Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1924, Page 2

\ 'D. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 192 9 » = THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, s A THIRD PARTY BOOM ‘| WILL SPEND $28,400 107 Sets and $264.75 Cash Given IS SEEN INEVITABLE| “Wisconsin Support for La Follette Against Coolidge Is Unmistakable. BACKED IN NORTH DAEOTA G. 0. P. Platform Not as Con- v servative as Expected. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. CONVENTION HALL, CLEVELAND, Ohio.. June 12.—The third party movement was born here last night. Wisconsin defied the forty-seven other states of the Union, whose dele- Eates stood and cheered President €oolidge while the La Follette men sat in their seats unmoved. They wailed at the tactics of some dele- Eates who began to sing “The Star- Spangled Banner.” in an effort to per- <uade the Wisconsin men to stand up. But the Badger State delegation acted #s if they couldn’t hear the national anthem—thers was so much noise and confusion. Throughout the evening the dissent of Wisconsin from the Republican na- tional platform and its unwillingness to =upport Calvin Coolidge for the presidency were unmistakable. Wis- consin is for Robert M. La Follette as an Independent Republican candidate for the presidency. doubt of their intention to bolt the Republican party last night's dem- onstration furnished an unequivocal answer. Will Reject 1L was on tre that Wisconsin's delegates bolted this convention. They 1o support the majority report and they openly say they will not accept jts provisions, even though vention has adopted the same. The hisses and jeers only stiffened t determination of the Wi msin dele- gates—twenty-eight _(\f them, for there was a lone Coolidge man among them—to stand by their convictions. Six of the thirteen North Dakota delegates also supported the Wiscon- sin delegation throughout the cv Ring. as they, too, were for La Fol- B 11 not as con The platform itself is - =0 r\‘an{'\f as was anticipated. There .re lots of things which certain re- actionary interests would have writ- ten into it. but they were omitted Platform. platform really ed national The document will be subject to much | of course, from the Demo- | criticism crats, and the platfor teurate. This occurs in the plank relating to the exposures of dishon- esty in the government. The plat- form speaks of “instances in both in one respect, at least, f men in publio office who | < to sell official favor,” but did not expose any hing econd paragraph of that Plank is really more in line with \hat was revealed. for the platform denounces “the sale of influence’ r leaving public office. and says & law should be enacted to fl)flfl:l it This was aimed at William G. McAdoo and the Democrats generally. Fight From Demecrats. this effort to fasten on Undoubtedly the recent exposures crats so as to make certain culprits may be found in both parties will be bitterly resented by the Democrats and revive what might otherwise have been a futile issue. Many planks in the platform will find favor and little criticism, as, for instance, the approval of the child labor amendment and the creation of a department of education in the government and the declaration in favor of the principle of the eight hour day. The labor plank is. in- deed. a rather liberal one, consider- ing the effort that was made to make it severely anti-union. Even the pro- visions relating to strikes are not so far afleld from labor's own demands. For instance. the platform favors “collective ba gaining, mediation and voluntary a itration,” and says frankly the par does not helieve in compulso action in the settling of labor dis- putes.” There is one plank which, however, will be heard from on the stump. It i< that which advocates universal ranscription in time of war and the drarting and such Quired.” Legion labor Thete mention rocently be re American not It wants, believes ie. by vices as what but it in the way. no specific of the soldier bonus law enacted. On the contrary. there is a mild rebuke for Congrese 21l along the line as there is no pointing with pride” to the legisla- o achievements of the last ses- bui considerable mention of Jaws passed by previous sessions of the Republican Congress, Even the w tax law is not heid up to praise. he platform speaks of the reduction taxes, but says Congress devoted If to “tax reduction” amd not to x reform” This is a distinction anickly comprehended, but it that Congress failed to adjust cs scientifically or according to 1he Melion plan. . The foreign relations provisions &re far more friendly to interna- tional co-operation than the platform. ©f 1920 While the league of nations itself is denounced, nraise is given to the various humanitarian activities ©7 the league in which the United Ktates hus participated “without for- Feiting, limiting or restricting our Jational freedom of action.” This follows the line of Secretary Hughes #peech at the Republican convention «f New York state : Farm Plank Satisfies. The agricultural plank satisfied most of the conservatives from the west. and some members of the farm hioc. including Semator Gooding of Jdaho. 