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WASHINGTON PAGE I THE WASHINGTON TIMES 1 WASHmGTONLpEOPLE
WHOLE D. C SCHOOL AID PROGRAM DISRUPTED BY KING'S CHARGES
Senator Tells District Attorney
Building Trades Are in Com
bine to Boost Prices.
Disruption of the present move
ment in Congress to aid the school
situation in the District was fore
cast in the Senate today as a result
of Senator King's action in making
charges of combination and price
boosting in the building trades here
to District Attorney Gordon
Mny Cut Budget.
Further cuts In the District ap
propriation bill may be made as a re
sult of the King charges and a long
wrangle In Congress over the local
building situation Is In prospect.
Senator King Is absent from Wash
ington today and will not face his
colleagues of the Joint Senate and
House subcommittee on schools when
it meets this afternoon. A heated ses
sion Is predicted on all sides.
"I would rather not make any
comment on King's action," said
Senator Ball, chairman of the Senate
District Committee, today.
Another Senator declared unreserv
edly that Senator King should have
placed his charges before the school
subcommittee which has the express
power to make a detailed investiga
tion of the building costs in Wash
ington so far as It affects schools.
'I do not see how the subcommittee
can do any further useful work just
now," declared a Congressman who Is
a member of the subcommittee. "We
must await the result of grand jury
action or something of the sort. It
seems to me that the tendency in the
Appropriations Committee will be to
delay all further appropriations for
school construction until these
charges have been sifted by legal pro
cesses."
Emergency Steps "Blighted."
There la no tendency on the part of
Senators and Congressmen to ques
tion the importance of the data which
Senator King has collected, but they
declare he has "gone over the head
of the subcommittee" and practically
blighted the prospect that it might be
ible to take some emergency steps
Tor the benefit of the local school
situation.
Senator Capper, chairman of the
schools subcommittee, frankly said
'Oday he did not know how the work
of the subcommittee might be af
ected by Senator King's action. He
indicated that an investigation of
uilding costs in the city mighgt be a
"ood thing and said the subcommit
tee would take cognizance of it. He
vould not make any comment on the
i.rospect that any emergency action
o relieve over-crowding in the schools
>vould be postponed indefinitely.
One of the remarkable features of
i he situation Is that Senator King in
stigated the present schools investi
gation because of charges submitted
to him that the Municipal Architect's
office and Superintendent of Schools
Ballou were dilatory and inefficient
in carrying out the construction pro
gram for the schools. At that time
Senator King professed his willing
i css to vote >10,000,000 to care for the
needs of the school children in Wash
ington. Later it became apparent
.hat the Inquiry would reveal such
conditions of overcrowding and con
gestion that Congress would be led to
make emergency appropriations for
the benefit of the schools.
frame Permanent Program.
It was at this Juncture that Senator
King began to go off on a different
;ack from the other members of the
subcommittee. It had been hoped that
he would be Instrumental in forcing
in Inquiry into building costs through
the subcommittee Instead of through
the district attorney's office, As
;hlngs now stand it is doubtful
whether the subcommittee will recom
mend any emergency action, but will
content itself with framing a perma
nent program for the District schools.
COMMUNITYMUSICAT
CENTRAL HIGH TONIGHT
The thirty-sixth community music
erening at Central H.gh School will
be held at 8 o'clock tonight. Edith
B. Athey, civic organist, yjjd Sylvia
Altman, noted child pianist, will
share honors. Helen Burkhart and
Cecil B. Norton will be song leaders.
Selections will be sung by the Or
pheus Quartet, led by Charles Wen
gerd and composed of Bern Ice Cal
houn, soprano: Mrs. Lellian O. Brous
seau, alto; P. Allen Bell. , tenor;
George Lambert, haws and Mrs. Helen
Crouch, accompanist.
BAR ASSOCATON HOLDS
MEMORIAL EXERCISES
Memorial exercises for twenty
three members of the Washington
Bar Association who have died dur
ing the past five years, were held
!?*? yesterday In the Court of Ap
peals.
Members of the "roll of honor"
were eulogised by Harry W. Solon.
Justine A. A. Hoehllng, and Roger
T. Whiteford and their blograph'es
are to be entered upon the minutes
of the Bar Association as a me
morial.
FAKE MOTOR POLICEMEN
FAIL IN HOLDUP ATTEMPT
Police of the Tenth precinct are
looking tor two young men, one of
whom wore a soldier's uniform, who
last night held up four other young
men at Sixteenth and Euclid streets
;<nd, after representing themselves n?
"Iain-clothes policemen, demanded
noney. It is said they charged the
'tuartet with speeding.
