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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
Additional Section I omorrow

Advertising demands will make It necessary
for The Star to print an Advance Section
tomorrow, to be Issued with the regular paper.
In order to meet the situation all advertising,
including CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING,
for tomorrow's Star must be received at The
Star office by midnight tonight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
ROMAN IN DISTRESS,
STEERING GEAR BROKEN

BOSTON, November 2o.-The coast
guard cutter Acushnet left Woods
Hole today to proceed to the assist
ance of the shipping board steamer
Roman. in distress OFF the coast.
NEW YORK, November 20.-Infor-
nation received through radio by the
naval communications service was
that the steering gear of the Roman
had broken down and that the ship
was being buffeted by rough seas in
duced by high northerly winds.
The Roman carries q general cargo
and a crew of thirty-two men under
command of Capt. John Jensen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
First Indorsers Make Good.

It sometimes takes from two months
to a year to find that certain check
in the meantime 1t has been turned
into the Treasury the government
makes the first responsible indorser
On the check make good the loss.
Where the. criminal; is run down con-
fession and restitution result in three
fourths of the cases. But even resti-
tuition does not stop prosecution OF
the forger, though it generally in
clines the court to leniency.
There il one class of. forgery cases
that the government has not prose-
euted since the war. and that was in
case where a soldiers allotment check
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
Restaurant Men Named.
MRS. STOKES REFUSES
TO ACCEPT SUBPOENA

NEW YORK, November 20.-Rose
Pastor Stokes refused today to accept
a subpoena to appear before the ex-
traordinary grand jury, which is consid-
ering complaints of radical activities.
A process server reported to Assistant
District Attorney Rorke that when he
went to her Greenwich Village home
maid opened the door and he heard
Mrs. Stokes shout to her to refuse the
subpoena.
Mr.. Rorke sent him back to try
again and announced that II neces-
sary he would apply to the supreme
court for a writ of arrest.
Mrs Stokes is out on bail. pending
appeal from a ten-year sentence for
violation Of the espionage act
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
PRESIDENT IS SILENT
ON SENATE'S ACTION

President Wilson will have no
statement to make on the failure
of the Senate to ratify the treaty
of Versailles, it was said today at
the White House.
Senators Hitchcock of Nebraska,
the administration leader. and I'm
derwood Of Alabama called at the
White House during the morning.
but did not see Secretary Tumulty,
who was with the President on the
south lawn. They took a philo-
sophical view of the action of the
Senate.
Democratic leadership played
its cards to the limit and for all
they were worth and iost-that's
ALL" said Senator Underwood.
LAS long as the treaty is not
dead. there is something to be joy
full about" said Senator Hitchcock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
RESTAURANT AND HOTEL
WAGE PARLEYS Joined

The minimum wage board today de-
cided to consider jointly a minimum
wage for women employed both in
hotels and restaurants here.
When the hotel and restaurant en-
ployers met yesterday to choose their
representatives to appear at the CON-
ference before the wage board the hotel
men asked the board il they could not
be given a separate conference from the
restaurant business. The board con-
cluded today that 1t would be better to
consider the two kinds Of establish
ments together.
The restaurant men yesteray nomi-
mated three men to confer with the
board. The hotel men will now be
notified to nominate three of their
number and from these six the wage
board will appoint three to represent
both groups at the conference.
The women employed in hotels, res
taurants. apartment houses and hos
pitfalls will meet at $40 tonight in the
auditorium of the National Museum
to elect six women to attend the con-
ference. From these six the wage
board will select three.
Restaurant Men Named.
The three restaurant men nominat-
ed by their associates yesterday were
Henry E. Bittenger. manager, $40 nth
street; Oscar Connor, 1877 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, and Herman Gasch,
1884 G street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
OPPOSITION TO BERGER.
Steps May Be Taken to Test Legal
ity Of His Campaign.

MADISON, Wis, November 90
With the nomination of Victor L.
Berger. socialist, filed today at the Of
fee of the secretary of state, as a
candidate for the seat from which
he was recently expelled by Congress,
intimation has been made that steps
will be taken to test the legality of
Mr.. Berger's. campaign. An opinion
from Attorney General Blaine may be
called for within a few days, while
court action has been threatened as a
means of stopping him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
Serving Six-Year Sentence.

