Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1925, Page 2

< ~ ton Cemetery. 9, * HUNT EX-EMPLOYE OF SLAIN CAFE MAN Police Say Green Glasses and Discarded Shirt May Solve Pappas Slaying. Ruch meager clues as grean eve- glasses and a ponitentiary shirt lod police investigating the murder of Tom Pappas, whe i skull crushed by a wrench in his Junchroom, at 1202 Seventh street, last Thursday, today to definitely name a suspect. A bulletin was senit throughout the Eastern and Southern sections of the country by Imspector Grant re questing the arrest of Charles Stoke: colored, 37, an ex-conviet, “for the murder of Pappas.” Stokes was diseharged from Atlanta Penftentiary, Fepruary 10, last. He worked for Pappas before his arrest | for an asssult on & colored man on | Military road near Arlington Ceme- tery almost three vears ago. for which he was sent to Atlanta on a Federal sentence. Tee Man's Testimony. The glimpse that James W. Hale, an fce man, caught of a colored man on the morning of tl'e murder of Pappas, when Hale rapped on the window to see if any lce was wanted, revealed the fact that this man was wearing “greenish glasses. So Hale testified at the inquest at the District morgue vesterday. At that time, presumably, Pappas was dead. This colored man said: “He has gone to narket,” and Hals went on his way, but the fact that greenish glisses were worn by the colored mar stuck prominently in his mind The murderer | helleved to have dofted shirt, taking one from a box in which Pappas kept his. This attempt to avoid detection was the clinching point for the police. They took the shirt discarded. examined it thoroughly. and discovered it was of penitentiary ranufacture. They wired penitentiarics. From Atlanta came the word thrt a shirt similar 16 this had been iseued to a colored ex-convict who, incidentally, had becn given transportation monéy to Wash- was found with his | JOHN W. HIDDLE Whe T« retiring from post of Ameri- ean envoy to Armentina. The Pres| dent may name hiy successor at once. THOUSANDS VIEW LANSBURGH ANNEX Formal Opening of $1,000,- 000 Building Featured by Fashion Display. Between 15.000 and patrons and friends, nearly as could be estimated today, attended the formal opening of the $1.000.000 addi- tion to the Lansburgh & Bro. store, at Eighth and E streets last night. A reception committee composed of the members of the firm and the entiré staff of employes greeted the visitors to the new store, conducting 20,000 local as ington. And then came the description —“May be wearihg green glasses.” 1 Inspector C. L. Grant, looked up the | Yecord of Stokes, the colored ex-con- | vict. He. found that this man had been employed by Pappas some years | ago, and this dovetailod with ome of the theories of the detectives—that the man knew his way about the res- | taurant i Basis of Charges. i The green gl r only an instant by tie ont the morning of the murder, and the | penitentiary shirt | seen 1. ice man early counled with the ! knowledge that Stokes had been em- ployed by Pappas, rcsulted in the search request being sent out Possibilities that a detective bs sent to Jacksonville, Fia. to re-| connoiter croppad up when it was learned that mother | and members of his were in | that eity. Inspector Grant had not announced at noon today whether| such action would be taken. Stokes was arrvasied previously here Detectives Thompson and Embry. upon another of Arling- may Stokes' family by following the aesault colored man in the vieinits ASK CONTROLLER FOR DECISION ON $819,373 SURPLUS| (Continued from First Page.) to the tambia This amount w1s the District's pro- portionate shar= of miscellaneous moneys, such as fees from the Na- tional Zoologleal Park and activites under the dircetion and control of the officer In charge of public buildings and grounds. The amount of this item was actually in the Treasury to the credit of the District prior to the close of the fiscal year 1922, and is included in the general fund balance of the District 01 that gate as certi- fied to by the Controllar General of the United States. In the report of the accountants of the joint select committee and a: a result in the ro- port of that committee, the amount of this ftem Is trealed ss an obligation chargeable to the s revenues of the Distriet in reasury on June 30, 1922 credit of the District of Co- sur, the On Surplas Warrant, “The sum of $3£8,755.12. The amount of this item represents the District's proportion of the surplus warrant fs- #uéd by the Becretary of the Treasury as of June 30, 1922, releasing obli- gations against the District revenues coveréd by unexpended balances of District apropriations, Under the law annual appropriations are kept upon the books of the Treasury Depart- ment for two vears following the year upon which ‘the appropriations are made. At the éxplration of that pariod, the appropriations accounts are closed qut. Under the accounting system In operation for the government of the District of Columbla, the revenuss of the District for a glven year are charged with its pfoportion of total appropriations made by Congress for that vear. This means that the District kets aside its current revenues for a given Vear on the assumption that the total amount of the appropriations for that vear will be éxpended. Therefors, hen unexpended balances of District appropriations lapse and are carried to surplus by warrant of the Secre- tary of the Treasuty, the proportion of such balances theretofore chargad to District revenues is returned to the District's credit as so mueh cash, The amount of this item, $398,755. 