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PLANS EXEMPTIONS
TO INTANGIBLE TAX
Senator Sterling to Amend
D. C. Law to Exclude Certain
Class of Institutions.
MOSTLY ARE BENEFICIAL
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Senator Sterling of South Dakota, author
of the amendment to the District
appropriation law adopted at the last
session of Congress which provides for
a tax on intangible personal property,
=aic today that h? intended to introduce j
a bill at the coming session to perfect '
his amendment so that it will exclude
from the operation of the tax law buildins:
and loan associations and other institutions,
including beneficial societies,
la1>or unions and relief associations.
Senator Sterling, while the District
bill was In conference during tne last
session, urged upon the conferees the
wisdom of exempting these institutions
from the operation of the tax, but the
conferees failed 10 accept the proposed
changes, except in the case of the proposed
exemption of individual bank deposits
not exceeding in the aggregate
$."no. Senator Sterling had recommended
an exemption in bank deposits amounting
to *400. hut the conferees finally made
the exemption $500.
Other Recommendations Planned.
The other recommendations of Sen
j?ior o""nilife? Hiian ?cr?* inn auupicu
hy tbc conferees and which he will
offer in a separate bill, and. if action
cannot be had on the separate bill, as
an amendment to the next District appropriation
bill, are as follows:
"That such tax on moneys and credits
shall not apply to bank notes or to
notes discounted or negotiated by any
bank or banking: institution, saving*
institution or trust company: nor to
building and loan associations; nor to
savings institutions having no capital
stock: firemen's relief associations, secret
and beneficial societies, labor
unions and labor union relief associations.
nor to beneficial organizations
paying sick or death benefits or either
or both from funds received from voluntary
contributions or assessments
upon members of such associations, societies
or unions: nor shall the provisions
of this art apply to life or lire
insurance companies having no capita'
stock.
A
Tax on Business Concerns.
"That corporations, limited partnerships
and joint stock associations within the
District liable to tax under the laws of
the District on capital stock shail not be
required to pay any further tax under this
section 011 the mortgages, bonds and other
securities owned by them in their own
v;trht : but such corporations, partnerships
and associations holding such securities
as trustees, executors, administrators,
guardians or in any other manner shall
return and pay the tax imposed bj* this i
section upon all securities so held by them
a> in th* case of individuals."
That the law would not be construed <
even today so as to apply to some of the
organizations which he proposes to have
exempted was the opinion expressed by
Senator Sterling. However, he said that
lie thought it wise to be on the safe side
and include them in the proposed amendment
to the law.
GEORGE H. BAILEY, 89,
DIES AI HOME HERE
Engineer and Oldest Man in Em]
ploy of District Goveminent.
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( EORfiE H. BAILEY.
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.*utk?; fl. Bailey. oldest employe of
the J>i>tx irrt of Columbia jrov^rnment,
though not the oldest in point of eerv!' ?*,
died lust niirht at his residence in
the A Men apartment house, 261* 13th
street northwest, after an ilines* of
two .\.;eks. attributed principally to
senility
\n engineer of widely recognized
b?l?t> and with a record of long and
iner itorious service rendered the J>istrici.
Mr Bailey was known to every
official "nd employe of the local govand
his d'ath cast a decided
gloom o\ei the t unictpal building.
Funeral services will be held at the
Motuil Plwmt Congregational
bur'i:. 14th street and Columbia roail,
Monday morning at 11 o'clock. Asso-|
< ales < ; th?* eogioeer department willj
act as pallbearers.
A Native of Boston.
Mr BaiJcy was born at Boston. Mass., I
December 13, 1827. U*? was in charge'
r Boston wat?r works from 1847 b> i
1852 ami supervised the construction I
of the first water works in that city. '
From 1852 to 1*??0 he was in charge I
.f the Jersey City water works. While J
in that city he was married, in 18f>5. to |
Miss Hannah M. Ryder, daughter of Mr. I
and Mrs B. W Ryder of Jersey City.
Mr. iiail*-y also planned and ?uper.
med the first water works of Newark,
J., in 18bu. He <-ame to Waxhington
?n 1878. the same year that the organic
a't was adopted, as computing engineer
m charge of the entire engineer
department. From November 1, 1H78,
.o May 11. 181*7. i:?- was computing engineer.
and from 1897 to 1801 engineer
if bridge*;. In 1801 lie became assist nit
engineer of the highway department.
the position he held at the time
of his death.
History of Asphalt Paving.
Mr. Bailey was a member of the Masonic
fraternity. He compiled a history
of asphalt pavement in Washing
on, regarded as one of the most important
documents in the archives of
the r>intrlct government.
In 1905 Mr. and Mrs. Bailey celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
in Washington. Mrs. Bailey died
November If, last year. They hat! nine
children, seven of whom survive.
C. B. Hunt, engineer of highways of
the District, today paid the following
tribute to Mr. Bailey :
"Mr. Bailey was beloved by us all.
