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KENTUCKY Mi Collins, received no answer. HONORING HEROES OF BATTLESHIP MAINE. NG LOWERED INTO SAND CAVE. des of the shaft falling in and dela the old fissure, reported that he had heard Collins breathe Great ng the work vd cough. He Left to right: Capt. Virgilio G. Villalta, military attache of the Cuban embassy; Don tano de Quesada, attache of the Cuban embassy, and Capt. W. F. Clu- ius placing wreaths on the Maine Memorial, in Arlington Na Cluverius emetery, yesterday. pt. ional was ahoard the Maine when the ship was destroyed in Havana harbor February 15, 1898. WILMER INSTITUTE BUILDING ASSURED Johns Hopkins’ Head An- nounces Completion of Fund for Eye Disease Research. By the Associated Press BALTIMOR February 16—Dr Frank J. Goodnow, president of the Johns Hopkins University, vesterday announced the completion of the $3. 000,000 fund needed for the establisp- ment here of a teaching hospital and research institute for diseases of the ey The institute will be under the d rection of Dr. William Holland mer of Washington, D. C. name it will bear, and will firat of its kind in America Although it is to be a part of Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hospital Medical School, the clinfcal Institute will be in itself a complete research center for diseases of the eve. Researches under- taken will deal with such problems as those of glaucoma, one of the com-, mon causes of blindness in middle age, and trachoma, a dangerous and infectious disease of the eve. Sixty beds will be provided in the institu- tion, two-thirds of which will be for the care of patients who are unable to pay all or any of the cost of treat- ment. President Goodnow announced that Dr. Wilmer has been appointed pro- fessor of apthalmology in the School of Medicine of the Johns Hopkins University, &nd opthalmologist-in- chief to the Johns Hopkins Hospital Members of Dr. Wilmer's staft will be the the to be also be appointed to the medical fac- | ulty and to the hospital staff, it was sald, and it is hoped that Dr. Wilmer | popy will be able to begin his work by next September. Of the $3.000,000 required for the bullding and equipping of the Wilmer Institute, the General Education Board of the Rockefeller Foundation pledged $1,500.000 on condition that the other half of the sum he raised. Chiefly through friends of Dr. Wilmer the remaining $1,500.000 was secured through the contributions of 330 per- sons. ASKS $5,000 DAMAGES. Woman Sues Auto Driver and Em- ployer in Accident. The Penn Oil Company and B. F. Birch are named as defendants in a suit to recover $5,000 damages, filéd foday In the District Supreme Court By Lillian M. Westmoreland. The plaintiff says she was crossing the intersection of Vétmont avenue and Q street when an automoblle of the defendants collided with her, inflict- ing serious injury. She is represent- ed by Attorney H. A. Schweinhart. Stephen Waterhouse, 82,‘ Dies. WHITTIER, Calif., February 16.— Stephen Waterhouse, 82, retired manufacturer of Wheeling, W. Va, and Cincinnati, died here Saturday. | | ; | the wil- | whose | | erowd {against an organ equipped with ~Copy $25,000 in Furs Lost; By Dancers as Ball | Breaks Up in F ight; ight by Miller Service. PatronsStorm Checkroom and Grab First Clothes | at Hand. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February hundred garments valued including valuable fur lost when the annual ball broke up vesterday as-cateh-can battle for checkroom. Even Michael Regan, Brooklyn lower, left the hall hatles The meire started the 6,000 persons present stormed the what garments 16.—Four at $25,000 coats, wer Coney Island in a catch- clothing in the patron sports fol- and coat- some of | becoming | checkroom | came to| when subdued the | woman said had fur coat, while hu went home without policemen finall but one lost an $11,000 dreds of othe hats or coats. DANCING WITHDRAWN FROM CHURCH RITES Dr. Guthrie Instead Combines An-| glican and Catholic Ceremo- | nies at St. Mark's. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, February 16—The| withdrawal of dancing as a part of the expressionistic religious program of St. Mark's-in-the-Houwerie was announced yesterday by Dr. William Norman Guthrie, rector. “Consideration for churchmen who cannot see their | way to trust us with this great and instrument of religious evoca- | ‘tion” was given by Dr. Guthrie as the | principal reason for eliminating the ceremonies “The introduction of ‘pagan rifes and expressionistic dances into the| services of St. Mark’'s caused an open | break between the rector and Bishop | wifliam T. Manning of the-Episcopal | diocese about a year ago. | A service combining the ritual of | Anglicans, Occidental Catholics and | Western Catholics was held in