12, is included as a part of the general find balance of the District in ths Treasury on June 30, 1922, as certifisd hy the controller ~gensral of the United States. Yet, notwithstanding the fact that this was &n actual money credit in the Treasury on June 20. 1922, belonging to the District of olumbla and operating to Increase its surplus revenués, the accountants employad by the joint sefect commit- 1se and that committee by reason thereof, raportad the amount of this itém as an obligation against the Dis- trict and deducted the amount from the surplus revenues belonging to the District on June 30, 1932 WHEELER STATUE READY. Bronze of Confederate General to Be Unveiled Tomorrow. LA bronze statue of the late G Joséph Wheeler of Alabama i3 to ba “nveiled in Statuary Hail at tha Capi- | 1l at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. The Senators and Representatives from Alabama will deliver addresses At the request of the Governor of Ala- Bama, who is unable to be present through press of busines: “Represen. tative Almon, who represents the dls- trfct in the House which Gen. Wheeler depresented for 18 years, will preside at the ceremon | Gen. Wheeler was u famous cavalry lgader in the Civil War and the war with Spain in 1808. He was the | morning {tion wes attracted | aggravating ca | referred dénior American cavalry leader, The 4tatus will be unvéi'éd by Miss Julia Vheelar Harris, daughter of Senator arris of Georgia and granddaughter ?l GO‘L ‘Whee s them through the addition and ex- plaining the salient improvements and features 6f the new departments. The fashion review and exhibition on the second floor drew the largeat throngs. From $:30 until 10 o'cloc models displayed n, models in | drexzes, negliges, afternoon | frocks, evening gowns, lingerie and| the thousand and one what-nots that| that thr modern woman demands for | her v nhe .The entire addition wa# subject to! the in. of the vigitors, = well as many of the departments of the older buildings which have been | recently renovated. FParticular atten- | to improvements | in the display cases and furnishings| in the various departments devoted to women exclusively. Floral tributes_were massed about | the addition. coming from contem-| porary establishments In Washington, ! with ~ thelr falicitations to Lans. burgh's on the formal opening of the | addition SICK DOCTOR RISKS LIFE IN TEST OF RARE SURGICAL EXPERIMENT | (Continuea f vital organs and meant, undoubtedly. { death for ths patient on the table. | & Nervoas Malady, { { Angina pectoris, it was explained, i+ a painful and dangerous discase of the chest and heart caused by | faulty gangiion. or nerve center. [ just below the left ear and the s1ds of | tha neck. The problem confronting Dr. Kerr was to get at this ganglion | and remove it. therehv temoving the | e of the disease. In order to 1each the ganglion with his knife, however, the surgeon was forced to around a cluster of organs in front of the nerve cen ter and carefully maneuver his Instru- ment In such & way that these other organs, Including an artery, veins and important nerves. were hot | touched. Surgeons Hold Breath. i Assisted by Drs Cerna, H. C.| ‘laud and Herman Schonfield, Dr.| Werr made an inci<ion just to \71?I side of the artery, veins and nerves| to, held them to one sids and quickly cut out the ,gunglion. Every surgeon In the room held his) breath as the white-robed surgeons expertly performed the operation. One spectator, who apparently was| not a member of the profession, was overcome with the tenseness of the atmosphere and the sight of the ex- posed organs and had to he assisted from the room. From the moment that Dr. Fran- zoni, under an anesthetic, was wheel- ad 'nto the room on the small oper- ating table, until he was again tak- en out, thers had not elapsed more | than 15 minutes While it was yet too early to note definitely the bené- ficiul results expected. the operation was charactérized as entirely suc- cessful. | First Trial Here. Dr. Kerr is the only surgeon who | has ever performed the opcration in Washington. This was his fifth ef- fort. 1In three former cases the pa- | tients recovered completely. and in the fourth, while the operation itself was a success, other complications resulted in the death of the patient In the history of medicine, it was stated. only a small number of such operations are on record. Not more than a score have been undertaken in thig country and only three in South America, it was pointed out. Prior to the operation today, Dr. Frank Lee lectured on the dlsease with which Dr. Franzoni was afficted. Rev. Dr. Dinwiddie Starts Tour. Tev. Dr. Edwin C. Dinwiddie, super- intendent of the National Temperance Bureau, and National Chief Templar, InternationAl Order of Good Templars, has left Washington for a nation- wide tour, to hold conferences and mass meetings arranged by the Fly- ing Squadron Foundation, of which he is the legislative representatiy The tour will be on behalf of ob- servance and enforcement of law. Head Used as Tee, Drive Was Faulty, Caddy Is Dying By thé Associated Prese. PHENSACOLA, Fia, March 11.