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Discharge of Federal Clerks
Adds to Number?Situa
tion Better in Nation.
The unemployment situation in the
District of Columbia is but little
changed, the Labor Department an- j
nounced last night, following a sur
vey taken by representatives of the |
^ United States employment service.
The unemployed are mostly among j
unskilled and inexperienced workers. J
There has been an improvement in (
building operations, which is expected
to continue well into the winter
months, relieving to a great extent
? unemployment of building trades
workers.
Clerical workers discharged from
government offices still continue to
contribute to unemployment in the
District, the report said.
More Worker* on Pay Roll.
Unemployment in the United States
decreased during October, the Depart
ment reported, esti- ating that 1.01
Per cent more workers were on pay
rolls October 31 toan September 3v.
The estimate was based on reports
from 1.428 firms engaged in all types j
of industry and was reinforced by |
findings that unemployment had de
creased in forty-four out of sixty-fiv*
cities. Industries reporting increased j
unemployment included only automo
bile manufactures, paper and printing
and a few classified as miscellaneous
Manufacturers of food products,
iro*n and steel, textile, metals, chemi
cals and tobacco, on the other hand,
increased their forces, as did rail
road shops.
l'oanprtonn First City.
Toungstown, Ohio, with an in
crease of 23.3 per cent in the number
of employed, was the city making
the best showing, while Toledo, Ohio,
gained 20.3 per cent; Memphis, Tenn.,
17.3 per cent, and Pittsburgh, 8.8 per
cent. The increase of unemployment
?was greatest for the month at Flint.
Mich., amounting to 10 per cent, while
it was 7.8 per cent at Peoria, 111.; 5
per cent at Baltimore, and 4.3 per
cent at Detroit. In other cities the
Increase in unemployment was slight.
"Reports from 231 of the principal
industrial centers indicate that pub
lic improvements are absorbing some
of the common labor that is rapidly
being released from agriculture, can
neries and seasonal activities," Fran- I
cis I. Jones, chief of the United |
States employment service, said in
the report. In the basic industries
?a marked increase of employment I
was classed as seasonal and usual,
and slackness in shipyards accounted
for the miscellaneous additions to
the ranks of the unemployed.
NAVY LISTS THREE
Petty Officers and Marine
Selected From Heroes to I
Act With, 5 Army Men.
Three naval heroes of the world
War, one of them * "devil dog," have
bee? selected by the Navy Depart
ment M associate# of Sergt. Woodflll
and his four heroic companions of
the Army, to serve in the honorable
capacity of body bearers at the
memorial services for the unknown
dead of the world war Armistice day. i
The two petty officers, representing
the Navy proper, wers chosen by the
Secretary of the Navy and his ad
visory committee from a list sub
mitted by the bureau of navigation,
containing the names of twenty-five
enlisted men who had rendered dis
tinguished and valorous service dur- j
lag the war.
Was Prisoner on Submarine.
Junes Delaney, chief torpedo man,
??? of those selected. Is a veteran of
Mntsen years' honorable service.
Be was awarded the Navy cross for
?spicuous gallantry In an engage- 1
ent with an enemy submarine. He
ka taken prisoner upon the sinking
?f the S. S. Campana by the U-61
August 6. 1917, and held until Decem
ber 6, 1918. He was threatened with
death on several occasions by Ger- 1
man non-commissioned officers for re
fusing to give information and for I
protesting against the theft of pris
oners' food by the German guard. He j
also has a victory medal, Mexican
tmpaign badge and a good conduct!
Served on Mount Vernon.
Chief Water Tender Charles Leo!
gConnor, the other naval selection.
Ms been In the service eight years
?? was awarded the distinguished!
?vice medal for heroism while serv- '
J on the U. S. S. Mount Vernon Sep- j
nber o, 191S, when that vessel was
-ledoed.
