Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1924, Page 2

2. » MRS. HUBERT WORK . DIES IN AUTOMOBILE Rites for Wife of Interior Seare- tary to Be Held in White House East Room. DEATH COMES SUDDENLY Returning From Ride When Heart Affliction Becomes Acute. Mre. Hubert Work, wife of the Secretary of the Interior. died sud- danly vesterday afternoon in her adtomobile, while returning ftom a yide. Death was due to a sudden at- tack of angina pectoris, from which she had suffered for several yvears. Funeral services will be held Mon- day, 2 p.m, In the east room of the White House Tse of the Executive Mansion. | which in the past has rarely been the sceno of final obsequies over any but T'mesidents and members of their im- mediate families, was tendered to Sacretary Work today by President Cdolidge. At the same time, plans| were made for burial at Arlington | national cemetery. | The body will be taken to the east room Monday morning from the | Wardman Park Hotel, where the Secre- tary and Mrs. Work resided. The ser ices will take place in the presence of | high officials and personal friends who will attend by official invitation. Other Oceasions Recalled. White House officials could recall | 1oday only three previous occasions when the East room had been used fot similar funerals in the past. The last was in 1390, when services were | ald for the wife and daughter of Seeretary Tracy of the Navy, who had Jost their lives in the burning of their residence here. In Lincoln's administration an Army officer shot In Alexandtia while hauling down a Confederate flag was given a funerul in the White House, and while Willlam Henry Har- rison occupied the Executive Man- sfon an East room funeral was held for Secretary Upshur of the State De- | partment, Secretary Gilmer of the Navy and several others killed by the explosion of a gun on a naval vessel they were inspecting in the Potomac. Barial at Arlington. The burial of Mrs. Work at Ariing- ton will take place under the regula- | tien permitting the interment there of wives of those Who have served in he military forces of the country. soretary Work, during the world ar, was an officer in the Army Medi- cal Corps. Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor emeritus of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, which Mrs. Work attended, will officlate at the cast room services. Wax Sixty-four Years Ol Mrs. Work was sixty-four years of he was born at Madison, Ind., & married to Dr. Work at resley, Col. in 1887 Soon after- vard they vent to Pueblo. where they had since resided. 1In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Dr. Phillip Work and Rob- ert Work. both of Denver. and a daughter, Mrs. A. W. Bissel of Evans- ton, IlI The children are en route here for the funeral. Social Functios ‘anceled. President and Mrs. l'nnlldgn' on learning of the death of Mrs. W3rk sent a message of sympathy to the inembers of the family and issued of- ders canceling all immediate |\_oc!ll functions at the White House. Exer- ises which were to have been held on the White House grounds (his afternoon, planting a birch tree in memory of mothers of the Presidents, were postponed. The Howard Carter jecture on Egypt, scheduled for last night, also was canceled. NEW D. C. BOULEVARD ROUTING COMPLETED —— Condemnations Draw Work Near | on Important Northwestern Improvement. The way is clear for Washington's northwestern boulevard, it was learn- ed today from Surveyor Melvin C. Hazen. ondemnation proceedings have just hden completed which give the Dis- trfet right-of-way for construction off a_ boulevard from the upper ex- trémity of Massachusetts avenue ex- +pded to Western avenue and back over Western avenue to Chevy Chase cla. Approximateiy. per cent of the 1s$d was dedicated to the District, whereas 25 per cent went through condemnation procecdings The work of the surveyors is vir- tuplly completed. Next on the pro- m will be the work of the roa bullders. hen the highway Is completed it Q1 furnish a drive for Waehingto- 4ns through some of the most beau- 1iful sections in Northwest Washing- ton. The motorist will be able to go out Massachusetts avenue, past the cathedral, northwest to Western ave- nue, and then, turning fo the right, sitike a road that will wind back down to Chevy Chase Circle and thence into Rock Creek Park. This has been one of the most im- portant road jobs confronting the sutveyor's office in recent months, it was stated, and many difficulties were cnpountered In the plotting and plan- Hing the roadwi FAMOUS EDITOR DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Tdwin A. Grozier, Publisher of Bos- ton Post Since 1891, Stricken at Home. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 10— Edwin Atkins Grozler, editor and publisher of the Boston Post since 1591, died at bis home in this city last night after a long illness. He was in his sixty-fifth year. Mr. Grosier was born September 12, in San Francisco Harbor on . of which his father, Joshua S. Grosier, was master. e spent part of his early life at pea. After graduating at Boston Uni- versity in 1881 he entered newspaper work with the Boston Globe and later with the Boston Herald. Ne became * private searetary to Gov. George D. Robin of, Massachusetts in 1884 and in 1885 became attached in the same capacity to Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the New York World. For ‘six yoars Mr. Grozier served with Fulitzer during the latter's struggle 10 place the World in a prominent plare in New York journalism. He became editor in chief of the Evening ‘World and the Sunday World. In 1881 he bought the Boston Poast, once a powerful newspaper, which was on the verge of bankruptcy. With $100 in cash and consent of the creditors he took charge of the Post and bréught it back to a position of prosperity and influence. Mr. Grozier up to the day of his death took an active part in the affairs of his newspaper. Yesterday he completed and sent to the office “wo editorfale, one a eulogy of Presi dent Coolidge. He is survived by a ‘widow, & son, Richard, assistant geditor and publisher of the Post; a Lt ter and two brothers, Willlam A r of Melrose, business man- ager of the Post and Joshua Grozies, ‘\5 attorney of Denver, Col. » MRS. HUBERT WORK. MILITIA RIFLEMEN WILL MEET MIDDIES Party of D. C. Guardsmen Go to Annapolis Tomorrow for Match. One of the best rifle teams that the District National Guard has produced | in vears left the Washington, Balti-| more and Annapolis station, 12th| street and New York avenue north-| west, this morning at 8:55 o'clock | tor Annapolis to participate in the annual rifle matches with the mid- shipmen of the United States Naval Academy All but two me: hi¥e shot on the several have repre Guard in the national rifle matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. > They will reach Annapoiis about 11 o'cloek and will return to Washing- ton about 7 this evening. After the matches the guardsmen will entertained by the midshipmen ainner. Capt. Henry M. Leizear, ordmance | department, who has been in charge of the National Guard téams for sev- | eral yvears at ail local and national shoots, was in charge of the team selection and will be captain The members have been practicing three times a week for several weeks, and it is expected that th 1 give a| good account of thems 3 Personnel of Team. Other members of | capt. Clarance s. Shiel 2d Battalion, 121st Engineers; First Lieut. Robert (. MacCartee, regi- mental headquariers: First Lieut, dwin P. Dunn, Headguarters and Service Company; Master Sergt Fletcher ¥. Bernsdorff, Headquarters and Service Company Technical Sergt. Joseph H. Robert- son, ordnance department: Technical Sergt. Frank B. Kave, Headquarters and Service Company; First Sergt. Whiting P. Lightfoot,” Headquarters and Service Company; Sergt. J. C. Jinsen. Company D, '2d_ Battalion: Sergt. James R. Quaid. Company K Sergt John A. Schricker, Company C. 1st Battalion: Corp. Edward D. An- drus,* Company Corp. Joseph W. Crockett, Company A: Corp. Herbert Milwit, Company A: Corp. James C. Wheate, Company B, 1st Battalion; Private’ Marcus W. Dinwiddie, Com- pany A; Private Lioyd T. Meeds, Com- pany A; Sergt. Johannes F. Miller, Company D: Sergt. C. B. McCullar, mpany C; Private Learner T. Rhea, |Company €. and Private Joseph L. Wrenn, Company C. be at team are Company K, Will Have Ten Firing Members. The team proper will consist of ten firing members. team coach and team captain, and two alternat Capt. Leizear is to designate the firing | members of the team. Sergt. Joseph H. Robertson will act as team coach. He was & member of the Camp Perry team last year. An excellent showing was made at the matches last year, which is an annua! affair, and a much higher average score has been made on try- outs this season by the guardsmen TRAFFIC CONFERENCE CALLED BY HOOVER Co-ordinate Measures for Greater Safety Sought—Organization Plans Considered. The joint committee of national associations being assembled by Sec- retary Hoover to co-ordinate meas- ures for greater safety in traffic was called together today to consider, among other things details of its organization The work has advanced to a point where five men of national prom- inence in different fields have ac- cepted chairmanship of as many special committees to co-operate with the joint committee. A. B. Barber, | houses | with the debris. | warned the campers THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, SWOLLEN POTOMAC NEAR FLOOD STAGE Heavy Rain in West Virginia and Maryland Brings Alarming River Conditions. CANOE PARTIES ARE WARNED Eight Launches Torn Away From Boathouse by Swift Current. Swollen as the result of thirty-six hours of continuous rain in western Maryland and West Virginia, the waters ot the Potomac rushed through the Georgetown channel to- day with destructive swiftness, tear- ing launches, scows and floats from their moorings and choking the river with all Kinds of debris washed from the banks on its mad dash down- stroam. Two feet above normal and rising perceptibly on a flood tide, river men are keeping a constant vigil on the =wift watars to prevent the destruc- tion of property along the Jeorge- town water front in the event that the river givex the slightest indica- tion of reaching flood stage. Already over the sea wall in Potomac and covering the floors of the houses above Key bridge, the may rise to a higher point tonizht Ebd tide this afternoon, in the opin- ion of the river men, probabiy will kee the water from creeping any farther into tho boathouses for the next #ix or eight hours. Eight Launches Torn Away. Kight launches anchored on the fringe of e