Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1925, Page 2

2 HOSPITAL FOR U. . EMPLOYES URGED Mrs. Votaw Proposes Estak- lishment Here to Be Main- tained by Workers. A plan for the estabishment of a hospital for the §0,000 Government employes in Washington is being con- sidered by Mrs. Carolyn Harding Votaw, sister of the late President Harding, who, it became known last night, will leave the United States Public Health Service March 15. Mrs, Votaw first will take a vaca- tion trip for several months with her husband, Dr. Heber Votaw, who is recovering from a recent illness, before devoting her energies to the realization of the hospital plan she has conceived An institution built, maintained and endowed by a small monthly stipend from the salaries of the employes themselves to protect them in days of ill health as they grow old is the project contemplated by Mrs. Votaw. Governmental indorsement and super- vision will be necessary, howev before the plan can take definite shape. Support by Workers. hospital for the icivil of the Nation should. in Mrs. aw's opinion, be conducted like Army, Navy and Marine hospitals, except that the Federal employe, through his own efforts, would con- tribute the money insurance against illness or ac All that is to be ernment that it encourage the 1dea, direct the campaign for funds 2nd to manege them after collection. “A carefud examination of this bare outline of my proposed crusade,” said Mrs. Votaw, “will prevent those who are just and broad-minded from making the usual accusation of its being but another step toward pater- nalism. It must be considered that the Government must have some re- sponsibility toward these $0,000 em- ployes entered on its Tolls. Vital to Old Axe. “A hospital for the Federal em- plove is most desirable under all aspects of the case, but is vital to the usefulness of the old-age retire- ment pension and is its logical sequel. For, no retired governmental worker could hope to pay any considerable hospital bill or even for home medi- cal attendance out of the meager sum allowed him. He is lucky if he can maintain life on it, but if he is so unfortunate as to get ill or meet with an accident, it must be to the poor hospital he goes, if he has no gen- erous reserve fund “I ask any person of feeling and a sense of justice if there be any more pathetic sight in the world than a refined and intelligent man or woman who has given a lifetime to Govern- ment work compelled to receive med- fcal service in the poor hospitals. These Institutions are fine for their purpose, and they are well maintain- ed and invaluable to the clvic life, but they are not the place for the hundreds of Uncle Sam's men and women who have no other recourse than to use them in their old age ailments. Duty of Government. “It does not seem a momentous is- sue to ask this great GGovernment to permit the Public Health Service to take over sych healing offices as such a hospital would be for the nearly one hundred thousand Federal em- ployes in Washington. “Such a trifling sum as 25 cents a month from the least rewarded Gov- ernment clerk or laborer, joined to something better from those who get more remuneration would insure against this poorhouse for medical service. Mrs. Votaw, who was at one time a member of the woman's bureau of the local Police Department, has given more than four years of valuable service to the Public Health Service, and her resignation has been re- ceived reluctantly. Her husband, Dr. Votaw, was until recently superin- tendent of public prisons. m- Dlc as dent. ked of the Gov- SEEK DIVORCES IN PARIS. Two American Women Ask French Court to Sever Marriage Bonds. By Cable to The Star and New York World, PARIS, February 14—Two Amer- lean divorce suits have been flled in Paris. One was that of a Mrs. Cranall, who was born a Vandeveer and_married in 1902 at Woodhaven, N. Y. She asks the custody of her three childre The other is that of Mrs. Catherine Savage Townsend, who married in 1895 at Albany, N. Y. Mrs. Townsend is the daughter of the Rev. Mr. Savage of Albany and the granddaughter of James B. Jer- maine. Her husband, Frederick De Puyster Townsend of Melrose, Mass., was graduated from Willlams Col- lege in 1595, He w captain_of the foot ball team. Mr. and Mrs. Townsend lived at Cooperstown, N. Y. (Copyright, 1623, See Hand-W ound Clocks Disappear Work Orders Removal of All Timepieces Not ‘Vital to Business. The knell of the clock watcher in the Interior Department has been sounded. Carrying out his announced inten- tion to reduce the number of clocks in Uncle Sam's big workshop at Eighteenth and F streets and thereby save the government the time spent | b. cl said to watch of the fleeting minutes, Secretary Work yesterday ordered the removal of all hand- wound clocks In the building except those of bureau officers and chiefs of divisions, “who transact considerable business with the public.” The chief clerk of the department was ordered to take a census of the hand-wound clocks of the department and hold them pending disposition