Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. ht and tomorrow; continued and tomorrow morning, fol- lowed by rising temperatur morrow. Temperature for hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Fair toni cold lonlfli at 2:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 21 at 7 a.m. today. Full report on | e during to- twenty-four Highest, 69, page 19. | Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 Che Foenii WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 0 “From Press to Home The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is del Within the Hour” | | ered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Net Circulation, 95,781 28,824. Fntered as second-class matter "No. post office Washington, D. 55 ARE CONVIGTED * OF DRY LAW PLOT @ary, Ind., Officials and Citi- zens Found Guilty by Fed- eral Court Jury. SEVEN ACCUSED ARE FREE Deliberations Began Yesterday at 5:30, After Trial of Thir- teen Days. Ry the Associuted Press. JNDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 31— Fifty-five of sixty-two residents of Gary and Lake county, Ind.. tried on & charge of conspiracy to violate the NVolstead act, were found guilty by a Jury in United States district court Liere today Among the most prominent defend- #nts found guilty were Roswell O. Jolnsen, mayor of Gary; Willlam H. ©1ds, sheriff of Lake county; Willlam B Dunn, judge of the Gary city court, #nd Blaz Lucas, a Gary attorney; Dwight M. Kinder, prosecuting attor- hey of Lake county; Lewis E. Barnes, ghrmer sheriff of Lake county; Clyde Munter, former prosecutor of Lake eounty: John Bennett, treasurer of the republican city committee, Gary, nd Charles L. Clemens. a justice of Rhe peace. Seventy-Five Originaily Indicted. \ seventy-five persons living in Gary &7d Lake county were indicted by & federal grand jury last December ©n a charge of conspiracy to violate tie Volstead act. Of this number f.ve pleaded guilty before trial, the indlctment of Stanley Kosowskl was zolle prossed and seven other de- Fendants have not Leep arrested. Defendants who stood trial and were found not guilty are: Charles bpugherty. deputy sherlff ‘at Gary seph Demartl, jr, Gary ettorne Clem Hentges, deputy - sherift Gary; Fred Rose, mars George Filck and William _Bussie, Yoth of Gary, and Lawrence Treager, night marshal at Hobart. The trial of the sixty-two defend- ents was held before Judge Ferdi- 2and A, Gelger of Milwaukee, and listed ‘thirteen days.” The case w 1laced in the hands of the jury Fri- way evening at 0:30 o'clock. Judge Gelger heard the trial in place of | Jpdge A. B. Anderson, against whom thire was a protest that the might 1. prejudiced as a result of having tried_previous cases involving Gary ind Lake county men and women Judge Geiger announced that sen- tence would te pronounced April 2u. Judse Defines Conspiracy. Gelger, in instructing the gave a lengthy definition of crime of conspiring to violate the yohibition law, with which the de- fendants are charged. and sald that the one cardinal fact for them to etablish was twhether such a con- spiracy had existed. Cnited States District Jiomer Elliott, closing Trosceutio been submitted to prove that boot- Joggers, lawvers, the police force of Gary, and city and county officials all worked together to the common end of obstructing enforcement of the ohibition laws, The detense attorneys, in their ar- guments, declared the government had Falled to mak: ase, asserting that t one word of cvidence had been introduced to show that a consplracy ad existed. The whole foundation the government's had been Lised on the perjured testimony of 1wo of the prosecution’s witnesses, Duniel Melloy and Phillip Ukman. ey declured. Mure than 200 witnesses trial, which began agl a mass of evidence outed on both sides. Attorney n for the testified Murch 13, was intro- PRIEST LIVES DESPITE! DENIAL OF CLEMENCY | Appeals From Foreign Envoys Fail to Change Decision of Soviet. MOSCOW. Mareh 31, 5 p.m—The fleath sentence imposed on Viear Gen- eral Butchkaviteh, commutation of which was denled by the central ex- ecutive committee, has not vet beem ried out. it was said at 5 o'clock afternoon The general impression last night seemed to be that there was slight yrobability of the central exccutive committee changing its decision to zrant no clemency to the prelate. Ap-| peals have been made to the foreigh otlice by the heads of the Polish, Brit- th ish, Czechoslovakian and Itallan mis- ! sions, Under ordinary circumstances, when clemency is refused an execution is cayried out within fe hours. Wrether the central exccutive com- aitteo met again yesterday to recon- kider its decision in view of the many ~erbal appeals could not be ascer- rained officially this morning. Father Walsh, representative of the «atholie welfaré board, told the cor- 1espondent he had had no answer to Jiis request that he be allowed to ad- auinister the last sacrament to Mgr. Siygehkavit e foreign legations which asked' 1hat clemency be granted to the pr : Le were withhut information at noon | s to whether he had been executed. TWENTY RUM SHIPS OFF M Tleet Believed Associated With Two-Stack Steamer From Glasgow. s the Associated Press. BOSTON. Mareh 51.