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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-23
CLUB IS RESULT
OF EMPLOYEES INFORMAL ''HOP''
Affair Leads to Comprehensive Organiza-
ton That Aids and Entertains Fosters
More Than Twenty Activities.

From an informal dance about a
year ago to one of the most COM
pIete, if not the most comprehensive.
clubs in the government departments
that is the record of the In-Com-Co
Cub of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. which is doing many
things for the comfort benefit and
happiness of the l. G. c. employees.
AS it has turned out, it was quite a
"hop."
Pep always has predominted in
the In-Com-Co Club. 1t did not over
look the idea of letting ali share in
it's activities. even at the outset, for
it's name was secured through COM
petition. W. Archie Myers was the
author of its coEnOmen. which eX :
plains itself. and took home a neat
prize for his accepted suggestion.
How It Originated.
It was cons deration of the en-
ployes by G.. Il. McGinty secretary of
the |. c. c.. that led to the formation
of the club that now is as lively a
year-old infant as you Will ind
anywhere. With many of the amuse-
ment halls turned into government
offices. il occurred to Mr.. McGinty
that the employees of the commission
might enjoy informal dancing in one
of the large rooms of the L. c. G..
building. Accordingly he invited the
employees to meet one evening week.
"A graphophone provided the music
at the start, then it gave way to a
rented piano. which eventually was
purchased. and now an orchestra pro-
videS the tunes for the devotees of the
terpsichoreau art This is only typ
ical of how the others of the twenty
or more activities grew once they got
a foothold.
While the /. c. c. employees pre-
viously had held bowling Journeys
and have had a team in the Depart
mental Tennis League since it started,
1t was the success of an informal
dance held in the spring of 1918 that
gave the impetus to the forming of a
general organization.
A picnic was held and outdoor sports
were participated in during the sum-
mer of 1915, but it was not until last
December that the club was placed on
its present solid foundation. 1t was
at a meeting on December IA, 1918.
that the constitution and bylaws
were adopted and officers elected. 1t
is strictly an employees club. although
1t has the hearty support of the COM
missioners, as the constitution states
that no official shall be an officer in
the organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-23
Got Everything From Korea.
Japanese Injustices Detailed.

what are described as five con-
1 Ipn. lnJustices on the part Of
Japan toward Korea" are summarized
IN the statement. The committee as
serts mat although Korea aided ia
pan IN the war against Russia. the
cog mas bitten the hand of him who
teo II. 1t is alleged that Japan has
tho tnr ner promise to pay honor to
ens iornheriy imperial family of Ko-
rea' that 1t is impossible for a Korean
10 OBTAIN fair treatment in the courts
When opposed to the Japanese: thai
iiperty OF speech does not eyist and
.hat the japanese arrested thirty
Of ;nd men VINO signed the manifesto
Vi independence on March last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-23
Officials Tutor Employees.

Another practical side of the club is
the educating of the men for higher DO
sitions in the l. c. c., in which the com
missioners are giving their hearty CO.
operation. Classes for the discussion of
problems arising out of the conduct of
the commissions work with the view to
advancing the men concerned are con-
Quoted each week by commission Off
Gals and on Saturday afternoon of each
alternate week prominent invited speak
ers give twenty-minute talks to the en-
ployes on popular subjects.
AS part of the club activities there
IS relief association under which from
very small fee each year the family of
deceased employee is paid 5000 within
twenty-four hours after death occurs.
1t would seem that no organization of
its kind has made more rapid progress
than the In-Com-Co Club. and those
back of it say that it has far from
reached it's limitations. At present more
than half the l. c. c. employees are mem
bers. The employees Of the United States
Railroad Administration are also eligi
BILE and large number have Joined.
The l. c. c. commissioners and the di-
rector of railroads and their immediate
executive assistants are honorary mem
bers
There may be like organizations that
nave matched the In-Com-Co Club in
It's achievements in hardly more than a
year. but they doubt it. Anyway, Sec
rotary McGinty and others of the /. c. C.
are glad that he thought of giving that
INFORMAL dance in the spring of 1918.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-23
MITIGATION OF RACES
IS DECLARED IMPOSSIBLE
Korean Statement Says Japanese
Nation Is Entirely Distinct Race
and Not as Old as Former.

