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20 LABOR MAY FAVOR “FRIENDLY" BANKS| cootidse stresses satement Thar dicarc 1s Bevona Appeal—Declares Commission Named Will 'THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO |TEXT OF REPLY TO PERU INSISTS DIES AFTER FAILING TACNA-ARICA DECISION IS FINAL TOKILL HIS SISTER FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1925 U.S. TAX DIVIDEND URGED FOR PAYERS Risk Company Threatened. | Both Sides Claim Gains in §s Painters’ Strike. With gains master painters union men today the Department imed both by the and the striking and the efforts of of Labor to bring hoth sides to an understanding ap- parently fruitiess, an effort to desig- nate as “labor banks” a certain num- ber of banks in the District was promised today by William J. Gal- lagher, organizer for the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paper- hangers of America. Mr. Gallagher declared today Ye would appear before tho local Building Trades Council Monday and the Central Labor Unfon Tuesday and urge those ‘bodies to sot @ few banks in the District of Columbia as labor banks.” He said he expected no opposition to this plan that Threatens Insurance He er stated that a her to the Metropolitan Life Tnsurance Co. demanding its attitude toward resent wage controversy the District of Columbiay If it is infavorabic organized labor, he stated. he d sce that appeal was made the company’s policy holders throughout the United States. Additional letters were received today by the Central Labor Unlon from banking institutions here, re- plying to the letter sent all banks in the District by the union querying them on their poli At the same time, Secretary Rogers of the Central Tabor Union discounted any inten- tion on the part of his organization t “blacklisting” banks in the event their replics were unfavorable to the union’s cause. The 47 letters of inquiry sent to the Lanks by the union stated that uniess replies were veceived, those so failing to reply would be placed on the “acquiescent” list and that the names of thes banks would be given publicity in trade union publications Companx. furtl lotter had sent Overtures Repulsed. The request by John Colpoys. medi- ator for the Department of Labor, for 2 meeting between the Master Paint- ers’ Association and the union men was flatly refused by the master painters at a meeting vesterda The master painters state they are going to remain by their decision, and refuse the slightest increase. While the union men claim that many of the independent emplovers! and one of the master painters have agreed to the increased wage, the emplovers, on the other hand, state! that many of the union men are re- turning to work under the open shop At $9 a day. Parsley & Sons, they = have taken their entire palnting staff back on &n open-shop basis. \dditional letters from banks celved today are as follows Makes No Bullding Loans. Commercial National Bank: “In the absence of Mr. Donaldson, the presi- | dent of the bank. your letter addressed to him has been handed to me for| reply, and In answer thereto we beg | to advise that this bank is not, and has not been, a party to any plan| contemplating the refusal to loan money for building purposes based on an amount of wages pald in con- nection therewith | “We do not make building loans of any kind, but lend all of our money on 90-day notes to our customers who have maintained satisfactory | balances with us, and the question of any relations between such custom- ers and their emploves has never been taken into consideration “JAMES H. BADEN, “Vice President Washington Loan and Trust Co.— “I wish to acknowledge the receipt of your letter without date, in which vou inquire if our bank Is a party to | any plan which has for its purpose will re- larbitrator's ‘Assure Ultimate Justice to All. President Coolidge has informed the Peruvian government that he is constrained to regard his award as arbitrator in the Tacna-Arica dis- pute between Peru and Chile as “final and without appeal.” The communi- cation pointed out that this action agreed with the terms of submission as signed by the two governments and also with the general principles of international law. % phasizes Finality. “This reply well might end here,” the President continued, but he add- ed that, in deference to the nations involved and to the importance of a correct understanding of the award, he deemed it advisable “to make cer- tain additional observations.' The finality of t President’s ac- tion is further stressed by a state- ment that he regards it as unneces sary to afford Chile an opportunit to present views in relation to the Peruvian memorial to which his com- munication is a reply The complete correspondence be- tween Mr. Coolidge and Solon Polo, president of the Peruvian Defense Commission, was made public within @ few hours after the reply arbitrator had been dellvered to Peruvian embassy. The Peruvian memorial devotes al pages an argument contending that action in ordering termination of sovere ty in Ta and Arica through a plebiscite the consequence of an error of trans lation which “runs through the en tire opinfon and award.” The ref- erence is to the English translation of clause 3 of the treaty of Ancon under which the two countries agreed in 1884 that a plebiscite should be held either “at’ or “after” the ex- piration of 10 years Answering the Peruvian contentlon that the