A former Army officer is now serv-
ing a six-year sentence for unusually
clever manipulation of government
checks in New York.
He obtained the checks from letter
basket in one Of the offices at Gov
errors island. and then, in uniform.
would visit a bank and ask to see the
vice president or cashier. He would
present the check. explain that 1T was
for his pay or expenses. and say that
he was a stranger in the city. The
hank official, impressed by his story
seldom failed to 20. K" the check as
requested, but instead of cashing 1t at
once the forger would take it to his
hotel. raise" it to several times its
nr;einal amount, and take 1t back to
the hank, The paying teller. seeing
his sunerior's 30. K" on the slip,
Wnu,d inspect it no further and the
officer got several thousand dollars
before being caught.
Tue passers of fraudulent govern
ment checks have played on the spirit
nf patriotism of bankers and mer-
chants. and many of those caught
Rave been in the uniform of soldier
ne sailor, some of them having right
to the uniform, and others having
d do it to promote their crooked
business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
PRESIDENT NAMES NEW
INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE
TO MEET HERE ON DEC. !
D. c. ALONE GOT
|NCREASEDFUNDS
Gain for Upkeep Allowed Is
$918,O57 Over Previous
Sessions Proposal.

The District of ColumyA was the
only branch of the federal govern
ment for which the special session of
Congress. which Adjourned yesterday,
granted an increase in appropriations
over the amount decided upon in the
supply bill which failed Of passage at
the close of the third session OF the
Sixty-fifth Congress. The increase
for the upkeep of the National Capital
was $s1S.057 more than the s14,446.-
1854 appropriation contemplated in the
preceding session.
This increase for the District is all
the more notable because on all the
other big supply measures the repub-
llcan Congress made decreases total
ing $940,61O.598.97.
The District appropriation bill as
passed was $271.2S0 less than the es-
Inmates submitted, but this was the
smallest reduction made on any of the
big appropriation bills.
Mr.. Mondell Presents Facts.
These facts are brought out in re-
view by House Leader Mondell Of the
important work done by the special
session.
In addition to this the deficiency
act; 1920. was largely for activities
and expansion in Washington-the
war risk bureau and detection and
prevention of crimes, including en-
forcement of the withdrawing and
prohteering acts; national prohibition
and laws for punishment and depor-
tation of anarchists and seditious agi-
tators.
Other D. c. Legislation.
Other important District legisla-
ton was passed by. Congress and has
become law, including:
Provision for the regulation of
rents in the District.
Increase Of pay for printers and
pressmen in the government print
ing office.
Provision for additional compensa-
ton for employees of the postal serv-
ice.
Authorizing the Protestant Episco-
pal Church Of the Diocese Of Wash
ington to give the same right to
now enjoyed by men.
The bill carrying substantial in.
creases in salary for all members OF
| the metropolitan police force passed
both houses, and the conference re:
| Is stir waiting thee approved Of THE
Senate. s.'-,, - ~
Status Of Firemen's Pay Bill.
The bill carrying identical increases
for the firemen as for the policemen
was passed by the House, and is under
consideration by the Senate committee.
| ( A bill for the retirement of public
school teachers in the District has
been passed by the House.
Ehe Nolan three-dollar-a-day mini
| mum wage bill was passed by the
House.
A number of important measures in
| which the District is particularly in
teressted have been considered by House
committees, favorably reported. and
are promised early consideration by
the House in the December session.
These include:
The Lehlba ch bill to establish a civil
service retirement system.
A measure urged by the District
| bench and bar and the Chamber of
| Commerce to enlarge the jurisdiction
| of the Municipal Court and make it a
court of record, with juries, when de-
manded.
| A bill authorizing revision of the
! District law code, which has been I'M
| der consideration by special bar COM
mittee for several years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
Principally Affects Imports.

