Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy tonight followed by light rain late tonight or tomorrow; not much change in temperature. Highest, 48, at 3:30 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 34, at 7:20 a.m. today. Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 The TFoening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Star’ “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the p2pers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,243 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. (. JARDINE 1S CHOSEN AGRICULTURE HEAD: PARKS T0 REPLACE BONE IN ALASKA) == s s s new caninet wember 15| AR LINK ALLEGED Practical Farmer of Long| IN '[[]KLD:R“ED PA[H Training and Also Has Had | Experience as Educator. g . Berlin Paper Reports That Japan and Russia Agree to Military Co-Operation. No. ),509. Cigarette Dropped On Dynamite; Four Killed and 20 Hurt By the Associsted Press. LONDON, February 14.—A Bu- charest dispatch to the: Evening News says four persons were kill- ed and twenty seriously injured Wwhen a passenger on a crowded train dropped a lighted cigarette on a package of dynamite carried KELLOGG’S NOMINATION DISPATCHED TO CAPITOL | Three Cabinet Appointments Now | By the Associated Press. 3 : | BERLIN, February 14.—The Lokal Hanging Fire Before Senate. s| anzeiger today publishes from what it described as a “hitherto very re- Action on Warren as Attorney{ Still to Be Taken \ liable Russian source’ Gt T details of secret clauses included Peking last month, According to this newspaper's in- formation, one of these clauses pro- by Upper House. Willi M. Jardine of Kansas was|/vides that should either® England. today appointed by President Cool-| America or France take military fdge to e Secretary of Agriculture,imeasures against the Peking govern- succeeding Howard M. Gore, who re-|ment or against Chinese territory. tires on March 4 to become governor|which is not neutralized, Russia will of West ginia place at China's disposal 200,000 men | Along with Dr. Jardine’s nomina- { who will be armed by Japan. tion the President today sent to the| It is also stated that Russia re- Senate the nomination of Frank B.|nounces in favor of Japan 50 per cent Kellogz of Minnesota, now Ambas-|©f the shares of the Chinese Eastern sador at London, to be Secretary ofj'@!1Way. which Russia hitherto has State after Secretary flughes leaves. Claimed. Another clause is declared the cabinet March 4. | to Japan within five vears on tondi- Gieorge Alexander Parks of Alaska|tjon that the latter suppltes Russia was also nominated today by Presi-|with 4 small cruisers, 1 battleship, dent Coolidge to be Governor of 130 submarines and 7 destroyers. Alashu | Viadivostok is to be made a first-class Parks to Succeed Bone. | fleet base. Japan paying 60 per cent Mr. Parks, who has been stationed,°f the cost of constructlon, it is in Alaska for several years, will suc- | 2dded. ceed Scott C. Bone, whose term as | Training of Army. governor will expire In several! A Chinese army of the peace months. 1 .. |strensth of 300,000 men shall receive This action leaves three Cabinet jnstryction from appointments pending before the Sen- | fficers, the newspaper declares, ate, that of Charles B. Warren to be| China undertakes to buy weapons and Attarney General having been sent|war materials only from Russia and to the Capitol a month ago, but de-) Japan. The treaty is supposed to have layed by opposition i{been concluded for a period of 30 Selection of Mr. Kellogg to succeed | years. Secretary Hughes had been previous- i~ The Japanese embassy here brands 1y announced, but with an hour of!llxe Lokal Anzeiger story as “alto- the time Dr. Jardine's nomination | gether unfounded and a pure inven- was sent from the White House theltion.” The embassy points out that supporters of other candidates, still|the substance of the treaty was cor- hopeful of success, called there. |rectly published in Paris February 9. | Regarding the alleged military cl Nomination of Parks Surprising.. | o RS e e ey 1s et The nomination of Mr. Parks came |in such a situation as to find it neces- as a surprise, inasmuch as the term|sary to call upon Russia for aid.” T AUGHTERIS BORN next June and he had not submitted @ formal resignation. The President rvecently reappointed Gov. Farrington of Hawaii and the belief was gen- eral that he intended to giye. Gov.i e another term of office. ministration of Alaskan af-| fai Gov. Bone has been marked | by several controversies, but whether these had a bearing on the Presi-| dent's de ion was not made known at the White House - | i Confl; ripated. H i H e ation aadcipatee !First Child of Former -Alice Dr. Jardine, who is a member of | the President's agricultural confer- H ence, wax cnosen rom an eriginal 1ie| ROOSeVelt and Republican of nearly 200 names. The Executive, | in makinz the selection, endeavored to | obtain a man with a knowlegde of ! keting and distributing, which he | the primary problem facing i nRiT e By the Associated Press. ardine’s nomination will ba| CHICAGO, February 14.