Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1922, Page 2

(&) BURKE | IN FIRA'S FAILURE Former U. S. Treasurer \ Loses All in Collapse of " Brokerage Company. By the Associnted Press. NEW YORK. February 23.—Liabill- ties of the brokerage firm of Kardos & Burke, which last night went ato the hands of a receiver, were va- riously estimated here today at from $700,000 to $1.500,000. John Burke. former treasurer of the United States, whose signature appeared on bank notes issued from early in 1913 until his resignation a little more than a vear ago, declared teday he had lost everything in the coliapse of the business. Bankers who had been as sociated wilh him in business were quoted as believing that he was an innocent dupe in the development of the amazing situation revealed by the failure. - Matters relating to the firm's af- fairs were jo be discussed at_the office of attorney for Robert P. Stev- enshon, receiver, here today. Suits May Bring Money. Legal evidence against a number of firms that are members of the New York Stock Exchange. might, it was intimated, be the sequel of the fall of the house of Kardos & Burke. It was indicated that if these suits were successful the firm might pay its creditors dollar for dollar. John Burke was three times Gov- ernor of North Dakota before be- coming treasurer of the United States in March, 1913. His partner, Louis Montgomery Kardos, was a Door immigrant from Hungary nine years ago, and found his first employment im the financial district as a $10-a week messenger. The firm had branches in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and other cities. Immediately after the announce- ment of the receivership. Mr. Burke, whose home is in Washington, D. C.. anmounced that he had resigned as president and a director of the Progress Bank of this city. The involuntary petition in bank- ruptcy was filed by Lawrence R. Beatty of New York. Deelares Bank Not Involved. Arthur L. Ross, attorney for Kardos & Burke, as well as for the Progress Bank, issued a statement emphasizing the assertion that the bank was in no_way involved in the failure. Mr. Ross said that the information as to the firm's financial condition upon which the proceedings were ‘based was several weeks old and that since that time heavy withdrawals nd calls on the part of customers had reduced the liabilities to about $700,000. He said it probably would . be found that the assets, “upon care- ' ful liquidation, will yield sufficient to pay creditors, if not in full, at least a very substantial dividend Louis M. Kardo, jr, the other partner, announced that he also had resigned as a director of the Progress Bank. Kardos & Burke have a member- ship on the consolidated stock exchange, from which several firms have been expe'led recently District Attorney Banton's investigat- tion of complaints of bucketing. Propaganda Blamed. Mr. Ros: the failure, said it was due to “in- sidious propoganda, disseminated in the various citles where Kardos & Burke maintained offices.” ““There has been a continuous with- GALLED DUPE { PROSPECTIVE FRESHMEN! MAY FACE NEW TESTS ON:- MENTAL ALERTNESS By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 23—Adop- tion of mental alertness tests for prospective freshmen by American universities was advoeated- by Wal- ter Dill Scott, president of North- western University, in an. address today before the National Voca- tional Guidance Association, with the reservation that experiments be- avoided and that only conservative, experienced psychologists and edu- cators be permitted 10 prepare and grade the tests. “Loosely organized mental alert- ness tests may be classed as dauger- s,” sald President Scett. “Like a new weapon in warfare, if direeted by inexperienced hands it may prove of no value and probably be a positive menace. “The time has arrived for a new epoch in our system of education. It is an epoch in which the form of training will not be determined by such standards as the needs of adult society or available courses of instruction, but primarily by the needs of the youth to be educated. An essential part of such an edu- cational system will be a personnel department to give the requisite vocational direction for it." COAST RUIM CRAFT SENNIEADG Put on Trail of Suspected Vessels. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 23.