Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1925, Page 2

9 * THREE AUTONCBILE VETIS SUCCUNB More Than Dozen Accidents, Reported in District Over Week End. Week end traffic accidents in the District numbered more than a dozen while similar accidents also occurred in nearby Maryland. One victim of a Maryland accident, William Ma- gruder. 36 vears old Rrookeville farmer, w killed Saturday night while Richard Strickland, 6, 9% H street northeast, injured six days ago. died vesterday An inquest will be held this Magruder and Mr Rurgett, neighb of an automobile vert on the road r overturning Mrs. Burgett her husband es mornins afternnon and were Mrs. Robert occupants | struck a cul Brookevllle, the and killing Magru- | was sligh*ly hurt aped injrr. Fu-| services for Magruder %.1i be| ¥ tomorrow mors ng Dies. that near der e ittle Boy Richard Strickland was inyfred by automobile belonging to the Dis- at Second and K streeta north- afternoon of March 4 home of his grand- et southwest. F nvder, 3508 place south- of the car, was summoned 1o appear at an inquest at the morgue | today | Eiwood Athey. 23 old. of Burtonsy Md.. died early today &t carly vesterday morning. when his auto- | obile was in an accident near White | Oaks, Md. He was found unconscious | heneath his ear hy Roland Gronel and | Arthur Gruhm, Spencerville, Md., and hrought to the hospital here Robert Crump, 15, 440 avenue southeast, sustained a ture of the skul terday when an autamobile in | riding collided with another ! machine at Maryland avenue and| Lleventh street northeast. He was in the automobile of George Wise- | miller, jr. 1365 E street southeast, | that collided with the machine of William FE. Phelps, Chester, Pa driven by James W. Cunningham also | of Chester. Crump was taken to Casualty Hospital Car I Overturned. Dr. Thomas L. Miller, 1332 Harvard | street, and other occupants of his automobile narrowly escaped serious | injury late Saturday night when the physician’s car was struck by the itomobile of Zelie Levitt, 1010 Seventh street at Ninth and U streets and was overturned An automobile reported by Erline Falch, 134 D street southeast, stolen from in front of €31 Pennsylvania | avenue southeast Saturday night, ent over embankment near Branch and Pennsylvania avenues southeast early yesterday morning, | caught fire and was destroyed. Police | were unable to learn if occupants of | the car hurt | Boy Slightly Hurc. an trict east the died at mother nld W east, drive Kentucky frac- after- which he was Flovd Turner, Virginia Highlands. | was driver of an automobile that | collided with another car at Maryland | avenue and Thirteenth street north- | cast yesterday afternoon and was | overturned. Blighe Lee, 12-year-old | occupant of the overturned car, was slightly hurt. Blinded by glaring lights of an approaching automobile, Policeman | Duty of the seventh precinct last| night drove his automobile against a tree in front of 3122 Q street n-‘ was thrown from his machine and | slightly hurt and the car was badly | damaged. Preston P. Bogl 2232 Thirty third street, was driver of an auto- mobile that ‘collided with cars parked in front of 1415 Monroe street. The three cars were damazed and Bogley was charged with colliding and lea ing the scene of fhe accldent without | making his. identity known | Patrel in Craxh. A collision between a police patrel | wagon. in charge of Policeman Dor- | renbacker of the second precinct, | and an automoh driven by Eli | Vernon Burke. 1101 Fairmont streat, occurred at Seventh and L streets last night while the patrol wagon was being driven to a fire. Both vehicles were damaged and Burke was charged with colliding and fa ing to have a driver's permit. David McGuffiin, 2122 Eleventh street. cranked his automobile near | Thirteenth and § streets last night The machine slipped in gear, started znd knocked MeGuffin down, but did | not injure him. It stopped when it | struck the fence in front of Dennison | School Clyde D. Crump, Park Lane, Va.. under instructions, was driver of a car that collided with the automobile | of Miss Evelyn Goddard, 652 Pennsyl vania avenue southeast, at Minnesota and Pennsylvania avenues southeast sterday afteroon. Miss Goddard sustained injuries her head and was taken to Providence Hospital Her car was badly damaged WOMAN HELD TO ANSWER | FOR KIDNAPING CHILD Mrs. Marian Williams. Sailor's Wife, to Be Conveyed to Charles- ton, S. C., for Hearing. Mrs wife was arrested urday morning on a | charge that she had kidnaped the 6- | | Marian Williams of 21 sailor. vears old, Cecil who | Williams, month-old boy of Mrs. Catherine Eu- hanks of Charleston e will leave here tomorrow custody of a detective Charleston and answer the Mrs. Eubanks reached here vester- | day and found the child safe in hands of members of Lieut. Mina (', | Van Winkle's staff of policewomen. Tt developed that M Williams, having no child of her own, was very much in love with Mrs. Eubanks' habe, having ecared for him during the absence from home of hiz mother At her place of employment. Mather | and child will return home on the train on which Mrs, Williams will be taken by a detective probably morning in to to charge | TWELVE AUTO FATALITIES1 IN AND NEAR CHICAGO Steam and Electric Trains Hitting Motor Cars Cause Eight Deaths. Whole Family Wiped Out. Ry the Associated Press CHICAGO, March welve per- sons were killed In automobile acci- dents in and near Chicago yesterday. Eight of the fatalities resulted when trains struck automobiles at grade | crossings : Robert Harrop, a coal miner, his| wife and four children were Killed when a Chicago and Alton train struck their automobile at Gardner, m Mr. and Mrs. Harry fatally injured when a Chicago, Au- rora and Elgin slectric train struck | their sedan near Maywood. a suburb. ¥our persons were killed by auto- mobiles within the city limits, in- oreasing the anto death toll In Cook County since January 1 to 153. 