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The Washington times., 1921-03-31

House. Each State member Of the
committee votes the full vote Of
the Republicans in the State dele
cation.
WILL ADOPT RULES.
Congressman Frank w. Mondell. of
Wyoming. House Republican leader.
Is chairman of the Committee on
Committees. Recommendation for the
assignments OF the 3Ol Republican
members of the new House was made
10 the General Committee by a
speciai committee consisting OF Mon
dell, Mann, Illinois, and Moores, In
diana
Committee assignments for the 1872
Democrats in the new House will be
made by the Democratic members OF
the Ways and Means Committee who
constitute the Democratic Committee
oil Committees. CongressmaR Claude
hitchin, Democratic leader, Is chair
man of this committee:
The selections of committee members
thus made viii be presented to the House
for ratification on April IL, after the
House has organized by the election
of speaker and other officers, and
doopteu TuIcS loT tnt coHuuSt VI It's
business.
Chairman of the committees will
he Republicans as that party will or
ganize the House. The man to be
chairman will be named specifically
In the resolution for ratification of
committee selections to be presented
ny Leader Mondell.
INCREASE REPUBLICANS.
Because OF the great preponder-
ence of Republicans over Democrats
in the new House the number of Re-
publicans on committees will be- in
creased and of Democrats decreased
from the numerical ratio of the last
Congress. The average ratio adopted
for the new House is little less
than three Republicans to one Demo
crat. The Democrats have no voice
in determining this ratio of committee
representation.
There will be few changes in COM
n:ittee chairmanships from the last
Congress, although many changes in
committee personnel. One of the i'm
portant chairmanship changes will be
that OF the Committee on Interstate
ard Foreign Commerce. This was
made necessary by the defeat for
denomination of John J. Esch, Of
Wisconsin, the former chairman. He
is to be succeeded by Congressman II
Winslow, of Massachusetts,.
The Washington times., 1921-03-31
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HOUSE CHIEFS
Majority Meets Monday to
Select Chairman and Com
mittees for Next Session.

Republican members and chair
men Of the ffty-six standing COM
nittees Of the House will be
selected by the Republican COM
mittee on committees next Monday.
The Committee on Committees is
made up of one Republican Com
gressman from each State having
a Republican representative in the
The Washington times., 1921-03-31

Elinor Glyn, famous author OF "Thre~
weeks" gives The Cure For Vanity" In
the third Lesson In Love which appears In
The sunday Times. Howard Chandler
Christy illustrates this article, 30 you know
u must be good.
The Washington times., 1921-03-31
An Invitation

You are invited to visit our
Foot Comfort Department
and have an X-ray taken of
the position of your foot in
your shoe and consult our
foot-titting specialist
The Washington times., 1921-03-31

tally dts royed by 6re Tuesday night.
The fire was o: ar undetermined ori-
gin and Uie Tors viii be about $50 900.
Mr. Turber,ille's place 10 sbout four
miles from Fairfax. Va.
The Washington times., 1921-03-31

Webster l.. Thompson and wife
have bought from Robert II. csnaday
and wife q house and lot on the north
side OF Gibbon street.
The Washington times., 1921-03-31

A recital OF Irish songs will be
given at the Home for the Aged this
evening by Mrs. Matte Wade Woolls.
The Dreadnaueht Athletic Club last
evening held an athletic carnival at
The Washington times., 1921-03-31

Mt. vernon Council. No. y, Daugh
ters or America. last evening he'd an
oyster supper at the Young Peoples
building on South Washington street.
The Washington times., 1921-03-31

~ Mrs. /. Wilbur Reed. the president.
She states that in a short time an
x-ray plant VIII be installed In the
hospital.
The Washington times., 1921-03-31

j. Il. Turberville. OF CentervilIe
Fairfax county. reports that hii
dwelling, stable and garage were to.
The Washington times., 1921-03-31

The forty-eighth annual report OF
the Alexandria Hospital. just pub
lished. contains a review of the work
done by the hospital during the year
The Washington times., 1921-03-31

the opera house. which was largely
attended.
The Washington times., 1921-03-31

Bible Glass and the officers OF the
newly organized w. r. Watson Me-
mortal PhiIathea Glass, OF the First
Baptist Church. win be Installed this
evening at s o'clock.
The Washington times., 1921-03-31
NEWS OF ALEXANDRIA
AND NEARBY VIRGINIA

Irish Song Recital at Home for
Aged This Evening.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. March 31.-Of-
ficers OF the J. X. N. Curtin Memorial
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-02-15

