Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1921, Page 2

PEN WOMEN FORM UL, ORGANIZATION Mrs. Wiliam A. Du Puy “Chosen First National Presi- }+ Hent by Convention. ' The national organization of the “Yeague of American Pen Women came into being last night with the adop- tion of a revised constitution and by-laws at the close of the first busi- ness session of the convention in the cabinet room of the New Willard. illiam Atherton Du Puy was elected unanimously to the national presidency. She will step to the na- tional chair from the presidency of the local organization, which hitherto has been the parent to auxiliaries throughout the country. The latter ome branches of the national so- ciety and the local organization takes the same standing. Other national officers elected were: Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes, wife of the Senator from New Hampshire, first national vice president; Mrs. Edna M. Colman, second national vice presi- dent; Mrs. Homer Hoch, recording secretary;: Mrs. Hamlin Cogswell, corresponding secretary; Mrs. William H. Moses, treasurer; Mrs. Crete Hutch inson, auditor; Mrs. Grace Geldert, librarian, and Mrs. Aaron Newman, historian. What is regarded as one of the most important innovations is the change in the by-laws to allow the ex- pelling of members by a majority Vote of the members of the national executive board. The move was taken in connection with the National Pro- fessional Opportunity Service, auxil- iary of the organization. This will al- Jow a guarantee by the service bu- reau, which will file application of Mmembers or publishers for positions, or material, respectively. that the member or material is of the highest type, and will further eliminate all possible diversion of professional ef- fort toward non-ethical ends, it was Another change made in the by- laws wipes out the selection of forty- eight state vice presidents. The en- tire organization will have two na- tional vice presidents and eight vice presidents at large, under the plan adopted. Announcement was made last night Navy Head Knocks H. Out of the H. C. L. Tanging from 15 te 50 per cent on the old scale. MRS. HARDING SEES (. A.R. DELEGATION ‘Mrs. Wallace and Miss Powell Put on Staff at Annual Meeting Here. With but two exceptions, the entire staff of officers of the Children of the American Revolution were re-elected at their annual meeting yesterday at the Continental Memorial Hall. The new members of the staff were Mrs. Henry C. Wallace, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, elected a vice president, and Miss Aimee Powell, corresponding secretary. This organization ls composed of young people whose family trees show them to be a nch of the revolutionary trunk. They remain in the organization until they are eighteen years of age, when they are eligible to membership in the tional Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 1,051 New Members. Many little girls from various parts of the country were present at this year's convention., representing many states in the Union. The or- ganization has shown a wonderful growth during the past year. 1,051 new members having been admitted. THE SUNDAY! STXR, WASHINGTON, D. T. ‘MRS. HARDING ENTERTAINING CHILDREN- OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION. D. A. R. TO CONVENE The photograph shows the children following Mrs. rding on a tour of the and Irwin Hoover, the White Ho: MRS. MORAN WILL PAY APRIL 17, 1921—PART T. Princeton Students to Don Old Clothey and Search for Jobs PRINCETON, N. J, April 16 ~—Te gmet inside infermation concerning labor preblems, fifty Princeton students are solng to dom old clothes mnd scarch for joba this summer, it ‘was anmousced. Results of their quests are te be made known at regular weekly meetings, whea experi- ences will be teld and reund- table discussions held on meth- ods for improviag conditions. It is expected the movement may be taken up by ether col- leges In the east and middle west. BURNS MEMORIAL GIVEN NEW BOOST Statue May Be Put in Library of Congress—$150,000 De- sign Presented at Meeting. Suggestion for the erection of a hin; CHARGE OF BRITISH PROPAGANDA HERE Shipping Board Investigator Sees Campaign to Under- mine U. S. Marine, British propaganda is at work ia the United States to discourage the development of a great American mer- chant marine, according to a state- ment given out last night by Roscoe C. Mitchell, who has just returned from Europe, where he has been in- vestigating shipping conditions for the Shipping Board. “Ship owners of the United Kingdom hope to eliminate the United States 28 a serious competitor on the high Seas.” he said. “They are conducting an active campaign within our own borders. Their object is to discou e the American people from supporting Congress in placing our mercantile marine upon a firm footing. _“Britishers, well versed in all mari. time matters, have admitted to £ :::n employed with considerable suc- Mr. Mitchell, formerly an official of the Raporel Steamship line, and later. associated with H. H. Raymond, president of the Clyde Steamship line, went