Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1924, Page 2

2 * THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9 1924. SCORES BIG PROFIT INSECOND TRUSTS William D. Ham Writes to Ball Urging Need of Con- tinuing Rent Board. Charging that second mortgages on property in Washington are being sold constantly on discounts up to 40 per | cent and that “gr protits on land sales and second mortgage loans| alone retard honest home building at this tin in Washington, the Mu tual Home Society in letter tod: to Chairman Ball of the Senate Dis- trict committee strongly urged the need of continuing the District Rent Commission for at least another two years. The letter was signed by Wil- liam Dean Ham. In asking be extended from May 22 to expire, Mr. ing reasons zeney still at a vi 11 rent for at least two the date that it is due Ham gave the follow . a housing emer- exists here ccond, profits on land sales and second mortgage loans are all that retards honest home building at this time— sea the many ads to sell sccond mortgages in The Star almost daily at discounts up to 40 per cent.” Conditions in Alleys. i Third. a most unsanitary condition still exists in the alleys. Mr. Ham said that the society had Just completed a house-to-house ca va in the lying between K nd U streets and 1st and 13th streets northwest. 1In this section, he said, it was found that 690 basements are occupied by families and many of them by roomers. It was found also that there are 514 old wooden house occupied in this arca and about Per cent of them house two familie and have room In the tion ther 4 alley hou S0 Insanitar. that they are menace to the health of the city.” area Rest of Canvass, Ham rest, M. the northeast, northw been convine vassed streets sented only congested on the mated Jad said that a canvass of | 4 congested distriet, southeast, uthw t and west of 13th street, has! automobil has society that 1=t the ade by d the area b and K and the tween and nd 17 ts repre- one-sixth of the worst! the ci To be | iety had esti- | one-fourth und | conclusion that | families living in and insanitary conditions | shington, or about 40,000 peop c-tenth Of the population to need the help of the Commission, Mr. Han ilies a Pproport can that at hed the 8.000 con- Rent said that the 8.000 ying rentals out of all the service rendered and that many of the dwellings oo, cupied wera in such condition that | should be condemned. fam- | i DAUGHERTY PRAISES | JUSTICE DEPARTMENT| | Lauds Former Associates for Rec- | i ord of Achievements and ! Co-Operation. | Praise and appreciation for ee-operation in the “achievement the Department of Justice was ex pressed by Harry M. Daugherty in | letters to his associates when he re- | tired recently as Attorney General. | As made public at the departm yesterd the letters as follows To Assistant Attorney G mour he President h Tequest my resignation as Attorney | General. In view of my high regard | Yor the office he holds and the high | Tegard I have for the office of Attor- ! ney General, as well my self-re- spect, shall promptly comply with | his request. e Defends Department. After declaring “the Department of | Justice at this moment is at the peak of its strength and efficiency,” Mr. | Daugherty said “those who for rea- | sons of their own have seen fit to| make attacks upon it have not even made a dent in it “A peculiar situation,” he said, “has | moved the President to consider | ing my resignation to be the wisest course for.him to pursue. I do not| agree with the President in the mat- ter, which is the first in which I ever | disagreed with him, but he is the | sident of the United States and his | card to retention of & mem- | ber of his cabinet must be acceded. | their wer some of | neral Sey- | seen fit to Citen Achtevements. ! “No official act of mine as Attorney | General will ever be found to o been performed except with good con- | science and influenced only by m.-] merits of the cause upon’ which L} acte; . i i To United S Daugherty said: “As the head of this great depart- ment of the government I am proud of_our achievements, To United n 1 _am p: y ates attorneys Mr. i tates s he said: | ticularly proud of the | record ma during the railroad strike of 1922, and am sure you can | with reason share in this prid ! DECLARES OFFICIAL STANDARDS BETTER ! Senator Fess Says Conduct of Public! Men Constantly Is Improving. Higher standard: among public officials today than ever before, Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio declared at the Lenten service | today at Keith's Theater. “There is response 1o moral virtue among public men than I have ever known,” Mr. a. declaring that this true “despite | what might be thought by those who | of