— Use of his head as tee sent Johnnie Gates, 15-year-old negro caddy at the Pensacola Country Club, to the hospital with a fractured skull, Play was aull on the course and Johnnie was taking a nap. A fel- low oadd: lugging golf sticks, placed a ball on his head and after taking a couple of swings, | missioner Dell, Maj. Raymond Wheel- - ENTER RENT FIGHT | the Presidant and Congress that they THE EVENING OUTLYING ROADS GETNO EXTRA D D. C. Officials to Use Only Funds Specifically Allotted in Repair_s. —— Although the work of repairing the damage done to suburban roads dur- ing the Winter could be speeded up at this time by diverting a part of the fund for street ropairs, officials of the engincer department insisted today that, in their opinion, the con- dition of the outlylng highways is not bad enough to necessitate such a step. At the suggestion of Engineor Com- or conferred yesterday afternoon with highway officlals as to the advisabil- ity of increasing activity on suburban road worlk. It was concluded at the conference that some of the lump sum for re- pairs to streets could be utilizea on suburban roads whenever officlals of the highway office folt it nacessary. Following. this conclusion C. B. Hunt, enginesr of highways, confer- red with L. R. Grabill, superintendent of suburban roads. Mr. Hunt said today Mr. Grablll still did not feel that the condition of the suburban highways was bad enough to war- t fund. Mr. added, that they might change thelr minds. Motortits Wane Repairs, Motorists have voiced the opinion that there i3 urgent need for rasid repair of suburban roadways. They feel that delay not enly s expencive to thé motorist, but that the cost' of patching the rowds wlill become greater as tims goes on. Engineer Hunt and Mr. Grablll ad- mit it is esonomical to répalr breaks in the surface as early in the year as possible. On at 1east three occaslons, Mr. Hunt sald, street repairs money has been utilized In suburban road work, but he contended that on those occastons the suburban road situa- tion was worse than now. The situation, briefly, is this: Con- gress has made immediately availuble the 1dmp sum of $800,000 in the new appropriation act for repairs to streets. The new Suburban road ap- propriation of $297,500, however, Is not available until July 1 Has $40,000 Left. Meanwhile, the suburban road aivi- sion has only $40,000 of lts own cur- rent fund with which to carry on patch work uatil July 1, and this mezns that not much more than 500 a week can be spent. Mr. Grabill's present plan Is to do as much repalr work as he can with his limited balance of $40,000 between now and July 1, and then to go over| all the main rosas and put them in good shape with his new fund. In making the $40,000 last until June 30, however, the urgent rapair work will have to go on slowly. BUILDING OWNERS Association Pledges Support to Realtors to Prevent Unjust Increases. The Washington Association of | Building Owners and Managers, rep- resenting the owners of several hun- dred apartment houses and more than $30,000000 worth of propeprty i the National Capital, yesterday voted to prevent any unjust rental raises or treatment of tenants both in their organization and on the out- side, This action followed a_similar one taken by the Washington Real Estate Board more than a weak ago. The asnoctation hs informed its membarasnip that it is up to them to prove to the people of the District, can run thelr business in a legitimate way and asks them to eliminate from the minds of the people anv thought that they are endsavoring to profiteer or take advantage of the tenants. All members have been requested to in- form the officers of the ssociation of any undue &cction they hear about on the part of 4 member or non-mem- ber. The organization has pledged itself 10 tuka steps to protect the ten- &3t aud ‘oorrect the wrong complained of. Sends Letter to Meembers. The following letter, signed by Pres- ident James McD. Shea, has been sent 10 all members of the organization: “As you know, Congress adjourned March 4 without either extending the present Ball act or passing any kind of rental leglslation for the future “1t is now up to us to prove to the people of the District of Columbia and to Congress that we are able to run our business in 2 legltimate way and to eliminate the idea from their minds that we are profiteering or taking advantage of any tenants