Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1924, Page 2

OPPOSES OFFICERS N BUSINESS POSTS Research Worker Favors Combining War and Navy Departments. CITES MANY ADVANTAGES Believes Civilians Could Better Handle Commercial Matters. Says Efficiency Supports Plan. greatest mistakes in is the handling propositions by officers. according to W. F. Willoughby, director of the In- stitute for Goyornment Research, who today advocated consolidation of the War and Navy Departments before the congressional committee on reorgan- fzation of the executive departments. “We spend $30,000 to train a man for one job and then put him at @n- other,” Mr. Willoughy told the mem- bers of the committee holding hear- ings on the proposed plans f organizing the departments. Mr. Willoughhy at length on the consolidation two service branches, his being as| much in favor of plan as that of | Secretary Weeks and Secretary Denby wax against it at the opening of the hearings vesterday. The sessions are being held in public lands com- mittee room in the Senate gffice build. ing. Waler F. Brown, an of the joinc committee, is presiding. Has Plan of Own. Mr. Willoughby, who has a plan of his own for reorganizing the depart- ments, began his testimony by saying that he would like to point out the importance ng “this whole of effe reorganization.” The tendency of the is to get more rovernment, said, #nd more complex hat from the standpoint of efficiency it seems im- possible to him to take too radical n to simplify the government. stion of | One of the government service of purely business Army and Navy spoke the testimony Houghby | 2 to a advantages of of the consideration contining a War and Navy de He said that would impr budget, and problem sc thought as the fense,” the sav aring e times @ such consolidation | the making of the| would aid personnel ng. He declared that he o larger organization, such | proposed “Department of De- could be administered with or grea cMiciency, de-| that the War Department is| large today as during | the Spanish- ican war, vet it isf a8 efficiently managed Would Aid in Business. He admit that the proposal consolidate the War and Navy d partments scoms so radical that a tremends burden, he said. is thrown e who advoeate it.f He : at the proposition does anything of consoli- dation the military and naval establishments. per se, but that merely the business organization of the fighting is involved. He asserted ,that the bus, work s | nearly the same for both i In answer to a question from Sen-| ator Wadsworth if one service could | make hnical designs for another, Mr. Willoughby said that the tech- nical side is just one of setting up enough divisions to handle such matters, on consolidation should_be effected. H Mr. Willoughby ‘said that it is im- | possible to conceive of @ny test of | the United States it * would not | require the intimate co-operation of | the two ser In peace they are separate, h ared, “but in a con- tingney we say we have got to work the two tozether.” He cited cases during the Spanish-American war tend ing to_ show they lagk of co-opera- tlon between ~the t®o servie branches, and pointed ouf the neces sity, when the United Stétes ente he world war, of settingéup the W Igdustries Board and Council of tiZial Defense and othgr organ tioli_to co-ordinate. activitles, It Mie two services were perma- nently \consolidated, be - said, there would be, in_existenos an organiza tion to plap in adyance and act as & unit when the contingency arase. Cites Weeks' Testimony. Senator Wadsworth interrups say that joint action was just thing that Secretary Weeks testified yes- terday wus being done, through the Joint, Army and Navy board | “That is an_argument for consolida- | tion, then;” Mr. Willoughby replied. “They are attempting to do the very | thing we propose.”” “But they are succeeding,” Mr. Wads- worth repiied Mr. Willoughby rejoined by sa that “they said the same thing 2 the Spanish-American war.” By estab- | lishing the joint Army and Navy plan- ning board, he ted, the two de- partments were admitting the necessity of_consolidation. He sald that & T, is to not E the services oppose | the consolidation on the ground the result would be too big, but that neither would think it too big to take over aviation. He cited the defense of the Philippines by both the Army and Navy, yet the problem js a single problem, he said Senator Wadsworth declared, “it is now being handled by a joint general staff. They Iread: doing most of the things aying they are not doing,” the senator told Mr. Wil- loughby. =T Putting officers in civilians’ jobs act as a depressant to purely civilian workers, Mr. Willoughby said. In answer to a question from Senator Wadsworth as to whether It would Be possible to get a civilian super- intendent of a great government arsenal at the same_salary paid a colonel in the Army, Mr. Willoughby admitted he did pot think it would. Mr. Willoughby, at the request of the committ gave his opinion as to the transfer of non-military activities of the service departments to other departments. He advocated the trans- fer of the bureau of insular affairs from the War to the State Depart. mént, and the transfer of the activi- tles of the great lakes survey to the coast and geodetic survey, as also the activities of the hydrographic office of the Navy. These offices, he sald, constitute the “most striking duplication in government service.” He advocated the placing of the Naval Observatory under a Depart- ment of Education and_Science, as provided for uncer the Institute for Government Researcn's plan of reor- ganization. The rian under consider- atlon