30.— Petts were | day | Henry | Jackson, |ious to get the |4 Trees Uprooted In Hunt for Gold Hid in Ci Special Dispateh to The Star. RICHMOND, Va, March 30 there a hoard of gold near 0ld battlefield of Seven Pines Fair Ouks? J. Marx has bought a small tract of land in that vicinity and is engaged in uprooting sev- eral large ftrees, convinced that there is a quantity of hidden gold placed there just before the battle. He is digging diligently and with ng he will satisfy himself on the point. It is consid- ered possible that persons in that section did hide valuables just be- fore the fight and have forgotten just where they concealed the stufr HELD FOR MURDER N SECDND DERREE George M. King Indicted in Death of Colored Porter. Others Under Charges. George M. King was indicted today the grand jury a charge of murder in the second degree in con- with the death of Tho, a colored porter, at a near- saloon, 507 North Capitol street. 3 Nally by on nection Brady beer December under penitentiary holdup of the Wigg assault Joseph of 10 participating who is for cashier of the charged in in Pig with with a dangerous weapon, he accused of A the the Iv- v stores, is w being Fitz with a mond have Nally striking Josepn erald Rottle J heen in con before who pany with erated by King fired. Nay- said 1o Kiag and the Beavers, was was exo srand | jurors King and Nally are said to hava at- tempted to enter the saloon the morning while Brady was en- gaged in cleaning up the place. Brady explained the place was not open fo: busines and the men left. They turned later, it is alleged, and ing their way into the place. Brady for a drink. When they not waited on, it is claimed struck the ro with a bottl King shot and killed him First Degree Murder Char Murder in the first degree is n an indictment against Rose, Colored, for the death wife, Viola R. Rose, January Following & quarrel, the said to have thredtened to leave and, angered by the threat, L t and killed her. the police ciaim Vincenzo A. Magnarelli was indicted on a charge of presenting a false aim against the United States. The accused is said to have represented that he was married and to have ob- talned a check for $120 from the bu- reau for his wife, when it is claimed he was not married Violations of the postal laws are charged agalnst John F. Knisely, who is said to have sent through the mails a letter to a man in Connecticut mis representing the: value of certain se- curities Others Under Indictment. Others indicted and the charges against them are: James V. Parker and H. D. Hall, violating postal laws; Alphonso Wallace, Dennfs Harris, Enoch Martin and Ronald Butler. as- sault with dangerous weapons: John Weikert, white slavery; Melville G. Reed, larceny: David Jackson, lar- ceny, Charles Furrier. Samuel Sacrey, C. Herbert, robbery: Joseph Merryweather Roebuck and Simms, joyriding; Harry nonsupport Ivester Holmes, Charles Penn. David Leek, William Miles, Frank Proctor. Joseph L. Jones, James A. Jefferson, Beatrice Seott, Arthur M. Cloud, Georze Bonner and William Mitchell. violating Harrison antinarcotic law BUILDERS PREPARE T0 FIGHT STRKERS Sun- re fore- were Nally 1o an his jast woman ed Nor Allen. Charles ! Gather List of Craftsmen to Replace Any Painters Who May Quit April 6. Should the Painters and hangers’ Union go out on strike for an increase in wage, as scheduled for next Monday, men in these trades will be imme- diately imported from Richmond Baltimore and Philadelphia, it was revealed today by, officials of the Master Painters’ Aksociation These Jficials state that the wage scale in Richmond is only $5.60 per dav and that there are many men in more and Philadelphia who are anx- work. ‘No attempt 1 be made, however. to get these men until the unions actually strixe. The Operative Builders' Association has a list of more than 300 men in the va- rious trades who are anxious to 2o to work. They point out that these names have been voluntarily brought to them Under liam T. board of American committ bankers, the cha Galliher, manship chairman directors of the Federal- tonal Bank. the special e appointed by a meeting of real estate men. sub-con- tractors and builders Thursday met today to consider the situation and unanimonsly decided that they would consolidate all _their forces and “absolutely stand firm” against the pending increase even if it might bring about & strike in the trades now demanding higher wages. of Wil- of the Avold Strike. of the committee the situation is an according to Mr. be taken Seek to The sen seemed to b anxious one. but Galliher every means will to avold any strikes, providing that it does not mean a change in the present wage contracts with the union. Mr. Galliher said that it made no difference to him whether a man carried a union card or not. he would be employed at the standard wages of today. Arthur T. Smith of the Master Build- ers’ Association told the committee that his organization stood with them. Mr. Galliher and B. F. Saul both supported a resolution which stated that no builder would be given contracts if he submitted to any wage increases. The committee