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WOMEN COMMENCE
CONVENTION HERI
Mothers and Parent-Teachei
Associations Hear of Tremendous
Growth.
Welcomed by their president, Mrt
Milton I\ Higgrins of Massachusetts
delegates from practically every stat
in the Union assembled for the open
ing of the twenty-fifth annual con
vent ion of the National Congress o
Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associa
tions at the New Kbbitt Hotel todaj
Mrs. Higgins briefly outlined th
tremendous growth of the organiza
tion in the past year, dwelt on th
splendid co-operation being extendei
the association by civic bodies al
over the country, stressed the im
portr.nce of the non-sectarian aspect
now being fostered by all state presi
dents, and predicted wonderful re
suits for the year 1921.
Following ten-minute reports fron
many of the state presidents, in wbicl
various membership committees in
closed figur *s. showing increase
running from 25 to 500 per cent dur
ins in*- (laM iwrive imniiiirs mr
vention was turned over to a roum
table conference, at which subject
vital to all mothers were discussed ii
detail.
Mrs. Isaac L Hilles of Iowa pre
sided and papers were read by Di
Valeria Parker on "Social Hygiene"
Mrs. C. E. Allen, "Marriage Sanctity.'
and Mrs. F. W. Stevens, "Home Eco
norr.ics."
Attend Thrift Luncheon.
Eater many of the delegates at
tended the thrift luncheon, held ii
the hotel, when they were addressee
by Orren Lester, associate directo
united savings section of the Treas
ury; Miss Katherine Howard of th<
woman's division and Mrs. Elli
Caruthers Forter of Dallas. Tex., na
tinnal chairman of the thrift commit
lee of the organization, who spoke 01
the establishment of local banks it
her native state by children. Shi
said that more than 350 such institu
tions had been started in the pas
year.
At a conference of state leaden
west of the Mississippi. Dr. Jesse Rus
sell of California tvas elected temporary
chairman, and Miss Carolyi
Fargrave of Iowa secretary. Aftei
the general session today a meeting
will be held when permanent officer!
will be elected and a tentative program
outlined for all workers in thosi
states of the section.
An important action taken today bj
the national hrwtv waa #>nn>ian.inc
of the more than twenty-flve departments
into five great divisions, namely.
home-making, educational, program.
legislative and publicity.
Membmhop Totals 27S.72I.
The treasurer's report, as read bj
Jirs. Hubert N. Rowell of California
bowed the total membership of the
organization to be 278,721, with deposits
on hand amounting to $21.847.42.
Starting at 2 o'clock, a closed session
was held, at which voting delegates
only were admitted. Mrs. Orville
T. Bright, presided, and a detailed
report of the parliamentarian. Mrs. F.
14. Stevens, on the revision of by-laws
was read. i
THiring thin BaoolAo ?
?? HBBIU|| man> U1 UJe visitors
availed themselves of an opportunity
to inspect interesting points of the
city.
A mass meeting will be held at the
( Central High School tonight, when the
principal speakers will be P. P. Claxton.
federal commissioner of education;
Dr. Frank Ballou. superintendent
of schools in the District; Mrs. Giles
Scott Rafter, president of the District
Mothers' Congress, and Mrs. Higgins,
national president of the organization.
A feature of the evening will be music
by the Central High School Orchestra
The invocation will be nrinimmnui k?
Uev. Alfred Harding. Bishop of Washll.gton.
President and Mrs. Harding will receive
the delegates at the White House
tomorrow at 2:45 o'clock.
Late arrivals today Included Mrs.
Frederick Schoof of Philadelphia, former
national president- and editor of
the Child Welfare Magfczine. and Mrs.
James Gordon Battelle of Columbus
Ohio.
COMMITTEE SOON TO TAKE
UP RECLASSIFICATION
Senator Sterling Will . Try to
Arrange for Joint
Hearings.
Senator Sterling of South Dakota
chairman of the oivil servioe committee.
to whioh the bille for the ret-laaaiflcation
of government employee
have been referred, announced today
That hs would cml! the committee tonether
at an early date to begin the
consideration of this important legislation.
The South Dakota senator said that
he would try to arrange for joint
hearings before the Senate and House
civil service committees on reclassification
legislation. In this way, he said,
it would be possible to expedite the
passage of the reclassification bill.
The Sterling bill and the Smoot bill
both dealing with reclassification
have been referred to the civil service
committee, which wili pass upon th*
matter of classification and the salaries
which are to be paid. After th<
civil service committee has finished
its work the reclassification bill wili
go to the Se nate appropriations committee,
where the matter of making
appropriations for the proposed salPl?.u
will V> O e- 'f ? -?
m ?.a *(? W1IOIUCICU.
JAPANESE NOT WARLIKE,
FOREIGN MINIStER SAYS
Viscount Uchida Declares Disadvantageous
Position Nation Holds
Creates Misinterpretation.
by tii# Aaaoriated Pre*?.
TOKIO. April 26.?Japan, being in t
disadvantageous position on accoun
of the difference in nearly everythinj
betweeu the east and west, is made t<
appear a warlike nation, Viacoun
Uchida. the foreign minister, told a
meeting of the Japanese league o
nations society here today.
"Nothing can he further from thi
truth than the idea that Japan is ben
on fighting," Viscount L'chida added
"Japan has never waged war excep
undt-r compelling circumstances."
The foreign'minister expressed th
opinion that. despite skeplicisn
the international league of nation
had come to stay, and eventuail;
would become the moving spirit 11
the world's affairs. Japan, he de
? hired, snould do her utmost to as
*>*t the league, thus adding to th
national prestige
IRISH CAMPAIGN OPENS.