_*nnery Sergt. Ernest A. Janson
? the chosen representative of the
??ited States Marine Corps He
?evert one enlistment in the Army
{?? three In the Marine Corps. He
?As been awarded the congressional
?edal of honor, the Navy medal of
?onor. the French medaille militalre
4M croIx de guerre with palm and
the Montenegrin silver medal. He
E?rved overseas with the 49th Com
ny, 5th Regiment, and was severe
wo"nded in action at Belleau wood
B? 6, 1918. j
FLAN ALUMNI ROUND-UP.
Stele Gathering of Graduates of
Big Ten at University Club. i
Alumni of the colleges forming the
so-called conference in the middle 1
west are planning a "round-up" of j
all former students of "Rig Ten" col- !
leges at the University Club the even
ing of November 19. which is the date
of the last foot ball game of the con
ference season.
ti?" ?? B">w,n ot the University of
Illinois, who Is chairman of the gen- I
eral committee, estimates there are
more than l.nqo college men and
women In Washington, who formerly
were students at the ten colleges
forming the conference. The meeting
will be the first general gathering of
western conference people in this
city. School representatives responsi
ble for the movement are: Chicago
Misses Gertrude Van Hoeaen ITnd
6hirley Farr; Illinois, R p. Brown
and Kenneth Barber; Purdue J A
Sllpher and T. W. Harvey; Indiana"
Camden R McAtee and Poscoe C
Fertich; Michigan. Miss Llda Hans
ford and Dr. S E. Cole; Wisconsin.
Miss Louise Evans and L M. Ham
mand; Northwestern. Miss Ruth
Bloodgood; Minnesota. Roy T. Fer
ner; Iowa, Karl D. Loos and W. EX
Tlsdale. and Ohio State, C. R. De
Long. N
Applications for tickets should be
sasr&.&ss a5bTen committee
WILL HO' D RHPPY SALE.
Disabled Veterans' Post to Conduct
Kan Thursday and Friday.
A poppy sale will be conducted by
the Disabled American Veterans of
the World War. Washington Post.
No. 1, Thursday and Friday. Promi
nent women and organizations of
this city are assisting in making the
poppies.
The committee in charge of the
sale Is composed of John J. Boscarell,
John A. Smith and Harry A. Pyles
ot tie Carry-on Club.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
The War Mother* will meet at the
Thomson School, 12th and L streets,
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. All visit
ing War Mothers in the <;lty are In
ivlted to attend.
Members of the Phi Beta Pi Medi
cal Fraternity held a smoker last
night at their new fraternity house,
1S1!> Calvert street. Dr. James Gan
non. Dr. Loren B. Johnson and James
|F. Shea spoke.
Takoma Park Civic Study Club.
Bible section. Is to meet at 2 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon in the Takoma
Library.
The Pareat-Teaoher Association of
Carbery School will meet Tuesday at
3 p.m. in the kindergarten room of
Carbery School. Miss Millard, former
teacher of Schott'a Place Klnder
igarten, will speak.
Tnkoma Park Civic Stady Club's
section on current topics will meet
at Takoma Library Tuesday at 10:30
a.m. Miss Marie Boynton, speaker.
! The monthly meeting of the Span
ish-American Atheneum will be held
Wednesday evening at the Thomson
School. Dr. Capo-Rodriguez will de
liver an address in Spanish. Capt.
Romeo Guardaldl and John Chiera
will render piano selections.
The Sixteenth Street Highlands
Citizens' Association Is to hold Its
first meeting of the season tomorrow
night In the Sixth Presbyterian
Church,
The Sixteenth Street Heights Citi
zens' Association'is to meet Tuesday
night at the residence of Thomas
Humphrey, 1215 Fern street.
J. J. Forrester of the American
Federation of Labor, who was sent
by that organization to investigate
conditions in Ireland, is to deliver
an address before the P. H. Pearse
[Council, American Association for
the Recognition of the Irish Repub
I lie, tonight at Gonzaga Halt
A masquerade dance la to be given
tomorrow night by the Swiss societies
of Washington at the Elks' hall, 919
H street.
The social department of the T. M.
