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Evening star., 1922-01-20
HOPES FOR THE SUCCESS
OF U. S. EMPLOYEES UNION
Senator Lenroot Expresses BEST
Wishes" for Membership Drive
Now in Progress.

Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin to-
day expressed best wishes to Federal
Employees Union. No. .. for the sue
cess of the membership campaign now
In progress. In a letter to William j.
Hendricks. president of No. =, Senator
Lenroot said:
Your organization. / understand,
is primarily concerned in securing a
united effort by federal employees for
an improved employment policy by
the government. Believing that Or
ganized effort is necessary to accom-
plish a public undertaking. l wish
you every success in your member
ship drive
Best wishes also have come from
Representative Nolan of California
and others. According to C. d. An
derson of the Navy Department.
chairman of the central membership
committee, the wide distribution Of
the new membership list is one of the
very satisfactory results of the cam
paign already apparent
Evening star., 1922-01-20
VALUE Of LOWER
SCH0OLSSTRESSED
MoIding Of Public Thought in
Elementary Study, Teach
erS Are Told.

Elementary schools mold the atti-
tude and thoughts Of the people Of the
! United States, and not the colleges. DR..
Of education of New York University,
told District public school teachers
today at the annual meeting of the
| Teachers Institute Sessions were
held simultaneously at Central High
School for the white teachers and at
Dunbar High School for the colored
teachers.
DR.. Withers spoke on THE Burden
of Elementary Education" He cited
reflected in the curricula of the
schools.
Health Teaching in the Public
Schools" was the subject of Mrs. Ira
Couch Wood. director of the Elizabeth
Mccormick Fund of Chicago. She de-
scribed the work undertaken in vari-
Gus sections of the country to improve
the physical standards of school chill
dren, and deplored the fact that one
third of the pupils or the schools of
Washington are 10 per cent or more
under weight.
Urges Health Program.
Mrs. Wood declared that an inten-
SlVe program OF hedith eduCatlon
should be worked out in the public
schools of the country. Support of the
National Education Association in the
development Of any program of real
professional education was pledged
the Washington teachers and officials
by Hugh S. Magill. field secretary of
the organization. He emphasized that
one Of the purposes of the association
is to develop a national conscience for
education.
The speaker at this afternoons ses-
sion of the institute was c. Alfonso
Smith. head of the department OF
English of the United States Naval
Academy. He spoke on The Ministry
of Literature.
Superintendent of Schools Frank w.
Ballou presided at the meeting al
Central High School. Garnet c. Will
kinson. assistant superintendent in
charge of colored schools, was chair
man of the Dunbar meeting.
Evening star., 1922-01-20
HANDBOOK CASES
HELD UP BY COURT
With Some Dry Hearings in
Police Court, Must Await
High Tribunal Ruling.

Justice Hitz of the District Supreme
Court today told counsel for the gov
ernment that the trial of handbook
cases and second violations of the ne-
tional prohibition act in the Police
Court should be suspended until the
United States Supreme Court has
passed on the question involved in
the Moreland case. In that case the
District Court of Appeals held that an
Indictment by grand jury must
precede the imposition of a sentence
carrying hard labor.
Asked writ of Prohibition.
The pronouncement of the court
came when Attorney T. Morrts
Wampler asked for a writ OF pro-
hibition to prevent Judge Hardison
from trying James NJ. Fitzgerald on
a charge Of violating the national
prohibition act. Judge Hardison had
filed an answer in which ne ciaimeo
Jurisdiction for the Police Court and
asked that the writ OF prohiblt1on DC
denied.
Judge Hardison pointed out thai
Fitzgerald had been arraigned and
pleaded not guilty, requesting a Jury
trial. BY this act he submitted to
the jurisdiction Of the court, the
police judge claimed. and could not
now attack that jurisdiction. He also
stated that the national prohibition
act does not call for Imprisonment al
hard labor. but makes the onense
with which Fitzgerald was charged
a mere misdemeanor. which may os
presented to the court on Information
and does not need an Indictment
Believes Question Serious.
Justice Hitz said that he had under
consideration an application Tor q
similar writ In a handbook case anc
that the question looks like a serious
one If the opinion of the local ap-
pellaNe court is to be followed. since
the United States Supreme Court has
issued its writ of certiorari to review
that decision, the Police Court would
do wen to suspend the calling Of sucf
cases until the highest tribunal IN the
land had settled the matter.
Assistant United States Attorneys
OL.eary and Hart appeared for Judge
Hardison.
Evening star., 1922-01-20
|WOMAN'S NERVE:2l'
FO|LS BLACK HAND
Mrs. Gatti Holds Boys With
Note Demanding q
$4,000.

