Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1924, Page 5

. TRADE BOARDHITS. . RENT BODY BILL Adverse Report Made on House and Senate Measures. Senute and rmanent the Adverse report on the Iouse bills to mi Rent Commisslon of the District and enlarge its jurisdiction to include hotel and busine properties was made to bhoth the Senate and House et committees today 1 < Grahsr, chairman of a special com- mittee which has looked into the rental situation and the proposed laws and made u comprehensive re- vort to the executive committee of the Washington lLioard of Trede ves- terday afternoon. tion toduy was In accordance with instructions given him by the board's cxecutive committee yesterday after- noon. While the committee reports against the bills to make the commission permanent, it says that if Congress, n investigation, finds that an does” exist the commix- uld not be extended for a longer than one year from , 1924, addition afrman, the committ, smposed 't William T. Galliher, Talph W. Lee . Clinton James and Willla ont Zgomery. . to Mr. « aham. the Reanons he committec Senate bill 1sonx uge it creates a permanent 1 uot required to report department of the federal L. ‘'or Report. adverse report on bused on the fol- commix o T e Beo ol the members From of $3,000 to §94. the Munf Police ™ 3,500 of the jus Court of the ure §7 ris of th courts with bonus of $240. comparison, vour con the prese smmissioners aud the n should not 26 and 27 of th , give the tenant a the time or after filing a before the Rent Commis- 4 notice in _ the clerk's the Supreme Court of the of Columbia of his intention L 1 hold i lien on such reutal prop- ©riy or apartment for the umount Which may thereafter become due to such tenant after a determination by the commission. The filiug of such yotice shall constitute due and sufli- vienl notice to any and all persons claiming any right, title or Interest of any kind whatever in sald rental prop or apartment, to all sub quent rchasers, vendo mort- Rage , judgment creditors and 1 all other persons who may right, tile or inter- est al property or apart- othice in any in said rer t hie lien hereby given shall be pre- ferred to all judgments. mortgages, ceeds jiens and any mort dttach” upon the bulld r zround affected by said llen cquent to the filing of such no- to conveyances exe recorded before that except purchase money mort- and they must be recorded in days from date of acknowledg- Many Legal Pitfalls. rom reading of these ctions it is apparent that they con- tain o many legal pitfalls that title 20 real estate would be in a chaotlc state. A ant learning the house i cupying is for safe and not iing to move could file a com. int with the Rent Commission and file z notice with the clerk of Supreme Court of the District of bla that he intends to bold a o¢ the umount the commission 1y determine he is entitled to. The owner of the building would be Telpless to transfer the title by deed or mortgage until the case was heard termined before the Rent Com- ion and, it appealed, before the ne Court of the District of Co- L in general term. There are other objections that I be urged against this bill, but committee does not deem it to diseuss it in further a mere Yion our committee reports adversely House bill 23 for the following bill s rent a recnactment of the ct approved October 9. with amendments. Because it makes the Rent permanent commiesion, mmittee is of the opinion that if it is found necessary to extend the lifo of suid commission it should not for a period greatey than one not ounly covers s und upartment but also includes business erty and hotels, Because the proposed amend- aent to section 109 requires the pur- oh of. property to have three heurings to determine the fact that 1 are entitled to property they have purchased for thelr own use if tie tenant disputes this fact. Lists Number of neN. ‘Under the present law the whole @euse_can be tried at one hearing in the Munwipal Court. Under,the orig- inal act ihree hearings we: quired, and the Jaw was practlcally the same s tnis Dill seeks go make it, but It was found so unsatisfactory that when the act was extended the whole matter was placed under the juris- diction of the Municipal