will further take steps to arrange its program to cope with the situation. Those who were present at the meeting this morning were Wil- liam T. Galliher, chairman: B. F. Saul, Herbert T. Shannon, John A. Petty, Rufus §. Lusk. J. B. Shapiro and E. T. Linskey and Arthur T. Smith. . ment that The many covered through preservation of a Yellowstone Park. uses of horax were dis- the accidental dead horse in the vil War| artender, over the head | asked | Paper- | several hundred crafts- | Balti- | THE PRESIDENT FREED OF GONGRESS CURB Has Gpportunity to Act With- | out Interference Until Next December. Y DAVID LAWRENC President Coolidge has entered upon what some of his friends character- ize as his “golden opportunity.” He has the stage to himself. He has ~conomy and efciency as his slogans. And he has a willing eabinet to help h'm. Ever since Congress adjourned the Presdient has Deen trying to catch up with the many tasks that were neces- sarily sldetracked when he was busy with pending legislation. Some of hix a big m a call at once well a =take by failing for an extra session a program of tax reduction. Mr. Coolidge took the the country wanted “a rest legislation,” and he intends to call no extra session unless some un- foreseen emergency arises, though there still is talk of bringing Con- gress here a month or so earlier than December simply to get started Holds Opposite View. Having been told that dents have succeeded their party in power gressional elections in unless they called an mediately after inauguration. Mr oolidge adopted the opposite view namely, that he could strengthen hix hold ‘on public opinion and keep his party majority in the Senate House by a demonstration of efcien ey and economy in the branch of the government Congress is away—so t i« interference from that quarter way of pestiferous joint resolutions king for information sudden lls to cabinet officers for testimony { before committees. In other words controversy has in large part been in the very nature of things swept from the decks and Mr. Coolldge has ahead a clear view of the country and its problems. o begin reform as that from view few Pre: in holding in the con- recent years extra session ere no Time of Progress. The President made his greatest strides with public opinion, his cham- pions argue, when he did not have Congress here—from the time he took the oath in August, 1923, until folowing December. He w deavor now. they say, to put Into ef- fect his ideas of executive operation independent of the legislative bur- dens that weigh heavily on the White House when Congress Is here. So far as publicity is concerned, the President now shares the lime- light with no one. No speeches in Congress can burst on the first pages. The aircraft controversy and sundry problems are for the moment slumbering il Congress meets again. Mr. Coolidge Ix aware that he is not a spectacular President and that he cannot do things and talk about them at the same time. Yet he is hoping that progress will be made by the executive branch of the Government in performing the multi- tude of functions prescribed by the recent appropriation bi'ls and that when Summer comes a Tairly com- prehensive tax plan will have been worked out and that a detailed anal- vsis of the present revenue act will be available Works Coolidge w Kellogx. Mr. is working in close co-operation with the new Secretary | of State. Mr. Kellogg. believing that some way can be found to hold an- other conference at Washington on limitation of armaments. This may take place in the Autumn If the dip- lomatic interchanges now going on {prove favorable. | Whether it is foreign policy or agri- | culture or a new tax plan or a sym- { pathetic development of projects that jare designed to help American busi- {ness expand at home and aboard, the { President in charge of the ship {of state and from now until next Autumn at least he has the “golden { opportunity” to show what kind of a resident he really is in his own right and with his own advisers and without the interference of the modern legislative body. And it may have some bearing on whether he is a candidate in 1928, (Copsright, 1925, $100,000 IN GEMS SEIZED IN MAIDEN LANE RAID Four Unmasked Robbers Hold Up Store in Daylight—Bind and Gag Owner and Buyers. he Associated Pres EW YORK, March with pistols today of Sobel kers of 45 Maiden with unset diamonds valued at be- tween $50,000 and $100.000. The rob- bery was opposite the new Reserve Bank Building. The robbers were unmasked. It is believed they drove to the place in a closed automobile, timing their ar- rival with that of Tevel Kaleko, a member of the firm, who had just re- turned to the office with two wallets filled with precious stones taken, accordance with daily custom, from nearby safety vaults. were waiting. Ax Kaleko spoke to them he placed the wallets of jewels on & desk. Just then 30.—Four men raided the offices & Kaleko, diamond bro- the four robbers entered and ordered “Hands up and not a word!” One of them grabbed the wallets of jewels. The other three bound and gagged Kaleko and his two customers, Frank Amakraut and Frank Wheeler, and fled. DAUGHER . TY PLANS BOOK. Will Publish “Whole Truth About | Everything.” NEW YORK, March 30.—Harry Daugherty, former Attorney sald_here today that he w ing to publish a book which would contain “the whole truth about 3 " and would “serve to an- awer all my critics.” He declined to discuss the book in {detail or to give any indication when or by whom it would be published. He was here, he said, on minor busi- ness, en route to his home in Ohio, after having attended a meeting of | Harding memorial trustees at Wash- ington. WING FLAPS AID PLANES. Giant New Express Types Being Built for European Use. LONDON, March 30.