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The Washington times., 1920-08-27
3. y. Drane Dies on EUe
OF His 92nd Birthday
WideIy-KnoWn D. c. Mason
Planned to Celebrate Anniver-
sary Next Wednesday.

BauIdwin Dade Drane, on the eve
OF his ninety-second birthday is
dead. Funeral services were held TO-
day in the chapel at 1870 Pennsy,-
vania avenue northwest. lnterment
was in Rock Creek cemetery.
On September s. Mr.. Drane would
have celebrated his ninety-sscond
ycar. He had been anticipating this
event, and had planned celebration,
but he succumbed to old age, Wednes-
day night.
AS a Mason and for years a
member of the Association of Oldest
Iphabitants, Mr.. Drane was one of
the best known figures among the
"old school of Washington. He
spent the last six years in the John
dickson Home for Aged Men, at
Fourteenth and Gallatin streets
northwest. He attended Calvary
Baptist Church. -.
NSu known for his remark able
memory OF Washington in the forties.
his "reminiscences have often amused
his friends. He was proud OF the
fact that he had relatives in nearly
every state in the Union, and boasted
of shaking hands with every Pres
ident since 1S4S.
and his love of music and flowers. Mr..
Drane celebrated every birthday. At
these affairs children. music and
flowers predominsted.
COUSIN OF CONGRESSMAN.
Mr.. Drane was a cousin of Con-
pressman Herbert J. Drane OF Florida
His wife died many years ago, and
his family scattered. He often griev-
cd over the separation from his sons.
On September s, 1919 his birthday,
Drane recited the story OF his arrival
in Washington.
The first thing | saw after leaving
the shaky bridge which was situated
where the Adueduct is now standing
was the city OF Georgetown he said.
After walking about mile through
a muddy pathway what Is now Thirty
nixth street, 1 came to the first house,
nenr which were three mills, the
principal business for miles around.
one was a cotton mill and two were
rrist mills. At that time, ] well re-
~, nber. there were 5000 people In
the city of Georgetown and 1000 peo-
.,le in Washington. the capital of the
t,public. wanted to live In WASH
,neton, SO. hired n rlckey to carry
no TO Twelfth and G streets. where
NV father kept store in 1909. The
,oachman wanted to charge me 20
,cnts 10 haul me there, but I refused
10 >Ich an exorbitant price, Civ
inR him 10 cents. ! learned that the
noopIc around Twelfth and c streets
nad forgotten my father, he having
left there in 1910. l went around to
The Washington times., 1920-08-27
JOHN BARRETT HOST
TO D. {. ROTARY CLUB

Several hundred members OF the
Washington Rotary Club were enter.
tained in the Aztec Garden OF the
Pan-American building last night by
John Barrett, retiring director gen.
etal Of the American Union. Bar.
rett will retire September | and de-
part thereafter for Panama.
A program Of songs by club mem
bers and an "Operetta Puritanica" by
players from the Keith circuit was
given. A BUFFET luncheon was served.
following by dancing.
The Washington times., 1920-08-27
.COW|E IS SKIPPER
OF NEW NAVY DRIVE
"HeII ! Can't" Admiral Takes
Command Of Mutual Aid
Association.

