Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1923, Page 2

THREE DAYS HOPAY- REAL ESTATE TAX {1922 Levies Must Be Paid ! February 1 or Sale Book Listing Will Follow. CHARGES AGAINST 12,000 Many Parcels Subject to Auotion Unless Owners Act Soon—Pen- alties Provided. Last call for 1922 real estate taxes and special assessment: 1t you ure one of the owners of more than 12,000 parocels of land on which last year's taxes are still un- pald you have just three days In which to settle in order to keep your name out of the tax sile beok. Chathem M. Towers, ocollector of taxes, announced last night that the tax sale book would go to press on February 1, but that bills paid up ta closing time, 3 o'clock, Wednesday would be kept out. Tarly in February the tax sale book will be avallable to the public in the tax office as & guide to pérsons who attend the annual auction tax sale, to be held from Mareh 12 to 17, Special Fee Added. Should a delinquent taxpayer fail to meet his bill in time to keep his rame out of the book he etill may settle up before the sale in March. but a speclal feo of 50 cents will be sdded to the bill to cover the cost of printing. The bills referred to were due in May, 1922, and all settlementa made now will have an interest penalty of 1 per oent added for each month since last June. 1t the owner does net séttle up at he auction eale any person may buy" the property by paying the tax due and receiving & tax certificate from the collector. Hold Property Two Years. The law requires these purchasers to held the property for two years from the date of the tax sale, during which time the rightful owner may redeem it by paying the tax and ac- cumulated penalties. At the expiration of two years the urchaser intitled to apply to the ‘ommlssioners for a tax deed, which remains as a cloud on the titie to the property until a settlement has been made. Many of last vears unpald bills represent special assessments for water mains or street improvements. The District puts such property on the auction block along with parcels on which the real estate tax was not met. TWO DEAD, 5 HURT, IN STREET CRASHES; TWO MORE MAY DIE (Continued from First Page.) later transferred to Emergency Hos- pital. The automobile which struck Com- pagnoll was occupied by Raymond J. and Joseph Dennis Ferry, brothets, of 716 Euclld street. He was plcked up by John O'Des of 714 bth stréet northeast, and rushed to Casualty Hospital. Arriving there unconsgious, he was examined by Dr. McDonough, who pronounced him suffering from a fractured skull and internal in- jurles. The Injured man has a son Itving In Baltimore, who has been notified by the police. The Ferry brothers are being held at the eighth precinct pending the outcome of the victim's injuries. Orashes Inte Fire Truck. An automobile operated by Louis Davidson of 1425 85th street, last night crashed into a fire truck parked at 20th street and Pennsylvania avc- nue, which had responded to a false alarm, and Mrs. Wolf, a passenger in the machine, was injured about the forehead and body. She was taken to Emergency Hospital in an uncon- scious condition. Another man and wemau in the machine at the time escaped with slight injurles. COMMITTEE REPORT ON TRAFFIC CHANGES READY THIS WEEK The problem of stopping the ris- ing tide of fatal wocldents on the streets of Washington again will come before the Commlssioners this week in the form of a preliminary report from the committee appointed to study the traMc regulations. It the Commissioners get this ré- port tomorrow, as expected. its Im- portance will be emphasized by the fresh memory that two more persons were added to the traffic casualty liat Yeaterdyy. General Recommendations. Tt 18 understood that the statemeént ta be filed by the committee will con- stst ouly of géneral recommenda- tlons for improving the existing regu- latlans, to be followed later by de- talled recommendations. So fat as could be learned last night, the committee is not expected to recommend any drastlc departures from the present code of trafc rules. William P. Eno, chalrman of the committee, has decided not to discuss the nature of the committee's con- clusions until they are placed before the city heads. Oyster Holding (onferences. Conmmissioner Oyster has been in conference during the past two days with Ma). Sulliavn, Inspector Head- ley and Asaistant Corporation Coun- els Ringgold Hart and Gillesple Walsh op the traffio situation. The Commissianer was not in & pesition yesterday to divulge the pur- pose of ‘the conference, but it was reported that he was seeking data 48 ta just what is being done by the police and prosecutora toward rigld enforcement of the regulations, More Policemen Needed. It can be rellably stated that Cam- migaloner Oyster ballsves an increase in‘the number of nollum:‘n“nl evlml y Congyess in the appropriation law i oné of the firat caneréte stépg that should be taken to stop the heavy losa of life on the stmeets. At the suggeation of Commissiener Oyster, Maj. Sullivan a few weeka aga designated half a dozen matdr cyole policemen as offcers-at-large 0 oruise along thé main arteries of iravel throughout the eity in aearch of apeedere anly. This squad already has eral hundred arrests o uhlrw‘-d with eperating thelr osrs nywhere frem twenty-five to farty- ive miles an hour. ;ollu officiale peint eut, however, That such a emall I’llld can net fip. preheny g1l of the fast drivi jar can the artment. it in expiained, take toe y men from gener pelice work for traffic dut: ' \ 3 a | alleged breach EMPRESS OF JAPAN BIDS FAREWELL 70 U. S. E“DV Accompanied by Mrs. Warren, Be- tiring Diplomat Recelves Re- grets at Departure. By the Associated Proax. TOKIO, Janusry 27.