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NEW SPEED LIMIT
OF 20 MILES URGED
Traffic Committee Report
Recommends Curb on
Reckless Driving.
25 MILES IN'SUBURBS
Headlight Law Also Suggested.
Commissioners to Take Up j
; v Subject Tuesday.
The recommendations of the traf
fic committee for new speed limits,
a. reckless driving clause and a
glaring headlight law will be. the
chief topics of discussion at the next j
meeting of the Commissioners Tues
day morning
Here is what the committee
recommended on speed:* Passenger
vehicles in the city proper, twenty
miles; on twenty-nine main high
ways mentioned in the report,
twenty-live miles an hour; at street
ntersections where car tracks exist,
twelve miles: around corners, twelve
miles.
Limit Non Eighteen Miles.
The present regulations allow
eighteen miles in the city, twenty- |
two miles on unbuilt suburban
streets, twelve miles at all inter
sections and twelve miles around
corners.
The Commissioners' committee pro
poses the following speed for trucks:
Not more than two tons, eighteen
miles: over two and not more than
live tons, fifteen miles; over five tons,
twelve miles.
ItecklesM Driving Regulation.
The recommended reckless driving,
regulation is terse, stating" merely
that It shall he a violation of law to
operate a vehicle in such manner us
• to endanger life or property.
Under the heading of signals the
committee proposes a new clause pro- j
riding that a. driver shall give an I
SPECIAL NOTICES.
b'riLniN.; <ontua< rmi. kkmopeuni:, j
repairs, parades, concrete, brick, carpentry: |
♦•stlmate* submitted promptly, I>. r. |>AU
KOTH. 1112 2<>th st. mao 97. 22* j
IT IS SPHINGTI MI: VoCK'lloFM*: j
painting? If so. phone Lincoln 4715 W. ]
JOSEPH WARDEN. 110 11 si n.e. Interior
«r;<i exterior painting 21* J
REWARD “OF SSO Koll I.NFoKMATIuN
to discovery of person who sent cer- *
lain postal card to 3905 Uth st. n.w. Address j
Rot I.’IH, Star office 2P
JOHN M OASSIDY' HAVTXi
to plirchHSM bus m s> known as the Colorado
I)»'li**af<*ssen Store, located at 551 i» Colorado |
• h vp. n.w . fnm Mario t trini. ail those ha vim; '
•la Sms neninst said business present same on j
or before -Nr day of Mar-n, 192 J. T IV RK- j
WAX. 412 sth st. n » 20* j
I WILL NOT HE UKS RONS lit LKFOR ANY |
debts not contracted b sivaelf personally. I
M. L. STERLING 1327 Girard st n.w ;
FREE PLA' S AND ESTIMATES -C'arr*nter.
builder. £-i• r .1 cfintractcr. alterations, x*- j
pairs, store fixtures srarages. Harris. 4w J
ftth st. n.w. Franklin ft77S. 22* j
WANTED I'O RHINO A VAN LOAD OF I
farnitnre fn m Philadelphia. Wilmincton an.l S
iialtlmore to Washington. SMITH’S TUANS
FEU AND STORAOE COMPANY. INC. I
THERE WILL RE A MEETINO OF THE i
stock ladders of the i*«»rcoran Fire Insurance j
Company of the I*.strict i f rolmnida at their i
• ffli-e. *H»4 11th st n.w . on Monday. April 2. |
1923. for the purpose of electing* nine (Ol j
directors for tie- ensniner year. Polls open
12 in., close 1 p in. LOLLS li PEAK, Set- j
VOT HE IS FfERKIty LIVEN THAT THE |
anmtfi: of the stoekl.olilers of the I
Crandall Theater c ompany will be held on I
Wednesday. March 21. 1!*23. at 3 p.tn.. in the I
•Woe of Harry M. Crandall. Metropolitan I
Theater bn i Ming. loth and F sts, n.w.