—A daugh- confirmed, 1t is believed, inasmuch as|ter was born to Mrs. Nicholas Long- Leader in House. it has been understood during the |worth, formerly Allce Roosevelt, here past week that the President had|today. decided upon his selection, and that ] siclans ttendance said botn following publication cf this fact in| _Llysiclans in atte mother and baby, who was born at The Star last Wednesday the formal sending of the nomination to the!10:30 o'clock, were “doing well.” <enate created no great surprise in| The child is the first born of Mr. official circles here. On Wednesday ; and Mrs. Longworth and is an addi- the Kansas delegation in Congress, | tion to the grandchildren of Theodore which had originally indorsed an- | Roosevelt Representative Longworth of Ohio, Republican leader In the House, was Washington. but is expected to other candidate, switched its indorse- ment unanimously to Dr. Jardine. William M. Jardine is a born agri- | in culturist. \HE Hirst eae 7 arrive here tomorrow by fast train 3 om a Dlonevs. fam n ldugn: e | (0 he with his wie and child Yeurs of adolescence were spent on a| Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, widow of ranch in the wild Big Hole Ba. the former President, accompanied ., and since being grad. | Mrs. Longworth to the hospital, as ted with honors from the Utah Ag- | 4id the latter's brother, Kermit ricultural College has devoted his life | Roosevelt. to the progress of agriculture. The baby welghed 6 pounds 8% Dr. Jardine was born in Malad Val. | ounces, the nurses announced, and ley, Idaho, lanuary 16, 1579, a son of | Was a normal, healthy Infant. William ~ and Rebecca Jardine. He | Mrs. Medill McCormick, wife of came of hardy Scotch-Welsh parent- | Senator McCormick, also accompanied age. His father came to thls coun- | Mrs. Longworth and her relatives to try when he was 16 years old, start- the hospital. ed immediately for the West and| Mrs. Longworth and Mrs. McCor- worked for some time on the Union | mick, the latter the daughter of Pacific Railroad. His mother was Mark Hanna of Ohio, have long been born in Willard, Utah, | close friends and partly at the sug- Dr. Jardine was one of seven chil-| gestion of Mrs. McCormick, she de- dren, four girls and three hovs, all of | cided to come to Chicago and place whom are living except one sister. It | herself under medical care. is noteworthy, too, that all of them| The relatives and the attending are engaged in work closely related | physician, Dr. J. B. De Lee, under- to agriculture. His mother is still | stood that the baby probably wauld be named Alice. but the formal be- stawal of a Christian name was ex- pected to be announced later. | worked on his living. and occupies the family at Idaho Falls, Worked on Farm. As a boy Dr. Jardine home father's farm, devoting much of his CHEERED IN HOUSE. time during the Winter months, how- = 0 ever, to studying. At the age A T h:”\w‘m :I: \(]nx:k Bu;l};:]e flfi;.unn( L?iAssocmtes Felicitate Majority Montana and went to work “punch- ¢ Leader on Valentine. ing cows” and putting up hay. One Summer he also worked on a dairy, When House Leader Longworth farm, this virtually completing the |reached his office today he recelved round of farming work [the one Valentine that has meant Having fitted himself for higher most to him in all his life. It was studies by going to graded schools! not until then that he knew a daugh- in the Winter, he matriculated at the | ter had been born to him and Alice L - vonthi ah Agricultural College at the age ) Roosevelt Longwor! of 21, and was graduated in 1904.