Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain this afternoon and tonight; to- morrow unsettled and slightly warmer. Temperatures: Highest, 53, at 4 p.m. yesterday ; lowest, 39, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION =_ No. 29,540. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D, C. * GOOLIDGE APPOINTS JOHN G. SARGENT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL .INWARREN'S PLACE Nominee Comes From Plym- outh, Vt., President’s Home | Town—~Confirmatien Like- in the Senate. SESSION IS EXPECTED TO ADJOURN TOMORROW White House Acts After Michigan Man, Twice Rejected, Declines Sincerely Offered Recess Ap- pointment—Exchange of Let- ters Is Made Public. The Senate judiciary committee this afternoon reported favorably the nomination of John G. Sar- gent of Vermont to be Attorney General. John G. Sargent of Plymouth, Vt., byas today nominated by President Coolidge to be Attorney General. This action followed closely on an announcement from the White PERU ENVOY HERE Replaces Warren G, MAY RESIGN POST AS TAGNA PROTEST Feeling High in Lima—Se- rious Anti-American Out- WASHINGTON, D. C, CITIZENS ENGAGE GOUNSEL TO AID IN ZONING LAW FIGHT Fund of $5,000 Being Raised to Help Commission in Up- holding Validity of Act. PROTECTION OF CAPITAL’S RESIDENTIAL AREA GOAL e i s | Head of Federation of Associations Stresses Vital Importance of Winning Case. Citizens' organizations of the Dis- trict today launched a concerted movement to assist the Zoning Com- mission in the forthcoming court proceeding in which a property own- er has attacked the constitutionality of the zoning law. A group of civic leaders, who have been active in arousing the public to the importance of the case, an- nounced today that they have en- gaged Edward M. Bassett, legal con- sultant of the New York Zoning Commission, to appear as friend of the court to represent citizens and property owners and aid the cor- poration counsel in the trial of the case. At the same time Jesse C. Suter, president of the Federation of Citi- zens' Associations, made public an ap- peal to civic bodies and to individual property owners to subscribe to & guarantee fund of $5,000 to defray SCHURMAN NAMED TUESDAY, MARCH 17, MARCH 17, 1925. PRAYERS AND CARNIVAL GAYEFY 1925—FORTY PAGES. ny Star. 1 MINGLE ON ST.PATRICK FETE DAY | Irish Societies Attend Special Masses—Colorful | = “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. Yesterday" s Circulation, 103,660 * TWO CENTS. Dog of Dead Man Leads Rescuers To Master’s Body By the Associated Press. DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, March 17.—The story of a faithful dog, which led rescuers to his master's body, became known today when the gasoline schooner Dalsy ar- rived with the body of Hugh Den- nehy, manager of the Western Live Stock Co., Portland, Oreg. who perished in a storm on Una- laska Island, one of the Aleutian chain. Dennehy's body was fourh, after many other efforts had failed, by watching his dog through a field glass. Observers saw the animal trot to Dennehy’'s body and snuggle to it. The dog found the body 6 miles from Chernofeki. Indica- tions were that Dennehy had fal- len asleep and was frozen to death. Dennehy was lost while he was crossing Unalaska Island from the Pacific Ocean to the Bering Sea with Ralph Stacy of the Aleutian Live Stock Co. FALL' SONNLAW T0LD 0 TESTIFY Court Rules Everhart Must Reply to Questions on Deposit of Bonds. By the Associated Press. March 17 — Ruling M. T. Everhart, banker and owner of Pueblo, Colo, and of Albert B. Fall, must ranch son-in-law FAIMAN CONFESSES SHEPHERD OFFERED §100,000 FOR GERMS Bacteriological School Head Says He Gave Typhoid Cultures to Lawyer. ADVISED McCLINTOCK HEIR HOW TO USE THEM Tells of Alleged Conference During Iliness of Millionaire as to Disease’s Progress. | By the Associated Press | CHICAGO, March 17.—Typhoid ver germs which killed Wil | son McClintock, “millionaire {were given Willlam Dar iherd, foster-father and he upon his promise to pay $100,000 aft er settlement of the estate, C. C. Fa man, head of a school of bacteriology told Robert E. State's ney, today. The amount was decided upon {Falman sald, after he first had de manded $250.000, reduced the amount to $200,000 and finally compromised upon a promise of $100,000 after nu merous conferences with Faiman said that he method of administering germs |and advised Shepherd as to further I steps to assure the death of the rich | vouth | " Approximately a dozen conferen | were recounted Fair { ment and brought his Nel orphan ng Shep- Crowe, attor- Sher d the dvise the ENVOY TO GERMANY { tostify as to an alleged deposit he | with Shepherd up to a time | made” of Liberty bonds in behalf of | Clintock's death, when ithe former Secretary of the Interior, | afte Faiman House that Charles B. Warren of | Michiga nomination had the necessary expenses of assisting in the defense of the zoning