Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1923, Page 2

RUSS PUSH TURKS TOWARD WARFARE Extremists, Soviet Inspired, vrower. Father Plots Hazarding Mustapha Kemal’s Control. SITUATION IS SERIOUS Attack on British on Straits Frus- trated at Eleventh Hour—Con- cessions to Allies Resented. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable to The §tar and Chieago Dally right, 102 TA OPLY, March 81 ah th wepapers hizve been ructed ti:e government to adopt u pessimistic tone with regurd to the peace Dros- peots and to give the impression that as Turkey has done its Lest toward « peaceful settlement of the oriental sestlon the responsibility for event- 1al fai will rest entirely with allies. But the Turkish papers fail to mention that the serfous menace to peace In the near present politieal conditivu . for no onc who has wed the recent trend of Angora can be Llind to the ness of the situatio Bolshevist Sinca the n amounced its willingness to resu » peace negotlations M. Aralov, the bolshevist envoy to Angora, hus veen extremely active in reinforcing the Russophile party, led by Kiaz Karavasstt, In parllament, and Ma; shal Fevzi Pasha, chlet of thc geners staff, in the government The Russlans organized sreau in Angora and the ©? that bureuu were & Pasha was compelled Aaralov for fts suppressi ixed in t Ley and publication Ou the other visits of members cxatfon to the compellad Ru srefgners be bly without sclf. i © most 4St is the in Turke a4 pres, wetivitd that 1s to ask n hecause it f th nationalist a Is Intercepted. Pasha read at a secret the assembly o letter by tl er service fr Tevzi Pusha to Aaralov. aski the latter to di attention the Moscow gove to the inless 1t adopted a Strong ade toward the prese: Turkey a pecee disa governments would ! Tsmet asked the miss the chief of g of cepted S M + atel ' I ous to Loth stgned soon assembly to dls aff, but the ma- rity refused, saying that the miar- ial was & member of the national sunell &nd 0s such wus free to tuke any steps he dcemed necessary for the good of the country. urthermore the extremist members ianded that the friendship of Rus should not be sacrificed for the a s and the government should re port at once what suppert could pected from Russia in tussian point of View as to pes «uopted. The president of the vas requested to make nvestigations at once, & f Bex refused to take the extremists declared themselves would in Aralov. nreps they with Most Threatening Move. tho most clever and threat nent was made last Mon- when 100 members of the assem- presented a motion declaring that the vongress at Sivas in 1818 decided under cath that neither the congress ror any subsequent assembly was en- titled to change any decisions voted st that sitting and incorporated later in a national pact The present assembly was only continuation of the Sivas congress #nd has no right to change a single clause in the national pact, and any government undertaking to make chunges would be responsible to the new assembly which would be elacted by the nation when the present xembly was dissolved. Phis was a dircet Mustapha Kemal Pasha, as_the pact ded thut Mosul and Karagateh ware to remaln Turkigh, and the pres ent government had agreed to sur- seunder Karagatch and to submit the question as to Mosul 1o the league of natlons for urbitration. Kemal Dublous of Majority. der the clrcumstances Kemal Pashy and hie followers are by no means sure that they will have a ma- Jority in the new elections, especially i1 view of the fact that the army meems to be dividing between Ke- malists and Fevzists. The latter s very busy gaining partisans in the army, and all who arc dissatisfled with the concessions mado by the govern- - ment to the allies are rallying around the chief of stafr. Two divisions on _the Ismid front o supporting Marshal Fevzl strong- iy and are demanding a continuation of the war. By mere chance a plot was discovered last week among offi- vers in thesa divisions to attack the British forces along the straits. The government 100k strong measures, ar- resting seventy officers, and thus wverting war. Fevzi Pasha summoned delegates from all the divisions at the ont to & meeting at Ismid Friday hight, but with what result is not yet PR situat developi on_is developing so fast that Mustapha Kemal Pasha, who has Deen away on a trip, has been asked o return to Angora at onee, SHIFTING LAWYERS But threat against PLEASES OYSTER! (Continued from First Page.) rransfer of Kelly and Lodge, who has ‘been assisting him. Frank J. Kelly, assistant United tates attorney, denles there has been any lack of co-operation on his part with the vice squad or any other policemen. He calle attention to the Angora and Constantinople | Ly | sion | | ! i i l | U1for uttention on the first 5 * {nity tor d n-in x ! ti Y2 W Boy of 4 Burned To Death While Saving Brother CHICAGO, March $1.