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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Fair tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness and warme showers tomorrow Temperatures—Highest p.m. yesterday; lowest, a.m. today. Full report on night. Forecast.) r, probably bt 54, at 7 page 7. 4 130 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 The Entered as ssco post_office, Wa; No. 29,567. ond class matter shington, D. C. . SOCIALISTS DELAY EFFORTS OF BRIAND 10 FORM CABINET Veteran Sees No Chance of: Meeting Situation Tonight Despite Critical Need. DE MONZIE REQUESTED TO RULE FOR ONE DAY Expedient Devised as Means of Getting Vote at Onec on Currency Measure. By the Associated Press PARIS, April 13.—Ex-Premier Briand, | asked by President Doumergue to form | A cabinet, abandoned late today any tdea of completing his task before to- | morrow. i It was announced at 6 p.m. that he would shortly visit the presidential palace and inform the executive there was no chance of his forming a cabl- net tonight. One-Day Cabinet Proposed. Senator de Monzie, finance minister in the Herriot cabinet, was summonsd to the Palace of the Elysee this after- noon and there discussed with Pres dent Doumergue a proposal to form a | one-day ministry to vote the bill ex- tending the limits on currency circu- latlon and borrowing by the state. M. ‘l de Monzie has been widely suggested ! to head such a ministry. ! Opposition to a provisional ministry | for which he sees no necessity ! expressed by M. Louis Loucheur, who | was offered the ministry of finance recently. The country has not shown the least excitement since it learned that the legal financlal cir- culation has been exceeded: if any thing, exchanges have improved, he declared. M. Loucheur expressed the opinion the Bank of France, which has walt- ed so long, can easily wait a few more days for necessary legislation. Raises Legal Issue. M. Briand questioned the consti- tutionality of such & provisional min- istry, but declared the matter de- pends entirely upon President Dou- mergue. The prediction in the Chamber lob- bies are that any new government | formed by a coalition would be short | lived and that M. Briand would again in a short time be asked to form a concentration government. The So- cialists hold the key to the situation | and do not appear inclined to help | out in any combination other than | another Herriot cabinet. Their lead- | ing organ says today. that the new | ministry must be organized either: by former Premier Herriot or by the opposition; that If the Left bloc re- mains in power M. Herriot is their logical and only possible leader, Socialists Oppase Briand. The Socialists oppose Briand's ef- forts to form a new ministry and are using passive resistance, which Is showing results in the request of M. Briand for more time. The formation of a temporary cabi- net to deal with the urgent phases of the financial question Is also op- posed by the Socialists. M. Briand talked the matter over today with MM. Boncour and Auriol, soclalists, who expressed themselves | as against temporary government for | the purpose of bringing about this leg- tslation. POLO AND RECEPTION FILL DAY OF PRINCE‘ West African Natives, in Colorful Ceremonies, Pay Tribute to British Heir. By the Associated Press ACCRA, Gold Coast, West Africa, April 13.—After a busy Sunday, the| Prince of Wales started another day | of ceremonies by receiving an address trom the legislative council, which was read by the senior African mem- ber of the body. This member later presented the prince a huge elephant tusk. | Having received the Gold Coast leg- | tslators, the prince went to the polo grounds, where crowds had gathered | since dawn for the roval reception of | native chiefs from the central prov- | ince of the colony. The road was| packed with masses of black human- ity velling welcome to the royal visitor, while the polo ground itself presented a rare picture of tropical | color, with 40 chiefs and their reti- rues grouped in a great semi-circle under gorgeous canopies, with a back- | ground of trees and the sea. i FATALLY HURT IN CRASH.| Reactionary Leader in Bavaria | Victim of Auto Accident. BERLIN, April 13.