He was of the finest type of character,
a good engineer and a true friend to
each of his associates. After nearly
forty years of service with the District
he numbered only warm friends among
those who worked with him. Up to a
fern- days of his death he was at his
desk and did a full day's work."
PLANSMPEDITE
CITY MAIL SERVICE
Co-Operation Between Post
Office Authorities and School
Officials Is in View.
Arrangements for co-operation be
i ?cm iiir vicj j/usi untvc <iuu iiic puulic
schools of the District were completed
today by Postmaster Merritt O.
Chance and Ernest L. Thurston, superintendent
of schools. A list of the
buildings where talks will be made by
employes of the post office before
school children, for the purpose of educating
them and helping them in
facilitating the mail service, was announced.
When the speakers have completed
their assignments the pupils are to
3ubmit essays on the desirability of
early mailing of Christmas parcels,
etc. The sixteen boys submitting the
best essays will be selected for appointment
to the temporary force em- ,
ployed at the post office for service
during the Christmas holiday period.
Postmaster Chance is preparing cards
for distribution to the homes in Washington,
this being another phase of the
campaign to help facilitate the mails.
These cards are nearly ready and, it
is expected, will be placed in every
home in Washington December 2. Cards
also will be placed on the street cars.
These will remind the people that in
past years the letter carriers and other
employes of the post office have had
very little of the Christmas cheer that
they enjoy and the public will be asked
tr> /I/* Ite nort 4n cacinir that tha tknn.
sand or more homes of the employes of j
the post office are afforded an oppor- tunlty
to participate in the holiday
festivities.
Many civic organizations already
have indorsed the movement. A letter
is now being: prepared by Postmaster
Chance, which will be placed before
every civic body in Washington, urging:
co-operation in this movement.
Talks are to be made in the schools,
as follows:
White Schools.
Monday, November 27?9 a.m.. New
Central High School; 10 a.m.. Cleveland
School; 2 p.m., Brookland School; 9 a.m.,
Tenley School; 10 a.m., E. V. Brown
School: 11 a.m., John Eaton School, and
1 p.m., Dangdon School.
Tuesday, November 28?9 a.m., McKinley
Manual Training School; 10 a.m.,
Van Buren; 13:15 a.m., Bryan School,
and 1:30 p.m., Congress Heights.
Wednesday, November 29?9 a.m., Jefferson
School, and 10 a.m., Grant
School.
Monday. December 4?9 a.m.. Business |
High School, and 10 a.m., Handle Highlands
School.
Tuesday, December 5?9 a.m.. Eastern j
Hiarh School 1 for hio-h nuniiev
10 a.m.. Peabody School: 11 a.m.. Carbery
School; 1 p.m., Edmonds School;
2 p.m.. Maury School, and 2:15 p.m.. 1
Eastern High School (for grade school <
pupils). '
Colored Schools. 1
December 6, 9 a-m., Dunbar High; 10 <
a.m., Garfield School; 11 a.ra.# Mott '
School: 1 p.m.. Dean wood School; 2 p.m.,
Old M Street.
December 1, 9 a.m., Miner Normal
School; 10 a.m., Military Road School; ?
11 a.m., Sumner School: 1 p.m.. Fort
Reno School; 2 p.m., Randall School.
December 8, 9 a_m.. Armstrong School;
10 a.m.. Crummell School; 11 a.m., Cariloza
Vocational School; 1 p.m., Smothers
School; 2 p.nk. O Street Vocational.
woulIMs.
build own ships
Representative Butler Thinks
Private Yards Are Entirely
Too Slow. 1
I
The fact that the four battleships ap- ,
propriated for the first months of this
Congress will not slide from the ways
to the water until 3 920 or 1911 aroused ,
Representative Butler of Pennsylvania (
today to declare In open hearing that i
the American people wouldn't stand for 1
such delay and that he proposed to ask ]
that the T'nited States build its own ,
ships, and build them in 30 months. 1
"If we cannot gel our ships built fast
enough in the private yards, which are
already crowded with orders for com- ;
mercial craft," said Mr. Butler, "then 1
arn in favor of building them all in our
own yards. I believe we can get speed
in our own yards.
vI've been told they are building battleships
abroad In thirty months and here
the private yards offer to build us our
four new battleships in three and a half
years. If we need ships, then we need
them now, and this government can pay
any price for labor that is necessary to
get ships made at top speed."
Representative Butler made this declaration
at the hearing before the naval
affairs committee of the House today
after Admiral David W. Taylor. >
ctiler constructor or tne united states!
Navy, had haid that the New York i
Shipbuilding Company and the Fore
River Company would take approximately
three and a half years to construct
the four battleships authorized
in the naval appropriation act passed
by Congress in the previous session.
The battle cruisers, said the admiral,
have not been figured on. Private
builders seem to be hesitating when it
comes to contracting to deliver battle
cruisers which have to live up to a
guaranteed speed of thirty-five knot
speed.
Problem a Ticklish One.
