Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1925, Page 2

CHANGES SOUGKT INLEAGUE POLICY Better Method of Handling Minority Problems Advo- cated by States. 01T MOWRER. and the Chicagb BY PAUL Correspondence of N nee, Novenmb No- sutlstied with the new ection of the rights utries bound by that s too far ntert: with ignty. The minor well the tries to »f the minorities formerly wes not go far PAR of minorities the regime and heir sov salves, which sor helonged, fe enough The question procedure is Any mover, or any fractic Lieves it ievance may send in u petizion to the League of Nations. The 1 secretary ex amines the petitic f he finds that it really rns t v provisions that it ar instgnifi- cant, is worded judicial and unabusive lungtuge and containg clements not 1 consid- ered by the | ncil. he sends it 1o the stute which complain is ma . feel es is serion -red_around the it minority that be: previon Eue o gains Outlined. mplained against may challenge the admissibility of the peti tion. If it does, the question is de-| cided by the president and two mem bers of the league council, sitting as a committee. 1f the petition is adrhit ted, the state complain against is accorded three weeks, or u littie longer if for valid reason, to present a reply. The petition and reply are then pre sented to the league council as well as | 1o any member state that asks to see them. A committee consisting usually of the president and two members of the council, but none of whom may represent u« neighbor state or a state concerned in the dispute in any way studies the documents. 1f this com: | mittee thinks best, or if any member of the council so requests, the affalr 1s brought formally before the council in plenary meeting. The petitioner, unless it he 4 government, {8 not rep- resented; the stute complained ugainst is represented. In case of a difference of judicial opinjon between the lutter and any member of the council. the ! dispute must be referred to the inter wtional court. If there is no such dif- | ference of opinion the council muy act us it thinks best Many petitions have been the league, but only two thus far ve been brought before the council, ich in hoth cases more or less ab. solved the state complained against. | Procedure | The state received Three Changes Suggested. This situation has led to a demand for & reform of procedure. The de- mand final took form at t st as sembly in the following propo: put forward by Hungary, which warm. 1y interested in minorities now living nnder Rumanian sovereignty in Tran vivania. 1. Petitions from hig chureh and educational minority orgsnizations shall automatically have a right to| examination by the council 2. The petitioners, at ull stages of| the proceedings, shall have a right te present their views through personal | representatives. 3. Whenever a judiclal question of any sort arises it shall be referred to the court. The Hungarian proposals have net heen adopted, but the whole question is still alive and raw. Those particu- larly interested in minorities are now waiting for Germany to join the league and have membership in the council. Germany, it {s expected, will lead the crusade for a maximum en- forcement of minorities’ rights. Paul Hymans, the Belglan delegate, after | listening last September to the impas- | =joned plea for the minorities put for. | ward by Count Apponyi in Hungary's name, remarked to a friend: “We shall hear Herr Stresemann make the same speech next year.” Fair Chance for Justice. My opinion is that the new minori- ties regime marks an_important ad- | vance in international law and usage. The league procedure can probably be improved. Nevertheless, it has already produced definite and beneficent moral effects, which are to be judged, not by the decisions taken by the council in the two cases already considered | but by the fact that thus far only two casss have seemed worthy to be heard. | The system does lend itself to abuse. Certain_ states have not lovally ful filled all the treaty’ clauses for minori- | ties protection. Certain minoritles, | encouraged by mnelghboring states, | have sought to use the treaty provi. slong and the league for purposes of irredentist propaganda and political agitation. The council has shown, however, that it intends to hold & just balance, and will be nobody’s dupe. States that have loyally endeavored to carry out their obligations have noth- | ing to fear from it. Midorities that have serious grievances will always in_time obtain a fair hearng. Years will possibly elapse before the new minorities, morality is definitely agcepted in writing y states not already bound to it by treaty. Yet even upon the states not so bound its very existence as an international idea, approved in general by interna tional opinion, Is certain to exert a more or less definite {nfluence. At the last assembly meeting Irish agents communicated to the press in formation concerning the alleged op- pression of the nationalist and Roman Catholic minority in Protestant and Unionist Ulster. The communication was wholly unofficial and was perhaps exaggerated; yet it served to call the ‘attention of the British government to the new interest which world opin- ion is taking in all questions affecting orities’ rights. a‘v‘;nrm, 1025 by Chicago Daily News Co FILIPINOS TO COMPETE { circle of friends than any | toonist in the country. IN ORATORY TONIGHT Fifth Annual Contest to Be Held in Assembly Hall of Y. M. C A The fifth annual oratorical contest Among the Filipino