Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1925, Page 2

ARDINE TYPIFES- COOLIDGE POLICY Is Ardent Advocate of Views of President on Self- Help for Farmer. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. President Coolidge's policy of self- help for the farmer, a= opposed to Government aid, will be typified b the appointment of Dr. William M Jardine of Kansas to be Secretary Agriculture. . Dr. Jardine's appoint- ment {s believed to be imminent The Kansas congressional delesa, tion’s eleventh-hour unanimous &p proval of him, after the delegation's sympathies were at one time divided between two Kan<as men® had the effect, Dr. Jardine’s supperters think, of turning Mr. Codlidge definitely in his favar. He has been well to the fore for three months. As long ago as the middle of November Dr. Jardine had come to the front in the unpre- cedentedly spirited race for the ag- ricultural portfalio. The scheme for a Federal co-oper- ative marketing board, recently recommended by the Coolidge farm commission as agriculture’s most pressing need, is a Jardine proposal. Dr. Jardine is a member of the com- it ¢ strongly probable the author of the co- in the “platform™ before the Presi mission and that he was operative “plank” of farm relief laid dent and Congress Is Foe ot Money Ald. The head of the Kansas State Agri- of | ! in the President's considerations| NINETY BELOW ZERD 1S ALASKA REPORT Figure Believed Possibly in Error, But Weather Is Most © Severe in Years. The coldest weather of many,_ sea- {sons, with unofficial réeports indicat- |Ing as low as 90 below zero, has af- flicted Alaska this yvear, on | the diphtheria epidemic. This was revealed today from Dele- ate Sutherland of the Territory, from |the War Department, and the United States Wenther -Bureau, all of whose records indicate that the mercury in Alaska has been flirting with the bot- 1tom of the thermometer most of the | Winter. The extreme figure was reported to Delegate Sutherland, who sald a let- ter just rgcéived Indicated one .ther- |mometer had registered 90 degrees below zero. Mr. Sutherland ventured as his opinion that this might be a little in error, although all other re- ports he had indicated one of the severest seasons in his memory. Too Low tor Thermometer, The War Department has had re- ports from superintendents of the Alaskan Road Commission in outlying districts which tell of unusually low temperatures. One superintendent re- ported, it was said.. that the mercury had dropped to a-quarter of an inch below the lowest mark on his ther- I mometer, which was $0 below zer { Officials thouzht this also might be somewhat in error, though admitting that all reports show extremes. Official reports to the Weather Bu- cultural College is an outspoken foe of artificial stimulants, Itke Govern ment financial grants, for relief ol the agricultural problem. That isi why Jardine vas an uncompromising nemy of the McNary-Haugen bill His hostility to that project, which| had the support of the late Secretary Wallace, was one of the things that originally attracted President Cool- fdge’s attention to the Kansan Dr. Jardine's general polic agriculture was set forth tersely in the Nation’s Business. the officlal organ of the United States Chamber | of Commerce, in 1924. In an articlel entitled “We Must Stop Exporting Wheat.” which earnestly adjured the | American farmer to stop cultivating supcrfluous wheat acreage and turn his attention to diversified farming, Dr. Jardine set forth his agricultural Telief creed in these terms: “We have passed the day in Amer- ica when we can grow wheat for ex- port in competition with Canada, Australia and the Argentine. The gooner we turn to production of the other crops. the better it will be Fifty, million acres, properly to zood seed and properlv cared for in the harvesting and marketing, will make wheat growing profitable in thed Tnited States and at the same time supply our domestic need with the! kind “of wheat demanded in the| trade, ¢ ¢ ¢ for Anticipated Coolidge View. Then Dr. Jardine, anticipating Cal- wvin Coolidge’s counsel of many months afterward that the farmer's| most* effective salvation is to help hin 1f, sald: “The farmers are filled up on ad- viee from outside. They only want to be let alone to work out their‘own problems. * ¢ The farmer be- lieves that he has not been getting a square deal, and I believe he is right. He has had to pay too much for the things he has had to buy. He is wondering how long this can last. But he is not ssking for char- fty: He wants a square deal. He wants our business men and our lex- islators to make it possible for him to buy the things he needs at x Tea~ gonable cost. and he will do the rest » > B Dr. Jardine strongly favors the Capper-Williams bill that has been hefore Congress for a year and which provides for the creaticn of some euch Federal co-operative marketing board as the Coolidge commission favors. Dr. Jardine wrote in - the Nation's Business: have examined this measure crit-| | Yuken country. planted | | sentative Oldfield of Arka. reau- show the lowest as 63 below ero, at Eagle, Alaska, near the This was said to be far lower than the average for many years. The lowest temperature re- | ported to the Weathér Bureau here from any part of the North American continént this year was 70 degrees below, at Mayo, Canada, said to have been reached several mornings in succession late in January. Mayo, it was explained, is