davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1922-01-01

The gathering of statesmen from
ference on the Limitation of arma-
ment will cause 1921 to go down as
an epochal year in the history of the
National Capital.
Washington, accustomed as it Is to
and other momentous
happenings. has never before been
the scene of so important an event
as the international meeting now in
progress. 1t brought to the nations
capital men whose names Will go
down in history for all time.
Another event which Will make 1871
stand out in the memories Of Wash
ingtonians was the buria. on Armis-
tice day of the unknown soldier in
Arlington national cemetery Repre-
sentative of the thousands of brave
Americans who fell in France, the
body of that hero was laid to rest
with the highest honors the govern
ment and it's people could bestow.
The passing year saw the depar-
ture from Washington of demo-
cratic administration and the return
of the republican party to the saddle
after eight years.
President Harding was inducted
into office on March 4. and at his own
request there was no inaugural pa
rade or other gala ceremony.
The new cabinet named by Presl-
dent Harding is composed of Secre-
tary of State Charles Il. Hughes. Sec
retary of the Treasury Andrew w.
Mellon, Secretary of War John W.
Weeks, Attorney General Harry NJ.
Daugherty, Postmaster General VIII
Evening star., 1922-01-01
and Manufacturer Assn.

With thirty-three members of the
nominated for dictatorship in that
organization. the: annual meeting. to
be held January 10 at the Willard,
promises to be a lively one. Only
ten directors will be elected.
The reports of the president, Albert
Schulteis, and the secretary. Arthur
E. Seymour, will be read at the meet
ing. Both are expected to give COM
prehensive reports on the work ac-
complished by the chamber during
the past year. The presidents report
will take in the work of all the COM
mittees of the organization.
While there is practically no aues-
ton regarding the reelection of the
president and two vice presidents, the
voting for the directors is expected
to be close. 1t is impossible to pre-
dict who will be elected out of the
thirty-three nominated.
Two meetings have been held by
chamber committees during the past
week. The membership committee
met on Thursday night. Sidney West;
chairman of the committee, asserted
that the goal set early in the year by
the committee-twenty new men,
hers per month-would be reached.
the committee having passed that
mark for several consecutive months.
The special committee on relations
with farmers in the nearby districts,
of which Isaac Cans is chairman. met
during the week and considered ways
and means of bringing about a closer
understanding and relationship be-
tween the farmers organizations and
the Chamber Of Commerce. The COM
Evening star., 1922-01-01
PUBLIC UTILITIES.

f. The year 1921 marked the begin
ming Of a downward trend in public
service rates in Washington, which
had been going up steadily during
and after the war.
From January until September the
rate of; carfare was cents cash or
four tokens for 80 cents. In the
latter month the Public Utilities
Commission reduced the rate to five
tokens for. 35 cents. leaving the cash
fare at cents.
An even greater reduction was
made by the commission in the price
of gas. When the year 1921 began
gas used in private homes cost 81 80
per thousand cubic feet. In March
that rate was reduced to $1.25 and
in September a further reduction to
$1.10 was ordered.
For the first eight months of the
year the rate for electric current to
residences was Sh cents per kilowatt
hour In September the commission
ordered per cent discount, which
made the rate practically s cents
again. Until the suit pending in the
Supreme Court of the United States
on the valuation of the power com
pany's property is decided consumers
will continue to pay the old rate
of 10 cents per kilowatt hour. the
company setting aside 2 cents to be
returned to the users in the event
the commissions valuation is suS
tanned
Establishment of motor bus lines
in the District began on a large scale
during the year, reaching point
I few months ago where the street
car companies protested against the
esta ablishment of any more of them in
competition with electric railways.
The Washington Rapid Transit
Company began operations last jan
uary and noE has authority to run
over five routes. Only two of the
routes. both from 18th and Decatur
down 18th street, one to Center Market
and the other to Potomac Park office,
have been started, however.
Evening star., 1922-01-01
NAMES OF STATESMEN
HERE WILL GO DOWN
IN HISTORY FOREVER
Conference Most Important Event Euer Held
In Change in Party Administra-
ton Another Vital Happening.