T’NITED STATES ENLINKSK OFFICE. 250 »
Old Land Office buildimr, Washington I>. C.—A j
public hearing will be hold at this office at J
19 a m.. April 2. 1923, on application of Rich
mond, Frederb-ksborz and Potomac Railroad I
Company to cb s.- pormunontly the draws of their i
bridges across Neabseo and Powells (’reeks, Va. J
Oral statement" from interested parties will j
be received, but all important facts ami argil j
merits sh uhl be submitted in writing. Infer- »
mation on application.
THE HOME RLILDINti ASSOCIATION, JUO«
Pa. avo. n.w., pays on your savings
.Payments $1 a share a month Cnder the .
supervision of the I*. S. Comptroller of Cur- ;
rency. Start an account now. Wm. T. (lalli- j
her, president; Coo. W. T inkir.s, vice presi- j
dent; Wm. K. Reeve, vice president; James j
Al. Woodward, secretary; Richard E. Claugb- j
ton, treasurer.
N ANS AVAILABLK T<) — IXiAU FOR”a'\ Y !
POINT.
In Altoona, I’u.. ... Marc*: in ;
Buffalo. V Y.. Attnl 2 .
•' riiilatiolpliia . . o
“ Pittsburgh Mar -a IT,
•• Plymouth. Mass ...... April 5 j
M Williamsport. Pa ■■ 4 J
TUP nit; I TKA.NSPKI: COMPANY, INC. i
lia nth st. n.w. Main 21,~ii.
ADDRESSING, MCLTIGBAJPHINO. MlMfc'O- !
graphing. t.vp,writing.
l.et-O-Kiter tit i4tn s*. j
For BETTER LETTERS call Main 8103. !
F I O o R <; WAXED OH KEFIXISHKI* j
r j- ' ’ ’ Ik - BY KLI'I'TUK MAfHIXE !
U. P NASH. COM MBIA 4031. 22* I
Asbestos Roofing Cement
Preserves and siopx leaks in any kind of roof. •
Keeps metal roofs from rusting. It is a pure !
produet, elastic, fireproof. I apply same and !
guarantee. Also sold in bulk SI.OO gallon in I
five gallon biokets; $1.25 gallon in one-gallon f
bucket. Estimate fre#*. MADISON CLARK.
*•*l4 Pa. avc. s.e. Phone Line. 4219.
GOOD ROOFS '
are always obtainable. The other kind
are unnecessary. If we apply a new roof
or repair your old one you'll pet a solid
1.-I.Stine job—one that will hold. Try it:
KOONS ROOFING 1432 F St. N X* !
IVUWiXJ COMPANY Phone Main 513 S j
t. brooke Amiss, jr.;
wix) for many years was connected with the j
face-brick business in Washington and Balti
more. desires to announce that he is now
associated with
Galliher & Hugucly, Inc., j
Lumber Dealers.
In making this announcement Mr. Ami-ss
Wishes to thank his friends and former patrons
for courtesies which have teen extended to
him in the past, anti hopes to have a continu
■nce of their cordial business relations.
Printing Needs?
Bring 3'otif problems to this
Million-Dollar Printing Plant.
The National Capital Press
Paint Your Roof Now
It will improve the looks of your home
and make it waterproof.
, R. K. FERGUSON. Inc.
Roofing Dept.. 1114 9th st. Ph. M. 2490-2491.
Rest Assured
—Tour printing orders come up to
every expectation if the Service
Shop executes the work.
High Grade—But Not High Priced.
BYRON S. ADAMS, gffggfe.
“Experienced Roofers”
< —are always available
at the —
TRONfI AFJ 1416 F st. n.w.
Tom pa ny. Phone Main H.
“Biggs Puts HEAT in Heating."
Avoid Another Winter
'Hratinfr Sr ;r° f discomfort by having
,rxCctull e> 06 Biggs »,et to work now on
Phimbiii" » vapor or hot-water
& plant. We handle repairs
Exoerts. * 8 w «*u as new installation,
\ REASONABLY.
The Biggs Engineering Co.
WARREN W. BIGGS. President.
1810 14th st. n.w. Tel. Frank. 317.
Spring Rains Always
Cause n great deal of roof trouble.
l» your roof prepared for the test? Remem-
HAr, our examination and estimate will cost you
hothlng.
