Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1924, Page 2

SMALLPOX IS FOUND . AT LOCAL HOSPITAL Ten Patients and Dozen Nurses ; Quarantined in Wing of Providence. f STRINGERT STEPS TAKEN Il.it'.le Fear Felt Any Contagion i Will Result. Ten patients and a dozen nurses at Providence Hospital are umder smallpox quarantine today, following discovery yesterday that a woman ratlent, just brought to the hos- pital, was suffering from the disease. 'The entire east wing of the third ffoor has been isolated. Nurses who unwittingly walked into the affected area last night for duty found that they couldn’t come out of it again until the ban is lifted by the health department. As a re- sult patients there have a double supply of nurses. The most stringent precautions have been taken against possible con- tagion, although both hospital au- thorities and health department ex- perts were in agreement in the belief that no serious consequences could ensue. Canme Not Serious. The affiicted patient, as soon as the complication in her condition was diagnosed as smallpox, was removed 10 the contagious disease annex at Garfield Hospital. Fumigation, ster- flization, vaccination and isolation of the wing followed, Dr. J. R. Sprague ©of the health department told officlals of the hospital that he did not regard the case as a serious one. ! The situation is not grave. It has been definitely established the patient was aficted before she Was taken to the hospital and it was While under observation there that it was diagnozed. This places the situation in_entirely different cat- egory than had the case absolutely originated in the hospital. ‘The source, therefore, of the disease is outsidé the hospital walls. Health Department authorities tod: y are at tempting to trace the disease to its Roint of origination. * No Fear of Contagton. ; The precautions taken at Provi- dence are customary, but it is pointed out that they are merely precautions. Physicians and nurses expressed ab- Rolutely no fear of contagion since the case was nipped in an incipient stage. There are several less serious an- gles to thequarantine. For instance, séveral of the nurses who slept in beds generally used for patients last night are rried about whether they Will ba out of quarantine in time for the graduation exercises of the nurses' school tomorrow night. Vaccination started immadiately after quarantine was put into effect. Period of Quarantine. The ordinary quarantine period for a private residence is sixteen days. In a hospital health authoritiés use their re- spective discretions. It's possible that the nurses who want to attend the graduation exercises may get out in time. Scarcely any of the patients in the isalated sector know that quarantine is in effect. The sign viewed as “smallpox” and a little rope across the sairways leading to the third floor east at the hospital have proven sufficient to keep vis tors away today. The barriers are as good as a squad of policemen. Last night, however, one visitor, whose wife 18 in the restricted area, made a flumber of strenuous protests when he was not allowed to go up to the bedside. “It's under quarantine,” told. “Don’t care if it going up to my wife! He had gotten up a few steps when he was greeted by a second sentry. “If you go up you can't get back out.” he was warned. And after a protracted argument he resigned himself to the situation. DEPRECIATION RATES CRITICIZED BY HAM Qlaims Amount Allowed Not Suf- ficient to Keep Up Trael Repair Jobs. he The tentative rates of depreciation Suggested by the Public Utilities Commission for the Washington Rati- Way and Electric Company are inade- §uate and would not enable the com- Pany to maintain its trackage in good Pondition, William F. Ham, president, festified at a public hearing at the District bullding today. % The commission has outlined a set f rates to be followed by each utility in handling the question of deprecia- fion. and the hearing today was call- éd to receive criticisms and sugges- tions from the companies. : Raten Must Fluctuate. : Before the hearing started Maj. J. Franklin Bell, chairman, stated that he commission realizes that rates f depreciation must necessarily fluc- uate from vear to year as conditions ehange and that the aim of the com mission is merely to arrive at a foundation from which to work. He dicated that adjustments would eve to be made at regular intervals, Mr. Ham contended that the sum pf approximately a specified in the tenta as he amount to bLe set aside by the AWashington Railway and Electric ach year would not begin to meet he amount of replacement work the gompany is called upon to do. H Would Reduce Work. He said the company spends close fo $500,000 a year on such replace- ents of way and structure and that i the rules are finally adopted in their present form the result would be that the company would do the ;mounl of work possible under those ules and then stop. t Maj. Bell asked Mr. Ham for a ractical suggestion to remedy such situation. The president of the Washington ailway and Electric Company re- lied that he would incorporate in he depreciation decision a paragraph roviding that whenever the depre- iation fund is insuflicient to keep the roperty in a state of eficiency, the xcess amount spent shall be made straight maintenance charge under Operating expenses. ven List of Goods, Mr. Ham recited a list of the big replacement jobs planned is year, and added that if Congry uthorizes the paving of a score of ain highways out of the new gaso- ne tax fund, the Washington Rail- ay and Electric Company, having cks on many of these arteries, will Bave to bear part of the cost of the work. it There was considerable discussion etween Mr. Ham and Walter Al- n, secrelury to the commission, over $hether the company should consider e amount now carried on its books s depreciation account in complying ith the ne: } Mr. Ham said that was not an ual cash fund, but was probably represented by assets somewhere in the property of the company. ; John H. Hanna, vice president of e Capital Traction Company. sug- ested a number of changes in hraseclogy of the new rules. The Washington Gas Light Com- y and the Potomac Electric Power y were represented at the _afid will present their views f the day. rules. ater | GIRL CANGEIST DROWNED. Two Companions Rescued—Expect- ed to Recover. ITHACA, N. Y., May 21.