Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and slightly warmer tonight: minimum temperature slightly above freezing: tomorrow unsettled and warmer. Temperatures: Highest, 46, at noon today; lowest, 26, at 7:30 a.m. to- day. Full report on page 7. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. | - WARREN REJECTED Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 No. 29,539. post office, Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, BLEe AGAIN BY SENATE BYVOTEQF 461033 FEELING 15 INTENGE Bitter Debate Before Crowd- ed Galleries Precedes Final Action on Coolidge Choice for Attorney General. CHARGES FLY THICKLY BEFORE ROLL IS CALLED Administration Leaders Accuse Foes of Partisan Motives, While Opponents Declare Nominee Is Unfit for Office Because of His Sugar Trust Affiliations. Overriding President Coolidge a second time, the Senate today re- jected the nomination of Charles B. Warren to be Attorney General of the United States. The vote was 46 to 39. The Senate now awaits the Presi- dent’s next move in the matter. It was announced Saturday he would offer Mr. Warren a recess appoint- ment. The rejection of Mr. Warren today | d4id not come as a surprise. Ever since the nomination was resubmitted to the Senate it has been apparent there was to be no change favorable to Mr. Warren. Absent Senators hur- | ried back to Washington to take part | in this second clash between the Pres- ident and the Senate. Aide to Jardine RENICK W. DUNLAP. AGRICULTURE POST 1S GIVEN DUNLAP Ohio Dirt Farmer Named by | Coolidge to Assistant Secretaryship. Renick W. Dunlap of Ohio was today appointed Assistant Secretary of Agriculture by President Coolidge. Announcement of the appointment | followed a conference at the White | House between the President, Mr. Dunlap and Secretary of Agriculture Jaraine. Like his newly appointed chief, Mr. Dunlap Is a dirt farmer. He was born on a farm in Pickaway County,| Ohio, in 1872, has spent practically his whole Mfe farming and before | coming to Washington was engaged in the administration of agricultural affairs in his native State. i i Republic: Group Turns Tide. The defeat of the administration | today was more decisive than on Tues-! day of last week, when the vote at; first was tled on the Warren nomina-1 tion, and rejection was finally made | by a single vote. i Mr. Warren's rejsction today was| brought about by the vote of the Dem- | ocrats combined with that of a group | on the Republican side of the cham- ber, including the so-called Insur- gents and the single Farmer-Labor | Senator, Shipstead of Minnesota, i Rofl Call on Nominations. The roll call was as follows: Senators voting for confirmation were Ringham, Connecticut; Butler, Cameron, Arizona; Ca Cummins, Towa; Curtln, K& Vermont; Deneen, Illinols; du Pont, 'Delaware: Ernst, Kentucky; Fernald, Maine; Fess, Ohlo; Gillett, Massachuseits; Goff, West Virginia; | Gooding, Idaho; Hale, Maine; Harreld, Oklahoma; Jones, Washington; Keyes, New Hampshire; Lenroot, Wisconsin; MeKinley, Illinois; MeLean, Connecti- cut; McNary, Oregon; Means, Colorado; Metcalf, Rhode Island; Moses, New Hampshire; Oddie, Nevada; Pepper, Pennsylvania; Kerne, Oklahoma; Sack- ett, Kentucky; Schall, Minnesota; Short- ridge, California; Smoot, Utah; Spencer, Missourl; Stanfleld, Oregon; Wads- worth, New York: Watson, Indlana; | Weller, Maryland, and Willis, Ohio.—33 | Republicans. Those voting against confirmation were: Ashurst, Arizona; Bayard, Dela- ware; Blease, South Carolina; Branton, New Mexico; Broussard, Louisiana; Bruce, Maryland; Caraway, Arkansas; Copeland, New York; Gill, Washington; Edwards, New Jersey; Ferris, Michigan; Fletcher, Florida; George, Georgia; Gerry, Rhode Island: Glass, Virginia; Harris, Georgia; Harrison, Mississippi; | Heflin, Alabama; Kendrick, Wyoming; | King, Utah: McKellar, Tennessee; May- | fleld, Texas; Neely, West Virginia; | Raiston, Indiana; Ransdell, Louisiana; | Reed, Missouri; Robinson, Arkansas; | Sheppard, Texas; Simmons, North Caro- | lina; Smith, South Carolina; Swanson, Virginla; Trammell, Florida; Tyson, Tennessee; Walsh, Montana, and Wheel- | er, Montana—Democrats, 35. Senators Borah, Idaho; Brookhart, Jowa; Couzens, Michigan; Frazier, North | Dakota; Howell, Nebraska; Johnson, | California; Ladd, North Dakota; La Fol- | lette, Wisconsin; Norbeck, South Da- kota; Norris, Nebraska—Republicans, 10, and Senator Shipstead, Minnesota, Farmer-Labor. Total, 46. The folowing Senators were paired: Green, Vermont, for confirmation, with Jone: New Mexico, against Edge, New Jersey, for confirmation, | with Stevens, Mississippl, against;| Phipps, Colorado, for confirmation, with