Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1923, Page 2

2 * EXPLAINS HIS FIGHT N CLASSIFICATION Guy Moffett Says He Has Unanimous Backing of Civil Service Commission. Supported bv the unanimous in- @orsement of the Civil Service Com- mission, Guy Moffett, representative of the Civil Service Commission on the personnel classification board, who voted as = minority of one agalnst the letter transmitted by a, majority of two members of the board to the administrative officers with regard to classification of some 125,000 field employes of the federal government, today gave The Star a formal statement setting forth fl!e reason for his minority vote and his opposition to the system employed. He expresses hig cpinion that the action of the personnel classifica- 'n board is not in conformity with the reclassification act. Mr. Moffett's statement follows: Mr. Moffett's Statement. shall not undertake at thix time to discuss any action of the board not already a matter of public knowl- cdge. The action of the board last spring as to the service in the Dis- teict of Columbta is known. 1 op- posed such action taken at that time. The action of the board taken a short time afterward as to the field service 1150 is known, and I advocated it bo- use it followed tue pian of clas- sification which 1 belleve is contem- pated by the law. As to the recent tion of the board as indicated by its circuiar letter No. 13, reversing ths program of the hoard as to the field services, T voted against it My negative votes on these two sctions, one last spring and one re- cently, were negative because, in my Judgment, the action of the majority of the board is not in conformit with tl act of classification under hich we are operating, and will not sult in achieving the ends clearly anught and contemplated by Such leg- istation, This question of classifi ticn of po; ons in the federal serv- ice was given long consideration by Congress. rosulting finally in the clas- sification act. ‘The function of the board s to endeavor erly to interpret and fairi ter the J 1 am confident the great majority of per- &ons who have given the subject suf- flefent dy to speak with authority on it are agreed that the on mothe <1 of making a ¢ sification of po- sitions on the basis of duties and «ualifications is to bring together all rositions involving substantiaily the tame duties and qualifications and congider them together In determin- {ng the appropriate range of pay, and to describe them and deslgnate them #0 they may be identifl by all con- carned. This is the plan followed In yme thirty states and municipalities and in many of the larger industrial concerns of the more progressive type. Belleves It Congrexs' Plan. “It {8 this plan which I confidently believe Congress provided for in_the fication act. It is this plan which has been followed by the field dlvision under the board’s original action, and despite handicaps, the work rapidly was being brought to mpletion. - This plan involved ths velopment of standard definitions and titles of the different kinds and groups of positions as specifically provided for by the classification act, and Involved also a study of those factors and conditions which might justify suitable rates of pay for like work In different sections of the country. ‘As “the comm!ssion's representa- tive on the board I opposed the method adopted for the Distriet of Columbia last spring, 1 approved the plan originally.adopted for the fleld, and I opposed any abandonment of the work under that plan such as is in- dicated by circular No. 13, “I am guthorized to say further that my actions on these matters have had thas}:nfln\nnmn indorsement ot the Civil Service Commission.” KENTUCKY RAiL CRASH KILLS TWQ; INJURES FOUR By the Assoclated Press. LEXINGTON, Ky., November 17.— Two men were instantiy killed and fouf othere injured, probably fatally, lute yesterday In a head-on collision of two Loulsville and Nashville freight trains at Daina, Ky. near Tiackey, according to a message re- ceived here. The dead are Engineer Phil C. Bundschu of Hazard and Brakeman J. C. Dean of Louisvyiile. The injured: H. B. Harris, conduc- tor, scalded and badly cuf; W. R. Adams, brakeman: Carl Madden and Farnest Ennix, fireman, 2ll of whom live in Hazard. The aceident is said to ha: caused by the failure of a telegraph operator to deliver_an order to one of the engineors. The engines wero iockd together after the crash, standing upright on the rails. The trains are sald to be a mass of ‘wreckage. COST OF LIVING IN U. S. BELOW THAT IN FRANCE By the Associated Pre o PARIS November 17.—Comparative tables, showing the cost of living in the United States and France reveal that it tekes considerably less money to 1ive in America today than in thi country. French government statis- tictans, taking the cost of living in July, 1914, as 100, found that the index number for September was 149 for the United States, as compared with 339 for Paris. In October the index for the French capital in- creased to 349, or slightly less than the average for the whole country. $400,000,000 LOST BY LEGAL EVASION OF FEDERAL TAXE (Continued from First Page.) reduced the burdens of the 7,000,000 taxpayers of small Incomes and, as for the locas communities, they might have been enriched in a thousand and one ways that productive enter- prise helps a city—its merchs: ts, its Pprofessional men. Its workmen and its laborers. Perhaps the best proof of what is happening is afforded in the following table, showing that the number of persons who have reported incomes above $300,000 & year is steadily diminishing: Number Showin; ane 1017 918 ‘This does not mean that these peo: ple have passed out of the world. It does mean that more taan 1,000 per- sons with Incomes above $300,000 have been able by one legal means or an-| other to bring their taxable income down 6o as to come inside the lower Tates of the surtax. And the gov- ernment loses $400,000.000 in revenue annually. Mr. Mellon has worked out a plan to recover at least $300,000,000 or more of this amount by a lowering of the surtaxes, so that the wealthy