C. A. has arranged an Interesting
program for the "lobby" concert to
be given tomorrow night, in which are
included the McCauley sisters, - In
songs; Miss Mabel McCulip, contralto;
Miss Jessie Patterson, reader; Miss
Elsie Jorse, soprano; Royal M. Tinker,
baritone; Mrs. Howard M. Blandy,
Miss Blanche Reynolds, Miss M. G.
Davis and H. E. Saltman, accom
panists.
The Dwyer antl-lynchlng bill will be
discussed at a meeting of the National
Association for the Advancement of Col
ored People, to be held Wednesday
night at the 12th street branch of the
Y. M. C. A. Several advocates of the
bill, who have been helping Representa
tive Dwyer, will speak at the meeting.
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.
TODAY.
The Wanderlusters" hike will start
from Cabin John Bridge at 2:30. Mr.
Gambs will lead.
Open air service under auspices of
District Knights Templar, at 3 o'clock.
Monument grounds.
Social Club for Hebrew Home for
the Aged will meet at 4:30, at 4:15 M
street. Certificates for services will
be presented to ex-presldents.
TONIGHT.
George Washington Council. Ameri
can Association for Recognition of
Irish Republic, will meet at 8 o'clock,
31S Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
MADEIRAREGARDED
raw EXILE
Formal Consent of Portugal
Expected for Confining
of Charles and Zita.
By the Associated Preas.
PARIS, November 6.?It now Is re
garded as certain In allied circles
here that former Emperor Charles of
Austria-Hungary, and his wife Zita.
will be exiled to Funchal, the chief
city on the Island of Madeia.
Although the allied council of am
bassadors, which has the responsi
bility of selecting a place of exile, has
not yet received final approval of this
plan from the Portuguese govern
ment. arrangements are being made
at Funchal for the arrival of the ex
iles. Moreover, the council has
abandoned consideration of all other
places. Members of the council,
which met today, expressed the opin
ion that the Madtira Island was the
best point of exile, since It can be
easily guarded.
The council will hold another meet
ing next Wednesday, and by that time
it is expected the consent of the
Portuguese government will hav<
leen received.
CONSTANTINOPLE. November S.?
The British cruiser Cardiff left the
port of Constantinople Friday for the
mouth of the Danube, where she will
take on board former Emperor Charier
of Austria-Hungary and his wife and
proceed thenoe to Gibraltar. '
HAS NEW RED CROSS POST
Ernest F. Bicknell Named Commis
sioner to Europe.
Ernest P. Bicknell. acting American
Red Cross commissioner to Europe
since last June, has been appointed
commissioner, effective November 1,
Red Cross headquarters announced
last night,
Mr. Bicknell has been associated
with the organization In various ex
ecutive positions since 1906. He serv
ed during the world war as commis
sioner in France and Belgium. Later
he was appointed deputy commis
sioner to Europe, returning to become
acting director of foreign operations.
Announcement also was made that
Edward Stuart, for several years con
nected with the operations of the or
ganization In Europe, had been ap
pointed director of disaster relief ser
vice at national headquarters here.
WOMEN TO HEAR SENATOR.
National Foundation to Discuss Or
ganizing Work Wednesday.
Senator Shortrldge and former Sen
ator Hoke Smith will speak at a
? meeting of the Woman's National
? Foundation to be held at 4 o'clock
I Wednesday afternoon at the New Wil
: lard Hotel. The purposes of the or
ganization will be outlined by Mrs.
C. C. Calhoun, president of the founda
tion.
This meeting follows a series of
gatherings of local chairmen which
have been in progress at the founda
tion for several years, during which
a number of Washington women
have actively engaged In the work of
organizing centers here. The meet
ings have been conducted by Mrs.
Lydle A. Draper, chairman of Wash
ington centers, who is at the head
quarters from 10 to 4 p.m.
Reports from all over the country
show that the nation-wide organiza
tion of the foundation is going for
ward well, it is stated, and that on
the day to be observed as National
Organization Day, thousands of wo
1 men will assemble to join the Wash
ington Institution and undertake Its
civic and welfare work locally in their
communities.
Mrs. Calhoun, who has Just returned
from an organizing trip through Ken
tucky, reported that state thoroughly
organised.