—Dr. Ernst Poeh- ner, former chief of police of Bavaria and one of the most prominent Ba- varian reactionary leaders, has been fatally injured in an automobile acc dent near the Bavarian-Austrian fron- | tier. Dr. Poehner, premier, min.ster of in- terior and foreizn minister of Bavaria at various times, only recently was re- | leased from a fortress at Landsberg, | where he served a sentence for com- plicity in the Hitler-Ludendorff revolt, which stirred Germany in 1923, SMALLPOX PATIENT DIES. Additional Fatality and Two New Cases, Hospital Reports. Another death occurred at the District Smalipox Hospital last night, and two new cases of the disease were reported to the Health Department today. The patient who died last night was Mrs. Ellen Cousin of 438 Kentucky ave- nue southeast. This makes a total of 11 deathe from smallpox this year. The new cases reported today are: Alonza Glen, colored, of 13 O street southwest, and Luther H. Dixon. 15 4 mho Egg Ca.sualty~ | Under the approving eyves of the | Capltal's official and unofficial grown- ups, including the President of the United States and his wife, some 340,- 472 rainbow-hued, hard-boiled eggs succumbed to pretty rough treatment today at the hands of 80,000 or so youngsters gathered in the White House grounds, at the Zoo or on other inviting bits of rolling sward for thelr annual egg-rlling melee. It was a lif nd-death battle be- { tween the eggs and the earth, and the number of shattered shells that littered the landscape of the battle- grounds was mute evidence of which was victor. It was a day of smiles. Smiling kies looked down on smiling parents al laughing, carefree children with gdy Easter baskets hanging from their arms. Official sanction to the egg battle was given by President and Mr. Cool- idge In person. The President viewed from the White House portico the WOMAN IN POISON CASE SURRENDERED T0 GARY OFFICIALS Bodies Disinterred in Search for Evidence That Drugs Caused Deaths. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 13.—Mrs. Anna Cunningham, whose husband and four of their ehildren died after brief ill- nesses within six years, today was taken into custody at the county hospital by two police sergeants and a matron from Gary, Ind., and taken back there for detention pending fur- ther investigation of the mysterious deaths. The exhumation of the bodies near Valparaiso, Ind.,, where the Cunning- ham family lived before moving to Gary, was to take' place today to permit chemical analysis of the con- tents of the vital organs. The poisoning of Mrs. Cunning- ham's only surviving sen, David, jr., is recovering in a Chicago hos- pital, led to an investigation here. Mrs. Cunningham was released by the authorities of the county hospi- tal, where she attempted to choke herself with a bed sheet last night, to State’s Attorney Crowe's men, who then transferred her to the custody of the Gary police by the formal sign- ing of release papers. Relative Calls. A woman who sald she was a niece of Mrs. Cunningham, but who re- fused to divulge her name, visited her before she was taken from the hospital. “Who has my case?” Mrs. Cunning- ham inquired after greeting the visitor. The latter said she did not know, and with scarcely any other remarks Mrs. Cunningham departed in the custody of the Gary police. The move to return Mrs. Cunning- ham to Gary came while the authori- ties of Lake County, which includes Gary; of Porter County and of Chi- cago were arranging for the exhu- mation today of one or more of the bodies of the deceased members ~of the Cunningham family. The bodies were buried in a small cemetery near Valparaiso, Ind., in Porter County. Wom: Collapses During Quiz Mre. Cunningham collapsed after making statements to police that she had “always kept quantities of ar- senic in the house for rat poison.” She was In a state of coma in the county hospital for several hours, and on recovering refused to answer any more questions. Policewoman Agpes Whalen, who was assigned to guard her, reported that Mrs. Cunningham attempted to strangle herself with bedclothes which she twisted so tightly around her neck that her breath was shut off. The policewoman frustrated the at- tempt after a struggle, she said, and an extra officer was placed in the room the rest of the day. The deaths of the Cunninghams came at intervals. The father, David, sr., died July 2, 1918, and those of a daughter and three sons following, one by one, up to August 28, 1923. Prompt medical saved David, jr., attention alone from death, phy- sicians at the hospital say. He be- came sick six weeks ago after eating his lunch, he told physicians, and has felt ill nearly every time after eating meals since. His mother prepared all of his meals. The mental condition of Mrs. Cunningham was brought into ques- tion by statements of George Arnold and Mrs. C. R. Willlams of Chicago, her nephews. Safety By the Assoclated Press. OSLO, Norway, April 13.