In any way. Ask Close Observation “I wish to earnéstly réquest that you give a great deal 6f consideration to the prsent rental situation and that vou usé your influence in any direc- tion you can to prevent unjust in- oreases in reénts. Wée have had sev- eral years of rental legislation and we all know how unpleasant, un- fortunate and expensive it is for both the tenant and the landlord, and we believe if we can show the President and Congress our willingness and ability 1o handls the situstion, we will prevent any further legislation of this kind; but if we Are not able to keep our house in order we may expect renewed efforts at the next Congress to have new legislation passed, and we will find ourselves suffering from a4 more vicious law than the one we have had in the past. “Should you hear of any cases of unjust or unfair treatment of tenants by owners, either outside of the as- soolation or within it, please notify our secretary, and we will take steps to protect the tenant and correct the matter. IS IS TWO WIVES SEEK DIVORCE After 18 years of married life Mrs. Ellen Smith yesterday flled suit for maintenance against Maleton Smith. They were married in 1909 and lived together until February 15 last, whén Mrs. Smith says her husband retused to pay the rent and she had to leave nim. They have one child. Attorney J. J. O'Brien appears for the wite. Mrs. Binma Watson asks a_limited divorce from George E. Watson, charging cruelty, desertion and non. support. They were married Novem- ber .24, 1921, dnd have no ohildren. Mrs. Watsor. says her husband point- 4d a gun at her and threatened to kill her May 11 last. Attorney D. L. Grantham appears for the wite, STAR., WASHINGTON, \FORGED EDUCATION FEATURE 1S SCORED Visiting Nurses Oppose Night Studies for Children Employed All Day. Disapproval of the pian which makes it necessary for children who are -given permits to work all day to study three houre at night, in order to comply with the requirements of the new compulsory education act, was expressed at the regular February mecting of the In- structive Visiting Nurse Society of Washington yesterday morning at the residence of Mrs. Frankiin H. Ellis, 1227 Nineteenth #treet. The act requires that children hetween the ages of 14 And 16 who h.ve not piesed the eighth #rade shall attend school to that extent. The nursing soclsty, basing its opinion on experience, fasls that any plan where- by & child doing full-time work fs re- quired o put in three hours in a class- room after the das's work fs completed 1s detrimental to both physical and mental development. Othar features of the meoting were the regretied resignation, due to iliness, ot Mrs. Montgomery Blalr as second vice president ; the election of Mrs. Cres- son Newbold to fll the vacancy and thé announcement by the fatter that an Auxillary dréesing committes had re- cently been orgunized for the George- town center. Mambers of this new com- mittee include Mrs. Thomas Bradley, Mrs. Waiter Peter. Mra. Spencer Wood, Mra, Orme, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Myer, Mrs. Gréane, Miss Emily Matthews, Mise Gil- bert and Miss Marberry. Deémands Are Growing. Mre. Emory S. Land reported that the stemaliy incréasing work of the 1. VN had added materially to the demands for surgical dressings from the committee of which she is the head, and which is at the same time trying to build up reserve of dressings against the Summer, when many members will be out of town. The report of the work of the organization showed that 7,136 visits had beén made by the nurses during the month to 2,687 patients; that 1.183 patients had been given care and 4462 visits had been made by the nurses in the main office, in The Star Bullding: from the CGeorgetown cen- ter, 241 patients, 640 visits; Bright- wood center, 242 patients, 854 visits; from the new branch office in South- ¢ast Washington. 400 patients and 1,170 visits. 1In all, 417 more patients were given care and 506 more visits weére made than in January. Mrs. Whitman Cross, president, pre- sided, and those present were: Mrs. A. C. Miller, Mrs. G. Brown Miller, Frank Weeden, Miss Clara Farrar Smith, Mrs. George H. Myers, Mrs. Cresson Newbold, Mrs. John W. idge, Mrs. Northup Dean, Mrs, Emory Scott Land, Mrs. Eliot Wads- worth, Mrs. Willlam M. Grinnell and Mrs. David Potter PART-TIME CLASSES TO BE ELIMINATED BY SCHOOL CHANGES (Continued from Firat Page.) ing plants, ventilation, Interior de- sign and exterior architecturs. The supérintendent sald he i primarily concerned with the educational feam- tures, such as the arrangement of classrooms, ssating arrangements, provisions tor senool supplies and ali things affecting the classroom, teach- er and puplls. Mr. Harris, he said would observe the architeciural fea- tures, such the heating and venti. lating systems, and the costs of con- struction. The best idess in school- house construction gathered on this expedition will ba embodied Into the Plans of the District's new schosls The committes also plans, Dr Ballou said, to make