by the committee involves the acing of the observatory under the “Department of Education and Wel- fare.” Mr. Willoughby will resume his testimony at 9:30 o'clock Thursday, no | retire or may i to mession of the hearings being sched- uled for tomorrow. COMMISSIONS ISSUED. District Men Given Reserve Corps Rank. Commissions in the Organized Re- serve Corps of the Army have been 1ssued by the War Departmient to the following named residents of this oity: ‘William J. Mallory, 1720 Connecticut avenue, as major in the Medical Corps; Edgar E. Davis, 505 18th street, as colonel in the Quarter- master Corps; ' William L. Allison, 1471 Irving Street, as first lieutenant of ordnance; Clyde . McCurdy, 600 $th street northeast, as second lleu- tenant in the Signal Corps; John K. Waterman, District National Bank bulicing, as captain in the Quarter- master Corps; Willlam W. Foster, 3510 T ‘street, as captain inthe -air service. . 3 “MAGIC ROD” SALESMAN ACQUITTED OF FRAUD Confidence Games Upheld Louisiana if Dealings Are in “Futures,” Court Holds. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, January 8.—Pro- viding a person deals in “futures” in working confidence games in Loufsi- ana, they are not obtaining money under false pretenses, the state su- preme court held yesterday in set- ting aside Indictments against George Antolne of Lafayette parish. ° Antolne was alleged to have worked the old game of the “magic rod” as a means of finding burled treasures and oil on Ulysses and Prosper Duhon of Lafayetto parish, obtaining $900 from them to produce the “magic or min- eral rod.” He promised to divide the treasure with the two victims. Antoine was indicted for obtaining money ufider false pretenses. He al- leged he had not violated the law contending that the Revised Statutes provided for punishment of those ob- taining money by representations of a past or existing condition, and had nothing to do with “futures” condi- tions or promise: NEW RETIREMENT BILL INTRODUGED Lehlbach Measure Contains Many Changes in Present " Employe Laws. in A voluminous new civil servire retire- ment bill was introduced in the House today by Representative Frederick Lehlbach of New Jersey, chairman of the ‘House committee on reform In the civil service. This is the second retirement bill introduced by Chatr- man Lehlbach at this session. The bill he lnlrndu(‘«“fl today was prepared by the bureau of pensions, and contains many amendments which they believe should be made to the existing law. It was transmitted by Work with the request it e introduced and printed o it may be made the subject for ussion at the joint hearings on > retirement law-amend- ment before the Senate and House committees on January 1. The new bill is in the form of a law which includes many features of the law as it now operates and absorbing very ~many proposed amendments. Outxtanding Features. The following are the outstanding features of the proposed amendments: Optional retirement after sixty vears of age. contingfent upon the emplove having rendered at least thirty v s of service, Retirement is not compulsory until employve shall reach seventy years 1 not even then if he has ess than fifteen vears of All classes and groups of employes are, under the terms of the amend- ment, placed on an equal footing In respect to age for both optional and sory retirement. * The new method for computing an- nuitles is provided. Under this method the annuities will be some- what higher than under the present law. Law Retroactive. The bencfits of the amended law are extended to those who have al- teady retired under the provisions of the act of May 22, 1930. # Provision is made for keeping ac- counts by the Treasury Department to carry into effect the recommenda- tions of the board of actuarfes. Other features deal largely with questions of administration. The bill provides that any employe over sixty years of age may elect to be compelled to retire 1y time after he shall have com- pieted thirty years of service in the aggregate. ~ From and after July 1 525, all employes upon reaching the age 'of seventy years will be auto- matically retired, except those who may have rendered less than fifteen rs of service This plan is in harmony generally with that recommended by the board of actuaries. That an employe oth- erwise cntitled to the benefits of the retirement act should not be com- pelled to retire until he attains an a ble status by rendering at least fifteen years of service, seems be a measure of justice. those advocating this bill say, and they poirt cut that it is in_harmony with a bill introduced by Chairman Lehl- bach on January 22, 1821. UPSHAW DRY PLEDGE CHALLENGE TO HILL Georgia Member of House Asks Marylander to Abstain From Flowing Bowl. / A pledge to abstain from intoxicat- ing liquors was signed in the House vesterday by Representative Willlam D. Upshaw of Georgls, democrat, an outstanding prohibition speaker, who ar the same-time challenged Repre- sentative John Philip Hill of Mary- land, republican; a wet leader, to sign it with’ him. » X The' pledge 'was signed. during a spirited . 