—Increas- ed liquor smuggling has caused United States coast. guard cutters to be put on the trail of all rum craft plying between the Bahama Islands and Canada, Capt. Reed, commander of the New York base, ravealed to- day, after he had received a radio stating that a tug, with 2,200 cases of whisky aboard, had put into Port- land. Me., “for repairs.” “This exchange of liquor between Canada and Nassau, Bahama Islands, is going on at an astonishing rate,” said Capt. Reed. “In fact, the traf- flc is too heavy to be bona fidee We haven't the slightest doubt that near- 1y all such cargoes are dedtined for American bootleggers, and that it landed in this country at every op portunity.” Officials Suspicious. Federal officials assert they have determined beyond a doubt that a vessel eannot profitably haul Cana- dian whisky to the Bahamas for sale, and vice versa. They have come to look with suspicion upon all such coastwise traders—a nondescript fleet of gugs, schooners, converted yachts and fishing craft—and to confiscate their cargoes upon the slightest evi- dence that they are meant for Ameri- can consumption. When such a cargo leaves St. John’s, in connection with}Xewfoundland, or Nassau, in the Ba- hamas, word is flashed to every coast guard station along the Atlantic. As soom as the vessel crosses the Amer- ican three-mile limit, a coast guard in his statement discussing | cytter trails her until she reaches port, or until the cutter is relieved of rgr charge by another government.| craft. Cargo Consignments. drawal and transfer of accounts,” he A suspicious phase of the coast- eaid. “With the large overhead ex-|wise traffic. Capt. Reed pointed out, pense it would have been impossible to|was that Canada and the Bahamas continue business without seriously af- }seemed unable to strike a balance in fecting the rights ef creditors.” their liquor supply. A cargo is con- Commenting on the disparity between [signed from Nassau to “a British figures on liabilities and _assets given|port.” while at the same time. an- in the bankruptcy petition. and ‘| other cargo of the same brand of announced by the firm itself, Mr. Ross [liquor is consigned from “a British said the former were ‘“grossly exag-|port” to Nassau, Bahama Islands. gerated” in the case of liabilities and| 1In each case the craft salls along “grossly underestimated” in the case of | the American coast to reach her des- assets. tination—putting into port frequent- The attorney declared that he was|ly, osteasibly to renew fuel and food certain the assets would reach a mini- mum of $500,000 when funds in the firm's bzanches at Chicago, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston had been added to those availinble in the ‘home office. Shortly before midnight directors of the Progress Bank responded to their attorneys’ call for a meeting in an up- town hotel to act on the resignations of Burke and Kardos as president and di- rector, respectively. Before the meet- ing Mr. Ross declared there was no doubt they would be accepted. “The bank is in no way involved in this failure,’” Mr. Ross asserted. ““The embarrassed firm has no. connection whatsoever with the bank, other than that Mr. Burke and Mr. Kardos owned ten shares each of the bank’s stock to qualify them as directors.” ‘The ess Bank, established here in 1919, is listed as having a capital stock of $224,000 and a surplus and un- divided profits of $28,700. BARRY HELD FOR JURY IN MURDER OF LAWLE! ‘Witnesses Tell of Tragedy of Last Monday Morning—Slayer Held in Jail. *"Paul de Verral Barrv, twenty-elght ears old, cgnfessed slayer of Tyler Lawler, ‘Street car conductor, at Michigan avenue and North Capitol street early Monday morning., was held for the grand jury by a coroner’s jury at an inquest held at the morgue today. He was committed to Jail. The prisoner had recovered from the nervousness of the day of the tragedy. He was soated with his counsel, John Lewis Smith, at the counsel _table. Assistant _ United Stetes District Attorney Emerson was present. Detectives Embrey and Thompson and several members of the tenth precinct squad, Including Policeman D. W. Combs, to whom_the prisoner was surrendered by B. V. Moran, an employe of Trinity Coilege, wers among the witnesses. Moran told of the surrender after the conductor was shot to death. Motorman L. A. Davis, who was on the front end of the car when the conductor was slain, was also ex- amined. Several persons residing near the sceme of the shooting also were examined. witness’ stand. W. R. & E. CO. BUS LINE TO START ABOUT MAY 1 Though Approved Now, Weeks Needed to Have Equip- ment Shipped to D. C. The first bus line to be operated by &et the busses from the factory. to Georgia avenue, forming a con- necting link with three of the north and south lines of the Washington Railway and Electric. East bound, the Creditors’ committes of Robert H.