Quick thinking by Mrs. Louis p
Gatti of 736 5th street probably blast
ed the hopes of black hand squadron
demanding $4,000 from her for not
blowing up her home when she hand
ed an envelope containing $3.50 and
paper napkin to two eight-year-old
emissaries of a black hand represent
ative last night.
She held the two boys. Romeo stel-
lota. of sos Massachusetts avenue and
Stanley Petrone of 416 I street, for
about fifteen minutes until the police
who had been notified imm ediately OF
the delivery Of a note from the black
hand" to Mrs. Gatti. had scattered
throughout the neighborhood to trail
the boys. Notice Of receipt Of the
note was taken to the police by New
man Brown,a a visitor at an apartment
in the house. .
The boys said that a man. short and
rather stout, with a scar on the lower
portion Of his face, had given them q
note for delivery to Mrs. Gatti. The
note demanded $4,000 to be given the
streets, when he approached the boys
shortly before 1880 o'clock. When
they returned in about twenty min
utes he had gone.
Suspects TraiIed.
Lieut.. Plemmons Of, headquarters
detailed squad of detectives and pre-
cinct police were ordered to the
neighborhood. Although twenty sus.
poets were trailed by the police. the
man who gave the boys the note was
not found.
Mrs Gatti had received note or
October 20. which had preceded the
short message last night 1t was In
Italian. and a free translation read
We want $4,000. everything goes
well to US. everything bad. death OF
facts everything in secret or you
homes goes in the air. keep ready the
money for the orders we will give you
we will vindicate ourselves unless you
do as we order you. The black hand Is
potent and we have come from New
York to be sure. be good to us and
We will be good to you. mind do not
chatter. pity your poor family. be
ready with the money. you put it in a
signed, The black hand. the money
must be in bills. not more than 90"
Pfid No Attention to 1t.
Mrs Gatti paid no attention to the
note. She had no enemies and did moi
take the message seriously.
The note last night. however
brought an immediate demand. II
said: Have money ready and place
in package. Deliver to bearer. The
black hand
Red ink was splattered on the note
to simulate blood stains.
Police are continuing with an in.
vestigation of the case today and the
Department of Justice has been mott.
fled of the particulars.
We are sure that there is some
crank mixed up in It," Mrs. Gatti sale
today" and we think it will be cleared
up in the near future. One thing /,
certain. We are not millionaires-
far from it. We have never had an!
enemies. but on the contrary have lot!
Of friends. \
1T is possible that some nigh
think We were wealthy because m!
husband was appointed a trustee o.
the estate of his father. stephen Gatti
But he cannot touch all Of that money
He retired from business in order t.
look after the estate"
Mr.. and Mrs. Gatti have two sons
Stephen. nineteen years old. working
in the Office of E. p. Schwartz, rea
estate and insurance broker, ant
Michael. eleven years old. school
boy.
Evening star., 1922-01-20
THREE NEW JUDGES
| ASKED DBYLAWyERS
Bar Association Urges Two
for Appeals Court, One
D. c. Supreme Justice.

The Bar Association of the District
of Columbia held a special meetins
yesterday afternoon and adopted a
resolution asking Congress for two
additional justices for the Court OF
Appeals and one more judge for the
District Supreme Court.
Efforts have been made for several
years TO induce Congress to name two
additional justices for each court, but
without success. The resolution
adopted yesterday is in the nature oC
a compromise in the hope that the
Legislators may be prevailed upon 10
aid at least to this extent in reiiev-
ing the congested condition of litiga
ton a the National Capital.
The legislative committee of the
lawyers will take the resolution 10
the Capitol and renew pleas for the
mel of the bench. 1t will be shown
that in the District Supreme Court.
since the number of justices was last
increased, in 1879, the business of that
tribunal has more than doubled
The Court of Appeals also has
pressing need for two more justices, a g
is shown by the record of business Of
that court during the past year, when
it disposed of more cases than any or
the circuit courts of appeals in the
country. AS this is the court of final
appeal in most of the eases coming
before it, il is suggested that there
should be more than three justices,
because in the case of a dissenting
opinion where the lower courts de-
cision is reversed. the matter is dis
posed of on the opinion of four JUS
tees, the two concurring justices of
the appeal bench holding to one view
of the law and the dissenter and the
trial judge Oh the other side of the
question.
The resolution also opposes chang
ing the name of the Supreme Court OF
the District to the .'Generar' Court Z
of the District of Columbia
Evening star., 1922-01-20
POLICEMAN KILLED
BYNEWYORK NEGRO
List of Murdered BIuecoats Is
Now Raised to
Nine.

