Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1925, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO ARMADA DRIVES ON 0 BATILE' SCENE Staffs of High Command Lay Final Plans for Attack on Oahu. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.—The btrategical importance of the Island of Oahu in the defense of the United States was being brought home to the officers and men of the armada of America as the staffs of the high| command pored over maps and charts today in a final check of plans for the fleet's atta against the is d, in the hands of a theoretical enemy. It pointed out in connection with the maneuvers that the Terrl- tory of Hawall is an integral part of the United States, having been an- nexed as was Te: Situated near the geographical center of the North Pacific, Honolulu's status as a port of call makes it worthy of its claim that it is the “crossroads of the Pacifi But more important to the naval and military strategists Is the| fact that Oahu is the hub of the nation’s defense of the Pacific Coast, and acts as a buffer between the coast, from Alaska to the Canal Zone, and any enemy that might move acros the Pacific toward the mainland of the United States. If the islands were held by suchi enemy, they would constitute a threat of formidable dimension against the coast, it has been pointed out. At a speed of 15 knots, well within the| capabilities of a_modern fleet, an| enemy based on Honolulu could ar- rive off any United States port from| Sitka to San Diego in from six to seven days. As the islands are in or near all trade routes across the North Pacific and between the mainland and Australia, an enemy {n possession Svould be placed favorably to intercept ®ll these trade routes effectually. Could Not Pass. On the other hand, it has been ‘pointed out, an enemy bent on attack- ing the mainland of the United States must pass near Hawali and if the Tnited States fleet were based there he would hardly dare pass them, be- cause that would permit the American fleet to fall upon his rear and inter- rupt his line of communication. The distance of the islands from the Pacific coast introduces some diffi- cult problems to be served in provid- ing for their adequate defense. Thelir remoteness from any possible enemy simplifies to some extent the defense of any of the United States continen- tal territory. Their comparatively small area and Jocation make them immune from capture by any except an overseas expedition on a considerable scale. Similarly, in case of enemy attack, they could be relieved only by a naval force such as the one which s steam- ing today toward its objective. Known to Be Weak. The defenses of Oahu, the only fortified island in the group, have been strengthened greatly in recent years to provide against attack by new and improved weapons of war- fare. Like other defenses, these can- not be said to be complete, for this can never be determined until actu- ally subjected to the test of war, it has been pointed out. In certain re- spects the defenses are known to be weak and in certain other respects an actual attack might show them to be inadequate. Therein is found the motive for the present maneuvers to ascertain as closely as possible the strength of or weakness of the defense of the key stone of the Nation’s defenses in this ocean. The fleet left San Franclsco three days ago. SOVIETS DENY MARCONI IS INVENTOR OF RADIO Popoff, Russian Scientist, Was First in Wireless Field, They Declare. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, April 17.—Willlam Mar- coni’s claim to the invention of wire- less telegraphy is disputed by the Soviet government, which announced today that radio communication was invented and actually used by Prof. A. Popoff of the Electro-Technical Institute of Leningrad in 1895, two years before Marconi announced his discovery to the world. The Council of Peoples Commis- sars has set aside May 7 for a cele- bration of the thirtieth anniversary of Popoff’s discovery. A speclal com- mission of sclentists and representa- tives of the highest Soviet Institu- tlons will conduct the celebration. The story and details of Popoff's re- searches and findings will be broad- cast by radio throughout Russia and to _foreign countries. Wireless as a medium of home en- ertainment has made enormous prog- ress in Russia during the last year, although It has attained nothing like the popularity it enjoys in the United States. It Is stated that many thou- sand Russian homes now have radio sets, either homemade or manufac- tured. WALES TOURING NIGERIA. Prince Reaches Minna, Having Traveled 462 Miles by Rail. By the Associated Press. MINNA, Nigeria, April 17.—The Prince of Wales arrived here at mid- night, thus having penetrated the in- terior of Nigeria 462 miles by rail from the coast. During vesterday afternoon’s run, the prince drove the train for a half hour. By his side was the engine driver who piloted King Edward's train when as Prince of Wales he vis- fted West Africa en route to India. 3,200 HOMELESS IN FIRE. Polish Town Is Almost Wiped Out by Blaze. WARSAW, April 17.—The little town of Ryki, near Lublin, was nearly wiped out by fire last night. Two hundred stores with their stocks were destroyed and 257 houses were burned, only 61 remaining. More than 3,200 persons are homeless. Ryki was visited by a similar dis- mster in 1922, when 137 houses were destroyed by fire. AIR POLICE CONSIDERED. Chicago Force Would Include 20 Men for Varied Work. CHICAGO, April 17.