the | morning at St. Mark’s. Dr. Guthrie introduced it as the first combination of the kind In church hisfory. He described the service as “a rhythmic structural oratorio embodying all the colors of the rainbow and the aurora borealis, all the sounds that can be expected of a male choir, singing a tom-tom and castanets, and screen views of nearly all the symbolic per- sonages in mythology, except Cupld and the missing link.” ASKS PRECINCT CHANGE. The Washington Board of Trade, in a letter to ‘the House District com- mittee, asks that the location of the harbor police substation be author- ized in Georgetown, because of the number of boathouses both below and above the new Key Bridge which are patronized in the Summer months by thousands of persons. In addition to this camps are numerous above the bridge and more protection should be | afforded, our fellow This photogr: trouble has been experienced by the m: so reported that he had called to the CONTRACT TROUBLE TAKES Gjsh and her mother in the United States ph was taken a few minutes before one of the miner: MOVIE STAR TO COURT. en digging the shaft toward Floyd rawling through imprisoned man, but that he had Wide World Fhotn. Lillian District Court, New York, where an effort is being made to prevent Miss Gish from appearing in pictures other than those of the Charles H. Duell, Inc porary injunction was issued’ against Mi is trying to make it permanent. CONCERT PLANNED FOR INAUGURATION Two Out-of-Town Choruses! Accept Invitations to Take ° , Part in Affair. Plans for an elaborate concert, in which two or three well known choral societies will participate, to the United States Marine Band, to be held In the Washington Auditorium on the evening of March 4, were an- nounced today at the headquarters of the Washington inaugural committee in the Willard Hotel Some time ago William T. chairman of the committee, requests from the Sheldon Choral Society of Wilkes Barre, Pa.. and the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce Chorus for permission to participate in the inaugural ceremonies next month. At that time no evening en- tertainment was contemplated, other than the now discarded fireworks Galliher, received display, and their pleas were denied. | plans for the fireworks and honor were rescinded, and the ¥ of having an evening concert was dered, the offers of the two societies were recalled, and Col. Fred A. Fenning. chairman of the inaugural committee, wrote to the directors of h and asked whether they would still care to participate by appearing in the proposed concert. Both promptly ac- cepted. The Sheldon Choral Society is com- posed of 130 voices, and it has won a number of important prizes. The Pitts- burgh Chorus contains 36-singers, 34 of whom are eoloists in Pittsburgh churghes. Will Last Two Hours. this considerably augmented program, it has been decided that the concert ‘will bezin at 8 o'clock and continue at least two hours. This wifl make it possible for any person who wants to attend it apd the char- ity inauzural ball, too, to hear the en- tire program and still reach the May- flower Hotel in ample time. The musi- cal program is to be arranged with the assistance of Capt. Santelman, first leader of the United StAtes Marine Band, which will be the outstanding attraction of the concert. To make sure that no. complaints will be made by visitors over a dull inaugural period, several patriotic so- With { cleties have planned entertainment to supplement the biz charity inaugural ball. The ranged will be the patriotic ball for the benefit of charity at the New Wil- lard on March 3. Three organizations, the Dames of the Loyal Legion, the league of Republican Women and the Women's Overseas Service League, have joined efforts to make the affair a success. Wives of cabinet officers, including Mrs. Charles Evens Hughes, John W. Weeks, Mrs. Curtis D. Wil- bur amnd Mrs. Harlan F. Stone, will lend their support. Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker Is chairman of the general committee. Heads of various other committees. include Miss Isabelle Graves Boniface, Miss Laura Bryn, W. Waverly Taylor, Lieut. T. DeWitt Carr, U, 8. N, and Capt. Edward J. Dorn, who will act as treasurer. Manuel J. Giron, director of the Central American Bureau of Informa- tion, announced that Senor Licenci- ado R. Lawenthal, minister of foreign affairs In the Guatemalan govern- in addition | largest of the balls ar-| Mrs,| concern. A tem- Gish, and the movie concern —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. LIVE 11 By the Associated Press ' MOSCOW, February 16.