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[ WEATHER. @ Rain row. Temperatures: vesterday: lowest, 35, at 6 Full report on page 10. Closing N. Y. Stucks and Bonds, Page 26 S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) and warmer tonight; cloudy to partly cloudy and colde Highest, 67, at tomor 3 po w.m. today b e No, 29504 SRerch s Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, HUAX |N [',AVE TRAP;Reappointm—gnt of Mitchell RUMOREL MILTARY NQURY IS ORDERED Whisperers See “Publicity” Effort—Failure of Rescue Under Suspicion. CONTINUE DIGGING SHAFT; BELIEVE COLLINS ALIVE Hard Rains Hamper Workers on| Tenth Day—May Reach Vie- tim by Thursday. By the Associated Press CAVE CITY, Ky. February Circumstances surrounding the trap- ping of Floyd Collins in Sand Cave &nd the efforts of volunteer rescuers to release him will be made the sub- Jeot of a military court of inquiry, Brig. Gen. H. H. Denhardt, in com- mand of Guardsmen here, announced to- ®ay. I hope by this court of inquiry to fay at rest all suspicions, whisperings of the efforts to block rescue work, and rumors that Collins’ entrapment was “not genuine,” said Gen. Den- hardt. The commander said his plan __for the military investizgation had ¥been sanctioned by Gov. Fields and| Adjt. Gen. Kehoe. . 9 Probe Fallure of Rescue. r “It Is my purpose to determine &xactly why the efforts to rescue Col- 1ins through the natural passage fail- ed” Denhardt continued. “Whether Collins went into Sand Cave through the regular entrance and was caught coming out and whether he knew of any other way out are matters which will be delved into. T have recelved information that the eye of suspicion has been turned on Kentucky and its officials and the wonderful cave region by persons unfamilfar with the cave section. 1 \PrOPose in the Inquiry to bring out very fact. e hoped that the findings of| the board will be so definite and| thorough from the testimony we hear that the whisperings will be quieted. Every witness will be summoned to testify and will be heard in full.” Court to Sit In Tent. The court will be conducted in a tent at the scene of the rescue work, | near the entrance to Sand Cave. Gen. Denhardt deemed it advisable| to hold the hearing before Collins'| fate has been determined, because of | the difficulty and expense of bringing| Witnesses here after the work has| ended ! Lieut. Robert Burdon of the Lr\uls-! ville fire department, who has sta ted | that he had “positive knowledge f forts were made to block rescue work,” | Will be summoned. Burdon was one| of the comparatively few who talked| to Collins. Three brothers of the im-| prisoned man, Homer, Marshall and! Andrew, will be summoned, and Wil- liam B. Miller of the Louisville Cou- Acting—Former A Tell of General’s The question whether Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, assistant chief of the Army Air Service, will be recom- mended for reappointment when his Present assignment expires on March 26 will not decided by Secretary Weeks until the select Congressional committee concluded its in- vestigation. % The War Secretary desires to have all available data relating to the air service collected either by the committee or from other sources be- fore him when he acts. If he makes no decision before Congress ad- journs, March 4, the place held will filled by a recess appoint- ment. ecretary Wilbur today to Chairman Lampert of mittee a telegram from Howard G. Rath and H. M. Brown, both former officers of the flying forces, offering to testify as to Gen. Mitchell's con- duct during the World War. Offer to Tell of Mitchell. “Herewith 1 am inclosing for your information,” Secretary Wilbur wrote, “‘a copy of a telegram received by me, in which certain former officers of the bombing forces offer to testify concerning their experiences. 1 ai sending you this because I have noted in the newspapers that you desired to get testimony of men who have had actual bombiag experience under war conditions. The telegram Wilbur refers Lampert: L DEAD, MANY HURT IN'NEW YORK'S FOG Series of Disastrous Crashes Take Place—Panics Are Narrowly Averted. be has now be forwarded the com to which in his Secretary letter to Mr. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February §.