to Europe last October. He has made an exhaustive survey ot the shipping stiuation and the gen- eral business outlook. England. he says. is determined ta maintain her supremacy on the high seas. and is not unmindful of the natural advantages she has over the United States in competing for con- trol of the world's markets. These natural advantages include the in rial cost of ships operated by Brit- ish owners, the difference in running ;.xpinledn ‘I'Id the greater efficiency spla n the handli = 3 handling of ships and Mr. Mitohell said business men of the United Kingdom see little gain in the signing of the new commer- cial pact between their government and soviet Russia, unless they return to the old system of barter. The Moscow government's supply of gold, they consider, is not sufMicient to jus- Robert Burns memorial in W ton, made several weeks ago by St | Andrew’s Society, Scottish, received impetus at a meeting of the society last night in the Ebbitt Hotel, prom- ising early inauguration of the project. Tentative plans for a design, which would require three years for installa- tion and cost $150,000, were consid- ered. A committee was autherized to con- fer with the Fine Arts Commission and report back to the organization whether it would be more desirable to raise a national fund for a national memorial or place a statue of Burms Miss Lavra Harlan, sOcial secretary to Mrs. Harding,|in the Congressional Library through shown. donations of Washingtonians. Thomas Weir is chalrman of the committee, the other members being Stirling Kerr, president of the s ciety; Albert Douglas, former member of Congress; William T. Galliher and B vt ‘White H &To e chief usher, are LOSS IN MILLIONS mrsonu and took no toll of human e. Loss to stocks in the wholesale dis- that Mrs. Theodore Tiller, Mrs. Har- Tiet Locher and Mrs. C. Austin Thomas are slated for the presidency and vice presidencies of the local org: FINAL INSTALLMENT ON MEMORIAL HALL DOORS tify a permanent revival of trade with that country. “England's gaze across the Atlantic.™ IN 30TH CONGRESS HERE TOMORROW trict was heavy, as the tornado tore| Robert Watson. open Is and roofs for the driving rain that foliowed. A partial list of Great Eanthusiasm Noted. firms that suffered, with conservative bringing the total membership of the organization up to 16,378 members. The entire delegation visited the White House yesterday afternoon. IN TORNADO AREA; DEATHS REACH 100 ization, elections for which offices w l; be held at the annual I i 1 sen ocal meeting " MR. HOOVER SCORES FEDERAL WASTE BY LAX ORGANIZATION (Continued from First Page.) where Mrs. Harding received them at a special reception. She was pre- sented with a handsome bouquet of flowers by Miss Bethine Cole of Rochester, N. Y. The delegates to_the convention from Gov. Thomas Wells Society of this city were Misses Alexander Britton, Edna Wells. Ruth Clairmont Sarah C. Poole, Constance Wisewell Annie Laura Church, Prentiss Tay lor and Stella Waterman. From the Capital Society of the District were Misses Elizabeth Sawtelle, Marion Marion (Continued from First Page. rial fountain and painting for war museum in France, by Mrs. Minor; preservation of historic spots, Mrs. James T. Morris; national old trails road, Mrs. William H. Talbott; cor- rect use of the flag, Miss Annie Wal- lace; liquidation and endowment fund. Mrs. Williard T. Block; Philippine Final payment on the bronze doors at the entrance to Continental Me- morial Hall will be made by Mrs. Francois Berger Moran of this city, it was announced following the meeting yesterday afternoon of the national ‘board of management of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution. The matter was brought to the at- tention of the management by Dr. Kate Waller Barrett of Alexandria, state regent of Virginia, when she read to the board a letter from Mrs. :fi:lnud ){; Mitchell, “has been so in- nt since the signing of the that she has rather n‘gl-e!zd mm the shipping activities nearer home over the North sea. But recently with the figure of Hugo Stinnes looming over the horizon the British ship owners have sud- denly realized that Germany. with char- acteristic thoroughness, is losing no time in carrying out her admittediy dificult task of reconstruction. Work is already proceeding on many ships, and that fur. ther orders will be forthcoming is evi- dent from the fact that the German government is reimbursing the steam- ship companies for the loss of their e o by Mr. was estimates of loss to stocks and builde | effeer that ne hoy Eecn 1o comtoions ings, follows: Stamps Produce Com-|tion with several persons residing out- pany and Lanham Department Store,!side the District in regard to the Burns $30.000_each; Gibson & Dejournette|memorial proposal and found the $odp0oRome Mercantile Company.|greatest enthusiasm for it. He was 325,000 each, and Arrington Buick|of the opinion there would be no diffi- -ompany, Dodge Motor Sales Com-|culty in raising a national fund with pany and Grifin Hardware Company.