cond t exist a keener is do not look beyond the headlines.” | Senator I told of the advances in science in recent years and warn- od against their misuses, saying that the danger is that we may lose sight of the higher clements still beyond the truths of science. Asking for the proper apprecia- tion of “the eternal verities,” Senator Fess warned that “any agency that empties churches is not profitable, no matter how much money there is in it" Science, he continued. can be made the agency of the worship of God, “and I am sure will be” he said, “but only when the people sce to it that thev are devoted to the higher | life” Believed to be the oldest silver fork in_existence, one bearing the date 1632 was recently discovered in Eng- land. It is predicted that by means of glasses it will be possible to two meotion pictures simul- a > tany . jm ASSAULTED, GIRL jus 13th |} i fields | will g0 outside of the !ton that { schooner | southeast | ship reported sighting her and dur- 12 OFFICERS PROMOTED. 121st Engineers of D. C. National Guard Completed. Presentations of commissions to the | officers of the completed regiment of 121st Engineers, National Guard of the District of Columbia, will be made at public ceremonies to_be held in_Convention Hall next Tuesday night, it was announced today by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, command- ing the District of Columbia militia and the 29th National Guard Division, Gen. Stephan will present the com- missions to twelve officers promoted to fill the officer complement of the full regiment. At the same time he will present trophies won during ath- letic contests held during the year, and prizes given by the National Rifl Associstion in the national gallery matches, in which the local Natiomal iuard team came out at the top in . competition with the regular forces. | Following the presentation of the commissions and prizes, the new regi- ment will be p viewed, after which there w L dance to furnished by nd of the | giment of Engin el | SAYS, BY CRIPPLE Jury in $500,000 Suit Against Patrick J. Clifford Hears Thrilling Story. Miss B ie [. Brennan, twenty-five v old, residing at the Evange line Hotel, today told a jury in Cir- cuit Division 2 before Chief Justice McCoy a thriling story of an alleged assault on her by trick J. Clifford, cripple, who is said to be a wealthy inventor of nton, ¥ nd of her escape from him nd her wandering about until she found a place of safe- Miss Brennan is suing for $500,- damages and is represented by Attorneys Fowler, Geiger nd Smith, Attorney Harry rty appears for Clifford The young introduced t rid n on on th stated, whe ace on the ars b 000 said she was February 13, th him that night he following evening second occasion, she they were at a lonely road t he made lo her and threatened her with a To get away with her life aid she agreed to marry him and he aulted her, she claimed £0t out of the car once Clifford ket his hand on her shoulder and made her get back into he machine l ees Through Fields. she had persu the pistol, the woman declired, she door | of the car and ran h kness. | Across fhe road and through plowed | she stumbled alons stated, | tearing her clothes and flesh in several | places. until she found a house. No response came to her knocking, and she resumed her journey. she said. At ie third house she succeeded in secur- | +id, where she remained until mornine when her benefactor took her 10 her hotel. Clifford called her on the telephone the next morning, and sent her a note with her hat which had been left in his car, she said. The witness was under examination this afternoon. COOLIDGE CONSIDERS ARCHITECT VACANCY Confers With Chairman of Fine Arts Committee Regarding Bacon's Successor. to put away young cross- President Coolidgs conferred today with Cha. Moore, chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts, regarding the filling of the vacanc that commission caused by the death Henry B: v of the Lincoln names have been suggest President to consider in making his appointment, among them being that of J. M. Donn, an_architect of this city. It thought. however, by ti who have conferred with the Pr dent ubout this appointment that he District of Co- lumbia to make selection. 1t has been pointed out to the President by some of those in favor of appointment outside of Washin the commission is national in its scope and for that reason should have a man of national promi- nence to fill the place. Those who have suggested Donn’s appointment, including Washington Chapter of the Institute of Architects, contend that the per- sonnel of the commission as it is| now constituted does not_include a | Washington man and for that reason the President should appoint some one from this city. i 2 SHIPS IN DISTRESS | on con of Memord is os¢ {and OFF VIRGINIA CAPES; Baltimore Vessel, Overdue Month, Picked Up by Coast Guard Craft. for | 1 ! the Asociated Press. NORFOLK, Vi, month April 2.