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-] * SLAYER QF HUSBAND STILL UNCONSCIOUS Relatives Come to Assist Mrs Marianna Pflug—Polic~ at Bedside. DIVORCE SUIT IS AIRED Woman Filed, Then Withdrew, | Virginia Acticn Year Ago. While police today were awaiting a possible lucid meoment to break the unconscious onndition of Mrs. artanna Parkins Pflug, who is still in a stupor Emergency Hoepita from an overdose of a drug taken wfter her arrest Thursda: of murdering her husband, Charles S. Pflug, relatives of the woman were in Washington dis- cussing details for the protection of her legal rights. Mrs. Carrie Bailey, mother of M: Pflug. arrived last night Crom her liome in Oxford. N nd two broth- ors, 7. W. and A. W. Bailey of Wood- | stock, and Mrs. Christman, a sister. of Summit Point, V. Va. had also reached here. Mrs. Hailey was re- ported il at Mrs. Pflug’s apartment in the Northumberland today, follow jog a collapse when she lcarned of the shooting. B A poiice matron sits Ly Mrs. Plug’s Ted constantly, awaiting possible rc- turn to consciousness. The matror sre detafled there in shifts She not had a single conscious mement at the hospital. Divorce Plea fired. Winchester, Va.. today of the unsuccessful fght Plug 2 year ago to obtain a di It created much sensation. since she was a member of one of the oldest and most prominent ramilies in that section. 1In Septem- ber last R. W. McMahon, aftorney. of Arlington county, Va. filed on Mrs Pflug'a behalt a suit in Frederick ounty asking absolute divorce zrounds cruelty, negligence and desertion. The assertion i From rived detal waged by Mrs the complainant's hill that she had besn a rTerident of Irederick county for at least a year prior to the fling of the suit brought ibout the sensation. for no tangible nroct was submitted, acoording to the report, to support ' this contentlon ot long after this the clerk of the court received word from Mrs. Pllug’s er intention to withdraw Tn the bill of complaint Mrs. Pflu tarsd that she and Prlug had Washington December 14, 19 RENT BILL DEBATE NEXT DISTRICT DAY Rules Committee Will Not Allow Precedence as Emergency Matter. Measure Tha fight made by opponents of the District rent legislation to secure time for debate in the House and to have the legislation taken up on A reguiar Dis- trict day, instead of being jammed through as privilezed business demand- ing emergency action was partially suc- cesstul today Pollowing a hearing the rules commit- tee decided that tie rent biil chowd aome up on the next regular District day 2 week from Monday, and that a special rule will bo issucd to guard against a Alibuster. The special rule will vote before adjournm District day. but will a two hours for debat. Calendar Crowded. Chairman Snell of the rules com- miftee explained that, as the pro- sram of the House was crowded. the rules committee did not feel justified in ordering that the Reht Commission bill be taken up as privileged over many other important matters. Representative James T. Begg of Ohio, who s not a member of th District committee, aciing at the re quest of Representative Florian Lam- pert of Wisconsin, - sponsor of the Rent Commission's bill to extend its life until August, 1926, asked the les committee for a Special rule nroviding for only one hour's debate, #llowing the rent measure to up in the House next Tuesday. Guard Agminst Filbuster. Fle argued that the House should be given an opportunity to express its wish in regard to extension of the Rent (‘ommission and said he ha ieen advised by parliamentarian: that there was no other way in which {0 guard against & filibuster such as was worked in opposition to the bill last Monday. Asked by Representative Burton of Ohlo what assurance there was that |? the Begg amendment to extend the lite of the commission for one year as it now operates should be voted that the original Lampert bill would 1ot be taken up, Representative Begg hssured him that if such attempt was made he would help to defeat the Lampert bill. Question by Blantoa. presentative Thomas L. Blaiion, Democrat, of Texas asked Mr. Begg it the fact that he, not being a mem- ber of the committee, was asked to nress this matter indicated that the entire District committeo was im- potent. Representative Charies L. Under- {4ll. Republican, of {mphasized that the Begg resolution {1 not & party measure and that the Jent question lnertal measure as calls for action the rules committee. He advised committen not to_interefers in j. fight within the House District t:ommittee. Representative Underhill said he was not in favor of defeating the legislation “by indircct methods.” Holds Law Should Expire. Representativo Stanley H. Kunz Diemocrat, of Illinois told the rules Committec that he belleves thix logis- lation should expire now and that the real estate men should be put on trial. After veviewing the history of rent tegislation, Representative Blanton quoted from the record to show that Itepresentative Begg, five