| which to honor in Washington the 315,000 each. Sreat Scoteh poet. S his opinion was shared by Judge JACKSON IS INUNDATED. George Fleming Moore, grand com- mander of the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, who addressed the so- ciety. Judge Moore said Burns (Continued from First Page.) injured and great property damage done in a cycione which struck Steen, a small town east of this place, early {oday, according to reports reaching ere. MILL DAM BURSTS. T TRy - s Four Feet Wi issls- Town Flooded, With Heavy Dam- DU ater Copecll ldwell, Moran, in which the latter stated sippi City’s Sf closer to the hearts of the people than gfl"%"fix. E-x'-‘,'.t.?:}.?‘ sc-'m;le. Frances | 5cholarship endowment fund, Mrs.| 4 "ol " oiia give to the national age to Property. JA PP! ? treets. any post that Cver lived, and that it Iation of any particular business to the | Russell, Beatrice Hutcheson and |Caroline E. McW. Holt; reciprocity,| soclety her check for $1.440, to com- CKSON, MISS., April 16.—Water | would be particul different function of the government, 's Alice Ranck. Misses Caroline Caver- 1y Rust, Adena Earnest and Margaret T. Moore of Alexandria, Va., were also delegates to the convention. New Officers Chosen. Officers of the society are elected for a period of three years. Follow- ing is the result of yesterday's bal- loting: Founder, Mrs. Daniel Lothrop, Stanford University, California; pre ident, Mrs. Frank W. Mondell, 2110 O street northwest, Washington, D. C.; vice president presiding, Mrs. E. S. W. Howard, 1332 I street north- west, Washington, D. C.; recording secretary, Mrs. Frank S. Ray, the New Berne, Washington, D. C.; cor- responding secretary, Miss Aimee Powell; organizing secretary, Mrs. Clayton E. Emig, 1767 P street northwest. Washington, D. C.; rei istrar, Miss Grace M. Pierce, Me- morial Continental Hall; treasurer, Mrs. V. Blair Janin. 12 Lafayette square, Washington, D. C.; historian, Miss Anne Cummins, the Portland, Washington, D. C.; chaplain, Mrs. Percy M. Bailey, 1747 1st street, Washington, D. C.; vice presidents, Mrs. Horace Towner. the Mendota, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Jesse - burgh, the Portner, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Lawrence Quirollo, 1733 Co- lumbia road, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, Inde. pendence, Kan.; Mrs. Henry C. Wal- lace, Humboldt, lowa; Mrs. Fred T. Dubois, the Cairo, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Henry W. Keyes, 2400 16th street, Washington. D. C.; Mrs. Robin- son Downey, the New Willard, Wash- ington, D. Miss Dorinda Rogers, the Rochambeau, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Charles S. Groves, 2104 O street, Washington, D. C. TSIANINA TO SING. Cherokee-Creek Prima Donna Will Give Program Here. Delegates to the curr et O can| State gifts to the society and state Daughters of the American L o the DauE T Civen an oppor. | TeEents reports will ‘be recelved at {the evening meeting from Hawaii, Wednesday to hear Tsianina,; d Colo- 3 Flower,” called the “prima don. ; Oklshoma, Orient, Texas and Colo e e Amcrican Indians.~ Taianing | 7240, snd the state regents from these na their reports. Ad- D O Cherokee-Creek Indian maiden und | States will make thelr repo dresses will be delivered by Miss singer of tribal songs, and is said to| {TES¥V oL, W0 ET 0ot mem- HATTIESBURG, Miss, April 16.— At Sumrall, near this city, a milldam burst and the town was fiooded. Property damage also was reported at Newton, near Meridian. Wire communication with a number of points was cut off and train service on the Gulf and Ship Island railroad between this city and Jackson and between Lumberton and Mendenhall was suspended because of wash-outs. BLIZZARD SWEEPS WEST. plete payment on the doors. Mrs. be memoriallz Moran has contributed previously to the fund raised for the manufacture of the doors. Dr. Barrett, who said that Mrs. Moran's previous contri- bution had been made in honor of the D. A R charter members of Vir- ginia, also requested that a plate bearing the name of the donor be placed on the doors. The offer was accepted by the so- ciety. Mrs. Wilford G. Chapman; insignia, Mra. William C. Boyle; real daugh- ters, Mrs. J. Morgan Smith. State Delegates’ Sessions. There will be no session of the congress Tuesday afternoon, the time being allowed for the meetings of the state - delegations and the national committees. Tuesday evening the president gen- eral ana other national officers ®ill|y o rrg winor president general. receive the members of the society| The national officers of the associa- in Continental Hall, while the pages|tion are: will be entertained at a dance at{ President general—Mrs. Rauscher’s, given by the Abigail Minor, Hartman Rice Chapter of the District presidents general (these of Columbia. term of office expires 1921)— Reports from Mrs. Henry B. Jov|Mrs William N, Reynolds, Mrs. Frank of the resolutions committee, Miss|B. Hall Mrs. Charles H. Aull, Mrs. An- Natalie Sumner Lincoln, editor of the | drew Fuller Fox. Miss Stella Pickett Mrs. Charles H. Bissell.! Hardy. Mrs. Eenjamin Ladd Purcell al magazine; conservation |and Mrs, William A. Guthrie. and