Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (7. §. Weather Burean air and continued cool toda, increasing clo resh northwest morrow warmer: Forecat.) to- oudiness and winds. High- ©st, 49, &t noon yesterday; lowest, 40, at 6 am. vesterday. Full report on page 7. he wndl WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION 1 Sta No. 1,04£.—No. 29,552. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON ~ SHERRILL TACKLES ACUTE PROBLEM OF BATHING BEACHES Considers Substitute for Tidal Basin, Closed by Congress Action. R | WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE SEVERELY AFFECTED Men and Boys to Chance Polluted Waters of River During Hot Months. W Yen <hington’s outdoor bathing prob- ute by the determination to bathing in the is being carefully studied herrill, superintendent buildings and grounds, afd District govermment, recommendations to made A 1 | Basin ol vublic cials h under copsideration look s stop a view to | | Proposals 10 I. The use of the Potomac River, parts of it, for bathing purposes; after steps have been taken to min- mize pollution of the river 2. TFhe construction of bathing or ‘Gang’Frees 60 Dogs Py the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo., March 28.—Ju- venile “gang revenge” had its in- ning here when 12 youths de- scended upon the city pound and released 60 dogs—every animal impounded there—in etaliation for the imprisonment of one dog, the property of one of the “gang, it became known today. Today the “gang,” 12 strong and ranging in age from 10 to 15 years, appeared in juvenile. court to answer charges of malicious mischief as an aftermath its act 7 GERMANS DIVIDE 5 MILLION VOTES Majority for Any Presidential Candidate in First Elec- tion Is Improbable. of By the Associated Press. BERLIN, March Seven dates representing all shades and cat- egories of German post-war politics will contend for the suffrage of more than 35,000,000 votes at tomorrow’s first popular election for a president to succeed the late President Ebert. Conflicting political currents, re- reflected in the variegated list of #hewehes” and smaller pools, which be filled with filtered water and | purificd by the use of chemi- will further o Appropriations Needed. | T'he adoption of any or all of these | Pos; would require appropria- by Congress and could only be | carried into effect in the future. The | \struction and use of beaches and | ols in which filtered water would used would not bLe possible of Ifillment, it is pointed out by Col. Sherrill and officials of the W Department of the District, until af- | ter the completion of the work now | under way for an additional water | supply for the capital. This addi- tional water supply will not be fully available, ft is said, until 1927 The city, however, faces the coming Summer “months Wih no bathing | facilities for the people except the ! small muni al pools near the Wash- | ington Monument and small pools at the Central High School and some of the playgrounds. At the tidal basin, the number of bathers ran 2,000 or | 3.000 a day, and sometimes as high | as 11,000. Many of these bathers “illJ seek the pools already constructed | and many others will go to the river itself. Those who go to the river tace the danger of drawing and of contracting disease from the potfuted waters P P Guards Are Suggested. hould be taken, it is urged | In some quarters, to provide at least a few guards at stated places along the river shore, and some place iIn which bathers could leave their cloth- ing in safety while they are bathing. This could be done to meet in a meas- ure the immediate needs, It Is sald, while the plans for permanent de- velopment are being worked out. In the opinion of Col. Sherrill' one of the most important steps that could be undertaken would be a sur- of the Potomac River to deter- mine how the pollution of its waters could be so minimized as to make | bathing in the stream safe so far as | infection is concerned. A survey should | undertaken by the Government engineers with this idea in view, he £aid yesterday, that would cover the Potomac Vi for a great part of it< length. The adoption of a compre- hensive plan to prevent pollution, he | pointed out, would be of great value not only to the citizens of Washing- ton, but also to other people who live along the river. Steps Finds Water Dangerous. Col. Sherrill said that as & result of his investigations so far made, he had become convinced that the waters of the Potomac anywhere along the | Washington water front and running up to Chain Bridge were dangerous | to health is used for bathing and | wimming. At the time the District | «ppropriation law for the fiscal vear | 26 was under consideration during last session of Congress, and the