Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1922, Page 2

2 * ORIENT DECLARED CHRITLESS WORLD White Man Can Only Start Missionary Werk, Baptist i Ministers Are Told. Dr. Frederick L. Anderson, chairman of the board of managers of the American Baptist Fareign Mission So- ciety, in session here today and to- morrow, today told a conference of Baptist ministers of this city that the white man can never christianize the orient. He can only start the work and let the matives themselves car it on, he explained. H Eagle Shoots Soldier, Pulling Trigger With - Claw During Struggle By the Assoeinted Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, February 13.—A story of a soldier’s fatal struggle with a hage cagie in & mountain pass mear Los Andes last Saturday is told by the the trigger of the soldle which wan dincharged, Duk let entering the man’s bedy. He died in the fony, also the wounded eagie, to Los Anden. more than 4 or § inches bearing, as i This declaration was backed up sub- | determined from the markings on the sequontly by Rev. Robert B. Long- well, missionary to Assam; Rev. Rob- | ert_Alexander, C. Hanna, missionary | to Burma, and Dr. P. H. J. Lerrigo. ! home secretary, all of whom made brief “addresses to the conferenc mortar and bearing plates.” “Steel beams,” he voiunteered, “did not have the proper amount of bear- ing on the walls.” ' He said he would furnish a com- plete copy of his rvpart to the district which was held in Calvary Baptist atterney. Church. Face Christless World. “We face a Christless world—one that is sick and impoverished,” Dr. Anderson stated. “It is the objective of the mission society to give it Christ. Every element of civilization must be reached. We aim to Chris-} tianize industry, business, politics and literature in such countries as Japan, China, India and® Africa.” The speaker pointed out that there are not enough white men to do this work. The white man, he said, must develop leaders among the converted natives by proper schooling along both educational and religlous lines. So that these natives may spread the gospel among thelr own peoples, Importance of schools in the mis- sion work was emphasized by Dr. Anderson. ‘These schools, he as- Rerted, were supported by the natives. Lut there must be white instructors to conduct the classes of pupils learn ing. first of all, to read and write, and later of the Bible and the teach- ings of Christ. Medical Relief Needed. The need for a more extensive med- fcal rellef in the interior portions of heathen lands also was called to the attention of the conference. - Dr. Anderson said he did not believe in directing appeals for financial as- sistance in carrving out this program to the church in the form of drives, etc., but rather favored an educational campaign to arouse the church to the need for these funds. X Dr. Longwell described vividly the difficulties met with by missionaries in the iand of the headhunters. Rev. Hanna, whose missionary work is_conducted near_that of Rev. Longwell, also among head-hunters. traced the bistory of the tribes in British Burma and described some of their traditions. Home Secretary Lerrigo told of the “new Pentecost” on the Congo, in Meant Ford as Designer. Asked as to what he meant by the structural steel design, he ualdr%o Te- ferred to the design of Mr. Ford. _He said ke was employed by the Knickerbocker company to make an at this point. Eimer Imlay, 1824 47th place, brick pason, en the Knickerbacker, then was called. He testified he had na trouble getting the concrete In the ile. J. R. Downman, inspector in the District huilding department, who testified last week, was recailed at this point. He was directed by Maj. Gordon again to read data from his Teports, previously put in the record when he was on the stand. “January 20, brick work,” he read. “What do you mean?’ Maj. Gordon queried. “I just meant that brick work was going on.” Records Give No Detalls. The reports indicated nething in detail, merely showing the kind of work going on.” “‘January 24, inspecting stee When I refer in my reports to steel it means ‘concrete steel’ and not structural steel. There's a difference. Concrete steel is the steel used in reinforcing concrete.” “You're not referring to the beams and trusses” Maj. Gordon asked. “No, not up to the present time.” Reading of the reports continued. * “To whom did you hand these re- ports each day,” Maj. Gordon asked. “I would make them out and place them on Mr. Healy's desk.” “What would that mean to him?" continued Maj. Gordon. “I meant to convey to him the ldea that I had visited these jobs.” “Was Maj. Curtis there, tao?" “He was there, but I don't remem- ber ever seeing him.” Recess was taken at this point until Africa, from which land he has lately arrived after a visit Executive Sessions. Preceding the conference this morning were executive sessions of the finance and home department committees of the society at the Con- tinental Hotel. This afternoon at 2 o'clock two more executive sessions will be held at this hotel, followed at 4 o'clock by the initial session of the board of managers at the Calvary Baptist Church, 8th and H streets. A dinner for men will be given this evening at 6 o'clock at the church, Rev. W. Abernethy, pastor and president of the Foreign Mission So- ciety, presiding. There will be ad- dresses by Prof. Henry B. Robins, George B. Huntington, treasurer: for- mer Gov. Carl E. Milliken of Maine and Forelgn Secretary James n. The executive session of the board 2 o'clock, when Mr. Downman again took the stand. SENATOR CALDER FAVORS BUILDING CODE CHANGES May Urge D. C. Commissioners to Invite New York Expert to Come Here. Senator Calder of New York, who is deeply interested in the building situation in the District, said teday that he would, if the plan seems feas- ible, recommend to the District Com- zaissioners, that they invite Rudolph Miller of New York city, to come to Washington and .give 'an_opinion upon desirable changes in_the build- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBR[TARY 13, 1992, BRITISH PROPOSE GENOA DISCUSSION Suggest Frenehi Send