Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1923, Page 2

FRUIT EXPOSITION HERE NEXT WINTER Largest in East Also to In- olude Display of Vege- tables. ! LOOKING FOR BIG HALL.:‘ | i | Growers of Virginia, West Vir- ginia, Maryland and Pennsyl- vania Will Participate. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. ‘WINCHESTER, Va. February ‘What {s intended to be the largest] and most complete frult and vege- ble exposition ever held in the east will be opened some time next win ter in Washington, provided a build ing or hall large enough can be pro- cured by the promoters, according to announcement made here today by Willlam P. Massey, secretary of the Virginia State Horticultural Society. Tn case suitable quarters cannot be| obtatned In Washington, it is prob- able an effort will be made to get the Fifth Regiment Armory in Balti; more. Four States Co-Operating. Massey said hor turs societies of Virginia West Virginta, Maryland and Pennsylvanta are co- operating in the project of holding Zrult expositions annuaily, and they intend to make the exhibit as large and attractive as those held In the far west and middle west. Those at the head of the movement favored Washington from the outset, mainly on the ground that it is regarded as “neutral” territory and as having no personal or selfish interests to be considered In the way of competing tor prizes. After the apple growers of the four states projected the plan of instituting & large fruit exposition, vegetable srowers of the eastern shores of Vir- xinla, Maryland and Delaware, sensing | the advertising possibilities of the project, indicated their desire to be rep- resented In the enterprise, and it is quite probable all branches of fruit and vegetable production, including manu- ‘acturers of by-product: Wi Join in the movement to exhibit their out- puts at the National Capital once a year under one roof. Committee to Meet Here. Committees of the varlons state socleties w meet in Washington some t!me in March for the purpose of mak- ing preliminary arrangements for tho exposition. Subcommittees are to be appointed to pr.pare a premium list, to Tegotiate for a hall or building in which o hold the exposition and attend to other details. It {s probable a number of representatives of agricuitural and passenger departments of railroads will meet with the committee &t that time. ANDERSONCHARGES PLOTTO ‘GET" HIM Says Wets Seek Dry Law Repeal Behind Smoke Screen—Issues Defi. 19— DENIES GIFT OF $100,000 Declares Rockefellers Never Gave That Sum—Points to Effort to Reduce Status. By the Ansociated Press. YONKERS, N. Y. February 18.— Willtam H. Anderson, state superin- tendent of the Anti-Saloon League of New York, charged yesterday in his annual presentation at the Central WMethodlst Eplscopal Church that a consplracy was afoot to “get” him and the league's board and reduce the organization to the status of a “kept" concern. He declared that the wet forces were attempting to effect repeal of prohibition laws by throwing up a “smoke screen” around his alleged financlal irregularities to hide their move. He did not, he said, question the sincerity of the district attorney in_investigating the charges. “I do not intend to be crushed, run out, Intimiduted or silenced by any bunch of wets, whether rich or poor, silk stockinged or roughneck, or any set of pseudo-drys, who want to do dry work in a manner that s ac- ceptable to the wets,” Mr. Anderson said. ‘The wet forces, he charged, had telected a critical time in which to instigate the charges against him, mude for the purpose of stampeding the league supporters and “the nerve of_fts board." The wet propagandist, he sald, had | deliberately misstated the amounts contributed by the Rockefellers to the league. He sald that they had never contributed $100.000, as had been stated, and sald ‘that Raymond Fosdick, legal representative for the Rockefellers, had indicated the “in- tention and effort to change the policy of the league and to eliminate him as superintendent.” Rockefellers Give 10 Per Cent. “I do not belleve that the Rocke- fellers are responsible for or will approve this viclous assault upon the league board, because the board re- fused to accept dictation from an employe of wealthy men whose spirit he utterly misrepresented,” he con- Rockefeller contributions, he sald, had not exceeded 10 per cent ‘of the total league revenues during the current year, and asserted that 70 per cent of the total contributions came trom subscriptions from 50,000 people. —_— DE LA GARZA TO SEEK MEXICAN PRESIDENCY Expatriated Statesman Points to Need of Leader by “Wayward Latin-American Nation.” By the Aesociated Press. HAVANA, February 19.—Emeterio de la Garza, a pre-revolutionary lexican statesman, announces his , candidacy for the presidency of Mex- ico. For ten years he has been an patriate in Furope and the United States. In {ssuing his announcement he sald Mexico needed some one to lead her out of her present position as a wayward member of the Latin American family. He wsas not afraid of the unpopularity that would come from his advocacy of guarantess and inducements to foreign capital to en- ter Mexico, and therefore he had d. ci@ed to present himself as @ presi- . dental candidate, { i l {drink with moderation. Release of 13 War Prisoners Asked of the President By the Anooluted Pross. NEW YORK, Februury 19.