Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1923, Page 2

PROPOSES PAYING OUSTED WORKERS Senator McKellar Also Would Provide Jobs for Reinstated Bureau Employes. TO INCLUDE WILMETH Tennessee Legislator Says It Is Only Way to Do Full Jus- tice to Them. Bent upon dotng full justice tv the twenty-elght employes of the bureau of engraving and printing who were dismissed last vear by executive or- der, Senator McKellar of Tennessee, democrat, member of the Senate com- wittee on contingent expenses, no’ considering a resolution calling for an investigation of the dismissal, said last night he would propose these employes be paid for the period since thelr dismissal and placed in gov- ernment jobs comparable to those rom which they, were ousted, The committee on contingent penses was In session a good part vesterday and will meet again morrow. Will Suggest Paying. “I will make the Senator McKellar, “ consent of the te to pass a bill directing the payment of the salarlss ot discharged men and women dur ing the time of their separation from the government service and provid ing for their re-employment in this {the bureau of engraving and print- ing) or other bureaus at sa fes sim- ilar to those they were paid xt the time of their dismissal “This will give proper force and of- eot to tho President's recent order restoring them to their civil service status, ‘Would Tuclode Wilmeth. “I would suggest also that Mr. ‘Wilmeth, former director of the bu reau and one of thoso dlsmissed, be included in this action. Of course, T ve no means of knowing why he was not included in the President's order restoring civil service status. but I imagine the President thought he was not in the civil mery 1 know that 1 did not think he nader the civil service od it toda NIGHT SESSIONS DUE IN SHIP BILL FIGHT ex- t wued from First age.) ssel or vessels of a gross tonnage squal to or greater than connage of the vessel with respect to which the contract for compen sation is made.” ‘Would Dispose of Fieet. Senator Jones estimzted tl Ing the first two vears of the tlon of the bill this section essen the government by three to three and one-half mil- lion dollars. 1t is designed, it was sald, to bring about a speedy disposal of the Shipping Board's flee A second important chaugs to proposed by Chairman the rates at which government com- pensation shall be pald and fixing & maximum payment of one aud tenths cents for power-driven ves- sels of nineteen knots and over as agalnst payments ranging from one and one-tenth cents to two and one- tenth cents on vessels of nineteen to twenty-three knots and over in the measure as passed Ly the House, and reported to the Senate. tion, it was explained, is designed to center government aid on the slow cargo-carrying craft rather tha upeedy passenger liners, and is in t dur- cra- would be tne with ideas advanced by Senator ! and Iuke- McNary, republican, Oregon, other republican senators ounly warm toward the bill. Favors Smaller Ships. The change also embodies an ir crease in the basic rate from one-half of 1 cent to seven-tenths of 1 cent for each gross ton for each 100 nautical wiles covered by the vessel. The rates based on speed up to nincteen knots are changed so as to Keep the increasing ratio the same. Another change is the inclusion of a section providing that any vessel of 20,000 gross tons or over shall he considered as If it were a vessel of 20,000 gross tons in computing the rate of government aid, This lke- wise is designed to favor the smaller and slower cargo carriers. Provision against discrimination by the Shipping Board in administering the act in favor of one port and agalnst another also has been - serted, such a section having beea ad- vocated by some senators from the Pacific coast, Propusals advanced by Senator Me- Nary relating to the duties of the Joint board to be created by the Shipping Board and the interstate commission also are included. These provide that the joint board shail make an investigation as to the causes of and remedies for congeation in certain American ports and the control, improvement and ex:ension of water terminals; advise with com- munities on harbor, river and port improvements in connection with for- olgn and coastwise trade, and study generally the Interrelations of rail and water traffic. ‘Threate Long Sessions. Senator Jones, in giving notice of night sessions In an attempt to drive the bill through, said he expected “to stand up to it as long as the majority of the Senate will stand behind me, und, in reply to an inquiry from Sen- utor Swanson, democrat, Virginia, as to how long each night session would last, said, “We may remain in sesslon all night, depending on the progress we make on the hill.” Contrary to anticipation there was no effort made yesterday by support- ers of other measures to get thelr bills up and displace the ship bill, but proponents of the commonly-termed flled-milk bill said they would mo to take is up Monday, while tho backing the Capper truth-in-fabric ‘measure asserted they would endeavor to get that legislation up for Senate consideration Tuesday. Both of these bills have opponents, who, al- though not favorabe to the ship bill, may not vote to displace it. —_— FIELD ESTATE, $130,000,000. CHICAGO, February 17.