ilems for the bathing beaches In the Tidal Basin were stricken out, the Senate appropriations committee, de- termined to request Col. Sherrill to submit recommendations to it for con- sideration at the next sesslon of Con- gress 100king to the establishment of | bathing facilities for the people here. herrill has about determined mend the establishment of beaches,” to be located in two or three parts of the city, which will be large enough to accommodate batliers and which will be filled filtered water and purified by of chlorine. He' calls them * instead of pools, because it n to have the wading and surfaces surrounded by 4 beaches, where the bathers may | and where sun umbrellas may be tup. In fact, they are to be as like bathing beaches bordering the wcean and the lakes as possible. Dur- | tug the recess, Col. Shervill plans to | f 1 to reco bathing the swimmin rest . ame estimates for such Fathing aches for submission to the Budget Hureau in preparation for the next Congress | €Coxt Would Be Heavy. The construction of such with the necessary bathhous equipment, would cost a considerable sum, Col. Sherrill admits. But he be- lleves that Congress is in earnest in its desire to provide adequate and safe bathing facilities for the people of the District, and would give the plans care- ful consideration. Senator Phipps of Colorado, chairman of the subcommittee | which handles the District appropria- | m abills, made it clear before he left here a few weeks 4go that he was most | irou of providing bathing beaches to take the place of those eliminated | from the Tidal Basin. With the additipnal water supply of the District available in 19 will be possible to fill such “beaches is €aid, and to keep them clean. There will be time enough to get the legislation through Congress and to do the work of construction neces- sary by the Summer of 1927 | The District now owns two large ncrete basins, both or one of which might be utilized for such a bathing heach as described by Col. Sherril ‘I'hey constitute the Brightwool Kes ¢rvoir, on Sixteenth street. This res- ervoir will no longer be needed, and fact will not he available for wse (Continued on Page 6, Column 4.) beaches, | and other I { | | | i i | sion | pression_to | the Natlonalists and aspirants, have found ample expres- in veminous manner in the campaign that closed tonight, and which was fought out for the most part on paper. Popular interest in tomorrow’s election has been marked for the past few weeks by lukewarm- ness, if not indefference. a Party Votes Likely. Tomorrow's vote is expected to re- flect an Inclination to vote straight party tickets rather than to give ex- personal choice for any one of the candidate; If the returns approximate of last December’s elections Reichstag, when there w: line-up similar to that at this first presidential election, the voting to- morrow will terminate in a dead heat. Dr. Jarres, the common standard bearer of the Nationalist and con- servative bourgeols classes, is the hope of German die-hards, conceded 11,000,000 votes in pre-elec- tion estimates. But this number will not be sufficlent to insure his election. those to the party a Distribution of Votes. The candidates of the three liberal parties, Otto Baun, Soclalist; ex- chancellor Marx, Centrist, and Prof. Hellpach, Democrat, wil jointly poil 4Bout 15,000,000 votes, assuming that they are able to retain their com- bined vote of December 7. At least 00,000 votes, it is believed, will be cast for the three remaining candi- dates, Ern€st Thalmann, Communist; Premier Held of the Bavarian people’s party, and Gen. Ludendorff, the Fascist champion. Within 18 days after tomorrow's election nominations for the final balloting on April 26 must be filed with the federal commissioner of elections. It i{s now viewed as in- evitable that a completely new line- up of candidates, limited to two or three will figure in the final balloting. The three liberal parties, Socialist, Centrist nd Democrats, will be forced in self- defense to pool their political for- tunes by uniting on a joint candidate in order to present a solid front to the Conservative bourgeols element. Although the latter declare that Dr. Jarres will enter the final race, there is strong probability that he will give way to Chancellor Dr. Hans Luther or possibly to Minister of De- fense Dr. Otto Gessler, both of whom it is believed would prove stronger candidates. FIGHTS GALORE STARTED BY GOTHAM CAT ROUND-UP | Manhattan Bowling Green Neigh- borhood Association Precipitates Trouble Between 75 Felines. he Associated Prass. 5W YORK, March 28.