Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1923, Page 2

DEMURRER ARGUED DR AR LT ) Attorneys Wage Legal Battle - to Establish Knickerbocker Disaster Responsibility. r LAW AUTHORITY CITED paya Contention of Management’s Blame Declared Upheld by En- cyclopedia Quotation. ; i3 3 Justice Hoehling of the District ! Bupreme Court today heard argu- ments of counsel on a demurrer filed by the Knickerbocker Theater Com- pany to suits for damages brought {mgainst it some weeks ago by Wil- {liam J. Forsyth and others to re- ; cover for the death of three victims ® of the catastrophe. The court took | : the matter under advisement. :» Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert and : Rudolph H. Yeatman for the company * contended that the declarations re- lied on failed to show any act of | negligence on the part of the com- i pany which caused the collapse of * the roof of the building and brought death and injuries to many patrons of _the theater. 3 While they regretted the calamity, they urged that the case should be “tried by the principles of law and not from sympathy. It is not suffi- cient, they contended, to make a gen- eral allegation of negligence with- out attempting to show of what the supposed negligence consisted. They | ked that the declarations be held psufficient. Argues for Plaintiffs. - On behalf of the legal representa- tives of the victims, Attorney J. Mor- : rjll Chamberlin of Archer, Chamber: 1in & Smith, claimed that the per conducting a theater or other place of amusement are held under the law to the “highest degree” of care and that the doctrine that the happening of the accident imports negligence is applicable. Under this view it is not necessary fo undertake to show just what act of nesligence brought about the of the roof, he claimed, because defendant knew better than any one else in what the alleged negligence consisted. 3 _Mr. Chamberlin cited the encyclo- pedia of law, which bolds: “The own- er of a place of entertainment is charged with an affirmative positive obligation to know that the premises are safe for the public use. and he impliedly warrants the premises to be Teasonably safe for the purpose for which they are designed. Yeatman Replies. “He is required to use care and di gence to put and keep the premises and_appliances in a reasonably safe condition for persons attending, and if he fails to perform his duty In this respect so that the premises are in fact unsafe, he may be held liable for personal injuries occasioned thereby, " INTHEATER CASE tall; . the |authority on antique and historical Auto Hits Woman Court Holds Man Guilty of Assault The mooted question, “can a man commit an assault upon a pedes- trian by striking him with his automobile,” was decided in the afirmative by Judge McMahon in the Police Court today, and the d cision carried with it a straight Jjall sentence of ten days agzinst the operator of the automobile. J. William Shea represented the de- fendant and gave notice of fling a moticn for a new trial. The case was against Thomas C. Smith, and the complainant w: Miss Ethel Maurer. The evidence showed that Smith, with a party of friends, early Christmas morn- ing, returning from a Christmi eve mass, in ascending the 14 street hill, struck and knocked down the woman, necessitating hospital treatment. Judge Mahon held that Smith was gullty of criminal negligence in that he! failed to observe the law stopping fifteen feet behind the strect car from which Miss Maurer had just alighted, Smith disclaimed any in- tention of striking the woman. MRS. ABBY G. BAKER DIES IN HOSPITAL Widely Known Writer and Promoter of Education of Women in Orient. Mrs. Abby Guan Baker, wife of Wil- llam H. Baker, died at Garfield Hos- pital yesterday afterncon following an illness from peritonitis, extend- ing over a period of nearly six weeks. Mrs. Baker was widely known a writer; a potential force in denomi- national, interdenominational and missionary endeavor; a leader in the movement looking to the education of women of the orient, and a recognized china and White House history. Her executive mansion china and plate stands as a monument to her com- prehensive knowledge of these his- torical relics. As an author she had written many special articles for The Star and for other papers and was a frequent con- tributor to m number of the leading magazines. Among her most notable publications is a history of the mu- nicipal, government of the city of New York, which is used in the New York schools as a text book and work of reference. She had nearly ready a volume embodying historical fea- tures of the White House. ‘Was Native of Iowa. Abby Gunn Baker was born in and he will not be exonerated merely because he had no precise knowledge of the defective condition of the place to which he has invited the public.” In reply, Mr. Yeatman asserted that the law must impose a higher burden than merely to warrant the premises to be In a reasonably safe condition before it can be eaid to place on the owner the “highest degree” of care necessary for the application of the gdoctrine”that the accident speaks for selt. MORE THEATER SUITS. $10,000 Damages Each Asked by Representatives of Two Victims. ‘Two _more damage suits were flled today by legal representatives of vic- tims of the Knickerbocker Theater disaster. Florence M. Laflin, admin- istratrix of Cutler Laflin, jr. and Florence H. Helskell, administratrix of Agnes H. Walker, each sued for $10,000 damages. In addition to the theater company there are named as defendants Harry M. Crapdall, nald W. Geare, John H. Ford, Union N A S SRR A S AR MR A A s S EEARRY Y lumbla. Attorneys Charles A. Doug- las, Joseph W. Cox and Conrad Syme appear for the plaintiffs. TELLS GRAVEL MEN - 0F 0. 