Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1924, Page 2

) & ~ COLD WAVE IS DUE DNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1924 COMMITTEE 0.K°S THE EVENING S'i‘AR, WASHINGTON, D. €, WE VALUATION OF BUS President Approves Plans for Memorial)| toNavy and Marines| 2 WOMEN DESCRIBE CAPTURE BY BANDITS TS TOFOLLOW STORM Temperature Below Freezing Will Delay Removal of Slush, Prediction. WORST STORM OF WINTER Scarcity of Accidents Marks Day of Rain, Snow and Sleet—Kid- dies Have “Inning.” Washington's first severe snow and sleet storm of the winter last night brought worry to utilities corpora- tions, crowds of shivering unfortu- nates to relief missions, smiles to the visages of cled-owning youngsters and anxiety to street cleaning de- partment officials, sewer department executives, motorists and pedestrians. In today’s aftermath of slush, pro- dueed by the action of rain on snow and sleet, Washington struggled to ‘work. Tardiness resulted from taxed transportational facilities The remarkable feature of the storm, however, police stated today, Wwas the scarcity of accidents and property damage. Only a few minor collisions were reported. The snow Jast night and the slush today made notorists carcful, and sharpened the caution of pedestrians. Predicts 22 Degrees Tonight. Tolegraph lines to Chicago and Pittsburgh were reported out of com- mission by both telegraph companies 1his morning, but business was routed through” Philadelphia and New York Felays satisfactorily. onicht Washington will face Weather with a low temperature 22 degrecs, according to the weather observatory, and tomorrow will be Zair, but with continued cold. This is expected to have the result of freezing the slush to the streets for @ few days, at least Almost “three inches of snow and it was followed by a co: sleet. Then a comparatively war loud spouted rain over the ice- sheathed bianket of the city, with the Tesult that today found slush to greet those who use the streets Buay Clearing Crossings. Ralilroad schedules were thrown a Dbit behind yesterday, especially in the case of trains from the west, by the storm, but rail tratlic was fast cateh- ing up. to normaley today. Little trouble was experienced with tele- phone lines and clectric conduits. The street cleaning department is ‘0-operating with the sewerage de- partment today trying to get most of downtown Washington's slush shov- eled or washed into the sewers. While workmen are shoveling It into man- loles another group of workers has been assigned the special duty of clearing crossings. Morris Hacker, in charge of street cleaning, .stated ' that 500 men were Wworking' on slush removal in all sece tions of the city, but that the street SROW Plows were not being used be- cause they would not be effective, Press Trucks Into Service. “Our men in the downtow ec- tion." he said, “are working nl:l lf’(-l- Ung the snow into manholes und sewers. Elsewhere gutters are being cleared so that the water from melt- ing slush may drain into the sewers. Where it is impossible to use the holes trucks of the street clean- ‘ing dt:purlmvn( are hauling the snow away." he generation in knickers and pig- tails welcomed the snow as only chil. dren who have been denied this wins ter element can welcome it. Home curfew regulations in all sections of the city were suspended and late into the night, until the rain broke up the sport.’every white-blanketed hill of the ¢ had its quota of yvelling, sereeching, sliding, laughing young- bld‘P:-, and—no accidents were report- Street car traffic this well as bus transportation was taxed to capaci possibly because of the Ereat number of motorists who left their machines in the smarages with ®oodly quantities of alcohol kecping their radiators from freezing. No sc- vere tie-ups were reported. River traffic was a bit slowed up, it ‘was reported from harbor he: dquar- ters, but no serious difficultics were encountered on the Potomac, ‘While boys and girls were enjoying themselves in the snow last night, however, the beds at the Salvation Army, Gospel Mission and Central Tnion Mission were being filled up by folks which the same storm hit with cruel intensity. Before midnight the rescue houses were accommodating capacity crowds of applicants for shelter and many a warm was handed out to those need. NEW YORK'S WORST SNOW. fell, ating of morning as City Has 14,000 Men at Task of Clearing Streets. NEW YOR! February 20.—Rain and sleet today turned the night's snowfall into slush that made brooks of gtreets and sidewalks and im- peded elevated and surface car traffic. Tt was the winter's most serious storm for the metropolitan district. Four aundred snow plows and 14.000 men were clearing the streets today. Passenger trains were dalayed some- what. Buffalo was buried under the heav fest snow fall of the season toda Main highways were impassable in many places because of high drift: ONE DEAD IN PITTSBURGH. Telephone Service Cut Off Eight Hours During Night. PITTSBURGH, Pa.. February 20— £now, sleet and rain pouring on ice- covered streets and roads combined to give Pittsburgh and surrounding territo its worst storm of the win- ter. One death has resulted, nu- Merous injuries to persons from falls snd automobile collisions have been reported and trafic generally is at a standstili as the precipitation Which began = vesterday afternoon continues unabated. For more than eight hours last Bight the city was out of telaphone and_telegraph communication with territory as far as fifty miles away, although cable lines to more distant Points “held up. Trains are hours behind time and interurban trolley schedules have been delayed for the first time this winter. 