Court. “Your committee further reports - that it made the best investigation it could considering the limited time it has had at its disposal in reference 10 the question whether or not an omergency exists at the present time wo as to justify the extension of the rent act. -, t has been reliably informed that between January 2§, 1920, and Janu- ry 1, 1924, §,563 complaints have tod with the commisslon. Cases dizposed of in same period, 8,051. ALout 900 cases were pending May 19 the time the act was ex- d the commission increased from three to five. Between May 23, 1922, and January 1, 1923, 2,926 cases filed, and the 900 undisposed of added (o this number would make 3,126 eases in that’period. The com- missfon disposed of 1,297 cases, and on January 1, 1924, 12 cases ere pending, whch leaves 1,517 cases un- accounted ‘tor’ and which. must_have been dismissed or settled between the parties. L 851 Vacant Apartments. “We are further informed that thir- ty-two firms report 351 vacant apart- ments, inWashington, as follows: 28 -nting for less*than $50 per month, renting for from $60 to $75_per month, 34 renting for from 376 to $100 per month, 29 renting for $100 nd ‘over per month: 30 apartments Svere reported vacant, but price not Eiven. Une hundred and twenty-eight of tieso apartments show a total of 8 rentable rooms, including Litchen. and exclusive bath. Total number of rooms vacant, 1,138, “From the foregoing 'information, your committeo is of the’ opinion that the rental situation in Washington is improving and recommends that if the committees of Congress, after con- ducting hearifigs and making the sur- vey that The Star of Sunday, Feb- ruary 10, reports is to bo made by *he Nenate, should find that an emer- cy stlll exists, justifying tho ex- nsion of the rent act, your commit- 1de recommends that the present law Mo extended for a period not greater than_one year from May 23. 1924, shigh in “their opinion wili . give, ample” time for the rental situation in Washingten to adjust itself by thae, Jaw. of supply and demand.” s ‘g‘ aweili Thouses, i + ' Mr. Graham's ae- | |36 DEATHS IN MINE-HELD i{ DUE TO ELECTRIC SPARK Caused “Arcing” of Machine in At- mosphere Charged With Dust and . Gas, Investigation Shows, | By the Assoclated Press, " = HARRISBURG, Pa., February 12.— An clectric sparkocaused by the “arc- Ing” of u mining machine in an at- mosphere charged with dust and ex- plosive gas, was given as the cause of the cxpiosion at the Shanktown mine of the Barnes & Tucker Coal Company, January 28, which resulted in thirty-six deaths, the report of the investigators, tiled yesterday, showed. he report d(-('lare(} that in record oks of the mine. foreman and fire ss “we found that explosive gas had been reported at the facerof one or more of the live entries on several,oc- casions, said reports showing that/gus was being generated in all the live development entries that were being driven at the time the explosion oc- curred, e COMMERCE CHAMBER COMMITTEES PICKED Isaac Gans Announces Members Se- lected to Deal With Four Subjects. 1 SCHOOL BODY CHOSEN Flats, House, Manufactures. I'resident lsase Gans of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce vester- {day announced standing committees for 1921 on public schools, the Ana- jcostia flats, the House of Represen- jtattves and the manufactures. The membership follows: Public Schools—Henry . Glassie, chairma; Milton Fairchild, vice chairman; Dr. Truman Abbe, Harold A. Allen, Dr. Bernard A. Baer, Frank w. ph B. Bogan, Dr. Laura S. Brennon, Roy C. Claflin, Irnest H. Daniel, Al- ilan Davis, Mark Dobrin, Douden, John T. Doyle, Alfred B. Gawler, Edwin C. Graham, Edwin J. {Grayson, William O. Hiltabidle, Mrs. | Howard L. Hodgkins, Willlam Hor- san, A. L. Howard, Willlam D. Hurd, | Phillip King, J. B. Kinnear, Ja- Ralph Lee, James T. L. Middleton, C. O. 1Miis, Willlam Galt” Mish, Arthur C B Mrs. Mary M. Nerth, Horace J. Lawrence Rubel, G , A. Leftwich Sinclair, John H. Dr. John T. s : H. Stephen, H. C. C. Stiles, William O. Tufts, Joseph Weller, Miss Mollle B. Wevrman, Whitg, George M. Whitwell, Y, OtcarT. Wright. la Flats—George H. Brown. ! chairman; Adolph Gude, vice chair- man; W. C. Balderston, Dr. Lewis J. Battie, Charles