According to Representative Roberts
of Massachusetts, the problem of applying
45,000 horsepower to the shafts is
too ticklish a job to be grabbed at with- ;
out considerable thought. Admiral Tay- !
lor said he had not heard it stated that !
way, but that the cost of the battle!
cruisers would be so great?$16,000,000;
?that private builders did not want to
run the risk of having them turned
back by the government. It would,
wipe out any one of the companies, it
was said today, to have a battle cruiser
not accepted.
Decision before the committee today
developed also the fact that there Is
talk among naval officers of a fortythousand-ton
battleship, with speed of
about twenty-three knots, and twelve
sixteen-inch guns. This would be an
improvement in speed of three knots,
and a heavier armament by four big
guns, than anything In the navy now.
Admiral Taylor was not so sure as
Representative Butler that the United
States can build the big ships any
faster than the private firms. lie said
that labor is scarce at present, and
that It seems to be impossible to put
on upeed.
$5 GOLD PIECES
FOR PAPER SAVING
Merchants, Co-Operating With
The Star, Arrange Wraping
Contest.
IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
The committee of representatives of
big: department stores and other merchants
which has in charge the plans
iui a uik papci -saniijj iiciiionnu anuu
and "bundle-wrapping contest" to take
place Thanksgiving eve was informed
today that The Star will donate six
cash prizes for the boys and girls employed
in Washington stores who do
the best work during the contest by
wrapping bundles and packages with
the least use of paper and string and
in the shortest time.
The committee of department store'
and other merchandising representa- j
tives, which is co-operating with The
Star in the general public interest,
with "thrift" as a watchword, and
economy in the use of paper and elim- |
ination of expensive waste particularly
in mind in connection with the "bundle-wrapping
contest," reported today ;
that the general public has evidently!
become greatly interested in the sub- !
ject of paper-saving.
Instances of women refusing to have
bundles wrapped in the stores were reported.
and one woman who watched a
purchase being wrapped protested
against the use of what she considered j
too much paper, saying she did not 1
want so much paper waste in her home i
and thought the general public would
save money by being as careful in ;
these modern times as folks were in j
the old days. If householders generally
would insist on saving paper.
The committee accepted the following
offer from The Star concerning the !
prizes at the "bundle-wrapping con- j
test" to be held Thanksgiving eve:
To Award Five-Dollar Gold Pieces.
A prize of a five-dollar gold piece
will be given to the boy who wraps a
bundle or package with the least paper
and string, in the shortest time and in
the best manner.
A prize of a five-dollar gold piece
will be given to the girl who wraps a
bundle or package with the least paper
and string, in the shortest time and in
the best manner.
A prize of a $2.50 gold piece will be
given to the boy who does the work
In the second best manner, with next to
the least paper and string, and next to
the shortest time,
A prize of a $2.50 gold piece will be
given to the girl who does the work in
the second best manner, with next to
the least paper and string, and next to
the shortest time.
A prize of a brand-new silver dollar
will be given to the boy who ranks
third in the contest, and another prize
:>f a brand-new silver dollar will be
given to the girl who ranks third in
the contest.
Competition Open to All.
The competition will he open to all j
aoys and girls employed as bundle j
wrappers In the stores of Washington,
rrespective of whether they are employed
in stores represented on the
committee or not. The committee an- :
lounced today that the competition is i
ppen to all employes of all Washing- j
ion stores, no matter where located, !
arge or small, ana mat store proprie- j
:ors or superintendents who desire to
nave their emploves present at the
contest are requested to call up The
Star and apply for blank invitations.
Committee to Hold Meeting.
The committee arranged today to hold
i meeting at The Star building at 2
/clock Monday afternoon, to arrange
:he program of the evening. It is expected
that one of the Washington I
(heaters will be used as the place for j
:he contest, and the exact place, time, |
?tc., for the big paper-saving demon- j
itration will be announced in The |
Star tomorrow morning.
An amusement program is also being
irranged. There will be funny moving
pictures, some vaudeville sketches,
singing, arid an orchestra will be engaged
to play what the boys and girls
call "sneaky" music while the bundleevrapping
contest is going on, just like
Lhat sort of music is played when the
icrobats are doing their dangerous
light-rope walking on the vaudeville
tage.
Will Aid Boys and Girls.
Besides the amusement the boys and
[Tins will ituiaiii uurni^ me von ieo i,
however, this novel Thanksgiving: eve
"party" may result in the boys and
icirls learning something which will be
>t real value in their work and assist
them to forge ahead in the world and
obtain increases of salaries. Ambitious
boys and girls soon "catch on," members
of the committee in charge said to-'
Say. and young America will be quick :
to learn that the saving of paper?put-'
ting every piece of it to use?will
mean something to his or her employer,
mid mean something, too, to the mother
r#r father at home, who is compelled to
pay, iri one form or another, for every
piece of paper that comes into the
house wrapped around a package or
bundle, only to be thrown out as trash
and waste.
