Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1925, Page 2

JPEAL I FLED IN.E UNTY CASE Decision Sought on Bishop’s ' Ruling on Method of Tak- ing Conference Vote. The smoldering issue of unifica- tion burst forth afresh this morning iu the Baltimore Annual Conference of the M. E. Church South, when for- wmal appeal was filed to the College of Bishops asking for the “episcopal decision” on three questions involv- ing the procedure employed Monday by Bishop Warren ,A. Candler of Atlanta and the conferénce in re- Jecting unification, by a yea and nay Vote, after it had been previously de- cided to case secret ballots. The appeal was presented on the floor of the conference at the Mount Yernon Place Church by two lawyers, W. W. Millan of this city and Judge ¥ D. Newman of Woodstock, Va. Both these appellants were lay dele- Eates from the Baltimore conference 10 the General Conference in Chatta- nooga last July, and have been ameng the most prominent unifica- tioniste. Judge Newman shortly after prasentation was re-elected as “con- ference lay leader.” Procedure of Appenl. Procedure to be followed by appeal will be for it to go through The hands of Bishop Candier first, He will pass upon it and must then, un- der the laws of the church, forward it to the College of Bishops, which il meet in Nashville in May. When the college renders decision, it will stand as church law. What effect this may have retroactively on the action of the conference here in re- Jecting unification no one was willing te forecast At the same time, it was learned that the Baltimore conference dele- zation to the general conference last July voted 80 per cent in favor of unification, whereas the conference last Monday rejected the issue. The two appellants this morning wlso flled a resolution questioning the Tight of three lay delegates to vote, on the ground they had not been mémbers of the church for the re- quired six years. The three delegates, it was said had voted against unifica- tion. They were: D. O. Lauterback and F. B. Cooper, from the Rocking. ham district, and Mrs. L. H. Rich- creek of the Moorefield district. T Questions in Appeal. “The appeal to the collegs of bishops, which outlines in detail the procedurs questioned, explains that “the General Conference of the M. E. Church South 1ecommended to the annual conferences of said church that the vote upon the plan of unification be taken by ballot A motion was made,” says the ap- peal, “that such vote in the Baltimore Conference be taken by yeas and nays. A substitute for this motion was of- fered providing that the vote be taken by ballot, and was entertained by the chair and put to the body with the state- ment that it would, if adopted, be sub- ject to the right of one-fifth of the body to demand a yea and nay vote. “The substitute was carried by a vote of 147 to 106, and was by the chair de. clared carried. When the question was called upon the plan of unification a de- mand for the yeas and nays was made, supported by more than one-fifth of the body. The point of order was made that the conference had already fixed its own rule, and provided for a vote by ballot. The chair overruled the point, and on eppeal from his decision was sustained by the conference and required the vote to be taken by yeas and nays. Decision” Now Requested. “On the 'basis of the foregoing stat ment the following questions of law are propounded and the episcopal .1;. isfon thereon respectfully request- | o i “1. Tt is competent for an annual conference, In accordance with the law of the M. E. Church South, to de- termine for itself by vote in advance of taking action on a particular ques- tion whether the method it will adopt in taking the vote on such ques- tion shall be by ballot or by yeas dnd nays? “2. When a motion is made in an annual conference to take the vote on the specified question by ballot is it competent for the presiding officer in putting that motion to & vote to declare that' If it be adopted that action will still be subject to the right of one-fifth of the body to de- mand a vote by veas and nays on said specified question? the Competency of Omcers. When an annual conference has voted, 147 to 106, in favor of taking the “ote on the proposed plan of unification by ballot, as recommended by the General Conference, and there- after a call is made, supported by more than one-fifth of the members of such conference, that such vote be by yeas and nays, is it competent for the presiding officer upon such | call, in the absence of any motion | to Teconsider the action by which the vote ballot was ordered to require that the vote be - taken by yeas and nays?”" i In_regard to the three questioned votes by anti-unificationists, Judge Newman and Mr. Millan asked if the Votes could “be stricken from the vecord before the vote on ratification of the plan of unification is certified the secretary of the College of Bishops.” Routine business of the eonferénce occupied the remainder of the morn- ing, but in the anterooms and cor- ridors most of the discussion raged about the unification issue. Instead of subsiding, interest in unification seemed to bé rlsing, although the conference acted on its first morning. Some Criticize Bixhop. Bishop Candler was freely criti- elzed by many unificationists in dis- cussing the matter, several claiming he should have left the matter for a vote after ministers had been given their assignments for the next vear These assignments will not be made until Monday. Anti-unificationists de- fended the bishop and considered