translation “at” should have governed the award, the President says the de na Peru's Own Words. translation complained of the tranklation submitted by Peru in her case, and in the opinifon of the arbitrator fairly interprets the mean- ing of the passage in question “The problem before the arbitrator was one of substance—of construec- tion rather than translation, a prob- lem which had been debated by the parties long before this arbitration gave rise to any questions of English translation. It goes far beyond the relatively unimportant and largely academic question of the use of any particular English word in translat- ing the treaty, whether that word be after,” ‘at,” ‘on,’” or ‘upon,’ all of which are used at various places in the Pe- ruvian document: “It may also be said that the award of the arbitrator is in entire harmony with the practical construction placed upon the treaty by the partie: in their dealings with one another after the expiration of the ten-year period from 1894 to 1912; the parties re- peatedly negotiated for a plebiscite and in 1898 agreed on the terms of a protocol providing for a plebiscite, which was ratified by the Chilean Congress.” Charge Terrorism. The Peruvian memorial said that “The it ssence of the award and also certain “definite requests tending to the best and most faithful execution of the plebiscite,” but pointed out that it dld so “before signifying its consent to participate in the plebiscite.” In a subsequent paragraph, ever, after detailing allegations terrorism charged against Chilean authorities in Tacna Arica, the memorial states This picture of actual conditions which has been sketched shows that there has truly been a violation of the essential conditions for the pleb- iscite, which would justify Perua in refusing to accept the decision: but as it is the invariable policy of our country to comply with international responsibilities we will not fail to carry out the award rendered, not- how- of the and the refusal to loan money for build- ng enterprises based on the amount | of wages paid to mechanics. | In reply to this inquiry T have to} advise you that this company is not | & party to any plan of the character | indicated in your letter | “JOHN B. LARNER, President.” | National Savings and Trust Co.—| “We have received vour letter sent| to us by registered mail and in re- | <ponse we write you that it is now and always has been the policy of this company to make loans upon real estate based entirely upon the appraised market value of the prop- erty at the time the loan is made “Signed) WILLIAM D. HOOVER “President.” Savings Bank—"Re- letter which I re- ceived recently, wish to advise vou | that this bank is not a party to the | matter to which you refer. “THEODORE MICHAEL, President.” The following letter, taking excep tion to the communication sent out | by the Central Labor Union, was re- ceived from the Bank of Commerce and Savings. The bank quotes the letter the reccived and its demands and replies n part as follows In reply to the above please be ad-| sed that the Bank of Commerce and | does not make loans for the | of building projects and that | fore it has no interest whatso- in the subject matter of your | | i | North Capital ferring to vour Question Unwarranted. T Enuss t vou will indulge a bit of frank- | in connection with the above, tnstitution desires to make the ation that it questions the pro- priety of any attempt on the part of {your organization to compel a dl: closure of its purposes, inasmuch as the success of all financial . institu- tions is primarily based on a policy fof strict confidential relations among the personnel of its managing staff, which, in itself, should deter a dis- osure of its deliberations to outside iparties, and accordingly the compli- ance with the request such as you make would not alone be unbusiness- 1 but would probably tend to em- assing results The further observation should be m that the spirit intimidation which seems to pervade the last para graph of your letter is one that should not be encouraged, in the interest of $00d business and fair practices “M. D. ROSENBERG, President.” . RUMANIA WILL PERMIT IMPORTATION OF WHEAT Br the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, April 10— The Rumanian government has {amreed to permit the importation of wheat, and 15,000 tons are being or- i dered immediately, Only once before, for a period in 1919, has wheat been imported into the country. {bar Recent advices from Bucharest re- ported that bread was being made from a mixture of wheat, ryve and corn because of the peasants’ re- fusal to sell wheat at the price de- creed by the government and the gov- ernment's refusal to permit wheat im- {is helping { name to Sidney withstanding the errors which have been pointed out, and in spite of the fact that they deeply wound the sentiments of justice which actuate Peru in insisting that Chile, by her refusal to hold the plebiscite when it should have been held, in 1884, brought about the nullification of th third clause of the treaty of Ancon. Holds Peru Pledged. The President's reply deals with these two elements of the Peruvian memorial with the statement that the arbitrator “notes with satisfaction CITIZENSHIP PAPERS ARE GIVEN 29 HERE Raussians Head List Twelve Strong. French Algiers Furnishes One. so Judge James F. Smith States Court of Custor out in disposing of crowded dockets of the District preme