Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1926, Page 2

2% DAVIS REITERATES Dictator Stricken | AR FORCE VIEWS Repeats Before House Com- mitiee His Objections to Co-Equal Status. Br the The War Department tadav einlly reiterated for the third within a vear its opposition the nroposal to give the airplane co-equal statns with land and Armaments. Dauvis. appearing before military commities, <um 1 the position of the department o time sea Secretar th N the question thus: “Oni answer n o his own and the de hint nal defense Aled to zide the vith the Air Board depariment of nat he Pre follow Secyetary sald (sreed ident’s nd queted the ne we ment nztions comprising the ire veport depart I defense, eithm as Ay the Navy or as comprising three co-ordinate de artments of Army. Navy and Af The disadvantazes outwelgh the ad vantazes.” af and Previons Views Unchanged. Secretary s festimony dupli axtent his views as Alr Board and pressed by his predeces Weeks, hafore the commitiee of the last The Secratary Conzress 1. Das Proposes < <aid his opposition 1o the jepartment resulted from a nalysis of the reports of i ing hoards and com these e merate investica apiniens af men their lives mittees and nf devated me Emphasizing that he weight 1n the views of Gen writien hy 1920 h n have o ive expecizl Pershing the Mai 7 chief of read, in Nir. Davis read a lefter Menoher eneral Charles Army the part Military ciently trained foree Y Service forces can never he nor aperatad air An air fan of its mvn (cting independantly neither win a %o far as the fu \e present time time in ve can tell. at any A o by itself ob. the n air cannat tain a es on ground. decisinn Is Combat Branch. A 2 Hal combat m air . essen form litary i an hranch and should an integral part of the Army An air force should he estahlished ns 2 separate arm of the service. co ardinate with the Infantry. Cavalry and Artillery An force shonld Hehed as a rombat the Army and AMr. Davie nointed out that the War Department alveady had placed bhefore the committee legislation designed ont practically all af the recom mendations of the President’s oard to the Army Service, h m he est fr Ay ne force distines o Al in respect FAVORS NEW DIRIGIRLE. Nary Officer Says Alrships Are Needed for Fleet. Dirigibles of the tvpe of the wreck eA Shenandnah have a definite place as scouts in a completa Navy. Comdr Ralph D. Weverbacher. chief engineer of the naval aireraft factory at Phila Aelphia. 10day told the Hense naval committee. Testifying in faver of a hill to ex pend $5.000.000 ta replace the Shenan Aeah with @ ship three times its size he <aid thai huge air liners would zerve more satisfactorily as seouts fo battie flest than a surface vessel He denied. in answaring # question Ave airplanes could “rear a ihle all to pieces.” explaining that Airizibles could be ronstructed 1o go ton hizh far hombing planss ATTACKS D. C. HEADS’ REPORT ON TRAFFIC <wontinued from First Page.) all departments interested it maintain that same high stand Present Statux Uphold In eliminating the section which wnuild inerease the ~alary of the trafie Alrector ta $10,000 & vear the Com mizsioners explainad that his status was fixed onlv after matnre consid sration by a commitiee af Con gress, and it 2 he changed The section which wonld give the director exelusive contral of all traffie ineiuding street cars, was stricken ont the Commissioners said. hecaunse it would have a far-reaching effect The park svstem is not under trol of Districi suthorities. it was nointed and it would he incon ctent to take over control of traffic the park reads. unless control of the park police was taken over at the same time. Moreover. the Commis slaners emphasized that operation of the street railwayvs is under 11 super vision of the Public Utillties Commis <lon and that the commission securas the recommendation of the trafic di ractar affacting zeneral traffic condi tions Annther sectinn of the hill they want sliminated provided for the as <izmment of 75 motar cycla policemen and 23 foot privates to Fureau. The Commissioners that the rransfer of such <hould not he made for the reason that their release from precinct duty weuld relieve precinct eommanders of 21l reeponslbility in the enforcement of traffic laws in their respecttve pre. cinete Would Mean Distinet Force. This provision wonld also have the effect nf setting up a distinet force in the District of Columbia. with which. of course, from the standp 11 of efficient administration. the Com missioners do not agree,” said the re port All traffic conditions requir ng the attention of headquarters. of Traffic Bureau the direct of traf. ic. are now reported by precinct com manders to the major and superin endent of police. and are hy him re ‘arred to the proper officials, and It i= from an administrative standpoint, that a precinet com- mander shonld he required tn report ch a condition directly to anather <uhordinate officer. who. in turn Wwould convex the information i the director of traffic.’ ‘The Commiseioners alse refused to agree to the proposals contained in the bill to increase the fes for opera- tors' permits from $1 1o $5: to permit a higher rate of speed than 22 miles an hour on boulevards except in out- iving sections: to give a vietim of an atuomobile accident a lien on the car of the offender: tn allow an operator whose permit has heen revoked to appeal to the courts The proposal to give jnrisdiction in afl trafic cases o the Police Court wac approved. hut the number of ad- ditfonal assistants to the corporation counsel azked to prosecute the cases was reduced from three to two. v con held Air | the Traffic | police | fa Who may nth rest becanse of a serions iliness. AX CUT MEASURE SGIVENTO SENATE Smoot Will Not Ask Body to Consider Bill Before Next Monday. was formally by The tax reduction bill presented to the finsnee committee. Chairman o <enate tod iy its had npro however on the mise measire worked out by the com he he wonld not ask to take up the bill before Smeot not completed the report mittee and said the Senate Monday It reached World Court he would hoid time. been the said that definite has by then the u agreement for & v chairman on has the until Red The bill. as it of $357,000,000, reporied (o the Senate. provides for & reduction in taxes of $352.000,000. it was calculated vesterdav. aiter the finance commitiee had mude a lastminute change The iasi change made vax in crease the corporation tax from 13 to 131; per cent. effective npon enact ment of the bill.. The committee previousiy 1o increase this levy from iper cent on taxes paid thix vear and to 131, per cent next year, lo offset the loss of revenne expected from the proposed repeal of the capital stock tax. By making the rate 1313 per cent | immediately. Chairman Smoot esti mated thix would vield $43.000,000 ad ditional revenue this vear, and cut the reduction total of the bill 1o $3 000,000 President Opposes Cuf wax had voted 121, to 13 Even this excess over the 3330000, 000 limit. approved by Secretary Mel lon. was frowned upon by the Pres dent. who felt that, while the Treas. ury might stand the additional reduc- tion. difficulties might be encountered if there was a depression in business, which would result in a decrease in Government revenues. Senator Simmons of North Carolina ranking Democrat on the committee announced that he would propose fo |the Senate that it meet any tax re duction above the Treasury surplus by amendment of the sinking fund provisions. rather than through in creases in 1axes. PROBE IS CONTINUED " OF COLLEGE RADICALISM Ohio State Complete Inquiry This Week. Committee Hopes to Ry the Associated Press COLUMBUS. Ohio, With the hope that it can complere its work this week. the Ohio State University trustees’ investigating com- mittee today rturned it inquiry re another file in the procession of fac. ulty members. students. Columbus residents. police and overseers of stu ! dent activities that has passed in re- view before it for three days Today. as vesterday. the inquiry shifted back and forth from alleged liquor law violations to alleged Com- munistic aetivities. The four professors who late ves terday denied any connection with Conimnunism were to he tollowed hy sight or ten others who will he quiz 2764 along the same lines. From time 10 time witnesses will he calied from among the student hody and faculty to teatify concerning the liquor al legations. January | | i {Chicago Woman Leaves Fortune and Three W { and Gravelike Mounds in Yard Marked With | Teacups—Lived | By the Associatad Press CHICAGO. January 20 of vears Mary F. Sierling French. aged recluse. lived in the attic of her afcers | hoarded-up and tumbled-down house in | Park Ridge. a suburh. where rasidents clad as lighted a I told stories of sasing a ghost a bride, moving ahout with « candle. She left and entered hy Iadder. drawing it up after her. | She died January 6. leaving three wille of clashing provisions. safety de posit boxes in which $50.000 in securi. ties have been found. tax receipts for | property in Massachusetts and papers indicating she may have possessed a fortune. | Welrdest of her legacies were gravelike mounds. each marked A stick with a teacup over the end, in | the back yard. The police will dig into | these, hoping fo find something to shed light on the disappearance of her hushand 19 vears ago. It was after he left that she had the house, in which she lived 29 vears, hoarded up. The reoms downstairs were left exactly as they had been 20 vears agn. Furniture was undusted and in a hed chamber a man's coat land vest and a straw hat. seemingly thrown afide as if they had just heen discarded, were found covered with { mould. | "The story of Mrs. Erench. long the | mystery of Park Ridge. was told. as | far s he knew it. by Fdward Ostron- «ki, an attorney. and printed in a copy- righted story in the Herald and Ex- aminer today. Ostronski appeared the day Mri French died at the home of John Dahl {man, a neighbor, and announced that { he was the executor of the estate. | The body was whisked away to an undertaking establishment in Chicago. A petition and inventory fixed the potential value of the estate at $1,500, hut inheritance tax officers, with Ostronski, found Liberty honds and stocks valued at $30,000 in a Chicago b4 For a score | with | THE EVENING ELDRIDGE 70 FIGHT CHILDREN'S PERILS Traffic Director Seeks School and Home Go-operation in Educational Drive. With the co-operation of public | school authoritles and parent-teacher organizati . Director of Trafe M. 0. Eldridge plans to wage a concerted |and intensive satety educational cam- paign this vear, with the hope that it will result in a substantial reduction lin traffic wmortality among children of Washinzton Kizhteen deaths mn dents among children In tually all of them due 1o on their part. aceording juries, heve convineed the trathe di iector ihat with the aid of school of ficinls and 1eachers as well as parents lin repeatedly stressing the hazards i street plavicg, tafMe taialines will Ihe reduced inateriall: 1926, fact that 14 the children were hovs, Mr. <hows expecially tive educational measures street plaving. Girls play with #nd engage in games which do | force them into the