: ' * ?
SCHOOL CONDITIONS
IN CONGRESS' HAND
(Continued from Firgt Page.)
teachers; relntroduotlon of German
In the high schools: changes In re
quirements for graduation from high
school; phyjlcal examination for all
prospective teachers; creation of a
corps of thirty-three administrative
principals; establishment of a board
of apportionment, of a policy regard
ing collections of money in the
schools, of new rules relating to fra
ternities and sorprities in the high
schools, of standard classroom units,
and the setting of an age limit for
appointment of persons as teachers.
The establishment of a basis for
withholding the longevity pay- of
school teachers, Dr. Hallou said, re
sulted in ten teachers having their
salary withheld. Several of these
were on the maximum salary of their
rank.
Referring to th6 establishment of a
five-hour day for- teachers in the
kindergartens, first and second grades,
the report sa'jrs: "Since the minimum
salary of teachers in the elementary
schools Is now uniform for all, it
seemed logical to abandon a prac
tice which required five hours of
service of certain v teachers and re
quired only three and one-half hours
of certain other teachers because the
latter happened to be teaching in
grades 1 and 2 Instead of teaching
In a higher grade. The primary pur
pose was pot equal treatment of
teachers, however, but rather to
place more of their time at the dis
posal 4>t school children and the oth
er work of the schools incidental to
teaching."
Rigid Examinations Required.
__ ?
The superintendent made It clear
that tha rule relative to the physical
examination of all prospective teach
ers will be strictly enforced. During
the war, he said, when the supply of
teachers was not as large as the de
mand, It was impossible to enforce
this rule. It was explained that the
passage of the teachers' retirement
act and its various provisions for
annuities for incapacitated teachers
also now makes the physical exami
nation a necessity.
Particular emphasis was laid in the
report on the lack of accommodations
in the school. "In attempting to or
ganize the schools efficiently at the
beginning of the school year 1920."
said the report, "It became clearly
apparent at once that the most urgent
need of the school system was more
schoolhouses. Other needs were also
in evidence, but none of them seemed
as urgent as relief from the use of
undesirable rooms never intended for
classroom use; from the use of
seventy-eight portable schoolrooms
which are not only not entirely satis
factory as classrooms, but most of
them occupy the ground sorely needed
for play space for children; from the
necessity of(rentlng so many buildings
for school purposes which are, as a
rule, wholly unadapted to proper
school use. and, perhaps most impor
tant of all, relief from the present
necessity of forming classes in ele
mentary schools with forty-five and
even fifty pupils per class.
"Starting with the slogan. 'A seat
in a suitable schoolhouse for every
publlo school pupil in the District of
Columbia.' the school authorities de
voted constant attention to the
securing of relief at the earliest pos
sible moment. On November 1 the
superintendent began an investiga
tion of the congested conditions of
the school buildings. The results of
that Investigation were published by
the board of education on December
1. and formed the basis of the cam
paign subsequently carried on for
Increased appropriations for school
buildings. In his many addresses dur
ing the year before various civic
bodies, the superintendent devoted
his attention almost exclusively to
this topic.
Big Soma for School Need*.
"In the appropriation act for 1922
appropriations were made for con
struction of schoolhouses already
initiated amounting to $825,000. The
same appropriations act provided
$155,000 for additional land and
buildings.
"The buihllng needs ni? outlined in
the speol&l report, however, were
recognized more fully under an
emergency heading in the' 'second
deficiency act, fiscal year 1921, where
$1,(44,000 Is appropriated for build
ings and grounds and $400,000 addi
tional obligated.' "
On the subject of the creation of
the staff of administrative principals,
Dr. Ballou declared that one of the
developments of the school system
during the past several years has
been the Increase In size of elemen
tary school buildings and the union
of adjoining buildings looking to
ward the ultimate displacement of
the present teaching principal in the
j eight-room school by a free or ad
ministrative principal of a building
or a group of buildings with sixteen
or more classrooms.
