Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1926, Page 2

2 * THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ., COLDEREATHER | rORECAST TONIGHT! 7-Degree Prediction Last Night Goes Awry, Mercury Stops at 18. 1 mercury fatled to go predicted degrees pproach that fig another dip that rd cold cather man &ays. 1 new low re the presen: which missed nt by 11 being 18 today und Bureau r last de ni recorded t back 10 des tomorrow t ecs morning ur or s0 far. Tonight, o be of the which the to the e Win SUYS oing in down noses. in Sight. in sight, however, ymforting prospect. not expect- | | | the prospects that to- 1 be oniy mode v | | usher in a4 W tw - minimum chiefly, the ause of . uncertain predictions. | earth's heat r.uha-‘} evening the tempera i quiet night are lower ! in the higher al-| cold weather Capital today, ature ob- e from the show of he tempe trola AnACcos standing zoro at altl- | at 9 o'cloc vas plenty feet_ab. Naval 4 ed the | | { | | { men assured the conferees and other | interested parties. | the from the Northwe had been 2t past days, ntic few keted with a heavy her forecasters gener- BNOw. tinued fair and cold rlly | weather So far the Intense cold has account- ed for three victims in the East. One man died at Perth Amboy, N. J.. and llapsed on the streets of and wea ts of sufferinz because of 1z have been made vet. | New Jersey and New | in the grip of strong Rain early yester- nd sleet. and raffic. Zero tempera- ted north of northern Kansas, st and Tlinois. In New York the temperature dropped 25 hitling 17 above zero Iast Lak recovered ecline to 4 ¢, but was sdifornia and the south A were the only por- United States today bask- ind warm weather, Id in the Middle West giving way. S. R. WATERS DIES; SAVINGS BANK HEAD| President of Seventh Street Insti- tution Succumbs at Gar- field Hospital. ers. @9 vears old Seventh Street Sav fn Garfield Hospital Bomerse presid ings ¥ the aied er wholesale been identified with v rlal interests. At also vice of the Second National lireetor of the Schneider ind of the O Street Mar- | hanking 1he time of | h he wa Pexitlent of Lebanon Washington hts Templar: val Arch ttish Rite also of the Trade and the Aseociation County ecendant of and was a the Revolu be married Miss Lillian Mary member of an old Wash- ily. She dled three years | rday. e leaves his son, R. Waters, jr.; a daughter, ie S Waters, and other rel Maryland. services will be conducted tment in Wardman Park | afternoon at 2 o'clock. nethy, pastor of Cal urch, will officiate. In- in Rock Creek Ceme- s at the grave nember Lodge. No. 7. F. A. A. M Commandry, N Knig: Born n in wa Iy ancestors, In 138 Spignul, ington far Somerset Afiss Rosz atives ir Funeral at his | Hotel Dr. V var te apa fal sery under the auspices of Lebanon Lodge. GIRL'S FIRST HUSBAND| DENIES DIVORCE TALE| and Dallas J. De enty-second street, | siatutory offense, Pollee Court to- At the wom- Cameron, Mary (¢ mmant of chAfirged pleaded not it ameron 1023 with & zuilty 1 fense t n K hefore Jud that Mar g'rl, formerly Va.. had been married eron by Rev. W. F.| Rockville, 'Md., June 2 3924. A marriage certificate to this | offect was shown. Evidence also disclosed that | Mary was married to Dallas J. De- ment in Septem The certifi- cate to this marr'age was signed also by tha same minister. 2 Cameron told the court that her first husband had told her that yie had secured a divorce from her. The husband. a clerk, however, denled this statement on the witness stand. He instigated her arrest. JudreSchuldt declared it was possi- ble the girl might have thought she had been divorced. as it was hardly conceivable that she would have gone again to the same minister to be married a second time. The case was continued until Mon- day, during which time the girl's mother will be summoned. Both de- dendants are locked ups ced losed 19-year-old ze | Minnick 18 f | gineer Commissioser Bell, Gen. Glen- | territory | authortties, and not for the best in- | Aspen | boundary, Instead of being widened by | ers are expected to protest against the |1ic welfare commissioner, will talk on [ Vocal and instrumental selections will MAYOR IN LIQUOR TRAP OF DISGUISED VISITORS | Thomas W. Allen of Lonaconing Faces Trial for Sale of Alleged Beer to “Mine Surveyor.” By the Associated Press. LONACONING, Md., January 23.