Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1925, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) air tonight and probably tomor- : slightly warmer tomorrow. Temperatures: Highest, 58, at 4 p.m ay; lowest, 33, at 6:15 a.m. Full report on page 7. Saturday’s _Circulation, Sunday’s Circulation, 98,160 107,313 WO .. BUDGET WORK GETSGODAY START DVER PAST VEAR Commissioner Bell Wants Details Studied More Care- fully in Extra Time. | CONSOLIDATION ADVISED OF SUMS OF SAME KIND ¢ Foening Star. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 29,560. * Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. [][][]M []F HERRI[H Mental and Moral Tests Likely 5 BRUUGHI NEARER For New Auto Driver Permits BY CABINET 3PLIT Premier Wants Capital Levy, De Monzi Fights for Loan From Rich Group. No. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 6, PAINTERS LEAVING CAPITAL AS STRIKE OES INTO EFFECT Paperhangers Also in Exodus Following Tie-Up Over Re- fusal of Pay Raise. 1925—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. CENTS. THEY ASSURED ME THERE D BE STANDING ¥ 10-Day Cards Suggested After Passing of Usual Examination While Police Investigate Character of Applicant. there would be space for a record of convictions of traffic violations. Mr. Eldridge explained that the foregoing method is being considered only for the issuance of permits to new drivers. to begin next month, if the plan is finally approved by the di- rector and promulgated by the Com- missioners. The director sald the procedure to be followed in renewing all existing permits next vear has not been taken up for consideration, since renewals will not have to be made until March. 1926. The director of traffic said today he also has in mind eliminating the present regulation requiring motor tourists to register at the Traffic Bureau within three days after ar- rival in the city. Mr. Eldridge said he regarded this as an unnecessary requirement. Rapid progress is being made by the committee in preparing the new regulations to be made effective next month and the definite recommenda- tions may be ready for the Commis- Issuance of a temporary operators’ permit for 10 days while the traffic office investigates the mental, physi- cal and moral qualifications of an applicant to drive an automobile probably will be required In the new regulations, Director of Trafic Eld- ridge announced today. | The plan being considered by the | director in conference with his ad- visory committee is to have a new application blank in three sections. After the usual demonstration as a |driver the applicant would be given the first stub on the blank, which would be a temporary 10-day permit. { After checking up on the applicant's qualifications the second stub, or per- manent permit would be sent to him. The third portion of the application blank would constitute the office record. Under the plan as now being con- sidered, the permit card would con- tain a brief description of the holder, such as race, height and general PICKETS ARE ASSIGNED 7 NEW YORK BANK CABLE : TO NOTE IMPORTATIONS : R 1 Y , HELD BASIS OF CRISIS / N | Steps Taken to Provide Men for ‘{;W /// Builders—Plumbers and Steam- 777 > fitters May Quit. Maker of Loan Reported to Have Asked Figures on Paper ‘Auditor Donovan Sees Advantage in General Allowance for Streets, Parks, Etc. Money in Use. = A general exodus of unfon painters and paperhangers from Washington to other cltles followed the painters and paperhangers’ strike, officlally begun here today. All of the master the Associated Press. E PARIS, April 6.—The lobbies of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate were ' crowded this afternoon with fmembers of Parliament and others Preparation of a 1926-1927 budget fiscal year District Building months earlier than Commissioner Bell ill start at the May usual in or twn Enginee announced today Rctive in the various political groups, Fiost of whom, forecasting the fall of the Herrlot ministry, already were ¥peculating on the composition of the | next cabinet. Meanwhile the cabinet fninisters were deliberating on the ¥eported differences on policy between Premier Herriot and M. de Monzie, bis new minister of finance. M. de Monzie, who came into the Jmelight as successor to Etienne Clementel as finance minister, has $uddenly acquired a prestige that makes *him the leader in the possible race for . #he premiership. In the Senate lobbies the fall of he cabinet next week was taken for granted. Opinion in Chamber of Deputies quarters was less categoric BS to the result of the hot parlia- mentary