years ago, inade a bitter fight when the rent bill \vas under consideration, forcing a ipecial Tule by his demand that this Iegislation was so important as to re- Luire abundant debate. "Representative Blanton laid before the comimittee “specific instances” \here rents had been Increased up to % standard established by the remt vommission. Representative Jost, Democrat, of sdissouri, who was introduced as hav- irg had extensive experience in municipal affairs, said he was op- posed to the Lampert bill, opposed to Tlie extension and opposed to the whole principle of the legislation. He warned that legislation of such far-reaching consequences ought at lieast to receive the fullest possible wonsideration by Congress, and plead- lad for liberal discussion. Urge iy | Japanese 0. K. Soviet Claim. { MOSCOW, April 19.—It is reported firom Vladivostok that representa- kives of the Japanese fishermen have twsepted the Soviet claim of nearly 1.000,000 yen for their. old fishing contracts, and that new agreements kave been concluded. et | V. 5. Cruiser Commissioned. | PHILADELPHIA, April 19 scout cruiser Trenton was place commission today at the local navy yard, Capt. E. C. Kalbfus taking command. On April 24 the Trenton svil) leave here on her “shake-down” “rulse to south Atantic ports and the African coast. Tequire a it on that ‘The on a charge | Dr.| on | ped | ow probably | come | Massachusetts | is not such a funda-| “Weather Man” Leaving | | I | l | MAJ. E. H. BOWIE, | Loeal sapervising forecnster who will | | be nssigmed to Pueific eoast n Jane. | {MAJ. BOWIE SOON TO LEAVE DISTRICT| | Head of Local Weather Bureau for | Past Fifteen Years Transferred. ar-| | Maj Béward |ington’s “weatl lis going to leav first part of June, | toa He will assume charge of| |the Pacific forecast distriet at San | | Francisco, because of the retirement of . Fields. whe has been seek- ing for some (ime release from Ris | long period of service. | 1t was learned at weather bureau that Maj. Bowie was selected | because of the need of an experi- enced meteorologist in taking forecasts, which | become a to the weather' for the west and south- | tions of the country. | Pacific coast is in | 2 s development which has| importart probiems in | | (tention of d. not only H. Bowie, man" the Washing- since 1909, | District the was learned care of | cific coast weather bureau officials, because of his efficiency pervising fo | Capital, but a | stre for Pacific coast olimate, the offi- | | cials in sommand of the bureau pieked | out Maj Bowie Friend of Newspapers. | rvice here he has en- | mself o newspaper men by | | his humor, promptitude and all-round | readin; to serve. One of the figst things a “cub” reporter here learns | is thar Maj Bow! i= the weather man-—and his friend. Ma). Bowie worked himself up from the boitom in the weather service since 1891 He was in the field serv- ice when he entered, serving at Mont- gomery, Ala., in lowa, at Gaiveston, | St. Louis and many other stations { prior to 1909, when he was selected for the Washington post bacause of the efficiency record he had hung up | @uring the field 'service. | Saw Valae of Radio. In the bureau, when radio was in | its infancy. Maj. Bowie was among | the pioneers who saw the vast pos- | sibitities of utilizing this discovery to expedite weather reports and to pick up reports of ocean weather condi- tions from ships which were in reality moving weather stations when equip- | ped with radio. | When the talk of sending the Shen- | |andoah to the north pole was at its| | height an Bowic was considered lfor the work of ha.n.l'"mg weather re- lvofls from that dirigible in its pro- | Jected cruise in the Arctic. It was| |then that the idea germinated which eventually resulted in the decision to | |send him to the Pa coast section. Mal. Bowic saw continuous service as the local weather man since 1908 | except for the time he spent in France ‘durnnfl the war He sponsored the plan for obtain- | ing cruising weather reports for a | forecasting _basis from the French [oMcers’ training ship during its trip | | across the Atlant, about a year ago. | _While Tegrat was expressed zmong‘ | his associates at the weather burean | today at the news that he was about to leave Washington, it was tempered by the fast that the new field wonld offer him even broader possibilities | than the local one and by the knowl- edge that he would be placed in a situation agreeable to hi PRINCIPALS EXPLAIN | MUSCLE SHOALS BID White and Atterbury Testify on Offer for Plant in ' Alabama. ; ' Advocates of the Hooker-White- Atterbury proposal had the field to- day at the Senate agriculture com- mittes's Muscle Shoals hearing. Two of the principals, J. G. White of New York and W. W. Atterbury, viee prerident in charge of operations of the Pennsylvania railroad, and local Consulting Engineer Francis R. Wel- ler testified as to the maArits of the bid. | Atterbury. told the committee he was Interested in Muscle Shoals on account of the cheap power available, which would permit experimentation into the production of an alloy of aluminum and magnesium which would “revolutionize transportation” if perfected. White 6aid that the ex- perience of his associates and him- self would assure successful opera- tion of the Muscle Shoals enterprise, and Weller ridiculed the Ford bid and lauded the Hooker proposal Norway Scientist Makes Artificial Aurora, Borealis By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 19.