Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1922, Page 2

/GHANGE IN DIVORGE LAW IS DOUBTFUL on Changes: of Assembly ' ‘Acting at This Session. From a Staf¥ Correspondent. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 10.— i There apepars to be an equal divi- sion of opinion existing here among lawyers and others regarding the i chances of some change being made in the divorce laws of Virginia dur- i Ing the present session of the gen- ! eral assembly mnow being held in ¢ Richmond. While the great majority of the Tocal attorneys are of the opinion {'that the present code is indefinite, jiespecially so in defining the domicile {irequirements of a divorce applicant. and that it should be rified and { strengthened, not more than half of jithese men are optimistic regarding {:the outcome of the divorce bills now {.pending in the assembly. 1 Others Thizk Action Certain. i On the other hand, there are those attorneys and other persons, some of whom are in a position to form. conclusions, who have no hesi- tancy in predicting t some chanze will be inade in the divorce code during the present session. They con- tend that the sentiment in the state is such that the assembly would not dare ignore the demands for some remedial legislation. Whether or -not the Hall bill, or the one introduced several days ago by Cha ¥ Smith of this city, hill yet to be drafted, ¢ ¢ventually enacted, no one coull venture a guess. “As a matter of t. we are not particular which bill is passed,” said one member of the local bar associa- i just _so some change is made which will strengthen the present law and remove what ap- pears to be an existing evil in con- nection with the divorce practice of this state. The rccords are convine- ing proof, at least to us In Alexandria, that the increase in the divorce situa- < tion has been too great, and that it must be due to loopholes found readily in the present law. Says Law Needs Teeth. “In many respects the law is satis- factory and compares favorably with similar ones throughout the Unlited But with a v changes and dition o a ‘tooth’ here and Virginia law will be nent local attorney, who considerable time at the state at_Richmond, does not hold hopeful view. Since dis i the divorce matter at the capitol. he stated today that he is forced to believe that the prospects f a change during this session are y bright. = is excitement over the divorce practice is confined principally to Alexandria_and the immediate vicin- ity,” he said, “and in my opinion dele- gates from the other sections of the vet been sufficiently essity at this ume for any diate change in sne law. However, their views may | new cardinal nave changed following the state-|to the dec! ments made yesterd: at the state capitol on_the Hall and Smith bills, when provisions were severely scored ‘and the demands for a change were emphatic and determine ¢ Report Not Completed. A subcommittee of three, of which James Randall Caton is chairman, ap- pointed by the investigating commit- tee of the local bar association, which for two weeks has been making a tabulation of every divorce suit in the files of the carporation cour from May 1, 1920, to the present day, will not be ready to make a complete T port tomorrow, as was stated several | days ago. 3 ! “The subcommittee expected to finish this tabulation in time to report when the full committee meets tomorrow, but the time required on each case has caused a delay, and it is expected ! that the final report will ndt be made ! until Saturday, February 18. Favor More Stringent Law. Budweskey & Davis, has come into no littie pwominence dur- ! ing the agitation over the increase in divorce business here, and who, accord- ! ing to tneir own figures, have done ! more divorce business durfng the past |l year than any other individual attorney |\l or firm in the city, believe the divorce 1l 1aw of the state should be more specific |!! and more stringent. i Discussing the situation today In their | office, they stated that there should be a legal representative of the common- wealth appointed to hear tae evidence and examine witnesses in every uncon- tested divorce suit. Such a representa- tive or proctor, as he is termed in the bill introduced by Delegate Smith in the state legislature, could readily deter- mine whether or not any irregularity, colluslor or fraud existed, after exam- ining the evidence and questioning the witnesses, according to these two at- torneys. They also think that lawyers should be required to make some reasonable inquiry into tae facts of cases before filing them and otherwise to determine to some extent whether the applicants have complied with the legal require- ments regarding residence within the state. ©_ Mr. Budweskey, in explaining his firm's connection = with _the situation, said: have handled more divorce business than any other one firm in the city, which fact hardly warrants the use of the term ‘divorce kings.’ we have been mentioned so fre- Alexandria Lawyers Divided | 1 ! { | | GERMAN T0 BE CHARGED. Former Commander at Metz Ac- cused of Converting Supplies. HEIDELBERG, February '.—Tufl-. mony designed to prove that Gen. von Oven, former German commander at Metz, seized private property and a large amount of gold and silver, which he converted into his own uses, will be taken Mgrch 25, the Heidelberg court ruled today. The charges against him include tae assertion that he seiged the furnishings of the Terminus Hotel in Metz and gave them to his wife, and that he sejzed stocks of goods and sold them for per- sonal profit. « MANY CARDINALS FAVORED FOR POPE Conclave Passed Through Three Periods of Balloting, Revelations Show. By the Associated Press. ROME, February 10.