Pittman, Nevada, against; War- ren, Wyoming, for confirmation, with Overman, North Carolina, against; Reed, Pennsylvania, for confirmation, with McMaster, South Dakota, against nator Underwood of Alabama was unpalired and absent. Immediately after the vote was an- | nounced the Senate went into closed executive session to consider other nominations, and shortly before 3 o'cock the Senate adjourned . until noon tomorrow. | Following adjournment Senators Cur- | tis and Butler went to the White Hm)!e‘, and went Into conference with thej President. i Partisan Polities Charged. The administration leaders in their final struggle to bring about con- firmation, charged that partisan pol- ftics was the principal factor in the opposition to Mr. Warren. They ex- tolled his record of service and his qualifications. Absolute denial of partisenship in the vote was made by Senator Borah, Republican, and other Senators op- posing Mr. Warren. They insisted that, believing Mr. Warren was unfit to be Attorney General because of his connection with the sugar trust in the past, they wouid be recreant to thelr duty if they perfunctorily agreed to confirmation merely be-| cause the custom was to confirm nominations to the cabinet. Says Warrem True to Trust. When debate began at 10:30 this morning, Senator Goff of West Virginia, one of the early elected Republicans, made his malden speech in support of the nomination of Mr, Warren, citing his record of public service and declar- ing that he knew Mr. Warren person- ally and believed him thorougly qualified for the posjtion. Senator Reed of Missourl, a leader o fthe opposition to Mr. Warren, re- plying to Senator Goff's assertion that Mr. Warren had always been true to the trust imposed upon him sald: “Yes, Mr. Warren has always been ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) | lap's grandtather. too, was one of Ohlo’s | was president of his township school | end of eight months to take over a | Southern agricultural methods. Mr. Dunlap's father, Nelson J. Dunlap, began farming in the pioneering| days, and now lives on the farm he| first began to operate. Since then he has acquired more than 1,000 acres of the best farm land In his section. On his mother's side, too, Renick W. | Dunlap inherits the instincts of the farmer. She was a_daughter of Hugh Bell of Chillicothe, Ohio, a farmer and breeder of short-horn cattle. Mrs. Dun- ploneer farmers. Was Leader at College. Mr. Dunlap. who received his early education in a district school, entered Ohio State University, in the College of Agriculture, in 1890, and wae graduated in 1895. During his college years he was a member of the Horton Literary Society. helped organize and became presiden of the Townsend Literary Soclety, an agricultural society; was a member of the university senate and one of the organizers of the Agriculture Student. He was a member of the varsity foot ball squad for four years. In his senior year he was captain and manager of the team and treasurer of the athletic assoclation. He was selected several times as the left end of the mythical “all-time Ohio eieven.” Since graduation Mr. Dunlap has spent most of his time on his farm In the Scioto Valley, near Kingston. Until 1923 he operated it as strictly a grain, cattle and hog farm. That year, how- ever, he added a dairy and is shipping considerable milk, but at the same time continuing his cattle and hog breeding. Active in State Grange. Always interested in community and | public affairs, Mr. Dunlap was chosen | by the State board of agriculture as a lecturer for the State Farmers' Insti- tute soon after his graduation and| spent many Winters instructing farm- | ers not only in Ohio but other States| as well. He became a member of the | State grange as soon as he was old | enough. Had he been willing to vote | for himself he would have been its| president in 1911, | Mr. Dunlap has been a member of| the Ohlo Farm Bureau since its or- ganization. He was the first to intro- | duce and demonstrate the practical use of commercial fertilizer in his community, and the first year after| leaving college raised by this method more wheat on 50 acres of land than his father raised on 150 acres, the| parent not using fertilizer. He was the first to build a silo in his com-| munity. In politics Mr. Dunlap was always a Republican. His first public office | board. He was later elected to the State Senate. In 1910 he was elected State dairy and food commissioner, running on the State ticket, on which the late President Harding ran for Governor of Ohio. Backed Pure Food Laws, During his tenure as State dairy and food commissioner Mr. Dunlap succeeded ingobtaining much legisia- tion insuring the distribution of pure food in Ohlo. Upon retiring from | that office he returned to his farm and was elected secretary of the State board of agriculture, resigning at the 60,000-acre ranch in Florida, which gave him an opportunity to study! Returning from the South, he took | complete charge not only of his own farm, but those of his father in the same community. 