18 INCHES AT FROSTBURG. Cumberland Struggling Out From Under Thirteen Inches. £pecial Dispatch to The Star, | | CUMBERLAND, Md. February 20. +-The snow plows are out on tl National highway, battling with the drepest snowfall in many years, whioh ceased here this morning after almost thirty hours. It measures thirteen inches. At Frostburg the fall is the greatest \n many years. Tunning about eighteen inches, and <till coming down. The railroads re- port a fall of eighteen inches in the mountain districts. where had turned to rain this morning. Henaviest of Winter. PHILADELPHIA, February 20, Rain, following the heaviest snow- orm of the winter, left this city struggling today in slush, which made many thoroughfares impassable. Bliszsard Hits Toront TORONTO, February 20.—The worst blizsard in years was sweeping over Ontario today. Incoming trains were overal hours late. Those leaving the ity made little headway against the Luge drifts. ~ the snow | . The President has approved the Joint resolution authorizing the erection on public ground in this city of a memorial to the Navy and Marine services, to be known as “the Navy and Marine Memo- rial, dedicated to Americans lost Prgranas S : ‘The proposed memorial was de- signed by [rnesto Begni _del Platta of italy, and takes the form of a wave-swept rock, surmount- ed by seven gulls in flight. - The birds are suspended with artful interrelation of line by almost in- visible points of coptact. The me- morial is designed for a height of forty-two feet, and a fund of $375, 000 is to be raised by popular sub- cription for its erection. The Me- mortal Commission includes the Secretary, and dssistant secretary of the Navy and many high-rank- ing officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. Mrs. A. M. Graham of New York is the executive secretary of the commission. PUBLIC CORRUPTION FLAYED BY M’AD0O ‘Worse Than Bolshevism, He Say: in Address at Kansas City Station. By the Associated Press. AS CITY, Mo., al of trust oy officials presents a menace to democracy than bolshe- vism or any other of the alleged evil influences, William G. MeAdoo, can- didate for the democratic nomination for President, declared in an address on the train platform at the union station here today. . “There can be no government with corruption in high places,” Mr. McAdoo said. “This is a question of the life of the American nation. We must bring honesty back to Zovern- ment.” The investigation must go on, he said, until all of the facts are brought out, adding that he did not wish to see any attempt to “whitewash" any one. Mr. McAdoo reasserted his stand for a soldier bonus and declared that the government had been unfair to those in the,war. “Momey Stolen From Beys.™ “The Veterans' Bureau, whose sa- cred duty was to protect and car | for the disabled and sick, stole money | from these boys” he Said. “What can be said of a government so bad as that? “The democrats didn't debauch the government. Through the eight years of Woodrow Wilson's administration and in the eight vears that Grover Cleveland was president. there was no such corruption. It remained for the administration which promised the people that the best minds would rule o betray the government. Regarding the approval of a demo- cratic tax plan by Congress, Mr. Me- Adoo mald: “Yesterday a new and fresh break of cleanliness and pa- triotism came out of Congress. The republicans, who would refuse our service men a bonug, would have re duced the taxes on the rich and made the burden of the poor man harder. e |U. 5. GERMAN TREATY MEETS OPPOSITION Shipping Board Declares Favored Nations Clause Will Hamper | American Merchant Marine. February 20. high govern- A Shipping Board resolution oppos- ing the most favored nations clause of the commercial treaty betwecn the {United States and Germany on the ground that it would hamper devel- opment of the American merchant marine was placed yestcrday before the Senate foreign relations commit- tee, which has the treaty under con- sideration. Vice Chairman Plummer of the board appeared before the com- mittee to urge its views on this sec- tion of the treaty. In opposing the provision which would prevent the United States from imposing diseriminating customs, du- ties and tonnage dues in favor of American ships the board took the position that it would be unwise for the United States to enter into a treaty which would restrict it “in the complete and full authority to vnfor_m‘ lor put into effect any or all of the {provisions of the merchant marinc act” Section 34 of the act provides for such discriminatory duties. Supporting the board's further as- sertion that shipping is an industry entitled to protective legislation “without asking the permission of any other nation,” Mr. Plummer was said to have told the committes that any provision in the treaty contrary to that principle should be eliminated. ANNAPOLIS GRADUATE SCHOOL MAY BE MOVED Report Out Classes Will Be Trans- ferred to University of Chicago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 20.—A report that a naval board had recommended | removal of the graduate school at the i TH. United States Naval Academy to the University of Chicago reached the latter institution today. Prof. James Tufts, acting president of the university, said such an addition to the university would be welcomed. It is reported here that announce- ment of the board's recommendation has reached all naval officers through a department dispat¢h. The board is said to have been composed of Rear Admiral W, R Shoemaker, Capt. J. R. Blakely, Commander William Sex- ton and Lieut. Commander G. H. Emerson, and to have been appointed on recommendation of Rear Admiral H. G. Wilson. The proposal is said to have been to remove the graduate courses to a university where strong work in astronomy and physics is done. = ELKINS IS “SENATOR” ON BROKERS’ LISTS (Continued from First Page.) mittee adjourned Chairman Lenroot issued this statement: “The committee yesterday and to- day held an executive session, at which certain witnesses testified. The