students in the District, under the auspices of the Filipino Club, will be held tonight in the assembly hall of the Y. M. C. A., 1738 G street. - The young men who will compete for the final honors tonight, selected nfter a series of elimination contests und considered the best Filipino or- ators in the city, are: Saturnino Ma- darang, Bernardo B. Gapuz, Salustiano B. Santella, Arturo Tomelden, Alfredo Nazareno and Juan R. Quijano. The board of judges is composed of JYose Reyes of the University of the Philippines; Addison E. Southard, United States consul general, Depart: ment of State, and Frederick Juchoff af the American University, Mrs. Ser- io Osmana, one of the foremost Fili- 3ino women, will present the prizes to “he winners. Music will be rendered by Mrs. Cesar Carbello, Mrs. F. Kjaer and Mre. Margaret Clark. Alfonso P. Heads Gridiron Club CLIFFORD K. BERRYMAN BERRYMAN NAMED GRIDIRON LEADER Other Officers Elected at Meeting of Newspaper Men’s Club. At the unnual meeting of the Grid- iron Club at the New Willard today the following officers were elected for the ensuing yvear President, Cifford of The Washington vice president, Ashmun > e Providence Journa! K 2} Star; Brown of V. Ar = R n of the New York Henning of the e and Robert Barry delphia Public Ledger noual Winter di be held at the Ne ek this eveni with & dis- tinguished list of guests in attend- ance. he big dinner bell will ring promptly at 7:20 o'clock Draws Daily for 18 Vears. “Clift” Rer hard ime: Chi of of vman's cartoons have been a front-page feature of The Star | o 19 He has not missed a day ng these 1§ years, not even cail- ing a hait during his vacations. Mr. Berryman was “discovered” by the late & Joe Blackburn, who brought h find” here from Ken- tucky and aided in obtaining him a position in the drafting division of 1 Patent Office. The artist be- came an understudy to George Y. Coffin, cartoonist of the Washington Post, and he succeeded to Coffin’s po- { sitlon on the Pos. upou the death of the latter. He remained with the Post until he went to The Star in 1907 Berrynun is said to have a wider other car- He has num- bered among his personal acquaint- ances Presidents, ,"Vice Presidents, cabinet officials, diplomats and other high public officials. Work Widely Appreciated. Some of those at whom he has poked fun with special emphasis have evidenced their appreciation of the artist's ability, and particularly of the lack of bitterness in his work, by requesting the originals of the car- toons holdng them in ridicule. The Berryman Teddy Bear, a fa- miliar figure in his cartoons, had its origin_in a drawing satiriznig Pres. dent Roosevelt'’s unproductive: bear- hunting trip in Mississippi in _1907. Roosevelt once was heard to tell the artist that he should be entitled to a royalty on every Teddy Bear sold in the stores. FRENCH LOSE HEAVILY BATTLING TRIBESMEN Druses Surround Force and Kill Several Hundred Men Near Damascus. JERUSALEM. December 12 Jewish Telegraphic Agency).—Loss of several hundred French treops in *a battle with Druse tribesmen neargDumascus Monday is reported in advices reach ing here According to these reports, the bat- tle was waged all day Monday, the Druses surrounding the French troops numbering several hundred, and almost the entire French force was killed. Lo HITS CAR AND RUNS AWAY.| Reckless Driver Upsets Auto Car- Carrying Man and Child. last ' night occupied by street, and Margaret, A hitand-run driver crashed into the car Frank H. Rowe, 3603 & his 3-year-old daughter dragged their vehicle 20 feet, over turning it and then sped away. Oc- cupants of the wrecked car suffered a severe shaking up. The child was more interested in the fate of the auto than of herself or her father, walling as she crawled out over the broken wheels. The Rowe's were near Sheridan Circle at the time, en route to Colum- bia Hospital, where Mrs. Rowe and a week-old son were awaiting them. Ford to Release Champion Fiddler When Orchestra Learns Rippling Waves By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, December —Mellie Dunham, Maine’s champion fiddler, who was brought to Detroit by Henry ord, learned when he can go back f:; his home in Norway, Me., last night. It was announced after the fddler had played “Rippling Waves, a waltz of his own composition, for the old-time dancing class Henry Ford has established at Dearborn. The waltz concluded, Mr. Ford turned to newspaper men and said: “You wanted to know when Mr. Dunham is going home. Hs is going just as soon as my orchestra can play that waltz as well as he can.” i Mr. Ford's orchestra seized Mellie's waltz last night, the musician harmon- ized it, and Mellie's fiddle filled every inch of the vast dancing place with the air as he played it. The dancers Donesa will be the presiding chairman. i i TR applauded and again and again Mel- lie played the waltz. Again came the applause and again the champion The usual visitor is not allowed to | fiddler played his own composition a3 ~limb the steps into the arm and|he smiled his pl jorch of the Statue of Libarty. leasure. Mr. and Mra Ford Jjoined in-the the | the | v Willard | | GRANT CHOICE FOR PARKS POST PLEASING TO MANY IN CAPITAL News of Coolidge’s Inten- tions Well Received By District. ‘Grandson of Former Pre: ident Has Long Experi- ence in Work. ite veste te anouncement von thul he Washing onlans, kaow Maj. Grant | = assistant to Lieut. 