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The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
PROBE Of CITIZENS
Federation URGED
Sixteenth Street Highlands
Body Acts on Presidents
! Plea for Withdrawal.

Declaring that In many cases
the Federation OF Citizens Asso-
Citations does not carry out the
wishes Of the associate members,
that il is not a representative
body, and intimating that fedora
tion affairs are in the hands Of a
clique, the Sixteenth Street High
lands Citizens Association last
night passed a motion authorizing
an investigation by a committee
TO be appointed by f. r. Wood.
son. president of the Sixteenth
street Organization.
President woodson, who fay-
ored withdrawal from the Fedora.
ton. stated that "a specific ex-
ample of the non-representative
spirit Of the Federation is shown
in the affairs Of the Public IT'LL
ties Committee Of that organiza-
tion." He added: II am not in
favor of its fight against the Pub
lie Utilities Commission, and I
know of many others who are not
Furthermore, according to the
Federation's constitution IL takes
a majority vote to refer any mo-
ton TO a member Organization. /"
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
GRAHAM NO HERO,
K-W|FE TEsT|F|Es
Naval Lieutenant Slept With
Life Preserver, Asserts
MRS. Humes.
WOMAN IS CALM ON STAND
Faces Severe Cross -Examina-
ton Without BetrayIng
Emotion. 2

Mrs. Elsa Portnsf Graham
Humes. wife Of Augustus l..
Humes. New York lawyer, and
woman in the case" in the $780,.
900 alienation suit filed against her
husband by Lieut.. Lorimer c. Ora.
ham, u. 8. n. her former husband,
collapsed on the witness stand last
week. but yesterday she stood up
under q gruelling cross-examina-
ton by Attorney Daniel Thew
Wright, counsel for Graham.
She did not appear to be the
same woman who broke down and
sobbed bitterly when she told Of
being treated cruelty by Graham.
She successfully parted all of
Wrtghts attempts to make her
contradict herself. She seemed to
have an enormous reserve energy
Mrs. Humee related an incident
which took place on the 8. 8.
Mauretania In 1914 when she and
Graham were returning. with many
other Americans, from the warning
countries Of Europe.
SAYS HE WAS FRIGHTENED.
Graham. she testified. was 20
frightened at the prospect of a Ger.
man submarine sinking the ship
that he put his head through the
life preserver and tried to see II
he could squeeze through the port.
hole in his stateroom with the life
preserver on.
Mrs. Humes described Graham,
alleged attempts to wiggle through
the portfolio without getting
Graham took his life preserver
into his berth and slept beside II,
his former wife testified. Mrs.
Humes said she did not have a life
preserver. nor was she worried
about the lack of one.
She did remember, however, she
testified, that Graham did not seek
one tor her.
After Attorney Wright begaL the
cross-examination Mrs. Humes ex-
piained how she came to get rid of
her wedding ring. She stated that
after coming to Baltimore with
Graham, she cried and said aloud,
Il can never wear that ring" She
quietly took 1t off and allowed 1t
TO slide to the floor Of the room in
which she was married.
"TRICkED." HER CLAIM.
Mrs. Humes insisted in sticking
to her vague definition OF the word
"tricked' as applied to her mar.
riage to Graham. She was unable
to give Attorney Wright any bet.
ter definition Of just what she
meant than she was able to give
Wilton J. Lambert. her own attor.
ney. She still insisted. however.
that she was not a willing party
to the marriage.
Lieut.. Graham was absent from
the trial again yesterday. 1t Is
not likely that he will appear again
until Wednesday. being detained at
his ship at the Chariestown, Mass.
navy yard.
Mrs. Humes will resume Ter tes-
timony this morning at 10 O'Clock.
1t is hardly likely that the case
will go to the jury before Thursday
or Friday. .
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
Escaped Mental Patient
Taken on Street Car Here

Isaac Hurst Post. twenty-seven
years old. of Buchanan, W. Va. a
mental patient. escaped from a train
at Union Station yesterday after
noon while en- route from Glenwood
Sanitarium, New Jersey. to Miami.
Fla. He was arrested a short time
later by Policeman Green. OF the
Eighth precinct, on a street car.
Post stepped off the train while
his mother, Mrs. Annie Post, and
his attendant. Walter w. Scott,
were at the opposite end OF the car
Scott. gave chase. and when Post
got on a street car followed in an
automobile. picking up the police
man.
Post was later transferred to the
psychopathic ward of the Gallinger
Municipal Hospital. He will be re-
leased today into the custody of
Scott and his mother.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
Seven Brick Bungalows
At St. Elizabeth's Asked

