Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1925, Page 2

B RDUCTIONDLE N SHPPIG BOARD More Than Million Dollars to Be Cut From Pay Roll Dur- ing Calendar Year. The Shipping upon a program which will [about a reduetion in-salaries of more thdn '$1.000,000 during the calendar JYea 1925 The program. according to officials iof the board. contemplates a reduc- tion of mora than $100,000 in annual salaries each month, with the peak of the reduction coming in the first part of the year The number of employes to be re- jleased by this method of forced re- ‘duetion in has not been computed, be estimated with any degree of accuracy, as the aim “ ction in expenses chargeable to salartes and not funda- ¢ mentally a reduction in the working | force. Last year Saw an average re- duction in annual salaries of about $60.000 a month. a schedule main- tained without a break up to January 1. and augmented so that a new schedule of $100,000 more a month reduction could be 1925, personnel nor can it is Notices Due Soon. reductions in the Shipping | Roard f in Washington are to be | nade this month, with many em-| ploves being given notice about Feb- ruary 15, that their services will no | longer be required after March 1 Much of the contemplated reduction is to be made during the current year in the force employed in Washington. | #lthough decentralization and turning over of much of the work formerly done by the board to its managing | cperators, will bring about a com- | paratively large réduction in the fleld force of the board. The schedule is being carried out, It was declared, at the instance of Rear Admiral Lelgh C. Palmer, pres dent of the Emergency Fleet Corpor: tion, and is being put in operation by the executives immediately under him Just at present the reductions be- ing made are in the lower salaried classes, which will release a large | number of employes, but the re- trenchment program will soon begin to affect the smaller number of high | salaried persons to bring about the | desired end—that of reduction in the payroll 21 INDICTED, CASES AGAINST 10 DROPPED Seven Held on Charges of Assault With Dangerous Weapons, Five for Robbery. The grand jury today returned 21 Indictments and {gnored charges against 10 persons. Those agalnst whom dropped are Joseph Sharp and Jesse Jackson, larcen: Rachael Lowery, robbery; James Newsome, bribery; Charles H. Plum- ner, jov riding; Gabried Furr, Mar- tha Johnson, Benedict I. Brooks and Harvey Lyons, assault with danger- ous weapon Those indicted and the charges Against them are: Louis de Levesque, robbery; Thomas Mosby, housebreak- ing: Samuel C. Height and Margaret A. Cahill, larceny after trust; David Yates, larceny; Charlie Johnson, Wal- ter Jones, Mabel Williams, Walter 'Neal, Louis Herbert and Russell Chambers, assault with dangerous weapon: Myer Rosenbloth, recelving stolen property: Simeon Floyd Rake- straw, Percy Hall. Thomas Stone, Frank Jackson. Wilbur J. Simmons and James Ambrose Moreland, non- support; Charles B. McDonald, Theo- dore W. Merritt, Frank Hernek, Vic- tor T. Purchia (allas Victor P. Peary), Scott W. Smith, robbery; Hosea Hart and Joseph M. Robinson, joy riding. cases O'Neill, were Henry PRINCETON AND NAVY MAY BATTLE IN D. C. Board has embarked | bring | | Reld at the Ma | Mrs. BRIG, GEN. J. L. CHAMBERLAIN, Chalrman of the committee on tickets for the Inaugural Charity Ball to be wer Hotel. DAWES TO ATTEND D OHARITY BALL Invitation Accepted by Vice President-Elect, Chairman Announces. The Vice President-elect and Mrs. Charles G. Dawes have accepted an in- vitation to attend the charity inaugural ball which is to be given on the evening of March 4 at the new Mayflower Hotel, John Allan Dougherty, chairman of the ball committee, announced today. It is recalled that when a similar fete was given under the direction of Mra Dougherty after the President Harding Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge were the honor guests of the evening. Plans for the charity inaugural ball are rapidly assuming shape, and it is becoming apparent that the affair will be one of the most brilliant receptions held in Washington for years Tickets are disappearing fast. To accommodate the hundreds of persons here who cannot reach the ticket office in the Mayflower Hotel before supper, Maj. Gen. John L. Chamberlain, chair- man of the ticket committee, g his office open until 9:30 o nings. The entrance to his office 1 on De Sales street, just east of Con- necticut avenue. Meetings Being Held. Most of the score or more of com- mittees, each composed of men and women of national prominence, han- dling details for the ball are meeting two or three times a week. This afternoon the committee on music, of wehich Mrs. Lawrence Townsend is chairman and Mrs. George W. Ehle «ice chairman, will meet in the home of Willlam P. Eno and arrange for the distribution of the five or- chestras that will furnish music at the ball. In the meantime a small army of laborers, artists and decorators is busy getting the hotel ready for its first big event. It will be a scene of beauty on the night of the ball, and the management is sparing no effort to have the structure ready for the test when 4,609 men and women, com- ing from every walk of American