Warrenite- Bitulithic Pavement through
it. density and inherent stability stands
out - signal achievement in the street.
paving industry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-02-15
4 Conl,e Nescrip tion

In the efforts to provide ferman 4nt roadway which
would accommodate the necessities of neyassng traffic
ndisons, many forms construction have oeen used in
astnE Mo0d Dlo18 sranite block, sheet asphalt,
mad &2A Qislaeaon Of asphalt and sand and
sass@ 5onerefe All these various forms of
AZ faen short of the qualities of the
idea paven established by such experts road
strug ton as fillson md Baker.
Municir Engineering" is authority for the following
il showig comparative merits Of asphalt, brick and
81TULITHIC with the ideal pavement based standards
from the authorities indicated:
Street Passments and Paving Materials"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-02-15

Warren Brothers Go. have built approximately 10, 600
miles Of 16-foot highway
This paving laid every state in the union and every
province in Canada also South America Philippine Islands,
Japan and many countries in Europe
It's record showst has the lowest maintenance any
ment on the market.
The Southern Roads Company is just completing 20 miles
of paving in Jefferson county, oneha Of the cost being
paid by the county, balance by Federal Highway Depart
ment
This paving has proven very successful for resurfacng
old macadam roads and streets.
The city Of Birmingham has about 40 miles of Warrene
Bitulthic Streets about half Of which laid macadam
foundations and are from 10 to II years Old
This type Of construction asavng to the taxpayers OF 20
per cent.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
WOMAN, ILL, FOUND
.SENSELESS IN Street
Police Seek Identity Of Victim Of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. En-
veIope Is Only Clue.

Found unconscious in front Of 126
New York avenue northwest, q woman.
believed by the police to be Julia
Wholihan, aged fifty. housekeeper at
the Logan Hotel, Iowa circle. was re-
moved to Emergency Hospital last
night.
An envelope found in tho woman's
purse bore q blurred address of 909
G. street southwest, and was addressed
Julia Wholihan." Investigation by
the police, however. snow that there
Is no such street address.
John J. Wholihan. COS. Lamont
street northwest, told the police that
he had q sister named Julia Wholihan
residing in Washington ana answer
ing the description Of the woman
found. but that~he had not seen her
for moro than a year. Wholihan de-
clared that he did not know where his
sister lived nor where she worked.
Up to an early hour this morning
neither the police nor Wholihan had
identified the woman. Hospital in
ternes at Emergency state the woman
will live. She 10 said to be suffering
from acute indigestion.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
GR|D|R0N CLUB
Makes MERRY
At ANNUAL FETE
President Harding, Chief Justice
:, Taft, and Foreign DipIo-
mats Among Speakers.

Surprising in distinction even the
royal receptions of the Old World. the
annual winter dinner Of the Wash
ington Gridiron Club tonight took rank
with Americas foremost diplomatic
fetes. President Harding and his Cab
met headed guest list which in
cluded delegations from the five
great powers to the Armament Con.
ference, the Diplomatic Corps and
leaders In every walk of life.
Under the clubs star chamber
rules, the speeches of all guests were
held inviolate. President Harding.
Chief Justice Taft, of the Supreme
Court and spokesman for each or the
foreign delegations were among the
speakers.
The affair was humorous In the
main through burlesQues on every
topic Of international moment. The
feature was a wireless instrument
which recorded the movements OF the
good ship Normally" =.
A number of tho messages"
read: Running on even keel. Every.
tody singing. Our smoke screen Is
working fine"
This message relayed via NIL
waukee and st. Louis. Three miles
off shore. Deep water. No bars
Real Admiral Wayne Wheeler at the
helm. Whew. how the wind blows!
Still at sea. via Birmingham. Now
steering by Northern lights. Gold
southern winds"
"Ship rolling heavy. LAter-mys
terry solved. Chief engineer George
Harvey Ia rocking the boat"
At an impromptu book stall, the
80 Ii all y
Tumulty, H. Wickham Steed, the Lon
don publisher, and other notables were
displayed. As each book was an
noupced. the author made q short
reply to humorous introductions.
Here's that, oh, what know
about Woodrow Wilson, by Joseph
L. Tumulty," was the Introduction
given the former Presidents secre-
tary.
Tho foreign delegations laughed
heartily when a key was found tagged.
Key to the back door of the League
of Nations. To be slipped In the
pocket Of Secretary Hughes when he
Is not looking"
Among the guests were tho ambas-
sailors of France, Belgium, Japan.
Italy. and Great Britain and ministers
from Portugal, China and the Neither
lands, former ambassadors Hugh c.
Wallace and David r. Francis, General
Pershing. Rear Admiral Hugh Rod
man, Rear Admiral Henry Wilson and
Governor Allen of Kansas.
A delegation of Senators and Con-
gressmen. foreign correspondents to
the conference. publishers, railway ex-
ecutives. financiers. industrial leaders.
executive heads of Government depart
ments and representatives of all the
leading newspapers were also present.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
TODAY

