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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-22
REQUEST SENT OUT BY
TUBERCULOSIS ASSO.


A request that every one OF the 69,-
900 men who were rejected for mill
tarSp~-e1rvice by draft boards because
81 tuberculous affection get IN touch
a once with the nearest organization
eagaeed in antistuberculosis work was
sent out today from the general head
quarters Of the National tuberculosis
$40. IL to bring about a cooperation
81 effort that would aid the affected
men In their night for recovery and
is prevent the spread OF the disease.
Attention was called to reports
from the surgeon generals office that
81 the men OF the United Sta>ss called
10 the-colors during the world war ap-
proxiraately 100, 900 were found to be
afsecteA with tuberculosis. All the
naen rejected by draft boards and
practically all OF those rejected by
nAmp surgeons were sent home. 1t
vas seated, and It Is necessary for the
conservation Of the public health that
they be kept track OF and fully ad-
yised a. to the mode OF life. ana the
tyAass.aent which will help them and
protect their families
rollow-up systens are now being
4nnpioyed by the various agencies en-
cared in combating tuberculosis. but.
according to officials of the National
FtfbArcuiosis association, many men
are hanging back and others cannot
~ located. II Ii to reach these two
elements that. the appeal Is made for
CO. cooperation.
4 A ma annual death, rate from tuber.
yculos1gein the United States. ~ shown
~ Z ceoent survey. Is 10000 which.
IL Is pointed out, Is q sacrifice OF twice
~ many lives as the American army
aa~.x $40 ]6a uAAr n. xphtrh ~ uas 49,.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-22
Expect Americans in
Europe Next Spring

London, Sept. 2l.--Trans Atlantic
steamship lines expect great rush Of
Americans to Europe next spring, the
Daily Express learns, Three hundred
thousand passages to England already
have been booked Professionally. Al
least 100 liners are expected to be
running In May. An American nnAn-
cier estimates that 1900. 900 Ameri-
cans will visit Francs and England
and spsnA A.eeo.oe y. 80 nsxt year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-22
k|WAk|ANS TO HEAR
TOM B2YAN'S SPEECH

Surprises galore are IN store for
Kiwantans at the regular meeting to
be held at $50 clock at the Business
Mems club The district meeting TO
be held in Baltimore on October will
be discussed and plans made for a DEL
egation from the local branch. and
Tom Bryan will speak. The subject
Of his speech has not yet been select
ed, but kirantan Bryan is known TO
he such an able ard talented speaker
as to make this unnecessary,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-22
CHAMPION rs
NOW IN UNITED STATES

Geneva. Sept 2l.--Emile Doer-
dinger, the Swiss champion bicycle
rider, has arrived here after fifty-one
months OF captivity In Germany.
where he was held as French spy.
He had been condemned to death, but
the sentence was committed. He
went through much suffering A score
OF hts companions died.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-22
Obituary

D. J. Baker. sos North Tenth street,
died yesterday morning ut 12.45
o'clock. Funeral will be held from his
home at 10 o'clock today. with burial
III Hollywood, He II survived BY hts
wife and her two daughters. Alma
ana Mtrsaret Gibson. and his sister.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-22
MACPHERSON May Resign

London, Sept: 21.--Ian MACPHERSON.
chief secretay for ireland. 10 reported
TO be about TO resign. Cecil Harms
worth. under secretary Of state for
Ncrthclsfye. u mentioned - mis- pos
abba auecessor:;
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
VAN SCHAICK OPPOSITION
GOES DOWN TO DEFEAT