life, trip the light fantastic within its portals. It would be hard to imagine a more beautiful setting for an event of such tremendous size and importance, All of the 4,500 guests can b& comfortably accommodated on the ground floor. And when a couple becomes tired of the background, in one . handsome chamber, it can step to the next, and then on to the next. In fact, there will be at least five different places to visit. Entering from Connecticut avenue, the guests will find themselves first in a huge foyer. Walking back toward Seventeenth street, they will pass in order a handsome dining room, an Itallan garden, a wonderfully ap- pointed ballroom and another foyer of even more entrancing beauty. Finally there is a somewhat smaller assembly room. Eynon Declares Chances Are Good for Playing Here of Annual Foot Ball Game. Intimation received by the Washington Chamber of Commerce from Edward B. Eynon, jr., secretary of the Washington American League Rase Ball Club, indicates that Wash- ington has a very good chance to have the Princeton-Navy foot ball game this year Mr. Eynon in his communication states that he has received a telegram from Clark Griffith to this effect, and fn which it is suggested that the chamber get in touch with other elvie organizations in Washington to nse their influence with the superin- tendent of the Naval Academy in helping to bring the game to Wash- ington The Washington Chamber of Coms. merce has decided to take the matter up immediately. B today Ex-Governor's Mother Dies. MANCHESTER, N. H, February 9.— Mrs. Evelyn M. Cox, mother of former Gov. Channing H. Cox of Massachu- setts, and Walter R. Cox, widely known light harness race driver, died at her home here yesterday, aged 79. Two other sons also survive her. Man Slain in Rum Feud. SYRACUSE, N. Y., February 9.—One man was kflled, a companion was wounded seriously and the scalp of an innocent onlooker was grazed by a stray bullet In an qutbreak yester- day of what police describe as a bootleggers' feud in a restaurant here. The shooting was done by a man who escaped. The man killed was Tony Zangari. Man-hunting Owl ‘Brought to Earth By Halifax Posse By the Associated Press. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia ary 9 —News came today from Dauphins’ lumber ' camps, near Sheet Harhor, that'a giant man- hunting owl that had been terror- tzing that district for weeks had been brought to earth. One man was threatened with the loss of his eyes after an encounter with the bird, it was said. After several had reported pain- ful- encounters with the bird, an armed posse was formed to hunt it down. The owl had a wing spread of § feety it wan repogted, Febru- COURTREFUSES DELAY IN TRIAL OF WARDENS Overrules Motion Made for Former Atlanta Prison Officials, Ac- cused of Conspiracy. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga, February 9.—Mo- tions by the defense to continue the trial of A, E. Sartain and L. J. Fletch- er, former warden and deputy, re- spectively, of the Atlanta Federal penitentiary, and Lawrence Rhlel, Columbus, Ohio, on charges of con- spiracy and bribery, today were over- ruled by Judge Robert T. Irwin In TUnited States District Court. In presenting the motions the de- fense contended it had not been given Bufficient time to prepare its case. One of the attorneys, former Repre- sentative Willlam Schley Howard, it also was set forth, was ill, although present in the courtroom. YIELDS REICHSTAG SEAT. Former Minister of Posts, Dr. Hoefle, Tenders Resignation. BERLIN, February 9.—Dr. Anton Hoefle, former minister of posts, and the Clerical party’s member in the Marx-Stresemann cabinet, today re- signed his Reichstag mandate. Berlin dispatches Saturday stated that Dr. Hoeflo had temporarily re- lingaished his Reichstag seat pending an investigation of his administration as minister of posts. It had been charged that the government's.losses through funds advanced by the min- istry on questionable securities would total at least sixty million gold marks. While the bulk of these loans were said to have been approved by Dr. Hoefle, no accusation was made that he had personally profited. Senate Republicans to Confer. The Republicans of the Senaté will meet in conference at 11 o'clock to- morrow morning to discuss the legis- lative program for the remainder of the session. An effort will be made to come to an understanding on the legislation which shall be put through before adjournment, March 4. Man Dies at Age of 103. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., February 9. —George Edward Pilkington, who would have celebrated his 104th birth- day on March 21, died at his home here today. He was born in England and came to this country, 4T Jeara sgo inauguration of | 3 -9 |RYCN WILL RESIGN REALTY BODY POST Says He Accepted Presidency Only to Present Cause of Independents. - N. 1. Ryon of N. E. Ryon Co., 1433 F street, who was recently elected presi- dent of the newly formed District Realty Board, todgy Iscued a atatement in Which he announced his intention to re- tire from any officlal capacity in the organization “as soon as another meet- Ing is called or possibly prior.” Mr. Ryon, In his statement, declared that he accepted the presidency of the new organization for a. temporary period only, in order to get a hearing and petition before Congress agalnst the extension of the Rent Commission in any form, and other matters con- tained in the proposed rent bill for the District, including some changes in the licensing feature of the bill. Mr. Ryon denles that he is seeking any appointment on the licensing com- mission, but says that he feels there should be a representative of ngn- members of the Washington Real Es- tate Board on the proposed commis- sion. Cholee of Bonrds. y Mr. Ryon further declared that he had no objéction to any independent board serving to advantage in the District, as a person might prefer to belong to the Washington Real Estate Board, or the District Realty Board. His statement daclared in part: “In the newly organized District Realty Board, there may be different officers giving out thelr personal opinion or attitude and .it may be construed to mean all of the ofcers, or as representing all mon-members of the Real State Board. Firat, I was 10 state that I have never desired to belong to boards of this ‘union’ type, and that I particlpated in the newly organized board, and accepted Its presidency, temporarily only, in order to get a hearing-and petition before Congress protesting against fhe ex- tension of the Rent Commlission in any form. “I took the presidency for the time being only that, as an organization representing non-members of the Washington Real Estate Board we could submit our protest as to the continuance of the present rent act, or a new act Iin any form and aiso if the license bill passed, that we may be represented by at least one on the said commission, and 1 un- derstand that such could only be ac- complished by being organized. For no other purpose did I accept such office temporarily, nor am I seeking an appointment on the license com- mission, but I desired to see the ap- roximately 480 non-members of the Washington Real Estate Board rep. resented on sald commission, or any other license commmissiop for our wel- fare. “If any article has appeared to the effect that we wish to Aght the pres. ent board, this 1s not my desire, as 1 would wish the board to be co-opera- ti and constructive. Mr. Ryon continued that If the li- cense commission Is pug into effect, he Is desirous of seeing it put into effect for the good of every upright, | intelligent, upright and experienced | broker. Expressing his bellef that a new board should be organized, Mr. Ryon stated that he resented any in- terence from ads and other state- ments of the Washington Real Estate Board that those not aMliated with the board were not ethical. Mr. Ryon concluded his statement by express- ing his Intention to resign sooner or later. ASKS ADDED FUND FOR DISTRICT WORK Budget Bureau Submits Four Proposals Approved by President. Four proposals for legislation af- fecting wxisting appropriations sub- mitted to Congress today by the Bud- got Bureau, with the approval of the President, are as follow The limitation of $125.000 on the employment of personal services authorized in the act approved June 7, 1924, s increased to $145,000. Sec- tion 2 of that appropriation act for the fiscal year 1925 directs the Com- missioners to employ draftsmen, as- tant engineers and other meochanics and laborers temporarily required in connection with sewer and bridge construction, streets, street cleaning and road work, and limits the amount to be expended to $125,000. Due to the operation of the classification act, ap- proved March 4, 1923, i§ will be neces- sary to increase this limitation to $145,000, to enable the Commissioners to carry on this work to the end of the fiscal year 1925 The second proposal is with regard to contingent sxpenses for the Dis- trict public schools. The appropriation for contingent expenses for the flacal year 1925 would be made available to include the payment of an allowance not ex- ceeding $312 a year for a motor vehi- cle each for the business manager from July 8, 1924, and the two first assistant superintendents, from De- cember 17, 1924. The act fixing the salaries of school teachers in the Dis- trict, approved June 4, 1924, provided one first assistant superintendent for white schools and one first assistant superintendent for colored schools, and a business manager. The pro- posed legislation would provide for the three new individuals the same facilities are now provided for other school officials having similar duties. The third legislative proposal af- fects the relief fund for pelice and firemen. It proposed that to pay the relief and other allowances as au- thorized by law during the fiscal year 1925 such sums as shall be credited to the police and firemen re- llef fund, trust fund, under the act of May 27, 1924, there is deducted from the pay of policemen and fire- men 23 per cent, which iw credited to the policemen’'s and firemen’s re- lief fund in the United States Treas- ury. The proposed legislation is neo- essary, Gen. Lord explained, to make the funds avallable for the purposes for which they contributed. The fourth legislative recommen- dation is for the home and school for feeble minded. It provides ap- propriation for maintenance, salariea and other necessary expenses for this sahool for the fiscal year 1925 be made available for the maintenance of horses and wagons. The purpose of this proposal Is to provide for horses and wagons necessary to haul building matérial and supplies and transportation for inmates of this in- stitution. Japanese Battleship Sunk. By the Asw.ciated Press. TOKIO, February 9.