through the general supply commit- tee. Co-operating with the bureau officers, the chlef clerk was told to prepare a list for the approval of the Secretary showing the location and number of hand-wound clocks which will remain in the department. The order does not apply to electri- cally-wound clocks. For two weeks past the department employes have marked reporting and quitting time by the call of huge gongs rung on each floor at 9 am. and 4:30 p.m. Mr. Work believes much time will be saved and more work performed by the employes if the troublesome clocks are removed. -— For the benefit of those wheo can speak only English, the proprietors of the fair at Lyon, France, issued & handbook of the event in Efllllll‘ ¢ employes who are sely the passage Mrs. William M. Jardine und her children: W Mra. Jardine was Minx and Dr. Jardine met whep AGRICULTURE POST WAS SOUGHT BY 180 | Clamor for Cabinet Portfolio| Declared Unprecedented; Hoover Aided Selection. Few presidential appointments in recent years have attracted wider in- | tercst than the cholce of the Secre- | tary of Agriculture. Those at the White House who are in a position to know say they cannot recall any | appointment to the Cabinet in their| time which brought out so many can- didates. It is known that 180 names were |the Department of Commerce, for Mr. | presented to the President during h i consideration of this post. Just why there was such a wide, rush for this place, at thi those close to the President cannot under-| stand. The salary has not been in- | creased, and the task awaiting the new agricultural head is a heavy one. | In fact, the burdens to be assumed by Dr. Jardinc, because of the many increased farm problems, is consid- ered sufficient to make any one hesi- | tate before offering his services. | mad, time, Besieged by Throng. | Because of the many candidates and the numerous’ indorsements ac- companying each, the President e perienced more difficulty in arriving at a conclusion than he would have| had only the usual number of aspir- ants been brought to his attention. Besides, letters of indorsement from individuals and groups, the President | was required to see personally many who presented themselves at the| White House to advocate some one | of the many aspirants. Scores of| Senators and Representatives were | among these callers. Delegations representing _ farm _ organizations, | shippers and live-stock organizations, agricultural economists and poli-| ticians were among the hundreds who | tried to influence the President in making his decision. The President thought he might check the stampede by announcing that he had in mind a man versed in | co-operative marketing and general | marketing rather than one Wwho merely laid claim to being a dirt| farmer or an agricultural economist. | This helped but little. The stream continued. Then he offered the place | to Herbert Hoover, who, because of his wide experience with business and shipping, strongly appealed to him as just the man to head the De- partment of Agriculture. Mr. Hoover thanked the President far the compli- ment, but declined, saying he would prefer to complete the work he has started at the Department of Com- merce. Alded By Hoover. However, the President drafted Secretary Hoover to the extent of studying the papers accompanying the many applications and to make a digest of the qualifications of the candidates. This was not done in a day. It required considerable in- vestigation and inquiry on the part of Mr. Hoover, but when he made his report to the President about two weeks ago, the latter was enabled to marrow the list down from its original size to about 20. Just what names were included in this preferred list may never be made public, but it was made known at the White House a week later that the President after giving further study to the list had succeeded in pruning| it down to less than a dozen. | Among those besides Dr. Jardine in the list were John Fields of Okla- homa, Robert B. Carey, former gover- nor of Wyoming and a member of the Agricultural Commission; Jacob Mohler of Kansas, who originally had the indorsement of the Kansas con- gressional delegation; A. J. Weaver of Nebraska, who has the unanimous backing of the congressional delega- tion from that State; Ralph Mer- ritt of California, a member of the President's Agricultural Commission; Louis J. Tabor of Ohio, master of the National Grange; Thomas B. Camp- bell of Montana, the most extensive wheat grower in the country; Eugene Funk of Illinois, who is thought to| have had originally the backing of Secretary Hoover, and Representative Dickinson of Iowa, looked upon as the farm bloc leader in the House. Plan Was Changed. As is his custom, the Presidens acted deliberately in this matter. He originally desired to make a selec- tion of an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, in order that he might serve in that capacity before assum- Ing the secretaryship on March 4. He | thought this experience would be of | great benefit to the appointee, when | he actually assumed control of the department. But he abandoned this idea, fearing he might not be able to| give the proper study to the matter. | Bavaria Revokes Decree. MUNICH, Bavaria, February 14.