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re % SIMONS APPOINTED GERMAN PRESIDENT Will Act Until Forthcoming i Election—Parties Try tu Agree on Candidate. Br the Associated Press. BERLIN, March 10.—Dr. \\’nlterl Simons was definitely designated as acting President of the German Re- public by the passage in the Reichs- tag this afterncon on its third read- ing of the bill so appointing him. JOINT -.CANDIDATE SOUGHT. Parties Would Name Man to Op- pose Socialist Aspirant. RY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. BERLIN, March 10—The coming presidential campaign overshadows all other interests. The Social Democratic party has decided to put forth in the first elec- tion its own candidate, Braun. On Wednesday the combined conserva- tive parties will try to name a single andidate In an endeavor to obtain a clear majority of votes in the first election, thus making unnecessary a second election a month later. The Socialists believe that mno single candidate can obtain a ma- jority at the first election. They will keep their party together and at the second election they plan to swing their 8,000,000 votes to the common candidate of the Left or Republican parties. If they should support a coalition candidate at the first elec- tion they ate fearful that part of their followers would vote for a Communist. Issues in the Election. The issue is not republic or mon- archy. Germany, barring accldent. will remain a republic for several vears. The issue is between old con- servatives who want a pre-war Ger- many and new Democrats who ap- prove of the revolution and the Weimar constitution. The situation is, on this basls, a fairly clear fight and it should be a hard one. In the May election last year the pre-war people polled 46 per cent of the votes, the Democrats 41 per cent, the other votes being scattered. In December the reactionaries polled 44 per cent and the Demoerats 47 per cent. 1t must be remembered that with- out the Communists the Republicans would have a majority in the Reichs- tag and the Luther cabinet would be an impossibility. Powers of President. The President of Germany has less power than President Coolidge and more than the President of France. The president names the chancellor and government employes. He s commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces and can intervene with an armed force to preserve the country against danger whenever he will. He can even override the consti- tution on thé basis of article 45. The president cannot override the Reichs- tag, but practically nothing can be done against his will. He cannot veto Reichstag laws, but he can appeal to the people through a referendum. It 1s no exaggeration to state that the Immediate future of Europe will be influenced by the choice of the German people in the coming elec- tion. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) PRIVATE SCHOOLS FIGHTING FOR LIFE BEFORE HIGH COURT (Continued from Fii Orez., “can one hundred and thirty Whousand have on twenty-three mil- lion? In Oregon but 3.4 per cent of the children of the State at present are in private schools. The reports in Oregon do not segregate these schools in Ore- gon according to religious denomina- tions, but if the private schools of Ore- gon were denominational schools, teach- ing one particular religious belief, the percentage is too insignificant to have any effect on the whole.” This is made in answer to thercon- tention of the other side that private schools foster religious prejudice and that 100 per cent Americanism is ob- tainable only in thé public schools. John C. Veatch, attorney for the private schools, sums up the issue from his view with this statement in his brief: “The police power ma to correct an existing ev may be cases where it might be used to prevent an evil that is certain to come, but we know of no cases upholding the use of the police power to prevent a purely theoretical and speculative injury. We can only judge the future by the past, and the his- | tory of private schools shows no such tendency as is predicted. While the State has the power to require that all its citizens shall receive in- struction in certain things, we do not believe that the State has the power 1o say that education shall not go beyond the instruction it offers. Freedom of Individual. “Individual sue educational course that may best cannot be denied, and the has no power to control this cholce beyond placing minimum require ments. Parents are at liberty to sa that their children shall receive in- struction in addition to the instruc- tion required by the State, and it matters not whether that instruction is in religious matters, military tac- tics, physical training or anything else 8o long as it does not interfere with the rights of others.” So there is no denying the applica- tion of the highest standards of edu- cation in private schools, but there is a denial that the State can prohibit other instruction, too, and by schools | of the parents’ own choosing. 1t was planned. according to Mr. Hill, by the people back of the Ore- gon law to get this type of measure passed by other States of the Union and ultimately to try to make it an amendment to the Federal Constitu- tion Former Senator Chamberlai Oregon has been employed by the State to defend the law and he has presented a comprehensive brief based largely on the broad doctrine that the power to. regulate education is lodged in the States and that they can make suitable regulations in z cordance as the people or -the Legi lature think to be in conformity with good citizenship and’ the public in- terest. be' used , and there freedom to pu any seem State of (Copyright RESCUE CREW 19257 DROWNED. Tug, Answering SOS Call From Steamer, Grounds in Heavy Sea. AMSTERDAM, March 10.