caréful note of the cost of schoolhouse construction in the cities to be visited. Several years ago members of Congress ex- Pressed the opinion that schoolhouse construction in Washington wae more Gostly than in other citids, and (he committee it antious to get facts d figures 10 make a comparative analysie. Dr. Ballou pointed out t6day, how- #ver, that the cost of schoolbuilgings in Washington might be a lirtls higher than in aome other cities, due to the fact that absolutely fireproof Structures are erected here, while someé clties have a semi-fireproof or fire-resisting structures, which are cheaper to build. New schools under construction hers, Dr. Ballou emphasized, have their floo: 1aid4 an concrete and not on pillars. Wooden wainscotting als0 has been replaced in the Dis- triot’s new schoels with glazed tile, whish runs a poriion of the way up the wall from (ha floor. This, he sald, not only is fireproof, but sani- | tary. HONOR FOR BRANDSTEDT. Cosmopolitan Club Plans to Re- Elect Its President. Paul Brandstedt,” preésident of the Cosmopolitan Club, will be re-elected to that oMos at the waekly luncheon and annual élection 1o be held at the Franklin Square Hotel tomorrow. Mr. Brandstedt is the only one who has been nominated for that office. Othérs who have basn nominated for various posts are: Vice president, Orvil Drown, (eorge Lucke, Dr. Silver; secretary, Bob Simpson; treas- urer, Frank Ghiselli; executive com- mittee, Pat Davis, Charile Lanman, Jim MeKee, Aroh Miller, Dave Myers, Léw Payne, Ed Schnelder; delegate to convention, Phil Buettner, Roy Crampton, Jim McKee, Fred Rice, Miké Schaefter, Bob ‘Slmpson, George Wyne. Harding andio-gden Are Nominated for Army Commissions Cgrrylng out the provisions of the world flyer promotion bill which he signed two waeks ago, President Coolldge today sent to the 8enaté the nominations of Henry H. Ogden and John Hard- ing, r., to b approved for second lieuteant commissions in the Army Alr Service. The recommendation was made by Sécretary Weeks, Ogden began the flight as a téchnical sergeant and mechanic of thée ill-fated Boston, and in China was commissioned a second lleutenant in the Reserve aviation and ocalled to actlve duty on rec- ommendation of Capt. Lowell M. Smith, the Alght command Harding, a olvillan engineer at MoCook Field, Dayton, held a lleutenant'’s commission In the drove. He missed the ball. Doctors todav despaired of sav- ‘ing Johnnie's lite. S The coal déposits 6f Canada are be- lieved t6 compromise about ene- ighth of the known supplies in the world, Reserve, but was called to active auty to fly in the New Orlun-: % om‘o:‘r: l:oa:llav.n‘ml will become & ular Army upon Senate “eonfirmation, 7 D. C, WED ot L. Limoges and Fr: MIDWEST STORM LOSS 1S 500,000 Indiana and Southeastern |I- linois Hit—Several Persons Hurt—Homes Wrecked. Peckham, By the Assocviaied Prevs. INDIANAPOLI®, Ind. March - Indlana and southeastern lllinois i0- day was taking stock of the damage done by the severe wind, hail and rain storm which swept over late yes- terday and last night, causing prop- erty damage estimated at more than half a million. Beveral persons were injured, none seriously. - The storm spparently struck in ‘Bagar County, 11l and then moved eastward in the general direction of Terre Hauts, unroofing houses, blow- ing down trees and barns. Telephone and telegraph service also was im- paired. In Bdgar County was estimated at dozén homes and the Methodist Church wére leveled. Ten houses were dastroyed near Paris, TIL At Terre Haute. Ind.. the storm blew down a numbér of houses and unro6fed several buildings at St. Mary of the Wood Academy, causing damage estimated ®t more tham 960,000, At Rochester, Ind., where the storm assumed proportions bor- dering on a tornado. numerous barns were razed and the fence and grand- stand at the county fair ground demolished, causing damage of about $75,000. Claypool, Ind., houses and barns demolished and many trees uprooted. The damage in this village was estimated between $30,000 and $40.000 Traction car service 6ut of Indiana- polis was temporarily disrupted when poles were blown to the ground Many other towns and hamlets re- ported houses and barns unroofed, trees felled and windows shattered. AFFIDAVITS FIGHT TEAPOT DOME SUIT | | Absent Witnesses Are Heard ! in Battle to Recover Big 0il Land Leases. 11 where the damage 75.000, about By the Astociated Press. CHEYENNE, Wyo.. March 11.