3. ROADS" AD ';'J-\ssistant Highway Engineer : Says Government Pays Big 4 Part of Expense. H. “The bureau of public roads is doing everything it can to help material Y producers to get better materials in i the roads” E. W. James, assistant { chiet engineer of the bureau of pub- § Jic roads, told the National Sand and EGrfivel Association at the final ses- i #lon of its convention here in the { Raleigh Hotel today. He sald that } there are a hundred and eighty thou- ! ®and miles of roads to be built in the 1 United States, and that the federal i government had paid 42 percent of the | €ost of those now being built. Assalls Rail Board. Declaring that the Railroad Labor Board had done a great deal more arm than good during the two years of its existence, Representative John G. Cooper, member of the House com- i mittee on'interstate and foreign com- {inerce, asserted, at the session yester- ! day, that the board should be abolish- ed, 'and In its place should be sub- tituted a board of mediation, con- iliation and arbitration. “Tt {s my opinion that the Railroad Labor Board has been an absolute fail- wre,” continued Mr. Cooper. “As an L example of the board’s faflure I will re- call the I shop strike last year Thich paralyzed the transportation situ- tion throughout the country. The board t that time was unable to prevent the ,strike. It has not prevented strikes, fbut, because of its very existence, i may even have caused strik {cisions have pleased neither sid ‘have only caused a deflance by both gmployer and employe of & government y. " It has done little except to make frouble since its creation, and I believe «Yhe decisions and actions of the board [ i have tended to cause many of the labor s roubles with which the railroads have ;had to contend during the past two %years. The board has failed In every ;way to carry out and accomplish the {things that were predicted for it. : Judge Willlams Speaks. Judge Nathan B. Williams, associate igeneral counsel of the National Asso- iciation of Manufacturers, spoke on the fvalue of trade associatl ftheir function should be ,educats the lawmakers and the public, and that h concerted action they ‘could obtain better conditions and more ;favorable legislation. He deplored the fiendency to centraliss business under igovernment control. 5 e association Te-clected Alex W. Dann, vice ident of the Sand and ply _Com tburgh, president; E. Guy ymerly executive secretary and now vice i president of . He sald t to inform and the Carmichael Gravel Com- izl ooy, T oot ST b Stewart Sand Company of Kansas -City, was re-slected secretary- treasurer. Iron Works and the District of Co- |eq, it | year: Tenal Pella, Towa, the daughter of Rev. Elihu and Amy Anna (Barrett) Gunn, Her father was one of the pioneer home misslonaries of the Baptist faith to Jowa, Her early girlhood was spent in Lawrence and Atchison, Kan., and she was educated at Mont! cello’ Seminary, Godtrey, Illinois, and the Kansas State University, at Law- rence. December 27, 1881, she married William Henry Baker of Fort Scott. Kan. In 1396 they settled in Wasl ington, where Mr. Baker entered gov- ernment service. Tor a time his work took them into the fleld and at one eriod they spent considerable time T Rhode 1siana Soon after coming to the Capital Mrs. Baker became Interested in literary work, and her articles have appeared in many papers and magazines through- out the country, in addition to her spe- clal stories from time to time in The 8i Makes Plea for White House Relics. Through one of her articles during the Roosevelt regime, in which she called attention to the necessity of preserving in permanent form the priceless White House relics peculiar to the various presidential administrations, her knowl- ge of the subject was brought to the attention of President Roosevelt, who ummoned her for a conference which ended in authorizing her to begin a representative collection of the pres! dentfal china and plate. In the cours of executing this commission Mrs. Baker visited descendants of all the and ‘the present col- ged In seclal cases at the White House, 15 the result of her pain: taking effort and her thoroughgoing familiarity with this subject. She had written extensively about this collection, and a considerable por- tion of the book upon which she was at work when stricken by her last ill- ness is devoted to its history and to recounting her personal experiences in perfecting the collection. As an au. thority on White House history she had ‘been widely consulted, not only by oc- cupants of the execufive mansion, but by historians and collectors throughout the country. Leader on Other Lines. In addition to her literary work Mrs. Baker was identified as a leader in many movements of consequence. During the world war she was one of two Washington women who were entitled to wear the Y. M. C. A. in- signia in recognition of services the camps and hospitals. She wi actively interested in the work of the American A ‘Women, the College Women's Club, the Daughters of the American Revo- lution and the Columb! Historical Soclfety, and had frequent ipoken before these organizations. ‘Within a short time after Mrs. Baker came to Washington to live she became a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She