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The Washington times., 1920-02-02
IMAM OF ALIASES" ON
TRIAL FOR FORGERY
William J. Reed Charged With
Drawing False Check for
$4,000 On Coast Bank.

William J. Reed, alias c. B. Morse,
alias A. c. Morse. who is indicted for
forgery in connection with a forged
draft for $4,000 drawn on the First
National Bank, Seattle. wash, in
July, 1912, to which he is alleged to
have secured the Endorsement of Boss
g. Phelps, real estate brokers of this
city. was put on trial this afternoon
before jury in Criminal Court No. 2,
Justice Stafford presiding.
Morse is charged with going to the
office OF Boss &c Phelps and asking to
be shown some real estate property.
lie selected one. but before closing
the deal he said he would write his
wife. lie asked permission to have
office.
A few days afterward Morse gave
his personal check, drawn on the
Unite dStates National Bank at Aber-
deem, wash, for $500 to Boss G. Phelps
as a deposit for the purchase OF the
property. The next day he again ap-
peared at Boss & Phelps, where he
was given two letters which had ar
rived, one of them containing a draft
for $4,000. apparently drawn by the
United States National Bank of Aber-
deem to the First National Bank OF
Seattle. Wash, payable to the order
of Boss &, Phelps.
Morse said he wished to deposit
this draft in bank, and asked Mr.. Boss
to recommend him TO bank. The
latter ihdorsed the draft and took
Morse TO his own bank, telling the
cashier that Morse wanted to open an
account. Morse thereupon indorsed
the draft for $4,000, gave It to the
cashier OF tho bank, and opened an
account. Later IN tho afternoon
Morse appeared al the bank and asked
for a certified check Tor $4,000, which
he cashed. having cashed the other
$500 In the earlier part ~ the day.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
TO
STAY ON Job
Mckinley Faculty Denies Report
Of Contemplated designations,
But Protests Conditions.

Although protesting strongly
against the injustice done to pupils
OF the Mckinley High School by re-
ducins the number OF studies and
hours OF teaching. the sixty teachers
OF the school, in a unanimous state
ment today, said reports they were
considering resigning were false.
"Such statements wholly misrepre-
sent the attitude OF the Mckinley
teachers" says the statement. I'VE
are ready TO cooperate with the
school authorities. and TO do all in our
power to meet the present problems
arising from the lack OF teachers and
OF school facilities adequate to pro-
vide for the classes now entering the
high school.
"The statements that the McKinley
teachers are contemplating anything
in the nature OF a strike or refusal 10
teach are absolutely false"
Today the high school opened its
second semester. II was crowded to
such an extent that IL will be neces-
sary to put the school on a shift ba-
sis.
In protesting the present condi-
tions the Mckinley faculty's state
ment says:
although the Mckinley teachers
reiterate their loyalty to the school
system. they feel they must protest
strongly against the injustice that Is
being done to the pupils in the high
school, as we'll as those of the enter
ing class. This means that in this
high school alone the incoming class
OF 2l0 pupils will be without proper
instruction. This situation was fore
seen as early as October by both
principal and the faculty and every
effort was made on their part to avert
this present condition.
The teachers at Mckinley are as
willing as any other teachers OF the
system to do all in their powers in
the present crisis, but they realize,
as do the other teachers, the i'm
possibility of properly meeting the
needs of the pupils of their school
without an Immediate increase in the
number of teachers"
The conditions in the, local high
schools today reached their peak.
Seven thousand boys and girls en-
tered Ave schools built to accommo-
date 5000, and a corps of teachers
| who would normally teach 1000 stu
dents are undertaking to give in
struction to 1000.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02