SEOUL, Korea. April 20 CORES
pondence of the Associated Press)-
Cnif1cation of the Japanese and Ko.
rean races is impossible, asserts the
organizing committee of the indie
pendent movement in Korea. in a
statement which it has issued SET
ting forth the grievances of the Ko
rean people against the Japanese.
The two chief reasons for Kore..s
enort to obtain emancipation from
Japanese rule are set forth by the
committee as follows:
horea is the much older of the
Two nations. for it has history Of
organized government extending over
period of 1900 years. During a
to the court of China, but this was
nothlng more than an outward ex
preston OF the relation between the
imperial families of the two nations
horea was ever the sole possession
OF the Korean race and was never
under the actual control of anv for
elSn nation or government
Got Everything From Korea.
The Japanese nation is an entire
~ distinct race from the Korean Sbe
is an island people. and her naked
ness OF body and mind could only he
covered by the civilization she re-
ceived from Korea and from china
during the centuries of the past. Her
customs. her literature. her very
S ,to'nins came to her through Korea.
VI late years she has added to these
the lace powder of a western civil
eaton thus she becomes the whited
sepulchre of the east. She gives No
evidence of moral force, her actions
toward our nation has proven her to
oe me embodiment of cruelty. The
eHiuence IS complete that the unifica
t1on or the Japanese and Korean RAGS
is an impossibility.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-23
Raises Fund for Memorial.

Two plays have been given by the
dramatic club. School Days" and
The Gilded Fool" The performance
of the last named. given very recent
ly. Melted $500. which will be spent
for bronze memorial to the thirteen
Interstate Commerce Commission en-
p1oyes who gave their lives on the
battlefields of France. The memorial
will be placed at the main entrance
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion building. Out of a total of 2.2i0
employees. 500 of which are in Wash
ington. the commission gave 1913 to
war service.
New activities always to the bene-
fit of the employees are constantly
hobbing up. On January 90 the en-
ployes established a cooperative store
for the delivery of groceries. notions
and toilet articles at cost The store
has grown rapidly until now $1,000
is turned over each month with vast
saving to the employees. On March 1
cooperative lunchroom was opened
IN the basement of the building for
the providing of the midday meal at
cost. Two hundred and eighty-one
look advantage of the accommodation
the first day and now the average
patronage is more than 400.
A practical activity in which host of
the employees are sharing is the Guilt
waiting of thirty garden plots in Potomac
Park. AS F. c. Hillyer. head of the
garden project, put it: 1--WE helped win
the war by raising food and now we are
helping to feed GERMANY"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-23

epidemic. when. although more than
fifty employees of the Interstate Com
merce Commission We're stricken. not
a single death resulted. A report was
made each morning by the various
offices. and whenever an employe was
absent without leave at 10 o'clock in
the morning doctor and nurse We're
Immediately dispatched by automo-
bile to his or her home to discern
the cause and to give the needed at
tention. Those i'll were given the
needed care until recovery was made.
in many instances being looked after
by Interstate Commerce Commission
employees when nurse could not
be secured. That the Interstate Com
merce Commission has a warm spot
in the hearts of these folks, mostly
newcomers to Washington. goes with
out saving
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
CHINESE AIMS IN PARIS
INTEREST RUSSIANS
Embassy Hears Delegates Seek
Escape From Obligation I'm
posed by Hun Treaty.

Advices received by the Russian
embassy here yesterday from Paris
show that the Chinese delegates to
the peace conference not only are
seeking to free China from the obli-
cations imposed by her treaties with
Germany. but also are seeking to
relax the hold which Japan now has
on parts of Manchuria by virtue of
the concessions acquired at the end
of the Russo-Japanese war.
N. Sazonoh. chief Of the Russian
delegation at Paris. cabled the en-
bassy that the question raised by
China concerning the revisal of Rus
sian-Chinese treaties had caused the
Russian political conference in Paris
to send the following declaration to
the peace conference.
welcoming the regeneration of
China and admitting in principle the
utility of the revisal in the future of
the agreement. which had become out
of date, the Russian conference in
sists that no revisal of treaties Is
admissible without the participation
of the national Russian government"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
NO MORE LIGHT PENALTIES
FOR THE DC. B00TLEGGER
Judge Mcmahon Gives Warning
to Future Violators of the
Bone-Dry Law.

