Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1923, Page 2

2 * “HALF FAREONC : mate Larger Traffic as Revenue Offset. Haif fare for school children on the street railway lines of the District is ssked by the Federation of Citizens Assoclations in & petition filed with the Public Utilitfes Commlssion today. In the petftion William MeK. Clay- ton. representing the federation, puts forth the argument that if such a rate resulted jn twice as many children riding to and from school the earnings of the campanies would not be re- duced. “Over £0,000 children are now in at- tendance on the regular sessions of the public schools, and & considerable number of these are compelled, by living - long = distances from the schools they attend, to ride daily to and from the schools” the petition states Iucreaxe Is Predicted. “Jt has been estimated that 50 per cent of those attending the high schcols are so compelled to ride. The estabiishment of junior high schools; taking the seventh and eighth grade pupils f the meighborhoods in which they reside, will still more in= cresee the present necessity of riding. “The unusual heme development of certain sections of the Distifet and the failure to. proviic local schoal buildings to mccommodate the®bnoi- mal lockl demands have resulted {n pupils of the grade schools being neferred to buildings rewaote from eir new homes wnd not witpin rea- nable walking distance Tn the autumn rains and In the nter snows thousands of primary pupils might be saved ex- were the carfare within a limit. Those children > habitually walk to school should to the street ca on days, but an $-cent carfarc them slopping through the sfeets to sit for several hours, wet c§d miserable in class, when a ride a few blocks might Have saved verils of ill-health and the fe a doctor. Other ties Cut Fare. Clayton_ tells the commission cores of American cities have h4d for many vears reduced rates for pblic school pupils golng to and fipm schaol.’ The petition points out that in urning from school in the after- jons the children would use the cars a time when cars are not crowded. “The companies need more passen s, he continu Give the school cHildren a chance to become such, The best way to advertisc for pas- sengers is L0 lower fares.” n conclusfon, Mr. Clayton said that 1#§ the operation of a half-fare for sehool ehildren should result in the cdmpan ates of return dropping a point where they could no longer “ddequately serve the public” the cdmmission should then so adjust the fare to the general public that the rete of return could be justified under the law as fair and reasonable nlike tof patrons and company ¢ Sought Reduction Before. veral years ago, under & former municipal administration, the ques- tin of & special rate for school chil- dnen was broached, but the Comm sipners then (ook 'the position that ey could not, under the law, estab- ligh one fare for schooliehildren and aldifferent one . for adffits. r. Clayton says the federation in tHe past kas had the support of the bdard of educatfon in its effort to ob- t@gn a reduced car fare for school bdys and girl STREET CARS OVER HEY BRIDGE SOON Work Begun on Loop Today Is Exvecid to Be Finished by December 1. T o @ The Capital Traction Company ex- pects to begin operating through cars from the downtown section of Wash- ington to Rosslyn, Va. by way of the new Key bridge December 1,J. H. Hanna, vice president and general menager, announced today. Gangs today began work on the 100p Of track at the Virginia end of the Bridge to connect with the double tracle lald across the bridge ladt spring. The putting in of the loop was delayed until now to permit the filled land to settle. Mr. Hanna reminded the public that when wervice across the bridge 1 Inaugurated the company will collect an addittonal % cent trom each pass| senger riding to the Virginia side, This will be done by selling tiokets at the rate of two for 1 cent. .Thinks Tax Plan Untair. ““This company,” explained M “did ot seck the extension Zv'fr‘“fl?.' bridge with the idea that it would be a large revenue producer, but with the idea that it was necessary to give serv- ice. The extension will cost about :léfl.o:flhan‘d lt‘x‘;‘vll‘l be many years be- ore traffic 18 sufficlent to make upo{! that In\;‘e.l]lrment alone. B “The one-hali-cent tax imposed by law upon all street car - rled over the bridge, doce not apply . pedestrians, automobilists, or others Who use the bridge to get'to and from ‘\"?;:\l;fl: ‘1: oue m:h:len it is decldedly o the street ca = ’““r °{‘,"',;'; ruser, but it is “It wou! unfair wi agubt "for ‘this company. to pay Sk of its funds the Jg-cent tax on every passenger carried over . this bridg ;::’.J:lwfilm be yntair to make the riding public of the DI pay this tax, gl . Revenwe Is Limited. “This company has no source of revenue other than its passeagers und (f the bridge ride tax is not paid by the riders overlthe bridge ‘t must, of e:nrle’, B|a pl: t;ly all {llderq. the Ereat majority of whom will no tne beiage” | ° i ust w the Washington and O] Dominion Rallway Cnmx:{'ny will a.? L sontihue service to the District sice the old Aqueduct bridge is not knowh, but it has been the intention of that company to stop its car: the Virginia side as soon as the Capi- tal Traction Company begins run- ning tars across the new bridge. $60,000 LIQUOR SEIZURE. Police Capture $50,000 Yacht With Wet Cargo Aboard. . NEW YORK. October 3.—Three po- lice boats trapped and captured with- out & shot & $80,000 gasoline yacht with $60,000 worth of whisky on voard,in the East river url‘ uup Police, maneuvering forced the craft in after engine trouble had “to 68t dow! forel t down % Four Wi arrested. > PUPLS ASKED does not apply to | —_—— "FAVORITES ADVANCE IN WOMAN’S TOURNEY Miss Collett and Miss Stirling Pass Second Round at Golf; For- mer Shoots 37. By the Associated Press. RYE, N. Y., October 3.