—New giant air expresses now being built for the Imperial Airways to ply between London and the continent will have specially designed wing flaps which can be raised or lowered’ from the pilot's seat. When the flaps are lowered the machine can get off the ground with a heavy load and alight at a very low speed, while with the flaps raised and the machine in the air, head resistance is lowered and the | machine becomes capable of high 'speed, - neral, prep: well wishers thought he was making | ta announce | lane, and escaped | Federal | inf Two customers | M| EVENING STAR | that executive | by | i | |Scored Great Hit on Hill | whom WASHIN GTON, D. . MONDAY, MELLON PICKS MAN IN TWENTIES TO BEAT COUZENS IN TAX Gregg's Rapid Advance| In Treasury Tribute to | Youth of Today. | As Advisor on !ncnme | Measure of 1924. RY ROBE i a tale of the which cannot good end hecause carrying on And vet. Andrew in hix three-score conservative of the conservatives, I lifted ont of the Treasury Depar ment a beardless yvouth—a mere boy in_appearance—and placed him a solicitor in the division of the ternal revenue. placed him where he will be the final arbiter in claims mounting into the tens of millions: placed him where, among other things he wil. conduct the Gove ment’s ¢ against Senator “Jim’ Couzens of Michigan, and the other minority shareholders of the Ford Motor ¢ in & cause which already has become famous before the public and in congressional debate. On Wednesday, Alexander Gregg, a native of Texaw, but a uct of Washington and the thool cadets, will take the oath a icitor. A Texas Tax Wizard, they call him with hix little more than a quarter of & century of years and the stran thing of all is this s Treasurs official they and at up SMAL the jaz r . generation come o any the way it is This story of voun possihly of W. Mellon, vears and ten, White prod- high - one swear by not oo | on Capitol ®inL Adviner on 1 voung Alexander was the helmsman who 1924 income tax law House and the nate statesmen on both sides of the Cap- itol respect this young man, who likes to “dance and golf and take a motor ride now and then. even as do his fellows of the terrible younger genera- tion. Young Mr, Grezg you call him that or age in any way, and yet you simply can't help | has but recently re- turned from England, where he made 4 study of the British methods of tax- ation. It is easy to understand the sensation this mere lad—five years vounger than the Prince of Wales and with many of the same attractive qual- | ities-—created amonz the graybeards of London’'s musty old tax department. Yet they, too, were quick to respect the sound and profound tax knowledze they discovered under his boyish thatch of hair. Some scientists said recently that a person’s mental acumen was highest at 16, Young Mr. Gregg must have passed a high test at that tender aze. For the Tax Bl White steered through The elder & the the he hates to have to refer to his st two years Mr ress | has been special assistant to Secretary MUTILATED MAN'S CONDITION SERIOUS Salesman Seized by Band‘ After Alleged Attack on Girl in North Carolina. 1 | By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, N. C. March 30— The condition of Joseph A. Needle- man, traveiinz salesman for a tobacco | company, was described as serious at | a local hospital today as the result of | being mutilated by a band of men | early vesterday, after he was taken from ‘he Martin County jail .\'M-dl!-‘ man had been arresied chargad with an attack upon a voung girl near Wil- liamston, and was taken to the nearby | woods, where the operation was per- | formed, aftar_which, he told author ties, he was freed. Williamston was raported quiet to- day, although Sheriff H. T. Robeson | ieclared he was makinz a thorough in- | vestigation. | Needleman was found by the sheriff nd a posse In the woods near Wi liamston yesterday and brought here to a hospital Early vesterday Sheriff Robeson said that a band of men came to his resi- dence and demanded the keys to !he‘ Jail. He refused and summoned a posse, he said. but before they could | be assembled the prisoner had been re- | moved. | MOBILE HOSPITAL ASKED.; Illinois Storm Experience Leads to | Demand. I March 30.—Privations experienced by volunteer nurses and | physicians who recently went to aid | the hundreds of injured in the south- arn Nlinois tornado area have led to | preparation of a bill to be submitted | to the Ilinols Legislature tomorrow to set aside $60.000 for equipping a State hospital on wheels. Representative B. M. Mitchell of Chicago will ask the sum to outfit a | railroad coach to be fitted with mod- | ern hospital conveniences and to pr vide quarters for disaster relief work- ers. It s estimated the coach. to be | kept at Springfleld, could reach any point in Illinois within five or six | hours | Mr. and Mrs. Ursus Arctos of Zoo Park Proudly Admit Four New Cubs The secret is out! Mr. and Mrs, Ursus Arctos of Bears row, West Zoological Park, today announced the arrival January 8 of quadruplets, and to show their pride in the new addi- tion to the family, arranged to hold & public reception in a week or %0 in honor of the youngsters Mr. and Mrs. European Brown Bear, as the parents are more familiarly known to thousands of visitors at the Zoo, had kept the