had been president of the Women's Baptist Missionary So. clety and at the time of her death ‘was a member of the national board of women's missionary organizations. She wi largely instrumental in forming the now natlonally known Burrall class, composed of a member- ship of some thousand young women, chiefly among government clerks. Atds Work for Chimese. Early in her alllance with Calvary Church she became interested in the efforts put forth in connection with | bl the Sunday school for the Chinese, a branch of the school of which Mr. Baker was for many years super- intendent. As a lecturer she traveled extensively, particularly “in interdenominational work, and a few ago her tour as a speaker in of the interchurch movement carried her twice across the continent. Mrs, Baker leaves, besides her hus. band, a_sister, Mrs. G. S. Hilton, N. Y.; a brother, R. E. White of Wyoming; three nieces, Mrs. Lioyd . Tenny and Mrs. Veerhoft, both of Washington, and Mrs, Ken neth Calhoun of Fort Scott, Kans: and two uephews, Gunn_of Winn: liam Rice Gunn o neral will 'WILL ADMIT CHILDREN. Ballou says Kingergarten Facili- _ ities Are Limited. Children six years of age or over March 16 will be admitted in the first les of the District public schools at the beginning of the new semeste: February 1, it was announced today by Supt. Frank W. Ballou. Children five years and upward will be admit- ted to the kind r?mnl. Because of the limited kind rten facilities, the superintendent explain- that the children will be rolled }I‘l these classes in order of applica- | Col. 0! - s 2 arrangement and classification of the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, - 1923. 1 FORD.C. SNOW LAW Legal . Conflict Caused by Combination of Civil and Criminal Penalties. TWO COURTS INVOLVED First Case Will Be Taken to Higher Courts for De- cision, \ Washington's new snow-removal law will be tested out in Police Court instead of in the Municipal Court, Corporation Counsel Stephens declded today. This action followed the refusal yi terday of Assistaat Corporation Coun- {sel Frank W. Madigan, in the Police (Court, to issue a warrant against-a person who had failed to remove the isnow from his sidewalk. He based his refusal on the ground that he could not find where the Police Court had any jurisdiction in the matter. Legal Question Involved. He expressed the. opinion that the act is defective, in that it fails to fix any jurisdiction or to make the of- jfense a misdemeanor. He stated fur- ther that it fails to fix the jurisdic- tion into which sufts for recovery of expenses incurred by the District gov- ernment in cleaning sidewalks of those who fail to comply with the law may be brought. Admitting the phraseology of the act is not clear as to which court action should be brought in, Mr. Ste- phens notified Assistant Corporation Council Frank Madigan at Polize Court to issue a warrant, as soon as the next one is applied for, in crder to have settled as soon as possible the question of how these cases should be handled. Mr. Stephens sald section 6 of the act, which specifies what the corpora- tion counsel shall do, is confusing. The first sentence of this section speaks of the filing of a sult to re- cover the cost of removing snow which property owners fall to re- move from tieir sldewalks. When you speak of suing, the corporation coun- sel explained, you imply a civil ac- tion. Further on, however, tne section states that in addition to the cost of cleaning the defendant's sidewalk the District shall recover a penalty of $25. Penalties, Mr. Stephens observed, are imposed In a criminal acti as would be taken in Police Court. Recalls Former Law. The legal adviser to the Commi sioners concluded that the wisest course would be to take a case Into Police Court and follow it through to the higher courts, and have the que: tion of jurisdiction settled. Mr. Stephens recalled that in his early days as assistant corporation counsel the District had a snow law that thrown out of the courts and abandon What will be the fate of this law remains to be seen. Briefly, the new law provides that a property owner or occupant shail clean his sidwalk within the first eight hours of daylight after snow stops falling. Upon lure of the occupant of the premises to do so the District is directed to remove the snow and take court action to re- cover. It has been roughly estimated that it would cost the District about 20 cents to clean the sidewalk in front of_the average home. While this cost is insignificant in one case, it would amount into quite a large sum if Morris Hacker, super- visor of city refuse, attempted to clean every sidewalk in Washington not cleaned by the occupants. The act of creating the snow law ed by the War Department in clean ing sidewalks around federal proper- ty, leaving $5,000 for the District to spend. KLANSMEN HELD FOR CARRYING BLACKIACKS Eight Arrested in Brooklyn in Raid on Traffic Court Room. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January -Eight al leged members of the “inner circle of the Ku Kilux Klan in Brooklyn, arrested after a meeting of the “ma- ociation _of University Fine circle” last night, today were | held in $1,500 bail for further exami- nation February 1, when they were arraigned before Magistrate Dale, seven of them on charges of possess- ing blackjacks and one on a charge of possessing a bottle of whizky. M. P. Matheson, attorney for six of the men, admitted that they were attend- ing a meeting of the kian. The eight were taken by detectives of the bomb squad, who followed them in a ift careen through Brooklyn streets after the meeting. in a lightless limousine. Some of them, it is alleged, showed fight when d tectives appeared before their car, which had stopped to avoid a col- lision. They were quickly subdued, however, and detectives claim to have a hooded costume of the Ku Klux Klan and & quantity of klan lits 3 Lieut. Gegan of the bomb sq who directed the watch set on Brooklyn meeting, information that instead of being a meeting of the “Marine Circle” it was actually a klan meeting. He said he had information as to the kian's mem- bership, adding that the gran kleagle' for New York state had dodged police after the meeting, de- parting in another automobile. h’l]':alroom .én lvh:;h t:.u meeting was o] 8 us n the time by the Brooklyn traffic court. © 4 Klan officials held forth at night on me platform that a city mag- used during the day, he said, nd even wielded the seame gavel with which the magistrate ofciated. The elght men held were Elsworth B, Mors, John F. Collins, W. P. Simmeons, John McDonald, Rob- ert Fisher, Thomas Jones, Charles Mulford and C. A. Clarke. Clark a dancing master, was declared by the police to be grand cyclops of the kian for Brooklyn. All spent last night in jall after fruitiess efforts to find bondsmen. ———— COL. KELLER RE-ELECTED. Public Utilitles Chairman to Serve Another Year. The Public Utllities Commission, ‘which is composed of the three Dis- missiol today re-slested K.ll:: to be chalrman for the ensuing year. uad, the declared he had Largest and smallest dogs in she hound, 185 pounds, and Champion Lit Mexican chibushua. on, Irish wolf ow——Cha! tle Pedro, one pound and four ounces, Pigs may he pigs, but all dogs are not mutts! Skeptics who imagine a dog's life means just one bone after another would be brought to a& disturbing awakening if they but visited the ninth annual dog-show of the Wash- ington Kennel Club in the Coliseum and viewed some of the traveled ca- nines whose Incessant yelps and howls are driving the butchers of Center Market to dire thoughts. Czars, princes and leaders of the “four hundred” mean nothing in the lives of many of dogdom's latest ar- from Europe. In the opinion of udges, the show that opened to- in the large auditorium above rival the § da; |is the best the Washington Kennel Club has ever held. During the last year scores of champlon _canine aristocrats have on, sUCh | peen imported from Europe, many of | ts of titled homes which it eupatied by the war. There dogs from virtually every part of world—Holland, Germany, Poland, arq th Ri na—San Francisco, New York, Chi of the other large American citie And every one carries a list of titles longer than the most learned scholar living. Weolf Hound Social Leader. “Ivan, a handsome wolf hound, owned by Capt. William J. Carroll, is probably the social leader of the show, for he made the living room of the late csar of all the Russias his fa vorite place to dose. Capt. Carroll found “Ivan” in Warsaw, Poland, the property of a fancier who had bought him froth a friend of the czar at the | time the bolsheviks were exterminat- ing the Romanoffs. He has won so many prizes that awards now simply bore him to death. Hertine von der Jeuch, champion female police dog of Holland, is on barking terms with Ivan. She is the| roperty of Mrs. G. Rockefeller Dodge gl Ne'y Jersey, who has refused an offer of $10,000 for her. In the same kennel is Schatz von Hohentann, one of the greatest show-winning German po- loe dogs in America. Leashed to a stall sits Olaf von Frelseck, the German ambassador's police dog. who frightens !g’le ll{? oué' of ne::lly every passerby by giving them a wel- eo::l{w howl. Olaf i# jet black. Ameng Interesting Exhibits. The Irish woolfhounds of Mrs. Glenn Stewart are one of the most inter- esting exhibits of the show. Cham- jon Bally Shannon is the largest dog n America, and he stands several inches taller than the Zoological Park's largest lion. Harry Meyers great Danes also attract considerable tion. .té;: of the most patronized exhibit: however, is the set of Chesapeake Bay dogs being shown by the Chessa- croft kennels of Lutherville, Md. These are the only dogs of pure American breed in existence and are wonderful duck hunters. They have webbed feet and the hair of an otter and are pleasingly docile. St. Bernards at the show are at. tracting attention. Among the most the Dth street end of Center Market) 0, Pittsburgh and rnolll striking of these is the noted blue rib- bon winner, Col. Prosser, exhibited by Mrs. Marion C. Durphy of Arling- ton, Va., & local breeder, and Col. Prosser's daughter, the Duchess of Arlington, exhibited by Mrs. Josiah T. NewZomb of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Col. Prosser contends with ail other | canines at the show for the honor | of being the largest dog ever exhib- ited. He now welghs more than 200 pounds. Other Leaders in List. There are airedajes, bull terriers, French bulls, chow erriers of all breeds. { Bedlington terriers and a score of jother breeds fllling the outraged at- |mosphere with every ‘varlety of ! whoop, howl and growl known to dogdom. But every one is a very se- lect canine and they may yelp to their heart's content. ! Luncheon time at the dog show is {of more than passing interest. Those butchers who are not stuffing their ears with cotton and casting thought- i ful glances at their sausage machines jare reaping enormous profits supply- ing the dog aristocrats with choice chops, steaks, grade A milk and se- lect egss. Judging Pregram. The show will continue today and morrow. The program of judging the win- ners follows: TODAY. 