—Two men were killed and of persons were hurt in a series of collisions on New York's transit lines today, while one of the heaviest fogs of recent vears enveloped the city. Harbor and river trafic was vir- tually paralyzed as results of the lowering fog that clung to the surface of the water. The fog was reported general, extending along most of the Atlantic seaboard and affecting traffic on land and sea over a wide area. Early reports indicated that the most serious of the series of accidents of the city's transit lines occurred in the Bronx, where an elevated train scores ier-Journal is expected to give h stimony. Many Will Be Called. i All of those who talked to the| trapped victim, and those who know | the circumstances of his explorations, | will be heard. Persons familiar with | the cave country and those w ho have *heard various rumors will be asked ; to tell what they know | Five electrical tests conducted | With voice ampliers today have con- | vinced H. T. Carmichael, in charge | of the rescue work at Sand Cave, that | Collins is still alive after 10 days’ imprisonment. i H. G. Lane, Nunfordville, the lighting system fcurrent for th head, . operating | which supniies | bulb left at Collins’ aid Homer Collins, after lis-' tening 20 minutes on the wire, was satisfied he had heard Floyd's heart | beating at the rate of 20 times a| minute. Rains Hamper Workers. ; had added | another obstacle to the efforts of | man to rescuc Collins, sending tor- | rents of rain last night, with a prom- | ise of more today. Despite precau- | tions to keep the water out of the | perpendicular shaft aimed at Collins prison, seepage crcpt into the bot- tom of the shaft and added heavily to the burden of the volunteer dig- gers. They kept doggedly at it, with some slight increase in hourly prog- | ress. The shaft is less than half | way to Collins, 60 or 70 feet the surface When rock slides blocked the natural tunnel of Sand Cave Thurs- &ay, the use of pungeut but harmless gas was seized upon as a means of | finding the back end of Collin's lat- est cave, but the gas experiment | tried last night with banana oil w unsuccessful. Despite a strong down- draft of air in Sand Cave, no trace of the odor could be located in any | other nearby cave. | One of the more active rumors of | night was that Circuit Judge | ichardson of ok would | call a grand jury to investigate the | possibility of a publicity hoax. Judge | Richards said he had never, thought of such a thing, and didn't believe it was a hoax anyhow. Radi, Mother Nature today | below | rexts Repeated. None of the officials will comment | on the radio tests repeated Sunday, which | the experimente. claimed | Wwere indicative of motior; by Collins | as the electric light bulb hanging | around his neck is turned off and on. | H. G. Lane of Munfordville, the radio | man, was convinced he had proven | Collins was still alive and this hope still pervades the digg in the | shaft, despite the four days of dig- | ging they can sce ahead. They hope to reach Collins by Thursday. The diamond pointed drill which | has preceded the shaft work has not | been used since Saturday night, when | it penetrated to 60 feet, but was not | yet into Collins’ cavern BAR TO RESCUE ALLEGED. Louisville Fireman Reviews Expe- riences With Natives. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., When Lieut. Robert A. Burdon, one of Ahe two chief outside evewitnesses of the predicament of Floyd Collins | in Sand Cave, learned of the military inquiry ordered by Lieut. Go Den- nardt today, he emphatic in_his aesertions that the had been de! " (Continued on Page 5, Column 4. February 9.— | moorings and started B smashed into the rear of a subway train on the elevated structure. Two were known to have been killed in this collision, while the estimate of ijured ran well above 40, L) Fire in Subway. A subway fire in wnich a deczen people received slight injuries added to the tvaffic troubles of the harassed transit officials. An express train bound for upper Manhattan was stall- ed over some blazing ties. It was only through the heroic efforts of the train crew that a serious panic was averted. Four persons were injured when two surface cars came together. Ferry boats with their thousands of commuters barely crept through the fog. Two lines were forced to discon- tinue operations. Thousands of other travelers were delaved aboard railroad trains. Trafc on River. East River further when a number of broke from their n a fog-hidden Loug Island Sound traffic was Three night boats from New England cities anchored off Long Island to await clearer weather. There were two accidents in Brook- Iyn suburb: Two trains of the Brookland-Manhattan Rapid Transit Company of the Fulton street line came together in a rear-end collision, Traffic in the was demoralized heavy coal barges drift tied up. | inflicting injuries to a dozen men and Corona line near Long Island City a steel train of the R. T. smashed into the rear of a wooden train of the Brooklyn-Man- hattan Transit Company, Injuring half a dozen persons. It is estimated