Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1923, Page 2

PRESIDENT ARRNES AT PALW BEACH i l Gives Up Plan o Play Golf at Hobe Sound, Despite Preparations. By the Assoriated Press PALM BEACH. Flu. alteration in tentative plans brought President Harding and his vacation party to Palm Beach today slightly ahead of schedule The President had brven expected to leave the houseboat Plonees fhis fore- noon ai Hobe about thirty mfles north of lere. vound o %olf, and elaborate had be made by the ittle winte for his entertalument however, steamed by the place: merely March 10.—Au sound. to colony tiere The Ploneer, slowing down to permic Edward H. McLean, who s actiug a8 host to President and Mrs. Hardinz, to step into a walting launch, wi ame ashore. My, McLean then motored here to complete wgements for the entertainment of the party: Throngh the change In plans the day's golf game was changed from ‘he Hobe sound teutee to the lnks here, Whetis the party woul remain here vver N ¥ wae undectded PATIENTS ARE BETTER. 1 John Barton Payne and Daugherty Both Improved. Br the Associnind Press, MIAML Fla. March 10.-The ocundie tlon of John Barton Payne chalrman of | the Amerlcan Red Cross and former hiead of the Shipping Board, Was better today than on yesterday, when he was "amoved from the yacht of former Sen- ator Frelinghuysen to & hotel here, Mr. Payne is under treatment of Dr.| T. Boone, who also i3 treating Harry Daugherty, Attorner General of the nll’z‘ed States, who has been Rerloul-l Mr. Daugherty was expected be | taken vutdoors today. 1 STUDIES DRY QUESTION. ) i i | | President Will Call Governors for Confereiice on Return. elght SEEK ILLINOIS PRIEST, MISSING SINCE TUESDAY Abandorned Auto Only Trace Found of 28-¥ear-Old Rector of Catholic Church. By the Anmociated Piess. ST. LOUIS, Mo.. March 10. toduy aunounced they huse de dueting a seurel thies Taesds [ Fathe® Jobn A,V ¢ toenty veurs he auto- ds the fenis LEFFINGWELL0K'S CROSBY'S DENIAL Assistant Secretary Says U. S. Did Not Force Brit- ish Guarantees. dents Foggy. Belief of Ex-0fficlal. By e Aseociated Prews, NEW YURK, March 1o.—R, U, Lef- fingwell, assistant wecretary of the Treasury during the Wilson adminle: tration, today Joined with his col- league, Oscar T, Crosby, former pres: tdent of the luteralited council of war purchases and flnance. fu seserting that Amerfoa did not force Great Britain to guarantee loans made’the allle Mr. Leffingwell sald he regrets that A Ballour's note and Balfour's reply had revived a controversy that could serve no useful purpose now that the British deLt settiement was Aaccom- lished, PINiT LeMngwell said that England might not have been forced to borrow money had she not financed allied ssador Harvey's uttack on Lord | BY DAVID LAWRENC {Luying in her own territory, but the ioniy debts for which she was respon- (Copyrig by Star ) 4 chich she in- § sibie to us were those which s PALM BEACH, Fla. March 10.— | Shrred on her own account. One of s of President Mr. Crosby, assistant secretary of the } the first ter 1 ati yernors of all the 1ce at the 1 will be to { states National Capital war., emphatically as a “wisap- Treasur: charact prehens: four in United States had demanded a British during the zed yesterday assertion of Lord Bal- house -of lords that the the {Balfour's Memory of Later Inoi-| STAGE WHISKY RAD NEAR SUPREME COURT 1Police Enter John Marshall Place { ] | | | i Houses and Seize Many Gallons of Liquor. lu & house that throws its shadow practically on the lawn of the Dis- trict Supreme Court house, members of the vice squad, led by Lieut. Davis and Sergt. McQuade, last night setzed 100 gallons of alleged corn and rye whisky. 3 At 10:30 o'clock the police knocked on the door of 322 John Marshall place. A young woman opened the door, yelled “police” and watched the raiders ascend to the second floor. where a party of a dozen or more were_grouped about a table with a jar of corn liquor occupying the post of honor In the center, according the police. Examination of the house disciosed a door on the first floor. which provided communication with a next-door house, whose front door was boarded up. Mau and Wife Held. Joseph B. _Goodman. forty-six, and his wife FEva, thirty-flve, wer: arrested on charges of iliegal posses sion of liquor und sale of intoxicants. In the prem es at 322 approximately ! FT. MYER SUFFERS | | #rom the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star. Scientists Believe Seip Alive Until End of 504-Foot Plunge : WHICan of Paying U.S.Rhine Claim To Be Submitted By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 10—The confer ence called {n an effort to sQjust the question of payment for the American army of occupation in Germany, at which Ellot Wade- worth, assistant sec: -urr of the Treasury, is representing the United States. had a session two hours today and sdjourned until next Wednesduy. No decision was nade regarding any plan for payment, but certaln propo- sitions formulated by the ~aliles were J)rnn!nted which will be sub- mitted to Washington before the next mesting. The propositions, it is stated, propose payment out of future reparation funds recelved from Germany. —_— MRS. MACFARLAND DIES SUDDENLY Widow of Former D. C. Com- missioner Fails to Survive Operation in Philadelphia. 