Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1923, Page 2

) - CAMP ADDITIONS | | PREPARED T0 STAR WITH KIWANIS AID Two More Buildings Planned on Good Will Site in Rock Creek Park. Work on the buildings at the new site of Camp Good Will on Danlel road. north of Military road in Rock Creek Park, will be begun shortly. so that everything will be in readiness for the children this summer. This was decided at a meeting of the summer outings committee of the As- sociated Charities, which has charge of the camy, held Friday at the Social Service House, H street narth- West. The buildings committee is to stake | out the location of the new buildings early this week, and contracts for the required work will be let as soon as possible. The site of the old camp was needed by the department of pub- lic buildings and grounds for part of the new public golf course. To Be Well Equipped. Owing to the co-operation of the Kiwanis Club In undertaking to finance the erection of two of the new buildings required, the baby quarters and the dining room and kitchen, and with the anticipated simllar co-opera- | tion of other civic organizations of the city, in addition to the liberal atti- | iude of ‘the public authoritias, there is | Z0od assurance that the new.Camp | Good Wil be better equipped | than ever for its important worlk { Members of the summer outhng com- ttee present at the meeting were John Joy Edson. chairman; Harry G. Meem. treasurer; William' S. Corby, Professor George W. Cook, Judze Wil liam . DeLacy, Morris Iiacker, Mrs. Adolph Kann, ‘Mrs. Laura B. Glenn, Dr. George M. Kober, Lr. Joseph A Murphy, Arthur B. Heaton, Miss Louise O. Beall und Waiter s. Ufford, secre- tary. Col. Sherrill of the department of public buildings and grounds was present by special invitation, Tho' need of great haste in getting forward with the work on ths new camp site and buildings wus stressed by the chairman and others, aiter | whioh it was voted unanimously thut the officers and the building commit- tee be authorized to proceed with | the erection of the camp buildings at the earliest possible moment and to provide the water, light and sewer connections necessary. The plans for the new camp had been set Torth in_an illustrated folder, now ready for general distribution.’ It contains @ map of the park, showing the loca- ix to before said CIVIC LEADERS JOIN IN PLAN TO SELL WASHINGTON” TO U. S. (Continued from First Page.) ‘THE FRIENDS RESENT RUMOR THAT ‘CAL’ WILL NOT BE VICE PRESIDENT AGAIN (Continued from First Page.) sented by experts in various lines, at the dinner held last night at the Na- tional Club of the Association' of University Women. Charles Moore, chairman of the commission of fine arts, declared that Washington should have an organized body lo- cated here to co-ordinate and co- operate with all other agencies work- ing for the betterment and im- provement of the Capital City, He said a committee of influential and disinterested men and women should be organized in Washington, which could speak authoritatively and effectively to Congress on the needs of the Capital. Camps for Park Sites. Mr. Moore added that in ths con- ception of the greater Washington plan, he foresaw the day when the areas now occupied by Camps Humphreys and Meade would havp to be purchased for park sites. The big thing at present, he said, is to futerest the people of the nation fn Washington as the first capital of the world. Mr. Moore did not go specifically into many phases of the greater Washington plan, merely touching on the point that the banks of the Potomac on both sides should be acquired, in order that their develop- ment under proper auspices might be carried out. Referring to the organization of a general committee to “sell” Wash- igton the American people. he the plan suggestod by Fred Coldren of a permanent commit- parks in the District of Co- lumbia, should also include men and women well posted on other needs of the federal city. 0 G. tee on Committee on Parks. Coldren, who is chairman of the parks committee of the Wash- ington Board of Trade, suggested the appointment of a permanent com- mittee on parks, for which should be appropriated by Congress each vear enough money to purchase land which in its judgment should be in- cor) in the park system the city. He called the park prob- lem one of the pressing ones of the capital Specifically. Mr Mr orated of Coldren puinted out tion of the new site, & plan of the camp itself and the estimated cost; of the various buildings and improve- | iments amounting to $16,704 Ready to Proceed. Through John C. chairman of its publ mittee, the Kiwanis vorted that it was r with the erection of the two build- ings for the baby quarters and the | dining room and kitchen at a total | estimated cost of about $5,000. It was the sense of the meeting that every possible effort should be de to intercst the other clvie or- nizations in contributing toward the equipment required. Confldence was expressed that the Washington public would respond with generous contributions, as in previous years, so as to provide funds not only for this! comstruction work but for the main tenance of the camp. i Col. Sherrill spoke warmly of the | value of the camp and its work and expressed his desire to help it in avery way possible. As an evidenca of what might be expected he told | the committee that his department | would ses to the moving of the furniture and fixtures from the old camp site to the new one. He said | a way had been found by which the | new recreation building to replace | the old ona would be provided for. | Chairman Edson announced the ap- | pointment of the following commit- | tees: Finance, John M. Clapp, chair- man; W. S Corby, John C. Wineman, Charles ' C. Glover, jr.; building Thomas Bones, chairman: Arthur B. | Heaton. John H. Small, 3d; publicity. | Newbold Noyes, ochairman; Avery Marks, Ira E. Bennett, Coleman Jen- nings;’ water supply, John §. Gar- land, chairman; Dr. W. C. Fowler; clectric equipment. L. H. Windsor, chairman; Judge William H. De Lacy {. R. Grabill; sewer connections, Morris Hacker, (ieorge S. Wilson, Dr. Joseph A. Murphy; personnel. Miss Louise O. Beall, chalrman; Miss Ida M. Brownrigg, Mrs. Laura B. Glenn. ‘PRESIDENT IS FIRM ON FULLY APPLYING “FLEXIBLE TARIFFS” as ic affairs com- Club had re- dy to procecd ity to go ahead with investigation of “related subjects." As the decision in ise or -use of the slons of the tariff act rests finally In the hands of the President, it is «minently fitting that conference with the President should be had and the members of the commission have been desirous of conferring with the Presi- dent at all times, it is said. In faot, it has been the custom to confer with the President in all matters of policy. But after conference with the Presi- dent, it will rest with the commis- sion to formally order investigations under the flexible provisions. The executive order of October 7, referred 10 in the White House statement, directs that all applications for changes in dutjes are to be filed with the Tarlff Commission for considera. tion and investigation under the law. Basts for Inquiry. The basis upon which the commis =ion is to {initiate an inquiry, it is made clear in the White House state- ment, i to be a preliminary inquiry, such ‘as the commission has been in the habit of conducting, prior to the enactment of the new law. | It has today information obtained in such surveys on a great many tems covered in the tarift act, In view of the statement that the President desires to have the flexible PrasIsteinetitha et oo exitile) applied,” it is to be expected that! ly with the inftiation tions where thero I8 reason to be- lieve the publio interest warrants auch investigations. They will be taken up in conference ~w President first. D Following the reauest of the Presi- dent last March that the Culbertson program be held up while he was away, the commission drafted & pro-. gram’' dealing only with subjacts upon which applications had been filed with the commission. This pro- gram was formally announced, cov- oring seventeen articles, including sugar. Other articles on regard to the ! flexible provi- o eVl of investiga- the list we e ton hoslery for infants, - maicoir plates and pig iron. Under'the Cui- ertson plan it had been proposed to deal with such related subjects se cotton hosiery in general, plat glass, and steel and iron. But opposition was made on the ground that these were mnot matters contained in the ap¥llcntlonu4 here is strong sentiment among many influential republicans in Con- gress that, in the operation of the flexible provisions of the tariff act, 1he articles in which there is great public interest should be investi- Eated by the Tarifft Commission and report made to the President so that 7o may act when he deemed the fact warranted, or at least make recom mendations to Congress for prompt amendment of the duties. At the time publicity was first given to the differences among t! inembers of the commission over the matter of procedure, it was pr dicted that so ‘strong were these dif- serences, there eventually would have 10 be a EQ!MDUl‘ of the personnel. The President, it appears. however, has drought about a settlemen: that {the {Bives building in Washington as one | | ing program for the Capital. the ! the Departmen the possibility Ariveways along of construction of the Potomac river both above and below Washington; necessity of a dlrect connecting k between Rock Creek Park and Anacostia: the possibilities of park development on the hills east of Ana- costla, and utilization of the banks of the Potomac river for park purposes. The Conduit road, he said, Is too far back from the river to provide an adequate view of the Potomac, and he | suggested a roadway from Washington to Great Falls Mr. Coldren udded that the v of water in Rock Creek is decreasing cach year, and that it might be saved by purchase of property in Maryland near the head of the stream. School authorities finding mnanse difficulty in finding proper a adequate school sites in Washingt Stephen E. Kramer, assistant sup, intendent of schools, declared. Mr. Kramer said the difficulty in finding proper school wites wax udded to the | constantly increasing congestion in| the public schools, which, he added. | has caused elimination of assembly | halls—"the heart of the school.” T scenic assistant superintendent declared the | " | two junfor high schools now under i onstruction are already outgrownal- | hough they have hardly been begun Public Building Program. Pointing out the need of an are- cer | i} of | example, Col. . Q. Sherrill, o in charge of public buildings grounds. emphasized the necessity an adequate and compreliensive bui He said notwithstanding the lessening of work within the past few years, there are still in Washington twelve tempo- rary buildings, which cannot reason- ably be replaced. Several important government departments, he added, are housed in rented building, which are too small for them. He asked backing of the American Civic ociation in formulating a definite public building program for the government. John M. Gries. housing expert of of Commerce. fore- saw in fifty years a Washington with a population of more than a million people, if the population continues at the same rate of growth as in the past fAifty vears. He said future pri- vate and public builling programs must be formulated with that future in sight. Washington is a city of extremes regarding population, Mr. Gries declared. He said research had shown ‘there are more widows here per hundred of population than in any other city of the country: that for every 100 females In Washington only 47 are married, and that there are 87 men to every 100 women in the city. These population curiosities make the capital a city pecullar in itself as regards the housing situation and one in which ample latitude must be allowed for future contingencles. Only Streets to Play In. Thousands of children growing up in Washington nave only the streets of the city to play in, Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, director of playgrounds, de- clared in urging an amplified play- ground program. It seems too bad, she taid. that Washington, a leader in the playground movement, had not kept pace with its own creation. There are now in Washington, Mrs. { Rhodes declared, less than ten acres devoted to playground use, although there are twenty-two playgrounds with an average dally attendance of 15,000 children. The city this year may expect a great decrease in juve- nile delinquency, she added, on ac- count of the salutary inflience of these playgronnds. Zoning of Washington takes into consideration all the elements of city planning indorsed