—Before leaving Tromsoe on April 9 for his latest polar venture, Capt. Raold Amundsen, the Norwegian ex- plorer, declared he would feel safer in an airplane over the North Pole than in an automobile in a crowded Oslo street. He sald he believed there were many suitable places for making airplane landings in the vicinity of the pole. Each plane that starts from the expedition’s base in Spitzbergen will carry skils, sleighs, kayaks and parachutes, and a total of 70 pounds of pro- visions for each member of the expedition, including pemmocan, milk chocolate, biscuits, evapo- rated milk and coffee. ‘While over land the Amundsen vears old, of 717 Eighth street south- east. planes will attempt to fily as low as possible in order to explore the List Is Heavy In Annual Easter Monday War White House Grounds, Zoo and Other Places Crowded With Merrymaking Youngsters—Mrs. Coolidge Attends. in Plane Over Pole Greater : Than on City Street, Amundsen Says WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1925—THIRTY PAGES. | | color-flecked throng of little ones in bright new dresses and suits, and his tace was plainly wreathed In smiles at the lively scene spread out before him in the south grounds. His ap- pearance, early in the afternoon, was a signal for a general chorus of “0-0-oh! There's the President!” fol- lowed by a grand rush for a closer glimpse. Mrs. Coolldge Tours Gro Mrs. Coolidge, in unbroken white costume from head to foot, previous- Iy had created a sensation among her young admirers by walking clear around the grounds with the two White House pets, Rob Roy, the| beautiful white collie, and Paul Pry, the mischievous airedale.» It seemed that several thousand children spied the White House mis- tress in her bright dress simultane- ously, and the rush toward her that followed very nearly bowled her over, | together with her lone escort, a Secret Service man 2 ht, but Emir Wins Rest As Land Is Sought To Receive Him Prince Zerdescheno, self-styled Emir of Kurdestan, who has been shunted back and forth across the Atlantic between the United States and Great Britain, has been given | permission to remain in this coun- try for a week to give the steam- | ship company that brought him here an opportunity to find a country that will admit him. Zerdescheno, who now is at the Ellis Island immigration station, applied for permanent admission to this country after Great Britain refused to allow him to land there upon his deportation from the United States. However, depart- ment officlals declined to reconsid- | MAY GET 3 YEARS Gen. Smith, at Honolulu.i Holds 40 and 26 Years’ Terms Too Severe. BY EDWARD PRICE BELL. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. HONOLULU, April 13.—"“Three years will probably be as lohg a sen- tence as 1 shall give to Crouch and Trumbull, the soldlers in my com- mand, who were convicted by court- marital of spreading soviet propa- ganda among the trocps,” said Maj. Gen. Willlam R. Smith, divisional commander at the Schofield barracks | some 30 miles out from Honolulu. I had rotored out to seé the gen- eral and he received me promptly at his headquarters, whence he was di- recting military maneuvers in view of the forthcoming attack on the island by the “Blue fleet.” 1 . Sentence Not Final. | Friends of personal liberty and| Jjustice,” continued the gray, bulky and dignified officer, “need have no| anxiety about the fate of any man in| my jurisdiction. We do not handle | cases of accused soldiers in a hap- hazard or callous way. We handle them carefully and judicially. Crouch and Trumbull faced grave charges | and the court-martial found those | charges substantiated. Apparently, it | is assumed in the United States that the judgment of this court is the last | word on this subject, whereas It Is merely the first word. The court's judgments come under the review of a judge advocate of the division. i “This official studies the evidence and the details of the trials and sub- mits his recommendations to me. Then 1, in turn, examine the whole of both cases afresh and decide what the sentences shall be. Finally my conclusions come under the judge ad- vocate general in Washington, who may reduce, the sentences as he likes| or ‘turn the accused persons loose. It is within the power of a judge ad- vocate here to recommend a reduc- tion of the sentences. He cannot in-| crease them. Neither can I Neither can the judge of last resort in Wash-! ington. Three Years Enough. “All this procedure is designed to| allow time and the sober judgment of | several men to operate in behalf of | the prisoners. 