Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1925, Page 2

JAPAN MAY REQPEN IMMIGRATION ISSUE New Envoy Denies Any In- structions, But Says Hope of Solution Still Exists. Matsudaira, to Reports Tsuneo the that Japanese d received instructiol bafore leaving reopen the immigration question upon his arrival here denied this morning by the envoy himself. His new ambassador Washingt Tokio to were instructions, the ambassador L purely of general char- acter designed to promote friendship between the two governments. He added, however, that although the fmmigration question was regarded In the United States as settled forever, hopa still was entertained in Japan that at future date the probiem might be taken up again and another solution found acceptable to both Tokio and Washington ¥riendly Toward Parley Japan's attitude during the Washing- ton disarmament conference and there- after had given the world a clear view Japan's position as regards arms re- the envoy said. In view of this, cted that should another arms e be called by President Cool- tion extended to Japan ably received, in principle were some at least. Actual Japanese participation in he added. natu- rally would depend upon the program submitted by the United States to the powers invited Recognition of Russia by Ambassador Matsudaira been found advisable by Japan owing to her peculiar political, economic and geographical relations with that country. He suggested that owing to the Soviet principle of not allowing commerce by individual citizens “e- storation of trade to pre-war levels could not be accomplished imme- diately. He hoped, however, that with time complete commercial in- tercourse would be resumed The Ambassador sald Japan taken no steps so far to the Chinese Eastern Railroad tion and he denied reports ecir- culated in this country that Japan had entered into an intensive aircraft construction program, with an output of several hundred planes a month. Japan, like all other countries, he said, was perfecting its air service, particularly needful, because that country as yet has no commercial aviation. Discussmg Japan, said, had had settle ques- Popuiar agitation Japan over the American fleet neuvers off Hawail, the Ar said that any misunderstand has arisen in Japan on the question has been settled by statements put olit by Japanese naval and civil au- thorities explaining to the Japanese People the actual situation Received By Coolldge. President Coolidge received M. Matsudaira formally at the White House vesterday as the new Ambas- sador from Japan. and expressed the hope that the intimacy of relations between the United States and Japan may develop through wider experi- ence and co-operative action for real- ization of common purposes and as- nlrations. This meeting took place in_the blue room of the White House. The new Japanese ambassador, in tprn. expressed a similar hope, and, recalling his participation in the Washington arms conference, he sal “Remembering the successful result of_that assembly, I cannot but think it is to be an excellent augury for my present mission.” in hassador i Compliments Former Ambassador. President Coolidge spoke it com- pilmentary terms of the services per- formed here by former Ambassador Hanihara, who, he said, “so congen- fally and helpfully” represented the Tokio government in Washington. To the new ambassador’s statement that the Japanese emperor had requested that his urances of friendship and ®£ood will be conveyed to President Coolidge, the Chief Executive replied by asking that the emperor be in- formed “of the sincerity and full- heartedness wi which his good wishes are reciprocated by me and by the people of the United State: i1 recall with appreciation your PArt in the work of the conference oh the limitation of armament,” Hresident Coolidge said, adding that the conference had “afforded so con- spicuous an example and opportunity for community of action toward great ehds.” The achievements of that confer- ence, even as regards those portions of its work which have not yet re- ceived the unanimity of ratification necessary to bring them into legal effect,” the President asserted, “have established a more wholesome basis of international relationships. Sees Outlook Encouraging. M encouraged to believe that, on the foundations thus established, it will be postible to build in full con- Jidence of co-operation among the in- 1erested powers with respect to those oblems which are of concern to m all.” “It is a long-standing tradition,” said the Ambassador, “that in the conduct of their intercourse the United States and Japan have always been animated by a desire to live in peace with each other with the result that each coun- 1ry reposes trust and confidence in the friendship and good will of the other. "On entering, therefore, upon my_duties, T entertain the confident hope that these traditional intimate retations will be rendered still closer and stronger in the coming years.” U SPECIAL SCHOOL PLAN FOR EMPLOYED CHILDREN Cantinuation Instruction, Seen Negéssary Under Compulsory Edu- on Law, Is Being Considered. The proposed establishment of a continuation school for employed chpildren between 14 and 16 years of age, who are required to return to &chool by the provisions of the new compulsory education law, will be considered by the Board of Education Agaits meeting tomorrow afternoon in the, Franklin School. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintend- ent of schools, is preparing a report on the subject which he will submit 1@ the board. He will include In it tlie objections raised to the plan by tite representatives of the various so- cial agencies at a recent conference In view of these objections, the board isunot expected to approve the con- tinuation school idea. The board also is expected to take action on a recommendation of school officials for the dismissal of a teacher rged with the violation of its ma- tornity rule. The teacher is now under suspension. “South Carolina Debaters Win. COLUMBIA, S. C, March 17.—The University of South Carolina debating team, taking the affirmative side of the aquestion, “Resolved, That the Sterling- Teed biil should be enacted into law,” defeated the University of Tennessee de- baters here last night by a 2 to 1 vote ok e judges. ma- | una | which was ng which | THE EVENING JOSEF HOFMANN’S GENIUS SAVED TO WORLD BY TURN OF FORTUNE Elbridge T. Gerry, Who Prevented Polish Lad From Appearing in United States as ““Child Prodigy” Paid $50,000 for His Education in Music. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 17.—How Josef Hofmann's musical genius was con- served for the world by a man whose duty it once was prevent Hof- mann's concert appearances as a “child prodigy this country was revealed yeste ¢ in a statement by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children When Hofmann first came to Amer- ica in 1887, a nervous, delicate child of 11, the society protested his con- cert tour as too severe a strain for the frail boy. It now is revealed that at the same time Elbridge T. Gerry, former presi- dent of the society and then conduct- ing the case against Hofmann and’ his manager, gave $50.000 to be used for the boy’s musical education. This | gift made it possible for the little Polisf boy to return to kurope, live a normal life, save his health, study under Rubinstein and other masters —and become one of the world’s most celebrated artists, HANGES N TREATY ACGEPTED BY CUBA Senate to Felicitate U. S. far Ratifying Pines Pact—Cel- ebration Is Planned. By the Associzted Press. HAVANA, Cuba, March 17.—The Cuban Senate last night unanimously accepted amendments added to the Hay-Quesada treaty by the United States Senate, The resolution adopt- ed by the Cuban Senate provides that all the clauses and articles of pres- ent and future treaties, including the permanent treaty, signed on July 2, 1904, between the United States and Cuba, are applicable to the territory and inhabitants of the Isle of Pines. The term ‘“other foreigners,” which gppears at the end of article IIT of the Isle of Pines treaty, will be in- terpreted as “foreigners that receive the most favorable treatment from the government of Cuba.” The 17 Senators present voted unanimously to favor the resolution, drawn up by Senator Dolse, following the message of President Zayas, informing the Sen- ate of the ratification of the treaty, which recommends that the Senate approve the amendments by the United States Senate. 1 Upon the request of Senator Perez, the Senate decided to send a message of felicitation to the American Senate for having ‘“committed the act of justice in ratifying the Hay-Quesada treaty.” Senator Dolse made an elo- quent address, praising the work of Ambassador Torriente. The speaker of the Senate then declared the sec- retary of state invited all the Sena- tors to attend the celebration next ‘Wednesday. PHILIP B. MILTON DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Was Employe of Evening Star Continuously Since 1888—Fu- neral Services Thursday. Philip Baldwin Milton, one of the oldest employes in point of service of The Star, died early this morning after a long illness. In 1888 he be- came an apprentice in the composing room of The Star and there remained continuously until his retirement from active service more than a year ago. Mr. Milton was the son of the late George Lafayette and Ophelia S. Mil- ton, and was born in South Wash- ington in 1870. He was educated in the local public schools and went thence direct into the service of this newspaper. He rose rapidly in his chosen profession, became a skilled setter of type by hand, and, with the installation df the Mergenthaler linotypes, was among the first to be glven one of these machines to op- erate. In this new variety of work his reputation for speed and accuracy persisted. It became a Drac(_ to assign to him particularly difficult and tedious pieces of work, and al- though he labored with far more than ordinary speed, his performances were always practically perfect. His wife, who was Miss Charlotte Moore of this city, died some years ago. He Is survived by a son, Or- mand Milton of New York, and a brother, Samuel B. Milton of the news staff of The Star. Funeral services will be held at the undertaking parlors of Thomas Ser- geon, on Seventh street northwest, on Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery. —_—— Gloria Swanson Coming Back. PARIS, March 17.