|ships now om the stocks™ says o & Brother have been unable | leading _Canadian publication, Counsel for the prisoner announced | dominat that he, would not put him on the | B&VY. Eight | ever doubts may exist as to the final The commission has approved the|of Wilso: plan and designated the route, but it |Mr. Lodge will be & mighty tempta- will require nearly eight weeks to|tion. But the chances are that they CANATAEECTS 1S TO0 K PACTS Public Opinion Teo Strong to Be Passed Over, Editor Declares. Special Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, Canada, February 23.— “Over and over again the United States Senate has shown a remark- able willingness to destroy the most perfect work of Human diplomats, but American opinion is so strongly be- hind the conference that ratification would seem to be certain. And rati- fication will leave to the Amerfean people the chief honor of one of the Dbest achievements in human history.” This s what one Canadlan editor says, expressing regret at obsruc- ions being raised in Washington to delay confirmation of the work done at the disarmament conference. In Canada, generally, however, thers is full expectation that the good work of President Harding and Secretary Hughes will be confirmed. Complete Unison Shown. “Those who take pleasure,” says the Montreal Star, “In misunderstandings between the British and Amcrican peo- ples must be distressed and @iscour- aged by the conference at Washing- ton. From the first there seems to have been complete eo-operation be- tween the representatives of the TUnited States and Great Britain. To all the main proposels of Mr. Hughes and his assoclates the British delega- tion gave ungrudging support. “There was Instant acceptance of the American prpgram of naval dis- armament, and the fact must have surprised many Americans, who have been educated to beliove that the su- preme object of British policy was to the world with a powerful ‘Will Not Repudiate President. “The British and American peoples understand as they never did before that they have common ideals and common Interests, and through the timely and courageous action of the Harding administration the United States must have recovered much-of its lest prestigeé in Europe. What- judgment of the Uniteu States upon the resolutions of the conference, there s no fear that ratification by the British parliament will be with- held or delayed. Nor is it conceivable that the American Congress will re- a street raflway company in the Dis- | pudiate Hardinz as it repudiated Wil- trict probably will go into service | 30! about May 1. according to officials of | & the Washington Railway and Electric| will not be unanimity in the Senate. n and fall to set its seal upon the eliverances of-the conference. It is apparent, however, that there Democrats remember the martyrdom and to have revenge upon will be content to punish in debate The route will be crosstown from |and to maintain their consistency in Park road and Mount Pleasant street | the actual vote upon the resolution.” “United States Shows Good Faith. On the other hand, there are numer- ous expressions of national satisfac- tion at seeing the United States tak- fications in the Pacific and on w: “the United States rvmln is_giving of its. faith in regard to %v‘; troaty,” sy A THE MAMMOTH AIRSHIP A WONDERFUL AERIAL VIEW OF THE WRECK OF THE GREAT UNITED STATES ARMY AIRSHIP ROMA AT HAWPTON ROADS, VA. I8 SHOWN IN FLAMES. ENFORCEMENT Bitt FATEISUNGERTAIN Divergent Views Prevaiiing1 at Annapalis—Wheeler Arrives for Battle. Special Dispatch to The Star. * ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 23— concurrent enforcement of the eighteenth amendment by the state of Maryland assumed national interest this week.through the par- ticipation in the fight of Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon League, and John Phillp Hill, member of the House of Repre- sentatives from this state and gen- erally recognized as the official leader of the opposition to the Volstead act. Representative Hill admits that his visit here was to trail the league counsel. Mr. Wheeler came to Annapoiis to consult with Messrs. Crabbe and Mills, the official state representatives of the Anti-Saloon Leagne, and the triends of the enforeement bill in gen- eral, as to amendments which ap- peared advisable. The yota last week,. when consideration of the bill was postponed, indicated that it Is unlike- 1¥_to pass in the present shape. It has been agreed that several! amendments are to be accepted by those who advocate the bill in prin- eiple. TUASA. a3es Addndeament - of the plan to provide special prosecu- tors, paid by the Anti-Saloon League or others, to assist state's attorneys in liquor cases; modificationr of the! provisions relating