1 repeat that the| charges against Crouch and Trum-| bull are grave, but the sentences pro-| nounced against them seem to me lDl g0 beyond the limits of justice and also of wisdom. My decision must awalt an examination of the evidence (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) country. Each plane will have a carrying capacity of three tons. | Maj. Cunnar Isachen, who has | lived vears in the Arctic and has led several expeditions there, be- lieves that of the Norweglan Club has every chance of reach- ing the pole, although land- ing may be dificult, he said, be- cause ice which at one spot may be hard may be soft and soggy a short distance away. According to Tsachen, if Amundsen reaches the pole he undoubtedly will make for Alaska, despite having expressed the intention of returning to Spitzbergen. Isachen says Amundsen may be expected to explore the regions between Alaska and the pole, or to proceed toward Cape Columbia, where there are depots of pre visions. If either of these routes is taken, the Amundsen expedition probably will not be heard from INANDATORY PACTS | overtime, until Fall, declared Maj. lIsachen, INLABOR DISPUTES ARE HELD ILLEGAL Supreme Court Rules Com-| pulsory Arbitration Is Unconstitutional. STATES MAY NOT SET HOURS TO BAN STRIKES Van Devanter Makes Decision in Cases Involving Kansas In- dustrial Jurists industria! the Su- Compulsory arbitration In disputes is unconstitutional, preme Court held today. The decision, rendered by Justice Van Devanter, was in two cases brought by the Charles Wolft Packing Co. of Topeka | against the Kansas Industrial Relations Court. Hours of labor in packing houses and other industries cannot be regulated by States through commissions or indus- trial courts to prevent strikes in con- nection with the regulation of wages, the court held. When the Supreme Court had these cases before It in 1923 it held un- constitutional that part of the In-{ dustrial Court act which provided that In labor disputes in essential industries the Industrial Court could fix wages. ! The Kansas Supreme Court, in act- | ing upon the decision of the Federal Supreme Court, construed as not af- fecting that part of its original deci- sion in which it had approved the action of the Industrial Court fixing | hours of labor and ordered that that part of its original decislon should stand. The packing company contended that the Kansas Supreme Court should have =et aside all of its original decision sustaining the order of the Industrial Court, and insisted that the regulation of the hours of labor. especially when coupled with the regulations of pay for was as objectionable under the Federal Constitution as the regu- lation of wages, which the Federal Supreme Court had held invalid. The State contended that to deprive in Industrial Court of authority to regulate hours of labor would cripple | it to such an extent as to deprive it| of much of its value, and would leave it with jurisdiction only over working conditions and the settlement of in- dustrial disputes in essential industries. ed 48-Hour Week. Providing for compulsory arbitra- tion of all labor disputes in industries | considered of material welfare to the people, such as the mining of coal and the production and preparation of food, Kansas created the Industrial Court, to administer the law. A controversy having arisen in the plant of the pack- ing company the Industrial Court took jurisdiction, and after a hearing issued its orders. Among other things it pro- vided a scale of wages which should be paid the employes and also limited their hours of labor. The order complained of provided for an eight-hour day, with six days con- stituting a week's work, employes to re- ceive overtime pay for longer hours and for work on Sunday. The State contend- ed that this was a valld exercise of its police powers, especially in the protec- tion of the health of the workers, many of whom were women. It insisted that the Federal courts could only examine into the controver- sy to the extent of determining wheth- er the hours of labor fixed by the In- | dustrial Court were just and reason- able, and that in the packing industry eight hours a dav was not such an un- | reasonable and arbitrary limitation as to render the regulation objectionable | under the Federal Constitution. There was a material difference, counsel for the State contended, between the fix- ing of wages and the fixing of hours of labor. MACHINERY CRUSHES WORKMAN TO DEATH Albert Tohms Is Caught in Belting at Plant of District Paper Mill. atabli; Caught in the belting of machinery at the plant of the District Paper Mill, Potomac and K streets, where he was working, Albert Tohms, 51 1713 Lamont street, was crushed to death early today. Absence of witnesses to the acci- dent made it dificult for the police to get a definite report as to how it actually happened. It is belleved that Tohms was making an effort to remedy belt trouble without first having the engine shut down. The deceased, a native of New York, came here six years ago, hav- ing previously resided in Neenah, Wis., where he was a member of Masonic and Odd Fellows’ lodges. A daughter, Miss Gladys Tohms, was killed in the Knickerbocker Theater | disaster. Tohms is survived by his wite, son and a daughter. The body will be interred at Neenah, where the body of Miss Gladys Tohms was interred. & A coroner’s jury found the death to| to have been accidental. 