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Evening star., 1921-10-17
JAPANESE DELEGATES SAIL.
Great Crowd Cheers as They Pass
to Ship Through Floral Arches.

to Ship Through Floral Arches.
By the Associated Press.
YOKOHAMA, October 15.-Members
Of tho japanese delegation to the
washington conference on limitation
Of armaments and far eastern ques-
tious sailed this afternoon for the
United States on board the steamer
Kasllima Maru.
The newspapers say that the delega-
tion carries with it the disarmament
policy of the Japanese government.
formulated by the cabinet council and
approved by the advisory council. A
copy OF these instructions was handed
today to the American ambassador.
There was a tremendous crowd at
the pier to bid the delegation fare
we'll Old residents of the city said
greater ovation. Numerous floral
arches spanned the route of the dele
gatep along the pier to the steamer
yiscount Uclida, the foreign min
ister, who is bead Of the delegation,
Was greeted by numerous friends be-
fore embarking. When the steamer
moved out from her moorfngs there
was deafenine cheering for many
minutes, while bands played the ma
tional anthem.
THE run from Toxic to Yokohama
was made by q special train in thirty
minutes. Twelve cars were loaded
with Japanese who desired to bid the
were on the station platform an hour
herore the departure of the train.
Among those in the station were many
members Of the diplomatic corps.
On board the same steamer was q
business mission bound for Europe.
Evening star., 1921-10-17
EPISCOPAL CAMPAIGN
OPENED IN CAPITAL

The nationwide campaign in the
Episcopal Church, diocese Of Wafhlng-
ton, was opened this afternoon with
group mission services at St. Marks.
Christ tGeorgetown). st. Stephens and
Epiphany churches.
The four mssoners who are conduct
ing the services are Rt Rev. T. ID.
Bratton, Bishop of Mississippi. who is
conducting the mission at Epiphany
Church. Rev Dr. Walter Mitchell. who
is conducting the mission at Christ
Church, Georgetown; Rev. DIR. W. Rus-
sell Bowie, who is conducting the mis-
sion at St Stephens. and Rev. Robert
A. Seilhamer who is conducting the mis-
sion at St Marks Church.
The services will be held at these
churches again tonight at O'Clock. They
will be held also tomorrow at D.m
and pm, and again at the same time
on Wednesday, with the exception OF
St. Stephens and Epiphany churches.
Bishop Bratton will conduct chill
dren's conference at ST. Stephens Church
at 4 pm Wednesday. while the twenty
fifth annual convention Of the Sunday
School Institute of the diocese of Wash
ington will convene at IL o'clock that
DAY in the parish hall of the Church Of
the Epiphany.
Evening star., 1921-10-17
D. c. MOTOR CORPS
PREPARED TO AID
Fleets of Trucks Available
Among Its Three Hun
dred Members.

With the nation wide railroad strike
looming up as an event Of the near
future the Motor Corps of the Home
Defense League of the District Of
Columbia may be called in to render
valuable services to the community,
in case the strikers should go through
with their plans to tie up commerce.
In such a contingency the Motor
Corps is in position to render effective
assistance.
Not only is the membership of the
organization now well over the 300
mark, but many of the members. be-
sides owning automobiles, either own
or control large fleets of trucks.
These could be put into emergency
service to haul milk. vegetables and
other necessities should the occasion
arise.
The Motor Corps is now practically
at its war" strength. there being
800 active members. including the Of
ficers. Two new companies Will be
added in the course, of the next few
days. which will bring the member.
by Commander W. Pearce Raynel
when he was placed at the helm OF
the organization.
When the number Of active mem.
bers of the organization reaches thu
800 mark. a waiting list will be com
piled, applicants on this list being
admitted as soon as q vacancy occur!
in the regular membership.
In case the railroad strike assumes
more serious aspects. 1t is though
probable that a meeting of the en-
tire body will be held to determin.
what relief measures the corps vii
be able to undertake. Besides auto
mobiles, trucks, ambulances and mo
tor cycles are a conspicuous part o!
the equipment OF the corps.
Evening star., 1921-10-17
Teddy, Collie, Adds
H0scls to Plea for
Parole From Prison

