Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1926, Page 2

2 *¥ EXAMINES BOOKS OF ALUMINUM CO. | THE EVENING 'SCORES NEW YORKERS’ EFFORTS TO FORCE CHARITY LAW ON D. C. Welfare Comm 1 M sion Member Vigorously Opposes ovement to Suabstitute “Model’® Mothers® Pen- Justice Department Given sion Bill for One Proposed by Capital Residents. Right by President of Corporation. General Willlam today before investigating America cases Davis of the permission 10 Justice company’s said that willing e Com depurt informa Aluminum ommission had Aluminum Assistant Att Donovan, v ppearing Senate committee Alum m Co. of President A I” ny had granted Department of 3y the the said the investi Davis had ness to have the ission give access ent's investizators n obtained mpany, which ndicated his Federal I to the the Col n to mive nniess the 1 c « . Department 1 sald. have wied time in exam Books of He the toll the m regarding charges the ready ation against mpany would fie pointed out that throuzh the itsell hefore dlleged of Alumi ed 1c States of 1922 ecree of the United Western District during and after that after the re P. Dunn. a depart had heen given h Col. Donovan committee Satur zators had de the time had come for them hrough the hooks of the com itself. At his invitation, he said Davis of the Aluminum Co e department and had Jpen the company”’s books te ient’s agents to the report m Donovan said panies which brought these iinst the Aluminum Co. of interviewed by the and that sustained by he Pen i ment van said Toseph | pany a the depa Referr de by Mr 1t officials in estigat not Walsh etter wri president asked (ol ten by of the Hlinois Pure ining of a ship- 00, po £ sizes of alu < which he conld not use demand for other Donovan George Supply Fell Short. In that exceeded th 1320 the Aluminum Co. had said the demands for cheap metal far| supply. Col. Donovan ex plained to Senator Walsh, Senator Walsh d attention to fact that another committee of the Senate, the so-called Couzens commit tee h h been estigating the \dministration of the income tax law had reported that the Aluminum Co of Amer had planned a $16.000,000 duction on its plant value because | inereased capacity of production | had been greatly enhanced by war de. mands Col. Donovan sald that, while the! ~ompany was overstocked in the way | of equipment, that had nothing to do | B wh | 3 | 10 consolidate variou: Aluminum Co. |« committee | District | other Helplessness of the District lumbia to obtain beneficial legislation iy sort. shoul® it happen to inter- with the ideas of men and women several States on how the Na tional Capital should he conducted, was never before so forcibly demon strated 45 during the past few weeks, when a group of New York social workers have about succeeded in scrapping this city’s carefully pre- pared mothers’ assistance bill in favor of one of their own vintage.” This is the view of John Thider. member of the welfare commission ap- ointed by the District Commissioners socinl agencies Washington under one head, and who is now helping other locul leaders to st valiant fight in the Senate nd House to preserve us much of the mothers’ pension bill approved by Dis. trict residents as possible. The mothers’ assistance bill.” Mr. Ihider declared today, “deals only with the people of the District of Columbia nd the cost of giving it effect will me entirely from the xes of the Consequently no other part of the country I8 concerned in it ex cept as one State may be Interested in the local legi lon of another State. of Co of n 1l Hits Outside Interference. In the would ery @ of State governments considered the heigh: of one State to seek to im ~ will upon another. But that it is being attempted here have been told by members of Congress time and again that if we woull only zet together and agree an what we wanted we could have it In this case we have succeeded. by hard work. frequent conferences. pub lic hearings, in getting a very remark ihle unanimity of local opinion. prob. ahly 1ot to be matched in a matte o such fmportance in other cities or the States, and were relving upon this mpliance with congressional wishes 1o assure the passage of our bill Then at the minute there ap pears an outside organization and seeks to have -its bill substituted for ours. Its only announced reason is that fts bill i a ‘model’ bill which it hopes to have introduced in the leziglatures of the 10 States which it save are still withont such legislation and it wants the presiize of a con zressional enactment to help it with its State legislation. Sees New York Domination. “In study preparing this bill it did not local conditions in the District did not confer with local officlals or agencies, did not take any account of pending legislation. This out side organization knew that this bill was being drafted last Winter, but did not offer its assistance then when it would have been welcomed and when its proposals conld have been dis- | cussed in the light of local conditions but waited until the District bill was hefore (‘ongress and then sought to ey which