Call Main 760.
Grafton&Sonylnc.,
“Stating--and Hoofing EiparU tos 88 Years.*
US. Tax Refund
Brings in SSOO
Held in Spite
Refunding illegally collected
taxes yesterday proved to be not
only correct in principle, but also
renumerative.
An unknown contributor, when
the government returned to him
money which had been collected
by error, wrote tjie Treasury, and
turned in SSOO to the conscience
fund with this explanation:
"The government having return
ed to me money which it unlaw
fully collected, 1 am inclosing SSOO
which I withheld from the govern
ment because of the wrongful
treatment accorded me by your
agents when I was forced to pay
to the government an amount in
j excess of that here returned to
you.”
unmistakable signal when drawing
out from the curb or parking space.
Street far Uule Stands.
The committee did not disturb the
existing rule forbidding an operator
from passing or approaching within
fifteen feet of a street car that is dis
charging or taking on passengers.
Where a loading platform exists the
committee recommends that machines
slow down to twelyc miles an hour
while pasing.
The committee recommends that
vehicles shall keep to the right
around all circles.
Hits Hand lion*.
A new paragraph is added providing
in substance that when a driver is
overtaken by another vehicle ap
proaching at a greater rate of speed
the slower moving machin«M*hall give
right of way and shall not increase
its own speed.
The committee outlines in detail
the draft of a new headlight regula
tion. drawn with the aid of experts
of the bureau of standards. It is sug
gested that no identification tags be
issued to a motorist until it has keen
ascertained whether his headlights
comply with the new law.
I pholds liegulat ions.
In transmitting its recommendations
rite committee told the Commissioners
jit believes most casualties are caused
by a disregard for existing regula
tions rather titan through any fault
of the regulations.
The committee is composed of W.
Graham Cole, M. O. Kldridge. William
! I’’. Ham, Ringgold Hart, Inspector
j Headley, C. B. Hunt, Fyke Johnson,
I it. <». Klotz and Fire Chief Watson,
t Tv* emy-Flve-M lie Limit Highways.
I The highways on which the com
■mittee believes a. twenty-five-mile
I speed should lie allowed follow:
1 Canal road beyond Fosa 11 road.
; Conduit road beyond Reservoir street.
! Reservoir street beyond 37th, Massa- j
j chusetts avenue beyond California
: avenue. River road. Wisconsin avenue |
j beyond Chesapeake street. Connect!- j
j cut avenue from Rodman street to
j Harrison. street. 16th street beyond
Spring road. Alaska avenue. Ceorgia I
j avenue beyond Peabody street, Piney ;
i Branch road from Georgia avenue to
i Blair road. Blair road. Hock Creek
I Church road beyond 2d street. Riggs
! road, Sargent road. Michigan avenue
! and Bunker Hill road beyond 12th
I Street.
Queen Chapel road beyond Bunker
■ Hill road and Rhode Island avenue
northeast beyond 12th street; Bla
! densburg road beyond Mount Olivet
j road. Henning road beyond 22d street.
I Kenilworth avenue. Sheriff road,
j Pennsylvania avenue southeast he
| yond 27th street. Alabama avenue
1 east of Xaylor road. Suittand road,
j Naylor toad. Good Hope road, beyond
i 16lh street. Nichols avenue, south of
i Sumner road, and Livingston road. j
GUARDIANS BOARD
DOUBTS ITS STATUS
i
iMembers Mark Time on Ques
tion of Handing in Their
1 i
Resignations.
i Members of the board of children's
i guardians are-marking time today on
, the question of whether they should
I tender their resignations to the Com
j mlssioners.
| W. W. Millan, president of the
; hoard, declined to discuss the situa
j tion. saying he could not tell what
1 was in the minds of other members. j
i Commissioner Rudolph, chairman j
j of the hoard of Commissioners, had
| not received any resignations up to |
| noon today.
■ One of the women on the board.
I who was unv.Tiling to "talk for pub-j
jlication, stated privately that she had j
1 not decided definitely what her course !
i of action would he.