NEW YORK, January 20.-Last
nights killing of Patrolman Otto w.
Motz by Frank Whaley, a negro who
had been picked up on suspicion of
insanity, increased to nine the list OF
New York bluecoats shot to death in
the last thirteen months. Eight were
eie victims of criminal gunmen: the
other was laid low by a fellow police
man.
OF the slayers two are awaiting
trial, two Were convicted Of murder.
one was confined in an institution for
the criminal insane, two were exon
Grated and one escaped without leaN
ing clue to his identity.
List Of Killings.
The list of killings began on De-
cember 20. 1920. when Lieut.. Floyd
Horton was shot down while trying
to halt a gang of bandits fleeing in "A
motor car. He had leaped to the run
ming board in the face Of repeated
volleys of pistol shots. and. after re
ceiving a mortal wound. and while
lying helpless in the street. wrote the
number of the fugitires' car on a slip
| of paper. which later led 10 the arrest
and conviction of Nicholas Laresch.
On February u, 1921, Detective
| Joseph j. Brdgetts was killed by
Charles Davis, a Brooklyn chemist. ~
| the latter'S office. DAVIS WAS sent l."
! the state insane asylum at Mattewan.
Patrolman Joseph l.. Connolly was
! killed early on the morning of March
%, while raiding a crap game in
| Brooklyn. one of the players ad
mitted firing the fatal shot, bu; Wa
( freed on the plea that he thought the
| officer was robber.
Gangster Gets Twenty Years.
i Patrolman Daniel J. Neville fell on
August Z, while attempting 10 arrest
William T. Hoey. gangster. drug ad-
! dict and eN-convict. Hoey was sen
| fenced to from twenty years TO life
| Imprisonment last Monday.
! The body og ratrolman Joseph \.
Reuschle was found on the morning
| of September Is. lying in Riverside
| drive at West 18Th street. Clutched
| in his hand was his pistol. from which
! four shots had been fired. He had
I! been shot three times. presumably
| from cover. but his murderer escaped.
Evening star., 1922-01-20
ASK $40, 900 TO MAKE
CHARACTER INQUIRY"
Civil Service Request Recommend
ed Granted by Budget
Bureau,

The budget bureau has recommend
ed to Congress an additional appro-
priation of $4,000 in order that the
Civil Service Commission may give
character examinations to all future
applicants for positions in the gov
eminent. Congress already has ap-
propriated $4,000 for the work of the
commission.
Officials believe that character ex-
aminations will fill a tremendous need
in hiring Uncle Sans servants. 1t Is
the belief of President Bartlett of the
commission and the other members
Of the body that this work Is es-
sential
The President and Gen Dawes, di-
rector of the budget, are understood
to have been heartily in favor of the
increased appropriation, and the
work which 1t contemplates.
Evening star., 1922-01-20
HAYS RESIGNATION NOT
FORMALLY PRESENTED

Although VIII II. Hays will reure
as Postmaster General on March 4, 10
become the head of the motion picture
industry in the country, he has not yet
presented his formal resignation to the
President. He made this point plain to-
day when he came to the White House
to attend a cabinet meeting. and ex-
plained further that although he has
signed the contract for his new Office,
he has not determined when he will sub
nit his resignation.
Mr.. Hays said also that ne had not
informally rendered his resignation over
the telephone from New York to Presi-
dent Harding. as was reported several
DAYS ago He said he did talk to the
President over the phone. but he simply
acquainted the President with the facts
of his decision and that he had signed
the contract
Evening star., 1922-01-20
OBJECTS TO DECISION.
Mr.. Dempsey Protests Speaker
Disposal of Waterways Report.

The report submitted to Congress
by the international joint commission
on the proposed st. Lawrence water
way was referred by Speaker Gillett
today to the House interstate COM
merce committee, of which Repre-
sentative Winslow or Massachusetts,
is chairman. This settlement Of a
controversy which had arisen over
reference Of the report was declared
satisfactory by supporters of the wa
terway proposal.
The decision Of the Speaker was
Immediately challenged by Chairman
Dempsey of the rivers and harbors
committee. which had sought juris-
diction over the report. Mr.. Dempsey
announced that with instructions
from his committee he would make
a motion in a day or so to change the
reference to his committee. He de-
clared there were no precedents for
giving the report to the commerce
Committee, and contended it would be
Of benefit to the House to have de-
bate on the question Of disposal
Evening star., 1922-01-20
FINANCE EXPERTS MEET.

