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D. C. HEADS COMPARE UTILITY COMMISSIONS Say Baltimore Situation Shows Ad- vantage of Commissioner Mem- bership on Board. MAJ. BELL ARGUES FOR BILL Hope. House Will Act on Measure Before Adjournment. The present situation in Baltimore, where the public service commission of Maryland and the city authorities are at odds over an increase in car fare, is regarded by District officials an indication of the advantage of aving the Commissioners as mem- bers of the proposed new utilities board for W ington. In the neighboring city the public rvice commission changed the rate of fare, pending a valuation, and the mayo s dispatches, upplicd to courts without success for « restraining order. In presenting a bill to Congress re- cently for th r ganization of the local utilit comm on, the city ds provided that the Distriet Com- sioners be ex officio mem- s of th utilities board on the theory that municipal affairs are closely interlocked with utility regu- according to ne Maj. Bell's Argument. gineer Commissioner Bell, who 1 the new utilities bill for the pointed out today that sit- re bound to arise in which authorities and the util- ities board will be jointly concerned At the pre: the three Dis- trict Commi who find them- selves kept ¥ with municipal af- fairs, must find the time to sit also as the Public Utilities Commission. To remedy this condition recommended to Congress that the utilities commission be enlarzed to five members. One would be a law- ver and chairman. Another would be i trained engineer, chosen from the Engineer Corps of the Army or from civil life. The District Com- missioners would complete the per- sonnel The bill has passed the Senate and hope is still being entertained that the House will find time to act on it before adjournment. Local officials realize that Wash- ington is in a position to have a dif- ferent. form of utilities commission, because in other cities public service companies are vegulated by state- wide commissions, whereas here there are tate complications. U. S. ROADS STUDIED BY LATIN AMERICANS Federal Highway Aid Related to Delegation of Engineers by Secretary Wallace. Principles governing the federal policy of highway construction in the United States were disclosed to thirty-cight engineer representatives from twenty Latin American nations by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace at a luncheon at the Chevy Chase Country Club yvesterday afternoon. ‘Secretary Wallace was introduced by Roy D. Chapin, vice president of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of the com- mittee from the highway education board, which is sponsoring the visit of the Latin Americans to this coun- try. The first event of the day was a Visit to the office of Secretary of the Interior Work. who welcomed the men to this country and spoke of the tmportance of highway develop- ment between states and nations. Later they visited the experiment station of the United States bureau of public roads at Arlington, Va. and after the lunch nspected the bureau of standards and were guests at a dinner at the National Press Club, after which the delegates rded a train for Raleigh, N. C. v will inspect the roads of a The delegates were guests at a ‘dinner at the National Press Club lust night. President George = F. Authier of the Press Club, Dr. L. S. Rowe, difector general, Pan-American Union: .MF. Chapin ' and Donato aminara of Uruguay were speakers. Avery Marks was toastmaster. Repre- sentatives of the press, government agencies interested in roads develop- ment and the automobile industry were present ST SHRINE HOSTS MARCH OVER BRILLIANT PATH By the Associated Press. ANSAS CITY, May 4.—Music, fun and color splashed the 1924 caravan- sary of the Mystic Shrine today as thousands of nobles celebrated the second d4y of the order's golden jubi- lee convention. Downtown Kansas City, the trail's end for countless pilgrims who have treked to annual gatherings from all parts of North America, seéthed with pleasure-seekerg and a mystical host of funmakers. The ' convention throngs miflled ‘through the streets, which had the appearance of oriental bazaars, with thelr gay decorations and passing bands of gorgeously uni- formed and fezzed sons of Arabia. The Imperial Council held Its second session today with the expectation that disposition of posts in the im- perial diyan would be made before the second parade of the convenmtion, scheduled for tonight. Chief interest lies in the outer guard post election, as the other eleven posts in the im- perial divan are filled by succession, ven ' candidates for outer guard bave been mentioned. Leonard P. Steuart of Almas Temple, Washing- ton, D. C., is said to be the only candidate making an active campaign for the office. The other six candi- dates are: John N. Sebrell, Khedive Temple, Norfolk, Va.; Daniel S. Wil- liams, Kora Temple, Lewiston, M Fred Reid, Mocha Temple, London, Ontario; Carl Cummins, Osman Tem- ple, St. Paul; Allen McCants, El K: rubah_ Tempie, Shreveport, La., and Jack Jones, India Temple, Oklahoma City. Maxsed Band Concert. The first event on today's program was the massed band concert under the direction of John Philip Sousa, remier bandmaster. More than fty bands composing an aggregate af about 3,500, musicians played under Mr. Sousa’s. baton at Muehlbach Field, where thousands gathered to hear the largest body of musicians ever assembled in the “Heart of America.” One of the most spectacular