Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1924, Page 2

9 s PERSONNEL BOARD ~ GETS NEW RATING Plan Worked Out by Bureau of Efficiency to Be Passed Upon This Week. The Personnel Classification Board wlill have before it for action this week the new efficiency rating worked out by the Bureau of Efi- ciency, which, if adopted, will be used bY departmental and established heads in rating all Government em- ployes under classification. Details of the plan developed by | the Bureau of Efficiency have not| been revealed, but the plan is under- | stood to be more simple and work- able than any yet used by the Gov-| ernment. It is also understood to bpl « decided departure from all previous| The Classification Board will meet Cupid’s Business .Drops in Former There was a sharp decline in the marriage market during Octo- ber, despite the fect that this is a leap Vear. Col. W. A. Kroll, the license clerk, reported that only 492 applicants were received last month. He is unable to ac- count for the falling off as Octo- ber is generally one of the busiest months of the vear. Whether it was that the women did not exer- cise their prerogative of “popping the question,” or whether the men are becoming more wary, the col- &°nel was unable to say. During October, 1923, there were issued 570 licenses and mot since 1918 has there been so small a number of licenses as the record for the past month shows. In October, 1918, a .total of 47l licenses were granted. TROOPS BREAK UP -NILES KLAN RIOT; vrobably Wednesday or Thursday to consider the report under the classi- fication law, it must pass on an eM- ciency rating to be used throughout the Government system in determin- ing within the grAde, raises or de- creases in salary, or separation from service The new out by through tiraves, on the Board Probe Mandamux Complaint. Two experts have been assigned by the Classification Board to ascertain 41l the facts In connetcion with the contention of some 30 employes in the military division of the General Ac- counting Office, who have filed a man- damus suit in the Supreme Court to | compel the board to allocate all of | them in grade 5, of the clerical and | fiscal service. These persons are now scattered throughout grades 3, 4 and 5 B H. Doby Is attorney for the plaintiffs in the mandamus suit. The board has been given until November | % to file its answer with the court The principles involved in the suit | and the matter before the Personnel Classification Board are understood to involve the status of several hundred employes of the General Accounting Office. Another phase of classification in which there is widespread concern is the problem now before the control- ler general of the United States con- cerning promotions to o grade where the average provision is violated. The Treasury Department has pro: tested against the so-called “Sutton” decision by the controller general, which held that where the overage provision in a grade was violated no person could be transferred or pro- moted to this grade without entering it at the minimum salary. Modifics Ruling. | This decision was somewhat modi- fied by a later decision by the con- troller general, which held that re- allosations by the Personnel Classi- flcation Board are to be considered for all purposes of figuring the aver- age provision as original allocations. This relieves the situation somewhat, and is understood to have allowed some changes from one grade to another by reallocation of the board, without cuts | in salary. In @ome instances, however, it would still be necessary to cut an employe's salary if he were to be promoted to a position in a higher grade, with ad- ditional responsibility. Many appeals for reallocation are still_before the board and are being xiven careful and painstaking attention, involving a careful search .into all phases of each case appealed, and simi- | lar positions in the Government service. system has been worked the Bureau of Efficiency the direction of Harold N. member of the bureau staff Personnel Classification MOTHER BELIEVES " EX-CZAR MAY LIVE| (Continued from First Page.) where in Russia before the revolu- tion. Of course, there is not the| slightest foundation for the tales other than in the Russian imagina- tion, but they persist. I Cyril's hopes have received a se-| vere blow by the French recognition | of the Soviet government. Premier | Hofriot's wire came but a few days | after Cyril had issued his manifesto, proclaiming his 7-year-old son, Vladi- mir, as Czarevich and justifying his | -»‘wn claim to the throne by these mo- | tive < (1) He sees in the terrible tamine | which decimating the Russian peo- nle the call to shoulder responsibility, | because those who formerly came to the rescue now declare that the risks are too great. The Soviet government would spend money collected on prop- aganda and revolution. (2) The definite establishment of the murder of the Emperor Nicholas and his family and of the Grand Duke Michael, and the fact that the throne cannot remain vacant while there is a legal helr. ] (3) He sees the desirability of hav- | ing & non-party center around which +11 the Russians can rally. Bunished by Nicholas. ¢C'yril was banished from Russia by the late Czar because of his marriage 10 the divorced grand duchess of | Hesse. He was born at Tsarkoe-Selo | in 1876, the son of Grand Duke Viadi- mir, a younger son of Emperor Alex- ander 1. As a young naval ofcer he was on board the warship Petro- paviovsk when it was‘blown up in PPort Arthur during the Russo-Japa- nese War. In 1917 he joined the rev- clutionary party, but fled into exile when the Kerensky government was secizer by the bolshevists Two years #ko he announced himself protector | of Russia’s throne. WILL IGNORE PROTEST. Cyril Writes Dowager Empress of Firm Intention. By Cadle to The Star and New York Woeld. Copyright 1024. PARIS, November henc dom, 1.