the issue closed How the delegates form the Balti- more Conference to the General Con- rence last July voted was revealed | e today for the first time in detail. | only two delegates from this conference, which voted against uni- fication in the General Cenference, were ministers—Dr. E. L. Woolf of Staunton. Va., a leader among the anti-unificationists, and Dr. H. M. Canter of Salem, who Is secretary of the local conference. The ten others, including four min- isters and six laymen, who voted in) favor of unification. included: Judge E. D. Newman of Woodstock, Va.; W, W. Millan and W. F. Hummer of Washington; L. W. Davis of Balti- more, J. Harry Bryan of Staunton and W R. Cross of Salem, Va., all lay- men, and these ministers: Dr. J. How- | ard Wells and Dr. C. D. Harris of | Baltimore. Dr. H. 1. Sherman and the | Jate Dr. J. H. Light of Romney, W. Elders Are Elected. _The Washington district of the Bal- timore Conference went on record Jast Fall as being in favor of uhifica- tion by a vote of nearly 10 to 1, we- cording to an officer of the district. The conference this morning elected thess elders: Paul L. Warner, Wil- liam G. Winton, James C. Dugger, Samuel A. F. Wagner, Charles L. Brandt, William A. Clark, Gérdon E. Smith, Harry L. Coffman, Floyd L. ! to Mrs. Peter Gerry of Washington. to { them as collateral on a loan of 100,000 Morrisen, William E. Carroles and Charles M. Le Few. Frank L. Baxter, jr, was “admitted A MISS ELIZABETH M. KING, Nineteen-year-old Woodmont, ~Md. &irl under arrest at Rockville. | BLAZE IMPERILS ART TREASURES Damage of $10,000 to Resi-| dence of Mrs. Lucy Feldman in Takoma Park. Art treasures of great value were jeopardized when fire today caused $10,000 damage at the residence of Mrs. Lucy Feldman at Second and Walnut streets, Takoma Park. Mrs. Feldman, herself an invalid, was overcome by smoke, but was revived at a neighbor’s home and returned to the house to rescue about §50.00 worth of Jewelry as soon as the fire was extin- Buished The fire started in the attic, either | by spontaneous combustion or crossed | electric wires, in the opinion of Bat- | talion Chief C. Schrom. The blaze was confined to the eaves beneath the roof and the principal damage was wrought by water and smoke. which drenched and virtually ruined thousands of dollars’ worth” of elab- orate house furniture, consisting of imported rugs and tapestries. Fight Fire Two Hours. Firemen worked for two hours be- fore the stubborn blaze was put under control. The house is made up of a se- ries of additions, whicn facilitated the spread of the flames and hampered the work of the firemen Mrs. Feldman was unable to give a definite estimate asx to the value of the furnishings. She sat on the porch of the house watching the firemen sweep into the lawn shattered frag- ments of valuable vases and other debris which had previously been adornment of the home. Mrs. Feldman is the wife of David Feldman, president of the Takoma Park Bank and proprietor of a gen- eral store. MAN FOUND DROWNED IN SHALLOW STREAM Bottle of Rubbing Alcohol Is Near Body of James Fagen. Face Is Submerged. ‘With a half-filled bottle of rubbing alcohol lying nearby, the body of James Fagen, 60, of Pierce Mill road, near Wisconsin avenue, was found to- on the farm of Robert Burrows, near the intersection of Murdock Mill road and Brandywine street Two colored laborers, Peter Dor- sey of River road, Md., and Charles Palmer of 970 Florida avenue, dis- covered the body, with the face sub- merged in a small stream of water that runs through a ditch Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt investi- gated to determine definitely the cause of death, and rendered a verdict of accidental drowning. Fagen, according to Lieut. Giles of the Tenleytown substation, had been separated from his wife for some time and was living with a married; daughter on Pierce Mill road near Wisconsin avenue. RUSSIAN PRINCE SOLD GEMS TO AID EXILES By the Associated Press. 1 XEW YORK, March 27.-—Prince Fe- lix Youssoupoff. Russian royalist ar- riving on the Mauretania today, said he had pawned all his remaining jewels and had used the reported $400,000 proceeds of a sale of rare black pearls relieve the condition of Russian exiles | in London and Paris, Prince Youssoupoff will opening April 6 of his suit against| Joséph Widener of Philadelphia. He Seeks to recover two Rembtandt paintings, valued at $500,000, now in Mr. Widener's possession. He charges that Mr. Widener refused to permit him to redeem them, despite an understanding when he placed attend the| pounds in London, in 1921 = on trial” as a minister, and John Knox, who is teaching in Emory Col- lege, was admitted to the “full con- nection” as a minister. A Bishop W. B. Beauchamp of Bel- gium, discussing the missionary work of the church, declared Methodists were facing a “grave crisis” finan- ecfally, but pointed out that member- ship in the forelgn fleld had increased §6 per cent in the last six years. Bishop Candier addressed the confer- ence on the educational and mission- ary work of the church. VOTES FOR UNIFICATION. Southern New England Confer- ence Stand Is Decisive. FALL RIVER, Mass., March 2 The Southern New England Methodist Episcopal Conference today approved the proposal for unification of the North and South bodies of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. The clergy | voted 84 to 1 and the laymen 71 to L. The single clerical vote against uni- fleation was cast by Rev. Guy W. Holmes. who was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Chureh South, but last vear was assigned to Hille- grove. R.1 % On the question of admitting lay men’ s members of annual conrer- ences the vote was 101 for and 56 against. The ' laymen curried the proposition, 71 to 2. while the clergy voted against it. 54 to- 30 Approved in Philndelphia, NORRISTOWN, Fa., March 2{,—The lay electoral conference of the Phil- adelphia Methodist kpiscopal Conter- ~nce voted 160 to 6 for unification of the North and South churcheS. ‘The laymen. by & vote of 149 to 20, also favored the admission of laymen to the annual conference,. | cousin | many | The agreement THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. EIRL, 19, CONFESSES KILLING 2 BABIES ’ Smothered Her Fatherless Infants With Bedding, Rockvilie Police Toid. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 27.—That she smothered her two new-born bables to death in her home at Wood- mont, near Bethesda, this county, because both were born out of wed- lock and she did not want their existence to become known, was the statement of Elizabeth M. King, 19- year-old daughter of William King, employed as a gardener by the Columbia Country Club, following two hours of questioning by State Attorney John A. Garrett in his offic in the courthouse here at an early hour this morning. She is now oc- cupying w cell in the Rockville jail, [¥th two charges of murder against er. A girl was born a vear ago and a boy about two and a half weeks ago, according to the young woman. In each case, she told the police, she held bedclothing over baby's face until breathing ceased, and then wrapped the body and hid it in the attic of her home. . Discovery of the crimes was made possible by the curiosity of a young of Miss King, son of Mrs. Annie Gray, who, with her several children. occupies a house near to the King home. The boy found the body of the baby born two weeks ago, In the attic of the King home, and took it to his own home. Edward Gray, grown son of Mrs. Gray, made his little brother return the body to where he had found it, and notified Policeman Dean Wilkerson. who lives at Woodmont. Officer Wilkerson and Sergt. Charles T. Cooley began an investigation whieh resulted in the arrest of the young woman as she arrived home from Washington on a midnight electric car. When the officers first entered the attic they found but one body, that of the girl, which they brought to Rockville. 'An examination by Drs. George E. Lewis and Gilbert V. Hart- ley disclosed that death had occurred months ago. State's Attorney Garrett dispatched the officers back to Woodmont to push the investiga- tion and about midnight received from one of them a telephone mes- age that the second body had been found in the attic. The officers reached Rockville about half-past 1 o'clock this morning, bringing with them the second body and the yourg woman, Miss King told Mr. Garrett she was the mother of both babies, born at her home, and gave him the names of the two men she said wWere thelr fathers. Both, she said, formerly were in the employ of the Washing- ton and Rockville Electric Rallway, one as a motorman and the other as a conductor, but severed their con- nection with the company secveral weeks ago and left the county. Throughout her {nterview with Sta Attorney Garrett the young girl was entirely self-possessed and at no time did she give WAy to tears or seem un- duly concerned. She did not seem to realize the seriousness of her position. The young prisoner told Mr. Gar- rett that she formerly lived in Wash- ington and Tenleytown and came to Woodmont four years ago, since which time she had kept house for her father and little brother, her mother being dead. e POLAND TO PLACE ORDER FOR U. S. MACHINE GUNS ‘Will Spend $2,000,000 With Amer- ican Concern Which Will Equip Factory in Europe. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, March 27.—Poland will place her first important order for war materials from the Unitad States, it is stated here. The contract, which it is reported has been definitely agreed upon, but not vet signed, will give Poland sev- eral thousand machine rifies made by the Colt's Patent Firearms Manufac- turing Co. of Hartford, Conn. Al- though a French rifie has been use by the Polish forces, a change to the American tvpe was decided upon wiil call for the de- livery of several thousand rifies, the exact number.as yet not having been made known, during a period of from 12 to 18 months. They will cost about $2.000.000, which will be paid in three instalimente The machine rifies will be manu- factured in a factory near Warsaw under supervision of representatives of the Colt company, the American concern providing mechanical equip- ment and Instructors to supervise the work DEATH LIST REACHES 51 IN EUROPEAN MINE CRASH By the Associated Press STRASSBURG, Alsace, March 2 The death list from the accident in | the Merlebach mine in Lorraine ves- terday, when the cable of a broke a to the surface, reached 51 today. There were 19 mincrs in the cage when it fell 450 feet. Of these 47 were found dead and 4 of the 32 in- jured have since died cage Eddie E;z;y‘Stays To Help Kellogg . Run Departinent “I think you and I can get along very well several years more in run- ning the State Department.” sald Sec- retary Kellogg today to Eddie Savoy, the veteran messenger at his door, in notifying him that he had extended his term of office two vears from May 2. “Iddie” as he is best known here, as well as in foreign capitals, will be 70 years old on that date, and but for the action of the Secretary