Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1923, Page 2

2 » FILES HIS MINORITY REPORT ON SURPLUS Representative Evans Dis- agrees With Decision of Joint Committee. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, FEBRUARY 25, 1923—PART 1 1 REMOVED FROM LONG IMPRISONMENT IN WELL. MAN LIVES FEW HOURS Veterans Bureau Probe Approved By Committee Investigation of the Veterans' Bu- reau by a joint committee during the recess of Congress was recommended unanimously yesterday by the special Senate committee conducting a pre- ;Hminary inquiry. No recommendations as to the scope of the proposed Investigation were made by the committee, but it was un- lderstood that members proposed & most comprehensive inquiry into charges of extravagance, waste, mis- nanagement and other alleged dere- lictions In the handling of soldier reliet. The recommendations will come be- fore the Senate early this week. PRESIDENT URGES U. S. MEMBERSHIP IN LEAGUE COURT (Continued from First Page.) —— D. C. HAS $300,000 AT STAKE IN RULING Controller General to Give Decision as to Division of Certain Revenues. Senate Sanctions Memorial Here For Mactarland The Senate yesterday afternoon passed a bill, introduced by Senator Spencer of Missourd, authorizing the erection of & memorial monument or fountain in the District to Henry B. F. Macfarland, at' one time District Commissioner. The memorial is to be erected as a gift to the people of the United States by the Henry B. F. Macfarland memorial committee. The bill au- thorizes the erection of the me- morlal on a site owned by the sovernment, en the bill was reached on the calendar Senator King of Utah called attention to the distinguish- ed gervices rendered by Mr. Ma farland. and urged that the bill be adopted. The memorial, Le said wor be erected at nu expense to_the government. i Similar action § y HoUs? 8 expected by the CONTESTS THREE POINTS The District government has about $500.000 at stake in a decision which the controller general of the Treas- ury soon will render on the question of whether the United States should Bet credit for 40 per cent of certain city revenues. This decision will have a material effect on the tax rate to be fixed for real estate and tangible personal property for the next fiscal year, and, therefore, is being awaited with in- terest by local officlals. Provisions of Measure. In framing the appropriation act for the current fiscal year Congress stipulated that all miscellaneous rev- enues collected by the city shall be credited to the United States and District governments in the same Recommends That Investigators Continue Audit of Matters Between D. C. and U. S. Declaring that the joint congres- slonal committee appointed to deter- | o the Distriet ot Cotamoia are 1n e TOUR OVER NATION PRESIDENT’S PLAN federal Treasury, failed to carry through the investigation u pro- vided for in the uct creating the joint committee, Representative Rob- ert E. Evans of Nebraska yesterday filed & minority report in the Housc. Mr. ans criticises the report of | lations committe was called, to meet to take up the President's proposal, but there seemed to be no hope that fina] action would be possi- ble in the four days remaining there- would not leave the country without ! her. The President is hopeful that the majority—signed by the other five members of the joint committee and submitted to Congress on Febru- ary 5—In détail. He s unable to agree with the findings and conclusions of the majority for the following reasons “1. The eonstruction raising the committes mide the majority report ig crroneous the same objection lies as to the construction or affect of other acts bearing upon or affecting the w: investigated by the committee “2. The investigzation made by the committee has covered neither the period nor the extent that Congre. directed . The finding by the majority ot & balance or surplus of $4,438,154.92 28 due to the District of Columbia 1s not supported by facts or law.” Recommends Further Audit. Mr. Evans, in conclusion, recom- mends that the joint committes be continued, with directions to audit all the matters between the District and the federal government Heo docs net attempt (o suggest, he &ays, a surplus or balance elther for gainst the District His cport Sin th's connection: “The minority views as herein pre- sented do not iutend to suggest a bal- ance or surplus for or against either the District or the government, as in the time permitted, from February 4, 1922, to the present, even a cursory examination ‘of appropriations and accounts was impossible. t must be concluded that wi our & complete checking and auditing of all items which may enter into the fiscal relations between tha Digtrict and the government there can be no true balance “In conclusion it should be observed that the b nce for the District may be either more or less than suggested by the majority, or there may be no surplus at all Carefullness Only Solution. “That the fact sought for be satistactorily settled there should be nothing left in_doubt. that can be made certain. With millions in doubt. on either side of the accounts and not inquired into at all, a bal- ance or a surplus based upon a care- ful audit of all items and a care- ful digest of congressional action in connection with tho: items must be the only proper solution. of