to search of| premiser and forfeiture of automo- | judges biles containing liquor: permitting ' manufacture of cider and the pos- session of apparatus for the purpose; when not shown that it is to be used unlawfully. Confident BIll Will Pass. There is no question at all that the bill could not have passed the legis- lature without these changes. Friends of the bill are now confident that it will pass, and many of them are say- ing that it was intended all along that the bill should be amended. It is generally admitted that the pro- vision in regard to a special prose- eutor in liqudr cases was unwisely included. . The important questions now are as to the position which will be taken on the bill by Stephen Gambrill, the | floor leader of the majority, and by Gov. Ritchie. As to the Ilatter, friends of the bill insist that they have assurances that the governor will sign any moderate measure on the subject which the legislature may pass. On the other hand, it is pointed out that the governor has ‘consist ently opposed legislation of this kind. It was with some surprise that the word wase received that there had been a serious break between Mr. Gambrill and the anti-saloon forces. He advo- cated the postponement of the enforce- ment measures until this week, and in- dicated certain portions of it with which he was not in accord. The question now is whether the amendments cover him objections. If they do, and Mr. Gambrill supports the bill, there is no doubt of its passage in the house, and there Seems to be the utmost confidence that' it will get a majority in, the senate. The matter will then be put squarely to Gor. Ritchie Compromize on Street Measure. Representatives of the larger incor- porated towns of the state, outside of Baltimore, are much opposed to the pro- vision in the bill prepared by the state roads commission by which that body assumes the right to control permits. for opening streets in these towns which are part of the state raad system. The 'smaller towns have no objection to this provision. A compromise has been pro- posed by which tais power is to be used by the commission only in towns of less than 5,000 population. It is opposed by Chairman Mackal! of the roads commis- on. URGES MORE RIGID BAR REQUIREMENTS (Continued from First Page.) Dossible when the rich and powerful are represented in court by highly ed- ucated, thoroughly tralned and most competent members of the profession, while a large part of the poor and ig- norant, who frequently find themselves in court oppesed to the more fortu- nate, are so often represented by ig- norant, untrained and incompetent . men, who have, through the laxity of our methods, been commissioned by the state with authority to counsel and advise and represent them. “The shrewd and powerful men and interests of large means are able to know who are competent and who are not, but how is the poor man, the ig- fnorant man to make any just estimate of who' is capable of properly advising ‘and representing him? Miscarriages of Justice. “These miscarriages of justice, due to ignorance and incompetence of counsel, are largely beyond the power of the to control, or of rules and prac- Tice to remedy. It is to be remembered, 0wever, that the men representing these unfortunate litigants were licensed by the state to practice law. “It seems little less than a crime for the state to certify to the competency, to the learning and to the ability of a man who represents his fellow citizens in court who i» not learned nor able nor competent to represent or advise any- body in any legal matter. “This question of what requirements for admission to the bar are to be adopted has never been in our hands, and we are not as a body responsible for the standards that have been estab- lished. We do, however, have an in- fluence, and to- the extent that we have an influence, we are responsible, and to the extent that we are responsible we have a moral duty to investigate and act. “We are assured from the investiga- tions that we have already made that the standard and requirements already adopted are insufficient. We are here to discuss the question of how much farther we are to go. But obviously we must discuss and consider it primarily from the point of view of the welfare of the public rather than that of our own interests ; although upon investigation it may well be found that the best Interest of the public and the best interest of the profession are one and the same.” Chief- Justice William Howard Taft of the United States Supreme Court is presiding at the sesslon which opened Easton; Joseph B. Seth, Easton: W. H. | the charg at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Memo- rial Continental Hall, and which is being ggven over to a detailed con- sideration of the general topic of con- sideration. Papers are to be read by Prof. Samuel Williston of the Harvard Law School, Silas H. Strawn, presi- dent of the Illinois Bar Association, and Dr. James B. Angell, president of Yale University. 