KANSAS CITY, Kan, October
17-Teddy. a young collie deg.
makes his own plea to Police
Judge West, Kansas City, Kan.
over the telephone md In Erant-
ed n parole. The system Of
Kansas City, Knn., where dogs
are charged with misbehnviOr
. is. to sentence them to eOnflne-
ment at the WyandOtte County
Humane Society Animal Refuge
for from one to three weeks.
Teddy was sent mp for two
weeks, hut having never been
AWAY from home and friends
before he spent both days and
: nights in dismal wailing. The
: matron, Mrs. WhitfOrd, brought
him into her own rOOmH and
did everything to comfort him,
hut the Svniling continued.
Finally she decided to call up
Judge West and ask him IL
some arrangement could not be
made for Teddy's parole. While
she yvax talking Teddy rushed
to her side and quite sflehced
: her voice with his own. Judge
West asked II that wns Teddy
'"ApealelnE now" and Mrs. Whit
ford assured him thnt 1t was.
Judge West, having henrd the
arguments, rendered n decisi0n
that Teddy might 20 Nome and
remain there during good be.
haviOr.
Evening star., 1921-10-17
ARCHITECT HARRIS
| IS HIGHLY PRAISED
American Institute Secretary
Says He Has Done Fine
Work on School Plans,

Commendation. rather than criti-
cism, is due A. L. Harris, municipal
architect, for his work in preparine
plans for Washington's public school
building program. according to find
ings Of z. C. kemper, secretary of
the American Institute of Architects,
who made an investigation of charges
of unnecessary delay on the part Of
Mr.. Harris at request of the local
chapter of the institute.
The report of the secretary shows.
| instead of undue delays, most
icreditable accomplishment of we'll
planned buildings" it was stated to-
day by Percy c. Adams, president OF
the Washington chapter.
Praises Mr.. Harris.
The letter of Mr.. Kemper. report
ing to Mr.. Adams the result of his
probe, follows, in part:
My conclusions are that the office
of the municipal architect of the
District of Columbia is totally in
ADEQUATE. in extent of personnel and
In office quarters. to handle the build
lumbia with which it has been
charged recently. The action of the
municipal architect, which was ap-
proved by the Commissioners. in en-
sighted and wise action to take. Had
the municipal architects Office at
tempted to handle the entire program.
through a mistaken idea of economy
or because of a feeling of self-im-
portance and self-sufficiency, there
would have been real delay ten
fold in magnitude to the minor de-
lays which. have naturally arisen in
so many building enterprises carried
on under present economic conditions.
TT appears that the work on those
projects intrusted to private archi-
tects and on those projects handled
in the municipal architects Office
has been prosecuted with good tuds-
ment and diligence in spite of the
handicap of an insufficient Office force
in the municipal architects office and
the long hours of overtime imposed
upon that meager force during the
past six months"
Accorded Full support.
Substance of a resolution adopted
Saturday by the Washington chapter
indorsing the work being done by
the municipal architect and bespeak.
| ing of the public. press. the civic
bodies and the citizens at large q
full measure of support and co-opera.
ton for the municipal architect in
the completion of the school build
| ing program now under WY was
made public today.
Evening star., 1921-10-17


