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The Washington herald., 1921-01-24

flag, while Japan will have eight
Of $4,000 tons. We shall. have only
four battle cruisers, with the heayi-
est guns, of 121 900 tons, to the
six of the United States of $4,000
tons; and the Japanese may possi-
bly, have a similar number COM
pleted in that year. The Japanese
government, moreover, has decided
to lay down eight more capital
ships at an early date. In view of
all these circumstances, and bearing
in mind that only one capital shin
for the British feet (the Hood, apart
from the lightly armored Renown
and Repulse, with 6-inch belts only.
has been built since 1914, tho ont
look is one which can give no sat
isfaction to those who realize the
essential functions which British
heavy ships-whether battleships or
battle cruisers-may be called upon
to perform. In destroyers and sub
marines the United States has OBJ
tained a lead which will be fur
ther accumulated when the craft
now under construction are COM
pleted."
The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
WHEELER CLAIMS
PROHIBITION HAS
SAVED A BILLION
Suggests Injunctions to
Clear Up Clogged
Court Calendars.

Wayne B. Wheeler, general coun-
sci for the AntI-Saloon league yes
terday claimed the prohibition
amendment has saved the national
pocketbook over $1,000. 600, 600
in the past year He bases his
opinion on figures showing thu
Withdrawal Of whisky from ware
hpuses in 1920 TO have amounted
TO 5,SS1.55S gallons, a decrease Of
S4,06O.452 gallons compared with
1917 and the Withdrawal Of alcohol
to have been brought down to
22,5o0,OOO gallons during the
year, decrease OF fS.f4l,756
gallons. He makrs no al
lowancc for the prices now being
paid for whisky and concoctiOns
made Of alcohol throughout the
country.
''Grantiug that many million
gallons Of alcohol and whisky
withdrawn for nonbeversge use
have been diverted to beverage use.
and granting that many million
gallons of beer have been made and
consumed illegally" h said. =
conservative estimate shows that
the people of the United States have
saved over 100000 in nonay
previously spent for beverage In
sSsiSs sPsaR3h9 or-IEs zcrogrdy =.
courts in every section with PRO
hibitiOn cases Wheel r pointed out
that temporary eNpedieut TO
relieve such congestion is provided
in sections 81 to - Of the Volstead
act providing for isSUancr by the
court OF temporary injunctions on
presentation Of an affidavit that
liquor is being made or sold by an
accused.
This. he said. would relieve tn
courts until they are able to pro-
cure Juries. evidence and indiCt-
ments and try the cases. and mean
while the accused is restrained from
making or selling intOxicants.
He pointed out that the Attorney
Geteral Of Illinois had recently
brought more than 200 such cases
in the FEDERAL courts in Chicago
and that more than fifty such IN
functions had been granted by a
judge in one day. Judge lands
he said. recently fined one liquor
dealer $1,000. and on year in Jail
for violating his court order under
a temporary injunction by selling
liquor.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
Betrothed Agree
On Necktie Shade
After Forty Years

BIsHOPvILLE. Nd. Jan. 20. -
Parting in anger when they were
20 years old. John Emmons. Of Port
land. Greg. and Charity Timmons,
Of near BishopviIIe, were married
Wednesday evening.
Forty years ago the two, who
were keeping company" quarreIed
over the shade OF a tie that Miss
Timmons wanted young Emmons 10
wear. He left in d hum and went
West, where he became very sue
Cessful in business, but never mar
riod. Miss Timmons never married
either
Emmons came TO spend Christmas
with his parents, and again met the
sweetheart Of his youth. who had
remained true to him all these years
They agreed upon the shade of neck
tie, were married and left at ones
for the West.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
Insane Revelry Indulged
In by Monte Carlo Habitues
Money Squandered Would Feed Starving Chill
dren of Central Europe, Says Writer.

