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2 * THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY IN CHARGE OF AMERICANIZATION FESTIVAL. MAY 31, 1924, FUNDS TO ADJUST |MOTHER AND BABY WIN I SPRING FESTIVAL COURT-MARTIALWAITS FIELD PAY FAVORED House Committee Recommends $26,317,407.84, Mostly for Equalizing Schedule. $211,526 FOR LOCAL WORK Madden Explains Need of Bring- ing Rates Up to Schedule. Appropriations totaling $26,317.- 407.84 to cnable the heads of the gov- wrnment departments and establish- ments to adjust rates of compensa- tion of civilian employes in the field service for the fiscal year beginning July 1 next, were recommended to the House by the appropriations com- mittee tod This includes $211,526 tor federal activities in the District Columbia to be paid proportion- ately by the federal government and the District Treasury. Madden Explains Act. 1n the report made to the House to- day O rman Madden explains that the classification act provided for a definite salary schedule for the de- partmental service in the District and also contained a provision that the estimates for 1925 for the depart- mental service in Washington should be submitted on the ba: of the clas- sification act. That was done and the appropriation, bills which have been passed at this session have provided for the classification of salaries in the departmental service on the basis of the new law. As to the field s ice, the classification act provided that the personnel classification board should make a survey and should adopt a hedule corresponding as nearly as practicable to the schedules in the act for the departmental serv- ice in Washington. It provided that should be sent to the heads of the various departments and that those administrative officers should allocate the employes in the field services to these schedules and submit the allocations to the personnel classifica- tion board Under the law. Ch points, the personnel boards had no authority to revise those allocations. The law required the board to transmit the list of em ployes to Congress. That has been done and the board made its report un_ May 26. There is no opportunity now for enactment of legislation on field serv- fce classification, so it becomes neces- sary, Chairman Madden explained, to make some temporary provision for field services which will absorb the $240 bonus and afford some additional measure of relief that will place the positions in the field service on a somewhat comparable b with those classified by law in the depart- mental service in Washington. The bill as reported today appro- priated $26,317.407.84. of which $20,- 723,481.20 would have been required in any event to continue the $240 bonus, and $5.591.346.64 represents the amount which the budget bureau. thraugh the President. has requested Congress to apvropriate in order to bring the field service positions up to rates comparable with those paid in the departmental service in the Dis- trict of Columbia ‘The bill contains nothing for the District government employes because they were classified in the act, with the exception of the policemen, fire- men and teachers. who have been cared for in special bills. ~This bill, Towever, carried $211.526.00 for fed- eral activities in Washington, with a charge on the District revenues. Items for District. These positions, part of the salary for which is paid out of the District’s tevenues, as provided for in the bill reported today, are as follows For salaries of employe: buildings @nd grounds. $24.260; for improvement and care of public grounds, $89,220; for lighting public grounds, $4s0 for the Anacostia River and flats, $23,460; for incre water supply, $25,100; ington aqueduct (pavable from enues of the water department), $22.210: for lari S Court. $4,560; for probation sys supreme court. $22,020; for pay of bailiffs, etc, Su- preme Court, $5,520; for salaries of employes, courthouse, $7,836: for salaries und expenses Court of Appeals, $4,980, and for salarics of employes, Court of ‘Appeals building, $1,680. The bill as reported contains a spe- cific provision that the appropriations may be utilized by the heads of the several departments and independent establishments, notwithstanding the specific rates of compensation and the salary restrictions contained in the regular annual appropriation act for the fiscal year 1925 or the salary restrictions in other acts which limit salaries to rates in conflict with the rates fixed by the classification act of 1923 for the departmental service. 20-INCH SNOW FALLS. Loss of Live Stock Predicted in Wyoming—Railroads Washed Out. LANDER, Wyo, May 3L—More than twenty inches of snow fell here in the last twenty-four hours, a weather bureau statement last night <aid. About eight inches of snow remained on the ground. Precipita- tion for the week was 5.77, inches. Late yesterday afternoon the snow turned to rain. Some loss of live stock is pre- dicted. _Streams are running at un- ual depth for this time of year, trouble from high water is not l}uclnaled. those schedules airman Madden classification public rev- Railway washouts in some parts the state were reported. lfiELLON CLEARS KENYON. ¥ Withdraws Name as Having Prac- ticed Before Treasury. Secretary Mellon in a letter to. the Sehate today withdrew the name of former Senator W. S. Kenyon from the list of ex-government officials nnd senators who had practiced be- foe his department within two years of leaving office. The Secretary ex- plained Senator Kenyon had been in- claded as a member of & law firm ‘hich had handled scores of cases, on the authority of “a standard directory of the legal profession.” DEMAND CHEAP RADIUM. NEW YORK, May 31.