Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1925, Page 2

MILITARY SCHOOLS PLANDRIVEFOR AID Urge Students and Alumni to Show Congress Need of National Defenses. Gloomy pictures of the decadent condition into which Congress has allowed the military to drop since the glory and glamour of the war emer- gency were drawn before the Asso- ofation of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States at its annual convention today at the Washington Hotel by Brig. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, U. S. A, assistant chief of staff. Cantonments and forts which wauld have to be relled upon in time of war are decaying, surplus war materials are being used up rapldly— in fact, the whole war plant is going to pieces, according to Gen. Drum. Even the training of fts youth to efficiently take its place in the fight- ing lines In time of war fs in danger of being curtailed. If the curtailment continues, the Officers’ Reserve Corps will be wiped out in 15 years or so, according to the general—and all be- cause Congress will not provide the funds, according to Gen. Drum, who sounded a warning of what the future might bring. Plan Drive Upon Congress. And the delegates promptly re- sponded. They immediately ordered plans made for a fight to impress Con- gress with the nec ty of making appropriations sufficient to maintain the military dignity of the country. The organization will form a linison with the Associatlion of Land Grant Colleges and together they will ask every alumnus and every student to collar his Congressman while he is home this Summer. Student bodies will be told to impress their Congress- men with the fact that they are fu- ture voters. No formal vote was taken on the matter. Col. Sandy Beaver, Gaines- ville, Ga. presiding, announced that the legislative and executive commit- tees of the association would be tm- mediately Instructed to put out thetr scouts and get the Congressmen in his home. Training Essential. Gen. Drum said that when the ex- citement of emergency had passed People were prone to fail into the ba- lief that the world moved on mechanically, and this was the condi- tion today He pointed out that in the Meuse-Argonne, where there were plenty of mechanics, the real fighting was done by physical and moral strength, such strength as can be de- veloped only by military training in schools and colleges. He pointed out that the citizens’ and reserve officers’ training cumps had been carried on at a reasonable flgure during the past, and large numbers had been trained, with the comparatively small appropriations, because of the fact that the surplus war material was be- | ing drawn on. If the Officers’ Reserve Corps is to be kept alive beyond a period of 15 years, he said, it 1s necessary to con- tinue training 6,000 students a year to take care of losses through age and other causes. Gen. Drum said that the surplus stock of the War Department will be exhausted in 1928, and many articles long before that time, and therefore it is absolutely necessary to have ad- ditional funds if the training is to be kept up. - Entire Army Handicapped. He then pointed out that all branches of the Army are faced with the same financial diiculty. The en- tire plant s suffering, he said; it is| being neglected. Right now 40,000 officers and men are being quartered in the old war-time cantonments, an the department is faced with the ne- cessity of ralsing the cost of clothing to the regular soldler from $30 to $70. Next vear, he concluded, will be a most serious one from a national defense standpoint. Maj. ¥. B. Wiiby, United States Army General Staff, discussed the proposed tests- outlined by the War Department for the selection of hon. or colleges. He laid before the body the plan for the tests. Lieut. Col. Roy Felton Farrand, St. John's Military Academy, discussing the tests, criticized disadvantages which might be incurred by the large institutions as against the small in- stitutions in the proposed method of marking. Maj. E. B. Carey, U, §. A, Tetired, president of St. John's Col. lege, Annapolls, Md., discussed the naval training unit which has been established there, and Col. Royal P. Davidson, Northwestern Military and Naval Academy, discussed appoint- ments to Annapolis and honor grad. uates of honor military schools, The convention will conclude its ses- sions this afternoon with the election of officers for the ensuing year. Military training from a. national standpoint is worth every cent spent for it, even If war is abolished, Secre- tary ‘of War Weeks declured in an @address read last night before the Twelfth annual banquet of the as. sociation. Mr. Weeks was scheduled to be present, but found he could not return from Florida in time, so hs delegated Assistant Secretary of Wae Dwight F. Davis to read a prepared address. The Secretary sald no more convinc- ing evidence of tha value of military schools and colleges {s needed than that “they are notably free from the many unsound theorles, ideas and practices that thrive like choking weeds in some of our other educa. tional institutions,” he