—The empress today recelved in farewell audience Charles Beecher Warren, the retiving American ambassador, and Mrs, War« ren. Bhe expressed regret at their departure. Particlpating as an objesy of official tarewells was Masapao Hani- hars, on his way te Washington to become Japanese ambassador. Large crowds of prominent porsens had gathered both in Toklo and Yoko- hama. These present included the British ambassadar, the ataft of the American embassy, Forelgn Minister Uehida and Prince Tokugawa. SAW FVEPLUNGE T0 DEATA I ALTO B. and 0. Conduotor Declares Cumberland Crash Was Due to High Speed. UNABLE TO HELP VICTIMS ! e 10t R | Signaled to Passing Antoist—Car Hit Creek Bottom With Crash After 35-Foot Drop. Special Dispatch to The Btaz, CUMBERLAND, Md, January 27. G. W. Hoff, a conductor on the Balti- more and Ohle, witnessed the cata- pulting of the auto of Edward A. Flynn ef West Hoboken, N. J., in which Flynn, Willlam J. Farrow, aged thirty-eight, and Miswes Louise Dun- dee, aged twenty-four, and. Eva Pun- dee, aged nineteen, and Mrs. Clara McCulloh, aged twenty-seven, di- vorced wite of Harold Hobbs, this city, lost their lives about 2 o'clock this morning. The party was retyrning from a dance at Frostburg, Md. Hoff's train had broken in “the Narrows” on the opposite side of Wills creek and the crew was fixing a coupler when hiz attention was directed to & ma- chine advancing at high wpeed. It ran onto the bridge, leaped and then fell into the creek bed with a fear- ful crash. He says the lights of the car formed a huge semi-circle as the machine went over. The five occupants of the car evi- deptly met instant death. off and the members of tne crew were unable to leave their train, but Holt w: his lantern to proaching moto; vhosy was called to t ked machine. The drop from the edge of the hridge 18 about thirty-five feet. Difficunlty Considerable difficulty was experienced in getting the bodies up the bank, owing ta ita steepness and the elimy condition from raip. One man's bady wl;'druwn up to the bridge with a rope. yrow's father, John rrow, came’hefs from Clear 8pring, Md. today’ and $laimed his son's body, which wiil be tAken to Clear Spring tomorrow afternoon. - The International Magasine Company wired 42 to the disposition of the effects of Fiynn and ordered his body sent to his home in West Hoboken. The Dundee sistera Washington and Baltimore st varioys periods. Loulse was born in Washing- ton and Eva in Cumberland, after her parents removed to this city about twenty years ago. Both could ing and dance well, Eva being especially ac- complished as a dancer, she having won rizés both in Baltimore and Wash- ngton. During the war, their father stat, both girls worked in a munition fac- tory in Baltimore. When living in Washington the Dundee girls boarded at 1010 §th street northwest. Bath l1ls had been employed in a Wash- ngton department siore as models. On account of thelf abflity as dancer: and entertainers they had appeared at several soclety functions in Wash- ington., lived in both A Fermer Accident. About one year ago the Dundes si ters figured in a tional a in Washington. Hoth were and, timé, thought fatall injured. Geor, Dundee, fathér of the Dyndee girls, is a native of Gearge- town, D. C, and thelr mother was Mise ' Annfe Beach, a_native of Fairfax county, Va. Mr. Dundee has twa sisters In Washington, Mrs. Law- rence D. Barr, 3905 Windom place northwest, and Mrs. Emma Ma 4100 Brandywine street nerthwest. Mrs. Lulu D. King, another sister, Ilives at Fort Myer Helights, Rosslyn, Va. Mra. McCuiloh has a sister, Miss ura McCulloh, who is émployed in the department of internal revenue, Washington, and who resides at 601 ¥ street northwest; another sister, Hattle MoCulioh, is' a lleutenant in the Salvation Army at Buffale, N. Y, Flynn's business headquarters were in Washington, he traveling through the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginla. e (4 GERMANS SENTENCED | T0 DIE FOR MURDER Court-Martial Conviots Palice of t £ 4 By the Associated Press. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, January 27.— Four members of the German green police were sentenced to death by & court-martial here today upon con- viction far the assassipation of the Belglan, Lieut. Graff, who was killed near Duesseldorf on March 23 last. The men sentenaed to desth are Lieut. Relnhardt, Klén, Grab and t Rlebke. Six other defendants Yere given brison terms ranging trom three to twenty years. Lieut. Graff was In uniform when kifled. He was shot éral times while riding in & tramway car be- tween Ruhrort and’ Walsum. The German policemen were alleged to have confeased planmning and execut- ing the assassination under the béllef that Graf? was a police offic Schmits, a they deaired man police off who was_kill ne of the defendants w. The court-martial was ualfi,ulfl by the Helglan military autheriti SUES POR $75,000 DAMAGES. Mrs, Alma C. Emythe haw filed suit in the ?lllrlul supréme edurt to cover $75,000 damages against the ‘Wardman Park Hote Carnrqunnu:r 8. 