Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1924, Page 2

L] TEACHER PAY BL TAREN P HOUGE Gilbert Measure Set Aside in Favor of District Legislation. ness tion. When it was shown that there was considerable opposition to the Gilbert bill for prevention and control ¢ social disease. which was the finished business for Iistrict day Representative Ralph bert, demo- erat, of Kentueky, although intensely interested in this measure, agreed it be set aside in order that the time could be given to consideration of the teachers' salary and other uncontro- versial District measures. When the House went into the com mittee of the whole, with Representa tive Chindbloom of Illinoix in the chair the motion of Representative Sanders of Indiana to strike out the enacting clause on the Gilbert bill was pending deference to Asks Time for Sanders. Representative Blanton, ¢ of Texas that R lowed ten his objections. ton assured the Hous: mittee had careful considered the «iilbert bill during the last three years and was unanimous in urging 119 passage Representutive Wingo, de Arkansas oljected to the animo consent, stating that he waited 1wo years to vote on the teachers’ pay hill and did not want debate on the (ilbert bi'l i prev t t A standing voie on th tion to strike out the enacting clause was 40 to 3 in_favor of the motion. Representative Blanton called for a vote by teller the House by vote of 70 to refused to strike out the enacting clause The Gilbert bill vas then form set asid Blanton Hitx Ofeials. Representative Thomas L. Blanton. democrat, Texas, who filed a minority report opposing the substantial in- creases in salary to Supt. Ballou and other officials of the school depart ment, led »pusition to the bill He made n. however, that he emphatically = supports the schedule for the ac teachers and that his opposition is only to the arger increa Howed the supervis- & force. Representative Blanton censured the officials for efforts to have their own salaries increased whenever a teachers’ pay bill is brought in. He reviewed what he had stated in his minority report and showed how he proposed to bring the Ke within the limits of the budget out reducing the salary of teacher.” Chairman Snell of the Hou committee challenged Repre Blanton, saying that he had been as- sured that the maximum salary of $10,000 for the superintendent of schools 2nd the salaries for other officials would not apply to those mow in office would have to start at the minimum salary. Representative Sherwood of Ohio em- phasized that the proposed salary of 310,000 for Dr. Ballou was larger than that paid members of Congress. Defends Dr. Ballou. Representative Blanton several times said that he was willing to admit that Dr. Ballou was a very efficient edu- cator and a_good man for the position he holds. He called him ‘“the right man in the right place” and said that it Congress wants to authorize $10.000 for any superintendent of schools, he was perfectly willing to pay it to Dr. Ballou. Representative Bankhead of Alabama suggested an amendment to make the minimum salary for officials apply to those now in_ office. Representative Blanton replied, “If you start making any such amendments you will have half the gallery turning somersaults, because what they want is this longev- ity pay increasc Representative Cramton of Michigan, republican, asked if the superintendent of schools has not enough work to en- sage his attention without lobbying in the halls of Congress. Representative Blanton replied that if any one was Eoing to lobby he was perfectly willing to let Dr. Baliou do the lobbying, and said he had done it better than any on else he had seen. Representative Lehlbach, republican, of New Jersey, and Representative Mar- vin Jones of Texas engaged in a spir- ited debate, the former trying to show that the maximum salaries would not apply to present officials, and Repre- sentative Jones contending that the language of the bill showed that they would become immediately operative. Keller Bill Backed. Representative McLeod of Michigan #poke strongly in support of the Kel- ler bill. Representative Gasque, dem- ocrat, South Carolina, himself a state superintendent of schools, emphasized that the people have overlooked the importance of good teachers. ‘““We are dependent upon them for the right kind of citizenship,” he said. “The character and patriotism is built in the schools. It takes more than an ordinary man or woman to make a good teacher. These people devote themselves to the school work Dbecause they love their profession, not for the salary. “In_private business” he pointed out, “we find far higher salaries paid, mnd the teaching of our children 1s the biggest business of the nation. The capital wealth of the state is in direct ratio to the amount spent for ‘the schools.” " ‘He presented a list of cities paying superintendents of schools $10.000 or more. “The school system of the District should be the best in the nation and we should pay salaries that will attract to Washington the best school officials in the nation he said. *“I am surprised that the gentleman from Texas should bring up the matter of local taxes, That is not a matter which is under the control of the people of the District. Jt is in our own hnads and we should not consider it in relation to this DilL™ Would Cut Ballou Figure, Representative Snell spoke briefly denying that the maximum salary earried in the bill would be paid to the officials automalically. . Repre- sentative Black of Texas spoke in op- position to the bill. Representatives TRaker of California and La Guardia of New York both spoke in favor of Zenerous provisions for teachers' and sehool board officials’ salaries and urged that the schools in the National Capital should be a model for the rest of the country. ) Representative Strong of Kansas spoke in favor of the teachers’ bill, but in opposition to the $10,000 salary for Dr. Ballou, saying that he would be glad to vote for a salary of $7.500 if given the opportunity. 