1 Mrs. Mary L. . Macfarland, widow {of Henry B. F. Macfarland, a long- {time restdent of Washington, died | suddenly yesterday afternoon at the Hahnemana Hospital, Philadelphla, Pa., following an cperation. Her sie- ter, Mrs. Willlam N. Strong of this city, was with her at the time of death. Mra Macfarland, whose husband, former District Commlssioner Mac- farland, died in October, 1921, had closed her home here and was spend- ing the winter in Philadelphta.” Fu- neral services will be held in that city at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon. Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, pastor of the Church of the Covenant of this city, will be the officiating clergyman. An- other sister, Mrs. Nellio McMurtrie of New York, also survives her, Native of Pennsylvanis. Mrs. Macfarland_was born in Erie, ”a., but came to Washington in her youth. She was a_daughter of the late Judge John Douglas. who served as District Commissioner from 1559 to 1893 and whose residence for a number of years was at 1816 F street northwest, site of the present Department of the Interior building. | He also served as president of the board and was at one time United States commissioner of internal reve- NATL PHOTO KEEPS KEENWATCH AT MONUMENT ToF Guard Instructed to Prevent Repetition of Fatal Leap by Student. ACCIDENT, SAYS FAMILY Verdict of Suicide Causes Protest— Funeral to Be Held Monday. Extra Precautionary measures are being taken by the guard on duty {n the top of the Washington Monu- ment to prevent a repetition of the fatallty yesterday afternoon, when Albert Birney Seip of 1694 Lanie: place northwest committed suicide, dectded by, a coroner's jury, by leapine from the south window. Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, officer in charge of public bulldings and Srounds, sald today that the guard on duty in the top of the great shaft had been instructed to watch all visi- tors carefully in view of the effect Sefp's death leap will have o public mind. He pointed o tha? heretofore the guard has devoted his time principally to keeping order an directing the loading and unloading of the elevator. May Bar Windows. Col. Sherrill does not look with favor upon the suggestion that bars be placed in the Monument windowss holding the belief that they would materially mar the excellent view of the city now obtained from the top. “However, if it is found necessary to take this step,” sald Col. Sherrill, “we will not heektate.” Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt last night issued a certificate of suicide In the death of Seim Although information reaching the authorities was to the effect that the man had been a vir- tim of extreme'nervous troubles, ha: - ing undergone treatment in 'sani- tariums for tids allment which fol lowed intensive study at Cornell Tni versity. Coroner Nevitt is reported to have taken the stand that the height of the window from the floor of the uppermom platform and the width of the opeming of the window from which the plunge was made precluded any pomsibility of purely accidental death. Even taking into consideration the nervous condition of the victim, the certificate of sui clde was issued bacause of the bhe- lief that to get through an opening eighteen inches in height and fou feet above . the level of the floor voluntary act was necessary. 10 discuss the e sment of the pro- ] S . lons were confiscated, the i nue- e ol (0day/Ahg pos hibition laws P | guarantee before fnancing other alilee. i raon e Vielding & similar 5 ! | In 1558 Miss Douglas married Mr.|tive conviction was expressed tha' ¢ i Lntering the controversy ‘i‘nft’j’.s‘;“ i B i | Mactarland. They had no children. "1'5 d'h"th was not the Femultyne e e P t feels that it is his|between Lord Balfour and Ambassa- [amount, ! s {occupying & o cide, but an accident. It was sug- cutives that the language of the | ed war Joans with Lord Balfour | the Saselent oF On B O, aoratd B ks’ Kitchi Fi {from the top of the Washington |8truggled while falling o that he|Wiliam Strong, whe was the first [terested in construction, had leaned eighteantl nendment. which places | when the latter came here in 1917 as | backed away 10 trUREs o0 1804 Barracks itehen ue}\m“um‘ t yesterday, suffered from a | [4rned his body entirely around withl,un from the District to enlist on |{rom the Monument window to study K el e et cpiaces] e el hloh commiasion|l WA o r | 3 nt ¥ g | his face toward the sky instead of | jpal A oints in the arc s T o |nendiof Lo from afdavits of roomers in the . S| : the side of the allies in the world | P n rchitecture, losing his | states “loncurrent jurisdic- |and who later served in Europe asffrom amdavits of roomers nad| Blamed for Origin of S weak heart or died of fright during | toward the ground. war. He Jjoined the Canadian army |balance and falling. i Joint responsib The | president of the