Before they could collect thev were
rlgtitened off by other motorists who
cam* upon the aoeoe.
EfiRD-SEE
By DILL PRICE
A MATTER OF VIEWPOINT. j
A eat may look at a queen,
And it? eyes foolishly close,
But the littU mouse gets a view
That's one of silken hose.
HARRY NASH.
A QUESTION OF TASTE.
Freedom tm? had another iwtt,
Out In the Philippine lalea j
General I.eon?rtI Wood objects
To Igorrotea eatlnc doc meat.
No matter what the culinary style*.
tien. Leonard Wood, dispatcher)
state, has "requested'* the Igorrotes.
of the Philippine isles, to desist from
eating dog meat, us the habit "gives
foreigners a bad impression." He
suggests goats and sheep, and also
advises against rice liquor.
General Wood had a fine opportu- 1
nlty to advertise American goods b>
asking these semi-savage natives to
substitute cream of wheat. Post I
toasties, grape nuts, corn flakes, or
wheatana for dog meat liash for
breakfast.
Inasmuch as the Igorrotes have
been merely "requested" t? let
flea-bitten dogs alone as a steady
diet, there may be no howl over the I
loss of "personal liberty," such as j
there is in this country over the !
Eighteenth amendment.
Eating seems to be merely a
matter of taste, anyhow. An Igor- j
rot<^ gentleman visiting in Paris
would no doubt be horrified to see I
frica-sseed snails served on the Rue j
i de la Paiv or horse meat in cafes
along the Seine. Over In I^ondon
he would be astonished to see White
chapel residents eating slimy pickled
eel for breakfast, served in tin cups.
Over here he would see us puttlni;
away hog meat in all styles, and yet
he knows that the dog is a much
more cleanly animal than a hog. In {
our Chinese restaurants he would |
see ua pushing down chop suey or j
chow mein, composed of we know I
not what! He would learn that j
sharks' fins are considered very
delicate, and that our Departmen*
j of Commerce has strongly recom
| mended the use of canned dog fish. ]
put up under the label of "grey
fish."
So long as the outside label Is |
I attractive we don't pay much atten- '
tion to what the inside Is made up
I of, as witness the daily selling of
wood alcohol labeled ".lake Finn's
10-year-old-rye," carrying athwart
the cork a counterfeit Government
stamp.
As between some of the poisonous <
stuff that is killing men and women !
all over the country and dog meat j
xoup, we insist that the soup would !
be far preferable, and we can't see j
why curry of poodle dog wouldn't be ]
iust as appetizing as creamed snail? I
on toast. It's all a matter of taste. ]
THAT BUTTERLESS LAW.
For the benefit of that Ninth |
street gang which wants to know j
why a law exists preventing res- '
tail rant and lunch room proprietors I
from putting butter on sandwiches, i
FRED VETTER gives as one of !
the reasons that the health depart- |
ment <>f the District did not wish to
see a race of fat men and women
In the District, and favored aboli
tion of butter.
Volstead also favored the law
because this is a "dry" age, Vetter
states, and if the nourishment de
rived from butter is left out of
the sandwich the patron may have
to buy too many sandwiches.
CUSHINC CAMP, S. OF V.,
INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS
Installation of officers of Cunhlng
Camp, Sons of Veterans, took place
last night in Pythian Temple, Past
Commander-in-Chief II. V. Speelman
acting as installing officer.
New officers are Dr. Adelbert A.
Taylor, commander: Frank A. De
Oroot, senior vice commander: Wflliam
Roncr, Junior vice commander: Wil
fred E. Oarlick, secretary; Jafes S.
Jones, treasurer: George Francis Wt'
liam, Herbert W. Rutledge and
Charles S. Davis, members of the
camp council; J. Clinton Hlatt, pa
triotic instructor; John L. Bateman
chaplain; Wendell E. Cable, guide;
Percy 8. Parker, color bearer; Harry
T. DeOroot, inner guard: Lewis R.
Royce. outer guard; Arthur B. Bar
ringer, musician; Lieut. Roscoe L.
Oatiey, representative to the Soldiers'
Temporary Home, and A. J. 8chip
pert, representative to the O. A. R.
relief committee.
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
IN McCOY LEGION UNIT
Officers of the George Baldwin Mc
Coy unit of the American Woman's
Legion were elected yesterday at a
meeting held In the Church of the
Covenant.
