Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1923, Page 18

'ENING STAR, WASHIN MIDCITY ASSOCIATION, 10 YEARS OLD ACTIVE SINCE BIRTH IN FIGHT FOR ALL CONSERVATIVE MOVES FOR DISTRICT Special Efforts Made to Improve Schools and Streets. ROLL OF MEMBERS GROW'S RAPIDLY One Man, A. G. Diia('oll,' Chosen President Every Year. B Mid-City €ftizens’ Association has the reputation of being one of the most conservative but active organizations of its kind in the D! The officers. -and “downtown” ceitizens edly rlc\d of 1i¥ tecord. During S has been con. uraged anys struetive thing radical. Rash action on 1m;mrm:z matters of the moment has Most generally been discouraged at the monthly meetings and the policy of first carefully consids ering all questions from all angles-be- fore takin al action has been fol. lowed stric Lemder From First. Driseoil, who was one of a small groun of men who brought about the organizatlon in 1913, was elected as its first president and has been-re- elected each Mr. Driscoll is credited with beins responsible for its growth: "He s been untiring in efforts to obta condi- tions, ot only fn theé city represented ociation, but the entire Di; , From that night when a s men in ti city met in Institute eupied the Mi has gro in_member bership ¢ names, anong sioners Rudolph Besides Preside: others elected as officers at the firs maeting _of the assoclation weére Or. W. T. Gl vice president: T. J Bresnah. secretary; H. J. Cere d Charles'S. Shreve and J. Hannan. as delegates ederation of Citizens’ Asso- A J year roved ten years ago, the late to the clation. Now Meet in School, Shortly after organizing the meet- ings of the assoclation were held | h month at 1008 7th strest, -which | place continued to be the home of this active bady until permission to| uise the Thomson . 13th and streets, was ohtal The o nembers of Mid. | City were active in the interest of the government and tie city during | the long war period; aiding matertal- | ¥ in the v bonds, war | savings stamps. the canduct of the selective draft. It was the only association “te install a com- munity canning and preserving equip- ment during those days. Since its beglnrilng this body has fought earnestly for improved street pavements and better lighting facill- tles, and although these united ef. forts have met with some little suce cess the present program of the:as. sociation. calls for a continuance of tha fight. In his connecction. one aceamplish- | ment of which .the assoclation is proud, was the paving of 7th street as far north as Florida avenue xev- eral years ago and also the Installa- tion of be light in certain streets. Active for Schools. and members of mid-city have ever been active in enlisting their strength in: the citizens’ fight for increased pay for school teachers, a greater number of playgrounds and TRAVEL ACROSS EUROPE IN 30 HOURS POSSIBLE | and Officers Flanes and Railroads Combine to Hasten Trip From Londen to Constantinople. LONDON, May collaboration of the airplane com. panies with the Continental Railways | it is now possible to travel from London across Kurope in less than thirty hours. ‘Passengers leaving London in the late afterpoon can catch the 7:45 p.m.. Orfent Express at Paris, arriving at Strasbourg at 3:30 in the morning and taking an airplane for Bucharest or Constanti nople. ' The last lap of the journey between Belgrade and Bucharest is covered at night in a machine with a triple motor, - and Bucharest is reached about 10 p.m - LAKE CREW SAVED. 27 Brought Safely to Shore Aker Wreck. MARIE, Mich., \hn 21 —The twenty-seven. membe: the Srow of 1he steamer Baward U. Dem: mer, which sank in Lakp Huron forty miles off Thender bay Sunday after Daving been struck by the steamer Saturn of the Interlake Steamship Company, arrived here early today. The crew bately had time fo_take,| £ the boat before the Demmér went| - SAULT STE —_— The first artifielal incubation of fixk was_brought about by early Chinese fish breeders, . who /filled empty hen shellg with fish spawn and | put_them under a hen to hatch. ' | C Amber and Colored NEAR UNION STA- TION: Site for gasoline station; facing' two wide avenues, with 40 feet of\ parking. Price $35000. Brick improvement. Allan E. Walker & Co., Inc. 813 15th St. N\W. Main 2430 