—Miss Alexa Stirling of Atlanta and New York to- , dey defeafed Miss Miriam Burns of { Kansas City in the woman’s national golf champlonship, 1 up. in the second round national champlon- juip folox: Miss Glenna _ Collett, Providence, defeated Miss Dorothy Higble, Chi- cago, & and 7. Miss Collett had 87 out. | e Borothy Campbell Hurd, Mer- ay detented Mrs Norman K. ew York, 8 Toerge, Miss Edith Cumming: 4 up on Miss Audrey Faust of St. { Louts at the ninth. VINDICATION ONLY AIM OF DRY AGENTS | Counter Charges - Against D. C. Police Not Likely, Says Inquiry Official. Counter charges against members of the metropolitan police depart- ment 1n the war between the District | authorities and prohibition enferce- njent agents are not co empleted by officials of the special intelligence unit of the internal revenue bureau, {r wes ‘stated at the Tressuty De partment tod “Our {nvestigation,” s: H. Woolf, assistant chief in charge of the unit, “is to determineé whether or not the charges of certain policemen against certaln enforcement agents are true. If we find they were groundless 1 think we shall let the matter drop there. Vindication Is all we want. Should, however, the charges be substantiated the usual {action will be taken” ! Out Seeking Evidence. { Two special agents of the unit were out this morning interviewing wit- nesses concerning the complaints made by members of the District po- lice force aguinst Prohibition Agents Ralph Ruby, George Fowler. It was explained that the meeting yesterday, Which was held behind closed doors. Wwas merely a thering of the investigators with heir immediate chiefs to determine ¥ i i ] i follow. Further steps, however, are expect- ed when Elmer L. Irey, chief of the special intelligence unit, returns from New York. While the probe up to this point is something more than perfunctory, it was intimated that the |Thatter would be pushed with more {aggressiveness when Mr. Irey reaches the city and takes personal charge. He is due here tomorrow. Haynes In Intercited. | That Prohibition Commissioner {Haynes fs taking an active part in the investigation was intimated by officials of the unit. It was pointed out that the commiesioner would naturally be affected by any charge Iaid against a member of his depart ment. Neither the commissioner nor Acting Commissioner Jones could be reached this morning. however. The latter was away from his office all morning “attending & conference. ‘While the special unit will not lodge counter charges against members of the police department as a bureau, it was pointed out that the officers’ in charge probably will not try to pre- vent the accused agents seeking retri- ution If they are vindicated. Any ‘accugation, however, must be made under oath by its’ author, accom- panied by reasonable proof of its au- thenticity. Confer Again Tomorrow. Another conference between the in- vestigators and officers of the special unit will be held in the office of Mr. Irey tomorrow morning. At that time 1t is expected that the investigators will submit to their chief testimony they already have taken from wit- nesses. the first of whom were Lieut. O. T. Davis and Sergt. James McQuade, heads of the vice squad of the metro- politan police department, with whom the accused enforcement agents worked on raids. The specific charges allege that per- sonal property disappeared in several instances from the homes of persons who had been raided.. It is also al- leged that suggestions were made that it might be well to let certain parties do away with quantities of confiscated lMquors. ‘The liquor in question. it is assumed, would have been sold by other parties who enjoyed some form of “protection.” LAUREL ENTRIES (Entries for Thursday. Ooteber FIRST RACE—Purse, $1.300; claiming for two-year-olds; six furlongs. Jaekron . . 115 Vehement Barad Qinger..... Dustmsn g *gur Star . “Kisgton Vi Dowry . | | | SEOOND RACE-—Stesplectiase: purse, $4,000: for maiden three-yoar-ol 1w M7 "5 T BACE—Purse, $1,800; for two.year- and one-half furlongs. 107 L0 108 . . . 110 Yankes Princess. 107 W, J. Salmon entry. FOURTH RAOE—Puris, {hree-yoar-olds and up; six Finality L m Joseph Brant. Betty D_.. 108 108 108 108 108 01 Flamion . The Hawk FIFTE RACE—Purse, $1,500; the 8¢, Mary's, e Ll Ty Sty 100 Valley of Dreams. 96 | Wrack Grass Zla Heel Taps ....... 108 Polly Ann . SIXTH RACE—Purse, $1,800, yoarolds aad up; olaiming six furiengs " Ry Glentit Pietrus BEVENTH RAOE--Purse, for, threnyearelds sad 100 e 108 L GRAIN SHIPMENT HEAVY, FORT WILLIAMS, Ontario, October 3.—Nearly two and a half milllon bushels of grain went down the lukes esterday in eleven boats. There are lr:tg. here l::v Mlnim .srnh. took out’ éight mmlT bu“dl-. A ‘ C. 'H. Packard andj the line the investigation should flrll' 10 fof and up; two milew, | T | INWEBB EVIDENCE Mrs. M. P. Johnstone Leaves Notes_on Society Woman’s lliness With Jury. By the Associated Press, WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., October 3.— Mrs. Margaret P. Johnstone, wife of e former New York judge and an intimate friend of the late Mrs. Charles Webb, went before the grand jury’ today to tell what she knew about the soclety woman's mysteri- ous death at the Westchester-Bilt- more Country Club a week ago yes- terday. Mrs. Johnstone. who has been quoted as expressing the bellef that her friend had been polsoned, kept a diary in whith she recorded events | directly preceding Mrs. Webb's death. She left her diary with the jury, An admission that evidence of bi- ohloride of mercury had been found in the viscera of Mrs. Webb by Dr. Alexander O. Goettler, toxicologist, was made today vy Coroner Fitswer- ald, after calling on Dr. Goettler at Bellevue Hospitnl yesterday. . May Go to Govermor. A move was started among former friends of Mra. Webb last night to take the case to Gov. Smith and ask him to designate the attorney general tinue the investigation. This was taken shortly after Coroner Fitagerald and Disirict Rowland had made statements that if more evidences of polsuning were not forthcoming immed'ately the case would be droppel. The fight over Mra, Webb's will wills, which were said to dispose of an estate of between $2.000,000 and $3.000,000, was expected to take more definite form today. Late vesterda: 8. Jennings Gorman, the iead wom an's father, entered a protest to th filing _of the will, mitted by attorneys for the husband. Other relatives will attempt to show that a second document, which Mrs. Webb left unsigned, because of her illness. in reality expressed her wishes. Webb Agrees to Bequents. Mr. Webb iscued a statement that although the sigred will left all his wife’s property to him, he would i(’l‘u‘!