11 am—Judse, A. A. Rost. St | Bernards, Badg dogs, Dalma- tians, Samoyedes, Doberman pinschers, Sealyham terriers, Scottish terriers, | West Highland white terriers and Bedlington_terriers. 11 a.m.—Judge, Mrs. Adnah Neyhart. Chow chows. 11 am—Judge, W. E. Baker, jr. Airedale terriers, 2 p.m.—Jydge, Joseph A. Buchanan. Poodles, French bulldogs and toy poodls 2 p.m—Judge, John C. Barnard. Shepherd dogs. 2 p.m.—Judge, W. E. Baker, jr. Foxterriers and Welsh terriers. 4 p.m.—Judge, A. A. Rost. Schip- {perkes, English toy spaniels, peking- ese and toy black and tan terriers. | p.m—Judge, John Dietschler. Boston terriers. 8 p.m.—Judge, Levi Wilcox. !danes and bullterriers. 8 p.m.—Judge, T. tor I Great . Martin. Bull- ‘TOMORROW. Dr. H. B. Kobler. -Judge, R. Vagt. Polinters, sh setters, flIrl-h setters and ogs. . E. B. McIntyre. nds and beagles. .—Judge, A. A. R Collies, Yorkshire terriers, maltese, chihua- huas, pomeranians and miscellaneous. 3 p.m.—Judge, Forester H. Scott. Russian wolfhounds, Irish wolfhounds and greyhounds. 2 p.m.—Judge, Felix Agnus Leser. Whippets. 2 p.m.—Judge, Edward A. Conroy. Irish terriers. = 8 p.m-—Judge, A. A. Rost. Un- classified special prizes. Parade of winners. Foxhou Air Bomber Sent by Radio, Deadly New U. S. War Device By the Assoclated Pres ' BOSTON, January 26.—A bombing air service that needs no pilots has been developed, Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, head of the Army air forces, announces. In a series of addresses during & two-day visit here Gen. Pat- rick has described the advances in ,aviation, among them the “automatio rvice.” “:l'hl: automatic service has been so highly developed, Gen. Patrick as- serts, that even now it would be pos- sible to send & pilotless plane with CHARLES F. KIRK DIES. " AT HOME IN MARYLAND Was Prominent in Montgomery County Business Affairs and Among Best Known Farmers. Word has just been received of the death at noon today at his residence, Fairhill, of Charles F. Kirk of Olney, Montgomery county, Md, one of the best known farmers in' the state. Mr. Kirk was seventy-one years old. Funeral services will be held at as |the Friends Meeting House, Sandy Spring, Md., on Sunday afternoon at 3:80 o'clook: 3 Mr. Kirk was & sgn of the late Richard Kirk snd Mary Farquhar Kirk. He was prominently ldenti- fled with ‘business interests in .Mont- gomery county; - belng: vice . president of the First National Bank of Sandy Spring, oonnected - with. the Mont- gomery County Insurance Company and president of. the Montgomery County General Hospital. Besides his wife, who was & daughter of the late George Brook of Montgom- ery county, Mr. Kirk is survived by one & cargo of bombs from Boston to New York at a given altitude and on a set course at prearranged speed, which, at a given time and at a predetermin. od place, would discharge the devas. tating oargo. planes similarly might be operated With exactness, all by radio, he say: Dirigible: be filled with helium which would be used to fly to the north pole and batk without alight. ing are now being planned. They will act as mother ships for airplanes, of which they will carry several each. The airplanes will be caught and held while the dirigible is in flight by a device attached to the ship, which experiments have proved practicable. et e st eemnatent) LIQUOR STOCKS SEIZED., Two Are. Arrested By Police on Dry-Law Charges. Ninety-five gallons of wine, five gallons of whisky and fitty gallons of mash were reported selzed by po- lice of the first precinct in a raid made at 1311 C street early today. Robert A whole fleet of air- | with whom s.]u POLICE COURT TEST | W ushington Bench Show Held |AGAN T0 DISCUS Best in Kennel Club History DISTRICT SURPLUS Senator Phipps Calls Meeting of Joint Committee to Con- sider Final Report. Senator Phipps, chairman of the Joint congressional committee invés- tigating the surplus revenues of the District, has called a meeting of the committee for tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock In the Senate District com- mittee room. Senator Phipps indicated today that an attempt would be made by the committee to report to Congress final- ly upon the matter of the District surplus, which has been shown by the expert accountants to be in the naigh. borhood of $5,000,000. At the meeting of the committee it was an- nounced that further time would be asked in which to flle a report and that another audit, going back to 1874, probably would be undertaken. Dificulties in Way. Members of the committee, howeve: have been Informed as to the difficul- ties of conducting an audit back to 1874, and there s strong inclination their part, it is said, to conclude the matter now, if possible, mit a final report to Congres: Senator Phipps said today that the meeting tomorrow probably would iast the better part of the day, but the com- mittee would consider the various re- ports submitted by the auditors, by the representatives of the District government, of the Treasury Depart- ment, of the Department of Justice and of the citizens’' committee. If it is found Impossible, Senator Phipps said, to complete a report by the first Monday in.February, as pro- vided in existing law, an extension of time will be asked. BILL PROVIDES U.S. ACCEPT HOME GIFT (Continued from First