They were: Mrs. Walter I. McCoy,
president: Mrs. E. Lester Jones, vice
president; Mrs. Cary V Hodgson sec
retary; and Mrs Kobert Coe. treasur
er. Mrs. McCoy appointed Mrs. Marl
borough Church II. Mrs. Louis Clark
i Luom snd Mrs. R. F. Pat too on
' the axecutlvs commit tea.
KNUTTY EPITAPHS.
Ilfre lira Bun T. Toded?
He thought the (in wi* unloaded.
Here sleep* Alf Malone- .
lie brewed bis own.
Here lie* Colonel Bin**?
He held tlx king*.
PAUL WHITE.
THE LONGEST WORD.
In reference to the longest words,
HERBERT T. S. gives one that
this column wrestled with at one
time, and which all fans are asked
to pronounce quickly to get the
best result*:
"ChargoggagoggmanchaugagoffK
cnaubunagungamougg."
It is just part of the name of a
lake in the town of Webster,
Matii., that has a name larger by
eight letters.
A contributor in "The Ameri
can Boy" says this lake takes its
name from Indians who formerly
inhabited the vicinity. For short
it is called "Webster's Lake."
One of the Indian tribes, called
"Chargoggagogg," controlled a
small Take north of the big one.
Another tribe whose name degen
erated to "Manchaug" occupied a
small lake north of it. The last in
stallment of the big name came
from the village of "Chaubuna
gungamaugg," which was controll
ed by "Black James."
HE HAS HIS PREFERENCE.
There may be people living upon
the planet Mare,
There may be people living on
many of the start;
But were / talking to them they
would not know what I mean.
I would rather meet the people
here who write for
Heard and Seen.
SAM SIMPLE.
HORSESHOEING PROBLEM.
Have the fans to work this tittle
horseshoeing problem: Have a horse
shod with four shoes; six nails to
i>ach shoe. The first nail costs .01
rent and the expense Is doubled for
?>nch succeeding nail. What did the
lob cost? 8. SMITH.
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SHE MA Y BE SURPRISED.
The Capital Refining Company is
located near Rrlee, Va. A young
lady living in Alabama, contemplat
ing a trip to beautiful Washington
and vicinity, and Intending to break
into the best society, recently
wrote the company for Information
on their "course in refinement."
WEST F.'LLS CHL'RCH.
HOPES FOR NEXT CHRISTMAK
'Twm ?n awful dry Chrlotmao.
As mire m you were bora.
Rat MKir people hud home brev
While other* had corn.
It waa not like mr boyhood.
In the da> * of old.
When father and mother
Filled a bl* en-nof bowl.
rerhap* J nut a wee mr of llffht
Will noon heir In to ehlne.
Anv by the next Chrlntmao
We may have beer and llffht wine.
r. i* n.
THREE COMPLAINTS MADE
TO RENT COMMISSION
Three complaints were made to
the District Rent Commission yes
terday.
Mrs. Margaret Milton and Albert
L. Milton protested against the $200
rental being paid for a double house
at 922 Klghth street northwest. The
property is owned by Rudolph B.
Behrend.
My leg H. Quail filed complaint
against Mrs. Mildred C. Jeffries, de
claring that the monthly rent of
SISS, which he is paying for a house
at 1914 N street northwest, is un
fair.
Mrs. Virginia Corbln, who says ahe
pays |37 monthly rent for two rooms
at 1723 Fifth street, asked the com
mission to reduce the rent.
Cen. Lejeune to Speak.
MaJ. Gen. John A. Dejeune, com
mandant of the marine corps, will be
the speaker at the annual meeting
of the Iaymen'a Service Association
Monday night in Epiphany Parish
Hail. The Rev. David R. Covell will
toll of the work accomplished by
the diocese at local Institutions. A
social hour and smoker will follow.
J<tw9 to Give Ball.
The f rat annual civic hall under
the auspices of the Hebrew Free
Ix>an Assoc ation will he held Tues
day night at K o'clock In Convention
Hall. Fifth and K streeta north
west.
Gin and Whiskey Stock Taken
By Agents?Patron .Also
Arrested.
Arrested recently on the charge of
having illegal possession of whlskiy,
Harry E. Mayuard, proprietor of the
Tea Cup Inn, 782 Fifteenth street
northwest, was again arrested las*
night whan Lieutenant Holmes, Ser
geant Curry and Precinct Detectives
Lowrey and Wilson, of the First pre
cinct. and Revenue Asent Evans njld
ed the place. Three quarts of gin and
four pints of whiskey were confis
cated.
Manuel R. HhanhoUs, who was at
the place, was charged with transport
ing liquor. Two pints of whiskey were
seised. Shanholts was arrested with
Maynard on the previous occasion.
