*wi t s 4 4 " *e 9
WASWASHINGTO PAGETILE
INDIANS TO
PAI HONOR
TO FALLEN
Chief of Crow Nation to Place
War Bonnet on Tomb
of Hero.
Of all the honors to be heaped
upon the unknown soldier whose
burial in Arlington Cemetery Fri
day will be symbolic of the nation's
homage to fallen brothers all, per
haps the most American will be the
simple recognition paid by one who
comes out of the West breathing
the spirit of pioneer days. He is
an American Indian warrior.
Represents Crow Nation.
Almost last in the procession tof
those who will decorate the casket of
the unknown-and yet a fitting clima.
to them all-will be Chief Pleniy
Coups, chief of the Crow nation, repre.
senting the Indians of the United
States. He will lay his war bonnet
and coupatick on the tomb.
Medals significant of the respect
of seven nations will be placed upon
the casket of the fallen Yank. l'hi
casket will then be decorated with the
'Congressional Medal of Honor and
Distinguished Service Cross by 'resi
dent Harding; the Belgian Croix de
w "I , . 1-1u . t'en. tsaroe Jacqlues;
the Victoria Cross, by lKarl Beatty;
- n Me'.ta . ailitaiue and the
Croix de Guerre, by Marshal Foch;
the Italian Gold Medal for Bravery,
by General Diaz; the Czecho-Slav War
Cross, by Dr. Bedrieh Stephanck,
Czecho-Slovakian minister to the
United States, and the Polish Virtuti
Militari, by Prince Lubomirski, Polish
minister to this country.
ne ta aet otar.ng the remains or
the soldier is to arrive at the aimphi
theater after the parade thro'igh
Washington at 11:15 o'clock next Fri
day morning. Guests provided with
reserved seats will be rtiuested to
take their seats before that time.
On arrival at the entrance to the
amphitheater, the casket will be re
moved and borne to the apse, where
it will be placed on the catafalque.
The choir and clergy will precede the
pallbarers and General Pershing and
distinguished officers of the army
and navy as mourners will follow the
trocession.
Sound "Attention" at Noon.
President and Mrs. Harding will ar
rive at 11:50 and as they are seaet.
the invocation will be offered by
4 haplain Axton. At exactly 12 o'clock
the trumpeter will sound "Attention'
three times, and at the expiration of
two minutes, as asked for in the
proclamation issued by the President.
"America" will he sung.
Vfier this song. President Hardin
'i:ll deliver a funeral oration and :h-i
w il be followed by the singing of
"The Supreme Sacrifice" by a quar
t*t from the Metropolitan Opera ('am
pany, composed of Miss Rosa Pon
s. lie. \liss Jeanne' Gordon. Morgan
Kingston and William Gustafson.
Is Prince Lubomirski places the
Polish medal on the casket the audi
ence will sing "O God. Our Help in
Ages Past.'' This will be followed by
the reading of the Psalms by Chap
lain lazaron and then Miss Ponselle
will sing "I Know That My Redeemer
Liveth." t'h piaiin F-'razier will read
S rlutul 'e hls.m and thie ,,re, monie s
n the amphitheater will be concluded
n ith the singing of "Nearer. My God,
to Thee."
The remains will then he borne from
the apse to the sarcophagus. preceded
by the clergy and followed by Piresi
dent and Mirs. Ilarding. Vice President
and Mrs. Coolidge, the senior foreign
delegates to the Conferene.. the Secre
taries of State, War and Navy, Gen
eral Pershing and the officers who
presented decorations. IDuring t he
or ocessional the band will play "Our
Honored Dead.'
The burial service will he read by
Chaplain Brent.
W''reaths to lie Placed.
A fteir the reading of the hurial serv
ice a wr-eathI will he4 laced4~ on the
tomb of the unknown soldier by Rep
r-esen'ftative I Iumiltoni Fish, jr-., of Ne-w
YoIfrk; by Mirs. R. Emumet t lIigney. on
beehalf of Amic'an War Mothers; by
Mr-s. .Iulia Mt'whhb'i. (4n Ihhif of
British W~ar Mlot hers: hy N Mrs.Mr
ariet War'field. pre'sidenlt of the D is
ii.t War Miot hers on biehialf of the
liede D~iamiond 4 liftht Dilvisioni Sociecty.
Trhere- will follow three salvos oft
art illet tap~s. I he national salute
conc luing the rites.
Schedule Given Out
For Citizen Coppers
D~uring Arms Parley
po4litanl foiree duiriing the aermse c-onfe
ence hav-. rece4iv'ed the'ir niMgnmen4'4t
.hrough their r'especetive lie'ute'nants.
The 4 hambesr oIf (0(nnne(rI-c un-lir
t'harlea WA. Darr wilt be4 4144n1 dut aft'r
o'S(''lock eon the nilghlts 4of Wede'taye.
Thursday. tFriday: antd . uclrarv en
Seventeenth Street feii ItI to
streets: The' t'iytub. uonlr It K.
i-erguson. 11n Se''enteint h freom D toc
ED: Board oef Tr'ade uneci i- J Murpthy,
on1 Sevente'enth frcint C to I'enn-i
sylvanin noenue; iand the' Iem h e- )
fanse teogue uner' Wcc. P'ierre tan ner,
st Sevenitcenthl and Penns-.-'-nin
veue-.
