Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1924, Page 2

* SUBURBAN REGIONS . FLOODED BY RAIN Autoists Forced to Detour Near Inundated Areas in Maryland. ¥Flood waters, raised by torrential mins, inundated many of Washing- ton's suburbs yesterday, eni>red the first floors of several dwellings flood- ed many rs and made s roads impassable to hundreds stranded motortsts. Beginning early Sunday morning. rain fell almost incessantly until Jate afternoon, and then subsided only to pour with intensity much oo increased f the night. The precipitation meas- | ured almost three inches twenty-four hours. Both the Western branches overtlowed th played havoe with the surroundins countryside. Rladensburs, through which ‘the Bastern branch runs, was the worst hit of all the suburl points, and the porches of housws were still under water to When the onrushing flood water met the incoming tide at Bladensburg the branch measured more than six hove nc Dt _over the Baltimore a torrent Shortly before ¢ > police closed road to motor traffic, and hun- dreds of motorists bound both to and from Washington were left stranded Other Roads Flooded. Those on the Hyattsville the flooded area turned immediately down the Ram's Horn road and tempted to reach Washington by way of Brookland, only io find the road under water at MeChesney’s Corner. A detour was finally found by way of Queen's Church toad through Mount Rainier, and the thoroughfare was literally jammed until after midnight with motorists struggling through in both directions. At Bladensburg scores of gardens ed away, and water enter floor of several hom Similar conditions prevailed at Ran- dalltown when the Northwestern branch broke its bounds and threat- ened for a time to damage the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad At East Hyattsville ds were inun dated by Paint branch. and _traffi was either halted or moved with ¢ treme caution at infrequent intervals. Potomac Swollen. Although the Potomac river ewollen by the rains, gave no dence of cutting loose on a rampage similar to its d istrous flood of a week ago. The rains were local to Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, and the weather bureau authoritic d they had no fear o dangerous floods near he Clear weather promised the next few days. Although change in the temperature is ex- pected, the local weather forecaster said tonight and tomorrow will seem warmer bec the high wind prevailed this morning will di Another storm s states near Washington o said. This disturbance 1 not reach here. FLOODS IN NEW JERSEY. Newark and Bound Brook Hit by Heavy Rain. SWARK, N. J, April 7.—Flood conditions from vesterday's continu- ous downpour existed in many parts New Jorsey today, where swollen brooks and rivers overflowed streets, cellars and first floors many fowns. At Bound Brook Main street were of several feet. flooded in outly ark. for less than ! istern ks and ¥ w for no in several blocks in flooded to a depth Several streets were 1 sections of New- SUSQUEHANNA RISES. Families Flee From Lowlands to Avoid Flood. PHILADELPHIA, April 7.—Heavy rain and melting snow sent the rivers and streams in eastern Pennsylvania over their banks in man day. Reports from Wilkes-Barre and Harrisburg that the Susque- hanna river flooded lowlands, causing families to move to higher ground. While water was reported in many anthracite mines, no serious curtail- ment of production was reported. LIQUOR RAIDS STIR UP LEGAL MUDDLE tinued from First Page) places to- how the che and there w allons of brar Te no arrests yes il possession and only one arrest for Arrests for intoxication ys totaled fifty-five arrests for dr variety, marke several There selling or toxicants porting. ring the two « There were seven cutomobiles while under the in of liquor_and one for destroyini dence. Total arrests for all offense. during the two days numbered 491, The thirty prisoners who wer leased under the procedure which is questioned by others, Commissioner Callan contended tod would show up for preliminary hearing on the dates set. The bondsmen will be re- sponsible for that, he said. One of the prisoners listed arrests Saturday night was Curtain, who was charged only with sale of liquor, and not with sale and illegal possession No linnor was seized at her address at 224 4% street southwest. Extimated Value $15,000 Value of the liquors seized day was placed at $15,000 by M livan, superintendent of police, in re- porting on_the raid today to Com- missioner Oyster. The estimate was based on bootleg prices. The major also handed the Com- missioner a_report summarizing the resuits of dry law enforcement last week, showing the following Total number of arrests, 187; quantity of b ges seized, gallons; automobiles, seized, 3. Commissioner Oyster expressed the hope today that it would be possible to obtain early disposal of the raid ca in court. The police heads also indicated that they were not through and would continue their vigilance to keep down the wet spots in Washing- ton. st liquor on the . seizure of £ %in- in total 1,045 MRS. SARAH W. KIRBY DIES AT SOUTHEAST HOME Was Life-Long Resident of Wash- ington—Funeral Held This Afternoon. sarah Watson Kirby, two_years old, a life-long of Washington' and the Capt. Absalom Kirby, U. ¢ retired, died at her residence, 405 Seward square southeast, Saturday Funeral services were held at her. Jate residence this afternoon. Rev. Dr. Joseph Dawson, pastor of the Trinity M. E. Church, officiated. 