that these two wrecks affected fully 40,000 commuters, as trafic on both lines s tied up for hours. women. On the Women Knocked Down. Several women were reported to have buen knocked to the floor and trampled when panic seized the (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) ASKS FOR REPGRT ON TRAFFIC BILLS Bell Calls for Information for Pos- sible Use in Urging Changes on Congress. Engineer Commissioner Bell today directed Maj. W. H. Holcombe, As- sistant Engineer Commissioner, to prepare a report for the Commission- ers on the traffic legislation about to be acted on at the Capitol, providing for a director of traffic, added court facilities and a more stringent regu- lation of operators’ permits. It is understood the Commission- ers will suggest the omission of cer- tain details from the pending legis- lation on the ground that discretion should be left to the traffic director in the matter of detailed regulations and requirements. It was pointed out by one official that if Congress legislates upgn a specific phase of traffic, such as the speed limit, for example, it would re- quire another act of ongress if changing conditions should later re- quire modification of the limit. The report probably will be ready for approval of the Commissioners tomorrow, ' Deferred Until Probe Is\Ended’ |Weeks Desires to Have Full Data Before ir Officers Offer to “War Conduct.” “In case information is desired sup- porting your ideas from the results to be expected from bombing under war conditions and upon Gen. Mitch- ell's conduct and lack of knowledge of bombing during the late war, we suggest that depositions be taken from three former officers now in Los Angeles, all of whom had actual ombing experience, and two of whom were in command of bombing squad- rons. We know that you are right in this controversy.” Both Have Fine Recorls. Capt. Rath was on duty with the first day bombardment group. On October 9, 1918, he was recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross. He acted as leading observer on the first raid across the lines, June 12, 1918, He has successfully led 17 raids. His record shows that he is a killful leader of men, and has, even under the most difficult circumstances, demonstrated that he is an officer of most excellent judgment. He was commended in a letter by Maj. Gen Patrick, present chief of the Air Serv- ice, and was honorably discharged from the service March 21, 1919. Maj. Brown also had distinguished service. On July 10, 1917, while lead- ing a bombing formation over the enemy territory heavy mist and dark- ness caused hiim to lose his way with the result that he was finally forced down in enemy territory. On July 18, while crossing the border into the southern end of Luxemburg in an attempt to get back to his own lines he was captured by the enemy and made a prisoner of war. He was returned after the armistice. Hughes Plans Long Rest in Bermuda On Leaving Office Reports that Secretary Hughes will visit South America after he leaves the State Department were set at rest today when It was learned that the Secretary has definitely decided to go to Bermu- da for a long rest in the interim between the giving up of official duties and his return to the prac- tice of law in New York. The Secretary plans to sail, he said, for Bermuda March 7, three days after his resignation as Sec- retary of State becomes effectiv He expects to spend two or three months there, but has put aside all suggestions that he participate in the official and social life of the islun1 during his visit. He wants to have & real rest, his first since 1921 s HOUSE TAKES LP 3 DISTRICT BILLS Milk, Welfare and Lamond | Street Crossing Measures Given Precedence. With only two District days, in- cluding today's session, left, the House is faced with the proposition of disposing of important District legislation. Three bills, the milk, welfare and Lamond street crossing, were taken up in the order named after a roll all was requested by Representative Cramton of Michigan. If these three bills are disposed of promptly It is thought probable that the Great Falls power measure will occupy the rest of the day, there being a good deal of controversy on this question. The five-year school buiiging pro- gram also is on the program to fol- low the rent legislation. The first District measure called up was to regulate the sale of milk, cream and ice cream within the Dis- trict of Columbia, so as to require pasteurization, and that all milk should come from tuberculin-tested herd Representative Thomas L. Blanton, Democrat, Texas, made an Impas- sloned plea for protection of the chil- dren against contamination of their particular