Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1925, Page 14

14 ol TARIFF COMMISSION ~ ABOLITION 1S VOTED House Democrats Get Amendment Over, But Re- t napping lieved would to m ) def Hou on wha be a du enough v amendme Wwhic mis. it an bill Com- vote of few ex- ndment ped by vote a fow again with a resu Represent ublicans ment r's de- ner amer sioners pa red Useless. would be more of publican Wants Report to Congress. there 1a t to compel the comn as well as the public dations of flexible pro- would the co under vision of the tariff law Mr. Wood, while declarin s be- Jeved the Tarriff Commission should be a partisan body, declared the Presi- dent should carry out the spirit of the law by making it bipartisan. He oriticized Woodrow Wilson for pointing to the commission a Rep lican who, he declared, was out of sympathy with the Republican party 1ssue Green into »st presti impaired Oldfield had been d sion, had ness had beco Representativ sas, a D Arkan- ttee mem- ber, said should be abolished “If it is going to give Con- gress opinions instead of facts.” of PRIZE FOR NEW SONG OFFERED IN CAPITAL Contest Will Close April 5, An- nouncement Says—~Conditions Are Stated. the words and which shall be in- cter and suitable for announced last Allen Campbell, departm 00 a song avid usic Amer will close Ap contest must be both must be resi- shington prize of $100 will be the winn composition shall be entirely the work person or whether it shall be the result of collaborati 4. The melc while simple enough to ickly ed and sung by 2 audience, 1 both dignity emotional 5. The 3. Only o awarded to whethe st have appeal words must of America patriotic in character 6. The title of the song has already been selected by Mrs. Campbell and is “I Hear America Singing.” addition receiving the prize award, the song will be printed in the souvenir programs of American Music ening, and will be sung by the audic as the closing number the program of that evening, is to be staged at the Wash- Auditorium on May 5 Eveni f the Spring festival, been arranged by Mrs. under the auspices of the music department of the National Council of Women, and in its pro- it will deplet the development of music in America from the days when the tribal songs of the Indians blended with the soughing winds of their forest homes up to the present time. Man April executive estival [ street, Chevy Chase, yric writers desiring to col- laborate in the production of the song should deal directly with local composers The committee reserves to withdraw mitted are required Judges for the contest will be an- nounced later. No name must be on the manuscript, but it should be ca- companied by a sealed envelope con- taining the correct name and address of the contestant the be represent and must the scripts should be Mrs. Daniel C. retary of the Spring series, West Virgilia Maryland, sent by Chace, the right its award if songs sub- not of the artistic merit In spite of the war troubles in China last year, the maritime cus- toms duties were 10 per cent greater than in the year before. | | Hardie, 1 byt | fective electric | spre | eral 1ocalities, Panic Over Quake Causes 25,000 to Flee in Hungary By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, Hungary, erfous earthquake shocks red the territory lying northeast of Budapest with- in a radius of 125 miles. The p ple of Eger, a town of 25,000 pop- ulation, became panic-stricken to- day and fled to the open places. er was damaged, it is reported, to the extent of one billion crowns. Other cities which experienced the earthquak violence, were oongyoos, Miskolez, Debreczen i Balmaz-Ujvar Ominous rumblings were he in many other places. SIX BURN TO DEATH, SIX HURT IN FIRE Scores Saved by Daring Neighbors in Chicago Apartment Blaze. January ard By the Associated Press CHICAGO, January 31.—Six persons were burned to d nd half a dozen others were injured, one prob- in a fire early today virtually troyed a four. brick apartment building on the South Side housing 34 families nother fire tonight did damage at several hundred the dollars, cking the Railway nal Warehouse Co. -story structure, ed at thousands ated where of liquor dollars is tire family was wiped out in rtment building fire, Anthony s wife and their 19-month- old daughter Doris perishing. The other victims were Mrs. Elizabeth her daughter Loretta, 16, and is believed all the victims en accounted for, firemen to- Il searched the ruins. Scores Are Rescued. cores of lives were saved by the ge and resourcefulness of peoy the nelghborhood and several ns were carried from the by While it ing building versity of Ch The bulldi ed in World artment families students of the U g0, which is nearby an old structure erect- Fair days, had every occupied and many of the sub-leased some of thelr hers. Next to the building Prado Hotel, which for