—The battle- ship Tosa was scuttled today in Bun- g0 Straits, in accordance with the terms of the Washington arms treaty. ithe Department of Agriculture. MONDAY, [WOMAN TAKES OHIO JUDGESHIP, CLIMAXING POLITICAL BATTLE Mprs. Lina K. Strayer, W hose Dramatic Fight for Husband’s Name Paralleled Mrs. Ferguson’s, Assumes Place on Bench. By the Ansociated I'ress. LONDON, Ohio, February 9.—Ohio's “Ma Ferguson,” Mrs. Tina K. Strayer, today assumed her duties as probate judge of Madison County, climaxing one of the most dramatic political campaigns ever staged in the State. Parallellng the case of “Ma Fer-| guson” of Texas, Mrs. Strayer entered the campalgn after her husbund's defeat and made her race on a plat- form of vindication Many obstacles confronted the wife when she decided to make the race to succeed her husband. First, the primary was over, and her hushand, a Republioan, had met defeat for a SIXTY ADMITTED 10 DISTRICT BAR Four Women and 56 Men Given Right to Practice Be- fore D. C. Supreme Court. Four young women and nn.»-ml; men, who passed successfully the re- cent examination, were admitted to day to practice before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on motion of John Paul Earnest, chairman of the examining commit- tes. Three of the young women are In the employ of the Government and the fourth i» conneoted with a law office. About 60 mors candidates will be admitted tomorrow. Mr. Earnest also asked the admis- sion to practice here of six lawyers from other jurisdictions. Tha out- of-town lawyers are Willlam H Biddle, Kansas; Sidney C. Brown, jr., Indiana; Edward A. Bosarge, Ten- nessee: R Granville Curry, Virginia; Frederick O. Lacey, New York, and Charles M. Williams, Kentucky. Among the student applicants was Oliver V. Emery of Pennsylvania, who took his law degree many years ago but never applied for the bar | examination. Mr. Emery was con- | nected with the law department of the Internal Revenue Bureau for many years. Otto C. Hauschild, former police- man, who for many years was assigned to assist the corporation counsel in the preparation of in- formation, in Police Court, was ad- mitted to the bar today | Miss Julia L. Ford of Louisville, Ky. has spent most of her life in Washington. She 1is employd in the Intrnal Revenue Bureau, but found time to pursue her law studies. She hopes to enter upon aoctive prac- tice of law, she say Miss Ellzabeth Hyde was born in Des Moines, Towa, and came to Wash- ington about four years ago. She Is| secpetary to the director general of railroads. Susie Reel Mount, N. C, who hai's rrom is emoloyed in Miss Margaret E. Rauber from Wellsville, .. and has been employed in a law office. She will enter upon the active practice in the near future. List of Students. | student applicants admitted | today include: John Walter Ache- son, Utah; Ambrose A. Arnold, New York: Theodore Britton, District of | Columbia: Frank H. Bryan, New | York: Chauncey Brown, District of Columbla; Edwin A. Berger, Penn-| sylvania: Wade T. Brown, Virginia: George H. Chase, 3d, District of Co- lumbia: Walter J. Casey, Massachu- setts: Warner I Cubberly, District of Columbia; Molton Conn. Virgini Theodore L. Chisholm, Nevada: John A. Corcoran, New York: Andrew T. Dupont, Connecticut; James C. De- vore, District of Columbia; Lyman H. Dishmon, Tennessee; Laidley E. Douthitt, Kentucky; Charles C. Eid- ler, Minnesota. Oliver V. Emery, Pennsylvania; J. Robert Esher, District of Columbia; Julia L. Ford, Kentucky: Lester F. Ferris, District of Columbia; Mark P. Friedlander, District of Columbi Jerome William Frank, Pennasy! vania; John C. Flack, District of Co- lumbia; Edward W. Fearing, Massa- chusetts; Simon R. Golibart, jr., Dis- trict of Columbia; Attilio Di Giro- lamo, District of Columbia; Theodore F. Glangrande, Connecticut; Wallace Groves, Maryland; Thaddeus R. Goldsborough, Ohio; Talley R. Holmes, District of Columbia; Hugh R. Hix, District of Columbla;: Birney B. Hines, Pennsylvania; Cecil R. Heflin, Virginla; Otto C. Hauschild, District of Columbia; Charles K. Hoover, District of Columbia; Walter R. Hauschulz, District of Columbia; Gregory Hankin, Maryland; Eliza" beth Hyde, Iowa; David E. Hartshorn, Connecticut. Dudley B. Howard, District of Co- lumbia; Marcus L. Johnson, Illinois; Cedric _ F. Johnson, Rhode Island: John G. Jaeger, lowa; Albert W. Jacobson, District of Columbia; Me- Clure Kelley, District of Columbia; Harvey E. fman, Pennsylvania: Susie Keel, North Carolina; Bert R. Landes, Nebraska; Lloyd F. Loux, Pennsylvania; Denise J. Levy, Dlis- trict of Columbia: Joseph R. Little, District of Columbia; Edwin M. Mar- tin, District of Columbia; J. Forrest McCutcheon, District of Columbi John V. Martin, South Carolina; Ar- thur L. Mundo, District of Colambi William H. McCoy, District of Colum- Dbia, and Margaret E. Rauber, New York. comes The RITES FOR FLEISCHMANN. Yeast King to Be Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati. NEW YORK,.February 9.