—Frank four-vears-old, gave his 1 heroie attempt’ to save the 1if in of hi 1ths- while with alone gone Joseph. twenty-one-r othing caught fir clildren were playing They had been left grandwother had an errand. Unable to beat out the carried his brother (o turned on the wuter, according to firemen who arrived in time to ex s0ish flames which had started to attack the house. In carryving his brother, Frank’s clothing was ignited and b 1ew hours later in lospita Joseph 014, whose matches. their who aze, Frank ik and burns Were not serious. PRESIDENT TO TAKE usac. up SUGAR SITUATION Continued trow 1 have a1 interest In the bling . We bave found L way to the blind to see and the deaf to hear and to make those Who have soime defect as nearly per- fect as possible. It is & pleasure to gee you aguin and I wish vou the best “of luck, If any of you ever come 1o V ston 1 hope. vou will call on mo have called on you.” Tears in His Eyes. morning” or 5 was visibly of blind ehildren suiling and groping in Ir perpetual darkness for his and as he turned to leave after i ing the last child tears came by him et uto his VACATION A SUCCESS. BY DAVID LAWRENC AUGUSTINE, Fla, Ma ident Harding's vacalio, guceess. Fow b wuch T amazed Hou: thut se. notwitlistindic 1S possible Ui very atwios- Harding left Wasi ho didn't even take w perso.: rapher to handle o Faniien tessuges or S deterinined t the didn’t and any lour of impor Cxpeer te Set asid ; : rout Now Working Part of Duy. Not dent's until pro; g par inue to do ti anothe the t this week am change of the r Mr. Hardi ¥ now, jaded belng byo to the ago Refreshed and stimulat Inte rest, the President his job fhe end of th prepared for the hurde. . With Congress awav. the 1 tion’s exccutive will occupy the e ter of ‘the stuge by himscif for the first tlme in many vears. No longer the of Congre the news eches and controversie ompared Who wearily National Cayj with bade al the goud @ month i by coming week kind of abso will spe pages. Mr. better opportu deration by the acts. It means President, fo Harding will have press of his exccutive a great deul to th pOn the impression that he nakes the next few months will depend o u great extant whether uny sub- stantial opposition to for renomination will be developed notwithstanding the fact that at th mowment his friends are serenely co fident of the outcom. Can “Make or Break™ Future. Mr. Harding can “make or breuk his political future in the next few | months and nobody knows that bet- ter than he does himself. With the eves not only of the his own part party focussed on the Pre. can become the center ¢ well us aggressive offs stinet 1s " to tread cautlously and “play safe” avolding tight and con- troversy. This has becu possible the first two vears of hie adminis. tration. but the political bombani- ment from the oppositc camp has already begun and Mr. Harding i politicians in e being urged to answer attacks and | keep ‘his own viey before the publi The President's instructions to the turiff commission 16 broaden its in- quiry on the prices of ~ugar, as they may relate to the tariff, is a recog- nition of the necessity of this kind of warfare In polities. There will prob- ore of it when the Presld 1o his desk in The to be begun in June, wiil, of course. afford the best method of with attacks against his ad tion, but the sugest poiitical usually offered is to do ing: and talk about them afterward. Not Stripped of Muck Power. Before going out to the country the President has the opportunity to do several things without the aid of Con- point’ constantly the White gress, for In him is vested wide dis- | cretionary powers. On many public questions Congress has not stripped the executive of s0 much power since 1920 as might be imagined, and the administration is still in a sense & one-man government. The cabinet secretaries have been given much latitude by Mr. Harding, but he is, after all, responsible for practical- 1y all of their acts und rarely is an important policy put into effect with- out his decision. The European situation, to be sure, aftords Mr. Harding a chance to re- cover lost ground with that group in his own party which be- lleves farm prices will be improved and the general prosperity of this country Insured by economic and non- political co-operation with Kurope. Secretary Hughes has confined him-. self_to the lines of policy lald down compete | andidacy | but those of the other | trip ucross the country, ! dealing { large large | vecord which he has established dur- | by Mr. Harding and with due recog- sng his fourteen months at Police Court. Mr. Kelly's services were spenly praised last Thursday by the vet{ring jury in the Police Court. MMr. Kelly {ntimates that members of the vioe squad thought they could give|been in the White House, Congress.