—The an- nual round-up of stray cats in lower Manhattan teday by the Bowling Green Neigitborhood “Association got off to a -good start, but after the first 75,cags were brought in trouble a-plenty developed. Unlooked-for excitement arose out of a dozen cat fights, protests from angry owners and representatives of many societies, and looting of deten- tion pens by children after the felines were. caught. The harassed organ- izers called off the hunt before it was half through, and some officials emphatically declared there would be no cat hunt next vear. It was discovered that wers bringing cats back as “repeat- ers.” They earned a bounty of two tickets per head to a “cat party” promised next week. children Man Slain in Hold-Up. ST. PAUL, Minn,, March 28.—Harry Davis, 22, a floor walker, was shot and killed by a hold-up man in the S. S. Kresge Co., 5, 10 and 25 cent store here early today. The robber failed to obtain a money bag car- ried by Davis. After the shooting, the man fled into a side street and disappeared. InPound When Own Pet Is Im prisoned| candi- | and_who | 1s | HIGH SCHOOL FRAT 10 BARE SECRETS - IN FIGHT FOR LIFE Membership Role to Be Pub- lished Before Case Is - Taken to Court. -~ | PROMINENT .GRADUATES TO LEAD LEGAL BATTLE Peyser to Seek Modification of School Board Ban on | Societies. Three Washington high school fraternity chapters decided last night marked their Buard of on its anti- has ex- | that | istence and face shown dewn” ruling. secrecy [ tion for fraternity The first step in their open against the board will be taken morrow, when J. Milton Probey, chair- man of the executive committee of Sigma Delta Fraternity, submits its complete membership roster to school authorities. Sigma Delta has chapters in Central, Western and McKinley High Schools. The names of 70 stu- dents are on its membership rolls. Six are captains of cadet companies. A number of others are prominently identified in athletics hold portant positions in approved school organizations. These offices they must forfeit as the penalty for affillating with a secret society. fight or im- To Take Case to Courts. As its plans to g second move Sigma Delta into the courts to test the legality of the board's authority to tell hizh school students what or- ganizations they shall and shall not Join. The fraternity also plans to seek in the meantime, an injunction to com- pel the board to reinstate all of members who have been forced to sever connection with student activ- ittes. The executive committee of Sigma Delta which will wage the fight against the board includes some of Washington’s most prominent busi- ness and professional men, all alumni of the District hizh schools. It will meet this morning to consider what additional weapons can be used in its campaign Confers With Peyser. Mr. Probey held a lengthy confer- ference yesterday afternoon. Capt. Julius I~ Peyser, the board’s committee on athletfe and playgrounds, and advised him of the fraternity’s plans to clash with the board over its anti-fraternity rul- ing. “We don't want to anta the board,” said Mr. Probey. cards will be laid on the table. will not adopt ,underhand or ques- tionable tactics.’ The board will be notifled of every contemplated move in advance.” Capt. Peyser Fas volunteered to champion the fight of the fraternities before the board, and announced last night that at its meeting Wednesday will put a motion to abrogate the anti-fraternity ruling. As chairman of tie board’s committee on athletics and playgrounds, Capt. Peyser thought he had the authority to reinstate the members of the secret organizations who have been removed from posi- tions of honor in the high schools, but discovered last night that no such power is vested in that office Two Favor Change. Anyhow, Capt. Peyser .intends to lead the fight for the removal of the ban on the fraternities at the board meeting and hopes fo come out vie- torious. Those In close touch wifh school affairs, - however, expect the vote on the question to be close. Only two “of the board members— Capt. Peyser and Ernest Greenwood, vice president—have definitely com- mitted themselves as favoring the abolition or modification of the anti- fraternity ruling. Several others, it is said, are in sympathy with the fraternities, but if the entire mem- hership of the board is present when the question comes to a ballot Capt. Peyser will have to muster another vote or two In order to wipe the fra- ternity rule off the board's statutes. The action of Sigma Delia Fra- ternity in presenting the names of its members fn the high schools to school officials, is expected to crip- ple the teams in the forthcoming inter-high school base ball champion- ship serles. Captains of several of the nines are said to be members of the fraternity, as well as some of the pitching aces. Chapters of Sigma Delta in the high schools, according to Mr. Probey, fol- lows: Western, Gamma; Central, Al- pha, and McKinley, Beta. In addition to members of Sigma Delta Fraternity at Western, those in several other debarred organizations are planning to “reveal themselves” as “frat” members tomorrow morn- ing. Among them are membcrs of Sigma Lamba Sorority, Gamma Delta Tau Sorority and Gamma Sigma Fra- ternity. Cuban Delegate Named. HAVANA, March 28.