—Funeral services for Julius Fleischmann, who died on a polo fleld at Miami, Fla. last Thursday, were held at 11 o'clock this morning in All Souls Unitarian Church. The Rev. Minot Simons, pas- tor of the church, officiated. Following the service the body was taken to the Grand Central Terminal and placed in Mr. Flelachmann's private car, which was to leave for Cinoinnati at 3 o'clock this morning. Included iIn the funeral party were the yeast magnate’s son, Jullus Fleischmann, jr.; his sister, Mra. Christian Holmes, both of this oity, and several officials of the Flelschmann compeny. Burial will be in the fam- ily mausoleum in Spring Grove Ceme- tery, Cincinnati. PYTHIAN LEADER DIES. Lewis J. McKenzie Veteran Official of Order. BOSTON, February 9.—Brig. Gen. Lewis J.. McKenzie, head of the Uni- form Rank, Knights of Pythians, in Massachusetts, died of pneumonia at his home here yesterday. He was the | clusion Ibe required to pay senior brigadier general of the order in the country and had held his rank for 18 years, longer than any other mecond term. She, therefore, had to enter the general election as an inde- pendent, opposed by both the duly nominated Republicun and Democratic candidates. Again like “Ma” Ferguson of Texas, Mrs. Strayer boldly announced that, If elécted, she would appoint her hus- band chief deputy. In the campalgn the wife had to overcome the prejudice to a woma serving as judge, as well as “pull the Republican and Democratic vote from the party candidates. She won by a plurality of 500 votes. he is the mother of two children, Marion, a student at Ohio State Uni- versity, and Mary June, who attends high school SURCHARGE STAYS ON PULLMAN FARE I. C. C. Justifies 50 Per Cent Extra Toll on Passengers Using This Service. Surcharges now imposed upon ra road passengers using Pullman fa- cilities were held today by the In- terstate Commerce Commission to be Justifiable and rallroads were author- ized to keep the practice in effect The approval of the surcharge, under which every passenger engag- ing Pullman accommodations, pays to the railroad an amount equivalent to 50 per cent of the Pullman charge, resulted from the first step in a gen- eral Investigation which the commis- slon has instituted into the earnings of the Pullman Company and the terms of Its service contracts with raiiroads. The decision today declarad that the investigation had not proceeded far enough for the commission to ex- press its conclusions as to the gen- eral reasonableness of Pullman charges, but that the surcharge had Justified itself. First Cut on Day Coaches. “When the time comes for requir- ing the rallroads to accept less pas- senger revenue than they now re- ceive, those who experience the rela- tive discomfort of ordinary coach travel, many of them because they must count the pennies, rather than those who select the most expensive and luxurfous form of transportation which modern raiiroads afford, are clearly entitled to prior considera- tion." the majority opinion sald. “This showing justifies the that at least there is less warrant for eliminating the sur- charge than for reducing the basic passenger fare which applies even to travel In mixed trains of freight and passenger cars.” con- Commision Is Divided. The commission was divided in its finding: Chairman Aitchison and Commissioner Eschal, although con curing, proposed that tha surcharge should be cut in half, while Com- missioner Lewis advocated that the form of the extra charge be changed and that Pullman passengers should 10 per cent more than day coach travelers in railroad fares. Commissioner McChord dissented completely without stating reasons, while Commissioner Campbell and other dissenting members declared that it was “not reasonable or fair to the traveling public to permit s general charge of this character to stand when 80 much of it accrues to lines that do not need A Commis- sioner McManamy in a third dissent declared that the extra expense of hauling Pullman cars should in part be assessed against the Pullman Company. CHANGE IN REALTY LICENSE LAW ASKED District Board Proposes That It Be Represented on Commission to Administer Measure. Several changes in the licensing law section of the proposed rent con- trol bill now before Congress have been suggested by the members of the newly formed District Realty Board This organization would have the bill read that the member to be se- lected by the President to be chair- man of the commission may be any reputable business or professional man who has resided in the District for four years and is an owner of real estate. The present provision calls for residence In the District for 10 years and at least 10 vears of experi- ence in the real estate fleld. Tt is also urged that at least one member be appointed from the Dis- trict Realty Board. Instead of three members from the Washington Real Estate Board, as the bill now pro- vides, being appointed, this organiza- tion asks that only one be appointed. It {5 also suggested that the hond of $1,000 be furnished after the aj plication s approved, in lieu of the present provisions of the bill, which call for the bond to accompany the application. Present holders of licenses in the