Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1923, Page 12

[ 42 * THE EVENI STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7. 1923. SEEK T0 CONTINUE " LD WAGE SEALE Eapital Traction Men Hold | Conference With Officials : of Company. ADJOURN TO NEXT WEEK Announcement of Findings Ex- pected to Follow Immediately After New Session. + A continuation of the present wa, wcale motormen «f the Capital Tr expected to result from a conference Wwhich ¥icials of and conducto ‘tion Company is wa between of- and a’ commit- ten of th eting ad- Journcd at 1 ¢ until next week Announcement of the tract to aft nee. The contract 1ock new wage con- is expected follow shoftly - the co, only change b of the existir ussed the Public Utilities lowtr wage to di was the at a taken into the | ade it clea o reduction P had no i <tion the pay of present employes of compa Men Ask Renewal. i this morn retury of the union, 1 had asked for a r nt contract, and it is tite company the The = into z Johin I th i ciat provide b Washing tric Compan the same cement with the that different SOLVE SECRET ANCENT MAYA Archeologists Believe Civili- | zation May Antedate That of Egypt. lost may mo. & 1 o ilization did culture @ consic that per however the a en the Plan Lxplor: vest moven; toward Nt to inaugurate Ving rough ex- ficld i the th president 't Wa chairman of the of » Carncgie Institution Hope for Expediti Merriam on his field to the execut r repor Ma an inst tions he intends obse n the board of | ve committee of the tution. Just ecommend: will m could not ertained ver. It is known many scientists and LeRin competent staff into and perhaps one or two nt ruin 1 conduet thor- vation his Lecome examing archael tion scIf may send chen 1 her ane hexe So insis fo o | demand of the m went the that ation ition o’ enlighten the would it assume the work of ex ating the It can_be ted. however, that Dr. it was not atiem 1 that direction does decide 10 sei the Yucutun, it wiil be the conditions discovered since Di ) first decided to conduet vestization. Greeks of New the pres rge staff of cpendently Merriam’s If the institution n expediti sult Mer- his in- World. ent there archeologists working in Chichen Itza. Thex have barely more than s surface, vet their discove fncluded beautiful temples tistic and _architecty have caosed | who is held ir At built around 2, is cvidence that a cient ity is buried be- Half dozen exquisite nd palaces have already ! from the tropical but buried them, | ag a h_expedition do the work thor- st mor neath it temples been brush that 1 but the arcl do little prepared resear the field to 1y, —_— Ash | Mount Rainicr, Md.. followin a brief illness. He is survived by his wife AT ments for the fun- #ial bave been made. stroet the THIRD D. C. GIRL N WEEK OVERCOME BY HYPNOTIC Miss Louise Hunt Is Taken to Emergency Hospital for Treatment. Miss Louise Hunt, twenty-six years old, roomer at $23 5th street, was found unconscious in her room last night. She was taken to Emergenc Hospital and treated for a dose of preparation containing a hypnotic. It was said at the hospital today that her condition w much im- proved and that her recovery is ex- pected Miss RRaymonde Raymondie, twenty- seven rs old was found unco Monday night fr the drug il at ondition pereted this nd her overy is expected. Atkin Lwenty-e nother patient said to have on by a dose of the us hyp- i is taken to the hospital street three d she was transfes Hospital ( fight linger INJUNCTION SOUGHT ONBULDING LN Columbia Heights Citizens Complain of 14th Street | bers i build huilai 1 Elec- | inow co while definitely | rted is a first step | 1 into of | al Places. s Citizens' Asso ain of the its mem prevent erection of after a p: e h ion tra meating at 1ith 200 for the rain der to building line A in deeds te ephen’s rthwest inted purpose 1 ity thirty- propert mmis- nd uni- e Herbert L. main- associy 1o preven until the bui St indemni to b selves neiples contained acted wh in b nto nm believed next Co the ion_intro [i8 mtry was given the Kenilworth Citizens' Association alling for co-operation with the au- horities in the elimination of ers and_dope peddler: rvey V. Ima presided sional solution by president of KIDNAP PSIGAN {Oklahoma City Practitioner Tells of Being Gagged, Beaten and Robbed. ITY By (e Associnte OKLAHOMA n Goldbers March 7 0 late Dr. B last night abducted by four unmasked men heve, walked into police and told authori- ned consciousness pool of mud about from the city after and robbed. His home ties that he re Iying hirteen miles having been beaten ace was disfigured to throat by a slash ian expressed the king in hi belief R na ed eme| “They stripped me of everything d and beat me terribly on the b: - told the police. He was unable to in what caused the welt on his Bound and Gagged. oldberg said he had been boun «d. just being seized as is automobile in the nis His Kidnay away in their own mae When he regained his sen this morni he said. he w in a mud hole the road