W. Clagétt, Charles W. Darr, Henry B. Davis, Willlam M. Dove, Joseph D. Dreyfuss, Dr. Charles M. Emmons, William H. Ernest, Wil liam F W Hardy, X G Herrmann, Herrell H. G. Kennedy, W. McK. Stowell, John G. Meinberg, Harry M. O Brien, Arthur E. Randle, D. D. Ransdell, John II. Rup. pert, A. T. Seller, Albert Schultei: A, 'Leftwich _Sinclair, Charles J. Stockman, F. A, Van Reuth, Joseph I V' Martin Wiegand. N e ge A, Van® Reuth, chalrman; W. McK. Stowell, vice chairman Bernard A. Baer, 'W. C. Balderson, Willlam M. Dove, Joseph D. Drefu !willlam B Hardy, C Larimer, 0. A._C. Ochmler, Burd W. Payne Allen H. Rogers, Willlam O. Tufts. Manuafcturers—Charles ~ J. Stock- man, chairman; Joseph D. Dreyfuss, vice chairman: Joseph Abel H. Allen, Ross P. Andrews, Walter Balderston, Mendel Behrend, James J. Breen, Harry R. Carroll, Charles T. ~Clagett, Charles W. Clagett, Appleton P. Clark, jr.; Charles J. Co- lumbus, Herbert Coward, ry C. Cragg. Brnest H. Danlel, Charles W. Darr, James M. Denty, Willlam Douden, Proctor L. Dougherty, T. C. Dulin, . Clarence Duvall, John A. Eckert, William H. Ernest, Harry S. Evans, David M. Fisher, G. Manson Foote, J. N. Freedman, Samuel Ganss, Samuel Gompere, Nathan Goodman, dwin_J. Grayson, B. L. Grove, Rob ert N. Harper, Michael Heiste James B. Henderson, Milton Hopfen maier, J. G. Jalapes, A. F. Jorss, Ru- dolph’ Jose, George P. Killian, S. A. Kimberly, William A. Knapp, Martin A. Leese, E. W. McCullough, Arthur D. Marks, Willlam Galt Mish. Simon L. Nye. S. J. Olshefski, Henry T. Oftterdinger, Walter J. Procter, Wil- liam J. Rogers, J. Douglas Rollow, King, cob Kohner, Lloyd, Rolert Small, Sprague, i Albert Schulteis, J. F. Smith, Thomas M. Stearn, H. C. C. Stiles, Robert L. Swats, Glegge Thomas, Leon S. Ul- man, C. J. Van Epps, Ivan C. Weld, Eugene C. Welsh, Martin Wiegand, Howard L. Wilkins, E. D. Williams, Lester G. Wilson, John Zanier. DEMURRER FILED BY H. P. HOLLER Head of “Oriental University” An- swers Indictment on Fraud Charge. Helmuth P. Holler, head of the Oriental University, recently indicted for alleged fraud in claiming to be the representative on earth of the “Lord Xeovath, Jesus Christ,” and to have issued degrees and diplomas in his university without requiring ex- aminations or qualification, today filed a demurrer in the District Supreme Court attacking the indictment. Through Attorneys O'Brien & 0'Brien and William E. Leahy, Holler claims the indictment violates his constitutional rights in two particu- lars. It fails, he gsserts, to inform him of the nature and cause of the accusation against him and denfes to him. the right to worship God accord- ing to the dictates of his consclence, His religlous claims are.protected by tho .Constitution,' he avers, and can- not be made the subject of a fraud charge. The accused also asserts that the indictment 1s e and indefinite. The letters referred to show they were answers to correspondents, the court 18 told, and there is no attempt therein. to’ use the malls to defraud, it is asserted. 2 FAVOR FLAG BI Commissioners Report Back to Sen- ate Committee. The Commissioners today made a favorable rebort to.the Senate Dis- trict committee on the bill calling for the appointment of a cvl?nllslon to g for the work out & deslgn for a District of Columbla, DR. JACQUES LOEB DEAD. Noted Rockefeller Institute Sci- entist Succumbs in Bermuda, By the Associated Press. HAMILTON, Bermuda, February 12, ~—Dr. Jacques dloeb, widely known sclentist, head of the division of. physiology of the Rockefeller Instt tute for Medical Research, of New York, dled here "last brief iliness from hoart %Others Will Consider Anacostia Ballou, Mendel Behrend, Dr. Jo- | Willlam | Miss C. Larimore Keeley, Maurice P.! Samuel Ross, Lawrence L. Rubel,j 1S REMINDED HE HASNT PUT MiLK BOTTLES OUT AND THE MAN'S BEEN COMPLAINING ABCUT HIS NEVER SETTING THEM OUT TiLL THERE'S A DOZEN OR MORE THEM QuT Two oN i | > TINDS. HE CAR NT OST OF T i OTTLES DO ! THIS ONE UP GNP |SCHOOL CADET CORPS | COMMISSIONS DUE i Presentation to Officers of Author- ity to Serve Set for { February 29. Commissions will be presented to | officers of the Washington ngh' School Cadet Corps by Maj. Gen. John | L. Hines, deputy chief of staff of the | Army, at