of State would then be automatically re- tired on a much smaller allowance. His career has been intimately con- nected in a humble capacity with the diplomatic history of the country since he entered the State Depart- ment as a messenger in 1889, when HamiNon Fish was Secretary of State. Since then Kddie Savoy has stood (or sat) at the Secretary's door and ushered into the presence of eighteen successive heads of that department every diplomat or other visitor from foreign parts, as well as all officials and citizens, distinguished and other- wike, of the United States having business with the Secretary. Through that daily experience of nearly 55 vears he has acquired a diplomatic knowiedge and bearing that are_traditional among his asso- ciates. His dress and obeisances are always adapted to the rank or posi- tion of the caller, and it fs said he has never made a Social faux pas. He personally handed passports to Senor Polo de Barnabe, the Spanish envoy |in this city at the outbreak of the Spanish war -in 1808 and accompanied Secretary Day to Paris when the treaty of peace was signed in the same year, .. .. ... - 3 in | it was bringing a mine shift | G EXPLORER MARSH HOTLY BLAMED FOR PART IN SAN BLAS REVOLT Panama Minister Says ‘““Declaration of | Independ- ence” Was Written by Him—Indians Declared Ignorant of High Ideals Stated. The recent “revolt” of the San Blas Indluns was due almost entirely to the activities of R. O. Marsh, Amer- foan expiorer, Minister Alfaro today declared. He denied that the insur- rection had ever attained serious proportions, or that military engage- ments, described by Marsh on his re- turn to the United States, had ever taken place. ‘The few policemen statiomed in Tndlan villages were assassinated by mobs,” Dr. Alfaro said. “Fourteen policemen, school teachers and civil- fans lost their lives ingthe uprising. Inquiry by United States Envoy. “The participation of Mr. Marsh in these events, the pretended request for an American protectorate over the Tule nation, and the report that the American flag had been raised in the affected reglon caused the Amer- fcan Minister to proceed there aboard the gunboat Cleveland. The Depart- ment of State discountenanced the attitude of Mr. Marsh and the Amer- ican Minister, acting accordingly and displaying pralseworthy tact, advised (From the 5:30 Bdition of Yesterday's Star.) HANEY TO RETIRE FROM SHIP BOARD One Other Member Also Ex- pected to Leave—Differ- ences Over Policy. Resignation of one or more mem- bers fo the Shipping Board is expect- ed to result from the recent contro- versy over separation of the board and the Emergency Fleet Corpora- tion, and the suggestion even has been made that some of the func- tions of the board may eventually be transferred to the Commerce De- partment. Strong indications were given yester- day that Commissioner Haney. appointed from Oregon, soon would submit his resignation. ' Mr. Haney is said by his friends to have been dissatisfied with recent developments in connec- tion with board affairs growing out of efforts to put into operation a plan for separation from the Emer- gency Fleet Corporation. Amother May Step Out. In addition to Mr. Haney, those in close touch with hte situation have predicted that at least one other member would relinquish his post in the not distant future. The row over separation has been in progress for several months. Pres- fdent Coolidge recommended that the two services be separated, and on De- cember 23 last the board adopted a resolution, by a vote of 5 to 1, giving the fleet corporation a free hand in andling the ships, but leaving the Shipping Board with the duty of de- termining trade routes to be served. Commissioner Haney cast the dissent- ing vote. At_the time President Palmer. of the Fleet Corporation declared that, although the resolution might have the effect of carrying out Mr. Cool- idge's wishes, only complete separa- tion by law would ultimately prove workable. Bill Will Be Prepared. Chairman Jones of the Senate com- merce committee, who is soon to go to South America to study shipping problems, ls expected at the next ses- sion of Congress to Introduce legis- lation covering that phase of the sub- ject. The suggestion that at least some of the functions of the board might be transferred to the Commerce Depart- ment, has come more strongly to the front recently following the Presi- dent's order transferring the Pension Bureau to the Commerce” Department. Those interested in such a move are studying the laws on the subject with a view to determining exactly what steps would be necessary. Haney Will Not Talk. Commissioner Haney declined to com- ment on his future course, but said he did not contemplate resigning at this time. It was pointed out, however, however, that the same purpose would be served by the commissioner de- clinging to stand for reappointment when his term nominally expires in June. Such action, or failure of the Presi- dent to offer a reappointment, would serve to separate the commissioner from his duties, and the might be followed in the case of any other commissioner. (Prom the 5:30 Bdition of Yesterday's Star.) PLANE RISES 10,400 FEET OVER CAPITAL New Bombing and Torpedo Type Machine Makes Remarkable Flight With Lieut. Owens. Lieut. George Owens of the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, D. C. es- tablished what is considered markable altitude performance for a heavy seaplane yesterday afternoon when he piloted a new scouting, bombing and torpedo plane to an altitude of 10,400 feet over the city. The flight created much interest among pedestrians who heard the powerful airplane motor, but were unable to sight the plane, because it was above a mist. 2 It took Lieut. Owens one hour and five minutes to reach the maximum altitude and 10 minutes to come down in easy stages. The plane weighed 6,570 pounds, but in this figure were included two mechanics, 150 gallons of gasoline and 300 pounds of mis- cellaneous equipment. A few days ago Lieut. Owens took the plane. fully loaded and weighing 5,080 pounds, to an altitude of 5400 feet. The plane used yesterday is known as the SC-2 and Is the first of 35 now in production for the Navy a re- ITALY HAS 1,500 PLANES. Strength to Be Increased to 2,000 by Summer. ROMI, March 27.