Fl. Hays. Secretary of the Navy Ed
win DENLY. Secretary of the Interior
Albert b. Fall. Secretary OF Agricul.. +.
ture Henry G., Wallace, Secretary of
Commerce Herbert G. Hoover and
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis.
Vice President Calvin Coolidge as
sumed his duties on March as presi-
dent OF the Senate.
The federal government reduced the
number of employees on it's pay roll in
Washington by 10.47s during the year.
January l, 1921, there were S6.452
government employees in the District.
and December l the number had been
leduced to 1894.
The city directory for 1921 contained
i11.377 names.
Congress for the second time passed
a District appropriation bill under
which the District is required to pay
30 per cent and Uncle Sam 40 per
cent of municipal expenses until next
July.
Residents of the District continued
their fight for national representation
in Congress and in the electoral COL
lege. -
The only two living ex-Presidents
became residents of Washington dur
ing the year Woodrow Wilson. upon
leaving the White House. took up his
home here, and a few months Iater
former President William Howard
Taft was called to Washington. by his
appointment as Chief Justice OF the
United States Supreme Court:
After number OF years OF vigorous
effort on the part of federal and DIS.
trict officials, Congress during 1871
authorized the building of an addi-
tional conduit from Great Falls to
save the National Capital from pos
slble water shortage.
Evening star., 1922-01-01
DISTRICT FINANCES.

The District government collected in
taxes during the fiscal year 1921,
$512,171.S6 more than all appropria-
tion charges with a tax rate of S195
per S1O0 of assessed value on real
estate and tangible personal property
Auditor Daniel j. Donovan estab-
1ished precedent by carrying for
ward this surplus as an asset at the
start of the current fiscal year in
stead of regarding it merely as an
addition to the four-million- dollar
District surplus in the Treasury.
The Commissioners We're then able
to reduce the tax rate for the twelve
months ending next June to $1.S2 per
800 Of assessment.
The real estate tax for the last fis-
cal year amounted to $S.0S1,S71. 1.95:
tangible personal property, including
the tax on the earnings of utilities,
banks and building associations. 81
51,62967; intangible personal prop
erty, $920.479.71; from miscellaneous
sources. $1.433.012.59.
The District appropriation act for
the the last fiscal year amounted to
S22.295,960.55,s the Districts share of
expense-6O per cent-totaled $13.-
3S3, 504.23. Other appropriations. pay
able wholly by the District, came to
S273.436.25.
The total revenue collected by the
city to meet these charges was $13.-
$95.676.09, against which the charges
were $13.383,504.23 This left the
surplus Of $512,171.S6 above referred
to.
Evening star., 1922-01-01
NOTABLE EVENTS MARK
1921 ART YEAR HERE
Lincoln Memorial Opened to Pub.
lic-National Gallery De-
velopment Progresses.

Several notable events mark the
year 1921 in art in Washington.
The Lincoln Memorial. Henry Bacon,
architect, with its great statue of
Lincoln by Daniel Chester French and
it's mural paintings by Jules Guerin,
has been opened to the public-a mag
nificent work of art, which now takes
its place with the monumental works
of world renown.
In the early summer national gal
lery commission of art-experts and
artists-was organized to serve as an
advisory committee and to assist In
the development of the National Gal
lery of Art at Washington. Besides
Which several notable gifts and ac-
quisitions have been made to the gal
lery through the generosity of public
spirited citizens.
The Phillips Memorial Gallery col
lection has been temporarily install
ed in a temporary building erected
for the purpose. adjacent to the Phil
lips residence, at 1906 21st street.
In May the American Federation
of Arts held its twelfth annual con-
vention in this city, bringing here the
leading representatives of art asso-
Citations and museums throughout the
United States.
At the National Gallery of Art at
that time was shown. under the aus
pices of the American Federation of
of leaders of the allied countries in
the great war. painted by eminent
American artists for a national art
committee, and purposed as nucleus
of a great national portrait gallery.
In the Corcoran Gallery of Art at
exhibition of British handicrafts,
brought to this country and circu-
lated in the museums by the Detroit
Society of Arts and Crafts.
During the year the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art has set forth a series of
important exhibitions. most notable
of which were those of portraits by
Philip de Laszlo. and of paintings and
etchings by Frank w. Benson. Memo
rable also were exhibitions of paint
ings by Swiss artists and by artists
of Japan, organized and circulated in
the United States by the governments
of these countries.
An exhibition of pictures of chill
dren. by Anna Milo Upjohn. set forth
under the auspices of the Red Cross.
attracted wide attention and was Wis
tied by $4,000 pupils of the WASH
ington public schools.
An exhibition of photographs OF ca
thedrals, assembled and set forth by
the Washington Cathedral Associa-
ton, was shown in the Corcoran gal
lery in the early spring.
The local art world has suffered
loss in the death of E. H. Miller, one
of the oldest of the Washington ar
lists, and at one time president Of
the Society Of Washington Artists;
also in that of Bertha E. Perrie, who
died suddenly at Gloucester, Mass,
in September. A memorial exhibi-
tion of Miss Ferries work was shown
in the Corcoran Gallery in October.
The Society of Washington Artists
and the Washington Water Color Club
held their annual exhibitions in the
Corcoran Gallery in February and
March.
At the Washington Arts Club a
number of exhibitions were held dur
ing the year.
A statue Of Dante, by an Italian
sculptor, the gift of the Italian peo-
pie, was erected and unveiled with
appropriate ceremonies In Meridian
Park. LEILA MECHLIN.
Evening star., 1922-01-01
Board OF Trade City Club Chamber o.
Work for Greater Washington
Discussion of Activities-Past, Present And
Future of the Big Civic Organizations
Merchants Manufacturer Assn. Federation Citizens