will find it more to their advantage to put their capital in enterprises the in- ‘come from which can be taxed by the goverament than to divert their fund. 30 tax-sxempt sourcés at & low Fat ©f interest. ve been | HONOR DEAN WILBUR AT G. W. U. TODAY Presentation of Portrait Will Be Feature of Ceremonies in Chapel. The student body and faculty of George Washington University will honor Dean Willtam Allen Wilbur, professor of English at the university since 1897 and dean of the Columbian Coilege since 1904, at exerclses in the university chapel, 2023 G street this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. A feature of the ceremontes will be the presen- tation of a portrait of Dean Wilbur to the university, which will be ac- lcepted on behalf of the inatitution by President Willlam Mather Leowls. Miss Elizabeth Peet, - . dent of the Columebel:n““"l:‘;‘;n?re::ll present the portrait to the university. {It is the work of Richard S. Mery- iman, the artist. Dean Wilbur will be | ipresented to the university by Elmer Loufs Kayser, secretary of the uni- versity. —_— SENATORS PLACE BAN ON “SCANDAL” DURING VETERANS’ BUREAU PROBE (Continued from First Page.) in Mortimer's charges of intrigue and | corruption. Col. Walton sajd that Forbes had turned over to the Army and Navy the matter of preparing plans for and supervising the construction of these Rospitals, explaining that he desired ve himself of the “worry and sponsibility” in the matter, Forbes ed that speed In construction shouid be the prime consideration, and the witness said it was on the basis of speed that he turned most of the work over to the Quartermaster the Northampton, Mase., al, Col. Walton sald, were ad- d 'for in newspapers and trade journals, and were opened in ihe Quartermaster Corps offic The Northeastern Construction Company s Jow with the Pontiac Con- struction Comp.ny, which Mortimer imed to represent, second. The Pontiac Company agreed, however, to complete the work within sixty days or half the time asked for by the Northeastern Company. Forbes then as in the west and the award was held up until after his return. Raised Penalty, “ol. Forbes told me that speed was what he wag after,” the witness sald, "and Le wanted us to find out who behind the Pontiac Company, if it was a rellable company, and if it| as likely that it could complete the work in such a short space of time. A representative of the Pontiac came to Wasnington, and ent by which it got the was arranged. The witness said Forbes raised the penal- ty from 3160 a day to 3450 a day for fatlure to complete the work on time, and also eliminated the proposal of the company that it should be re- compensed for extra expenditures in the removal of rock and boulder from the hospital site. 1 The company completed the work in seventy-six daps, he said, and paid penalties aggregating $7,200. Bids for American Lake contract, awarded to the Hurl ason Com- vany of Tacoma, Col. Walton said, was called for by the Quartermaster Corps. and Forbes was present at their opening. He said that either Forbes or Charles B. Hurley asked whether there would be any objection to the Hurley-Mason Company submitting a bid, fn view of the fact that Forbes was at one time an officer of that company., “Col. Forbes was sittiig beside me,” Col. Walton #ald, “and, after all of the bids had been read, he turned to me and said: “It looks like the Hur- ley-Mason Company,” and I agreed with him. ‘Because of the former connection of Col. Forbes with the Hurley-Mason Company, and to avold any possible { criticism’ in event the award was made to that company, I convened a board of three officers in the Quarter. master Corps who had not been previ y connected with the Veterans' Ru ren 2 and charged it with the re-! sponsibility of tabuiating the bids and making & recommendation as to the award | “Speed, of course, was a considera. tion, and the board recommended that | the contract go to the Hurley-Mason Company. Hearing to Continue. Charges and counter charges are developing with such startling rapidity In the investigation that the committee has abandoned hope of ending fts public hearings before the latter part of next week, at the ecarliest. And to accomplish this it probably will have to resort to night sessions. New elements were injected into the hearing vesterday with the testimony of Mrs. J. M. Willlams of Philadelphia, that President Harding had apologizéd to her husband late in 1922 because of the conduct of Charles R. Forbes, while director of the bureau. She ' sald Forbes and Sidney Bleber of Washington, whom Forbes has described as his friend, had threatened her on the long-dis- tance telephone because she had written a letter detailing to the at- torney of her miece, Mra. Catherine Mortimer, charges which since have been presented to the committee by Elias H. Mortimer. Appealed to Votaw. Mrs. Willlams said that despite these threats she came to Washing- ton to find out what Forbes and Bieber were doing and had appealed to Heber Votaw, President Harding's brother-in-law, to take the matter up with the President. It was after this that her husband, in company with Ropresentative Edmonds, repub- lican, Pennsylvania, called at the White House to report to thé Execu- tive. “It would take me a week,” Mrs. Williams told the committes, “to tell you the things that Mr. Forbes and r. Bieber told me were golng to happen to Mr. Mortimer." Timberlake, counsel for Mrs. Mortf- imer in her divorce action, previously had testified that the letter referred to by Mrs. Williams had been written to him without solicitation. Mrs, Willlams sald, however, that Timber- lake had asked her to write it, ex- plaining that he wanted to use the information in finding out what Forbes and Bleber were doing and that a few days later she learned the letter had been turned over to Forbes. Testifies for Forbes, Timberlake also testified that Morti- mer, in seeking to arrange with him for a meeting with Mrs. Mortimer, had de- nied to him that he had made any of the charges as outlined in Mrs. Wil llams’ letter and had stated that they had emanated from the Willlams. He 'also read a letter written by Morti- mer to Mrs. Mortimer after J. M. Wil- od at the hearings here ate in October, In which Mortimer /said Willlams’ story “is a lie from | start to finish. s The Staunton attorney was the first ! witness called on behalf of Forbes after the former director had conclud- ed his fgur days of testimony. Many Sther. witnesses for = Forbes [ | Washington, but Chairman Reed served inotice yesterday on James E.