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Evening star., 1921-09-03
CAPITOL HEIGHTS.

CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md, Septembe,
Especially 1t is expected that Odd
Fellows from Hyattsville, Mount Raj
nler, Forestville and other points in
TINS 1urisdiction will attend the cere-
monies incident to the laying of the
cornerstone OF the new hall of 10y
atty Lodge. No. 165. Odd Fellows. OF
Capitol Heights, next Monday, at 4
pm. at 61st street and Charles ave-
nue.. The ceremonies will be con-
Quoted by the Grand Lodge of Mary
land and the grand master will lay
the stone. There will be a brass band
and a concert will be given by men,
bers OF Loyalty Lodge, followed by
dancing on the floor Of the new build
ing.
are in the charge of Rufus W. Gibbs
chairman of building committee: Os-
car Poore, w. w. Pierce and Messrs
Babcock and Davis. The building will
cost about $500 and will be Of two
stories. The first floor will contain a
hall and the second the lodgerooms.
Declaring that although legislation
was passed at the 1916 session of the
legislature making Bergman avenue
from Central avenue to the Marlboro
Washington boulevard, 2 county road.
the commissioners have repeatedly
refused to accept the road as a coun-
ty highway, the Capitol Heights Civic
|
commissioners with a petition set
ting forth these facts and asking that
the county accept the road.
George Finger. president of the
league. stated today that 1t would be
q waste of taxpayers money to
make expenditures for erecting
bridges on Bergman avenue.
A bond issue of $3,700 for building
bridges and culverts in the town was
recently authorized at a special cleo
ton here and it was planned to spend,
according to Finger. about $4,000 for
five bridges on Bergman avenue.
Since this thoroughfare, or at least
that part from Central avenue to the
Marlboro pike. appears to have been
declared a county road by the legis-
lature. Finger says the civic league
sees no reason why the town should
pay for building bridges on that
street.
A carnival opened today under the
auspices of the Capitol Heights fire
department at 61st street and Cen
tral avenue. It will also be open
Monday. The department has Just
bought q new automobile fire truck,
which will be on view for the first
time. 1t Is planned to equip the truck
with q chemical engine and other
modern apparatus
Evening star., 1921-09-03

troops were actually on the fighting
ground was evidenced here early To-
day when q string of fiat cars. al
legged to have been Communicated BY
armed bands and carrying recruits recruits
the first troop train up to Sharples. j.
Previously it had .a carried sS.,r %amsa
along the line to Danville. At least
two Of them were taken to st: Adams
Several hundred persons gathered
at the station here to watch the
doughboys as they partook Of break
fast Many Of them were seeking ac-
uuaintances on the train.
Here and there along the route
from st. Adams to Madison, little
groups of men and women were gath
cred at village stations. For the most
part they were silent, as the first
train carrying federal troops roll
ed by. Immediately upon reach.
ing Madison last night. half Of
the troops were placed on guard and
the other half returned to their
coaches to sleep. The soldiers are
nearly all veterans. - q
Evening star., 1921-09-03
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
Copyright, 1921 --

False hopes made people forget the
frailties Of human nature at Paris
and gave the peace conference an
anti-climax which President Harding
seems determined to avoid in the
forthcoming session OF the powers
to limit armament.
Mr.. Harding's speech at the Army
War College was intended to offset
exaggerated impressions that the mil
lenium could be reached between ma
tions through the instrumentaltty OF
a single conference of powers. The
President would rather understate
tical results than promise much and
find that international discord made
the fulf1llment impossible.
Dare Not Fail.
The truth is, the immensity of the
undertaking is beginning to crop out
in official quarters. The admipistra-
ton knows 1t has tackled job upon
which it does not dare to fail. Yet
the circumstances are not always
within the control of single ma
ton. Agreements must be made by
unanimous consent. Any one nation
can kick over the traces and spoil
the conference.
That's why Secretary Hughes had to
proceed with such caution in the ne
gotiations which preceded the indi-
vidual acceptances of the American
invitation. The burden has not been
lifted by the agreement OF the powers
to send delegations here. The respon-
sibilities are cumulative. In saying
what shall or shall not be included in
the program. the nations themselves
will indicate how far the conference
will go toward practical results. These
exchanges Of view now are in prog
ress.
Seeks Approximate Disarmament.
The President gave a hint in his
speech at the War College on one
Evening star., 1921-09-03
President Strikes False Hopes
As to Complete Disarmament