VEXING PROBLEM
UP TO CONGRESS
<continued from First Page.)
make it Impossible for many working
men to adequately feed their families,
resulting In a menace to the social and
physical well being of the nation;
therefore the convention urged upon
President Wilson and Congress "the
necessity of placing an embargo, in
harmony with international law, upon
the export of wheat and other food
stuffs, until it is positively decided that
our domestic needs are fully provided
for."
Law Phase Presented.
As to "harmony with International
law." the State Department has already
announced that an embargo laid for
explicitly declared domestic purposes,
that is to say, the conservation of food
for home consumption and not as a
retaliatory measure for real or fancied
international grievance, is entirely
within international law.
And yet the statesmen on the hill will
be called upon to consider what the effect
of the embargo will be, regardless
of its motive. Sympathizers with Germany
will, it is expected, applaud it,
while the pro-allies will see threatened
starvation of England and will assuredly
bring pressure to bear to stop it.
And so it goes, around arid around,
objections and advocacy almost equally
divided, until the statesmen will 11 nd
themselves in a maze of perplexities.
Meanwhile prices are still going up.
Democrats Must Explain
Lower Prices Abroad Than
Here for Our Foodstuffs
The democrats In Congress, who are
clamoring tor an embargo on food
stuffs, will h*ve to explain why It is
that American foodstuffs are being
sold At lower export prices than they
bring Hi American markets, said Senator
Starting of South Dakota, republican,
t?4a#. Quoted from A ^te*
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ment issued by former Senator .Tona|
than Bourne of Oregon, in which Mr. j
Bourne uses the figures just published J
by the Department of Commerce and '
Labor to show that enormous quantities
of foodstuffs have been shipped
, abroad this year at prices much less
than those charged in this country, and
also at prices lower than the export
prices of last year, although the prices
in this country .to consumers have continued
to increase rapidly. i
| "Of course, I believe in America first
| and in safeguarding the interests of
! the American consumers of foodstuffs,"
said Senator Sterling, "but from the
figures issued by the Department of
' Ulllllicixe itliu ?CiH IIIC UJ
; Bourne, it appears that the reason for
the increase in the cost of living may (
1 be found in manipulations of the American
markets and not in the amount
of exports. It looks as though the
I democratic administration had not been
; capable of handling the situation.
No Reason for Embargo.
I "Out in my country, which is a couni
try of farmers largely, there would be
1 strong protest against an embargo on
! the articles which they produce. They
will argue that there is no more reason
for placing an embargo on foodstuffs s
than there is for placing an embargo '
on articles manufactured of steel and f
iron which must be used by the farm
ers and which have increased in price,
also on account of the war in Europe, 1
it is said. (
"Here is what Senator Bourne had to j
say on the subject:
" 'We are shipping foodstuffs and 1
coal to foreign consumers at prices far 1
lower than those quoted at home. The r
American people who are not participating
in war wages and war profits j N
are about to face a winter with the j j
cost of living higher than ever before j
in our history. ; j
" 'The official figures of the Depart- j y
ment of Commerce, which have be- ! T
latedly been made public, show that j r
the prices which our people have, to ! t
pay for foodstuffs produced in this J ^
country, compared with the prices at I c
which those same articles are shipped ! ^
to our customers abroad, are out- g
rageously high, and that a large por- | "(l
tion of the American public has to foot : T
the prosperity bill. : \
Pay More for Flour Than Europe. : J
"Flour has gone to $12 a barrel and [
slated for $14. Bread has increased to 0 |
cents a loaf. During the first eight |
months of 1915 we exported, mainly to a
the belligerents, 10,316,000 barrels of s
flour, the average export price being :
$6.50 per barrel. During the first eight j n
months of the present year we exported ! 0
10,356,000 barrels of Hour, at an aver- !s
age export price of $5.60 per barrel. r
Europe got a reduction of 90 cents, we f
pay an increase of $6. We exported J j
during 'he 1915 period 141,00u,UOo bush- l *
els of wheat, average export price, $1.46 j 11
per bushel; during the 1916 period we ;
exported a little over 100,oo?u?Od bush- 1 ^
els, average export price. $1.31%, a fall- j ,
lng off of 41,ooo,000 bushels in exports, j f
and of 14% cents in cost to our foreign :
purchasers. But wheat hovers around
$2 here.
"We exported 1,000,000 less bushels of
corn during the 1916 period thhri dur- j v
ing the 1915 period, the export bushel , .
price advancing from 81 to 84 cents; it j
has advanced 4o and 43 cents here. Rye .
exports increased 2,000,000 bushels, the j
export price per bushel decreased 21 i r
cents to our foreign customers, while j j,
the people of this country have to pay j
40 cents more per bushel. Figures on j
oatmeal remained about the same for j
the foreigner, but we now pay more.
