Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1923, Page 3

, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1923. PRESIDENT FACES FATEFUL DECISIONS Urgent Domestic and Na- tional Problems Await Solu- L tion on Home-Coming. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Predident Harding will return to the White House next week to find an accumulation of urgent business, do- mestic and forelgn, calling for a variety of fateful decisions. The question bound to give him the great- est concern affects his personal politi- cal fortunes Whether to take up the challenge offered by republican irrec- oncilables on the issue of the world court, or to disavow the project in the face of threatened party rupture. is the principal problem Harding. The drive to make him recant on the world court is on in full fury. The President will have to make up his mind whether to cross the Rubicon or not. It probably is not going too far to say that Mr. Harding's political future Is wrapped up with the decision he comes to. The &ir is thick with irresponsible prog- nostications. Men say by his gu President will stand his recommendation of the World Court to the Ser te February 24. Others aver his passion for party unity will prevail and that he is prepared to let the court scheme be_talked out of existence. Late advices from Augusta, on the the by eve of Mr. Harding's homebound Journey, strongly suggest the Presi- dent has not yet dennitely decided upon a “swing around the circle” or even upon the Alaska trip. He is sald to see some soundness in the eriticism that, having been launched into the re-nomination arena by Mr. Daugherty, 4 tour originally planned for vacational purposes and non- partisan discussion of public ques- tions would now assume the char- acter of an electioneering trip. That s perhaps the second most important decision President Harding will have to reach. British Controversies., Coincident with the deep thought the President will give to matters of personal policy, he requires to plunge | forthwith into the delicate issues raised by our controversy with Great Britain over gun ranges on dread- naughts. It will be virtually for Mr. Harding to determine whether th United States now shall go ahead with the Navy Departments projected “modernization” of battleship bat- teries, in order that we may enjoy “fleet parit. Great Britain, or to drop the scheme on the ground it is violative of the naval limitation treaty. The British strongly contend L NOTICES. R designer sive millinery shop at 515 11th st NOTICE. This in to announce the resignation of Mrs. F. V. Davis rer of R. Ferguson, Inc. ment of ) 3. A Cook as treasurer and Mr. T. T. Walker 88 secretary of said firm Changes effective as of April 1, 19: ON. President of D Torre, to Louis Abdaila_Samen THE ANNUAL M THE STOCK- holders “of the C quitable Ruflding Ameociation will be held Monday, April 9, at B80S M st. n.w.. for the election of offi and directors and such other business as $ightly come before this meeting. Polls wiil be open from 7:30 pm. to 8 pm. At this time the 50th series of stock in t tion will be opened. R. E. MAYF FHEE PLA ter. builder, general repairs, store fixtures, Bth st. nw. Franklin 617 WANTED—TO BRING A VAN 1A NTE| N N _1OAD fursiture from Philadelpita, Wilmington ant Baltimore to Washingtom. SMITH'S TRANS. EER_AND STORAGE COMPANY. INC. WANTED—A _VANLOAD FROM NEW YORK (' FROM PHILAD) TO PITTSBURGH. . WEEKLY SERVICE FOR '§ AND FROM TORK. al ons, HARRIS, 400 FUR 1 NITURE 1 and 1 L L AND THE BIG 4 TRANSFER COMPANY, IN 2 or 13 TS T NEW Al PHILADELPHIA 1125 13th §T. N. 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K038, Roof Leaks Let us examine and repalr ler.l‘oof. &re experienced and guarantee cvery Job. moNaAD Roofing, 1416 F st. n.w. ‘Company.-Phone Main 14, We facing Mr. | i i | Pre Gun Shoots 120 Rounds a Minute; Range Six Miles OGDEN, Utah, April 7.—John M. Browning, noted Ogden fire- arms inventor, has completed a new weapon capable of shooting 120 rounds a minute, with a range of six miles, and large enough to penetrate airplane armor, it was announced here today. Mr. Browning went to work on the gun, it was stated, at the request of the chief of ordnance of the United States Army. that it would be. They assert their guns and gun emplacements have not been tampered with since the ships in question entered commission. They represent, moreover—and this is something that has hitherto not crept into public discussion of the | e—that categorical statements effect were given to the an_naval attache in London many months ago. Great Britain clalms the assurance wae handed our attache in writing at his request and that the informa- tion was supplied long before Con- gress was asked to appropriate $6.- 500,000 in order to meet changes made in British dreadnaughts. Presi- dent Harling is extremely unlikel to do anything that would remotely jeopardize the safety of the naval treaty. 