Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1924, Page 12

12 % 533 00 AL BL S PASSED Prince Georges Measure Gets Favorable House Action at Annapolis. POLLUTION IS OPPOSED Curb Would Be Placed on Wash- ington Suburban Sanitary Commission. Ppecisl Dispatch to The Star. i ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 28.— The bill Introduced some time ago by the Prince Georges delegation pro- viding for @ county bond issue of 000 for the construction of four schoolhouses and additions to threc others in the county, unanimously passed the house vesterday, and will come up in the senate today. The bill as passed provides for school construction at the following places: Addition to the Hyattsville High School to cost $125,000; new high echool at Maryland Park, $75,000; new elementary school at Laurel, $60,000; new consolidated elementary and high school in Oxon Hill district, $35,000; addition to ele- mentary school at Beltsville, $10.000; new elementary school at Silver Hills, §15,000, n addition to the eleméntary echool at Bowie to cost 815,000 Resolution Thanks Bok. Txpressing gratification with the efforts of Edward W. Bok, philan tkropist, to bring about a better un- derstanding between nations, a_joint Tesolution, introduced in_the Mary- nd senate vesterday, by Senator tephen W. “Gambrill of Howard county, conveys to him the thanks of the state. The resolution points out that the Tesuits of the world war have made it tmperative for this country to make an intensive stud: f its forelgn re- lations, and thut Edward W. Bok has attempted to focus attention on this gubject through offering prizes for peace” plans and other methods. ‘Without indicating an opinion as to the mezits of the plan recently se- lected, the resolution expres ap- proval of the emphasis which he has tndeavored to place on the natlon's Snternational relations. Mountgomery County Bill. The bill introduced by Senator Eu- gene Jones of Montgomery county orizing a bond issue of § 00 by ihe commissioners of that county for the improvement of a number of lo- cal roads passed the senate and had Sts first reading in_the house today. Of the above sum $3,000 is contingent apon the raising of $1,000 by the Droperty owners along several of the *0ads to be improved. To meet the imterest and sinking fund, on the ssue taxes will be levied exclusively upon the thirteenth election district of the county. Gov. Ritchie h gned the bill of Senator Jones, recently pussed by the legislature, directing him to appoint a committee of three members to meet a like committee to be appoint- ed by the Governor of Virg: investigate the advisability of con- structing a bridge over the Potomac river at White Ferry, Montgomery county. The committee wiil report back to the next session of the legis- Sature in 1927 and half the expense of the proposed structure will be borne by each state. The governor wiil appoint the three committeemen later, Sewer Bill Passes. The bill of Delegute Charles B. ‘Ager, Prince Georges cot making it unlawful for the Washington Subur- z g 4 to empty sewer draln stream-bed or water- ithin the district under their diction, or to construct an open was passed by the house to- Qay. 'The bill was zmended in the Nouss to exempt Montgomery county from its provisions, According o th present Ineasure, the «ommission will have to extend all its sewers in Prince Georges coun- y to empty in the tidewaters of the astern branch of the Potomac river below the town of Bladensburg. The commission is allowed until June 1, 3926, to change existing sewers u der the terms of the biil Gov. Ritchie's bill authorizing the ereation of a state debt of $2,230,000 to purchase sites and the construction and repair of various state buildings passed the house vesterday without i~ 6ingle amendment being tacked on. 4t now goes to the senate. Teachers’ Bill. A BUI making it unlawful for the Echool authorities of tho countles or #.ny municipality of the state to make any discrimination, based on sex, be- tween teachers in the public schools, as regards compensation, assignment, promotion, transfer or authority was Dassed by the house yesterday. The Hill was introduced by Delegato Dan- sel C. Joseph of Baltimore city and ~vas primarily designed to make the yay of female teachers equal to that of males of like grade. An administration requiring rail- oads to clear away woodland or tnderbrush along their right-of-way Mwhen so directed by the stato depart- nent of forestry was passed by the Tiouse. An act authorizing tho mayor of &ny municlpality in the stato having ot over 5,000 population to call for referendum’ on the question of levy- ing taxes to support a city band was yassed by the house and goes to the tenate. Tho biil introduced by Delegate Arthur Willtams of I¥icomico county. Conatder U. of M. Request. Tollowing the epirited