; The question probably will come be
i fore the board again at a meeting
| next week. The present situation is
i believed to have resulted from the ac
tion of Congress in transferring the
power of appointing the guardians
from the judges to the Commis
sioners.
It also* is an echo of the controversy
which arose last summer between the
guardians and the trustees of the In
dustrial Home School over the man
-1 agement of the school. The difference
iof opinion resulted in the school
I being closed, the board of guardians
! having removed all of its wards from
I the school to private boarding homes.
Congress has abolished the board of
trustees of the home school and placed
the institution under the board of
. guardians. Arrangements now are
j being made to reopen the institution
in the near futufie.
WILL BROADCAST APPEAL
FOR INDIAN LAD’S RETURN
Dwight William Madison, 14-
Year-Old Boy, Disappear
ed From City March 5.
Washington radio broadcasting sta
tions will flash over the coVintry to
day an appeal for the return of
Dwight William Madison, the four
teen-year-old Indian boy, who dis
appeared from his home, at 616
Massachusetts avenue, on March 5.
Mr. Madison, chief of the Chippewa
tribe, who is here in the interest of
Indian legislation, has made arrange
ments to have several of the broad
casting stations broadcast a descrip
tion of the boy in the hope that he
will he located. The parents have
not heard a word from him since
he left home and are bordering on
a nervous breakdown from worry.
Although only fourteen years old.
the boy is quite large for his age
and could pass for seventeen or
eighteen. He is about five feet six
inches tall, has dark brown hair and
eyes and is slender in stature. He
active in athletics and Boy Scout
work. The nail of his right thumb
grows In ridges, which might make
identification easy.
When he left home, the Indian lad
wore a khaki Army shirt, long blue
sirg© trousers, gray cap, green
sweater and brown raincoat.
HIS SECOND CONVICTION.
Ulysses Bowser, colored, has been
convicted of manslaughter at his sec
ond trial for causing the death of
Vernon Beall jn an automobile colli
sion last August. Bowser was con
victed some weeks ago, but Justice
Stafford granted him a new trial. An
other conviction followed. Bowser
will bo aan tone ad later.
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. 'C„ SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1923.
Bedtime Stories. —By GLUYAS WILLIAMS, j
VtANTC TO KNOW IH£ Bt
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PASTE ALREADY SAUED !S A PENNY EARMED ' "BRObH
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BUT DCESN‘T GO ON MUCH ABC( r USING. , GETTING AUU ODER, ' ; ■ t it*
BR.U3H U-P CUD Tl HE. lUS HANDS
,
USIN6 UP THE OLD TUBE OF TOOTx-RaTuC VAi
IC) Wheeler syn. Inc.
1
GRANTS SEVERANCE 1
IN SHIP FRAUD CASE
j Justice Stafford Allows Liv- j
j ingstone, Scott, Christie
a Separate Trial.
j j
CoS.ii H. l.i vingstone, Washington
banker and vice president of the Boy
Scouts of America; William W. Scott,
lawyer and former assistant attorney I
general, ami Leonard D. Christie of (
Alexandria. Va,. will not be tried next [
Monday with* Charles W. Morse, his!
three sons and five others on the j
charge of conspiracy to defraud the I
United States and the Shipping Board i
jin connection with war contracts. On 1
motion of counsel for the three men,
[Justice Stafford in Criminal Division
jl of the District Supreme Court to-'
dav granted them a separate trial.
Livingstone. Scott and Christie, al
though j.oint!y indicted with the I
Morses, advised the court in their mo- j
tions for severance that they had no)
knowledge of the alleged conspiracy
and had no connection with the
Morses outside of the Virginia Ship
building Company, and their cases
would be prejudiced before a jury by
the admission of evidence in connec
tion with other operations of the
Morses. Mr. Livingstone was presi
dent of the Virginia company, Mr.
Scott was its attorney and Mr. Chris- I
tie was employed as an accountant. I
yr. Scott declared he was fifteen I
years in the Department of Justice)
and accepted employment as counsel ■
! for the company at the solicitation of j
j Mr. Livingstone nearly two years
I after the alleged conspiracy is said to I
have been formed. He received a i
salary of *SOO per month from the
Virginia company and was acquainted
only with the operations of that cor
poration.