only testimony so given was relative to what hooks were kept and the manner of Keeping them, and this was for the purpose only of aiding the expert accountants of the com- mittee in the examination of such books. No other testimony has been given in secret session and T am sure that the committee has no intention that testimony of any other character shall be taken in secret session.” e oan e Two years after China invented bank notes the currency of the coun- try became so inflated that a $100 note Wwould buy only a pound of rice. greater | counsel for the bus company, LINE T0 BE MADE Utilities Body Will Not Pass Upon 10-Cent Fare Until Figures Obtained. The Public Utjlities Commission will not pass on the application of the Washington Rapid Transit Company for a 10-cent fare until the property of the company has been valued and depreciation rules fixed. This was announced by Maj. Bell, chairman of the commission, at the public hearing at the District build- ing today on the company's petition. The decision to value the property first was reached after William McK, Clayton, representing the Federation of Citizens' Associations, objected to proceeding with a rate hearing until the valuation has been determined. Consults Commissioners. Maj. Bell went into consultation with Commissioners Rudolph and Oyster and it was decided to proceed With the taking of testimony today on the present financlal concition of the bus system. The chairman made it plain, however. that no decision would be reached on the rate of fare until another hearing is held to de- termine the valuation. Mr. Clayton and Conrad H. Syme, engage in spirited repartee ov |n§’~|‘fn‘? contention that no rates should br fixed without a valuation having becn determined. C. V. Darb countant, gav er certified public ac- detailed testimony as to the carnings and expenses of the|By Cable to The Star and Philadeiphia Public | company since its organization three years ago and concluded with the statement that it has been demon- Strated the company cannot properly exist on an $-cent fare. Replacement Charges. Setting forth that the return on fair value should bo 10 per cent and that the company will have place fourteen busses at a cost of $98,000, the witness said the com- pany would have to carn a total of $415,201 this yvear. Assuming the busses again will haul 4.000.000 passengers this year he testitied the S-cent fare would pre duce only $320.000, or $12%,000 lcss than the required sum A fare of 10 cents cash would pro- duce $100.000, or $48.000 short of the anount needed. A proposed rate of 10 cents cash. with six tokens for 50 cents, would yield $345.479.16, the witness said. It is expected the commission will announce in a few days the date for the public hearing to determine the value of the property. S MAN POLICE SEEK DROPS DEAD READING John M. MacKay, Wanted on Bad Check Charges, Collapses in Congressional Library. to re- John H. MacKay, fifty-five years old, released from the workhouse at Occoquan, Va., several weeks ago and wanted by the local police to answer a number of bad check charges, drop- ped dead in Congressional Library yesterday, where he was reading a4 newspaper. He was pronounced dead by Dr. H. Watson Moffitt. _Mrs. MacKay, ‘wife of the man, re- siding at 665 H street northwest, had ot Seen her husband the past sev- al weeks. She knew the police were looking for him and promised to let them Know if she received any word from him. About noon Mrs. MacKay called Detective Mansfield to tell of hav- ing received a letter from her hue- band yesterday. After a slight hesi- tation the detective told of the death Teport, and the wife secmed some- what affected by the news. Detective Vermillion arrested Mac- Kay several months ago on charges of failing to pay his board bill and passing a worthless check for a smail sum. He served the sentence imposed in Police Court and was released. MacKay was formerly emploved as elevator conductor in the Colorado building. It is said by the police that relatives of the deceased are promi- nent residents of New Orleans. OFFER BIG PRIZES IN GLIDER CONTESTS . { ! i ber of deputies. The bill as reported from the senate committee on suffrage differs widely from the measure as it passed the Large Number of Devices Expect- ed to Participate at Dayton Next Fall. By the Associated Press, DAYTON, Ohio, February 20.—A substantial prize for a new event, to be run in connection with the inter- national air races at Wilbur Wright field here next fall, to be known as the *“ powered glider” contest, has been announced by Dayton officials of the National Aeronautic Associa- tion, provided there are a sufficient number of entrants. The finance committee believes there is a large number of such de- vices now being designed and built throughout the country, and a con- test in which the builders would com- pete would encourage future activi- ties in this direction. Prizes totaling approximately $50.- 000 will be distributed to winners of the various races, and the committee expects, with such an amount in prize money, 'that a representative number of entrants from Europe will be en- couraged to compete in the more im- portant event. All costs of the race have been guaranteed. 1t was reported by the committee that about $150,000 has been underwritten by a large finance concern, with Dayton money behind it. The races will continue three days and arrangements are already being made to handle 300,000 people. POINCARE IS READY FOR CONFIDENCE VOTE French Premier Willing to Stake Office on Electoral Bill in Senate. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 20.