hearing Tuesday on the proposed $2,140,000 hond issue for the expansion of the Vniversity of Maryland, the senato finance and house ways and means committee have now settled down to give the bill deep consideration. The prevailing opinion among the mem- Thers of the house ways and means committee s that the mecasure will Ve reported to the house consider- £bly cut up. It is thought certain tha the university will recelve part of the money requested, but it is probable that all amounts will be considerably reduced. - Gov. Ritchie was host to the mem- ®ers of the general assembly last night at a public reception tendered 3n their honor. Following the. re- ception a legislative dance was given gt Carvel Hall. S“ENTRAPMENT” CHARGED IN DRY LAW VIOLATIONS Court Orders Verdict of Not Guilty if Persuasion Is Found. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG. W. Va, February 28.—Defense effort in liquor violation cases In circuit court here to have the state's evidence stricken out be- vause it was gained by dry agents as_a result of “entrapment” of the efendants was denied by Judge J. 2L Woods. ‘An Instruction granted the de- fense, however, left the question Jargely to the jury, which was di- cted to return a verdlct of ‘“not wrullty” if it belleved any induce- ment or persuasion of the officers had led to the alleged sals of liquor, the evidence in which formed the ground for the arrest. On the other hand, court instructed ~no jury to find the defendants gullty 1f it believed the officers had reason 10 believe the defendant was in the habit of selling liquor and would be open to such inducementy in any| HYATTSVILLE READY FOR CHAUTAUQUA Annual Event Will Open in Na- tional Guard Armory Tomorrow. TOWN TREASURER REPORTS Fainter Boosted to Head State Firemen'’s Association. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, February 28.— Tomorrow afternoon the unnual Hy- attsville chautauqua will beglin in the local National Guard Armory, to continue through Monday. Judging from the sale of tickets to dato, the event will prove successful. Lec- tures, music and other features com- prise the program. There will be programs tomorrow, Saturday and Monday afterncons and evenings. Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock there will bo an appropriate service, fea~ tured by an eddress and music by the chautauqua quartet. Of interest to tho children will be the junior chautauqua to be held Friday and Saturday afternoons and the junior chautauqua and children’s entertaln- ment the afternoon of the closing day. Financial Report. The report of Town ‘Treasurer Willlam A. Shepherd submitted to the mayor and town council shows re- ceipts of the municipality during the month ended February 25 to have been $614.42. There was a cash bal- ance from the preceding month of $735.85. Disbursements during, tho month were $478.8; and the town now has in the general fund a cash bark balunce of $871.44. Money in other funds now {s reported as fo Iows: Rebate, $353.26: road, $1,987.2 svecial road, $142.82; fire department, | $1.36, and fire cquipment, $50.36. 1¢ his friends have their way John J. Fainter of Hyattsville, president ot the Prince Georges County Volunteer Firemen's Assoclation, will be_the next president of the Maryland State Firemen's Assoclation. The election takes place at the annual state con- vention to be held in Havre de Grace the second week In June, and & Fainter boom Is gaining momentum. Mr. Fainter was largely instrumental in organizing the firemen's assocla- tion of this county. The first president of this association, he is now serving his second tarm, having been re-clected last fall without opposition. e has been an enthusiastic member of the Hyatts- ville department since its organiza- tion, about thirty years ago. Young People’s Day. The Epworth League of the Me- morial Methodist Episcopal Church will observe Young People’s day, Sun- day. This program has been arran, ed: 9:45 a.m.—Sunday school, mi sionar. pageant directed by Miss Luvena Crosswhite; 11 a.m., a sermon to young people by the Rev. Louis P. Ch; n, pastor; speclal music by the choir; 6 p.m., rally and refresh- ments, Miss Louise Rose in charge, special musical program, directed by M ¥Frances Hoopes: 7 p.m., Epworth League, L. 1. McDougle, Miss Naomi Phelps and W. T. Bartholomew, lead- and 8 p.m., song service conduct- Mr. McDougle, Miss Phelps, solol. “The Secret of Jo monette to young people by Theo- dore Robb, president of the local Ep- worth League. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 28 (Special).