"There are in the District of Colum
bia today thirty-three administrative
principals and additional administra
tive principals will undoubtedly be
created when the opportunity presents
itself through the transfer, resigna
tion or retirement of teaching princi
pals. The creation of administrative
principals In our large elementary
school units contemplates also some
modifications of the present duties of
supervising principals. It Is expected
that administrative principals will as
sume some of the local direction of
education within the school which
has been formerly carried by super
vising principals."
Touches on Secret Societies.
The report contains a detailed re
view of the conditions leading up to
the promulgation.by the'board of ed
ucation of the ruling designed to con
trol secret societies In the high, and
junior high schools. The rule was
adopted June 1 of this year.
Discussing the topic of the assign
ment of teachers In special depart
ments the report states that the "at
tention of the superintendent was
called to the fact that some teachers
in the department of music, manual
training, domestic science, domestic
art, physical training ' and drawing
had been assigned to teach their re
spective subjects In certain schools to
such an extent that It is impossible
for the remaining teachers in these
several departments to visit the
schools of the District as frequently
as formerly or as often as is desir
able. Furthermore, the presence of
such special teachers resulted In pro
viding certain eighth grade teachers
with much more free time than was
necessary. Justice to all eighth grade
teachers requires that all shall be
treated according to the same general
policy.
"Since It was impossible," the re
port continued, "to generalize for
the city the above mentioned prac
tice on September 30, the superin
tendent directed that all special
teachers be withdrawn from such as
signments and be. furnished with pro
grams similar to other special teach
ers of the department. The new policy
makes Impossible any discrimination
In assignments to Special teachers
within any department, or in the
amount of free time provided the
eighth grade teachers in different
schools,"
New Text Book PIu.
To assist him in preparing his
recommendations for the adoption qf
new text books the superintendent re
ported the Initiation of a procedure
on September 11, by'whlch teachers
themselves nominated . their col
leagues for service on two text book
committees, one for elementary schools
and one for high schools. These com
mittees made recommendations to the
superintendent tor * revision or the
MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD
AND STILL FIT FOR SERVICE
Thin babj carriage, which iraa made by Issacher Hughes In Richmond,
Va? In 1S0H, for his first-born son and has been awed by six fenerations, has
been presented to the Association of Oldest Inhabitants, District of Columbia,
by his fsrrand?oii, James W, Hughes.
books In uso an<l for new books to |
be adopted. This plan, it Is an
nounced. not only establishes an
agency which enn give continuous at
tention to textbooks, but it provides ^
teachers with an opportunity for ap
propriate participation in an admin
istrative matter in which they are di
rectly and vitally concerned.
It was brought out that, in accord
ance with the general policy of his
administration of inviting . 5VT^
and teachers to share with him the
responsibility for improving the
school system, on February 19 the
superintendent Invited school officials |
to recommend teachers to serve on j
several committees on revision ot
courses of study for grades seven arid
eight and the tirst year of high
school. From the names thus sub
mitted. it is expalined. the superin
tendent selected nine or ten teachers
to serve on each one of the commit
tees to revise the course of study in
the following subjects: History, mod- |
ern languages, general science. Ln- s
elish and mathematics. ...
It is the hope of Dr. Ballou that ,
these committees will report by June,
19'>2.
Limit Xow Fixed.
With regard to age limit for^ ap
pointment as teachers. Supt. Ballou |
stated that during the period of thf
war the supply of properly qualified |
teachers was not sufficiently large to
meet the needs of the school system. ]
Consequently, it was not possible to .
maintain the usual educational stand
1 ards of eligibility. Now that the sup- |
nlv of available teachers is becoming
normal, it was added, it is important
that former standards be re-estab- ;
lished and others be established to
insure a high quality of service. To i
this end. on March 16, the board of
education approved a recommenda
tion of the superintendent that the
maximum age limit for Initial ap- ]
pointment to service In elementary,
schools be forty years, and ln the
high schools forty-five years.
Callinsr attention to the changes in
the requirements for graduation from
high schools, to be incorporated In |
the new circular on courses of srudy
for high schools. Dr. Ballou empiia- j
sized the following points.