by the association and its members, Maj. Wheeler, execu- tive officer of the zoning commission, sald. Maj. Wheeler painted a rosy picture of the future Washington, outlined in accordance with the zon- ing, and h: felt not the slightest fear that the city would develop proper esthetic i‘nes with the the zoning plan. Horace Feasles, chairman of the ‘Washington advisory committee of the American Institute of Architect: told of the work of the committee in ‘Washington, which, he said, passed on all building plans before they were finally returned to -the builders, Such ratification by the committee of the plans is not arbitrary, he said, but along lines of suggestion. Mr. Peaslee said there should be adde the National Museum a gallery of archi- tecture, Maj. F. S. Besson, acting engineer commissioner of the District, pledged his co-operation to the plan of the American Civic Association in :\lk— ing & better Washington through the work of co-operating committ throughout the country, and assure the association & receptive ear at the District building. ¥ Frederick A. Delano, chairman of the committee in Washington on the association, pledged his whole-heart- ed support with the work of the anisatio) u\{ assured be: fhat his cor mittes gnla =ut in d 209 pus! that oapitaly ..o every | neea jand gave the he points out: Harding makes less fuss about it and recognizes there are three divisions of the govern- ment, which some of his predecessors did not. Rode in Flivver. When the Coolidges returned to Northampton they rode from the train to their home in the depot fliv- ver. The auto provided by the coun- try was left iIn Washington. The townspeople addressed him as “Cal” and, in turn, he replied with their Christian names. Northampton folks marvel at the g00d health of their distinguished fellow townsman after a strenuous two vears in Washington soclety. “I 8'd think that yer stomach 'd be ruined after all them big dinners yer have to attend,” said a Main street friend to the Vice President the other day. “It would,” replied the Vice Presi- dent, smilingly, “if I ate all that was set before me, but I pass most of it up or just make believe to eat it and enjoy it.” “And M Coolidge,” old friends ask. “How’s she stan'ing it?” “She enjoys it answers the Vice President.” “Guess all woman folks like society. Washington is a very interesting city and we have enjoyed our work and surroundings. Every- body {s kind and conslderate, but It does seem good to get back to North- ampton. Its like living life over again. Although we have been away only two years we find a good many changes among our old friends and new faces confront us on the streets.” State Guards Him. Uncle Sam guards the life of his chief executive, providing secret service men as bodyguard, but he Pays no attention to his Vice Presi- dent. He apparently must look out for himself, but Massachusetts as- signs u state policeman to protect the Vice President every time he comes across its borders. A plain clothes man is on guard at the Cool- idge home and accompanies him in his travels about the state. He also acts us messenger and Sometimes serves as doorman at the Vice Presi- | dent’s house. JIn between hie trips about the céuntry the Vice President will rest at his home in this city. He has never taken what might be called a real vacation since his honeymoon und that was a brief one In Can- adn, because. as he explains, his pocketbook was too lean to warrant w longer one. e doesn't feel the of a vacation even now. friends say that they have never seen him look as well as he does this spring. He has got rid of his asthma aud little hacking cough which bothered him for vears and he him- self admits that he never felt better phystcally and wentaliy than at the present time. WATER GRAVE YARD CLUE TO VOODOOISM inued_from ¥ <t_Page.) small boys that led to the finding of the bodies. Thursday. close to dusk, the boys were at play on the western side of the city near an old pond and brick kiln when & negro came along on a bieycle and alighted. Over 1 shoulder he carried a sack “What have you got in the bLag? asked one of the boys imie kittens; I'm going to drown the children say Le answered, gruffly. Then he threw the bag as fur as lie could into the pond, mount- ed the bicycle and quickly left. The boys, desiring to save the kittens, fished cut the sack When opened, the head of a child | rolied out of the sack, and this was followed by a body. and then the body of a second child. Startled by their discovery. the children ranaway arm Wore Leather Puttees. Police immediately tried to learn the identity of the negro who had thrown the sack into the pond. All that was known to the boys, Edward Justice, eleven years old Edward Landon. nine years old, and Leonard War, ten years old, was that the negro was riding a bicycle with a ved frame and had on leather put- tees. Police could find only one bicycle with & red frame, and that belonged to Carnett Brown, colored. Brown was one of those summoned by Judg: Fred N. Holland to appear before a coroner's jury lmpaneled to place the responsibility if not for the actual deaths of the infants with at least being guilty of throwing their bodies into the pond. Brown denied knowing anything about the affair. BOYS TO BE GUESTS AT WEDDING OF DUKE Workers, Scouts and Others, In- cluding Associates of Bridegroom, Specially Invited. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 21.—Working boys, Boy Scouts and several other types of English youth will attend the wedding of the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at the special invitation of the bridegroom. About twenty members of various boys' clubs in London, in which the duke has long interested himself, are to be selected to see the ceremony, among them some of the lade who have attended the duke's summer camps, to which he always invites an equal number of little aristocra and working boys. Then there will be a delegation of Boy Scouts and thirty other youngsters from in- dustrial centers to symbolize. the in- terest which the duke takes in the Industrial Welfare Soclety. HUNTER BACK WITH BRIDE J. L. Clark Returns With Rare Specimens From Africa. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 21.