—Discovery of rich radium deposits in the Belgian Kongo means that cancer gufferers must demand that the substance be avallable at reasonable prices, it is stated in an editoflal appearing in the current issue of Industrial and 1ngineering ' Chemistry, the official jousnal of the American Chemical Soclety. “dorners and monopolies, profiteer- inggand maintenance of high prices canpot be tolerated in matters per- ng to public health states the jal. “The question now comes whether cancer sufferers of the d, and particularly of America, 0 be compelled to pay a huge t to the Belglan companies which control of these new deposits.” arel prol ha $1.50 AN HOUR MINIMUM. CHICAGO, May 31.—Bricklayers will receive $1.50 an hour minimum after June 1, according to an agree- ment reached between officials of the Assoclated Builders and _the uniom. The existing agreement, expiring May 1, specifies & minimum of $1.26. The settlement will be used as @ basia of other building trades, oM~ cials b i E FIGHT TO ENTER U. S. Admitted Upon Receipt of Special Instructions From Labor Department. By the Associated Press. | NEW. YORK, May 31. — A three- month-old baby, whose admission into the United States had been ques- tioned, although the mother, Mrs. Agnes Collumbine, had taken out her first citizenship papers before return- ing to England, where the baby was born, was allowed to enter today, after local immigration officials had Teceived special instructions from the Department of Labor. Mother and child will proceed im- mediately to Youngstown, Ohio, to join Alfrea Collumbine, a machinist. The Collumbines came to the United ates a year ago. Last October Mrs. | Collumbine returned to her mother in England. She landed at Ellis Island again last week, the day after the Supreme Court ruled against the admission of citizens’ wives and chil- dren outside the quota. PRESIDENT GETS TAX BILL; APPROVAL SEEN Mellon Personally Carries Measure to White House—Confers ‘With Coolidge. OBJECTIONS MAY BE RAISED Statement to Accompany Signature Is Expected. The tax reduction bill was placed finally before President Coolidge to- | day for action. Secretary Mellon personally the measure to the White with a statement of the Treasury's views and spent an hour with the President, discussing not only the bill but the whole subject of the gov- ernment’s fiscal position, particularly with reference to legislation pending before Congress which would involve expenditures The Treasury Secretary declined to say whether he had presented any recommendation or merely an anal- ¥sis of the bill, Director Lord of the budget bureau accompanied Mr. Mellon to the White House, but remained only a short time in conference with the President and the Treasury Secretary. Approval of B took House, Seen. The belief still prevailed after the {conference that the President would |approve the measure. and the sugges- tion was advanced that he might issue |an accompanying statement saying the | legislation contained objectionable fea- provement over the existing law. Opinion differed among those close to the President as to when he would act. Some thought action would be taken speedily, while others believed it might be postponed until near the end of the period allowed the Execu- tive, which expires June 6, in order that pending legislation contem- plating large appropriations might thereby be discouraged. o DEFENDS VETERANS' BUREAU IN SENATE Reed of Pennsylvania Blames Ex- Director Forbes for Any Faulty Conditions. Blame for any faulty condition in the Veterans' Bureau was placed on former Director Forbes oy Senator Reed. Republican, Pennsylvania, in a defense of the present bureau admin- istration today from recent attacks by Senator Oddie, Republican, Nevada and others. Senator Reed, who was chairman of the special Senate committee, which investigated Forbes' administration of the bureau. told the Senate that Frank T. Hines, the present director, had made the most of a complicated situation .in the year he has been in office. Claims Being Cleared. There were 644,000 claims pending when Director Hines took over the bureau, Senator Reed said, and this is being cleared up with reasonable dispatch. Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, also praised the service of Director Hines. “He is a soldier himsel! Senator Smoot said, “and he has sympathy for the veterans.” Senator Reed declared Forbes had “failed to appreciate the gravity of the trust imposed upon him, allowed shocking extravagance, and appar- ently thought last of the best con- siderations of the men entrusted to hig_care.” Pointing out the difficulties of the task confronting Director Hines, Senator Reed said thera were 235,000 claims still pending, that about 75,000 pleces of mail arrived at the bureau daily, and that the -director was responsible also for the largest in- surance orgamization in business today. The bureau is current in most of its work, Senator Reed sald, and the number of employes has been de- creased by 3,500 despite the increase Lin.hospitals. The cost of the bureau had been cut in this year by $90,000,000 he added. BUCHAREST EXPLOSION KILLS 40;MANY HOMELESS Later Reports Cut Original Esti- mate of Dead—Damage $2,600,000. Princess Narrowly Escapes. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, May 31.