interallied council |house, who. the S med for gIN OF SPEC- |¢ic rail, he was probably alive at the | o g necessary for such & fall lin January, 1915, and later served| According to the sister-in-law of siaten e abolie. force 364 (he lon mwar putchaces A0 Suasce. He- | “Coisriag matier, 5 gamge snd & time of his terrific fmpact with the (5% M, Sew ook Trom | the MONU-|withthe British army. Mr. Strong|the man's mother, who is at the home [ederal government has additlonal | clared he could recall but one incl: |, (OONUNE, WACCH BN me | tacular Burst of Flame. - Sioe, nilcans DonEl thro Cofficials to be abeut |died shortly after the war as the re- | attendIng to Mrs. Seip, who is suffer vachinery. but the latter is virtually | dent on which the “misapprehension’ - ded Lieut. Davis, Sergt. [stone pavement, according to ed by bureau officials to be about It of disability 1 od i vice. | IN€ from the effects of the shoc powerlass without the hearty co-oper- | might be based. L ey Daves aatiB o aia mates of bureau of standard sclen- | 3.5 seconds. mot taking fnto ac 'u..;is““,;‘ Macharionds pablinemiiiey: |Sefp was in the best of spirits Thuse ST R R Nuustan Loan Incident. o ine aicond previnct. and Revenue | tists, who have made an exhaustive | 1¢ YING TESERCS nof (he SFect Of| noss was indicated by nunierous ac- e e el o made plans forithe fo) o O e States WHICH | ppiq incldent, he said. was the grani- | Officers Hertzig and Burrell. ONE SOLDIER INJURED !stuay of fanling bodies. | jtivities for which she was well known. - she sald. would o harrOWUIton | ing " to Russia of “a_relatively small | R TEis e conieniie St opinion amonE e | 59L& number of years she served s Funeral Servive Monday. et g St | o of $ikTookome” upon” Bl 0. | g\ AW ENS TO DISCOVER ——s e e e e T un | e S, WometiOoAb,deeel? | Puneral services will e ned 4t 1o ' any i on trip, he can- |3SEemcil, SLE TS S o Hospital Patients Safe While |oMclats of the bureau, that men may | The force of the impact when Seip | ociation. She was also & member of |L4nIer placo residence Monday mor: pe noticiig some of the many | fafres. holding over from the czarist | HIS BED IS BLAZING! P!t MR e easily live durlng such a fall, unless | it the stone pavement was estimated | the board of children’s guardians at|ing at 10 o'clock. Burial will be it newspaper items which have been |regime, with no authority to sign oblf- ; by scientists to be about 300.000-foot | 0ne time, served on the board of the | Oak Hill cemetery. 2 appearing lately concerning prohibi- | gations for the provisional government | Frame Structure and Part suffering from a weak heart or = ¢ is | Central Union Mission and for many el tion violation O Rdeala, Mr. Crosby sdmitted, Bow- Hitt, P, S RiiateE Y] 2 fright. The speed of his fall was|Pounds. or about 150-foot tons. This|years was a strong local sUpporter of ldsm?, who Was twenty-five years Mr. Harding isn't making any visits | aver, that this loan had been left to|R. S. R. Hitt. Forme: o of Brick Burm. estimated at about 120 miles an hour, | Was explained as being such a force | the Salvation Army. fxnio:':ofé';iffi'a"’}?." of Gen. Birnes 10 the hotels along the coast. nor is |the charge of Great Britain. Panama, Has Narrow Escape which, it was pointed out, was not |38 Would be able to raise a 130-ton Active in Chureh Work, France, and i survived. ;vmnm‘“‘”,‘,'"‘.‘ ¢ inqu !;lng into the pro and con m;emng] lt?‘ ?‘ih"“i‘i‘,flp'.?‘i‘;ufirx e I much faster than is frequently at-| Weight one foot in the air. For many years Mrs. Marfarland |er and six half brothers 'znd’swlmnr-r: ¢ prohibition in the winter colony, | Crosby said that the si cemed in New York. The concrete foundation posts of a : Conc . Wwas a member of the Church of the | An uncle, 4 Birney, prominent . but as he drifis along in his house | “to have been so dominated by British | tained by airplanes. Concerning the speed of falling, it {as of the 1 uncle, A. A. ey, prominent at- nt, temporary frame barracks, a partially was a most regular at- . o - e " > S n o e 3t by s H # torney here, dled & few vears ago. An- for miles and mliles he can nfluence. that Secretary McAdoo feit| NEW. YORK., March 10.—R. S. R, ey | was further pointed out by scientists | enaant ‘and. inferecred g S P s ars i ; “elp wondering how the long. coast | it was wiss 1o leave the account as we | 1y of Washington, former minister to | destroved brick building and scorched S e that the maximum speed which a hu- | every Dhase of hureh Fomk or 0 ?