Chances In Requirement.
1 That only two years of a for
eign language will be required for
a diploma, and in special cases a
pupil may elect a course of study
i leading to a diploma which shall not
'include a foreign langu;ige.
*> That the study of American his
tory and civics shall be a prerequi
site for a high school diploma, and
I 'that all pupils other than seniors in
' 1921 and 19-'2 must successfully com
plete this study berore graduation.
3 That only one. year of mathe
matics shall hereafter be required for
graduation.
4. That a major may be taken in
music or in drawing and crafts, pro
vided that the major shall be pursued
for not more than two years, and that
inot more than one of these two majors
i shall he taken at a given time.
i The superintendent declared it Is not
'the expectation that fewer pupils will
take foreign languages as a result of
ithe above changes. It is, however,
contemplated, that pupils who show
' no aptitude for such study will devote
i their time and efforts to the pursuit of
other subjects.
SENATE IS 'NVITED.
Will Attend Opening of Arms Lim
itation Conference.
An Invitation to the Senate from
Secretary Hughes to attend the
opening November 12 of the arma
ment limitation conference was ac
cepted yesterday on motion of Sen
ator Lodge of Massachusetts, major
ity leader. y '
Plans were made for adjournment
of Congress from next Wednesday
until the following Monday to allow
members to attend the services for
America's unknown soldier on Friday
and the opening of the armament
conference.
HEADS TECH'S FRENCH CLUB.
Melvin A. Pettitt was elected presi
dent of the French Club of Tech High
? School at a meeting at the home of
1 Kile. Jeanne Maret, 1734 Connecti
cut avenue, Wednesday night. Other
umcers cnosen are: Barber, treasurer.
Miss Sterne, secretary.
The aim of the club ia to promote
interest in the French language. All
business at the club meetings is
transacted ln French.
PRINTING CLASS TO OPEN.
A class in printing will be opened
the latter part of this month at the
McKiniey Manual Training Night
School, It Is announced, by Walter
B. Patterson, director of special
schools. Establishment of the print
ing class has' been urged for some
time by employing printers in Wash
ington.
DEGREE FOR GEN. FOCH.
Marshal Foch is to visit Georgetown
University on (the afternoon of No
vember 1#, to receive the honorary
degree of doctor of canon and civil
laws, which is to be conferred upon
him. according to a message received
by President Creeden yesterday from
the marshal. .
Arrangements are being made to
hdld the exercises at 3:30 o clock in
the afternoon. On this occasion, also,
a gold sword will be presented to
Marshal Foch, through Georgetown,
tori behalf of the Jesuit institutions o
America. Georgetown intends ?to
make the occasion one of the most
brilliant tn its 130 years existence.
Ambassadors] visiting delegates to
the conference on the limitation of
armament, government officials and
prelates of the Catholic Church will
be invited.
HEIRESS OF 18 JOINSj
HUSBAND SHE LEFT
Mrs. Katherine Stevens
Fagan Again With Youngster
Who Eloped With Her.
Special Dispatch to The Stir. *
NEW YORK, November 5.?Kath
arine Stevens Faean, eighteen-year
old heiress to most of a $15,100,000
estate, has eloped again with her
young husband, "liick" Kagan. A let
ter received by her mother. Mr*. Jes
sie I. Stevens of Sea Gale, indicates !
that (he "Reno affair" is all off and
the two youngsters, who separated
after a few weeks' honeymoon, are
happy again.
Mrs. Fagan was the chief bene
ficiary in the will of the late Calvin
A. Stevens, the eccentric recluse of
Broad street.
"It is true that they are together
again," the bride's mother said to-i
day, "but I'm so tired of the whple
affair I do not want to talk about It.
If it will make Katherine happy I
am satisfied. You know they only
lived together three weeks after their
marriage. It is true that my daugh
ter went to Reno, but Mr. Fagan did
not go with her.
