The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 22, 1926, Page 1

Xi Unsettled tonight and Tucsday with probably occasional snow. “ESTABLISHED: 1873 » CONFIDENT OF QUICK ACTION Prompt Ratification of Tax Bill Expected Despite Threatened Fight g \ h ; DEATH TAX THE. ISSUE Conferees Restored Inherit- ance Tax, But Yielded to Retroactive Cut © _ Washington, Feb, 22.—)—With a Tight brewing in the heuse against the provision gn the compromise rev- enue bill for & retroactive cut in the inheritance tax, Chairmen Green of the ways and means committee has warned that an inerease in taxes may bo necessary at the end of a y year, Nevertheless the $387,000,000 tax reduction measure, agreed to by con- ferces of, the senate and house, will be taken” up tomorrow in the lower chamber with leaders confident of its prompt ratification. Mr. Green, who headed the house conferees, declared last night that if an increase is necessary, “full re- sponsibility its with the senate.” Senate Repeated Tax heritance tax and to make the fs > ‘troactive cut in this tax whereby the » increased rates voted in 1924 would be eliminated in favor ofsthe lower Fi rates effective in the 1921 act.- House conferees obtained the res- re- - a toration to the bill of the inheri- tance tax, but against the wishes of Mr. Green were forced to yield the retroactive cut in this tax which will mean the eventual loss of $85,- 000,000 in revenue from taxes hl- ready asseésed on estates during the period in which the increased rates were effective. While Representative Newton, Re- publican of Minfiesota, has given no- tice he will seek to have the bili sent back to conference with instructions that the provision be eliminated, house leaders confidently expect ap- proval of the bill by-tomorro-v night. ‘he senate will then act, with rati- ‘fication expected within a day. (TODAY IT’S A BIG UNIVERSE AMERICA BY DAYLIGHT HERE'S AREAL TRUST BUSY CHROMOSOMES By ARTHUR BRISBANE (Copyright, 1926) ,_ Latest scientific statement concern- ing this universe, in which we are Jess than microbes, and the earth less than a grain of dust, startles you. Our sun, a: million times as big as this earth, ck in what men have called “the universe,” which contains endless. millions of sins, some a million times. bigger than ours, It's hard enough to think of such’ a universe as that. And now the wise Dr, “Hubble! of Mt. Wilson observatory, tells the Cal- ifornia Institute of Technology that 4 million’ “universes” such a3 ours ore visible at horrible distances from this earth, Examine an atom, and you find a central body around which revolve other bodies as the plan revolve Ground our sun. Those cl ns Te- volve around the nucleus billions of times in a second. Atoms, of which you could have millions in one corner of your eye ‘without noticing them, are small solar systems. Our sun and its planes constitute ‘one atom in ‘our universe. That uni- verse in turn is one atom in the en- “tire universe. Where in that overwhelming space are the heaven to which we look ft ward and the other place that we dread? Leaving this earth in a straight line, traveling at the speed. of light, | th 186,000 miles a second, it would take you one hundred million years to get beyond this telescopic maze of .uni- it says in. the ‘house are many | ® An Englishman has just flown from “London to Cape Town, Sout! rica, nearly nine thousand miles, in ninety ‘hours of flying. At the same rate, the New York to San Francisco, or Seattle trip would take about thirty \hours—from New York to Chicago. less than ten hours. That speed will) doubled and non-stop flights from | ocean to ocean will be made within; ¥ ‘twenty years. Live that long and you ill eat your breakfast-in Boston, ‘and your dinner in San Diego flying ‘across country aby de: Hight. Great Britain ‘plans one united electric service for power, light and KNOWN The senate voted to repeal the in-} | | follows | for hii y ' * Oe os RTROTIVES ‘PROVE SAILOR | WAS “FRAMED” U. 'S. Bluejacket Given Two! Year Sentence For Hitting Dance Hall Girl | crag 2 | NOW HAS TUBERCULOSIS | — | Pinkerton Operative Has Story of What Happened 4 to an American Girl \ Editor's Note—This is the second | of a series of articles by Russe!l Wane, giving a first hand conditions at der town where rican were so mistreated that they their parents committed suicide. other will follow tomorrow, By RUSSELL J. BIRDWE! (Special Correspondent) Tiajuana, ico, Feb, 22.