| The news had preceded Representa- During his four years at college | tive Longworth, and his colleagues, voung helped pay his own | headed by Representative James A. wav, teaching in nearby |~ Continued on Page 4, Column 4 graded schools and later, during his | senior year, by winning a place as| assistant instructor the college Manages Farm Company. After being graduated, Dr. Jardine was made instructor in agronomy, but resizned a vear later to become | manager of a farming company. In| Ry the Associated Press. this position he actually farmed a JUANAJUATO, State of Guana- Jarge tract of land in central Utah, devoting it to wheat and other small grains Or more, however, his alma mater called, and he returned to Utah Agricultural College as agrononilist, in which position he served until he came to Washington in 1907, and red the Government service as stant United States cerealist. This position opened a broad fleld to Dr. Jardine, and he took full ad- vantage of it. He traveled extensive- Iy through the Western States, and spent one Summer studving agri- ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) juato, Mexico, February 14— Threatened with capture in a run- ning chase after a payroll robbery near here, the bandit carrying the loot, taking a tip from Hippomenes of old, who dropped the golden apples In the path of fleet-footed Atalanta, threw gold pieces in the path of his pursuers, who, like Atalanta, halted to pick up the glittering coins. The bandit ‘on his overburdened horse improved the time thus gained to' reach; a tortuous canyon from which he the alleged | in| the Russo-lapanese treaty signed at| to give the entire island of Sakhalin | Russian and Japanese | and | m weronoms 2l Bandit, Like Hippomenes, Drops Gold WASHINGTON, D. RESCUE OFCOLLS WITHI 20 HOURS S NDW APPARENT Workers, Spurred by Evi- dence That Trapped Man Lives, Renew Efforts. MEN IN SHAFT CONVERSE WITH GROUP IN PASSAGE Six Feet Remain to Be Drilled Be- fore Roof of Natural Cave Is Reached. By the Associated Preas CAVE CITY, Ky, February 14— Men in the natural passage to Sand Cave talked to men in the rescue shaft being sunk toward Floyd Col- lins, entombed cave explorer, while making soundings at 11 o'clock this | morning. ! “H. T. Carmichael and Albert Mar- | shall. a miner, went to the bottom | of the shaft and held distinct conver- sation with Ed Brenner and two other men who were in the passage as far as the cave in" sald an official state- ment. “it is estimated we will reach Cellins in approximately 20 hours. provided no other difficulties occur. We still have six more feet before we reach the original limestone top, believed to be the roof of the cavern leading to Collins.” | Will Reach Old Passage. | The shaft, according Mr. Car- michael will tap Sand Cave be- tween Collins and the point where the cavern occurred In the natural passage last week. The point be- tween the cavern and Gollins was es- timated at 20 feet. The penetration of Sand Cave will be in front of Col- lins. Previously it had been believed that it would be behind Collins. Digging will continue until 3 o'clock this afternoon, when a new section of timbering will be lowered into place, one of the diggers said at noon to- day. This will take until about § o'clock tonight, and “when the digging is resumed we may cut through to nd Cave any minute,” he added. E. 8. Posey, executive secretary of the State highway department, who was sent here by Gov. W. J. Fields, wired the governor at Frankfort to- day saying that he fixed 8 o'clock Sunday night as the zero hour, un- less unexpected difficulties are en- countered. It had taken nine and one-hal hours to complete a three foot sec- tion last night, the bulletin said. The rotten character of the material en-| countered and four distinct cave-ins to made the progress the slowest on record: ¥ ; Two weeks ago today Colling plight was discovered, and for the last 10 days he has received no food Four workmen testified before the| military board of inquiry yesterday that they had heard the imprisoned man breathe and cough. | Collins Is still alive, the members | of the military board in charge of the situation declared yesterday eve- ning. Ed Brenner of Cincinnati and Alex Bailey of Louisville convinced Gen. H. H. Denhardt and others of the military board that they had really heard these sounds from Col- lins, and the court, collectively and individually, expressed their convic- tions that Collins Is alive. : “Before hearing this testimony Gen. Denhardt said, ‘‘some members of the board said they had felt re- signed to the fact, Collins was dead. There had been no airing of those| opinions, for fear they might exert| an adverse influence on the morale of | the rescue workers. Now these mem- | bers are optimistic that a rescue will’ be effected and the prisoner will be brought out alive.” “The work Is being pushed to the utmost with specially picked labor,” the official bulletin said, and “the morale of the men is excellent.” Gen. Denhardt today exhibited two large suit cases, filled with nearly 2,000 letters he has received about the rescue work, most of them filled with suggestions and advice about how to ! rescue Collins. Many of the messages are from governors and mayors, ten- dering him their encouragement and assuring him that the rescue effort is holding the attention of the entire