Simultaneously with a spectacular
raid that was made In the early morn
ing of December 3 at the Vendome
Hotel, Maynard's place was entered
by a raiding squad. At that time an
assorted stork of liquors and wines
was confiscated.
UNEiWENT
INCREASED FOUR
PERGENTINDEC.
Industry Said to Be Encouraged
By Outlook in East?West
Depressed.
Despite an unemployment increase
of 4.7 per cent In American Industry
during the month of December, 1921,
the Department of Labor Indicated in
an announcement today that It Is en
couraged by the slight but continuous
Increase in the number of Jobs In the
basic or non seasonal Industries. Re
ports compiled by the department's em
ployment service nhow that the de
crease In employment during the month
of December was due largely to the
temporary closing down of many plants
on account of inventory at the close
of Uie year.
Increases were noted in December
in the manufacture of textiles, Iron,
steel, lumber, leather and paper, but
unemployment continued In railroad
repair shops and in mlscellsneous In
dustries, Including food, liquors, chem
icals. glass, tohacco and automobiles.
The statistics upon which the employ
ment service bases Its conclusions were
taken from sixty-five principal Indus
trial centers.
Unemployment is shown by the re
ports to be Increasing In the agricul
tural districts, particularly In the
Pacific, Rocky Mountain, middle West
ern. Southwestern and Southern re
gions, with no prospect of material
change before spring.
Manufacturing centers In the East
ern and New England districts are
looking for an Immediate Improvement
lr) business activity. It Is the con
sensus of opinion In these districts
that there will be a material change
for the better within a month.
ENGINEERS BACK HIGHER
PAY IN PATENT OFFICE
The American Engineering Council
of the Federated Engineering Soci
eties. met at the Cosmos Club yes
terday. and made plans to press Its
<?mpalgn to have Congress pass the
b.'il which would Increase the pay of
employes of the Patent Office.
President Mortimer E. Colley was
authorized to appoint a special com
mittee to make necessary Investiga
tions and to work for the passage
of legislation which will correct the
congestion in the Patent Office.
MOTION PICTURES SHOW
SWISS WINTER SPORTS
Unusual views of Switzerland's fa
rnous mountains?motion pictures from
3,000 feet above their highest peaks?
were shown to members of the Na
tional Geographic Society last evening
: by E. M. Newman at the new Masonic
Temple. Other motion pictures showed
skiing and other winter sports at San
Moritz, where the season , for such ac
tivities is now at Its height. Colored
tildes pictured various phases of llfo
In the valleys and on the high peaks
of Europe's playground.
Council to Nominate.
Pad rate H. Pearse Council, Ameri
can Association for the Recognition of
the Irish Republic, will nominate offi
cers tomorrow night at a meeting In
Gonzaga Hall. Addresses will be
made by the Rev. John F. X. Murphy,
professor of history at Georgetown
University, and T. W. Lyons, national
secretary of the association.
New Economy Announced.
Considerable saving In the cost at
manufacture, and added economy and
convenience to the public, are expect
ed to result from the recent stand
ardization of commercial dry cells by
the Department of Commerce, It was
announced today.
Proposed Plan Will Put Letters
Acroe* Continent in 30 Hours,
Shaughnessy Says.
Mall service from the days of the
pony express to the present air mall
transport was covered In the address
of Col. E. H. Shaughnessy, Second
Assistant Postmaster General, before
the Washington section of the So
ciety of Automotive Engineers last
night at the Cosmos Club.
Colonel Shaughnessy dwelt on the
expansion of the alr-mall service since
establishment of the Washington
New York route May 15, 1918. The
service, started with army planes
and fliers was taken over by a civil
ian organisation under the Postofflc*
Department August 12, 1918.
Before the close of the Democratic
administration. Colonel Shaughnessy
stated, the service had been ex
panded to Include a transcontinental
route from New York to Han Fran
cisco, with feeders to Washington,
St. Paul, St. Louis and Minneapolis.
Under the Republican administra
tion all feeder lines were cut out,
leaving the transcontinental line, now
tbe only one In operation.
During the fiscal year of 1922,
Colonel 8haughnessy stated, airmail
planes will fly a distance of 1,800,000
miles with the mails. Plans are un
der way, he said, to put on a regu
lar night flying service.
"When this Is done," he said, "the
real value of.an airmail service will
be at once apparent, for with night
flying mall can be put across the con
tinent In less than thirty hours. As
a matter of fact, on a test flight, the
mall was put across from San Fran
cisco to New York In twenty-five
hours and fwenty-one minutes, actual
flying time."
