Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1923, Page 2

GARY LAUDS FASCISTI. CUSTRDALFORES o S: February Tbert W {Gary, chairman of the board uf the United States Steel Corporation. had lunch. aboard the Mauretanfa today with Undersecretary of the Interior Finai. : After American and Itallan airs had Leen plaved Signor Finzl toasted the ‘nited States and sald that while the | new govermment could not perform miracles it has re-established disci- { pline ana Lanished the word strike {from the Italfan dietiona APL | i Amendments to Reclassifica- tion Bill Gives Higher Pay Judge Gary in response said that he for Grades I} and HI. EQUALITY. FOR SEXES|ww . and brave exponents of fascisno. PRESIDENT IS SEEN AS 1924 CANDIDATE Federal Employes Express Grati- fication Qver Bill as ““Great Forward Step.” 1 | i Amendments t classification b tor Smoot and compromise re- eed 1o by Sena- or Steriing toda nimum pay irovide ine > and iBelief Grows He Will Face o f Electorate on Basis of His ciwle of equal compensation roc equal | Administration Next Year. work, irrespective shall be 1ollowed n grade X of the custodial service the minimum rate of compensation is 5 ; N made $900. As the LIL was lwnux'tedi to the Senate the minimum rate was 780 Tn grade 3 the minimum compensation $1.020. cased m o1 srades 3int odial serv- provides e her amendme. also for a specific r of sex, | | BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. President Harding's closest friends now are convinced he is definitely pre- {pared to uccept renomination in 1924 rate | ! Onl [ | con minimum | {ehange fw © | presidential as made 1 of Mrs his mind. Harding. mainly The entire situation during th Florida. be canvassed vacation in d in 510 id today President has been sent a |, or his work of | potitical and social. | defnite intimation of the President’s 1924 intentfons may well up from the south in March, taward the enact fonal Federation vloyes. | f the National Federa- | bloyes. Permit me | phis writer has been supplied with pprec Sty E ] ictive endeavor fo secure reclasific. | @ cross-section of Mr. Harding's point on legislation at this session of Con- | of view by a member of his adminis- 8ress,” read the letter, itration, than whom no one is better Tmprovement Delay Avoided. ! qualified to speak more authoritatively. recoguize fact thority in question says the Pres- fvice ident is under no illusions as to the conditions in which the republican party K\UII euter the 1924 campaign. are 1o Vhey are conceded. vViewed e e to be disadvantageous and even has been <o . 0. P. leaders vill become will aiter to e s next rear. But for the | whether they do or not, Mr. Harding is ©cause.” | represented to be ready to take what- ireserved accept- | ever medicine may be in store for the tion bill. as re-iparty. As a party man through and in utions | through. und as official leader of the representatives i republican organization. the President Union, No. 2, at } i« said to look upon it as his elementary ht pr@llml“'-\r\‘[du[_\' to lead it into the 1924 fra He Masonic | recognizes that there may be a “licking” 3 | in prospect. but. if there is, regards that ployes, he .is the one to take it, because the siflcation was | camp: ions adopted by | the record of the Harding administra- u of its Kind ! tion. 1 emploves | of the ef iterest in the reclassifica- tion on the g and d House President Sees Clearly. the employ at this | date., presaging defeat confident condit; better during the as jare us the o naualitied nee of the orted. WAas he boa Emplo 2 Temple unde < Federation of Federal Passage of the recla resolut lar; Wil Rage Around Ha Whether 1} national ing. is America’s inter- i some paramount | domestic question like national owne! orward Step.” i ship railroads agricultural re- lassifeation bill as | form. the battle will rage around what Senate does aot con- (the Harding regime did. or did not do. he Cpined. the rexo- | Ag the incarnation of such issues, the | ‘raflocts tiie cone 1 President considers his place is on the firing line, to go forward or to go down, entrated best thought of all con- rned, and is a great step forward | as the fates may decree. It can be said with fair assurance that this is the in the proper direction. all of | White House political program. un- | | issue policy, or ai- the of o While the re reported to the n all that w ions stated, * ilize that the bi is bound to be fought around | CHILD MAY NOT LIVE ! plenty of soap and Gypsy muscles are .today converting the wanderers' home jat 1919 Pennsylvania avenue north- | west from a place of squaler into a inealth ae |ing thoroughly renovated and the {city authorities are going to see that {it remains in a sanitary condition. the unexpected-a relapse in thein will {old iby '® | which the Hardings will be surrounded |at {by a numler of their intimate friends. |ever It is possible some | we | i Post Office THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, REALTH OFFRERS WA GHPSYHOY Partial Eclipse Of Moon Visible Friday Night!