Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1923, Page 5

\ 2 SOLDIERS HELD - | ONHOLD-UP CHARGE Negro Says Bolling Field Men Lured Him Into Auto and Robbed Him. WHERE A€ | Yoo MG ’J’ GUTFOR A WHY, 4 THOOGHT T GO MAYBE DRGP 18 TR CLUI HAN' PLAY A LITTLE BRIWGE R SHOOT SoMe Fb_o:. Charged ' with highway robbery, Lynn Everett Holloway and Duncan Otis Pitcock, soldiers at Bolling Field, were held under. §5,000 bond for ack tion of thé grand jury by Judge Me- Mahon in Police Court today. Rufus Thomas, colored, of 455 Mis- souri avenue, the complainant, told the court that early yesterday morn- ing, while on 43 street southwest, the two men drove up in an automobile, y Asking him if he wanted to buy some Wwhisky. After entering their car to test the whi complainant _stated, the men drove him over to the New Jorsey avenue freight yards, where, he said, they robbed him of 350 in omas told the court that the men police badges, and that ond of tiom had a pistol, Badges and pistol Were offered in evidence. The auto- mobile in which the men were riding, it was shown, was owned by Capt. William _C. OCker of Bolling Field, who is now in St. Louis The two soldiers deny the story, saying that Thomas sold them a gal: lon of corn whisky for §8. The arrest of the men followed a strategic chase through the deserted early morning streets. Thomas told the police that he returned to a res- taurant near 4% street and Pennsyl- vania avenue, after the hold-up, and while there got the surprise of his life by s hold-up men’'s automo up. He ob- tained the servie nother motor- ist with a small machine just as the two were leaving, and trailed them unostentatiou: about town, fearing that too close an approach would scare them away. The machines started east and later turned west, crossing 9th street at I, where Sergt. Burke of the first precinct and two privates were hailed Then the little pu to 11th and E owered uit car continued where the high- car was idling, blocked its path, and the police effect- ed the arrest with drawn revolvers. According to Sergt. Burke, $49 and some small change was found in the possession of the two soldiers ar- rested. The money was in four $10 bills and smaller ones. Thomas had already told the police that he had been robbed of five $10 bills. BATTLESHIPS LEAVE. Destroyers Also Go for Target Prac- tice in Atlantic. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., October 8. —The battleships Wyoming and Florida, accompanied by a squadron of destroyers. are due to leave the Hamp ds naval base this morn- ing for couthern drill grounds where preparations for short rangi target practice will be made. Plac ing of targets and other will consume about thre fore the firing begins, Rear Admiral Roger mandant of the fifth e THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair and con t and tomorrow t tonight; gentle to_moderate northerly winds. Maryland—Fair-and continued cool tonight and tomdrrow; probably light frost in east and heavy in west por- tlon_ tonight; gentle to moderate northerly winds, Virginia—Fair ‘and continued cool | tonight and tomorrow; probabiy frost in the interior, heavy In west portion tonight; moderate to ‘fresh north and northeast win West Vkginia—Fair tomorrow, continued cool night, heavy in low place Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 59 12 midnight, 41; 4 a.m., 38; § am, 42; noon, 59. Barometer—4 p.m., 30.28 p.m., 30.32; 12 midnight, 30.33; 4 a.m., 30.37; 8 a.m. 30:44; noon, 30.43. = Himghest temperature, 60.9, occurred at 3:40 p.m., October 7. Lowest tem= perature, 37.8, occurred at 6:30 am., . com- distriet. tonight and frost to- 8 pm., 48; | Do You TNk { ENJDY SITTING HERCG ALCNE NMICHT AFTER. MNIGHT LOOKING AT FourR. wALLS ? THE EVENING LIYTLE STRpLL- - AWVO s e To CARE H DULL: (¥ 15 TAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0 MONDAY, OCTOBER BELLS WARN Y- "0 PREVENT FRES Apparatus Parades Streets to Emphasize Need’of Pre- DI0 17T EVER OCCUR ToYou - THAT | MIGHT LIKE 16’59 Our SOME EVERMMG T ventive Care. 8, 1923 LAUDS UNIT OF D. C. " NATIONAL GUARD Gen, Rickards Commends Company A, Which Alone Exceeded 70 in _ Average Attendance. A letter of commendation’from MaJ. Gén. George C. Rickards, chief of the militia bureau, War Debartment, has been sent to Company A, Engineer Battalion, District of Columbla Na- tional Guard, the only unit of the District Guard which maintained an average attendance of more than 70 per cent at arpiory drills during the past fiscal year. War Departmeat records show