Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1923, Page 11

HIGH BUILDING COST FAGTORS ASSAILED Labor Representative Claims Workers ‘Are Not to Blame for Exoess Prices. By the Assqelated Proma. g ‘ -PHILADELPHIA. .December 6.-— Profiteering, irregular employment. uawillingness of banking institutions 0 lend money on real estate and the failure ‘of contractors to employ ap- prentices were: blamed for the’coun- try-wide housing shortage by speak- ors last night before the minth ah- nual conferenee of housing -in Amer- ica. > Declaring labor wants the respon- £ibility for high housing costs placed where it belongs, Tlugh Frayne, gen eral organizer of the American Fed- eration of Labor, laid it at the door of every eclement other than the building trades entert mto construction of the buf sarted there was proi n 1 purchase of land, the transier of title, in money costs and in con- tractore’, architecte™ and engineers charges, but he said the _public knew nothing of it Blame for Costs. “If they did” he said, “thero would bs & quick change in pubdlic opinion end the blame for the high cost of huilding would be placed where it rightfully belongs. That fe one im- portant thing that labor wants to have done.” Trade school machanics he strled a mortgage: the open shop a permanent Jiability Speaking of the insufficient numbers of trained buflding mechanics in the eountry, he laid the blame at the door of the contractors. declaring ihey fail to take advantage of the quotas of apprentices allowed them, but y on others to traln workers, hopinz to got them by outbidding’ their com- petitors. g in Unfair to Labor. Labor, sald Mr. Frayne, was blamed for the increased wages brought a%out by this system, whcreas the e.apleyer was directly responsible. ociety today,” sald Mr. Fray “is paying for its shortsighted pol of neglecting to provide proper deecant housing for the people. Young children, instead of being brought up to be men and women of charac- ter and standing, are forced through the greed of the profiterr to live m overcrowded Thovels under immoral and ir nitary conditions, which rnot only des y them physically but spiritually as well l¢ confined in Juntry. especially thos the larger cities, are the product and direct result of these votten, damn: Lie conditions. Danie]l Craw bullde attacked tl by« e, ord, jr. a Philadeiphia of some r stocks t of the bank G Lrust companics in this efty aid, “are based on real estate houses.” Recause of this polic; declarcd, the average builder must za clsewhere to finance his operas ons, as must the rrivate owner seeking a mortgage. P8 SENTENCED FOR LIFE, . FRENCHMAN ASKS DEATH Displeased at Imprisonment Term for Murder of Sweetheart, Who Refused to Marry. By the Associated Press. Tex., . former Frenc ator, was sentenced to life imprison- ment late erday for the murdef of his sweetheart, Louise Floquet, an was displeased with the verdict, € pressing a desire to pay the extreine penalty Vexenat's defense presented a plea of insanity. but made {ts chief appeal “o_save him from the electric chalr. Vexanat occasionally protested at the efforts of the atlorneys He gave all the detai from the witness s killed Miss Floquet be: Leen his flancee and later refused marry him. —_— FORD FOURTH SELECTION AT S. D. CONVENTION Bolting Fusion Group Indorses Manufacturer for March Primary. Press g D., December 6.—A presidential selection has emerged from the proposal conven- clons concluded here yesterday— Tenry Ford. choice of the fusion con- - ference, made up of “Ford democrats” and a group of farmer-laborites that holted the regular convention. That was announced last night by mes F. Houlihan, chiet of the Ford apporters: in. tho democratic ranks, wRo declared .the fusion conference 2180 had selected state candidates, in- cluding Eric Ellefson of Sioux Fails, for_governor. Presidential selections of the pro- posal conventions were Calvin Cool- idge, republican choice: Willlam G. McAdoo, democratic, and Robert M. La Follstte, farmer-labor nominee. All_candidates must be entered in the March primary, when the voters will act on the.recommendations of the proposal men. MELLONS-WIN CUP. Secretary and Brother Exhibit Prize Bantams at Baltimore. BALTIMORE, M4, December 