—Plans for an aerial police force in Chicago are un- der consideration by Morgan A. Col- lins, chief of police. Capt. Roy A. Ammel, formerly of the 468th Attack GROGGY FROM NEW AUTO PLANS, MOTORIST SEES MIND COLLAPSE Pictures Theater Trip Ending in Padded Hes- pital Cell, Sure He Will Break Scores of Rules in Spite of Utmost Care. BY REX COLLIER. Mr. D. C. Motorist, a conscientious sort of fellow for the most part, is becoming slightly groggy trying to keep up with all the new traffic sug- gestions being made to Director of Traffic Eldridge by consclentious news- paper reporters. In fact, he lapsed into a momentary coma today after reading about the plan to have pedes- trians hold up their hands when crossing the street, and envisioned himself setting out for the theater several months hence, “I left my home in Petworth at 7:30 p.m., climbed into my car beside my wife, and set out confidently for the theater,” he recounted afterward to a riend. Swinging into the arteral highway, I made sure that my headlights were not dimmed, sounded v horn to satisfy myself it did not ound like a fire siren, and stepped on the gas until the speedometer rested at the 35-mile mark. “I had about three-quarters of an hour in which to get downtown, but was not unmindful of the parking space shortage, and so wanted to get a place early. Carefully maintaining the required 15-foot distance from the machine in front, I suddenly no- ticed that the left arm of the driver ahead was extended horizontally, de- noting officially that he intended to do something and that I must watch im in order to find out whether he intended to turn, stop, back up or slow down. Cop Aids Decision. “I restrained a shameful impulse to disengage my clutch at this juncture, but firmly applied the brake instead, at the same time extending my left arm also, although I myself had no idea what I was going to do next. My indecision was short-lived, for a motor cycle cop solved the problem for me by ordering me to pull over to the curb. It appeared I had violat- ed the onearm driving regulation. Luckily my explanation convinced the officer T intended no harm, and he let me go with a caution. “I desired to turn left into the next cross-street, on which there was a car line, 80 I asked my wife to put a hand on the wheel so I could do some signaling in the proper way. I man- aged to pull up in the traffic control zone, marked out for turning vehicles, and bided my time. In a few minutes | the traffic officer flashed the vellow | light that meant for me to come on, 50 I started around him, halted when | he motioned for me to cut the corner | in front of him, and finally got by after scraping his umbrella. “I was now in the congested dis- trict, as extended. Why the conges- tion was extended I don’t know, but probably that was another suggestion of those newspaper reporters. A street car stopping just ahead brought me to a stop also, but a policeman at the curb waved vigorously for me to g0 ahead. I went. I turned right down another car line and passed a street car at the corner just in time to be arrested for reckiess driving. I happened to know this cop, ex- plained how I had just a few moments before been told to go ahead, and he finally let me go. Hits Pedestrian Parade. “At the Intersection ahead there loomed a parade of pedestrians with uplifted arms. Several were picking up bundles dropped absentmindedly. I waited. It seemed the procession would never end. Finally there came an opportunity which I lost no time in seizing. I shot forward into the next block, only to be stopped. by a group of glaring policemen with what looked like a set of handcuffs. ““What have you done now, Henry?' my wife chided. ‘Heaven only knows,’ I explained. ‘We're gonna test your brakes,’ one of the officers said gruffly. ‘But I'm on my way to the theater,’ I ventured to protest. You're gonna get your brakes tested first, Buddy,’ the policeman replied firmly. While my wife watched her wrist watch nervously, I showed the testers that I could stop my car within 50 feet, in accordance with the regulations, and they gave me a slip of approval. Light Beam Misplaced. “The theater was only a few blocks away. I started on. At the next cor- ner I waited again while that parade of up-raised arms filed leisurely by. I found a lucky opening and dived through and landed plump in the cen- ter of another group of policemen. Two of them held a horizontal plane and they proceeded to pass it through the center of my headlights. ‘You've got a stray beam running wild above the horizontal plane,’ they informed me. ‘Get it back into bounds before you go out again.’ 