Ceorgetown channel near Dempt ‘s hoathouse ~ere torn the swift water during_the night and washed downstream. Two of them were caught under the piers of the old Aqueduct bridgé and an- other was carried as far as the High- way bridge, whers it became en- tangied in the cable, which served as an improvised moorinz. River men also reported seeing a score or more rowboats, floats, purts of bridges and fioating down the channel The harbor preecinct patrol, in a tugboat under the command of Lieut. Harry R. Lohman, set out early this morning in search of the derelict boats. After battling the swift wa- ters for six hours all of the launches were recovered and returned to their owners. The smaller hoats, however are belleved to be still heading sout ward. CanoOeists and Campers Warned. The abhormal condition of the rivar prevented the customary Saturday picnice of the hundreds of cambers aiong the upper Potomac. Fearing that canoeists wouid be unab t navigate the swift waters n frail craft, boathouse 1 boathouse racks. The river ted o rige shortly after dark erday, and continued to swell slowly throughout the night The highest point was reached at about 12:30 o'clock this afternoon, when the tide began to flood. If the their leave thy on_the y 1 @ return to normal. men believe before conditic ARRANGES TO GET TAX. D. C. to Collect Gasoline Revenue from Wholesalers. With the gasoline tax collections loom- ing, starting May 23, C. M. Towers, col- | lector of taxes, a plan had been adopted Whereby the District_would collect from the whole- salers after they had collected from the dealers, monthl} The route of the 2-cents-per-galion tax on gasoline will be from the pocket book of the consumer to the cash reg- ister of the retailer. and thence to the of the wholesaler. | salers are operatin | the ps t time. | t2x as he buys his in o Washington at ser will pay his he retailers and collection i, CRUDE OIL PRICE CUT. Pittsburgh Reports Decline of 25 Cents a Barrel, Nine Grades. PITTSBURGH, May 10.—A cut of 25 cents a barrel in the price of nine grades of crude oil was announced by the principal purchasing agencies to- day. Overproduction it was said, caused the drop. The new prices were: Pennsylvania grade oil In New York transit com- pany lines and Bradford district ofl in National Transit Company lines, $4.25. Pennsyivania grade oil in National Transit Company line, Pennsylvania grade oil in Southwest Pennsylvania Dipe lines, Pennsylvania grade oil in Eureka Pipe Line Company and Pennsylvania grade oil in Buckeye Pipe Line Company lines, $3.75. Cabell grade oil in Kureka Pipe Line Company lines, $1.95. Somerset medimum oll in Cumber- land Pipe Line Company lines, $2.05. Somerset light oil in Cumberiand Pipe Line Company lines, 32.35. Ragland and Corning were un- changed \ PROPOSED DELAY OF BAN FAILS TO WIN JAPANESE head of the transportation and_com- munication department of the Cham ber of Commerce of the United Stat who has been loaned to Secretary Hoover 1o direct the activities of the safety conference, in making this announcement today, added that other special committees would be organized soon to study control of trafic, motor licensing, and construc- tion and highway engineering. The committees Announced today will deal with statistics, city plan- ning and zoning, insarance, educa- tion and motor vehicles. They are headed respectively by W. N. Steuart, director of the United States Ce Bureau: F. A. Delane, chairman of the Washington federal committee; S. 8. Huebner, of the University of Pennsylvania; A. W. Whitney of the National Bureau of Cawualty and Surety Underwriters, Now York and G. F. Kettering of the General Motors Corporation, Dayton, Ohio. RENAMES GEN. McINTYRE _INSULAR BUREAU HEAD President Sends Nomination to Senatg for Confirmation—Pro- poses Officers Be Advanced. The nomination of Maj. Gen. Frank Mcintyre for reappointment as chief of the bureau of insular affairs of the ‘War Department was sent to the Sen- ate yesterday by President Coolidge. Other nominations included: Brig. Gen. Eli K. Cole, United States Marine Corps, to be magor general, tcmporary rank, and Col. Dion Willixms, United States Marine Corps, to be brigadier general. Ross R. Mowry was nominated to be United States attorney for the southern district of lowa, and Paul E. Bellamy register of the Rapid City, 8. D, land office. The following postmaster nominations were submitted: Copeland E. Smith, Olean, N. Y.; George W. Puatterson, Havre, Mont.; Dunn R. Emerson, Mar- lin, Tex., and Oliver P. Maricle, Wichita Falls, Tex. —————— ,Rev. Dr. Drew to Preach. Rev. Dr. S. P. W. Drew, pastor of By the Aseociated Press. TOKIO, May 10.—The press is not enthusiastic over the proposed post- ponement until March 1 next of the Japanese exclusion provision of the immigration bill by the American Congress. The Hochi believes that any treaty growing out of this com- promise would still be an insalt to Japan. The Asahi says the postponement would not improve matters and “an ttempt to embody exclusion in a new 'treaty will meet with great dificul- ties. Japan does not want to send emigrants to America, but we cannot submit to arrangements discrimina- tory and insulting to our natfonal prestige.” e S, AMERICANS IN CRASH. Four French Women Killed on Road Near Lille. LILLE, Belgium, May 10.