2 Representative Woodrum of Virginia ®poke in favor of adequate salaries for school teachers and officials, but said in the present instance probably 38,000 for the superintendent of ~schools would be a reasonable increase over the present salary. Representative Lister Hill of Ala- ‘bama, who has been a school official, spoke In favor of adequate salaries and Tecognition of the teaching profession as one of the greatest value to local communities and to the entire nation. Representative Florian Lampert. Tepublican of ‘Wisconsin, ‘who prepared the favorable report from the House Distric committee on the Keller bill, was the first speaker and emphasized the need for prompt action in passing this bill. Lemg Time Since Action. “No compre legistation af- W’fiso nhl::l-::‘ol teachers has Deen sinoe 1906.” Rel ta- tive maid. “The increases sjary, that have been grambed ntative lers be minutes in ch to stats Representativ that the com- w Blan- crut nders mo- entire ! who | 'Oysler Inquires On Other Steps To Curb Mashers Commissioner Oyster, who opened war Saturday on young mea who accost girle on the strests dows town, £aid today that he would as Corporation - Counsel - Stephens whether, in his opinion. additional regulations are needed to cope with unwhile a squad’ of policemen feminine members of the de- ment ere -promenading the ntown streets, in civiljan dress, an effor: to catch flirtatious youths in the act | | The teacher pay bill was taken up in the House today, after agreement had heen obtained to lay aside other busi- in Distriet legisl the caton fre of the ive a tomporary_and limited The comuities on th Columbia s convineed that th urgent need that the salary scheduje rized appropriatics o revised. cxtended and nent. This * new ed, not only to. o those teachers ‘lee, but to attract high qualifteations to the Capital city, where there has been a shortage of teachers because of in- idequate xal “There ents and activitie 1906, ini jtions of the such es employ by succes- nature. Distric b many derable the schocl far as the limita- old law would permit In order (o stabilize what heen accompl and in order o make possibla provements in the public Keller bill carrie autRor{zation,” F vert pointed out This new legislation he summarized as follows: 1t legalizes and renders more permancnt the sa of em- ployes. It authorizes and provides alaries for activitles and positions iwhich have de: in the pubiic schools since 1906 < junior high ools, vacation schools, community enters, administrative principals and assistant principals in high schools It abo sion room pay and provide er method of paving principals of elementary schools. It also abolishes the classification of the elementary teachers into five salary groups and provides a uniform basic sal- ry with annual $100 increments for a limited number of years. It authorizes the emplovment of temporary teach- jers and the appointment of annual {substitute teachers develop- tension tem cons in xchools, the zislative tive Lam- resens Report Favors lncrease. The report of the subcommittee on schools and playgrounds of the | House and the Senate, submitted to i the Senate by Senator Capper. in- {dorses and recommends the passage of a teachers' salary bill,” Represent- j ative Lambert pointed out ary legislation undoubtedly repre- sents one of the most urgent needs of { the public school system of the Dis- | trict,” he said. “This salary legisla- ytion will in no way interfere with | the enactment | tion suggested, supported or recom- { mended by committees of Congress in | Senator Capper's report | . “On the contrary this legislation ishould be viewed as the first legis- lation looking toward reorganization and rehabilitation of the school sys- tem of Washington. This salary list has been prepared with the exjecta- tion that subsequent expectation the school . | laying system will follow. stress upon the necessity {for passing this bill at once. Rep- [resentative Lampbert called atten- | tion that, “the public school teachers of Washington are in a precarious position with regard to salaries if this bill is not enacted into law be- fore next July 1. ‘““These teachers, emploved as they are in the federal distriot, have re- ceived the annual bonus of $240 along with the federal employes. The federal employes have been provided for in the recent reclassification leg- islation and there is not likely to be any legislation before Congress this session with respect to continuing the 'bonus.’ The teachers are facing an actual loss of salary if this biil does not pass at this session of Con- gress.” Representative Lampert also laid stress on the fact that this bill provides for only the educational em- ployes of the board of education. It does not carry salary adjustment provisions for ‘such groups of em- rloyes as clerks and stenographers, medical and dental inspectors, school nurses, engineers, janitors and other custodial positions. “All such employes have been pro- vided for in the reclassification legis- {lation. This bill proposes to adjust the teachers and others in the educa- tional system the same as police and firemen have had their pay adjusted by separate legislation. In it the | teachers are safeguarded against the loss of the bonus, are given the lon- gevity increase in pay they have earned under the provisions of the present law, and they are given a reasonable increase in salary corre- .8ponding to the increase granted to federal employes. Pay in Other Cities Compared. After discussing at length the question of teachers' salary increases and com- | paring the salaries paid here with those ipaid in other municipalities of com- | parable size, Representative Lam sert {summarizes his argument in favor of | the new schedule as follows: The American people believe in public education. As has been