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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
FILES DISSOLUTION SUIT
New York's Attorney General Ac-
cuses Sunshine Society of Vio-
lating Its Charter.

NEW YORK, October 17-An appli-
cation by Attorney General Parsons OF
New York state for the dissolution of
the International Sunshine Society was
filed today in the county clerks office
here. The application alleges that the
society has violated its charter in
maintaining for profit a sanatorium and
home for blind babies.
The membership corporations law. the
attorney general charges. has been vio-
lated by the society by the maintenance
of sanatorium and lodge at Benson
hurst, L. l.. which were run for profit.
The maintenance of the Arthur Home
for Blind Babies. at Summit, N. j., 1t
is alleged. also is in violation of the
society's charter.
This charter, according to the ap-
pllcation, authorizes the society simply
to "incite it's members to the perform
ance of kind and helpful deeds and
thereby spread the sunshine of happi-
ness"
A receiver is sought and an order is
prayed for to enjoin the officers of the
1ciety from acting in their varied ca
pacltles in the future. The society was
organized March 8, 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
NJ ADOOS FIND PRIVACY
Take House East of Avenue in Heart
of New York Club and
Shopping District.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star
NEW YORK, October 17-Secretary
of the Treasury William G. McAdoo has
evolved a new plan for obtaining pri-
vacy for himself and Mrs. McAdoo
when they visit New York. The plan is
simplicity itself 1t consists in taking
an apartment in a quiet house east of
the avenue, but in the heart of the
hotel. theater and club district, not to
mention the big stores
Hitherto Mr.. McAdoo has stopped at
one of the larger hotels. usually the
Vanderbilt, with the result that he has
found it difficult to see those persons
whom he might wish to see and who
had legitimate cause to take up his
time. Under the new arrangement,
tried out since his arrival in this city
with Mrs. McAdoo Friday night, he
has found time to transact the business
which brought him to New York and
discharge a few social obligations
The main purpose of the Secretary
in coming to New York at this time
was to register for the election and en-
roll. This he did this morning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
WHITES OF SOUTH AIDING
PROGRESS Of NEGRORACE
Industrial and Intellectual Advance
Due to New Understanding
of Problem.

No greater evidence of increasing CO.
operation between white and colored
races can be cited than the commercial
progress and prosperity of the negro
in the south, in the opinion of Michael
Jones of this city. who has recently re-
turned from an extended visit to the
southern states.
Commercial prosperity is built upon
credit. and credit is faith in the hon.
esty of fellow-men," says Mr.. Jones
The fact that the south is looking
with favor on negro progress is prob
ably the most helpful sign to be seen
in that section, and one of the great
est encouragements that can come to
the Afro-American.
Marked Industrial Progress.
THE south is becoming filed with
commercial establishments owned by
colored people These offer employment
to thousands of colored men and wom-
en- and give additional incentive to
children to prepare themselves in edu-
cational institutions for technical, pro-
fessional and business pursuits.
Small businesses in the hands OF
negroes show marked Improvement
More especially has their mind turned
toward big business Today more
than fifty commercial enterprises
worth from $4,000 to 100000, are own
ed by colored people south of Mason
and Dixon's line.
THE most casual student of southern
progress can plainly see that both
races are positively agreed that the
cannot be wise if the eight and one
half millions of negroes are ignorant
that one portion of it's population can
not keep strong if the other is kept
weak; that part cannot continue to
be virtuous if the other part Is i'm
moral, and that it is impossible for
some to rise by keeping others down.
Better Moral Conditions.
Through the united efforts of both
races things and conditions which have
too long ELECTED the baser side of the
colored south, such as gambling CEN
tiers, barrooms. etc, are being wiped
out. 1t is encouraging to watch the
most cultured and refined white people
of the south taking, in many instances,
the initiative in lettering conditions.
''Such men and women as Bishop Wilbur
P. Thirkield Of New Orleans, DR.. w. D.
Weatherford of Nashville. Tenn: Presi-
John d. Hammond of Augusta. Ca:
Prof and Mrs. Thadwick of Nashville,
Tenn: Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones of
Washington and many others are bless
ing the south with service. They are
giving their time and thought. even
their lives. toward bringing about har-
;nony and progress.
Even the religious faith of the
negroes of the south is taking on new
direction. They are becoming more prac-
tical ChriStians--more like Christ the
Worker and less like John the Seer.
THE tremendous steps taken by the
American negro in fifty years has ar
rested the attention of the civilized
world" concludes Mr.. Jones' I'm fifty
more he will take his place, with his
right unrestrained. as an American citi-
zen From the entire black belt of the
southern states there shall yet emerge
new race, enlightened. progressive.
powerful, which shall take its place as
one of the great peoples of history"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
ARMY TRAINING GOOD
FOR CIVIL SERVICE
Secretary Garrison Believes Splen-
did Reserve Could Be Built Up
by Preference.