—James L. Clark, New York banker, returned on the Berengaria with his bride today from a five-month honeymoon spent in British East Africa shooting llons and other big same. They brought several specimens of wild-life in the gxtinct, volcano crajer called N'Gro N'Gro by the natives in the territory of Tanganyika, former German East Africa. Mr. Clark said he would pre- sent them to the American Museum of Natural Hiltol‘{i Naturalist: r. Clark sald, call N'Gro N'Gro “Nature’'s Zoo,” because the wild life is so abundant there. The old crater is twelve miles in diameter and covered with flelds of interspersed with thickets that contain virtually every kind of ani- mal that inhabits East Africa. Bafore the duys of vacsh Yashon and n%’: s £ SUNDAY STAR, old | WASHINGLO. ARRESTED IN CAFE. Ex-Sergt. Green Accused of Drink- ing in Le Paradis. James Willard Green, sometimes and familiarly known as “the milion- dollar co a former sergeant in the police force, was arrested at the Le Paradis cafe, 1 Thomas Circle, last night by Policewoman Marion Brid- well and charged with drinking in public. He was taken to No. 2 pre- cinct and released on payment of $25 collateral. Meyer Davis, manager of the cafe, said last night the cafe was not re- sponsible for drinking among the guests and everything possible was done by the management to prevent it. e PAID FOR CONVICTS BRUTALLY FLOGGED, WITNESSES CHARGE (Continued from First Page.) clal whipper, during which he ad- ministered twenty-elght punishments, as his reports would show, he said. Two whippings were at his own ini tiative, one for “general principles, he continued, but the others were oc- casioned by representatives of the working foremen. He sometimes gave twenty-five blows, sometimes fitteen, sometimes only four or five “You see,” he explained, “when the inspector (state prison inspector) came, 1 had to give him a report chowing the average number of whippings.” He construed the term to me and the average number of blows given and his aggregate lashes averaged about ten to a man, he sald. No copy of the prison regulations was posted on the company's prem- ises that he knew of, he sald, though he had seen copies. He had been official whipper for four camps but he reilly belleved the strap at the Putnam camp was heavier than any he had ever seen. He estimated its weight to be about five or six pounds. Paid $20 a Hen In an effort to show that a collu- slon existed between Sheriff J. R. Jones and County Judge B. F. Willls, both, of Leon county, the prosecution counsel, Assistant Attorney General Grimson and Kneeshaw, called Jerry M. Poppel. former Leon county jafler {vefore the committe to testify as to the alleged wholesale number of ar- rests and convictions brought about after Sheriff Jones cntered an agree- ment with the Putnam Lumber Com- pany to furnish them prisoners at $20 a head | Poppel's testimony also was adduced to bear out the contention that Ta- bert was arrested, convicted and leased to the lumber company, where, after {serving only a few weeks, he died, al- [leged to have been the result of a {whipping administered by Walter Higginbotham, Whipping boss. The former jailer, who suld he was {in charge of the Leon !ail for twenty- ieight vears before being discharged or complaints about mistrea of risoners. declared Sheriff Jones im- {mediately after entering into the {agreement with the lumber company, issued orders to his deputies to f for this means money for me. | Says Sheriff Started Crusade. ! Poppel testifled Sheriff Jones began tn crusade against “gamblers, hoboes and moonshiners,” and would average from four to ten arrests a day. Their chief fleld of operation was meeting freight trains and arresting men as fast us the train crews “would kick them off the cars.” This extensive drive became known jto the hoboes, he sald. =o the sheriff Jand his deputies, including himselt, went out at night to round up the ho- boes. They had a stand by the railroad tracks, he gaid, near where the trains would ‘stop at a water tank. It was {at this place thut the men would get off the trains and take to the high- way to get around Tallahassee. 'sed Two Autos Poppel testified that Jones used two automebiles, bringing them back full of prisoners each night. 1 “We would get back to the court- inouse,” testified Poppel, “late at night {and on our way Sheriff Jones and w4 {deputies wouid tell the prisoners the jbest thing for them to do would be to jenter pleas of guilty. On our ar- irival at the courthouse, sometimes as late as 10 o'clock at night, all of them who were willing to plead gulity were arraigned.” “How would judge there at Senator John P. {ness Says “Drunks” Tried “Drunks. Oh," responded the witness, {would be sitting there all the ti ! with his demijohn.” l1s what 7" Senator Stokes querled. | “Hiiy demisohn, with which ne used {to_get drunk,” Poppel replied “Did you ever get drunk yourself2” he_was asked | “Yes. taint no use lying about it, he replied. Then the sheriff was drunk. the deputies were drunk, you were drunk and the county judge was drunk? asked Senator Stokes. Yes, sir.” And you would gather there, you drunk, and t {arunk. “Yes, sir. Says Sherifft Took Liguer. Later Poppel ald he had seen Sher- iff Jones take a gallon of confiscated moonshine, which the court ordered destroyed, and empty its contents inte another jug, which the sheriff kept you get the count: that time of night? Stokes usked the wit- i ! ‘he all of people for being * queried Senator Stokes. ‘He would call the county clerk, Mr. Lang, out into the courtyard and ask him to watch while he destroyed the jug.” declared Poppell. Poppell was asked wh; told Gov. Hardee aboi was _conducting hi H he had not how Sheriff Jon office. He declared Sheriff Jones had come to him and threatened to &ischarge him if he did tell, “Then you just simply told the gov ernor that the sheriff was all right: Ite was asked. “Yes, sir; I just lied.” - The question related to an invest! ation .of Sheriff Jones' office by the governor several months ago. Later Senator Stokes asked Poppell if he had been sworn before the gov- ernor to tell the truth, and he said he had not. “Did_Sherift Jones discharge you for being drunk?” Poppell was asked. “No, sir, if he wanted to discharge me for drunkenness he ought to have done it long before that,” said Poppell, Poppell said he received a salary of $65 a month and witness fees as jafler. He added that he received witn fees and never attended the court, nor was he ever summoned to