—A 1um row of 1wenty vesgels, riding or ruming with- cut lights between Nantucket and Mon- tauk Point ¥as reported to coast guard vessels today. The fleet Wis believed by officials here 10 be assoclsted wWith the two-stack | gow, whig: brought a carge of said that evidence had | ONTAUK POINT| ! builder, I { States Transport Company, for a Pope Denies Step To Intervene in Ruhr Situation By the Associated Press. ROME, March 31—The Vatican today fssued a categorical denial that Pope Pius had taken any steps to intervene in the Ruhr situation, “because such a rumor is destitute of any truth.” The Glornale D'Italla says its reports from other Sources had already convinced it that no such action had been taken. It recalls in this connection the feeling roused in France by the Pope's 2llusion to a “hedge of bayonets'” during the Genoa confidence. It beerves that Pope Benedict XV sued an appeal for a cessatlon of ostilities in 1917, but submits that the conditlons are radically changed now, the present struggle being mainly an economic and volitical one, in which the pontift cannot well interfere. BOMB CONFESSION STIRS U. 3. AGENTS Probe of Wall Street Outrage Resumed After Convict Ad- mits Designing Machine. i { | By the Associated Press. i LOS ANGELES, Calf, March 31— Many of the details of the purport: confession of Herbert Wilson, con- victed murderer, alleged mail robber and former evangelist that he manu- factured the explosive in the bomb which killed thirty-nine persons and destroyed property valued at thou- sands of dollars in Wall street, New York city, September 17, 1920, are withheld from the public “for the present,” it was admitted today by county and federal agents. i Wilson, a prisoner in the Los. Angeles county Jail, has been ques-| BY FRENCHINESSEN | Invaders Seize More Coal Mines. WASHINGTON, b REPORTED KILLED Military Turns Machine Guns | on Threatening Krupp Plant Workers. 20 OTHERS WOUNDED Monarchists Believed Plan- ing New Move. By the Associated Pre: BERLIN, Mareh 31. German workers at the Krupp plant in Essen have been killed and twenty injured in a confiict with the French military, says a Central News dispatch from Issen today. The trouble occurred through the French unexpectedly proceeding to occupy certain of the Krupps motor works, whereupon the worlkers stop- ped the machinery and went outside to offer opposition, the messaxe states. The officer in charge of the Frencn tried to persuade the men to return to duty, but they refuscd and sur-| rounded the troops, threatenins them with attack unless they withdrew The officer pointed out that he mnst carry out his orders, but the workers were obdurate, declarinz they would defend their plant Four machine guns then opened fire, adds the message, and six wor! ers fell dead. while twenty were seri ously {vounded. The remainder scat tered and the French then procecded to occupy the works. MORE 1aiNES SEIZED. 30,000 Tons of Coke and Coal Tak- en by Troops. By the Associated Press. ESSEN, March 31.—The govern-| tioned at length many times by | groups of deputy sheriffs and postal | Inspectors, according to the Los| Angeles Times, and these officers ex- | pect others of varfous branches of the | federal government, including W. J. Burns, director of the bureau of in-| vestigation of the Department of Justice, to come here to try to obtain | fuller information than they yet have ! persuaded Wilson to give. ! Admits Designing Bomb. i Wilson is said by Los Angeles ofi- | cers to have told them he had de- | slgned the bomb and manufactured | me of its most intricate parts at his home here, while under the im- pression it wus to be used by bank burglars who wanted to wreck a vault to hide evidence of having | opened it by using the combinatlion. | He stated he went east in August be- | fore the September tragedy, and,’ at ! a point near New Yory city, meta man | {who emploved him to construct the engine of destruction which he turned jover only a few davs before the ex- | { plosion. | Later, he was quoted, he learned from “friends in the underworld” | | what use had been made of the bomb |and still later recognized a