1In order to im- prove his knowledge of dalirving he spent an entire Winter two years ago studying dairying under the best ex- perts in Wisconsin. He Is a Free Mason, a Knight Templar and a Shriner. The Adventures of a Broadcaster Frederic Willlam Wile, special writer for The Star, political analyst and radio broadcaster, will hereafter contribute reg- ularly to The Evening Star a semi-weekly feature, called “The Adventures of a Broad- caster.” 1t will deal with Mr. Wile's continueus experiences with his “choir invisible,” record their “reactions” to his discussion of | | politics, and narrate his “life on the air” in piquant and instruc- tive fashion. The initial article, “America’s First Radio Inauguration,” will | of unusual importance to the plaintift's | be barred until | the Che WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1925—-THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. T FALL'S BANK BOOK EVIDENCE BARRED: HARD BLOW TO SUIT Court’s Ruling Causes Fed- eral Counsel to Change Tactics in Oil Case. WERE TRYING TO SHOW AN EXCHANGE OF BONDS Roberts and Pomerene Now Will Offer Alleged Proof Accord- ing to Judge's Views. ted Press ! CHEY Wyo., March 16.—Evi- dence intended to reveal the secrets of the bank accounts of Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, was barred from the record in the Teapot Dome lease annulment suit here today. The ruling barring the evidence, hand- ed down by Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy, deprives the Government of its only known means of attempting to prove an exchange of Liberty bonds be- tween Fall and Harry F. Sinclair, whose Mammoth Oil Co. was given the lease on the big Wyoming ofl reserve. Judge Kennedy referred to the mat- ter in question as involving something case, but that as the matter stands it was manifestly incompetent and would such time as it was shown to be competent. Judge Kennedy's ruling left the Government's case up in the air so completely that a recess of 10 min- utes was allowed to permit Owen J. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene, Govern- ment counsel, to get their remaining witnesses in shape. Roberts Changes Pl After the recess Attorney Roberts announced that he would reverse the procedure previously followed in an attempt to show the alleged passage | of bonds between Sinclair and Fall | by tracing the bonds from Sinclair and Fall instead of from the former Secretary to the head of the Mam- moth Oil Co. The court had warned Roberts that he was approaching the matter from the “back door.” In a lengthy prelude to his decision Judge Kennedy quoted from rulings on similar procedure made by the Eighth, Second and Fourth Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, laying stress on precedent upheld by the elghth circult under which jurisdic- tion the Cheyenne court falls. Court States Reasons. “No reason is apparent to the court at the present time at least why the| individual transactions involving the | connectfon of the ex-Secretary of the Interior with bonds passing through the bank should not be proven by witnesses having that knowledge, Kennedy ruled. e et ome witness has oftered evidence tending to show the sale of bonds by the bank, the proceeds of which were credited to the Secre- tary's account “That is perhaps a proper line of testimony, because it is the testimony of an individual having personal knowledge of a direct transaction and the court cannot assume, in the ab- sence of some proof to the contrary, that each material transaction in- volved cannot be proved in the same manner, thus at least reducing the chance of getting error into this record. “The fact that a conspiracy here is charged and the proffered evidence would tend to afford an important link in the chain of its establish- ment should alone suggest to the| court great care and caution in ad- ministering rules of evidence. The rule of ‘necessity’ and ‘exigency’ does not seem to have here been satisfled. Evidence Held Incompetent. i Another thing which strongly ap- peals to the court is the fact that at the present time the evidence which | is here tendered is incompetent and immaterial for the reason that no | attempt has been made to trace the | bonds in controversy from Sinclair | as thelr source, without which con- necting link the whole evidence now tendered would have to be stricken. “The court is always inclined to in- dulge counsel in the matter of order of proof, but here the order has been so strangely reversed and the evi- dence tndered so manifestly incom- petent at the present time that if the court's discretion is to be exercised as the books say in matters of this kind it would seem to be the court's duty In a case of this importance to at least sustaln the objections until such tine as it appears that the evi- dence so strongly contended for is elther competent or material, and such, with the light the court now has, will be its ruling.” ———— “DRY” BIBLE IS ASSAILED Belies History by Ruling Out Men- tion of Wine, Educator Says. STOCKTON, Calit, March Prof. George Colliver, head of the! department of religious education at | College of the Pacific, sald in a statement today that the “prohi- bition Bible is unscholarly, seeks to | disguise historieal facts, thereby evad- ing the truth.” “To rule out all references to wine makes this unauthentic ‘shorter Bible’ untrue,” he said. “The use of win was common enough in biblical days, though the Nazarites and Rech- abites objected to it for racial rea- sons, however. This translation is not true to history or the facts of the case. To call this ‘prohibition Bible's a shorter Bible is a misnomer.” McCOY JURY STILL OUT. Verdict Awaited on Fourth Dey of Deliberations. LOS ANGELES, March 14.—The jury in the case of Kid McCoy, former pugilist, charged with robbery and assault In connection with a shooting affray subsequent to the slaying of Mrs. Theresa Mors, of which he was | convicted, entered its fourth day of deliberations toda; When the ten men and two women were sent to their hotel last night they apparently were no nearer to a verdict than when the case was sub- | | 16.— | 'CUBAN ENVOY SOON “THE HELPING HAND” (AS. THE SENATE SEE PLANTO WELCOME PERSHING IS SAVED General Delays Arrival to Avoid Upsetting Arrange- ments for Reception. Washington's “welcome home” cel- ebration for Gen. John J. Pershing. just returning from his South Amer- ican tour, will take place as planned | at Union Station tonight only be- | cause the general is a “good sport.’ When Gen. Pershing was informed | by telegram in New York yesterday that because of a misunderstanding here as to the time of his arrival the reception was scheduled for 8:30 tonight, whereas his train was due to arrive at 3:30 this afternoon, the retired general of the Armies good- naturedly acceded to the urgent re- quest of his friends and decided to save the day by taking the later train, His previously expressed wishes of not being tendered an elaborate greeting upon his return to Wash- ington also were withdrawn when he was fnformed in the same wire that the interest of pan-American relations would be served and a great patriotic lesson taught if the} plans of the committee were not cur- tailed. So when the general steps from his train at the station tonight he will be met by a committee of wel- | come representing military, civic and patriotic organizations; will be es- corted into the President's room at the south end of the concourse to the martial music of the Army and Navy bands and there officially wel- comed and will then be placed in the leading automobile of an impromptu parade along Pennsylvania avenue. Motoriats Urged to Parade. The final steps in completing ar- rangements for the reception was taken today when Col. J. Franklin Bell, Engineer Commissioner of the District, went to the White House and obtained permission of President Coolidge to use the presidential rooms at_Union Station tonight. The general will be met at the train by 12 special representatives of the War Department and patriotic bodies, Including Brig. Gen. S. D. Rockenbach, U. S. A., commanding the district of Washington: Col. Bell Frank H. Peckham, district com- ‘mander of the American Legion; Mrs. Noble Newport Potts, president of the National Patriotic Council: Brig. en, Amos A. Fries, U. 8. A.; Capt. Adolphus Andrews, U. S. J. Harry Cunningham, vice president of the Board of Trade; Maj. Frederick W. Keough, Director General Rowe of the Pan-American Union, and Col. C. O. Sherrill, oficer in charge of pub- lic buildings and grounds. Paul B. Lum, president of the, Washington Automotive Trade Asso-} ciatlon, will have charge of the auto- mobile procession. He urges all mo- torists to join in the parade, prefer- ably with flag-draped cars. The pa- rade, led by a platoon of mounted Dolice, will start from the Plaza about 9 o'clock, it is estimated. Plans for having part of