—Premier Poincare, intervening in the debate on the electoral bill, today informed the senate that the government could make no compromise on the question, The senate, he declared, must pass the bill as it came from the cham- lower house, an _entirely different system of voting. based on ward Jists instead of departments, being_recom- mended by the committee. Premier Poincare has stood against this sub- stitute and declared his intention of staking the question of confidence on }he measure &5 the chamber passed it | \ | | | | i i 1 1 John Mackaye Dunbar, 725 6th street northwest, interested in the bill authorizing the District of Columbia to possess a distinctive flng of itx own. denix: the W ton family, alleged wource The stripes m. Its feature s the xh of the idea for the e field. The shield ix imposed on a biue crous, in order to bring out comtrast, the whole being piaced on a field of red, a color most likely to whow well against the sky. No other state or territory, it is pointed out, the exception of Washington state, w portrait. Public to Get Own Put on Sale . could with propriety imitate this design, with 'h hax a fag bearing Washington's Prices on Art at London Sealed Bids Will Be Received for Pictures and Left Unopened Until Close—Noted Artists to Offer Their Works. Ledger. LONDON, February golng to have an art sale, at which the purchasers will set the prices of the pletures they will take home. This will be an even greater innova- tion than the it sale, at which all of the pictures offered were of the same price—a half a dozen Ttoval Academicians offering canvases along with lesser known artists at the uni form price of $150. To discover exactly what value the public places on pietorial art the faculty of arts is sending out invita- tions to it members for the submis- sion of one work in any medium for exhibition at gallery in April and May. The special feature of the ex- hibition will be that the public will have the hitherto unheard-of oppor- tunity of acquiring the works on view Copyright, 1924. 20.—London re is | absolutely at their own price and | without any reserve. Offers in” sealed envelopes will be accepied by the secretary for the various works exhibited until the close of the exhibition, when the en- velopes will be opened by a special committee of the council and the pic- tures will go 1o the highest bidders. Many well known and distinguished artists have offered works on these conditions, and a sign of the interest aroused will be the placing of a red cal on the work for every offer made. This, it is explained, should give a definite indication of the popu- larity of the individual works. To protect the interests of the pub- lic, 4 responsible and competent jury will select the works to be exhibited s0 that they shall be of the highest possible standing. At the cl exhibition the xeliing price of the works will be announced, so that both the public and the artists will be able to realize the money value placed on ecach work Hotel Cash Shortage Solved by Bill 1 With “$50” on One Side, “$100” on Other Bureau of Engraving Mistakes Have Queer Results Before Detection and Public Is Slow to Challenge Irregularities. The duplicated bond issue stories from the bureau of engraging and printing recall a series of possible me- chanical mistakes that can occur in the voluminous work of this, the greatest security and bank note establish- ment in the world, regardless of the vigilance of “Uncle Sam's” inspectors, who are ever “on the job” for mis- prints, either in bonds or bank notes. A misprinted $50 bank note which had quietly passed into circulation some years ago turned up in a west- ern hotel. The clerk found a dis- crepancy in his cash balance at the end of a day's business which he could not explain and finally called in the manager of the hotel “to get out of a hole” in counting money. The pile of bills were placed at his left hand and then counted, each note turned over and deposited on a pile at his right. The cash balanced exactly when counted from left to right, but when counted from right to left a shortage of $30 was shown. Both the manager and clerk worked for several hours te solve the trouble, counting each way. with the same re- sults—exact balances one way and a shortage the other. Finally each bill was examined separately, which re- vealed that one had the design of $50 on the obverse and that of $100 on the reverse side of the note. Find Record of Bill. In a communication with the Treas- ury Department it was found that there was a record of the bill. Tt is =aid these bank note mistakes joceur as was discovercd some thirty | years azo, that a sheet of bank notes had been reversed in the press. The pressman in some way turned one sheet music down, which resulted, when the other side had dried and finished, in two migprinted bills with ) obverse and $100 reverse. The error was found by the cashier of the bank and returned (o the Treas- |dry Department and destroved. a | perfect note being issued in its stead |7 It is sald that errors were dis- | covered in both the design and seal of 1380 silver certificates and notes The ker, which is one of the most important symbols of the xeal. shows a handie at the left hand side instead | of at the right, as on all others. i Flaws Never Challenged. There are instances of bank notes printed which lack the signature of both the president and cashier cir- culated and never challenged. The $1, $2 and 35 silver certificates |and the'$10 legal tender bills of a recent issue came out with what are known as inverted backs. bills command a premium value by collectors of paper money. There is said to be in the long ago collections of legal tender notes of 1860, an oddity of one which shows on the face a portrait of Danijel Webster. “while to the right is a representation of Rolfe presenting Pocahontas to Queen Elizabeth. At the bottom of the center is a small eazle. When inverted the eagle pre- sents a faithful resemblance to the nead of a donkey. It has never been known whether “‘the engraver intended it as an in- tentional joke or it wus simply a mistake, Conan Doyle Predicts Calamity Unless World Spirit Is Changed Upholding His Belief in Communications From Departed He Declares War and Earthquakes Were Sent as W arnings. Correspondence of The Star and Thiladelphia Ot Rublic Ledger. Copyright, 1924. LONDON, February 12.