Nation. The arcival of Gen. Denhardt last Sunday, followed by Kentucky Na- tional Guardsmen, has helped to place the operations of the camp on a mili- tary basis, and guards constantly pa- trel the vicinity of the shaft to see that spectators do not interfere. CARNIVAL TIGER KILLS WOMAN PERFORMER Second Accident Occurs When Pas- senger Leaps From Ferris Wheel, 30 Feet to Ground. By the Associated Press. MANILA, February 14—Two serious accidents have marred the visit here of a traveling carnival. A man-eating tiger killed a Filipino woman when she entered its cage, as she had been doing during her several months with the show. The tiger seized her by the throat, crushing out her life before a guard could shoot the animal. The other accident occurred when a Filipino, riding on the ferris wheel, leaped 30 feet to the ground, and res ceived probably fatal injuries, vanished into the mountains. The escape was the climax of an attack by a band of a dozen rob- bers upon the paymaster of the Cubo Mining and Milling Co., who was en route to this city with a half dozen armed guards. Although mortally wounded, one -of the guards killed two of the bandits before succumbing, while his com- panions, who had scattered when ambushed, joined in pursuit of the robber who bore away the pay- master's sack containing 5,000 pesos gold. Radio Programs—Page 8. | suicide of Iseman B. Hi ‘ In Path of Pursuers and Escapes| C, MYSTERY LIFTING IN'TINSLEY DEATH Finding of Poison in Dead Man’s Home Causes Release of Persons Held. Discovery of a newly opened bottle of lysol in the home of Roger W. Tinsley, 27-vear-old contractor, who died under mysterious circumstances Thursday night, injected a new ele- ment into the case which may result in the cause of the death being cleared up today. Detective Murphy of police head- quarters, acting under suggestions of Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, coroner, searched the house of Tinsley, at Takoma Park, Md, thoroughly last night, and interviewed Mrs. Geneva Town Tinsley, the widow, who re- @rned yesterday from Massachusetts, where she had been visiting relatives. Mrs. Tinsley told Murphy that al- though she could not give a motive for suiclde on the part of her hus- band, there had been no lysol in the house for three years previous to her leaving three months ago. At that time she was i1l and went to a hos- pital. Upon being apprised of the new de- | velopments, Dr. Nevitt announced that the discovery of the lysol served to eliminate from consideration in connection with the death the events and discovéries made at the home of Mrs. Eva Goodwin, 46 B street south- west, where Tinsley had been at- tacked by Samuel P. Jones, a fellow- worker, early Thursday afterngon. Suicide Theory Strengthemed. Dr. Nevitt announced. after discov- ering the amount of poison remaining in the bottle found at the Tinsley homg, that sufficient IMuid had been taken therefrom to account for the death. This fact, together with the story of the absence of any lysol from the Tinsley home told by Mrs. Tinsiey, strengthened a theory that this was the source of the poison. These developments dovetailed with chemical tests performed by Dr. T. M. Price, District chemist. who an- alyzed the peach brandy which was found in a bottle from which Tinsley hed been drinking Thursday and which Henry Iverson, Tinsley’s friend, testified was purchased by Tinsley and himself at the home of Mrs. Eva Goodwin, at 46 B street southwest, early Thursday. S Tests further made showed thé ab- solute presence of a large quantity of phenol in Tinsley's stomach, the chemical tests confirming in_detail the testimony given by Dr. Herbert E. Martyn, deputy coroner, at the inquest vesterday. Poison Source Traced. Dr. Nevitt officially announced at the inquest today that the source of the poison had been definitely traced and therefore all persons held for questioning had been exonerated. The coromer's jury yesterday, aft- er hearing testimony from witnesses to the effect that Jones had struck Tinsley four times while at the Good- win home, and taking the report of an autopsy performed by Dr. Herbert E. Martyn into consideration, decided that the cause of death was phenol poisoning. This started police investigation Into the source of the poison, and a bottle of lysol, together with a bot- tle containing substance smelling of carbolic acid, both of which are phenol derivatives, were found at the home of Mrs. Goodwin. The lysol bottle contained approximately one ounce of the drug, but on account of the tendencies of the testimony and an account of the finding of poison at the home of Tinsley last night, both were eliminated from the case by Dr. Nevitt. A special supplemental session of the coronmer's jury, which sat in the inquest into the death of Tinsley yes- terday was called for this morning, since the same jury was summoned to probe clrcumstances surrounding the ts at Emer- enc; ospital yesterda i Atyth s vselslon Murphy took the stand and testified as to his discovery at the home of Tinsley. [} — Ohio Governor’s Son Jailed. COLUMBUS, Ohlo, February -14.