Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1925, Page 17

MOUTH OF THE CAVE WHERE KENTUCKIAN IS A PRISONER. THE EVENING Floyd Collins was imprisoned in the narrow p STAR, WASHINGTON, D. FRIDAY, age of Sand Cave, near Cave City, Ky.. a week ago today, and all efforts to obtain his release have failed. The passage to the cave was sealed by an earth movement yesterday, and workers are now sinking a shaft. The tunnel now being dug may take 72 hours to complete. PRESIDENT -POSES FOR PLAQUE. H. K. Bush-Brown, Washington artist, putting the finishing touches on a plaque for which President Cool- idge posed at the White House. The likeness is made in green clay, and is in low relief. TENANTS NOTIFIED INEVICTION CASES Occupants of Plaza and Clif- ton Terrace Apartments Summoned to Court. of the Plaza and owned clit- and nants perated t ceived summonses from the Municipal c marshal to appear at the Mu- nicipal Court February 11 to why they should not be evicted One of those receiving such a notice the proprietor of a drug store in the Clifton » apartments, and three a ntified with the Tenants’ TLeague m rent apartments, cruse No ent of Rent Charged. rehal, the fol- served with sum- non-payment of rent apartment 205, Clifton W. Schwartz, apartment 7za; Beryle Ingram, apart- the Lonsdale; H. Colodney Inc., drug store, in Clifon Ter- Oscar A. Reed, apartment 408, n Terrace, and H. J. Ball, apart- 401, Clifton Terrace According to the m lowing have m r been snses f M. Nalls the P ment 208, & i mentmer F on Earlington apa upants of the 2 = ixt and ith ice con ments have ued, and ac- cording to Frank Maxwell, one of the ten who received the notice, a hea smmons is scheduled nts ing on the Maurice Baskin, have re- | show | | Copyright by Underwood & Underwood Bandit Is Killed W hen Conscience Delays Get-Away By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February up man's conscience yesterday cost him his life. Arthur Falken- stein robbed taxi drivers, but al- ways took their names and ad- dress, promising that he would re- turn what he took as soon as he obtained work. After robbing the third driver vesterday, he was shot and killed by a detective as he stood beslde the cab jotting down the driver's name. 6.—A hold- ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. TONIGHT. League for Industrial Democracy— Free forum, § o'clock, at $11 E street Henry T. Ronning of Minnesota will| speak on all We Tax Incame From State and Municipal Bonds?” The South Dakota State Society will hold its annual Midwinter meeting at the Playhouse, 1814 N street. The Business Woman’s Council will meet at Church of the Covenant. Charles Wengerd will conduct the singing _and_Starr Triescott, United States Navy Department, will give a talk on airships, illustrated with motion pictures. The Nebraska State Society will r papers recently served | meet, 8 o'clock, at University Women's Tt- | clubhouse, 1634 I street. lumbla road, | Byreau of Plant Industry, will tell Dr. Shantz, about his trip through Africa. treshments and dancing. Re- Delta Chapter, National Fraternity in the Municlpal Court for next Mon- | of Delta Sigma Phi, will give a sub- dasy Raise in Rent Charged. Mrs. Lyle A husband had notice to appear Court February 14 ymplaints. She says at 24 T and Davis & have rent of § now require $45, says Mrs. comp that she has no been served witl in the Municipal to answer similar that she lives that the agents, accepted her street place to L 4 | will Rice stated today zlm;‘ el 0 up to this time. They | Women—A Rice, who | formed, move to and cannot afford the increase. | erved. Joseph ow, manager for Maurice Raskin, stated today that several per- sons had been sent notices to quit, which he said are merely from the office of the landlord, and which notices have been spread over a period of several Proper adjustment has been and in others no been taken. Notices to “Quit months. made in some c: further action has FIRE Cl;liEF IS KILLED. Three Are Burned Fighting Steel Mill Tank Blaze. RALTIMORE Tefferies, chief of Fire Department, cebruary 6.