1ll. whose resignation vesterday by the k ent of the Presi ¢ 15 made following conference with Maj. Grant, and er an urgent appeal from Col. Sher- | | rill to nwme Lis successor promptly, | k0 that Le could turn all of the affairs over- to ‘hlin before Be [leaves or Cineinnutl to' take hold of tion on Jap v 1 next. Sherrill Sees Pvesident. e appointment - of said, meets with both in the und among the | {organizations of the Capital City |interested in the great plgns| i for the beautification of the Nations | Capital into the most attractive clty | /In the world. Col. Sherrill publicly | indorsed Maj. Grant for the post | both because of his long training, his | present knowledge of the affairs of the office, ax he has served since | July 1 as principal assistant to Col Sherrill, and because of his previous training on details here. Two other names were meutioned in connection | with the post, those of Col. SHer- wood A. Cheney, who relieved Col Sherrill as chief military aide to the President, and Lieut. Col. Ernest D Peek on duty in the office of the Assistant Secretary of War. Is Important Detail. | Handling as it does many of the big | projects for the beautification of ihe | National Capital and having general | supervision, under the National Capi- tal Park Commission, of the great city, planning project for the-development of Washington under the McMillan plan of 1801, the office is one of the tmportant Army detalls in the Capital City. Maj. Grant is a grandson of the dis- tinguished Civil War gencral and President and a son of Maj. Gen. Fredemick Dene and Ida Grant. He was born at Chicago, 1ll. and was | educated both in Vienna, Austria, and | in_this country. He attended the Cutler School, New York, for four and a half vears, and then entered Columbia University in | 1898, but left to accept an appoiniment | |10 the United States Military Academy | at West Point, from shich he was | graduated in 1903, being commissioned | @ second lleutenant in the Engineer | Corps of the Army. He was promoted to first lleutenant in 1904, captaln In 1911 and major in 1916. During the World War he held commissions as lieutenunt colonel and colonel in the | National Army, and served on the general staff here. He also s a graduate of the United States Engi- neers’ School. The proposed Maj. Grant, it Is general approval, Englneer Corps | Has Long Service. In 1903 and 1904 he was with the | Army in Mindanao, Phillppine Is. | lands: n 1906 was with the Army of {Cuban pacification, at Vera Cruz In 1904, and also with the Mexican puni- tive expedition. During the entire period from 1913 to 1917 he was with | tha American forces which were mo. | bilized on the Mexican border. | Maj. Grant was at Versailles, France, from 1918 to 1919 as United States assistant commissioner to negotiate an agreement with Germany relative to the treatment of prisoners of war, and with the American commission to negotiate peace, Paris, France, in 1919. He s an Officier d’Honneur, France, holds the distinguished service medai of the United States, C. M. G. of Great Britain, St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, | Ttaly and the Solidaridad of Panama. | Son-in-Law of Root. He is a son-inlaw of Elihu Root, former United States Senator from New York, and one-time Secretary of State, having married Miss Edith Root in this city November 27, 1907. Maj. Grant was on duty in this city from 1909 to 1913, at which time he was superitendent of the State, War and Navy Buildings, which office now has been consolidated with the former public buildings and grounds office forming the present office of pul | bulldings and public parks of the Na-| tional Capftal. « During his service there %o was forslong periods In charge of both of- fices during the absence ‘of Col. Spen- cer Cosby. Before coming to his pres- ent detafl as assistant director of this office, he was in charge of the second river and harbor district at San Fran- cisco, and secretary and disbursing of- ficer of the California Debris Com- mission, which controls the hydraulic mining thers and develops and han- dles the flood control works. Duties of Office. Some idea. of the importance of this office may be obtained from the fol- lowing list of principal duties. The director has charge of the improve- ment, maintenance and operation of the parks of Washington, including the administration of all activities therein, such as recreational features —golf courses, tennis courts, base ball flelds, foot ball fields. This involves executive responsibility for all work Involved in an expenditure of approxi- mately $1,000,000 a_year. He has charge of the construction, maintenance and operation of the >ublic memorials, such as the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument and Grant Memorial; in charge of some 40 bulldings occupied by Govern- ment departments and independent establishments. The latter involves dancing, and, while Mellie's evening was climaxed when he played his waltz, another came when Mr. Ford asked Mrs. Dunham to dance with him. Mrs. Dunham did, and Mellle fiddled and looked down with pride as the wife of the Maine fiddler and one of the Nation's wealthiest men danced in the Ford laboratory, at Dearborn. At every opportunity the Maine fiddler was eagerly questioned by newspaper men. “What has impressed you most?” the reporters questioned, and quickly came the reply: “Mr. Ford.” “Are you baving a good time?” the chorus of newspaper men continued. “Fun?” Mellle chuckled, “the time of my life. Only I'm eatin’ too much; they're feeding us too well. They're giving us some wonderful rides; one was more than 100 