A resolution opposing DR.. John Van
Schaick's nomination as District Com
missioner was presented by w. l.
Teet. at a meeting of the Connecticut
Avenue Citizens Association last
night. In the Army and Navy Pre-
paratory School
The resolution was tabled after q
number of members Of the associa-
ton had voiced their disapprovaI Of
permitting what they termed "hear-
say evidence" to influence their stand
In such q matter. Mr.. Teet asserted
that DR.. Van Schaick is a theorist:
that he has not proved his business
ability. and that he is out of sym
pathy with the needs of the people
Of the District.
When his resolution was defeated
Mr.. Teet urged the association to
appoint . committee to take up the
fight against DR.. Van Schaick's an
pointment. No action was taken on
this.
AS a result of the recent citizens,
drive, the addition of 16I new mem
bers to the association was an
nounced last night.
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
HONOR DR.. GREENE FOR
40 YEARS PASTORAH

The fortieth anniversary of the
Rev. Samuel H. Greene's pastorate At
the Calvary Baptist Church was cele-
brated last night when ecclesiastics
Of local and national prominences paid
tribute to the splendid work done by
DR.. Greene during his four decades Of
service with the washington church.
The following delivered speeches:
DR.. Randolph H McKim. DR.. James Y.
Aitchson, Prof. Louis d. Bliss. DR..
Cove G. johnson. DR.. J. J. Muir. the
tice Wendell p. Stafford.
DR.. GreeAe's response was followed
by the closing benediction pronounced
by DR.. J. R BriggA Of the Fifth Bap-
list Church.
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
CHARITIES BOARD FAVORS
RETURN OF LOAN SHARKS

Washington again this year will be
given an opportunity to bring happi-
ness on Christmas Day to fourteen of
the Districts poorest families. The
board of managers Of the Associated
Charities announces that the society's
customary appeal for help to four
teen families will be made the first
part of next week. The newspapers
of the city will cooperate with the
association by printing the list of op-
portunities and urging cont ributions.
resolution urging Congress to
pass promptly a Senate bill which
amends the loan shark" law and
aises the rate from to per cent q
month was passed when the board of
managers met yesterday. For ten
years the association has been striv-
ing to put this law through. The res
olution states that six years expert
ence has shown that as the law
stands 1t affords no relief to needy
borrowers, for not one loan has been
made under it for more than four
years.
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
RED CROSS XMAS SEAL
SALE WILL CONTINUE

klthough the campaign of the Tu-
berculosis Association and Junior
Red Cross to obtain funds through tn.
sale OF health bonds and Christmas
seals ended today. 1t is announced
that the seal booths will remain open
all week. Bonds and seals can also be
bought at the association headquar.
ters, 923 II street northwest
Requests have come from several of
the public schools for permission To
continue the campaign. REQUESTS
were granted and individual teachers
will be allowed to continue the sale II
they desire.
Miss Imogene Charleston, captain of
the team of Miner Normal School stu
dents, who have sold more than $500
worth Of Christmas seals at the How.
ard Theater, has obtained permission
from the ministers Of the colored
churches to sell seals to the members
or their con~v~~rt'~~s NOV" c~-S.~
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
LIFE OF MAN, 70, VALUED
AT ONLY DOLLAR A DAY

Human life was valued at 81 q
day. according to q verdict OF a jury
today in circuit division No. 2, Justice
Siddons presiding.
The verdict was rendered in favor
Of Daniel Turner. colored. who lost
his life as a result of fall caused
by the breaking of a wooden fen Ing
guarding an embankment on Nichols
avenue. Anacostia-
The District was sued by the ad-
ministrator for $4,000 damages, and
at previous trial the latter was
awarded $1,000. but the verdict was
reversed by the Court of Appeals.
which ordered a new trial. The Sew
trial jury held the District responsible
but assessed the damages at only 81.
the court instructing the jury thet
the verdict should be based on the
earning power of the deceased, who
was seventy years OF age and carmel
SO q week
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
NORTHWEST CITIZENS
ASK H. E. |. DISCUSSED

A resolution urging the improve
ment OF Forty-hrst and Forty-second
streets northwest was adopted bv
the Northwest Suburban Citizens As
sociation at a meeting held last might
in the Tenley School
Upon motion OF Frederick n. Lauch. g.
lin, a resolution was adopted in
structing the organizations dele
gates to the Federation Of Citizens.
Associations to bring up the high
cost Of living for consideration at the
next meeting of the larger BODY.
One hundred and thirty-eight cit
liens were admitted to memberships
as a result OF the recent drive.
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
ANACOSTA CITIZENS
ADMIT 258 MEMBERS
Several women Join Civic OrHaniza-
tisa-Repert Shows Good Street
Car Service.