—In- visible witnesses continued to held the stand today in the GOvernment's suit Against the Mammoth Oil Co. here for eancellation of the Teapot Dome naval oil_reserve lease. There remained on tha program of Government counsel at the opéning of court several depositions, somé of them made by Independent oil operators, deal- ing with thelr negotiations with Albert B. Fall, then Secretary of the Interior, seeking leases to the famous oil fleld. Preliminary efforts of the Pioneer Oil and Refining Co. toward obtaining a 1eass on Teapot Dome were dealt w esterday in a deposition by G. Thomas. Another by John C. Schaffer, néwspaper publisher, dealt with the lat- tér's efforts to obtain a léeass on 600 acres of the Dome and an allotment of not.mors than 640 acres of the fleld ad- foining aldn 6n which. Schaffér averred, he had already spent large sums of hmoney in drilling. Depositions of James L. Beatty of New York, former president of the Texas Co.: Frank E. Kistler of Denver, then president of the Producers and Re- finers’ Corporation, and Birch Helme of New York, former head of the Texas Pacific Coal and Oll Co., were read into tha record by the Government as tend. ing to show that Fall apparently had regarded Harry F. Sinclair, bead of+the Mammoth Co., 88 & favorable bidder be- causeé Sinclair held several contracts for quitolaim deeds from persons who had independent interests within the field The feature of the depositions was that . F'all regarded any {ndépendent operator who ehowed abllity to clear the field of small claimants as & favora- ble contender for the lease. s TRIBES’ BOMBING HALTS. King's Troops Withstand Attack at Jeddah, Port of Me By the Associated Press, LONDON, March 11.—Reports reach- ingr 6Mcial quartérs in London today | indicate that the bombardment by the Wahabi tribesmen of Jeddah, port of Mecca, has almost ceased. There dre Indications, it is added, that King Alf's troops, which are securely In- trenched in the city, will be able to hold out several weeks without aid from tha outside." X ere were ‘N6 cmsualities among the British or other foreigneérs in Jeddah, and the-loss of life on both wides ale-nd to number not mor ™ 2. > reported | at NESDAY, MARCH 11, ives of pntriotic organizations hefo | | { | i | | i i 1925, M. 0. ELDRIDGE, INDORSE ELDRIDGE FOR TRAFFIC POST Automobile Dealers Ask A. A. A. Executive for Di- rectorship Under New Law. Manifesting .their keen intarest the selection of a competént man for the newly ereated position of director of traMo of the District, members of the traffic committee of the Washing- ton Automotive Trade Association to- day Indorsed M. O. Eldridge for that rost Mr. Eldridee, who has héen con- nected with the American Automobile Aseociation for gnany vears, has been interested in the traffic prebiem ever since there was suoh a thing, the au- tomobile dealers pointed ouf. over, they are of the opinfon that Mr Bldridge i% fitted for the job not only because of His wide éxperience in Automobild administrative prob- léms, but alse bacause of hin intégrity and his tempermental bént for such activity. Deéalers Vitally Interested. The automobila dealers, according to Paul B. Lum, president of the Washington Automotive Trade Asso- ociation, are vitally interested in the selection of the proper man for the posttion created under the new trafic law. In the hands of a com- petent man and an adequate traffic force, Mr. Lum sald, Washington's traffic problem would be reduced to a minimum. Much of the eonfusion and congestion that now exists would bé sliminated and the number of trafic acoidents dscreased materially. Mr. Lum sald the automobile dealers have followed the traflic law from the time it was introduced to thé time jt was sent to the Whits House, sug- gesting amendments in the course of consideration. many of ‘'which were ncorporated in the measure as enacted. The District Commissioners will glve careful consideration 1o (hé sug- géstion put forward vesterday that Mr. Eldridge be appointed director of traffic. They have taken no action thus far toward deciding on the appointment and havé let it be known that theéy plan to 100k for the best man avail- able for the position, they said today. In addition to the name of Mr Eidridge, the Commissionsrs also have before them the names of Mil- ton D. S8mith, president of. the Po- licemen's Association, and the pres- ent chiet of the Traffic Bureau, Albert J. Headley. The Commissioners have not made known their mtitude on the question of whetheér the appointee may come from within the ranks of the city or Governmeént employes. The trafic committéee of the Board of Trade yesterday went on record against taking anybody at présent employed fu the ¢ity or Federal serv- ice for the mew position. NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:38 to 1 O'Clock SPEAKER TOMORROW Dr. Howard A. Kelly of Baltimore CONDUCTED BY Rev. J. L. McLain very One ln‘md-,..