'verbal volley between Up- shaw and HIL * Mr. Upshaw took the floor after Mr. Hill hd ‘denounced -prohibition con- ditions ip ‘Georgld and asked the Georgla representative and his col- leagues to take the pledge ‘“never again to touch the flowing bowl, legal or lilegal.” “If 1 had a pledge card I would do t now,” Mr. Upshaw declared. Just then a page boy brought for- ward a card. It was a Lincoln-Lee Legion card calling for a pledge to abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors and for the enforcement of all laws. “All right, Mr. Hill, I call your hand now, whatever that means,” Representative Upshaw said, as he flourished his pen and signed the ‘'Will the gentleman yield for a question,” Mr. Hill queried. “No, sir, 1 yleld for your signature; come 'and sign,” the Georgia repre: sentative retorted, “I sald I would sigh if you per- suaded the whole Georgia delegation to_sign,” Mr. Hill replied. “I_am not responsible for my col- leagues,” Mr. Upshaw declared. J. R. LAWSON, 90, DIES. Had Made Home in Washington About Thirty Years. James R. Lawson, old, died at his home, 449 G street northwest, yesterday. Mr. Lawson was a native of Vir- ginia, but had peen a resident of this city for about thirty years, and most of that time was employed at Congressional cemete Surviving, beside his widow, are nine children, all married: B. F. Law- son, Mrg. William Phelps, Mrs. Wil- llam Heard, Mrs. H. P. Clements, Mre. F. B. Tydings, Walter L. Law- son, Mrs. P. W. Hooper, H. B. Law~ son, all of thi# city, and C H. Lawson of Georgia: Funeral seryices will be held at ‘the chapel of J. Willlam Lee, under- taker, 332 . Pennsylvania - ayenue. northwest, tomorrow .at 9 am. ninety years THE EVENING NORMENT RETIRES AS BANK PRESIDENT George L. Starkey Elevated to Post After More Than Thirty‘ Years’ Service. Clarence F. Norment, who for more than thirty years has been president of the Natlonal Bank of Washington, tendered his resiguation, and George L. Starkey, first vice prasident, was elected to succeed him at a meeting of the board of directors this after- noon. Mr. Norment's actfon was no surprise to his fellow oficers and directors, since they have known for some time that he desired to be re- lieved ag chief executlve of the in- |stitution.” He will continue to take an active part, however, In the admiuls- tration of the bank’s affairs as chair- man of the board. At the same time the directors ¢lected D. J. Callahan as one of the vice presidents. Mr. Callahan, who is Vice president and general manager of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, long has been connected with the bank as a di- rector, having followed In the foot- steps of his father, who was also a director of the institution. Active in Civie Affairs, Mr. Norment's retirement as head of the bank marks a milestone In the carecr of one of Waghington's imost prominent and successful busi- iness men. Although the affairs of I(h-: bank have always had first call on his energy and talents, Mr. Nor- ment also has taken an active part in the development of other impor- tant business enterprises in Washing- ton. For' many years he was president of the Washington Railway and Elec- tric Company, and its subsidiary, the Potomac Electric Power Company, and is now a director of these com- panies and chairman of the executive committee. ; Mr. Norment is one of a small group of men who has been responsible for the building up of this great public service corporation. He is vice presi- |dent of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, a director of the American Security and_ Trust Com- pany, the Washington Market Com- pany and a number of other success- ful local corporations. Mr. Norment also has been actively engaged in the development of real estate in Wash- ington, and has successfully financed jmany large building enterprises. He comes naturally by his talents as a banker, since his father, the Jate Samuel Norment, was founder and first president of the old Central Na- tional Bank, which was later merged with tho National Bank of Washing- ton. He is a native of Washington, having been born within a stone's throw of the present location of the bank. He is & member of the Asso- 2lation of Oldest Inhabitants of the IDHNI(‘K of Columbla and of the Na- tives of Washington - Starkey Applies for Job. In the files of the bank fs a letter dated November 13, 1888, written by George L. Starkey, then a youth of {nineteen, applying for a position as a {messenger. He got the job—the humblest clerical position in the bank. Today, after thirty-five years' sontinuous service, this same George L. Starkey was elevated to the high- est and most Important position which the bank has to give—the presidency. Mr. Starkey's record is one of which few bank officers in Washington, or any other city, can boast, since hig {entire career has beén spent with one institution, and during the thirtye | five years he has filled virtually every clerical and official position in the i bank, literally working his way up through the ranks to the highest post. Mr. Starkey is thoroughly fa- miliar with every detail of the bank's organization, is well informed as to. i the local eredit and commercial kitua- tion., and possesses a host of feiend: in financial and busines man is better qualified Norment's place, since Mr. has been in daily contact with the retiring president for more than a quarter of a_century, and has always enjoyed his full confidence and warm friendship. Officers Are Re-elected. The following officers were re- | elected: George P. Sacks. vice presi- dent: James Trimble, vice president: J. Frank White, cashler; Edmund H. Graham, John Alden, Willlam E. {Howard and Rutherford J. Dooley, as- { sistant cashiers; Edwin C. Branden- {burg, trust officer; Charles Linkins, assistant trust officer. Mr. White, who was promoted from assistant cashier to cashier during the past year, has been in the em- ploy of the bank for thirty-eight years. ey At the stockholders' ‘meeting prior to the meeting of the board.the fol- lowing directors, among whom are many of Washington's foremost busi- ness and professional men, were re- {elected: R. P. Andrews, J. M. Bea- vers, E. C. Brandenburg, H, N. Braw- ner, ir.; D. J. Callahan, J. Edmund Camack, - Dr. H. C. Duffey Fischer, Maurice F. Fiynom, G. W. Forsberg, George B. Goets, £ Charl- ton Graves, J. T. Hendrick, Ffank R. Jelleft, Michael A. Keane, Mark Lans- burgh, Charles Linkins, Dr. Charles R. Luce, Morris E. Marlow, Arthur J. May, -John G, Meinberg, W. Clarence Miller, George Maurice Morris;, Clar- ence: F. Norment,:Harry Norment, Richard E. paico. George P. Sqc) Charlés Sobafer, Jotin: Scriven S, Emith, George L. Starkley, James Trimble, P. J. Walshe, Harry Wil- illams and Pevi Woodbury. The directors of the’bank at a re- cent meeting declared. the regular semi-annual dividend of & per cent and an extra dividend of 1 per cent, mak- ing a total anmual dividend of 13 per cent. The directors also during the past year carried $100,000 to sur- plus, bringing the total ‘account to $800,000, leaving $80,000 in undivided profits, SLAIN FROM DARKNESS. Georgian Shot While Seated in Home of Friend. BAXLEY, Ga., January S.—Home for the first time in-five years, Kyle Byrd, a young Baxley, Ga. man, was shot to death as he sat in the home of Ream Dixon, near Baxley. He and two others were talking together, ac- cording to the report to county au- thorities, when a bullet. crashed through a window and struck Byrd in the heart, A coromer's jury re- turned a verdict that Byrd had met his death at the hands of an un- known party. men with Byrd dashed out of !ll’:h:nulee but the assassin escaped In the darknes! — PLANS DRIVE FOR BEER. Brewers’ Union Wants Volstead Act Modified. CINCINNATI, January 8.—Plans to make a drive during the present ses- sion of Congress for a modification of the Volstead act to_permit ‘the manutacture of 2.75 per cent beer were discussed at the first day's ses- slon of an all-week meeting of the general executive board of the Inter- nationgl Brewery Workers' Union; which opened here yesterday. ‘The question of trying to induce elther of the major partiés to insert “wet" or modification planks in their plaforms also is expected tp come up/| for discussion.” - i active 1 < Max i STAR, WASHINGTON, | WARRIS EWING - GEORGE L. STARKEY, New Preatdent. OBREGON PREPARING FOR GREAT OFFENSIVE Not Wait for Railroad Repairs. TUXPAM REPORTED VACATED Socialists in Yucatan Begin Counter-Revolt Against Rebels. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY. January 7 Radio via the Fort Worth Star Telegram).—The Obregon war lead- ers are getting ready for an offen- sive against the revolutionary troops in the state of Vera Cruz, of the milltary leaders indicate. Gen. Francisco Serrano, secretary of war, returned to Mexico City today from the Vera Cruz front, whers he con- terred with federal leaders regard- ing the offensive, accoding to war department information. Rebels Deny Evacuation. Denlal has been made by rebel leaders of the war department’'s pub- lished reports*that the rebels have evacuated Tuxpam, an _important petroleum center in northern Vera Cruz, according to information reach- Ing Mexico City. i It was stated by the war depart- {ment that the rebellious followers i(-f Cesar Lopez de Lara. former gov- ernor of Tamaulipas, are concentrat- Ing near Tuxpam and that the federal columns advancing southward from | Tampico and Panuco would deal with them in proper time. Efforts to recapture Ramio Tamez, former governor of Neuvo Leon, have proven fruitless, according to spectal dispatches from Monterey, capital of Nuevo Leon. Tamez was imprisoned on_charges of seditionary activities. Donato Moreno, governor of Zaca- tecas, who recently obtained a leave of absence, was brought to Mexico City today under guard and released on orders .of President Obregon. Moreno stated that Zacatecas was tranquil. According to unofficial reports, 4,000 socialists in the state of Yucatan have begun & counter-revolution against the revolutionary forces con- trolling that state. These reports are not confirmed by government sources of information The following official bulletin was given out by the war department to- day: o A1 ovents prevalls on Vera Cruz fronts, from which have been received reports stating noth- ing of importance has occurred dur- ing the last twenty-four hours. PROMINENT LAWYER DIES AT HOME HERE McNeill Attained High in South Carolina Bar. calm which precedes great the Jalisco and James W. i Place James William McNefll, a prominent member of the bar of Washington and North Carolina, dled here yesterday, after an fliness of about three months. Funeral services will be held at the residence of his brother, Robert H. MeNelll, 3212 Garfield street northwest, | tomorrow at 7 p.m., Rev. Drs. William S. Abernethy and A. §. Anderson, pas- tors of Calvary Baptist Church, In i charge. The honorary pallbearers will be: David H. Blair, J. J. Britt, Charles E. i Lobdell, John E. Laskey, Dr. Thomas J. Howerton, Henry M. Barry, Capt. Marshall McKibben and Dr. Samuel H. Greene. The active pallbearers will be: Wal- ter F. Eller, John W. Maher, Russell F. Casano, Oscar Thau, Frank Gantz i and Abner Cornwell. Mr. McNeill is survived by his wife and one son, James-Hubert Mc- Nelll, a medical student of George Washington Unlversity, and by his i father and mother, Rev. and Mr: Milton ' McNefll, who reside . Wilkesboro, N. C., and six sisters and | two_brothers. The deceased before coming to { Washington practiced law at his old | home town, Wilkesboro, N. C., where ihe was assistant and acting stat's attorney for five years, in which po- sition he attained great prominence. After he came to Washington he practiced law with his brother, Rob- ert H. McNeill, under the firm name of MoNell & McNefll. with offices in the Woodward building. Aljout six months ago Mr. Me- Neill accepted a responsibie legul position in the prohibition bureau under Commissioner David H. Blair, which he held until his recent ill- and In which he had charge of important law enforcement [VENIZELOS BETTER; : STRY " AIMS AT MINI Final Overthrow of Dynasty Held : as Certainty Among Greeks. Ry the Associsted Press. X LONDON, - January 8—Ex-Premier Venizelos of -Greece has recovered from the Indisposition with which he was ‘seized during the initial session of . the new assembly and scems to fbe planning to become forelgn min- h to R He'is Geclared to have become optl- istic regarding the achlevemeiits-of unjty within the nation and to be highly satisfled with the conversa- tions he has £0 far had with the op- tion leaders. 