—Eight members of the crew of a tugboat sent to the aid of the Dutch steamer Soerakarta, which went ashore yes- terday near the North Pier, were drowned when the tug also stranded in a heavy sea. Lifeboats have land- ed 48 of the Soerakarta's crew, but | do it | employment. breeds unrest. | treated WIDE NORLD DR. WALTER SIMONS, One of the political lenders, who may be coalition candidate for President in forthcoming German election. VETERANS PROTEST OUSTERS TO COOLIDGE. MASS MEETING TONIGHT (Continued from First Page.) a number of employes at the Govern- ment Printing Office have recently been laid off; that this was done without notice and that many veter- ans are included in the number. “The Executive order of March 3, 1922, gave certain preference to veterans. It is Indeed regretted that the instructions set forth therein are not being complied with by the va- rious Government departments. My attention has been invited to this fact on more than one occasion, and personal Investigation has proven these allegations. “Your interest in behalf of the vet- eran is unquestioned and I know that you stand four square behind them to see that equity is administered. May I not at this time formally pro- test against the discharge of these veterans, which has been more or less promiscuously accomplished, and not only against the discharge of veterans, but of those who have faith- fully served In the Government Print- ing Office for a number of years. Calls for Equity. “It is earnestly requested that the necessary steps be taken to assure strfct compliance with the instruc- tions set forth In the above-men- tioned executive order, and this in justice to the men who have served their country faithfully under duress of war. Their sacrifices and deeds of valor should not be forgotten so soon, and the Nation as a whole is obltgated to them. They should at least be dealt with equitably.” A notice of the veterans’ meeting tonight contained the following lan- guage: “The public printer has just dis- charged quite a number of employes from the Government Printing Office, among whom are quite a few vet- erans. It Is evident that the instruc- tions of Executive order March 3, 1922, are being ignored by the va- rious bureaus, and it behooves us as comrades to present a solid front against this. 1 have this date made a formal protest to the President of the United States. This is not suffi- clent—we as one unit should protest and stand shoulder to shoulder for our comrades, “We must not delay; we must strike while the iron is hot. We must present the same spirit of co- operation and team work as we did over there on the skirmish lines. Union Alleges Irregularities. Continuihg today their preparation of a protest to the White House against the dismissals, officials of the Columbia Typographical Union, No. 101, made public additional instances of alleged illegal phases of Public Printer Carters action Secretary Seibold of the Typo- graphical Union announced the names of five additional ex-service men who, he contends, were dropped from the rolls in violation of the Executive order requiring heads of departments to retain war veterans in preference to all other employes when a reduc- tion of force is in contemplation, provided the veterans have efficiency ratings of “good” or higher. The men whom the public printer is alleged to have discharged sum- marily in violation of this order are Fred W. Cawthra of Shelton, Conn., former Army aviator, who saw a poster advertising the need for men at the Government Printing Office in the post office at Shelton and was em- ployed in February, in response to his” application: Luclano Rodriguez, overseas for three vears in France and Germany, who saw a similar post- er in the customhouse at New York, and was glven a probationary job five months ago; Martin M. employved at the printing office since 1919, and receiving the highest, rate of pay afforded by the efficiency standard, and Wiliam H. Ulrich, Span- ish-American War veteran, 45 years o0ld, who has no retirement status. Two Are Reinstated. Two ex-service men erroneously in- cluded in the list of those discharged were reinstated by Mr. Carter ye terday. They are Paul X. Manning and Alfredo Guaragn, Representa e Arthur California vigorously against the wholesale dismissals without advance notice in a speech last night before the civil service ra- tirement conference at the Hotel Con- tinental. “It ien't square nor fair,” Répre- sentative Free declared. “It wouldn't be permitted in privaté business and it isn't right for the Government to The United States & too big an institution to allow this sort of thing to go on. Dismissing men without giving them advance warning and en- abling them to make plans for re- Congress doesn't approve of these methods. It wants the Federal employes to be fairly. If they are treated right, they will do right by the G ernment “Employes should have at least 15 or 30 days' notice of an impending dismissal. I am ready to support leg- islation making it compulsory for de- partment heads to give that much notice.” M. Free of protested Hugh Stinnes’ Mother Dies. MULHEIM - ON - RUHR, Germany, March 10.—Mrs. Adeline Stinnes, mother of the late Hugo Stinnes, died here today at the age of 81. NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 O'Clock SPEAKER TOMORROW Hon. Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy CONDUCTED BY the captain and other officers were still aboard sarly today. The . B0srakarta,. s a.cargos steam pleditonse Rev. C. K. Ray E very One Invited—No Collection O'Brien. | THE EVENING STAR, 'WASHIN MURDER VERDICTS ' RETURNED BY JURY Pappas and Heimer Cases Unsolved-—Shriners Offer $250 Reward. Washington's two murder mys- teries of March 5 last, neither of which is approaching selution, went to the coroners jury teday, and verdicts of murder at the hands of persons unknown were returned in both cases, The first Inquest was into the death of Tom Pappas, proprietor of Marathone restaurant, at 1202 Sev- enth street, who was killed on the morning of March 5. The verdict of the jury in this case was that Pappas came to his death as a result of a fracture of the skull, hemorrhages and shock, the fracture being caused by a blunt instrument, an auto- mobile wrench, in the hands of a verson unknown to the jury. The jury, in the second inquest, found that James Heimer, manager of the Blg Four Candy Company -t 608 E street, came to his death as result of a bullet wound in -the abdomen fired by an unknown as- sailant at the above address on the evening of March 5. Witnesses Rehearse Facts. Witnesses at the Pappas inquest testified about facts already gener- ally known. Henry J. Tappy, who roomed above the lunchroom, told of a colored man coming up with a bucket to clean up the room at about 7 o'clock on the morning of March 5, approximately one hour after Pappas is believed to have met his death. He described this man as wearing cheap green glasses and being about 5 feet 7 inches tall, and weighing 135 pounds. James W. Hale of 401 Stanton place northeast, an iceman, told the jury that, as customary with him, he rap- ped on the window.of the Pappas lunchroom to see {f any ice was want- ed at 6:45 am. on the morning of March 5. He said a colored man was in back of the counter and that he stood up and told him that Pappas had gone to market. He said that thought that he recognized the voice of this man at police headquarters a few days ago, but headquarters de- tectives testifying later falled to sup- port this implication that a suspect in the murder had been found. ireek Legation Interested. Wilton H. Wallace, from the firm of Holliday, Cliftord & Pettus, attor- neys, appeared at the inquest as the representative of the Greek legation, which will adminigter the estate of Pappas in event a will is not found. ‘Witnesses at the inquest of Heimer included Lieut. Guy Burlingame of the sixth precinct, Dr. Howard Searles of Emergency Hospital, Ger- ald Walsh and John A. Brawner. They told of the hold-up of Helmer at his store on the evening of March 5 and of the subsequent pursuit and disap- pearance of the man who fired the fatal shot. Shriners Offer Reward. Coincident with the inquests today, announcement was made by Almas Temple, Mystic Shrine, that a reward of $250 would be paid the person bringing Information to the police leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Heimer. Detectives Mullen and Murphy also returned from Boston, where they were attempting to identify the own- er of the hat left by the murderer at the candy shop managed by Hei/ mer. Their trip was fruitless, the store at which the hat had been pur- chased being able to throw mo light on the identity of the purchaser. — CHRISTIANITY CURE FOR SIN, SAYS DOCTOR Physician for 48 Years Addresses Keith's Lenten Service on Heal- ing Power of Religjon. Christianity is the one thing In the world that works unfallingly toward the elimination of the guilty con- science and sin, sald Dr. Howard A. Kelly of Baltimore in addressing the midday Lenten services in Keith's Theater today. Nearly all of the or- chestra seats in the theater were oc- cupied. “Many of our churches are most | eaten up with the idea that to make certain social adjustments through an | act of legislation is about all that is | needed. However, I have never| known any of these reforms to do away with sin,” declared Dr. Kelly Dr. Kelly that he had been a practicing physician since 1877, and during that time he had a great op- portunity to be convinced there is a vast amount of suffering in the world. *“We all sooner or later,” he sald, “come into contact with discase and suffering.” In treating various physical allments, he pointed out, there are very few remedies that are certaln. Spiritual ailments can all be classed under one head, sin, and the remedy for the latter, he emphasized, is Christianity. “Christ broke the power of sin for all those whoe will put trust in Him," he said. And in conclusien, Dr. Kelly 8aid that he knows the whole book of John in Greek and told the audlence that any one who studied the word as in the Blble would not need any other teacher. Dr. W. Sinclair Bowen was the presiding elder, while praver was of- fered by Rev. Dr. John Weidley and Rev. Dr. Frederick W. Clampert. | Secretary of the Navy Wilbur is to bé the speaker at the service tomorrow. HERRIN BOMB INJURES 2. Klan Leader's Father and Mother Victims of Blast. HERRIN, 1ll, March 10.—H. O. Fowler, father of Glenn Fowler, one of the pricipals in the Klan and anti- Klan fighting here, and his wife, were slightly injured early today by an ex- plosion, which tore out a corner of Fowler's butcher shop here. Police expressed the opinion that an explo- sive had been placed under the shop by unknown assailants. Fowler and his wife were sleeping in the rooms above the storer Glenn Fowler, who was a bodyguard for the late S. Glenn Young, was not at home. g e s Colored Man Dies of Wound. | so. J. A. Young, colored, 1066 Bladens- burg road northe: died at Ca ualty Hospital about 8:30 o'clock last night. He was shot the night of February 27, while engaged in an altercation. Virginia M. Burke, col- ored, 19, 626 Thirteenth street north- east, arrested and released on bond, was rearrested last night and will appear at an inquest Coronar Nevitt will conduct at the morgue tomorrow morning. Parents in British society are dis- cuseing the elimination of slang among voung people, such expres- MEMORIAL BRIDGE FIGHT WON, TRADE BOARD TURNS TO MALL Success of 35-Year Drive for River Span Makes Or- ganization Confident of Achieving Proper Development South of Avenue. 