— Ne in | More- | | i | { | | the General e xtatue of Jonn of Are. in Meridian Hill Park. Left to right: Mra. Joka B. O'Donnell, Mme. Daeschner, wife of the Fremch Ambaxsader; Mgr. James K. Mackin of St. Paul’ ureh; Mme. Carlo Polifeme, Mrs. John M. Beavers, Mrs, James Carroll Frazer, Mra. Theodore Boynto: Cath- Mile. TRIBUTE 15 GIVEN 10 JOAN OF ARC Mme. Daeschner and Daugh- ters Attend Ceremony by French Society. The statue of Joan of Arc in Me- ridian Hill Park was formally intro- duced today to Mme. Daeschner, wife of the new French Ambassador, and their daughters, Irene and Antionette, at a brief ceremony of tribute to the Maid of Orleans, conducted upder the auspices of Le Lyceum Societe decs Femmeés de France. Mme. Carlo Po- lifeme, president and founder of the organization. which presented the statue to Washington, presided Mgar. James F. Mackin of St. Paul's Cathelic Church, was the principal speaker, and in & brief address, urged his audience 1o emulate the princi- ples for which “the greatest woman fn the world except the Mother of Christ” stood for. Tha lessons to be drawn from Joan of Are's life. he de- clared, wera honor, unselfishness, earnéstncss and bravery. Mme. Poliferne in introducing the speaker brought greetings from the aociety, whose headquarters sre in New York, and expressed thanks for the services rendered to her country. Mrs. John M. Beavers. State regent of the Daughters of the American Révolution. and Frank l. Peckham, District of Columbia commander of the Ameérican Legion, also made brief addresses. Owing to the short time Mme, Poli- teme had to arrange the ceremony. Ambassador Daeschner could not cancel other sngagements to attend. Mme. Polifemé placed = wreath on the statue @nd another wreath was presented In the name of the Maj. Piérre L'Enfant chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion. Mrs. Noble Newport Potts, the regent, was pravented from attending owing to iliness. Thoss présent included Mrs. B. O'Donnell, Charles Moore, man of the Fine Mrs. John John chair- Arts Commmssion: D. Sherman, president of Faderation of Women's Clubs: Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, president of ihe Belleau Wood Me- morial ociation: Mlle. 1. Limoge. secrétary of the Alliance Francaise, WILBUR DISCOURSES ON VALUE OF PRAYER Navy Secretary, Speaker at Mid- SENATE WRESTLES WITH ISLES TREATY | Pepper Fails in Effort to Fix Late Vote After Matter is Taken Up. Whei thie 281 00 Pinse irepty laid before the Senate tive session, Senator Copeland crat, New York, ssked unanimous consent that & vote on the guestion of ratification be postponed until early during the next session of Congress. He proposed a vote on December 17 but Senator; Bruce Democrat, Mary- land, objected. Senator Copeland de- clared & “very long time’ would he necessary to dlgpose of the debate on the treaty. He said he thought the ‘new Senators took their meats on March 4 should an portunity to become familiar Isle of Pines issue before being called iIn open execn Demo who have op- with the upon to vote Opening the débate on Senator Willls, Republican. clared that he had devoted a deal of study to the rreaty, but the more he studied the question more convinced he b that pact should not be r by Senate. Willls stated that in his opinion the Isle of Pines treaty should not be before the Senate at this time. The World Court and the Lausanne treaty, he sald, were far more important is- sues than the treaty with Cuba and that the Senate should not use the }imited time of the short session of Congress for the consideration of & relatively “unimportant” pact Senator Willi statement that the maps pubiished by the United States Government clearly showed the Jand as an American possession sulted in lively debate between pr ponents and opponents of ratification Senator Pepper, republican, Penn sylvania, insisted that the map question, & copy of which hung in the Senate chamber, merely indicated the island had been surveved by Amer- ican engineers. Senator Willis maintained the map clearly showed that the United States Government ragarded the I:A‘Yfl a[‘ Pines occupied the same fterritori status as the Philippines, Guam and Porto Rico. Senator Willis based his argyment sgainst ratification upon the neces- sity of protecting the rights of United States citizens who went to the Ixle of Pines and established their home Americans went to the island, he de- clared, because of pamphlets pub- lished by the Washington Government urging them to settle there. Senators favoring ratification plied that if maps showing the Isle of Pines as an Américan possession were printed the United States Gov- ernment was not bound to enforce the error by the annexatic the islana treaty Ae- the Ohio, the ame tified the Caba as Comparison. Republican, Ohio. was “at least one ator here now who was persuaded 1o make an investment in Cuba, think- ing that one day Cuba would be an American possession, but I'm sure that he would not advocate taking over Cuba in order to protect his rights as an American citizen An effort to get the World protocol before the Senate late terday by Semator Harris of Georgia | was blocked. | Renator Pepper of Mad moved to take up the Isle Fines treaty. Senator Harris, who earlier in .the day had given notice he would move to discharge the for eign relations committee from furthe consideration of the World Court, id order to bring It before the Senats oftered. such a motion as a substitute tor the Peppér motion Senator Robinson o Democratic leader, nounced that if the Georgia insisted on his substitute he make a point of order against it Vice President Dawas called for an oral vote on the Pepper motion and anmounced it had prevailed. Senator Copeland, Democrat, New York, made