Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1924, Page 2

INCE DEATH PROBE BRIGS RUM HITS Doctor and Nurse Heard in Inquiry Into Yacht Party Details. i Woman Must Tell Age if Relevant, Court Declares Witness in Suit Is Forced to Admit 39 Years After Appeal. Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, December 10.—A By the Associated Press. | LOS ANGELES, Calif, December | The illness and death of Thomas | motion picture producer, sub- | sequent to a yacht party in San Diego | harbor last month, has been made the | subject of an off investigation by C. Kemp district attorney Diezo County, the Los s toda 10. ¥ - died of mcute indigestion, su- | perindu faiiure, ucnrdlnxi to the attending physi- cian T.ae circumstances surround- illness, which apparently producer early on Novem- aboard the Intern 1" Film Corporationis yacht Oneida, are what Kempley hopes to ar up with investigation, the nes explain 17, Two Tell of Liquor. » so far interviewed by orney, two, Dr. Tru- and Miss Jessie How- have both stated :s quotes Kempley ing, Ince connected his i with liguor. Dr. Park producer Mar, Ca afte as Among tho: the man A distr Pa was called to attend the hen the latter was at Del . en route to Los Angeles, he yacht. He is quoted that Ince talked of having n of ‘“considerable liquor the yacht.” Howard, on the g to pley aboard Tiss Accor her his liguor.” 1In was seized which bre At her h of the pre of no cir i other hand, said Ince told aused by “bad & that, she said, he with a coughing spell, azht up ces of blood me here Mrs. Ince, widow cer, declared she knew | ances about the yacht-| which would warrant an ation. She said she felt her| had not been drinking| sayi inves hust heav Whot the district tors have par ed in the attorney and his been able to learn ty and Ince's illness following, ac- Times | Oncida left San Pedr: 1turday, November 13, in San Diego Harbor nt ding to cht Screen Stars Aboard. Aboard were W Randolph Hearst, publisher r Glyn, | novelist and Seen: Owen resses; Dr. , head of the| , and others vacht early Monday dman, and with him| rning train for Los| esses sald the producer | appeared to be In| motion Taniel C: Cosmopolit Ince left th Dr. boarded the n zeles. Wit time n D Goodn pr o or at ¢ miles out of San Dlego, at| Del Mar, Dr. Goodman removed Ince | from the train, led passing | tomobile and too kthe sufferer to a | Dr. Parker then was sum- d, and he, in_turn, called for trained , Miss Howard. | t the hotel Dr. in his shirt sleeves Iving a bed in the room which | had been cngazed for He helped the patient dis and with Dr. Goodman present examined him. He diagnosed the case as trouble and preseribed remedies, questioning the patient out that the latter had great deal during hours, had ecaten taken of llquor patient should re ed again that much improved to sec A hotel nur he arr bund Ir heart His | brought smoked a revious 24 ly and par- hear ns that the t and whe night In vas infor ler] hurr. Ang ces would no lo In ot charge of th SCHOOL CUSTODIANS TO DEMAND MORE PAY Will Carry Plea for Equitable Sal- ary Schedule to House Appro- priations Committee, les, that his ger be required. d in Dr. Ida C.| geles, who teok | The public schoo! through the Buildin ciation. will carry for an quitable salary ccheduie.to the sub- committee appropriations of the House a the he: rngs on the strict propriation tee representing the or- s headed by Thomas J. Jones, McKinley High School engi- - rred with Supt. of Schools terday after- noon re lary question. The committe ued that the janitors and engineers should be paid for overtime work at eommunity centers and night schools, while the superintendent maintalned that the present wage scale, based on the reclasification legislation, Included for extra labor. After the conference Mr, Jones in- @icated that the a: sociation will first seek to have the Personnel Classifi- | cation Board separate the servlces of | the janitors and englneers Into two | distinct salary groups, and if mot successful will appeal to the House subcommittee on appropriations. MERCHANTS PLAN FIGHT FOR RATE ADJUSTMENT Association Committee Dlans to Present to, I cCc Plans to protect the interest of Washington in the question of class freight rates to come before the In- terstate Commerce Commission were | discussed at & meeting of the freight rate committee of the Merchants and| Manufacturers’ Association in their| headquarters at The Star Bullding yes- terday afterncon. The investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission will cover all class ‘rates between Washington and territory east of the Mississippi, north of the Ohio River and north of North Carolina to the Canadian boundary line. Washington merchants have been penalized in the past by what they consider an unreasonable and dis criminatory arbitrary rate over Balti- more to and from all points north of Baltimore, which arbitrary or differ- ential ranges anywhere from 2 to 13 cents per hundred pounds, says the committee. The first hearing in this case is set for February 4, at the office of the In- terstate Commerce Commission. Charles J. Columbus, secretary of the association, announced that ship- veps and receivers of freight in ‘Washington should communicate with the office of the Merchants and Man- ufacturers'. Asseclation in this mat- tery . custodian force, " Asso- or, nk i Laying | sage to Congress last week is “deeply { | Miller of | way accident in the United States in | for deepening of the Hudson River, woman witness can be forced to tell her exact age if the lawyer insists the information is material. Justice Davis ruled this in the Supreme Court yesterday during trial of a suit brought by Spen- cer Waters, cot- ton operator, against _Mrs Margaret Hunt- ington Hall of Hewlett, Long Is- land. % The suit Is for property in West Washington Square, Manhat- tan, sald to be worth $100,000, which Waters says Mrs. Hall held in trust for him. She answered questions about her cotton ventures and the purchase of the property, but when James Darcy, Waters' attorney, asked her age, she blushed, looked at her patent leather shoes and replied, “I—I'm over 21 years of age.” When the lawyer in ted on her exact age she appealed to the court, saying it was “a personal matter."” | After the lawyer insisted the Information was material, Justice Davis ruled she must answer. 