‘)‘ out the beguests mentioned in the unsigned one, despite its invalid- ¥, because he believed it expressed her wishes at the time of her death. Former Surrogate Cohalan was r tained by Mr. and Mrs. Willlam T. Hunter of Devon, Pu., and by Mr: Irene Augusta Derbyshire of Cham bersburg. Pa. for probate. A controversy was started between IDr. Willlam J, Meyer, | Mrs. Webb, and Mr. Webb, when the latter charged the doctor with ex- lcluding him from his wife's sickroom {"The doctor>said Mr. Webb had con- tinued to transact business with his wife during her critical illness, but added that this was not the reason for excluding him. > “It was for a very different reason, which I shall not reveal now,” he suid, “but which the authorities may have if they desire it l ZEV THOUGHT SURE CHOICE FOR PAPYRUS (Continued from First Page.) in favor of Zev, but this iv denfed by Maj. Belmont, who declares that the selction will not be made untll rext Saturday, October 6. Under the agrees ment with Ben Irish, owner of Papy- rus, this s the last date on which the choice of America’s representative {may be announced. Zev. while not prepared now, to race My Own at & mile and a haif! will do so_after October 20, regard- less of which Is chosen to oppose Papyrus, Mr. Sinelair declared. The Rancocas owner said he would agre to such a contest on Admiral Gray- | son’s own terms. { “1 sincerely deplore that the ac- !cident to Zev has made it Impossible |for me to run my ho against My Own at 4 mile and a half and meet Admiral Grayson's very sportsman- itke offer, an offer which T longed_to accept In the same spirit.” said Mr. Sinclair's statement, Papyrus Gets in Form. “Unfortunately, the merits of the two horses have become a matter of controversy which I am helpless to satisfy at this time.” Reports from Belmont Park indi- cate Papyrus is specdily recovering from the effects of his ocean voyage. In his workout on the training track and chute he showed greater freedom of action than he displayed in his earller “workouts there. Trainer Jarvis stated Papyrus would be ready for & real trial on Thursday. * Zev, in company with Knobble, was reported to have reeled off a mile and a guarter in 2.06 2-5 today. Maj. Belmont, made public last night his reply to the letter sent him by Brig. Gen. Willlam Mitchell, Unit- ed States air service, in which the latter urged the claim of My Own to meet Papyr The Jockey Club chairman expresses uncertainty as to whether Gen. Mitchell's communle tion should have been treated as that an official In the War Department or that of a private citizen. ? Bxplains Tardy Reply. Maj. Belmont's letter follow “Brig. Gen. Willlam_Mitchell, United States Alr Service, Washington, D. C. “1 beg, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of September 29, which, according to the postmark on the envelope, photographic copy of which I inclose, was mailed In ‘ashington at 10 o'clock Sunday night, Septem- ber 30, addressed me as chairman of the Jockey Club, 40 West 40th street, where it was recelved yesterday marnlng at 11:30 o'clock, and placed in my hands, by special messenger, at ;i,z;‘;:lock. This accounts for the tardy ‘The matter of the selection of a horse to meet Papyrus was placed in the hamds of a committee- of five, consisting of Messts. Willlam Wood« ward, Joseph E. Widener, ] Gerry, W. S. Vosburgh a 1 therefore felt it nece: 16" sub. mit your letter, at the earliést pos- sible moment, to the committee, which 1 have done this afternvon. Letter Signed With Titles. “The committee authorizes me to say to you that as you have signed the letter, ‘Brigadiér General, United Btates Alr Berivee,’ they are uncer- taln a9 to whether you are sheaking officially for ‘the service or as a privata individual, ‘Asfuming the latter, the commit- tee has authorized me to enclose myself. » subject, should you, be speaking officially, the committee, on hearing from you to that effect, will {ve its answer the more careful c sideration an officlaily authorized communtoation demands. “Yours respectfully, ’ “(Signed) August Belmont." MORGANTHAU ACCEPTS. ‘Will Head Greek Refugee Commis- sion. GENEVA, October $.—Henry Mor-. genthau of New York, former ambas- sador to ~Turkey, has cabled the l(nu. i “tl‘to'grnk ’r‘t’t"‘ m’zfil‘:- y 9 me mission, to -n\'i?' he St Tttty o0 FRIEND'S DIARY PUT'# Attorney | or| which was subs | to contest the will fileg| who attended | bert L.} A grateful government today award- ed a .back pension, amounting to 42,243.37, to Alfred Pettis, eighty-year- old rag picker, living at 364 Dixon ¢ourt southwest, for his two-year service with the 24 Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, during the elvil war. Beside this sum, Pettls Wil receive $50 a month as long he lives. W Pettls, former slave, “through the has lved in dire poverty. For a while he managed to make a small livelihood at farm-work in southern Maryland. One day there he remarked to his boss, John Cox, who has since died, that he was an old soldier. Mr. Cox, although known throughout that Sectlon as a ‘“redhot rebel’ told the old colored man that If he could show his discharge from the Army following the civil war, he-could ob- tain a pension from the government. “Pension Claim Filed. Later Pettls with much doubt and misgiving filed his ctaim. That was ten years ago, and since then Pettis had practically forgotten all about it He moved to Washington and with his wife, took up residence at 364 Dixon gourt southwest. In a little dilapldated house Pettis has lived until now. For a while he was able to make a little money as stable boy, but as the I firmities of old age came on he was unable to be of any use in thai capacity. T several years past Pettis’ income has been derived from ragpicking, which, added to the wages his wife received from taking in washing, barely support- ed them. His clothes are in tatters and as for shoes-he might as well not have had any. The approaching winter threat- ened to deal severely with Pettis, and he awaited its coming with much ap prehension. Heart Gladdencd by Awar a clear sky, the great news came. An agent from the Department of the In- Oné-tourth of the dairy cows in the world are producing milk for the people of the United