The length of the transcontlnenta.
route Is 2.680 miles, the number of
miles flown daily with the malls.
6,160; number of ships In air dally,
21; number of pilots, 43; other em
ployes, 4*6; annual salaries. $787,620.
Since July 1 there has been one fa
tality for each 800,000 miles flown.
Since the beginning of the service
air mail pilots have flown S.400,000
miles, carrying more than 2,500,000
pounds of mall, or approximately
j 100,000,000 letters.
"No finer class of men can be
| found anywhere, Individually or coi
I lectlvely, than those In the alr-matl
service," he declared. "They are
worthily carrying on the best tradi
tions of the postal service."
Carl F. Egge. general superintend
ent of the airmail service, was also
a speaker. MaJ H. W. Harms, army
air service, spoke on war aviation^
A motion picture of the "bombing of
the German t>attle?hip OitfrteBlann,
off the Virginia Capes last sufmer.
was shown.
Police Investigating Story of
Youth of Daylight Hold-up
in City.
The local police are lnvesti.-rating
the alleged confession of Ernest
Fannin, eighteen years old, of Chi
cago, who. with torln Mershon.
twenty-two years "Id, of Columbus,
was arrested yesterday in Ports
mouth, Ohio.
While Mershon was senseless as
the result of a beating he received at
the hands of Sheriff Rickey, Fannin
Is reported to have confessed the pair
had perpetrated hold tips snd rob
beries In Nashville. Tenn.; Huntsvllle,
Ala.; Columbus, Oa.; Raleigh, N. P.;
Richmond, Va., and In this city. He
said they staged a daylight hold-up
on Pennsylvania avenue here.
The ortly record of such a hold up
the police have was that of Cooney
Portman, who was then stopping at
1337 Spring road northwest, and who
was robbed of $48 on John Marshall
place the afternoon of December 20.
He had Just left a lunch room at
Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh
street northwest when he was ac
costed by a stranger. Portman asked
the way to the Spring road address
and the stranger proffered to accom
pany him. When In front of the
Metropolitan M. E. Church, on John
Marnhall place. Portman was held up
at the point of a pistol and wus
robbed.
Inspector Clifford L. Grant, chief
of detectives, has asked the Ports
mouth police to forward pictures and
finger prints of the prisoners.
Will Discuss Shipping.
Discussions of questions relating to
navigation both upon Inland water
ways and the high seas will be held
here the first week In March, desig
nated as "Water Transportation
Week.'" by the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress and the National
Merchant Marine Association, It wns
Announced today.
What's Doing Today
and Tomorrow
ffrfif,
Addraaa by Dr. H. F. Luta, Boelaty for
Phlloaophtcal Inquiry, Public Library,
4 10 p. m
G'hrlatmaa parly, Wllaon Normal School,
I p. m
National Qanaa'.oglcal Soclaty. lift* Twan
tlath atraat northwaat. I p m.
Waahlncton Radio Club, maatlnc and
clartlnn of offlrara, 1I1T Naw York avanua
northwaat, I p m
Danes, Ealaat Kluk. Hadlalah H*<al,
? P m
Dane*, Olbbona Club. Carroll Hall. 934 O
etreet northwest
Meeting. People's party. 609 Q atreet
northwest. * p. m.
Artdreae, Dr John Mes, "Oermany a Atti
tude Toward Kram-e,' headquartera Na
tional Council for Limitation of Arma
mantf. ?l! Seventeenth atreet northwest,
4:46 p. m.
Trniomv.
Addraea, "Russia's Relation to the Tear*
?f the World," Hrlnceea Canter usene. Foun
dry Church, evening aareloa.
Gotham Hotel Manager
Attends Meeting Of
Trentis Club
a a a a
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ROY CARRUTHERS,
Manager of the Waldorf-Astoria,
New York, and on? of the most
widely-known hotel men In the
country, who is in Washington
attending a meeting of the Trentis
Society. Mr. Carruthers in regis
tered at the Hotel Willard.
High School Pupils Petition
Mrs. Harding for "Strong as
the Hills" Performance.
More than 100 Washington high
school students today petitioned Mrs.
Harding for permission to present the
play "Strong as the Hills," from the
book by Matule" T. Eake, fifteen-year
old Western High School student, a.t
the White House.
The play will be given Jan. 24 at
Central High School by a cast selected
from the public and parochial schools,
i nder the auspices of the Mid-city
Citizens' Association, to raise funda
for local playgrounds.
The cast includes MIbs Virginia
Roach, Clark Beach, Samuel R.