11l be 39 in May nex admitted. Later Mrs “Miss Mabel, of her banking affairs, or a young woman. “She's a young lady about 40, the answer. LAUD PRESIDENT'S WATERWAY VIEWS Rivers and Harbors Congress | Passes Resolution of Appreciation. 2y " she Hall was asked if a who looks after some was an old was President Coolidge's indorsement of development of the internal water- ways of the United States in his mes the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, the congress declared in a resolution adopted at the opening meeting of its two-day annual conventlon today at the New Willard Hotel. The resolution, presented by Roy Corpus Christi, Tex., and unanimously adopted by the congress, authorized the president of the rivers 1d harbors body to appoint a com- mittee to call on the President at the White House and convey the feeling of the organization to hi The fea- ture of the President's message wherein he referred to development of the Inland waterways as a means of effecting tax reduction is especially pleasing to the congress, the resolu- tion added. A call for a co-ordination of all offorts centering on water transporta- tion was sounded by John H. Small, | president of the congress, in his an- | nual address. Mr. Small reviewed the | work of the 3 and said he hoped for more constructive work during the coming year of the work of the | congres Tells of 0dd Colliston. | the appreclated” by Differing from ordinary high- every particular, Jonkheer Dr. A. C. D. de Graeff, minister from the Netherlands, told the congress that he had personally witnessed a collision between a steamer and a trolley car in his country, where a mix-up in signals permitted a trolley car to run onto a steamer. Nearly a million acres of arable land is being reclaimed from the bot- tom of the Zuyder Zee, Holland's In- land sea, by draining of this vast| body of water, at a cost of $50.000,- | 000, Dr. de Graeff told the congress. In the possibility of flooding practical- 1y the entire extent of Holland under elght feet of water in case of war rests one of its most valuable means of national defense, he declared, add- ing that Holland deems its liberty more important in case of war than the saving of its property. Reviewing in detall the rivers and harbors bill which would appropriate $53,000,000 for river and harbor de- velopment in the United States, Rep- resentative S. Wallace Dempsey of New York, chairman of the House committee on rivers and harbors, pleaded for support of the bill. Mr. Dempsey told the congress that the Congress of the United States has be- fore it ample concrete evidence of the advisability of spending this money, which, he said, would result in in- calculable national benefit. Repre- sentative Dempsey pleaded for con- struction of the intercoastal canal, practically for deepening of the harbor of Miamt, Fla., and for harbor improvements at Los Angeles, Calif. He said water power development at Niagara Falls should be matched on every stream capable of such development In this country, and asserted that without the products manufactured at Niag- ara Falls this nation would not have been able to wage successful war. Many Speakers Henrd. Other speakers at the opening meeting of the congress included Mrs. Sarah Willard Strout of Portland, Me., president of the Women's Na- tional Rivers and Harbors Congress; Frederick H. Fay of Boston, Frank 8. Davis of Boston, A. R. Smith of New York and 8. A. Thompson, sec- retary of the congress. Rear Admiral Willlam A, Mofrett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy, will address the congress this afternoon on air travel by diri- gibles. Other addresses are to be delivered by Maj. Gen. Harry ‘Taylor, chief of Engineers, U. S. A., and Wil- lam T. Donnelly of New York. Sir Esme Howard, the Ambassador of Great Britain; Secretary of War Weeks, Senator James A. Reed of Missourl, Representatiye Edgar How- ard of Nebraska, Miss Belle Sherwin and Mrs. Izetta Jewell Brown will speak at the banquet of the congress tomorrow night at the Willard. —_— TREATY VOTE ASSURED. Senate to Take Up Isle of Pines Pact Soon. The Senate voted today to take up the Isle of Pines treaty, which would confirm Cuba’s sovereignty over the island, immediately after disposition of the Muscle Shoals question, now pending. 