14 3 Bar Canadian Brides. 0 VICTORIA, British Columbia, April| 13.—Twenty Victoria brides brought into Canada in infancy and who mar- ried Canadians now employed in the United States, have been refused ad- mission to the United States by im- migration authorities, it was learned here yesterday. Ten other brides have been ordered deported from the States, having overstayed a six- month visit. Opening Base Ball Game on Air. A play-by-play account of the open- ing game of the 1925 base ball season tomorrow between Bucky Harris' world champions and the New York ening Star. Saturda Sunday’s The Star” every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers y’'s Circulation, 97,833 s Circulation, 106,857 ONLOOKERS AT WASHINGTON. MacMILLAN TO HUNT NORSE RUINS 100 MILES INLAND IN GREENLAND)| Eskimos’ Stories Credited by Explorer in Planning“ Expedition — Third Plane May Be Used on Polar Trip. Stories told by Eskimos of the ex- istence about 100 miles inland from the southwest coast of Greenland of old ruins believed to be the remains of Norse settlements, _establishd about or before 1100 A. D., will investigated by the MacMillan Arctic expedition under the auspices of the National Geographic Society on its way northward, the society was in- formed today by MacMillian, who gave a tentative Iitinerary of trip. When leaves Wiscasset, Me., in June for the Northland, the New- foundlxnd fishing steamer will move up to the coast of Newfoundiand, to Labrador and thence across the Davis Strait to Jullanehaab, about 50 or 100 miles north of Cape Farewell, on the west coast of Greenland, and a short distance from Fredericksdahl, where the world fiyers put in after their 800-mile flight from Iceland. Explorers Credit Eskim ‘The explorers will push inland to make a thorough investigation of the reports which MacMillan and other explorers have received from the BEskimos, and in which they place much credence. Whether o not any evidences of old Norse settle- ments are found, when the ship puts to sca again a second stop will be it made farther up the coast at Godt-| haab, where another investigation will be made. MacMillan also revealed in his ten- tative schedule the plan to explore by plane the heretofore unknown In- land territory of Bafin Land, to the rorthwest of Labrador. This will be done either on the return or begin- ning of the journey to Etah. Mac- Millan has evidence of the existence | of hundreds of small lakes in this barren region, of birds. fish, caribou and other life. The area to be ex- plored will be about 600 miles long and 200 miles wide. Another plan of MacMillan's when the ship reaches lIts destination at Etah is to send out planes eastward POSTAL WORKERS PRODDED BY NEW Increased Efficiency Is De- manded and Incompetents will Be_ Dropped. Postal workers were appealed to today by Postmaster General New to increase their efficlency at least 5 per cent and at the same time were given warning that incompetent men would be dropped from Now that employes have received an Increase in salary, the Postmaster General believes they should make their work a little more effectual. Increased efficiency would, in the ag- gregate, amount to a large sum of money, officlals declare. Postmasters were told that each clerk on the average now represents about $7,000 in revenue and carriers $10,000 and they were asked how their staffs rate with those averages. Detailed methods whereby improve- ments might be made were outlined. “Results on & basis of efficiency do not always depend upon each man’s doing more work, although it is de- sired that each shall give to his gov- ernment a full and honest day's work,” postmasters were told. “But results depend a great deal on there being no waste—neither waste of en- ergy, steps or. other things which re- sult in waste of time and therefore money.” The Postmaster General will call for reports later to determine what progress has been made, ey N LA DRY SEARCH UPHELD. Supreme Court Decides for Two Federal Agents. The search of premises of John F. Steele in New York City and the