—A_ heated fight over the proposed abolition of state poll taxes In the case of world war veterans is expected when American Legioners of the elghth congressional district meet here Saturday morning at 11 o'clock {with Jack Wicker, state commander, | ‘and his staff. The meeting has_been called by | Capt. T. M. Humilton, local comman- der, upon the petition of legloners trom the district, while Wicker will attend In his official capacity to fight, it is understood, Capt. Hamilton's proposal to start a drive to abolish the poll tax system. Wicker is sald to be bitterly opposed to any such legislation or agitation. A trial vote will be taken at this ! meeting which probably will decide | what further action is to be taken. | Among local veterans it is sald that a many oppose tie proposal as favor | it. i \ ed by Immunity Refused. An ineffectual effort to have Thom- as Rhecche, who was held Tuesday for the grand jury, released was made yesterday by Attorney Carl Budwesky. Rhecche, charged with having had in his possession stolen goode, is at liberty under $500 bond. Budwesky told Judge Duvall that Rhecche had been promised immu- nity should he produce the negro fromm whom he had purchased the istolen leather. Officers accompanying Budwesky arrested John Willlams, who will be given a hearing March 7. Capt. Durrer and Sergt. Campbell were about to be called to tell of the arrangement with Budwesky this morning, when Director of Public Safety Morton announced that the of- ficers had no power to grant immu- nity to any prisoner, and that if they had taken this matter upon them- selves they would either be fined ten days’ pay or be dismissed from the service. Upon hearing this statement Bud- wesky withdrew his plea and sald that he would not take the matter up further until it reached the grand Jury. Rhecche is a shoemaker and is alleged to have purchased twelve sides of sole leather, which was tak- en from a freight car consigned to C. C. Smoot Company. Hear Ship Contract Suit. Charles W. Morse, former president of the Virginia Shipbuilding Corpora- tion, was in Alexandria yesterday at- tending hearings before Judge C. E. Nicol, master commissioner, in a suit of the United States against the United States Shipping Board and mergency Fleet and the United H tates against the Virginia Ship- i building Corporation. In the suit the government claims | $19,016,919.16, which is more than | oftset by counter clalms of the Ship- bullding company. ‘The hearings, which have been proceeding inter- mittently for several months, ac- cording to Judge Nicol, are likely to last for several more. His report will be made to the United States of the eastern district court of Vir- ginia and probably eventually find its way to the Supreme Court. The litigation arises out of gove ernment contracts held by the Morse company here calling for the build- ing of twelve rtecl ships at a cost of $1,875,000 each. Discuss Tax Ordinance. Details of the city merchant tax ordinance wero gone over last night by City Manager Rich with the retall merchants’ bureau of the chamber of commerce, headed by Irvin Diener. The ordinance, the most extensive | plece of city legisiation, will be taken ( up tomorrow at an informal meeting ! of city council, and will probably re- | ceive final action next week. Few | changes will be made. Acocrding to City Manager Rich, no important changes are to be made in the bill, which {8 to become opera- tive June ‘1 this vear and remain in | offect for twelve months. The opin- fon had prevailed among the mer-‘ chants that radical changes were to be effected. 3 Policemen were perplexed yester- day when they detected fumes, un- mistakably those of corn liquor, near tho foot of King street along the water front. The source of the odor, however, defled detection for a time. Witty gallons of confiscated . corn whisky was dumped into the sewer at police station, and eventually found its way through the sewer to the river, where its odor was strong. Violations_of the head light law brought B. K. Creel and Lena Highly into police court today, following { l { THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, WORKMEN'S BILL IR AR AN B A A N AR AN N A I A A AN PR 2R ) SLIGHT FIRE IN HOTEL. Grease Spilled on Stove Causes Smoke Scare. A small quantity of greaso spilled on the range in the kitchen in the basement of the Washington Hotel, Pennsylvania avenue and 1oth street northwest, this morning shortly after 10 o'clock, ignited soot and grease In the ventilating shaft and caused a fire scaro among the pedestrians on Pennsylvania avenue, although guests in the hotel knew nothing of any trouble until some of them saw firemen appear in the bullding. Much dense smoke was emitted from the stack, and paint in the dynamo room on the roof was scorched. Downtown fire companies ex- tinguished the blaze with chemicals. Firemen estimated the damage to the PASTOR IS ARRESTED WITH GIRL OF CHOIR U. S. to Investigate Charge of Violating Mann Act—Wife Was Seeking Him. By the Associnted Press. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., February 28.