—Miss Ruth Branchman, aged twenty years, of Tamaqua, Pa., a student in the con- servatory of music, was drowned late yesterday afternoon in a canoeing ac- cident on Cayuga Lake, about five miles north of this city. Her com- panions, Miss Virginiu Waebber of Howard, Pa., and Mariel Jones of Dal las, Tex., are In the city hospital in 'a serfous condition from shock and exposure, but are expected (o recover. The three students were thrown into the icy water of the lake when their canoe overturned. Jones and Miss Webber reached the shore safely, although exhausted, but Miss Brach- man suddenly sank from sight. Jones dived for her body without success. BACKS PLAN TO USE $4,438,000 SURPLUS Senate Subcommittee May Write Public Works Proposal in Appropriatien Bill. FAVORED IN HOUSE REPORT Supported by District Body With Exception of Blanton. The Senate subcommittee of which Senator Phipps of Colorado is chair- man, which is now considering the District aporopriation bill, expects to write into the bill a provision mak- ing avaflable for public works the $4.438,000 s1Vplus which has been found due f-'& Distriet of Columbia from the fecWeul Treasury. The House District through Representative Eeers of Pennsylvania, formally reported to the House yesterday its recommenda- tion that this surplus be made avail- able for expenditure on much needed public works in the National Capital. The same measure has already passed the Senate, committee, Surplus Measure Standing. The action of the House committee Wwas taken with the expressed pur- pose of giving the surplus measure such a standing in the House that a vote could be taken on the amend- ment when the Senate has inserted the surplus in the District appropria- tion bill The bill as it passed the Senate and Wwas favorably reported to the House is now on the calendar with the pros- pect that it would not be reached at this session. so the quickest way to Ret action is through an amendment to the appropriation bill, as Senator Phipps proposes. This course has the support of the entire House D trict committee. with the single ex ception of Representative Blanten, and of the members of the emécial Joint committee which investigated the fiscal relations between the Fed- eral and District governments a year 2go. and which then declared that the Federal government owes the Dis- trict $4,438.600. FAVORABLE REPORT ON WORLD COURT IS BELIEVED CERTAIN (Continued from First Page.) primarily for the purpose of ascer- taining ways and means of giving effect to the President's recommenda- tion for American adherence to the Permanent Court of International Justice. Four Members Absent.' It was attended by Chairman Lodge and Senators Brandeg ‘onnecti- cut; Moses. New Hampshire: Wads- worth, New York: Pepper, Pennsyl- vania, and Lenroot, Wisconsin. Sena- tors McCormick, Iilinois, and Willis, Ohio, also members of the committee, were absent from the Capital. Sena- tor Johnson of California and Sena- tor Borah, Idaho, although in Wash- ington, did not attend. The absence of Senator Borah was declared by the other senators not to be signifi- cant, as he had been consulted and his views ascertained by those who met with the President. Senators attending last night's con- ference said no decisions were reach- ed and no conclusions arrived at, but that a harmony of purpose prevailed to give effect to the Presidents recommendation in a way to com- mand the greatest public and senator- ial support. The various plans which have been put forward for American world court membership were con- sidered during the conference, which lasted three and a half hours, and Senator Pepper, who has been making a special study of the question, car- ried away with im an outline of a compromise proposal. The conference had been preceded by a meeting late yesterday between the President and Secretary Hughes, who is. credited with having had much to do with the original recom- mendation by President Harding in February, 1923, for American adher- ence to the present Permanent Court of International Justice. President Coolidge. in his message to Congress, referred to this proposal us pending before the Senate and de- clared that it had his complete sup- port. Since then at various times, notedly in his address to the Associ- ated Press in New York last month, the Chief Executive has reiterated his endorsement of the original Harding- Hughes proposal. Chairman Lodge after the confer- ence declined to say what consider- ation was glven to his recently pre- sented proposal that the Senate di- rect President Coolidge to call a third Hague conference with a view to creating a new court wholly inde- endent from the league of nations. t hus been made known, however, that the Lodge proposal was put for- ward whthout direct consultation with either the White House or the State Department. CONFEREES AGREE UPON HIGH SURTAX; PUBLICITY BANNED (Continued from First Page.) set tax of 12%; per