Repre- sentatives to Conference in London. - By the Associated Press. = LONDON, ~ February 13. — The British government has sedt pro- posals to the French government that the latter appoint representa. tives to praceed to London’ and dis. cuss questions with regard to the preliminary agreement with respect ry ! T-11 bore on an average 9% Inches. |to the program of the Genaa economtc iSome of them, I think, did not have !conference, upom which both French and British officials have been work- ing. | 4 It was learned in official quarters today that no decision had been taken regarding delay in the openiug of the Genoa meeting. The Parliamentary correspondent of the Milan Corriere Della Sera denies that the Itallan government is [ favorable te a postponement of the {Genoa conference, says a Milan adis- ipatch to the Ttmes. He daclares the government does not believe the date already, set, March 8, will be changed. ‘The “Itailan government,” he adds, i iinvestigation, Witness was excused ! “does not think itself autborized to alter In any way the program of the conference, which was arranged by eommon consent at Cannes.” FIGURES SHOW DECREASE IN VALUE OF U. S. EXPORTS General Drop in Foreign Trade in Large Degree Ascribed to Decline in Prices. The value of American exports in the first month of the new year drop- ped to the lowest level recorded since August, 1915. 3 Figures made public by the Depart- ment of Commerce today with respect to the nation's forelgn trade last |month showed experts valued at 13$279.000.000 ana_tmports amounting to $216,000.000. The imports® total is slightly higher than January, 1921, when the incoming trade was valued at_$209.000,000. The decrease in exports values, how- ever, was decided. representing a falling oft of $15,800.000 fram the previous month of December and a big drop of $375,000.000 from Janu- {ary, 1921. The low figure of August, 1915, was $261,000,000. Department of Commerce officials, in discussing the trade figures, empha- sized, however, that the falling off in the case of both exports and im- Ports was due in a large degree to the decrease in prices. COL. WOODS TO AID NAVY YARD MEN (Continued from First m! ment’s viewpoint; it Is also right and proper, expedient and wise from the viewpoint of eliminating the causes which in the past have made for war. The private manufacture of war mu- nitions, as is only too well known, has contributed its share to these causes. “Second. We request that the Navy Department speed up its plans with respect to the new naval crafts re- quired and the conversion and scrap- ping progress made necessary by the five-power naval treaty, so as to be to start this work at the ble date. We request that an agency of managers will be held tonight at[ing code of the District. He said he | pe ostablisnod tn tho Neve Deperc. $:30 o'clock in the church. Other sessions will be held all day tomarrow. v e ENGINEER BLAMES ROOF DESIGNER FOR i THEATER COLLAPSE (Continued from First Page.) faflure was the design and “detailing” of the structural steel. ‘The plans for steel did not show by dimensions the height and length of the trusses. Fabricated Nine Inches Short. The depth of the truss would have ‘been six feet six inches, on the line di . When the truss was fab cated, it was decreased nine inches, decreasing the stresses. The braces did not intersect at the “center line” he went on. There was the other. “The truss was too shallow,” the witness went on. “Stresses were caused beyond the elastic limit of the material.” Introduces Plans Pictures. Mr. Ruebsam then started the presen- regards Mr. Miller as the highest au- thority on building law and depart- .f mental administration in the country. Mr. Miller i® an engineer; who was for many years at the head of the building department of New York city, and wrote the building code. He also is chairman of Secretary Hoover's committee created on recom- mendation of Senate Calder for the preparation of a proposed uniform building code for the United States. . Senator Calder said he hoped that larger compensation will be provided by law for the superintendent and chief engineer of buildings in the District of Columbia, and that at least twice the number of building inspec- tors shall be provided. Without reflecting upon_the ability of the men now holding office, he con- siders the present statutory compen- sation grossly inadequate and the force of inspectors entirely too small. Chairman Ball of the Senate Dis- trict committee said today that he does not propose starting committee action in the investigation of the Knickerbocker disaster until after the conclusion of the ding 1 clusion of the pending Inquiry by the THEATER TILE TESTED. Specimens From Knickerbocker ‘Wreck Withstands Severe Pressure. It was learned today from a reliable tation of a report which he had W"'ullm that samples of tile taken pared, {llustrated with photographs and plans. He described to the jury the | canstruction of a truss, illustrating mel technical terms by diagrams on the ‘blackboard. “There should have been a ‘cover plate’ to stiffen the truss laterally,” he sald. “They were absent as fabri- cated and as delivered on the job.” “Were the other trusses the same ‘way?" Maj. Gordon asked. “No, they were of different design. They were not overstressed. it T-11 (the main truss) was greatly over- " the witness asserted. He found fault also with the method of bolting the plates, saying it was not good practice as found at the theater. Rolled Of Its Bearing. ‘Examination of the main truss, he said, indicated that it rolled off its bearing and was not pulled off. “Have you reached a conclusion as to kwg:.o it failed first!” Maj. Gordon as “I belleve truss T-11 failed first,” he answered. “The truss was weak.” Trusg T-12, he continued, dropped next. eful examination of the upper chord of T-12 showed it was “kinked out,” he went on. He zaid the main truss showed a break in a “compression member,” ‘which indicated that the break was caused by {mpact. This opposes the eon!cntinnh !bl(ha architect, R. Geare, who blamed the fajlure this break. o Column 3 Lacked Cover Plate. Column 