is based upon New York experi ence. “In doing this It enlisted the serv- ices of Senators and Representatives from its own State. It is worthy of note that this raid has heen so ex- clusivelv a New York affair. New York Senators have appeared as the representatives of their constituents in an endeavor to put Washington under a New York law. ‘At the first hearing New Yorkers th the amount of aluminum pro-| Were given practically all the time. luced and that the company did not | This was somewhat compensated for have the material mands of the trade. Hearing to Be Continued. to meet o by vezard to the charges made Walker. shown i{n correspond- | ence in the Federal Trade Commis. | <ion’s report, Col. Donovan said rhav‘ Mr. Dunn liad reported Walker had | admitted his prior complaints might | have been somewhat hysterical, due to the ditions which his e mpam‘ face: AMr. Walker had said, accord o the Dunn report. that he had no evidence or present helief that the Aluminum Co. of America intended to injure his business Senatc Walsh wanted Mr. Dunn had confronted Mr with the Walker letter In the e ssion's repo Donovan replied that he did not ut that he had quoted from after he had talked know if Walker Trade ing will be continued at 10 mMorrow morning ‘arns of Possible Suit. Donovan said that he warned Mr. Davis that the result of this in-| vestigation of the company's books might be a suit brought against the company. | “We wint our accountants ta go to e company’s offices and check up,’ Donovan said he had informed Mr. Davis, The latter, he said. replied | that he was entirely willing to have this done. In November, Col. Donovan said. department investigators were sent to the company's hooks heir work is not vet completed. Senator Walsh of Montana. conduet ing the inquiry for the Senate com asked if the department’s | 4 gone to the files of the Trade Commission to obtain a which the commission had re from the Aluminum Co. of | a. Sought Original Sources. replied Col Why not?"” ask Donovan nator Walsh quse we are going 1o the origi nal sources for this information,” re plied Col. Donovan Senator Walsh questioned Col. Don ovan ciosely with regard to the charges made in the report of the Fed. | eral Trade Commission in 1924 against | he Aluminum asking what the department’s investigators had followed in connection with these charges, which included holding up leliveries, the dumping of large quan tities of material on certain com- panies, discouraginz potential compe- ton and price discrimination ORDERS McCRAY INQUIRY. President Directs Probe of Health of Former Governor. investigation of the health of former Gov. McCray of Indiana. who is servinz a prison sentence at At lanta, has been directed by President Coolidge to determine whether he should be granted executive clemency. The report of the Department of | justice on the question of McCray's | is before the President, bul it uniikely he will take action until | mformed whether the prisoner’s health would be jeopardized by con- tinued confinement. McCray was sentenced to the At-| lanta Penitentiary after he was found | zuilty of misuse of State funds while governor. It was disclosed today at | the White House that the district attorney who prosecuted him had en- tered strong objection to commutation of sentence. An i 3 | Bulgaria Declares Policy. | ATHENS, January 12 (®.—A writ- ten declaration of policy by the new | Bulgarian government. particularly | emphasizing a desire to maintain tbe Lest possible relations with Greece, was presented to the Greek govern ment today by the Bulgarian charge Jaffauem the de |[by a | sided. subsequent hearing before the at which two or were asked to the Senate hear House committee, three iocal people speak. But again at ing vesterday the New York group dominated. A New York Senator pre- the other New York Senator led the discussion. a New York Rep. resentative took an active part and the leader of the New York group which drafted the bill sat at the table with the chairman. and In large measure conducted the hearing. District Residents on Defensive. “District people were heard, but they were on the defensive. They were asked In effect why they should venture to object to enactment of the New York bili—their own bill has not vet heen given a hearing. At vester day's hearing only the New York Sen ators showed enough interest in the New York bill to attend the hearing two others came in for a few moments This made more evident ihan be fore that one State delegation at the instance of constituents, Is seeking to impose its will upon the District in order to serve the interests. not of the District. but of its constituents. Its spirit is evidenced by Senator Copeland’s question of one of the Dis. trict_spokesmen. “Would you prefer the New York proposal rather than have the entire subject die In Con- gress?” That is, the New York dele- gation. if it cannot get what it wants or if the people of the District will not quietly lie down and be trampled on. will kill any legislation. We can take it In New York form or we can't