miles.” | ‘The entire company at the dance numbered about 60. Mellie, at the order of Mrs. Dunham, he admitted, changed his favorite flannel shirt for a silk one. The shirt, he confided to TR et Tl s he | Commission, maintenance, repairs and cleaning and general upkeep of the following-mentioned office build- ings, in addition to a large number of miscellaneous buildings in the parks: State, War and Navy Department Building, Interstate Commerce Com- misston Buflding, Coast und Geodetic Survey Building, Depurtment of Com- merce Building, Civil Servic misslon Buildinz, Old General Land Office Building, Department of Justice Buildin Department of Labor Ruild. ing, Interior Department Building, Pension Office E atent Office Buflding, Navy Buiding Munitions Bullding, Mail buildings ¢ 7, Mall Cafeteria Bullding; chanics Building, Bureau of isheries Bullding, Mall Administrative Build ing, Temporary Buildings Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 6 and Wa ker-lohnson Bulldirlg, Bureau of Standards Build- ings, Cox Building, Winder Building, 462 Louislana avenue; Treasury An nex, No. 2, and Research Building. Care of White House. The maintenance and care of the White House, the executive offices and White House grounds, including the disbursements of funds for the White House nolice forc: under his charge. the operation, He I8 executive officer and in charge | of construction and administration of | the details of business for the follow ing commissions: The Meade Memo- rial Commission, the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Commission and the Ericsson Memorial Commission. The director is a member and executive officer of the Public Build ings Commission, which is charged with the duty of assignment of all office space to the departments and establishments in Washington. He also is a member of the Zoning the administration of the laws pre. scribing the character of use, height ul area of occupancy of all bulldings in Washington. The work of this commission {s exacting and demands great tact in dealing with questions of greatest hmportance to residents of Washington. He is a member and executive of.- ficer of the Natlonal Capltal Park Commisston, which Is charged with preparing plans for the extension of the park system of the National Cap- ital and for procurement of land nec. eseary for carrying out these exten- slcne. The director also is executive of- ficer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, and charged by law with the supervision of the Arlington Me- morial Bridge project, under the gen- eral direction of the Arlington Me- morial Bridge Commission. This proj- ect involves engineering, architecture and landscape architecture and an ex- penditure of $14,750.000 in a period of 10 vears. Work of such magnitude, importance and difficulty justifies alone more than the compensation suggested for the director of public buildings and public parks, it was said. Tn fact, it was pointed out, sim}. lar works executed under municipali- ties, states or civil ugencies ordinarily pay the officer in charge two or three times as much as is contemplated for the director of public buildings and public parks. The buildings under the direction of public buildings and public parks have a floor space of approximately 7,492,889 square feet and involve the expenditure of approximately $2,400, 000 per year. The appointment of Maj. would leave a vacancy as ant director in the office filled also by detail from the Engl. neer Corps of the Army. However, no candidates have yet appeared for this position, in view of the fact that it Grant assist- to be was not known that Maj. Grant was | to be promoted. It is understood that the chlef of engineers’ office is of the | opinion that the public buildings and parks office has too many officers now, but, it was pointed out that the work is of such magnitude, particularly at a time when there are so many gigantic projects Involving the beauti- fication of the Capital City, that all of them are needed. The law organizing the office provides for the detail of these officers, and it is lkely that a successor would be appointed in the very near future. THREE BIG POWERS OPPOSE SEPARATE NAVY ARMS PARLEY (Continued from First Page.) There is no disposition at the White House to seek repeal of these restric- tions, The subject, as proposed in the in- vitation to be submitted to the spe- clal committee, was reported to cover all aspects of the arms limitation prob- lem. The invitation was said to ex- press the hope of full co-operation by the United States, in the view that ji* is a movement of vital import to world peace in which all nations must join hands to carry it to success. While the league leaders in Geneva were sald to recognize that the United States has no army-reduction problem, they regard its interest in the arm< limitation movement as none the less vital, and believe its contribution to the discussion would be particularly valuable from the economic and indus- trial.aspects of the problem. President Considers Invitation. President Coolidge took under ad- visement an invitation extended him today by Senator McKinley of Illi- nois to address the National Radio Conference at Atlantic City May 10. Only 12 Days Christmas is coming SHOP EARLY— So Your Gifts Will Arrive on Time Com- | also are | which {8 charged with | SEEKING 55,000,000 FOR ST. ELIZABETH'S Dr. White Asks More Funds'i - for Buildings to Relieve Overcrowding. Estimates providing for an apgre- priation of about $5,000,000 for cdn- struction of buildings to relfeve crowd- |ed conditions at St. Elizabeth's Hos- | pital have been lald before the Bu-| reau of the Budget by Dr. Willlam A.