Representative Martin B. Madden Of
Illinois, chairman of the House ap-
propriations committee. was the
principal speaker at the semi-monthly
finance luncneon yesterday at the New
Ebbitt Hotel. Representative Madden
discussed the world war appropria-
lions and revenues. Maj. Otto GROUND
also spoke, on the income tax law as
If affects Army officers. !,
About seventy-five officers of the
snance department. officers of the
FINANCE Reserve Corps and few
civilian employees in the office Of the
chief of finance pere present.
The Finance School at Fort Hunt,
Va. was represented by the COM
mandant. Lieut. Col. S. S. Ross. and
his assistant, Maj F. q. Parker. Brig
Gen. H. NJ. Lord, chief Of finance. pre-
sided. 80 - 4
Evening star., 1922-01-20
RAILROADS STORE
COAL FOR STRIKE
Anticipating Production Cut,
Large Reserves Are Be-
: ing Built.

Fearing a general coal strike on
March 81, railroads of the country
are laying in large reserve supplies
Of bituminous coal, according to
testimony before the Interstate Com
merce Commissions rate inquiry
within the last few days. President
Samuel FELTON, OF the Chicago, Great
Western explained several days ago
that the roads were storing reserve
stocks of coal in anticipation of
calling Of coal strike April l.
Possibility of a general strike was
TOUCHED on today at the inquiry. H.
w. Prickett. representing operators
in southern Wyoming. Utah and near
by districts. said 1t was the purpose
of the operators to establish substan-
tial wage reductions April ]. Shortly
afterward. w. S. Bronson, attorney
for the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road asked J. y. A. Morrow, vice
president of the National Coal Asso-
citation, what the possibilities were
for coal strike on April l. Mr.
Morrow asserted that "he male it his
business not to know anything about
the labor side of the coal industry"
In view of the fact that it was
handled by other organizations of
wage decrease. he added, is generally
expected.
Coal Industry Represented.
The commission yesterday heard
claims OF the coal-fndustry for decreased
railroad rates ]. D. A. Morrow, vice
president Of the National Coal Associa-
ton and representative Of the largest
group of coal mine operators. declared
that his organization would not attempt
to say what railroad earnings would
stand in the way Of freight reductions,
but asserted that If any were granted
they should be accorded to coal first and
to the largest degree.
Mr.. Morrow estimated that freights
on coal had increased as much as zoo
per cent since 1914. and that the pres
ent average cost Of transporting a ton
OF coal from the mines to the consumer
was $2.74. while the price of the prod
uct Itself at the mine was S2.14.
George H. Gushing. for the American
Wholesale Coal Association. declared
that railroad earnings would be suffi-
cient to allow sharp reductions in rates
on coal with the resumption Of normal
traffic.
Evening star., 1922-01-20
FIGURES
in THE ARMSPARLEY
Young Peruvian Artist Ex-
hibits PasteIs, Embracing
Portraits and Caricatures.

A very interesting collection of
pastel drawings. portraits and Carl
catures of the leading figures in the
arms conference done by young
Peruvian artist, Alberto Barretto. is
now on exhibition in the rear parlor
of the Shoreham Hotel.
The group of fourteen drawings is
interesting for two reasons: First.
because Mr.. Barretto who Is only
twenty-four years old and has only
taken up art in the last few years
seriously, has caught remarkably
characteristic expressions on the ma
jority of his subjects without ever
having seen them, his work having
been done entirely from newspaper
Photographic representations in New
York, where he has recently made
his home.
Secondly. because the artist has
used as a rather novel medium diff
ferent colored paper as background
to portray the natures and tempera.
ments of the different national figures
Instances Are Cited.
In the case of NJ. BRAND. red is used
to denote fiery nature. and red Is
the predominant note of the whole
face, contrasting colors being used
in the high lights. The most interest
Ing picture in the group Is OF Mr.
Balfour, although it is caricatured tc
greater extreme than any of the
others. The character is very well
brought out in the expressive fea.
lures White Is used as a medium te
denote q pale, insipid nature" ac.
cording to the artist.
The most finished and well executed
drawings in the collection are OF
Srinivasa Sastri, the delegate from
India. and Prince Tokugawa OF
Japan. In these Mr.. Barretto ha.
caught a great sense OF feeling FOL
both the national and personal tenn
peraments, and has executed the
drawing in a velvet texture that il
found only in the best of pastel
work.
Other Portrnitures Described.
The drawings of President Harding
and Secretary Hughes are not up to
the standard of the others. while
those Of Baron de Cartier, Sir Robert
Borden and Mr.. Liang are expressive
likenesses, but will not stand such
close scrutiny as the others ALL OF
the drawings are done in a broad
daring style that is very pleasing
Today Senator SchaRzer of Italy
called to see his portrl6t and seemed
pleased, but rather amused at the
somewhat sinister expression given
to his face by the lurid green back
ground.
The exhibit, which is sponsored by
Ambassador Pezet Of Peru, will con.
tinue until Wednesday.
Evening star., 1922-01-20
D|SSENS|ON ST|RS
NEW MOTOR CORPS
Attitude Of Police Toward
Volunteers Said to Be
I Factor in Discomfort.