—A youn; American sailor, clad in the blue un’ form of the United States n has! been lying in a dank cell in the filthy | jail here for six months, He still has nearly two years to; serve. He is a victim of the thing { that passes for justice in this border | town—justice that hops on the weak i eagerly’ but approaches the powerful! very gingerly, His Story Here is his story: | He is Elmo Kaye Gordon, aged 21,/ {who came down there on leave from an American battleship at San Diego. He went to @ dance hall here and got! into an argument with one Dora Mor- | eno, dance hall girl, during whigh he} struck hére. Thereupon he drew a Sentence of twe years, three months and 25 days | in jai He is lodged in a dim, badly} ventilated cell, is contracting tuber- |! culosis there and, if he has to serve out his term, may not live to the end of Things happened in a hurry when | Dr. Noel DuPre, agent of the Frenc government, ‘met Virginia Hol worth, senior at Agnes Scott € Decatur, Ga. Three days later V nia, pictured above, and Dr. DuPre eloped. They'll live in Honolulu. Changes in Forty Years Amaze Nuns Mexico City, Feb. 22) Some of the nuns from the jisolat- ed convents closed ‘by the govern- ment have appeared in-the streets for the first time in 40 years. They literally entered a new world and appeared amazed and mysti- fied ‘at the changes they saw. Nev- er before had they seen automo- biles and street cars. They ap- peared to be rather helpless. They also were confused o the changes in the style of fro and bonnets during their 40 years of seclusion and it was only with the assistance of lay friends that they;were able to purchase wear- ing apparel. The Mexican authorities claim he gouged out one of the girl’s eyes. But an investigation started by Co mander J. B. Smith, Capt. L. lor and J. A. Perez, ail eleventh district of the U. S. N discloses that she is now working in| a gambling den here and that noth- ing at all is the matter with her eyes. 3 The navy’ hus: demanded - Gordon's elease. Mexican authorities . don't Not the famous hatchet of George | Washington, but a ainty, wiute- handled penknife reveals better his character. So says’ Dr. Paul F. Bloomhardt, professor of biography at Witten-| berg College, Springfield, 0. - Washington's father gave fhe saat chet, as even school children’ remem- hi: yi ne know. pe in pee and George ote * What Happened to Mary own a choice cherry tree in the or. FIDDLERS T0 If & sailor srikes a Stontitete here lat i Later he confessec, and Meee een nye punished for] But the penknife was given to him Mary, an American girl who--but) Tove nim the bit of fine cutlers en to her sto! 1 It is told by Captain James M. Ad- famson, a Pinkerton detective who is ; i {T. M,N. G << wealthy Atlant t ice man. He ran across it accident ally, and offers it as a tragedy as bad'as the Petcet cas : Mary came down here with her fiance, also an American, to see the sights. Scarface, a Mexican. police- man, saw her and wanted her. He tioning the young man alw obey.his superiors, is Always Carried It This knife he carried as a talis. man. It was a part of his personal equipment as general of the Ameri- cans who fought for their liverties in the Revolutionary War. At the lowest eblif of the Revolu- tion with a weak Congress failing to .provide even food for his half-cloth- ed men in Valley Forge, Washington Champion Fiddlers Will Be Determined by Votes of ‘Radio, Listeners bile show March 4, 5 and 6, it was| There he attacked her. Then he a S announced ‘by the entertainment com-| threw her into a cell and stood by mittee teday. Arrangements for the| laughing while six other Mexicans contest have just completed and {did the same. Finally he turned the two prizes wil) be awarded, the oe ne eagle ae girl out into the; CONVENTION | ize bei 2b i Id and the strect. i H Drite a0 sn gold. Oe ae To Hide Her Shame j | The fiddlers’ contest will be broad- marys ore ines aesnea hee hae | SPV atti ee win f belétoken. She disappeared somewhere. | TAKE C0) LINE z € | KFYR, and the prize winners will be | bro determined ‘by nthe radio listeners.| Neither her lover nor anyone else | Each fiddler who enters the contest/who knows het has ever scen her will be given a number and his num- {since i ber. will be announced via radio at inning and the conclusion of his playing. The ill then send in their votes, voting by number only, ‘as no names will be announced, and the fiddlers receiving the first and second largest number of votes will be declared the prize winners. Efforts are ‘being made to have some of the fiddlers appear each eve- g at the auto show. The contest will be carried on during the eve: nings of the three auto show days, and the fiddlers’ musie wilt go on air at 8:30 o'clock each evening, Bismarck time. Radio fans are urged to tune in at that hour and assist in picking the champion old time fid- dlers of this seetion of the state. Contest Rules Conditions of the contest are as What happened im the jail would not be known if an American r