phase of armament discussion. He set
at rest any thought that the Army
and Navy would be scrapped. 1t is in
evitable that the morale OF. the ma
tion's Army and Navy should be weak
ened by q prospect of curtailment. As
chief of the, Army and
Navy the President expressed the view
that the time never would come when
fighting machinery could be altogether
dispensed with. He favors "approxi-
mate" disarmament. Woodrow Wilson
expressed it as "a reduction Of arma-
ment to point consistent with domes-
tic safety"
Mr.. Harding has not yet outlined
whether he wants to go that far or
whether his idea is that the Ameri-
can military establishment shall bear
certain fixed relationship to that of
other powers. Any idea that America
intended to favor the absolute aboli-
ton of armies and navieAwas erased
by Mr.. Harding. who toUk pains to
point out that human nature is un-
changed after 1000 years and that the
spirit of polemics may be tanned, but
is not forever extinct.
Expects Future Wars.
The President expects wars to come
in the future. He hopes they will be
hImanely fonght. He wants to re-
move the sources of friction. One of
those sources. 1t has been argued, Ia
the accumulation of war machinery,
the use of which is too tempting
when nations become irritated. II
armament provokes war. then the
President hopes the Limitation will be
sufficient to prevent that from being
said again. There are other causes
of misunderstanding. Mr.. Harding
hopes as many as possible will be re-
moved. America will do all she can
to achieve that object. But the
Presidents speech at the Army War
College is significant of what the en-
tire administration view will be to-
ward the forthcoming conference. 1t
will not try to do the impossible. but
simply as much as 1t can toward min
imiZing the chances Of war.
Evening star., 1921-09-03
UPPER MARLBORO.

UPPER MARLBORO. Nd, Septem-
Der (Special).-Bids for $4,000
bonds for the construction of new
elementary school in Hyattsville will
be opened Tuesday by the county
commissioners. Bids for $4,000 re-
.ceived recently. were rejected as too
low. The building will cost $3S,500
and the grounds about $1,000.
Bids are also being asked on bonds
for the construction of a $4,000
three-room brick school at Suitland
and for a $4,000 two-room brick
school at Ardmore.
Judge Fillmore Beall, in the circuit
court for Prince Georges county. has
signed a decree granting to Laura
Belle Slater a divorce from William
B. Slater. Mrs. Slater resides on
Baltimore street. Hyattsville.
With the primaries less than a
week off. candidates for political Of
fees are planning to make hay at
the annual tournament at St. Ig-
natius' Church, Oxon Hill, for the
benefit of the church. Representative
Sydney e. Mudd will deliver the
charge to the knights at pm. and
L. G. Sasscer, a candidate for the
democratic nomination for the state
senate. will be the orator of the
evening.
Evening star., 1921-09-03
rockville.

ROCKVILLE, Md, September 8
(SpeciaD.-Harry L. Hilton of WASH
ington, whose establishment on the
Conduit road, two miles from the
District of Columbia line. was raided
few nights ago by county officers
was ad5udged guilty by Judge William
E. Viett. in the police court here. of
keeping a disorderly house and was
fined 500 and costs He was also
found guilty of assisting q Mrs. Mary
o. Schroeder in selling intoxicating
liquor and was fined an additional
5000 and costs.
A charge against Mrs. Hilton Of
selling intoxicating liquor was dis
missed. but Mrs. Mary o. Schroeder.
who was a boarder at the Hilton
house, was found guilty of making
three sales of whisky to Charles Tony,
colored, and was fined 500 and costs
in each case.
The cases of both Hilton and Mrs.
Schroeder were appealed to the circuit
court and both were released on bail,
Mrs. Schroeder in the amount Of $500
cases will be tried again at the No
vember term of the circuit court for
the county.
Stidham Dougall. both of Washington.
motored out to Rockville yesterday
and were married by Rev. P. Rowland
Wagner. pastor Of the Baptist church
the ceremony being performed at the
home of the minister in the presence
of a Washington friend of the couple
by whom they were accompanied
Immediately afterward they returned
to the city. The age of the bride was
given as eighteen and that OF the
bridegroom as twenty-five.
Licenses have been issued here for
the marriage of Miss Rose Lythe
Eyler of Baltimore and Robert b.
Mays of Washington and Miss Mil
dred Lee and Alfred ]. Haigley. both
of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Brewer of
Dickerson have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Margaret Anne Brewer. to d. Herbert
Shreve of the same locality. The
wedding will take place during the
present month.
John G. Burroughs, a resident of
Concord. died Thursday at his home,
aged ninety-seven years. He was the
father of Mrs. Robert Wilson of
Bethesda and Mrs. James Fling of
place this afternoon from the Metho-
! dist Church, at Potomac.
Following a long illness. Miss lsa-
bel H. Moore, daughter of l. Francis
Moore of Charles Town. w. Va. died
this morning, at Alta Vista, aged
twenty-six years. The body has been
sent TO Charles Town, where the Iuneta
will take place today. Miss Moore had
been a clerk in one of the govern
ment departments at Washington for
several years.
Evening star., 1921-09-03
UNABLE TO HANDLE
D|SPENSARY NOW
Transfer to Veterans Bureau
Awaits Completing of
Proper installations.