thi miles in the country, his diamond ris and &60 in cash were g well as other mal_ effects. : and rope which bound him been 1 oy ed “1 don’t know doctor said. Tells Vaguely Goldberg said he signale cral | passing | motorists. but opped for him. He s le his way to a farmhouse. He spoke vaguely of riding in an auto- mobile which the farmer owned, but when police asked him where the farmer had let him out in the city he said he walked the entire thirteen e had what happened.” the Auto. D sev- none physician was unable de- scribe any of his assailants beyond the fact t 1 not think they were “Ku Kiu He said he had several “Ku Klux” patients and that ho was sure the organization had no gricvance agalnst him, he to oom | rious | ) nted | boot- from | id he finally ! RATE RAISED §4. AT PLAZA HOTELS U. S. to Charge $50 Per Month for Room and Two Meals, March 16. INCREASE TO MEET RENT; Assistant Secretary Announces New Schedule—Hopes Guests Will See Fairness. guests in the on the Capitol Rate woman government hotels {plaza will be increased $4.50 per per- | Son per month, effective March 16, 1923, Acting Secretary of Labor E. J.| Henning announced today. The in- crease in the rates will provide a sufficient to meet of the property portions of the by the Baltimore for sum rental cortain owned railroad Mr. Henning authorized lowing statement today: “Pursuant to the agreement reached Acting Secretary of L:lhf\r:. the representative of} and - Ohio Iroud rument hotels were | inerea in the | per person occupled by hotels and and Ohio the fol- { i it Must Mect « purpo. rition pasment of will beg authori Hsion of Cor g torm o passe erease is t o mect the i that the rec be suft expen round rental shonld ing ment wa and t the owner in the its a i in i tand clared today that the District of lumbia Rent Commission would not be asked to interfere in case the rail- road pany pressed its eviction Mr dded t rease prope at Lie felt con-, in rates would spirit by the the hotels, poroximately 1850 not met ton estimated, 00 could be the next Con-| Valued at $1,020,000. i made it plain ment will use tain the that i today every hote the evic- on in | three | the rail- | and - to have | au- { re: ) d by 0,000 dings wer but were nd 1y at proce: tuted never I night's e. republi - ‘buildin Representa- @f the public commitiee of [ SPAT IN COUNTRY i | Col. Thomas H. Russell De- the ground i gave no intin to take he several ! gTo ) EDITOR’S DAUGHTEfi ENDS HER LIFE BY HANGING Miss Anna Mitchell Had Becently Been Confined Sanitarium. in Miss Anna Louise Mitchell, twen- ty-seven rs old, daughter of George D. Mitchell, managing editor of the Pathtinder, was found dead In the attic of the family home, at 1812 Irving street northeast, Brookland. about 10:30 o’clock this morning, hav- ing ended her life by hanging. Miss Mitc 11 had been about the hou: with her mothe Mrs. Wil- helmina Mitehell, shortly before she ended her life. She was attired in @ bathrobe and told her mother she oing to the attic to get some had been stored in that the house, » of the delay in her return, © attic in ) of the o used it in ending her AMrs. Mitehell cut body down and sent for Dr. Rush W. Conklin, who pronounced life extinct. Detectives Messer and Mansfield, who_invest d the case, said Mrs. Mitchell s her daughter had been in the hepherd-T t Sanitarium near Baltimore for six months, and me home Sunda cured. ' She ion” that she intended \d yesterday wrote Ling employment. life, lett WOULD PRESERVE TDENTITY OF RACE Vital to Future Progress. Col- ored Congress Believes—In- of the n the pre ve American ervation gro N decid the pre o depends up of his ing in The congress v to U po: ned i pr in answer highest be atu gress h fourteen race <cussion msiderati the pro of que ilities America consid affecting Am scheduled the various sessi one of the question e ot color’ 2 barrier in unde lems di Ac 1 n vote rely, fow hip a re: wh negro races be committee tween the eliminated” disputed p their recomme Invited to Colorado. noon will ot four of uding prob- wation against vard Univer- for The nroce: outlined p; ess this side telegram was t of Colorado 15 that executive's hope thak r emigrating from th south w Colorado’s invita- tien to setti bounds. Representative Fess to Speak. Among thos spoke at last ses Dr arles K. Wilson. Mrs. silas larris, the J. A, those ruoon are or of the Zion Church, ipal of th strial Ins latter will wlitions among ssippi. He wa the sent con { that state D Vess o an addres: bled in Chureh, L 13th streets. ex t who were er preside kford presided eduled to_speak this L D. W. Jone I L c the negroes delegated to vention by e of Miss (tiend Ohio is scheduled 10 mak t bef Metrogol bet the street clares Propaganda Threat- ! ens Nation’s Life. | {propa stat that active anti-military | a 15 being waged through- | ont country hich is threatening ress a nution ell.