2 thisg,” adds the dispatch “points to the definite overthrow of Re BTuckeburg dynasty Troops Will March Overland and | By | activitles | RN D. ¢, TUESDAY, CLARENCE F. NORMENT, Retiring President. WILL HOLD HEARING . ON TEACHERS’ PAY Budget Burezu to Give Backers of Two Bills Chance to Air Views. | | The budget bureau, it was learned today, will hold a hearing at the Treasury to permit the Commission- ers and the board of education to present the relative merits of the two bills providing for increased sal- aries for school teachers. While the date has not been made gefinite, 1t probably will be on Thurs- ay The conference Is a result of resolu- tions adopted by the school board 'flun{;,\'. in which it asked for an opportunity to discuss the two meas- ures with the city heads and the budget authorities FEWER EMPLOYES, LESS LAWS URGED IN VETERAN BUREAU __(Continued from First Page.) bureau should be divorced from the medical section and placed in the clatms section. | Relief measures should tralized ax much as possible. laries of those holding responsible positions in the bureau should be Ereatly increased. Tinportant positions should be outside civil service. be decen- Reduction in Personnel. During the past several months 2000 have been dropped from the Dpersonnel of the bureau; 2,000 more should be dropped within the next few mont Personnel In district offices is excessive. Saving would make it possible to Increase direc- tor's salary. now $10.000, and pro- vide him with six competent as- sistants at $12,000 each annually. Great abuse exists in excessive hospitalization: wide leniency in ai- lowing men with no ailment to re- main in hospitals; allowances made to many constitute a premium to en- courage them to remain {n hospital; desire to malntain ratio between |doctors and patients may explain this leniency. Director Hines, visiting the Speed- way Hospital, Chicago. one night, found $5 per cent of the patient per- sonnel out orf the buildings out ot the grounds. He closed the institu- tion. Effective inspection would reduce hospital overhead. At a hospital for tuberculosis patients in South Caro- lina, one-third were found not suffer- ing from the disease; at another hos- pital in Kentucky 25 of 77 were found without tuberculosis. Need of Discipline. Ground for criticism that employes of bureau frequently lack sympathy in dealing with claimants; higher standard of discipline neéded to cor- rect this; should be effective systems of rewards and punishment for bu- | reau employes; delinquent employes | now are usually transferred, not dis- charged. There is too much duplication of work now in the central office at Washington, and this is one reason why there is delay and often inade- quate “answers in consideration of claimd; veterans required to produce more proof should be told just what is required; another cause of delay is submissiveness of some employes to political influence, leading them to give favored consideration to some cases Present system of passing upon veteran's claim by means of records after his physical examination denles veteran his day in court. Livermore Site Scandal. Case of hospital site at Livermore, {Calif. Site acquired February 16, 1922; no hospital yet erected; this because Col. Forbes hired local archi- tect to give him @ job, but architect’ plans never accepted, &lthough they cost government about $100,000. Case of Excelslor Springs, Mo., government "pald $60,000 “for site ap- praised at $35,000; hospital built without kitehen: inerest of govern- ment and disabled veterans pros- tituted in_order that high govern- ment official, Ewing Laporte, a for- mer assistant secretary of _the Treausry, ‘might generously satisfy demands_of a prominent _political leader’—E. L. Morse—*“whose In- terest was obviously selfish.” There are about 7,500 vacant beds in government hospitals now, but some patients are in temporary hos- pitals; 40 per cent of men now in hospitals don't need such treatment, but can't make a living because of disabilities_and should be placed in soldiers’ homes—but this would probably be unpopular. When hos- pital projects now being bullt are fin- ished there will be more beds than needed except for those suffering frofn mental diseases; peak of hos pitalization has passed; contract hos- pitals should be used only in case of emergency. Medical Inefliclency. Medical service of Veterans’ Bureau, at present a makeshift, and as 2 whole ineficlent because there is no opportunity for professional advancement, no permanent status, no fixed- system or promotion or re- tirement, a lack of pleasant relations tetween physiclans and patients, political interference by non-medical persons, political influence in getting doctors appointed to district offices, and poor salaries. Morale is lacking and how to improve this situation should