big event a dark secret until the formal announcement today, although Supt. Wetmore and hi associates at the park have had their suspicions all along. Mrs. Arctos in Seclusion. Mrs. Arctos cancelled her social program and went into strict se- clusion just before last Christmas. She crawled into the dark recesses of a den in her cage, made herself confortable on a sort of wooden platform and went on a fast to awalit developments. Not a bite of food did she come out for until a couple of weeks ago. Meanwhile attendants, noticing a disturbance in the den, had veri- fied the fact that Ma Bear had been visited by the stork on or about January $. How many babies he had brought was™ not known definitely until a day or so ago, when mother and cubs ventured from the corner of her cave into the inner room of the den. The mischievous little infants haven't even met their daddy yet. CASE Mellon. He came into the Treasu five years ago, at the age of 20, as a correspondence clerk—just as thou- sands of other young men have entered the Government service. He came in without political “pull” or influence. It is true his father was for a long time a Representative from Texas, and . but the father has passed by good chance, Was Internal Revenue Di- subject of taxation im- ted him. He began works he could find.| The Treasury officials began to talk | “hout him and his work. Secretary Mellon heard of the young man. and ~o rapid was his progress that wher the Treasury was called upon for an £xpert to heip the committees of Con gress in framing and putting through the new tax law Mr. Mellon unhesi- tatingly sent “the hoy” to Capitol Hill. It was a bold move to send this | lad of the early twenties to advise | with the statesmen, many of whom had been in Congress when he was| Lorn. But they'll tell you on the Hill today that Gregg is a genjus of his day. | 17, in g Grezg, cned to the vision. The mediately fasc io read all the Visted a father was egz spent most of h time in Washington. attended the | public schools here and then went to| Western High School He lnter| studied law at the George Washing-| ton University —alf in this city. Al- though he was only when i World War came along. voung beat the barrier and signed the “duration The new solicitor of internal reve-| nue is neither a freak nor an infant | prodigy He simply hax a wise hesd upon young shoulders. He Is Exhibit A for the younger generation—an as-1 surance that we are not going to the | demnition bow-wows hearly fast When his Alexander Congress up MARCH 30, | the 1 WEEKS T0 ASK BIDS FOR SHOALS POWER Alabama Plant to Be Pro-; ducing by July 1—Policy Is Temporary One. Bids for the purchase of hydro-elec- tric power developed by the Wilson Dam Muscle Shoals, Ala, will be invited by Secretary Weeks. stimates given the War Secretary agineers reveal that the will begin development | of 100,600 horsepower at by Arme Wilson D » about Jul aily The decision to sell the power was | made bhecause of the failure of Con- gress to disp of the Muscle Shoals development through legislation cov- ering that phase of the Alabama proj- Only Temporary Plan. In the present situation. it was said, most practical solition of the | power question was to make the Wil- son Dam product avaflable to power users pending final determination of the question by Congress. This plan has been contemplated Ly Army en- gineers, with a view of starting power developments at the dam without de- lay and at the same time provide a market for the product It is the intention of Secretary Weeks to ented into contracts, revok- able by the Government on 30 days notice, with private power companies who offer the Government the best return on its investment Army engifleers do not expect to secure high rates for the power o be | %old. since the purchasers are required | to base their contracis on brief time periods and cannot themselves enter Into long-time contracts with sumers con- Muat Lines. pointed out alse that interested in Conatrmet T panie the com- power distribu- tion will probably he faced with heavy expenditures in the construc- tion of transmission lines over which the power can be carried from Muscle Shoals to the consumers in the States adjoining Army engineers recognize also that the power companies may construct at their own expense these transmission lines becanse of the brief interval during which the power may be availabla to them under the! terms of the contracts contemplated. | CHALIAPIN BREAKS hesitate to as xome people would have be lieve. us (Copyright FORBES STRKEN WITH PARALYSS Physicians Make No Prog-if nosis of Oase Forecast More Than Year Ago. By the Associated Press WITH CHCAGOANS Row Over Appearance in Opera Here Seen One Cause of Singer’s Decision. Feodor Cha'iapin, who will sing a leading role in the | performance of Rossini's opera. “The | Barber of Seville,” by the Washing- | ton Opera Company on FKaster Mon- | day, April 13, Is not expected to sing with the Chicago Opera Company next season This word has just been received | from New York. where, in a state- ment made by 1. Hurok, manager for Mr. Chaliapin for several seasons | suggestion way made that “certain differences with the Chicago Opera Russian artist, BOSTON, March R. Forbes. former director of the| United States Veterans' Burean, was | suddenly stricken with paralysis Fri- day night at the home of his sister. | Mrs. Harry Judkins. in the Brighton | district, and is now in a serfous con- | ditlon at a local hospital. it was| learned last night i A bulletin fssued late last night by | his physicians, Dr. John H. Cauley and Dr. Edward A. Tullidge of Phil- adelphia. read as follows: Col. Charles A. Forbes was stricken Friday night with paralysis of the left side of cersbral origin. He is confined to bed and was transferred to the Hart Private Hospital, Rox bury, Mass. The prognosis as to re- covery is uncertain.” 