—More than | the four-mast | Purnell T. White, from | Turks Island altimore, with cargo | of salt, was discovered last night fly. ing distress signal of Dim guard station. The a overdue, five miles east- Neck Mills_coast coast guard cut- ¥ is towing the | into Hampton roads. alls were received early »m the four-mast schooner K. of Rockland, Me. relayved steamship Glencos, Which is to standing by until 1 he given by the coast Manning. The . ninety miles and about the understood assistan guard cut K about Cape Henry from Hattern The long ov: | ! ] | i = South of | thirty es | { rdue Purnell T. White sailed from Turks nd, B. W. 1L, on February ince that fime nothing had been heard of her. No she was thought to the stormy weather prevailed off the coast. Last night she showed up offshore, making way slowly, barely more than ; drifting, in the general direction of | the Virginia capes. i The ship I8 owned by Charles M. | Struven & Co. recent days heen lost SPEEDS VAILE BILL. The House rules committee today ordered a special rule for early con- sideration of the Vaile bill to settie the controversy between the emploves' compensation commission and Con- troller General McCarl on which a fa- | vorable report has been made by the | House judiciary committe i The new legislation would amend | the emploves’ compensation act so as | to provide that there shall be no review by any administrative or ac- counting officer, employe or agent of the United States over the decisions regarding compensation. reached by t emploves’ compensation commis- | Unitea MEET T0 FURTHER BEAUTY OF CAPITAL Civic Leaders of National Note Will Gather Here April 9. National leaders in civie improve- ment work will meet in Washington on April 9 to bring to & common cen- ter the needs of Washington and fo- cus the attention of Congress on the several pro for beautification of the National (‘apital along the lines of plans already approved. While in Washington delegates to the conference representing the vari- ous cities in which committees have been formed to act with the American Civie Association to forward the fed- eral plan, will hold brief business on, Will meet the President at the White House and will take an all- inclusive automobile tour of the city, ch every major point of inter- the city planners will be ex- plained. ‘ Delano Heads Committee. Frederic A, Delano of Washington heads the local committee on the fed- eral city. Committees have been or- ganized and are functioning in fifty cities throughout the nation, all work- ing toward the end that Washington may be developed wlong approved lines with the entire co-operation of every city planner of note The men and women who are on the governing board of the cation and the committecs formed to repre- sent the several cities joined with the organization represent the best thought in civic work in the nation. J. Horace MacFarland, president of the association, has traveled through- out the country for more than a quar ter of a century urging towns and cities to take advantage of city plan- ning and zoning, to make proper pro. visions for parks and playgrounds «nd schools and to improve living and working conditions through commu- ni “tion. Nichols of Kansas City, first : president of the American Civie Association, has become famous for hie development of a residential dis- trict of Kansas City, which rivals in beauty and charm the famous Roland Park section of Bultimore. He s chairman of the Kansas City commit- | te: on the federul city Workers Nationally Known. Other prominent and nationally known workers foremost in the work of the commitiee on the federal eity include Mrs. Edward W. Biddle, who has long been an outstanding civic der in Pennsylvania and chairman f the Philadeiphia committee; Dr. Albert Shaw, editor of the American Review of Reviews; William C. Gregg of Hack N.'J., a civic leader of the metropolitan section; Dr. Hen- ry Drinker, president of Lehigh ‘niversity, and Arnold Brunner, an whose design for a Dew partment building on the quare west of Lafayette Park won first prize a few years ago. Meeting here, on April 9, with head- quart t the City Club, this group A ns, all interested in future development of Washington, will at- tempt to focus the attention of Con- gress and the nation on the projects for beautification of the Capital DDITIONAL CALLS A GRAND JURY HERE Justice McCoy Acts on Request of Prosecutor; Move in 0il Cases Is Seen. Chief Justi Supreme Court Me( of the District the request of tes Attormey Gordon late