Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1923, Page 2

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1923. HERE'S FELS II, ALIAS WOLF, WHO WILL PERFORM FOR THE PUBLIC MONDAY AFTERNOON AT THE STAR BUILDING. - NICARAGUA ROUTE - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WICKERSHAM HEAD" o < Find Brick Walls Built in Chaldea 5,500 Years Ago Security Not Cash! Policy for France, Plea of Delcasse! AUTO RECPRIOCITY " HAS 600D QUTLOOK Inland Waters Would Be . Great Aid to Digging of Big New Canal. RICH COUNTRY INVOLVED | Forests of Hard and Soft Woods and Coffee and Cacao Fields Would Be Openedy a Nicaraguan caual will be question which only the future can answer, but it has been so continuously discussed and its possible site so thoroughly surveyed that the term raguan canal route” is easily described. This route, fn which terest has re awakened by the recent signing of a protocol between the United States and Costa Rica, relating to the pro- Whether built is a been vosed canal, is the subject-of the fol- | the Washing- | Jowing bulletin from ton headquarters of the National Geo- graphic Society “The Panama canal, if o locks and s artificial 1 deratior be con erican S it s and direct.” says the bulletl gua Touts \ ignor- ust be compared with tl its: it is relatively in its course a great natural sea from which narrow ship- ways are projected. Ttilizing Oue of Lakes “A Nicaraguan canal would be less n man-made affair than the P canal, where at every turn nature had to be thwarted and subdued b. engincers. There ship every foot of the through at ditches that were dug, locks that were built, or a lake that was created by men. The Chagres river was turned aside to make a lake and even its bed was discarded. If a Nicaraguan canal were built according to existing plans it would entail much excavation and lock building, but work that nature has already done would be marked degree From the Atlantic would have to ba excavated. largely through lowlan for some fifty miles. for the lower reaches of the San Juan river are clogged with sand brought down from the uplands ' Locks would then the 106-toot ins_would be n Juan river. and would appro: miles to Lak lake is a really of water—one of Ame lakes'—though _far from peers. Tt is 100 miles long and forty-five miles wide at the broadest point, and is the most extensive body of freshi water in North Americ south of Lilke Mic n. For seven miles ships would nse the waters of ake Nicaragua. Then would come the descent to the: Pacific through a ral and locks covering the dnzen miles or more of narrow isthmus that divides the lake from the ocean. Pacific Part Easy. “The river and lake portion of the route above the dam, however, would not all be in readiness for use with- out the expenditure of labor. Of the forty-five miles of river twenty-eight would requi ¢ Amprovement, while a hannel would’ have to be d through a % the Joke leaves its ke out of dered the fo relativel end a canal Nicaragua large bhod ‘s ‘great accumulated. “The Pacific side of the canal would present relatively few difficuities. The arrow divide at the point crossed by the canal route r S only y = feat above the lake le: .) fortytoun “Altogether route, doep water to deep water, about 180 miles long. The passage of ships would require more than twenty-four hours as against twelve or less at Panama. Such « canal could bo reached, on the other hand, more from ports of the United from “One other contrast ex between the Panama canal and the Nicaraguan route. The former traverses a country of relatively limited potential wealth. A canal through Nicaragua would doubtless be a strong factor in the development of that country, opening up its vast forests of both hard and soft woods and tapping its coffee and vacao plantations and its mines. Lake Nicaragua is already an important inland waterway, and near its banks are some of the chief cities of the re- public.” WASHINGTON MEMORIAL FUND TO BE $4,000,000 $1,000,000 Additional Wanted for Endowment Fund for Masonic Temple Near Alexandria. Spectal Dis ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 2 The George Washington Masonic Me- morial Association, it 1s announced, Wil now endeavor to raise $4,000,000 for the proposed Masonic memorfal temple to the memory of Washington being erccted on Shooters Hill, Of the forezoing amount $3,000,000 will be for the actual construction of the temple, and the other $1.000,000 for an endowment fund. The Masons already ars makin, preliminary _ plans for the corner stone laying, Which will be held early in November. They expect large dele- gations here on that occasion from avery scctlon of the country, full 50,000 being expected from the vari. ous jurisdictions, in addition to the thousands from ~Washington and nelghboring counties. ocal ‘committes of seven, of which J. E. W. Timberman is chair- man, will arrange the program. The ceremonies will be in_charge of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, and Charles H. Callahan, this