— 1 the dining room of Mayor Thomas | W. Allen, a pseudo mine surveyor and his assistant asked for and aliege they were served four bottls of home brew. ! Mayor Alln now awaits a hearing be- fore a United tes comnussion r in Cumberiand. The mine surveyor was ! Wilbam k. Harvey, formerly prohibi !tion director at Baltimore, now | | nssigned to the Cumberland district. | | Hiarvey sald the brew was served | Mrs. Allen, who also gave him al making it, and confided d been warned dry agents | ere about and so “had to be careful | who she sold it.to. “You have not heen careful enough,” SLAYERREPRIEVED ON EXECUTION EVE Saved From Chair Second Time by Order of Governor. Had Eaten “Last Meal.” By the Associated Press OSSINING, N. Y. January This was a second unexpected life for Ambrose R die in the electric chair at Sing Sing for the murder of Ernest Whitman, bond salesman, In a bank robbery nearly twu vears ag A telephone message from Gov. Harvey answered, and displayed his | Izge. Mavor Allen was called and | issumed all responsibility. The agents reported they found four cases of | hume brew and a half galion of wine. Allen will be arraigned on ¢harges of manufacturing. possessing id selling heer of more than legal alcobolic content. third term as mayor. | UTHSTREETBLL CHANGE PROTESTED Compromise on Extension| Decided Disappointment to Property Owners, Is Claim. Compromise agreement on the ex. tension of Fourteenth street through the Walter Reed Hospital reservation was reached In conference between Chairman Capper of the Senate Dis- t committee, Chairman Zihlman of the House District committee, En nan, commandant of the Walter Reed Hospital, and Surg. Gen. Ireland, after a personal inspection on the grounds vesterday. As agreed upon, the bill providing for the extension will be pressed before the Senate and House commlttees soon, the respective chair- The compromise is a modification of District Commissioners’ measure and a decided disappointment to prop- erty owners on the line of the pro- posed extension and to the suburban that the extension is de- signed to serve. A large population, both in the District and in Mar land, will suffer deprivation, It claimed. Hospital Officials State Terms. The hospital authorities agreed to withdraw opposition to the extension of Fourteenth street through the res- ervation provided street car and bus traffic and heavy trucks are barred, and the regulations of trafic within the hospital grounds is left to the hospital authorfties. This at once de- feats one of the principal purposes of the legisiation, for the Sixteenth Street Heights Citizens’ Association has been urging this development be- cause the people wanted a street car line in competition with the Wash'ng- ton Railway and Electric Line. so as to assure better service. | Under the compromise the Walter | Reed reservation will be given a mag- | nificent entrance replacing the present | unattractive entrance from Sixteenth street and the decidedly squalid ap- proach from Georgla avenue, with the Fourteenth street extension becoming the main approach and thoroughfa: 110 feet wide to and through th - reser- vation, for half a mile, conforming to the natural contour of the grounds and not Interfering with any existing building or landscaping plans. Regarded “Complete Surrender.” The civic interests that have been behind the Fourteenth street exten sion project consider the compromise reached yvesterday a complete sur- render to the demands of the hospital 1 terests of the patients, who would be afforded better facilities by a street car or bus line along Fourteenth sireet. | The compromise also provides that street along the southern taking a small amount of land from the hospital grounds to make it 90 feet wide and to keep {* straight, shall bhe swung to the south and widened by condemning and purchasing pri- | vite land al the expense of the Dis-| trict taxpayers. | Another Concession to Hospitals. The southern boundary of the hos- pital grounds is now on & line with the center of Aspen street. It is claimed that to carry the street | through on a straight line would in- | terfere with some of the hospital's | service buildings. To avold this it was agreed to swing Aspen strest out of a straight line and slash into pri- | vately owned property. i When this measurc comes before the House and Senate District com- mittees a demand doubtless will be made for a public hearing, at which clvic leaders, representatives of citl- zens’ associations and property own. compromise. 300 TO ATTEND DINNER. Soroptimist, Quota Members to Meet. Three hundred members and guests of the Soroptimist, Zonta and Quota clubs are expected to attend the ban- quet being given at the Congressional Country Club tonight in an effort to promote closer relationship in business and civic matters among the women's clubs. Mrs. Mina €. Van Winkle, | Soroptimist president: Mrs. John Capers, Quota president, and Miss Jessie LaSalle, Zonta president, will preside alternately. Miss Mary McDowell, Chicago pub- and Zonta “Women In Public Service,” and Helen Rowland, author, will speak on *Pre fessional Women and Matrimony. be given. The committee in charge includes Miss Marguerite Sitgreaves, Miss Nan- nie C. Barndollar and Miss Karoline Klager. —_— In 1910 one-third of the women em- ployed in the United States were do- mestic servants, but by 1920 the num- ber