food supply. Representative Florfan Lampert, Republican, Wisconsin, chairman of the subcommittee which held exten- sive hearings on the milk bill, ex- plained that the general purpose is to insure a supply of pure milk and milk products for sale ahd use in the District. To that end it requires the inspection and grading of farms and herds from which niilk is procured; permits only milk or cream to be sold which is produced from herds to which the tuberculin test has been annually applied and vests in the health officer of the District powers to adopt rulcs and regula- tions to enforce the prescribed stand- ards and qualities. It was emphasized that this legislation Is ‘urgently needed by the Distriet health officer. | Dies After By the Associated Pre CHICAGO, February 9.—Diana of the Dunes, an honor graduate of the University of Chicago, who went to live amid the sandy wastes along Lake Michigan be- tween Michigan City and Gary, Ind., is dead after nine years of privation in the nature life she 16Ved. A Phi Beta Kappa, stellar mathe- matician and editorial secretary of the abstruse Astrophysical Jour- nal’ a university publication, the then .pretty Alice Gray, reputed member of a wealthy family “in the KEast,” retired to the sandy hills. Her first Winter in the dunes was uneventful, but she became an object of general interest the next Spring ~ when . deputy sheriffs scouted through the sand hills to . find & nymph who, in_the light of D. G, FRENCH SEE BASIS FOR DEBT PAYMENT IN CHURCHILL PLAN Regard Question as Facing Many Obstacles Before Final Settlement Is Made. FIRMLY FIXED PRINCIPLE OF FRANCE THREATENED MONDAY, U. S. Officials, Pleased With Open- ing of Issue, Maintain Silence on Views. By the Associated Press. February 9.—The debt note of Winston Churchill British chancel- lor of the exchequer, is regarded in French official circles as only the beginning of negotiations for a set- tlement that will require considerable time and a great amount of study. Although the tone of the British note strikes a responsive chord here, it is pointed out that it establishes a basis of settlement which involves the total separation of the payment of debts from the payment of repara- tions. This does violence to the principle which has been firmly fixed in French minds since the difficulties of collecting reparations arose. Consequently, the most difficult task for Premier Herriot in a debt settiement, it Is anticipated In po- litical circles, will be to get parlia- ment and the people to accept this whether she gets paid or not. May Ask Explanation. For the moment the entire matter is in the hands of the ministry of finance. Finance Min will conduct the negotiations with London as well as Washington, until the moment when a basis seems to have been reached for an accord. The Churchill note is regarded here as only a prefuce to discussion. M. Clementel will, according to best in- formed official sources, send a reply to Mr. Churchill in which the British government will be asked for an ex- planation of certain detaiis of the note. The French desire to know will happen in case sof an eventual German default in the Dawes plan and whether a por- tion of the French debt to Great Britain, whicn would be covered by the French share of the Dawes an- nufties, would remain due from France and payable out of her na- tional resources. " Note Is_Explicit. The reply*“of Mr. Churchill to M. Clementel starts by saying ex- plicitly that “his majesty's govern- ment adhere to the principle of the Balfour note.” Then, explaining that cartain of former Premier Bonar Law with no longer are applicable because they were made prior to the Dawes plan, the note proceeds: “The principle of the Balfour note is that Great Britain should recelve from Europe payments equivalent to those she is under obligation to make to the United States. His majesty’s governiment cannot accept the posi- tions in which this principle could only be achieved upon the basis of a full normal yield of the Dawes an- nuities or by taking at their face value debts which cannot be at present treated as good assets.” His majesty’s government already have consented not merely to reduce their claims against our allles to an amount necessary to cover their own payments in respect to the British war debt to the United States, but actually to apply the whole of the British share of German reparations to that purpose what Other Losses Cited. “This means that Great Britain only takes to her own charge whole of her own war damages, but also the £800,000,000 of foreign se- curities devoted by her to the general effort before the United States en- tered the war. not the note to