—An auto- moblle in which three Americans were riding collided with a French car on the Lille-Cassel road last night killing four French women in the rammed car and seriously injur- ing the Americans. The names of the three men were given &s William Anderson, an en- gineer; John Nelson and John Moulda. Gendarmes seized a half empty bottle of whisky in their automobile. R g Talking Machine Deal in Canada. MONTREAL, May 10.—The Victor Talking Machine Company of Cam- den, N. J., has acquired controlling interest in the Berliner Gram-o- Phone Company, Ltd. of Montreal, together with its subsidiary, His Mas- ter's Voice, Litd, it was announced today. The Canadian organization will be known as “Victork Talking Machine Company of Canada, Ltd. Fd- gar Berliner is president of the new| Canadlan _company, which is eapital: ized at $1,000,000. ~ Governor Signs Labor Bill. the Cosmopolitan Baptist Institutional Church, N strest between 9th and i0th streets, is to preach special Mother’s day sermons tomorrow 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. . PROVIDENCE, R. 1, May 10.—Gov. Fiynn today signed a bill establish- ihg a forty-eight-hour work week In ode Island for women and childre proprictors | water does not rise any higher, river bo three days| announced today that | | coffers of the District via the treasury | About fifteen whole- | gas | wholesalers will be subject to monthly "W.C A SERVICE Upper left: Hon. Mrs. Montagu dent of the world's right: Mrs. Cha tess of Portamoutd, treasurer. assistant weeretary. COOLIDGE CONFERS ON PENDING BILLS \Watsom Snell and Wood at White House to Discuss Legisiative Issues. FPresident Coolidge conferred today regarding legisiative oconditions in the House and Senate with Senator Watson of Indiana, Representative | Sneil of New York, chairman of the House rules committee, and Repre- sentative Will R. Wood of Indiana. chairman of the Republican congres- gional campalign committec These conferences were held sepa- rately before noon. Senator Watson, during his talk with the President, discussed principally the status of tha tax reduction bill and the pending farm relief legislation. During his talk with the President he also touched uton the possible disposition of the bonus bill in the event the President exercises his veto. Representative _Sneil, among other things, told the President that he very shortly will bring to the White House a list of pending bills in the House in order that President Coolidge, after | studying them, may signify the ones he | would like to press for action before ad- Journment e After discussing briefly legislative mat- ters, Representative Wood gave the President an account of the outcome of the Republican primaries held in In- diana last Tuesday. Mr. Wood indicated that the influence of the Klan was feit materially. Secretary of War Weeks and Eugene A. Gilmore, vice governor of the Philippine__Islands, conferred _briefly with_the President today. Mr. Gilmore has been in this country on a vacation, and is preparing shortly to return to his post ZAYAS FREES AMERICAN. Cuban President Pardons Charles F. Fetter After Protest. Charles F. Patter, an American oftizen who has been held in prison at Neuva Gerona. Isle of Pines, has been pardoned by the President of Cuba, the Cuban’ legation here was advised yesterday. Recently the wife of Fetter protested to the State De- partment that her husband had been thrown in jail upon a trumped charge that he had failed to cotftruct a cop- ing around a well upon his place. According to information received at the embassy, “the only incident which_has occurred in the Isie of Pines has been provoked by an Amer- iean citizen named Charies F. Fetter, who was fined by the correctional court for a violation of the sanitary regulations, and purposely refused to pay the fine in order that he might be arrested and have a pretext for protesting against the Cuban author- ities.” U tcial advices received at the em- bassy also stated that the seditious movement had practically ended with the surrender of more than 200 rebels and that the rumors of uprising in other provinces had not been con- firmed, the rapid conclusion of the movement being assured. BUDGET NOT BALANCED. By the Amociated Press. MEXICO CITY, May 10.—Denying published reports that the govern- ment had bdalanced the budget, Un- dersecretary of Finance Leon Salinas deblared today that “if the efforts be- ing carried on by the finance ministry the international bankers' com- T tteefor & loan permitting the Mex- lean overnment to rebabilitate ity public services are not successful Shortly the government, although Willlng to fulfill its internationa financial obligations, a8 bas been demonstrated, will be compelled re- gretfully to postpone the fulfiliment ligations to Ol RuSh omalSyes within the country. Divorces Opera Star. R T, Mich., May 10—Ralph KOREROE T ol Fean estate man. was granted a divoroe Jeanne’ Gor. don Trix, operatic contralto an Metropolitan Grand Opera singer. in here yesterday. Trix e::“lgln:fl::l‘ custody of the couple’s eleven-year-old daughter. e The husband testified his wife loved her art far more than her home, an that their domestic life fiad been a complete faflure. Mrs. Trix did not contest the suit. They were married December 30, 1908. gt Loses $3,000 in Hold-Up. PITTSBURGH.. Pi May 10 Threatened with