events of the entire convention will take place tonight, when the Shriners give their annual stunt parade.. Unlike yeaterday's escort, the pageant to- Might will reveal a cheer bag of bur- lesque. Awed by the brilliancy of the first parade, the great throngs will have occasion to laugh with much zest tonight, for the Shrine’s hordes of clowns will frolic in their midst. New stunts galore have been prom- ised, and that means there will be fun aplenty. Selection of the 1925 convention city will probably be made Thursday, it was officlally announced today. Los Angeles seems certain to be the next mecca, a5 that city {8 said to be, fa- vered gencrally. Denver, Philadelphia and Milwaukee are bidding for the 1926 conclav they | either | b Eleeted to the George Washington. bonrd of trustees today. She is the first woman to serve on that body. AS TRUSTEE OF G.W.U. Mrs. Joshua Evans, Jr., Is First of Sex Honored—H. C. Davis Named Alse. The board of trustees of George Washington University held its an- nual meeting immediately before the commencement exercises at Po Theater today and confirmed the | election of the first woman to hold |a chair in that body—Mrs. Jesse Fant Evans, wife of Joshua Evans, jr. Mrs. Evans was elected a trustee by the gumni - association at the same time it re-elected Harry C. Davis. He also was confirmed by the board. The board then re-elected Mr. D its secretary, and on its own behalf selected Landon Burchell to become another of its members. The board of trustees also passed the student activity fee regulation, which will go into effect next fall. Under it each full-time student will | be assessed $8. Those taking less than six hours’ work will have a grad- uated fee imposed. . The fee is to be used to build up the university’s athletics, and is ex- pected to result in George Washing- ton taking its place with the other great universities of the country in the field of athletic activities and honors. NEW FARM AID BILL IS RUSHED IN HOUSE Insurgents Devise Emergency Measure for Passage Before Ad- journment Saturday. Farm bloc members of the Senate and House drove forward today with plans to get action before adjournment Saturday on a new relief measure em- bodying principles of the defeated Mc- Nary-Haugen bill. With the support of Republican leaders in the House indicated, spon- sors of the new bill, which was agreed upon in tentative form late yesterday shortly after the McNary-Haugen measure had been voted down, hoped to get some expression from President Coolidge that would facilitate its passage. The proposal, in its rough draft, would empower the War Finance Cor- poration, until July 1, 1926, to purchase wheat, flour, live stock and meat products at prices higher than market quotations and sell them abroad, charg- ing off losses, if any, against its $161 000,000 surplus. The “ratio price” pro- vision of the McNary-Haugen bill is carried in the new measure as the basis for determining when the cor- poration should enter the market. Confer With President. An outline of the new reliet bill was laid before President Coolidge today by Representative Longworth, the Republican House leader; Repre- sentative Tincher, Republican, Kan- as, @ leader of the farm bloc, and Representative Sanders, Republican, Indiana. They spent an hour with the Chiet Executive. President Coolidge was said to have told the three representatives that he probably would let them know later in the day his opinion of the next relief plan. In the event he gives it his approval either Mr. Long- worth or Mr. Tincher intends to in- troduce a bill and an effort will be made to rush it through Congress dio. as an administrative measure' before adjournment. Republican leaders who worked out the proposal agreed that unless the President supported the new measure it would be futile to work for its passage. President Coolidge was assured that the proposal would afford an effec- tive way of .disposing of surplus farm products abread and that the losses sustained by the government probably would range between $50,- 000,000 and $100,000,000. The War Finance Corporation, which would make purchases und handle sales sbroad has ample funds, the President was told, for such operations. MUSCLE SHOALS FIGHT DELAYED UNTIL DEC. 3 Agreement was reached today by sena- tors interested in the Muscle Shoals fight to postpone consideration of the question until the next session of Congressa Senator Underwood, Democrat, Ala- bama, obtained unanimous consent to make the question the unfinished busi- ness on Wednesday, December 3. —_— tWEST VIRGINIANS TO MEET 300 to 500 Expected at Exercises Here Saturday. ‘West Virginia day will be observed in Washington by the West Virginia Society of the District of Columbia next Saturday. It is expected that from three to five hundred persons from West Virginia will visit the city that day. There will be an informal recep- tion at the National Hotel from 2 to 5 p.m., to be followed by a special en- tertainment in the New Willard ball- room at 8 pm. A number of promi- nent West Virginians will address the gathering. Fire Frees 400 Pupils. NEWARK, N. J., June 4.