attend. : 1 The former jailer told the commit- ttee of a whipping administered to & negro woman held in the jail on sus- picion In connection with a local #hooting case. Poppell declared Jon. and two deputies and he took the woman out in the woods, laid her across a tree stump and whipped her because she would not reveal certain information. Ten licks, he said, were given the woman and finally when she refused to talk, it was decided ta hang her. “One of the deputies, P. L. Barri- neau, produced & rope from the auto- mobile,” said Poppell. “We were all drunk, and we stopped in the_ procedure to take another drink. Barrineau tied the rope around the negress’ neck and when it came to throwini rope over a tree all o t::l'h". too "l.;nni to 80 we er | " committes n—”:t s 2, Braved War Death To Die in Air Crash CAPT. W. R. LAWSO D.C. MAN FOURTH AIR CRASH VICTIM mine if the men were in the alr in the line of duty, and what if any de- fects there may have wveen in the plane, Shortly after the accident, Gen. Mitchell” took off for Bolling' Field, Washington, D. C. Awv he passed over the scene of the disaster he dropped flowers into the river. He will make a report of the crash on his, arrival in Washington LAWSON BOMB EXPERT. Erig. Gen. Willlam Mitchell, assist- ant chief of the Army Air Service, who arrived here tonight from the scene of the airplane crash at Dayton, declared Capt. W. R. Lawson, who was killed, was the “greatest bomber officer in the service.” He directed the bombs which sunk the battle- hips Alabama and the former r- man_ battleship Ostfriesland in the bombing tests off the coast, the m chine was us and accompanied by the same crew, three of whom were killed. One victim of the fatal accident at Dayton yesterday lived In this city; Uhl Manchester Smith, who was & physicist of the bureau of standards, and expert on illumination in traffic; Capt. W. R. Lawson, also killed, had rved in 1919 as chief of the ctvil operations wection in the office of the chief of the Army Air Service here. _Captain Lawson was born October b, 18 at Glenn Alter, Ga. His home uddress was Kissimmee, Fi where he leaves a wife and tw children. Prior to the war he served &8 a private and a comrmt oned officer in the Alabama Nationl Guard. Upon the outbreak of the war he #ailed oversess with the Rainbow Livision (42d). was u commissioned officer in th Infantry under Col. W. P. In February 1918, he was n the air service and served $ ooerations officer and aerfal ol scrver to November, 1918, Awarded D. S. C. For Heroism. He was awarded the distingulshed service cross for repeated acts of hero in action near St. Mihlel, France, July 10 to September 13, 1918, e showed rare courage on a recon- naissance flight over the enemy line, when he continued on his mission after being seriously wounded by anti-aircraft fire. On September 13, hile &till convalescing from wounds, he volunteered for a par- arly dangerous mission requiring a soventy-five-kilometer flight over the enemy line. Because of weather conditions he was forced to fly at a dangerously low altitude, and was repeatedly “fired on by anti-aireraft | and machine guns. He successfully accomplished his mission and return- Edellh important information. | Upon his return to tha United States ,a{u\r the signing of the armistice he ; served as instructor at the School for | {Aerial Observers, at Post Field, Fort| Sill, Okla., from December, 1918, to April, 1919. Since November, 191 he served continuously at Langley Field, {Hampton, Va. He was a graduate {from the, Field Oficers’ School at that | | station, and at the time of his death jwas commanding the 20th Bombard- ment Squadron. Capt. Lawson was a very capable airplane pilot, being {particularly qualified in fiying planes Jof the bombing type, such as the {Martin bomber and the Handley-Page, {according to the War Department. ’ Uhl Manchester Smith, thirty vears of age, who was so seriously injured that he died at 3:30, shortly after the 4acv|dnn'. at Miami Valley Hospital {had been at the bureau of standards, {both as a civillun and during the ‘. 48 an expert assigned from the 2 ineer Corps of the Ar for tech- Jmical detail service. Michigan Graduate. He was born at Howell, Mich., and was graduated by the University of Michigan in 1916, Following gradu- ation he went to Youngstown. Ohio, where he engaged in electrical en neering, later enlisting in the service, He was detalled to the bureau of standards here and later to the United States engineer depot at Sche- nectady, N. Y., where he was engaged in searchlight work for the Army. He returned to the bureau in a ci- Ivilian capacity about a year and a half ago, and had been attached to the {lluminating engineering depart- ment. He had been collecting infor- mation as to the use of colors in handling traffic, not only of automo- biles, but of airplanes and vessels. He made the trip to Dayton in the in- terest of this work, officlals of the bureaus of standards said, for the first practical effort to get first-hand in- formation as to the use of colors in connection with the handling of air- plane traffic. He was said to have left Washington Thursday. It was his first fligh Mr. Smith had also been adviser for the District traffic committee, fur- nishing the committee with headlight requirements as a part of the nuw traffic rules now under consideration. His home is 4310 Georgla avenue. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Merle Smith of this city, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Smith, & brother, Hazen Smith, and one sis- ter, Miss Eva Smith, all of San Diego, Calif,, and grandfather and grand. mother, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Beach of Howell, Mich. Mr. 8mith was a member of New Jerusalem Lodge of Masons, which may participate in the funeral serv- ices. Burlal probably will be in Ari- ington cemetery. News of his death was locally re- ceived through the Bolling Field radio service, and from the Miami Valley Hospital. ASK PRESIDENT TO SPEAK Invited to Make Address at Dedi- cation of Red Cross Window. President Harding has been invited to speak on the occasion of the ded- fcation of the central windows of the American Red Cross national head- quarters building on May 28. The invitation _was extended yesterday by Mrs. Marle L. Basham of Des ines, Ia., national president _of the Women's Relief