1In- terment was in the Glenwood cemes tery. Mrs. Kirby was s eighty- resident Mrs before her mar- riage a Miss Hogg. She was born in this ecity, December 1, 1841. She was a member of the Trinity M. k. Church. She_is_survived by one daughter, Mrs. Philip S. Hunter; three. grand- children, Mrs. H. I, Kams, Miss Marv Hunter and Miss Kvelvn Hunter, and, three great.granchildren. into | rday for | re- | the . Julia | s at first reported. | atur- | . Sul- | widow of | HeRRSEwing : RGE P. HOOVER, Who hax resigned ax wpecial assistant to the Attorney Gemera |ZONING COMMISSION | WILL HOLD HEARING Plans to Consider Amendment to Law to Hold Up Building Permits. i { | The Zoning Commission announced today that at its next public hearing it will consider the advisability of asking Congress to amend the law to » the commission to hold up ap- tions for building permits while enal changes in on. The hearing will be held boardroom of the District building at 10 o'clock on the morning of April 17, and mmission hopes to get a full exy people on the proposed amendment to the law pected to produce lively debate. one very recent, Ave sought a it the erection or @ commercial but under existing law way to prevent the issuanc rmit i€ it is applied for in zoni al occasions i amendment to the law follows { “Provided, further, t | sion may at any time, ice, suspend any of its regulation ing . public hearing, ws herei provided, and during said building permits 1l be iss DEAD MAN CLEARED the comm nd_ without no- pe ion no | Late Arthur A, Birney, Former U. S. District Attorney, Is Ex- onerated by Court. The District Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Judge James F. Smith of the United States Court of Cus- toms Apg to exonerated the late Arthur A. ¥ . former United States district attorney, from a charge of “f and collusion” contained in uit brought by Charles T. Darling Mr, Birney r state of Gay B. The plaintiffs alleged that Mr. Birney settled a note in his hands us executor for $36,000 less than was actually due on the note, and sought to recover that amount from him in- dividually, with interest from 18 In affirming the decision of the District Supreme Court, which had found in Mr. Rirney's favor and dis missed the bill, Judge Smith “There is no evidence which would fairly warrant even a suspicion, much less a presumption, of fraud and col- lusion.” $500 PRIZE OFFERED FOR BEST “AD” LETTER Advertising Club Awards to Be Given in Local Contest. eals, | For the purpose of receiving “sin- cere constructive criticism from the shington public which will _make better merchandising,” the Wash- neton Advertising Club will give $500 for the best letter of not more than £00 words on “What I think of Wash- fngton advertising’ The second 0 and $25 is offered as the In addition five more prizes of $10 and five of $5 are to be given to the letters in order of merit. The club also announces that simi- lar prizes are offered for the best let- ters on “What I think was the best single advertisement run. during the w in any newspaper, and why. An additional reward for the prize winners will be a luncheon in their honor to be given by the club. A b S Many Positions Open. The Civil Service Commission today announced open competitive ex- minations fill vacancies in the following positions: Designing draf rngineer department at large, at month; surgeon’s assistant, ans’ Hospital, Oteen, month; dental hygieni abeths Hospital, Washington, D, $960 a year: radio operator, fifth lighthouse district, at $960 a yea motor c le mechanic, Tank School funder the chief of infantry, Camp | Meade, Md.,, at $1.620 to $1,820'a year; {foreman of power plant, naval pow- jder factory, la aa y: horse trainer, at $600 & year; {unskillea laborer, $450 a year, ! quartermaster intermediate depot, i Front Royal, Va. In addition to the wries named above, the increase of 0 a month will be allowed for most positions the basic salary does not exceed $2,500 a year. Full | mformation - and "application blanks may be obtained at the office of the retary, fourth civil service district, | 23 W sfreet narthwest. ! NOON-DAY { | LENTEN SERVICES I| "B. F. KEITH'S THEATER ! 