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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-31
BISHOP HARDING SPEAKS
AT PASTORS FEDERATION
Describes Convention of Episcopal
Clergy in London-Many Re-
ports Made at Meeting.

Relating the outcome of the grave
deliberatio ns resulting from the 1920
Lambeth conference held in London
during the past summer, Bishop Al
fred r. Harding addressed the month
ly meeting of the Pastors Federation
at New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church today.
Bishop Harding described the i'm
pressive scenes at Westminster Abbey,
at which 252 Episcopal bishops from
all parts of the world assembled.
Rev G. W. HUMPHREYS presided, and
after reports had been read from sew
eral committees Mrs. Nanette B. Paul
appealed to the federation for aid to
help erect a suitable museum for the
Nine. MountfNd biblical collection,
which she now possesses.
In response to an appeal from the
Near East Relief. the executive COM
mittee reported that communication
had been sent to the New York or
ganization. promising support to any
desire of that body that might be pre-
sented to the President or Congress.
4 petition calling for a better NOV
ing picture regulation for the Dis
trict Of Columbia was voted to be
sent to the District Commissioners.
Rev. H. W. o. Millington announced
that the Sunday rest bill had been
withdrawn from Congress, and blamed
the failure of the movement at this
time on the extreme methods used by
certain reforners. He said that the
idea would not die, however, and
when the proper time came steps
would be taken to carry the work on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-31
OPEN NEW W.,B.&A.
TERMINAL TODAY
First Cars Leave Station at
18th Street and New
York Avenue.

The new terminal for the Washing
ton. Baltimore and Annapolis railway
system. just completed at 18th street
and New York avenue northwest, was
opened at O'Clock this morning.
when the first car to use the new
loop pulled up to the loading plat
torn in the rear OF the station.
Inc abandonment of the old street
ttrlfihai ana ticket office at 18th
street and New York avenue. two
blocks away. in favor of the new
term lnai was not made the occasion
Tor formal ceremonies Only the
usNal mum Der of prospective passen-
Sers and few officials of the road
witnessed the departure of the first
ear.
Schedule Is Unchanged
No change in the regular schedule
now in force was made.
The new terminal is in charge a.
J. r. OFlaherty, district agent. Ths
routing of the trains over the loon
IS under the supervision of Carson
schumacher. superintendent of trans
portation.
The terminal comprises a ticket Of
nee. two large adjacent waiting rooms
and the loading space to the rean
The ticket office and waiting rooms
are located in the building at the
corner of 18th street and New YorS
avenue. which was extensively re-
modelled to provide the necessary IA
cilitieS.
Delays Are Avoided. J
officials said today that a noticeable
Improvement in the running of of the
schedu!e has been accomplished by
the change from the old terminaS
where frequent traffic delays were UNI
avoidable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-31
D. c. BILLS FAVORED
IN SENATE REPORTS
Four on Which Committee
Action Is Taken to Go
to Upper Branch.

Four bills of inters.t to the Dis
trict of Columbia were ordered re-
ported to the Senate favorably by
the District committee today, includ-
ing a House bill to provide for the
redistribution of general taxes and
special assessments payable on real
estate in cases of subdivision or
sales of land.
The other measures favorabiy re-
ported are:
A bill introduced by Senator Dill
bingham of Vermont to authorize the
Water street between 21st and I'D
streets, SO as to improve the site
selected for the million dollar build
ing which is to be erected by the
National Academy of Sciences.
House bill to authorize corpora
tons in the District of Columbia to
change their names.
A House bill to provide for the
conveyance of lots on the low grounds
of Washington. d. G.
Child Labor Bill Postponed.
1t had been planned to take up the
Curtis-Gard child labor bill at the
session of the committee today. but
Senator Pomerene of Ohio, who has a
number of amendments to propose to
that bill, was unable to be present
It was arranged that Senator Jones
OF Washington. who has the child la
Dor bill in charge. and Senator Pomer-
enc should confer with regard to the
measure and at some later date the
committee would be called together to
pass upon the result of their work
1t is possible this meeting will be
held later this week.
The '1ow grounds referred to in
the bill providing for the conveyance
OF lots on the low grounds of Wash
ington were in the old days drained
by Tiber creek.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-31
ADMIT HOUSEKEEPING.
Two Men Arrested for Entering
Stores on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Several charges of HOUSEKEEPING
have been preferred against two
Young men who were arrested about
1870 O'Clock this morning by De-
tective Salkeld of the first precinct
and Special Policeman William Young
They gave their names as Edward
James Matthewson and Joseph Davis
Hanny, Matthewson saying he had
been arrested in Galveston. Tex,
some time ago, held for investigation
and released.
They were arrested this morning, 1t
is charged, after they had entered the
place of business of the Dwinell-
Wright Coffee Co. 902 Pennsylvania
avenue. and the lunchroom of P. J.
O'Keefe in the adjoining building.
Detective Salkeld fired several shots
at the fleeing men before frightening
them int osubmission.
Taken to police headquarters today
and questioned by Detectives Swee-
ney. Baur and Keck, the prisoners are
said to have admitted entering six
business houses the past few weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-31
FLAMES CAUSE $4,000
DAMAGE AT BRICK PLANT
Buildings of District Company on
Bladensburg Road Destroyed
After Recent Rebuilding.