1 promised, tear- fully. %t was now 8:30. The show had been on for 15 minutes. I struck out determinedly. The hand of the law again loomed accusingly as I kept my clutch engaged and applied my ap- proved brakes, ;, can those bright lights on this street, Bo,’” the owner of the hand said. ‘Don’t you know you're in the dim-light zone I started to explain that was the reason I had put on the bright ones, but as he waved for me to go ahead, I didn't stop to argue. Another Regulation Falls. “The theater soon hove into sight. I feared to begin looking for a parking space. What was my surprise to find a splendid one well within the build- ing line, right close to the theater! I slid into it with a sigh of relief, locked the car and started toward the theater with my wife. A hand touched my arm. “You're under arrest for parking in a traffic control zone,’ a motor cycle cop advised me. ‘But— I began. ‘No buts_about it, friend. Orders is orders. You'll have to come with me to Night Traffic Court and tell it to udsge.’ the O ent with him to the Night Traffic Court, handed a doorman my theater tickets, demanded a seat in the front row and, leaving my wife crying on the shoulder of the judge, was sent to Gallinger Municipal Hos- pital for mental observation. “There I found them operating on a newspaper reporter for an aggra- vated case of auto-suggestion; so I felt happy and woke up with the birds singing.” — TOKIO REPORTS QUAKES. Heavy Shocks Also Noted on G. U. Seismograph. By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, April 17.—Heavy earth- quakes were reported at 4:52 this morning on Formosa Island. The damage was slight. At the same time a minor earthquake was felt in Tokio. A heavy earthquake about 6,300 miles from Washington was recorded Squadron and credited_with develop- ing New York's Air Police, is pro- Jecting the organization. A force of 20 flyers would be util- ized in the plan. The air police would co-operate In pursuit of thieves, make topographical studies and locate lake wrecks or vessels in distress, between 3:12 and 5 p.m., yesterday on the selsmographs at Georgetown Uni- versity. Father Tondorf, in charge of the laboratory, described the shocks, which reached maximum intensity at 3:54 p.m., as “rather severe,” but was unable to calculate their approximate location. : Upper—Mental, moral and physical examination of auto driver made while folice examine his brakes and head- ights. Middle—The day of the pedestrian— when he can halt traffic by a non- chalant wave of his hand. Lower—Diagram of what to do at a street interesection on a hot August afternoon. UNNAMED WITNESS T0 FACE WHEELER U. S. to Call Lawyer to Tes- tify in Prosecution of Montana Senator. By the Associated Press. GREAT FALLS, Mont., April 17.— Prosecution in the trial of Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana went forward here today under a promise by District Attorney John L. Slattery that he would introduce a witness to testify as to the alleged guilt of the defendant. Senator Wheeler is charged with accepting a fee after being elected to the Senate for pressing the claim of a client before the Interior Depart- ment. The witness, whom the prosecution refused to name, is a Washington at- torney, Mr. Slattery admitted. The Government already has subpoenaed three Washington attorneys—W. G. Feeley, A. H. Furr and Peter Nyce. Feeley testified before the Senator Wheeler investigating committee that he prosecuted all the oil prospecting claims of Gordon Campbell, Montana oil operator, before the Department of the Interlor. The indictment accuses the Montana Senator of so doing and alleges that he used his influence with the Interior Department in behalf of Campbell after being elected to the Senate. According to Mr. Slattery's state- ment to the jury, the unnamed at- torney will testify that Wheeler came 10 him in Washington and asked him to appear in his (Wheeler's) place be- fore the Interior Department, with a promise that the fees would be equally \divided. The testimony of W. E. Bennett, register of the Great Falls land office, was to be resumed today. The jury was completed after three hours.” It is composed mainly of farmers and laborers. HOLDS RECORD IN TWINS. Forest, Chicago Suburp, Counts Up 20 Pairs. CHICAGO, April 17.—Lake Forest, fashionable North Shore suburb, holds the world championship for the pro- portion of twins to its total popula- tion, preparations for a baby contest there have shown. It has 20 sets of twins ranging from 3 months to 40 years, drawn from all walks of life. One family, the Barney McGoverns, boasts two sets. Lake Forest's population is 57 Lake INSANITY LOOMING AS POISON DEFENGE Arraignment of Mrs. Cun- ningham Now Depends on Condition. By the Associated Press. CROWN POINT, Ind., April 17.— Arraignment of Mrs, Anna Cunning- ham, 49-year-old Gary, Ind., widow, on a murder charge in connection with the confessed killing by poison of three of five members of her fam- {ly who died in six years, depends on her condition Her hearing to answer a charge of pofsoning her son Walter was post- poned yesterday when she collapsed in her cell after her confession. She revived last night, and after eating, dropped into a sound sleep. She was too weak todayy however, to_answer the charge. While Prosecutor August Bremer, assisted by Chicago prosecutors, had not determined definitely whether to test her sanity, attorneys hired by Mae Cunninghum, her daughter, in- dicated insanity might be a defense plea. Whether three other bodies would be exhumed also was unde- clded. The report of Purdue University chemists, received last night, corrob- orated Mrs. Cunningham's confession. The chemists found a large amount of arsenic in the vital organs of Walter Cunningham, but none in the organs of Harry Cunninghata, Prosecutor Bremer