—Authentic revelations concerning the proceedings in the conclave which elected Pope Pius XI are coming to light. The conclave might be considered to have been divided Into three periods. During the first Cardinals Gasparri and Merry Del Val received most of the Vvotes, although far from the two-thirds required, and the rest were distributed ameong Cardinals Ratti, Maffi, Tacel and Lualdi. In the second period CArdinal lsa Fontaine replaced Merry Del Val, while the votes given first to Gasparri were divided among Cardinals Ratti, Mafi and Lualdi, all, however, being still far from the necessary two-thirds. During the third period both Cardi- hals Maffl and Lualdi recommended the candidature of Ratti, and most of the votes that had previously gone to La Fontaine were turned to him. Chosen on Fourteenth Ballot. Finally on the fourteenth ballot, which followed the four-day ballots, Cardinal Ratti was chosen almost unanimously, Cardinals Mercier, Vico, Kakowsky, 'Scapinelli di Leguigno, Luaidi and Gasquet being among his more noted electors. Merry Del Val also voted for the new FPope, who, al- | though reluctant to accept the re- sponsibility, was won over by Cardi- nal Lualdi. Cardinal Lualdi is from Lombardy, and, like the present Pope, his ap- pointment as Archbishop of Palermo by Pius X créated a great sensation; he is the first northerner to be sent to such an important post. The false report circulated at the time of the election that Cardinal Tacel had been chosen arose from the fact that he was ill, his paleness be- ing construed by his attendants as due to his emotion at his election. Pope Pius XI has been urged to give decisions on several pending matters, but has decided to postpone the settle- ment of all important questions until after his coronation. It is expected the will be created according ions already reached by the late Pope Benedict XV, including Mon- ignor Bonzano, apostolic delegate to Washington, and two from France, be- sides others whom the present pontiff may add. In this connection the crea- tion of an Australian cardinal is being discussed. Amerlean Participation Favore Two-thirds of the foreign cardinals and a_ small fraction of the Italians favored American participation in the conclave which elected Pope Pius XL Against the proposal to delay the elec- tion were almost all the Italian cardi- nals, led by the camerlengo, Cardinal Gasparri. 1t is learned that tae Austrian cardi- nal, Piffi, Archibshop of Vienna, and Cardinal Scernoch, Primate of Hungary, made a determined stand in the con- clave that the final choice for the papal crown should not be made until at least one American was present. “America is a vital part of the church,” Cardinal Csernoch said to the members of the sacred college. whose law firm | It will be calamitous to deny her participation in the election of the pontiff. It will have a grave reaction among the American people; it will wound their pride and dignity. I ask the conclave to weigh well the consequences of its act before cast- ing this vote.” Cardinal Dougherty Received. Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia, accompanied by his secretary, Rev. Joseph A. Whitaker, visited Cardinal Gasparri at the Vat- ican yesterday. The papal secretary received the cardinal with extreme cordiality and expressed regret that he had reached Rome after the elec- tion. ' He sald he hoped this would be remedied in the future by an amendment of the constitution of the conclave which would allow even the most distant cardinals to reach Rome before thé opening of a con- clave. The Pope, Cardinal Gasparr! said, had expressed an ardent desire to meet Cardinal Dougherty, whom he does ot yet know personally, though he had gained a high opinion of him, through mutual friends. The Dontiff will receive him in special audience Saturday. Cardinal Dougherty returned to the Magnificent Tiara. ‘The tiara with whiclr Pope Pius XI Because | wi]l be crowned next, Sunday is a |tremists, magnificent _example of the gold- quently by those making charges|smith's and jeweler's art. It consists against the divorce practice here, it|of a cylindrical headdress, pointed at i may be appropriate at this time to|the top and surrounded with three |there is an early general election in make known the fact that our di- vorce business represents only a part of our total practice. ‘I deny most emphatically any in- timation that our firm has engaged | coronation by the sect in a practice that has been other |deacon, with the words: ‘We were glad to see|tiara adorned with three crowns, and than_regular. the Bar Assoclation appoint a com- mittee to investigate conditions, to|and kings, ruler of determine if there is fraudulent prac- tice here, and we are doing every- crowns set with jewels. The tiara is held to be symbolical of the Pope's soverelgnty, and is cus. tomarily placed on his head at the d cardinal eceive the know that thou art father of princes 6 world, vicar of our Savior, Jesus Christ.” The base of the tiara is of fine felt, thing within our power to aid that|covered with silver work, and the *"\_committee in its investigation. I am =5 found fo exist | sists of an extremely light gold band (lin that, according to present plans, sure that if an evil i it will be corrected, and any person | Set With jewels “found guilty of irregular or illegal acts In connection with the obtain- ing of divorces will be punished. “DUMMY NOTE” CHARGED. ! aquamarine, one ‘sapphire and “Heflin Says G. 0. P. Committeeman ‘gm points, each bllp:lnx n:: ng‘m .. Got $5,000,000 of Reserve Board. The assertion that Wiliam Boyce Phompson *of the natlonal republican tion” had borrowed _$5,000, S e New York Federal Hevrrvn SSenator Heflin, democrat, the an ;uux on the Federal Reserve RATLWAY STATION. 