6— Secretary of the Tressury Andrew W. Mellon and his brother, R. B. Mellon, were awarded a cup for the best dis- play of any one variety of bantams at ths Baltimore poultry show. Secre- tary Mellon and his brother are own- ors of the Rolling Rock Club, Loug! Jinton, Pa. This vear's exhibition is s8id 1o be the largest of wny in the history of the state. . SHOE FIRM ASSIGNS. Hirsch-Stern Assets,. ' $11,500; Debts, $11,084.11. Percy L. Hirscli and Abraham Stern, trading as Hivseh-Stern, dealers in footwear at 1204 G strect northwest, today flled with the recorder of deeds an assignment for benefit of oreditors to Lunsford L. Hamner and George ¥. Edelin. The assets of the con- cern are estimated at $11,600 and its indebtednes: aced At $11.664.11, Tater the assigness-applied to the Distriot_Supreme Court to fix their Decemb L2 12 he T By the As PIER fourth D wvir | € {FULL POWERS BILL WINNING IN REICHSTAG First Two Articles -Passed, But , " Fight Looms for Bill in Full By the Associated Press, BERLIN, December 6.—The reich- stag today voted articles 1 and 2 of the. government's full-powers bill, separataly, 282-to 5. ‘The natlonal- ists announced that before the bill as a whole was put up for vote they would leave the reichstag. A discussion ensued as to whether | the final vote should be postponed. PLAN EARLY START ' ONNEW RESERVOIR Engineer Officials to Open i Bids Next Month on Great } Filtration Project. . i Arrangements are being made by Maj. O'Connor, District engineer offi- cer, for starting the construction of the largo fiitratlon reservolr and pumping plant at the District line just south of the old Dalecarlia or recelving reservolr, north of the Con- lduit road. These are Lmportant auxillarles of the system, now under construction, for doubling the water supply of the District, and will cost about §2,000,- 000, ! Bids for the work will be opened | January 15.- with & view of starting operations early next spring. The new plant s designed for purification of £0,000,000 gallons of water a day, | 6.000,000 'gallons more than the ca-| pacity of the existing plant south of the Soldiers’ Home grounds. | “Concrete work on the conduit now junder construction from Great Falis ito the Dalecarlia reservoir will be }suspended during cold winter weath- er, but excavation and similar work in connection therewith will be con- tinued as usual. 172 CAUSES FEAR ON WEST COAST {Pacific Finds Fame>d‘~ Rum €| Sleuth’s Visit Most An- noying Kind. Special Dispatch to the Star. I SAN FRANCISCO, December 6.— Seljers of illicit liquors and cone isumers of the eame all up and down | the Pacific coast, and particularly in an Francisco, are much concerned toduy over kinstein theories. It s not the well known and high- 1y sclentific theory on relativity and the -movement of light, however, Japous which . they are’ worrving. Thetr mental perturbation is over an.| entjrely . different Einstein—in this pavticmldr, case “lazy.” For the beneAt of the uninitiated 0 shu‘uld'#a explained that lzzy Ein- stein is e government's most scin- tiiutihz And. best press agented rum {sicuth. ~ Back east, If all the stories ‘I\‘Rdr‘dlllg n are to be believed, all 1he bootleg@ers lock up shop and go on !vuv tions whenever Izzy blows into town. Histhany clever disgulses, his {Tong-djgtance scent for anvthing mel. | {lifuods that runs over one-half of 1 per: vent and the daring of his ex- @it have long since become the am- hitigud goal of every government dry agent. “To make & long story short, lIzzy is Somewhere on the Pacific coust. Just where nobody knows. He came te Loa ngeles ten days ago and then djeappenrcd. He has stayed * ared” ever since. _Previously {had dropped a hint that he “might” j visit San Francteco. 