"1 don't know how they came to
make up. She came home herra to
Seagate some time ago. Then about
two months ago Rhe went an'ay again
without saying a word, and I did not
know where she was until I received
a letter yesterday saying she was
with Mr. Fagan agaih. I do not
know where they are. Although
Katherine is a young girl and very
popular, she Is sensible and knows
her own mind."
It was from Hanover, N. H.. where
Fagan was a student at Dartmouth,
that he, then eighteen, eloped with
Miss Stevens on April 18.
RAID 8TH STREET HOME.
Officers Make Two Arrests and
Find Wine, Malt and Home Brew.
A raid in which It Is declared sev
eral thousand dollars' worth of in
toxicants and . paraphernalia were
taken was made by the police and
revenue officers last night and Nick
and Annie Anas.tosi of 807 Sth street
| were arrested. The man and woman
are charged with illegal possession
and manufacturing Intoxicating liquor
and with having counterfeit revenue
stamps.
[ The police say they found four bar
rels of wine, 37% quarts of colored
alcohol, 20 pounds of malt. 100
counterfeit revenue stamps, 502 bot
tles of home brew, 10 gallons of mash
and a wine press in the 8th street
house.
Detective Lowry, Lieut. Holmes,
Sergt. Moran, with several policemen
and Revenue Officers Stephenson and
Evans made the raid.
WATSON OPENS FIRE
ON HIGH OFFICIALS
ot '
(Continued from First Page.)
Mr. Watson said, that the body of "a
negro convict, the black cap still over
his face," had been exhumed and sent
to the home of a white woman in
Rochester, N. Y., whose son had been
killed In action.
"^ust such a case happened In my
home county In Georgia," the senator
added.
?Col?-Blooded Murder" Charged.
William T. Collins of Tltusville, Pa.,
In a letter presented by Senator Wat
son, said he saw a negro hanged but
did not know if there was a court-mar
tial. Another correspondent from El
mira, N. Y., said that he had "seen two
negroes hanged" in France, and Harry
D. Wildron, New York, an ex-sergeant
in the Army Service Corps, the senator
?aid, offered to give evidence of "cold
blooded murder" in the American ex
peditionary force and destruction of
flies of the Bastile prison.
Finally, after presenting an affidavit
from Joseph D. Conwell of Philadelphia,
atlng that he saw a negro hanged in
nlform. Senator Watson said the ex
ecutions cited by him already passed>
the figures given by the War Depart
ment and Chairman Wadsworth of the
Senate military affairs committee.
"The further we go the worse It gets,"
he concluded. "The more we stir it the
worse it stinks."
VETERANS SCORE WATSON.
Old Hickory Division Association
Brands Charges as Untrue.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. November C.?
The Old Hickory Division Associa
tion today elected Gen. E. M. Lewis
former division commander, honorary
president for life, and Brig. Gen. L.
D. Tyson, S. E. Faison and G. G. Gat
ley, honorary vice presidents for life,
and adopted resolutions approving the
disarmament conference.
Another resolution referring to Sen
ator Watson's charges adopted by the
veterans was as follows:
Text of Resolution.
"Whereas it has been called to the
attention of the members of Old Hick
ory 30th Division Association that
certain allegations, or charges, were
made to the effect that numerous sol
diers were put to death in France
without trial; and,
"Whereas, it appears that no re
ports were made to headquarters of
the American expeditionary forces in
France, and from their knowledge of
the cordial feeling which existed be
tween the officers and the enlisted
men, that they believe that the said
charges are absolutely false and
untrue, and they demand that an
immediate investigation be held con
cerning the alleged charges and if the
same fle found to be untrue, then, in
that event, that the senator who
made the said charges be properly
and promptly punished in such man
ner as to Congress may seem fit."
History to Be Written.
The states of North Carolina, South
Carolina and Tennessee were request
ed, in a resolution, to appropriate
to,000 to have a history of the di
vision written, in order that the ac
complishments of the National Guards
of these states might be permanently
recorded: The time and place of the
next meeting was left to the execu
tive committee.