—Property valued at nearly $130,000,000 is fn- cluded in the estate of the late Marshall Field, it was revealed today when Judge D. E. Sullivan ratified the {nvestment of income from the ostate in government bonds by the trustees of the property. the gross: aid payments | Jones alters | six- | This altera- | Women Crowding| RIGHT "AT HOME" WHEN IT COMES TO WINTER SPORTS. Federal Prisons; Home Is Needed The only high woman official of the Department of Justice, Assist- ant Attorney General Willebrandt, in a conference yesterday with Su- perintendent of Prisons Votaw de- clared that unless a federal penul industrial institution for women Wwas provided for at once the fed- eral government would shortly find ftself without any penal in- stitution for confining such prison- ers. Within the past year, Mrs, Wille- brandt said, practically all of the state institutions of the peniten- tiary or reformatory class in the country had advised the depart- ment that they could no longer care for any more federal woman prisoners. To meet this emergency, both Mrs. Willebrundt and Mr, Votaw declared that the establishment of a United Statex industrial home for women, such as Is provided for in bills recently introduced in Con- gress, was necessary. The meas- ures would provide for such an establishment at Mount Weather, Va. LAUNCH PALESTE FUNDDRNETONEAT iMass Meeting at Eighth: Street Temple Will Be First Move. patgn for $50.000. Washing- ton's quota of. $9,000,000 to be raised through the states during the year 1928 for the benefit of the Keren Hayesod, or Palestine foundation fund, will be launched tonight at the { Elghth Street Temple. { Upon this fund depends the large enterprises for economic improve- ment, agricultural and industrial de- velopment, well as the splendid educational institutions in New Pales- tine. The land is now undergoing { wonderful transformat It s ris | ing out of its dust of 1 being rende: opportunity for the living ing of miilions of Jews who woul come to dwell therein and lift them- selves out of the mire of captivity | {and degradation. Natlonal Spenkers Comin The meeting wil be addressed ispeakers of natio promine { among which will L {Silverman of Temple Emanuel, New York: Rev. Hirsh Masliansky, fore- ! most Yiddish orator in the country: Representat Hamilton Fish, Miss { Eva Leon and others. A statement from Rev. Dr. Joseph Silverman that reached here prior to his coming follows: ‘I am coming to be of Service to what I coustder the greatest under- | tuking on which the Jews of the world luve embarked in modern times, namely, the re-establishment of the Jewish homeland *alestine as a place of refuge for our stricken | Dpeople in the lands of castern Europe and as a source of Jewish religious | and spiritual revival. Would Right Wrong. “Without committing ourselves to any theory of Jewish nationality, we may heartily indorse the necessity and the value of redeeming Palestine, the cradle of Judaism, th of Israel, from the igno- miny into which it has failen in the past 2000 years. The world s ready to right the wrong of | Years ago, when Israel was ruthlessly i expelled from Palestine. The world has given the Jows the opportunity | of restoring their ancient patrimony and of making Palestine again a cen- ! ter for rellglon, learning and civiliza- | tion. Can we stand aside and say we will have no part in such restoration? [ “It fs high time that the many dif- ferences In theories, beliefs and pra tices that obtain in Jewry be laid | aside, and that all classes and groups | {unite upon the main proposition, of | making Palestine a homeland 'for Jews and a center for its religion and | culture. SCHOOL APPEALS | " FIRCONGRESSAD as { { i i | | | | An appeal for funds to continue the | {work of the Americanization schooi | ‘was made to Congress yesterday in| , & petition by forty-three members of | {the Americanization class. The petl- {tion, which was signed by 15 Rus- islans, 6 Greeks, 3 Japanese, 2 China- {men, 3 Polanders, Cubans, 2 ! Armenians and 1 each from Honduras, {Hungary, Germany, Italy, Persia, Siam, Australia and France, reads: | “Inasmuch as the national Congress of the United States, will close its session soon, and, Inasmuch as we {want to continue studying English |1anguage, without any interruption, 50 that we may be able to understand |everything, and to be very good | citizens, with wide ideas of the Amer- ican manners; inasmuch as summer time is coming, when all schools are closed. “We submit to you, this petition, through the general of Americaniza- tion School Assoclation, keep open our