—The loss of life in the fire and the Beries of ex- plosions at the government arsenal west of the capital Wednesday now is estimated at f8rty, which is some- what smaller than at first believed. The material damage is placed at $,000,000,000 lei (about $2,610,000), and 100 families are homeless. The royal palace at Controceni suf- fered much damage from the explod- ing shells, and Princess lleana had a narrow escape from one which fell in the garden. Ill-'lfl.‘ Pledges Ald. SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 31.—Sym- pathy for Rumania over the disaster she has suffered In the government arsenal explosion is being widely voiced here. The foreign office expresses its pro- found regret, adding that if it should be proved that the explosion was the ate “energetically with Ramania for the maintenance of order and the o ST | tures, but on the whole was an im- | WALTER LUTZ, Secretary, Amerieanization Ansocitalon. COURT PLEA VOICED IN HARDING’S TRACKS President Coolidge on Same Plat- form at Arlington Points Duty of America. Sénool MANY VETERANS IN THRONG Memorial Address in Chilly Air. Cabinet Members Attend. When President Coolidge in his Memorial day address at Arlington yesterday made a strong plea for the entrance of this nation into a world court as proposed by President Hard- ing and advocated by Secretary Hughes, he stood upon the same plat- form where he predecessor last Me- morial day uttered his faith in such a plan. Although President Coolidge. while rededicating himself to the same proposal, admitted that he does not look upon the court favored by him as a certain guarantee agains war, he predicted a greater America and the development of a better and finer national spirit It was a_brilliant gathering that President Coolidge was addressing. No more impressive setting for an important presidential utterance could be desired. From the marble rostrum of the Arlington Amphithe- ater the executive looked down upon | several thousand persons, including | veterans of the civil war, the Span- | ish-American war and the world war. | Most of these were in uniform and { wore decorations. Question of Duty. The President spoke earnestly and with unusual seriousness. There was an outbreak of applause when he said: “We cannot take a step of this Jind without assuming some obliga- tions. Here again, if we are to re- ceive anything we must surrender something. We may as well face the question candidly, and it we are will- ing to assume these new duties in exchange for the benefits which would accrue to us, let us say so. 1f we are not willing, let us say that— T desire my country to meet them without evasion and without fear in an upright, downright, square, American way.” There was frequent applause dur- ing other ges in his remarks, but what ht forth the greatest amount of applause was when he de- fended the Army and Navy and de- clared that as weapons of defense they were cheap at any price. Speaks in Chilly Alr. The President stood with his head uncovered and . his topcoat removed as he delivered his speech. The air was chilly and there was a stiff breeze blowing. When he concluded and walked to his seat. his hair was con- Sderabiy rutfied. His voice was good and his words easily heard and al- though the delivery required more than half an hour, the President showed no fatigue or other ill effects. Mrs. Coolidge, who accompanied her husband to the cemetery, sat in a box next to the rostrum. In the box with her were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stenrns of Boston, old friends of the family, who are frequent guests at the White House; C. Bascom Slemp, the President's secretary, sat on the rostrum, and probably there was no more interested stener during the President’s speech than he, unless it was Secretary of State Hughes, who vat in a nearby box. His hat was Femoved and he looked intently at the President. In the same box “with the Secretary of State were Secre- tary of War Weeks and Secretary of Labor Davis. Postmaster General New and Secretary of the Navy Wil- bur were in other boxes. —— PRESIDENT GREETS CANADIAN COURIER Coolidge Thanks Miss Lazier for Invitation—Consumptives’ Aid Delegates Received. It is not often that a President has a caller come to him on horse- back, but President Coolidge re- ceived one when Miss Gwendolyn Lasier of Bellevillé, Ontario, Canada, who made the journey from her home to Washing- ton in the saddle, arrived at the White Hougde today. Miss Lazier, who is pretty and blonde and only nineteen years old, did not ride to the entrance of the executive office, but galloped into the rear grounds of the White ‘House through the west gate and was re- ceived by Mr. Coolidge beneath one of the large elms not far distant from the windows of his office. Miss Lazier presented to the Presi- dent an invitation from the mayor of Belleville to attend the 140th anni- versary of the settling of Upper Can- ada. She dismounted as she talked to the President and smiled appre- ciatively when the President thanked her for the invitation and compli- mented her for her fine horseman- ship and successful accomplishment rney. o e P resident_seemed greatly in- terested in the horse ridden by Miss Lazier and she went on to tell some he fine Dolmsl and_history as sheé called him. he was nineteen years old and had formerly belonged to an Army gen- eral and_ was accustomed to. long travels. She sald that although they enjoyed the ride, she and “Tip" will make hte trip home by train. Delegates attending the twentleth annual convention of the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society, which opens at the Hotel Washington to- night, were received at the White House shortly after noon today by President Coalidge. They were in- troduced to the Executive by Isaac Gans, president of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, Boy Killed by Base Ball. TROY, N. Y, May 31—Frank Far- R R R the - ball_game &y, died raty SOUREN H. HANESSIAN, President, Americanization School Associatios GLOBE FLYERS TO MAKE NEXT HOP TOMORROW Delay in Completing Overhauling of Planes Ends Chance to Renew Trip Today. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, May 31.—The American fiyers, now at Kasmigaura, are plan- ning to hop off tomorrow at 3 a.m. on the next stage of their expedition around the world. They had hoped to fly today, but it was found im- possible to complete overhauling of their three planes in time. The fiyers will head first for Kushi- moto, on the southern end of this island, Honshu, and then will go on, if possible, to Kagoshima, at the ex- treme southern end of Japan, the same day. The stop at Kushimoto will be shortened as much as pos- sible. Present expectations are that its duration will be only that neces- sary for refueling the planes. The flyers hope to make the 500- mile jump across the China Sea Mon- day, reaching the Asiatic continent near Shanghai Monday evening. From Kasumigaura to Kushimoto is 350 miles; thence to Kagoshima is al- most ‘as far, so that the flyers’ pro- gram calls for 1,200 miles of travel within forty hours or so. PARENT JUDGMENT STRESSED AS NEED Dr. Douglas Thom of Boston Ad- dresses Body Studying " Feeble-Mindeduess. Defective mothers of normal chil- dren fail most frequently in their ability to make common sense judge- ments about new situations, Dr. Douglas Thom, chief medical officer of the Psycopathic Hospital of Bos- ton, declared today, addressing the sécond day's session of the American Association for the Study of the Feebleminded, at the Hotel Wash- ington. “Does our education and social fab- ric, which has made accepting judg- ments and following directions and conventions womanly virtues, pre- vent her development in making judgments?’ Dr. Thom asked. “And we wonder if the father would meet the details of child training more in- telligently. This ability to make practical judgment is essential in meeting the demands of a developing, active child." Problem of Environment. Dr. Thom said the superior chil- dren of inferior parents constitute a serious social problem. the basis of which, he added, is to learn how to prevent the environmment of such children from retarding their normal mental development. Parents men- tally defective may have children of intclligence above the average, but the home atmosphere may bind and wither the intelligence of .the' chil- dren and may even cause them-to become of less than average intel- ligence, Dr. Thom said. Heredity is revealed in family thaits and resemblances, with chro- mosomes playing an important part in heredity, Dr. Charles B. Davenport, director of the department of genetics of the Carnegie Institution of Washing- ton, of Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y., said in an _address. Other speakers today were Dr. John L. Tierney of St. Louis University, Dr. Grace A. Taylor of Columbia University and J. E. W. Wallin of Miami University. Miss Jessie La Salle, supervising principal in charge of educational re- search of the public schools of the District of Columbia, will speak late this_afternoon on “The Question of the Feeble-minded in the Washington Public Schools” The annual dinner of the association will be held at the Hotel Washington tonight at § o'clock. GRIEF OVER CUT HAIR HELD SUICIDE CAUSE Bobbed Tresses Accentuate De- spondency and @irl Ends Life in River. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., May 31.—Grief over her shorn tresses is belleved to have caused Miss Virginia Jones, seven- teen-year-old member of the Maury High School graduating class, to end her life. The young woman crept out of her home at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, after taking her father's automobile key from his pocket. A few hours later the automobile was found on the water front In La- fayette Park. Police and volunteers are dragging the river without suc- cess In finding trace of the body. Miss Jones, the daughter of Howell H. Jones, sales manager of an auto- mobile concern, had suffered severely under the mental strain in connec- tion with school work, relatives said, and had been despondent for several weeks. Recently she yielded to per- suasion of girl friends to have her hair bobbed. The result was disap- pointing to her, her friends assert, and she wept Dbitterly over loss of her locks. Thursday afternoon Miss Jones and her father played tennis on one of the courts in Lafayette Park. She beg- ed him, Mr. Jones said, to remain n_the park until dark. They sat on the bank of the river as twilight descended, he said, and talked. The girl, her father said, was deeply despondent. Yesterday morning at 4 o'clock, Mr. Jones was awakened to find his daughter in his bedroom. Asked why she was there, she is said to have replied that she wanted to see his watch to learn the time. When Mr. Jones arose a few hours later he dis- covered that his automobile key was missing from his pocket.