United States Attorney Gordon and
Judge W. C. Turner, in charge of the
prosecution, offered no objection to
the granting of the motions for the
separate trial. No date, of course,
was scheduled, nor will one be named
until the Morse trial is completed, it
j was said.
j Attorneys Charles A. Douglas, Con
rad H. Syme and Joseph W. Cox ap
peared for the three men and .pre
j sented the motions for severance.
' PURSUE HOLD-UP CLUE.
| Officers Seek Auto Carrying Sup
posed Liquor Bandits.
Constable Thomas H, Garrison of
Hyattsville and the local police par
ticipated in a search for occupants
of a big touring car who were re
ported to have held up occupants of
another car on the Washington-Bal
timore boulevard beyond Hyattsville
early today.
It is thought by the police that the
men were looking sos liquor. Nothing
in the car that was held up ap
pealed to them, it developed, and
nothing was taken. Hurrying from
the scene, the automobile collided
with a farmer's motor truck on its
way to market and damaged it.
Occupants of the car in which the
hold-up men were riding sped from
the Stjene in the direction of this
city. Constable Garrison telephoned
the local police of its coming, but
it probably reached here before the
officers could reach the several roads 1
upon which it might be expected to
enter the city.
FIRE RULING APPEALED.
Fred L. Walter and the other owners
and tenants of premises at 1010 F
street northwest have noted an appeal
from the mandatory Injunction grant
ed by Justice Siddons of the District
Supreme Court requiring them within
sixty days to equip the property with
fire escapes, fire extinguishers and
other fire preventives. The injunction
was obtained by t\e District Com
missioners. The building is four
stories high.
Those named in the injunction are
Fred L. and Henry C. Walter, owners;
the Moore’s Victoria Theater Company,
lessee; United Cafeteria Company,
Ruth Harris. Mrs. S. Bannon, George
P. Phillips, Edward P. Brown, Marie
Beacham and Alma Copenhaver, ten
ants. >
Corporation Counsel Stephens and
Assistant Corporation Counsel Wilkes
appeared for the District, while the
defendants were represented by At
torneys W. J. Lambert, H. Barger and
C. R. Ahalt.
REDUCE ALCOHOL SUPPLY.
NEW YORK, March 17.—Vigilance
of the federal prohibition department
has kept. 360,000 gallons of alcohol a
month off the bootleg liquor market
of NOV York, John D. Appleby said
upon his retirement as zone chief for
Boston. Up to March 1 he was zone
chief of New York and New Jersey.
In the last six months, he said, the
department rejected applications for
the purchase by drug firms and man
ufacturers of toilet articles of 450,-
000 gallons of alcohol a month. At
least 80 per cent of this amount, Mr.
Appleby declared, would have gone
into the madting of bootleg liquor.
Permits for the purchase of only
76,000 gallon* a month, over* Issued,
' h* said. . ... f ...
| ELOPING LOVERS ADMIT 1
I THEY‘MADE A MISTAKE’
i _ ]
Thomas Gray Haddon. Jr., and I
j Miss Chalkley. Youthful Couple, j
Postpone Wedding.
( !
(
Admitting they had made a mistake
I in eloping from their homes in Rich
j niond, Va.. to this city to get married
and deciding to postpone the event
j until the prospective groom graduates
from college. Miss Nancy Holland
[ Chalkley, seventeen, and Thomas
J Gray Haddon, jr.. nineteen years old. I
j returned to their homes yesterday
I afternoon.
j Tom and Nancy probably would j
j have been married hail it not been for j
1 police intervention following the re- I
j ceipt of a message from Richmond i
| asking that the nuptial ceremony be J
1‘ prevented.
Late yesterday afternoon fathers of j
I the disappointed young people reached
Ih.-re, Haddon going to the sixth pre- j
< inct police station, where his son I
was held, while the father of Miss j
(Chalkley went to the house of deten- j
I tion to interview her.
It was made clear that there was
no parental objection to the marriage,
but the young people told Capt. Doyle
of the sixth precinct of their determi- I
nation to await the graduation of the I
prospective groom before having the
nuptial knot tied.