—An appeal to President Harding to releass twelve men and one wom- an whose sentences for distrib- uting anti-conscription literature in 1017 were sustained by the federal circult court of ap- peals in Cincinnati, was sent to- day by the American Civil Liber Unfon. ~ The message urged of sentence and prompt con- sideration of their application for public Interest can be the message sald, “In sending them to prison six years aftor the offense and four years after the war. The prosecution. in our judgment, was wholly unjusti- fled " anyhow' ‘and violated the principles of free speech. The thirteen, it was explained by the union, were held for print- ing and dlstributing the anti-con- scription pamphlets before - the esplonage act was passed and be- fore the draft registration day. PROHIBITION EFFECTIVE IN TWENTY YEARS SAYS THE PRESIDENT (Continued from First Page.) {nvasion of the personal liberty o the individual who Wnows hotw t: No Two Sides to Isau The question of prohibitior. enforce- ment itself, however, really doesn't have two sldes to* it. Even the Na- tlonal Assoclation Opposed to Proht-| bition concedes that the Volstead law and the fcderal amendment should be obeyed as long as they are in effect. This assoclation has its doubts whether the law can be enforced and its arguments will be set forth subsequently, but the controversy over the repeal of the amendment separate and distinct from the ques: tion of whether prohibition can real- 1y be made effective. The first thing the prohtbitionist draws to your attentfon is that before 1820 two-thirds of the United States was dry, that is, dry laws were on the statute books of more than thirty states, In which two-thirds of the American people lived. He iwiil ad- mit that enforcement in those states Was not all that could have been de- sired. but he will argue that prohi- bitlo ncan be made to work and that it has long since ceased to be a mat- ter of public controversy in most of the original dry states. Old Report Cited. It iz important to remember this Broup of dry states, because when- ever the subject of modification comes up the prohibition advocate shrugs his shoulders and gives an !mpression of utter hopelessness—he says the original dry states are numerous enough to prevent change. However that may be, it Is interesting in get- ting one’s bearings on the prohibition problem to go back to the report of the famous committee of fifty, on which men like Charles W. Ellot, Seth Low, Dr. Felix Adler, Dr. Wash- ington Gladden and others served from 1893 to 1897, and read this ex- tract: “Prohibition legislation has succeed- ed {n abolishing and preventing the manufacture on a large scale of dis- tilled and mait liquors within the areas covered by ft. In districts where public sentiment has been strongly in its favor it has made it hard ‘to obtain Intoxleants, thereby removing temptation from the young and from persons disposed.to alco- holic excesses. In pursuing its main object—which is to make the. manu- facture and Bale of intoxicants, first, impossible, or, secondly, disreputable if possible—It has incidentally pro- moted the invention and adoption of many useful restrictions on the liquor trafiic. Falled to Exclude. "But prohibitory legisiation has falled to exclude intoxicants com- pletely even from districts where public sentiment has been favorable. In districts where public sentiment has been adverse or strongly divided the traffic in alcoholic beverages has been sometimes repressed or harrass- ed, but never exterminated or ren- dered unprofitable. In Maine and Iowa there have always been coun- ties and municipalities in complete and successful rebellion against the law. The incidental difficulties created by the United States revenue laws and medicinal demand for al- cohol and the freedom of interstate commerce have ever been overcome. Prohibition has, of course, failed to subdue the drinking passion, which wili forever prompt resistance to all restrictive legisiation, “There have been concomitant evils of prohibitory legislation. The of- forts to enforce it during forty years past have had some unlooked-for ef- fects on public respect for courts, judicial procedure, oaths and law in general, and for officers of the law, legislators and public servants. Of course, there are disputed effects of efforts’ at prohibition. Whether it has or has not reduced the consump- tion of intoxicants and diminished drunkenness is a matter of opinion, and opinions differ widely. No dem- onstration on these points has been reached, or is now attalnable, after more than forty years of observation and experience. Fight Just Beginning. That was twenty-five years ago. In what respects may a disinterested ob- server revise or affirm the statements then made? One of the first questions I asked President Harding when we sat down to talk over prohibition was whether he believed we had reached in the last three years a climax In federal efforts to enforce prohibition or whether we were in the initial