the prob- lem, which will insure accuracy, do justice, and lay, so far as possible it Is possible to satisfy, the various contentions. “To this end it is recommended that £ tie the committee be contlnued with di- | rections to thoroughly audit all the matters between the District and the government, including the interest on all items upon which it ha not been charged, and to ascertain and report to Congresy what sums have been expended by the United States and by the District of Columbia, respec- tively, whether for the purpose of maintaining, upbuilding or beautify- ing the District or for the purpose of conducting its government or its gov- ernmental activities and agencles or for the furrishing of conveniences, comforts and necessities to the peo- Ple of the District, all ay directed by the act of June 29, 1922 (creating the joint committee), and that such additional appropriation be made as may be necessary to carry out these instructions.” Criticlze Majority. Mr. Evans declares that the major- ity of the committee has not com- plied with the mandates in the act creating the joint committee; that the committee’ had no right to de- termine whether it was just and prop- er to go into the subject matter pre- sented, which covers “all matters” pertaining to the fiscal Telations since July, 1874. TIts duty was to go intoall these matters. He criticises the ma- jority because it made a final report when, as he contends, it had had an audit of the District's account made only from 1911 to the present time, and made use of the work of former investigators for the earlier eriod—work that did not. says Mr. vans, cover fully the ground. Mr. 'Evans takes occasion in his report to declare that “the right of suffrage or the right of representa- tion in any legislative body in the sense that it exists as a state, county or municipality does not exist here. Congress has the power, and so far 23 the capital is concerned, the right to utterly ignore such questions.” Discusses City's Upkeep. Mr. Evans says that it is constantly urged that the District is the na- tion's capital; that it Is too great burden on the citizens of the District to ask them to pay for the entire upkeep and development of the city. In reply to this, Mr. Evans says that the duty of paving streets, cleaning sidewalks, etc., rests more lightly on the owner or occupant of property in vn.smngum than in any other similar elty. He says ulso that every dollar which is expended by the government in memorials, parks, etc, is adding value to property in the District, in- creases the number of visitors and increases the value and income of property here. The majority, in its report, he says, has ignored entirely the injunction of the law creating the committee to figure what interest should have been paid on advances to the District by the government, or by the District to the government. Takes Up Bond Issues Mr. Evans discusses at length the bond issues of the District, cites the appropriations year by year, and maintains that, contrary to the usual opinion, the public schools have been fairly treated even in the years since the war. He says in this connection: “In the writer's opinion if the people of the District should turn their en- ergles to eecuring an intelligent ex- penditure of their own and the na- tion's contribution to this fund in- stead of directing floods of abuse at Congress many of the existent evils | would disappear. This comment {s recognized as not material to the de- | termination of the point in dispute, but s conditions in the schools and alleged disparity between estimates and appropriations have been injected into this controversy it is submitted for consideration of such as are real- 1y interested in =chools rather than gotting money out of the Treasury.” Says Tax Rate Is Low. Mr. Evans maintains that the tax rate in Washington is low as com- pared with other places. He has placed in his report many excerpts from tho testimony before the subcommittee, and lays particular emphasis on the minutes of a meeting on January 20, which were nog pub- lished. At this meeting, h& says, the members of the joint committee oxpressed the opinion that it would not be possible to complete the in- vestigation and make a report at this time, and that it would be necessary to have the time extended and priate more money, The that he is: act | vl bula |could spare the time, he would like | Mrs. Harding will be able to make the swing around the circle with him, recovered as to permit him to make the somewhat ardous railroad jour- ney. Wants to Inspec Wil party Hin Plane. # number “nublican l2eders have urged upon the President the political expedicncy of {8 trip - through the Harding is said to loo the journey in his own jdistinctly of official business. The | United States is a great big husiness; jthe I'resident is the general manager of this business, and Mr. Harding wants to look over the “plant, He wants to see the wheels go ’round. He wants to visit the Army posts, the |naval stations, the public works, the {8reat ol reserves and public lands {of the west, the national parks and {to follow out the many lines of con- |tact which he has found stretch trom {all parts of the federal domain straight to the White House. country, K forws mind us one eled man. He has been very much of a stay-at-home