2, he said, was not “milled,” as it should have been in good work. There was no cover plate on the column. He said that the column ‘was not plumb at the time it was set, and the plasterer attempted to straighten this up. However, he said that while this was not dangerous, it was bad workmanship. “Is there any indication that the failure was first at eolumn 27" Maj. Gordon interrogated. *“No, sir. I think it was in the truss T-11 first,” witness answered. Takes Responsibility for Plaus. “Who should have ébserved ail that in the course of conmstruction * Maj. Gordon asked. “T'll tell you frankly, whenever I draw plane I always take the re- sponsibility for the plans. I never put it on the man In the fleld. My ides would be it would be on the original designer. problem. _That e: that his design wi 5 “There was a permit issued? Maj. on pressed. ‘es. The building department. In this particular case they apbroved the plans that didn’t show anything. I never did try to hide behind the skirts of the building department.” Bore 9% Inches on Wall. “Did you investigate to see how the trusses and bearing bore on the|pe ‘walls?” Maj. Gordon asked. “They bore various widths, Truss 7 from the walls of the Knickerboeke: withstood seVere pressure tests at lh: bureau of standards. That bureau of the government also will test the strength of the top chord of the truss which Reginald Geare, architect of the theater, says developed a crack which brought about the collapse of the building. —_— PLANS LIQUOR STORAGE. Use of Government-Owned Vacant Buildings Propoged. Plans now being worked out by the budget bureau provide for metamorphosis of vacant gavernment- owned bulldings inte sto: - hoxuex fflr liquor. ol ccording to a report from Di; of the Budget Dawes to Pre;ledc;g: Harding, . arrangements have been practically ~‘completed whereby in- toxicating liquors seized under the national prohibition act will be stored in vacant Army and Shipping Board buildings at an estimated annual sav. ing in rentals of about $170,000. DIES PREPARING SERMON. W. |Pastor Was to Have Given First English Discourse. DOVER, Ohio, February 13—In- stead of hearing Rev. F. S. S. Reink- ing, pastor of St. Paul Civirch here, Preach his first Bowren sermon last night, his congregation was mourning his death. Rev. Mr. Reinking died Saturday night in his study while working on his sermon He was born in Decatur, Ind., fifty- flv!e‘ yel’n ago. R M ‘or eleven years Rev. Mr. preached to his congregation o LnE man, but it recently was decided to have the evening services in English. e first was to have been d last night. D aered MORE LIQUOR IMPORTED. TIncrease of $1,500,000 as Compared With 1920. Imports of liquor into ghe Unite States during the past year inerese. ed by nearly $1,500.000 as compared ‘with® 1920, while shipments of soft drinks into_the collntr{ fell off by more than $200,000 during the same period, acco! reports made partment of Commerce. During 1921, the total spirits, wi and malt liquors imported aggregated $4,711,000, compared with $3,269,000 in xnmlnhmed as & whole, 1920, while mineral waters and other verages nteri: the country amounted- to m'fi». s $569,000 in 1920, G rding to foreign ought not to go about It ublic foday at the be-|In othe the ment similar to the one in the War Department under the supervision of an official in full sympathy with its.| purposes, whose sole business it will be intensively to seek and secure work from ail the departments and bureaus of the goverament for the various induatrial eatablishments and yards of the Navy Department. “Fourth. We request that Instruc- tions be issued to give all the gov- ernment manufacturing _establish- ments, War and Navy departments plants alike, equal opportunity with Frivate manufacturing plants to sé- cure weork from all departments and bureaus of the government. —This means that they be permitted to bid, that necessary action be taken to es- tablish the stability and reliability of such bids, and that all overhead charges arising from the military function of these establishments as well as those arising from equipment made idle by past failure to keep it in production be elimirated from the industrial cost determination proce- dure of these plants.” llo'e' May Be Laid Off. Capt. Dayton, commandant of the Wuh’lngton navy yard, indicated to- day that ¢ontemplation was given to additional layofts in the clerical and draughtamen forces, but declined to make definite announcement as to the number. He gaid that the efficiency iratings were being followed in mak- ing the furloughs and that the em- ployes holding the lower ratings uld . ut" ones considered for furlough first. Officials of the machinists unton to-~ day are marking time until a repl from the P ent is received. number of suggestions are being held in readiness for future consideration after the reply has .been made. WANTS CONTRACTS HELD UP. Union Chief Appeals to Congress in Navy Yard Crisis. N. P. Alifas, president of District No. 44, International Machinists, visit- ed the Capitol today to ask senstors to prevail upon Presiaent Harding to hold up the letting of contracts to private concerns for naval construction work pending the enactment of legislation which I8 now before Cofigress. Mr. Alifas said that the government ‘workers are particularly interested in the possible ting of the contracts for the restoration of the Leviathan, which the government operatives think whould be dome at a goverument yard. Several senatora expressed themselves as_interested in the plea presented in behalf of the government machinists. 10,000 CUT IN NAVY, LAYING UP 100 SHIPS, " ADVISED BY DENBY:- (Continued from First Page.) $350,000,000 appropriation, about $40,- 000,000 of which would go for build- ing, developed during the informal discussion of the naval program be- tween Mr. Denby and members of the committee. Representative McClintic, democrat, Oklahoma, told theSecre! ‘were current that Congress was pre- aring to cut the ‘D"N"Drll"flll to §150,000,000 "or_$200,000,000. “1 am & béf Navy man myself,” said Representative McArthur, republican, Oregon, “but from what ‘T attempt will be made in Congri cut the figure to $150.000,000. How it can be done I cannot Eay.” Cerfalh of Parley Effeet. e ", n| 4 assul War was less 'probabls. as a result of the arms nference.