States, who con- sume practically every drop of it, ac- cording to Dr. J. R. Mohler, chief of the bureau of animal indusmry of the | Department of Agriculture, who spoke dongress at Memorial Hall. Dr. Mohler told the more than 800 delegates from forty-three countries that this abundant consumption of i milk and butter shows how the hum- ble dalry cow is esteemed in this Continental rid's approximately 100,- y cattle, he pointed out, 25.000.000 are in the United States. which contains about one-sixteenth of the world's population. So great Is the consumption. he sald. that imports of dairy producs may exceed exports 000,000 To See President. President Coolldge is to recelve the delegates to the convention, Which i opened yesterday, later this afternoon at the White House. The delegates includ» three Russians, who arrived at the opening session after continuous travel, part of the way by alrplane. The morning session. devoted to & consideration of International trade. and an afternoon session at which the development of dairylng in the Uplted States were discussed ended he sessions in this city. At midnight the convention packs up. bag and baggage. and leaves for Philadelphia, where sessions will be held tomor- row. Friday_the convention will move on to Syracuse. N. Y. where sessions will be held through October 10. The national dalry exposition will be in progress in Syracuse at that time. Dr. Mholer was one of several speak- ers at the morning session who dis< cussed the international aspects of the dairy business and the related in- dustries that have grown out of it. Dairy farming in the United States, Dr. Mohler said, is essentially the re- suit of international ~trade. He pointed to the names of our various breeds of cows as a proof of this. Datrying In Fijis, Fiji Islands offer great pos- jes for dairy farming, according 7"A. Ruddick, dalry and col storage commissioner of Canada. Alfalfa may be cut there as many as eleven timeés a year, and an acré easily supports a cow the around, he said. Other speakers at the morning ses- slon were: Dr. H. C. Taylor, chief of the bureau of agricultural economics of the Department of Agriculture; Dr. B. M. Anderson, jr., of New York city; Dr. Charles Porcher of Lyons, France, and Dr. C. Longobardi of the gllamn“onal Institute of Agriculture, om ‘This afternoon's session fea- ured by addresses by Frank O. wden, former Governor of Tilinols, president of the Holstein-Friesian Assoclation of America; Dr. A. C. True of the Department of Agricul- ture, B. H| Rawl, L. D. H. Weld, A. Sapiro and J. D. Miller. Growth in Antipedes. The development of dalrying in New Zealand and other countries of the southern hemisphere was stressed by Dr. Taylor, who declared that dairy production has now become thoroughly established in both the northern and southern hemispheres. More than twenty billion pounds of milk were required during the past year to produce the butter, cheese and preserved milk that entered into The aibili year threescore years following the war, | yesterday | i { | 1 | 1 | | | Then, like a bolt of lightning from | di | transportation of fresh milk over at today's aession of the world's dairy | | | 3 ALFRED PETTUS. him of his good fortune. Today a letter came in which it was an- nounced his claim was accepted and probably tomorrow the check will ar- rive, Pettis will place the money in bank. where no speculators can tempt him to give it up, and in meanwhile he “has no qualms wbout the oncom- Ing seasons. A few old soldlers from the, Sol- ers’ Home hunted him up teday and congratulated him, and left him sit- ting in the doorway of his abode, terior found him yesterday and told monarch of all he surveyed. U S. Has Fourth of All Dairy ' Cows in World, Congress Told the international trade In the past t the world. twenty-five years dairying has been developed in New Zealand, Australia and the Argentine. Improvements in transportation have affected both quality and quantity of shipments, Dr. Taylor said. Re- frigeration has made possibie the great distances. The price received for da'ty prod- ucts in any one country is not deter- mined by conditions of supply and demand ‘in that individual country alone, he said, but by conditions of supply and demand the world over Monthly prices of the best qual- ity of butter in such countries as England, Denmark, the United Statea and Germany for ten years preceding the war showed such close correla- tion, Dr. Taylor stated. as to estab- lish the fact of a world market. Given Welcome Here. Ivan C. Weld is chairman of the HE EVENING 8TAR, WASHINGTON,.D. C.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1923. 0-Year-Old Rag-Picker Gets $3,243,37 Civil War Pension STRESEMANN PLANNING TO DEMAND POWER AS BERLIN SUPER DICTATOR __(Cofitinued from First Page.)’ endure such party strife but twenty- four hours moge. At the énd of that time, he declared he would go before the relchatd®’@s an Individual with his program. Panic immediately selzed the two government - parties, the soclalists fearing the eight-hour day was in danger of being abollshed, while the or industrialists’ party be- prehcnsive because of the t of government control over their own financial and mercantile well as over taxation. s still a faint hope that a arrangement may be made ctween the two parties. But, mean- while, Chancellor Stresemann's own party’ has virtually' revolted inst him and is in virtual alliance with the natlonalists, who this week have asmumed a dictatorial attitude to- ward the government. They have practicaly threatencd the reichstag with @irect action eimilar to that attampted over the past week end, but en a larger scale Chancellor_Stresemann h a cordon of reinforced around Borlin, but he is prisoner within his fortrs s thrown ichswehr imost a All {politicdl decisions must be made with refercnce to the nationalists’ threat of direct action. REICHSTAG DEADLOCKED. WETHOSTTOFIGHT | PINCHOT CRUSADE State and U. S. Co-Operate 4o Close 1,300 Phifadelphia Saloons. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, October 3.