Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1924, Page 2

2 SKS COPERATIN ONWELEARELAWS, Justice Siddons Urges Team- work in Preparation of New Legislation. An appeal #for co-operation and harmony in the task of revising the welfare legislation of the District was sent out today by Justice Frederick L. Slddons, chairman of the commis- sion on public welfare legislation. The justice addressed a letter to all agencles and individuals Interested In welfare work outlining to them how they may be of assistance to the com- mission in its undertaking. The sixteen members of the com- mission appointed by the District Commissioners will confer at the Dis- trict building Tuesday afternoon with Willlam Hod: , expert of the Rus- sell Sage Foundation, who has come here to work with the commission. Extract from Skldons® Letter. In his letter to the soclal workers of the city, Justice Siddons said: “The commission can accomplish something of paramount gpod for the District if there is harmony and team Play among our citizens and agencles. Absolute unanimity is probably a counsel of perfection, but substantial agreement can be achleved if a suffi- clent number desire it. Will you in- dicate your support of the present at- tempt to secure concerted effort in the interests of children by “First, sending to the commission office, room 3161 Disirict building, the name and address of the execu- tive or acting head of your organiza- tlon, together with the names and addresses of your board of m executi smmittee. The also s anxious to get the names and child welfare, public weifare, etc., of 4ll soctal and civic organizations. Sugxestions Invited, “Second, Sending to the commission commis- sion any suggestions, growing out of your knowledy nd experience, as to weakness or inadequacy in existing Tay hird. Attending public hearings which may be called from time to time to discuss the various proposals which th. ommission may offer. “Fourth. Submitting to the commis- slon any bills whi ou are plan- ning to introduce. or may already have introduced, dealing with social welfare subjects in_order that there be little of duplication and lapping as possi “Fifth. Offering any or criticisms which may occur to you work of the commission pro- as —_— “ALL A HOAX,” GIRL DECLARES OF TALE OF ROOMMATE’S DEATH| on bond through Miiton S. Kronheim, bondsman, and could not be located. This morning she revezled the en- tire case to a newspaper man, with the request that he publish it as her complete clear this mess up_entirely. “It wag during an unfortunate dull moment about six months ago,” start- ed Miss Cumberiand, “when I ran across an advert in a section of a detective story magazine devoted to inquirics as to persons who have disappeared from their friends. The advertisement was from Mr. and Mr George Johnson. 1 sat down z wrote an answer to It, just to see what_would come of it. It Hagel Johnson's mother died when she was seven years old, end that she had been left with her mother's mother, who went to Florida late Her father, losing contact with his mother-in-law, now, grieving, was seeking his daughter. I think the name of the mother's folks was Lis- senbys. 1 wish I had that add to show you. ‘Well, back comes an answer. I re- plied and sent an old picture of my- self. That picture was about the same a8 the one the police sent to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson to identify “I'Know it was foolizh to do such thing, but I thought I'd try it for th novelty of it. I gave them an fdea 1 wag their daughter and they wrote back wanting me to come ther. told them 1 was going to go to York with friends. They wrote back and told me all about the little auto- mobilc they had and how they w keeping up payments on it, and so forth “Well, when 1 got into this trouble—and it's the first time 1 ever (peal by aid anything like started to _go_into this Hazel John- son case. So T had to kill her to stop the investigation. I toid them Hazel died fn Ne and I buricd her funds from the nsurance com: That all a joke, and I told the police that so_they would stop going into Hazel Johnson's affairs. As a fact, I've never seen Hazel, donm't know her, didn’t bury her and wasn't even in New York at that time. “I've been here in Washington all ‘the time since. 1920. terrible. T'm out of work and no- body will give me a job. Miss Cumberland had an unfortu- nate marriage, she said, about 1920, when she married an attendant at 8 local hospital, who had led her to believe he was studying medicine, “And then, only a few months after we were marricd, he took $600, all the money I had, and now he's in New York and I don’t knew what to do. I know I ought not to be “kicking, but I can't help think of I had a’good break in getting ‘mar- ried all this wouldn't be happening. Why can't I get some of the luck some girls have showered on them? ©h, well o . In conclusion, she sald: 3.Oh, ves, I wish vou'd tell the po- e I'don’'t want to go to headquar- ters any more, will you? treated me very courteously and very nicely. Detectives King and Cox did, ignd I appreciate it, and Inspector “Grant was mice, too, but I'd rather ‘lét this_explanation’ be enough for them. Do you think it will?” -~ FAMED CANTOR DIES. “Pini Minkosky Sought to Regain Lost Fortune Here. BOSTON, January 19.