'Strikers Plan to Take Over Irish Railroads Tonight. . three superimposed crowns each con- and edged with two rows of pearls, of which there are ninety in each row, making a total of 540. Other Valuable Stones. ‘The first crown, in addition to th pearls, s adorned with sixteen rubie: three emeralds, one hyacinth, one and two balas rubles. The second crown has ten emeralds, eight balas rubles, one chrysolite, two aquamarines, six 1 rubles and three sapphires. In third crown are sixteen small alas rubies, four sapphires, three e | b: made by | hyacinths, three aquamarines and one Alabama, in|garnet. Its eight rolled gold Senate yesterday in the course of |ments each bears two amc‘r?nldl?rgn. ‘balas ruby and one chrysolite, and its eight gold points each is set with a garnet, The tiara itself is covered with a layer of thin gold, in which are set eight rubies and eight emeralds. This gold covering is surmounted by a golden globe, enameled blue, on the top of b'nhlch is & cross composed of .‘EE:: 2t of arms of the new pon o1 ew pontifr ’n the tiara is adorned wil O s pthier Jowale . ToPAsen, e o ety Ac- MORENENSLAN | N ULSTER RADS| Border Tension Tightens as Kidnaped Victims Are Held by Republicans. By the Associated Press. London, Februtry 10.— An- mouncement wax made in the house of eommons today that Prime Minister Lloyd George had notifted Michael Collins, head of the ‘Irish provisionnl government, that the Lidnapings in Ircland showed the necessity of the pres- ence of Briish troops in Ulster. It was alxo announced that the mofthern Irish parliament had been assured that the mumber of British troops would be Increased to any extent mecesary for the protection of tha inhabitants. By the Assoclated Press. BELFAST, February 10.—A party of Ulster special congtables was ambushed last evening by thirty men who opened fire on the police car at Clady, on the Donegal-Tyrone border, which previ- ously had been the scene of several dfsturbances. Constable McFadden of Londonderry was shot and killed. An official report issued here this forenoon dectared McFadden was shot by members of the Irish republican army from Donegal. neyames Roblnson was found shot dead a urgan, Col ¥ D unty Armagh, last Thomas Sadler, fifty years old, was shot {o death 'at his home near Cavan today by five armed raiders, Wwho took away his shot gur and service rifle of the Ulster Volunteers, of which he was formerly a member. Arrested After Funeral. 'A;{ Zequel to & Sinn Feln funeral a town, South Down, yesterda: five men yere arrested today and re. inoved to Belfast for trial. One man was charged with carrying a rifle and the others with unlawfu! assembly. William Coote, unionist member of the British house of commons fo South Tyrone, speaking at Aughna. cloy last night, advised the loyalists | of Tyrone and ‘Fermanagh to remain | calm, the situation being so serious it was not the time for i1l considered action. The Ulstermen, said Mr. Coote, would glve “the freebooters” a rea- sonable time for the safe return of the kidnaped men, but if they were not returned or if they were injured no one could accept the responsibility for later events, “not only in Tyrone and Fermanagh, but throughout Uls- ter.” 'If the Ulsterites began they would make an end of it, he declared. Mr. Coote denounced what he termed the servility of the northern Irish government to Price Minister Lioyd George. ULSTER .SITUATION GRAVE. Holding of Kidnaped Men Adds to High Tension. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 10.—The situa- tion created by the kidnapings in Ul- ster continues to bear a grave aspect. The northern Irish government had not up to this afternoon received any intimation of the release of the pris- oners taken in the recent raids, and has no authentic information as to their whereabouts. It was reported from both Dublin and Belfast that many of the men kidnaped in Ulster would be released today, but none except those who reached their homes yesterday, as re- counted In previous dispatches, was yet known to be free, and the where- abouts of the captives was still a mystery. Several reports said they were all concentrated at Ballybay, in Monaghan county, but it was stated lhe){hwere later removed far to the south. Collins’ Efforts Fail. Expectation that the men would be released today was apparently based on the report that Michael Collins and other members of the southern provi- | sional government werp busy yesterday trying to obtain their freedom and had sent special officers from Dublin to per- suade the captors to release their prisoners. It was questioned, however, whether the provisional government's persua- sions would be likely to be effective in any case, as tae Irish republican army nominally is not controlled by the pro- visional "government, but by the dail elreann. Moreover, in some quarters here suspicion was ‘attached to the pro- visional government itself in the mat- ter of the ralds, because it was declared the kidnapers used a number of cars which ~the British auxiliary troops handed over to the provisional govern- ment