9 From 4 to 6 o'clock this afternoon there is to be a reception in_honor of Mrs. William H. Taft at the New Wil- lard Hotel. Ladies accompanying the delegates have been invited to the re- ception by Mrs. C. A. Severance, Mrs. | Clarence " N. Goodwin, Mrs. Julian Henry Cohen, Mrs. John W. Davis, Mrs. William Draper Lewis, Mrs. W. H. H. Platt and Mrs. John B. Sanborn Dr. Willlam H. Welch, director of the ‘school of hygieme and public health, Johns Hopkins University, will speak ‘on “Some of the Influences De- termining Recent Advances in Medical Education,” at a meeting to be held at 8:30 o'clock tonight at the New Wil- lard ballroom. Hampton L. Carson will preside. W. G. McAdoo to Preslde. Willlam G. McAdoo is to preside at a session at Memorial Continental Hall at 9:30 am. tomorrow, “Tech- nical Education” to be the general subject. Papers will be read by James Byrne, president of the Asso- ciation of the Bar of New York city; i George E. Price of West Virginia, Frank H. Sommer of New York and William Draper Lewis, former dean of the University of Pennsylvania. John W. Davis will preside at the session at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow aft- ernoon, when discussions will be com- pleted, and final action taken by the conference on its leading question. President Harding and Mrs. Hard- ing will receive the delegates and their wives at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at the White House. After this there will be receptions by Mrs. Alfred Thom and Mrs. Milton Ellfott. The convention will close with a dinner at 7:30 o’clock tomorrow night at the New Willard Hotel, when Cor- denio A. Severance, president of the American Bar Association, will pre- side. The speakers will be the At- torney General of the United States. Senator George Wharton Pepper of Pennsylvania and Willlam L. Frier- son, former solicitor general of the United States. Members of Reception Committee, Attorney General Daugherty is chairman of the local reception com- mittee, and George T. Weitzel, secre- tary. Members of the committee in- clude: James B. Archer, "‘harles H. Butler, Joseph H. De Frees, sames A Drain,’ Wade H. Ellis, Peyton Gor- donm, Edward A. Harriman, Adolph A. Hoehling, Frank A. Hogan, Charles V. Imlay, Francis Bacon James, Wil- ton J. Lambert, Walter L McCoy, Mary. O'Toole, A. Mitchell Palmer. John Barton Payne, Julius I Peyser, Leo S. Rowe, Willard Saulsbury. Klathryn _ Sellers, Constantine J. Smythe, Charles T. Tittmann, William B- Vallance and Charles F. Wilsons Delegates and alternates from the District of Columbia include: From the District Bar Association—Daniel W. O'Donoghue, Walter C. Clephane, Charles Francis Carusi, Frank Sprigg Perry and J. Harry Covington. From the Federal Bar Assoclation—George A. Ward and David D. Caldwell. Delegates from Maryland include: From State Bar Association—Henry D. Harlan, Baltimore; Sylvan H.Lauch- heimer, Baltimore; James W. Chap- man, Baltimore. From Talbot County Bar Association—William W. Shehan, Adkins, Easton: H. Tilghman, Easton. From Bar Assoclation of Baltimore City—George W.Williams, John Hink- ley, John H. Skeen and A. De R. Sap- pington. From Caroline County Bar Association — Representative T. Ajan Goldsborough; University of Mary- and, Henry D. Harlan, dean of law achool. Delegations From Virginios. Delegates from Virginia include: From State Bar Association—Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk; Prof. William M. Lile, University of Virginia: P'rof. Jo- seph A. Long, Lexington: Prof. Wal- ter S. MeNeill, Richmond. Those from West Virgini State Bar Association—C Price, Charleston; J. W. Vandervort, Parkersburg: J. Warren Madden, Mor- gantown; George S. Wallace, Hunt- ingdon: John J. Conniff, Wheeling; C. W. Campbell, Huntingdon. Charle: torr Bar Association—Dave Howard, Charleston; William B. Matthews, Charleston: Uriah Barnes, Charieston. Mingo County Bar Association—Ran- dolph Bias, Williamson: Harry Scherr, Williamson; Wade Bronson, William- son: J. B. Straton, Williamson. Mo- nongahela County Bar Association Judge 1. G. Lazzélle, Morgantown; C. William €ramer, Morgantown; Rabert E. Morgantown; Terence D. Stewart, Morgantown. Ohio_County Bar Association—Nelson C. Hubbard, Wheeling; Joseph R. Curl, Wheeling. JUDGE HITZ SETS HEARING IN FOLICE COURT APPEAL Irving Selis