near the Alaskan border. The: 6fficial low record for Alaska | was made more than 30 years ago, with 6 below, at Eagle. - SYME ASKS $44,000 FEE IN PEPCO CASE; FILES SUIT FOR SUM for continuing his efforts to get a re- fund of the impounded moner. It was not intended, he states, that this was to pay for his services, which were tacitiy acquiesced In by the consumers, | numbering between 60,000 and 65,000 persons, with whom it was not possible | to make individual contracts of em- ployment, but in whose interest he strove and won for them the return of nearly $3.000,000. The former corporation counsel represented by Douglas and~Sam Syme, court to declare a lien on the im- pounded fund to be returned the con- sumers and to order the Pepco to pay Conrad H. Syme his fee out of the share of the consumers. WIDOW OF H. D. FLOOD GETS DEMOCRATIC POST Is Named Democratic Con;resslo_nn} Committeewoman for Dis- trict of Columbia. ™ Mrs. Henry D. Flood of Washing- ton, widow of Representative Henry D. Flood of Virginia, was ap- pointed today Democratic congres- sional committeewoman for the Dis- trict of Columbia, according to an- nouncement made today by Repre- s, chair- of the Democratic national con- is Attorneys Charles A man | gressional committee. 1t i recalled that the late Repre- ically, and I have had others In whom 1 have had confidence examine ft| carefully. I think it to be the sound- | est proposal that I have had the op-| portunity of examining for the as-!| sistance of agriculture,” Supports Prealdent. Dr. Jardine’s ideal for the type of | governmental action required by the | farming industry is the setting up of agencies, which regulate the in- | terests In questions like the Inter- state Commerce Commission, the Fed- eral Trade Commission, the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Land | nk. A Federal co-operative mar- keting board would not feed the needy farmer with Treasury cash, or render direct emergency aid in thme of stress. Its function would be to help agriculture to belp itself. In that direction, as President Coolidge | reminded the recent Washington con- { vention of co-operative marketing | councils, the farmer's share will be | the lion's share.” Dr. Jardine un- reservedly supports that view. ‘3uch a Federal hoard as the Cap- per-Williams bill proposes,” he says, “does not Inject the Government into business. It provides primarily .for Federal action hich will serve fly encouraze and safeguard intelligent and businesslike procedure in co-operative marketing of agricul- tural products. It helps to set up machinery that will enable the farm- ers to engage in commodity market- ing in a fair, high-class and _unob- jectionable manner.” Praixed by Ca Dr. Jardine was made president of the Kansas State Agricultural Col- lege during the governorship of Arthur Capper in 1918, Senator Cap- per predicts a brilllant career for Jardine As Secretary of Agriculture, it the President's choice finally falls upon him. There is likely to be an fmportant break with certain “tradi- tions” and practlcés ‘within- the ~de- partment. Even some significant changes in personnel may wveeur. Certain authorities of special influ- ence at thie White House in agricul- | tural matters have long sacented a quasi-radical spirit at werk in the department. This would be checked and disappear under 4 Jardine secre- taryship. The Kansan, it is predicted by these -who know. him best, will epeedily establish teamwork In the department and in the agricul- tural world outsideé, especially among the bureaus, granges, federations and councils, which do not always work together like a band of brothers. (Copyright, 1925.) LOWDEN AT WHITE HOUSE. to er. Former Gov. Lowden of Tllinols had a brief conference today with Presi- dent Coolidge. but eaid.he did not discuss selection of & new Secretary of Agriculture. : Mr. Lowden announced that he ®tood on his statement of last Fall that he was not to be considered for the post, and added that, furthermore, he had not been offered the place. He spoke highly of three ot those who have been mentioned for the place, William M. Jardine of Kansas, Eu- gene Funk of Illinois and John Fields of Oklahoma, and sald there undoubt- edly were others on the President’s list fitted for the secretaryship, which he agreed with Mr: Cpolidge should he filléd by & man with an- under- standing of farm dtetribution and marketin, sentative Flood was chalrman of the Democratic national congressional com- mittee at the time of his death more than two years ago. Representative Oldfield sald that | Mrs. Flood 1s considered a valuable | asset to the Democratic congressional | organization and that Democrats of the House are congratulating him upon being able to secure the seérvices of Mrs. Flood in the work of organi- zation for the ‘party. BANKRUPTCY PLEAS MADE Declaring that he has no assats and cannot raise the fees required for filing a peétition in banktruBtey, Mil- ton H. Stokes, former president of Stokes, Inc., which conducted a women’s wearing apparel shop on Connecticut avenue, ‘has asked the District Supreme Court to let him file his petition without prepayment of coste. He lists his debts at $23,035.90. illlfam Graeme Harvey, Jr., a | salesman, also asked to be adjudged bankrupt. He places his liabilities 0.03, and estimates his assets He is represented by Attor- ney George W. Offut. VETERAN KILLS SELF. CHICAGO, February 12.