Hell Can't" Rear Admiral T. J.
Cowie has a new task.
Cowie earned his title in the Victory
Loan drive. After successfully put
ting the navy over the top in its
quotas for the four Liberty Loan
drives, he was handed the job of get
ting $25, 100000 on the fifth issue.
You never can do it, admiral" he
was told.
Admiral Cowie's reply and the fact
that he put the loan way over, re-
suited in a nickname, and in his re-
cent election to the job of secretary
treasurer of the Navy Mutual Aid As
sociation.
The Navy Mutual Aid Association
was organized in 1878 to provide
death benefits for the families of off,
GERS of the navy. The previous
method had been to pass around the
hat. 1t provides for a definite assess-
ment on every member at each death.
For a number of years, the associ-
alton was run on a go-as-you-please
plan, all naval officers being admitted
on an equal basis regardless of age or
physical condition. More recently, a
physical examination was instituted,
the entrance limit cut down to forty
five years, and a graduated scale OF
payments established. The member
ship was slightly over 1900 when Ad-
miral Cowie took hold, and the pro-
ceeds or a death assessment amounted
to something more than $4,000. In
the two months that Admiral Cowie
has been in office he has added los
members and brought the death bene-
fit up to $411S. Now he is out to add
enough members to bring the benefit
up to $4,000.
Somet body said he couldn't do it.
The hell l can't" replied Rear Ad-
miral Cowie.
The Washington times., 1920-08-27
Woman-Like, Suffs Tell
All Their Inside Dope
On sDolUn in Tennessee

seated across from the table in a
cafe or hotel, ordering dinner for the
two men In her charge, and all the
time adroitly winning them to the
cause.
Every hour OF the night, 2 o'clock.
o'clock, 4 o'clock, some delegate
would come knocking at my door at
the hotel. said Mrs. Taylor, and say,
Two men have left. You'll have 10
go out and get two more Republicans.
SHADY WORK.
"One night 1 was aroused by q
heavy knock on my door. 1 sprsng
upright In bed and rubbed my eyes.
When was sufficiently awake 1
realized l wasn't going through the
war zone. II was just the political
campaign down in Tennessee. Yes
called out YEARLY
''Thirty-four men have left and are
going to Alabama. Go down to the
train and grab 'em on" The Amazon
of the Republican party replied: I
am willing TO follow one man 10 the
end Of the world, but not thirty-four.
Let 'em go.s i turned over in bed
and went to sleep" said Mrs. Taylor.
"But at last"-and here Mrs. Taylor
heaved a sigh, 'we have got them.
The victory is won. The battle Is
over.
And ! want to say right here that
those were the nastiest antis / ever
saw. One of them tried to push me
OFF the eIevator-down in Tennessee"
The Washington times., 1920-08-27


brook running down First street and
across Pennsylvania avenue north
west, decided to look for position.
JOINS FIRE COMPANY.
"Tn order to get employment |
joined the Perseverance fire COM
pany. Later ] Joined the Southwest
National Guards. or that organiza- =
ton ! am one of the three members
living today. Washington then had
virtually no pavements or asphalt
streets. and there was no Connecticut
avenue or Sixteenth street driveways.
Through the most used streets OF
the District cows, sheep, chickens,
and hogs ran at large. The farmers
sold their produce on + street. Most
of the produce was grown on the
tracts above what is now L street.
II was then a country boy, having
come direct from Dranesville, Va,
which was founded by my father in
1910. after he had left Washington.
He was the hotel, store, saloon, and
roadhouse keeper and owner. He
was also the frst postmaster in Fair
fax county. I was born in I S2S, when
Dranesville was fourishing Now It
is only a small hamlet, but the days
before the railroad, when tourists
would stop at the sign OF inhabitation
and carouse with the natives. are not
forgotten by the hrst people there,
who arc still living.
81 well remember the ceremonies
which tended the laying Of the corner
stone Of the Washington Monument.
That II about the only thing in WASH
ington which remsips the same to-
day. or my four boys and one girl.
two of the boys are dead. Ny wife
died In 1900. at the age OF teventy-
eight"
The Washington times., 1920-08-27
MISS MINOR DIES AFTER
y YEARS IN u. 5. SERVICE

Mary Virginia Minor, lifelong
resident of Washington, died this
morning at Columbia Hospital after n
brief Illness.
Miss Minor was in the service OF
the Government continuously from
September 10. 1898, until her death.
She was originally employed in the
Government Printing Office. was
transferred to the Civil Service Com
mission in July. 1908, where she
served until her last illness.
The Washington times., 1920-08-27
BARRIERS. EXTEND CLOSING.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 2I.-It has been
decided by the West Baltimore Bar
bers' Association to continue closing
Wedne sday afternoons through the
entire year, instead of during June,
July and August only. The associa-
ton has raised the charge for hair
cutting for children from 20 to 80
cents in order to Ak uniform charge
for all classes Of haircutting.
The Washington times., 1920-08-27