Court. has admitted to citizen- ship 20 foreigners. who passed suc- cessfully the test for naturalization. Russia_contributed the following: Isadore Katzman, Mendle Sherman, (haim Lichtenstein, who changed his Harry Stone: John Ehrlich, Joseph Egdal, el Bleck, Alter Kassan, Lucien Lip- ian, Mendel Evry, Samuel Lenkin and Sam Neiderf. From Germany came the following: Margarete Pasquan (Prillwitz), Wil- € the United the mina Amalia Follin and Wilhelmine Engle. L The following natives of Greece were admitted: John Angelo Trom- pos and Peter John Melevitis. Those heretofore claiming their country included Florenc I.. Coulthart; George Setter Crai (Scotland), Samuel Alexander Parks ish). ”:nl\rrs admitted Included beth Yesbek, Syrian; Gustave Adolph Hagman, Sweden; Marie Alix Abdel Kader., French Algerla; Francois Xavier Berruat, Switzerland; Gregory Alex (Gregory Myredatos), Turkey ltaly furnished Palmira Traversari, Antonine Toms Pedone, George Ge- rardi and Helen Le Roy King Sco- peni as STRIKERS CAUSE LOSS. Dutch Laborers Destroy Work on Reclamation Projects. - By the Associated Pross AMSTERDAM, April erable destruction of property is reported from the low districts of Fries Land and Drenthe, where work- ers employed by the Dutch on recla- mation projects are striking for higher wages. Strikers have sprin- kled bales of peat with oll and set fire to, them. They have cut tele- graph and telephone wires, destroyed dams and caused other destruction, according .to reports. The m- 10.—Consid- portations. It was said that the gov- ernmerit was prepared to order wheatless days rather than permit foreign Wheat to be brought into the esuntry, munist party has asked the Socialist trade unions to form a national com- mittee for the support of the strike and in some places sympathetic walk- outs have occurreds of the| the | to | was | submitted its presentations as to the | Appeals, who | su- | liam Nicholas Gustave Zahn, Wilhel- | that the president of the Peruvian defense commission “gives formal.as- surance” that Peru will not fail to carry out the award. A general reply is made to the Pe- ruvian contention that acts of terror- ism have been committed under Chli- ean authority, the President pointing out that these should be brought to the attention of tha plebiseltary com- mission when it has been constituted and adding again that “the award is final and without appeal.” By way of observation, the arbitrator calls at- tention that Peru had full opportunity to present such requests before the award was made, but did not take advantage of it “Of course,” “orderly the agree- ment * forbid that a party to the arbitration should wait until after the award is rendered before making requests for findings. Nevertheles: the arbitrator did not permit the in- terests of Peru to be prejudiced ® ® * Tie considered the whole question carefully and fixed the conditions un- | der which the plebiscite was to be held <o as to afford the most ample | protection to the rights of both par ties to the arbitration.” the reply procedure and continues, . Sure of Falr Hallot. Talk up in order the | for additional guarant by Peru, the Pre x requests | submitted sident says that the first, proposing evacumtion of the ter- ritory by Chilean civil, milltary and | police forces to be replaced “by Amer- fcan authorities and forces,” is beyond | the scepe of his authority under the | terms of submission.” The rullng is | made, however, without prejudice to | the powers of the plebiscitary com- mission, which are declared to be ample to guarantee to every qual- ifled voter full assurance of personal protection as well as the assurance that his vote may be freely cast and will be fairly counted.” On the second point installation of the hastened, the Presi that both the Un have named their the commission, and ad “It is suggested that nothing stands in the way of the constitution of the commission as soon as similar action shall have been taken by Peru. The third request made by Peru, that the six-month limit of time for holding the plebiscite be dated from the evacuation of the territories by Chilean civil and military authoritics is dismissed as answered under the first heading. E The fourth point. requesting that Peruvians resident for five vears in Tacna and Arica and subsequently expelled be qualified to vote, is held to be “unnecessary and inadmissible” { because it would involve revision of | an inter-related generai plan &s to the plebiscite which, “in the opinion of the arbitrator, does justice be- tween the parties.” Meaning Not Clear. The fifth request, that residents be required to prove the character of thelr occupation as “the only means of avoiding fraud” in the plebiscite, is, classified as proper for presenta- tidn before the Plebiscitary Commis- sion, while the sixth, asking that consideration be given to those Peru- vians copvicted of common crimes under Chilean authority “for the very purpose of putting such Peru- vians out of the way and incapaci- tating them from voting in any eventual plebiscite,” is. said by the| arbitrator to be “not clear as to the | pre meaning.” The President points out that the commission has power to interpret the provision of the award which denies registration | or a vote to persons imprisoned under sentence “for a nonrpolitfcal offense involving moral turpitude,” and says that specific cases under this heading should %o before the commission. In