\e:'tr;l'-’lcl];:lolly:ml; e line. with dts many inlets and keys, | found it. We knew nothing of the quid | oot TG ol T wakened | COMTECting wings with the general hos- | Aeronauts who have failen for long | man body attains while _fulling | number of vears she served & presi Before entering Cornell, Seip can ever be thoroughly protected | pro quo which might have existed be- 4 q tel Ritz-Cariton | Pital at the Fort Myer military reserva- | gistances out of airplanes have been | through the air is. roughly, milesdent of the District of Columbia |tended the District public schooisand sgainst the inc not” only of | tween _ the indorsing _government, i his room at the Hotel Ritz-Cariton | RN 1 Tort SUE IR PEOETRR- | distantes ont of BURUARCE RIS LID | an hour. no mattar how far it falls, | ausiliars of the famous MeAN i | Aino g g mpeipict Publie schools an craft from Bahamas. but | Great Britain, and Russia.” . early todas to find his bed afire and | Wn today tel g @ %o be struggling in midair. In fact,|This limit had been determined, it (sion. Paris, France. nical High School. Records at polic #17plan: s, oo, from Cuba. Nassau and | “Lord Balfour.” sald Mr. Crosbr. |y room filed with smoke. He opened |!*7 fire which raged for more than two | (0 S SrUE80"Fag fallan more than | was said, by extensive observation of | She alco’ wan active in all matters | neadanarters show (s areais POl other ixiands Nving a foreign flag, | “thought we should have taken over ' T " Tl Tl LT T gy [BoUrs last night and destroyed about |y niile out of an airpiane was re- | wind and air resistance {pertaining to Peck Memorial Chapel, | Washington Asylum Hospital twice. What happens 1e Tlorida after | this relativeiy small amount and I fancy | & windqw Selle (KIS & POUCClOR: £100 000 in property and equipment. | Georgetown, a branch of the church, fonce in 1916 and again in 1915 the &nd state problem, but this state has iquor arrives is a joint federal no adequate or marine per- somnel to stop rum running, which flourishes in these placid waters ever S0 much more than in the storm- tossed three-mile limits of New York and New Jersey. There’s plenty of opportunity here. indeed, for presidential solilouy on | the subject of prohibition enforce- ment . | CUTTING “RED TAPE” i TO HELP VETERANS, GEN. HINES’ PLEDGE (Continued from i i eminations per doctor, general examiners. 13; examinations per ex- aminer. 85: total personnel, 106, mak- ing the total cost of the medical and dental personnel $211.862.92 per an- num. Twenty-Seven Doctors on Duty. The dispensary having been trans- ferred to the fourth disirict, Capt Hahn pointed out. Febr 1,'1922, & duction had been effected. which, hie sald, on December 19, } showed there were 27 doctors on duty: ex- minations per doctor were sncral examiners, 6; general exan ations per examiner. 137: total per- <onnel, 3% total cost per annum, | s1 or a met reduction of $43.581 The greatest number of patients | hospitalized in the fourth district was 1000, it was said, but this number at | present e 2, 7. 1 The personnel of the fourth distriet :;o“'as pointed M]\t ha been x'edur:ed| m 37 to the present which is 1.06% y % "“mh"'f Other savings have Leen effected, ft | was pointed in the report. through eorganization of the various sections in the district ) Pay Roll Is Reduced. On April 30, 1922, the report showed, | U‘-? bay roll for this district WBS’ $33.374.95. The pay roll February 25, 1923, was $70.046.91. In addition to achieving retrenchments in expendle rure, the fourth district also, it was pointed out, incroased its service to the veteran. There are fewer com- plaints than ever befors sald o““ report. “There is less delay in the ad. judication of claims than ever before. correspondence is more m; answered, and, in addition, the cmm. ants are given much more ¢ - hensible information.” Ombre One very serious problem confront- ing him, Gen. Hines continue , arose from complaints of underpayment of medical attendants. He = said he would use whatever latitude the Vet. crans’ Bureau director has in rear- ranging pay schedules where it is found necessary. At conferences with his aivision chiefs and atdes, Gen. Hines has giv- en_instructions that all persons hav- ing business with the bureau are “en. titled to the greatest courtesy and the kindest treatment.” ——— PROBING MYSTERY DEATH. CENTERBURG. Ohlo, March 10. Rnox county officials tgday were inves- tigating the finding last night of the body of Lemott M, Dally. vice presi- dent and cashier of the First Natfonal Bank of Centerburg, with a bullet hole in his head. Dally was found in his barn; in the hay mow a revolver was picked up. Officials of the bank sald they have found no ehortags, and the Knox county coroner is conducting his investigation i the bellef that Dally not & 1N ! Lord Balfo ! government of Russia. his memory has retained the impres- sions resulting from the incident, while { he has not kept pace with the other vastly larger transactions, in which his government was not asked to assume any responsibility whatever for allled purchases, other than British, in our markets Text of Statement. Mr. Crosby's formal statement fol- can recall but one incident remaining in Lord Balfour's mind. may have given rise to the misapprehensions appearing in his jast statement. Tt occurred while ur was In Washington, on concerning it was had, 1 which, and discussion o n part. with him . Ghortly sfter our entranoce in the war, it became my duty to obtain a statement of the commitments of the various allied governments for mate- rials under contract in the United States. This statement was had from J. P. Morgan and Company. who were