| A partigl eclipse of the moon Friday night, visible hers, was an- nounced today by Pref. A. Hall of . Three U.S. Navy Flying Boats to Race for Trophy The Navy antered three fiying boats, ‘today in the competitiaa for the Jacques. Schmeider aviation marine Sick Baby Taken to Hospital as Home Is Given Thorough ' Renovation. Nurse Induces Adult to Give Up Warm Garment in Transfer of Patient. Tununierable buckets of water, abode. Following s from the District | the place is be- irly respectable visit by But the ounce of precaution prob- ably came too late for tiny. Mary Mitchelin. Perhaps for the first time her short career, the ten-month- e is resting between immacu- late sheets on a soft mattress, covered | cared | patient eceiving hoarded | hlankets and tenderl She is n t nurses Children's Hospital sttention her father Ith can buy for her. Condition Very Serious. grave fear, however, that At the hospital today that her condition was very serious. mething of conditions at the Gypsy home may be realized through the story of a nurse from the Instruc- tive Visiting Nurses' Society, who went to the house to offer her serv- ice. She found the child as others had found it—wrapped in silken com- forts on the floor. When permission was finally obtained to remove it to the hospital she saerched in vain for something warm, anything woolen. in which to wrap it on the trip to that institution. Finally, in desperation, she com- pelled orie of the men to remove his | red woolen sweater, wrapped this| around the child and called a taxicab. | Holding the baby in her arms to keep ; it still warmer, the nurse accom- | panied the rather in the cab to the hospital and gave it every attention until it was actually under the care of the doctors. Her services no longer being required, she turned her atten- tiou to others who needed hes help. WORK NOMINATED TO SUCCEED FALL; | NEW POSTAL CHIEF! i Ther she will die. it was announced juntil the elections & year off. trom Page.) 1 to give him a place in hiv ofcial | family i Postmaster General Work entered | the government service but two years | ago as assistant postmaster general He attracted attention by his efforts to reorganize various’ bureaus of the Department. which’ came under his control. and when Will Hays stepped out as the de ead. Mr. Work took his place. At ifled by jat trophy, valued at 25,000 francs, to be staged neur the Isle of Wight next summer. This is the first time the United States has entered the event for' the prize offered by the Royal Aero Club of France, won last year by the Royal Aero’ Club of Great Britain. It is u test of speed and semworthi- ness over a course of 200 nautical miles, the pilots having to land twice and taxi half a mile on the surface at a speed of twelve knots. The entries were made by the National Aeronautic Association on behalf of the bureau of aeronautics of the Navy Department. England, France Bel- slum and Italy also will compete, the Nawal Qbservatory. Prof. Hall said the moon would enter the partial sbadow cone. at 8:13 p.m.; would arrive in the to- tal shadow cone at 8 o'clock and at 10:32 it would he inthe middle of the cone. At 1146 ock the mwon begins to leave the middles and at 12:51 Saturday morning it will have left the par- tial shadoww cone. The eclipse will be fouy-tenths in magnitude and the modn will throw off a dull copper ligh% which is the sun- light on it reflected by the earth’s atmosphere, Prof. Hall said. (APAN ISPLAYING G TOWN ROCKED BY HEAVY EXPLOSION 'Powder Plant Blast Injures Two Persons and n.m'mo | By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH. Pa., February 2 Japan has apcomplished as much|The mining village of Russellton proportionately gn nasal disarmament | about twenty-five miles from Pitts s the United Stmtes, and ax soon as burgh. was rocked Dby a terrific ex- the Washington onventions are rati- Iplosion early todsy, when a powder all sigiwtory powers will |magazine at Superior mine No. 1 of completely fulfill her disarmament | the Superior Fuel Company blew up. program, it was sajd today by Charles | The magaszine was destroyed and B. Warren, Ameritan ambassador to|more than one hundred houses dam- Japan, following m «<onference With |aged. Two men were injured. First President Harding at the Whitejreports weare that the explosion oc- Huun{m - Hasasestnite curred in the mine. Ambassador Warreny who e: Telegraph and telephon present his restgnation from the post &t |nus oyt of wmms-:fon ;y'til‘;:'b‘l'::t’ Tokio shortly, declared that the PoNcY | which was felt in Curtsdite’ tab of Japan toward m-un;:ug Eguyes miles away. The mine fan house and Vashington was entin vorabl the engine roem - carrying them aut w‘um letter, ;u‘:n:; = sl were badly dam. even though there might} be a chan; A number minsiration at Tokio in tho clections | yle TTBEE, of men were at work in a vear off. public opinion in Japan would | cabeq’ uninured. > not stand for any brealiing of faith ini “The United States bureau of mines foreign commitments or departure {roin {here, notified of the explosion the program now be! HWWW“"{ car-ldered its rescue car from Ford City, ried out by the premier, Baron Kato. |p, "ty Russellton before it was dig Baron Kato Im ML ¢overed that the blast occurred out- Baron Kato, who wasy head of the|side the workings. - Japanese delegation to rhe magazine was on a hill above forence in Washington, . nue. IS CALLED ‘MISGUIDED' wogid probably be able to carry on, least through the present term of offie, to which he was “invited. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, in Address, Points to Present- Day Problem. FAI, SAYSENVOY U. S. Ambassador Declares Cut in Navy Equals What Is Oone Here. | i | | Baran Kato, Mr, Warren said, could | be regnoved from affice at any time by | the house of representatives, but this | 1y likel he added, and the lities were that the baron would <ontinue as premier at least Takahashi, who was said to be one of the logical successors to the pre- miership. should Bason Kato be re- moved, was represemted as uncertain now that jie could hold the support of his united party. ! Public Opinfon Stromg. The other most likely successor 1o Baron Kato, as premier, was said 1o be Viscount Kato, who Was Premierivyc is (o offser the misguided indi. o : in 1915, at the time Japan n r;;:':-fl:' ¢ -1:&[< oy iemaands - were | Viduals who are trying o reduce the made on China Should Viscount Kato|Navy,” declared Col. Theodore Roose- succeed Baron Kato fo {he premier-(velt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, p coming ele . Ambas- q :::I'Lr‘lvt’:rtn predicted that public|in an address before the Society of opinion would be so strong for|BSponsors of the United States Navy, continuance of the policies Japanig( the Willard Hotel today. He pointed i oW u hington con- luid down at the e Aok no|out that the way to do this was to he problem that we have before C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1923, AWARD CONTRACT FOR STHOOL ANNEX Schneider-Spliedt Com- pany for $115,900. Contract for an eight-room addition to the Lovejoy School, 12th and D | Streets northeast, was awarded to the Schneider-Spliedt Company by the Commissioners today. The price was $115,900. The Commissioners announced th: they have requested the Baltimore and Ohto raflroad to strengthen the bridge that carries Sligo Mill road across its tracks in order to make the structure safe for fire apparatus. The operating permits of seven au- tomobilists were revoked at the board session following charges of driving while intoxicated. As soon us the District appropriation act for the next fiscal year becomes a law the Commissioners will adver- tise for sites for the proposed home for feeble-minded persons. i The current appropriation act stipu- lated that the institution would have to be placed on land adjoiming_the Home for Aged and Infirm, at Blue Plains. This location, however, was regarded as undesirabie by the board of charitfes, and. in the new bill Con- gress has given the Commissioners au- thority to place the feeble-minded col- ny anywhere in Maryiand or ginia. ACTION ON WORLD COURT POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT TERM (Continued from First Page.) statement is broad enough to include the suggestion that if the league, ‘which has heretofore riveted our con- siderations and apprehensions, has been so entwined and interwoven into the peace of Europe that it's good must be preserved in order to stabil- ise the peace of that continent, then it can be amended or revised so that we may still have a remnant of world aspirations in 1918 builded into the | world's highest conception of helpful co-operation in the ultimate realiza- tion. “I believe humanity would welcome the creation of an international asso- clation for conference and a world court w' verdicts upon justiciable questions this country, in common with all nations, would ba both willing and able to uphold. The decision of such a court or the recommendations of such a conference could be accepted without sacrificing on our part or ask- ing any other power to sacrifice one iota of its nationality.” Refers to Differences. 1n another part of the same speech Mr. Harding, after discussing the viewpoint of the' league of nations {advocates. said: {. "The difterence between a court of | international justice and the council icre“trd by the league covenant is simple but profound. The one is a {3udicial tribunal to be governed by jfixed and definite principles of law administered without passion or prej- udice. The other is an association of diplomats and politicians, whose de- terminations are sure to be influ- enced by considerations of expediency and national seifishness. The differ- ence {8 one with which Americans are famillar, the old and fundamental difference between a government Bf l | |Ex-Husband Would Take Royal Title Away From Her WOMAN IS GRILLED INDEATH INQUIRY Vir- | | PRINCESS BONCOMPAGNI, { Formerly Margaret Draper. It is ve- ported from Paris and Rome that the Prince Boncompagni, who, last moath, obtained an annulment of his mar- riage to the former Margaret Draper, will now ask the Pope to demny his former wife the title of princess. It |18 said that he expects shortly to {marry Hulda Bilt, daughter of the | Swedish minister ‘to France, which I would create the “impowsible” witua- f two Princesses Boncompagni. ase of divoree, under the French the wife retalns her former hus- i I's title, but annulment. the | prince argwe is proof that he never was legally married to Margaret Draper and that therefore she has no right 1o the title. TOKIO DIET BREAKS UP IN FIGHT ON SUFFRAGE By tlie Assoriated Press. TOKIO. February 27.-—Today's ses- sion of the lower house of the diet broke up in a free fight over the uni- versal suffrage bill, with the debate on _the measure still unfinished. The two parties in the diet, eiyukai, or governmeret side, posing the suffrage n Kenseikai. or opposition, favoring it, had agreed to take a vote today. However as the vote was about to be called opponents of the bill rushed to the rostrum. endeavoring to con- tinue the debate. A free fight ensued and the speaker adjourned the session. EXCELLENT PROGRAM N COMMUNITY CCNCERT the Community Concert. Central High Community Cen- ter tonight, $:15 o'clock. Ad- mission free. Doors open at T o'clock. The Community Music Ass ciatiou presents the Army Housekeeper for Murdered Contractor Is Held as Ma- terial Witness. LODGED IN PRISON CELL Frederick Schneider, Wealthy, Found Dead in Automobile in Lonely Section of the Bronx. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 27.—Mrs. Anna Buzzi, known also as Anna Schnelder, housekeeper for Frederick Schnelder, wealthy contractor, who was found murdered in his automo- bile in @ lonely section of the Bronx yesterday, was arrested today as a material witness. She denied a!l knowledge of the crime, after detec- tives had questioned her for six hours, and became hysterical when lodged in a cell. Mrs. Buzzl, whe is thirty years old, was divorced from her husband in a 8uit In which Schnelder was named ax corespondent. The police sald she was known to her neighbors as Mre Schnelder. Meanwhile the police continued their search for a blondd woman, we jdressed and carrying a dark bag The police have an accurate deserip tlon of the woman, and a coat sup posed to belong to her. Had Executed Big Contacts. Schnelder, executor of eome of the biggest construction jobs in the eas including the Roosevelt apartmen: 5aid to be the largest in the world. and a miilion dollar viaduct. and a member of half a dozen_clubs, was separated from his wife. He and Mrs Schneider were not unfriendly, the.: acquaintances sald. He left his office in mid-afternoon after lunching with three of his ste nographers, and fetching his pe: Chow dogs, Hulu and Zulu, drove 1o one of his projects to consult with hix nephew. William Schneider, and en gaged 10 meet him at the downtown office at 5:30 plm. He drove back to his Broudway office and near there he met the blond woman, who was awaiting him. This woman, seen by two shop keepn ers, was belleved by the police in have accompanied Schneider in his automobile. Nicholas Fuelner, & truci farmer, who saw the car shortly aft er the shooting, said he was nearing home when he saw the automobil- coming toward him. He heard twn muffled reports, sounding Hke a blowout, saw the car lurch forward and then stop. Woman Flees in Twilight, One story {s that Fuelner saw th woman emerge from the curtaines tonnesu, look back and then vanis! in the twilight; another is that he {simply saw & woman a few momen:« {later walking away. { Upon looking into the tonneau. whe the woman disappeared, Fuelner sav Schneider, fallen over the wheel dead. one hand in his overcoat pock et, the other on the steering whee the foot clutch disengaged. He called the police. Schneider was shot twice, obviouslv from a 38-caliber pistol lying besid~ him. He could not have kiiled himseif and been in the same position as when found, police sald. One wound ave made a @ of many | less developments not now contemplated | the available - sic Sechool in #s annual spring © ong time. of anc | intervene. first the designation was said to be ol ) e e |change. even in the Japamese atti-[show them the good that the Navy { regarded as more or less of an expe {tude to China. does in ime of peace as well as in lawp and a government of men. I was in the neck. another behind an dg WcZ mean to say, nor do I mean ar. Death was instantaneous. others active the question of sitication. | Mr. Harding's political [ afi positive tha prepon- | convinced he will not lerating apinion is that the reclass-{any real contest for renomination. ex- ication by reed to v Senators | ceDt in a_few northwestern states Sterling and ot and aporoved by ' which La Follette may chal President Harding. should be enacted | danger now is said to thre 0 law." declarad. Jeremiah Con- | Hiram Johnson's side. al chairman of tie joint conference { of his extreme admirers insist lassification, today. son will be a contender 4ny_liorse play, reclassifica- | Harding 18 or not. Some of the »stponed, there | "angels” on whom Johnson will have disappointment among | to depend for the sinews of war ar ! the effect will be dispir- | loyal supporters of the President, and Connolly continued. ready to finance a Johnson campaign only the o tion | 1ve URGE COMPROMISE BILL. Valry to Warren G. Harding & " Lowden May Be Contender. Former Gov. Frank O. Lowden, will enter the lists for the 1924 nom- ination only not an aspirant have to make | en from nolly John Federal Employes Satisfied Wi!hl 17 of the ‘compromise re- on bill was given in reso- opted at a4 muss meeting fr auspices of the National of al Employes at E nple last night Vote Ix Unanimous. The resolutions were offered by | Dr. . Franklin Meyver of the bureau of standards, and were unanimously adopted, with two amendments ask. ed for the reclassification bill, one {u.’ readjustment of the rates of pay in the stodial service, and the other a cha to remove all ambiguity as to the ec ity of women in federal service. Some oppesition tha SeS arding amendments w: It the President re- republican antagonists before the na j tional convention. will attempt to force Judge William S. Kenvon iato the race, and La Fol- lette will remew his designs on the nomination. Senator Capper of Kan- sas will be among the entries, too. One of President Harding’s final iacts before leaving for Florida is | be the nomination of Senator Harry S. New of Indiana as Postmaster General in_succession to Dr. Hubert Work. promoted to the secrataryship of the interior, Mr. Harding not frightened out of his determina- to the inclusion the of asked-for egistered at the meet- ing, it being feared by some that con- | !iON o appoint New to the cabinet sideration of amendments at this late | Y : the a(‘?