L Hampshire, who was yesterday named Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, succeeding Franklin D. Roose
velt He is lawyer, former newspaper publisher,
and grand nephew of the late Levi Woodbury. Secre-
tary of the Navy in the administration of President
Jackson. The photograph shows the new appointee
with Secretary Daniels.
The Washington times., 1920-08-27
COJOLING METHODS.

of the employees referred to in this let
ter understand the law and the facts
and are in hearty sympathy with the
attitude of the commission. 1t Is to
forewarn and safeguard employees not
so well grounded in the principles OF
the merit system that the commis-
sion issues this appeal. The commits
sion desires to be of every possible
service to Federal nployes, but VIII
not be able to close it's eyes TO an
offense of omission or commission de-
libcrately committed after warning
"'rhe commission will be grateful
for any assistance you may be able to
give by causing this communication
to be published for the information
! of Federal employees
Taking up the recent statement
made by Charles NJ. Galloway FORMER
Civil Service Commissioner. and now
chief counsel for the union, the com
mission says:
The commission is amazed at the
repeated assertions that the rule re-
ferred to in it's letter to the Federal
Employees Union relates equally to
all persons in the executive civil
service of the Government including
members of the Presidents Cabinet.
HAS TWO SECTIONS.
"Paragraph of the civil service
law relates to two subject matters
wholly distinct from each other. The
first portion relates to the use OF OF
ficial authority or influence for the
purpose Of interfering with an eiec-
ton or effecting the result thereo1'
II relates to all persons in the execu-
tive civil service and is in the fol-
lowing words:
"'No person in the executive civil
IL. tnl n
or influence for the purpose or inter
fering with an election or aHecu"s
the result thereof
The second portion relates to the
taking of active part in a political
campaign, and is limited to employees
in the competitive civil service. The
commissions letter is based solely on
the second portion, and Is expressly
limited to Federal employees in the
competitive classified civil service.
BASIS OF LETTER.
The language of the law on which
the commissions letter is based Is
as follows:
".Persons who by the provisions o.
these rules are in a competitive cias-
sified service, while retaining the
right to vote as they please, and TO
express privately their opinions, on all
political subjects. shall take no active
part in political management or IN
political campaigns
ITO the Commission it seems inde-
.fensible for any one to persist in CIV
ing to employees who are subject TO
the law a misleading statement OF It's
language or legal effect.
"In an order of June 13. 1902, Prcsl-
dent Roosevelt said:
"In consideration OF fixity OF ten
urc and Of appointment the man IN
the classified service should not take
any active part in political manage
ment for precisely the same reason
that a Judge, an army officer, a reg
ular soldier or a policeman. is debar-
red from taking such active part"
The Washington times., 1920-08-27
District Business May
Come to Halt Unless
Wilson Acts Quickl,
with Secretary Daniels.

IF the President fails to appoint Commissioner FOR
the District of Columbia to succeed Commissioner Louis
Brownlow before Mr. Brownow leaves office question of
authority for acts of the District of Columbia officials will
be raised.
The Washington times., 1920-08-27