said. Mrs. Cunningham, while admitting that she pofsoned Walter, Isabelle and Charles Cunningham, denied that she had given Harry any poison. Will Insist on Autopsy Prosecutor Bremer believed exhuma- tion of the hodies of David, sr., her husband; Isabelle and Charles, chil- dren, {s unnecessary, but Chicago au- thoritles were told that Mrs. Amanda Arnold, Chicago, a sister of the hus- band, would insist that all the bodles be_examined. David, the arold son, In a Chicago hospital, whose illness from polsoning caused the inquiry into the deaths, remains in a serious condi- tion, physicians sald. In her confession, Mrs. Cunning- ham said she had given her victims the poison in bread and butter and had taken similar doses herself each time because of her desire to join her husband, who died first, with their best loved child. Mae, the sur- viving daughter, escaped because she disliked her, the mother said. In connection with plans for the sanity test, Prosecutor Bremer said no such test would be permitted until after the grand jury has acted. The grand jury will convene April 27 and after the grand jury acts then the defense may have a sanity hearing, if they desire, the prosecutor ex- plained. WIFE ASKS Charges ANNULMENT. Husband Already Was Married at Time. The District Supreme Court was asked today in an amended bill of complaint filed by Mrs. Beatrice G. Waters to award her a decree of an. nulment against John H. Waters, with whom, it Is alleged, she went through a form of marriage ceremony Decem- ber 6, 1920, in Pittsburgh, Pa. It is charged in the wife's amended suit that at the time of the secend ceremony Waters was already mar- ried to Gladys Gross, the first cere. mony having taken place in this city August 6, 1920. Attorney Raymond Neudecker appears for the wife, SHOE MAN‘HITS BACK. Answers Statement Attributed to President on Economy. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., April 17— George F. Johnson, shoe manufac- turer, vesterday replied to a ment attributed to President Co ge ;hnt nso?le shr;vuld economize on shoes by wearing them longer them repaired. ., S koopteg Mr. Johnson asserted that the American people’s shoe bill is the most economical of any part of the expense of living, and that the entire yearly shoe bill of the nation amounts to $1,500,000,000, as compared with the present cost of running the United States Government, $3,500,000,000. MINISTRY STILL UNNAMED Belgian Socialist Tells King He Is Not Discouraged, However. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, April 17—King Albert yesterday received Emile Vandervelde, the Socfalist leader in the Chamber of Deputies, who is attempting to form a ministry to succeed the cabinet of Premier Theunis, which resigned on April 5, but the Socialist leader was unable to give the monarch an en- couraging answer regarding his ef- forts. Vandervelde said he was not dis- couraged, but he could not say defi- nitely whether he would be able to form the new ministry. .. Police Ban Harvard Lampoon. , CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 17.—The latest {ssue of the Harvard Lampoon. college humorous publication, was or. dered removed from all local news- stands by the pollce today under threat of prosecution if sales were made. The issue is a burlesque of & weekly news magazine, and the use of the American flag on the front page is offensive, the police said. A T e Call School Bond Election, Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., April 17. —Voters of the Independent school district of Martinsburg will vote June 2 on a proposed {ssue of $310,000 in bonds for a new high school building, under a call {ssued today by the school authorities. School teachers and other citizens are volunteering to serve as election officials. The bonds will bear &5 per cent interest, be re- tired serially in 34 years and the issue will involve a special levy of 16 cents. Kellogg Hears Married Woman’s Plea To Use Maiden Name on Passport Another move for the complete emancipation of women was made today, when the right of a woman to have her passport in her maiden name was argued before Secretary of State Kellogg by Burnita Mat- thews, attorney for the National ‘Women’s Party, and Helena Nor- manton, English barrister. They are presenting the case of Ruby Black, newspaper woman, whose application for a passport in her own name has been denied. When she applied April 11 for a passport, and refused to sign her own Christian name and the sur- name of her husband, the writer declared that “she did not want to travel in Europe under an as- sumed name,” and appealed to the head of the division of passport control, The case was taken before As- sistant Secretary of State McMur- ray, who refused to recommend a change in the regulations. Mrs. Normanton. the English lawyer appearing in the case, is the first woman to obtain a pass. port to travel in the United States under her maiden name, it is said She had to make her plea to the Joint Council of Four Inns of Court of the English Bar before she was permitted to practice law under her own name. As a matter of fact, says Mrs. Normanton, virtually ever since the surname came into being, Eng- lish women who-have so desired have used their own name, regard- less of that of their husbands. The first case at court