have it at all.” TAKE STAND FOR DISTRICT. Welfare Workers Protest “Interfer- ence” With “Mother” Pension Bill. Strong abaction to “outside interfer- ence” in legislative matters pertain- ing solely to the people of the District of Columbia was registered by many of the leading social workers and citizens of this city at a meeting of the Washington Council of Social Agencies in the Burlington Hotel yes- terday afternoon, when it wax charged that a New York faction of the national child welfare committee has succeeded in blocking the Keller- Capper mothers’ pension bill and 1s trying to get through a measure—the Wadsworth-Mills moth- ers’ pensfon bill. Dr. W. L. Darby, executive secr tary of the Washington Federation of Churches: Evan H. Tucker. president of the Northeast Washington Citizens' Association, and Mrs. William E Chamberlin, president of the House- keepers' Alliance, were among the leaders in the attack on members of outside social agencies, whom they declared were trying to defeat legis- e the substitution of its own biil. | and Representatives supstitute | lation pertaining solely to the District and favored hy Washington people Where Bills Differ The principai difference in the two | hills mentioned & that the Keller Capper bill provides that the mothers' pension law-—when acted—should he executed by the Board of Charities, which is 10 be consolidated with othe social_agencies into the Public Wel- fare Board. while the Wadsworth- | Mills bill provides that the Law should I'be executed hy a separate hoard The outhurst at vesterday's meeting {of the council followed an address by Representative Keller of Minnesota in which he emphasized that 4 com promise on the original bill as spon sored by him would be necggsary in order to secure the enactmint of & mothers’ pension hill He added, however. that after some | form of mothers’ pension bill for the District is adopted he will be glad 10 g0 further and do anything he could (o increase the amount of aid 0 be given povertystricken mothers with childven. Miss Fay Bentley, public schools at tendance office referving lo o possi ble compromise on the Kellertapper il said: “We knew what we want I —meaning that bill In its origi [lorm—"and felt very strongly f | we wanted. And now,” she continued ! we have had 1 put up o us, 1 waunt the bill strong enouzh to promise? Partici | Rev Tohn ady e holic charities: A dent of the counei | Roberts, secretary and Mrs. Fina Lo Je hnston were among those who Lioined in the genersl discussion of the woposed measire and eriticizec side interference.”” Mre. Johnston |ix chairman of the committee for national representation for the League of Woman Voters, said: CHIISe We | are stepchildren we don’t have to a [like them.” She was joined by others in the expression of opinfons that it is the duty of the people of this city to | make Known. before Congress in no | uncertaln manner, their wanis and then to “speak up." | Mrs. Chamberlin, Dr. Darby Tucker were appointed by Mr |following the meeting, to see [could be done toward securi special hearing on the Keller-Capper bill m order that the people of the District might more strongly express their wishes regarding x mothers’ pen sion measure. Mrs. Roberts is an ex officio member of the committee. This committee will confer with Senator Capper, joint author of the Keller pper bill s i Discussion. o director of Moses, presi Mrs. W, A ant Mr. Moses. what SENATE BODY HITS REVENUE METHODS IN REPORT TODAY (Continued from First Page) the income represent “4. Their exclusive Information the | precedents and practices tax unit to advise and them in tax cases possession unpublished of the in | come tax unit has placed an artificial | premium upon the value of the serv ices of ex-emploves, which enables As to fees for info freely av mation evhich should be flable 10 everyhody. opportunity afforded for highly luers tive outside employment fs the cause of the extraordinary turnover among the emploves of the unit Closed Cases Precedents “i. The failure to conslder closed cases as precedents. and 1o publish the principles and practices followed in closed cases. as precedents. hasx deterred the formation of & hody of settled iaw and practice.” The report also sald that the course of the hearings heen a zreat ing to show the hureau to rather than by principle. The report A “the hest and most persist | trader xets the lowest tax wnd g | discriminadon 18 the fnevituble [ sutt or cueh a policy.” With regard to the publicity | record renort sa ! he unsatisfactory conditions veloped by this investigation are the inevitable result of the delegation of almost unlimited discretion 1o be se- cretly exercised. 