thrift, by Cassius C. Cottle;| Those whose term of office expires patriotic lectur: s, [1922: Mrs. William H. Wait, Mrs. by Mrs. Bertha M. Robbins; legis Isaac Lee Patterson, Mrs. William D. tion in_the federal Congress, by Mrs. | Sherrerd, Mrs. James Lowry Smith, Alice Bradford Wiles; international Mrs. Frank W. Bahnsen and Miss relations, by Mrs. Philip North Moore; n. and transportation, by Mrs. A. J. Bros- term of office expir seau, will be heard Wednesday. morn- B ing. Sirs. Edward Lansing Harris will report Wednesday afternoon on pa- triotic education and Americaniza- tion, in which will be incorporated the reports of vice chairmen in charge of schools and colleges, manual for im- girl homemakers, children of the republic and Ameri- canization. Mrs. Fred H. H. Calhoun will report on the Tamassee D. A. McGown on the Interna- Berry, on the Berry School Clemmie Henry, on Mayville College. Reports of the state regents will be heard also and gifts will be presented 'rom New Jersey, Min- ansas, North Carolina, Michigan, Iowa. Illinoi Pennsyl- vania, Georgia. Oregon, Alabama and Connecticut. With the unnecesarily duplicating in- terferences and flemnnd.l.’ a'mu charge on national wealth, probably a8 great in some directions as the @ctual costs of the administrations themselves. “Of equal importance with economy 18 to secure effective concentration of government effort into service to the community. No constructive vision or policies can be built around a national service directed by from two to ten eabinet members, more especially when this particular purpose is a side issue to all of them. No better example of exists than the deplorable han- dling of our relations to our veteran: “One of the great steps in federal reorganization is the erection of a budget system, with its necessary re- organization of the congressional Committees. There ¢an be no doubdt a to the early accomplishment of thi Sreat reform. but it will not serve its Teal purpose until” the departments Tepresmat s commn ‘Nt @« common purpose. With- out this Congress will never have be. fore it budgets showing the expend- iture of the government in its rela- tien to any particular function. ‘Wants No Paternalism. “We want no paternalism in gov- ernment. We need in [ov‘ern- ment aids to busifiess in a collective sense. In a department we do not want t9 ¢ither engage in business or 1o regulate business. We need a de- partment fhat can give prompt and . mu—i?ulwnul- from botnvs for: eigr dnd’ domestie point of view of economic events, of economic tenden- clesyocef ecomomic ills; that can promptly and accurately survey eco- nomic opportunity, economic discrimi- nation And opposition; that can Bive ific advice and ‘assistance and stability to industry in furnishing it Wwith prompt and accurate data upon i n:epu:- u:tahc:m;umnuon; CO-operate w! t in findin, standards and simplification: llu;‘l ‘can by proad study promote national ©o! n _in industry and the el Wagte; that can and ventilate the commercial .‘:‘:u?’y' 'our power possibilities; that can study and advise ional policies in de- + velopment of rail, water Seas transportation; . @™s, 50 far as gove can cover, lems of was standing four feet deep over|!d] the principal streets of Jackson lead- | world. ing from the old capitol bullding to| He referred to an interview he had the depot as 4 result of the heaviest|Tith Jaeauin Miller several years ago. rainfall old inhabitants recall here.{fact that no statue of Burns Is to be Reports received indicate conside: T- |found in Washington. able damage throughout the state D = U. S. TO REMOVE CONTROL FROM SANTO DOMINGO Severest Gales on Record Reported Throughout Country. CHICAGO. April 16.—Snowstorms and gales that in many places were reported to be the worst in the hi: tory of local weather bureaus, swept an area from the Rocky mountains to the Atlantic states today. Railroad and wire traffic was interrupted in many places and thousands of dollars’ damage was caused to property and crops. in the hi President to Issue Statement Soon. Wilsen Plan to Be Modi- fied Somewhat. George - Steps for withdrawal of American control over the government of the Dominican Republic are under con- sideration by Secretary Hughes, it was learned yesterday, and President Hard- ing is expected soon to issue a state- ment on the matter. Plans for the withdrawal prepared by direction of President Wilson, it is understeod, are to be modified somewhat. Mr. Wilson's purpose to withdraw from Santo Domingo was made, how- ever, December 24 last. the plan for transfer of government mapped out including the appointment of a com- mission of Dominicans to confer with an American technical adviser iIn working out details, including a new constitution. This commission is un- derstood to be already at work under the naval government of the island republic and the nature of modifica- tions in the plan now under considera- tion was not disclosed. —_— FIND LITTLE GIRL DEAD. Eight-Year-Old Child Seized by Two Men, Chum Says. By the Assaciated Press. ‘The worst spring st tory of Chicago swept the city, cau ing injuries to