12:30 to 1 0°Clock i| SPEAKER TOMORROW Bishop Wm. F. McDowell i CONDUCTED BY Mr. Stephen E. Kramer Every One Invited _No Collection zoning are under discus- | in the | sion of opinion from the | amendment that has been suggest- - | OF FRAUD CHARGE! said: | Announces | . Indian Head, Md., at $8 | of which | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGT! SENATE GETS BILL FOR WELFARE BODY| 1 Ball Introduces Measure for Co-Ordination of Local Agencies. A board of public welfare for the District of Coiumbia is provided for in & bill introduced today by Chairman Ball of the Senate District committee. The bill calls for the appointment of & board of nine members appointed by the District Commissioners for terms of six years. L, Tt places under ‘this board control of the workhouse at Occoquan, the re- formatory, the Washington Asylum | and 1, the National Training School {for Girls, the Gallinger Memorial Hos |pital, the Tuberculosis Hospital, the Home for Azed and Infirm, the Muni- {eipal T.odging House, the Industrial Home School for Colored Children and fthe Home und Training school for l";ohlt'-lmndrd in Aune Arundel county, | Ma. The bill abolishes the present board {of charities, the board of children guardians and the board of trustees of the National Training School for Girls nd transfers the duties of the boards to the proposed new hoard of public welfare ¢ Another bill introduced by Ball would able the Roe und Potomac parkway commission to impro the entrance to the parkway by the acquisition of land lying be- tween Watersid drive and Adams Mill road and the ithern boundary of the Zoological P'ark and a street aid down to the north ard west of quare N 7 v plan of the District Roth bills were Senate District referred to commitice. 129 MEN FACING RIOT | AND MURDER CHARGE Two Shot Dead in Clash Between Klansmen and Crowd Pennsylvania Town. the in the Associated Tress JOHNSTOWN, Pa, April 7.—While state troopers and county detectives continued their investigation of Sat- urday night's fight between residents | jof the mining village of Lilly and | visiting Ku Klux Klansmen, in which { two men of the town were killed, District Attorney D. P. Weimer of Cambria county today prepared to enter charges of riot and murder against twenty-nine men. . Twenty-five of the pr said to be Klansmen, were arrested here 1s they stepped from a special train which brought them from Lilly after fight. Four residents of Lilly arrested there by the state n. { potic Arrangements were being made to- for the funerals of I’hilip Conrad ¥l ul, who were shot to i L. Little hope was entertained |for Frank Miasco, who was removed |10 an Altoona hospital. He was shot |in the head, More than a score of others were less seriously wounded, cluding four women, who, the pol ported: ‘were attacked when® thes cheered the parading Klansmen. | In a statement made public today, D. Rich, an official of the Klan, aid the Klansmen were not respon- sible for the fight. ‘“They were d to defend their lives when assaulted,” he sald. s, i | | | | \ARCHITECTS DENY | ‘i DELANO CRITICISM | Declare President’s Selection of New Yorker to Fill Vacancy Brought No Protest. { | i A statement issued today from the headquarters here of the American Institute of Architects by Edwin H. Brown, its secretary, made It plain that the association has not now and never did have any criticism to offer of the appointment of William Adams Delano to the Fine Arts Commission. The statement said, in part: “The American Institute of Archi-| tects has received several inquiries as | to its position with regard to criti- cisms of the recent appointment by President Coolidge of a New York architect, rather than a Washington | architect, on the Commission of Fine {Arts. In answer to these inquiries the secretary of the institute, Mr. | Bdwin H. Brown, has guthorized the following statement: “'The American Institute of Archi- tects was largely instrumental in bringing about the establishment of the Commission of Fine Arts, whose principal function is to guard and develop the established plan of Wash- ington. The relations between the institute and the commission have al- ways been and are most cordial. The members of the commission are ap- pointed by the President and the com- mission reports to him. It has long| since been the policy of the institute, as a national Society, to make no in- dorsements or recommendations for the filling of vacanicles on the com- i 1 the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Henry Bacon, the institute most | carefully refrained from making a recommendation in any form. There- fore, the Institute of Architects wishes the public and the executive and legislative branches of the gov- ernment to know that it has no criti- { cism to offer, publicly or privately, of the President’s recent selection for the commission, and that it has noth- ing but praise for the splendid ac- complishments of the commission.’ " DR. MERRIAM TALKS AT LENTEN SERVICE Declares No Conflict Exists Be- tween Laws of Nature and Word of God. i There can be no difficulties between | those who look into the words of God ‘and those who look into the face of nature, Dr. J. C. Merriam of, the Car- negie Institution told the Lenten con- gregation at Keith's Theater today. Dr. Merriam said he wanted- to |make it clear that dangers which |some tear between these two classes of thinkers are not there, The speaker said that after forty years of research he._is of the opin- ion that there is.in life and in man “thit thing which makes him go on. “I" believe that things should grow better, he said. “Living in a world in which everything /is in_a constant state of flux, man nevertheless 100ks forward to something higher and bet- ter.” - 3 oy Bishop W. F. McDowell will speak at the services at 12:30 o'clock to- morrow. There will be meetings eaoh day except Saturdads . l: i ON, D. C., MONDAY, AP RIL 17, 1924, DRIVES OVER A BUNKER AND INTO A TRAP ‘What happened dirt an, SHIP BOARD PROBE STIRRED BY DEBATE Reports of Alleged Influence of Brush Brings Discussion. Investigation of the Shipping Board a special House committee turned its first live debate today when entative Davis, democrat, Ten- “prosecutor,” brought up r d influence by Matthew the American in the rehant marine up pre nessee, ports of alles Brush, president International Corporati mulation of American policies for- had been nnor of ntative Davis Chairman to what the of the nitted to Senator Jones, Washington, chairman of the enate commerc committee, recominending divorcement of the Fleet Corporation and the Shipping Board. This proposal differed ma- terially from the resolution finally adopted by the board delineating the futhority of the two. AiRea"sd Brusn' Naa been consulte. on the ‘appointment Vof leimh ¢ Palmer, president of the corporation, after President Coolidge had accepted in principle the advice of Chairman ones as to separation of power, but ected the recommendation that R. Rossbottom be placed in charge of operations, Chairman O'Connor re- plicd he did not know. amining boaml us original Preside republi Tells of Conference. testificd that to the Chairman O'Connor Palmer's name was suggested board at a meeting with the Presi- dent, which Chairman Greene of the House merchant marine committee; Representative Edmonds, republican, Pennsylvania; Senator Fletcher, dem- ocrat, Florida; Senator Jones and members of the Shipping Board were present. Representative Davis asserted that in view of the affiliations of the American International Corporation with the International Mercantile Marine and reports that Mr. Brush was “an adviser of the President” on shipping matters, he believed advice from this quarter might be ‘“objec- tionable.” Representative Davis read from re- ports to_show the International Mer- cantile Marine was operating 90 per cents of its ships under foreign flags. He added that its contracts favored the British trade and that its opera- tions had been investigated by the Senate. Questions Salary Raixes. Representative Lineberger, repub- lican, California, protested the ques- tions were not relevant and were based wholly on “press accounts and hearsay,” whereupon Chairman White objected to what he termed “inter- ference” on the part of a member. Asked why Sydney Henry and W. B. Keene, vice presidents of the Fieet Corporation, had been given salary raises in 1923 from $11.000 and $14,000, respectively, to $20,000, .Mr. O'Connor said_he believed the men were worth that much in” view of salarfes on ‘the “outsidé” for similar work.! 5 A Mr..Q'Connor said no recommenda- o e e e b B! Pl to fill the vacancy created by the resig- nation of Willjam J. Love a8 manager of the United' States lines, but that Mr. Rossbottom had taken over one of his several duties. Representative Davis pointed out that prior to his coming to the board Mr. Love was connected with the Furness Withy Company, which, he said, “has never operated @ ship under the American flag." FALL KILLS PATIENT AT SOLDIERS’ HOME | Coroner to Determine if Death Was Accidental or Otherwise. Victim Was Forty-nine. Jumping or falling' from a third- |l|oor balcony of the hospital build- ing at Soldiers’ Home this morning shortly after 7 o'clock brought instant death to William Crawford, forty-nine. who had been a patient in the hospital the last eight vears. Crawford, a native of New York, served in the 7th United States In- fantry. In 1915 he became disabled and later was brought to this oity. | He was admitted to the home and because of his physical condition he was immediately placed in the hos- ital. P! The sick man managed to_get about in a rolling chair. Noise of his body striking on the roadway attracted at- tention of several persons in the hos- pital,. and a physician who went to in- vestigate pronounced life extinct. “Unable to definitely determine how the sick .man managed to leave the balcony . and land on the ground, Coroner. Nevitt concluded he would have a further investigation made of the affair, and arranged to have a jury ecide the question at an inguest at the morgue later todagy, hen the ear of John 1. Balling. o an exeavation on Pennsyl in |HELD AFTER DRIVING CAR INTO STREET HOLE John B. —Ballinger Accused Operating Automobile While Intoxicated. of A charge of driving a motor ve- hicle while under the influence of liquor was lodged against John B. Ballinger, 613 C street southeast, fol- |lowing an accident last night on Pennsylvania avenue at West Execu- tive avenue near the White House, | in which Baliinger's car was dn\'t‘n‘ over pile of rth into an excay n made by the Potomac Electric wer Company Ballinger sustained the loss of se eral teeth and slight injuries to h f. He was tr mergency al before being formally placed arrest. Unable to deposit $300 collateral demanded for his rel e, he was held in the police station A. Haney, North Capitol and § streets, spent the night in a police : he did not deposit $300 col- on a charge of driving while the influence of liquor. In tion he was charged with col- liding, having driven his machine | aganst the car of Ernest Emerson, 235 24 street northeast, parked at South Capitol and C stree last night. taxicab driver, | also | <tation | NEW WORLD PARLEY ON PEACE PROPOSED BY SENATOR PEPPER (Continued from First Page.) ference in 1922 in the direction of limitation of armaments may well be conmserved and extended in the near future if the attention of all na~ tions be simultaneously focused upon a matter so vital to civilization, and “Whereas, all proposals for the limitat'en of armaments necessarily presuppose the existence of a body of international law adequate to the , 613 C street noutheaxt, was driven last night over a pile of venue, almost in front of the Whit | tested ballots would have to be pass- present and future needs of the na- tions and of courts of arbitration and of courts of justice to interpret | and to apply its recognized and a cepted principles. Sees Time Now Ripe. “Now, therefore, be it resolved, by the Senats of the United follows: “1. The Senate advises the Presi- dent of the United States that, in the judgment of the Senate, the time has come when a world conference similar to the conferences heretofore held at The Hague may with ad- vantage be assembled for the con- sideration of questions affecting the peace of the world. “2. That the Senate further ad- vises the Pi ident that. in the judg- ment of Senate, the agenda at such a conference should include the following “(a) A consideration of the further reduction of naval armaments and of the armament of land and aerial armaments; and “(b) A consideration of the ways in which international law may be made at once more certain and more responsive to present and future needs; and States as | Mount Vernon and a resident of this c) A consideration of plans for a world court, either through a further development of the present Permanent Court of Arbifration at The Hague or through the disassocia- tion of the present Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague from the league of nations.” Replies to Robinson. Replying to Senator Robinson, | Senatcr Pepper said that although [several republican senators, _includ- ing Chairman Lodge of the foreign relations committee, had been con- sulted regarding the resolution, “none of them are committed to it.”" Senator Robinson asked if there was not “some inconsistency” be- tween the attempt to “advise” the President, and the stand taken by Senator Pepper toward the resolu- tion requesting the removal of Secre- tary Denby. “I think not,” said the Pennsylvania, senator. “If there iz, I am uninten- | tionally uilty. A decided difference must be conceded, it seems to me, be- tween this proposal and the attempt- ed interference with a member of the President’s official family.” n the last analysia” said Senator Glass, democrat, Virginia, ‘your reso- lution says: ‘The United States, hav- ing declined to associate with otber nations, now invited those nations to associate with it’ " COURT BANS TRADE MARK. Rules Use of “Suncrush” Would Confuse Public. Justice Charles H. Robb rendered the decision of the District Court of Appeals today reversing the action of the commissioner of patents, who had dismissed an opposition proceed- ing brought by the Orange Crush Company against the California Crushed Fruit Company, which ught to register the trade mark uncrtsh.” The use of the mark by the latter 1 company, the court finds, has resulted in confusion in the mind of the pub- lic and violates the inhibition of law against a party attempting to appro- priate the good will of another whose mark has become widely known, v 1 { House grounds. RECOUNTED VOTES | FAVOR MAYFIELD Texas Senator Shown to| Have Substantial Majority. | Public Hearings Soon. The