relieved materially. he said. if better demand was ured American agricultural luets foreign fields. Agninst Debt Cancellation. Famous for Caramels Since 1866 ONE STORE 9th & G sts.Nw. Pure and Delicious Confections a for in pr “A thing that_stands directly in 5 the way of this" he added. “is the Made Fresh Every Hour deht already owed to Am by 1 principal foreign nations and the financial inability of thoxe countries | to_purchase our products now. “I do. not believe it would be her wise or expedient for America to for- | give the debts of foreign nations, nor do 1 think it would be wise for us to make further loans to those na- tions without some restrictions that would enable us to direct the use of such grant of credit.” = PLAGUE HITS CATTLE. Stock Yards Fever Reported Epi- demic in Mid-Western States. 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