- “] am absolufely certain of it,” the Secretary replied, “but until other na- tions have reduced their armament we too rapidly. r treaty should be ratified first.” While he advocated that only the first clags at Annapolls be graduated and Mr. Denby d it seemed only fair, and, it would not hurt the United States, to permit asadsay to Snish now &t against ;v':r! lunm the - mittee on the soldiers' gather an | ki SALAD POISONS 300. issippl College Wamen Recov- ering From Ptomaine Effect. COLUMBUS, Miay, February 13.— Students of the Mississippl State iCollege for Women were recovering today from the effects of what wa: @escrihed by co fficiats as pto- maine poisoning, due to the eating of chicken salad, served at the evem- ing imeal yesterda. Three hundred of the students be« |uma i last night and physictans from this city were summoned to aid the college medical staff. In a me- jority of instances simple remedies were effective, but in some cases re- sort to stomach pumps was neces- sary. Latest reports from the col- lege were that while some of the students still were under treatment, none was regarded, as serlously ill. AT CONFERENCES ON SOLDERBONLS President May Urge Bonds Instead of Taxes as Best Way to Raise Money. Conferences hetween republicans of the House ways and means com- mittes and the Senate finance com- bonus pro- gram were suspended today pending a decision from President Harding an a proposal to finance the cash feature of the bonus by means of bonds instead of taxes. The bond proposal was advanced by Chairman McCumber and Senator Smoot, Senate conferees, who took the position that it would be unwise to increase taxes at this time. The President, It was understood, expect- ed to discuss the plan with Secretary Mellon. Would Ixsue Bon Under the senators’ plan short-time bonds to the amount of approximate- {1y $350,000,000 a year would be issued over the three-year period during which the cash payment would be made to the former service men. The subcommittee of the majority mem- bers of the House ways and means committee had proposed that the money be raised by levying new taxes and increasing some of the existing taxes. Members of the Senate committea were understood to be opposed par- ticularly to the proposition to in- crease the stamp taxes on transfers of capltal stock and bonds and also to the suggested 213 per cent tax on the undivided profits of corporan_ons, Representative Mondell of Wyeo- ming, republican House leader, dis- cussed the bonus question along with other legislative matteys today with the President Asked if the Presi- dent was satisfied with the proposed tax plan, Mr. Mondell replied: “Has any one been found who is satisfied with the proposal” Bitterly Scoves Plan. Industries of the country oppose cash appropriations for a soldiers’ bonus “as being socially unwise, an economic absurdity and politically preposterous,” according to a state- ment issued last night by John E. Ed- gerton, president of the National As- sociation of Manufacturers. That millions of former soMiers, he declared, “can have their votes at the November election bought by a paltry dole of $300 or $609, payable 350 2 quar- ter, beginning *at some time in 1923, Is guch an Insult to their intelligence and ap outrage to their sense of de- eency that in my opinion it will defeat for re-election every member of Con- sress, House or Senate, who supports this Iniquituous measure.” Ho added, however, that the Industries of the country were not opposi “‘the most generous and liberal care™ for the disabled veterans .of the world war or the dependents of these killed in it. NEGRO DROPS 12 QUARTS OF WHISKY AT STATION Takes to Heels When Weight of Suit Case Attracts Atten- tion of Detectives. Samuel Bevan, colored, thirty-six years old, 1824 Druld Hill avenue, Baltimore, arrived at ion station yesterday morning cardying case the welght of which aroused the suspicion of Detectives Rone and Brodie of the sixth precinct. In his hurry to leave the station and prevent the detectives from ar- resting him, Bevan ran and threw his Weighted suit case ta the pave- ment. When picked up the detectives found it containgd a dozen bottles of genuine Scotch whisky. Eight of the bottles were broken. Bevan was ar- rested and charged with transporting liquor. James Park, colored, forty-elght years old, 4356 Georgia avenue, was arrested early this morning by Police- man Nalls of the fourth precinct and charged with transporting liquor. Selzure of one pint of whisky was re- ported. AUGUST BRILL DEAD. Succumbs at His Washington Home—Burial in Alexandria. August Brill, fifty-two years old, a former resident of Alexandria, died at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his residence, 1336 I street northwest, this city. The deceased is survived by a daughter, Miss Editha Brill of ‘Washington. 3Mr. Brill was a brother of the late Louis and Jacob Brill of Alexapdria. At the time of hia death he was sgent for a St. Louis firm, t ncluding Maryland and Bin torritory, Ve been 1 anly about ten /8. 'r::’ decessed was 2 member of ‘Washington Lodge of Elks, Ne. 15, and of go;ollnu: Lodge of 0dd Fellowa of Alexandria. His body will be taken to Alexan. dria at 4 o'clock thia afterhoon to the residence_of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Kate McDermott, 1108 King street. Funeral services will be held at 10 o’'clock Wednesday morning at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Alezandris, conducted by Rev. Louis Smet, pastor, and burial will be in St. Mary's ceme- tery. Alexandria. ARREST GOLD CLERKS. Vienna Officials Charged With II- legal !n\flpnhdou. By Cabe to The Btaz and Chicago Daly Nome. VIENNA, February 13.