Corps, which to- gether with the United Daughters of sln Confederacy purchased the win- ow. The two single ornamental win- dows in the assembly hall of the }:‘l’l Cl:‘ll hufldlnfi )tl;lv llaudy b:;n icated separately by the donors, the ‘W. R. C. and the U. D. g lh’:o %l:,l::&tlnnn was (oflheflmln‘h t{:m e House yesterday whether sm 19z3—PARYT 1 BORAH UNCHANGED BY PLEAS OF CECIL Idaho Senator, in Reply to British Supporter of League, Cites Force in Ruhr. Arguments made by Lord Robert Cecll, British exponent of the league of na- tions, to Senator Borah of Idaho, irre- concilable leader against the entry of the United States into the league, failed yesterday to abate in any way the op- position of Mr. Borah to the league. Senator Borah said last night that he had been impressed with the abil- ity and sincerity of Lord Robert dur- ing his conference with hfm at break- fast at the home of Henry White, a member of the American delegation to the peace conference, at whose home Lord Robert is a guest during his stay in Washington. The Idaho senator issued a state- ment setting forth the reasons he had given Lord Robert for his continued opposition to the entry of the United States into the league. Does Not Construe His Ideas. “I must not be understood, of course,” said Senator Borah at the outset of his statement, “as assuming to state Lord Cecil's views, nor con- struing his league ideas. “But I do not mind saying that I stated to him frankly that in my opinion the vast majority of our peo- ple were uncompromisingly opposed to joining any plan or league which would involve us in European poli- tics—in other words, that a political organization or an organization which could be dominated or directed or controlled by the political forces would never be accepted by our peo- ple. That that was my opinfon at least. And that if some plan could not be worked out wholly different from that of a political organization, it would be safer for Europe to pro- ceed upon the theory that the United States would not be & party to it. “I further stated that in my opinion our people had been confirmed in their views with reference to joining the league by what had taken place since the armistice. I had in mind, and called his attention, as an illus‘ra- tion of that, to what was happening now in the Ruhr. That the invasion of the Rushr and the ruthlessness that was now being practiced had confirmed the people in the belef thut they wanted nothing to do with Eu- ropean policies and polltics. Policy of Force. “Hers was an {nstance in which a prominent member of the league was under the most solemn obligation to co-cperate with the other signers of the league and to adopt a policy of arbitration and settlement, but had manifestly entered upon a policy of force, of war, of destruction of an- other people. “As another illustration, I stated it was my opinion that the polic; allies since the war was throwing Ruseia and Germany into each other's arms. and that it was forcing a com- bination between the organization power of Germany and the manpower of Russia, and no greater menace to the world peace could be {magined. “Here was one great country being literally crushed by force, and, if possible, dismembered. and another outlawed. That couldn’'t mean any- thing tn the end but a terrific war and it was being done by those who were solemnly pledged by the league to do otherwise. In such politics and with such policies the American peo- ple could not be led to believe that the league would have the slightest effect except to involve us in it. In other words, it was quite apparent that what Europe wanted was not & league for peace but a league for wer, a kind of bringlng together of cor- tain powers to control and dominate and break up and dismember other powers.” Hostile to World Court. . Senator Borah's opposition to the league runs also to the world court, set up through the agency of the league, to which Presldent Iard- ing has proposed adherence by the Tnited States with reservations stating specifically that such adher- ence shall not involve the United States in the league of natlons. In the opinfon of Senator Borah the entry of the United States in the world coutt must bring the United States into the affairs of the league. “The court is an advisory body to the league” said Senator Borah, discussing this matter. “Suppose the United States joins in this court and places a representative on the bench. Then the league of nations takes some matter to the court to be de- cided. How can it be that the Tnited States would not be then in- velved in the affairs of the league?’ Lord Cecil was in conference with president Harding at the White House yesterday also, discussing, it is belleved, the league covenant and world court. The impression which Lord Cecil made at the White House was not disclosed. He himself would not disouss his conversation with the President. WANTS PRISON PROBE. Dudding Will Go to,North Caro- lina to Press Charges. E E_Dudding director of the Prisoners’ Relief Soclety, 509 B street northwest, issued a lengthy statement last =ight In connection with the North rolina state prison board's refusal to investigate alleged cruel- ties to convicts in the north state prisons. The action of the board is doubtful in view of the serlous charges that have been made against prison management in that state. hr. Dudding pu ses, he says, to g0 to North Carolina and personally present the charges, based upon many amdavits in his possession. He de. clared that the investigation will be foroed. EACH WEDS THIRD TIME. 