'apitoll plai.a fron mu t o 3n n. m
Wedneay.e wit ia the I I mto ,-f- -noc
leaguie stanintg guiardl fromn a te t" int
p. m. On the foullowingt day the lie-nly
rined i~ polithe of't thetf Hoardiil ofrad
atl pto the 'apitol grou'eiccndclii fro c
A 'mintne'e "ree ln~i1te'" wit 'i sup ll
police Plennsylvaila nven4ue fr'em the
Monument to the Trert onii. 'The
Heoard oft Tra-de memb~e'tW will Ice 44
tiemeed frcem Ftfte'e'nth street awhl Pennt
sylvanIa avenuhet Acque- lu''et 1i4 i-tgc.
wvhile the He' l'fc'nse~ legu uliI
serve with their respeettve jureclnet
A
Golf Nuts Have Simply
Got To Pay, Says
Cl Sherril
Wielders of brassies and nib
licks will have to pay for the
privilege of indulging in their
favorite outdoor pastime at the
West Potomac golf course, ac
cording to an announcement
made today by Superintendent
of Public Buildings and Grounds
Sherrill.
In order to make the course
self-supporting, Colonel Sherrill
said, a charge of 6 centa per
round of nine holes on week
days and 10 cents per round on
Saturdays, Sundays and holi
days will be made.
NOELPROGRAM
AT CONCERT IN
SMITH SERIES
Leginska, Piano, and Kindler,
'Cello, Shift Abruptly From
Classic to Ultra-Modern.
it was a daring program presented
by Leginska, pianist, and Hans
Kindler. 'cellist, at the National
Theater yesterday afternoon, for the
second concert of the Ten-Star Series
under the direction of T. Arthur
Smuith. With no transition, this program
went abruptly from the classic of
lBrahms and Bach to the ultra modern
gn Leginska herself as composer, and
in an Ornstein sonata for 'cello and
piano. though the tatter was absolute
music bearing a racial touch almost
ritualistic. It was not Ornstein the
iconoclast.
Leginska and Kindler have a rare
sympathy between them in concerted
work. Roth artists are highly imagi
native, and with Leginska the mystic
in music was dominant, making the
piano suffuse its tone quality into
that of the deep-hued 'cello.
Vague Tone Color.
With a vague dark tone color, with
reserve and gentle theme painting, the
E minor Brahms sonata for 'cello and
piano, opus 38, was given with a de
lightful interchange of melody, the
classic forms having an infinite variety
of character and execution, both
artists keenly sensing the Brahms
rhythm. Suave melody brought out
the rich tones of the 'cello. while
fantasy was captured charmingly in
the piano scot-e.
The Ornstein sonata, opus 52, had
a first hearing here. It is oriental
and most poetic, with its singing
themes' vibrantly given by 'cello. while
throughout the sco"e the piano seems
to paint another picture. detached yet
like a scenic and at times an eto
tional background for the impassion
ed love songs, the sadness and the
beauty of the 'cello's singing roaring
richly against the fatalistic reitera
tion of the piano themes.
A tone picture and a mad mood
werte the two ,ompositiotls that
brought Mme. Leginska to us as com
poser. She played as piano solos her
own "Gargoyles of Notre Dame" and
a "Scherzo" after a poem of Tagore.
Som on., asked if we like the "Notre
IDane" sketch. It is more philosophy
than mere music. It is so dt signed.
For out over Paris look these stone
Images that bear human masks, and
Paris itnpenetrable-, sends out first
her dint rumbuhle through which the
bIlls of Notre Dam" penetrate. then
those "street cries'' of Paris like De
huss' has creat, d. and suddenly a
capricious staccato. Iharming in tune
and in erratic execution, adds another
whim. It is a modern tone sketch
holdin< n-neh that is abstract with
nothing horal in its make-up.
Tagore In Musk.
Then, iconoclastic, with dissonan- s
in mad joy, comes Leginska's idea of
the Tagore philosophy, "For I know
'tis the height of wisdom to he
drunken and go to the dogs." it's
reckless. not always forceful, fantasic
and all smudged in tone; more in tth
manner of impressionistic painting
than music's message, but since we
have this modern thought to reckon
with her-e is its representation in
liaas Kindler was masterful in his
scaring ottmtantding use of his 'cello.
and in the (' minor Bach "Preltnde and1
Fugue'' and for encore the Bach
''Iiiurree"' his flowing tone, musical
andi~ c lar' artt icul at ion was de1 epl y vi -
bant and lovely. Mmne. Leginska
pilaycd as encore the Chopin H nilnor'
Sherzo~i mt broad formn. hititng and
tragic, yet with a muted sadness that
was original in its veiled tones.
Somethinig fresh and original 'amte
into th(' miusic st'asoni in a novel r'e
eltal with tnew thought in it fronm two
fot ef ul arttists. Legitnska and I tans
Kitdler. JE'RSIE MacB3RIDE.