‘(r?lnl)‘ Yhfl; it would split e S s » the G. O. in Indiana wide open. bl e © Pagsage of thel yith “intimated at the White Haoees | that Indiana‘s electoral vote would be 0 eswential to the President's cam- | paign for re-election that it was the worst kind of politics and strategy at this time unnccessarily to alienate important Hoosier republicans. Even { the threat the New appointment will | “Better Thau None,” I View. The r and file of organized em- ioves regard the present rec cation as a great deal better than e at all, declaring that will place ‘“‘reclassifi m on the map.” and also will make sum represented by the present lose Indiana to the party in 1924 = an American merchant marine.. (Copyright, 1923.) SELZNICK MAY QuIT. Ready to Leave Movies if Backers Do Not Agree With Him. 1.0OS ANGELES, Calif., February 27. —Myron Selznick . Picture Corporation. prepared his resignation and wall honus a_permanent thing, as well asileft Mr. Harding cold. He prom- sive increased basic salaries in many | ised his intimate friend the post- Positions master generalship and that’s an Marsh, secretary of the National Civil | Indiana next vear—why, make the ervice Reform League: Mrs. de | moSt of it: that. in substance. is the Wood Park, pre nt of the National { President’s attitude toward the ;!‘Ek]mr.\ considered the present bill in | caused. etail. Subsidy Defent Deplored. The defeat of the ship subsidy is -[;UI ”NB PI_ANT he will not take it Iying down when J 3 i be appears hefore the country next {summer and fall on his swing-around- !lie\'r the Senate's action, instead of }a “knock" for the administration, can be converted into a “boost” The {on the subsidy proposition when he Speciai Dispatels to The | confronts the home. folks. later in the NDRIA, Vo February o7, |J€ar- He does not. by any means, stone-cutting plant that will | ed the bill's overthrow last week a8 chanics will shortly open in this city, | it is stated. The promoters have pur- chased the old Agnew shipyard, at the will be hauled to Alexandria on barges from Aquia creek. The quar- rfes at this place have been aban- New York. Washington and Rich- mond capitalists are said to be inter- ested in the enterpri ders for. {wo tzaveling cranes and | York financial interests bucking the ada | motion picture producer do not agree. I i qe egatiations for the pur- | {o%hig holicies. the Los, Angeles Times St SRl Sartion of & information from David Selznick, a eacury Department: the o pitin€ | brother of the president and himself office and the Post Office Department | & vice president of the corporation 1 for New York for many other of the first public builg- | start tomorrow ings’ in Washington, erected from | conferences with bankers. blocks cut from stone ledges on S T After delfberating two hours a jury PLAN AIR BOUTE TO CUBA. |i; Criminal Division No. 1 lmst NEW ORLEANS. February 2 night failed to agree in the case of double daily seaplane passenger ser Dr. Robert Moses of New York. H. W. | end of the matter. If it costs him Tcague of Women Voters, and other | ternecine strife the New episode has deeply deplored by the President, but HANNED A-I- ALEMNflR’A the-circle. Mr. Harding's friends be. | President will be found full of fight iook upon the tactics that encompass- sive empioyment to 200 skilled me- foot of Franklin street. The stone doned for more than a century. ‘The pronigters have already placed | hand it in immediately if certain New: The central portion of the United|S3id today. ~The Times obtained its buildings. on 7th street wers, -with | Who said both ‘of them planned to e JURY FAILS TO AGREE. Andrew W. Griffin, colored. charged A ice | with murder in the second degree in was | in- | (riends are peng, hut the new Po I the afe: nge. No ! hough some | {nominations today brought to an end | whether {3 scramble for the two appointments ¢ |who are to lose their places in Con- |gress on March 4 {given iview of the fight waged against Sena- | 100 | tor New. his friends and those of va-i in case Mr. Harding is |{many tires and creates a free fleld, John- | son and Lowden will be the principal | Senator Brookhart { and lin sait rake ci { ] §$35.799,753 BONUS 1 | thé people's voice on the subject of |efrect when the application of the tem- 1znick, president of. the{ appropriated: 31.511.327. of which 40 5 i between New Orleans and Havana, with | connection with the death of his five- | relays at Pensacola and Key West, will | vear-old-son, Wilbur J. Grifin. The he insugurated late in_March or early | accused claimed the gun was acci- in_April by the Aera-Marine Airways, |dentally discharged during a guarrel was announced today by R. W. Strik- | with his wife Janusry 1§ last and whos omng Hars. Lo, ade § the: kiiled, Griffin. will be fand the L Y tmaster Gens demonstrated a grasp om s under his administration that convinced President Harding he of the ablest men in the Japan. Mr. Warren said. had prac- tically accomplished the stipulations of the far eastern treaties signed at Washington. Japamese forces have Y been withdrawn, he said. fram Shan-{ f tung, from Hankow and from that ! part of Saghelin Jsland opposite Siberia. There still remaim in the worthern part of thw islamd some Japanese forces, he said, for the stadilization of the situation. EDUCATION ASSOCIATION NOMINATES OFFICERS CLEVELAND, Ohio, February