Seven new brick bungalows. each
with four rooms, kitchen and bath,
on the grounds Of the Government
Hospital for the Insane (St. Eliza
beth's). are requested in the an.
nual budget Of the Interior De-
partment sent to Congress yester.
day. The amount asked is SAG, 900.
Among other items included in
the Federal budget are the follow
ing:
Eighty-one additional clerks for
the Pension Office: seventy-nine ad.
ditional clerks for the Patent OF.
flee; increase of $12,600 to it's fund
FOR collecting statistics for Bureau
of Education: $17,300 for repairs to
marine railway at the Washington
navy yard; $1,000 for replica Of bust
Of George Washington for the
State Department: $16,875 for
rented buildings for Civil Service
Commission.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
Disbarred Patent Lawyer
Loses Appeals Decision

William E. Baff. patent attorney,
who was dfsbarred by the Patent
Office authorities on a charge of
misconduct. will have to finish his
fight for reinstatement with the
Secretary Of the Interior and the
Commissioner Of Patents before cali
ing on the courts for help, according
to a decision yesterday by the Court
Of Appeals.
Baff made too quick a jump from
the Patent Office to the courts, the
opinion reads. His failure to de.
mand a rehearing before coming
into the courts sets at naught a
writ Of mandamus issued by the
District Supreme Court, which over
looked the fact that a rehearing was
still the patent attorneys privilege.
The case will now have to go back
to the District Supreme Court and
then to the Patent Office.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
Greek Refused,
Citizenship For
Avoiding Draft

John A. vALLT0S. . Greek,
who gave his occupation
% that Of b grocer and his
address ss S1s2 Fourteenth
street northwest, was denied
final citizenship papers yes.
terday by Justice Bailey In
the, District Supreme Court ON
the ground that he w.s un-
worthy.
valltos' record shows that
he has been in this country
since 1883. He waited until
1918 to declare his Intention
to become = citizen, but when
summoned to appear before .
local draft board, the record
shows, Valltos pleaded that
he was . subject Of . neutral
country and didn't care to be
drafted into the army.
Naturalization e Z . m IN or
Jesse Thomas recommended
that VaIltos' petition for final
papers be denied because he
wanted to b . citizen without
assuming the responsibilities
that 60 with citizenship.
Twenty-seven civilians and
four soldiers were granted
final papers, Five petitions
were dismissed because the ap-
plicants failed to show up In
court.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
ASKS AID IN FIGHT
ON ALLEY PROBLEM
John Ihlder Appeals to Dupont
Circle Citizens Association
for Assistance.

Appeal for aid in building suit.
able homes to replace deplorable
structures occupied by alley dwell.
ers Of Washington. was voiced by
John Ihlder. director Of housing
section Of the National Chamber
of Commerce. in an address before
the Dupont Circle Citizens Associa-
ton yesterday at Rauscher's.
These dwellings are the source Of
the greater part Of the crime and
disease in the city," he said
THE number Of alley dwellers has
been decreasing, but there. Is a re-
Taxation Of effort now due to the
lack of funds.
Mr.. Ihlder paid tribute to the
late Mrs. Ellen Axson Wilson. who
was active in this work for years.
The association passed a resolu-
ton favoring sale Of the Force
School on Massachusetts, avenue,
between Seventeenth and Eight.
eenth streets. and the purchase of
a less valuable property with more
playground space.
Officers were elected as follows:
Col. John Temple Graves. presi-
dent: Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, first
vice president; Gen. NJ. NJ. Nc
Comb. second vice president: A. X.
Phillips, third vice president; Mrs.
w. B. Ridgely. secretary; and L. E.
Schriner. treasurer.
Snowden Ashford. Capt. Clayton
f. Emig and A. d. Addison were
elected delegates to the Federation
of Citizens Associations.
Mrs. HOPKINS presided.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
ALIENIST GIVEN VERDICT.