Preference in the civil service for
young men who are willing to serve a
short-term enlistment in the army and
then go into the reserves would result
in better men or the army AMI a re-
serve which could not be left out of
the reckoning should the country be
plunged into war.
This is the opinion of Secretary Gar
rison of the War Department. The
Secretary of War heartily approves
the scheme along these lines suggest
ed by Representative Kahn OF Cali
fornia.
Even without any new law. it is the
policy of the Secretary of War to as
sist enlisted men. honora bly,. discharged
from the army. in obtaining employ
ment. The new law, as suggested by
the California representative. would
be a sort of ironclad guard for the en-
listed man about to enter the reserves
after having served his training course
with the colors. The Secretary of
Wars present policy in helping former
enlisted men to obtain employment. he
believes. would be strengthened if
Congress could be prevailed upon to
amend the civil service laws so as TO
give reservists preference in employ
ment in government service.
Il regard an honorable discharge from
the army" said Secretary Garrison,
'as splendid Recommendation for any
man. If l were an employer, 1 would
be looking for men from the army, as,
in my opionion, service in the army in
creases the efficiency of a man for any
employment. He get sa training that
he can procure in no other way.
This is one of the reasons why I am
favoring short-term enlistment. 1 be-
lieye that, under proper conditions, tails
will not only create a reserve which
wouldbe invaluable in the event of war,
but will furnish an excellent educa ton
for young men in almost any walk of
life. The army can be used as an edu-
cational institution. as well as to pro-
vide the country with men that would
be trained for service in the military
establishment in the event of war"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
FRANK c. GREENE.

Frank G. Greene, member of the last
Kentucky legislature. and author Of
the famed Greene-Glenn bill. which
caused all Kentucky fire insurance
companies to temporarily withdraw
from that field, is in Washington to
discover whether the model insurance
code to be recommended for the Dis
trict by committee of the American
Bar Association contains any features
which would be desirable in a similar
law to be recommended for the Blue
Grass state.
Mr. Greene is member of a commits
sion appointed by the governor to In
veStigate insurance laws throughout
the country and present a report to the
next legislature, with recommendations
for a model insurance law in Kentucky.
He will hold a conference tomorrow
with Charles +. Nesbit, superintendent
of insurance of the District. and will
attend the sessions next week Of the
American Bar Association, at which In
surance legislation for the National
Capital is to be discussed.
Upset the State.
Probably no state in the Union has
been more upset over insurance matters
than Kentucky. Two years ago Ken
lucky was provided with a state rat
ing board, and at the last legislature
Greene introduced a bill which sought
to take the application of rates away
from the companies and invest Ii in the
rating board. Alarmed by the prospect
of being able only to collect premiums
and pay losses without having a say
as to rates. all the fire insurance com.
panies withdrew from the state.
Repeated attempts to induce the COM
panies to return to the field to pre-
vent business depression resulted in a
compromise agreement to the effect
that a commission should be named to
study the insurance laws of the va
riouS states, and after procuring suf-
fcient Information to draft and pre-
sent to the legislature in 1916 revised
laws as to mutual and stock fire in
Surance.
1t was provided that the commission
should be composed of three members.
one of whom should be named by the
companies. and the other two by the
state insurance department and the
commercial clubs of the state. Greene
was Immediately selected to represent
the. insurance department Henry L.
Barrett of Henderson was proposed by
George L. Payne of Frankfort by the
insurance companies.
Began Work in June.
The commission began it's work last
June and has visited a number of
states, including North Carolina, where
it attended the meeting of fire mar
shals and insurance commissioners. in
Asheville, and New York city, where it
spent ten days visiting the main Of
fees of some of the largest fire insur-
ance companies.
Before completing its work the COM
mission, which has been provided with
ten-thouSand-dollar expense fund.
will visit several states on the Pacific
coast.
Mr. Greene stated that his investiga-
ton so far has impressed him with the
fact that uniform insurance laws
throughout the United States would be
a big factor in reducing premium rates.
He stated that it is the commissions
desire to give Kentucky law which
other states will desire to copy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
POSED AS GOV. HATFIELD.
Liquor Obtained On Misrepresenta
ton. Charge Against Hendricks.