that Company A made an average of 71 per cent for th year and stood among the fifty com- panies, batteries, or troops of the National Guard of the country sin- gled out for speclal commendation by the War Department, because of the interest shown in their work throughout the entire year. The officers of the company are Capt. J. R. McKey, First Lieut. Roy W. Kessee and Second Lieut. W. E. Buechler. The. performance of Company A is particularly noteworthy as Gen. Rickards, himseM a National Guard officer from Pennsylvania, although now attached to the general staff of the Army, has reached the conclusion that the average drill atiendance dur- Ing a year I# the anly basis upon which a relizhle comparison can be made be- tween National Guard organizations in various states., Under that rule, Com- pany A of thé District Engincers, is rated “among the -fifty - most efficient National Guard units (n_the country. SHIPS OFF FOR MANEUVERS. NORFOLK. Va., October 8.—The battleships Wyoming and Florida, ac- companied by a squadron of destroy- ers, will leave the Hampton Roads naval base today to complete ar- rangements for short range target maneuvers on the southern drill grounds. The maneuvers are sched- uled to begin in about three weeks, ! HAVER'T SEGNLS MOVIE It ¢ Mou Do SEEM 1 LDMESOME AND -~ RME ! THERE'S A Coa OHACTURE AT Tie QUEEM -, o fIGHT - - - WY, GERTIE, { DIDN MINDED STA STAY RIGHT HEKE WI BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE.. Resignation of the American am- because of the expensiveness of life in the diplomatic service, will spur Secretary Hughes to press for early passage of the Rogers bill. This bill, after passing the last House by 203 to 27, was caught in the Senate jam at the end of the Sixty-seventh Con- {gress. President Coolidge will be asked to secure preferential treatment for the Dbill as an administration measure in the forthcoming Conpgress. Repre- sentative John Jacob Rogers of Mass achusetts, author of the measure, and other friends of a decently paid for- {eign service hope that the scandal of October . {underpaid ambassadors and ministers Temperature same date last year— Highest, 85; lowest, 65 Condition of the Water. Temperature and conflition of the water at 8 a.m: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 50; condition, clear. Weather in Various Citles, Tewperature. | Stations, + s gayamoiny 3saudi +-£upiaysas Abilene, Tex. 30.02 Albany 30,48 Atlanta X Clouty Boston Clear’ Buffalo Clevelnnd .. Denver Cloudy Rain Cloudy Rain Clear Clear Clear. Cloudy Los Angeles. 2 Miami, Fis Portland, Tortland, Ore Ralelgh,N.C. 38/ EOREIGN, | (8 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) Btations— ‘Temperatute. Weather. London, England. 52 Clear Pari Ralning Vienn Part clondy | Copenliagen, Cloudy Stockholm, Part cloudy | Gibraltar, Clear \ Horta (Fayal), Part cloudy | Hamiiton, Bermuds Raining | Juan, Porto Ric Clear Havana, Cuba | Part clouds ol Vi ot Cloudy WE ARE UNABLE TO SUPPLY THE DEMAND iftom prospective purchasers for swell situ- ated business and Investment properties. 1t you have for sale business or other fn- €ome-produciog property and will commuicate ! with us, either assure you most. energetic action icoking to its quick eale. ARNOLD AND COMPANY 1416 Eye Street 2306 First Street N.W. Between Adams and Bryant St One Block North Capitol St. Car Line Very desirable home of nine "large, bright rooms. First fioor: Living Toom, reception hall, dining room and kitchen. Becond floor; Three fine bedrooms and tile bath. Third fioor: Two elegant bedrooms. Furnace heat, electric Hghts, mew chandellers, new papering and painting throughout entire house, new y letter or telephone, we will | will no lopger be tolerated by Con- gres: ~ Expense Triple Salary. . John W. Davis, Col. Harvey's predecessor at London, testified be- fore the House committee on foreign affairs_that every vear he was in Great Britain cost him ro times the amount o ambassador’s pay living expenses and sentation” outlay amounted to 00. Davis returned to the United States in 1921 more than $100.000 poorer than when he left. Col. Harvey, who has been at London a little more than two ars, is said by his friends to be ‘'out” about the same amount. Am- bassador Child’s experiences at Rome have been proportionately as costly. Voluminous hearings on the Rogers biil were conducted by the House committee on foreign affairs. Secre tary Hughes pleaded earnestiy for its passage. Robert P. Skinner, our vet- eran consul general at London, gave convincing evidence in favor of re- organizing the entire foreign service, 5o that a meritorious man anxions to enter it as a_career could afford to do so. The House was -easily per- suaded, and passed the bill by a huge majority. Hope for Quick Passage. 