—The death*of Pini Minkosky at the Beth Israel “Hospital yesterday ended the struggle the famous Jewish cantor and @pbmposer to work upward from the poverty into which the Russian revo- lutfon threw him. Ten years ago Minkosky was known ds the leading cantor in the largest synagogue in Europe, as a composer of ecclesiastical music and as an au- thority on the history of Hebrew prayers and chants. He was living happily in Odessa until, in the revo- Jution of 1917, his fortune was con- fiscated, his home destroyed and he iwas forced to flee to Parls with his family. " TWO GIRLS JAILED. Unfavorable report by the prob: tion officer on the home life of Blia Heil and Margaret Cox, two young girls fined $25 In each of five cases of shoplifting last week, yul:rdnr resulted in their commitment to jail for fitty days in default of payment of the fines. They told storles of a model home life, which caused the sentence to be withheld pending investigation by the probation officer. The unfavorable rveport in the opinion of the court yrecluded all chances for clemency. that—the police with nagers or suggestions said that ! York three months ago | Was | measure that may matter of although They really | He Wasn’t Ghost or Burglar, But 1f you are awakened In the mid- dle of one of these cold winter nights by the" sound of footsteps on the tin roof above your head or the noise of a hammer, tapping, tapping ever tapping, maybe on on your chamber door, do not stick your chamber door, do not stick shout for some one to turn in a riot call until a little further in- vestigation. A radio fan—and radlo fans are usually harmless — innocently stringing an aerial on the top of @ house near New York avenue and 1st street northwest last night caused the occupant of sald house to send in a call for police. Police and detectives from head- quarters rushed to-the scene, only to find him busfly at his task. Ma}: Sullivan is sald to be con- sidering a regulation which would prohibit stringing radlo wires on Tooftops after darkness. COUZENS CALLS ON MELLON TO REVEAL OWN INVESTMENTS (Continued from First Page.) l his recommendations for a réduction In surtaxes—that the present surtax is reducing government revenue and is diverting money from necessary in- dustrial purposes—have evidently been abandoned. “I am delighted,” the senator's let- ter said, “that I have convinced you of the fallacy of these two funda- mental reasons for your recommenda- tions.” Power In Treasury. Differences over Mr. Mellon's rec- ommendation for a board of tax ap- eals were afred at the ways and ns committee hearing today after in E. Gore, representing the lAlnel'lmul Institute of Accountants, had {declared the provision “still leaves ithe Xpayer at the mercy of the [Treasury.’ Representative iarner, democrat, Texas, supported Mr. Gore, declaring the proposed board would be under direct control of the Treasury Secre- tary through his power of appoint- ment of members. “And the taxpayer,” Mr. Gore sai “should not have to go to the Trens ury to appeal from Treasury decision Mr. Gore suggested that the b, appointed by the President, but rman Green sald that swould force its conmymation by the Senate “thus turning the whole thing into a political seramhl In arguing that the board be com pletely meparated from the Treasur witness declare that first de on tax accounts were made by department employes “trained and teeped in the spirit to get all taxes | vossible.” Representative rner {then charged that grades of Treasur: employes depended on how much the d in tax The Mellon recommendation to pro- { hivit the filing arate income returns b wives on commu propert: lowed in several states. was attacked by Representatives Miller and Summers, republicans, Washington. They sald the provision would nullify their state law and was unconstitutional Representative Keller, republican, Minnesota, Introduced four revenue bills today. He proposed removal of the tax on corporation income and of all nulsance taxes, and the institution of a tax of 1 per cent on land holdings over $10.000 in value. He also proposed a reduction of 50 per cent in earned income rates as distinet from un- earncd income, and an increase in in- heritance taxes on big estates. The committee worked under pres- |sure today to wind up Its hearing on jtax reduction proposals £o it can {start work Monday on its study of revisions to be incorporated in new bill. Basix for Discussion. The hearing began Monday, after the committee had made a prelimi- [nary study of the administrative fea- itures in the program submitted by |Secretary Mellon, whose rate reduc- ition suggestions will form the basis |of the remainder of its discussions. Numerous appeals for reductions lin’ the tax rates affecting various interests have been heard during the week, and the committee also has called Treasury experts for technical Tt planned to finish the {taking of testimony today, with wit- Inesses favoring and opposing a num- ber of suggested changes in the pres- d {information. 1ient law given an opportunity to be ¢ |heard. Way Opened for Fight. i {ing the bill has changed during the !week of the hearing through the re- the House of its rule re- {stricting the offering of amendments |to the revenue measures from the | floot, which republican leaders admit opens the way for a long and bitter fight over the provisions of any be submitted by {the committee. President Coolldge, |however, has informed visitors that. he_expects some changes in the Mellon bill, he im convinced that the Treasury Becretary's recommenda- tions are gaining favor both in and out of Congress, and republican | | | And now it's’ House leaders are preparing to insist upon enactment substantially as sub- mitted in the main points of his pro- gram. i May Change Structure. Republican leaders admitted that with the rules revision adopted by the House yesterday it was possible the entire rate structure of the Mel- lon plan might be changed when the measure reaches the floor as a result of elimination of the rule restricting amendment of revenue and tariff measures. In this connection