—Gloria Swanson, film star, and her husband, Marquls Henri de la Falaise, are booked to sail on the liner Paris for New York tomorrow. o India has snow in the hill sections in January and warm clothing, such as worn in our Northern States, is required Zounds! Cries Gen. Hofmann was born &t Cracow. Po- land, in January, 1876. His father was a_musician, and when Josef was only 7 he attracted by his unusual piano playing the attention of Rubin- stein. Four vears later the lad was brought to America, hoping to earn money in concerts to support his poor father and, eventually, to en- able him to continue his own studies. That hope was thwarted by Mr. Ger- ry, acting officially. And it was given reality by Mr. Gerry, actng personally. At the time, however, Hofmann and his manager were only told by Mr. Gerry that a “certain gentleman” had given $50,000 for his musical ed- ucation and to save him from over- taxing his strength. A statement from the society says that the iden- tity of the “certain gentleman" be- came known only lately Mr. Gerry is a lawyer, yachtsman, financier and has long been active in the work of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children. WILL USE $50,000 ON TOURIST CAMP New Structures Pianned to Make Site Model for Entire Country. Plans are being drawn up for the im- provement of the tourist camp in East Potomac Park, and with the funds at hand it will be one of the model camps of the country where automobila tour- ists may park their cars close to the points of interest. Lieut. Col. Clarence O. SherriM, officer in charge of public buildings and public parks, today is- sued instructions to Maj. O. N. Solbert and Capt. McMorris, his assistants, to draw up plans for the new construction ‘hich will be undertaken with the $50.000 appropriation- by Congress. While the orders were fust issued to- day and the funds will rot become available until July 1, next, the plans Will be ready at that time, it is believed. Attractive new bulldings will ba pro- vided to replace the makeshift shacks left there since the war, and which were occupied as barracks and storshouses. Chance to Get Together. The increased appropriation was one of the results of the plea mads by Rep- resentative Louis C. Cramton before the House committee. Mr. Cramton sald that there should be in the Potomac Park tourist camp some sort of a com- munity bullding, so that if there are several hundred campers there they can mingle together during the evenings. Increased lighting facilities also will be provided, and the cinder roads now there will be replaced with con- crete. Tests are also being made by offi- clals of Col. Sherrfll's office with a View to finding a suitable hathing beach for the bathers of the city this Summer, in view of the faot that the white bathing beach will be aban- doned. Tests of the water have been made in the Anacostia River, near the Georgetown Bridge and at other points in the Georgetown channel, but Col. Sherrill pointed out that so far no suitable place had been found The principal difficulty will be in the chlorination of the water. The water in the tidal basin is impounded, and the system of purification was made comparatively easy, but with a beach in the river proper the purification becomes increasingly difficult. Tests to Continue. Tests of the water will be contin- ued at various points, with a view of finding some suitable spot where the water sport lovers may find enjoy- ment during the hot days of the Summer. The last evidence of what,was to have been the colored bathing beach in the tidal basin is being wiped out. At the time Congress knocked out the provision for this beach, which brought forth much protesting be- cause of the danger of destroying the beauty of the basin and the adjacent park, considerable work had been done. As soon as it was determined that both beaches were to ‘be re- moved from the basin the work of blowing up the piers that had been constructed began, and workmen are now putting the park back in its original condition. 7 CLEARED OF GUILT IN CARNEGIE KLAN RIOT Constable, Among Acquitted, Had Previously Been Tried Twice in Connection With Fatal Clash. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 17.— Seven men were acquitted upon charges of riot and inciting to riot in connection with the fatal Ku Klux disorder at Carnegie in August, 1923, in a verdict returned by a jury in Criminal Court today. The case was given to the jury Monday afternoon. Ira Irving, a constable of Carnegle, one of the defendants acquitted, had twice previously been tried upon sim- ilar charges, but in each cass the jury disagreed. The cases grew out of a clash be- tween townspeople and parading Klansmen, during which Thomas R. Abbott, a Klansman, was killed. Jackson as Auto : Speeds by Him in Lafayette Park Gen. Andrew Jackson, who keeps ceaseless vigil over the White House from the saddle of his high- spirited steed in Lafayette Park, nearly tumbled from his perch in the wee sma’ hours of this morn- ing when James H. Johnson, col- ored, of 1912 Thirteenth street, came zig-zagging, zipping and plunging over law#s, paths and potential flower-beds at the wheel of an automobile alleged by police to have been trippling the speed at the very least. it ad been an enjoyable eve- ning for tne general. This early Spring air had brought him sev- eral smiles earlier in the eve- ning, for the general is a gallant gentieman, who takes pleasure in Watching the strolling two-somes Who pass, all unsuspecting, be- neath his statue. Then all of a sudden out of the north came this shape in the derk. The general looked up to- ward H street and patted his horse’s neck as he heard the crash against the ourbstone and listened, even as the pursuing policeman, W. F. Burke of he third precinct, was \istening, to hear an expected crash., The crash did not materi- - alize. Instead, the dark form— “Zounds, a juggernaut” the gen- eral remarked—swept by his post of duty, and was swallowed up in the darkness over toward Penn- sylvania avenue. It had not hit a thing en routs. Two tracks of its wheels over the grass and paths of the park was all the wake it left. Johnson ended up in the third precinct station house, after being arrested In an alley near Four- teenth street and Wallach place. Police allege the automobile is the property of Willlam M. Ritter of 2223 