upon taeir demobilization. An article 4n" the Daily Telegraph remarks that, if the raids were not planned with the connivance of the provisional government, it is obvious that much of the material which was passed to it by the British has reached hands unfriendly to Mr. Col- lins and his colleagues. It adds that there are many signs that certain local commandants df the Irish re- divorce | American college, -bestowing a bene- |publican army who supposedly su It is true that we | giction on the American students. L4 ported Collins have now thrown their lot with Eamonn De Valera. After further intimation as to the growing power of the republican ex- the writer says: Guns May Decide Election., “The gunmen are supreme, and if southern Ireland competent authori- ties believe the gun will decide th issue in favor of the republican party.” The Dublin correspondent of the Times again urges the necessity for Great Britain to pase quickly legis- lation giving effect to the Anglo- Irish treaty, so as to enable the pro- visional government to appeal to the electorate with the least possible de- lay. He says it is the belief in Dub- the legislation at Wi nster will not permit an election in Ireland un- til the end of March or the begin-| ning of April, and adds: i “I¢ the Bwitish government really at- taches vital importance to the Irish settlement, it will use every effort to curtail the period of suspense. The sts are making every possible the interval. Their strength fact that it is extremi: use of today consists of the an, unknown quantity. British Cabinet Split Hinted. The Morning Post’s political corre- spondent eays differences of opinion whigh may ve unexpected conse- quenoces are developing in the British cabinet as a result of the raids in Ulster, and believes urgent instruc: tions have been sent to Ireland to stop further aoquisition of British arms and ammunition by the Free State authorities. Nothing has yet developed as re- gards any military help Great Britain fiay give Ulster to protect her bore ders from further possible raids, but it is stated that no troops will land in_any case, as withdrawal from Ireland has been so ‘much - delayed b‘ the rallroad strike that nearly 40,000 troops are atill e Irish Fres State bill, designed to put into effect the terms of the Anglo- Irish treaty, was formally introduced AMBUL P introduced in the House of Commons yesterday for the first reading, was published today. It contains only three clauses, the first of which states that the Anglo-Irish treaty signed In London shall have the force of law from the date the act is passed. The second clause says that, for the purpose of giving effect ta the agreement, orders-in-council may be made transferring to_the provisional government in Ireland the designated powers and machinery. It adds: “As soon as may be after passing this act, the parliament of Southern Ireland shall be dissolved and such steps taken as may be necessary for holding in accordance with the law now in force in respect to the fran- chise the number of members and method of holding elections to that parliament, an election of members for the constituericies which would have been entitled to elect members to_that parliament. “The mpembers s0 elected shall con- sittute the house of parliament to which the provisional government shall be responsible and that parlia. ment shall, as respects matters within the jurisdiction of the provisional government, have power to make laws in a like manner as the Irish Free State when constituted. The third clause reads: “No writ shall be issued after pas- sing _this act for the election of a member to serve in the commons house of parliament (British parlia- ment) for a constituency in Ireland {other than a constituency in Northern Ireland.” FILM LAND RAKED IN TAYLOR INQUIRY (Continued from First Page.) terms_of William Desmond Taylor, who, he said, had always conducted himself in a gentlemanly manner. “His past life,”” said Mr. Rogers, “was very much of a mystery, and I believe if the mystery of his death is ever solved that something leading into the far distant past had some bearing on it. It is only because he was in the motion picture industry that he has occupied so much space in the papers. I venture to say that a United States senator could be murdered without occupying so much of the public’s attention.” Following Mr. Rogers' talk, Philllp Buettner, president of the club, who is also regional director for Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, announced that a cam- palgn to establish Cosmopolitan clubs in all leading cities of the country would be launched at once. FILLS SANDS’ DESCRIPTION. Man Arrested at Topeka, Kanms, Tallies Even to Scars, Officer Says. By the Assoclated Press. TOPEKA, Kan., February 10.