stages. He re- plied instuntly that the fight had only begun, and I told him of the varlous estimates that had been made of the length of time that must elapee before a matured judgment could be given on the question of enforcement and the eftects of prohibition. The President put his own estimate down at twenty years. Chiet Justice Taft in a speech not long ago thought ten years would demonstrate. The f{mportant fact to be borne in mind is that these public officials regard prohibition as a problem of a whole generation and not a single administration. . It's from -that view- point the subject will he discussed in succeeding dispatches in this serles. (Copyright, 1023.) — e SENATORS CONFER OVER RECLASSIFYING BILL Barly Meeting of Subcommittee Planned to Take Action on Measure. Senator Smoot of Utah, chairmar et the Senate appropriations subcommittee in charge of the reclassification biil, and Senator Sterling of South Dakota, chairman of the Senate civil service committee, were In conference today, both morning and afternoon, on_ th revised reclassification measure. It 1s expected that Senator ‘Smoot will call a meeting of his subcommittes at {I earliest posaible time, following th conferences with Senator Sterling, to take action on the bill. . That the bill will be reported to Senate and put through a¥ quickly possible is the expectation.. The bill already has passed the House, and if it ‘now passes the s-%mu.lt g0 1o°con- ference, unless the se *should “ugree to the Senate amendments without a conference, It is belleved, however, that it will be ssnt ta gonference, t‘ THE EVENING SAYS CRONKHITE | RECORDS FAULTY P Major General Declares Army Smothered Inquiry Into Death of His Son.* The War Department was satisfied with a “grossly tmperfect record” of the proceedings in the case of the death of Maj. Alexander P. Cronk- hite at Camp Lew!s, Wash., October 25, 1918, notwithstanding that they ! tions, Maj. Gen. Alexander Cronk- hite, father of the dead Army officer, declared in a statement today. “It 1% a fact that the Department of Jus- tice at my instance sought and failed |to obtatn more substantial records 3 {Gen. Cronkhite added. | |, Gen Cronkhite recently wus re- | itired. after having performed notable | {war service as war-time commander ! {of the 80th Division. His friends now are seeking to have the whole case, | which, they allege, resulted in Gen. | {Cronkhite's being “raflroaded out of the Army.” aired by a congressional {nvestigation. In reply to a request made by him n the fall of 1921, Gen. Cronkhite |says, the War Department furnished (cobies of the findings of a board of {inquiry {nto the death of him son; a {typewritten antopsy report, and caples of the proceedings of the board of inquiry “The document purporting to be a copy of the autupsy which was fur- nished me, was unauthenticated and the statements thereln have been proved false and the docGment falsi- fled,” Gen. Cronkhite's statement charged today. Gen. Cronkhite's Statement. Gen. Cronkhite's statement fn full follows. “Having charged that there wers grave irregularities in the War De- partment with respect to the records of the proceedings in the case of the death of Maj. Alexander P. Cronk- hits at Camp Lewis, Washington, October 25, 1915, 1 now propose to substantiate that charge which, tn spite of repeated requests, I was not perrhitted by my military superiors to do. “After two years of futile search for the official records in_ the case, on September 9, 1921, I addressed the | following categorical reques o the adjutant general of the Arm. “T request that I be furnished pho- tostat coples of the original authen- ticated proceedingw of the: (a) in- quest; (b) board of medical officers, to determine cause of death; (c) au- topsy; (d) board to investigate the death’ of Maj. Alexander P. Cronk- hite, C. of E., 213th Engineers, con- vened by 8. 0. 77, Par. 9, Camp Lewls, Wash, 1918 A._CRONKHIT! Major General Received Three Documents. “In reply to the foregoing com- munication I received a letter with three inclosures and was informed that all the documents desired could not be furnished. “No report of an inquest and no re- port of a board of medical officers were furnished me, though Army reg- ulations require that the same be of record. All that was furnished me were a photostatic copy of what pur- POrts to be the findings of a board of inquiry composed of three officers which” is declared to have met at Camp Lewis on October 30, 1918; a typewritten autopsy report’ and pho- tostats of four typewritten shects en- titled ‘Proceedings of the Board of Inquiry on the Death of Major Alex- ander P. Cronkhite, C. of E., 213th Engineers, U. S. A. “In the document purporting to con- stitute the findings which is dated November 3, 1918, it I8 declared that three witnesses were examined—Ros- enbluth, Pothler and a surgeon who was not present when the shooting occurred. ~ Pothier subsequently vol- untarily confessed under oath’that he killed Maj. Cronkhite at the insti- gation of Rosenbluth. “The document purporting to be a copy of the autopsy which was fur- nished me was unauthenticated and the - statements therein have been proved to be false and the doouments