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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-24
NEITHER HOUSES
NOR STORAGE ROOM
Can Be Found In The City, 1t
Is Said.

where shall we store our goods"
Is a question being asked today By
many people who have not been
able to secure home on April l..
Some people who have their furni-
ture or part of it in storage have
been asked IL they were going to
move it the first OF next month,
stating room was almost at a pre-
MUM and a definite answer WAS
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-24

Mrs. Marie Bowley, of North Ma
pie avenue. Is visiting in Washing
ron
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-24
NOTICE OF CHANGE
IN SUBSCRIPTION RATES

Excessively high of everything that into the MAX
newspaper has finally forced the Marnsburg
pIs all subscription just it has forced all
papers The Martnsbug have fought
this long it has been possible to do but they
long exhausted every bit of material bought at lower
than exist today.
take, example, the item Of paper the big
gest item outside labor newspaper and find that the
price today delivered almost exactly five times greater than
years That that if newspapers
paper BILL years ago. $4,000 would be $4,000 today
business could stand such increases without nerea
ing the selling price
just the increases in advertising
been made small possible The weekly collection
2a and collections will be made weekly at 25
weeks The rate by the by mail IN the
try still so less than the local this being general
THESE ARE THE NEW RATES, EFFECTIVE MAR %, 1920
BY Carrier By Mail
Tn Niartinsburg Time Outside Marnsburg
$500 ...............,.1 $3.50
800 ............... 6 months 800
200 a months. zoo
100 Z months. lUO
rs ........... 2 weeks ...,.......
ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE PAYABLE STRICTLY IN
ADVANCE
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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-24

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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-24
CONDUCTOR ON MANN CHARGE

Capt Morris O'Donnell, 80 years
old. Baltimore and Ohio passenger
Is in Jail in default Of
81 500 bail on charge of violation
of the Mann act in bringing Ruth
Miller. of West Junction, Ohio, in.
to West Virginia. The girls bond
was fixed at $4,000. She is also in
iail.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-24
EET ESTATE.

Christian Sheppard, who lived near
Hancock in 1926, died, leaving an es-
tate in Virginia as we'll as at Han
cock. He had nine children who are
now dead. They were Betsey. Peter,
George, Jacob, John, David, ST.,
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
Norris Urges Hearings
On Patent Bill "JOker'

Senator Norris, of Nebraska, in
troduced a resolution in the SEN
ate yesterday asking hearings on
the bill providing increases of the
Patent once force and salaries.
Opponents of Section 9 of the
measure as amended say the sec
tion is Joker" that gives gov
ernment employees and former en-
ployes access to the inventions of
others. While II does not specific
ally forbid their utilizing their
knowledge Of devices filed with the
government. II grants them remu-
neration and patent rights which
would tempt them to dishonesty, il
Is said. The object of the amend
ment, as explained by its support
ers, is t" enable the government
to obtain the benefits of the genius
of employees and former employees,
who are forbidden under the present
law from patenting their ideas.
Inventors and manufacturers of
the country have complained that
their business interests would be
laid open to injury and that in
ventors would be deferred from FL
ing their patents among people who
would have access to them.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
HARDING-KNOX
- - VISIT LEAGUE
DEATH KNELL
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
from the one set up In the league"
was the reply.
kdwsrd Mclean. OF Washington,
chairn&n of the Inauguration COM
nittee. Harry NJ. Daugherty. and
VIII II Hays, accompanied Senator
Knox and inaugural plans and the
ever irereasing subject OF cabinet
Htre discussed Senator Knox de-
clined 10 comment en- the cabinet
discussion, but the Senator left the
1nfkrsace that he was not a con-
siferstlon for Secretary of State.
HAYS said the President-elect would
announce his Secretary Of State and
Secretary of the Treasury shortly.
The attitude of the incoming ad-
ninisfration toward agriculture and
fs problems was discussed by SEN
stor Harding this afternoon with a
aoipnlttee representing the national
srsilge and several of the State
granges. Members of the commit
Zee were d. J. Lowell, of Fredonia,
=. " master Of the national grange;
". ~. Thompson, master of the
Maryland State Grange; Howard z.
Williams, master of the West vir-
ginta State Grange, and Thomas C.
Atkeson. Washington representative
OF the national grange.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
Housing Bureau
Director at $4,000,
Urged by Calder