CHURCHES TO PRAY FOR
ARMS MEET TOMORROW
'titing for thle fir'st tinme ini a joint
statement to. the nation, the official
h'aj of twentty-thr'ee church ot'ganiza
ions, representing 'Ao.00000 c'oimiu
nicants, issued nnt appeal to ''si
lovers if hummtnity"' to co-opetat e
''in tminid and( heart antd will'' in work
in for, ih' sut c-es of the co(nference
on litmitation of armnaments.
Tomtorrow will he observed by
chrihes throughout the world as a
sp'chil day of prayer for the suces
of t he' onferen'e.
Th" appeatl issued today is the re
stlut iationi tak''' hy the Federal
'nelt if t'hurtcheq t'hiit tn Atner.
MAN LOSES COAT, WATCH,
AND $4 IN STREET HOLD-UP
ThIs h ile wr is held upt atnd irihhled of
is ,iverlot, m gold watch andl S4
in moneyt' ablutt l in ittilock this tmorn
ltg ni Tw''~ elIfthi stre'et atind %i: M seat'hut
sills at'enue, nothei,:tst. was the, ir,
port inune ti th injliiec by' .iseph
.iksont of lIin P'ark P'lace, north
past.
laiksoin told the' toli'' t hal a main
nie up leihindt hhn andu sticking a
gut in his sid'. i ',nnnanded.i hinm to r'e
move., his mer coal. He~ s1 t'e han
tilt themi wenit thriough his j'ockets. Het
was unable to give the police a de
.....ptsean aif t he tmn.
23,00 PRATES
OfORATORY 60
IN MELTING POT
Government Printing Office De
stroys Several Tons of Con
gressional Globe.
Twenty-three thousand plates, used
in printing the old Congressional
Globe, and containing the debates of
many of America's foremost orators
who served in the House and Senate
before and after the Civil war, have
been destroyed at the Government
Printing Office.
The eliminationS of these plates from
the great subway vault of the big
print shop was necessary to make
room for the moe recent records of
the Government. The plates, however,
have not been thrown Into the waste
pile, but were melted and will be used
in other ways.
Twelve of the plates, containing
statements to the House and Senate
made by Henry Clay, Stephen Douglas
and others, have been saved and will
be put on exhibition in the Govern
ment Printing Office Museum.
The Old Congressional Globe, which
appeared first weekly and later daily,
was printed by individual shops from
1833 to 1876 when the Government
took over the work. The contract for
the work was held by several men and
there was continued bickering for the
privilege of printing the records of
Congress.
In those days, the record was print
ed slightly different from now. The
remarks in the House and Senate
were not all taken verbatim but were
composed largely of what the re
porter construed the member to mean
to say.
Speech on Slavery.
'In one of the plates a proof shows
some remarks on the slavery ques
tion. Lyman Trumbull, a Senator
from Illinois, suggests to the House
that the negroes be pent to another
part of the earth where they may es
tablish their own country. He is em
phatic In his statement that both
races cannot get along together if the
negro is set free. Mr. Trumbull pre
dicts the time will come when such a
country will have formulated and the
negroes will have a government of
their own.
William Pitt Fessenden. Secretary
of the Treasury under Lincoln and a
member of the Senate, took a prom
inent part in the "Panama" canal
question back in 1856, according to
the Globe, which published Fessen
den's speech on the question of com
munication between the Pacific and
Atlantic Oceans.
"Great Britain must be prevented
from obtaining control of this im
portant route of communication," de
Glares Fessenden while discussing a
South American treaty before the
Senate.
The proofs of one of the plates show
that in 1858 public land for use 'f
"actual settlers only" could be pro
cured in New 1 ork. 'I'h. ri'e"
shows a petition introduced by a Ni w
York Senator "Praying that the pub
lic lands may be laid off in farms cr
lots and granted free of cost to actual
settlers only."
D. C. Pay In Issue.
Another portion of the records n -
fers to an appropriation hill relating
to the District of Columbia. It shoes
that the fight for increased pay for
Government employes was on as far
back as 1854. The bill, which was
passed by the Senate in that year pro
vided a twenty per cent increase in
pay for the watchmen employed at th'
White Ilouse, the drawkeepers of the
bridges across the EIastern Branch .n-l
r'Om,:mar : - , ie lumnpii'iit'r on Ies
ervation No. 2, the doorkeeper and as
sistant doorkeeper at the White House,
and policemen stationed at the Capi
tol.
The destruction of these plates ii
the Government Printing Office wa3
done under the direction of John
?'c~ ,een, n' tn aplom, wJ depu!
public printer. Mr. Greene destroyed
the plates after the Government Print
ing Office's Board of inspection had
condemned them. On the committee
are Mll. 1;r i n. , enao ma n, m .
Moorehead, foreman of printing and
Walter W. Scott, inspector of the
joint con.mittee on printing.
One of the plates was submitted to
the Bureau of Standards to be an
alyzed. The analysis showed ea'h
plate to contain miore than ten diff~-o
ent substances. Each plate is sol.'1
and hard. It is about one fourth 'i
.nch thiek andl very ditticunt to bni ni.