conclusion, the President rei erates that the award made ample provision not only for control by the commission of qualifications of voters and prevention of fraud, but also for | appeal from the commission's dect- sions to the arbitrator. The Presi-| dent’s only purpose in “undertaking | his arduous task” as arbitrator, the reply adds, was to be of service to| two great natlons friendly to thé| United States, and it assures Peru that: “So far as in him lies. acting al- ways within the well defined limits of the terms of submission, he (the arbitrator) will leave nothing undone which scrupulous care and attention on his part can accomplish in secur- ing a fair election and equal justice to both parties.” | 4 request that commisston be ent potnts out ed States and Chile representatives on | | | | | Women to Name Candidate to Sit In City Council H Executive Board of Dis- trict League of Voters to | Meet Monda | A woman will sit as a member of| the Commissioner's advisery city | council if the hopes of members of the District League of Woman Voters comes true. The executive board of the organization will meet Monday night to consider the nomination of « candidate for the council, Mrs. George A. Ricker, president, an- nounced today. The league, which was recently made a member of the Federation of “itizens’ Assoclations. will also name a delegate to the federation at the Monday meeting. Another woman candidate for elec- | tion to the council may be named by | the District Congress of Parent- Teachers Association, now a member of the federation. Three more candidates to the coun- cil were named last night. They are: William S. Torbert. one of the draft- ers of the council -plan, who was named by the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens' ~Association: A. J. Driscoll, president of the Mid-City Citizens' Association, and W. L. Swanton, president of the Columbia Heights Citizens' Assoclation. HIGH OFFICIALS ARRESTED IN NEAR EAST REPUBLIC By the Associated Press. Azerbaijan, April 10.—About a dozen official of the Nakhitcheven So- viet Republic, including the commissars of finance. justice, agriculture and in- ternal affairs, have been arrested on charges made by a commission appoint- ed to inquire into the affairs of the re- public by M. Rykoff. president of the | council of commissars at Moscow. The commissipn found that the busi- ness of the republic, which lies between Armenia and Persia. and which is allied with Azerbaljan, is “conducted in a most loose, disgraceful manner,” and that many Russians identified with the old czarist regime have been given lucrative positions in the government to the detri- ment of the peasantry and workers. The commiasion has also ordered the arrest of the chalrman of the central co-operative organization and 25 former landlords who occupy prominent posi- tons in state institutions, Per | almost unbelievably severe Owen P. Meade, Veteran, Tries to “Take Her With Him” by Inhaling Gas. Believing he had ended the life of Miss Alice Meade, 33 years old, his sister, Owen Pell Meadc, 29 years old, a bookkeeper In the office of the supervising architect of the Treasury Department, ended his own life by inhaling illuminating gas in his home, at 3652 Warder street, yesterday afternoon. His sister today is recovering from the effects of the experience Meade, veteran of the World War. had served on the Mexican border prior to the conflict and was at Camp Meade during the war. Tle had re- sided at the Warder street address with his sisters, Alice, who was housekeeper, and Miss Estelle Meade and Mrs. Viola Lilge, a widow. Siater Tells Expertence. Tt is said that the Treasury Depart- ment employe had been residing with other relatives in Woodridge the past few months, and vesterday when he ppeared at the Warder street house, it is stated, he was under the in- fluence of liquor. What took place after his appearance was later related by Miss Alice Meade, who narrowly escaped death When Meade reached the home and sted her, according to information obtained by Detectives Thompson and Maneficld, he announced that he was going to end it all and take Ali with him. He held her fast and tried to force her to inhale gas from a tube connected with a wall fixture, the pipe having been used In connec- tion with a heater. She Falls to Floor. Unabls to fres herself from grasp, Miss Meade inhaled enoug cas (o stupefy her and when she fell to the floor the brother, evidently thinking she was dead, procecded to inhale gas through the tube, finally being overcome and dying Miss Alice Meade, part ing from the effects of the gas, man- aged to reach the telephone and sum- mon her single sister, and when the latter reached the house she sum- moned Dr. Charles V. Petteys, the family physician. The physician ex- amined Meade's body and pronounced life extinct. He treated the sick sister, whose condition this morning was favorable for recovery. 