a was threatened by the fire investigations of the fire started, one directed by Coroner Wolff, the second by James hoe, fire attorne \d the third police. An inquest opened to- s continued until Monday. De- Wiring or spontaneous combustion were two theorles of the blaze being investigated Flames Spread Rapldly. Oscar Dono! day, The fla way on lower floors when discovered, ad through the old building rapidly that many of its tenants were so | torced to jump into nets to save their lives, while others crawled from win- dow to window of adjoining buildings on boards placed on the sills. A small boy and girl were tossed from a sec- ond-story window by their frenzied mother ‘and escaped with nothing worse than a few bruises. Tenants first aroused by the fire escaped down smoke-filled stairs, but flames licking their way into the halls soon shut off this means of egress and fire es- capes were crowded. The Hardle family pitiful f Apparently the father and mother had made a fruitless earch through the smoke and fire for the cries of their baby, and the father had dragged his to the tire escape, W she collapsed. He stayed with her until burned, was killed when he jumped from the fourth story The warehouse fire tonight started on the seventh floor and threatened several adjacent warehouses with destruction. Fire tugs and fire towers were em- ploved by firemen in fighting this blaze and firemen climbed to the tops adjacent buildings to throw dreds of tons of water into the build- ing. The Government liquor vault, on the sixth and seventh floor; rted to cont 15,000 500 barrels of suffered a in distilled spi LEGION COMMITTEE WILL CONFER HERE Session Called to Consider Prac- tical Ways to Assist Disabled Men. ts and A three-day session of the national bilitation committee of the Amer- Legion will begin at 10 o'clock ow morning when 34 legion- naires from all sections of the United States will hold their semi-annual gath the Racquet Club to conf. stical methods of ald- ing disabled soldiers of the World War. President Coolidge will receive the members of tha committee at 2.15 o'clock Jne of the chiet questions for con- will be t eradicating dissatisfaction with the erans’ Bureau in s through leglslative o administrative action. Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of the bureau, will at- tend the meetings and receive sug- gestions from the legionnaires. Among thoke who will attend the meetings are: Gen. James A. Drain, national commander, the American Legion; Watson B. Miller, chairman of the committee, and the followlng: Dr. William_Le: Dunn, Asheville, N. ¢.: Dr. Kennon Dunham, Cinein- nati; Dr. I. L. Parsons, Jackson, Miss.; Dr. Hugh Young, Baltimore; R. E Bondy, American Red Cross; George A. Mathers, Bennington, Vt.; Mrs. Hazel L. Workman, American Legion Auxiliary, Indlanapolls; Dr. Estes Nichols, Portland, Me.; Philip For- man, Trenton; William H. Du Barry, Philadelphia; H. H. Porter of thiy city; Dr. 1. T. Mann, High Point, N. C.; R.-J. Weinmann, New Orleans; Robert L. Black, Cincinnati; J. M Dickinson, jr, Chicago; Charles E. Pew, Helena, Mont.; John C. Vivian, Denver; John Sinclair, San Fran- cisco; O, Freeman, Dallas; Percy J. Cantwell, Boston; Thomas V. Dowd, Philadelphia; Robert M. Tolson, of this city; Charles A. Sloane, Atlanta; John L. Moore, New Orleans; E. O. Hobbs, Cincinnati; John A. Hartman, Chicago: Willlam T. Kroll, Minne- apolis; George H. W. Rauschkolb, St. Loulis; John C. Keene, Denver; James P. Mulcare, San Francisco; Norman W. Engle, Seattle; W. R. Hudson, Dallas; A. E. Graupner, San Fran- cisco, and H. E. Michaels, Cincinnti. rek work of the From Life. “We give a bieycle with each car we sell” remarked the automobile salesman. “How's that?" tive purchaser. “So you can park your car suburbs and ride to the office. asked the prospec- the a mammoth } tlement” with a suggestion of divorce and | hun- | was're- | | pie | But {not | bride THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. DEMPSEY, CHAPLI IN SPOTLIGHT DUEL Marital Status of Two Cham- pions Keeps Reporters Busy on Rumors. By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, Calif,, January 31 The heavywelght champion of the ring, Jack Dempsey, and the custard champlon of the screen, Charlie Chaplin, have led news gatherers out of this section a hectic chase during the past 48 hours. Dempsey is single, and according to his own admission, wants to get married and is attempting to recon- cile matrimony with pugilism Chaplin is married, and some of his wife's relations intimate that he might as well be single again, If reports of domestic infelicity are true Chaplin, unlike Dempsey, will not admit anything, and s Japanese man servant will not admit inquirers past the front door of the 40-room mansion in Beverly Hills, near here Dmpsey will talk on any subject, preferably marrfage, his