000 e o he on- of centrast. Smythe racently lost Suit for 43 in the courts of _Alexandrias, against the same defendant. eharges that January 15 last gaged twe roams at the hatel at §8 Siny" Hem ena. roruisd Acsommed: [ e & t 1;). ‘fl'." appears as hv“:v- coun< el SAYS .C. SCHOOL FUNDISASSURED Senator Capper Tells Mass Meeting $1,460,000 Should Be Granted. RECOUNTS LOCAL NEEDS Ten-Million-Dollar Program Should Be Adopted, He Declares, Prodiction that the apprepriations for wchools, increased by the Senate to $1,460,000 in the District apprepri- ation blll, would be retained without abjection from the House was made by Senator Capper of Kansas' last night at « muss meeting at Central High 8chool. Senater Capper, who said he was expresqing a personal opinion, ven- tured his prediction in the course of & short address on the school situa- tian In the District. Mrs. Marietta Johnson of Fairhope, Ala., dellvered an address on the “new viewpoint” {in education, outlining methods em- ploved at her school of organio edy- cation. Summing up the sentiment of the enthusiastio meeting, a resolution by Dr. S. J. Manchly was ununimously adopted calling on Congress to enact the teachers’ salary and the compuli- ory educaflon bills now pending. Urges $10,000,000 Program. Senator Capper declared the aity of Washington, as he had found it in his survey as chaiyman of the joint committee on schools, was far behind otlfer citles of its size throughout {3: nation in educational equipment. hile expressing pleasure that the Senate had added a large amount to the District bill for the use of the #chools, the senator declared that still the District was behind and that in reality a $10,000,000 program should be adopetd to bring this city up to the front rank, with a model school 10;. the nation. nator Capper declared he hi found in his survey 70,000 puplile fn bulldings meant to house 50.000: 7,000 or 8,000 hoys and girls receiving an average daily education of three and & half hoyrs, instead of the five haurs ven in every adequately equipped hool; series of rchaol build- ings, one-third of which had bee condemned, very justly, years ago a unfit. Between 3,000 and 4,000 cohil- dren, the senator sald, were found to be getting education in portable Bylidings and in rented” buildinge. ounds, he -sald, y gt were woefully Wing to the restricted facilities, the sénator estimated that school chlldr:‘n ?f the District were obtaining only about 60_per cent of a normal education. The teaching faculty in the Washing- ton schools Senator Capper found (o ba underpaid in comparison with oities of similar size throughout the nation. Of forty-seven cities, he said, Washington 5000 about forty-Afth, pasing an wver: aKe of only about $1.500 to teachers, as compared with Milwaukee, for instance, paying an average of $2,300. Most eities the size of ‘Washington, he said, D:l:‘leofl\(eo Q‘(‘lho(;lnalumllnllnd nt from X 5. While Wi 48 paying 36,000, e ‘Would Abolish Deakn. Declaring that he represented agricultural and economical commum Ity. Senator Capper explained that he | did not favor an economy which | would be obtained at the expense of | the education of boys and girls in| the District of Columbia. The sena. tor deplored the attitude of certain | members of Congress, who, he sald. made nice epeeches about & mode achool system for the District, and then voted to cut down the appropria- | anont, Hood reason ould favor a generous school pro- &ram, Senator Capper said. was be i e citizens und taxpaye Paid 60 per cent of the cost " MeTC | Mrs. Johnson. In her address on educational methods, declared against the use of desks in schoolroom against percentage marks, and against assignment of lessons. The child. she pointed out, should be al- lowed to develop through learning | along the lines of his own eager, curious, growing nature, and shoyld | not be inhibited by overcrowding his brain and body with the restrictions ot @ forced curriculum. Children in her ‘school, she sald, progressed from year to yeéar, not by promotion, but by simply being kept in classes of the same age and being developed accordingly by the guidance of & “human’ teacher. No teacher, she said, should have more than twenty pup She advocated cutting down the District school classes to twenty puplls to a teacher and doubling the teachers’ salaries. Real education, she pointed out, succeeded in des veloping 2 “sound, accomplished, beautiful body; an_intelligent, sym- pathetic mind,” and sweet, sincere spirit why Congress Promoters of Meeting. The mass meeting was arranged by the following organizations: Pro- gresaive Education Assoctation, Dis- | trict of Columbia Congress. of Moth- ers and Parvent-Teacher Associations | League of Women Voters, Federation of Wamen's Clubs, College Women's Club, Anthony League, American A soclation of ~University Women, Twantleth Century Club, High School Teachers’ Union, High School, Teach- ers’ Assaciation, _}mlnll‘ Assocla- tion and the Grade Teachers’ Union. The committee on arrangements conslated of Mra Giies Scott Rafter of the Cdngress of Mothers and Parent- Teacher Associations and Mrs. . W. MoReynolds of the Progressive Educa- tion Assoclation. Senator Capper was introduced by Dr."Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of District schools. CONVICTED EX-OFFICER TAKES SELF TO PRISON Former Police Captain’s Offer to Go From Byffalo te Atlanta Unescorted Accepted. BUFFALO, January 27.—John A. Maloney, formerly g captain in the New York Central police, who was convicted a year ago of aiding in the robbery of §1,000,000 worth of aleohol from treight cars, returned to the At- lanta, Ga., prison tonight alens. He has a nominal sentence of ten years, but is lllegible to parole at the end of three years and a few months. He was brought back to Buffalo for trial on the second ceynt ef his indictment, which was scheduled for the court term just ended at Elmira. The case was postponed until the Navember terms in Buffalo. Maleney velun- teered to return to prisen without | guards, and his offer was accepted. Harold Smith, another railroad po- lice officer, also convicted of cem- plicity in the car.thefts, teok the me train as Malone und _ale or the Atlanta prison. had in- tended to appeal his conviction, but has elected to return to prison and serve his term. HIGH SCHOOL GIRL SHOT. ROANOKE, Va., January 27.—Ethel L. Brown, seventeen, a m'h ’pmlul @irl, was shot and Drabably ‘f Wounded at her home hers to following a dificulty between the gir] Ber mother and Norman H, Baldwi a .youn: .dv"eruulnsh:x?m‘tp(. B-tl.d’ w Was On! o iy o {n ng. PHOTOGRAPH OF AMERICCAN EVACUATION OF THE RHINE. (U.S. it of thelr supplies, American d and final farewell SEEK MORE LIGHT ON SURPLUS DATA ‘CDngress Committee to Hear Officials Who Submitted Various Reports. ‘When the joint congressional com- mittee investigating the surplus revenues of the District of Columbla meets tomorrow morning in the Sen- ate District committee room to con- sider further what report it shall make to Congress, representatives of the District government, the general accounting office, the Department of Justice and of the citizens' commit- tes will be called upon to explain various matters which were dealt with in their recent reports to the committee, upon which the commit- tee desires further light. Members of the joint committee are anxious to wind up the investigation and report finaily to Congress on the uestion of the surplus revenues of the District, now in the federal Treas- ury. They are working with this end in view. ‘Would Prevent Del Whether they will be able to com- plete their labors and file thelr report by the first Monday in February, as they are required to do by the law creating the commlttee, remains to be seen. Senator Phipps. chairman of the committee, is seeking to complete the work in time if possible. Even if it cannot be filed at the time specified it 1s hoped that it will be possible, with & brief extension of time, to submit the report before the present Congress closes. The expert accountants employed by the committee to audit the District accounts from 1911 until the present time have in their report indicated that a balance of some $5.000.000 is found on the books. The expert however, made no recommendations in regard to it, but have suggested to the committee’ a number of circum stances that might be taken Into con- sideration In settling the matter. Their report to the committee has been analyzed by Maj. Donovan, the District auditor; H. J. Galloway of the Department of Justice, Earl Tag- gart of the general accounting office and Edward F. Colladay of the citi- zens' committee. These reports have been distinetly favorable to the claim {of the Districl to this surplus revenue, it is contended. {PROVIDE INCREASE IN D. C. GUARD UNIT (Continued from First Page.) ing adjustments with the various states, would be the duty of the militla bureau, under the recom- mendations of the committee, which reported that amendment of the basic law to accomplish the purposes de- sired would not be necessary. In convening the committee more than a vear ago, Secretary Weeks sald suggestion. had been made by National Guard sources that the ultimate strength of the organization should ba 250,000. “Under the pre ent law.” he sald, “a strength of 800 men is allotted to each state for each of its senators and representative As a result such states as Delaware and Nevada will be forced to have | eventually a larger guard in propor- tion to population than such stat as New York and Pennsylvania. Quata of, Nearhy States. Secretary Weeks said the purpose of the investigation would be to search for & plan under which the suard oould be organized along sene 2nd sound lines. The strength of the guard at the time the committee be- an its work Wwas approximately O reporting yesterday the commit. re ng mmit- tes suid the Btrength of 250,000 was the minimum that could be considered to make the Natienal Guard accom- plish its mission in the national de- fense, and that it should be built to the strength indicated as soon as pos- sible, lndz‘cofl_l\nly met later than e 30, 1926.” J“{‘llryllmi. under the plan, is al Jotted 3,935 troops and Virginia 5,194. 