—Two weeks after he had been reconciled with his estranged wife, Vaclav Kosner, sec~ retary to Dr. . Jaroslav Smletanka, Czechoslovakian consul, killed Afm self yesterday with a pistol he car- ried through the World War a liaison officer In the French army. He had been attached to the consulate here five years. Shenandoah Park Survey Approved By Vote of Senate Survey of thé proposed Shenan- doah National Park.was approved today by the Senate. The Swanson- MeKellar bill directing the Secre- tary of the Interior to appoint a survey commission - w passed without a record vote and without debate beyond a brief explanation by its authors. The area to be examined includes seetions_in the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains and the Mam- moth Cave, Ky., section. top of | who ask the | | | of the memory of the fi 7Nth anniversary o today was under the auspices of the of Columbla. NAVY EFFORT TO “TAKE” HAWAIl IN APRIL TO BE GIGANTIC AFFAIR Maneuvers Involve All Units of Fighting Forces on Water, Land and in Air—Armada Afterward to Visit Australia. BY ROBERT T. SWAL| Because of the protests voiced in the Japanese press and the wide dis- cussions which have taken place in officlal circles, maneuvers of the coming Spring. usuaily carried out In a routine. humdrum sort of way, have attracted the attention of the entire world They have caused inquiries to be made in the Congress' and in the diplomatic corps and even the Presi- dent of the United States has found it expedient to refer to the planned operations of the American fleet as arrying no suggestion or thought which might cause offense or uneasi- ness to any friendly power. The story of the maneuvers is easily told. The Americhn fleet is Roing to try to “take” the Hawaiian Islands and is sailing out of San Francisco the 15th of April on that “warlike” mission. the American naval| | elaborate | The islands are to be defended by| the home garrizons of and avy forces. Army Airplanes Have Part. And, believe it or mot, This ought to please Gen. Mitchell and g1l the air advocates in and out of Congress. In the coming maneuvers, however. work Is to be done, as the battleships. . Theoreti- the usual, heavy by | cally, they are going to convoy and opén the way for a fleet of transports supposed to carry a landing force of many thousands of marines. If the Navy had nothing but alrplanes, they do not know how they could ever land such a fighting force on “alien” terri- tory. The problem before the Navy in the coming test iz not only to take Hawaii, but to take it intact, as it were. In other words, the Nayy must capture the naval base at Pearl Har- bor, but not destroy it. The idea Is that the hostile fleet must use Pearl Harbor as its own base for further possible operations. No Secrecy in Moves. Out of deference to the possible sensibilities of the Japanese, the maneuvers have been divested of vir- tually every vestige of the usual se- orecy which surrounds the exercises of a military arm of the Government. While the maneuvers are among the most pretentious the Navy ever has undertaken, they are not as broad in scope as the natural prob- lems involved would justify. For in- stance, the “attacking” force sallying out of San Francisco—an imposaible situation from the verv beginning. Yet, if the Navy should assemble in Guam and sail from there against the Hawailan Islands, there might be further . diplomatic complications which the Navy at all times is de- sirous of avoiding. For the purposes of the war game next April the Hawailan Islands are supposed to be cut oft from all im- mediate assistance from the mother mainland. The naval and military stations there will have to rely upon their own resources to repel the “ememy.” To assist the regular estab- Illshments, the governor of the islands is expected to call out the National Guard and the Army and Navy re- serves. To what extent the martial strength of the {slands is to be mus- téred, the attackers are supposed to have no knowledge. The “invaders” are carrying a constructive fighting force of 42,000 marines with them and these are expected to do the trick in any land fighting which may be en- countered, Defense to Be Elfborate. The Hawalian naval district looks rather weak on paper when it is ex- pected to stand up against 11 burly battleships and a whole flock of de- stroyers, light crulsers, submarines and ‘airplanes. will be augmented by two submarine divislons, several mine layers and will have its own aircraft. s Saillng from 8an Francisco April 15, the great naval armada. is supposed to reach the battle zone ten days later and is further supposed to have ac- complished or failed in its purpose by May 1. In many respects more significant than the “war game” will be the Co-Eds Given 4 Days to Abandon Rouge, By the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr., February 12.— Co-eds of Union Collegé, at College View, Lincoln suburb, were given four days in which to abandon short skirts, low-necked dresses, rouge and lipstick, and adopt at- tire specified by the president, W. W. Prescott, in_an ultimatum is sued at a_meeting “for girls onl at_the college ‘yesterday. The girls were ordered by Presi. dent Prescdtt to gard themselves: in clothing In no way conspicuous. iShort Skirt and Lipstick or Quit School He prescribed the following: Skirts not . more - than 9 inches from the ground, elbow-length sleeves, closely fitting collars and rouge- less faces. After the meeting Mr. Prescott sald: “The model girl should he so inconspicuous in her mode of dre: that people might not remember her for clothes but for personal- ity - Girls who fafl to comply with the ruling will not be permitted 1o attend class the president seld, = % PR The station, however, | airplanes | ica. are to be used in large numbers both|Sir Ayckland | by the attacking and defending units. | bassador at Washington, warned the | | | { 3 lnor.,plnfln_ of the act, / hix b The ceremony ons of the Revolution in the Dintrict following crulse of courtesy of the American battle fleet to the Antipodes.