Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1925, Page 2

SHERRILL FAVORS GRANT N HS POST Preparing for Cincinnati City Managership, Gives Praise for Assistant. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. Maj. Ulysses 8. Grant, 3, a grand- son of the dietinguished prestdent and 1 War general, who Is assistant ctor of the office of Public inge and Public Parke of the National . would he the cholce of Lieut arapce O the retiring CCtor. 1o sucee: latte if that I the appomnting powe Sherrill, who is his the States r8 Corps and A’I'\“VK up f th Federal office an: commissio iments ty manage Cin ide this kn nigh within make new a week prepari role on Obio assuil the 5 Grantl this lurge Bulld- | Praised by Sh | ONBERWOOD » . S. GRANT, Now assistant’ director of the office ,.-r public buildings and public parks of the National Bpilul - TEKAS LEGISLATURE iy suc tatniy | assistant di-| Sherrill. | in every | knowledga up the hee. 1o s in great projects ' is thoroughly | details and is full on the great projects | 1 about to b ualified g, He anteeed as head of ti witih the s undertak | fmpeachment purposes oppuint- 1 the United | isfon stdent for this n SHERRILL TAKES SUITE Prepares Promptly for Visit to cinnati to Enter Upon Duties Cin- INCINNA « ¥or 1 Deces ears les wer nd s leading to ¢ He rainutes luter Aled tn paper men and told | cted as t the Hotel assigned the Harding | ipled Tribute to Sherrill. innati Times-Star, owned Charles P. Taft, brother i States Supreme Court Chier 1 had the fol - the v clty man captlon, "Cincinnatt’ \anager’ aft ny Lieut. Co Cineinnatt’s tirst omis for the uni nev i e88 of ou plan of rnment 1 degr ul ady to assun s record it Army and as an affairs in Washington ts " ability. enery 1o hus a pleasai we are trying io take our munleipal gov- fes to Cinciunat! with litical connecti wouraging is the members the ne i task of selecting | hese councllmen, in | Jal analysis, are to be responsible | - the success or faflure of the new 1t the city hail The selection L clty manager was no small work they plished that first, step in their i : 10 indi i +time wh ettt it mment he col t enta “Eapec which ancil v v manager ¥ 18 1y the it at | and Jerhaps the bixgest, Cardh Wernme angurs well for the i1 There b w of the mansger representation, small rowent. Rut to wish, tvergesn Cincinnati as v propor counetl | wn ought everybody does wish herrill and the men w him will have success in the ement of the city’s affairs.” tically nd pra that Col selected man: { Dirigible Victims Dependents Given $1,000 by Woman Ev Receipt of from a New Englund wo desired that her name be no was announced lzst night by Mrs Zachary Lansdowne, widow of the enandoah commander, who said the money was to be distributed to the dependents of the nine enlisted men who lost their lives in the the Associated: Press $1.000 1 who used, i | | bandit !L ! FINANCING BANNED | Private Underwriting of Spe- cial Impeachment Session Held lllegal. By Assuciatad Press AUSTIN, Tex.. Decer nancing underwriting penses special Texas ¥ e 5 —Fi the ex- of the presentatives for from private individual sources is unauthorized and unwarranted, as against public Attorney General Dan Moody Texus ruled tonight. The ruling made at the request of Lee Sat- er of the House. ould be 1 ts against ade or Honse ssion issue warra riations contingent expenses of the t 1th Legislature, to cover compens tion of members of the House while attending impeachment session, sbould it be called by the Speake: End of Special Session. that the the Speaker, L attort detic defl ) reference fene ssued against encs the Governor With the political battle feted hetween the ver were being hear s Tley ranged from the intimation that CGov. Verguson would seek re-election t xpressed opinior Arthur R Elizon of Hamfilton -lwh‘n\.nl of the eiucratic State executive commit (ee. that he did not believe that either «f the Fergusons d enter the gu Lernatortal race nest year. However, id that he h: dlscussed pol with the I'e his con ences here. Another issue that loor somewhat . her principals uu o the of s gusons in for th o um court. Attorney