Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1922, Page 2

2 THE ' EVENING’ MYSTERY IN DEAT OF WOMAN INRIVER Jewels and ‘Money Missing. Ring Gone From Finger, ! * Though Hands Gloved. Mystery of the death of Miss Alma Hullings Jones, twenty-six years old, 330 North Payne atreet, Alexandria, ‘Va., whose body was taken from the icy waters of the Potomac near the steel plant late Monday, has not been solved. Mrs. Lillian F. Jones, mother ot the dead woman,' belleves her daughter met with foul play, but is unable to suggest. when or where. or the name of any person who desired to do her harm. Sheriff Clements of Arlington coun- ty, Va., today is conducting an in- ‘vestigation with a view to ascertain- ing something definite relative to the whereabouts of the young woman aft- er she ‘sald farewell to her mother about 10 o'clock Friday morning, January 27, to visit Mrs. Ruby Gro- gan at Cherrydale. Miss Jones never reached Cherrydale. Orders for the arrest of 2 male ac- quaintance of Miss Jones were issued by the sherifft. The theory in the minds of authorities of Arlington county is_that Miss Jones met the man in Washington, possibly last ¥Friday, and that on the return trip to Aléxandria {t is possible she fell or was pushed into four-mile run, a short _distance outside of the city. The four-mile run at this time of the year has a very swift currant, and according to authorities, could easily have carried the body into the river where it was found. #rom the friends of Miss Jones it was discovered that the man sought was married, and that he lived in Alexandria a short distance from her home. Jewelry Is Missing. Mrs. Jones said her daughter car- ried a suit case containing a new dress and other articles of wearing apparel when she left home. She also had about $75 in her pocketbook, the mother stated, and wore & dinner ring, frat pin, gold locket and string of pearls. The suitcase and articles of jewelry are missing. It was learned in Alexandria today that the morning Miss Jones left that city to visit her friends in Cherrydale she did not purchase a ticket for Cher- rydale or Arlington Junction, Alexan- drians usually taking the latter route ‘when going to Cherrydale. Miss Lena Shinn, ticket seller at ths Payne street ticket office of the Washington-Virginia Raflway Company, said Miss Jores pur- chased a round-trip ticket for Wash- ington. So far as relatives or the polics have been able to learn, it is stuted, Mira Jones' movements after purchasing the ticket have not been traced. It is taken for granted by relatives that she came to this city, and it may be taat she in- tended to go to Cherrydals direct from the station at Penusyivanmia avenue and 12th street or from the station at Ross- Iym, Va. It is thought she may have in- tended making purcheses in this city before going to her friend’s home in Cherrydale. Grant Starts Investigation. TInspector Clifford L. Grant, chiet of detectives, this morning learned from a Star reporter that Miss Jones had purchased a ticket for this city, and |ini vestiga- he immediately started an in tiom. Pgliee of the several precincts, espe- cially those in the business section, were directed to inquire if a young woman answering the description of Miss Jones had left a suit case or other belongings in a hotel or rooming house. An_autopsy performed on the body by Dr. G. Henry Rawson, acting deputy coroner, showed that death re- sulted from drowning. The body was net’disfigured, aithough it evidently had been in the water a number o Broken ice- was floating about it.” It was noted that not a single article of -Jewelry was found on the body. and the superintendent of the motgue reported that long white gloves Miss Jones wore were on her hands when the body was recovered. The funeral of Miss Jones will take place at 2 o'clock tomorrow after- noon _ from Wheatley’s mortuary chapel in Alexandria and services will be conducted by Rev. Dr. E. B. Jack- son, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Bethel cemetery, Alexandria. IMPROPER WALLS BLAMED FOR CRASH AT KNICKERBOCKER (Continued from First Page.) ‘we can understand,” directed Maj. Gor- don, after numerous efforts to get the ‘witness to tell the jury what a column was like. “What supported B-41 on these two columns?” “B-41, as nearly as I remember it, reached the head of column 3-C, and ran northwest ‘above the point of col- umn C-2 at the end of truss No. 11."” How Truss Was Attached. ‘How was B-41 attached to those two columns?"” $ “As nearly as I remember.” witness ‘began, when Maj. Gordon interrupted. ‘You have your pi ‘Tell us.” The witness then showed by pencils how it rested. He said it was directly to the top of column C-3 and top of truss T-11. “It is attached to the top of column C-3,” he said. “How does it act as brace to C-27" “Through truss T-11." The witness continued that an addi- tional member was added to the top of cclumn C-2. “How was it attached?” Maj. Gordon asked. Emn beam was fastened direotly to the column itself by bolts, I believe, and at the other end by an end-col- lecting plate,” witness sald. His contract did not call for put- ting it in place, he said. His duty ended when the material was deliv- ered at the site, he said. “Was provision made for riveting or botting?" Maj. Gordon asked, “We provide holes for riveting or ‘bolting, at the builder's option.” “Who provides rivets?” “We do. It is my impression that bolts were called for in the contract.” a “Who erected the steel?” asked Maj. jordon. 