1t is a pledge, in general jerme, to render aid to the farmer, Dut offers no specific remedy, arguing only for diversification and co-oper- mtive marketing. The Ku Klux Klan adherents gained # victory in kegping out of the plat- sorm any refer¥nce to their organiza- Aion or to any societies of similar character. The platform contains a jrief reference to the constitutional guarantees of religious, political and ©ivil liberty, and denounces the ub- siitution of private will for public law and mob rule, but makes no men- Ajon of the fomenting of religious prejudice and racial hatred. The world court plank adopted was dhe one framed by President Coolidge. “The adherence of the United States o the existing world court created y the league of nations and ap- ‘proved by the late President Hard- /ing, President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes, is urged upon the Senate. i Opposes Geversment Owmership. { Emphatically rejecting government ‘ownership, the platform cautiously iapproves the retention of the ships \owned by the government, but con- ‘tends that they should be economic- sally handled, and kept only until such {time as there is insurance against ex- fcessive freight rates, whereupon they ‘should be sold. The dissent expressed by Senater ‘Beveridge of Indiana and a few lothers was mot unweleome to the party leaders. who felt that the de- bate would leave a wholesome im- pression on the country and remove the idea that the platform was a steam-roller affair. But President Coolidge's command of the situation iwas mewer In doubt. He is the nemi- nee of the convention and the author may the of its platform, P if there was any | the con- | m is misieading, if not in- | the Demo- | it appear that, transportation | “of such material resources | what | To Star’ Meet Growing Demand For D. C. Needy. Woman Confined to Bed Five Years Seeks Set to Bring Cheer. Augmented by two-score sets left at the People’s Drug Stores by Wash- ington radio enthusiasts, The Star's “radio shut-in fund” today reached sizeable proportions. The number of sets dqnated since the opening of the campaign to place a crystal set at the bedside of every poor and needy invalid in the District totals 107. The fund for the purchase of an- tenna and lead-in wires and other essential equipment for installation | was swelled today to $264.75 by cash | contributions ranging from $1 to §10. The employes of the hairdressing de- partment of Woodward & Lothrop do- nated $5.75. and a woman Ridge Summit, Pa., $2 Additional sets are needed to meet the ever-increasing demand of the deserving “shut-ina" Virtually every mail delivery to The Star brings the names of more invalids who are en- titied to reccive the sets donated to The Star's fund. | Among the requests for sets tod was one from a woman in south | Washington who has been confined to {bed five vears and is dependent on { her daughter for financial assistance, | which permits only the bare necessi- ties of Jife. Rheumatism has made a cripple of this woman, and she is anxiously looking forward for a radio set with the hope that it will drive | away some of the loneliness and suf- fering that has marked her long pe- riod of confinement. . Radio fans and charitably inclined | persons are urged to donate sets to | The Star's fund, so that every de- serving “shut-in” whose name ap- pears on the long list of those un- fortunates who are not able to en- joy life in the great outdoors may find some entertainment through the medium of radia Crystal sets which the fans have discarded in favor of the more powerful audion tube re ceivers are the ones that are wanted for the “shut-ins”’ They are simple to operate, and the upkeep is practi- cally nil. Al sets and equipments donated should be left at the busi- ness office of The Star, on the first floor of The Star building. A receipt will be given each donor. Each con- tribution alse will be acknowledged {in The Star. Checks and cash contributions hould be sent to The Star's “radio shut-in fund.” The money will be | used to purchase antenna wire, poles to support the aerials. lightning ar- resters and other equipment EN BOOMS | COPENHAG | } gDn.nish Port Now Chief Ocean Traffic Depot in Northern Europe. | BY GEORGE R. WITT! | tar and Chicago Daily ws. 2 COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 15— Since the outbreak of the world war, almost ten years ago, Copenhagen has become the foremost harbor of north- ern Europe. mark's capital was one of the most important shipping centers in Europe. It served as one of the principal dis- tributing points for the great Rus- sian empire. The war and the block- ade of its principal rivals, Bremen and Hamburg, resulted in an unprece- dented boom for Copenbagen. a boom that has continued ever Since. The fact that Herbert Hoover chose this city as the distributing center for the supplies of the American re- lief administration during the famine in Russia and neighboring states. shows how highly this Danish port rates in the opinion of men in big business. Small Charges Made. ince the breaking up of the Rus- sian empire and the creation of five {new states on the Baltic—not to men- tion the free state of Danzig—the free port of Copenbagen has done a much larger business than it ever did before. By making the conditions under which goods can be sent from | the United States, for instance, to the | Baltic states and Russia as attractive |35 possible, the free port of Copen- hagen has won a very large share of the business with the new countries. A prospectus issued by the free port authorities states the matter as fol- lows: SF American ship entering the harbor of Copenhagen the free port is, S0 to speak, American territory. In the free port goods can be disc charged, stored and transshipped Wwithout the payment of any duty. No customs authorities examine and de- lay and add extra charges to the goods in transmission. Finally, the port is almost entirely free from the usual dues and fees which weigh s0 heavily on shipping elsewhere, 33 ships entering are required to pay only a nominal pierage due. For that reason it is not surprising that the free port, the area of which has been doubled in the last ten years, is busy all