1 A San Francisco Visited. Not, San Franclsco, at least the rum-purveying element and that por-, tion of its citizenry which likes something stronger than coffee with | its meals. not only belloves that Izzy i has visited here—but that he fs still | visiting, ! The Elnstein theorizing all comes fof "a “dozen spectacular raids on downtown cafes in the last forty- eight hours. Thé places raided have been such as are patronized only by the socfally or financially elect, against which the ordinary rum sleuth has been unable to obtain evi- dence Apropos Izzy Einstein’s relativity to the raide, proprietors of the ralded places today are agreed that a man answering his general description was jone.of their most liberal-handed pa- trons just before the government liquor-seizing squads appeared. Brief- ly, their Einstein theory {s that Izz: disguised in soup and fish and a new sheik pompadour, tipped the signal to_his waiting cohorts. The local prohibition director de- clares that the raids are only a starter and that San Francisco Christmas cheer thfs year 1s not go- ing to come from bottles. The original Einstein theory has a lot to do with the movement of 1 3 £an Franciscans would like to have a little light shed on Einstein—not the scientific one. Also they'd like to know why Iszy should want to spend {Christmas so far away from his dear jold New York, where oceans of real imported stuff can be had for $5 a quart, as compared with profiteering prices of $15 here. HILTON SCHOOL IS HELD SAFE FROM POISON GAS Repairs Made to Engine and Fur- nace Will Be Properly Protected. Another inspection of the Hilton School today by school authorities revealed no traces’ of polsonous gases wEich have been thrown off on sev- eral occasions by an’obsolete hot air heating furnace and a gas engine, whidh propels “the air. clrculating fans. > The gag engine was repaired yes- terday afternoon by workmen from the District repair shop. Tomorrow new bafles will be placed in the fur- naces. 'When this work i8 completed officials believe thero will be no further . trouble. B hohd. Justice Hitx dirécted the as-| wignees to file & bond 'of $10,000. OIL TANKS ABLAZE. Fire Caused by. Lightning Bolt fn Ohto-City. MARIETTA, Ohlo, December 6— ¥ire which followed a bolt of light- ning todsy was rapidly consuming 14,000 barrels of crude oil in one of the $0,000-darrel capacity steel tanks of the Buckeye Plpe Line Company 16cated at Corning, about sixty miles m%w'c, The: tank was struck just. Aa'ctock Tast night, and the fire 4 throughoyt the night despite efforts to steam out the flames. | DISPATCH RIDER DIES. i WEST ORANGE, -\ D —Tohn Edward Weich: & chvil ey dispatch rider, who carried the news %o Gin G died" ek HHaso i 3 eighty-six years old. = i FOR CHRISTMAS TIME. Alligator pears are uncommon in many places remote from Jarge cities and almost everywhere cost 25 cents each. Why not send these to friends at Christmas time, suggests Nature x':{nuuma But F'Iur:'i.lann- 100k upon mqu vas tangeloes Chris\mas: €ifts, and masbe thels friends in the north have never seen them. ¢ SEEK MEMBERSHP Senators Johnson and Frazier meeting Mond; | eleated officers will i first moeting on this occesion. Takoma Park. from Commissioner J. Franklin Bell, is aleo a member of the Public Utlll- ties Commission, address the members of the assocla- INTAKONA B0D Apply to Citizens’ Association. The two latest members of 'Con- &ress to apply for membership in the Takoma Park Citizens’ are Senator Magnus Johnson of Min- nesota and Senator Lyan J. Frazler of North Dakota. Their applications will be acted on at the meating of the assocation to be held next Mon- day night at 8 o'clock In the Takoma Public Library, corner 5th and Cedar treets northwest. Prestdent Walter ‘Irey, their applications at night. To Be Blg Affalr. Arrangements have been completed for making this one of the biggest community affairs held in years In Roth senators will ba present at the meeting and President {Trey hopes to have brief expressions ngineer who them. . In addition will tion. o Takoma Park now boasts of having In its community three senators and Tn addition to ne representati Chosen Commander of Spanish Vet- Association who was electrd as the presiding officer of the assoclation last month, visited the two prospective members and will I present the The newly preside at thelr be present and (SE OF DIRIGBLE IN ARCTIC TAKEN UP Shenandoah May Be Used (fi; Proposed Flight to North Pole. ADAM BREM ELECTED. erans’ cqu. Anton-Brem was elected commander of Gen. M. Emmet Urell Camp, No. §, United Spanish War Veterans, at a meeting of the organization in Pyth- {an Templo last ni The following also were elected: Thomas H. Wilkingon. senior vi commander; Tvan Conklin, junior vice commander; R. E. Washburn, officer