1t undoubtedly would have been ap- proved by the Senate except for the eleventh-hour confusion at the con- clusion of the session. The bill's pro- 00, and his | ponents hope it may not be necessary {to go through all the forfalities of new hearings. 1If President Coolidge can be induced to sponsor the meas- ure its passage would- be facilitated. ar. Harding was heartily in favor of it. Although the Rogers bill does not propose outright to increase the sal- aries of ambassadors or ministers, it does contemplate “helping them out” by kranting representation allow- ances. Today nothing whatever of that sort exists. Outside of his salary an ambassador or a minister does not receive a nickel. Even when an American _diplomatic officer travels away from his post on orders from the State Department, he gets a sub- sistence allowance the average Ameri- equipped completely—wit! rentals range from $67.50 to sereens. Price, $12,750; $5,000 . Owner occupying house. Tele- phone North 6429. Samuel R, Harris, CGomprany: Main 6161, Inc. 13¢ Harry FING HOME AKOME BUT (F THAT'S THE WAY You FEEL ABCUT 1T 1 WOR'Y GO QUT, bassadors to Great Britain and Italy, | T T You i ] rL e TH You, s @{{fl U. S. Envoys’ Resignations Give Impetus to Salary Raise Bill vAmbassador in London Spent 3 Times His Pay—British Representative’s In- come Here Equal to President’s. can commercial traveler corns— namely, $5 a day ‘When Col. Harvey, for example, was ordered from Lon- don to Paris to sit as an unofficial observer on the council of ambassa- dors he could put in an expense ac- count of exactly $5 a day for board and lodging. Compares With Briti | The State Department is prepared ‘to submit to the Sixty-eighth Con- (Rress a detailed comparison of the i expenditures of the American and British foreign services. A deadly parallel of special interest is the a lowance made during the fiscal ¥ }1922-1923 to the British amba: dor {in Washington. ~In round figures, Sir jAuckland Geddes had at his disposal y (including his lary of $12,500) the jsum of $100,000. That is exactly equal to the salary and traveling allowance granted to jthe President of the United States. | In addition, the British ambassador has the use, rent free, of a magnifi- cent house. The British government pends altogether &n its foreign serv- ice (diplomatic and consular branches and foreign office) $12,244,287, and the United States, $9.711,030. But Amer- ica collects in fees (passports, con- |sular invoices, ete.), $6,104,000, while the British derive from those sources only $2,749,500. Increase Only $375,000, The gross additional cost of the for- elgn service, as contemplated by the Rogers bill, is only $378,000 a year. |Some salaries, such as of first-class consuls general, are actually reduced from $12,000 to $9.000. But all junior j grades of diplomatic and consular of- | ficers are to_receive higher pay, as iwell as moderate allowances. The | basic. idea is to democratize the for- leign service by attracting to it men’ of ability and not merely sons of mil- lionaires. Hitherto our diplomatic service has ranked above the, consular branch. The Rogers bill proposes to make the ! two services interchangeable. An im- {portant feature is the provision of reasonable retirement allowances, whereby men who have devoted their lives to America's foreign interests may escape the poorhouse at the end of successful careers. Representation allowances are par- ticularly necessary in the case of American ambassadors or ministers in countries where the United States owns no official pramises. At present | we possess such property only in Chile, China, Cuba, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Siam and Turkey. Every: where else our representatives must rent and pay for their own residences. (Copyright. 1923.) MAYBE IT’S ONLY A SHADE! Wb are prepared to furnish window shades at small cost; papering and decorating by pro- ficfent workmen reasonable. CORNELL WALL PAPER CO. 714 13th N.W: Matn 5373-5374 —if you take up your residence in— Retw Garden .