3 “It's my impression that Mr. Mec- Donald was employed,” witness said. “Which costs more, bolts or rivets?” asked Coroner Nevitt. “Bolts.” 3 “Which is more expensive to in- stan? “F can't say,” witness replied. Steel Declared Strong. The steel as furnished was amply strong to carry the ventilating fans, witness said, when questioned on tinis point by the coroner. He however, no direct information to the weight of the fans. - . Azxked by Coroner Nevitt if he had Xnown of the plan to put in fans, e would have changed the steel de- / sign, he said it was probable he would have *made provision for some ad- ditional bracing. He sald he was superintendent at the: time the trusses were put to- gether in his yards. At the direction of the coroner, he drew, for the fury, a diagram of what a truss looks ike, and explained the purpose of each piece of steel in the truss. Net on Plans, “T understood you to say that six feet below the girder B-4 you inserted a %-u_‘f‘ ashed Maj. Gordon. . es. 7 *Where is that on the blue print.” “It {s not called for on the plans.” “When did you put it in?" o “Jt was pug in by the builder, I un- bflm“ d. It was found in the de- s *“Where did you get that informa- tion?” interrogated Maj. Gordon. “From Mr. Davis” the witness said, after Mr, Davis hesitation. 18 the present computing .- THEIR HOME IN CHICAGO, COMMISSION ESTIMATES By the Assoctated Press. CHICAGO, - February 9.—Chicago is the home of about 10,003 profes- slonal criminals, or about one-third of 1 per cent of the city’s popula- tion, according to estimates of the Chicago crime commission, made public today. Thee reason for such an unprecedented number of law- breakers hers is ascribed by the to the siowness with which the wheels of justice are set in motion snd the small number of tions. it- is pointed out, n one out of four of all the defendants tried for murder in Cook county were convicted. In cases involving 225 defendants there ware only six death sentences, including Tommy O'Connor, who eeca| four ml before he was to have been On April 1, 1920, there were 136 persons indicted for murder and awaiting trial. In 104 of these cases, the crime commission points out, the accused were out on bond and in the majority of cases witnesses had vanished. As_proof of their contention that speedy justice reduces crime, the commission cltes statistics' showing that when an effort was mafle to clear the murder docket twelve were sentenced to hang and twelve given Jall sentences. e eftect produced, it is claimed, was electrical. = The murder rate in Chicago was almost cut in half. = t i engineer in the District building de- rtment. He said he conceived it would be desirable,s and added that statement on his own initiative. Asked to explain the lack of suf- ficient bracing of the main member, witness replied that the bracing sys- tem in the final plans is stiffer than the original plan. ‘The bracing, he said, was wholly adequate, in his opinion. “Did you provide for proper an- chorage?” Maj. Gordon asked. “Yes, on every beamn there were holes provided, to be used at the option of the builder,” witness re- plied. = “Was it according to your plans to rest these trusses on piates one-half inch thick?" Maj. Gordon continued. “Trusses rested on plates or beams, according to weight.” “Your plans provided where plates and lintels should be placed?” Wi‘ness answered In afirmative. “Whose duty was it to provide for pllasters?" “That was a matter of the construc- tion of the building.” He explalned that a pilaster was @ thickening of the wall. Gives Opimion of Disaster. “Can you tell why this roof fell?” asked Maj. Gordon. “L, myself, reached the conclusion that it fel} left of the stage. The quas- tion as to how it occurred—I consid- ered that the main truss had parted company with the wall. I was trying to deduce how that may be. I am con- vinced tbat Col Kelly and the\board, aimost surprisingly, have reachyd the real cause.” “Do you agree with all Col. Kelly's statements?” “1 do in toto.” “He said that the steel work was not " suggested 3 rdon. ral,” witness replied. the wails had stayed under the roof the latter would have stand- g. Questioned as to the wall bearin, for the steel, he said plans were ma of the steel work and sent to the contractor. Then the contractor marked the-wall dimensions, and, in turn, the steel contractors figured on the length of the beams or trusses. “The minimum bearing on any will in such construction as this would be- eight inches.” he told the jury. Asked if he made such provision, he “Yes,” and added that “shop errors™ might be made, but if 2 beam is short the contractor usually re- ¢ | Jected it Deeclares Steel Heavy Encugh. He testifled that the steel work was four times heavy enough to support the loads. No steel in any part onho building failed at eny time, he said. R. H. Davis, computing engineer of the building department. was recalled. Asked where he got the knowledge that there was a strut connecting the two columns, he said he got it from ‘Thomas Marshall, who was making 2 survey. He went out and found it, and saw where it had been connected to the two columns and showed where it connected to the bottom flange of the truss. “What suggested to you going look- |‘n‘ for that strut?’ asked Maj. Gor- on. “I thought it was important.” *“Did you find the columns on the dump?”’ S‘Column 3 was there, With evidences of a ‘tie’ between the two.” “What was the length of the beam?" asked Maj. Gordon, conmtinuing the question. “It was twenty feet, it seems to me."” *“Did Mr. Ford first bring this to your attention?” came after I had *“No, sir. He seen the beam.” 2 Does Outside Work. Asked if he had done outside work, he said, he had done work outside of office hours for the Rosslyn Steel and Cement Company. Fred Drew Com- pany and the Hamilton Hotel. “Do you pass on their plans?” The witness did not answer di- rectly, saying that plans are sub- mitted. “Do _you know other men of the inspector's office who work on out- side for contrectors?” Witness said he didn’t know. “Do you know that others do 1t7” ;I don’t know of my own knowl- edge.” “What's your salary?" “The basic salary is $2,000." '?’u‘oy"on get & bonus?” He insisted on his previous testi- mony that the main truss was nine inches short in eight. Tile Not Thoreughly “Flugged.” Charles E. Fisher, colored, 623 L street northwest, & cement finisher, and em- ployed as a laborer on the Knicker- bocker, was called. He sald he ed the c;ncretaf there and placed all of it on the roof. Asked i he “plugged” the tile with concrete he said he couldn’t “plug” all because holes were too small. He said “you can’t get the gravel to the ttom.” NAlkld if_he told the foreman he couldn’t fill the holes, he sald the foreman knows it. The only way to fill all the tile blocks, he said, was to fill each layer as it was set. If four or five layers are laid it is im- possible to get it to fill. He testified that the tile was supposed to be filled, but it couldn’t be when there were so many layers. Heard Nefse Before Crash. “Bud” Cooper, colored, 14 Jackson street nortdeast, a genkral handy man, told the jury that about 4:30 o'clock on the afternoon of the acci- dent he heard s loud grinding noise in the theater. He was cleaning snow oft the sidewalk adjoining the theater at the time, and asserted that the noise was clearly audible in that cor- ner. “I heard gave wa cr-rorer-i cated, amid laughter. buil and a big, smooth-faced man that the building was falling. ‘There were a lot of people with him.” “Did they hear you, too?” the coro- ner asked. I hollered loud heard the walls when they he asserted. ~“It went like that” he.indi- “I ran into the E) “They ought to. enough. I guess all of them me.” “Have you seen that man since?” “No, air; I ain't never seen him since that time.” ‘WILL PRESENT CASE TO JURY. Before leaving his office for the in. quest today ited States Attorne; Gordon stated that as-soon as the in quest is closed he will prepars his ndzh:f r.hodqm-tlon for presentation to A : he belisved the in- ai. Sordon quest will carry over into next week. 110,000 CRIMINALS MAKE |VIEWS OF CALVERT S AV Struetural fronwork on which the bridge resty was erected thirty years ago. Ul Biltmore apartment house, | years ago, to lessen vibration. five feet, Rarrowing the roadways so that ust use the space betweem street oar rails, Lower—This phetegTaph sho | afey-six inehes of clear space from OVER 3.0 ASKED 10 WHITE HOUGE Toriight’s. Reception to' Mem- bers of Congress to Be Big Social Function. An unusually large attendance is expected at the White House this evening when President and Mrs. Harding will entertain in honor of the members of Congress at the next to last official White House reception of the season. Over 3,500 guests have peen invited, and the atate room, which has been extensively decorated with ferns and g:tud plants for the occasion, will overflowing with officlal, litary and Washington society. Bes mem- bers of the Senate and House and their families, cabinet officers, heads of the various department bureaus and many f the Army and o icers sta- :Ioned. here and unofficial residents have been invited. . As is usual in the present adminis- tration, gyests will pass through the state dining room and then into_the blue room, where President and Mrs. Harding will receive them,” and then on into the east room. Marine Band to Play. The Marine Band will play through- out the reception, and later insthe evening there wiil be dancing in the east room. The following traffic arrangements for the reception are announced as a result of an agreement between the office of public bulldings and grounds and the metropolitan police: Guests baving