scores of persons and considerable property damage. A fifty-mile gale, snow, sleet and rain combined to obstruct traffic. and, in some places, to level communication wires. % Temperatures below freezing were forecast tonight for nerthern Illinois and adjacent states. The storm is ex- pected to diminish in violence late to- morrow. Henry McCleary. Mra. Anthony Wayne Cook and Mrs. Edward P. Schoentgen. Chaplain general—Mrs. Selden P. Spencer. Reoconding secretary general—Mrs. John Francis Yawger. Corresponding secretary gemeral— Mrs. A. Marshall Elliott Organizsing secretary general— Mrs. G. Wallace W. Hanger. Registrar general—Miss Emma T. Strider. Treasurer general—Mrs. Livingston L. Hunter. Historian general—Miss Jenn Wins- low Coitrane. Reporter general to the Smith- sonian Institution—Miss Lillian M ‘Wilson. Librarian general—Mra Frank D. Ellison. Curator general—Mrs. George W. ‘White. FRENCH TO PRESS Foot of Snew Falls. The worst blizzard of the year was reported from Wisconsin, where a foot of snow fell in Milwaukee and near- by communities. Trafic of all kinds was_delayed, the traction company at Milwaukee being forced to use snow plows for the first time thi winter, Railroad ‘and wire traffic was said to be interrupted throughout Ne- braska. Ten to fourteen inches of snow fell in the western portion of the state. Temperatures were as low as 20 degrees above zero. All April records were broken in Jowa by the snowstorm that began 1ast night and swept the entire state today. Des Moines reported five to six inches of snow in most sections of the state. sand over- that, in ?“‘ COV. rament function, the broad commercial pl‘:b! trade, industry and transpor- as| Mr. Douglas sald that Burns was a result of the rains which havslthe poet, the prophet and the priest caused streams to overflow. of democracy. and that this fact should no'lt‘hz“{tyn‘l‘x‘.?—l‘;r from |‘rovn‘|: mal: be memorialised in Washington, the cke: up against Capit Y- street in Jackson, but floded a mam- | "o " O demeeracy ber of residences as well as some Designers at Meeting. stores in the business district. No| The tentative memorial design eon- loss of life was reported. y s:dered _was prepared through the A performance at the Majesticjoint efforts of U. S. J. Dunbar, Theater was canceled tonight. Six feet sculptor, and Bedford Brown, archi- of water was in the theater today. tect, both of whom ltten‘dei!hlhe m‘eel- ing. President Kerr of the society STORM IS FREAKISH. presided. committoss. recomemindstion. 18 sobs e's lon is sul Family Unharmed After Being Car- mitted, another m..u...d of ;u 80~ clety will be called and a decision ried Away in House. Pooiiind 5 1o SThAtHLr XBE BABETRT ROME, Ga., April 16.—The storm|IRE is to be national or local in was freakish, wrecking or damaging |20ope. _In any event an active some homes and leaving adjoining | fund-raising campaign will be start- buildings unharmed. od in the near future, it was said. (17 the negro section of South Rome negro quarters were wrecked. One negro woman had aii of ner teetn | PLANES DUE IN D. C. SOON. kno;:ked 2":1 i{hen she was struck by e, a piece of flying furniture. Machines, Hal irgin 1ok, Dortion”of" the courthouse was|N8TY A Y orn away and a session of Judge| Island Flight, Reach Miami. Wright's court came to & sudden end = s when the windows were smashed in.| The two Marine Corps airplanes, mithe home ofpAlvin Gilliam, twefiying homeward from San Dominge, ol ome, w: lifted off | cromsed from Hanava to Miami yes- the ground and carried yards. Gilliam "and. hep chij,|terdsy. & dispatch to the Navy De- dren were in the house, Mrs. Gilliam | partment last night anneunced, and receiving gashes 20 the head. with good-luck are expected to reach ome of Jim Penn, form ashi penitentiary warden, his little child | WAShnSton in a few days. ¥as severely hurt when their home| The machines in command of Mal. w-: maly t;rned over. Thomas C. Turner, left here for the r of newly-born pigs was it t were turned back arried three hundred yards. :’:::“ ;:,:n‘;.: Porto Rico, a TWELVE DEAD IN ALABAMA. |scheduled stop because of the bubonic plague quarantine. e Property Damage Will Total Half Y BURIED. Million Dollars. C.F.JO . BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 1 Servi esen’ Twelve are known dead. more than a | Funeral e s et score hurt, some seriously, a haif hun- uis. dred farm houses destroyed and or. ative Holdjs O I eatio ez20-80prano voice of unusual 3 TR T .| chards, telepho; ices for Charles F. Joy,| PITTSBURGH, April 16.