DR.. Smith E. JeIliffe, New York
alienist. who sued the estate of the
late Stilson Hutchins. wealthy pub
Usher. for s1.575 for services rem.
dered in connection with the in
quiry into Hutchins' sanity was
awarded a verdict for exactly half
the amount yesterday by a jury in
Circuit Court No. 2, Justice Hoeh-
ling presiding. The alienist sent in
his bill about ten years ago.
Hutchins was declared insane by
DR.. Jeiliffe and the opinion of the
alienist was later upheld by a Jury.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
SCf69[S GIVEN.
BAD TREATMENT
CITIZENS CLAIM.
Procedure will Be Determined
at Mass Meeting Tonight
of $50 Civic Organizations
ACCEPT LORDS CHALLENGE
People of Washington Bitter,
and Determined to Make
Fight for Higher Estimate

Accepting the challenge of Budget
Director H. M. Lord to tell It to
Congress" II more liberal appropria-
tions were desired for public schools
here. representatives of $50 civic
bodies tonight will gather at Frank
lin School to plan a course Of ac-
ton.
DIR. Abram Simon, president Of
the Board of Education. will pre-
side and outline some Of the urgent
needs of the public schools which
are not cared for in the estimates
presented yesterday.
LESS THAN LAST YEAR.
THE estimate Of only s6.s33. .1s2
for the school system for the en-.
suing year is inadequate and
leaves no room for development" 4"
tendent of education, declared last
night.
1t was pointed out by the super
intendent that the estimates carry
sum $500. 900 less than last years
appropriations. while the number of
pupils has increased more than
1900.
Edward F. Colladay, president of
the Board of Trade, which is spon-
soring tonight's school conference.
declared last night that every phase
Of the budget bureaus report and
estimates affecting the public school
system would be considered.
CONDITION OF SCHOOLS.
There is no denying that the
physical condition of our schools Is
deplorable," Mr.. Colladay said
Reports show they are in many
cases insanitary, due to overcrowd-
ing. and are certain to impair the
health of the children.
'Washington's public schools
should be the best in the country.
Under our present system we must
look to Congress for the necessary
funds to carry out such a program"
Several members of the House
and Senate have accepted invita-.
tions to be present at tonight's con-
ference.
HOPES FOR INCREASE.
William S. Washburn, chairman
of the public schools committee of
the Board of Trade. said he hoped
Congpb would find il possible to
adopt u liberal attitude. toward the
the schools and increase the appro-
priation over the estimates sub
mitted by the budget bureau.
Henry II. Classic, chairman of
the public schools committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, declared
that the estimates "are entirely in
adequate" to meet the pressing
needs" of the school system.
APPEAL TO CONGRESS.
Nothing should be left undone
that may help in placing our public
schools on at least a par with the
best in the country" Mr.. Classic
said. 1T will be a matter of regret
II Congress does not adopt a more
liberal policy and make it possible
for us to take a lead among the
larger cities of the nation''
II is probable that tonight's con.
ference will take steps to support
proposed supplemental estimate
Of 100000 which the Board of
Education declares is needed to care
for the immediate needs of the
school system.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
ST0NELEIGH COURT SUIT.

The Hay Real Esatte Company,
which handles property owned by
the late John Hay, Secretary of
State. filed suit yesterday in the
District Supreme Court against
Robert Stanfield to recover s1,7oO
alleged to be due for rent for an
apartment in Stoneleigh Court.
Through Attorney George E. Sulli-
van, II is alleged that Stanfield
for his apartment but has failed
to pay any rent since last April.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
Budget Figures Provide
For 2 New Fairgrounds

Two playground sites were recon.
mended for purchase by the Govern
ment in the annual budget sent
to Congress yesterday. the total
cost not to exceed $25,000.
The bureau urged the purchase
OF the Hoover playground in South.
west at a cost Of $4,000. while pro-
vision also Is made for the pur-
chase Of the site at Twenty-seventh
and 0 streets northwest at a cost
of $4,000.
An increase Of $4,000 Is asked
over last years appropriation, max.
ing total of $40. 900. for the MAIN
tainance and repair Of the Dis.
trict's Fairgrounds.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
cYcLIST HURT IN CRASH.

Daniel Francis Sullivan, thirteen
years old. Of 1858 Kenyon street
northwest. suffered cuts and
thrown from his bicycle following
a collision with a car Of the Capt.
tai Traction Company at -Four.
teenth and @ streets. He | was
treated at the Emergency Hospital.
Vernon Rogers was the motorman
In charge Of the car. =; 80
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
FINANCE
AND
BUSINESS
~ h O. FoRBEs.