—The man held in Shawnee county jail here, who was taken off a Santa Fe train Wednesday night, answers the de- scription of Edward F. Sands, secre- tary-valet to Willlam Desmond Tay- lor, murdered motion picture director. Undersheriff 0. W. Carlson declared Though the man gave the name of Walter S. Underwood, the name signed to a railway ticket in his pos: session was Walter S. Maddox. While admitting that he knew Tay- lor and that he had been at his house several times, Underwood denied that he knew anything about the murder. Wanted for Embeszlement. Underwood was taken off the train ‘here on receipt of a message that he was wanted at Los Angeles on an em- bezzlement charge made by the Union Pacific Railway Company. The man admitted he had been employed by the company as cashier for eight months. Underwood corresponds to every mark of identification given in the de- scription of Sands, even to slight scars on his cheeks and another on his left oulder, according to the undersheriff. he facial scars, Underwood asserted, were caused by mustard gas encoun- tered in France while with the Cana- dian army in the late war. His left arm is decorated with a tattoo mark of an anchor with the initials “W. U. “It was.a woman who did it” Un- derwood said, when questioned about the murder. I know nothing about it, but it was jealousy that caused it.” “Yes, I know Taylor,” he continued. “T have been at his house several times attending parties.” Then he described these partie: which, he declared, were “wild ones, at which liquor and drugs were served to the guests. He said he had seen both Minter at Taylor's house, but not at the same time. Underwood maintained he left Los Angeles Wednesday night, about 10 o'clock, shortly after Taylor was sup- posed to have been killed. ———— The nation's sand and gravel in- dustry represents an Investment of $100,000,000 and ranks second only to coal in its commercial importance, says a commercial report. ' Construction of a seventeen-story theater and office building, to cost $1,250,000, will begin at Houston, Tex., this month. the house of commons yesterday by | in Chamberlain, the government fl: The bill was read for the first time and 'lllrl:s‘;lven & second read- ing next Thu - ° FREE STATE ACT PUBLIC. Mabel Normand and Mary Miles | FOURHURT WHEN TWO MOTORS CRASH Walter Reed Ambulance and E. R. Hughes’ Car Coliide. Four persons were injured and two motor vehlcles wrecked as the result of a spectacular collision at the in- tersection of 16th and Q streets northwest shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. The vehicles involved were the large touring car of Edward R. Hughes, 1740 V street northwest, go- ing west on Q street, and an ambu- lance from Walter Reed Hospital go- ing north on 16th street. So great was the impact that the passenger car was turned on its side, while the ambulance, with its driving mechanism wrecked, ended up against the fence of the residence at the northwest corner of the street inter- sectlon, breaking a mail box off short. Testimony as to the blame for the accident is contradictory. While the touring car had the right of way, a physician who witnessed the accident and who was questioned by the po- lice of the eighth precinct placed the blame on that vehicle because of its excessive speed. Private Wyatt Dobbs, driver of the ambulance, states that he did not even see the car until it was right on him, so fast was it approaching the street imter- section. All in Cars Injured Everybody in both cars, including a peychopathic patient, whose outcries and actions added to the confusicn, was thrown out or badly shaken up. Nellie Jackson and Mary Swann. oc- cupants of Hughes' car, were injured, one Internzally, and are'at Emergency Hospital. Another woman and the driver were uninjured. Capt. Franklin K. Kennedy, who fought overseas with the 2nd Divi- sion, and who had just reached the city’ from Camp Benning, Ga. for treatment at the military hospital was thrown from the ambulance. In spite of his physical condition and a badly wrenched leg he took command of the situation, communicating with the hospital and with the police. He is confined to his bed at the hospital today. Veteran Also Hurt. Some time before midnight Walter J. Hart, a shell-shocked veteran, ap- peared at Union station and became 8o troublesome that Detective Owens telephoned Walter Reed Hospital to send for him. When the ambulance arrived the man could not be found, having been sent to the sixth precinct station to be cared for. The ambu- lance, after picking up Capt. Ken- nedy, took Hart on board there. Hart's head was cut and he also com- plained of a leg injury. Efforts to restrain him added to the difeulties. First news of the accident reached Detective Cornwell, night chief of de- tectives, from a woman residing at 16th and Q streets, who, suffering from insomnia, witnessed the smash from her window. She stated that the ambulance was going fast enough to drive the other car a considerable dis- tance north of the street intersection. Hughes, driver of the latter, is being held by the police pending an investi- gation. UNIONS TO APPEAL TO PRESIDENT OVER NAVY YARD LAYOFF (Continued from First Page.) there forty-one years. He. was at the yard since his apprentice days. George Mitten of 916 South Carolina avenue southeast, is just out of Gar- fleld Hospital. He was injured at the navy yard in his line of duty. He had worked there since the Spanish-Ameri- can war, and was recognized as one of the veterans among the machinists. He came out of the hospital a few days ago, and was starting in te get back in the traces. The message he got yes- terday was: “You're furloughed until June 30.’ Scores of the men furloughed are those who came here during war days. They moved with their families to this city. They had to buy homes on in- stallment plans. Today they are spec- ulating as to how to meet the next payment. Although various ways and means have been attempted by the men, rep~ resentatives of those furloughed have as yet been unable to obtain a definite statement from government officials on the situation. - The microbe never seems to mo- lest the man who is unaware of its existence. _THE 'EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1922. TOURING CAR WRECKED IN COLLISION WITH ANCE AT 16TH AND Q ~ QUESTIONSEDYERR " LEASNG TOFORD Maj. Gen. Beach Sees Possi- ble Justification of 100-Year Period at Muscle Shoals. Resuming hif testimony on the Ford offer for outright purchase and lease for 100 years of the government's $106,000,000 nitrate and waterpower projects at Muscle Shoals, Ala., Maj. Gen. Beach, chief of Army engineers, relterated today his opinion expressed in testimony yesterday afternoon that conditions prevailing in_that section of the country might justify the hundred-year permit and prove the fifty-year ,time limit, suggested by Secretary Weeks, to be inadvisable. “The only power dams that are located in navigable rivers at the present time,” the general said, “were built beforesthe national waterpower act was passed and they have no time limit whatever. Their rights are in perpetuity.” “In the case of Muscle Shoals,” he continued, “in as large a river as the Tennessee, 1 would advise a very careful consideration of the eircum- stances to see if they are not such as to justify an exception to the rule. Asked About Option. Gen. Beach was asked by Repre- sentative Shield of Kentucky about the option held by the Air Nitrate Corporation to purchase the Muscle | Shoals properties under as favorable | terms as are given other private con- cerns and which the company has notified Secretary Weeks that it de- sires to exercise. After developing the fact that James K. Duke was connected with that company, the general read a letter received by him June 2, 1921 in which Mr. Duke, it was said, con tended that the completion of the Wilson dam “was inadvisable.” “Then,” interrupted Mr. Shields, “it _does not seem probable that Mr. Duke, as an interested party. to the Alr Nitrate Corporation, would favor development of Muscle Shoals prop- erty, if the option was exercised by 3 Representative - Garrett of Texas declared the greatest drawback to development of the water power pos- sibilities of the country was the op- position expressed by “people who lacked vision.” “No,” Gen. Beach sald. “It has been the opposition of people who think their interests will be affected.” An announcement by Chairman Kahn of the House military commit- tee that W. B. Mayo, chief engineer for Mr. Ford, would testify Monday | opened the second day's investigation yesterday of Henry Ford's offer for the | Purchase and lease of the nitrate and i power property at Muscle Shoals. Maj. Gen. Williams, chief of Army ordnance, recited in detail the reasons for construction of the nitrate -plants, explained the processes of nitrate man- ufacture, and produced figures giving the cost to the government of the work accomplished to date. Calls Offer Inadequate. The witness described Mr. Ford's offer of §5.000,000 for the nitrate Pplants as “very inadequate.” Referring to the Warrior power plant and substation, the general de- clared there was, in his opinion, a “moral obligation” on the part of the government to give the Alabama Power Company a right to purchase those properties before they were dis- posed of to other private interests. Gen. Williams was of the opinion | that the Warrior power plant could be salvaged without affecting the op- eration of nitrate plant No. 2, and that the salvage value would be about $2,000.000, or three-fifths of what Mr. Ford offered for all the plants. Doubts Cheap Production. Doubt as to whether fertilizers could be manufactured cheaply at Muscle Shoals was repeatedly ex- pressed by Secretary Weeks as the first witness at the hearing before the House military affairs committee yesterday, when it started investiga- tion of the Ford contract offer for ipurchase and lease of this big war- | time plant. | Secretary Weeks expressed the be- lief that, to better guard the govern- ment's $106,000.000 investment al- ready made, amendments should be incorporated in the offer as drafted. To alter existing government pol- icies regarding the lease of real estate or other properties and permit a 100-year lease of the waterpower machinery and dams in Alabama, the Secretary asserted repeatedly, would be an unwise act and should not be permitted. He advocated a reduction in the time clause of from 100 years to fifty, in the event Congress should decide to accept the offer. —_—— FOOD FOR JOBLESS. Francis Wells Arranges for Two Meals Daily. Francis Wells, president of the Blaine Invincible Club, announced today that he has arranged with Wil- liam Wannamaker, at 301 N street rorthwest, to distribute free coffee and bums daily from 6 to 7 o'clock am. &nd hot soup from 5 to 6 o'clock p.m. to persons who present satis- factory evidence that they are out of employment and have no means of livelihood. HYGIENE SOCIETY ELECTS. | Col. W. O. Owen Chosen President at Meeting Yesterday. The Social Hyglene Soclety of the District of Columbia, meeting in the hoardroom of the municipal building yesterday afternoon, elected the fol- lowing officers President, Col. W. O. Owen; vice presidents, Mrs. F. L. Ransone, Mrs. Jul Dr. Abram Simon ; treasurer, E. C. |Graham, and Dr. Margaret Eck, sec- iretary. 'The executive committee: Dr. Howard _ Fisher, Whittman Cerons, Dr.