Beef Reduced to Foreigners. j h
"The south sold 101,000,000 pounds of
rice to the foreigner during the 1916:
period at 4.1 cents, which is just what I t
45,000.000 pounds of it exported for I
during the 1915 period. We sold 10,- ; J
000.000 dozen eggs to the foreigners. b
durifig the first eight months of 1915 ti
for 21.6 cents a dozen, and 15,000,000 i'
dozen for the 1916 period at 23 cents a ?
dozen, and a purchaser of a dozen eggs e
in this country goes home under a ];
heavy guard. k
"Nearly 190,000,000 pounds of fresh t
beef went abroad during the 1915 c
period at an export pound price of 12.9 f
cents, and 132,000,000 pounds for the v
1916 period at 12.4 cents. o
"Butter exports to our foreign cus- o
tomers fell off nearly 50 per cent, corn- t!
paring the two periods, the price ad- 0
vancing from 25 to 27.4 cents per $
pound. In the United States oleo is
rapidly becoming more popular. Con- t
densed milk exports jumped from1 o
35.000,000 to 154,000,000 pounds, and the o
price advanced from 7.8 to 8 cents to t<
the foreigner. How does the farmer or li
the consumer fare here? n
"We sent about 1,000.000 bushels of c
beans abroad during the 1915 period s
at 30 cents, and 1,280,000 for the 1916 t
period at 34.7 cents. Beans here have o
advanced 50 per cent, and every Satur- t
day is a day of mourning in Boston, n
The only large advance in export price n
to our foreign customers is in potatoes
?from 62 cents to $1.13, and they are e
$2 here." d
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Attractive Planoerravure
Section in Sunday's Star | [
i The Planogravure Section of '
j tomorrow's Star will bo excepj
tionally attractive.
The first page will be devoted
j to realistic war pictures reproj
duced with great fidelity.
But Europe is not the only part J
of the earth convulsed by battles.
The gridiron war is at its height
in this country, and another page
will show nine of the leading college
foot ball captains in action.
There will be many other interesting
reproductions of both f
local and foreign photographs, r
among vrhich will be a picture I
of the proposed East Potomac n
Park, which Is destined to be the c
finest recreation grounds in the t
> country. x
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HEIR WAY TO MONAS
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AKING ADVAXTAGi: OP THE LIMIT]
VIKI TO MO*ASTIR WHICH WAS REC
MMAS TEMPLE STAGES
DAZZLING CEREMONIAL
Final Session of the Year Pleases j
Nobles Gathered at National I
Eifles' Armory.
'Mohammedan Fair" Probably Will j
Be Held in Interest of Much- J
Talked-Of Mosque.
Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine
ast evening- staged its final ceremolial
session of the year at the Naion.il
TtififK' Armnrv with n "Hawaiian!
jetting-, and beneath the opalescent
;kies of the southern seas, amid groves
>f palrn trees and tropical flowers, its
amous Arab Patrol disported itself as
'native Kanakas" to the music of the
ikelele and the plaintiff melodies of
iueen Liluokalani's one-time dominons.
That the scene and the accom)anying
entertainment came as a deightful
surprise to the thousand or
nore nobles gathered for the occasion
vas evidenced by the "Ahs" and ap?lause
that was loath to be suppressed.
As is customary on such occasions, IIustrious
Potentate L.. Whiting Kstes, in
lis dazzling raiment and wonderful miter,
velcomed nearly forty "wandering tribesnen
of tlie desert" and started them on
heir "flight to Mecca" with all the pomp, i
lignity and variations of a typical Shrine
eremonial. Red and green lights were
urned at notable stages of the "journey."
cimitars flashed in a glowing bath of
leetric illuminations and just what acually
did happen beyond this might only
>e surmised from the shouts and groans
hat frequently were wafted beyond the
fled doors to the uninitiate beyond.
Uncertain as to Feelings.
"It was some ceremonial," remarked
. weary noble at the close; "And then
ome," quickly added one of the newly
ledged nobles who had not quite yet
ssured himself whether he was happy
r miserable, for it is said both are posible
at a Shrine ceremonial at which the
ites of the Mohammedan are made to
orm the contrast for the ceremonies of {
he Christian and many and varied inter- I
lolations "by the. daring" blend in mak- j
rig a noble of the Mystic Shrine.
H. Kahalemake Oilman, William S. j
weet. John S. lierryman. John Harry, I
Victoria Vopes, John D. Allen and j
ohn F. M. Howie were the stars j
f the Hawaiian entertainment, asisted
by the nobles of the Arab ;
'atrol, and great volumes of applause j
ose at its close to testify the appreiation
of the audience. Capt. Louis C. !
Vilson was formally complimented and :
hanked by Potentate Estes for the entertainment
and assured he would be [
aptain of the patrol another year.
Previous to the "ceremonial" proper '
eports were made to the temple by j
ts special committee of three. Pa at
Potentate Roe Fulkerson, chairman; I
ohn Poole and Harry Wardman, which ,
howed the much-talked-of new ,
mosque temple" for Almas Temple to |
e well within reach.
"Mohammedan Fair" Likely.