sireets, Mr. Kl | dridge suid, and are therefore not us | susceptible 1o traflic accidents as boys cot i traf 1975 in he of Killed ont the need of ef. ta curh dollx Death Comes in Play. snalysis of the (e mortality ne childven of the Dis show that the largest were Killed by auiom street intersections. Al Iacking detuils describing the of the dents, Mr. Eldridze assumes that the majority of them wrved while the vietims were #t One death. however. Wi wha pushed his playm: sidewalk into the path ving automaobile Mr. Bldridge's statistics the largest number e children during the vear o the Summer months while were closed, indicating, he said the influence of the home and the school play_an fmportant part in re ducing trafic mortality among fuve niles. The largest number of acel dents the figures show happened be tween 4 and 9 pm. None aceurred after that hour. when children were off the siveets Another interesting phase of Mr Eldridge’s statistics indicate that 7 of the 18 trafic fatalities were among children 5 vears of uge. ‘Three were 11 years old and two £ while there were no wecidents among children he. tween 12 and 13 Director Eldridge pointed out ihat | ine achools are co-operating with him | in impressing on pupils the necessity for observing haffe regulatioms. and that he looks for material assistanc from parentteacher associations mothers’ clubs and other similar ganizations interested in calld welfare An Statistics u | trict tor 3 number, 11 liles helween h natu ed by te off the fust n show that idents iwred <che that Plan Schoolboy Patrol. B. W. Murch sehool safely committeae a commitiee of three to investigate the practicability of organizing schoolboy patrol In the clty o regu late traffic. as ix being done success fully in other cities. The committes follows: Miss Alice Deal of the Co lumbia Junior High School. Mary Lackev. principal of the Dennlson | School. and W. L. Smith. principal of the Dunbar High School | The naming of the commitiee today by Chairman Murch resulted fiom an address before the school safety work ers at the Franklin School vesterday by M. O. Eldridge. director of traffic Mr. Murch stated today that his chaliman of the today named | commitiee has practically heen given ! P Clark ssistant manager of the American Automo- hile Association that the association weuld finance the purchase of helrs for the Washington schoolbovs, as well us find means of financing other safery activities essential in the jocal schos | assurance by FURUSETH IS RE-ELECTED. International Seamen for Revision of Ocean Mail Law. BALTIMORE. Md.. January 19 (). —Andrew Furuseth of Washingion State, was re-elected president of the International Seamen’s [nion of America at the final session of the body’s convention here today. Patrick Flynn. San Francisco, was chosen vice president and Victor A. Olander Ch \ XeCTeLAry-ireasurer Resolutions adopted urged revision f the ocean mail secvice law so as + provide greater compensation. and stated that American should be permitted to pu worthy vessels wherever lowesi and place them under the American flag without restrictions as 1o the trade in which they may sall hi sen the cost i Miss Charlotte Whitton of (ntawa Ontario. has been appointed assessor of this continent on the League of Na | tion's new commisgion for the protec. “tion of voung women. 'MYSTERY OF BRIDELIKE GHOST 'SOLVED BY AGED RECLUSE’S DEATH s 20 Years in Attic hank. Another safeiy deposit box in a Park Ridge hank has not heen npened. . Ostronski said he mei Mrs. through the Dahimans about ago. She asked him to draw up a | Will for her last December 22. Rut when the safety deposit hox was epen- | ed. two athers were found. one drawn in 1887, They willed the estate to Mary E. French. who, the police said, was Mrs. French's foster mother, who died 14 vears ago, and heside whom Mrs. French wished o he buried. The Pack Rldge police sald Ostronski went through the house and caused the re- moval of the old furniture and de- voled & week 10 a thorough search from attic to cellar. He sold the furniture for junk. Ostronski suid. | An explunation of the ghost which | trightened people away from the house, Ostronski xaid he found in a dressmaker’s form on the s=cond floor. | A dress was draped about it and a bunch of white cloth formed a head. Mrs. French would set it on a chair near & window and place a light be- side 1t. he explained. There were 33-vear-old newspapers. some of them indicating the mysteri- ous woman might have heen & resi. dent of Watertown, Mass.. about 3p French a vear lace were found in the dust and a piano was in the front room Grocerles were left on the front porch and were taken into the house [gniy by Mra. French via the ldder. She came first to the Dahlman house 1o heat some coffee, paid 10 cents for the privilege and later returned when she grew {ll. She pald for evervthing glven her at standard prices, it was said. A physician who attended her sought to question her regarding relatives. | She said she would not discuss the | subject and only replied that she was lteaving a wi, STAR avelessness | to cosoner’s | Eldridge points | of .l shipowners | years ago. Bits of valuable Irish point | WASHINGTON, 1 ). (., WEDNESDAY. 