Americanization school during sum- mer time." A public meeting of the Amer- icanization class will be held in the Columbia Junior High School Tues- day night at 8 o'clock. The speakers will_include Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court; Elliott H. Doodwin, vice president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and Dr. Abram Simon, president of the board of education. | now Misves Laura and Inga Bryn, daughters of the minister from Norway, about to try the fce on the reflecting pool MKELLAR T0 PUSH 0-GENT FARE FIGHT Will Be Renewed in Senate at First Opportunity, De- clares Tennesseean. ASHURST MAKES APOLOGY JLanguage Deemed Offensive in Tell- ing McKellar to Sit Down, So He Retracts The fight to o ent car fares ot Columtia the 3 at the first opportunity, Sena- tor McKellar of Tennessee, who is g the movement, declared last night. He pointed out that yesterda with a large attendance of the Sen- his proposal for S-cent far lald on the table only by one During the debate yesterday Sena Ashurst of Arizona took Sen tor McKellar to task for using up all the morning hour in debate of this question when had bilis which the up for acti He urged Senator McKellar to “stop talking. sit down and permit us to vote.” He said that he was in favor of : amendment, but added, ents are not going to lose somebod compel the A return District newed in will be re vot 3 Mr because \ator McKellar took the remarks ' of the senator from Arizona in good part, although calling attention the fact that the Arizona ‘senator was aroused use he had a bill of Fis own wanted to get up. Later In the v. Benator -Ashurst said that he desired to withdraw his remarks about Senator McKellar, understanding that they had been considered offensive by Senator Mc- Kellar. Senator Ashurst sahl: ‘1 am not the kind of man to use words of an offensive nature in pub- lic and then whisper an apology in the ear of the person offended. 1 ask leave to withdraw the language deemed to be offensive. We were given the morning hour and it by L is irritating to have the entire hour |just come, that of an isolated France nsumed by one bill. That was the reason 1 spoke with 80 much vehe- mence, but I assure from Tennessee 1 meant no reflection, and I hope he will accept what I v now."” 3 CARS OF HARD COAL, SEIZED, ARE RELEASED | Railroad Recovers Fuel Destined for Canada on Promise to Leave One Carload in Village. By the Associated Press. BALLSTON SPA, N. Y., February 17. —Three carloads of anthracite billed for Canada, which were seized by Deputy Fuel Administrator Thomas Kerley here this afternoon, were later, released to the Delaware and Hudson Company, on the promise of the com- pany to leave one carload in the village. This stood out as the only develop- ment tonight in the fuel situation in northern New York, which is so seri- ous that Clarence B. Kilmer, district administrator, announced earlier in the day that unless relief was forth- coming by Monday he would direct seizure of coal on rallroad sidings, which Is destined for Canadian points. Six carloads of coal received here this morning partially relieved the famine, but continuance of near-zero | weather brings additlonal reports of distress in near-by localities. S Consumption is Insidious and unless discovered early requires years to be checked, and is then hard to cure entirely. If you tire easily—or are losing weight—and have a persistent light cough or hoarseness—do not lose time. See a doctor or have yourself examined at the free i Health Department Clinic 409 15th St. NW., Tuesda at 2-4 o'clock. Friday eve y, Thursday or Saturday nings from 7:30-9 o'clock To Prevent Consumption L. Avoid house dust and impure or close air, day or night. 2. Get afl the light and sunshine teurized 3. Drink plenty of 4. Eat plain, nourishing food. ible into your. home. Ik and cream. None raw. 8. Get enough sleep by retiring early enough. 6 Try to avoid worry. mind acts on your This Bulletin Is Be cheerful. " Think kindly. body. Your Paid for by the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Lepad Telephone Main 992 Novice . 923 H-Street N.W, - other senators wanted to bring | else wants to talk all the to ! my good friend | of the Lincoln Memorial. !C racking of Ice Halts Skating On Lincoln Pool | Ica skating ou the Lincoln.Memo- | rial reflecting pool was {naugurated esterday afternoon, but only a select few were permitted to enjoy the | novelty, for cracking ice sounded i taps on the sport when it was Just getting under way. | Large crowds, learning of the ing ot the pool to skaters, own 17th street late in the after- | on and evening, but were forced | o return to their homes and con-| tinue sharpening and hoping. The office of pubilc butidings and grounds ;ul;m iced there would be no skating | today. | However, it was expected that many | of the disappointed ones would have | {an opportunity today to use the pool | in Rock Creek Park, near