Charged with vagrancy, Samuel
Hendricks, forty-one years old, giving
his address as 305 D street, was locked
M at the first precinct police station
last night. Hendricks. whose former
home was in West Virginia, is alleged
TO have visited business houses yester-
day afternoon. representing himself as
Gov. Hatfield of West Virginia.
II ia charged by the police that he
obtained a bottle of liquor from res
taurant and that he ordered a rubber
cape sent to a room in a Pennsylvania
avenue hotel. The coat was sent c. O.
of the number given the dealer
Hendricks told the police that shortly
after coming here he was employed on
one of the street railway lines. Later
nolice fixed his collateral at $40. The
accused sent word for his wife to get
that amount of money for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
AUTO MAKERS IN TROUBLE.
Premier Motor Car Company Threat.
ened With Bankruntcv

INDIANAPOLIS Ind. October IL
The Premier Motor Car Company of
this city, placed in the hands of a re-
ceiver yesterday. was ordered today to
show cause in the United States dis
trict court November 2 why it should
not be adjudged a bankrupt
The order was issued on the petition
of the William Wilkins Company, the
ern Newspaper Union which allege tina.
the motor car company is indebted to
them in the total Of $4.172.70. The
Premier company is one Of the largest
automobile manufacturing concerns In
Indiana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
PROMINENT LEADERS
SCHEDULED TO SPEAK
Mrs, Mccormick, Mrs. Funk and
Mrs. Tinuin to Attend Suffrage
Convention.

Three women who have taken prom
tnent part in the suffrage campaign, with
headouarterS here, are scheduled to
speak at the forty-sixth annual conven-
ton of the National American Woman's
Suffrage Association in Nashville, Tenn,
November IL to II.
They are Mrs. Medill Mccormick, who
Is expected to make her report as chair
man of the congressional committee;
Mrs. Antoinette Funk, who has been in
charge of the committee headquarters
here. and Mrs. Glenna Smith Tinnin.
who has been one of the most prom
inent Washington leaders.
There are to be two principal bones
of contention at the convent.on-the
question of the federal amendment as
tween the Shafroth amendment and
the Bristow- Mondell resolution, both of
which measures are before Congress.
Provisions of the Amendments.
The Shafroth amendment provides for
submitting the question of woman suf-
| frage to the voters in each state by in
itiative petition.
Many members of the national organ
ization maintain. with the national
board and Mrs. Medill Mccormick.
chairman of the congressional COM
mittee. that the Shafroth amendment Is
| the only way to secure enough equal
suffrage states to make possible straight
| woman suffrage amendment to the
| Constitution.
The Bristow-Monde resolution is
backed by the Congressional Union for
| Woman's Suffrage.
Bound up with this difference and al
most overwhelming it Is the matter
of the Congressional Unions policy in
holding the democratic party respon-
sible for the non-passage of a suffrage
| amendment. and its action in working
to defeat democratic candidates in the
woman suffrage states-a policy which
DIR. Anna Howard Shaw-the national
president, has condemned as suicidal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18