Representative Olafield of Arkansas, democratic whip, announced he would offer an amendment when the bill reached the floor to restore the excess-profits tax, with lower rates; and Representative Frear of Wisconsin, insurgent repub- lican member of the ways and means committee, sought support for his proposal to provide revenue for & soldiers' bonus in- the tax bill in a letter directed to members of the House. Doubt as to Rules. Chairman Snell of the rules com- mittee said republicans could mnot hope to get a special rule to protect the tax bill agalnst amendments when it is brought to the floor, and admitted it was open to attack in all its major rate provisions. He ex- pressed doubt, however, that amend- ments proposing an excess profits tax or a bonus would be considered ger- mane under provisions of a rule still in_eftect. Representative Garner of Texas, author of the democrats’ substitute tax proposal, has declared that if he 15 not successful in the committee in obtalning normal income tax rates of 2 and 4 per cent in place of the 3 and 6 per_cent rates suggested by Secre- tary Mellon, and higher surtax rates than those suggested by the Treasury Secretary, he would seek to amend the bill to this effect on the floor. The income tax rates of the Mellon plan_yesterday received Indorsement before the ways and means committee from the Amerlcan Bankers' League and the American Mining Congress, while they were criticized by the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Natlonal Grange, the latter proposing higher surtax rates. The surtax rates of the Mellon program at the same time were vigorously de- fended by Garrard Winston, under- mecretary of the Treasury, in answer- ing questions of committee members as to the probable effect of the plan on future revenue. Just Radio Fan The legislative situation confront- | THE EVENING |GREAT VALUE SEEN IN STAR'S CONTEST George J. Jones, Head of His- tory Department, Gives Ap- proval to Essay Plans. The Star's “best news story con- test,” which opens tomorrow, like all other essay contests, will prove of great educational value to those who participate, it was pointed out today by George J. Jones, head of the his- tory department of the Wenior and junilor high schools of the District public school system. Mr. Jones gave the contest his hearty indorsement and predicted that hundreds of school children undoubtedly would compete. “From the standpoint of education The Star's contest will be very helpful to the boys and girls who participate, said Mr. Jones. “It also will awaken live interest in current events and, develop powers of discrimination as | the contestant seeks to determine the telative importance of the news of the lay.” Students in all Washnigton senior {and junlor high schools and the elghth krades of the elementary schools who come within the age limitations of the contest are preparing to gompete. The private and parochial schools also will have representation in the contest. All school children in the District, Maryland and Virginia, between the | ages of fourteen and twenty, Inclu- | will be e'lgible to participate in contest. Four prizes agzregating will be awarded weekly to the winners. NEW LAURELS WON BY SOPHIE BRASLAU Poli’s Theater Filled for Variedl Program by Con- tralto. Sophie Braslau, who has one of the most beautiful contralto voices in the world, 8ani to an audience that filled | Poli’s big theater yesterday afternoon and new laurels in popularity. Born in New York the daughter of a Russian physiclan, Sophic Braslau showed her Slavic ancestry in the vivid, dramatic quall of her sing- ing in the undercurrent of wistful- ness characteristic of many of her se- lections and In her mastery of the jdiction of several languages. She showed her American birthright in | knowledge of her audience and what It wanted for cncores. This char- acteristic was shown when she sang Brahe's "I ed by Your Window," | Which she made popular at her con- cert here last year; Schertzinger's catchy melody, “Marcheta,” and Lilly Strickland’s “Ma Li'l Batteau.” Miss Braslau opened her program with Beethoven's beautiful “Ah Der- fido." and sang this aria_with fine shading and_emotion, perfect tran- sition from clear, delicate head tones to vibrant, deep chest tones and leguto style. A Schubert group followed, Includ- ing the pathetic “Doppelgaenger, the light-hearted Liebesbotschaf and the dramatic “Die Allmacht, which Miss Brasiau suffused with an energetic power closely akin to in- spiration. The vivid spirit was given Moussorgsky's “On the Dnieper,” sub- stituted for the more familiar “Song of India” of Rimsky-Korsakoff. Impressively sung were Rubin- stein’s “Night, Allitsen’s “Song of Thanksgiving,” ~ Kramers tragic altering Dusk” and the Coleridie Taylor “Thou Art Risen, My Beloved. An_ old Irish group included the Londonderry Air.” which Mr. Me- Cormack sang here just a week ago, and the vengeful “Lover's Curse.” ibella’s “Non Ho Parole.” “Oh, Boc- Dolorosa” did not scem to reflect Miss Braslaw's individuality of treat- ment so noticeable in her other num- bers, They had exquisite accompani- ment on the piano by Ethel Cave- Cole, one of the gifted accompanists of the neert siage. Erich Wolfl's Eternai” was the fipal program number. H. F. won UNVEIL LEE’S HEAD ON MOUNTAINSIDE: Six Governors Attend Georgia Cere- mony Today, Birth Anniversary. By the Associated Prees. STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga, January 119.