Massachusetts avenue, taken from in front of 1667 Columbia road late last night. Burke, who occu- pied the role of Nemesis, took up the chase after it had collided with the machine of John Fitz- gerald, parked in front of the lat- ter's home, at 1147 Nineteenth street. From that point it was a race to the alley, where Johnson quietly submitted to arrest. A pair of brass Knuckles, according to the police, were found on his person. He was locked up and charged with carrying concealed weapons, joyriding and operating an automobile while under the in- fluence of liquor. Gen. Jackson will net be sum- moned as a witness, STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, PHYSICIAN KILLED BY WOMAN'S AUTO Steps Before Car—Three Slightly Injured in Other Traffic Accidents. Another name has been added to the already long list of traffic fatalities recorded since January 1. It is that of Dr. Clayton W. Richards, 70, Pitt burgh, who was knocked down near Massachusetts avenue and First street northeast early last night by the au- tomobile of Mrs. Julla I Yokun Conard apartments, and so serfously injured that he died at Casualty Hos pital shortly afterward. Dr. Richards, who resided with h son, Gross Richards? a bank cashier, at 5911 Howe street, Pittsburgh, stopped in this city on his return trip from a visit to Jacksonville, Fla., and was rooming at 627 New Jersey ave- ue. Mrs. Yokum at Mrs. Yokum was driving west on Massachusetts avenue, when Dr. Richards stepped from the curb di- rectly in the path of the machine, was knocked down and injured. He was taken to Casualty Hospltal by H. H. Millard, Falls Church, Va. Mrs. Yokum explained. to the police the circumstances under which the acci- dent happened, and was summoned to appear at an Inquest held at the morgue at noon. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death Otls E. Fisher, 318 Maryland avenue northeast, was driver of an auto- mobile that collided with the bicycle of Gerald Ritter, colored, 13, 1121 Third street, at New York avenue and Eleventh street early last night The boy was knocked from his bi cycle and injured. He received trea ment at Emergency Hospital and went home. Others Hurt. Due to bad condition of the road- way in front of 2613 Sheridan road, Anacostia, yesterday afternoon Po- liceman J. D. Bennett of No. 11 pre- cinct was thrown from his motor cycle and his left knee cut. First aid was given at Casualty Hospital. A collision between an automobile driven by Thomas Dent, 9 K street southeast, and a motor vehicle of the ington Rallway and Electric occurred at Second and N streets southwest yesterday. Clifford Arm- stead, colore 3, 1279 New Jersey avenue southeast, occupant of Dent's car, was slightly hurt. He was given first aid at the scene of the accident by Dr. Batts of Emergency Hospital. COOLIDGE APPOINTS JOHN G. SARGENT ATTORNEY GENERAL (Continued from First Page.) of Mr. Warren's abilities and his con- fidence in him was of an especially deep nature. During his talk with Mr. Warren at the White House following Mr. Warren's declination of the recess ap- pointment the President is under- stood to have asked him to put his refusal in writing, that it, too, could be made public with the President’s letter offering him the appotntment. To this Mr. Warren readily agreed. This phase of the Attorney General incident, with the exception of the publication of the letters and the announcement of the President’s new selection, was virtually disposed of by the President yesterday afternoon and last night. Accepted by Sargent. It {s understood that when he ar- rived at his office this morning he had already received word from Mr. Sargent that he would accept the invitation from the President to head the Department of Justice and that the only thing the President wished to have cleared up was just how the Senate would treat Mr. Sargent's nomination when it was sent to the Capitol. Satisfactory reassurances on this point were given to the President shortly after noon by Senators Curtis and Robinson, the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate, when they called as a committee of two to notify the President that the Senate was awaiting his pleasure be- fore adjourning. Letters Made Pablic. The White House made public this afternoon correspondence between President Coolidge and Mr. Warren. The President wrote as follows: “As already indicated by me in case there is a vacancy in the office of Attorney General after the ad- journment of the Senate, I shall of- fer you a recess appointment to that office. This offer is made in tha first place as & testimony to the unshaken confidence which I have in you and, in the second place, because I believe you are qualified to conduct that of- fice for the public welfare. “I wish to express my great regret that any action of mine should have brought you into a political contro- versy. My regret is all the more keen because you made patriotic re- sponse at a great deal of personal sacrifice when T sought you out, without any action on your part, and asked you again to enter the public rvice of your country, in which on several previous occasions you had already attained to great eminence. This disappointment is only modified by the fact that from those who have refused confirmation come the strong- est assertions that they would gladly approve you for any other position of trust and responsibility.” Letter of Warren. Mr. Warren's letter thanking the President for his confidence, but de- clining a recess appointment, fol- lows: “Your confidence in me was deeply appreciated when you evidenced it by tendering me so