fight in prospect, although it was conceded that Premier Herriot was now at grips with difficulties that seem almost insurmountable, ¥Faces Two Enemy Groups. In the Senate, it was pointed out, the premier will find himself between | two firse—on the one hand the ene- mnles of the capital levy and inflation and on the other the adversaries of French representation at the Vatican. M. de Monzie by disarming some- what the opposition of the Catholics | in the chamber by his advocacy of complexion. On the reverse NEW AUTO COURT Swings Quickly Into Action on Record Number of Cases. Ths National Capital's new Traffic Cou + authorized by Congress, to re- duc ae toll of traffic accidents in ¥ _.oington, swung Into actlon to- uay, as the total number of arrests | over Saturday and Sunday for vari- ous violations of law, smashed all local Police Court records. The unprecedented volume of ar- rests, 381, included 150 prisoners on the locked-up list, and 231 persons ycompromise on the Vatican proposi- tion has brought to the government the antagonism of a part of its! forces in the Senate which refuses| to -pt any compromise. Predic- tions in political circles are that in any case the issue will be decided | before the end of mext week. | M. Herriot is still holding out for, a straight capital levy as a solution of France's financial problems, while | M. de Monzie is insisting that there | #hall be a volunta contribution of | capital Socialist pressure on the premier continues strong, making. an agree- ment on the financlal projects to be presented to the Chamber tomorrow extremely difficult. Clash Is Inevitable. l M. Herriot, it is said by his col- laborators, is determined to fight it out and oblige both sides to take a position on a capital levy, both in the Chamber and the Senate. A clash between the two houses of Parlfament in case the Chamber votes the govern- ment measures is admitted on all to be inevitable, with smallj s of M. Herriot ever bringing the senators to a compromise ac- ceptable to the Chamber. In view of this prospect the Socialists and radicals are beginning to talk of dissolution of the Chamber, while a few weeks ago they were indignant at the suggestion of the moderate parties that new elections were the only way out of the political deadlock M. Herriot’ insistence on sticking to a policy which, In the opinion of his own friends, he cannot put| through both houses is explained by | the fact that dissolution is possible. | It is pointed out by political observers | that, seeing it coming, M. Herriot | prefers to remain in power if he can | until the question comes up, in an en- | deavor to keep hold of the reins of | government so as to preside over the | new elections. Bills Due Tomorrow. The financial bills will be introduced tomorrow and the finance committee | will be asked to report on them with all haste so that the discussion can begin at once. Political observers say that the election of former President Millerand to a seat in the Senate vesterday by giving the opposi on what it lacked, namely, a strong leader, is a body blow to the government. It is point- ed out further that M. Millerand’'s * success at the polls is, to a certain extent, condemnation of the govern- ment's policy “Let us forget the past and look to the future,” said M. Millerand to- | day in reply to the formal welcome of the “Republican nion™ group of the Senate, which als is the party of former Premier Poincare. i Not Allowed to Vote, M. Millerand, elected to the partment of the who yesterday was enate for the de- Seine to fill the seat made vacant by the death of Senator Magny, arrived at the Senate early | to pick out his seat. He can sit with that body and participate in the de- bate immediately, but will not be entitled to vote until vesterday’s elec- tion is formally ratified Tt is expected that this will be done at an early date. The new senator was heartily congratulated by his| partisans, Senator Millerand the upper Chamber choosing a place in the center. He was heartily cheered by the center but the left cried: “Down with the turncoat; down with the man of Spa; tong live the republic!” DETAILS OF CRISIS OUT. took his seat in this afternoon, U. S. Group Reported to Have Precipitated Trouble. Br Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. PARIS, April 6—Mystery surrounds| the financial plans of M. de Monzie, the new minister of finance, who has been working 18 hours a day since he has taken over the office, arrang- ing the details of the financial re- forms he must bring before Parlia- ment tomorrow