'LIQUOR GROWS HORNS ON JAR AFTER EATING THROUGH ZINC LID! | Acetic A in “Corn”| | Explains Freak, Chem- ists Say. Pickled Lizard and Dead | Bat Found in Chinese Wine. One of the most curious freaks de- | | veloping out of. American-made boot- | leg ec liquor was discovered at the Trewsury today. when two halfgal- | found s out o have grown | through their {lon jars w little whire Zine screw Chemists osity while Treasury sample hor tops who uncovered unloading the curi- | shelves in the voom for desirue- ton of bottles no longer needed in prosecution of lauor cases estimated that the hornx were among the mosi | unusuAl “growths” yer coming out of corn Although no chemical wnalysis of the horns was made. it was estimated [ by one of the Government experts that they had “zrown” hecuuse of | the high acidity of ihe poorly-made |corn liquor, in which there evidently i had heen fur too great an amount of acetic acid Exactly « greit how the waall horns grew MVStery to many casual on- | Who were amized to see the pure white crystalline tendrils corling | their way out of th the wlass jars. One If-1ull, the other ahe full. Chemists been built up by volatile in th bare zine top | JAr was alut 1 three fonrths sht the had | the scid ming { th jars. i ion | With the wicohoi. and’ grow : Lenough 1o ear it wav eniirels throtush the sides or top of 1he A fscomzn IN SENATE. DAWES APOLOGIZES * FOR RADIO SPEECH 1 Wontinued from First 1age) [repert of ihe \ice {1ast night. in 1o xay President < speech which the latter w that there were |10 vitally inieoosiod in the tax hill. “and when sucn a piece of legislation ix hefore o Vo y |like the United Siaies Senate s should Dot permit # man to go up | there and read maguzine s ciicles and newspaper articles somerhing lse irrelevant | Challenges Statement. | rhat practically an that the tax bill ix hefore {and that it was held | veading of the article the desk.” said [ “That statement of allow to go unchallenzed “The tax hill wus not before the Sen |#te. “The tax bill was not reported 1o the Senate nntil this morning. The tax bill was not held up one second by the reading of thai a:ticle or one {xecond by anything 1 have sald or done. It would be well for the super critics of this country to know a little about what they are talking ahout [ before they fulminate on the air. a ! habit which seems have hecome | tastened upon some of them ! Senator Reed vigorously defended hix having the article by Andrew Car | negie read fo the Senate y iy afternoon. He sald that two nropositions made i o is assertion the Senate up by o1 which 1 Senator tacts 1 “nt leed cannet the article advocated first. that the United Statex never should have set up iix independence and rebelled against King George IT1: and. second. that the i United Siates must in the course of things g0 back under the British flag. Whas Exhausted, He Says. Tteed said that when he had sent this article to the desk he had stated o Senators favoring the court hat he was wearied with speaking and was entirely willing 1o have the article printed in the Record. if the Senate [ could he adiourned ao that he could !resime this morning after a night's rest. My susgesiion was refused.” =ain Senator Iteed. “Therefore. I allowed the 1eadinz of the article to continue, |Simply Leciuse | was not phvsicall able. without great suffering. to oc cupy the flocr and finish my remarks At that time. Senator Reed sald this was a tesy which has been almost nniver Iy extended In the Senate. Senator 1 o eflin Urges Vote. Heflin ol Renator Reed he. for one, was in favor of the World Court !fore taking up the tax Renator Reed said «tood that perfectly. He addad that the Senator from Alabuma will not criticize me for insisting that we have [the right of fu!l debate on the World Court proposition.” Senatar Heflin said he thought twe |or thiee days more wouid give every | Senator ample time fo discuss il, since It has been before the Senate since sarly in December. Discussing the Andrew article which was read vesterday at his request, Senator Reed declared that it was important “he [l'xl\l!" the money of Andrew Carnegie { who advocated our reentrunce into | British empire. ix now at this| \n..m. ot being emploved to put over | Senator upted s inter aring that f disposing spasition bill that he under Carnegie in the Senate this neasure now before the Senule of course uvutside of (he attempting to make senti. | men.. It = important because Mr. Carn gie originated & large number of societies in Europe that have con- | sistently advocated the doctrine of internationalism ever since. It in important because the lawyers em { ployed hy his money today are among {those who are the most sarneat ad- | vocates of internationalism. It s | in my opinion. 1 will not say the origin, but one of the principal sourcas of this movement which today | | threatens our country i Hits Bankers' | Senator Reed said he wished (o call attention to another infiuence back of the World Court movement. “Another potential influence,” he said. “is the money and orginiza-| | tion of international bankers and | Ananceers. It is not hard (o dis. cover their interesix. Between the yutbreak of the World War and entvance into the conflict a group of bankers, headed hx & Co. hecame the fAinancial agen all the allied powers. Morgnn & advanced to these powers billions of high rates of interesi. The | s continued until the close of the war. and is still active. “The result is that this group of in- ternational bankers and others, who have been playing a similar game, now hold European securities. both na tional and private, running into many thousands of millions of dollars. Natu- rally, this entire group would like to| see the securities which they obtained | at an enormous discount, and which | bear excessive rates of interest, and which are affected by European con- ditions. made absolutely secure. The | security will become substantialiy ab- [molute It the United States can be In- duced to pursue the policies these in-!