For the establishment Of a bu-
reau of construction and housing.
with a director at a falary of ss,-
600 and an once force to collect and
disseminate information on build
ing development and methods of
financing. q bill was introduced in
the opper branch OF Congress yes
terday by Senator Calder. OF New
York. 49,
The bureau would be a part OF
the Department OF Commerce. Sec
retary Alexander is authorized by
the bill to provide the quarters.
Development of sound methods
for the financing of Individual
home building and the extension OF
house building operations are i'm
portant features of the measure and
the possibilities Of standardizine
construction units and materials
conservation in the use of lumber
and other materials and methods
Tor eliminating slums and formu-
lating building codes are referred TO.
Senator Calder is chairman of the
Senate Reconstruction Committee
which has been making an inves-
tigation Of the housing situation
throughout the country.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
Sharp Note AnslDer
To Martens Appeal

The mystery surrounding the atti-
tude Of Secretary of Labor Wilson
toward propaganda and efforts to
thwart the deportation of Ludwig
Martens, Soviet Ambassador" to this
country has been lifted. and the at
titude of the present administration
toward the present Soviet govern
ment in Russia was shown yester-
day IN q suave but stinging letter
made public by Secretary Wilson in
reply to one received from Charles
Recht, of New York, counsel for
Martens. who had written calling
attention to the traditional friendly
rei&4ions with Russia and the trade
loss that would result from deport-
ing Martens.
The Secretary declares q group Of
military materialists are assuming
the traditional friendship of the
Russian and American people on the
one hand and appropriating money
on the other hand to be used in TO-
menting revolution and strife in this
country.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
Fatal Shooting in Hotel
Laid to Dying Wife

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dec. so.-A
nan. believed to be W. +. Meadows
10. Of Oklahoma City. Okla, is dead
Ind his wife is dying at local
sospital from pistol wounds sup
posed to have been inflicted by the
woman at a local hotel early Thurs
lay morning.
Both were found attired in night
clothes In bed. A revolver with
hree empty shells was found be-
:ween the couple It is thought by
he police that because of domestic
troubles the woman killed her hus-
sand and attempted to end her life.
me couple registered at the hotel
Wednesday from Tulsa, Okla
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
VII SONVETOES SUSPENSION
OF CLAYTON ACT PROHIBITING
PURCHASE OR. r. EQUIPMENT
Declares Roads Have Had Ample Time to
Adjust Conditions to
This Law.

President Wilson yesterday sent
to Congress q veto of the bill sus-
pending for another year Section
10 of the Clayton act. which pro-
hibits purchase of equipment by
railroads from companies in which
any official Of the railroad is inter-
ested. The section was suspended
throughout Federal control of rail-
roads
The President said in his veto
message that he opposed the bill
because plenty Of time has already
been granted the railroads to pre-
pare for the operation of this Sec
tion. and that Congress could at
any time enact specific legislation
designed to meet the objections OF
the railroad executives
Railroad labor men recently con-
demned further suspension of the
section, charging railroad execu-
tives were taking advantage OF II to
purchase railroad supplies from
companies In which they were in
terested. .a-
Under the section railroads can
buy equipment from companies in
which railroad ofiicials are inter-
ested only after competitive bid
ding. The same provision applies
to the floating of railroad securities.
according to oficials Of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
The Senate laid the veto on the
table for future action.
Point. tn Lanse of Time
The veto message said in part:
TN all, over six years have
elapsed since this enactment was
put upon the statute books, so that
all interests concerned have had
long and ample notice of the obli-
cation IL imposes.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission has adopted rules respon-
sive to the requiremnts of section
10. In deferring the effective date
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
new RENT BILL
GIVEN TO SENATE
Committee Shapes Act to
Protect Tenant and
Landlord.

