Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1924, Page 3

* LETTERS REFLECT EARLY 0., FVENTS The Star to Offer Those of | Representative Hubbard of Century Ago. AWhen Thomas eleeted to represent a northern York district in Congr a little more than.a hundred years ago, he made the journey here by steam racket and stage-coach, and he found the Washington of the first adminis- tration of James Monroe a peculiar and, in many respeets, a desolate sort of place, He made the best of everything however, and at once began a series of letters to his wife back home, de- picting life in the National Cpital which, while far different from that of today, had many compensations and gave to the newcomer many novel and welcome experiences. Prominent Figures. Those were the days when the President's wife was often referred to as “Lady Monroe”: when the Bx- - Mansion wis called the o nd when Mount Vernon ed as a residence by mem- bers of the family of the father of lis country. (& modores Decatur, Rugers. Porter and Hull were promi- rent figure: at formal entertain- mwents then., The President and man, other dignitaries worshiped at St. J Church, Lafayette Square 28 did most visitors to the new city. R Hubbard always re- membered to include in his letter: the intimate details which made i teresting reading for his wife then, nd still more interestingr reading to- & pleasure in which ead- ers of The ar will now b lllnhl_l: tomorrow, this spaper, special permission, will publish series in short installments. Parties by Candle Light. Waskingtonians _ of today i aken back When all parties w 3 light; when viands were prevared in Lomes and not in resta drinkables were ommipresent a when the ytps women who followed Hill decollete diplomatic Amer! noints in these let chord in the e, One heart is fre ington’s mate. Als: unconscious, being not only a pa high-| ed man, d tory tactics of Cqngre the long speeches which, although never uttered on the floor of the House, appear in all their fowery glory in the Record. o Hubbard yet plain, Mr. gives nce of but a es the dila and ridicules AROUND THE WORLD IN 5 DAYS, PROPHECY @en. Patrick Declares Army Will Undertake to Find Data for Flight. Circumnavigation of the globe by ! airplane in five days was declared to | be “within the realm of possibility” | by Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Army air service in an address broadcast through station WRC last night. “Before it can 'be accomplished, however, there must be much explor- ation and pioneer work,” he contin ued. “This is now being undertaken by the Army air service, which is| planning to send a flight of four air- planes around the world to demo: strate the feasibility of the undertak. ing and to obtain scientific data the ‘effect of different climates modern_aircraft.” = Gen. Patrick in giving a compre- hensive description of plans for the flight declared the world-encircling trip “will parallel Magellan's cir- cumnavigation of the globe in 1509." LADIES TO BE LEAGUE GUESTS. | The New Jerusalem Lodge, No. 9. F. A. A M., will hold its annual ladies’ night entertainment in the ballroom, | Raleigh Hotel, on the evening of Feb- | Tuary 15. { The following will provide entertai aent: Warren Terry, Ruth Peters, W J. Jackson, Elfa_Louise Raner, the New Jerusalem Glee Club, Arthur B. | Pierce, Miss Miller and Oscar Phillip | Steele of New York c Refreshments will be served. 10:30 to 12 midnight. —_— SPECIAL NOTICES. HAEDGES, ALL KINDS OF voses, evergreen, furnished Lawns put in first-class Dancing, (UEBERY, and planted rder and cared fo o current motor, $200. Star_office, 3 R EILY about bullding your arage, remodeling your | uses or_stores. Phone Line, 1414. A re from New York, Philadel phia and Wi ngton, . Del.,. to R A Washington. SMITH'S ND_STORAGE C0. "BE_RESPONS) FOIT 4 @cits contracted for by ans one other msself. BENJAMIN P. LEE, 514 B st. i) TRACTS SMALL and " store buildings. Wil furnish ress B & T pert typists; and correspoudence correctly writfen. German accurately copied. Try us and see Jiow guick we can be. Address Box 92 Ktar office. . AUTOMOBILE MAST] MECHANIC, “COL- > for 70 centa our hiome or At pri- grease, tighte $8.50. i FROM HARRISBURG. ‘WEEKLY SERVICE F AN FROM BOSTON AND INTERMEDIATE TS, FER COMPANY, INt W. MAIN 6433, 11 REED FURNITURE A SPE- cialty ; made to order, repaired, painted and unholstered; chairs caned. The Wickercraft, Po- tomac 1524. ROOF TROUBLE Call Main 760 _Grafton & Son, Inc, h. Loan and Trrer Bidg. _ Main 760, ing_and Roofing %.rots for 35 Years, EXPERT WATCH AND JEWELRY REPAIRING LORENZ JEWELRY CO. 508 9th ST. N.W. " 508 9th ST.'N. MATN Roof Repairing Our expert roofers are always available. Just give us a ring. 1RONCLADZ 5, 2 ST Floors Made Beautiful New hardwood floors laid, finished and pol- 4uhed. Old floors scraped and tinished to look as as vew. Phone Hyatt. 