night. The financial situation of France 1s much more serious than it was be- lieved at first. According to very reliable information, the crisis has 4 been precipitated by the fact that a great New York banking house, which has been connected since the *7 (Continued on Page 2, Column | collateral, on the collateral list. Judge Isaac R. Hitt opened the Traffic Court for its day sesslon, with Judge Gus A. Schuldt of the District branch and Judge John P. McMahon of the United States branch of Police Court on hand to expedite the con- gestion caused by many arrests. At o'clock this' afternoon the other new judge, George H. Macdonald, will open night Traffic Court and sit until 11 o'clock. First Jury is Called. side DELUGED AT START sfoners sometime next week. PLANES WILL SEEK ARGTIC CONTINENT Expedition Led by MacMillan to Hunt Out Supposed Land Mass Near Pole. Naval afrcraft will this, Summer to bridge the vast panse that has so far shut off from human knowledge great regions of the Arctic where a predicted continent has long lured the toilsome effort of man by sledge without an answer to his guess. attempt noted explprer, Donald B. MacMillan, and which has been officially desig- nated the “MacMillan Arctic Expedi- tion, under the auspices of the Na- tional Geographic Society,” naval pilots will bring their craft to the avail of man's struggle to map the mysterfes of an area of more than a million square miles lying between Alaska and the North Pole. Indorsed by President. Although not a Government project, the plan ha tary Wilbur and indorsed by Presi- dent Coolldge and will have the fi- —~Benides<the—hearing—of °fl‘.“.‘*t%nclll and scientific backing of the n the United States cases, Judge McMahon was called upon to aid in in the impaneling of the first traffic jury under the new regulations. This jury when finally chosen will sit for two weeks. One member of the jury was excused today when it was learn- ed that by trade he was a bootlegger. Under the new program of taking traffic prisoners direct to court from the scene of the alleged violations, two cases were brought before Judge Hitt this morning. Richard Scott, colored, of 327 Virginia avenue, south- cast, and Frank Johns, a resident of Maryland, charged respectively with no operator's permit and bad brakes. According to Policemen S. Davis of the first precinct and A. M. Winfree of the second precinct, the violation of each defendant occurred at 9 o'clock this morning. Scott was ar- rested at Fifteenth street and Treas- ury place and Johns at Seventh street and Mount Vernon place. Both men were tried by Judge Hitt within five minutes of each other, about two hours after the arrest. Scott was fined $10 and Johns $5. 36 Forfeit Collateral. Out of those taken into the toils of the law over the week end 35 were locked up for the United States branch of Police Court and 41 were out on collateral, of which number five answered to their names when | the list was called this morning. In the District of Columbia branch, excluding traffic cases, 96 were locked up and 96 were on collateral, of ! which number 25 answered. In the Traffic Court alone the lists showed 19 of which number 12 an- ed. large number of traffic viola- tors were allowed to put up col- lateral as their offenses occurred after Police Court adjourned Saturday afternoon, the last day of the no-traffic- court period. swer The Liquor Arrests Heavy. Vietims of bootleg liquor were very much in evidence in police circles Saturday and yesterday. One hundred and fifty-four persons were arrested during the two days, each day's record being the same, 71 for intoxication, and 6 for driving automobiles while intoxicated. There were 41 arrests for sale, possession and transporting intoxi- cants, and 2 for drinking in public, making a total of 197 arrests during the two days for offenses growing out of the handling and consumption of intoxicants. - Alleged violators of the traffic laws arrested during the two days num- bered 163. There were 115 arrests for violations of the minor traffic regu- lations and 38 for speeding. Arrests for all offenses during the two days totaled 537. locked up and 94 out on | ographic Society. Decision to at tempt the thrust into the Arcflc was reached Saturday night afid the soclety today Is drawing up details, to the neglect of all other business. The naval officers who will accom- pany Mr. MacMillan will be granted extended leave, as has been the case in previous polar expeditions, 'and the entire party will have a private status, notwithstanding that Mr. Mac- Millan is a leutenant