Clear, Swéet, Healthy ,With Cuticura Soap’ and Cllticun Talcum | vears ago, |« | Territory in Haza Province Em. | known as the Fastern General Syndi- A.J.DRISCOLL. PRESIDENT BATES M.STOVALL, SECRETARY. prevent tax les! rve as a detrime rge. Committec: oclation have and at the Capiiol to terest of the fiscal relat 1id-City always been to the Borland amendment effecting the paving of public thoroughfares, It m-m!v\v ip has expressed itself ws fee that this law imposes un- due hardships upon the proverty owner, especially in the matter of in- | creased taxes. Those persons intent | upon advocat trage for the Dis- trict have ne uni oy on- ouragement wh appealing to H ipport: of this body e 1a- tiow has heweve gone, on re 'uni as favoring the proposed co nil amendment giving repre: n Congress to the Distri the rights of a state The Comm ione: forts,to improve alle: had ‘fthe support of the assoclation, In fact, practically every important policy advocated by the Commission- ers, during the Jife of the Mid-City | associatjon. has had the latters sup- | « port here have been instances, | though, when certain policfes of the Commissioners did not meet with the approval of the association, but while the latter withheld its endorsement, | it did not, in every instance, publicly offer opposition | Work for Streets. Next to the committee on law and | legislation, headed by Gilbert L. Hall as chairman, the committee on streets and alleys is deemed second In i portance by the Mid-City Associa- tion. Henry M. Camp is ehairman of | this group and he has done much for both members of the associatien and ' BRITISH GET PERSIAN GULF OIL CONCESSION ital at & the been on ght in the itat and in their ef. | conditions have braces 40,000 Square Miles for | Exploitation. ! LONDON. May 21.—A British zroup, | cate, has obtained from the Sultan of Hejed a concession of 40.000 square miles of territory in the Haza prov- ince, according to a Bagdad dispatch to the Times. The concession covers 500 miles of coast on the Persian gulf which is believed 1o be a rith oil field, & counterpart of the Abbadan reglon on the{PersIau side at the head of the ul YouCanSavelLife! Bundle Day Give Your Spare Clothes and Worn Shoes for Those Who Have None (Tie the Shoes in Pairs) Send Yoyr Bundle on Wednesday Before 2 O’Clock TO NEAREST F IREHOUSE (Or to any Church designatod nx a “Receiving Station” by a large sign on the outside of the edifice.) opposed | s | eva] sdlaries fc additional playground space. and for | ‘community. {lation, UCHANAN. . RESIDENT. B 4 s vy I PHOToS MAX.T. PIMES TREASURER . ion improvements the association is re- repaving of 9th nue and 11 forms for pedestriny and the a men dur number downtown section cle lic nent of traffio po- rush hours at a ed points in the and lighting. st for more lib- school teachers: in- ased school lities, that. there ay be a seat for every pupil: free text books for the high and normal 8chools; certain improvements for several ‘of the fire engine houses and | tation i eertain changes in the present zoning ations Hus Own Paper. cigtion more than a year arted the publication of the City Pilot. a monthly magazine, its officlal organ and {n which the -~ association are de ate and interest. ing manner and in which news of the printed. rs of the assocla Driscoll, presiden! vice president: | 0 EE Oy : | tes to the Federation of tizens’ | ssociations are Gilbert L. Hall 4||d' W¢ H. Richards he various com mit hairmen are: Law and le‘t*— Gilbert L. Hall; streets and : . Henry M. Camp; education, . Burlingame; public health. H. Darnall; membership, Ar- Burgess, and entertainment, homas F. Sergon " b (L - ABBOTT, PRESIDENT ! OF THE OUTLOOK, RESIGNS Will Become Contributing Editor. | Position Created on Magazine : “for Theodore Roosevelt. | NEW YORK, May 21.