As the result Of the membership
tyfve. 2Ss new members. including
several women. we're admitted TO the
Anacostta Citizens Associa tion at q
meeting Ia Masonic Hall, Four eenth
asd u streets southeast, last night
Theodore Seifgried. chairman of the
COMMITTEES on street railways, present
ed a detailed report on che street cars
arriving and leaving Anacostia- which
vas made by q member detailed at
Nichols avenue and Good Hope road.
The report showed the cars were be-
Ing run between two and Ave minutes
apart
Addresses were made By William
Mex Clayton, William B. westlake.
Jesse c. Suter. and DR.. j. A Watson
The musical program included q
quartet co imposed OF Mrs. ". Cope.
NYs. Charles Linger. Frank Dony and
Harold King and a solo by Mrs. Will
ham o. LAtimer.
Charles Roberts. chairman Of the
school committee; Maurice Otterbach.
william E Weigel. w. II. Lawrence,
~. W. Tolson, c. T. Graft, and DR.. J.
A Watson. read reports. William j.
Latimer. president of the association.
yrestded
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
WAN Jury PANEL
AGAIN EXHAUSTED
Fifty New veniremen win Be
Examined Tomorrow to Get
Last Juror.

The process OF obtaining . jury to
try Ziang Sung Wan for first degree
murder, In connection with the death
Of Ben Sen WI, January - last. at
the Chinese Educational Mission, 2o23
Kalorama road northwest. where he
was employed as an assistant, was
continued this morning in Crimina'
Court, No. 1. Justice Gould presiding
Fifty additional taiesmen had been
summoned. but before the court ad-
Journed for the MONDAY recess the
number had been exhausted, mono OF
the prospective Jurors qualifying to
sit on the jury. Fifty additional VEN
iremen viii be sum .noned for tomor-
row, when IL is expected that the
jury viii be completed.
So far about 10 talesmen have
been examined, and out Of this mum
ber eleven have been accepted tenta
lively. The Government has so far
used six peremptory challenges and
the defense fifteen. They are both
entitled to twenty.
AS now constituted, the following
men are tentatively on the jury:
John NJ. Redpath. j. Elmore Shelton,
Mercer B. Mayfield. William Eisen-
ger. Harry L. Slye. Fred A Smith.
John T. Burroughs, Joseph T. Ken
yon- Ernest z. Herrell, and Michael
Z. Coughlin-
Ever since the trial began. and
every day, when tie court adjourns
and the prisoner Is taken back to the
cell on the ground noor Of the build
Ing. he Is met before he enters the
cage by his younger brother, Tsong
Ing Van, who IL out on $4,000 bail,
charged with presenting forged
check at the Riggs National Bank
The two face each other silently. and
the younger hands to the prisoner a
Dig paper bag containing all sorts of
Chinese deIicacies.
The Government is represented by
District Attorney Laskey. who has
attended to the examination of the
taiesmen and Assistant District At
torney Bolitha Laws. The accused Is
represented by Attorneys James
Osnea- Charles Fahy. and John 1.
Sacks.
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
TAKOMA PARK CAR
SERVICE IS SCORED
Citizens Committee Asks
Utilities Body to, Give
Them Relief.