the pro- gram at the station broadcast were called off. WILL RESIGN POST Ambassador Announces Custom Requires His Retirement Upon Administration’s Change. Redrement in the near future of Senor de la Torriente as Ambassador from Cuba was forecast by him today after he had called at the White House to express to President Coolidge gratifi- cation over the ratification of the Isle of Pines treaty. Senor de la Torriente sald that inas- much as there would be a change of ad- ministration_in Cuba in May it would be customary for him to submit his resignation by that time. He said he had completed his work in Washington, intended to return to Havana early in April and indicated that he might tender his recignation to the Cuban President in the very near future. President Coolldge was told by the Ambassador that the Cuban government appreclated the support given the Tsle of Pines treaty by the Washington Gov- mitted to them last Friday, but Su- perior Judge Charles Crail did not be published tomorrow. indicate that he would discharge them before tonight. ernment, and that he felt certain that ratification of the treaty would result in more firmly cementing ties - between Cuba and the United States. DEATH CLAIMS INVENTOR OF WASSERMANN TEST Leader in Medical Research Work Passes Away Germany. in B the Associated Press. BERLIN, March 16.—Prof. von Wassermann, director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Experi- mental Therapy and professor of in- ternal medicine at the University of Berlin, the originator of the cele- brated Wassermann blood test, died today. He was one of Germany's Kreatest medical research men. He was 59 years 0ld. August Prof. Wassermann. educated at the universities of Erlangen, Munich Strasborg and other institutions, be- | came known as one of the foremost pathologists in Germany and of the| world, and was especially famed for his investigations in the subject of diagnosis of specific disease. The best known of his discoveries is the ed test whereby certain chemical re- actions of blood samples detect the presence of syphilitic infection in the patient. He had conducted a long series of periments seeking a cure for can- cer, and at one time anonuncements | indicated that he believed he was near success, although no certain results of the experiments were announced. He had recelved numbers of prizes and awards in Germany and from foreign universities and at interna- tional medical congresses In recog- nition of his accomplishmen 5100000 AIRGRAFT ORDER IS PLACED Curtiss and Douglass com-| panies to Build 85 Machines of New Types. Contracts totaling more than $1,000- | 000 for new types of aircraft de-| veloped by the Curtiss Co. of New | York and the Douglass Co. of Cali-| fornia were awarded today by the Army Air Service. The machines are new observation types which have been approved by the Army Air Service as replacements for the war-built types known as “DH's” An award of $70,000 was siven the Curtiss Co. for development of the new machine, and the Douglass Co. received an award of $60,000 for similar work on its production. Awards were made on the basis of tests at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio. Ten machines were ordered from the Curtise Co. at an estimated cost of $250,000, and 75, at an estimated cost of $883,000, from the Douglass Co. The McCook Field tests of the! Curtiss and Douglass types revealed a speed power in excess of 130 miles an hour and a lifting capacity suffi- cent to take the craft to aititudes| exceeding 20,000 feet. | Ten amphibian observation planes recently ordered are to be used in ob- servation work by the Air Service along the coasts and in the vicinity of the Great Lakes. CHAMBERLAIN MAY SEE HERRIOT ONCE MORE Two Statesmen Expected to Con- fer on German Security | Pact Proposal. By the Associated Pres: PARIS, March 16.—The British for- eign secretary, Austen Chamberlain, stopping off here on his way home from the Geneva meeting of the League of Nations council, is expected, to resume his conversations today with Premier Herriot. Among the subjects likely to claim their atten- tion are Germany's admission to the league, the security protocol, which was “buricd” by Mr. Chamberlain at the Geneva meeting, and the Gérman suggestion for a security pact. The last-named question presents the most difficulties, raising the ques- tion of Germany's eastern frontiers, which, it is believed here she wishes to alter at the expense of Poland and Czechoslovakia. Three Hurt in $250,000 Fire. SCRANTON, Pa, March 16.