176-M. A. M. CHASE, Hyattsvilie, Md. 108 Hubbard was | New | old | < | tional iman of t o A Bit of the Past By Star’s Former Carriers. Julius W. Harper, employed in the office of the chief of finance, residing at Champlain street northwest, carried {a Star route, then known as “Leldy’s.” in 1880. This route, he writes, was then one of the heaviest in the city. It be- gan at Tth and B streets northwest, at a frame build- ing, long since de- molished, which was occupied by one of the oldest Jewelers of the District, J. J. Uns- worth. ' “The pa- pers were cut in those days with a large butcher knife ‘zays Mr. . W. HARPER, Harper, “which Hodas was wielded by the late J. Whit Herron, afterwards busi- I ness manager of The' Star. | were carried by the boys full length. |spread out. that is, and sometimes, I II'XDN". trailed on the ground. The new folding process has eliminated all that now. I close with sincere wishes for ! the continued success of The Star. The oid knife to which Mr. Harper refers is still at The Star office, after half a centul y men wielded it in the past, but the man who first used it, George Johnson, served this newspaper for seventy years, is alive. i 205 12th street who carried a route In south- hington for the late Joh remembers this knife in It was then han- s a Mr. Adams. | ploves of The Star think that he m ! Adam Ritter, although thcy m wronz. In tomorrow's Star wiil {printed reminiscences of another route boy, which mentions this same venerable knife. Of late years it has used largely as a paper-cutter, dled, he sa) and jagged by decades of service. But in the days when it was new it was GRAND ARMY TO OBSERVE ANNIVERSARR OF LINCOLN Program to Be Presented by De- partment of the¢ Potomac on Tuesday Evening. | 'The Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic, and the | patriotic organizations allied to it have prepared a program, which will be presented at the F Church, 10th and G streets, Tuesday evening, in observance of the birthday anniversary of Abraham Lin- coln. E The Marine Band will give a patri- otic concert, beginning at 7:30. There | the Grand Army of the Republic lead- ing, followed by the colors of the Spanish War Veterans, then the World War Veterans, and then by i fifty women dressed in white and bearing colors. These will lowed by fifty pupils of the Grant School, who are to have an important place on the program . The boys and girls will carry flags. The speaker of the evening will be Representative E. C. Little of Kansas. nature and are to be by the audience, assisted by the chorus of children from the Grant School. Col. John McElroy will be chair- scrvices, and the meeting will be called to order by Depart- ment Commander John W. Reed. John Middleton of Kit Carson Post is offi- cer of the post, and Hazard Wheeler will be color bearer for the Depart- ment of the Potomac. The invocation will be given by Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor of the First Congre- izational Church, and benediction by R. E. McBride, chaplain of the De- partment of the Potomac. The poem of Tom Taylor of May 6, n which he assails himself for so foully cartooned Lincoln Idiers will be read by Mrs. rrell Ball. WILL BURY COMMODORE. Retired Naval Officer Died on Tour of Europe, at Nice, France. Funeral services for Commodore Stimson Joseph Brown, widely known astronomer, who died December 20, while in Nice, France, tomorrow at i1 o'clock at Arlington cemetery. It will be a military funeral. Commodore and Mrs, Brown, who resided at 1704 Q street, were on a pleasure trip when he died. He was born in Penn Yan, N. Y., sixty-nine ears ago. He attended Corneil Uni- versity, 1871-72, afterward Eoing to the United Stafes Naval Academy, where he was graduated at the head of his class in 1876. For three years after his graduation he served with the coast and geodetic survey. In 1583 he became professor of mathe- matics in the United States Navy and later astronomical director of the al Observatory. Commodore Brown was appointed head of the de- partment of mathematics and me- ;;umlcs of the Naval Academy in 07. He is survived by his widow and three daughters, Mrs. C. B. Mirick, irs. E. C. Kalbfus and Mrs. M. E. Shearer, all of this city. CHOOSE WILSON’S NAME. Order of West Junior Lodge Here Organized. The junior lodge of the Progressive Order of the West, which was organized last week, met last night in Pythian Temple and selected the name of Wood- row Wilson for its designation. The following™ officers were elected temporarily to serve Woodrow Wilson Junior Lodge: Henry Schneider, presi- dent; Eli Shimony, vice Ppresident ; Elizabeth Metro, recording Secretary, and Samuel Binder, financial sSecretary. Lee A. Berlinsky, president of the In- dependent Moses Monteflore Lodge, No. 238, P. 0. W., and Samuel Hals, deputy grand master, were present and as- sisted the junfor lodge in the conduct of the meeting. The object of the order is to carry on education, charity, social functions and athletics. Births Reported. The following births have been reported t the health department in the last twenty-four hours: Lawrence C. and Myrtle V. Hoffman, boy. Victor F. and Catherine E. Montgomery, gisL. Harry B. and Allne R, Stover. 