veteran had not been a prisone an adjacent cell. He saw it all and gave Adamson an affidavit telling of | a it. And it is not an isolated case. Hun- | dreds of girls like Mary have come! down ‘here to see the si and | ‘have met with tragedi U. S. customs officials on the border know that it is an old etory. Many ivis, in the thrpes of despondency following such experiences, tell their cases to the customs men, but the latter are powerless to do anything. The Best Advice The one thing they can do—gand they do it—is to i @ this advice to afl Americans: “Stay out of Tiajuans.” — ; But Tiajuana realizes this, and is now trying frantically to gloss over its sins before the rest of the world. So ig “purity exploitation ca: paign” is on. I shall tell about i p ‘tomorro: | Ply sleeping accommodations for th: in - ¢ joccupants, inasmuch as hotel facili- Tomorrow: How als na hired a! ties in that city are said to be inade press. agent id t the rising tide| quate to care for the large numbe ‘of American indignation. Two Sleepers Will Be Carried —Train Will Leave at 9 a. m. Tomorrow Delegates to the state Republican and IVA conventions at Devils Lake, from Bismarck, Mandan, and the; Slope country will travel to Devils} (Lake in special sleepers which will be , attached ‘to the Soo line train tomor- row morning, it was announced today ‘The plan of running a special trai from Bismarck to Devils Lake andi return was abandoned when it was) found that not enough passengers ould be secured to make up the nec- sary guarantee. { The“two sleepers will make con-| ;nections at Drake and will be taken 1. Each entry must be made by. letter, giving the player’s name and address. ‘The letter should be ad- dressed to Radio Station KFYR, Bis: marck, N. D.* - 2. Each player must report person at Hoskins-Meyer, Bismarck, before Saturday noon, March 6, so that the playing schedule can ‘be cor- ranged. rene te ‘winners will be deter ined by the grea’ , umber of = plies reveived from listen voting s choice. These replies to come wire or letter addressed to Sta-1 \regular train which usually. lea Mankato Man'Dies = Simeree at 7s. m, but tomorro From Hurts Received| Mil te ‘aerival of Nopthorn, Paste When Hit by Auto | ic | i No. 2, i ill in ‘by pecsennry, train No. 2, which will) all. purposes, that will revolutionize living’ i nds would Socialism, Bolehevism and an- chy” is backed by Baldwin. Bgt| in’s tory prime minister, while Lib- ral and Labor. parties declare shat idwin is stealing their thunder. ' Under the new plan om ntic @ectric power trust ‘4 ie all And ‘on ia ‘electric current in o a i tbe ing a number of delegates from! es ae the aes eetore: Were ; {Dickinson and other western points. | j weeday evening, March 10, Mankato, Minn. Feb. 22—(#)—/ The scheduled leaving time tomorrow, - No names will be announced} With the hit and run motorist re-|is 9a. m., and all passengers should | he Svo line station before tha intermediate be ai oie. Lego to ints alon; 1e ot to take notice of this change in| time of Tuesday morning's passen-| r. Frstead of 7 a.m, < The sleepers will be returned f Devils Lake to Bismarck Friday, after | st, each player being | sponsible for his desth still a garne the Oe a Rea be an-| funeral services ‘were ‘hel ‘cunced,juat before and just after he |day for Henry Robel, 66-yéar- wrave, Votes, therefore, must be for geant at arms of the Minnesota state Pome certain number. jouse of representatives, who . died ‘A number of legitdators attended the rites for Robel, whose death was due to head injuries sustained when by Sn auvolat ‘Mpnday nigel. “Rabel od been sergeant at arms in the Ierer ‘house the legistature since 0. ed from! ‘this train, Bismarck to Devils, Lake. | is $22.50, which also includes use of Whe sleepers during the stay in the Cc conversion city. if rsons desiring to make the trip ‘in the special cars may Oberg becom tion! with.” Aust: jeill, an amateur ank R. war ions with J. C. Apsted 15. minutes tnd the voice ¥ je citizen. named How- ° ly heard. Wave ‘length was 285 meters. The greates! _ sounding ailes, was Apcrnbarae, who studies and t obey your commanded you to cease leading this! hatchet, Dr. Bloomhardt sa: urday nent ‘intelli; signed to tives in running down suspects teen, 20 or more persons. | seclusion preparing the indictments understood wil] enumer- | the conventions are ended, over the| ate one hundred overt ucts. same route. The round trip fare on; partial report of the which it is his greatest battle, @ lives of reat Americans, 1 Ki (From an etching by E. Dunlap. Copright, 1919, by the Anderson Art Galleries, Chicago.) GEORGE WASHINGTON’S CHARACTER * ISREVEALED BY A-PENKNIFE WHICH WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS MOTHER. ac ox came into the h was general headquarte and Washington jon us writtei y my the res Rnox was pt know Knox knew rently Washington flushe Resignation } id, “You periors. Knox were The knife should ‘ | 7 The knife is,among the An old {time fiddlers’ contest will] tore her forcibly away from her fi-| ooo oe ut his resignation. ton: relics ita. Virginia be. gue of the featuro’ entertainment guce and took her to the cuartel, or) Nir, “it uegled with himself. This| lodge. ‘ National Education Associ convention begins. Anti-prohibition “face facts” conference opens. House votes on independent of- fices appropyiation bill. nate discusses vestigation of : aluminum pany. CONSPIRACY Jury Awaited sleveland, Feb. 22: y. pects. Ined unserved. ce agents have ist othet federa if i dumbfounded, and what to do until his caught the glint of the penknife on Generaly Washington's desk. K story, and without pushed : the clenched hands | No one replace TODAY 1N .WASHINGTON show py tl hi Within half an hour the resigna-, tion was tossed into the log fire, and| the great Washington carried on. The hatchet showed the truth-stuff, of the boy; the penknife showed the stability of the man. t ation the proposed in- com- AQ ARRESTED = — INALLEGED (#)--Arrests! \direct to Devils Lake, where they will | in'the nationwide alleged bootley {be left during the convention to sup-| cohol conspiracy, under investigation | by.the federal jury here, the “King of the Boot-| More than a score of warrants re- Treusury depart-| seven years ago undoubtedly were been| sincere in their beliefs, but they now 1 ope fe subpoenas on scores of wi! line are request: | Fe rel lt have escaped the gov- District Alterey, A. KE. Berns-| was expected to return to! It will leave at 9 @. m. Tuesday | Cleveland today with indictments for! He has been in as eted tomorrow. Commission liday, of th ‘held this evening. The grand jury is! Meet Is Postponed t that today is a the week! city Caennmlesion’ will | that Instead m. tomorrow, | cilsbie to ehurc did al-; council of the league. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [xt BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1926 DEAD IN WINTER RESORT HOTEL FIRE M LEADERS ARE ome ‘PROHIBITION . DECLARED T0 ‘| tion Amendment Holds Conference Today Follow Our Leadership,” Says Speaker Washi rE and concerted bombardment. wa reeted Prohibition today ngled with the fire-of yen ici were demands for rep modification of the — eighteenth amendment, The guns were trained luncheon table set tion against the Prohi ment for its second “face the j conference. The contention th | years of prohibition under the stead act has proved a failure provid ed the keynote of the meeting, cou- he demand that light wine and beer be legalized. a number of physi ent in and out of con- supplied the the onstaught on they d se b, rohibition, which ‘immoral and in- and as mak- me of what most nD regard as a sin.” Must Be Faced Describing himself us “one has spent th ars of his lif y and rationali better part of seven to bring about san- in the ‘matter of law enforcement,” Senator Edward E. | Edwards, Democrat, New Jersey, de jelared in an address that | spicable mockery and hypoeris; | prohibition enforcement has become 1 ‘stench in the nostrils of Hliving und right thinking “Whether we will it or not,” h ed, ‘old, hard, indisputable be ‘faced if America tain the respect and r of her citizens.” \ Ire} | es in} asserted, minded, honest ‘and at} just American: tolerated the ed} blandishments, innuendoes, — intoler- tance and autocratic exercise of su- power -by wn. jneonceivably small minority seeking to. overth tolerant but unassertive maj But*now “the entire nation awakened to find itself beset on every hand by false statistics, false j hopes, false promises and false en- j forcement measures and regulations having to do with prohibitory re- | strictions.” “The e: have be ye has he sof a nation opened,” he. s: millions vf people {and willing to follow our leadership. Beer Not Intoxicating ffer to prove, as a ph by profession, that 2.75 beer is, as a scientific and legal act, not intoxi- cating was made in’ a message {read from Representative’ John he! J, Kind Democrat, New “I have made actual’ personal deceived as K -| expe jhe declared. “Which conclusively prove that beer of 2,75 per cent al- the full capacity of stomach w not and could not cause The contention that “th hibition, prohibition, whi no prohibition,” was expressed _b: Rabbi Morris 8. Lazaron of Bal! more, who advocated repeal of the 18th amendment or at least legaliza- tion of beer and wi | Rabbi Favors Temperance | “I'favor temperance,” he said, “but jnot the disgraceful self-delusion and hypocrisy ation ery pro- there is