seizure of liquor by prohibition agents “Izzy” Kinstein and Moe Schmidt was held valid today by the Yankees will be broadcast by WRC, | Supreme Court. Steele contended that it was announced today. will be played at the Yankee Stadium in New York. It is scheduled to begin at 3 o'clock. WRC will g0 on the air The game | the search and seizure had not been made under lawful warrants. The court also held that a prohi- bition agent is authorized to serve a be | the | the service. ! into the Interior of Greenland be- tween the seventy-sixth and eightieth | degrees of latitude. which area never { before has been explored. He be- {lleves in this region there is very little ice or snow, and it is known there are birds and flowers thriving there which are unknown to present- | day scientist The main task of the planes, how- ever, will be to search out the ex- istence of 1,000,000 square miles of unexplored land to the southwest of the north pole and in line with the boundaries of Alaska as extended up- | ward on the map. Flights also are | hoped for over Ellesmere Island and Grantland. Plans for the naval aviation section of the expedition are moving forward at a satisfactory pace. The latest move ix the decislon that a third air- wane be r."x];‘i on the expedition as a reserve force in case one of the two now being built is wrecked or put out of commission. It was ex- plained at the Bureau of Aeronautics today that too much is at stake to place the success of the expedition on the ability of the two planes to func- tion perfectly throughout their stay in the Arctic. | It would be comparable to flying a bi-motored plane which, if one motor | failed, the other would be virtually nseless except for sustaining the plane in flight long enough to select a landing place. With only two ‘planes on the trip, they would have to fly together to come to the ald of the other should an accident befall one. one plane were left to carry out the | remaining plans, the factor of safety | would be considerably decreased, but it a third plane were in reserve, the expedition could £0 on unhampered. The Loening aeronautical factory in New York today was asked if it could turn out a third plane in time, and although final approval for the extra ship has not been given, it is regard- ed as certain it will be granted if the factory can supply it AROUSES QUAKERS Claim Training Camp Activi- ties in Schools Parallel to Those of Libby. The old controversy between the Board of Education and Frederick J. Libby, who was denied the right to speak in the public schools flared up again today, when both branches of ithe Society of Friends, or Quakers, in Washington united in a demand upon the board, to know if recruiting for the citizens military training camps in the schools had been authorized, and why. Libby is a member of the Society of Friends. In a letter delivered to the school board today, and signed by repre- sentatives of both local “meetings” of Friends, at 1811 I street, and Thirteenth and Irving streets, atten- tion is called to press accounts of “a tour of the District high schools for the purpose of recruiting for the citizens military training camps to be conducted by regular reserve Army officers.” “In view of the fact that similar tours on behalf of the ideals of peace and better international understand- ing have been denled by the Board of Education,” said the letter, “we wish to ask: “First, have these tours been au- thorized by vote of the Board of Kd- ucation? Second, if so, when and why? Third, if such tours have been authorized, while at the same time speakers who present different but legitimate ideas have been barred from the schools, is not the board justly open to the charge of being militaristic and of denying the right of freedom of specch guaranteed by the Constitution? “We respectfully request vou to present these questions to the board that the replies may truly reflect the board’s attitude.” The letter was signed by Herbert S. Lewls, clerk of the I street “meet- ing,” and by E. C. Stanton, who rep- st 2:45 o'clock with a description of | search warrant under the prohibition resents the Irving street “meeting” the scenes at the ball park, et on = joint committes. Then if only | RECRUITING REPORT | net per annum, half of the excess will | i MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK 70 OPEN HERE Institution Planned by F. M. Savage, Offering 4 Per Cent, Will Be Unigue in D. C. The Capital Mutual Savings Bank, a bona fide savings institution, pon- sored by Francis M. Savage, w! h will pay 4 per cent to depositors and offer them additional profits, will make its debut here on May 2 