| White. superintendent of the hospital, | after conference with Secretary of the | Intertbr Work. The plans explained by Dr. White | call for construction of nine new build- | ings, to replace the temporary struc- | |tures put up during the war, now |being used to the extent of their |cupucity. One thousand new beds |would be provided under the new | scheme, while 500 beds in temporary buildings would be replaced in per- manent structures. Overcrowding Apparent. Overcrowding at St. Elizabeth’s has & | been appurent for vears, sugmented by the great number of veterans of | the World War sent to the hospital | for psychlatric and psychopathic treatment. More than 2,000 of the ap. proximate 4,500 patients in the insti tution are from the District of « lumbia. The recent annual report of | the Interior Department called atten- | | | [ tion to overcrowded conditions. A de- | i i |crease from $1,308,000, the present | javailable amount, to $1,159,000 Is pro vided for in the 1927 estimates for the hospital, submitted to Congress three ’dfl)’fl 480. | Although St. Elizabeth’s Hospital is | now the largest and best equipped of its kind in the United States, Dr. | | White explained he wishes to increase | Its bed capacity and replace the tem- | porary buildings. A resolution wus introduced in the Senate yesterday by Senator Shipstead of Minnesota | providing for an investigation at the hospital. The inquiry would also touch on that portion of a recent report of a iocal grand jury which expressed the belfef that many persons are illegally confined there. Figures Support Petition. Dr. White supported his Budget Bureau petition with figures showing a total of 4,464 patients In the hospi- tal on November 12, against 4, on June 30. Secretary Work beliaves complete decentralization of the World War | patients not in the pevoopathic or psychlatric wards of the hospital and | their transfer to Veterans' Bureau hospitals should be effected us roon ' as possible, making room for more insane patients. H At J | i ROOSTING SPARROWS | | Will be Called Qut to Rout Birds ‘Who Park in Trees on Penn- sylvania Avenue. The Fire Department will step out | of its customary role one evening next.' week to battle birds instead of fire. On_recommendation of (ommission- |er Frederick A. Fenning orders were | 1ssued today by Fire Chief George S Watson to rout the thousands of spar- rows that roost in the sycamore trees Iflll the north e of Pennsylvania | avenue between Thirteenth and Four- teenth street Streams of water from the fire hose | will be turned on the birds until they depart permanently for other roosts. | _ Chief Watson detailed Lieut. 0. R. | Moxley to direct the activities of the bird-fighting squads. He has planned to make a close study of their roost- |ing habits before starting his cam. paign | Several complaints have been made |to the District Commissioners about the birds. Motorists especially have been severe in their condemnation. me vears ugo the fire department | was called upon to perform a similar | duty and succeeded in driving thou- | sands of blue martins from roosts trees along New Jersey uvenue. The Audubon Soclety, according to its president, Dr. T. S. Palmer, will not protest the attack on the birds, belleving it to be in the interest of | public welfare. \DEATH OF SOLDIER " FOLLOWS ACCIDENT Bernard Trotter Dies of Fractured Skull Received When Auto - and Street Car Collided. Bernard Trotter, 30 years old, sol- dier at Walter Reed Hospifal, whose skull was fractured when his auto- mobile and a one-man street car col lided last Tuesday at Eleventh street | and Rhode Island avenus, died at Wal- | ter Reed Hospital today. Roy E. Mayo, conductor-motorman of the one-man car, was taken into custody shortly after the death was reportéd by Precinct Detective W. J Barbee of the second precinct. Mayo said that a number of auté- moblles stopped at the intersection of Rhode Island avenue at the time of he accident, but that Trotter’s ma- chine kept going. Miss Edith Harrington of 1819 G street, occupdnt of the automobile, was injured about the limbs and w: taken to Garfleld Hospital with Trot- .er in a passing machine. She is ex- pected to recover. Trotter was removed to Walter Reed Hospital from Garfield Hospital Wed- nesday. An inquest will be held on Mon- day. Mayo is being held pending or- ders of the coroner. BIBLE TALK FEATURE. Maintained by WRC Without In- terruption for 2 1-8 Years. The weekly Bible talk scheduled by station WRC every Saturday night is the only radio feature that has been maintained by the station without in- terruption since it first came on the air two years and a half ago. The Bible talk has been scheduled every Saturday night and has been broad- cast every Saturday night except one, when the speaker was unfortunately caught in A traffic accident on his way to the studio and thus prevented from speaking through the microphone. The Bible talks are arranged by the Organized Bible Class Assoclation and presented under the auspices of that body. More than & score of members of Congress have been included in the list of speakers who have presented the weekly discussions of the Bible. Lo Miscegenation Trial Begun. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., Decethber 12.