4 Chairman Borah of the foreign rela- tions committee notified the Senate that he would press for a vote on the treaty, which has been a subject of discussion In the Senate for 20 years. L THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DE CONTINUOUS BUILDING PROGRAM POLICEMAN FACES NEGLECT CHARGE F..T. Winfield Asked to Tell Trial Board About Collision of Three Autos. Charged with failing to make a proper report of an automobile acci- dent in which three cars wers In- volved on R street near Eighteenth street, and with failure to take proper action in the circumstances relative to arrest of the responsible party, Policeman F. T. Winfleld of the third precinct today was cited for appearance before the police trial board. This announcement was made by Maj. Daniel Sullivan, chief of police, following the report that Assistant Corporation Counsel Thomas had de- cided to bring Walcott Wagga- man, one of the motorists concerned in the crash, before the Police Court for colliding. Preliminary Hearing Hel Mr. Thomas made the decision after a preliminary hearing of the testi- mony of witnesses In his office at Police Court this morning and the case went immediately into court. Winfleld is alleged to have reported that only slight damage was sustain- ed by the automobiles in the crash. MaJ. “Sullivan stated that complaint had been filed with him, that although one of the motorists was apparently responsible for the collision, no action looking toward his arrest or deten- tion was taken by Winfleld. Maj. Sullivan said that Inspector Charles Evans had recommended that Winfleld be placed before the trial board on this case and that he saw no reason for countermanding the recommendation. Lleut. Willlam T. Stott, night inspector of the Police Department, made a preliminary in- vestigation of the case following a complaint. U.3. GETS BRITISH WAR CLAIM VIEW Attitude of London Regard- ing American Plea for Equal Rights. The State Department has received a communication from the British government explaining the attitude of Great Britain on the question of collection of war damage claims from Germany by the United States under the Dawes reparation plan. The British communication now 1s being studied and will be answered within @ few days. In the light of what has been said by administration spokesmen on the question involved, it is considered certain that Secretary Hughes will insist upon recognition of the prin- ciple that American claims against Ger- many shall be treated @s equal to those of other powers. The Washington Government al- ways has taken the position thau It is entitled to share to a limited extent in the proceeds of the Dawes plan, and expects to be given the support of the allled governments. It has been pointed out by authorized spokesmen that the United States is entitled to be paid under its treaty with Ger- | many, just as the allled powers are entitled to payments under the terms | of the Versailles treaty. Treaty Right Cited. In support of this position, it 1s said that the American treaty with Germany furnishes both a legal and an equitable right for the col- lection of the war claims from Ger- many out of benefits derived by that nation under the Dawes plan. Since the United States was a par- ticipant in a common victory it is held that the allled governments cannot take all the assets of Germany and leave the American Government in the position of being unable to collect its Rhine army costs as well as the claims which are beink adjusted by the Ger- man-American Mixed Claims Commis- sion. .Officials here declare that when the Dawes plan was formulated it provided in many terms that the proceeds should cover alil the claims of the aliled and as- sociated powers. At the time of the London conferences it was belleved that the position of%he Washington Govern- ment had been made very clear. In advancing the explanation of the American position to the other interest- ed governments it also was made clear that the United States had no desire to be oppressive or to make any other than just claims, defensible on legal grounda and having an equity apparent to all. Objections Specified. It is not understood here British obpections lle against the Rhine apmy cost claims, for which a special agreement has been set up between the United States and allied powers, but that the note questions more directly the right of the Amer- ican Government to obtain cash pay- ments through the Dawes plan to meet awards of the mixed claims Commisston. The Washington Government feels that it has every right to collect these claims, accepted by the Ger- man members of the commission. Since the American position in this regard has been explained in detail by Ambassador Kellogg to the Lon- don conference, and remains un- changed, omclals here belleve that the i{ssue presented by the British note can be satisfactorily adjusted. CITES IDEAL CONDITION. Dr. Deferreri Enumerates Three Phases of Life. The ideal condition of culture in- cludes the three phases of ‘life— moral, intellectual and physical de- velopment—Dr. Roy J. Deferrerl of Catholic University told members of the Columbian Educational Associa- tion at a meeting last night In the Dunbar High School. Dr. De- ferreri's topic was “Culture in Edu- cation.” Spe€ches also were made by George H. Murray, F. L. Cardoza, Albert G. Knorl and Garnet C. Wil- kinson, assistant superintendent in charge of colored schools. M. Grant Lucas, president of the association, presided. Rev. F. I A. Bennett, mem- ber of the board of education, was one of the guests. A reception in the Dunbar Armory followed the meeting. that —_— BANDITS GET $15,000. Bank President and Cashier Are Locked in Vault. SHAWNEE, Okla., December 10.