Transfer of the public health serv-
ice dispensary at 7th and B streets
southwest to the veterans bureau
has not been effected because the lat
ter bureau was not In a position to
handle it. according to Leon Fraser.
acting director of the latter bureau.
Il find myself compelled to object
to some of the intimations of an ar
ticle in The Star of September l, en-
titled Uniting Medical Services De-
layed,' and to request. II you deem it
proper in the interest of fairness. you
correct the intimation." said Mr..
Fraser in a statement today. THE
whole tenor of the article is. that the
public health bureau has in some
way obstructed the veterans bureau
in connection with the unification of
medical services. Our experience has
been precisely to the contrary.
There has been the most vigorous CO.
operation On the part of the surgeon
general and willingness to assist this
bureau in the performance of its du-
ties at all times, in accordance with
the terms of the recent act of Con-
gress.
'sIn view of the warm cooperation
OF the surgeon general. 1t is not fair
to him to intimate that he has been
in any way lax about transferring the
dispensary. when the true circum-
stances are that we requested him
to operate 1t for US until further
notice. The request for the transfer
of the dispensary has just been made
and as soon as is practicable 1t will
be moved into the Arlington building
along with the rest of the fourth dis
trct office. There are numerous in
stallations. which must be made in
the Arlington building. such as COM
pressed air. ETC.. before all of the
dspensary can be moved. Pending
moving the dispensary, arrangements
will be made for bus service be-
tween the Arlington building and the
present dispensary. SO that ex-service
men will be inconvenienced as little
as possible"
Evening star., 1921-09-03
TRAIN Is DERAILEn.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, September s.
Nine persons were slightly injured
when Pennsylvania passenger train
No. "a, New York bound from Chicago
and Cincinnati, was derailed two
miles west of Coshocton, Ohio, just
before last midnight. The tender and
eleven coaches left the tracks. ac-
cordinR to an announcement made
at the Pennsylvania officee here. 1t
was stated that the injured Were re-
moved to a Coshocton hospital. but
that none was seriously hurt. The
train is known as the Seaboaxd Ex-
Ipresa
Evening star., 1921-09-03
URGE CALL ON CHURCHES.
Woman Voters Would 'crystallize'
Public Suuoprt of Arms Limitation.

CLEVELAND. September 3.-A move
ment to have all churches of the coun-
try open one hour on the morning OF
Armistice day, November IL. for appro-
pirate services Ito crystalize public
opinion in support OF the disarmament
conference which will convene in Wash
ington that day." has been started by
the National League of Woman Voters.
Miss Elizabeth ]. Hauser of Girard.
Ohio, chairman of the committee on dis
armament of the league. today sent a
letter to President Harding, urging him
to issue a formal call to the churches
to cooperate in the, solemn public dem
onstration. Letters were also sent to
ali national womans organizations in
viting their cooperation.
Evening star., 1921-09-03
Employees Agree to Pay
Any Operating Deficit
OF Traction, Com npany
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
DES MONIES, Iowa, Septem-
telnber 3.-Street railway en-
plOyes OF Des Mofnes have
agreed to pay any operating
dencit out of their wages, IL
street car service, scheduled to
cease at midnight, is continued
for thirty days, when 1t ts
hoped some solution Of the
problem will be reached.
Street car service was dis
continued early in August,
when the car company was un-
able to meet Its obligations,
but 1T recently was resumed
for the period of the state fair.
The plan OF the employees will
be presented to Federal Judge
Wade. 1t provided that their
wages be prO-rated from the
remainder Of cash revenue af-
ter operating expenses were
paid.
Evening star., 1921-09-03
FEDERAL TROOPS TAKE UP
WEST VIRGINIA POSITIONS
Continued from First Page.)