White, Stewart Daniels, Ralph Rob
ertson, Dennis Connell, Mrs. Maud
Howell Smith, Miss Emma Ware An
derson, Miss Elizabeth ltoach, Misa
Anna Herford. Miss Katharine Gault,
George Anadale. Misa Marjorie Joe
Rting, Evelyn Davis, and Alfred Mc
Ganaghy.
D. C. TEACHERS INSTITUTE
WILL MEET ON JANUARY 20
The District Teachers' Institute
will meet January 20. Pupils of the
public, high and graded schools will
be given a full holiday.
The white and colored teachers will
meet ?? parately, beginning at 9:30 <1.
m. Superintendent Frank W. Hallou
will preside at one meeting, in Cen
tral High School, and Assistant
Superintendent Garnett C. Wilkinson
at the other, in Dunbar High School.
Dr. C. Alfonso Smith, dean of the
English department. United States
N'aval Academy, am! Dr. John W.
Withers, dean of tW school of edu
cation, New York University, will
speak at both meetings.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements, appointed by I)r. Rallou.
includes Alexander T. Stuart, director
of intermediate Instruction, chair
man; Charles Hart, principal of East
ern High School, secretary and treas
ury; Miss Anne GodJng. Miss Al
l>ertii Walker, Miss C P. Dulin, Miss
H. E. Backiston, Miss Clara Bur
roughs, Miss M C. Rowell, Miss C.
R. Watkins and W. P. Hay.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
ACTORS TO GIVE PLAY
The Howard University Players will
give a one-act play, "Strong as the
Hills." written hy a fifteen-year-old
Washington high school pupil, at Dun
lar High School, January 26. Copies
ef the text will he distributed to the
ludience. Mrs. Marie Moore Forres*
la director. A special matinee for
children Janunry 28.
The committee in charge includes
Charles S. Hill. Andrew Washlngto.
Dun'-' " Freeman. Mrs. I,ouisa Frye,
Arti.ur jessup, Henry H. Naylor, the
Rev. G. C. Fisher. George T. Reason,
Garnett C. Wilkinson, Walter L.
Smith, Miss Anita J. Turner, and Mrs.
Gabrielle Pelham.
AD CLUB COMMITTEE IS
GUEST OF HARRY HAHN
Harry Hahn, president of the
Washington Advertising Club, last
night was host to officers and mem
bers of the program committee at
his home. 2012 Twenty-seventh street
northwest. Ad club matters were In
formally discussed.
Those In attendance were Paul L.
Heller, vice president; Sydney N.
Sellnger, treasurer; F. X. Wholley,
secretary: Eawrence Rubel, Samuel
Schwartz, Robert Isbell, Allen De
Ford, E. C. Rogers, Herbert Rich,
E. C. Carney, I-eon Meyers, Maurice
Kafka, and E. W. Waldron.
GRANT AND TONER SCHOOLS
TO SERVE RECESS LUNCH
School children of the Grant and
Tsner schools will shortly try out
the Western plan of b?>ing served
refreshments at the regular morn
ing recess.
The Pnrent-Teachers' Association
of the two schools, follow ng th?
suggestion of Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter,
president of the D.strict Congress
of Mothers and Parent Teachers' As
sociation, announced yesterday tlM
plan would b* given a trial.
GIRL DEMANDS
125,000 FROM
EX-EMPLOYER
"W6n't Get a Nicktl Out of
Me," Martin's Reply to Breach
of Promise Action.
"She won't get a nlekle out of me!"
That Is the answer of James E.
Martin, proprietor of the D. C. Auto
Exchange, 133 Pennsylvania avenue,
who yesterday was named defendant
In a 126,000 breach of promise ault
filed In the District Supreme Court by
Miss RJanche I*. Hodgson, twenty-five
years old, 1448 Oak street northwest,
who nays she was once employed as
Martin's bookkeeper. Miss Hodgson
alleges Martin promised on November
1, 1918, to marry her on April 1, 1921.
"I am a married man, married six
teen years," Martin said today.
"Miss Hodgson was entertained at my
home and knew from the first time
we met that I was married."
Foster Wood, Miss Hodgson's law
yer, told a Times reporter Miss Hodg
son claimed she had originally met
Martin at a party and that shortly
afterward Martin entertained Miss
Hodgson several times until it was
suggested that she accept the posi
tion of bookkeeper In his office. Miss
Hodgson Is said to have accepted the
position at "$10 or $16 a week," be
cause she was told by Martin that
"this is our business and we'll work
together to get It going before we
get married."
Learns of Marriage.