'Coroner Nevitt gave a certificate of suicide 40-YEAR SENTENCE BY COURT-MARTIAL STIRS ARMY CIRCLES recover- of the United States agaln country are a disgrace to humanity." “The cases were tried bhefore di ent courts,” Gen. Lewis' message said. “The proceedings arc Tnow being written up. They have not yet been reviewed by division judge ad- vocate. Review of the cases will be expedited. From a preliminary sur- vey the division commander feels that the sentences awarded are cessive and probably will be materially reduced.” Court Sentences Severe. Army officers here admit the se tences imposed by the courts-martial are vers strenuous sen- political of- signing of the were reduced, ing the war few more tences were passed for fenses.” and after the armistice many of these [in a large number of cases the offenders eventually being reieased from prison. For a military court to sentence sol- diers to prison virtually for life in time of peace, it is held, much more dan- gerous circumstances than have yet been made public must have been dis- covered Beneath the comparatively quiet surface of official talk there is a persistent undercurrent of suspicion that both men may have been involved with | foreign agents American _ control Hawalian Islands It was declared seeking of to the overthrow strategic s that the majority of the population of the Hawaiian Islands is hostile to the American Government. A large per cent of the workers here are Japancse and many more are Germans, Portuguese and n tives. A strike by these forces, it is held, would completely cripple t tries of the Territory and make such an uprising a tual rebellion which might ultimately involve this coun- try in serious difficulties with A atic nations. Linked With New Pact. In unofficial conversations here re- garding the disclosures of the ope tions of the two soldiers and their re- puted daring in actually applying to the Third Internationale for a char- | ter for their secret society, there Is linked serious consideration of equal- Iy recent discoveries regarding the pact signed by Russia and Japan. Al- though later facts may develop no connaction between the two, the con- ditions are frankly regarded as sig- nificant Discovery of the communistic oper- ations of Crouch and Trumbull resylt- ed from letters they wrote to the Honolulu Advertiser, taking excep- tion to an editoriai that appeared in that paper attacking the Soviet go ernment of Russia. Col. Eugene Fisher, intelligence officer, investi- gated the activities of the two sol- diers and his report resulted In their arrest. Col. Fisher was the chief wit. ness against the prisoneras. Officer Tn Witness. Col. Fisher purposely ingratiated himself with Crouch and Trumbull and testified that they had persuaded him to join their secret organization in violation of the laws of Hawaii and in violation of the ninety-sixth article of war. This article reads: “General article: Though mentioned in articles, disorders and neglects to prejudice of g0od order and mili. tary discipline, all conduct of & nature to bring discredit upon the military service and all crimes or offenses not capital, of which per- sons subject to military law may be guilty, shall be taken cogni. zance of by & general or =pecial or summary court-martial, ac- cording to the naturs and degres of the offense and punished at the discretion of such court.” not aln the these In the course of a conversation Col. Fisher testified, Trumbull de. clared that “the President may be all right as an indlvidual, but as an in- stitution is a disgrace to the whole country.” This, it was held, violated the sixty-second article 'of war, which reads as follows: “Disrespect toward dent, Viee President, Secretary of War, islatures—Any officer who uses contemptuous or disrespectful worde against the President, Vice President. the Congress of the United States, the Secretary of War or the Governor or Legisla- ture of any State, Territory or other possession of the United States in which he is quartered shall be dismissed from the serv- ice or suffer such other punish- ment as a court-martial may di- rect. Any other person subject fo law who so-offends shall the Pre. Congress, Governors, Leg- ex- | Even dur- | indus- | pper: Loening amphibian land or sea plane, recently developed, (wo of which will be with the MacMiilan Arctic expedition under the auspices of the National Geographic. Soclety. Thix plane recently wax tested at Bolling Field. Lower left: Avintion Chief Machin- ixtx’ Mate Charles 1. Keasler. er right: Chief Roatswain's Mate J. Willlamson, both of the Naval Alr Station, Anacostin, D. ASK PRONPT LEASE OF SHOALS POWER War Department Officials Urge Employment of Wil- son Dam Qutput. Questions affecting hydr tric M She cerns have Department lciple outlinea the leasing of con power A private by the War The first guiding pr is that the power of the Wilson dam should be utilized useful work as soon as the power is available. The policy asserts that since the Muscle Shoals problem is before Cor gress for solution any arrangements that may be made by the War De- partment for the use of the power should be of a temporary character {and subject to immediate revocation if It also stipulates that 1d be given a contrac which would interfere ianent solution main objective at Muscle Shoals is regarded by the department at this time to be the early compl tion of the Wilson dam, and that other construction work should not be allowed unduly to interfere with that in progress at the dam. For this reason it is held to be undesirable to have more than one lessee of the power and to require the lessee to furnish trained personnel for the op- eration of the hydro-electric plant Other stipulations entering the tentative policy statement clude the electrical connection of the Wilson dam and the nitrate plant, e availability of power for the.par- tial operation of nitrate plant No. 2, and the treatment of the steam