city, will preside, he being deputy = grand master of Masons in Virginia. MAY URGE REED HOSPITAL BE MOVED TO NEW SITE Removal of the Walter Reed.Hos- bital from its present site may be asked by the streets and avenues committee of the Washington Board of Trade, in the event that the bill for the extension of 14th street to the District line passes Congress. The matter was discussed at a meeting of the committes yesterday in The Star building, George C. Shinn, chair. man, presiding. According to tch to The Star. indications at the Teeting the consensus of opinion was t?b! alter Reed Hospital was una. ‘hle to expand without tremendous e: pense to the government. The ho pital should be located where land ocould be bought at a nominal sum, it wWas said. Althou no definite action was taken it Is understood that the com- mittee will keep a close watch on developments and will make recom- mendations accordingly. ‘With the other matters discussed. the condition of the streets between the railway tracks was mentioned. The attention of the Commissioners will be called to this condition, with a yecommendation that the 'street {:‘ be made to live utilized to a| would be | | | | sore of miles of the lake | near the river outlet where silt has | 1 { By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 24.—Brick walls believed to have been erected thirty-six centuries before the Christian era have been discovered among the ruins recently unearth- d at Ur, the Chaldean city, ac- ding to a Bagdad dispatch to the Time: The correspondent quotes C. L. Wooley leader of the heolog - ical expedition, as saying that the rul comprise the temple of the moon god id his consort, part of which brought to light ¥ 191 rie 4 the quarters the god, while the rulns now found are believed to have been his harem. A fragment of a stone vase has been dug out upon which is a representation of the moon and his goddess rec: the adoration of worship . carving is believed to have done. 2,000 years before he been Christ 4 The excavators also discovered in the inner room of the temple some jewelry of the period of huchadnezzar. whe rebuilt the sivine in the sixth century. B. C., rying the original alabaster vases and inscribed door sockets have been found. One of the latter bears the inscription “Bursin.” POLLARD FREED OF SLAYING CHARGE, long, ¢ Richmond Jury Returns Verdict of Not Guilty in Two Hours. By the Assaciated Pross. RICHMOND, Va. 24— Thomas Pollard, real estate broker. was found not guilty by a jury last night of the murder Ham Richardson, his former stenog- rapher. whom the defendant testified accidentally shot during a struggle with him for the possession of a pistol on the'front lawn of his home here December 11 last. The jury deliberated two hours over the verdict, which ended a trial that attraeted wide attention through- out this section. Pollard, whose life a number of witnesses testified had been threatencd by Mrs. Richardson beca of his attentions to other women, sobbed when the clerk pro- nounced the verdic In testifying to events immediate- Iy preceding the firing of the bullet which penetrated Mrs. Richardson’s heart, Pollard told the court that when' she visited his home he took 4 pistol from her, with which she had tried to kill him, and ran down the eteps to his lawn. where she fol lowed him. It was during the strug- gle over the weanon there, he said, was that Mrs. Richardsen was accidental- | IRNG WILLANSON, LAWNER,DES AT T Veteran of the Bar Was Born Near Annapolis and Lived Capital Since Boyhood. ) IRVING WILLIAMSON. Irving Williamson, a lawyer of this city for the past forty-nine years, died last night at his home, 1710 R street northwest, following an lllness of three weeks. He had been actively engaged in the practice of law up to the time of his last iliness. He was seventy years old. The funeral will be held from the family home Mon- day afternoon at 3 o'clock. The in- terment will be in Congressional cemetery. The pallbearers, the list of which has not been completed, will be made up of members of the bench and bar, personal friends from the professional and business life of the city. Mr. Williamson was born near An- napolis, Md., in 1853. He came to Washington with his parents when a small boy and has resided here since. He was educated in the schools of ‘Washington and completed his educa- tion at old Columblan University, now George Washington University,” and graduated in the law class of that institutfon in 1874 and immediately thereafter established himself in the general practice of law in Washington, which he has prosecuted since. He was & member of the Rod and Gun Club of Harpers Ferry, W. Va. was one of the District of Columbia bar exam- iners and & communicant of the Wash- ington Helghts ~Presbyterian Church. He was not affiliated with any of the fraternal organizations. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah P. Williamson, and & daughter, Miss Eleanor William- son, of this city. _— ADMITS FORGERY CHARGE. Court Suspends Prison Sentence In- curred by Maurice Glicksman. Maurice _ Glicksman, twenty-five years old, pleaded guilty today before Justice Stafford in Criminal Division 1 to a charge of forgery. He told the court that he appreciated the serious- ness_of raising & pay check from $24 to $74, and was.engaged in_the study of law and hoped some day to be admitted to the bar. A sentence of three years was im- posed. but suspended by the court, Justice Stafford remarking that he did | of the most prominent government|word out that their digging so close not consider Glicksman the type of man who should be admitted to the mflnnhfldmmmnflr ] of Mrs. Thelma | OF LAW INSTIUTE Election Also Includes That of Elihu Root to Be Hon- orary President. {TAFT BANQUET SPEAKER Il = Chief Justice Urges Reforms in Civil, Criminal and Substantive Civil Departments. Elihu Root was elected honorary president and George W. Wickersham of New York, formerly Attorney Gen- eral of the United States, was elected i president of the American Law Insti- tute at a meeting today of the coun- cll of the institute at Continentat Me- morial Hall, Other officers Benjamin N. Cardozo of New York city, -vice president; William Draper Lewis of Philadelphia, secretary, and George W. Murray of New York. treasurer. An executive committee of five was i to be elected, and it was understood | that the president later was author- ized to appoint a committee of five on w; and means. tablish Terms of Office. | Among the early business to be| taken up by the council, in addition to election of oflicers, was the estab- | lishmernt of the terms of office of the twenty-one members of the coun- cil. Lots were to be drawn whereby one-third of the membership were to serve for three years, one-third for six years and one-third for nine vears. Following the explration of the first terms all the members of the councll, which 1s to serve as a board of directors, will be elected for nine years. The method to be adopted in pursu- ance of the program of the institute was under discussion today at a meet- ing which continued later than 1 o’clock. The purposes of the institute as ou lined in the by-laws adopted yesterday are: “To promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, and to secure the better administration of justice and 10 encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal work.” Taft and Davis Speak. The institute held quet in the ballroom Willard last night. The gathering was, in the opinion of John W. Davis, former ambassador from the United States to Great Britaln, the most distinguished he had ever ad- dressed. Chief Justice Taft was toast- master. He spoke but briefly, then introduced the other speakers. The Chief Justice said there were { three great departments of the law which needed reform. One, he de- | clared, was the criminal law, gnother the civil and the third the substantive eivil. It was the habit, he continued, to attack the courts because of ineffi- cient administration of the criminal law. This was unjust. he added, be- cause one of the reasons for defects in the administration of that law was the unwillingness of legislatures to give to the judges the necessary pow- ers in the procedure of their courts to render justice to those who come before them. i, The institute had, in his opinion, taken over to itself all that it could well accomplish in a restatement of the substantive law and a reform of the present complexities of that law. Sees Necesaity of Actionm. Former Gov. Hadley reviewed the work accomplished by the Justinian and the Napoleonic codifications, and {satd: f we do nof do something along the line we today have undertaken we will be lost in the jungl: of con- flicting and confusing lecisions.” Speaking for the American Bar As- sociation, Mr. Davis pledged its hear- ty co-operation in the work. No one present anticipated, he said, that the work of codification would be com- mitted to Congress or :ih= legisla- tures, for it was not necessary that it should be given the rigid form of {statutory enactment. Organization ot the American Law Institute, an association of the fore- most jurists and lawyers in the United "States, was completed at a meeting in Continental Memorial Hall yesterday afternoon “to promote the arification and simplification of the law, secure better administration of justice and carry on scholarly and scientific legal work.” Distinguished Attendance. The justices of the United States Supreme Court, the chief justices of most of the state supreme courts, judges of other high tribunals throughout the country and the lead- ing barristers of every state in the Union were present at the meeting. The committee found two chief de- fects in American law—its uncertain- ty and its complexity. These, the re- port said, cause useless litigation, prevent resort to the courts to en- force just rights, make it often im- possible to advise persons of thelr rights, and when litigation is actually begun create delay and expense. “When the law Is doubtful,” the re- port continued, “most