tickets of admission at the nopth entrance of the White House 'enter by the northwest gate and will leave by the northeast gate, Carriages for these guests will be parked on the north and south sides of Pennsylvania avenue. Guests whose cards of admission are marked for the east entrance will ap- proach in a southerly direction along East, Executive avenue, entering the north gate on East Executive avenue. These cars will be parked on the east side of the White Lot unt# called, and when called will approach northward along East Executive avenuéd, approach- ing the east entrance by way of the Those guests whose sion_call for entrance by way.of the south portico will enter by the south- west gate, and the cars will leave the grounds by way of the southwest gate and park on West Executive avenue and the west side of the White Lot un- til called. When called they will pro- ceed to the south portico by way of the southwest gate and' leave by the southwest gate and thence north on ‘West Executive avenue. Haules for Au No parking will be allowed in the north or south grounds of the White House. It is requested that admission cards n the hands of the chauffeurs, who will place them on the winshield where they can be seen by the police, and thus save the time and annoy- ance of the guests being stopped by the Police to examine their cards of admission. Parking. Af“er guests have arrived chauffeurs will display carriage call' aumbers in Ah'o{nlnnlwou- place on the wind- shiel ¥ It is requested that all guests us- ing taxicabs to attend the reception pay their éab fare before arriving at the White House. This will save a great deal of time and inconvenience to other-guests. Taxicabs can be se- cured on request from- the carriage caller at the east portico. West Executive aveaue, the road south of the State, War and Navy building and all roads in the Whits Lot will be closed to all vehicle 3 fic other than that of guests at the reception between $:30 p.m. and mid- night February 9. e A U. 8. WAR ISSUES RUOYANT. NEW YORK, February 9.—Unusual Itnn&th and sctivity were shown by e States war e® of today's bond market. Lib- $%s, tax exempt, rose 1.20 per 31 our, others of tory e were. nomipaliy ‘atter. but were 1 er, bu the l# ‘which .u"&'{..m.-me (] h i par moxt June, sold {ssues in the early’ off 13 cents to | ard, PRESIDENT MAY “SIT.IN” HEREAFTER AT AERIAL CONCERT OR LECTURE President Harding, while wait- ing for his cabinet to feregather odd ness is not too pressing, can now clap recelvers pver his ears, throw in a switch and tune his instrument to catch out of the alr the strains of operatic voices, violin solos, lectures on the Ein- stein . theory or accounts of the news of the world as it transpir for he has had installed in his office one of the latest advances in electrical science—the radio telephone. For several weeks past, officials from the Shipping Board have been trying to persuade the President that he shouid have one of theap new inventions, but it i{s under- stood that Secretary Christian had not been in favor of the proposi- tion until yesterday, when Sesre- tary Denby convinced the Pre: dent that he really needed one of these little household conven- lences, sa the honor of tnstailin }, the machine fell to the Navy. ang Jeoterday Commander Btanford C. ing of the Navy De t pefvised the Patting of - the In- will be strung up and the mys- terious voices can come in. Denby also Ja 1o have one of the wireless phones in his home. Elected Grand High Priest of Council Elects. Delos W. Thayer, past high priest Arch Masons, last evening, at the an- nual convocation of the Grand Chap- trict of Columbia, was elected grand high priest. oper of the bureau of engineer- strument in placs. Today the aerial It is understood that Secret — s Il | Royal Arch Masons—Grand of Washington Chapter, No. 3, Royal ter of Royal Arch Masons in the Dis- Other officers elected included: Roe Fulkerson, deputy grand high priest; | Simon Buble, grand king; J. Davis Bradfieid, grand scribe: Arvine - W. Johnston,; grand secretary; John C. Colborn, grand treasyrer; Lyclen C. Yung, grand lecturer apd visitor; Rev. John C. Palmer, grand ‘chaplain; Dan- lel G. Davis, grand captain of the host; Charles Bartlett, grand princi- pal _ sojou! i Raymond Dickey, grand royal arch captain; Walter F. Smith, nd master of the third vail; 1. Whiting Estes, grand master of the second vail; Luther Hess Waring, grand master of the first vail; C. C. Hemlich, grand sentinel. . Presented With Jewel. Joseph H. Milans, the retiri: d 1high priest, through Denut';' g::d H-lfh _Priest Roe Fulkerson and in be- half of the constituent chapters of the Distriot of’Columbis, was presented with a handsomely ongraead 1d watch, with a chain, and, through Past Grand High Priest BEmmett H. Carter, with a handsome jewel of his office. ~The annual reports showed an in- crease of 800 Royal Arch Masons who were added to the roster within the year. Hoface McIntosh, 33d_degree, Who was illustrious master of Washington Council, No, 1, Royal and Select Mas- ters, in 1914, was