possibie. But all eight are still in
use today, he said.
Calls Building Firetrsp.
He referred to the John F. Cook
School as a firetrap, and said that he
had consulted the fire marshal before
allowing its. use this year. Senator
King said that there should be fewer
kut more commodious school buildings
In the District, and DR.. Ballou agreed
with this. He pointed out that the
plans for new buildings were arranged
SO as to permit large extensions to them
Discussing, the proposed new tuber-
said that there had been no undue delay
on the part of. the authorities, He point
ed out that the citizens Of the locality
where It was proposed to erect the school
He said that there was a public
interest; however. In matters of that
kind which. was higher than any
private interest The school for
tubercular children he said. should
there were ample shade ana space.
He said that at present forty children
are attendinS the, Hamilton School
used for tubercuiar children. The
small number, he said. was probably
due to the fact that there Is no
adequate medical inspection of the
pupils in the public schools here
MIS-. chiprhan asked that the
Federation Of women's Clubs be al
lowed to see the plans of the school
for tubercular children before they
are finally approved, and to this DR..
Ballou assenteds
Evening star., 1921-10-17
U, S, BEGINS SURVEY
OF THE SITUATION
TO BE FACED
CONTINUED from First Page.)


imous consent to discuss for five min
utes 1.-The recent declaration OF war
against the people OF the United
States which is to occur October 30"
Representative Walsh. republican.
Massachusetts,. prevented Mr.. Blanton
from speaking by objecting to his
request.
Chairman winslow of the House
commerce committee. which considers
day called a meeting for tomorrow
for the purpose, Mr.. Winslow said, of
deciding what legislation is to be
pressed before the end of the present
session. Committee members said it
was probable that the strike situation
would be discussed.
Bills Before Committee.
Among bills before the committee
are several designed to bring about
one calling for abolishment of the
Railroad Labor Board. and another re-
pealng the so-calied guaranteed
earnings section OF the transportation
act and giving state utilities commits
sions control over rates within their
state.
Chairman Barton and the other
public representatives on the Railroad
Labor Board conferred today with
Chairman Cummins of the Senate in
terstate commerce committee. Sew
eral remedies were understood TO have
been suggested, but It was said that
no conclusions had been reached.
Await Presidehtial Action.
Senator Cummins Is OF the opinion
that Congress can make no move until
the executive has exhausted every
possible means of averting strike.
There was some discussion today of
bringing up the anti-strike bill spon-
sored by Senator Poindexter, repub-
lican, Washington, but 1t was said
there would be no Immediate action
by Congress. 49,.
The public group Of the Railroad
Labor Board met with five members
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission at 2 o'clock this afternoon
to further consider refusal of the
rail employees to accept the IL per
cent cut in wages ordered by the
board to be effective last July 1. The
group was expected to discuss with
the members Of tn. commission a
suggestion made last night that the
railroads meet the cut in wages with
cut IN rates.
Secretary Of Labor Davis was on
his way to Washington today from
Indianapolis from which city he was
called by the President.
Evening star., 1921-10-17
australia BaHed
Over Dearth in
COpper Coin Supply

SYDNEY, New South WRles,
September 70 (By mail).-Aus-
traIia now is I'm the midst 6f
one Of it's periodical mysterious
shortages of copper coins, which
have bsmed treasury OMcials.
CAiidken's BANKS were held
responsible Mt Arst Tor the
sAormxe ma an appeal from
the treasury resulted In the ex-
change Of many cetpers for
silver money. Despite this ana
the assistance Of certain cluIia-
~ cOunterfeiters, copper coins
are exceedingly scarce. In
some quarters the approach OF
ChristMas was blamed, as, dur
ing the ahnual busy shopping
period, large retail houses have
heavy demands for change, and
1t was thOaght that some of the
corporations had accumulatea n
surplus OF c0ppers against these
demands.
"We are coininE 500 pOu.ds'
worth Of pennies and about 800
pounAs' worth Of haIf-pennies
every week. J. n. COllfnS. Sec
day. 1--WE are mt q loss to ex-
plain how there can be u
shortage. The treasury never
w1tAdrAsvs cOpPers from circu-
lattOn, 20 that our output fs
additional to those already in
use."
Evening star., 1921-10-17