Ulster Election Balloting Wii
Take Place on May 16 or 18.
Itv 'he Associated Press.
BELFAST. April 25.?It was said tc
day in otflclal quarters that the wrl
lor the l.'lster elections will be issue
2-lay 2. and that the balloting wi
take place May 16 or May 18.
All the parties now have complete
their nominations, and garopaigmn
has begun in a small way.
The majority of the Sinn Fsln car
didales already are in jail or are o
the run. It is said the nationalist
]<k< the Sinn Feiners, will adopt th
plan of holding their meetings behin
closed doors, at least in districi
v here open air meetings might lea
to disorders.
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" CAPTURE BY TIR/
1 AS SEA GIVES U1
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By the Aeeoeia ted Press.
NORFOLK, Va., April 26?Asserting
that the five-masted
schooner Carroll A. Deering was
p captured by an oil burning boat
resembling a submarine chaser,
and that the crew was held without
a chance to escape, a note
found in a bottle washed ashore
three miles north of Cape Hats
teras, has been received at division
headquarters of the coast guard
' here.
e The note was written with pen
and ink on a tough fiber paper
such as is sold in country stores
lur eorrcspunueiicH purposes,
f l'arts of the message are almost
undecipherable and two words are
unintelligible.
r; The note was found in a bottle
by Christopher C. Gray of Buxton,
: UNITED DAUGHTERS'
; QUARTERS URGED
s Mrs. Jenne Makes Suggestinn
^AntiAninn aI Ttl(On_
iiuii cu uuiivciiuiy ui i wtiitieth
Council.
Establishment of permanent headquarters
here for the National So- |
ciety of the United Daughters of 1812 j
^ was urged today in the address of
j Mrs. Clarence F. R. Jenne. the presir
dent national of the organisation, at
the convening of the twentieth asso- ;
x ciate council. She emphasized the ;
- need for founding a permanent site '
- for keeping records and for the gen- [
i eral conduct of the organization's
i ousiness.
? "What greater memorial can we
. erect to the men who fought in the
t second revolution than to provide a
shrine here in the ranital. when not!
] the least important battle of the war
. of 1S12 was at Bladensburg, at the
. entrance to the city of the Capitol
, which was burned?" she asked.
r "Our increasing strength creates an
. imperative demand for a permanent
| place for our records and business. A
, I committee already has been appoint,
ed to endeavor to obtain space for our
* organization in the George Washingr
ton memorial which is proposed here
r as a victory memento of the last
; great war."
Mr. Llnthienm Speaks.
Representative Lanthicum of Maryland
delivered a short address to
the organization just before the close
of the morning Session. His remarks
' centered upon the bill presented by |
; him in the house to make "The Star
! Spangled Banner," by Francis Scott
Key, the national anthem of the
' United States. Vigorous applause
greeted the speaker.
"-Maryland has always been a cen'
ter of patriotism," he said. "From
the earliest times in our country
1 notable men have risen among her
people, whose names are written ini
delibly in American history. And In
behalf of the people of that state I
have presented the resolution pro'
viding for the declaration of "The
i Star Spangled Banner" as the nation's
national anthem. The chiefs
i of the Army and Navy have made It
l the anthem for each service. But
this rule can be revoked at any time.
I wish to make it a permanent record.
At times, persons believe that
i 'America' played to the British air
of "God Save the King" is the anthem
, of our nation. I would like to
I squelch any such supposition through
! ! direct legislation."
Banquet la Planned.
Committee reports and arrange'
ments for the banquet of the organisation
at *:45 o'clock tonight at the
' New Willard occupied the session,
< Announcement was made of the appointment
of the following committee
chairmen:
Mr*. Charles F. Mensinger, Connecticut,
house committee: Miss M.
Louise Edge of New Jersey, resolutions;
Mrs. Amos G. Draper of this
city, tellers: Mrs. Henry Wheeler
Wsrren, Connecticut, pages; Mrs. Sol
Lansburgh, Chevy Chase, Md.. banquet,
and Mrs. Reuben Ross Holloway,
Maryland, press.
RITES FOR G.M.OYSTER,JR?
HELD THIS AFTERNOON
Bitual Service in Charge of Bev.
T. A. Walsh of St. Thomas
Catholic Church.
' Funeral service? for George M Oyster.
Jr.. who died Sunday at the Am,
bassador Hotel. Atlantic City, were
held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in
the chapel of Joseph Gawler's Sons
undertaking establishment. 1730 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest,
p Hev. Thomas A. Walsh, pastor of
] St. Thomas' Catholic Church, con,
ducted the ritual. Only members of
i the immediate family attended. Interment
was in the family pint at Oak
Hill cemetery. Pallbearers were ge
lected from the employes of the late
' Mr Oyster.
The body arrived in Washington
I from Atlantic City early last night,
' j in i hartce of Henry M. Hrawner. jr..
' i Mr. oyster'H partner. The widow, acl
I oompanied by her mother, Mrs. Iteady.
j visited the undertaking establishment
I last night.
Among those present during the
' 1 oneviooo in o/IH if inn to tho
widow and her mother and the
brothers and sisters of the deceased,
were a number of business associates
and employes of Mr. Oyster.
GOLD STREAM CONTINUES
TO FLOW INTO AMERICA
Liners Arrive in New York With
Several Millions' Worth
i
t i of the Precious Metal.