publish- | ed photograph of a man in Warsaw, | | Poland, as that of the purchaser of | { the_infernal machine | While officers sald they viewed the alleged confession with more or less | skepticism, “the fact remained that Wilson had made it.” and they could see little he could hope to gain if it | were not true, considering he had | been convicted of murder, still faced { possible trial for mail robbery—the | government preferring to keep that !in aberance pending the result of his | trial for the murder of Herbert R. | Cox, his alleged accomplice—and also | facéd trials for other felonies grow- ing out of a break from fail last Octo- ber. Wilson Indicated he was actu- ated by regret for “earlier mistakes.” “BUNK,” SAYS BURNS. | | Federal Chief Declares Bomb Con-| fession Unworthy of Belief. ! NEW YORK, March 31.—The report | from Los Angeles last night that Her- | bert Wilson, a former evangelist, | convicted of murder and charged with | robbery, had told the police he could | solve the Wall street bomb explosion | mystery of September 17, 1920, today | was received differently in different | quarters. 1 Bunk,” pronounced Chief William J. Burns of the bureau of investiga- tion, of the Department of Justice, when the report was shown to him at | Miami, Fla. i Tnteresting, if true” commented ! officials of the Burns Detective Agency here, when they were inform- ed. They predicted that if WWilson re- veals “any names, we shall be able to make Interesting disclosures.” Bunk,” echoed Willlam J. Flynn, former chief of the Departmnt of Jus- tice, when the dispatches were read to him' here. & New York police officials expressed their belief that the bomb “confes- sion” made by Wilson was a ruse to stay the execution of his sentence | for murder. They requested the Los | Angeles _authorities, however, to | forward Wilson's Bertillon record and details of his story so that they might check with information on file here. | "The report of Wilson's confession emanated with the Los Angeles Times, which published a story to- |day quoting Wilson as having con- { fessed to county officials and postal officials. there that he made the bomb i jimself and sold it to a man who has ith the guilty knowl- 2, Column %) been charged (Continued on Page DENIES MORSE REQUEST TO PREVENT TRIAL Justice Stafford Turns Down Ap- plication for Prohibition ‘Writ. The District Court of Appeals this afternoon denied the application of- Charles W. Morse, New York ship- his three sons and Rupert ! Much, president of the United | rit ) of prohibition to prevent Justice Staf- | ford of the District Supreme Court | trom proceeding with the trial next ‘mesday of the conspiracy growing out of war contracts, The action of the court followed the filing of an opposition to the ap- plication by United States District Attorney Gordon on behalf of the government. In its opinion the court holds that the District Supreme Court has com- plete jurisdiction of the case and the charge syeamer Avontown; @ freighter from & “hisky and Wire for the American rrade. = been anchored &il Block Islan@ior several days. - questions of law raised on the ap- pMcation can be reviewed in the event of a conviction. jof the Soclety of Colonial Wars. ment-owned coal mines at Lmsche- | lippe, in the Gelsenkirchen dislrlen‘ were occupled today by French en-| gineers, escorted by a detachment of | troops with tanks. This is the ninth mine in the Ruhr taken over by the French and Belgians. Thirty thou sand tons of coke and great piles of coal were seized. ! The French engineers found #hat | the Germans, in expectation of the occupation, had taken away parts of the machinery. The German mine director was ordered to have these returned. He disclaimed any knowl- cdge of the disappearance, insisting ' they must have been taken by the workmen. He was arrested. Several thousand miners employed at this plant went on strike immedl- ately the troops appeared. The French say that yesterday was a red letter day in the Franco-Bel- glan coal and coke operations in the Ruhr, as more than 4,000 tons of coke | and 6,000 tons of coal were sent out | of the Rulr by rail and water. ORDERED TO WORK. | i Rail Strikers Must Return to Jobs| or Leave District. By the Associated Press. DUESSELDORF, March Detioutte’s proclamation that all striking German railway workers in the occupled zone must either return to work or be expelled finds the allies in possession of 211 Ruhr and Rhine- land rail lines except those in the | British area. Enforcement of the order, it secms, will offer the transp fon officials something of a problem, for approxi- mately half a million persons, {nclud- ing the families of the men, may be affected. It is expected that the proc- ess of expulsion will take several weeks, and special transportation to the frontier must be provided. The 10,000,000,000 marks and 400,000 French franecs which French customs officers seized In an automobile at Hoechst yesterday would be used to- ward defraying the expenses of | rench troops on the left bank of the Rhine. The money was being shipped to Wiesbaden by the Frankfort branch. EX-COMMISSIONER J. B. WIGHT DIES Official Here From 1897 to 1900 Succumbs at Montclair, N.J., Home. 31.