5,104, 1 : te Coblenx and Rhine for a better SPORADIC VIOLENCE MARKS FULL TIE-UP l OF RUHR RAILROADS trains and started them In the direc- tion of Berlin. The French authorities hear that many of th young men have en- listed in a brigade proceeding to the vicinity ef Memel, while others went to Hamburg and joined Erhardt's Iron Brigade, which the French say is in the process of reorganizing there. The French economic mission is making a little headway in its work of organization, evidently awaiting the decision to be taken In Paris after the expected default of the Ger- mans in the payment of 500,000,000 gold marks due on January 31 YIELD TO THREATS. French Withdraw Troops Grant Respite. BERLIN, January 27.—Special dis- patches from Treves say that under threat of a general strike the French | authorities have withdrawn the troop detachments which have been {occupying the public utility plants, the post office and railway yards, and have also agreed to grant a respite of fourteen days to German officials whe have been ordered to leave Treves, The same dispatches report con- siderable recklessness on the part of the French Algerian cavalry since a state of s was proclaimed, the cavalrymen ridipg through the streets at breakneck speed and menacing clvilians. RUHR CORDON COMPLETE. and From Germany. | (Br Wigsiese te The Mlar and New York BERLIN, January 37.—The military customs cordon, cutting the entire Ruhr off from the rest of Germany, was completed by the French today. | The respective links in this military and customs chain, according to in- formation received here, are to be tied | together by midnight tonight. By | tomorrow, if this program is correctly { reported, the newly ococupied territory will be no longer German territory, but entirely under the authority of the Franco-Belglan ocoupation forces. ‘Wall of Bayonets. Ruhr from Germany with a wall of | bayonets. In the north this wall runs along the line of Duesseldorf, Grossen- baum, Duisburg, Oberhausen, Bottrop and Gladbeck. In the west it runs toward Recklinghausen and thence southward. In the south it goes over Duesseldorf, Kupferdreh, connecting with the north- arn line at Steele. In connection with this encircling operation, the French have taken over the railway lines covering Glad- beck, Recklinghausen, Aplerbeck, ‘Warden, en-Stadtwald, Heifingen and Kupferdreh. The main raillway stations at these places are also in the hands of the French. Officials and workmen at these points are either remaining idle or have been sent home. Preparing for Coup. Communications are being malin- tained by French engineers and rail- way men. Heavy masses of troeps, with armored cars and tanks, are guard- ing the Ruhr frontier against unoccu- pled Germany. Simultaneously the French are pre- paring for a coup in the Rhineland, the aim of which will be proclama- tion of an_“independent" Rhineland republic. This republic, Berlin says. roclaimed by the Rhenis ‘who, under the protection ets, will expel all Rhineland’ French free rein to do as ti How the British occupation thorities re| elop 18 a question which i{s being eagerly canvassed here tonight. Should you have Consumption —the sooner it is discovered the more certain you may be of its cure. If you tire easily—or are losing weight—and have a persistent Hght cough or hoarseness—do not lose time. See a dacter or have yourself examined at the free Health Department Clinic 408 15th-St. N-W., Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday at 2-4 o'cl\ck. To Prevent 1. 2 3 4 5. Friday evenings frem 7:30-9 e'clack. Consumption Avoid house dust and impure er elese air, day and night. Get all ‘the light and sunshine pessible inte your heme. Drink plenty of pasteurized milk and eream. Neone raw. Eat plain, nourishing food, Get enough sleep by retiring early eneugh. 6. Try to avoid worry. Be cheerful. Thisk kindly. Yeur <mind acts on your body. : Association This Bulletin Ja Paid for by the of Tuberculosis 923 H Strest NW. 3t boyn, enthusiastic and gay, ready to giv Last Links Welded to Cut Basin Off | This will lock the resources of the | Kettwig, Werden and | a grand hurrah “Home, Sweet Home.” CONFERTHISWEEK OND.C. MEASURE House and Senate Members Hope to Iron Out Supply Bill Differences. POLICY BRINGS § TURKISH OPEN DOOR (Continued from First Page.) blow at the sovereign rights of Tur- key, which were fully safeguarded, as Turkey need mot follow the ad- vice of the counall en concessions, ‘Tarks Promise Open Door. Turkey, under her own responsi- bility, the declaration said, maintains all her libertles, and the principle of the open door remains always that which should exist in Turkey on all economic questions. Both Ismet Pasha and Hassan Bey, representing Turkey, voiced