important a place in your cabinet. I am again indebted to you for your renewed expressions of confidence in your note of March 16, proposing to tender me a recess appointment as Attorney General. “I shall always like to remember that the political controversy which has arisen concerning this position has not in the least affected your faith in me, and I have been apprised that those Who know me fully share in your belief. “Had I not known that I -could serve you and the Government with all my powers, whatever they may be, I naturally would not have ac- cepted your offer of the position, “But I am not willing to have prolonged a political controversy that. might lessen yaur opportunities for full usefulness to the Nation and possibly interfere with your making wholly effective your policfes. “I cannot, therefore, in fairness to you and the ' Republican party, r frain from declining your offer of & recess appointment, and I hope that you will make another nomination tor confirmation.” Fire Destroys 200 Houses. LISBON, March 17.—Fire at Fura- douro, near Oporto, has destroyed more than 200 houses, chiefly wooden huts belonging to fishermen. Numbers of boats and a fishing bark also were ‘burned on the beach. No lives were losty TUESDAY, TITLED PAIR SUED; BLACKMAIL CHARGE Widow of Wealthy Briton Al- leges “Badger Game” in Exclusive London Society. By the Associated Press LONDON, March 17.—Another “mys- tery” case, involving persons of high rank, came up before a British court today, when the sult of Mrs. Muriel Waterhouse against Sir David Wil son-Barker, Lady Wilson-Barker and R. P. Sheldon went to trial after counsel, at the judge's request, had vainly tried to effect out of court settlement of the affair, the mere mention of which Justice Sir Mon- tague Sherman said was a scandal. One of the features of the case, which was merely docketed as one involving “fraudulent misrepresenta- tion,” was the declaration of Mrs ‘Waterhouse’s counsel that Lady Wil- son-Barker was the principal de- fendant and that Sir David, who 1s a noted naval expert and geographer, was made a defendant “because he is legally liable for her wrong doing. Outlining the case counsel sald the victim of the alleged conspiracy was the late Alfred Francis Waterhouse, son of a wealthy family, who first met Lady Wilson-Barker at Harro- gate, the fashionable watering place, in 1896. His widow was now seeking, counsel declared, “to recover money extorted from him.” She alleges that Lady Wilson-Barker secured large sums of money from Waterhouse through fraudulent representations with Sheldon Discussing the character of the case, which as barely outlined, counsel said it was one of a kind “which of late had been too common.” “If it represents in any way the normal state of English society,” he added, “then I am tempted to think, with exposure after exposure, that strengthening the law is the only remedy. But I am sure it does not represent anything but a very excep- tional case.” Asks Return of £10,075. As the lawyer's detailing of the case progressed it seemed quite apparent that the judge In‘his reference to the af- falr, according to the plaintiff's version of it, as a “scandal,” had classed it with the famous “Mr. A" case, the Dennis- toun trial and others which have been given wide publicity in England recently. Lady Wilson-Barker, who then was Mrs. Wilson-Barker, had gained the af- fection of Waterhouse's aged mother many years ago, Counsel T. E. Haydon £aid, meantime had intrigued with the son and later told him a man had dis- covered the liaison and had threatened to tell her husband unless given large sums of money. In this way, counsel al- leged, she had extorted over a period of years a total amount of £10,075 from her wealthy lover. It is this sum which Mrs. Waterhouse is seeking to recover, counsel said, adding that the plaintiff's principal evidence would be that of a man-servant, taken by a commission when he was dying. Waterhouse Died Poor. Mr. Sheldon, who, it is declared, re- ceived an alloawnce of £300 annually from the mother of Mr. Waterhouse, is alleged to have been the partner of Lady Wilson-Barker in the plot. Counsel Haydon declared that Mr. Waterhouse, although he had inherited @ fortune and had a good income, died Insolvent because of the extortions to Which he was eubjected. All the defefdants entered a general deénial of Mrs. Waterhouse's allegations. — GROUND IS BROKEN ON HOWARD U. SITE Gymnasium, Armory and Athletic Field Are to Be Constructed. a Formal ceremonies marked the ground breaking for the new gym- nasium, armory and athletic fleld for Howard University yesterday after- noon in the furtherance of an ex- pansion program, as a part of which the new dining hall was erected two years ago at a cost of $201,000. The project Initiated yesterday is pro- vided for by congressional appropria- tion of $197,500. Others turning a spadefull of earth were: Dean D. W. Woodard of the School of Liberal Arts; F. D. Wilkin- son, registrar of the university; Dr. E. L. Parks, dean of men; Dr. D. But- ler Pratt, dean of the School of Re- ligion; Arthur M. Brady, president of the Student Council; Dr. W. V. Tun- nell of the department of history; Misses Nellie Miles and Naomi Cum- mings; Luther S. Baylor, student of the university; John H. Burr, in- struotor in the department of phys- ical education; Miss M. E. Williams, assistant in the office of the secre- tary-treasurer, and Norman L. Mc- Ghee of the secretary-treasurer's office. Join in Exercives. Participating in the exercises, in ad- dition to President Durkee and Dr. Scott, were Dean