Gener 2ue his investigation ¥ nhp.n(n ent shown don trorney crer Cerguson said into th Goy Called Jury-Bribing <inbered prev < speaker for im it atorney th: on yushy el roceedings, q ruled men resy zenc nd wi sit as j it "the: them one nich would be just lke any a eriminal case to such v eriminal nitted any :1 for their body to give services the other bribed juror in Mr, Satterwhite and his crowd may call ft ynderwriting, but it would be fust plain, cheap bribery Te. onaires who are proposing to put up this money, under the } of underwriting something. had fust 1s well be called by their right numes, .mll T think the people ure on to theni Satterwhite Replies. nting on sessfon Ho 3 by private funds was not le- g he already had made it plain that each member of the House was to pa his own expenses to Austir and that no funds from private or pui ces would be accepted. In reply to report that several 1nembers of the House had withdr heir names from the list of t fivorinz the speclal sessfon. Speal Sutterwhite said that only one Repr sentative had requested his name Le stricken off, ~BLOND BANDIT.” IN CELL, DESCRIBES TWO D. C. HOLD-UPS:! trom First Puge «Continued maid answered. I forced my way in, and then I held up Mrs. Berliner and |the maid. When I had them tied up Mr. Berliner entered. I had the brooch and the ring 1t that time. hen I tled up Mr. Berliner. told them that 1 intended to take automobile out of thelr Berliner told me to take the Co 1 told her I could not Fo 1 only drive big cars Berliner said he had big road 1 vitered to drive m where 1 to [ suld 1 wanted drive to the skirts and that T only wanted to Ket to i street “1 did not accept his invitation, hut key. T told him T would leave he in xoud condition near Bal- 110 This 1 did to Ellicott City and left it there. Mrs. Berliner last night stated that o account of the conversation she an Mrs: Ford took fand her husband had with the man orresponded to the Rochester police ccount. She evidenced keen interest {in the news he had been captured 'and that there was a strong probabil- | [ty she was to regain her jewels. Lost Trail in Baltimore. ives who worked on the case id they were informed that the had boasted he had an in curable disease and this was the rea son he had decided to launch on his spectaculur life of crime after he had ped from prison. liighly elated over the capture o Reynolds and knowing that if the taxi- cah driver he shot dies, asds feared, he will never be brought to Washington, but held there for murder. local detec- tives vesterday recalled that they lost frack of him not far frem Billeott Detec here s vendered | These big | garage. | to! 1 drove the car | THE 'LEADERS DENY USE OF NAMES IN ‘FETE' | R | | Ignorant of Activities of | Sesquicentennial Body, They Say. SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, U. DECEMBER HAS CASH, RAISED IN 1868, FOR MEMORIAL TO LIN(,OLN Plan to Build “Grandest Monument in the World” Fell Through and Cash Held in Treasury Half Century Is Still Unclaimed. | | | Mystery shrouds the present owner- | dences of subscribers must have been ! ship of more than $4.000 now held in | unknown. . I presume there are| the United States Treasury for the |few now, if any, who remember any- ’u\'(‘uun'. of the “National Lincoln | thing about it."” forument Association.” incorporated | The Government has had no re | by Congress March 1867, for the | sponaibility in the matter. it was em. : i purpo«- of “erecting a monument in | phasized, except to endeavor to find w54 the malhads smisloved the City of Wushington, commemo- | the rightful owner of the funds held the National Sesquicentennial Com-|yragive of the great character of |in custody. The problem of how | mittee, organized by Dr. Charles T.