persons are in- clined to adopt the view most favor- able to their own interests. The time consumed by the courts in disposing of cases is an obvious fact which all persons may criticiz haps, how- ever, the most serious result of these defects is that they create a lack of respect for the law. Lack of Respect for Law. “Lack of respect for the law In it- self becomes a cause of anti-social conduct; the rich are more apt to use their wealth to oppre: the busi- ness man s more apt to cheat; those in immediate want are more apt to steal. In our opinlon the most im- portant task that the bar can under- take is to Teduce the amount of u certainty and complexity of the law. As its first step toward reducing this uncertainty and complexity the insti- tute appointed & council of twenty- one members, which will perfect its organization. Immediately after that is accomplished the institute will un- dertake a complete and exhaustive re- statement of American law in such clear and unmistakable language that it is expected to become the prima facle basis of determining what the laws are and mean. J. A. SMITHSON NAMED, At a meeting held last night by the delegates of, the various councils of the District Jr. O. U. A. M, at Star Spangled Banner Council Hall, J. A. Smithson of Anagostia, No. 16, and J. R. Lumsden of John Burnett, No. 4, ‘were elected delegates to the national council convention to be held at Bur- lington, Vt., during the month of June. Tt was the second time Mr. Smithson has had the honor conferred on him. its first ban- | of the Hotel —_— VETERAN OYSTERMAN DIES. James H. Brooks, colored. for more than thirty vears.an empioye at C. H. Weser's cyster house, 13th and E streets, died at his_home, 462 Maine avenue, Tuesday. Brooks, who was prominently identifled in colored fraternal circles, having been a mem- ber of Masters' Council, No. 4, G. U. O. of O. F.. was acquainted with many of the city’s celebrities, and counted among his many patrons of the past, for whom he shucked oysters, some officials_of the last six administra- tions. His funeral will be held to- l uspioss of hls !nm urder the a odge, = elected were Judge | Owned by John W. Staggers of 1353 Monroe walking at dizey heights on roof edges in the exhibition of police dog traits, under on the 11th street nide of bulldin Deaf “Sing,” Pastor Preaches On Silent, Swift-Moving Fingers| Singing on their fingers is only one of the unique things to be witnessed at the services of the deaf congrega- tion held at 8 o'clock every Sunday night in the Sunday school house at | Calvary Baptist Church, $th and H streets. | Scriptures are “read.’ hymns are| “sung” and the sermon is. “preached, all on the fingers of the parishioners or the minister. Rev. Arthur D. Bry- ant, a graduate of Gallaudet College. There is no actual music, but the §txty persons who attend enjoy “sing- ing” the old hymns on their, fingers. Tt is said that the plan has some ad- vantages. one of which is that no one sings “off Key.” | Silence Prevails. | Silence prevails throughout the whole service, which in all other ways | corresponds exactly to that being con- ducted by the pastor of the Calvary | Church, Rev. Dr. Willlam 8. Aber- nethy, in the upper church auditorium. | Swiftly the fingers of the minister | speak from the pulpit; the members of the congregation, holding thelr| hands slightly elevated, respond when | the congregation is expected to answer. A hymn is announced. Then the congregation begins “singing” it, fingers throughout the church spell- | ing out the old famillar hymns. From | DIG FEVERISHILY TO SAVE MAN IN WELL 24 HOURS (Continued from First Page.) lass than a block away digging a grave for a woman who had dled sev- eral days ago. When notified of his son's danger, Mr. Easton snatched up his tools and raced to the site of his son’s tomb. Overcome with grief for a moment. Mr. Easton soon regained his com- posure, threw off his coat and began digging like a madman, while Robert and Fred White sped in their auto- mobile for assistance. In an hour a hundred farmers had gathered at the mouth of the trap and volurteered to work in shifts. Dig in Shifts. 1t was bitter cold, and the hardy workers found their strength soon ebbed in the lash of the freezing air in the well. Two at a time, however. they descended the pit. struggled with pick and shovels for fifteen minutes and then were relieved for a short rest be- fore returning to their rescue work again. It was just 10 o'clock last night when Walter Wiley and Thomas Griffon, who entered the shaft for their turn. heard a low moan. The next moment word had been flashed that the buried man had been reached, and Dr. Frank Shipley descended the shaft. liis Head Appears. A foot of sand was dug away, and Easton’s head appeared above the sur- face. Ordering his patient not to speak, the physiclan forced a few mouthfuls of steaming hot coffee between his lips, injected a hypodermic and instructed the rescuers to “work like hell.” “pyll that door away from my shoulders,” were the first words the imprisoned boy muttered. The res- cuers discovered the obetruction yesting heavily againat Easton's body, and once it was relleved he de- clared he felt “much better, but very 14 Fhroughout the night the rescue continued. Dawn found Eas- ;:flfmly tially removed from his improvis grave. Sand Hampers Diggers. The work of digging him out is progressing more slowly as loose sand around the sides of the well constantly falls’into the place of that the workers remove. In the mean- time Easton’s strength is holding out admirably, but he has ceased com- plaining of the cold—a sign f'.hx.l has d Dr. Shipley to appeal for more \cv‘o‘ll\::llnef.