shown, cities of the country are expending from 30 to 150 per cent of their total revenues for { public education. Justice to the schiool teachers and officials of Washington re- qui; that Congress increase the sal- aries for their services. Unless this legislation passes the comparatively {low compensation of teachers in Wash. ington " will be actually reduced through the 10ss of the bonus after June 30, 1924, “Congress is not now appropriating as much money per pupil for public education in Washington as are many large and small cities of the country. Moreover, most of the cities of the cbuntry are expending a larger pro- portion of the revenues of municipal government for public education than is being expended for public educa- tion in Washington. “The Keller bill was prepared by the board of education after most painstaking attention and extensive consideration. “The testimony presented at the hearings on this bill before the House District committee contained incon- testable evidence in the support of the salary schedule and legislation contained in the Keller bill. “The _increased _expenditures for teachers' salaries In Washington ne- cessitated by the enactment of this legislation will provide for a_corre- sponding increase in the efficiency and service of the teachers and offi- cers in the schools of the Natiousl Capital.” KNICKERBOCKER CASES. Motions Filed to Advance Damage Suit Hearings. Motions were filled in the United States Supreme Court today to ad- vance the hearing in three cases of the Knickerbocker Theater damage suits by appellees on certificate from %:e Couri of Appeals of the District f Columbla. The cases were Union {Iron Works, appellant: John H. Ford, appellant, and Reginald W. Geare vs. Guy Sturgis, administrator. The motion recited: “There are about thirty cases for injuries sus- tained by persons injured in_the col- lapse of the roof of the Knicker- bocker Theater, but who were not killed. Since by the terms -of the statute of limitatious in force in the District of Columbia these suits may be filed within three years from the date of the accident, the flling of such suits was deferred until after it shall have been judicially determined whether or not the form and theory of the declarations implied in the present suit is correct or not. If this cause takes its regular place on the calendar the statute of limitations will have expired as to the person: injury cases before any decision can be_rendered herein.” The motion will be presented in jcourt upon its reassembling next ation acts have been of sdditional im- | “This sal- | of any other legisla- | affacting the general organization of | THE ENING 36 INDICTED HERE; PLOT TO VIOLATE : DRY ACT CHARGED ) ] (Continued From First Page. the ailegod conspirators, who would deliver the whisky. Cnterer and Wife Indieted. Willlam H. Simpson, caterer, of 1815 M street northwest; his wife. Mrs. Helen Simpson; Ben Harris, Wil- ! llam 1. Swainson and Ernest Abt named in the third conspirucy dictment. It is claimed Simpson would receive orders to furnish “wet | Koods” at dinners and other society | functions and Swainson and Abt would furnish him with the intoxi- cants. Harris was a waiter in_the Simpson establishment and Mrs {rapson is snid to have received 32 from a prohibition agent as final purment for a supposed dinner at which wet refreshments were to be | furnished According states Attorn to Assistant United Presmont, who In- vestigated the case, a friend of pro- hibition arranged with Simpson to meet him at a local hotel to discuss plans for a dinner. A secret service man was hidden in the closet of the hotel reom. The friend made all ar- ngements and gave Stmpson $10 on account, Presmont says, and stated he would send his secretary to the Simpson establishment to finlsh the details. An agent impersonated the s-cretary and is said to have pald ! Mrs, Simpson the balance of the price and received a receipt from her to furnish the dinner with “wat trim- I mings.” The alleged dinner was to take pluce early in January When |the receipt had been obtained the probibition agents secured a search warrant and raided Simpson’s place | His arrest followed. 1 i | HANNA FAVORS MERGER OF TRACTION COMPANIES | (Continued from First Page.) { .. tional capital investment made out | of the earnings of the company. The | position that he took was that as a matter of fact the Capital Traction Company has been earning in the last four or five years from 10 to 11 per cent, more, in his opinion, than a ifair return on the valuation of the company and that earnings have | been so large be of the rates | fixed for fares Fare Ratex Were Fixed. Mr. Hanna replied that the earn- ings of his company have been larger because the rates of fare were fixed on the earning powes of the Wash- ington Railway and Electric Com- pany. He insisted that if the valua- |tions of the two companies were feombined it would be found the re- jturns would not be above a fair {average return on the investment. He |said that he had never claimed that |the rates of fare allowed were justi- {fied by the rning capacity of the | Captial Traction Company all alone Senator McKeliar criticized the present District Commissioners’ act- ing as the present utility commis- sion for not reducing fares, and Mr. Hanna pointed out that the present Commissioners had brought about slight reductions in the cost of tickets, {althoukh the cash fare has remained at 8 cents. He pointed out that if the whole {surplus earned by the Capital Trac- tion Company last year was used to reduce fares for that company, it could have resulted only in the re- duction of a quarter of a cent. Sen- ator McKeliar asked Mr Hanna if he was in favor of the confirmation of Commissioners Rudolph and Oyster. Favor Rudoiph and Oyster. Mr. Hanna replied that he was, per- sonally, but that, of course, he could not speak for his company on that matter. Mr. Hanna