II have been too busy In my own
lines of work to mingle much in
politics." said Miss Marie obenauer.
labor expert and statistician, in her
office in the Southern Building today,
when asked as to her selection by
National Chairman Will H. Hays as
one of the nineteen women on an ad-
visory committee to help frame the
Republican party policies and plat
form.
Miss Obenauers record justiies the
statement that she has been busy.
Native OF Detroit, she was sradu-
ated from the University of Michigan,
and spent several years teaching in
Michigan and in Minnesota. In the
latter State, she was also the editor
of a woman's magazine, making her
home in st. Paul.
In 1907. when President Roosevelt
secured the passage of the Beveridge
bill for the investigation of child
labor and working conditions OF
women, Miss Obenauer was selected
as head of one OF the six sections of
the inquiry, covering the labor of
women and children in stores, mills
and factories.
In Charge or Bureau.
when Charles Nagel was Secretary
Of Commerce and Labor under Presi-
dent Roosevelt, a division of women's S
labor was created by Labor Commits
sioner Charles p. Neill, and Miss
Obenauer was placed in charge of it.
She continued at the head Of this bu
reau until 1915, with some periods OF
rest and E,uronean studV
In the early part of the war she was
executive officer for the National
League for Women's Service, operat-
ing with the Department of Labor to
supply woman labor for war con-
tracts. Afterward she was chief
woman administrator and examiner
for the National War Labor Board.
Since leaving the public service she
has conducted an office to supply ex-
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
FLU EPIDEMIC
HERE ON WANE
Only Forty.four New Cases Of
MaIady Reported In Last
Twenty-four Hours.

Only forty-four cases OF influenza
were reported To the District Health
Department today indicating that
the wave of sickness In Washington
Is practically over. The report OF
eleven deaths from this disease 10
taken as another indication that the
epidemic is ending.
Very encouraging" was DR.. Will
liam c. Fowler's comment today.
when he learned there had been a
material reduction in the number OF
reported cases OF the disease. DR..
Fowler predicted several days ago
that the peak OF the epidemic had
been reached.
The number OF deaths from pneu-
monia, however, seems TO be hover
ing near a rxed mark. The report OF
eighteen deaths between noon yester-
day and noon today showed this dis
ease Ia still unusually prevalent In
Washington. No unusual number OF
pneumonia cases have been reported
to the department.
Fewer Calls Fer Nurses.
Calls for nurses are not nearly so
great today as they were a week
ago. From reports In different Sec
tions OF the city II seems that the
good weather greatly has aided con-
ditions about the city. In Govern
ment departments, and elsewhere. the
number OF cases OF sickness have
shown q material reduction.
The next few days will determine
definitely whether the influenza epi-
demic has passed. health officials be-
lieve.
Influenza deaths follow: Lillian A
Speak, 2s years, 1901 sixteenth street
northwest: Ambrose Kranz,. oS years,
SibIey Hospital: Ernest Swope. 20
years, Washington Asylum Hospital :
Mary Eally. months. Providence
Hospital; Ida Smallwood, Al years, 80
Myrtle street northeast; Maurice p.
Doran, 2S years, 1918 First street
northeast: Fannie Forsme, "a years,
1924 Four-and-a-hal street south
west: Frances Hutchinson. 81 years,
St Elizabeth's Hospital; Edna G. Gle
ments, 81 years, Georgetown Hospital;
Caroline T. Blackinton, 80 years, New
Willard Hotel: Oscar W. Noyes, 6o
years, 1925 willard street northwest
EieAtee. Die From Pneumonia.
Pneumonia deaths follow: Nathan
Cohn, AZ years, 11+1 Seventh street
northwest: Edwin V. Greene, 81 years,
SibIey Hospital; Elizabeth Walker. ~
years, 6O1 NJ street northwest; Ray.
mond Mcmahon. 0 months, 1857 u
street northeast; Anne Mattern, o.
years, 22l2 Railroad avenue southeast;
Marie Z. Miller, 20 years. 1918 Mary
land avenue northeast; Delphina l.
Berg. s years, Is I street northeast;
Susia Z. Harris. 81 years, 1915 l. street
northwest: Betty Bias. 46 years, l1l0
Twentieth street northwest: eliza
Jackson, 90 years, 1914 jefferson street
northwest: William II. Carey. % years,
Georgetown Hospital; Boston Taylor
6 months, 102 Tenth street southeast;
Bullah Mclean, 26 years, Washington
Asylum Hospital: Catherine Burton
IS years, Freedmens Hospital; Charles
c. Colbert, 8 months, 1916 Seventeenth
street northwest; Mary Fitzbritton,
55 years, Freedmens Hospital; Amelia
Everett, II years. The Hamilton
Hotel: John Lewis. months, 1886 Half
street southwest.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
$4,000 BUDGET FOR
TUBERCULOSIS FIGHT