— Ray Winn and May Wilson are on trial in the court here on charges of miscegenation. The woman is white. Winn claims to be an Indian. Th registrar of vital statistics says Winn's | Naval Research Laboratory, at Belle- | intact. however, for the public show- Canada, and Miss Susan Barden of | Macon, Ga., both house guests of the 1925 RADIO WAVES M ADE VISIBLE AT CARNEGIE INSTITUTION Cuneul May Be Seen Suddenly to Jump When Mes- sage Passes Through Room—Embryology Exhibits on View Hadio waves made visible as they convey speclal messages from the vue, to the administration building of the Carnegie Institution of Washing- ton represent one of the many newly developed sclentific wonders included in the annual exhibit of the Institu- tlon’s current researches, which will be opened to the public at 2 o'clock this afternoon and remain on view through Monday evening. The exhibits were first viewed last night by a distinguished gathering at the annual reception of the president and board of directors of the Institu- tion. The same examples of recent scientific development will be retained ing In the administration bullding. Sixteenth and P streets, today, tomor- row and Monday. The hours will be from 2 p.m. to 5, and from 7 p.m. to 10. Waves Made Visible. speclal arrangement with the Re-earch Laboratory and the Bureau of Standards, the radio sta- i 0. those piaces alternate in ending speclal messages or signals o « receiving station that has been set up In the exhibition room. By meuns of speclal apparatus, the radio waves are made visible and the visitor 'St sees themi in thelr natural state. uddenly they begin to go through a serles of violent movements and the visitor sees the message passing through the room to the receiving in- struments. This exhibit is part of the demon- stration of the work being done by the department of terrestrial magnet- ism. Although it appeals to the fancy of the layman, it is identifled with an important study of the highly elec- trifled stratum of atmosphere tnat has long been supposed to exist about 100 miles above the surface of the 3y at Annual Show. earth. This stretum, it 1s believed, materially assists in making long- distance radio possible and also offers an explanation for “radlo fading” and static. The radio has made possible appre- clable advances recently. Co-operat- ing with the department in the experi- ments were the Naval Research Laboratory, the Radlo Corporation of America, the American Telephone and Telegraph Co.. the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. and the Bureau of Standards. Embryo Exhibits. Of no less interest to the layman are a number of cxhibits from the department of embryology, by means of which the visitor may see various stages of the creation of life in living chick embryos. These embryos range :n age Grom the first beat of the heart up to a stage that would compare somewhat with the third months of human prenatal development. By means of powerful microscopes, vis- itors are permitted to watch the de- velopment progress. Another section of the exhibit showr iving cultures of tumor cells thriv ing in a drop of plasma. Here, too, strong glasses make it possible for the visitor to watch the cells multiplying for their destructive careers. Anc close by s a demonstration of epithe- liold cells and glant cells waging their traditional war on tuberculosis cul tures. All of thees subjects are under investigation at the department of embryology. Other exhibits include researches ir astronomy, archeology, Roman build Ing construction, physics, seismolozy plant physiology, ecology, nutrition genetics, marine biology, history and dfatom research. Competent Instruc tors are in charge of all the exhibits to explain the meaning of each ex ample to the visitors. There is no charge. MRS. HORACE DODGE HURT IN FATAL CRASH H. J. O'Neill Dies Within Hour After Accident at Palm Beach. Auto Stolen. Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, De cember 12.—Fatally injured in an au tomobile accident here early today.| Fingh James O'Neill of Detroit, Mich., | died at the Good Samaritan Hospital within an hour after the crash. O'Neill, with Mrs. Horace Dodge, jr.. who was seriously injured but is expected to live, v driving on Ocean boulevard when his was | sideswiped by another, completely | overturning. | Mrs. Dodge suffered a fracture of | her nose and | severe lacerations on | her right knee and on her torehead. | In the car with Mrs. Dodge and eill were Willlam Joyce, Windsor, njured woman. Following the accident friends of the Dodge party drove to the scene of | the crash, but were unable fo locate the expensive automobile, although it has not.been taken te: the hospital. It is belfeved thieves have righted the machine and driven it away. A curious twist was given the affair when it was known the machine which caused the smash was manu- factured in the Dodge plant and the hospital where Mrs. Dodge lies was endowed by Horace E. Dodge, sr.. several vears ago. | FINE ARTS C.OMMISSION { 0. K.’S MEMORIAL COIN| Conditionally Approves Sketch of Half Dollar for Commemorat- ing Sesquicentennial. The Commission of Fine Arts was in | session yesterday and approved the sketch for the half-dollar to com- memorate the sesquicentennial at Philadelphia, with the understanding hat the models, when made, will be submitted to the commission. The model for a proposed Navy and Hla- rine Memoriad in the District of Co- ‘umbla was presented by the sculptor, Jegni del Piatta, and Harvey W. Cor- )ett. the architect. A. L. Harris, nunicipal architect, submitted studies of a power plant for the McKinley Manual Training High School. The ommisslon also gave advice in the natter of a proposed World War me- morial for Plainfield. N. J. | Quartermaster Corps, War Depart- | ment, submitted photographs of ar- ‘icles proposed to be placed in the Arlington Mansion. The office of pub- “ic bulldings and public parks submit- ed plans for a permanent brick build- ing to be erected in the Tourist Camp n Potomac Park. $2,500,000 MAIL LOST. Falls From German Train, But Is Recovered Later. BERLIN, December 12 (P).