It is explained that this condition
APPLIES chiefly on imports from Ger
many, though 1t anects in less degree
MANY. 1t is in the import situation
that the government is chiefly con-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
WAGE BOARD uRGED
TO.STUDY PAY Of
i, S. EMPLOYEES
Could Also Be Court of Ap-
peal, Subcommittee Rec
ommends.
SAYS PUBLIC MIGHT;
HAVE REPRESENTATIVES
Commission on Salary Reclassidca-
ton Receives Report Stating
Arguments for Establish
ment of Body,

Establishment of a permanent wage
board by Congress, to do research
work in relation to salaries and
classification of government employees
and at the same time to be court of
appeal for employees, was recon-
mended today to the joint congress
sional commission on Redistribution
of salaries in the District.
This recommendation was made by
a special subcommittee on the FEAST
bility of periodical wage adjustments,
the report to the commission being
signed by DR.. E. B. Rosa of the bu-
reau Of standards, chairman; DIR. NJ.
jacobson of the Federal Reserve
Board, DR.. Royal Meeker of the bu-
reau of labor statistics, and Miss
Ethel M. Smith of the National Wom-
ans Trade Union League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
II Men to TakeUp
Work of Paf1ey
That Failed.
AVOIDED GROUPS,
EXECUTIVE SAYS
"Guidkd by Experience
of Last Gathering"
He States.

President Wilson today appointed a.
now industrial conference and called
At into session here December 1.
The conference will be composed OF
seventeen men, including government
officials. business men and former
members of the cabinet and former
governors Of states, and it will carry
on the work undertaken by the ma
tional Industrial conference which
foundered on the rock of collective
bargaining.
Personnel Of Conference.
The personnel of the conference fol-
lows:
Secretary of Labor Wilson.
Former United States Attorney Gem
eral Thomas w. Gregory.
Former United States Attorney Gen.
eral George w. Wickersham.
Former Food Administrator Herbert
Hoover.
Former Secretary of Commerce o.
car S. Straas.
Henry NJ. Robinson, Pasadena, Calf
Prof. Frank w. Taussig, former
chairman of the tariff commission.
Former Gov. Samuel w, Mccall of
Former Gov. Martin H. Glynn of
New York
Former Gov. Henry c. Stuart of vir-
ginia.
DR.. W. o. Thompson. Ohio State Uni
versity
Richard Hooker. Springfield, Mass.
George T. Slade, st. Paul
julius Rosenwald. Chicago
Owen D. Young. New York city.
81. j. Waters, Manhattan, Kan.
Stanley King. Boston.
Letter of Invitation.
The Presidents letter of invita-
ton follows: -
In accordance with the sugges-
ton given me by the public group
Of the recent industrial conference,
! am calling new body together
to carry on this vitality important
sr . ana t 81 S ySS WI W sly, !. 1 me
OF its members.
| Guided by the experience, of the
| last conference, / have thought it
| advisable that in this new body
there should be no recognition of
! the new representatives should
have concern that our industries
may be conducted with such regard
for justice and fair dealing that
duced to put forth his best efforts,
that the employer will have an
encouraging profit and that the
public will not suffer at the hands
of either class. 1t is my hope that
this conference may lay the foun-
dalton for the development Of
standards and machinery within
our industries by which these re-
suits may be attained.
1t Is not expected that you will
deal directly with any condition
which exists today. but that you
may be fortunate enough to find
such ways as will avoid the repeti-
tion of these deplorable condi-
tions.
The conference will meet at q
place to be hereafter designated In
this city on the LIST of December
next.
None of the delegates to the ma
tional industrial conference is included
in the Presidents appointees to tho
new conference. Secretary. of Labor
Wilson. who called the first conference
to order and presided as temporary
chairman, was named as a member Of
the new body. He assisted Secretary
of Interior Lane as chairman Of the
first conference and attended the ses-
sions in an ex-officio capacity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20