District would be exempt from any examination, but would be issued a license upon application, it is also suggested. SPRING PAYS CALL. Miss Spring pald a Sunday call to Washington yesterday and most of the residents turned out In befitting finery to greet her, even though they ‘were not expecting a visit so early in the year. Accompanfed by all her little zephyrs, she codxed the mercury yp to nearly 57 degrees and induced men, and children to bask in her nce on sidewalks, in parks or along motor thoroughfares. She prepared today, however, to make a reluctant departure, hear- ing that rain clouds were approach- ing, together with some rather chilly winds from westward. The rain is scheduled to reach here tonight and the .cold winds tomorrow. Fos Gales Sweeping: Pacific Coast. VICTORIA, . British Columbia, Feb- ruary 9.-—Heavy gales are sweeping the Pacific coast from California to Vancouver Island. said reports re- ceived here today. The Canadian- Australian liner Aorangl, caught by the storm 400 miles off the coast, was obliged to heave to erday for nine hours. The Empress of Canada also reported encountering heavy The Tosa was partially dismantled |person. He was born in St. Stephens, | weather and said she miight be late in last-yeals Mew, Bounswick, io. 1856 reachlog poity 1925 JUDGE SIS ENDS LFEATRCHVIOND jHead of Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Uses Shot- gun After Breakdown. By the Associated Pres: & RICHMOND, ' Va. - February Judge Frederick Wilmer Sims, 3 vears of age, president of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, ended his life in his apartment at a local hotel, shooting himself in the hesd with a shotgun shortly after 10 o’clock yes- terday. Mrs. Sims had gone down to the lobby to mail a letter. 7 Judge Sims had been sufferipg from & nervous breakdown, it was said, and was contemplating a trip to Florida in the the near future, The shotgun In the apartment failed to arouse suspicions, because he had ex- pected to go hunting on his Southern trip, Despondency over the state of his health was the cause suggested for the shooting. Only a few em- ployes of the hotel knew of the sui- clde, the city coroner returning a verdict to that effect. The body was removed to an undertaking establish- ment Seen In Good Spirits. Saturday night, when last seen in the hotel lobby, Judge Sims was said to have been in good spirits. The shooting was accomplished as the judge was seated in a chair in his room, the gun having apparently been placed with the butt on the floor s0 that the discharge entered his right temple. The body will be taken to Louisa County, where Judge Sims was born July 23, 1862, the son of Dr. Frederick H. and Maria Louisa Kimbrough Sims. His elementary education was obtained in public and private schools in Virginia, and he later en- tered the University of Virginia, where he took a classical cours Upon the death of his father, which ocourred during his freshman year ut the university, he withdrew from the institution for a time. Later, it ts said, he discussed clvil engineer- ing and literature as possible pro- fessions before he subsequently turned to the study of law Admitted to Bar in 1885, He was admitted to the bar in 1885 and began his practice at Lou He was olected judge of the Loulsa County Court in January. 1891, and in 1995 went to the State Senate of Virginla. %ot until March 6. 1917, was Judge Sims made a member of the Supreme Court of Appeals, suc- ceeding Judge James Kelth as junior judge. He became president of the body jn February, 1924, succeeding Judge Joseph 1. Kelly. In his early life Judge Sims worked as a farmer, clerk in a store, saw- mill laborer and later manager, car- penter and railroad foreman. He married Miss Lucy Payne Winston of Louisa September 14, 158¥, and one of two daughters horn to them survives. Funeral services will be conducted today at 2 o'clock at the family cem- etery In Louisa County SIMS TAKES NAVY SIDE N AIR FIGHT Admiral Says Aviation Serv- ice Cannot Function Well as Separate Corps. By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., February 9.— The Air Service cannot function as a separate branch of the national de- fense, because of its dependency on co-operation of land and sea forces. according to Rear Admiral William S. Sims, retired, who was in New Haven yesterday to speak at a meet- ing of the Headmasters' Association. “A separate air bureau can never be an effective unit,” the admiral sald, “unless it works in conjunction with one of the two main organiza- tiens. Either the Army or the Navy must retaln control of the air serv- ice. At sea, for Instance, how could an airship make any extended trip without a carrier ship as a base upon which to rely in case of emergency. It is dependent on these facilities of the Navy, which it would be difficult for the proposed air bureau to ob- tain without needless expense. “The airplane is comparable to the destroyer, ich is a vital part of the Navy. A separate destroyer fleet acting alone would not be advanta- geous to the Government and would, instead, be datrimental to a smooth- running plan of attack. Similarly, an air bureau would only tend to make a camapign more complicated.” PRESIDENT PRODS CONGRESS TO PASS RENT CONTROL BILL (Continued from First Page.) pels owner to furnish just what re- pairs and service the commission or- ders and would withhold property from the owners forever, and that even the sale of the property will not rid it of an undesirable tenant. In conclusion Representative Blan- ton warns his colieagues that “we should never extend the life of this Rent Commission. It would immedi- ately cause property values here to slump at least 83% per cent and cause thousands of families who have bought homes and paid all they had as a cash payment to lose everything.” TIME CALLED ON TAGS. Arlington County Autoists Must Comply With Law by Midnight. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., February 9.— Despite the fact that many auto- mobile owners of the County have not vet received their new registration cards and certificates of title which are required before they+may procure license tags, they are not to be allow~ ed any further time by the State to get the new tags. The time limit was extended from February 1 until February 10, and at midnight tonight the old tags will be out of date. This does not meaw, however, that autolsts who have made application for title and registration and confine their driving to the boundaries of tha county will have to lay up their cars until they receive their tags. Sheriff Fields stated today that he would not bother any one using the 1924 tags if they can show that they have made application. An inquiry at the Trafiic Bureau at Washington as to what would happen to Virginians driving in the District using the 1924 tags brought forth the information that mo request had been made by the Virginia authori- ties for a fruther extension of time. SRR S AN On to expsnd the chest is to carry n'"hn{ Reart tn it . - . | man Borah 4 Virginla, the 'nklnt Democrat. COL. JAMES D. GLENNAN, Promoted ' to brigadler general and named assistant surgeon general of the Army. Photo by Kleindinat COL J. D, GLENNAN PROMOTED IN RANK. Is Made Brigadier General and Assistant to Army Surgeon General. Col. James D. Glennan. Medical Corps, today was promoted to the grade of brigadier general and assist- ant to the Surgeon General of the Army, to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Brig. Gen. Robert E. Noble at his own request, after more than 30 years' service. Gen. Glennan is from New York and was graduated from the medical department of Columbian University this city, in 1886. He entered the Medical Corps of the Army in 1888 and took part in the Ghost Dancers' War with the Sloux. in 1890, at Wounded Knee and White Clay Creek, and was commended “for fortitude and cool performance of duty under fire.” Later he took part in the campaigns 10 suppress the Philippine insurrec- tion and was division surgeon of the punitive expefition into Mexico 1916, During the World War he was in charge of the Hospilization Division of the A. E. F.. in France, with the rank of brigadier general, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Honor and the Medaille d'Honneur. Since the war he has been in command of Walter Reed General Hospital, this city, and assisted in the ment there of the existing Army medi- cal center. Gen. Noble also has had a distin- guished career. He is from Georgl He entered the Army Medical Corps in August, 1900, and served with credit in the Philippines, the Panama Canal, Porto Rico and the World War. In 1913 he accompanied the late Surg. Gen. Gorgas on & visit to the mining flelds of South Africa, and afterward visited Vera Cruz on a scientific ex- pedition. He held the rank of major general during the World War and re- tired in that grade under the terms of a speclal act of Congress. TRANSITCOMPANY'S BUS PLEA FOUGHT Commerce Chamber Favors Giving Crosstown Line to Traction Companies. Objection to the establishment of a crosstown bus line from Burleith to downtown sections of the city by the Washington Rapid Transit Co. was made today by the public utilities committee of the Washington Cham- ber of Commerce at a special meat- ing called to discuss the matter. It was the unanimous opinion of the committee that such crosstown bus service as is necessary should be instituted by and under the direction of existing street railway companies, either by one company or jointly, as the commisaion shall deem best. The committee met, under the chair- manship of Harry King and A Seymour, secretary of the chamber, who gave a brief resume of the recent hearing on the question held by the Public Utilities Commission, which was followed by an ample discussion of_the merits of the situation. The committee will report to the board of directors tonight, and what- ever the board of directors decides to do with the recommendation of its public utilities committee will be communicated to the District of Columbla Public Utilities Commission. URGES DUAL SERVICE. Rector Proposes Alternate Trips to Burleith and Wesley Heights. A new suggestion for routing the proposed motor bus line from Bur- leith to the downtown section of the city was made to the Utilities Com- mission today in a letter from Rev. Charles T. Warner, rector of St. Al- ban’s Parish “I do not feel,” read one portion of the letter, “that there is sufficient business on Wigconsin avenue