—Russian prison conditions appear to have im- proved greatly since the terrible days immediately following the Bolshevik | {revolution.” a much less drastic and | more humane regime evidently hav- {ing been adopted in both the criminal | and political prisons | Foreign correspondents, at the invi- [tation of the Soviet government. yes- terday inspected the Cheka Prison in Louhianka Square, Moscow, which, as the headquarters of the entire G. P. U. | system (state political police).\ has | been the most feared Institution all Russia. The newspaper men found to their | surprise that instead of long rows of | dark, cold, iron-barred cells, there were nearly 100 large, well-lighted, well- | ventilated rooms with such comforts |as steam heat, electric light, parquet | floors and papered walls, all scrupu- | lously clean. | Beds Fairly Comfortable. | Eighty political prisoners, 10 per| | cent of them women, occupy these| rooms. The beds for the most part| | are made of boards ang have rudely | made straw ticks as r¥attresses, but | they are more comfortable than the sleeping accommodations in most foreign jails. The Cheka building was formerly one of the principal hotels in Moscow and still bears many vestiges of its former equipment and conveniences. A medical clinic which In cleanliness and appointments would do credit to an American institution is a feature of the prison. Menu for Prisoners. The prisoners are allowed a pound of whole-wheat bread, a half pound of meat, tea and sugar and 13 | cigarettes a day, and are given two | half-hour periods for exercise. Summary shootings no longer take place, executions being left to the constituted revolutionary tribunals. Most prominent among the in- mates is Boris Savinkoff,.war min- CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE. |Sons of Veterans' Head Sees the| President. President Coolidge today received William . Coffin of Ohio, national commander-in-chief of _the Soms of Veterans, making his annual visit to the local chapter here. The national commander was accompanied by Col. Harley V. Steelman of this city, past national commander, and a delqgation from the local command, including Briscoe Goodhart, depart- ment commander of the District; Frank De Groot, H. T. F. Johnson, O. A. C. Aehmler, E. Warner, L W. \Eyons, J. Clinton Hiatt, Willlam Rosser, . C. Starke, L. R. Niswonger, A. A. Taylor, E. R. Lang, O. Veley, E. H. Grove, E. R. Phelps, R. L. Oatley, A. A Webb, C. S. Davis and John Bateman. . in | ‘gent, had been formally desigpated to represent that country at the in- |active | trom the American Government. | to the uncertain hospitality augural ceremonies. Senor Lowen- thal is on his way to Washington mow from Guatgmala, KING TUT'S TOMB IS REOPENED. First photograph of the reopening of the famous Egyptian tomb at Luxor. under the supervision of Howard Carter, who, with the late Lord Car- narvon, discovered the treasures of the entrance barrier. Howard Carter at_the reopening of the tomb of King Tut at Luxor. The photograph shows Carter -holding one of King Tut's walking sticks, taken from the tomb after the fe- opening. —Copsright by P. & A. Photos. JAIL INMATES IN RUSSIA NOW COMPARATIVE COMFORT iInspection of Dreaded Cheka Prison in Moscow Shows Comfortable Cells, Pienty of Food and Medical Attention. ister under Kerensky, who recently gave himself up to the Bolshevik au- thoritjes and who was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for his coun- ter-revolutionary activities abroad. He lives in a comfortable, carpeted room with a commodious bed., a diyan, a desk and electric heaters. He was allowed by the Cheka an- thorities to speak freely with the newspaper men. No Help From United States. Discussing his_counter-revolution- ary activities in Europe, he said that while France and England gave him netary support he had nev- ed a kopek of assistance He President during the but said the; er recei admitted trying to see Wilson and Col. House Versailles conference, denied him a hearing. He spends his time in jail writ- ing fiction and reading. He prefers the prison regime of the Bolsheviks of Po- land or Czechoslovakia. When he is released, he declares he will devote the remainder of his life to rescuing the Russian people from their pres- ent distress. Nicholas Yagoda, who since Dzer- ahinsky’s retirement has directed the G. P. U, declared the successful sup- pression by the Bolshevik authori- ties of all attempts at counter-rev- olution has enabled the government to adopt the much less rigorous re- gime. Terror Thing of Past. W ehave definitely parted with the policy of vengeance,” he said. “We have now a system of strict discipline, just punishment and hu- manitarian conditions. The terror inevitable in the first stages of every revolution has long since been liqui- dated. “We admitted the correspomdents today because we have nothing to hide and we want to set at rest all foreign counter-revolutionary - lies. Let all doubters come and see for