\2700 Que Street }fi?ey are. Apartments that are “different” in many essential and unusual respects. Planned carefully and management that insures every detail at top-notch éfficiency. ’ Apartments now available are from three rooms and one bath to seven rooms and two baths. The moderate $200.00 per month. The Resident Manager is at your serv- ice—day or evening—to assist in your inspection of these beautiful Aparments. A. Kite (Incorporated) - Phone Main 4846 ow'LL TE O BMOT KECR ME ANAKE , Coo EHT ! e HO-HUM T THINE VLLTUR A N, ¥ U ANO READ t HOPE You S S TUET AS (BSSIELE %AUTO ACCIDENTS BRING |CHARGES OF INTOXICATION Two Operators Accused of Driving Cars While Under Influence of Liquor. Two automobile accldents in North- east Washington last night were fol- lowed by arrests on charges of driv- ing while under the influence of liquor. Early in the evening the au- | tomobile of George W. Calver, 207 A street southeast, was struck by the automobile of Harry Matthews, 525 T street hill southeast, in front. of 12 2d street northeast and dam- aged. Matthews was_ charged with { driving while under the influence of liquor and_colliding. George Carlton English, 653 Penn- ;lylvania avenue southeast, was ar- | rested ‘after he had driven his ma- chine against and knocked down part |of the fence at Stanton Park. His| car was damaged. H milar arrest was made by police of the eighth precinct, Harry A. Cole, | 1929 6th street, being the derendnnt..‘ His automobile collided with a taxi- cab at 10th and U streets about 1! o’clock this morning. Cole was treat- ed at Freedmen's Hospital for a slight | injury before being taken to the po- | | lice station and booked on a charge lof driving while under the influence i of_liquor. REALESTATE CLASS Begins October 9 Y. M. C. A. COLLEGE 1736 G St N.W. Main 8250. Y Co-education: FIRE-PREVENTION TALK No; 2. Prepared by insurance depart- ment, Unmited States Chamber of Commerce. - Arson 1s one of the most seri- _ous of crimes. A man convicted of maliciously starting a fire s a ‘criminal and punished by soclety. A man who through sheer carelessness permits his property to be destroyed by fire. is likewlse a public enemy, but goes - unpunished.. Some European countries have recog- nized this and make property owners personally responsible for fires caused by their gross negligence. y The Chamber of Commerce of the United States at its last annual meeting passed the fol- lowing resolution: “The national loss through the waste of fire mounts up- ward at a rate which indicates the need of immediate atten- tion in_each state and in every city. Within a few years the amount in property values destroyed in the United States by fire has increased untll it is annually in excess of the entire cost of the Panama canal. In large part this figure represents waste which -can be prevented by effective action by states and _cities. Personal lability for damages occurring to others through fire caused by gross negligence should be enforced in ways which will bring home to individuals their proper re- sponsibility.” Property destroyed by fire is gone forever. While the owner may carry insurance so that he _himself loses nothing financial- 1y, other fire insurance policy- holders must contribute greater amounts—in the form of pre- miums—to indemnify him for his carelessness. When it Is con- sldered that three-fourths of ail fires are probably preventable, we can well realize the amounts we are’ contributing for other people’s carelessness. | e — Fire bells rang out today from | Georgetown to Anacostia and from the northwest suburbs to the river, front, reminding every householder | and business man to look through ! hig cellar and attic for possible! causes of fire. { Led by a band, five pleces of ap-| paratus rumbled through the streets displaying Fire-prevention week | banners. Fire department and insurance of- ficials estimate that a large per- centage of the fires that occur an- are preventable, and the object of Fire-provention week is to bring this fact home to taxpayers. Hot ashes taken from the furnace and thrown carelessly against wooden joist will start a fire, where- | ey are harmlesz when placed in | a-metal receptacl | A box of matches left on a table where the children may reach them is apt to cost the lives of the little ones, Oli-soaked rags thrown in a corner are frequently fire starters. These are but a few of tho lessons the fire-prevention committee hopes to drive home this wee i BOY HIT BY BASE BALL nms.1 PENSACOLA, Fla., October 8.— | Grady Ard, elghteen vears old, died ! at the Pensacola Hospital yesterday of injuries received in a base ball game at Pace, Fla., two weeks ago. Ard was hit In the abdomen while at bat_and died following an operation. 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