—~In ace cordance with orders of Gov. Pinchot and the federal Department of Justice, a force of ‘100 operatives continued today to serve closing notices on the 1,300 saloon keepers in and about Philadela, glving them fo ty-eight hours in which to quit bu" ness, dismantle their fixtures and close their dqors. Apparently but few had heeded the orders this morning, for the majority opened thair places as usual. ? The order handed’ to the proprie- tors is signed by Attorney General Daugherty and George Woodruff, head of Pennsylvania's legal department. It was announced by Gov. Pinchot| that this procedure would be followed until all sixty-seven ‘counties of Penn- | sylvania are dry. Prohibition en- Issues Hotly Fought; Socialists Make Demands. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, October 3.—At 2 o'clock this afternoon the reichstag parties wene still stubbornly deadlocked on the issues raised by the sSoclalists. The latter were In caucus all the forenoon and then adjourned in order fo report -the party's sentiment to the ecabin e soclalists are de- manding urance that Chancellor Stresemann’ proposed legislation will not discriminate against the working classes with regard to the elght-hour day and are also insist- ing that the central government as- sert its undiminished political and military authority in Bavaria. SEE CRISIS AVERTED. Compromise Expected to Save Stresemann Cabinet. By tiin Associated Press. LONDON, October 3.~There is & pos- sibility that a German ministerial crisis will be averted. Inasinuch as the united soclalists have said they are prepared to make a few conccesions. says an Ex- change telegraph dispatch from Berlin today. The nationalist party has requested the appointment of Minoux, managing director of the Stinnes concerns, as minister of finance in plade of Herr Hilferding. The soclalist group in the Saxon diet has decided to invite the tommunists to join the government on the con: don that they reccgnize the constitu- tion, the dispach adds. DRY DIRECTOR MOVES Washington hospitality committee, which is handling the details of the elaborate entertainment program be- ing provided. J. A. Burkhar' and H. ! T. Pancoast are vice chairmen. A. E. Seymour of the Washington Cham- ber of Commerce, Henry N. Brawner, jr. The District Commissioners are serv- ing as honorary vice chairmen. Perhaps the largest international i gathering which has assembled since the historic conference on the limi- tation of armaments at the Memorial Continental Hall, the present session of the world's dairy congress, the first since 1914, has had an interest- ing history. The official program, a book of nearly 200 pages, declares Problems After War, “The post-war period found the dairy industry of the world confront ed with new problems, the intern tional exchange of scientific knowl- edge interfupted. The time seemed ripe for a meeting of leaders in re- search, education and business. “The United States took the init tive. Dailry scientists and industrial leaders formed & temporary organiza- tion in October, 1920, which became permanent a year later. The co-opera- tion of the United States government was assured through the Department of Agriculture and other departments, and the world's dairy congress was authorized by act of Congress of the United States of America, effective March 3, 192]. Invitations to the na tions of the world to send delegate: were issued by the President of the United States of America through its diplomatic representatives. e world's dairy congress is the firet international dairy conference to be held in the United States. It has the co-operation of the Interna- tional Dairy Federation, which has its hendtlulrterl at Brussels, Belgium, and of the many national and local dair the *United Stats The program sets forth that “the purpose of the world's dairy congress is to effect an International exchange of the newer knowledge of the sclences and practices of dairying and of the methods and results of a wise use of dmlutk and its products in the buman et. “Its object is to bring together the forward-looking leaders who are shap- ifig the trend of the dalry industry, to study the economic forces which in- fluence domestic and international commerce in dairy animals, products and equipment, to discuss meéthods of disease prevention and of regulating and controlling the sanitation and standardization of dairy products, to consider the influence of a wise use of milk and its products on national heaith and the vital importance of the part which they play in human physi- cal and mental development.” organizations of |PICTURESQUE SERVICE PLANNED AT CATHEDRAL CLOSE SUNDAY Every possible arrangement to make the mass meeting under the auspices of the Layman’'s Service As- sociatién at the National Cathedral Amphitheater hext Sunday afternoon as' impredsive as the service last Sun- day hus been made by the commit- tee in‘ charge. It was announced’ today that the ‘Army Band - of seventy-flve pieces will again play' the music. + Kk large number of organizations will ufimnn in the parade. THe ~addresses of Dr. Willlam Mather Lewls, presidunt of George ‘Washington University, and Bishop James E. Freeman will be broadcast by radio. The amplifiers will again be in use and this time the loud- speaking mechanism will not only be in operation for, the addresses, but also for the music of the band and the choir. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. will do the ting. brg‘;‘:c.;roe:uloml down the main aisle of the amphitheater, which is diways one of the picturesque fea- tures of the outdoor rvices at the ocathedral, will this time be divide into two general divisions. ’ Order of Procession. i1l come the Cathedral choir, e *tne Boy Bcout organization. in uhiform, then the uniformed bodies of the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Red Cross, With the officers of the national organization, then the uniformed nurses of the hos- itals and the graduate nurses, fol- Powed by tne GEeSdes bats ot Geo: ashington Univei . 