themselves. HONOR DOUGLASS’ NAME. Tributes Paid to Memory of Col- ored Leader. Several colored organizations of the District of Columbia yesterday cele- brated the birthday of Frederick Douglass, colored leader, who worked during the war days of 1861 to ob- tain freedom for the negro. The Federation of Colored Wom- en’s Clubs, jointly with the Mount Bethel Baptist State Convention, held their commemoration at the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church. Rev. M. W. D. Norman, J. Finley Wilson and Archibald 8! Pinkett paid tributes to the memory of Douglass. Another branch of the Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs held exer- cises at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church. Representative C. E. Moore made the principal addres: Winters in Poland are so severe that the automabile ‘trade Is almost paralyzed, { The new work is being dene King Tut. Photo shows removal of —Copyright by P. & A. FPhotos. GRADLE ON WHICH COLLINS WILL BE LIFTED FROM CAVE the rescue work at Sand Cave: Dr. A KING AND HIS FAMILY. Fra gypsies of America, and his family. daughter is Princess Susie. Russia nk Mitchell, the of the His wife is Queen Alice and his Portuguese new ruler n, Serbian and gypsies united in selecting Mitchell to rule over them. O w St. Luke's Hospital iam Hazlett of Copyrizht by P. & A. Photos. Carmichael. engineer in charge of . Chicago, and M. E. S. Posey, rep- resentative of Gov. Field of Kentucky, making an examination of the wooden cradle which will be used in lifting Collins when he is found. TRACTION LEADERS | * CHOOSE DIGTATOR, Lucius S. Storrs of New Haven Made Managing Di- rector at Session Here. The electric railway industry today put itself under the dictatorship of a managing director, similar to the posts created in other industries, no- | tably in base ball, the theater ‘and motion pictures Lucius Storrs of New Haven, Conn., was named managing director | for the electric railway industry at | the opening session of a meeting of the American Electric Railway Asso- ciation at the New Willard Hotel. Mr. Storrs, who is president of the Con- necticut company, was named by an | advisory, council, which included B C. Cobb, Owen D. Young, Guy I-Z.‘ Tripp, Samuel Insull and Randall Morgan. Their action was unani- mously indorsed by the association. The post of managing director is a new one in the electric railway in- dustry. It was created for the pur-| pose of making available to electric railway managements and the public the services apd advice of a widely experienced transportation executive. Has Wide Experience. ‘The new managing director wa born in Buffalo, and has had very ex tensive experience in the electric traction field. He was president of the assoclation in 1917, and has been actively engaged in furthering the recommendations of the Federal Elec- | tric Railway Commission. Dissatisfied with “pats on the back™ and with being told that everything is rolling along In capital condition, nearly 800 delegates to the convention listened to a group of men tell them the trouble with the electric railway indus. try. The first day’s session of the con- vention today was described by J. N. Shannahan, president of the body, as a session where “brickbats were thrown' for purposes of improvement. Instead of having speakers tell them how good they are, the electric railway men gathered in Washington employed speakers to tell them what's Wrong with them “We believe this new experiment in conventions will prove helpful,” Mr, Shannahan said, “to improve service to the public.” Trouble with Traction. Peter Witt of Cleveland, a noted traction expert, was the brickthrower today. He spared no words in <elling the electric railway officials what is the trouble with traction today. While the meetings today were executive In character, tomorrow's open sessions are expected to be de- voted to discussion of proper methods for co-ordinating bus with electric railway service. The electric rail- ways of the country now are run- ning about 3,000 buses, and leaders of the industry say that progressive managements are rapidly attempting to co-ordinate all local bus and elec- tric railway service under electric rallway management. Program for Tomorrow. Speakers at the sessions tomorrow will Include Col. J. Franklin Bell, chairman of the Public Utilities Com- mission of the District; Mr. Shanna- han, John J. Esch, a member of the | that Interstate Commerce Commission; George B Hamiiton, president of the o Boy’s Ambition To Have Best Kite Causes His Death Copper Wire Attached to Flyer Touches High- Tension Line. By the Associated Press TAMPA, Fla., — His efforts to produce a Kite superior any of terday cost the life of Benjamin Little 11 years old. He appearcd be- fore his playmates in the