'girl; Hugh H. and Evelyn I, Hertley, girl. Vernon L. and Ruth V. Reid, ;ll- Ira M. and Ida Owen, girl. Tony and May Molligo, boy. Guy €. and Helen Aydelotte, girl. Danfel T. and Ella G. Mayno, boy. Gus and Laura McKelvin, girl, Richard and Madiline Willlams, girl, Clifford and Marie Gorham, gir! Deaths Reported. The following deaths have been reported t the ‘health department In the last twenty. four hours: Susan Evans, 78, 2212 F st. Alexan 28, 126 F st. ne, Dachenhauser, 58, 1920 er terra, Frederick W. von CoSores ‘A, Bentley, 81, United Bta . ntley, , Unite tes - “v";:tg{m;i-n bach, 62, Gartel m.,.n.r Vis ia um! , 62, Gar Anan E. Ball, €8, 121 Quincy pl. Mionle G. Porter, 39, 9 2d st. n.e. Margaret Foyles Little Sands, 77, Garfield Hospital, Alice V. Lee, 64, Garfield Hc tal. George R. Finottl, 5 months, U st. se. Jobn Thomas, 55, 433 Tempie ct. s.w. Cecelia Queen, 30, Bowen rd., Abacostla, ‘Alice Lender, 1, Freedmen's Hospital. Mary E. Traverso, 62, 820 5th st. n.e. Fred Early, 34, Fi en’s tal. Jtebecea Curtis, 58, 1120 Howard ave. s.e. Cornelia_Thomas, 39. Freedmen's Hospital. Laura W. Coleman, B2, 1258 22d a8, B The papers | who has | Old em- , S : (Miss Madeliedne keen edge having been worn blunt st Congrega- | will be a presentation of the colors, | be_ fol-! Songs will be of a patriotic | will be held | PAGEANT WILL AID CHURCHES IN JAPAN “The Dreamer Awakes” Most Ambitious Effort of D. C. Catholic Students. i | The pageant to be given at Poll's Theuter next Sunday and also Feb- ruary 24 by students of the Catholic schools of higher education will be one of the largest undertakings in the annals of local Catholic students’ iefforts, those In charge declare. Under the auspices of the Catholic students' mission crusade, “The Dreamer Awakes” Is expected to raise $5,000, half of which is to be lused in religious work among the poor and half for rebuflding mis- jslons in the Japanese carthquake area. The production, which was written by Rev. Daniel J. Lord, S. J., of the faculty “of the University of St {Louis. has been written to interpret the Ideal attitude of the twentieth century American toward other peo- ple of the earth. . Jack Americn In Hero. harles E. Clifford of Georgetown | University will take the part of “Sir {Crusader” and J. Earl Bender will tuke the part ‘of the villain. The plot of the productioh surrounds Jack iAmerica (Aloysius Philip Kane of anzaga College) and Jane America Frances O'Brien of Trinity College). who are very { mo young Amer. They rid- fcule “Old Man Experience,” played iby . J. O'Connor of the Catholie Univ: ty, in his efforts to put them lon_the right path of life. The first scene is in the palace of King Cosmos and the Queen, Dorothy {Rhodes of Trinity High School. and jshows the love of a young princess, Dorothy Cavanaugh of Holy Trinity High School, for a prince charming. In the second act Gonzaga College imen play a real game of basket ball on the stage. Two missionaries take the lead in this act. They are Alfred Laforrest and John Rouche, both of St. John's College. The largest group appearing on the stage at one time {Will be in the “Concourse of Nations" {scene.. i 1 Hol, Glee Club to Sing. The Catholic University Gl under the direction of Prof. liehrent, {is to sing. Sol Minster's Orchestra will play a epecial musical score. Cathoile pulplts throughout _the ity today announced the event. Rev. all of Caldwell Hall, Cath- iversity, pageant chairman, has placed tickets for both afternoon d evening performances of the two iSundays at Mrs. Green's Bureau, Droop’s. . Rt. Rev. Mgr. Thomas of St. Patrick's is to be the chairman of the reception committee for His Grace, Archbishop Curley, who will be present at the play. WEIDFELDT “GOAT” IN FLAG INCIDENT TO SAVE BERLIN'S FACE (Continued from Firsi e Club, in 1923 to his conning bridge as a i captain of industry Asked For Imstructions. That he asked Berlin what the em- bassy should do after former Presi- jdent Wilson's desth proves how well Ihe still knows the German at- { mosphere, although he is on the {Potomac. Herr Wiedfeldt could not help realizing that it was his duty to make the embassy’s attitude con- ment to which he was accredited and ance from the gestures of others of the diplomatic corps. But he plainly did not want to expose himself un- necessarily to the coarseness of the rowdy nationalists, or assume a re- sponsibility which belonged else- where. The same people who reproached “not carrying on enough propaganda” would have complained loudly about “lack of national dignity” if Wied- feldt, on his own account, had joined in the demonstration of mourning. Fear of the natlonalist terror also drove the Berlin government to the of a private citizen was no occasion for official mourning. The few polite words which the government uttered after the Dixmude - catastrophe brought it sharp rebukes and fright- ened it into making unbeautifu excuses. Wilson Painted Archfoe. Woodrow Wilson, whose puri soul not even his opponents