for the railroad and the bus line, but I have this suggestion to make, which sug- gestion was made at the meeting of the Cathedral Heights' Citizens’ Asso- clation this last week, and that is that a permit for a crosstown line be granted by your commission to the Washington Rapid Transit Co., and have alternating busses, one di- verging at Massachusetts avenue and Q street and going to Burleith; the other diverging at Massachusetts ave. nue and Q street, coming out Massa- chusetts avenue, crossing at the in- tersection of Wisconsin avenue and going down Cathedral avenue to Wesley Heights." The rector of St. Alban's Parish also tnok occasion In -the letter to point out .the undesirability of hav- ing trolley poles In the center of Wisconsin avenue if the avenue is to be beautified. The Utilities Commission expects to reach a decision tomorrow as to whether the crosstown bus line is to be operated by the Washington Rapid Transit Co. or by the Washington Rallway & Electric Co. Votes for New Tokio Embassy. Appropriation of $1,200,000 for a new American embassy at Tokio, to replace the one destroyed- in- the earthquake, -was approved today by the Senate foreign relations commit- tee over the’ opposition of both Chair- d Senator Swanson of in | establish- | MANNING RETURNS MONEY TOPASTOR Refuses to Accept Aid for Cathedral From Minister Considered a Rebel. By the Associated Preas NEW Y( February 9-—The Rev William Norman Guthrie, rector of £t Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie, made public vesterday correspondence belween him seif and Bishop William Manning showing that bishop had rejected an offer of Dr. rie to help in the de. cision to complete the Cath of St John the Divine and had returned notes of $500 which had been sent to him by the rector. When Bishop Manning was comment on Dr. garding the inci )| Guthrie to his congregation this morr ing, the bishop said I had n tion to Dr. Guth sending tion to the treasurer letter was that und ditions at ceive his contr Bishop Manr CUR v ATl | turn of the notes that right for him to deal “while present canonical eituatic at St. Mark’s Church continues.” Last March, after a long controvers between th v and Dr. Guthrie ove a8 e c 1 barefoot daneing at s, Bishop Manning cu Mark's from “Episcopal visitation ministration CORONER TO PROBE DEATH OF INFANT Unwed Mother of Babe Soon to Face Jury of Inquest. he po . existing cor 1ld not re s letter to N M Miss Leona baby Holman, 31. mother of found on the floor of 1he 4 furnace room of tha Iroquols Apart- ments, 1410 M street, Saturday after noon, and now a patient at Gallinger { Hospital, will have 1o face a coro- ner's jury at an inquest to piace re= | sponsibility for the death, it was de- termined to upon final medical proof that infant lived after birth Dr. Os i the ter. pathologlst | George © n University, afte i& micoros examination, corrobo rated the report of Deputy Coroner Herbert E. Martyn, who performed an autopsy Saturday night, at wh {it was stated that indications wers that the child had died and not prior to | {by the microscopic were made matters of fac Mother in Miss Ho | follow Charles Weber, was sent to ( treatment according to physi disappearing and he covery were stated favorable When she is sufficiently Coroner J. Ramsay Nevit an inquest will be cc mit a Jury to determiie the questi of responsibility for the death Dincloses Name of Father. Operatives of the woman’s burea questioned Miss since her & name of the fath babe had been out medical a tempt to eremate | ing to the pol to light. When taken to the hospital expressed a desire to die the trouble, but todas she states the w THREE CALLED IN JURY PROBE OF WHEELER CASE Oklahoma and Montana Men and Ex-Solicitor of Interior De- partment Are Witnesses. When the grand jury consider of the case of Senator Wheele Montana and others was resumed here tolday, Assistant Attorney eral Donovan_ calied Roy Lewis, a witness from Oklahoma. E. S. Booth, formerly solicitor of the Interior De- partment, and Fred Whiteside Great Falls were also on hand. Mr. Booth was a Witness at tha Senate investigation after Senator Wheeler was originally indioted in Montana. Whiteside id he had drilled a well on land obtained from the syndicate of Gordon Campbell of Montana, whose oil land operations have figured in the case. Hospital. s condition was s Detect that n Hospltal o= of meloncholia s there, is fast chances for re to be decidedly recoverad, announced red to pe January Circulation Daily .... 98,795 . 04,954 W HER Adrersisiag Mo 'VENING AND' SUN. AR, does Seidmnty wear Shat the actusl ‘mumber” of 't the papers named. sold and distr he month of January, A.D. 1: DAILY Copies. 80,460 Sunday Macager ..98.775 Less adjustments ... Total dally net circulation. ..3,667,485 Total average net paid circu- tion . Daily average number coples for service, etc...... 87T Daily average net circulation SUNDAY. Coples. Days i B . 105,699 25 Days. 4 11. Less adjustments ......ceee. Total Sunday net circulation. Average net paid Sunday oir- cylation ....... Average number of service, etc. ... Average Sunday net ctreul 419,815 104,355 599 coples for . 104964 LBROY W. NERRON, Advertizing Mi 3 Subseribed and sworn to before me this 7th, e e, e o i