Policeman George D. 1Chfnn Of the
third precinct and Jeanette Davis
colored. are in the Emergency Hos
pital suffering from bullet wounds,
and George D. Scott. also coiored, Is
being held for investigation by the
police as the result of a shooting af-
fray early today IN Lingers court,
near 18th and L streets.
Policeman Chfnn has thirteen per-
forations In his fntestines and Is not
expected to recover. Neither Scott
nor the Davis woman. who was struck
condition.
Brawl Over Craps.
The policeman was shot when he
attempted to stop a brawl between
six negroes. a sequel to a craps game
in the home of John Henderson. In
Lingers court. The man who shot
the officer disappeared over a nearby
fence.
Scott was arrested about o'clock
tRis morning by Detective Cox In his
home at 214o D street. He is said to
police say Scott stated Henderson
dropped the revolver and he picked
1t up When some one mentioned
police he is said to have stated he
then fired the revolver.
ParOled From Ref0rmatory.
Scott is twenty-five years old. and
parofed prisoner from the state
reformatory at Pontiac, Ill. He said
he came to Washington December %.
after serving thirty-six months Of g
twenty-year sentence in the Pontiac
reformatory for stealing in Chicago
more than three years ago.
1t is believed that Scott was shot
by Deceive Livingston. The officer
said he fired at a man whom he saw
climbing a fence in Lingers court
after the snooting OF ronceman Chinn:
twenty-four years old, and native
of White Oak. Stafford county, Va.
He has been a member of the police
department for two years.
Evening star., 1921-10-17
KILAUEA SHOWS OFF.

HILO, Island of Hawaii, T. H., Octo-
Der 16.-Kilauea volcano, thirty miles
from this city. displayed a great show
of pyrotechnics for delegates to the
press congress of the world, who Wis
tied the crater. Blow holes were ac-
tive with liquid fire and fountains of
molten lava sprayed upward from the
glowing lakes of the volcano, 120 feet
below the rim of the crater.
The delegates to the press congress
were entertained at dinner at the
Hilo Yacht Club. They will leave for
the Island of Maui, where they will
visit the enormous extinct crater Of
Haleeakala, the biggest dead crater
in the world.
Evening star., 1921-10-17
PERSH1NG GIVEN OVATION
Yankee Soldiers Also Cheered Upon
Arrival in London.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 16.-Gen. Pershing
srrived here from Paris at z o'clock
tonight. He was met at Victoria sta
ton by distinguished reception
committee from the various govern
ment departments. The general was
the ffrst of the party to step OF the
train and was greeted by Sir Lamtng
worthington- Evans, secretary Tor
war. who introduced him to the
others, while hundreds of onlookers
who had streamed in through the
gates applauded. -
Fthe american chief Of staff were Lord
lice of Farreham, first lord OF the
adniralty: Admiral Sir Henry Oliver,
second sea lord, and Sir Herbert
Greedy, secretary Of the war office:
the party was Field
Marshal Sir Henry H. Wilson, chief
Of the British staff, who had been In
Paris on Official business.
At Folkestone, where Gen. Pershfng
|disernbarked, he was met by the mil
(ftary and naval attaches OF the Amer
|ican embassy. He remarked to the
that he had had q
pieasa trip from Paris and added:
'Srhe channel was smooth rs = lake.
thank goodness"
'Cheefed By Great Cr0Wos
within hive minutes after his ar
rival here the general entered a
limousine, accompanied BY hfs aides.
ana as the car passed through the
raYea and encountered the crowds lin
;mg. hoth sides of the thoroughfare
hearty cheers were given again and
again Gen. Pershing went direct to
the American embassy, where he viii
The guest of the ambassador and Mrs.
Harvey at dinner party Which I'm
ciuded Earl and Lady Yaig. the sec
retary for war and Lady Worthing-
niraIty ana lady Lee. vfscotfht and
IIady Astor, Vice Admiral Albert 2.
tNfihiack. U, 8. N, and Mrs. Niblack.
Rear Admiral Nathan G. Twi9ing. Y.
e. n. and Mrs. Twining ana MAJ: y
.sri1e star SpangIed Banner" rem
Evening star., 1921-10-17
TWO WOMEN MURDERED
WITH HATCHET AND KNIFE