Albans to Madison as a protection
against mines or derailment The
train was in darkness. except for the
searchlight which shone over the fiat
from the firebox of the engine.
Here and there was the glow Of q
cigarette in the train. Out of a win
dow as the train semi-circled around
a curve two men could be seen stand
ing on the front end Of the leading
fiat car. They were observers look
ing for derailments.
AS the first Of the troops started for
Sharples, Subdistrict President BliS-
zard returned and reported shooting
was still in progress. but that the
miners wished to return to their
should come to guarantee them pro-
lection. He said five airplanes sent
up from Logan county dropped bombs
manufactured OF gas pipe and high
explosives over the miners land. but
that no one had been injured. One
of the bombs, he said. fell between
two women who were standing in a
yard, but it failed to explode.
Carried No Explosives.
In connection with this statement
Of Blizzard. it may be stated that hve
Army airplanes were ordered to make
q reconnaissance Of the disturbed area
yesterday afternoon. They reported
everything quiet The Army n1ere
said they carried no explosives. They
flew from Charleston to the southern
counties and back again.
At am. today a third troop train
arrived in Madison and the soldiers
detrained and established headquar-
ters, with Col. c A. Maitin In COM
mand. The town Of Madison took
ON a martial aspect. Army equip
n,ent, consisting of Held ranges.
Army automobiles and motor cycles
and other military pafaphernAlia
were to be seen everywhere.
That the miners did not expect to
give uD the fight uptil the fS4erA
Evening star., 1921-09-03

Lightning bolts took the lives of
three washingtonians yesterday dur
ing the severe storm in the late after
noon.
The victims were Lorene Shepherd
of "a Seaton place, F. j. Hausmann of
321 X street northeast and Henry NJ.
Bowman. civilian employe Of the Sol
diers' Home. residing at that institu-
ton.
Soon to Be Married.
Miss Shepherd and Hausmann, both
Of whom were employees of the Ship
ping Board, and on their way home
from work when the storm caught
Them on the Ellipse. just south of the
White House grounds, Were engaged
to be married in the near future. Ac-
cording to witnesses. the couple were
sta nding under a tree, when a bolt
struck the upper branches and ran
down the tree trunk. Both were
thrown to the ground, Miss shepherd
dying instantly and Harsmann receiv-
ing a shock which caused his death
at the Emergency Hospital shorty
after mis- arrival there. Az automo-
bIlist passing, seeing the couple on
the ground and Miss Shepherds
clothing ablaze. took both to the
hospital
Killed in Chicken Yard
Bowman was killed while in the
poultry yarQ IN the SOluitrS 1iotiie
grounds. The body was taken to the
morgue of the Soldiers Home In
firmary.
Miss Shepherd was about nineteen
years of age. She resided at the Sea
ton place home with her mother, Mrs
I. Z. Shepherd; two sisters. Gladys anq
Hilda, and a small brother. OrVilie-
Miss Hilda. identified her body at the
hospital
She was a native of Washington.
having been graduated from locai
public schools and the Business high
School She had been employed as
stenographer at the Shipping Board
for a little more than two years.
Was A. T.. f. Veteran.
Hausmann also was a native Wash
ingtonian. He was a member of Bat
terry B Of the 29th Division. serving
overseas with that unit He was
twenty-six years old and was well
known in amateur base ball circles.
Surviving him are his mother and
father, Mr. and Mrs. William Haus-
mann; four sisters Mrs. Charles
Goldsmith, Mrs. George Harding. Mrs.
Claude Offutt and Miss Mabel Haus-
mann, and brother. w. F. Haus-
mann.
Bowman had been employed at the
Soldiers Home only since last Jan
| uary ]. 1t is believed he has rela-
lives in , Washington and efforts
were being made today to locate
Henry f. Bowman of this city, be-
| lieved to be a son or nephew of the
deceased.
Coroner hewitt issued certificates
| OF accidental death
Evening star., 1921-09-03
LITTLE. .|S,URGED
J AS FEDERAL JUDGE
Strongly Supported to Fill
Vacancy Caused by Death
:: of Justice Hook.