President since he first entered the White House two | years ago. This year he will have the last chance of his allotted term make a big trip. Next year will be campaign year and the proprieties of isuch a y at home, Would Prefer Motor Trip. The President is extremely of motoring and there is no that if he could have his way, fond and {to make a tour of the country by jautomobile. Most of the short trips {he has made away from |House as President. have been by motor. Mr. Harding was never much of a train traveler. It was his cus- tom as senator, and even before that time, to spend a part of each winter in Florida, and he will be following that natural bent when he leaves Washington in a little more than week for a houseboat and golfing expedition on the east coast of the great southern peninsula. Although a mid-westerner born and bred. Mr. Harding knows little or nothing. personally, of the great stretches of country that lie beyond the Mississippi river. A determined effort was made to get him into the Rocky mountain country. and even to the Pacific coast during the campaign in 1920, but plans made long in ad- vance would not permit of this. The President feels now that he would llike to meet the western country and its people. One of Mr. Harding's greatest assets in his personality and his friends frankly are anxious that he should put that personality over with the people. People Want to Meet President. When Chief Justice Taft was Presi- dent he always contended that the Ppeos right to see the manner of man they had selected for President. He always | elt that it heightened the patriotism of the people to see and hear the President. Only a pitifully small num- ber of the people are able to come to Washington, and even if they do come only a small percentage of them get actually to see the President himselt. The Hardings have been most hos- pitable in this respect. They have kept the White House and the White House grounds open almost continy- ously. But now the President feels the time has come to go out and imingle with the vast thousands un- able to come to Washington, but anx- ious to see “their” President. Mr. Taft was never happler on his many trips than when he was facing an audience of school children. He insisted that they be given precedence over the grownups at all times. There is no doubt that the party leaders will attempt to make a great deal of politcal ' capital out of any trip President Harding may take. Po- !litically speaking, long presidential trips are hazardous affairs. Very often a visit by the chief executive fans a local factional fight into full flame. Very often something is said | on the spur of the moment, seemingly { harmless and innocuous at the time, | but coming home later fraught with an unsuspected significance. Invitations have been showering in upon President Harding in greater numbers than ever since it became apparent to the country that there would be no extra session of Congress this year and that the President would have the time for a cross-coun- 1 try journey if he should be disposed to make the trip. The President is so disposed, and unless all signs fail he will. take the road for at least two months during the coming vacation | season. SETH W. BROWN DEAD. Former Member of Congress Dies at Ohio Home. CINCINNATI, February 14.—Seth W. Brown, former member of Con- gress, and for many years active in Ohio politics, died late today at his home at Lebanon, Ohio, near here. He was eighty-two years old. making the majority report, he says, later changed their mind in regard to these matters and determined to make a final report without delay. Representative Evans received pey- mission from the House late yester- day, ) have ni,loo e‘:alu of the - no; report prin s a public 'documonts. fe i or at least that she will be so safely | Mr. Harding is not a widely trav- | 2r may keep the President the White ! ple of the United States had a| | was made just an Maynard Enxton, who was burfed for twenty-seven hours at bottom of well The almost lifeleas form of Easton, who died a short time afterward, is indicated by arrow. | hoixted to top of xround. fizht to save him are also shown. A.T.COWELL DEAD ~ OFHEARTATTACK to! ‘;Librarian of The Evening Star With Paper 32 Years. Author of One Book. doubt ! Alexander T, old, ed night at hi Cowell of The Evening,; at 11:30 o'clock home. Fair- 2 at- sixty-three librarian ¢ suddenly 50 1 from 1 mont street teck of heart Mr. Cowell attack about n two days was back at and spent the entire day at his uccustomed work. {ed to his home for the evening. took of dinner and, after rea awhile, was preparing for & bath and retiring when strichen Fell to Floor. aloue at th relatives and fricnds heard him fail to the bathroom. Robert Stubble, a friend hastened to his side. and found him {unconseious, breathing heavily. He dicd within t Mrs Cowell his wif bedside. The H. C. Macate ounced death duc northw trouble had suffered week ago, an slight with- office sterday return- par- b 5 He He was time. when the house floor of the in Funeral arrangements had not heen completed at au early hour this morn- ing. Relatives at_a distance wer inotified Mr. and Mrs. Cowell's only daughter, Mrs. William Sumner Smith of Chicago, will leave this morning for Washington and is expected funeral arrangements will be