| The Australians and New Zealand- | ars are cager to welcome their “cous- | ins,” and. the programs of entertain- ment are expected to be the most the officers and bluejackets of the Navy ever have encountered. A Japanese fleet recently steamed proudly about the Antipodes, and ever since that time there have been al- most insistent requests for a visit ¥ the American flect. Great Fleet in Call, The “courtesy call” upon the An- tipodeans probably will be the great- ert ever made by any nayy. Sixty- five ships will participate, There willl be 10 line-of-battle ships, 32 destroy- ers, 17 auxiliary and minor vessels and 6 cruisers. On the way to Aus- tralia some of the ships will stop at! Pago Pago, Samoa. The ports to be | visited after that are Sydney, Mel- | bourne, Wellington and Auckland It was significant that at the Wash- ington arme conference three year ago Australlans and New Zealanders felt that their problems in the Pa- cIfi¢ were the same as those of Amer. Some time after this conference Geddes; retiring Am- English people that British colonists in the Pacific were beginning to look more to the Americana than to the! English for counsel. advice and as- | sociation, But, offictally and perhaps prima- rily, the long cruise is for the pur- pose of fleet training. It is to be the longest cruise of the past four years and will carry the ships something like 13,000 miles. Far from this be- Ing & wear and tear upon machiner: and personnel, Admiral- Eberle, chief | of naval operations, expects the ships and men to return to their stations next September in far better condi- tion than when they start. (Copyright; 1825.) o 230 CONVICTS HAD PASSES, DECLARES ATLANTA OFFICIAL (Continued from First Page.) pald” and could “hardly be blamed for making a little extra money.” Saw Mones Counted. Ernest Haar, attorney, that he was present at his home, in Savannah, on the night that Willle Haar, his brother, is alleged to have paid Riehl and Hayden $10.500 for | special privileges at the prison. The witness said he saw the money count- ed. but did not see it delivered. Later, Haar continued, he gave his brother-in-law $5.000 to be tele- sraphed to a person in either Cleve- land, Ohlo, or Columbus, ‘Ohio. Willle Haar yestérday testified that he had arranged :a $5.000 “loan” for Sartain, to be sent to Riehl In Columbus. On another occasion, Haar said. he £ave Fletcher $3,500 while the latter was in hisy office at the prison. Fletcher was to give him a note for the money, the Witness said, as it was @ loan, but none was received. Objection Overruled. W. K. Phillips of the Savannah of- fice of the Western Union Telegraph Co. identified & money order for $5,000 in favor of Rhiel and signed by L. W. Willlams, brother-in-law of Ernest and Willle Haar. The order was dated June 26, 1924. Williams_also ident- fled the order-and safd Ernest Haar had given him the money. E. W. Groh of the Western Unfon Telegraph Co., Columbus, Ohfo, office, identified records showing payment of the $5,000 order to Riehl. The deténse objected to all test! mony relative to the money order on the ground that the transaction took place after the alleged conspiracy ramed in the indictment. The court overruled the objection. . REPORTS WELFARE BILL. House Measure Gets Place for Con- sideration in Senate. The public welfare bill for the Dis- trict of Columbia as it passed the House was reported from the District committee of the Benate by Senator Ball today and placed on the Senate calendar, This action was taken that the Senste, when (t. considers the public welfare bill, may act on the House measure instead of the Sen. ate bill which Is also on the calendar. Directs Property Restoration. The President will be directed to return to formér owners property seized by the alien property custo- dian, under the bill introduced ye. terday by, Representative . Hawes, Democrat, Missouri. Claimants of the property would have’the right under the bill to enter suit in court for rq covery in the event the property was not restored to them within 60 days testified SMOOT WILL ASK ART GALLERY FUND Says Appropriation Will Be Sought at Next Con- gress Session. 