-Abram Simon, ‘William T. Galliher, Mrs. Mina Van Winkle and Dr. H. H. Hazen. DR. GEORGE’C. SAMSON, NOTED PHYSICIAN, DEAD Lifelong Resident Here and Prom- inent in Civic Activities, Church #nd Masonic Order. DR. GEORGE C. SAMSON. Dr. George Clement Samson, a life- long resident of Washington and son of President George Whitefield Samson of the then Columbian College, now George Washington University, and founder of the law school there, died at his residence, 2423 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, at 9 o'clock this morning. Death was due to natural causes. Dr. Samson was born April 18, 1848, and received the degrees of bachelor of arts in 1865, doctor of medicine, 1867, and master of arts, 1868, at Columbian College. He then continued the study of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, re- ceiving &n M. D. degree, and at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. October 3, 1872, he married Marianne Polkinhorn, in Washington. For nine years, 1870 to 1879, Dr. Samson was physician in charge of the Soldiers and Sailors’ Orphans Home here. In 1921, when he resign- ed from the Medical Society of the District, he completed a membership of fifty years in that organization. Dr. Samson was a member of the following organizations and societie: St. John's Lodge, No. 11, F. A. A. M board of trustees of the public school of the District from 1578 to 1882; board of managers, Young Men's Christian Asociation, from 1891 to 1897; board of managers of the Washington City Bible Society, 1888 to 1890; Epsilon Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and the executive committee of the Sunday Scnool Union of the District of Columbia Recently he was made deacon emeri- tus and deacon for life of the First Baptist Church of this city. On his retirement to privite life, in September, 1920, Surgeon General Ire- land of the Army in a letter to Dr. Samson, said: “Your intelligent, careful and pains; taking work, together with your loy- alty to your superiors, rendered your services of particular value ta the government. Please allow me to ex- press for myself and for all the offi- cers under whose immediate direction you have served our grateful appre- best ciation of your service and our wishes for your future welfare. Surviving Dr. Samson are his wi Mrs. Marianne P. Samson; one Henry W.. and two sisters, Miss tle Samson of New York city. Mrs. Willlam A. Dayton, and nephew, William A. Dayton of Li ingston’ Heights, Va. Funeral serv- ices have not been arranged. BRITAIN T0 0PPOS and a ANY PARLEY DELAY Will Not Agree to Genoa Post- ponement Uhless Rome Makes Request. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 10.—Great Britain will agree to no postpone- ment of the Genoa economic confer- ence unless the request for such post- ponement emanates from Rome, it was authoritatively declared here today. The French ambassador, it is understood, was so informed last evening by Lord Curzon, the foreign secretary, during their discussion of the French memorandum urging post- ponement of the conference. Belief was expressed in a well informed American quarter today that the holding of the conference on the intended date was becoming increasingly -doubtful, owing to the Italian domestic political situation Until an intimatfon was given that this situation was such as to preciude the holding of the conference, how- ever, the nations which are expected to participate have no choice but to await developments. ‘WILL DEMAND DELAY. France Expected to Hold Out for Three-Month Postponement. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, February 10.—While the French government is not accepting the speech in the house of commons by Premier Lloyd George as the offi- cial British reply to Premier Poin- care’s note regarding postponement of the Genoa conference, it was strongly indicated today in French official circles that the French point of view concerning the necessity for a three-menth delay would be main- tained. Pending the arrival of a formal note from the British government, French foreign office officials would make no comment, but in well informed quar- ters there is still belief that the Genoa gathering will be postponed, although probably not for tha full three months. » STILL SILENT ON CAUSE OF FIRE ON TRANSPORT Crew of Northern Pacific Willing to Describe Burking, But Are Mum on Origin. By the Assoclated Press. NEWPORT NEWS, February 10.- Refreshed by a fow hours’ sleep, and apparently little concerned about their experience of being rescued from their burning ship, members of the crew of the steamship Northern Pacific de soribed the fire and the rescue, but remained _stubbornly silent when ed as to possible causes of e disaster. Meantime Capt. Wil- liam Lustie, master of the Northern Pacific. prepared a detailed report for the Shipping Board and left for Nor- ‘e}flkemberl of_ the Nortliern Pacific crew sald the four Sun Shipbuilding Company men believed to have been burned to death were quartered just ahead of where the fire started, pre- sumably on “B” deck just aft the second m'n:y‘d lml;o; beltl.ve the men ever out o juarters, CHANCENUAY TAKE PLACEOF DR WORK Might - Bée Succeeded by Mooney, Shouid P. 0. Changes Occur. Possibllity that City Postmaster M. ©O. Chance may be appointed first as- sistant postmaster general In March when Postmaster General Hays termi- nates his connection with the pestal service was seen today. This would presuppose that Dr. Hubert Work, now first assistant postmaster general, will be made Postmaster General 1o succeed Mr. Hays, and that W. M. Mooney, now chief clerk of the Post Office Deépart- ment, will be made postmaster of ‘Washington. Such a “line-up” still leaves the sec- ond assistant postmaster generalship vacant, it having been occupled by Col. E. H. Shaughnessy, who lost his life as a result of injuries received in