12
LEAGUE OF WOMEN
. VOTEftSINSESSION
Reports and Speeches Fea
ture Convention of Virginia
Organization at Alexandria.
Special rvapatob to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va„ January 24.
r J'he annual state convention of the
League of Women Voters of Virginia
assembled this morning In the rooms
of the chamber of commerce with
Miss Adcle Clark, Richmond, state
president, presiding, and fifty-seven
delegates in attendance. On behalf
of the mayor of the city a welcoming
address was delivered by Chester A.
Owinn, president of the city school
board. Invocation was pronounced
by Rev. Dr. William J. Morton, rec
tor of Christ Episcopal Church. Mrs.
,t. B. McCarthy, district chairman,
gave greetings on behalf of the state
council and Mrs. William J. Morton
en behalf of the Alexandria league,
here was a response by Mrs. F. E.
Killiam, president of the Norfolk
League of Women Voters.
Routine Business Taken l'».
This was followed by routine business.
Including the reading of the minutes by
Mrs. Gertrude H. Boatwright, secretary;
report of treasurer. Miss Helen
Christian: report of auditor. Miss Nellie
Leigh Steward: report of publicity di
rector. Mrs. Edith Clark Cowles; report
of headquarters secretary. Miss Ida M.
Thompson; report of primary commit
tee, Mrs. Louis Brownlow. Afterward
committee appointments were announc
ed by the president.
Luncheon was served in the after
noon at the chamber of commerce by
the Junior auxiliary of the hospital
board.
Later reports were submitted on
the following topics; Credentials.
Mrs. E. F. Baldwin; addresses, by
Mrs. Adelc Clark; standing commit
tee reports and recommendations,
child welfare. Mrs. Louis Brownlow;
education, Miss Cornelia Adair; Amer
ican citizenship. Mrs. Ellie Marcus
Marx: women in industry. Miss Lucy
Randolph Mason; uniform law con
cerning women. Mrs. Morris L. Hor
ner; social hygiene, Dr. Kale Walter
Barrett; living cost. Mrs. A. F. Staples:
public health. Miss Agnes D- Ran
dolph; International co-operation to
prevent war. Miss Roberta Welford.
Evening Program.
At tho evening service the subject
Will be '‘lnternational Co-operation.”
Mrs. John 11. Lewis will preside.
Miss Adele Clark, state president, will
deliver an address. The speakers will
be introduced by Miss Ruth Morgan,
chairman of the national committee
on international relations.
There also will be an address by
Representative R Walton Moore, rep
represntative from the eight Virginia
district.
Thursday will be known as Organi
zation dav. Tho convention will be
opened at' 10 o’clock with invocation
by Rev, Dr. E. B. Jackson, pastor
of the First Baptist Church. The
subjects for discussion will bo or
ganization. finance, adoption of mon
ey-raising plan, adoption of budget.
At 12;30 o'clock the members will
be guests of the Kiwanis Club at
luncheon which will bo served In
ihe Westminster building.
At the afternoon session the sub
ject will lv> “Efficient Citizenship.”
At this session national plan of work,
adoption of revision of the constitu
tion and by-laws and adoption of
committee program for study anti
conference w ill be considered.
Addresses Scheduled.
\t tho evening session there will
bo an address by lieprescnlati vc
Mondoli, Wyo.. floor leader of the
ilouse. Dr. Kale Waller Barrett will
preside.
Representative Mondell's subject
■will be "The Duties and Responsibil
ities of Women Under Suffrage"; Miss
Belle Sherwin. second vice president.
National League of Women Voters,
will speak on "The Work of the Na
tional League of Women Voters";
Mias Katherine Lrnroot, assistant to
the chief of the children's bureau.
United States Department of
will lake as her subject "National
Government and Child Welfare.”
Among Ihe visitors to the convention
win be Senator Carter Glass of Vir
ginia and Commissioner Helen N.
Gardner.
Following the meeting Thursday
evening a reception will be given in
honor of Dr. Kate Waller Barrett
and officers and delegates to the con
vention, to which the public is in
vited.
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Interest in Luxor Centers
On Opening Sealed Chamber
BY ARTHUR WEIGALL.
By Cable to The Star.
LUXOR, Egypt. January 24. —Exca-
vators at the tomb of Pharaoh Tutan
khamen, who lived in regal splendor
8,270 years ago. had a day’s rest yes
terday, no work being done on the
tomb. 1 was out all day in company
with Engelbach, who succeeded me
as Inspector general of antiquities,
and made a long tour of the whole
Theban necropolis. I was much
struck by the amount of work both In
excavation and conservation carried
out under his direction.
As we rode along the sunbaked em
bankment which serves as a road to
the necropolis we encountered a roll
ing and bumping Ford car, tho first
ever seen on this ancient soil, which
proved to contain an excavating
party, Mr. Carter. Mr. Burton and Mr.
Lucas, on their Jolting way down to
the river to spend a quiet day at the
■Winter Palace Hotel, on the other
side of the Nile. On their return at
sunset I met them again, surrounded
I by an admiring crowd of tourists and J
about to bolt back to the peace of
their house among the desert hills.
Open Chamber Soon.
| Mr. Carter tells me ho had a most
difficult time keeping Inquisitive vis
itors at arm’s length, but 1 hear he
I has kept his temper admirably In
I often trying circumstances. It is no
| Joke having such responsibilities on
I one’s shoulders.
Most antiquities from the main
chamber have now been removed to
the workshop and the way is nearly
clear for the opening—soon after Lord
I Carnarvon’s arrival this week end—of
the sealed chamber where the royal
mummy may lie. Besides this cham
ber there Is another slderoom full of
boxes, furniture and musical Instru
ments. hut these are not being dis
turbed at present.