[ NEW YORK. April 2?.? Swelling
' th? tide of gold from foreign oount
tries, six liners arrived here yester- |
i day with approximately $2,600,000 in
r coin and bars consigned to local
banks and exporting houses.
The steamship ( eltic rrom Kngland
e I carried 11.100.000 In gold, while others
t I came from 1'entral and South America
I i with payments on trade balances.
t Announcement also was made of
receipt here of cold bars valued at
e approximately $7."00.0no and bearing
i, the stamp of the Royal Swedish mint,
a In financial circles it was supy
posed that some of this gold origr?
inated from Russian sources, but most
- of it in tlermany, whence Sweden re.
crived payments for supplies fure
nished during and after the war.
The metal was consigned to the
Irving National Bank, (Juaranty
Trust. National City Bank and the
National Bank of Commerce.
NOTICES THREATEN DEATH
Cotton Planters in Tennessee Are
Greatly Excited.
lt NASHVTI.LE. Tenn? April 26.?A dispatch
from Ripley, Tenn., says that notices
II have been found posted in that county?
l(j Lauderdale?announcing that any land?
lord, renter or share cropper planting
cotton this year will have his property
burned and will himself be killed.
n Notices to this effect are said to have
s been posted in several parts of the
,e county and have created exeitment,
td many being afraid to go ahead with
is cotton planting. Others are inclined to
,d think the notices the work of a practical
Joker,
k
tTE SHIP" TOLD,
D NOTE IN BOTTLE
N. C-. a village Just north of Hatteras.
and was turned ovor to coast
guard station near there. It
reads:
"Deerlng captured by oil-burning
boat. Something like chaser. Taking
o(T everything euflng
(probably handcuffing) crew. Crew
hiding all over ship. No chance
to make escape. Finder please
notify qts of Deering (missing
word undecipherable)."
The note bears no signature unless
it is the missing word, and
carries no date.
The Deering. Capt. Wormell of
Boston, arid a crew of twelve went
aground on outer Diamond Shoals,
off Hatteras last January. All
sails were set and not a soul was
on board when the schooner was
discovered at daybreak. She was
fast in the quicksands. Into which
she gradually sunk until she was
swallowed un
PEONAGE CHARGES
STIR GEORGIANS
I
j "Murder Farm" Reports
Bring New Activity.
Farmer Is Indicted.
Br the Associated Press.
ATLANTA. April 26.?Investigation
of charges of alleged peonage in several
sections of Georgia, which have
been coming to the federal authorities
in increasing numbers since the publicity
given to the so-called "murdei
farm" of John S. Williams in Jasper
county, were resumed today by the
L'nited States grand jury. Indictments
charging J. B. Stribling, a Pike count>
farmer, with committing peonage was
returned by the grand jury late yesterday.
Gov. Dorsey has announced that nc
stone will be left unturned to "brins
the real situation in Georgia before
its citizens." In a statement late yesterday
he declared he would call upon
every solicitor general in the state tc
immediately prosecute all cases ol
mob violence and crueltv to nee-roes
and at the same time promised full
co-operation with the federal authorities
In their peonage investigations.
Government agents now are at work
in a southern Georgia county, it was
stated, investigating reports made tc
Isistrict Attorney Hooper Alexandei
that negroes were held in a state oi
involuntary servitude. Their report or
this inquiry was expected later ir
the week. according to Vinceni
Hughes, chief of the federal bureau
of investigation here.
DR. BELL'S COMPLAINT
AIMS AT GOOD WILL
Believes Conduct of Immigration
Officials on Canadian Border
Creates Unfriendliness.
In an effort to promote the friendliest
relations possible between the
United States and Canada, Dr. Alexander
Graham Bell tomorrow will
discuss with Secretary of State
Hughes the activities of certain
U. S. immigration officials, which, he
claims, are making for anything but
a friendly feeling on the border.
Dr. Bell had an encounter with
one of these officials last week. It
resulted in his wife, his secretary,
Miss Catherine MaeKenzie, who is a
Canadian, and himself spending last
Tuesday night in the immigration
detention house at Vanceboro, Me.
Arriving in Washington two days
later, the scientist immediately senl
a note to the Secretary of State, requesting
an interview that he might
explain the incident. He was informed
today that the appointment
requested had been arranged for
noon tomorrow.
Text of Better.
rne letter Bent by Dr. Bell to the
Secretary is as follows:
"Dear Mr. Secretary:
"I have just returned from a visit
to Nova Scotia and, in crossing the
border, my attention was very forcibly
directed to conditions existing
there which must in time affect out
friendly relations with Canada.
"During recent years I have heard
a good deal about the abuse of power
by our immigration officials at Vanceboro.
Me., in dealing with Canadian
passengers; but really could not
credit the statements made until an
illustration came under my personal
observation on the trip referred to.
"When we consider the large number
of Canadians who are constantly
crossing our border it seems to
me that, while one incident may appear
to be a small matter, the aggregate
of such cases must be so large
as to justify an investigation of the
whole matter hv vonr ,1..r>*
"For this r? ason I would beg th<
privilege of a brief interview wltf
you upon the subject at any time thai
may be convenient."
3,500 CARPENTERS STRIKE
$25,000,000 Worth of Building
Tied Up in Cleveland.
CI.KVKI.AND. Ohio, April 26 ?Wort
on approximately $25 100,000 wortl
of building under construction hen
was either partially or wholly haltei
by a walkout of carpenters In pro
test against a reduction In wages o
from $1.25 to SO cents an hour, put lnt<
effect by the Carpenters' Contractors
Association.