Buildings of the District Tile and
Brick Company, Bladensburg road
and Meigs place northeast. were de-
stroyed by fire last night about 10
O'Clock. The plant is about 500 yards
east of Bladensburg road, at a point
where the tracks of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company cross that thor
oughfare. The police estimate the
damage at $4,000.
c. A. Christensen, 2035 Bladensburg
road. superintendent of the building,
reached the plant soon after the fire
was discovered. No. &c engine COM
pany made quick response to an
alarm sounded from a box on Bladens-
burg road. A second alarm sum
moned additional fire companies. but
the delay in getting water from the
nearest plug. some distance away
permitted the fire to gain much head
way.
1t was impossible for the firemen to
prevent the destruction of several
buildings and damage to machinery
They saved the boilers, however. they
reported. Firemen remained on the
scene until after daybreak.
The plant was closed during part of
the period of the war, it is stated. and
recently was rebuilt and remodeled
Galvanized iron and wood were used
in the construction of most of the
buildings that were destroyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-31
TEN WOMEN AND IS. MEN
ARE ADMITTED TO D. C.. BAR
Blind Candidate From Soldiers Home
Given Ovation-Justice Mccoy Pre-
sides-Names of New Lawyers.

Massachusetts,; J. J, Hronik. Iowa
Hyland r. Johns. New York: L. 3.
kagan, Massachusetts: Francis j.
Kelly, District of Columbia: Joseph
W. kfmbel. Pennsylvania; Lester A.
Lawrence. District of Columbia;
bia; Norman l.. Landers. Iowa: George
P. Lemm. Minnesota; A B. Lindsay.
Virginia: William R. Layne. Ken
lucky; Mrs. Lucy Rains Manning,
oklahoma; John J. Mccarthy, Dis
trict of Columbia; John F. Myers, Dis
Indiana; Warren McLaine, District
of Columbia; Richard V. Mat
tingly, District of Columbia;
Walter Mandry, Missouri; Hugh c.
mccarthy. Montana; Andrew Markhus,
Idaho; Charles r. Mccoy, District of
Ralph A. Norton, District of Columbia
Frank y. O'Connell, District of Co
lumbia: John F. Latko OIeary, Wis
consin: Dennis p. OConnor. Connect
cut; Bertha f. Pabst, New York; Ed
ward J.. Pearlove, Minnesota; Herbert
New Jersey; Mary J. Raymond. Dis
trict of Columbia; Daniel L. Richey.
District of Columbia: Eske D. Rupert,
Pennsylvania: Mark J. Ryan, New
York: William Edward Springer,
Maryland; J. II. Sheppard, Delaware
samuel NJ. Shlpman, pennsylvania; J.
Kimba1l Smith. Utah; George f.
Strong, Kansas; Francis W. Steele,
West Virginia; Bernie Ray Stewart,
North Carolina; Paul Sanders, Illinois
Louis G. Taylor, District of Columbia:
John William Taylor, Virginia; Samuel
Alexander Warren, Oregon; Emma
Wegener. Wisconsin,; Harry T. Whe-
Ian, New York; Andrew W. White,
South Carolina; Richard F. WEIGH,
New Hampshire; Russell A. Warner,
New York; Virginius F. Williams,
North Carolina; Lester Wood, Utah,
and J. Calvin Yeatter. District of Co
llMnbia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-31
SCHOOLS READY TO TAKE
CARE OF PROMOTIONS
All Arrangements Completed for
Reorganization of System
Tomorrow.