—Harry the Sparrows Point lost his life and three other firemen wehe badly burned night when fire broke out in tank feet high at the tin plate 1 of the Bethlehem Steel Co. he burning oil overflowed the tank three times end made a spectacular viase. The fire raged more than three hours, | [ | | scription dance at Washington Hotel. The Writers’ League of Washington meet, § o'clock, at Thomson American Institute of Chemists, Washington Chapter, will meet, §$:15, at Raleigh Hotel. American Association of University French class will be 4:30 o'clock, at clubhouse, 1634 I street. The West School Parent-Teacher Association will meet at the school, 8 o'clock. Dr. Shera Montgomery will give an address on ‘“Patriotism.” The Allegro Club players will | present three plays tonight and to- morrow, at 8:15 o'clock, in the Emer- son assembly room of All 'Souls' Church, Fifteenth and Harvard streets. Keane Council’s 500, Club will give a card party for benefit of Arch- bishop: Curley’s scholarship fund, 8:30 o'clock, at K. of €. House. The “Minstrel Review” will be re- peated in parish hall of the Church of the Nativity, 8:15 o'clock. Rabbi Simon wlill repeat, by re- quest, at Bighth Street Temple, the address made by him in St. Louls, at the convention of the Union of Ameri- can Hebrew Congregations, Subject: “The Religion of a Business Man.” ‘William B. Cushing Camp, ‘No. 30, | saw Sons of Veterans, will meet, 8 o'clock, in K. P. Temple. #illiam Rosser, new commander, will preside, = WHERE “ROWENITE" world tonight. LEADER AWAITS THE END. Edmund Alpin, of Takoma Park, where ne is awa The house, constructed from a garage, Wide World Photo. Modest home of ing the end of the according to Alpin, “in keeping with the faith in the end of the age. ENGINEERS SCORE PERSONNEL BOARD Inform President It Absolute- | | ly Ignored Law in Its Activities. President formed in & Coolldge has in- letter from the Association of Ingineers that the Personnel Classification Board had ample authority to make such a sur- vey of personnel as he suggested in his speech at the Government's busi- ness meeting and that the board has absolutely fignored the law. The letter asked that the President give serious consideration to the Lehlbach bill, which would transfer such a survey and classification to the Civil Service Commission. “The classification act of 1923, if properly administered by th Per- sonnel Classification Board,” said the letter to the President, “would have involved a thorough survey of majority ‘of the personnel in the District of Columbia and in the field services. Unfortunately, the board fit to ignore the intent and ex- press provisions of the act and made a crude salary grading of employes in the District of Columbla only. Others Proved Success of Plan. been “Other governmental jurisdictions, such as Australia, Canada, 12 large cities and 4 States in this country and many of our great industrial establishments have found from ye of experience that the first step in securing economy and efficiency in their perfonnel service was the mak- ing of a classification. “A personnel classification, such as was intended by the Congress for about 200,000 employes, through the proper administration of the classifi- cation act, involves a survey of the various Government departments to ascertain the kinds or classes of posi- | tions required to perform the duties | and responsibilities involved the daily work of these employes. Such a survey, made in a sclentific manner, considering all positions regardless of location or incumbents, would furnish the data'by means of which a classifi- cation could be established for the Federal service as a whole. Only True Guide, “The - inventory . of classification serves as the only true guide for the examination, selection, assignment, transfer, promotion and discharge of emploves, and is the basis for pay- fixing.” The letter points out that the Civil Service Commission is the * logical agency to administer the classifica- tion act, adding that it is the particu- lar personnel agency of the Govern- ment and has experienced officials well qualified to make a classification in accordance with the express pro- visions of the act. Such a procedure would concentrate the personnel work in one agency and thus bring about greater economy and efficiency. in Boys out of work in London are en- couraged to spend their time in boxing and other sports at juvenile centers moaintained by the government, * American | a| Washington Star Photo. 'MERCURY TR Chemical American 15 Years of By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, nouncement was February — An- le today by the American Che ty that, ac- cording to advi rom Tokio, Prof Hantaro Nagaoka, Japanese scientist, has transmuted mercury into gold.