- Easby. | Smith, Forbes' counsel, that the de feuse for the former director must be finished today with a night session | thoown tn, if necessary. ——— _A_.Frenchman has written 31,000 words on = postal card, it being egible to the naked eye. jters of the American Red Cross | Putnam of dLil {with a THE RED CROSS DRIVE LAGS IN DISTRICT Result of Week’s Effort Shows About Tenth of Quota So Far Received. Come across for the Red Croes! ‘When the day is over fust about one-tenth of the District'’s quota of $75.000 will have been contributed. atter the first week of the appeal. As this is the only appeal of the Red Cross, both national and local, during the year, it Is the hope of the District chapter that its thousands of good friends who received appeals by mall during the week will send them in—with a dollar. If every person who recelved an ap- ro by mall would send in his dollar, t is declared, the local chapter would more than raise its quota, half of which goes to the national organiza- tion, and half to the District Chap- ter of the Red Cross. The half will be enough to run the local chapter. 116,000 Letters Seat. During the week 58,000 letters were 'nt out with the telephone bills, and 60,000 more missives were mailed to government employes. ‘The local organization, which hopead to end its appeal today, is forced to continue it, in the hope that its friends here will answer the appeal. Contributions should be sent to the District Chapter of the Red Cross at 16 Jackson place. Checks should be made payable to the local chapter. The District seems to have fallen behind the nation in the present roil call, reports to the national head uar- ndi- cating a surprising rush of member- ship enrollment. The national appeal is to bo continued until Thanks- giving. Seek Full Enroliment. The Red Cross is a part of American 1ife, something which the average citlzen takes for granted. It is char- fered by Congress to do certain work but its funds must come from the American people. Many business houses and schools here are pushing for 100 per cent en- rollment of members, and it s cer- tain that such resuits will be ob- tained in many cases. The only appeal here this year {s that by mall. It is realized that this method allows a well meaning person to forget it, or to put off sending In his contribu- tion, and then forget it. In contrast to Washington's present slowness in answering the appeal, the first four days of the canvass in Chi- cago produced four times the result of ‘last year's returns for the sams perfod. EQUAL RIGHTS PLEA . MADE TO PRESIDENT (Continued from First Page. where a husband owns and can collect his wife's earnings; where a married woman may not teach in the public schools, while {n more than half the states in this country women may not serve on jurles. Dratt of Amendment. “In order to remove these and some sixty other discriminations” Mliss Younger said to the President, “we have drawn up an amendment which Senator Curtis of Kansas will intro- duce which reads: ‘Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.’ Our object is to remove these discriminations, whether it be done by state or na- tion.” Others who addressed the President were: Mrs. John D. -Wilkinson 3 Shreveport, La.; Mrs. Stephen Pell of New York city, Mrs. Victor du Pont of Wilmington, Del; Mrs. Valentine Winters of Davton, Ohio; Mrs. Frank vaukee, Wiz., and Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley of Washington. The_ audience with the President opened a two-day ronfesrence of {he purty in thia city for the purpose of discussing the cqudl rights amend- ment to be presented at the opening of the mext Congress. At a comfer- ence at the headquarters on Capitol Hill Miss Alice Paul, vice president of the party, and Miss Younger ex- plained the advisability of a federal amendment in order that laws af- fecting women should be uniform throughout the country. Session Euds Tomorrow. *The conference will close tomorrow picturesque and dramatic pageant and ceremonial commemorat- Ing the beginning of thé equal rights movement seventy-five years ago. The ceremony wiil take place at § d'clock in the crypt of the Capitol. Every state is represented by dele- gates at these conferences. The dele- gates from the Diatrict of Columbia follow: Mrs. Nina E. Allender, Miss Virginia Blunt, Miss Emma Gillett, Mrs, Florence B. 1. member National Council: Mrs. Manolah Bren- nan, Mrs. Elizbeth Murray Byers, Mise Alice Gaylord, Miss Clare Gri cen, Mrs. John Walker Holcomb, Dr. Cora 8mith King, Mrs. Lucy B. 8 Mrs, Richard Wainwright, mem ational Councll; Mrs. Harvey Wil national _ chatrman, Homemaker: Council; Miss Martha Goebel, Mri Adele G. Guthridge, Dr. Sofle A. Nord. Ruft-Jung, Mrs, Peter A. Drury, Mis: Agnes Minick, Mrs. M. H. 8 Wil- marth, Mrs. Eleanor Taylor Marsh, founder, - member ‘National Council:" Mrs., Randolph Keith Forrest, Mrs. Alice Barney, Misy Hope K. Thomp- son, secretary District committe Miss 1. S, Stebbins, Miss Betty Mayer, member District reception committee. SECRET BARBER SHOP FOUND ON LEVIATHAN Picture Post Cards of Former Ger- man Royal Family Scat- tered in Room. By the Associated Press. & SOUTHAMPTON. England, Novem- ber 17.