continued. Need Curb on License. “Military schools, are more import- ant to the United States than simlilar schools of other countries because there s nothing here approaching universal military training, the Sec- retary concluded. “We need the re- straining influence that comes from military training because of the wide- spread freedom that exists throughout the land,” he declared. Commissloner of Education J. J. Tigert spoke on the policy of some institutions to include every known subject in their courss and declared they are “trying to teach so many things that the students are learning much that is not so. The military in- stitution, however, is in a restricted fleld and has the advantage over many types that are so modern they are trying to meet every demand made upon them." The military institution is needed “at this time, when there is such a useful disregard for authority and law,” Mr. Tigert declared. The school that teaches discipline and respect for au- thority “is the most important thing any institution could strive for,” he added. Mr. Tigert said he was “afrai@ of the systems of education where everything is easy and’ happy.” Maj. Gen, Robert H. Allen, who in a few days will assume the office of chief of Infantry, pledged his office and himself to “render all service pos- sible” to the military schools and colleges of the country. Disarm Hearts of Youth. Maj. Victoriano Casajus, mililary attache of the Spanish embassy, said “in the most peaceful country of the world” there are more private mili- tary schools than in any other na- tion. This is undoubtedly because it is realized that in military training some fundamental principles happen to be the most adequate ones to model the minds and bodles of the youth of the gountry for their fight in life, both §@ peace and in war Physically Joined Twins, Speeders, Give Cops By-the Associsted Press. MANILA, March 26.—Traflic po- licemen are in a quandary as to how to deal with Simpliclo and Lucjo Godino, the Samar twins, who were jolned together at birth. The twins have learned to drive an automobile and have developed a great liking for speeding within the city. Traffic officers hesitate to arrest the twins for exceeding the speed limit because the real offender cannot be arrested with- out taking the other twin into custody also. The twins, now about 25 years old, are wards of Teodoro Yance, Filipino capitalist and former Resl- dent Commissioner at Washington. They have been examined by sur- geons in various parts of the world, but they refused to submit to an operation that would sepa- rate them. AERIAL TARGETS DEFY NAVY GUNS 44 Anti-Aircraft Weapons Prove Futile in Ship At- tack on Planes. By the Associated Press. NAVAL BASE, SAN PEDRO, Calif., March 26.—Battered remains of target rafts that yesterday played the role of enemy armada 70 miles off shore today bore witness to the annihilating force and speed with which the combined United States fleet can strike an ad- versary on the surface of the sea. Sleeve targets simulating enemy air- planes emerged unscratched from the shrapnel hail hurled aloft at them by the battle fleet's 44 anti-alrcraft guns, according to observers, but the 600-ton cloudburst of steel that fell on the sur- face targets during the six minutes of massed firing left no doubt that the fleet they represented would have been destroyed. Although no “bombs" were dropped by “enemy' alrcraft, keen Interest at- tached to the efforts of anti-aircraft gunners to score hits on the sleeve targets towed about 6,000 feet aloft by elght airplanes. According to Lieut. Comdr. James H. Strong of the air- craft squadrons of the battle fleet, 880 shrapnel shells were fired at the eight sleeve targets without scoring a single hit. Nearly Hit Planes. “They mi: d the targets, but ne: 1y hit a couple of our alrplanes that were towing them,” he said. Flag officers were reluctant to dis- cuss the outcome of the anti-aircraft firing, pointing out that the actual’ results of all phases of yesterday's firing at both air and sea targets will be confidential Navy Department data. All conditions of battle were simu- lated In the sea attack, in which eleven battieships, seven scout cruis- ers, 38 destroyers, an aircraft carrier and more than 40 aircraft partici- pated Action began with the catapulting of squadrons of scouting and spotting planes from the decks of the scout cruisers and dreadnaughts. These planes located the targets and con- trolled the fire of the big guns. Torpedoes Twiat Line. Before the firing began the battle line was twisted and disrupted by torpedoes loosed by nineteen destroy- ers simulating enemy squadrons. One dreadnaught was forced to turn com- pletely about to aveid being hit. The torpedoes were emptied of their ex- plosive charge. Seven salvos were fired by the main batteries of 16, 14 and 12 inch guns, ten rounds by the 77 5-inch rifles and 20 rounds by the 44 anti-aircraft &uns, making 2,464 shots in all—an annihilating hail of 1,262,120 pounds of steel. NEW SCHOOLS HERE TO SHOW RESULTS OF EXPERTS’ STUDY (Continued from First Page.) Washington is