All arrangements for the reorgani-
cation of the public school system
tomorrow, due to the midyear pro-
motions. were completed today by
school authorities. Nineteen addi-
tional teachers were appointed to or
ganize new classes to start tomorrow
and to fill existing vacancies. Four
of these new teachers We're grad
uated from the Wilson Normal School
Saturday.
The inception of the second semes-
ter tomorrow will find all of the
white high schools operating on a
two-shift system in order to accom-
modate the large enrollments. 1t is
estimated that approximately 900 pu-
pills promoted from the graded
schools are to enter the already over
crowded senior institutions.
School officials expressed the be-
lief that overcrowding in the ele-
mentary schools will not be more
serious than during the first semes-
ter 1t was stated that a few iso-
lated cases of congestion more seri-
Gus than at present may arise, due to
the Shift in population. But, in gen
eral, officers feel that the graded
school conditions will not change
materially.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-31

New lawyers to the number of
ninety-flve were created today when
the successful candidates from the
recent examinations were admitted to
practice before the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia A session
of the court in general term was held,
with Chief Justice Mccoy presiding,
and all the associate justices present.
John Paul Earnest, chairman of the
bar examiners, moved the admission
of the candidates, of whom ten were
women and eighty-five men.
For the first time in the history of
the court a blind man was admitted
to the bar. He is Louis G. Taylor, a
resident Of the Soldiers Home, who
lost his sight while fighting in his
country's service in the Philippine
Islands. Despite this handicap, Elk
aminer Earnest told the court Mr..
Taylor passed an examination that
would have done credit to one pos
sessing all his faculties
Blind Lawyer Applnuded.
AS the blind soldier took the oath
the crowded courtroom, throwing de-
corum to the winds. burst into a
round of applause, which the court
did not reprove.
Chief Justice Mccoy in welcoming
his intention not to say anything be-
yond the mere welcome, but the ad
mission of Mr.. Taylor had changed
his mind. This man." said the chief
justice. has overcome one of the most
serious handicaps of life. There is
an old saying that None are so blind
as those who won't see and hope
you all will have your moral sight
as you go through the practice of
your profession"
List Of Those Admitted.
"A complete list of those admitted
today includes Harriet II. Barbour
Oregon: William J. Bowman, Massa-
chusetts; Walter l.. Brown, Arkansas;
Joseph II. Bryant, Utah; James T.
Brady, Massachusetts; Frank M
Bradbury. District of Columbia; Rus
Brock, Ohio; Capt. Arthur w. Beer,
California; James B. Barton, Utah:
Frank ]. Bergin, Ohio; Rowena U.
Compton, Indiana; Barnum l.. Cotton.
North Carolina; Jerome Gregory Cliff
ford, New Jersey; Thomas Francis
Cullen. District of Columbia; John N.
Cramer. New York: Byron B. Ceilings,
District of Columbia: Harry Cohen,
Massachusetts,; Ralph E. Chiffon. vir-
ginia; James c. Caffrey, Pennsylvania;
Calvin Clarke, Kentucky; Michael F..
Cronin, Iowa; Robert M. Carswell,
Delaware; M. L. Dee, New York; Jen-
ME Plotkin Deckelman, Maryland; O.
II. Dicke, Illinois; Grace M. Eddy,
wisconsin; F. F. Edinburg, Cali
fornia; George H Foster, Indiana;
Glenn E. Feeney, District Of Columbia
Charles M. Frey, Nebraska; William
J. Flynn, California; Julian G. Gibbs,
Maryland; John w. Gulledge, North
land; Lyman NJ. Goldstein. District Of
Columbia: M. Antoinette D. Heckmer,
West Virginia: Eugene J. Holland. H.
linois; John Owen Hendry, Florida;
Paul E. Hadlick, Minnesota; Cato B.
Hurd, Indiana; Irving Joseph Heath,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-31
QUESTIONS COURT RIGHT
TO DISBAR ATTORNEY
Soterios Nicholson Said to Have
Been Pardoned by Presi-
dent Wilson.

Disbarment proceedings against
Soterios Nicholson. a local attorney.
were interrupted today. when Attor-
ney Levi Coke for the accused lawyer
raised the point that while Nicholson
had been convicted in Detroit of Z
conspiracy charge and paid a finl
of $1,000. he had been pardoned b1
President Wilson and this act of ex1
ecutive clemency took from the Dis.
trict Supreme Court all authority to
disbar Nicholson. The proceedings
brought by the grievance committee
of the bar are based on this convic-
ton.
Chief Justice Mccoy continued the
hearing and gave counsel two weeks
in which to present a brief on the
merits of the case and on his connec-
ton with a transcript of the proceed
ings in the Michigan court
The entire membership Of the Dis.
trict Supreme Court was assembled
in general term this morning for the
hearing.
The defense claimed that the United
States Supreme Court in the Garland
case had ruled that nobody had a
right to go behind the pardon by the
President and inflict further punish
ment for the act condoned. The
grievance committees representative
made the point that the pardon did
not restore a mans character.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-31
TEN RECEIVE DIPLOMAS.
Midyear Exercises Held at West
ern High School.