referred to the law which provides that the salary | of the crossing police in Washington | where the street car lines intersect shall be paid by the street car com- pantes. He said that the law made no com- pensation to the companies for this charge and that in no other cities was such a charge put on the street {car companies. ! He insisted that the street car fares ! th use had been raised in the District of Columbia just as everything else had been raised, following the war period, including cigars and bread, because all costs had been increased, and de- clared that the increases had not been made merely to take advantage of war conditions The hearings will be resumed at 10 la.m. Friday, with the Capital Traction officials again appearing before the subcommittee. RESOLUTION REQUESTING ROOSEVELT TO RESIGN IS PRESENTED BY DILL (Continued from First Page.) assistant secretary’s close relation- ship with former Secretary Denby should have impelled him to follow his chief into retirement. Fail to Find Thompson. Failure of subpoena servers to |locate William Boyce Thompson, for- imer chairman of the republican na- tional committee's finance committee, was reported to the Senate oil com- mittee today by the Senate sergeant- at-arms. Thompson was among the witnesses listed to appear this week in regard to stories of campaign contributions iby oil interests. His home is in New York. The subpoena for Fred Upham of Chicago, treasurer of the republican national coommittee, may be canceled Committee members are disposed to accept his public statement that he has no information on the subject under investigation. ‘White Granted Delay. George White of Ohio, former chairman of the democratic national committee, who also is under sub- poena, was granted a week’s delay in his plea of important business en- gagements. The committee will resume hearings tomorrow, with R. H. Wil- son, once candidaie for the demo- cratic nomination for governor of Oklahoma, on the stand. With W. L. Kistler, an oil promoter of Tulso, Mr. Wilson'is to be questioned regarding the connection prominent oil men had with state and national politics. SINCLAIR INDICTED BY D. C. COURT FOR SENATE CONTEMPT (Continued from First Page.) with F. G. Bonfils, touching the Teapot Dome. This question, the indictment | alleges, Sinclair refused to answer. Eight other questions are set forth ! and the refusal of the witness to an- swer each is alleged. Section 102 of the statutes under ‘which the indictment is returned pro- 'vides a penalty of both fine and im- risonment. The fine Is from $100 to 1,000, and the imprisonment of from gre 16 twelve months in the District ail. its Comedy Author Dies. NEW Y?I!'lx. I(Ar:h:mhn Mace Donouth.a g-nn 5 3 .mc STAR, WASHINGTON REPARATIONREPORT PHRASING BAFFLING: Wording of Text to Avoid Ruffling Powers Last | Task for Experts. By the Aswociated Press. PARIS, March 31.—The Dawes com- mittee of reparation experts buckled | down this ufternoon to the work of froning out the last remaining divergen- | cles among its members over their re- | port to the reparation commission on | their examination into Germany's finan cial and economic position. The desiza of all concerned is to de- cide upor a text to which all can sub- scribe, and the wording of which will not ruffe either France or Belglum on the one hand or Germany on the other. Th& most extreme care is being taken that there shall be no phrase in the re- port susceptible of being construed as interpreting the occupation of the Ruhr | as either legal or illegal. The British, | for their pari, are willing to consider | the Ruhr situation an accomplished | fact, and are desirous that the report | shall not consider the past. but only.the present and the future. Approximates Bonar Law Pl It appears that considerable verbal camouflage must be elaborated to this | end, as well Informed quarters are | agreed that in the last analysis the | recommendations of the experts are | likely to approximate closely thel British reparation plan the late Pre. mier Bonar Law offered Premicr Poine care in January, 1923. If the French premier is golng to accept the ex- perts’ findings it ix conceded he must | not be put in a position where his opponents would be able to retort: ou now are accepting what you | rejected fifteen months ago after go- | ing to the expense and trouble of the Ryhr oecupation.” - It is considered possible that Pre- | mier Poincare will insist that the, reparation commission deliberate on the experts’ report before submitting it to the several governments, in or- der to allow French opinion to crys- tallize and, if necessary, to mollify it before the French government is obliged to make a decision. It is con- sidered unlikely, however, that Presi- dent Harthou of the commission will lend himself to such a program, al- though most of the other ecommission members think a deliberative period Dby that body would be wiser were it | not for the close proximity of the | German and French elections. Drep Politienl Aspects. 