DR. GREGOERSON TALKS
ON CHIROPRACTORS' ART
The auditorium on the tenth floor
of the New Willard Hiotel was filied
to capacity last night when D~r. Jamies
C. Greggerson addressed over 800 pwo
ple on the subject of spinal adjust
mecnt as a means of restoring health.
The lecture was under the auspices
of the Chiropractic Association of th'
D)istrict of ('olumbia.
D~r. Greggerson stated thnt sil
adjustments will soon be as common
in the home, done by members of the
famIly, as arc the present well-known
home remedies for common ailments.
An average of only one ('ase lout out
of over eight hundred in the recor.i of
chiropractors during the Influenza epi
detmlic of 1918 against one in sixte.'n
. otherI treatmints. saidi Dri. 4 ;regeer
son.
Motion pictures were shown. Illus
trating the causes of disorders and lb.
methods used in making spinal ad
justmnents.
K. OF C. PLAN CHRISTMAS
TREE FOR D. C. ORPHANS
Plans. fo~ n 4'hisitmas Tree Part'y
for Washington orphans were be'gun
during the week by' Washington C'hap
teri. K nights of 4 oluimbus. Th(' party
will be held nt 3t p. mi.. D~ecember 26.
in the niew homiei of the K. t'. whi.'h
is now underi course, of construction
on Tenth in Inr K Mt re-eti nrhwest.
The Grsni Knights have been in
vitedl to apliomt five- members from
iach i'ounell to serve on s committee
on arrangements.
Invite K. of C. to Carnival.
\fe-mnbirs of l'artoll Council.
invited to ftttend~ the Elks' Carnival.
to be held during the week of Novem
. has 21.
What's Do
and TQo
TODAY.
d ceaeert. seldiers' Rome. 6:60 . M.
oelty for Pllosophie Inquiry, P. ue
Library. 4:S0 p. M.
Beleet lub dance. 400 sixteenth reset
northwest. S p. m.
Open house. Washington Oilege of Law.
1I K street northwest. 6 to 6:10-P. n.
Lecture en switserland byMadame
NHt 11, Heme Club, interier partnt
au orlum, :1S p mA.
informal supper. Womern' Natienal
Pros Club. T p. m.
Tag day for Ursuilne Blaters' day nur
sery, all ay.
Oversene Y. M. C. A. workers to or
rase part in unknown hero's funeral.
Willard Hotel. t p. in.
Federation of Citisens' Association&
board rem, District building $ p. M.
Chrysanthemum show Agriculture Do
partment greenhouse, Fourteenth and a
Oldest Wori
To Celebra
Birthday J
Lieut. W. N. Williams Has Fight
ing Record Dating Back to
Civil Conflict.
The oldest veteran of the world
war by quite a majority of years Is
Lieutenant W. N. Williams, U. 8. A..
retired, of 2300 Connecticut avenue.
Lieut. Williams will observe his elgn
ty-fifth birthday on January 22, next.
Naturally he also holds the record
as the oldest member of the Amerien*
Legion, and will be among those pres
ent at Kansas City next week, when
he will attend the legion convention
as a guest of the George Washington
Poet.
Williams was born January 15, 1837,
at Newton Stewart, County Tyrone,
Ireland. He came to America with
his parents when he was three months
old. At the outbreak of the war be
tween Mexico and the United States in
1847, he tried to enlist as a drummer
boy, but was repeatedly rejected,
owing to his youth. In talking of his
attempts to enlist during that war,
Williams tells an amusing incident of
how his father found him in one of
the recruiting stations and gave him
a spanking in the presence of the
army officers. He declares that he
will never forget the spanking as long
as he lives.
Enlists in Civil War.
In 1861, when President Lincoln
called for volunteers for what was sup
posed to be three months' service.
Williams enrolled as a private with
Company A of the Sixth Indiana Vol
unteers. A t first this regiment was
one of numerous three-months organ
izations. He enlisted on April 19.
1861, and was discharged on Saturday,
August 2, of the same year. Williams
left that night for his home. The
next morning he attended church with
the members of his family as had been
the custom for years.
That night, following supper, he
bade farewell to his father and mother
and started back for camp, arriving
early Monday morning. lie re-enlisted
for three years on August 4, 1861. He
was a participant of the battle at
Cheat River, West Virginia, and there
he saw General Garnett. of the Con
federacy, meet his death in battle.
William was also at the battle of
Shiloh, the battle of Stone River.
Tennessee: Chickamauga. and Mis
sionary Ridge, Georgia. It was at the
battle of Salem Church, Tennessee,
that he was first wounded. This was
a light skirmish between the Union
URGE HOMEFOR
FEEBLE-MINDIED
IN WASHINGTON
Juvenile Association Finds 222
Serious Offenses Committed
By Morons During Year.
The need of a home in the District
f Columbia for feeble-minded was
haracterized as "imperative" last
night in the annual report of the
uveniile Protective Association, read
v Mrs. 1Edna K. Bushee, executive
* e reta.ry.
lI nder existing conditions in the
District no iprovision is made what
ver for ('are of the feeble-minded.
and they are a menace to the
ommuntity. the report' stattes.
The JTuvenile Association has in
vestigated 300 cases the past year,
and found that out of this number
ighty girls nnd 142 hoys had actu
illy committed offenses of a
eriouis nature.
