Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1925, Page 17

SR e AR PREMIER MUSSOLINI CALL> the crisis in Italy. soldiers, who use bicycle WILL GO TO COURT OF ST. JAM of the newly appointed United States Photograph taken in Washington. resented the United States in Germany, now succeeding Frank B. Kel- their daughter. logg, who becomes Secretary of Stal FLAYU. S.“WASTE” ONPUBLIC WORKS Engineers Suggest Bureau to Eliminate Conditions Called Appalling. Alleging that the present methods of the Government in prosecuting public works and flar functions are marked with ficiency and appalling waste Americ Engineering Council decid take the lead in advocating a gene plan for revisions in these line governmental activities, looking to- ward the eventual es hment of special bur works under the Department’of Interior. An official statement of the organ- {zation says The gross inefliciency and app ing waste public works functions Government reached the stage where it is clear duty of the engincering pro- fession to step in and suggest revi- slons and improved methods for the benefit of the Plan to Be Prepared. will country generally Gardner S. chairman of ms. tee on Government reor- s it relates to engineer- as placed in charge of the work of ling a plan whereby the public s agencies of the 3 tion could be co-ordinated in one | vernmental bureau and made the Work of men in and related to the engineering profession This committee will formulate a plan outlini gineering coun will be to pr. tion on it. T public works > position of the en- next s for congressic plan will includ ers and harbors, water power and similar functions. Among other things, the engineers decided to move to have the Miss Four vice pre and a treas- urer were selected the meeting today, President es Hartnes: former Governor of Vermont, contin- uing as president of the council dur- ing the coming vear under the two- year tenure of office plan. The fol- Jowing officers were chosen: Vice presidents. A. W. Berresford of Ni- agara ¥ \. Y.; C. H. Koch of Dallas, Tex.; Gardner S. Willlams of Ann_Arbor, Mich.,, and Dean Dexter E. Kimball of the Cornell Engineer- ing College. H. Howell of this city was re-elected treasurer. Hoover Among Delegates. Secretary Herbert Hoover was in- cluded In the 100 delegates selected for the American Engineering Coun- cil for 1925. Opposition to a bill sponsored by Senator Ransdell authorizing the Fed- eral Power Commission “to prepare a comprehensive plan of development of the water power resorces of the United States, for the purpose of pro- viding electric power for farms, etc. was eexpressed by formal action o the council. The administrative board of the counctl, it was announced at the open- ing session of the two-day national assembly of engineers at the Shore- ham Hotel, has adopted the report of the public affairs committee, headed as relates to roads, riv-| ITALIAN THOOPS TO 1MPR are being cheered by the crowd. ES. dor to Great Britain, and Mr. Houghton has rep- te. Copyright by F. & A. Photos, \Brotherhood Head Asks More Pay for Rail Presidents |Lee Declares Executives Seek Other Lines to Earn Money. the Associ CLEV road Trainmen, pleads for “adequate compensation for the presidents and other high officials of the leading rail- way systems.” Considering thelr responsibility and what they contribute to the pros- périty of the country at large, they are not being.pald anything like as arge salaries as are being pald ex- ecutives in other industries, writ Bec | Mr. Lee use of larger compensation other lines of employment, raflroad men from the highest officlal down through the ranks are leaving rail- roading for other callings, There has been leglislation for rall- roads of which he approves, Mr. Leg “but to speak frankly,” he adds, ‘have we not reached the point where we have had too much of a good in Mr. Lee thin DRINKING POLICEMAN’S JOB SAVED BY BRAVERY | Rescues Family of Seven From Fire | Just Before Going on Trial. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEWARK, N. J., January 16.—Pa- | trolman Joseph G. Hagel Is still a member of the force because of his quickness and bravery yesterday in ‘.