—"The world today is too material. Too much eating and drinking. Tt is forgotten that the sole object of life is our spiritual development. There must be a great change or there will be, I ‘am assured, some great lesson given to us within the next few years which will sweep away shams and force us to face the facts.” So Sir Arthur Conan Doyle declar- ed behind the closed doors of his study in the course of a long talk on the object to which he some seven years ago decided to devote the rest of his life. _ It was a shock to his admirers in England and, America and alarmed some members of his own family when the novelist, who had first been a practicing physician, avowed his belief in communication with spirits the departed. Dles intimates knew that he reached conclusions only after many years of skeptical research. He was hot to be confounded with those who took up spiritualism for gain, for publicity or from curiosity. He s respected, even by those who do not' agree with him, as a man of clear sincerity and a force for good Whose entire career has been above suspicion and without, reproach. Speaks of Warnimgs. here was nothing threatening or intoierant in the way he spoke of what he feels so deeply: ‘The war was a warning. The Tokio earthquake was another. There will be more. But unless we become Jess material and more spiritual and unselfish there will be so plain an indication by some great world calamity that there will be no doubt meaning.” . O ow do You know?” he was asked. “I have received information.” From ‘over there' 2" Yes." sir sArthur did not tell the full revelation, but he explained that it had been' received in the form of automatic writing takén down by his wife, who helps her husband most whole-heartedly in bix crusade. . ‘This mess had come apparently trom his Kulde oF Euardltn angel. and onc surmied that in detall at least snch communications were sacred. The information was elicited, however. that such a development would be psychic as well as physical, and that after it no doubt would re- main in the human mind regarding the truth of the spiritual revelation. He spoke freely of some communi- cations from h “Guide Phineas.” “How often do you met in touch with him?" was inquired. About once a week. My wife takes down the messages at great speed in lurge bold handwriting. I copy them afterward in notebooks of which this is one. They not infrequently con- tain details which are quite beyond my wife's knowledge. “Reugh Treatment.” Dr. Doyle Pead from it some advice about his own health and general physical well-being, received from Phireas, in which the guide said, “He | vorks 1 wil rest.” Three days iater,” Sir Arthur re- marked dryly, “I was knocked down by a bicycle and laid up for a fort- fight—rough treatment, but effec- tive,” he added. with a grin. He chose another passage. “My two boys, aged twelve and fourteen, were about to go back to school after the holidays last week, and this is what Phineas told them.” He read a few hundred words of advice to school- boys which was of such fine feeling and real beauty. besides being useful, that it would have been difficult not to believe it was inspired. “It ix ‘inspired,’ " he answered with conviction—"you felt that he—you felt that he meant, ‘It came from heaven.' That Is what we get from over there which helps us to be hap- pier and better. We need the teach- ing to increase our knowledge,” he went on. “The leasons we learn teach us how our future life in the spirit is influenced by our conduct here. “If this is distinct from religion, T ccnfess I do not know what religion is. It Is religion to me. I trust that it will not crystallize into a new re- ligion but rather permeate all the old ones. But If the teachings from beyond are accepted, then the hu- man race has made a long stride toward religious peace by virtue of common knowledge and avoided the calamities which otherwise are in- evitable. We then should have a 'edd ‘which might be recomciled to science, defy all attacks and carry too hard, make him Exhibit; se of the | These | 3 DISTRICT BILLS 14th Street Extension, Insur- ance Code and G. A. R. Measures Given Approval. A bill providing for the extension of 14th street through the Walter Reed Hospital grounds, another to establish a new insurance code for the District and the third to incor- porate the Grand Army of the District were ordered favorably reported by the House District committee today. Representative Fred N. Zihlman of Maryland, acting chairman of the District committee, who has for sev- eral years been fathering the proposal to give a new entrance to the Na- tional Capital through 14th street iwhh-h would open up attractive sub- urban territory to relieve housing congestion, will write the report on this measure. He told the committee that it has the approval of the Sec- retary of War, the highway commis- sion. the District Commissioners and lail'interested agencies. Proviylons of Bill. This bill provides for vacating cer- itain streets and alleys within the {area known as the Walter Reed Gen- ieral Hospital and authorizes the ex- |tension and widening of 14th street from Montague strect to the southern { terminus south of Dahlia street, Nich- jolson street from 12th street to 16th [strect, Colorado avenue from Mon- tague street to 13th street, Concord avenue from 16th street to the west- ern terminus west of 8th street west, 13th street from Nicholson street and Piney Branch road and Piney Branch road from 13th street to Blair road. This proposed legislation was fa- vorably reported three weeks agn by the Senate District committee. It passed the Senate in