—Behind ‘hm'l in the main hell of the Levisthan, which arrived yesterday, one of the liner's stewards discovered on her last trip a fully ‘barber shop in which were :g:t?rx'e':l 2 number of plcture post cards of Kaiser Wilhelm, the crown prince and other former royal per- sonages of Germany. = One of the Leviathan's officers ex- pressed surprise that the American naval men had never discovered the secret room when they thoroughly arched the liner before using her @s @ war transport. —_— FACES ARSON CHARGE. Colored Lad Suspected of Starting Number of Fires. Richard Jeseph Brice, sixteen, col- ored, residing I’t 1740 T street north- west, was arrested yeste by Policeman B. F. McAllister of the third precinct on suspiclon of being responsible for a number of fires in the northwest section of the ocity the past few days. Brice was arrested because he is alleged to have been in the vicinity of the stable of Patrick F, Hannon, rear of 1709 17th street, early yes- terda: two horges in the atruc It b3 Loy denied starting any of ti Persons who saw the “firebug’ near the scene of a fire early this week E&H‘ld touldunl}ll;y Brice as being llllt ndividual. Uniess | 1 tive 1 c'::ullafion &%‘?&a’fin will be released. » EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO? o were turned loose before | Library Shown D. C, SATURDAY, Big Factor B\ As “Sister” of D, C. Schools Article by Dr. Bowerman Discusses Co- operation, Branches and Other Service to In an article published in the No- vember issue of the American City, Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian of the Washington Public Library, dis- {cusses the question of library and school co-operation, with considera- tion of branch lbraries and other services. He notes the fact that the 8t. Louts Public Library, in its monthly bulletin for July, 1922, gives & summary of reports from other cities of their experiences with branch libraries in school buildings. Dr. Bowerman's article follow All co-operation between public schools gnd public libraries is based lon the fundamental idea that “the public ltbrary is a supplement of the I public educational system"—as it is declared to be in the act of Congress creating the Public Library of the District of Columbia. To be success- ful there must be a spirit of cordial co-operation between the two boards and thelr executives, the superin- tendent of schools and the public {librarian. The consensus of opinion is that public library interests are less likely to be minimized if thers is.no organic connection between the two boards, each of which is devoted 1 educationul work as successful as ossible. Fundamentally the school » ongaged in the work of instructio in which the trained teacher imparts education (o young folks chiefly through the medium of text booke. The library's work cons!sis in sup- plementing and complementing school instruction; the trained librarian brings forward the best books (bther than text books) for the voluntary use of children in school and of adults beyond school age. Needs Bastc Education. Itbrary needs the school to give baslc education to fit the in- idual to use the library: it needs t the school should point the tm- glonable child to the library as an agency through which it can round out and continue its education. The 00l needs the library to furnish live illustrative material to suppl ment and vitalize the text book; tie school, in order that its work shall not cease or be perverted when school dnys are over, Is interested in seeing that its sister, the library, takes over the educational process and carries it on indefinitely. The more complete this co-opera- tion and the earlier it can be estab- lished the better the results. - In this article, the Washington sltuation will be outlined, but the experience of other cities’ will also be utilized. Although there is no organic connection between the school and library boards in Wash- ngton, it not infrequently happens that the directorates are to some ex- tent interlocking. Usually the su- perintendent of schools is a member of the llbrary board. In several states this is required by law. But in Washington there have alwnys been the closest working relations between schools and libraries, with 800d results on both sid: Children’s rooms w of trained experts are conducted In the central library and branches. A iarge parc of their work is assisting children with composition work. Story-telling material, mounted pic+ tures and pedagogical books furnished to teachers re, of course, now com- monplaces of public library service. Hampers of Books to Grade Rooms. Somewhat general also is the plan developed to a high degree In Wash jington, by which the Public Library sends hampers of books to all grade rooms. These collections usually con sist of as many books as there are puplls in the room. They are eom- posed about half of books of fiction and half of non-fiction, but all are carefully graded. The teaghers usual- ly leave the selection of books to be sent to the libra supervisor of school work. Books are sent for lend- ing to pupils for home reading. They are exchanged every months and such exchanges colncide with changes in the courses of study. { Teachers are warm In their pralse of this service and y of them regard it as indispensable for the most ef- fective teaching. Although this clal work for schools was originally established in part because.the Ii- brary altogether lacked a system of branch libraries, it s believed that it jshould be continued even when the ibrary’s branch system is fully de- Veloped. Through the library books and the teacher which this plan fully enll: possible to get excelient resuits: voluntary, but at t rected by the teacher. As a result, the children love th arfed collections of attractive boo sent by the Public Library. Their af titude toward the voluntary readin r the direction 1 antipathy toward the required perusal of books for supple- mental reading. In some cities it has been found possible to bring classes to public library centers to learn to use library card catalogues and reference books. Sometimes stereopticon lectures are employed to instruct in the use of books; for example, to show the dif- ference between a ‘table of contents and an index, how to use a dictionary or a cyclopedla, how to hunt up ma- terial with the help of magazine in- dexes. Public Library co-operation ex- tends up through the high school, the library sending books to suppl ment the restricted collections of the high school libraries. Generally spesking the high school libraries t of reference books and othe material