deny, was exhibited to many Germans for years as an archenemy, a very devil, who had enticed Germany into the fully betrayed her. Timorous souls, eager for applause, do not dare defy such childish, mad ideas. Patriotism appears self-understandable to politi- ! cally riper natione. Lloyd George was not called a traitor. even after his wildest bluff. But in apostolic Germany, too many still believe they must daily prove themselves patriots by loud shrieking and coarse conduct so that they can- not be accused of “treason to Ger- many.” Fear Dominates Politics. Our whole politics is dominated, and the internationale is often ruin- ed by this fear. The flag incident was a sympto.n of this evil, which could be called an infantile disease of—remembering France of 1871— the post-war psychosis. It is certain that only an unimportant number of Germans wanted to hurt the feelings of the Americans. It is an agreeable duty to say this at the grave of the great citizen who wanted to lead the peoples of the earth to harmony. He was not able to complete his work, but by the fer- vent power of his noble desires he brought his land to a splendor never before seen. Instead of quarreling about what rank among statesmen, ancient and modern, or what mourning salute, is due him, we will and must—each in his own sphere—employ all our force to attain the aim shown to humanity by Woodrow Wilson. (Copyright, 1924.) e e Gude’s Floral Valentimes Are sure to please. 1212 F.—Adver- tisement. B e = POST PLANS SERVICE. Legion Members to Honor Memory of Lincoln. Lincoln Post, No. 17, American Leg- ion, will hold its second annual services at the Lincoln Memorial at noon today, to honor the memory of Abraham Lii coln, for whom the post is named. The participants will assemble at the Arlington building, Vermont avenue and H street, at 11 o'clock, and led by the United States Marine Band, will march to’the memorial. There the following program_will be given: “My Country *Tis of Thee.” by the assemblage; in- vocation by Rey. Dr. John Wesley Hill, chancellor of Lincoln Memorial Uni’ versity ; introduction, Lieut. Col. F. A. Awl, “commander, . Lincoln Post; ad- dress, Col. Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian and member of the national executive committee, American Legion; “The Star Spangled Banner,” by_Marine Baad, form to the decision of the govern- | not to become conspicuous by vari- | Count von Bernstorff publicly with | highly foolish answer that the death | of | trap of his fourteen points and shame- | Upper lef: ) ne Miller, Queen in the Court of Religion. Upper right: Aloysius Philip Kane, “Juck America,” Lower: Mixx Madeleine O'Brien, “Jane Americ WANT MORATORU International Loan for Ger- many Also Said to Be Dawes Committee Plan. { By Radio to The Star and New York Tribune. Cop, 1924 A moratorium th an inter- BE. 9 for Germany, combined v national loan, will among the recommendations which the Dawe: reparation committee will make in its final report to the reparation com- mission, according to information obtained tonight. At the same time the com reductions in the 1924, The latter recommendation is based on the committew’s close study of the budget, which it finds cont; several cxtravagant itéms. Dissat] ¢« material bearing on the presented to it by the Ger- rnment, the commit d & long questiona demanding, an expl. al items of expenditure listed. Cites Army Expenditure. c mitte has particular] drawn the attention ment to the item of & marks for prop d expendi- tures for the committee considers this figure too high for an army of 100000 me: is all {that is allowed the.reich. {to French members of the this 1 of the French ministry, the Ttalians point out that ceeds the allowance made by for defense. The committee taxation experts lexpressed astonishment at examina- {tion of Germany's tax revenues, pointing especially to the fact that the German wake e s supply by far the greatest po: try's taxation industry fails to bear its proper s| are fof the burden in the government's iefforts to stabilize the budget. See Excessive Insurance. Another item of served by the com lemployment insur: view of th prominent { column. Much nervousn huas been voked here by the fall of the mark in New York. which today was re- flected in «# corresponding fall here so far as unoffic ading was con cerned. The ¢ bogtleggers’ are again offering price: the dollar that are considerably e the official on while prices in eral are beginning to show a slight lupward tenden Speculators and money sharks are again taking advantage of the situa- tion and are trying desperately | provoke a new mark panic—their aim being particularly to break the ot IN D. C. ierman budget for budget man goy i gold | war while it ex- Italy upies too 1 the expense MARRIAGE FALSE, GIRL SAYS Physician Cited to U. S. Court at Albany, N. Y., in Extradi- tion Proceedings. By the Associated Press. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., February 9.