—President Zayas has appointed Dr. Angel Alballi to head a mission to the seventh Latin Ameri- can Conference. to be held in Mexico ity, April 8-20. Paralytic, Attacked by Maniac In Hospital, Regains Use of Legs a1 Dispatch to The Ster. KEARNY, N. J, March 28—A man whose legs have been paralyzed six vears is expected to recover the use of them com- pletely sinee being attacked Wed- nesday by a delirious patient in Stumpf Memorial Hospital, accord- Ing to doctors and nurses Fred Keiber, 38, of Lyndhurst, N. J., was injured in an automobile accident. He had gonme about on crutches since. When Peter Granato, a patient in the same ward with Keiber, came out of his coma hé leaped from his bed and tried to strangle everybody within reach. He sprang on Keiber and nearly choked the paralytic hefgre being beaten- off by nurses, With Granato raising a disturb- ance, nobody paid any further at- tention to Keiber. Granato chose other helpless patients for victims and before fleeing out a back door clawed the throats of three nurses and broke up furniture. It was nearly a half hour before nurses missed Kelber. A search revealed him under the covers in a vacant bed in a ward on the floor above. ‘When questioned, Keiber could explain his presence there in no other way than that he had walk- ed and run that distance. His crutches were still in the other ward. He was persuaded to try walk- ing back to his former bed the nurses’ astonishment, he aged easily to get back ug to- | its | D. C ) to divest themselves of the shroud of | uca- JUDGE IS ACCUSED BY FELLOW JURIST Asked Favors for Son, Judge | “Lindley Says in English | Impeachment Case. | By the Associated Press. EAST ST. LOUIS, N1, March 28.— The spectacle of a Federal judge ap- pearing as a witness agalnss another whose impeachment is sought was afforded today at the congressional investigation nto the actions of Judge George Washington English Judge Walter C. Lindley, associate of Judge English In the eastern dis- | trict of Nlinois, told the commitpee jthat his senior had sought to have ‘“appoint a son, George W. Eng- lish, jr., as attorney or solicitor in a bankruptey case, and that it was gen- erally understood throughout the dfs- trict) that Judge English was ap- pointing former Judge C. B. Thomas, his referee in bankruptcy, to num- erous lucrative receiverships. The last witness of the day, W. S. Wilson of Pinckneyville, 111, told the committee that in appointing him as & co-receiver with Thomas for the Gem Coal Co., Judge English had referred to Thomas as “one of my best friends and standing receiver.” It was brought out that Thomas resigned five receiverships and as at- torney for two receiverships January 17 last after publication by the St. Louls Post-Dispatch of charges against Judge English Each Fee $15. 500 to 600 bankruptey cases a year appear in the Eastern district, testified Marshall E. Danlel, district clerk, and the fee in each is $15. Jesse Dimond of Madisonville, Ky., formerly president of the Gem Coal Co., now.in the hands of receivers, testified that his company had been placed in receivership without formal notice to him, although the order later was vacated and another en- tered atter he had received formal notice. Dimond told the committee that he | had ardently opposed appointment of Thomas as recelver for his company because he thought Thomas knew nothing about the coal business, but that after the appointment Thomas told him, “I know you don’t like my appointment, but before I am through 1 will make you love me,” “Has he?’ asked Representative Tillman of Arkansas. “Not as yet,” was the serlous reply. Dimond said Thomas told him that several other receiverships were in view and that if they came through “this court,” although Judge English's name was not mentioned, e would get them, and offered to have Dimond help in managing them because he was a practical coal man. Judge English conferred frequently with counsel today, and in his own famillar courtroom appeared more il at ease than in the Tlarger court- room of the Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louls, where the previous ses- sions have been held and to which the hearing will revert Monday morning. PERSHING NOT EXPECTING DAWES TO BE HIS “C. 0.” General Doubts He Will Be Sena- tor, He Says—Going to Visit Sisters. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 28.