the time and that work is well under way to add an- other row of piers. Latest Methods Employed. Under the guidance of Capt. J. F. Bergeoe, general manager of the free port, 1 made the rounds of the ware- houses. offices, quays, grain elevators and piers and found things to be humming everywhere. For instance, there was one freighter from Amer- ica which had just arrived with a eargo’of flour and had to be unloaded within twenty-four hours in order to make room for another boat due the following day. Both men and ma- chinery were working overtime un- loading the freighter and reloading a large part of the cargo on small Baltic Sea vessels which the follow- ing dsy would start out for Libau, Riga, Reval and other ports. Amer- icar efficiency seemed to prevail everywhere. All the warehouses I visited were jammed full, including the two silos, each one of which holds 11,000 tons of grain. The largest shed, recently completed. covers an area of 50,000 square feet. ‘There are several large sheds in the free port to accommodate American motor cars, thousands of which are shipped via Copenhagen every year. ‘Warehouses and sheds are rented to private companies for short and long periods, but goods may be stored in the freeport warehavees at rates varying from 26 cents to $1.31 a ton a . Goods are stored free of charge for the first eight days, in- cluding the first day of discharge Most of the warehouses are equipped with electric cranes, this type being preferred by the Copenhagen author- ities as more speedy than the motor cranes. Correspondence of Th —— Larceny Charge Ignored. The grand jury today ignored a charge of grand larceny against Charles Earl Wilson, former second assistant treasurers of the American Red Cross. Wilsdn was arrested August 32, 1821, following an audit of his accounts by Dr. Livingston Ferrand, director, which is sald to have revealed a shortage of $13,000. ‘Wilson_is marrjed and has three chil- dren. He was connected with bank- ing houses before accepting the posi- d¢ion with the Red Cross. . | More Gifts Are Needed to ' AS SHIPPING CENTER| Before the war Den- | “Radio Shut-In Fund” | Radio Fund Receipts l Casth contributions to The Star's “radio shut-in fund” received during \the last tweaty-four hours follo Previously acknowlrdged. $228. H. W. C. $10. )&n T. E. Davis, $6. Mr. and Members of the hairdressing de- partmemt, Wwodward & Lethrop, $5.75. iattle Lois Dee, 32. . Goff,. 32T 13th street somtheast. 31. Adela L. Heaven, Blue.Ridge Sum- mit, Pa.. 8. A Star reporter..36. Total, $264.75. Crystal Sets amd Equipment. Crystal sets and equipment received \during the last twenty-four hours 1 3 oo iously acknowledged: _ Sixty- three receiving’sets, twenty-two pairs of headphones, sixty aerlal posts, an- ferma and lead-in wire, crystals and other apparatus for installation. Crystal sets through Peoples Drug Store, 15th and G streets northwest. Mrs. W. B Turpin, 405 Clifton ter- race west. 1. R. Bamaker. W, W. Martin, theast. ORI Rothgeb, 1008 B street south- . 254 10th street A, 2562 36th street northwest Mrs. Helen Frey, avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Rowe, 3522 Park place northrwest. Edward Wilson, the Ontario V. H. Brown, 1124 B street north- ecast. three sets. B. Hoernig, 622«Gth street north- east, four sets. corge Sartwell, street northwest. Anonymous. Anonymous (set and antenna) Anonymous (set and headphones). Mrs. Everett Partridge, the On- tario N. I. Crandall, 2006 N street north- west. Mr. and Mrs. T. Percy Myers, 1329 21st street northwest, two sets. Mrs Isabella A. Hunter and Miss Dora S. Pierson, 3322 Park place northwest. Skillet Finn, two sets. Earl S. Grogan, Cairo Hetel. R L. Isherwood, 1207 9th street northwest. Charles J. Clark, 153 D street south- east Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Silverman, 1900 H northwest, apartment 207. V. H. Brown, 1124 B street west Anonymous George E. Torn treet southeast. . Byrne Parker, northwest Thomas P. Pemberton, 425 K street northeast Buckler, 2700 Connecticut 1211 Jefferson north- (set and wire) ir. (age 11), 1821 P 2002 street . 701 Randolph place v and head phones) Willlam D. Wentzell, 614 18th street northwest (two sets). S. E. Murdock, 1513a 34 northwest (set and phones) John E. Stauffer, 3647 13th street northwest Anonymous Equipment Through Peoples. Mr. Samnson, Chevy Chase | head phones) | 'Harold F. Lane, Home Life build- | ing (set head phones) { Set Brought to § 2. 1. Cecil, 1408 northeast | Total—One hundred and seven sets, 27 pairs of head phones. 60 aerfal street (set Offiee. Monroe street posts, antenna and lead-in wire, crys- fals and other equipment for installa- tion WOMAN IS INDICTED IN CHURCH THIEVERY | Catherine Fennell Aecn‘ud of Tak- ing Purses of Other Women at Prayer. The grand Jury today indicted Catherine Fennell alias Catherine Northrop, on a charge of grand lar- ceny. The woman is said to have robbed women in churches, while the victims were at prayer. The specific charge is the larceny of a wallet con- taining $42, belonging to Miss Cath- erine Keane of 1807 Biltmore street, while the latter was in St. Matthew’s Church Policewoman Clarke assigned to the case noticed the accused at the Church of the Epiphany, and, when she left. arrested her. Detectives Thompson and Mansfield are said to have found seven purses, including the one lost by Miss Kcane, in the woman's room. ‘The grand jurors ignored a charge of receiving stolen property against Eugene Alien and a charge of grand larceny against William Johnson. Others indicted and the charges against them are: Walter Johnson, housebreaking and larceny: Clarence Reid and Eddie Moore, grand lar- ceny; ~ Charles Williams, carnal