— Three men held up the Federal Na- tional Bank here it was opened for business today, locked the cashier and the president in a vault and es- escaped with loot estimated at from $15,000 to $20,000, e IS NAVY’S NEED, for Scout Decislon {n future warfare will be determined by a battle between the | fleets of the combatant nations, Sec- retary Wilbur sald in his report to Representative French on the status of the treaty Navy, delivered today. He added that the aerial bomb has not rendered the capital ship useless. | He points out clearly that to main- tain the treaty ratio the present fleet must be kept up to its top-notch fighting efficlency and that plans | must be made gradually to replace the treaty ships, so as to havé others ready to take their places as they be- come obsolete. There should be no delay to prevent all of them from being replaced at once, an almost im- possible task from a monetary stand- point, sald the report, “We have not yet avalled ourselves of the opportunity to modernize our ship: permitted under the treaty and thereby preserve the ratio contem- plated,” the Secretary says. Delay Is Gamble. Secretary Wilbur puts the fact clearly forward in his report that to delay modernization of the ships |1s to gamble upon the chances of war. On the matter of modernization he says; It should be noted that the life of these ships under the treaty is 20 years; that is to say, each power at the end of 20 years may replace the older ships with new. battleships. If we could be assured that there is| no possibility of war until the time | for replacement occurs, it would be more economical to awalt that pe- |riod and build new ships, but the very purpose of the fleet is to insure | against war, and if that assurance is to be maintained, it must be done by the upkeep and maintenance of the fleet at its full strength all the time. In this connection it should be observed that the average life of the sIx ships to be modernized is 10 vears., This is equivalent to the use- ful life of three new battleships, but {1t would require about $120,000,000 to build three new battleships, and the six battieships can be reconditioned for less than the cost of a single new ship. Economy In Reconditioning. “It follows that it Is more ecanomi- {cal to recondition these ships having | the average life of ten vears than it would be to replace them with three new ships having a life of 20 years, even if the treaty per- mitted it to be done. To postpone the modernization of these ships is to gamble upon the chances of war dur- ing the next ten years and to Increase | the possibility of such war by that degree of unpreparedness.” cretary Wilbur then goes into a | | discussion “of auxiliaries in support of | the fleet, such as cruisers, destroyers, | | ete., pointing out that in order to| | maintaln the equality between ani | fleets it is essential that the auxilla- Irles of the battleships be equally| balanced. | at once | | ““Under the limitation of armament | | agreement,” he says, “scout cruisers | can have & weight of 10,000 tons, and | |use S-inch guns. By increasing the | initial velocity of the 8-inch shell, the | striking power can be and has been greatly incraesed. A great rep !derance of these light cruise would |also enable the power having such, | preponderance to detach from its fleet | | some of its light cruisers for the pur- | | pose of destroving the commerce of | the enemy, whereas the power with- {out that predominance could not | | sately detach scout cruisers to meet | | these commerce destroyers T led States Lacks Cruisers. | “Other nations have stch $-inch-gun | | cruisers going into commission nnd; {others under construction, whereas | we have none even authorized.” | Then, he says, despite a great pre- | | ponderance of ' destrovers and sub- | { marines, “we must build more vessels | | of those types which are able to ac- company the fleet for the full radius | of their action. Recommendations for | | the building of scout cruisers, of fleet | submarines, of destroyer leaders and | air craft carriers have therefore, been | made by the general board.” | The Secretary then outlines quite clearly what the United States must | do to maintain the 5-5-3 ratio, in the | following words: “The treaty ratlo applies only to battleships and aircraft carrfers. This ratio was to be obtained by scrap- ping of ships already under construc- tion and older ships aiready con- | structed; and could only be main- tained by our making the improve- ments for the modernization of the old ships that are authorized by the | treaty and have been made already by the other signatory powers. To maintain the ratio we ars also re- quired to construct aircraft carriers equal to those of Great Britain. “With reference to the types of ships not covered by the limitation TWO BIG APARTMENT HOUSES PURCHASED George B. Bryan Buys Highlands and Westmoreland for $1,600,000. Two of Washington's most fash- fonable apartment houses, the High- lands, California street and Connectl- cut avenue, and the Westmoreland, 2122 California_street, were sold to- day by Harry Wardman and his as- sociates to George B. Bryan of Wash- ington. The consideration was ap- proximately $1,600,000. The Highlands, which overlooks the former Dean estate, is an eight- story structure with a ground space of 30,000 square feet. It is one of the landmarks of that section of the city. The Westmoreland, located about half a block from the Highlands, is a seven-story structure having a ground space of 21,000 square feet. Big Jump Since 1915 In Tobacco Using, Tax Returns Show Amertcans are using more to- bacco each year, according to In- ternal Revenue Bureau figures on tobacco taxes. ; These taxes took the sensational leap from $0.795 per capita, based on population as estimated by the Bureau of the Census in 1915, to $2.906 for 1924. Total collectfons for ths fiscal year 1916 amounted to $79,764,- 071.46, and for the fiscal year 1924 to $325,638,981.14. Collections for the year 1934 represent an increase of $16,623,- 