20.—Col. Charles| Hlness Began Year Ago, a vear ago, it was learned from one of the consulting physicians, in| the form of acute encephalitis, or in- | flammation of the brain, and the doc- | tors regarded it as possible that the paralytic stroke of last Friday was an outgrowth of ‘that ailment. There WAS no reason to fear a fatal outcome for the immediate present, the doc- tors said tonight, but his condition called for the closest care and atten- U tion. In December, 1923, Col. Forbes he- came seriously i1l while visiting Mrs Judkins here, and Dr. Cauley, his per- sonal physician. said at that time that his patient had been previously sub- | ject to partial paral; of one side of his body. Last December Col. | Forbes had a severs attack of In-| testinal trouble, but recovered suf-| ficiently to>ge to CI icago for hix trial on charges of conspiracy in con- nection with the award of hospital| contracts as head of the United States | Veterans' Bureau. He was taken i1l last Friday night while returning te Boston by auto- mobile from his mother's home in Hopkinton, it as learned, and thc| stroke of paralysis occurred shortly after he had reached his sister's home. He made himself scarce around his ‘home during the past Winter, and it is rumored he took up quar- ters in another apartment. He hasn't been informed, in fact, that he is a father. Zoo officials are awaiting a spell of real warm weather before they allow him to see his offspring, and when that time comes they will also let the whole family stage an “at home" for the benefit of the curious pub- lie Other Familiex Viaited by Stork. Bear Row. by the way, is not the only section of the park vis- ited by the stork recently. Thres davs ago he left a litter of three kittens in the cage of Mrs. Sibe- rian Tiger; a week ago he pre- sented Mrs. Japanese Monkey with # baby boy, and two weeks ago he favored Mrs. Hippo: with a 50- pound infant, The Tiger triplets are said to be the only youngsters of their kind ever born in an American Zoo. They haven't opened their eyes yet, and it is yet too cool to pa- rade them before the public, Supt. Blackburn of the lion house states. Like their parents, they have black stripes on a yellow background, The Japanese monkey baby known as Togo. The cubs, kittens and hippo child have not yet been named. “We don't know whether to call them John or Mary,” Mr. Black- burn explained. | Washington Opera Co.. states that at management” brought about this severance of relations. It is men- tioned that one of the “differences have been inspired by M singing in “Faust” in| January 28 with the | i | ington 1 company Every one interested in music the Capital recalls the fact that veritable operatic cyclone raged in Washington for a period of two months and ending with an attempt | by the Chicago forces to secure an | injunction against Mr. Chaliapin’s } appearance in “Faust.” The attempt, | however, was frustrated and the singer gave an excellent performance here. in a Will Be Here Next Seaso; Friends of Mr. Chaliapin in Wash- ington state that it is their opinion that the singer did not desire to re- new his Chicugo Opera Company con- tracts, as he is planning more ap- pearances with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York next season and also has been completing [mittee on conference relations. arrangements to take an opera com- pany of bis own on tour next year. He has arranged to make several appearances in Washington during the season 1925-26 and will have his asual concert engagements on tour. Mr. Chaliapin's appearance in the Rossini work will be his fourth ap- pearance in this city this year. Fol- | lowing his recital in. October came !} his appearance in “Faust” in January | and in “Boris Godonouv” in Febru- | ary. He has expressed keen lmere,-ui in the work of the Washington Opera | Co., and he is & great favorite with | ashington audiences. He has three more appearances this season sched- uled for New York, all in the Metro- politan_Opera House, where ha will sing “Boris Godonouv” April 9, give a recital April 12 and sing “Faust® April 15. Edouard Albion, director of the 4 conference in New York last week Mr. Gatti-Cazazza and his assistant manager, Mr. Zeigler, informed rep- resentatives of the local company that the Washington Opera Co. was con- sidered by them as being of first rank among operatic organizations and that whenever dates did not conflict with their own performances the Motropolitan would gladly lend their artists for “guest appearances” with Mr. Albion’s company. RELEASE MEN ACCJSED IN MINE EXPLOSION Four Who Were Arrested Follow- | ing Barrackville, W. Va., Dis- aster Freed From Custody. By the Associated Press. FAIRMONT, W. Va, March 30 County Prosecutor Marshall W. Og- den announced today the release of | four men who were arrested follow- ing the explosion two weeks ago at mine No. 41 of the Bethlehem Mines Corporation, in which 33 miners met death. The men were released Satur- day after they had been examined by Mr. Ogden. They had been held be- cause they were the last four men seen to leave the mine before the blast. Work of cleaning up the wrecked mine was begun today, and