knowledge; Arthur Twyman, house- breaking and larceny; Joseph Cham- bers, BEdward C. Hopkins and Louis Herson Willlams, violation of section 826b, District of Columbia code: Howard L. Jackson, housebreaking: James F. Donovan and Frederick E. Ware, housebreaking and larceny. ACCUSED OF INTOXICATION Woman Pleads Not Guilty and Case Is Continued. Charged with intoxication, Emily Lucile Graham, alias Mary Jones, a well dressed white woman, who gave her address as 627 E street northwest., appeared and plead not gullty before Judge McMahon in Police Court to- @ay. The police said that it was Decessary to carry Miss Grabam to the patrol wagon which was used to take her to the precinct after she had forcibly refused to go to the Emergency Hospital for treatment. She said that she had subletted the apartment on E street frcm a former owner in answer to the assertion of the proprietor that he had never seen her before. Miss Graham told the court that she had been a resi- dent of Washington for about a month, coming here from Colorado. Her case was continued for further investigation. MAJ. KIRBY NAMED. Ordered to Report to Mellon to Be Engraving Bureau Head. Maj. Wallace W. Kirby, Corps of Engineers, was ordered by the War Department today to report to the Secretary of the Treasury June 16 for duty as director of the bureau of graving and printing for a period not to exceed six months. That action was taken in accordance ‘with the provisions of a con; resolution approved May 31, 1924. Maj. Kirby previously served as director of the bureau, but was re- moved under a ruling of the com- troller general that Army officers could not serve in civilian capacities without special authorisation from Congress. Purse Found in Cake of Ice. Everett Ross, of Pawling, N. Y., when hiking Jast winter, dropped into & lake his purse containing a dollar bill and & license. A few weeks ago it was re- ) turned to nim, been found in & cake of ice dellvered to a user 50 miles from where he lost it FOR SCHOOL LIGHTING Officials Plan to Install Electricity in Buildings Lacking Daylight. $157,600 TO BE REQUIRED Nineteen Chosen for First Atten- tion With Limited Funds. Approximately $28.400 of the $300.- 000 appropriated for the repair fund for the District public schools during the next fiscal year will be used to electrify school buildings, if the rec- ommendations of the buildings, grounds and equipment committee of the board of education are approved. Nineteen bulldings have been rec- ommended by the committee for elec- trification. A survey of the artifictal lighting in the schools, however, shows that 3157,600 would be re- Quired to complete the installation of electric lights. Ernest Greenwood, chairman of the committee, points out that because of the limited appropriatii only small portion of the lightfhg noeds can be met. At a result the nineteen schools selected as those which have little daylight in thelr rooms due to their close proximity to adjacent bulldings. The buildings slated for electrifica- tion follow: Banneker, Cranch, Green- leaf, Hilton, Jefferson, Langston, Ma- gruder, Morgan, Patterson, Phillips, Roes, Taylor, Tonet, Tyler. Van Bu- ren, Van Buren annex, Webb, Wood- burn and Wormiey. Two definite policies regarding the expenditure of the repair fund are recommended by the committee. The first sets aside a definite percentage of the appropriation for specific pur- poses, such as the elimination of the fire hasard, electrio lights, painting and renovating, etc. as foliows: Elimination of fire hazards, 10 per cent; installation of electrio lights 10 per cent, and painting and renova ing. ¢ lo‘!flTerr:;nl. o mee! of the repairs requested by school principals during the next fiscal year, Mr. Greenwood has esti- mated, would cost $960,242.35. SHARP EARTHQUAKE IS FELT IN BALKANS Force of Shock Apparently Cen- tered at Mostar, Herze- govina. By the Associated Press. ROME. June 12.—Dispatches from Jugoslavia today announce a sharp earthquake in the Balkans, with its most marked effect in the vicinity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Houses were crumbled by the shock and some ca: ualties are reported. Mostar, Herze- govina, seems to have been the center of the telluric movement. The press points out that this earth movement fulfills one of the predic- tions made by Raphael Bandani of Faenza, the seismologist, who in his recent forecast of earthquakes for June predicted that shocks would soon be felt in the Mediterranean re- gion, especially in the Balkans, fol- lowed shortly by considerable earth disturbances in Asia Minor. By the Associated Press. MANILA, June 11.—A severe earth- quake occurred on the Island of Panay this morning, according: to the weather bureau. It is believed that the origin was the interior of Capiz Province, where the intensity was greater than along the coast. No serious damage has been reported By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, June 11—Two slight eruptions and three earthquakes made up the activities of the volcano Kilauea for the past twenty-four hours. One eruption was at noon, the other at 3 p.m. Dust continued to- night to rise from the crater, the height of its ascent being estimated at half a mile. THYROID AND GOITER CLINIC PROVES WORTH Establishment Conducted by Wom- an’s Welfare Association Is Fully Equipped. The thyroid and goiter clinic, con- ducted under the auspices of the ‘Woman's Welfare Association, at 1022 11th street, now is fully equipped for making basal metabolism tests. The clinic was opened in April, and was the first of the kind in the city to offer, free of charge, aid to women and girls suffering from nervous con- ditions and heart manifestations