the Sixty-sev- enth Congress. Representative Zihlman will in- clude in his report letters from the District Commissioners and from the Secretary of War emphasizing the desirability of ‘the passage of this Ll New Insuramce Code. The bill to establish a new in- surance code for thie District will be reported to the House with the favorabie report written by Repre- sentative Jost of Missouri and the minority report by Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas Representative Charles Underhill of ~Massachusetts. chairman of a subcommittes: which conducted hear- {ings on the bill urged by the in- rance commissioner the District, told the committec that the sub- committes had adopted the rating laws now enforced in New York in this code. It safeguards th inter- ests of the public in everyapossible manner through licenses und pen- alties, he said. “It is a bill to which no objection can be made.” said Rep- resentative Underhill. and paid a tribute to the hard work dons by {the subcommittee In preparing it for submission to the House The other members of the subcom- ittee are: Representatives Jost, Missouri: Rathbone, Illinois, ~and { McLeod, Mic There is no question but that the District insurance laws are anti- quated and inadequate, Mr. Under- hill said. Representative Blanton questioned whether changes were needed and in what respect they were insufficient. Representative Under- hill replied that there was- no rating Jaw and that any one can now come Into the District and do business. The bill would establish a commission to take charge of enforcement. Opposes Salary Increase. Representative Blanton brousht cut the fact that the insurance commis- sioners’ salary would be increased {from $2,600 to $5,200 and said the farmers of the nation have protested to Congress against granting salary increases. Representative Blanton intimated go into the bill carefully and thought that the full committee ought to con- sider the measure. Representative Underhill resented the suggestion and declared that if the full District com- mittee does not have confidence in the 1subcommittees he would refuse to I serve on any more subcommittees and would demand in the future that all bills be considered by the full commit- tee. This Dill is of such great impor- tance to the people of the District that it should be favorably reported and ble said. The bill to_incorperate the Grand Army in the District was ordered fa- vorably reported after Representative jJost. to whom it had been referred as a committee of one to study legal aspects of the proposal, had recom- mended a_slight amendment to meet any possible objection. Mr. Jost was instructed to draft the report on the il —————— |U. S. MAIL TO BRITAIN ' WILL BE EXPEDITED Importance of Prompt Service Con- ceded in House of Commons by Minister. date,” Representative Underhlll General Hartshorn announced in the house of commons today that the government was taking the neces- sary steps to insure smooth working of the postal service and the removal By the Asmciated Press. LONDON, February 20.—Postmaster of American mails without delay. |~ The announcement was in answer to a question as to what step the government was taking to protect the trapsport of mails and pointing out the great detriment to industry {and employment caused by the hold- |ing up of American mail. Mr. Harts- horn said he was fully alive to the importance of the matter and very much regretted the delay which had urred in the removal of mail from mouth. on Christian ethics for an indefinite period. “Orthodox Christianity might per- haps have saved us these ordeals, but in its present form it has falled For 2,000 years it has led by faith alone. The world needs more than that—it necds knowledge of the spir- itual. Present-day Christianity must change or perish. That Is the law of life—that things must adapt themselves or perish. The change has been deferred until churches are empty, until women are their chief lauppoflerx and until both the learned and the poorest in town and coun- {try are alienated. It is apparent in iall sects and comes from a deen com- {mon cause. i “But we win" he added with con- {vietion. “Look at our recent con- {Verts in this country. Herc is the Duchess of, Hamilton. * She Is a mag- I netic personality and a great force for good. There is Robert Blatch- ford of the older and Dennis Bradley of the younger generations of au- thors. There is Sir E. Marshall Hall, our greatest pleader in the law courts. Ihes& lpeorllo are :l.l" in- fluenced eir own personal ex- Petionce: “Cum - cause fall whioh has such adherents?” that the committee had not had time to | urged for action at the earliest possi- | Tell Vivid Story of Hardships as Captives of Chinese for Five Weeks. RESCUED BY SOLDIERS Long Chase Ends in Mountains. Escape Miraculous. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD, Special Correspondence of The Star and Chicago Daily News. - December 14, — Few more vivid stories of hardships, miraculous escapes and bold defiane of death have been told than that of Miss Mary Darroch of Scotland and Miss Mary R. Sharp of Australia after their five weeks of bandit captivity. When they were rescued by Marshal Wu Pei-fu's espedition their feet were cut and bruised from being! forced over rocks and brambles at the muzzle of a rifie, their clothes had |been torn to shreds as the fleeing bandits dragged them over the moun- tains, and had been replaced by Chi- nese garments. Miss Darroch, who is j past fifty, had been a worker in the China Inland Mission for many years, while Miss is younger and ul more recent arriy When the horde of bandits under Feng Ming-hsing swept down on Sih-wa, three miles from Yen Cheng, September 23, the two women con- tinued with their breakfast as if nothing had occurred. The bandits burst into the room with drawn guns, but, finding there were no armed