— Hal Donahey, 18-year-old son of Gov. Vic Donahey, today was sentenced to three days in jail for violation of the automobile traffic laws here yes- terday afternoon. Young Donahey pleaded guilty and wasg sentenced by Municipal Judge Mahaffey in Police Court. He was taken imediately to the city prison. Gov. Donahey said he wanted the judge to treat his son the same as he would any other pérson and an- nounced that he would not pardon him. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, | In Raid of Saloon | Girl Leads Police After Mother Dies By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, February 14.— Finding her mother dead in bed, a 15-year-old girl early today led a police raid on a saloon where she asserted her mother had obtained & pint of liquor last night. The bartender was arrested and held pending analysis of the liquor. Police said the proprietor of the saloon is at pre t serving a 30-day sentence for illegal sale of liquor. The girl, Sarah Kilfeather, said that her mother had purchased the liquor for & “Friday, the thir- | teenth,” party, Coroner Patton declared tha should death be found due to alcsholism the vendor | of the liquor would be held for murder. ADMIRAL TO DENY REPORT CHANGED Shoemaker, Accused of “Fix- | ing” Statement, to Ap- pear Before Probers. | Absolute denfal will be made by Rear Admiral Shoemaker, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, when he appears before the Lampert investi-| gating committee this afternoon of the charges that he “blue penciled” a statement, which was to be lssued under Gen. Pershing’s signature, in order to give the American public an erroneous idea of the air bombing tests held off the coasts soge months ago against former (Ferman battle- ships. Admiral Shoemaker will ap- pear before the committee at 2 o'clock and will have with him a copy of his testimony’ befqre the President’s air- craft investigating commission, which is the basis for the report, which has not yet been made public by the President. Admiral Shoemaker was charged Yesterday with suppressing informa- tion designed for the public in testi- mony given under oath by Lieut. Col. W. G. Shauffler, Air Service Reserve. Col. Shauffler declared that when presented with a statement for the press which was to be released under Gen. Pershing's signature, Admiral Shoemaker declared: “It's true, every bit of if. My God, we can't let tkis out! It would ruin the Navy." Col. Shauffler then said the statement was “blue penciled” to such an extent that “upon completion there was ab- solutely no resemblance to the orig- inal statement.” Details of the bombing and the manner in which it was performed by the Army Air Service will be de- tailyd to the committee by Admiral Shoemaker, who said that it was ab- solutely necessary for those inter- ested in the matter to have these de- tails before they could et a clear picture of the entire situation. |, Admiral Shoemaker today said, and he will tell the committee this after- {noon, that he .did not in any way change the report on the bombing which was brought to him by an Army officer, and intended as a state- ment to be issued by Gen. Pershing over the latter's signaure. The charge that he revised it to give an er- roneous impréssion is entirely with- out foundation, he saild. When this statement came to him, the chief of the bureau of navigation continued, it did not give any of the navgl side of the bombing matter, so he added with a blue pencil two paragraphs. These paragraphs, which the admiral | displayed this morning to a repre- sentative of The Star, pointed out ! that the German ‘ship was weak in| many respects. Much of thé piping had been torn out, leaving holes in the water-tight bulkheads, and, in fact, the water could treely flow from one ‘compartment to another. The water-tight integrity had been large- ly destroyed, so that a bomb any place along the side and below the armor belt would be sufficient to sink the vessel. Admiral Shoemaker sajd that he thought such a statement was neces- sary to give both sides of the question, and these were not modern battleships, their decks not even being armored as the modern vessels are to prevent aerial attack. He said that the state- ment was returned