| ternational bankers dictate.” | Senator Reed said that these inter-| national bankers have demanded that the United States enter the League of Nations: that the United States Gov ernment cancel all debts awing te jt employed Senaie in Influence. " PRESIDENT IS ASKED Iy | America enter | is whether | auesti | moment. {vant or S A CORN LIQUOR PRODUCT. lid. Ax the evaporation continued with the alcohol passing off inio 1he air outside the jar, the chemicul a vesulting probably lefl erysia formation of what Is Known ax acetate, combination of the metl . the acid. The thun 8,000 which on the Arlington and todav. as the which they figured have Chemists also reported having found in Chinese pickled Mzard and a bat cut pieces, i zin nd two bottles e i durp court 1 closed recently wines & TO AID IN SOLVING OF FISCAL PROBLEM @ontinaed from First Page) t of the citiz wdvisory coun @il to the Commissioners, in which renewed itx recommendations fog cre ation of 4 commission 1o work ont a permanent plan for the equitable ap. portionment_of al_obligations he tween the Federal Government the Government of the District Calumbis Wer regard ax of first importance 1o the people of the District of Colum hia.”" continued the report “the elimi nation of this annual controversy and the reduction of this purely hnsiness proposition 1o a sound and definite husiness basis. Until such time gs sound business methods shall he sted and followed it opinion hat all District of Columbia sppropria of !tions should be at the £0-40 vatio. here s submitted hecewlth a sug zested outline fo proposed bill ta provide # permanent plan for the equitable apportionment of fiscal oblization hetween the Federal Gov ernment and the zovernment of the District of Columbia. This plan provides for the creation of a tempor Ary commission to work out a definite business-like plan e lines zested In the proposed hill method. we helieve. will he tai effective than anyv heretofore gested. In onutlining such legislation the neil has a mosi vivid recollection of the ineffectual work of the joint select commitiae of 15 which produced a repori of twe large interesting volumes hut no remedy for the annually recurring malndy of dissat tion and dis- content.” ale suz Thi more <ug Junior High Contract Let. tHet for construction of an ad to the Cardozo Vocational which will he converted into a junior high school to be known as ihe Randall. was awarded by the Commissioners vesterday afternoon fo the King Lumber Co. of Charlottes ville. Va. The addition will contain elghi rooms. including a combination #ssembly hall and gymnasinm The King Lumber submitted the lowest bid for the work. The cost will_he $193.000 dition Schoal foreign and. finally the World Court Another influence which would take us into the World Court. he sald, was un organization created by Edward Bok. SCORES RULES OVER RADIO. nations that Dawes Bec [ t in Address Senate Procedure, dressing the great unseen radio Audience last night. Vice President Charles . Dawes fired another broad slde in hix campaign for revision of the Senate rules when he called the country’s attention 1o the lengthy de- mes Vehe: hate being engaged in hy Senators on | the World Court issue After sitting for howurs in the Senate vesterday listening to opponents of American adhesion 1o the court de- liver speeches and read a magazine article written in 1893, Mr. Dawes’ exaxperation led him to a radio micro phone 1o broadeast anew his protest wzains such tactics, He xpoke with so much vigor at timex that the microphone, not ui tuned to such vehemence, sent forth only squawky vibrations by his impelled t Although unseen Mr. Dawes felt his remarks with powerful A= a result. the speaking used was almosishattered from his fists, constructed especially Coolidge. The Vice President’s impatience was not lessened hy the fact that leaders of hoth sides in the court fight are conducting negotiations to set a audience. emphasize gestures. stand he by for President | date for a vote on the adherence reso- | INE Off enemies of trees and other lution. The main point of difference the vote shall precede of follow consideration of the tax reduc tion bill. An article written 33 yvears ago by Andrew Carnegie, and which Senator Reed. Democrat, Missouri, caused to be read into the record. was referred to by Mr. Dawes in his radlo speech which was heard by alumni of the tts Institute of Technology at dinners in 67 citi Lasts Hour and Half. The reading consumed an hour and a half. “and this prompted me,” the Vice President said. “to bring the on of the failure of the Senate rules to your attention.” He had planned the usual alumni address. but changed 1o his pet suhject at the last Pointing out that the rules permit discussion of any subject, whether rele- not, he advised his hearers that “it Is high time that the people wake up and write their Senators what they think of this procedure.’ “I am speaking to an intelligent au- dience.” he continued. “You under- stand what it means to have individu- als stop the wheel from turning. There are 110.000,000 people vitally interested in the tax bill, and when such a plece of legislation is before a great body like our United States Senate voun should not permit a man te go up there and read magazine articles, newspapers or something else irrele- vant.” i proposed | raps The stand had been | JANUARY 1926, OFFICIALS SUPPORT ARBORETUM BILL 20, Tell Senators at Hearing Project Would Improve | Trees of Nation. stablishment of a national ar- boretum on the Mount Hamilton tract in Washington would enable the De- partment of Agriculture (o make scientific investigations to improve the forestry and plant life of this in the same way the depari- ment now studies the needs of agwi- | culture, witnessex told the Senaie tcommittee on agriculture at hear- i S jcountry ing today on the arboretum bill. The members of the commitiee dix- plaved @ keen interest in the pussi- bility of Improving the trees of the | | Unitea Siates through the work {#n arboretum and asked many ques {tions of the officialx of the Agricul- | | tural Department and the spokesmen {or natlonal organizations who ap-| ipeared in support of the bill Lot of Witnesses. Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania thor of the arboretum bill in the § ate. directed the presentation of {matter and introduced the following | speakers: Mus, Harvold 1. Prati, secre. | tary of the Garden Club of America: | the Dr. Willlam A, Taylor. Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture: Robert Pyvle, American Assoclation of Nu vmen: Col. W, 1| Greeley, foresiry service chief. Depart ment of Agricalture: Dr. Frederick Co ville, botanist the Depariment of Agriculture 0 Childs, vepre- xenting Landse Architect: Mis Frank B. Noves, Garden Clib of Amer lca. and John Young, American Flot 181 and Ornamental Horticulturist i The bill now pending in the Senate and Haouwe nxes the Hmii oo cost and | 1and to b wcquired for the aboretun U not to exceed $300.000. However when members of the Senate com mittee asked Dr. Cewille today ho much the necessars gand W eost he stated that he umhe od @ Jetter wak on its way 1o the commitiv the Secretary of Agriculivi. the Secretary’s view concernine | cont The committee wias ficials of the Department of ture fell that authorizition should not he limited 10 $300.000. becaise of the possibility that slightly more might he needed 1o la whoretum properiy peaking for the Garden Cluh of \merica. Mre. Noves 10ld The Sena e committee of the immin=nt danger that the Mount Hamilton tract might he lost for aboretum purposes \f it is not xoon red. and for that rea son urged the commitiee 10 Take action on the bill as soon 4s poseible ot Step the high Agric Praises Owners of Land. wners public possi Noves testified that the of the land hwd shown their spirit hy holding 1t. although bilfties of disposing of it exis | In hix testimony. Dr. Coville em- | phasized the peculiar desirability of | the Mouni Hamilion site for an abore tum. hecaues it contalns a great va | rlety of different kinds of soll. and | would make possible the growih of a larger varisty of trees and plant life than any other site In thix xection Dr. Coville declared x good site Is Aiffcult 1o find. and pointed aut That houses aie already heing built slong | Bladenshurg road near Mount Hamil- | ton At this point Senator Pepper asked D/, Coville if it was not true “thai 1the integrity of the tract is threatened by huilding operations.and that it case of now or never Dr. Coville veplied that Senator Pep per was correct and that if the project ! is delayed for a vear “the very core of the sife may be gone.” Stresses Need of Aboret Tayvlor of the Burean of Plant told the Senators that the de has the facilities for carry. | ing on investigation throughout the country concerning ordinary crops of azriculture. hut does not have an ade. quate place for the breeding of trees ! and their studies, such as would he | i provided in the ahoretum. He told of the work which could he done 1o develop trees that would withstand the attacks of insect and disease. Members of the committee were anxious te know if experimental sta 1 tlonx would not he necessary through out the coun in studving particular kinds of trees and how thev grow in certain sections. Dr. Taylor and Di Coville explained that the arboretum in Washingto would be a central laboratory fa oc-operating with any experimental stations throughout the Natlon, All of the witnesses em phasized the fact that the National ! Arboretum should be | ted here for important reasons: First. be the climate of the North and overlap in a wav that would possible the study of a great variety of plant life. and secondly. hecause it would he available for re | search work 1n the several hundred =cientiste and experts of the Govern-| ment who are located in Washington. | Kenator orris of Nehraska. chalr- man of the committee, and Senators Ransdell of Lonisiana, Kendricks of | Wyoming and Sackett of Kentucky.| all asked many questions of the wit- nesses as 1o particular phases of for-| estry_and horticulture that might he | henefitted ax a result of the investi- | gation #nd experiment carvied on at | (he oboretum. The hearing wasx completed t [but the committee probably will not | usider the bill in executive session ! for several davs. Similar hearings were held yesterduy hefore the House | comuittee on agriculiure { Dr. T. 8. Palmer of the Audobon So. | ciety of the District ed estahlish. ment of the arboretum, pointing out that in addition 1o the great service the arboretum would render to forestry and horticulture. It would serve as a | | refuge for the many varietiex of mi- | gratory birds that come to this sec. | [ ion ‘of the country at differant times | of the vear. At the suggestion of Sen ator Pepper, Dr. Palmer also pointed |Dut that the birds are valuable in ki Mrs is Dr Industr partment two cause th make day, | plant life. | PATTERSON TAKES OATH TO SERVE AS SOLICITOR Judge B. Patterson of Dallas, | Dak.. a mer employe of the reasury and Interior departments in Washington, was sworn in vesterday as solicitor for the Interior Depari- ment. He succeeds John H. Edwards of Mitchell. Ind.. who resigned six months ago