elected illustrious rand master of the Grand Counct yal and Select Masters, in the D trict of Columbia, at the ann sembly held.in Masonic Temp! urday evening. Other Oficers Chosen. Other officers elected by the Grand Councll included: Otto B. Roepke, il lustrious deputy grand master; C. Vaughan, grand principal cordu tor; George Sherman, grand treas unr(;’ John fi E::’hm P record- or; George rer, grand captain of the guard; Richard A. Roseber: grand conductor of the council; Ed-| ward Burkeholder, grand marshal; John W. K!mnolll:ger grand stew- George O. Burke, grand Bat. WORKING OUT PLAN OF TAX FOR BONUS House Committee Expects to Complete Work by End of Week. Majority members of the House tion that they would be able virtu- with drafting & speeial tax program in connection with the soldiers' bonus set to work today with the expecta- tion that they would be able virtu- ally to complete their task by the end of the week. Treasury experts were called in to give the gropable yield from each of . the vulo! tax sources suggested at the hearing before the full committee. While the tax subcommittes was at work another subcommittee, under Representative Green of Iowa, began a study of the bonus bill, to decide what changes are to be made in the measure. 3 Weould Increase Imkeritamce Tax. In the House today Representative Periman, republican, New York, in- troduced a bill proposing s general increRse in the inheritance tax rates designed to yield an additional $300.- 000,000 a_year in revenue. He said this would go a long way toward paying the bonus. The rates proposed by Mr. Periman are graduated from 2 per cent on net estates not in excess of $50,000 and 50 per cent on nat estates ex- ceeding $10,0f “Phi, double the existing r: Tax he so-called “soldiers’ bonus,” ted compensation bill, will cause an additional annual tax of $350,000,000 to be raised. was tenta- vely agreed upon in executive ses- lon by the majority members of the ways and means committee yester- ° That ti or adj day, _All thought of levying against the British or other -foreign b abandoned, and ch internal as postage, on gasoline, bank t:ck and bond transfers were men sald it was not the intention to rely upon any part, either of the interest or principal of the British or other foreign debts in con- neotion with the bonus. They said that something round $350,000,000 of the cash inning ? nite and certain sources from which to obtain this amount was their immediate concern. The first question before the tax subcommittee will be that of deciding whether the total amount of tax reve. nue is to come from a limited grou of mources or whether the taxes will be spread over a wide fleld, so a3 to make the burden as light as possible on those who have to pay. It was sald that there wers two schools of thought in the committes on this| thi question. Some members emphasized that it would be the purpose to ®mo arrange the tax program as to inter- fere as-little s possible with the re- covery of business, There was said to be a drift of sen- timent in the committee for a tax of possibly 1 cent a gallon on gasoline and also & levy on the transfer of stocks and bonds. These are only two of a score of suggestions, a: t was made plain that there had been no de- cision as to these or any others. —_—— KILLED BY GAS. Body of Charles C. Smith Found in Bathroom. Charles C, Smith, thirty-eight years old, 3628 10th street, was found dead in the bathroom at his e_about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He had been asphyxiated by fliluminating }h:t had escaped from a partly open o Children of the desd man found his body when they returned from school. One of them shut off the flow of 3 summoned neighbors and the police, and a physician from Emergency Hos-~ pital pronounced life extinct. The deceased is survived by his wife and five children. Dr. Herbert E. Martyn, deputy coroner, visited the Smith home, made.an investigation death was re- ‘ TREET BRIDGE, THE ALLEGED INSTAB IS CAUSE OF PUBLIC CONCERN. ws how the brid, The rall _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1922. e per—Calvert Street bridge, looking morthwest from roof of the ge was narrowed about ten each side was moved ia and horse-drawn vehiclen ere mot being the n iter car rail te wooden bej 1, 1923, and that the finding | ¥ 100 PER CENT INTEREST MONTHLY A BAGATELLE T0 SOVIET SPECULATOR By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, February 9.