Approximately 3,500 carpenters qui
work, W. K. Hennessy, secretary oi
the Building Trades Kmployes' As
socialion, estimated. W. W. Dmvisson
secretary of the Carpenters' Districi
Council, although refusing to estl
inate the number of men out, de
dared that carpenters quit on al
Jobs where less than the $1,25 rati
W.'iH
Work on municipal buildings wa
not affected, Mayor W. S. Fitzgreral<
ordering continuance of the $1.25 rat
until further notice.
PRESIDENT HARDU
TUkW'"'mrTmMKr:
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President Harding with Prof. I
iartim attending the seasloaa of the
dent. Be waar aoconapanlcd hp Din.
REWARDED FOR AIR
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BRIG. GEN. VVI1
Of the Army air ??n1cf drcvratlni; 1
service croaa for bravery daring the
> planes.
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DECORATE LIEUT. KNOTTS.
Awarded Cross for Bringing Down
Eight German Airplanes.
Lieut. H. C. Knotts of the 17th Aero
Squadron, was decorated with a distinguished
service cross by Gen.
Mitchell of the Army n'r " "e yesterday
afternoon at Boiling Field.
Lieut. Knotts. who received the deeoration
because he brought down
eight German airplanes during the
war, was a member of the 4th Pursuit
Group, l?th Aero Squadron of the
2d Army. A. K. F. He had already
been decorated by the British with a
distinguished flying cross.
WOMAN REGIMENT AIDS
TURKISH NATIONALISTS
[ Greeks and Foes on Brusa Front
Marshaling All Available
Forces for Combat.
1 By Cable to The Star and Chicago IJulty News.
Copyright. 1921.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 25.?The
, Greek offensive announced to begin
: April 23 has not yet taken place.
1 though three Greek divisions on the
Brusa front advanced April 20 and
took a position'In front of the nationalist
lines.
The nationalists are rushing all
the available forces from the east
to the western front, leaving one
full division, commanded by Kara
Bekir, to keep an eye on the Armenian
and Georgian bolsheviki. All
men up to the age of fifty have been
mobilized.
It is reported that Rafat Pasha
! a 4U? A-o* Tbi vlr iah wnmnn's
reviewcu mo umv .....
regiment, with a strength of 1.800
women, from all parts of Anatolia.
| The flag of the regimental com
mander bears the inscription: "Kirst
regiment of women in independent
Turkey."
POST OFFICE EMPLOYES
DISCUSS WELFARE PLANS
i
i
; I Meet With Mr. Chance to Map Out
Program to Extend
Work.
The welfare committee of the Washington
city post office held its first
meeting today with City Postmaster
M. O. Chance. The committee is composed
of representatives of the em
ployes in ine various uep<truiieui? ui
, the office.
Plans were considered for extending
the welfare work already begun at
the city post office, which perhaps already
has carried this branch of endeavor
further than any other city
1 post office in the country.
It was decided to take up all matters
relating to the welfare of the
employes directly with the postmaster
through the heads of the various sub1
committees of the general welfare
committee.
It is the aim of the city postmaster
not only to extend the welfare
work of the office, but also to make
1 it easy for any employe with a grlev1
ance to bring his case to the attention
of the head of the establishnitont
To this end no supervisory cm1
ployes were permitted at the meeting
today, the employes' representatives
alone presenting their ideas
! directly to the head of the post
office.
A complete survey will be made of
what has been done at the Washi
ington city post office along welfare
' lines, and what may be done to amplify
these features, as well as add
to them.
GOV. COX WITNESS
IN LEGISLATIVE PROBE
? nnQTHV Anrtl 26?Oov. <^o* an
peared as a witness today before tin
legislatlvo committee tliat is investi
gating alleged irregularities of con
duct by members of the legislature:
of 1918 and 1919. The governor, wh<
was speaker of the house in 1918
when the Hoston elevated railwaj
public control bill was passed, wen
before the investigators voluntarilj
I and waived immunity.
Answering the questions whict
have been formed to bring out any ir
regularities in connection with strec
railway legislation. Gov. Co* said h<
had purchased no stock while th<
street railway bills were pending ant
knew of no member who did: that hi
* was not ofTered any Inducement t<
1 vote for the bill and that he knew o
: no irrcRUlaritien or misconduct on th<
part of ajiy legislator.
sfG RECEIVES FAMOl
H^HI^HHK^At#
Libert Klnatrin. propoonder of the then
National Aeadeaey of Seieaeea. Prof. 1
Blaetefa, who ataada at hla rtfht.
FEATS DURING WAR.
i:Z**' <fl
J.IAM MITCHELL
<l?ut. H. Knotla with the dfatlnRnfahH
war. He brought down eight German
PICKS CAE CORPS
AS NAIN'S MODEL
*
Secretary Weeks Details Col.
Craigie to Assist in
Instruction.
The Washington High School Cadet
Corps is going to be used by War
Department officials as a model for
the military organizations in the
schools and colleges of the country.
Secretary of War Weeks informed
school authorities today that he has
formally approved the affiliation ol
the Cadet Corps with the War Department,
and has detailed Lieut. Col
Wallace M. Craigic, U. S. A., retired,
to assist in the instruction of cadets
in the Washington high schools.
Lieut. Col. Craigie was recently detailed
as assistant professor of military
science and tactics in the public
kink 1 1 - _ - ? - ? * TT
"iftn ocuouifi ui ueveiana, ^nio. rie
has been derailed for temporary duty
with the high school military authorities
here under the provision of
section 55o of the national defense
act, as amended, and on completion
of his duties will proceed to Cleveland
for duty.