D. O. W. Holmes, who spoke in behalf of the Board of Athletio Control, in the absence of Dr. E. P. Davis, president of the board: Dean George Wlilliam Cook, Dean Kelly Miller of the junior college; Louis L. Watson, head of the depart- ment of physical education; Miss Lucy D. Slowe, dean of women, and Albert 1. Cassell, architect of the building. Dr. Emmett J. Scott, secretary- treasurer of the university, was mas- ter of ceremonies. President J. Stan- ley Durkes was the first to turn a spadeful of earth. ‘As he took up the earth, he said: Dr. Scott has eaid that this is a momentous occasion, and in many ways it is such to me, because the very first thing on coming to Howard University I recognized, was the need for a gymnasium for the physical de- velopment of our young men and women. It was a long, slow, hard task which finally secured this ground: for you will recognize that the land here is a part of a public street, which we had to request the Government to give us.” DR. LOGAN BETTER. Wounded By Greek Bandits While On Auto Tour. NEW YORK, March 17.—A cable- gram to the offices of the Near East Reliet today announced that the con- dition of Dr. John Logan of Gaines- ville, Ga., one of the four Americans wounded by bandits several days ago, was slightly improved. Dr. Logan and his three compan- ions, who are students at the Ameri. can archeological school In Athens, were motoring through southern Ep. inraus when fired upon by bandits. Dr. Logan was shot through the lung. Today's cablegram was from Dr. Jesse Marden of Boston, Who is at tending the injured man. Curzon Passes Good Night. LONDON, March 17.—Lord Curzon, who has been ill since his collapse at Cambridge early this month, passed a fair night, but he is still much exhausted. MARCH 17, 1925. SMALLPOX VICTIMS’ HOME DESTROYED. it On recommendation of health officer this building was burned today to pre- vent spread of smalipox. SMALLPOX GERMS CREMATED WHEN OFFICIALS BURN HOUSE Squalid Domicile, Former Home of Sixteen, Goes Up in Flames After Health Authorities Decide It Impossible to Fumigate. Millions of little smallpox germs went to their destruction teday in welter of smoke and fire, as a house on Hickeys lane, between the East- ern Branch and Bladensburg road, in which a case of smallpox was found turda was burned to the ground by order of the Health Department The five-room frame structure, which up to last Saturday housed 16 colored persons, one of whom was found to have smallpox, was totally destroyed within a half hour after theg asoline- drenched interior was set on fire Squalig and dirty, with only three beds, covered “with dirty bedclothes, with the floors a mass of dirt ‘and debris, the'house, according to Health Officer Fowler, could not be fumi- gated. He recommended that it be burned to the ground as a preventive measure to stop spread of smallpox. Eph Devoe, colored, was taken from the house Saturday suffering from a smallpox, while the other 15 inhabi- | tants are at the Health Department quarantine station. Dr. Fowler said there were two families living in the house, 14 of them children rang- ing in age from 9 months to 18 years. the first time within his extensive service as medical officer for the Dis- trict that he felt compelled to recom- mend destruction of the home of a smallpox patient. A thorough inspection of the frame | bullding and its interlor condition convinced him that fumigation was impossible, and rather than have other persons exposed to the germs of smallpox in the house, he recom- mended its destruction. Pets Stay by House. While a group of residents of the remote section, reached only by a narrow, muddy road, stood about the former home of the two colored families, employes of the Health De- partment removed from the house three stoves and two trunks which Devoe wanted saved, and then, after FAIMAN CONFESSES SHEPHERD OFFERED $100,000 FOR GERMS (Continued from First Page.) as chief beneficiary 1s expected to be continued. An error in the court record had represented the case as eat for today. This has been gorrected and the hear- ing will be called tomorrow. Showed no Remorse. In the latter part of his statement, Faiman was asked: “Did Shepherd ever make such a statement as ‘This is hard to do,’ or ‘I hate to do this'?" “No, the only thing that seemed to worry him was the success of his| plan,” Faiman replied. “It was up- permost in his mind and he never once showed remorse or expressed any sympathy for the boy.” Faiman sald that after Shepherd's return from New Mexico after Christ- mas he telephoned and “I told him things were getting pretty hot, and I was worrled a little about the servants knowing something.” “He said thers was no worry about the servants and everything would end up fine,” said Faiman. The first investigation of the State's attorneys office, later dropped, then was under way, and Shepherd was quoted as having said he “knew about it, and it was all right.” Advised “Forget Everything.” “What was the principal point of this conversation?’ Faiman was asked. “He told me to forget everything, I guess,” was the response. That was the last direct communi- cation he had with Shepherd, Faiman said, although after he had been call- | ed to the office of Harry Olson, mu- nicipal chief justice, who initiated the investigation, he received several tele- phone calls from “people who told me to mind my own business,” and that “I did not know anything.” One letter, a page and a half long, Faiman sald, stated that the writer, apparently a woman, “knew the Mc- Clintocks and the Shepherds and that it would be best for me to mind my own business.” Accuses Shepherd. Faiman, after thres days of ques- tioning, shook his finger in Shep- herd's face last night and said: “I gave- those typhold germs to Shepherd. He told me in plain words that he wanted them ‘to inoculate somebody with' and that it was a million-dollar deal. He told me he would pay me plenty when he got_the million.” “You're a liar,” Shepherd retorted. He maintained to Robert E. Crowe, State’s attorney, that he had never before seen Faiman. Faiman declared he had told the truth, and “You can't deny it,” he said to Shepherd. Shepherd's plea for admission to probate of the will, which left him the $1,000,000 McClintock fortune, with the exception of an $8,000 an- nuity to Miss Isabelle Pope, McClin- tock’s flancee, who waited at his deathbed with a license to be married to him, was scheduled for hearing to- morrow. ‘The will is contested by distant relatives of McClintock. An indictment containing 15 counts The health officer said it was | sprinkling the bedclothes and frame work with gasoline, touched a match to the sodden structure. Fanned by an wind, the light quickly burned to the grou jthe family c insisted on ren under the floor even as the fla through the building. 2 As a result one of the cats today is without fur, as he lingered too long east of hens and chickens, pair of game ks view the ruins of the former masters. Completely isolated houses in the sparsel borhood, there was the fire spreading, although Lieut Moxley, aid to the fire chief, and | Capt. Watts of the Fire Department | were present with extinguishing ap- paratus when the house was burned. {In this care, the Fire Department offi- | cials agréed, their job was out of the or- dinary, as they were called upon to st in burning down a house. Owner Consents to Burning. The house was owned by named Miller and stood on property |rented from Miller by J. E. Thomp- son, a farmer in the neighborhood. The two colored families paid no rent ,Thompson said, but took care of cows on the farms nearby. Dr. Fow- ler had obtained permission from a representative of the owner to burn the structure. Saturday the Health Department received a request to move a case of sipelas from the house. Respong- ing to the call Driver Newman of the Health Department ambulance concluded the case looked like small- pox to him. Investigation by Dr. John T. Sprague, chief of the con- tagious disease service, convinced him Newman's diagnosis was cor- rect, and Devoe was taken to the Smallpox Hospital, while the other 15 inhabitants of the squalid structure were removed to the quarantine sta- tion. mars disconsolately home of their from other settled neigh- little danger of a man was drawn up by Assistant Prose- cutor Marshall for submission for a vote of the grand jury. Faiman to Be Chief Witness. If a true bill is voted Faiman will be the State's star witness, Mr. Crowe said, and may gain the minimum pen- alty if not complete immunity for his part in the case. Falman said that after Shepherd had taken a two-week course in his school and obtained the germs in No- vember, 1923, he showed him how to care for them and keep them alive in a hermetically sealed bottle. “About a year ago,” said Faiman, according to State's attorneys, “Shep- herd and I met several times. We planned how McClintock might be inoculated with the typhoid germs which I had given to Shepherd in the Fall of 1923. I knew Shepherd was going to give the germs to McClin- tock. “It was the understanding that Shepherd was to walt until voung McClintock had signed a will leaving the money to Shepherd and then at the first favorable opportunity he was to be given the germs. Finally the moment arrived. The boy had made his will, leaving the money to Shep- herd. “The first dose of germs was given McClintock in a glass of cold water. After that the doses were repeated and his condition aggravated. Describes Plans to Kill. “A week after McClintock became 111 Shepherd and I met and he asked me what to do. I told him to ad- minister a cathartic to the youth when the latter's stomach was empty. the Intestines and cause almost cer- tain death. At the time Shepherd asked me for advice as to how he could make the fever morp deadly McClintock was very ill. ‘Shepherd told me he was after the McClintock fortune and was going to get it by getting the boy. I yielded to his plea after he assured me that when he got the fortune in his hands he would share with me." Falman's statement culminated the story he began relating Saturday morning when he said Shepherd had attended his school and that three test tubes of typhoid germ cultures disappeared about that time. A few hours later, Fafman said, Shepherd had given him $50 for a letter writ- ten to the school inquiring about bacteriological cours State’s attorneys, believing he still withheld information, continued their questioning, with an admission yes- terday of an alleged $20,000 bribe of- fered for his silence and the story last night. Shepherd Denles Guilt. In a_ formal statement Shepherd said: “All there is against me is a dead body and a motive. These two facts, supported by a lot of babble, gossip and suspicion, are tended to break me down.” Faiman is said to have acquired the school for $250 at a sheriff's auction. Its prospectus among its officials bears the names, followed by symbols of degrees, of “Charles C. Faiman, Ph. B., M. D.,, and LL. D.. as president, and “Viscount Willlam Richard de Vere, Sc. B, Ph. D, Se D.” as secretary. The National University of Sciences here, the head of which, Charles C. Faiman, has told State’s attorneys that he gave William D. Shepherd