law. breaks Are Reported. Legion Costume Ball and K. of C. Function whose been twice rejected by the Senate, did not desire to accept a recess appointment should it be him Prompt confirmation by the Sen- ate of the nomination of Mr. S: was predicted. A canvass of the sen- timent among the Senators in that the nomination would be proved. The threatened controversy the Pre right to give “Mr, Warren Senate As ap- a rec appointment to after his rejection by falls to the ground. soon as the Senate shal is expected the present sion will adjourn looked for not later night When the Senate met today, on mo- tion of Senator Curtis, the Republican leader, a commiitee was appointed to | walit upon the President to asce from him what communications, if any, he desired to transmit to the Senate. Senator Curtis and Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Demo- cratic leader, were appointed as the al Adjournment than spe. i is ! tendered | ment maintained complete silence today | on | argent | controvers icated | strations were of widespread and serfous | i between | draw dent and the Senate over his | protest the | nave | ward seeking a reargument of the case. | acted upon the nomination of Mr. Sar- | The State Department, however, has re- ment and a few other nominations, it | ceived no official intimation to that ef- ses- | fect. tomOrrow | up his post here it is regarded as likely | elati . | fif?ceufl Wétild depend on the government Although the Washington Govern- the recent demonstrations in Peru against the arbitral award made by President Coolidge of the Tacna-Arica it was learned from other sources that these anti-American demon- | nature, and that Peruvian Amb: from Hernan Velarde, the ador here, may with- Washington as a personal Reports also have reached Washing- ton that Peru might take some step to- Should the Peruvian Ambassador give that the move would be entirely a per- sonal one on his part, and would not be tantamount to a severance of diplomatic Whether he would -be re- at Lima. Formal Protest Made. Coincident with the unofficial ad- vices of anti-American demonstra- i i ‘ Treasurer Is Named. Mr. Suter announced that Bowles, vice c Savings Bank, has been named treasurer of the guarantee fund and all contributions should be sent to him. While the leaders in the clitizens’ movement were formulating their | plans toduy Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover made the following statement in connection with the case B. A. |attacking the constitutionality of the | local zoning ordinance which is now pending in the Supreme Court of the District: “I have closely studied the develop- ment of Washington both before the adoption of the present zoning ordi- nance and during the past five years since it has been in effect. As @ re- sult 1 am strongly convinced that here, as in other growing cities, a well drawn zoning ordinance is an elemental and eminent necessity for the comfort, health, convenience, safety and general prosperity of the whole community and its inhabitants. it protects the equity of the small home owner. It is essential for rea- sonable stability in the development of different districts of the city so that citizens may plan the use of their property on a more permanent president of the Poto- | Minister to China Elevated to | Post at Berlin—Has Dis- tinguished Record. President Coolidge today nominated Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman of New | York, now United States Minister to China, to be Ambassador to Germany to succeed Alanson B. who was transferred to at London. The appointment of Dy. Schurman to this important post did not come as any great surprise, as it had been intimated by Frank B. Kellogg. retary of State, and jn other official | quarters here that Dr. Schurman| would be elevated to nui diplomatic position. It 1s believed in officlal and political | quarters here that the Senate will readily confirm this nomination. Houghton, | the embassy | ¥Former Cornell President. Dr. Schurman became third presi- |dent of Cormell University in 1892, |and served in that capacity until 1920, | Erin are not alone in observing the | Feast of st. | folks of all creeds and all natiomal- Most Notable Events of Occasion. 