commander in the naval reserve force. Difterence in Plans. this respect the expedition will that projected for the dirigible Shenandoah last year, but abandoned. Under that plan the Shenandoah was to leave from Alaska and proceed over the same unknown region and possibly to the Pole. The flight was abandoned when Presi- dent Coolidge took the position that in view of the expense Involved he would not authorize it without ap- proval of Congress, and the latter failed to take any action in the matter. For the MacMillan expedition two planes of the Loening amphibian type will be supplled and the per- onnel for them will be selected from volunteers in the Navy Aviation Scrvice. Although details have not been completed, at least three offi- cers and two or three mechanics will be accepted for the trip, one of whom will be Lieut. Comdr. R. E. Byrd, now with the Navy Burcau of Aeronautics here, who will be in charge. In differ from Many Offer Services. Already 24 naval officers, 6 Marine Corps officers, 11 Navy enlisted men |and 2 Marine Corps enlisted men | have offerea themselves as pilots or | aviation mechanics for the attempt. The planes, which the Navy prob- ably will ask the Army Air Service to provide because naval machines of the type now under construction will not be completed in time, will be of the Loening type and will have a crulsing range of more than 1,000 miles, with a speed of more than 120 miles an hour. Mr. MacMillan be- lleves more can be accomplished with them in Arctic exploration than has | been done in the last century. The expedition will leave Wiscasset, Me., about June 15 and will pass along the Labrador coast and Greenland through Davis Strait in an effort to establish @ flying base at the northern point of Axel Heiburg land, where the planes can take off in thelr attempt to explore the vast region, which has baffled the efforts of Peary, Mac- Millan and others to penetrate, and determine whether a continent or land in any form exists there. Value of Land. If land s found, it is believed it can ultimately be utilized for air- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) - Time Table Use By Chapman Jury May Upset Verdict, Lawyers Say By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 6.—New York attorneys are at variance in their opinions on the part arailroad time table may play in securing a new trial for Gerald Chapman, million- dollar mall looter, who on Satur- day was sentenced to hang for the murder of a patrolman during a hold-up in New Britain, Conn. The time table was asked for by the jury after it had retired as an ald in determining whether Chapman could have left Spring- field, Mass, after 3:30 p.m. and PR roeldia by 830 on in iia the night of the murder. The schedule had not been Introduced as evidence nor authenticated, as exhibits must be, although the counsel for both State and defense agreed to let the jury have it. Former Gov. Whitman, who, as district attorney, prosecuted the slayers of Herman Rosenthal, sald such procedure would not be al- lowed in New York. Chief Assistant District Attorney Pectora agreed with him, while Federal Attorney Buckner, on the other hand, thought that by agreement of counsel the introduction of the time table was peimissible. ice ex-| On an expedition headed by the! been approved by Secre- | painters’ shops are idle today, and with the exception of some work be- ing carrled on by independent em- ployer painters, virtually all of the union men are on strike. 1t {s estimated that up to yesterday 100 painters and paperhangers left Washington, and at the present rate about 200 will leave for other cities by tonight. Officials at the local union are busy iesulng transfer cards to the men leaving here. The city has been divided into four parts by the union, and a certain number of pickets have been alloted to each of the sections. May Picket Unfon Station. These pickets, it s understood, will approach men who are working on jobs not employing union labor. If the buflders and contractors carry out their intentions of importing men to take the places of the strikers, pickets may also be established at the Union Station. There was a large crowd of union men around the painters «nd paper- hangers' headquarters today keep- ing in touch with the situation and condemning those opposing the wage increase from $9 to $10 & day. John Galligher, organizer from the International Unfon headquarters, in Lafayette, Ind., was present, direct- ing the situation for the union men. He asserted the men were standing firm. In discussing the importation of non-union