—Gen. John J. Pershing, if elected a Republican Sen- ator from Missouri, would not guar- antee to take orders from Vice Presi- dent Charles G. Dawes, his former subordinate in the A. E. F., he sald today on alighting from a Pennsylva- nia train here, en route to Lincoln, Neb,, to visit two sisters. Gen. Pershing was greeted with the observation that if he should go to the Senate, as had been suggested in some quarters, he might have to take orders from Brig. Gen. Dawes, former general purchasing agent in his com- mand. Not necessarily,” sald Gen. Per- shing. ‘‘He's only the presiding officer. 1 would not have to take orders from him.’ The general met further questions about a possibility of his becoming a Senator with silence, vouchsafing only the comment that he thought it unitkety. » - From | SUNDAY MORNING “From P ress to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morn 60 cents per month and service wi ing to Washington homes at Telephone Main 5000 ill start immediately. MARCH M GLAD THAT LEGISLATURE § HAS EBODY ELSE 4L, HAVE A CHANC AT THE FRON GONe'! TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—10 PAGES. General News—Local, Natlonal, Foreign. The Starry Skies in April—Page 22. D. A. R. Activities—Page 22. Army and Navy News—Page 22. Veterans of the Great War—Page 23. Schools and Colleges—Pages 24 and 25. Current News Events—Page 25. Spanish War Veterans—Page 29. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 30. Civilian Army—Page 31. Radio Nzws and Programs—Pages 32 and 33. Girl Scouts—Page 33. Financial News—Pages 36, 37 and 38. Serial, “The Seven Sleepers’—Page 3. RT TWO—16 PAGES Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 11. Boy Scout News—Page 11. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 12. W. C. T. U. News—Page 12. District National Guard—Page 12. News of the Clubs—Page 13. At the Community Centers—Page 14. Parent.Teacher Activities—Page 14. Reviews of New Books—Page 5. PART THREE—1: PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music in Washington—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages €, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Fraternal News—Page 11. Around the City—Page 11. PART FOUR—4{ PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—$ PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Features. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIN—10 PAGES Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION—S8 PAGES World Events In Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 PAGES. Mr. Straphanger; Reg'lar Fellers; and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. $120,000 IN $10 BILLS DISAPPEARS IN MAILS Part of $1,000,000 Shipment From Washington Vanishes—Postal Authorities Baffled. Mr. By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., March 28.—Postal inspectors from Washington and New York investigating the disappearance of a mail pouch containing $120,000 in Federal Reserve Bank notes of $10 de- nomination, which disappeared while in transit between Washington and this city on February 26, admitted to- night they were baffled in their at- tempts to reach a solution of the case. The shipment, which left Washing- ton on December 26, totaled nearly $1,000,000. The pouch, which was either lost or stolen. was consigned to a Detroit bank. Careful checking of the shipment, it was said, has shown that the whole amount left Washington and that the door of the car in which it was shipped was not opened during the trip between the capital and Harrisburg, Pa. 5 One $10 Bill Turas Up. At Buffalo, the Detroit sack was scheduled for trahsfer from the Pennsylvania to the Michigan Cen- tral Rallroad. No trace of it can be found in the Michigan Central's records, but whether the money dis- appeared - between Harrisburg and Buffalo or during the transfer be- tween trains here has not been de- termined. One of the $10 bills from the stolen pouch, it became known today, was found in a local bank. . This is the only clue, post office . inspectors said, to indicate that the package was stolen and that the theft occurred in or near this city GREEK PRELATE OUSTED FROM TURKEY BY POLICE Athens Sees Act as Prelude to New Expulsions -in Violation of League Ruling. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, March 28—The Greek metropolitan of Paramythia, Albania, has been expelled by the Turkish po- lice authorities of Constantinople un- der the convention relating to the ex- change of populations. A semi-officfal statement issued at Athens says that this is regarded as a prelude to new expulsions in viola- tion of the recommendations of the | | League of Nutions L 1925—102 PAGES. FIVE CENTS o4 HURT IN PARIS STUDENT RIOTING Thirty Arrested After Eight Policemen Are Badly In- jured in Fighting. PARIS March 28 —Royalists and Conservative Republican students of the law school of the University of Paris and the Sorbonne prevented Prof. Georges Scelle’s second attempt to glve a lecture this afternoon and turned their vociferous protests into a real political demonstration agalnst the government. For three hours Pantheon Hill, known as the moun- taln of St. Genevieve, rang with “Con- spucz Herrtot." freely interpreted as “shame 6n. Hedriot, ating with the Royalist anthem: “Long live the king; down with the republic.” Trof. Scelle, who is the minister of labor" principal secretary, re- cently was appointed to the chair of international law, an appointment that did not meet with the approval of the students. There were many clashes between the police and students, and 54 of the police were wounded, 8 of them seri- ously. The student casualties are be- lieved to have been large, but their number is not known. Thirty students were arrested, including 3 ringlead- ears A demonstration of Communist stu- dents, which took place after Prof. Scelle’s particular opponents were dispersed, was broken up by the po- lice after a severe fight in front of the Pantheon, The students used | <hemical bombs. canes, fists and feet, while after ther the police battled furiously the Communists had called “assassins™ and “cattle.” Prefect in Charge. The prefect of police, -M. superintendent of operations In per- son. Amid jeers and insults, he ad- dressed the students in the Place Du Pantheon, saying: “You are free to manifest your opinions, but you must not resort to acts of viclence.” A Royalist student interrupted, shouting, “How about the Commun- Ists who have just cried, ‘Down with the Fatherland; long live the Inter- nationale'?” M. Morain smiled quizzically replied, “If they shout ‘down with the Fatherland,’ why, you might use your fists, but don’t use canes. The Rue Salnt Jacques, which is an old Roman road connecting Paris with Orleans, re-echoed this after- noon with the shouts of Herriot's supporters, “Long live peace,” and Royalists' shouts of “Long live Daudet,” in praise of the leader of their party. When the Communists got unduly obstrepcrous the Royal- ists and the more conservative of the young Republicans drowned them out with yells of “Vive la France.” Prof. Scelle, who was the initial cause of all the disturbance, entered the lecture hall by the back door with a bodyguard of four police in- spectors. It was some time before he was due to lecture, but he was not percelved by a crowd of students who had camped In the building since morning. The students made so much nolse and shouted so loudly for his resignation that he quietly made his exit by the same door. Shortly afterward the faculty an- nounced .that the lecture would not take place “today,” so it Is supposed that the. professor will make another attempt Monda: Presidential Yacht, Forced to Drop Morain, and Special Dispatch to The Star. NORFOLK, Va., March 25.—Ra- dio message from the presidential vacht Mayflower, picked up at the Hampton Roads naval base here tonight at 8 o'clock, stated -that the yacht had encountered a 60- mile northwest gale on the Poto- mac and had been forced to anchor. The gale was not felt in this city. Naval authorities here belfeved it t6 Dbe merely local and that it would pass over quickly. The yacht was forced to cast anchor oft Dahlgren, Va., Friday night In a similar storm. Dahigren is about 50 miles from Washing: ton. With the President are Mrs. Coolidge, John Caolldge, their son, who returned home Thursday from Ambherst to spend the Easter holi- days; Mrs. A. J. Goodhue of North- amplon, Mass, mother of Mrs. Coolidge, 'who fias been a guest at ¥ Quarter Removed From Boy’s Throat, ‘Asthma’ Relieved Physicians at Emergency Hos- pital solved d case supposed to be “asthma,” which had been puzzl- ing diagnostictans for a month. by removing a quarter from the throat of Robert G. Thomas. two and one-half vears old, colored, of 807 R streat His dificulty in caused in reality by the obstruc- tion in the lower part of the aesophagus, led to the belief that asthma was the trouble Finally, under direction Daniel Moffett of 1758 M street, an attending physician, an X-ras photograph was taken. The oper- ation resulted, and Robert s breathing easily last night for the first time In a month Incldentally, that quarter dated 1847. breathing, of Dr. was JOHN LROGERS DIES; INHOUSE 12 YEARS Massachusetts Representa- tive Ranking Member of For- eign Relations Body. | Representative John Jacob Rogers| of Massachusetts, ranking member of the House forelgn affairs committee and a member of Congress since 1913, iled at Garficld Hospital here last night after a long iliness. Tis