Claims Judge Mec- Mahon Had No Right to Sen- ; ; tence Him. Challehghng the authority of the Police Cour: to sentence a defendant to jail for violating the national pro- hibition- act, Irving Selis of 920 O street northwest, in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to the District Supreme Court today, 1ar>d the i proceedings before Judge John P. N Mahon, on which he was ~ommitted, were illegal. Through Attorney Raymond Neu- decker, the defendant stated that he was fined $700, with an alternative of eight months in Jail, for having in L autommobile a certain quantity whisky. Justice Hitz ordered the writ to issue, stipulating that Seils should be released in a bond of $1,500 for a hearing on, March 27. In his petition to the court Selis attacked the information <n which he was sentenced in Police Court as being faulty. and not complying with the national proaibition act, which provides that a defendant must be arrested pursuant to an indictment returned by a grand jury. It is a leged that Judge McMahon over- stepped his authority when he im- posed a fine and sentence, an incident of which might mean confinement at hard labor. o CHARGED WITH THEFT. John D. Jones. a colored chauffeur, residing at 819 13th street northeast, was arrested last night by Detectives Jackson, Messer, Mullen and Jones and charged with robbery. It is al- leged that he snatched a handbag from Mrs. C. W. Peckham, 155 U street, several nights ago. He denies o SELLS HALK-DOLLAR FOR 35 CENTS AND IS URGE MORE FUNDS FINED \$5 IN COURT Selling had given him to cents, caused Ab C. juby, colored, to answer a charge, of larceny after trust in Police &'ourt today, for which he was fined $5. It developed in the trial that the plaintiff, Charles Myles, colored, recently found a half dol\ar dated 1807 and was proudly shewing it around to his friends. At that time trouble was brewing in the form of “hootch” which the wit- nesses and all those conawrned stated was a bootleg comco\ion. The necessary ingredients running low, Nuby, according to his teati- mony, got hold of the old half doller, which a century had som- what discolored, and took it to nearby drug store, where he wa able to get 35 cents for it Ad— ding 40 cents to this sum. Nuby stated, he purchased a bottle of bootleg stuff and returned to his friends. The plaintiff Myles @idn't drink, 50 complained about the use of his money, the old half dollar. to a policeman who arrested Nuby. The strange part about the mat- ter is that the old mintage of the a_ half pllar a friend k for 35 |FORTHREE SCHOOLS |Needs of Eastern, McKinley and Armstrong High Are Stressed. Supplemental estimates for the equipment of new Eastern High School and for additional accommoda- tions for students at McKinley and Armstrong Manual Training Schools were urged by a committee of school authorities and members of the board of education at-a conference this wfternoon with the District Commis- soners. The committee also requested that an item inserted the supp mental estimates for stadium Dunbar High School be in The commit at coin probably makes it worth |yoll Connbied of Supt. Frank about §50 on the market today. Ballod, Assistant Superintendent G T net C. Wilkinson, Mrs. Howard L. u " Hodgkivs, acting president of the school bward, and Dr. A m Simc In urging the Commissioners to send the supplemental estimates to i) Congress, members of the committes BY WORLD AFFAIRS Clergyman Declares Country Retains Original Freedom, Despite Alliances. Br the Associated Press, PEORIA, 1L, February 23.—America siuce the days of Washington. has beeh enlarged but not entangled, mixed up but not minced up, Dr. John Wesley Hill, New York clergyman, said in @ Washington birthday ad- dress benore the Creve Coeur Club he ‘We havA grown and we are no longer izolaf’d, but when Uncle Sam sits at the head of the table he refuses to be transforaned from the lantern bearer of world progress into an in- ternational bellboy.” Dr. Hill said. t pointed ou¥ that President Harding has sent to \he Senate an estimate of $550.000 for the construction of an addition to Veestern High School, and they beli that the need of en- larged facilities for McKinley and Armstrong Manual Training schools is just as tak Attention of the Commissions R0 was called (o the {fact that the opening of the new | Bastern Hizh Schwol will again be the appropriation N heyming schgol uni. Al 5,000 equipment of the But $100,000 Left. abo 7 is Dr. Ballou stated that all but ap- proximately $100.000 of the origin 1 Appropriation of $1,500,000 for the building and cquipping of the DLew high 8chool has heen expended funds ars available, he said, for lock- ers, manual