'Tis a bit o smile we're a this the good is sending down from heaven a | der blessing upon the children of hu‘ own Emerald Isle. | Wherever a faithful Celtic heart throbs faster #s it recalls the coura- geous missionary, who, about 1,500 years ago, first carried the torch of| Christianity into the land that now one of its most devout follow ers, there you will find the touch of | color that has come to symbolize the annual return of St. Patrick’s day. Poem by Washingtoni But the sons and daughters of Old green an' a genial | W of today, for st. Patrick | wearin® on morn ten is T Patrick. In Washington | ities are celebrating “the 17th of| March” with a spirit that a former | WHEAT COLLAPSES in the Throngh And cve; Tnforms sour In Ma, n aut On this, the deareht day in Ma ick looks from heaven' xses with beniguant smil dren of his lessin { | hor has Interpreted language of poetry ch, high areh n Green Isie And since these children scattered are all the nations near and far, A blessing falls on every land This day from Patrick’s heart and hand. those who have no claim | To Irish biood or Irish name Mas well 1 a part at le i Of ‘the rich 1gs of the fe And 5o to you and yours, dear friend, I_pray that Ireland's saint ma. (Whether or no: some Celtic strain rt and stirs your brain) The Irish gifts of hope and cheer, The laughter in the face of fear, And the frank fellowship and fine t mekes the common life divine— nd more than these, I pray yours, this good St. The poem was written by Denis A. send Patrick’s day Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy to- day permitted the Government to proceed In the Tea Pot Dome suits with its attempt to show a financial liaison between Fall and Harry F. Sinclair, lessee of the big Wyoming ol]l reserve. Everhart yesterday refused to an- swer the question on the ground that to do so might cause him to incriminate himself. Judge Kennedy's decision held in ef- fect that the actions of the witness indi- cated that he was refusing to give testi- mony in order to protect “a third party.” Henry A. Wise, counsel for Fall and Everhart, acked time to confer with the witnees before proceeding, and a recess | was taken. $28,500,000 IN LEVY ON FORD STOCK SALE Minority Holders Assessed for In- come Tax on Profits Accruing ‘When Interests Were Absorbed. Shepherd said for a short re: he , to re | Advised Manner of Giving Germs. { Falman’s statement did no inate Shepherd in the act ner of administering the ge said that the school head had coached Shepherd along that 1 informing him that bacilli best could be given in cold water. | Faiman's itatement {by the Statfs attorney herd kept altve the germs in t test tubes he received originally | & period of fois or five months | ferring them {wice The announded statement contained a question by Joseph Savage, as- sistant State™ attorney, as to whether Faiman realized the crim- inal aspect from his own standpoint, and his reply that he did Inoculation of McClintock with tuberculosis germs was discussed, but abandoned, Faiman said, because the disease would develop too slowly Diphtherfa inoculation was abandon ed, Faiman said, because it perhaps would not work satisfactorily ‘in an adult. After typhoid fever was well veloped in young McClintock, Fa i said, Shepherd was anxious becaus doctor had been called in. Howeve was going urn soor rms. but as annc said Shep trans COOLIDGE SPEEDS committee. They went almost im-|tions in Peru, a message to Presi- mediately to the White House and|dent Coolidge from the Peruvian after a brief conference with the|president became available here last President returned to the night, declaring Mr. Coolidge had Falman said, he reassured Shepherd | by telling him that should the phys cian administer vaccine it would counteract the bacilli if the case were when he resigned at the request of | President Harding to accept appoint- ment as United States Minister to Former owners stock of the minority in the Ford Motor Co. have basis. Losses Are Prevented. ‘announce that the President would send a message in writing. Close on their heels followed the White House clerk with the nomination of Mr. Sar- gent. Referred to Committee. The nomination was open executive session Judiciary committee nounced that the committee would meet at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon Senator Curtis said that if the com- mittee reported at an hour sufficiently early he would ask an executive ses- slon of the Senate this afternoon to pass upon the nomination of Mr. Sar- . gent. He sald further, however, that other business before the Senate probably would necessitate a session tomorrow. An_ atmosphere of referred in to the Senate It was an- calm had set- Senate to ] | i 4 | {the embassy tled over the Senate when it met to- | day, in distinct contrast with the tenseness which prevailed yesterday. Belief existed that th controversy over the attorney generalship soon to be definitely settled As in the case of former Attorney General Stone, the President drew from among his close personal ac- quaintances in selecting Mr. Sargent. The nominee is a native of Ludlow Vt., where he has spent most of his life, and where Mr. Coolidge as a boy attended the Black River Acad- emy He and the President have been friends for years and when Mr. Cool- jdge was at Plymouth last summer he spent many hours Mr. Sargent Mr. Sargent friends as “the «England.” He is 64 years old. duating from Tufts College in 1890, Mr. Sargent began his career as a lawyer, which resulted in his ap- pointment to some of the highest legal offices in his native State. His first