—Gen John Brewer Wight, Commissioner of the District from 1897 to 1900, died today at his home in Monteclair, N, J. Mr. Wight was_knocked down by a truck in New York two years ago, and injuries received at that time are understood to have led to his death. Funeral services will be held at 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon Montclair, after which the body will Dbe brought to this city for Interment at Oak Hill cemetery. Mr. Wight was born in the District in 1853, the son of 0. C. Wight, head of the old Rittenhouse ‘Academy. He was supervisor of the Gallaudet Col- lege in 1876. Later he entered the real estate business. He was one of the first secretaries of the Board of Trade. Always interested in the civic develop- ment of the National Capital, Mr. Wight was appointed Commissioner in 1897, holding the position for one term of three years. Following this service he_resumed business connections here. Mr. Wight was a member of the ons of the American Revolution and He was prominent in the affairs of thc First Presbyterian Church and later in_the Church of the Covenant. He s survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna K. Wight; a son, Goulding Wight ofsMontclair, and a brother and sister, Lloyd B. Wight and Miss Mamie Wight, both of this city CHILD LABOR CURB REJECTED. MONTPELIER. Vt., March 31.—The state senate has rejected a bill to pro. vide a forty-elght-hour week for chil- dren under sixteen years of age em- | ployed in railroading, manufacturing. | { hotels, billiard rooms, bowling alleys | or in delivering messages. The bill, | previously had passed the house. News of the Clubs Will Be Published in The Sunday Star: D. 'TWAS PRESIDENT T0 TAK UPSUGAR SITUATION C. H. Huston Expects to See Mr. Harding on That Subject Today. AUGUSTINE, The sugar likely to President of this last da tine, o la.. March #1.— situation seemed the attention of during a portion spent in St. Augus- price engage H. Tluston, who until about two | weeks ago was assistant secretary of commerce and who is here en route | to Miami, expects to see the Presi-| dent today. Because of hls official po- | sition during the period when ngar prices made their most rapid ad- vance, Mr. Huston is intimately ac- quainted with the situation with re- spect to produc n and stocks of the commodity. This information he was prepared to place in the President's| hands. | | ! | Little Excuse for Advance. Mr. Huston, froi his study of the matter, is of the opinion that little | or no excuse for the advance in prices may be found in the state of produc- tion or stocks, and he said today that speculation in the buying and seljing of the commodity alone was respon- sible. He predicted that prices would not remain long at the present high level, explaining that the immediate efect of the advanced prices was to curtafl consumption, and that soon the market would be overstocked. In addition to the probability of sce- ing Mr. Huston, President Harding's program for thé day included & final round of golf over the St. Augustine | links and the exchange of farewells with a number of friends. With Mrs. Harding and other members of the vacation party, he will leave early this evening by special train for | Augusta. Ga., where the party will Temain most of the week, according to present indications. Visits School for Deaf. The President postponed his morn- ing round of golf today to visit the Florida State School for the Deaf and to make a brief talk to the facult and more than 300 boy and girl stu- dents of the school. “] am not going to make an ad- dress this morning as 1 am not mak ing addresses during my vacation, the President told the children who were assembled in front of the school's administration building. T have just stopped to say ‘good morn- ing. 1 called on you when I was here two years ago and as I have very pleasant memories of that visit to vou I wanted to greet you again. “As I told you on the former occa- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) ENDURANCE FLYERS ARE FORCED DOWN| Engine Trouble Prevents Army; Aviators Continuing Effort to | Break Record. ssociated Pres: By[‘)‘:::TON. Ohio, March 31.