|emancipation and universal liberty fn | proper legal ownership may now be Baylis of New York, was expressed |America established, cven though some sur- ! Every effort has te vivor of Gen. Spinner be found or yesterduy by a number of prominent| v, by the Treasury the records be discovered, is admitted | s named s vice presidenty of | reach the legal owners of this old | to be complex. Such a quesction, how- organization, which was formed, | #um, originally in custody of I°. | ever, will be handled, it l].s un]dfl tood, | T > curpy | E- Spinner, who was not only treas ulations of the Treasury, ) according to its lterature. to curry( Lo Yoe"n L "ilhionil Lincoln Monu. | which throw strict safeguards around out a natlonwide celebration of thelment Assoclation, but wus also Treas. | such matters 150th anniversary of the SIEning of|yrer of the United States from 1871 to| Interest checks have been made out | e poclaraion foC kiiapendence: s to Gen. Npinner, as treasurer ot the (o bostmaster General New dictated 8| 'Funds were raised through a na. | associaiion, but the last check has etter of resignation yesterday after-|t¢iynal campalgn, in which the co-op- | been written In Interest, and the ac- noon after declaring that he had al-| eration of even postmasters and na- | count no longer draws interest under lowed the use of his name only on|tional banks was elicited, but the | the law. the represcntation of the committee In | dream of a memorfal by “the most| Mr. Schumacher in his letters re its letters that the prominent persons listed were “actively” sponsoring the Complete ignorance as to the activ by n expended in in attempts to | leading | posing | tion PART 1. 20— DRAMATISTS SEEK SAFETYINA.F.OFL. ~ Consider Union to Resist| Threat of Play “Corner” by William Fox. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December Forty New York dramatists, com the Dramatists' Guild of the Authors’ League of America, Inc considering applying for membership in the American Federation of Labor or taking some drastic action to fore stall what they construe as an at-| tempt on the part of Willlam Fox, mo- pietur producer, to corner th New York play market. A meeting of the playwrights last night was attended by Arthur Rich man, Channing Pollock, Hartley Man- ners, Owen Davis, George Middleton, 20i Cooper Megrue and other authors of like standing. The writers are much alarmed over the situation and | believe some action on their part Is imperative. . Maurice Revnes, production man- ager of the Willlam Fox Corporation, are | | | atit 1ssociation au- jon to * us ma & out o Yand to ¢ lect to make such and Jecessary wmoney regul: th | A « Henry York sioner of Hon. N. Indian A el o5 their general | the Treasury akent 1 States, hough communi- + from a James M . who ir 04, lived in . Fla.. and who said thn he then had in his possession “hooks papers and funds” of the v Monument Associutio tions are on umache Jacksonvill fi Washingtor The de: ment t wen pre- | 1 oln elebrated tee. lsiac Gans in ¢ s resina Little Ir hope held Two Memorials Built. seen in the mea Leen | Treasury, and | been regularly ing the mails, unclaimed iment and city two stone emancipator In Judictary statie ine: Knew J . while the old fur plling up interest in interest ks d the | ad Se of “When completed it wi st monument in th other s such jthat he “aic the organizatic Knew less tried by fire for f, nd come out of it ed \CITIZENS SUPPORT BILL FOR ELECTION OF SCHOOL BOARD rials to the = ur long | iand | en had vears regene <0 man e e BaL Squ of Lincoln nery of this cit close of the Civi banks of the jestic Lincoln Memortal | about $3.000.000. and said grandest structure ever reared memory of a single war rery statue was tempor d from its place for a while dv the reconstruction of the cou house, but was recently repliced, new’ base. The Lincoln was erected alone, while Square came ms re now stands t made by Lot F shortly aft War, while Potomac rises ti the on the > ma ting the | The | { t | once ana resulted in on | failure.” alls Pl 0 be Continued from First Pi lamentable | those who § n than the peo he board wus coun Baker, who puinted ibers of that bods elf-sac worked for | Gen . Men v tal by Goverr the statue from in the mall ment nmm in Judiciary | te vopular subscrip- | out that of Columbfa are The attuck Mr idea the and man *hot the i it he interests of macher, Mrs. R £ with the me resentat e that the pro board would | stacle to the campaign. After the ba ton created 1 lenging league, nation: lective