As a result of its long investi-
CATION of the rent controversy, the
Senate Judiciary subcommittee yes
terday reported a bill designed to
give landlords and tenants equal
protection. 1t Is a substitute for
the Ball rent bill repeating a sec
tion of the District code authoriz-
ing summary eviction of tenants
who refuse to pay rent.
The measure we have decided
upon" said Senator Borah, of Idaho,
chairman of the committee, follow
ing the report to the Senate. .'re-
quires tenants to either pay their
rent or get out within a limited
space of time, and prevents land
lords from dispossessing those who
are entitled to remain 1under the
alternative condition. To the COM
mittee II seems to answer the de-
mands of both parties in the diff
Guilty as nearly as possible"
The bill amends Section 20 of
the District code in relation to
forcible entry and detainer, recit-
ing that where any person has forci-
bly, entered upon the prior actual
possession of rail property of an
other and detains the same, or with
out force unlawfully enters upon
the real property OF another and de-
tains the same" 1t shall be lawful
for the Municipal Court to issue
a summons to the party complained
of to appear and show cause why
judgment should not be given for
restitution of possession.
Any tenant or subtenant who
holds over after the termination of
his lease or expiration of his term
or fails to pay his rent for five
days after II Is due is amenable.
as also is any mortgagor or grantor
in a mortgage or deed of trust. Any
judgment debtor or person repre-
senting him who unlawfully de-
tains possession of real property
after sale, also must answer to the
summons of the Municipal Court
to show cause or get out.
Five days notice to quit, exclu-
sive of holidays and Sundays. must
be given to the tenant, subtenant
or party in possession before pro-
ceedings in the Municipal Court
can be instituted. and the five days
notice to quit following the court
proceedings leaves the occupant of
the property the alternative of pay
ing or moving. TN the event of
the payment or tender of the amount
due as rent within the five-day pc
riod, no action for possession shall
be maintained" the bill says. Sec
tion 1913 of the District code is
repealed.
Senator Ball said yesterday the
new plan does not prevent eviction
Of tenants through action IN the
municipal courts where the land
lords seek to increase rent or OBJ
tain possession Of property, which
was the purpose of his bill.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
Embargo on Arms to
Mexico Still Exists

The embargo against shipment of
arms to Mexico still exists, State
Department officials said yesterday
in explaining that a false impress
sion had been created by an an
nouncement of the American Rail-
way Association that the railroads
on January 1 would accept small
arms for export to Mexico.
The Railway Association, it was
learned. misinterpreted an order
from tae State Department which
recently permitted shipment of arms
to American dealers within a for
merly forbidden zone along the
Mexican border.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
REPORT ON FALLS
POWER DELAYED
Secretary Baker Declares Ty.
ler Inquiry May Be
Ready Soon.

Secretary OF War Baker. as chair
man OF the Federal Power Commits
sion, in a communication TO the
Speaker of the House yesterday,
said the commission would be un-
able TO report to Congress by Jan
uary l. as provided in the law, on
the investigation into the feasibility
of harnessing Great Falls.
Secretary Baker appended a pre-
liminary report filed December % by
Maj Gen. Lansing II. Beach, Chief
of Engineers, stating that owing TO
the illness OF Mai. NJ. c. Tyler, Dis
trict engineer in charge of the sur
vey, the complete report would no,
be ready at the specified time.
Baker suggested that. IL Congress
so desires. the report of the army
engineers could be submitted in ad-
vance of hearings by the commits
sion as soon as received.
Engineers Survey Ordered.
AT the FIRST meeting of the COM
mission. July /, 1920" the secretary
said, action was taken requesting
the Secretary of War 10 instruct the
Chief of Engineers 10 undertake the
investigation and other work of the
Great Falls project as required by
the provisions of the Federal water
power act.
The preliminary report by the
Chief of Engineers TO the Secretary
of War. dated December %, was
submitted TO the Federal Power
Commission at its meeting of De-
cember 81. II appears therefrom
tHat the work OF making the inves-
tigation was assigned to the United
States Engineers once; that the
field work has been completed and
the report upon the investigation
has been under preparation and has
reached such a degree OF compile
tion as TO permit dependable con-
clusions TO be drawn and statements
to be formulated upon which COM
parative estimates OF cost can be
based; but that. owing to the illness
OF Mai. Tyler, II will be impossible
to complete the entire report on or
before January /. 1921, the time di-
rected in the statute.
Hopes to Complete Report.
The Chief of Engineers states,
however. that Mai. Tyler is recov-
ering and it is hoped that he soon
will be able to resume the work and
to complete his report at an early
date; and that because of this fact
and his intimate knowledge OF the
details and deep interest in the
problem II seems inadvisable to as
sign another officer to the task at
this time"
Gen. Beach. in his report last
week, said that Maj. Tyler has
reached the conclusion that a power
development OF from $4,000 to $4,000
X. W. is possible, and that its cost
will be such as to permit the de-
livery OF intermittent power at a
total cost, including all proper over
head and transmission charges, OF
about 5 mills per X w, at substa-
tions in the city of Washington at
a voltage Of about $500.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
SAYS SHIP BOARD
IS WASTING MONEY