2 An appropriation to construct = national gallery of art bullding on the site already set aside by Con- gress for such bullding will be urged upon Congress at its next ses- #len by Senutor Smoot of Utah, chair- man of the Public Buildings Commis- sfon and also a regent of the Smith- sonian Institution, Senator Smoot told the Sénate today during the consid- eration of the independent offices ap- proprition bill. Senator Smoot expressed the hope that there would be-gonations by cit- iZens of the United Stakes Interested in the building of a National Gallery of Art, but that if there are not he thought that the Government should erect a building. He said that plans for such a bu!lding have already been prepared by the Smithsonian Insti- tution, which has charge of the Na- tional Gal ery of Art now housed in a part of the National Museum. These plans contemplated a building cost- Ing some $7.000,000. Senator King of Utah said that complalnts had come to him that the National Gallery was not properly house ‘and that he believed a Na- tional Gallsry building suitable to the culture and importance of the United States should be provided. Senator Smoot agreed that at pres- ent there no adéquate space to house the National Gallery He sald he knew of three of the most impor- tant art collections in the country which were ready to be donated to the Government if a sultable gallery building for their exhibibt were pro- vided. CURB ON DRY AGENTS PROPOSED IN HOUSE Gallivan Introduces Measure to Require $10,000 Bond for Faith- ful Performance of Duties. To give relief against unlawful acts of prohibition agents, a bill was in- troduced In the House today by Rep- ntative James A. Gallivan of husetts, one of the “wet” lead- ers in the House. The bill provides that no prohib!- tion agent employed under the Treas- ury Department shall after the ex- piration of 90 days after the act be- comes operative recefve any salary from the United States for any pe- riod during which he has not had on file in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury a bond in the sum of $10,000. with security approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, condition- ed upon the faithful psrformance of his duty in compliance with law, and containing an acceptance of the pro- visfons of this met The Gallivan bill further provides that if any person is injured by an un- law ful act of such prohibition agent, under cover of his employment or in the discharge or pretended discharge of his duties (or in the event of the death of any such person), then his legal réepresentative may maintaln an action in his own name against such prohibition agent and the sureties upon such bond for the recovary of any damages hé may have sustained. Répresentativg . Gallivan would have such action bfought in the Dis- trict court for the district fn which the uniawful act occurred or in which the prohibition agent resides. He provides that the plaintiff in any mu:h action shall within 10 days after the action has been begun deliver no- tice thereof to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall file such notice in his office in connection with the bond. SIX HURT IN EXPLOSION IN NEWSPAPER OFFICE COan of Chemicals Causes Blast at Hearst Plant in Chicago—None Injured Seriously. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 12.—8ix em- ploves were injured and several others bruised and cut when an ex- plosion in the engraving department of the Chicaxo Eveénlfig Awmerican to- day shook the Hearst Building. Many windows were shattered and em- ployes wers ordered out of the build- |ing when flames broke out, although the fire was short lived and did small damage. No one was killed. A can of chemicals, sald to have been ether, exploded. Besides those injured, none of whom was seriously hurt, according to the fiewspaper's ex- ecutives, several girl workers sufféred from shock and hystéria and were treated at a hospital. We will miss only two editions,” James P. Bickett, managing editor said. “Aside from that we are go- Ing ahéad as ususl. A can of chem- icals exploded, causing some dam- age in the stéreotyping room well and Injured seéyeral employes.” D RENT BILL RULE FAILS. The House rules committee was in executive session today, but took no action on the proposal for a special rule giving the District Rent Com- mission bill privileged status for con- sideration in_the House. Chairman Reed of the House Dis- trict committes, who was Instructed at the committee meeting yesterday to ask for a special rule, did not ap- pear before thé committee today. . Will Speak on Cavern. Dr. Willis- T, Lee will describéd be- fore the National Geographic Boclety tomorrow afternoon and evening in the New Masonic Temple the Carlsbad cave and the subterranéan beautle: of fts vast chambers. The lecture wil] be {llustrated with lantern slides. King Boreas, well known potentate of Cave of the Winds, is facing arrest todsy for theft and damage of the automob! of Robert A. Henderson of 1628 New Jersey . avenue northwest. Police have run down clues leading directly to the cave presided over by his majesty, and his arrest is expected at any moment. > Initial activities of the police were started when Mr. Henderson report- od the theft of - his I touring car to police af.the precinct this mornin; He had Ieft it in front ‘gt the Interior -Department. When he came out it was.gone. Police 1nvestigation disclosed the car leaning against a wrecked trash box some two blocks away, Delving deeper into the case, Investigators found ‘witnesses who noti the " presence of a High Wind In the | ‘Police Trace Missing Auto’s Theft To King Boreas, Cave of the Winds l ORATORICAL CONTEST CHATS Learn the Rules BY RANDOLPH LEIGH Natfonal BY RANDOLPH LEIGH, This s one of a ser Conteat, to gl benent observations _duris 1924 contest, and to offer practic: gestions as to the present contes the ug- f The rewards held out to you in the contest by The Evening Star and, the other newspaper sponsors are un- usual enough to make it worth your while to familiarize yourself with the rules of the project. There are eight specified subjécts, and there is a time limit of 10 min- utes on the orations. Special