1t is helieved that but few of the unsound settlements, to which attention has heen called would have hean made if it were not for the belief that they would never become public. “While the ohjections throwing the records of the income tax unit open to the public are recognized, the necessity for the opportunity for some | outside scrutiny is imperative.” POLICEMAN'S YOUTHFUL VICTIMS ARE IDENTIFIED Sister of Boys Shot Down by Of- ficer, Names Pair—Man Pro- Aurings there has deal of evidence tend that it is the policy of fix taxes by | moted for Bravery. | By the Associated CLEVELAND, youths, victims of Patrolman Daniel Candow's quick aim, were identified vesterdny by thelr sister as Frunk and Johu Maruchio, Cleveland FFor his alertness. Candow, an officer only since last May. was promoted to the Detective Bureau and was given the official congratulations of the city. Candow declares he owes his life to the fact that he ix a “‘southpaw.” As he was obout to search the pair as robbery suspects, one drew a re volver. Striking him on the jaw with his right, Candow with his left hand was able to reach his revolver and fire in the same movement. He turned in time to avert an attack from the second man, who had come from behind One died instantly. cumbed an hour later. Press January 12.—Twe The other suc Jurist Flays Elkton And Marrying Minis By the Associated Press. CAMDEN, J.. January 12 Wonder as to what the clergy of Elk- ton. Md., would have to answer for, “if there is an equitabie distribution of punishment” was expressed today by Vice Chancellor Leaming in the Camden Chancery Court. His remarks were made at a hearing in the suit for divorce brought by 16 vear-old Anna Tulice against her husband, Levy Tulice, who were mar rled when 16 and 17, respectively, in the Elkton “Gretna Green,” In Oc- tober 1923, “1 see on y ur marriage certificate | 2 vase of flowers," =aid the vice chan- cellor. “Instead of flowers there should be a_skull and cross-bones. It ix amazing how much unhappiness ix horn in Elkton. “Some day the clergy of Elkton will get their due share. I notice this man ralls himself a minister of God and alSchweitzer left after a stay of only a | fal minister o} the Gospel. 1 wonder “Gretna Green” ters There, in Court | which he holds to be the higher es tate.” The minister whose name appeared on the marriage certificate was M. k. Schwelitzer of Elkton. After records had been produced revealing that Tulice had lived with his wife only three weeks and had been indicted for un alleged attack on a young girl since hix marriage, the case wuas adjourned. It will be con- cluded in private before a master, ELKTON, Md., January 12 (@) | The present whereabouts of the Rev. M. 1. Schweltzer, whose name ap- I peared on the marriage certificate of & vouthful couple in Camden (N. J.) Chancery Court vesterday, are un- known here. Mr. Schweitzer, a retirad clergyman,. came to Eikfon from Ephrata, Pa. in the Fall of 1923, upon the death of the Rev. Dr. Lock- arbie, famous “marrying parson.” tew monthg, however, [ who | them to demand and receive immense | This artificial premium and the | bargain | STAR, WASHINGTON ‘SELECTION OF WAN JURYISCONTINUED '61 Talesmen Examined Up to Noon—Completion by Evening Seen. ination of talesmen continned today in an effort 1o secure a jury in Criminal Division 2 1o try Ziang Sun Wan, former student of the Chinese Educational Mission. on a charge of murder in the Arst degree in connee tion with the killing of Ben Sen Wu. AN undersecretary at the mission. in January, 1919. Hope was expresed by counsel on both sides thet the jury Will be secured before #lonrnment this afternoon Justice Stafford, presiding iirinl, excused three tn nen who had followed closel: the paper ac the former | Wan in 19 Phree lnw were among the men cull jury box. All a but the Govern excused one of them. Col. M. A. Wintee. who Is serving in one of the cirenit ¢ isions of the court, was excused when he ad mitted that he owns the posi oflice bullding on U street. whica is " pled by the Governmen 61 Tulesmen Examined Sixty one Wil heen vhich the Goy aews trinl of students o the elizible talesn imined up to noon ernment and counsel for the dufense challengzed 10 each and 30 were ex cused for disqualification o by action Pof the court. Attarney Wilton 1 Lambert, chief counsel for Wan. con e prospective f jurors vesterday, hut day was relieved by Atlornave dolph H. Yeatman and former Stutes Senator Stanley of Kentueky. who are associated in the defense of the Chinese Counsel for the defense were care ful to that possible jurors had no prejudice against a Chinese and that they would require the Government o prove every essential part of the erime hevond a reasonable doubt he fore voting a conviction and would ke the prisoner the henefit of every such doubt. United States Attorney lon and Assistant United Staroas Attorney Horning were solicitous that the men called info the jury box would have no refizious seruples agalnst in flicting the death penaliv and ihat they would vote a convietion in a «a ital case buill up on chcumstantial evidence should that testimony eor vince them bevond a reasnable douht of the guilt of the accused Several Witnesses Dead. Since the former tr cused several witnesses for the pros cution have died, and vesterday death agatn invaded the list and took George J. Spohn ht clerk at the Harris Hotel. where Waun and his brother were guests in 1919 Howard Vermil lon. headquarters