wanted continuously or re- currently. They draw heavily on the Public {Ahrlr}"l ampler and mo! varied collections to meet occasional and seasomal demands. High school teachers and librarians also send pupils to the public library and its branches for reference work involv- ing the nee of the bound files of the Congressional Record, of perlodicals and other material more advanced than that possessed by high scho. libraries. Branches, Sub-Branches and Stations. The racognition on the part of the school atthorities of the large and constantly increasing service of the Public Library to the schools finally resulted.in Washington not lonl! l.I:u doption by the boards o u- 'c:t:'l;; :n of library trustees of the long pending proposal of the Public Library. for the blishment of branch “Hbraries in rtain school bufldings. On the library’s part this proposal In part grew'out of th slowness with which its system of separate branch libraries was being developed and in part from the be- lief in the reasonableness of the pro. posal, as an economical and effective ! method of furnishing library servic to the population not served by branch _jibraries in separate buildings. The program for library develop- ment in the District of Columbia in- cludes ¢1) the erection on sit be provid f vt te branch llbraries, built only ST he thickly built-up portions of the District, and (2) the establishment of & series of branches, sub-branch 2nd stations in certain selected school buildings (both for white and colored upils) in suburban districta, includ« & especially junior high schools. ‘Such - branch _ljbraries in will, of course, first serve the teach- ora and pupils, but they are also de- signed to be neighborhood libraries. The first of such branches is about to be opened in the new Eastern High School. _In this case there is to be a | high_ school library ‘oh the second floor; the branch of the Public Li- brary will be on the ground floor ad- joining the main entrance. In two. jun::'r l;ilh'uhflr\’ool':?ubdolng just contracted - for the: ate school libraries; the branch libraries will serve school needs and juvenile and adult populations. A few details of the plan may bs of interest. Branches in schools will ive their own staffs and their own permanent collections of books, but to making 'its own part of the local | two | the Public. like other branches will draw on the resources of the main library. Sub- branches will have smaller permanent collections and will draw more heav- iy on the main library or meighbor- ing branches. They will be conducted by the staffs of branches to which they are tributary. Stations wiil be still smaller of collections, conducted by mald librarians. Equipment and Administration of Branches. In the equipment of such branches the agreement between the school and library boards provides that the board of education shall furnish_all P 83 built-in shelves, closets, tollet fa- cilities, cloak rooms, etc. The board of library trustees will furnish mov- able equipment, such as tables, chairs and desks, and also the books, peri- odicals and technical library supplies. In the matter of maintenance the school board will furnish heat, Hght. telephone service and janitor service (also covering periods when the schools are not in session). The iibrary board will furnish profes- sfonal lbrary service and transporta- tion of library books and supplies. In the wdministration of the branch lbraries in_ the schools the agree- ment provides that in all matters goncerning their professional " con- duct the library staff shall be con- sldered a part of the staff of the Public Library and all appoinunents and transfers shall be made by the public librarian. In matters concern- ing heating and the physical side of the branches and the relations with the fanitor the library staff shall be considercd a _part of the schcol or- ganization. Other administrative de- cisions, Including those of hours of opening, shall bo by agreement be- tween the public librarian and the superintendent of schools. Regula- tions made by the Public Library for the use of the branch, 8o far as they ncern school pupils, are subject to the approval of the superintendent of schools. The plan for the conduct of branch Ubraries in schools as outlined i not yot in effect, but will be tried out in the school branch about to be opened and in others projected. In & number of other cities the same gen- eral plan i in operation, including such ofties am Grand Rapids, Toledo, Newark, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St Louis and others. —_— BARRED BONDSMEN ENTER NEW FIELD Restricted in Police Court, They Go to U. S. Commis- sioner’s Office. Indication that the flood of bond- &iving which has been stopped by an order of the Police Court limiting professional bondsmen to double the assessed value of their property, was to be diverted to the office of United States commissioners, was given this morning when $3,600 worth of bonds were provided for three prisoners on ltquor charges befors United States Commissioner George H. Macdonald. Lucllla Bass of 1010 1st street, charged with sale and possesslon of five gallons of liquor, released on $1,600 bond; Edward Webb of 1026 1st street, charged with po; ion, on $500 bond, and Joseph H. Spriggs of 1026 1st street, for sale and posse: slon, on $1,500 bond. Order Disregarded. \ Bond for these three prisoners was {provided by a bondsman whose quota waswas cut with ten other professional bondsmen by the recent Police Court order. Although he s restrained from &iving bond in Police Court until his liabllity has been reduced to less than twice the value of his real estate holdings as they appear on the as- sessor's books, it was evident today that the ruling of the Police Court would not be considered by the United States commissioners. Bondsmen today were surprised at the resuits of the Police Court ruling. The majority, it was learned, not only approve most of the items contained in the rules, but, in addition, seven of the eleven professional bondsmen had asked that rules somewhat similar to some of those promulgated Thursday be adopted in @ petition tendered to the court some time ago. In fact, general approval among the more reputable class of bondsmen was accorded the rullng aimed at “'capping” and around precinct for certain bond: . But the decre: n the amount of the liability allowed bondsmen y 2 per cent of the cases are forfeitures, and that at least ninety-eight out of every hundred prisoners bonded are produced in court when wanted. Predictions were being made today, however, that police precincts would be jammed with unbailable prisoners tonight because of the regular week end clean-ups of cases. — D’ANNUNZIO SPURNS WAR | MEDALS, HAS BURNED 16 l Poet-Soldier of Italy Offers Them 8s Sacrifices on Tomb of His Unknown Hero. By the Assoclated Press. BRESCIA, Italy, November 17.