death Tesulted from Hodgkins' disease. Mr. Rogers was operated on for ap- pendicitis July 14, Jast. He recovered uickly from the operation and after Testing for a few weeks threw him- se1f into the campaign and doctors de- “lared that overwork caused his re- lapse. After treatment at a hospital in Boston, he again improved and re- turned to his home in Lowell, Mass. T Jast January his physicians ad- Ad him to go South, believing the Tohder climate would hasten his con- valesence Stricken in South. remainde in Washing- tnight and then left (o G belteving a few weeks there Gl ik It possible for him to resume his duties as a member of Congress. At Charleston, S. C, he was taken suddenl Nirned to Washington, entering the Carfeld Hospital. At first it was belleved that he was suffering from gallstones, but an operation was Seemed Inadvieable, due to his weak- e Rexers who fa the personal s Rogers, copesentative of President Coolidie n investigating Veterars' Bureau hospitals throughout the United States, said last night that experts called in consultation, including Dr. Elliott P. F. Joslin_and Rog of Boston and Dr. Thomas A. Claytor ot Washingotn, dlagnosed his iliness as Hodgklns' disease, about which the medical world knows comparatively little. Apparently it is the link be- tween a chronic inflammatory condi- tion and tumor, producing tumerous enlargement of the lymphatic glands Mr. Rogers has served continuously in the House since the 63rd Congress Speciallzing in he became a recognized authority on the subject in the House. He is the author of the Rogers act, Vear ago, reorganizing the diplomatic corps, and described by former Secre- Mr. Rogers ton for a for! tary of State Hughes as “an instru-| ment making the diplomatic corps second to no organization under the American Government.” He was urged to become a candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator from Massachusetts last fall, but finally decided not to enter the contest. Was Private in War. Mr. Rogers was born in Lowell, Au- gust 18, 1881, He was graduated from Harvard University in the class of 1904, recelving his AM. in 1905 and his LLB. in 1907. In the Fall of that year he married Edith Frances Nourse of Lowell and began the practice of law. Mr. Rogers entered Congress in 1913, serving continuously eince then except for a perlod of the World War, when he enlisted as a private in the Field Artillery. Republican leaders of Massa- chusetts frequently said he would make an excellent governor, but he personal- | Iy preferred National politics politics. He is trustee and director of several business organizations and the members of a number of clubs, includ- ing_the Metropolitan and Chevy Chase of Washington. His residence in Wash- ington is 1155 Sixteenth street. -— DANCE TO PAY TUITION. Students Also Act as Rat Catchers to Get College Money. NEW YORK, March 28.—Thirty-five New York University students help- ed to work their wa. this year by acting as dancing part- ners. The students were engaged by a hair dressers’ convention which was short of partners for the convention ball, The university also revealed that several students earned regular pay as “rat catchers” and others worked in pawn shops at rush hours. Caught in Gale, Anchor in Potomac| the White House since the week before inauguration: Senator and Mrs. Glllett of Massachusetts; Mrs. A. T. Hert of Kentucky, vice chair- man of the Republican national committee In charge of women's activities; Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Glover, jr., of this city and Mr. and Mrs, A. T. Dodd of this city. A later message stated tonight that the yacht would dock off Nor- folk some time tomarrow morn- ing. This message was picked up at 9:15 tonight. Leaving its anchorage yesterday off Colonial Beach, about 65 miles south of Washington, where it re- mained Friday night, the yacht Mayflower, with President and Mrs. Coolidge aboard on a week end crulse, continued its journey down the river, and tonight an- chored In Chesapeake Bay, four miles west of Hooper Island. “All's well,” was the word re- fved last night from the yacht when it anchored at 8:15 o'clock. | | | | of police of ¥ il and was re-| er T Les | international affalrs,| passed a | to State | through college | JOB AGENCY HEAD READY FOR ARREST 10 TEST FEE LAW J. D. Kendall Notifies Police He Will Receive Service of Warrant. | TWO FORMER PATRONS SWEAR TO COMPLAINTS Issue Depends Largely on Intent to Protect Clerks and Pro- fessional Workers. John D, ashington es in the 10 of the with Build- Kendall, Business president Bureau vings Bar t. notified o Union ing, rteenth <tr 1 that of thre which licensed + at irat net hir him law prec ight he would present this morning ch of to e service with