possible re- tirement from the ring without fight- | ing again, and his next bout if he does retire, or if he does not marry soon, or both haplin will not talk at all. he result has been a series of com- plications and a flood of reports and rumors. ¥ Here are some samples Chaplin rumors—Chaplin _and his are not living together; they ( living under the same roof, but in separate apartments; they are living together in the closest harmony: they are discussing a “financial set- d of Rumors, in_the offing | settlement has been discussed, but a| | riea | going burn- torneys which had gained head- | | where he had been working. Mrs. Chaplin's relatives have already prepared a set of financial demands to be served on Chaplin; no financial suit for divorce is being prepared. Dempsey rumors: Dempsey is mal to Estelle Taylor, film actres are not marrfed, but they are to be married today; they are to be married May 20; thelr wedding is to bhe postponed until after fights couple of contend Dempsey ring: he is going ) he has no intention : he will not until he fights will not fight until he is married; he will marry and will not fight at all; he will fight and not marry: he has split with his manager, Jack Kearns; he and Kearns are close friends. Designedly or otherwise, the net re- sult is that all concerned are very much before the public eye. REPORT IS SURPRISE. th g ng Chaplin Counsel Has Heard Noth- ing of Marital Breach. NEW YORK, January 31.—Nathan | Jurbank, legal representative of - Chaplin, said tonight that he ¢ nothing of the report that at- re negotiating a financial settlement between the motion pic- ture actor and his wife FORMER WALTONiAIDE IS KILLED CLEANING GUN George Wilson Was Head of Okla- homa A. & M. College While Friend Was Governor. By the Associated Press ! OKMULGEE, Okla., January 31.—| George Wilson, president of Okla-| homa A. and M. College for a brief| time during the administration of J C. Walton, deposed governor, and the last survivor of the famous “Walton Triumvirate,” which was credited with a prominent part in the formu- lation of the policles of the Walton regime in 1928, was almost instantly killed today by the accidental dis- charge of an automat gun which he was cleaning. He was 53 yea: cld Patrick S. Nagle, first of the trio to! pass, died suddenly of apoplexy about a vear ago. Dr. E. T. Bynum, the other member, died at his home here | towed to two weeks &go after a heart attack Reports of an unusually large num- ber of robberies in the city recently prompted Wilson to condition his gun, which he had purchased some tima . his widow said. His family was ware that he was cleaning the pon, and Wilson was dving when | his wife and daughter, attracted by the report, rushed into the bedroom — = Railroads to be buflt in Italy this vear will cost $10,000,000. CLEARANCE SALE! OF SEASONABLE MERCHANDISE!! OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF ARMY & NAVY GOODS AT ASTOUNDING SAVINGS!! THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO SAVE!—every year, at this time, we offer entire stock at prices ridiculously lew. By doing this we accomplish two ends—we effect a quick clear- ce and make hundreds of new friends. STOF IN AND SAVE!! 89~ Khaki S1ipeve Oc sleevelons : $1.35 Gray 'weaters, gsc with or witheut cellars $4.95 All-wool Slipever Sweat- ers, mareon, brown and heather. Spe- 33'79 clal at : SOCKS, ETC. Ceott Sockas very erni each garment. U. S. Govermment Flammelette e $1.50 Pajamans; wul' 31.39 Blue Overalls—Jump- San et $2.98 Il' they last. 926 PA.AVE Be sure you're in the right store GEORGE W. CABLE DEAD; PORTRAYER OF CREOLE Southern Writer Made French Quarter of New Orleans Famous. Expires in Florida. By the Associated ress. ST. PETERSBURG, January 31— George Washington Cable, Southern author and journallst whose delight- ful portrayal of the Creole character has Immortalized him and made famous the French quarter of New Orleans, is lying dead in a local un- dertaking establlshment awaiting the arrival of a son-in-law, Harry W. Behle of Philadelphia, due to arrive Tuesday night. Cable died early this morning after an fliness extending over a perfod of two years. He had been living in 8t. Petersburg since hls marriage to Mrs. Nan Hall Cowling of Richmond, Va., his third wife, December 18, 1923, SHLVAGE PLANNED Navy Officials Will Try to Refloat S-48 Monday. Damage Uncertain. By the Associated Press. PORTSMOUTH, N. H., January 31 —The United States Navy submarine -48, which went ashore at Little Harbor during a northeast blizzard Thursday night, will probably be floated Monday, it was learned today at the navy yard here, as plans for salvaging operations were completed. The vy floating derrick will be the submarine, which now lies in six feet of water on a sandy bottom. An officer and three men to- night were baoard the