— Gabriele d’Annunsio has refused a silver medal for military valor re- cently conferred on him by the min- istry of war to replace one of bronse. o poet-soldier declares he has burned all his decorations, of which yhe recelved sixteen for bravery, in- cluding the highest gold medal award of the Italian army, on an altar made of rock hewn out of Monte Grappa, Bcene of one of the flercest battles be- Undrnath th Itr rposs th bodyA, et tween the Austrian and Italian armi Underneath the altar reposes ti ybody of d’'Annuntio’s own unknown soldier, and he offers sacrifices by burning laurel leaves. He announced today that he would not receive any person who intendeq to present him with medals, crosses or diplomas. ATTORNEY GIVEN BAIL. Extortion Charged in Filing of Di- worce. Case Against Actress. LOS ANGELES, Calif., November 17, Herman L. Roth, attorney, was re. leased yesterday on $5,000 bail pend- ing hearing November 23 on & charge of extortion growing out of pa he filed as attornoy in a divorce suit against Barbara La Marr, motion pic- ture aotress. The divorce case was that of Ben Deely, who the husband of the actre he charge again he threatened to add sensational charges to the &dfiplaint uniess a large amount of money was pald by the actress and her employers. NOVEMBER .17, 192 Again Heads D. C. !Society of Natives i | i | | i ‘manent physical equipment. such | JESSE C. SUTER. —_— . NATIVES ELECT SUTER FOURTH TIE John Clagett Proctor Enter- tains Society at Its Annual Meeting Last Night. The Society of Natives of the Dis- trict of Columbia held its annual meeting last night in the Washington Club, eclected officers, heard reports from all of its committees and was entertained by fts historlan, John Clagett Proctor. Mr. Proctor read a history of the District for the fiscal year and was enthusiastically ap- plauded at its conclusion. Jesse C. Suter, president, presided and waa re-clected to head the or- ganization for his fourth consecutive term. Since he had already served three terms, it was necessary that he recelve a two-thirds vote to retaln the position. Other officers were re- elected with him as foilows: Lee D. Latimer, first vice president; Miss Margaret E. Forbes, second vice prasident: Miss Maude B. Morris, third vice president; John Clagett Proctor, historian; Miss Emma A. Bright, re. cording secrotary; Mrs. Mary E. St Clair, corresponding secretary; George ‘W. Evans, treasurer, —_— PRESIDENT TALKS 10 MOTOR SOCIETY Tells ° Members Auto Has Given People Better Un- derstanding of Country. PreeidentCoolidge in a brief ad- dress to the delegates to the second annual convention of the National Motorists' Assoclation today declared that the wonderful development of the motor car has been the means of glving the people a better under- standing of their country and has been an excellent means of education. The address of the President was made at the foot of the steps of the portico on the rear grounds of the ‘White House this afternoon, follow- ing which a group photograph was taken. In Introducing the delegates Judge Walter 1. Meals of Cleveland, president of the association, told President Coolidge of the strides made by the association and tendered u':? President an honorary member- ship President Coolidge in responss said that he was very grateful for the confidence shown by making him a member. He said he doubted if many of the people fully realized the great importance of the motor industry of the United States. “The motor car has been a great promotor of human _welfare,” the President said. It has ralsed the people and has given them a new outlook on life. ‘hers 1s no reason ;mwm(er many people living a shut- n life. “They are afforded easily an oppor- tunity to travel about the country seeing cities and sections they prob- bly would not otherwise have had it not been for the ad this industry. To experience f{ts greatest fulfiliment the motor {ndu try must be provided with good roa and equitable taxation, and in ob taining these benefits I want to a sure you of my most hearty co-opera- tion and support.” Elimination of grade crossings throughout the country as rapidly as possible will be sought by the associa- tion, it declded at the annual conven- tion which closed here today. Judgo Menls of Cleveland was re- elected president by unanimous vote, as were all other officers. A special committee will be named to take up the grade crossing elim- ination proposal The convention also recommended the following: Adoption by the states of uniform motor vehicle title legislation as a method of combating the theft of automobilee. Opposition by motorists to attempt to burden motor owners with additional and heavier taxes. Construction of the proposed Black Horse boulevard from Camden to At- lantic City, N. J., paralleling the White Horse pike. Construction of an adequately im- proved road _connecting the north and south from Washington through Rich- mond, Vi Raleigh, N. C.; Columbia, 8. C.; Valdosta, Ga.; Ocala, Fla., and St. Petersburg, Fla. ‘Appointment of a special committes to_investigate the commercial motor vehicle problem, with regard to roads and weights and general commerclal use of the highways. WILL OPEN DECEMBER 3. The Thomson School, at 12th and L streets northwest, on which a third- story addition is being erected, will not be reoccupied until December 3, it was decided by school officials yes- terday afternoon. Only the first two fleors then will be used, as the new addition {s not expected to be ready for occupancy until spring. The Thomson classes are now quar- tered in the Webster and Franklin schools on & part-time schedule. —_— DIES OF HEART DISEASE. Ira W. Paine, sixty-five, grocer at 509 9th etreet southeast, yesterday af- ternoon was stricken with heart dis. ease while on & street car at 9th and F streets, and died en route to Em gency Hospital. Coroner Nevitt g the necessary death certificat o deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ellen E. Palne, and & daughter, Mrs. Nellle R. Talcott. DYING IN HOSPITAL AFTER AUTO CRASH George A. Walker of Washington - Has Fractured Near Baltimore. Shecial Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., November 17.