strong objectlen to the protocol clause con- cerning concessions, and insisted that the provision whereby Turkey must ask the advies of the debt commls- slon, which is an International body, constityted Interference with the soverelgn rights of Turkey. Tonlght's meeting, which was de- voted to financial and economic ques- tions, was, the allles eay, the last meeting of the near eastern confer- ence for detalled discussion, with the exception of a meeting of the spo cial straits commiesion, with the Rus- slans present The allles apparently are dete: mined to go ahead with their plan of presenting their draft treaty to the Turks offielally on Wednesday, al- though it will be privately communi- cated Monday. Views Widely Diverge. The session tonight showed u com- plete divergence of views on many subjects, fucluding reparations. At times the meeting was disorderiy, several of the delegates trying to speak 4t one time. the Greek delegation, over mutual war responsibilitles, was ecspeclaily virulent. Ismet Pasha charged that Smyrna had been burned by the Greeks, and added, “all the world knows {t." The conferees on the District ap- propriation bill are expected to get together to iron out the differences between the two houses some time this weck. The Senate added approx- imately §2,600,000 to the bill, and the Senate conferees are hopeful of keep- '!nx in the bill a good portion of these amendments. | The conferees on the part of the Senate appointed vesterday are Sen- ators Phipps, Colorado; Ball, Dela- ware; Jones, Washington; Glass, Vir- ginla, and Sheppard, Texas. Those who will act for the House are Rep- resentatives Cramtoh, Michigan; Evans and Johnson, Kentugl Represent D. C. Committ Under the rules of the Senate, mem- bers of the District committee take part in handling the District appro- priation bill, and Senators Ball and | Sheppard of the conferees are repre- sentatives of the District committee, while the others are members of the appropriations committee. { Senator Phipps, who will be chair- | man of the conference, is also chair- man ef the joint congressional com- mittes on the District’s surplus reve- nues, and has called a meeting to- morrow of the latter committee. Other Legislation. Another conference in which the District 1s interested, particularly on account of the prevision for the érection of a national archives build- | ing here, Is that on the independent | offices appropriation bill. No date for | beginning the conference on this| measure, it was s7id last night at the | office of the appropriations commit- | tee, has vet been set, and it may be| toward the end af the week before the conferees get together. MYSTERIOUS FIRE AT GATHOLIGU, i IPolice Question Janitor, Who Says Two Men Held Him Up at Scene. Fire of mysterious origin, which broke | out early this morning on the third floor {of Caldwell Hall, Catholic University, {caused damage of about $300. Charles Johnsen, colored, janitor of the building, told the police that on entering the room of Dr. John Fox, where the fire started, he was held up at the point of a pistel, by two white men, his life threatened, and afterward pushed through a glass door. Broken glass and a cut hand were ex- hibited as evidence of this. The cause of the fire is unexplainable, the police say, except by incendlary origin. Many rare booka in Dr. Fox's room were damaged. S wr—— FORMER DETECTIVE IS TAKEN IN RAID Ex-Sergeant ' Arrested for sessing and Belling Liquor. Charies E. Bradley, former detec- tive sergeant, was arrested at his apartment in the Falkstone Courts, 14th and Fairmont streets, last night on a charge of illegal possession of | and selling liquor, when the vice squad, under Lisut. O. T. Davis of the second precinct, conducted a raid. He was retired from the police de- partment enly a little more than a month age. ‘With him was arrested John Burch, twenty-seven years old, on & « of transporting and illegal poss of liquar. According to the police, $2¢ in| marked money was recovered. Both Bradley and Burch were released on $1.600 bond. The rald was conducted by Lieut Davis, . McQuade, Reve- nus Agents Ruby, Fowler, Hertslg and Private Bauer. Pos- —_— S. E. BURROUGHS DEAD OF GRIPPE . (qonunll.‘ from First ) New Hampshire house of representa- tives and had practiced law, He wa born in Dunbarton, N. H, February 6, 1870, and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 183%¢ and from Columbian University in this city in 1896, He !a survived by the widow, who was Miks Helen 8. Phillips of this eity; and by four sons. In the '| house he was & member of the inter- state merce committee. Funeral avrangements are expected te he com- pleted tomerrew. M. Venlzelos with much heat de- fended his country, The Amerlcans and Japanese aro helping in the attempt t> save the conference, byt the British seem to think that at the last minute the Turks will sign, Bolsheviki Russia assumed the role tonight of good Samaritan by offi- cially Informing the near es conference that Russia stoo, to provide a natignal home for the Armenians. M. Tchitcherin sent a note to the three presidents of the conference and also to