de fenders, proceeded to a svstematic looting orgy. Chang Shi-kwei, the second in command, led the first looters. He calmed the two women with the assertion that he had be- come a Christian. During the day group after group ransacked the house. One bandit drew a revolver and threatened to shoot Miss Darroch unless she imme- diately produced $10,000. She laughed. Toward evening I'eng decided 1o take both women with him instead of only the younger, and their protests were silenced with clubs. The long march started, traced by looted towns, {burning farms, murdered men and ravished women. The first night a village was captured. i mn Three Miles Longz. nd nights were much the The bandit column was three miles long—many horses, a few carts, prisoners pushing wheelbarrows of loot, others carrying packs, more | woman prisoners and fighting men on foot. At night it moved without |lights. “One night it passed within a I mile of the lights on the walls_of {Chen Chow-fu, the metropolis of Wu Pei-fu’s_province of Honan. Scout- ing parties scoured the countryside lin" the darkness, bringing in their { =poils at daylight. Almost daily there were fights with local militia bodies. After the troops caught up there were {fifteen battles before the final rout. They had been captives for two | | weeke, and the militia was closing in. | As M Darroch describes it: n_October 10 the bandit army | { was again attacked. The horses were Ibeaten into a gallop. Our cart upset {and we were dragged ahead to an- |other and continued the mad flight juntil it, too, upset. We continued | running’ on foot, finally pulled and hauled through a river to where Feng {had rcached the opposite bank. He had us thrown on Sorses, and we went ©on at a speed that was killing for two women who had never ridden before." Had No Attendants. i ! One of the tralling missionaries isaid that if the troops had been there to support the militia the two women would have been rescued that day. { After that it was a continuous fli { They were in the mountain: Feng, though he tried 1o woman attendants, could find neither carts nor comforts. A donkey stepped | on Miss Darroch’s foot, but she was| ipushed along with the rabble on f’\oly iuntil one of the bandits gave up his | horse. Their food was course millet { or unseasoned sweet potatoes, and | they slept on earthen floors without covering through the cold mountain {nights. “Each day the attack would be renewed at dawn and the flight would continue. |, Sliding over the horse's head or| {being thrown down hillsides were { i frequent occurrences. Once the flight started at midnight, and they reached {a_stream at davlight under the fire of soldiers from both sides. Miss Sharp’s horse went down twice before | {she was unseated. She waded ashore barefooted. None of the mounted bandits would give her a horse, and her feet were full of thorns and cuts | {before a village was reached late that | night. The two wemen were separated throughout the lome day without food or water, except when Miss Darroch | defled her guard to shoot and drank |out of the river while bullets splashed nearb: She fell from her horse three | the last time from sheer ex- i Bandits revived her, and | ght continued. She was threat- {ened with death when she balked at | being pulled up another hill. Miss Darroch defied her captors, and the gun was lowered. Promised to Get Shoes. | A few hours' halt in a deserted village, and Feng announced that the flight must be resumed. He promised to get shoes for Miss Sharp on the next day, and did get horses. Sight miles farther that night over moun-_ tain paths. The next day was the last. Dawn showed soldlers on every surrounding hill. Feng desperately attempted 1o break through. Bullets were flying from the heights, Then rame the cry, | No ammunition” and the bandit dis cipline broke, every man for himself. and the stampede began. They still tried to keep the two women for their own protection or profit. Dragging their victims by hands, the bandits started for highest peak. They literally down the sides of ravines. By after- noon they were separated in the mad rush. “We came to a steep, rocky descent of thirty feet.” says Miss Sharp. “The brigands slipped and jumped down. 1 refused, and started to zigzag down on the bias. Most of the guard was | down. The soldiers were getting closer. Esteeming their persons more important than a foreign lady, the guard ran and Jeft me. Even the faithful bandit who had been carry ing my bundle dropped it and made off. 1 crawied into a cave under an overhanging rock. Hundreds of ban- dits passed, but failed to notice me in their haste. Then came a soldier, who mistook my bundle for aban- doned loot. He held his gun ready, but when informed that | was a for- eigner he lowered his gun.” ‘When Miss Darroch jerked herself free from the last bandit who had been leading her she discovered that Feng himself had been her guard. Defled Bandit Leader. “If you won't run, T'll shoot you!" he exclaimed, drawing his gun. Miss Darroch defied the bandit leader, and. glancing over his shoul- der. he saw the approaching soldiers and deeided immediate flight was necessary. He left his prisoner and hurried on. Chang, the second in command, was | standing near Miss Darroch. He | piaced the woman on a horse and led her a few yards, when he. too, joined in the Might and abandoned the cap- tive. Soon Miss Darroch was overtaken by the pursuing soldiers, who, after being informed of her identify, ex- pained that they had come to rescue the captive. | l the ! m." rolled | {and Munitions buildings, the | Colonial FORHEATING PLANT Navy and Munitions Build- ings Improvement Request Sent Congress. Appropriation of $75,000 for con- struction of a central oil-burning heating plant for the Navy and Muni- tions buildings to be made availabls before the new fiscal vear begins, on July 1, was requested of Congress yesterday by President Coolidge and the budget bureau. This heating piant would also supply heat to a garaze and seven temporary structures. Heated by Single Steam Line. Congress is notified ‘that at present the Navy and Munitions bulldings ars heated by a single steam line from jthe Potomac Electric Power Company. Under the present arrangement the cost of heating theso twelve bufldings is $178,451.57, and it is estimated that by the proposed new plant a saving of $54,919 annually can be cffected. Director Lord of the budget bureau also points out that if the $75,000 ap- propriation is made @ s#ving of $15.