Plerce’s Mill, Col. Sherrill is of the opinion that | he Lincoln pool can be thrown open | akain If the present spell of cold| weather keeps up. Winds of the past few days prevented the ice from forming evenly, he explained | open- flocked | |GERMANY’S SWORD | HELD BY FRENCH {no chance of approval either in the United States or the United Kingdom. The reason that France is going |ahead “on her own” now, with such !moral assistance as she can muster trom Italy and Belglum, is that she feels the United States and England |deceived her on the tripartite treaty. The prospect of a remewal of that |treaty at this time naturally is ridicu- ‘lous. Sentiment in England is run- ning strongly against the French, while in the United States it is di- |Vided. to say the least. Heretofore France has been credited in Washington with having one of three motives in taking the Ruhr. These were: | L To obtain ready money out of the industrial basin to apply on repara- {tlons payments. | 2. To dismember Germany by cre- jating Independent states. | 3. To so cripple German industry as to force the German government to |make an offer of payment which France with dignity might accept. | The- fourth explanation, which has jdefending herself against future Ger- man attack by seizing Germany's weapon—her coal, her iron, her steel land great munitions planty like the 'Krupp works at Essen—is an entirely new one to the Washington govern- {ment and is generally being accepted ’il)v]zl,\' as the real one. { France Wants Guarantees. This fourth explanation accounts for the feeling of helplessness which {has swept over Washington in the last few days. France will not get out of the Ruhr without good and {sufficient guarantees as to her future. |What can the United Btates offer in |the way of guarantees? Nothing. | It has been stated in the debates jin Congress that the United States could not call an economic confer- ence of the world powers because the first demand of most of the powers [would be for a cancellation of the !debts owed to America. Such a can- cellation never would be agreed to by Congress. But even if one can imagine the United States canceling the debt of France as a move for peace in Europe, such a cancellation would not be the guarantee against Germany which France desires. American Views Difter. The invitations which have come to the United States to Intervene or mediate in the desperate KEuropean | siruggle are interpreted here as bids for this country to take one side or the other in the dispute. This the American government will not do, no 1 matter how strong the pressure may become from one side or the other. 1t is fully recognized here that the {public sentiment of this country is divided as between France and Ger- many; that there is no distinct Amer- ican.viewpoint on the European situ- ation of today. It is further realized that in a situation 8o tense any move might easily meet a false construc- tion and create untold havoc. Being on the best of terms with both France and Germany, the United States does not care to incur the hatred of elther. Time Must Tell o far as the American government is Sconcarnad the situation boils fitself down to this poin The United States will not act as eacemaker until both Germany and g‘nnco join in such a request. France is not expected to make such a re- quest unless she is assur of defi- nite guarantees. In the Washington point of view there exii n impasse which only } time can solv ] § POLES IN SKIRMISH. | Clash With Lithuanians in Neu-| tral Zone. ‘WARSAW, February 17.—8everal ad- ditional skirmishes are reported between Polish police and Lithuanian irregulars, occasioned by the entry of Polish guards into the neutral sone between Poland and Lithuanis, under the terms recently laid down by the league of nations couneil, The casualties were one killed and several wounded. official advices show the Poles have rious 8 e uflnfi"t'uu. A8 CITIZENS TO MAKE DRIVE FOR FINAL D. C. DAY IN HOUSE tinued from First Page.) bill tomorrow,” continued Mrs. Gold- berger, “but we are going up there Monday week as well. We have an entire week to marshal our forces and expect when “District day” comes around to be represented by a large enough delegation to convince the most skeptical that Washington citi- zens want justice from Congress. “We do not Intend to argue the pros and cons of these measures. All | we want Is time for them to be passed before Congress adjourns.” That the threatened non observance of District day is resented by civic leaders of the largest organizations in Washington s brought out by state. ments made by (en. Anton Stephan, president of the Merchants and Manu- facturers’ Assoclation; Edward F. Col- laday, president of the Washington Board of Trade, and Isaac Gans, presi- dent of the Chamber of Commerce. Thousands Represented. These men, representing organiza- | tions comprising many thousands of Washingtonians, are thoroughly aroused