part OF 1t resting on careless or In
experienced Disturbing officers who
make it easy for crooks to- get pos
session of blank government checks.
and part of it is laid at the door of
merchants and bank officials who do
with the same care they bestow on
the paper of some banking institution.
The situation began to develop soon
after the war and the number
of fraudulently passed government
checks. which in peace times was
negligible, grew steadily in 1917 and
1918, as the personnel of the military
forces and government offices in
creased and governmental expendi-
lures grew. But since a special de-
tail of the secret service has been de-
voting its time exclusively to this
per has begun to recede.
One thing that makes apprehension
less difficult is the fact that the pro-
fessional forger. the 'old timer" does
not fool himself with government pa
per. He has too much respect for the
federal secret service and the penal
ties are too drastic when caught and
convicted. The age of those appre-
hended in Washington ranges from
seventeen to twenty-four years, the
greater part Of those held not being
old enough to vote.
to get hold of checks in blank and
fill them out as desired, others have
made a speciality of stealing checks
from letter boxes, or even from gov
eminent. bureaus, where they were
waiting to be sent out. Owing to the
readiness with which government
check is accepted even boys have
been able to get money on such pa
per after they had written the name
Of thepayee on the back, sometimes In
the most clumsy manner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
Other Recommendations.

such a board, presumably appoint
ed by the President, should have upon
it representatives both of the execu-
tive departments and the employees,
and possibly also of the public" de-
clared the report. The report contin-
ues: 80 s..-.
1T is recommended that the increase
proposed in the salary scale by the
congressional commission be made in
two parts-namely, an increase in the
base pay which would be relatively
which instead of being a. fixed sum. as
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
National Politicians Present.

Chairman Hays of the republican
national committee was a spectator in
the galleries yesterday during the
disposition of the treaty. and resi-
dent officials \of the democratic ma
tional committee were also present
The two committees have well organ
lied press bureas. and politicians ex-
pect the respective chairmen soon to
make announcement Of the drawing of
political lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
WEATHER.

. Fair tonight: tomorrow partly
cloudy and warmer.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
: ended pm. today: Highest. As, at 2
pm. today; lowest, 81, at 1920 am. to-
. day.
Full report on page Z.
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CONTINUED on Second Page.)
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TRAFF|C|N FORGED
FEDERAL CHECKS
CENTERS IN D. c.
Special Corps of Secret Serv-
ice Men Detailed to ''Run
Out" Clues.

Traffic in forged government checks,
most Of them representing officers
pay vouchers, or allotment checks
from soldiers. has increased to such
an alarming extent that, special
corps CT secret service men has been
detailed to run down this class Of
criminals. and, though the evil ex-
tends to all parts Of the country. II
is, estimated that 60 per cent of such
fraudulent paper Is Passed in the Dis
Approximately seventy y eases Of
forgery connected with the Juggling
Of government checks IRE now in the
hands Of United states District At
torney John e. Laskey here. and ar
rests being made in Washington or
elsewhere every day are adding to the
string of pending prosecutions. One
official said today that the total
amount of money obtained by such
false means probably would equal q
quarter of a million dollars, none OF
which is lost by the government.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
Nathalie Browning To Be
Bride of g.. ID. I. Small
Ceremony Will Take Place on Tuesday at
1rvington-on-Hudson in the Afternoon;
Many Other Ceremonies Are Scheduled

Miss Nathalie Hull Browning, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry King Brown
ing, will be married Tuesday to Grant
D. Inverdale Small, son of Mrs. John
Grant Small, of Brookline, Mass. The
wedding will take place at 4 o'clock in
St. Barnabas Church, Irvington- on
Hudson, and will be followed by q
reception at Gracenere, the Browning
country home.
The wedding of Miss Priscilla NJ.
Reynolds, of Boston, to G. Lindsey
Burr, of this city, will take place
January s. 1t will be celebrated quietly
on account of the recent death Of the
bridegroom's uncle, and only relatives
and a few intimate friends will be
present at the ceremony. After brief
honeymoon trip, Mr.. Burr and his bride
will make their home in Dobb's Ferry.
Society's interest will not center on
dances and receptions only this week,
for there will be two interesting we'd
dings, Miss Viola Flannery's and
Miss Louise Falconer's, both of which
will take place Saturday. Miss Elan
merry, who is the daughter of Mrs.
Joseph Flannery, will be married to
Charles Wright Gutteridge, at her
mothers home, 612 Fifth Avenue. Mr..
Gutteridge, who comes from Montreal,
was formerly a member of the Royal
Field Artillery. His fancee is a
granddaughter of the late Count Ma
sell, onetime Italian Consul General
in New York
Miss Louise Falconer daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Falconer.
of 70l Madison Avenue, will be married
in the chapel Of st. Bartholomew
Church, on Saturday, to Theron F.
Pierce. The ceremony will be followed
by small reception at the St. Regis.
The Rev. Charles Tinker will officiate
at the wedding. Miss Falconer will
have only one attendant, Miss Mildred
Harper, and Cleveland Cobb will be the
best man. Miss Falconer belongs to the
Society of the Daughters Of the Reyolu-
ton. Mr.. Pierce is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Clay Pierce. of this city
and ST. Louis. His first wife, who was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