— Dr. Willis Linn of this city has been ordered to appear in federal court at Albany Tuesday pending issuance of i an order directing that he be taken to the District of Columbia to answer an indictment. Dr. Linn, it was said, is | charged by Miss Mildred Westbrook, a inurse and the doctor’s former clerk, { with having made her the victim of an alleged false marriage at Wash- ington, D. C. Department of Justice agents were frustrated by Dr. Linn’s | attorneys in attempts today to serve bench warants issued in Washington. The attorneys held service could not be made out of the district. At a_hearing held some time ago Miss Westbrook testified “the mar- riage” took place in 1922, after which the doctor took her on a'“honeymoon trip through the south. MELLON BILL DEBATE WILL BEGIN THURSDAY (Continued from First Page.) in two weeks, the minimum time in which it is considered the bill may be brought to a vote. Aside from the expected fight over the surtaxes, the democrats have served notice they will seek lower normal rates than contained in the committee bill, while many members have declared they will offer amend- ments seeking revision of the war exclsé taxes, many of which already have been repealed. Representative Frear, republican, Wisconsin, has said he will propose amendments to ralsc the estate tax and Institute a gift tax. / Representative Frear yesterday made a separate report on the revenue bill. Although he voted with the republicans in committee to re- port the measure he made it clear that he would not accept the Mellon income rates. Chalrman Green and two other republicans-of the com- mittee also voted against these rates and have indicated they would not support the Mellon surtax rate, In his report Mr. Frear proposed a fifty per cent cut in the normal in- come rates, rather than the 25 per cent reduction adopted, and asked that the present maximum of 50 per cent surtax rate be maintained. This would mean a loss of $184,000,000 in revenue, he sald, compared with the loss of $92,000,000 which would result from the Mellon cut in normal taxes and $102,000,000 in surtaxes suggested by the Treasyry secretary. i | | | ttee will recommend sharp} govern- | ure approximates the budget | h -1 o Frances UNDERWOOD SUNDERWOOD . TO GIVE ‘STOP THIEF Players to Present Comedy for Tenth Time at Performance Tomorrow Evening. us Players” will produce a three-act farce comedy “Stop Thief, tomorrow evening. The play is by Car- Iyle Moore, founded on the theory of | Klepto | It is bein, zement of Arthur B. White. Per- !son play conspicuous parts in the are Franeis J. T Daly, Joseph Fitzgerald, Thom: | Pyne’ Bernard T. Fitzgeraid, William ting, John Fitzgerald, Walter olm. ganne. Miss Beatrice Cosgrove, Medeline ne and Miss rles will make the tenth perform- of play by the Aloysius ¢ are booked to play it Leonardtown and the near future. The is ‘built on complications ing from the theft of wedding nts by a prof onal thief, while » bridegroom and the bride’s rather ¢ a fit of Kleptomania. altimore, Md., 25 GREAT D. C. WOMEN i -| Gold-Medal Contest, Under Au- spices of Woman's Aliance, to Be Closed May 1. The best essay on the topic, “The Twenty-five Greatest Women of the i District of Columbia,” will be award- ed a gold medal in the contest now under” way, under auspices of { Woman's versal = Alliance. { contest closes May 1, after wh | best will be selécted i Nominntions Made. Among the names of District women { i | | | l { i The ich the I bt contestants are Marcia Burns Van founder of the Washington Cit. yrphan Asylum: Alice Lalor, in rel gion: Mother Teresa, foundress of the Georgetown Convent of the V tion; Rose Mordecai, and ‘equcator; Mrs. nith, writer and so lof Jefferso: | Louis philanthropist amuel Harrison leader, friend n and other notabl McLean, social leader; ttenden, political studen: . D. E. N. Southworth, novel ; Harriet ne Johnston, President Buchanan, who gave the National Cathedral Choir Schoel for 35 and was chatelaine of White House for her uncle: Clara Barton, organizer of the American Red Cross: { Elida Rumsey Fowle, “rood angel” of hington civil war hospitals; m Briggs (“Olivia™), famous | woman " newspaper corréspondent; {Mary Desha and Eugenia Washing- {ton. among the founders of the D, |A. R.: Vinnie Ream Hoxie, sculptor, | who made the statue of Lincoln now {in the Capitol rotounda; Mrs. Theo- dore W. 'Birney, founder of the Mothers' Congress and Parent-Teach- jers' Association; Sarah La Fetra, tem- {perance worker; Belva Lockwood, ilawyer; Mrs. J. ‘Ellen Foster, adv :cate of prison reform, and Miss Mary 1Gwynn, leader_in the work of the i Chila Welfare Society. | To Be Carved on Pillar. Final selection of twenty-five names will be made from those nominated, so ithat they may be carved on the D !trict piliar in the Mothers’ Memorial Tower, which is to be erected by the !alliance in Washington. In this builde ing_America will be the first country {in the world to erect a_monument of | sentiment for the mothers of great {men and women, which will also be & {temple for the women and children of the future. The Women's Universal Alliance asks that all descendants of the above list of Washington women nominated for this honor now living in the city send their names and addresses to the Wom- en’s Universal Alliance, Washington, D. C. for entry in the Book of His: torical Descent, which will be kept of all living descendants, collateral or lineal, of women honored in this man- ner. FAMINE IS THREATENED | BY ABNORMAL SNOWFALL | Many Parts of Europe Under Deep Drifts—Syria Railways. Blocked. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 9.—Heavy snow- storms are reported through Europe. Warsaw dispatches say that the town of Seakopane, which lies at an alti- tude of 2,745 feet, and other centers in the Tatra mountains have been cut off after an abnormal snowfall. A mass of ice, described as two and a half miles long, is blocking the rail- road and famine is menacing the snowbound population, A record fall also is reported in Syria. The railroads there are several feet under the snow, with the Beirut- Damascus and Belrut-Tripoli lines blocked. The telegraph wires linking Egypt have been down for the past three days. DANCING: KATHERINE STUART ythmieal ALOYSIUS COMPANY | produced under the man- | PRIZE ESSAY T LAUD| the | ho have already been nominated by | sita- | RENTS FOUND 80 P.C. ABOVE 1914 FIGURES Capital Among Cities Showing In- crease Late in 1923, While Many Showed Drop. 1 | | i JUMP RECORDED IN YEAR; i G 1 181 Cities in Survey Made by i National Body. ! | et i § Bs the Aswociated Press. { NEW YORK, February 9.—Rents for | low and medium priced houses and | apartments throughout the United States now average approximately 80 per cent higher than before the world war, sald a statement issued today by | fthe National Industrial Conference | 1 Board. Within the past year rents in- |ereased an average of § per cent, but! | between July and November, 1923, this | jdropped to 3 per cent. | The board's estimates, the result of @ survey made in connection with its investigation of living costs, are based on reports from 181 cities, including | most of the municipalities having « population of 50,000 or more. In nine- ty-six cities rents did not change be- tween July and November last; in sixty- three they were increased, in twenty-two rents went down. only one exception, eastern cities re- iported an increase in the July-Novem- jber interval. Tenants of Springfield, i Mass., benefited to the extent of a jsmall cut, but in Boston, Buffalo, Jer- a v, ‘Newark, New York, Phiiadel phia, Piitsburgh and Washington. there I'were slight increases. No_ change was reported in Rochester or Baltimore. In Flint, Mich.: Oklahoma City, Toledo and Waterloo, Towa, the average increase was between 11 and 20 per n Omaha, between 21 and 30 per n Clinton, Towa. and Danville, 11l between 31 and 40 per cent. Slight i jcreases were noted in Kansas City. Mo, and Minneapolis, while in_Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee and St. Louis, rents dropped. Chicago, Cleveland and In- |dianapolis reported no change. 3 Decreases in South. Two-fifths of the decreases for the {four-month period were in southern cities, the board's survey revealed. Rents increased in Birminghan, Memphis and San Antonio, but de- clined in Atlanta, Fort Worth and New Orleans. Among the larger cities of the Pa- cific states there were small in- creases, in Portland, Ore., San Fran- jcisco and Seattle, The board's statement New York's emergency rent laws, hich expire next Frida. but which re expected to be renewed for two |years, have “reacted only slightly to ithe advantage of tenants in th Although the largest in- creases reported within the closing quarter of 1923 were in middle west- ern cities,” it continued, “the relative Kreatest number of rent boosts were in the east. Bioghamton showed in eases of from 11 to 20 per cent be- {tween July and November, while the javeraige of twenty-nine eastern citi. covered in the survey was 19 per cent lor less.” | The estimates for increases, the | hoard announced, refer to low and moderate priced houses and unheated jjupartments of four or five rooms and i id that! | rent Increases within the four-month iperiod,” the statement concluded, “were often pyramided on top of | already large advances in rent., Sev- | ienty-six of the 151 cities furnishing on rents reported increases {ETeater than for the country as {whole. These included ten of the twelve largest cities in the country, Among the next largest group, eight out of thirteen reported increases exceeding 80 per cent. Among these cighteen cities the foliowing reported increases of more than 100 per cent since 1914: Chicago. Detroit, Jersey City, Los Angeles and Milwaukee SLAIN LAWSON GIRL FRIEND OF DOT KING I (Continued from First Page.) too,” the girl continued. *Most of | them are at Palm Beach now. There were only three of us left in New | York. We met at some prominent {hotel almost every afternoon for tea dancing and again at some cabaret at night. Now there are only two of u ! Confirms Eviden 1 This