was won in 1154, she say: D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1925 104 R GATHERING FORMEETIG HER Will Plan for Broader Educa- tional Work at Annual Congress. Americanization and education will again be the dominent subjects be- fore the Daughters of the American Revolution when they convene their Thirty-fourth Continental Congress in the Washington Auditorium next Monday morning. Brought into being to preserve the history and existing relics of the war for American independence, the so- clety has yearly broadened fits work to include ‘also the education of the fmmigrant and the native-born whose circumstances would otherwise de- prive them of an opportunity to ac- quire higher knowledge. As a result the influence of the soclety is gratuitously felt in many institutions of learning, and particu- arly in the mountain districts of the outhern States, where, before the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion began its work, stark ignorance was more rampant than anywhere else in this country. May Endow Ohio School. This year one of the most interest- ing phases of educational work to be brought before the congress will be embodled in a report of a committee appointed to consider the establish- ment of an endowment at the Oxford College for Women, in Ohio, which was the first woman's college estab- lished in the New World. The estab- lishment of such an endowment would serve a threefold purpose. First, it would provide material help for an institution of historical as well as educational value to the count second, it would further the societ work in the field of education, and, third, it would provide a suitable me. morial for the society’s first president general, Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, wife of the then President of the United States. New Dormitory Needed. The proposition before the society is to construct a dormitory at the Ox- ford College for Women, as a me- morial to Mrs. Harrison, whose father, Dr. John Witherspoon Scott, was one of the incorporators and later presi- dent of the institution. Lack of room makes it necessary for the college to refuse admittance to a lrage number of girls each year, and the additional dormitory is said to be an actual need at_this time. Delegates to the thirty-fourth Con- tinental congress are beginning to ar- rive in large numbers and Memorial Continental Hall, where previous meetings of the national society have been held for years, once more is as- suming its annual resemblance to a beehive of activity. Owing to the in- creased membership of the society and its resultant larger number of dele- gates to the congress, it will meet this year in the Washington Auditorium for most of its sessions. JUDGES MAY ISSUE SUMMONS ON CARS Traffic Officials Consider Substitution for Names of Policemen. Officials in the office of the traffic director are considering the possibility of designing a new summons card to be used by policemen in tagging park- ed automobiles which would bear the signature of a Police Court judge in- staad of the officer. The question of what is to be done with regard to parking in the down- town section will be decided upon at a final meeting tonight between Traffic Director Eldridge and his advisory committee. It is expected there will be a thor- ough discussion of the proposal of Col. 1. C. Moller, traffic engineer, to pro- hibit parking in the congested area between 8 and 9:15 In the morning, with one hour parking for the balance of the day. Merchants State Views. The Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association last week objected to this suggestion in recommending that the present one-hour parking rule be re- tained throughout the day, but strict- 1y enforced. The effect of prohibiting\ parking rom 8 to 9:15 a.m. would be to force persons who park their machines be- fore going to work to leave them out- side the congested area. If the parking question is settled to- night Mr. Eldridge expects to begin tomorrow morning drafting his recom- mendations for the new traffic code to present them to the Commission- ers for approval by Monday. After adoption by the Commissioners they will be published for 10 days and be- come effective May 3. Confers With City Heads. irector Eldridge held a conference wi]ljh Commissioners Rudolph and Bell today, at which they discussed rules of procedure to be followed by the traffic director in co-ordinating his work with that of the Police Depart- ment. Corporation Counsel Stephens is now drafting these rules into for- 1 shape. m‘;t wa; decided to permit Mr. Eld- ridge to have direct control over cer- tain traffic officers, who should be de- tafled at his request to handle spe- cific dutles, such as testing brakes and headlights. General supervision over traffic polics will remain as at present. WALES’ BROTHER THROWN Prince Henry Narrowly Escapes Injury in Hunt. LONDON, April 17.