- 000 can be made in the pay'roll of em- ploves and § in the cost of fuel light, ete. No Great Coal Keonomy. Centralization of the heating plants and use of oil for heating the Nav: Interior Department building. a garage buildings housing seven independent blishments would not materialis reduce the demand for coal fro government fuel yards, the bureau of mines de The fuel yard at present supplic the coal for all the government build- ings not using steam from the local electric light plant, and sells it at practically cost. Government engi- neers were inclined to question the pessible saving by use of oil in central heating plant, as long-term contracts for fuel oii could probably not be obtained at a price that would show any apparent saving over t coal now used. They adde vantages of were apparent. Local retail fuel dealers were pro paring today to resubmit bids for the entire government coal business on a basis similar to that proposcd mors than two months ago, which was turned down by Secrctary of the In terior Work, as not indicating saving on its coal business to the government. The supplemental e~ timate asked of the House vesterday by the President would make neces- sary a rearrangement of their bid, i passed, engineers said, as their buik of business would not be so large the eleven government establishments now using coal converted their heat- ing plants to the use of oil. ADVERTISING THEME OF AD CLUB ADDRESS Col. Herron Cites Newspaper Columns as Means of Reach- ing Customers. 5,00 the ad- plaut however, that a centralized Three cardinal points influencing newspaper advertising of today in its relation to the ultimate customer of the advertiser were outlined by Col, Le Roy W. Herron, advertising man- ager of The Star, addressing the Ad- vertising Club at the City Club this afternoon. The three essential points in mod- newspaper advertising were de- clared by Col, Herron to be: Truth- fulness in advertising. in order to maintain confidence: proper prepara- tion of advertising copy, and full co- operation with the customer, in order that the ultimate end of ad- vertising—a sale—may be consum- mated. Founded on Public Confidence. Col. Herron declared a great news- paper is primarily upreared on u foundation of public confidence. The reason a newspaper is great, he said. is because of its policy of maintain- ing and never overturning this con- fidence of its readers. To maintain this confidence. he added. it must not only pay particu- lar attention to the news it prints. hut must also pay special attention to the advertising it accepts. In other words, the reader's confidence. he said, must extend not only through the mews, but also through the ad- vertising columns, As an example of this, he pointed out the care with which the news and advertising columns of The Star are protected by editing. Laods Better Buxiness Barean. Col. Herron said excellent work is Leing done by the Better Business Bu- reau in promoting truthfulness in newspaper advertising in hing- ton. On the point of proper prepara- tion copy he rccommended that merchants employ expert advertising writers to prepare their advertising copy. as often a merchant is too close 10 his business to get the angle of the customer. Closing. Col. Herron pointed out the necessity of establizhing confidence in the mind of the customer, in the personnel and confidence in the goods it advertises and selis s the neces- ary adjunct 1o successful newspaper advertising. WANTS TO GIVE WORLD SLEEP SICKNESS CURE German Colonial Society Head Re- pudiates Statement of Bremen Branch, ern Br the Associated Press. BERLIN, February man Colonial back up its 20.—The Ger- ociety has refused to jremen branch in th stand taken by the latter demanding the unconditional return of Ger- many's colonies as the price far the sleeping sickness remedy discovered Ly German scienti according tu Dr. Heinrich Schnee, a member of the society’'s board. Dr. Schnee, a former governor of rman last Africa, contends that clentific discoveries' such as this hould not be made the subject of commerce or barter in connection with the question of Germany's lost colonies. “This remedy is one of the greatest discoveries for benefiting mankind,” Dr. Schnee says, “and we want to gi it to the worl This is not only my opinion, but al that of the German Colonial Society, the German govern- ment and the German people.” The slogan, “No Colonies, No Reme- dy.” broadcast by the Bremen seetion, is purely local and does not repre- sent the views at all of the German Society as_a whole, Dr. Schnee asserts. FIUME PACTS RATIFIED. Belgrade Reports Deputies Confirm They put Miss Darroch on a horse, assuring her that it was very gentle, but, she Yell off from exhaustion. “T told them 1 was too tired to con- tinue,” says Miss Darroch, “and they ted me around the steep incline by an sier route.” “*Soon afterward Miss Sharp was found, and the two missionaries were happily reunited after one of the most harrowing experieaces on record. Agreements With Italy. By the Aesociated Press. BELGRADE, February 20.—After x speech by Forelgn Minister Ninfetch and a brief debate, the chamber of deputies yesterday, voted ratification of the agreements with Italy on th Fiume question. The vote was 1