Central High School; Febru- | ary 29, it was announced today by} Lieut. Col. Wallace M. Craigie, U. & A., professor of military sclence and tactics in the high schools. The guard of honer for Gen. Hines will be decterm! by 2 competitive drill Monday between Companies F | of Central, H of McKinley and H of | Western. These three companies | honor as the result of u serles of elemental competitive drills among the companies composing the cadet organization. They are regarded as illed companies in their iments at the present Captains of the three companies M. Peclzman, Company F, L. Mannin Company H, {a H, Western. FIGHT GAS TAX BILL IN SENATE AFTER PASSAGE BY HOUSE (Continued from First Page.) b i | value, because all amendments to ex- empt_ automobiles from such tax up to a certain figure were voted down. An amendment offered by Representa- {tive Louis C. Cramton of Michigan puts the taxes collected under this bill in special fund in the Treasury for ros improvements fn the District without any proportionate contribution by the federal government, s other street ap- i propriations are made on the 60-40 basis. The proposed license fee of $11 for electric trucks was changed to $20. Fall to Kill BilL. ‘Two attempts to kill the bill failed. A motion Ly Representative Thomas L. Blanton, democrat, of Texas, to strike out the enacting clause was voted down, 75 to b5. A motion by Representative Rub: of Missour] to strike out the two-cents- azeallon gasoline tax was defeated, 32 to 24. A motion by, Repredentative Blanton to substitute the Aswell bill, which prohibits the use of federal funds for road building to any state that refuses {to recognize the auto license tag of any tother state and to grant complcte reci- iprocity, was defeated on a point of order "by Representative Zihlman of Maryland, sponsor of the bill. Representative Zihlman endeavored to get through a provision for per- sonal property tax exemption up to 151,000, and Representative Jost of Missouri, also & member of the Dis- trict committee, sought to effect an exemption up to $500, but both of these were defeated. Representative Blanton proposed a horsepower tax of 32 cents, the same as in Maryland. Representative Lin- thicum of Maryland pointed out that while Maryland has 2,000 miles of im- proved highways the District is only ten miles square, and emphasized that a high horsepower tax was not fair. His motion for a 15-cent horsepower tax was carried by a vote of 43 to 20. The measure was debated for near- 1y five hours in the House, with an unusually large attendance in the galleries. Sees Heavy Cost Here. District officluls, in estimating to- day the far-reaching ‘effects of the blll, concluded that it would cost the dverage owner of & small car close to $25 a year In local taxes for the privilege of getting tag reciprocity with Maryland. The additional taxes will amount to $800,000 a year. Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph, chairman of the board of Comml: sioners, characterized the measure as “unsatisfactory” In the form in which it was enacted by the lower branch of Congress yesterday. At _the present time a man pays $3, $56 or $10 for his tags, according to the horsepower of the machine. He also pays a personal tax of $1.20 per $100 of value on the car. Out of 69,536 tags sold to Wash- i whnings As Well As CLAIMS POSITWELY BE'S BEEN PUTIING NIGHT AND THERE CANT BE MORE THAN ONE OR. HAS TO SET WLLIAMD g MClure Newspaper Syndi ended Saturds have been selected to compete for the |] ¥ {street | $400,000 of personal taxes on auto- GRUDGINGLY DE - SCENDS AND FINDS, AS HE FEARED A ROUND HALF DOZEN ON TOP OF THE ICE CHEST WITH A OF TROU| THEM A S0 AS T EVERY HAND vISCOVERS THAT WITH PRESENT AR- RANGEMENT OF BOT- WN TTHE DOOR OPEN MOVING JUDGES SELECTING | | ANERS 0F PREES | Final Week of Star’s Contest. Successful Ones to Be Known Soon. Judges of The Star's “best news story” contest today besan the task of selecting the prize winners for the third and final contest week, which Winner of the first prize will be announced tomorrow. The second, third and fourth prize winners will be announced Thursday, riday and Saturday, respectively. Herbert E. Angel, 1135 Ames place northwest, winner of the second prize for the second contest weok, wrote the contest editor as follows: “T have received the check for my essay. I thank you very much fer it It has| enabled me to procure a radio set.” From George Monk, 1458 Monroe| northwest, winner of thel fourth prize for the second contest| week, came the following: “Pleuse permit - me to acknowledge with thanks your letter enclosing check for § as the fourth prize in I ing Star news story ntest for the ¥ 1934, 1 also to thank you for kind expression ngratulations.” 