t¥phoid fever derms to administer to under the burning floor, while a flock | aled by a | I explained that it would penetrate DEMOCRATS DENY ECONOMY CLAINS | McKellar Says Budget Bu- reau Is More Extravanant Than House or Senate. Democratic Senators today Jaunchad an attack on the administration which they charged with talking economy, but not practicing it Senator Overman, North Carolina ranking Democratic member of the appropriations committee, said it ic customary for the ittee chu man to file a report showing appic priations during the session and for the ranking minority lesder also t submit a statement. Ha declared tha in view of the of Chairmar Warren he would file his report with out comment, except to point out tha the appropriations were held $11,000,000 below the budget mates. Senator McKellar, nessee, said appropriations tration was tions.” et Democrat that “instead of redu the present adn increasing appropria has been wide,” the Tenr ed, th heralded far see Senator asser President and the Budget Bureau were reducing the ex penditures the Government holding Congress down and preve ing that extravagant and wic body from wasting the peop! money. “When we the cold facts find that instead of Budget Bureau has greater extravagance has examine and compar continued, *‘w economy. practiced than Congre DR. STOKES SPEAKS AT LENTEN SERVICES *‘Christ Met All Tests,” Canon of National Episcopal Cathe- dral Declares. s Stokes, ¢ dral, at midda day. Dr. Stokes Art thou he that k thou for ar stion that fs by those who not to follow Stokes. ngs we should Savior, continued then sald that perfect life, au of the works of relationship w of these things the Si Dr. | expect {the speal among these | thoritative | Goa ana | God. Al had, said Pray que vior were conducted b Herson, pastor Ch and W. esiding layma will speak at services [Rev. Dr. J. T | Hamline M. F | Galliher was |Rev. Dr. 8. J tomorrow’s services, while the prayer services wiil be conducted by Rev H. E. Dickens and Percy Foster will |be the presiding solo will be rendered by The services have each day by station {a result numerous nications expressing appreciation 1 | “listeners-in" received 1 the Laymen's Association the Diocese Washington, under | whose auspices the services are being | conducted, in ¢ ion with the Washington Fede of Ch ve been ation Willlam Nelson lonaire orphan’ John W. Follmer the State department with being a “diplom It was once a class school and 1911, but became rupt who was said by attaches of tt school to be a graduate of the U versity of Missouri, was said to have acquired the institution ir an auctio two years ago. According to Follmer, many of it courses were mail order, advertised extensively in Ne York ru dis tricts. Law, divinity, medicin em- balming, languages, chiropody and other courses were offered, as w as bacteriology and pathology. Its students, Follmer sald, were either gullible country people o quacks who wanted merous d plomas to hang on walls to impress patrons. History of Case. William M. McClintock the “millionaire orphan,” died at home of his foster parents, Mr. Mrs. William D. Shepherd. Dece: 4, while his flancee, Ilsabelle P walted with a marriage license Under a will brought forth by Shep herd and drawn up by-him, tha Mc Clintock estate, valued af upwar of $1,600,000, was left to Shepherd, ex- cept for annuity of $8,000 which tha will directed bo given to Miss Pope Three weeks after McClintock’s death, Judge Harry Olson, chief jus tice of the Municipal Court and friend of the McClintock family, asked t} the body be exhumed and an | held. Judge Olson expressed the belief that McClintock had not died a t ural death and that he had been the victim of typhoid innoculation or of poison. A chemical analysis showed death was due to typhoid fever. Shep herd announced that the findings had exonerated him Several cousins and other relatives of McClintock had indicated an in- tention of trying to break the will jand Shepherd charged repeatedly that the investigation was simply a ruse to prejudice public opinion against him in the will contest. Doctor’s Death Suspicious. During the inquest, which is to be resumed March 23, Judge Olson charged that the death of his brother, Dr. Oscar Olson, McClintock family physician, occurred under mysterious circumstances shortly after he had been visited by Shepherd Judge Olson also declared there were mys terious circumstances in the death of McClintock's mother. Asserting that the State's attor- ney's office took only a passive in terest, Judge Olson threatened to carry the cass to the attorney gen eral. It was not until information was given that Shepherd had studied bac- terlology and had made many in- quiries about bacteria innoculation that the State’s attorney’s office be- gan an active investigation. Recent- 1y Robert E. Crowe, State’s attorney, took personal charge. Dr. Charles Faiman, president of a scientific school specfalizing in bac- terlological courses, gave the infor- mation which implicated Shepherd after hours of questioning. NO RECORD AS STUDENT. McClintock, charged inspector of of education o recognized second was chartered i atmar known Missouri University Official Says Faiman Not an Alumnus. COLUMBIA, Mo, March 17.—Uni versity of Missouri records do not show that Charles C. Faiman of Chi cago, witness in the investigation of the death of William Nelson Mc Clintock, millionaire orphan, was ever a student of that institution, accord ing to R. L. Hills, alumni recorder Faiman is not listed in the alumni records or in the records of the nai- versity register, Mr. Hill said