The Prince George at Daytona and
the Princess Issena at Seabreeze are
two Of the largest hotels now open, and
both are comfortably filled with pre-
holiday visitors.
Among those now registered at the
lFince George are Mr.. and Mrs. Earle
Fl. F. Glidden. Of New York; Mr.. and
Mrs. George Blakeslee, F. D. Blakeslee
and Miss Blakeslce, Of New Jersey; F.
A. Sebring, owner of the Sebring pot
teries of Ohio and the founder of the
town Of Sebring. Fla; Charles G..
Stockton, of Orange Grove, N. j.; W.
f. Bum, of Asbury Park;.F O. Gillard
O. Philadelphia, and A. L. Miller, of
atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs Steven Lane Folger
and c. NJ. Sprague, Of New York; Mr..
I'd MIS-. George S. Holmes, Of White
Plains; Mr. and Mrs A. J. Van Riper
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kinsella, of
Paterson. N. j.; Mr.. and Mrs. Skillen,
Of Rye, N. Y; Mr.. and Mrs Charles S.
Mitchell, of Asheville, n c., and Colonel
and Mrs. J. NJ. McKergow, of Montreal.
Canada, also are at the Princess Issena.
Colonel E. P. Woodbury.. manager of
the Ridgewood and L. NJ. Waite, man
ager of the DesplanG, will open their
hotels on January 3.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

Miss May Geering, died over year
ago.
Miss Lila Mary Taylor, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Francis Taylor,
Of 302 West Ninety eighth Street. was
married to Ben Stalker Buckmaster,
son of Mr. and Mrs A F. Buckmaster,
of Kenosha, Wis. on Monday last; in
st. Agness Chapel, West Ninety-sec-
ond Street. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Edward Tower and
was followed by a reception with dane
ing at the home Of the brides parents.
The bride, who was given away by
her father, had two matrons Of honor.
her sister, Mrs. Linwood H. Geyer. and
her sister-in-law, Mrs Herbert +. Tay-
lor jr- There was also train bearer,
Sllvina Ros. Linwood H. Geyer was the
best man. and the ushers were Clarence
Nesbit, Ralph G. Brown and Herbert
F. Taylor jr. After their honeymoon.
Mr.. Buckmaster and his bride Will make
their home IN Chicago. Their engage
ment was announced about year ago,
while he was serving as a lieutenant
in the navy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

John Mccormack will give a concert
at the Hippodrome this evening for the
benefit of the Catholic Big Brothers
He Will be assisted by Miss Ethel Bar
rymore and number of girls from
the younger set will sell programs. The
entertainment will be under the au-
spices of Archbishop Hayes. The
patronesses include the Countess de
LaugierV illars, Mrs~John Giraud Agar.
Mrs. H. Gloucester Armstrong, Mrs
John Mccormack, Mrs. Nicholas F.
Brady. Mrs. Frederic Nelson. Mrs.
James Byrne, Mrs. Alfred C. Chaplin,
Mrs. Morgan j. O'Brien, Mrs. James
A O'Gorman, Mrs. Louis B. Conley,
Mrs. John D. Ryan, Mrs. John Beverly
Duer, Mrs. A. F. Sinclair, Mrs. Joseph
2. Grace, Mrs. William F. sheehan, Mrs.
E--.,t-;c R,,rra1l HoFfmen Mrs William