acting as flscal agents for Great Britain and other allies. McAdoo Rushed Loans. ecratary McAdoo had not waited for this report before making loans under the act of Congress approved April 24, 1917. With his usual promptitutle, he had the President’s approval for a loan of $200,000.000 to Great Britaln on April 25. was followed by large advances directly made to France and Italy as soon as the money could be found, and before the first liberty loan was floated. “Meanwhile it was clear that we should know how much we were ex- pected to for our associates to cover their needs In the United States. When the Morgan statement iabove mentioned was received, T re- ported to the Secretary that it showed about $170.000,000 of contracts for de- liveries to Russia, but with British indorsement. Russla was at that time represented only by a charge d'af- faires holding over from the czarist regime. He had no authority then to <ign obligations for the provisional Secretary Me- Adoo could not lend money without having corresponding obligations of the borrowers. Am s0on as the neces- sary authority was given, loans were made directly to the new Russian government without indorsement of any other government. Commission Fixed Program. The program of purchases for Rus- sia, both in the United States and Great Britain, had heen made out by a commission sent to St. Petersburg under the leadership of Lord Milner. While the commitments of the big belligerents were at once taken over by them from loans made directly to them, this one, just mentioned, for Russia was left to the charge of Great Britain. “Thers was no discussion as to British responsibility for the pur- chases here of the other allies. But as to this Russian affair, it seemed to have been so dominated by Brit- ish influence (necessary, doubtless, in the confusion of the’ time) that Secretary McAdoo felt it was wise to ieave the account as we found it. Recalls It Very Well. remember the dixcussion very well and sssume my small share of responeibility, as the one in charge of the fical bureau for the Secretary. in that I advifed him..to follow this course. .We knew nothing of the quid pro quo which might have ex- isted between the indorsing govern- ment, Great Britain, and Rusésia. No opportunity had been given the United States to consider the pro- Russian commitments prosscuon of the war.' Secretary MaAdoo never in- sisted upon lw vexatious inquiry into the requisftions of the allied governments, but it wag his duty to This | | extinguished the blaze. Most of the guests were asieep and few knew that there had been a fire. Mr. Hitt said he did not know the cause of the blaze. learn what hae could, without actual- ly hindering the measures necessary in war. Failed to Keep Pace. “Lord Balfour thought we should have taken over this relatively small amount. and I fancy his memory has retained ~the impressions resulting from the incident, while he has not kept pace with the other vastly larg- er transactions in which his govern- ment was not asked to assume zny responsibility whatever for allied pur- chases (other than British) in our markets. “lord Balfour save, ‘We explained to the American government that we should be able to find all the dollars necessary to purchase our own war materials without borrowing from the United States or anybody else. Cer- tainly no such statement came to my knowledge. On the contrary, the need of borrowing dollars for British re- quirements here (and even in neutral countries) was always to the fore in my contact with the subject. British Bought Drafts. “Purchases with American fund for allied accounts in neutral cou tries were accomplished indirectly by making up drafts in London offered in Wall Street by neutral holders from many countries. British finan- cial agents bought these drafts with moneys lent by us in order to pro- tect sterling exchange rates. Private as well as public drafts were thus taken up. “It is probable that some of these drafts covered credits established by Great Britaln in favor of other allied governments. It was not possible to distingulsh the sources of the drafts when originally purchased. In so far as Great Britain may have thus financed France or Italy in neutral countries, giving British obligations for the necessary funds to the United States Treasury. the act was voluntary on their part. Advances to Protect Exchanges. “As the war progressed loans were negotiated in some neutral countries by Great Britain and France sepa- rately, and also separate advances wers made by us to allies for pro- tecting their exchanges in New York. “Lord Balfour seems to have con- fused the supply of British goods on sterling loans to the allies with the supply of American and neutral goods for which gold, or its equivalent, was necessary. I can see nothing that we could have done that was not done, except to finance France, Italy, etc. for their purchase of British goods in British markets. That would have supplied Great Britain with dollar ex- change which otherwise was so sadly lacking for British purchases abroad. Perhaps Lord Balfour