detective, who died Sine was to have heen u witness for the defense, it ix stated the Government witnesses dead are | Cliford L. Grant, chief of deiectives; Maj. Raymond Pullman. then chief of tice, and Policeman MeKimmie, who was guarding Wan while detained at the Dewey Hotel before the aileged confession. Robert F. Rose. a court reporter, who took stenographic notes of the former trial, has also died. CITIZENS’ COUNSEL IN UTILITIES CASES WEAK, BELL HOLDS (Continued from First Page.) of the ac panies will receive 10 cents. He de nied any desire to ruin the sireet rail | way companies and sald that he never takes a socfalistic position Defends His Stand. “Suppose 1 am right,” he said. | “ian’t it to the interests of the people Ito make the street rallway companies within their charters”" Reld asked whether a icent could be arbitrarily fixed or hether consideration has to be given n fixing the return on the Invest ment Mr. Blanton explained that he eipecis 1o make & prima facie case Lefore the committee, and then if the bill is pussed the street rallway com {peries would carry the *to the ourts. wnd there the record would he made for the people in trial court. “We m am prey make a ment. Mr. Reid Interjected: “If vou can do that. I will be glad to help vou do it.” Chairman Zihlman questioned Maj Bell in regard to how and when the valuation of public utilities was made This brought out that the valuation proceedings occupied two and a half vears and that the Arst rate fixed on 3 basis of the valuation of the prop- arty was in 1316, or 1917, Would Follow Evidence. Mr. Reid said that if the subcom- mittee wants to make a good record it must follow the rules of real evi- dence and accept in testimony onlv what each witness knows of his own knowledge. Maj. Bell, after being sworn, sald that Mr. Bianton was correct In his statement that the letter written to the House Disrict committee and signed by the District Commissioners was prepared without the members of the Public Utilities Commission glving detailed consideration to the report. After illustrating the many calls upon his own time. Maj. Bell said that the members of the Public Utilities Com- mission us now constituted eapnot do what Mr. Blanton very properly ex- pects them to do. “It isn't the proper public utility regulation: it is not done anywhere else: people having charge of public utility regulations elsewhere have an opportunity 10 look into the matter.” said Maj. Bell “The duties and condiiions have changed since the Public Utilities Commission was authorized.” Changed Urged Béfore, Maj. Bell called attention to the fact that two vears ago the members of the utilitfes commission had ree- ommended a _change. “Haven't the people presentation of Mr. Reid. “They have. not,” emphatically re- plied Maj. Bell. He emphasized that the bill now before the director of the budget would fmprove this condition. He said he hoped jt would get more fu- vorable consideration at this session of Congress. When questioned by members of the committee as to whether the Public Utilities Commis- sion acted upon the advice of the cor- poration counsel, Maj. Bell sald he remembered no case in which he did not take the corporation counsel’s ad- vice In regard to legal matters, but that he has not taken his advice on matters of judgment. He explained the duty of fixing a reasonable rate on a falr valuation of property Imposed upon the Public | Utilities’ Commission by act of Cen- " gress. : | The matter has been taken up to the Supreme Court, and nothing has heen said by any court contradicting the supposition that the Public Util- ities Commission has the obligation of fixing a reasonable rate of return on a valuation of the property. “We are not permitted to fix any Ir. " show." 1o xhow falr return he said, “and 1 that they can on their invest way to run had_ proper their case?’ asked ihe | toda | United | Among D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, | ed most of the examination of the | Representative Fish, at Sons of the Revolution ceremony Representative Fish of New York placed a _wreath at the hase of the statue of Edmund Burke, Twelfth streel and Massachusetts avenue, at | the conclusion of services held unider | the auspices of the Sons of the Revo lution in the District of Columbia_this | morning. commemorating the 137th | anniversary of the birth of the fa- | mous English statesman. Before this ' 1926 , pays homage Mr. Fish made a short ad- dress, commenting on the influence his work has had in cementing the friendship between Great Rritain and the United Sjates. Rev. Walden Myer pronounced the invocation, and Maj. Gen. Henrw T. Alien, 17, A., retired, introduced Mr. Fish. The American flag. conti nental standards, the Bourbon em ceremony | to British statesman blem of France and t the of the placed around the stat Sons Capt. A. Stepford the British embass) services. Gen. Allen committe of the Song wag chairman WREATH LAID TO COMMEMORATE BIRTH OF EDMUND BURKE at statue, he banners of Revolution were naval attache to attended the of the of the Revolu