falsified. “The photostatic copy of what pur- ported to be the report of the, board of inquiry which was furnished me {consists of four photostats of an uf- ldated, unsigned, unauthenticated |typewritten ocument, * which s manifestly not! even. the orlginal. It does not state who was' present of that the witnesses were sworn, or who conducted the inquiry. In addi- tion to what purports to be the tes- timony of Rosenbluth, Pothier .and the surgeon, there is included what purports to be the testimony of an- other witness whose name appears in the alleged findings as a member of the board of inquiry. “The facts are that another board was also appointed to investigate the case, dld Investigate the case and made & report thereon, which is not of record. The names of those who sat on this board are known to me. “Yet, as far as I have been able to discover, the War Department was satisfied with the grossly imperfect record constituted by the document described hereinbefore, notwithstand- ing the fact that they.do not comply with the requirements of Army reg- ulations, and it {8 a fact that the De. partment of Justice, at my instance, sought and falled to obtain more sub- stantlal records SEEK WAY TO SAVE . . U.'S. GIRLS’ HOME { (Continued from First Page.) and Ohlo also owns about- half'a dozen parcels of property in square 683, bounded by North Capitol, C and D streets and Delaware avenue. The Baltimore and Ohlo railroad permitted the government to use the property as & war expedient and un- der & contract which was to be ter- minated at the expiration.of twelve months after theé exchauge of the final ratifications of .the tréaty .of peace. The compauy recelyes no con- sideration for the use of the property except relief {rom. taxation during the period of government occupancy. MRS. SEARS OPPOSES. Declares “It Would Be Great Rity” If Girls Are Ousted Now. Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor, member of the District Rent Commission, today declared it would be “a great pity” it the girls occupying the government hotels were forced at this time--to seek other quarters, “1 consider that the housing situa- tion, as far as these girls would be concerned, is just as bad now as it was when the hotels were erected,” Mrs. Taylor said. It is, no doubt, true that there are more -rooms ‘available for them now than then, but the rents are exhérbitant. It would an injustice to compel these govern ment employes to pay the rents asked elsewhere, in view of the salaries they are getting.” MRS. HARRISON FREED. MOSCOW, February 19.—Mrs. Mar- guerite ; J&:-: Harrison_ )u'mm‘o, Americay: magasine writer, .arrested several weeks ago at Chita, has been rel from prison and is to leave M ‘Thursday of this week, it was Slated A% the foreign efion fodaxn, 41a not comply with Army regula- |, STAR, WASHINGTON, Twenty-five persons were buraed four-story bulldings of the Manhatta: D. O, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1323 to h as result of a fire which n State How lives of 1,400 persons in the bul of the 7000 insame men and women housed in nearby buildings. Escaped Rock Creek Beavers Believed Foundin West Virginia PARENTAL COLRT HEARING HEATED Representative Blanton An- gered Over Exclusion of Information Sought. Representative Walters of FPenn- sylvania, chairman of the subcommit- tee of the House District committee which is conducting hearings on the free bill to establish a parental court in the District, at the hearing toda: opposed permitting the board of children’'s guardians to reveal the ad- dresses at which it has placed children committed to it by the Juvenile Court to be boarded. This provoked a heated discussion which lasted for more than an hour, the upshot of which was that Repre sentative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas democrat, left the meeting in a storg of indignation, after it was evident that a majority of the committee was opposed to making public such infor- mation. Promises “Justice” Shall Be Done. In the corridor outside the commit- tee room, Representative Blanton told some of the mothers who were gathered there that it was impossible to accomplish anything through the! committee which is ¢onducting the hearings, but assured them that he would see that they got “justice” in the next session of Congress. Representative Blanton also de- clared that some prominent soclety women from the northwest section had called upon him before 8 o'clock this morning in an effort to get these hearings, at which testimony has been given criticizing the Juvenlle Court and the board of children's guardians, stopped. Dr. Eckhart's Testimony Disputed. Dr. Eckhart, physician for the board of children’'s guardians, was on the, stand and questioned whether opera- tions were performed on children committed to the board without th consent of parents. When he d clared that they were not, Mri George Johnson, one of the mothers present, arose and said that three of her children had been ope: d upon without her consent and that one of them had died. . —_— 25 PERISH IN FIRE: ‘8 PROBES BEGUN{ | | (Gontinued from First Page.) had visited his wife and six-year-old daughter before guards came for