be subject® of investigation by board of medical expemts ap- pointed by the President. On November 15, 1923, there were 22,947 veterans ' in hospitals, 03 suffering from tuberculosis, suffering from mental disease an 4,163 general cases. Still greater segregation needed. Compensation in U. S. Compensation paid by this country to veterans 1s more generous than that pald by Great Britain, France; Belgium and Italy; but there shoul be more generous here of intent of Congress to base pastial Gisability on loas of earning. ca) g o e ere’ should be mo spliiting of interpretations| JANUARY 8, 1924. HARRIS EwWiNG— DANIEL J. CALLAHAN wiy Elected Viee Presiden: PATRIOTIC ORDERS | INSTALL OFFICERS |Sons and Daughters of Veterans Hold Annual Cere- mony. CONDUCT JOINT MEETING Medals Conferred on Retiring Chairholders. Lincoln Camp, No. 2, Sons pt Vet- erans, U. S. A, and the Ellen 'Spencer Mussey Tent, No. 1, Daughters of Union Veterans, installed their new officers at a joint meeting at the G. A. R Hall, 1412 Pennsylvania ave- nue northwest, last night. The ‘officers- elect chosen by Lincoln Camp and installed by James w. ne, divi- sion commander of the Sons of Vaterans, division of Maryland, are: Commander, Harry N. William sen- H, N, WILLIAMS. for vice com- mander, L. R. Nieswonger: junior vice commander: Adelbert J. Webb: camp council, John W. Reynolds, F. T. F. Johnson, Victor L. Garrigus; board of managers, Thomas W. Bresnahan, D. P. Barnes, Charles Grinstead: secre- tary, F. T. F. Johnson; treasurer, Charles M. Overacker; chaplain, Rev. Samuel M. Croft; patriotic instructor, Thomas W. Bresnahan; guide, Victor Lc Garrigus; color bearer, Irvin S. Taylor; guard, Sol A. Smith; press correspondent, A. J. Webb. Mrs. Mary Van Ness Fauth, president of the D. O. V. and pa- triotic instructor of the Woman's Relief Corps, Department of the Po- tomac, was the installing officer for the daughters' organization. The of- ficers follow: President, Miss Etoile Albright; senfor vice president, Miss Marjorie' Maynard; junior vice presi- dent, Miss Anna Hage: chaplain, Mrs. | Elizabeth Quackenbush: treasurer, Miss Jennie L. Hamilton; patriotic instructor, Mrs. Catharine Austin; council. Mra. Minnie Watson, Mrs. Ethel Grimes, Mrs. B, Helen Temple: i past Mrs. Mary V. Fauth; press corre- spondent, Mrs. Mary M. - North; guard, Mrs. Margaret Bradt: assist- ant guard, Miss Olive Austin; musi- cian, Mrs. Hermonla A. Sutton; color bearers, Mrs. Gladys Murrell, Mrs. Stella Gardner, Miss Gene Willard and Mrs. Charlotte M. Cary. Division Secretary Francis Cross of Maryland division conferred the “iron cross” medal on the retiring com- mander of the Sons of Veterans. Mrs. Temple, past commander of the Mus- sey Tent, Daughters of Veterans, was given the past president’s badge and & _platinum bar pin from the ladies of ‘the organization. A bouquet was presented by the ladies to their in- stalling officer. The Lincoln Camp indorsed the two bills in Congress aiming to create February 12 as Lincoln's day and a legal holiday in the District. Guests at the meeting last night were De- partment Commander Reid of the G. A. R, Col. O. H. Oldroyd, Miss Jen- nie Hamilton and Maj. Dean. | natrs in considering claims of men wounded in action. There are more veterans receiving compensation for disease incurred in this country than for disability incurred in action. The figures on those receiving com- pensatios Cause of Disabiitty, Wounded In action overseas, 47,612; wounded in action at ses, 46; wound- ed In action in United States and possessions, 43; diseass incurred overseas, 39.508; disease incurred in the United States, 49,933; injured by accident overseas, 6,238; injured by acoident at sea, 700. Seventy-five per cent of the claims allowed for accidental injuries and disease have no relation to battle. A veteran who has received over- payments should not be required to refund all at once, but given time. The employe responsible should be made to pay patt of the refund. Compensation {5 denfed to those gullty of misconduct, but vocational training is allowed them; this is in- consistent. Insurance awards running away akead of premiums, and Congress must make large appropriations to meet insurance obligations to vet- erans in future; gwovernment insur- ance should not be extended to Army and Navy; authority of bureau to reinstate insurance should be limited. Creates False Standards. Great waste in vocational training, although veterans in ocolleges gen- erally make fine showing; maximum training allowance made t0o gener- ously and often in violation of law; maximum allowance made to bureau employes recelving salaries, and to trainees recelving pay for work; this creates false standard of living, and temptg trainees to remain as long as possible dependent upon government. On_September 1, 1923, there were 13,6560 men who had been in training for one year or more; 29,679 for one year, but less than two: 29,001 for two years, but less than three; 13,086 for thres years, but less than four, and 972 for more -than four years. Some trainees when almost through one course transfer to a new one, and some are trained for positions beyond their capacity., $ Rehabilitation to many veterans has been & wolf In sheep's clothing; as it has robbed them of self-confi- Qence and will cause pauperization of ny. Mafen in charge of rehabilitation work not qualified as a whole; men recelving school coursea should get in stablished private schools, not gov- rnment schools; professional men have been allowed in some cases to ke . post-graduate courses in uni- Yorsitfen abroad: this should be cur- tailed. . Enormous waste of public funds for supplies and building, due to neglect of_responsibility. 