—"My life forth will be one long martyr- " Grand Duke Cyril of Russia, who recently proclaimed himself Czar, writes his aunt,, the Dowager Lmpress, in deciding to retain the title, despite her opposition and that of Grand Duke Nicholas. ‘The Dowager Empress has expressed the opinion that her son, the late Czar Nicholas, or his children are still living. In that case, Cyril writes her, he will willlngly step aside for| them, but meantime he asks her bless- ing on his taking up of “the over- whelming burden,” and begs her not to abandon. him “In this day full of anguish.” ch P, ! Button Making Romanic. The fact that people do not give much time to hunting a lost button is responsiblé for its manufacture comprising one of the really big in- dustries of the world. Everybody uses and loses buttons and they are made in numerous ways. In Western Australia there are great pearl fish- eries where mother-of-pearl, a basic product for many buttons, is collect- «d. Vegetable ivory from South America and Africa, compress- ed dried milk from dairy countries «everywhere, and compositions made from glue, $hellac and similar pro- | 1aw ued from First Page.) (Contli this morning as a result of the shooe. ing last night of Frank McDermott, | McDermott, was almost unbearable | by early afternoon The entire city was as a powder can, from which a lighted fuse was ‘dangling. When police patrols would answer a riot call, immediately machines loaded with_anti-Klan forces could be seen speedigg in the same direction. “Come on, there's a gun battle on now!" shouted a driver of an auto- mobile which drew up near the police station shortly before noon. He was speaking to a group of stern-faced men on the sidewalk. Their faces im- | mediately grew pale and they glanced | from one to the other. In a minute they were in the car, hanging on the | sides, and on their way to the scene | of reported trouble. The tensest spot in the city throughout the day was in the vicin- ity of Main und Federal streets, where the Knights of the Flaming Circle had their headquarters in an open field. About a mrile beyond, into the country, was the camp of the Klansmen. It was at the Main and Federal streets junction that three members of the Knights of the Flam- ing Circle were shot down by men in a passing automobile with side cur- tains drawn. Col. Conelly said tonight that se ported from that no one Jured. GOVERNOR WATCHES. outlying sections, but had Leen reported In- bulent Town. COLUMBLUS, Ohio, November 1 Gov. Vic Donahey’s office here tonight had been transformed into a military headquarters, and the governor had temporarily dropped his title as chief executive to become commander-in- chief of the State's milltary forces, following a hectic day of develop- ments, during which the governor was forced to declare qualified mar- tial law at Niles and occupy the town with State troops. Declaration of martial law followed reports from the governor's confiden- tial agents there that riots and dis. orders had occurred and that troops were necessary to protect life and property. The official proclatmation was written and signed by the gov- { ernor and given to Maj. Gen. Benson Hough of the Ohio National Guard, who was sent to Niles to take charge. Reports of activities of Klan and anti-Klan forces made to the gover- i nor during the day and early evening caused him to confer almost continu- ouslyl with Adjt. Gen. Henderson, who issued telegraphic orders for movement of troops. Approximately 1,300 Ohio National Guards were to oc- cupy the town before midnight, These included 12 units from the 145th Infantry, from _Cleveland Berea, Warren, Akron, Canton and Youngstown, and also one medical detachment; four units of field artil- lery, three from Canton and one from Youngstown; two units of cavalry from Akron, one regiment of engi- neers from Cleveland, consisting of seven companies and one medical de- tachment. The maximum strength of these units is 1,565 men. Quick Aetion Ordered. Commanders of the various units were ordered to mobilize their forces |immediately and report to the adjw tant general by telegraph. As quick- 1y as they were mobilized they were being ordered into the trouble zone. Standing firmly on the messages which he had previously sent to Sheriff Thomas and Mayor Kistler in which he declared that no troops would be sent until actual riots had occurred and sthat “every force at the State's command would then be used to restore peace,” the governor declared martial immediately upon receiving the first renort of disorder. The governor and adjutant general were together in the governor's office when the report of shootings was made. “Wire of- ficials that martial law is in effect and dispatch troops Immediately,” was the governor's