—Four hundred school children in Irving- ton, & suburb, had a holiday today after the Berkley School was de- stroyed by fire. Officials sald there was indication that children started blaze to aveld school attendance. loss of $60,000, TH Radio “Shut-In” Fund Enriched by $29, Ten Crystal Sets and Five Headphones Interest in The Star’s Ef- fort for Poor Invalids Is Rising Steadily. Names of 400 Deserving Persons Listed by Physi- cians and Clergymen. Ten crystal sets, five pairs of head- phones and cash amounting to $29, were contributed to The Star's “radio shut-in fund” todsy by Washington radio enthusiasts and charitably in- clined persons, who are M sympathy with the movement to install a radio set at the bedside of every poor and needy invalid in the District. The Star now has a total of $92.50. twenty-seven erystal sets and eight palrs of headphones, and the names of more than 400 deserving invalids whose lonely lives can be made a bit brighter through the medium of ra- More than 350 sets, in addition to money for the purchase of the essen- tial antenna wire, headphones and other equipment, are needed to give every needy “shut-in” in the Distriet It is believed there 50 radio fans who have discare rystal sets stored away in attic lars which would bring a_ray inte the lives of those who are compelled through physical afiction, disease and blindness to spend 4 drub ex- tence indoor: Tube Sets Not Wanted. The Star has made arrangements to turn every sct donated over to the invalids whose financial condition will permit only the bare necessities of life. Hoy Scouts, 3,000 of them, i1 volunteered to install s ‘The business on the first floor is the receiving ns who have in stal sets that are re urged to donate them shut-in" fund. Tube sets are not wanted. They are too difficult to operate, and, fur. thermore, the invalids are not finan- cially able to purchase tubes that burn out and buy batteries that will undoubtedly run down in than a week with the constant use that the sets will be subjected to In the home of a “shut The larg cash contribution re- ceived today came from the Monday Bridge Club of the Women's City Back-to-Nature Venture Failure For Jersey Pair By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 4.—Miss Helen Cole and Charles Carter are back amid the comforts of civilization after three days and nights in the ‘Wawayanda Mountains of New Jer- sey in an unsuccessful attempt to prove that modern people can live the primitive life. The boast of Miss Cole, while at a house party in Mountain Lakes, N. J., Saturday night, that she could catch rabbits led to the adventure. When the couple were found last night, where they Were cobking a mess of mountain weeds in a tomato can for their evening meal, Miss Cole ad- mitted that she had been unable to catch a single rabbit, but New Jersey mosquitoes were plentiful. The yellow evening .gown swhich Miss Cole wore when ghe 1éft the party waas torn to shreds when they were found by John Duffy, chief in- spector for the Newark water de- partment. Her stockings were torn off and her legs badly scratched. Both Miss Cole and Mr. Carter denied that they had engaged in a publicity stunt. i “It was just my foolishness,” said Miss Cole. DISTRICT-MARYLAND SEWER PACT SIGNED Agreement Will Relieve Eastern Branch and Rock Creek - From Pollution. unfortunat Efforts of the past ten years aiming at relief of Rock Creek and the Eastern Branch from pollution from sewage of Maryland suburban communities were finally crowned with success today, when the District Commissioners announced the signing of an agreement whereby the sewer department will co-operate with the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission of Maryland in sewer con- struction and disposal. The agreement was signed this morn- ing. By its provisions the District and the subruban, commission will connect sewers from communities in the sanitary district of Maryland surrounding 'the District, and the waste matter will be measured by devices to be installed. The trunk sewers of the District of Columbia will relieve Maryland com- munities with natural drainage to- ward the District, and Maryland sewers will perform a similar service. The measuring devices will be in- stalled to enable a checking of the expense of pumping. ~ Maryland and the District will pay porportionite charges to each other for pumpin, Law Emaeted in 1916 As far back as September, 1916, Congress enacted a law enabling such an agreement to be reached by tie District Commissioners. A similar law for -the Maryland commission passed the state legislature in 1915. til this time, however, the sewage ystems of both territories were not advanced to the stage where practi- cal attention could be given to con- necting up the systems. Everything now is ready for the interlocking of_the sewage systems. The signatories of the agreement were Commissioners Rudolph, Oyster and Bell_for the District of Columbia and J. Howard Duckett, Emory H. Bagley and J. Bond Smith for the Suburban Sanitary Commission. TEACHER SALARY BILL SIGNED BY PRESIDENT Measure for Which Schools Have Fought Long and Vigorously Becomes Law. The teachers’ salary bill which Dis- trict public school officials and teach- ers have fought for vigorously and long became a 1aw today when Presi- dent Coolidge affixed his signature to the measure. 5 The bill. makes permanent for the first time the salary of all school officers and teachers in the District. besides providing increased compen- sation for these employes of the board of education. Since 1306 the salaries of the teachers and school of- ficials have been provided in the an- nual District appropriation bill and were subject to a point of order in Congress. The salary schedule now is estabdlished through legislation. Superintendent of Schools Frank W. Ballou regards the teachers' pay biil as the mest impertant scheol Jegislation for the District which hax passed in Congress in sixtgen years. b I Radio Fund Receipts I Cash contributions to The &A.r" “Radio shut-in fund” follow: Previously acknowledged. Mrs. J. P. Hunnicutt, 16 4th street northeast. .. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jones, 119 Massachusetts avenue north- west . George O. Burke, Mount Vers non Park. Alexandria. Va. Mrs. M. J. Levy, 4457 Conduit road . e Mary J. Davenport.. Monday Bridge Club Women's City Club = Mae T. Shafer, 3535 Hartford place northwest .. A friend, 3714 13th st west 55 Zeooka Total Crystal Sets and Equipment. Previously acknowledged, 17 crystal sets and 3 pairs of head phones. Beatrice Liberty Helm, 201 Indiana avenue, crystal sct and phones. F. 1. Helm, 201 Indiuna avenue, crystal set, Mrs. 1. I. Helm, tal set. 3. B. Kistler, 1736 Columbia sets phones F. Royce Franzoni, jr., 1715 Lincoln road, erystal set. W. L. Mants, 11 U street northwest, erystal set, 237 Q street Miss Janet Hauser, northwest, crystal set. L. E. Morales, 1230 Delafleld street, crystal set. Masters Quentin and Donald Seott, crystal set. No name, e Flora E. ¥ 1 northeast, crystal set and phones. Carleton Lowe, 1 pair head phones. Total. 27 crystal sets and § pairs head phones. $63.50 3.00 5.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 01 Indiana ave- street head Club. With a check for $10 came a letter from Mrs. Cornelia C. Strong, treasurer. Wish Campaign Sueeess. “Members of the club,’ she said, “heartily indorse the movement to furnish a crystal set to every desery- ing 'shut-in’ in the District. We wish you success in managing the campaign.” “Just a mite toward the fund to purchase radio sets for the dear ins,’" was the notation on a k contributed by “A Friend.” I ic was a hundred tlimes as Boy Scouts will begin the h stallation of the sets in the near fu- ture. They will be given ouly to in- valids whose names are submitted by clergymen and physicians. Any “shut- in” deserving of a set whose name is not now on the list should have a ysician or pastor send their names GALLIHER AND JONES WIN AT CLEVELAND Colladay-Prescott Faction of D. C.| Republicans Are Recognized by Committee. GOTLD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 4.— The Republican national committee today voted to place on the temporary roll of the national convention William T. Galliher and Thomas L. Jones as delegates from the District of Colum- biz. This was a complete victory for the Colladay-Prescott faction of Dis- trict Republicans and a defeat of the faction headed by Aaron Bradshaw. Former Senator du Pont of Dela- wire, national committeeman from that state, made the motion that Galliher and Jones be seated after the national committee had spent an hour listening to the contest. Sena- tor du Pont's motion was adopted without a dissenting vote and with- out a roll call. Will Continue Fight. Mr. Bradshaw, following the vote taken in the committee. said that he would continue his fight for recog- nition as a delegate to the national convention from the District and that his case would be presented to the committee on credentials after the convention has organized and that committee has been appointed. He expects Julius 1. Peyser to be here to present the case for him at that time. In view of the unanimous action of the national committee today, how- ever, Edward F. Colladay, Republican national committeeman for the District, expressed the opinion that the eommit- tes on credentials would seat Mr. Gal- liher and Mr. Jones. Thomas P. Littlepage, for the Coll day-Prescott faction, said thers had been ample notices 'published in six newspapers in Washington of the meet- ings and elections which had resulted in the election of .the Colladay-Prescott delegates and presented copies thereof. He insisted further that all the meetings were open and that a news. paper reporter quoted by Mr. Brad- shaw as having been denied informa- tion was present during the entire meeting of the District convention. Mr. Littlepage attacked the Brad- shaw _delegates’ election, declaring that Mr. Bradshaw claimed to repre- sent an’ organization that no longer exists. On behalf of Mr. Prescott, Mr. Littlepage said Prescott had not as- serted he was “boss’ of the Repub- licans in the District, as charged by Bradshaw. Mr. Littlepage pointed out the organization had raised many thousands of dollars for campaign purposes. Bradshaw in Rebuttal. Mr. Bradshaw, speaking in rebut- tal, charged that Mr. Prescott was chosen chairman of the Republican state committee “by five men meeting in the district committeeman’s office, when Mr. Galliher resigned that of- fice.” .He said that the call for the election of delegates required fifteen days’ published notice, and only three or four had been given. But Mr. Lit- tlepage pointed out the fifteen days’ notice applied only to the states. Mr. Bradshaw declared that the meetings held by the Colladay-Pres- cott faction were ‘farcical and il- legal”; that proper notice of the meet- ings had not been given, but every effort had been made to prevent pub- licity and those notices published Senator Capper of Kansas and other members of the Kanxas delegation in Congrexs nre here xhown ax they Ereeted George Chnmos of Topeka, representative of in the National upon arrival at the Union Station to- day. Bexides Senator Capper and picture includes tmer, Mrs. Hays B. ve Hays B. White W. H: Spreul. a close view of the oratorical