tion in charge of the services. rate we do not helleve Is a reasconable return on the fair valuation of prop erty and one we are not ready tn de | fend.” waid Maj. Bell Expianing how the people are not ! adequately represented. Maj. Bell said the public ie not represented before the Public Utilities Commission at hearings or before the court when the public utilities corporations have taken their case court, nor has the Publie Ttilities Commission been adequately represented in court You cannot get legal talent enough $1.000 a vear combat legal talent that is hired to a total of $100 000 by these corporations.” declar Maj. Hell Mr. Reid asked cial counsel for Commission? Maj. Bell replied: “Absolutely: if we hae had hetter legal talent during he seven vears of litigation over the Potomac Electric Power Co. case, In which the people of the District re ently got hack $2.000.000, we would have had a much better settlement, 1 | believe.” He explained that the valuation was fixed and that this has been nuili fied largely by the action of the public utilitie: in taking the matter into, court. The Potomac Electric Power | 0., setthed after seven years by com promise, and other public utility cases are still In conrt “You should change the law so that, the Public Utilities Commission shoul have every aunthority In the United States to fix valuations,” said Maj. | Bell. “The valuation should be one of | property without giving any weight to | manipulation of stock or transporta tion survey. He expressed d | Do vo Pubiic want spe the Utilitiew the belief that the courts are not equipped with proper | assistance to go into the intricate mathematical problem of valuation of | public utilities Sees Engineering Problem. That’s not & court matter, it engineering valuation matter,” Bell declared Incidentally, in discussing the many and varied duties of the District Com missioners. Maj. Bell declared that the | zoning work in the National Capit the nost satisfactory of any the world g When guestioned hy members of the committee as to whether other mem- | hers of the District nmissioners who wre not engineers and skilled mathematiciuns, as i< the Engineer Commissioner, should be members of the Public Utilities Commission, Maj Bell insisted that it is necessary that the Commis: ner in charge of police tand traffic be on the Public Utilities Commission hecause of many inter- locking problems | Mr. Reid asked: “You don't want 1o get rid of the powers as Commis sioners, but vou do want to get rid of the work?” Mr. Reid questioned whether there 1s not now friction among the nfficials on trafic matters, and Maj. Bell re plied that ““We are headed for better conditions.” Mr. Reid promptly shot back: “Certainly you couldn’t he headed for worse. is an | Maj place in Quotes Dry Leader. Mr. Rlanton interjected that during eight months of 1925, under trafic di- vection, the number of deaths had de creased from 91 to 83. Mr. Reid inter posed, “Wheeler says that ix on uc | count of the Volstead act,” | Chafrman Ziblman quextioned Maj Bell on 4 statement he had made thut the street rullwuy companies had spent $100.000 for legal talent, and challenged whether It was fafr fo the xtreet car riders to allow (hat to be computed into vperuting expenses on which an S-cent fare i based. us shown in the letter from the District Commissioners to the House District committee. Mr. Zihlman argued that there are many items in the operating expenses which ought not to be charged to car riders, some of which ought to be paid by the public at large and some of which ought not to be allowed at all. The hearing til next Tuesday o'clock. as continued over nn morning at 10:30 New Quake in Santa Barbara. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., January 12 (#).—A slight earthquake was felt |Parental Pre | the spell of ! heth | vears ago to study dancing in here at 2:30 o'clock this morning. Tt lasted about 3 seconds. judice to Stage Melts As- Girl Who Schooled Here Dances By the Asao: PHILA Parental ated Press PHIA dice vouth Fanuary 12 the ambition and the footlights last nicht and as a result Miss Ruth Laird vears old. soclety girl of Dallas, Tex may be silowed to continue with her Stuge career. This was ind Laird. her mother, tired nil operator of Dall had occupled a front se: ing performance of th her daughter took part ad come all the way acr tinent prevent her d appearing-in the show her mind st the last deference to Ruth's earnest pleadings Miss Laird ran awayv from a girls finishing_school in Washington two Paris She objected to entering society as strongly as her parents objected to melted hefore Mrs. Eliza wife of a 4. after 5 ted by she the apen v in which Mrs. Laird <& the con ighter from changed minute and In she r zoing upon the turned a vear age cing studies in After the performa Mrs. Laird said ew davs to think 1 that per her daughter danciog. Her own < 1in. “Put her f even more 1h n han a da she aps It we press the sta Miss ther they knew e here that as soon as b & and acti vork she “w danc d her differently While Ipparentiyv