1t is generally conceded in repara- tion circles that even the cleverest | wording of the report cannot prevent ! the German stump speakers telling | their constituents during the cam- paign in Germany that the provisions for control contained In the report are merely “stuffed dogs,” or French | spellbinders of the Poincare persua- | sion from assuring the voters that the same provisions have real teeth. The experts, however, have deter- mined to wash their hands of all po- litical considerations. Despite the persistent reticence of the members of the drafting commit- tee the impression in all diplomat and technical circles is that the re- port will be bound to indicate, al- though as deftly as possible—the dis- belief of the experts in _two of the cardinal points of the French pro- gram—namely, the feasibility of maintaining the schedule of repara- tion payments adopted May 5, 1921, and the possibility of the profitable exploitation of any portion of Ger- man territory under allied control. evertheless, it is considered that Premier Poincare, in view of the new orientation of his cabinet, will be in a better position to accept this view- point than hitherto, provided he is allowed to maintain the military £rip upon the Ruhr and permitted to make a tacit reservation that France and Belgium may take separate sc- tion if Germany again becomes re- caleoitrant The Dawes committee met in plen- | ary session at 4 p.m. The subcommittee on banking still | has much work ahead in straighten- ing out the tangles in the German railroad guestion, and it met this aft- | ernoon for a session which it was expected would last far into the night. ATTACK UPON MELLON GETS LIMPING START (Continued from First Page.) commerce, Senator Re&d said, and had endeavored to evade cabinet service on the strength of these restrictions. The late Senator Knox of Pennsyl- vania, a former Attorney General and Secretary of State, was consulted and had the law examined by a firm of Washington lawyers, who on January 25, 1921, gave an opinion that there was “nothing in_ the ownership of stock in_various corporations to dis- qualify Mr. Mellon from holding the office of Secretary of the Treasury.® ‘This opinion, at the request of Sen- ator Overman,’ democrat, North Caro- lina, was read to the Senate. Former Judge James H. Reed of Pittsburgh told Mr. Mellon of the statutory restrictions when his name first was mentioned for the Treasury portfolio, Senator Reed said, and as Mellon “had no particular enthusi- asm” for the cabinet office, he came to Washington to ask Senator Knox to tell President-elect Harding that he could not serve. Knox Advised Acceptance. It was the belief of Senator Knox, supported later by the legal firm of Faust & Wilson, Senator Reed con- tinued, that he need only retire from aotive’ management of his various companies and from directorships he held to remove legal restrictiona. Senator Reed said attention also was directed to seotion 10 of the federal reserve act, which provides that no member of the Federal Re- serve Board can be an officer of “or bold stock in” any banking institu- tion. As the Secretary of the Treas- ury is a member of the board, the Washington law firm was asked to examine that question also. The law- yers found that it was only neces- sary for Mr. Mellon to dispose of all bank stock in order to qualify for the cabinet job. The counsel employed by Senator Knox stated that the eligibility of Mr. Mellon was only cloudy in one respect—as it might be affecting that section of the statute which sa; Treasury Secretary can bave no “in- terest directly or indirectly” in com- mercial organizations. Applying a rule laid down by the Supreme Court in the Delaware and Hudson case, and reafirmed in the Reading case, both arising under the Hepburn act, the attorneys held that the mere ownership of stock in a corporation carrying on trade is mot an interest direct or Indirect within the meaning of the law. Should any questions arise rell-ll:g to any of the corporations in whi he owned st t was added, they could be handled by an assistant sec- retary or some other officer of the Treasury. LOCAL GIRL DISAPPEARS, toone TS T30k ‘strest soutbwest: wax reported to the woman's bureau of the w.at last night. Hor darx beown hair 13 bobbed, Police s 30id, and-ahe Bes hrowa sen | ! rants | The next O, MONDAY, MARCH 31, BANKER AND EX-OFFICIAL TAKEN UNDER DRY LAW Warrants in Detroit Suburb Allege Conspiracy to Violate Prohi- bition Statutes. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., Migch 31.—The federal government yesterduy umex- pectedly projected itself into the iIn- ternal ~condition of official Ham- tramck, a Detroit suburb, when United States deputy marshals arrest- ©d a banker, a former police official {and a Hamtramek resident and held warrants for nine others. The war- charged conspiracy to violate the federal prohibition laws. The three men, who are being held in the county jail pending arraign- ment today = before United States Commissioner J. Stanley Hurd, are Stanislaus Chronowski, first vice president of tho Liberty State Bank. Inc, of Hamtramck; former Police Lieut. John Ferguson, who has been removed from the suburb's police force, and Alex Koerner. HOWARD M. JONES FATALLY STRICKEN, il. C. C. Employe, 49 Years 0ld, Dies Suddenly in Of- fice of T. T. Artaud. Howard M. Jones, forty-nine years old. supervisor of engineering, bu- reau of valuation, Interstate Com- merce Comunission, died suddenly at 11:15 o'clock today while in the office of T. T. Artaud, executive assistant of the bureau of valuation, where he had gone to testify in the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk valuation hearing. Ho was taken with a pain In his side, said that he was feeling badly and asked for a glass of hot water and some soda. While several per- sons in the office had gone after the soda he fell to the ficor Dr. B. F. French of Emergency Hospital pro- nounced him dead. Native of Tennessee. Mr. Jones w. born at Murphysbor- ough, Tenn. He attended Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tenn. re- maining at the university until 1894 year, 1895, he received the degree of civil engineering at Union Coliege, Schenectady, N. Y. From 1895 to 1906 he was with the Chattanooga and St. Louis ailway as assistant engineer. and later had charge of making estimates for new construciion. He afterward had super- vision of accounts kept in the chief en- gineer's office in connection with the mainterance and ways division. From January, 1906, until he became connected with the Interstate Commerce Commission he was in private practice Aas u consulting enginesr. He had been connected with the commission for the last ten years. He was a member of the Ame n Society of Civil Engineers and the Cosmos Club, this city. He was also president of the In-Com-Co Club. He resided in this city at 1462 Clifton street. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marion Jones: four children, Catherine, Marion, Virginia and Carolyn Jones, and other relatives. WAR-TORN VETERAN SEIZED BY MISTAKE Northwestern University Students Believed Russian Classmate Was Pacifist. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 31.—Patriotic stu- dents of Northwestern University nearly mobbed an anti-pacifist today under the mistaken impression that he was a student “pink.” Isadore Spector, a Russian, an anti- pacifist, who fought for Russia against Germany and against the Turks and later fought the bolshe- vists and still bears wounds of battle, afterward told Dr. Walter Dill Scott, president of the university, that he was glad to See that the students were “ready to fight.” Warns Against Boishevism. Spector, who is struggling to ob- tain an education and who speaks English with difficulty, for two days has been attempling to express his view that pacifism might lead to bol- shevism. He first sought yesterday to be allowed to speak at the patriotic meeting held by Northwestern Uni- versity and the Evanston Post of the American Legion. The meeting was not permitted. however, to deviate from its program. Again today, in the business law class, Spector attempted to make some remarks, but was prevented. Stu- dents believed he was tryving to air pacifist views, and after class a group surrounded him, thrust his coat and hat upon him and told him to get off the campus. Explained His Views. Later he went to President Scott and explained his views and the mis- take of the students. It was explained at the university that Spector is a close student of He- brew and of the Bible. He still bears a scar across his face of wounds sus- tained in fighting against the Ger- mans. o MRS. TOWNE TO HEAD NEW THOUGHT ALLIANCE Massachusetts Women to Continne Headquarters of Cult Here. Mrs. Hlizabeth Towne of Holyoke, Mass, has been elected president of the International New Thought Alli- amce, with headquarters in this city at 311 Ouray building. Mrs. Towne will make Washington her home for the last ten days in! each month. She takes the position | vacated by James A. Edgerton, re- signed. who served as president of the aliiance for fifteen years. NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 0’Clock SPEAKER TOMORROW Mr. L. A. Snead Boy Scouts of America CONDUCTED BY Mr. W. T. Galliher Every One Invited No Collection 1924, NATIONS WEALTH | OVER 320 BLLIONS ,Census Shows 72.2 Per Cent Gain in Decade, With Per Capita Now $2,918. The wealth of the nation is $320,- 503,862,000, more than one-half of which ig real property and improw ,ments. The per aapita wealth $2,918, Statistics of the country's wealth las of December 31, 1922, issued today iby the census bureau, revealed that the total wealth increased 72.2 per | cent and.the per capita wealth 49.6 per cent in the ten years from 1912 All classes of property increased in value In the decade except live stock, which decreased 6.9 per cent to $5,807,104,000. The increase In money value of other classes of property, census bureau officials state, are to a large extent due to the rise in prices in recent years, and so fa as that is the case they do not represent cor- responding increases in the quantity |n{ wealth. ‘ is Realty { Taxed real property and {ments were valued at $155.908,625,000, |an increase of 60.9 per cent in the ten years; exempt Teal property (exclusive of national parks and monuments), $20.505,819,000, an fncrease of €6.5 per cent; farm implements and machinery, $2.604,638,000, an increase of 90.4 per cent; manufacturing machinery, tools and implements, $15,783,260,000, an increase of 15% r cent; railroads and their equipment, $19,950,800,000, an increase of 23.5 per cent; privately owned transportation and transmission enterprises other than railroads, $13.- 607,570, an increase of 42.1 per cent: stocks ‘of goods, vehicles other than motor, furniture and clothing, $75,983,- 607,000, an increase of 121.3 per cent and motor vehicies, $4,567,407.000. No comparison is possible for motor ve- hicies, as no separate estimate was made ‘in 1912, The value of the United States Navy is placed at $1,455,992,000, an increase of 2554 per 'cent: privately owned waterworks, $360,855.000, an increase of 24.4 per cent,’and gold and silver coin and bullion. $4,275,165.000, an in- crease of 63.5 per cent S SIX IN TOLEDO KILLED BY DRINKING ALCOHOL Other Dying as Result o1 Poisoned Liquor During Week End. By the Associated Press. TOLEDO, Ohio, March 31.—Six men are dead and one is dying as the re- sult of drinking denatured alcohol and other preparations containing al- cohol during the week end here, One died in a workingman's hotel, four others in the city hospital after having been removed from the hotel. WINTER SENDS “P. S.” Weather Man Declares Freezing Temperature Is Due Tonight. Yesterday was the hottest day so far this year, the weather bureau announced today, the maximum tem- perature being 76 degrees at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. By this morning, however, the thermometer had de- scended to 38 degrees and by tomor- row morning should be around 30, the forecaster, Maj, Bowie, predicted. He anticipates cold weather through- out tomorrow and tomorrow mnight. with clear skies accompunying. The western storms passed north of the District yvesterday evening and last ynight. and breezes from that area | caused the southern winds to ab- dicate. Freesing weather was re- ported in points far south today. Sl CHILD KILLED IN FEUD. Fiye Others Wounded in Arkansas Family Warfare. BOONEVILLE, Ark, March 31.