—The body overs: A . storm that st - eastern, easte; ent| ssour] istrict rom he acilities than by increased lsh:n'::r:‘m" ot (ho P Amaricanilers commander of the American Legion. TO COLLECT DEBT o Was most severe near De astern and central|from the elev: disappeared r home on the Head of C. A. R. te Report. Mrs. Frank W. Mondell, president general of the National Society of the Children of the American Revolution, will render a report on that body at the Thursday morning sessiol rs. Henry B. Joy will report for the reso- lutions committee, and reports of state regents with state gifts will be heard from Tennessee, Nebraska, North Dakota, Massachusetts and ifornia. C‘l‘\‘por{l of state regents, with state gifts from Ohio, Utah, and New York will be received at the Thursday aft- ernoon sewsions, and Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, chairman of the building committee, will report on the proposed new office building annex to be constryoted. White House Reeception. The President and Mrs. Harding The local weather bureau to- night said that indications were that the fruit crop of the central west had been destroyed wherever it was in the path of the storm. The high wind carrying snow and hail was more destructive to the fruit than the low temperature, it was said. Killed by Lightnl At Brookefleld, Mo.. during a heavy storm, Charles Arnold, a farmer, was lightning and instantly His residence and the out- buildings were destroyed by fire caused by lightning. Adair county, about Kirksville, Mo., swept by a terrific storm late tonight followed by a rainfall of 2.11 inches and by a heavy drop in temperature. ight snowfall con- tinued during the night. Chris Kohloff, seventeen, of Albion, Neb., walking in the storm with a number of companions, was killed by a train, approach of which he was un- able to see. CARS BLOWN FROM TRACK. Mr, Hpoyer today resigned - degt of ‘the American Dl%n«l".' %;:I-fll' €il of the Federated American Engi- Soclety. The resignation was apcepted at the closing session of the counpli.. He gave as his reason the fact that the council by its constitu. tion was engaged in furthering na. tional activities which involve legls- lation, and that he, as & member of h of the govern- == uufluno' consistently direct as an Y such "ac officer of the ‘The council in a tionary force, was made an hon peditio e n hon d has receiv rlnnendaflon for her work in entertain- ing the Aighting men. —_— WAR VETERANS ORGANIZE. North Side here five days age, was found tonight in a stable by the father and other relatives who had formed a searching party. The body, bearing many marks of violence, was lodged in a hole in the floor. Nadine and another little girl were accosted by two men Tuesday night and the Kramer girl was seized, the companion said. Tonight the police are Jooking for an unidentified man who directed the searching party to the stable where the body was found. The coroner said he believed the child had been dead since Tuesday. _— $30,000 ROBBERY FAILS. Police Frustrate Elaborate Pay Roll Plot—Arrest Seven. NEW ORLEANS, April 16.—Pelice department officers, warned before- hand, at 2:30 p.m. today frustrated an attempted robbery of the Ameri- can Can Company messengers car- rying $30,000 pay roll. Seven men, said dy pelice to have been implicated in an elaborately planned plot, were arrested. —_— “SMASH HIM IN THE NOSE” Health Commissioner Advises ‘Harsh Treatment for Cougher. CHICAGO, April 16.—Swat the fiy and' ! smash in the nose the man who coughs in your face, is the order Dr. John Bill Robertson, health commis.: sioner, gave his inspectors today i connection with the deginning tom: row of “Health Promotion Week.” «“Coughing and expectorating,” Dr. Robertson said, “are among the eom- monest spreaders of disease Ferms. A man is murdered and the town is in an uproar. Ten people are buried after suffering from pneumonia, and nobody expresses indignation, ~If a man coughs in your face or sneeses &t you, hit him & smash in the nose. “You will probably be arrested. the judge you were defending erook. of the many letters of com. (Continued from First Page.) tiations they are said to have opened in ‘Washington and Bern, but which it is certain they have carried on in Prague, they again talk of an international loan. ‘They ask particularly that Germany should be allowed 100 years to repay her debts. Freach Oppese Delay. It is slso understoed that Germany has suggested the pomsibility of giving France and the other allied powers & 40 per cent interest in German indus- tries. ‘The French, however, prefer to have no further delay or negotiations, but to take the action which popular penti- ment demands. They also are inclined to the belief that mll reparation roads inevitably lead to the same thing in the end. Officers and Men of 2d Division Meet Here. Veterans of the 2d Division met at the Raleigh Hotel last night to form a local branch of the 2d Division Veterans' Association. “ The meeting was opened by Lieut. Col. Harry Lay, U. S. M. C, who in- troduced Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, former division commander, who spoke briefly on the work accom- plished by the assoclation since its| i1 receive the delegates at the Brig. Gen. Preston Brown, former White House-at 3:30 o'clock Thurs- division chief of staff, recalled tofday. 1 in the bat- . Thomas 8. Lee will pronounce O e the invecation at the evening ses- of Soissons. ueHe'wu followed by Maj. Gen. W.