Bootleggers. take warning.
The day of light sentences for per-
sons convicted of peddling shorty" is
past. Hereafter bootleggers. male or
female. will learn just how expensive
it is to fool with the bone-dry law in
the National Capital.
Judge Mcmahon. presiding in the
United States branch of Police Court
last week, made II plain that mitigat-
ing circumstances or sentiment Will
have no effect in cases involving vio-
lation Of the anti-liQuor laws hereafter.
Maximum penalties are to be as
sessed hereafter. Judge Mcmahon
makes it plain. The maximum is a fine
of $1,000, or a year in Jail. or both. as
the judgment of the court dictates
Failure to pay the fine brings another
jail term Of equal length.
Five colored women were the first
victims of the new order OF things.
Judge Mcmahon emphasized in passing
sentence that every offender hereafter
brought before him charged with run
ming whisky into the city will get
similar treatment. this. in the judges
opinion. being the only way to break
up Bookkeeping here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
D. c. BUSINESS MEN WILL
FIGHT WAR EXCISE TAX

Washington business men yesterday
Joined in the campaign begun in va
rious parts of the country for the re-
peal of the war excise taxes.
Joseph A. Berberich, president Of
the Merchants and Manufacturers As
ISOLATION, named Lester Lansbursh
chairman Of a special committee TO
work with other merchant organiza-
tions in petitioning Congress against
continuing the tax.
Charles j.. Columbus. secretary OF
the association. called attention last
night to the fact that the war excise
taxes were intended for war time only
but that Congress in the rush of bus!-
ness at the close of the last session
failed to repeal them.
TT was never the intention Of Con
gress," said Mr.. Columbus. that these
taxes should be revenue producers
but rather that the public through the
taxes would be discouraged from USING
the commodities enumerated. Many
necessities were unfortunately includ-
ed and 1 believe there has been more
of this tax than any
of the others"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
RETURNS RECEIPT, BUT
KEEPS BOND AND STAMPS
Robber "Considerate" Of Mrs.
Earle, But Keeps 475 Worth
Of Her Property.

An instance of small favors thank
fully received was involved in a rob-
berry report made to the police by Mrs.
Pearl C. Earle. 1896 18th street. She
was robbed of a fifty-dollar liberty
bond of the fourth issue and SIS
worth Of war saving stamps. and the
individual who robbed her was con-
siderate enough to return a receipt for
$40 on a liberty bond that happened to
be with the stolen bond and stamps.
His conscience did not trouble him to
the extent Of returning the bond or
stamps.
A diamond pin, valued at $36: a
twenty-dollar gold piece and WV IN
notes and change were stolen from
the home Of Mrs. Stella Carroll. 2026
F. street. She told the police that the
theft was committed three months
ago.
benjamin F. Hawkins. 357 Cedar
street, Takoma Park, last night was
$40 poorer than he was In the morn
ing, that amount having been taken
from his pocket at home. he stated.
He told police of the tenth precinct of
the theft.
Mrs. Katherine Angerman. s615 10th
street. told Of the theft OF q solitaire
diamond ring from her home.
A burglar yesterday afternoon
smashed a window at the residence Of
Clyde M Hamblin. 1104 Fairmont
street, entered and stole q $40 watch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
MEDAL FOR HONOR WON.
Col. F. G. Baker Also Was Deco
rated With q, s. G.

. Col. F. c. Baker of the Medical
Corps. former student of George
town University Medical School. re-
ceived from the French the medal Of
honor. instead of the croix de guerre.
as reported previously.
This award was given to only 100
Americans for scientific services.
He also was decorated with the
distinguished service cross
I'm recognition Of conspicuous and
merttorious service" His citation for
the medal of honor reads:
AS commanding officer Evacuation
Hospital No, 8 at Chateau Thierry
from June to August. 1918. so
promptly arranged his hospital under
most difficult conditions, and with
great resourcefulness and good judg-
nent made use Of the inadequate
means at his disposal, that he was
able to receive and evacuate after
splendid treatment and in perfect
order large number Of wounded
from Marine offensive at a time when
that section Of France was greatly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
Would Welcome Suggestions.
BOY FALLS FROM CAR;
SKULL FRACTURED

Thomas Nelson Norman of 25l0
Ontario road. was taken to Emergency
Hospital shortly before / o'clock this
morning with fractured skull sus-
tanned when he fell from an inbound
Cabin John car near Foxall road.
According to statements made to the
police by friends of the injured boy,
who were accompanying him to the
city from q trip to Glen Echo, he was
standing on the rear end Of the car
when several marines engaged in an
alteration. Moorman's associates
were not certain whether he was
pushed from the car or fell in trying
to avoid what promised to be a free
for-all fight.
His head struck trolley pole and
ne was unconscious when picked up.
clared his condition to be serious. The
police are searching for the marines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
IA EDUCATORS IN REUNION.
Men in Philippines II Years Ago
Now War Workers Here.