'W. B. Hadley, 63, and Mrs. Flora Emerson, 49, Married. Warren B, Hadley, sixty-three years old, electrical engineer for the Dis- trict, and Mrs. Flora Emerson, forty- nine years 6ld, embarked yesterday afternoon on what was for each of them a third matrimonial voyage, at the home of the bride, 2332 18t street northwest. They were wedded by Dr. D. B. Brundage, and left immediately for Rhode Island on their honey- moon. The bride was given away bfi her son, Harry Edwards. Mrs. dith Schilling sang. The ceremonies were brief and were attended only by a few relatives and intimate friends of the of the | LANGLEY TO PRESS DRIVE FOR BUILDING (Continued from First Page.) scontinuet froms TARst ege institution the most magnificent of its kind in the world. “I also think,” he continued, “that it would greatly add to the attrac- tiveness and beauty of the Canitol grounds to acquire the balance of the property west of the wireless sta- tion down to the foot of the hill and the blocks directly south of Penn- sylvania avenue from 3d to 7tk streets, inclusive. This would not only provide suitable sites for addi- tional government buildings, but would at the same time serve the added purpose of removing an eye- sore to the otherwlse attractive view from Capitol Hill." ‘The whole problem of space in gov- ernment bufldings In the District, which was reviewed at a recent meet- ing of the Public Buildings Commis- slon, of which Representative Lang- ley {s a member, has grown more and more acute with the deterioration and destruction of temporary structure. buflt during the war and the rising rentals of certain buildings now rented in the District. Representative Langley in his en- deavors to house government activi- ties in Waunington in government- vwned buildings, however, does not intend to limit the scope of his vigor- ous drive to the District of Columbia. He contends with some spirit and a display of the government's enormous rental bill of $21,000,000 annually that it would be economy to build throughout the nation federal struc- tures to care for the greatly increased public business, particularly in the Post Office Department. Pointing out that it had been ten years since an “omnibus public build- ings bill" was enacted, Representa- tive Langley declares ‘“since that time the government business as well as private business has increased enormously and the needs of the postal service alone have practically doubled during that period.” The | government business in some citles, he avers, “is being transacted prac. | tically on the sidewalks, & { merous buildings have been many of them at abnormally rentals.” i Takes Insme With Hoover. Representative Langley disagreed with Secretary of Commerce Hoover and, in_effect, with the Federsl 1 serve Board, both of which have counseled delay in public buildings until a later period of slack in the building boom, 80 a® not to throw a burden on the building trades at present to the hindrance of the home- building campaign on throughout the nation The construction being put up b private builders to house government | activities at high rentals, according | to Representative Langley, serves the ldouble purpose of throwing building | into the market at this time anvhow, | for the government, in spite of the fact that the government itself is not bullding, and of also providing pri- vate interests with an opportunity to profit at government expense. |, Such private interests, he charges, have been receiving ligh rentals | more expensive to v than borrowing money w build. “When we consider the rate of Interest at which the govern- ! ment can borrow money he _»u\v( “less than one-fourth of what private | contractors are getting from the gov- ernment for rentals—it would be readily seen that this situation could | be handied upon borrowed capital, and $500,000,000 or $600,000,000 ex- | panded on such a program, and stilly we would be making a large saving in | the ftem of interest alone.” Mr. Langley calls attention to change in the act of 1885 concer ing leases, accomplished by joffice appropriations act of Which he charges ‘“enlarg scope of thw previous Statute ar also extended the authority to leuse | for twenty years. My understanding is that the purpose of these chang in the law was to make these rental bids more attractive to the bidder.” The location and specific pry sions for public buildings, which Mr. Langley charges hus been slipping into the hands of tle executive de- partment, should. he thinks be left in the hands of Congress s such work “is purely a legislative func- tion.” “In my epinion,” declares Mr Langley, “the sentiment of Congress | is overwhelmingly in favor of the{ speedy enactment of a broad andi liberal public building policy for tie | entire country. CLAYTON OPPOSES " NEW FISCAL PLAN. to the fixed ratio or footing the bills of the District of Columbia and slrong opposition to the proposal of Commissioner Rudolph for a lump sum was contained I a resolution introduced at the Federation of Citi- zens' Associations meeting last night in the ristrict building and referred to the committee on luw and legis- lation for report at the next meecting. | During the meeting there was u debute over the federation’s action | in declining to elect a delegate to the school association, during which a number of members sought to ex- plain their votes. Some of them had succeeded, when there was a protest, {and others were denied the privilege. William B. Westlake sought to pr test the “apparent gag rule,” which | he sald had characterized the pro- cedure, following which Maj. A. M. Holcombe rose to take the floor to further discuss the school organiza- tion matter. At this puncture George W. Ivans demanded the regular order, and, sustained by the chair, the school matter was closed Attack Zoning Committee. An attack on the methods of the Zoning committee of the Washington Board of Trade brought forth a de- fense by E. F. Colladay, president of the board and a delegate to the fed eration from the Chevy Chase Citi- zens’ Association. Edgar B. Hend- erson, delegate from Piney Branch, launched the attack. when he as serted that the zoning committee of i the Board of Trade had gone into residential section, specifying Trini- dad, and approved some changes which did not have the support of the association. If this condition was to continue, he said, citizens and the citizens' asso- clations would have to be overlastingly diligent to ascertain that nothing det- rimental to their respective territories Tas dono before the zoning commis- sion. The present methods of the com- mission, he sald, were “all wroug. The people, he continued, should have assurance that when a zone was set for a residence, it would not be changed here and there to suit some particular applicant. Snowden Ashford suggested that the associations be rotified when there was to be a change in their par- ticular territory. Mr. Colladay, in coming to the de- fense of the Board of Trade's zoning committee, said that it was made up of serious-minded business men, who gave unstintingly of their time to study every question affecting zon- ing that comes up. He assured the federation that the Board of