appointment was State's attor- ney for Windsor County in 1898. Two vasrs later he became secretary of @lvil and military affairs in Ver- mont, holding this office until 1902. In 1908 he became attorney general for four years. Mr. Sargent characterized by his best lawyer in New s a member of American Bar Association, the Ver- mont State Bar ociation, the Winsdor County Bar Association, the Vermont Historical Society and Kappa chapter of Zeta Psi Fraternity. He { also is chairman of the Vermont com mittee on uniform laws. Coolidge Keeps Word. True to his word offer Mr. Warren that he would a recess appoint- ment if the Senate again rejected his nomination, President Coolidge aid this almost immediately upon his receipt of the news from the Senate. Mr. Warren was at the time in the library of the White House, where he | is staying as a guest, and following a conference with Senator Curtis, the Republican leader of the Senate, and Senator Butler of Massachus. described as the President's personal representative of the Senate, at which Mr. Warren was present, the Presi dent is known to have made the offer to Mr. Warren orally. The President told his friend that he would make this proposition in a more formal gnanner later. This was done in Jetter form, the contents of which were made public today following the announcement that Mr. Warrén had declined the récess appointment and that the President had selected John &, Sargent for the post. There is no mistaking the Presi- dent’s deep feeling in this Since becoming President he has been in a position to form an estimation (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) iting with | otts, | matter. | Vermont and held this office for | | President Leguia of Peru expressed the : responsibility so favored Chile, the “guilty” party to the dispute. This message has the formal indorsement of both houses of the Peruvian Congress. State Department officials declined flatly to comment today on the situa- tion. From outside quarters it was | learned, however, that a military guard of Peruvian forces had been stationed about the American em- bassy In Lima to protect it from pos- sible further trouble from demonstra- tive crowds, and that difficulties al- ready had arisen between the guards at the embassy and disorderly ele- ments. The guard was understood to have been decided on by the Peruvian au- thorities as a precautionary measure after the American coat-of-arms on building had been de- molished. Other Peruvian military units are understood to hav been ordered out to disperse gatherings of students, labor malcontents and civil- ian protestants. Many arrests have been made by the troops assigned to this duty Similar occurrences are understood to have taken place in Callao, and the feeling of dissatisfaction over the Tacna-Aria decision Is said to be spreading among the people in other districts. Chile Guilty, Leguia Says. | Coolidge's from | President message thanks for the American Executive's efforts in the arbitration of the dis- pute despite the fact that the award, in his opinlon, favored Chile, “un- doubtedly guilty for over 40 vears of untold persecutions and crimes against Peruvian citizens,” as he ex- pressed it. “Notwithstanding my judgment that your excellency’s award has unde- servedly approved the moral position of the Republic of Chile, undoubtedly Zuilty for over 40 years of untold persecutions and crimes against Pe- fuvian citizens from Tacna and Arica,” President Leguia asserted, "I unreservedly express to your excel- lency my sincere thanks for the high disinterestedly as- sumed to restore at last, under the “It helps to relieve the community of the tremendous losses which must, in the last analysis, be borne by the | individuals of the community, from the scrapping of misplaced buildings, changes in street and public utility requirements and the countless other financial and human wastes which result from lack of a consistent scheme having the force of law. It plainly a matter up to the citizens of Washington to assert their in- terest in the case now before the | Supreme Court of the District of Co- lumbia and to see that a proper de- | fense is made. In making known the plan to en- (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) CAPITAL TRACTION ASKS BUS EXTENSION Seeks Permission to Route Four- teenth Street Line to Holly Street and Alaska Avenue. The Capital Traction Co. today ap- | plied to the Public Utilities Commis- | sion for an extension of the motor bus line which is now operating from the terminus of the Fourteenth street | car line. | The company requests that it be authorized to extend this line from its present terminus at Alaska avenue and Fern street by way of Alaska avenue to Floral street, east to Thir- teenth street, north to Holly street, west to Alaska avenue and return- ing by the last named street to the; present terminus. The proposed extension was brought | to the attention of the company by the | commission at the request of the Six-| teenth Street Heights Citizens' Associa- tion. The company told the commission | in reply that it has always desired to | operate this line to a more northerly | predominance of justice, the peace “{Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) Rabbi Who Mixed Sexes in Synagogue b Given Until Midnight to Explain‘ 15 LASHES ARE GIVEN By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohlo, March 17.