due to enlargement of the thyroid gland. | The tests that have been recently installed are daily proving of value in diagnosis. A number of promineat physicians are giving their services to this clinic, which is held every Thursday at 5 pm. The board of directors of the Wom- en's Welfare Association is composed of: Honorary president, Mrs. Charles W. Wetmore; president, Mrs. Mac- pherson Crichton: vice presidents, Mrs. Wesley Martin Stoner, Mrs. John Allen Daugherty. Mrs. Mark W. Pot- ter; recording secretary, Mrs. A. L. Rheinstrom: corresponding secretary, Mrs. William H. King: treasurer, Mrs. Maynard Crane Burrell, and Mrs. John 8. Barbour, Mrs. Jerome Clark, Mrs. Wiltred Du Puy, Mrs. George Ehle, Mrs. Hampson Gary, Mrs. C. A. Haw- ley, Mrs. Joseph Hampson, Mrs. Charles McChord, Mrs. Cuno Rudolph, Miss Janet Richards, Mrs. Byrd Rob- inson, Mrs. H. N. Rickey, Mrs. Claude Swanson, Mrs. E. G. Siggers, Mrs. J. H. Turner, Mrs. Alfred Pembroke Thom and Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood. 1,100-LB. BOILER TAKEN. Footprints May Identify Persons Responsible for Taking It. Identity of individuals respomsible for the Gissppearance of a boller weighing 1,100 pounds from the yard of the Fuller Constructon Company, Eckington and Quincy piaces northeast, between sundown yesterday and sunrise this morning has not been established by the police. Footprints in the yard may be a means of establishing the identity of alleged parti ts, although the prints were dlstu by the heavy downpour during the night. It is thought by the Pollce, 542, e Yoroing part of & meon ts, ng 2 moon- flneu: it in nearby Maryland. SEEK MISSING GIRL. Police Aid Hunt for Fifteen-Year- Old Marion Hern. Marion Hern, fifteen years old, is ported missing from her home, T trect northeast. Police of the Ainth precinct were told that the girl disappeared from her home last Sun- @ay. It was thought she had gome to visit relatives and it was when mem- bers of her family learned the vela- tives had seen nething of her that the polies were asked to search. Marion is five feet tall, weights 120 unds and her light hair is bobbed. Photoxraph shews damage resultin, ‘elock this morming. The portion of Comduit road covering the big pipe caved when a portion of the eonduit ce of about sixty feet. Vice Presidency Still in Doubt, With Kenyon and Curtis in Race - {Continued fou Firet Fage) souri, 6: Dawaes, Hoover, 3: Har- bord. 3; Norbeck, 3: Hines, 2. Phipps of Colorado, 1. Mondell of Wyo- ming, 1. Delegations at Meeting. The fourteen state delegations rep- resented at the meeting were Michi- &an, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, lowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Mis- souri, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Washington and Montana. Each delegation was represented by its delegates, including its chairman. The states at first named their preferences, a list of ten all told, and edch state named four pos- sible candidates who would be sat- isfactory. The list given Mr. Butler was made up from that selection. There were some crossed wires in the situation as it opened this morn- ing. All the evidence tended to show that the administration had been fully appraised of Senator Borah's determination not to accept the nomi- nation. He told President Coolidge last week that he would refuse it and might be called upon to give reasons for his declination if pushed. While he is heartily and genuinely for Coolidge for the presidency. they are “as far apart as the poles on some questions.” He feel# he could not in sincerity become a part of the administration when he cannot agree with all its policies. Butler Amsured. All this was known to William M Butler, vet last night Mr. Butler told the conferees that he had assurance that Senator Borah would accept, and that is what moved Secretary of War Weeks to say. when he met the as- sembled newspaper men at 1:30 o'clock this morning that it would probably be Borah That conference was another smoke-filled-room” affair similar to the one in Chicago four years ago, in which the decision to nominate Hard- ing was reached—except this one turned out to be a flivver Other conferences had been going on all afternoon in several groups, the farm bloc, representing fourteen states in one hotel, the ex-service men's bloc in another, the Senate bloc back of Senator Curtis of Kansas in another, Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, was the liaison officer among them. Demands and ~defies” were passed along. Prop- ositions and protests were made. In that smoke-filed room" con- ference, which might be called the administration bloc. were William B. Butler, Senators Reed and Pepper, Postmaster General Harry S. W, Lack of Money May Stop Jury Trials 8 Days With prisoners in jall waiting a hearing, Judge McMahon of the Police Court today wrote to the Commis- sioners to learn whether it will be possible to hold any jury trial be- tween now and July 1, in view of the failure of Congress to pass the second deficiency bill, earrying an item for the payment of jury fees for the balance of this fiscal year. udge pointed out in his letter hat by -Bix Jurors are Teuired by the court, at §3 per day, and that there are eight days left in which jury trials might be held, making a total of $650 needed. The matter has been turned over to District Auditor Donovan, who al- ready is wrestling with many other similar problems created by failure of the deficiency bill. July 1 the new appropriation for jury fees will be available, but if no way is found to proceed in the meantime, it will mean that those persons who have not ob- tained their release on bail will be left in