More cars and better service on the
Takoma Park line Of the washington
Railway and Electric Company were
asked today by committee from the
Takoma Park Citizens Association,
which was granted public clearing
before the Public Utilities Commits
sion. The committee protested pres
ent service on this line IL inadequate,
and asked that the schedule be re-
vised.
William r. Ham, president Of the
company. presented figures showing
that rs per cent of the Takoma cars
that passed the Brightwood car barn
were on time.
The commission took the request
under adyisement. These composed
the committee: Major D. 8. Fletcher,
chairman: w. w. Warwick, Comptrol-
Ter of the Treasury; Congressman Ira
Hersey of Maine: Samuel Redman.
president OF the Takoma Bank, and
II F. Tan.
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
VAN SCHA|CK
CAN retain
SCHOOLS JOB
No Law to Compel Hin to Re-
sign as Board Head to Re
Commissions.

closer relationship betveea -
Board of Education and the Dtstr3o
Commissioners probably win -
brought about When DR.. yohu va
schatck takes up his duties As Co0-
missioner. II matters little whs&hm
the new Commissioners sses az - -
sign ~ president Of the ecAeei Bsast
- he has . strong in6usscs VIA
members Of the board.
For many years the District c.
misstoners have been striving to Nv
the schools brought under their tur<s
dsctton- Each year thsrs has bssa .
discussion Of this subject That ~.
Commissioners now win practicala,
control the schools seems certaia-
A. no ofncial annouseeosat ~
been made OF DR.. Van achasek's -
inAtion. the School Board pr~esnuw
VIII not discuss the probability - -
dropping all duties except the ceD-
missionership. DR.. Van Shack ~
TO-DAY that the presidency Of the boort
was one Of the most responsible poG1-
tions In Washington. He intiEate<
ne would hesitate before quitting thaf
Daniel J. Dosovaa. District A.
ditor. said today there was NO laus
preventing him frsm holding the tvs
positions.
There ID no legal reason vhy -
cannot take charge Of the two yoaa<
saio Auditor Donovan. 'Hlthough -
viii be establishing q precedent"
When Commissions Henry L WEI
was in the District building his wife
Mrs.. Henry L West was . memboo
OF the School Board This 10 the peoP
est the Commissioners had come ia.
having say In school msttera Dee.
van explained
The District Comnssssen~rs srv,
eieo nxious to assume the diroctnr<
snip OF the school playgrounds. II -
tne present. policy to have al scAooi
grounds supervised By the pripcinI:
or some other school ofncer
Mrs. Susie Root Rhcdes. a membaj
OF the board and Supervisor OF Play
grounds has been advocating thef,
control by the Commissioners 6ea
several months.
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
GROUP SALARY
HEARINGS TO.
!. SPEED WORK
Reclassification Commission
Busy Day and Night In Effort
to Complete Task.

Ten additional hearings Of Govern
ment employees before the Congres-
sional joint commission on reciassi-
ficatien Of Salaries were announced
this morning. Aside from these
fifteen services still remain to be
heard They likely win be assembled
into ave groups to expedite The
work Of hearings
The reciasstfication commission IL
working day and night to finish sts
task within the time set by Congress.
With but one month left and fiftsen
hearings still on the schedule. aside
from the drafting Of the report and
. maze OF details yet uncompietsd II
appears almost an impossible tob for
the commission to close Its work oa
TINA However. the conmissioners
express the hope that II can be done.
And they are spsring no energy to at
tain this end.
The dates Of hearings sst this morn
ing follow:
Fire service. including the District
fire department December 10. $50
T. m
combi,ed scientific and tschnical
services, December IL, ESQ . m
Social sciences and statistical Sd
ence, December 1e, ESQ O. a.
Applied social economics Dscember
10, p. "A.
Marine operating service. Dscsn-
Der 10. 2 p. m
Operating engineering service. De-
cember 10. 2 p. m
Statistical clerical and mechanical
r. hs.I m
o. m-
Skilled trades and unskilled labor.
December 20. $50 q m-
Personnel service. Decembef -.
$50 q m
Governmental bookkeeping and &C
counting services, December n.
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
2 CENTS TO
Be PRICE Of
CANE SUGAR
Plan to Prevent Profiteering in
District When MiIIion-Pou
Shipment Arrives.