com- pleted after her arrival Born In Ilin Born Peor 1., spent his early life there, but moved later 1o Elmira, N. Y. He was con- nected with various newspapers in Elmira, Buffalo and Syracuse, N coming to Washington His first newspaper conn with the Wash on he went to the old ington Critic. He joined the staff of The Evening Star in 1851, und has since that time been continuously connected with the paper in various capacities. For yvears he was head of the copy desk for The Star, and later was made librarian. He was of Corneil University it in Mr. Cowell i 1 | in “tion Post i i Wash. | | i Author of One Book. Mr. Cowell was the autiior of one book, “Tactics at Gettysburg.” For vears he had by a4 member of the Royal Arcanum. In 1883° Mr. Cowell married Miss Mary E. Glenny of Ithaca, N. Y., the ceremony taking place at New York city. He is survived by his widow, one daughter and two brothers [Harry Cowell of Cleveland and Wil- liam ‘Cowell of Chicago, TWENTY-YEAR CLUB TAKES IN'9 MEMBERS The tenth annual banquet of the Twenty-Year Club of the Woodward & Lothrop store members was held last night at the Raleigh Hotel. Representative R. Walton Moore of Virginia was the principal speaker. The program included speeches by Donald Woodward, president of the company and toastmaster of the evening: G. N. Everett, vice president and secretary: Max Fischer, treas- urer; W. W. Liverett, first vice presi- dent and general manager, and B. W. Parker, a director in the firm. The banquet opened with a_dedi- cation to the memory of S. W. Wood- ward and A. M. Lothrop, foundars of the store, whose portraits hung over the guest table. Then followed the initiation of nine new members who were brought before the examining committee, who were dressed in white gowns and hoods, and who publicly examined the applicants, W. A. Trotter, H. C. Pierce, Miss L. F.! [Poole, C. T. Baxter, R. T. Phillips, P. Rogers, J. O. Mogue, Mrs. F. P. Columbus and H. E. Mockbee are the new members. ‘The guests of honor consisted of the directors, Mr, and Mrs. W. B. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Everett, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Everett, Mr. and Mrs. John Tyssowski, Max Fischer, H. Luttrell, James N. Luttrell and Rep- resentative Moore, The officers of the club are C. E. Davis, president; P. Rogers, vic president; A. W. Allison, treasurer, and L. H. B. Robinette, secretary. ‘The banquet committee was com- posed of F. P. Scott, chairman: J. P. Hayden, chairman committee on en- tertainment; W. T. Brady, chairman committee on stunts; W. J. McMahon, chairman committee on seating; Miss D. Collins, chairman_commiittee on reception, and G. B. Ostermayer, chairman committee on printing. The Montrose Glee Club furnished a musical program after the | | seven ! twenty-seven hours. 1a strong wedge straight into Bavaria Plane Proves Value in News Work by Flight in Maryland The airplane as a valuable asset to | newspapers and other professions | Where speed In transportation ab- | solutely necessary was made evident | vesterday afternoon when a Bolling | Field ship, carrving a reporter for | The Star, flew from Washington to| Savage, Md, and return—a distance | of than fo. miles—in forty- | minutes. The actual time in the air was a little more than thirty minutes. A staff photographer had been on | ¥ at the well, near Savage. where | ynard Easton was entombed for | since early in| the morning and had made a number of pictures of the rescue work. As the morning, and had made a number when it became apparent that on would not he rescued for some | time, the photographer desired to get | the plctures he had taken to Wash- | ington in time for the 5:30 edition of | Star. | Auto Was Too Slow. Accordingly, an automobile was dispatched post laste from The Star offic fter which it was realized the | trip would consume about two hours. | Capt. St Clair Street, operations | officer of Bolling Ficld was appealed to for an airplane to make the trip to Savage, and after recelving assur- | ances from a reporter that eventually the automobile would return and that | The Star was not depending entirely upon tne air service for the photo- | grap he readily concurred in the | experiment to send a plane into un- | familiar territo "d “race” an auto- | mobile, ! The reporter more Ma assigned to the task | of getting the plctures via airplane, | left the office at 12:45 o'clock and | took off 1:13 o'clock from Bolling Fleld in a DeHaviland 4B plane, pil- RUHR HOSTILITIES \ FEARED IN 60 DAYS (Continued from First | Page.) throw sand cogs in any war mobili- zation of the Rhine. Oftensive operations henceforth will not be to depart from the Rhineland at all but from Alsace, first driving with the objectives Stuttgart and Munich. Under such a plan, which has been communicated to the military stafts of France's active allies, nationalistic, hot-headed Bavaria would be the first to find herself invaded. In the mean- time the Rhineland and the Ruhr would be organized as defensive bas- tions as a means of pressure on the enemy. Maginot's war ministry not only is revising Its defensive and offensive plans, but is working on the suppo- sition of renewed German warfare ot a nationalist character and to find certain sections of Germans against a war. The French as well as the Germans know that England cannot be counted on except as a mediator and this s the reason that renewed warfare will find the French prepared for a quick though thorough job. BOCHUM MINUS OFFICIALS. progressively By the Associated Press. BOCHUM. February 24.