dropped to one-fourth. | wir for the first time last nig Smith in New York three hours before he time for b execution last night granted him a second reprieve. On Thursdiy he was snatched from the chair by a court order granting a temporary argument of his counsel that his test ony would be needed in another case. The teitimony was set s He i3 serving his heard, but a further siay was denied. | Resigned to Death. himself to his death and had just eaten a second “last meal” when the unexpected message came. He was talking to his sister and three brothers from behind the bars that separated them in the death house when the telephone rang in the prison offices Supt. of Prisons James L. Long an. swered it. He recognized the voice of Gov. Smith, saving, “Put off the exe- cution. I will communicate with you tomorrow morning.” Supt. Long 1 with the messig Ross had resizned to the death house Kneel in Pray R ' relatives, grouped before the screen, kneeled in prayer, led by Father McCaffery, pr chaplain Two men were convicted with Ross One has been granted a new trtal The other was sentenced to the chair, but Gov. Smith on Wednesday muted the sentence to 1 impris ment When the First National Bank at Bellmore, Long Island, was held up April 4. 1924, Whitman was shot down ‘n trying to block the bandit's escape with $6.000. A new executioner, whose name has been kept secret, would have officiated com FOUR SENTENGED TOHANG INCHICAGO “Midg.e! Bandit” and Three Others Get Death Penalty for Murders. By the Asoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 23.—Four men yesterday were sentenced to hang for murders committed Henry J. Fernekes. “the midget bandit.” and two co-defendants, Dan iel McGeerghegan and Juhn Flannery, were ordered executed on February 19. They were convicted a few weeks ago of the murder of Michael towski, cashier of the Pulaski Bu and Loan Association, who was down during an $11,000 holdup last March. The fourth man was Carmpbell Mc. Carthy, 19-vear-old negro, whose ex ecution was set for February 19. After an all-night deliberation, a fury yes terday reported judgment that the youth was sane. His previously set execution had been delayed on an in- sanity plea Judge Willlam M. Gemmill over ruled motions for new trials for Fer nekes and his companions and, pass ing sentence, said a private investiga- tion since thefr trial had convinced him of the justice of the conviction. “This man is the most dangerous man in the community,” the court de clared in a denunciation of Fernekes “His hand is against every decent man, woman and child." The three men were under heavy guard in solitary confinement yester day, following discovery Thursday of an elaborate plot for their escape from the county jail. Examination of the cells revealed a saw, flles and other marerials for the trio’s second attempt at liberty. A previous effort was frus. trated several months ago. Fernekes, who is wanted for mur- der and robbery in New York, was brought here for trial from the State Penitentiary, where he was serving a sentence for robbery. He had been arrested while reading in a Chicago library. PROBE MYSTERY OF DIVORCE SUIT Rockville Prosecutor Seeks Au- thorship of Paper in Case of Mrs. Kilburn. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 23.— Pending continued search for George A. Fisher, Washington attorney, who last April filed the divorce suit in the name of Mrs. Ethel P. Kilburn of Washington, which Mrs. Kilburn has caused to be withdrawn upon the ground that it was unauthorized by her, State's Attorney Joseph C. Cissel is conducting an investigation. It the name of Mrs. Kilburn was signed to the papers which precaded | the filing of the suit and were said to | have been received hy Fisher with a sum of money us retainer, either » forgery was committed or the attorney was Imposed upon in a criminal way, it is said. The investigation depends upon the finding of Fisher, who has an office here, but is in Washington much of his time. Mrs. Kilburn is the wife of Charles L. Kilburn, a for mer Army captain, now in busines Detroit, Mich. Lisesiin Cumulative. From the London Mail. “Why do you mark that paper ‘urgent’ when you leave it on your desk for weeks. ‘Because every day I leave it it be- comes more urgent, doesn't it?” “Blood Will Tell” Becomes Truth When Ancestry Is Traced in Many Tests By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 23.