| n orders, thereby pluce of his chief. Kelly st n Recerd. “I have always believed Maj. Gor- don was my chief,” sald Mr. Kelly, “and for that reason refused to let the vice squad take his place. My usurping the | record in the Police Court speaks for | itself. I have tried to do my duty conselentiously. I have made mis- takes, but I stand on my record. “As far @s my personal Interests are concerned, I have wanted exper! ence in another branch of the district attorney’s office and some time ago requested a transfer.” Mr. Kelly left Washington today 7or & trip to Atlantic City, which he lLad arranged some weeks ago. On 1iis return he will report to the office f Maj. Gordon for such duty as may Do assigned him. Members of the vice squad, with some of whom Kelly did not get along 1), comprise Lieut. O. T. Davis, Sergt. James D. MoQuede and Private H. G. Bauer. i | nition of the factional feeling inside the republican party which the league of nations issue aroused. But ever since Mr. Hughes has been Sec- retary of State and Mr. Harding has has been in practically continuous session and no move in foreign af- fairs could be made, not even the writing of a forceful diplomatic noto on international co-operation, without running the risk of having that move pilloried by debates in Congress be- fore the administration had really had the chance to complete its diplomatic maneuvers. Foreign Pollcy Up. The President has been repeatedly told that he must help Europe in some practical way and that there are lots of things he can do in an economic “direction without commit- ting the United States to any political entanglements abroad. Mr. Harding now has & free hand and one of the first_activities on bis part after re- turning to Washington will be to consult with Secretary Hughes and his cabinet on a possible development of the administration’s foreign policy to encompass these economic consid- erations. The Ruhr situation momen- tarily impedes progress, for even if the President were disposed to go forward and draw closer to Europe he would n wits o1 wish to avidence i ti thing unt him farth speaches ends ho ad wher twenty B his | e i 20,450.000 TONS ESTIMATE. ng orld setio the crop pr « for of Aericulture pared to estimate nsumptive de £ extent to wht as prohibition W price may sugar.” the Statinties the ! ane sugar . | Department H Hsumn- tosaid of 1 sumption can 1 ' Are Incomplete. estimated Cw 19:308,000 1o LoD tho Departm ®aid the stat cretary Wallace's 00 siiort tons mo. produc and tons more than the 1 14 pre-war average. Decrease in Heet Sugar. ot sugar production in Canada | id the United States is estimated at | ,000 tons, "compared with 1,102,000 | tons in 1921-22, and with 634.000 tons | in the two pre-war years. Although beet sugar production the United Stutes Is estimated at 347,000 tons less than last year, increased European production ‘of 508,000 tons more than makes up the shortage. European beet sugar production is estimated at 4,972,000 tons, compared with 4,466,000 tons in 1922, and with 7,850.000 tons in the two pro-war year: 2 “This Increase in European produc- tion ind tes that the Luropean de mand for Cuban sugar may be less j than last year. Cuban Cane Increases. “Cuban cane sugar production is estimated at 4,596,000 tons, compared with 4,476,000 tons in 1922, and with 5,000 tons in the two pre-war years. Total cane sugar production | for all countries reporting is esti- mated at 14,735,000 tons, compared with 14,690,000 tons in 1822 and with 9,913,000 tons in the two pre-war Years. “In estimating the world supply, stocks of sugar on hand should also | be taken into consideration, but sta- tistics of stocks for many ' countries jare incomplete or unreliable. Stocks at ports and in the interior in Cuba at the beginning of the crop vear No- vember 29, 1922, were reported at 92, 000 short tons, which was 1,375.000 short tons less than stocks on the same date in 1921. It is pointed out, however, that 1921 stocks of 1,467,000 short tons were abnormally 'large as compared with the 1912-1921 ten-vear average. Of the 1921 total stocks in Cuba, 1,127,- 000 tons were at ports as compared with @ ten-year average of 89,000 tons. Stocks Somewhat Greater. Stocks outside of Cuba in countries reporting were somewhat greater in 1922 than in 1921. Stocks reported in 1922 were 1,330,000 short tons as compared with' 1,289,000 tons in 1921. “The department is not prepared to