! Representative Edward c. Little of
Kansas, chairman of the House commit
tee on revision of the laws, is strong
candidate for the office Of judge Of the
circuit court of appeals for the eighth
circuit, made vacant by the death of
Judge William c. Hook.
OF the sixty-e eight republican men,
bers of Congress from the eighth cir
cult. which comprises Minnesota.
Iowa, Missouri. Arkansas. North Da-
kota, South Dakota. Nebraska, Kan
sas. Oklahoma. Wyoming. Colorado.
New Mexico and Utah, thirty-eight
have indorSed Representative Little
for this vacant judgeship.
Representative Little has had re-
narkable experience in the diplomatic
service, stationed in Egypt: in the
Army, where he was lieutenant colo
nel to Funston in the Philippines.
and in Congress, where he has served
six years continuously. He has been
a practicing lawyer for thfrty-fve
years and Is an author of note.
Associates Urge Appointment.
Twelve members of the committee
on revision of the laws. of which he
is chairman, irrespective of party af-
f1liations. have signed letter to the
President urging Representative Lit
ties appointment as judge. Their
letter says that they recognize the
eminent ability" of Representative
phasize his efficient work as chair
man of this important committee and
author of "a complete revision and
codification of the United States
statutes. which has twice passed the
House unanimously" They earnest
ly recommend him for the office. be
lieving that he would bring great
legal learning. splendid ability. un-
sullied character. and eminent fair
ness to the duties of that important
opinion that "Col. Little would make
an ideal judge of that high court and
be an honor to the bench"
Codified U. 8. Statutes.
In emphasizing his good work in
codifying the United States statutes
the letter to President Harding says:
He undertook and successfully
completed great task which has
been accomplished only once In our
years ago, when Roscoe Conkling was
chairman of the revision Of laws
committee in the Senate. and first
Benjamin F. Butler and then Luke p.
Poland was chairman of the committee
in the House. In making this mighty
code he has established a record Of
intelligent accurate and scholarly
legal Industry unsurpassed, and has
acquired a thorough and extended
familiarity with our federal laws
which admirably eouips him for the
federal bench"
1t is signed by the following:
Chas E. Fuller. Illinois: r.. Walton
Moore, Virginia: Isaac Siegel, New
York; w. H. Kirkpatrick. Pennsyl-
vania; John r. Tyson. Alabama !:
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom. West Vir-
ginia A. l. Bulwinkle. North Carolina: !:
Adam NJ. Wyant. Pennsylvania: Rufus
Hardy. Texas: John N. Sandlin. Louis
lana; Herbert w. Taylor. New Jersey;
Roy G. Fitzgerald. Ohio.
Evening star., 1921-09-03
DEATH TOTAL NORMAL.

Prof A. H. Henry. editor of the
weather bureaus Monthly Weather
Review. today expressed the opinion
that probably no more people had
been killed this summer by lightning
throughout the country than usual
When there are an unusual number
of deaths in any one locality from
lightning" he said, 1T is common for
people TO believe that the condition
is widespread.
Then it is brought home to them.
But a survey nationwide perhaps will
not reveal anything out of the usual" ="
Prof. Henry said there had been
thirty-siX electrical disturbances In
the District from January /. 1921. to
September 2. 1921, as contrasted with
thirty-two such disturbances from
January to September. 1920.
Evening star., 1921-09-03
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. September s.
About $50 members of Acca Temple.
Mystic Shrine, left at 10:15 o'clock
this morning on a special train for
Front Royal. Va. to attend cere-
monial session of the Shriners which
will be held tonight. The AleNan
crians carried along with them fifteen
neophytes who will cross the burn
ing sands of the desert with the other
candidates from different sections of
the state.
The Alexandrians will take part in
the parade this evening, which will
precede the session. They expect to
return home early tomorrow morning.
Twenty-four hours after being
given his freedom on a charge of
being drunk and begging on the
streets, a man wearing a sailors uni
form giving the name of Frank
Benton, was again arraigned in the
police court before Justice Snow on
the same charge. The court first inn
posed a fine of IS and afterward re-
sentenced the accused to serve six
months. Benton made a plea for
mercy, without avail.
Yesterday morning when Benton
he was released. The accused was
picked up last night by Policeman
Nowland.
With the score standing to and
darkness setting in, Umpire Hayden
yesterday afternoon called the game
between the First Baptist and Trinity
Sunday schools, the score being in
favor of the Baptists.
Mrs. Carrie NJ Scrivener, fifty-six
years old. died early this morning at
her residence, 415 North St. Asaph
street Besides her husband, J. A
Scrivener, she is survived by several
children. Her funeral will take place
at o'clock Monday afternoon from
her late residence.
Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison. pastor
Of the Second Presbyterian Church.
will return and occupy his pulpit to-
morrow morning. Morning service.
communion and sermon; evening
service, sermon by the pastor: Sunday
school at $3.50 am. and mems Bible
class at 10 am.
The Emmanuel Bible class of Christ
Episcopal Church will resume service
tomorrow morning at $50 o'clock in
Christ Episcopal Church. All MEM
bers are invited to be present.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
South, which during the month of
August has undergone extensive re-
pairs. will be reopened tomorrow and
both morning ana evening service
will be conducted by Rev. DR.. e. v.
Regester, pastor. The interior has
been refrescoed and an indirect light
Ing system has been installed.