of the day: E. M. Eshelman, ofcer :r the guard, and & A. Dellar, trus- o8, Judge Alcorn of Cineinnatl, national commander, was present nd d livered an address on national affairs. ——— WIFE CHARGES CRUELTY. Chief Justice McCoy today required Frank V. Passeno, jr.. an employe of a sand and gravel company, to furnish a bond of $500 Mot to leave Washington pending ‘the disposition of a suit for a Timited divorce brought b his wife, Madeline Passeno. According to the wife's petition the husband "has de- clared that he would not pay alimony. Mrs. Passeno charges crueity. —They were married November 7, 1812, and have one child. - Attorney W. A. Coombe appewrs for the wife. —_— GAS FATAL TO MAN. Heinrich Steinbach, fifty vears old, who was found in his room, at 233 Pennsylvania avenus ngrthwest, ves- terday suffering from {lluminating gas poisoning, died at Casualty Hos- pital’ this morning. - Polfoe Jearned that_Steinbach formerly roomed at 417 Virginia avenue southeast. 1t iy thought his relatives reside in Kan- & ty. The speclal board of naval officers appointed to draw up plans for w| | naval aerel expedition to the North Tole next summer held Its second meeting today and devoted virtually all discussion to the properties of the Shenandoah for the fiight. The committee wili approach the important subject from ull angler, and equal consideration will be given to the use of lighter and heavier- than-air craft or both. Commander McCrary. master of the world’s larg- est dirigible, and Commander Weyer- bacher, the constructor of the eraft. presented to the committee many technical data on the capubilities of the: former ZR-1 Tt was stated (hat the dirigible has & cruising radius of between three and four thousand miles, which might make it possible for the ship to oper- ate on the expedition with Lakehurst, her present headquarters, as & base. !In this connection, however, it was brought out that the air crulser could operate successfully from a mooring mast in the arctic reglons. No deci- sion on this question was reached, but every word of discussion was. re- corded for future reference. P With the arrival In Washington ‘to- of Lieut. Commander Fitzhugh |Senators Johnson and Frazler, other members_of the assoclatiod include Senator Edwin I Ladd of North Da- | ota and Representative Ira ;. Hersey of "Malne. boih of whom tnke an|Greene from the Naval War College actlve {ntérest in the organization. At |at Newport the mem| ip ot dhe the meeting Monday night President |borrd was completed. ‘The bedy -’- Irey will announce the chafrmen of [journed for lunch and will meet again the standing commitiees of the usso. | this afternoon In the bureau of aere- ton for the ensuing ve: nauties. A been filed which tard, make & point of warm- ing:the milk:before sdding the 4, :as -there 1is then 1 “cfiance of fts turning out thin- and watery. Always place a ‘silver spoon in & bow] or glass dish before you pour hot stewed fruit into it. This will prevent it from cracking. . / In buying canned fruit choose a reliable brand ‘@nd avold all cans that are bulged at ti ends. As soon. as the can is opened turn the fruit into & flase or china dish and do not eep it longer than can be helped. Dried fruit ls very useful. for grubs and then washed and s0aked for several hours In the water {n which it is to be stewed. “Wheu boiling a cabbage or caulifiower, tle a crust of breud In a muslin bag and place it in the saucepan. This will prevent the odor from per- vading the house. To mend 'a small hole in an umbrella, take & piece of black sticking plaster, “and sogk {t until _quite soft. Place "this carefully under the hols inside and let'it dry. This is better than darning, as it closes the hole neatly without stitches. One-fourth teaspoonful . of baking powder udded, to mash- ed potatoes while beating will make them light and-fluffy. SUES FOR HUSBAND'S DEATH. Sult to recover §10.000 damages has in the District Supreme’ Court by Mrs. Annie M. Hardesty, ad- ministratrix of her husband, James Hardesty, against the Boyle-Rob- erteon Construction Company for-the death of her husband. working on the All ouls' Unitarian Church, at 16th and Harvard streets, when he recelved an electric . shock ~aused his death, it is