! Gen. Lewie spoke about the Bony
| cemetery, where most of the division's
dead sleep overseas. He suggested
that the plans for beautifying it be
modified and that none of the dead
be removed for the present. His sug
gestions were approved. <
Officers elected by the association
were: James A. Gleason, Knoxvllle,
I president; Herschell J. Myers, Nash
ville; Ward C. Boring, Durham. N. C.,
and Rufus W. Grant, Columbia, S. C..
vice presidents: Frank P. Bowen.
Knoxvllle, secretary-treasurer, and
James A. Turner, Greenville, S. C..
chaplain.
"EXECUTED MAN" PRISONER.
Negro Declared Hanged by Watson
Is Still Alive.
BEAUMONT, Tex., November 5.?
O. A. Dalgle, a former lieutenant in the
A. E. F., today declared that the alleged
hanging of a r.egro by the American
army officials In the La Rochelle area of
France during the war, referred to b\
Senator Watson of Georgia, never tool
place, the negro, according to Daigle.
is William Curtis, now serving a life
sentence at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Curtis, according to Dalgle. who says
he attended the court-martial as an in
terpreter. was found guilty of attacking
a seven-year-old French girl.
He was condemned to death, Daigle
said, but later the sentence was com
muted because of the fact that the
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French law is opposed to capital pun
ishment for such crimes.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., November
5.?Albert William Curtis, a negro,
formerly a private in Company B, 33d
American Labor Battalion, who* was
convicted by court-martial in France
on a charge of attacking: a French
girl, is serving a sentence of twenty
j yearn at hard labor in Leavenworth
federal prison.
Records at the prison show the
negro was sentenced to life imprison
I mcnt, but that later his sentence was
j reduced to twenty years. Curtis was
j tried on January 12, 1919, according'
i to the records, which also shoW, it is
' paid, that the negro was not sen?
! tenced to death. Curtis denied the
charge against him.
i LETTERS SUPPORT WATSON.
Senator Receives Two Communica
i tions From Local Besldents.
Senator Tom Watson of Georgia has
received two more communications
from correspondents in the District
volunteering to aid him to show that
private soldiers were hanged and bru~
tally treated in France. -
One of these communications is
signed Kufus P. Hubbard, the address
given being the Atlantic Hotel, Cth
street and Pennsylvania avenue. Mr.
j Hubbard claims to have been a mem
ber of the Graves Registration Serv
j ice. He said that he came upon four
bodies of colored soldiers. They had
| nooses around their necks. They were
j not identified in any way. he said, al
though ordinarily each casket con
tained a bottle, in which was placed
| the name, rank, registration number,
i etc., of the dead man.
A letter from Kenneth P. Robinson,
C53 Munsey building, says that he
saw a soldier hung up by the wrists
from 8 in the evening to 3 the next
morning. The charge against the sol
dier was intoxication, he said.
Senator Watson is gathering more
material to lay before the Senate, la...
substantiation of his charges. {
Meanwhile the special committee }
appointed l>y the Senate to investi- ?
gate the Watson charges, and now a
authorised to make a full inveatiga- i
tion and to call all witnesses It de
sires, has made plans for a meeting J
Monday. " 1 ' "
WIFE GUILTY OF MURDER.
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Second-Degree Verdict Found
Against Mrs. Southard.
TWIN FATJ^S. Idaho. November 5.? "
Mrs. L?yda Meyer Southard was de
dared guilty of second-degree murder
in killing Edward F. Meyer, her c'
fourth husband, by a jury in district ?'
court here yesterday afternoon. Th<? ^
verdict was returned after twenty
three* hours* deliberation.
The defendant showed no sign of
feeling and did not raise her eyes c?
from the floor when the verdict was -H
announced. The verdict carries a *'
penalty of not less than ten years' im
prisonment. Sentence will be passed
at D:30 a-rn. November 7.
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Theft of $150 in Liberty Bonds. $100 1:
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terday by R. Ross Gessford of 5240 ??*.
Belt road; brother of Maj. Gessford,
superintendent of police.
Maj. Gessford detailed Dectective
Sergt. James Sprinnman to the detec
tion of the theft of his brothers valu
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