—One hun- dred per cent a month is the aver- age interest charged in Moscow, which has become a money lend- ers' paradise. Notwithstanding the seven trillion or more rubles printed in the last four years, there 18 not enough money in eir- culation to accommodate the dee mands of business and speculation. Virtually everybody lives by specu- lation and thousands clamor daily for loans of from 30,000,000 to 200,000,000 rubles each. he interest rate does mot look 80 high to a man who can triple his money by the simple expedient of journeying to distant points like Kiev or Tashkent, where food is cheap, and brln: back a few hundred pounds of flour, honey or potatoes. It a group of people wish to open a store they offer, say, 100,- 000,000 rubles, payable at the end of a month, for the loan of a like amount. Then they charge three or four times the legitimate price of their commodities, -and both they and the money lender profit. The money lender is secured against loss by the deposit of wels_or other negotiable prop- y. Money lending at such rates against the law, which, however, is rarely invoked. If it were gen- erally enforced the cheka be obliged to lock up most of t! busin people of the city, in- cluding many communists. —_— SLUMP IN DIVORCES AS PROBE GOES ON * __ (Continucd from First Page.) test against Alexandria as a divorce center was first made, and faots supplementing them, will be included in the tabulation and report to be made Saturday to the investigating committee by the subcommittes of thres, headed by J. Randall Caton, which, for two weeks, has been busily engaged going through the records for the past eighteen months of the corporation court, Besthe to Report. Gardner L. Boothe, & member of the investigating committee, who last Saturday was appointed a committee of one to personally investigate the specific charges made during the past three weeks, by individuals that there have been irregularities and frauds practiced here in connection with di. vorces, will make a report of his in- ull committee are awaiting with much interest some word of the outcome of the f conducted today at the n_Richmond on the Hall other billi and amend- ta and Propos | ments nlnl:'m £° the state divorce law, Judge J. Norton is repre- ting_the investigating committee this hearing, and he is expected to urge the incorporation into the Hall bill of certain amendments drafted by e local inves ating committeo which are intended by the latter to greatly strengthen the Hall measuro and which, if enacted, the committeo believ 1l unguestionably reriove any existing deficlencies in the di- vorc e law of the commonwealth, RODENBERG TO RETIRE. EAST ST. LOUIS, i, February 8.— Representative William Roden- lwri, republican, who has represented the twenty-second Illinois District for twenty years, yesterday announced he would retire at the end of his present term next year. Together with this snnouncement came & statement from State Treasurer Ed that he would be & ceed Mr. Rodenbe: EXCHANGE RISES SHARPLY. NEW YORK, February 9.—Covering i el candidate to suc- 881 of speculative commiiments accel- rru;‘ another h‘m u:myum Inm::'nd- ng foreign exchsnges . ing the morning’ demand bills on London rose to 4.38%, an ove: Ifm gain of 1% to the pound sterling. Con- tinental bills, ‘especially French, Ital- ian and jan rates, also were sub- stantially hi chan r. Strength of these X ges ex to many of th foreign bonds, Un Kingdom i sues of 1933 and 1939 registered new high fons for the. year e commissioner XI will receive the tri T |likely that the French ont three- ILITY OF WHICH|MANY ROYAL WOMEN ASK A LOW-PAID JOB OF AMERICAN WOMEN By the Associated Press. GENEVA, February 9.—An in- dication of the straits iif which many European noblewomen find taem- selves after the war is given in the ONE MORE VICTIM OF FLAMES FOUND experience of the American wite o | Biblical Text Carried Close to & Geneva banker, who advertised re- ocently in a Munich newspaper for an educated woman secretary with a good knowledge of languages. The bankers wife offered a salary of 300 Swiss francs monthly, in ad- dition to a comfortable home, and thus far she has received more than 1,600 replies, fronrall parts of Ger- many and Austria. The applicants include three princesses, nine baronesees and thirty countesses, but the majority are widows or daughters of former high offcials. Most of the letters relate pathetic stories, and many of the applicants want no salary—only a comfortable home. FREEZING WEATHER FORPRELATES' TRIP Cardinals \Dougherty and Be- gin Have Disagreeable Ride to Rome. By the Associated Press. ROME, February 9.—Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia and Cardinal Begin of Quebec reached Rome today from Paris. Neither ex- pected to arrive in Rome in time for participation in the election of the new Pope, but they will attend the coronation of Pope Pius next Sunday. Cardinal Dougherty was accom- anfed by his secretary, Very Rev. oseph Whitaker, and by his niece, Miss Dorothy McCormick, who iolnod him in Paris. The journey 'rom Paris here was most disagree- able, the cold being so severe that the pipes in the party's sleeper were frozen. At Pisa the train ran into a snowstorm which brought down all the telegraph wires. The Italian government furnished an escort for Cardinal Dougherty from Pisa to Rome, designating the of police detectives for this duty. On his arrival here the cardinal went to the American college, where he will reside during his sojourn in Rome. Change Ceremony Plans. The cold wave, which is the severest in years, accompanied by a considerable fall of snow, has forced a modification of the coronation ceremonies Sunday, when