Delegates to the department of super- is especially credited with the |intendence. Nationa! Education Asso- ful transportation of more ciation, this morning nominated the 100,000 soldiers from this coun- | following educakors for president of try to France in eighteem months and | yne department: thelr return home in eight months. | "\ "o b0 ar superintendent of or that achievement he was awarded congressional medal of honor. Born | Milwaukee schooils: Payson Smith, state superintendent of education, . TUtah. April 11, 1879, he served in the volunteer army | \fassachusetts: H. B. Wilson, super- as a sergeant in Utah light artillery and was commissioned second lieu- tenant in that regiment and served for several years in the Philippines. He was reccmmended for a distin- guished service medal for bravery in action in an engagement in that count-r He was appointed a second licuten- ant in the Regular Army in July, 1901, and his promotion since then has been very rapid. At the outbreak of the world war he was appointed a major | and at the close of the war he was w mustered out as a brigadier general | Under the constitution, the retiring and is said to have been one of the | president. J. H. Beveridge of Omaha, voungest men to have held that com- ! Neb., becomes first vice president. mission. For several vears he was in{ The result of the voting will be an- eral soon s one abinet The subm sion of the two cabinet which has brought into action the friends of many of the “lame ducks” | | The supporters of Representative Mondell of Wyoming. republican House leader. have been particularly hopeful that he might be the Interior portfolio. and in i other aspirants have trips to the White House re- cently to lay their claims before President Harding. Brilllant Army Career. Brig. Gen. Frederick T. Hines bhas iad a brilliant career in the Army made | rious and Herbart S. Weet. superintendent at Rochester, N. ¥ Superintendent George N. Child, Salt Lake City. and Superintendent ;.\'. G. Clark” of Sioux City, lowa, were ominated for vice president. The following superintendents were nominated for members of the execu- tive committee: Henry S. ‘West, Balti- more, Md.; Frank W. Ballou, ‘Wash- ington, D. C.. and William McAndrew, New York city. war, adding, that. “the only way in which you can do away with an un- sound “doctrine is to substitute a sound one for it." He then told how the Navy was es- sential to the State Department. stat- ing that the department could hardly function without a navy. Cltes Advantages in Peace. Among the advantages of the Navy in peace as well in war. pointed out by Col. Roosevelt, were the train ing of men in various wseful occu tions, such as the making of impor- tant inverntions to mankind and in other ways. In reference to the naval ratio pro- gram as adopted at the disarmament conference here, he sald it was a good thing. »xplaining that “it gives us something definite to shoot at." Made Fasy for Comgress. He added that when naval officials go before Congress asking for appro- priations for a ship or several ships they will only have to explain that the appropriations and ships are nec- essary in order for the United States to keep up its ratio, instead of going into lengthy arguments to explain just why an extra ship is needed. Following this address, a report of the work carried on by the society was read by Mrs. Russeil C. Langdon, vresident, who presided. The annuai tomorrow. DR. BRADEN CLEARED ON LACK OF EVIDENCE Case of Physician and Druggist Dismissed—Involved Conspiracy Charges Not Borne Out. United States District Attorney Gor- don today dismissed the case of Dr. charge of embarkation at Hoboken | and was afterward made chief of transportation. In the winter of 1918 and the spring of 1919 he was in Lon don and Paris engaged with Secretary Baker in the settlement of shipping | claims and_ was highly commended | for his work. He resigned from the Army in 1920 to accept a position in fon | I8 Frank W. Braden, 628 East Capitol street, and Wallace Malone, proprie- tor of a drug store at 401 East Capi- tol street. who were charged with conspiracy to violate the prohibition act. Assistant United States District Attorney Presmont stated that inves- nounced tomorrow night. Speaking at this morning’s session financial problems In education. eorge D. Strayor of Columbia ersity, the principal speaker, presented facts from a recent school finance survey of New York to prove the need of entirely new methods of D l school financing to meet the situa- tion brought about by growing de- mands upon education in the face of taxpayers' reluctance to assume new obligations. He said that pub- lic education is costing more now than it did ten years ago. “In the year 1910 the current ex- penges for public educatfon in the United States amounted to $390,- 500,000, he sald. “In 1920 we spent $370,930,000 for the currenf expenses of our public schools. — R. 6. RANKIN AT HEAD. The newly created board of ac- countancy has elected Russell G. Ran- kin chairman, with William Glabaugh as secretary-treasurer. The board will meet again in the near future to draw up & Set of rules for its guidance in holding examinations and iesuing certificates. Under the law, no person may call himself a “certified public account- the Baltic Steamship Company, with offices at New York city and has con- tinued with that corporation, BILL IS REPORTED IN HOUSE FOR 1924 (Continued from First