—The at- tempted endurance flights of Lieuts. J. H. Macready and Oakley G. Kelly ended in faflure today when the T-2, rebuilt Fokker monoplane, developed engine trouble and the two were forced Yo land at Wilbur Wright Fleld. There was no indication today as; to when the flight would be attempt- | ed again. The two are -seeking to better their own endurance record of 35 hours, 15 minutes and 18 seconds. However, at noon today twelve will take off at Wright Field SN Wttempt to break the 500 and 1,000 kilometer speed records estab- lished in France yesterday by Lieuts. Batteller and Carrler, who flew 500 and 1,000 kilometers ih 2 hours 42 minutes and 61 3-5 seconds and hours 39 lmlnutes and 2-5 seconds, spectively. ] 3 re;lpalf will try for the 500-kilometer record -and the other half for the -kilometer mark. I cready: and Kelly were forced down after they had covered 327 miles and flown seven hours and fifty-three minutes. They landed at 12:05. They had taken off at 4:12 yesterday afternoon. The T-2 had just been outfitted with a new 400-horsepower liberty motor and it was the same sort of engine trouble which compelled them to land last fall_on an attempted transcontinental fiight, | i i ARMY OFFICERROW { Col. THE EVE BEFORE U.S.Asiatic Fleet Leaving Manila On Way to Japan By Wircless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 19 1923, ATANILA, March 31.—The north- ward movement of the American tic fleet, with Rear Admiral Anderson in commind flagship Huron, started this morning, the first contingent of the fleet sailing to- ard Japan. x destrovers eighth divicion week. T is being fleet scoring { of the thirty will follow in a onor of visiting Japan ccorded vessels of the the highest records ir 1 efficiency durfug the winter mancuvers Three de- stroyers of the division with the flugship Huron will divide the time between April 20 in visits to Yokohuma and Kobe. Other de- stroyers arriving later will remain at the same ports until May 3. The visit to Japan is a part of the fleet’'s annual “courtesy” calls at ports of varions nations in the orient. | IS ORDERED PROBED Secretary Weeks Requests Gen. Helmick to Investigate Conger-Randle Case. s ordered Maj. inspector g ¢, to make an official investigation into the controversy be- | tween Col. Arthur L. Conger. com- manding the 20th Infantry in Texas, and Capt. Edwin Ii Randle of the same organization. The investigation mediately under an to Gen. Helmick's office on corps headquarters at San The War Seccretary said the i { will begin im- er attached duty at Antonio. invest | gation had been ordered before Lou! reached K. Karns of Indlanapolis case ! Washington and discussed the with him toda Secretary Weeks decided that the investigation <hould be imade after reading a_letter from Mrs. Randle, sister of Mr. Karns, which is under- stood to have alleged that she, as the wife of Capt. Randle, had suifered as | a result of remarks concerning her | which_are reported to have been | made by Col. Conger. Mr. Karns conferred briefly with | the Secretary, and is understood to | have said that the action alrcn.(l)" en was entirely satisfactory to, him. ! CONGER DENIES CHARGE. Did Not Advise Capt. Randle to Obtain Divorce, Says Colonel. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 30.— Col. Arthur L. Conger, commander of the 20th Infantry, Fort Sam Houston, today made a deposition in the $100,000 damage suit brought against him by Capt. Edwin H. Randle and Mrs. Randle for alleged defamation of character. Conger - emphatically denied that he spoke 1ll of Mrs. Randle's character as had been charged in the petition filed by the Randles. He denies persecuting Randle, but ad- (Contmued on Page 2, Column 5.) FOUR ARMY PLANES EXPECTED TUESDAY Get Away to a Beautiful Start This Morning at Miami, Fla. H By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, "March 31.—Taking the afr at 7:45 o’clock this morning, the four remaining United States Army planes, under command of Capt. Thomas G. Lanphier. begap their northward flight, which is ex- pected to end their 5365-mile test flight at Bolling Field, Washington, Tuesday. The planes will push tirough to Savannah today and the fliers will spend Easter Sunday there, except Lieut, R. K. Stoner, who left* vester- day for Fort Bragg, N. C. to meet Mrs. Stoner. The four planes this morning got off to a beautiful start, | lice Court C., SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1923 -TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. EASTER! SHIFTING LAWYERS PLEASES OVSTER Believes Transfer of Assist-| ant District Attorneys Will Speed Liquor Prosecutions. Following transfer yesterday