Fourteen men who more than seven
teen years ago were scattered over
the Philippines working to educate
the natives gathered last night round
the banquet table at the Dewey Hotel
and lived over again for a few hours
their experiences on the islands.
After approximately fifteen years.
during which time their careers took
them in different directions, this band
of educators, by a singular coinci-
,lence, came together again in Wash
ington during the war, assisting the
government in various bureaus. The
dinner last night was like family
reunion.
Among those present were Dr.: Ber-
nard Moses, G. E. Walk, E. j. Albert
SON. w. r., Rosenkrana, O.. l.. Hall.
Capt. c.. H. McGee. MAJ c. X.
Cameron, Guy Clinton. Harvey A.
Bordner, C. A. Belknap. Claude Moss.
E.ln:. wardall and c. e. Wrigs-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
MRS. SIMON TO PRESIDE.
National Federation of Temple
Sisterhoods to Meet in Boston.

Mrs. Abram Simon of Washington.
president Of the National Federation
Of Temple Sisterhoods. will preside at
the third biennial convention of the
organisation at Boston May 20. 81
and %. The federation includes 200
societies banded together for religious
and patriotic purposes. it's principal
aim being to find a dignified place for
women In the religious work of the
synagogue.
washington will be represented by
the Sisterhood OF the Washington
Hebrew Congregation, Of which Mrs.
Simon is president and Mrs. w. B.
Levy secretary. The sisterhood has
$50 members.
May - at Boston the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations will
The District will be represented by
the Washington Hebrew Congrega-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
WOULD WIDEN SCOPE
OF MUNICIPAL COURT
Representative Volstead Sees Need
of Relieving Congestion in
Higher Tribunals.

Early consideration Of the problem
of the District of Columbia court con-
gestion, whereby important cases af-
fecting the peace and order of the
community cannot be tried, is promis-
ed by Representative Andrew j. Vol
stead of Minnesota, who is to be
chairman of the House judiciary COM
mittee in the new Congress. He is in
favor of charging the jurisdiction of
the municipal courts so that they can
take over some of the work of the
higher courts. and says that what
ever Increase Is necessary to enable
the supreme court to function in such
way as to keep current with the
important criminal cases should be
allowed as soon as possible.
Discusses D. G. System.
THE system Of judges in the Dis.
trict of Columbia should be rear
ranged" said Representative Vol
stead. The municipal courts should
be given a jury and wider jurisdic-
ton. he says. They could take care
of smaller matters. he believes. an ap-
peal on questions of law alone being
allowed and thus relieve the superior
courts.
Il don't see why the National Capt.
tai should not have a decent munich
pal court" he asserts. "and not one
that does practically the work Of the
justices Of the peace throughout the
country.
Would Welcome Suggestions.
Il do not think that a Judge who
gets $1,000 should sit around trying
petty cases." said Mr.. Volstead. He
would welcome good suggestion for
relief of the local situation. If the
municipal courts haven't room for a
jury their quarters should be en-
larged. he suggests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
WANT BUILDINGS
TAKEN FROM PARKS
Board of Trade and Chamber
of Commerce for Removal
Soon as Practical.
STRUCTURES UNSIGHTLY

Anxiety as to the length OF time
the District public parks are to re
main dishgured by the unsightly tenn
crystallized yesterday into expressions
ments erected within their limits
crystalized yesterday into expressions
by the principal trade bodies as to
their attitude on the subject.
Claiming that the buildings were
erected as a temporary expedient for
the solving of the difficult space prob
lens arising from the great expan
sion of the governmental departments
at the outbreak of the war. officials
Of the Board OF Trade and Chamber
of Commerce. representing the bast-
ness interests of Washington. 60.
pressed themselves as OF the opinF-e
that every effort should be made -
have the buildings removed as soon
as may be practical.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
Mary Valentine Dies of Injuries.