a ‘hissi liam H. Slayton, f de: tion association. The speech will be more said today. head of the Association Aguiact thu|heard throughout the country over| ‘The autopsies were to be performed | Prohibition Amendment and official | radio. by H. M. Banks, head of the medical |of the Anti-saloon League, exchang: ed retorts in statements last night concerning the part George Wash- ington would play in the controversy where he alive toda: The league statement said the first president “would scarcely thank the wet organizations opposed to day for their meeting in Washi ton to boost a new booze rebellio: Mr. Slayton countered with the dec- laration that if Washington were | living today « |“from King George the third and Wayne B, Wheeler, their oppressors, may the good Lord deliver us.” He referred to Mr. Wheeler, general Mr, Slayton has asked the attorney reached 42] feneral for a ruling whether he mai with the surrender of Mike Athol,| ekally read to the conference the | known in Duluth and Superior, Wis- of people expected there this week. | consin, ‘ e sleepers will be attached to thei jeggers.” | Athol surrendered in St. Paul Sat- | Mr. Wheeler. His arrest is the fifth ana| last on warrants issued for Duluth sus : ; George Washington beer recipe, but | hud received no answer "today. The information that such act would be | unlawful, however, has. come from Feel Differently Now Representative Sosnowski, Republi- jean, Michigan, told. the conference faced a different sot of facts and “ Inet feel the same about it toda: i“They want the Volstead act modi- | fied. changed, or repealed in -order that its evils may end,” he said. The reason this country has pro- (Gontinued on page three) Dance | Orchestra Plays Jazz Music at Church Service Los Angeles, Feb. \— Janz music played by a dance hall orches- stra “went over big” when introduced ‘as part of the services at the, Wil- shire Congregational church here last ies e pastor, Dr. Frank Dyer, said i Ethie enrrons atic is testi bot) it | of the current music recon: to church attendsnea. -- BRAFAILURE Asscciation Against Prohibi- MODIFICATION IS ASKED | “Hundred Millien People Will (@) A new di-} and or from the the Associa- ition Amend-| ammunition for “despicable Pgopie do who of advent of protbition, he won ments upon myself and others,” coholie content consumed by us to ould parade under the not the kind which makes our und a by-word.’” r the ‘ constitution for choosing his natal Score of Warrants Unserved | —Partial Report of Grand | his prayer would be that those who advocated prohibition | da: PRICE FIVE CENTS PLOT BARED SIX PERSONS ARE MISSING; 19 INJURED Flames Destroy Shindler’s Prairie House at Hurley- ville. New York DAMAGE SET AT $150,000 Several of the Injured Be- lieved Fatally Burned— Trapped in Rooms Middletown, N. Y., Feb (P)~- Six persons are missing and 19’ oth- ers are in a hospital at Monticello, suffering from injuries received in a fire which swept Shindler’s Prairie House at Hurleyville, 25 miles nortn of here, tod: 29, were recovered. The Monticello Postal reported that 26 persons were taken there. Sev- eral are believed to be fatally burn- ed. Property damage was estimated at $150,000. It wus reported that virtually no in the hotel escaped i : injuries. Mrs. ubove),] The structure, a three story modern of Kansas’ City, her! winter resort, burned to the ground u So B.| within an hour, Approximately 4 Di n to Davis tried to, but got hold of a city detective by mistake and tried to hire him, he two were arrested and confessed, gecord- ing to Kansas City police, guests wer asleep in the hotel when the fi broke out. The flames spread so rapidly that many were trapred in their rooms before they could be awakened, Many were fore- ed to jump to the ground and suf- fered broken bones. Why Didn’t He Make It a Ford? Savannah, Ga, Feb. Henry Ford bought him cycle here yesterday. He didn’t go to do it, but the heart of a small boy had to be repaired, so ‘ord “dug down.” Ford, with some friends, left ord yacht, Sialia, docked here, [+ wo go to chu An immens id was on .the dock trying to get a glimpse of the noted Detroiter and his chauf- feur was trying to drive fully, But with all h are, he smashed up a, bieye clonging to. little Walter Richardson, one.of the’ tors. Iter togk his troubles aboard Woman Has Back Broken Mrs. Fannie Ressick received a broken iback when she jumped out of ta third story window with her baby in her arms. The baby was uninjured, 1. Julius Jacobson, an employe of the seaped by jumping from an but returned to the hotel to help in the rescue work and was so seriously burned that he is not pected to live, hospital authorities f a bi- is were used to carry the in- 1 persons a distance