- He then found that his_daughter was not in her room. Subsequently the empty automobile was found in the park by the river bank. MISS MARY HALASI, Chairman recreation committee, Americanization School Association. PEPPER PLAN SEEN WORLD COURT DEFEAT Democrats of Foreign Relations Committee Submit Minor- ity Report. SWANSON ISSUES PROPOSAL Virginia Senator for Outline Like Harding's, Coolidge’s. In approving the Pepper plan. the Republican majority of the Senate foreign relations committee took the | most certain way for defeating any action by this Congress to secure ad- | herence by the United States to the world court, the Democratic members declared today in a minority report. The report signed by every Democratic member, and was pre- sented by Senator Swanson, Virginia, author of a proposal which, the minority asserted, comprised almost | precisely the outlines given in the messages of Presidents Hardings and Coolidie i The issue presented by the pres dential communication report said, to adhere under certain conditions and ervations o the existi Court of Internati 1 “The d from this d was of the committe continu, has ts of favorable | action ime. unles: dent | Coolidge cerctary Hu s can | induce a sufficient number of their associates in the Senate to co-oper: for the adoption of a resolution mak- | ing effective their recommendations.” Two Presidents Ignored. The recommendations of the two | Presidents received no consideration from the committee, the minority as serted, until Senator Swanson, had in- troduced his resolution to make them effective. If this resolution was adopted, the report declared, “the United States would have no legal connection whatever with the league of nations nor assume any of its obligations, as clearly pointed out by Secretary Hughes.” Far from being dependent upon the league, the Democrats said, the court actually would be as independent as the American judiciary. | American judges are confirmed Ly the Senate, and their salaries fixed by Congress it was argued, without in any way destroying the independence of the judicial system “The permanent court's work has been accomplished so well and | so satisfactorily.” the report continued. “that the court and its members are to be continued under the proposed Pepper plan, The decisions of the cOUrt having been universally ap- proved. the undersigned members of the committee are unable to under- stand why a plan which has worked so well and satisfactorily should be discarded for an untried plan. Sees No Value in Plan. “It is believed that the adoption of the plan recommended by the com- mittee would not be productive of any good, but simply cau delay and prevent the United States from be- coming a signatory member of the protocol. It puts the United States in the undesirable attitude of de- manding that forty-eight nations should change an accepted and sat- isfactory plan to adopt an untried one.” The Democratic report declared “a very regrettable feature” of the committee recommendation was “its unconcealed enmity to the league of nations.” “This plan eliminates every men- tion of the league,” it said, “‘except | where it was impossible o strike out the name without destroying the | value of an article entirely.” FOREIGN PRESSURE SEEN BY GERMANS Claim Outside ‘Interference Makes Cabinet Organization Impossible. a—r BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Radio to The St " News. " consrirnt, 10ai 0 PRI BERLIN, May 31.—Pressure from the British and French exerted in many ways, but chiefly visible in the attitude of the press, is rendering the building of a new German cabinet al- most impossible, according to reports here. It is claimed that foreigners are constantly urging Germans to form a cabinet without the national- ists, counting on ald from the social democrats. The Germans answer that creditor nations are apparently mad if they believe the German socialist gov- ernment will carry out the great capitalist plan for reparations, and that if foreigners want, the plan of the reparations experts carried out they cannot expect such luxuries as the eight-hour day, etc., to be observ- ed in Germany. Accept Experts Report. The Nationalists have accepted the experts’ report in principle and are only prevented from obtaining that place in the cabinet to which their numerical strength entitles them by foreign help given the Democratic | School. | the students in understanding about Socialist parties from outside. The cessation of ‘such foreign interference, it is clalmed, would make the form- ing of a cabinet comparatively easy. Should former Chancellor Stresemann, now foreign minister, consent to let a Natlonalist succeed to the latter post, it is highly possible that he might be sent to London or Washington as ambassador. Plane Hits Cottage. MILFORD, Conn., May 31.