Pope Plus le crown. It will necessitate the passing of the pontiff into the Basilica without the customary ceremonial of the facade before the huge bronge door, when Cardinal Merry Del Val, as archpriest of St. Peter's, makes formal obeisance to the Pope. Instead, his holiness will enter immediately into the Chapel of the Holy Sacrement, where the late Pope Benedict lay in_state. There Car- dinsl Merry Del Val will render homage to the pontiff. who descends rom the papal chair, borne on the shoulders of the red-cloaked ushers. * Urged Swpport for Rattl His holiness received several mem- bers of the sacred college and also a number of diplomatic representatives. There is a crowd constantly within the Vatican, all seeking tickets for the coronation; long lines wait for hours at the major domo’s offices In order to submit their request. Further,detafls of the proceedings In_the cohclave show that the first ballots were divided between two contending factions, respectively un- der Cardinal Gasparri and Cardinal Merry Del Val. The support of the former group was divided in the ini- tial voting on Gasparri and Maf, and the support of the latter group on Merry Del Val and La Fontaine. Cardinal Gasparri on Sunday real- ized that there was a deadlock. Car- dinal MaM addressed the conclave, urging his supporters and those of Gasparri to turn their support to Car- dinal Ratti. On Monday's ballot Car- dinal Ratti recelvdd the necessary two-thirds. —_— PLANS UNCHANGED FOR GENOA PARLEY (Continued from First Pag delegates will be able to communicate freely with one another during the conference. Former Premier Bonom!, despite hia resignation, has not for a moment auspended his work, seeking to bring the conference organization to per- fection in readiness for his succe: He has named Baron Avezzano, for- mer amb: dor to the United States, as general secretary in charge of all local arrangements for the meeting. FRANCE EXPLAINS POSITION, Belleves Delay Needed to Settle Complex Questions. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 8.—The French gov- ernment sent & memorandum to the British government stating in ef- fect taat the prell work for the Genoa conference will require at least thres months and suggesting that con- uently.the conferenve cannot be held before May or June. Thus far the memo has been handed only to thé London gevernment, but it is understood it will :’. = tted tomom:h't.o Italy, Bel- um, Japan, ~Jugosla Crechoslo- vakia, Rumania and Poland, and that 1t will be published on Friday, In addition to laying down conditions for the reception of the Russlan and German delegates at Genoa in reapect to the existing treaties and league of nations representations, the note insists on the necessity of the French, British and Italian governments coming to an understanding prior to the gathering on the vast number of complex probiems, so that they may Appear at Genoa with & _definite and -cut program. ‘The note also alludes to possible maneuvers in favor of the restoration of the monarchy in such an attempt o1 hostility of the “little entente” and Italy and that France, on her part, could not tolerate such .an infringement of the poace treaties, Dr. Bduard Benes, premier of Csecho- slovakia, will arrive here at the end of the week, to go over the confersnce with the other premiers. Later he will go to London to discuss tie situation with Marquis Curzon, the British foreign secretary, OPPOBITION IN BRITAIN, Industrial Reconstruction Dolund' to Require Prompt Action. By the Assoctated Press. LONDON, Feb; ~It is un- vernment’s Tequest far a month delay in the opening of the Genoa conference will be met by Great Britaln, it was stated in official ctrcles today. There are no objections to a delay of a week or even a fortnight, it was d, but so far as Great Britain is conoerned . the solution of the prob- lems to be considered at the confer- ence would not be efited by months of preliminary Investigation. The soaner the conference convenes the gooner Eurdpean industrial recon- struction will begin, according to the. view of these officials. n of the question of delay, however, ob- viously rests with the cabinet, which is now considering the French pro- conference. ¥y | tover. htthm-ala!m. Body by Man Who Died at Hotel in Richmond. By the Assoclated Press. RICHMOND, Va., February 9.