Miss Ruth stitution Miss Laird indeed.” according to seminary. SENATE Consideration of the right of Gerald P. Nve to be scated as Sen- ator from North Dakota tinued on the fioor The $165.000.000 public bulidings program voted hy the Senate public hulldings and grounds commitie Senator Capper prepared for in troduction a hill for a national guard armory in the District. The agricoliure committes con sidered the Californla forestry bill. The finance commitiee met on the tax hill The fudiclary committee conti ted hearings on the sluminum case. HOUSE. Foreign debt ugreements under conslderation. The taken up wux that of Italy Hearings on the Blantun five- cent carfare bill were staried be fore w subcommittee of the House District committee A subcommities headed by Rep- resentative Charles L. Underhill, Republican of Massachusetis, con sidered workmen’s compensation legislation Impeachment charges against Judge English of the Eastern Dis. trict of [llinois hefore the judiciary committee The naval affairs committee call- ed for witnesses to appear tomor. row on the Rutler bill to replace the Shenandoah Subcommittee of the appropria- tions committee conducting hear- inge on the Army appropriation hill. Banking and currency committee considering natlonal bank bill tubber investigation continued hefore subcommittee of the inter- state and foreign commerce com- mittee. Rules committee considered ap. propriation of $50.000 for American purticipation in preliminary dis- armament conference. Agriculture committee hearing with Char otliers 88 witnesses, Military affairs committee hear- ing on various bills. Veterans' commitiee hearing with officials of Veterans' Bureau as wit- nesses. Immigration committee conduct- ing_hearings on deportation bill. Naval affairs committee conduet- ing hearings on additions to naval hospitals. Commlittee on immigration and reclamation conducting hearing on Hudspeth hill. Elections committee, Ne. 3, con- sidering Brown-Green contested election case. was con- was favorahiy on are first conducts Holman and Despite the automobile 1 are emploved in the blacksmith shops of the United State, turning out eack. year anough horseshoes to fill 1,250,000 100-pound kegs. Suggested as U. S. Two interesting relics of colonial days In the United States have been oftered to the War Department for de- velopment and preservation as na- tional memorials. One is old Fort Sir Walter Raleigh, located on Roancke Island, on the sea coust of North Caro- lina, one of the first English settle- ments in the United States. and the birthplace of Virginia Dare, said to have been the first white woman born | in this country. The other relic is Ford Frederica on St. Simon Island, oft the coast of Georgia, and now connected by a causeway with the city of Brunawick. The fort was buflt in 1735 by order of Gen. Oglethorpe and was the scene of a decisive battle in 1742, In which British troops and Indians defeated A !Two Forts, Relics of Colonial Days, National Memorials a strong Invading force of and ended Spanish encroachments in that quarter. The island was acquir. ed by the Georgia Soclety of Colonial Dames in 1914 and now is offered by that soclety to the Federal Govern- ment for preservation. Assostant Secretary MacNider has suggestea that both propositions be taken up with the Secretary of the Interior as the official alone author- ized under "the “antiquities law” to (accept donations of tracts of land on which historic or tures are located. Tt was pointed out that the War Department usually i charged with the supervision only of national monuments commemorating people and events identified with the of the Republic of the United Btates. prehistoric stru panlards | jand | clondiness | the | day 18 pm, | at | 6:2 | Bomton . | Cleveland [ Kanear Cits New tended at continued her York last night would need s e d admit 1d be best for fnue with loubt was ather an 1 do ' n wo years said mother and 1 1 see nee e lay rer ng her mother did he Na Forest Gilen ce at the in did very well officials of the WEATHER £ Columbia tonight: n it 16 deg clondiness District colde perature ah increasing rising temperature erate northwest Maryland—partly clo tonight: tomorrow ine ness, wi w temperat e in the wes: xentle and west winds or rain and Partly cloudy ninimum tem rees; tomorrow with slowly 1o mod udy and colder reaning cloud! rising « portion; fresh northwest and west winds Virginia — Partly clo; colder tonight moderate west and west winds. West Virginia— Part slightly colder tonight creasing clotdiness, w perature in west and s north portions t 2 Yes Records for Thermometer § pm. 34 12 midi 4am, 38 8 am Baronieter—\Yesterd 29.94; 4 am 3% day 2096 § a.n 29.4% Highest tenipe 4 p vesterdav ture, 32, occu E P Temperature Highest. 29: lowe tomorrow 12 midnight ure, 38 lowest dy and slightly increasing o fresh cloudy and ; tomorrow in ith rising tem now flurries in Hours. terday, 4 pm night. 