Intimate stories OF the campaign
methods used by the fair sex down
in Tennessee. OF how they took the
men out TO dinner. ordered their ei-
gars. and then treated them to the
movies afterward in order TO win
their vote for ratihcation-were told
TO an audience OF Washington women
at the sun Jubilee" at Polls last
highland everywhere today these
tales are being told over at the wom-
ems clubs.
Down in Tennessee" began Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton. returning dele
gate, in the opening gun OF her ad-
dress on "The Men Who Ran Away
meaning the State Legislators, thirty
four in number, who left Tennessee
In a body and went to Alabama 10
avoid voting-Everything last night
was Down in Tennessee"
COOLING METHODS.
Down in Tennessee each woman
delegate representing the National
American Woman's Suffrage Assocla-
ton. said Mrs. Taylor, was assigned
two members of the State legislature
Of Tennessee. IL was her work TO
keep her two men in the state. by
cajoling. coddling. entertaining anus
ing. and even taking out to dinner.
And we actually did all these things
to keep the men in the State In order
to win them over to the cause.
Many fair suffragette In the wee
small hours of the morning was
The Washington times., 1920-08-27
ATTRIBUTE CREDIT TO MANY.


Credit for the suffrage victory was
given during the evening by various
speakers to the Democrats, the Re-
publicans. President Wilson, Susan Il.
Anthony and other individuals and
forces. Mrs. Upton seemed to strike
the happy keynote of the situation,
however when she declared:
"It isn't Republican victory. II
isn't a Democratic victory. IL simply
remained for the men of the great
Southland to free us women of the
great northland."
MADAM CHAIRMAN.
Secretary Colby had the women OF
the audience with him from the open
ing sentence OF his speech. II was:
Madam Chairman, and--now can
say II without the slightest catch In
my voice--fellow citizens:
81 shall always look upon II as a
happy coincidence that during my
short term of office, It should have
befsllen me to play even a mechanical
Continued on Page IL, Column p
The evening world., 1920-12-22
COAL PRICES LAID TO GRAFT
BY US. OFFICIALS, Who GOT
$75O,OOO IMAM EXPORT DEAL
COURT REFUSES
LET LANDLORD
INCREASE RENTS
Declares High-Water Mark of Prices
Has Been Reached and
Probably Passed.

Judge John r. Davies, in the East
Ssth Street Municipal Court. to-day
gave official recognition to the down
ward trend Of prices when, in deciding
the fair and reasonable rentals Of
thlrty-seven apartments in the four
dat houses Nos. 2. 1, and East lOsth
Street. OF which Isidore Geller is the
lessee. he refused to grant any Increase,
holding that the high-water mark for
supplies and labor had been reached
and probably passed.
The lessee took possession on March
/, 1912 and increased the rentals 25 per
cent. and now wanted further increases
averaging over 80 per cent, even though
his rent had not been advanced and he
WAS not obliged to pay the taxes. Judge
Davies held that no reason for any ad-
ditlonal increase had been shown
The evening world., 1920-12-22
WILSON TO RIDE
WITH HARDING IN
INAUGURAL PARADE
VIII Entertain New President
at Luncheon in White
House After Ceremony.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-Joseph
=, Tumulty said to-day that Presi
dent Wilson had outlined TO him his
plans with regard TO Inauguration
Day. As is tire custom. Mr. Harding
will call at the white House Just be-
fore noon and win be received Dy the
retiring Executive. They will ride
down Pennsylvania Avenue TO the
Capitol, where the president elect
will take the oath Of office and de-
liver his inaugural address.
The new and retiring President will
lead the usual parade up the avenue to
the White House. where Mr.. Wilson
will entertain Mr.. Harding at luncheon.
Immediately afterward President VII
son will retire to his new home on $
street to take up his life of a private
citizen after eight years In the white
House.
The continued steady Improvement
in the Presidents health, according TO
Secretary Tumulty, will make the con
tcmplated visit fthe President with
Presdont-eleCt Harding to the Capitol
possible even I'm the event Uf the most
Incorporate weather.
Mr.. Tumulty said no found Presl-
dent Wilson in better spirits than at
any time since ne was taken no more
than year ago. Tho President ana
his Secretary discussed variety Of
topics but Mr.. Tumulty said the EX-
.ccuuve did not bring dp the subject
of the Treaty Of Versailles and did
not Indicate in anw way what dis
position he was. prepared 10 make
Of it,
The President said in the course Of
their talk that he was not greatly IN.
terested in the writing Of memoirs
for autobiography aa n wns a form
NJ literature which had never greatly
appealed 10 him, II has been gener-
ally understood that when Mr. Wilson
rct,res from OtftCe ne viii take up the
reparahon of a history u the World
War,
The evening world., 1920-12-22
STOCK EXCHANGE
ORDERS INQUIRY
ON PRICE SLUMPS
Members Called Upon to Ex-
plain Dealings in Replogle
and Vanadium; One Failure.