—The head of Gen. Robert E. Lee, chiseled on the face of Stone moun- itain, will be unveiled here today, the 1117th anniversary of the southern | military leader's birth, !"The states of the former confed- eracy joincd in the ceremony to at- tend the completion of the first figure in a heroic panorama that in years to come will portray Jackson, Davis and the men who followed them. Helen Plane of Atlanta, a chartar members of the Daughters of the Confederacy, who conceived the idea of the depiction of Confederate chief- { tains in stone, will give the signal for the unvelling. Governors of six southern states will be among those to view the cere- mony. The magnitude of the task Involved In cutting the figures on the moun- tain side is evident to thosq who have viewed the huge figure of Lee 300 feot up the side of the perpendicular rock formation. Months have been required to chisel out theé single MELLON SUPPORTED IN TAX PROPOSAL Bankers’ League Tells Secretary . Reduction Plan Will Build Up Producing Interes { | ! ] | ! Secretary Mellon received ur- ance of support for his tax reduction proposal yesterday afternoon when & committee from the American Bankers' League, after a hearing be- fore the House ways and means com- mittee went to the Treasury and 1aid. before the Secretary their promises. Charles de- B. Clalborne, president of the’ league, told the .Secretary they would support the policy “that will finance the farming and produc. ing Interests of this nation on a sound economic basis.” iy ‘We belleve,” he added, “it is time to call a halt upon unlimited bond issues and that we should devote our energies and resources toward ‘re- ducing taxes and retiring our present obligations before engaging in future mortgage activities. The Treasury, Mr. de B. Claiborne belleyed should “be kept out of pol- cs.” Before the House ways and means committee, the committee, support ing the Mellon plan, offered to enter & contract to finance productive fm- if Congress adopts the Met| S i bar. TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY ‘19, 1924, nexe rmon voxvon || ETERANS PROTEST S e e . Peter Reex, n diminutive London mennenger boy, known ax “Peter, the Page,” delivered to Prexident Coolidge todny a letter of greetings from the Lord Mayor of London and an invitation to exponition in London bewinning in May. hix invitation, expressed him that tend the Grent Britivh empire The President thanked the boy fe regret at inability to ce prexident of the Bri Veterans of America, who will America, and who serves and Lloyd George during their recent {COMMITTEES NAMED BY MAJ. GEN. HELMICK ‘Will Serve Cathedral Heights Citi- zens’ Association for Year. Maj. Gen. Elf A. Helmick, president of the Cathedral Heights Citizens’ Assoclation, announces the following committee appointments for the en- suing year: Steering—Maj. Gen. ElIl A. Helmick. H. E. Howe, H. M. Frampton, G. F. Jenks, G. H. Powell. Delegates to the federation—George R. Wales, A. Y. Gray. Schools and playgrounds—Capt. Sheridan Ferree, Mrs. E. M. Weeks, H. D. Gibbs, Mrs. J. A. McKinnon, Mrs. H. M. Frampton. Public uHHHfia—JH. E. Howe, ‘Webner, Mrs. Danna E. Durand, Mrs. J. R. Van Fossen trects, alleys and parks—John J. par, F. L. Fishback, Thomas H. Con- Bo. | Kearney. Americanization—G. H. Powell, Mrs. A. Helmick, Mrs. W. W. Husband. Entertainment—Mrs. G. 'F. Jenks, Mrs. . M. Gray, Mrs. H._E. Howe. Zoning—Alex. H. Bell, B. M. Weeks. Public health and welfare—Dr. Wil- ltam _E. Clark, Rev. Charles T. Warner, Dr. Joseph Goldberger. Bublie safety—Dr. W. E, Cotton, Mr G._A. Emmons, J. W. McGarry. Mémbership—G. F. Jenks, Arthur Carr, W. T. Nishwitz, W. Parker Jone! E. H. Bachschmid, A. H. Bell, jr. Publicity—W. E. Brigham, C. Fred E | Cook, H. E. C. Bryant. Wisconsin avenue—Dr. L. W. Eugs- ter, Thomas W. Sidwell, John J. Boo- Cathedral—Dean G. C. Bratenahl, S. B. Marshall, Capt. Sheridan Ferree. Law. legislation and fiscal—Thomas W. Gregory, Arthur S. Field, Chasles . Nefil. Delegate to other associations—H. C. Cole. — DEFER HEARINGS ON “DIPLOMA MILL” Senators to Delay for Two Weeks to Allow Doctors to Come to Washington. Further investigation of the “diplo- ma mill" ring, begun vesterday be- fore a Senate subcommittee, has been deferred for two weeks to permit the attendance of medical men who now are unable to come to Washington. ——— TWO NOT AT MEETING. Report in Error Concerning Oscar Ricketts and W. J. Dow. Acting on information which proved to be unauthorized, The Star yesterday Stated that Oscar Ricketts and William J. Dow, former officials of the govern- nt printing office, attended a closed Teeting of & committee which 1s said to be preparing a statement for Presi- dent Coolidge in an effort to prove that Public Printer George C. Carter is holding his office in violation of law. Investigation develops that neither Mr. Ricketts nor Mr. Dow was presen although, according lu.!“l:gr:-:l:::,ll:; - of New Yorl Stengle- of e x e in & abmi ort gunrd for Peter during his stay capacity for the Prince of Walen It €0 the United States. GEN. MAGOMB DIES - ATTHE AGE OF 7 - Retired” Army Officer, Long Prominent, Had Been Il Since Christmas. s | Brig. Gen. Montgomery Meigs Ma- comb, years old, well known for many years in Army cir- cles, died at 4 o'clock this morning at hid residence, 1271 New Hampshire avenue, following an {llness which began Christmas. It is expected that funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston at St John's Episcopal Church, 16th and H streets, at 2 o'clock’ Tuesday. Interment will be held in the Ardlington cemetery. Jt is not known whether or not military services will be held Gen Macomb, who was taken sick Christmas day. had been at the Wal- ter Reed Hospital for about ten days, but returned home last Wednesday. Retired In October, 1916. He was placed on the retired list of the United States Army in Octo- ber, 1916. During the recent war he was given command ‘at Fort Sill, Okla. He was