curt command. Stenographers and office attendants on Saturday half holiday were calied in and orderlies hurried to and fro between the offices of 'the governor and adjutant general. . Military passes were issued reporters and correspondents, and orders were dispatched to com. | manding officers. Governor Sleeps in Ofice. The governor and his staff had lunch M the governor's private office. and dinner wag served there tonight. The governor announced he would be on duty throughout th€ night and a bed was placed in a corner of his office. The adjutant general's office was also, kept open tonight, while Gen. Henderson and assistanis keep in_touch with troop movements. While the governor expressed deep regret that disorders had actually oc- curred, he expressed himself as con- fident ' that the presence of State troops would restore order. He an- nounced, however, that the troops had authority to disperse all gather- Ings and would follow the comman to the letter. Reports fsom the State military headquarters at Niles reaching the governor at 7:30 p.m. were to the ef- fect that all dangers of further riot- ing had passed. It was felt that the only danger yet remaining was pos- sibie ambuscade along outlying roads tonight. CHAMPION BATTER OF HIS LEAGUE 12 TIMES Why? | TY COBB: Remaker of Base Ball A great serial about a great career, written by Cobb’s fel- low townsman, H. G. Salsinger. A chapter every day in The Star. ‘And It Stars’ TODAY in the Pink Sports Section ¢ ducts, are collected from all parts of the world. = %4 Busiest Season DOZEN ARE HURT| eral sporadic outbreaks have been re- | Sends 1,300 Guardsmen Into Tur-| | THE RENT CASE RULING . S DUETOMORROW ‘Adverse Decision by Appel- late Court on Emergency Would Hit Commission. 1f no housing emergency is found t0 exist in the District by, the District Court of Appcals in the decision ex- pected tomorrow in the case of Peck ' vs. Fink, the Rent Commission will be dealt a severe though not neces- sarily a final blow, This case will not be'appealed to the United States Supreme Court, { trom present indications, inasmuch as the tenant involved did not take steps to make possible an appeal if hie loses tomorrow and the court has refused permission to the Rent Com-. | migsion to carry the fight higher. The question of the life of the Rent Comumission, howeve will reach the United States Supreme Court in one {of the injunction cases now pending | against the commission, in which | the landlords are trying to prevent | consideration by the commission of ntal disputes, or the noted Chastleton se may be the one on which a final { scttlement of the commission’s exist- ence will turn. ! Effect of Adverse Decision. The pgactical effect of the decision tomorrow; if adverse to the commis- sion, will be to cause all lower courts to refuse to entertain petitions from tenants, it is declared in legal circles. The lower courts would hold, it is as- sumed, that any decisions upholding commission they might make { would be upset in the Court of Ap- peals. Hence, the importance to the commission of winning tomorrow, al- though determination to seek adjudi- cation from the Supreme Court is manifest. A decision by the highest | court may come before Christmas. | | abolishing it or extending its life, | with consequent opportunities to ten- | ‘mn(.\ to appeal for adjustment of | rental disputes, | Cases involving the eviction of tenants | ¢an issue made rather acute lately) do | not come under the juriadiction of the | Rent Commission but are handled by the | Municipal Court; nevertheless, the pro- | | tection of tenants in the possession of | dwellinge will expire if the rent act is | declared unconstitutional. At present a | landlord may not get possession of a | house or apartment unless he wants it | tor his own occupancy or to tear down | | tho ASKS PEDESTRIAN the property for purpose of rebuilding. | i Origin of Nent Board. | The act creating the Rent Commission | was enacted October 22, 1919, or a little | more than five vears ago. It was not | until February, 1920, that the commis- | | sion established offices at Ninth street | and Penneylvania avenue. Later lh?; loffices were moved to 1330 F_street and ther® to Sixth street and Missouri | avenue where cases now are heard. War duvs had swalled Washington's | population by more than 100,000. The | Government recognized the emergency | by providing hotel duarters at Union | Station Plaza for 2,000 workers. Homes | | that never before had been open to | | roomers took in thousands, while regu- lar rooming houses were distressingly |overcrowded. Even after the war Ihi‘ | population remained far above pre-war | figures, and building operations for | several years had been virtually at a| standstill. { Rents went to heights never before | | known in the Capital. Not only this, | but it became extremely difficult to get suitable quarters at any price. Salaries to Government workers did not keep | pace with this increase in rents even | | with the $240 bonus. Landlords had | [long waitinz lists of prospective ten- |ants. Often in cases where occupants could be gotten out new tenants were {ready to take their places.at higher rentals. Prases on 9397 Casex. In this situation the Rent Commis- | sion began to function Up to Octo- ber 1. 