3 . Dental expenditures are\tco large. secretary, Miss Katie Guiton; guide, ! A. M. LAWSON ELECTED HEAD OF CENTRAL UNION Labor Organization Pi~ks Other Of- ficers at Annual Meeting Last Evenfng. A. M. Lawson of the Engineers' Union was elected president of the Central Labor Union at the annual meeting of the organlzation night. The meeting was held at head- quarters of the union, 1006 E street northwest. The following other offi- cers were chosen: H. F. Ochler, re; binders” Union, vice president; C. (. Coulter, finuncial secretary; A. M. Rogers, printers’, recording secretary; Miss . Mignon Miller, Federal Em-: ployes, No. 105, treasurer; Michael Tozzola, ice cream wagon drivers, ser- geant-at-arms; trustees, D. L. Ormes, J. M. Botts and H. Le Cia; SCOTCH SWORD DANCE AT CENTRAL TONIGHT Pipe Band Will Play for Dancers on High School Music Program. VOCAL SOLOS ARE FEATURED Concert by Army Band Part of Unusual Entertainment. Musie fete and dance cardival, Central High Auditorium, to- night, 8:15 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m. Program 7:45 p.m. March, Marine Corps ' Insti- tute” . ... Taylor Branson tute, ....Taylor Branson Overture, “Egmont,” Beethoven Serenade. . . -..Drdla The Army Band, Willilam J. Stannard, director. 2 8:15 p.m. Community Singing. .Everybody Sword Dance .. cotch Marian MeCa: Through the Air Sergt. H. Kravatz plceolo soloist. Community Singing. . Everybody (@) “My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose”....Rodgers (h) '“My Laddie”.....Thayer Clara Young Brown, soprano Helen Burkart at the piano. “Reminiccences of Scotland,” Godfrey The Army Band. “Life and Death,” Taylor “Lassie O'Mine," Scoteh Herman Fakler, baritose Claude Robeson &t the piano Group dance ... Highland fling Furnished by the Minnie Hawke chool of Dancing. Song in costume, “Comin’ Thro' the Ry Angela Small, concert soprano; Helen Burkart at the piano. (a) March ... ...Selected (b) “The Camplells Are Com- ing."” Washington Scotch Pipe Band, N. Campbeil. T. McK, Fox, J. Garrioch, J. Gorman, S. Hutch- eon, Edward Menzies Solo dance ......Highland fling Christina Campbell. Norman Campbell, piper. Community singing..Bveryhody (a) March, “Algahest”. . Holmes (b) “Love’Sends a Littie Gift of Roses _.Openshaw Saxophone sextet of the Army Band Sword dance ........ Katherine McLeod. George Young, piper. March, “Blue Ridge Division,” Rocereto The Army Band. Sword dance ... _..Scoteh S. Hutcheon, champion dancer of Scotland. Scotch reel Foursome Christina Campbell, Lutie Zver- ina, N. Campbell, S, Hutcheon, “The Star Spangled Banner. Music and dances of Scotland will be the theme at the music fete and dance carnival to be given by the Community Music Association _to- night at 8:15 o'clock in Central High School auditorfumy The Army Band will be the out- standing musical feature of the even- ing's entertainment, under the direc- tion of William J.' Stannard. The band will glve a thirty-minute pre- liminary concert. beginning at 7:45, when Mr. Stannard will present Tay- lor Branson's march, “Marine Corps Institute”; the “Egmont” overture, by Beethoven, and Drdla's “Sere- nade.” During the general concert the band will contribute “Remi- niscencés of Scotland” (Godfrey) “Blue Ridge Division” (Rocereto), a saxophone sextet and a piceolo solo, the latter two selections with band accompaniment. The Washington Scotch Pipe Band will render two march numbers and James Garrioch and George Young will pipe for the solo dances by Christina Campbell, Catherine Mc- Leod of the Estelle Murray Dancers and the Scotch reel to be danced by Miss Campbell, Norman Gampbell, Lutie Zverina and S. Hutcheon. Mr. Hutcheon is the champion sword dancer of Scotland. He will present (a) (b) r cotch the Sword Dance, which won for him { the recent contes: held in Scotland. The Minnie Hawke School of Dancing will present a group pre- sentation of the Highland Fling to be performed by Valette Schmidt, Helen Dick, Ruth Shaughnessy, Elizabeth Travils, Margaret Van Horn, Theresa Hanger, Jeane Kin- cheloe, Catherine Pritchard, Marga- ret Scott, Carmen Diaz and Eliza- beth Ragan. Marian McCarthy will appear in the sword dance. The vocal soloists of the evening will be Herman Fakler, baritone, Clara Young Brown. soprano, and Angela Small, soprano. The singing by the audience will be under the direction of Robert Lawrence. assisted at the pipe organ by Mrs. H. Clyde Grime: There will be 1,000 free seats and 1,000 scats reserved for members of the Association, and those desiring to pay 25 cents for reserved seat privileges. No chiidren under the age of four years will be admitted and all other children must come with adults and sit with them throughout the concert. The doors will open at 7 o'clock. ACCUSES LANDLORDS OF BOOSTING RENTS D. C. Commission Chairman Sees No Relief in Sight for High Rates Although Washington tenants are paying higher rent now than ever be- fore in the history of the city, and this in the face of the fact that rents are being lowered elsewhere, together with construction costs, there is no relief in sight, according to Richard 8. Whaley, chairman of the District Rent Commission. It is the opinion of Mr. Whaley and other members of the commission, the former said to- day, that the rents are being deliber- ately boosted by landlords, and it is the plan of the commission to suggest remedial legislation to Congress. At this time Mr. Whaley would not state just what form the recommendations Wwould take. He said that tenants now are paying almost double the rents of 1917, —— Radio. talks on the prevention of forest