—Modern scien- tific wizards in other countries .have been rivaled by a Norwegian scientist, according to a report read before the French Academy of Scientists. This man has pro- duced an artificlal aurora borealis in his laboratory. By concentrating cathodic rays of 500 volts on a tube filled with solidified nitrogen, he obtained a yellowlsh green radiation charac- teristic of the aurora. The Teport says that it is thus proved that the accepted theory that nitrogen is more rare than hydrogen or helium at high altitudes is erro- neous, since the aurora borealis manifests itself at heights of from sixty to seventy miles in the air. | son Square Garden will hold only 14.000 | rangements committee reluctantly had | spectators might | sun Cal tlon passed today by the-House. THE._EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. SATURDAY. APRIL 19, 1924, SEATING DEMOCRAT HOSTS IS PROBLEM Madison Square Garden, Comven- tion Site, Holds 14,000—140,- 000 Seek Tickets. BALL PARES CONSIDERED Some Night Sessions May Be Transferred. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. NEW YORK. April 19.—Now that New York has got the Demoeratic na- tional convention it.doesw’t know what to do with it. The thing has grewn until it is almost out of bounds. Madi- people. and already some 146,000 are clamoring for tickets. Efforts have been made to find a big- ger hall than the Garden to heuse the Demoeratic jamboree. The Bronx armory, wheve the national automobile show was Reid in January, is as big as all outdoars, but on account of its dis- | {tance from the hotel centers the ar-| | to give up the idea of using it Flushing, Long Isiand. has come atong - with & proposition to build a Billy Sunday tabernacle bis enocgh 10 accommodate some 25.000 o- 30.000. it would be necessary to go tc Fhish- ing by train, however. so that | oposi- tion also has been discarded. | Likely to Stay in Garden. | The committee has about made up its mind that the Democrats will have to stick to Manhattan, no matter 'u-nu' happens. There has been a Serious sugges- tion that some sessions be held out of doors, ibly in one of the ball parks. where from 60,000 to 70,008 be accommodated. | with the performing delegates and | alternates down on the grassy fleid.| e convention starts Jume 4. but| overy One expects i€ to run well into | July. Therefore, the heat of the city is likely to be Intense and evenimg sessions in the great outdoors, with loud speake arrving the proceed- ings to the farthest corners of the | ball yard. would not be such a bad | ide: Sessions E in the ball parks, it ls| teue. might take on the atmosphere of some of the prize fights which are | in these inciosures during the ner, but inasmuch as desperate | Lattling is to be the order of the day | mons the Democrats the analogy | iz not sueh a bad one. (Copyright, 1924.) | CENSURE OF KIYOURA | BY COUNCIL IS SEEN| Japanese Premier to Explain Passage of Exclusion Law by V. S. to Privy Group Soon. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, April 19.—Premier Kiyoura and Foreign Minister Matsui are to appear before the privy council April 23 to expiain the situation wherein the American Congress has passed legisiation excluding Japanese. From all indications it appears that ths privy council is disposed to censure the present government. | It is understood authoritatively | that new imstructions will not de sent | Ambassador Hanihara at Washington until after the privy council meeting. Marquis Saionjl, one of Japan's two elder statesmen, who is at Okitsu, is Kiyoura fn regard to the immigra- tion situation. { Fourteen women's organizations of | western Japan, inciuding the W. C. T. | U. and the Y. W. C. A, at a jor | session at Kobe adopted resolutions | appealing to President Coolldge ana ! the women of America to prevent the | exclusion bill becoming a lav. REMEDY DISCOVERED | FOR HEART DISEASE, Mercurial Formula, Used for! Blood Poisoning, Apparently | Cures Other Trouble. By ihe Associated Press. HARTFORD, Conn., April 19.