With one million pounds Of sugar
to arrive in Washington for distribu-
tion during the course of the next ten
days, Clarence r. Wilson, chairman
of the District fair price committee.
is taking every precaution to prevent
profteering and assure an equitable
distribution OF the supply.
Investigation completed today by
e. d. Atkinson, a member Of the conn
mittee, indicates that these prices
should be the maximum which WASH
ington housewives should pay for
sugar.
Beet s1sar-I4h eents per pound.
Leuisiana cane ssg.r-32 cents Der
D0anA.
Part Of big Allstnent.
The sugar which is now en- route
to Washington comprises an allot-
ment made by the Sugar Equalixat on
Board in New York and is the first
shipment of a great quantity of beet
sugar from the Pacific coast and in
termountain States.
"In view of he prevailing shortage
In sugar at this time II Is highly es-
sential that the supply now en- route
here be given q fair and equitable
distribution" said Mr.. Atkinson to-
day.
The fair price committee has an in
vestigation now under way, and will
issue statement on the price to be
paid for sugar when the new supply
arrives. To my mind. the price Of
14h cents per pound for beet sugar
should be the maximum, although T.
may develop that the retailer will be
permitted to charge rs much as Is
cents"
Other shipments Due.
According to word reaching Off
cials here, the supply of 1000 900
pounds is the first shipment. and 9th.
ers will follow now that the 1919 beet
sugar crop is completed. and Wash
ington has little to fear from further
sugar shortage. Within two weeks
the shortage or famine in sugar
should be a thing of the past.
The attention Of Mr.. Atkinson was
called today to the report that some
retailers were planning to charge as
high a. rs cents per pound for sugar
He declared that this practice would
not be tolerated and that dealers
could expect drastic action and
revocation OF their license IL such
violations are found.
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
j. s. WORKERS
ASKG. O.P. TO
BACK UNIONS
Federation Also Appeals for Re-
organization of Civil
Service.


gAnize and AFFILIATE with the Ameri-
can Federation of LABOR, as at pres
ent legalixed under the Llovd-La
Toilette act of 1919, and the PROPOSE
tion for q new kind of civil service
commission with enlarged powers and
q personnel to inciude Representatives
Of employees Is sought by the National
Federation of Federal Employees
through Republican party support. ac-
cording to program presented to
the Republican National Committee
In session In this city.
In a letter addressed to Chairman
VIII b. Hays. of the Republican Ma
uonal Committee, President Luther
c Steward. OF the National Fedora
ton OF Federal Employees, asks for
the Republican party's aid in procur-
ing legislation to Improve conditions
In the FEDERAL civil service through
cut the country deemed essential by
the oxEanixed employees of the Gov
eminent ~ represented by the 153
locd unions OF the Federation in
forty-three States
Right To Organise.
OF outstanding interest in the Fed
sration's program II the demand for
the right to organize The Fedora
ton declares Its opposition to such
measures as the recent attempt of
Senator Myers of Montana to require
the forfeiture by all members of
trade unions in the Government serv-
Ice OF their union cards
Equally important from the en-
ployes' point of view Is a reorganixar
ton of the civil service commiss
Aside from including representa-
ttves OF employees in the personnel of
the commission. the federation asks
NJ int
tive officials and the general public,
women ~ well ~ men to be members
Of each group. Coupled with this
pr0Dosition the federation urges leg
tslation guaranteeing to women In
The Government service equal oppor-
t.nities and equal pay with men.
The Nolan minimum wage bill: ex-
eonsion Of the work Of reclassifica-
tton to the entire civil service OF the
Unitsd States sDd, pending such ex-
tension. . wage Increase Of $3.50 per
yoar for employees receiving base pay
Up to and including S2.5O0 per year,
- for those In the grades between
S21oo and $500 per year. and $40
tor the grades between $500 and
N.00o per year. are equally essential
features Of the employee program as
eot1ined to the Republican National
cs0mtttsa
Oea1s NSW - Ysasu on.
0oeA inereases are urged. Il Wa
eseoared tsday, bseaass the present
vags scale Of the Covernment II
dKty-ffvs years old. and the war
bsous Of $40 10 Inadequate to bring
ths base pay up TO the Increased cost
sf living. Furthefmore, II was said,
ehs Govcr1meat 10 rapidly losing
0aay Ct its best worksrs because of
eutstde competition
Other measures emphastSed to the
1opubitcan National Committee were:
Immediate enactment OF the Ster-
Nng-Lehlbach retirement Law for civil
ssrvice employes--1n the interests of
humanity and the efficiency Of the
service"
Removal OF rsstrtetioas on inter-
aoportmental transfers In the Gov
senneat sefvtcs. Oh. R. 74o4. intro
duced By Congressman Addison 7.
Smith Of Idaho.D
Uniform leave law, abolition Of
Svertiahe, or pay at one and one-half
and double rates for overtime; and
saturday half holiday al the year
round
The Washington times., 1919-12-11