—Three firemen were injured and damage es- timated at $250,000 resulted when fire swept through the wholesale produce house of the John T. Porter Company, oo Lackawanna avenus, early yester. ay. | “Wassermann reaction.” a compiicat. | n& | Ject HEHWAY BRIDGE T0 BE REFLOORED D. C. Engineer Officials Rec- ommend Restricting Truck- loads to 10 Tons. Recognizing the torn-up condition of the asphalt surface on the Highway Bridge. engineer department officials have arranged to make temporary re- pairs within a few same time are preparing plans for the complcte reconstruction of the bridge floor. Declaring that heavy trucks pass- over the bridge are making it difficult to maintain the surface. David E. McComb, engineer of bridges, today recommended to Engi- neer Commissioner Bell that the traffic regulations be amended to place a limit of 10 tons on trucks that may cross the bridge. Oficials say that because of the necessity for rebuilding the floor structure it will not be possible to completely resurface the bridge until next vear. C. B. Hunt, engineer of highways, said, however, that until it is resurfaced he will keep it in the best condition possible by patching. Mr. McComb and Mr. Hunt both admitted the present condition of the surface is bad, and stated that a repair gang would be at work there within a day or two. A few days ago 1t had been the intention of Engineer of Highways Hunt to put an entirely new surface of asphalt on the bridge this Fall out of the appropriation for repairs to streets just made available by Congress. This plan had to be deferred until next year, however, when Mr. Mec- Comb of the bridge department in- formed Mr. Hunt that the buckle- plate floor on which the asphalt rests would have to be redesigned before a new surface is laid. In his report to Col. Bell today, Mr. McComb said: I am making a study of the sub- of an improved floor for the bridge, and expect to be able to sub- mit a project for inclusion in the estimates for the fiscal yvear 1927 I recommend that an amendment to the traffic regulations be made which will limit the welght of vehicles passing over the Highway Bridge to 10 tons of 2,000 pounds, gross weight of vehicle and load.” In another part of this report Mr. McComb explained that the asphalt surface is laid on upturned buckle plates and that “the flexibility of the buckles under heavy trucking is such that it is difficult to maintain the roadway in reasonably good condi- tion. At the present time It is in poor condition.” Discussing his_report further, Mr. McComb stated that the new floor to be planned for next year will have to be of some design different from the present one, The Commissioners probably will take up at their next board meeting the recommendation to place a limit | on the weight of trucks passing over the bridge, Viscount Miura Dies at 79. TOKIO, March 16.—Viscount Goro Miura, 79, former minister of war and a member of the House of Peers, died at Atami today after a long illness. He was known as a statesman who was called upon to form many cabinets. days and at the| Sunday’ on, 99,852 s Circulation, 108,649 * TWO CENTS. |Belloon Breaks Away and Starts North ‘On Its Own’ Breaking away from its moor- ings at Bolling Field today, while being inflated with hydrogen, a 19,000 cublc-foot free balloon half filled with the gas took off with- out its passengers, rapidly as- cended to a 10,000-foot altitude and was whisked away to the north by a strong wind. Early this after- noon nothing had been heard of it at the fleld. The balloon, recently received here from Langley Field, Va. to be used for practice flights by lighter-than-air officers of the Air Service, was being blown up for a trip by Lieut. Col. Ira Fravel, chief of the lighter-than-air section of the Army, and Capt. R E. O'Neill, also of the aerostat branch. Through some unaccountable man- ner, the ropes gave way, and, re- sisting attempts of the men to hold it down, the balloon sailed away. Moving at a rapid pace and a high altitude, it had almost disap- peared before aviators could take off in planes and follow It if not attempt to bring it down FOUNDRY PARKWAY SURVEYS PLANNED Tracts Given by C. C. Glove and Mrs. Archbold to Be Third Largest in Capital. r Surveys will be made this Summer for the development of Washington's third largest park—the 108 acres of watered woodland in the northwest recent gifts of Charles C. Glover and Mrs. Anne Archbold Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, has announced that a thor- ough inspection of the tracts would be made during the next few months and systematic plans laid for one of the most beautiful areas of city park- land in the country, a fitting com- panion plece to Rock Creek and Potomac Parks. No funds are av: bale for