It has been decided by the New
York Stock Exchange TO institute a
rigid investigation of tlro causes back
OF the collapse in the market for
Replogle and VanadIum steel shares
yesterday. The former stock closed
the day with a nct decline OF 10 points
and Vansdium suffered a 7 point
decline.
All members Of the Exchange have
been ordered 70 submit to the Board
N Governors dot1ilcd statement Of
their trnnsactions In those shares on
Dec. 20 ana 2i Not only must they
set forth the umUnt ~ each buying
and selling order which they exc
cuted but they must name tho GUS
toners for whom they executed or
ders Furthermore, they are ordered
% give their market position In these
stocks at tho close or business last
night.
Tho collapse in these shares was he
I6ved 10 have been reHpohs blo for
the failure OF Foster & LounsOerY,
which was announced from the ros-
trum Of tho Exchange shortly AFTER
the opening to-day. This hm has
been a member OF the Exchange since
1901,
The evening world., 1920-12-22
FALLS 1000 FEET
FROM MONOPLANE
Lieut.. Coates Suffers Fractured
Ankle in First Trial Flight OF
Passenger Craft.

IIeul William Coates. who WAS a n.y.
ing instructor AT Nnneola during the
war, ls IN ST. Joseph's Hospital, Pater-
son. y. J. recovering from injuries sur
tered In !, l,OOO-foot fall yesterday after
noon at Murchlo Field.
Coates was making tho nrSt trial
night In a new tour-passenEer mono
plane which ne had helped to bnIld
When he had assembled 900 feet OBJ
servers on the ground saw that somo-
thing went wrong with tho left wing,
Coates tried 10 glide down, but tho ma
chine behaved more erratlcally than
over. He turned on the motor again
and Il Was running full speed whom tho
plane struck the ground
The only injuries 70 Coates we're a
fracture " tho ankle and the loss %
two frOnt teeth.
The evening world., 1920-12-22

There likely be housing problem in the Tombs CITY Prison
The judges Of General Sessions determined keep dangerous
prisoners in cells until their disposed OF.
Practical demonstration Of the temper of the with respect to
criminals in New York had this morning in the Of Judge
Mcintyre when he ordered decided increases in the bail Of awaiting
trial and sent 100 of them TO the TomtS.
Before Judge Mcintyre oo4 who have been enjoying the
freedom resulting from small bail bonds These under indictment
for crimes ranging from pocket picking to highway robbery In every
Instance where the police District Attorney records showed that the
defendants had been previously arrested for crimes where
they had carried weapons the commission the crime which they
await trial, they forthwith ordered TO cells
The evening world., 1920-12-22
WINDOW SHOPPING
TRIP BY WILSON'S
President and Wife Ride in Auto
Through F Street Unrecog-
nized by Crowds.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-President
Wilson went window shopping on f.
Street yesterday, viewing the Christ
mas crowds and the brightly deco
rated shops from an open automobile.
Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, the
President was driven slowly down
one side of the street, which Is the
main artery of the capitals shopping
district, and back up the other, few
in the hurrying crowds OF shoppers
recognizing the Chief Executive.
The evening world., 1920-12-22
Witness Says Dollar-a-Year
Man Used Confidential In
formation to Boost Prices.
TELLS OF BIG BRIBE.
Names of Those Involved Are
Given Contidentially to
Calder Committee.
Especial From a staff Correspondent
Of The Evening World.)