estimate the probable consumptive demand for sugar, stating that for lack of deflnite measures of the ex- tent to which various factors such as prohibition, business conditions and {vrice may effect consumption of | |sugar, no satisfactory estimate of { consumption can be made for the year 1922-1923. It is stated, however, that consumption of sugar in the United States has increased rapidly in recent years, and that the cheapness of sugar through a large part of 1933 doubtless encouraged a more oxtem~ sive use than usual” AR i | | | | I | ~hori 1o United Agricultur > than 000,000 15 to { i ATURDAY 10> and Atlaotic Plietos BOMB CONFESSION STIRS U. S. AGENTS nued from First ARMY OFFICER ROW IS ORDERED PROBED Page.) (Continued from First Page.) tEn after at ot mits Lie suggested to him to re he had been informed of ths Randls home 17is deposition w filed cler| »f the district court Col. conger denies that na written document wh rimanding Capt. Randle, b Necognizes Photograph. made a verl address 1o offies tines refe to penciled d photo- “1 order not to speuk to any 4 in Warsaw or mber of u family of divi enlisted men of individua to whom tomb that de 4 caueed co nage in the fina t was exploded. 1 man arrested in W th setting off t to_Alien 0. the ar- r known tra e crime, but never prose- Wilson was cformed w the hope aw being anxlous to ol 5 numercus erim W onis name bheor ¢ ar spresanted having ward" wetivic with with the i, e n read he A m r or 8 A the deporition quotes Col. onger as saying on that occasion except Waen necogsary in the per- tormange of arsigned you by Jroper i he deposition denies that Col. C: r told ti thut Capt. Randle and his wife not attend any functic dunces, noer were ladies Tegiment reed not to with Capt. Randle or hi Forbidden to Visit Quarters. 4 Capr. Randie was not tu en- set or quarters or barriacks.” Sets out. “unless his it. and he was not to hall or pl of reservation, and further, told the officers present tha they were to assist Capt. Randle in thie carrying out of these instructions by refraining from visiting Capt Randle at his guarters or inviting Capt. Randle to theirs. Col. Conger's deposition says that on M e imposed one week's re- etriction to the reservation upon Capt Randie for his failure to report under orders at the appointed time. { “Denying categorleally that ke persecuted Capt. Randle in any ner. or that he had ever tried him to resign or diverce Col. Conger say: i5 a fact that previous to reprimand, to save Capt. Randle and the officers of the regiment fron: | witnessing_and hearing a reprimand lto u brother ofiicer. I' told Capt. andle that there was a perfectly honorable way out of the difffculty {and that was a resignation Ly him of his connection with the Army Ordered Clean Cars. Further d8nial is made that Col Conger In ‘“rage” declared to Capt. Randle that his car was “junk” and was unfit to be used by an officer in uni- form. He admits, however, warning officers that their cars should be kept clean and in good condition just the same as their uniforms and equipment Col. Conger also denies having forced Capt. Randle to march in the file-closers on_the occasion of a review. In pointing any absence of persecu- tion by him of Capt. Randie, Col. Conger cites that contrary to precedent the Randles were not given u wedding present by members of the regiment, but that when he joined the organiza- tion a year after thelr marriage he per- sonally started a subscription. “I did_not state to Capt. Randle, on March 5. the deposition’ says, “that unless he divorced his wife his career was at an end and he might as well resign, and nothing was ever sald that could poseibly be construed to that effect.” arre. Max Wolfe, nama. he de asiderab said to a specifically assemblage uld t wren rere was the of the sociate famil who et ma e b. but he made no * s & was innocent ¥ vers said that agents are Wateling both Lindenfeld and Litdenfeld wwus brought here rom Poland last December, was held Ellis Island and then mysteriously Wolfe, described by Myers «s w Polish communist and a member of the third internatigiale’s executive | committee, has beep in this country. | but never was arrested in connection with the explosion. Reports concerning Chlef Burns' activities were confusing. Eniployes of his private agency both Lere and in Los Angeles said they were under the impression that Mr. Burns Was Lurrying to Los An- e At Miami, where he arrived cesterday, Mr. Burns denfed he was | en route to Los Angeles to look into | Wilson's reported confession, but he did say he would reach that city in about ten days on & tour of inspec- tion cf bureau of investigation pfiices. Burns on Way West. MIAMI, Fla. March 3l.