Better school attendance. it is
tlso declared, is necessary if Wash
ington is to cope successfully with
its incorrigible boys and girls.
The annual report of the associa
ton shows that there are 300 fami
ice, with 716 children. nctually under
rne care of the ansociation.
The policy of the G;overnment in
-!ending millions for battleships and
tile or nothing on the growing chil
'i'en of the nation was c'haracterisedl
's uncivilized by Dr. .James Freemaun,
* intor of the Church of the 10piphanay.
"When we ar el- cvilirzed we will not
build warships at 342,000.000 each to
I roteet uas from enemies without." he
said. "We wIll build institutions to
rotect our children from enemies
v'thin."
,New hoerdl members of the associa
ion named for t he followIng year
Ma'. anid .Mrs. Wartmn Gma mrd. lank
a. (ilsson. Mrs.ri 11. ('aason. Miss
bomise King. llenry N. Brauner ani
\irr. C. 1.. Thomas.
Mrs. It. .loh'nson, Mrs. Wallace Rad
iffe nnd l~ouis Simon, 262n1 Connec-ti
mat ivrnua' we *Ae re-elected to thme
'(0(rad of directott
TRADE BOARD MEMBERS
TO AID JOBS BUREAU
Members of the Washington Boat 4
of Trade have been asked to contrIbute
1 to helpa tmeet the expenses of the.
reuienit was sent out to miembers of
the organisattlon today by Thomas
ing Today
norrow
streets aarthest. C a. w to e p. in
Commulity meetiag. Themees sehel.
Twelfth and I. streets aorthwest. 1 p. in.
Upiphamy Chapter. Amnerican Levalt
Club. ap, hsa Parish Rouse, 1A,
stret nrtbwt,6 p. mw.
Demo for ttudets cond frtemds at Re
search Unlversity, f1 Jaebsea ple
serib west.
Csosts daes by the Nacht Co. am
P", Mutual ".fi As..iat.e. Ar
cade balrerm, I p. in.
TMomOW.
Open-air dovetieaal service District
Knights Templar. Meamnseat Oreuads, I
p. ac.
(scial Club of Hebrew Rem. for the
Ased. 415 U stteet merthwest, 4:30 p. m.
acht tes Cesaeil, Amertea Associa
ter for ]oegmltios .t the trish Re
public i Pemanylvania aveste south
east S p M.
d War Vet
te His 85th
Fan. 22 Next
forces and a detachment of General
Wheeler's forces of the Confederacy.
Wheeler at this time, with his main
body, was away. At this battle Will
iams was on staff duty as a lieutenant
of the Third Indiana cavalry, having
won his promotion in battle. He was
under severe fire four times in the
first three months' sprice.
Sees Servie. In west.
Then came the mustering out of the
Union army, following the surrender
of General Lee. Williams. having ac
quired a taste for army life, did not
go out with the rest, but decided to
remain in the afmy. He saw active
service in the fights against the red
skins of the Western frontier. While
serving with the Third U. S. Infantry
he was in several fights with the gal
lant General Custer, of the Seventh U.
S. Cavalry. On June 8, 1878, he was
retired from the army as a second lieu
tenant, and was promoted to first
lieutenant in 1904. In talking of his
civil war experience, he objects to the
term. "civil war," as he cannot see
anything "civil" in war. He prefers
the term, "war between civilisation."
Realizing that the war between the
United States and Germany was com
ing, he applied for restoration to
active duty with the army on the
3d of April. 1917. On account of his
age, however, his request was turned
down. Being an Irishman, he would
not acknowledge defeat and kept after
the War Department. Finally, the
desperate officials, in order to pacify
Williams, assignd him to active duty
with the Quartermaster Corps as a
first lieutenant. lie was in his eighty
third year.
Ready to Go Again.
lie only served about a month,
when the armistice was signed. "I
may be getting along in years," says
Williams. "but if the United States
goes to war tomorrow, I will be one
of the first to volunteer." His world
war service was confined to Wash
ington.
When asked why he insisted on be
ing in this war at his advanced age,
Williams said, "I am an American,
first, last and always, and when our
country calls, no one should be too
old to answer." He jokes about being
assigned to the quartermaster corps,
as he was a graduate physician. He
is the oldest member of the Americas
Legion, and will be at the national
convention of the legion, as the guest
of the George Washington Post No. 1,
of Washington, of which he is a char
ter member.
ALL APARTMENT
HOMESWILLGET
PROBE ON PRICES
Rent Board to Act Swiftly Fol
lowing Complaint of Six Sen
ators at Meridian.
4qting on the complaint of six
l'nited States Senators and the Chief
Justice of the District Court of Ap
peals. thqit they arg the victims of
'unwarranted increases in their
apartment rents," the District Retnt
(ommnission has announced that it
will. a was predicted exglusively in
Trhe Times, fix rentals of Washington
apartment house tenants.
"Provisions of the rent act author
ize the drastie action of the Rent
(omnmission," declares Commissioner
lara Sears Taylor. "and the Coin
rnission has decided that it is time
~o take :steps in the matter.'