—All the em- ployes of the bureau of finance de- voted to receiving gold depasited with the government have 'been arrested on a charge of selling gold coins for all they could get in the secret mar- ets and crediting the state with the amount called for by the officlal mar- ket rate. The difference was divided the members of the office even. including the janitor. force, Jorce, Thease 'same employes are charged with carrying or sending state-owned coal to their own homes. The Viennese are highly indignant over. this interpretation of the new freedom. McCORMICK TO SPEAK. Senator Medil! McCormick of IlN- is.is to speak at § o'clock tomorrow jght befcre the Frederick Douglass Memorial Association at n ‘Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church, 14th and Corcoran streets. The meeting is to be held under the auspices of WA+ rious fraternal organizations 20 AUTOS STOLEN DAILY. New York’s Xearly Total Valued at $30,000,000—85 Per Cont Insured. NEW YORK, 13~ .Twenty residents of Greater New York lose their motor cars by theft each day of the year, it i3 estimated by police officlals, who announced today that more than 6,000 auto- mobiles were stolen from New Yorkers last. year. The estimated value of the stolen cars and acces- sories was $30,000,000. Insurance offictals declared that 95 per-ceat of !;:a"mol'n oars were insured ageinst eft. 't Police. headquartars received re- ports of 331 stolen cars the first twenty-seven days last menth. Fifty-five different makes - were represented in the stolen llat. CRITICS ANSWERED N FUNERAL LIRE.UP Officials of State and War Departments Say Senate ~ Was Properly Placed. According to officials of the State and War departments, usually ac- cepted as authorities on questions of cedence in official functions, Sena- tors Ashurst and Stanley were not justified in their recent statements that the Senate had not been shown Dproper consideration in the arrange- ments for the funeral ceremanies in honor of the unknown American sol- dier in this city last Aymistice day. Special denial i made of Senator Ashurst's statement that the “Senate had been relegated to the rear of the parade” and that the “War Depart- ment, lhro!:“hnul its arrangements, had insulted the Senate.” In reply to the criticisms made by the two senators it is pointed out that all the arrangements for the funeral were made in strict con- formity with Army regulations and the customs of all countries with re- spect to military funerals, under which the military escort always pre- cedes the chissan bearing the body as well as the enti mourners, tire body of At the funeral of the unknown sol dier the order of precedence of the ,” official mourners was as follows: The President, the Vice President. the Chief Justice, ex-President Wilson, the Supreme Court, the cabinet, the governors of states, the Senate, the House of Representatives, medal of bonor men and various veteran and patriotje orgauizations. Officials of the State Department| were consulted in the arrangements for the procession and the onjy ques- g:'u or‘as:;dk wn;: vl’r‘:lelher the govern- e shoul or follow the Senate. The decision ta give the Bovernors precedence was based on the fact that a governor can appoint 2 senator in case of a vacancy, and the further fact that the executives: of the states eame to this city on that occasion as the guests of the federal government. 2 SEES LAW EVASIONS IN DIVORCE EVILS (Continued from First Page.) flels keenly the deplorable co which have existed for 5o lou?"tx!fi:; have been aroused. although they have not protested in loud or threatening tones. They have been patient Their real clamor will come later, if I am not mistaken in my estimation of their inner feelings.” They have de- cided that the fair thing to do is to awalt the outcome of the probe be- ing conducted by the committes ap- pointed by the bar association. “In justice to the members of this committee we must be, tolerant patient for the time bobug. o0 *°¢ Promises Action. “However, If the community feels in the end that the Bar Association inquiry has not been as honest and as thorough as it should have been, I can assure you there will be an outburst of publie condemnation. The Dpeople will demand action. I, for one, will then refuse to remain quiet and Inactive any long: “I have beem aware for some time of the conditions, and have spoken to others here whom I thought were in positions that would compel them to take steps that might reduce, if not remove, the evil,” he continued. “Things onl, rew more serious and shameful until the point has been reached where the public conscience has been grossly shoeked and the in- dividiual is eager for relef. Let us hope for the best. “I have confidence in the integrity of the committee making the investigation and I am awaiting fis final answer with great interest and expectaney. Such is the attitude of the ministerial association. We voted two weeks ago Qeploring conditions here and an- nouncing that we would withhold our condemnation and action until the bar association had completed its prabe. The latter, in our estimation, is practically on trial, in view of the charges against the legal profession generally and the legal practice relative to divorces. ‘Weould Nat Con 1 “Although I do nmot care ta con- @emn or eriticise any individuals in connection with this divorce shame,” Rev. Mr. Jackson said, in concluston, “I do want to criticlse the silence of those men in our ecommunity, who, because of their positions Iin our midst, should have 2aid something ta enlighten and enhearten the public. They should have come out in the open and taken the lead in stamping out this growing evil. I can see no other roasen for their ailence other than that their lips were sealed through fear. In this connection, I would like to say that it has been my -obaervation that politica have been entering toe prominently into the affaira that belong solely within the jurisdiction of the courts of jus- tice.” In his sermon vesterday Rev. Jack- gon referred indirectly to the local divorce conditions, and appealed to his people as good Christians “to take a stronger stand for high moral purposes.