contender. SON OF IMMIGRANT HONORED AS ORATOR (Continued from First Page.) the car, and going into the executive offices found that Presilent Coolidge was so interested that he saw them at_once. President Coolidge is to preside and speak Friday night. when Chief Jus- tice Taft of the United States Su- preme Court and Associate Justices Van Devanter, Butler, Sanford and Sutherland will act as the board of Judg Will Speak on Hamilton. George Chumos is short and hea set. He is the only finalist who will speak on “Hamilton and the Consti- tution,” the other six orations being on “The Constitution.” Mr. Chumos’ uncle, James Chumos, was declared the winner twenty years ago in one of the most ambitious ora. torical contests of that period. it was 2 by those acquainted with the family. Jack Turner of Birmingham, repre- senting the southern states, and Don Tyler of Los Angeles, preceded the Topeka high school boy here, arriving vesterday, Mr. Tyler being the first arrival as detailed in The Star yes- terday. Mr. Turner arrived in the afternoon, accompanied by hix father and moth- er, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Turner. They are at the Hamilton Hotel. The southern representative is eighteen vears old, a senior of the Phillips High School of Birmingham. Alabaman Wins Scholarship. He won out in his zone over the pupils of 1,467 high schools of the! south. He is a typical Americdn high school boy, who already has wen a $1,060 scholarship to the University of Alabama as the result of his com- petition and Is looking forward to winning one of the national prizes of $3,500, $1,000 and $500, of which The Evening Star is custodian. “Determination is his chief char- acteristic,” declared his father, with a gleam of pride in his eves. Young Jack Turper is radio editor of the Birmingham News, 5o the first thing he did today was to visit station NAA, the Navy radio station. He promised his father that he would not get in an airplane any more when he entered the national oratorical contest and that is why he will not fly here. Miss Eleanor Huber of Louisville, Ky., winner in the central state zone, is to arrive at Union on tomor- row morning at 7 o'cloc! Vail Barnes of New Brighton, N. Y., and John M. Dallam of Philadeiphia are expected tomorrow afternoon. Bears Capital's Colors. Miss Ruth Newburn, sixteen-year- old senlor of the Central High School here, and youngest of the competi- tors, is the seventh high school orator who will take part in the na- tional contest. She was grand prize winner in this zome, sponsored by The Star, and has received $400 in prizes from this paper. The Alabama Boys' Industrial School Band arrived today, and will march in the parade Friday in honor of the contestants. Tomorrow night the seven national contestants will be guests of the Monarch Club at ter. lock Friday the con- . be honor guests at a luncheon given by the Monarch Club at the Raleigh Hotel. Immediately after the lunch, led by the Central High School and McKinley Manual Training _schools’ bands and the Alabama Boys' Band, the contestants will parade past the White House. The winning high school cadet com- panies, selected as the result of the competition, which ended yesterday, will be honor guard. These com. panies are F of Central, the winner in the drill; H of Western, D of Cen. tral, L of Western, M of Columbia Junior High and C of Eastern. Chamber Plans Heonmor. Immediately after the contest Fri- day night, the Washington Chamber of Commerce will give a reception at the New Willard Hotel in honor of ‘were insignificant in size Mr. Bradshaw said that Clyde D. Garrett, for example, was elected a delegate to the so-called state con- vention in the ninth precinet, at a meeting attended by ten persons, al- though there are 50,000 people living in_that precinet. Mr. Bradshaw contended that the election of delegates to the national convention by a convention composed of such precinct delegates was illegal and had resulted merely in choosing bhand-picked henchmen of Mr. Pres- cott. Mr. Bradshaw said that the Bradshaw-Rhines delegates had been chosen after full publicity and Srge meetings. He said that after being frequently rebuffed when soek- ing ~information from Prescott as the contestants. Isaac Gans, presi- dent of the chamber, announced at & meeting of the board of directors last night that the entire assemblage would be invited to adjourn to the Willard, to meet the orators. The con- testants, their parents and immediate triends, the judges and members of the chamber wil be the guests at a buffet supper. Saturday the orators will be the guests of The Evening Star at an all- day sightseelng tour. which will include an Army and Navy air exhi- bition in_the morning, and a recep- tion by President Coolldge at 12:30 o'clock in_the afternoon. Plans for the Army’s participation were announced yesterday. chairman of the Republican central committee of the District, in exist- ence since 1868, he had gone ahead with a call for the election of dele- tes. x‘ln conclusion, Mr. Bradshaw sald he had been active in Republican party politics since 1868 and for many years as chairman of the central com- mittee. In 1908, he said, the so-called state committee came into existence through “influences which you all know. —_— COOLIDGE rmm;ns KING. President Coolidge yesterday sent a cable message to King George V, at London, En{l.nd. con, tulating him on the anniversary of his birth, on bebalf of himself and the Ameri- can le, and expreesing “the fer- wvent wi that many other such anniversaries may be in store for ’fllfl mejesty in health and pros- Pperity. ¥ Alrmen te Perform. A three-plane stunt formation, a dog fight, a smoke screem and a parade of different types of seaplanes at the Naval Alr Station, Anacostia, D. C, is the Navy part of the joint aerial demonstration Saturday morn- ing at 10:30. Through Lieut. T. T. Patterson of the bureau of aeronautics, and Capt. W. D. Thomas, commander of the air station, Navy and Marine Corps pilots will give the visitors a few minutes of aeronautical entertainment which will enable thein to have an insight into_the land and sea operations of the Naval Alr Service, Five different types of planes— Martin, observation and spotting: CS, long distance and scouting; Len 5, Navy batteship Bentes, and HAC es] ., secut 5. il "be. own k. height along the esstern branch by w5 Lieuts. Sprague, Carlson, Price, Allen and Owen of the Navy. Then Lieut. H. J. Norton and Lieut. L. W. Sander- son, Marine Corps, and Lieut. D. . Allen, Navy, will take the air in Voughts and enact a program of acrobaties. Following this, Lieut. Sanderson and Lieut. Norton will give a demonstration of pursuit plane fighting between two planes as in war time. A Douglas torpedo plane. similar to the type flving around the world, will lay a_smoke screen around the station. The plane will be piloted by Lieut. Major, Marine Corps. After the Navy demonstration the guests will ride to the Army station where the program, announced yes- terday, will be presented. Distribution of Tiekets. The management of the national oratorical contest called renewed at- tention today to the method being followed in the distribution of tickets for the contest Friday night. Re- served seats will be held only untit 7:45, after which holders of general :| admission tickets will be admitted to the Tégerved seats not claimed. This means that a reserved seat is only a reserved geat . gase the holder is absolutely punctudl It means, fur- thermore, that the general admission tickegs will be good in proportion to the fardiness of the owners of re- served seats. Only a very few seats in the audi- torfim will be reserved in the ordi- nary sense of the word, it was de- clafed. These are the seats allotted to_the judges and contest officials. It is hoped that this situation, which has been explained with every ticket issued, will Dbe understood clearly by all ticket holders. COOLIDGE GETS DATA FOR REORGANIZATION ‘Walter F. Brown Submits Complete Report of Joint Congressional Committee. President Coolidge today received a copy of the complete report of the Joint congressional committee to re- organize the executive departments which was laid before the Senate and House yesterday, from Walter F. Brown of Ohio, the President's per- sonal representative on that commit- tee. At the same time Mr. Brown notified the President that Inasmuch as his task has been completed and that there is no further need for his services he will at once close up the office he has maintained here for more than two years ané will formally tender his resignation Wwithin a few ys. Mr, Brown said he was highly pleased with the report as finally drafted and submitted to Congress, and that he feels very confident that it will be enacted into law. He smid this could not be done during the few remaining days of the present session, but he and other members of the com- Congress winter this long sought legislation will be E Although Mr. Brown declined to quote the President. he intimated, that the latter considered .the report, with its definite recommendations, as entirely satisfactory, and that when Congress sees fit to pass this legis- mn{ will very giadly and readily it Brown Reviews Report. This conference consumed nearly, an hour; Mr. Brown went over each. item in the report and when be deem- ed it necessary, he explained more fully those sections which called for more or less drastic departures or changes in the departments. He point- ed out just what was aimed to be accomplished by making the changes proposed in the report and at the same time pointed out to the Pres- ident just exactly how these changes would tend to promote greater effi- ciency in the conduct of the activi- ties of the government. Mr. Brown explained to the Presi- dent ‘that the committee In deciding upon thess ohanges did uot act hastily, but, on the contrary, Jevoted considerable study and investigation to the matter before arriving at con- clusiona He explained that the com- mittee accompanied its report to the Senate and the House with the neces- sary legisiation to carry the pro- posed changes into effect. He mid that it was the committes purpose in preparing this report to take away from the executive departments ail services which perform functions that are olearly extruneous to the majer departmental purpose. Transfer of Agemeles. He directed the Presiden tten- tion to the fact that the bill as drafted by the committee proposes that the reorganization, if ldoflod, become. effsctive on March 4. 