1f Secretary Hughes during the past few weeks has come to the conclusion that we cannot go ahead with the Navy Department's plans without rapping” the tre jection of the plans at Harding’s hands may be con: almost a foregone conclusion. Shipping Tangles. There are two other pending diplo- matic incidents with Great Britain in which presidential intervention sooner or later may be necessary. One is the Newcastle consulate Imbroglio, which continues to hang fire, and the other is the British contention that we have no right to impose restric- tions on ships that have passed out of American ownership into British Jurisdiction. It may be that the Presi- dent will have to “arbitrate” between the attitude of the Department of Justice and the Shipping Board. on the one hand, and the State Depart- ment, on the other. Certain diplo- matic precedents are understood to incline the State Department toward the British point of view, while the Jusice Department, Shipping Board and prohibition folks believe our rights in the premises as against would-be liquor smugglers are un- questionable. It is a pretty tangle. the realm of domestic affairs ent Harding is confronted by ost he thought he had banished months ago, when he found a “dirt farmer” for the Federal Reserve Board. That appointee, Milo D. Camp- bell, having died, the White House is up against the same old patronage smarl it had such difficulty In unrav- eling. The President will not be allowed by the La Folletteites to have any un-! nec, ary rest on the sugar question. The Investigation Mr. Harding order- ed the Tariff Commission to into the economics of the sugar-price question is in progress, as is the De- partment of Justice’s inquiry into market manipulation and artificial control of supply. Altogether the squire of the Whi Hous strength he has accumulated everglades and Florida. e in the on the golf links of (Copyrigkt, 1923.) _— WILL DISCUSS LEAGUE. Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale to Speak at Foundry Church. Prof, Irving her of Yale Univer- sity will speak on “League or War" at the first of a serles of public mass meetings under the auspices of the District of Columbia Chapter of the League of Nations Non-Partisan As-| sociation at Foundry Method:st Church, on 16th street near I’ street, tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Prof. Flsher is a well known po- litical economist and head of the department of political economy of Yale University The following are in charge of the committee on arrangements for to- morrow: Thomas Allan Sims, Bishop James Cannon, jr. Mrs. Kate Tren- holm Abrams, Samuel Gompers, Mrs. Huston Thompson, Maj. Oliver P. New- man, Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin, Jaci son H. Ralston, Mrs. Stephen Bonsal, Charles W. Wi Frank H. Snell, William V. Ma Mrs. 1tose Yates Forrester, Rev. Herbert F. Ran- dolph, Mrs. Blair Banister and Mrs. Ellis Meredith, CLEARED OF ASSAULT. Elmer Dwyer, a plasterer, residing at 2016 M street, Georgetown, charged with assaulting his wife. Julla Dwyer, who lives with her mother at 3631, recently, was tried by a jury in the United States branch of Police Court before ~Judge Hardison yesterday. The jury after short deliberation re- turned a verdict acquitting Dwyer of the charge. Abe Martin Says: An E-flat town is a plac where a woman hain’t afraid t’ be seen on th’ street before breakfast. Copyright, National Newspaper Service. Professional men service. 1417 Street will have need of the giant's ! ' make | a physiclan who reported the alleged | | | month period were shown in food costs {2 per cent higher than on March 15, Convenient—ComfoImplete You'll find the rooms in our new Office Building—. 1417 K Street—exceptionally attractive—in location, in lan, finish and service. We have put our best experience into the plans and construction of this Building—and it is as nearly perfect as can be desi, i physicians, dentists, architects, lawyers—and such business as brokers and selling repre- sentatives, will find the rooms especially adapted to their requirements—singly or en suite. airy—of excellent size—with superior elevator and janitor For reservations and information apply to our Rental Dept—Ground Floor. Boss & Phelps “Home of Homes” JETTLES DoOwN TO ENJQY MAGAZINE THAT HAS JUST COME AFTER TWE MINUTES HAS REMOVED ONE SGUARE INCH OF WRAPPER, DISCCVERS THAT RE RAS BEEN DEMOLISHING NOT Ony WRAPPLR DBUT MAGALINE WONDERS WHICH END TO START TAKING OFF WRAPPER AT DECIDES TO TRY THE OTHER END DOESN'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS NOW SO LONG AS _BE GETS IT OFF WONDERS WHY THEY WRAP THEM SO TICHT. TINALLY WORKS| TINGER UNDER ONE END LNSUES TWIVE MINUTES OF PECKING, PULLING, CLAWING TUGGING AND SWEARWNG SUCCESS AT LAST ' DECIDES CSOLITAIRE WiLL BE MORE SCOTHING THAN READING PORTRAIT OF A MAN TAKING GLOYAS WILCtANS = ARREST LARCONBE ONWONANS PLE Charge of lilegal Possession of Liquor Placed Against