of about six 's to the hospital because of the ssability of the roads for ambu- lance traffic ONLY TWO OF SEVEN BODIES IDENTIFIED \ Middletown, Feb. 2@74#)- Seven bodies had been recovefed at noon today from the ruins gf Schindler's a vame ashore with | Prairie House, which was swept by ™ he Se arn “i'l fire early this morning. Because of s the charred condition of the bodies, only two were identified. They were mee waiters employed at the hotel. It was thought that two more bed- ies were in the ruins of the hotel. Twenty-three persons were undcz CAPITAL CITY/10 PERFORM ranged—Pilgrimage Made D I K ] NSON to Mount Vernon i Washington, Feb. ) The! Action Is Being Taken to capital joined with th mainder of the eountry today to honor the mem-|. Definitely Determine Cause ory of ge Washington. Numbers c of public ceremonies were arranged) by patriotic organizations. In congress, ti was from legislative duties for the ing in both houses of Washington's farewell address, and tonight Presi- dent Coolidge himself will deliver an address before the National Educa- of Nuns’ Deaths Autopsies were to be performed to- day at Dickinson to determine the cause of the deaths of four nuns, nurses at St, Joseph's hospital there, State Health Director A. A. Whitte- set apart “i department at North Dakota Univer- sity, who was called in by. Dickinson authorities for that purpose, Dr. Washington and the George Wash-| Whitt snore suid. The autopsies and ington Masonic National Memorial,| chemical examinations of the ‘stom- now under construction in Alexan-| achs of the dead nuns should difimite- dria, Virginia. Boy Scouts and war|ly determine the cause of their veterans of the city and points nearby| deaths, Dr. Whittemore said. assembled for a pilgrimage to Mount} The state health department will Vernon, while Masons prepared {take no official action in the e program at ‘the memorial temple. but will await the report of Observance of the anniversary here] Banks and university chemists. Dr. was arranged on a scale perhaps | Whittemore said : than in many years past, with —— ger than in many years pas’ conONee a ETTE hundreds of visitors in the city to attend the education convention. The; WAITING FOR REPORTS delegates plunned to attend not only|_ Dickinson, N. D,, Feb. 22.-v4#— ‘the association's n exercises but] With four ers at St. Joseph's hos- also those of the government and| pital here dead and a fifth reported various organizations. ¢ |dying, authorities today continued — ‘their attempts to learn the cause of WASHINGT! the tragedy, believed to have resulted Is NOW from wood stain fumes, ‘A coroner's jury, which was con- vened yesterday, continued its ses- manent alliances with foreign pow sions today, while Dr. J. Banks, dean was termed “a settled national policy’ | of the pathological department of the by Secretary of Stute Kellogg at the; University of North Dakota’ Grand Washington's birthday exercises of;.Forks, arrived to assist in, the in- the University of Pennsy! to-] quiry A thorough examination of the body of Sister Theocara, the fourth _ vic- tim, was made by Dr. Banks, but he - declined to make any statement until he had completed his/work and pre- red a report for the coro! le intimated that four or five days must elapse before he would con- clude his tests and make the report. Another Death Ex Hourly The fifth victim, whose death is expected hourly, is Sister Secundia, who, with the four other dead, in- spected the new wing of the hospital just before becoming ill, The theory was advanced that poisonous fumes’ from wood stain ased in finishing work was responsible for the deaths. However, none of the workmen em- ployed in the ncw wing have deen affected. € of Dr. aring the center of the day’s ac- tivities with the Mount Vernon capital was the home and tomb of ‘ON’S ADM NATIONAL PY Feb. 22. A Philadel phi Washington’ t per- eorge ania The principle of avoiding foreign entanglement, -he said, “is as import- nt today,when the United ‘States is great and powerful nation, as when it was a small and a weak 1 13. states -struggling to maint existence. The principle has become the cornerstone of our foreign policy. “This does not mean isolation o refusal to ¢ ways done, with othe: those non-political activities for the advancement of science, education, commerce, and other acti portant to modern civilization. simply means that the United States through long expetience, has come to the conclusion that offensive or d fensive alliances, political or mili tary, are not in harmony with the principles of our government or in the interests of our peop! *Salt water, made of tagszomntul of ordinary salt in one-t of a jtumbier:of water, is good for clean- ing the teeth.. ne La es