Page.) appropriation of $350,000 to pa: the bulldin, LEaut The bill was referred to the com- mittee on appropriations. time there was considerable discu: slon of the matter, but no action was taken and the bill died with the last Congress. Mra. Henderson Commended. Chairman Madden of the House ap- propriations commitiee, who recelved the letter from Mrs. Henderson offer- ing to make a contribution of her residence as a home for the Vice President, in answering the letter to- day, commended Mrs. Henderson strongly for her public-spirited gen- erosity in submitting such a proposal. He advised her that the proper course to pursue is for her to submit in writing to the president of the Senate and the Speaker of the House such offer as she cares to make for submission to each branch of Con- gress. Members of the House generally were pleased with the offer made by Mrs. Henderson. Some doubt, how- ever, is expressed regarding its ac. cep! ce, because several very prom- inent members have raised the ques- tion that by accepting the gift large additional appropriations annually would .be entailed. They pointed out that If the Vice President lived in such a m: ificent residence his ary would have to be increased prob- ably to $18,000, and an additional ap- propriation’ would also be necessary, It is_ ciaimed, amounting probably to $15,000 annually for upkeep and maintenance of the mansion. TURKS GO HOME WHEN ALLIES DO (Continued from First Page.) fairs which affect them more than the others. The Italians have worked out a more conciliatory formula for Judicial guarantees for foreigners, Wwhich they think the Turks will ac- ecept. There is great nervousness, and some depression, however, in con- ference circles generall: The British announced last night that all discussion before the commis- sions will end Saturday night. The led draft treaty will be presented to the Turks Wednesday, the intervening time being devoted to the completion of the draft. The Turks again insisted yesterday at the conference session 'that the British cemeteries in Gallipoll must be reduced in size. This was the last meeting to discuss this subject. A British spokesman said later: “The Turkish tude on this question is monstrous.” ASSAULT CHARGED. IN WINDOW LEAP (Continued from First Page.) the key in the door, locking Lar- combe out. Larcombe maintained that Miss Rhodes had met him by appointment last night and had gone directly to the apartment, detectives stated. Then, acCording to the story he tells, after they had been there for about an hour and & half a rap came on the front door of the apartment. He stated the visitor was a woman, he conversed a short ime. Meanwhile the girl had hidden in the bedroom and locked herselt in. Larcombe said that when he rapped on the bedroom door for her to come out he received no answer. He sought the janitor, obtained a key to open the door and found the screen out of the window and the girl gone. Struck in Shrubbery. Probably what saved Miss Rhodes from even more serious injury than she received was her falling on the lawn which fronts the apartment. It is thought she struck some shrubbery, | , ‘which broke the force of the fall and possibly saved her from fatal injury. Miss Rhodes is belng attended by Dr. Charles W. Allen of 1451 Rhode Island avenue and Dr. Newcomer of the Chastleton apartments. X-ray photographs were being made early De Francis, twenty-nine years old, | this safternopn at' Emergency Hos- was arrested on charges of illegal| pital to determine the extent of her possession of the intoxicants and mash, selling and manufacturing. George W. Shellborn, fifty years old, 326 John Marshall place, was ted Ty 1ast night for alleged violations of the | m prohibition enforcement law. Charge. of selling and illegal possession o liquor wei preferred against him, and seizure of elghteen gallons of ‘whisky was reported. HOSPITAL APPEAL BOGUS. Solicitation of Funds for George- town Constitution Unorganized. Merchants and others are begin warned that solicitations of funds and donations Yor the Georgetown University Hospital are unauthorized, Sister Tiluminata, superintendent of 8 " Instructor of English at tion th son, Rudolph, the Jowa State University, Iowa City, and a sister, Miss Sarah E. Kirk, injuries. e Was cons us, and talked to detectives regarding the episode. She is believed to have Jnmfofl at about 9:30 o'clock laat night. It was e than half an hour later when was found by Howard Weaver, rter at the Roydon. As a result of er exposure while she lay uncon- scious on the sidewalk, physician: are taking {2 cautions to forestall an attack of pneumonia. ° Larcombe Well Known. Mrs. Al Rhodes, mother of the girl, sal 6 had spoken to Lar- combe concerning his- atteutions to :ur uum;r lnd' t&m.-l.fil telephoned a number o Farcombe 1s well known in local soclal circles. Ha is a 'latgor utvuo:n "tom and forty-five years of age. in business as the \ | ! CHILDREN TO TALK ALL THEY CARE TO, NEW SCHOOL PLAN By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., January 36.— Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of the Governor of Pennsylvania, an- nounced today that em educational experiment, under which the chil- dren would be permitted to talk as much as they cared while in school, would be started soon In the executive mansion. The school will open with twelve pupils, amon them her twllv.