— Rabbi Solomon Goldman, spiritual adviser of the Jewish center here, has until midnight tonight to de- cide whether he will answer a summons to appear before a com- mittee of the Union ef Orthodox Rabbis of America. 5 This was announced today by A. A. Katz, leader of a movement to have the rabbi appear before the committee to answer charges con- cerning changes and modifications introduced in the ritual of his sy agogue. The charges do not con- stitute heresy, Mr. Katz empha- sized. The complaint arises over the seating of men and women in the same pews, contrary to practice by more conservative orthodox Jews, “They do not realize that the old order changes” Rabbi Goldman sald. “Several of the ultra-ortho- terminus in order to better accommodate the residents of that section. | tees were removed recently. Since then they have taken issue with hing.” Katz described a constitution adopted March 18, 1917, which pro- vided that men and women, fol- lowing the old Hebralc law, be seated, according to sex, on differ- ent sides of the temple. “A group of lawyers said they found a flaw in the constitution which made it lllegal. Last No- vember a new board of trustees | was elected. Twenty-six of the thirty cared nothing for the ortho- dox bellef. They adopted a con- stitution allowing men and women to sit together.” Katz declared. Rabbi Goldman stated repeatedly he will not answer the summons. Neither he nor his synagogue be- Jong to the Union of Orthodox Rabbis and he does not recognize it. The Incident s closed, he sald. The next step Is up to the com- mittee, Katz declared. “A civil | court will be our last measure, but we will apply moral pressurs dox members of our board of trus- \ first,”_he added. | State Department in Havana | bassador to the United States, sent a |day in Police Court by Judge Samuel China. When appointed to the presi- dency of Cornell, Mr. Schurman was but 38 years old, and had been a member of the faculty only four years, first as professor of philosophy and later as dean of the Sage School of Philosophy While serving as university presi- dent he several times interrupted his work to accept diplomatic missions for the State Department. He spent most of the year 1899 in the Philippine Islands as president of the first United States Philippine Commission, and during 1913-14 was American Minister to Greece and Montenegro. His early education was received in Canada, after which he studied three years in London and Edinburgh, where he won prizes and scholar- ships in Greek, English literature, political economy and philosophy. In addition to his degrees of B. A (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) TORRIENTE RESICNS AS ENVOYOF CUBA Informed by Cable—Had Planned to Retire. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, Cuba, March 17.—Dr. Cosme de la Torriente, Cuban Am- cablegram to the state department here yesterday announcing his resig- nation from the Washington post, Subsecretary of State Guillermo Pat- terson said today. Dr. Torriente withheld his resigna- tion in hope that the lsle of Pines treaty would soon be ratified, the| subsecretary said, and the president had known since October that the Ambassador wished to retire. ROCKVILLE WIFE-BEATER “Cured,” Negro Says After Pun- ishment—sSheriff Administers ‘Whipping. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 17.—Rob- ert Contee, negro, convicted of wife- beating, received 15 lashes at the Montgomery County jail here today, the punishment being administered by Sheriff Clay Plummer. Contee declared himself “cured” by the penalty. The sentence was imposed yester- Riggs, and was carried out in the presence of the petit jury, now in session. It was the first time'in sev- eral years that this punishment has been invoked here. Radio Programs—Page 34. DURING SEMPANI Market Off 11 Cents Per Bushel at Opening—Other Grains Also Tumble. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 17. smashed down excitedly today cents a bushel as soon as the market opened, May delivery touching 1.54, as compared with 1.641% to 1.65 at the finish yesterday. Heavy selling to stop losse was in progress. So wild were the fluctuations that trades at the same moment in dif- ferent parts of the pit were as much as 6 cents apart. May wheat in the first dealings ranged from 1.54 to 1.60. A big overnight drop in quotations | at Liverpool preceded the collapse | here. A semi-panic in the Chicago wheat trade yesterday on account of @ temporary stoppage of buying also was a depressing factor. The fall in prices spread quickly to other grains, especially rye and corn. Rye fell 11 cents to 1.13 for May. Corn dropped 5 cents in some cases, with May oft nearly 4 cents at $1.15. WINNIPEG JOINS CRASH. or Prices Fall More Than 11 Cents a Bushel in 10 Minutes. By the Associated Press. WINNIPEG, March 17.