cent. The other proposed to similarly tax gains from stock dividends redeemed in llquida- tion proceedings. Deelares Bill Fi Senator Smoot declared the confer- ence measure was a “fair bill and much better than that framed by the Senate.” Democrats were openly pleased at retention of the Senate Democratic income rates schedule. This plan pro- Poses to cut the present normal taxes of 4 per cent on incomes of $4,000 and under and 8 per cent above that amount to 2 per cent on incomes of $4,000 and under, 4 per cent on in- comes between $4.000 and $8.000, and 6 per cent above $8,000, ‘'ne surtax schedule approved pro- vides for rates starting at 1 per cent on $10,000, and Increasing gradually to a maximum of 40 per cent, applica- ble on all incomes of $500,000 and over. The scale in the new surtax sched- ule provides for a rate of 38 per eent on incomes of $200,000, adding the i | ment, HELD DESPITE RAIN Small Attendance and Numerous Seratches Caused by Eed Weather Conditions. HUNTERS' DERBY SCHEDULED Five Championships Featured on Program Today. In a field of mud and a penerrating, misty rain, the National Capital horse show rounded into the final day of its 1924 spring meet at Arlington Park this afternoon, determined to carry through “despite the weather.” Asa result the gallery was small and the seratches numerous, Anticipating good weather after vesterday's downpours and the rain of the past two or three weeks, the managers had postponed several of the most attractive events for today. | and now they must be run under the most unsatisfactory conditions since the show opened. The outstanding event of today or- dinarily would have been the hunt- ers’ derby, with the ladies’ race run- ning a close second. Indications, however, are that most of the best horses will be seratched In both events. The track is even worse than sloppy; it is & lake. There Is even some talk of canceling the ladies’ race altogether. Exhibitors Insistent. The decision, however, to finish the horse show according (o schedule, rain or shine,” is due entirely to the insistence of the exhibitors. When the question of postponement was brought up a majority insisted that they would be obliged to ship their horses home late today, o that there would have been very few mounts to exhibit tomorrow even if the closing day had been delayed. Five championships are to be de- cided this afternoon, as follows: Children’s championship, saddle road championship, saddle park champion- ship, lightweight hunters’ champion- ship, middle and heavyweight hunt- ers’ championship. Besides the usual races, the derby, the anmual inspec- tion of Washington's mounted police, and the ladies’ race. there are seven other events to be decided today. Summaries for yesterday: Class 1—Ponies over 14 ridden by children under sixteen. First, Seewanda, owned by Eugene Meyer, jr.; second, Billie, owned by Francis X' Sommer, jr.. third, Frosty. owned by Eugene Meyer, jr.. fourth Hiawatha, owned by Isabelila Hart. Class 20—Enlisted men’s jumping hands, event First. Maggle Dean, owned by | Capt. N. J. McMahan . second, Buddy, owned Maj. C. L. Scott; Hood, owned by headquarters detach- D. C.; fourth, Bob, owned by Lieut. H. C. Hine. lass 23—Polo mounts. heavyweight type. First, Jasper, owned by Lieut. Fred L. Hamilton: second. Mainspring, owned by Lieut. H. C. Hine. Class 40—Suitadble to be hunte three years or under, shown in hand First, Rufus, Brook Hill Farm entry: second, Margaret H., owned by Melvin C. Hazen; third Russett, owned by Charles Carrico; fourth, Lucky Find, owned by Neoma Murphy. Class 24—Novice hunters. First, Temptation. owned by E. L. Redman. | second, Prismont. owned by Mrs. D N. Lee; third, Gold Fish. owned by Mrs. D R. Lee . fourth, Mountain Tip, owned by Benfon Stables. Class 15—Pairs, saddle Norses. First, Happy Creek Birdman and Cheero, owned by Mrs. Allen Potts: second. rgaret H, owned by Melvin_C. azen, and Pollyanna, owned by Eu- gene Meyer; third, Gailantry and Red Cioud, owned by Col. R. M. Thomp- son; fourth, Riding and Hunt Club entry Class 42—Triple bar jump. First, Morgan, owned and ridden by Liecut. J. L. Kitts; second. Indian Guide, Brook Hill Farm entry: third, Hindoo Maid, owned and ridden by Jack M. Trapnell. Class 35—Hunt team. First, Benton Stables Lentry; second, Riding and Hunt Club entry. Class 28—Middle and heavyweight hunters, 415-foot jumps, over modified Olympic course.” First. Sensation, owned by Loulse Whitfield. second. Squaw. owned and ridden by Maj. C. P. George; third, Indian Guide, Brook Hill Farm entry: fourth, Rufus, Brook Hill Farm entry. Class 47—Open jumping over modi- fled Olymple course and_triple bar. First, Jack M. Trapnell's Hindoo Maid: second, Maj. C. P. George's Squaw: third, Morgan, owned and ridden by Lieut. J. L. Kitts; fourth, Dr. Fizz, owned by Col. R. M. Thomp- son Races, officers’ mounts—First, Reli- ance, owned and ridden by Lieut. Hood: second, High Pocket, owned and ridden by Lieut. Hine: third, Es- terson, owned by Lieut. Hamilton. Open event — First, Chief Flint. owned by Tonsiear: 'second, Oliver May, owned by N. B. Plunketi. s ey MUMA 1S INDICTED IN FILM CONSPIRACY Named With “Tex” Rickard and Others Following Revela- tions Here. By the Awsociated Press. NEWARK, N. J., May 20.