has in mind this sort of transactions. “Let the Cat Die” “T do not remember that it was seriously urged by British treasury officials until some time in Mareh, 1918, when a large part of the exls ing debt had already been incurred. That arrangement would have vio- Jated the spirit of the act under which the President and Secretary McAdoo 80 boldly discharged the heavy re- sponsibility placed upon them by the American people. Nor was it neces- ®ary, as the event proved, since the Brit{sh government continued to find sterling credits (in paper money, sub- stantially) to cover French, Italian, Belgian, Greek and other purch: in Great Britall “Now, that the two treasuries have ettled the matter, harmoniously, It would be better in schoolboy lan- guage, to ‘let the cat die, so ft seems to ma' : That section of the post adjacent to the entrance of Arlington national ceme. tery was this morning strewn with beds, mattresses, lockers and personal equipment of about seventy enlisted men, and a large detafl of soldlers was at_work cieaning up the debris, while a board of investigation was checking off that material and government prop- erty which had been destroyed. in or- |der to ascertain the exact amount of damage, This board., which was ap- pointed this morning by Maj. J. M. Wainwright, commanding officer of the post, is composed of Maj. C. P. George, 16th” Fleld Artillery; Cupt. James R. Finley, 3d Cavalry, and Second Lieut Harris F. Scherer, 3d Cavairy. Col. Dwight Davis, acting secre- tary of war, in the absence of Secre- tary Weeks, who 18 in Florida, visited the reservation this morning to de- termine the extent of the damage and was escorted on his tour by Maj. Wainwright. Blame Defective Flue. __The blaze is believed to have orig- inated in the kitchen from a defective | flue. The kitchen tond in the center {of the horseshoe-shaped frame bar- racks, bccupled by Headquarter Combat Train of the 16th Fleld Artil- lery. The fire was discovered about 9:30 o'clack after it had made con- siderable headway and was bursting through the roof of the structure. Immediately it spread to the castern side of the horseshoe-shaped barracks and, fanned by a wind from the south, spread to the other side of the horseshoe. Iu less than three-quar- ters of an hour the entire structure was a mass of brilliant embers, while the brick building to the west waa enveloped in flames and the wooden wing connecting the latter with the general hospital was burning. The porch of a small building to the north of the' barracks also was burned. Although the fire had gotten under way before it was discovered, the seventy men of the headquarters train who occupled the temporary barracks saved most of their personal and govesnment property. The brick building known as the isolation ward was unoccupled at the time, but in the cellar was stored. considerable property, which also was saved from the fire. "At 10:45 o'clock the progress of the fire In the {solation ward was checked and from then until 4:20 o'clock this morning, when the last blaze had died, the fire-fighters had the upper hand. The isolation ward is a substantial two-story brick building and has been standing at the post for many years. The south end and vast sidé of the structure were heavily damaged and much of the in- terior’ was destroyed, but it is be- lleved it can be repaired. The frame wings connecting the isolation ward with the general hospital were dam- aged, while the once which led to the temporary barracks was destroyed. Only One Patient Disturbed. In the main bullding of the ho. pital were thirty patients, and ac- cording to Col. Peter C. Fleld, medi- cal officer of the post, they remained in their wards and rooms, although the rning barracks was a short dis- Nce away. One patient was re. moved from .the hospital to another lace because of his serious condi- ion, as it.was thought the excite- ment and nofse would hinder his progress. A general alarm was sounded throughout the reservation as soon a8 the fire was discovered and the entire personnel of the post turned fire-fighters But the apparatus owned by the post wag not sufficient and & call was sent to Washington. Nos. 5. 16 and 23 engine companies and No. 2 and 5 truck responded. The assistance rendered by these units r» .ldl.ebe‘lued today to have been nyaluable. Many of the soldier-firemen of the ost were scratched, cut or .bruised Fn the work of fighting the fire. Sergt. Hamer was struck oR tha foot with i ] ' From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterdas's Star. CAPITOL PLAZA HOME GET NEW LEASE OF LIFE, Government Agrees to Pay B. & 0. | Railroad $74,000 for Use of Ground. An agreement which will extend the life of the government hotels on the Capitod plaza. at least untilj Congress convenes next December was reached at a conference yester- day afternoon between George M. Shriver, vice president of the Balti- more and Ohfo railroad. and Robert Watson. director of the United States Housing Corporation, the agency operating the hotels. Pays $74,000 for Use of Land. Under the terms of the agreement the