for their mail at the general de-
livery window.
The remainder Of the multitude
is made up of a few Italian war
profiteers and Germans. Before. the
war the Germans were the general
blight OF ths Riviera scenery. They
are returning now as fast as their
marks will permit respectable
sum sum in francs to be played on
the gaming tables One hears
German spoken quite frequently in
the casino and the hotels and res
taurants.
Foreigners in DIsfayer.
There has been considerable writ
ten latsly on the subject of the
disfavor with which the French
now regard foreigners. This dis
favor, hard to note in the big
cities, finds expression here more
than any 9th sr place in France and
on account OF the rates of exchange
such disfavor is chiefly directed to-
ward the English and Americans
The permanent Riviera population
is divided into two distinct class -
native and hotel keepers.
French visitors simply cannot af-
ford TO pay the fantastic hotel anc
restaurant prices which seem ordi-
nary to visitors whose source Of
financial supply is dollars or pounds.
Therefore, the shopkeepers realizing
they cannot expect trade from their
own countrymen admittedly double
the prices whenever an American n
or Englishman comes in view and
are frequently quite rule about it
at the same time.
All Charges Double.
All provisions are at extravagant
values on account of the hotel mo-
nopoly, and therefore the shop
keepers, who also must cope with
the problem of supplies, feel that
they. too, must overcharge as best
they can. As for the hotel keepers.
a really devastating blight Of ser
Witty seems to have attainted every
one Of them. They overchargc out
rageoUslN with a bending Of the
back and rubbing OF obsequious
palms that adds to the injury the
insult of supposing that thus you
will find il less unpalatable.
But no one really minds-nOt this
years crowd. On the contrary. notes
compared on overcharEinE literally
take the form Of SnObbish COmpc-
titioh as to who has paid the most
and you rank accordingly. II you
pay 81 for cup OF tea and only
lose 81 900 at roulette. YOU rank low .
er than your neighbor who knows
a place where tea can be had for
- and who has passed the double
of your modest amount across the
green baize cloth.
Copyright. 1871. Public Ledger Co..
The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
Flames Sweep
Marion Camp of
G. 0. p. Leader

RION, Ohio, Jan. a.
President-elcct Warren &. Har-
dinE's headquarters here were
swept by FIRE this morning, caus-
Ing damage estimated at 5000.
Many Of the campaign records,
including much valuable cOrre-
spondenee of the PresIdent-elect,
were damaged by hre and water.
The blaze was caused by an
ONerhented furnace.
Custodian Charles Pntten, 10
years old, who discovered the
fire, was SO overcome with eX-
citement that, according to his
statement, IL took an hour to
find n telephone. The Christinn
home, where Harding headquar-
ters were located, was broken
into, and dozens of the Presi-
dent-eIect's intimate friends,
smoke-beErimed, carried out
correspondence RIes and pieces
Of furniture. Many letters were
blown over the yard and into
r the street.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
Plumb Explains Plan
To Secular League

Restoration of the laws of human
conduct to government and corpora
ton policies will solve the railroad
problem as outlined in the Plumb
plan, Glenn E. Plumb, author of the
plan, told the Washington Secular
League at. its meeting yesterday at
1101 E street northwest.
we have forgotten the principles
of the fundamentals of the bill of
rights in our Constitution, and con-
sequently our liberties have van
ished," Plumb declared. THE gov
eminent is instituted for all. and
when we again demand our privi-
leges harmony may be gained in the
adjustment of conflicting forces,
capital, labor and management"
Plumb outlined the Plumb plan
with it's provisions for government
ownership and control by manage
ment, labor and consumers.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
By wyTHE WILLIAMS.