— The state of emergency decree, which has been inforced in Bavaria since the Hitler-Ludendorff “beer cellar” putsch of November, 1923, was rescinded to- day by a vote of the Bavarian cabinet. | One Englishman’s fad is to collect monkeys, and he is now searching Ja- maica for rare specles, | Speaker THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, liam, Jr., aged 18; Marin e Nebeker, dnughter of Ira Nebeker, and wax born on th were students at the Utah Agrl ess at Kansas State College of Agriculture of which her huxband hax been president. Itursl Colle Hoover Goes South For Short Rest and Bout With Tarpon Commerce Secretary Re- ported Anxious to Land King of Southern Seas. Thrusting aside departmental cares, Secretary of Commerce Hoover is on his way to Florida today for a few days of rest and recreation among the palms and pleasures of the South's inter playground. Mr. Hoover left Washington last night for Miami, Fla., to be gone an indefinite period, prob- ably a week or 10 days. vis s not altogether one of »n, however, it was said_at Hoover will combine business pleasure, occupying part of h with ay {in the South with business of the | department Although there has been no official declaration, rumors were prevalent in Washington today that Mr. Hoover wants to gratify an ambition to land a tarpon, the silver king of the southern seas, and will devote part of his time trying to gratify this wish As directing head of a department with supervision over the Bureau of FFisheries, his friends claim he should | have no trouble in landing the game- ster of the Gulf coast THLMAN PROPOSES GAS AND OIL PROBE |Maryland Member Presents Joint Measure Providing for Price Testimony. A select committee of seven mem- bers would be appointed by the to investigate recent in- creases In prices of gasoline and crude oil under a joint resolution in- troduced in the House yesterday by Representative Zihlman, Republican, Maryland. Under the resolution the proposed select committee would be composed of members now in Congress and elected to the next Congress and would have power to issue subpoenas, send for persons and papers, take sworn testimony and be empowered to sit here if desired. The resolution would direct that the committee investigate stocks of crude oil and gasoline in the United States as of January 1, 1925, and their owners and holders, as the price of crude oil and gasoline at the refineries and in the open market on that date. It also would authorize the com- mittee to inquire into the possible relation of the recent crude oil price increase to the gasoline price jump, and whether the increases were gen- eral among all companies through- out the United States. The resolution was referred to the rules committee. PRESIDENT CALLS SENATE IN EXTRA SESSION MARCH 4| (Continued from First Page.) be the selection of the Republicans for President pro tempore. Not a little pressure will be exerted by friends of the World Court pro- posal to bring about consideration of that pact during the special session of the Senate, now called for March 4. They look upon the special ses- sion as peculiarly the proper time to consider the protocol and reserva- tions submitted. Senators opposed to this program, however, take the posi- tion_that the proposed adherence of the United States to this court is not of sufficient importance to warrant keeping the Senate in session. It is a matter, they say, which can just as well come up later when the Sen- ate has to be here to consider other business. RAIL OFFICIAL DIES. Shelton Was General Super- intendent of Southern. GREENSBORO, N. C., February 14.- A. D. Shelton, general superintendent of the . morthern district .of the Southern Railway Company, died in a Richmond, Va., hospital this after- noon at 4:15 oclock, after an illness lasting for several months. Mr. Shelton about a year ago was grant- ed a leave of absence on account of illness. He spent some time in Florida, later coming to his home here. Several weeks ago he went to Rich- mond to undergo treatment. His condition grew worse about two weeks ago and death was not un- expected, A. 1 as | 14, and Ruth, 9. ranc Northern Utah. She ge, at Logan, Utah, She hax been hont- “THAIS' FINAL OPERA WITH MARY GARDEN Distinguished Audience Gives, | New Evidence of Singer’s | Great Popularity. | Mary Garden, the operatic stag | pacity audienc favorite actress of had close to a ca- when she sang the role of “Thals” in Massenet's opera in the fourth and final performance of the Chicago Opera Company's sea- | son here at the Washington Auditorium | vesterday afternoon. She made the | wiles of the courtesan and the re- pentance of a worldly sinner equally convincing. She was graceful and poised throughout the performance and received an ovation at the end of ;v\c-r) act. A distinguished audi- ence, among whom was Mrs. Coolidge in the