—The adage “blood will tell,” is literally true, Dr. E. 0. Manoiloff, Russian blood special- ist, say Theugh his experiments have been limited to Europeans, he asserts that by blood analysis he can tell a Chinese from a Japanese, a German from a Pole. Out of 1,362 Russians and Jews whose ancestry had been traced, Dr. Manoiloff said thai his tests enabled him to dis- tinguish between the two races with 88 per cent accuracy, At a clinic attended by five dis- tinguished savants who took samples of bloud from 202 persons of various races and nationalities Dr. Manoiloff, without seeing the persons, dlagnosed correctly the nationalities and race of 187, an error of only 7.5 per cent. His analvses are based on color colu- tions. Cresyl violet, he .says, disap- pears entirely in a few drops of Jew: ish blood. It retains its color, how: ever, iu Russian blood. sentenced o] during robberies. | |LEGISLATING FARM AID FUTILE, ASSERTS GLAS! | Senator Says Agriculture Would Be Better Off if Left Alone by Government. By the Assoclated Press. STAUNTON, Va., January 23.—The futility of trying to legislate the farm- ers of the ('nited States into prosper- | ity was voiced by Senator Carter € fof Lynchburg, Va., in un addre livered vesterday hefore the {convention of the Virginia rymen s Assoctation. I haven't much faith in ment aid of any Kind,” the Sena clared. “If the Government will | alone and not legislate them, they'll get along all s de nnual State War he e and svern 1so attacked the 1 Finance Corp tion and what | ferred to as “bureau whims 19fty-fifty” propositions in mental affairs, | Regarding the fl the dec politicians the war time organization | position trat it still had a useful pur pose to serve. The corporation loaned peanut growers in tidewater Virginia 3726.000 for one year, every dollar of which could have been borrowed from {local banks. North Dakota, with one- sixth the population of Virginia, got 27,000,000. Do you call that ‘fifty-fifty | For e ¥ dollar the Virginia farmer 2ot he was taxed ten. Virginta patd into Treasury $48,000.000 last year. New Mexico paid in less than two millions. New Mexico took out as much mone: or the construction of its good roads Virginia did. I don’t call that ‘Afty- fifty,’ {and. wce corporation, perpetuated n the sup the ederal ANDERSONCALLED BEFORE ACGUSERS Senator McKellar Demands Fair Play for Judge at Hearing. | | | | | By the Associated Federal Judg Harry B. Anderson )f the western Tennessee district was called hefors the Senate judiciary com mittee today by counsel for those pro- testing his confirm: Senator McK nessee and counsel for those protest ing confirmation of Judge Anderson, engaged in a sharp clash. W. F. Zumbrunn, attorney for the protestants. demanded to know by what right Senator McKellar was par- ticipa & in the mmittee’s hearing. “I am here as a ropresentative of the people of Tenr MeKellar shouted at Zumbrunn, “and by the eternals I will stand here for what I think is right and for fair play. Zumbrunn had protested that Mc Kellar was influencing public opinion, pointing out he was not & member of the committee On the verge of & general exchange of comments on the subject, Senator {31 Republican, of Colorado, de- manded silence and ordered the hear- ing to proceed Sends for Court Records. tor McKellar had in“ormed the committee he had telegraphed for all court records at the request of coun- sel for Anderson. When Judge Anderson took the wit- ness stand Zumbrunn Inquired his actlvitles as a lawyer in 1913, { relative a $10,000 note slgned by {him_in Jackson, Tenn., on the Secur- ity National Bank of Jackson Mr. Anderson remarked | memory of the incident was fresh, but sald court records would {show his part in the transaction. (_ “Did you hear that the bank had to {levy an assessment of 35 cents on the dollar against stockholders shortly | after thix and following a visit bank examiners?” Zumbrunn nsked. Anderson sald he had first heard f it yesterday. He sald he had sfused to pay the note. Zumbrunn declared the note was sizmed to ald Mr. Blalock, an offi- cial of the bank. “to cover up some of his manipulations.” After Mr. Blalock had been dis- charged Anderson sald he was told that his note had been taken care of. “You were attempting i your brother-in-law e out of ditficuities with Zumbrunn asked “No, the younz man had every- thing In the bank and there were come difficulties and 1 went to his ald.” s that o % to help ract himself the bank?" P S — CHILDS’ BANDIT GETS 10 YEARS IN PRISON Frank Tunnell, Who Staged Day- light Robbery, Stunned at Sentenec. Frank Tunnell. 