training equi rifie range, lunchroom, laundry, £ siums, assembly hall, public iibrary, school library, bank. office training and typewriting equipment. domestso Bcience equipment. all _laboratory equipment other than furniture and domestio art equipment. He also de- clared that no provision is made for Janitor service. : 1 ¥ he superintendent pointed out that he felt that the Commissioners hould make the recommendations 10 True internationslism. the speakershould make th e asserted, meant the preservation ‘.r"(;z“fi_"f‘; LA Sl Bl eserd the integral parts. &ach functiomdng | pl ¥ihat (ke original appropriation in its individual sphen, co-operatNigl ey, copsiructing and cquipping the in the cammon interest with no huxt to any and help to ail. The Washington conference was de- scribed by Dr. Hill “as the greatest stride toward the promised lanc of peace registered in the history of the world.” President Extolled. “No inextricable entanglements." he said, “no flag of any nation lowered, no violation of the rights of the weak, no international military tribunal, no sacrifice of the spirit of democracy, no variance in the way of scif-de- termination, no obstruction of the march of zation—this conference was the dream of Washington actual- ized by the plain, simple. unostenta- tious man in the White House.” Business, and not government. holds the balance of power today, Huston Thompson of the Federal Trade Com mission said. Business &nd not a king ime minister, makes the mov international checker game he said, “and dotermines the des- tinies of nations.” The four-power treaty and the na pact of the Washington confarenc e should have a calming effect on the public mind. Dr. Paul S. Reinsch, chancellor of the Chinese govern- ment, said. It will be a regrettable mistake, however, he added, if it is assumed that a new era has becn established and the Army and Navy can be scrapped. Pleads for Army and Navy. “These institutions,” he said, “are a necessary part of our national life, and our main thought should be not to weaken them, nor yet to make them entirely secondary to our desire for economy, but to strengthen and improve their morale and efficiency.” Discussing the effect of the confer- ence on the far east, Dr. Reingch said | “Perhaps the most important achieve- ment lies in the agreement whereby | the powers engage themselves not 10 seek for their nationals any special rights or privileges in any part of China.” This will help to eliminate international suspicion and friction, he said. ROMA DEATHS DUE TO HITTING WIRES, PATRICK REPORTS (Continued from First Page.) ment and Master Sergt. James M. Mur- ray wiil be buried in the National ceme- tery at Hampton. Shocked by the Roma tragedy, the public last night received another jolt when it became known that there was a rudder accident at the fleld some time ago as the ship was making & landing. A hole was torn In one of the rear compartments of the bag as the craft came down. The landing was made safely, but one man was over- come by gas fumes when sent up to patch the leak. Officials at the fly- ing station deciined to make a state- ment of the accident at the time, it being a trivial affair, in that the ai hip was not damaged and no one hurt. PROBE IS CONTINUED. NORFOLK, Va. Members of the y board continued today their efforts to determine if possible the definite and primary cause of the disaster which overtook the glant Army diri- gidble Roma over the Army base here Tuesday, in which thirty-four of her passengers and crew met death an the world's largest semi-rigid air- craft was demolished. That the fatal crash to earth of the great airship followed a break- | down of the controls regulating the altitude of the craft appeared today to have been definitely established in the testimony thus far given. Bellef that this was the general cause the disaster was expressed by Maj. Gen. Patrick, head of the| Army air service, in a statement is- sued yesterday on the basis of the initial testimony, and there had been no further official word today on the result of the investigation thus far. The inquiry is proceeding behind closed doors .and no details we: known of the testimony given by the survivors as well as eyewitnesses of the disaster, experts and others. ©ne in Critical Condition. Of the eight injured in the accident all were sald to be making good progress toward recovery today, with the exceptiom of Charles Devorack, superintendent of construction at Mec- Cook Field, Dayton, Ohio, who was i1l reported to be in a critical con- dition at the Public Health Hospital. The comdition of five of the injured had permitted them to be removed from the