death if he made an outery, Albert Houston of 135 14th avenue, Columbus, Ohio, was forced by two bandits to order the driver o & e e e barne cariy 1 e sul to a longly spot i today. was of a diamond, other jewelr; and cash Valued at $3,000, he told police. The taxi driver assumed the robbers were friends of Houston,-as they. joined him when he was about to step into he- machine, police -said. committes, Young Women's otte T. Nevin, general Lower right: Miss Gladyw Bretherton, Waldegrave of Great Britain, pi Christian Association. ecretary. Lower left: The BOTANIC GARDEN BILL REPORTED FAVORABLY Removal to New Site and Erection of Model Conservatory Asked by House Committee. Removal of the Eotanic Garden from its present location. south of Penn- sylvania avenue and directly west of the Capitol bullding to a nearby ste south of the Mall and the erection of a model modern conservatory is fa- vored in a report filed in the: House late yesterday by the committee on the Library This report supports the Luce bill which provides f6r a survey by the joint committee on the Library to as- certain the most desirabie site for the new $800.000 conservatory. The re- port emphasizes the dilapidated and unsafe condition of the present consarvatory. which it declares ix a menace to public safety and danger- ous to the Botanic Garden employes. ““The large comservatory in the Bo- tanic Garden is in dangerous condi- tion, and it (s generally agreed that it must be reb the report said. {“It is also generally agrecd that it { should be nlaced in some locatiofi outside of the sauare w it is now situated, partly by reason of the erection of the drant and Meade onuments and partly to conform ith the plan to free the whole Mall ner or later of all buildings ‘If A new conservatory is to be built in the vicinity of the present location, it should be ®o located to be readlly acoessible to visitors and also to harmonize with the gen- eral program for the improvement and adornment of the Mall.” PIMLICO ENTRIES FOR MONDAY. PIRST RACE—The Mt. Washin chase: purse, $3.000: four-year- claimisg; two miles. i Qavengish §Parlays 0.0l 1Verdant Valley . Garcon ;!Rhld : Byue Brother Bill. 131 2 131 TWisest Fool ... 181 148 10wn Roe 0'Neill 141 $Adament .01.11 138 8. M. Dudley and C. L. A Haiser entey, +Bamuel l{:’enm. . S, Gosden entry. 2. E. Widener entry. |Ton pounds claimed for rider. $1.300; two-year- 107 L 110 110 110 109 " 1B, Harding.G. L. Goodaore entry. 3Wal- tor J. Seimon-R. T. Wilsom, jr., emtry. §Ed- ward ¥, Whitney entry, RACE—The Townsen Purse. $1.300: ihg handicap; three-year-olds and up; six farlongs. B e +Waiter J. Sulmon entry. 17, McMilles en- try. §Mrs, B, I Miller eatry. FOURTE RACE—The Preabness: 850,000 added; thres-yearold colts and fllies; mile 2nd an eighth, loepy Head . E::m'r 128 ‘Norris iss Bastic . tJames Butler entry. 1Gifferd A. ., §H. P, Whi itry. fouk Bhatle oftry. *Bud Fisber aatey. | xBancecis Btable entry. FIFTH RACE—Pimlico graded 8 zure, §1,600; thres-year-cids aad wp. clase &; one olaimed for rider. SEVENTH RACE—Pimlico graded bandi. ap; purss, $1,800; three-year olds and up; class C; one mile. ‘Wood Lad; 1% ;.I"l.lx . us Taoques 135 s Mensia B, T. Wilsen, jrr, and Walter 7. Salmen --? 75 B. I Miller entry. iThree claimed for sider. Wedtiar Glouty: track heavy. - el oy The United States Army has per- fected a mask effective agail all poison” gases, Including: carbon™ Mok oxide, 184 | 138 CHARGES MEXICANS FIRED ON U. S. SHIP American Captain Declares He Was Driven Out of Port by Gunboat. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, May 10.—An alleged attack by a craft believed to be & Mexican federal gunboat was report- ed by Capt. F. C. Hudgins, master of the American steamship Gaston, upon his arrival here from Fronters, Mex- ico. Capt. Hudgins declared his &hip was “driven from Mexican waters without her ship's papers and before she could load a cargo of bananas for Norfolk which had been brought alongside in barges. : : Capt. Hudgins said that his vesse wlknlyln‘ outside Frontera, Mexico, last Sunday preparing to discharge cargo of grain and load bananas when A Mexican gunboat hove in sight and began firing. When the gunboat came close to the Gaston, Capt. Hudgins said, she signaled the’ Ameri- can craft to get out of Mexigan waters as fast as she could. Capt. Hudging has dent to the ate e rovested against the apparent laxity “of the Ameri government and the American consul at Frontera fn not affording protection for ships flying the stars and stripes. MEMORIAL BRIDGE HISTORY DESCRIBED reported the in- Department and History of discussions, events and proposals regarding the efrection of a memorial bridge between Washing- ton and Virginia, were told the Lyon Park Citizens’ Association of Arling- ton County by Representative R. Walton Moore of Virginia last night. The association was on a tempo- rary “invasion of Washington” for the purpose of Molding a banquet ahd celebrating the development of Lyon Park. Referring to the proposed bridge, Representative Moore #al t la not too much to say that all of the lear- ing and cultute of all of the genera- tions is to be typified in the structure which has so long been under dis- cussion and which is to constitute the realization of the dream of Pres- ident Jackson and so many thinkers, writers and workers who