—Lawrence F. Abbott, for thirty-two years, president of the- Outlook Company, resigned to become contributing or of the Outlook, a position created for Theodore Roose\cll, it was learned yesterday. Ernest Hamlin Abbott, son of Dr. Lyman Abbott, was named editor-in- chief. Spiritualistic. Prom the At. Louh Sur -Lallie—T thought ‘Caesar wap dead? udrey—He is, isn't he? Mrs. Butler said she Wednesday 2.000D. . WORKERS ASKPAY INGREASE Per Diem Workers Petition Commissioners — Could Earn More Outside. The 2,000 per diem laborers and mechanics of the District government have petitioned the Commissioners for a wage increase, it became known today. The request was made by Frank J. Bresnahan, president of the City Em- ployes’ Association, at the direction of his men, who are contending that they cannot meet living expcnaea an the present wage scale It is understood -that no definite percentage of increase was mentioned in the application, the assumption:be- ing that if the Commissioners decide to open up the wage questiion they ‘would direct the wage board t6 make an investigation. Present Scale Year Qld. * Another point advanced by-the: men in>support of their petition®id that mechanics engaged in private work in Washington arc receiving mneh high- er pay than the municipal workers. The present wage scale has baen in Aftect since April 1, 1922, at which time an average reduction of 3% per cent was ordered. Under that scale blacksmiths, bricklayers, “carpenters, clec: plumbers . With painters and tjnners The_pay of skilled laborers ranges from $3.68 to $1.16, and ub- skilled laborers from Pald From Lump Sum. One representative of the empl organization £aid todiy that gy of | men could get higher leaving the District servi into private emplov. Tt mitted that the District works more davs in the year than most private employes, but took the sition that the difference in wages too great after considering that factor. What action the Comm take on t known tol nce practic of the per diem workers arc enginecr department. the initiative in the matter rests with Acting Eng neer Commissioner Besso The per diem worker: statutory clerks. are paid from lump- sum_appropriations. and theiy rate of pay are fixed by the Commis- slonere umon recommendation of board comnosed of represe department heads and employes. STUDENTS TO EXHIBIT. Catholic Body Will Attend Con- vention. The largest delegatioh in the his- tory of the Catholic Students’-Missio: Crusade in this city will: repre- sent the District at the Notre Dame convention August 9-12. The Washington units an individual booth .of hi~its. activity of each unit In the District! within the past two yeats. The Cath- | and going ad- unlike the will-conduct GTON apy of | pay by | atives of | misslon ex- | Th> exhibits will visualize the | 2 18 SHOE STRIKE WIDENS. Nearly 2,000 Workers Yote to.Jo! Walkout at Brockton. BROCKTON, Mass.,, May 21.—Near- 1y 2,000 shoe workers voted yesters day to join the strike precipitated last week by the dressers and pgck jers local.© This bought the-number of strikers to ,300, according to available figures. ‘Those voting were the cutters and the skivers. It was said tonight that the Brnck— ton factories would be compeiled ‘to close down this week. The stitcher: a body with large membership, de- clded to take a strike vote Tuesday night. Officers sald these workers| would join in the walkout. —_— SKIDDING CARS COLLIDE. Fallen Tree Pravel_no“ 8lide Over Fifty-Foot Embankment. i kidding automobiles’ late vesterday afternoon caused a traffic jam on Penn- gylvania avenue near Alabama avenue | southeast. Several automobiles were damaged, but none of their occupants was serfously hurt. Mrs. Mary Allison, wife of Zebedee Allison, 627 H street southwest, at the eel of their car, had a narrow es- caps from going over a fifty-foot em- ‘bankment, a fallen tree preventing what might have been a fatal accident. Archie “Allison, a brother, residing at 226 $th street southwest, had his family in his machine, a rear wheel of which Was broken. . Owners of other machines that were Cornelius E. Caldwell, and Albert Pettinger, 1354 Oak street | e Kapok Bedding for U. §. Nnvy» From thé World Wide Magazize. % As Americans are proverbially. in- sistent upon the sanitary. condition of all articles with which they come in dafly contact, Java kapok should have an especlal appeal to them a mattress filler. The natural con- ditién of flufliness, resiliency and buoyancy kapok allows the air to circula through “the mat- | s thus .prevents moistur any effect on it This of kzvmk bed- | ding Kapok has useful and desirable hrlxvle for stuffing life helts and. other ap- pliunces - designed to carry heavy weights In water. Java Kapok hav ing great buoyancy, can carry twenty to thirty times its own welght in| water, while British and India kapok can darry ten to fifteen tim it | weight. ~ Java kapok doe: ancy even after having been and then drigd.