labor by employers Mr. Galllgher sald: “Let them try them, if they can, and if they succeed in getting some, the public will soon know what inferior and irresponsible men they will be.” Canvassing Builders’ Needs. According to Rufus §, Lusk, secre- tary of the falr-wage committee, a questionnaire has been sent to all builders asking how many men each firm will need and when they may need them. When this infofmation f ®iven their wants will be supplied, said Mr. Lusk. He suggested that if any dificulty is experlenced, means would be taken to concentrate on fin- ishing each house as it was sold, thus preventing any holding up of sales in the realty market. With a wage increase demanded by the plumbers and a strike date set for May 7, and an increase also asked by the steamfitters and a strike date set for May 14, a conference will be held this afternoon at the City Club, under the auspices of the Washing- ton fair-wage committee. This meet- ing will endeavor to work out some plan to support intact the master plumbers’ and master steamfitters' associations if they refuse the increases demanded. John Colpoys, who has been ap- pointed mediator by the Department of Labor, was at the local painters’ union headquarters today discussing the question. MEMORIAL BRIDGE WORK IS UNDER WAY Borings Begun Preparatory to Framing of Specifications for Arlington Structure. The first physical step toward the erection of the Arlington Memorial Bridge was taken today when boring was started on the river's edge oppo- site the Lincoln Memorial. Work- men have been engaged for several days in the erection of drilling ma- chinery, and the boring started at 10:10 o'clock this morning. The first hole was being sunk on the edge of the rip-rap work between the Lincoln Memorfal and George- town channel buoy No. 12. This Is the first of two holes which will be sunk to determine the type of foundation for the bridge piers. With the in- formation obtained, bids will be asked for the actual construction work of the supporting piers. Capt. S. A. Bowman is in charge !ples are being handled by H. H. James, both attached to the United States Engineer's office for this dls- |trict. Samples are being taken every five {feet and the drilling will continue for a depth of 10 feet after the sur- face of bed rock is hit. The hole which is being sunk today is 75 feet below the center line of the proposed bridge, and another will be sunk 36 feet above the center line. This work, engineers explain, is to de- termine the slope of the bed rock at this point. It Is estimated that it will take a little more than a day to sink each hole with the hydraulic drilling ma- chinery which is being used. e BURNT GIRL UNIDENTIFIED Body Found in Pennsylvania Hills Indicates Struggle. POTTSVILLE, Pa, April 6.—Mys- tery surrounding the death and identity of a girl whose body was found yesterday in the mountains near Gordon, Pa., remain unsolved today. The body was badly charred from the knees to the head and physicians sald there were evidences that the girl had made a-desperate struggle against an attack. The girl, ap- parently, was between 16 and 19 vears old. As clues the police have u strip ol clothing and sc.eral rings. to et | {30 strike.again at the Westwood Inn, |of the actual drilling and the sam-| T TORNADO LEAVES SCORES HOMELESS Four Killed, 22 Hurt in Er- ratic Windstorm Near Mianti. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., April 6.—Four per- sons were dead here today and twenty-two others were nursing their injuries in Miami hospitals after the tornado which swooped erratically from | the Everglades yesterday and did $150.- | 000 property damage before it vanished | into the Atlantic. The bulk of the damage was done at the White Belt Dairy, six miles west of Miami, where one aged woman, Mrs. Mathilda Schultz, 70, was killed, several injured and six | | bulldings demolished before it arose | {2 roadhouse near Little River. Two dled there, John Wasdine Simpson, 8; Mrs. J. T. Simpson and F. E. Sulllvan. Several others were in- Jured. After crashing through the build- ings at the White Belt Dairy, the glant cone played about for a mo- ment as if loath to leave. Four small dwellings, a large pgarage- [ apartment and the mess hall of the | dalry were in ruins before It swept on to the Westwood Inn. Ten Houses Splintered. A mile and a half farther on it pounced with destructive glee upon Elizabeth Park. Ten houscs were | splintered there and, as if its course had been changed by the blow, the | cloud shifted its path from north- eastward to eastward. Thence