afternoon directing the jury commission to sum- mon an additional grand jury to empaneled April 15, The jury is vesterday ex- rected 1o hear the evidence gathered Tre: Atlee Pomerene and Owen J 1 counsel in the oil in- !aAppropriation the |60-40 basis. by which the District pays connection with al features of the oil 60 per cent While United States Attorney Gor- (for the admit that the request don will not this purpose of his ion about the proposed oil inquiry is the reason for another grand jury. This the third time in the history of the District courts that additional crand juries have been On_the two previous occasions in quiries were conducted into alleged war-time frauds. As it rarely happens that a grand jury is compieted from the first panel called by the jury commission and as the Easter recess’ of the courts will intervene, it ix not considered likel that the additional grand jury would gt down to business before the last week in April. primal Poet Priest Sees Coolidge. The Rev. Francis C. Young, known nationally as Chicago's poet priest, and whose verses appear regularly in more than called on_President Coolidge today and presented him with leather- bound, embossed copy a prayer which he had written in poetic form, suggested its adoption as national prayer Farmer Enrolled For 32d Year in College Courses By ihe Assoeiated Press STATE COLLE Pennsylvania State College has student who has on- rolled thirty-two vears in college courses. V. A. Stoneroad, a farmer !lving at Yeagertown, Mifilin county, Pa., first became a Penn State home study student in 1892, when he enrolled in an “agricultural read- ing course.” When correspond- en: urses were started in 1887 oneroad was one of the first to study agriculture by this method Since then he has been studying by covrespondence almost contin- uously, and recently signed up for courses iz foricuitare and root crops In these three decades of study this veterdn student has covered practically every agricultural sub- ject given by the State College distance method. April one NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 0’Clock SPEAKER TOMORROW Rev. Henry Lubeck CONDUCTED BY Mr. William Everett Every One Invited * No Collection 0 secular daily papers, { | signed an order |¢ be ;th: | for an addi- | tional grand jury, the general impres- | per horse power on automobiles, courthouse is that the | this was eliminated and summoned. | 1 | i | the | the propesal for reciproci { tion { primarily RECIPROCITY MADE PRETEXT TO SWELL FEDERAL REVENUE (Continued from First Page.) WEEKS, DAUGHERTY, GOFF INDICTMENTS ADVISED BY SCAIFE (Continued from Kirst Page.) invite your attention to the follow- ing: Present Arrangement. “The District of Columbla is now collecting from the property tax on motor vehicles $500,000 a year, and for registration and license fees also $500,000 a year, making a total of $1,000,000. Of this amount the Dis- trict of Columbia receives credit for all of the property tax, or $500,000, and 60 per cent of the amount paid for registration and licenses, or $300,- 000, making the total credit to the District $500,000 of the $1,000,000 col- lected, WIkh the United States receiv- Ing credit for the difference of $200,000 “Under the proposed law. assuming that a property tax on motor vehicles is to be included and div other items in the bill on the 60-40 basis, the situation would be as follows, using the fiscal year 1925 for illustration : Amount received from prop- erty tax on motor vehicles Amount received from regis- tration fee of $1.. Amount received cent tax on gasoline 100,000 900,000 Total amount received under proposed law..............$1,500,000 Only $100,000 Increase. “Of the total sum of $1,500,000 the District of Columbia would be credited with 60 per centum, or $500,000 ($100. 900 more than is credited to the District of Columbia from colleetions made under PXISUNE law) ; while the United State would receive 40 per centum, or §600,000 ($400,000 morn than is credited to the United States from collections made un- der existing law). Therefore, while un- der the proposed law the District in the fiscal year 1925 would collect & total of $1,500,000, as against the collection of a present total of $1.000.000, only $100, 000 of the $500,000 increase in collec tions would be eredited to the District of Columbia. On this basis the proposed Jaw would be a revenue measure de- signed to benefit the United States and | not the District of Columbia The appropriations made by Con- gTess for street paving, maintenance of streets and county roads, paving allevs and laying sidewalks for the current fiscal year amount to more than $1.500,000: the = United States paying 40 per centum, or $6 100, and the District of Columbia, per centum, or $900,000. Und proposal moneys r the provisions of th oline tax law shall street improvements and ‘main- ance, and using for the fiscal year 5 the same total of appropr made for 1924, including in & of alleys and layi would mean that amount_of the would be horne by the owners of motor vehicles in the District of Co- lumbia, with the United States paying nothing. “It is submitted it <0 Tequire the District of Columbia to turn over to the centum of the property vehicles as it would District pay over to the 40 per contum of of personal property, tangible tangible. and 40 per centum on real property.’ AGREE ON AUTO TAX. 1 the Conferees Retain Personal Property Levy in Measure. The conference of the Senat. House yesterday afternoon reached a complete agreement on the gasoline tax bill for the District of Columbia. The committes is to meet again Fri- however, to check over its work to make sure that no “jokers” may have crept in to thwart its real de- «ires, as happened when the bill pas ed both the House and Senate. Propert Tax Retained. The conference agreed to retain the prseent personal property tax automobiles, over the protests ¢ sns of the Distriet, The ne will be 2 cents ense fee, $1 a v taxes will be just as are taxes. and will by Con and the . and paid all e 1to_the other Dis- subject to s on the trict nd the federal rnt of the National Capital The House, in passing the bi provided for a license fee of 1 govern ment 40 per expenditures 1, ents but nate, $1 was the provision for a license fee of pproved by the conferees Adoption Is Predicted. The conference report on the bil ill be made to the two houses eith Friday or Saturday, it expect It adoption was predicted. Before the conference committee began discussion of the bill in execu tive session vesterday afterncon granted a hearing to a joint co tee representing trade and ci ganizations of the Distriet @ final plea that the persons ty_tax be abolished The committee consisted of Charles W. Damr, M. O American Automobile Association. B. Lum, president of the Washing ton Automotive Trade Association, and Evan H. Tucker of the Federution of zens' Associations. Mr. Darr acted as spokesman. He called attention to the fact that between vland and the District of Columbi in the matter of auto licenses was not put forward to raise taxes. He said that the gasoline tax was, in reality, a substitute for™the person: property tax; that the gasoline tax plus a $1 licanse fee would bring more money into the District treasury than $5 license fee plus the personal tax, now operative. Calls Taxes Here Highest. He told the conferees that the peopl of Washington operating automobiles are paymg more taxes per mile of road than the people in any of the states, Mas the | pointing out that in the District of Co- slightly | i $500,000 | | | appropriation | | | is just as unfair | | & 1 had | [tee investig property | lumbia there are 525 miles of roads and | in Maryland there are 14,772 miles, PROTEST BY CITIZENS. | Score Remedial Legislation as Ve- hicle for Taxation. Protest against using remedial leg- measure, as an instrument for n- creasing taxes upon residents of the District is before the House District committee - from the Federation of Citizens' Associations. This organization is described as a “delegate body representative of more than 20,000 organized residents of the District of Columbia.” Tt insists that every consideration of fairness and Jjustice requires that the voice of the people be heard and heeded in all matters involving the imposition of Tocal taxation. “That as such representation this association vigorously protests against petitions for remedial legis- lation being converted into mediums for raising unnecessary revenue through taxation” is stated in the letter addressed to Chairman Reed. It points out that Congress is called upon to “respect the only po- litical right vouchsafed the people of the District—that of petition.” It states that the people would pre- fer to have no legislation rather than the passage of any other bill than the original Commissioners’ gasoline tax bill. g Sixty-five per cent of the traffic of the railroads of the country origi- nates in mines. Nearly 3,000,000 “listen in" over the daily, in the United States, | islation, such as the auto reciprocity | tzot the isald, as a {fixed pric eral from any findings of wrong do- ing. Secaife insisted that the House commidtee had expected prosecutions to proceed against the concerns men- tioned, but that instead the whole matter had been dropped. Tellx of Plane Disasters. Seaife wandered into account of aircraft disasters during and after the war, which, he said, he consid- ered a good field for investigation. W. J. Burns, chief