1 W of co ingtonians last y owned small cars, paying $3 for a tag. It is estimated that tho personal tax on the average small ear is about §5 This make a total of 38 paid to the District last year for a small car. Here is how one city official pre- dicted the proposed law would affect that same small car Personal tax, estimating the average horse- yower of machines in the District at twenty-five and applying the charge of 15 cents per horsepower produces 3 stimating the average mo- toriet would fifteen gallons of ©as a week, the 2-cent gas tax would amount to $15.60 a year. This gives 4 total of $25 as the annual cost to the avérage motor car owner. Of course, this cost would vary with the amount of gas used. Some mo- | torists undoubtedly would use less gas. The prediction that the House bill| would increase nutomobile taxes by $800,000 « year is arrived at in this way ar 45,047 last year the sale of motor tags under the present law netted $401,000, and personal taxes on care brought in $400,000 in round numbers, a total of §801,000. Fears Effects Upon Future. The House bill would retain the Dbiles; would raise approximately 900,000 through the 2-cent tax on each gallon of - gasoline, and would add approximately $300,000, repre- sentinz the 1i-cent horsepower fee. Thi makes an_estimated total of $1,600,000, or double the current amount. As to the amendment offered by Representative Cramton of Michigan, specifying that money ralsed from automobiles be used for street im- provements, fear was expressed at the District building that it would lead the appropriations committee of Congress to eliminate the funds ap- propriated each year on the 60-40 basis for street work. The current appropriation act car- ries a total of $1,448,300 for new pav- ing and maintenance of existing streets, If Congress continued to, make these regular allotments tnr] streets on the 60-40 basis and also | made automobile taxes available for | street work, the engineer department | would have Just twice as much money | with which to give Washington good highways. B But, if, as some city officials fehr, the gas tax DbIll in its present form would merely lead to the elimination of street paving funds from the ap- propriation act, the District would be the loser, for the reason that the federal government would thus be relieved of thg 40 per cent it now pays toward street improvements. For the current year the federal gove-zment's proportion of the $1,- 448,300 street appropriations is $579,- 320. ~ mo § Effectual Whether at your-home or your place of business, conditions 'should be studied—e=d the Awnings made to conform. mmfimotommnndph?,d!e better results we'll get. That’s why the suggestion is rush time—so that they may be ready to go up when the sun begins to beat down. Tent and Awning Section of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Assn., Inc. R. C. M. Burton & Son . -911 E Stgeet N.W. Awning Co. ¥ 1563:North Capitol Street Walter J. Proctor Co. SETS THEM DOWN AND SLIDES THEM OUT ONE AT A TIME. 1IN TRANG ORDER 10 'PICK‘ TLES HE CANT GET TO KEEP THE DRAUGHT OFF HIS ANKLES SHUTS THE DOOR. BEFORE RE- | fiscal offic GOOD DEAL BLE GETS LL ABOARD MAKE ON- FEELS THE BOTILE UNDER. HIS EXBOW BEGINNING TO SLID)| WONDERS 1P HE (AN GET TODOOR BE- FORE T GOES HEARS ONE BOTLE ROLL, THUMP DOWN TWO STAI AND LAND WITH TINKLING CRASH ON THE WALK. 60ES HASTILY TO BED REWER IS INVITED HAND 0 HOUSE HEARING| Further Evidence Submitted o La Guardia Bill to Safe- guard Bonds. Garrard B. Winston, undersecretary of the Treasury, in charge of the was the principal witness the House committee on expenditures in the Treasury Depart- ment, of which Representative Vail of Colorado Is chuirman, on the La