21 yvears old, who staged a daring daylisht hold-up at { Childs’ Restaurant, on Pennsvlvania avenue, was sentenced today by Jus- tice Stafford. in Criminal Division 1, to serve 10 vears in the penitentiary. Tunnell walked into the restaurant and took $3520 from the cashier's cage and ran out the morning of December 29. He was caught by Detective Sergt. Alligood In the basement of a | nearby hotel a few minutes later. The | money was recovered. Tunnell appeared stunned for a mo- ment when sentence was passed, but recovered quickly #nd walked fromi the room with a jaunty air, donning | his hat before he reached the door. Charles Craie, colored, was given 1 5 inal assault on a 9-year-old colored | girl. ~ Goldie Ddbbins, corvicted of house- breaking, will serve two years In the penitentiary, and Benjamin Gaskins, colored, was given a similar term for { robbing the mails. i Willlam Wade, who pleaded guilty to a charge of housebreaking, was sent to the penitentiary for three years. Louls C. Mays. his accomplice, will go to Occoquan for one year. Today in Congress Senate. Senator Norris of Nebraska de- livered another address on the tariff when the Senate convened at 11 o'clock today. The committee on agriculture held a s'cond hearing on the Caraway cotton bill. The railroad consolidation meas- ure was before the interstate com- merce committee for further hear- ing. The nomination of Federal Judge Anderson of Tennessee was again before a subcommittee of the ju- | diciary committee. Members of the Senate District committee made a tour of inspec- tion early today of the ground 1ying between Rock Creek and Po- tomac Parks, which is being sought by pending measure to form a connecting lnk between the two parks. nor do I call that Government | ar, Democrat, of Ten- | into | his | not | by | vears In the penltentiary for a crim- | SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1926. < SIBZ000FUND | BIL IS REPORTED 1 i “3486,000 Increase in Agri . culture Measure 0. K.'d by Committee. By the As Carrying an fner million do | =xperimental fons. the ! Agriculture Department supply bil! was reported to the House today by the approprintions committee. The measure vides for u total expenditure of §1 000 during the fiscal year, representing an incres of $486.000 over last vear's bill, but a decrease of $3,245,000 from budget estimates. ior continuance of Federal aid to States In road construction, the measure recommends appropriation of $75,000.000, which is $1,000,000 be- low current funds, hut from $4,000,600 1o $5.000,000 funds for building forest roads and trails, ‘Two unusual features mark the bill. Authorization is given the S retary of Agriculture to spend $4,000 plus the trade-in ent automoblile for new one while for an unexplained reason the $599.450 now allotted to the work of eradicating cattle tick is decre d by $1. The bill allots $2,521,000 to the Weather Bureau, an increase funds of $178.165, which commitiee report explained is neces sary to cover un increase of $147.000 in telegraphic tolls on transmitt weather reports and to provide | additional fleld stations. { For farmers’ co.operative strations, the measure ates $1,308,000, w crease of $20.000, is recommer the inspection and quarzniine work of the Bureau of Animal Industry Expenditure of $875,000 is author 1 for eradication of tuberculusis in cattle, the reduction by $5.000 below current funds being explalned as due to transfer of a number of employes. A total appropriation of $1,440,000 fs made for agricultural experimental stations, in accordance with the Pur- nell act of the last Congress. an increuse of $480,000 over | funds Other appropriations include: ¥ of Animal Industry, crease of $15,000; Industry, $490.790, decrease of $5.000 Bureau of Plant Industry, $3.853 decre of $28000; Forest Service, $8,232.000, increase of $38,000; Bureau of Entomology, $2,606,000, inc of $31.000; Bureau of Agriculty ;; onomics, $4,731,000, decrease To purchase land to be included in the Upper Mississippl Wild Lite Refuge, the bill appropriates $25,000, | compared with a current appropriution of $400,000. The report explained that inasmuch as work on this project did not start until the beginning of the present fiscal year, the recommended llpprnxlri:ll:un with that remalning from current funds would be suffi | cient. For dry-land agriculture, including maintenance of field stations, the bul carries $198,330, or $11,330 more than the budget estimates. To reduce the appropriation, the says. would necessitate abandonment of a field station at Sheridan, Wyo., which serves a semi-arid regon in the Great Plains area, where the normal annual precipitation averages 12 wnches, The bill carries $90,000 for animal breeding and protection in Alaska— $4.904 more than last year's appro priation. For agriculture expertment statlons in the Territory $76,240 is pro- vided—the same amount as last year. | For national forests in Alaska $50,560 | is appropriated. | WASHINGT ted Press ise of nearly halt s for agriculturs vr i purchase of & over the ne demon Ain appropri $630,000, an in current ireau $5.369,000, Bureau of Dairy of | —_— ON LEADS U. S. IN ARRESTS OF ' DRUNKEN DRIVERS (Continued from First Page.) | | Columbla Division of the A. A. A. | that Wash { ington has far outstripped | 1 onents of the league as is all cities of its size and that during B! there were about as many con- victions here as there were in New | York City and a great many more than there were in Philadelphta. | “The Washington record for the |year stands at 584 arrests and 293 | convictions, as