| A microscopical picture of the gold which he is said to have produced| from the mercury has been taken, { it was reported. The follows process used Is described as| “By using a mercury lamp,| the anode of which is exposed in| alr for more than 200 hou under | the electromotive force of 226 volts, {AUDITORIUM CHOSEN FOR D. A. R. CONGRESS | Annual Convention to Be Held| This Year in Larger Building, Officers Are Informed. The National Soclety, Daughters of the American Revolution, will hold its annual Congress in the new Wash- ington Auditorium, instead of Me- | morial Continental Hall, according to an announcement just issued by the president general, Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook. The announcement is addressed to the State regents and says that the arrangement is effec- tive not only for this year, but for the 1926 congress, if it is so desired. One of the far-reaching construc- | tive projects upon which the D. A. R. | have concentrated this year is the society’s Americanization plan. In this connection, a manual has been | compiled for distribution among im- | migrants. It is also used ‘as a text- | book in the night schools for the for- |eign born. Printed in 10 languages, |its comprehensive statement of the { principles of citizenship make it an in- {valuable guide to American citizenship. | Al State meetings and national | committee meetings will be held in| Memorial Continental Hall as in for- | |mer years. The president general's | reception will be held there also, as| !will the final meeting of the con- gress, when the oath of office will be administered to the newly elected vice president general. QUESTIONSiBU§SERVICE. | senator Copeland of New York to- [day Introduced in the Semate a Teso- lution directing the Public Utilities Comm ion of the District to inform the Senate under what authority of |law it has granted or proposes to ;gram any street railway corporation in the District the right to operate motor busses in connection with its street rallway. " The resolution was referred to the Senate District committee, | metal it sical {the month of January, Edmund Alpin, leader of the “Row- enites” of Washington, photograph- ed at his Takoma Park home yester- da He and his followers expect the end of the world tonight and state that they are prepared for whatever may happen. Copyright by Miller Service Homer Collins, brother of Floyd Collins, the Kentuckian imprisoned in Sand Cave. Homer has been a member of the parties attempting rescue of his brother, and he has made repeated trips into the narrow passageway. Wide World Photo Alderson Fay. 20, an honor student at Marshall College, Princeton, W. Va.. who sleeps.only 90 minutes a day. He declares that more sleep “is a sheer waste of valuable time and that it is not necessary.” Copyright by Underwood & i nderwood. NSMUTED TO GOLD BY TOKIO SCIEN Prof. gram gram Nagaoka of soot, obtained about 0.5 from which one milli- of gold was Isolated. A white has been found in the soot which is supposed to belong to the | platinum group. For 15 years Prof. Nagaoka has tudied spectrum lines of mercury, it was stated. The Japanese sclentist s connected with the Tokio Imperial University and the Institute of Phy- and Chemical Research The process by which he is sald to have produced gold from mercury is similar to that used by scientists in this country and Germany to ae- complish the same result. OFFICERS HONORED BY KIWANIS CLUB President Stephan and Secretary Winslow Elected Delegates to International Meeting. Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, president, and George H. Winslow, secretary of Kiwanis Club, were‘elected delegates yesterday to the annual meeting of Kiwanis International, to be held in St. Paul, Minn, in June. Alternates named were Franc. E Sheiry and Claude W. Owen. The election took place at the reg- ular monthly business meeting at the Washington Hotel luncheon, when in- crease in the work of Kiwanis for crippled and underprivileged children was indicated. The orthopedic com- mittee reported 14 new cases during with several corrective having been performed. Increase in the expenditures to be made by Kiwanis during the next vear for such orthopedic work was allowed in the report of James H. Baden, chairman of the budget com- mittee, which was adopted by the club. A resolution by Mr. Sheiry, unani- mously approved, called upon Con- gress to take steps toward preserva- tion of the old ship Constitution, which was said to be rapldly dete- riorating at the Boston navy vard. THIEF SN;TCHES $107. operations Virginian Complains to Police of Robbery at Station. A_thief snatched $107 from the hand of Troy B..Clear, Maccrady, Va., last night as he was leaving the Union Station, he reported to police. Several men, he said, had asked him to match pennies with them, and, he said, he refused. As he was leaving the station one of the men asked him to change a bill. As he drew the money from his pocket one of the men snatched the money and ram, TIST’S PROCESS‘ FEBRUARY ociety Announces Results of Tests—Platinum Also | Found in Experiment. 