Five OHirers to Assist.
Secretary Weeks also notified school
authorities that he will order five
Army officers to make a study of the
activities of the Washington cadets.
After their inspections, these officers
will visit the various high schools and
colleges In the country having military
bodies and have them adopt
some of the plans used in the local
high school cadet organization.
Secretary Weeks is supplying Lieut.
Col. Craigie to assist in the instruction
of the cadets and to represent
the War Department at the request
of the board of education. However
he made a voluntary request tc
school authorities to allow five Army
officers make a study of the cadet
corps.
School military officials plan to en
' large tne activities 01 me cauet organization.
Soon after the begining
of the new school term in September
a field sanitary unit with a personnel
of about 150 will be organized. A1
the same time the newly organized
cadet fife and drum corps will be con:
verted into a band of about seventy.
five pieces.
Next Fall's Plans.
Plans also are being made to form
> next fall several companies composed
of boys Iji the high schools who are
; physically weak. Members of these
proposed companies will be given spe|
cial instruction by Dr. Wallace M
. Yater, recently appointed by the
school board as an assistant fnilitary
instructor.
Lieut. .Richard R. Day, IT. S. M. C?
. chief instructor of the cadet corps,
is preparing for the ten-day encamp'
ment of the non-commissioned officers
at Camp Simms, Congress
Heights. The "non-coms" will go to
the camp the latter part of June and
remain there until July 4.
On Independence day an elaborate
celebration will be held at which
parents and friends of the boys will
be invited to attend. The program
will include an exhibition drill, pistol
and rifle matches and athletic
contests.
CONVICT AIDED, GONE.
V/UliCbia JliUUCJ) JUlAb A. c*AID IU XVC'
; turn to Penitentiary.
COT-.UMBUS. Ohio. April 26.?Josept
Abrams. escaped convict whom charitable
organizations at Parkershurg
W. Va.. furnished with money to re
turn to Ohio penitentiary here anc
finish a sentence for pocket picking
had not arrived at the institution ai
midnight. Abrams who escaped November
9. 1919, was reported fron'
Parkersburg as being en route to Co3
lumbus.
: NAVY AIR BILL BOOSTED.
'1 Senate Committee Favors Keye:
t
r Aeronautics Bureau.
, Favorable report on the Keyes bil
. creating a bureau of aeronautics ii
t the Navy Department, un<1er whicl
? aviation activities of the Navy an<
? Marine Corps will be placed under i
1 central authority, was voted today b;
j the Senate naval affairs committee
> The bill will be placed before thi
f Senate for adoption at an early date
i committee members said, and its ulti
mate passage is regarded as certain
JS SWISS SCIENTIS1
Wfcvi-x
??T ( rrlntlTlty, who la bow la Waah
Dtaatela la itultac alongside the Freal
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MERCHANTS WANT
HTSMH STOP
Believe Business With Virginia
Town Is Being Diverted
to Baltimore.
Believing: that business with Portsmouth,
Va.. is being diverted to Baltimore
because the Washington-Norfolk
boat does not make a stop at
Portsmouth, merchants of Washington
have written to the Washington
Board of Trade asking its co-operation
in seeking remedial measures
with the company operating the boats.
The matter was considered yesterday i
afternoon at the semi-monthly meeting
of the executive committee of the
board.
In the communication to the board
it was pointed out that the BaltimoreNorfolk
boat has been ordered to
make Portsmouth a port of call and
this fact mitigated against Washington
merchants doing business in the
Virginia city. (Joods sent from Washington
to Portsmouth, it was asserted.
have to be consigned to Norfolk
and on reaching there reconsigned
to Portsmouth This not only makes
for higher freight charges, the letter
states, hut creates delay in the delivery
of the goods.
Referred to Committee.
The matter was referred to the committee
on industrial interests for investigation.
William C. Johnson is
chairman of the committee.
"Wear Poppies on Memorial Day"
is the slogan advanced hy the American
Legion in a letter to the board
asking its co-operation in symbolizing
the sacrifices made by Americana
in the recent world war. The committee
approved the idea and will make
the neCAWtarv arrnnfromfnts
A communication was read from
Robert N. Harper, former president
of the Chamber of Commerce, requesting'
the board to appoint a committee
to confer with similar committees of
the chamber and the Merchants and
; Manufacturers' Association on the
. project of creating a convention hail
for Washington out of the Emory
' building. The oost. as estimated by
Mr. Harper, will be In the neighborhood
of $250,000, and the auditorium
when completed will be able to accommodate
nearly 4.000 people.
Large Enough for Guard.
The proposed hall will also be large
enough to house the District National
Guard. It is understood that President
Bradley will appoint a oommit1
tee in accordance with Mr. Harper's
request, and that a meeting of the
joint committee of the three organizations
will be held some time next
week.
President Bradley announced the following
appointments: Edward F. Colladay,
national councilor; John Joy
Edson, William W. Everett, Julius Gar'
tinkle, Albert Harper. Charles E. Kern, I
G. U. Linkins and J. H. Zabel, to the |
sessions of the United States Chamber j
or Lommerce, now Deing held In Atlantic
City, and delegates Col. M. A. Winter.
to the Eighth National Foreign
Trade Convention, Cleveland Ohio, May
4 to 7. and George Oakley Totten, jr.,
. to the thirteen annual meeting and
i National Conference on City Planning,
. Pittsburgh. May 10 and 11.