him. Several other world war veterans perished in the flames. Four negroes — & _grandmother, daughter and two grandsons—per. ished in a Brooklyn tenement fire to- day, bringing to thirty-one the total of fire fatalities in Greater New York during the coldest week end of the winter. Twenty-five persons perished at the hospital on Ward's Island. A woman dropped dead from heart disease at a fire in her Bronx home. . A.three-year-old child loat her life when & blaze swept a five-story tene- ment ®n the upper East side. Thé charred body was found In & crib. Future Fires Feared. A fire many times as disastrous as yesterday's may at any moment break out on Ward's Island, Supt. Marcus B. Heyman sald today. The island has seventy-five sepa- rate structures, of ' which fifty are used to house patients. Of the entire number, but two. are fireproof, ac- cording to Dr. Heyman, who asderts that he has vainly implored theleg- islature for additiohal funds with which to protect his charges from fire. rY"terd-y‘: blaze destroyed but a part of the great building, which, overcrowded as it is. somatimes shel- ters 2,200. ‘The building is fifty years id. . o'%i:e,mnnd'- fire-fighting force is wholly inadequate, according to Dr. Heyman, It has enough. apparatus| for a- town of 8,000, but the trained personnel is lacking. The island has among its inhabi- tants many recognize pyromaniacs. The peril in which inmates. of the {sland live has been brought to the attention of public officials in the last twenty-six years by six fires besi yesterdsy's: - Other Fires in Past. March 4, 1887, there was & blaze much Ifke the fatal one yesterday, but it was a comparatively siriple task to remove the insane patients to' safety. ‘October 19, the same year, the engine house. between two .wings occupled by violent patients caught fire about L ¢ o'clock in the evening. City fire engines wére unible fo reAch thé blaze. After fite had destroyed the laundry in, which some of the more easily. man- of inmates were working on 3:‘“.!1"9;' 1904, Battalion Chief Lawlor said’ the blaze could have been ex- tinguished in ten minutes with proper apparatus. : 2 mber 21, the same ear, another fire started in the laundry and spread to the storehouse. In Jnly..fic;. the 'v;'!chl!.!flm.} g’}r:; jtute; in. were the s Of J n’.l.n':ob ital auditorium was burned in 1920 while 700 patients were at-| | | Special Dispatch to The Stas WINCHESTER, Va. Iebruary 19.—Belief that the beavers re- cently found in North river, above the mouth of Tearcoat rum, in Hampshire county, W. Va. are some of those which disappeared about a year ago from Rock creek, District of Columbia, is expressed by A. B. Brooks of Buckhannon, chief game protector of West ginia, who has been spending sev- eral days in Hampshire county. Mr. Brooks was told by residents of Hampshire county that there had been no record of beavers op- erating in that section for the last 100 years and that there was no way of knowing whence the pres- ent colony came. Worked Way Up Potomac. Mr. Brooks gave it as his opinion that they may be some of those which disappeared from Rock creek, near Washington, some time ago. His thought was that they worked their way up the Potomac river, Capon river and North river to Tearcoat run. During a dry spell last fall the creek went dry, and as it did so the beavers lo- cated in North river along the lands of James M. Frye and Henry Hiett. Fell Many Trees. Mr. Brooks found that a consid- erable number of trees, mostly soft wood, had been felled by the beavers. At onhe point fifteen wil- low trees, ranging in size from eight to sixteen inches in diameter, had been cut down by the Iittle animals. There seemed to be con- siderable doubt as to whether the beavers would remain in the West Virginia mountain streams, partic- ularly in summer, as they are par- tial to a colder climate. How- ver, those now there have “dug apparently satisfied with their surroundings. Residents of the North river and Tearcoat run sections are refrain- ing from setting muskrat traps for fear of catching the beavers, which are under protection of the West Virginia game and fish commis- ston. Not From Zoo, Says Holllater. “No, those beavers never came National _Zoological Park,” Supt. HoHister of the local “Zoo” declared when informed of the supposed origin of the beav- ers. “It is out of the question that ‘William P. KEno, traffic expert, who recently résigned as head of the Com- missioners’ advisory traffic committee, today offered an explanation of the. “trafioc whirlpogl” at 16th and K streets, which has been the subject for comment since it was first laid down. It was at Mr. Eno's sugges: tion that the arrangement was out- lined in white marks at the corner, but sinoe then the police department has offered mo suggestion as to how motorists should drive through the “whirlpool.” Mr. Eno's explanation follows: “In 1905 rotary traffic was put into eftect at Columbus -Circ n New York, followed Paris in 1907 around the Arc de Triomphe. It is now in effect at every circle or sim! lar centralized obstruction through- out the world wherever there is any intelligent attempt to-regulate trafc. . Tried . Here Onos. “In 1913 is was first tried ‘at a m‘vd-d intersection in Detroit, where y formerly hsd .two traffic officers, it none has ‘been necessary sinos. Shtlas T the woss neve adopted it, where it seems to be giving estire early yesterday destroyed ome of the » at New panic broke out among the rest they are beavers from this park, because we have only had one American beaver for years, and he dled more than a year ago from perfectly natural = causes” Mr. Hollister continued. “He was an old fellow, who fought viclously ‘when any other beaver was placed in his reserva- tion, 8o we let him live his last days as a bachelor. As far as I know, oniy one beaver ever es- caped from the Zoo, and he was killed a few days later by a hun- ter on the outskirts of the Dis- rict.” FARMER-LABOR PARTY SHUNS POLITICAL BLOC | | Refuses to Become Associated ‘With “Conference for Progres- sive Political Action.” CHICAGO, February 19.—The farm- er-labor party has decided to sever all connection with the conference for progressive political action formed in Cleveland last year, it was an- nounced toda; In a letter to Wil- |llam H. Johnston, chairman of the conference, Jay G. Brown, secretary of the farmer-labor party, stated that the action of the conference in adopt- ing a constitution at variance with | i | possible for them to continue. sides this, Mr. Brown explained that to associate itself with an organiza- tion on non-partisan bodies, when the farmer-labor party is a partisan as- soclation, would be inconsistent. —_— NICHOLAS BIDDLE DIES. ‘Was Former Army Colonel an Friend of John Jacob Astor. NEW YORK, February 19.—Nicholas Biddle, former Army colonel and friend and personal representative of the late Col. John Jacob Astor, died today. He was a member of the old Biddle family of Philadelphla. Mr. Blddle was a trustee and an ex- ecutive of the Astor estate. He was a son of Brig. Gen. James Biddle and served In the world war. d {Mysterious Traffic Whirlpool At 16th and K Solved by Enoi N 1 “It was tried at 16th and K streets about five years ago in a less well developed form than at present and kept in effect for about a year and a half, when & change of.Commis- sioners led to its being abandoned. “It object is to make traffic safer both for pedestrians and vehicles at intersections. It tends to slow down the speed at Intersections and when drivers become famillar with its ac- tion they go around near the outside of the circle instead of going straight across and thus bring about less chance for collision. Pedestrians Warned. “The largé circle forms what is called a trafo whirlpool, into which pedestrians should never go, but cross upon the marked crosswalks and keep to the right on them as indicated by the arrows in order that they may not interfere with each other in crossing. “This system can be applied to any intersection wherever ere is suf- ficlfent_room fo make a turn within the corners and its extension would largely reduce traffic accidents. = It has also been found that even when the pavement is not marked drivers who have been accustomed to this stem _follow the principle as though e lines were there” ! Breathing Stops For 30 Minutes; Woman Revived ‘PORTLAND, Me, February 19.— Mrs. John Hill of this city, a patient at the Maine Central Hospital, atop- ped breathing for thirty minutes, but ‘was revived after two and one-half hours’ work, hospital: physicians de- clared. Physiclans sa!d that for thirty min- utes there was no evidence of heart action or respiration and that arti- ficial respiration was applied for an hour and twenty minutes befors signs of returning life were visible. It now thought that she will recover. The woman was taken to the ho pital suffering from an overdose of drug to induce sleep and {lluminating #as poisoning. SAYS LAW FORBIDS REGISTERING AUTOS L. L. Young Declares 1917 Acts Protects Out-of-Town Motorists. | | STATUTE STILL IN EFFECT / . Insists Carrying of Extra Tag Can- i w, not Be Enforced Under Its Provisions. i To the Editor of The Star: & In your issue of the 16th instant it was reported that the District traffic bureau will require some 5,000 mnon- resident motorists to carry on their cars, after March 1, & tag showing reg- stration at the bureau within three days after arrival In the District, mI addition to the tags of the states of, which the motorists are legal residents. It was further reported that if the cars of such motorists are still here after expiration of the *‘period of re- l(‘(pmcu)" stated to vary from ten days to six months, according to the various state laws, the non-resident motorists will be required to buy and, display District tags. ‘Banned by Comgress. In this connection attention is direct- ed to an act of Congress, approved March 3, 1917, reprinted in the pam- phlet containing the District traffic regu- lations, which specifically states that non-residents wiil not be required to register or secure operators’ permits from the District, or display on their cars District identification numbers, if such non-residents have complied with the laws of the states of which they are legal residents, provided such states extend similar privileges to residents of the District. As the statute has not been repealed it