mittee was appointed by President
Schulteis after letter had been re-
ceived from farmer in Herndon, Va
asking that representatives of the
chamber and his organization meet.
1t is expected that active steps along
these lines, will be taken in the near
future.
Plans for the annual midwinter
dinner of the membership committee
Of the Washington Board of Trade
were furthered at a meeting of the
midwinter dinner committee last
week at the City Club. William Cla-
baugh, chairman of the committee is
one of the live wires" of the board.
and from present Indications the
years affair will not suffer in COM
parison with those of previous years.
The dinner will be held at the Will
Lard Hotel. February 4.
Members of Congress and men high
in official and business life in this
city will be invited to attend. Dane
ers from New York and elsewhere
will be imported to Washington es-
peciaily for the occasion. and plans
are going forward to make it one of
the biggest entertainments ever given
by the board.
The tickets, are limited to 500, and,
according to members of the special
committee. it will be a question: of
first come. first served. Six hundred
is absolutely the limit, and when that
number Is sold the unlucky ones who
failed to get a seat are plain "out
of luck" Committee members urge
every one to "get on board" at the
earliest possible moment.
Next week there is one committee
meeting scheduled for each body. The
directors of the chamber will meet
in the Homer building at s o'clock
Tuesday night, and the membership
committee Of the board at 12:4O Tues
day afternoon.
Evening star., 1922-01-01
SCHOOLS.
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

Central will graduate eighty-five
students at the mid-year commence
ment exercises the latter part Of this
month. More than five hundred stu
dents probably will be graduated at
the June commencement. This will
be the largest graduating class in the
history of the school.
George w. Hodgkins was reelected
president of the Central High School
Alumni Association at its annual
Christmas reunion Tuesday night at
the school. Other officers chosen are:
Mrs. William f. Chamberlain, Eugene
S. Thomas. j. Paul Yoder and Florence
NJ itland. vice presidents: Ruth H.
Bennett. secretary and Dorothea F.
Sherman. treasurer More than 1000
graduates of the school attended the
reunion.
Evening star., 1922-01-01
COLLEGES.
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY.