compared with 732 ar- |rests and 282 convictions in New {York City during the first nine months |of the year. Philadelphia had 645 |arrests on this | but only 56 convictions at the end of |the first seven months and 184 con- { victions for the whole of the previous |year. Nearby Baltimore has 255 ar- rests and 138 convictions for the first | 10 months of the year, or about half the rate of arrests and convictions in the National Capital on the same charge, Many Cities Lax. *‘Our survey has gone far enough to indicate that a great many citles are lax in their method of dealing with the man who is convicted of driving while Intoxicated and that in many cases this type of offender is let off with a fine only,’ said Thomas P. Henry, president of the A. A. A, “*‘Heavy jail sentences and revoca- tion of driving permits, he contin- {ued. ‘should be uniformiy meted out {to_this class of offender.’ | In connection with his recommen- dation for severe penalties for the {man convicted of driving a machine {while under the influence of liquor | the president of the A. A. A. announced {that the local motor club and the |other 768 clubs affilisted with the | national motoring body are uniformly in accord on the principle that their legal departments will jnot defend | members charged with driving while !intoxicated and against whom a true bi.l has been found. “Mr. Henry's statement was fully concurred in by Edward S. Brashears, chairman of the advisory board of the District of Columbia Division of jzhe A. A. A. He said: Enemy to Community. ““This type of driver Is an enemy of the community, and particularly to motordom. Only in the rarest in- stances are they club members. To defend them or to keep them on ou~ rolls would be to vitiate the safety work of motor clubs and to encour age more of the harassing regula- tions from which the motorists are now suffering everywhere. * ‘Organized motordom is daing its best to eliminate the intoxicated driver from the highways, but it does seem that many cities and towns are treating them with a leniency that affords a sharp contrast to the zeal with which violations of petty regu- lations are prosecuted. I am amazed at the number of convictions in Washington on this serious charge. In one way it may be a tribute to so many intoxicated drives be arrested on our streets.’ —_————— Auto busses have recently appeared now busy. annual | value of his pres- | committee report | charge for the year, | increasini | i | | This is | tack upon the W de. | listen | | ! i | i i FLYING ACROSS SOUTH ATLANTIC WIGE NORLE Commandant Don Ramon Franco and Capt. Ruiz de Alda, both of the Spanish air force, who have reached the Cape Verde Islands in flight from Palos to Buenos Aires. LAFOLLETTEHITS COURT PROPOSAL, {Senator Shows Much Ability e ror | in Maiden Speech and Wins Congratulations. Robert M. La Follette, jr., took his place formally in the Senate vesterday as a debater. The junior Senator from Wisconsin, who s just 31 years old. delivered his maiden speech, an at orld Court, and occu- pled about three hours yesterday Afternoon Senator La Follette's i to with interest by many of he Senators who had served for ears with his father, the late Senator uddress was oo | La Follette, and at its conclusion he as surrounded by a group of his col agues, who heartily congratulated him The youthful Senator has a carrving voice, easy to hear in all parts of the Senate chamber. He read his speech. which had been prepared with the care for which his father had been famous. At times. however, as he warmed to the subject, he lild aside kis manuscript, walking up and down le, and punctuated his remarks with emphatic gestures. Showed Deep Study. In opposing the Worid Court, Sen- ator La Follette took much the position us that held whom he has succeeded in the S His speech, however, showed that he ade an exhaustive study of the ct himeelf. As he attacked the League of Nations and discussed the efforts of the late President Woodrow Wilsen to bring about ratffication of the Versailles treaty containing the league covenant, Wilson, widov of the dead President, who occ a front-row seat in the Senato lery, leaned far over the edge to w: the vouthful Senator. Mrs. Wi had come to the Senate to listen some of the debate and to see, per. haps, the ratification of the World Court protocol. contemplated by Presi dent Wilson Senator La Follette argued that t League of Nations had been a f as a peace organization. He contend ed that the World Court is the league court and that the same force back of the court as that back of the league. History Repeating Itself. “When the question of the League ons was before the Senate,’ said Senator La Follette, “the s kind of false alarm as to the patience of the public was raised by w I of now being raised by proponents of this court. At that time President Wilson demanded immed tion. He rebuked the Senate. The hue and cry was raised that the peo- ple were resentful of the delay stated that the people were behind the President, urging prompt, unquestion- ng approv: join the League of Nati “President Wi puld brook no opposition. He insisted the Senate hould sign the Versailles treaty cre- ating the League of Nations on the dotted line. He went to the country ns {confident he would win an overwhelm- ing victory. 