—Jasper Muma of New York, who has figured prominently in recent Senate investi- #ations at Washington, was among those indicted hére by a federal grand jury with “Tex” Rickard for con- spiracy to transport fight films in Interstate commerce, it was learned today from official sources. Indictments were returned against four others, whose names have not been learned, and one corporation. Federal Judge Runyon received the indictments late yesterday at the conclusion of a grand jury {nvestign. tion, which started after testimony was given in Washington that the films of the Dempsey-Carpentier fight Fad been shown thére in the home of Edward B. McLean, publisher. Witnesses were summoned from as far west as Oklahoma City. The gov- ernment charges that in violation of the law the pictures were transport- ed from this state to other sections of the United States. —— CITES PLAYGROUND NEED. Dr. Rebecca Stoneroad Addresses Parent-Teacher Body., The need of additional space and equipment for outdoor physical ex- ercises of the elementary publio school children of the District was stressed by Dr. Rebecca Stoneroad, director of physical training, at a meeting of the Distriot Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations yester- day afternoon at the Ebbitt Hote! Marked improvement in the physi- cal ocondition of the children during the current scholastic year has been noted, Dr. Stoneroad said, and ap- proximately 5,000 pupils have passed 100 per cent in the physical efficiency fwo brackets to reach the 40 pef cent | teSts. These teats Included chinning, maximum. s GEN. STEPHAN TO SPEAK. Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, com- manding officer of the District Mili- tia, will broadcast an address on the'l Veterans of Foreign Wars' “Buddy Poppy” campsign . through stition WCAP tonight at 7:10 o'clock. ‘running, jumping, throwing, all- around health, welght, posture and efficiency in physical exercise. Others who ke were Mrs. Leon- rd Dotem and Miss M. Ward of New ork, who spoke on the child labor conference to be held here May 27 and 28. The association decided to hold_its final meeting of the season ;t I;’;lmu Park in Gesprgetown une 10, 5 President Coolidge said today that he felt greatly relieved as a result of the chlorine gas ireatment he re- ceived yesterday for his cold and throat affection. His voice and h general appearance bore out his re- marks about his condition made to callers at the executive office toda: What impressed the Executive chiefly about the treatment was the fact that the weakness and general | depression that followed the devel- |opment of the cold last Friday had totally disappeared and that the bronchial trouble was barely notice- able. He spoke very enthusiastically about the gas treatment and inti- mated that he might go to the Army dispensary in the Munitions building again this afternoon and receive a It i3 Mr. Coolidge's intention from now an to get out in the open oftener. He is now convinced that he been confining himself too much. sbort walks be takes after hreakfast almost every morning are belteved to be insufficient to insure the physical fitness he is accustomed to. He is understood to be determined to walk more and to take an hour or two in the afternoons to motor about the parks. It is thought not unlikely that he will occasionally ride horse- back. Takes Hours Walk. For more than an hour last night President Coolidge walked about the streets of the city and when he re- turned to the White House said to his walking companion that he felt week. He was at his desk before 10 o'clock this morning. looking refreshed and showing no ill affects from the sev- eral hours’ conference he held last night at the White House with a group of senators. ~ Secretary C. Bascom Slemp is still insisting that he made few daily engagements until JAPANESE PREMIER PLANS TO RESIGN By the Associated Press. TOKIO, May 21.—Premier Kiyoura, whose government was severely de- feated in the recent elections, told a cabinet meeting vesterday that he had definitely deterwised to resign shortly, according to the newspapers Nichi Nichi and Jiji Shimpo. The premier plans to leave Satur- day for Kyoto. it is said, where he will confer with the elder statesman, Marquis Salonji. In quarters close to Kiyoura it is understood he will no- tify Saionji. who sponsored his min- istry, of his determination to resign, and will recommend Viscount Takaa. kira Kato, president of the Kenseikai party, as his successor. The' Kenselkal won the greatest number of seats Am the last election. - WILLIAM FRIZZELL DIES; PIONEER UNION PRINTER Funeral Will Be Held Friday Morning for “Father” of Northeast Citizens’ Body. William Frizzell, old, known as the “father of the Northeast Citizens' Association” and a lifelong resident of this city, died at his residence, 42 V street, yester- day following an illness of about five months. Requiem mass will be said at St. Martin's Catholic Church Fri- day morning at 9 o'clock. Interment will be In the Mount Olivet cemetery. Mr. Frizzell was born July 27, 1839, He was the son of John and Maria Frizzell. He was the oldest living alumnus of Gonzaga College. During many years of service as a proof- reader and reviser at the government printing office he became well known among the master printers of this ty. Some of his work included the backing of the bill providing for the new Union station and doing away with grade crossings in the District. ‘While a member of the old Printers’ Union, which later merged into.the typographical Union, he was one of the first to become a staunch advo- cate for an eight-hour law for print- ers. He retired from business about twenty years ago. Besides being a member of the Typographical Union, he was a mem- Dber of the Anclent Order of Hibern- fans. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Louiza A. Frizzell, who before her marriage was Miss Mitchell and a member of an old Washington imily; a son, Bernard F. Frizzell, and a - daughter, Mrs. Thomas- J. Crowell. eighty-five years The | better than he had for more than a] Convinced Slight Illness Was Due to Lack of Exer- cise—W ill Take Daily Walk of Hour and Motor Ride in Parks—May Ride Horseback. | he is back to normal and ms a result be saw less than half dazen persons. Engagements made for him to re- | ceive the Calvin Coolidge Ctlub of the | National University of this ecity and | the high school cadets of this city {with whom he had promised to po: for group photographers wiere post- poned until later in the week. En- gagements with several hundred high school boys from Philadelphia, who were to be introduced by Representa- tive Graham of Pennsylvania, and | group of school girls from Pennsyl- | vania to be introduced by Represent- lative Welsh of that state were can- celed. Longworth Is Caller. His first callers today were Rep- resentatives Longworth of Ohio, Re- publican leader of the House and Madden of Illinois, chairman of the House appropriations committee, who for half an hour discussed a variety of matters bearing upon the legis- lative program in the House. Both of these leaders are still of the opinion at Congress will be able to adjourn Jun It is understood that they | discussed also certain features of the immigration bill that has been sent to the White House for the Presi- | dent’s disposition This measure was the subject also of a conference held by the President later with Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, who had charge of the bill in the Senate. Those who saw the President said it is difficult to determine now just what ac- tion he will take upon this bill. but it is the gemeral feeling that he will not veto it. It is generally feit, though, that he will act promptl There is a feeling in some quarters that developments of the last two days indicate that the President will sign the bill with an accompanying statement intended to lessen the blow to the Japa- nese government because of the exchu- sion provision, or that he will request for sufficient alteration in the wording of the exclusion section of the bill that will remove any doubt about any affront being given to Japan, with a promise that he will then sign it. | SURVIVORS OF SHIP WRECK REACH PORT One Woman Among 17 Saved When Orinoco Founders—Two Bodies Recovered. By the Associated Press. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.. May 21 —Suffering from exposure and other ailments incident to the harrowing ex- periences in a Lake Superior gale Sunday, when their lumber-carrying steamer, Orinoco, broke up and sank with the loss of five lives, seventeen survivors arrived at the American Sault this morning. Mrs. Annie Pool, stewardess, was little the worse from her experiemces. She wore the surplus clothing the men ou1d spare after they made the shore of Montreal Island, from which they Were taken yesterday by the tug Gargantua, which brought the sur- vivors and two bodies here. ; The survivors after seeing their captain, Anthony L. Lawrence of Cleveland: Chief Engineer Joseph Wurtz of Bay City, a wheelman and two sailors go down as they fought a sixty-mile gale on Lake Superior Sunday night, made their way to Montreal lsland, where their signal fires attracted the attention of the crew of the Gargantau late yesterday. Two bodies were recovered by the tug. according to wireless reports. The Gargantau reported the sur- vivors were suffering from their forty-hour vigil on the windswept shores of Montreal Island. Food and clothes_were provided for them by Capt. D. A. Williams of the Gar- gantau and members of the crew. Reports from Bay City, where the Orinoco is owned by James E. David- son, said that the only list of the crew probably went down with the boat. Most of the crew resided in Bay City, but some of the. officers were from Cleveland. SEVENTH VICTIM DIES. Engineer of Wrecked Train Suc- cumbs to Injuries. RALEIGH, N. C. May 21.—The death toll in the collision of two Sea- board Air Line trains.near Apex, N. C., Sunday was brought to seven late yesterday afternoon when En- gineer W. V. O'Daniel of Raleigh suc- cumbed fo his injuries. O'Daniel was at the throttle of the local train on. which the six others who were killed were riding. He jumped when the collision appeared anavoldsble, and was the only one of four in-the cab -of. engiae to receive ‘fatal lnurlofig! ™ G. A. Lyon, aswociate editor of The Star, comgratulates Miss Ruth Newburn, who will represent the Distriet of Columbia in the national oratorical contest. At Central Hixh School thix morning The Star's cheek fo the grand prize for District contextant; %300, wan presented by Mr. Lyom to Mixs Newburn, with approprinte ceremonien President, Cold Better, Praises Results of Gas Treatment Cure $300 ORATORY PRIZE IS GIVEN TO WINNER (Continued from First Page) he the kind ever given than 700 news- undertaking. ever held in said, “and the largest affair of in this country. More papers sponsor the A touch of real high school followed the introduction by pal Kramer of Mr. Lyon. Before could start to speak. two cheer 1 ers sprang from the audience to the stage, and proceeded to lead the as- sembled students in giving three “Breckies® for the editor. an honor reserved for alumni “There were oniy 300 voices in Cen- tral in the old days when it was situ- ated on O street,” Mr. Lyon recalled. “But the same loyalty to Central was there.” Speaking of the magnitude and significance of the contest, Mr. Lyon declared that “in these days it is vitally important for young people to know and respect the Constitu- tion. the United States contest constitute its life Princi- he ead- Stabilising Effect Seen. “There is too thinking.” he lon students contest