of the bureau of investigation, had disagreed with his suggestion, thus betraving, Scaife said, that the Department of Justice policy resulted in “croo not being inv ted unless they were willing 1o be invektigated.” On the day of the disaster to th Army airship oma at Norfolk, Va., the witness said, a telegram t th agent at Norfolk in- him to start an investiga- but when it was submitted for W. J. Burns' signature th atter refused to sanction it. The War De- partment had not asked for an in- vestigation. o structing on, Reasons Ignored. Scaife said he had “reason to be- lieve” half the aircraft accidents were due to criminal negligence. The com- mittee did not go into suspecting that there wrong in the Thomas L. w reasons for was something Roma case Chadhourne ht-Martin vost-plus substitute contract “The fees paid Chadbourne f ing the contract into a cost fair,” Seaife went on, “were the costs of the company as pres to the government under the system.” an attorne Airerart contract for an pany aite rigizial turn- slus added to ted cest- Chadbourne a Democrat. The committee identified O bourne u demoerat, and added “he was a large campaisn fund contributor.” Taking up the Wright-Martin Com- any Scaife said that “minute been agrecd b per cent would war contracts for plane audit of the company’s I that ) per cent profit had been tak He added t the audit ayment by t mpany of read items from that cigars, laundry chrages for company bad been included in what ernment was required to The cigar item was for $900 cluded a speciul box for the preside case, the com- showed that it had the that profit director, be a fair on the wed ernment to the Scaife show lar to officers the BECK AIDS G. B. MEANS. Solicitor General Takes Steps to Halt Court Action. Atto H $teps. to # arrest of Gaston K sturn New York onspiracy charge, pe pletion of his testimons nate committes artment of Justice feiture of bail bond the bench warrant arrest have been stopped by United States distriet_court for the southern district of New York ck informed the Sen com- after Senator Wheeler of Montana, who has been acting rosecutor in the senatorial on, had called on him to request that such steps be taken. ALLEGES before investigating o and for the by Means Mr. E mittee PRESSURE UPON DAUGHERTY Heflin Brings Up Messages ! Sent Attorney General in Land Fraud Probe. legrams sent to former oral Eherty ttention of the Attorney brought to ate commit- ing alleged land frauds n the lower Rio Grande valley of Texus today by Senator Heflin, demo- t. Alabama, who, with the.aid of ames R. Page of Kansas City, Mo.. is prosecutin; nquiry The committee also went further into complaints from purchasers the property cu file in the Post Office Department, having ordered 1d of Houston, Tex.. Gaorge A, Hill, jr cager of Browns- attorney for . B ( ville, republican national committe man from Texas, to make a summary of these letters not already read into the record Rush D. Simmo: n of postal n on the stand since an, was Kept in further questionini The telegrams to Daugherty were brought out by Senator Heflin as in- dicating an effort to influence the former Attorney General to have cuses against Rio Grande valley land ompanies dropped. Creager been accused by Senator Heffin being a party to the alleged and also of using fucnce in Wash- ington in an effort to stop investi tions.” ALLOWS COUNSEL FEES IN WILL CASE Justice Hitz Signs Order in Hutch- ins Litigation—Widow Files Appeal. the were Sey s. chief of the divi- spectors. who has the inquiry tendance for Approving the report Adkins, special master the court, Justice Supreme Court allowing cou $120,000 to the of [ appointed by Hitz of the District today signed an order sel fees aggregating wwyers who defended Jesse | the will of Stilson Hutchins, who died 1 in 1912 leaving an estate valued at $4,000,000, Mrs. Rose Keeling Hutch- ins, widow of the millionaire, noted an appeal from the order. The trial of the contest over the will occupied five months and the liti- gation has been in progress for twelve years. A renewal of the con- test over an earlier will of Mr. Hutchins is scheduled for next Oc- tober. Under the order Mr. Adkins, as spe- cial master, is given a fee of $3,000, and an allowance of $10,000 is made to cover other expenses connected with the litigation, including the fees of the alienists, who examined Mr. Hutchins shartl, before his death. Intere: at 6 per cent is al- lowed by the order of the amount specified until paid. Attorney Charles H. Merillat's fee is fixed at $30.000; that Davis, at $25.000. and P. H. fee at $5.000. The estate of Perry iz given $15,000 and the estate of Edward H. Thomas, $25,000. Both Mr. Perry and Mr. Thomas defended the will at the trial, but died shortly thereafter, ad- | investi- | frauds . RESCUERS IN FLOOD AREA BATTLE COLD Cumberland District Grad- ually Clearing Debris and Aiding Sufferers. | Special Dispateh to The Star. . CUMBERLAND, Md., April 2.