* He told his audfence that they should endeavar to save the world from corruption and to raige the standard of their communities.” “Twbulation Ready Saturday. The subcommittee tabulating the dtvorce oases in the files of the cer+ poration court during the period the evil 1 alleged to have grown will complate its work during the week ané next Saturday will make its finel report to the full committes appointed by the bar association which is prob- ing the alieged divorce evil. i The full commmittee will on. February 33 commence the examinatian of those persons who have figured directly or indirectly in divorée cases which the committep considers aa being sus. picious er irregular in its mtlmk. !Iyom PROVIDES STATE BUILDING Virginia Measure Proposes New Structure for Fublic Offices. Special teh to The Star. RICHMOND, ~Va., February 13— Speaker Richard L, Brewer ay pre- sented a, bill mk‘n&;n apprepriation of P L s WILL DEPORT 15 ALIENS ROM .Y U. S. Gathers Undesirables From Various Sections -of ‘Nafion. Approximately 150 aliens from va- rious parts of the United States are being gathered at Ellis Island for deportation as undesirable citizens, it was s2id today by immigration officials. About sixty of the allens were in a ?"‘, which arrived at New York rorn Chi last week. Amother party from Francisce will arrive within a day or two. No single ship will be selected to return the persons concerned to the lands from which they came, but they will, during the next two weeks, be deported on regular passenger liners ta the countries of their origin, it ‘was said by immigration offici: None of the -aliens now in custody, it was said, have sny particular criminal or aparchistic record which leads to the government's action, but their undesirability has been estab- lished by various proceedings before ocal tribunals and federal courts in all parts of the country. Nearly every European nationality is repre- sented in the group. Women Alse te Go. NEW YORK, February 13.—Ellis {1sland officials were today arranging {for the deportation during the ensu- ing week of sixty-three men and women just released from variou federal prisons in the middle west. In the group are avowed anarchists, I. W. W.s, and members of radical organizations. Fourteen of the deportees are women, two of them having infants. Vincent Fratesi, who served a term in Leavenworth following his con- vietion as an L W. W. agitator, is one of the group. TOLD ALL SHE KNEW OF TAYLOR, INSISTS MARY MILES MINTER (Continued from First Page.) {and there is not a word of it that I have ever authorized to be printed, nor did I have the slixhtest intima- tion, directly or indirectly, that it would be. Brands Statement Fake. “There is not a sentence that con- tains my exact language about any- thing. It is composed of some things that I have uttered in substance. There are some half truths, many absolute falsehoods. I have made complaint publicly about the verdict fin the Burch case, but I did not authorize any further statement about that case. “The following quotation from the false interview was never uttered by me: “‘Now, when my office shouid be directing all its energies in its pros- ecution of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain in her trial before Judge Sidney N. Reeve, 1 have this most bafing of murder mysteries to Solve—the kill- ing of William Desmond Taylor.’ Scores Language Used. “I would not make suck a state- ment at this time, when the Oben- jchain case is on trial, and for the further reason that there are now pending tn the office of the district atterney many hundreds of cases that should, and do, receive atten- tion, the Obenchain case being only one of that'large number. “I did not say the last quoted words in subatance or effect at any time. “The following language purported to have been uttered by me is out of whole cloth and is viciously false: “‘If the minds of the jurors who first tried Fatty Arbuckle and Arthur C. Burch are the minds of the pub- lie—then ‘I must confess that the ecple do mot want to be protected By the lawd on the statute books.’ “The following language is also made out of whole cloth, never hav- ing been uttered or thought of by { " “Nevertheless T shall ferret out the criminal wha killed Taylor. Nothing will stop the district attorney’'s office from getting at the truth and bringing to the surface the facts which led to the murder of the noted film director. ™ “¥The facts are that the duty of ferret- ing out and apprehending the perpetra- tor of this deed rests with the police department, and I am only counseling with and advising them. “There is grave and serlous doubt at the present time as to whether the mur- derer will ever be apprehended, and cer- tainly 1 do not know whether he ever will be. - “I intend to give my best endeavors In counmselling with the officers, but 1 would not in the present condition of the investigation hazard the statement that I or any one else will be able to solve the mystery. “It is certainly an outrage for any newspaper to be guilty of such a fakes and fraudulent interview. “I am informed that this fake has been telegraphed all over the United States, which magnifies its iniquity.” Searching for Woman. The Examiner printed today a story that it has located & liveryman named Harold Freeman, who formerly de- livered goods to the Taylor home, who made a statement that Sands was in the habit of making frequent visits to & woman for whom the police are said to be searching in the hope she will lead them to the missing man. The Examiner also quotes Freeman to the effect that Henry Peavey, Tay- lor's negro”servant, told him he had “expected Taylor would be killed.” Actress Tells of Cheeks. Neva Gerber, film actress, who has previcusly stated she once was en- gaged to marry Taylor, discussed, in an interview with the Examiner “the ohecks,” which she said, “Mr. Taylor gave me from time to time.” “During our engagement,” she con- tinued, “Mr. Taylor gave me an auto- mobile as a Christmas present; that is, it was_understood. between Mr. Taylor and myself, as a holiday present. “The machine was not all paid far at one time, and in order to prevent gossips from misconstruing the spirit in which the gift was made, Mr. Tay- lor simply made out checks to me, so I could pay for the car in my ewn pame. Last Check for $300. “Numeroys other checks were for distributing charity to the poor in his behalf. “The last chack~—for $500—given me a short time before ‘his death, can be uccounted for very simpl: Mr. Tay- lor was always looking after my career and doing all he could to help me progresa in the film world. He t mnnruy in financial straita at that time and voluntarily sent me_ $500. Miss Gerber cashed the last check thres weeks bfeore Taylor was mur- dered, it was said. knew 1 was OBREGON RELAPSE DENIED Declared Improving Rather Than Dangerously JIL MEXICO CITY, February 13.