a member of the Met- ropoiitan Club, the Army and Navy Club and othe He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Montgomery Meigs Hacomb, wWho is a daughter of Ad- miral Stephen Luce; one brother, Col. A. C. Macomb, and two sisters, Miss Nannie Hacomb and Miss Chris- tiana Macomb, all of this city. He ‘was president of the Dupont Citizens' Association, in which or- ganization he took much Interest up to the time of his death. Record of His Service. : Gen. Macomb was president of the Army ‘War College in this city at the time of his retirement for age, October 12, 1916. He was born In Michigan October 12, 1552, and was graduated from the Military Academy in June, 1874, Until his promotion to the grade of brigadler general, November 15, 1910, his military serv- ices were exclusively in the artillery arm. Soon after leaving West Point he was assigned to duty at Fort Wrangel, Alaska. In 1876 he ac- companied Gen. M. C. Meigs to Eu- rope to ‘study the constitution and government of the principal Eu- ropean armies. Returning to the United States in 1876 he was assigned to duty with the Wheeler geo- graphioal explorations. On Duty in Central America. From 1891 to 1896 he was in Central America en special duty in connection with the construction of an intercon- tinental raflway. He was in the field in the Porto Rican campaign in 1898 and commanded battery M, 7th Field Artillery, in the Phiiippine insurrec- tion. On the organization of the general staff corps in 1903 he was detailed as a member and in that ca- pacity served as a special observer with~ the Russian army in the war with Japan. He was present at the battles of Linoyang and Mukden. Shortly after receiving his “star,” in 1910, he was placed In command of the department’of Hawail and next served as president of the Army War College here from April, 1914, until his retirement, in 1916, —_— One lone doughboy still remains at the watch on the Rhine, This one soldler was ‘left behind to clean up 6me investigatio: How Much Is It Worth to You To know that by reason of the UNITED EFFORT of your- self and many others, friendly the city stand ready: neighborhood centers covering 1. To give immediate assistance to any family in distress from death of wage-earner, ployment, or other misfortune; 2. To give constructive home service efficiency ‘and health; . To provide opportuni 3 ovBopment of the shild illness, desertion, loss of em- toward self-support, for the proper care and normal ren in these families. (Last year there were 2566 children in the families under our care.) PREVENTION AS WELL AS RELIEF— That 's the big task the ASSOCIATED CHARITIES has been at work on for over forty years—a work made possible by generous men and women desirous of “helping their les: fortunate townsfolk. I1F YOU HAVE BEEN ONE OF THESE, WE EARNESTLY ASK YOUR CON- TINUED SUPPORT. To all who have not before joined in this partnership for the common good, We say, please help. home-salvaging work needs you. This city-wide, distress-preventing, Contributions may be designated for either the Associated Chari- ties or the Citizens’ Relief Assoclation, and sent to Ord Preston, Treas- wrer, Joint Finance Committes, Social Service House, 1022 11th St. N. W. sttt .u-:nuron_g. AILES, Chairman, . «uiwr = =i Jolnt Finance Committee. ALTER REEDPLA Want $900,000 Improve- ments Made at Mount Alto Instead of Army Hospital. Protest against use of $300,000 out of the general hospitalization fund of $6,500,000 proposed In a bill on which hearings are now being held before the House committee on pub- lic bufldings and grounds, for further bullding up of Walter Reed Hospital to care for disabled world war vet- erans, was made at the hearing before the House committee today. It was urged that this $900,000, which Director Hines of the Veterans' Bureau testified yesterday he intend- ed to uge to provide fireproof quar- ters at Walter Reed, to care for 200 more general patiepts and 100 tuber- cular patients, should be expended, instead, on Mount Alto Hospital. Protest by Veteranws. This protest was made today after Director Hines had completed his tes- timony and left the hedring and was 1aid before the commiftee by Sergt. Irvin, representing the national re- habilitation committee of the Dis- abled World War Veterans, and Thomas Kirby, representing the same organization. Representativé Wolf of Missourl, w new member. of the House committee, also made a lengthy speech on’ the conditions at Walter Reed Hospital The commitiee expects to make a fayorable report on this bill next Tuesday. The report would-have been ordered today, but seVeral ‘'members of the commiftee expressed a desire to be furth enlightened by Gen. Hines, who has been invited to testify again’at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. The protestants agalnst Walter Reed Hospital and in favor of Mount Alto saild that they were as anxious as any one to see Walter Reed im- proved, emphasizing that it Is a veri- table fire trap, but argued that the improvements should be made under the Army appropriation bill. They pointed out that Walter Reed Hospital is under Army discipline, which makes a condition difficult for rtegulation by the Veteran:’ Bureau. Tells of Experiencen. Tkey aleo pointed out that in their opinion all of the worid war vet- erans should be transferred to some hospital over which the Veterans' urcau had exclusive jurisdiction. apt. Kirby was for a yvear and a half at Mount Alto, and from his own experience descriliad the situ- ation. ! Chairman Langley raised the point | that the bill does not designate zny particular hospital, but that this is {an administrative question, where Director Hines has the authority to |kay where