plant at nitrate plant No. 2 and the hydro- electric plant at Wllson Dam as a unit. This unit should be recognized in any temporary arrangement the department may make for the dis- posal of the power. President Coolidge’s Muscle Shoals { Commission met today in executive session, directing its attention to in- formal discussion among the mem- bers. No witnesses were summoned before it 15 bee drafted necessary a PAROLED CONVICT HOPES TO BECOME GOOD CITIZEN | Man Serving Sentence for Arson, Soon to Be Liberated, Makes Bid for Employment. By the Associated Pre GREEN BAY, Wis, April ward J. Sailstad, serving a four- sentence in the State reformatory on a charge of arson, when told today that he had been granted a parole, said he was anxious to find a position as soon as possible and resume his activity am a private citizen. He will ba released as soon as pri on authorities find suitable employ- ment for him. He has been in the reformatory since December 30, 182 Dorothy Anderson, Sailstad’s “sun- { shine girl” who was sentenced to four years at the Woman's Industrial Home at Taycheedah in connection with the same case, will not be considered for parole for several months. Sailstad and the Anderson girl were finally found at Napa, Calif. At the time of the trial he said his mo- tive was to allow his former wife, now Mrs, Ross Richardson, to collect his insurance, while he and the “sun- shine girl” left the community. FLEES IN CONVICT GARB. Bigamist, Being Brought From Canada, Escapes. CHICAGO, April 10.—Earl Thorn ton, a convict in prison garb, who escaped at the Union Station, was sought here today. Thornton, after serving a term for bigamy, was turn- ed over by Canadian officers at To- ronto to C. R. Monts of the Southern Illinois penitentiary, from which he escaped four vears ago. Thornton's mother met him at the station and the officer removed the handcuffs from the prisoner, who rushed to his &ray-haired mother, gave her a fleet- ing kiss and ran away e be punished as a court-martial direct third man, Roderick Nadeau, was invelved in the letter to the Third Internationale. No charges have vet been placed against Nadeau. who is a member of (he 3ist Infantry Band. Crouch admitted he intended solioiting civilians in the islands as members of his society. He is said to be a gri-ivate of Delaware Col- Tege: v . reporter on the staff of the New York Call; a student of ssperanto, und is described as en- tertaining the most intense dreams of a world republic. After the case has been reviewed by the division adjutant general at Honolulu, the papers will be sent to Washington and be reviewed again by a board of Inquiry, to be appointed by the judge advocate general of the Army. Should that board make fur- ther change: the case will then be handed to the Secretary of War, who, in turn, would ordinarily give them to the President for final review. Col. Frederick M. Brown is wdjutant general at Honolulu. He was former- Ty a prominent New York lawyer. If the board of inquiry here upholds the final decision of Col. Brown, the case will be automatically closed, un- less cither tho Secretary of War or the President personally asks to see the papers, which {s regarded as highly. improbabley may A UNIVERSITY WOMEN PLAN OWN BUILDING Headgquarters to Be Erected in Capital—Expect Com- pletion for 1927 Meeting. | By the Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 10.— Pledges which virtually assure estab- lishment in Washington of a perma- nent headquarters building were made at a dinner last night attended by del- egates to the convention of the Ameri can Association of University Wom Officers of the organization expressed | the hope that the headquarters would be available for the association’s next | convention to be held in 1927. After a Jengthy debate the conven- tion voted this afternoon to preserve the present plan under which its work is carried on e proposal of Massa- chusetts delegates to consolidate the offices of executive secretary and edu- cational director and place the admin- istration of the duties of both offices | under a national director, was defeated upon recommendation of the by-laws committee. Mrs. J. C. Parish of Van- dalla, Mo., presented the committee's | report A plea for an outlawry presented to the wo | Gale, Wisconsin novelist number of addresses | various speakers. The decision was made at a busi- ness session to hold conventions in | the future every two years instead of | annually. A desire to avoid conflict | with the biennial conventions of the | International Federation of Univer- sity Women influenced this decision. The session of the American women | has attracted a number of the foreign members of the international federa- tion, among them Miss Theodora Bosanquet of London, England. She | is executive secratary of the inter- national federation. Mrs. Corbett Ashby, also of London, is attending the sessions as a representative of the British federation. She is presi- dent of the International Woman's Suffrage Alllance. REAL ESTATE DEALER FILES IN BANKRUPTCY Graeme T. S-n;allwood Places Debts at $43,000 and Lists Assets of $2,428. of war was n by Zona in one of a delivered by Graeme T. Smallwood, real estate operator, at 1022 Vermont avenue, has filed 2 petition in voluntary bank- ruptcy. He lists his debts at $43,000 and estimates his assets at 2,425 He is represented by Attorney A. L. Widmayer. WILE TO MAKE APPEAL FOR SAVING