it bounded along errati- cally, now swooping downward to snap trees from their roots, lift a| house and barn from their founda- tions, toy with them a moment nnd“ | depostt them in o fleld a quarter of | a mile away from their original site, | or waft roofs playfully from others. | On one of these rebounds, a family fleld from their home to a nearby fleld whence they witnessed the de- struction of their residence. Again, | it wiped out another home and swept | along with it the roofs of several other buildings. A mile and a half west of Little River it tore another home from its foundation and hurled it with de- structive force through the brick wall of another structure. Several other homes were demol- ished in Biscayne Park before it rose high into the air and headed sea- ward, leaving several hundred home- less. RED CROSS OFFERS AID. Full Facilities Placed at Disposal of Florida Area. The full facilities of the National, Red Cross in the handling of the tornado relief situation in Miami, Fla, was offered today to E. B Douglass, chairman of the Miam! chapter of the organization. Miss Elizabeth Cooley, field repre- sentative of the Red Cross at West Falm Beach, has been ordered to | proceed immediately to Miami. In | addition, rellef experts in the field of the disaster have been ordered to hold themselves In readiness in the event thelir services should be needed. CUBAN TOWN SUFFERS. Warehouses Blown Down in Tor- nado—No Lives Lost. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, Cuba, April 6—Two warehouses were blown down and several business houses suffered in a hurricane which struck Antilla, in Orfente Province, yesterday. A telegram from American Consul Dickinson at Antilla said that several ‘American ships In the harbor escaped damage, but that the Cuban gunboat Yara was slightly damaged. No lives were lost. Trainman Killed in Wreck. GREAT BEND, Pa, April 6.—John Loon of Hornell, N. Y., fireman on & westbound Erle passenger train, run- ning between Hornell and Susque- hanna, was killed when a coal car on an eastbound Erle frelght was de- ralled and hurled upon the west- bound tracks in front of the pas- senger train at the crossing at the east end of this village today. Five other persons were slightly injured. Page 18. Radio Prozrams | Tidal Basin to prevent bass and other | E “@IL. SCANDAL President Given | Golden Base Ball | As Pass to Games| A season pass to National League base ball games in the form half a small gold base ball presented to President Coolidge today by John Heydler, president of that league. The President's name is engraved on the flat surface, and the pass is numbered 1 In making the presentation Heydler invited the President attend the game in Boston on May 8, between the Chicago Cubs and | the Boston Braves, celebrating the | 50th anniversary of the league. | Although unable to accept, Mr Heydler said Mr. Coolidge expressed the hope that he might see some National League teams in action before the close of the season. He said he greatly enjoyed last Fall's world serles games between the New York Giants and the Wash- | ington Senators. FISHING NET FUND STARTS WITH RUSH Girl of Six Among Subscrib- ers Listed Today—She En- joys Casting for Bass. of Mr. | | The fishing fund campaign to place wire nets at the flood gates in the| fish from getting out after being stocked by the Bureau of Fisheries, | has started off with a bang. The first check received this morn- | ing was from Sport Mart, 914 F| street for $25 with the following| letter: “Your inauguration of a fund for making the Tidal Basin a haven for the disciples of Issac Walton is indeed commendable. It proves to our good citizens the leadership of The | Star in forwarding all movements of | civic betterment. We are pleased to join with you in this endeavor.” Little Girl Subscribes. That the subscription is attracting the attention of the young and old alike is shown by a subscription of $2 from Helen May Bloedorn, 6 years old, of /2725 Thirteenth street, who says, “there is nothing I enjoy more than casting for bass.” The reaction to this movement by the anglers of Washington was no more than expected. Every fisherman knows there are thousands of anglers in Washington, drawn from every walk of life, who will welcome this opportunity to contribute to make of the basin, not one of the best, but he best fishing water in the United States. The first day’s subscriptions fol- low: The Evening Star Sport Mart.......... Helen May Bloedorn Horace W. Gillett.... E. M. Peterson...... Sugene R. Whitmore, $100.00 25.