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DANGER TO TRAFFIC
=: AND PEDESTRIANS
7 IN MUDDY STREETS
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the Commissioners estimate Of 1897
for grading and improving 5th street
southeast from Savannah to Trenton
streets, Congress Heights-one square.
The Star man found a roadbed OF
clay and stones there. and the street
was improved with detached houses
on either side.
The only estimate allowed by the
bureau Of the budget and which also
was fortunate enough to pass through
the House of. Representatives was
one of S2.400 for grading and improv-
ing Raleigh street, Congress Heights
from Nichols avenue westward. This
street is improved on one side by
houses. but the residents cannot
reach 1t by way of Nichols avenue
and have to make detour of three
squares by way of Esther place. There
is a short square just west of Nichols
avenue which has not even been
opened, and the part that has been
opened has roadbed of clay and
stone.
Virtual River OF Mud.
Sheridan road. running southeast
from Nichols avenue at point at the
foot of the asylum hill. is Just river
Of mud. and is in great need of i'm
provement, being the feeder and about
the only means of travel for a section
largely Inhabited by colored people.
The police Of the eleventh precinct in
formed The Star man that this road
was in great need of improvement.
U street southeast. Anacostia, is
improved right up to Fendall street
BY houses on. both sides OF the street.
1t is q gravel roadway. very muddy
after heavy rains. East of FeHdall
street 1t becomes a county road. and
the failure to improve it in any
way apparently has retarded the de-
veiopttient any farther eastward.
Eaylor road from Its junction with
Alabama avenue and running east
ward is Just yard after yard OF mud
II became SO dangerous after the
recent rains that the police reported
it unsafe. :. It: would furnish. it i'm
proved properly, q feeder Tor tramc m
Pennsylvania avenue bridge, by way
Of 25th street southeast. /.
Dangerous Condition.
Alabama avenue from Nichols
avenue, Congress Heights, to its
junction with Bowen road near the
head Of Pennsylvania avenue south
east is In dangerous condition
Police have reported IL as udheeEOuS'
and The Star man found by tnvesti.
eaton that it is nothing but q bed OF
red clay, now badly cut up, and
dangerous to automobile traffic that
tries to negotiate 1t faster than five
miles an hour. The section bordering
m either side of this avenue Is de-
yelopdng, and new streets are being
mapped out and marked: New home.
are going up The mud road cannot
he avoided, whether the automobiles
or property owner seeks the section
hy way Of the Pennsylvania avenue
Ridge or the AnAcostia bridge. The
police Informed The Star man the
rnad il compelled to bear heavy
trafic. and nothing short Of q good
macadam roadway will be able to
bear the trafac.
The section lying Just southeast OF
the Ponnsylvania avenue bridge and
south Of Minnesota avenue IL being
dovelopesl rapidly in every way
except the streets. Clay, large stoned
and cindere furnish the roadbeds on
nractically all Of the streets here
This situation applies to 2ad. gath
S6th and 26th streets, AZ we'll a. G
street ana Park place. =
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GIVEN SPECIAL DUTY.

Sergt. Frank F. Ammon. 18th En-
gineers, at Camp Humphreys, Va, has
been detailed to duty with the Ma.
tional Guard of Wisconsin with sta
lion at SheboyGan.
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ORDERED TO WALTER REED.