jail. PHRENOLOGIST FINED $25. Gypsy 1s Convicted &or Failure to Get License. Lena Mitchell, 1102 Pennsylvania avenue, a gypsey phrenologist, appear- ed before Judge McMahon in Police Court today, charged with telling fortunes without a permit. Dressed in the ocolorful clothing uliar to the girls of that race, na carried a tl;'lbyn ind hel’(l l.rn;; while she took e stand and to the court that she was a phrenologist, “a reader of bumps on the head.” The court listened to a long harangue on the art of bump-reading, insert- ing questions at various points of the recital. Lena said that the old people of her clan had taught her phrenonogy, and not fortune-telling. The police testified that Lena had not , told fortune of Police~ man C. V. Pickup of the first preci ‘but had required him to blow on his dollar before the procedure. The court said that under the evidence she was guilty, and fined her $25. Nuns Start to China. Five sisters of the Precious Blood Monastery in Manchester, N. H., have started for China to take up missionary and philanthropic work. They are the first sisters of that order to go wo far afleld, although a group did go to Cuba after the Spanish-American war, Secretary of War John W. Weeks, C. Bascem Siemp, secretary to the Pres ident: assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roomevelt, National Com- mitteeman Hilles of New York and Senator James W. Wadsworth of New York. Canvassed Many Names. “Name after name was canvassed.” said one of those present. “We sift- ed them down until only one re- mained on top of the sieve as his most eligible, Senator Borah.” In the meantime Hanford McNider of the ex-service men's bloc pro- tested against Senator Borah on ac- count of his voting against the bonus and charged that he would not be al- together satisfactory to the farm bloc on the allegation that he had never done anything for the agricuitural in- terests except for irrigation. After the “smoke-filled room" con- ference, which had decided upon Sen- ator Borah, broke up, most of is members trailed off to bed. Then the crossed wires began to sizzle and emit parks. Several newspaper men who ame to_ Cleveland advised at first hand of Senator Borah's expressed in- tention not to accept, reached him on the telephone at his residence in Washington. Talked With Borah. Here is the version of ths conver- sation by James L. Wright, Washing- ton correspondent of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He told Senator Borah of Mr. Butlers declaration that he had reasons to believe that the sen- ator would accept. “I feel about this matter exactly as 1 did_when I _was at the White House,” Senator Borah is quoted as saying. “Instead of changing my mind, the longer I think of it the moge convinced I am that I should not take the vice presidency “The persons who say 1 have agreed to accept have no right to say so. 1 told them that 1 take the office and no one has a right to say that I have intimated any- thin else “Have you talked with William M. Butler today?™ the senator was asked. *“I have not.™ “Does this news come as an abso- lute surpri to you®' “I heard an hour ago that such a thing was in the wind, but I could not believe it." Senator Borah then sent telegrams to Secretars Weeks. Senator Wads- worth and the Idaho delegation ad- vising them of his reiterated declina- tion. o Early this morning. as this dispateh is being started, the word from a cabinet member who was in confer- ence last night is that “it is all up in the air again. 'NEW BUILDINGS WILL HOLD DOWN TAX RATE 1$28,000,000 to Be Added to As- sessable Realty Values Here, Richards Estimates. New buildings completed since last July will result in the addition of $28.000,000 to the total assessment of real estate in Washington for the next fiscal year, Assessor William P. Richards estimated today, and bring about a reduction in the tax rate. At present the total assessed value of all taxable land and improvements in' the city is $767,000,000. With the new structures to-be placed on the books the total assessment will be approximately $795,000,000. In view of this increase in the as- sessable values, it was predicted at the District building today that the hew tax rate on payments to be made next November and May probably will be $1.50 or $1.55 instead of the ten. tative calculation of $1.60 per $160 valuation. Boosted by Fiseal Change. When the District appropriation act for the ensuing twelve months be- came a law last week, carrying with it a change in fiscal relations, under which the federal government will pay a lump sum of $9,000,000, in lieu ©of 40 per cent of the total amount ap- propriated, Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor, figured that the tax rate would have to be raised from the present “,‘“"‘u‘,’.'z""& r,o‘u.‘o. n_makin estima s he made ailowance ‘only for the addi: tion of about $15,000,000 worth of aew buildings to the assessment base. Richards' statement of the new add tions necessarily means a lower tax rate than $1.60. This does not mean that the people a8 a whols will pay less in dollars, but that the raising of the total as- sessment will make possible a lower rate per $100. . The exact tax rate will not be ar- rived at until Maj. Donovan learns, some time in July, the total collections for the year ending June 30. Commissions TIssued. Commissions in the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army have been issued by the War Department to Jackson E Price 1646 Monzce street this clty, as a major of engineers, o Hugh C. Duffey, jr., 929 O street, this city, as a first lleutenant in the Medical Corps. would not | [D. C. WATER SUPPLY 1 earrying water from Great Falls to MENACED AS BREAK