The following new members were
. admitted to the board: Blue Ridge
1 Farms Company. Frank Baum, K. W.
Bradford, J. F. Broadfoot, Francis F.
Boswell. John W. Beha, Frank B.
Crovo, jr.. James A. Edgar, jr.. B. P.
Evans, E. T. Fuller. James A. Mahoney,
W. W. Marlow, Harry G. Mum, James
L. Owens, jr., W. E. G. Penny. W.
> Frank Ituppert, Jacob Scharf, David I-.
Stern, Frank Tomlinson, Charles G.
Warden. R. Bruce Warden and George
W. Young.
I APARTMENTS ARE ROBBED
| OF JEWELS WORTH $4,000
Burglars Bifle Boozns at 1844 Columbia
Road?Many Other
i
I Thefts Reported.
! Burglars entered aji apartment
house at 1844 Columbia road yester
day and stole jewelry valued at about
$4,000. They obtained about $3,900
! worth of jewelry in the apartment of
John G. MacOormack and more than
$100 worth from- the apartment of
Mrs. Clara Ljst.
It was not until Mrs. MocCormack
reached her home about 5 o'clock in
the afternoon that she discovered the
i theft. An empty jewel box on the
, bed attracted her attention and an
[ examination of the apartment disclosed
the theft of the jewelry.
Detectives Thompson and Embrey
[ investigated the robberies and deI
clared they were committed by proi
fessional thieves who are responsible
for a number of similar robberies
. here the past few days.
An unidentified colored boy was
found in the home of Mrs. Emily
Ayres, 1107 C street northeast, yesterday
afternoon. He said he was there
in connection with the delivery of
merchandise, and when he had left the
. house Mrs. Ayres discovered the loss
of two pocketbooks containing $1
each.
Frank Lakahashi. 1938 14th street,
l has reported the theft of a dress, pair
. of slippers and two pairs of silk hose.
He said they were taken by a young
white man.
[ Benjamin P. Elliott, 807 Massachusetts
avenue, asked the arrest of a
: young man suspected of stealing $80
from his home yesterday.
Policeman R. D. Edwards of the
1 eighth precinct has reported the theft
" of a revolver from \ locker in the police
station.
Mrs. George Campbell. 37 Rittenhouse
street, reported the theft of $50
, from her nocketbook while in ->
yesterday afternoon.
A Winchester rifle and box of cart3
ridges were stolen from the home of
George Scott, Woodlawn. yesterday.
Entrance was gained by forcing open
1 the front door.
i
J Deaths Reported.
/ The following deaths have been reported to
i. the health department within the last twentya
four hours:
Norman Van Nostrand, 63, Sibley Hospital.
'* Nancy Stone, 93, 626 G afreet southwest.
John Sickle*. 65, 1252 6th afreet southwest.
George 15. Beckner, 65, Washington Asylum
^ Hospital.
Curoline Matthews, 72, 1262 New Hampshire
3 Antonia PiToto, 50, Providence Hospital.
\unie V. Hays, 61, 1248 C street southeast.
| Mary P- Wright, 93, 700 Rock Oeck r-hnrMi
roa<l. _
William P. Troadwell. 70. Garfield Hospital.
Linwood C. Reynolds, 46, TfiiS Warder street.
Orville Drown, sr., 85. 1407 W street.
Josephine Shaw, 47, 1207 Fairmont street.
Sarah H. K. Starr, 00, 26 Oth street northeast.
Ernest Nlabel. 44, 1370 Harvard street.
Mary M. Hoiiaer. 46, 3140 V* O street.
Mary A. Herrell, 43, George Washington Uai\ersity
Hospital.
Minnie Fisher, 39, 1200 7th street southwest.
i Albert Med are. 41, 8L Elizabeth's Hospital
Jennie R. Wearer, 70, 146 Central avenue
northeastRichard
Sonne*. 70, St. KUz&beth*? HosDltal.
Frank Mihalyi, Jr.. 6, 1962 Taylor street.
Margaret C. Brown, 1, 1226 6th street
southwest.
William J. Gallagher, 6 months, 607 Morton
street.
Edward Burton. 41, 1584 H street.
Jacob Price (allaa Joseph Shirley), 88. 8L
Elisabeth's Hospital.
Evelyn Anderson. 8, Freedmen's Hospital.
Joseph C. Edwards, 2 months, 1527 King
man place.
RAIL PROBE MAY 10.
Boad Executives First to Se
Called.
Chairman Cummins of the Senate
interstate commerce committee announced
today that the general in
auiry into railroad conditions would
k begin May 10, with railway execuS
tiveo as the-first witnesses.
$5,000,000 SURPLUS
OF D. C. DISCUSSED
(Continued from First Page.)
account of the claims growing out of
the Johnson investigation, total approximately
J7.000.000. all of which has
been paid to the United States out
of District surplus revenues sinoe
1903
In view of the fact that Congress
specifically ordered the payments to
be made out of the surplus revenues.
District officials do not sen how Conpress
can now take the position that
the District surplus is merely a matter
of bookkeeping and is non-existent.
"Morally, and I believe legally, aJso.
the surplus revenues of the District of
Columbia belong to the District of
Columbia and not to the federal government."
said Senator Jones of
Washington.
"The Congress levied taxes upon the
District of Columbia for the purpose
of meeting the expenditures of the
District."* said Senator Jones. 'The
people of the Dint riot also are uifa
under the irenerai laws applying to
all <*tlzens of the United Stater
ftress does not levy other taxes direc*ly
upon the citizens of the District
for the upkeep of the federal jrovernnvnt.