government is to pay $74,000 for the use of the land owned by the raliroad company on which part of the hotel project is located. The amount of money to be paid the railroad company is estimated to be 6 per cent of the valuation set on the railroad proverty in 1913, which was placed at $1,020.000, plus taxes on the property, which would amount to about $13.000 for the period from November 14 last to December next. The interest will amount to $61,000. The Labor Department, under the agreement, is to request Congress to authorize payment of the money out of the sum collected from operation of the hotels, Increase in Rates Stand. The agreement entered into yester- day will not affect in any way the increase in rates to guests of $4.50 per month, which will become e fective March 16, Passage by Con- gress of a bill authorizing payment of the money would not have inter- fered with the incréase in rates, as the joint resolution., which falled of passage in the House during the closing hours of the Sixty-seventh Congress provided that money for rental of the land should be forth- coming out of revenues from the | committee. hotels. P ——— an ax. The hospital had no record of any other injurie: The temporary frame barracks, which at one time was a part of the post hospital, formed fuel for a blaze that could be distinguished in Wash- ington and the country surrounding the post. Hundreds of persons on foot and in automobiles rushed to the sceus of the fire and by 11 o'clock sev- eral thousand were there. The occupants of the temporary barracks have been moved in with the 34 Gun Battalion, Troops A, B and C, of the 16th Field Artillery, which oc- cupy three barracks & few hundred yards from the one destroyed. No changes are necessary in the main building of the hospital, but the con- necting wings have been temporarily rendered unfit for occupancy. —_— Although only sixteen years of ags. 'Mrs, Ruth Long recently applied to the county clerk in Loulsville, K; for a license for a second matrimonial venture. Will Head Citizens’ Committee of 100, Which Will Co-Operate With Almas Body. From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star. iy rs as superintendent of the Sunday filiated with organizations formed for particularly the latter, possessed by {in_prose and poetry, were marked. ) compositions. a very beautiful piece This was sung at the interment of the | {ices held at the Church of the Cove- the board of Commissioners, yesterday | (1 “AT» °f Whom her nephew was: made up of one hundred representa- i BUT BUYERS MUST school. Mrs. Macfarland was an ar- RUDOLPH ACCEPTS POST s Mrs. Macfarland were not. perhaps, Several of her poems have appeared { of music, adapted to the words of the i Unknown Soldier, November 11, 1921 nant in honor of the young men of its afternoon accepted the general chair-| tive Washington men to co-operate MAINTAIN 'ROUTES where her husband served for many dent anti-vivisectionist and was af- | The literary and musical ability, TOAID SHRINE CONCLAVE i inis, s s tans G in The Star. She wrote. among other {famous poem. “In Flanders Fields.” | {and was also sung at memordal serv- | Commissioner Rudolph, president of | membership who lost their lives in manship of & citizens' comml!lee!u S. TO SELL SHIPS. with the Almas Temple 1923 Shrine Gontinvedifrom Rirat Bage) He was waited on by a committee representing the Chamber of Com- merce. the Merchants and Manu- facturers’ Assoclation and the Board of Trade, headed by Daniel J. Calla- han, and accompanied also by mem- bers of the executive committee of the Shrine organization. After listen- ing to a discription of the immensity of the coming event and its civic importance to Washington, Mr. Rudolph formally accepted the post Mr. Rudolph will not be called o to serve actively, but will appoint vice chairmen to ‘carry out his pur- poses and plans. Headquarters of the citizens’ committee will be in the Homer building. He appointed a sub- committee consisting of Charles T. . customs duties charged on goods shipped in American bottoms. But both former President Wilson jand President Harding have declined to take such steps. There is strong sentiment in Congress in favor of the | abrogation of treaties, however, and the establishment of a system of dis- criminating duties to favor goods im- ported in American vessels. May Abrogate Treati®s. It may be that at the next session i Congress itself will undertake to | pass a law abrogating these treaties, as it has the right to do. Such a fieasure would have to be signed by | \ Clagett. Chamber ~of Commerce: | {he Prosident or passed over hjs Charles W. Semmes, Merchants and jveto by a two-thirds vote if it were Manufacturers; Thomas Bradley.!io hecome 1aw. Board of Trade, and Philip King to | select the committee of one Lundred. which will be submitted to him. This committee will meet Monday at 3 p.m. at Shrine headquarters. ORDERS RECLAMATION PROJECTS INVESTIGATED Secretary Work to Have Columbia The administration leaders at the Capitol frankly say they see no chance of putting a subsidy bill ough the next