Man in Rhodes Case. Responding to a call received from | detention of Mrs. Mae Wood, divorced | wife of a local attorney, in an apart- ment in the Royden, 619 R street, De- tectives Scrivener and Kelly yester- day afternoon arrested John Southey | Larcombe, jr., occupant of an apart- ment in the building. and held him for alleged illegal possession of more than two quarts of alcohol. They also arrested Willlam Philip Strother, nineteen years old, 1744 Riggs street, and detalned him for investigation. In the apartment the detectives found Mrs. Wood and a fifteen-yea old girl, the latter a daughter of al State Department employe. The lat-; ter hac reached the apartment with | Strother only a few minutes before | the arival of the detectives. | Inspector Grant, chief of detectives. | questioned the quartet at police head- | quarters. Mrs. Wood declared she | had been held in the apartment against her will, having indulged in a_glass of near beer, which, she sald she thought, had been “spiked” with alcohol. Forbidden to Drink. | Mrs. Wood said she visited the apartment Thursday night, a woman friend being there with her. Shel said she refused to indulge in a drink of anything intoxicating lLe- cause she had been under treatment in a local hospital and had besn told by her physician to refruin from the use of intoxicants. Yesterday she wanted to leave the apartment, she sald, but was not per mitted to do so. She took advantage of an opportunity to use the tele- phone, she explained, and told her| physician of her alleged detention against her will. The physician com- municated with Inspector Grant and remained near the apartment house until the arrival of the detectives. In conversation with Inspector Grant. Mrs. Wood sald she consumed the near-beer about 10:30 o'clock Thursday night. She fell asleep be- fore midnight, she said, and knew nothing more until she was awakened vesterday. The fifteen-year-old girl told Inspector Grant she did not drink anything while In Larcombe’s apart- ment, and added that she did not in- dulge in intoxicants of any kind The girl sald she met Strother on the street yesterday afternoom, hav- ing known him In this city when he came here four years ago from Ro- anoke, Va., where his father resides, and accepted an Invitation to_accom- pany him to the apartment. She had removed her coat and was seated in the living room when the detectives entered. Larcombe severa] weeks ago was charged with assault on Miss Eliza- beth Rhodes, 1466 Rhode Island ave- nue, who jumped from a window of his apartment and came near being killed. Larcombe last night was re- leased on bond In the sum of $1.000 for his appearance in Police Court. Larcombe, charged with possession of whisky, in violation of the national prohibition law, was arraigned in the | United States branch of Police Court today before Judge Robert Hardison. He pleaded not guilty and demanded a trial by jury. The case was set for | April 19, FOOD COST DECREASES. Drop of 1 Per Cent Noted Here in' Month. ! Cost of food at retail in Washington decreased 1 per cent from February 16 to March 15, according to the Labor Department. Decreases during the in fifteen cities and an Increase was shown In ten citles. - For the year ended March 15 food costs in Washington were shown to be 1921. gned. Unusually light and Pho Main 4340 “One fiy knocked off the screen in April means hundreds less to swat in June.” With this for an opening slogan, Health Officer William C. Fowler to- day launched his annual war on the house fly. The guardian of the city's health calls upon every man, woman and child to co-operate in making the death rate among flies higher In Washington this summer than ever| before. The first suggestion of the health department is to get out the screens and put them in place before the windows are thrown open. The next step is to take your swatter in hand and get after the first winged pests that soon will be some dark corner of the house. Muitiply Rapidly. While these early arrivals are few in number they multiply at such a rate that if you miss them today you will have three or four generations of “relatives” to combat within a few weeks. According to health department r nturing forth from THE WRAPPER OFF A MAGAZINE (C) Wheeler Syn. Inc. “‘Swat the Fly’ Campaign Openedl For Season by Health Officer ords, flies in this climate will pro- duce a new generation every ten da. which makes twelve genera- tions possible in the course of the summer. Allowing 2,580 flies to an ounce, the total product of a_single in forty days would equal §10 pounds! These facts, Dr. Fowler believes, will convince all who read them of the advantage gained by swatting now instead of two months henc Potential Disease Carrier: Although the house fly is not the nuisance he used to be before the ad- with their fiy-breeding manure pi were scattered throughout the city, the pests continue to appear by the millions every