at the manner in which local needs are ignored, and are unanimous in declar- ing that the District should have its chance before Congress adjourns. “In common with every father and mother as well as every business man and woman the threatened failure of the school bill now before Congress in its closing days is a matter greatly to be deplored,” said Gen. Stephan. “It makes no difference who are re- sponsible for the situation. This bill should be put through at all hazards, because there is nothing more vital to humanity than that our public schools should be cared for with a solicitude and interest that should command the personai activity of every one in public lite. “Education of the youth is a matter that should never be open to argu- ment nor the pawn of politics. The noble men and women who have made up, and who contemplate the school personnel in Washington are deserving not only of praise, but of a fair reward too in A measure com- pensate for the great work in which they are engaged. City Depends on Congress. “Since Congress of the United States Is board of aldermen of ‘Washington, 1 submit that even mat- ters of national import should not be permitted to interfere with the passage of such important legisla- tion as the teachers’ bill. There are other matters pending, too, of grave moment. The public is vitally interested in the passage of the bill regulating optometry in the District of Columbia. That measure has to do with guarding against ig- norance and inefliclency In the fitfing glasses. One error in this line ork has meant even the loss of sight. These are two measures that in my opinion should have Immediate consideration by Congress. Both the mind and the eye should be jealously guarded even by a busy Congress in its closing days.” . Both Mr. Gans and Mr. Colladay were equally emphatic in their de- mand that these important measures should be passed at this session of Congress. Need of Representation. “It we had national representation said Mr. Gans, “which we cer- tainly should have, we would have somebody to fight for us. This thing would never have happened then. Con- gress shoves everything pertaining to the District aside, whenever it feels in the mood, as we have nothing to say and can make no adequate pro- test. These bills, especially the teach- ers' 'bill, e passed immediate- “dilly-dallying’ should stop. District day should be observed no matter what comes up. Washing- ton should have the benefit of this legislation now and not next Decem- er."” Mr. Colladay said that the teachers’ bill and the 14th street extension were two matters which should be given immediate consideration. “The Board of Trade has gone on record as approving these items,” he #ald. “They should be given their chance before the end of this session. There are other bills to be considered which are likewise important, but these two, in my opinion, should be glven precedence. The citizenry of the city is solidly behind the move- ment for a final District day. These last few days of Congress are naturally busy and important items are being considered, but these bills are vitally important to the District, and 1 hope that action can be had on em.” PRISONERS MASSACRE POLISH POSSE OF 60 Conscripted Ukrainians Turn on Soldiers While Being Taken - to Barracks. VIENNA, February 17.—The Arbeiter Zeltung says that West Ukrainfans in the town of Sabor yesterday massacred an entire posse of sixty Polish soldlers. The Poles were taking the Ukraine con- soripts to barracks by force at the time. Martial law has been proclaimed in the region. Sclentific methods for cutting down the fatigue of factory workers are frovln successful, the result in o a: rge fa eing #. 37. per cent in* {suming varied disgu | were {at work for the authorities. BOOTLEG BUSINESS JOLTED BY RAIDERS Flying Column Strikes 45 Places, Gets 3,500 Gal- lons, 80 Prisoners. HAUL VALUED AT $65,000 Sixty Men Divided Up Into Ten Separate Parties With Lists of Places to Visit. A summary of their activities yes- terday reported by police and revenus officers late last night showed that the fiying column of policemen and prohibition enforcement agents which sWept through the heart of Washing- ton’s wettest districts vesterday, raid- ed 45 alleged bootleg rendezvous, arrested 80 men and women on charges of violating the dry laws, and | confiscated approximately 3,500 gal- | lons of Intoxicating liquors, valued | at $65,000. It was the second major offensive | the authorities have launched against the bootleggers this month and re- sulted in the greatest hauls the police have yet mad. Led by Lisut. 