to become assistant secre- tary of the Tnterior. | Judge Patterson. who left Wash. | ington 18 years ago tn enter husiness in the Weat returns to a city much larger than the Washington he knew | at that time. He predicts a Washing- ton at an early date with a population of a million persons. and said itr growth will continue by leaps and bounds. The .new Interior solicitor is 52 years old and is a native of Green- fleld, Towa. He served in the Spanish- American War and at the close of the war went to Des Moines as secretary to Gov. Leslie M. Shaw. When Gov. Shaw was appointed Secretary of the Treasury, Judge Patterson remained in the governor's office as secretary to Gov. A. B. Cummins, now a Senator from lowa. He came to Washington in 1302 entering the Treasury Depart- ment and later Joining the law force .of the Interfor Department. subcommittees Packer I11 { | of l J. OGDEN ARMOUR, By the Amsociated Press CHICAGO, January 20 1. Ogden Armour,_ chairman of the heard of Armour and Co.. packers, Is criticaliy ili with indigestion at his home here wax stricken at Christmas and been i bed for severnl davs MEMBERS OF HOUSE SCORE REFORMERS’ INTEREST IN D. C. Wontinned from First Page teid of o My Representative recentiv and A membe a conference ther of these when My mittee, 1linois hicag 1 were present today made his attack Mr. Blanton take stock in anvihing row es, characterizing a criminal lawver 15 to ger prisoners from the penally for of hey accused. If *he subcomi tee authorized Mr. Darrow he in vited. he will withdraw his protest and promises 1o register his ohie by bis voie Mr. Lampert of Wisconsin was willinz to hear ary one “ny member of Congress commitiee 1o hear. He hiz opposition 1o the proposit Sunday closing, which Mr. Cooper to advocats. and he said he <upp the proposal for aholition capital punishment. w Mr. Darrow sip ports Mr. Underhill ton's contention ously the habil that many have of coming here urging tion for the District and attempting to try untried laws “on the dog He said the District committes, and should pay mo peaple of the District wha, seeking pub their theories damn-fool notlons peopie of the Natfonal went with <aid thit ' whose ~ let off the crimes payine which o tion satd T the wants of Blan people supported My He attacked legisia Hut tention and less licity . try called ideals over on the Capital. we here legisiating for the District of Columbia,” Mr. Underhill id. “and not to suit the whims of <hort-haired women and lonz-haired men who want to put something over wn the Distriet My, Hammer dis cussed Darrow’s connection with the famous evolution case in Tennessee, saving that Mr. Darrew really didn't much harm by going down \ecause he did the cause he advoca ed more harm than zood. e de nounced attempts by reformers wnd faddisi« get hearinzx printed by the District committee and franking privilege to exploit views throughout the country Mr. Underhill and My ralsed the question of allowing steno zraphic reports of such hearings. and <aid a striet rule ought ta he adopted covering invitations 1o such people 1o appear befors the committee and suh commitiees. ILLNESS MAY LEAD MUSSOLINI TO REST Will Be Succeeded for Time by Triumvirate. Rome Offi- cials Expect. the those ta put n their BY RENZO RENDI By Cable 1o The Star and Chicage Dails News ROME (Via Pr Rumors about Mussolini's serious il ness now have heen confirmed. On Tuesday night he fainted seven times 1t s expected hera that the npremier will he compelled take three month rest. In case Mussolini compelled cease hls activities he will tuted in his ahsence by Louis Feder soni. minister of the interior: Alfred Rocco. minister of justice. and Louis Radoglio, the army's chief executive “The first two are in trust of the Fas party. the third is o trust of the M Exclusion from Robert Farvinacei danuary 2 < o a is o he suheri cist K the trivmvirate of secretary of the IFaseist party, was not accomplished without # struggle and means a vic tory for moderate Fascistic currents “opyright, 1996, he Chicago Dails Naws (0.1 Today in Congress House. General debate on naval priation bill continnes in chamber. District committee favorably reports bills authorizing uniforms for metropolitan police and firemen and all necessarx equipment and providing for payment to retired police and firemen a balance of re- tirement pay amounting (o $68.425. Protest was made in House Dis- trict _committee meeting against unauthorized invitation to Clavence W. Darrow to appear before judi- elary subcommittee on January 29, advocating abolishment of capital punishment in the National Cap- ital. Hearings set by District commit- tee on a number of measure. Public bulldings and zrounds committee in executive session pre- paratory to reporting out $165.000.- 700 public buildings bill. which includes $50.000.880 for a five-vear public building jrogram in Wash- ington. Secretary appro Honse Davis of the War De partment. witness before military affairs committee on Hill bill to create a new department of na- tional defense. Hearing continues before naval affairs committee on Butler bill to replace the Shenandoah with Comdr. Myer Bacher as witness. Subcommittee of appropriations committee continues hearings on deficiencies, State and Justice and independent offices’ appropriation bill. Hearings on agricultural relief before committee on agriculture. Organization meetinz of commit- tee on mines and mining. announced | there | use the | Hammer both ! DURKIN ARRESTED BY JUSTICE AGENTS Chicago Slayer Seized in St. Louis—Had Two Guns When Taken. Ry the A ST, LOUIS Durkin, Chicago murderer a Nation-wide search. was arresied by Depactment of Justice agents here day upon hix arrival Antonio. Duckin admitted his identity revoly vere found in his wit He was accompanie Durkin iated Prass Tanuary "0 Martin sought in from Sar vonm nan. ho s wanted fo der of a Depart of ative. a policeman and & civillan overpowered hefore he conld make hix revolvers. Hix identiiy made virtually certain by eomparing photographs and descriptions. "h an arrested with him attiactive blonde. at first wald she was Mise Iyma Sullivan. 