of Frank J. Kelly and Thomas Lodge, assistant district attorneye, from Po- lice Court back to the District Su- preme Court, Commissioner Oyster expressed gratification today at the | selection of David Hart and Charles Baker to handle Police Court prose- cutions. The Corimissioner expressed the be- lief that a spirit of co-operation would exist between the police and the two men now assigned as prose- cutors at Police Court Reports current are that the changes are a result of an alleged lack of co-operation at the Police Court and resulting friction between the assistant district attorneys and the vice squad of the police depart- ment. In Spirit of Harmony. The transfer of Mr. Kelly and M Lodge was made in a spirit of har. mony only, and is in no wise a reflec- tion against nor a criticism of these young men, declared United States At- torney Gordon tod Maj. Gordon said information had reached him that members of the vice Mr. Kelly did not “hit it off” together and that some friction existed. With- out entering into an inquiry as to who Was to blame in the matter, Maj Gordon decided the interest of harmony to make a change in the persounel of his assistants essigned to duty in Police Court No Changen, He Says. Maj. Gordon insisted there had Leen no charges against Kelly or Lodge and no criticism of their conduct o the cases assigned to them. The dif. ferences between Mr. Kelly and cer- tain members of the vice squad ap- peared to grow out of a lack of cour- tesy and not from any refusal to co- operate, the prosecutor stated. T have been considering for some time,” said Maj. Gordon, “returning| Assistant United States Attorney David A. Hart to the Police Court, to clean up the handbook cases for which prosecutions he was specially appolnted, but bave been obliged to keep him In the office because of press ©f business. “When I learned of this friction I decided this was time to make the change. Assistant United States At torney Charles S. Baker is merely re- suming the gencral work in the Po- hich he dropped fourteen months ago Oyster Made Complaint, While Maj. Gordon would not dis- cuss the contents of the communica- tion, it is known that Commissioner James F. Oyster, in charge of the po- lice department, complained to him of what the Commissioner called a lack of co-operation on the part of Mr. Kelly with the members of the vice squad. _This led, it is stated, to the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) quad and | TWO CENTS. McAdoo O.K.’s Wi ilson’s Choice Along With Own By the Assoclated Press. DENVER, Col., March 31.—Wil- liam G. McAdoo, former Secretary of the Treasury, and Woodrow Wilson, former President of the United States, came nearer ac- cord on the Colorado United States senatorship today when McAdoo telegraphcd Gov. Sweet that both Huston Thompson, federal trade commissioner, in- dorsed by the ex-President,” and Morrison” Shafroth, indorsed by MecAdoo are “admirably qual fied” for the place. Mr. McAdoo wired the governor that Shafroth had telegraphed hivi that Thompson also was a candidate and asked McAdoo to indorse Thompson xlse. ZONING MAY GUARD BEAUTY OF CAPITOL | Would Lower Avenue Build- ing Line and Bar Sur- rounding Business. i } Two important proposals to protect the appearance of the United States Capitol building are being considered by the zoning commission, it became known today. They are: That the height limit of bulldings {on Pennsylvania averue from 9th to {15th stre, to 85 feet. That the designation of all propert srounds be changed from first com- merctal to residential Both propositions will be taken up at a public hearing in the boardroom of the District building at 10 o'clock on the morning of April 13, and pres- ent indications are that it will of the liveliest s the commission since the various zones were established two years ago. In a majority of cases contemplated changes are originated by property owners, hut in this case the hearing 15 belng initlated by the commission Suggestion of Change. It understood that the changes are being considered partly at the suggestion of an expert English city planner. who visits Washington oc- casionally, and who has evidenced an inter. in the development of -the Amerlcan capital city. is already are restricted to eighty-five | fect, from Peuce | street, and the proposal of the com- mission would make the height limit uniform all the way to the Treasury. However, there are a number of street that now are built to a of 110 feet and over. While this pre- cludes the S possibility of having a | chatge should be made now it would apply to all Avenue property that has not vet been bullt beyond elghty-five feet. Proposed