A budget for the administration OF
$40, 900, realized from the sale OF Red
Cross Christmas seals, was framed by
the Association for the Prevention of
tuberculosis In the District of Colum-
bia at it's monthly meeting last week.
Appropriations were made as fol-
lows: Organisation and general ex-
penses. $4,000: health crusade In
schools, $1,000: Red Gross preven-
torium in summer months, $4,000:
food supplies for fresh air rooms in
Blake and stevens schools, $500; Es-
kimo suits, etc, Hamilton and Harri-
son antituberculosis schools, $1,000
nursing service for follow-up work,
$1,000 expert medical consultation,
$500; share OF seal sale 60 National
Tuberculosis Association, 1880 leaf
lets and exhibits, 1000.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
O.C.RENT BODY
FIXING POLICY
Amount Tenants Will Pay to Be
Determined by Fair Return
On Investment.

The amount Of rental Washington
tenants will pay IN the future likely
viii be regulated according to what
the District rent commission decides
Is q fair return on the landlords IN
Yestment.
That some such basis OF rental
values will be established was ihdl-
Gated at the headquarters OF the com
mission today, when IL was learned
that the rent commissioners have oeen
considering the question as TO now
to determine wht landlord Is proi-
Many Dimcaities-
The commission, II Is understood
realizes that 1t Is confronted with
many difficulties in answering this
problem; although 1t Is felt that II
must be solved in order that uniform
and effective working foundation can
be maintained.
Numerous elecents, difficult of de-
termination, would anect decision
that a landlord should, for exampie'
receive a profit of per cent from his
tenants on the value of his property.
The most important OF these, IL was
pointed out today. would be the cost
of upkeep OF the property. 1t was
declared that the landlord would have
. to be given the benefit of the amount
of money he spends in repairs, Tor
taxes, for employees about his prop
erty and other considerations.
Presents Huge Taxk.
If the rent commission does come to
an understanding in this respect IT
was declared that the determining OF
the landlord legitimate expenses
will present a huge task.
At a meeting of the commission
yesterday immediate action to apply
a remedy to rent troubles OF Wash
inetonians was announced, the COM
missioners cautioning tenants not to
pay increases until approved by them
and reminding landlords of the power
the rent commission has to compel
Them to heat sufficiently the apart
ments of their tenants at this time
when grip. influenza, and pneumonia
are SO epidemic"
where there is no lease in exist
ence," says the commissions state
ment issued by Daniel c. Roper, jr.,
secretary, no rents of any character
may be properly increased by land
lords or their agents without frst OBJ
tanning the approval of the rent COM
mission: and tenants may refuse to
agree to any increases in rents de-
manded until the rent commission mas
first fixed and determined the rent to
be received for the property. 1t has
been brought to the attention OF the
rent commission that threats OF eject
ment are being made in some cases.
Suits to eject for refusal to pay
increases in rent cannot be man
tained, and tenants should not allow
themselves to be frightened into
agreeing to pay additional rent by
reason of threats.
Tenants should continue to pay
the same rent as they have been pay
.ng, until the rent commission. upon
he application of the landlord, has
passed upon tre proposed increase.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
MASS MEETING IN HONOR
OF SLAIN POLICEMAN

4 mass meetinc to show apprecia-
ion for the work of o. \. Mckim-
ME, the policeman who was shot and
,illed January 10 while attempting
% arrest a burglar, will be held at
Liberty Hut tomorrow night. III. S.
omohundro, leader OF the ONO Bible
lass OF the Brightwood Methodist
Episcopal Church will preside. The
principal address will be delivered by
he Rev. James Shera Montgomery,
pastor OF the Calvert Methodist Epis-
.opsl Church.
An elaborate program has been ar
.anaed BY steve Armstrong snd Miss
3ess Davis Schreincr. II includes the
Iontrosc Quartet and Mrs. n. r..
-. N aioe, who VIII sins; Milo At
,inson. George CowlcA Hsul and
Icnry r. Eberly Rub, Raymond.
Elizabeth Campbell Esttllc Murrqy's
Ianoers. Frloda Hnut AMI th" Goth
I'm rnzz Orchestra.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
Husband a Newspaper Man.