Warrant Omicer Byron II. Mills, At
the air intermediate depot, Richmond,
Va, has been ordered to Walter Reed
General Hospital for dental treat
ment.
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Increase.
General expenses-Executive office
salaries. $10.6so; care Of Distric,
sS.Soe; license bureau. s1.5oo: collec.
tors once. 81. 200; sinking-fund office
$500; coroners office, $3.50; Engineer
commissioners offce. $2,120; munich.
pal architects office, $1,000; Public
Utilities Commission, $500: depart
ment of insurance. $500; surveyors
ONCE. $1,000; minimum wage board
81 900; free Public Library. $4,000
Total, general expenses, s42.5S0.
Contingent and miscellaneous ex-
penses = Miscellaneous expenses
$4,000: postage, $2,500; general ad.
vertising, $4,000: purchase Of small
quantities OF. groceries: ssoo; employ.
historic places, $500; property yard
alterations and improvements. $500
Total contingent and miscellaneous
expenses, $4,000.
improvements and repairs-Assess.
ment and permit work. 100000: paw.
ing roadways under permit system
$4,000; street improvements. $751;
500: grading streets. alleys and roads
SIS, 900; repairs Of streets, avenues ant
alleys, $6S, 160; sidewalks and curbi
around reservations. 5000: repairs te
suburban roads, $780, 900; construction and
provements and repairs. S416,150.
Sewers-Main- and pipe sewers
IS, 600; suburban sewers, $25.000. To-
tai sewers, $4,000.
Streets-Dust prevention, cleaning
and snow removal, $4,000; play
grounds, $4,000: board for condem.
nation Of insanitary buildings, $500
Total. streets. $1o0,500.
Public schools-ofRcers' salaries
81 900; might schools. e15. 5000; teachers
retirement fund. $4,000; janitors and
care Of buildings and grounds. $l2.s40
repairs and improvements to schoo
buildings, $4,000; furniture. etc. $23..
$40; equipment. Of additional schoo
Fairgrounds, $2.400; sLoyejoy. School
Evening star., 1922-04-16
Fewer Accidents in Elevators
To Be Result of Standard Code

cials and the United States bureau Of
standards.
Forming PERMANENT Committee.
There is now in course of forma-
tion a permanent elevator code COM
mittee which will be sponsored by
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, the American Institute of
Architects, and the United States bu-
reau Of standards. A representative
sectional committee working under
the direction of these sponsors and
under the rules of procedure of the
American engineering standards COM
mittee will revise this code from time to
sist IN the Interpretation and revision
OF local municipa! or state codes based
on 1t. If so requested.
There is no doubt that a standard
code for elevators is highly desirable,
but few people have ever considered
that it Is virtually necessary If such
equipment is to be built and installed
at a minimum cost At the present
time elevator builders must consult
city ordinances or state codes with
regard to allowable speeds, factors of
safety of machines. cables, sizes,
safety devices permitted. size Of guide
rails and innumerable other details.
In other words at the present time
each elevator is practically a special
order job.
If there were uniform state laws
and city ordinances covering eIeva-
tors the manufacturers could stand
ardize practically all of their equip
mene and could consequently sell
their product for less than the pres
ent price. Business men are begin
ming to awaken to the value of
standardized production"
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tanned from quarries located in the
mountains short distance from the
exposition grounds The exterior
trimmings will be made with a pink
polished marble. also obtained from
nearby mountains. The interior
walls and other fittings will be in
imbubia wood and the fioorings in
piroba wood, both of which, according
to Mr.. Packard, are not only beauti-
ful In appearance. but are partic--
ularly serviceable. Aside from the
ground, the building will cost ap-
proximately s250.O0O. and Mr.. Pack
ard has mo hesitancy in saying that
in his estimation, it will compare
favorably with any other building
being erected within the exposition
grounds.
Other Countries May Follow.
Since the announcement by the
United States that its exposition build
ing would be used as the permanent
embassy building, 1t is considered
likely that a number of other coun-
tries, erecting buildings in the expo
sition grounds, will do the same thing,
which, according to Mr.. Packard. is a
most happy idea. inasmuch as it will