—Wild rumors were circulated throughout the qapital yesterday that President Obregon was dangerously ill from pneumonia, having suffered a relapse, but inquiries st Chapultepec Castle elicited the in- formation that he was improving. . It was not belleved, however, that he ‘wauld be able ummm‘dum at 2 National Palace » a8 had been "‘. ~N e e e et et et L SUFFRAGE STATUE ONCE MORE ON MOVE IN CRYPT UNDER DOME OF CAPITOL ‘The woman suffra, statue of Susan B. Anthony, Ellzabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, which for several years had been seeking a location in the Capltol, is agsin on the move. Leaders of the National Woman's Party were prevented from having it placed in statuary hall by the resolution of Congress which re- stricts the statues there to two from each state; consequently, on its arrival from Italy it was forced to tauke ity place in the basement of the Capitol, but later was moved to the center of the crvpt, immediately bepeath the dome. Now it is being transferred frem its present location, directly in the path between the two houses, to lcpolhlon on one gide of the er; — ORY LAW VILATION {Three Cases Continued. New Trial in One Despite Plea of Guilty. Three cases for the violation of the prohibition laws were brought up for disposal today in the Police Court, 1wo being continued, and the other. although a plea of guilty was en- tered, a motion for new trial was en- tertained. The first case was that of Samuel Bevans, colored waiter on the South- ern railway, operating from here to Jacksonville, Fla. Bevans was charged with transporting and pos- sesslon of twelve quarts of whisky. It was brought out In the testimony that Bevans was asked by a possen- Ber on the train to carry his suit- case up to him at the Continental Hotel upon the arrival of the train in Union station. - Willing te Take Chance. levans consented and while en route to the hotel with the whisky was apprehended and locked up. All this happened recently and was ad- mitted by the defendant. He said he suspected there was liouor in the suit case, but w. villi ERy was willing to take rosecuting Attorney James O'Lear: i\om Judge McMahon that the tiny had come for the imposition of reg- ular penaltics and that in his opinion the maximum fine of $500 was not too Severe. Judge McMahen fined the de- fendant $350, and in default to serve 180 days in jail. A few minutes later an attorney for the defense showed up and moved for 2 new trial, caus- ing continuance of the case. i Charge of Transporting. e cage of Edward Hooks, col continued from Friday to smuor;ead& and from Saturday until today, was brought up. with new witnesses that bad ot been heretofore summoned. Hooks was charged with transporting. il- lega! possession and selling whitky. After a long hearing. in which Hooks, having no attorney. was ullowed to question and argue with the new Witnesses, the defendant stated that he was alone in the case end he badn’t much chance to defend him- Self. He asked for a new witness Whose name deyeloped in the testi- ny today. Prosecuting Att v Heffernan objected sranY The judge replied that he did not see the necessity for the District at- torney asking what connection the court saw in the matter and that he was resolved that the man shewrd have a fair and impartial trial. The case was contisted unt. w Asks Revocation of Probation. In the lower court before Judge CHARGED IN COURT JEISH DRIVE ENDS NEXT WEDNESDAY $89,000 Collected to Date in Effort to Secure Quota of $100,000. Simon Lyon, chairman of the local €xecutive committee of the Ameri- can Jewish rellef committee, has of- ficlally extended the closing date of the drive for the District's quota of $100,000 to Wednesday. In making this announcement today Nr. Lyon also stated that because of the delay experienced in getting a sufficient number of tags printed for Saturday’s tag-day, the Commission ers and Supt. Sullivan of the police department have recognized today as day for the campaign. The eam- ign through the sale of tags did not” get umder way Saturday until afternoon. Recelipts to Date, $59,000. Subscriptions received up to date total about $59,000. Yesterday netted the workers at the various Jewish syna- gogues $1,400, while $1,200 additional pledges were reporied by the workers. Bunday school collections of the Eighth Street Temple resulted in $425 for the fund, making a total collection of yester- day $3,025. A series of meetings of Jewish socie- ties and clubs will be begun today by Miss Janet Richards at her weekly cur- rent topic lecture at the City Club, with an appeal for funds for the drive. Mrs. Charles Goldsmith and Joseph D. aufman, the former a team leader and the latter secretary and treasurer of the local committee, will speak be- fore the Haddasah Soclety of the Y. W. H. A tonight on behalf of the drive. “Sacrifice Day” Set. Tomorrow has been designated as “Sacrifice day” by the Council of Jew. ish Women, Washington section, whose sacrifices, or their equivalent in money, will be donated to the cause. ' “Despite the fact that the drive is almosi_over, and we are still short some $10,000 toward our goal, the committee is confident that the tag day sales today will net us a substan- tial sum, and that the members of the twelve drive teams will be able to se- cure enough additional subscriptions to enable us to go over the top.” Chairman Lyon stated today. GRAND JURY REPORTS INDICTMENTS AGAINST 27 The grand jury today indicted twenty-seven persons for various crimes, in a report made to Chief Justice McCoy. The