Page.) por¥y increases ceases. Part of the money which will go to pay the $240 bonus to District employes will come from the reve- nues of the water department. The section of the bill relating to this says that to pay the additional com- pensation to employes of the District government, the following sums are | | | | per cent is appropriated out of the|ant” in the District of Columbia un- Jess he has been so certified by the board. £ederal Treasury and 60 per cent out of the District revenues: $22,330 from | the revenues of the water department on aecount of employes of that de- partment: $20.880 from the revenues| of the water department on account k whose basic compensation is 'lylbhl‘ 40 per cent out of the Treasury and 60 per cent out of the revenues of the District, the following sums are appropriated: 40 per cent from | the Treasury and 60 per cemt from the District; Engineer Corps of the Army, $182,640; National Zool Togteal Park, $19,968; Department of Justice Judiclarm 316.60kemin Alk| of employes of the Washington aque- duct; $21,296 wholly out of the reve- nues of the District, on account of employes of the minimum wage board, the employment service, the play- ground department and the commun- ity center department of the public schcols. "To pay the additional compensation to the employes of the United States told. Features of “the 5:30” iollowing day. tigation of the case revealed no evi- dence to sustain the charge. Dr. Braden and Dr. Malone ware de- tained after the drug store of the latter had been raided August 7. ‘They were released on bond of $500 each. DEAF MUTE SHOCKS COURT Yells When Fined $10 on Charge of Intoxication. ] The decorum, peace and dignity of the Distriet of Columbia branch of the Police Court were upset today when Judge Robert Hardison sen- tenced George Richards, colored, a deaf mute. to pay a fine of $10 or serve ten days in jail for intoxication. startled the court with a yell of anguish that sounded like the dying gasps of a mastodon. He was hustled into the cage back of 1t court, where he continued his yel and moans for an hour. Nothing ti court attendants could do had any ef fect toward stopping the unearthly noises George made. Interesting Finals You get the last word about everything has occurred during the day—! : world—in the 5:30 EDITION OF THE EVENING STAR. Authentically reported and entertainingly..; that and all over the are the stock reports and sports results, as well as-the court calendar for the to permit any <uch construction, that T would decline to co-operate with other nations in an honest endeavor to prevent wars. Nobody living would take “thht pesition. The only question is_one of practicability within the [ho#nds prescribed by fundamental } principles. : Keynote of Developments. The foregolng is an important shecn to rgpmduoe at this time, for it may contain the keynote of further developmen! in American foreign policy. At the time it was made, Mr. Harding thought the world court es- | tablished by the league of nations was one of the good things he would take out of that structure, and he had the belief that The Hague tribual icould help in the process of electing judges. Since that time Elihu Root and other jurists who examined the aquestion came to the conclusion that the machinery of the league for electing judges was much better, in that it solved the perplexing ques- tion of equality of large nations with small natfons. But the judges have already been se- lected. An American, John Bassett Moore, has been elected a judge by the votes of other powers Urless a mem- ber of the court dies there will not have to be another election for rine yvears. America fs privileged to use the court | whether she is a member of the league intendent of schools. Berkeley, Calif., | luncheon of the soclety will be held | Of Mations or not and whether she signs | the protoco! br which tha court was es- tablished. Action by the Senate would be he'pful but it is not necesrary. Important Step Ttaken, | l The Harding administration has put its stamp of official approval on the world court and considers the institution val- uablo as a means of settling purely legal uestions. which so often grow into t causes of war. The moral influence of in promoting the prestige of the world court will be exerted from now jon. Men like Elihu Root, John Bas- |Sete, Moore, Charles Evans Hughes. i America William Howard Taft and other jurists of prominence who have been insisting for many years that the United States government should par- tic'pate in a world court at last will have their way even though formal action may be delayed on the pro- tocol {tself for many months. It surely will go_through next session if not before March 4 of this year for the democrats are for it and enough republicans favor it to make the necessary two-thirds. The ad- ministration realized that time would have to elapse before the first flush of criticism passed away, and so sub- mission even -at this late date was considered wise because it enables America to be helpful immediately in world court affairs and answers the demand of the friends of international co-operation for more positive steps fh American foreign policy. (Wmhl. 1923) GIRL AND MAN SHOT IN BOATHOUSE FIRE (Continued from First Page.) found the note. I tried to put out the flames. I could not, and T knew the flames would attract many to the place. “I felt T would be accused of killing her. There was but one thing