Mckinley High School. Wash
ington's only public manual train
ing institution, like Central, Is
overcrowded. The enrolment
now totals more than 1,20o The
seating capacity Is 1,lOc. by
crowding ciassrooms Ii is possible
to accommodate the extra one
hundred, but school officials today
are worried over prospects OF the
February enrolment
Usually zoo students are added
to the rolls at the beginning OF
the second term of the school
year. Only thirty or forty Will
graduate at the end of January.
This means that Mckinley viii
have to accommodate 800 and
possibly more students beyond ca
pacity. Frank c. Daniel, princi-
pal, says IL must be done no mat
ter whether inconvenience Is
caused or ineficiency results.
Student, VIII Suffer.
This means further overcrowded
ciassrooms and the addition or
extra burdens upon the teachers.
The students will suffer. Over
burdened teachers cannot give
their most efficient instruction.
nor do crowded classrooms per-
nit a student to receive All In
struction due.
The need for new high school
space in Washington Is greater
now than ever. There Is going to
be a steady increase in enrolment
at Mckinley. 1t is not possible
to send students who wish to
take up technical work to a
junior high school, which Is one
plan suggested for relieving the
congestion
Central High offers q technical
course, but that school Is over
crowded and IT will not be pos
sible to send Techs overflow
there
Lack Of Teaehers.
Still another situation. the
most serious, perhaps, confronts
school officials. There are barely
enough teachers employed at
present to teach all of the classes
in the Mckinley. The condition
will be worse In February. More
classes viii have to be added. II
probably will mean that school
hours viii be heightened. The
individual student will not re-
ceive any extra instruction, but
the teachers will be called upon
to teach extra classes, which
means extra burdens and even
tually ineniciency.
More teachers and more schools
are needed Immediately. 1t 10
up to Congress to prevent the
lowering Of the standards of the
schools hero.
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
DRIVER EXONERATED
IN DEATH OF WOMAN

Edward Jones, coiored. chauffeur.
was exonerated by a coroners jury
yesterday from blame for the death
of Mrs. Augustus S. willard, of
Palatka, Fla. who died at the EN-
ergency Hospital Tuesday from in
juries received when she was struck
by Jones' automobile.
1t was testified at the inquest that
Jones sounded his horn and was run
ming about ten miles an hour when
he struck Mrs. willard at Fourteenth
and X streets northwest
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
FALLS FROM SCAFFOLD,
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL

FALLING - feet from q seaRoIdfnx z
n front Of 1915 II street northwest
yesterday afternoon. c. c. Clancy,
thirty-esven years old. OF seabrook, G,
Nd. sustained q fracture Of the right
arm and bruises about the body.
Many pedestrians who saw the man
fall believed he had been seriousiy
hort. bot Clancy explained to them
bis injuries were slight He u ct the
EWsrIency Hospital.