—This city went to work today minus a large part of its municipal administration, the result of the punitive meuurui carried out by the French on ac- count of the city officials’ unwilling- ness to assist the occupying forces in making requisitions. At the same time, the French were inflicting this and other punishments on Bochum the Belgians arrested Dr. Haslinde, district president of Muen- ster, at Sigen, because he had entered the ‘occupled sone early in_the week. Dr. Haslinde visited Reeckling- hausen and held various conferences and was about to repeat the perform- ance in other parts of his govern- mental district when the pa. trol officials took him into ¢ He was released after several hours, detention with the warning that he would be court-martialed if he re- entered the occupied area. Bochum has not only lost its ober- burgomaster, four city attorneys and eighteen aldermen ulxu(h their ar- rest and removal from the city, but 600 other citizens were arrested on account of the ‘attitude they have shown in refusing to sell goods to French or Belglan nationals, German circles received reports that the colored troops had been re- moved from Kupferdeeh, Velbert and Werden and sent to Bonn. (Th French have denied that black troops were in thess towns, as the Germaas bad reportedd | oted by Lieut. Tolcott P. Smith, who had been detalled for the “job” by | Capt. Street. smith pointed the nose | of his ship northward. opened the | throttle until the airspeed indicator | read 110 miles an hour. then settled | down for the trip to Savage. Not many minutes later he passed over Laurel, Md. and constantly looking | first 12t and right out of his cock- pit, soon sighted the farm on which the well was located, He made a sharp bank, picked out a field oppo- site Ross’ track and effected a perfect landing. Hailed Passing Auto. Before the plane had stopped. the reporter waved to an automobile on | the state road, which, after the ship had come to a halt, carried him to the | scene of Easton imprisonment, | about a uarter of a mile from the | fleld. The plates were handed him quickly by the photographer and he returned t6 the landing field via auto- | mobile. Because of the cold weather, | Lieut. Smith dared not let his motor stop and contented himself in the | absence of the reporter by taxying up and down the fleld. After the airplane again had taken the air and the cross-country altitude was reached, the automobile from the office. which had been ordered to Savage almost an hour before th ship took off from Bolling Field passed the field where Lieut. Smith had landed. The race had been won in a walk and the automobile, as a | means of getting to and from a place | in a hurry had to give way to the airplane. although the pllot of this | particular ship had no idea of what | kind of landing facilities were avail- able in or about Savage. The return trip was made in a little less than fifteen minutes, and when the plane landed at Bolling Fleld at 2 o'clock the photographic plates were rushed to the office withim twenty minutes. Slayer Convicted | By “Yes!”, After Heart Stopped he Associnted Press. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Febru- | ary Z24.—Mumbled words, all but inarticulate, spoken by & man whose heart had stopped beating, but who was restored tomporarily to conscionsness by artificlal respiration, convicted George Don- nelly, hanged yesterday at Fol- som for the murder of Earl Moore, a frilow convict, accord- 1 ing to a _story told today by Chief Justice Wilbur of the Caiifornia | Supreme court. Moore, kept alive for several | hours, but displaying all the ap- pearances of death every time the artificial respiration was suspend- | ed, when questioned as to who had | attacked him, shook his head at every nange mentioned by his questioners, until asked if the cell tender had stabbed him. Then, according to Justice Wil- bur, he ade a sound which re- sembled “ves.” Donnelly was. act. ing cell tender at the time. From this cluo the authorities bullt up their case. prin DRINKS ACID BY ERROR. Robert Lavender, eighty years old, residing with his son, John Lavender, 222 6th street northwest, was taken mergency Hospital early this to morning suffering from poison which, police think, he took by mistake. Lavender had been in the habit, ac- cording to reports to the police, of taking a little stimulant before re- tiring. About midnight he picked up a bottle which he thought contained the stimulant. He drank a bit of it. It proved to be a composition of acid, His condition early this morning had not definitely been determined. TRAFFIC FINES, $330. The session of the Trafic Court yesterday was brief, only eight cases being heard. All of the defendants were charged with violating the speed regulations. Fines aggregated $330. Those payipg fines were Raymond W. Glenn, $40; John D. Grady, $26; Thomas H. Clark, $20; Harris H. Hodges, 3$20; Irving A. ‘Washington, $20; Emie Campbell, $20. Joseph Chase, $30 or thirty days in Jail. He was committed on fallure to pay the fine. Fred Hebron paid fines totaling $155, for speeding, $50 disorderly conduct, §25, and {n two cases of violation of trafiic regula- tion, $40 in each case. NORFOLK CHURCH BURNED. NORFOLK, Va., February 25.