the of- | anc crents Munsey representation loting. Delegata ( d excitemen: by the negative vote cf hi John A. Saul. The Bright- wood Assoclation at last meeting Mr. Clayton said, instructed fts de! mates to vote in favor of the elective | school board. Mr. Raul explained that | he was not present at that meeting and thereby had tved no instruc tions Approves Utllities Reports. The federation approved three re. ports of its public utilities committee presented by Chairman (layton. One urges the Public Utilities Commis: to use at once every cans power under the law to secure the ceptance of a voluntary merger of the Washington Railwuy and Electric and Capital Traction Companies. If voluntary amalgamation fails the re- port calls upon the commission to ask Congress for legislation to compel such action. Another report of the utilities com- mittee indorsed und urged the consoli- dation of the Washington Gas Licht Co. and the Georgetown Gas Light Co., while the third report cxtended the sympathy of the federation to the resi dents of Benning. Kenilworth and other outlying communities in thetr ef- forts 1o compel the Washington ( Light Co. to extend its gas mains > their respective communities. In addition to approving the report of the cormmittee on education indors- ing the principle of the Gasque bill ho the federation adopted two reports of the committes. One requests the school board to erect a senjor high school to accommodate students living west of Rock Creek and a second high school for the stu- dents living east of Rock Creek. The second calls upon the board to estab- sh the mid-vear promotion system h A and B grades in the Randle Highlands and Orr Schools and com- pletior: of the latter bullding accord- ing to original epeclfications. An amendment to the plan creating the Citizens' Advisory Council, pro- viding for the election of its chairman by that body. proposed by Delegate William Henry White, was tabled 1 a vote of 24 to 20. The president o the federation now serves as ex-officio chairman of the council. tesolutions expressing regret over the loss of Col. Clarence O. Sherrill and congratulating him on his ap- pointment to position of city man- ager of Cincinnati were adopted, as well as a resolution voicing elation over the recovery of Engineer Com- missioner Bell. ~ Appointment of a committee to arrange a smoker also was authorized. Committee Personnel. | Personnel of the varlous standing | committees appointed by President Jesse C. Suter follow: Law and legislation—William & bert, chairman: P. L. Dougherty | chairman; A. M. Free, Gilbert L. Edward P. Hazleton, Willlam S Quinter, Mrs. George A. Ricker, George H. Russell, George R, Wales, William Henry White. Public utilities—William McK. Clay- ton, chairman; George C. Havenner, vice chairman; David Babp, Charles A. Baker, J. D, Battle, E, J, Brennan, , eminent and patriotic men of our | ferring to rightful owners, sald he had b s : e country,” who were behind it at the | “tried to find some official or respon- affair. @ Postmaster (ieneral de-| ¢ime, according to old and faded rec- |sible nucleus of the association . . . clared that he hereafter would not|ords, never became fact. It had been |but have never found anybody who allow the use of his name unless he | plunned to spend $400,000 for a gran- | knew anything as to any organized was intimately acquainted with the|ito pedestal 75 fest high, surmounted | survivorship. or, in fact, anything re organization and the persons actively | by 33 colossal figures” in bronze | specting it directing its affairs lfrnnll ordnance captured during the | The act cr & the R " 1 CVIl War. The exact site had not | thorized it corpc Officers™ Surprised. | been determined as late as May, 1868, | and control such property A number of people listed vice | but It had been expected to lopcate the he carey p{sTMom.