When weaving and spinning ma
chinery was first invented, they
had to fortify factories in Eng.
land to keep workmen from tear
ing them down.
Machines will take the bread
from our mouths" said the
workers. They know now that
machines gave cheaper clothing
to users, higher wages to work
ers, employed more men and
women.
A trip to China teaches us that
"honest hearts and willing hands"
do not amount to so much as in
ventive. ing enious. executive mind
to direct them. Chinese have
hearts honest, hands willing. and
they live as beasts Of burden.
Genius that builds locomotives.
harnesses electricity and steam.
invents labor-saving machinery,
plans tho rolling mill where steel
rails run along Of themselves
from the big red-hot ingot to the
finished product, has a good deal
to do with human happiness and
with labor's prosperity.
In China you learn that 1t takes
directing. planning individuals to
lift up the mass. The mass some
times forgets that. as in Russia.
In the United States you learn
that it takes intelligence in the
mass. working through the ballot
box for its own protection. to pre-
vent exceptional intelligence from
taking everything above a mere
living for workers. e.
Chinese labor. insisting that
capital and machinery shall not
interfere with its sacred right to
carry freight on its back. is about
as intelligent as American citizens
allowing freight carriers. street
car owners, and bribers Of Off
cials to tax them to the limit.
and give them bad service in re-
turn.
We could probably learn from
the Chinese as they from US.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
VIRGINIA HARRISON To
MARRY CHICAGO MAN
Washington Society Girls We'd
ding to Take Place In
Spain Next Year.

A cablesram to friends here yester-
day from Francis Burton Harrison.
formerly governor Of the Philippines,
who is now in Spain, announced the
engagement Of his daughter. vir-
ginia Randolph Harrison. a Washing
ton belle, to Christian Cross, Of Chi
cago. The marriage will take place
at Algeciras. Spain, next year.
Miss Harrison after tho death Of
her grandmother q year ago made
her home with friends on / street
She went abroad in the summer to
toin her father. Miss Harrison's
introduction to society took place last
season In New York after II had been
delayed some months by herr grand
mothers death.
Francis Burton Harrison stirred
society a little more than two years
ago, when. q few hours after he had
obtained q divorce from his second
wife. he was married in Chicago to
Miss Elizabeth Wrentmore, an eight
teen-year-old society girl, Of Berkeley.
Cal. Mr.. Harrison's marriage to the
girl, who was younger than his
daughter, drew strong opposition from
the brides family. Fairfax Harrison.
president of the Southern Railway. is
a brother Of tho former Philippine
official.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Students Must Swim to
Get Bachelors Degree

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Dec. To-
Brown students, in order to receive
n bachelors degree, must become
familiar with water, either salt or
fresh, This became known when an
nouncement was made that SIN per
cent of the student body had passed
their swimming tests-one Of the re-
quirements for q bachelors degree.
The swimming instructor has a
large class of students, and the in
dicatiops are that the remainder Of
the student body will pass the tests
before the end Of the year.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
CORONER To PROBE
DEATH OF D|IW|DD|E
Seeks Facts in Case Of CIaren-
don Banker Run Down
by Trolley.
CLARENDON Dec 1o-coro