result in the creation of a colony OF
foreign embassies of handsome de-
sign beautifully located along ths
water front. Mr.. Packard said that
the United States was successful in
obtaining the choicest site for its
building. which fact will add much to
the building itself.
Ground for the construction work
was broken March 4 last. which serv-
ed, Incidentally. as a. celebration Of
the first anniversary of President
Harding's administration. The cere.
monies were most elaborate and i'm
teresting, and according to Mr. Pack
ard. the corner stone laying, prob.
ably on May 80. Memorial day. will bs
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Lady Astor Still
A Real American
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 15.-When Lady
Waldorf-Astor arrives in New York
aboard the Olympic Wednesday en-
route to Baltimore and Washington
as a delegate to the pan-American
conference Of the National League of
Women Voters she will be greeted
not only as one of the British nobil-
ity, but also as Nanny Langhorne-
of the Virginia Langhornes."
For, despite her long succession OF
triumphs. social and political, since
she sailed away from this country
viscount to become & member of the
court of King Edward VII, Lady Astor
has remained Enthusiastically Amer
ican. She has retained her vivacious
personality, her Virginian drawl and
her southern beauty, as she contin-
barriers of English custom.
Il was born an American and I'm
proud of it," is one Of her most Oft
quoted expressions.
Lady Astor was born and reared at
Miredor, the country estate Of her IA
ther. Chiswell (Chilly) Dabany
Langhorne, in Albermarle county, Va.
She was christened Nancy Witcher
Langhorne," but this became Nanny
in her childhood, and the name clung.
According. to her playmates, Nanny
was somewhat Of a tomgirl
She had one marital adventure be-
fore she ANNOUNCED her engagement
to the then Maj. William, Waldorf
Astor, son OF the British viscount and
heir to the title. She had married
Robert Gould Shaw. I'd. Of Boston in
1897, only to gain her freedom
through the courts six years later. 1t
was said that the little rebel failed
to adjust herself to the family tradi-
tions of the Shaws. who were known
as strict abolitionists.
After she had won over Viscount
Astor to the alliance with his family
Lady Astor's career has been a. sue
cession of triumphs. Her social posi-
ton became assured when King Ed
ward invited himself to her home and
personally made out the guest list for
the affair.
It was related that on this occasion
several Of the woman guests sug-
gested game of bridge when 1t be-
came apparent that King Edward
was being monopolized by the former
American girl.
II can't play the game" Lady Astor
Is reported to have said. Then she
added, naively, II wouldn't know q
king from q knave." The king
straightway became her devoted
friend. ----2s--.--.-. :. -. =
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ternational Friendliness"
The convention will conclude all
unfinished business Saturday morn.
ing. and in the afternoon the Pan,
American and convention delegates
and alternates will be received By
Mrs. Harding at the White House
Visitors From Latin America.
The group of Latin American dele.
gates includes Nine. LIE Breton, wifs
Of the ambassador of Argentinas
Nine. Varela, wife of the minister oi
Uruguay; Mime. Matilda Carlo, wifi
Of the former minister of EcuadoE
and Sonora Arcadia Zalles, daughter
Of the former minister of Bolivia
Others less well known in Washing
ton, and still others who will bt
making their first visit to this coun,
try, are Nine. Dickinson Of the Ma,
tional Council of the Women of Ar.
gentina; Senorita Moreau of Bueno1
Aires; Senorita Celia de Vitaie d
Paraguay, Dona Bertha Lutz, the firS
woman to hold the office of secretary
of the National Museum of Brazil
Sonora Mercedes de Guevera of Ven
ezuela, Nine. Marie Coronado Of Co
lombia. Sonora de Queros of Cost
Hoadrs HiSs senois Msse Lans1 ess
Vega Of Nicaragua, Nine. Franciscs
Latour of Guatemala. Sonora Este
de Calvo Of Panama and Sonora Em
ma Lopez Sena de Carrido, foundei
and president OF El Club Deminino dt
Cuba.
Two Canadian women, the Honorabh
Agnes McPhail. the first woman mem
ber of parliament. and DR.. Graci
Richie England of Montreal, also VIII
attend the conference.
The foreign guests will take par1
In the conference and will have thu
privilege of the floor at all session.
Of the convention a. guests, but nd
~ voting members Of the league.
Evening star., 1922-04-16