-h ademy, the che the well, Col. Thomas Staunton Mi Staunton, V memb, olle ar chools ttates. which body he was | hefore today its tenth | at the Washington | an active publicity | tary United king at annual meeting Hotel, to b campaign to ¢ Two Elements Antagonistic. ol. Russell stated that there wer { two elasses agonistic ¢ { the militar being_the | uninformed these clas declared the mis) “hool and the s are 1 that the military are not producers of good academic | {work. but only excel in military | training: t 4 i true.” Col. Russell stated, { excel »th branches. [ be-} that i is trained to ex- the curriculum he to excel in the! the men wh Fown {1ieve el in onc Follow motio i Col n; . al the secre! Vol head of the 1 t Gainesv | - committ 1 tter of publicity 1 appoint | i al comm » to handle it. The inotion was unanimously carried | al Relations” Discussed. An address on “Financial Relations | | With Patrons” was made by Col. T.| { D. Landen, head of the Bordentown | | Military Institute 4t Bordentow N. J., which w | Cussion led by G ver | i H take up | exceu 1 NooY afternoon | 2 o'clock with | ous Element in | Dr. Walter opened > Religi by Re Porte Charleston, of the Clason Military Acad- New York city also spoke me subj ‘FALSE ALARM” PENALTY. ( Ralph f1wo vea Mitchell of the iy at rged with turning fire from a box on ¥ 21, was fined $50 or in default to serve thirty days in jail by Judge | Robert Ha on. in the Police Court fodav. Ten days ago the court sent Richards to the Washington Asylum Hospital for mental observation \Huu being guestion the pan's sanity he distriet of Coly ll 1 scientists report that acts, - is was sane and responsible for his such propagandit. } 5 STONAGH BAD Distinctive hotel exclusively for women. Experienced personnel, beautiful ap- pointments. Excellent cui- sine and service attract the general public. The atmos- phere of a charming club, combined with the privileges andconveniencesofthemost modern hotel. Rooms $1.50 to §6.00 a day. No tipping. Send for booklet. National Board Y. W. C. A. GRACE DODGE' HOTEL Union Station Plaza ‘WASHINGTON, D.C. O 7R\ I MEALS SOUR OR AN/2 A LAY UNDIGESTED Instantly! End Flatulence, Gas, Heartburn, Indigestion Chew a few! Stomach fine! So pleasant, go inexpensive, 80 q\:li_t? H e in” reaches | to settle an upset stomach. moment “Pape’s Diapeps the stomach all pain and distress from indigestion or a sour, gassy stomach vanishes, Millions know its magic. All drug- gists recommend {his harmless stom- ach corrective, crring the A | SCHOOL BETTERMENT WORK DELAYED AGAIN 170 Civic Bodies Will Send Dele- gates to Conference March 21. INTRUDER SEEKS HIS BED Colored Man Held for Observation After Queer Action in Capitol. When John Christie, colored, twenty-four years old, resident of Perryman, Md.; read of Presldent Harding’s prospective departure on a vacation in Florida he concelved the idea of coming here and occupying his bed in the White House. When he reachcd here yesterday morning he managed to gain access to the rotunda of the Capitol before daylight and _make preparations to aleep in the President's room, as he supposed. He had reached statuary hall, partly disrobed and hung his shirt and coat on statues before a chmr- woman found him. Now he is in Gallinger Hospital for observation as to his mental condition. MELLON’S DIVORCED WIFE WEDS HARRY ARTHUR LEE .Ceremony Performed by Same Minister Who Married Vander- bilt and Miss Morgan. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 7.—Mrs. Nora Mellon, divorced wife of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, was married to- day to Harry Arthur Lee, a New York art dealer. The pair left immediately for New England. The ceremony was performed at the Community Church by the Rev John Haynes Holmes, who yesterday offi- clated at the marriage of Reginald C. Vanderbilt and Gloria Morgan. The pair were unattended. When Mr. and Mrs, Lee obtained their marriage license on February 28 the bridegroom gave his a thirty and the bride her's ss forty-four. EXECUTION POSTPONED. G. S. Epps, Convicted of Double Slaying, Gets Stay. Chief Justice MecCoy toda: | poned the hanging of George S. ! colored. thirty-oné vears old, to May 24, Tpps was scheduled to die March 15, but the Department of Justice has under consideration an application for executive clemency. The ac- cused was convicted 1 July o Postponement of the formal organi- zation of the citizens’ permanent cen- tral committee on school betterment until March 21 was announced today by Walter Irey, acting secretary of Ithe steering committee of the pro- {posed committee. The organization meeting, originally scheduled for March 14, was deferred, in order to |Bive each’ civic organization sufficlent time in which to select with care one delegate and one alternate to repre- sent it on the central committee. Approximately 170 clvic organiza- tions will be represented on the cen- tral committee, which will be charged 1with the work of assisting the board of education in securing liberal ap- | propriations for the schools, i Tne organizations which will be represented on the committee - in- clude _parent-teacher associations, vitizen# assoclations, mothers’ clubs, home and school associations and high wchool alumni associations, as well a8 the Wushington Board of ber of Commerce, Mer- chants :and Manufacturers’ Associa- tlon, the Federation of Citizens' As- Sooiationa the District Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Assocla- tion and the local branches of the League of Women Voters, and of the | Federation of Women's Clubs. “A circular letter will shortly be sent out calling for the meeting of March 21 which will be held in_the assembly hall of the Franklin school building at 13th and K sircets north- west, at 8 p.m.” said Mr. Irey. “If| the circular is received by ormer officer of a civic organization, it is Roped that he will turn it over | promply to the new officer who has Any organi: ing before th: holding its meet- | ipt of the circular hould clect its delegate and alter- and furnish their names ddresses to Mrs. Laura C. Williams, chairman of the education commit- tee of the District of Columbia League of Women Vogers, who is act- {ing chairman of the stecring com- mittee. Her address is apartment 503, the Ontario “The delegate n nd alternate should be selected from persons who plan to remain in Wash mduring e reater portion of this summer.” The organization of th atral £chool Pbetter pmittee was authorized | murder in the first degree in conn Mtatives of the various | tion with the killing of his wife, nt meeting in the | katie, and another woman who was nuary 11 with s at the ne hi | | WEEKS GIVES DAVIS MEDAL FOR HEROISM | Presentation Was Made Monday But Secret Has Just | Leaked Out. ' Col. Dwight F. Davis of Missouri, now acting as Secretary of War, was presented by Secretary Weeks with | a distinguished service cross for ex- traordinary, heroism in action in| France in September, 1918, on the oc- caslon of his induction into office as assistant secretary last Monday, but the fact did not become known until { today. | Col. Davis was first recommended for this honor while serving in France in 1918 with the 35th Division. The case was reviewed by the deco- | rations board in recent months and | recommendation for the award m to the Secretary of War. March 3, when the recomm da mu‘ reached his desk, did th Te ; 4 learn that Col. Dav: was being con- idered for the decoration. He at once approved the recommendation and planned to present the medal as a surprise for Col. Davis when he took | the oath of office as a stant secre- | tary of war on the morning of| | ade | Not_until March 3. The citation reads as follows: “Dwight F. Davis, then major, later | | leutenant colonel,” infantry, Unitcd States Army. For extraordinary hero- igm in action betwee Beulny and Chaudron Farm, France, September 0, 1918, After expe to_severe shelling and machine gun fire for three days, during which time he dis- played rare c and devotion to dut Maj. D: djutant 69th Infantry Brigade, vol y @ in the face of intense gun and artillery fire proceeded to various points in his brigade dector, | assisted in reorganizing positions, and in replacing units of the brigade. This self-imposed duty necessitated ntinued exposure to concentrated rnemy fire. September 30, 1915, learn- ng that a strong counter attack had | been suc fullly launched by the enemy against Baulny ridge was progressing succesefulls | Voluntarily organized . such cial duty men as could be found with them rushed f ward to force the line und attack, expo 1 such coolness and conduct _in of he and rein ing pired | bled astly }the troops them he | stantly | The exeeutiv and | 7 super PRESIDENT ON VACATION, 886 CASES ARE TREATED AT CANCER CLINIC HERE 186 Fouud Either With Growth or With Precancerous Condition, Dr. Kerr Declares. Many lives were saved by cancer clinies during the recent cancer con- trol campaign, Dr. Henry H. Kerr, chairman of the Washington com- | mittee of the American Soclety for the Control of Cancer, declared yes- terday. Dr. Kerr had just returned from the annual meeting of the so- ciety w York Rush. field director, report 56 patients appeared for e minations at eight clinics, Dr. Kerr said. Of this number 186 were found to have clther cancer in tbe eaply Stages or pr ncerous conditsdns. both of which could be easily treated so A ent death from cancer. clinics,” the soclety. told, “represent one form of the de- velopment of the society's work which gives promise of becoming con- greater. The idea of per- t ciinics is taking hold of the onal as well as the lay mind compmittes has gone on record favoring such clinics in connection with hospitals and other ons which have the proper el and equipment.” SONG BIRDS DESCRIBED. Dr. mane profes. Oberholser Gives Illustrated Talk at Museum. A lrcture on song birds inhabiting sectlon was given to the accom- paniment of lantern slides and bird alls hefore members of the Audubon Socicty at the Natlonal Museum au- ditorium vesterday b Dr. H. C. 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