the money shall be spent i1t was indicated by members of the committee that they have no dispo- sition to interfere In the matter and that probably the $900,000 will be epent at Walter Reed In repiy t questions, Irvin and Kirby said that they had taken this matter up with Gen. Hines and with ‘War Department officlals. Among criticisms in regard to Walter Reed Hospital was that colored patients are In beds adjacent to white pa- tients. Representative Wolf urged jthat there be a segregation of the patients, There was a disagreement over fig- ures presented by Gen. Hines which prompted some members of the com- mittee to ask that he be invited to teatify again. Gen. Hines reported that in Decem- ber there were 4,000 beds unsuitable and approximately 8,000 beds vacant. The question raised was whether the 8,000 included the 4,000. Gen. Hines also told the committee that there are approximately 5000 men in con- tract hospitals, that since he assumed charge the number has been reduced about 1,000, and that it i{s now the policy of the Veterans' Bureau to fur- ther reduce the number in contract hospitals as fast as places can be found in Veterans' Bureau hospitals. Some members of the committee also wished to inquire regarding the availability of beds in certain locali- ties. BABY RACING DEATH SMILES IN HOSPITAL St. Louls to Philadelphia Trip Ends Hopefully for Eight-Months-01d. PHILADELPHIA, January 19.— Cletus Moore, eight months cld, who was rushed here in charge of a nurse from St. Louis with a tack in his lung, was resitng easily and smiling brightly at all who beheld his dim- led face as he lay in a crib at the Phiversity of Penneylvania Hospital today. He will be operated upon in & day or two, probably Monday, with an instrument said to be the last word in science for the removal of foreign objects from the lungs. Cletus arrived before dawn from his long ride in the arms of Mrs. Lela A. Parrish of St. Louls, his nurse. ‘An immediate examination was made, and it was_found that he stood the trip well. He had a slight tempera- ture, but otherwise his condition was good, and physicians said there was no immediate danger. An X-ray was taken and this will be studied by the physician who will perform the operation. He is Dr. Chevalier Jackson, professor of bron- choscopy and esophagoscophy, in the graduate school of medicine at the university. e TESTIMONY COMPLETED BY U. S. IN HARNESS CASE By the Associated Press. PARKERSBURG, W. Va., January 19.—Representative Willlam J. Gra- ham of Illinois, chairman of the House committee which investigated war contracts, was the principal wit- ness for the government yeuterd'l)‘ at the trial of officials of the United | States Harness Company and others upon & charge of conspiracy growing out of the sale of surplus harness equipment after the signing of the ice. A e conclusion of Reprosentative Graham's testimony Marion C. Early, chief counsel for the prosecution, rested the government's case. Frank {C. Hogan, chief defense counsel, in- dicated that he would present a mo- tlon asking the court to direct a ver- ot ty. Al R renentstive . Graham _testified that Col. George W. Goetz, one of the defendants and president of the United States Harness Company, came to his office in December, 1920, and |protestea against an investigation iinto the contract the harness com- pany had obtained from the govera- Tent. Col. Goetz carried with him, Representative Graham testified, a damaged whip which he exhibited as an example of the equipment ob- fained under the contract. The brok- {en whip was. introduced in evidence. ‘Representative Graham Was not cross-examined by the defense. PICK PRESS COMMITTEE. January 19.—The tee for the repub- { CLEVELAND; local press commit onal convention here in lean oat organized last night. Moran, president and gen- er of the Cleveland New: Every new: > u;lonb:n t T"cl!y is rep- ‘subcommittees, ng:};dern& Buell, (;‘l:lvel-nd {‘l:;n Deanler, was chosen chalrman of 3 ‘Washiigton_correspondents’ saboom- mittee. CREASY SHOWS HOW TEACHER MET DEATH Admits He Did Not Tell Her He Was Married When They Be- came Engaged. By the Associated Press. MINEOLA, N. Y. January 19.—A [demonstration of the manner in which he declared Miss Edith Lavoy, Free- port achool “teacher, met her death was given in court yesterday by Wil- liam M. Creasy of Fort Thomas, Ky., on trial for her murder. Creasy, who appeared calm and willing to talk, walked from the wit- ness chair to the couch on which she died, which had been brought into the courtroom. Creasy said he and Miss Lavoy Irad been on the couch for about an hour. Then, he said, she went to get him a drink of water and a clgarette. He became (rowsy, he- testified, and illustrated how he lay back and dozed off for a nap. declared he was awakened in twenty minutes by a pistol shot. They became engaged at her home in Tuppers Lake, N. Y., Creasy sald, admitting he did not obtain permis- slon from her parents when he asked her to marry him, and that at that time he did not tell her he already was married and separated from his wife and child. WALLACE OPPOSES posed Realignment of Gov- ernment Departments. Administration of the public do- main, the reclamation service, the national parks and the bureau of fishertes should be in the Department of Agriculture, Secretary Wallace to- day told the joint congressional com- mittee holding hearings on the re- organization of the government de- partments “If it is your purpose to submit 4 plan of reorganization which con- templates real reorganization, not simply a shifting of bureaus, then these large questions ought to be considesed,” sald Mr. Wallace. Senator 'Smoot intimated that if the question of placing the