CLARENDON. Dec. 10.-Coroner b.
II. Swain, Of Arlington county, with
N. A. Rees, William Morgan, j. o.
Hines, j. Gardner Orrison, George
Sebastian and N. c. Saffell, sworn as
a coroner's jury, last night viewed
the body Of Marshall l.. Dinwiddie
secretary-treasury Of the Clarendon
Trust Company, who was struck by q
Washington and Virginia trolley and
killed at Arlington Junction earlier
in the day.
Mr.. Dinwiddie. who resided in
Alexandria, was on his way to Claren.
don and in changing cars at Airing.
ton Junction was struck by Falls
Church division electric which frac.
tured his skull. He died a half hour
later at the Emergency Hospital in
Washington.
After viewing the body the coro,
ner's jury adjourned until Tuesday
night, when evidence regarding the
tragedy will be heard In the Fort
Myer Heights courthouse
The board of directors Of the Claren-
don Trust Company met last night to
take action on the death Of Mr.. Din
widdie. who was making all arrange
ments to open the new bank here De.
cember Is. Inasmuch as the bank
directors had made extensive arrange
ments for opening the institution at
the time stated they felt obliged to
carry through the plans IL possible
As a result 1t was decided to try and
borrow the services OF Charles ID.
Boyer. as acting secretary-treasurer
Mr.. Boyer is now assistant cashier of
the Federal National Bank, Of Wash
ington.
Tho directors will attend the
funeral services for Mr.. Dinwiddie in
q body.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Early Ratification
of Agreement by
Senate Is Predicted
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service.

With one swift stroke the four
Great Powers of the world yesterday
kicked the obnoxious Anglo-Japansse
Alliance into the International ash
heap. and substituted a short docu-
ment of $50 words, designed to end
for ten years. probably for a great
deal longer. the overhanging menace
Of war in the Pacific.
Under the terms Of this new four
powered pact, given to and approved
by the world yesterday, the govern
ments of the United States, Great
Britain, japan and France agree to
respect the rights of each other in the
Pacific, and not to go to war over dis
putes that may arise until they have
completely threshed out the matter in
common conference.
II the interests of any one Of the four
powers Is menaced by an outsider,
then the four treaty powers will
Communicate fully and frankly" with
one another over how this menace IL to
be met and overcome.
Only the attachment Of signatures
on behalf Of the United States, Japan.
Great Britain and France, and the
ratification of the treaty by the neces.
sary agencies of each government,
remain to be accomplished before tho
treaty becomes operative.
The actual signing will take place
IN soon as the United States and
Japan reach an agreement concerning
Yap-now almost completed. Little
difficulty IL anticipated with regard TO
ratification.
The authorized spokesman for the
four foreign powers directly concerned
formally accepted the treaty on be-
half of their governments. the four
minor powers Indirectly concerned ex.
pressed their approval Of 1t, and as for
the United States Senate. there is no
ono in Washington who believes that
the Senate will turn down that which
its own majority leader sponsored be-
meeting yesterday.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Continued from First Page.)
where more toomen than mon car.
NJ freight up the hill.

From the deck Of his steamer in
a Chinese port Mr. Rockefeller saw
the ship coal bunkers filled by hu-
man labor. $50 strenuous is the
struggle for life and bare living,
the work was done by Chinese
men and women, ten women to one
man, more rapidly, according to
the ships officers, than it could
be done by machinery elsewhere.)
Barges came alongside the ship.
On each barge were about twenty
women and two or three men. The
men shoveled coal into wickerwork
baskets The women stood in line
from the coal pile to the hole in
the ships side passing the heavy
baskets of coal from one to the
other until the coal was dumped
in the ships bunker, to be turned
into steam.
Steadily, hour after hour, I'M
til the work is done, women
stand passing the heavy baskets
women in this country could
not lift one Of them. They do
this work regardless of child.
bearing and other conditions.
They MUST do it. Custom has
hardened them. The women are
very powerful and stand straight
as they work.
All Of us would be enlightened
by a trip to China, including
some that oppose labor-saving
machinery that takes the bread
from the mouths of workers"
Also those that cut down labor's
product, "to help labor" In
China, according to Mr.. Rookie
Teller, machinery, as we use it
in many lines. could not compete
there. Those Chinese women
carry bricks up the steep hill
side at less cost per ton than
powerful trucks, highly paid
drivers, expensive tires, and gas
oline could haul them (if indeed
the trucks could make the
grade).
The cog wheel street railway
carrying passengers only, and
workers by threat Of riot main
tanning their position as beasts
of burden. indicate that wisdom
Of the workers is not always
perfect, and Chinese workers are
not different from others.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Withdrawal of
British Troops
in Erin Started

ALDERSHOT, Eng, Dec: 10.
PREPARATIONS were begun
here today for the i'm
mediate arrival of 5000 Brit
ish troops from Ireland. The
biggest military depot in the
United Kingdom is located
LONDON, Dec. 10.-It was
reported from Dublin this
afternoon that Cardinal Logue.
primate of Ireland, will sum-
mon a meeting Of bishops at
Maynooth next week to recon-
mend ratification Of the Irish
peace treaty.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
8-Year-Old Boy, Hit
BY Auto. Near Death

While crossing the street In fiont
Of his home yesterday. eight-year-old
George F. Binns. 1887 M street north.
west. was struck by an automobile
and suffered a fracture Of the skull.
1t Ii feared he may not live.
The police say John Il. Benson, of
Bethesda, Nd. was operating the ma
chine.
The boy IL receiving treatment at
Georgetown University Hospital
Benson Is detained at the Seventh
precinct.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
DRIVE STARTS
FOR IMPROVED
BUSINESS HIGH
Parents and Alumni to Carry
Fight to D. c. Officials
and Congress.