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 e ore 1.00 -$134.00 M.D.. | Tida1 SPECIAL.” At the same time el J 1 Donovan, auditor and made known that he | the Commissioners this Sum plan for what he termed izing” the city budget by consolidat ing Into lump sums many items of expense now listed as separate ac count Maj. Donovan expressed the bellef that the adoption of this policy would result in a more efficient adn Maj. D budg will lay odern nistra- INVTES RODSEVELT MENORAL DESEAS Association Asks Architects and Sculptors to Submit Plans by October 1. nvitations have been sent to sev- eral prominent architects and sculp- tors to enter a competition to_select the designer of the projected Roose- velt Memorial, which will be con- structed on a site in Potomac Park, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, near the Washington Monu- ment and the Tidal Basin Placing the memorial at this point an announcement by the Roosevelt Memorial ~Association said today, will make possible the final develop ment of the major elements of the plan of 1901 and will at the same time place it at one of the entrances to the city, bearing somewhat the same relation to the bridgehead en- tering Washington at this point which the Lincoln Memorial will bear to the Arlington Bridge.” A space along the border of the Basin, east of Seventeenth street, and on a line drawn through the center of the White House straight south, has been reserved for a year pending preparation of plans for the Roosevelt Memorial, Lieut Col. C. O. Sherrill, officer In charge of public buildings and public parks, d today. Recall Roosevelt's Views. Trustees of the assoclation were in- fluenced In selecting the site by the knowledge of President Roosevelt's part in the creation of the park plan of 1801, by his unswerving support of it and by his insistence that each new element of beauty or utility in- troduced into the city should be in harmony with it Congress passed a bill at the las session authorizing the Roosevel Memorial Association to hold a com- petition, with this site as a basls, call- ing for submission to Congress of a dofinite design not later than Janu- ary 1, 1926. The competition will close October 1. The following art- ists have been invited to compete in the design of the memorial: Architects—Willlam B. Faville, C rant La Fargel, McKim, Mead & White; Charles Platt, Irving K. Pond, John Russell Pope, Egerton Swart- wout, York & Sawyer. Sculptors — Herbert Adams, Carl Akeley, James E. Fraser, John Greg- ory. C. P. Jennewein and Lorado Taft. Landscape designers —James L. Greenleaf, Charles N. Lowrie, Freder- ick Law Olmsted and Ferrucio Vitale. Root Interested in Site. The committee which selected the site was headed by Elthu Root. Trus- tees of the association are James R. Garfleld, chairman; Will H. Hays, vice chairman; James P. Goodrich, John C. Greenway, Irwin Kirkwood, Hiram W. Johnson, Frank B. Kellogg, Arthur W. Page, Raymond Robin§, Mark Sul- livan, Elihu Root and Leonard Wood The jury selecting the artist to de- sign the memorial will consist of one prominent architect or sculptor se- lected by the association, one select- ed by the competing artists and a third selected by the two others. They will give their judgment with in 10 days after the close of the competition. Designs submitted will be hung for inspection in the Cor- coran Art Gallery. A million dollars has been ap- propriated by the assoclation toward creation of the memorial and such (Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) 16, Races Away From Police In 20 Stolen By the Associated Pre BOSTON, April 6.—James Shee- han, 16-year-old automobile thief, who played tag with Boston's force of motor cycle police for four days because he liked the hrill,” wearied of the sport early today and returned to the State School for Boys at Shirley, from which he escaped several months ago. “I d@id it just for the fun of the thing,” was the boy’s explanation. wanted to get the thrill.” Sheehan sald that he began his recent career as a speedster March 24, when he stole an automobile in Clinton. Since then he had “borrowed” one car after an- other, his record on Saturday being four large automobiles. In a hide-and-seek game Wwith the police in the Charlestown district yesterday crowds turned out to cheer the youth whose exploits had been widely heralded. Autos in 4 Days The pick of Boston's motor cycle police failed in matches of speed and daring with Sheehan. For four successive days he taunted the force with open cutouts as he raced about the streets of the Charlestown district. Four