The six Senators and District
'ourt judge, comnrlainants in the
case of the exclusive Meridian Man
ion. 2400 Sixteentil street north
west, have appealed to the Comn
milssioni to prevent til.em from having
to pay what they declare to be ex
consive rents.
Immediately following nmplaint of
he legislators filed wth the Com.
mission, pollce from the Tenth pre
'inct served notices on all tenants
and the property owners that the
Commission wopld take prompt and
decisive action in the matter.
Action of the Commission, it. is
dclared, in fixing rentals in the
Meridian Mansion. which can be
taken in other exclusive apartnpsnt
houses where rent boosts are pro
posed, is declared to be without
precedent in any city in the United
tates.
A thorough probe will be made by
the ('ominniion of the Meridian
Mansion's increased rental., it was
announced, when the Senators will
be, given a chance to air their comn
plaints and the property owners
heard
The c-omplaining Senators are:
(harlem H. Culherson of Texas, who
made the initial protest against the
nelon of the apartment owners
when they boosted his rent from
$325~ to $407.50l per month; A. A.
Jones of New Mexico, raised from
201) to 8340; John B. Kendrick of
Wyoming, from 8207 to $85; Wil
lam J. Harris of Gleorgia, from $165
'a 8210; Thomas J. Walsh of Mon
nna and former Sonator Charles 8.
Thomas of Colorado, from 8195 to
$27.60, and Justice C. J. Smith,
rm 200 to 83aa
3CHARTERSFOR
UNIONS iLLOWED
LOCAL WORKERS
Federation of Federal Employes
Now Have Seven Branches
In Capital.
Charts for three more separate
unions in the National Federation of
Federal Employee' ranks in Washing
ton were authorised yesterday by the
executive council of the feileration.
The union will now have seven
branches in the Capital.
The new charters were voted to
emplgyee of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing department, the Navy
Yard workers and tjlt St. Elizabeth
Hospital Employes, to take effect
December 1, January 1, and Febru
ary 1, respectively. The four
brancipes already in existence are
designated as legals Nos. 2. 71. $i9
and 10.
Action of the executive council
of the federation in granting the ad
ditional charters will ternunate seve
oral yearp of agitation on the ptrt of
the employes of tiese departments
to have separate locals.
Present strength, Including the
three newly cleated locals of the
federation, will represent 263 locals,
hea4ed by Luther C. Steward, na
tional presldenj. Action of the board
in delaying the new charters is ex
plained by President Steward by the
fact tha.t the charters ould not be
voted pending adjustments of ac
counts between the old and new
orgat~ations.
DELEGATES TO
PARLEY UNDER
STRICT GUARD
Police Take Every Precaution to
Insure Safety of Conference
Visitors.
News of the assassination of Pre
mier Hara in Tokyo ham been taken
as a warning of the responsibility
resting upon those who are aiding
the Government in assuring visiting
delegates to the arms conference
every possible safeguard against the
execution of similar deeds by ci anks
in this country.
Every precaution is being taken
by the Government secret service
men, aided by Metropolitan and citi
zens' police, to protect the native and
foreign notables now gathered in the
city.
Anticipating appropriation of the
additional fund of $50,000 asked by
President Harding for extra policing
forces. Maj. Gessford has prepared
to add 200 men to the regular force.
Temporary police will be assigned to
suburban duty and more experienced
men retained in the downtown dis
trict to be frequented by visiting na
tional representatives.
Precautions with which Japanese
delegates are being guarded are espe
dally thorough since yesterday's
news from the Orient. At least one
of the delegates-Prince Tokugawa is
said to have received a threatning
anonymous letter, promising death
unless he were careful not to be "too
foreign" while in the United States.
In addition to the network of pro-j
tection afforded visitors here by
State Department, Treasury Depart
ment and Department of Justice
agents, operatives and police through
out the country will co-operate by
watching the activities of known
radicals in their respective sections.
Native guards and secret agents
are accompanying the dignitaries in
many cases.
MRS. BAUER WINNER OF
$1,000 VERDICT FROM D. C.
A Jury in Justice Stafford -+ court
today returned a verdict of $1,000
in favor of Mrs. Catherine Ba'er
against the Dl4trict of Columbia for
personal injuries sustained October
15, 1919. at Thirteewh and 1) etr-eats
northwest, as she was crosing the
street.
It was claimed by her attorneys.
Alvin L. Newmyer and Milton W.
King. that the District permitted un
abgjppt rise in the sidewalk )eve'l at
the beginning of the parking at that
corner which was dangerous and un
saft'
The court released the nroperty
owners ad that, corner. Mr. andi Mrs.
Tohn W. Wilkins, from responsiility,
but the jury held that the District
should be held accountable fo:r fall
ing to properly fix the side-walk.
CITIZENS' FEDERATION
WILL HOLD ELECTION
Election of officers of the Federa
tion of Citizens' Aseoclations will
take place at a meeting at 8:15 to.
night In the board room of the Dis
trict building. Several hot contesta
are expected to develop, especially in
the election for president.
William B. Westlake has indicated
that he would not run for re-election.
having served three consecutive
terms. unless there is a deadlock
after a reasonable number of ballots
have been taken. There are a half
dosen nominations already in for the
preeldency,
The federation will act upon four
proposed changes to the constitution,
providing for an Increase In dues of
member associations, method of rep
resentation, provisidn of a permanent
executive committee and limitation of
powers of this committee.