in_the old Union Savings Bank Building, 710 Fourteenth street northwest. The bank will have a paid-in capital of $200,000 and a sur- plus of $50,000. As tentatively outlined. depositors are first to receive ¢ per cent on their savings, after which the stockholders are to receive 6 per cent upon the capital and surplus. After these pay- ments have been met from earnings, 4 per cent of the capital and surplus | is to be added to the bank's surplu: fund. When there shall have been set aside from the earnings an amount sufficient to cover these three items, whatever additional remains will be equaly divided between the surplus fund and depositors. Under the pres- ent capitalization and surplus, when the earnings of the bank exceed $25,000 accrue to depositors in the way of a dividend, the remainder being placed to surplus, thus increasing the capital resources of the institution. Lease Is Arrange: Arrangements have already been concluded for the leasing of the ground floor of the old Union Savings Bank Building. Included in the lease are the marble fixtures and grillwork necessary in the conduct of a banking organization expenses at the minimum. Negotiations have begun with the office of the controller of the currency seeking approval of the project. While the time necessary to act upon appli- cation for charter has not yet lapsed, that office has been represented as be- ing in accord with the plan. 1t is understood the bank’s loans are to be secured by real estate collateral or bond Investments. Incidental to the real estate loans there will be an insurance business and agencies for the various steamship companies. Associated with Mr. Savage will be Charles W. Morris, Dr. Gregg C. Bird- sall, Dion S. Birney and Judge George H. MacDonald, all former identified with the Northwest Savings Bank, which _was recently purchased by Riggs National. trol 60 per cent of the bank’s stock, while the remainder will be placed with holders approved by the major- ity. Mr. Savage will be president of the new institution, but other officers have not been named. First in Decade. Promoters of the enterprise have made a careful estimate of expense | and state they have every reason to belleve their idea of sharing profits with depositors will carry a strong appeal. A bona fide savings Institu- tion is not entirely novel in Wash- ington, although there have been none operated here for a decade. Every bank now functioning under a savings title conducts commercial business as well. Announcement of Mr. Savage's plan | will bring back to the local banking fraternity its most colorful member. During the last few years ho has be- come known throughout the country by reason of his anti-branch bank fight with the Riggs National, seek- | ing to depose that institution from the Mount Pleasant vicinity served by his own bank, the Northwest Savings. In the course of this fight he appealed to the people, Congress, State Legis- latures, the American Bankers' As- sociation and high Government ofti- cials, including the President, to no avail. The Riggs National's branch at Mount Pleasant was cloaked un- der the authority of the Millspaugh act and was there to stay. Hostillties ceased only a few weeks ago when Riggs interests purchased the North- west Savings, Mr. Savage, majority stockholder, realizing & handsome profit on his holdings. The announcement will cause but little consternation in local banking | circles, as it has been rumored for some time that Mr. Savage would re- turn to the field. With him banking is more or less of a hobby, and this particular enterprise can best be de- scribed as a purely altruistic move- ment, because the president's salary cannot exceed $1,200 per annum. i A Dohenys Visiting Fall. EL PASO, Tex., April 13.—Edward L. Doheny and Mrs. Doheny arrived here yesterday from Chicago and are guests of A. B. Fall, former Secre- tary of the Interior. Mr. Doheny said the stop-over was for a soclal visit with Mr. Fall and that he expected to leave for Los Angeles today, This group will con- | TWO CENTS. INEW CHAIN BRIDGE MAY BE SOUEHT DISTRT'S BUDGET | Separate Building for Head- quarters of Police and Traf- fic Also Favored. PLEA WILL BE RENEWED FOR RECORDER OF DEEDS Adequate Sums Also to Be Re- quested for Street Repairs and Lighting Improvements. Funds for a new Chain Bridge across the Upper Potomac, for a sep arate building to house police head quarters and the agencies dealing with traffic and an appropriation for a structure for the recorder of deeds are likely to be asked for in the ne District budget, it was indicated the District Building today All three of these projects have been under