association, Of which Simeon E. Baldwin.
former governor of Connecticut, is di-
rector will convene in the cabinet room
OF the New Willard Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock
The section of patent, trade mark and
copyright law of the association. OF
which Robert H. Parkinson of Illinois is
chairman. will convene in the Gridiron
Club room Tuesday afternoon at o'clock,
to listen to and discuss a paper by Ed
mund Wetmore of New York on "Some
Present Aspects of the Patent Law"
Chief Justices to Speak.
The judicial section of the associa-
ton will convene in the small ballroom
of the New Willard Tuesday after
noon at 2:3O O'Clock. Introductory re-
marks will be made by former Presi-
dent Taft. Justice Orrin N. Carter of
the supreme court of Illinois, chair
man, and others.
At this meeting addresses will also
be made by James c. McReynolds. for
mer Attorney General of the United
States, now associate justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States; by
Chief Justice John B. Winslow of the
supreme court of Wisconsin: by Chief
Justice Arthur p. Rugg of the supreme
judicial court of Massachusetts; by
Circuit Judge Francis f. Baker of the
court of appeals for the seventh cir
cult, and by Circuit Judge Henry Wade
Rogers of the court of appeals for the
second circuit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
Science of Building Business" Topic

Some views on 1.-The Science of Build
ing Any Business are scheduled to be
given to the members Of the CONNER
cial Club Wednesday by Arthur Fred
erick Sheldon, president of the Area
Institute of Business Technology. The
address Is scheduled to be delivered
served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
DR.. HARVEY v. WILEY
70 YEARS OLD TODAY
Birthday Party Held at His Home
and Another Scheduled at
University Club.

DR.. Harvey W. Wiley, pure food ad-
vocate and formerly chief of the bureau
of chemistry of the Department OF
Agriculture, is seventy years old today
No celebration in connection with the
birthday anniversary is scheduled to be
held today. however. DOC" Wiley hav-
ing held birthday party at his resi-
dence on Ashmead place last night.
Charles E. Monroe, who was one of Dr.
Wiley's instructors at Harvard: Prof
Frank W. Clark, DIR. W. D. Bigelow,
for years associated with DR.. Wiley in
the bureau of chemistry: DR.. G. l..
Spencer. who was a student under DR..
Wiley when the latter taught at Pur-
due University forty years ago. and
who is now one of the best known
sugar engineers; DIR. Haywood of the
bureau Of chemistry. James J. SHIRLEY
Joy Edison, Frank G. Carpenter, both
friends of more than forty years: DR..
Joseph P. Remington of Philadelphia
and DIR. John Uri Lloyd CT Cincinnati.
Second Party Tomorrow.
Tomorrow evening a second birthday
party for the doctor will be held at the
University Club. 1t is to be under the
auspices of the National Mouth Hygiene
Association. of which D. Wiley has
been elected president. He will be in
stalled in the Office at the meeting.
Former President Taft who is to at
tend a dinner at the University Club to-
morrow evening, has been invited to be
present for time at the Mouth Hygiene
Associations gathering. Since Mr.. Taft
is chairman of the life extension in
those in charge of the dinner are es.
pecially anxious that he he present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
TAX LEVY AUTHORIZED
FOR UPKEEP Of CANAL
President Wilson Issues an Order
Fixing the Gone" Assess
ment Rate.