times yesterday different cars the “Charlestown whirlwind” drove over his fa- vorite route in the heart of the district, was cheered by thousands who lined the sidewalks and es- caped capture. - The district is well suited to his game. Charlestown has for the most part narrow, crooked streets, which have a surprising way of doubling on themselves. Most of them are paved with cobble- stones, treacherous ground for motor cycles. rders of the ele- vated structure and several trol- ley lines add hazards to the course. It is estimated that since the beginning of Sheehan's dashes he has stolen and driven 20 automo- bites. in three | tion of all branches of the government, because it would g each department head greater n the distribution of tions among the his departmen Finds Plan Now Used. The auditor said this princ ctually adopted by Congress rafting the appropriation act for the ext fiscal year of park items. Last Congress made 36 for | the maintenan public parks. In the new appropriation law he explaiied, t changed this in one lump sum for the tenance of all the parks. In ex ng the ad- | vantage of the consclidation of ap- propriations for the same class work. the auditor stated With one appropriation upkeep of t parks the be distributed where it is ed. If the amount for was specified and it shoul that less mo w quired for one park needed for another, the sunts to be spent could not be Un der the single mainter ppro- priation the proper administrative |head can make the necessary change as to spend the money to best vantage.” municipal his various fun appropria i | ns of ple was al in a separate yriations i | i i i | appre of as many park velop and more was n Appl ble to Streets. The same rule is applicable to new street improvements, Maj. Donovan went on. Although the streets to be paved are listed in the law, with the estimated cost after each name, there a clause at the end of the li set- ting forth that ghe total amqunt for all the streets shall constitute one fund, This. that if left over needed change can be Maj. Donovan b could with adv other branches ment At the pre are 4 accounts in the trict appropriation act and his is to ask the Commiss i1y reduce this numh olidatio of separate s department far as possible | Would Condense Phraseology. | Maj. Donovan has in mind the | elimination of detail phrase- ology. T present act specifies numerous small expenditures that may be made by each department ‘houd. | In preparing the new estimates | nearly two months earlier than usual it is the intention of the Commi sioners to give more careful study t the figures asked for by the various departments Until the tentative estimates of de partment heads are submitted it wi | be impossible for the city heads to predict what the total of next year's requirements will be. the auditor explained should be from one pavi to complete means g job that is another, the = eves age be of the this policy carried into govern ent e, he suid, there Dis plan r through items in each uch |WEEKS GAINS hAPIDLY. % SON RETURNS TO HOME | Condition Regarded as So Favor- { able That Secretary May Be | Able to Leave Room Soon. Secretary Weeks continued to gain rapidly today in his recovery from the slight stroke of cerebral throm- bosis, which has confined him to his home since last Wednesday. His con- dition was regarded as so favorable by his medical advisers that his son Sinclair, who has been Wednesday, returned last Boston, Mr. Weeks still is confined to his room, and it is not expected by his medical advisers that he will be per mitted to leave if for several days SMALLPOX INCREASES. Three New Cases Reported Today to Health Officer. Three new cases of smallpox were recorded in the Health Department t-- day, making a total of eight patients at the District Smallpox Hospital. The | new cases were listed as Mrs. Catherine | Higdon, 1630 G street southeast; Mrs. | Ellen Cousin, 438 Kentucky avenue Southeast, and Francis Graham, a col- ored child, living at 308 ‘Ninth street southeast. Health Officer here since night to Fowler stated today | that while there is nothing alarming in the vresent situation, he regarded it as a desirable precaution for pe sons who have not been vaccinated in recent years to do so. 37 of ;0 Victims Recovered. MINDEN, Germany, April 6.—The bodies of nearly half the victims of the pontoon disaster to Reichswehr units engaged in maneuvers near Detmold last week have so far been recovered after much labor in drag- ging the stream. Up to this morning 37 bodies have been taken from the water out of the total of 80 victims