girl's story wae said py de-| tectives who have worked on tie Dot King case for a year to corrobcrate their evidence that she was only one of the victims of a well-knit organ- ization of crooks who operate in the white light zome. Members of the gang dress and dancs well. They | are quick, according to authorities, im note and trail such a clique as that to which Dot King and Lou Lawson |ure reported to have belonged—ap- {pearing often in the most exclusive iplaces—the girls exquisitely gowned, jjeweled and beautiful; their com- {panions big and easy spenders. Eventually these crooks, working i pairs or trios, single out one of the | girls, invade her apartment when she | is alone, bind, rob and sometimes kill | her, as the Follies girl was report- | ed to have told detectives: i “The girl seldom squeals. She' afrald to. If they get her jewelry she tells her friends she ‘lost’ it or ‘hocked it.’s" It is now believed that Dot King's | death was a “slip up”; that her as. sailants accidentally gave her the killing dose of chloroform, and that the death of Lou Lawson by strangu- lation yesterday, after she had been gagged and tied down, was similarly unintended by those who robbed her. Although police said they knew th whereabouts of Gerhard M. Dahl, banker, broker, Brooklyn Manhat- tan Transit diréctor and close friend | of the Lawson girl, reporters were | unable to find him today. Before ) i dropping the veil over Dahl, however, detectives disclosed they had found in the murdered girl's apartment $12,- 000 worth of B. M. T. stock. Her apartment also yielded up to- day several notebooks and dairies containing the names and addresses of persons prominent in society here, in San Franciscd, Chicagp, and Texas, | Miss Lawson's home state. “She traveled in pretty high com- panyl” sald Inspector Coughlin, “We're going to summon eery one of her known. friends for a little quiz- zing” He declined, however, to re- veal their names. ! As ‘the result of the Follies girl's story, squads of detectives in plain clothes were guests at all the prin- cipal afterncon-and-night cabarets in | search of two men she described to ! them. Descriptions of these men also | were circulated throughout the de- par¢ment here and in nearby cities, ral withesses, including _the | elevator operator, who saw two “ex- | | pressmen” enter Miss Lawson's apart. | ment—the last persons known to have visited her—examined rogue's | gallery photographs at headquarters. | | Whether they identified any of the | i pictures subjects as the “expressmen” was not discl AMUSEMENTS., CONCERT Glee Club Geo. Wash. University ‘Thursday, February 14 | some time, due to installation of the | German Fok Victim of 1893 Panic, . | 82, Wealthy in His Day, Admits He Is Vagrant| William H. Lawson, aged eighty- two years, who claims he was stripped of wealth and position by the panic of 1893, and since has been on the downward grade, was arraigned before Judge McMahon in Police Court yesterday on the charge of vagrancy The man, virtually in rags. pleaded guilty to the charge and the court sent him to Gallinger Municipal Hos- pital for treatment and care Declaring he at one time had been an active building contractor in this city, Mr. Lawson said his credit was Tated at $300,000. He erected many buildings in this city, including the German Orphan Asyium, and had developed Bright- wood from a natural growth fores into 4 thriving suburban settle- ment ,he added. LODGE TO OBSERVE TENTH ANNIVERSARY | Roma Branch of Order, Soms of | Italy in America, Has Grown From 10 to 200 Members. Roma Lodge, No. 167, Order Sons of Italy in America, will celebrate its | tenth anniversary in June. The order | was founded with only ten members, and today it has about 200 on its roll: It meets every second and fourth | Sunday at 3 oclock in the afternoon, | n Pythian Temple. The following committee charge of arrangements for the cele- bration: Gino Simi, chairman; Mi- chele Fagnano, Girolamo De Moro and Antonio one. Officers are: Venerable, Francesen | Fabrizio tant venerable, Vito Fabrizio nerable, Lorenzo Val- lari orator, Gino Simi; recording secretary, Michele Fagnano; financial | secretary, Vito Lozzupone; treasurer, | Nicola Coccuzzi; trustees, Michele | Cuarlino, Giuseppe Giacone, Leonardo | Caposela. Constantino Lozzupone, Sal- | vatore Chite; first marshal, Massimo Bono; second marshal, Pietro Fabri- zio; guard, Anacleto Prosperi, and supreme delegate, Lorenzo Vallario. AIRCRAFT BUILDING AT MUSEUM IS OPEN Collection Increased to Eight by| Installation of Plane T-2, With Non-Stop Record. is in The aircraft building of the Na- tional Museum is now open to the ! public after having been closed for ranscontinental non-stop monoplane he addition of this plane to the brings the hers, as fol- scouting and | omplete with arma- ment. the outer covering of one-half of which has been removed to show | in detail the construction of the plane | and wings; one two-seater Spad and ! 