of a design somewhat similar to the Miles Standish. It is the District's only one-story school, and while Dr. Ballou belleves that the original plans calling for the ex- tension of this school should be car- ried out, he is not favorabls to the erection of any more buildings of this type for the National Capital. The Cleveland schools solved for Mr. Harris the problem of how to light cloak rooms and corridors with- out the use of electricity. A partition' between the class room and cloak room that has windows above the blackboard has been developed. Sky- lights over the top floor corridors and glass in the floors of the corridors un- derneath, is how Cleveland is light- {Ing these passageways without the use of artificial illumination. The committee of school planners also learned that Cleveland 1Is not providing lunchrooms in its new ele- mentary schools, one of the outstand- ing features observed in the schools of Buffalo and Rochester. Lunch- rooms and well equipped kitchens, however, are provided for the teach- ers in these schools, as well as nu- merous rest rooms. Among the minor innovations noted in Cleveland not seen in the schools of the other cities visited are prom- enade tile corridors; lockers recessed in the corridor walls and run around shower baths in connection with & boys' gymnasium. As the boys pass between a U-shaped railing each shower sprinkles them with water of varying temperature. Thus a boy starts under a warm water shower and comes out under a cold water shower. King Greets Mussolini. ROME, March 26.—Premler Musso- lini was received this morning by King Victor Emmanuel, who con- gratulated him upon his recovery from his recent illness. The Italian soverelgn and the Fascist premier re- mained in conference more than half Maj. Casajus said if children were not taught to be antl this and ant! that; if they were taught the harm done by war: if they were taught worldism in place of nationalism, “then a process for disarming their hearts would be under way.” Senator Porter H. Dale of Vermont sald there is an ‘“intangible Some- thing” in man that makes him move forward in his journey through life, but this “something” cannot be ob- tained in any school but a military institution. The military training makes him more practical, impulsive, incentlve and instills a desire to ac- complish something in life. Judge Harold B. Wells of New Jer- say admonished the military men in their relations with students to live and work on the bright side of life and smother any gloom that puts in appearance. p S Col. Sandy Beavers of Gainesville, Ga., presided, JOB HUNTERS TELL « Pussle (F AGENCY ABUSES| Nurse Describes Wild-Goose Chase Taken on Borrowed Car Fare. While the corporation counsel's of- fice s studying a plle of correspond- ence in search of a typical case against an employment agency here to test the law regulating the focs such bureaus may charge, The Star was furnished today with an instance of one business man's experience with these agents. Although now the manager of an important department in the Wash- ington office of one of the largest business bureaus in the United States, this man sought a position himself only a few years ago through an em- ployment agent. He had just ceturn- ed from France, whero he had seen action in the Tank Corps. Upon applying to the agent in ques- tion and paying his 32 registration foe he was sent to a position that of- fered him $75 a month. When his em- ployer learned that he had been asked to give 25 per cent of his first month's salary to the employment agency the former advised him not to do it. Just able to meet his own living ex- penses on his limited salary, the re- turned soldier followed the advice of his employer and was “dunned the agent for several months, he Then he found a better position, through his own initiative, that made him a rather extensive employer of help himself. Fee Demantl Ends. Letters demanding payment of the fee suddenly ceased, and soon a very felicitous letter came from the same agent, expressing the hope that he would refer to the bureau any young men or women who applied for help and whom he could not place person- ally. No further mention was made of the unpaid fee. “You can readily und new manager declared, “that I stu- diously avoided recommending the bureau to any jobless men or women with whom I came in contact. In fact, they once sent me ‘a girl. It happened that I needed the help she offered and gave her a position. “I saw in less than a month that she could not fill the position and had to ask her to leave. She then ex- plained that she had paid the agency 25 per cent of her first four weeks salary, Our #alary to her only amounted to $15 a month, and I agreed with her that she had a very legitimate kick coming. 