morning with a kite which he told them was the “last wogd” in kite making. To his kite Benny had attached a copper wire. As Benny's kite mounted toward the clohds at noon, a strong puff of wind carried the kite over some wires. The wire on Benny's Kite touched one of them, a high-tension electric wire. One flash, and Benny's clothing was ablaze, the grass around him was burning and Be ny's mates were fleeing. His body was badly burned. He was rushed to a hospital, but efforts to save his life were futile. February 16 to of his playmates ves a 'REPORTS ON JUDGES 'NOMINATIONS HELD UP Subcommittee to Sift New Infor- mation Given About Police and Juvenile Jurists. A report on the nomination of Judge McMahon of the Police Court and Judge | Sellers of the Juvenile Court was held up today becguse of a desire of members of the subcommittee of the Senate judi- clary committee to make a further in- vestigation of eleventh-hour information that has been sent in. It is expected that after the mew in- formation has been sifted report on the nominations will be made to the committee Wednesday. Senators Caraway and Means of the subcommittee sald that they were anx- jous to investigate fully all angles of the situation before making a report to the full committee. Capital Traction Co.; Guy Tripp, ‘chairman of the board West- inghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., and Matthew C. Brush, president the American Internationai Co., New York. - J. H. Hanna of the Capital Trac- tion Co., is chairman of the commit- tee on the meeting and arrangements for the dinner at the Willard tomor- row night. - Other_members of the committee inglude W. F. Ham, presi- dent of the Washington Railway and Electric Co.; S. R. Bowen, Robert Burgess, F. N. Grigg, George E. Hamilton, A. L. Reynolds and H. M. Southgate, all Washington men.. Mrs ‘W. F. Ham is chairman of the wom- en’s reception committee. The entira afternoon session to- morgow at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States will be devoted to a discussion of bus operation, with discussion led by S. B. Way, vice president and general manager of the Milwuakee Electric Railway and Light Co. Guy | a favorable | Wid HERDI HANE DEAD PAID HEH TRBUTE i | | | | 'Veterans Hold Memorial Service on 27th Anniver- sary of Blast in 1898. World Iheto. | Before the bare shaft of the famous | battleship Maine, United Spanish War | Veterans yesterday in | of of the gallant crew | who w to death when the ship was | blown up in the harbor of Havana 27 | ve: stood memory the members ago. hreatening weather ¢ | services at the tomb in Ar | tional Cemetery, but the ve their friends, numberin sand, retired to the riding hall at Fort Myer, a@d there paid tribute short the zton Na- erans and several thou- Composite Guaré of Honor. guard of honor the Army Corps. was d Senator Means veteran of the the World Wars, composed of Navy and Marine awn up around the hall of Colorado, himself a Spanish-American and delivered the main ad- | dress. Peace, he said, should be the | wish of every man, but the pacifist i“]'n would disarm America while the from rest of the world remains ready has no place in this country i Other included Arthur H League, department commander of | the ~ District Colum United | Spanish War Veterans; Chauncey W { Herrick, commander-in-chief of the order; Capt. Virgilio G. Villalta, mili- {tary attache of the Cuban embassy; | Capt. John Lewis th, past | mander-in®chief of the order, and Lee H. y«m«, past departr mande . speakers lora McGill Keefer s Spangled Banner guard from the receiving ship at navy yard presented the colors; William R. Scott, chaplain at Myer, gave the invocation, and b dict was given by Torence N Fielder, department chaplain. Mai ! Gen. Clem and Maj. J. D. Randolph, representing the Grand Army of the Republic, were guests of honor. | Wreaths from President Coolidge |and from the Cuban embassy were | placed at the base of the Maine shaft in Arlington Cemetery Capt Villalta presented the in the name of the Cuban y and Mrs. Nora M. Albers, president of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Spanish Veterans, placed the wreath from the White ous The veterans , too, decorated the shaft with a beautiful floral tribute. The Lineal Society of the Spanish | War and District Department No. 1, | Veterans of Foreign Wars, also held services at the mast. OFFICER KILLS SELF. VALLEJO, Calif.,, February 16.—Al- bert P. Burleigh, 29, naval lleutenant, was found dead last night with a bullet wound in hig head, in his cabin lon the United Stales Navy transport Argonne, which arrived turday [from Asiatic waters. Navy authori- [ties said that they believed he com- |mitted suicide for reasons unknown. | He was en route to Maine®to join his wife and child, Maj. Fort