adminis- tration of the public domain in the Department of Agriculture was con- sidered at this time there would be no possibility whatever of getting a bill through the present Congress not concerned with that, but merely wished to place before the commit- tee the larger questions as he con- sidered them. Secretary Wallace said that he could see that nothing particular would be gained by shifting the bu- reau of public roads to the Interior Department. In this he was support- ed by Thomas H. McDonald, chief of the bureau of public roads. Mr. Wallace spoke against the proposition to put Alaska under one single administration. He pointed out that the work of the Department of Agriculture in Alaska is just the same as it is In the states. He sald one of the most important questions In relation to Alaska is that of providing proper authority to al- Jot land for reindeer grazing. He said that the size of the reindeer can be greatly increased as well as the value of the meat by sclentific breeding. Experts of the department told the committee that perhaps the great- est agricultural possibility of Alaska les in its reindeer. The government departments ought to be organized for research, rather than from the standpoint of admin- istration, Dr. E. D. Ball, administ tive assistant to the ecretary of Agriculture told the committee. He scored previous witnesses before the committee who asked for reorgani- zation solely upon administrative Tines. Dr. Ball sald that this natlon is rapidly coming to a point where it will have to import food unless the to cope with the situation. The growth and development of the na- tion, he sald, depends upon scientific research. TEXAS RAISES BAN ON MEXICAN ARMY; TO LET 2,000 ENTER (Continued from First Page.) to transportation of Mexican troops through their town, and intend to take up the matter with Gov. Hinkle, according to a_special to the Bl Paso Herald from the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, . The town, almost destroyed by Pancho Villa in 1916, also wants ade- quate protection by American troops TROOPS AT BISBEE. Men Are Well Equipped and Sho‘w But Little Signs of Fatigue. By the Assoclated Press. BISBEE. Ariz, January 19.—Fit- teen hundred Mexican troops at Naco, Ariz., awaiting authorization to pass through American territory, wounds of battle received in clashes with revolutionary forces in the vi- cinity of Guadalajara. They are well equipped and show but little sign of fatigue. Springfield and Enfleld rifles are part of their equipment, und large stores of ammunition are car- ried by the troop train. The men and officers, including Gen. Aguirre, were transported tc Naco in box cars and cattle cars from {Navajoa and were fifteen days en route. While only 1,500 infantrymen were in the detachment, it was stated by Gen. Aguirre that at least 500 cav. alrymen are due t6 arrive from south- ern Sonora tomorrow. GUNBOAT QUITS TAMPICO. By the Assoclated Press. TAMPICO, Mexico, January 19.— The rebel gunboat Tampico and the transport G-3 have safled for Tux- pam, leaving only the gunboat Zara- goza to wateh the entrance of this Pport, according to authorities. The blockade against Tampico by the rebels s looked upon here as doomed to failure, as there are ru-! mors that the gunboat Bravo and two other warships acquired by the Obre- gon government will arrive shortly. Nevertheless there is some alarm among the inhabitants of the city and the military authorities continue their work of strengthening the for- tifications to repel a possible attack by rebel vessels. DELAY DECISIVE BATTLE. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, January 19 (by radio via the Fort Worth Star-Tele- gram) —The revoiutionary forces on the Vera Cruz front still are refu: ing to stage a decisive battle, ac- < rding to a statement from the war department. e rebel Gen. Sanchez has concen- trated 38,000 troops at Esperanza, | Puebla. ‘but the remaining rcbel forces In that section have divided, forcing the federal troops to pursue them !nmlvlau-!éy. the war depart- nt has learned. T The main body ofsfedsrals heading the offensive in Vera Cruz will be joined by two other columns in the rection today, according .to unoffi- cial reportsy He | REORGANIZING PLAN Suggests Changes in Pro-| Secretary Walldce said that he was | Department of Agriculture is enabled | bear | —_—, ITHIRD PARTY MAY |~ DECIDE ELECTION Close Contest Believed Like- ly to Give Farm-Laborites Balance of Power. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. While the republicans and demo- crats have made plans for their na tional conventions at Cleveland and New York, respectively, next June, another group, known as the farmer labor party is working just feverishly in preparation for a v tional convention at St. Paul or Mix neapolls on May 30, which may have an important bearing on the outcoms of the whole 1924 campalgn. In a close fight the farmer-l party would hold the balance of power on the electoral college. Al- teady this party has virtually wiped the democratic party out of Minne- sota, sending two men to the United States Senate .In a victory over the regular republican nominees. e insurgency which today is upsettini the customs and practices of Ui House of Represcntatives and shows signs of doing the same thing in tho Senate emanates from the same re- glon of the country, where _the farmer-labor party has developed its greatest strength Mr. J. A. H. Hopkins, executiy chairman of the famous committee forty-eight, which has been end {ins for years to put a third part into the political race, has just con- cluded a serfes of conferences here. | “A new factor has been introduc linto the general political situation