—h to ‘(ip‘ into the shaft to ed up the work. "Xmaozn his arms and upper body are free, tons of sand hold his hips and legs so tightly that the doctors dare not permit efforts to be made release him until most of this has been removed and ‘untll the laoze sand on the sides of the well ceases slipping back. It is doubtful whether he can be brought to the surface be- fore night. Start Tuanel to Well. So fearful are the physicians that Maynard will freeze to death before he is released that an appeal was made to the Maryland state road commission for assistance, and spe- cial tunneling apparatus and a corps of workmen were rushed to thescene. They arrived at noon, and began tun- n an that will reach e botiom 'of the well within & fow | hours. Unless Maynard is released before, it is hoped he can be taken out through this tunnel. Tunneling Is Abandoned. Efforts to reach Easton by tunneling to the bottom of the well were aban- doned at 1 o'clock this afternoon, when the rescues workers in the shaft sent to the waell had caused great quantities of sand to fall in upen the tmprisoned | Eimore Bernsdorff | John jons seen upon the faces of the “singers™ it is evident that they get as much satisfaction and help from the hymns as do the sing- ers in other congregations. Hold Sunday School C Immediately preceding the church service, a Sunday school class is con- ducted for half an hour, the super- intendent being Wilbert P. Souder. Sunday school lessons are regularly studied by the class The minister of the “silent churc Rev. Mr. Bryant, was ordained to the ministry May 25. 1911. The service of ordination was interpreted by Dr. C. R. Ely of Gallaudet College, the sermon of the occasion having been preached by Rev. J. W. Midvails. Rev Mr. Bryant and Mr. Midvails ure the only ordair ministers the exp: | to the deaf in the Unf Plan C. E. The church organization similar to that of the parent church. is the secretary, Courtney. treasurer, and Mrs. D. Bryant, assistant interpreter. Monthly s les are held. The organization is doing much charitable work among the members of the community. particularly among those who are deaf. A Christian Endeavor society is in process of organization by the younger members of the deaf congregation In the silent deaf congregation, according to those privileged to withess it, there is a wealth of real reverence and com- munion with God. MORRIS IS HELD FOR GIRL'S DEATH Faces Charge of Being Re- sponsible for the Killing of Miss Sullivan. Society. is very A WAS OPERATOR OF AUTO Fatal Crash at Patuxent River Bridge to Be Probed by Grand Jury. Special Dispatch to The Btar. LAUREL, Md., February 24 —Ben- jamin F. Morris, who was injured yesterday morning when his automo- bile crashed into a post of the bridge over the Little Patuxent river, when Miss Marie Sullivan, twenty-four- year-old employe of the Treasury Department and residing in Wash- ington at the Champlain, 1424 K street, was last night held for grand jury action by a ooroner's jury at the Inquest at Savage, Md. The verdict of the jury was that Miss Sullivan, whose body was iden- tifled by Miss Audrev Hagan, who shared an apartment with her, came to her death as the result of reckless driving on the part of Morris. Young Woman's Neck Broken. Her neck was broken when she was hurled through the windshield of the car to the banks of the river twenty feet below. Morris was de- clared to be injured only superfl- clally. Held by the Maryland state police at the substation at Laurel he denled having been in the same accident, saying he received his in- juries when driving another automo- bile a short distance up the road, which was ditched. Following the inquest Morris was taken to the Howard county jail to await further developments in_the case. Bond for his release has been fixed at $5,000, and it 1s understood arrangements are being made today by friends to obtain his liberty un- der bond. Morris Found Wandering. Morris was represented at the in- quest by Attorney James O'Shes. It leveloped that he was found wander- ing about near the scene of the crash by the state police, investigat. ing a report of the accident tel, phoneed them at 3:30 o'clock yeste day morning by a man giving his name as Raymond Johnston. Miss Sulllvan. according to her friend, had left Washington Thursda; afternoon to go to Baltimore wi Morris. She entered