alleged. Attorney C. Chester Caywood appears or the plaintiff. Pennsylvania Avenue Saks & ([ompany A Group of n’s Overcoats That we’re placing on Sale for Friday and Sat- urday at this special price— $21.75 In style they are of this season’s best models. Double- breasted — big Great Coat types—with belts all around. The weavesaretheDouble- faced fabrics that are so pop- ular. Medium and dark shades.: Care- fully tailored. S And a group of" _» en’s Suits —thaf will be on special saleat'the sa.me time. Worsteds—in: effective -patterns—Young Men’s els—regular and stout sizes—34to 44, ai " Both prices represent very marked concessions in price Seventh Street It must be examined™ MARINE SERGEANT GIVEN | UP'TO U. S. AUTHORITIES Faces Trial on ‘Charge of Com- plicity to Defraud Commis- sary Stores. Marine Serst. Ralph P. MacCul- Tough, accused of complieity in a plot to defraud the government by taking Boods trom-an Army and Navy com- missary here, has baen turned over by the military authorities for pro: cution along with two other men involved, Martin Lusby, a butcher at the commissary, and Lincoln Wedel, an auditor of the income tax unit. Sergt. MacCullough, who served a short term on the local poliee force in 1920, was taken over from marine autrohities yesterday by Agents Cox and Golding of the special intelli- gence unit of the Internal revenue bureau, arraigned befora Commis. sloner MacDonald and released und $5,000 bond. His release to the civil authorities followed conterences with the district attorney's office and ma- rine officials, who preferred the case be transferred. ; REVIVAL DRAWS CROWDS. Rev. Mell Trotter Preaching at Mount Vernon Place. Evangelistic services bein, at Mount Vernon Place M. South by Rev. Mel Trotte, tendent of oity missions of Rapids, Mich.. are attracting conducted hurch superin- Grand laTge ardesty was crowds. THe services, held under audt spices of the Gospel Mission, will con=.& tinue untl"December 16. -Horher Ham- | montree {s song. icader and Howard ¥ Hermansen Is planis Mr. Trotter {s condiicting a Bible cone, ference at the church eve: afternoon,. except Batarday, st 4 :45. He is taling up_the book of Romans. i Mr. Hammontree -is. desirou of ha ing those who participated in the sing- ing during the Bllly Sunday mectines. as well as any others from various | church choirs, assist in the singing. - LIGHT CRIME MONTH. Given's Report Shows Falling Of in Cases. The monthly report of the ope tions of the office of assistant cor- poration counsel, Ralph Giver. for the month of November, 1323, was filed ’Lg\lsy with Maj. Pevion °Gordon. | United States distrier attornev | In volume of business. Mr ays, it s the smallest &h long period in all. which include cases” for violation prohibition law. The skown by the report. were: Assaulls 135; larceny, 98, carrying deadly wedpons, 28; bad checks. 23: gaming. - 2 assaults with dangerous weapons. 16 disorderly houses: 10: dastroying rivate property, 11:; robbery g \ousebreaking, 7: false pretenses, & cruelty nimals, 3: jumping board bills, 4; assault to kil 3: forgery. 3; one of violation of the white slave act.: The other cases cited in the re- port are of minor importance. — e | A 1aber census is to be taken by |the Japanese government every thres years for the purpose of ascertaining the labor resources of the country. Giyen ere 129 prol 3 of “the nationa ajor cases, as BLAME THE WEATHER Bitter Medi Right hard on us before Christmas; it enough in January. ] ! cine. —to take such- losses would have been bad But even bitter medi- cine has its benefits—and we MUST get out of this overstocked condition! The better part of our Suits and Overcoats $28.75 | Formerly $35, $40 and $42.50 L Formerly $52.50, $50 and $45 " Over half of our stock is included in this ““sale. We haven't all sizes in any particular pattern—but that won't limit variety any! $65 Suits and Qvercoats reduced to $48.75 ' 375 Overcoats reduced to $58.75 $90 Overcoats—fnest: e have—868.75 —ee——— No cllarge for alterations — reasonable “deposit will hold any selection. % Midiishade Blue Serge Suits, Worumbo Overcoats and Tuxedos amongst those not reduced. -FRED P! Presi = _Two -Store sm Fasnion Ghop LZMAN . ent. : Downtown { - 9th&E | i X Opy: ‘Crandait’'s