-relr—old son, ford, jr. The children will be in- structed how to learn something from the everyday incidents in life a8 well as from text books. Mrs. Pinchot said she believed that if a child were given the priv- ilege of talking or doing what« ever he desired In school he would be more individual and be comé more self-supporting. She has engaged an instructress, who not only will act as a teacher, but il romp and play with the chil- ren. EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF COAL IS ASKED Some D. C. Dealers Declared to Get More Anthracite ~Than Others. CONSUMER HAS SUFFERED 182,582 Tons Delivered in Wash. ington From September 11 to January 13. - Measures aimed to bring about a more equitable distribution of an- thracite coal among dealers in Wash- ington and thence to the consuming public were discussed today by En- gineer Commissioner Keller and IMAY ASK ENVOYS AIDIN RUN WAR Prohibition Officials Consider Plan to Seek Co-Operation in Suppressing Traffic. WOULD CHECK SUPPLIES Dismissal of Legation Employes Guilty of Bootlegging Would Be Sought. The problem of stopping alleged leaks of “embassy” liquor into the bootleg trade here appeared today to be stlll holding the close attention of prohibition officials. In the formulation of plans so far to cope with the situation two means have been indicated by officials as promising ghe best results. Where the diversion into bootleg channeis of liquor brought in under diplomatic immunity might be found to involve any minor employe of an embassy or legation it has been indicated by Acting _ Prohibition Commissioner Jones that he would make repre- sentations to the diplomat in charge, with a view to bringing about the employe’s dismissal and his subse- quent prosecution under the prohibi- tion laws Also there is being considered a plan of voluntary co-operation by the diplomatic missions whereby they might be asked to furnish the prohi- bitlon authorities with estimates of their liquor requirements over a spe- cific perfod which would afford 2 means of check against possible ex- cessive importations. In this connec- tion the prohibition bureau, through the Treasury Department, already has called the attention of the State De- partment to certain “unusual ship- of liquor to embassies (;é\id clals would not reveal, r. to which of the diplomatic estabiish- ments the memorandum referred. Analysis of liquor seized in a rald nhc:nllly at the home of John J. Lynch, Walter C. Allen, executive secretary |2, of the Public Utllities Commission, with Federal Fuel Administrator Wadlelgh. Commissioner Keller told Mr. Wad- leigh that some Washington retail deale: in antbracite were receiving more than their quots, while others received less, and that this unequal distribution was reflected in inabiiity of consumers who bought coal from the dealers getting less than their quota to purchase emough anthracite for their requirements. wholesaling companies. He assured Commissioner Keller that he would | the matter up with Chairman ' Ainey of the Pennsylvania state fuel commission, and endeavor to secure more equitable distribution of coal among dealers here. Shipwent Figures. Early today Mr. Wadleigh obtained flfureu from Philadelphia on shipments of anthracite into Washington, which show, he said, that from September 11 to January 13, inclusive, Washington received 182,383 tons of anthracite coal, Figures for the three weeks ended January 13 on shipments of an- thracite to Washington show the fol- lowing totals by weeks: eek ended December 30, 12,803 tons; week end- ed January 6, 8,186, and week end- ed January 13, 10,728, For the week ended January 6, Mr. Wadleigh said, Mr. Allen's figures showed shipments of anthracite totaling but 5,000 tons, While the federal distributor's fAigures showed shipments of 8,186. These fig- ures are to be checked up, Mr. Wad- leigh added, with dealers sending coal to_Washington retallers, for accurac: Two weeks ago the District Com missioners wrote the federal fuel di tributer, :nuu out that shipments of anthiracite to Washington were far below the 60 per cent quota assigned to the city, and asking for relief. Mr. Wadleigh immediately took up the matter wtih the chair. man of the P vorable action on his request. Since that time shipments of anthracite have been increasing, with the probability that they will ‘continue to increase until the lacking anthracite is d livered in Washington. This city, like other cities, will obtain during the present winter only 60 per cent of the total amount of anthracite coal used here last winter. Cars Leaded. Anewering charges that anthra- clte production was not showing the expected increase, Mr. Wadleigh an- nounced today that production of hard coal has been increasing stead- fly since last November, and that from preliniinary figures hard coal production would be above that of last fall and winter. Average datly loading of cars with anthracite dur- ing December, 1923, was 5,925. while for December, 1931, it was 478 Loadings of anthracite daily in fitty- ton cars during the first thres weeks of the present month show the fol- lowing: First week, 5173 cars; sec- ond week. 6412, and third week, Anthracite loadings for Monday of the present week totaled 6,739, for Tuesday, 6.618, and for Wednesday, 6,282 cars of Afty tons each. PROBING THE CHARGES AGAINST DRY LEADER By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 25.