Diplomas were presented to ten
graduates of Western High School by
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
of schools, at the midyear commence
ment exercises today in the audi
torium Of the institution.
The address to the graduates was
delivered by Dr. W. c. Ruediger, dean
of the teachers college of George
Washington University. DR.. Abram
Simon, president of the board OF edu-
cation, presided. The invocation was
by Rev. J. ]. Dimon, rector of st. An
drews' Protestant Episcopal Church.
The graduates are Pauline Ayres.
Merton Fremont Dake, Dasie Sinclair
Gerhauser, Dorothy Gilbert, Anna
Gray Henry, Gertrude Marie Hunter,
Edith Mott Rooms, Mary Elizabeth
Schereschewsky, Esther Gould Smith
and Grace Madolin Wise.
An elaborate musical program was
given by the Western High Schoo!
Orchestra, under the direction OF
Mrs. Frank Byram and a double
quintet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-31
JOHNSON DEMANDS
LIGHT ON TREATY
Shidehara-Morris Pact Given
Out in Japan, Sena-
tor Asserts.

People of western states are "en-
titled to know and know now" what
disposition of the Japanese settlement
problem is made in the tentative
Shidehara Morris treaty. Senator
Johnson, republican, California. de-
clared today in formal statement.
He reiterated that the treaty in effect
repeats the California alien land laws.
Senator Johnson added that press
reports ''purporting to emanate from
authoritative sources" confirmed his
belief that the repeal of the anti-alien
that Secretary of State Colby "is mis-
informed" in denying it.
Mr.. Johnson's Statement.
The statement follows:
THE Secretary of State says that
my comment upon the tentative
agreements made by Ambassadors
Shidehara and Morris Is based upon
an erroneous assumption and that
the dangers which l suggest do not
present themselves in those agree
ments. My comment was induced by
press reports purporting to emanate
from authentic sources. From these
stated a treaty had been tentatively
agreed upon which in effect repealed
the California alien land laws.
The Secretary of State says in sub
stance this is not so. Either the press
reports are erroneous or Mr.. Colby
is misinformed. l am constrained to
believe that Mr.. Colby is in error.
But a controversy between the
Secretary Of State and myself as to
what is contained in the report Of
Morris is of no conse-
Quence. The contents of the report
are all-important Mr. Colby has the
report. The people Of the west, to
whom this subject is of paramount
are entitled to know what
that report contains.
BEING Discussed in Japan.
yesterday it was discussed at
length in Japan. Our people should
not have to await its detail through
Japanese news channels. 1t is not
SUFFICIENT that the representatives
from California OF the foreign rela-
lions committee, under a promise of
secrecy, should finally know what dis
position is intended to be made Of the
AGRICULTURAL lands Of California and
other western states. The people Of
these western states are entitled to
know 1T, and entitled to know 1t now.
'"The grave question here is not
whether 1 am right in saying that a
treaty has been presented which in
effect repeats our alien land laws, or
whether Mr.. Colby is right in saying
that no such draft of a treaty has been
presented. The matter is far beyond
any personal controversy. The ques-
ton is, what has been done on the
subject in which the west is most in
terested and which most intimately
concerns the VESTS future. And the
west should be told forthwith"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-31
PANIC MAY RESULT
FROM BANKRUPTING
ROADS, BOARD TOLD
lcontinued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
normal rules and working conditions
would be . distinct violation Of the
promises of President Wilson to In
vestors OF railway securities when
the carriers were taken over by the
Federal Railroad Administration in
December, 1917, Mr.. Atterbury de-
clared. Investors we're guaranteed,
he said, that their rights and inter-
ests would be scrupulonsly guarded
by the government an they had been
by the directors OF the rail systems,
and that federal control would be ear
ried on with as little disturbance as
possible OF the personnel OF the roads.
Conditional upon the abrogation Of
the national agreement by the labor
board, the roads ask in addition that
the basic rates for unskilled labor,
fixed at 80 to 4Sh cents per hour In
diately retracted. The plea is made
than inasmuch as rates for unskilled
labor in ether Industries have been
greatly reduced since the award be-
came effective. the higher scale on
the railroads works to the disadvan-
with crave injustice upon the great
body Of our farmers"
The appeal Of the railway exec
utives IL concluded with the declAra-
ton that "in our jud gment, unless the
proposed measures be taken prompt
shortly develop in which orderly pro-
cedure will become entirely impossi-
BILE"
Board SuEEests CoafeFence.
Gen. Atterbury.s proposals. brought
out a discussion between him and Judge
r. NJ. Barton, chairman Of the board.
and Henry T. Hunt Of Cincinnati, pub
lie representative on the federal organ
iZation.
The board members suggested that the
roads and their employees confer, but
Gen. Atterbuu thought such a pro-
cedure would result in unW1rrantea de-
Finally Judge Barton ruled that the
board would have to consider the pro-
posal for immediate action in an ex-
ecutive session and meanwhile tho pro-
cedure of the hearing would be con-
unued
The transportation act says that a
conference should be held on any sub
jecf likely to interrupt SERVICE" sug-
gested Mr.. Hunt. Il think you should
take up in conference with tho en-
pleyes the conditions you have pre-
sented here. 1t would render the la
boris of the board more productive"
so far as the railroads are con-
cerned." replied Gen. Atterbury, I'VE
feel that We cannot get together. The
views of the two sides are so radically
opposed that no good could possibly
come from such a conferences"
do you mean. then. that tho board
should adjourn its present hearing
and take up your proposals 1mmedf-
ately?" asked Judge Barton
Tho situation is so urgent that I
think that would be tho only proper
course answered Gen. AfterNury.
Mr.. Hunt remarked that B. M. Jew.
ell Of the railroad employees depart
ment Of tho American Federation Of
Labor had told him recently that the
brotherhosds would be GLAD to 70
into conference with railroad repre-
natives"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-31
PRESIDENT TO SIGN
BILLS Az CAPITOL
Will Wade Through Mass of
Measures There ON Inau-
guration Day.