« expressed .Lurpr|l~0‘ that | memortal on the Capltol Ground { the associatior thelr names were used on the litera . and ture. and declared that they did not | Held Two $1,000 Bonds. e know much ahout the affair. Others| Funds in the Treasury, for whic or ¢ said they thought they were becom- | no rightful owner has as vet h g ing afiliated with the Philadelphia | found, include cash which had been Noted Man on List. celebration, and some sald that they | #et aside to redeem two bonds of §1,000 | The officers of the association had allowed the use of thelr names | face value each, of the District of Co- | cluded prominent officials {n only because they saw so many prom- | lumbia, fssued August 1, 1874, and|ment life as foliows: “President, Sen- | inent persons connected with it. maturing August 1, 1924, and to pay |ator James Harlan of Jowa; vice presi- | Senator Wadsworth's secretary de- | Interest on these bonds at the rate of |dent, Hon. J. F. Driggs of Michigan {clared that the Senator was about to | 3.65 per cent annually. The interest |secretary, J. M. Fd jresign and had o expressed himself. | tnclaimed has mounted to more than | United States Senate, treasurer, F. 'R»presomm\-- Thomas L. Blanton | the original principal of $2.000. and | Spinner, United States Treasurer; and declared that he had no recollection | Dow stands at $2.445 making managers, Hon. Alexander W. Ran- of having consented to his name ap- | total of $4.445.50 dall, Postmaster General; Hon. Francis i pearing «s vice president in the com- | ot only has the holder hese | Thomas of Maryle Hon. ¢ e H { mittee’s pamphlets and that, while he | two outstunding bonds failed to pre Williams, Unlted g r from might have given his consent to us-!sent them for redemption, but che ks | Califor B Rich Yates, U slst, he intended to have his name |totalling the above amount of in-|States Senator from Ulinois; Hon. Sid- withdrawn fre the committee fm-|terest, have heen returned to the[ney Perham of Maine: Bishop Simpson mediately. Representative Henjamin | Treasury as often as they have bheen |of i phia: Fred- | Fairchiid stated that-he was “amazed” |sent out for a long period of time e New York to find his name as a vice president | The two bonds are the only remain- D Washing {in the comm! ee’'s ook and that nNg ones of that issue unredeemed had absolutely no record of answer- | The issus was floated, it was said. f ing the communication from the com- | improvements in the District « mftten requesting the use of his name. | lumbia D. J. Callahan of Washington, pr So far |1dent of the Norfolk & Washingtor | Steamboat Company, declared that {he wis under the impression that he was joining the Philadelphia com- ttee and that he did not recall ever = Dr. Bayls. Mr. Callahan said he was inquiring about the commit- € Washington has of Body erior Work atated now much ubout ut any time and and that he 3 the of his name when 'w-‘ P saw ubstantial citizens in- | teres d he wou investi- | | gute | Representative H. Gasque, | another of the Congressmen listed as 'a vice president, d, at he had never heen asked to serve as a vice president. and th hile he had said he was glad to aseist the enterprise {after reading its purposes in the corm mittee’s literature und seeing the prominent persons conmected with fit, fat no time had he con: ed to ha his name used as a vice presid Amos L. Fries dfln‘ld"dl that after writing his let- | cuation he declded not to Gen. Fries felt that the| of a nation-wide celebration of | sesquicentennial w @ fin that {f Dr. Bay! as to carry it out some D He “said that he reorganization of those tnter I i recrzantzation s necessary. | v boens 1o o LPorted resentutive Addlson nith de-| “The latest trace there clared he did not know an { hands of the Treasury ubout the working methods of the or. | ficers or recorde. of the ol eunization and wus under the imprex-| (i is in corresponderce tn tomd sion that never authorized his|tween Mr. Schumacher, and two other [riseton 1‘1';‘ «.pu’ connectio; ms: 1. W. Hale, former cashier e ee’s plans. the subtreasury fn Now Yorl y No one could be redched at s mewspaper | correnponaent i | fice of the committee in the | Washington. Building yesterday. In these letters Mr. Schumacher says that he had “books, vouchers and funds, which I understand were held by Gen. Spin s treasurer of the { Lincoln Monument Assoctation, an or- | ganization in existence