'The recent actlon of Congress in authorizing the erection of the Ar- lington Memorlal Bridge at a cost of $14,750,000 and the first $500.000 ac- tually appropriated means that the Washington Board of Trade has suc- ceeded in a tirelegs drive for more than 35 years, and that with the com- pletion of this bridge another great aim of this trade organizafion—de- velopment of the Mall south of Penn- sylvania_avenue from the Capitol to Lincoln Memorial, in conformity with the comprehensive scheme of Capital beautification—will be carried out. In the thirty-fourth annual report of the board, which went to press be- fore Congress passed the Arlington Memorial Bridge measure, George W. Offutt, chairman of the committee on bridges, carries a reminder that “the most ancient and honorable profect before the Board of Trade is the Memorial Bridge. A third of a cen- tury has passed since the submlission of the splendid report of your com- mittee on bridges at that time ad- vocating the construction of the Memorial Bridge, and through all these years your by-laws have an- nually contained the injunction to your bridge committee that ‘it shall Elve special attention to the promo- tion of the proposed Memorial Bridge.’ Given Presidential Support. “It has received the support of many Presidents of the United States,” continues the report; “it has been approved by congressional ap- propriations more than once since the Fifty-fourth Congress; mational and patriotic societles have urged its con- struction. It is far beyond the bounds of local improvement and is so truly national as to demand the support of all sections and of all people.” In the board archives is a pamphlet which shows that elaborate plans and designs for this bridge were worked out under board auspices a third of a centurw ago, In this Te- port is is stated: “The need of a bridge, conveniently located, has long' been felt in Wash- ington, for the purpose of connecting the heart of the city with the coun- try on the opposite bank of the Po- tomac and at the same timé making the Arlington National Cemetery and the adjacent military post at Fort Myer more accessible. The project has been many years under discus- sion, and Congress has passed a number of acts relative thersto. Nu- merous designs have been prepared, showing virtually all the. variations known to, the art of bridge buildins. Designs Finnlly Invited. “Latterly. the monumental or me- morial idea has heen more insisted upon, and this drift of public senti- ment finaily ‘terminted In the fnvita- tion by the War Department to several of the prominent bridge en- gineers of the country to associate themselves with architects and com- pete for the design of a bridge to be dedicated .to -‘Amierican patriotism.” The judgment of the competition was confined to a board consisting of United States Army engineers and prominent architects, the result of whose deliberations was concurred in by the chief of engineers and duly approved by the Secretary of War. Upon the board of awards were Col. Charles J. Allen, Maj. Thomas W. Symon# and Capt. D. D. Galllard, all of the Corps of Engineers, as well as Stanford White of New. York and James G. Hill of Washington, as architects. They awarded first prize to a design, the joint work of Wil- m H. Burr'civil enginéer, and Ed- ward P. Oasey, architect.” In the second annual report of the Board of Trade, made in December, 1891, ts found this statement, made by Myron M. Parker, then president: “Our attention should now be turned to a bridge across the Potomac to Arlington at the end of *New York avenue. Arlington is one of the most historic points about Washington and is annually becoming more and more At Arlington are buried thou- sands of our brave soldiers. The most_distinguished generals of the war are fast finding this a resting place. Sheridan, Ricketts, Paul, Belknap, Hazen, Baxter and Crane here sleep their last slesp. To these should be added the illustrious Grant, Sherman and Logan. With this bridge, which would more firm- WARREN DEFENDED AS SUGAR INDUSTRY ROLE IS OUTLINED from First Page.) large measure by the issuance of the stock of the Michigan Sugar Co., to the stockholders of the old companies, according to the valuation 50 made, and in the proportion of their respective holdings in such com- panies.” Shows Relations Ended. a “Inasmuch as the American Sugar Refining Co., or persons connected with it, were the owners of sub- stantially 37 per cent of the capital stock of these six companies, it fol- lowed that 37 per cent of the capital stock of the Michigan Sugar Co. be- longed to the American Sugar Refin- ing Co., Mr. Havemyer or other per- sons connected with that corporation. ““This stock, as I understand it, was jssued in the name of Mr. Warren, and immediately indorsed by him in blank and delivered to the proper officers of the Michigan Sugar Co. for transter and delivery"to the American Sugar Refining Co., or the individuals who owned it. Then and there Mr. Warren's relation to the American Sugar Refining Co. or to the Eastern stockholders of the Michi- gan Sugar Co. terminated, and he was never employed by the American Sugar Refining Co. or by any one who was operating for it, or in ite interest, ex- cept for service rendered in the State of Michigan looking to the betterment of the sugar situation in Michigan." Cummins Sums Up. Senator Cummins asked that it be remembered that when the Michigan company was organized in 1906 Mr. Warren's employment by the Ameri- can Sugar Refining Company had ceased, “and he has never had any connection of any sort with that com- pany since that time”; that the pur- chases by the American Sugar Refin- ing Company of stock in the original six Michigan companies originated in a need of those companies for money to rebuild or repair their fac- tories; that there has never been any community in the directories of the American Sugar Refining Company and the Michigan Sugar Compan that “‘the eastern stockholders of the Michigan company. have not since 1910 voted for - directors in the Michigan company. The lowa Senator pointed out that during the trial of the Government's case against the sugar combine the district attorney made this statement: ment; o Made No Payment. harles B. Warren, or the law firm in which he is a partner, is not em- ployed in any capacity by the Ameri- can Sugar Refining Co., and has not been so employed since September, 1906, It is further admitted that the sions as “bally” and “old thing” being among the most offensivi preesionsy £% A4 American Sugar Refining Co. pald no 1y unite the North with the South, thousands of our people would visit Arlington who do not now do so by reason of the distance and expense.” Personnel of Committee. At that time Theodore W. Noyes was chairman of the committee on bridges, of which the other members were: J. B. Wight, Frank Hume, F. R. Fava, J. G. Slater and C.