—The German mall authorities had a bad scare early this morning when four mail bags containing American checks and securitles totaling $2,500,000 were ‘ound to be missing from an_express _rain upon its arrival at Hamburg from Berlin. A feverish search disclosed three of the bags, containing $2,250,000, alongside the track near Nauen. The heory was advanced that robbers on the train had thrown the bags to walt- ing confederates and that the latter had missed most of them in the dark- ness. Subsequently, however, the fourth bag also was found, and it was estab- lished that the mail car door had be- come unfastened, allowing the bags to slide out. Dominican Justioe Palace Burns. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Re- public, December 12 (#).—Fire last night destroyed the Palace of Justice. ‘The archives of the high courts werc destroyed. The cause is not known. \COMMI | Snell Court-Martial Nearly Stopped By Will Rogers Will Rogers almost broke up the Mitchell court-martial yesterday afternoon. Slipping into the “press gallery unpnoticed while Lieut. Col. M. G. Spinks, a prosecution witness was testifying about antl-aircraft ar- tillery, the noted entertalner was iving rigid attention to the pro- ceedings and gathering much thunder for his “act” when finally discovered by the Mitchell forces. When Col. Spinks was excused from the stand, Representative Frank R. Reid, chief civilian de- fenve counsel, asked for a, five- minute recess and Col. Mitchell, rising in the “prisoner’s dock.’ shouted back to the comedian: “Come on up here, Will," but the cowboy-philosophar slumped down in his chair and replied, “Naw, I'll get convicted.” Mr. Reld, however, pulled him from his place almost by force, dragged him to the front of the court and introduced him to President Howze. He then was taken into the private sanctum of the generals and when the court again opened. he occupled a seat with the defense. From the moment he was dis- covered by the curlous throng of spectators. however, all attention centered on him untfl the court recessed for the day. Members of the court, likewise, gave little at- tention to the technical discus- sion. constantly shifting their eves in Will's direction. By~ TTEE TO LEASE SHOALS IS PROMISED Assures Body Will Be Created to Dis- pose of Fields. President Coolidge was assured to- day by Chairman Snell of the House rules committee that immediate steps will be taken to create a congression- al committee, in line with the recom- mendation in his annual message, to negotiate for disposal of Muscle Shoals. Mr. Snell said he favored a commit- ee of seven—four House members nd three Senators—to determine a Muscle Shoals policy with the limita- tion that it must report its findings back to Congress for approval. A res- olution providing for a committee is pending before Mr. Snell's committee, and he promised early favorable ac- tion on it. Commenting on reports that certain members of the House military com- mittee believed that committee should retain jurisdiction over Muscle Shoals legislation, ir. Snell said that a reso- lution for'a special committee under the House rules could only be referred to the rules committee, and that if President Coolidge's recommendation is to be carried out the military com- mittee must step aside. It was in. dicated, however, that members of the military committee undoubtedly Would have places on the special com- mittee. et DANCE TO WORLD RADIO. Jazz Revel for British Hospital Charity Planned. LONDON, December 12 (#.—All Great Britain will dance simultaneous- 1y Tuesday night in a gigantic interna- tienal radio jazz revel for hospital charity. The chief revel will be at Olympia in London, but there will be smaller dances throughout the islands from Plymouth to Aberdeen and Be.fast Broadcasting stations in New York, Pittsburgh, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam and Madrid have promised to assist the revels. International jazz will be picked up from these stations and relayed to all points where dances are in progress. Electric signs will inform the dancers from where the music is coming. QueerFish Use Gas Attacks and Trenches, Paralleling Modern Warfare, Beneath Sea Modern warfare has its close paral- lels beneath the sea, Dr. Raymond L. Ditmhrs told members of the National Geographic Soclety Jast night at the Masonic Temple Auditorium. He showed motion pictures of strug- gles among water creatures in which clams and crabs “dug in" for prote~- tion, cuttlefish laid down smoke screens and queer animal 1orm. . uu- ducted “gas attacks” by emitting {sonous vapors. Electricity, even, as its place among the war foroes of ‘water creatures, Dr. Ditmars declared, how an electric eel, kept in relating at frame of the container. So severe are such shocks, Dr. Ditmars said, that they made blue spots like bruises on the bodles of the victims. One of the most remarkable of the forms was the sea caterplillar which, in throwing off poisonous vapor, seems to the