atten- tlon should be given to the time }m- it, which is too minutes less than for the 1924 contest. It is not enough for you to have an oration which can sometimes be delivered within the specified limit. It must be one that can be kept with- in that limit whenever you are in competition. The only way to be certain on that point I8 to give yourself a safe mar- £in, say 20 or 30 seconds. Remember that your speech will lose its effect if you appear to hurry through it, and you will invariably hurry in the crucial tests if you are not absolutely positive that You have time enough. In case & speaker exceeds the al- lotted time, he Is not to be disquali- fled, but is to be stopped by the pre- siding officer and judged on his per- formance up to that moment, Get it clearly In mind that each newspaper {8 the final authority on all points in its territorial contest It 1s only when the representatives pthat of the various néwspapéers come into competition with one anothér that authority rests with the national management. Therefore do not ap- péal a local issue to the national management. Any bona fide secondary school pupil under 19 yvears of age on ¥eb- ruary 1, 1925, is eligible to the con- test But_a pupil who has gradu- ated from a high school and ix tak- ing post-graduate work In that or a similar institution is not a bona fide pupil in this use of the term, and Is, therefore, not eligible, ev though within the age limit. In the case of an educational institution of- tering colieglate as well as second- ary courses, only those pupila in the ! GUIDE-FEE SYSTEM AT CAPITOL SCORED House to Be Asked to Abolish Plan and Pay Flat Sal- ary to Men. The Capitol guides were under fire on the floor of the House today, when Representative Edward T. Taylor, Damocrat, of Colorado, announced that he would offer an amendment to the legislative appropriation bill, now under consideration, to abolish the present system of allowing guides to charge a fee for showing visitors about the Capitol, and to substitute a force of paid guides, so the peonle of the country can see their Capitol without charge. Complaints against the way imd which pfesent guides conduct the service were made by Representative | Charles 1. Underhill, Republican, of | Massachusetts, also. Those who spoke in defense of the guides were Repra- sentatives Frank Murphy, Republi- can, of Ohio; Representative Thomas L. Blanton, Democrat, of Texas. and Representative Charles Carter, Demo- crat, of Oklahoma. Representative Tavlor said that he feels thers should not ba a charge for visitors who go through the Capitol. He declared that £0 per cent of the people go away dissatisfiad, and he warned Congress that this situation must be rectified. Sees Million Proat. He pointed out that the guides are not required to account for personal tipg, and told his colleagues that he was willing to pay $2500 a vear to Congress for the privilege and feit that he could clean up $1,000,000 in 10 years. The guides under the present system have not rendered a statement in 50 years, he said, adding there is no business or industry which allows such loose practice. He also called attention to the fact that guides receive a profit on the sale of books, which he said they urge tourlsts to buy, and declared that this privilege of selling books has grown during many years, al- though no oné knows by what re- eponsible authority the book stands ars maintained. “Every once in awhile a one-armed soldier or former sérvice man wants to sell apples or pencils or chewing gum. He is taken by the scruff of the neck and thrown out of the Capi- (ol grounds, because no one has a right.under the law to sell anything in the Capitol or grounds,” Repre- sentative Taylor said. “Yet, we al- low these guides to charge the peo- ple a fee, and they gét a rake-off from the sale of books that are not worth the price. If the people who come heré want to buy a book About the Capitol they should have an op- portunity to buy an official book at 08t and not be forced to pay 30 cents fito the pockets of the guides.” —e BRITISH WILL REVERT TO GOLD STANDARD SOON Churchill Tells Commons Action Will Be Taken at Earliest Possible Moment. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 12.—Winston Churchill, chancellor of the éxchequer, replying to a question in the House of Commons today id the British government was-fully agreed to a T version to the gold standard at the earliest possible moment. Vvieinity of the automobile just after it 'had been parked. The street was deserted, but a man who was just closing his window after arising early both felt and saw traces of the wind which at the time was flirting with the curtains and super- structure of the automobile. 