—Prince Henry, who virtually represents King George during the monarch’s vacation on the Mediterranean, yesterday narrowly escaped a serious accident. While he was riding in a hunt steeplechase near West Grinstead his mount was in collision with another horse and he was thrown. The prince escaped un- injured, but his mount was so badly hurt it had to be destroyed. . PROPOSED NEW AGRICULTURAL BUILDING The two wings already have been constructed. The center is yet to be built. JARDINE STUDYING THREE PLANS FOR PROPER HOUSING (Continued from First Page.) Kitchen of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, M. C. Betts of the Bureau of Public Roads, Harry Goding of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and R. M. Reese of the Office of I’ersonnel and Administration. Mr, Reese is to act as secretary of the committee. The commlittee is expected to meet at an early date to begin the considera- tion of the various plans submitted by the Treasury Department. In announcing the appointment of the committee, Secretary Jardine said: “An important matter which should recefve attention is the question of proper housing of the varfous bureaus and offices of the department. I am fully aware of the present unsatis- factory situation in this respect, and expect to do everything in my power to bring about an improvement. The Treasury Department, having in mind the possibility of definite action with respect to a building program at the next sesion of Congress, has called upon this department to consider various detalled plans which have been suggested to relieve the housing situation in the Department of Agri- culture.” Expect Enactment of Bill. Both Jardine and Secre- tary in mind the need of being ready for the immediate prosecution of the building program for the Department of Agriculture when Congress shall put through the proposed appropriations for Govern- ment bulldings in the District of Co- lumbla—the proposed $50,000,000 build- ings bill for the District, which was introduced at the last session and which had the hearty support of President Coolidge. It is expected that this measure, or a similar one, will be revived at the next session of Congress. Senator Smoot of Utah chairman of the Public Building Commission, is confident that a build- ings bill will pass. If it does the Department of Agriculture is one of the first for which provision will be made. Senator Smoot, reporting to Congress as chairman of the Public Bulldings Commission, some time ago, said: “The Department of Agriculture is the worst housed institution in the city. It is now occupying 25 buildings scattered over the city and many of them are poorly adapted for office pur- poses.” Buildings Widely Scattered. The actual number of buildings now ovcupied by the department, how- ever, is 46, and, as was pointed out at the department today, they are not in many Instances fireproof. There are some of them miles away from the office of the Secre: : much valuable time is lost by heads of bureaus who must go to the ad. ministration building for conference with the head of the department or with other bureau chiefs. For ex- ample, the fixed nitrogen research laboratory is located on Massachu- setts avenue, approximately 6 miles from the administration building; the new bureau of home economics is lo- cated in the Government Hotels, on the Union Station plaza, a mile and a quarter from the administration building; the Forest Service is at 930 F street, three-quarters of a mile away, and the Weather Bureau is at Twenty-fourth and M streets, 2 miles distant. No building has been done by the Government for the Department of Agriculture here since 1908, when the two wings of the proposed new build- ing in the Mall were finished. The present administration bullding was erected in 1868. It is not fireproof, vet many of the department’s most valuable records are stored there. Fur- thermore, it is badly overcrowded to- ay. Opposes First Scheme. In his letter to Secretary Jardine, now made public, Secretary Mellon sald that three schemes were con- sidered by the Treasury officials for the Department of Agriculture build- ings. The first scheme already re- ferred to, he said, was included be- cause it is in accordance with the program of the former Public Build- ings Commission, submitted in 1918, Mr. Mellon said, however, that while 5!. might be carried out in the future, it is eliminated from consideration at this time on account of cost, time required In carrying it out and in- ndeql{a!e space when completed. This is the scheme which would com- plete the building for which the wings have been constructed and make a rectangle of it. It would require the purchase of several blocks and the relocation of B street 200 feet farther south. Secretary Mellon in his letter speaks more favorably of the second scheme presented, which calls for the erec- tion of a center pavilion connecting the present two wings, and of a mod- ern_office buflding on the south side of B street immediately in the rear of the main building. The proposed office buflding would be entirely screened, he sald, by the main build- ing. He states also that this second scheme would make ample provision for the housing needs of the depart ment. The cost of the commercial type building proposed would be $3,500,008 the construction of the center pavillon for the main build- ing $2,000,000, and the cost of the block on which the commercial build. ing would stand is estimated at $350,000. Discusses Third Scheme. With regard to the third scheme, which looks to the removal of many of the research bureaus of the de- partment to a tract of land on the outskirts of the city, while the main administration building in the