—Ap- plication of a new mercurial formula, discovered at Johns Hopkins Medical School and generally administered in cases of kigncy and septic inflamma- tion, has apparently affected a cure in two cases of malignant heart dis- ease, usually fatal, according to an- nouncement at St. Franeis' Hespital here. The patients, one a boy and another a young man of twenty-fiv were suffering with high temper: tures and with little chance of re- covery, the doctors stated. Afterthe remedy was applied temperatures re-, turned to normal and both patients are belleved to be out of danger. t as Suecesaful as Hoped. W HAVEN, Conn.. April 19— U: f the new mercurial formula discovered at Johns Hopkins Medical School by physiclans in attendance on Judge James H. Webb of the state superior court, critically 11 with Septicaemis. has not proved as suc- cessful as had been hoped, according to Dr. George H. Joslin. The treat- ment was administered about a week ago and immediately afterward the patient showed & marked improve- ment. But this has not been main- tained. BLOCKADE IS LIFTED ON ARIZONA BORDER (Continued from First Page.) of New York. She is in - a Yuma rospital. [Eleven other persons are in hotels recuperating from exposure and the effects of poor food and water. U. S. PLANS CONFERENCE. Governors of Western States In- vited to Send Agents. An effort will be made by the fed- eral government to bring about an agreement looking to adjustment of the situation growing out of the em- bargoes of adjoining states against California to prevent spread of the disease. Representatives of the affected states will be asked by the Depart- ment of Agriculture to consider an agreement providing protection for those not affected by disease and at the same time relaxing the restric- tions. In addition to the troubles of the tourists, cantaloupe growers in the Imperial Valley, where the disease has not appeared, and other farmers are said by Secretary Wallace to be threatened with heavy losses unless some relief is provided. The plan for a conference of state' officials on the subject was sanctioned by President Coolidge, who _tele- graphed to the governors of Wash- ington. Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Wyamlng, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, California and Hawaii. An_ additional appropriation of $1,500,000 would be available to fight the foot-and-mouth disease among lifornia live stock under a resolu- e measure was sent to the Senate by wnanimous viva voce vote, PROPOSED ADDITION TO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC OFFICES ‘The new anzex of woeiety to be ereeted at Ird and R streets northeast, Kckington, in the xame block as its Present business affices. G:;round hax just beem broken and the building is to be completed by October 15. Arthur B. Heaton in the arehitect and Gerrett & Skinker will erect it OIL LEASE INQUIRY SCOPE IS SHIFTED Takes Up Grants in Reserve No. in California, Which Began in 1920. Turning, temporarily at least, from its quest for information about the 2, undersurface events at the Republi-| can national cemvention at 1920, the Senate oil committee launched today inte an estiga- tion of the leasing of government land in California naval reservi No. 2 Leasing in this reserve, which Chicago is | known as the "Checkerboard,” be-| cause of the alternaflng squares of government and privately owned lands, began in 1920 with the drill- ing of offset wells to protect the government plois from drainage. H. Foster Bain. director of Burcau of mines, was called by committee for questioming in this line of inquiry. W. W. Tarbell. oil operator now living at Conn., al% was recalied for examinatiol in connmection with ob- servations respecting leases in this ficld which he gave to the committee carlier in the week. Debates With Walsh. At the outset, Senator Walsh. the committee prosecutor, and Tarbell got into a long discussion about the ques- tion of the drainage of Teapot Dome. The witness =aid that when he refer- red to drainage in his previous testi- mony he was talking about the ed; of the reserve. Drainage was not “necessarily responsible.” he said, for the disappointing production in the Wyeming reserve. He declared it was impossibie to tell what production in the reserve might be. B Turning_to Naval Reserve No. 1, Senator Walsh developed from the witness that the 31 per cent royalty aid by the Doheny interrsts to the government applied to a ‘‘phenomenal feld” in a small section of that re- the | serve. Questioned on Reyalties. Sweeping his pencil over a large map of the 30.000 acres in the whole | it any reserve, Semator Walsh asked one would consent to pay a royalty of 31 per cent on such an area. “Not unless he is crasy,” Tarbell. Senator Walsh remarked that Les- Ue M Shaw, a former Secretary of the Treasury, had been making state- ments in public addresses that Doheny was paying 31 per cent roy- said |alty on his leases. Tarbell said no one could tell now | aaily communicating with Premier | Whether the Doheny or Sinclair lease would prove the more profitable to the government: that onmly the actuai production of oil could furnish answer to that. On the present showing in Teapot Dome, he said, it would appear that the Doheny contract wonld prove the more profit- 2ble. This would be due to the fact, he added, that the California flelds are more productive and furnish more “zusher’ wells. Fixes Date of Leases. Senator Walsh brought out that not a single lease for oll wells in naval reserves No. 1 in California and No. 3 In Wyoming had been issued prior to the Harding sdministration. “All of the leases were in naval re- serve No. %" the witness said. Senator Walsh displayed a map of that reserve. = “What are the possibilities of pre- serving this reserve in view of the checkerboard arrangement of priva nd government lands?’ asked Sen- ator Walsh. “Nome at all” Tarbell said. “The government land bad to be operated when the private land owners began operation.” . HANIHARA TO WRITE HUGHES NEW NOTE TO CLARIFY STAND (Continued from First Page.) nois, and Raker. California. Demo- crats, all members of the committee, were named to represent the House in conterenc: TOKIO APPROVES NOTE. Authorizes Hanihara to Write Ex- planation to Hughes. DBy the Associated Press. TOKIO, April 19.—Japanese Am- bassador Hanihara at Washington shortly will address a new letter to Secretary Hughes in an effort to clarify Japan's attitude toward Amer- ican immigration legislation, and expressly disclaiming amy intent in use of the words “grave consequences” to imply a threat or signify a desire to interfere in domestic affairs of the United States, the Associated Press learned today on reliable authority. The mew note, which, it is koown here, Hanibara desires to send, has been authorized, it is said. and in- structions have been transmitted him by the foreign office in Tokio. Recall Net Considered. Assurance was given today on the highest authority that the recall of Hanibara has not even been “serious- ly considered” by the Japanese gov- ernment. It was pointed out that the recall would be a =merious tactical error, amounting virtually to an ad- mission that Japan's envoy actually had threatened the United States. Protesting that such is not the case, the government has reiterated that neither it nor Hanihara had any in- tention of threatening or seeking to coerce the United States in matters which Japan admits are domestic American Ambassador Woods and Foreign Minister Matsul conferred for an hour today. While the results of thelr conversation were not divulged, there ig reason to believe Baron Matsui sought counsel concerning methods of approaching the situation growing out of American legislation to exclude Japanese and of making it clear to Congress that Japan did not intend anything in the nature of & threat of interference in American domestic affairs. Press Comment Varies. ‘Editorials in this morning’s news- papers referring to America’s Jap- the | i 1 | . Insure Easter Hats { Against Rain for | Parade Tomorrow)| t Many bonnets to be seen in the ! Easter parade here have been in- | sured against rain. H If one-tenth of an inch of rain | falls between 10 am. and 1 p.o. { the pelicyholder may have her money back and keep the hat. The cost of the insurance is about 9 per cent of the cost of a bat. \EARLY ACTION SEEN " FOR HOSPITAL BILL Associated Press. WHITE PLAINS, April 13.— By $6,500.000 Appropriation Sough! | for Veterans' Bureau Project | Comes Up Monday. | | The $6.500.000 appropriation to com- | plete the hospitalization program of | the United States Veterans' Bureau, | approved several vears ago by | gress. will probably | the Hous | pension or | rangement This was one of thres matters | which Representative Richard N. F | liot of Indiana brought up before the | Housc rules committee today by di rection of the committer public | buildings and grounds. | The other two measures w. | thorization of an | £1.500.000 for a sol hospital at | the National Soldlers’ Home in C: | fornia, and the bill authori: ‘Drubri-fln tor dbuilding the new - | servatory in the national Hotauic Gar- | den and authortzating condemnation of | | land for a site for that structure. { The California hospital proposal w|llJ probably be allowed by the rules com- mittee to await action on the unani- | mous consent calendar. | The Botanic Garden proposal will | probably he brought before the House | under a special rule a little later. Definite Aetion Not Taken. Definite action by the rules com- | mittee on these propositions was mot | taken today. Members of the com- |mittee on public buildings and grounds and of the rules committee, Rowever, are confarring with Speaker Gillett to arrange with him to recog- | nize Representative Elliott on next Monday to move suspension of the rules to take up the 36,500,000 hos- pitalization program. | The Botamic Garden measure in- | cludes two Senate diils, one carrying | an authorization for an appropriation | of 3300500 for a new conservatory | building. Representative Illiott ex- plained that there has already been appropriated to the Botanic Garden $5.000 for repairs of the old consery- atory, but that that structure is in| such 'shape, having been built in 1867, that repairs cannot be placed | | upon it ‘and it has been roped off to warn the public against the danger |of entering. He said aiso that it is the plan