— George A. Walker, twenty-one years oM, whose address is ‘given as 24! street northeast, Washington, s dy- \ing at the University Hospital here | from a fractured skull und internal | injuries received when his automoblle | crashed into a culvert on the Wash- ington boulevard at St. Denis early this morning. With Walker was John R. Blates of 422 6th street northeast, who escaped with minor bruises. The two were driving toward Wash- ington when, in rounding a sharp curve, Walker apparentiy lost con- troy of the automobile, which skic- ded, smashed Into the culvert and overturned. Walker was pinned under. neath the machine and was freed with considerable difficulty by Blates and a passing motorist, in whose ca: Walker was rushed to the Baltimore hospital. ARTS BODY FAVORS NEW ASYLUM PLANT Proposed Buildings for Fee- bie-Minded Colony Outlin- ed by Architect. | | The general plan of the Commis- sioners for erection of & colony for the feeble-minded near Camp Meade, Md.. was Indorsed by the Fine Arts Commission yesterday. The plan, as outlined by Capt. John E. Wood and Municipal Arohitect A. L. Harris, calls for a serles of bufldings, including an administra- tion bullding, dormitory, hospital, isolation ward, sohool and shops and farm group. The commission also Inspected tentative sketches of the Proposed structures. Seck Any Suggestions. George S. Wilson, secretary to the board of charities, and Arohitect: Harris will go to New York tomor- Tow to show the plans to the na- tlonal committee on mental hygiene to obtain any helpful suggestions. Capt. Wood, assistant engineer com- missioner of the District. belleves that one of the first things Congress | #hould do at the coming session is to glve the f.lble-minded‘homa & name that will mot advertiss the mental condition of the Inmates, The Fine Arts Commission also gave turther consideration yesterday to the désigns for new lampposts for Wash- ington. Approve Num Tablet. The commigsion approved a full size model of the monument to the nuns of the battleflold of the civil war, by Jerome Connor, sculptor, of Wash. ington. The site chosen for this monu- ment {s at the intersection of Rhode Is- land avenue and M street, at Connecticut avenue, The monument is being erect- ed by the Ladi Auxilfary, Ancient Order of Hibernians of America, in accordance with an_act of Congress aproved March 29, 1918, A design for the Dominlean cam- mign medal, prepared for the Navy epartment by Adolph A. Weinman, scuiptor, of New York, wi The commission inspect submitted by the MacFarland me morlal committee for & prop morial fountaln to Henry B. F. Mac. fatland, former Commissioner of the District of Columbla. Roaslya Improvements. John Small, Jr., landscape architect, submitted to the commission land- scape plans for the improvement of Rosslyn at the end of the Francis Scott Key bridge and the approach to Ariington. The plans provide for a plasa treatment and a series of con necting roadways leading to small towns and residence sections In ariington county. The commission welcomed these plans, a= they will bring about mucl need provements for the locality, and will provide a suitable approach to Washington at the Key bridge, At a luncheon yesterday the com- mission_had as its gue his excel- lency, Don Gelasio Caetani, the am- bassador of Italy, to discuss the par- ticipation of the United States in {nternational art exposition at Ven in 1924; his secretary, Signor Silensi; Harlan Mlller of the Department of State, Dwight F. Davis, assistant sec. retary of Wl;'\. and Mr. David Lyon, architect of the Caplitol. DEMANDS APOLOGY FOR GIRL'S ARREST A letter demanding that police apologize for the arrest of Mies Lil- lian Osborn last Sunday night on charges of operatifix an automobile while drunk, as well as pay for the costs of such arrest, including the fee for & bondsman in providing $700 collateral, was filed with Maj. Sulli- van and forwarded yesterday by him to the third precinct for information and report. The letter was from the mother of Miss Osborn. It is stated that the case would be nolle prossed in Police Court. “ Ready to Appear. Police were frankly in a quandary regarding the action as to.a nolle pros of the case, inasmuch as two pollcemen were ready to appear as prosecuting witnesses. Prediction was made at the third precinct that there would be no apol- ogles. If the case comes to an issus, it was declared by an official of the precinct, the pollicemen will stand trial before the trial board before making apologies for executing ar- rest, which Capt. C. E. E. Flather of the third precinct says they felt they were justified in making. The letter has not been returned to Maj. SBullivan as yet. It is in the hands of Sergt. Lee of the third pre. cinct, who is in charge of the squad in which Policem: Lettermt 8nd Mias Osborn, it is claimed, however, has obtained a statement from a phy- sician at Emergency Hospital, 1 which he makes afidavit of the fact that she was not under the influence of ‘liquor when he hospital. In view of this amd fact that Miss Osborn drove from Georgetown to Em. lencr Hospital with her injured escort in the car and piloted him Ilfll{ to the door of the hospital, a nolle pros the case has been requested, according 1o, T(;lanau of "l.lll mz:_:mm tn thD