We are happiest when we are
doing our best, are we not?
But Is it not true that aS If
Us need some incentive to de-
our best? @
The fatal weakness Of Social
<m is that it takes away in
s.ative, as We have seen in
Russia.
How can the workers Of
America be given more incen-
tive to do more and better work
and to derive joy in so doing?
One suggestion is afforded by
the mammoth General Electric
Company, which has created q
400 900 fund, the Charles A.
Coffin foundation, the income of
which will be distributed in the
form Of prizes to employees who
show greatest ability in their
line; to light, power and cleo
trio railway companies for the
most notable improvement in
serving the public; to graduate
students considered worthy of
fellowships- and for research
work at technical schools and
colleges.
The establishment Of this
fund is a gracious tribute to
Colonel Coffin, father I. of the
electrical industry in America
and founder and chief upbuilder
Of the gigantic General Elec-
tric Company of today. Colonel
Coffin retained active manage
ment of the company until this
year, when at seventy-eight he
transferred the duties of chair
man to Owen d. Young and the
duties Of president to Gerard
Swope.
Only the other day the news
papers recorded the presenta-
tion of the Theodore N. Vail
medal to employees of the
Bell Telephone Company for
conspicuously meritorious acts
or service during the year, the
money in this instance having
been bequeathed by Mr.. Vail,
who was the president and
king-pin of the company for
many years and was indeed
more responsible than any
other individual in giving Amer
lea telephone systems unap-
preached by any other nation
on the face of the earth.
Andrew Carnegie also had in
mind the desirability of fur
nishing special incentive for the
performance of unusual acts
or services. While he was in
business he was a lavish shar-
er of profits with his respon-
sible associates, and later he
established the Carnegie Hero
Fund.
The late John H. Patterson
was a great believer in award
ing prizes for unusual merit
on the part of his employees.
A number of companies now
have suggestion boxes" and
give monthly or annual prizes
for the most valuable pointers
submitted by workers.
But it remains true in the
vast majority of concerns not
a single prize is offered as an
inducement to employees to don
their thinking caps and come
forward with helpful sugges-
tions or to do better work than
those around them.
How the newspapers hasten
to glorify a football player
who makes an unusually clever
kick or other play in an inter-
college football match.
And think of the size of the
type seized upon to proclaim to
the world that some baseball
player has secured a home
run.
And when some ex-caddie
plays a round of golf in an alb
on Page IS, Column 81
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
Laws Planned to Legalize
Judge on Commission

President Harding and Chairman
Winslow, Of the House Interstate
and Foreign Commerce COMMITTEES.
yesterday discussed legislation which
will enable Federal Circuit Judge
Samuel Alschuler, Of Chicago. to
serve on the coal fact finding com.
mission while retaining his position
on the bench.
Such legislation. winslow indi.
Gated. will be passed in the near
future.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
Item for Educational Site
and Buildings Is SIashed
In Two. in New Estimate1
PAVING REQUEST REDUcEl
Total $4,000, 900 Less Thar
Commissioners, Figures; NJ
Bonus for District Workerj
ny univer.ai ssrvsoe.

b Appropriations aeEregatin
$25,04s,973 for the District of
Columbia were submitted to Con:
gress yesterday BY President
Harding in transmitting the bud.
get for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1924.
The total is nearly $1,0oo, 900
less than expenditures author
lied for the current Fiscal year,
and almost $4,000 below the estj-
mates prepared by the District
COMMISSIONER
SCHOOL ITEMS CUT. :.
Principal items for the new NJ
cal year, compared with current
Appropriations, are as follows:
General gov
eminent. Sc. fl,41S,s2s sl,1oosfbs
Protection OF
I'VE nd
property..... S,ss7.sls 4.l6o,l1t
Health and
aishsays: s!Sss.0So iis''ii
Charities and =
corrections. 2,eez.0e 2.SsS.bst
Education. $751; 49, $751; .3e<
Recreation. l.oso.soc ssl.sia
Public service =
enterprises. 2.54i.oao a.ssa. Sc,
One of the outstanding redu6
tions made by the Budget Burees
In the Commissioners recommeu
dations occurred in connection With
an item Of s2.5oo 900 asked for nev
school sites and buildings. Thzk
request was cut to s1.2o0. 900.
HIGHER SEWER PROVISION.
With reference to educational
funds. Il is recommended that forty
administrative principals Of elemen-
tary schools with sixteen or more
classrooms be authorized. Each
would receive a salary yof
50 500. with an increase OF 500 q
year for four years.
The proposed salary schedule for
the shcools is: Superintendent. So
900; two assistants. $3.50 each: q
new assistant for business affairs
$3.50: director OF intermediate in
thirteen supervising prin-
cipals. supervisor Of manual train.
ing. and director of primary In
s2,400 each, minimum FIJI.
ty-six teachers are promoted for
sunerior work.
Other items included in the estf
mates are the following:
For street improvements. $3.50 900
For Police Department, s1.sfe 800
an increase Of S24.714. I;
For Fire Department, 1.l3,Sl3
an increase Of sl12.s6s.
For Health Department. s217, SIS
an increase Of ss,s45.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
$50, ,673 FOR STATIONERY.