THE United States Shipping Board
does not know its business and is
wasting the peoples money" Repre-
sentative Good, Republican. Iowa,
declared in the House yesterday
during discussion of the sundry civil
appropriation bill. He opposed "A
single penny of appropriation to
the Shipping Board.
There Is now no market for Ship
ping Board vessels at any price,
Representative Mondell. Republican,
Wyoming. declared in reply to
Goods plea that the Shipping Board
be forced to "sell out" at once, and
put the American merchant marine
in the hands of private owners.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
OFFICIALSASK
$5,06S,3OO MORE
ON DC. BUDGET
Park Item Is Doubled.
School Needs Are
Made Larger.

Additional estimates of slightly
more than $5.000.000 were submit.
ted to the Senate Appropriatior
| subcommittee by the District Com.
missioners yesterday, with the ex-
PLANTATION that half the amount ID
to be charged against the unex.
pended revenues of the Distric,
collected prior to June 80 last, and
half against the Federal revenues
All the items are either included
in the previous estimates or those
submitted by the Board of Educa.
tion. with the exception of the fol.
lowing:
For the installation of artificial
lighting in public school buildings
$50. 900.
For the purchase of a building
for the recorder of deeds, $4,000.
Rose Park playground, $4,000.
Substitution of electric for gas
street lighting. $4,000.
For the erection of a nurses
home at the tuberculosis hospital
s75, 900.
Site and building for feeble
minded, 100000.
For the construction of Calvert
street bridge, s180,00O.
Park Purchase Increased.
In addition to the above the item
for acquisition of parks has been
increased from $500. .o00-the amount
stated in the estimates-to $1,000
900. OF the total recommended,
approximately one-half Is for school
items ard the other half for vari-
Gus municipal activities.
Principal items in the school pro-
gram include: 100000 to start con-
struction of a junior high school
near Fourteenth and Taylor streets;
100000 for a similar school in the
vicinity of Gage, Emery and Eek
ington schools; 100000 for the
construction OF an addition to the
S. ]. Brown School: 100000 for the
construction of an addition to the
Lovejoy School: 100000 for an ad-
dition to the Monroe School; $780,
900 for a building to replace
Smothers School: 100000 for a
Buchanan School annex; 100000
for an addition to Eaton School;
100000 for an addition to Mott
School; s150,000 for 16-room
building in the vicinity of Lincoln
Park, and 100000 for an addition
to Henry D. Cooke School. For
school buildings and sites the totAi
asked is s2,466,500. half to be pro-
vided by the District of Columbia
For Stables and storehouses.
Important other items in the es-
Inmates submitted yesterday In
clude: $500, 900 for the purchase OF
a site for municipal stables, store
houses and asphalt plant to replace
those on Canal street between South
Capitol and Delaware avenue; $l55.-
600 for a refuse salvage and dis
posal plant; 100000 for the pur-
chase of additional parks; $5O,ooO
for an Industrial home school,
s1So,O0O toward construction OF
masonry bridge across Rock Creek
on a line with Calvert street.
The total for all purposes in the
supplementary estimates is s5,O6s.-
200. The Senate subcommittee, OF
which Senator Curtis, Of Kansas. Is
chairman, spent yesterday morning
marking up" and will resume this
work at 1890 o'clock this morning.
There is hope that the District ap-
propriation bill will be ready for
report to the committee early next
week and will make its appearance
in the Senate for final action soon
thereafter.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
BILL ASKS CLOSING
OF WATER STREET

Representative Mapes. of Michi-
gan. chairman OF the House Dis
trict Committee, introduced a bill
in the House yesterday authorizing
the District Commissioners to clos
Upper Water street between Twen-
ty-first and Twenty-second streets
northwest. lying between Potomac
Park and Square Eighty-eight, after
securing consent OF the owners OF
private property in Square Eighty
eight.
The land in the bed OF the street
is TO be transferred to the Chief Of
Engineers as a part OF the park
system Of the District of Columbia
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
CENTRAL SEEKS
CHICAGO LINES
Railroad Asks I. c. G. to Per.
NIT Taking Over Pack
ers' Lease.