Mall is to be completed as now planned, Sec- retary Mellon said: “Considering the present downtown traffic congestion and an increase in this congestion by the proposed build- ings for the Departments of Justice, of Commerce and of Labor, the ques- tion of locating some of the activities of the Department of Agriculture on a tract of land some distance from the center of the city deserves con- sideration. Of course, the administra- tion building of the Department of Agriculture should be maintained in its present location, but it may be found that many of the bureaus com- prising that department might func- tion equally as well some distance from the city, like the Bureau of Standards. “Under this scheme the center pa- vilion uniting the present two wings would be constructed at a cost of $2,000,000, furnishing approximately 90,000 square feet additional, and the completed structure weuld become the administration building of the De- partment of Agriculture. “No accurate estimate is possible of providing buildings for the bureaus of the Department of Agriculture, but it is believed that land could be pur- chased for $500,000 and the necessary. bulldings be constructed for about $8,500,000. THOMAS S. HOPKINS CLAIMED BY DEATH International Lawyer Dies After Lingering lliness. Veteran of Civil War. Thomas Snell Hopkins, for many years prominent as an international lawyer of this city and long promi- nent in Grand Army of the Republic circles, died at his residence, 18 Nineteenth street, today after a linger- ing fliness. Mr. Hopkins would ha heen 80 vears old his next birthday, April 22. Mr. Hopkins was a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, was a past department commander of the De- partment of the Potomac, a former judge advocate ization of the epublic and wa or three years commander general of the May- fower Socfety of the United States. In addition, Mr. Hopkins was a trustee of George Washington University and of the Calvary Baptist Church, and also a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 10, F. A. A. M. Besides these con- aections he was p of the board of Soldiers and Temporary Home in Washington for 10 years Mr. Hopkins had been a resident of this city since soon after the Civil War and had during his long career as a lawyer here confined most of his practice to international law. He was a member of the firm of Hopkins & Hopkins. He was a graduate of the old Columbian College, now George Washington University. During the Civil War he served with the 16th Maine Infantry and was wounded at the battle of Fred- ericksburg, Va., in 1862. Mr. Hopkins was born at Mount Vernon, Me. He married Miss Carrie W. EaStman of Binghamton, N. Y. and is survived by his widow, a daugh. | ter, Mrs. Jesse Eastman Seibert; one son, Capt. S. G. Hopkins, formerly of the Naval Militia of the District and now a practicing attorney here, and three grandchildren, S. P. Hopkins, Thomas H. Seibert and Miss Carolyn tman Seibert. uneral services will be conducted at the residence, under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic, Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. Dr. W. S. Abernethy, pastor Calvary Baptist Church, will of Interment will be in Arlington Ceme- tery. The strong will power and determi- nation of Mr. Hopkins which helped him achleve success, was readily shown when after an attack of nerv- ous prostration 49 years ago and his confinement tob ed for § s resumed practice and ried on in a notable career. Constant. ly in the mind of Mr. Hopkins w: the welfare of the veterans of the sixties and he devoted much of his time toward aiding in securing of any measure for their benefit. While a lJawyer he represented many large interests. He was a member of the Cosmos Club HIGH SCHOOL FRATS ENGAGE COUNSEL John E. Laskey to Conduct Fight in Court on Educa- tion Board Ruling. John E. Laskey, former United States district attorney, was retained today by the Washington high school fraternities to carry into the courts their fight against the Board of Edu- cation’s anti-fraternity ruling. The committee representing the secret societies which engaged Mr. Laskey as counsel gave him full au- thority to take whatever action he deemed best. It is composed of Ira L. Ewers, J. Milton Probey, Norman Weeks and J. Harper Snapp. Early Action Promised. Before proceeding with legal action against the board Mr. Laskey said he would study carefully the law and the facts regarding the board’s authority to control organizations of school puplls as well as the decisions of tribunals in the States where school boards and secret organizations have clashed. “I expect to be prepared to take some action next week,” he sald, “but 1 am not now in a position to say what it will be.” All of the high school secret so- cieties which participated in the re- volt against the board’s anti-fraternity ruling, with the exception of Lambda Sigma Fraternity of Central High School, have rallied behind Sigma Delta In the threatened legal battle. Lambda Sigma has launched a definite movement to have all fraternities meet the Board of Education on a compromise plan for the solution of the fraternity controversy before tak- ing court action. Sigma Delta leaders, however, in- dicated that they are willing to co- operate with Lambda Sigma in f{ts compromise