—Having| characterized the alleged confession of Herbert Wilson, convicted mur- derer and former evangelist, to the| effect that he made the bomb that | wrecked a part of Wall Street in New York more than thirty months ago _as “bunk Willlam J. Burns, chief of the United States investi- gation bureau in the Justice Depart- ment, parently was in no hurry to g0 o 0s Angeles today. It was from that city that reports of the alleged confession came last night. Mr. Burns last uight said five minutes in conversation with Wilson would_determine the truth. He sald he did not expect to arrive in Los Angeles earlier than ten days hence, and denied that he was on his way there in connection with the Wail Street bombing aftair. He said he was touring the country in the inter- est of inspecting the various branches of his government department. —_— depns required ny dance on the had 5t MARCH ING WITH ‘SWEEPING‘BLAZE AT BOLLING FIELD rep- the | CHILDREN FIGHT FIRE. In answer to further questions, Col. Cobnger’'s deposition says that he did not command Capt. Randle and his wife from. associating With other offi- cers and ladies, nor did he command others not to associate with Mra Randle. Specific.denial is made that Col. Conger ever charged that she “was unfit to associate with honor- able ladies,” nor “imputed to her a TIFLIS, March 31.—Two thousand Armenian children, organized as bucket brigades, assisted a battalion of Bolshevik toldiers in saving the orphanage at Alexandropol from de- struction by fire last night. The flames, which destroved a 1,000-ton warehouse of the Near East | want of chastity.” Relief, menaced the orphinage but| hever told the plaintift on March prompt work by the fire fighters pre- | ¢,” the deposition says, “that he must served it. The ‘children-worked un- | separate from his wite, as she was der the direction of Nurse Janet Mc- | impossible and-could not be socially Key of New Haven, Conn. { received.’ Depend Upon the 5:30- Edition of The Evening Star -—to give you the very last bit of news. Always reliable. It’s published at the close of the day’s activities, that you may know all about every- thing that has taken place everywhere. Financial news and Sports finals are featured. For sale by newsboys -and new-d.glm throughout the :lty_ | | I "u 31, 1923 BIG FIRES THREATEN . CHESAPEAKE BEACH AND BOLLING FIELD (Continued from Kirst Page.) plant cquipment was saved, only the lesser articles being destroyed. | The chemical records and wooden boxes sent forth huge clouds of Jark smoke, which could be seen from a great distunce, and which hindered the firemen in thelr work to & con- stderable extent und and the following compan responded: Engine . X 25, 18. 15, § and 10, and Nos. 7 und § trucks. o one of the our or at the field was utilized, and a net- work of hose covered the entire post Vire Chief Watson and Deputy Chiefs | | Nienolson and Sullivan wers among he first to arrive, and all three were |active in dirqeting firemen in com- bating the fire ' Investigutors Named. Maj. Relnburg has appointed a board of inquiry, which will determine the cause and extent of damage. Lourd 18 composed of Muj. George | Lovell, Maj. Ldward P. Everly, Capt JRobert 1. Walsh, Lieut. Ray Dunn yd Lieut board will probably I late this afternoon. | The hangar destroyed was one of {the original constructed st the field (about five years ugo, and had been | used mostly us storage place for the equipment which was not likely to be called into immediate use. The photo section, which faces the lin built about two ycars ago. On the way to Bolling Field, No. 4 {engine, in churge of Francis P. Jack- {500, going east on Virginia avenue, land No. 19 truck, driven by Danlel 1 Moore, collided at’ the intersection of [ Delaware and Virginke avenues sout | west The lice purted that both ! machines were badly damaged. No one was hurt. T piligion o ; the radlroad viaduet | Chesapeake Beach Fire Threatens Whole Resort; D. C. Firemen Called Washington fire apparatus made the longest overland run in the his- tory of the fire department today to combat u treacherous blaze at South Chesapeako Beach, Md, which laid in ashes the Belvedere Hotel and a cottuge, and for a time threatened destruction of the entire property of |'the umusement resort. Effective work lof & volunteer bucket brigade of ap- nately 100 men wud women, vir. tinguished the fire Lefore the arrival of the Washington en wines and i the cottage colony and the boardwalk wmusements «from [ complete ¢ [, UPon the receint of an appeal from the of of Representative Sidn { Mudd « ryland for aid, Fire ¢ lGeorze Waison immediately {patelicd four picces of apparatus of {englne companies 12 and 15 to make the