MONTE CARLO, Jan. 2s.-when
we visited the Riviera during the
war we were somewhat shocked to
find roulette and baccarat In full
swing at Monte Carlo and music
served with dinner, yet we revelled
in it because 1t was a relief to find
an oasis where the old life did
exist amid the vast acreage of
gloom. 1t raised our optimism and
gave us a glimmer of hope for the
future. But now the literally in
sane reVelry of this postwar sea .
son gives us pause. 1t has been
said that after all great wars and
calamities there has been a period
of bachanalian, reaction.
The immensity of the present re-
action of the Riviera is proportion
ate to the world calamity that pre-
ceded it and may account for it.
Last summer at DeauvilIe was but
a prelude to the gayety and extrav-
agance now seen here at Nice, at
Cannes and other Riviera resorts.
At this moment, as at every mo-
VI NlAC VA anu HlSnI t&Ctpl
for a few hours from dawn until
midsfternoon, there are enough
PLAQUES" representing money on
the gambling tables at the Monte
Carlo Casino and Sporting Club and
in the gambling rooms at the 9TH
er resorts which. if applied for the
purpose. would eliminate any fur
ther drives" for the devastated re-
play higher than in the days when
gions of France or for the hungry
children of Central Europe.
Lose Their Value.
The fact that cOlored celIuIoid
plaques now represent different
sums of money aids in making the
the croupiers raked in glittering
piles of gold. when the bank eX-
changes plaques for banknotes the
latter seem entirely to lose their
value and become only little discs
to be chuCked carclessly on the ta-
bIes.
In another dispatch. will d.
scribe some of the great Coups that
have already marked the present
Season. For the moment | will only
indiCat. the sort of men folks who
are here and wheEe they are from.
1t is AN unHatterinE fact that 80
per cent of the seasons visitors to
the Riviera ar, English and Amer
leans. have yet to see a single
French couple in Monte Carlo.
There are many French ladies"
here but positively no French men.
In order to classify these females
NOR clearly it will only be neces-
sary to state that the majority call
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troduCed, or at subsequent hearings.
My project. in a nutshell, is to do
for the people OF the United States,
in the realm of music cultivation.
what European governments long
have done for their people If we
had a great national conservatory,
centered at Washington with
branches through out the country
as the board of control in its wis
dom might deem proper to estab-
lish. we would soon make it un-
necessary for our young men and
women to go abroad for music
culture.
It was impossible last night to
secure from Treasury officials any
details of the George Washington
fund" Speaking OF the Julliard
fund. Mrs. Edouard Albion. who is
active in the management OF the
Washington National Opera" en-
tcrprise, said:
The JuiIliard fund is the large
fortune left by Mr.. JuilIiard, a
vealthy music lover. for the pur-
pose of promoting music in Amer
lea. His estate has only recently
been settled and it's disposition now
is in the hands of the committee
Though the will seemed to make it
plain the purpose of the Juilliard
fund particularly was to aid young
Singers in America. Personally I.
and many others here. feel we don't
need so much to train any more
musicians as to create an outlet
for their talent, principally through
national opera"
Senator BOrah. of Idaho. on whom
Mrs. Flourney Rivers, of Denver. is
presumably depending for legisla-
tive action 60 transform the alleged
Washington fund now amounting
to $2,5O0,00O into a national con-
servatory of music, last night de-
led that he had ever heard of such
a fund.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
HOOVER TOLEAD
ENGINEER FORCES
IN WELFAREDRIV
Two-Day Session to Study
Nations Economic
Ills Called.

NEW YORK, Jan. %. - Herbert
Hoover, it was announced tonight,
will be the principal speaker at a
two-day gathering at Syracuse,
y. Y. of leading engineers, tech
nical men and educators, at which
steps will be taken toward welding
the engineering forces of the ma
ton into one great organization to
focus technical and scientific effort
on the solution of social, political
and economic problems.
On February II the executive
board Of the American Engineering
Council of the Federated American
Engineering Societies will hold ses-
sions. eliminating in the evening
in an address by Hoover.
To Sound keynote.
Hoover will sound the keynote
of the American engineer in urging
cooperation with Congress, with
labor organizations, chambers of
commerce and other bodies in the
campaign planned by the council
10 remedy economic ills.
!, On february H. the National
Council OF the American Society OF
Engineers will convene.
This society, the largest Of the ma
tiOnaI engineering societies. has
placed its membership of $4,000 be-
hind the movement to federste
the country's engineering skill.
Seeks 10 Help Idle.
How to get Americas. S. idle back
to work and keep it at work" is
the task which the engineer has set
for himself. said L. W. Wallace,
who has just taken up the duties
of vice chairman Of the American
Engineering Councils committee on
the elimination of waste in in
dustry.
wallace. who has been director
of the Red Cross Institute for the
Blind in Baltimore. was selected by
Hoover to organize the councils
work. Ofices have been opened by
this committee in the Engineering
Societies Building. % West Thirty
ninth street. The personnel Of the
committee. in which all parts of the
country will be represented, will be
announced by Mr.. Hoover in a few
days.
The Syracuse meetings will bring
together engineers from every en-
gineering center in the State.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
President-eiect's Smile Is
Rival to Florida's
Sunshine.
MEXICAN POLICY
DISCUSSED ON TRIP
Household Makes Sixty
Mile Trip Down
Indian River.
by W. d. MACNAMEE.