—Park Place Methodist Church here, Wwhich earl, derm | room on farm of Tan Many of those who put up a Natiopal Photo. SAVED FROM PIT, EXPOSURE KILLS CAVE-IN VICTIM m_First Page.) o'clock in that night, reached him By dawn today the rescuers, work- ing two at a time in the cramped quarters of the well, had removed sufficlent sand and debris to r-nurk!y: free Easton's head. shoulders and upper body. The boy appeared to be fairly strong and he smoked gnd to the afternoon until 10 when the first rescuers drank black coffee incessantly. quently he told the workers how dig to free his lower body and limbs. But the wet sands slipped back into vlace as fast as they were removed. Numbed by Cold. At 2 o'clock this afternoon it was seen® that Easton must be freed im- mediately or he would die in the pit. The cold, of which he had com- plained previously, seemed to the prisoner to grow less intense. He was getting too numbed to feel it. Dr. Shipley made a trip into the pit. As much sand as possible was dug from around the imprisoned limbs, the victim was given a strong hy and a harness was fastened beneath his arm pits. | Four strong men seized the rope | and at the signal, pulled. Easton cried once for them to stop, but a! second later his feet were free and | his last plea was: H “Don’t stop; pull, for God's sake™ | The catastrophe of the day before | was narrowly averted at the moment | of the final tug. The sandy walls of | the well, which threatened to slide | momentarily, actually did give away | again and buried Easton almost com- | pletely. Richard Borritz. a close friend | of the victim, was in the pit. how- | ver, and in an instant had cleared the loose gravel from the man's body. Works Nine Hours. Borritz had been working in the! cold pit for nine hours without either food or drink, refusing to come up! until his friend “could come, too.” Borritz's fidelity nearly cost him his | own life and he, too, needed stimu- lants when he was dragged out on the end of the same rope that pulled Laston from his tomb. He was soon revived, however, and was able to go Leme, happy in the belief that his friend was safe. Hot blankets waited at the mouth of the well, and Easton was wrapped in them and rushed into the house. A hot bed, made up on the dining table, So that the surgeons could also use it as an operating table if necessary, also was ready. Two doctors were thero to help Dr. Shipley. and the specialists made the trip from Baltimore in rechrd time. But the sleep that Easton had been fighting for hours soon overcame him in the comfort of the Bassford home. He never awakened. Solace of Rescuer: o- The only solace the rescuers find tonight is that they left nothing un- done to release Easton as quickly as possible. Efforts were even made to tunnel under the well and remove the boy by that route when the sands continued to slip in the other open- Ing. The Maryland state roads com- mission hurried special tunneling ma- chinery to the scene, and the house of correction supplied its huskiest laborers. But this tack had to be abandoned abruptly when the work- ing of the machinery threatened to cause another collapse of the pit's sliding walls. The only chance to save Easton wa: to remove twenty tons of sand by bucketfuls. Moments seemed long- er than hours, and strong farmers exhausted themselves. They worked as fast as it was humanly possible. $43,212 FOR SCHOOL. Howard University Drive Ends. 679 Pledge Aid. With a total of 679 pledges and $43,212 pledged, the intensive cam- paign in behalf of the endowment of the school of medicine of Howard Unlversity came to a close last week. In the conduct of the drive twenty- waven of Washington's colored physi- clans served as team captions with team assistants selected from 130 volunteored ‘thelr ‘servicés for °the solicitation of subscriptions, of dissatisfact after before the present Congress Boes out of existence. So_far as the merits of the pro- posal were concerned, there was a general disinclination’ to ~comment. Even the “irreconcilables” were un- willing to openly declare war on the plan, despite thelr private expressions »n. The republican or- including Se . cha'rma ganization Lodge of Mas the foreig a only fay thet the e jeet further study before announcing what would be donc. Among_the dem- ocrats who had supported the league there was a general disposition to in- dorse the objects sought by Mr. Hard- ing, but they all stopped there and asked for time to think it over. Message Received Late It was Indicated that one factor standing in the way of an immediate expression of {ndividual senatorial opinion was the fact that the Presi- dent's message, having gone to the Capitol late in the day, had not yet received a careful reading even by the leaders. It arrived at the Senate chamber five minutes before the day's business was halted under a previ- ous unanimous consent agreement. and %0 had to be read to the Senate behind the closed doors of the brief executive session held to consider nominations before the Senate recess- ed until tomorrow. A letter by Secretary Hughes ac- companying the message was not read to the Senate. no copies were distrib- uted, and senators had no opportunit of learning his view except from the newspapers. Arrangements were made. however, for printing of the papers and their distribution among senators tomorrow. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, act- ing democratic leader, was one of those who approved the purpose sought by the administration. but hheld comment on the specific plan presented ‘I have thought all along, Senator Robinson, “that the United States should have representation o the international court. but I do not care to comment further until I hav:i had an opportunity to study the plan submitted.” Fight Belleved Likely. It was disclosed that Senator Lodge, although he also declined to comment, had been apprised of the administra- tion's intentions and had discussed the matter several t!mes with Secre- tary Hughes. The leaders among the republican “irreconcilables.” includ. ing Senators Borah of ldaho, La Fol- lette of Wisconsin, Brandegee of Con- necticut hinted that they might have much to say within a day or two. Some dis- closed plain evidences of hostility in private conversation and declared that such an important step in American foreign relations could not be taken, in any case, in the short time remaining before the end of the session. In his letter accompanying the President’s message Secretary Hughes recalled_the traditional stand taken by the United States for arbitration of international disputes; pointed out that Elihu Root advised with the league representatives and others in bringing the court into existence; calied attention that another distin- guished American jurist, John Bas- sett Moore, already has accepted a place as one of the judges on the new tribunal, and declared that with thel reservations suggested the United States could accept membership with- ican principles Separate From League. “The court,” Secretary Hughes wrote, “we s o ® s an establishment sepa- rate from the league, having a dis- tinet legal status. It is organized and acts in accordance with judicial Standards and its decisions are not controlled or subject to review by the league of nations.” The process of entering the court without going into the league could be accomplished. the President and Secretary Hughes suggested, by sim- ply becoming a party to the protocol ed by the league e Meer. 1820, formally putting the court plan into effect. Whether the other signatories to the protocol *ould agree to adherence by the United States with the reservations proposed did not appear in the com- munications placed before the Senate, but it was assumed that the admin- fetration had advised itself on that question before formally asking for Senate approval. Secretary Hughes' | Frosident reviewe 3 quently acted as ar- ey N (weon other mations. had arbitration treaties i -1 with The Hague conven- :?nnfip(:c(‘urnd frequently had declared through its responsible spokesmen and by resolutions of Congress its adherence to the principle of judicial Gcttlement of international disputes. “Favored by Coumatry.” “It is believed,” Mr. Hughes fur- ther wrote, “that the preponderant opinion in this country has not only 2 he policy of judicial settle- e Yuaticlanie international dis- putes through arbitral tribunals spe- Rally established, but it has also strongly desired 'that a permanent court of international justice should be established and maintained. Pointing out that the covenant of the league of nations provided for organization of such a court, Mr. Hughes declared that this particular provision “did not enter into the sub- Sequent controversy with respect to participation by this government in The league.’ He then recounted how the league council proceeded to or- ganize the court in conjunction with an advisory committee of jurists of Which Elihu Root was a member. Final establishment of the court was authorized, the Secretary said, by & protocol signed on December 13, 1520, and it was to this protocol that the President proposed ~the United States now give its adherence, sub- ject to the four reservations suggest- ed. The first election of judges to the court, Mr. Hughes added, took place in September, 1921, with the result. that John ' Bassett Moore, former counselor of the State Di partment, was chosen to one of the oleven places on the bench. U. 8. Already Saitor. “In oonsidering the question of participation of the United States in the support of the permanent court,” the Secretary's letter said, “it may be observed that the United States is already a competent sultor in the court. The statute expressly pro- vides that the court shall be open not only to members of the league. but to states mentioned in the annex to the covenant. “But It {s not enough that the Unit- ed States should have the privileges of a suitor, In view of the vast im- portance of the provision for = th peaceful settlement of letter to the w the United bitrator betwe concluded many said | and McCormick of Illinois, | out deviating from recognized Amer-! members in De- | proportion in which each government contributes toward the sources from which such collections are derived. Aside from real estate and personal taxes, the District derives Income from sixty-one miscellaneous sources, Of that number, forty-four items are d efther’ fifty-fitty or sixt \between the ‘District and the a States, Up to June 30, 1922, the money de rived from the remaining 17 sources of revenue had been credited wholls to the District account. The decision now being awaited from the con- troller has to do with these 17 item Maj. Danlel J. Donovanm, city suditor, submitted the matter to the Treasury in November in the form of a long letter, in which he outlined the nature of each of the 17 items and asked for a ruling as to how many of them should be divided 60-40 with the United States. Difference in Revenue. Last year these 17 items brought tn total revenue of $1,178,273.11. all of which was credited to the District. 