hospital to Langley Field. Meanwhile, at'Newport News, where the dead were taken, relatives and friends continued to arrive today to identify the bodies and make ar- rangements to have them removed to their homes for burial. Officers at Langley Field had informed city officlals there that arrangements probably would be completed today to hold funeral services tomofrow for all of the thirty-four dead at the un- dertaking establishment in Newport News to which they have been brought. Officials of that city, Nor- folk and Hampton and the veral merican Legion posts have arranged building had been expended under the direction of them, and not by the school authorities Use Portable Bulldings. The urgent need of an addition to the Armstrong Manual Training hool also was impressed on ommissioners. The commiitee mem- bers made it clear that this institu- tion is so congested that seven one- room portable buildings had to be pressed into use to provide accommo- dations for the students. Overcrowd- «d conditions at McKinley were again emphasized and _ recommendations made that the supplemental estimates carry an item for the acquisition of a site for a new building in Eckington. Dr. Simon was familiarized with the conditions at the new Eastern High School by a committee of members of {the High School Home ana {School ctation at_a conferenca shortly before noon in the school board room of the Franklin Schocl On the committee were Charles Hart, {principal of Bastern; Arthur Rob | president of the Home and School As- |sociation: David Babp. Hubert A Clark and Mrs. Gilbert Hutchinson. ORCHESTRA TO GIVE CONCERT AT SCHOOL Program of Holt Organization at Central High to Include Many Compositions. A free concert will be given by the Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra, {under the direction of Walter T. Holt, tomorrow mnight in the Central High School Auditorium, as a feature of the preliminary music week campaign. The personnel of the Holt organiza- tion includes twenty-three first mando- {lins, eighteen sccond mamdolins, thir- teen guitars, three tenor mandolas, one octave mandola, one mando-cello and three mando-basses, Sixty-two in- strumantalists in all The program for Friday night's con- cert inclades compositions of Rossini, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Victor Herbert, Seigel, Hawailan music arranged for solo guitar and a popular mediey ar- ranged by A. E. Hill The assisting soloists are Priscilla {Slaughter, soprano; Mrs. Lelia Emig Endicott, comtralto, and E. Raymond Acton. The accompanists for the evening are {Mrs. Bertrand Trenis and Marjorie Davis The concert will begin at 8:15 o'clock, doors opening at 7330. Children over five years of age will be i admitted, providing they are accom- panied by adults. PASSED BAD CHECKS. Arrested Student Admits Guilt. Secured $1,032 Auto. Robert Lee Standey Crofut, twenty- ! four vears old, a student, residing at i Arlington, Va., was arrested Tuesday {night by Detectives Hughlett, Con- nors, Alligood and Jett of the police automobile squad on charges of pass- ing worthless checks. Crofut, the detectives stated, ad- imitted having passed a number of worthless checks, among them one for $1,032 on the Semmes Motor Com- pany in pavment for an automobile that was delivered to him. _ The young man was arranging to leave the city, the detectives stated, and when arrested he had more than $200 in cash In his possession. He also had wedding ring in his | possession, it is stated, and detec- tives say he admitted he would have bhad use for it in the near future. —_— TWO HELD FOR JURY. Third Man Is Still Sought for Lo- { cal Police. James Briscoe and Cecil Robinson, charged with robbery on January 23, when the store of Samuel Schikoft of 801 2d street southwest, was entered {and $56 and a revolver Stolen, watved |a preliminary hearing in Police Court today and were held under bonds of $5.000 each for action of the grand jjury. A third man connected with the case is being sought by the police. The two men are also held under bonds of $1,000 each on a housebreak- ing charge. The hearing was before Judge McMaho; DR. WEBB'S WILL FILED. The will of Dr. Newton E. Webb, dated April 12, 1907, has been filed for probate. He leaves his entire estate to his wife, Nannie L. Webb. Dr. Webb died suddenly recently while attending a case. —_— Maj. John B. Reardan, Air Service, who was injured in the wreck of the Roma, was stationed in this city from March 16, 1918, umtil April 18. 1921, when he was transferred to duty at Ross Field, Calif He afterward served at Fort Omaha, Neb. and only loft that siation for Langley Field January 15 last. While on i | |