1 was help- less, however. “I think that is a phase of this con- troversy that should be placed before the public. What about the employes the bureaus place who can’t fill the bill and must be discharged That one young woman, at least, received no refund. I came to see you of my own volltion to give this side of the story, too.” - Nurse Sends Complafnt. A letter received by The Star this morning recounted the experience of a4 nurse who placed herself in the hands of an agent. She said she was persuaded to write after reading something of the employment bu- reau’s side, as printed in The Star of Tuesday. In part her letter follows: “I would like to ask one or two questions and make one or two state- ments. “Does a properly conducted busi- ness bureau use the following methods? pon the 7th of Fobruary I registered at a business bureau, as a practical nurse, stating that I usually took care of the sick, but that if nothing in that line was avalilable I would take care of children rather than do nothing. There being no call for a sick nurse, I was sent to a house in northeast to look into an application for a nurse to care for twin bables, at a salary of $40 a month, with the understanding that if I accepted the position I should pay the bureau $350 a week for the first four weeks, or $10. Money All Gone. “This eertainly is not sional position. Decidedly domestic. Upon looking into the conditions 1 did not accept the position, but walted for something better. I did not call at the office every day, as 1 could not afford either car fare or to pay for phone calls every day. But I did call in both ways quite often, only to be told that there was nothing open either as a child nurse or to care for the sick. “Yesterday (Tuesday), having spent my last penny and having but two car tokens, I felt that I must make one more attempt, so I went to the office of this bureau, where I was handed a plece of brown paper with an ad, cut from some newspaper in such a manner that both the date and the name of the paper from which it was taken could not be told, with the statement from the secre- tary that was all she had to offer me. “There was one call for a nurse, and I was advised to answer it Imme- dlately. Noticing that there was no date on the paper I asked the young lady to call up the institution (the Home for Incurables on Wisconsin avenue) and find out If help was still needed. The young lady called up in the following manner: ‘We called up about help a few months ago. Do you still need nurses? “After a short conversation I was told that a place was waiting and that I should go right out and apply. I had to borrow car fare and upon meeting the head nurse, with whom I have an acquaintance, 1 was told that when she was called on the phone from the bureau that she had told the secretary that she did not need any one at present but that she was glad to interview nurses any time, as often there were unexpected Gpenings and that they were glad to find people to fill them. “Upon returning to my boarding house I found that another practical nurse with whom I room had been treated in the very same manner, being sent to the very same place a week of two earlier in the season by the very same bureau.” a profes- ——— 13 STILLS ARE TAKEN WHEN RAID IS STAGED AT FORMER EMBASSY (Continued from First Page.) off the overflow, leading also into the bath tub, on the third floor. The 10 other atllls were mot operating; they were found in the basement. A large amount of California dried peaches all ready for the mash were confiscated. Raiders pronounced the plant and the mash as one of the cleanest il- licit factories which they had un- covered in Washington. o Those participating in the ' raid were Lieut. Ready of the third pre- cinct, Leroy Asher and three other prohibition agents and Policemen Casey, Billman and Rinke of the third precinct. ¢ Large crowds collectlng on the street, some in Hmousines, soma out for a morning stroll, did not hesitate to express warm opinions as 1o the invasion of the exclusive section by manufacturers of “wet” goods. —_— A newly invente dsaxophone Is played by a slide similar to that of a trombone., edc Hundreds were attracted to the Speedway and Basin today, when the cherry trees began their annual show. The blooms beat forecasts by several dayw. They were scheduled to flower sometime next week. HOPED T0 BE SLAI, DRUG ADDICT SAYS Holds Up Drug Sto[e to Get Narcotics—Taken by Po- liceman After Chase. Holding up the drug store of Dr. Harry H. Lantz, 323 Seventh street southwest, yesterday afternoon and fleeing after he met opposition, Herman Covington Davis, 24 years old, 1330 Massachusetts avenue, a drug addict, sought to have a pursuing policeman kill him after he was cornered in an alley near Twelfth and C streets south- west, by feigning an attack on the officer with a pistol. Davis, charged with robbery, walved preliminary hearing in Police Court today, en- tered @ plea of not guilty, and was held by Judge McMahon for the action of the grand jury. Bond was fixed at $10,000 Davis sppeared In the drug store of Dr. Lantz, which was occupled at the time by the proprietor and two clerks, dlsplayed a pistol and de- manded narcotics. Told he could heip himself. the bandid said he pre- ferred to have the druggist hand him a supply, and after he had re- celved it Davls started to open the cash register. At that moment his weapon was lowered and Dr. Lantz