1f the Treasury rules that, under tha wording of the current appropria- tion law, 40 per cent of these 17 items of revenue should go to the federal government, it means that nearly $300.000 more must be raised from the tax on real estate and ta glble personal property. The proposed tax on gasoline as a means of bringing about automobile reciprocity with Maryland is another matter that throws doubt on what the real estate tax rate will be next year. If Congress, before adjourning, en- acts the gasoline tax bill, Auditor Donovan will have to allow for the effects of that law in fixing the real estate tax rate. CONFESSES STORE ROBBERIES—$4,000 IN LOOT RECOVERED rst_Page.) | (Continued from i German bullets, twelve overcoat: and jdozens of ties, collars, shirts, trousers waists and men’s wearing apparel wer: found. The last thing pulled from big trunk was an innocent looking little cigar case. When it was opened four little cylinders. each containing about a gill of liquor were found. Representatives of the Harry Kauf- man firm, incorporated, of 1324 7th street identified approximately $600 ‘worth of wearing apparel stolen there |during thrée early mornimg robberies | since last September. In two of these cases, one occurring in September and one in October, the showcases were rified of their contents. Six weeks ago Kaufman reported that his store had been broken into through the front plate glass door and a large amount of goods taken. Other Goods Identified. Representatives of Foot. & Piver, delicatessen store proprietors at 1212 7th street, identified grape Juice, jars of pears, upricot cordials cans of salmon, sardines and peaches as stolen property. Among other identltications made as that of several boxes of cand and bottles of perfume, reported stoien trom Day's drug store at lith and P streets. Among those reporting robberies which Edmonson has admitted are the following: Edward Cooper, 1506 14th street. $144 worth of cutlery stolen; A. & P. store, 1326 7th street & large amount of groceries taken; Leverton's, l4th streel near V street wearing apparel valued at $600 stolen, and a grocery at 9th street near O street, from which & small amount of canned goods was taken controversics, of the time-honored policy of this government in promot ing such settlements, and of the fact that it has at last been found feasi- bie to estabiish upou a sound basis a permanent international coudrt of the highest distinction and to invest with a jurigdiction which conforms to American principles and_practice. 1 am profoundly convinced that this government, under appropriate con- ditions, should become a party to the convention establishing the court ana should contribute its fair share to the expense of maintenance, Fiuds No Obstacle. “I find no insuperable obstacie the fact that the United States is not a member of the league of nations. The statute of the court has vari. ous procedural provisions relating to the league. But none of these pro- visfons save those for the election of judges, are of & character which would create any difficulty in the sup. port of the court by the United States despite jts non-membership in tne league. None of these provisions im- pair the independence of the court It is an establishment separate fro the league, having a distinct legal status resting upon the protocol and the statute. It Is organized and acts in accordance with judicial standards. and its decisions are not controlled or subject to review by the league of nations.” Secretary Hughes declared that membership in the court would not require aoceptance of th tfibunal's jurisdiction in any case not volun- tarily submitted to (t Hence, he said, the United States would not' be required to depart from its tradi- tional view “that there should be a special agreement for the submission of a particular controversy to arbitral decision.” Should Help Elect. The fact that the fudges are elected by the assembly of the league, Mr. Hughes sald, might well be regarded as a “fundamental objection to adhe sion on the part of the United State He added, however, that in his opin- lon the reservation suggested on that subject, giving the United States an equal voice in such elections, would uately meet this situation. Re- garding the payment of expenses, the secretary sald: “The expenses of the court are not burdensome. Under the statute of tho court, these expenses are borne by the league of nations; the league de- termines the budget and apportions the amount among its members, [ understand that the largest contribu- tion by any state is but little more than $35000 a year. The United States would, of course, desire to pay its fair share. The amount of thi contribution would, however, be sub- Ject to lon by Congress.” in