1524 it has received 9,387! cases. Of this number 6525 have| been heard and 6,311 determined. The other cases either were dismissed for want of prosecution, were with- drawn by complainants for various| reasons, or dismissed because the property had been vacated, leaving no relationship of landlord and| tenant. The landlord, it may be remarked, has the same right under the rent act that the tenant has to ask the Commission for relief—that is to say, landlords may ask ithat rents be raised just as tenants may ask that rents be lowered. The first commission consisted of James F. Oyster, chairman; A. Left- wich. Sinclair and Guy Mason. After Mr. Mason's resignation Mrs, Clara Sears Taylor was named to the com- mission by President Wilson, taking office in May, 1920. When Mr. Oyster resigned to become a Commissioner of the District Willlam F. Gude was named to the Rent Commission by President Harding. Mr. Sinclair was chairman until July 1, 1923, when the commisdion was increased to five members. Two Members Reappointed. Mrs. Taylor and Mr. Gude were re- appointed by President' Harding, who also named three new members— Richard Smith Whaley of South Caro- | lina, Oliver E. Metzerott of Maryland and Thomas E. Peeney of Delaware. Mr. Whaley was made chairman and at present holds the office. The com- mission elects its own chairman. The Senate confirms the appointments made by the President. Many of the petitions filed with the commission represented apartment houses. It is estimated that approxi- mately 25,757 residential units are in- volved in the cases and if four and one-half persons per unit is the fam- ily figure, the total number of persons affected by the cases was about 115, 906, or nearly one-fourth of the city's population. Statistion Not Available. No figures are available showing the number of cases in which land- {lords or tenants wom,-or to give an approximate estimate of the amounts saved to tenants either by reducing rentals or by preventing raleing of rents, since in the early days of the commission methods of arriving at de- cisions were not exactly like thase In vogue now. | The number of evictions prevented is another phase of the commission's work about which accurate figures are lacking. The jurisdiction over such possession cases was taken out of the hands of the Rent Commission, and placed in the Municipal Court. Furthermore, the law prohibiting | eviction, except on the owner's desire to live in the premises, served to keep many tenants in possession {without direct appeal, to authorities, Injured Student Dies. “NASSUA, N. H., November %.—Nor- man Saunders of Providence, R. I, one of two Brown University students injured when -their automobile was wrecked in a fog here ‘early today, died this afternoon in a_Nassua hos- pital. Eugene W. Murray of Newark, N. J., suffered two broken legs. They were on their way to the Brown-Dart- mouth game at Hanover. Something New. From the London Punch. = A leading lady of one of the Los Angeles. film studios is sald to have made a hobby ‘of collecting fossils. Hitherto, of ecourse, the vegue -out there has been for collecting hus- bands while they're .comparstively young, < - - Trafic policemen are instructed to blow a warning blast traffc. in this picture. Co-operate with the OBEY TRAFFIC SIGN Rudolph Makes Appeal De-! signed to Reduce Injuries fi in Accidents. } | A public appeal to pedestrians to| do their share in improving traffic/ conditions by following the signels | | at downtown intersections was made | last night by. Commissioner Rudolph, | chairman of the Board of Commis- sioners. “If those who cross the busy thor- | oughfares every day only would real- | ize that they are helping to protect themselves from injury by obeying| the officer's signal, they would find it easier to break themselves of the practice of walking haphazard across the street d the commissioner. “It is far more difficult to make | your way to the opposite curb in afety when you start across against | an oncoming stream of trafic than when you move with the traffic.” Ta Ask Counsel's View. The Commissioner announced yes- terday that he would consult with Corporation Counsel Stephens in a few days to get the latter's opinion | as to the legality of a regulation under present conditions that would require pedestrians to cross down- town streets at intersections. Similar regulations were enacted about 10 years ago without effective results, and the commissioner will eiideavor to learn from Mr. Stephens just how pedestrian regulation was attempted in the past Commissigner Rudolph has not defi- nitely decided to recommend a pedes- trian regulation to the board, but at | this time is merely inquiring into the legal aspects of the question. In the absence of a regulation gov- erning walkers, the trafic bureau| is urging pedestrians to co-operate | by waiting for the officer to turn| the “go” sign toward them before | crossing the strecet. When the officer | blows his whistle indicating that he | is about to turn the stop =sign no more pedestrians or motorists should start across. The purpose in blow- ing the whistle first is to give those in the middle of the street time to get across. FUND REPORTANOW FAVORED BY BORAH Senator, However, to Con- sult Associates on Pre- Election Statement. Decision as to whether the Senate committee investigating campaign funds