for the sclection of the final- he will depend. in great measure, the citizenship of this coun- try but a few years from now “The students have gained thing which they will never lose and which they will put into practice,” Mr. Lyon declared. “The Evening r is very proud to have conducted the contest in this zone of the na- tional contest.” He then praised Mr. Leigh, who conceived the contest, de- claring it to have been “an inspira- tion.” He held up the grand prize, a check for $300, and said that the greatest consideration, however, was that the winner and all the competitors had gained Something wonderfully wehl worth while—an acquaintance with the Constitution. To Miss Newbusn, as to each of the other seven local final contestants. has gone The Star's prize of §100 as winner in each school much ed who loose, radical Upon the mil- part in the took ists, said Miss Newburn Acclaimed. Miss Newburn was asked at this point to come to the stage from her seat among the other contestants. Her trip to the platform was the signal for an ovation from the entire student bod. Presenting the award to the win- ner, the associate editor of The Star told her he felt sure the check would be honored anywhere in the District of Columbia. but, however that might be, he felt that The Star was honored more in presenting the check. “Here's to Old Central Was sung by the student body, after which Miss Newburn delivered her prize-winning oration, “The Constitution, s she delivered it two weeks ago before the judges. The delivery took about twelve minutes. during which time the speaker outlined the history of the immortal document upon which the country rests, told of its funda- mental principles, and spoke of the duty of every citizen to be familiar with it, and to uphold it. Ovation Given Speaker. During the delivery of the oraf [intense silence prevailed in the hall, but immediately upon its. conclusion the students applauded Miss New burn for several minutes. When si- lence was restored the exercises werc concluded by the singing of the Cen- tral song. The ceremonies lasted from 9 to 10 o'clock. It was announced toda yby Isaac Gans, president of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, that the cham- ber will give a reception to the seven national = contestants immediately after the contest on the night of June 6. The affair probably will be held at the New Willard Hotel. At the meeting of the chamber held last night at the Willard Miss New- burn was the guest of honor, together with Principal Kramer of the Central High School. President Gans felici- tated the winning orator, and told the membership of the chamber that she was to represent the District of Columbia in the national contest. Miss Newburn, in response, thanked the members for their cordial greet- ing, and assured them that she will do all in her power to bring victory to the National Capital. Goolldge to Attend. Requests for tickets for the final meeting, June 6, continue to pour into the office of the contest, room 440, The Star building. All requests should be in writing, Rot in person or over the telephone. The Memorial Continental Hall seats 1,600 persons, and already the demand for seats %eems more than the seating capacity of the hall. President Coolldge will preside at the national event and make a short address. A distinguished board of judges will be headed by the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, as previously stated. Other cities are planning to send large delegations to Washington te cheer their respective zone winners on_to victory. Philadelphia, accord- ing to latest information, expects to send at least 200 persons. That city's winning orator, John M. Dallam, 3d, this week broadcagt his prize-winning ‘oration from @ Philadelphta~ radlo ‘station. . some- | DISTRICT FLAG BILL' ~ ORDERED REPORTED Measure to Register Architechl Also Favorably Handled by House Committee. | IMPOUNDING PLAN DELAYED| Proposal to Name Extra Deputy| Coroner Laid Aside. The House District committee to- lay considered a number of minor neasures and ordered favorable re- sorts on several of them. Representative Smith of Idaho tpoke in explanation of this b, which would direct the War Depart- ment to correct the title to a certain portion of land in the District when Proof of private ownership has been established. Mr. Smith told the committes that this 'bill was introduced in the in- terest of Mrs. R. J. Lane of Boston, Wwhose grandfather took tax title to this piece of land in 1865, which her mother had since inherited. For fifty nine years these private parties hav been ‘paying taxes on the property, he explained, and_ produced letters from the District Commissioners and the Secretary of War confirming his statements. Part of Hungerford Esiate. The land in question is part of the old Hungerford estat, The Smith bill was ordered favorably reported | and Representative Hammer. Demo- | crat, North Carolina, will write the | report | Favorable report w. on the bill fathered by Representativ Jeffers _of ~Alubama, which would authorize the health officer of District to iseue a permit for re the remains of the las orge | er Burklin and the remains of | late Anton Lerch Burklin from Glenwood cemetery in the District to Fort Lincoin cemetery Mary- land. The Semate bill providing for ex- aminaton and registration of archi- tects and to regulate the practice of architecture in the District was also favorabiy reported after an amend- ment striking out a section of the| bill which provides that the board | to be created have suitable quarters and equipment provided by the Dis- | trict Commissioners. This amend- | ment