Trade was always ready to co-operate with the citizens' associatlons. Mr. Clayton's resolution said that Commissioner Rudolph had urged the substitution of the lump sum appro- priations for the District of Colum- bia to replace the present fixed ratio, and pointed out that the Commis sioner was not retlecting the ideas nor representing the people of the District when he made such a recom- mendation. The association adopted a resolu- tion, presented by Leland T. Atherton, secretary, recommending the benefit of the citizens’ military training camps to all young men of the city, and urged them to make inquiry for further particulars by applying to Col. Leroy Herron, recruiting officer, Star bullding. The resolution urged also upon the delegates the patriotic duty of disseminating knowledge of these training camps to citizens, and parents. | i Reaffirmation of citizens' adherence { gested TURK DELEGATES REACH LALISANNE IN QUIZZICAL M00D “What Is Political Atmog- phere?” They Ask, Voic- ing Good Intentions. By the Associated Press. LAUSANNE, April 21.—“What is the political asmosphero here?’ This was the first question asked by the Turks when the delegation arrived this evening from Constantinople to participate in the peace conference which will be resumed Monday. The Turks were met at the station by Count Massigll, secretary general of the conference, who cordially greeted Ismet Pasha and Riza Nur Bey, the two chief delegates, as well a8 the wives of the delegates. When asked if e had come bac really to make peace with Europe Ismet Pasha, with his never-failing mile, replied: “There is no lack of good intention on our part” Ha added that Turkey wanted a rationa peace, which would permit reasonabls national development and the con summation of reasonable natlona! aspirations. If the allies granted those principles, peace seemed prob able Question of Concession. ibers of the Turkish groun k questions about the fee! ing in France and England over tI American Chester concession, and gave the impression that the Chestes flair may play an important par actually, if not openly, in the Laus anne pourparlers. Riza Nur Bey declared that whe the Turkish delegation returned to Angora after the rupture of the first conference, the members were at tacked in the chamber for being toc conciliatory. They intended this tima %o be fair, but insistent on their rights. He thought everybody wanted peace, and Turkey was not the kind of & eountry to resort to & new war over questions of indemnities. Ha laughed at_what he termed the fuss over the (hester concession. saying that Turkey was quita within he: rights in granting this. Advertise- ments had been put in the news papers offering grants, and the Ches tar company had submitted the mos advantageous terms. No country had objected until afier the concession ix ratified by Angora parlia Pat asked qu e n “Concession Not Issue.” 1ot here to talk of con- cegzions,” he concluded, “but to make peace. Any protests over concessions and any requests for new concessions should be sent to the Angora govern- ment.” Joseph ¢ are e e Grew, the American Switzerland. arrived here ni Berne and. temporarii: :, assumed direction of Amer: ts at the conference, as Lammot _Belin. secoud he embassy at Paris. The representing other cour - tomorrow. Gen. Pelle of Sir Horace Rumbold of d from Constan Sple. The Chester concession ovs DL o nil tbpics tonight, the gen- on being that it gives a fcun orientation of the en delegativ tries are d A e and ‘EEK PRECEDENTS FOR NAVY RUM WAR Co-Operation of U. S. and England Combatting Smug- glers Now Under Discussion. While «n unofficial survey is in progress to determine what naval fa able to Wage war o rum runners within the three-mile limit. important measures for co operation between the United Statey and British governments to preven: smugsgling are under discussion. No offictal intimation has come from the White House that the Navy will drawn into the “dry” fight, but naval officers proceeded vesterday o Friday's semi-official declaration that the matter was under consideration and it was learned at the State De partment that every possible aid was being given there to the work prohibition enforcement. It became known also that a num Ler of mothods of preventing smug gling on the high seas had been sug to the State Department, among them the precedent set during the period of the slave trade for selzure outside of the three-mile lim and that they had been found to lack the necessary basis under inter national law cilities are a be Rewsult of Treaties. (Co-operation in suppressing tie slave trade, it was pointed out, was the result of treaties concluded at various times between the United States and Great Britain. Inasmuch however, as the British government has declined to enter into a similar treaty for the purpose of suppressing the traffic in alcoholic liquors, the search and selzure of rum vessels ir the view of the United States govern ment would not be legal. It was also pointed out that the treaties of slave days conferred no Jjurisdiction on local courts of either of the contract ing parties to determine whether the ships belonging to the nationals of the other party were subject tc¢ selzure and confiscation. Therefore under the present circumstances, even it British ships were seized outside the three-mile 1imit by American vessels, they would have to be brought to American courts, which would have no authority under treaty i cases. "st‘h.}r!ih‘:n;&a‘.mn was_sald, in the absence of uniformity in policies ot ! fhe two governments with respect 1o the use of iIntoxicating liquors for beveruge purposes, an agreement would not likely be possible for dis position of the vessels under pro visions similar to those contained he old treaties. s indicating the wctivities of the State Department {n the matter of rum ships, in addition to the negoti ations pending with Great Britain, it was pointed out that Canadian au thorities had lssued instructions that a Shipping Board permit should ac company _applications to _transfer vessels from American to Canadian registry. The department has taken up with the British ambassador the question of cancelling the British registry of American owned vessels used for smuggling liquor and has asked the Canadian authorities to re- fume clearance papers to lig§or ves- sels destined for the United Statgs.