of the Fine Arts Commission {to have the old conservatory remaved. { Authorizes Cowdemnation. | On this account. the bill authorizes | condemnation proceedings for another | site which will necessitate an appro- | priation of about $200,000. | Minority Leader Garret explained | the plan to develop 2 parkway system | south of the Capitol to the river with the Botanic Gardens In the fore- ground. He pointed out that much of this land was already government owned and that it was necessary | only to get about two blocks to con- | nect up this parkway improvement. | Watson B. Miller, speaking for the disabled war veterans and the Amer- |ican Legion. earnestly supported the | hospitalization measurc and urged { that action upon it should not be de- i laved e VARE DROPS PINCHOT. ‘Will Not Support Govermor for Delegate Post. PHILADELPHIA, April 19.—Repre- sentative W. S. Vare, one of the polit- ical leaders of Philadelphia, an- nounced today that he could not sup- port Gov. Pinchot as a candidate for Republican delegate at large at next Tuesday’s primary Dbecause of the Eovernor’s action in advising the appointment of Franels_J. Heney, Callfornia. to conduct the Senate com. mittee investigation of the internal revenue bureau. Con- be taken up in | next Monday, under sus- the rules by a special ar- on ENGLAND AGAIN SHAKEN. Quake in Midland Colliery District Causes Little Damage. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 19.—Violent earth tremors were again reported today in the Midland colliery distriot between Alfreton and Sutton in Ashfield. They lasted but a fow seconds. The characteristics of the disturb- ance were similar to-those of the re- cent guake in this district, but it Was of lees severity. Little material | damage was reported | Diver Dies of Broken Back. ST. PETERSEURG, Fla., April 19.— Kenneth C. Erb, eighteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Erb of Dunkirk, N. Y., dled yesterday in a local hospital. The boy dived into shallow water from & pler near here and fractured his spine. —— anese exclusion legislation range be- tween the conservative Chugal Sho- £yo's moderate and hopeful plea for self-restraint and the jingo Yamato's insistence for forceful action. Mid- way between the conservative and radical expressions the Asahi say “America must bear the responsi- hility for the virtual nullification of the four-power Pacifia treaty and t! reversal of the world's tendency to- ward peace. This challenge is not only to Japan, but to ail the colored races. Shinkichi Uyesugi, notable national ublicist, writing in the Kokumin, gos 2. congress of the colored races at Tokio, “not necessarily for a mili- tary alliance, but for economic co- operation to maintain their interests.” TREASURY TO REPORT ON BREWER CHARGES Ezamination of Bonds for Alleged Duplication Finished and Cool- idge to Get Facts. sident Coolidge soon will have Lefore him the Treasury’s findings in the charges by Charles B. Brewer that therc was tion of governm 1t securities While the House committee, headed | Ly Representative MoFadden, preparing to investigate the Brewer harges today, the Treasury was go- ing over preliminary details of the report it wiil shortly present to the White Tlouse. t the Treasury will submit to T ent Coolidge was not revealed to- a If the department should ow u ne of action which in the past has freely been predicied. however, it would report that these latest charges by Brewer are no mors dangerous (o the was Zovernment's securities than were pre- | cicus eharges of irregularities, have been branded by the Tre; harmless. ch Inspection Ix Supervised Preliminary inspection of the dence” tional Bank the Treasury, although there may be further study of it in more complete detail later. The inspection was conducted in the presence of representatives of the House investigating committee, which now has custody of the securities. The securities were turned over by the. District Supreme Court to the committee. with the proviso the Treasury should have access to them and that when the investigation should be compieted they would be returned to the Treasury. Brewer had attempted in a suit to prevent the Treasury access to his “evidence.” Brewer Makes Report. When the committee meets to take up the investigation it will have be- fore it a formal report from Brewer and a copy of the Treasury report to President Coolidge, in answer to the Brewer charges. Brewer, aithough dismissed from the Department of Justice roil by former Attorney General Daugherty, was restorsd by President Coolldge. and at present holds the position of special attorney. S SON OF GEN. W0O0D RENTS FRENCH VILLA| Former Lieutenant, Rich l‘rmni Stock Deals, May Stay Long in Europe. Yevi- Br Radio te The Star and Chicago Daily ews. Copyright, 1324 PARIS, April 19.