have not been willing to permit the dream to be unfalfilled. It ie not possible to think of a more fitting memorial. He told of the ideas in the minds of many men “that the bridge would be a fitting memorial to commemorate the reuniting of the north and south.” He told the association that yester- day morning an inquiry into the de¢ velopment of the Great Falle power project had been inaugurated at a committee meeting. He intimated that with the development of Great Falls gufficient power would be ob- tained to supply nearby Virgin Tells of Section's Progress. Frank Lyon, promoter of the de- velopment of Lyon Park and for whom the park is named, told of the progress made in that section of Vir- ginla in the last few yvears and re- ferred to the chances for prosperity in_ the future A. A. Moore, president of the asso- tion, in a brief address. told of some of the work of the assoclation and what it was desired to accomp- lish in the future development of Lyon Park Sidney Parkham, parifamentarian of the assoclation, presided and in- troduced the speakers. Mrs. Charles H. Richardson was chairman of the | committee of arrangements for the { banquet. Dancing marked the con- | slusion of the bancuet —— INDIANA GIVES COOLIDGE 5 TO 1 OVER JOHNSON Complete Unofficial Returns of Pri- mary Give President 33 Dele- gates to Convention. B the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 10.—Com- plete but unofficial returns availahle vesterday from last Tuesday's state- wide primary in Indiana showed that President Coolidge :attained better than a five-to-one majority over | Senator Hiram Johnson, his only ops ponent for the Republican presiden- | tial preference. The majority vota | gives the President the thirty-three | Hoosler delegates to the national | convention next month. The complete returns also afirm the sweeping victory over Ed Jack- son, present secretary of state, in his race for the Republican guberna- | torial nomination. Given strong sup- | port by the Ku Klux Kian, he rolied Up a majority of 41516 votes over five o ents. Juckeon's vote was 224.973, while his opponent’s totaled only 183,457, Jackson's majority under the Indi- ana law gives him the Republican nomination, but the Democratic race produced no nominee, as Dr. Carleton B. McCullough of Indianapolis, lead- ing the list, fell far short of a major- ity. His vote was 93,303, while the combined total of his seven oppo- nents was 181,127¢ The primary also resulted in the defeat for renomination of two Re- publican members of Congress—Mer- il Moores of the seventh district and Louis W. Fairfleld of the eleventh 4 trict. Moores fell before Ralph Up- dike, an Indianapolis attorney, while Fairfield lost to David W. Hogg of Fort Wayne. FIRE DAMAGES WALDORF. Hotel Guests Driven to Street by Blaze; Loss $25,000. NEW YORK, May 10.-~Tods of wa- ter were poured into the Waldore- Astoria Hotel today to subdue a fire which, starting in subbasement carpenter shop, nearly trapped 100 kitchen employes and spread to the third floor before it was checked. Black smoke billowing through the entire structure quickly emptied the lower floors of employes and guests. The heat of the flames was 80 in- tense that firemen several times were driven from the basement. Thousands of 5th a&venue pedes- trians thronged to the scenei traffic was demoralized and firemen were cut off from apparatus until police reserves were called to Keep lines clear. The fire burned for an hour and a half. The loss was estimated at $25,000. Rough Rural Ladies Turn Bandits, Seize Rich Chinese Men Correspondence of the Associated Press. PEKING, April 17.—, lot of “rough country ladie turned bandits, says the Astatic News Agency, having raided towns along the Peking-Hankow railway and have carried off many young men of rich familles, whom they are holding for ransom. Picked soldiers have been sent to suppress the outlmws, “armed with modern pistol iron clubs,” and who are heartiess in treatment of their captives than the men In the in- terior districts.” Somo of the captives, the report continues, have been forced to marry the “lady” bandits and thereafter have become leaders. " / Women in Germany Refuse to Bob Hair To Wear Paris Hats| . By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 10,—The German women are refusing to part with their tresses to enable them to Wwear the tiny French hats de- signed for bobbed heads./ Only = few ultfa.fashionable women who have been to Paris and the Riviera have been willing to make the sacrifice, the milliners say. There is extreme conservatism among most of the noble families in matters of wstyle, and their woman members are no more up to the minute {n their millinery than is Queen Mary of England. DISCUSSES WELFARE LEGISLATION ISSUES Commission’ to Name *“Existing Group” to Handle Méthers' Pension Work Ti:e public welfare legislation com- mission_ went into session this morn- ing with tlree important matters on ite docket for disoussion. They were the nomination of an ‘“existing agency” to carry out provisions of the mothers' pension bill, the preltm- inary discussion anznt Juvenile Court legislation and the consideration of the toplos for the next public hearing. The mother® pension bill was sent back to)the District building by the budget huread with. the request that an “oxisting agency” be named