1% 1] bt 1 d she had married Thivkin in East S weeks kin giving the name of “Dirkes the mur ent Jistice - wor A of Cornel Lonis HUMANIZING PARKS URGED IN ANY NEW PLAN OF EXTENSION WContinned from Page Killing heds who must whic eve in handls 4 our slaughter houses ) sheep an off o hours hour mes ne 60 minntes for this wild life with which we have to deal and wh we would like ve from the insanity that Atig e providing they a evening. where can eat a pienic dinner Saturds noon or on Sundav with no the g signs 18 molest make them afraid have said. ‘to make Stewart's ade \ day- then littls the afte b off al W esh air o Pernaps hem 1 My d hitherto considered ters. such injecte srence whick ma with an i aore thar 30 S abstiact the nearly as extens and from aunicipal parks Slant response 250 delegates from He said police and frequently imegine things not see, and declared ihat <umption that peopie are take care of themselves gratuitons.” policew they Scores “Imaginat I can say with David. that “ance | was voung and now I never in my life have | around a weman—never have I tried 1n put my woman—who d not hnoew the riles and regulations and how enforce them. 1 think our police and particuiarly our women could he spared trouble if they did not imagine o much more than they actuall Let us have maximum seats, henches and tables nicdinners everything cept ‘keep off the gras sizns the eity authorities can devise nr af ford. Pers 1y 1 helieve that a zir who works nine hours in the spindle 0om of a cottan factor: eight nine hours a day hoot and shos factory &1 the speed rates which prevall. ean stand a little peiring. isn't going hurt her. and even the petting is done hy the M in the sheep killing heds from the stock vards, possibly both of ther would have something nk abowur next day that would a1 in imag natlon relieve something of the mu !nitony of their work. Remsmher the girl has no home in which 10 receive allers. Her home is a single raom ir flat or an apartment ecretary Davis said he assure the conference “that althangh | the contributinn that the Federal Go ernment and should mak creut, ver an effective natinnal reers ation and conservation policy can he worked nut only 1o the extent that the | States and minor political agencies share in its making Sevenirfve million of onr population live ecast of the Mississippi. where Federal con trol of land relativelv negligihle and where ctically all land is in private hands. Here the States must {lerd. 1t is not a question of tes |rights, but of Staies responsibilities. If we can pull to this common p pose the American genius for organt tion.” he added. “I am sure we can tain the President’s concepiion of a land of wholesome entoyment and per ennial cladness, Mr. Hamlin, report, taok much the ar ment Recretary Davis. He i the States should not erect Chi nese walls aronnd them. behind which they sit in the happy thought that their own citizens arve cared for, rais ing the banner nf State rights. Mr Hamiin urged the recognition of ever: governmenta! unit of the neceseir for a corvelated plan of park develop ment A piayground within a | should be correiated with the park plan he said the sma pa Tk i plan with the large city plan. the lurge parks with the encircling county parks. the county parks with the State parks and for . and these in turn with the nutional parks and foresis ol Galpin of the Department Agriculture sided with Mr. Stewart pleading for humanizing of our pul. 1 varks. Thirty million Americans said. want to be included in me for outdoor recreation 'he General Federation of Women's Clubs has turned the attention of 2,000,000 women in its 16,000 aMliated clhibs 1o the need for increased inter est in pature study, preservation of ! natural <onrces. refor ation. es tablishment of playvgrounds and in support of the idea of teaching teach ers nature study work, Mre. Jnohn Dickinson Sherman. president of the federation, said in a message read by Mrs. K. W. Weitz, Any workable program resom mended by this hody for nature studs in public schools will be supported b the far-reaching machinery of this great body.” Mrs. Sherman sald A report by the commitiee on edu | cation read by Mr. Hamlin urged other committees to so adapt thel programs as to produce the greatest measure of educational value and recommended that every American e 1o it that stedents are taken afield The report also urged that faculties of norma! schools and col leg be provided with the rapidly ac | eumulating literature on nature am old pur fni to Aimhe i swings I it least submitting a progress me line af small of he seh HELD IN STAND CRASH. Inspector and Builder Indicted in | Pasadena Disaster. LOS ANGELES. January 20 () Paul E. Mahoney, builder of the grand stand which collapsed during the ‘Tournament of Roses parade at Pasa dena New Year day, and C. B. Buck | nall. deputy hullding inspector of Pas adena, were indicted by the county grand jury here vesterday. They were charged with being criminally respon sible for the death of Mrs. P. 8. Rorich of Dallas, Tex.. one of five persons who died from injuries received in the crash.