\d\'lllk the lives of seven persons at | a fire. He was to have been dis- | charged for being Intoxicated on his | post New Year eve. | Hagel was in front of the second precinct station when fire started across the street in the Flint Furni- ture Co.'s factory. He rushed Into a tenement adjoining and aroused Thothas Simeone, his wife and five hildren asleep on the third floor. The tenement was badly damaged. Then Hagel went on trial before Director of Public Safety Brennan for being Intoxicated. He admitted his gullt, Director Brennan dismissed ths harge when told of the rescue. . “Some live wires do more sputter- ing than anything else,” observes the Carthage Press. by Calvert Townley of New York, urging defeat of the measure. The administrative board of the Amerfcan Engineering Council today voted to continue the council's active participation in the National Board for Jurisdictional Awards In the Building Industry, over the protest of Michigan engineers. The faver- able report of a speclal committee which studied the workings of the board was adopted. The council’s two-day annual meet- ing commences tomorrow with a wide range of technical, political and eco- nomic problems before lk > THE POPL The militia has been paraded almost daily to impress the people with the fact that the premier remains all-powerful. ed Press. 7 D, Ohio, January 16.—In 2 cle to be printed In the Rail- way Review Saturday Willlam G. Lee, sident of the Brotherhood of Rail- B auguration of his successor. being under arrest. DIRIGIBLE MOORED TO U. S. > first photographs res “dirt farmer Governor” of Kansas, leaving the State House after the in- The former Governor’s son is charged with accepting money for a pardon, and the father has also been accused, both These Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. S. PATOKA FOR THE FIR JANUARY 16, T1925. Benjamin S. Minor, Washington at- torney, who last night was given the decoration of chevalier of the Legion of Honor in recognition of his serv- ice as legal adviser for the French government. The presentation was made by Ambassador Jusserand. Naticnal Photo. Little Betty Jane Bessinger, 4 years old,swho has the distinction 'of be- ing the youngest radio announcer. She does “the talk stuff” for her father and his paftner, “The Radio Franks,” who are popular wireless ke atiars Wide World Photo. was made of the new mooring post in Chesapeake Bay. The dirigible'’s home port is at Lakehurst, N. J. . SCHOOL HAS SACRED TRUST, DOYLE SAYS Monarch Club President Hits In- jection of Personal Issues in Board. “A school board should not be used by the members thereof to press per- sonal fads or vent personal animosi- ties, but rather to see that the chil- dren get good Instruction and a ‘square deal’ That is all the public is Interested In,” declared Prof. Hen- ry Grattan Doyle of Géorge Washing- ton University, president of the Mon- arch Club, at a luncheon in the ity Club yesterday. Prof. Doyle pointed out that the direction of education is a sacred trust, in which the Interests of the pupils must be paramount, and im- pose responsibility in a school sys- tem, and especlally on a board which has control of the system. The speaker stressed the impor- tance of education by educational ex- perts. “Education is one fleld in which the layman is tempted to think his ideas are just as good as the ex- perts,” he said. “On the other hand, the expert is tempted to experiment with the children entrusted to his care in order to prove some pet the- ory. “We do not send our children to school to serve as laboratory mate- rial for providing or disproving some theory, especlally when educated per- sons themselves are at odds on the matter, any more than we would tol- erate such experimentation on our children by a surgeon.” Dr. Percival Hall, president of Gal- laudet College, who also spoke, said that “deafness need not be an obsta- cle to a happy and successful life.” He then gave examples of the splen- did records made by graduates of in- stitutions for the deaf, and told how the handicap the affliction imposes can be overcome, Proof of Existence of New Element To be Sought During Sun Eclipse Bureau of Standards Scientist on Los Angeles to Seek Conclusive Evidence of Coronium by Spectro- scopic Observation on January 24. One of the many scientific investi- gations to_be made during the solar cclipse on January 24 will be a search for a new element. Dr. C. C. Kiess of the Bureau of Standards, who will be one of the observers on the alr- ship Los Angeles, will photograph the sun’s corona, which becomes visible at the moment of eclipse totality, with a specially designed camera that may be able to abstract conclusive proof that “coronium.” a metal merely suspected now to exist, is an actual- ity. From the Los Angeles, which will take a position at sea above cloud levels for the observations, Dr. Kiess' camera will seek to photograph the spectra of the momentarily extin- gulshed orb, the process involving the filtering _of the light through a glass prism. It has been proven possible to establish the identity of a given ele- ment by so analyzing the light which 1t glves off when highly heated, a con- stant condition of all elements on the sun. At the moment of eclipse the cen- tral body of the sun is