438.16, or 5.38 per cent, compared with the preceding year, and 11.65 per cent of the total internal rev- enue receipts from all sources. Tobacco collections for \the year 1924 exceeded the total internal revenue collections from all sources for any year prior to 1913. | of naval armament treaty, such as | function for which it was designed. | scrapping scout cruisers, and conse- | concern, | organization, ‘ e —— Miss Ruth Brendley, of Dwight, IIL, is probably the youngest city clerk in the country, having been elected Jhen ghe was 18 years nf,plh o o SNRCOUNIT . WILBUR AVERS Declares United States Has Not Taken Care to Pro- vide for Treaty Ratio—Emphasizes Necess Y Cruisers. scout cruisers (whose size was lim- ited by the treaty), submarines, de- stroyer leaders, etc., the only method of maintaining the treaty ratio is by a competitive bullding program, which would require us to lay down and construct ship for ship, subma- rine for submarine, a fleet equal to that of Great Britain and superior to that of Japan by 5 to 8. This we have not done, “To place our fleet on a parity with Great Britain, it will be essential for us to match ship for ship the new construction of Great Britain, because although our surplus of destroyers and submarines would be valuable in time of war and of the utmost impor- tance in a fleet engagement near our coast, they could not take the place of the type of ships referred to. It should be observed that this does not mean that the destroyers and sub- marines built during and immediately after the World War are not valuable. “The time has now come when a continuous peace-time building pro- gram must be provided for, or the appropriation required to replace the ships becoming obsolete will be so great as to be out of the question. Otherwise, we will have a Navy defi- clent In essential elements and corre- spondingly unable to perform the For instance, we must contemplate replacing 257,500 tons of destroyers that become 15 years of age in a space of three years; that ls, from 1923 to 1935. Usefulness Is Lessened. “Feverish activity at a giv time is not only expensive, but tends to provoke suspicion abroad, while or- derly and systematic development of the Navy is recognized as a leglti- mate functlon of government. The bullding program advocated by the General Board takes Into considera- tion these varlous factors and recog- nizes that for a time our existing submarines and destroyers will be 2 valuable asset against the new con- truction of other powers, but unless the submarines and destroyers are protected against an overwhelming superiority in scout- crufsers, their usefulness will be comparatively small. “The treaty did not provide for quently Great Britain retained her superiority in modern ships of this class constructed since 1912." Golng Into a discussion of naval | bases, the Secretary points out that | ission of the Navy in war is to dofeat an enemy as near to its own home as possible. Therefore, he says, | bases near to the home of the most probable enemy are necessary to pro- vide for overhauling, docking and re- | fueling. Explains Naval Ratlo, The naval ratfo of the various pow- ers {s variable and depends upon the place where the value of the fleet| is determined, he adds, illustrating by aying that the naval ratlo of the American and British fleets at points upon our Atlantic coast would be| slightly in favor of the United States| |since the British naval bases in.the| on- | Western Atlantic are not so fully|any ransom had been advised against | equipped as our own. Similarly, he | says, referring to Japan, the ratio| of our fleet to the Japanese fleet on our Pacific Coast would be over- whelming, while the ratio of our fleet to the Japanese fleet on the Japanese coast would be conslderably inferior. He explains the tonnage system on which the treaty navy was based,| | pointed out that the navy is a golng ! which constantly suggests | improvements and presents new prob- | lems from the experience with and management of ships and guns. He touckes on the matter of aircraft de- velopment, and says it has received| careful attention. “You suggest in your communica- tion,” he says to Representative French, “that we recognize that we ! are not upon the treaty ratio with| reference to aircraft. This Is be-| cause our alrcraft carrfers are not completed. It is true we have not vet acquired the airplanes we deem necessary as adjuncts to the fleet, but Congress has made ample ap-| propriations in the past, and we be- lieve will make increasing appropria- tions in the future, to develop fully this branch of the service as rapidly as s consistent with the orderly dew velopment of new types of craft needed.” He concludes as follows: “The reply to your questions so far have reference to the situation within the continental limits of the Upited States. It has been suggested | by you that the United States is self- sustaining and even though she be deprived of all sea power our popu- lation would have sufficient food, clothing and necessities of life to maintain themselves.” URGES M. & M. PROBE OF NEEDS IN SCHOOLS Secretary’s Report Sees Great Ad- vantage to Business in Thor- ough Study. A thorough investigation by the Merchants and Manufacturers’ As- sociation of the needs of the trade and, business departments of the public schools is urged in a report by Charles J. Columbus, secretary of the following his _attend- ance at a conference of the Board of Education and civic organizations last Monday night. The report, which s indorsed by R. P. Andrews, president of the assoclation, suggests that in addition