The committee was continued "with auhority
to act" and later on Illustrious j
'otentate Estes will add to its number, i
'he first move to be made, probably, will j
e a "Mohammedan fair," to which the
obles unanimously committed themselves :
ti a vote of enthusiastic cheers. 11 was !
tated that one of the most prominent ; '
-uilders of Washington had offered to j
rect the new temple at the actual cost of .
sLbor and material, without profit of any |
ind to himself. Another offered to do '
he same and then contribute $1,000 in ;
ash for the privilege. Still another of- i
ered to find and purchase the ground i *
without cost of any kind for conveyancing, '
r commission. One enthusiastic noble (
ffered to take $25,000 worth of bonds if J'
hat plan were decided upon, another 510,- j '
00 and many others sums ranging from |<
5,000 down to $100. ! ,
Almas Temple is evidently determined
o erect its new home, and that with- ! s
ut delay. Motion pictures were shown j?
f the handsome mosque erected by the <
emple at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., but as al- 1
uring as the pictures seemed to be the '
obles of Almas, almost without ex- J
eption, clamored for something hand- I
onier and more imposing for the capi- '
al of the United States. Other mattery <
f business were quickly dispatched,
he chief feature of the evening, the
ew temple, being the only topic the
obles seemed disposed to discuss.
After the ceremonial the nobles, head- ]
d by the potentate arid his oiticial
Ivan, marched to the old Masonic Tern- 1
le, 9th and F streets northwest, where J
,n elaborate collation was served '
irhile a full brass band played at in- I
ervals until the close.
lKAPPniNTFn IN IMF
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SHOOTS SELF IN CHEST1
Granville Adams, Jr., of Falls '
Church Ends His Life When I
Sweetheart Weds Another. !
J. Granville Adams. jr., twentyour
years old. was found in bed in his
oom over the drug store of G. T. Maill
i ii & Co., Falls Church, Va.. tills
lorniiig. with a bullet wound in his
hest. He was conscious and able
o tell the story of the self-inflicted
round, although his host of friends in
he Virginia village and Shis city well
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understood the motive for the deed.
Miss Pearl P. McDaniel, with whom he
said he was In love and to whom he
had paid court for a year or more,
yesterday became the wife of David F.
Parrott, another resident of the village
and a go\Ternment employe.
Her marriage, it is stated, deeply affected
Adams. It was about 4 o'clock
this morning when the shot was fired,
the wounded man explained, but it was
not until several hours later, when a
clerk in the drug store appeared for
duty, that he was f6und.
The wounded man was brought to
this city this morning and taken to
George Washington University Hospital
where he died at 1:45 o'clock this
afternoon.
Favorite at Falls Church.
Granville Adams, as the young man
was familiarly known to the people of
Falls Church, it Is stated, was one of
the favorites there. During the several
years he was employed in Mahkin's
drug store he became acquainted with
almost every resident of the village
and vicinity. He was polite and obliging
and endeared himself to all who
knew him.
Only recently he left the employ of
Mr. Man kin and accepted the position
of prescription clerk in an F street
drug store, retaining his room over the
store at Falls Church. Miss McDaniel,
said to be one of the prettiest young
women in Falls Church, formerly was
employed as a clerk in the village post
office and also had a wide acquaintance.
It is stated that the couple had been
much together, and surprise was expressed
when it became known she was
to occome me wiie or Mr. Parrott.
Adams' parents moved to Falls
Church from Front Hoyal, Va., about
ten years ago, and his father had a
blacksmith shop there. Not long: ago
he and his wife returned to Front
Royal, the son remaining at Falls
Church. A married sister of the wounded
man resides in this city.
FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION
IS SUBJECT OF LECTURE
Two Large Audiences Hear Lieut.
Zinovi Pechkoff, Medal of
Valour Man.
lief ore two capacity audiences composed
of members of the National
Geographic Society, Lieut. Zinovi Pechkoff,
a medal of valour veteran of the
European war, lectured in the new
Masonic Temple yesterday afternoon
and evening on "The French Foreign
Legion on the Western Front." "
While the empty sleeve, pinned across
his right breast, bore mute testimony
of the price he had paid for serving
the cause of the entente allies, the
young Russian barely touched upon
the personal share which he took in
the battles raging in the Champagne;
from September, 1914, to May 9, 1915,
the day on which he was wounded
while storming a machine gun battery
with a company of Legionaires, in
which were serving under him at the
time eight American youths.
History of Foreign Legion.
Lieut. Pechkoff opened his lecture by]
recounting briefly the thrilling history]
of the French roreigm legion and its .glories ]
on battlefields in many quarters of the
globe lie then carried his audiences
with rilm to the primitive trenches of
the first weeks of the war. Aided by
a few striking lantern slides, the
speaker described the rapid manner in ]
which the exigencies of the struggle!
caused the shallow holes in the ground,
originally scooped out for each individual
soldier, evolved into the vast,
complicated labyrinths of trenches
which now form a gigantic network
over all the battle fronts of the world.
A pathetic note was injected into the
lecture when a garden spot of flowers
and shrubs was shown in the midst of
shells, cannon and other paraphernalia
of war. The garden had been laid out
a.nd planted in a deep, cavelike trench
by a soldier who in times of peace was
i gardener, and his comrades jealously
guarded it as the single touch of
home" which remained to them in
cruel surroundings.