recount the ballots in the Texas senatorial election in 1922 was practically completed today and on its faee hows a substantial ma- jority for Senator Mayfield, democrat. At the office of Senator Spencer, republican, committes which is handling George E. B. Peddy's contest of the clection, it was said that a number of cast of con- ed upon by the committee as the counters were without authority. Public hearings on Peddy’s charges | of excessive expenditures of funds in the campaign on behalf of Mavfleld | and of the counting of fraudulent bal- lots ‘probably will bhe started within & week or ten days. Senator Spencer explained that the counting of the ballots was a mere Dreliminary step in settlement of the Pontest The court, he said only leads up to the legal question of whether Mayfield's name was printed, pasted or written on the ballots in accord- ance with the law. here never has been any ques- he added, “but that Mr. May field received a very large majority of the ballots which were cast and; counted in the election.” { trict i his ibe Missouri, chairman of the | POSTAL RECEIPTS GROW IN D. C. DURING MARCH Capital One of Few Cities to Show Increase—Gain Over 1923 Fig- ures, 10.43 Per Cent. Washington was one of tie few cities in the country which increased their postal receipts during March, ac- cording to data made public by the Post Office Department today. While the fifty largest cities had de- creased receipts for thé first time since October, 1921, the Washington city post office showed a gain in March, as mpared with March, 1923, of $40,- 638.92, or 10.43 per cent. The decrease in the fifty cities was held due to the fact that there were five Sundays in March, Sun- day being a light mailing da The District’s postal receipis during the March just ended were $430,366.11, as compared with $389, 19 during March, 1923. The decre for the fifty cities was 1.46 per cent, $27,463,- 268 as compared with $27,869,691. BOENT-FARE VOT IN'SENATE PLANNED McKellar Gives Notice of In- tention to Offer Amend- ment to D. C. Bill. Senator McKellar of Tennessee, author of the five-cent street car fare Bill for the District, upon which hear- ings have been held before the Senate District committee for several weeks gave notice at the hearinz today that ho intended to offer a five-cent car fare amendment to the propriation when that presented to the Senate. enator McKellar's statement was made when he was seeking to obtain from J. H. Hanna, vice president of the Capital Traction Company, infor- mation as to when he would be through with his testimony. “I want to make my position clear,” said Senator McKellar. “It is get- ting close to the time when the Dis- appropriation bill will be before the Sepate and I am going to offer my amendment to that bilL" May Not Be In Order. Senator Ball, chairman of the Dis- trict committee, said that of course Senator McKellar had a right to offer amendment to the Distriet ap- propriation bill, but that the Senate would have to decide whether his amendment was in order. “Personally 1 do not think in order,” said Senmator Ball. Mr. Hanna said that he had oni short summing up to make to his tes mony, and that then George E. Hamil- ton, president of the Capital Traction | Company, was to be heard. Mr. Hanna i pointed out that he hud been on hand measure is would [to testify whenever the committee had | asked him to be, and that there had been no effort to prolong the hearings. The Waslwngton Railway and Electric Company and the Potomac Electric Power Company officials are still to be heard after the Capital Traction Com- pany completes its statement. The next hearing on the McKellar bill will be at 10 a.m. next Monday. Seew Deficit in Fare. Mr. Hanna presented to the com- mittee today a detailed statement showing the effect of the 5-cent cash fare with six tickets for 25 cents on the Capital Traction Company, had that rate of fare been in effect dur- ing the year 1523, provided the same number of passengers had been car- ried. It was shown there would have MT. VERNON ENGINEER DIES AT HOTEL HERE Made Ringgold Archer | Many Improvements at Wash- | ington Home. James James Ringgold Archer, stant | superintendent and chief engineer of | city for more than forty years, died suddenly at the St. James Hotel early today. Death is said to have been caused by heart disease. Funeral arrangements have not been com- pleted. Mr. Princeton class wi and wh guished i athietics. Archer was graduated from University in the same | h former President Wilson | at the university distin- himself in his studies and He was well known at the institution as a_base ball_pitcher. He was a native of Ellicott City, Md. While at Mount Vernon, as assistant superintendent, he is said to have dis- tinguished himself by the perform- ance of several engineering feats. The most notable of these is said to be the installation of a drainage system, some ve 0, which prevented the hill, upon which sits Mount Vernon, from slowly washing into the river. An aunt, Mrs. Caroline B, Craig of Baltimore, is said to be his nearest living relative. FOR TUESDAY. FIRST RACE—Purse, $1,200; year-olds; four furlongs. Earl A, Baby.... 116 fPermanent Wave 113 Tod Remesor. 