Tangoing. Boston trotting, the bunny
glide and the canal slide and other
such fantastic forms of dancing, as
well as the more sedate waltz and two
step. are to help pay for the cost and
upkeep of the big Panama canal. Ice
cream and soda and "other aerated wa
ters' to cool off the dancers also are
to bear some of the cost, as we'll as
numerous other concessions, all of
which are enumerated, outlined and set
forth by an executive order issued last
night by President Wilson. fixing taxes
In the Canal Zone. Whether this extra
tax is on account of the underestimate
ing of the tolls to be collected from the
ship tonnage passing through the canal
or as special assessment to bear the
slides is not stated. The only hint Civ
enais that if the licenses are not oh
tained somebody is likely to find a
thirty-da prison sentence or a twenty
nve-dollar fine, or both, staring him in
the face.
Enumeration of "Taxables."
OF course. such formal thing as an
executive order does not name any
be taxed. but contents itself with
saying that ''for each dance for which
admission is charged there shall be
collected the sum of S."
And then the order lists a lot of other
things, principally amusements. which
are to bear their share of the cost of
the upkeep of the canal, something
after this formal fashion:
For operating hurdy gurdy, street
piano. or hand organ. striking machine,
m orf,v
cane rack, doll rack. or other similar
device. of a non-gambling nature, main
tanned in the open or within an in
closure where no admission is charged,
81 month for each such device.
For retail sale of soda water other
aerated waters, or ice cream from any
fountain or booth. or from any cart
or vehicle. there shall be charged and
collected a tax of 81 a month
Merry-Go-Round, $40 a Month.
For maintaining a merry-go-round
for hire, $40 month.
For musicians. jugglers. acrobats,
trick riders, fortune tellers and per-
sons engaged in similar businesses or
professions, performing in the public
highway, or from house to house, 81
per month for each person.
For carrying on the business of a
peddler, 50 month.
For maintaining a shooting gallery.
IS a quarter of the year.
For the retail sale OF tobacco in any
form there shall be charged and col
lected a tax of 81 month"
And for vehicles, $50 a year for one
with two wheels and $40 for one with
four wheels. engaged in the transpor-
tation of freight, merchandise and
other property. and $12 a year for each
coach, carriage or other conveyance
employed in the transportation of pas
sengers for hire.
Reciprocity With Panama.
The order provides for a little reci-
procal agreement with the Republic of
Panama, saying that If the licensed
vehicles are admitted to Panama with
out licenses or extra charge, SO may
the vehicles of Panama be admitted to
the Canal Zone free of extra charge, but
If the Panama government insists upon
a charge, then vehicles of her citizens
will be subjected to the regular tax
when travelling on Canal Zone territory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
Decides to Incriminate Others.

Three hours of human labor were res
ouired to produce a bushel Of wheat q
1880: now It requires ten minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
Passing of Dividend.

President Wallace. as a trustee of the
Rock Island operating company bond
holders in the formation of the two
holding companies. testified concerning
the trusteeship. He said $71,353,5OO of
the railways stock was deposited
against the securities issued by the
holding companies.
According to Mr.. Wallace it became
evident early this year that the Rock
Island was about to pass the bond in
terest- A bondholders protective COM
man, was formed.
Chief Counsel Folk questioned the
witness closely as to the market for
an amount of stock at this time. en-
deavoring to ascertain whether it was
not the practice of banks Just now to
extend all possible leniency to people
or companies finding themselves in fl
nancial distress. Mr. Wallace said
while that, in certain conditions, was
true. each case had to he governed by
| the conditions surrounding it,
Counsel Walker of the holding COM
panies called attention to a statement
In Mr.. Amster's petition submitted to
the court in the foreclosure case that
it was important the bondholders
should have the stock held by the Cen
trail Trust Company distributed on ac-
count of the precarious condition of
the Rock Island property.
At the conclusion of yesterdays tes-
timony the interstate commerce COM
missions hearings in the Rock Island
investigation were adjourned to an I'M
determined future date, perhaps sew
eral weeks hence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18
POLICE TO GET SHAKE-UP
Chicago Prosecutor Threatens Ex-
posture of Collision Between Of
fcers and Criminals.

CHICAGO, October 17.-An exposure
of collision between the police and
criminals which will shake the police
organization to its foundations IS
threatened by States Attorney Maclay
How're it became known tonight. more
than twenty leading members OF the
underworld have been secretly taken
into custody and held prisoners in Vari-
ous hotels where they nave been ques-
toned regarding police-protected crime.
The investigation grew out of the re-
cent street shooting, in which Barney"
Rartscbe convicted confidence man,
claims that he was made tEe target OF
notice bullets to prevent him from
making revelations that would involve
the police.
Decides to Incriminate Others.
Bertsche. feeling he would be unable to
escape a penitentiary sentence, is said
to have resolved to take the others with
him to prison. Evidence involving at
least a dozen detective sergeants as
signed to headquarters has been OBJ
tanned. Mr. Hoyne said tonight Til S. he
said. would be placed before the October
grand jury.
1T had been in Office only thirty days
when / thought 1 discovered that the
detective bureau was an organization of
thieves" added the prosecutor II sent
to Capt Halpin. but there
we've no results. My own investigators
and privte detectives have been at work
for eleven months collecting evidence.
indictments for conspiracy and
bribery will be sought.