Guardia bill, which secks to throw the tame rafeguards around the de- tructton of canceled bonds as ubout the destruction o useless paper in the arious government establish- ments This of two measures which Representative La Guardia Introduced in an effort to clear up the scandal and charges of frregularities at the bureau of engraving and printing. Mr. Winston admitted that there is no law covering the destruction of onds. Representative La Guardia asked him to supply the numbers of bonds und a list of those canceled and royed. today befor: be a practically hopeiess task, quiring the services of several hun- dred employes for many months. After the hearing the committee went into executive sessfon and de- cided to_invite Charles B. Brewer to appear before the committee at the earliest possible date. EBERT SENDS REGRET OVER FLAG INCIDENT Holds Germany’s Failure to Display Emblem Following Wilson Death “Deplorably Misinterpreted.” By tle Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 12.—A cable- gram from President Ebert of Ger- many expressing regret at the “de- plorable misinterpretation” of the German embassy flag Incident, and extending to the Amerlcan people deep sympathy on the death of. former Presldent Wilson, yesterday was made public by Maj. Gen, Henry T. Allen, chairman of the American committes for relief of German children. The message, which was addressed to Gen. Allen, rea “As your telegram, to my utmost regret, confirms to me there has been in the United States a deplorable mis- interpretation of the fact that the flag on the German embassy in Wash- ington was not put at half-mast upon receipt of the news of former Presi- dent Wilson's death, but only on the duy of bis funeral, T sincerely wish to assure vou that the German people deeply sympathize with the national mourning of -the American people, whose generous charity for the rellef of distréss in Germany will never be forgotten here. b o 54-HOUR LAW UP FOR VOTE BETRN, Switzerland, February 12. —A popular referendum will be held Sunday throughout Switzeriand for the purpose of ratifying or annulling the law passed in 1922 authorizing the federal council to permit the in- dustries to operate fifty-four hours. 3. Winston replied that this would | VETERANS' BUREAU CONSTRUCTION HIT Senate chmittee Holds Trgnsfer From Treasury Was “Grave Error.” | Branding the transfer of veteran hospital construction from the Treas- ury Department to the Veterans’ Bu- reau as a “grave erro the Senate investigating committee report on the bureau declares: “This policy did not make for speed, .dld not make for economy, but did afford an epportu- nity for the consummation of con- spiracies to defraud the government.” Sharp contrast is drawn by the committee, it was pointed out today, between the results in construction by the Treasury and by the Veterans' Bureau, with reflection against the latter. . Contrasts Demonstrated. Among the contrasts are these: “The Veterans' Bureau, therefore constructing hospitals of about the same design, no better built or of any better quality, has_spent $985 per bed in excess of the Treasury Depart- ment. ~ Number of completed beds at the end of eighteen months were: White committce of Treasury, 2,983; Vete- rans’ Bureau, 200 (purchased already completed in hospital at Memphis, Tenn.). }, Percentage of completion of all pro- Jects Yor the White committee was 84.4 per cent, as compared with only €8.12 per cent for Veterans’ Bureau. The number of completed beds at the end of two years was, Treasury Department, 5846, as against the Veterans’ Bureau (estimated) only 1,200, = Claims of Forbes. The Senate committee charges that the former director (Charles R. Forbes) in his argument for transfer of construction from- the Treasury to the Veterans' Bureau ‘made extrava- gant claims fro economy and speed in the coustruction of hospital bufld- ings.” Furthermore, ' the Veterans' Bu- reau, it is charged, “had a great ad- vantage over the Treasury Depart- ment because before the appropri tion had been made standardized plans for hospital construction had Leen prepared by the, White commit- ! tee pf the Treasury and were aval able, and the director hud selected all the sites for the hospitals includ- ed In his program. Among_Col. Forbes' “cxtravagant” clalms, the committee report points to his testimony before the House committee on public buildings and grounds, when he statea that ‘“the supervising architect of the Treasury estimated the cost per bed at $4,000, but that he, Col. Forbes, believed the same hospitals could be bullt for less than $3,000 per bed.’ As a matter of fact, it developed, the committee found, thut the Treas- ury had built hospitals at & cost per bed of only $ The Veterans' Bu- reau, on the other hand, the commit- tee points out, will turn out its pro- gram, when completed, at the cost of $3.957 per bed. —— e AUTO IS RECOVERED. Two Colored Men Held on Charge of Taking Machine. ) | nie Barrett, Cathedral Mansions, taken from near 17th and U streets north west, was recovered at 1st and G etreets northwest vesterday afternoon, by De- tectives Davis, of the automoblle squad. “Two colored occupants of the machine made unsuccessful efforts to get away. They_registered at police headquarters as Vollle Lee Jackson, 2428 Georgia avenue northwest, and Willie Pye, alias Echols, 16 F street northwest., three-year . sentence on a Jjoyriding charge a number of years ago, is said to have admitted responsibility’ for the taking of Mrs. Barret's car and ex- plained that Pye was merely taking a ride with him. Numbers taken from a machine in South Washington had_replaced those on Mrs. Barrett's car. Charges of grand larceny were preferred against the prisoners. EMBASSY PROBE URGED. Representative Questions State De- partment on Flag Incident. Demand that the State Department report to Congress what representations it has made or received from the Ge: man foreign office relative to the Ger- man embassy’e fallure to half-staff its flag when Woodrow Wilson died was made on the floor of the House yeste: day by Representative Tom Connall democrat, of Texas, a member of the foreign affairs committee. Representative Connally sald ‘that if it develops that the State Department has made no representations he will in- troduce a resolution instructing the de- partment to take such action, and de- manding a searching congressional in- vestigation of the whole affair, — WILL DISCUSS TESTS. Psychological tests in™ educational measurement and research as given to pupljs in_ the second division of tne public schools, will be discussed at u meeting of the educational methods committee of the District Public School Assoclation in the Public Librar ! | | | | i { { b An-automobile belonging to Mrs. Min- | orders, he said, for gnmed| l Connors and ' Alligood | the omlssion of the flag was deliber- Jackson, who, police say, served a|more E: | l i Thursday night at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Wil- liam T. Bannerman, chairman of the committee, i TaSalle, who is giving the mental tests, has invited Miss Jessie ' 1t0 be present and answer questions re- ' garding her work. MOVIE CENSOR LAW CONFERENCE OBJECT Proposed Bill Also Would Seek Bet- ter Film Distributing Agency. PICTURE NOTABLES INVITED Large Delegation From District to Attend Sessions. Iminediate presentation of a bill to Congress for absolute federal con- trol of the entire motion picture in- dustry is expected to be the outcome of the national motlon picture con- ference +in the Raleigh Hotel tomor- row morning and conclude with ses- eions Thursday afternoon and eve- ning in the N -York Avenue Pres- byterian Church. The conference was called by Dr. Charles Scanlofl of Pittsburgh, general secretary of the Pregbyterian board of temperance and moral welfare. ‘Would Cleanwe Movies. The bill, according to information avallable today, probably will not only propose a national censorship, but also will provide for the estab- lishment of a natlionel commission to institute a centralized, neutral and impartial ~ distributing agency in which all competing motion picture interests shallybe fairly represented. The proposal {5 that the government icommission shall manage the entire business of renting and leasing films in interstate commerce so that all producers and exhibitors shall be on an_equitable basts. The purport of the bill as designed will uot only be to “cleanse the movies, but also to regulatc the