forty-mile run to the beach. The engines left at 10:02 o'clack 1u com- mand of Battalion Chief John 1. Han ind arrived there at 11:43. D, R. : Lyons uf Chicf Wat ilar with sent to A | i | | Moxt | who ar {the Marylund rouds |8uiBe the upparatus Started About 5 The fire started about on the first srocer: and cottuge a Mrs. man and vy L. Ben altimore. fwo-xtory buildine soon reduced ash with two motor tru in tructure S50 oelock stor, of me occupicd Md A [ | ett ks 4 vard ahned by st gale, spa from the cottage svon itea the Hotel! about 6e0 yards away spite the frantic { brigade, it wi fu less thun two hours. mains Is u fow pillars which stund like tombstone jin the smoldering ruins Shingle Roof Fired. ; burning hosteiry roofl of & cof- Rebec guished L was done L five-xtory frame struc secupied. 11 was orig number of years ago k the Belvedere i and de- efforts of the bucket Al that Sparks fron ot fire 1o the {1uge, oW ned by ter, fore Was at that time known as e Carlo of the east. Financially umsuceessiul, it Luter converted to a summer hotel hours the bucket br narshaled from p &t the beach trom the Lay. while the men de- ¢fforts 1o pouring theo the blazing buildi U estimate of the entire 1ge was forthcoming. 1t iy ex- cted. howeyv t approi- At Soutk End hotel and I is located ar 1 of the resort which fs owned by the Beach Hotel Company commanding positior overlooking the wate; The high wind drove the flames and sparks from the burning buildings toward the water front, and those at the beach said it was miraculous that {the boardwalk, amusement devices and dancing pavilion nearby in a northwestiy direction did not become ignited. Had the wind blown in anv other direction with its gale force of today, they said a number of cottages the vicinity of the hotel undoubt- would have been destroyved route to the Maryland resort the rt of Engine Company 18 became dixabled. due to engine trou- tbie. at Upper Marlboro and was left ehind. When the local firem reached the beach and found the blaze practically extinguished. ti ed the volunteer firefighters in pour- jing water on the emoldering rutns. | ANACOSTIA RESIDENCE BURNS { For thre {which was and wamn Hames. extending Chesapeake voted the water on X cude the “men ned u cha hotel f Heach. The et cottage south e the oxirema The hostelry, Chesapealio occupied a a knoll ont edi Home of John H. Dewdney De- stroyed in Firemen's Absence. A fire caused by an overheated { chimney at the residence of John H. Dewdney, 1633 W street, Anacostia, {at noon today burned the roof off |to_tne furniture in tho house. ! "The conflagration occurred while {the firc department of Anacostia was tansworlng & call to a fire at Bolling Fleld and fire engines from the cen- ter of the city had to go to the resouc. Tho building Was a two-story, six- room structure. HOME DAMAGED $10,000. and demolished one side of the butld- | ing, as well as doing much damage Fire Guts Upper Stories of Taylor Street Building at Early Hour. Whipped by strong winds early this morning, fire gutted the upper stories of the residence of William . Howard, at 815 Taylor street, threatening & block of frame houses and inflicting damage of more than $10,000. The origin of the blaze is a mystery. Mr, Howard answered a telephone cali shértly after 6:45 o'clock tq learn from a nelghbor across the street that the roof of his home was burn- ing. A burry call_was sent to the fire department. local engine company No. 24, turned in an alarm_which brought out an ag- gregats of four engine companies and two_ trucks. "The tops and upper rungs of the ladders were scorched when firemen tried to place them against the roof and the sparks carried on the high wind threatened to start a series of fires in the neighborhood. Quick preventive measures against | such a spread by the firemen at worlk {on- tho blaze are believed t hecked much larger damage. Call for Firemen, Mr. Howard, after answering the telephone, immediately sent through a call fer the fire department, and t his_wife and two children w‘t“o?m l:u-: 'wn.houz damage. mnh of the household SurBlture was Two alarms were | plugs | The | burned to the ground | beds and four stone | Slaygh- | fought tho | m}'.