completely obseured, and the only light given off comes from the sun's “corona,” which is the halo of Incandescent gases which spring out from the central body. Past observations with the spectroscopic camera have given the ground for suspicion that 'a hitherto unknown element, tentatively named “coronium,” exists in the corona mix- ture of intensely hot gaseous ele- ments. As a matter of Incidental interest, Dr. Kless points out that helium, the gas which will sustain the Los An- geles during the observations, was first discovered by spectroscopic ob- servation of the sun, and later iden- tifiled among and put to use from the earth’s own stock of elements. ASK CONSERVATORY FUND‘ ADDRESS IS CORRECTED. Plans for a new location for the conservatory of the Botanic Garden are to be sought under a supplemental appropriation of - §5,000, for which Congress was asked yesterday by the bureau of the Budget. The joint committee on Library of the House and Senate which will have the study made advised the adminis- tration - that this amount would be needed. Chairman Luce of the House committee in a hearing on the pro- posed National Arboretum stressed that Congress is decidedly “set” that the Botanic Garden Conservatory shall be located convenlent to the Capitol Buildingy Jack William Lillis and Ernest Wood- ford Forrester, two young men arrest- ed Wednesday night in connection with a bank robbery police say they had planned, were taken into custody at 467 H street and not 457 H street, as recorded in The Star yesterday. Mrs. Eugene Doyle, who lives at the latter address, said today the arrest was not made .at her house. Police reports give 467 H street as correct. — et The Tower of the Winds is the wa- ter clock erected at Athens, Greece, in the second or first century before Christ. It is octagonal in plan, 42 feet high and 26 feet in diameter. OSAGE INDIANS CALL UPON THE The Indians are in Wash- ington to ask President Coolidge to back their plea for revised legislation in regard to the disposition of roy- alties from their oil lands. of the steamship City of San Fra fire off the coast of Mexico. TIME AT SEA. This exclusive photograph was taken yesterday, when a test Copyright by P. & A. Photos. REWARD OF $10,000 OFFERED IN HOLD-UP Pittsburgh Bank Seeks Two Men Who Covered President in Home. By the Associated Press.,® PITTSBURGH, January 16.—A re- ward of $10,000 has been offered by the board of directors of the First National Bank at Pittsburgh for in- formation leading to the arrest of two hold-up men who sought to force Lawrence E. Sands, president of the bank, to pay them $20,000 on January 6, officers of the bank announced to- day. The bandits shot and wounded the banker's son, John W. Sands, a former Army captain, when he ran to call help. Action of the bank’s directors was taken after all trace of the bandits had been lost. It also was decided to pay one-half of the reward to any persons furnishing Information lead- ing to the arrest of either one of the bandits. The hold-up men gained entrance to the Sands home about 9 o'clock in the morning by representing them- selves as gas Inspectors. After lining the family and servants against the wall they forced Mr. Sands to tele- phone to the bank for money, threat- ening to kidnap Mrs, Sands unless he obeyed. Officers at the bank became suspicious and sent police with the money, but In the meantime, the younger Sands had tried to break away. Five shots were fired at him, one bullet hitting him in the left side. The bandits fled after the shooting. e B Luray Man of 98 Is Buried. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va, January 16.—Burfal of Dr. David H. Brumbach, who died in Tennessee a few days ago, was in Green HIll Cemetery. here vesterday. He was 98 years old. A half century ago he was one of the leading prac- m.lcnoaot Laray. The Osage Indians are the wealthiest in the country. “opyright by Miller Service. RESCUED FROM THE ILL-FATED JAPANESE STEAMER GINYO MARU. Chief Steward Charles Schultz cisco, and a group of children taken from the Japanese vessel when it caught Mrs. Ross Wears Hat and Gloves to Deliver Message Wyoming Governor Goes Before Legislature in Deep Mourning. By the Associated Pres NE, Wyo., January 16.