Mrs. Cora Withers, colored, thirty
five years old, employed as cook in
the home of Lee Mosher, 2s45 Newark
street. Cleveland Park, was attacked
employment about II o'clock this
morning and killed.
Walter George Edwards. colored,
forty years old, 1902 Mozart place. al
legged confessed slayer of the woman,
was detained near the scene of the
until the arrival of Lieut.. Giles Of the
Tenleytown police district, who turned
him over to Policeman Taylor and had
him locked up at the seventh precinct
police station on a charge Of homi-
eide.
When the prisoner reached the DO
lice station and was questioned, the
police reported. he admitted the kill
ing and said Jealousy was the motive.
Il was working at the house cutting
v,o9dd Wood this :. morning." he is said to have
some words and just knocked her in
! the head; that's ALL"
Police learned that Mrs. Withers, q
widow, resided at 216 d street and
had received attentions from Edwards.
They were not engaged to be mar
ried, friends asserted. but it was hint
ed that the man had displayed signs
of jealousy.
The woman's body was taken to the
morgue, where an inquest probably
will be held tomorreSv morning.
About the time Cora Withers was
being slain. Coroner Nevitt was con-
iducting an inquest in a case involving
! the killing of Estelle Murray, colored
in her home at 25 Fenton street
northeast early yesterday morning.
Willis Murray, her husband, who
was arrested early this morning by
Detectives Walsh and King and Pre-
tcinct Detective Waldron. was held by
| the coroner's jury for the action oil
the grand jury. He told the 'Iletec-
itives that his wife receive.l a stab
wound in her head while he wae
trying to take knife from her. The
husband was committed. to Jail.
Evening star., 1921-10-17
WOMEN TO MEET.
National Foundation Members to
Hear About Plans.

Work accomplished by the Woman's
National Foundation since its organi-
zation last April and its plans for the
future will be outlined at a mass
Meeting in the Knickerbocker Thea
ter. 18th street and Columbia road
this afternoon at o'clock. The meet
ing will take the form OF a ce1ebra-
tion Of Foundation day"
Lantern slide views of the founda-
tion site and the proposed group Of
buildings will be shown. They will
be explained by Mrs. C. @. Calhoun,
president Of the foundation. Among
the other speaitefs VIII be Mn. Marie
Moore Forrest sud Mfs. Lydia g. ORA
per-
Evening star., 1921-10-17
THROWN OFF MOTOR CYCLE

Benjamin E. Mangar, twenty-eight
years old, and his wife, residents Of
Silver Spring, Nd. were injured last
night about 8 o'clock as a result Of
being thrown from their motor cycle
on Bladensburg road near the Ma
tional Training School for Boys.
When the front wheel dropped into
q depression Of the road. 1t IL stated,
husband and wife were thrown to
the roadway, the latter being badly
shocked and bruised. She was taken
to Casualty Hospital.
Evening star., 1921-10-17
WOMEN
IN Citizens DRIVE

A number Of prominent Washing
ton women will station themselves at
downtown booths on Monday and
Tuesday Of next week. when all adult
residents of the District will be urged
to register as active civic workers in
the citizens associations of the city.
This announcement was made today
by Mrs. Nanette B. Paul, chairman Of
the woman's committee for registra-
tion week.
Men Active Heretofore.
Heretofore the approximately forty
neighborhood citizens associations
have been made up largely of the
men of the city. But in the member
ship campaign. which opens Saturday
a concerted effort will be made by Mrs.
Paui's committee to arouse the women
duty also to be active citizens.
The first object of the citizens. as
soctattons, Mrs. Paul pointed out, is
to work. for the betterment of the
various nefghborhoods Of the city in
obtaining street improvements. better
enter into the daily life Of the COM
munfty.
Many ReEistration Cehters.
While Mrs. Paul and her femnfne
workers are endeavoring to get the
women Of Washington active in civic
affairs. the executive committee In
charge Of the campaign will see to it
that no man who IL not already an
organized citizen loses the opportu-
nifty to sign up.
In addition to the fire and police
stations, public establishments in
each section OF the city viii be desig-
mated as registration centers. where
those who desire to join their neigh:
torhood organization may obtain the
membership BLANKS.
Ali Of the organizations that make
up the Federation of Citizens Asso.
Citations 4re busy this week organiz-
ing taie teains that are 70 conduct the
Evening star., 1921-10-17
FINAL POLO MATCH.
Humphreys Engineers to Meet
War Department Yellows.