EPIPHANY RECTOR WILL
TALK TO LOYALTY CLUB
The Rev. Dr. James E. FreemaLn,
rector of E~piphany parish, will mi the
the principal address at a meetting uf
the Epiphany Chapter of the Amti
can Loyalty Club tonight in the par
ish house, 1217 0 street northwest.
Officers, will be elected.
The American Loyalty Club was or
gunised in D~r. Freenman's fornmer
parish in Minneapolis. Minn It
stands for Christian and national
idals.
Will Hays At Work Us'
Birthday Just As If
Nuth' Hapend
Poetaster General Will Mays
is today celebrating his forty-se
end birthdab attepting to
turn out a day's 'k while
surrounded by flowers aphoteg
r General arriaved
in his office prom yon time this
morning to find that a large aunt
ber of flowers, in baskets, vasse
pots, tinfolt, and whatnot else had
preceded him. All during the
morning flowers continued to ar
rive and piles of telegrams and
letters from friends and well
wishers accumulated.
The Postmaster General has en
tirely recovered from the effects
of shock sustained in the railroad
wreck in New Jersey a few days
ago.
FIFY HURT IN
5 DiS, TWO OF
THEM FATALLY
ovemper Accidents in City
Promise to Exceed Heavy Oc
tober Casualty List.
With two persons already dead, one
lying, and more than fifty injured,
many of them seriously, as a result
)f accidents during the first five days
A November, October's record of I
seven deaths and 203 persons injured
bids fair to be broken.
The dead are: Fred E. Turner, forty
two years did, of Ballston. Va., and
Charles A. Brickwedde, sixty-seven. of
118 Third street southeast.
Turner was killed almost instantly
yesterday at noon when a motorcycle
he was riding crashed into a truck
loaded with lumber at Thirteenth and
D streets northwest.
Brickwedde died at the Emergency
hospital early yesterday morning fol
lowing a fall from the plaftorm of a
street car at Dupont Circle on Thurs
Ily.
Ten persons were seriously injured
yesterday as a result of accidents,
most of them being the result of traf
'ic mishaps. Two motorists were ar
rested, one charged with driving while
intoxicated and the other with reck
less driving.
The Injured.
Among those injured yesterday
were:
Donald Seybolt and Francis Robb,
both nine years olg, of Mount Rainier,
Md., who were struck by an automo
bile at Rhode Island avenue and Thir
ty-fourth street northeast. The Sey
bolt child is suffering from a frac
tured skull and other injuries, while
the Robb boy sustained a broken jaw
and a possible fracture of the skull.
Although in a serious condition, it is
thought they will recover. Portman
J. McGee, the driver, was held by the
police but was later released on bond,
awaiting the outcome of the injuries
to the two boys.
In a collision with a street car and
automobile and a horse-drawn vehicle
at Nicholas avenue and Sheridan road
last night, William Brady Barnes, 642
Milwaukee avenue, and William E.
Messingill were severely injured.
Henry H. Rithen, thirty-seven years
old, of Arlington. Va., was seriously
injured yesterday when a truck he was
driving turned over a ten-foot em
bankment near Roslyn, Va., pinning
him underneath. He was taken to
the Georgetown University Hospital,
where it was stated he would recover.
While crossing Four-and-a-Half
street, near Maryland avenue, Leon
Troshinskey, twelve years old, of 316
Four-and-a-Half street southwest, was
.truck by an automobile operated by
Nellie Smith, colored, X258 Second
street southwest. He was injured
about the head and body.
Aged Woman Hurt.
Mrs. P. R. Wilson, seventy-two
years old, of 12 Seventh street south
east. was injured about the head and
face when she was struck by a Capi
tal Traction car at Seventh and Penn
sylvania avenue southeast, yesterday
afternoon.
George Howard, 2105 N street north
west, was removed to the Emergency
Hospital last night with a fractured
skull and other injuries as a result of
falling fifty feet down an elevator
shaft at the Woolworth buildIng, 916
D street northwest. He is in a dying
condition, it was stated at the hospital
today.
MRS. MARIA GOOD SEEKS
HER SISTER, MRS. OSBORNE
In an effort to locate her sistecr,
whom she has not seen for twelve
years and who is known to be living
in Washington, Mrs. Maria E. Good.
seventy-three years old, of Rockenon
Springs, Va., has come to this city.
The missing sister, Mrs. Mary E.
Osborne, in, thought to be livIng here
with a married daughter, whose mar
ried name Mrs. Good has forgott.
All efforts made to locte her
through ordinary channels have failed
and, through friends, Mrs. Good to
day appealed to The Times Bureau
of Missing Persons for assistance.
Mrs. Good, while in Washington, is
making her home with friends at 207
R street northwest. She can he
reached by tlephone at Columbia 8139,
next door.
BIDS FOR REPAIRING
LEVIATHAN ARE ASKED
Sealed bids for the reconditioning
of the steamship Leviathan at New
York will be received by the Inter
national Mercantile Marine Com
pany, as agent for the Shipping
Board, the board announced today.