—With | icicles hanging from the buildings and 1 shivering from the sudden | workers §"l"m~"‘ of temperature, the work of Cumberland flood {restoration in the |area went on today while scores ! buildings were being pumped c water. Gradually pla are belng re- opened for business, but it will be weeks before the normal is attained The glass fronts of practically all the | buildings in the business section hit i by the flood were torn out. | The survey by Red Cross workers {who came here from Washington, this being in the Potomac division are: shows that all cases of want are beirn well taken care of. The wors uffe: ing is reported from Piedmont, West- ernport and Kitzmiller, relief having not yet reached the latter town morning, although messenger: from y that place who arrived at Oakland said i the population had supplies enough to {last several days. It is thought food clothing wiil #otten in by sleds today, as the ground i ; 1 with a deep snow and trucks e used. 1006 Phones Disabled. At 1,000 out of commiss ito wet cellars. The Ohio canal will b {Vang Construction | water 18 still {opening cut by {long and twelve will have to be built from the West- lern Maryland raflway to get ma- jterial to the break nd cofferdom sinstalled for the protection of work jmen There is another the dam and one at the waste lock. {These two fills, is said, would be { made the canal company itself. 173 Manager - G L. Nickolson of Washington, who w give no crederice to the report 1 would be abandoned. ly-Springficld tire plant re- Isumed operation today. i Streets Under Patrol. The armed pmirol had the streets in ! the flood area well covered last night These streets are still without light I Light has been restored to other sec- | tin « al report shows rose 19 feet Saturday. by Harvey H. W weather observer stage at Cumberland ithe rise was 12 feet 21, flood stage. 1t {above the flood of 1902. |day rauged 3 feet 4 inches, mal héight is about ot | Engineer H. F. Shaffer of the f health arrived today ounty He cer C. ( b has gon esternport and Kitzmiller to t the drinking w Ben ar of least, telephones wers on in Cu put bertand due sapeake and repaired by the Company. The swirling through the the river, fifty feet t deep. A spur that the Potomac United Th hoard \. Harlan Washington of disaster relicf of the this telegram from Conditions in Piedmont and require immediate attention port without safe water sup- Red )88, S Pied- mont {bevond Action Follows That of Assembly Voting $75,000 Loan. Ry the Assoriated Pross. BALTIMORE. Md. April {order that every state department do everything in its power t the sufferers from the Potomac issued yesterday by taken by of the se to help lost ssions when imd_step the hundred: th homes the waters of inundated towns along ht_ the general $75.000 1t state river river. bl struct ditions »d, many of w nd heavy loth grave when the feame cold and the heav { blanketed the mounta 'MONTICELLO DRIVE GOES THROUGH APRIL ! Headquarters Moved From Hotel { to 1413 F Street—Play to Aid Fund. th refugees of re without ve become weather } Continuance of the campaign orts during the greater part of April for the Jefferson Opportunity in half of the plan to the nation was Announcement the removal of 3 | National Monticello rom {the Willard Hotel 5 eot, where the Jeflerson Opportunity sale. is now being condu {reetion of the team Meade Lea and Mrs | with Mrs. Charles P. be- » present toda: als of the was headquart of Mrs Julian Cocke David Mason, as chair- activi rean play. Two Gentlemen tomorrow morning at 16 the Chevy se Library children of the sixth and seventh des of the Chevy ¢ Country h0ol, under direction of and the muss meet- morning at 10:15 at ldren’s ived. ir Hoes and Parker Crenshaw, di- Jefferson opportunity, that owing to the eam activities it will to award cups offered April. Saturday Theate Montic Rose Richard | Keitn's 1 EIft to Mrs, ontinuance of ba impossible until later i {CHECK SENT FOR SHIRINE. Detroit Catholic Club Makes $25,- 000 Subscription. H first installment of the $25.