1 doubt if there has been a more striking example of mistaken judgment, or a more com- was | me te recogni- | It was | 1 of his demand that we |20 Persons Hurt | the I al of political fortune, In| rnment “It may be that public interest is no anse ow wis then nevertheless, the conviction of the people on this proposed court is much akin to the sentiment regarding the Versailles treaty and the league.” In conclusion, Senator La Follette declared that: “The only way toward peace for the Natlon, as I see It, fles in our keeping free from the intrigues and Imperial- ism which dominace ruropean diplo- maev. If we hold aloof from the maelstrom of European politics we can retain the friendship of the na- tions of the world. The Root arbitration in number, increased and manent peace. treaties are now only They should be strengthened. The Br) n conciliation treaties are now only 21 in number. They should likewise be strengthened and increased. Through them or other treaties we could take a definite step toward the outlawry of war. “The old Hague Court of Arbitration to which we now belong has none of the dangers and commitments of the proposed court. To it we can resort in case of dispute with any nation. Thus our own peace and the peace of the world may be advanced.” — Meiklejohn Goes to Wisconsin. MADISON, Wis., January 23 (P).— Dr. Alexander Melklejohn, former president of Amherst College, has been appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin. His ap- pointment was announced today by President Glenn Frank, who called him “one of the great and gifted teach- ers of this generation." Upon the basis | of that friendship we can build a per- | I | water | fact has been rec SPAIN-TO-AMERICAS FLIGHT HOP DELAYED Second Leg of Journey Will Be Undertaken Tomorrow—Cape Verde Islands Goal. By the Amsoctated Pre MADRID, January 23.—The sacond ip of the Spanish transatiantic seaplane has been postponed until to morrow A radio 5 B dispatch announcing this ed here from Las Islands, where the arrived vesterday after a flight iles from Palos, Spatn. The next leg in the fiight to Burnos Alres is from Las Palmas to the Cape Verde Isiands, 1,056 miles. Five men flew in the Ne Plus Ultra to Las Palmas. Tw 1 be left be ths Cape Verde Islands in or mauke room for fuel and oll. HOTEL BLAZE KILLS 8 IN ALLENTOWN almas. Canary in Flames Many in Jumping From Windows to Street. By the Associated Prese ALLENTOWN, Pa., January 23.— " ¥ the tury-old Lafayette Hotel. taking 1 it & toll of At least eight lives. The bodies of three or four persons are bell d ot be in t smoldering ruins. Twenty persons re in two hospltals, some of them in a critica condition. There were 48 guests hotel when the fire started. Only of the bodies n ident that of Miss Novak, iress The hotel. ture twe Fire early dastroven one fied Anna a a five-stors located on Seventh Linden and brick strue- sireet be- Turner sire t fire shortly aff m.. with the temperature only Aegrees above zero. The flames started on the third floor, according to firemen, and spread rapid!v. Firemen were quickly on the scene. Their first work was to rescue the guests, trapped in upper floors ne were taken down lau while others, fearful that they raight not saved, jumped to the street. 1 those who umped wers in ired in the fall. Most of the guests from eastern Pennsyivan n the of towns, One of those James McKeever, subscriptionsollcitol McKeever was leading to saf en she by him. T e beli their Tves A revised list of ident lows: William J. Shanahan. regular boarder at the hotel; James McKeever, Allentown: Anna Novak, waitress Mrs. C. Deamont, Philadelphia, and Alexander Troup, Bordman, a. Mose of the injured guests taken to hospitals were registered fr Pennsylvania towns The inside of the hotel was a ma: of flames when firemen arrived. The allways and stairways ablaze, and unable to leave their rooms, fright. ened and bewildered guests stood at the windows waiting for thelr re: cuers. Spectators could see the ocet vants of the burning building and - their cries for help. w of those rescued reached the sidewalk without a drenching over the flimsy which turned into ice a few minutes later. Automobiles and taxicabs were commandeered and the guests aken to the hospital. There wus no time to wait for blankets or clothing. The Allentown Hospital was forced to call every nurse to duty and a call was sent out for extra doctors and nurses. counted