Papa Haddon and bis son boarded j
the automobile in which the young |
j couple drove here, occupying the |
! front seat, while Papa Chalkley and i
his daughter occupied the rear seat.
I They motored home in the rain.
| CLERK IS REINSTATED.
M rs. Garrick. Veteran’s Widow ,
Gets Treasury Place.
By order of President Harding, Mrs.
Helen Carrick. widow of a veteran
of the world war. has been reinstated
as a clerk in the Treasury Depart
ment. “without reference 'to the '
length of lime she has been separated |
from the service." The order was
Issued on the recommendation of the
xSeoretary of the Treasury, who stated
that Mrs. Carrick was employed as
a clerk in the Treasury Department
for a period of almost two years and
rendered satisfactory service. Her
husband served overseas and was in
the battle of the Argonnd, Lagny. I
Seille and St Mihiel. He was killed ■
recently in an automobile accident. !
! leaving her with a two-year-old child '
to support. It was noted in the order
that the Civil Service Commission "ie
unable to concur iu the recommenda
tion for this order.”
ASKS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE.
Mrs. Adelaide J. Roodi Makes Plea
in Court.
Mrs. Adelaide J. Rood has filed suit
in the District Supreme Court for an
absolute divorce from George A.
Rood, who now resides in New York
city. They were jnarried at Freder
ick, Md.. October 8, 1919, and have
no children. Misconduct is alleged
and a co-respondent named. Attor
neys Roger O'Donnell. Thomas W.
O'Brien and William J. Peters appear
for the wife.
1 Commercial National Bank
Fourteenth at G St.
I The Test of An Investment
When you are contemplating the purchase
of securities of any kind*—ask these questions:
What is the par value?
§i What is the present market price? .
Has it a ready sale? - M.
Will the Banks accept it for collateral? I
What are its Bank references?
—and then to make doubly sure get your bank’s
opinion.
= We render all the assistance possible in
such inquiries. Don’t buy blindly—KNOW! a
President j
HARRINGTON MILLS, JAMES H. BADEN,
a Flmt Vice President. V. Pres, and Cashier. •
- JAMES B. REYNOLDS, LAURENCE A. SLAUGHTER.
Vice President. Vice President,
j II ft
AMARYLLIS SHOW j
. LURE TO CHILDREN
• 7 |
i School Pupils Today Viewing
J
1 Wonderful Display at Agri
culture Greenhouses.
B> die, thousands today children j
from the Washington and suburban j
schools are marching upon the De- i
' partment of Agriculture greenhouses j
Jto see the' greatest collection of j
amaryllis blooms in captivity, Ac- j
j companicd in groups and classes'by j
j their teachers, by mothers and in J
"gangs" just by themselves these j
’ youngsters are making happy pil- j
! grimage to see the first gorgeous •
j blooms of spring.
The attendance this morning was .'
j so large that those in charge of the I
I show, who have had experience in j
nine other amaryllis exhibits, pre- i
diet that today's attendance will j
break ail records.
Scores of children brought lunches j
j with them, and had picnic parties on j
j the Department of Agriculture
j grounds. |
12.000 \ isilura Registered,
j Already nearly 12,000 persons have j
| witnessed this year's show, which ex- :
! perts say is bigger and ‘more brilliant
and botanically more, interesting than j
any of its predecessors.
Tomorrow Is the big day at the !
show, when family parties are ex- [
i peoted, and all those whose work [
| has prevented their attendance dur
ing the week arc looked for. With j
a warm day enticing the pecqile out J
for a walk in the open, officials of 1
the bureau of plant industry say that
tomorrow's attendance should run up
to nearly 10.000 persons.
In preparation for this crowd a
force of workmen will spend the
j night freshening up the show, re
j moving some blooms bordering on
the walks that have been bruised by
the passing throngs, and bringing in
new specimens that have come into
flower since the show started. Dr.
W. A. Taylor, .chief of the bureau
of plant industry, said today that the
show tomorrow will be even better
than on the opening day. '
Entire Spare Open to Public.