to carry out its provisions in lieu of the public walfare board, which as yet is not existent and which will continue non-existent until the passage of leg- islation authoriging it. The board of charities will probabiy get the job of handling the executive work which Wwill be entailed by phssage of thie bill, it was predioted today. "The commission is also taking up the &tenographic report of the suggestions biic hearing on Juve- made_at the aile Court ufr:hllon and seperate the practicable from the impractioable of the propogitions presented. Among the Droposals nie yihe Brosdening of the Acope of the Juvenile Court; the truns- ferrance of its status from a criminal to an equity or chancery basis and the incidentalk surrounding #uch a propo- sition. Another vital suggestion was made by Lieut. Van Winkle of the woman's bureau of the police depart- ment to ailow that agendy to handle more fully investigations of cases be- fore they get to the JuvenilesCourt and to use discretionaty powers in submit- Ung or Not submitting cases to the Juyvenlle Court. - The third big ftem under considera- ton is the adoption of a working sched- ule for the remainder of the mouth. GIVES FINAL LECTURE ON TUT-ANKH-AMEN Carter Describes Progress in Tomb Up to Point Where Activities Were Halted. gave his second and concluding lec- ture on the discoveries in the Valley of the Kings at the National Theater yesterday. He described his progress up to the final resting place of King Tut-ankh-Amen, where he was foroed to cease his labors by an edict of the | Egyptian government. | Tllustrated with attractive motion pictures, Mr. Carter’s leoture detalled articles found In the first chamber of the king’s tomb. which included the | three state cquches of heavily gilded wood, ornamented with finely carved llons' and winged cobras, bearing semi-precious stones; shrines of ebony and gold, emboesed with scenes rep- resenting the daily life of the king and queen; boxes, vases, chairs and statues. Then followed the discovery of the King's robes studded with jewels, hi; royal scepter, ceremonial staffs, o graved rings and drinking vessels of tranelucent alabaster—a fortune in themselves. - 3 Every step taken by the archeolo- gist and his assistants in pressing to- ward the coveted goal was given by Mr. Carter. He told of the removal of the outer wall of the inner shrine; of the finding oOf the great stone sar- cophagus: the discovery of the carved effigy of the king In the mammoth mummy case and of the canopic jugs of perfume, which had retained’ the original odor through 3,300 years —_—— LANGLEY CASE EXPECTED TO REACH JURY TODAY Testimony Nearing Close; Con- viction Carries Sentence of Two Years and $10,000 Fine. By the Associated Press. COVINGTON, Ky, May 10.—Little testimony remains to be given in the case of Representative John W. Lang- ley, Kentucky, and two codefendants, belng tried in federal court here on two counts of an indictment charg- ing conspiracy to sell and transport whisky from the Belle of Anderson distillery, near Lawrenceburg, Ky., i 1921 Attorneys for defense and prosecu- tion have not agreed as to the length of time to be spent in arguments, but, as the three defendants have separate counsel and each will arue for his client, it is' probable that several Tours will be devoted to summing up the evidence. The case is expected to g0 to the jury late today. Convic- tion carries a sentence of two years in the penitentiary and $10,000 fine on each of the two counts for each defendant. Milton Lipschuts, son of a Phila- delphia_wholesale liquor dealer, and Albert ¥. Blater, former clerk in the officé of the federal prohibition di- rector at Philadelphia are defend- ants with Langley. Slater resumed his testimony-toda: Yesterday he denied issuing the pe: mit on which 1,400 cases of whisky were withdrawn from the Belle of Anderson distillery and which result- ed in the indictment. BACKS DIPLOMA BILLS. Two Dbills designed to prevent the indiscriminate conferring of degre and diplomas were Introduced in the Senate late yesterday by Senator Copeland of Néew York. ne measure relate the creation of a new board known as the councll of un and colleges, to fix standard: corporated 'educational institutions that confer degrees. This board would be composed of the chairman of the Board of Com- missioners, the superintendent of hools, the United States commis- sioner 'of education and six other members to be chosen by the Presi- dent and confirmed by the Senate. The board would be empowered to in- stitute prosecutions againat an insti- tution for the improper issuance of degree The second bl is national in Soope and seeks to prevent the use of the mails in conferring degrees unless the student has had at least six months of actual re at the principal place of business of the institution. The were refer- fed to approptinte fttees for re- port. | Howard Carter, noted archeologist, | ‘ , D. C. SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1924.° _ MATRIMONY COURSE BY MAIL PLANNED Unusual Saccess of Brooklyn Y. M. C. A. Class Inspires to Fur- ther Effort. SIX LECTURES SCHEDULED Many Turned Away From Hall on Opening Night. By Consolidated Press NEW YORK, May 9.