0. McQuade and J. L. Dloits in the past { made his name the terror of the Mmoo shiner, sixty men were split into te separate parties and given a list of places they were to visit. Before sup- per they had swooped down on every suspected place named and more than 350,000 had been pledged at the second and third precinct stations last night as bonds for their v ms. Bootleg District De: Washington's bootleg district, where whisky aud virtually every Kind of Intoxicant could be had without question heretofore, was “dead.” Just now, the nerveless few who dared ask for “a pint” were eyed askance and told to “beat it.” The raids yesterday were largely mude possible through the remarka- ble detective work of Asher, assisted by Policeman Bauer, a member of the police department’s vice squad. A: es, these polic men combed th sectiofts of Wash- ington long known to be the favo ite haunts of bootleggers and moo: shiners. e day y were huc sters, another flsh mongers, still an- | other wanderng minsirels, always ready to entertain the idle with harp | and violin for a few pennies. But every moment of the time their | cyes and ears wers wide open. By innuendo and direct questioning they suoceedad in ohtaining the names ol hundreds of persons who oould sup- ply “good stuff” at any time. Asher and Hauer worked slowly, but sure- lv, and only u few of the places named by them failed to produce the -.vudzenc-: the police went after yes- | terda T. Davis, Sergt Asher, whose ex- | few weeks have | Stacked High in Rooms. i Intoxicants of every description to be found in the “evidence’ gathered in the raids. Several rooms at both the second and third pre- cinct Stations were stacked high Wwith cases of imported whiskies, cheap homebrew, various grades of corn, high-priced Itallan wines and— | a lone bottle of a very well known | grade of champagne. At midnight the police were still taking stock | and it was intimated the amount of | intoxicants sefzed might even ex- ceed 3,500 gallons. Another visitation by the “whisky battalion” may be expected momen- terily. Not only have the police vet to finish running out the tips fur- nished by Asher and Bauer, but it has been learned there is a “phantom” He is known even to the police officials ! only by number, and he was heard from again last night. While Lieut. Davis and his asso- clates were still busy taking count of the day's haul e telephone in the room of the vice squad at the second precinct rang sharply. A voice informed the lieutenant that a large touring car was unloading whisky into a certain fashionable P strest apartment house. Ten minutes later three automobiles filled with police were converging upon the place. They found the machine and | three bottles of whisky but the owners had disappeared. The “phan- tom,” however, remained concealed. He watches, never arrests. Warrants for Fifty. The raiders met at the second pre- ecinct yesterday morning. By 10 o'clock they were racing to their re- spective fields of activity. By noon prisoners and professional bondsmen jammed the station houses almost to capacity. The raiding squads carried war- rants for almost fifty persons before they started out. Additional evidence picked up in the course of their work resulted in the other prisoners being taken and in most instances two or more offenders were seized at each alleged bootleg rendezvous visited. Some warrants still remain to be served and the list of persons ar- rested probably will be swelled to- day. Every bootlegger in Washington probably is on pins and needles to- day. Ashers presence in the city came a8 a Surprise to every one. It had been reported around that ho was | working in Pennsylvania, following the ralds here some time ago. In- stead, however, he and Bauer had Dbeen carrying out thelr investigations in disguise. FIRST STEP TAKEN TOWARD PAYMENT OF D. C. SURPLUS (Continued from First Page.) 1 | nues, as an amendment to the defi- clency appropriation bill, Senator Phipps has taken, it Is believed, the only possible course which may make the surplus revenues available for District use by action of the present Congress. A separate measure wnuld; have little, if any, chance for action at the present session, on account of the legislative situation now exist- ing. ‘The report of the joint committee, containing its recommendations in regard to the surplus revenues, was | signed by five of the members of the ! committee, only one refusing to sign Representative Evans of Nobraska. Mr. Evans {8 preparing a minority re- port. The three senators and two representatives who approved the re- port and signed it are Senators Phipps, Ball and Harris and Repre- sentatives Hardy and Wright. —and then the 5:30 EDIT STAR is issued to about things in w the money market, the s| what is on the court doc \ Noon-Day Lenten Services B. F. Keith’s Theater 12:30 to 1 O’Clock TOMORROW Special Short Addresses opening the Lenten Serv- ice, with Special Music CONDUCTED BY George R. Wales Everyone Invited—No Collection ASK COMPLAINTS ARANST VEHCLES Commercial Motor Owners Welcome Reports Made by Citizens. Reports from the public of traffio violations on the part of operators of commerclal motor vehicles are weloomed by at least one-fourth of the owners of this class of automo- biles