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2gZ M6 wm iik J8 if tS THE WASHINGTON POST TUESPlf FEBRtJABPtO 19201 jprixiA JT wCllP3 tEAR UP CAR THEFTS lilroad Detectives Uncover Loot Worth 200000 Here I frSPECTOB ODEA MADE BAIDS Ih General Round Up Attention Was Centered on Eckington Yards i Where 10 Men Were Arrested I Freight Consigned to South Shunt ed on Isolated Tracks by Robbers Systematic thefts in this city aggre KfUing 200000 worth of articles on fhch the railroads have paid claims lmve been cleared ud by Inspector arrv ODea of the police depart Icrit of the railroad administration waa announced last night The efs ere practically all committed the Eckington yards of the Balti lflo 1 and Ohio Railroad lit the general round up of rairoad tfei ei i ention was centered on the dsi ct uherc a number of freight cfcrF in route Southern and Western pfeiius were looed An entire yard crew composing yard masters engi re conductors firemen and brake nfrn was put under surveillance and at a virr asting several months Inspector ODea arrested nineteen men flfll whom were charged with sjeaingf 1 Two Prisoners Confess of the men apprehended had bge i in the employ uf the Baltimore ii0 Ohio Railroad for more than tveve years and in court confess tJbey had been robbing cars for more tian two years The question of con action was a hard one Inspector jDea declared for the reason the rstilroad was unable to identify many sticles declared to have been stolen Fines were imposed on most of the ren Vast quantities of valuable silks and woolens were recovered Investigation revealed that the al pged thieves singled out cars routed flor Southern points on which no re ord is made in the District and shunted the cars to distant points in ie suburban yards where they took their time selecting the most valuable rticles Entered Yards at Night All of the men were apprehended py ODea who entering the yards under cover of darkness caught them in he act of opening cars Of seventy five arrests made in Pittsburgh by ODea and his aids only fourteen convictions were obtained because evidence obtained against the men was not supported by railroad officials when the question of identification of floods was brought up in court CHtTBCHES UEGED TO TTtflTE Cooperation to Meet Problems Due to War Sought at Conference The national conference of women of the Interchurcb world movement called for the purpose of bringing to women a sense of personal responsibility for furtherance of Christianity and to spread the program of interchurcb movement yesterday closed its three day session at the Raleigh Following the morning discussion a luncheon attended by wives of cabinet members was held at the Washington Mrs Wallace Radcliffe presided Mrs Raymond Robbins of Chicago chairman of the findings committee in delivering the conference message to women of the church asked them to indorse the interchurch movement Daniel A Poling head of the department of laymens activ ities urged complete cooperation be i twopn churches and exhorted delegates to stand together to meet prob lems lhat confront the church as a result of the war CLOTHIERS HERE I FOR CONVENTION RENT BOARD RESUMES Will Confer With Court Qfficials on Its Jurisdiction Today HEARINGS ABE BEGUN AGAIH OIL BIDS mSABLY DOUBLED Complaints Involving Possession of i 000 barrels iTTiii tx Tne board rrujjcrijr wui re xrananuucu vi 80 Per Cent Increase Asked of Shipping Board Prices SO per cent greater titan those paid last year were asked of the United fjjtates shipping board in bids for 24iOftM00 barrels of fuel oil opened yesterday Only one firm the Mexican Petroleum offered a bid on the entire 24000000 barrels The Associated Oil Company bid on Local News Briefs 300 rectly to Judicial Tribunals Charges That Apartments Are Heatless Invoke Many Landlords it was indicated will reject the bids The board officials said would appeal to President Wilson ind Secretaries Lansing and Lane for aid in securing oil at reasonable prices The possibility that the board would have to go into the open market for oil or else return tp coal for fuel was also discussed LientCi Charles IvntE 1 A engineer commissioner of the Iis trict will deliver an illustrated lecture on operations of the englneerrifg department of tha District government before the Georgetown Citizens Association February 17 in Potomac Bank Hall The CatnoHe Womens Service Clnb will entertain at a card party and dance Thursday night at 601 street northwest Maryland and District Association Meets at the Raleigh Today Research Radio Exhibit Opens The first df a series of radio exhibits showing the development of the wireless telephone opened yesterday at the rooms of the National Research Council 1201 Sixteenth street northwest Members of the diplomatic corps and Conswss attended Today the exhibit will be thfown open to the public Dr King and Howe are in charge The annual convention of the Maryland and District of Columbia Clothiers Association will be held today at the Raleigh Scores of business men from Baltimore and other Maryland towns arrived last night to complete arrangements for the meeting Herman Cahn president of the association headed a delegation from Baltimore The convention will start at 1030 this morning with the annual report of the president and secretary treasurertreasurer Reports of committees for the past year will also be submitted at the morning session The Washington members of the association will be hosts at a luncheon to the delegates at 1230 oclock Isaac Gans Charles Columbus Henry Rissman of Chicago and Joseph Katz will speak at the after rioon session Officers for the ensuing year will be elected in the afternoon Sidney West chairman