cal injustices and inequalities in
stead OF the blanket equal rights
bilis. such as the one already enacted
in wisconsin and advocated by the
woman's party to be enacted by all
state legislatures.
The disagreement Is as to method,
the league indorsing the points emu
merated in the blanket bills, such
canal interest In and control of prop
erty by married people and eligible
ify Of women for jury service.
other measures recommended by
the leagues committee on uniform
laws. Of which Mrs. Catharine Waugh
McCulloch is chairman, are abolition
n scomfnon-iaw marriages, minimum
marTiaSs Without consent Of guar.
Evening star., 1922-04-16

informal receptions during the after
noon. and an evening meeting at
which tributes will be paid to the
famous women Of the Americas
will occupy the delegates on Sunday.
and the convention sessions will open
on Monday April "a, and continue
throughout the week. At the mass
meeting to be held Monday night to
discuss the. continued high cost Of
living the speakers will include Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace, Sena-
tor Arthur Capper of Kansas and
Huston Thompson. chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission.
The value of women in office" and
the question, Should the league in
dorse or oppose candidates" will be
discussed on Wednesday, and at the
evening meeting the principal speak
er and guest Of honor will he Lady
Langhorne of Virginia. now a Brit
ish M. p, who will be entertained
during convention week by Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Garrett at their home,
near Baltimore.
Visit Warrington Friday.
Thursday will be devoted to con-
vention plans and decisions, and FRI
day will be spent in Washington. the
state delegations calling on their
senators and representatives. at the
Capitol and holding in the evening a
meeting at the Pan-American build
ing. at which the, speakers will in
clude the Secretary of State, the
British ambassador. the ambassador
of Chile, Dr. L. S. Rowe, director Of
the Pan-American Union; Mrs. Rob-
ert Lansing, representing the Wom--
ems Auxiliary OF the United States of
the Second fen-American Scientific
Congress, and Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Catt The subject OF discussion at
the meeting will be what the
women Of America Can Do for In.
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MME.eJAd dOBO VARELA:
OF Uru9uay

Of the children's bureau of the De-
partment Of Labor: education. by Miss
Julia Abbott Of the United States bu-
reau of education; women in indus
try. by Miss Mary Anderson Of Chica-
go. chief Of ! the woman's bureau:
United States Department of Labor;
prevention of traffic in women. by
DR.. Valeria Parker. secretary of the
United States interdepartmental So
cial hygiene board; civil status OF
women, by Mrs. Mabel Walker WILLIE
brandt. assistant attorney general
United States Department OF Justice
and the political status of women. by
Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait, president
of the International Suffrage ALI
ance.
Evening star., 1922-04-16

The Genoa Conference.-The Genoa confer
ence is vast and complicated a subject that
I shall not attempt to dc more than touch
the high spots"
The conference was opened on April 10.
Premier Facta of Italy making the opening
speech. and thereafter being elected chair
man. Then speeches by the heads OF the
British French Belgian, Japanese, German
and Russian delegations. Alone of the speak
ers. Chancellor wirth of Germany was not
cheered
The motif of Lloyd Georges speech was
"peace and cooperation" The motif of M.
Barthou's speech was make haste slowly"
He declared that France is neither militaristic
nor unsympathetic with the aims of the con-
ference, but reminded Ms hearers that two
subjects are taboo in the .eonference-repara-
tions and the postwar treaties
Chicherin, acting up to his reputation, pro-
duced the sensation of the day. He declared
of the soviet delegation-that the soviet gov
ernment was ready to give adequate guar
in Russia. and to make many concessions.
Cheers). But at this point the Muscovite seem
of conferences ending in a universal confer
ence." He was willing. he said. to talk about
nations Would do the same and give guar
antees in addition.
NJ NJ Ba.thou m is on his feet To provide for
usurp a function Of the league Of nations AS
to discussion Of Disarmament. the French
final no." Let there be a ruling on this mat
ter at once; cpicherin slyly quoted Lloyd
Of a series of conferences AS for discussion
Of disarmament, he had been betrayed into an
indiscretion by his zeal for peace. He would,
OF course. abide by the rules.
X X **
Now. some accept Chicherin's noble indiscre-
ton" explanation Of his disarmament refer
whil nth {t
ganda and an attempt to divide the allies.
Still others are so minded as to suggest
that the Germans and the Muscovites are in
"cahoot." At any rate. several times since
the passage of arms above described the Rus
SLAMS have avoided by precisely the calculated
margin of hair introduction of the disarma-
ment question, and the Germans, with like
nicely of calculation, have refrained from
violating the taboo discussion Of repara-
tions.
But back to our muttons," to speak.
The situation created by Chicherin's noble in
discretion was almost too delicate to be
breathed on. Chairman Facta hesitated but
Lloyd George stepped into the breach and by
the show.
phrase little). (which NJ. Chcherin wants
find enough to do here. I suppose 1 did say
true. that conferences are the special care of
the league of nations. As for universal
it. l am sure NJ Chicherin will not insist
X X X X
Thus ended the first day. The next day
was devoted to committee organization, but
the tedium was relieved by two more noble
indiscretions by Chicherin. He wanted the
japanese thrown out of the conference be-
cause of their behavior toward the Far East
ern Republic. and he wanted othe Rumanians
thrown out because they wouldn't turn over
Evening star., 1922-04-16
u. S. Government Takes Pride :
In Exposition Building in Brazil