|sion, following which reports of state C. Neville, who told how a pair of|regents with state gifts will be heard souvenir sleeves were cut from his|from South Dakota, Wyoming, Mary- coat by a buck private of the 23d In-|land. New Hampshire and Idaho. Dr. L. C. Rowe, director general of the fantry, who thought it was a German e s Pan-American Union, will address the coat. An entertainment program was delegates and Dr. Charles A. Eaton sented by Miss Sylvia Blank of New| will speak on York, eight years old, who played|Saxon?' Nominations for registrar several _piano selections, and Miss | general to fill an unexpired term and Emma Randall, New York solois eight vice presidents general will companied by Miss Edith Me De received. ~‘The newly elected state who won much applause by her regents and state vice regents will be confirmed at this session. Mrs. Livingston L. Hunter will port_for the credentials committee at the Friday morning session, following ment, could n resolution of @t the resignation voted Mr, fl—{;:::: an appreciation of his leadership dur. ing the organization by period of the SANDY SPRING ROBBERY AGAIN BEFORE COURT Special Dispatch to The Riar. FREDERICK. Md." April 16— man who is believed to have led’:;‘x: ®ang of bandits that robbed 8Sandy Spring. MdJ., National murdered a director, Francis M lowell, and locked the bank employes in the vault, John Kelly, arrested in Toledo, Ohfo. a week ago, will &Ko on House Destroyed, While Family on Porch Escapes. ' MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 16.—Citi- zens of Texarkana and Prescott, Ark., also have started subscription lists, Thus far no outside aid has been asked by the stricken sections of that state. Queer pranks of the wind were told in tonight's dispatches. In one in- tance & man and his family were seated on the porch of their home in Miller county when the tornado struck that section. The house was wrecked, but the porch on which the family had gathered to watch the storm remained intact. In the same section several cars of a railroad train ‘were blown from the track. GEORGIA DAMAGE HEAVY, Rome Business District Reports Loss of $235,000. ROME, Ga., April 16.—A ternado that suddenly twisted its way across the Alabama line today wrecked a dozen buildings on Broad street here in the he; of the wholesale dis. trict, killed several mules on Broad street and lifted again to desc:nd on the residential sections of North und West Rome, where numbers of smali residences were laid waste. The storm, followed by a downpour of rain. put electric light and power lin :‘n‘d gas pl:;tl out o!“eom- ssion, caut ro) oss estimat- fi at around ‘llr’m but injured \seriously not more than a half dozen * [] —_—— D.A.R. CLUB INDUCTS HEAD Mrs. G. T. Guernsey Installed as President of Officers at Banquet. More than 150 members of the National Officers’ Club, comprising present and past national officers and state regents of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, witnessed the induction into o! fice of Mrs. George Thacher Guern- sey as president of the club at the fourth annual banquet last night, at the New Willard Hotel. Mrs. Robert Hogan of Philadelphia, retiring president of the club, was tendered & vote of appreciation for her work in the interest of the or- ganization. Mrs. Guernsey received an ovation upen taking the gavel of authority. Mrs. Kite of Ohlo served as toast- mistress. Various officers and mem- bers of the club spoke on past and proposed actlvities, Mrs. John Fran- cis Yawger of New York city was recording secretary genera e RITES FOR MRS. CHAFFEE. Burial services will be held at the Arlington national metery tomor- row morning at 11 o’clock for Mrs. A. R. Chaffee, wife of the late Lieut. Gen Chaffee, formerly chief of staff of| the Army, who died in Philadelphia last Thursday. Religious services were held in Philadeiphia yesterday, pre- in the Baltimore city jail. after have ing been brought from Toledo. Ohio, under heavy guard. escaped from that Jail just a few wecks before the trial of John W. Mitchell and Clarence £ Adams, in this county. Both Mitche and Adams were sentenaed to life terms in the Maryland penitentiary Joseph Thomas Pendergast, Atlantic City. alleged to have been the driver of the bandit car, was freed st that t‘_:.u, which covered a period of ten ya. The Kelly trial will be o Frederick county circult eours either on May 2 or 3, definite qate not fixed. As Kelly is considersd by o the “Houdini of the particular precaut will be taken to prevent his escuns and to thwart any effort on the pa of his sympathizers to free :I‘lfi XKelly has been a much-arrested man and has liberated himself many times. His escapé from the Baltimore city Jail was characterized as the most daring in years. The prosecution will be conducted by Thomas L. Dawson of Rockville, who directed the state’s case at the Adams-Mitchell-Pendergast trial. He will be assisted by Aaron K. Anders, state’s attorney for Frederick county. Chief Judge Hammond Urmer and Associate Ju!fi- Glenn H. Worthing- | amoke, caused the major part of the ton, Frederick, and E. C. Peter, |damage. Serreunding ~ buildiags Rogkville, will presids. . ‘were not dsmaged. ing. The temporary committee in charge of arrangements included Lieut. lay, former Sergt. Frank unml (9th Infantry), Sergt. Maj. Thomas which there will be balloting for the S. M. former Sergt.