government em- ploy during the war and came to this jcity from Avalon, near Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Arrangements to get in communi- cation with the giri's relatives are being made. of the two men who were digging shaft saved Easton from being buried again. Bearing their weight against the sandy sides of the well they prevented more of the loose earth from slipping until it was hauled out by bucketsful. Rescue Experts en Way. ‘Twenty-four hours have elapsed since Easton was first buried, and aithough the physicians on the scene declare he 1s doing “as well as could be expected,” they realize that human endurance cannot much longer withstand the te rible cold he is suffering. A rescue experts is befng rushed h the Baltimore city fire department. and it is hoped that they will be able to accomplish the boy's release. In t meantime & dosen husky negross have boen sent to the woene {rom the Mary- the with all speed i ther means treet, Wolf ix to do auch stunts as climbing firp ladders and service held by the! the auspices of The Sta; {POLICE DOGS TO DEMONSTRATE TRAILING CRIMINALS TO PUBLIC (Continued from First Page) Imagined that the platform is a room which is being entered by a burglar, or that a fire has broken ouyt, and there is a telephone on the stand. The dog will proceed to give warning over a telephone. The telephone will be placed convenient for the dug to carry out his plans. “Wolf Principal Actor. Wolf, whose registered name Fels 1L, will be the principal actor | In the exhibition. He will be (ni charge of Mr. Rose, who trained him, although John W. Staggers of 1333 Monroe street is the present owner. Another dog, carrying the burden- some name of Alex von lsarwinkel, a native of Germany, will do the work Tuesday on the police tests | He will pick up a trail twenty-four hours old and endeavor to demon- strate to Inspector of Detectives Clif- | ford L. Grant that he can ferret out | a criminal, even with a day's start. is By the Associated Pross. PARIS., February 24.—The bur den of the advices given by the late Theophile Delcasse in various interviews and letters, which now are being published, is that France must establish her frontiers on the Rhine forever as a measure of curity. “The Ruhr he wrote clusions M. Delcasse regarded any at- tempt to make Germany pay repa- rations for forty years as absur “We must look for security,” he declared, “and we shall find it only on the Rhine. When we have taken territory te the Rhine we shall declare ourselves paid, and shall no longer annoy the world with our complaints.” is only an episode, “We must come to “NICKY” ARNSTEN AGAIN IN THE TOILS Arrested With Bankrupt Broker and Others'on Grand Larceny Charge. By the Associated P NEW YORK, Febru. A tein, recently convi ington in connection with a $35.000.000 bond plot, after Aguring fn many New York episodes in high finances, was out on bail today after his latest ar- rest last night with E. M. Fuller, bankrupt broker, and four other men, on charges of grand larceny. No charges were placed against three women arrested with them at Hotel Embassy. They were released after having been questioned. The 8ix men, released on $2,500 bail each. owed their arrest to the discovery in the possession of one of their number of a traveling bag filled with s- cellancous securities, which, the police said, they were unable to explair Probe of Brokerage Business. = Investigation was being made of an alleged brokerage business which the six, according to the police, intended to open in Cleveland, with customers to be drawn from the middle west. Though the specific charge against Arnstein and his companions most widely known of whom is Fuller, head of the defunct brokerage house of E. M. Fuller & Co.. wh failed for eral millions 8 is grand | . the police appa MARCINO ASSOCIATE | Refuses to Discuss Fugitive, How- | ever, as Alleged $519.000 | Probe Goes On. i CHICAGO, February 24—While Jo- seph M. Marcino, barber and finan- cier, now a fugitive, whose methods { investigators have declared resulted 1 in shortages in the accounts of tiree | | eastern concerns totaling $519.000, still was sought today., Samuel Lom- bardo, an associate. was reported in Chicago. Lombardo, vice president of the Ni- agara Insurance Company of Buffalo, N. Y., one of the concerns aid to be { short in its accounts, was found here last night by newspaper men. He de- clined to discuss the charges against Marcino, also known as Joseph B. Biata. “Anything vou could tell me would be bad news” Lombhardo said. “And I don't want to listen to it. Besides, my lawyer has advised me not to talk. The two other institutions, said to be involved in the shortage. are the | Flirst National Bank of Warren, Mass., where investigators said $213,000 w missing, and the Merchants and Me- chanics’ Bank at Philadelphia. Con- trolling {nterest in those institutions, as well as the Niagara Insurance Company. was owned by Marcino. Signed $100,000 Check. Lombardo, according to authorities, signed a check