6, 192 SELL ALL THEIR PROPERTY AND AWAIT END OF THE WORLD. members of the “Reformed” Seventh-day Adventists, or Bible and awaiting the end of the world, which they expect tonight. . : “Rowenites.” of also are expecting the end of the world tonight. ema— :{.‘dt:_ invitation with gret.” Gov. Blaine of Wisconsin, the State which ecast its vote for Senator La Follette, who has declined an invitation to attend the inauguration of President Cool- idge. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Declined the “re- electoral Attorneys Argue For and| Against Judge’s Ouster. Hearing Near End. Opposing counsel opportunity today by mittee investigating charges of mis- conduct 4gainst Federal Judge Baker of the northern West Virginia_dis- trict to present arguments. With today’s meeting the committee ex- pected to end its inquiry position to submit a report. The charges against Judge Baker were preferred by T. A. Brown, United States attorney in his dis- trict, and have been the basis of ex- amination of witnesses in West Vir- ginia by the committee, which is seeking to determine whether there is ground for impeachment, as Mr. Brown contends. Judge Baker was present in the committee room. but his accuser was not, being ill at his home in West Virginia. were Asks Tmpeachment. Charles C. G. Shuck of Wheeling, W. Va., attorney for Mr. Brown, sum- med up the case, recalling that Judge Baker was allegedly under $he in- fluence of intoxicating liquor on oc- casions; that he had violated the Constitution; had changed the infor- mation in a liquor case, and should be impeached. “A single drink by a judge makes him liable to impeachment,” Mr. Shuch declared. 'Toncerning the charge that the West Virginia judge had practiced law after he went on the Federal bench, Mr. Shuch con- tended that Judge Baker had convict- ed_himself by a letter he wrote. Harry Byrer of Martinsburg, coun- sel for Judge Baker, those bringing the charges were “persecutors.” The 33 original charges | preferred against his client, Mr. Byrer pointed out, have been greatly reduced. There was not one scintilla of evidence to show that Judge Baker hed acted from an improper motive, Mr. Byrer contended. John J. Coniff of counsel for Judge Baker, charged that Mrs. Marian C. Greer, Brown's secretary, was the active person in the prosecution. “Everybody who comes here to con- vict Judge Baker comes from the dis- trict attorney’s office,” Mr. Coniff said. “You won't find much outside. Plan Cumberland Skyscraper. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., February 6.— Cumberland is to have a 12-story of- ¥ice building at Baltimore and Center streets, which has been sold by Thomas D, Finan to a concern with real estate interests at Atlanta, Ga.; Flint, Mich., and Chicago, for $275,000. Application’ has been made for a building permit. The first floor will be used for stores. The new building is to be of brick, concrete and steel and to cost $500,000. S i S How mueh real valwe stands back of the stoek you are asked to buy? accorded | the House com- | and be in | declared that] COUNSEL HEARD INBROWN CASE BETTER THAN A STUBBORN M Several Washington “Rowenite” Robert Reidt and his family Patchogue, Long Island. reading his families By United News Pictures, ULE. The Democratic mule has not conducted himself in a proper manner with William Jennings Bryan, so he now rides a horse. Photograph Winter home naer Miami. F Six Ask for Hand Of Woman Chosen J Legislator g =] By the Associated P MADISON, W February A half dozen proposals of n riage from outside the State have been received by Miss Mildr Barber, Assembly wom, fro Marathon County, according to statement she made ¥, Nearly all ofgthe admi Assembly woman stated read press stories of her ful election to the Assembly and had followed her work in Legislature with interest One of the correspondents a second letter insisting an immediate answer to his proposal l‘ltl.