Concerted effort on the part of
the> alumni and Parent-Teacher AS
sociations of Business High School to
secure additional facilities was
pledged at a meeting last night of
more than 700 persons in the school
assembly hall.
The alumni association. needing
the appeal of President Harding to
give more thought to education, last
night launched its campaign in con-
junction with that of parents of
Business High students.
inadequate facilities Of the school
were stressed by speakers at the
meeting. District officials and men,
bers of Congress will be appraised of
conditions.
McGarraghy Is Spokesman.
Joseph c. McGarraghy was the
spokesman of the alumni association.
He pointed out the fact that the school
is bounded by four streets, with no
room for playground or athletic activi-
ties: that the present three-story struc-
ture cannot be increased in height be-
cause of the fire regulations of the
District. and that hundreds of students
are forced to study in rooms with arti-
fetal lights.
the corridors: some classes are taught
in the assembly hall; typewriter tables
are used in place of desks, and many
students are forced to sit on stools in
the chemical laboratory to study their
lessons, he said.
The capacity Of the school Ia 1900
students. More than that number
is being cared for there this year.
Gymnasium Is Inadequate.
Mrs. r. p. Sanderlin, who is in
charge Of the girls athletics. told
the meeting that because OF made
quate gymnasium facilities the girls
are unable to take the physical train
ing course ordinarily required.
Forced to take this work In the same
room used by the boys they are
unable to use the gymnasium cos.
tune ordinarily required, which
means certain features Of the work
must be omitted. They wear the
same costume at work in the class
room.
M. j. Kelly. director Of boys ath-
letics, said the school was handicap
ped for space In which to train boys
In the various athletic sports; that the
u daHiHs was 4Dho LUZ the fnOSt par III
the public streets, a practice that fad
proved highly unsatisfactory.
Allan Davis. principal of the school,
presided at the meeting, which was
followed by. reception, dancing and
refreshments.
During the evening the alumni and
parents OF the pupils inspected the
buildings. Inadequate facilities were
pointed out by members of the school
faculty and some of the students.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Flanders Poppies Held
Menace to Agriculture

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Poppies
transported from Flanders fields, to
blow unseen upon the ballast dump
heaps Of Jersey. will not blow an.
other spring.
The Federal horticultural Board
has adjudged them a nuisance and
a pest to agriculture, and ordered
them plowed under and under, until
they haven't the heart to rise again.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
IMAM AND WIFE TAKE
GAS IN SUICIDE PACT
Hacker and Cabaret Singer,
Out of Funds, Seal Room
And Open Jet.

Their arms locked in q last embrace.
lying in their bed. the coverlet of
which was neatly folded back across
their forms. with the loose end of .
six-foot rubber gas pipe clasped in the
still cold hand of the man, Robert Lee
Dorsey, twenty-four years old, hack.
err. and Mrs. Mary r. Dorsey. twenty
six years old. pretty cabaret singer
and his wife. were found dead at $40
o'clock yesterday afternoon at their
fooming house. Ills X street north
west.
A friend of the couple. Edward w.
Inge, said to live on Spring road, who
had called at the house, discovered the
bodies.
Inge knocked on the door of the
third story back room OF the couple.
obtained no answer, tried the knob and
found II locked. Detecting the odor of
gas, he forced the door. and found
the couple dead.
Dependency over financial straits.
coupled with the fact that the man
was out of work. Inge advanced as q
possible theory for a suicide pact.
Every precaution, apparently, had
been taken TO make the suicidal at
tempt sure.
Long strips of paper had been folded.
and with these the two windows of
the room, the door and the transom
had been chinked. The key had been
turned in the door, and then tied
with q bit of lace. Over the door
knob hung q cap. which prevented
any view into the room through the
key hole.
According to the police Mrs. Dorsey,
formerly Mary Ellen Mitchell, OF Balti-
more, was a cabaret singer and had
been married to Dorsey about four
vear0.