to the needs of these departments the question of the maintenance of staffs, curriculum, supplies and housing be taken up, “so that puplls with bent or capacity for commercial pur- suits shall have a practical ground- work to enable them quickly to take their place as producers and distributors. Pointing out that th school budget as approved by the Bureau of the Budget falls short by §$ 250,000 of the amount required, the report terms this saving as “a most uneconomic palicy. Sees Value to Business. In urging every member of the as- sociation to investigate the needs of the schools in his locality, Mr. Co- lumbus states that there is a great value to business and the individual of a well rounded schooling through the public system. The report brings the attention of the assoclation to the lack of class- rooms, proper buildiggs and the in- sufficient appropriation by the Burean of the Budget for repairs and urges the members to make the acquain ance of Senators and Representatives in the neighborhood in which they live and inform them of conditions and urge them to back the Board of Education in thelr efforts to better the local school system. Citizens have used their private means and merchants have contribut- ed in various ways to assure the sup- ply, equipment and sanitation in the | dormitories were untouched JEMBER 10, 192 9 BELIEVED DEAD AFTER SHIP FIRE Finding of Two Bodies and Wreckage in Bay Clue to Disaster. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., December 10.— With the finding of the bodies of Elwood Murray and a man named Patterson, members of the crew of the 93-ton power boat A. Woodall, which was burned to the water line early Tuesday in upper Chesapeake Bay, hope of finding alive any of the remaining members of the boat's crew, belleved to have numbered nine, has been practically abandoned. The vessel, owned by the Marine ‘Transport Corporation, was en route from Baltimore to Philadelphia with a cargo of gasoline and alcohol when the disaster occurred. The fire is believed to have resulted from an ex- plosion of the cargo. Murray's body was found in the ingle lifeboat the small power ves- sel carried, while that of Patterson, with & life preserver strapped about it was washed ashore. Despite the efforts of several airplanes, a cu toms cutter and smaller craft, no trace of the missing men was found Members of the crew unaccounted for include Capt. Samuel Charles, Mate Frederick Nelson and Engineer John Klelnsmith of Baltimore. The boat also carried several deck hands, | the exact number and the names of the men b unknown. STUDENTS TAKEN BY BANDITS FREED Twenty-Two Returned to Canton After Capture Last Saturday. By the Assoclated Pres: CANTON, China, December 10— Twenty-two of the students capt ured Baturday by bandits while en route! from Canton to the Christian College in a launch, were returned to the col- lege today. The bandits have been routed by Gen. LI Fuh-lin's troops after a short fight. The rescuers found two other of the students this morning. ght still remain in cap- tivity. The original Canton dispatch Sun- day dealing with the capture sald 48 teachers and students of the Chris- tlan College had been seized by the bandits. A Canton message vester- day announced that three of the students had been returned to the college on parole, bringing a demand for the ransom of the others still held prisoner, but that payment of by the military, who were running down the kidnapers, 250 Driven From Burning Build- ings at Massachusetts Normal. By the Associated Press. BRIDGEWATER, Mass, December 10.—Two hundred and fifty girls were driven from dormitories into the cold, scantily clad, when fire destroyed three buildings at the State . School today. The loss was $5 The fire started in the model school building and spread rapidly. The pupils were removed model school, classrooms, and a cottage occuplel by teachers were burned. Chief William F. Daley of the Brockton Fire Department, which sent apparatus seven miles, was hurt by a falling wall and removed to a hos- pital. The school trains teachers for ele- mentary public schools. —_— RAISES IN POSTAGE PROPOSED TO MEET HIGHER PAY SCALE (Continued from First Page.) safely. The press his objection to the unanimous consent agreement requested to give the treaty the right of way. The treaty was to have come up for con- sideration In the Senate today. The so-called insurgent Republican four senators denied the right to at- tend the Republican conference of the Senate, are laughing in their sleeves at the position assumed by Senator Edge in seeking to pass the postal pay bill over the President's veto. It was Senator Edge who made the mo- tion to exclude them from the con- ferences because of their opposition to the President in the last campaign. Good Roads Bill Out. From the Post Office committee, Senator Sterling today reported to the Senate the bill known as the good roads bill, which passed the House last session. This bill authorizes an appropriation of $165,000,000 in pur- suance of the policy established by the Government under the act of 1921—the Federal highway act. The bill authorizes the appropriation of $76,000,000 for the fiscal year of 1926 for good roads generally and a simi- lar sum for the fiscal year of 1927. For forests roads and trails it would appropriate $7,500,000 in the fiscal year of 1926 and 1927. ‘The money appropriated under this bill would come out of the Federal Treasury. Under the law it must be matched by similar amounts appro- priated by the States. Senator Ster- ling will try to have it passed at an early date. HEADS