will submit a partial report be- fore the election on the testimony produced at the hearings in Wash- ington and Chicago was held in abey- ance last night pending a conference between members of the committee, probably tomorrow. Chairman Borah said last |night that, although he had “very positive ideas” bearing on the testimony-and thought a statement should be issued for the benefit of the public, he did not feel he should issue a statement until he had obtained the views of the other members of the committee. He reached Washington late yester- day from Chicago, where he and Sen- ator Shipstead, Farmer-Labor, Min- nesota, heard testimony concerning campaign financing. .Senator Caraway of Arkansas and Senator Baward of Delaware, both Democrats, who conducted the Wash- ington section of the hearing, were both out of the city yesterday. The Investigation will be resumed after the election, Chairman Borah said, but not “immediately after.” Astelegram was recelved yesterday by Chairman Borah from Frank P. Walsh in New York, as counsel for the La Follette organization, regard- ing the committee's statements, but the chaifman said he did not expect to reply to the message. Earlier in the day, Walsh issued a statement from his office here, say- ing that an analysis of the evidence produced "at the committee hearings showed that at least 75 per cent of the Republican contributions reported to date “have come. directly from representatives of great corporate in- terests.” The La Follette attorney declared further that “upon the basis of the data now made public, it can be stated as a fact that the banking firm of J. P. Morgan and Company has _underwritten the Republican campaign fund. Child Protectors to Meet. The Juvenile Protective Association will bold its eighth annual meeting in the gold Toom of the Shoreham Hotel tomorrow night, beginning at § o'clock. Rev. Dr. Z. B. Phillips, rec- tor of the Church of the Epiphgny, will speak. Z 2 on their w Keep your eves and ears open, and keep out of the dangerous predicament of the police and motori sts. Attorney General Stonetg propos- ed suit to test the right of news- papers to publish Federal income tax records has appealed to sev- eral newspapers as an opportunity not to be overlooked, according to Department of Justice officials, who said yesterday that the At torney General had received re- qQuests from several newspapers to be made the “goat” in the test case. It is unlikely, however, that any of them will be accepted. . While Mr. Stone has made no decision as to where or when the test suit will be filed, the novelty of the experience of an individual or corporation desiring to be made histles before changing the flow of pedestrians shown 'Papers Call on Stone to Sue Them In Testing Tax Return Publicity defendant in a suit instituted by the Government has proved some- thing new to old attaches of the department. The Attorney General wants to make the test case a real suit, it was said, and is likely to pick a newspaper that may not be entirely willing to have its name used The department waiting re- plies from all the United States, attorneys who have been requested to supply the Attorney General with a statement of facts upon which they can develop a case. It is the intention of the Attorney General to select the one that will present, to the best advantage, all angles of the moot question. Wind Sweeping Towers on Ship’s Masts Creates Sailles Sailer By Cable to The Star and New York World. | Copyright 1924, | BERLIN, November 1.—The old- style sailing vessel, almost put out of business by steam, has a new rival that will completely ex- tinguish commercial sailers. The new craft is a sailless sailing ship, the inventor of the paradox is Anton Flettner, who perfected the automatic rudder. He con- verted the old schooner Bukcau into one of the new type at the Germania wharves in Kiel. Today she returned from what was de- scribed as a successful trial trip, and tonight all Germany hails it as an epochal industrial develop- ment. Flettner, who is director of the Institute of Aero and Hydronamics in Amsterdam and head of the Flettner works in Berlin, has been engaged for some time in studying the effect of wind currents on mo- tionless and moving bodies. He has now converted the masts SUTER IS ELECTED 10 HEAD CITIZENS Succeeds C. A. Baker as President of Federation. Park Plans Backed. Jesse C. Suter was elected presi- dent of the Federation of Citigzens’ Associations at the annual meeting last night in the board room of the District Building, succeeding Charles A. Baker, who has headed the organ- ization three years. As a delegate from the Takoma Park Citizens’ As- ociation, Mr. Suter has taken an | active part in the proceedings of the | federation and served as its vice president during the three-year ad- ministration of Willlam B. Westlake. The vice presidency was given to George A. Finch, delegate from the Piney Branch Citizens' Association. Capt. George W. Evans of the West End Citisens’ Association was re- elected treasurer, while David Babp of the Lincoln Park Citizens’ Associa- tion was chosen secretary as suc- cessor to Leland T. Atherton, re- signed. Five candidates were nominated | for the presidential office. They were Mr. Suter, Mr. Finch, Evan H. Tuck- er. Gilbert I. Hall and George R. Wales. Mr. Suter