—With a crash which sent the wheat market | into a state of complete disorganiza- tion today, prices dropped 13% cents within 10 minutes. May wheat went down to 1.59 on the extreme bulge, while July underwent even a more serious loss, slumping 14%. The panic also seized the coarse grain markets, prices on all these commodities breaking severely. On the lowest dips, oats showed a decline | of 4%; barley, 6; flax, 51, and rye, 8 below yesterday's closing figures. FARMERS' DREAM ENDS. | he Break in Futures Will Keep Price of New Crop Down. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, March 17.—The _dirt farmer, with his weather-eye turned to the Chicago Board of Trade, today saw his dreams for fabulous returns on his new wheat crop shattered. The orgy of speculation that sent prices on old-crop wheat to $2.05 a bushel and the price.on the prospective new crop to $L.74, with the visions of | grain-growers kiting up with it, had ! run its course. Now it is the turn of the bears—the traders who sold wheat in anticipa- tion of buying for delivery later at lower prices,.and their turn means a more gloomy outlook for the real grain-grower. The bulls were in i flight as the market tumbled another | 10 cents today, down more than 50, cents & bushel from the high time of +wn months ago. The farmer who dreamed of fabu- lous profits when the price on his new crop for July delivery reached 3174, today had to see this price drop (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) to — Wheat | general sion of | unnecessary least President, members of his him with the progress being made in their respective with the economy program and at the same time to have any places that can be filled by | patch says Spanish troops have been | employes who are being dropped be- |operating in Morocco between Tetuan, | cause of their not being necessary to|Aln-Djedjia and Laucien, since last the efficient functioning of the de- |Friday, without being able to drive partments dismi Brig. Veterans' Bureau, following a call at | mediate frontiers on each side of the the White House today during which | road, making an advance by the Span- re- | iards extremely Gen. discussed specting his bureau, will be at least 400 employes of the | Bureau dismissed between and July 1. these are now employed in that sec- | the bureau engaged on the Veterans’ now jtion of bonus work. 'HITT’S NOMINATION IS GIVEN APPROVAL, but come ex Hin The nomination of Isaac R. be a judge of the Police Court| of the District of Columbia was or- dered reported favorably by the Sen- ate judiciary committee at a meeting today. _The nomination of George H. Mac- 1donald, also to be a judge of the Po- lice Court of the District, had pre- viously been acted upon favorably by the committee. 1t_is expected that both tions will be confirmed by the Senate, either today or tomorrow. The committee had proposed to re- port favorably on Mr. Hitt yesterday, anonymous urged that his qualifications be looked linto by the committee. the the let several Asks Civil Service Body to Give Him Monthly Reports of Separations. As a means of determining how his| economy 11| carried out, President Coolidge has| requested_the Civil Service Commis- | to furnish statements showing deductions in the | personnel departments. In this way the President proposed | to keep himself posted as to the way | {in which the heads of the various de- | | partments and other agencies of the | Childs, | Federal Government are eliminating | operatogs of a chain of restaurants, | dropping | died today in a local sanitarium. from the roles those employes whose services are known to be unnecessary | lesser how. program is being him with monthly various executive pense by essential. The er, has asked the cabinet to acquaint departments in line him know if they sing them. director of the matters said that there More than half of Senate Committee Favorably Re- ports Both Appointees to Police Court Beneh. Hitt nomina- telephone call In order to glve any opponents an opportunity to forward committee waited until today. action of to Mr. Hitt today was unanimous. The two appointments for judge of the Police Court were made by the Président in pursuance of the law recently enacted authorizing two additional judges. if they desired the The committee favorable | | | i | i | 1 { | been arbitrarily assessed a total of | approximately $28,500,000 by the| Treasury as income tax alleged to be due on profits made by the stock- holders when they disposed of their interests to Henry Ford in 1919. Chief among these is the $10,000,000 assessment made against Senator Couzens, and which stirred up a row in the Senate last Friday. The Senator, who was the chief minority stockholder in the Ford compan: has charged that the Treasury was attempting to discipline him for his activity as head of the special Senate committee investigating the Bureau of Internal Revenue. SAMUEL S. CHILDS DIES. Head of Chain of Restaurants Succumbs in Sanitarium. NEW president of the Childs Co., BLOCK SPANISH TROOPS. Appear Unable to Drive Back Mo- roccan Rebels. PARIS, March 17.