actual construction work, but complete cost estimates will be made this Summer. Two Broad Boulevards. The tentative plans call for two broad boulevards, one on each side | of the park, which will constitute a |part of the city street development and rank among the most beautiful automobile drives about the Capital In accordance with this idea all the dwelling houses constructed these Btreets will face the parkw: 50 that the wooded tract alwayvs will be on oné slde and no unsightly back vards will mar the landscaping of the park itself. It is probable, Col. Sher- rill says, that running through the woods and connecting these boule- vards will be a system of auto roads, bridal paths and foot paths. In the park itself athletic fields and picnic grounds are to be lald out as rapidly as funds are available The position of the area fits naturally into a scheme for the further park development of the city, with a great boulevard extending from the Potomac River eastward to Wisconsin avenue and thence into | Rock Creek Park. the greater part of | this distance being through woods |and embracing the most attractive | natural scenery and some of the finest suburban homes in Washington. Extends Two Miles. The parkway itself extends for over two miles between Reservoir road and Massachusetts avenue. While all plans for development still are tentative and dependent upon funds which will the tracts themselves will be open | to the public of Washington for the first time this Summer. The land now belongs to the public, Col. Sherrill says, as much as ever will be the case. It is open for hiking, walking, riding and picnicking. Many Wash- ingtonians will be able to take ad- vantage of the practically unique features offered. The woods may be used even for camping overnight, if permission is obtained. In this respect the park, in its natural condition, offers something unique on the edge of a great city. Potomac Park, with its elaborate landscaping, and even Rock Creek Park, with its man-made roads, fords and bridges, have about them certain unmistakable touches of the artificial, while the new tract represents nature in its original beauty. On the banks of the great ravine, through which flow the water of Foundry branch, Washingtonians can go back to the District of 200 years ago, when forests covered the present sites of great buildings and populous streets. Interior Little Known. Few feet have trod these woodland glades. The beauty of the place Is as- tonishing, Col. Sherrill says, and a few feet from the traveled road the hiker comes upon vistas which would feature These have natural groves. gethe is the great beach trees, clumped to- great size. Health Officer Wants House Burned Where Case of Smallpox Was Found Declaring that the frame house between Bladensburg road and the Eastern Branch in which a case of smallpox was found Saturday night is in such condition that it could not be successfully fumi- gated, Health Officer Fowler an- nounced today that he would seek permission from the owner to . burn it down with its content Meanwhile, Eph Devoe, colored, is a patient at the Smallpox Hos- pital and 15 other occupants of the house at the time he was taken sick are at the Health Department quarantine station. According to the health office there were two colored families in the house and fourteen of those in quarantine are children. Dr. Fowler said he made a per- sonal visit to the dwelling and found as a health measure it should be burned. “I will ask the owner to give me written permission to burn it down ae it stands,” sald Dr. Fo ler. “If the owner is not willing to have this done I will refer it to the board for the condemnation of insanitary buildings, for inspec- tion.” The Health Department Saturday evening received a request to move a case of erysipelas from the house. When Driver Newman of the Health Department ambulance reached the house he called the health office and told one of the officials the case looked like small- pox to him. Dr. John T. Sprague, chief of the contagious disease service, in- vestigated and concluded Devoe had smallpox. The other 15 occu- pants then were taken to quaran- tine and all of the children, Dr. Fowler sald, were given new cloth- ing by the Salvation Army. Dr. Fowler was somewhat puzzled today as to what could be done for the two families if he carries out his plan to burn the house and its contents. Radio Programs—Page 26. corner of the District contained in the | along| become available, | hardly be imagined. The most notable | NEWARMSPARLEY | HERE OPPOSED BY * BRITISH LABORITES ‘\Liberals Also Fight Accept- ance of Expected Invita- tion From Coolidge. PARTY IN POWER SURE TO CRUSH OBJECTIONS Is Already Pledged to Take Part in Disarmament Conference in D. C. | BY HAL O'FLAH | By Cable to The st | LONDON, | from . and Chicago Daily News. March 16.