{ assist- | Responding on al have | TRACTION LINES MERGE. Studebaker and McKinley Inter- ests Deal Confirmed. By the Ansoclated Prese SPRINGFIELD, Rumors of consolidation of Studebaker utility interests, repre- sented by the Southern Tllinois Light and Power Company, with the prep- erties of United States Senator Wil- lam B. McKinley, known the Illinols traction system, con- firmed today by the filing of a formal petition asking unproval of considera- 11, Mareh were mission. —_— 30 Fdition of Yesterday's Star. GONSIDER LIMITING SCHOOL ATHLETICS Seniors and Juniors OnlyMay Be Allowed to Play on Varsity High Teams. From the Limitation of high school athletic teams to and junior & is being considered seriousiy n connec: senfor urred under | beginning of t e , it was learned vesterday after- Athletes desiring to make the varsity teums would be required pl on freshman an sophomore teums engaged in intraschool contests onl Besides restricting the membership of the athletic teams engaged in In- terschool contests to the more ad- anced students, who had served the required perfod on freshmen and sophomore teams, the officials are planning to create a board composed of schoo! officers that will have abso- lute control and supervision over high school atl final noon. to etles. voice 1n all athletic matters erning the high schools and wil part {n the forma policles be composed of ud s who lold 1o inte ake some |tuture atntets | Its personnel w { ministrative off est 1 one nigh sehool Deciston to exerclse vigorous over high chool athietics In the future {was reached by the school officers fo the action of the board of hig { school principals in withdruwing rec t made to Ballo r ban on interhigh school any control Supt { ommendattc A two-y cials. however. biactionable interhigh eliminated of contests by s regulation, b will be done through the pro- posed board of control features contests m by the nun: ve-mile north- ! burning | P 50 Edition of Yesterdas's {VALENTINOS SCORE VIEW OF MARRIAGE ! “Have the Law” on Their Nu- merous Critics. By the Assaciated Press NIZW ORLEANS. March 31 gram gD ph yesterday, inforn m tha sistant attor general of a had expressed the beilef that the mar- ned in At receiv Valentino gh t an as | - 1ndia i 3 riage license ob Lake coun- tion with the Illinofs commerce com- This board will have | declared | ! = | Rodolph and Bride Declare They'll| From the 5:30 Editiop' of Yes'erday's St BUY §250,000 SITE FORNURSES' HOME Emergency Hospital Authori- ties Acquire Two Build- ings. | { "¢ announcement late yeste: - afternoon of the purchase br Emergency Hospital of the Lemon and Archic Butt bulldings, immediatei: west of the hospital property New York avenue between 17th angf 18th streets, Brent Sandidge made public the intention of the hos- ‘ph al authorities to crect a |nurses’ home on part of the acquir | properes | The L building, wh a four-story brick structure, now ocas cupled by the officers in charge of public buildings and greunds and by the Fine Arts Commission, will %e leased by the hospital to the gqv- ernment for an indsfinite perfod. The Archie Butt buildi porasy wooden war buildin the fice of the fourth dis ommission, will be tak ove the hospital July 1, it was stated and later will be razed to muke wity for the proposed home 57 nurses, rd 8 Supt. 250,000 Campaign in Fail. ndidge stated th caipa ject would b et fall. A d already i3 in the hospital, through of the late Capt. Richard :lu bequathed §5 0 toward The auperintendent emphasized tha need for i1 new home for tho nurses oxplaining that at present the eiz- ty nurses in traiuing ure compelled to live in buildings which do no meet the etandards required by tho District board of examiners for nurses The present quarters are at 1714-1716 I street. It is manifestly unfair to these young women to housc them In buildiugs which not only f un antiquated characte bt automatically scrve as i rs 1o their entranes into th atus_of as lald New York and some * fus nurses unchieo nucleus fc hands of senerosity Wallach der fwity v probably 0 ) Hurse s, which arey are ia a run he already have training school great credit for he pubiic and to the ng such was stressed. added Nurses who the icap. 1t “uture Extension Possibilities. tdge hospit pital is opera: he said. an decommodation ings proper ing at its capacity before long added rs spital, wk presidest W. White, éhe bo chate together decided to New York avenue propert Lemon estate as a logic expansion of the hospital the land the t er tep in 1l oldings cdiutely institution nst would future invasi oxt flording a urses” home, Mr. to th HINES STOPS ABUSE OF TRAVEL RIGHT ty by Valentino and Winifred Hudnut | struck fire, according to the New Orleans States todav. A staff represen succeeded inter- g the couple the news by telegram on m, Houston to New Or {was illegal iview the ‘At first 1 it atement that ignore But angrier and angrier {ot it “They'd better watch out h metting near the danger point in tl persecution of my wife and me.” Valentino sald he had pluced satter in the hands of his attorne Arthur Butler Graham of New York “They don't want to think thev can make Charlle Chaplin or a Mary Pickfor and Douglas Fairbanks show ut of this” Valentino ex- {elalmed wrathful 1 ““Aftar going into details concerning the obtaining of a licensa in Luke ! county, Valentino declared two judges one assistant district attorney and a Jawyer, told him the Indiana marriage !was legal | " “They ousht oughtu’t thought T was Tve bLeen getiing s T have thought saying. it - to know their they?” He continued: golng to do about it? are legally married. {Some notoriety-seeking fool bobbing up and saying we're not doesn't make any difference, does it Miss Hudnut was equally full of fre. “The silly nincompoops.” she snapped. 