summer. That the house fiy is one of the most potential disease carriers existing during the was son has long been an established fact, the health department states. Therefore, it behooves every family to enlist in the army of swatters “for the duration of the war,” which | means until father starts up the fur- nace again next fal SPECIAL TRAFFIC RULES ORDERED FOR POTOMAC PARK TOMORROW Anticipating a record-breaking crowd in Potomac Park tomorrow to view the Japanese cherry trees that are now blooming, Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, today deemed | it advisable to draw up the following traffic rules for the occasion: All motor vehicles proceeding south on 17th street to Paul Jones monu- ment will bear right and may then continue south along both sides of the Polo Field, the inside route to be directly parallel with the Japanese cherry trees and will afford a splen- dld_view Vebicles on arriving at the Inlet | bridge will continue south and may proceed to lower Potomac Park or | turn left continuing around the tidal | basin |- Cars coming out of lower Potomac | Park, must turn to the right on 14th | street and continue north thereon or along the roadway paralleling the tidal basin to the Paul Jones m ment, where they may continu, {to the city or bear left and circle the | basin again if desired. A special detail of United States ipark police nder the supervision of Lieut. P. J. Carroll, will be on duty to direct traffic and assist pedestrains. Although the cherry trees have | reached « stage of great beauty dur- ing the few days they have been in blossom, the climax of their blooming will not be fully reached before Sun- 1y, April 15. The double flowering herry trees will probably not begin to show any blossoms until the third week in this month TREASURY OFFICIALS WOULD BANISH THE TWO-DOLLAR BILL The evil omen of the superstitious and the chief temptation of the bill “raiser”—the two-dollar bill—appears about to pass into oblivion. Its discontinuance as a paper cur- rency denomination will be proposed by a special committee of Treasury officials, along with a revision of the deslzns of all paper money, in recom- mendations soon to be turned over to Secretary Mellon. The purpose of the proposed revision was said to be to standardize the design of all paper money of the same denominations, so that the only difference appearing on the face of the United States and federal reserve notes, gold certificates and other legal designation of its source. It is the protective purpose of the revision and not the “ill-omen” repu- tation of the two-dollar bill that dic- tates the proposal that it be done away with. The Treasury secret service has observed that the bill is decidedly one of the most popular among the bill “raisers,” several hun- dred of whom annually are-sent to prison. Its discontinuance also, it was sald, would effect an economy in paper money printing. An average of several hundred per- s0ns g0 to prison annually for having | “raised” the denomination of United States currency. If the new designs, none of which have been disclosed vet, are accepted, Treasury officials tender will be the| \ believe the process of Increasing the j denomination will be much more dif- | ficult Tt is said to be the thought of the committee that Congress enact laws prohibiting further changes in cur- | rency designs, once they have been | satisfactorily established, for perhaps twenty-five years. |STAR MAKES CORRECTION. Holmead Omitted. Attention of The Star has been called | to the fact that the name of one of the | descendants of Anthony Holmead was | omitted in a history of “the Holmead family recently published in The Star in connection with the expected razing of the old Holmead mansion, at 22nd and S streets. The name omitted was that of Sarah Holmead Speake, one of the four children mentioned in the will of Anthony Holmead, which was pro- bated in 1803. : The will of Susanna Holmead, wife of Anthony Holmead, also mentions the name of Sarah Speake as the wife of Josias M. Speake, a naval officer, and her_son, Rufus H. Speake, father of A. Howard Speake of New York. Rufus H. Speake was a prominent Washington physician. He died here in 1867. Fair-haired girls make the best waitresses, according to one expert, as | they are quicker in movement. WANTED HOUSES FOR SALE List Your Property With Us For Quick Results N. L. SANSBURY CO., Inc. “Everything in Real Estate” 1418 Eye St. N.W. Phone Main 5904 Members Washington Real Estate Board vent of the automobile, when stables, | —By GLUYAS WILLIAMS. BMDENSBURG BUS Company, which controls the Bladens- company to grant such a transfer for ‘the company expressed a willingness { i { Name of Descendant of Anthony {1239 Wisconsin Ave. only. connection with the improvement of Teahouse, In East Potomac Park, both | MEETS APPROVAL Trolley Company May Be Giv- en' Permission to Abandon Electric Line Next Week. The application of