° B. Churoh. Jumping to the fifth annual re- port, made in November, 1895, the committee on bridges, then composed of R. Ross Perry, C. J. Bell and W. Ruley Deeble reported that “during the year it has given attention to the securing of a memorfal bridge acrpss the Potomac, and bills providing for such structure were Introduced inte both houses of the last Congress. A favorable report was made upon the House blll by the committee on in- terstate and foreign commerce. The committee on bridges will have the bill introduced into both houses of the | next Congress.” The committee on bridges also re- marked that “the thanks of the Board of Trade are due to Representative ieorge D. Wise, chalrmen of the House committes on interstate and foreign commerce, and to the majori- ty of its members for the patient and repeated hearings given to your com- mittee in advocacy of the memorial bridge and for the interest which they showed in the matte That vear the committee on bridges was composed of R. Ross Perry,| chairman; 8 H. Kauffmann, Willlam | B. Webb, Berfah Wilkins, Frederick B. McGuire, Frederick C. Stephe and Charles W. Needham Vigorous Fight in 1508, Attention cannot be called to all of the annual reports of the board for lack of space, but again in November, 1898, is found “the project of a na- tional memorial bridge across the Po- tomac has during the year recelved the enthusiastic indorsement of the Grand Army of the Republic.” Theo- dore W. Noves, who was then presi- dent, said, In his report: “I heartily indorse the recommendation of a vig- orous campalgn in behalf of the me- morial bridge.” R. Ross Perry was then chairman of the committes on bridges and In-| cluded on his committes ware Berlah | Wilkins, Frank Hume, Frederick C.| Stevens. Frederick B. McGuire, Charles | W. Needham, Joseph E. Willard, John W. Schaefer, Albert L. Sturtevant, Thomas R. Jones, Mareus Baker, Wil liam Gettinger and James T. Petty. Again, in the ninth annual report, November, 1899, when John Joy Ed- son was president, he reported that “the prospects for the construction of the memorial bridge have never been brighter. Through the efforts of the committee on bridges, of which R Ross Perry is chairman, an appropria- tion has been made of $2,500 for a survey and plans for this bridge, and elaborate and interesting reports have been submitted by Gen. Wilson and Col. Allen, in pursuance of this legislation Progress of Movement. At the last session of Congress nnl appropriation of $5.000 was made for competitive designs of a me- morial bridge, and plans of four of the leading bridge-building archi- tects of the country will be ready by January 1. ““National sentiment in favor of the memorial bridge has manifested itself through the action not only of officials but of the Grand Army of the Republic, of Confederate Veter- ans, of boards of trade and of private citizens generally which demands that this memorial bridge be con- structed, connecting the National | Capltal 'with the final resting place | of the heroic dead of the Union.” In the “Looking Forward” program for the year 1900, just a quarter of a century ago, setting forth matters of “surpassing importance,” there was emphasized Co-operation in intelli- gent and energetic provision for| celebrating the centennial of 1900, including s a vital feature of the ceremonies the laying of the corner stona of the memorial bridge, or other suitable memorial structure, previously suthorized by Congress.” And the program also proposed “building of the memorial bridge as an independent project if not adopted as the centennial memorial struc- ture. Mr. Warren or any firm with which he was connected. “The bill was subsequently dis- missed against Mr. Warren,” continued Senator Cummins, “There was no final decree in the case to which I have referred until 1922, and so far as the Michigan Sugar Co. is concerned it was not affected in any way. The American Sugar Re- fining Co. was restrained from buying Any more stock in any of the com- panies in which it had an interest.” Disputed by Walsh. While Senator Reed was waiting to begin the speech he had announced he would make in opposition to Mr. Warren, Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, obtained the floor and de- clared Senator Cummins' whole ar- gument was “based on an entire mis- apprehension of the facts.” Senator Walsh sald that he would show by Mr. Warren's own letters to H. O. r that instead of acting in ¥ of an attorney, Mr. War- n fact the business agent and representative” of the American Sugar Refinery interests and ‘“en- tered into all of their purposes.” “Not only that,” continued the Mon- tana Senator, “but I shall show by his letters that he helped them fix the price that sugar should be sold at in the United States.” Hits at Argume; The wholé argument in the Senate, thus far, he said, had proceeded on testimony “wrung out of Mr. Warren" by congressional committees, He add- ed that he did not say the testimony given by Mr. Warren could not be “tortured” =o as to lead to the con- clusions expressed by Senator Cum- mins. The letters referred to, Mr. Walsh said, were those presented by the Gov- ernment at the trial of the Sugar anti- trust case. One written by Havemeyer to Warren was interpreted by the Montana Senator as enjoining War- ren to secrecy concerning acquisition of stock in the Michigan Beet Sugar Co. Mr. Walsh said they also showed that the. move for purchase of the beet sugar stocks was not initiated by Michigan interests. WILL NAME DEMOCRATS, President Coolldge does not intend to act entirely in a partisan manner regarding the making of judiciary appointments, it was learned at the White House today. There are a number of vacancies In the judiciary to be filled, ana the President inti- mated to callers today that it 1s not at;all unlikely that he will appoint one or two Democrats. He has ap- pointed Democrats to the benoh in the past, and he expects to do 80 In the future. With him, it is a matter of the best-qualified man for the place, regardless of politics, when it comes to appointing judges. It was announced at the White House today that the President will make no furthér appolntments to the judiciary or to other offices within the jurisdiction of the Department of GTON, D. O, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1925. MRS. STOKES WINS RIGHT TO TESTIFY Judge to Permit Her to Take Stand Against Hushand ~ in Trial. By the Associatgd Press. CHICAGO, March 10.