the existing situation, his majesty’s government, remembering that war debts between the allies had been incurred in 4 common cause, have been prepared to consider pro- posals under which the French debt to Great Britain would be reduced, provided that the principle of definite payment by France from her own na- tional resources, fixed with due re- gard to her relative wealth and tax- paying capacity, Is assured without reference to reparations.” The note then suggests that It might be found convenient that French payments should be divided into, first, fixed annual amounts, pay- able by France, irrespective of actual recelpts from the Dawes annuities in a particular year, and second, further annual charge on the French share in the Dawes annulties. Surplus Use Provided For. “It would, of course, be understood,” says the note in conclusion, “first, that all counterclaims by France against Great Britain would be super- seded, and, secondly, that if and when payments derived by Great Britain irom European war debts and repa- rations were sufficient to provide for (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) ‘Diana of the Dunes, Preuy Graduate, 9 Years pf ‘Back to Nature’ the moon, was wont to disport in nature’s garb along the lake shore. Three years ago she was joined in her wild life by a gilant of whom nothing but the name Paul Wilson ever has been known. They were married and Wilson took up his bride's close-to-nature life. They lived in a shack by the lake at the station which bears his name. It was in Wilson's arms that Diana died, scorning miedical treatment, preferting death in the dunes to lingering in a hospital. A doctor was called yesterday only after she had become uncon- sciou She asked her husband to cre- mate her body and scatter her ashes to the winds from the top of Mount Tom, the highest sand hill along the lake shore. e e Radio Pro Page 15, new principle, that France must pay | ter Clementel | payments under | suggestions in connection there- | “In the application of the Balfour | FEBRUARY-: 9, | spurred on by i | | | | |agencies | stitution | convention, ¢ Foening Star. The, Star” r every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers Saturda; Sunday’ 's Circulation, Circulation, 99,940 102,799 1925 -THIRTY-TWO PAGES. SURE Luoks LIKg THEY'RE TrYIuG TO GEY MEUP _ ORATORY CONTEST INTEREST S KEEN Professor of History in High Schools Loud in Praise of Event. Tremendous interest has been aroused in Washington in announce- ment of the second national oratori- cal contest on the American Constitu- tion, the finale of which will be held in the National Capital May 8. In every private and public school in the District from which students are eligible to enter the contest prepar- atlons are being made and it is be- lieved that the number of contestants | here will exceed all expectations. Attracted by the extremely large prizes which are offered locally and for the final national contest, and school officials and teachers of Washington, who full well realize the great value of funda- mental knowledge of the very found- ation stonas of the nation's weal, pupils have evinced a marked keen- ness for the coming competition. Stimulate Prof. George J. Jones. head of the department of history of all the high schools of the District of Columblia. found that the 1924 national oratori- cal contest surpassed all of the that have come under his Students. |observation in stimulating the inter- jest of pupils ‘in the Constitution of the United States. As a conkequence, Prof. Jones has heartily indorsed this years contest. In the following letter to The Star, Mr. Jones say “In most high schools throughout the country American history is a re- quired subject in either the third or fourth year. It has been the custom for American history classes, after completing the study of the constitu- tional convention of 1787, to devote some time to the study of the Con- itself. Thus, every high school graduate has made a study of the Constitution. However, in some classes the work on the Constitution may have been indifferent, due to the fact that the teachers depended largely for their material on the Con- stitution itself, as printed In fine print at the close of the text and on the few pages in the American history text given to a discussion of the Con- stitution. Interest Imcreased. “During all my years of teaching I have ever known a school exercise to create an interest such as the oratorical contest of last year created in the study of the Constitution. Teachers have asked for more time from regular history teaching for the study of the Conatitution. These requests have come from Americhn history