Miss Hodgson Is said to have con
tinued her work in Martin's office
until she learned Martin was a mar
ried man and that the promises of a
wedding she alleges Martin made to
her could not be fulfilled. When she
confronted Martin with her knowl
edge that he was married, Martin,
according to Wood's version of Miss
Hodgson's story, Informed her that
: he was seeking a divorce. Later she !
claims she discovered Martin was not
seeking a divorce and that when she
argued with Martin over the situation
he ordered her to leave his employ
ment.
Miss Hodgson says she was employ
ed at less money than she could have
earned elsewhere. To this Martin re
sponds that "she was making $10 more
a week than she made before or after
she left here. Before she came here
she was making $16 a week. Miss
Hodgson left here July 4, without of
fering an excuse for leaving. We had
I no argument and she was not ordered
] to leave."
Miss Hodgson Instituted a breach of
| contract suit against Martin several
I months ago. In which she declared she
| had been led to believe she was per
manently employed and that because
? she was forced to relinquish her po
sition she had suffered financial loss
during her employment with Martin,
j This suit was dropped when Wood
took charge of the case. Wood said.
Martin Threatens "Revelations."
"In this breach of contract suit,"
said Martin, "Miss Hodgson mentions
a contract bearing my signature. That
contract is a forgery. If she presses
| the breach of promise suit I will de
mand an investigation be made of this
fake contract. There will be other
revelations If the case goes to court."
Miss Hodgson, who has been living
with her sister, Mrs. Edward T.
Hughes, at 1448 Oak street, was de
clared to have been absent from her
I home fqr a week. "She hasn't been
| here for a week, and I don't know
i where she is," Mrs. Hughes said to
j day. Mr. Hughes, employed In the
: treasurer's office of the Shipping
Board. Navy building, said members
of Miss Hodgson's family, were vig
orously opposed to the filing of the
suit against Martin. He declined to
reveal Miss Hodgson's whereabouts.
MOTHER SUES TO OBTAIN
POSSESSION OF HER CHILD
Habeas corpus proceedings were
' instituted today by Margaret F. Stenz
! to recover possession of her nineteen
month-old baby, George Carl Stenz,
from Its father, Norman N. Stenz.
Mrs. Stenz claims that since her
marriage she has lived with her hus
band's mother, who has continually
told her that she was not welcome In
the house, and later she was forced
to leave. She alleges that her hus
band Is not able to take care of the
child, inasmuch as he Is In the mov
ing-picture business and Is awav
' from home from 9 a. m. until mld
i night. She alleges that because of
; the tender age of the child It needs
a mother's care. Mrs. Stenz Is rep
j resented by Attorneys Alvin L. New
myer and Milton W. King.
CAPITAL POST VETS
INSTALL SIX OFFICERS
The National Capital Post, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, met in their hall,
11412 Pennsylvania avenue northwest,
I last night and Installed officers.
I They were Rev. Harrison D. Boyer,
commander; William J. Harrington,
senior vice commander; Arthur 11. E.
| Olson, junior vice commander; Joseph
| J. Gardella, chaplain; Gunnar Stats
berg, quartermaster, and M. B.
] Baldenburg and Luther W. Llnklns,
trustees.
YOUNG WOMAN CLERK
BITTEN BY STRAY DOG
While walking at Georgia avenue
and Decatur street Thursday evening,
' Miss Susie V. Jost, a navy department
clerk, living at 4709 Georgia avenue
] northwest, was badly bitten on the
right leg by a stray dag. The police
ore searching for the owner of the
animal.
The police did not receive a report
of the attack until this morning.
Legion Gets Foch's Photo.
j The District department of the
j American Legion today received from
Marshal F?ch an autographed photo
graph taken of the marshal at the
close of the war. The marshal ex
pressed himself as greatly pleased at
his reception by the local branch of
the legion. The photograph will be
framed and placed tn the department
headquarters. I
Soft-Drink Dealer Shot in Leg.
Man and Woman Slashed.
Slayer Surrenders.
A bit of the wild and woolly West
was transplanted to Washington la-?t
night when pistols and knives figured
In several melees. Most of the par
ticipants were negroes.
While trying to quell a fight In his
soft drink store, Harry Markowitz,
1827 Seventh street northwest. was
shot In the left leg. Emmett Venison,
colored, twenty-three years old, 14*7
N street northwest, was arrested.
As a result of a cutting affray early
this morning, on the second floor at
1818 Ninth street northwest, Newton
Long and Hattie L<ong, colored, both
of whom live at the Ninth street ad
dress, are In Emergency Hospital.
Although he was stabbed several
times with shears In the chest last
night by his wife, Addison M. Hanson,
colored, 1617 U street northwest, re
fused to prosecute the woman. He
was treated in Freedmen's Hospital.