—Tudge W. Genmill, presiding at the trial of W. E. D. Stokes, New York million- aire, and Robert F. Lee, Chloago negro, for conspiring to defame Mrs. Helen Bllwood Stokes, has ruled that Mrs. Stokes can take the witness stand, it was learned today. The Illinols statutes provide three especial exceptions in the otherwise strict rule against a wife testifying against her husband. Judge Genmill held that the law was not clear as to Mrs. Stokes' right to testify in the present instance and suggested that the case offered an opportunity for a needed test. Mrs. Stokes has stated that ft was not her wish to testify against her husband, but rather to testify in de- fense of her good name assalled yes- terday when John T. Burke, Chicago sleeping car conductor, testified. The time of Mrs. Stokes' possible appearance on the witness stand was not definitely fixed. It was thought that she might be the first of the State's rebuttal witnesses, Lee testified today that he was de- tained two weeks by the State's at- torney’s force before he was indicted with Mr. Stokes. He entered a gen- eral denial of all allegations made in the indictment and testimony of pre- | vious witnesses. | “Now, did you ever conspire with | anybody to defame Mrs. Stokes?" and | “did you ever conspire wjth anybody to get false affidavits against Mrs Stokes? were the last questions asked him. “No sir, was the repl A. C. Christie Demonstrates Theory Before Congress Ancient Americans wers afflicted | with most of the ills and ailments from which their modern Buccessors now suffer, Dr. A. C. Christie demon- strated to delegates to the American Congress on Internal Medicine at a clinic In Garfield Memorial Hospital today. Examination of a number of bones found in the graves of pre-historic mound builders, who populated Ohio and adjacent territories centuries be- fore the beginning of the Christian ' era, has disclosed unmistable evi- dences of tuberculosis and kindred diseases that medical science is still fighting to conquer. These disclosures were regarded as of significant interest because they demonstrated that even the healthy, outdoor life the ancients followed before the coming of white races to this continent failed to save them from ravages of the plagues that still beset mankind. Evidences of a number of diseases that were once supposed to have originated in pre- historic Europe were discoveréd. Skilled In Setting Fractures. The bones at the same time pi ed that the aborigines, even with their erude flint and bone implements, were no novices at the science of surgery. Several instances where ancient medi- cine men set fractured bones with a skill that compared faborably to that of today were called to the attention of the delegates who attended the elinic, The arrows that enemies had shot into the bodies of victims were still imbedded in a number of the bones, and in a number of cases the bones bore evidence of disease, which indi- cated that the hardy warriors might have lived in some cases for a long time with the flint weapons still in their bodies, finally succumbing to the ravages of disease. Examination of these ancient bones was merely incidental to the main feature of the clinic, which was on the subject of roentgen rays and radium in the treatment of cancer. Dr. E. A. Merritt and Dr. Frederick 0. Coe, with whom Dr. Christie is as- soclated as specialist in that branch of medical science, assisted at the clinic, which was regarded as one of the most important at the morning Veessions of the congress. Valwe of X-Ray Shown. The delegates were shown pictures of remarkable results that had been | obtained in the treatment of cancer with the Roentgen and X-rays. Two patients, one of whom apparently had been cured of a malignancy of the face, and the other, a woman, who had been relieved of an inoperable cancer of the breast, were brought in to personally show what astonishing advances had been made in that line of the sclence. Pictures of other cases were exam- ined by the delegates. In two of these the tumors, or cancers, were plainly visible. Later pictures, taken after the patients had undergone several months of X-ray treatment, showed no trace of the growths. Bombarded with questions from the deegates, Dr. Christie said that in an extremely large number of cses the X-ray treatment was far more val- uable than the radium treatment, which he also gives, In every hospital and Army and Navy center clinics aré being held throughout the day. More than 1,000 delegates, representing every gov- ernment on the continent of North America, are here at the Congress. The congress will remain in session through Saturday, Mornings and aft- ernoons will be devoted largely to special clinfes in the various hospi- tals and medical centers, and the evenings will be given over to gen- eral disoussions and addresses. Education Is Needed. Closer co-operation between the physicians and surgeons of the coun- try and educatfon of the public in what the profession is doing for man- kind were urged as the present need in combating the advance of cultism and fanaticism in addresses last