—The budget re- port submitted today states that on June 30, 1924, Italy posSessed 60 squadrons with 1.500 airplanes, of which 650 were fighting machine; while by next Summer she will have 90 squadrons with 2,000 airplanes, 500 of them of the fighting type. The report added that France pos @essed 138 squadrons, - 2 ! same course | ‘ taurant the rebellious Indians to submit to Panaman authorities. The Indians, free from the influence of Marsh, quickly submitted, and further biood- shed was prevented.” The “Declaration of Independence of the Tule Nation” was “conceived, drawn up and signed by Mr. Marsh, himselt,” the minister serted, describing the document as “a piece of literature wherein anthropology, mythology and politics are closely interwoven.” . Indians Held Usmindful. “There is not & single Indian in San Blas who is familiar with the idea, the facts or the theories set forth in that document,” Dr. Alfaro declared. He said the Panama government's policy had been designed to withhold use of force against “the poor, igno- rant, misguided Indians” and to pre- sent oppression by its local represen- tatives, and stressed the unbroken record of peace in the relations of the Indian tribe and the government un- til the advent of Marsh. RELIGION IN TRADE DECLARED BIG NEED Business Man Is Speaker at Keith’s Lenten Service. Next Week’s Program. “I have no use for a pious man, but I have much respect for a man that lives religion and creates re- ligious thought,” declared Edward C. Bendere, a business man of Philadel- phia, at midday Lenten services at Keith's Theater today. “A man can be religious and suc- cessful fn business” said Mr. Ben- dere. Mr. Bendere added that two of the main needs of the churches today are to get the vyoung people inter- ested and to get the busineks men to take up their religious responsibili- ties. “Men get away from the thought of religion becsuse it is too much trouble” he said. Prayer services wers conducted by Rev. Cornelius 5. Abbott and Dr. Wil- son Compton was the presiding lay- man. A vocal solo was rendered by Edward Crouch, boy soprano of the Cathedral choir, Program Follows. The program for next week is as follows Dr. Edwin E. Slosson will be the speaker Monday, while services will be conducted by Rev. Murray S. Ken- worthy and Dr. T. A. Groover will be the presiding layman. A solo will be sung by Miss Helen Howison. Tuesday Rev. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce will deliver tho address; serv- ices will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Charles E. Fultz and Comdr. C. T. Jewell will preside. Wednesday the sermon will be de- livered by Rev. Dr. Willlam 8. Aber- nethy, Rev. Dr. Walter E. Smith wil conduct the services and Andrew Wil- son will be the presiding layman, while speclal music will be rendered by the Vermont Avenue Christian Church Quartet Dr. Huddle to Speak. - Rev. Dr. J. T. Huddle will speak Thursday, while services will be con- ducted by Rev. Dr. George M. Diften- derfer; and Thomas E. Robertson is to be the presiding layman. The week's program will be con- cluded Friday, when a sermon will be delivered by Rev. Dr. John Brittan Clark, with services conducted by Rev. Dr. John Bomberger, and W. B. Pagterson will be the presiding lay man. A vocal solo will be rendered by J. E. S. Kinsella. 8 HELD IN LIQUOR DRIVE IN CAPITAL Asher and Tenth Precinct Police Take 55 Gallons of Rum in in Five Raids. Following his participation with police of the third precinct in ar- rests and seizures of 13 stills at 2022 R street, former home of the Span- ish embassy, “Lone Wolf” Asher yes- terday afternoon took part-in five raids with police of the tenth pre- cinct. Assisting officers were Detec- tives Brown and Gilfoyle and Polic men OHff and Tyser. The net re- sults were eight arrests and seizure of approximately 40 quarts of alleged whisky and approximately 15 gallons of wine, they reported. Sale of one quart of whisky and possession of 17 quarts of the same beverage and two quarts of gin were charged against George Prancis Cook, 1855 Calvert street, who was arrested by the raiding party. Thomas A. Poulton's cigar store, at 3329 Georgla avenue, was among the first places raided by the tenth pre- cinct squad. Poulton, 71 years cld, was arrested on a charge of selling and fllegal possession of liquor, and Mrs. Tda E. Blair, 48 years old, of Bolling Green, Va., his niece, who was visiting with him, also was taken into c;umdy on a charge of-illegal posses- sion. Alleged Patron Held. J. W. Garmer, jr., 46 vears old, of 3577 Warder street, a huckster, who was in the store at the time, was placed under arrest charged with transporting a pint of whisky, which was alleged to have been found in his pocket. Samuel Armstrong, 64 years old, res- proprietor, at 3406 Georgia