DOGWOOD Broadcaster’s Talk Over WRC Part -of Local and National Con- servation Campaign. Frederic William Wile will speak tomorrow night over Station WRC in | behalf of “conservation of the dos- wood." e The broadcaster will devote a 10-! minute talk, beginning at 9:30, to | the subject, which is the aim of a| |campaign being conducted by the| Wildflower Preservation Society and | {the National Capital committes «f| the Garden Club of America. i The campaign is to carry on the| Zood work started last vear, which jwas highly effective in bringing a thalt to the wholesale destruction of | the flower. \ | HALE AND PEPPER FLY. Senators “Sold” on Air Defense After First Flight. Senators Hale of Maine and Pepper of Pennsylvania yesterday had their first airplane rides. while their fam- ilies were not looking, and immedi- ately became “sold” on aviation tear Admiral William A. Mofrett chief of.the Burcau of Aeronautics, | on his return to his desk today from Philadelphia told how the two Sen- ators accompanied him through the naval alreraft factory, inspected the | planes. showing unusual interest in | the PN-9s that are to fiv to Hawail | In a few months and then boarded | airplanes for a flight to Lakehurst A thorough trip about the hangar housing the giant dirigibles Shen- andoah and Los Angcles was made. e The world's largest model ship is in the New Bedford Whaling Museum, 1t is a half-size model of the Lagoda) a whaling bark of old New England sailing days, BYRD PICKS THREE MACMILLAN AIDES sed from ng the £,000-mile trip mond Bennett rendered much service o the Army flyers, especially at Lab- rador. All three mechanics are quali- fied naval airplane pilots Shipped Without Wings. Comdr. Byrd today said their du- ties would be primarily to keep the motors of the planes in prime con- dition and to rig up the planes for flight. The airplanes, now under con- str tory in New York to Wiscasset, Me., where they will be hoisted aboard the 180-foot New- foundland ship of MacMillan's for the journey to the Arctic. It is planned to remove only the wings of the two amphibians and when Etah is reached to Tig them up for flight ot the Rich- sity, will be flown is MacMillan in Command. Preliminary organization of the en- re expedition was effected Wednesd: afternoon at a conference Secretary Wilbur and those ir in the project. It naval section will operate as a spe- cial unit and be at all times under the authority of the Secretary of the Yavy. It was further agreed that when orders are issued they shall provide that Lieut. Comdr. Byrd and his contingent shall report to Muac- Millan, who will be first in comman Lieut. Comdr. Byrd will be third command, and a second in comm is vet to be selected. The person to rank second to MacMillan will, it is understood. have duties concerning only the surface ship angle of the trip Arrangements also were made be- tween the Navy and the Geographic Society for the distribution of news of the expedition after it is under way. It was agreed that the Geo- graphic Society should furnish the press with «ll details of the scien- tific explorations of ship's personnel which is planned in addition to the flying angle, and that Comdr. Byrd between erested was decided the a d was to report direct to the Navy De- | partment here of the activities of the planes, officers and men under his command. The department then will make the matter public. Those taking part in the confer- ence included Admiral Edward Eberle, chief of naval operations; Dr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, president of the National Geographic Society supporting the expedition finane: John O. La Gorce, vice president the National Geographic Society: I>. McDonald, in charge of radio com- munication for the expedition; Lieut Comdr. Byrd: Comdr. John T. G Stapler of the office of naval intelli- gence, and Licut. T. T. Patterson of the Bureau of Aeronautics. Byrd Cited 17 Timen. Comdr. Byrd was selected to com- mand the Navy section because was about to undertake a private ex- pedition of planes into the Northiand. MacMillan also had planned a ilar trip. but each expedition la necessities the other had. As their paths would have crossed more than once a more or less fusion of inter- ests was effected. Another contrib- uting factor to the selection Comdr. Byrd was his distinguished and meritorious service he has ren- dered the Navy According to a special bill, which was passed by the House last r giving him the rank of lieutenant commander on the retired list, although he is on ac- tive duty, he has received 17 citations for service over and above the call of duty. Four of these were for brav- ery in saving two lives. He has been in naval ‘aviation for eight vears Born in Winchester, Va., 35 vears ago, Lieut. Comdr. Byrd was gradu- ated from the Naval Academy in 1812, He was placed in charge of preparing navigationai instruments and material for the transatlantic flight of Navy seaplanes, and flew to Newfoundland aboard the N At Newfoundland he was transferred to the NC-5, which was so badly dam- aged in a storm there that it was un- able to make the journey across the Atlant He was detailed to return to Amer- ica on the ZR-2, and was present at the “destruction of the dirigible at Hull, England, where he is credited with rendering excellent service in the disaster. He wears the distin- suished service medal with a silver star. of Recalled Before War. For