grand jurors ignored charges against four persons. Those indicted’ and the charg against them are: Thpmas Cox, r ceiving stolen praperty: Roy Allen. Ella Brown, Florence Branson, Min- nie Washington, Elizabeth Doings and Martha Gibson, robbery: William W. Green, Keith M. Gaylor, joseph F. Gross, Ezra F. Fowler and Albert Sencindiver, non-support; _ Jeffries Payne, James Smith, Albert B. Smith, Irene Ransome and Lillian Lucas, grand larceny; Newton Loan, as- sault to kill; Franklin H. Acton, Stanley Sampson, Walter = Golden. rurtz Keith. Harry Gross, Walter Golden; Waliace H. Hawkins and Willie Williams, housebreaking and larceny. Those exonerated by the grand jury were: Ernest Stillards, assauli to kill; Richard Ford, attempted crimi- nal'assault; Johnnie Green, assault { with dangerous weapon, and Elias Hadweed, grand larceny. $452,319.34 FOR D. C. IN DEFICIENCY BILL (Continued from First Page) Hardison a case was to have come up today regarding the revoking of {the probation of John M. Williams, {who had been arrested some time 4€go for selling liquor, fined 375 and placed upon probation. The case had tormerly been heard before Judge Hardison. According to Mr. Heffer- man, the man had again been ar- rested for selling liquos thus v.o- ‘'ating his probation. ‘While before the upper court, the lower court adjourned and when Mr. Heffernan succeeded in getting hold of Judge Hardison, the government Witnesses had gone. Mr. Heffernan asked that the probation be revoked anyway, as the facts in the case were clear, and the witnesses should not have departed the court without learning about the disposition of the case. The attorney for the defense stated that it was mot fair, and that the case should be continued until tomorrow. Judge Hardison continued it until tomorrow. BOY’S BURNS FATAL. Riverdale Lad Dies in Hespital in ‘Washington. RIVERDALE, Md., February 13.— Allaistair, eighteen-year-old son of H. Hareld Marsh, civil engineer, supervising architect's gffice at the Treasury Department. is dead at Casualty Hospital, Washington, as the result of injuries received early Sunday morning_when fire destroyed his home in North Gretta, East Riverdale. It is assumed that the boy fell with a lighted lamp and set fire to the house. ~With his clothing aflame, he ran about two hundred feet to the home of Jacob Benson and the latter aroused the community, Fhose eftorts to put out the fire were utile. Young Marsh was sent to the hos- pital in a private automebile and died at 12 noon yesterday. In an ef- fort to extinguish the flames, Mr. Marsh_was badly burned on the arm and otherwise injured. His wife was burned on both arms and had the hair completely burned from her head. The house was a two-story frame dwelling, and was completely destroyed, with its contents. It was partially covered by insurance. -'rah;ooxnt.! damage is estimated at Ukraine. of Americans) is conducted at t! every $1 clothing, and other measures of attac?xed. to Gerson Nordlinger, Attached find $. B American-Jewish Relief Fund. ' [ Address ....oeeeeennnnn deficiency in the fiscal vear 1821, §1.- 610.42 is shown. _Under the heading, medical chari- ties, deficlencies for the Central Dis- pensary and Emergency Hospital for the fiscal vear 1921, $1,170 is ‘nsked and for the fiscal year 1922, §9.500. For Eastern Dispensary and Casualty | Hospital $6.700 is_asked. For she board of children's guardians and i maintenance of feeble-minded chil- dren, both white and colored. a de- ficiency of $1,500 is shown. For the board and care of ell children com- i mitted to the guardianship of the board by the courts of the District an additional $15,000 is asked. $34,000 for Lodging House. For maintenance of the municipal lodging house an additional $1,000 is agked, and a special item, which is new legislation, providing for §33,000 additional for the erection of @ new municipal lodging house. For support of the indigent insane of the District in St. Elizabeth's Ho: pital, $148,000; for deportation of non- resident insane persons, $1.000. Under the heading, buildings and grounds, in and around Washington, an additipnal appropriation of $2,000 for heating the greenhouses and propagating gardens; for laying in the National Zoological Park approxi- mately 1,550 feet of water main and installing two fire hydrants, §3,260. For the payment of judgment ren- dered against the District'of Colum- bia, $1.400 is asked. A’ number of small amounts are car- ried under the item audited claims, which reach a total of §1,914.94. A provision is carried with these District items that 60 per cent shall be paid out of the revenues of the District and 40 per cent out of the Treasury of the United States on the appropriations made for the fiscal years 1921 and 1922, but that any ap- propriations relating to the fiscal year 1920 or prior fiscal years shall be on the old fifty-fifty basis. T. M. SUIT DIES OF INJURIES. Thomas Magruder Suit, forty-two ! years old, 1509 6th street, who fell from a Iadder while painting a house at Sherman avenue and Park road Friday morning, died at Garfield Hos- pital yesterday. A certificate of agci- | dental death was given, the coroner deeming an inquest unnecessary. Suppose You Were Starving!!!!! The Washington American-Jewish Relief Committee is working with the National European Jewish Relief Committee in raising $14.000,000 to help alleviate the utter destitution which is visiting some 400,000 orphaned Jewish and non-Jewish children in the Washington’s quota in this wonderfully humanitarian work is $100,000. To raise this sum requires the co-operation and financial assistance of peoples of all faiths and creeds. The work is very well conducted, and the administration of the relief (in the hands he very small cost of $3 out of 00—$97 out of every $100 goes to the purchase of foods, relief. ) 1f you will help, mail the following coupon, filled in, with check Treasurer, 706 Evans Building: Mr. Gerson Naordlinger, Treunrer: 706 Evans Building, City. as contribution to Washington tesescescsssestaceesstoranenasess 5 (Signed) SIMON LYON, Chairman, y JOS. D. KAUFMAN, Chairman Publicity Committee.