Bids will he received up to 10
a. am. December 29, at which time
they will be publicly opened. Bidders
will he required to state a lump
suam price for which they will ac
tomplish all the work specIfied.
CENTRAL HIGH CENTER
TO HAVE MUSIC EVENING
The first "music evecning" of the
season at the Central High Community
Center wIll be given tonight in the
auditorium at 3 o'clock. The music
evenings will he held on every first
and third Nturdsys 5tnd are tree to
the pubict. The annlounacemnts will
be printed in The Wsshington Times,
also any notkee of a change of pro
HELEN BURUKN
CARRIES MUSIC
TO RURL AREAS
Popular D. C. Teacher at Hom
From Six Weeks' Tour of
Michigan Towns.
Every time a big music efssr I
engaged by the Board of MMtd t
conduct a music week in Washington
and given the available staff of musih
teachers to work with, Helen Burk"
art is "dasoovered."
There can't be any other esplana
Lion of why Robert Lawrence, organs
Ing director of "music weeks" and
always on the kokout for new talent
In the course of his musical itineraly.
pcke Helen Burkart out of all the
m teachers of the District public
schools to assist him in organising
"music weeks" In the Middle Western
cities, after completing one in Wash
ington.
At least that is what Miss Burk
art's friends In Washington told her
when she returned to town the other
day after the most "thrilling experi
ence" she ever had in her Ufe, al
though she still maintains that she
was "just a minor detail of a big
program." Can you imagine a pretty
girl being anything Uke that?
She was gone six weeks. Like the
heroine of "Main treet," who had a
program of beautifying the ugly little
country towns of the Middle West,
she carried the message of music week
into many of the towns ang big cities
of Michigan as the principal assistant
of Mr. Lawrence. And there was even
more to it than that. She actually
conducted singing classes in depart
ment stores, chambers of commerce,
boards of trade and in a little Greek
church.
And when she got back she found
herself famous. Many a girl has
done the commonplace thing of being
a prima donna, or an actress, or a
writer, but surely no other girl had
ever conducted "music weeks" in little
country towns.
But Miss Burkart is used to being
selected to do something unusual in
musical circles. When Prof. William
Tomlins, noted British choral director.
came to Washington to assume direc
tion of the music department of the
public schools, he "found" Miss Burk
art, too, and she got up on the stage
before large audiences and with a
series of "ah-ah-ahs" and "ooh-ooh
oohs" up the scale,, became the princi
pal exponent of the Tomlins method.
When Mr. Lawrence completed his
music week in Washington, he made
Miss Burkart the offer of assistant
in his tour of the Middle West. The
Board of Education readily granted
her a leave of absence. His staff was
composed of three, including Miss
Alice Pollock, of the Community Cen
ter department of the schools. She
assisted in the organizing. She is
not a music teacher.
EDWARD E. BRITTON HEADS
NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY
Edward E. Britton was re-elected
president of the North Carolina State
Society at a meeting last night in
the Wilson Nbrmal School. Other
officers are Mrs. George B. King,
first vice president; Lieut. Col. T. A.
Lyon, second vice president; Sam L.
Rogers, third vice president; Mrs.
Charles F. Taylor. fourth vice presi
den; Alexander Williams, fifth vice
president; and Eugene F. Hartley,
secretary-treasurer.
Congressman S. M. Brinson spoke
on "North Carolina's Industrial and
Intellectual Progress."
CLERK PUTS KIBOSH ON
WILSON'S GARAGE PLANfS
A mere ex-President means nothing
in the life of clerks in the office of
the inspector of buildings. One of
them yesterday refused Woodrow
Wilson permission to build a two-story
brick garage at his new S street home.
The reason was that the regulations
of the Zoning Commission provide that
only one-story garage buildings may
be built in residential sections. The
garage in Mr. Wilson's back yard will
accordingly be but one story in height.
of brick, with a pillared front and
ornamental entrance.
KICK FROM MULE MAY
BE FATAL TO E. B. SUIT
The sudden kick of a mule may
prove fatal for E. B. Suit. an em
ploye of the horticultural department
of the University of Maryland, at
College Park.
At first It was thought the injury
was slight. At Providence Hospital.
however, but little hope Is held for
his recovery.
Hecht Employ.s to Dance.
There's going to be "heap big
doin's" tonight at the costume dance
to be given by the Hecht Company
Employes' Mutual Benefit Association.
at the Arcade ballroom. The proceeds
will be devoted to the sick of the asmo
(laltion. Prizes will be given for the
"most beautiful" and funniest cos
tumes.
DOLLS'
H OS PITA L
Dem'i Walt she e~
GARREN
907 B Street N. L
It Surprises
Nearly Everyone
To know how little fuss or
muss our workmen make when
wiring houses for the use of
electric light.
Almost anybody can run
wires. Putting them hark of
tinted walls without marring
the plaster - under polished
floors without leaving a trace
of the work-is another thing.
O~ur workmen have demonst rat
ed their ability to do this many
times.
Let U. Tell You How Little
It Coeats
Hart Electric Co.,
1012 10th St. N. M
Phone M ain 3M73