when he Treasurer of the United States City, Md., where he confesses he left the Berliner car. Lost Trace in Baltimore. i e traced him for a time through | doctor who treated his face, which | had flesh wound. but lost him in | Daltimore Reyno recalled by the cuse yeste: ph: d No Trace of Survivors. “After Gen. Spiny occurred December | ing the years since 1 have known | about them, I have often made in ! quiry of those whom T thought might know of the association and viving officlals. or of its responsible unofficial survivors, with a view of de livering these things, but have never | Botten any information whatever, nor had any inquiry respecting them un til now. © ;¢ » “As to the total amount subscribed and paid in, a8 appears Ly the books, it was about $10,000, as I recall it, and there Is an unexpended balance of about $3,000 and a lot of vouchers, which I presume cover the expendi: tures shown by the books. As I un. derstand, the receipts were wholly by popular subscriptions and presumably when they ceased the whole matter was ‘hung up.’ and they could not be returned. as there had been expendi tures, und in many instances the re: r's death, 31, 1880, and dur. which 1y said exception Berliner tives who w y. he My, e Lud “cove it and well th. ed rked on ttered French Berliner red” Mrs. Ber- the maid he calmly <iled “This reminds me of the to Baldpate.' n George . Coh ne-mystery play Detecti 1 Kelly. one of the men orked on the case, said yester. duy that Reynolds' capture and his e ed confessions back up the conten- tion he has made from the first that Jlond bandit” was an ex-con- Inspector Grant said that when heard of the Indianapolis hold-up the nner in which he “bor. 1 the automobile.” he felt there a connection between it and the ineldent its sur- tor and said | K 2 907 Saved It the death rate from Consumption were now the same as it was 25 years ago, 907 more persons would have died from this disease last year in the Dis- trict of Columbia. Lives r Note the Declining Death Rate Help Us Carry On and Buy Christmas Seals They pay for Health Work espe- cially among children. We want to give them greater resistance our DEATH RATE ReR 100000 hom TUIRCULDBIY 1eTacr 0% coLumeiA —EpcTee cowneis PROM THE YEAR mumn? against all forms of disease, including Tu- berculosis. The results prove correctly and efficiently we do our work. | | how Tor- PROPORTIONATE |SAVING LAST YEAR 907 LIVES OVER THE YEAR 1900 Hall, Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Telephone Main 992 1022 11th Street N.W. Whe have paid for the-abeve bulletin (legal netice) unds, postmaster | ited | { suffictent vice | admitted today that Fox representa- ! jtives have approached a number of | | New York's leading producers and | -ontracts are about to th them whereby Fox w plays for the legitimate stage. | The names of the producers are not {divulged and could not be learnedj from them. It is reported, however, | tion | that the proposed arrangement would form « most powerful combination in the New York theatrical world. Negotiations Explained. As explained by Mr. Revnes and other Fox officlals, the negotlations under consideration have the follow | ing features | Mr. Fox agrees to finance a pro- | ducer in the production of a play for the legitim tage. MHe gets his share of the profit from the produc- tion and reserves the right to pass upon the play before it is purchased | He also, of course, has the opportuni inst other produc ‘ture rights. A simi nder consideration officials state spokesiien insisted that dered because the Fox t impossible to get er of stage hits ar, and that, by finane & producers of stage plays, Mr. ¥ opes to stimulate production a thus have a greater number of plays | which to choose each year. They | that no further advantage the profits which result wh is “on the boards” will be by the Fox interests See Competition Lost- The dramatists charge th rangem would eliminate tion when the motlon i to plays were up for eale. that Fox would be the only bidder. Thes feel that with five of the leading N working in a combi marketing their | greatly restricted. small nur | for | action is