Alleged to have confessed to having
killed his wife early Tuesday in frotu
of 1440 T street northwest. Benjamin
H. Young, colored, 1520 T street north
west, was locked up at the Eighth pre
cinct last night on the charge of mur
der. The woman was found with two
bullet wounds In the head and two
In the breast.
Walter Scoobell. colored, 616 T street
northwest, told the police of the Eighth
precinct that he was held up at the
point of a pistol by two negroes who
robbed him of 841. The hold-up oc
curred in an alley near the 800 block
of Florida avenue shortly before 9
o'clock last night.
While trying to extinguish a fire
that started in rubbish in the base
ment of the Stanhope apartment
house, New Jersey avenue and 1'
street northwest. John Darlington, ro
ored Janitor, was badly burned abo
the eyes. He told the police a fire <?;
tlngulsher exploded. No damage w
caused by the blaze.
CIVIL SERVICE WILL
FILL SEVERAL VACANCIE
The Civil Service Commission '
day announced the following vaca
cles in the Government service:
Nematologist and technolog
Bureau of Plant Industry, 82.700
88.000 a ear; specialist in milk uti.
ration. Bureau of Animal Industi
81.800 to 83.000 a year; Junior ??;
glneer and deck officer. United Stat'
Coast and Geodetic Survey, 82,000
year; senior engineer, grade 2, 82,H'
to 82.7000 a year, with allowance toi
necessary traveling expenses when
away from headquarters on official
duty, and Junior engineer, 81,320 to
81.980 a year, both under Interstate
Commerce Commission; assistant ex
aminer. Patent Office, 81.500 a year;
assistant In date scale eradication.
Federal Horticultural Board, 81.000 to
81.600 a year, assistant gas Inspector.
82,000 to 82,400 a year, Osage Indian
Agency, Okla.
In addition to the basic salaries
named above, the bonus of 820 a
month will be allowed where the sal
ary does not exceed 82,500 a year.
Full Information and application
blanks may be obtained at the offi< e
of the United States Civil Service
Commission, 1724 F street northwest
POLICEMEN'S ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED
Officers of the Policemen's Ass.
elation of the District of Columbia
were installed at the annual meet
ing of the organization last night ii
Pythian Temple. C. L. Dalrympl.
of the White House force began hi
third consecutive term.
In behalf of the police force. V. >
Kerns presented a gold-headed cane,
made from wood taken from the ol?'
White House to John Edwin Nevln.
newspaper correspondent, for his
friendly advice and assistance to the
legislative committee.
Addresses were made by Daniel
Sullivan, Acting Major and and Su
perintendent of Police, and by Avery
C Marks. Jr.. managing editor of
The Times. Music was furnished by
the Montrose quartet and the Kebew
orchestra.
CHIDAKELINAUGURATED
AS MONTEFIORE CHIEF
Installation of officers of the Inde
I endent Moses Montefiore Lodge,^No.
?38, Progressive Order of the West,
was held last night in Pythian Tempi-.
The new officers are Charies Cbida
kel, president; J. W. Berllr.sky, vice
president; Lee A. Berl?nsky, rei ordimr
secretary; Israel Ber;# financial secre
tary; Samuel Hsis, tieasurer. and Dr.
Penjamln Newhouse, mcdiral ex
aminer.
Plans were made for organization rf
t- ladles' auxiliary, to bo chartered M
the grand lodge and Mrs. Charles
Chldakel was appointed temporary
chairman.
BUST OF CARUSO TO BE
GIVEN TO WASHINGTON
A bust of the late Enrico Caruso is
to be presented to the city by musi
cians and admirers of the famous
tenor.
Edouard Albion director of the
I Washington Opera Company. Is chair
man of the iocal committee in charge
| of the presentation.
1 Th? commission has been awarded
Joseph Anthony Atchison. Washington
sculptor, who has made busis of many
celebrities One of his latest is a study
of Speaker Oil'ette, of the House of
Representatives
Welfare Dance Aids Orphans.
The addrcesograph ur.lt of the
Division of Public Debt held its first
welfare dance of the now veai at the
Libertv L.en Club, Seventeenth street
and D.iiv.nt Circle. !.?.??? night. Tl.a
in'ncwl* will be tievoUtl to the cart
.in ?!"j?i an. Mil l- Wits d<.li>'ed by
tin- Sap'-rJoi Ort utsirn of '.lu Cairo
Motel. Mrs Atkison, Mrs. Senton and
I Mrs Mullady act ad as patron ????>.