1'&- &n‘h to their places at 3:39 to When' chey Have that any e | of the bureau the reduction er patrue, f 1 | E the band will play the first hymn, “Onward, Christian _Soldlers,” durin which Dr. Willlam Mather Lewis an the eight deans of George Washing- ton University, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the clergy of other denominations, the clergy of the Episcopal Church and the Bishop of Washington will proceed Gown the main aisle to the platform. _All Clersy Invited. pecial invitation has been sent to all the clergy of the churches in the city inviting them and their con- gations to guuolpnn in the serv- ces, and at this service the clergy- men of all denominations will sit on the platform and have been asked to wear their academic robes. Ornmullon, not in the procession will meet in front of St. Alban's Church at 3 o'clock and will be shown to reserved seats. % Aside from these few reserved seats and the invalid section, there will be no reservations, and the amphitheater will be open to the general public. It 1s & meeting primarily for men, tl:ut“wdou-n and children are cordially nvited. HITS ENGRAVING BUREAU “SWEAT-SHOP” CHARGE Charges made in the Plate Printer, said to have been written by Frank J. Coleman, a former employe of the bureau of engraving knd printing, re- ferring to the bureau & ‘“sweat shop,” were denied today by Franols C. Huhn, for twenty-three years a plate printer at the bureau. He said further ®hat the assertion group of individuals the power to force discharge of men is A is_secretary, and | I8 treasurer. | TO STOP JOHN P. HILL’S | WINE MAKING (Continued from First Page.) | commissioner said, “I made it clear Ithat, while cider and non-intoxicating | fruit juices, whén made exclusively for use in the home, do not come fully {within the purview of title 2 of the | national prohibition act, as relates to definition, permissive requirements, ete., they do. neverihelnss: come with- in its ecope until intoxicating stréngth is developed, and are obnoxious to the inhibitione ene= intoxicaling liquors shally not be manufactured, #old, transportgd orrpossessed for beverag purposes. s - ?h- of Law. “You request to be advised as to whether thése developments of al- {conol in non-intoxicating frult julces, ]lnd similar* developments generally are lawful, and 1 have no hesitancy in holdln( thag they are in violation of the pravisiogs of the national pro- hibition &et, “which prohibits the manufacture and possession of alco- holic_liquors for beverage purposes, and 1 therefore feel it my duty to bring thé matter to the attention of the United States district attorney for the district of Maryland, for such action as_he may deem proper in the premises.” REFUSES TO TAXE ACTION. ll | U. 8. Attorney Will Let Hill Make Wine in Peace. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, M. October 3.— United States Distrlci Attorney Amos W. Woodeock nounced today that he would take no action against Representative John Philin Hill In relation t5 the making of homemade wine or fruit juice at his home here, saying: “Concerning small things the law does not care.” Mr. Woodcock made this statement in reply to a letter which he had received from Prohibi- tion Commissioner Roy A. Haynes referring to him the wine-making activities of Representative Hill, “for such action as he may deem proper in_the premises.” 'Mr. Woodcock in his statement made it clear first. that he had no inentionn of * proceeding _against Representative Hill for his manu- facture of home-made wine for use in his own home; second, that he hadl no intention of proceeding against anybody else who might be making wine in his own home for hoine con- sumption; third, that he and_his assistants were extremely busy about more important matters and that any such action would clutter the courte with_small and unimportant cases. Fourth, that since the law did not Jjustify entering a man's house with- out a search warrant properly obtain- ed, it would be impossible to get evi: dence In such cases; fifth, thi such evidence were obtained, ft would important busl sixth, that if & case involving wine made in the home for home consump- tion should get into the courts, the judge would probably let a jury clde what was or what was not i toxicating under such circumstanoce: since the Volstead act in its sectio: dealing with cider and fruit juic dia not define what was intoxicating and what was not. “There are several reasons why I have no idea of proceeding against Congressman Hill or the others who may be making wine,” sald Mr. Wood- cock. “In Congressman Hill's case I have no evidence. It is true that there is some correspondence, but there is no evidence. In the cases of other: who may be making wine it would difficult to procure evidence. The law does not permit a man's home to be entered without a search warrant. It such cases were brought to the court they would be 80 numerous that the: would clutter’up the courts and n- terfere with important business. This onl‘ is already taxed by important business. “As I understand the Volstead act, that section dealing with cider and frult juices does not define what im intoxicating. Under those circum- stances. imagine that if such a case were tested in the courts the judge would let the jury decide what was intoxicating and what was not.” Representative Hill is now on & va- cation on Long Island, but is expected to return the latter part of the week. Whether he will insist furtner on ob- taining & ruling from’the Attorney General by carrying the oute over the prokibition um?’lulo‘ur- head direct to the Secretary of the Treas- ury, which he threatened would| do, could not be learned today, as he ‘could-n¢ phoney forcement agents had no part in the crusade. WILL FIGHT TO FINISH. Rum-Selling Organization in Ac- tion to Resist Governor. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. ! PHILADELPHIA, P Saloon owners of Philadelphi strong, are interesting themeefves today in & fight to the finish against the joint action of the federal and state authorities calling for an im- mediate and permanent shut-down of | every barroom in thig city. Btate, police and federal agents this morning were completing the serving of “shut-down” notices on the saloon men. No sooner had the blow fallen by which the Attorney General of the United States and Gov. Pinchot nroxo'e to aake the city “bone-dry” than the machinery of the rum-selling organization here got into action and announcéments of counter measures by the saloon- keepers flew thick and fast. o closing order will never be successfully enforced,” summed up the opinlon of a mafjority of the: liquor seller: g Seek Way to Fight. The question now before the saloon owners¥is apparently merely one in- volving a choice of the most effective method for nullifying the, effective- ness of the cloaing order, served un- der direct orders from United States Attorney General Daugherty and At torney General Woodruff of Pennsyl- vania. Undoubtedly, leaders. of the| rum-selling fraternity said, the valid- | ity of the attempt to close up the sa- 1cons will be fought out in the courts. Plans for such action have long been in preparation in anticipation of yes terday’s eventuality. The descent of the agents on the saloons marks the second great step in the campaign of Gov. Pinchot to dry up the atate. The firat indication that the effort would be made in uni- son by the federal and state author- ities came in the latter part of Au-| gust, when 2 similar order was served on the saloonmen of five up-state counties Under the present plan the federal prohibition authorities are nDeron!h’ out of the reckoning entirely. The success of the campaign is entirely up to the Department of Justice and the forces at the command of the commonwealth. Notice With Order. Accompanyifg the closing. order is | an_announcement from Gov. Pinchot indlcating that the present campaign the final embodiment of his prom- | ise to dry up the state and reminding the people that this is “a new era in law enforcement in Pennsylvania. Saloons In Philadelphia have paid no attention to the law. They have been selling liquor more lawlessly and operating in more open deflance of federal and state laws than in any other city of the commonwealth. U. S. TO HELP WEST SELL OWN WHEAT| ntinued from First Page.) . Octoher 3.— 1,300 the estimates that have been made. Information keeps coming In from sources that seem well informed that the crops are not as large &s has been represented and that conse- quently the surplus will not be as great as was at first believed, all of which should tend to increase ma- terially the price of wheat, Tempted to Sell, In the absence of co-operative or- ganizations—which, by the way, are not holding organisations—the farm- | ers have all been tempted to sell at once. Reports of large surpluses and other factors usually have influenced | the producers to try to get rid of their crop at whatever seemed to be the best price. The purpose of the co-operative organization 18 to in- sure the farmer the very best price ssible in marketing his product. BaTieotive marketing 1s ever 0 much more eRective than individual effort, and this is no ionger a theory but a | proved fact. . Naturally the government makes advances of money to the co-opera- tives and part of this in turn is given l 1o the farmer so that he can almost immedlately get the benefit of the! transaction ahd pay his debts. Rel- | atively little risk has been taken in the financing of these co-operative Lorganizations. The War Finance Corporation | was organized particularly to extend emergency - credit ‘and bring about in America ap more orderly system of marketing through the use of timely credits. Its name now really should be the Emergency Finance | Corporation; though most of the troubles- which it is trying to cure are_ the direct outgrowth of war conditions. p Many Plans Offéred. The Cdolldge afministration ghas been listening for several days to all sorts of plans to help the farmer. but the solution at last determi upon 18 to bring the federal gover: ment into closer touch with the pro- ducers by sending the directors of the War Finance Corporation out to the west to confer in person with the agricultural interests most af- fected at the moment. It was the ‘War Finance Corporation which came to the rescue of the livestock in- dustry and helped materially in the cotton situation. Eugene Meyer, who has been trav- eling constantly from one end of the country to the other since the War Finance Corporation was revived four ¥ 0, is probably familiar With credit and marketing conditions | as anybody in the administration. ‘Mr. Meyer has also been making an | investigation of European conditions and believes there is little opportunity to finance an export trade under pres- ent fluctuations of foreign currencie but is rather inclined to the idea th the export situation will cure itself as the su s Is gradually reduced by home consumption. Wheat prices are higher than they were a year ago at the corresponding period, end the eneral bellef now I8 that they will nd to go h and make the farm- ers happier as the true figures about the existing crop are ascertained. U. 8. SCIENTIST TO AID JAPAN. Dr. T. A. Jagger, volcanologist of the weather bureau in Hawali, has been authorized 1o proceed to fapan at the request of the Japanese | ernment to assist Dr. Omori, the Ja| snese authority on voicanclogy and selsmology, fn an investigation of the earthquakes sed the recent | eatastroplie, lalong at a steady gait, With.and Abouit | CAP.ITAL"S_ GUESTS “Oh, mister, are you & medickl man”” was the soft appeal that .wafted through thé Iobby of thé Shoreham Hotel’ as the erowded dining room prepared for the wmidday repast so esnential to busy Washington. Hufrying in the directidn of the call, a quick suryey found tws. comely young women standing alone and heipless in the farthest corner of the writing room. Both were dressed in the latest fashion, both were crying and both held something under their arms. 9 “What is it; lady—what in the world is the matter?” was the natural in- quiry of one who despises scenes. “Do you wish an ambulance?" “Oh, he has swallowed a fishbone and T know he will die'” and the taller of the two let forth an extra gush of tesrs, 3 “Goodness gracious, lady, where is he—in the hospital? Why stand her- when—"' But before. the question was finished a slight squeak emittod from the fuzzy thing under the arm of one of ‘those addressed caused add- ed excitement and in another instant two pretty girls and one extremely nervous man were doing all possibic for a mite of a Pekingeso purp that belonged to Loulse White, who plays the part of Gene in “The Last Warn- ing* now running at the Natfonal Theater. “Turn him upside down and shaks him, Miss White,” was innocently sug- gested as Mickey kept coughing. “How' could you be 80 cruel? Tsn't he just awful, Louise?" and