the Knickerbocker Theater disaster. Almost Full Reorganization. Thus next month will see almost a reorganization of the chief positions in_the Post Jfiice Department, owing to'a series of events unprecedented in the history of the service. It is gen- erally believed that Dr. Work will be ade Postmaster General or will re- sign. The selection of Postmaster Chance for the important post of first assist- ant, which carries with it charge of all ' the letter carriers and clerks throughout the United States, would carry with it a loss of $1,000 in sal- ary. The honor of the position, how- ever, might make up for the loss, it is held. It is not generally known that the Washington city postmaster 18 re- garded by postal officials as “one of the two best postmasters in_the United States.” The other was Post- master Purdy of Minneapolis, who has resigned, leaving Postmaster Chance, his friends claim, “the best postmaster in the United States.” Considered Ideal for Place. Through his grasp of postal prob- lems, Initiative and long service Post- master Chance is held to be an ideal man for the position of first assistant postmaster general, and it is known that some officials would willingly recommend him for the position if he can be made to accept the Salary re- duction which goes with it. Postmaster Chance came into the service as a messenger boy and worked his way up through the va- rious grades to be chief clerk of the Post Office Department, when he wis ppointed to be postmaster of Wash ston by President Wilson, and re ppointed. He has mbre than t vears to serve on his second term | office. e — JONES MYSTERY STILL UNSOLVE Police Establish, Howeve- Drowned Woman Came to D. C. Washington and Alexandria poll |investieating the death of Miss Als Hullings Jones, twenty-six years ¢ 330 North Payne street, Alexandr! whose body was taken from the Pot: mac river Monday afternoon, said th. afternoon that they were no neare a solution of the drowning myster than they were the day the boa was taken from the water. learned in Alex Miss Jones actual- the day she dis- ves fixed her dis- andria toda; ly came to this eity Pl three days before found. The police had previousis eccived conflicting reports as to the Gate of her disappearance. Finding of & black suitcase hidden bushes on a lot mear Virginia avenue and 22d street. where it was discarded by &' white man and woman, last Monday night, promised to furnish a clue in the case. Chief Goods of the Alexandria police force. accompanied by a brother and brother-in-la® of Miss Jones, who came here to inspect the suitcase, said it was not the one Miss Jones carried from home when she left ostensibly to visit friends in Cherry- dale. What she actually carried was a black bag, her brother said. Believe Woman Murdered. Relatives of Miss Jones cling to the belief that she murdered. The say she was of a jovial disposition. and not the kind of a person who ordinarily would contemplate taking r life. She hal absolutely no son to end her life, they asserted. The Alexandria authorities today learned that two women, residents of Alexandria, had come to this city on the car with Miss Jones and had conversed with her on the trip. Both said Miss Jones left the train after it_reached this city It was said at the morgue today that the condition of the body when taken from the river suggested it had been in the river & much longer period than from the time she left home until it was taken from the water. ‘Where Miss Jones went after leav- ing the electric car at Pennsylvania avenue and 12th street has not been learned, according to the police, and ef- forts today are being made to trace her movements. Ordinarily a person going to Cherrydale from this city would board & car at 36th and M streets, but no person has been found by the police to place her at that station. Cling to Murder Theory. Friends of Miiss Jones and the po- lice have no reason to believe Miss Jones ever boarded a car and started on .the last lap of her intended jour- ney to Cherrydale. The brother and brother-in-law, who were at police headquarters oday suggesed ha she may have been given dope in medicine by some person who wanted to get f her. l"”s:e never eimml{.led \Ilcld:" the er declare: 'm sure she was ;r:rl‘(‘llered- and believe the truth will out.” co';l‘:: ‘autopsy performer in the Dis- trict morgue showed that thedeath of Ifiss Jones was caused by drownfng, 2na not by vviolence. No chemieai analysis of the contents of the stomach was made to determine if poison had been administered. It has been suggested that such an examination should be made, and it was said in Alexandria this after- noon ,that the body may be exhumed later for such an examination. Funeral services for Mi Jones were 'conducted in the chapel at Wheatley’s undertaking establish- ment at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Members of a Washington post of the American Legion gerved as’ pall- bearers and interment was in Bethel cemetery. MRS. DALRYMPLE. DIES. Mrs. Aunie E. Dalrymple, seventy- three years old. mother of Detective | Sergt. C. L. Dalrymple, president of the policemen’s association, died today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. b: T M. Kltell:el\. 925 South Carolina e southeast. .;::: Dalrymple is survived by three other children, Mrs. A. J. McCurdy, 134 Bryant street northw ‘William E. Dalrymple, 115 16th street south- east, d Ira B. Dalrymple, Grand Rapids. Mi Funeral ch. services will be hm at the the g:. of )hlr...muh-u. at 3 OMERSINACR St