to Gen. Pershing, who seemed to considr it fair enough | Admiral further that he discussed ‘the matter this morning with his two aldes and, that they did not remember hjs having Shuemaker said (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 1925—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. BAL WLLRENEW TRAFFCBL FGHT Will Make Effort to Bring Measure Before Senate Next Week. Efforts to obtain action on impor- tant legislation for the District of “olumbia, particularly the traffic regulation bill and the school-build- ing program bill, will be made next week by Benator Ball, chairman of the Distri¢ct committee, and other Senators who feel strongly that this legislation shouid be enacted enator Robinson of Arkansas. Democratic leader of the Senate, said today that at the night session, which will be held Monday in accordance with announced plans of the Repub- lican leaders, he would ask unanimous consent for consideration of the traffic bill, and the public school bill, with a limit on the length of speeches. The - Republican leader, Senator Curtis, indicated that he would not oppose the proposal for time to con- | | sider District bills. District legislation that has oppo- sition, including the rent bill, how- ever, will have great difficulty in get- ting a hearing in the Senate before the close of the present session of Congress. General legislation of much importance is pressing, and the Senate Is loath to give time to measures which would lead to long debate with perhaps no results. The opinion was expressed today that the traffic bill would have to be ameénded and made less drastic. Sena- tor Ball pointed out that he had a number of amendments himself, which he had no opportunity to offer last night. he Senate has demonstrated that it is absolutely incompetent to trans- act any business tonight; I think this farce ought to be brought to an end: 1 suggest the absence of a quorum sald Senator Bruce of Maryland. These words, except for the calling 39 of the roll, whi Senators present—10 less than a qu rum—brought to a close, at 10:15 o'clock last night, the session of the Senate dedicated to District legisla- tion. Nothing was accomplished. The first of the seven bills of importance to the National Capital placed on the calendar for consideration last night, the traffic regulation bill, was before the Senate the entire time. showed only BIll Criticized Sharply. In vain Senator Ball, chariman of the District committee; Senator Car- away of Arkansas and other Sena- tors interested in the legislation urged that the bill be read paragraph by paragraph for amendment. The flood of talk continued unabated Senator Reed of Missouri and Senator Stanley of Kentucky were the prin- cipal critics of the measure, and their strictures occupled most of the time, which was not taken up by the first formal reading of the 20-page bill. After more than an hour had pa quorum. Obviously, no quroum was present, as the roll call disclosed, and there was nothing for the Senate to do but recess until noon today, as it had agreed to do earlier in the even- ing. & Senator Reed's attack upon the traffic bill was directed particularly toward that section which declares that it a motor vehicle operated upon the public highways exceeds 20 miles per hour, such speed shall be prima facie evidence that the vehicle is be- ing operated recklessly, and that the burden of proof shall be upon the operator to show the vehicle was not being operated recklessly. This, Senator Reed insisted, was in direct 'violation of the principle that a man is presumed to be innocent un- til he is préven guilty. He demanded (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) s BRITISH HALT NAVY PROGRAM N HOPE OF U.3. PARLEY CALL Delay Is Traced to Belief Coolidge Will Summon New Arms Conference. PRESIDENT’S ATTITUDE ON QUESTION UNCHANGED Sticks to Policy of Waiting Enun- ciated in Message to Congress Last December. By the Ausociated Pry LONDON, February 14.—Hope by the British government that a new dis- armament conference will be called before long and preferably by the United States iz believed to be caus- ing the cabinet to delay its decision regarding fresh warship construction. The treasury is resisting an increase |of nearly £10,000.000 in the naval es- timate said to have been demanded by the admiralty. 1t is stated that a cabinet committee is to examine the whole question of imperial defense before final decision is taken. ‘Winston Churchill, the chancellor of the exchequer, who is credited with opposing the admiralty's demand for an increased building program, is said to be banking on the prospect of another disarmament conference to strengthen his viewpoint, which it is stated, has the support of several of his colleagues. 