Ambassador Child, in which he said that, although the Russian delegation had been pre- vented from participating in almost all the questions i fnre'lhe confer- ence, they considered they could have contributed in an important way to the solution of various problems if they had been allowed to take part Russia Is Indignant. One of these problems which had not been solved was the Armenian Despite indignation throughout Rus- sia at the manner in which their delegates had been treated at Lau- sanne, the Russian representatives desired to give notice, in co-operation With Georgia and Ukraine, of Russia’s intention “to install on their respec- tive territories a considerable number of Armenian emigrants, of whom the number is still to be establishe The noté goes on to say that “de- tails of this project will be the sub- ject of special negotiations between the representatives of Russia, or- sla and Ukraine and qualified repre- sentati s of the Armenians. Marquis di Garroni, head of the Ttalian delegation told the conference this afternoon that the Turks had declined to accept the allles’ latest proposal concerning judicial capitula- tions. Tinder this proposal a mixed commisison would present tao the ‘Turkish government a list of foreign eastern d ready legal councilors who would sit on the | bench with the Turkish magistrates during the trials involving foreigners. Propose Special Board. Armenian representatives have pro- posed the appointment of a special ! international commission composed of representatives of America, England, France and Italy to investigale the Armenian problem and the feasibility of creating an Armenian national home. Two separate conventions between Turkey and Greece will be signed next Monday, it is announced, irre- spective of the fate of the general peace conference. One provides for the mutual return of prisoners of war and hostages and the other for the compulsory exchange of minority populations. The conventions are (o become effective immediately. The American representatives were present at the meeting of the full commission which adopted the report providing for compulsory exchange of populatious. They had previously protested on humanitarian against such wholesale forced move- ments of people, but did not appar-- ently feel it appropriate to intervene today, since both Greece and Turkey accepted the arrangement. VICKERY SCORES U. S. Declares America Hinders Unofli- cial Observers at Lausanne. NEW YORK, January 27-—Ameri- can observers at the Lausanne con- ferenee, “although doing everything in thelr power to represent justice for the oppressed and the rights of humanity, are hopelessly handicapped by American official _ aloofness.” Charles V. Vickery, general secretary of the Near East Relief, declared to- day on his return from Greece. “Their efforts are in vain,” he de- clared, “because the United States refuses to authorize a full member- ship in a conference that concerns vitally the welfare and peace of the whole world.” Mr. Vickery sald that every one at the conference recognized that Turkey, although vanquished in the late war, now is dictating peace terms to the ali “Greece,” said Vickery, “althoush suffering from a great military de- feat, is proving herself one of the biggest hearted little nations of the world.” The near east secretary vis- ited refugee and orphanage cen- tera throughout Greece and legrned that the nation, “despite grinding overty” was dolng for humanity “that which America, England, France and other great nations refuse to| in addition to & million refugees of her own race, he said, he Is giving haven to tens of thousands of desti- tute Armenians and others who have been driven from their ancestral homes in Asia Minor “Probably no nation has ever before acospted #0 great & burden of desti- Tute refugee immigrants.” WIFE CHARGES CRUELTY. Austin W. Weaver, a chief petty efficer of the Navy, stationed at An- napells, Nd., is named as defendant in suit for & limited divorce and alimeny filed in the District supreme court by his wife, Ella Weaver. The wife says he packed his belongings last June and left her, declaring he did not like her any more and was tired of hep. She chari inadequate support. They ware mar- ried at Alexandria, Va., November 2 1911, and have three children, Attor ney Dora Palkin appears for the wife. DR. W. 8. HAINES DIES. CHIOAGO, January 87.—Dr. Walter Haines, natiapally ~ known -shamist toxies #nd a lecturer ar Rysh Medicat died here today at the aAge of SEVANLY-tWO Years. v/ cruelty and A debate between | 1smet Pasha and Venizelos, head of | grounds | TRADE BODY BANS BIG STEEL MERGER Bethlehem, Lackawanna and Midvale Are Cited to Hear- | ing March 18. 