Mary Valentine. colored. 1881 2oth
street, who was found unconscious at
Pennsylvania avenue and 18th street
ten days ago. died at Emergency Hos
pital. Her death was due to frac-
ture Of the skull. It was thought by
the police that she was knocked down
by an automobile, but q coroner's
Jury yesterday afternoon gave ver-
dict of death from unknown causes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
TO ENTERTAIN SERVICE MEN
Teams Will Visit Military and
Naval Posts in D. c. Vicinity.

Ten-day entertainment tours of
military and naval posts in the vi
cinity of Washington, including those
as far away as Petersburg and New
port News, Va. are planned for the
Camp Community Service, in conjunc-
ton with the Red Cross.
Expenses will be betrayed by the
Red Cross The work Of organixinR
the dramatic and entertainment team
comes under the jurisdiction of the
community service. The trips are
planned as a result OF urgent pleas to
the Red Cross from officers In COM
mand Of the posts and camps for
volunteer entertainers, including mu-
sicfans, monologists, dancers and anna.
t2c players.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
M. AND M. BUSY ON SURVEY.
Compiling Record of Manufactur-
ing for Industries Campaign.

Progress Is being made by the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton In the task Of compiling a record
Of the manufacturing interests of the
District.
This survey is the first step of the
Merchants Association in Its cam.
industries in Washington. When The
record of what Is now being manu-
featured here Is complete a Campaign
of national advertising will be started.
that If it can increase in importance
the industrial plants already in oper-
alton in Washington it will be an in
ducement to other interests to locate
in the District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
INVESTS $27,oo IN W. S. S.
Syrian Club, Numbering ESQ,
Shows Faith in Baby Bonds.

A club Of ESQ Syrians in the Dis
savings stamps during 1913.
The war savings stamps committee
of the District. of which Postmaster
Merritt o. Chance is chairman. is
sued reminder last night that the
close Of the last liberty loan drive
does not mean the end Of the sale
of baby bonds"
The war savings stamps committee
10 not planning q drive. but will en-
deavor to make the purchase of
stamps permanent thrift habit
among local residents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
Cites Possible Compromise.
33D TO PARADE IN PARTS.
Not to March as Unit in Chicago,
War Department States.

Plans for the parade Of the SD Ill
linois National Guard) Division as q
unit in Chicago have been definitely
abandoned. 1t was stated oficially
yesterday at the War Department.
Regiments will be paraded as they ar
rive, however, and. II 1t is possible
to do so. complete brigade WILL be
assembled at Chicago. Ohicials here
said every unit of the division would
be paraded before rehabilitation il
the sentiment in favor of such action
warranted it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18

Rev William H. ketcham, Ill. D.,
director OF the bureau Of Catholic
Indian missions and a member of
the United States board of Indian
commissioners, has been made a do
mestic prelate Of the papal court by
Pope Benedict XIV. The appointment
has been made known through adj
vices received at the bureau Of Cath
oiic Indian missions, which has its
headquarters in this city, but Mgr.
Ketcham has not yet learned OF the
honor conferred on him, as he is
visiting the various reservations in
Arizona and New Mexico.
. Native of iowa.
Mgr. Ketcham was born in Sum-
ner. Iowa, in 1853, and was ordained
in 1892, being the first priest to be
ordained in what was at that time
the newly created diocese of Okla
homa From then until 1901 he
worked as a missionary among the
Cherokees. the Creeks, the tribes of
the Quapaw agency and the Choc-
taws. and during those years estab-
lished churches among the Seneca
and other Indian tribes.
In 1901 he was appointed director
Of the Catholic Indian bureau, an
organization directed by the arch
bishops of New York, Philadelphia
and Baltimore.
Supervises. Education.
This bureau supervises the educa-
ton and mission work Of the Catholic
Church among Indians of the entire
United States, and now has 40 mis-
sions, with 249 churches and 222
priests. exclusively for the Indians. In
1910 the Sioux. Wild had gathered at q
bie<rae cling att RoEt Yates N. D., to
the number of 1000, tremendously
CONFERRED upon him the Sioux name
"Va4bI-Wakita,".e meaning Watch
Ing Eagle" as mark of their esteem
although professionally a church.
man. Mgr. Ketcham's reports for the
board of Indian commissioners cover
all manner of problems. such as
health. social conditions. agriculture,
timber. stock raising, mineral and
other interests.