presidential box, paid homage to the popularity of Mary Garden. Roberto Moranzoni conducted the opera, keeping the voluptuous strains of this sensuous music well subdued for the voices. The famous “Medita- tion” was impressively played and came as a soothing calm after the passionate heights of the first scene | in the second act. The ballet music rhythm was not kept as even as might be desired. The ballet danced [well, but, of course, could not give lan effective dance of revelry on so small a stage. The chorus numbers | were well done, in all of the operas, The “White Sister” chorus in the last act was especially good in its pianissimo tones. Good Actor and Singer. Jose Mojica as Niclas again proved zood actor as well as a fine tenor. ouardo Cotreuil sang the baritone role of Athanael with much feeling. His voice is really of basso range, therefore his singing of some of the selectlons of this baritone role was not at his best. His acting, however, incing and showed artistry. Swarthout and Alice D'Her- two young singers, ‘were very good in the roles of Myrtale and Crobyle, and Flora Perini sang the aria of Albine, superior of the White Sisters, beautifull Antento Nicolich and Gildo Morelato were good in comparatively small roles. It was necessary, because of the stage limitations, to curtall much of | the imposing scenery which the Chi- | cago forces customarily use for these opera Nevertheless, the settings were attractive and the costuming | was beautiful. Stage to Be Enlarged. According to Mrs. Wilson-Greene, concert manager, who has brought this interesting season of opera to Washington, the stage will be en- larged, the lower floor altered to in- crease facility for seeing for those in the second alphabet of the huge | auditorium, and the boxes will be | changed to make them more attrac- tive and comfortable before the Chi- cago Opera Company comes next year. It is to be hoped that then it will be possible for the company tol| use its own beautiful curtain, all| of the scenery, and provide fitting settings for the ballets. As it was. with all these obstacles, Washington music lovers enjoyed many moments of beautiful mus artistically pre- sented in the four performances of the past week. |SUSPECT BOOTLEGGERS IN SOLDIER’S MURDER Military Authorities Believe Also i That Robbery Might Have | Been Motive. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, February 14.—The military board of inquiry Investigat- ing the killing of Pvt. Isadore Dunsky of Headquarter Battery, 7th Artil- lery, at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, today visited the isolated beach, 2 | miles from the fort, where his body, | with three bullet wounds, was found Thursday in a shallow grave scooped in the sand. Col. H. J. Watson, executive officer in charge of the Inquiry, said no sub- stantial clues had been developed, but he was hopeful the investigation would bring results within a few days. Dunsky was last seen December 20. Thursday, five soldiers, who said they were searching for hidden « bootleg liquor, uncovered the grave. These men were Questioned again today, although the authorities doubt they have any knowledge of the killing. Dunsky was known to carry con- siderable sums, and it is thought rob- bery may have been the motive. An- other possibility being investigated D. ¢, AGREE TO CALL UP SHOALS MEASURE Tentative Decision Reached by Senate Leaders to Con- sider Report Wednesday. A tentative agreement was reached yesterday between Senate leaders to call up the conference report on the Underwood Muscle Shoals leasing bill Wednesday with the hope of obtain- ing a final vote before the end of the week. The plan of the leaders to bring up the report yesterday went awr: when more than the estimated time was exceeded for the independent officers appropriation bill. The ad- ministration leaders were unwilling to set aside the appropriation bill, which they had expected would be adopted Friday to take up the Muscle Shoals question. Bursum BIll Gets Precedence. A further delay was when Senator Bursum, New Mexico, insisted that his bill providing for the retirement of emorgency officers be called up in the regular order. It was agreed to bring up the Bursum bill next with Musecle Shoals legislation following imme- diately after. The leaders belicve the Bursum bill can be disposed of within two days and that the conference report can be reached by Wednesday. If it is called up Wednesday managers of the legislation believe a final can be reached by Saturda House managers of the conference report are awaiting action by the Senate before calling it up in that| body, which they claim will adopt the report in one day. Plan Point of Order. Opponents of the Underwood bill| are prepared to make a order against the conference report on_ the contention that it is encountered | Republican, | vote | FEBRUARY 15, point of | new | 1925—PART 1. “IT’S A BIG JOB; CAN 1 SWING IT?” ASKS NEW ALASKA GOVERNOR No Man Better Posted Is Answer Given to George A. Parks. Mining Engineer Makes Hit With Modesty on Learning