for $100,000 on the in- surance company’'s funds, pavable to Marcino, in violation of orders of the New York State Insurance depart- ment. While private detectives had not given up their search of the United States for the missing banker, it was reported here that evidence had been found that Marcino boarded a ship at Tampico bound for the Argentine. They expressed no faith in reports that Marcino contemplated suicide. As Investigations were progressing all over the country to unravel the tangled skein of financial web woven by the missing banker, another wis scheduled to start in Italy, where Marcino was reported to have fled after becoming involved in difficul- ties after his purchase of a bank in Perris, Calif., some years ago. WILL SEEK ONE-MAN | DATA IN OTHER CITIES iCol. Keller Announces R. G. Klotz Will Visit Brooklyn, N. Y., I and Detroit to Get Facts. Engineer Commissioner Keller an- nounced definitely today that R. G. Klots, traffic engineer of the Public Utilities Commission, will be sent on a tour of inspection of one-man cars in other cities. The colonel said he would instruct i Mr. Klotz to visit Brooklyn, N. Y.} land- Detroit, Mich., the two largest | communities in which such cars are | in Service. District officials indicate that the knowledge thus gained of the experi- ence other cities are having with the one-man car will be a large factor in the decision as to whether that type of equipment 18 to be permitted in Washington. He aldo announced that he has iven Willlam McK. Clayton of the ‘ederation of Citizens' Associations permission to file.a brief of further arguments against the use of one- man cars on city line W. R. BENNINGTON MISSING. | Mrs. Margaret Kelly, 2817 13th street, has asked the police to find LOCATED N EHIARD Iy were settling on another phase of the thquiry That relates to a traveling bag an apartment in an uptown hote cd by S. Milton Small, the oy broker.” The bag, in which were numerous stock certificates and bonds, was claimed by Jack Allen of New York. who, though not detaine by the police. said that if there Wi anything illegitimate in the bag the poiice had “planted” it there. The other three held on bonds are Albert x] of Cleveland, a salesman; Harry Sykes. who has been in tne brokerage business here, and Albert Wilson, a hotel clerk, also of Cleve- land. Accordin Smail have police records. Planned to Open in Cleveland. Police Inspector Coughlin said he recently learned that the men planned to enter business in Cleveland as the “Allied Steel and Oil Company.” Small told the police the bond-filled bag was given him to keep by a man with whom he was unacquainted Arnstein, husband of Fanny Brice, actress, now is out on bail awaiting action on appeal from a conviction in the Washington, D. C. courts taking securities there for sale. Fuller is awaiting a third trial on_charges of bucketing stock orders. The first Sury to try him disagreed and the se ond prosecution ended in a mistrial. MILK BOTTLE EXCHANGE FORMED BY D. C. DEALERS Dairymen Seek to Avoid Losses Incurred in the Misplacing of Receptacles. In an effort to cut down the heavy expense they sustain annually from the loss of bottles, a number of lead- ing dairymen met at the City Club last night and formed a voluntary milk bottle exchange. A committee was appointed. con- sisting of Frank Simpson and ienry Brawner, ir., to consider plans for an_exchange building. The tentative program is to have each dairyman send to the exchange all bottles belonging to his competi- tors and take back from the central station all of his bottles left there. Officers of the temporary organiza- tion were chosen as follows: W, A Simpson, president; Wilbur Sherwood, vice president; Henry N. Brawner. § treasurer, and Raymond J. Wise, sec- retary. The Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers’ Association also met here yvesterday and took steps toward a reorganization. This body is com- posed of the producing farmers from the two bordering states. H. T. Pancoast was chosen presi- dent; J. G. Thompson, first vice presi- dent, ‘and M. J. Stabler, second vice president. These officérs, together with R. S. Hynson, S. B. Wachter and Dallas Berry, comprise the executive committee. The question of the price of milk for the spring and summer was not dis- cussed. Earth Is Shaken Nearly 2 Hours; Center in West Another heavy earth shock, ap- parently centering in the same lo- cality as the tremendous quake that shook the Pacific on February 3, was recorded early today on the selsmographs of Georgetown Uni- versity. . The tremors began at 2:46 a.m. and continued until 4:30 am. reaching their greatest intensity between 3:13 and 3:20 o'clock. Father Tendorf, in charge of the observatory, estimated the distance from Washington at 5,400 to 5500 miles and said the direction appar- ently was “west by south.” CLEVELAND, Ohlo, February 24. —The selsmograph at St. Ignatius College observatory recorded “a moderate disturbance” starting at either 2:55 or 3:04 o'clock this morning, reaching