of the mens wear section of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association is chairman of the committee on arrangements Officers of the association are Herman Cahn president I Gold heim first vice president John Schwartzenback second vice president Goodman secretary treasurertreasurer Sidney West Frank Low Jonas Hamburger Sam Shaefer and Bear directors Robbed He Says Asks 1000 Charging that while a guest at the Hotel Lafayette last summer his room had been entered and a silk shirt besides a pair of diamond cuff links had been taken Roger Mar chetti yesterday sued the hotel for 1000 damages in the District Supreme Court Hoehling Peelle Ogilby and Offutt Imlay are his attorneys Cooperation with the courts in met ing out justice and the assurance of I efforts to obtain congressional legislation to correct housing evijs in Washington are the aims of the District rent commission At a conference today court officials and the rent commissioners hope to outline clearly the jurisdiction of the commission and the courts so that many cases may go directly into court especially those concerning possession of property A meeting of the rent commission ers is scheduled for 3 oclock this aft 1 ernoon to take up in earnest the work of reviewing cases already filed Sessions Are Resumed With the recovery of James Oyster chairman and A Leftwich Sinclair who have been ill the commission yesterday resumed its sessions There was some discussion in regard to the neglect of landlords in heating apartment houses It was stated that scores of apartment houses have been heatless It was also pointed out that there is no provision in law under which a penalty could be inflicted ou offenders A bill proposed by Senator Sherman now in committee provides such a penalty for delinquent house owners and it is the aim of the rent commission to have it enacted into law Three Classes of Complaints Complaints received so far by the rent commission may be divided into the following classes 1 Contested possession of property 2 Landlords asking increased rents which tenants protest 3 Rents now being charged which tenants declare too high 4 Instances in which tenants charge property owners with neglect of property and lack of service MRS BELLINGER PNEUMONIA VICHI CLUB SUBSTITUTES SOLOIST Grace Kerns Will Replace Maria Conde at Rubinstein Concert Wife of Ocean Flight Hero Dies as Friend She Nursed Is Buried Mrs Patrick Bellinger wife of Lieut Comdr Patrick Bellinger who took part in the transatlantic flight of the NC 3 and other airships died yesterday in her apartment at 2400 Sixteenth street while the funeral of her friend Mrs Calhoun wife of Lieut Comdr Calhoun whom she had nursed before being overtaken by her own Illness was i being held elsewhere Mrs Bellinger died after a weeks illness of pneumonia Mrs Bellinger was born in Philadelphia She will be buried tomorrow from the home of Mrs William Lloyd of Genantown Pa Representative Ed ward Keating of the reclassification commission will speak at a meeting under the auspices of Municipal Federal Employes 9 Union No 89 Pythian Temple tomorrow night in Hiram Lodge ot Masons will have a ladies night entertainment Thursday night at the Scottish Rite Cathedral Third and streets northwest The District branch of the Association for the Advancement of Colored People will meet at 8 oclock tomorrow night at the Twelfth street branch A The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of Washington will give a dinner tonight at the New Willard Hoitel Many officers and a large number of representatives of the company are expected to attend Johnson Powell Community Center Association will hear an illustrated lecture on Washington the Beautiful by Clarence Phillips at 8 oelock tonight at the Powell School Assistant Pastors Niffht will be observed tonight by the Mens Club of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church in honor of the Rev i Rippy recently appointed assistant pastor Representative Lloyd of Missouri will speak WILLIAM CHALLICE William Challice superintendent of the division of printing of the United States bureau of printing and engraving for the last 43 years died last night at his home 1789 Lanier place northwest from heart disease Mr Challice was born in New York city 68 years ago He was educated in the public schools there and came to Washington when he was 19 years old His wife Sarah A Challice died five years ago Mr Challice is survived by two daughters Misses Bertram and Clara Challice with whom he made his home and two sons John Chal Mrs Henry Fnrquhar will discuss The Poets of Scotland at 330 oclock this afternoon before the art section of the Twentieth Century Club 1769 Columbia road Dramatic readings music and dancing will be included in the program for the meeting of the California State Association at 8 oclock Thursday night at Thomson School The 301st meeting of the Chemical Society of Washington will be belcl kt 730 oclock Thursday night at the Cosmos Club A Joint meeting of the Southwest Civic Association and the Randall Community Center will be held tonight at the Randall School First and 1 streets southwest Dr Mitchell Carrol the archaeo logical department of Georere Wash ington University will speak Thurs 1 day night at the semimonthly cop ference Of the Prench Club of Wash ipgtonlntjbe McLean building 1517 street northwest The meeting of the Connecticut Avenue Citizens Association sched uled for tomprrpw night has been can celled 5 wiiii Prof Metz Lochard of Howard University will address the Bethel Literary and Historical Association tonight at Metropolitan A Church 2 CITIES RIVALS IN CENSUS LEAD Capital and Cincinnati Aspire to File Complete Returns