Congress. e hil) “which failed in the last ongress only passed the House by & majority of twenty-four votes, and it would have commanded only a ma- jority of two or three votes in the Senate had it come to a final vote. In the next Congress, with the demo- crats mueh more numerous in both houses and with “progressive” repub- licans taking the places of many of Basin and Umatilla Rapids the former republican senators and representatives, there would not ‘be Possibilities Surveyed. the ghost of a chance of getting through legislation for a subsidy, it Secretary of the Interior Work an- | was pointed out. observation of his mental conditio Hls mother, according to the autho: ities, had him transferred from there Philadelphia sanatorfum. Hi: presence at the home .of his mother was during a short visit previous to his return to, the sanatorium, MALEVANS COMMENDED - BY SECRETARY FALL Retiring Official Adds to That of His Predecessors. Praise Services rendered by Maj. Gearge W. Evans as chief disbursing officer of the Interior Department during the tenure of office of Secretary Fall were commended by the retiring sec- retary when he left office March 1. in aletter made public by Mr. Evans today. Mr. Fall's letter to Maj. Evans follows: “Mr. George W. Evans, “Chief. Disbursing Office: “Department of the Interior “My Dear Mr. Evans: I very sii- cerely appreciate your excellent serv- ices rendered as chief disbursing offi- cer of this department during the two years since I have been agsoci- ated with you. “I have had reason to look into your record. and it is that of a faithful and efficient worker for the interests of the people and for the good of this particular service. You have my sin Gere wishes for many happy and pros- Perous years. “Very sincerely yours. “ALBERT B. FALL, “Secretary of the Interiur Maj. Evans has served in the In terior Department nearly forty years and has received commendatory let ters expressing simflar _sent!ments from former President Wilson and from all the secretaries of the In- terior under whom he has served During his service as chief dis- bursing officer of the Interfor De partment, Maj. Evans has_disbursed a total of $500,000,000, without the loss of a dollar to eitheér the govern ment or himself. He also holds th position of chief of the division o finance of the Interior Department oted| The fate of American shipnng. ounced last night fio had directed ! CHo s Nes: tn) the hands of ithe the reclamation service to conduct the | theTefore: 20, 19, Gie Lanqe of the investigation of the proposed Colum- tent, with the approval, of course, bia basin and Umatilla rapids recla- | of the President, for what the board mation projects, for which Congress | may decide to do. recently appropriated $150,000. B Dr. Work also announced he had desigmated Assistant Secretary Good-| SEEK TO FREE RUSS. wii whose home is in Spokane, ‘Wash., and Director Davis of the rec- lunntlon! -:fivlco t‘n ::vl-e him n:n ‘Writ Served on Manila Officials in ther as to the engineering, water, le- gal Lm’l. olh:{h q:emonj- arising In Behalf of Mutineers. connection with the projects. P Maj. Gen: Goethals, rotired, who hag | B the Associated Press. made some preliminary studies of the Columbia, basin project for private in- terests, Mr. Work said, may be re- quested later to act in a_ consulting and advisory capacity. On_comple- tlon of the Investigation Secretary Work will submit a report and recom- mendation to Congress. Investiga- tion of the projects, it was said, will Besiniatar AT Adniral Stark to reconvene the court- — e martial and bring about acknowledg- All kinds of queer little creatures, |ment of ite lack of jurisdiction in from monkeys fo tiny green lisards, | American waters. have appeared at one time or anoth as pets of the society women in Lon don. el have been granted until March 13 to holding sixteen Russians sentenced to Bilibid prison for mutiny by a court- martial of officers of Admiral Stark's refugee fleet. Steps are being taken to induce show cause in the supreme court for | & and during his term in that office has disposed of financial matters coming under his jurisdiction estimated at $200.000,000 annually or $8,000.000,000 in the nearly forty years of service DARING RUM PIRATES .RAID BAR OF LINER NEW YORK, March 9.—Rum pirates ‘made a daring raid today on the liner Orbita today as she lay at her dock, Shortly after midnight, a steam MANILA, March 10.—The attorney |launch with eloven men drew along- neral and the director of prisons|side, while the crew was in the for. castle and most of the officers were shore, and the men clamored aboard ‘Customs seals were broken on the bar and twenty cases of Scotch lowered into the launch before watchman discovered the visltors With iwo comrades he directed re volver fire at the launch, but the pirates escaped. ———— Miss Mary Dingham, industrial sec- The men asserted that no mutiny |retary of the Y. W. C. A, has arrived was intended, their main aim being|in S8hanghai to study conditions of to protest against alleged overwork. Jthe working womgn _or lE\.e orient.