attacked. In the ensuing struggle for possession of the revolver Davis ran from the store into a walting taxicab. Hoped to Be Killed. As the taxicab drove off four shots wers fired at it by Dr. Lants and Policeman Harry G. Bauer of: the fourth precinct appeared on the scene and started to arrest the druggist. After receiving a hasty explanation, Bauer boarded a passing automobile and overtook the cab at Twelfth and C streets southwest, where Davis ran into an alley. Turning and facing the policeman, Davis put his hand to his hip pocket, as if to draw a weapon. Ho explained later he made the move in the hope the policeman would kill him. Bauer fired at the man three times, but scored no hits. Submit- ting to arrest, Davis was taken td the drug store for identification and then to the fourth precinct. Joseph Holtzman, driver of the cab, told Bauer he was ordersd to wait for Davis and, hearing shots as he drove away, was Informed that col- ored men were shooting at the car. At the fourth precinct Davis, In an extremely nervous condition, com- plained of a pain in his leg, and at Emergency Hospital, where he was taken, Dr. Stallerd removed a plece of a hypodermic needle that had broken off some time ago and caused an infection. Charged With Burglary. An investigation by the police af- ter his arrest disclosed that Davis had been released from the reforma- tory at Lorton, Va., about four montha ag0, having served a term for viol tion of the narcotic law. Police also had him identified as the person seen in the drug store of Dr. John Simp- son, 701 Rhode Island avenue, on the morning of March 3, when, it is charged, a large quanity of narcotics was stolen. After idontification by Special Pollceman Litton, Davis was formerly charged witi the burglary. It was not untll seen by Detective R. A. Sanders, in charge of the pollce narcotic squad, that the prisoner's identity was revealsd as he gave a fictitious name when arrested. San- ders said he had arrested the young man on four previous occasions, but only one case was disposed of In court. In that instance, he entered a plea of guilty and was Sentenced to one year in the relormatory. The prisoner told Policeman Bauer today that he was overseas during the World War with the 82d French Division. He was taken sick, he said, and was treated a: & base hospital in Germany where morphine was given him. “That was my first experi- ence with morphine,” he sald, “but it's no excuse for m\ having con- tracted the habit.” Asked by Detective Sard had held up the drujgi‘s: plied: “I had no mel cine sad just had to get some.” ‘The prisoner is mar ¢2 and his wife was a resident of .4andria at the time of their mariisge. Davis, how- ever, has resided at the home of his mother recently. HUSBAND MILKED GOAT AT TABLE, WIFE AVERS —_—— Spokane Woman Seeking Divorce Charges Spouse Was Overly Fond cf Animal. By the Assoclated Press. SPOKANE, Wash., March 26.—Fo: ness for goats ied C. C. Higgina of Spokane to milk one at the breakfast table directly into his cup of cofte: Eugenia. V. Higgins testified in the trial of her diverce suit i Superio Court here. Mrs. Higgins also testi- fied that her husband insisted upon keeping one of their two goats in the house. The case was continued, Beautiful Miss Badly Upsets Plans Of Man for Viewing Her Charms Steals March on Admirers by Parading in Gorgeous Garment Along Tidal Basin and Speedway ’Way Ahead of Schedule. When mere man attempts, in these days, to predict the future course of the independent young maldens of the present, he flles in the face of cer- tain disaster. Any who doubts this should confer with officials of the Washington Rap- id Transit Company, who have just come to grief at the hands of the most beautiful of the beautiful and the most perennially young of the young, at whose feet thousands of poets and composers have lald their tributes in verse and music. Tuesday the officlals of the com- pany applied for permission to oper- te busses around the Tidal Basin next month,” when the “cherry blos- soms” should be In bloom. Somehow or other, news of this action reached Miss Springtime, the most beautiful young lady referred to in the para- graph above. Plans Secret Maneuve “Is that ?* she asked of her in- formant, as she stalled about for a sultable reply. “So they have de- clded that the c.erry blossems shall bloom next month, have they? Who do they think they are to set a date for the cherry blossoms' blooming?" As the enormity of the presumption of these men began to dswn upon her, COMPLETE REVISION OF RULES SOUGHT * BY U. S. WORKERS (Continued from First Page) taking away her prerogatives in such a bald-faced and public manner, her anger rose, and in the early hours of yesterday morning she went down to the Tidal Basin and whispered to the buds, which had opened just enough to permit the cocking of one ear to hear her words. Then, with the coming of daylight, Miss Springtime flashed a message across the millions of miles. to the warm and smiling face of the sun, and his smile widened and warmed as he rose higher and higher in the sky. Suddenly Bloom