Mr. Belasco made Miss Claire star,
and she believed that announcements
of stardom and OF matrimony should
be simultaneous.
Miss Claire Is about twenty-four
years old. About two years ago she
became engaged to the late Lieut..
Comdr. Lawrence Townsend, jr.. L. S.
N. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend. OF Washington. who was
we'll known in society here and in
Newport. This engagement after a
year was broken by mutual consent
The young navy officer died in the
autumn of 19lS Miss Claire's brother.
Allan Pagan, is now tho dancing part
ner of Miss Florence Walton.
Miss Claire and Nj. Whitaker date
their romance back several years. He
served with the army in France as n
Lieutenant in the artillery. Her father
f. employed in the War Department.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
SENATE T0PROBE
D.C.S5Q5OPLAN
Vote on Mapes Measure, Abolish
ing Scheme, Narrowly
Averted Today.

Investigation of the "half-and half"
plan of appropriation for the District
of Columbia was ordered today by
the Senate District Committee.
Largely on the action to be taken
in the Senate hangs the fate of the
hslf-an-half plan, which the House
already has voted to abolish.
On motion Of Senator Jones, Re-
publican, of Washington, Chairman
Sherman was authorized to appoint
a subcommittee of three members to
make the investigation.
A vote on the Mapes bill, sbolishing
the time. .honorcd half snd-hslf plan.
was narrowly averted in committee
today. Senator Jones. and others were
ready to vote on II at once.
IT believe the half-and half plan
should be preserved" said Senator
Jones. who has always fought hard
for the bill whenever crusade
against It came up in the Senate.
1t was the consensus OF opinion.
however. that action on the bill
should be postponed until the sub.
committee could investigate thor
oughly the flal relations between the
District and Federal governments.
The subcommittee will direct It's
investigation chiefly to ascertaining
IL property in the District is taxed
in the same proportion as property
In other cities.
Tho principal charge against the
halftand-hslf plan Is based on the
claim that propertyowners of the
District are escaping with q very
light tax, one out OF all proportions
TO the amount they should pay.
Senator Jones said he could not tell
at this time whether II would be ne
cessary to hold hearings, The House
District Committee went thoroughly
into the whole question. and the
printed hearings are available to the
Senate committee.
In as much as the investigation
will reopen the entire question OF con-
tinuing the half-and-half plan, u Is
probable also that hearings will be
reopened by the subcommittee after
n has been appointed.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
O'HERN CLUB FOR WOMEN
OPENS new D. c. HOME

The O'Hern Club, an organization
FOR Catholic young women, was Of
Ncially and formally opened yester-
Gay afternoon at the clubrooms. 1888
sixteenth street northwest. A re-
ccption and tea featured tho opening.
Miss Mabellc whitney, secretary. had
barge of the program. The club is
organized under the auspices OF the
National Catholic War Council.
Among the guests present yester-
lay were the Rcv. T." J. O'Hern and
Rev. Or. John Cooper. Mrs. Grace
iround, field secretary of the Girls
0lubs: Mrs. Margaret Tally, city sec
retary: Miss Charlotte King. of st.
Louis, and Miss O'Brlcn, Of Trenton.
y
The Washington times., 1920-02-02

He is James Whitaker, a Chicago
newspaper man, a special writer for.
one OF the daily papers and formerly
It's music critic. &
Miss Claire last night at the
Lyceum Theater. in New York, was
confident that her secret was keeping
as well as ever, but she should have
known that a beautiful and highly
eligible young actress cannot go
around wearing a wedding ring un-
derneath her glove without its being
noted.
The date and place of the marriage
were not revealed, but the best in
formation is that it took place in Chi
cago last season, when Miss Claire
was playing there in her first role
under the Belasco management in
Polly With a Past" The secrecy
was maintained because this season
The Washington times., 1920-02-02