CARABAO ORDER. Admiral Eberly Chosen to Preside. Other Officers Elected. The Milligry Order of the Carabao, ‘Washington Corral, held their annual election of officers last night at the Army and Navy Club as follows: ‘Admiral Edward W. Eberle, chief of operations, U. S. Navy, paramount Carabao; Maj. Gen. John L. Hine chief of staff, patriarch of the herd. Maj. Gen. Dion Williams, U. 8. M. C. bell Carabao; Col. Joseph M. Heller, M O. R. C., lead and wheel Carabao} Col. Nathaniel F. McClure, U. S. A., main guard; Capt. Walton R. Sexton, U. 8. N, winder of the horn; Col. James C. Breckinridge, U. S, M. C., schools, the report declares. —_— The new cable between New York and Italy carrles six messages simul- caretenero; Capt. David M. Addison, U. 8. N, gamboling Carabao; Col. Robert U, Patterson, U. S, A, vetrino, The twenty-fifth annual dinner of the order will be held at Rauscher's Saturday evening, February 7, 1925, | tiam SCANTILY CLAD GIRLS | FLEE SCHOOL FIRE Bandit Gives Up To Win Girl and Hides Her Name Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 10-—At 19 Crocty Moran decided to take up banditry in a serious way. He par- ticipated in 10 hold-ups in Brook- lyn. The police have checked up and seven victims have identified him. | Then, he admit- ted to County Judge Vause, Brooklyn, today, came the “eter- nal urge.” He met a girl in Bay Ridge. She agreed to marry him if he would “go straight” But, like many of her sisters in and out of motion pic- tures, in like cases, demanded he pay the penalty of his crimes first. “I wasn't caught, judge,” Crotty ex- plained. “She said she'd marry me if I gave myself up, and so I walked around to the police station and did it.” “What's the girl's name?” asked the Judge. “That T won't tell,” replied Crotty. “I've told all about the robberies and I've even squalled on my pals; but I ain't going to tell who the girl is because—well, I ain't; that's all.” g S COLORED MAN HELD AS SLAYER OF WIFE James E. Conway Indicted for Second - Degree Murder. Dry Law Charges Ignored. James Everett Conway, colored, in | MORTIMER ASKED | ABOUT INDICTMENT Says Mrs. Willebrandt Drop- ped Case Charging Liquor Violations. By tiie Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 10.—Ellas H Mortimer, chief Government witness in the Forbes trial, on the stand to- day for the third day of eross-exam! nation, was questioned by James €. Eagby-Smith, defense counsel, con- cerning his indictment in New York in May, 1923, for violation of the Vol- stead act, Charles R. Forbes, former direc- tor of the Veterans’ Bureau, and J W. Thompson, contractor, are on trial for conspiracy to defraud the Gov- ernment through veterans’ hospital contracts. Mortimer sald he had furnished $5.000 bond on the Indictment and later had been released by order o Mabel G. Willebrandt, Assistant At- torney General in charge of prohibi tlon cases, Bond Release Questioned. “Was the bond releascd before vou £ave your testimony before the Sen- ate committee?” the witness wa asked. “I don't remember e was released,” he sald “Was it before the grand jury indfctment in th “I do not remember The court proceedings were del by an argume hambers over 1 admissibility of the test rbes’ then trailed m tried to get something and when I explained the Mrs. Willebrandt the case was posed of without a trial,” Mortimer said. Mortimer denfed Presldent Hard- ing ever had been a guest [ Wardman Park Hotel apartment in Washington, although Mrs. Harding and Mrs. Carolyn Votaw, Presider You testi which ret arou on case ana to was indicted today by the grand jury on a charge of murder in the second degree. He is said to have shot his wife, Inez Conway, March 2. last, at their home, 1618 L, street northwest. Conway summoned Dr. Gilbert Sewell, | 1181 New Hampshire avenue north- | west, and fled. The woman died as the result of the shooting, it is claim- ed. Conway is 28 years old and was employed as a chauffeur. The grand jurors ignored three charges of violations of the national prohibition act and exonerated four ther persons. Those let out on pro- hibition charges are Willlam Bassett, Louis Fainman and Max Levin Others exonerated are Charles Ham- mond, robbery; Louise Hansboro, lar- ceny after trust, and Stanley A. Reed and Arthur M. Scott, assault wlith dangerous weapol Other Indictments Returned. Others indicted and the charges against them are: Michael A. Ma- son, Cornelius Robinson, Bernardine Clark, joy-riding; Don S. Olquin, forg ery: James F. Moore and Cheste Washington, larceny after trust; We don Grice, grand larceny; John Wheeler, Gilbert S. McDonald, John . Armstrong, Anthony Grouse, Wil- Grant, Edward Gaskins, Chester G. Embrey, Willlam H. West, Warren Yates and Francis P. McCathren, non- support. — SECURITY CLUB TO GIVE ' MUSICAL REVUE OF 1924 S. T. Howard Is in Charge of An- nual Show at Wilson Nor- mal Friday. The annual musical revue of 1924 of the Security Club of the American Security and Trust Co. will be given at the Wilson Normal Schoo! Friday evening. | charge of the production. and the | a building devoted to ! Additional features will be given by the following members of the club: George E. Anderson, Frances Bronson, W. A. Cady, George A Dowden, Clelia Fioravanti, Vivienne Abbott Gillmore, S. Theodore Howard, Helen Howison, Frank P. Reeside, Alfred W. Sherman, Edward F. Skinner, Thelma Smith, Margaret Bartle, Dorothy Brown and Lydla Hunter. This group of players will be sisted by the following: Osa Anderson, Roma Benner, Isabel Booth, Alice Cooke, Elizabeth Dooley, Helen Doo- ley, James C. Dulin, jr.; Robert L. Flather, Clara Forber, Lucille