—Engine trouble caused a Curtis biplane of the eonl:la:‘u:‘:m 0-0 crash xt:tn an u&: gflh unrofiug " the * . Ralph . Pride, president of the Pride srial Cfpomation.s Fthor: Ho AND DANCE TONIGHT Second Americanization School Event to Be Held at the City Club. PROCEEDS TO AID WORK Bulletin Provides Naturalization and Immigration News. The second spring festival and dance of the Americanization 'School Association will he held at the City Club tonight at 8 o'clock. The pro- ceeds will be used to further the work of Washington's Americaniza- tion schools and to finance the Americanization Bulletin, official or- gan of the schools. The association was formed in 1922 by a group of energetic students of the school and has accomplished | commendable work during its brief | existence. S. H. Hanessian, a native of Armenia, who originated the idea of the association, is president of the organization. Max _Kassow, who came from Odessa, Russia, was the first president. Although in_the United States only. two years, he is now studying law at George Wash- ington University. He is a graduate of the University of Lieve. Abram Orlean, a native of Poland, was recently elected editor of the Americanization Bulletin, succeeding Walter Lutz, whose creditable work developed the publication. Mr. Lutz came to the United States from Bwitzerland. Published by Students. The Americanization Bulletin is cdited and published entirely by the Americanization School students, and | is regarded as one of the best school organs of fits kind in the United States. It is a clearing house for all Americanization news and contains authoritative information regarding naturalization and immigration. I addition, the students have published @ special number containing the his- tory of the school and the work of the association, also articles by prom- inent men, among whom are Secre. tary Davis, Chief Justice Walter I McCoy and many others. The com- n:u:ndanun of the association by the President of the United States is in this special number. This magazine Wwas presented personally to the Presi- dent by a committee of the American- ization School Association. The publication of the Bulletin and the magazine are not the only activ- s of the association. The execu- ¢ committee co-operated with the ard of Trade in its Americaniza- tion mass meeting at the Central High The association co-operates with the bureau of naturalization, American Women's Legion, Daugh- ters of the American Revolution and the public schools in their reception nf'!hé- men and women who have zained their citizenshi apers through the school. 2 Lo Chief Justice McCoy is the chair- nan of the lecture committee of the A. S. A.” and lectures are given at the school for members of the asso- ciation and the students of the school. Houston Thompson, Justice Stafford, Justice Siddons and many other prom- inent men have given these lectures. which are of the finest type and aid the United States government and its work. As a result of the vears work the association, which was organized in 1922, has given eight lectures. Summer Class Contributions. Some other activities of the asso- ciation include contributions to the board of education for summer clas- ses of 1923, publication of the A. A. bulletin for the last eighteen months, establishing _exchanges with over twenty Americanization papers, pub- Iishing the special magazines which mives the history of the work in ‘Washington. Besides these activities the Recreation committee, under the chairmanship of Marie Halasi, from Hungary, has given many social affairs such - as picnics, patriotic mectings, festivals and dances. The plans for the association dur- ing the coming vear are not fully formulated. Financing the bulletin which does not pay for itself at present, co-operating in various civic pre and alding the Americaniza- | lion school work are some of the chief features. The lectures will be continued. Following is the list of officers of the A. S. A.: President, Souren H. Hanessian; vice president, Joseph Burke; secretary, Walter H. Lutz; as- sistant secretary, lIsidore Miller; treasurer, Salvatore Lombardi; a sistant treasurer, Kurt Zeinau; editor of “The American Bulletin,” Abra- | ham _Orlean; business manager, Joseph Burke. Chairmen, lecture com- mittee, Chief Justice Walter I. Mc- Coy; membership committee, Andrew Bakonyi; newspaper committee, Max Kossow orchestra committee, George Landsman; recreation committee, Marie Halasi. GREAT FALLS POWER | PROJECT OPPOSED Engineer, Who Studied Plan in 1911, Tells Committee It Is Impractical Still. Opposition ‘to the proposed hydro- | electric development on the Potomac River at Chain bridge and Great Falls, with three storage reservoirs was voiced when hearings were re- sumed before a subcommittee of the House District ‘committee today by ML O. Leighton, who said that in’1911 he had made an investigation of this project for the geological survey and | that he is now consulting engineer for New York interests. Mr. Leighton said that the figures in the Maj. M. C. Tyler report for the entire project, totaling $44,000,000, should be increased to about $60,- 000,000. Mr. Leighton said that the Chain bridge dam would cost $16,290,000, or an increase of $2,000,000 above the Tyler figures. Sees No Reason for Plant. Mr. Leighton told the subcommittes he can find no real reason that can be presented for building that plant, either by the government or by pri- vate enterprise. By developing a superpower system 1,100,000,000 kilowatt hours can be produced. which would bring the cost down below the present coal cost, he said, but this would require that a market for the surplus energy within reasonable distance of the Capital must be found. The time has not come when Po- tomac power can be produced eco- nomically, Mr. Leighton said. If Con- gress wants to go into a project which must go through a large num- ber of lean years, that Is another matter. It is not wise now in view of the uncertain market, he told the committee, President Roosevelt asked him it Great Falls could be used to light the streets of the Capital and the govern- ment buildings, and he advised Mr. Roosevelt that this could not be done, Later the