physical disability received in the line of duty, Lieut. Comdr. Byrd was retired in March, 1916, buts two and one-half months quested by the Navy Department to return to dut He received the temporary appointment of licutenant commander in 1818, which was re- voked In 1921, when all war appoint- ments were abolished. The Navy De- partment, however, wished him to re- main on active duty, and a special act of Congress was passed promoting him to the rank he would have reached had he not been retired. Lieut. Comdr. Byrd not only will be in active command of the fiving end of the expedition. but will participate In the solar Mights both as a pilot and navigator. later was re- Probably one of the strangest oc- cupations a woman has ever under- taken fs that of Miss Mirium Tildes- ley in the Royal Collego of Surgeons Museum, London. It is her job to catalogue the collection of 6,000 human skulls, one of the largest collection in the world, ¢ ction at the Loening aircraft fac- | w. | which is | E. | he | of | Madden Would Enlist Tax- payer in Economy Drive to Reduce Income Rates. BY DAVID LAWRENCE, iow would t stockholder like United States Gov eve o become a [ i ernment—and permit dividend 3y This, in effect, is the plan laid President Coolidge by It Madden of ouse appro It works this w : Congress appropriates the that shall b the same tir When ¢ befora and at of tax- spent annually es fixes the rate the exceeds any the to outgo would rea detern vear authorized at prop r would rece cular exa wi srtion sur bears each taxpa for that plied to annual ent t1 par percenta taxes. Thu ounted to the amounts paid Expects Every under expenses Taxpayer Pressure. 5 ed taxpayer wou d The there budget pr ine compel tirs amount would not be spent There is reason to is favorabl Preside Treasu next sessior Under the taxation wou tess Congress {eral revision at ar {revision is expected to next Congress anyhow n proposal tached to whenever Belleves Plan is Valid. “There tutionality of the y resentative Mad delegate any power scribe what th | Treasury shal a any year. Svery Congre repeal the acts ¢ he measure would | unless future | the statute books | true of any Democrats when the rates for and the Republ wise to repeal Preceden an automatic j v in n be found. Whether the politiciar will like the sc however, is a other question does limit the freedom of actic they do w to appropriate ical purposes be rebate de fr Mr. Madder provided fo plan the rates of ain the same v SSTed Yo e v 1 here * said Rer e do no = itiply pne retary the no do the 1 red be binding t o cver, reve the ed & power did not feel ther ’ \ wher s countr nd ot rrangement then another b compelled to a t er tter would andard be subje taxes by the taxpay to ¢ rais Must Have Mr. Madden there n plus s would mean would have to the taxpayer if business condit rant a reduction amount of the surplus, even only $40,000 wouid a {the surpl ucceed i Mr. Madd mates |s 000,000 Ahead. plan provides rebate if the cast $50,000 d in order anything, and did not war vear the if it was toward X vear. that full lable as when Congrese fa clow 300,000,000 ve surplus next yvear, so | meets in December a taxes downward and permit taxpa ers in March, 1925, to get the benefi |of a considerable reduction pn mone {they are actually carning or ing during the present vear ! (Copyright. 1925 revise the [CHEVY CHASE CITIZENS ASK $1,000,000 SCHOOL | Association Plans to Launch Drive at Its Meeting Next Wed- nesday Night. ' A campaign for a $1,000,000 high s Chase section will be launched by the Chevy Chase Citi Association a meeting next Wednesday night Francis Moore, president toda A petition will be introduced wh calls on the District Commissione usk Congress for appropriation the school. A site for the school should be immediately purchased, Mr Moore declared. This rapidly develoy ing section is muot adequatelv served by the Central and West High schools, Mr. Moore =aid Another matter which will be | brought before the association at tha } Wednesday meeting will be the pla proposed for the conversion of the Reno district into public playground parks, ete. B e —— BOWIE ENTRIES | 31,200 ool in the Chevy J E ¥ to for FOR SATURDAY FIRST RACE—Th year-oids: 4 furlongs Dedans ... 116 Warmwald im2 Centrifugal 108 Janetta 108 Roosting Narigator 12 Flapper Gir Muffet 106 Also eligible Barney Weils..."] 100 torator $H. P. Whitoes entry SECOND RACE-—C 3-year-olds and up; & 1% 105 % 101 id ) D101 THIRD RACE—Ciaim vear-olds and up; 6z furi 114 SFrendom’s 1110 sAdrianopole o5 Flax 113 *Lads Aspirant; purse, 2 Gold iming furi *Warning H Ran. | FErica . John & *Galatia Dr. Glenn FOURTH RACE—The Prince George Hand cap: $5,000 added; S-yearolds and up; miles {Leopardess 1Redwingfield Setting Sun 1RBelphrizonin fuicorge Demar #Moonraker 1= Arabisn 110 The Rol tireentres Stable cntrr $Mrs. A, Swenke entr §G. ©. Winfrey eotrs FIFTH RAC sear-olds and up; Danciog Fool ique ... acques oJust ... SIXTH RACE-—Claiming year-olds aud up; /e miles. Woodlake 109 Tarravee C... dams. L 102 *Wish T Win x 58 Gray Gables. S0 108 New Hope. SEVENTH RACE—Claim 4-yehr-oids and up; 1} mi *Tondlen 92 *0w *Westwood 105 Masqu *soviet L1028 st Apprentics allewance claimed, ‘Weatber cloudy; track fast, Mosby 126 114 107 104 D01 The Poet Prinee Tii Tif Rruns s Reparation Dr. 0N §Top & —Claiming 1ér miles L 102 105 103 purse, $1,2 Merrimac Altissimo Rupee - purse, $1 L 80 purse, $1,200