Dissension In the ranks OF the
Motor Corps of the Home Defense
League of the Metropolitan police
force seriously threatens to disrupt
the newly formed organization of
300 motorists Of this city. Lack OF
cooperation on the part Of the police
departRent, lack of sympathy of the
individual policeman with the ef-
forts of the corps to aid and the
summary Withdrawing of police
badges by the department are said
to be factors in the general discon-
tent of some of the high officials of
the motor corps.
The only connection We have with
the police department. said an
official OF the corps today. lis the
fication cards of the motor corps.
The policemen themselves go out
of their way to arrest a motor corps
man for a minor infraction of ehe
traffic laws; the heads of the police
department, in an emergency. are
very nice, but apparently have no
use for the citizen who volunteers
TO help maintain law and order.
Emergency Declared Past.
THE badges of the officers of the
organization were withdrawn because
the time of an emergency was past.
Is there any less of an emergency
now than there was last July. when
they were commissioned. This act
has convinced many heretofore be-
levers in the motor corps that police
department cooperation has been
more of myth than anything else
Another officer Of the order COM
mented:
I'VE have a fine organization of
three hundred of the representative
business men Of this city" he said.
They are willing to volunteer to aid
in maintaining law and order at all
times. They Joined the organization
for service. but when this service to
absolutely unappreciated and in some
cases seriously abused what is the
result? 1t is that the motor corps men
are gradually beginning to realize
that they are not wanted: that they
are bounded by the majority Of po-
licemen, and that they are being made
the goats OF the police department.
Many Have Resigned.
This treatment" he continued, has
led many of the best citizens to resign
frsri the order. Many motor corps men
have already taken the plates of their
cars, not because they are ashamed of
the way they look, but because they be-
leve that theirs is a marked car for
any policeman"
Due to lack of cooperation by the
police department. several prominent
citizens who entered the organization
through a sense Of municipal duty,
without chance Of remuneration. have
been placed in embarrassing positions,
and found themselves open to unjust
criticism and abuse. it was also learned
today. Several members have stated
that when assisting in the handling of
traffic cases on special occasions. such
as the recent Armistice day celebration,
and at other times while aiding men,
berS of the police force In the line of
duty, they have been openly insulted and
told, You fellows with those tin
badges, beat it. 1 can handle this by
myself better
Evening star., 1922-01-20
POPE NEAR DEATH,
SLIGHT HOPE HELD
FOR HIS RECOVERY
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another examination shortly after
noon, after which DR.. Marchiafava
said the Pope's condition was very
grave, but not desperate. He thought
the turning point would occur to-
night.
After this examination the Vatican
cardinals gathered around the rope g
bedside and kissed his hand. which
lay on a cushion. At this time his
holiness was allowed to sit up in
bed few minutes. During the day
the Pope was given just enough nour-
ishment to sustain him, all solid foods
being withheld in order to allow his
fever to subside.
Throughout the day there was an
atmosphere of sadness in the ante
chamber as the cardinals filed IN to
seek news of the holy fathers condi-
tion.
The Swiss guards stood at atten-
tion on the third floor of the huge
palace and rigidly enforced orders
for absolute silence. Scarlet-coated
ushers were on hand everywhere, en-
joining questioning callers to remain
quiet. 1t was difficult, however, to
prevent small groups from gathering
about the attendant cardinals, whis-
pering their hopes for the best.