was offered by Acting Chairman | Zihlman, who will write the favorable report. Alley Measure Favored. The Senate bill providing for rear- rangement of public alleys so as to al- low an_enlargement of the colored vo- | cational scheol on O street was favor- | ably reported. The House committee had | previously reported a similar bill, and | the action tuken today was to expedite enactment of this measure. Representa- | tive Stalker, Republican, New York. will write the report. The D. A. R bill for creation of a commission to procure u_design for a distinctive flag for the District of Co- | | lumbia. the scat of government. was | | ordered favorably reported on motion of | | Representative "Rathbore, Republican, | 11linois, Representatives Blanton and Kent served notice, that they would file | | minority reports. | | Representative Blanton endenvored to | | have the measure laid on the table. but | { his motion was lost, as was also one by | Representative Kent to have the com- | | mittee proceed to other business. ! Coroners’ Bill Tabled. | The committee. after considerable {discussion, laid aside the Senate bill | | providing ' for appointment of two | deputy coroners instead of one. Rep- resentative Blanton argued that in every department therc are too many assistant chiefs doing ihe work that the chief ought to do. Representative Clarence J. McLeod, Republican, Michigan, called up his impounding bill and had a letter read showing that the District Commis- | sioners “approve his bill with several amendments. Representative Blanton | and Representative Underhill of ) sachusetts opposed this measure. Two |amendments recommended by the | Commissioners were adopted. One of | | these was that nothing in the pro- posed Jaw would prevent a trial judg from imposing a fine for infiéaction | of traffic regulations when the driver was found guilty, and the other was that the fnes should be paid weekly to the collector of taxes and covered into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Distric:, Blanten in Opposition. Representative Blanton. arguing against a motion to favorably report §he bill, explained how a policeman, in removing an automobile, would be destroying evidence, and Repre- sentative Gilbert expressed the opin- ion that in a number of cases the automobile owner would be punished first and tried afterward. Repre- sentative Blanton also argued that also ordered | in {of PURCHASE OF LINCOLN COLLECTION IS URGED American Twstitute of Architects Indorses Prwposal at Annual Convention Here. DIRECTORS' BOARD REPORTS Joint International Conference Will Be Held in New York. ¢ purchase of the Oldrosd Lin- coln collection by the Kovernment w urged in the report of the board of directors of the American Institute of Architects at the opening session the ffty-seventh annual convention of the organizatiom at the Corcoran Gallery of Art this morninz. Several hundred prominent arthitects from all parts of the country aze atte the convention, which will e until Friday. The report.of th rectors, in commrent coln collection, dec » learns with gratification of g tion proposed in Congress for jite gov- ernmental purchase and preseyvation of the Oidroyi Lincold memorial vol- leotion of objects intimately coumect- ed with the life of the great iresi- dent. It pectfully urges upon Congress the cnactment of the meas ure, so that this cction ma, preserved for future generations ndustrial Mobilization. Among the other things ta by the board of directors in th port was the approval of the id the study and tormulation of gram for industrial mobilizatior study of community planning preservation « i industrial relal | With respect to other questions of interest to the stitute. The outlook for building oper: was deseribed as reassuring by W liam B. Faville of San Franecisc.. president of the orggnization, in au address before the members. M Faville criticised the Brown plan for reorganization of . the execut branch of the government in its re lation to architecture, and told the delegates, who were here from parts pf the country, that the prob lem of city planning presented challenge to their art Intermational Conferemee. He .also angounced that a joint in ternational conference and exhibition community planning would be held in New York City in 1925 in connec- tion with the next annual conve tion f the institute. The Sage Foundation, which is ing the commission having in charge the development of a regional plan for New York Ci will join in the world pro; he added. With re e 10 community plan ning. Mr. declared the urban communities the country were | faced with tremendous problems with accelerating at a ral before known. “Let us never forget.” he urged, “our individ achievements in plan and design can never produce the type of community in which human beings can live and work with pleasure and grow con stantly toward a fuller and nobler ideal unless the basic plan be = sound one.” Under the Brown plan ment reorganization, he charged the interesi architecture “are to be left withou direct contact with the heads of th federal artments, thereby greatiy curtailing the influence of the public works division upon the future our public architecture.” Variou their never growth for govern said, thos: of publ {reports from the officers were heard Paris Prize Winner, One of the interesting features « the convention is the exhibition in gallery “A" of the Corcoran Gallery of Art of the work of the winners of the institute's medals to the recog nized schools of architecture, and of the I'aris prize winners of the Beau» Arts Institute of Design. Following a luncheon at the Wasn inzton Hotel the organization