His Luck. Coming unexpectedly, the no of George Alexander Parks to be Go ernor of Alaska took the Senaté by sur- prise vesterday, but to say it surprised Mr. Parks would be putting it mildly. He was overwhelmed. The six-foot mining had just arrived to make one of his periodic reports on the Alaska fleld service, dropped his work and hastened to the office of Commissioner Spry of the General Land Office, who has. been his superior for the past four years. Mr. Commiseioner,” said the Colo- radoan, who obviously was upset. “I'm at a loss. Think of .it! Governor of Alas] Why, that's a big job. Do you think I could swing it?” Commissioner Spry assured Parks he thought there was no man better posted on Alaskan affairs, and urged him to lose no time in accepting. Still dubious, Parks wanted to know it the commissioner could tell him why he had been selected, and if they (the President and Secretary Work) had con- fidence in his ability. Mr. Spry at length convinced the engineer that “they” and he regarded the cholce as the best that could have been made engineer, who STATUS 1S SOUGHT legislation and that the conferees ex- | ceeded their authority changing the bill in conference. They claim the point of order W be sustained and sufficient time will| not remain to send the report back to conference and get it before the Senate agaln before this session ex- pires March 4. Proponents of the legislation ta a different view. They claim the conferees could bring the report back to the Senate after a few hours de- liberation with the contested clauses deleted. They do not believe, how ever, that the opposition can make any headway with the point of order, which they claim has no basis POLICE HOLD ARMY in MAN KILLED SELF Inquest Will Be Held Tomorrow in Case of Lieut. Col. Love, Vic- tim of Motor Bus. An_inquest into the death of Lieut.| Col. Robert R. Love, neurotic patient at Walter Reed Hospital, who died after being crushed by the wheels of a Capital Traction Co. motor bus on 16th street near the entrance to Wal- | ter Reed Hospital, vesterday, will be held tomorrow at the District morgue. Among the witnesses summoned are Oliver Carver of 615 G street, driver of the bus, and O. R. Davidson of 101 Fourteenth street southeast, driver of a garbage truck, who in- formed police that an Army officer | had made three attempts in the hos- | pital grounds earlier in the day to throw himself under the wheels of| the truck. Police regard the death as a sui-| cide, although the final pronounc ment is to be left to the coroner's| jury. Officials of Walter Reed Ho Dital said that Col. Love was suffer- | ing from “anxiety neurosis,’ al nervous disorder. | | | SEATS AT TREASURY | FOR INAUGURAL SHOW | Provision to See Parade, However, Will Be on Limited Scale, Say Officials. Opportunity for a limited number of persons in the Treasury Depart- ment Building to view the inaugural parade will be provided by erection of stands on the east and south por- ticos of the Treasury Building. This was learned last night from officials, who are making plans to set up these few seats at a minimum cost. They will the various bureaus and units in the building and sold at cost. Had the pretentious plans for inauguration day and a gigantic parade material- ized, it had been under consideration { Department, be apportioned to | Congress Asked to Speed Action at This Session to Create Bureau. Among the flood of bills now re Congress, the measure to create a woman's bureau in thd Metropoli- tan Police Department and give its head the rank of inspector must be reported from the House and Senate District committees on or before Wednesday or it cannot pass this session, according to supporters of the bill Introduced in the Senate by Sen- ator Smoot and in the House by Rep- resentative Blanton a week ago, the | measure was sent to the District com- | mittees of the respective branches lof Congress. very effort is being {made to bring it out with favorable | reports by Wednesday and have it |start its final journey through both | houses simultaneously. fo Erroncous Statements Made. It was pointed out that the gives the Woman's Bureau of Police Department, which has been | operating since 1918, a legal status | by making it a definite bureat by act of Congress. Erroneous statements have been issued, it is said, regarding the authority asked for the head of the bureau. The director would hold the rank of inspector, but be answer- able to the superintendent of police, as all other officers are at present. The bill continues the privileges of the Commissioners and the superintendent of police to pre- scribe certain functions for the bu- reau not inconsistent with the pur- pose and function of the bureau, which is protection and preventive work, for women and children. The duties of the department as laid down are either prescribed al- ready in the new police manual are those required of all police offi- cers. bill the Equalizes Divisfons. In the shor bill, according to sponsors «of simply puts the members | of the woman's bureau on an