—Bridegroon are to be taught matrimony by ma This will be the next development « the school for prospective husband known as “Cupid’s class,’ now flouris! ing at the Brooklyn Young Men's Chr tian Association 80 many requests for an outline the lectures have come from young me in far sections of the country that Ca roll N. Gibney, head of the education department of the Brooklyn Y’ whose inspjration the course was ed, amnounced that he was sidering & plan to assembie the mater. into a series of lectures which could sent by ma Thirty-five Enrolied in C1 The course, consisting of six of advice to the young man ab embark on the uncharted seas of mony, opened a fortnight ago. The o rollment lists thirty-five young men b tween the ages of twenty-one and thirt five—all of them bachelors and all honorable intentions.” As many more, Mr. Gibney sai turned away, and the classroos locked to bar the erowds. Of lucky ones who got_ inside. about '« cent, it is extimated. are engaged of the remainder have the girl in 1 and would like to be engaged, and 1 remaining one-quarter are looking ! ward to matrimony in the indefir future, Leetures on Physiology. The two lectures thus far have upon the physiological and anator aspects of marrage by Dr. Wilian Price of the Brooklyn Nursers and 1 fants' Home and by Dr. Joseph Forbes of the New York Homeopa! Medical College, respactively The psycholagical aspects of t marriage state, hints of the emo- tional and intellectual accord which should exist. the problem of whether to rent or buy a home, the budge: and how to make a wife financia contented on a meager family incc will be treated in future lectures “One of the young men told n first lectute of the course alone worth 325 to him,” Mr. Gib “although the price for all six is on $10. One man from Chicago wrote that he wished he could commute Brooklyn weekly for the lectures. anc it some form of cosresponde course in the matter could be | ranged he wished 1o be enrolled Course for Wome “it has even been suggested tha arrange a similar course for wome giving special attention to parenia care of chlldren. 1 feel this ix out « my department, however—a matte for the Y. W. C. A. perhaps The flood of correspondence whi has followed in the wake of th course has toseed many strange let ters into Mr. Gibney's Among them are a score of from | lonely women in vario world offering themselv | wives for graduates | monial schooi. “They come from widows young girls and from girls not young who are beginning to fea that their charms were born to bioom unseen,” Mr. Gibney explained BUILDING OPERATIONS SHOWN ON DECLINE 10 Per Cent Drop Is Likely This Year Over Last, Survey Indicates. the mat from Building operations in Wa threaten mow to run abo | cent under last year, it was reveale today in a survey of conditions at th office of the building inspector. Evidence that the peak of buildins operations in Washington has bee passed and that the industry the down grade was furnished by T. L. Medford, permit clerk, in the simple shape of figures. This time last year more than i0 500 permits had been issued. It questionsble whether that amour will be reached for the entire curren fiscal year. Tho 8,400 mark was pas sed today and the average is runnine about thirty permits per day. Th means that scarcely more than 16 900 can be issued this year, whercs 12,191 was the figure set for las year. More important than this, howe: e is the indication that values of | provements have decreased even greater ratio this year than has tic actual number of permits issued. A the building inspector's office today it was definitely asserted that man more of the permits making up (h total for this year were for minc repairs and improvements than those last year. — e RENEWS LIQUOR FIGHT. Representative Hill Asks Ruli in Letter to Mellon. Representative John Philip Hill written Secretary of the Treasury Mellon in a further attempt to from the Attorney General a rul n on the words “intoxicating in fac as used in new regulations for fru Juices and cider, issued May 1. by prohibition unit Representative Hill. a member the House “beer bloc,” adopted thi course following a reply to. his letic to Prohibition Commissioner Hayn in_which the commissioner, who I also been asked for <a definition states that section 29, of the pro bition act relating to frait juic does not prescribe the permissible i+ gree of alcoholie strength. Pointing out to Secretary Meli that former Attorney General Daugh erty had been asked by the Secre tary for an opinion on the matier but had never rendered it, Mr. i/l asks for a ruling from Attorney Gen — eral Stone. A.A. A. AND N. M. A. UNITE. Final Ratification of Pact - nounced by Officials. Final ratification of the amalgams tion pact between the American Au tomobile Association and the Nationa Motorists’ Association was announc yesterday at the headquarters of I A. A. A In this city. Under the agreemeat branches either organization established in v« rious cities for the purpose of figh ing the rival association will bé abo ished. The amalgamation will bring into one body 700 motor clabs with « membership of 760,000¢ automobils owners. e ¥ Soviet Homors Vorosky. MOSCOW, May 10.—The memors Vaslav Vorovsky, former Soviet ren resentative In Rome, who was asss sinated at Lausanne, Switzerland, Mu 10, 1923, will, be Dorpetuated in bronze statue ereeted in fromt of the fore! office. The s; e S will be Eenion by Foroien SHEer ot cherin, May 11. An-