this from Irene Homer, who “does” Barbara in the same show, and who, too, toted a “Peki” by the opulent name of ‘Treasurer. By this time three clerks. two as- sistant managers and one_ policeman had arrived on the scene, but just as a paper cutter was about to be thrust - down the sufferer's throat Mickey evidently thought it was time to auit his foollshness, for just then he iet. €0 a regular dog-size velp, depositec, a. wee bit of chewing gum In hi pretty mistress’ hand, and, much to the relief of all concerned. the fw actresses grabbed up the pets of thege < hearts, powdered their own noses and made off for the theater. No, Milli- cent, the star dog of the show, wae not in the party. Much worked up over the experi- ence, It Was most refreshing on leav- ing the hotel to encounter a man from , such a frigid country as Alaska, for walking by the house at the time wasx Gov. Scott C. Bone, chief executive of * that territory, who was making for bis rooms at the Ariington Hotel, after a day spent on governmental business with Interior Department officials “There is really nothing to say st this time" smiled the former Wash ington newspapor publisher. “I ran vA from Juneau on some speciai business with the government 1t has been more than a year ®ince m st visit and there was much to be I will be here probably a Bone sald the death of Presi- dent Harding was a great shock to the people of Alaska and little elas as telked of but his trip there last mmer. “He won the hearts of all le met,” said the governor. people will always.remem to keep his promise to vi that virtually cost him his Alaskang are greatly Impressed with Fresident Coolidge and feel he is the right man in the right place. Never in the history of Ohio has the farmer énjoyed such crops as this year, was the gratifying news elicited from A. R. Johnson, well known lawyer of Ironton, that state, who is ‘spending a few days at the Hotel Washington while in town om matters to do with his practice. I make this statement advis- said the attorney. “Southern hio has been blessed with ample In and as & result the corn crops are unprecedented. You know, we ralge two kinds of corn in our state— the regwiar tusking —proguct = and silage corn. The crop of the latter this vear is wonderful.. Do in the river bottoms it has grown sixteen and eighteen feet-high. Wheat crops are large. but, of course, prices are low: all pasturage 1s good and, ex- cept for the price of wheat, the Ohio farmer has no complaint. nson said, too, that the man ing centers of the state ere enjoying prosperity. \“They are going he continued. tight across the river from Ironton the American Rolling Mills Company | erected an $8.000,000 addition to ity steel plant, which means it is not afraid of 'the future. Bullding. is going along at a rapid pace and. whiie rents are high, everybody accepts conditions with little compiaint.” Mr. Johnson was positive the Burk- eye state would have no favoriteson candidate for the presidency next year. “We have some presidential timber, don't overlook that fact. he laughed. “But our people feel that Mr. Coolidge is carrying out the poi- icies of our much-beloved son, and, as Senator Willls already has spoken on the subject, all are satisfied to give Mr. Harding's successor a fair, square chance.” No country in Europe has settied down to hard work better, With the resultant benefits most evident, than Belgium, according to Georgé 8. Mes- sersmith, American consul at Ant- werp, who is spending a part of a six-week vacation with Mrs. Messer- smith at the Lee House. “I have been stationed at Antwerp for the last flve years,” sald Mr: Messersmith, “and “truly it seems inconcelvable that a people could re- cover 8o quickly from the ravages of war. Belgium is.an industrial country, wholly. Her people are thrifty, ggreeable and not afrald to work. " At the end of the first year after the armistice she was produc- ing as much as before. Naturally the country is affected by present condi- tions in Burope, but the Belgian emiles and goes ahead. The coun- try's great plate glass industry is running at full speed, with greatly increased exports to theé United States, her chief purchaser.” Mr. Messersmith said further th all of the devastated arca of the little country that played such-an important -part in the great conflict had been rehabilitate. “Such towne as Dixmund and Nieuwport, where not a single house was left standing, are irebuilt on larger and better scales. In Ypres, where not even a tree wus left, red-tiled roofs again are shining to the heavens, and the much dis- turbed soil, saturated with blood of the allies and made dangerous by un- exploded missiles, is again under cul- tivation as though nothing had hap- P Many American tourists will doubt- less be glad to learn that Ostend and all other noted resorts along the sea- coast are entirely rebullt, and ‘last year did greater business than ever © before in their history” added the consul with a gleam in hls eye. “ORh, it's remarkable, the spirit displayed by those most,energetic people.” “Of course,” said the consul in con- clusion, “the traffic situation in Bel- gium much affected by the Ruhr troubles, as there was always much in-and-out traffic with Germany. Much of Belglum's business in the past was done in_the hinterland, northwest the Rhine district, and this n hampered. You know Ant- werp is now the second important ort in_continental Europe and third m the world. It is a busy place.” Mr. Messersmith Is- a native of Lewes, Del. and his wite usually spends_the summer at Bar Harbor, Me., where she has been for the past five weeks. ving an engaj x-fl'&- Méekins o Hiizavetn City, N. €., counsel_to the alien, property cus- todian, ‘who is stopping at the La Fayette Hotel for a few days, com- ing here from his New York office, & hurried scoot was made around to that house, but it was utterly impos- sible to securs. gangway to the desk, for between_ a delegation of thirty- eight Blue Valley butter merchants trom Chicago, here for the World's Dairy Congress Association. and about twenty Baltimore and Ohio railroad tourists from Cleveland, all arrang- their quarters, it would have taken a center-rush to let his ~ énce be heralded. Will see ! later, - THE ement with Judge