which was anchored by the shore, A fire engine from the yard will be run aboard the derrick barge and will pump the water out of the sub- marine while air pressure will be used to stop the leaks in the craft's hull the stern to Damage Still Unknown. An accurate report of the damage to the submarine was not obtainable at the navy yvard tonight, naval au- thorities saying that a complete study would be made of the craft when she was brought into the vard. Essen- tial parts of the steering and pro- pelling apparatus are missing, it was learned, however, and the two for- ward compartments, the torpedo room and the crew quarters were flooded The control room is almost dry, It was said. The main ballast tank is in- ut. Comdr. Stewart E. Bray, com- mander of the Sp4S, and members of the crew, all of whom suffered from exposure and escaping chlorine gas, were reported to be improving in the navy yard hospital Coolidge Greets Boris. SOFIA, January 3l.—Among the messages of good will received today on the asion of the thirty-firs birthday of King Boris, was one from President Coolidge, who expressed high regards and good wishes.” The fact that this message alone was cor- rectly addressed, namely, to the King of the Bulgarians, caused much comment. The other chancelleries addressed their messages to the King of Bulgaria. %o 6% 4% <% o% R XXX XS X In the Newly Decorated and Enlarged Coffee Shoppe of the Franklin Square Hotel 14th and K Sts. NW. MUSIC NOON AND EVENING PRICES SLASHED in this UNDERWEAR Ribbed Shirts Drawers; each. e $1.15 and Drawers, each. Twe for $3.25 COATS ¥6.95 U. 8. Gevernment, leather Jrkins—moleskin _slecven kuitted ocufls ocollars; spectal. ... 35-95 $19.50 Leather Reversiblo Coats, 36 tnches long: sises 36 and 38 enmlys very et 777 $10.95 Sheep-Lined Coats, heuvy meole- skin M;I belt, 37 inches lomg) very .. WASHINGTON WHOLESALE HOUSE “We Sell Retail at Wholesale Prices!” Sale Starts at 8 AM. submarine, | A Bountiful Dinner for ., FEBRUARY 1T MORE DATA SOUGHT ON AIRGRAFT VALUE House Members, Spurred by Mitchell Testimony, to Con- tinue Investigation. Terminating its hearings tempo- rarlly late yesterday, with the hope of submitting a preliminary report before the middle of February, the House aircraft committee voted to ask the Navy Department for in- formation regarding the recgnt bomb- ing and sinking of the battleship Washington. It also decided to ask Secretary Weeks for information contained in the “confidential com- munication” which Brig. Gen. Mitch- ell, assistant chief of the Army Afr Service, yesterday told the committee he had reveived, as the result of re- cent testimony he had given before it. Charges of Mitchell. Gen. Mitchell charged that it almost impossible for the committee to obtain correct information from the services on aviation, because in testifying officers were afraid of in- direct disciplinary action from their department. The Navy should be made to tell “the real truth” of the sinking of the Washington, Gen Mitchell said. He added that Army airplanes could have sunk the Wash- ington in “from two to four minutes. The Navy would rapidly develop into an undersea branck, Gen. Mitchell said, in urging a unified air force. He did not advocate immedi- ate abelition of battleships, but de- clared it was coming to that and that money should be put into sub- marines and airplanes, rather than into costly battleships that were fast becoming obsolete. Backed by La Guardia. Representative La Guardia, Repub- lican, New York, a former aviator, also urged a unified air service, and clared that President Coolidge would become an advocate of it, if he knew the facts. Further evidence upon the question of the effect of an underwater dis- charge of a 165-pound bomb upon the condensers of a battleship, state- ments by Gen. Mitchell regarding which were recently challenged by Secretary Wilbur, will be given at the next hearing of the House military affairs committee, it was announ last night by the Navy Department. | “In the recent tests on the Wash-| ington,” said the Navy announcemen “experiments were made to ascertain the effect upon the condensers of that ship produced by underwater explo- sions In the vicinity of the ship. was found that the conde entirely unaffected by the exp ROB S?bRE THIRD TIME. Special Dispateh to The Star. RIVERDALE, Md, January For the third time in a week the delicatessen of Robert Morris was robbed last night, the total losses in cash and goods being $300 The Riverdale Garage robbed County information upon which arrests will be made robberies. was 31— also was Officer Garrison obtained it is hoped solving both The government of South Africa may establish a state bank. One Dollar SHOES Army Shoes— Mumsen last; BB et §3 95 e b e T 8335 Hormad shees. 3 45 all siwes.. SHIRTS 0. 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