OCCURS IN CONDUIT (Continued from First Page.) ice December 5, 1863. It is a circular brick tunnel, nine feet in diameter, conveying the water for the entire city from a dam at Great Falls. a distance of nine and one-half miles, to the Dalecarlia reservoir at the District line. At this point, the water is allowed to settie, and then con- tinues to flow two miles further to the Georgetown reservoir. The entire supply for the city then is taken through the Lydecker tunnel | from Georgetown to the filtration plant at 1st and Bryant streets. | There the water is lifted by pumps, a | distance of twenty-one feet, to the filter bed. The water for the downtown sec- tion flows by gravity, directly from the filtration plant. , For the other higher sections of the city, e water | flows to distribution reservoirs, from | which it is pumped to the various neighborhoods. 'or a number of years federal and | District officials have been calling at- | tention to the need for a second con- duit, not only to take care of the Erowth of the city, but to relieve the necessity of depending solely upon one supply line. Debated in Congress. Only a week ago the Senate and House were deliberating over how much they should appropriate for continuing work on the new conduit during the next twelve months. The House allowed only $800,000, while the Senate voted for $2.500,000. When the bill went to conference the con- ferees compromised on $1.500,000, which was about twice what the House had allowed, but a million less than the Senate was willing to give. With the sudden growth in popula- tion during and after the war, the dailv_consumption of water has jn- creased greatly, and for _several vears the repair work on the con- | duit has been difficult to carry on be- | cause of the heavy use of water. Officials familiar with the wader | system, however, say that a break in | the conduit is not nearly so serious | and is easier to repair than would be a similar accident in the Lydecker tunnel. This latter tunnel also has had to remain in service with practically no repair work because of the infreased consumption of water and the fact that it carries the supply to the fil- tration plant 1t was pointed out today that th work of mending the conduit is ren- dered easy by the fact that the water is not under pressure in coming from Great Falls, but flows by gravity, Mere Help Promised. When the new water supply proj- ect is completed, the city will not have to rely entirely on the existing filtration piant at 1st street, since the plan calls for a supplemental filtra- tion plant near the Dalecarlia reser- voir of the District line in the north- west. It is the opinion of persons familiar with the water system that the old conduit has held up remarkably weil, considering its years of steady use. When plans for the old supply line STEVINSON HOLDING SPRING GOLF LEAD Card of 81 Made Yesterday Best in Middle of Second Qma! fying Day. DR. TILLEY LOWEST TODAY Columbia Country Club Seores Still With approximately three-fourths of the fleld having played off the first tee, the scores in the annual spring golf tournament of the Colum Country Club continued to run high today. The middle of the second qualifying day found Miller B. Stevinson of C lumbia still Jeading with a card of 81, made yesterday in the rain. Dr £. R Tilley of Indian Spring turn in the lowedt score of the morning round today with a card of 8. R sell Jewell of Washington was in se ond place at noon toduy for the scc- ond qualifying day with a score of %9, Other sco turned in today follow J. A. White, jr, Bannockburn, 92 Lee Crandall, jr. Bannockburn, M. Winbigler, unattached 3 Grady Miller, Columbia, 97; J. \ Browneli, Indian Spring, 9% H. M. }fv‘n'-l:‘. Columbia, 99; . . Van Lear Columbia, 99; E. D. Moores, Colum- bia, 101; Capt. Georges Theault, C1 Chase, 102; R. W. Mills lumbia. Stevinson's score of %1 probably wi not stand up as low score for the qualifying round, as several of leading players of the city sts early this afternoon J had threes on the first STEVINSON TOPS GOLF FIELD AT COLUMBIA IN EARLY PLAY, WITH 81 Approximately 170 golfers half ‘the record field of tered in the Columbia spring golf tournament, the last half of the qualifying round ¥, with a score of $1 shot ves- by Miller B. Stevinson, star of the home club, leading the fleld. That score of Stevinson's is not expected to stand against the assaults of the stars who got away today. as there are a dozen or more in the field, which left the first tee who are fully ca- pable of getting well below 80. Num- bered among the stars who got away today are: C. J. Dunphy, last year wiinner of two tournaments alrean nia, Guy M. Standifer,, a former Dis- trict champion; Roland R. Mackenzie winner of tfo tournaments alrcad: this vear; Karl F. Kellerman, Re nald Loftus and several of the o young stars, and Thomas W. Sass of Baltimore, former Middle Atlantic titleholder. Mostaof the 190-odd, who plared in the medal round yesterday, plaved in the midst of a dumpnese, which ap- pears to prevail at every tournament this year. A light rain fell in the morning, ‘and slowed up the aiready slow course, so that tee shots wers not long. and special local rules were near 0-odd untry Clu started on | necessary on four of the fairways Stevinson's 81, made under these con- ditions, was a very creditable soore. and was done without the assistanoe of a single long putt. nor a birdie. He started badly, getting the first three holes in 5, 6, 5. but then settled down to steady , and was out in 41 Tuckerman Misses Chaner. Tuckerman had a good chance tie Stevinson, but put his second sh at the seventeenth over the greern. One of the surprises of the first