teachers in the junfor high schools as well as from teachers in the senior high schools. Students completing the American history course in the third year of the senior high schools are more eager than in former years to elect the course in advanced civics which is optional for_seniors. “The oratorical contest of last year has created a demand not only in Washington but throughout the coun- try for supplementary- material on the Constitution to be in the pos- session of all students in American history. This means that the Amer- fcan history text will be laid aside, after the study of the constitutional for .a-.period varying from four to eight weeks, during which time students will study a sup- plementary text on the Constitution. Definite arrangements for this kind of work already have been made in shington and In many other This will mean a more care- nd thorough teaching of the Constitution for every high school student, and this means a better preparation for citizenship. I am very glad ‘to know that another ora- torial contest on the Constitution is to be held this year. For the District of Columbia The Evening Star offers eight prizes of $100 each and a grand prize of $300 for the District of Columbia champion. In addition, The Evening Star’s repre- sentative is to go stralght through to the national finals of May 8. Iu- asmuch as there are to be only seven finalists, and the $5,000 in national prize money is to be divided into seven awards, this arrangement as- sures the chaimpion of the District of Columbia a national award: of $2,000, $1,000, $500, $450, $400, $350 or $300, according to his or her rating in the final competition of 1925. . McCormack Ill; Concert Postponed. NEW ORLEANS, February 9.—John McCormack, the tenor, is i1l &t his hotel suite here with the grippe and his concent arranged for tonight has been postponed, IN THE PROF. GEORGE J. JONES, Head of department of history District high wchool: G . TOESTABLIH CHEMSTRY CENTER $5,000,000 Endowment Giv- en to Vast Medical Re- search Work Here. A center for: fundamental chemical research in solving the problems of medicine and one of the greatess chem- ical education institutions ever set up is to be established at Georgetown Unt- versity with an initial endowment of 35,000,000 dnd as many- more millions assured as are needed to carry on the work. The endowment fund will all be in hand before mext Christmas, and the chemical-medical research plant is ex- pected to be in operation within three years, directed by experts in organic, inorganic and physical chemistry, path- ology, bacteriology, pharmacology and biochemistry, to whom associates in each line of endeavor will be assigned. Under their guidance research fellows and graduate students engaged in the preliminary work of the investigations will be afforded a rare training for a future career in the service of chemo- medical research on a scale never be- fore dreamed of. Plan Being Developed. Rev. C. W. Lyons, S. J., president of Georgetown University, is father- Ing the project and the basic plans worked down to scientific detail have been figured out and developed by Rev. George L. Coyle, S. J., interna- tionally known as an educator and administrator specializing in the field of chemistry. Since last September Pather Coyle has felt assured of the successful accomplishment of this project, ‘recommended by scientifie leaders and backed by the American Chemical Soclety. Father Coyle will leave Washington next Saturday for a two-month trip for personal con- ference with men who are supporting the plan. This new institution Factions oi Korean Christian Converts Fight for Mission By the Associated Press. TOKIO, February 9.—Vernacular newspapers here today contained reports of a serious conflict be- ‘tween apposing factions of Korean converts at the American Presby- terfarlNmission- at Taiku, Korea. Recently one -faction seceded from mission control and brought suit to procure possession of the mission property. When the suit was’ decided agalnst them inem- bers of this faction seized the bulldings. Yesterday, according to the re- ports, the American missionaries enlisted the aid_ of a. thousand Korean followers and made a dem- onstration in an endeavor to re- gain possession of the premises. The rebel converts resisted and serious fighting followed, in which, according to the reports, 40 of the rebels were injured and the build- 1 ‘kg badly damaged before the po- the confiiet. WOMAN KILLS SELF AND TWO CHILDREN Inability to Make Living Caused Act, Mrs. Frances Waters Wrote. The bodies of Mrs. Frances Walker Waters, 42, and of her two children, Mary, 16, and Lindsay, 14, lay in an undertaker's