—Intimations Washington that United | States is ready to call a conference |on limitation of armaments were re- celved here with a mixture of warmth land coolness | Conservative opinion accepts the in. | vitation at its face value, voices ap- | proval of President Coolidge's senti- | ments and declares Great Britain is | willing to accept the invitation re- | Eardless of France's action. Foreign | Minister Austen Chamberlain already | has the authority of his government [to indicate Great Britain's willing- {ness to attend the conference in { Washington, and even to Indicate im- | medtately the desire of nis country { to reduce naval armaments. | Opposition fs Active. | Such hastiness on the part of the | conservatives aroused marked antip- athy among Liberals and Laborites | who have supported the Geneva pro- | tocol, and who now consider it irrev- erent to discuss alternative methods | before their beloved enterprise has {received decent burial. These objec- |tors are expending considerable ef- i the fort today in outlining reasons why | Mr. Coolidge has the wrong moment conference movement Their principal point Is based upon | the French attitude, whick they de- clare is bound to be adverse to a con- of arms in chosen tor starting a ference for limitation view of their stand toward the | Geneva protocol. Also it is declared apan is not likely to find conference parlable with the renewed threat of a British naval base at Singapore Might Bar Alr Program. Considerable doubt also exists among the Liberals as to the advisa- bility of Great Britain eventually en- [tering a new conference un France joins the effort, as that would force Great Britain to exclude limita- tion of aircraft frem the agenda of the conference. Such doubts as to présent inadvisa- Bility of proceeding with plans for the | conference in no way imply doubt as |to the great moral benefits which would accrue from an international meeting such as Mr. Coolidge en- ! visages. | (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) ASSURED ACTIVE SUPPORT. Invitation Will Be Welcomed by | British Officials. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, government March 16.—The British has_not vet been in- formed by the Washington authori- ties nor Sir Esme Howard, the Brit- ish Ambassador, of the latest sugges- tlon from the White House for a dis- jarmament conference. 1t has been expected in official circles here, how- |ever. that concrete proposals would be forthcoming when Frank B. Kel- |logg assumed the office of Secretary | of State as a result of the confer- ences which Mr. Kellogg had with Austen Chamberlain, the foreign sec- retary before the retiring Ambassa- | dor left London A new proposal, if founded upon [ this unwritten understanding between | Secretary Kellogg and Mr. Chamber- |1ain, will be welcomed by British of- |ficials and given their active sup- I port, it is declared. |7 1t" is learned, however, that the | feeling which existed during the re- |gime of Ramsay MacDonald's Labor | government that such a conferencs |should be held in Europe under the |vatchful eve of the League of Na- tions is not supported by the Conser- | vative government. 'REFUSES CONGRESS GRAIN FIRM BOOKS Supreme Court Denies Right of Senate to Gather Data From Private Accounts. Congress cannot collect by access to the books and papers through a Federal investigating body all the information it desires for consideration in the formulation of a legislative policy, the Supreme Court held today, in affirming the decision of the lower court in three cases from Maryland, brought by the Government against Hammond, Snyder & Co., the Baltimore Grain Co. and the H. C. Jones Co. The Federal Trade Commission, act- ing under a resolution passed by the Senate, called upon the three grain houses for access to their account books for the purpose of gathering informa- tion in a study of the causes which had operated to force a decline in the price of grain. The lower Federal ¢ourts held Congress did not have the power to compel corporations to submit their books 1o inspection even though the data was gought to enable Congress to determine whether remedial laws were required. Japanese Pass Alien Land Law. TOKIO, March 16.—The allen land law was passed by the House of Peers teday. The law liberalizes conditions under which foreigners may obtain land in Japan and bars from land ownership citizens of countries in which Japanese are prohibited from owning land.