it was in- dicated, that it would require 60 days Dbefore operations could be resumed. State mine inspectors were assigned to accompany the repair crews in the hope of finding a clue as to the cause of the explosion. i Body Taken Home ! | 1 | | i | i | i L Hademe Ewing { i REPRESENTATIVE aacon! ROGERS BORING FOR BRIDGE MASONRY ORDERED Engineers Seek to Determine Character of Earth on Which| Piers Will Stand. JOBN The first steps in the dirsction of | bringing the Arlingten Memorial | RBridge into being ars being taken today At the wharf of the United | States Army Engineers for this dis- | trict, located in Fast Potomac Park. | Authority has heen given for Maj O'Connor, 1" Army Engineer Forps, in charge of this distriet, to | conduct the boring necessary to de- termine the character of the earth's strudture on which the bridge plers | and approaches will stand. This boring ¢ necessary in order that the | Government may determine the kind | o masonry which will be required to | support the bridge and to form the basis of asking for hids for building certain_portions of the structure At the engineer's wharf there is being assembled today under a corps engineers and other experts the hulky machinery necessary to con- duct the boring. Engines, bofle drilling machines, well piping and other apparatus is being assembled and will be transported today and | tomorrow to the scene of the first | bore. which. it is said, probably will be on the Potomac Park and of the | Many holes will be sunk them in the river, as, of ome of the bridge piers will placed there. Surveying to determine of be will be started to- the exact location of the point where the first hole is to be sunk, and by the time this work 1s completed it is expected that the necessary machinery will be on the spot. Actual boring will begin about Wednesday, it is estimated . CHURCH SESSIONS 10 CLOSE TODAY Southern Methodist Confer-| ence to End With Pastors’ Assignments. | | Reports of committees and ,».-mm»! ment of ministers to their posts for | the rest of this vear were expected | to bring to a close today the memor- 2ble one hundred and forty-first ses- sion. of the Baltimore Annual Con- | ference, M. E. Church South, at Mount ‘Vernon Place Church, which | has been torn by dissention over the vots rejecting Methodist unity { Brief accounts of their work were | heard from ministers, including those ! Washingion, who had not herato- | fore reported to the conference on the | atus of their charges, and the first reports of committees late this morn- & were from the trustees of the Home for the Aged Orphanage, &t Gaithersburg, Md., and from the com- | Bishop Warren A. Candler, presi- dent of the conference, expected to go into conference with his “cabinet” of | presiding elders, after the close of the | morning session ‘and conclude the task of ANing pulpits of the conference | for the year. Announcement of these | assignment was expected to be made late this afternoon. There were no indications early today concerning the disposition to be made of the Wash- ington pulpits. Washington and Mount Rainier pas- tors reporting to the conference in- uded Dr. William A. Lambath, Mount Vernon Place, who announced that plans for 1ifting the $31,000 debt on the church during the year also looked forward to “dedicating” the structure within 12 months; Rev. W A. Lynch, Calvary; Rev. E. A. Lam- bert, Emory: Rev. john Paul Tyler, | Epworth; Rev. J. T. Myers, Epworth pastor in Japan: Rev. C. M. Hesser, 3 C. K. Ray, Mount Ple : G.'W. Cobb, St. Paul's, and J. M, York, Mount Rainier. The Home for the Aged, Gaithers- burg, Md, was said by Rev. C. M Hesser, secretary of the board of trustees, in his report, to be a prop- erty now valued at $200,000. He rec- ommended the reappointment of the Rev. 1. J. Ringer as superintendent, and that offerings be taken for the home on Mothers' day and Christmas. The report of the committee on conference relations was presented | by the assistant secrefary of the conference, Rev. G. D. Kidner, and adopted. | Benjamin King. an American, who was educated and who preached in a | Methodist conference in South Africa. was admitted to the Baitimore Con- ference for assignment. Upon his own request, George Re Kiracofe was “discontinued” in order to pursue his studies for the ministry. Dr. H. H. Sheman, secretary of the joint commission on unification, pre- sented hie report to the conference from which he is assigned, but did not touch upon the controversial issue of the vote taken here last Mon- day. Indications were that no further moves in the unification issue would be made during the conference here, but the questions of law raised would be Peviewed by the College of Bishops meeting in Nashville, in May. Bishop James Cannon, Jr. senior missionary bishop, in addressing the congregation, including many mem- bers of the conference. last night at Mount Vernon Place Church made a plea for larger contributions to mis- sionary work. The foreign missions board. he said, had cut the appropria tion for this work to §1,100,000, which The coroner's inquest, which had been in session for several days, ad- journed Saturday without reaching a finding. The Inquest will be resumed when mine Inspectors have completed thelr investigation, would mean reduction of the mis- sionaries by one-fifth, or a reduction in their salaries, which ranged, he sald, from 3700 to 3900 a yvear. Th latter would be impossible, he de. clared. | of colleagues BODY OF ROGERS TAKEN TO LOWELL Services for Representative