—Dis- covery of the body of E. J. Bush of 3‘“'"“"' Ohio, in the ruins of the xington Hotel, which was destroyed by fire early Tuesday, brought l{he known dead in the disaster to five. Bush’s head and torso were found in the west portion of the wreckage and were identifled Dy letters in a coat no;ke:i' % 8 the firemen removed the charred body of Bush from the ruins his blue serge coat was found buttoned tight- ly across the body. It fell into shreds as the body was moved, and between the coat and vest were the charred leaves of an open Bible. The back of the book had been burned away. All that remained was a sheaf of leaves, burned and curled at the edges, but the part which had been placed close to his body was the 14th chapter of John, the first verse of which was stained and charred, but plainly readable: “Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe alzo in me.” Condition Becomes Seri: The condition of Andrew Galles of Buffalo, N. Y., one of the injured. was said by physicians today to be serious. He has a broken back and paralysis ?)fleu;:! body, !surflei-ed when he fell to vement from the thire the burning building. et Galles, in relating his experienco in escaping from the hotel, said he was awakened by smoke pouring into his room, and. gathering sheets ani blankets in his arms, ran to a rear window. “I barely cleared the win- dow facing,” he said, “when I saw a man fall from a window on the :g;;lh l:loor.h I was knocked from a ‘when the man, hurt) the alr, struck me.” ey Muffy, the pet cat that succeeded in arousing Mrs. L. G. Daniels and aughter, Miss Drusilla Danlels, of Raleigh. N. C.. was found dead yes- terday afternoon on a dJangling part of the third floor of the hotel. Boots, & pet terrier belonging to Mr. Pettus, proprietor of the hotel, was rescued after arousing its masger by barking. Identified by Dental Work. Dental work on the upper left molars in his mouth served to identify the charred body taken from the ruins of the Lexington Hotel vesterday as that of Capt. Franklin Wood Shaw, sixty- four years cld. native of Goshen and veteran conductor of the James river division of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway. The i{dentification was made by Dr. Uriah Harmon, dentist, who ur- companied Dr. Joan A. Shaw, son ¢ the wictim, to the city morgue. CALVERT BRIDGE TOBE REFLOORE: Work of Inspecting Structv Over Rock Creek Is Progressing. Cslvert Street bridge over I {Creek, safety of which is now be inquired into, will be refloor David McCombd, District engineer « bridges, announced today. i All of the planking on the driv: ways adjacent to the car tracks w' bLe renewed at a cost of $6,000. Ti Joists have already arrived and wor will start as soon as the floor timh: is received. Not to Close Bridge. It will not be necessary to clos ecither side of the bridge entirely, Mr McComb said, but only the small =sec tions in which the carpenters will be at_work. John P. Greiner. well known bridge engineer from Baltimore, who came here at the expense of the Capital Traction Company, is now engaged in going over every truss and sup- port of both the Calvert Street and Klingle Ford bridges to determine their safety. He is observing the effect produced on the bridge when a street car crosses, and also is making tests of the effect of one car hauling another across empty, which might occa- slonally have to be done. Stresses to Be Computed. After he has completed the physical examination of the bridges T, . Greiner will go over the plans of the structures and compute the various stresses. Several years ago Mr. Greiner in- spected the Calvert Street bridge for the Capital Traction Company and found it safe. The company felt, however, that it would be well to take the precaution of having the bridge examined again. WRITERS AT CONFERENCE ARE GUESTS OF JAPANESE Reception Given by Delegation and Speeches Made as Work Is Brought to Close. The newspaper_ correspondents ac- credited to the Washington confer- ence were guests at a reception given by the Japanese delegation in the Shoreham Hotel last night. Admiral Baron Kato, head of the Japanese delegation, in a brief ad- dress of farewell, thanked the news- papermen for their co-operation at the conferance, and declared that much would end upon them in the coming years in the maintenance of more cordial relations which have developed among the nations as & re- sult of the conference. Robert Barry of the ‘Philadelphia Public Ledger, who is chairman of the standing committee of Washing- ton correspondents, and wai the head of the committee in charge of press arrangements at the con: ence, replied to Baron Kato, expr ing the appreciation of the corre- spondents for the courtesies exleut‘ Bom by the Japanase delegation, an he manner in which the Jap anese delegation had facilitated the gathering of news. In closing Mr. Barry expressed the hope that another international con- ference may be held in the near fu- ture, in Tokio, and assured the Jap- anese delegation that the newspaper- men would be glad to attend. TWO DIE IN BATTLE. - Dry Agents and Alleged Moon- shiners Clash in Alabama. HUNTSVILLE, Als., February 9.— State and federal officers today head- ed & posse bound for Kings Cove, near New Market, Ala, where two alleged moonshiners were killed and a federal prohibition enforcement of- ficer was wounded in a battle late yesterday between officers and moun- taineers. Following the discovery of & dis- tillery, & general battle ensued, in which two men, identified as Joe D. Powers and Lafayette Jones, fell dead from the fire of the officers. Federal Enforcement Agent Victor 8. Root of Huntsville was wounded, but will re- Several men alleged to have been discovered at the d\llm;n and who, officers said, participated In the he enforcement offi- tl for