Camp Humphreys. Engineers and
war Department Yellows were to
meet in Potomac Park this afternoon
in the final match, Of the Army's polo
for The Evening Star
cups. Play was scheduled to begin
at 4 o'clock.
The Camp Humphreys team was to
include the following players, Capt.
Hill, No. /; Maj. Bfilsrd. No. q; Maj.
Williams. No. d Maj. Tompkfns, No. =.
Col. Lindsey, Lieut.. Jedwin. MAJ. New
man and Capt Burr were to ride.
Evening star., 1921-10-17
URGE UTMOST LIMITATION.
Christian Endeavor Leaders SenG
Arms Message to President.

BOSTON. October IA petition
urging the American delegates to the
armaments conference at Washing
ton to advocate 1.-The utmost possible
Limitation Of national ornaments in
connection with a like movement on
the part Of other leading nations of
the world" will be forwarded to
President Harding by Francis E.
Clark, president of the United So
ciety of Christian Endeavor. 1t is
signed by DIR. Clark and one hundred
trustees of the society.
Evening star., 1921-10-17
WOULD LIMIT BISHOPS TERMS

NASHVILLE. Tenn. October IL
THAT Methodist bishops be elected for
q given number Of years. instead OF
receiving life appointments. as under
the present system, will be proposed
next spring at the general conference
in Hot Springs, Ark, by delegates
from Tennessee, according to q dis
patch from the Old Jerusalem con-
.srence, at Springfield, Tenn.
Evening star., 1921-10-17
pRYsDALE TO ATTEND.
Military Attaehe at Peking Comes
as Far Eastern Expert.

PEKfNG, October 15.-Maj. Walter
S. Drysdale. American military at
tache at Picking. is returning to the
United States on the transport Lo-
gan. which Is due to arrive at San
Francisco about November IL.
Owing to his intimate knowledge of
Chinese and Siberian affairs. Maj.
Drysdale has been detailed by the
War Department for temporary DUTY
in the military intelligence service in
connection with the Washington con-
ference on far eastern affairs.
Evening star., 1921-10-17
PETITIONERS WILL ASK
ABANDONMENT OF ROAD
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
&YNCHBURG. Va. October i!.-No,
tices are being given in Franklin and
Pittsylvania counties that applica-
ton will be made to the circuit court
of franklin county at it's November
term for the abandonment of the
franklin and Pittsylvania railroad,
thirty -four-mile system. connecting
Rocky Mount and Gretna.
The road has been operated for years
at a loss, and it has been in the hands
of a state court receiver since Sep
fember.
Evening star., 1921-10-17
AUTO UPsETs; l DIES, 2 HURT.

MACON, Ga, October l7:-Frank
Echols, twenty -hve. secretary and as
sistant general manager Of Stevens
Bros, pottery manufacturers, at Stew
ems Pottery, Ga. was killed yesterday.
when an automobile turned over three
times on the NationAl highway, forty
miles south Of here. Tom. Lawson and
serious injuries. Echols was a lieu
tenant In the 7th Division and Mercer
WAS an aviator In the world war.
Evening star., 1921-10-17
NOTED ENGINEER DEAD.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. October IL
r. w. Cappelen. sixty-three. for
many years city engineer for Minne-
apoiis ana we'll known in engineering
etreies Of the country, died yesterday
foiioWink an operation for appsndt-
cifiR AZ ono tinae he hAd been as
sistaHt engineer. Of the Northern Pa
f.tfic