fires are being broadcast eyery two weeks from the Portland, Ore., office of the United States forest serv- last | presenting the Book- | \ HOUSE PASSES BILL . TORECODE LAWS Little Measure Will Comhbine i Federal Statutes in i Single Volume. i Without opposition, the House ‘yég- terday passed the bill sponsored Hh Representative Little of Kansas, fa- codifying the federal statutes. Hep. iresentative Little's bill is called the {“big Little LIlY because of its size, the blll itseif co ining a codifi |tion of all the federal laws, &0 that {when the bill is printed the book of federal laws is thus mad. available, thereby saving much es {pense to the government | The bill contains more than 3. |pages and is a book measuring by 12 inches and’about 6 inches th In his bill Representative Littl. brought up to date all ‘codifications of existing federal statutes, including in it all the laws passed up to the end of the Sixty-seventh Congress last March, before reintroducing t measure at this session Proponents of- the bill hope the Senate will find time to act on the measure before ex- piration of the present Congress Codification of the federal la the United States is of the m t important business, from a of view, that can 11 "the' federa dition o one put 1 and lawmakers can find without dr lay or trouble the particular law or statute they seek. Codliication the United States sfatutes has been proposed many times. Law libraries will be much benefited by u sin publication with all the federal statutes codified for ready reference proponents of the bill declare. JAPAN TO CONSTRUCT SIX NEW BATTLESHIPS Men-of-War Will Be Completed This Year and Placed in Im- mediate Service. en eclared one pieces « ansart idexed By Cable to The Sta srig TOKIO, January §.—Japanese naval leaders have decided to begin imme- diate construction on two 10,000-tor 00-ton light cruisers. The ew men-of-war will be completed this vear and placed in immedizie service, mark ortant phase of the ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. TODAY. Women's City Club—Theodore (i Risley, solicitor general, Department of Labor, and Edward Mc ¢ o American Federation of Labor will speak, 4:30 o'clock, at public utilities meeting, Mrs. John Lorenz S chajrman. TONIGHT. Union services of the churches of Southwest Washington will be held, 7:45 o'clock, in St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Rev. E. A. Pace of the Catholi University will lecture, 8 o'clock, Knights of Columbus Evenirs Subject: ‘Humanizing Knowledge. Meeting open to the public There will be a m (reserve) of the air service building, § o'clock. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Tit reth Jsrael Congregation will give its seventh annual novelty ball, s o'clock, at Elks Hall. Dr. Har: rtis, physicist the bureau of standards, will prese a paper: “The Measurement of IPe- nomena of Short Duration,” befor: the American Institute of Electric. Engineers at Cosmos Club. The Knights of<Columbus, fo ing its business session, will h public meeting to which ladies been invited. have Senator Royal S. Copela dress the forum meetin, at the City Relations Betw, Citizens of the I o gress and the trict of Columbi Senator Magnus Johnson will spea 7:30 o'clock, at the Park View School. Ci Lincoln Park will meet, § o'c ns' Association in Bryan School, Capt. Julius 1. P the Brightwood Pa sociaion, 8 o'clc School. | address chers' As Brightwood Cit Barry Farm will meet, 8 M. E. Church Dr. Alfredo W “Songs—Naturapathy house, § o'clc Open to public ociatior . John's rsaw will consider at the Pla K. Voluntary offer Universit Club—Dinner dance. ing, 9:30 o'clock CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Edward Thornberry, fifty-five, roo er at 703 Tth strect southwest, w found unconscious In the hallway of his home yesterday afternoon and dled before a physiclan could be sum moned. His death resulted from an attack of heart trouble. Alfred Hampton, northwest, janitor fell from a ladder the school building 3 7 noon and sustained a painful injury to the back of his head. His injury was dressed at Emergency Hospital. Dane- 0 street chool Ing i after- The municipal l.'lllnyl‘l‘ committee o the Washington Board of Trade, Ihehua Evans, chairman, will- meet tomorrow afternoon at 4:15 o'clock in the board's rooms in The Star build- ing. The Soroptimist Club will meet to- morrow at the City Club Thomas Welles Society home of Mrs. John A Newton street, Satur- The Gov. meet Hunter, 1881 day, § pm. The art section Twentieth Century Club, will meet Thursday, 3 p.m., at 1447 Irving street. “The Renals- sance” will be treated by Mrs. Jesse Cunningham. The Men's Club of St. Luke's Church will meet Thursday, 8:30 p.m., in the parish hall. Annual election of officers. The Helen Keller Guild will meet Wednesday, 2 p.m., at the home off Mrs. Mary Gheen. €. C. Shoemaker will address the. League of American "en Women Sat- urday, 5 p.m. in ballroom of .Shore ham Hotel. Subject: “Making a Best Seller.” El Club Cervantes will give a dance and informal card party at its new headquarters, Brentano building, Sat- urday, 9 p.m. _Special exhibitions of tangoes and Spanish games. The Association of Oldest Inhmbi- tants will meet Thursday, 7:30 p.m.. in the old engine house, 19th and M streets. Chronicler Capt. George W. Evans will read the year's report. The annual meeting of the Tench- ers’ Benefit and Annuity Association will bg held tomorrow, 7:30 p.m.; at the “Y,” 901 Rhode Island avenue The Chemieal Society morrow, § p.m., at Cosmy dential address by Willi Clark. Subject: “Life W gen.” Tilustrated. Wwill meet to- s Club. Pres Manstl thout Ox q