1 “It seems as if every time some cheap ! politician wants some front-psage noto. |riety, all that's necessary is to ate tack our marriage. It's persecution, and we're not going to submit tamely | from anybody. I'm going to Wash- iington about this. I'm going to start something that will teach them their { places {PX\Cither Valentino nor Miss Inut expiained who was meant in their {refarence to “they,” nor did she say what she would do in Washington. —_— | COUNSEL TAKES BLAME. ‘leieyes Court of Criticism in De- | lay of Sacco-Vanzetti Case. WORCESTER, Mass, March 31.— Arthur D. Hill of Boston, counsel for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van- zetti, convicted by the jury murder of & paymaster and his guard at Dedham, absolved Judge Webster Thaver from all responsibility for the delay in the final determination of the case In a statement in the superior court. “As far as delays are concerns counsel assumes the full responsibil- ity,” said Attorpey Hill, “and counsel wiil protect the court as far as pos- sible.” The statement was in answer to at- tacks on Judge Thayer by radicals in the United States and abroad, in which he was blamed because the case had been dragging so long. ——————————— salvaged from the lower floor, being carried out into the yard at the rear. On the upper floor and in the attic, where the fire was limited by the four cngine companies’ lines, a large amount of furniture and furnishings Was wrecked. The loss is probably Covered by .insurance, Mr. Howard sald. i s«Tlr first alarm came into the fire department at 6:50 o'clock. M. How- ard =ald that he had been starting up the furnace, which had been allowed 1o die during the night, at 6:30 o'clock, and it is belleved that sparks from the furnace ignited sections of an fm- paired flue, but fire department offi- cials have established nothing definite a8 yot. * the newspaper quoted Valentino going | busi- | Hud- | of thej {Orders Now to Be Supervised Personally—Curbs Wire Privileges. ) that extravuga the ab s clamped down w regulations which sharp curtail ail three. travel orders out B ofMce are personally surveyed by the director himself, and agers of the fourteen districts have been give tructions to critically lock into ti uane travel orders to sco t fies cessary business ont now iy of all at re for 1 . Telegrams Only in Lmergency. legrams are now to be used o when urgently required, and whe lotter would suflice o arrive a few hours later with more complete and explicit tructions, telegrams not to o Telephone calls have been ordered reduced, the long-distance calls cs peclally, So effective has this ord been, It was announced thut ons day recently the long-distance charges for the entire day was § cents, Unrestricted telephones in the bu reau, on which so-called outside calls are permitted, have been reduced by at least half, and orders have gonc out that bureau personnel ghall usc the government 'phones outside only in cases of sickness or death. Ampl pay station service is pro throughout the building, however, for ) such personal calls as are nccessary hold of l Using Firm Hand. Director Hines has taken the burcau with a firm hand to re organize for efficiency and economy where it can be effecied with no loss to scrvicc. His drastic orders o travel, telegrams and telephones aro directly in line with his proposed policy to keep two or three jumps ahead of the Senate investigatic committee Further constructive measures i be expeoted shortly, it was learne. authoritatively toda; WOODHOUSE FAMILY BALKS AT VERDICT ‘ [ Bill of Exceptions Filed in Su- perior Court in Vermont—Will Fight Award. 4 BURLINGTON, Vt., March 31.—r. and Mrs. Lorenzo E. Woodhouse, who stand under orders from the superior court to pay $125.000 to Mr Stevens Woodhouse, wife of fihe 1for alienation of the lutt tions. have field a bill of | The jury which heard the case awarded $465,000 damegfs, but th court directed that the/ amount be reduced to $12; The plaintift a cppted the reduction, byt her parentt‘ at-law announced thgt they would carry the the supreme in are which is now at wo: a xceptions matter t