the Washington Interurban Rallway Company for per- mission to take up Its tracks on Bladensburg road and establish motor bus service probably will be granted | by the Public Utilitles Commission | next week, it was indicated today. | FOR RENT Office or Display Space Third and Fourth Floors 1223 Connecticut Avenue New Building; Electric Elevator. Very Low Rental. Apply to Randall H. Hagner and Company 1207 Conn. Ave. Telephone Fr. 4366 i It is believed likely, in granting the request, the Commissioners will} provide for a free transfer between the busses and the Columbia line of | the Washington Railway and Electric ! burg line. Just how long the free transfer| privilege will be fixed for is not known definitely, but indications are that the Commission will ask the | several years. Owes District $15,000. | In its application for the change to glve the free transfers for an ex- perimental peeriod of three months At the heariing on the application Maj. Danfel J. Donovan auditor of the District, called the attention of the Public Utilitles Commission that the interurban company owed the District government approximately 315,000 for track paving and remov- ing poles. and that if the tracks were taken up it would remove the prop- erty on which the District based its certificate of indebtedness. Feared Bankruptey. Tt is believed likely that the com- pany will make some arrangements to wipe out this indebtedness with the District government if it Is allowed to take up the tracks. William F. Ham, president of the Washington Interurban, made the ap- plication to change to motor bus serv- ice because he said the company could | not possibly meet the $150.000 ex-! penditure which it would have to make for paving its track space in Bladensburg road. He told the com- | mission, at the hearing, that such an outlay at this time would practically bankrupt the interurban company. OPEN TWO TEA HOUSES. Girl Scouts of District to Serve | Meals in Parks. i _The Plerce Mill Teahouse, in Rock | Creck Park, and the Hains Point] operated by the Girl Scouts of the ! District, formally opened for the sea- | son today. The Plerce Mill house will| serve breakfast, luncheon, tea and| dinner on Sundays and holldays and lunches and tea on week days. The Hains Point house will be open from 10 am. until evening. serving daily light lunches and refreshments. In making this announcement day, Col. C. O. Sherrill, officer In| charge 'of public buildings and | grounds, stated that arrangements | have been.made for a luncheon to be | given for the national convention of | Girls Scouts on Wednesday, April 25, | at the Plerce Mill Teahouse, at which Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin. Mrs. Myron Whitney and Mrs. Richard Harlow will act as hostesses Character dolls are becoming so popular among society women in New York that they are ousting lap- dogs from favor. to- INSURE. Against Fire and Boiler Explosions With J. Leo Kolb i Main 5037, FLAT TIRE? | I — i | 923 New York Ave. N.W. MAIN 500 Children’s Pictures $20.00 Dozen ! NDERWOOD Main 4400 ‘ | ELECTRICAL REPAIRS RICHARD GASCH & SONS 914 Oth Street 4 Main 123 Established Over Half Century Devoe Paint and Varnish Demonstration April 5, 6, 7 $5.000 in Prizes “Don’t Miss This Opportunity’ | BECKER PAINT & GLASS CO. | Phone W-67 | For Séle—Stores Opportunity is knocking at the door of the Retailer. Washington has not offered in years a location that so surely warrants a good retail trade in a short time. It will cost nothing to investigate. We Invite Inspection Corner 3d and Upshur Sts. N.W. D. J. Dunigan Main 1267 FOR RENT Tompki:s Building Fourteenth and Monroe Sts. N.W. The most desirable first floor showroom space in the heart of Washington’s newest business distric Six hundred seventy-one square feet to one thousand sixty-five square feet, with large show windows and base- ments. Apply to Randall H. Hagner and Company 1207 Connecticut Avenue Northwest Phone Franklin 4366 NORTHWEST BARGAINS 5719 to 5727 13th St. NW (Just North of where 14th Street car stops) $1,000 Cash, Balance Monthly 8 ROOMS AND ATTIC The only new city houses offered on the market for this price and on such easy terms Room for Garage All Houses Open for Inspection All Houses Sold on Monthly Payments All houses have outlets for sink and gas range on second floor so you can easily rent second floor for enough to make monthly payments. T SHANNON - & LUCH Owners & Builders Saving Money For Home Buyers We have just tried to build one individual home—a duplicate of our character homes—for a friend. We found the cost 40% higher than we are able to sell for by building in quantity, as we do in the Shannon & Lucks Intown Suburb 14th Street Terrace Another reason for our having sold over 200 homes in this suburb Why Pay More? TO INSPECT —take any 14th street car (best service in Washington) to Ingraham or Kennedy street, or drive out 16th street and through Colorado avenue.