equal footing, according to the period of service and classification, with other members of the Metropolitan Police but specifies that officers attached to it may not be detailed to other work except upon the recom- mendation of its director. It raises the rank of two officers, | increases the compensation of two others and makes the compensation of other members of the bureau the same as the other members of the Police Department. The bill provides the annual increase in the number of policewomen up to 45, with an immediate increase to not less than 30, and also provides for the neces- sary office force. | PRICE-FIXING CHARGED. Makers of Stetson Hats Alleged to to build huge stands similar to the ones used during the Shrine parade. This has now been abandoned, how- ever. The Post Office Department also plans to place in position some of the seats it has installed 1n front of its building on Pennsylvania avenue dur- ing other important parades. It was understood they would be under the same supervision as in the past. . OPPOSE ZONING CHANGE. The Pleasant Plains Citizens’ Asso- ciation held its regular monthly meet- ing in the Bruce School Friday night and voted to oppose that feature of the new zoning schedule of the Dis- trict which would transform Sherman avenue from Euclid street to Park road from a residential to a com- mercial street. E. J. Morton, presi- dent of the association, presided at the meeting. | Suppress Competition. FOR WOMAN POLICE. [ be- | By t | been given wonder if T could have the rest of the ‘afternoon off,” Mr. Parks ask- ed.at the close of the interview. Permission. was given and he left th Interior Department after he had told Secretary Work he was prepared to accept the governorship, “Such modesty is refreshing,” Com- missioner Spry said afterward. “He has been in the territorial field serv- ice since 1909 and no man is better qualified or better .informed as to the needs of Alaska.” Mr. Parks is 42 bachelor. His parent “NICK” WILL GREET HIS TINY DAUGHTER Longworth Speeds to Chi- cago—Identity of Baby Guarded. vears old and live in Denver Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 14—The stork arrived at Chicago at 10:30 o'clock this morning, Valentine day, and presented Mrs, Alice Roosevelt Long- worth, eldest daughter of the late President Roosevelt, with a six-and- a-half-pound daughter. The and child were doing well, reported at the hospital The little girl, it was tonight. who has not yet a Christian name, is the {only child of Representative and Mrs. power and | or | | { | | The John B. Stetson Co. of Phil-| { adelphia, makers of hats, | charged with securing support and | co-operation of dealers in maintain- was | | ng @ standard resale price system, in | a complaint made public last night by the Federal Trade Commission. | "The complaint charged the com- | pany with the use of methods de- signed to prevent retail dealers from reselling its products at prices less than those established by it. One of the methods alleged was that the company received reports from its dealers of failure 'of other dealers to maintain the specified price on its products. The commission charged that the use of such methods tends to sup- press competition among retail hat dealers, in violation of the law. The company was given 30 day to answer. ORATORICAL CONTESTS CHATS Don’t Overtrain. . BY RANDOLPH LEIGH National This is one of a serles of articles by the director of 'the National Oratorical Contest, written to give contestants the beneit 'of his observations during the 1024 contest, to offer practical sug- gestions as to_the present contest. Many contestants last Spring showed a tendency to overtrain for the contest. This was a particularly is that he was the victim of bootleg- gers, who are said to have landed cargoes near where his body was found. With military escort Dunsky's body was taken to the Army base, Brook- lyn, today. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the home of his father, Joseph Dunsky, in Brooklyn. ‘White House Repairs Voted. The Senate voted $50,000 yesterday for repairs to the White House roof, in adopting an amendment to the in- dependent offices appropriation bill. bad plan if resorted to early in the course of the work. It is highly important to thorough- 1y master your oration and to prac- tice it so as to perfect yourself in the details of your delivery. But it is just as important not to do this to the point where you will go stale at it. It you fall into the sing-song method of delivering as a result of repeating your speech too many times each day you will eventually find yourself unable to put the proper moving power int6 your words. One of the national finalists 1 year made the muw 2 overtr: Director ing, and the result was that two weeks before the Washington meet- ing he had to take to his bed. He reached the high-water mark of his speaking power at his district finfls and had kept himself so long on edge for that event that thereafter he steadily lost ground, even though winning his way to the natlonal finals. He was too anxious about himself, and so cracked under the strain. 