— A government inspector will arrive tn Jamestown to investigate the case of Rev. Frederick Harold Johnson, Mansfleld, Ohio, who is being held here on an open charge after his ar- rest with Pearl I Daubenspeck. United States Commissioner Eaward R. Bootey sald there would be no Mann .act warrant issued from his office until he is certain there was no blackmail scheme hidden in the case. Mr. Johnson, who has a wife and infant daughter in Mansfield, resign- ed as pastor of Pllgrim Congrega- tional Church of that city about two weeks ago. He was given a collec- tion of $30 by tho congregation to use in attending a missfonary conference in Buffalo. According to the infor- mation local police received before they arrested Johnson and the girl in a rooming house here, he drove to Cassadaga, fifteen miles north of Jamestown, taking the girl with him. From Cassadaga they came to James- town, minister and girl, who had been ‘choir sololst In his church, liv- ing In the rooming house as man and wife, police say. Johnson had adver- tised in local newspapers for clerical work, and was traced by the girl's sister ~ through an employment agency. The girl, twenty-two and pretty, sald Mr. Johnson Intended to go back to Mansfield and say he had been to the Buftalo convention. Johnson is about thirty, well dressed and well educated. WIFE SOUGHT MINISTER. MANSFIELD, Ohio, February 28.— Mrs. Helen Johnson, wife of Rev. Frederick Harold Johnson, pastor of Pillgrim Congregational Church here, who is under arrest in_Jamestown, N. Y., awalting action of federal of- ficlals, asked local police a week ago to help her find her husband. Jumes- town police said that Rev. Johnson has confessed he left Mansfield two weeks ago with Pearl L Daubenspeck, solofst In his church. Officlals of Rev. Johnson’s church 8o far have taken no action in regard to his case and Mansfield police sald they have not been notified officially of the minister's detentio warnings fesued early in the week that the law should be strictly en- forced. Creel was dismissed after a warning, while Highly forfeited 35 collateral. Fire Company Anniversary. The fifty-third anniversary of the establishment of No, 4, Columbia fire company, will be celébrated at the quarterly meeting of the company, ‘which is to be held March 10. Prep- arations are being made for an ex- tensive celebration. Mrs. Helen S. Beach, forty-eight, wife of Arthur Beach, Cottage Park, died yesterday at the Alexandria Hospltal. Besides her husband, she is _survived by one child. Bettering the farm kitchens in the rural districts is the chief alm of a convention of workers of the Co- operative Home Economics and Agri- cultural League of the countles sur- rounding Alexandria, which is being held in Young People’s building here today and tomorrow. Demonstrations to the county agents are being made under the direction of R. Belle Burke of the extension division of the University of Virginia. The object is to more thoroughly educate the rural sections in the use of modern conveniences. Mrs. Margaret Padgett, &eventy- five, widow of Charles L. Padgett, died Tuesday at her home, 216 North Alfred street, following & long {ll- ness. She is survived by three chil- dren, R. Frank Padgett and Mrs. M. Herndon of Washington and Mrs. Al C. Hullins of this city, with whom Mrs. Padgett had llved for some time. Funeral arrangements have not been made. Woodrow Wilson Eulogized. “Woodrow Wilson, the Friend of Labor,” was the subject of an ad- dress before the Alexandria Trades Council made last night by Howard T. Colvin. Mr. Colvin eculogized Mr. Wiison, declaring that he was en- dowed 'with true principles of de- mocracy, in imitation of which this country and the world would prosper. Dr. Willlam Tate Graham, famous orthopedic surgeon, expert in child bone diseases. will speak befors the regular_weekly assembly of the Ki- wanis Club today. The club has re- cently become interested in the work of relieving the crippled children of the city, most of whom have been treated 'in Dr. Graham's clinic in Richmond. Columblan Players tonight and to- morrow night will present a spar- kling three-act comedy, “Getting Ac- gualnted With Madge,” in Lyceum Hall. The play s said to be the best of a long list of successes staged during the past few years by this group of popular players. Fitted Cases English Kit Bags Brief Cases Bellows Cases Ladies’ Hat Boxes Oxford Bags ‘Extrs heavy finish emamel vuloanized fiber bound; 2 -lu:l ::7: Sowered sateen lining; sizes 22 to 26; 88-inch size. . sS'so D. OPPONENTS HEARD Insurance Companies Rep- ' resented at House Com- mittee Hearing. The argument of private casualty insurance companies in opposition to the Fitzgerald workmen's compensa- tion bill for the District of Columbla was given at the hearing today be- fore the Fitzgerald subcommittee of the House District committee by