| submersion kapo loses only 10 per cent of its buoyanc A Coming Magnate. | York Sun | rifles at the wma- | screamed the pret- | decorous, surprised | little scream. Then she steppéd back- | d into the arms of a young man. she €aid, blushing, “I was the rifles. 1 beg your MONDAY, - MAY - 21 |Changes in Stations of - Army and Navy Officers ; ot BT « OF:Titerest to Capital T Army. Maj. Henry T. Burgin, Coast Ar- tillery Corps, at, the,_ Anfiy War Col- legé, has been grdefed ro San Fra cfsco” tor duty.. .- Officors del!flGd i!i military lnl!ruc- torb at educational institutions and with “civilian troops are Capt. Vin Diaz, infantry. with the Oxnkun National Guard: Capt. George Wiltshire, cavalry, with the Ken- vucky Natfonal Guard; Col. George 8. Goodale, 29th Infantry, with the organized reserves of First Lieut. Leo T. Mc. fleld artillery, with the Kan- sas National Guard. and Maj. Millard F. Harmon, jr. air service, at the of Washington, Seattle. Frank 3 Asdrews, alr serv- Ar Dn lment. has been ordercd to l\elly Field, Tex The resignation of Besond Lieyt { Luther L. Hill, cavalry, has been ac- cepted by the President First Lieut. Clyde Grady, infantry. at Camp Meade, Md., has been ordered to_Alaska. I Maj, Walter Goodwin, jr. cavalry, and Maj. John A. Crane, fleld artil- lery, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, have been ordered to this city for @uty at the War Department. roe, - Va. been: detailed to duty e Philippinea. Maj. A. C. Cron, G. F. Waugh and 5 Mlll-‘l" infantry, at Fort Leaveh- nsas, have to Cumv Meade, N Navy. Adiniral EW. Eberle, commanding the battle fieet..has been assigned to the bureau of naval operations. Navy Department; Vice Admiral J. 1 Donald. to the .14th naval. distric Rear Admiral A. S. Halstead, board of inspection and survey, Navy Department: Rear Admiral B. F. Hutchison of the battle fleet, to com. [mand of the Washington navy vard Commander G. H. Bowdey, command- ing the Orian, to naval operations, ommander Wilson operations to the Colorade; ‘Cammanders J. H. Collins | and Stephen Doherty, - Lieut. mander H. B. Cecll, Lieut. H. Lieut. John B. Barret War_College, Academy to the Wyoming; Commander 'W. H. Lassing, from the Near Eastern High School Beautiful mew MNome,’ seven rooms, hardwo floors, hot-water heat, co- lonia} - porch, lgrge. front and 'back yards. bright, airy ceéllar_ This is the best buy in Southeast. Price, $6.950. Easy terms. w. C &A N. Miller 110 17th St. N.W. said the young- man atch the arti GUARANTEE | 10 YEARS iom Staters of Brookland Colfage, D. | becz senjor unit during the | ARBUCKLE T0 PLAY. | Film -Comedinni to Appehr in Chi-| cago Musical Review. LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 21— Roscoe’ C. Arbuckle, motian picture comedian, has left Los Angeles for {Chicago to begin an engagement in a musical review at a cafe in that city under a contract sald to guaran- tee him $2,500 a week. 1 e his first appearance in comedy ince. be ntered Motion plctures elght Sgars-ago. 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Boss and Phelps The Home of Homes 1417 K Street Phone Main 4340 fi' offered at such a price. label. $11. ‘All of them brand-new Suits—of this season’s make—in this season’s styles—conservatives, young men’s and sports—in sizes up to 48—regu- lars, stouts, short regulars, longs, lonz stouts. Pennsylvania Avenue Seventh Streét We shall continue the Palm Beach Sale With all our extra breparations we simply. couldn’t keep up with the crowds today. So you are to have another day’s opportunity. Of course the demand was big—with such’ Genuine Palm Beach—every Sult with the been ' ordered | to the i~ ment - to- the-Cincinnats Liewt, €om- mander E. G. Small, from the Naval Academy t6°the Detroit T. E. Chandler, from the Navy Department te:the Virginia; Lieuts. 'S, P. Fulli wider, J. L. Kenworthy and 8 Kiland, from Columbis University New York, to the General Electric Company’'s works; Lieut, H: A. S y, to command the Kingfisher; W."H. Bell, Medical Corps, to Naval Academy, and Lieut. 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