28 The question of American partici- pation in the conference is regarded as of paramount importance. Politi- fer to recent statements in the Ameri- can Senate as hopeful auguries. (A rider to the naval appropriation | bill passed by the Senate and signed | by President Coolidge early this week ‘runlaln! a request for the convening of another arms limitation confer- ence. The) Daily Mail expresses belief to- day that when Ambassador Kellogg returns to the United States to as- sume the post of Secretary of State he will be able to discuss the position with President Coolidge, with con- siderable knowledge of the Brit PRESIDENT BIDING TIME. President Coolidge is following a waiting policy toward the problem of further armament limitation, but he is watching developments abroad carefully, and will be prepared to act whenever he considers a move to- ward a new arms conference would be_opportune. Thus far he has not departed from his announced intention of permit- ting the European powers to develop what ‘can be accomplished toward | disarmament through the project launched last year at Geneva under the League of Nations. He an- nounced in his message to Congress in December that he would do noth- ing until that project had reached a If Great Britain should take the view that more could be accomplish- | United States, however, that develop- ment, doubtless, would have great weight in any reassessment of the situation which might be undertaken here. D. C. GASOLINE INQUIRY COMMITTEE IS SOUGHT | Ziklman Resolution Calls for Body of Seven to Probe Prices in Capital. Acting Chairman Zihiman of the House District committee today in- troduced a resolution calling for a select committee of seven members of the House who will be members in the next Congress to investigate the price of crude oil and gasoline in the National Capital. Representative Zihiman introduced hisgesolution after conferences with specialists In the bureau of mines and the Geological Survey of the De- partment of the Interior, who are preparing data to lay before the in- vestigating committee. Represenattive Zihiman said today that he will urge at once the rules committee to report favorably on this resolution. Other members of the House have questioned the authority of the House District committee to pursue such an Investigation. MAY OUST FOUR MIDDIES. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February No official notification of the action of the President in regard to four mid- on account of the use of intoxicants that the President has approved the recommendation of the superintendent. of which are appointed by the Presi- Senate and House, will visit and in- 27 to 30, inclusive —_ Admiral Wilson Retires Feb. 23. Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, superintendant of the Naval emy, has been relieved from all duty | tory retirement, and will proceed to " his home. Marin Insists France’s Losses in Men igure in CLLLeIEnt | Tos i onnn o ienarence oF s’wuld F g Debt s ttl t} l;ld the poli d, that th By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, February 14.—In a lec- ture before a war veteran asso- clation last night former Minister Louts . Marin again voiced thé views expressed in a sensational speech before the chamber of deputies last month that France's heavy losses of life and other sac- rifices in the war must be reck- oned in any fair settlement of the interallied debts. He declared it would be a really graceless act on the part of Eng- land and the United States to in- A -n g sist upon the repayment of debts contracted to defeat the common enemy. “Where would the others be if ‘we had not been there?” he said. The war, he maintained, had been won by France and France alone. The proposals for repay- ment made by the British chancel- lor of the exchequer would, he sald, involve ruin for France. Abraham Lincoln had defined a statesman as one who could sim- ply and frankly say “No,” and France now needed statesmen com- plying with that definition. cal writers emphasize this point and re- | view, | point indicative of success or failure. | ed through a conference called in the | 14— shipmen recommended for dismissal | The board of visitors, the members | dent, and the presiding officers of the spect the Naval Academy from April Acad- | February 23, the date of his statu- | TWO CENTS. DISTRICT WILL ASK $100,0000F SURPLUS FUND IMMEDIATELY Money Sought for Purchase of School Sites—$3,700,- 000 Now Is Total Asked. BUYING OF LAND NOW IS HELD GOOD BUSINESS Only Item Outside Educational Requests Is for Linkage of i Two