—The sojourn of Osborne Wood in the neighborhood of Paris promises to be of some duration. With part of the fortune he acquired recently by long-distance stock mar- ket operations while a lieutenant in the United States Army, serving with his father, Governor General Wood, in the Philippines, young Wood has rented a laxurious villa with exten- sive grounds at Villed’Avray, between Paris and Versailles. Much activity is visible on the es- tate at present, as alterations and re- Pairs are being rushed in anticipation of the new occupants. The property, which has been rented for three months only, is said to be a mere stepping stone to a mansion which ‘Wood is seeking to purchase. The luck which stood by the young lioutenant in his stock market opera- tions evidently bas not deserted him. as it is rumored that his first visit to a race course here netted him 100,000 francs ($6,250). Wood's resignation from the United States Army was announced last week. HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES TOR MONDAY. RACE—Purss, $1,300: maiden tws- Joareld colts aad pedings four aad & half uriongs. Frince Hampton Toppanits Siate Seamax FOURTH RACE—The Delawars bandiosp, $2.500; three-yearolds and up; mile and sev. 92 Setting . Rule ... 108 Gelden Billows ... I Thsagram siibis oatry. "33 pownde for Hders FIFTH Beth's ‘Weather 2 widespread duplica- in the case, at the Riggs Na- | has been coneluded by | it was learned today.| | three quarterly $10,000 Organ ' Considered for Eastern High Installation of a $10,000 pipe organ in the Kastern High School auditorium s being considered by school officials. ’ Although the committee on | buildings, grounds and equipment of the board o7 education has gone on record os opposed to the in- stallation of the pipe organ if | the cost is to come out of some general school appropriation, the officials helieve that it can be in- | stalled from the original equip- ment fund for the school, which can be used for no other purpose. An amount sufficient to purchase the organ remains in the fund, it was said. . o | Brother-in-Law and Sister-in-Law | Named by Woman. TULSA, Okla., April 19.—Mrs, Geor- gia Thomas has filed charges of as- sauit with a dangerous weapon, in commen pleas court here, against her brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Theron Thomas and Mrs. Corrine ‘Thomas, as a result of a severe whip- ping administerrd her Thursday night. Mrs. Thomas charges her relatives called her from her home and severe- 1y beat and horsewhipped her. S| told police the whipping was the sult of her having beaten her s in-law Thursday with her fists Actress Slightly Improved. . FORT WAYNE, Ind, April 19— Some improvement was noted today by | physicians attending Clara Kimball { Young, screen and stage actress ‘.flru‘kfin at a performance last Tue | day night. She suffered a relapse last | night and physicians said an opera- tion might be necessary for appendi- jeitis. It was said this morning, how- |ever. that the operation might be avoided. CHARITI ————— ES’ FUND | Balance of $16,522 Remains to Be Raised to Obtain $55,000 Needed for Budget. The Associated Charities and Citizens' Relief Association acknowl- edge, up to noon today, 104 additional | contributions, which have been re. ceived within the past twenty-four hours, bringing the total responses to 4,647. toward the 10,000 needed.” Total receipts, including today. are 338,478, leaving a balance of $16,522] to e raised for the $55,000 budget. | The joint finance committee, of which Milton E. Ailes is chairman, land the special Faster committee, | Franklin H. Ellis, chairman, will con- tinue their efforts to secure the entire | sum within the next few weeks, fol- |1owing the close of the official cam- paign with Easter Sunday. It is the | | hope of these committees that many | who may have postponed sending in | their *Easter remembrances” will | still do so, that the balance needed | | may be speedily reduced. The cam- aign has brought many friends, newly enrolled as supporters of this community-wide effort, to reduce the effects of misfortune, sickness and neglect among those least able to meet them. PFartial Payment Plan. Some of these who have given dur- ing_the past ten days have availed themselves of the partial payment plan offered by the finance commit- tee. One contributor whose letter was recelved this morning writes: T inclose herewith my check to your order for §, which piease apply to the contributions you are now collect- ing. Please place me on your list to subscribe during the present year 320, the remianing 315 to be pald in installments. 1f I can without curtailing my ecfforts in other lines make the amount larger, I will do so.