was declared elect- ed on the second ballot, when he poll- ed 28 of the 52 votes cast. His elec- tion subsequently was made unani- mous. Candidates for the other of- fices had no opposition. Urges Large Attendance. In a brief speech of acceptance, Mr. Suter expressed the hope that his election would prove that the federa- tion’s choice would not be “a case of misplaced confidence.” Pointing out that his activities in the organization in the past have been synomyous with “noise,” the new president said that his relief in the duties of a presiding officer would make him a “quieter person than heretofore.” Mr. Suter also emphasized that he is the second native son of the District to be ele- vated to the highest office in the fed- eration, and urged a large attendance at all meetings of the body. The federation devoted a major por- tion of the meeting to a discussion of a resolution introduced by Mr. Wales, delegated from the Cathedral Heights Citizens’ Association, attacking Fred- erick J. Libbey, executive secretary of the National Council for the Pre- vention of War, for a speech he made in June at the commencement exer- cises of one of Washington's promi- nent private schools. The resolution also criticized the society, describing its tenets and teachings as “inimical to the best interests of the United States,” and deplored the fact that an individual holding . the expressed views of Mr. Libby had been allowed to address school children. Resolution Is Tabled. After listening to a dozen or more arguments concerning the soclety and its activities, the federation tabled the resolution b & vote of 32 to 21. Dr. D.N. Shosmaker of the Takoma Park Association endedvored to of the old ship into towers into which the wind sweeps and thus propels the ship. The command- er Ly manipulation of the towers can control the effect of the wind. The construction of these towers is a secret but technicians prese ent 6n the trial trip of the Bukcau agreed they functioned flawlessly. Germans do not doubt the world will adopt the new craft, which will need only one fifth the crew of the, present-day ship of the same size. Because of cheapness in operation, it is expected to ef- fect & marked reduction in freight rates. It is said to make even more complete use of the wind than the ordinary sailing ship. The Deutsche Algemeine Zei- tung, one of the most substantial of German papers, devotes its leading article to the new ihven- tion, $aving: “We witness the birth of an in- vention which constitutes the first scientific use of wind made in the last 1,000 years.” fend the society against the attacks which €ame from Clayton Emig and Edgar B. Henderson and others. James W. Murphy of the Kalorama Association warned the federation that it was not within its province to ceneor a speech. The report of William B. Todd, chairman of the committee on high- ways, parks and waterways, approv- ing the plea for adequate provision for the important items for parks and shade trees, was adopted unani- mously. The federation also adopted unani- mously a resolution introduced - by William McK. Clayton commending the Commissioners for their decision to replace the trees destroyed during the widening of 13th street between F and I streets. A committee com- posed of Mr. Suter and C. A. Barker was appointed to have repaired the American flag presented to the Com- missions by the federation and which was torn during the summer by an electric fan. Tells of Hearingn. At the outset of the meeting Mr. | Clayton, reporting as chairman of the public utilities committee, urged a larger representation of civic asso- clation representatives at public hearings conducted by the Utilities Commission. He also advised the fed- eration of the hearings this month on telephone and electric light rates. Relinquishing the presidential office to Mr. Suter, Mr. Baker commended the activities of organized citizenship “as the most efficient instrument through which to make contribution STAR'S ELECTION PARTY PLANS MADE Arrangements Completed for Presentation of Returns Tuesday Night. Detailed plans were completed yes- terday afternoon for operation of the stereopticon and motion picture s tems to be employed Tuesday night by The Evening Star in its election ht program for the public in front of The Star building. Through the courtesy and co-op- eration of the Posf Office Department, a room In the Post Office building, directly across Pennsylvania avenue from The Star building, will be used for projecting the motion pictures ar- ranged as a supplementary attraction for the erowds agsembled as guests of The Star to witness the end of a great presidential race. To Show Special Films. The motion picture projecting ma- chine, consequently, wijl be able to throw foth a theater-size picture on the large twin screen to be set up on a special iron framework on the Avenue side of The Star bukding Special short films of an approprate nature, including a new traffic film made specially for The Star on streets ,of Washington, will be shown during “intervals caused by a cessa- tion in the influx of returns the “big news” of the night. Star's modern stereopticon machine, located back of the screen, in a win- dow of. The Star bullding. It is not necesary to place the screen and pro- jector far apart, as in the case of the “movies,” due to the greater size | of the printed bulletins as compared | with the photographs on a film. An entire room on the third floor of The Star building will be turned over to Frederic William Wile, noted | political observer and writer for The Star, who will discuss and analyze the incaming reports so that the full significance of important bulletins will be apparent to those assembled before the screens. Mr. Wile will sit before a sensitive microphone connected with an entire- vy new type of electric loud-speaker, invented and patented by Marcus C Hopkins, acoustic engineer of this city and New York. In tests this amplificr has been heard at distances more than a mile away, {lation and enunciation were remark- ably faithful. The amplifier com- prises the sound unit, proper, and a | =pecial method of sound projection, based on scientific principles worked | out by the inventor. A large horn, on which is mounted a much smaller horn. projects the voice with marked clarity, yet with such force that it may be heard great distances, the inventor points out. ed on the screen as they come over the country-wide network of wires of the Associated Press and the West- ern Union, and special dispatches ill be projected as sent in by The Star's special and staff writers in the field. And between times Ber! man cartoons and portraits of politi- cal figures will be shown. Mr. Wile's pertinent comments will round out the “eye and ear’ show arranged for the evening and as soon as the status of the reports permits extra_editions of the paper will be issued, in which complete accounts of the poll will be printed. A final extra will be issued when the re- sult of the national vote is definite. Those desiring information on the progress of the elections during the evening may obtain it from The Star by phoning Main 5000. ISR ECKENER ASKS U. S. | By the Asociated Press. | CHICAGO, November 1.—Dr. | Eckener. who commanded the German | Zeppelin ZR-3 in its cruise from Ger- | many to New Jersey, told the German Club of Chicago, in an address here today. that the United States must take a hand in the construction of Zeppelins if aviation was to be fully developed. “We ask the co-operation United States,” said Dr. speaking in his own tongue. “London has issued an ultimatum restricting | the size of airships Germans may build for themselves. To restrict the size of airships as is proposed is like saying that automobiles may be only so big.” “In our passage over,” he con- tinued, “we flew deliberately into a storm, knowing that we must make a thorough test of travel by Zep- pelins. A vessel below us was hav- ing difficulties and passengers aboard it were seasick. We were safe—and comfortable! of the Ohio, told us that our Zeppelin came as a dove of peace. 1 felt that it was true, and we shall work together to that end.” to the welfare of our city and Na- tion until the day comes when we shall be accorded the franchise.” “omplaint was made. by delegates that the Zoning Commis- sion had on several occasions re- zoned property in executive session ownefs. The protest was referred to the zoning committee. “QOutdoor Sleeping for Health” During November many thou- sands of a 4-page folder, entitled “Qutdoor Sleeping for Health,” are to be distributed freely throughout the city by the Wash- ington Tuberculosis Association with the help of the public schools, community centers, civic clubs, fraterni- *ties and department stores. Open Air Invigorates During Sleep This folder is designed to broadcast the message of Science that fresh night air is purer, bei ng less laden with dust or disease germs than day air, and that cold air is more of.a tonic than warm air. indoors. During Winter most of the waking.hours are spent Outdoor sleeping tends to.counteract the effects of all that. If a sleeping porcH is not ayailable, be sure to have your bedroom well ventilated. ' What One Health Aithority Says Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, nationally known writer on health problems, in an interview printed in another part of this paper, makes this statement: “If we do not breathe the ope"n night ‘air, we have to breathe canned air in which there may be isonous many particles. Let the mother forget the tradition which leads her to wrap her child up for sleep in a closed room and. realize how much better it is for the child to sleep outdoors.” can sleep outdoors with warmth The folder also tells how city dwellers, with simple devices, and safety in the coldest weather. * This advertisement < paid for by the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Telephone Main 992 the | The otber screen will be devoted to | The manned by expert operators, will be | yet its modu- | “Spot” news builetins will be flash- | Hugo | “The reception committee of Akron, | several | without the knowledge of property HELP RED CROSS, CLERGYMEN URG Leaders of All Faiths Join in Roll Call Plea—Workers to Dine. One thousand werkers, who are to take part in the annual roll call of the District Chapter of the American Red Cross the week of November 11, and many prominent residents of the District, " will be entertained at a luncheon to be given next Saturday at 1 pm. by Miss Mabel Boardman of the national and local Red Cross, at Rauscher's The luncheon will be a preliminary “get-together” for the