With the commencement of the next
semester. after the holidays, the For
eign Service School of Georgetown
University will broaden its course and
otherwise extend it's activities into
new channels.
Under the direction of DR.. Roy S.
MacElwee, the institution is turn
ing more and more to the practical
training of consular and commercial
agents.
DR.. McAlwee announces that through
the cooperation of the National As
sociation of Credit Men. a new course
on domestic and foreign credits"
will be open to students. 1t will be
under John B. Moore of the firm of
George S. Muth & Company of Wash
ington. DR.. John Whyte of the edu-
cational division of the Credit Mems
Association assisted DR.. MacElwee
in mapping out the course.
Another course opening is to be
given by DR.. T. T. Read of the United
States bureau of mines He will deal
with mines and chemical industries
which come under commodities of
courses of the school. DR.. Read will
use motion pictures extensively at
his lectures to demonstrate the prac-
tical methods of mining
The school has been taking advan-
tage of the arms conference and a
number of the foreign delegates and
experts have been giving lectures and
talks for the benefit of the students
on various economic and diplomatic
questions involved in the delibera-
tions of the conference on far east
ern affairs
The last Of these speakers were
DR.: K. P. Wang of the Chinese dele
cation and Jabin HSu DIR. Wang
is a graduate Of Princeton, while Mr..
Hsu is a University of Michigan
graduate. AT the conclusion of their
lectures they conducted an open
by the students indicated keen in
sight into far eastern affairs and an
ability to draw the Chinese dele
gates into a lively discussion.
DR.. MacElwee will leave Washing
ton shortly on a western tour, his
Mimi, on January 4, where he will
speak at the annual banquet of the
chamber of commerce on "Harbor
Development as Municipal Asset"
new book by DR.. MacElwee, writ
ten in collaboration with Thomas R.
United States bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce, has Just come off
the press. 1t deals with Wharf
Management. Stevedoring and Stor-
dSe IL is QeulCdle0 TO Joshua W..
Alexander. former Secretary of Com
merce and chairman of the House
rivers and harbors committee.
Announcement is made that B.
Saldana, assistant instructor in the
course on Latin America, has re-
turned to Mexico. He was on the
staff of the Mexican embassy. DR..
Guillermo Sherwell has resigned as
a member of the executive commit
tee of the Foreign Service School and
has been succeeded by. Dr.. J. D.
Coutinho. who was one Of the pioneer
instructors at the institution.
The public lectures at the United
States National Museum dealing with
international finances have proved
to be most beneficial in giving the
students a clear understanding of the
great economical questions coming
before the arms conference and
growing out of the war. DR., Horn
beck of the American staff at the
conference will lecture on January 6
at $3.50 o'clock and the public gen.
orally Is invited.
A students council Is to be formed
at the school Of law, comprised OF the
Evening star., 1922-01-01
IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

president of each class, according
to announcement by Hugh j. Feean.
assistant dean. The council will take
hand in shaping affairs connected
with the schools. such as circulation
of the law journal. and particularly
athletics.
With the election of Emmett Daley
of Butte, Mont. as president of the
night freshman class, and John J.
Sullivan of New Haven. Conn, as
president of the morning freshman
class, the organization of the classes
is completed. Joseph a. Herbert of
Boston heads the second year class,
Joseph A. Cantrel of Trenton y. j.. is
president of the third-year class.
while Capt. Charles C. Mccall L. S.
A.. will represent the st-gradua tie
students.
Examinations will be held at the
law school during the week of Janu-
airy go There will be thirteen eX-
aminations in all and each student
is expected to take at least three
Mr.: Fegan announced that arrange
ments are being made to inaugurate
a course on japanese law in con-
nection with the evening classes. A
change will be necessitated in the
library staff, it is said due to the
sistant librarian. Mr.. Cooney will
open up law office in Lexington,
Ky.
Georgetown, University will be in
full swing by the end of the week. the
college opening Friday. while the
professional schools resume classes
Wednesday. A number of events are
being planned for the remainder of
the winter and the spring, chief
among them being the senior law
prom in February and the forthcom-
ing performance of Julius Caesar"
The Newprep News. edited by Ale
jandro Angel. jr.. calls attentioa to
the fact that the new dormitory build
ing at Garrett Park. Md. is now be-
ing occupied by the students. Accord
ing to Stephen NJ. Mckenzie, there
was considerable discussion as to how
the boys were to chose their rooms.
and this plan was finally hit upon:
The pioneers of the school were to
have first choice of any room in either
building. The next option was given
the members of the third-year class.
who have been at the new prep two
years. The secondyear class were to
have next choice. followed by the
first-year class and junior prep. The
system has been carried out with
splendid success.
The new prep school dormitory fills
a long-felt need at Garrett Park. 1t
is flied out with reception rooms. au-
ditorium and ample recreation space
and helps take care of the overflow OF
students.
On the recent feast day of the Inn
maculate Conception twenty three
new members were admitted into the
sodality at the prep school. An ad-
dress was given by Rev. Thomas /.
Gasson, S. J.. former president of Bos-
ton College and now lecturer on
natural law and canon law at the
Georgetown Law School. Those ad-
mitted were John Blum. Thomas
Crane. Richard English. John Flan-
merry. Maurice Higgins, Augustine
Haller. Henry Heide. Henry Letter
Robert McNulty, Paul Marshall. Ed
ward Murphy. Roger McFadden,
George Phelps. John Pepper, John
Reiss Hugh Reilly. Paul Reynolds.
Daniel Sullivan and Andrew Saul.
Not to be outdone by the college
students, the prep school youngsters
have organized glee club Of their
own. Gene Golsen is president of the
club. the other officers being Robert
Evening star., 1922-01-01
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Motorization of fire companies the