7 5 Take the middle course in this re- gard. Put everything you have into your speech whenever you are cer- tain that you will need it to get by. But do not drive’ yourself at full tilt without ‘any' regard to the necessity for it. Above all, do not strain your emotions and your voice by work- ing too hard in your practice periods when nothing is at stake. When the time comes you can draw part of your thrill from your audience—pro- within you ¢t leap up to the vided you still have a similar thrill China alr Ll!u- par Nicholas Longworth, and arrived three days before the celebration of their 18th wedding anniversary. More than the usual care was given Mrs. Longworth, for her mother, the first wife of the late President, died at_her birth The mother, who has quietly at a hotel weeks, was been living here for several accompanied to the hos- pital by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, widow of the late President; Mrs. Medill McCormick, a close friend, and by her brother, Kermit Roosevelt. Representative Longworth is expect- ed to arrive to greet his daughter tomorrow morning. Little Miss Longworth is not to be “switched” or confused with any other “Valentine” at the hospital. A tiny circlet placed around her wrist bears a number identical with one on a wristlet worn by her mother; an identification tag was taped to the infant's back and a print of those “dear little feet” which the grand- mother so admires has been taken for identification purposes. g WILL SHOW 40 FILMS. Distributors for Independents Lay Plans for Year. CHICAGO, February 14.—The Pro- ducers’ Distributing Corporation, dis- tributing ageney for independent mo tion-picture producers, will put out 40 or more films in 1925, 12 of them to be produced under the supervision of Cecil B. De Mille, W. C. Monrone, New York, the president, announced at a midwestern and central division conference of the corporation’s man- agers here today. “We are going to have our pictures played if-we have to go into the thea- ter business,” said Mr. Munroe, “but we hope to enable independent ex- hibitors to take our pictures by pro- ducing a film a week, and thus pro- viding a full program. We shall con. tinue to encourage and finance the' new or small producer when he has something we believe in.” WOMEN FOLLOW GIANT. Van Albert, Eight Feet Tall, Draws Throngs in Germany. BERLIN, seemingl. February 14. — Giants make just as much of a hit with modern women as do “sheiks.” This apparently has been demonstrated recently in Berlin by Van Albert, the celebrated Dutch colossus, who has been daily stroll- ing along Unter den Linden with an army of women in pursuit. ¥an Al- bert stands more than eight feet high without his shoes and towers so far above all other men that they seem pygmies. Women and children regard Van Albert with much more imagination than the men, say the Berlin news- papers, which advance the theory that the scores of women who fol- low the giant every time he leaves his automobile recall the legend cf the glant Berlin, who is supposed to have kid- naped Lady Hertha. SUES SHIP BOARD. Former First Mate Asks $50,000 for Injuries on Voyage. The United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation was sued for $50,000 damages yesterday by Ernst F. Eckhardt, former first mate on the steamship President Madison, for alleged personal injuries. Eckhardt says he sustained serious injuries while en route from Seattle, Wash., to Yokohoma, Japan, February 22, 1923, as the result of a careless order given by the master of the ves- sel. He says he was thrown against a winch, a heavy iron chock and the rail of the vessel, and as the result of his injuries has been deprived of em- ployment which paid him $350 per month, and has spent $2,000 for med- ical and surgical treatment. Attor- neys G. F. Vanderveer, W. C. Cle- phane and J. Wilmer Latimer ap- pear for the mariner. Millerand to Run for Senate. PARIS, February 14.—Former gident Millerand today announced his Maentrance into active politics. He will stand for the Senate in the De- partment of the Seine for the seat made vacant 10 days ago by the death of Senator Magmy dy has a woman suf- mother | in the Muggel Hills near | §422,000,000 BILL Independent Offices Appro- priation 0. K.’d After Long, Warm Debate. The independent offices approprias tion bill was passed by the Senate late yesterday, after having been un- der fire two days. There remain only the legislative bill, the District bili, and a deficiency bill of the appropria~ tion measures to be passed by tr Senate before March 4. With two weeks and two days and a h remaining of the sessi 1t 15 be- lieved that all the appropriation measures can safely be disposed of The independent offices bill finally passed, carried $452,000,000, of which more than $400,000,000 i3 for the Veterans' Bureau. Many on the bill were made many proposed amendments were defeated after considerable debate. In fa it was charged by both Republicans and Democrats that a