pufMng smoke like a veteran addict of the weed. Equally interest- ing were views of coral polyps a ork building reefs, and a hermitycrab “trying on" new shells until it found one that fitted. The series of films shown repre- sented seven years of work. Some of the p:mm were taken through the sides of glass tanks, while others were mde directly in the sea. Coolidge Special l LAFOLLETTE CASE STILL UNDECIDED Situation Assumes Air of Mystery as Committee Fails to Meet. Republican leaders in the Senaie are working feverishly to bring about unanimous action on the question of the recognition of Senator Robert M La Follette of Wisconsin as a Repub lican. They are particularly anxious to avoid, if possible, a divided report trom the Republican committee or committees. With that In mind ef forts are being made to reconcile ihe differences which have arisen ith the committee almost evenly divided In the meantime a shroud of mye tery has been drawn over the activ tes of the committes. Senator Wat son of Indiana, its chairman, insist that no call has been issued f meeting and that there is nothing t indicate just when one will be hald Others are anxious to have the u ter finally disposed of as soon as o« sible, It is @ week now since the Senate met and the new Senators fr Missourt, Indiana and Wisconsin have not yet been assigned to standing committees. It i understood that Senator L Follette will be sounded out if posst ble to determine just how far he will conform to the Republican part councils in the Senate, and also an effort will be made (o determine what the effect may be on Senator Len root’s position in Wisconsin politice it La Follette is recognized as & Re publican. A meeting of the committees is pected after all the information poss! ble has been gathered. 'LEAGUE MAY ASSUME CONTROL OF MOSUL Rumor Describes Plan for Settle- ment of Turkish and British Dispute. By the Associated Pres GENEVA, Switzerland, 12.—If mediation Britain and Turkey In their dispute over Mosul fails, it is understood that the League of Nations counci! plans to make a definlte frontier decision at {its present session. hoping to obtain { the necessary unanimity. | The present tendency, it ts under | stood, is to render a decision in favc of the British contention that Mosu is a part of Irek, which is held under British mandate Direct negotiations between Turkes and Great Britain were thought to be possible owing to the strenuous efforts the council is making to solve the problem agreeably to both sides. One |of the rumors is that Mosul might |be placed under the direct control of |the League of Nations and given a | certain form of autonomy witho | cording the mandate to Great ORDERS DRIVE TO END OVER-SUNDAY PARKING Hesse Requests Police to Enforce Ban Leaving Cars Standing More Than 18 Hours Decembe between Great Open. Sunday Was ington are doomed. For some time there has regulation in the trafiic law reac “No vehicle shall be parked on any highway in the District of Columbla for more than 18 consecutive hours, Attention of Maj. E. B. Hes chief of police, was called to the f: [that in many localities there has bec: laxity in enforcing this reguiation. As a resut he fssued orders today the force asking that the regulatior | be strictly enforced. Among the complaints Maj. Hesse are some to the effec |that commercial vehicles, such |furniture vans and the like, are park ed In public streets in front of pri vate residences from Saturday night to Monday morning, in violation of the anti-open-air garage regulation MANY SAVE garages in coming te D ON BARGES. Vessels Torn Lose by Tide Halted on Mad River Dash. NEW YORK, December 7 Twenty-five barges, some carrying the families of their captains, were t |up securely today In the Greenpe <ection of Brooklyn, after a hecti dash through East River traffc last night. Torn from their mooring by the ebl tide, the barges were swept down stream as women and children scream ed in terror. Their captains waved lanterns in the gloom for help and to warn off the river craft the barges menaced. After several hours’ strenuous work the barges were rounded up hy a fire boat and several tugs 15 Years’ Penalty for Treason. BERLIN, December 12 (#).—Fifteen vears’' imprisonment was the sentence pronounced yesterday on Walter Pul lerjahn, a former official of the Wit tenau Chemical Works, Berlin, by the Supreme Court, which found him guilty of high treason. The court de cided that Pullerjahn, for a monetary consideration, betrayed secrets of the Wittenau works to the interailied military commission. Japanese Princess Named. TOKIO, December 12 (#).—The im perial granddaughter, born to Crown Princecs Nagato last Sunday, was to- day named Shigeko Terunomya. “Bright Prosperity.” All Japan is making holiday with parades and fetes in honor of “naming day. OMISSION OF HAYNES’ NAME BY CONGRESS CAUSES SPECULATION (Continued from First Page.) as to who had struck Mr. Haynes name out of the book in two different places. Proofs of the new directory, how- ever, it was learned, were all approved by officials of the department {tself, and the new directory therefore evi- dently has the approval of Secretary Mellon and his assistants with the name of Mr. Haynes left out. Secre tary of the Treasury Mellon and As sistant Secretary Andrews were busiiv engaged this morning in their offices and could not be reached for an offi clal statement. There were some suggestions that the fact that Mr. Haynes is now en- madlun\ylnflddwk may have something to do with the elision.