Parade of Allied Nations.
A stirring description of the great
parade of all the allied nations in Paris j
on the 3 4th of last July?the anniversary
of the fall of the Bastille and of
the birth of French liberty?was given
by the speaker as a peroration.
Lieut. Pechkoff is almost boyish in j
appearance, and the hardships of war i
have dimmed neither his eye nor his J
biithusiasm. He wore a dark blue uniform,
devoid of insignia of rank, but !
with the military cross with palms and j
the medal for valor, both decorations of j
the French government, pinned over his j
heart.
Contracts for Destroyers.
Mare Island navy yard, California,
lias been awarded contracts for two
lestroyers of the twenty authorized by
Congress. The yard offered to build
;ach of these vessels for $96&,105. The
lowest bid from private shipbuilders
was $1,195,000.
New Post Office
514 11th St. N.W.
| The now branch post offlce on
the west side of 11th street below
F Is a great convenience for
many shoppers.
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ARMY-NAVY GAME
[RAWS BIG CROWD
Men From Both Arms of Service
There to Cheer On
the Players.
COLD AT POLO GROUNDS
By the Associated Prees.
POLO GROUNDS. NEW YORK. November
15.?In expectation of an attack
by 50,000 spectators for the ArmyNavy
game who would have to be
sifted in through the narrow turnstiles
to the Polo Grounds within the space
of two hours, with the bulk of the rush]
in the last fifteen minutes, th? police]
early occupied th? surrounding: streets
with a battalion of 425 patrolmen,
drawn In from all precincts of thej
greater city and put under the command
of an inspector. A temporary
branch police headquarters was established
at the grounds for the afternoon,
and th? inspector and his men
acted as an independent unit, with
nothing to do but watch over the welfare
of the Army and Navy and see
that they could hold their battle in
peace.
Engrage in Verbal Battle.
The work of the police began early,
i Shortly after 11 o'clock sailors and soijdiers
from the ranks began to drift into
{the streets about the ground in small
'groups. Then a whole platoon of artilj
lerymen arrived with a cheer leader at
I their head, and a few minutes later a de|
tachment of bluejackets from the dreadi
naught Pennsylvania rolled up the street
on their sea legs. There was a spirited
clash between the two armies of the serv;
ice, but strictly of the verbal kind, as the
J rival factions jeered each other.and promj
ised dire defeat to each other's teams.
From this on the bluejackets continued
to pour in through the cross streets
1 from tho Hudson river, where a fleet of
i sixteen battleships and lesser fighting:
j craft had dropped anchor to give their
, crews a chance to get to their annual
{foot ball classic. It was said that about
j 10,000 men were granted shore leave from
the fleet.
Cadets Arrive First.
The cadets* battalion from West
Point, 760 strong, were the first of the
two college contingents to arrive. Vocally
they were under the command of
Cheer Leaders Harrison and Whitcomb.
They brought no animal mascot, but
had a mountain gun as their talisman.
They made the trip from the academy
I In a special train, which stopped near
j the Polo Grounds. A few minutes lat
er the Army squad came from its hotel
! in automobiles and was cheered into
j its quarters.
The cold weather drove the civilian
crowds into somber winter wraps, but
the big yellow chrysanthemums that
the women carried, the rival pennants
and the Army bands gave a plentiful
sprinkling of color to bleacher and
graudstand.
180,000 SPECTATORS
THRONG YALE BOWL
!
jRecord Crowd a Feature of
Foot Bali Game Between
Elis and Harvard.
CLEAR WEATHER PREVAILS
j By the Associated Press.
j NEW HAVEN. Conn., November 25.?
i Clear skies, crisp atmosphere, which J
| made furs and sheepskin coats accept- j
j able, and a westerly wind with enough |
j energy in it to influence the punting j
side of the game were the weather con- |
ditions today for the Yale-Harvard \
foot ball classic in the great Yale bowl, j
| It was such a day that promised to
I fulfill every requirement in the weath(
er line.
j Eighty thousand persons, lacking a
I few hundred, considered themselves .
j fortunate in having obtained seats
! among the 100,000 who had applied for
! reservations within the bowl.
! Until the actual start of play the ^
crowd in its proportions and its?com- i
plexion was a subject of interest that
almost vied with the impending: game.
Yale supporters, and they outnumbered .
those of Harvard by some 30,000, for
the first time in years, looked to the
meeting- with belief of victory. They ]
sought odds in their wagering, generally
at 9 to 10. but many instances of
equal betting were reported. Harvard's
enthusiasts, as in gridiron contests
with the Blue since the advent of Percy
Haughton as coach, placed absolute re- i
liance in their team.