|national officers. Mrs. Henry B. Joy - MacCarter (13th F. A. P.| wi)| render a supplementary report of ivision headquarters), former Pri-|h, resolutions committee. vate (first-class) John Petrie (5th M.| “Roportg of state regents with state G. Division), and gifts from Vermont, Montana, New (first-class) Lawrence Siexico, sipp!, South Carolina, (23d Infantry). Distriot of Columbia. Deleware, Maine and Rhode Island wiil be received ¥ri- day afterncon, after which new busi. ness will be taken up. Mrs. Charles H. Bissell will make a report for the tellers at the election. Bishop Willlam F. McDowell will pronounce the invocation at the Satur- day morning session, and a report of the resolutions committee will be heard and new business taken up. The congress will close wi former Private D. Batson FIRE DAMAGE, $4,750. Blaze in Structure at 310 C Street Eats Way to Roof. Fire of undetermined origin caused damage approximating §4, Iast night in the house at 210 C street occupied by Miss Annie Eshelman, The blaze started on the third floor of the three-story structure and was eating away the roof before it was placed under control. Water and final report of the resolutions commit- tee will be heard, unfinished busine: will be disposed of and the newly elected national officers will be in- talled. Basquet Saturday Night. The final event of the congress will be & banquet at the New Willard Sat- urday night, in honor of Mrs. Geores s t portions of Alabama this morning.{and well known in Washington, who The property damage will total haif | died Wednesday in St. Louls, were a millien dollars. held yesterday afternoon in that city. Ralph, a small settlement in the|The services were in charge of the southwestern part of Tuscaloosa|Elks and Masons. Interment was in county, was the hardest hit. Four are | Bellefontaine cemetery. dead there, a score injured and the| Mr. Joy served from 1893 to 1903 in o Ainrtually demolished. Thirty|Congress. His long service in Wash- tu |n" in the community are a ington is remembered by a number total Vireck. The dead include Mra.|of residents. He was a member of T ‘;rydm%-{:::.n an :lthtesn-mnnthrfld the Chevy Ch?-NCIub and of several eETO: ~0f- 14 n clul “h‘l“(:n::b:g fi:n:{é::r:l:u: corner m:\‘(“meov,‘;’me of his death Mr. Joy wai vast area 'kiling five. At Gaps|7eCOTder of deeds for St. Louis. Springs, a small settiement near Tus- o n_that county, Bo his wife, Temple Davis and two wn:| RADIUM_FUND RAISED. \dentified men, all negroes, are dead alf a score wene injured and h dreds narrowly escaped serioue hoirs | District Subscribes $5,000 for Gift to Mme. Curie. FLORIST IS SUICIDE. Mrs Robert Woods Bliss, announced, t | emeriaa raised their quots of 35080 ington sed their quota o Edward F. Goebel Takes Poison in t::"lhe national fund of §100,001 Pre hieh is to pul a gram of radium o sence of Family. Tor Mme. Curie, the mnoted Freneh ward F. Goebel, forty- scientist. old. florist at 5021 Belt rood emaca as e s e e last night wi ained a rs. Eht with a_dose of poison. | obt residence, 2600 16th , last 'hletmyh Mra two children, | Bliss, who is chalrm; of the com- Floyd, twelve, and Paul; "I mittee in this city, stated that ad- years old. Siiinefcousteen ditlonal subscriptiohs will be gladly It is said that Mr. Goebel received so e who Is ing from a severs attack 07‘:9:‘\"2;'- desirous of aiding Mme. Curle in her ness. He was rushed to Georgetown | efforts to find a cure for eance: will University Hospital in the seventh|have an opportunity to assist this precinct patrol wagon. He died be- | humane cause. fore reachin:’ the hospital, and his e y was placd i SUSPEND)] bodyiliy n the hospitall ApMY MAJOR ED. The deceased is survived by his{ ASHEVILLE, N. C. April 16.—Maj. Tite and six children. five sons and | p. Jungman, commanding officer at investigute is deatn todsy and give | United States Public Health Hospital the necessary certificate. No. 60, at Oteen, N. C., has been tem- porarily suspended by the surgeon Hemg Neale, mesuan‘ert Speak: f:‘:’"" ::"':;: nere wn;::“‘ ‘: S 3 r Gillett and who has been on the door|board of investigation has been or- of the Speaker’s office for many years|dered to convene at the hospital Wed- and knows every public man of promi-| 1 caday. mm’ lI!fl 'n:: lcour;'(ry. l:l at the Epis- copal Hospital, where he was operated upon for a cataract. MR. DENBY TO VISIT CHICAGO. He hopes to report for duty again CHICAGO, April 16.—Edwin Den- Gy by, Secretary of the Navy, will visit Chicago next Wednesday or Thurs- IRISH SYMPATHIZERS MEET. day. Miis sohedule inoludes a review CHICAGO, April 16.—Delegates from| ", " 0y 1ors and formal inspeetion every section of the country were © st Lok Savat aNISE arriving here today to attend the con-|at the Great vention of the National Association|gtation, review of several thousand for Em‘nnlo:.:.t the fil:hdnew?ll':s Boy' Scouts here and a banquet, at which opens on Monday. principal speak- Chicago branch of the association has | which he will be the a: .planned a tuge parade for tomorrow.ler. at the Unjon League [