avenue, was arrested on charges of sale and flegal possession of liquor, when his place was raided shortly after the above raid. A small quan- tity of alleged liguor was found, ac- cording to the police. Nick Phucas, 35 vears old, proprietor of a delicatessen store at 3400 Geor- gia avenue, and his clerk, Lee D. Nor- man, 27 years old, of 5327 Seventeenth street, were arrested on a charge of selling and possession of liquor, in violation of the national prohibition act. In a raid at 771 Kenyon street the ralders arrcsted Mrs. Anna B. Coaper of that address, charged with iMegal possession of liquor. - e Poland Gets U. S. Gold. WARSAW, March' 274 The Bank of Poland, which has been steadily buy- ing gold in order to increase its re. serve, has received its first shipment from the United Stites, consigned here by the Irving National Bank of New York City. The bars, . worth $1,100,000. were brought here from Rotterdam without guard in a sesled car, packed in barrels. The trans- portation was so rapid that the ship- ment reached Warsaw two days be- fore a letter confirming the trans- actlony’ “ ;- - T L FRIDAY, MARCH 27 [ River, 1925 NEW CHARGE AIRED IN ENGLISH PROBE Committee Seeks Evidence That Judge’s Aide Practiced Before Him. By the Ansociated Press. ST. LOUIS, March 27.—The con- gressional investigation to determine whether recommendation of im- peachment shall be made against Federal Judge G. W. English, veered today to the charge that he permitted his referee in bankruptcy to practice law before him. Three days have been devoted to adducing testimony that the judge was tyrannous, abusive and oppressive while on the bench and that he had knowledge of an arrangement by which his son Faris collected 3 per cent on bankruptey funds deposited in the Union Trust Co. of East St. Louis. Through H. W. Blodgett, St. Louis attorney, it was brought out that C. B. Thomas, appointed referee in bank- ruptey by Judge English, was called into the case of the Hawkins Mort- gage Co. in which Judge English {s- sued a restraining order while sit- ting In the Federal court at Indian- apolls, Ind, in the absence of Judge Anderson. He said Thomas was pald a re- tainer of $1.000 and that he appeared in court, one day, although it was planned to use Thomas also In the criminal suits against Hawkins. Says Hawkins Had Order. Blodgett said that the order to Judge English to preside at the In- dianapolis hearing on & petition for an injunction in the Hawkms case was handed to Judge English by M S. Hawkins himself. Blodgett was unable to say, he added, how Hawkins happened to have possession of the order. Paul Carpentier, Indianapolic court reported, identified a transscript of the proceedings in Judge Anderson's court the day the Indiana judge ex- pelled Thomas from the Hawkins case, reprimanded him for having as- sociated himself with It, and made remarks against Judge English. Representatives Earl C. Michener of Michigan and Roya! J. Keller of New York objected to introducing the en- tire transeript with its excorfation of Judge English and insisted that only such parts that showed Judge Eng- lish's officially appointed referee in bankruptey’ actually had been per- mitted to practice bankruptey law while holding the referee’s office, be admitted TIWO YEARS GIVEN INTHEFT OF PURSE New Trial Denied Defendant. Four Sent {o Occoquan on Joy-Riding Charges. Justice Hoehling, in Criminal Di- vision 1, today sent Louis Dele- vesque, alias Louis Loraine, to the penitentiary for two years. The pris- oner, who. declined to have counsel assigned to him, was recently con- victed of snatching a pocketbook ‘When called for sentence, he changed his' mind and asked for a new trial, but the court declined to grant the request. James Turner and Carroli E. Wha- len, both colored, were given terms of one year each at Occoquan on charges of housebreaking and larceny. Frank Mahoney, white, will serve six months at Occoguan on a charge of ‘stealing an automobile, and John H. Allen, Joseph M. Robinson and Robert Thompson, all colored, will so- journ there for a like period on a Joy-riding charge. William Glover, colored, drew three months at Occo- quan on the same offense. Justice Hoehling extended proba- tion to two white men and one col- ored man accused of forgery. All had been in the employ of the Govern- ment.. Lester Bell will be under the eye of Probation Officer Steele for one an attendant at St Elizabeth’s Hospital and was charged with two cases of forgery. He wanted to secure a civll service position for his brother and signed his brother’s name to the application and imper- sonated the brother at the examina- tion, it was testified. Louis S. Maritzer will bs on pro- bation for one year, because, it was complained he forged the name of his mother to checks sent to her from the Veterans' Bureau as pension for eight months after her death. William Dudley, colored, was piaced on proba- tion for one year after admitting that he forged the name of a payes to a Veterans' Bureau check for $15. Mrs. S.