night. Dr. Charles H. Mavo of Rochester, Minn., president of the American Col. lege of Surgeons, outlined advances in the sclences of internal medicine and surgery in recent years, and cited the growth of his organization and the American College of Physicians as an indication of the progress in the pro- fession. Hp sald that physicians, however, are not doing their full duty in participating in the life of the com- munity, and that idealists and cuit ists are getting their laws on the statute books. Urges ‘War on-Cults, “Cultism and fanaticism are sweep- -ing the country,” Dr. Allen Craig, associate director of the College of Surgeons, declared in urging the pro- fession to enilst in a crusade for the establishment of the highest pro- fessional standards with the view of “bettering the service to the peo- ple.” The public must be shown, he added, that “there is mo such thing service chargs for- the organisation | Justice until the .Senats sonfirms his|as a medical trust, but that we as aomination of ad-AttarneypGensraly dectora arexdntece: e e S POEMmeY - DISEASES OF . MODERN TIMES VERY ANCIENT, SAYS DOCTOR on Internal Medicine—Cancer Treatment Is Demonstrated. JOSEPH R. EDSON. e e ————————— DRY AGENT SENTENCED AND REBUKED BY COURT Hagerstown Ralder Convicted of Theft of Watch in Home While Search Was in Progress. Special Dispaich fo The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., March 10.— For the alleged theft of a watch in the home of a negress, during a lquor raid recently, Luther Hop- wood, a Federal agent, was sentenced to two vears in the penitentiary to- day and rebuked befors a large crowd by Judge Wageman You ~wers invested with authority by the Government. should have protectad with your life” failed, and worst to long tim funn and | this property | said the court. “You vour case {s one of the me befors this court in a welfare of our people both individual- 1y and collectively.” Dr. A. R. Dochez of New York de- scribed his anti-toxin for treating| scarlet fever, asserting that after the serum is injected the rash gen- erally disappears in between 6 and 24 hours. Scarlet fever, he said, is probably a form of streptoccus, and in many cases where the disease sottles in the throat it penetrates tissues and may invade the blood, causing “septicemia streptococcus.” Pr. Samuel Dariing of the Rocke- feller Institute declared that while malaria is a diminishing problem in the United States, it still was in evi- dence in some sections of the South Tularemla, or “Rabbit disease,” said by Dr. Edward Francis of the Public Health Service to come from infected jack rabbits or from a bite by a deer fly that has bitten a tula- remic rabbit The fly is prevalent only in May, June and July, but a rabbit with tularemia, he warned, might bob up any time. Dr. Willlam A. White, superinten- dent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, read a paper in which he stressed the im- portant relation the mind has to dis- eases of the body. The human mind and the human body. he said. are not distinct organisms but merely dif- ferent aspects of the same organism. Medical science must get away, he declared, from the old idea that the mind and body function separately “I would introduce the psychic factor,” Dr. White concluded, “into the study of disease, and make pa- thology three dimensional I would extend our concept beyond the con- | fines of the individual to include ali | life, and, further, like the exponents of relativity, 1 would include time as a fourth co-ordinate.” BRIDE AND GROOM PARTED BY ARREST Veth, Wounded in Dental Office Robbery, in Emergency Hospital. Facing charges of having burglarized three local dental offices and suffering from a gunshot wound in his hip, Edi- son Frederick Veth, 30 years old, of Mil- waukee, is under police guard in Emer- gency Hospital, while his 1S-year-old bride, Adelaide Lucille Veth, is spending her interrupted honeymoon at the House of Detention, unable to visit him. Mrs. Goss of 6957 Norman avenue, Chicago, telephoned the local police last night to learn what had become of Mrs. Veth, her daughter. She was informed that no charge had been preferred against the bride. She asked that her daughter be told to call on her for funds if she needed cash to pay her fare home when released. Inspector Grant, chief of detectives, has received messages from the chiefs of pelice of Milwaukee, Chi- sago, Detroit and Cleveland, Ohio, in response to inquiries about the alleged burglar. From the chief of the Milwaukee police Inspector Grant learned that Veth: was re- ferred to by his father as a “drifter.” Veth and his bride, on their honeymoon trip, were registered at Statler Hotel, Cleveland, from March 1 to 3, during which time three dental offices, one of them near Union Station, were robbed, and Inspector Grant thinks the gold taken from them may be with that recovered in Veth's hotel room here. Chicago police wired that they were sending a picture of Veth and his record. Peter Veth, father of the prisoner, Is said to have been in communication with the Milwaukee police, and he may come here. e MARX AGAIN PREMIER. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, March 10—Dr. Wilhelm Marx, former German chancellor, and last month ohosen premier of Prus- sia, was re-elected to the premier- ship today, recelving 232 out of 443 votes cast in the Diet. Dr. Marx resigned late last month after fail- Half-Cent Stamp Soon to Be Issued; Also 13-Cent Type A one-half-cent postage stamp will be issued for the first time by April 1. The new denomina- tion has become necessary because of the new postal rates on third- class mail, effective April 15. A 1%-cent stamp bearing President Harding's picture is being pre- pared also for this class of mail. The design and color of the new half-center has not yet been de J.R. EDSON, PATENT ATTORNEY, 77, DIES Brother of John Joy Edson, Who Began Practice Here in 1868, Ohio Native. Joseph R. Edson, 77 years old, one of the oldest,’If not the oldast, mem- ber of the patent law profession this eity, died at the Homeopathic Hospital here yesterday after a long iliness. Mr. Fdson in began the practice of patent Jaw in Washington under the firm name of Edson Brothers eoon after his graduation in law from the old Columbian College, now George Washington Untyersity. in 1868. His brother, John Joy KEdson, however, did not become actively associated with the firm until 1875 and retired in 1881. The latter is widely known as a banker, philanthropist and lawyer. Joseph R. Edeon was born fn Jef- ferson, Ohio, August 17, 1847, and came to this city In 1863, where he held a position in the Paymaster Gen- eral's office of the War Department, until the close of the Civil War, aft- er which he entered the Columbian College. Fought for Patent Law. Outstanding in his work while 2 patent attorney was a fight carried to Congress by him for the enactment of a law which would have extended th time limit for patent grants. Coples of a letter regarding this matter were sent to patent-right holders through- out the country. Although having been in failing health for some time Mr. Edson was actively engaged in the practice of patent Iaw in an advis- ory capacity as late as last January. He was a charter member of the American Patent Law Association, the University Club and the National Gao- graphic Society. In addition he was for many years a member of the Ameri- can Bar Association, until falling health forced his retirement from active life He was also a member of the Cosmos Club and the Republican Club of New York City, and had been prominent 4n Masonic circles, having been a Knight Templar. He served on many important committees while a member of the American Bar Association, and was very active in the other organizations to which he belonged, Married in 1 Mr. Edson Goodall of married this eity in survived by his widow, ters, Mrs. H. W. Schull, wife of Col. H. W. Schull, U. S. A, at present in command of the Springfield Armory Mass.; Mrs. H. B. Gantt, wife of Capt. H. B. Gantt, Medical Corps, U. B. A, stationed at Fort Howard, Md.s Mrs Armstrong, wife of H. H, Armstrong of Hartford, Conn. and Miss Alice Louise Edson and his brother, John Jay Edson, and other relatives. Funeral services will be conducted at the Church of the Epiphany, of which Mr. Edson was a member, to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Dr. ZeB. T. Phillips will officiate. In- terment will be private, in Oak Hill Cemetery Pallbearars sons-in-law H. B. Gantt Mirs Maron 1877, He is four daugh- will be Col. H. W. Mr. Edson's Schull, Capt and H. H. Armstrong: nephews, Col. Lawrence Crawford and Le Roy Mark, and a grandson Cadet Walter Schull now at the West Point Military Academy. ELDRIDGE BACKED FOR TRAFFIC CHIEF A. A. A. Official Acclaimed Excellently Qualified for Directorship. Morris O. Eldridge, an executive of the American Automobile Association and for many years a resident of Wash- ington, was suggested today at a meet- ing of the traffic committee of the Board of Trade for the position of traffic di- rector of the District of Columbia. Although the committee was unable to take official action on any candidate for the office due to the rules of the Board of Trade, it was the consensus of opinion among members of the commit- tee, in formal discuesion. that Mr Eldridge because of his lifelong study | of traffic and road matters was an idea man for the post. It _was recalled for 25 vears h the United Sta that Mr. Eldridge d been connected with Bureau of Public Roads, had served on the Good Roads Board of the A. A, A, and had been called into conference by the joint District committees of the House and Senate when the new traffie bill which is soon to g0 into effect. was being drafted. As research specialist of the A. A. A, which has a member- ship of more than 7,000, and has been a close student of traffic prob- lems and regulations throughout the entire United States. It is believed that if Mr. Eldridge could be prevailed upon to accept the position, the interests of the entire public in the National Capital would be served Qualifications Defined. The committee, however, took de- cided action on what it believed to be the qualifications of the new di- rector of traffice, and in a resolution unanimously adopted stated “that it wished to go on record as vigorously opposing any candidate who did not have the qualifications outlined.” The committee likewise went on rec- ord as opposing the appointment of anx person now employed in the District government, pointing out that it was the clear intent of Congress to have a civilian, not in any way connected with the Police Department, given the post and that any attempt to nullify clearly expressed desire would be vigorousiy opposed. Any man appointed to the new of- fice, the committee said in its resoh tion, must be one with broad vision tolerance and reasonableness in pro mulgating regulations. It ig abso- lutely essential, the committes as serts, that the new appointes be thoroughly familiar with headlight regulations, rules of the roads, pedes- trian safety laws and all matters re- lated to traffic. The committee does not believe that any man who has not filled responsible positions in re- lation to traffic control should be considered for the position. FOUR MORE APPLY. Four new candidates for the Dosi- tion of director of trafio entered the fleld today by addressing application to the Commissioners. They ar George .J. Richardson, secretary- tresurer of the International As- soclation of Fire Fighters; John S. Blick, local business man; A. Gary Carter, automobile dealer, and G. H. Aschenbach. Motor Cycle Policeman Milton D. Smith, who made known his inten- tion of seeking the position some days ago, today filed formal applica- tion with Commissioner Rudolph. He said he realized it would be neces- sary for him to sever his connection with the Pollce Déepartment if ap- pointed, and expressed willingny take such action,