—Investi- gation of the charges of financial ir- regularities brought against William H. Anderson, state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, by O. Bert- sall Phillips, 2 former league fund collector, was resumed today by As- sistant District Attorney Pecora. His ‘witnesses, agal unofficially invited to his office, as they were yesterday. were the Rev. Dr. George eb Moor, league secretary: the Rev. Dr. David J. Burrell, president, and Mr. Andelrfion hh‘nlcll&, Nhaae illips’ principal s we P rion had. Isisted “on. a ~atiy split of commissions Phillips ed for collecting funds from Phillips said An: was to cover up Phillips’ lackmail and ntey’ recelv league supporters. TALK ON LAUNDRIES. Cosmopolitan Club Told of Growth of Industry. The laundry business of the United States has increased more than per cent during the last three years and now is one of the-foremost in- dustries of the country, according to Gordon Bennett, in an address_to members of the Cosmopolitan Club at the Hamllton Hotel yesterday. R. F. Wm:tv.ur.‘ it the Boy Scouts of .dauu,, explained the ethics of the outs. B ok’ Merkiing, chayman of tne entertainment mit annaunced the “ladies night” celebration and the anniversary of the club wi be observed on _the evening o February 8. “Sherift” Lew Payne and ’u’r{m Hl’out chn awa the weekly prises. Among vmli M. Buck, F. ;“ L. Coykbourn. John as a new mem! executive of erica, in a_brief ests present White and McDonsld was ber. Michael ky was genuine, Mr. Jones announced today, but that a good portion of it had been diluted and perhaps home- made. Mr. Jones expressed the bellef that while liquor probably had “leaked” through embassies and le- gations here bootleggers had been selling diluted and homemade stuff under pretense that it was bonafide imported stock. Mr. Jones said that analysis of two pints of whisky alleged to have been bought from Lynch by prohibition agents proved it to be genuine teh.” The report of the analysis is under copsideration by prohibition agents with a view to possible further actlon, after additional investigation of Lynch's charges. The only evidence agalnst the legation named by Lynch, Mr. Jones sald, 1s his affidavit naming it a&s his source of supplies. FRENCH THREATEN STATE OF SIEGE IF RUHR RIOTS RECUR (Continued from First Page.) | At midnight Dusseldorf wardly calm. Two Germans were reported wound- ed during the course of the distard- ance, which started early in the even- ing 'when a mob celebrated simul- taneously the return of Frits Thys- sen and a two-hour protest strike. That more persons were not hurt was due to the fact that the sentries and patrols were under orders to fire into the air and only shoot to kill should the crowd refuse to break up. Raia Dampens Spirit. Whenever and wherever the French rifies spoke the populace scampered to cover. A heavy rain, which began to fall at 10 o'clock, also dampened the bellicose ardor of the German patriots. The French, however, are under no delusion as to the seriousness of the situation, and two more army corps are being rushed from Alsace-Lor- raine. Martial law may be declared immediately should there be any at tempt to repeat the manifestations of last evening. The telegraph service was resumed at 8 o'clock last night, but the rail- road strike is still effective. Hetbeds of Trouhle. Reports from other Ruhr cities show that Dusseldorf and Essen are the main hotbeds of trouble A serious outbreak at Essen was averted only when Gen. Fouanier sent for Burgomaster Luther and showed him a military map of the city on which were four red circles designating _the location of the French and Belgtan forces, “Tell your peo) they must re- frain from any attack wupon our troops or we shall open fire upon the rest of the city.,” said Gen. Fouanier to the burgomaster. Freach Show Courage. The Dusseidorf disturbances cen- tered around the Briedenbacher Hotel, which has been practically requisi- tioned for the French officers. The latter displayed much courage under the taunts and insults heaped upon them. One colonel disarmed his aide-de-camp, who had drawn a re- volver and was ready to fire upon the crow ou it for my orders before shooting!” the colonel told his alde. The latter reluctantly obeyed, but muttered: “You will never make any- thing out of these people unless they fear you.” The sentiment of this subaltern evidently has been accepted by higher officials and after this gath- ering of the thunder clouds thers is apparent a resolve to make it a real military occupation. Mistake ia Thyssem Case. M. LeTrocquer, the minister of pub- lic works, returned to Paris last even- ing, but Gen. Weygand, Marshal Foch’s chief of staff, remained behind. This gave rise to the report that he was to supplant Gen. DeGoutte as commanding general, but such a change was officially denied at French headquarters. The French admit that the court- martial at Mayence made a mistaké in ‘mitting Frits Thyssen to return to PR Ruhre as his arrival is belleved to-have been the signal for an at- tempted mobilization of secret organ. izations of young men in the Rhine. land and the Rul 20 Per Cent on Strike. One hundred thousand Ruhr work- ers are said to be on strike lmI. or slightly less than 20 per cent of the otal. Meanwhile, the economic life of the region is practically-at a standstill The Fronch. thus tar; acte ‘week: of occupation, to get enough out of the Ruhr to meet the expenses of their military opera. tions and to maintain their troops. “We are settling down for a Iollr oe- ocupation and are bringing railroad men from southern France and mifers o e a uarters. m gl r rack. Ger: was qut- or ¢ ‘many _or ?r“n'r:e"‘nl.ln vield, France must 80t."