1t is evident to police that tempta- tion proved too strong for the pretty little machine. She succumbed to the advances of the seducing High Wind and ended, as victims in such aftiirs generally end, deserted by the villain, who -had evidently re- turned to the Cave af Boreas. Po- lice are of the opinion that the Wind had acted with full knowledge, consent, aid and assistance of Boreas. His arrest is expected at any moment:. He faces civil suit for a small sum by Mr. Henderson, - ‘also, when taken Into custody. - Director National Oratory Contest Awards Eight each. school prizes of $100 One grand District of Colum- bia award of $300. Seven national awards of $2,000, 31,000, $500, $450, $400, $350 and $300. The District of Columbia -representative will automatic- ally receive one of these seven national awards in addition to the above-mentioned local prizee. grades paralleling schools are eligible. The fact that a contestant partici- | pated in the 1924 contest does not debar him or her from taking part in the 1925 contest. If for any reason a contestant is disqualified or withdraws from the contest after . having progressed through one or more of its Stages, his place is to be taken by the con- testant adjudged next best to him in the last competition in which he the public high| WINSLOW EXTOLS ORATORY CONTEST Knowledge of Constitution Is Necessary—Wants Study Encouraged. The nation-wide oratorical contests for school children, based on a study and interpretation of the Constitu- tion of the United States, has no more enthusias indorser than Rep- resentative Samuel Winslow of Mass- achusetts, who for years has been an outstanding er in the Nation House of Repre- sentatives. He declares emphati- cally that these oratorical con - tests on a basic and fundamental theme are “of in- calculable patri- otic service as well as fitting the youth of to- day to stand reli- antly on their feet when they get out in the world and have something worth while to say.” BAN'L WINSLOW. participated prior to his withdrawal or disqualification. It might happen, for instance, John Jones of Kastern High School, having been designated the Distriet of Columbia champlon on May 1, would be unable. bacause of illness, or for any other reason, represent the District of Celumbia in the national finals on May 8. In such a case, Mary Smith of Westsrn High Scho place in the District ratings, would take his place in the national finals. In that event John would receive his $100 prize for winning his school championship, and $300 for winning The Evening Star's District of Columbia prize. Mary, on the other hand, would receive, in full, whatever national award her ratings At the meeting of May 3 might en- title her to. Reds’ Flour Order Is Largest Ever Placed in America By the Associated Press. TORONTO, Ontario, February 12.— What is said to be the largest or- deér for flour ever given at one time on this continent has been placed by Russian buyers with two Cana- dian milling companies, says the Globe. The total business placed amounts to 1,300,000 barrels, to be =hipped as nearly as possible to Black Sea ports. Of this, the Maple Leaf Milling Co. secured 1,150,000 barrels, with another Toronto com- pany taking the balance. The transaction is on a cash basis, and it Is understood that the Soviet authorities have arranged credits at New York to cover this and previous orders. Al B DRUM STATEMENT IN AIRCRAFT PROBE SCORED BY FLYERS root. With night attack aviation in full development, he daclarea, it would be impossible for troops to op- érate at all. The employment of searchlights against craft at night was scoffed at by the witness, who sald, “I defy amy searchlight to hold a modern plame in its beam more than a fraction of a second.” Mr. Hartney spoke in favor of the Curry blll providing for a unified air force. QUITS AIR SERVICE. Noted Pilot Sees No Future Army Promotion. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., Fébruary 12.— Fallure to see any bright future for junfor officers of the military Alr Bervice under theé present systam has caused Lieut. Frank Saifert, who gained distinction in the summer of | 1823 by piloting one of the planes during the midair refueling tests at Rockwell Field, when eight world Aight records were broken, to resign from the Alr Service, according to an interview in the San Diego Union today. Most of the outstanding achisve- ments of the air have baen conceived and executed by the pilots them- selves, the résigning lieutenant states. g “The transcontinental - flight of Kelly and MacReady was conceived by these two men,” says Lieut. Sai- fert. “Smith and Richter should be given credit for the midair-refueling éxploit, and Eri¢ Nelson and Lowell Smith were in the main responsible for initiating the world flight project and seeing it through to a successful conelusion.” Lieut. Seffert leaves the Alr Serv. ice with a récord of 1,000 flying hours. without a crash. QUICK CAVE RESCUE DOUBTED; HIT SOLID ROCK OVER COLLINS (Continued trom First Page.) can keep the effort up to the top- most speed consistent with safety of the shaft walls, 3 Carmichiael early this morning prepared the rope_slings which will be fastened around the digmers’ shoulders soon to prevent them from falling into a cavern should the bot- tom of the shaft suddenly give way. The diamond-point drill was prepared again for further explorations into the Iimestone at différent plsces in the bottom of the shaft, In the hope of locating some tunnel or cavern. Previously the drill had Indicat, “BOft" apot at 48 fest of about § feel depth, and the darill will be tried at other cornérs of the shaft. The return of the Western Normal School foot ball team, which had worked all day Monday, threw the rescue squads into a four-team race which is making the dirt fly under almost supeérhuman drive. Striving against the Normal gridiron boys is & group of Loulsville youngster: composing another set of shitts. DL SR Bandits Make Rich Haul. TOLEDO, Ohlo, February 12.