da was tne failure of Albert R. Mac- Kenazie, the Middle Atiantic champion to score betier than $7. a score that will more than likely keep him out of the first flight. As it appeared early today the 853 would probably play off for a place in the first flight. Many of the entrants who were sched- uled to play yesterday decided not to risk a cold in the heavy going and the rain, and withdrew their name- while many others tore up their card Yesterday's scores follow: Miller B. Stevinson. Col., 81; W. R man, Burning Tree. H. Crim Peck, Lexing 84: Conrad B. Dole. Col. 54 W R. McCallam, Wash. &5; R C. McKimmir Paso.. 85: K. Cornwell. Col.. &: W. A McGuire, Col, 85: C. B. Hough. Congressiona. %6; A. F. Prescoit. Col. 5. Albert R. Ma. Kenzie, Col., &; C. B. Hatch. Cel.. &7: L. Christman, Cel.. §3: Reval W. Gill, Balto. Karry 8. Erauss, Bann., 89; Tem Moore Spring. 8. E 1 Orme, Col. 8. W Frank Turton. Bans . ~9. W. W. Lord. unat! 90: R. E. Chapin, (ol 80 Herman Stabic- Col., 90; Dr. Thomas 3. Foley, Chery Chase 80: 3. F. Sariey, Col. %): 0. C. Murra: Argyle, 90: Austin M. Porter, Col.. 90: R T Harrell, Congressional, 9. Many In Early 90's T Howard, c cin | 1ndian " Sprinz. 61: W E ol lG.w. 91: Hugh H. MaeKens. Barr, Col. W i Pearee. ., 93: . S, Appleman. Col.. G R. L. Morris. Col., 8: P. J. Frimell. Indinn Spring, 83: H. A. Knor. Indian Spring. 0" T. A. Kelther, uaati. s Spe Indian Sprice, 90 F_ . Karly. Indiae S % R Y. Home tnair Spring odges, Col . orthinglon Frail Chase, 93: Thomas Eilett, Makewan, 1. Bone. Bann., 83: George L. Billings, umat! i F. P. Pyle. Col., 84: J_ L. Barr. Col., 91 ¥ Lodge Hil Col. 4: € © 84: Whitney Leary, Wash., 04 W, S Watts, Col. 05 A L. Richars, ara.. 95: A o Tueke: 5 W Hinton, were being prepared prior to 1360, the population of Washington ane| Goorgetown was not much more than §0.000 inhabitants. Today, the popu- lation is close to the 450,000 mark. §iving some idea of the extent to which the engineers looked ahead in planning the water system. For a number of years past, how- ever, the city has been consuming close to the daily mafe capacity of the conduit, and efforts have been made both by officials and local organiza- tions to have Congress speed up ap- propriations for completion of the new project. ‘When they heard of the aceident today. Joseph Hock, president of the Arundel Comstruetion Company, the firm building the new oonduit. and his chief engineer. Joseph Hogan. rushed here immediately from Phila- delphia to meet any emergency that may arise. alf Moos a Duet. Milford, Del., has a freak of nature that is attracting more than ordinary attention. It is a two headed calf that moos with each throat. Furthermore the calf eats with both mouths and in every other way is a normal barnyard animal, This Cat Weighs 60 Pounds. At Goffstown, N. H., Mrs. Jennie E. Avery has a cat that nearly tops the list for large felines im captivity and domesticated. Her tabby weighs 60 pounds and is only four years oid. Its body measures a yard around, although its limbs are nearly normal. Horses Cheaper Than Autos. Horses have been found, by experi- ment, to be cheaper for short distance hauling of heavy loads than the motor lorry. The economy is not great, being Aot elght cents & mile, ang It Gbtalns only on short hauls of extra heavy loads, the records show. Savin’ It for the Wake. From Everybody's Magasine. Mr. Mulligan was lying upon his death bed. Mrs. Mulligan was seated at his side, giving what small con- solation she could offer in the cir- cumstances. “Sure, and Mike,” said she, “is there innything I_oud do fer yez before yuh lave us® “Margaret, me darlint,” said he, “T ‘arges, Col.. 96. FYFE. Wadkmith, Col.. 96 rode, Chevy Chase, 96: H. 8 5 Spring. 98: W_ W. Jobnston, Dallas. lim Ontjes, Wasi., 97, H A Coi. Seidemasn. Col. P W. 5 unatt. 98: I W Kernao, Wash.. 95; Merle Tho: Wash., 98 B Bemis. Col.. 80 [ onate. 0% B. Murphy 8. L W M Pinckel. jr. o8: C. I aker Tann., 89: H. M mati.. 80; I H ormack. Indian . Georer ins. unatt % L. Fopkiss. oa inatt 100; Faris K. Hrengie, Col- . umatt.. 100; Paris K. Brengie. Col.. ;‘a- C. E. Faiton, Bama., 100: L. A. Marsh, Waib., 100; B. T, West, Wash. 100; R. E. Carlesn, Wasb.. 100. 0 "H. Thompson. unatt. 303: A. B. Gai ; F fiver. upati. 104; W. W 1 J. 1. ‘Jowes, Indian Spring. Hopkins, Col., 122; P. C. Kmsox. L 132, Cal w. 100; 1 In for Anything. From Pearson’s Magasine A woman made a purchase {ro; one of the flower girls in Picadill Circus and said: 1 _suppose you wil be here on Wednesday! I shall want a lot of flowers for my daughter; she is coming out on that day “She shall have the best in the mar- ket. mum,” replied the flower seller sympathetically. “What's she becn in for? e Half Holidays In U. S. Offices Start Saturday Satorday balf holidays for the federal and District government employes start this coming Sat- urday and will continue until the middle part ob next September. This is made possible by a con- tinuing order originally issued by President Taft and followed by bis successors and specifies that “four hours shall constitute a day's wark on Saturdays” during the summer season. For the benefit of the departmental head’s in carrying out this order the White Homse designated June 15 to September 15 as the summer period. Inasmuch as next Saturday is Fiag day and that the first Sat- wrday within the period designated will mot be until June 21, the think I smeil the odor of roastim’ pork. I belave I cud eat a bit of it.” “I'm sorry, Mike” said she, “but 1 can’t cut into that pork roast; we're savin’ it fer the wake® White House said today that the summer period will this year be made to actualiy commence June ‘“t a day earller than the specified me.