activitigs of the following week. All former Red Cross workers and new volunteers for the roll call are invited to attend the/ luncheon, at which Bishop James E. Freeman, Dr Abram imaon and Mer. > o2 Gavan will speak. Workers who can not attend are asked to send their names and addresses to the roll call chairman, 1413 G street. Workers Wwho desire to enroll the residents of their own block are asked to specify the block in which they wiil work Ald Is Urged. Many prominent {laudatory persons have sent letters to the local head- quarters in regard to the work the Red Cross Archbishop writes: “I give my fullest approval |to the efforts being made to raise {funds for the work of the Americar {Red- Cross. The achievements | that organization in the field of char {1ty are known throughout the world |1 since: hope that the Catholic people of the city of Washington and the archdiocese will give their hearty co-operation to those who are engaged in the work of raising funds | for the American Red Cross, and will help in every way to carry on the work of this great humanitarian or- ganization.” Rabbi Simon, | received, says: | “The roll call of the Red Cross is the annual opportunity of every one {in the United States for enlistmen in the nation's big brother and bi | sister service. The past record of | the Red Cross is its indorsement. Its | future work rests on the response. | { will_rejoice in the doubling of it membership this vear.” Bishop Freeman, in a letter ref: {Ting to the work of the Red Cros {declares: ‘Few agencies represent more con pletely the broad spirit of Christ jcharity than the Red Cross. It s a- much a peace agency as wa agency. Its contribution to a bette understanding is of inestimable valur President g@Harding once said, “The | gospel of understanding sure a tranquil world.’ interests of a universal tranquilits, { Which can alone come through a bei- ter understanding, the Red Cros ries forward its beneficent work." Tickets to the dinner on Saturds |may be obtained at 1413 G street Curley of Baltimore in a communication | i Helps to Ex-Serviee Me: The home serv American Red Cros: ated as an emergenc tion during the w following the men's discharge fron the service and assi ance rendered adjusting them to civilian life For the last three vears the work of this department has been confined solely to the disabled ex-service men who have claims pending at the Veterans' Bunreau. The work is be- comMg increasingly important as the | Veterans' Bureau makes more liberal |rulings for its claimants. Under the |new Reed-Johnson act, men develop- |ing . tuberculosis or uropsychiatric | disabilities prior to January 1, 192 |nave little difficulty in connecting | these disabilities with the service. Not lonly is financial relief given by 1h {Red Cross, but assistance in ebtain ling afMdavits to conneet the disabil - |ties with the service. These aflic jare okt rom all over the U sugh the various bra of the Iied Cross home service see- tion. Constructive work is done in {the families of these men. such as ob- jtaining medical treatment, removing families to better surroundings and obtaining suitable employment. The average number of cases handled each month in the District of Columbia is 280. RUM CAR, PURSUED, KILLS PEDESTRIAN Two Policemen Suffer From Smoke Screen—Man Is Victim. section of t . which was cr relief organiza- r, has continued ed ches Sckener, | Speeding away from pursuing po- plicemen and@ spurting thick clouds of {smoke in their faces, an automobile |operated by an unidentified driver, with a load of 60 gallons of whisky in its tonneau, knocked down and fa- tally injured Joseph M. Powell, col- ored, of 145 T street, on New Jersey avenue at S street, yesterday after- noon, and then tried to make a get- away. = The machine swung in and out of traffic leaving a smoke screen.'in its wake until caught in a jam. wof automobiles on T street between Sixth and Seventh streets. There jt !lnppe‘)” The man at the wheel jumped ouj: land disappeared down an,alley, and police of the eighth precinet” can- fiscated automobile and liquor: Left Lying in Street. = Powell, who had been left )%.’h?! in the street, was taken to Sibiey Hospital, where he died shortly after arrival Policemen Schotter and Griggs ‘of the second precinct, the pursuing offix cers in the chase, suffered severely: - from the effects of the smoke scree, and had several narrow escapes trom. acetdents, A citywide search for the owner of the automobile was instituted last night. This case, and others, result- ed in more than a score of detectives belng called out for extra duty. Dynamite Near Burned - Cross. TICONDEROGA, N. Y., Noveraber 1. —Several sticks of dynamite were found by the police here today near the Alexandria Catholic Cemetery where 1ast night a 16-foot weoden cross was burned. The authorities expressed the belief that those who burned the cross had taken the dyna- mite with them to use in case there was any interference. i e Always Out. #rom the Northern Telegraph. She was most anxious to find out where her husband was, 8o she rang up a club to which he belonged. “Ts y husband there?" she ask the hall porte “No, madam.’ “But 1 haven't even told you my name,” said the astonished lady. . “That's all right, madam,” said the discreet porter, “nobody's husband is ever here.”