Forbes, Ruth Gochenous, Charles M. Harris, Beatrice L. Ives, Willlam Keith, Mil- dred McAnally, Edith McMullen, Ida S. Parker, Marie Pitsnogle, T. L. Mil- ler, Henrietta Riddle, Willam E. Schooley, Elsie Schweppe, Paul J. Seltzer, Edna Shreve, Olive Tracy, Huntington Turner, Dorothea Wass- mann and Dorothy Whitehead. Accompanists will be Dorothy Brown, Gates Rapp and George Her- | bert Wells. -——— M. H. STOKES RECOVERING Had Overdose of Sleeping Potion, Police Report Says. Milton H. Stokes, 46, 5304 Reno road, proprietor of Stokes, Inc.. wom- en’s wear shop, which went bankruptcy last month, is recovering at Emergency Hospltal today an overdose of a sleeping potion, po- lice reported today. Stokes was first treated yesterday for illness follow ing the overdose by Dr. Robert Hen- derson of 5437 Connecticut avenue, and later was taken to the hospital. At that place today his condltion was pronounced satlsfactory and physicians look forward to a speedy recovery. A meeting of receivers for the firm is scheduled for today in the law office of Ralph Quinter, in_the Wil-| kins Building. Stokes, Inc, was organized here, with several promi- nent Washingtonians among its backers. Stokes Is well known in local business circles and is a vet- eran of the World War. HOLIDAY DATES FIXED. Congress Agrees on Recess From December 20 to 29. The yuletide holiday of Congress will be from December 20 to December 29, This was determined finally today, when the Senate adopted a recess resolution already passed by the House. ChHristmas Is Coming Shop Early So You Can S. Theodore Howard is in | into | from | Harding's sister, ad been guests of Mrs. Mortimer at the hotel suite “How often did you direct you chauffeur to drive you to the White House?' Mortimer was asked, ‘Only once,” he replied. Protest Made to Harding. Mortimer said he took James M. Wi ns of Philadelphia and Repre sentative Edmonds of Pennsylvania to the White House on one occasion when Williams “wanted to protest to President Hard about the way Forbes was r ning around with Mrs. Mortimer.” Williams s “I had no House and witness asserte “Did you have a White House pass which you showed when you were | stopped by traffic officers?” Mortimer | was asked “I did not,” “Did you talk your friends as ‘V was asked No, I never referred to him except as the President,” he replied Mortimer said h had examined the registere of a number of hotels in various Eastern cities in an effort to gather evidence that Forbes and Mrs. Mortimer lived together various times in 19. He named several hotels with varfous date The witness denied that ever stated in onvi Philadelphia that “Forbe portunity to m a fo! and t w aw > Mortimer's uncle. business at the White ver went there,” the ¥ esident to Mortimer th he had atlon in had an oy une for m PAN-AMERICA BODY RENAMES GOMPERS |Labor Federation to Meet Here Next Year—Asks Voice at Conference. By the Asscelated P MEXICO CIT Samuel Gompers, veteran American labor leader, was re-elected president of the Pan-American Federation of Labor at the closing meeting yester- day. Confined to hotel with he sent a message to the dele- gates. Luls Morones, the Mexican minister of labor, was elected vice president, this office being created especially for {him. The other off hosen were English secretary, Wright Spanish sec wuto Vargas treasurer, Matthew 1l. The mnext convention will be 1 at Washing ton in 192 The final session was marked by passage of a resolution, introduced by | the American delegation, inviting all the Latin-American governments to extend the jurisdiction of the Pan- American Union as to enable it peacefully to settle disputes arising | between “any two countries in the | western hemlsphere. Wants Volee for Labor. | The congress recommended that all affiliated labor organizations | their governments to include a in each of the i to be sent to the fi | pan-American conference called by | the American Secretary of the Treas- at which the discussions will not | only include financial matters, but also moral, social and economic de- velopments. The Colombian delega- | tion introduced a motion for the cre- | ation of a merchant fleet, funds for which would be ralsed by the con- tribution of one cent weekly by each | member of the Pan-American Feder- ation, for the purpose of fighting the shipping_trusts” and bringing about closer relations between the peoples of the various countries. The motion was rejected. At the request of the Haltian dele- gation an inves sation was ordered into the conditions prevailing in Halti and it was decided to request Presi- dent Coolidge to use his influence for the betterment of labor there, A mixed American commission was appointed to study the best way of guaranteeing the interests of Mexi- can workers in the United State and the exchange of identificatio cards between the labor organiza- tions of the two countries was ap- proved. Labor Minister Morones, in a speech, warned the delegates that the pan- American labor body was not seek- | ing to bring about political changes and that the affiliated organizations would be repudiated should they be led to seek the support of the body in enterprises detrimental to the la- bor interests. LB SN Unfilled Steel Orders Increase. NEW YORK, December 10.—Unfilled orders of the United States Steel Cor- poration on November 30, made public today totaled 4,031,969 tons, an in- crease of 506,699 tons, compared with the end of the preccding month. - Indoor parks in buildings of steel and glass are advocated as all-year recreation ceuters, December 10 lcers o Che: w hel | delegate | missions