is doubtful if the enforcement of the new regulation would be legal, espe- cially where no time limit is specified in the state and District laws as to the period of reciprocity. Table of States. The following table, compiled by the New York state tax commission, which {ssues operators’ licenses and tags to motorists of that state, shows that the period of reciprocity varies from twen- some other states do not designate the period, it evidently being_indefinite or dependent upon the time allowed by the other jurisdictions: Alabama, reciprocal: Arizona, ¢ months; Arkansas, 90 days; California, 24 hours (register with sheriff 90 days free); Colorado, 30 days; Connecticut, days: District of Columbta, recipro- Delaware, reciprocal; Florida, Geargla, 30 davs; ldaho, reciprocal: Illinois, § months; In- Qiana, 60 days; lowa, reciprocal; Kansas, 60 days; Kentucky, recip: rocal; Louisiana, reciprocal; Maine, 30 days; Massachusetts, reciprocal; Michi- gan, 90 days: Minnesota, 10 days (reg- ister with sheriff 90 days free): Missis- sipp!, 30 days; Missouri, 90 days; Ne- braska, 30 days; Nevada, 90 days: New Hampshire, 20 days; New Jersey, 15 days; New Mexico, 30 days; North Car- olina, 60 days: North Dakota, 30 davs Ohio, reciprocal: Oklahom: Ontarlo, 21 days; Pennsy rocal; Quebec, 90 days (register upon arrival with motor vehicle bureau, no fee); Rhode Island, reciprocal; South Carolina, 30 days; South Dakota, recip- Tennessee, 30 _days; Texas, 30 days; Utah, 90 days; Vermont, recipro- cal; Virginia, reciprocal; Washington, 90 days; West Virginia. 3 months; Wis- consin, reciprocal; Wyoming, 80 day Porto Rico, 5 days; the Panama Canal Zone, 50 cents for 30 days. *The above table, as published by the New York state motor vehicle bureau, does not state the reciprocity {periods of all the states, Maryland and a few others being omitted from the list. i Defines Reciproeity Period. { The reciprocity period 1s defined by INew York as follows: | “Under the provisions of the (New York) motor vehicle law, a car registered by and displaying registra- tion numbers of another state may be operated in New York state for the same length of time granted by that state to cars registered under the laws of and owned by residents of cal reciprocal i According to the above table it ap- pears that cars from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York and certain other states would be permitted to remain in the District indefinitely, while cars from California, Colorado, Maine and other states would be limited to remain in the District for the time indicated, Some Pay Double. Evidently residents of the District lshould not be required to purchase { District tags it such residents main- | tain w voting residence in'the states. : Washingtonians who claim legal resi- {dence In the states are required by {some states to pay a state income or {other, tax, in addition to federal in- {come tax, and tax to District on | personalty. 171f cars of such residents are regis- itered in both the states and the DI i trict_the owners will be required to { pay the state as well as the District a {tax on their automoblles, in addition to _the fees for tags and permits. There is justification in requiring the residents of one state residing in | another State to purchase tags of the state in_which they are actually re- siding, but there is apparently no warrant for 8o doing in the case of the District in view of the fact that the federal government contributes toward the cost of upkeep of the Dis- trict and that the community has no voice in_its munieipal government, except through its representatives from the states of which they are legal residents. Centralised Rules Needed. Again where residents of one state reside in another for a certain period legal residence is forfeited upon cer- tain conditions, such as voting in the state in which actually residing, while Buch forfeiture cannot be incurred by Tesidence in the District. 1" "The 'conflicting - reciprocity periods and regulations of the various states possibly may make necessary in the future centralized regulation similar to that of interstate commerce. Stan- dardization of registration and {s- suance of license tags and operators’ permits good anywhere, as advocated by the Eno Foundation for Highway Trafic _Regulation, = would probably proye the most setlstsctory solutlon of e prol m. PUBLIC BUILDINGS PARLEY 70 BE HELD Fine Arts Chief and Repre~ 3 sentative Langley to Dis- cuss Plans for Acropolis. AR URGE NATION-WIDE BILL Structures for Archives, Intermal Revenue and Controller Gen- eral Projected. A conference on the public bulld- ing situation In Washington will be held within a few days between Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission, and Representative Langley of Kentucky, chairman of the House public buildings anc gTounds committee. The whols problem of not only housing government bureaus in gov ernment-owned bufldings, but also « project for & proposed acropolis at Massachusetts avenue and W streets on a tract of about forty acres, wil: Le considered, Chairman Langley saia today. Urge Nation-Wide BilL Prospects for public build ashington, Chairman Langley ind:- cated, probably