Motorization of fire companies the
rast year brought the total motoriza :
ton of the departments apparatus to
e6 2-3 per cent. Retirement of Bat
talon Chief Timothy j: Donohoe and
promotion of Capt. C. E. Schrom to
he vacancy was the most important
!hange in the department during the
we're Fl. d. Burch, c. E. Gibson. J. G..
Key, r. j. Holmes, r. E. Wilson. w.
H. beavers, J. F. Costello, l. w. I.us-
key, H. w. Lusby, c. W. Watts, E. M.
Luskey. T. Buckley. H. w. Swami,
J. H. Newton. H. B. Barker, F. M.
Edwards, P. H. Buehler, G. G. Harper.
J. c. Stein, j. Mowatt, H. A. Chap
man and II. w. Hollidge.
The most disastrous fire of the year
involved the partial destruction of
National Hotel, Pennsylvania avenue
and 9Th street. the morning of Octo-
Der :. when the loss amounted to
S13S.662. Losses by months are shown
In reports of Fire Marshal Seib. as fol-
lows:
January-Total number of alarms.
ESQ; false alarms. %; needless alarms.
3; losses. $7S.120.
February-Total number Of alarms,
~; false false alarms; II; needless alarms
March-Total number of alarms,
isl: false alarms. II; needless alarms.
z: total losses. So, ,654.
April-Total number of alarms. 145:
false alarms, 8: needless alarms. 9;
total losses, $S3.437
May-Total number of alarms, 12l :
false alarms, 10: needless alarms. II:
total losses. $4S.9S2.
June--Total number of alarms, 1875:
false alarms. Is; total losses. S2O.322.
Juiy-Total number of alarms. 100:
false alarms. s: total losses. S3S, ,345.
AngnSI-TOfal number alarms
III: false alarms. s: needless and err
roneous alarms. A; total losses.
$65,950.
September-TotaI number of alarms,
Evening star., 1922-01-01
POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Retirement of Maj. Harry L. Cess
ford. superintendent of police: Capt.
Thomas Judge of the tenth precinct
and Detectives R. E. Weldon and
Frank Baur were the more important
chcnges in the police department in
1921. Charges were preferred against
Inspector Clifford L. Grant, chief of
detectives. by Edward Weldon, retired.
and Inspector Grant made charges Of
violations of the police manual agai st
Lieut.. Burlingame. There has been no
investiga tion of the charges
Under the direction of Commission
er James F. Oyster Il squad composed
of Detectives Messer. Fowler and
Sweeney waged war on handbook op-
orators and bootleggers, and many Of
tenders against both laws were ar
rested.
Arrests for all offenses during the
year totaled 5s,410. the principal Of
lenses charged being, murder. is; in
toxication, 5,765: violation of the ma
tional prohibition law. 1910; traffic
regulation. 14.745; speed law. S,617.
Capt. Albert J. Headley was for
mally put in charge Of +he antire police
traffic squad by the Commissioners in
an effort to improve the service. Nj
merous records kept in the Office show
the traffic situation ani work of other
branches of the service.
Fifty deaths from traffic accidents
resulted during the twelve months
and other accidents totaled 5,6o5.
There were As homi ideS
Evening star., 1922-01-01
Ehrman. secretary, and Robert NJ
Nulty, treasurer.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.

John ]. Tigert. United States commits
sloner of education was elected men,
ber of the board of award of America n
University at a meeting last week of
American University is out of debt, it
was reported by the chancellor. Com
pletion of building at the university
which the government left unfinished
when the armiStice was signed was
ordered.
The number of students in the uni
verSity is twice that Of one year ago.
There are three vacancies in the
board of trustees occasioned by death.
They will not be filled until the annual
meeting in June.
More than sevcnty-five universities and
colleges were represented by the students
at the fall term which recently closed.
Evening star., 1922-01-01
SUED FOR ALIMONY.
Wife of Hacker Says Payments Are
Three Months in Arrears.

Justice Bailey of the District Su-
preme Court has cited Richard Storty.
public hacker. to show cause next
Friday why he should not be adjudged
in contempt of court for his failure to
pay alimony to his wife. Mrs. Grace
Shorty. The wife complained that her
husband was three months in arrears
in his payments. She sued Shorty for
a limited divorce. alleging that he
was cruel to her and once shot at her
while she was on the street with a
girl companion.
The wife sets forth in her petition
that since she brought suit against
her husband he has been sentenced
to serve a Jail term for a misdemeanor.
Attorney Raymond Neudecker appears
for the wife.