Yet if this surplus of l>istriet
revenues is taken away from the District
it will amount to a special tax
upon the people of the District for
the benefit of the federal irovernment.
a tax which other citizens of the
United. States do not have to pay.
Believes Taxes Hi|[h KhoiueK.
"Whether the people here pay hiprh
enough taxes is not involved in. this
Question. If they do not pay enoujrh
tax. the law should be amended. Personally
I think they do. But. under
the la*- of Congress establishing the
fiscal relations between the federal
government and the District of Columbia
in the past the federal government
has paid one-half and the
District has paid the other half of
the necessary expenditures for the
National Capital. The taxes were levied
upon the people of the District
with that idea in view. The surplus
revenues of the District accrued while
the half-and-half law was in efTect.
"To my mind this money belongs
to the District and should be used for
*u- Anv Afhf?r disposition
UIC ?*>v. ?*?/ "V - - of
it would be manifestly unjust."
Senator Curtis of Kansas, republican
whip, who had handled the District
appropriation bills in the Senate
in recent years, has been strongly
in favor of using' the $4,000,000
surplus revenues for the improvement
of the public schools of the District,
for purchase and equipment of new
parka etc. It Is expected that an
effort will be made during the present
session to make use of the surplus
revenues for those purposes.
WosM Asnat to Confiscation.
District Engineer Commissioner
Kuts expressed surprise there could
be any disposition in Congress to
question the existence of a District
surplus. He said he did not believe
this could be the final attitude of
Congress.
Daniel J. Donovan, auditor for the
District, said that to deprive the District
of its surplus fund, the existence
of which Congress has recognized
repeatedly by its own acts,
would amount to an exercise of arbitrary
power which he did not believe
Congress would for a moment consider.
U - asM that (h. niatnat
in all pood faith has been making- refunds
to the United States out of its
surplus revenues and that he did not
believe the United States, having had
these obligations satisfied, could take
the position that the surplus no
longer exists.
To wipe out the surplus by considering
it non-existent would, in the
opinion of District officials generally,
amount to confiscation. They do not
believe Congress would thus appropriate
moneys which all records show
have been paid in by District taxpayers
and are held in the United
States to the credit of the District.
Henry K. F. Macfarland. former
District Commissioner and chairman
of the joint citizens' committee on the
fiscal relations between the United
States and the pistrict, issued a
statement before leaving for New
York today to the effect he was convinced
Congress would, upon examin
ing its own laws. recognize the existence
of the surplus. Nothing- is better
settled under the law, said Mr.
Macfarland. that money oollected
from District taxpayers stands upon
the books of the Treasury as District
tax money received for District purposes
until it is expended for such
, purposes.
CABINET IN SESSION.
Wood Palp In Alaska and New
Executive Department Discussed.
The cabinet today considered at
much length the development of the
wood pulp resources of Alaska, which
the administration deems necessary
for the immediate relief of news print
situation in this country.
Among other domestic matters con
sidered besides this matter were details
of the proposed new executive
department of the government. It
has developed that there is a division
of opinion whether the educa|
tionaf matters should come under the
welfare department as originally suggested
or whether there should be a
department of education to operate
separately from the proposed welfare
department. No decision was reached.
The question of whether or not a
woman should head this new department
also was discussed.
RENT RULE SET.
Commission Limits Time for Rehearing
of Cases.
With a view to stemming the tide
of applications for rehearing of
rental cases already decided, the Dis
trlct rent commission yesterday promulgated
a regulation limiting the
period in which landlords or tenants
may file a motion for rehearing to
four days after the handing down of
the commission's determination.
The regulation provides further
that the petition must be filed with
the commission in writing, and must
contain a summary of the previous
action of the commission.
MRS. DANIELS DIES.
Had Been Cared for by Volunteers
of America.
Mrs. Josephine Daniels, sixty-six
years old, widow of Kdward Daniels,
died yesterday after an illness of several
'months at the Volunteers of
America home, 2909 M street northwest.
Death was due to heart trouble.
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Conn. She has no living- relatives, so
far as is known. During the last two
years she had been cared for by
Adjt. R. L. Grainger and workers at
the home.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock in the
chapel at the home, in' charge of the
organization there.
Births Reported.
The following births have been reported to
the health department within the last twentyfour
hours:
Robert K. and Jane M. Barry, girl.
George O. and Mary M. Sunday, boy.
Angelo and Kulubokas SederocornelUs, boy.
George K. and Catherine E. Huntt, boy.
Tercy A. and Mary V. 80per. girl.
Lawrence G. and Hilda S. Brubaker, boy.
Charles A. and Mary P. Rnanell, boy.
Cbarleo and Lottie L. Rubel. boy.
Arthur B. and Ruth E. P* rah am, boy.
Edward M. and Cora M. Thackston. boy.
James CL and Julia Miller, boy.
Prank A. and Rose Rollins, boy.
Jerry M. and Anabel Houston, boy.
William B. and Minnie M. Posey, girl.
Alvin and Bertha Sheppard. boy.
Walter and Elizabeth Moten, girl.
William and Carrie Ragsdale. girl.
Samuel and Josephine Covington, boy and
girl twina.
Mose? and Letltia Craig, girl.
Lloyd and Oorrine Banks, girl.
Arthur and Csro Samuels, girl.
Stewart and Alma Briggs, boy.
liked L, Jr.. and Mary Keyes, girl,
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Scientist, Speaking in German,
Greeted Cordially
Before Academy.