\\‘ ers of the they had the upon CITY NE 'he Spanish-American will mee Wednesday at School, 8:30 pm. Dr. N. H. Darton, Geological Survey, will speak of the ruins and excavations of “The temple ot Cuicuilco.” Solo by Mrs. Willlam H. Lee; instrumental music by Mrs. Reeves and talks by other speakers, followed by dancing. WS IN BRIEF. Atheneum Thomson City Clob: Sunday eveming concert, 8:30 p.m., by Goldman’s O sisted by Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw Gaw- ler, soprano; Mrs. Frank C. Steward, mezzq soprano, and John Henry Mar- ville, baritone. charge. The Alumnae Association of the University of Michigan will entertain husbands and friends of the mem bers at a valentine party Wednesday at the home of the Treasurer of the | United States and Mrs. Frank White, who is honorary president of the as- sociation. The Society for Philosophical In- quiry will meet tomorrow, 4:45 p.m in Corcoran Hall, Twenty-first street below H street. The treasurer, Wil- liam C. Lee, will present a paper on “Karayakob, the Abyssinian Philos- opher. A dance will Cheer-O Club service men Febraury 14, Hotel. the be given by for the benefit of in Government hospitals §:30 p.m., at Colonial The League for the Larger Life will meet tomorrow, $ p.m., at 1 street. Vicente C. Bunuan, director of Philippine Press Bureau, will speak of “Why the Philippines Should Be Given Their Independence Now." The Woodburn Citizen: will meet tonight at § o'clock in the ‘Woodburn School, Chillum Heights, The meeting of the Alumna Asso- ciation of Holy Cross Academy, post- poned on account of the death of Sis- ter dithia, will be held Sunday at Dumbarton, 3:15 p.m.. ANl members of the alumna invited. Women's City Club:. Forum lunch- eon of the civic section, sponsored by the subcommittee on public utilities, will be given tomorrow, 1 p.m., at the club. The Sixteenth Street Highlands Citizens’ Association will meet Mon- day, 8 p.m, at the Sixth Presbyterian Church, Card party for the bemefit of the snapped a few days ago at Bryan's By United News T 0. ENPLOVE HURT RESCING HS WIFE Struck by Trolley Car as He Seeks to Save Her After Fall. w Shedd Mrs injured las suburban electric c ple while the husband was desper- ately trying to drag his wife from the | tracks after she had failen the station at College Park, Md Mr. and Mrs. Shedd are at Casualty Hospital, the former suffering from a fracture of the thigh and the latter from u broken collarbone. Shedd also has a badly mashed hand, sustained | several da while working on | 2 motor vehicle of the District Street | Cleaning Department, and he had been off duty since that time. The couple were on their way to board a str car for Washington when Mrs. Shedd stumbled over the rails and fell directly in the path of an oncoming car. Mr. Shedd was | several feet away, but hurried to her | assistance, the street car striking | both before a rescue could be effected. Rushed to Hospital. The injured man and woman were rushed to Washington on a street car and removed from the Eckingtom car | barn to Emergency Hospital. Traffic accidents in the city proper resulted in slight injury to several persons yesterday and last night.-One driver was arrested and another is being looked for. A “hit-and-run” tinued on his w mobile had ripped car on the Key Bridge last being sought by the police, aid of Virginia tag numbers obtair by a witness The damaged mach by Hugh E. Bierman o street. It had been | bridge. D! triot Shedd, night, when struck th amiploye, and his seriously who driver y after a wheel off con- auto- another night with the d ne was owned 40 Twentieth parked on the | S e | Latin Teacher Kills Self. | NEW YORK, February 6.—Despond ent because of having been assigned | recently to teach Latin in the public | high schools when he hoped to teach | nistory, Davis Atkinson, Columbia | graduate, committed suicide by in- haling gas. Association | | Church of the Nativity, Monday, | p.m., at Washington Hotel. | = The Tivoli Pastime Club will give a dance for the benefit of the Register Office, Treasury. Department base ball team, tomorrow, 9 p.m., in private ballroom of Arcade. Visitors wel- come. | capitel Lodge. No. 3. Order Shep- | herds of Bethlehem, will give a card | party tomorrow at Odd Fellows' Hall | Washington Coumett ot soet | Agencies will meet Monday. 4 pm.. at Ralelgh Hotel. Toplc: “Employment in Its Relation to Social Work." Francls 1. Jones, director genera United States Employment Service, will speak. <