The height of the rush of spectators j
was reached shortly after noon, when I 1
the special trains from all sections of ! f
New England and from New York be- .
gan to deposit their passengers as j
fast as the station platforms would ac- j *
commodate the throngs. The streets | i
leading to the center of the city and j
to the bowl were congested for hours
before game time and the masses of *
pedestrians unable to obtain transpor- t
tation were forced to move at the pro- 1
verbial snail's pace. t
Not within the memory of oldest a
foot ball followers have the scenes of 1
today occurred in this city or in any a
other center of gridiron activity. It \
appeared that every community for
hundreds of miles about had entered c
into a free-for-all beauty contest and t
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Player* Have Quiet Xendaf.
The player* themselves were tar removed
from nolee and sight of the
80,000 spectators gathered for the
struggle. The Tale squad remained at
the Infirmary until time to leave for
the dressing quarters, and It was announced
that aside from a short walk
the forenoon had been given over to
rest.
At the eleventh hour the Ell coaches
appeared to favor sending La Roche In
at quarterback In place of Smith, who
still showed the effects of his recent attack
of tonsilttls.
The Harvard squad arrived by special
train from New London shortly before
noon and remained aboard until time
to leave for the bowl.
There was little change In the betting
odds. Harvard remaining a slight
favorite, although there was no lack of
Yale backing, and the wagering war.
heavier than In many years.
mayothb
pay for teachers
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Qfllorw InapaooA I SI/AIu 4A DA
wuiui j mvitasc (.lively IU DC
Urged Along With Pension
System.
PRESENT SCALE A LOW ONE
Higher salaries for teachers of the
public schools of the District of < o
lumbia probably will be asked of Con
gress at the same timo the bill for
teachers' pensions Is placed before the
national legislature.
Rev. Dr. John Van Schaick, preaiden
of the board of education, said thla afternoon
that ho considered it likely tha'
this request would be brought before
Congress. If It is done he promises his *
full support. Such action probably will
have the support of the District Commissioners.
Commissioner Newman,
president of the board, having already
intimated hia willingnesa to support *
such a movement. In discussing the ^
plans for teachers' pensions at a mans
meeting, held Tuesday night at
runtral Uitrl. 1 **- * ' ;J
?v.iv? ai QI.I1UU1, >ui. new man VKIU
"Now, what you want to do in to
for aa increase in salaries at the same
time."
Pensions Not an Increase.
It was pointed out today that the
salaries of the teachers of the putdic
schools of the National Capital are in
adequate, the great bulk of them receiving
less than $1,100 a year, ami
this after many years of service. The
pension, as it has been planned, can
not properly be counted as an increase
in salaries, as might be done In some
cases, as the teaohers themselves a"
to pay the major portion into the fund,
the government contributing only a
minor amount, it is explained.
Public school teachers in Washington
are paid on a salary scale which
ranges according to the class in which
the teacher is and according to the
length of service. In some instance* f
the basic salary, as it is termed, of a.
higher class is less than the amout>*
of the basic salary of the lower days
plus the longevity allowance. The an
nual salaries, which embrace both th
basic and longevity pay, are low, how
ever. Teachers must pass from outclass
to another.
Salaries of Tqpchers.
Here is a list of the number of tea- j
ers.ln each cla6S at present and tin
annual salary:
Receiving: from $500 to $600, eighty
teachers.
Receiving from $600 to $700.
teachers.
Receiving from $650 to $900 <t'?.
maximum here can be reached onl>
after at least ten years in this class?
495 teachers.
Receiving from $800 to $1,100 (her.
too, the maximum can be attained onl>
after ten years), 434 teachers.
Receiving from $950 to $1,350 tma\
mum only after ten years' service in tinclass),
119 teachers.
Receiving from $1,000 to $1,800 (this
is in the high schools and maximum is
reached only after eight years), 304
teachers.
Receiving from $1,000 to $2,200 (maximum
only after four years in this class,
which must be reached in part through
promotion in the class above), twentyfour
teachers.
It is possible teachers now in the
service will be given the option of
joining in the pension system, in view ^
of the fact that deductions must b*made
from their salary if they want t?>
be in it. New teachers, however, will
he appointed on the provision that they
join in the system. This is to be done
in order that the school heads a feu
years from now will not face the same
problem they do today?what to do **
with a number of teachers grown old in .
service who are no lonsrer efficient, and
who have no one to whom to look to
for support.
RAILROAD Y. M. C. A. HAS FIRE
More Than 100 Men Narrowly Escape
Death at Columbns.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 25.More
than one hundred railroad men
narrowly escaped death early this
morning- when fire broke out in the
Railway Y. M. C. A. building:. Rapid
spread of the (lames through the halls
>f the building cut off the means of
?xiit from the upper floors, where th"
nen were sleeping. A general alarm
. rought the city's entire flre-flghting
'orce to the scene in time to control
he Are. and enable the railroad men to
eave the building. One man was
turned about the head and shoulder-,
md two others were slightly burned,
rhe origin of the Are has not been
Lscertained. Damage to the building '
vi71 not exceed $5,000.
Trolley wires in the street were torn
lown by the fire apparatus, and several
Iremon were severely shocked.
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