he said today, “by the calling of the farmer-labor-progressive conventio; in either St. Paul or Minneapolis This convention is the result of con ferences recently held in Chicago, Si Paul and Omaha, at which represe: atives of varfous farm, labor progressive organizations agreed unite politically for the 1924 cam- paign. “In addition to the committee of forty-eight, at whose initiative these conferences were called, officials rep- resenting the new party movement in Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Indlana, Idaho, Pennsylvania, New York, South Dakota, Wisconsin, ~North Dakota, Californfa, Iowa, Delaware and New Jersey pledged themselves in writing to ‘co-operate with all progressives who had determined to abolish &p privilege in the calling of & nat convention at either St. Paul or Min- | neapolis on May 30 for the purpose of nominating presidential and viee presidential candidates’ They also signed a joint pledge designating us the platform upon which this conven- tion should be based “(a) Public ownership of raflroads. b) Control of money and credit by the people, through government and co-operative banks. (c) Public control sour “(d) Preservation of eivil guaranteed by the Constitution. **(e) Prevention of judicial abuses. Wil Welcome “Any.” i1t was furthermore provided that all agricultural, industrial, polit commercial organizations, partisa nonpartisan, which approved this pla form, would be entitled to send voting Gelegates to this convention, and a spe- clal provision was made for unor- sanized groups of twenty-five or more signers for similar representation. “While signers of these pledges are unalterably ~committed to the new party movement, they gave ample evi- dence of their broad-mindedness in re- lation to organizations, economic or otherwlise, that might agree with them in principle but differ with them in practice, by extending a cordial invita- tlon to “ail progressive organizations, partisan or nonpartisan, which are in accordance with the principles herein set forth, to co-operate with us and have a voice throush representatives of their own choosilig in the nomila- tion and election of such candidates, either by indorsement or otherwise.’ “While many ot thuse signing these agreements have their own individual opinions in relation to candidates, it was specifically zpreed that ever: candidate, and only such candidate las pledged themselves to the plat- |form above mentioned, should be { eligible for nomination, and that sub- ject to this provision whoever was nominated would receive the united support of all the organizativns sub- scribing to the convention call. bo or of natural re- rights Convention Is National It will be observed that the tional Farmer-Labor-Progressive Con- vention is unique in respect to the fact that it Is neither a cut and dried affair in respect to procedure and candidates, nor is it simply a coming together of weil intentioned Ynai- viduals who may or may not agree in_principle and purpose. “On_the contrary, and for the first time in our history, a national con- !vention has been cailed of those who have already agreed as to their views {and who meet for the purpose of rat- itying and formulating the platform jupon which their presidential, sena- torial and congressional candidates will be nominated, with the further provision that every candidate must be definitely committed to this plat- form in order to be eligible for nomi- nation. “Furthermore, the insistent demand for the uniting of the progressive forces which have been struggling for expression in - various separated sections of the country has been met, and these elementshave been actually united, not only in spirit, but in fact. These are the distinctive features of the convention which will meet in the Twin cities on May 30. “Whether the candidates nominated at that convention will be chosen from those already holding political office, or whether candidates will bu nominated who have never held any such oflice depends very largely upon whether or not the progressive sena- ltors and_representatives who have been urging this movement on and emphasizing the necessity for a new party will, prior to May 30, say open- Iy and in public what they hav tedly stated in private. do so, it is highly probable that the national farmer-labor-progressive convention will select its candidates from among the ranks of those who have the courage and the vision to break away from their old party as- sociations. “There is, however, ellgible in and out of Congress from w |choose, and it_would not be surprising to find that the ition of candidates who have never Iheld public office would furnish a rc freshing Innovation that would mect with a ready response from the pro- |gressive voters at large. {_ Mr. Hopkins did mot latviduals. Curfously enough, how- lever, this group does not include Senator Hiram Johnson in the list of eligible progressives as he Is cam- palgning for the regular republican Pomination. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin. is the acknowledged lead- er of the farmer-labor-progressive element and the nomination will go to him in all probability unless fil health or personal reasons should in- ‘fluence him to decline a nomination. (Copyright, 102¢) — - NAMED CHIEF CLERK. United States Attorney Gordon to- day announced the appointment of Joseph V. Connolly of Fall River, Mass., as chief clerk in his bffice. Mr. Connolly for the past three years has been acting as chief clerk in the office of Col. Sherrill in charge of public buildings and grounds. He will fill the vacancy eaused by the resignation of Frank R. Tallmau, who has accepted a position with i law firm in Philadelphi 1 discuss in-