District Commissioners wanted to know if Potomac River power could not be used for atreet lighting _in connection with the water conduit. He made an investi- gation and advised against such a project, he said. Mr. Leighton offered an amendment which would give the federal power the Tight to abandon the JOHN DIES ON RESEARCH TRIP IN JUNGLE OF PANAMA John L. Baer of Smithsonian Insti- tution Had Been in Search of “White Indians.” Word has been received here the de in the Darien jungle of Panama of John Leonard Baer, act- ing curator " of American archeology of the Smithsonian Institution. He was a member of a party of scientis headed by R. O. Marsh,” which is ex ploring the Darien Peninsula, with a view of finding a tribe of “white Indians,” said to have been seen in the interior. Death was due to typhoid fever. He was buried in Caledonia, Panama, Thursday Mr. Baer had been connected with the Smithsonian Institution about three years. Last winter when there was talk of exploring the peninsula he volunteered to make the trip with the party of scientis it is said, were consi valuable ‘to the expedition of previous e he had in Indian researd in Pennsyl- vania for the 1 Museum for several years before coming to this city. He was a graduate of the Lafayette Universi a post graduate course at George Washington University. His wife, Mrs. Mar residing in the Maurs 19th street, L. BAER. because Arnold Baer, apartme 701 received word about a week ago that he was ill. Besides his wife, he is survived by five broth- ers, Frank Baer of York, Pa; H. V. Baer of Atlantic City, N. J.: G. M Baer of Dela, Pa.; Noel Baer of Los Angeles. Calif, and B. B. Baer of Pennsylvania. G. 0. P. TO DISREGARD LA FOLLETTE PLANKS Adams Declares Party Will Con- sider Problems, Not “High- Sounding Issues.” By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 31.—That the Republican national convention, convening June 10, will take no heed of the demands of Senator Robert M La Follette, Wisconsin, that cert, progressive planks suggested by him be incorporated in the platform, was indicated by John dams, chair- man of the Republican national com- mittee, in a written statement today. The statement follows: “The Cleveland convention will be one of the best in the history of the Republican organization. The party is harmonious. It wants President Coolidge as its standard bearer for the forthcoming campaign. and there are several excellent possibilities for the vice presidential nomination, any one of whom would be acceptable to the party and the country. “The platform, of course, has been given preliminary eonsideration. It will contain a concise statement of Republican achievements during_the | administrations of Harding and Cool- idge. a frank statement of the prac- tical problems of the nation and a strong Republican program for meet- ing them. The pledges to be found in the Republican platform this vear can be made in good faith, because of the manner in which the pledzes of four years ago have been fulfilled. “It’is very certain that the Repub- lican platform will not seek out hich- sounding issues to win support. But it will give special attention to those pressing problems which vitally af- fect the peace and prosperity of the country, and which are the common concern’ of every American citizen.” INQUEST WILL BE HELD "IN KILLING OF OFFICER Jury Selected to Meet in Bladens- burg Monday on Death of Allen M. Chase. Special Dispatel to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., May 31.—Fu- neral services for Allen 'M. Chase. twenty-six vears old, of No. 5 Sibley avenue here, who died early vester- day morning in Casualty Hospital, ‘Washington, as the result of a gun- shot wound which, according to of- ficers, was inflicted by Charles Henry Burkley, known as Harry Burkley, during a gun duel between officers and alleged moonshiners May in the woods near Tuxedo. Prince Georges County, will be held tomor- row afternoon at 1 o'clock, from Gasch's undertaking establishment here. Interment will be at Fort Lin- coln cemetery. As the result of Chase's death the original charge against Burkley of assault with a dangerous weapon has been changed to murder. Burkley is still at large, as s another of. the al- leged moonshiners known to the offi- cers_as_“Jack.” George Myers, the third alleged moonshiner, has been apprehended. An inquest will be held in Bladens- burg town hall at 4:30 o’clock Mon- day afternoon. William Nogle has been selected as foreman of the jury. e ONE KILLED, SCORE HURT IN 2 OKLAHOMA STORMS By the Associated Pres FORT SMITH, Ark., May man was killed, more than a score of persons were injured, six of them perhaps fatally, and about seventy buildings were wrecked by tornadoes which swept Cowlington and Gans, Okla.,, Wednesday night, according to a telephone message to a local news- Ppaper. J. M. Woods, elghty-six, of Cow- lington, died last night, while the list of injured was being detailed over the telephone. First news of the disaster was brought to this city late today by a motorist. A few hours later a tele- phone communication to Cowlington, which is situated in Leftore County, twenty-five gniles southwest of For{ Smith, was partially restored. T buildings were wrecked ‘while half a dozen 31.