under violations employment operate here The warrant had been in the hands the first precinct since vesterday morning. Officers sought | twice to serve Mr. Kendall at his of- { fices &nd once at his home, but failed to reach h When Mr. Kendall learned of the nt, however, he notified the police that he would pre- ent himself at the precinct station this morni Mr. Kendall's has | been chosen by the corporation coun- sel’'s office to test the law regulating { licensing employment bureaus here. Through its official will determine their i toward the agencies. the agen warr. outcome future conduct 1 Three Charges Made. The warrant, sworn t ant in the o of th counsel, in Police Court, { Mr. Kendall violated t accepting a fee obtaining emplo; {cant; second, by corporation alleges that first, by excess $2 fo ent for an appli- sending another ap- {plicant to a place that had been filled {some time and. third, |failing to print on the back of a re- ceipt the section regulating an employment agent may charge. |” The question at issue is whether or inot that section fixing the fee to be | charged an applicant for work at a total of $2 applies to persons engaged in men- tal labor, or only to domestics and those | persons who are employed for physical |1abor. Mr. Thomas and employment | agents disagree on the Interpretation | of that section. The assistant corporation counsel believes that the law offers the same | protection to office help that it affords ! seamstresses, domestics and “other | laborers.” It is his contention that if the statute places seamstresses | the catego of “other laborers” it i was also intended to put stenograph- |ers and bookkeepers in the same class, ! especially when the law defines an applicant as a person seeking em- ployment of any legal nature Breadth of Term. the other hand, employment assert the law was passed to only domestics and common They pointed cut that the regulating fees specifically number of domestic em- “other laborers” who are to be assessed only $2 by an employ- ment agent. The term ‘“common laborers, however, is not used in the text of the statute, and it fis contended that ‘other laborers” covers all sses of workers except several specific exceptions. It was agreed by assistants in the office of the corporation counsel that the only lequate way to settle the | controversy would be to find a case { where a violation was believed to have heen made, arrest the agent who charged the fee and bring him into court for trial. On this basis Mr. Thomas set out to find a case and was furnished with the informa- tlon on which the charges against Mr. Kendall are based by two per- isons, a man and a woman. Both voluntarily went to Mr. Thomas' office and laid their experiences before him, Recelpts for Payment. The count charging him with ac- cepting a fee in excess of the law resulted from evidence furnished by a young woman who applied to the ‘Washington Business Bureau for em- ployment. According to the assistant corporation counsel, she was given a | place as filing clerk and showed Teceipts aggregating $18 for money she declared she had paid the bureau for obtaining the position for her. | Two dollars of that amount was a registration fee. i Upon examining the receipts given the young woman by the employment bureau, Mr. Thomas discovered that { the law regulating fees had not been printed on their reverse side, as he be- lieves is demanded by the law. As a ult the other count was charged against | Mr. Kendall In addition to that of as- sessing the applicant too much for the services she had received. The third count was based on in- formation furnished by a man. He told Mr. Thomas that he went to the Washington Bureau some time ago and asked them If they had an open- ing for a watchman. After paying $2 registration fee, the ma said he was sent to the Pennsylvania railroad, where he was told there was an open- ing. Upon arriving there, however, Mr. Thomas said the informant told him, the prospective watchman dis- covered that the position in question had been filled previously The warrant was rushed through the office of the warrant clerk at Police Court yesterday morning. The in- formation papers had been officially sworn to Friday. SLIDE WRECKS TRAIN; 16 BODIES RECOVERED Total Fatalities in Siberia Not Yet Determined—Thirty Per- sons Are Injured. By the Associated Press. JRKUTSK, Eastern Siberia, March 25. —A train speeding for Verkhne-Udinsk was overwhelmed today near Irkutsk by a great avalanche. After several |hours 16 dead and 30 injured were recovered from the wreckage. How many -more were killed js not known The entire tracks for a consider distance are blocked. in of previou: oy he fees on | agent protect laborers. section names a ployes and | W