116 Bornice Harrar.. 113 $Night Shade.... 113 17, S. Cosden and Ral Parr entry. 1R, T. Wilson, jr., and W. J. Salmon entry. SECOND RACE—Claiming; 1.200: Tl Az oo il 2nd sevents a 5 . St G 108 *Ch, J. Craigmiie 100 *Boy from Home. 111 *Sweepstakes - 110 Lester Doctor. 93 97 02 o7 9 FOURTH RACE—The Mount Vernen handi- cap: purse, $1.500; for three-year-olds and up; six and one-half furlongs. Dunbeyne 128 Tippity Witchet.. Do Freuiia. . Ton wehitzasr o 1% Eeparation . 8 Shamrock . 9 FIFTE BACE—Claiming; pures, $1.200: for three-yearolds and up; one mile and seventy | ment couid not have carried such been @ met deficit of $567,463.42. Mr. Hanna then produced figures to show what would have been the result of the 5-cent fare had the company carried just double the number of passengers, because of the lower fare. Even with the 100 per cent increase in business, he waid, the company would have been able to_earn only 5 per cent on value, which is less than a fair re- | turn. Mr. Hanna asserted that it was ab- surd to think that a five-cent fare would result in doubling the number of passengers, that the Capital Trac- tion Company with its present equip- n increase in passengers, and that a 1% per cent increase was a liberal esti- mate. He told ths committee that in Seattle, Wash, last year, where the street railway is municipally owned and operated, the fare had been re- duced from 10 cents to 5 cents and that it resulted only in a 42-10 per nt increase in the number of pas- rs carried. Returned to 10 Cents. After operating at the five-cent fare the Seattle street railway in a fare, he said, and is now charging that rate. Another statement sub- mitted by Mr. Hanna showed the op- erating revenue and revenue pas- sengers per car mile on the surface lines in New York and in Brooklyn Company. In New York the operating revenue was 59.5 cents and the passenger rev- enue 11.32 cents; in Brooklyn, 48.3 cents and 9.53 cents, and the Capital Traction Company, 49.8 cents and 7.06 cents. Mr. Hanna submitted detailed fig- ures showing the depreciable property of the Capital Traction Company and the rates of depreciation allowed. | Senator McKellar sarcastically asked if the Public Utilities Commission had ever ventured an opinion as to what was the proper rate of depreciation to be allowed. The commission is di- rected by the public utilities act to fix such a rate. Rate of Depreciation. Mr. Hanna replied that the commis- |sion had fixed a rate of 2.672 per cent |as compared to the rate of 3.451 now used by the company. Mr. Hanna said that the company had called the atten- tion of the commission to the great in- |crease in business, and that a higher depreciation percentage should be al- lowed. The commission, he said, agreed { to the suggestion. | Mr. Hanna also insisted that the { higher the depreciation rate allowed, and {the greater the depreciation fund ac- cumulated, the betier it is for the travel- ing public in Washington. Eventually, he said, the company would have to buy {many new cars to take tho place of those now in operation POST SOON TO BE FILLED. 118 Gear. o ey 1L 116 *Mary SIXTH RACE—Claiming: purse, three-year-olds and up; ono mils and & Honolulu Boy.... 109 Jeemar....... 108 $1,200; quatter, oee. 101 SEVENTH RACE—Claiming: purse, $1,200: PLAC R R M R e >Approutioe bt claimil :dccdn-., Hughes Considering Successor to Late Gaillard Hunt Secretary Hughes is considering the appointment of a chief of the division of publications, Department of State, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death a few weeks ago of Gaillard Hunt, who also was editor of the de- partment. The matter probably will be settled in a few days. James L. Duncan of Connecticut, who has been attached to the depart- ment in various capacities since April, 1900, is assistant chief of the division and is in charge of its business pend- ing the selection of a regular chief, | selected } ;- District ap- | its fair| few months returned to the ten-cent | as compared to the Captial Traction | 1 i i | 1 t { McAdoo | Adoo }consin iwill {rule, | THE EVE IEXPLAIN SHITHS WISCONSIN VICTORY Backers Declare Cause Was Shift of Railroad Men to G. 0. P. Ranks. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The Lobbing up of Gov. Al Sm the Wisconsin for dels gates as a victor over William G. M has orth from 1b latter's headquarters the explanatior that Senator La Folletts and not the New York governor was for the victo The raflroad workers plained, who originally into the democratic a suddenly urged to enter the republi can primaries in suppert of Senator La Follette. Out of the the McAdoo men on ok least five outright that the have a chance in the final tally of getting a sixth, and out of a possibin twenty-six delegates ¢hey will have at least ten and maybe twelve, ontest brought responsibl. it ex to g0 were wers Prim total number of districts, claim the and There is, however, a significance i what the Wisconsin railroad men did. Heretofore one of the principal suments of the McAdoo campaign hus been that their leader would capturs the railroad vote if he were th presidental nominee. With the cer tainty that Senator La Follette w he @ candidate, the question now hether much of the radical strengt and labor vote which Mr. McAdoo might get would swing to the Wis senator running on a third party ticket. Happy Over Progress. The McAdoo generals are happv. however, over the progress they ha made thus far ard are not concerned yet over what will happen after the nominating conventions. The most striking victory won by the MeAdoo forces was that in which Wilbur Marsh, national committeeman, friend of Charlie Murphy, Tam Taggart George Brennan and the organizati leaders in the democratic pa: defeated by the McAdoo manager lowa, Clyde Herring of Des Moine Edward T. Meredith, former Secretar: of Agriculture and a McAdoo leade was elected delegate-at-large arn be chairman of the delegatior Marsh won only one and one-ha out of the eleven congressional dis- The unit rule was imposed er, and his gives McAd s twen votes. The fight in Iowa goes back to the San Francisco convention of 1920, when Wilbur Marsh, using the un prevented several men in tha lowa delegation from votin, their state for McAdoo. The delegation was swung for Cox. Claims 150 Delegates. Wilbur Marsh has always been conspicuous figure at meetings of i democratio national committee. treasurer of the party, he plaved an important part in financing the cent campaigns. The McAdoo forces now claim they have at least 150 delegates—a tota larger thar any other candidate has pledged. This, of course, is a long way from two-thirds. But the primaries are by no means over. The McAdoo men are fighting hard for a victory in the 1l1i- nSis primaries on Apmil 8. Geor Brdnnan has a siate of ~uninstrucred’ delegates and the McAdoo men are not very hopeful of doing better than a few ‘delegates in the down-state districts. McAdoo {s not entered in Nebraska_out of deference to Go Charles Bryan, but the delegation that will £0 to the convention is ex- pected to swing to McAdoo after the first few ballot The fight b Adoo forces g waged by the Mc- in_mearly every state { where the old organization men have beer: in control is very much like that which preceded the Baltimore conven- tion in 1912. It begins to look more and more as if the struggle, while tensibly in favor of individuals, is really a fundamental controversy as between the organization ‘‘bosses~ and the so-called progressives, which, however, is only another w: Of referring in most cases to the W son and anti-Wilson wings in the democratic party. (Copyright, 1924.) 3 INJURED IN FREE- FOR-ALL ROAD BRAWL By the Associated Press, HOT SPRING Three men were fatal young group April 7 ounded, one probabiy sterday when half a dozen men, organized in two rival . engaged in a battle with pis- knives and stones on a highwas six_miles south of this city. Clifford Arnold’s skull was with a heavy instrument and stabbed twice in the back littie chance of recovery, said. Georse Jackson's tered by a pitol builet. was severely beaten. Blocked Motor Highway. Archer and John Copen surrendered to county officers and made bond. They made no statement regarding the figh Nick Sheflield, another alleged parti pant, was being sought by the offi tonight. According to officers who gated the affair, one faction learned that the other intended to pass the scene and blocked the highway with automobiles. When the rival group ared _the fisht March Circulation Daily - - 101,766 Sunday - 105,659 District of Columbia, ss.: FLEMING NEWBOLD. Rusipess Manager of ING and SUNDAY STAR, does crushed he was He has physici Earl Harrel investi- emnly swear that the actual number of copice of the paper named. sold and distributed du - {ing the month of March, A.D. 1924, was as follows: Days. Copies 102,662 it 103076 SRS Seameate Less adjustments.. Total daily net cireulation Total average net paid eircu- lation . R Daily, average number of copies for service, ete.. 100,853 213 10L766 Copies. 106,531 106129 Daily average net circulation. SUNDAY. Copies._ 1 107,415 106,713 106,652 Less adjustments.. Total Sunday net circulation.. Average net pald Sunday cir- culation .. ... Average number of copies for service, ¢ 144 528,296 105,096 562 Aygrage Sunday net circula-_ rpitnsed Rt 59 FLENMING NEWROLD " Business Manager Subseribed and sworn to hefore me this 31h £ April, A.D. 1924 ¥ ELMER ¥. YOUNT, Notary Pubdic. '