Forth. And down around the Tidal Basin, the cherry blossom buds, which had opened a little farther, permitted an eve to catch the message that the ear had heard, and with a sudden rush the buds burst open and the beautiful coral necklace that has made the Tidal Basin famous the world over appeared in all its glory. In other words, the cherry blos- soms are in bloom and if the transit company wants to run special husses around the Basin, the time is here for action. The flowers seem quite a bit pinker this year than ordinarily, and with the afternoon sun intensifying the pinkness the effect {s charming. COERCION DENIED IN M. E. UNITY VOTE AT MEETING HERE (Continued from First Page.) directly with personnel administra- tlon In the Government service were contained in the program, some of them having to do with efficiency and efficiency ratings. The council today will also consider the broad applica- tion of the efficlency ratings to the Government personnel In presenting the plan Mr. Stew- ard made a plea for a broader view of departmental and interdepart- mental problems as they affect the personnel, declaring that a personnel manager for the entire Government service, after the conditions com- plained of had been standardized, would be in a position to take the broad view of personnel matters and administrate them without the for- ms'ities hedging the administrator within the department itself. Quit Retirement Conferemce. “We view this program for stand- ardization of working conditions within the public service as a prime necessity for really eficient and eco- nomical administration of the serv- ice” Mr. Steward sald. “It will be one of our contributions to the econ- omy program of the administration.” The council yesterday voted to with- draw from the joint conference on re- tirement, an actfon mads necessary, according to a formal statement by the council, by “the continued and increas- ing tendéncy on the part of unorganized individuals and elements associated with the joint conference on retirement to disseminate misinformation regard- ing proposed legislation,” The National Federation of Federal Employes will hereafter work with and co-operate exclusively with the American Fede- ration of Labor and afliated organi- zations. “In tha oplnion of the national executive council, the tendency of the joint conference has been toward the encouragement of indiscriminate in- dividual appeals to members of Con- gress. Such, appeals, it is belleved, have served to alienate support from retirement legislation rather than to assist it," the statement added. ‘“There also has been & marked tendency to- ward panhandling for small contribu- tions from Federal employes to sup- port the so-called effort on behalf of this legislation and as a substitute for permanent, well dlsciplined or- ganization methods. Such praetice was vigorously condemned by the natlonal executive council. The Amer- ican Federation of Labor and its con- stituent bodies obtained the original retirement legislation and in the view of members of the council they neither require nor desire the con- fusing efforts of unorganized in- dividuals.” REPORT NEW GOLD STRIKE Telegrams Tell of Discovery Far North in Alaska, WRANGELL, Alaska, March 26.— rams received here announce a new gold strike 2560 miles northeast of here on a tributary of the Eagle River In the Casslar district, British Columbia, & short distance from a lacer discovery made last Septem- The strike is free-milling quartz. Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, 150 miles northeast of Wrangell, and the principal base of supplies for the Casslar distriét, was reported wit) out butter, bacon, lard, bea and cigarettes. gl There 13 & soclety that holds the ¥lew that the world *F‘"’ rounds, regret” statements in the morning paper “impugning the motives of the members of this conference Wwho voted yesterday on this pending plan of unification, also charging Bishop Candler and’ the presiding elders with coerclon. We desire by this method to enter our solemn protest against these charges. Dr. Sherman, in denying the story, declared that the statements attrib- uted to him were “particulerly offen- sive to the bishop, and if I had made them would have been a reflection upon the conference and upom my- self.” In discussing the bishop's ruling. Dr. Sherman pointed out, however, that he “felt the roll call unwise, be- causs the General Conference had recommended a vote by secret ballot, and you had decided by your own vote 'to.take a secret ballot. This body has a right to fix its procedure by a majority vote. It did this, and then to set aside the majority deci- sion was. to say the least, surprising.” Discussion Ys Animated. Dr. Sherman explained that he wouid not venturs to assert what difference there might have been in ths vote had a secret ballot been taken. Although it was the opinion of most unificationtsts and anti-unificationists that the vote of yesterday would stand, there was animated discussion of the matter throughout the church building, and in corners and lobbies. Most of the business session this morning was taken up by the election of deacons, and the admission of young men to preach under authority of the church, Among the most interesting cases of young men admitted to the pulpit was that of William J. Elliott of Roanoke, Va., 32 years of age, who, according to Chalrman W. J. Whitesell of Berry- ville, Va., chairman of the committee on admissions, had been an automo- bile mechanic and salesman. “He sald he felt called to the min- istry,” said Mr. Whitesell, and was willing to give up a salary of §8 a day as a mechanio to take pot luck Wwith us.” Another delegate, speak- ing in favor of Elltott's admiaston, de- clared. that BElliott,” a5 captaln of a “Billy Sunday .teAm.