greatest inten- sity at 3:11 a.m. and stopping at 4 am. Father Odenbach. head of i sald. The shock was at a_great distance, possibly 6.000 to 7,000 miles, possibly b tween Asia Minor and Japan, Father Odenbach said. ————— JOINS DRY FORCES HERE. Prohibition forces in ihe capital will William R. Bennington., her nephew, ;!'ndn n years old, who disappeared o be strengthened by the aadition of R. A. Kohloss, formerly staie director for North Carolina, Who has been transte: to the police Exl and | for | MEAGURE GETS 0.K Goes on Senate Calendar and May Be Acted Upon at This Session. The the to iwo-cent gasoline tax bill (o District of Columbia, designed bring about reciprocity in the matter of automobile licenses be- tween Maryland and the District of Columbia, was reported favorably to the Senate yesterday by the Senate Dis trict committee The bill now goe on the calendar and an effort ma be made to pass it in the Senate t jmorrow, when the calendar is up fc i con Th {eided to take no action session ion ate District nmittee de t the present bill for woman's the District This is the so-cailed Underhill bill, whicl has been opposed vigorously by ganized labor, The question of woman's compensa tion legislation for the District therefore, Will go over until the next Congress. The District bill on the House compensation in or- committee to extend Ritten the Metropolita to sligo road, and widen Xichols avenue b Good Hope d and S stre. southea BANK OFFICIAL KILLED; POSSE SEEKS ROBBERS Two Bandits Flee in Auto After Murder—No Money Stolen. reported B tie Associuted Pioss YORKVILL Ohio, Harry Price, assistant cashier of the People’s Bank of Mount Pleasant Ohio, was shot and ins 1ic by two robbera shortly after he oper ed the bank this morning to reports received here. bers escaped in an auto for Steubenville ROBBER IS WOUNDED. Februa accordinz The rob bile headec Bandits Escape Without Loot After Killing Assistant Cashie: ILLE. Ohio. TFebou: A sheriff's posse left here {o'clock d with n chine guns an loping t off hel Mount Pleasar {the assistant |were reported ward either Steuber Ferry Ass fifty, his morning d rifles who bank cashier the bandits tant Cashier Harr) who was alone in t room. was ordered to f. hands by two men wl bank at 9:15 o'clock. P: compliet with the order. and. with his hands raised over his head. three bullets were fired into his body by one of th. in the buc & up his pa near Pleasant, heard the front office and sh bandits. The wWounded rok shoved toward the door by panion. and they fled to the automobile, where a third r them off. Mr. Jones said he he wounded the rohber Although bank officials could not b« reached directly. it is said that promp action by Casi Jones in opening fire saved the institution from loss So far as determined. n funds were taken. s 1 SACRIFICES HIS LIF TRYING TO SAVE FAMILY By the Associated Prese. WASHPETON, N. D., Febru A victim of the recent blizzard, Jo P. Wolfe, Richland county farme: aged thirty-ome, was buried at Hankinson today, while in a hospital here his widow, who was with him in the storm, underwent amputation of both hands and a foot. The family was caught in a blizzard and lost the way home, being found thirty-six hours later only 200 yards from the house. The father, found standing face to the storm to shield his wife and children, huddled in the sled, lived several days, though his arms and legs were fr n solid The son, aged seven. had his feer slightly frozen, but he quickly re covered. The baby, when found unde: the ice-crusted blankets, was nestled in her mother's arms, unharmed. shielded by the hands that today were amputated. GETS 30 YEARS FOR ATTACK ON WOMAN {Judge Imposes Maximum Sentence on Man Convicted of Crime Here. the his can waith believe l 1] | Sumuel Max Brown, colored. was sentenced today by Justice Stafford in Criminal Division 1 to serve thirty vears in the penitentiary. Brown wis convicted of felonious assault Florence E. Wilson, a white woman near §th and I streets southwest D~ cember § last. The negro dragged }!hn woman to a secluded spoi a ‘\l\ih a knife at her throat a ko | her. A 1 "“Some of the jurors wanted to ade {the death penally to their verdict, but ino agreement to do thir conld be |reached. They then reported «n agroe ment as to his guilt only. The cour: pointed out that under the circum stances he must impose the maximun imprisonment provided by the law. | Walter Stephenson, colored, wil! serve fifteen vears in the peniténtiar for two cases of highway robbery: December 6 with a gun he heid up George Williams, for which he was goven a term of ten vears. The addi tional five years was the sentence for snatching $22 from Moy Yuen. u { Chinaman. September 30 last_The o | lice had a third case against Stephen son. but he had not been tried on it George Cash, colored. was sentenced to serve flve years in the peniten tiary for housebreaking. e was con- victed of entering the home of Eva Boyd, January 18 last. Cash commli- ted per) on the witness stand, the court. ared.