filibuster was under way, directed against several Pleces of legislation awaiting ac including the Muscie Shoals bill emergency officers vhich is due to come up r pe Cod Canal purchase bill ‘rench spoliation claims Fllibuster Denied. Senator King, D others who have fight for amendment ent offices bill, deni any filibuster. While | more time had been cc ideration ¢ than was given to all of the o appropriation bills passed by ate, th bill was important }and contained many provisions challenged attentior, | Republican leaders, the responsibility out of the ad would not venture an opihion to | the probable effect ‘of the delay on | that program. With only two weeks more to go, however, they feared that a continuation of what they claim is a filibuster will result in killing eral of the measures they have lected for preferential ment | the Senate. Amendment Ruled Out. | During the consideration o dependent offices bill the |iterated its refusal to fore | Board construction and |into navy vards. An amendmen iSenator Copeland, Democrat !York, which would have prohibited | expenditures until bids had been | tained from navy yards, was ru |on a point of order, raised by | Warren, Republican, Wyoming Senator Norris, Republican, braska, appealed from the chair, b the Senate sustained the ruling, 45 {to 11, with 15 Democrats voting wit | the administration forces The question of whet ment bureaus should be required obtain estimates fro vy vards | upon all marine work has been a issue before Congress for Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia, de- clared in debate on the amendment In every previous c said the Virginia Senator, Congress had re- fused to put the proposed limitation {on expenditures on the ground that it was impracticable to obtain a real estimate from the yards that could be obtained, he added, “an honest guess,” and if the the work exceeded the estimate ship was liable for the difference. i Rail Board Fund Stays. | The Senate also refused to eliminate appropriations for the Railroad Labor Board from the bill A motion by Senator Howell ! publican, Nebraska, to throw out an | appropriation for the board was de- feated, 42 to 21, after a long debate. | The amendment was supported by | five Republicans, Brookhart, Iowa: | Gooding, Idaho; Johnson, California | Howell and Norris, Nebra and i assaults been leadin: con this one measure her six he Sen- with whom for the istration ing program in sev- Shi ob ed out ver Re- two Farmer-Labor members nesota, Shipstead and Johns Twelve Democrats opposed th posal, while the following 1% vo for it: Ashurst, Arizona; Copeland, ew York; Dill, Washington; Sm South Carolina; Harris, Georgia: | Heflin, Alabama; Jones, New Mexico; Kendrick, Wyoming; King, Utah; Mc- | Kellar, Tennessee; Sheppard. Texas; mmons, North Carolina, and Walsi {and Wheeler, Montana | BRUNNER, DISTINGUISHED i ARCHITECT, DIES AT 67 Pneumonia Is Cause Designed Many Notable | Structures in U. S. | By the Associated Press. | 'NEW YORK, February 14.—Arnc W. Brunner, distinguished American architect, died at his residence here today of pneumonia. He was well ikn(v\'\'n as the designer of the s um lof the College of the City of New 1 York, the School of Mines Building at Columbia University, and other notable public structures. He was 67 years old | He had been president of the board | of supervision of public buildings {and grounds in Cleveland and a mem- | ber of similar bodies in Baltimore and Rochester, Denver and other cities. Among the chief examples Mr. { Brunner's art are the Cadet Hospital | at West Point, the Capital Park State buildings and the Soldiers and Sail- ors’ Memorial Bridge at Harrisburg Pa; the courthouse and custom- house at Cleveland, and the monu- mental bridge in Toledo, Ohio Figures ShTw U. S. Per Capita Coffee | Average 500 Cups of Death. Habit But Stride Behind Tobacco for 1924, Survey Reveals. The Yankee's fondness for tobacco led another American habit—that of coffee drinking—by just a_ few jumps during 1924, according to figures made public yesterday by the Department of Com- merce. The statisticians at the department, trained to figure right down to the last dectmal fraction, figured out that the inhabitants of the United States drank 55,000,000,000 cups qf coffee last year, providing approximately 500 cups for | each person, based on an estimated per capita consumption of 12.33 pounds Nineteen twenty-three, however. wa: year for more and better coffe drinking, {as the statisticians figured out the per capita consumption for that year to be 12,47 pounds per individual. The figures indicate total imports of coffee during 1924:to be 1,419,823,604 pounds, valued at $249,524,170, a_total slightly larger than that for 1923. Of the 1924 imports, 2,888,445 pounds, val ued at $669.545. originated in Hawail and Porto Rico, while the balance, 1,416.935,159 pounds, was imported from | foreign countries. Brazil was our largest importer « coffee, furnishing 936,701,779 pounds, ar 66.1 per cent of the total from for- eign countries, PASSED IN SENATE | v