-J. Hay, dean of women at Southerr Methodist University, has been elected a director of one of the prominent banks in Dallas, . JAY J. MORROW. MORROW T0 ASSIST TACNA-ARICA WORK Former D. C. Commissioner Named to Group to Aid in Settling Boundary Line. Brig. Gen. Jay J, Morrow, former Engineer Commissioner of the District and until recently Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, was appointed by President Coolidge today as a member of a special commission to draw the boundary line of tho terri- tory covered zy article of the treaty of Ancon between Chile and Peru, in accordance with the determination of the award in the Tacna-Arica case recently made by President Coolidge as _the arbitrator. Gen. Morrow well known in Washington because of his work as Engineer Commissioner and achieved great prominence as the Governor of the Panama Canal after having com- pleted nearly eight ve service as engineer of maintenance. The general retired to private 1t last Summer and has since been en- gaged In engineering projects in New York City. Among other services, he has been charged with engineer work of rivers and harbors and lighthouse duty at several important stations on both coasts of the United States, in Alaska and the Philippine Islands. Also he was chairman of the Alaskan Rallroad Commission, and during the World War he commanded the 4th Engineers with the 4th Division and was promoted to the rank of brige- dier general and as chief engineer of the 1§t Army (St. Mihiel and the Ar- gonne) and deputy chief engineer of the American expeditionary forces. In announcing Gen. Morrow’s ap- pointment to this new and important post a White House statement con- cludes that he has had “long and distingulshed service in the call ot engineers in the Linited States Army and in the Panama Canal.” i o DISTRICT MUSIC TEST TO BE HELD TOMORROW | The District Federation of Music Clubs will hold the biennial contest for young music students of voice, violin and piano, at St. Paul's English Lutheran Church, Kleventh and H streets, tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Winners in this contest will compete with winners from Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia in Roanoke, Va., on April 30. The win- ners from that contest will go to Portland to compete with winners from the other 12 districts during the week of June 6. Should Washington have a winner to compete in Portland, the local board pians to furnish his or her rail- road ticket to Portland. National winners will receive cash prizes of $500 each or, if preferred, one year's scholarship, including living expenses, in one of five music schools of na- tional reputation The schools scholarships are stitute of Music, director, offering scholarship; the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, John Grolle, director, offering a year's scholarship, includ- ing academics; the New England Con- servatory of Music, Dr. George W Chadwick, dean, offering one scholarship with academics; the In- stitute of Musical Art of New York City, Dr. Frank Damrosch, dean, offer- ing full course scholarship, which in- cludes two of three years in any chosen branch. with academic train ing, and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Emily Frances Bauer, dean offering one yvear's scholarship. of music offering the Cleveland In- Dr. Everett Block, one . year At Karatsu, in Japan, the work of coaling ships is performed by women and girls Flags on River Are at Half-Staff As Noted Skipper Makes Last Port! Capt. William C. Geoghegan Long W as Familiar Fig- ure in This Section—Carried Supplies in Civil War—W on Medal for Bravery. Flags on Washington wharves fly at half-staff today for Capt. Willlam C. Geoghegan, 86 years old, retired steamship captain, and dean of Chesapeake and Potomac River navi- gators. who .died at the John Dick- son Home, 5000 Fourteenth street, yesterday. For 40 years he com- manded ships plying between this city and Baltimore. To Capt. Geoghegan the Potomac the bay and all their tribu- taries were like familiar pictures. ‘His long and enviable record as a shipmaster dated . from Civil War days, wken he rendered yeoman serv- ice in transporting troops and sup- Hes. B Brought Supplies to Troops. In November, 1862, his boat, the Pocahortas, carried troops and sup- plies from Washington to New Orleans. Later it was his ship which carried supplies to Gen. McClellen along the James River, In Virginia; also carried supplies to Gen. Butler's troops at the time of the capture of Fort Hatteras: to Gen. Gilmore at anoke Island, and to Gen. Gordon's tfoops at the capture of Jacobsonvills and to Gen. Bank's exhibition up the Mississippl River. He wlso command- ed, at one time, the John Gibson, which ran between Washington and New York. In 1909 Capt. Geoghegan was giver a special medal for bravery for making Ing rescués when his ship ocollided with another ship en route from New- gt News to Acqua Creek during the For many years a favorite trip for both Washingtonians and Baltimo. reans was the trip between the Capi- tal and the Monumental City, with the old captain. The steamers Sue and Three Rivers were among several of :«umch he was in command on that n. In additiop to navigating ships on various expeditions during the Civii War and plying the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac, Capt. Geoghegan was also on a ship which ran between New York and Brazil. Although born in Maryland, the plp!llh spent a great deal of his life in this city and the latter years of his life considered Washington his home. He retired in 1913 and had- been living in the John Dickeon Home for the last four and a half vears. Funeral services will be conducted at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William E. Eno, in Baltimore, {omor. row afternoon. Besides his daughter, Capt. Geoghe- gan is survived by tWwo sons, Charles M. Geoghegan and William €. Geoghe- gan. jr. two grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Kate Reynolds of Phila- delphia. ‘In_Japan woman . detectives have become very