34. T 5; noon. 3% v. 4 pan., 29.92 wui To n., 28.97; noon, oveurred tempera today. vear am Tide Talbes. United (Furnished by and Geodetic Today—Low tide 12:32 p.m.; high tid p.m Tomorrow—Low tide. 28 p.m.; high tide, 24 p.m. The Sun and oday —Sun sets, 5:06 p.m. 1 rose, Tome sete, 5:07 p.m Moon rises, 5:38 a.m.; Automobile lamps to half hour after sunset ow—Sun rises, siates urvey.) 37 a.m. am 1:30 a.m. 701 am 7:01 Moon. sun 26 a.m.: sun sets. 3:36 pm e lighted one Weather in Varlous Citles. Temperature. %3 &8 TORETH Stations “Awpansak Abilene Tex Albany Atlant. Atlant Baltim Birming Bismarck Buffilo Charleaton . hicago Cineinnati vl 29 sa + 2222500 S st Bmie: 2e Danver Detrout . El Paso. Galveston Helena Huron. S D, Indianapolis Jacksonville 22900093031 S 3858353853558 S % pi0iamae 00 3 29 0 EEEHF e — Los Angels. Louisville M 25096 o oo s | 0w City. Philadelvhis Plhoentx Pittabureh. M Fancisco uis WS pc: ¥ ve FOREIGN. Denmiark H « ). Azores. . Hamilton. Rermuda.. . San Juan_Porte Rico.. . Havan; Colon. Canal a “Hone It you want work, eolumns of The Star. \ Weatler. Clonds Claudy Clondy Clear Snow Clondy Clef Cloudy Piieloudy | Cleur Siow Cloudy Clea: Clear lens teloudy Cleur Pucioudy | I - Cloudy Clouds Clear Clear Part_eloudy Clondy Part clouds read the want things north- | 1 BELITTLES GLOOMY CORN BELT CRISIS Head of Corn Growers Says Farmers Need Help of Government. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG President Coolidge was told fodsy that the corn growers, ahout whom he has been receiving such gloomy and disconcerting reports recently, can work out their own problem in & matisfactory manner, principally through co-operative marketing C. L. Richeson of Towa, president of the National Corn Growers' Assncise tion, who today 8o advised the Exectis tive at the White House, added, how- ever, that their co-operative move- ment must have ussistance from the Federal Governme He informed the President that the corn gro could meet the situation through their own_efforts if the nent will provide a holding corporation The corn producers do not need Gov- by the fari bloc in Cungress and by the radicsl agriculturists, nor do they want Government price fixing, Mr. Richeson safd. He told the Pres iere wid no vecason for i it part of the admir a res of the recen 1 the corn growers because of their vailing Tha into |cians and claved ernment control in the sense ad S0t Mg Wi e Middle We inabil surplu Ipront was sta nee principa Mr adicals, Rich. percentage of the reports he corn should small ers and taken & cerinsly Scoffs at Tariff Attack was gz Re of th ring American agriculturists. Richardson stated that that he outgrowth of po He there repo the corn ald Mr was mane was no o tha muci sa nat far break cnsion an ag senxe 1o act which tempte I hough the ¢ h me of it this v lost money. their as despernt as some of the larmis Washington believe | Richeson. tie that conditions A A rol have no means expressed are obects to ton for a | operat pract eir behind zrowers ree ing the pends 1« | corpor and_ir he believes the Fe can be of great help. Backs Dickinson Bill their ultim export sur a large extent The agricuitural b duced by Representati of lowa and the prir has since received the Secretary Jardine, whic things provides ~for Federal atd, is approved eson. He told the Presid measure is the most constr ricultural legislation and should be passed Mr. Richeson stated th the corn belt have bheen proved. He attributed the establishmnt w 40 days of two farm Fort Dodge an Moines, Towa Mr. Richeson maong other delega tha tend Oper this it Growers' Assc \ explatned Wasl Slmiret sesstons o the ve Assoctation belng Report Pleases Coolidge It is known that Mr. R slon uf the ~itus und his report us on the part of t iself instead of n the Government predicament. was sident Coolidge s of the prominence attached that the Republica ade the obiect | means of bringing ton to its knees Governmen the President was m interested in say about The Presider advised fiom e tariff thr movemer wha, heca £ the N wers. his what this to heless Mr. Richeson, wsition as head | ciation of Corn ¢ | for a large numuer | interested in the s comes Trom the scene of | upheaval jee 100 REPORTED SLAIN IN DRUSE ONSLAUGHT Junusry vort received here thi tribesmen have tians in the Dieb Syria, killing 100 o | ing much property on the authorits paper, the Palestine Rashefva is sail | scene of what anpears |a massacre, following ‘1 | the place and tha French {to have bombarded the turther details of the been received The Bulletin savs 1 | villages. Kleva, Kha | minos, are endangered villagers are flecing 1 {they did in Novems Druses first entered thil Druses are said 1o have 1 tians returning to the the sssumption ceused. Among women and children Two churches and | were burned. VOLPI GOES TO LONJON. Italian Debt Mission Confilent of Reaching Agreement. | ROME January 12 (®). I | Minister Count Volpi and the | debt funding mission to Great left for London today he comprises the same dele went to Washington The newspapers express confidence that Count Volpi will be able th carry out successfuly this last and decis fve lap in the financial restoration of the nation. nance Ttalian Britain mission