pert statistical and other Information
on women's labor.
'I hadn't thought of such a thing
as active connection with the Repub-
lican campaign until Mr.. Hays called
me on the long-distance telephone a
week ago" said Miss Obenauer.
Mr.. Hays asked why / had not an
swered telegram he sent me pre-
viously. The telegram had been mis-
laid. / told him | would serve. He
went West Immediately afterward.
think, and I have not had an oppor.
tunity to talk the matter over with
anybody: so l can't say much about
what part will be expected or what
part ] shall take.
ravors LAWS for Women.
az have my own ideas about wom-
ems and childrcns labor, of course,
and that is O. matter in which the Re
publican party has BEEN very much
concerned for a good many years.
"I believe that there should be the
most comprehensive measures for the
protection of workers, both men and
women.
Republican? Yes, I'm a Repub.
lican. by tradition, at least. and !
shall vote as soon as the state OF
Maryland, where my legal residence
in Chevy Chase places me, gives me
the right to do so.
MY family are all Republican, and
that is what fixes the political atti-
tude in a good many cases, but ]
should be a Republican anyway
"I believe in woman suffrage, and
have always done everything I could
for the cause, although / have never
had time to give to active campaign
ing. / should not be a true daughter
of my mother II I were not a sufrra-
gist. She was one of the pioneers oil
the cause in Michigan, going into the
original suffrage convention more
than forty years ago, when suffrage
was decidedly unpopular move
ment"
Miss Obenauer is a contributor to
magazines on subjects concerning la
Dor by women.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
n. Y. DEALERS
RAP !. S. PAY
Report Presented Claims Busi.
ness Jeopardized by Meager
Salaries In Customs Services.

That the business interests OF the
United States. extending to the small
est community. are facing to an
alarming degree a condition which Is
IeopardiLing practically every COM
mercial OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF in
adequate compensation nxed by Con-
gress for employees In the customs
service" was the report made today
by the committee on customs service
and revenue law OF the Merchants
Association OF the City OF New York,
a copy OF which report has been sent
to several members OF the Congress
sional joint commission on reclassi-
tication OF salaries.
The report has been received with
considerable interest In Washington.
since II substantiates the many
charges made to the commission by
Government employees that low sals-
ries are demoraiiLing the federal
service.
Outside Of ReDSst.
While customs service employees are
Federal workers they are not in
cluded in the present reclassincation
because the Jurisdiction OF the COM
mission extends only to the District
of Columbia.
Government employees in this city
today expressed qualification over
the result OF the investigation or the
New York merchants, declaring that
II bears out their major arguments
for increased salaries.
The report OF the New York mer-
chants points out facts which are
declared to in every way have a par
allel in the Government service In
this city.
Make Csnpa5ssens.
The report stresses that lonEshore-
men at the port OF New York re-
ceive as high as $500 per day. while
examiners in the customs service
cannot receive under the law more
than $500 per year. 1t Is stated
that only five receive this amount
ninety examiners in New York get a
.ow as $500 per year, and that the
pay OF inspectors ranges from - to
S5 for a ten-hour day.
1t is declared that the compensa-
! tion now paid in the customs service
| Is based upon q standard OF waSS
hxed thirty years ago.
The report continues: I'm formation
gathered shows that a most serious
| situation exists at the Port of New
York and to a considerable extent
| tne country.
mittee has found that the customs
| service, in all it's branches, is rapidly
| tending toward generalization.
| yexatioas DeIGy.
'Tn every line OF exports and imports
not are there only long and vexations
| delays in assaying the goods through
the customs, but II is apparent that
| the standard of service rendered by
the Government officials has been SO
lowered as to impair the entire Gus
toms system. leading to irreparable
| confusion and loss not only to the
business interests but to the Govern
ment as we'll through failuer to col
! lect the proper revenue.
Your committee came very quickly
| to the conclusion that there exists
| one great fundamental cause. That
| is, the present inadequate compensa-
ton fixed by law for customs Of
| fcials."
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
MORNING FIRE AT
RED CROSS DORMTTORY

a defective nuc is thought to have
been the cause OF a fre In the Rec
Cross dormitory. al 1910 y street
northwest, early thls morning, The
damage Is estimated st 800.
Fire Of unknown origin was discoy-
cred in the homo OF A. J. Hoffman,
poi Michigan avenue northeast The
damage is estimated at 300.
Damage estimated at 300 was
caused by fre in room on tho third
floor ~ lTe pennsvlvar'a avenue.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02

All the time Miss Ina Claire in private life Ina Fagan,
of Washington, has been playing the queen of the God
Dggers in the comedy of that she has been bride.
The secret revealed yesterday And such
secret onehe popular young actress and her husband have
been living thousand miles apart nobody would suspect
anufhinn
The Washington times., 1920-02-02

The fun text Of the new District Of Co
.umoia Rent Law, With explanatory
notes by the Real Estate Editor Of The
Times, has been printed in convenient
booklet form. A free copy is yours for
in2ton Times.