The United States will have every
reason to feel proud of the building
which this government is erecting in
Rio de Janeirde Brazil, to serve as a part
of the exposition to be held in cele-
bration Of the Tooth anniversary of
the independence of that South
American republic, and which after
ward will serve as the United States
embassy. according to Frank Pack
ard of Columbus. Ohio, who is in
charge of the planning and construc-
ton of the building.
Mr.. Packard, who was appointed by
President Harding to supervise this
work. and who returned to this country
Friday, arter two months in Rio de ia
neiro. made a personal report yesterday
to the President at the White House of
the progress being made. He also
showed the President the blue print
plans of the building and the surround. |.
ing grounds. as well as samples of the
native woods and granite to be used in
the construction and interior finishing
The President expressed much in
terest in this activity inasmuch as
this building will be the first en-
bassy building the United States has
constructed in foreign country and
will be the third one to be owned by
it, the other two being in Peking,
China, and in London, England.
Beauty of Design.
Mr.. Packard explained that especial
pains have been taken in providing a
building that will offer beauty of de-
sign as well as permanency and
practicability. The design is what
is known as Portuguese colonial, and
tha material will he prav pranita oh
Evening star., 1922-04-16
American Women and Their Latin-Amercm Sisters
10 Discuss Past Achievements and Plan for Future

ITH TWO or the piankS in
AN/ its last years platform
, Wv firmly nailed down as q
result of legislation en-
acted by Congress since its second
annual convention in Cleveland last
spring, the National League Of
Women Voters will meet in Baltimore
this week to review the progress
made, discuss the present situation
and decide on a legislative program
for another year.
Preceding the convention proper
will be a round table conference at
tended " about 1000 American and
between 200 and 800 Latin American
delegates, the object of which is to
promote International friendliness
and to bring the women of the Amer
icas closer in their discussion of in
ternational problems affecting espe-
cially the interests of women.
Four ObJectives Won.
Four objectives have been won
since the first convention of the
league, in 1920, the old National
American Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton having disbanded in 1919 and re-
organized as the League of Women
Voters. These are the victories to
which the league will point with
pride: The woman's bureau in the De-
partment of Iabor has been made
permanent, an interdepartmentaF So
cial hygiene board established, and
L. Hn.a-
eral meat-packing control bill has been
enacted and the maternity bill has
been passed by Congress and accept
ed by thiFty-nine states.
Furthermore, bills are now pending
in Congress to provide for a depart
ment of education, for the reclassifi-
cation of the, civil service and for the
separate naturalization of married
women, all three having been since
its organization on the legislative
program of the league.
Program for Another Year.
The recommended program for
1929 on which the convention will
act includes active support of ade-
quate appropriations to continue the
work of the women's bureau, child
welfare work and the interdepart-
mental hygiene board, continued ac-
tivity in behalf Of the proposed fed
eral department Of education, the re-
classification bill, independent citi-
zenship for women, and further ef-
fort to reduce the high cost of living
by the support of federal legislation
removing all legal restrictions which
hamper the effectiveness Of co-opera-
tive associations organized and con-
Quoted in accordance with Rochdale
principles.
Nor will the league relax its vigi-
lance in regard to packer control be-
cause Of the enactment Of the law.
It is recommended that the opera
ton of the judicial decree Of 1890,
issued under the agreement between
the United States Attorney General
and the packers, also the effective
ness of the law regulating the pack
ers enacted by Congress In 1921, be
treated as subjects for continued In
vestigation and report"
Agreed AZ to Principle.
Like the National woman's Party.
the league stands for federal legis-
lation for independent citizenship for
married women. but 1t takes issue
with the woman's party by advocat-
Ing work in the states for specific
measures to remove legal ana peliti-
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MISS EMlLY KNEUBDHL
OF Minnesota

dian for women to be eighteen
years, sfor men twenty-one years;
causes for divorce to be the same for
men and women, and statutes to pro-
hibit the evasion of marriage laws
in other states: minimum age of con.
sent to be eighteen years; mothers
pensions. with minimum amount ade-
quate and definite, and that abandon
criminal offense, for which Avtradi-
ton may be demanded.
PaA-American Round Table.
At the Pan-American round table
conferences, April 20-22, the discus
sion Of child welfare will be led. by
MISS Grace Abbott Of Chicago. chief