* had gone. into the mountains and by his efforts bad converted ‘35 hardened sinners.” He had numerous other conversions to his credit, 1t was reported. ' He was unanimously admitted. The_.youagest admitted to preach was Harold Burress, 22 years of age, son of tha late Rev. Harry Burress of Gaithersbarg. Others admitted were: James H. Brown, fr.; Melton W. Rey- nolds, W. P. Good, John R. Carron and John P, Puffenbarger. Deacons eleoted this' morning, who ‘will be ordained Sunday night, are: William H. Stevens, jr.;.Charles R. York, Julius D. Russell, Delford N. Calvert, Roswell V. Whitehurst, John H. Plerson. Ernest T. Harrison, Henry B. Smith, Flias 8. Helmentoller, Palm- ar Eubank, David ‘W. Persinger:and Edward I, Davis. Among the distingulshed visitors to the confergnce this morning were Rev. Dr. Thomas H‘nnugl Lewis ot this “city; president of the Methodist Protestant General Conference. Mellon Going to Bermuda. Secretary Mellon plans to leave for Bermuda Saturday for a brief vaca- tion, accompanied by his son Paul and several of Paul's schoolboy friends who are attending an academy in ‘Wallingford,.. Conn. Secretary expects to remaln in uda abeut A week, RULING HITS FOES OF C. & 0. MERGER: Road Minority Denied In- junction Against Meeting at Richmond. By the Associated Press, RICHMOND, Va, March -After | having been assured by attorneys for the Chesapeake and Ohlo Rallwa that no steps would be taken toward leasing the road until it could be ad- judlcated by the Virginia courts Chancery Judge Moncure today dented a petition of minority stockholders for an injunction to prevent a stock- | holders’ meeting March 2 The fnjunction was sought on the grounds that there was no law in Virginia authorizing the proposed lease of the railway, counsel for the mjnority group holding that an amendment to the company's charter | would be necessary before the lease could be effected. It was contended that the action of the directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio in apply- ing to the Interstate Commerce mission for power to lease the lines| prior to a meeting of the stockholders | was not in compliance with the com- mission’s regulations, and in cons quence a procedure of no legal stan ing. Demand Unanimous Consent. The minority group insisted lease could be made without consent | of all the stockholders, but counsel| for the railway countered that this would enforce the will of a minority and contended that, if no anthority for the lease existed under State laws, Federal authority would be suf- | ficient, They sought to show that members of the petitioning group had acquired their stock since January 1, with the idea of blocking the proposed merger. The rallway tried to show that the propased merger had the approval of the Virginia State Corporation Commisston and produced at the hear- ing a letter to that effect, which it was sald the commission wrote soon after the merger had been promul- gated. Midbrity Committee. The minority stockholders’ commit- tee, composed of George Cole Scott i John Stewart Bryan, George S. Kemp of Richmond and Lindsay Hopkins of Atlanta, holds 7,900 shages of Ches peake and Ohio common stock, par | value §790,000. Hearing on the petition began in Chancery Court here last Thursday Argument was closed Jlate Monday and Judge Moncure, after advising railway counsel to carry the question of jurisdiction to the Virginia Su- preme Court of Appeals, had held the case under advisement since that time. FACES DEPORTATION ON FRAUD CHARGE Italian Accused of Misusing Funds Collected for Near East Relief Work. Theodore Bortoli, an Ttalian, who entered the United States from Na- ples in 1922, faces a hearing at Fllis Island on charges that he collected money for the Near East Relief and appropriated it to his own use, and that he borrowed money in Washing- ton, New York, Montreal, Canada, and a fixture | that he 1s a FULL SWAY GIVEN' KELLOGG FOR WORK Idea That New Secretary Was to Be “Stop-Gap” Is Disabused. BY FREDERI( Amid conflicti changes there saying that in Th. partment of State Frank Billings Ke Secretary of State office amid wides stop- WILLIAM WILE, with ure extend beyor The sugge: by the hi is mot vigoro one or two tions, with which he quainta out would be supplanted L ten has spect of the Mr. ¥ his job with ev employment Since he took ship of State it has fallen TogE's | ome £ e Ambas Sig tino of Ttaly ron v