Prof. Albert Kinstein, eminent
scientist, whoso theory of relativity
won him recognition throughout the
world, received an enthusiastic welcome
when he visited the annual
meeting of the National Academy of
O ?1 1- - - - 1
ou*ruvra xu-re loaay ior & re w m in - *
utes.
I>r. Einstein congratulated the mem
bers of the academy on the achievements
of Amfrii*n scientists and expressed
pleasure that scientific -men
throughout the world were working
together in harmony for the benefit
of mankind. He spoke in German and
did not touch on his now famous
theory.
He was introduced by I>r. Charles
r>. AValcott. president of the National
Academy of Sciences and secretary
of the Smithsoni.ui Institution. Dr.
Walcof-t in his introductory speech
praised the "profound principles" that
have been enunciated by Dr. Einstein
and said he was pleased to welcome
him before the academy to explain his
theor relativity. *
1>AW4-W *? ?
ua nppcoranrr.
Dr. Einstein, notwithstanding the
profundity of his mental attributes,
looks more like a big boy than any
cotemporary scientist. Of middle
height, his appearance of boyishness
is emphasized hy a pair?of mild brown
eyes that look out from behind heavy
spectacles. He wore today the conventional
frock coat, and as he spoka^
leaned on the speaker's table, frequently
putting the tips oT-his fingers
together.
<ooklng by Son's Rays.
Practical cooking with heat from the
rays of the sun is quite possible at
comparatively small expense in
climates where the sun's rays are
strong and nearly constant during the '
day, Dr. C. G. Abbott, home secretary
of the academy, explained in a paper
read before the academy. Dr. Abbott
exhibited tangible proof of the possibility
of cooking by utilizing the ray*
r%f tha <-?* * *v? ? - *
ui hit i^napo oi a jar 01
fruit, which, he said Mrs. Abbott had.
cooked on Mount Wilson by using- th?
sun-ray machine which he built for
that purpose.
A new solution of linear problems
by algebraic methods was explained by
L.. K. Dickson.
The elephant, which next to man. is
the most adaptive animal that nature
has produced, had its beginning in the
land of the Nile, Dr. Henry Fairfield 4
Osborn. head of the American Museum (
of Natural History of New York, said
in an address this afternoon. Earliest
I ancestors of the elephant known at
present to science. Dr. Osborn said, are
found as fossil skeletons In an ancient
river bed in Egypt, about one hundred
miles south of Cairo. The earliest ancestors
of the true elephant group are
still unknown. Dr. Osborn said, adding
that their original home may have
been in the regions of central and
northern Asia still unexplored by the
paleontologist.
Crowd Greets Prince of Hanaro.
Diplomatic, official and scientific
Washington turned out last night to
greet Albert I, Prince of Monaco, in
his first public appearance in many
years in this country, l'rince Albert,
who is well known to American
scientists for his work as the world's
leading oceanographer and founder 4
of two oceanographic research institutions,
addressed the National Academy
of Sciences at the New National
Museum. The lecture followed an
audience the prince had with President
Harding yesterday afternoon,
after which President Harding called
i on me reigning monarch of the little
principality at his hotel.
Oceanographic research work has
been stopped for eight years by the
war. Prince Albert said during his
address, in which he criticised Germany
for precipitating the world
conflict.
Describes Phases of Work.
He told of several phases of his
oceanographic work, in the course of i
which enumeration he said he found
that the flsh wtiich live at great
depths during the day frequently
come near to the surface of the water
at night and are quite easily taken
in nets. Some of his expeditions,
he said, have taken him as far north
as Spitzenberg and into the tropical
regions, and he has explored the bottom
of the sea as far down as 4,000
meters.
In his work, he said, he had found
miniitp nre-aniams ca
2,000,000 were found in the stomach
of a sardine. I-afe in the ocean is
so profound and mystic, the prince
said, that he believes the ocean to
be the cradle of all life, adding that
land animals are capable of expansion
in only one plane, while the
animals which live in the ocean can
expand indefinitely.
Speaks of laventtona.
The prince described the invention
of several scientific instruments. .
which, he said, contribute greatly
to the amassed sum of human knowledge
regarding the fauna which live
in the ocean. He spoke also of his
experiments with wind velocity, but
did not refer to his research work
in human paleontology to which Dr.
Charles D. Walcott, president of the
academy, referred in his introductory
speech.
Following his address, the prince
received in the galleries of the museum.
In the receiving line were
?... neeoAoc Ui<r)v in i iilnm e f in a nrl
scientific life in Washington, among
them Dr. Alexander Graham Belt
The Alexander Agassix medal for
1919 will be presented to the prince
at a banquet at the Hotel Powhatan *
tonight.
Puisles President Harding.
The theory of relativity of matter,
expounded by Dr. Albert Einstein,
famous Herman scientist, has puzzled
President Harding, who admits he
fails to grasp the relativity problem.
Dr. Einstein, who spoke before the
academy today, called on the President
yesterday with a delegation
from the National Academy of Sciences.
As the group posed before
a camera the President told Dr. Kinstein
that he failed to understand
his theory.
DRY LAW ENFORCING.
A bill placing enforcement of pro- #
hibition entirely in the hajids of the
Department of Justice was introduced
today by Representative Hill, republican.
Maryland.
The measure was characterized by
Mr. Hill, an outspoken advocate for
repeal of the Volstead act, as a counter-attack
on Representative Vo! tead's
"more drastic" dry amendnier.t
introduced yesterday.
'Pa harps about i
moderation, but
there's no thin*
doing when I'm
eating
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