46 CONCERNS INVOLVED Order Declares Competition Will Be Unreasonably Reduced. Merger of the Bethlehem, Lacka wanna and Midvale Steel companies was declared yesterday by the Fed- eral Trade Commission to be an un lawful action in restraint of trade Notice was Issued to all the corpora tions concerned to be represented a hearing before the commission March 16, prepared to show cause wt an order should not be Issued requi ing them to withdraw from merger agreements at once. A tota of forty-six corporations, subsidiaric to the parent companies named, wer: charged in the complaint which t ! commisslon issued with being in volved in a general consolidation pl which, of carried through, wo reasonably reduce competitl supply of steel ‘commodities tc umers in the territory nortl Potomac river and east of Y., and Johnstown, Pa. Will Withdraw Prior Order. In instituting general prooeed against the tripartite merger commission gave notice that it earlier complaint, issued after tiw Bethlehem and Lackawanna con panies had completed a consolida tion last April and directed agal them alone, would be withdrawn By the agreement announced vember 24 the Bethlehem compa | already enlarged by acquisitior the Lackawanna, proposed to acy control of the Midvale properties and the complaint charged tha agreement was now being carried ir effect. Under it the Bethlel {pany intends to issue $97 value, of new common stock, would go to Midvale stockholders Would Rival U. S. Steel. The Bethlehem company, after consolidation, would be, next to | United States Steel Corporation, largest steel producer in the Uniter States, with common stock agg: gating $180,250,000 at par, prefer {of $62.000,000 and bonded debt 213,500,000, pecifically, the complaint charged that the merger plans. projected o carried out, would result in “po tial or actual competition existing i |and between the several respondents being substantially lessened. i wholly eliminated,” and consequen violatien of both the Clayton and Fed eral Trade Commission acts. Further it was said, by uniting under tommc ownership the companies conce “will control the sale and ships |in interstate commerce of a su {tia large proportion of iron steel products” in the territory pre viodsly described, and the potenti lcapacity to restrict competition lleged was declared to be a violat lof the Sherman anti-trust law | |wen Buff Ne t the Iy Van Fleet Dissents. Commissioner Van Fleet, inoted in the statement describir {action, dissented from his a clates The corporations complained again lare given thirty days in which to fi lanswers to the allegations listed i Under the merger plan, the Bethie {hem Stecl Corporation will becom {great holding company, the comu |sion said in a statement describi I the situation against which its co i plaint is directed, controlling thre {separate and integrated steel enter {prises, each one capable of turning out finished steel products from ra {mate { jach of three groups—the { Bethlehen wanna, Midvale {described in the complaint as rm |an integrated concern,” the em {said, “each having subsidiaries }ziu«d in mining iron ore. coal, lim« stone, and in transporti d as {sembiing those raw m Tro | which each integrated concern mat ufactures and produces crude finished and finished fron and products and commodities, ’gronp thus owns and controls al stay of the production of the prod {ucts and commoditi sold by ther {from the raw materials to the sen fivished and finished products.” st Describes Prior Competition. | The complaint describes the cor petition existing between the Bel! lehem-Lackawanna group prior the first merger and th existing between the Lackawanna and Midvale group the time of the proposed three-c pany merger. Information is gie as tq the location of the varfou plants, their capacities and produc and the percentage of semi-finisheo and finished steel products produc: by the several grouyps, particalur in the competitive territory described. The complaint then r: Bethlehem, Lackawanna groups are the only 1 manufacturers in this particular ter ritory with a capacity of a v or more tons of steel ingots year, and states that other products in this territory are tively small, no more than l(h!m having a capacity of one- | million tons of steel in {that the steel-producing concerr i this territory other than the merging groups are not thoroughly integrat ed—that is, they do not own their own iron ore, coal and limeston: do the merging companie: Neiirest Competitor at Pittsburgh. The complaint states that the par ticular competitive fleld involved that is, the territory north of the Potomao- river and east of a line drawn north and south through Buf talo, N. ¥., and Johnstown, Pa.—is. & large and populous' section of the country, with & great:demand for steel and steel proquets; that the nearest steel preduetien’ section to this territory, exclusive of. the merg ing companies’ plants, is Pittsburgh Pa., with respect ta which the merg ing companies have a- freight di: tributive adventage - in -their ow: territory. as dese ed; of from §I 0 $3 & tor over the steel prodifcers, in and around Pittshurgh. s s TWQ BOYS ROB DEALER. Armed Colored Youths Get $17). From Jaceb Kisidan. Two colored: boys: about . eightee: years old, entered the store of Jucul Kleidan, 1014 1st- atreet znorthwest shortly before midnight 1:&,nt§hum< robbed n‘(:‘\‘. ':f ::u thats he r;. in his pogket. and:$1i-in The cash drawer. ‘he ‘boys Ax ed Kleldan for some epper, As h Seber patnced turned Ne found a re- at him. Police were ®iven a description of, the robbers. ites that and Midy iron and