F. Robertson Jones, representing the workmen's compensation publicity bureau. Mr. Jones refuted two impressions glven during the hearings by those :mo are In favor of the Fitzgersld One of these was that the organi- zatlon which Mr. Jones® represents is dominated by foreign insurance or- ganlzations. ~Mr. Jones aid that at the hearing he is speaking on behalf of thirty-three stock casualty com- panies writing compensation insur- ance and that all of these are domes- tic concerns with the exception of five. Labor Views Given. Throughout the hearings represent- atives of organized laubor have pre- sented the testimony of workmen in- jured in the District and the claim that they have received cither compen- sation_or insufficient compensation. Mr. Jones emphasized that as thero is now no workmen's compensation law in the District, by law these In- jured workmen are really not en- titled to any compensation, and that what thev huve recelved has been through the humanity of the employ- ers, it was stated. The fact that there is no workmen's compensation law, he said, i3 due to organized labor through its opposition to the Under- hill compulsory industria insurance bill before the Senatc committes lust year. This would now have been a law operating to the udvantage of the workmen, Mr. Jones said, but for | this action of organized labor. ! The service given by the insurance | companies which the state funds doi not glve was stressed by Mr. Jones. He argued that the corrective and | preventive work done by private ln-‘ surance carrlers and their eafety! code work is one of the big features | | i of the protection they give the work- ingman which state funds imnake no attempt to afford. He brought out that this is the ideal of all insurance and 19 a specialty of the private in- surance companles. Question of Costs. Discussing the question of costs, which has been emphasized &t the hearing as an argument in favor of the Fitzgerald measure, Mr. Jones showed that private enterprise gives insurance cheaper than the Ohio or other etate funds. He quoted sta- tistics to show that the average cost for mutual is as low If not lower than that of state funds and that self-Insurancers have a much lower cost than stato funds. He brought ctt that under the New York law the cost of the etate competitive fund was 25 per cent, while that of the mutual was much cheaper and that of the self-insurers was still lower. He indicated that the state fund, re- gardless of the fact it is eubsidized, | gets only 8 per cent of the gross amount { of business. Business men naturally are golng where they get the most | servios at the least cost and, therefore, { it what the proponents of monopolistic ! ‘workmen's compensation measure say it 5o the competitive state funds, such as New York, should be getting most of | the business, Mr. Jones urgued, “which isn't so,” he said. The Ohio plan ad- vocated by Representative Fitzgerald for the District does not meet with the ap- proval of employers in Ohlo, Mr. Jones told the subcommittee. He clted the action of various business men's asso- ciations in registering their dissatisfac- tion with the Ohlo plan. FIREMEN OF ARLINGTON TO ORGANIZE TONIGHT County Association Declared Neces- sary for Better Protection of Property. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va, February 23— Representatives of the Ballston, Clar- endon and Cherrydale volunteer fire de- partments will ‘meet tonight at the Ballston company's hall to organize what probably will be known as the Arlington County Volunteer Fire De- partment Association. ~Promoters of | the movement state that there is a. need in the county for such an or | ganization to avold misunderstandings | and confusion in responding to fire alarms, which not infrequently result! because of the non-existence of the | proper rules and regulations snvern!ns; county fire fighting. ! James Harvey Clements, brother of ! A. C. Clements, former sherlff of Ar-: lington county, died eurly this morning at the home of his mother, Mrs. J. R Signor, at Hunter Station, Arlington county. Mr. Clements, who was thirty- | elght vears of age, nas been in poor health for the past two years and was confined since August. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2| o'clock at the home of his mother and interment will be in Columbla Gardens | cemetery, Clarendon. He is survived by_his widow, Mrs. Annje Clements. | W. J. Ingram, supervisor from Ar | lington district, Went to Richmond yes- | terday to urge that the bill now before | the state legislature providing that | bullding permits ehall be obtained in Arlington county before construction s started, be, amended to make possible the appointment of & building inspector. —_——— Fruits must have pectin and acid to make perfect jelly. 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