con tinued its resumption of business later in the afternoon a discussion of I'h Building Problems of the Federal Govern! will be held. and | tonight there will be specia | education m g and the comm on education will make its re Addresses will be made Keppel, president « Carnegie Foundation, anq papers will be read by William Emerson George C. Nimmons and E Lawrence. lis ¥ - THREE DISTRICT WOMEN GRADUATE AS NURSES it would result in clogging still further the work of the Police Court The motion to report the bill was lost and on request of Representative McLeod it was then referred subcommittee consisting of sentative McLeod. Michigan; Pennsylvania, and Gasque, Carolina. Representative McLeod. as an of a subcommittee Wwhich sldered bills covering the sale of serums, toxins, etc. reported that each member of the subcommittee was filing a_separate report. Rep- resentative Rathbone supported his own measure, bill. Representative Kunz of favored a bill providing that same regulations would to all patent medicines, and Repre- sentative McLeod favored striking from the Rathbone bill certain lan- guage, including “therapeutic effect.” The committes postponed action on these reports . In adjourning. Representative Un- derhill of Massachusetts directed the | attention “of the press” to the fact that the District committee has held “one meeting without a fight OLE HAN HORSE-THEFT CHARGE By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES. May son, war-time mayor of Seattle and now a Los Angeles real estate oper- ator, is ready to defend himself against a charge of horse stealing, filed in Pasadena justice court yesterday by Clarence W. Basten of Sierra Madre, a suburb. i After having been arraigned yes terday on the horse-theft charge ‘and released under $1,000 bail pending, his preliminary hearing tomorrow, the former Seattle mayor inquired whether the old California law-pro- viding a death penalty for horse thieves still was in_effect. Assured that the statute had been void half a century, he breathed a sigh of re- lief and explained the horse im- brogilo. ) “I am charged with stealing my own horse,” he said. “When 1 came here from Seattle 1 shipped five ponies, one a strawberry roan named Golden. Soon afterward some one stole Golden, and for eighteen months we searched for the animal. Then, last Saturday, I saw_the horse in a vacant lot at Sierra Madre. 1 called him by name and he pulled up his stake and came to me. Sought Mr. Basten. “I sought Mr. Basten, tne parported owner, and he told me he had bought Golden from a man in Flintridge, who had purchased it from a Mexi- can, who said he got it from a boy. “He turned the horse over to me but asked my aid in recovering the money he had paid for it. Later, ap- parently, he changed his mind, for the next thing I knew he had sworn to a complaint charging me with Repre- Bee. South con- Tinois the 1.—Ole Han- and | make necessary an additional judge. | to a| i chair- | | which was a rewritten | also_apply | | class were Diplomas . Awarded at Exercises in Gaston Hall—Reception and Dance Follow. Three young women from the Dis- {trict of Columbia, three from lreland land one from South America were among the thirteen graduates of the University Training who received their diplomas vesterday afternoon at ex- ercises held in Gaston Hall. The ex- ercises were followed by a reception and dance at the Georgetown Hos | pital in hunor of the graduating nineteenth in the history of | training school. Rey. John B. Creeden. S. J. dént of Georgetown University. presented the diplomas to the grad of his failure to have organized u “spinsters’ club” w ten-vear limitation, explaining such an organization would p the shortge of graduate nurses whicl has existed in the past due to matri monial inclinations. R Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, S. J recently returned from Russia, he served with the American and I'n pal relief missions, mad: th l cipal address to the graduates Dr. Kober Speaks. Dr. George M. Kober, dean o Georgetown Medical School, and George Tully Vaughan, head of Georgetown Hospital's medical 0 €poke. A neP Members of the graduating Miss Anna Marie Foiliard of the District of Columbia, XMist Helen Elizabeth Maguire of the Dis- trict of Columbia. Miss Statia Frances MeGrath_of Ireland, Miss Kathryn Agnes McGrath of Ireland, Mi Pauline Louisa Bruder of New York, Miss Marjorie Blass of New York, Miss Mary Louise Talman of Virginia, ss Anna_ Cathrine Herchack of lvania, Miss Caroline Mar- Ireland, Miss Inea opley of Oklahoma, Miss Vir- ginia Williams of Peru. South Amer- ica, and Miss Hilda Sims of the Dis- trict of Columbia. Miss Statia McGrath was awarded a prize for being first in theory, by Dr. Kober. A second prize for theory was awarded to Miss Virginia Wil- liams. The wold medal for efficiency was awarded to Miss Anna Folliarg and the medal for deportment was given Miss Helen Maguire. TRACK ATHLETE HURT. ' PITTSBURGH. May 21.—Walter Stutz,a high school student, suffered a fracture of the skull today when struck on the head with a Twefve pound shot thrown by Charles Kirsch during the Allegheny County trace and field meet at Carnegie Tech how!, His condition was reported criticai at a hospital Stutz, a_participant in was awaiting_to compete in another event when Kirsch threw, the shot, orgetown School for Nurses, at the uates, spoke that ont ch who he r th stafl the -meet, stealing the horse. “It is with sincere joy that I learn the death penalty for this offensg -is no longer i existence” .= v Spectators said he leaned forward as Kirsch let the heavy ball go. Hg Yas ‘rendered . unconscious by iha ; : v