and these owners have notified the Washington safety coundil in writing to this effect, it was an- nounced last night. The firms and corporations joining in this request have signed a state- ment to the public, drawn up &t a recent meeting of the council. The owners ask that any one observing a traffic violation on the part of the driver of any of their vehicles shall immediately report in writing to the corporation. Number of Vehicles. There are 3,000 registered commer- clal vehicles in Washington, the firms entering this agreement and public statement operating one-fourth of these vehicles. The statement foliows: “The following firms, members of the Washington Safety Council, own- ani operators of commercial veht- cles, desiring in every way possible | to reduce accidents on the streets of Washington, invite the public to re- port to them directly in writing every violation of traffic regulations com- mitted by one of their employes. This report if possible should contain the District of Columbia license, number of the vehicle, the date, exaot time, location of vehicle at time of offense, nature of offense and name of party | making the report. Deal With Each Report. “The employing company will deal directly with each report and will [ not cause any inconvenience to the | party making it.” ‘The firms joining in this statement were: Evening Star, Washington Railway and Electric Company, Potomac Elec- tric Power Company. R. P. Andrews Taper Company, Merchants’ Transfer and Storage Company, the Chesa- peake and Potomac Telephone Com- pany, Chestnut Farms Dairy, Yellow Taxi Cab Company, Wise Brothers, Chevy Chase Dairy; Chapin Sacks Corporation, Woodward and Lothrop, Barber and Ross, Jullus_Garfinkle and Co., the Washington Post, Dou- bleday-Hill Electric Company, Wash- ington Gas Light Company, E. P. May Hardware Company, Dulin and Martin Company, Inc., the Capital Tractign Company and American Railway BEx- press Company. GONVENTION HALL USE IN DENAND Officers and directors of the Wash- ington Auditorfum Corporation, which is erecting in this city a mammouth convention hall, were entertained at luncheon at the Racquet Club by Robert N. Harper, president of the corporation, yesterday afternoon. Mr. Harper told of plans which have been made as to the various uses of the convention hall. Incident to the survey that Presi- dent Harper gave the officers, it de- veloped that among the many other uses to which the auditorium will be put there was one organization now aying $25,000 per year for adequate assembly purposes that would pay at least a similar amount in the new auditorium, where it would have twice the capacity which its present quar- ters now afford. T would take up only eight or nine of the 365 days in the year in which the auditorium will function as @ money maker. This one rental will suffice to pay the interest on the first mortgage bonds, which every investor in the auditorium proj- ect receives, one-half of the sub- scription being for stock and the other half for bonds which are a first lien upon the property. Full Year Assured. While no attempt was made to “count noses" as to the uses of the auditorfum, it i{s estimated upon the best of authority that practically a full year of use is assured for the building. President Harper and other officers of the Washington Auditorium Cor- | poration have had many tenders made for the use of the building by not only national but local organt: am more than gratified Col. Harper, “with the success of our efforts to date. We are erecting & building of even greater cubical con- tent than we dreamed of in our initial plans. With the issue of the permit this week, there is absolutely nothing now that can stay the progress of this great undertaking.” Ross P. Andrews, chairman of the finance committee, made a report of the activities of his committee. The Climax Comes at the Close of the Day ION OF THE EVENING ive you the very latest reports— Eich you are interested—such as orts, etc, You'll alsa find ets for the following day. For sale by newsboys and newsdealers throughout the city. Washington City Post Office, | MURDER VIGTIM'S HUSBAND ON STAND Herbert Richardson, Jr., Tells at Pollard Trial of Shat- tered Romance. LOVE NEVER FALTERED Tried to Win Her Back, He Says. Choir Singer Also Testifies. By the Amsociated Press, RICHMOND, Va., February 17.