move, but that the entire matter had now been placed in the hands of Mr. Laskey, and the ques- tion of effecting a settlement of the fraternity dispute out of court is left to him. ®As Mr. Laskey has been given authority to map out his own course of action, it is believed he will confer with Lambda Sigma repre- sentatives before instituting a suit against the board. ‘Although the board has reaffirmed its stand in opposition to the secret organizations, it has indicated that overtures for a modification of the fraternity ban might be considered seriously if the threatened court ac- tion s abandoned. Offer Impresses Board. The compromise plan proposed by Lambda Sigma, which would give school authgrities control over the fraternities through a faculty ad- viser and restrict membership to sen- fors and juniors whose parents ap- proved, has made a striking impres- slon on some of the board members. Such a plan, in their opinion, would place the secret societies on virtually the same basis as a number of the threescore or more school organiza- tions which have been approved by the authoritles. f PRIVACY FOR TAX REPORTS IS URGED U. S, Solicitor Tells Supreme Court Publication Was Not Intended. The right of newspapers to publish income tax lists under the law provid ing for their public inspection was up for continued argument today in the Supreme Court. Oral argument on the question as presented in the Gov ernment’s appeal in the case brought against t nsas City Journal-Post was interrupted adojurnment of the court yesterday just five minutes after it got under w The case against the Journal-Post, in which Senator Reed of Missour{ is a ing as counsel, was up for ar gument today sepa from that brough nst the more Post on similar grounds, owing to the refusal of counsel for the newspapers to as sent to the court’s suggestion that the two cases be argued together. Baker Among Counsel. Newton D. Baker, former Secretary of War, is appearing as counsel for the Baltimore Pos: not be reached fc next week unless the court arbitrarily advaces it for hearing at the con sion of argument in the other cas today. or _General Beck repr the Government in both cases Mr. Beck, in resuming his argument insisted that Congress intended e comr [ revenue should trol over the lists law, were to be made public_inspection.” It Congr ad intended to open the doors to unlimited on and publication, he aserted, it uld not have been so careful to e the right of inspection subject to dis cretionary powers of the commis sioner.” Defends Policy of Secrecy. ent. The policy of secrecy, he said long been a part of the fiscal admin istration and Congress had made the lists available for inspection in the “offices” of the different collectors of internal revenue and not in the a Any made of ut the 1 of the c missioner was unla he asserted adding that the newspapers had not obtained his consent before publish ing Sen question of was at i he said, ment that under pretation of the law desired was at liberty lists in the offices of the could make coples of them and could freely discuss them. The radio could broadcast the lists, he said, and the data co! be made public in every way except that by which the people were accus- tomed to obt inforn ion—through the newspapers. It was illogical, he ed, that information w h law- fully could be in the ion of every one and which could be passed round by word of mouth could not lawfully be printed in the newspapers. d that the broad m of the press is was illustrated vernment's argu- reasonable inter: posse: ENVOY JOINS FACULTY. Bulgarian Minister to Give Course at George Washington. Stephan Panaretoff, Minister from Bulgaria, has been added to the fac- ulty of George Washington Univer- according to an announcement President Willlam Mather Lewis. Panaretoff before his appoint- ment to this country was professor at Robert College, Constantinople, Turkey. The appointment follows the recent policy of expansion at the university. Dr. Panaretoff will discuss Near East problems in a course to be given start- ing next Fall. A noted authority on history of the Near East, Dr. Panare- toff is expected to popularize this sub- ject at the universit: HINDENBURG ON RADIO. Will Make Final Appeal for Ger- man Votes Over Air. By the Associated Press. HANOVER, Germany, April 17.— Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s final appeal to the voters as a candidate for the German presidency in the elec- tions of April 26-will be broadcast by him through the official radio next Friday, two days before the voting. Hindenburg heads the list of the | three candidates on the official ballot, being deesignated as ‘“Paul von Hin- denburg, fleld marshal general, Han- over.” HAVER DE GRACE ENTRIES FOR SATURDAY. FIRST RACE—The Bluegrass $1.200: for 2-vear-olds: 434 furlongs. Aucilla ik Lo Silver Finn ictatfon | Irresistible My Colonel . Cheater .. £ tWormwold ", Golden Haze .. Sligo Branch Cinema. Flapper Girl $Lemnos Charleie - .. John Fim +Samuel Rose entry. $W. J. Salmon ent SECOND RACE—The Combat purse, $1.500: 3.3 Candy Kid Laddie fhuck 11 ] inland .. . olas Trip Lightly ... 103 $The Bat . Sunny Man .... 121 Gymkhana tH. P. Whitney entry. THIRD RACE—The Aero purse, $1,500: 3-year-olds and up: 6 furlongs. 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