—One child was killed and three other children and two men and two women were wounded in a battle staged by members of the families of Sam McCarson and Geary Van Allen on a highway in Lick Creek valley, seven miles southwest of Booneville, yesterday. ——— Manuscript Is Twelve Feet High. W. Gurney Benham of Colchester, England, has compiled a new book of quotations, and in preparing it for publication he sent his manuscript all written on foolscap paper to the pub- lishers in two shipments.. Each pack- age was six feet high. The book con- tains 45,000 references and the index shows that those referring to women occupy ten columns. . CRITICIZES FRANCE FOR AFRICAN POLICY Bishop Walter H. Overs of Liberia Flays Conscription Plans for Native Army. d Improvements. One the Associated Prese. CHICAGO, March 31.—Bishop Wal- ter H. Overs of Liberia, West Africa, criticized France for building a black conscript army in its African posses- sions, in an address before the Chi- cago Sunday Evening Club last night. “By conscripting negroes and build- ing a black African army the Fremch are committing & orime agaifst ofvi- lization,” he declared. He described Africa as the “land of human sor- rows.” Liberia was said to have the only government on the continent where natives have a voioe in its adminis- tration. The speaker said that some American interests, now condemning that government for its shortcom- ings, should rather lend it support as a nation modeled on the American governmental service. The Christian church was described by Bishop Overs as the “master builder of a new Africa,” with mis- | sionaries transforming 'the country by their activities as educators. Mo- hammedanism, by its acceptance of | polygamy and slavery, he said, will | be displaced by Christianity, with its | stand for monogamy and opposition to slavery. BALLOTS ARE DEMANDED. House to Investigate Right of Weller of New York to Sit. The House today adopted a resolu- tion directing New York city elec- i tion officials to produce baliots on which the . right _of Reprosentative | Royal H. wellqr.hdu;a‘mt. Lo st as mber of the House from the :':lab-fl.rr!t New York district has been challenged by Former Repre- sentative Martin C. Ansorge, repi | improve- | i } TOKIO FISHMONGERS | | STAGE 3-DAY STRIKE' I | Action Taken as Protest Against Commission Levy Imposed to Aid Narket. By tie Amociated Prese. TOKIO, March 3L—Tokio fishmon- gers controlling the eity's supply of sea food, whichfi after rice, is the mos i important staple in the Japanese diet, today declared a three-day cessation | of business, beginning April 1. in pro- | test against a commission levy im- posed to finance the municipal fish | market which was established in the | Tsukiji district following the rarth-, quake of September. Declaration of the strike followed a futile demon- | stration of the venders yesterday i A score of restaurants specializing in sea foods will be forced to close ' for the three-day period. since they will be unable to obtain supplies. The | fishmongers declared if the three-da strike does not alter the municipal lity's intention to levy a tax, the strike will be continued indefinitely. Author- ities are equally obdurate, 5o ci s face the prospect of several fishless days. | RS e POINCARE GETSCO0L HAND IN CHAMBER Most of Deputies Show Only | Tolerance Toward New | Government. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 31.—Indications that Premier Poincare has lost the sym- pathies of many of the majority which supported his previous govern- ment were seen in the chamber of deputies today on the occasion of his declaration of policy for the recon- stituted cabinet. He reaffirmed all the policies of the late government and said French | soldiers would remain In the Ruhr until France was paid There was lack of warmth, with {approval only in rare cxceptions. Re- peatedly the premier was interrupted with manifestations of mirth, surprise or disappointment as the deputies compared his declarations with the claimed. “The premier is all personnel of the cabine cludes several opponents ministry. “Same Old Policies.” “The same old policies, with the former adversaries of those policies in the saddle,’ one interrupter ex statesman, but out of his element as | a politician,” another cried. | Two deputies applaunded M. Poin- care when. he entered the chamber, a | few more Approved his reaffirmation | that French soldiers would remain in | the Ruhr ugttl France was paid. and there was a tather sustained effort at | a manifestatfon by the small republi- can-democratic group at the clo These were all the marks of en courgemant the government receive Interpellations Postponed. At the premier's request interpel- lations on the declaration were post- poned pending passage of the emerg- ency appropriations for the coming quarter. This was regarded as a boon to the government, as, in the atmosphere of the chamber as it was this morning, the cabinet might have fallen vietim to the indifference of the premier's former majority, which | now is left to face the disgruntled | taxpayers in the elections without | the promised official support. Oid parliamentarians predict that the situation will change, however, and | that the government will receive a majority when the vote is taken, al- | thought they say it will evidently be | a vote of tolenrance rather’than one of sympathetic approval E - 1 H. C. A.NSLEY, RETIRED RAIL OFFICIAL, EXPIRES Made Treasurer of Southern Rail- road After Consolidation With Richmond and Virginia Line. Harry Craig Ansley, seventy-three years old, former treasurer of the iSouthern Railway and a residen Washington for nearly twenty died at his home, 2627 Conn avenue mnorthwest, last night follow- ing a long illn, Funeral services will be conducted Monday, 2 p.m., at the residence by Rev. Dr. Ernest Smith, pastor of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Inter- ment will be private in the family lot in_Alexandria, Va. Mr, Ansley’ was born in Augus Ga., April 28, 1850. He attended schooi at the Virginia Military Institute and later graduated at the University