President Wilson will not only ride
with President elect Harding to the
Capitol on March :. but he will go 10
the Presidents room and wade
through the mass of bills and reso-
lutions awaiting his last minute"
signature
In letting this be known today at
The White House. it was said that the
FreSIdent is determined in his desire
10 carry out this program. unless his
physical condition has Il setback in
the meantime. ON several occasions
he has made known his desire to ride
to the Capitol with his successor. but
the fact that he intends to leave the
automobile and dive into the great
stack of waiting legislation came as
considerable of n surprise when he
let it be known today.
viii Re Taxed to ltmest.
In the meantime Mr.. Wilson will be
taxed to his very utmost. 1t is known
that he is extremely anxious to COM
pletely clear his desk and shelves of
pending matters before his admin
istration ends. There has been a
natural accumulation of unfinished
public business in the Presidents Of
flee. due to his long illness, but his
health is said to have improved to
the extent where he can apply him
self to this routine work for several
hours a day without fear of any in
furious effect. In this connection it
was minated today that he will this
week dispose Of the 1881 00 Army bill.
which is now before him, as well as
put his signature to "A tremendous
batch of Army promotions and post
master appointments. Besides these
routine matters Mr.. Wilson will re
ceive a number of government Off
Gals within the next month to dis
pose of pending departmental and
foreign questions which have been
hanging fire for some time.
Admiral Grayson Improves.
What time he has to spare win be
given to his cabinet and to his per-
sonal affairs. The principal feature
of 'he latter is naturally the publem
of moving his and Mrs Wilson's per-
sonal belongings from the White
House to their new home of S street
and supervising of the repairs and
alterations and the furnishing of the
latter. However. these latter duties
will be attended to almost exclusively
by Mrs. Wilson.
1t also was made known at the
White House today that Rear Admiral
Cary Grayson, the Presidents private
physician who has been confined to
his home at 10th and r streets for
nearly two weeks because of a severe
attack of la gripped, is much i'm
proved. and should be out of the house
with few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-31
NAVY OF 100000
REGULARS URGED
in NEW MEASURE

Reduction of the Nays enlisted
personnel to a maximum of 100000
men. as compared with a present
possible maximum of $4,000, is
provided for in the naval appro-
priation bill, to be reported to the
House tomorrow.
II adopted the wedding out
process will begin July l, the
start Of the new fiscal year. Chair
man Kelley of the subcommittee
which framed the bill. expressed
belief that 100000 men would be
sufficient and that the Navy would
be put on "a regular man basis"
with elimination of thousands of
boys now in service.
The committee was said to have
made no changes in the continuing
building program. with the pos
sible exception of Il slight slow
ing up of the work.