First Washington and Cincinnati are running neck and neck for the honor of being the first city in the United States to complete the fourteenth decennial census officials of the census bureau announced yesterday The work of the 367 enumerators has been finished but several portfolios remain to be checked up before being sent to the United States bureau for final tabulation Checking up of the remaining portfolios should not take more than a day and Robert Mat tingly supervisor of the censas for the District is confident that by tomorrow or Thursday at the latest the official population of the District of Columbia will be known Officials said last night that only a serious mistake in a portfolio will keep Washington from being the first city over the top A Bank Knows Its Own Country IN Japan South Africa Italy BngLandr in all important countries are great com mercial banks which can give the facts as to credit markets individual character and business methods that are needed by American business in foreign trade The National Bank of Commerce in New York maintains close relations with these great international commercial banks Through thedo it offers to its friends the combined banking knowledge of the world National Bank of Commerce mNewlfork Capital Surplus and Undivided Profits Over fifty Million Dollars The Rubinstein Club has engaged Roanokft Va and wiiam Grace Kerns lyric soprano as soloist at its concert this evening in the auditorium of the Masonic Temple in place of Maria Conde soprano who is unable to appear because of illness The club of which Claude Robeson is conductor numbers more than a hundred voices The concert this evening will be the second of the season Edward Donovan accompanist for the club will play for Miss Kerns mi Do You Appreciate High Quality Stationery WBssssaB5V7sT 5 I Even Though the BOX Is Soiled On Approximately 250 Boxes of FINE STATIONERY A genuine CLEAN UP sale for the purpose of immediate sale our new spring lines of boxed papers being on the way and delivery expected within a lew days The stationery in this sale is of the better sort being almost entirely sample boxes of the finest lines of various aer makers Some of the boxes are slightly soiled but the contents ranging from two to eight quires are perfect Inspection will make you desire several boxes so keep in mind that there are but 250 boxes and come EARLY Formerly 1 to 9 a Box Now 60c to 540 the box Challice of Washington Mr Chal lice was a member of Hope Lodge of Masons and the Mystic Shrine Funeral arrangements have not been announced MRS LELIA SPEER Mrs Lelia Speer wife of the late James Calvin Speer died yesterday at the home of her mother Mrs Mary Butterwortb 1311 Fairmont street after a lingering illness Funeral arrangements will be announced today Besides her mother Mrs Speer is survived by two daughters Mrs Sydney Brady wife of Maj Sydney Brady A son of tlie laJeDr Cyrus Townsend Bradyj of Lbiilayille Ky and Mrs Roy Cunningham wife of Maj Roy Cunningham A stationed in California Mrs Speer is also survived by one sister Mrs Bessie Mercen and three brothers Walter Joseph Mj and HowardButterwqrtfa 1 vy a vu vrS ioBiAN nrvz Florian Hitz 54 years old will be buried from the family residence 2212 Channingr street northwest at 11 oclock this morning His death occurred last Friday following an attack of apoplexy 7 Mr Hitz waB born and dCateid in Washington He Vas connected with the Corby Baking Company for the last ten years He was a member of East Gate Lodge No 34 A A Mr and East Gate Chapter Surviving Mr Hitz are his wife Mrs Clara Hitz one daughter Mrs Putman and one 5onf Alex Hitz of Atlanta Ga Andrews Paper Co 727 731 Thirteenth Street Branches in Norfolk Va i and York Pa Hunger Knows No Armistice WAiBlHCTOK HEADaTJARTfiRSSlSlSfH JJTjRKET COL tJAVIDSOX Col Frederick DavidBOn Twenty second infantry will be buried with military honors at 11 oclock this morning at Arlington National Cemetery He was killed in New York ety Saturday by the fall of an awn injg Col Davidson organised the Seventh machine gun battalion which took part in the Chateau Thierry and other engagements of the world war He also was divisional machine gun officer of the Third division MRS ESTELLE CRISMOXD Mrs Estelle Crismond widow of John Crismond for years prominent in business circles here died yesterday at the home of her son 902 Eleventh street northeast aged 76 years Mrs Crismond was a native of gt Marys county Md being the daughter of Dr Robert Neale She was married to John Crismond In 1864 She was the oldest living graduate and only survivor of of her class 1882 of the Emmlts burg Md Seminary She is survived by four generations four sons and two daughters The sons are John Neale Neale Neale Edward Neale and Stone Neale The daughters are Mrs Daisy Ven able and Mrs Pauline Murray Requiem high mass will be celebrat ted at Holy Name Catholic Church Thursday A brief service will be held at the family home preceding the church service MRS ABBIE CLAPP Foneral services will be held at 130 oclock tombrrow afternoon at Wheatlys undertaking establishment Alexandria for Mi a Abie Clapp mother of former Senator Moses Clapp who died Sunday at the residence of her son near Mouijt Vernon The services will be conducted by the Rev Dr James Montgomery of Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church Cremation will follow Mrs Clapp who was 87 years old was born in Syracuse and at the age of 19 was married to the late Harvey Spaulding Clapp In the pioneer days of 1849 they moved to Indiana and in 1856 went to Wisconsin Resides former Senator Clapp Mrs Clapp is survived by another son who resides 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