atsudaira of Me to Great Br under his own fo transaction t between Mr. logg the Pr mier Seeretar The relatior and the ment aiff between th executi tary of Stat cer who d slde consent of t retary of S his perso that realm occa that confid pacity. Depends on Kellogs. President his predeces abrogd. His tional affa quired from from the col Washington sin Vica President therefore, more son for Ar. Cool rely date experie The final de of course, Tests But Mr. Kel likely to pre Mr. Hug In his first tary Kellogg that did not rece deserved. There w the lines than was read i the excitement at g ih Cuba on fraudulent credentials. Should the charges be proven he will be_deported. Department of Labor investigators have gathered what they regard as complete evidence in the case and Bortoli already is under arrest in New York. The department's records show that after entering the United States in 1922, he left in 1923 for Cuba, returned In 1824 and then went to Montreal. On the ship which brought him from Cuba, it is charged that he posed as a wealthy New York busi- ness man and borrowed money from two women passengers. It is charged further that in Mon- treal he used fraudulent credentials to obtain various sums of money, and that he then re-entered the United States, and, in New York City, obtained $2,000 in money and goods by affixing the name of Mile. Juliette Nicole, a New York milliner, to a $5,000 check drawn on the Riggs Na- tional Bank of Washington, where it was not honored. COOLIDGE TO NAME SHOALS BOARD SOON Announcement of Commission Per- sonnel Expected to Be Made Today or Tomorrow. President Coolidge is expected to name the commission to consider dis- position of Muscle Shoals today or to- morrow. It will be composed of two cabinet members, two engineers and two farmers under present plans of the President. The cabinet members probably will be Secretaries Weeks and Hoover. The President was asked to ap- point the commission in a resolution adopted by the House in the closing days of the session when Congress falled to agree on the final form of the Underwood leasing bill. The com- mission probably will be instructed to report its findings to the new Con- gress when it meets In December. President Coolidge was urged today by Representative Oliver, Democrat, Alabama, to Initiate a thorough inves- tigation of the nitrate and power pro- duction possibilities at Muscle Shoals. BURLEITH NIGHT BUS SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED W. R. & E. Action Follows Con- ference With Head of Cit- izens’ Associatien. Following conferences between J. D. Battle, president of the Burleith Association, and the officials of the Washington Railway and Electric Co,, the latter company. to- day announced a new night schedule on the busses of the Burleith and Q street line, to be effective April 1. will run weekdays and 11 11 p.m., the last bus leaving Tenth @nd B streets north- west for Burleith at 11 p.m. The eve- ning schedule calls for busses to run every 20 minutes from 6:45 p.m. until 8 p.m., and every 30 thereafter until patented a carrier an be hung by hooks from an adult’s belt. guration of Pr the hubbub over and the Warren Kellogg said t nuity of forel United States is concerr ers of Europe and Asin did to take note of what th a promounce of ti portance. Bu correctly trom it Daw be “co as far as tf he b not regar most @ spee ope Europe Sees Policies. 1. That the United St duration of the Cc tion, will insist full war indebted governments und ments as speed 2. That the Unit another disar cept with reg: as soon as t ference is d the naval and iir power readiness to attend ence. 3. That despite the recognition Great Britain, France read into Secretary ement that Japan need expe Coolidge nistr per with existing imn lation, that being excl the jurisdiction of Congre : 2. China, as hitherto, has a staun triend in the United States, who w insist on the open door in that d tracted country, but who expe China to pull herself together, poli feally and economically, as the first condition to her welfare. South America found in Secrétary Kellogg's announcement the . ance that the United States po! friendliness toward our sister re We shall not only be frie America, but are anxious, as on re- cent occasions demonstrated, to as- sist in promoting friendship within South Amerfca. Mr. Kellogg attended the last pan-American conference in Chile as one of the U'nited States' rep- resentatives. o (Copyright, 19%6.) Albert M. Gockeler Dies. Albert M. Gockeler, nephew of C. J. Gockeler, vice president of the District National Bank, died yesterday at Saranac Lake, according to word j received here. The deceased was a resident of this city for many years At the outbreak of the World War he enlisted in the N contracting pleurisy while in the service, which was responsible for his death. He will be buried at his home in New Rochelle, N. Y., tomorrow. after- noon. NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 O'Clock SPEAKER TOMORROW Mr. Edward C. Bendere " of Philadelphia, Pa. CONDUCTED BY Rev. Charles Abbott Every One Invited—No Collecti