papers, however, of Assistant Corporation Coun- digan at Police Court, and he 18 absent from his office on account of illness. Until he returns and takes up the case, there is expected to be no new rlavopmcm. SCHOOL THRONGED INNATUREFESTIVAL Pupils Depict Forests, Ani- mals and Insects at Cen- tral High. Vegetable and antmal life in the United States was depicted by 300 children of the graded schools of Washington in a “Nature Festival” at Central High School last night. Dressed in costumes to represe green forests and various forms of plants, animals and insects, the litile actors danced, stood as statues or did whatever else was appropriate. The house was filled to capacity. The fire marshal was in charge of the building and was compelled to issu orders at § o'clock mot to allow any more people in the school. Upon the raising of the curtair the children of the H. D. Cooke Schoo! were arranged so as to depict the jrelative poeitions of the stars in the northern constellations. — This was followed by a series of scenes in Which were deplcted tne following by the different schools in respective or- der: Planting, by the Wallach-Tow- s School; vegetables, by the Gage ct enemies, by t , and weed enemie efferson-Amidon School. followed by & “dance of the reapers. enacted by the pupils of the Wallach- Towers School. Forests in Three Acts. The forests were dapicted in thres acts, which showed the forest prime- val In the United States before the white man inhabited this country, the ‘wasting of the wonderful forests by the white man and the devastated forests, the latter showing the resulte of saws and axes as wielded by the white man, and also the ravages of the forest's worst enemy—fire The children, dressed in costumes to represent rahbits, squirrels and birds, danced, swung thelr anng, jumped or hopped over the stawe Lightning buge were depicted by Eiris dancing while electric bulbe, cleverly arranged on thelr foreheads, alternately lit and went out. The forest fires were represented by girls dressed in flame-colored cos- tumes. Later whep boys, represents ing axmen, came along and proceeded to go through the motions of chop- ping down tha trees, the trees enacted their part by falling to the floor and remaining still untH time to arise. The trees which had had their greenness and life taken out of them by fire were also depicted by cos. tumes looking llke scorched wood. The festival was under supervision of Miss Elizabeth K. Peeples. Musi was furnished by the Grade Scho Orchestra, the song chorus was by children of the H. D. Cook Schooi. while the ushers and programs werc furnished by the Eckington and Lenox schools, respectively. Tho lighting was supervised by .Cyril Flannery. HAYS NOT DRAFTED AS LEADER OF 6. 0. P. ‘White House Denies Report He Will Direct Campaign in 1924. There has been no decision to maks Wil H. Heys chalrman of the répub- lican natlonal committee, it was an- nounced officially yesterdsy at the ‘White House. President Coolidge has heard of no plans to replace John T. Adams, present chairman, with Mr, Hays, who held the position during the 1920 campalgn. ‘This was learned during the after- noon just before Mr. Hays called at the White House for a personal con- ference with the President, under- atood to be simply to pay respeots and without political significance. The White House spokesman after paying high tribute to Mr. Hays for is work in tho 1920 campaign, said he had returned to private business after his service as Postmaster Gen- oral, and It would be doubtful if he could be persuaded to return to political life. U. S. PARTY TO EXPLORE SODOM AND GOMORRAH Territory Lies South of Dead Sea, ‘Where Arabs Show “Pil- lar of Salt.” By the Assoctated Press. > PHILADELPHIA, November 17.—Ex- ploration_of the Cities of the Plaln, namely, Sodom and Gomorrah, will be _ undertaken by an ufi;’!lfitm headed by the Rev. Dr. M. G. le, presideat of the lenia Theological Seminary, St. Louts, according_to an announcement made’ today by Prof. Jamee A. Mont- gomery of the University of Pennsyl- vania “and ‘president of the American Schools of Oriental Research. The expedition will be under the aus- pices of the Ienla Seminary and the American Schools of Orlental Research. With Dr. Kyle will be aseoclated Dr. W. F. Albright, director of the Amer- fcap 8chool in Jerusalem, and President of the American Unlversity at B t, who will be the geologist. Dr. Kyle expects to saill on December 29. “The territory where the explorations will be_conducted lies at the south end of the Dead sea, where Zoar is believed to have been iocated and where the Arabs still show the pillar of salt Into which Lot's wife was converted, accord- ing to the Bible. —— STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO EXCAVATE BASEMENT Co-Eds at Michigan Agriculture College to Serve Refreshments ‘While Men Labor. By the Assoclated Press. LANSING, Mich., November While co-eds dole out coffre and doughnuts and the Michigun Agricul- tural College Bahd plavs syncopating music, students and faculty members of the agricultural school next week Wil piok up picks and shovels an dig_the basement of the proposed $500,000 Unfon Memorial building. Excavation will start Monday and about 100 students and professofs will work in two shifts. Kack man s oxpected to put in & half day. while the women of the campus hold the time watches and serve refreshments. e Droject is belleved to be the first of its kind and magnitude ever at- tempted. HONOR WALT WHITMAN. Hundreds Attend Dedication . of Houss Where Poet Lived. > CAMDEN, N. ‘J., Novembér Hundreds of admirers of Walt Whit- man stood with bared heads today as a modest two-story house {n which he spent the declining years of ‘his life was dedicatéed. > The inscription on a bronse teblot - - in front of the hous > » b “Here lived the good gray poet:” ‘Walt Whitman, from 1§84 to thesdate. of his death, March 26, 1892, This- 18 _owned und-dedfoated city of Camden to the memary famous citizen. & . it The dedication_was followsd’ by ‘&l i pligrimage to Harlelgh . cemetery, where- a wreath was placéd os the tomb of the poet.