popular, and because of their efMciency in unearthing incrim- inating evidence are employed by the banks- and many latge violin | vear's | 2 AIRMEN NAMED FOR HAWAII TRIP Navy’s Plans for Hawaiian Flight Taking Shape Rapidly. The Navy's plans for a top flight from the Pacific coast to Hawail in the next few months have pro gressed to the point where pilots for one of three planes to make the trip have been selecs There now being built, at the Boeing factory, in Seattle, Wash.. a giant seaplane with a metal hull bearing the designation PB. It originally was intended tha this ship alone should make the trip. but since the successful performancs of the new PN-3 typs of boat-sea plane two of these will bs inclufied in the expedition. Lieut. Comdr. James H. Strong, ai- tached to the U. S. 8. Aroostook, air craft squadron, battle flest, and Lieut Comdr. Ralph Davidson, who last year was to have accompanied Roald Amundsen on his flight across the North Pole, have been selected to fiy the PB. Rear Admiral William A Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aero nautics, now has under consideration a list of aviators from which will be picked pilots for the two PN-0s. The pilots for the PB were sclected by the commander of the aircraft squad rons, battle fleet non Trip Set for May or June. the sur the PB factory late in The trip, contingent cessful trial performances of when ft emerges from the is scheduled to take place May or June and at a time when a portion of the battle fleet is return- ing to the Pacific coast. The surface vessels would be spread out in their journey across from Hawali and would act as an mirway for the planes. The flight, therefore, would be purely an engineering problem while if no surface ships were ata tioned in the zone of flight it would be both engineering and navigation The big PB is a boat type seaplane with metal hull and is powered with two Packard “twenty-five hundred engines, each having $00 horsepower They are mounted in tandem, and the designers claim the plane can stay in the air on one motor if the other fails, even though it is carrying full load. Jt will have a range of 2,400 miles or mors The PN-9s, the first of which com pleted trials at the naval afreraf factory in Philadelphia several days 20, also have-u metal hull and are powered with two Packard “fifteen hundred” motors of 530 horsepower each The engines are mounted the wings on either side of the hu'l They have a range of 2,200 miles. GILDED CLUBS FAIL 70 BAR DRY AGENTS Two More in New York Padlocked After Evidence Is Obtained of Liquor Selling. upon By the Associated Press. W YORK, March memberships and careful scrutiny Exclusive applicants sre failing to prevent Fed- entering abarets on padlocksmiths from “clubs.” as post-Volstead Broadway now are known Bmory R. Buckner started his ca reer as Federal district attorney by spending $1.400 of his own mones | through lawyer friends, for cham {pagne in restaurants. He has not revealed. however, just how he gets his men past husky liveried door Kkeepers of gilded clubs in the Roar ing Forties, how his agents identify themselves adequately to £lub attaches who sérutinize entrants through peepholes Anyhow, .is methods of getting evidence of the sale of liquer are so successful that the clubs usually con sent to padlock decrees. Two places the Club Moritz and the Club Borgo. were padlocked vesterday. Mouquins the Piping Rock Restaurant and the Beaux Arts Club had previously beer Tocked he closing of those places of them for a period of one with agreements to cease {liquor forever, will cause losses thousands of dollars to the owners The Club Borgo owners spent $70.000 {alone furnishings and decoratio; before opening last Summer. The other places padlocked likewise were established at great cost. Jazz or chestras under contract must be paid even while the clubs are closed | One suggestion is that Mr. Buck- ner's appeal for volunteers to sub | mit aMdavits about violations of the law has met with a response among the socially prominent, NTER RACE. ral montl on BRITISH E | Two Planes to Take Part in i Schneider Cup Contests. Notification that two British ma {chines would be entered in the Schneider cup races at Baltimore were received today by the Natfonal Aero- nautic Association here. The Royal Aero Club of London will enter the planes. The races will be held October 24 President’s Medals CrudeWorksof Art, Experts Declare Commission Advises Cool- idge to Stop Presenta- tions. President Coolidge was told today by two members of the Fine Arts Commission that unless the Presi dent's medals produced by the Gov ernment in the future are works of art and bcauty this custom should be entirely abundoned. Charles Moore, chairman of this commission, who, with James FE Fraser, a noted sculptor here, con ferred with the President. said after ward that the medals of the past which have been turned out at Fed- eral mints are crude and void of artistic beauty. He said that the medals should compare with those by foreign countries and until the Federal Government decides to do this he hopes that there will be no more medals turned loose. Mr. Moore believes also that the matter of art should also hold good in all other medals which are from time to time awarded by various de- partments of the Government, es- pecially the War and Navy Depart- ments. The principal object of this call was for the purpose of Mr. Fraser to pav his respects to the President. He i Jeaving the commission and is to be succeeded by Loredo Taft, & famous sculptor, 3