• Because of the big crowd expected
! tomorrow Secretary Wallace and the
i officials of the department have not
i issued any special invitations to their
friends and prominent people. The
entire space will be thrown open to
the public.
Monday, however, is the day spe
cially assigned to the service men at
Walter Reed and Mt. Alto hospitals
and other rehabilitation plants about
the capital. Scores of sympathetic
residents have contributed the use
of their automobiles to bring the
service men in from these hospitals
to see the brilliant show.
CONSOLES ITALIAN QUEEN.
ROME, March 17.—Premier Musso
lini went to the Quirinal yesterday
afternoon to present the condolences
of the government and country to
Queen Helena on the death of her
mother, former Queen Milena of
Montenegro.
If— 1
Noonday
Lenten Services
i I
B. F. Keith’s Theater I
12:25 to 1 o'clock
j
.SPEAKER MONDAY • |
Odell S. Smith
| I
CONDUCTED BY
Rev. Maurice S. White |
|
Every One Invited —No
Collection
I '
TAKES UP PROBLEM
OF ALIEV TENANTS
I
Committee to Consider Plight!
of Dwellers Scheduled for
Eviction June 1.
| SEES TWO TASKS AHEAD
j Local Man Reported to Be Contem
plating Erection of Bungalows
to Meet Needs,
i
1 The problem of how to provide for
the 10.000 alley dwellers who will be
evicted on June 1 will be taken tip
iu earnest by a committee of seven
teen men and women, headed by Mrs.
|<'lara Sears Taylor, member of the
j Kent Commission.
This committee was named at a
j mass meeting held in ihe boardroom
of the District building’ yesterday
afternoon under the joint auspices of
the Emergency Housing Association and
the Inter-Racial Deague.
Mrs. Taylor stated today that her
committee lias two well defined tasks
cut out for itself; To provide tempo
| rary quarters for the alley families
if they are evicted on June 1. and.
secondly, to stimulate the erection of
j permanent homes within the reach of
! those people.
1 Propose* Erection of Bungalows.
William V. Mahoney, secretary of
j the Emergency Housing Association,
i said he learned yesterday of one local
1 man who is considering the erection
iof 1,000 bungalows, so constructed
I that they could be rented or bought
ibv alley inhabitants. He said he
| heard of another person who is wil
-1 iing to give thirty lota, provided the
* houses built on them are used ohly
Ibv allev dwellers.
Mrs. Taylor believes the first move
of her committee should be to ascer
j tain definitely what building projects.
if any. are being contemplated by
( individuals that would he available
I for alley tenants.
One speaker at the mass meeting
I suggested that If an acute situation
I occurs in June some of the temporary
1 war structures in the Mall could be
! turned Into dormitories for the alley
| population .until they find permanent
• quarters. Mrs. Taylor said today- she
I 1 was not sufficiently acquainted with
the condition of those buildings to
express an opinion.
Member* of Committee.
} Those appointed to study the prob
j lent with Mrs. Taylor are: Dr. Amanda
I Gray Hillyer, Rev. George M. Diffen
! derfer, E. W. Oyster. William McK.
Clayton, Thomas Walker. Mrs, John
Xewton Culbertson, Rev. W. D. Jarvis.
Rev. Henry- Allen Tapper, Whitfield
McKinley, Judge W. W. Warwick.
Mrs. Eli Helmlck. Snowden Ashford,
Brig. Stitt of the Salvation Army.
Huston Thompson, Rev. W. D. Darby
and Rev-. Hugh T. Stevenson.
The committee was appointed on
motion of Rev. J. Milton Waldron,
president of the Housing Association,
who delivered an address, outlining
the situation in the alleys. He said:
"Washington is face to face with a
critical situation. Between twelve and
fourteen thousand of its inhabitants now
living in the alleys of the city will be
dispossessed by law of their homes and
turned out upon the streets of the capi-
There Is a $15,850
REAL HOME
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IN OUR
I INTOWN SUBURB
14th Street- Terrace
lust being finished that will meet the requirements in
size, location and actual home comforts and requirements
I • of any family able to spend as high as $20,000.