—Four ‘bandits kidnaped three American Railway Exprets Company messen- gers on the outskirts of Detroit thls morning and stole a truck carrying between $15,000 and $18,000 worth of merchandise, it was reported here. The ‘merchandise .was consigned to Ohio cities. - sl 3 ' - to| 1, who bad received second | Out of his extensive experience In | conducting committee hearings {important problems of government, | Representative Winslow says: “The | contest fathered last year by The { Washington Star, which brought to | the Nation's Capital boys and girls |trom all over the country who had | won their way by defeating all con | testans in local and regional prelim- inaries, interested me from the first announcement of the plan to the close | of the reception given thege orators by the President and ofidlal Wash- ington Umable to Speak. “Any one who has had experience listening to the utterances of miscel- laneous people in their effort make a statement before an audience even though small, must surely cor clude that far too great a number of persons otherwise well equipped and trained are very frequently helpless when they come to stand on their feet and express views that are often well worth hearing. “As these oratorical contests com- | prehend not only delivery of a speech | but preparation of the argument in the speech, they have a special value to train the mind as well as elocu- tionary talent. Decfamations as evi- dencing interpretation and elocution are disadvantageous, but the train- ing of a speaker who studies not only the form of expression, but, of equal importance, the elocution and assort- ment of matter on which the ideas are founded, is certuinly of still greater advantage. Support Is Expected. “In view of the fact that thess ora- torical contests, spreading =all over the country and ending in a grand finale in Washington, are all based on a close study and interpretation and explanation and understanding of th | Costitution, I believe that all public- spirited and patriotic citizens wi show the greatest interest in this work of our school children. “The contestants are obliged to {study ailigently and live and sleep with the Constitution for weeks at {a stretch. There is abundant evi- dence on every hand that such study | of our fundamental document of free government is necessary. 1 bhave been so gréatly interested in such a study, to which I have given care- ful attention for a dozen years or more, that I haye introduced a reso- lution providing for more general study of the Constitution. “It has been a matter of t6 me., and 1 know to many others. that Representative Finis J Garrett of Tennessee, minority leader in the House, has seen fit to make a vers brilliant and illuminating statement on the Constitution, which is being widely circulated His speech will !deservedly be read as generally as possible.” Knowledge Is Esaential. In his resolution Represéntativa Winslow calls attention that “it is essential to an intelligent and loval discharge of the duties of citizegship that the cltizens of tMis country have an appreciation of, reverence for and devotion to the ideals and principles underlying the Constitution of the United States, together with the res ization that to it we are indebted for the blessings of political, religious and personal liberty and fresdom of action which we enjoy, and that the responsibility for its maintenance anc presérvation rests upon us.’ He emphasizes that “a thorouz and complete knowledge and under- standing of the history and meaning of the Constitution is necessary to a proper appreciation of, reverence for d devotion to it” “His resolution provides “That the House expressés ite earnést hope and desire that every educational institu- tion, whether public or private, will provide and maintain, as & part of its requirdd curriculum, a course for the study of the Constitution of the United States, provide necassary facil- itles for this purpose, and place the same under capablé and proper in- structors; such course to begin at the earliest age at which children are capable of recelving such instruction and to continue during the whole of each scholastic year. To |hls\end the -operation of all commissioners, Cecretaties and boards of education, whether Federal or State, of all pa- triotic or educational socleties and assoclations, as well as of the gover- nors and legislatures of the several States, is earnestly invited and so- licited. | i | interest 2 CHARGE PISTOL T Two Men Arrested as Result of Loss of Police Officer’s Gun. David Jackson, known in police Cir- cles as a prohibition “informer,” act- ing as & purchaser of liquor from per- sons suspected cf violations of the Volstead act, was himself arrested last night on charges of stealing a revolver from the locker of Sergt. A W. Guper at the eighth precinct. In connection with the same case police also arrested John Smyrnas, lunchroom proprietor at 1517 U strect, on charges of receiving stolen prop- erty, alleging he purchased the re- volver from Jackson for $5. Smyrnas ‘was released on $500 bond. The charge against Jackson is larceny from the District government. EEFT. Asks $50,000 Damages. Edward R. Johnson has filed suit for $50,000 damages in the District Supreme Court against Abraham Leonard for alleged false arrest and maliclous prosecution. He was ar- rested November -23 on a warrant sworn out by Leonard and was de- tained -eight hours. The case against him was nolle prossed December §. he states. One feature of a dance following a foot ball me in England was a contest between guests as to who should knock a balloon through goal posts* while dancing.