—A Tangier dis- | back the rebels. { Benilder tribesmen occupy the im- difficult, but it is hoped airplanes and artillery may be able to open a passage. News from the Riff country shows that Abd-el-Krim is preparing to at tack in eastern Morocco toward Tafersit. KURD REBELS HARD HIT. in 12-Kilometer Cleared by Turks. By the Associated Pre CONSTANTINOPLE, March 17.—Re- ports from Angoéra say all the vil- lages within 12 kilometers of Diar- bekr, Kurdistan, have been cleared of rebels. Those villages in which Turkish troops were fired upon were destroyed. Speaking at a party meeting, Pre- mier Ismet Pasha is quoted as de- claring that further offensive action by the rebels was unlikely. BEARS HER“27TH CHILD. LESSAU, Germany, March 17.—All records for Germany were topped here today, when Frau Becker, wife of a manual laborer, bore her twenty- seventh child, a healthy boy. Eleven of the other boys and girls are still living, among them several pairs of twins, On the same night of the arrival of the latest addition to the family the child’s married sister, Anna, gave birth to twin girls. Frau Becker is 47 years old and her husband 48. Villages Area A. P. to Hear Dawes. Vice President Dawes has accemed! an invitation to speak at the annual luncheon of the Associated Press, in New York, on Tuesday, April 21. YORK, March 17.—Samuel S. | fairly well developed. Described Typhoid's Course. | Faiman said that he told Shepher about the course typhoid fever took in different patients “Did you discuss the boy's suscepti- bility?” Faiman was asked “Ye was his reply At a meeting in a hotel in Septem er, 1924, Faiman's statement saic ‘we discussed especially of administering the typhoid cultures ‘We also talked about ‘Billy an Shepherd said it was about time he made his will, and also about time dispose of him. He said it was uy him entirely as to how the will was to be made, and that $1,000,000 involved. | “I asked him | and he said they “I told him to fect himself.” Shepherd said he would take c of Miss Isabelle Pope, the youth's flancee, said Faiman, “because he jus { thought it would be best | “Did he ever mention how | nesses signed the will, or if undue influence was used to make McClin tock sign?” Falman was asked {e told me that whatever he said would be all right/ the bacteriology teacher answered. He next saw Shepherd ber, 1924, Faiman said, whe to my office and told me th osition was In progress.” | It was at that time, Faiman that Shepherd searched through the school letter file and regained a let ter he had written regarding a course of study there. When Shepherd took the letter Fa man said, he began to s ate just where he “come in." “I was figuring on the whole pron- osition falling through and I wanted something,” Faiman was quoted. Shepherd told him the whole plan was working out all right, and that Faiman should not worry, the teacher said. Asked what he wanted, Faiman said he replied he was entitled to one-fourth of the whole deal “He laughed and said ‘Quit your kid ding,’ " Faiman said +« "I can’t afford to for 1 Faiman said he told Shep- herd. “I have $30,000 sunk in the school without worrying about any thing."” { about his cultures were all Tight be careful not to ir the wit in said take a chance Decide on $100,000. After a bit of quibbling, they cided “the success of the propo: was worth $100,000 to Faiman, said. Young McClintock 4, 1924, After Christm: telephoned Faiman, the 5 “things were getting hot.” Inquiries were being made into the death of the youth, and stories were going about. Faiman said he again calmed Shepherd's fears. Faiman said his numerous telephone calls in which he { was warned to “mind his own busi- Iness.” A letter apparently written by |a woman also admonished him e | “mind his own’business.” | Faiman was present under gua |when his statement was read by shorthand reporter to three assistant States’ attorneys and newspaper men He grinned at times, particula E the mention of the money he asserted Shepherd had agreed to give him | After the reading Faiman taken to a restaurant and later was | permitted to rest. Because of developments in the in- vestigation of McClintock's death ‘he hearing on the will naming Shepherd (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) de- tion he December Shepherd latter s; died school received was