would be best it co: nected with a4 general public bufld. ings bll for the entire country which the House committee plans tc draft during the recess of Congres: 1o present when Congress convener in December. An archives bullding, a structure for the internal revenue bureau and & third for the controller gensral of the United States were said by Chalr- man Langley to be in his opinion the most pressing needs in the way of housing government bureaus. The omnibus bill, he indicated, probably |Would fncluds thess three stPucture: and perhaps a buflding for the Attor ney General. The site south of Penx- sylvania avenue between 1ith anc 15th strests, which now belongs to the government, is being considered in_that connection. Chairman Langley and Charler Brown of the Fine Arts Commissior also will go over thoroughly the pro- osed project for an acropolls which as been suggested to include a grouu of bulldings, {ncluding one to music by the Natlonal Conservatory o |Music: one for industrial arts and an other as a temple of tribute to motkh. erhood and womanhood. Chairma: Langley has introduced a bill in the House providing for the acquisiticr cf this land by the government. Names Subcommittee. To investigate the matter of the government's giving the ground for such an acropolls, Chairman Langley has appointed the following subcom- mittee, consisting of himself as chair man ex-officio: Representative Bix- ler of Pennsylvania, Representative Kopp of Wisconsin, Representative Clark of Florida and Representative Cantril] of Kentucky. Chairman Langley sald today ke had plans to confer with Secretary of Labor Davis within a few days in regard to the status of government hotels on the plot near Union station, which the Baltimore and Ohio rail‘ that of his organization made it im- |tv-four hours in California to six months }road, the owner, has requested to be Be- | in some other states, while the laws of | vacated. ZIHLMAN PLEADS FOR HOUSE ACTION ON TEAGHERS’ PAY {Continued from First Page.) olations waiting outside the commit tee door to know if this bill, in which a8 mothers they are so deeply inter- ested, would be given a chanos in the House. “Teachers are mighty poorly paid and are entitled to re- Hef now,” he sald. Representative Snell of New York, who will be chairman of the rules committee in the next House, aiso complained that the District com- mittee had wasted its time before the House. Mrs. Willlam H. Herron, presiden of the Twentieth Century Club, acte as _spokesman for the women's join committee on educational legislatio for the National Capital, representing more than a dozen large organiza- tions, led by Mrs. Morris O. Wil lams of the League of Woman Voters and chairman of the legislative com mitee of the General Federation Women's Clubs. Organizations Represented. Among ‘the organizations repre sented were the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the National Edu cational Assoclation, the National Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers’ Associatiof, the. Nationa) League of Women Voters, the Young Women's Christian Association, the League of American Pen Women, the Progressive Education . Assoclatlorn, the Women's Christian Temperance TUnlon, the Collége Women's Clubs of the District, the Natjonal Women's Trade Union League, and the Coun- cil of Jewish Women. i 0 | This delegation of women called ' upon many members of Congress, {n- cluding those engaged in determining what legislation: will be give pref- erence on the calendar. These in- cluded Chairman Campbell of the rules committee, Representative Snell of New York, Representative Long- worth of Ohio and Representative Krieder of Pennsylvania. These women oncentrated their argument on. the urgency for @ re- vised salary schedule for schoo! teachers and at the same time streas- ing the fact that no action had been taken on other measures for a sehool: census, compulsory education, com- pulsory sehool attendance and for free text books. Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter representsd the Cbngress of Mothers and Parent- Teachers' Association. The American Association of University Women was. represented by Mrs. Frank Russell, The College Woman's Club by Mrs. J. P. Ault, the Mothers' Club of the John Eaton School, Cleveland Park, wa represented by Mrs. Samuel Herrick, . president of ‘the club; Mrs. Phillip: Smith, chairman of the legislative. committee, and Mrs. Joseph Gold- * berger. The Parkview Mothers' Club was represented by Mrs. W, T, Ban- nerman, chairman of the committee on education of the District Congress of Mothers. Mrs. E. Gray represented the Bryan-Buchanan Parent-Teach ers’ Association. FUNDS $85,000 SHORT. Self-Slain Postmaster Carried Bogus Stocks to Aid Deficit. MACON, Ga., February 19.—The Mx con Telegraph says in its issue today that Postmaster Hillyer Rudisill, who killed himsplf here Friday morning: has been found short in his accounts more than $85,000. The investigation is far from complete, the newspaper says, it was learned from postal in- spectors The shortage is said to have repre- sented bogus stock carried ‘in the Macon post office to represent genuine packages of stamps and envelopee.