consideration by city o clals for a number of years in preparation of estimates, but they have never reached the stage of ac- tual appropriation. Engineer Commissioner Bell men- tioned them today as municipal needx that should be seriously considered for incorporation in the estimates that will g0 to Congress De- i cember. Deeds Bullding Plans Ready. Plans alreaay have been drawn for a recorder of deeds building in Judi- uare and it is certain an allotment to | struction will be requested | the H practically i start con- The proposed police building would | not only serve to bring together po- | lice headquarters, the Detective Bu- | reau, the licensing of automobiles !and the administration of traffic, but | would also leave available for other growing municipal agencies the space now occupied by the above mentioned !d»x-ar(men(s in the District Building The Commissioners for several | have felt the need for more lin the District Building. Col. Bell believes the time has ar- rived to ask for money to build a new structure in place of the old { Chain Bridge vears space | Other Projects Listed. | Other projects proposed include purchase of a tract of land for the street cleaning and c refuse de- partment. A substantial sum to continue work on the interceptor sewer to free the Anacostia River of pollution. The Commissioners have an appropriation | to complete the Rock Creek intercep- tor during the next fiscal yea In discussing today the general make-up of the next budget, Engi- | naer Commissioner Bell said he would | favor liberal sums for modern street { lighting and for the resurfacing of | worn-out asphait streets. “We should get more money for treet lighting,” Col. Bell declared “This is an important class of work, not only because it improves the ap- pearance of the city, but because it |aids the safe movement of traffic at inight and affords better police pro- | tection, | Older Streets Need Repairs. “As to the highway department, I think we should turn more attention in the next budget to the resurfacing of the older asphalt streets in the {city proper. Because of the rapid {building development that has been | establishment, all of which will keep | taking place in the outlying sections there has been a heavy demand for | paving of new streets.” | For the next fiscal year the appro- | priation for maintenance of shade | trees is $78,000, which is a slight in- crease over past years. Col. Bell is | considering the advisability of seek- ing more money for this work in the next budget. The Commissioners plan to ask for a large appropriation in the next budget for park development in cordance with the law creating the National Capital Park Commission River Front Improvements. | Col. Bell said that during the com- | ing year ork would go forward on the drawing up of a comprehensive plan for the improvement of the Washington channel river front. 1 Since Congress, at the last session, | passed the bill authorizing a five- | year $19,000,000 school building pro- | gram, the next budget is practically | certain to carry a liberal allotment for new school buildings. Part of the District’s surplus revenue fund in the { Treasury from past years already has | been appropriated toward the school { building program and the remainder | of the surpins probably will be ap- | propriated at the next session. MEN MORE EFFEMINATE, | PROFESSOR DECLARES | Sees Distinct Trend Toward Domes- | ticity Among Males, Sociol- ogist Explains. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 13.—The “he- | man” is slipping out of the picture and men are adopting feminized ways ! just as rapidly as women are becom- ! ing masculine in their outlook on life, Dr. Charles Gray Shaw of New York University said in a discussion of the soclal problems evolved because of the emancipation of women. “It is the man in his new nacy who is inclined to be domestic. Dr. Shaw said. “Modern men marry for the sake of a home, with its dog and radio set, while women approach the wedded state with the idea of get- ting a companion or lover.” When men began to wear soft hats, silk sccks, pearl-colored spats, lilac pajamas and embroidered bath robes the process of feminization gained a good start, Dr. Shaw said. Even the | satety razor contributed. effemi- SCHOOL CASE DEFERRED. The hearing on the proposal to erect a 16-room instead of an S-room addition to the Park View School, called by the Board of Education's { committee on buildings and grounds for tomorrow afternoon, has been postponed by Ernest Greenwood, chairman. Saturday afternoon has been set as the tentative date for the deferred hearing. Radio Programs—Page 14. 2