A proposal calling for a change
In ownership of railroads. which
are the greatest single freight orig
mating points in the country, was
laid before the Interstate Commerce
Commission yesterday.
The New York Central asked the
commission for permission to lease
and take an option on the roads
which handle the output of Chica-
go's big packing houses and other
great manufacturing establish
ments. The price proposed is s33.-
333,333.
The Chicago packers are under
voluntary court. injunction to sell
their railroad packing house hold
ings as result of an agreement en-
tered into with Attorney General
Palmer. No mention of the injunc-
tion agreement, however, Is made
in the petition of the !. c. C.
The option includes the right to
buy the Chicago Junction Railways
and Union Stock Yards Company.
This is a holding which owns all
the capital stock of the Chicago
I:iver and Inliana Railroad Com
pany and SO per cent of the Union
Stock Yards and Transit Company.
Only the terminal facilities of the
Union Stockyard and Transit Com
pany are included in the proposal,
however.
THE New York Central has long
since been in need of an extensive
application of its terminal facili-
ties at Chicago" the roads appli-
cation says.
Should the Interstate Commerce
Commission approve our plan, 1t
would be our policy to continue the
operating and traffic relationships
now existing between the Chicago
Junction Railway Company and
other carries operating in Chicago"
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS INCREASE BUDGET
What Congress Did Yesterday

Comnunfcatfon from the comnis-
Afon composed Of the Secretaries OF
Treasury, War, Navy and AgricuI-
ture, reporting the insestfgatien Of
Mount Weather, Va, as q possible
home for disabled soldiers. sailors
and marines,
Report OF the Secretary Of the
Treasury on the leasing of frrfgabie
Indian lands on the Uintah reservn-
.fion, Utah.
Civil service communication
schedules and hIes of useless papers
10 be disposed of.
Report Of the Secretary Of the
Treasury on the number OF claims
Aied for relief of contractors.
CommuDfcation from the secre-
tnry Of War on the project 10 Sc
cure Increased water supply and
power from the Potomac River.
HOUSE.
Met at II noon md adjourned at
p. m. until noon today.
Took mp the sundry civil appro-
priation bill under general debate.
Chairman Good explained provi-
sfons Of the bill and denounced
United States Shipping Board n an
orEanization tant does not know its
business.
Adopted motion by Representa-
tive MopdeII for recess from Friday
until Monday.
Secretary OF the Interior asked
for sIIO,5sS.ss for completion of the
government free bathhouse at Hot
Springs, Ark.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee reported favorably for
the construction of bridges across
the santee. Pee Dee and wateree
rivers, south Carolina.
Bills introduced.
Snyder. New York-Omnibus In
dian bill, creating Third Assistant
Secretary Of Interior to supervise
Oklahoma Indians, extending osaEe
trust period, and other provisions.
Miami Indians of Indiana to sub
NIT claims to the Court of Claima.
sinnott, Oregon-Making deposits
Of boron on government lands sub
Ject to same law as provided for
disposal of borates Of sodium.
Esch, wisconsin-Provtdi for
the consolidation of the work Of
collecting, compiling and publishing
stnt14tich Oh hhe roreikn connercc
of the United states.
Madden, Illinois-Amending act
to reelassify postmasters and en-
ployes of postal service to adjust
inequities I'm the working Of the
present law.
Kahn, California-Increasi du-
ties on jewelers. piercing saws.
Mapes, Michigan Authorizing
District Commissioners to elose
upper Water street between
Twenty-nrst and Twenty-seeond
streets northwest. lying between
Potomac Park and square IS.
Watson, Pennsylvania - Increas-
Ing duties on manufactures Of as-
bestos.
Byrnes, South CaroIins-To estab-
lish engineering experiment sta
tions to facilitate development Of
national resources.
Sinclair, North Dakota-Extend-
ing government guarantee on wheat
for 1870 crop.
T1nkham, Massachusetts- - Great
ing bureau of building construction
and housing in the Department of
Commerce.