4 single-seater Spad pursuit planes. which are credited with seven Ger- man planes while piloted by Ameri- | can ofli (Both Spads bear evi- | dence of German attacks by numer- | ous bullet and shrapnel holes in wings and fuselage); the De Haviland 4-B, used by Capt. St. Clair Streett in his New York to Nome and return flight; a Le Pere biplane, of the type used by | Lieut. J. A. Macready in altitude rec- | ord attempts; a Martin bomber and a | F r pursuit ship captured by the 95th Squadron of the 1st Pur- suit Group. 1 In addition to these planes, there ! re models and motors of various types. i | JAIL OR ALIMONY. 1 Walter Burton was sentenced yester- | day by Justice Bailey, in Equity Divi- | sion 1 lo serve thirty days in fail for | contempt of court. Burton's wife com- ¢ plained that her<iusband had neglected | 10 obey the order of the court to pay | her alimony and was in arrears $37.50. The “husband may be released at any time on settling the amount due his | wife. — ACCUSED OF THEFT. Bond was given for the ! ance in Police Court of Susie De- | metro. 923 D street. arrested yester- | day afternoon by Detectives Fowler and Flaherty. The young woman denied an accusation of having taken $40 from the pocketbook of Henry | Gittings of Capitol Heights, Md after he Pad pald her for telling his fortune. The girl gave her calling 23 that of phreno i ppear- | lton and an e FALLS CHURCH BILL New Charter for Town Believed Likely to Win Legislative Approval This Week. | Spectal Dispateh to RICHMOND, Va., February 9—The bill providing a new charter of the town of Falls Church will be reached on its passage in the house of dele- es Monday. The beliet !s rnat bil will not receive objection from any source. It was unanimously reported from the committee which consudered it and placed on the house calendar and been advanced every day, being ready engro ond the stage for amendmen The bill, if will go 1o the is expected to end of the wee be .JACOB G. MOORE, 68, DIES AT HOME HERE Employed at Surgeon General’s Of- fice Forty Years—Son of For- mer Police Head. Jacob (. Moore, old, a lifclong re sixty-eizht years ident of Washing- ploye of t urgeon for forty died Lanier place north- Funeral services nducted at the residenc ternoon at o'clock . Dr. Joseph Kelly of the Fourth Presbyterian Church will officiate Interment will be in the family ) in the Congressional cemetery. Mr. Moore was the son of Mrs. Mary Gideon Moore and Col. William G. Moore, who major of polic before Maj. Sylvester was assigned goneral's offic vears, i to that position. Jacob G. Company B Moore was a captain of in the old Washington | Light Infantry at the time his father = s a colonel and re tain about twenty. A letter of sympathy from Surgeon neral Ireland e ted that Mr. Moore for over and considered him « friend, and stated a tower of strength to ener: office.” widow, Mr. Moora is grandehild. He los cut. William G. Moore, ar. “that he the surgeon esides his | Makes the Deaf Hear | Remarkable Invention Enables the { te unne Products Corporat nerve ax pert ing is normal. horaughly they sent it to a number of peple who had buen deaf for years, and they report most % resclts. Many state that thes Mightest sound with perfect e t their natural hearing has » munufacturers are vement and so con that person will be sazed and delighted with it, that they | affer to send it to any one Ly prepaid parcel post on ten days' free trial. They do not ship C. 0. M., nor do_they require any deposit, but send it entirely at their own rsk and expeuse, aliowing the user i days to try it and decide whether As the ¥ ome who i with desfness in any form should - advantage of this liberal free trial sour _uame and = descriptive nk The Rare Book Shop ‘ 723 Seventeenth St. Main 1251 Highest Prices Paid —for entire Libraries or Single Volumes, Prints, En- gravings and Autograph Let- ters. Representative will call. CASH PAID and purchases vemoved promptly. “GREAT REDUCTION SALE” QUA Ranges Feormerly Priced $56.50 14-Inch Oven Semi-Enamel Quality Gas Range There are many sizes and welect from, ing in price from F4L80 to $120.00. LITY NGES Ranges Formerly Priced $65.50 Sale Priee 40 6-Inch Oven Semi-Enamel styles to rang- EDGAR MORRIS SALES COMPANY Washington—DISTRIBUTORS—Baltimore Phone Main 1032-1033 An exclusively residential 1305 G Street N.W. section of detached homes. Containing seven million feet of forest-covered land, with six miles of improved streets. - Includes what remains of The Triangle of Increasing Values between Connecticut Ave,, Massachusetts Ave. and Woodley Road (Cathedral Ave.) Over five million feet of land sold. Over 150 homes from $15,000 to $200,000 built and under con- struction. Actual improvements and home values exceed $5,450,000. Wooded villa sites, lots and central and side hall homes, with lots from 50 to 115 feet front—Park Office, 32d and Cathedral Ave. (Woodley Road). Masonic Auditorium 13th St. & N. Y. Ave. 4 Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. Established 1899 Riggs-Semmes Bldg.—Dupont Circle—Potomac 2200 Member Washington Real Estate Board,