Residentinl Area. The area surounding the Capitol. which the commission suggests might be made residential, includes the fol- lowing locations: North side of B street northwest from Arthur place to 1st street. Northwest corner of 1st and B streets, West side of 1st street between Pennsylvania avenue and B street. West side of 1st street southwest between Maryland avenue strect. Southwest corner streets southwest. Frontage on the south side of B street southwest between Delaware avenue and 1st street. Frontage on the south side of B | street southeast, between South Capi- to] street and New Jersey avenue, Frontage on the south side of B | street southeast, between 1st and 2d streets. Northeast and southeast corners of Pennsyivania avenue and southeast. of 1st and B sidered at the same hearing and which is likely to produce a spirited discussion is the following: To change from first commercial to residential the east side of Columbia road between Belmont road and the alley opposite Biltmore street. The fact that the commission itself initiates a proposed change does not mean that the members are com- mitted to it. It means merely that they wish to submit the question to public discussion. DANCES 1,460 MINUTES. PARIS, March 31.—Cesar Leone has bettered the record for “long dis- tance” dancing made recently by a Marseilles dancing master. Leone, who is an amateur dancer, his regu- lar profession being tailoring. danced for 24 hours, 20 minutes, starting at 10 o'clock Thursday night. He had four woman partners who relleved one another at intervals. The record beaten was 24 hours, 4 minutes, § seconds. DISTRICT SOON TO HAVE MODEL TIN CAN TOURIST CAMP OF U. S. Extensive improvements are being made at the public tourists’ camp in Last Potomac Park and when these will have been completed, within the next month or so Col. Sherrill, officer in charge of public bulldings and grounds, is of the opinion that the National Capital will have camping facilities for the so-called “tin can tourists” that will compaye favora- bly with any in the United States. Not only have the camp grounds been extended so as to accommo- date more tourists, but numerous in- 1ovations have been introduced to add to the comfort ard convenience of the thousands who will patronize the place. Most prominent amon; the improvements is the introduc- tion of a large headquarters or ad- ministration. buildirg. This building, which formerly was used by the general supply committee of the government as a garage and store- house, hus been remodeied and fitted up to serve tha convenience of the tourists. . Besides serving as a general ad- ministration building and headquar- ters for the autompbile tourists. it ). » will ofier the comforts of a clubhouse and general supply store, Also there will be kitchens, showers and toilet facilities included in the building. ‘The camp site itself has undergone considerable improvement since last fall. The grounds have been care- fully graded and the piping system extended and improved. The soculled camp streets have been extended and hundreds of young trees, principally elms, oaks and Japanese cherries, have been planted to add to the scen- ic beauty and ornamentation of the camp grounds. So great has beep the growth in popularity of automobjle touring and outdoor camping th; Col. Sherrill has found it necessary to increase the size of the camp site and to make improvements each year since inauguration three summers ago. At his request,-Congress at its last ses- slon appropriated $10.000 for im- provements. The camp was first thrown open to the public during the summer of 1920 and during the next year 1,964 cars were parked there and more than 6,200 individuals used the camp. Last year, according to the figures fur- nished by the office of the public buildings and grounds, 6,977 cars were parked there and 20,294 per- sons patronized the camp. The aver- age length. of stay was three days. .April fool & be reduced from 110 feet | surrounding the Cupltol buflding and | Buildings on Pennsylvania avenue | Monument to Sth | buildings on the Avenue west of th | reight | uniferm eighty-five foot sky line, if the | and B| 2d street | Another proposed change to be con- | | | { BIG FIRES THREATEN CHESAPEAKE BEACH . AND BOLLING FIELD Four Men Hurt When Hangar Here Is Enveloped After Chemical Blast. D. C. FIRE APPARATUS MAKES RECORD RUN | Damages May Reach $300,000. High Winds Add to Troubles of Those Fighting Flames. Two of the most disastrous blazes in recent months today sent the Washington fire apparatus on arec- ord-breaking long-distance run to Chesapeake Beach, Md., and taxed | the utmost efficiency of the fire de- {partment