con company finds n the pla ar re rights would comparatively such an agreement to write plays for stage with a view 1d would force t e legitimate ward their ulti een, and wou with the art of playwrighti would reduce considerabls nees for marketing apt sereenin ion, is the fe; g bought a play thr. hom he is financing, the stage just long enough e terms of the tandard approximately 0 perform- t off the stage adapt reen. Thus, ! le the author 1d receive a lump sum for the motion picture rights, his royalties for the legitimate rmm would be cut off when they : a 0. )n for the not only interfere To o contract, fo: - a longer run, g themselves with the can Feder of Labor many | playwrights believ is situa be effectively This 1d ally them with the * Equity Asociation, a part of eration. Thus, the authors feel their number were unfairly dealt with by a producer working in the Fox agreement, they would be in a strate- gic position to call a strike against that particular producer and then en- | list the support of “Equity.” Failing action by the Dramatists’ Guild on the suggestion of entering | the American Federation of Labor, a plan fs to be advanced by which the | gulld wuold make an_effective alli ance with the Act quity Associa- tion Although various authors discussed | the situation today, the Dramatists’ Guild, as an organization, refused to | make an official statement, “on advice | of counsel,” pointing out that as they “had not been consulted in the mat- ter" the authors feel that they do not vet “officlally” know encugh of the proposed arrangements to declare of- ficially their stand. one of George P. Grove, Fred §. Lincoln, Harley V. Speelman, J. G. Hefty. Public health—Allan Davis, chair- man; Dr. C. B. Campbell, vice chair- man: P. M. Anderson, G. W. Ayer: Harry (. Khnball, Dr. R W. McCul- lough. John A. Saul, H. Mason Welch ighwa parks and waterway: Willlam B. Todd, chairman; Geerge A Ricker, vice chairman; W. A. Maidens, Marshall Pickering, H. Richard- | son. Chester R. Smith, J. D. Smoot, Warner Stutler, W. R. Whipp, George . Yeatman. Fducation —James G. Yaden, chair. man; D. N. Shoemaker, vice chairma: H. S. Bryant, A. H. Gregory, Willilem 3. Henderson, J. B. Hopkins, Willlam V. Lewis. H. M. Phillips, Deborah Streatberger, Fred S. Walker. Public celebrations—George R. Wales, chairman; H. K. Bush-Brown, vice chairman; Charles A. Baker, William McK. Clayton,’ Proctor L. Dougherty George (. Havenner, Alexander R. Shepherd, L. M. Leisen ring. Membership—J. W. Murphy, chair- man: Graham Powell, vice chairman; Charles W. Edwards, Selden M. Ely, John G. McMahon, Mrs, H. M. Phil- lips, E. C. Purdy. C. W. Sherriff, David Babp. Charities and sorrections—Louis A. Stmon. chairman: A. b. Shoemaker, vice chairman; Z. Dalby, Capt. Clayton ¥. Emig, Lerauel Fugit, Wal ter Irey, Claude B. Phelps, H. A. Renz, sr.; Miss Edna Sheehy. Police and fire protection—Harry N. Stull, chairman; Capt. Sheridan Ferree, vice chairman; B. A. Bowles, Paul F. Grove, sr.; N. F. Jenney, W. P. Linkins, Frank O. Merritt, Lewis Radcliffe, F. D. Ryan. Zoning regulations—Edgar B. Hen- derson, chairman; Herbert Wilson, vice chairman; Snowden Ashford, R. B. Bender, John S. Driggers, L. M. Leisenring, James E. Schwab, L. Trundle, E. J. Newcomb. Fiscal relations—P. McKenney, chairman: F. S. Perry, vice chairman’ Luther W. Linkins, Sidney Roche, . 1. Swanton, Timothy S. Tincher, Wil- liam Torbert. City planning—George A. Ricker, chairman; J. G. Hefty, vice chairman; Percy Adams, H. K. Bush-Brown, John A. , Alex. R. Shep. l herd, jr. i i 10000.0.8.9.0.8.0.0.8.9.0.8.8 8 ¢ ¢ i********** 1 ARMY LIVING OFF ! port | with the Family in Poland I Gets $1,351 9 Years Aflcr'\lm(r Death | By the Assoc The story slish coal miner, who was accidently killed In this country and left a family in Poland withcut support for nine years, but whose family only this month has received a_ substantial check through the efforts of the American Red Cross, was revealed vesterday by that organization Feodor Humenik, the miner was killed in May, 1916, in the mine of the Sharon Coal and Limestone Co. of Pittsburgh, but no claim for compensatoon