HOTEL ORMOND, OrmOnd Beach
Fla, Jan. 23-Clad in white fiannels
and wearing a Panama hat pulled
down at a rakish angle, Preside mt :
elect Harding jumped nimbly ashore
, from the houseboat Victoria here
today after a sixty-miie trip down
the palm-fringed Indian River from
St. Augustine.
The widely advertised Florida ch-
mate put forth its best today and
the Harding smile was as genial
and warm as the sun overhead. Ac-
companied by his host, Senator Jo-
seph Frelinghuysen. of New Jersey;
St nator Albert B. Fall, OF Ne" Mex
leo: Henry P. Fletcher, former Am
bassador to Mexico, and George
Christian. his private secretary, the
President elect came ashore here
and motorcd down the beach to Day
tona. few miles distant. Harry NJ.
DauEherty was indispOsed and re-
mained on the hOuseboat.
At DaytOna the party picked up
Senator Albert B. Cummins, OF
Iowa. who is cOnval escinE from d
cent illness, and brought him back
to Ormond. Senator Cummins will
he a member of the houseboat party
for several days.
Stages Impromptu Reception.
Guests at the big hotels here
showed keen interest in the next
President and numbers followed
him down to the house boat where,
mounting on the deck. he stageo
an imprOmptu reception. \ Iittl ,
girl presented the President elect
Of
other stuck out chubby fist to
sucker in her right hand which she
refused to give up SO Senator
Harding laughingly obliged by
shaking the left hand. The party
remained ashore only a short time
and at 3 o'clock left for Rockledge
where they are due TO arrive about
noon tomorrow
r " tire -rat4>The-V Victoria is 7=oius'
down the coast 1t is probable the
Harding party will be able to strike
the tip Of Florida and return to
st. Augustine entirely by water and
this plan Will be followed il time
permits.
Mexican Policy Discussed.
During the trip Fail and Fletcher
are uuNtESNOOu 20 ia Nt oNAllHtu III
detail their views regarding the
future policy toward NJ MeXiCo. SEN
ator Fall is recognized authority
in the Senate on Mexican affairs
As Ambassador to Mexico, Flet-
cher was always an opponent Of the
methods of dealing with that Coun-
try employed by the present ad-
ministration. In this respect the two
are understood to be in perfect ac-
cord. although tn former Ambassa-
dor said Today he believed the OBJ
regon government was doing its
best and might bring order out Of
the chaos that has swept the south
eTn republic for a decade.
There is little doubt. however,
that the President-elect has re-
ceived a good deal Of expert advice
from these two close students or
Mexican affairs and that he was
counselled to use strong methods if
necessary, should trouble involving
American interests break out again.
a few hours after leaving Or
mond the househoat Victoria had
rudder trouble and ran her nose
into a shifting sand bank. but
pulled off under her own power apd
proceeded South.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
U. S. Due Credit for Relief.

ASBURN Park, n. J., Jan. q
America can Justly claim that she
has saved the lives Of $4,000 900
waits in Central Europe through
her relief agencies. Herbert Hoover
declared in an address here this
evening He said that immediate
aid for starving European children
is more important than sppropris-
tion for naval armament. Unless
America continues and increases her
relief, millions Of European chill
dren will die before the next year,
Hoover said.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
Washington WiHed Fine Art
Conservatory; Woman Says
Denver Musician Reveals" Fortune in Treas.
ury Left by Father of His Country"