— Tayloe Ross defied pre sterday by wearing hat and while she spoke her message Wyoming Leglislature. - No other governor ever stood before the legislative body with covered head and hands. Although the governor's office is under the same roof as the hall of representatives and is only a few feet distant, Gov. Ross entered in street apparel of deep mourning, including a widow's veil. Gov. Ross was escorted to the hall by a procession which Included su- preme and district judiciaries, State officers and a committee of Senators and Representatives. She recelved long applause when she entered and at the conclugion of her address. Perfectly composed, she read for 44 minutes in a clear voice, but pitched 80 low it was inaudible to the ma- jority of those who packed the hall After the address members of the Legislature and many others filed past the rostrum and congratulated Gov. Ross. After recelving her message the Senate and House passed a joint reso- lution eulogizing the late Gov. Wil- liam B. Ross, and adjourned until today in respect to his memory. PHILADELPHIA TO LOAN TAPESTRY TO FRANCE ellie Jusserand Asks That Nation’s Gift Be Returned to Paris for Exhibition. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 16—A resolution granting the request of Jules J. Jusserand, retiring Ambas- sador from France, that the Gobelin tapestry presented to Philadelphia by the French government last June be loaned to France for exhibition at the coming exposition of decorative arts in Parls, was adopted yesterday by City Council. The tapestry will be returned at the close of the exposi- tions In his request, M. Jusserand sald the tapestry was one of the most im- portant works of art produced in France in late years, and that it would come back “more famous than ever before, after having rendered the service of recalling to the thou- sands who will see it the high deeds of America during the great war.” Chicken Dinner Is Planned. Special Dispath to The Star. ASHTON HEIGHTS, Va., January 16.—The Woman's Club of Ashton Helghts has plans about completed for a benefit chicken dinner to. be given tomorrow night in the new clubhouse of the organization. The proceeds will be applied to the build- ing fund. The dinner will be served ‘between the hours of 5:30 and 7:30 o’clock, Flames destroyed the Ginyo Maru and six lives are reported lost. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. W AT DELAY COPELAND'S DEATH Complication Sesn If Electro- cution Is Legal Here Before Thursday. With the expected final enactment into law of the 1 substituting elec- trocution for hanging as the method of capital punishment in the District of Columbia, there will ensue the anomaly of Congress and the Presi- dent decreeing, in effect, that Herbert Copeland, triple murderer due to dis next Thursday, be electrocuted, while the court demands that he explate his crime by “hanging by the neck until dead. That is, of course, If the bill be- comes a law before next Thursday. The bill received final legislative ac- tion in the Senate yesterday when on motion of Senator Ball the Sen- ate agreed to a concurrent resolution changing the wording of the bill so as to make its provisions effective immediately upon enactment. The House is expected to ageee without delay to the resolution and the bill will then be sent to the President Maj. W. L. Peak, superintendent of the District jall, and who Is charged with carrying out sentences of capital punishment here, said to- day that, in nh.« above event, he would be somewRat in a quandry as to whether to obey the court or dis- regard it in favor of the new law, i€ it should become effective in time to_apply to the Copeland case. He expressed the opinion that the court might settle the problem by changing the sentence to conform with the new law, in which event Copeland could not be put to death before July or possibly several months later, he sald. The bill provides for a sultable death chamber and electric chair, and to install the new facilities, Mal. Peak sald, would take several months of work. The old scaffold, whose shadow now hovers over the negro murderer, in full view of the mess hall of the prisoners, will become a thing of the past. Copeland was sentenced to be hang- ed for the murder of Police Lieut. D. T. Dunigan in 1918. Before that he had killed Policeman Conrad of the sixth precinct and Constable McFar- land of Indian Head, Md, who had gone to his home to arrest him on a minor charge. Copeland escaped from custody after his first arrest, but was recaptured in 1923. He consistently denied his Identity, but numerous persons who knew him identified him beyond doubt. School Federation to Meet. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va, January 16— Dr. P. M. Chichester, county health officer, and Dr. C. R. Boyland, county dentist, are announced as speakers to- night at a meeting of the ~Arling- ton County School Federation to be held at the courthouse. They will explain what {s being done by the county to maintain and improve the health of the school children, as well as the reuslts of a health examination recently- conducted in the schools. A. Candee, president of the federa~ urges a large attendanoce.