of Georgia. I was the son of J A and Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Anslev. He was connected with the old Richmond and Virginia Railroad at the time that it was consolidated with the Southern Railway and following its consolida- tion he became treasurer of the Southern, which position he held until his retirement, due to poor health, about five years ago. He was a member of the Almas Pike Consistory, M. R. S, No. 1, of Washington; the Almas Temple, A. A. O. N. M_S., and the George Washing |ton Blue Lodge of Muson of Alex- landria. Va. | gile ie survived by jElizabeth addisen Ansley, and five children, Mrs. Jwmes . Corbett of Suffolk, Va.: Mrs. W. A. Smoot of Alexandria, Va.: Mrs. Anne W. Ansley of Richmond, Va.; Lewis M. Ansley of this city and Urquhart Ansley of Philadelphia, Pa. RETIRED PASTOR’S WIDOW DIES IN CHEVY CHASE Mrs. Harriet May Orem, Long Ac- tive in Church Work, Was Fifty-One Years Old. Mrs. Harriet May Orem, fifty-one years old, for many years active in church work in this city, and the wite of Rev. William L. Orem, a re- | tired Methodist - Episcopal minister, died at her home, 22 Williams lane, Chevy Chase, Saturday. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. L. Neff, at the latc residence, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial was in_Rock Creek cemetery. Mrs_ Orem was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Chevy Chase. Her husband was for a long time pastor of the Eldbrooke Methodist Episcopal Church, at Ten- lytown.. Mrs. Orem _is ' survived by her husband and threé children, William L. Orem, jr. Mrs. John L. Preston and Miss Mildred Orem, all of this city. : START DUE WEDNESDAY. The start from Seattle of the Army's around-the-world flight will be made at 6:30 am., Pacific time, Wednesday, Mal. of the Army fiyers, the air service, a in- lat right as which of the i | | e his wife, Mrs. | on the college { have caused chair which stands lik | $1sland Ring. .. SAYS VTES COST - COOLIDGE $3 EAH Norbeck .Charges Lavish Use of Money in South Da- kota Primary. By the Associsted Press. CHICAGO, “there lavishn campaign noted in * was much in the outh Wood t th in paigns eritic nate made enator quiry re today Johnson Mareh state in expen inte cn Peter Norbeck n Coolidge primary Dakota than and 1o s resuited npaign fund a leader ampaigr telegram also charged em of federal workers in the ol orate headquarters monagers. Senator Norbeck ohnson candidacy, elegate at k J a w in of the Cogli Pledzed to the s elected as primary lst - th Challenges Denial, The t f Willlam tor Suuth Iy M of the amount state organizers were ush s were villages by the with ins if needed established h; v wom They maintain ters under emploves. | zanization f ram chal Butler. 1 sent intn the smal were eod the de fore hotels. Paid evidence in lidge organ n maintais Three Dollars a Vote. gation by th much mora ¢ the Coolidee nse precedi vowed 1 ster for th resented b high gasoline Amo: « members of the cabinet. and ared by the Coo the farmers and the day. Not majorily substant delegation, of wt on partial return a much 1 mad ither offort % rzer majorit | STUDENTS TO HOLD LAW | OBSERVANCE CONFERENCE Sessions Will Open Here Saturday in Compliance ‘With General Campaign Plans. A students nationwide April 5 and 6 as campaign b citizens' committee he meetin from 15 been invited, will ¢ on the prohibition on the Senate inve is expected. Reports «© ted to members hav jons as to w dents has stead act was put te educational ins disclosures ating nereased law observance conferen: . will & held of the ted th brought committe king by since the to effcet Huge Chair Advertises Town The town of Gardner, Ma the chair r the country great number o which spec) citizens of the t referred to as ing center of the ries there Accordinghy, the to be nument S0 that every just « anufactur- furniture f; ize in ) reminded upon arrival of dustrial activ BOWIE ENTRIES. FOR. TUESDAY. FIRST RACE—Purse, colts and goldings; two-year-olds; longs. {Bankrupt $Barrage 18 116 116 118 116 S 115 $Blackfoot £Gold Trap §abitration . $1.200: for maiden {Sbanghi ... {Roller Foolseap Tod Remesor fSam Grenet Moon Magic. +H. P. Whitney entry, {Nevada stock { SECOND RACE—Claiming, purse, for three-year-olds and furlongs. Sea Woll Barley Corn ... Boyal Charlie Fifty Fift Lady Chooo. SVenizelos - ggravating Paps Quinham 1 “Whalebone St. Quentin Biff Bang.. 13 Samuel Boss and B. Harding em losden entry, JE. K. Bryson entrs $1.200 up; six and one-hal o7 Times Up 2 Mom =Dr. of the Valley 100 Quick Time Widow Bedotte Thessaly (28 excluded THIRD RACE—The Promenade purse: purse. $1,200; for three-year-olds; five and one-half farlongs. Donsghee o, n7 Lester Doctar. 114 1i2 104 FOURTH RACE—Th urse, $1,200; for four- furlongs. James F. O'Hara. 118 General Thatcher. 112 Times. . 104 Clofgh Jordan. ... 104 Grank G........ 104 FIFTH RACE—The 350,000 added: for seven furlongs. Dunii Dunboyne Tony Beau #Thorndale Edward Gre: General Thatcher. Setting Sun. g.-umm Block entry. riple Springs Farm Twin Cities purse; year-olds and up; Aspiration ... Lord Granite Bridesman Mawreoron Inaugural Handicap ibree-yearolds and up: 114 11 18 +Aspiration Clough Jordan. Rama . 3Opperman Frank G $Guelph ...o... Reparation Donag entry. SIXTH RACE—Claimirg: purss, $1.200; for fouryearolds and teenth, Gen, Cadorna ... 112 Our Birthdey. 105 Col. Whalen L 109 SMystic .. .. 100 Budduggie 105 Servitor ... ... 110 *Buddy Kean.... 103 *Humboldt_.. 107 Honolulu Boy. . . 112 *Ducks & Drakes. 104 up; one mile and a six- The Foreigner Gonoral Monocal *Tnck man. . *Day Lily. Also ellgibio: “he Clockinende Zshland ....... *Waukeag © 104 SEVENTH RACE—Claiming; purse. $1,200; for seventy yards. Rock Bottam. *Golden Billows.. *Beverwyck 5 . 100 21 3 three-year-olds and up; one mils ' ex Flying Devil.. Duo de Morny *Freezy Sneezy. *Apprentios allowance elaimed. Wedther clenzs Ak fasts ‘ 3