establishment today— mute evidence of a mother's decision to end her struggles to support her- self and children by wiping out the | little family in one tragic stroke. The lifeless forms of the trio were found yesterday in the gas-filled rooms of their apartment on the fourth floor of Briarly Hall Apart- ments, 1740 K street, together with several notes in which the mother told of inability “to make the grad: Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt said that this afternoon he will issue certifi- cates showing that Mrs. Waters had committed suicide and had ended the lives of her two children by asphixia- tion. The triple tragedy is believed to have occurred late Saturday night, after the son and daughter had fallen asleep. Struggfe for Life Seen. From the position of the bodies in the apartment. police believe that th daughter Mary. partially suffocated from the fumes, awoke and made a futile effort either to reach the kitchen gas range and turn off the four burners or to assist her mother and brother. Mary's body was found face down- ward near the door of the bedroom in which she and her mother slept, while that of the mother was lying on the floor near the bed. of the mother having made an effort to overtake the daughter was seen in the nosition of the bodies: The boy's body lay on a couch in the | room. Note for Sisters KFow In a note addressed to “Polly and Lindsay,” understood to refer to two sisters, Mrs. Sam Zimmer of Peters- burg, Va., and Mrs. James Hay of the Farnsboro Apartments, Walker said: “Dears: Don't think this has any- thing to do with things that either of you might have altered: it hasn't— you've both done your best. but I just can't make the grade. I am so tired of being' unhappy and so struggling and being poor. I cannot face a whole life of unhappiness. This Distri of | idge and carries out the idea of his 1|bill. but instead of making the Rent will give you all a great deal trouble and sorrow. but at least was unselfish enough to take Mary and Lindsay with me, so as not to add to any one’s burden. It's a far better thing than I-have ever done. “SHAN.” was a nickname of Mrs Other notes were addressed to Mrs. George C. Minnigerode and W. Aila Galt. Divorced From Physician. According to relatives of the dead woman, she had been divorced for several years from Dr. Dorsey Waters, who. it is understood, resides in Ger- mantown. Pa. Ever since the divorce she had been tiying to educate her children and support herself by work- ing, first, at the Shipping Board and more recently &t the offices of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. The notes explained the difficulties she had met with in doing this and indicated ‘the untold mental strain | that she had been under for months. The son’s fondness for waffles led to the discovery of the tragedy yes- ” (Continued on Column 2) SO WARREN NOMINATION BEFORE COMMITTEE Is Considered at Two-Hour Session Without Definite Action Being Taken. ze The nomination of Charles B. War- ren of Michigan fo be Attorney Gen- eral. was discused for two hours to- day by the Senate judiciary commit- tee without any decision. Chairman Cummins will set the time for the next meeting. Opposition has arisen in.connectio with the “sugar trust investigation” conducted by Congress 12 years ago, in which Mr. Warren's relation to the beet sugar industry in Michigan came under inquiry. Most of the discussion today center- ed around that subject. A subcommit- tee; after brief consideration, had re- ported the nomination to the whole | committee withoyt recommendation. TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT PRODS CONGRESS T0 PASS RENT CONTROL BILL Legislation Now Expected to Go Through, Though Pre- cise Form Not Outlined. BLANTON ASSAILS PLAN TO EXTEND COMMISSION Unconstitutional, Socialistic and Vicious, He Charges—Begg for Curb of Some Kind. President Coolidge, through Repre- sentative Begg of Ohio, member of the Republican steering committee of the House, notified House leaders to- day that he desired enactment be adjournment of Congress of legisla- tion to regulate rentals in the Dis trict of Columbia. Mr. Coolidge did not form he believed the legislation | should take, but took the position that mounting rentals in the Capital specify the Possibility | living | . more years. tired of | had created conditions that Congress should endeavor to correct Representative Begg sald after this conference that the President gave him to understand during their that he is anxious to see some form of a rent law passed at once that will adequately meet the local situation and inasmuch that the leaders of Con gress have been waiting for some