a point of order that the Pepper mo- tion had not prevailed because the Vice President had failed to ask for the nays in submitting the vote. Senator King, Democrat, Utah, declarsd the New York Senator's point of order had come too late, and during the con- fusion that followed, Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Republican leader ceeded in getting the Senaie into ex- ecutive session, shortly after which récess was taken until Lomorrow SENATOR TO PUSH ACTION. Senator Fess, clared there Court Pennsylvania Arkansas howeve an- enator would Senator Harris of Georgia sald to- day he would do all he could to zet a vote on his motion in the Senate 10 discharge the committee on foreign relations from further consideration of the World Court and to bring that matter befors the Senate for action Day Lénten Services, Quotes §t. Paul. Secrotary of the Navy Wilbur, Apeaking at th émidday Lenten serv. ices held at Keith's Theater today, discoursed on the value of praver at all time. “Prayer,” he said, “ls a recognition of our weaknéss and of God's strength and results in the paradox expressed by Paul: ‘When 1 am weak then 1 am strong. for Hid strensth is made Derfect In my weakness. Some sav that God does not answer prayer but that the benefit comes from the reaction on a man's own soul. But why should we saek to change the plain words of the Secrip- ture, ‘Ask and ye shall receive'? “The manner of the receiving is not important. If a sick man, as a result of his prayer. I8 so strengthened that his soul carriés on and heé recovers, where, without prayed he would dle, need we inquire whether his prayer was answerdd by God or by man him self? If we tune in & radio and get a beautiful song, do we make the song? Without 6ur tuning {n we would not get the song. But we know that our tuning in is only a part—somewhera some one s singing, somewhére some one is broadcasting a song. It is be- Ing sent through the air all about us. yer I not something to be solved in a day or to be worked out in some formula in an afternoon. It 18 the greatest problem of life, for in it 1s hidden the relationship between man and his Creator, the rélation ba. tween Creator and the created, and the working out of the complicated detail of life of the individual and his re'a- tionship to other human beings. Christ said we should pray without ceasing. It is clear thén that our attltude, our lives, should be oné of praver. We should iive a prayér, and to live a prayer one must seek to have his life 4nd his purposes acceptable to God.” SUN MEN TAKE SWATOW. By the Associated Press. CANTON, China, March 11.—Sun Yat-Sen’ headquarters here an- nounces the peaceful ocoupation of Swatow, Kwangtung, province. All the rebel leadérs are said to have fled. A Shangbai dispatch last month £aid fighting had broken out between Sun Ya:sen'- followers In Kw.n:.. tung and troops of the Chihli gener Chen cmuu-m‘ £ at the present session of the Senate Senator Harris may not be able 1o make the motion today, since his resolution proposing a discharge of the committee for consideration of the World Court under the rules lies over a day, and while it was submit- ted yesterday the Senate took a recess last night and today is in thé same legislative session as that of ves- terday. POLICEMEN DENY CHARGES OF DAVIS (Continued from First Page.) clared that he left the station at 13:45, and was at home shortly after 11 o'clock. Davis placed the time of {the alleged assauult at 1:25 am Robinson said he had been in_the captain’s car to a lunchroom on Wis- consin avenue because Lieut. Pierson was away from the station and he could not surrender to him the key to the automobile. As he drove back to the station it was 12:45, he said, and he met Plerson with two other persons coming out of the station Pierson asked him to take one of ‘the persons home, but he explained & friend was driving him home fn his car. He gave the key to Pierson and joined his friend, who drove him to his home. On the way he met Police- man Fenton a short distance from the home ot the witness and talked with him. On cross-examination by Assistant United States Attorney Finelly the policeman admitted that he wore gray trousers on the night of the alleged assault. Davis had sald that the men who struck him with the hose had on users. B mes I, Gawen of the third pre- cinct, another of the sen named by Davis in his testimony. fed that he was in the seventh precinet station that night, and déclared he had not been there within a year of that date Davis stated that Gawen had hold of one of his hands when he was brought out of the cell and had the sack thrown over his head. Gawen said he went on duty that night with Police- man Mavors at 12 o'clock and never left his beat until 7 o'clock. He wa not nearer than Twenty-first and N strests to the seventh precinct that night, he said. Among the other policemen cor- roberating Robinson and Gawen were OMcers Raymond B. Carroll, Frank E. Dodson, Clarence Morgan, Reuben K. Fenton and Dekk Seérgts. Antonalli and Lake,