to do. “I put the pistol which she had used {0 my forehead.” HAD WIFE AND SON. PHILADELPHIX. Pu February 27. —Harry Moll. found shot at Clarks- boro, .Ne J., today near the body of T4 “®:Wife' and eight- ‘thig ¢ity. Mrs. Carrie rife, sald that while her Awsy at Rights, she \d 110 sus| * that he was paying tion to another woman. Moll is a chauffeur. He is about twenty-seven years old. The girl was about twenty- ne. v 'lan and the girl lived at a boarding house here for three weeka as a mar- Biadey Jived at the same house. S ai 2 ¥ ‘when ‘ot tha, The important step has been taken. Program 1S “Lenore, No. 3 Beethoven Musie School Band, Mr. Wi ipal of musi rica (b) “Salute to (c) “Oath of Allegi- Besides numerous of his girl e ployes the police questioned M {Schneider and Mrs. Anna Buzzi, hi housekeeper, who, according to_the police, was divorced from her hus- Iband 'in a suit in which Schneide: was the corespondent. Mrs. Buzzi's last view of him was when he cam | for the dogs, shortly before his body was found. ehe said. Schnelder, forty-seven, was a ve eran of the Phillppine and world wars, in the latter he was a captain of engineers. IPRESIDENT CHECKS UP ON HS HEALTH Evidently with a view to checking up on his physical condition, prepar ing for the trip to Florida, beginning March 5, President Harding th's morning consulted his ocullat, Dr, W. H. Wilmer, before going to the ex ecutive offices. Mr. Harding had not been suffering with his eves, it was explained at the White House, but was desirous of having his eves {examined, since he had been wearing the present glasses for four years. In the presidential trip to Florida, it was revealed today, contrary to general expectations, Mrs. Harding may be the only woman. As she is Foing south for rest and recuperation it was thought best Mrs. Harding be I relieved of any social obligations whatever. Personnel of the party has not yet been officially announced, but it is expected to include Secretary Chris- Overture, s The Army conducted Wiite the Flag.” ance b. i Ewverybody. (a) Quartet from “Rigoletio.” Verdi trombone, eu- band. in B Flat for three B flat alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and Conducted by Mr. Two trumpets. phonium ar () ga, No. 21, Major” . Arranged clarinets, trumpet, cuphonium. Wh (2) “Love's Oid Sweet Song,” (b) “Old Folks at Home." Everybody. four parts, « S & .. Grieg Conducted by Mr Carl . . instructor Army Music in Harris Jadrigal™ .. ce, Where Are Thou? Ascher (c) *Happy Song”.....Del Riego Hthel HoMzelaw Gawler, so- prano:, George Wilson at the . of the Hours" from oonda’ . .......Ponchielll Condmated by [ Martin, assistant of music. Mr. John principal | Announcements. Vocal chiorus, {ark, Trumpet Calleth. . Dudley Conducted by Mr. Ma: Two movements from (a (b) “Pres- RARE fendelssohn Conductad by Mr. White A Perfect Day.” (b) “The the Buck The free concert to e given tonight at Centr: High Community Center at 8$:15 o'clock is the first ' of the special events arranged by the CAmmunity Mu- isic Association, in additiog to its Sun- | day night services. Mr. William C. White. principal of tian, Brig. Gen. Sawver, the Presi- dent's personal physician; Secretary Wecks. Chairman Lasker of the Shipping Board and perhaps others Fdward Mclean. Senator and Mrs Frelinghuysen of New Jersey and other friends of President and Mrs. Harding will be in Florida, and prob- ably will join the party at various points of their trip. RELIEF STORES BURNED. America’s Donated Foods at Sim- birsk Destroyed, Moscow Reports. LONDON, February 27.—A dispatch to the Times from Riga gives a re- Iport from Moscow to the effect that the principal food stores of the Amer- ican Relief Administration, situated in_Simbirsk, have been burned. the Army Music School, in tp-operation with Robert Lawrence, has prepared a most excellent program of strikingly contrasted musical forms. The num-| d by the Armty Music re Beethoven's ‘“Dance of the Hours.” from “Gioconda,” and the andante con_moto and presto move- ments from Mendelssohn's Italian Sym- hony. P ha &pecial features of the program will be Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler, so- prano, accompanied by George Wilsorr; the Male Glee Club of the Army Musio School, a brass quartet and a brass sextet. A portion of the concert period will be devoted to community singing, un- der the direction of Robert Lawrence, assisted at the piano by Helen Burkart. The concert is free to the public. The doors will open at 7 o'clock. Children under_four years of age are not aa- mitted. School Noonday Lenten Services —_— RESOLUTION ASKS 'STREET CAR PROBE ntinued from First Page.) i B. F. Keith’s Theater 12:30 to 1 O’Clock there was specific or_Implied autho ity given ta the commission by t ublic utilities act to raise the ‘ares. Another section provides that if it is found the Public Utilities Commission has not exceeded its a thority in raising fares, then t committee shal report whether the commission “was justified in ralstug the fares during the war an hether the commission is justified now in. refusing to reduce fares, now that| the war is over. E H The. committee is to report what is . a reasonable fare to be’ charged at iy time. e Gommtttes will examine into and report upon the quéstion of uni- Jersal or limited transfers: whether the.public utilities’ aot. should De re- SPEAKER TOMORROW Dr. J. Stanley Durkee CONDUCTED BY Mr. Roy L. Smith. Every One Invited—¥a Collection