Of The Evening Worldly
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.--Rumors
which have been afloat in Washing
ton for months Of graft in connection
with the vile scramble to get coal
during the resent stringency have re-
oeived partial confirmation to-dny. A
Witness before the Senate Reconstruc-
tion Committee, in answer to the
question of where the large coal prof
It's have gone, said: Government Of
ficlals absorbed some OF it."
This startling statement. which
came near the close Of the eXamina-
tion Of George II. Cushing, Secretary
Of the American Wholesale Coal Deal
ers' Association, brought a demand
for details. When the witness de-
cllned to amplif Is statement SEN
Ator Kenyon insisted that 1t was a
matter OF grave public concern II the
Government had dishonest officials
Mr.. Cushing offered to tell more to
members OF the committee in conf
dence, The committee went into ex-
ecutive session to receive further de-
tails.
Here are some Of the specifications
which Cushing is said to have sub
mitted to committee members in pri-
Vate:
That a d0ilar-a-yoar Govern
mont official. who received $3
legal compensation for three
years work. In combination with
en- army Captain and another un-
named official, cleaned up $780,
900 between them on export coal
BY using Government Information
a. 70 whore coal was urgently
needed In Europe and antioiPat-
Inu tho orders by securing the
( = yuoI through eolluSion with GER
tain coal mon and selling II
abroad at oSorbitant prices.
That the frenEied speculation
In export GOAL was a contributing
factor In sending domestic prices
soaring.
I'D. Morrow. Vice President OF the
National Coal Association, told the
(Continued on Fifteenth Pnge)
The evening world., 1920-12-22

The corridors in the Criminal COur
Building were filled with the prison
ers, their bondsmen and attorneys.
ond as uhey awaited the call before
Tho bar, detectives from HeadQuar-
'ers passed among them and searched
fOr weapons. As soon az a defendant
stepped before the bar, Assistant
District Attorney Sullivan nforme1
the Court whether the defendant had
been previously arrested or whether
hls crime was committed with weap-
Ons, and he was speedily disposed ot
TIME TO GIVE A LESSON, DE
cLAREs JUDGE.
ut 70 about time the crooks OF New
York were given lesson as to the
power Of the authorltiss," said Judge
Mcintyre. Many Of these men ,ut
ON bail and awaiting trial for crimes
Of violence enjoy extraordinary
small bail fixed by the Magistrates
Our experience shows that the bail
fixed originally Is inadequate. These
men WIN stay In the Tomba until
their trials are moved by the District
Attorney. The community win b.
made safer with them behind prison
bars"
In all cases where the DEFENDANTS
did not appear In court and tho Dis
tfct Attorneys information showed
that they had previous criminal rev.
ords the bonds were declared for
fsited Immediately. The attorneys
;or defendants who did not appea,
were ordered 20 produce them In
court tomorrow.
That the temper OF Judge Mcintyre
Is not 20 be trinsd with was made
clear 10 Attorney p Rosenback Of
No. 22O West 42d Street, who, as tho
oounsel Tor Lawrence Hawthor'
charged with burglary and robl
In connection with the holdup In
Hotel Astor last weelS, entered pley
OF guilty and requested that sentence
be postponed until next Monday, Al
torney Rosenback explained tAat ht
desired time 70 furnish evidence q
10 the previous good character Of
Hawthorne.
~ intend to sentence nira on Fri-
The evening world., 1920-12-22
ETAL CEILING MEN STIFLE COMPETFTIO
Police Methods of NeU York City
Just Like Those of Country IOUnS
SOUTH ORANGE.

OUTH ORANGE, n. j., has
y organized squads of re-
serves, who with riot guns
will scour the town in search
OF crooks. These squads are
made up of citizens who will
shoot to kill such thieves and
gunner as they may encounter.
In addition to the squads 253
citizens have volunteered their
services and will be subject to
instant call to duty.