- 000 subscription made by Detroit Chap- { ter, Sulve Regina, for wor the erypt of the National Shrine of the Immacu- late t C.. was received y Bernard A. McKenna, omas J. Shahan Brookland, D. ay by Rey secretary to Bishop T of Catholic University The check came from Mrs. Marentette, president of the | Society of Ann’s Church, Detroit, tand is to commemorate the eighty- {third birthday anniversary of Rev. J. 1J. Aboulin, pastor of the church, who one of the eriginators of the idea which has developed into the building of the National Shrine. Archbishop | Fumasoni__ Biondi, papal delegate, made an informal visit to the yesterday to inspect the progress of the wor Wetah Amount Pledged by 1,200 Persons in Budget Campaign. The Y. W. C. A. campaign has pas ed the $21,000 mark. according to M Suzanne Moore, finance sccretary Mrs. Harry Hull, chairman of the finance committee, aid today that the workers have shown great loyvalty. ixpense has been kept at the mini- mum, and the fact that but 1,200 p. sons have been solicited from so far is held to be proof that there are many waiting to be approached. | s break below | s here, would | This was made flood | The river to- The nor- | Monticeilo | Ladies' | 1$21,000 GIVEN TO Y.W.C.A.| C. H. Johnson Advised of Fire in SUMMER HOME BURNED. | Annecrawf, estate 7 Hill, R. today, wi of $25 Mr. the fire leave for his + afternoon were brief, and whether the entire house | or just a wing of it. | Information conveyed to Mr. John- son w this | eratuities a the [ | 1 | | ¥ Th. a June for pensi ated scale for th in 8 that of the somest in tha with its enti: treasured | From Yesterday's Watch Hill, R. I. the of Charles nnecticut s destr h a lo: 100, aceo Johnson shortly handsome Hubert venue, it summer dr Watch fire early estimated in excess ng to dispate as first advised o before noon, and wi tate in the north this Dispatches received here it is not known yet| was razed | ved by | i | { | 1 ! the brief message, howevs t at least the most valuable p. mansion, one of the cction, was ¢ ¥ furn e famil : 0 Edition of The St feen th dition of The Star. ADIUSTED PENSION MEASURE PASSED Senate Votes Bill to Remove Inequities to Veterans An “a several wars, was passed th ed the widows of civil war veters consumm ng The Hous day voted to repeat ator who has Jed the the ve v {INSIST STATE HEAD bill provides a flat rate onth for veterans of the and civil wars, as compared with t present the allowance per month instead of from $2 to $6 A new provision, inser of Several Wars. djusted pension bil remove “Ansquitie now to paid Senate. of $72 Mexic > of $50 for eacl , and makes id to have to meet objections which led weto last vear, provides t 1s must b their marriage order to be eligibic bill carries a grad bhenetic 0 per month d L 1807, in The prior H t sixty democrat, So Dosit presen total 1t b t th, mow ied.” He war bill wa es for the Asury wers national those opposin Delaw d_Smith, South Car: Rain, N APPEAR IN INQUIRY i RITCHIE ORDERS RELIEF. 1Honse Committee Members Issue New Call for Hunt in At- tack on Work. on committe t irrigati e its request that Gov. Hunt of Arizona appear to fes- him that position Colorado river development. the sontaining tee requested {ernor appear was made in ov in ot The | tative 10 the health department in the i fonr hours Henry E Amands_Loud. Tanici W | The 1 Rufus . v a \ « Howard jum W ton Unpisersits o W ef- | Hospit rev Samuel d under the di- ! Hospital s ¢ ivert pital Fred Fraz 1 4 | 1 | i | i i Conception now uUnder construction | i l i pit planned are lhv\’.‘ uli T Rite nfant hours Arthur Mary 1T regard Secre to the to recent ary Work favor the roposed The vote charges in Color was was taken after Ch had read a tele which would ion th ram fr n he said i prevent ed in Tpon_ rece e cha 1 governor 1 tha by e o ins Raker, Deaths liéported‘ heen st der Mlowing deaths have repa Shumaker. h s 0. ighlands apts 61, Garfield Hosp wu U Edel Printz un. 27, Homeapath i 11 Hospita A 315 Shepbe 1740 Kilbour A A Tarriett Dwser, 3 Miliir Mockabes, D Lericl, 72, St 4415 Geora: . Hospit 1 Hosy 1210 Wisconsin 10 mon i pital woou. Tie months. Children fert O and Ida 1B town [ niversits 4 days, G Hosplia yal W. and Susic 108 Floride_ave. Brown, 1, 471 K st.s.w Funuy Brooks. Hangal | Boyd. 41 Takson, 4 " Clark, 49, Freedm Burke, ‘28, Freed owing i jeniee, psy Siam, and many 4 Press YORK Philadelp ho th t on by Inch er TRAGEDY IN WAKE OF TR SToRN One Man Killed and Thirteen Persons Hurt as Ele- vated Trains Crash. from v Down Bl ket « s De GEN. PATRICK GIVES VIEWS ON MERGER Appears Before House Committer ir Service Partial Consolidation Son THE EVENING STAR COUPON “THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT” The Book That By Frederic J. Ha; Present this coupor and $1.00 at the Business Office of The Evening Star and secure your copy of the book, a 5-color map of the United States, 28x22 inches, and a 32-page booklet con- taining the Constitution of the United States. Mail Orders—Add for postage up 1o 150 miles, 6c; 300 miles, Ses greater distances, ask postmase ter rate for 2 pounds. to be t 1d_unders working crnment written. Shows Uncle Sam At Work that at is generally * most nas authorita-