defi- nite word of this nature from the Ex- ecutive, there is no reason, in h opinfon, why this legislation should not now be put throuzh without diffi- culty. Form of Law Not Decided. The Ohio Representative, however, was unable to predict just what form the legislation will take when it s finally acted upon. He did say that he personally, and many others of the House, were opposed to the so-called Whaley rent control bill, which had the indorsement of the President. He stated, also, that he has not studied the rent bill favorably reported last week by the Senate and House joint District committee, but that he was inclined to think it would answer the purpose. In the opinion Begg. there is need for some form of stringent rent control in Wash- ington. He said he so expressed himself to the President today and that the latter agreed with him | Representative Begg ieves thdt | rentals should be fixed by some au- thorized body. This, he said, uld be vested in the present Rent Commis- sion, but he thinks that some of the powers proposed to be given to latter body should not be extended For instance, after the commission | has fixed rentals, he thinks, the land- {lord should have some say about re- ! moving tenants in the event the lat- Iter are found to be objectionable or | undesirable | Representative Begg said that now that he knows what the President wants, he would take the mat- er up with those in charge of the | legislative program in the House. and that this much-needed legisiation lprnha\;i_\ be clear ‘(n\(‘lfi of Representative would given Declaring that the proposal to ex- {tend the life of the Rent Commission 1s unconstitutional, socialistic and vicious | and should be eliminated from the pend- ing legislation designed to r the situation, Representative Thomas L. {Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, today | fited his minority report | He strongly supports provisions of slent trans- | the bill to prevent fraud i dctions respecting real estate | Representative Blanten in his re- | port states that 7 members out of I the 20 on the committee \oied to re- port this bill extending ihe life of the present Rent Commission for two This_bill, he cxplains, has three titles. The first is ridicu- | lous, he said, but titles two and three |are salutary, constructive and neces- { sary and should be passed First Title Substitute. that title one is a bill sent to the President Cool- He points out substitute for the t committee by itution extends Commission a permanent in: |of the Government, merely |its life for two vears. He emphasizes that title two {word for word the bill which he in- troduced in the House on January 14, Ito prevent fraudulent transactions re- | specting real estate in the District. It was approved by every member of the {joint committez of the Senate and House with not one vote against it. { Representative Blanton says. It was |incorporated in the committee bill which the full Senate committee on the District reported favorably and | which was then reported to the Sen- late by Senator Copeland. Not one member of the House District com- mittee opposed this provision, Repre- sentative Blanton points out, but ap- | proved it and incorporated it in its bill favorably to the House by Repre- sentative Lampert of Wisconsin | January 6. | In discussing title three of the bill favorably reported, Representative | Blanton calls attention that it is word for word the bill which he introduced in the House on January 17 (o create a real estate commission for the Dis- trict, to define, regulate and license real estate brokers and real estate | salesmen and to provide a penalty for violations. Approved by Committee. Representative Blanton emphasizes that this was unanimously approved by the members of the joint commit- tee of the Senato and House and it was made title in the bill favor- ably reported to the Senate by Sen- ator Copeland and in the House by | Representative Lampert. Representative Blanton asserts that under the President’s bill the five Commissioners have their salaries raised from $5,000 to $6,000 and that in addition to an attorney at $5,000, they are given two assistant atiese neys at $2.500 each and a secretars- treasurer (a new officer) at $3,500, and anothcr new officer, a field engi- neer, at $3.500. He warns his colleagues that in the President’s bill this commission has power to appoint stenographers with- out’ limit, and it may also appoint ofticers, employes and agents without restriction. Representative Blanton adds that the biil “absolutely dediroys” right o? private contract, fixes rents, disrupts contracts absolutely satisfactory, com- (Continued on Page 2, Colunin )