prices of shows and to secure honmest and fair competition.” Notables Are Invited. In order that all sides be fairly represented, according to Dr. Scan- lon, Wiil H. Hays, Douglas Fairban! Mary Pickford and other film-world leaders have been invited to attend. ‘Among the 500 déelegates and partici- pants in_the conference will be the fol- lowing from this city: John J. Tigert, United States commissioner of educa’ Representative Willlam D. Up- shaw of Georgla, Rev. Jason Noble Plerce, pastor of the First Congrega- tlonal Church; Rev. Clarence True Wilson, general secretary, board of temperance and public morals, Meth- odist Episcopal Church; Licuf. Mina C. Van Winkle, women's bureau, po- lfce department; Harry M. Crandall president, Crandall Theaters: Rev. Edwin C. Dinwiddie, national chief Templar, -International ' Order Good mplars; Miss Laura Rooke Church, “cretary. national bu. u. und Page ek h, Young Men's Christlan’ Asso- clation. TELLS WHY FLAG IS DOWN. Southern Railway Official Explains to Check Rumors. Reports that no flags were fiying over the Southern Railway butlding at 13th street and Pennsylvania ave- nue were officially explained today by Louls E. Jeffries, vice president of the organization, who stated that he rcason for non-appearance of s that both flag-staffs were commission. He bas issued out of nd hopes to have a flag fiying hulf-stuf row morning. Mr. Jeffries said that this explana- tion made to check rumors that ate. — et BALLOU BALTIMORE SPEAKER. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, spoke to the public school principals 'of Baltimore at the Balti- ern High School this after- noon on “Some Aspects of the Testing Movement.” RENTASIR i MAIN 622 - 380 Rooms Vermont Avenue at Thomas Circle M. 8980 Single Rooms with Bath $3 per Day Single Rooms with, Shower * $1750 Week Double Rooms with Bath $25 Week Two Persons Two Rooms and Bath, 2 Persons, $40 Week Club Hreakf: Small Ball ';.z’:"l'i 50 Couples, Bangquets, 82.0'0. $250, $3.00 Sunday Night Special Dinner, $1.50 lilfad,ln'gher than any other pasteurized milk hy District Dealth Depnrt!pent. _ Certified Milk Rated higher than any other raw milk by District Health De partment. this afternoon or tomor- | FORDS TRANKIL THREENANNINGS Husband of D. C. Woman One | of Victims—Fourth Man Seriously Hurt. ° Special Dispateh to The Star, NEWTO 2 February Three brothers, Francis B 12.- Charles . were in- stantly killed yvesterday afterno while crossing the railroad tracks of the Boston and Maine railroud near Woodsville, N. I, by a spec bearing Henry Iord and party to Detroit from Boston. The three brothers were planning a snow-shoe expedition up one of the nearby mountains when they met their death. A fourth member of the party, Ralph D. Zeed of Manchester, who leaped into a ravirz, is suffering from four broken ribs. He is expected to recover. D. C. Woman's Husband. Francis B. Manning, thirty-twe years old, of Newton Center. Mass. was the husband of Edythe Howard Manning. the daughter of Mr. and M Beule R. Howard of @ graduate of Har d University, and during the war a8 stationed fn ington as a euter t in_ the 1 Corps, U. S. A. He had been or 'In zoology at Harvard for the past sever: Besid, his wife he leaves ter, Mary Adams Manning. The two other brothe ries B. and Rob- ert L. Manuing, aged forty-two and forty-five years, respectively Were residents of Mahchester, N. H., where with their younger brother the; were born. The former was a con sulting engineer and tho lutter a attorney. They are also survived by their wives und familios. Funer: services will be held tomorrow Thursday. Left for Long Hike. All laft Manchester yesterday noon for a fow days' hike through i mountains at Pike and vicinity, anc burdened with knapsacks and snow shoes alighted from the Montreul express at Glencliff. They set out for the Manning camps ard had walked about a mile alon the single-track railway, and wer: within ten feet of the Dartmout trail, where they would have turned off, when the Ford special, which was following an express by u few min- utes, plunged through (he wind- swept snow and struck them, flinging Lo Lt iy Aoy B emba ment at the side of the track. 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