was filed by his family within the specified time lmit. A Polish veteran of the American Expedi- tion Forces, Paul Brodowy, who had returned to Poland, encoun- ed the widow of Humenik, d ning of ner privations, imme- ely took up the case wit Cross at New Haven, as “something couldn’t ba don. Although a Red Cross investiga- tion disclosed the Sharon Company exempt from all claims of the widow, it weoluntarily waived its rights and mailed to Mrs. Humenti: a check for $1.334.60 | “FA]’H Report. Calls Attention to *Critical Situation.” WORLD WAR i Secretary Davis, i Regular Arn ical” Secretary Department {n wolidge vest emely the War President Davis formed in his ann “If the rried 5 execu rent of the 1l report defen t national act 1s to be he said, on e existing situation, as ned herein given serious n by retary erat The S Pquests ine ition: luded no specific funds to ca ad, te issed however rrison by and a si e & of the ficers and 5,/ Panama crease & 5.056 men, Desertions Are Numerous. 18 the status of ti profects of the a nunitic very existence” Carps depends o1 of the expe need denand 3 People Are "Fh]}nn\lh!f ““The orderly and economi lefense & professi in all its ho passage even more urgent iothers and and wives of those who had wih the colors.’” Because of the that the Presi- special air board was sitt en the report was prepared, tary Davis a tended d controvers seen sordidness s prov nded the Air t entl Ar must be realized must be given with the other and the ground must be afforded fr co-operative training ervice, if they are’ to understand the capabilit and limi- tations this compa: ¥ new weapon of national defense. The report recalled that the lem of the Air Service of the Army had been dealt with after sever years of “exhaustive study” in prep- aration of the Lassiter board project, | but reserved discussion of that proj: | ect. Mr. Da mental {tself, to Serv but my G Army opportunity reiterated the views of his predecessor in office, Secretar Wecks, that to carry out properly the requirements of the ational de fenee act a Regular Army of 130.000 ! men would be requited. “The ice is of size its missio “and |)n ficient under | ame is | of the | ving of the | it where it | ¢ 0 true of man service. To insure t Regular Army to that D | plans regarding { commisston NEWLABOR OFFICE MOVE IS PROPOSED | Transfer to Pension Building Instead of to Interior De- partment Planned. Continuatfon of the survey taken by inspectors of the I Department and the Public Buflding Commisston, with the of leasing floor space Bullding to house t ment, has resulte tre of u; terd from Office Puil and transfer o Pension from its own bufliing to tr butlding of the Interjor D Eigh ets approved by Commission und will begin & on & the detafls of the transfer ar straightened out, according to Senatc Reed Smoot of ot Det: ifth and G strec | transfer ssed b morros the | w-v").»v within izatic buildi The revea Depa terior that « ment abont ho offices and 60,000 £ the Pensior r the 1 ded imately Present Building Smali La main square Housing ed fro transfer Ptar) bia Tnet AMected ployes of be affacted L 650 Employes Labor Depa: ment_exce ed States Ho located New Jerse has ab: he bui ocetpies on G > ber DEopress ¥ rers have atal of $95,00¢ 306 per ce: of $24.00 in the productio war emergency “Men can Le Davis_said. “B he furnished wit tle, to st them modern w t nes “It is not he an ade 1 eved th an: postponed 1dopt at an questi resers of can e It Polic mur reserve | Secretary urged adoption ear continuing pro department the ng and b; L 2. 2.8 28888 8808882888888 8 801 GOV. FERGUSON. ) How a Woman Fights! * * One of the most dra- M matic battles in the his- tory of American politics »* is now being waged i Texas. The central f ure of the conflict * Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson : the Lone Star State. who will tell her side of the story in a x* series of ,xm\h- to b be published ir * »* | The Evening StarX Beginning tomorrow a continuing daily Governor You cannot afford miss this feature. “Ma’ Ferguson's way tell- ing her stor as is the story she has to tell. o * e »* *********************t