1925, and that those sections relating to u-uut-n' .lf; fll.!. ’“-i oI: a- partmen another shal i o O o yean poin! out alse that the w% suggests that all intradepartmen nig ) i CLOSE IS CLEARED IN STATUTORY CASE Grand Jury Acts on Charge Grow- ing Out of Girl's Disappearance. Murder Bill Returned. The grand jury teday exonerated Clairborn Close, former disciplinarian of the National Training School for Boys, of a charge of undue intimacy preferred in connection with the dis- appearance from her home, at 2912 Bladensburg road northeast, of Ruby Reid, sixteen years old, last Febru- ary. The girl left a note saying she intended to end her life in the Po- tomac, but was located at Cleveland, Ohio, at the home of a former in- mate of the training school. Close, who is forty-three vears oid, mar- ried, and with an eight-vear-old son, had been held under bond of $1.000 by Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court after a hearing. Murder in_the first degree is charged in an _indictment reported against Scott Winfield White, col- ored, in connection with the death of his wife, Lottie B. White, shot May 12 at their home, 335 C street southwest, foliowing a dispute. Others indicted, and the charges against them, are: Fva J. Perry, as sault with dangerous weapon; Jame A Lemon, grand larceny; James F. Donovan, Frederick E. Ware, Willie Williamg, Samuel M. Thorne, John Beverly and Charles Turner, house- breaking and larceny; Walter C. Brown, robbery: Samuel Jones, house- breaking and larceny: Jesse Shanklin, Thomas J, Wilmath Lemon, joy-riding Harrison Davenport, grand larceny: Arthur M. Ford, joy-riding: Eariston Harris, Donald H. Moore and W illiam Miller,’ non-support. S CONTAGION HOSPITAL PROBLEM UNSOLVED D. C. Heads See Little Hope of Appropriation to Keep Garfield Annex. With scant hope left for Congress to provide an appropriation to meet the requirements of Garfield Hospital in caring for serious contagious dis- ease cases during the coming fiscal year, health department officials to- day 'were frankly in a quandary as to what may be done to keep the isolation annex open. “Impracticable” is the phrase used by the hospital in designating the signing of the contract with the Dis- trict government for contagious cases during the next fiscal year. While it is hoped that this is not the final word, Dr. W. C. Fowler, health officer, said today, nevertheless it seems that the District will be “up against it” for the housing of patients with the contagious diseases which it has been customary for the hospital to handle. In 1898, when the annex at Garfield was being built, $33,000 was appro- priated for completion of the build- ing. equipment and sundry other ex- penses in connection with the estab- lishment of an isolation ward for serious contagious disease cases, but this did not represent the total cost for the buiiding. Means Momey Leoss. District officials admitted that they could clearly see the logic of the stand taken by hospital officials, who actually lose money for the Institu tion by taking cases under the con- tract. If the worst comes to the worst, it is expected, the hospital will not ab- solutely shut its doors on Washing- ton’s contagious disease cas which have no other place to be treate: So far as the alternative of leasing the ward by the District is concerned, it was said, District building authori- ties feel assured that Capitol Hill would frown upon an endeavor to lease a building which was partly erected through public funds. FIRE FIGHTERS TO DINE AT EBBITT HOTEL TONIGHT Members of Congress and D. C, Officials Among Invited Guests at First Gathering. The Ebbitt Hotel tonight will be the scene of the first annual ban- qQuet of the City Fire Fighters' As- sociation_and invited guests. Capt. Edward O'Connor of No. 1 engine company’is chairman of We committee, other members being Lieut. C. C. Wolts, Sergt. Owen Mox- ley and Privates J. D. Sulltvan, F. J. Nesline, G. Nussbaum, Wilson Ol ver, C. L. Satterfield and S. B, D. Rollins. Among the invited guests are Sen- ator L. Heisler Ball, Representa. tives Frederick N. Zihiman, Florian Lampert, Clyde Kelly and Thomas L. Blanton; Commissioner James F. Oyster, Maj. Daniel Sullivan, Chief George S.+ Watson and_Milton D. Smith, president of the Policeman's Association. Civio associations will be sented by A. J. Driscoll, Mid-City Citisens’ Association: John G. M Grath, Park View Citizens’ Assocl: tion; Isase Gans 'and Charles W. Darr, Chamber_of Commerce, and Odell' S. Smith, Board of Trade. . Other guests inciude Serst. J. E. Allen and Private Alden Kefauver, imedal of honor ‘men of the fire de- partment: Capt. F. H. Bugher, for- mer police commissioner of New York; Harry Allmond, secretary to Commissioner Rudolph,, and Robert Pritchard. changes should require the approval of_the President. Mr. Brown sajd the committee was practically unanimous regarding this report and the accompanying bill, al- ‘hgn’hASfllfler Harrison of Missis- 8] and Representative Moore of i, submitted a o0 which ‘did not, owever, deal e major portions of the full £ Demoerats, o, SMITH HEADS FLIGHT; PRAISED BY MARTIN Lieutenant Designated by Patrick at Instance of Former Globe Trip Commander. ONLY FAIR, LATTER ASSERTS / Gives Up Plan of Bejoining Planes En Route. Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, who has been acting commander of the United States Army air service globe fliers since Maj. Frederick L. Martin was forced ;out of the expedition due to his plane crashing against an Aleutian mountain, yesterday was designated by Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chicf of the air service, to be in full com- mand of the project. A plan to have Maj. Martin resume command during the latter phases of the flight was abandoned after he had conferred with the air service chief and other War Department officials. The promotion of Lieut. Smith wa made on the recommendation of Maj Ttin, who sent the following letter to, Gen. Patrick ‘I am very grateful to you for your continued confidence in ‘me and for your telling me of your wishes tn bave me resume my’ place us con, mander of the world flight. Puts Flight and Suceess First. “It was discussed with you befors we started. and it was agreed th if any of us had to fall out, th flight would nevertheless gn an. T juccess of this great undertakin: « the essential thing, ot th wishes or desires g‘f Biv :Jf‘dth: iy “It was my misfortuns to meet w an accident and since then Lieu: Smith has had to carry on. The re sponsibility for a perilous part of tk Journe has rested on him and has borne himself well “While there is nothing T should like better than to re oin the flight and again take command, by that time a considerable part of it will have been accomplished ithout m “In fairne: to Lieut nith, who succeeded me in command, 1 thing he should o continue and himse bring the flight back the United States. “I therefore request Lieut. Smiil be notified that from now on he wil be in full charge. 1 wish him success in his conduct of the mainder of the flight around t world, and I hope to join in weicom- ing him and the other fivers whe the flight is ended.” to RUM PATROL JAILING BEING PROBED HERE Coast Guard Men Held in Atlantic City When Boatman Is Shot. The federal government today luil down a stern policy against thre ened interference by city, count state officials in the United Sta coast guard armed war on rum run ners. Aroused by action of Atlantic Cit municipal authorities who jailed overnight and plan to prosecute for “atrocious assault and battery” four coast guard men for the recent shoot- ing of an alleged rum runner, Danic! Conover, government agencies have combined not only to protect the coast guard men, but to investigate the whole procedure taken by the municipal _authorities against fed eral officers. Coast guard headquarters has been s~sured, it was learned today, tha United States District Attorney W ter Winne, at Trenton, N. J. ' has been authorized to_inv thoroughly the whole affair, with view to learning if there was any collusion between the authorities un- der fire and the rum runners. Called Law Breach. Jailing the coast guard men who constituted half the entire crew of § Absecon station, off Atlantic City, is held by federal authorities here o be directly in violation of law. Offi- cials of all departments concerned here intend to probe to the bottom and if thers was intentional inter- ference with enforcement of the coast guard rum patrol, definite steps will be taken to correct the sit- uation, it was said. ‘What these stops would be was not re- vealed, but it is known that the.entire force of the Treasury and the Depari- ment of Justice has been brousht to bear on the case. The matter will br made a test case, it is understood. to the sharp delineation which efficia here are thoroughly convinced shall b drawn between federal and local au- thority. Report Trowble in Enforcement. From federal sources of the highest dependability, it was learned todav that the government has been having considerable difficulty at Atlantic City as regards the attitude there toward er forcement of prohibition. Certain un named officials in the Atiantic Cily dis- trict have di d spirit at times, it h has been far from whole- Co-operation with the feder.l government. Daniel Conover, the wounded allesed rum runner. now lics in a hospital ut Atlantic City, with a badly shattere thigh as a result of open disregurd. official reports here show, of orders by & coast guard crew. : The firing took place near midnight May 28, off an Atlantic City inlet, where a rum runner was attemptin to get by a coast guard rum patrol boat from Absecon H;Auon. "l"h- coast guard crew sighted a suspecte Doat. “When the suspect disregarded ) an order to halt, the federal boat fired several shots across his bow. The rum runner then headed to sea and and his tbndlth the coast guard opened fire in earnest Suddenly a cry rang out, and the rum runner steered sharply for shore, and ran for a wharf. The wounded man was moved to an automobile and rushed to the hospital, while the coast guard crew seized the boat and quantity of liquor. Held Without Bail. Then the local officials acted. .\ mesmge was received from “city de- tective department of the civil gov- ernment” for coast guard men to come down to the city hall and give a detailed acoount of the shooting. Upon arrival, the entlre crew was in- by the county tor that {ohl:;ldwo;ld be_held without bail Four men were locked up nine hours before the prosecutors office agreed to_aceept bail of $1,000 each. Rigorous tightening of the ocoast guard lines against the rum fleet wus reported today to be on the incriase. FLEES AFTER COLLISION. Motorist Pails to Aid Cyelist Whom He Struck. Efforts are being made by the police to establish the identity and accom- plish the arrest of the driver of an automobile which injured Thomas Carpenter, _fifty-five, ~ 214 Varnum street, at Rock Creek Church road and Ne wHampshire avenue, this morning about 8 o'clock. Carpenter was riding on his motor eyele when the automobile struck one /¢ end of the handiebars, causing the other end to strike and serious injure the rider. Police were told that the driver of the automobile. failed to stop and offer assistance. The. injured man was taken to Gar- field Ho: was suffering from internal hemo: it was reported, critieal.

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