Will Be Conducted in Home City Tomorrow. Accompanied hy a large delegation Congress, representa tives of the State Department and the dlplomatic corps, the body of Repre sentative John Jacob Rogers died_here Saturday night, was taken last night to his home in Lowell Mase., where funeral services will b held tomorrow afternoon With Mrs. Rogers were Frederick Flather, her Representative John Philip Hill Maryland and other close per: friends. Other members of Congress were in a party for which all ar rangements wers made hy Joseph G Rogers, sergeant-at-arms of the House. Mowey muo nephews Homored by Diplomats. Because of Representative Rogers. prominent position on the Houwe com. mittee on foreign affairs and eepec- 1ally because of the measureshe re-. cently fathered for reorganization ‘ot the foreign service of the Unit States, representatives of the State Department and members of th Diplomatic Corps joined the Was ington contingent attending the ob sequies The funeral will be conducted wit} services in St. Anne’s Church, Lowe where the Rev. Appleton Grar t pastor, wiil officiate. Burial in the Rogers' family plot Lowell Cemetery Tribute to Rogers. Tribute sentative to the ser Rogers in strengthening service was pald by Unde x statement issu foreign secretary Grew, in 1ast night, as follows The foreign service is inexpressit shocked and distressed by the news of the untimely death of John Ja Rogers, who has proved himself one of its trusst friends and supporters For years he worked untiringly, with tar-sighted vision, to frame_and interest Congress and the country it constructive legislation for its organization and improyement The Rogers act of 1324 concrete result of his fong and p lic-spirited efforts, by which the d lomatic and consular services wers combined in a single foreign service founded on the principle of perma nent tenure of office, promotion f merit, reasonable salaries and retire ment with an annuity, This legisla- tion in ftself will stand as a perma- nent monumeat to his name. “He possessed the admiration fldence and respect of the service which will hold him always in affec- tionate memory. Oum profoundes sympathy is with Mrs. Rogers in her 1 | sorrow Suffers Great Loss. Secretary Kellogs said statement that in the death of Repre sentative John Jacob gers of Ma sachusetts “the Department of Stata suffers the loss of a man whose con structive interest in the improveme of the personnel of the foreign ser ice has reached fruition in legislatic of far-reaching importance. “The department and the service in general,” Secretary =uid, “already feel the stimul of the a2ct bearing Mr. Rogers’ name. and which has been in force less than vear, while the enhanced opportun ties of the foreign are ev denced in the great increase in the number of applicants for admissio therato “To this official expression ¢ row and gegret the death loyal and conscientious a public ant, 1 feel myself full outhorized add the expression of personal which is felt by every officer of 1t foreign service.” Statement In Ixsuel Undersecretary of State Grew said “The foreign service is inexpressib shocked and distressed by the news of the untimely death of John Jacobh Rogers, who has proved himself of its truest friends and suppor For years he worked untiringty far-sighted vision to frame and interest Congress and the country constructive legislation for organization and improvement Rogers' act of 1924 was the concret result of his long and public-spirited efforts by which the diplomatic A consular services were combined gle foreign service founded on principle of permanent tenure of of fice, promotion for merit, re salaries and retirement with an nuity. This legislation in itself w stand as a permanent monument his name. He possessed the admira tion, confidence and respect of th service, which will hold him always in affectionate memory. Our foundest sympathy with Rogers in her sorrow today in a oreign Kelloge service rs in re- DEAN OF SORBONNE OUSTED FOR REFUSAL T0 PUNISH RIOTERS (Continued from First Page) West held as a counter to the Sun- day demonstrations of the Cath and the Nationalist League thousand persons were present In addition to M. Painleve the zathering was addressed by Leor Blum, Socialist leader in the Chamber of Deputies. At the close of the meeting a resolution was passed con- gratulating Premier Herrlot on w. was termed his pacific, non-denomi- national and democratic policy VERDUN, France, March 30.—Three thousand radicals today assembled | the covered market where last Sun day the Catholics held a demonsira tion. A resolution was adopted prais- ing Premier Herriot for his “defens. of democratic doctrine against th great offensive of the clerical re actionary forces.” Four Fire Fighting Fatal to Girl. GREEN FOREST. Ark. March 30 —Miss Laura Longfellow, 19, is deac here today as a result of fighting forest fire. She collapsed from ex haustion several hours befors she was found dead. “Pve Lost .Leg” Plea Sends Ambulance; False Leg F ound. By the Associated Press. LONG BEACH, Calif., March 30.— When the telephone rang at the police station here and the voice of E. G. Walford told the desk sergeant: “I've lost a leg.” an ambulance was dispatched in haste to the Walford home. Wal- ford was found in bed cursing the thief who had stolen hiz trousers and the artificinl leg, which he had left in them when he dis robed for the night. The missing leg and trousers later were found in an alley not far away. The burglar had removed the money from the pocket.