* N Thirteen more replies were received in the morning mail from the twenty- | three professional and business groupa covered by special letters from representative members, bringing the total responses from these Eroups to 248, with total receipts of $1.611. As 4,500 letters were sent to members of these groups, the responses indicate up to date an average of fifty-six con- tributions to each thousand letters, or between 5 and 6 per cent. Some of these contributions have come from those who contributed last vear, but who had not renewed until the pres- ent time. There is still a chance that the proportion may be considerably increased by receipt of belated re- plies. . | Ald of Churches Sought. The finance committee hopes that some of the churches and Sunday schools will see their way clear to make an offering on Faster Sunday for this city-wide work of a home missionary character. During the campaign several additional personal contributions have bdee: receivad from the clergymen of the city, irre- speetive of denominations. Last year forty of the clergymen enrolled them- selves as contributors to the general work of the Associated Charities and Citizens' Relief Association. Contri- butions rmay be sent to Ord Preston, treasurer, 1022 11th street northwest. But Who? 4,647 this noon, had proved that sociated rinted below, zf membership (Including Citizens’ Preston, T'reasurer, 1022 Eleventh Street Inclosed please find § payment in full as first quarterly payment Memberships: Assoclate ... Active Bpecial . SBupporting.. 35.00 Sustaining.. 50.00 Capital ....100.00 $3.00 Name Address | | encirele REACHES $38,478 : THREE GLOBE FLYERS MAY HOP OFF TODAY Flight of 400 Miles to Unalaska Planned if Weather Permits. Martin to Follow. NEW ENGINE IS ON ITS WAY Dangerous Landing in Disabled Plane Described by Major. By the Associated Press CHIGNIK, Alaska, April 19.—1In the face of reports that high winds that brought snow squalls lave been sweeping the shores of the south- western tip of the Alaska Peninsuli and the Aleutian Islands, thireo United States Army aviators, attempting to the globe, were ready to leave on a 400-mile Lop 1 Duteh Harbor, Unalaska. “We will start tions permit,” said Licut. L Smith At if weathe Duteh Harbor the thre will await the arrival Frederick L. Martin, the expedition, who was forc Tuesday at Kanatak in his Seattle, He is expectin gine 15 replace the defective one ir his cruiser. The new motor was o its way this morning to the coast guaré cutter Algonquin “LUCKY TO BE ALIVE com1 tan: en Martin Describes Perilous Landing in Alaska. By the Assaciated Press PEARL CREEK DOME, KANATAL Alaska, April 19 (by wire v Bremerton, Wash.).—We to be ared en out of the anding. plane was down at Cape Igvak on acce the crank case. We shore and anchored, remain ing aboard because we knew that i the anchor dragged we would be lost _“Tuesday was a wonderful moon light night, although rather cold. it was the first did weather here in-eight months and proved to be o1 salvation, Destroyers' Quick Run. “The United States destroyers Hu and Corry_arrived 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, derful run of 2 Corry luek Martii his forced forced nt of a taxied Maj stward rch near signals The Hul the vided stimulan the plane to extended wonderiul plane was towed into P high tide, 11 pam., Wednes “Superintendent Ieed of th ard Oil Company horse Wednesd feet of snow for tak in order to give us as BIGAMIST, MOTHER OF 18, GETS HEARING Three Alleged Blackmailers of Woman in Court—Banker, Sec- ond Husband, Brings No Charge By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA. Apri) Anna Bes onfessed bic mother of eighteen dren, given a hearing today before a 1 trate on charges of obtaining under false pretenses and by forger) Three men, to whom she declared she had paid approximately $50,000 to keep them from revealing her dua were to be arraigned on blackmail. The police say that Mrs. By mitted having obtained 330, Willlam C. Martin, banker and ware- house operator, to whom she was mar- ried last February, and from two of his brothers. Mr. Martin, who believed Mrs, Beswick divorced from her first husband, has not enterec charges against her or indicated whether he will do so. Additional charges were lodged against her today by George Swartm 'who alleged that she had obtained from his mother, three brothers and himself a total of $5,500 on the pretext that she was about to come into possession of and be mist arrest and release on bail Mrs. Beswick has been liv- ing her first husband, Charles Beswick, a carpenter, and their chil- dren. Prior to her arrest she divided her time with Beswick and Martin. MOSCOW, April patch says’ that by Georglan executi Georgian lan language. Russian Turkish may be used state institutions. enian_and auxiliary “Somebody Must Care” Citizens of Washington, up to they by sending in their mem- ::r:l.!z; cznu'ilmtionl for the As- : : Charities and the Citizens’ Relief Association to enable these agencies to carry on their city-wide wel- fare work for families in distress. Are you one of these? If not, will you send in your ibution today Cut out and sign subscription form s sending with check for whatever class you feel able. 10,000 Members Needed ASSOCIATED CHARITIES Relief Association) W. L A (K1nd of mermership desired.) (or contribution) for the current year. {Payment may be made in four quarterly installments.) Rl