DENVER, Jan. 23.-When George
Washington died. in 1899, it was
found that the Father Of his coun-
try" left $4,000 for the purpose OF
founding a national conservatory
of music. This money has been
held in trust for 121 years. drawing
compound interest, forgotten by all
save a little circle of musicians. The
principal has mounted to something
like $2.5OO,0OO untouched for more
than 100 years.
/ 1t was left for a Denver woman,
Mrs. Flourney Rivers, a teacher in
the Wolcott Conservatory of Music.
to start the ball rolling toward
utilizing this fund for the purpose
it was intended.
Last week Mrs. Rivers, in COM
pany with Walter Damrosch and
Eugene Ysaye. interviewed the
Preside cnt-elect Harding on the sub
ject and Mrs. Harding has promised
to put the project through.
Headquarters Here.
According to Mrs. Rivers, the
main institution will be located m
Washington, with various subinsti-
tuteS throughout the country. The
institute will provide for instruc-
tiOn | naach of tho fine arts-music.
painting and drama.
"Of course. ! was acquainted with
the facw of the fund willed to
music by the Father of Our Coun-
try. To begin with" Mrs Rivers
said, 81 wrote Mr.. Harding. telling
him that it seemed that 100 years
was about long enough to wait for
George Washingtons wishes to. be
carried out.
Mr.. Harding replied. saying he
was amazed to learn of this fund.
He invited me to confer with him"
Visit Mr.. Harding.
In company with Walter Dam
rosch, of New York, and the viO-
linist, Ysaye. Mrs. Rivers made the
trip to Marion, Ohio, a few days
ago and met the President-elect
I'VE conferred with him for about
an hour" Mrs. Rovers said, point
ing out that, inasmuch as estab-
ishment of the conservatory was
provided for in this special fund, it
could not interfere with the Re
publican policy of retrenchment.
He promised his support.
I'VE have made arrangements
with Senator Borah, of idaho, to
introduce the bill at the next ses-
sion of Congress.
Strong support in Congress for
President-elect Harding's project to
institute a national conservatory of
music is foreshadowed by Senator
Duncan U. Fletcher, of Florida. Be-
fore the late war Senator Fletcher
introduced bill providing for the
establishment of such an institu-
tion.
Washington heard yesterday with
lively interest that Mr.. Harding has
written to a woman in Denver,
promising to promote a plan for es-
tablishing the national conserva-
tory with funds left in the will of
George Washington" and now be-
lieved to be lodged in the United
States Treasury,
Fletcher Myxtifed,
Il aPm somewhat mystifed," said
Senator, Fletcher last night, "by this
reference to funds left by George
Washington. never heard of such
a bequest. Certainly no suggestion
OF 1t came UP when my bill was in
The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
Open and Closed Shop
No Issue, Says DaUiSOn

Antagonism against trade union
ism in this country is fosterod by
special interests opposed to public
interests and is promoted through d
series of false issues. +. c. Dawson.
general secretary and treasurer Of
tho International Association or
MaChinists, charged in the opcn
forum meeting in the Church Of Our
Father last night.
There is no such issue a. tho
open or closed shop" Dawson de-
Clared. These issues are raised by
a group seeking special privileges
and hiding behind the American
flag. They take issue to DESTROY
trade unionism. which fosters the
principles of public interests"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
City Club to Hear Plumb.

Glenn i. Plumb, founder and head
of the Plumb Plan League. will ad-
dress the weekly forum luncheon of
the City Club at 1880 p. m. wednes-
day at the clubhouse, Farragut
Square, on ''Tripsrtite Control of
the Railroads"
Edward A. Filene. of Boston. one
of the founders of the International
Chamber of Commerce, will lead the
discussion in a symposium on Fed
eral expenditures at the general
meeting of the club membership at
S p. m. Wednesday in the large ball
room of the New willard. %
The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
SHOOTS FLEEING
BARBER TODEATH
Fred Schnurr Slain as He
Rushes Into Doorway
To Dodge Pursuer.

Fred SchnUrr. a barber conduct
northwest and living at 1881 First
street northwest. was shot through
the head and instantly killed at
IL o'clock Saturday by a man who
leaped to the running board of a
machine that drew up as Schnurr,
panic stricken, attempted to dodge
into the doorway of DIR. II. P. Schild-
roth, at 1907 First street north
west
Schnurr is thought to have been
in flight after an alteration either
in his shop or some place nearby.
He was still clothed in his profess
sional white jumper and in his
pocket were several razors and a
hair-clipping machine. The brief
tableau of his hurried approach and
that of the death car which paral-
leled his footsteps silently, paused
a moment while the marksman
swung to the running board and
then whirled off, after a squirt Of
fame and a report, was witnessed
by Mrs. Schildroth from an upper
window. She and her husband
rushed to the front door, outside of
which lay SchnuIr.
Revenge as Motive.
In the dead mans pockets were
found SS5 in bills and SS93 in
change. Revenge, not robbery, is
ascrIbed as the motive by the po-
lice. They believe only two men
were in the automobile, a small
touring car.
After the body had been taken to
the morgue 1t lay for an hour un-
Identified, until two sons of the
dead man, Fred, jr.. clerk in the
Treasury Department, and Joseph,
appeared.
The murder had all the sinister