in preventing the destruc- tion of the Army air service station lat Bolling Field. In both instances northwest winds of galelike velocity spread -the flames and added consid erably to the total damage. The photographic headquarters and a hangar, together with one airplane and much valuable equip- ment, were destroved in the Bolling ield fire. The blaze at Chesepeake Beach completely wiped out the Belvedere Hotel and a combined cottage and grocery store in its ici Damages by both fires, it run up to $300,000. | Chemical Explosion Causes Bolling Field Fire and Injury of 4 Fire which broke out shortly before {noon today at Bolling Fleld, Ana- costia, I\ C., virtually destroyed the army alr service photographic head- quarters, one of the repair hangars, privately-owned airplane and $250,005 worth of government airplane accesso- ries, besides th ing for a while t explode great quantities of gasoline and | chemicals stored nearby. High winds abetted the flames and hampered ef forts of army and municipal fire au thorities to extinguish the blaze, Four enlistcd men at the post wer: given hospital treatment following the fire, are: Private Sourae Hanessin, who recelved burns on the palms of both hands; Private Gates. overcome by emoke; Private Smither epark_burns about the cves, and Pri- vate Whitby, burns about the eyes Explosion of Chemleals. The fire originated in the frame building known as Photo Section Nu. 4, from an explosion of cellulold films. which were ignited by an overheated stove. Immediately after the explosio chemicsls and other Inflammable mate rials caught fire and great tongues of flame leaped to the adjoining steel hangar, which became white hot in parts, crumpling up from the intense heat. In the latter structure were stored valuable records in boxes which im- mediately caught fire. The wooden floor which was soaked with oil, and a high wind, alded the spread of the flames and the entire personnel of the field turned out, rescuing three of four planes from the burning hangar. A plane belonging to Maj. George I A. Reinburg, in the process of ac- sembly, and about sixty Liberty motors were destroyed. Before the rrival of apparatus from Washing- n both structures were virtually | destroyed. The blaze from the fire was dis | covered about 10:30 c'clock and & few minutes later the post siren was sounded. Maj. Reinburg and his staff were at the north end of the field, making the usual Saturday morning inspection and he imme- diately went to the building from ! which_ volumes of smoke were pour- | ing.Due to the high wind and the { emall fire fighting equipment at the feld, Maj. Reinburg decided not te make a very strenuous effort to put out the fire, but concentrated all the | upparatus to the east of the steel hangar, where three tanks, holding 20,000 gallons of gasoline and the dope” house. wherein is prepared tpe- clal fluids, highly inflammable, for ap- plication to the aeroplane wing fab | ric, are stored. Structure White Hot. The flames were so intense that pox { ttons of the fleld structure were ren | dered white hot and three-fourths of | the hangar was reduced to a twlisted mass of steel. Practically all of the valuable photo (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) FAIR BUT COLD DAY EASTER PROMISE ‘Rising Temperature” Forecast Holds Out Hope for Tomor- row’s Paraders. | N | | Get out your new Easter bonnet! Tomorrow, the weather man says, may awaken fair and cold, too cool perhaps for those dreaming of a gay and dazzling Easter parade, but it will be fair, and, “with rising tem- perature.” The blustery March wind that seem- ed ready last night and today to blow the month out lke two lions falled, to the relief of the entire city, 10 bring forth the rain and snow fore- cast for today. The bright cold Windy weather today sent folks shiv- ering_on their way to get the last fair bits of Laster regalla, in fond hopes for the morrow. . The wind, too, will subside, ac- cording to the prospects. But let the weather forecaster tell you the whole story: “Fair tonight and Sunday; contin- ued cold tonight and Sunday morn- ing, followed by rising temperature Lowest temperature totnight, 20 de- grees or slightly lower. Rapldly rising tcmperature Monday. Strong northwest winds diminishing to night.” The country, as a whole, will be generally falr for Easter, according to reports to headquarters. Today the temperature iy considerably b low normal east of the Rocky moun- tains, but somewhat above iwest of the mountains. There wag some lit- tle rain during the past twenty-four hours only on the two coasts, Atlantic and Paciiic. But, watch.your step. because to- morrow is not only Baster. it is