What the sealed chamber contains
Is a subject of excited speculation, and
i excavators are wondering whether
I Tutankhamen alone, or his predecessor,
' Smenkhkara. is also there, for the lat
} ter's name occurs, though not promi
j nently, in inscriptions found. Most
] of the Inscribed objects give only the
| names of Tutankhamen and his queen,
l PUBLIC PRINTER GUEST
OF OFFICE EMPLOYES
Cekbrate With Dinner and Ora
tory Anniversary of the Opening:
of G. P. 0. Cafeteria.
Speeches and music featured a din- j
ner given to George H. Carter, public '
printer, by tho employes of the gov- '
eminent printing office in celebration I
of the first anniversary of the open- i
ing of the G. P. O. cafeteria in the I
dining room last night.
Mr. Carter, who was "surprised” by
finding himself guest of honor at the !
dinner, stated he had hoped the case- |
I terla, which was started by the era
: ployes themselves and run on a no- ,
profit basis, would be a success, and J
that his hopes had been realized be- 1
yond all expectations. He paid trib- j
uto to Walter R. Metz, president of
tho Cafeteria Association, declaring ;
his efforts had paved the way toward
the success achieved.
Congress Member a Speaker.
Representatix-e W. F. Stevenson of
South Carolina, a member of the '
House committee on printing, cbn
gratulated the employes on the ex- i
cellenoe of their cafeteria. Henry W. j
Weber, foreman of printing; Edward !
G. Whall, foreman of plate printing; 1
Martin K. Speelman, foreman of bind- j
ery. and Bert E. Bair, foreman of i
presswork, also spoke.
Program of Music.
Mr. Motz was toastmaster. Musical ■
selections were sung by Miss Kath- i
ertne M. Ellis, W. E. Carey. Chris M. '
Zepp. Edward G. Whall. Gerald L. 1
Whelan and Miss Mabel M. Getman
were accompanists. George T. Chalta- ;
way recited several monologues.
Tho following were on the commit- J
tee of arrangements: C. M. Zepp. i
chairman; A. B. Batton, W. F. Berger,
Miss B. D. Birch. J. S. Cornish, Mrs.
D. J. Creamer, T. F. Harris, N. P.
Moyer, W. A. Mitchell. Hugh Retd.
P. C. Schulze, Miss M. E. Sims, Miss
G. E. Stevens, F. A. Strlckrott and A.
P. Tisdel.
THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. V., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1923,
but the queen is unlikely to be found
because she was still a girl at her hus
band’s death. On the other hand, three
great state coaches found In the tomb
suggest three separate burials, and
there are more than; one of other ob
jects.
Tomb Wm Robbed.
The tomb undoubtedly has been
robbed and a few years later tidied up
by priests or necropolis officials, and
these pious personages have evidently
gathered up the royal linen and orna
ments scattered about by thieves and
crammed them back hurriedly into
boxes and caskets.
There Is a general feeling of disap
pointment so far that the tomb has not
provided much new historical informa
tion, but all agree that artistically,
many of the objects are astonishing.
Mr. Carter Is a very tired man, and as
he left the Terrace Hotel, where the
hand was playing and fair ladles were
sipping tea, to return to those silent
Theban hills, which rose hazy and mys
terious out of the sunset across tho
Nile, he told me he wished the job waa
finished.
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TO TRACE ABSESTOS.
Manufacturer Hopes to Get Data
From Tutankhamen’s Tomb.
NEW YORK, January ?4.—ln an
effort to trace the history of asbestos
to ancient Egypt. John E. Meek, a
manufacturer, planned to sail today
on Cunard liner Samaria for'the tomb
!of Tutankhamen at Luxor.
”It has been found,” Mr. Meek said,
“that the bodies of kings were
wrapped In mantles of asbestos to
keep their ashes separated from the
ashes of the funeral prye. and in some
Instances asbestos shrouds were used
in the belief that they would protect
the dead from the possible fires, of
the hereafter.”
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the District Rent Commission, al
though handicapped by the absence of
on© of the commissioners, Mrs. Clara
Sears Taylor, who is ill, today began
handing down decisions In numerous
disputes between landlords and ten
ants.
Commissioners A. Loftwich Sinclair
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the docket for this week, so that sev
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<fcwn involved twenty-one houses,
514 to 534 Morton street northwest
Kents on each of these premises were
raised from |20.50 a month to $22.50
a month, oi> petition of the B. F. Saul
Company. The total value of the
properties was placed at $57,760. An
8 per cent return was allowed the
owner.
Another case involving a plurality
of tenants was that of the Franklin
apartment house, 1913 14th street,
where, ’’in view of the undesirable
location and conditions.” the commis
sion pointed out, and In view of “the
character and kind of service” the
following schedule of rents was fixed:
Apartments 8 and 9, $35 a month
each; apartments 22, 23 and 53. S4O
a month: apartments 32 and 33,
$42.50 a month: apartments <>, 7. 42. 48
and 52, $45 a month; apartment 41.
S3O a, month: apartments 21, 31, 40 and
61. $55 a month, and apartments 20.
30 and 50, S6O a month. The building
was valued at SIOO,OOO. and a return
of ti per cent was allowed the owner.
The owner contended the property
was worth $134,000.
A motion by tenants of the Berk
shire apartment house. 1412 Chapin
street northwest, to dismiss the peti
tion for Increased rents filed by the
F. H. Smith Company was overruled.
Many other decisions were reached,
some of them resulting in dismissal
of petitions.
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