Parks. . Request for the immediate appropria- tion of $700,000 out of the District's { surplus fund for the purchase of school | sites will be laid before the Bureau of the Budget today by the District Com- miesioners. The city fathers aiready have asked that $3.000,000 of the surplus be made { available before Congress adjourns for | school construction and for one park ex- | tension. The additional list of sites t« | be submitted today will make a total of about $3,700,000 of the surplus which | the Commissioners will seck to have re- | 1eased before Congress adjourns: | The total amount of the District's sur | plus, as recognized in the recent act of | Congr, 18 $4,438,154.92. | the amount the Commissioners are | seeking for immediate expenditure there | would remain to be appropriated in be- cember $738,154 Deduc Added Claim Status. | The city has an added surplus c'ain of $819.373.83, which the act of ( | gress stipulated should be allowed the | District provided the controller general of the United States determines the ac- 1 curacy of the Commissioners' claim to it | If this claim is allowed the balance of the surplus remaining after ap- ipropriation of the sums now ‘n!kl’d for would be about $1,5 7 Decislon to ask at this time for additional list of school sites | reached following a hearing at | Budget Bureau yesterday afternoon |on the $3,000,000 list originally mitted. Good Business Judgment. | The present board of commi pnecs holds the theory that it is economic business judgment to buy ground for jpublic school buildings well in ad- vance of the time when schools are to be erected. With private construction work go- | Ing on steadily in all parts of the | city, District officials point out that |the longer the government delays | purchase of sites the more it is likely to cost. It is understood that the addition of this $700,000 to the first list of surplus estimates makes a total of more than 3,000,000 to be appropri- ated at this time out of the surplus for schools, over and above the school building itéms carried in the regular District bill for the next fiscal year. | Park Linkage Funds. | . So far as can be learned the only {item outside of school needs in thr list of surplus estimates is $600,000 to complete purchase of the necessary land to link together the Rock Creek | and Potomac parkways. | This project has been going on gradually with small annual appropria- | tions for a number of years, and the Commissioners felt it would be a desir- able move to complete it out of the | surplus. The linking of these two | parks will create another attractive park drive in Washington. | The Commissioners are hopeful that these surplus estimates will reach Congress during the coming weck {and be inserted in one of the remain- | ing supply bills. WILL START MONDAY " ON $3,000,000 HOTEL | Harry Wardman to Erect Building on Old Anderson Estate at 16th and K Streets. g Work will be started Monday on {the erection of a $3.000,000 hotel at | the southeast corner of Sixteenth and K streets, it was announced today by Harry Wardman, lccal builder. The | property will be erected on the site of the old Anderson estate. It was Mr. Wardman's original in- tention to erect this building at Six- teenth and H streets, the present home of Senator Wadsworth of New { York, and the former residence of John Hay. The suggestion was later made that a Republican Club he erected on the site. Today Mr. Ward- {man said that he has received so many requests that this historical |residence and landmark be left in- tact that he has decided to erect his hotel two blocks further up and, for | the present, at least, to preserve the has Dbeen received at the Naval|former John Hay home.* Academy. It is reported, however, | The new hotel will be eight stories high and will contain 250 rooms and baths. It will be of Italian rennais- sance style. with a roof garden The old house on the Anderson estate, which is now empty, will be demoi- ished Monday. BABIES IN HOLD-UPS. Mothers, Each 18, Operated “For Fun,” Police Say. CHICAGO, February year-old mothers were held today with four men alleged to be their |accomplices in eight hold-ups, dur- | ing several of which the women had their babies with them. Mabel Roh- | ertson and Genevieve Watier ad- 14.—Two 18- their operations, which, they were “for fun.” REORGANIZING BILL UP. Senate Republicans Fail to Agree on Action on Measure. After an hour's discussion, Senate Republicans in conference today failed to reach an agreement on the administration bill for reorganiza- tion of the Government departments. House leaders will be consulted to as- certain whether actlon is possible at this session, said,