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WHY PAY MORE?
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A Big, Detached, Individual Home, having a large library, with
open fireplace, a sun-flooded dining room of very liberal dimensions
and one clubroom, besides excellent pantry arrangement and ample
kitchen room. There are four master bedrooms—two excellent
baths.
TO INSPECT
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Take any 14th Street car (unquestionably the best service in
Washington) to Ingraham or Jefferson Street, or drive out loth
Street and through Colorado Avenue.
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OWNERS and BUILDERS
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I OFFICIALS TO PliN
CURB ON NARCOTICS
|u. S. and Foreign Countries
i Will Be Represented at
Conference Here. I
HUGHES IS ON PROGRAM
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i Guests at ‘‘lnternational Dinner"
Will Discuss Agreement
to End Traffic.
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An a nlj - narcotic conference. so be,
composed of governors of states, j
foreign diplomats, medical, civic and
welfare organizations, fraternities
and societies looking toward the les
sening or elimination “of the nar- j
cotic evil in the United States and .
oflier nations" will he held in the j
large ballroom of the New Willard l
Hotel May 3 and 4. On the even- [
ing of May 3. an “International Din- j
ner" will b* held, at which high j
American and foreign officials ail! j
apeak.
A permanent . ommittee or comtnis- j
sion will be evolved from the con- j
ference and will remain in Washing- |
toil over May ,i, to confer with i
representatives of foreign govern- i
meiiis and establish, if possible.
j definite means of co-operation with i
I foreign governments “looking toward |
j a mutual helpfulness in putting an ;
. end to the illegitimate manufacture, j
sale and use of narcotic drugs,"
The program is process of
preparation. but already includes
.Secretary of State Hughes, who has
accepted an invitation to make an ad
dress.
Hexford !. Holmes of this city,
who made the foregoing announce
ment. staled today the following are
I signatory to the conference call:
* Secretary of the Interior Hubert
i Work; Hex Charles Wood, pastor
of the '"(lurch of the Covenant;
Surgeon General M. W Ireland, Hear
Admiral K S. Stitt, surgeon general i
of the Navy; Dr. 'leorge M. Kober. j
dean of the Georgetown University ,
Medical School: Uev. William S .
J Abernathy, pastor of the Calvary
j Baptist Church: Representative 1. J
'M. Poster of Ohio, Mrs. Laura B. j
I Kvans. trustee of the University of I
j Illinois, itev Howard H. Husseli, j
j founder of the Anti-Saloon League)
.of America; Justice Stanton J. Peelle. ;
j form- r chief justice, I’nited States
Court of Claims: Andrew Wilson.)
! president of the Anti-Saloon League ,
Jof the District; Wayne B. Wheeler,;
! general counsel of the league; Percy!
; S. Foster. Owen I* Keliar. Mrs, Kllisi
ja, Vost "and Mrs, William A Fitz- .
' gerald. president of the California i
i Federation of Women’s Clubs. ;
j tal on June t. About 2.000 of these |
j peoples are whites, being mostly trades- j
men and their families doing business ;
among the alley people; they in ail .
, probability have sufficient, mon< y to se- .
j cure homes elsewhere.
Mays Many Are Without .Means,
• only a few of the colored inhabitants I
. | have anything more than their monthly !
f wages and with the crowded condition ’
. ;of the city, it will be an exceedingly ‘
. j difficult proposition to supply the col- :
[ or.-d alley dwellers with places of abode
, J Os course, if something is not done at
I' once to relieve the situation, the col
ored persons who are to be put out of
the alley houses on the Ist of June
i will naturally seek shelter with the
members of their own race in various
__ j parts of the city. Perhaps 3,000 or
" , 4,o0" of these people will be able to
1 j crowd into the already congested coi
’ j ored homes, but this will leave 8,000
J ; or more without any shelter whatever.
’ | “Only a few of this remaining mini
t I ber will leave the city or go to the
' | farms, for such work as they do is in
i j Washington and for protection and suh
« I sistence these people will naturally feel
1 they must stay near their jobs and they
I are needed by the employers of labor
here."
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W ashington
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