—A husband's story of a briet but happy married life, then an estrangement divorce and ultimately the tragic end Ing of life's romance on the very eve of reconciliation was unfolded it huetings court here today by Herber: Richardson, who testified at the trial of Thomas Pollard, prominent young business man, for the murd of Mrs. Thelma Ham Richardson. His voice shaking with emotion. Richardson told of his first meeting, pretty Thelma lam in Atlanta, briet courtship, and their hasty riage on the ‘eve of for France with the A. E In response to a que Prosecutor Richard Fve said was in the St. Mihie ves and exh Richardson { tor brave gonne offe War medal Knew of Attentions. While ho was overseas, Richard son said. his wife lived with his par ents hers, but shortly after his re turn they moved to an_apartment He said he learned that Pollard hac been paying attentions to his wife He was asked why he did not sue his wife for divorce on the ground of Infidelity. “Because 1 loved her,” he answered. Several months later, Richardso: sald, his wife eued him’ for divorce and he then filed a cross-bill, in whict he charged her with infidélity. Ma said he saw Pollard and Mrs. Rich ardson together frequently after b separation from her. Richardson said his called him on November 22, last, an. asked if she could ec him. He sai she came to his office and told hi that she was giving up her positior as stenographer in Pollarl’s office & also her relationship with her e er. bits yrmer wit, Gave Her Money. “She told me" Richardson s: brokenly, “that I had been right a along in saying that Poliard woul get tired of her. She sald she wa sorry “Did_she have any money then |asked Mr. Byrd. | “No sir," the witness respont 1“I gave her some. 1 advised her t &> home and told her that I would {pay her way and would send her {money from time to time until she got fixed.” Richardson then Mrs. Richardson I |preceding the killing. He said Mosn West accompanied her to his place 1d the three had supper at a hotel The following night, he said, he saw {her for the last t was kill lon Monday night. December 11 In response to a question from A Byrd, Richardson said he paid thr funeral expenses and bore the ex pense of sending the body to Mrs [Richardson’s home in Atlanta. Identifies Ome Pistol. Richardson denied ownership of Ipistol with which Mrs. Richardsor {sald to have been killed. After ex jamining the weapon closely he said it did not belong to him and identifiec lanother pistol which the commor wealth's attorney handed him as his own. The told of meetin Saturday nig! on au | | little courtroom was packed with men and women when Mrs. Bertha Louise Beck, alleged ‘“‘other woman” in the case was called to witness stand. Mrs. Beck Is a choir singer in a South Richmond churc She admitted receiving attention from Follard during a period of severa months preceding the tragedy. She said she s now suing her husban for divorce. Mrs. Beck enswered In the afim tive when Prosecutor Byrd asked h it Pollard gave her presents. Sk said he gave her, among other things an acqua-marine ring, a watch and a mesh bag. She denisd that she was engaged to Pollard. Attentions From Employe. “I way merely friendly with Pollard and did not intend to marr: him,” she said. She waid Pollard o one occaslon had sald to her joking ly: “Loulse, some time, when we get our affairs straight, we'll get mar- ried.” This statement, she said, wi made in the presence of another woman, Mrs. Laura Riddy Mrs. Beck testified that Pollar telephoned her a few minutes befors the shooting on' the night of Decem ber 11, and told her that he could not call that night, as Mrs. Richard son had threatened to kill him if he again went to her home. She admit- ted having received attentions from Alvin G. Quarles, jr., an employe or Pollard since the killing of Mrs Richardson. AGAINHOLD DOGTOR IN BEACH MURDER SAN DIEGO, Calif., February 1 Apparently in good spirits, Dr. Louts L. Jacobs of the hospital staff at Camp Kearney tonight was in the county jail, accused in a grand jury indictment of the murder of Fritzi Mann, beautiful young dancer, whose body, clad in only a few light gar ments, was found on the beach at Torrey Pines, near this city on Jan uary 15. The case has occupled police anc county authorities continuously since that date. Dr. Jacobs now is under arrest in connectlon with the girl's death for the second time. He was taken by the police early in thelr investiga- tion and later released, Chlef of Pollce Patrick asserting that there was no evidence that he had caused Miss Mann's demise. When he was arrested by the county authorities today he appeared somewhat nervous, but on_reaching the jail quickly re- covered his composure and readily consented to pose for newspaper photographers. Attorney ConSdent. . His attorney, James E. Wadham, axpressed confidence that the physi- cian would come through his ap- proaching trial all right. He added that he expected the trial might start within a month. “Dr. Jacobs,” said Attorney Wad- ham, “would rather go before a jury and obtain complete vindication thau go through life with the least sus- plolon attached to him. There is as much chance of convicting him as there: would be of convicting me in this_case. “The arrest came as a great sur- prise to Dr. Jacobs. It will be re- called that shortly after the body of Miss Mann was found, ke volun- tarily called on the police and gave what information he could.” Wadham said he would be prepared to try the case within a few dayw.