Contingent expenses of the Dis.
trict for the fiscal year amounted
to $44.27s.33. according to the re-
port Of the Commissioners ,ub-
mitted to Congress yesterday. The
largest item was $30,s73.5s FOR
stationery, blank forms, bindery.
etc. The amount expended was
less than half Of the amount sp-
propriated.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
Only Woman Senator
Is Voted Extra Paw

Mrs. Rebecca Latimer FELTON,. of
Georgia. the first woman to sit in
the United States Senate, yesterday
was voted S794 by that body for
additional salary and mileage dur
ing her brief but eventful in
cumbency.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
District Plans Appeal to Congress Ouer Head Of Budget

MRS. Elsa PORTNER GRAHAM HUMES,
WI Uho Tesunsed' the Uifness stdnd Rester-
day In the $500 900 alienation suit filed against
her husband by her former husband, LieuH.
LOrfmer C. Graham, -
The Washington times., 1922-11-09
SHIPS BILL To.
PASS.H0USE At
EXTRA SESSION
Senate, However. Is Expected
to Talk Bill to Death In
FIIlbuster.
BY A. O. HAYWARD.
international News Service. q


The Harding I.asker shipping bill.
providing a subsidy for the mainte-
nance OF the American merchant ma
rine. probably will pass the House
before December l IL II is taken up at
the beginning OF the special session
OF the Slxty-seventh Congress. set
for November 20, Congressional lead
ers agreed today. Staunchest advo-
Gates Of the legislation. however, re-
frain from predicting that the meas
ure would get through the Senate.
Opponents OF the ship subsidy de-
clare that the bill will not pass the
Senate, and they will be able to talk
II TO death during the short session
or use II as the basis of a filibuster
TO block other legislation, thereby
making II necessary for President
Harding to call a special session OF
the Sixty-eighth Congress- after
March 4.
Even II the subsidy bill is not
passed by both houses before the end
of the present Congress. II IN not ex'
pected that the President will sum-
mon the new Oonrgess TO act on the
legislation. Before the Tuesday elec'
tions, the President held to the view
that the country would be better off
without Congress in session for some
months, and since the elections have
resulted in heavy losses for Repub-
licans, Mr.. Hardings political judg.
ment Is expected to solidify his ear
lier opinion.
The Washington times., 1922-11-09
NEW ITALIAN
AMBASSADOR
PLEASES ]. 8.
Prince caetani Studied Engi-
neering Here and Is Friend
of Hoover.

Prince Gelasio Caetani. nominated
by Premier Mussolini to be Italian
Ambassador to the United States, 10
entirely acceptable to this Govern.
ment, Il was stated In official circles
today.
Prince Gelasio is the son Of he
Duke Of Caetani and was born In
1877. He Is at present member
OF the House Of Deputies, where
he has a record as an aggressive
sponsor for all reform measures.
The official gazette of the Italian
parliament sets out that the
prince belongs to one Of the most
illustrious and ancient families OF
Rome from which have descended
popes, cardinals and literateurs.
Tho prince Is one of the few
titled noblemen of Europe who
actually participated In the world
war and who boasts of many dec
orations for bravery.
With the ascendency OF the
Fascist, Ambassador Rolandi Ricci
resigned. After the resignation OF
the former ambassador, II was
rumored that Baron Romano Avez
zano or Senator Luigi Albertinl
would be appointed to the post at
Washington, but the dispatches
confirmed the appointment of
Prince Caetani. -
The prince studied engineering