-—One and while in this city took | EVIDENCE FROM CHILE Col. Scherer Heads Inquiry Into Alleged $27,000 Shortage of Maj. McCammon. PLEADS MIND AFFLICTION Counsel Would Show Embassy At- tache Had Breakdown. A military court-martial he headed by Col. L. C. Scherer of th cavalry, is awaiting depositions from Chile and the report of a medical board on the mental competence of Maj. F. E. McCammon, who was placed on trial May 10, charged with a shortage of $27,000 in his accounts as military attache at the American embassy, Santiago, Chile. When the court convened military counsel for the defendant pleaded | mental incompetence. The sessions | were recessed then, and the case re ferred to a medical board for report on the mental condition of Maj. Mc <ammon, and written requests depositions were sent to Chile. understood also that cables been sent to Chile for witnesse: come here. First Word of Trial. First word of the trial came from Congress when, in the stenographi report of testimony before the House appropriations committee, it was found that Congress had been asked to make good two worthless checks alleged to have been cashed by Me- Cammon at a Chilean bank. The committee decided to make no provi- | sion for payment until the result o the trial is known. It was learned authoritatively toda that military counsel for Maj. M« |Cammon wiil have as virtually the sole basis of defense the plea o mental incompetence. Friends of Maj McCammon pointed out that it was well known he suffered a breakdown in 1922 and another in 1923, when h suffered from aphasia. Form | charges were first preferred a mont ago, it was learned, but the cour martial was not convened until thre- weeks ago today. In his testimony before the Hous appropriations committee, when was framing the deficiency appropria- tion bill, to be taken up in the House in a da¥ or so, Col. W. J. Naylor, as sistant chief of staff asked that funds be provided in the bill to make good McCammon's _alleged _defalcati stating that the total shortage was “about $27,000," and that two checks were involved Good Name to Maintain. “It is an open and shut case,” s | Col. Naylbr. “There is not any ques- | tion but that he will be fu | ished and it is a question of main- | taining our good name in Chile. | ““According to our investigation he {got ‘taken in' in by the Marquis of | Queensberry and a man by the name of Morell, two well known interna- |tional characters, and they got him into_a baccarat game and fleeced him.” Friends of Maj. McCammon say be came here voluntarily and did not attempt to escape arrest. Denial was made by James Easby- Smith, local attorney, of statements accredited to Col. Naylor in the stenographic report. The report quoted Naylor as saving that after Maj. McCammon came here and was checking up on the ortage, McCam- mon “employed counsel, Mr. Easby- mith, who was trying to see if he could not get the Secretary to let this officer resign if he made the shortage good, but we recommended against that.” “Mr. Easby-Smith was trying to see if he could not rais money to pay back the shortage Col. Naylor is reported to have said. B =y RAILS ARBITRATION BILL IS REPORTED Senate Interstate Commerce Body Indorses Howell‘Barkley Measure, It : h The Howell-Barkley bill, proposing substitution of national arbitration boards for the Railroad Labor Board. was reported favorably today by the Senate interstate commerce committee. The measure, declared by the Re- publican insurgents in both Senate and House to be one of the items upon which action will be sought be- fore adjournment, has been vigorousiy opposed hy the carriers. La Follette Participate: The favorable committee vote was taken immediately after the return to Washington of Senator La Follette. leader of the insurgents. Cutting hi vacation short by two days, he partici pated in the meeting of the commit- tee, called to consider the bill which his' intimates described as one of the most essential planks in his political platform. The committee eliminated the “fed- eral receivership amendment.” which had been inserted by its subcommit- tee. This would have authorized the President to institute a suit for a re- ceiver whenever a strike or lockout threatened a national transportation crisis. GIRL FILES $100,000 SUIT AGAINST TINNEY Imogen Wilson Faints as Papers Are Served on Comedian in Assault. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 31.—Frank Tin ney, comedian, who is out on bail under charges of felonious assault preferred by Imogen Wilson of the Follies, was sued by her today for $100,000 for injuries sustained sev- eral days ago, when, she alleges, he attacked her in the uptown apari- ment he maintained for her. Papers were served on Tinney = he left court, accompanied by his wife, after having obtained an ad journment of the criminal case until next Friday. His bail was continued at $2,500. Miss Wilson fainted as her attor neys served the comedian with the summons in her suit. Mrs. Tinney, clinging to her husband’s arm, smiled at the chorus girl. = & BLIMP IN AIR CIRCUS. Shenandoah to Release Plane 2,000 Feet Above Ground. LAKEHURST, , May 31—The dirigible enandoah, aerial pride of the Navy, the dirigible J-1, several balloons and 100 airplames participated in an aerial circus at the naval air station today. Weather conditions were ideal. The Shenandoah will carry Lieut Williams, world champion speed flier, to a height of 2,000 feet late this afternoon where he will release a 2,500-pound airplane and nose-dive to earth. A crowd of 100,000 spectators gath- ered early. Poland Seeks to Fund -Debt. WARSAW, May 31—M, Whob- lewski, minister to the United States, is returning to Washington in- st aopota ‘dens to Am for. J / ] / ¥ / { /