for i newspaper Firemen_sald Miss vak away from to have lost k ed dead fol- -— BUSINESS DEFEATS TECH QUINTET IN BIG UPSET Scores 22-18 Victory Over Favorite in Hard-Fought Game—Losers’ Rally Late. Business High School defeated Tech by the score of 22 to 16 in the biggest upset of the scholastic basket ball serfes at the Arcade this morning. The game was featured by the close guarding of both teams, and neither | was able to score until nearly the close of the first period, The first half ended with Business on the long end of a 14-to-6 score. Business Increused its score 6 poin In the third period, while Tech was able to gather but 2. The final period started with the score 20 to § in favor of the winners. In the final period Tech held Busi- ness to 2 points and scored % itself. The spurt came too late, however, Army “No Profit” Stores Close March 31; Overseas Sales May Be Continued By the Assoclated Press. The Army’'s “no-profit” stores, at the alertness of our courts, but this :’?;‘lichmggfefin::do;n;ne«:‘ oy lail way the [ tl o erchandise a! e et o et | cost, will be closed on March 31, but an exception probably will be made to permit continuance of such sales at_posts overseas. Replying to a protest from the in La Plaz, Bolivia, and have proved | commander of the Hawailan Depart- so popular that a great number are|ment, Adjt. Gen. Davis has promised ¢ wessnalder the inclusion of over- seas commissaries in the shut-down order, which was prompted by lack of administrative funds. “The Army sales stores,” the War Department statement said, “are con- sidered quite essential in Hawaii, the Philippines and Alaska, where the personnel of the Army would have to purchase equipment directly or indi- rectly from supply houses in the con- tinental United States if the sales i v | | | | | the | desireq | in m \.nmud‘ of | schools, garments, | Miss | I DAUGHERTY DROPS DEFIANCE OF JURY Recants Refusal to Testify and Escapes Possihle Jail Sentence. By ths Associated Press. NEW YORK, January into court for contempt hec fused to answer questions yesterd erty, Attorne States under canted and term. M 3 certain g General President escaped H “ p Daugh ederal ican Metals Con not answer cert: sestion grounds that i t criminate me. fore Federal Ju Daugherty returne he jury and Is said to have answered the tions. orty tend Asked Bank United States Buckner subpoen: to produce the counts of the Mi of Washington which his bro . president. The Metals case the return of $7,000,0 held by the alien p Thomas A. Miller, 1o Sw man alleged owners, four German and Accounts Distr Att i ‘ourt 15, O Peck, who te ber he had gor tional Bank recor er presen eir ab Buckne Thacher be directea tc before the gr duce the rec sence the record belonged Mr. Daughe that inate on heir or reia ith ons the Unable to Produce Them After Mr. Daughe) the the bl produce ger had ther Mal Daughert nd se retly last wee asked him ate Jesse Harry ac “any acco custodian Ma Sn chert un were d terday contempt which was charges pped PLAN “COMMUNI’T’YJSINGS" AT FRIENDSHIP HOUSE Hymn Contests Also Will Be Held Sunday Afternoons for Eight Weeks, e conducte Virginta test will House, 32 each S afrer beginnini rre The singing is to be under tha dire tion of Miss Esther Linkins, 1 of the District bran tion of Music Clubs living invited The hymn weeks. to memoriza tiwe that is sung thing of the wr hymn is to be examinations will be of the contest tributed amorn My God to Thee™ as the first hymn Lippert, 13 ye: solo at the aoon. Another occasion will be Ellen Dashieid. contest is last to alpht sing special ry-tel —— = ROCKVILLE ROCKVILLE, Md., J cial) conference of t teachers of Montgomer held in the hi Gaithersbu tion of W of the State supervisors About 40 teachers attended Sue Anders ' School in_ physics, following was a discussion Wyron W. King of W Miss Lois M. Ge were married in two ago by Rev. John R. Henderson of the Presbyte Church. A lar ended dance w in the comm hall ar ast evening young Barnesville vicinity. charge of « nittee con F. L. Havs, B. Hilton Hays, and chap Reginald J. Darby Hilton and L the evening r Church Christian evening exercises, Rev. S. 1 church organizat meeting Announ; the marriage of daughter of Mr. Gott of Rockvill Willlams of gagenment was K. Anr Gaithersburg demonstration which there Bav shington and of Big Pool. Md Rockville a day s giver Barnesv peapl 1 by and M served rved at th Wednesd devotic pastor the variou a ra obse her h was Church conducted b Goode. each of ns held int ment has been Miss made tha Mrs. Jam na , M recently made know will take place at the home of M and Mrs. Gott next Wednesday The members of the facuity Rockville High School were tained at_the home of Mr. and Robert E. L. Smith in week by the Rockvil ry Club. Mrs. Harold C. Smith ss Katl erine Smith rendered instrumental se lections, Mrs. Frank H. and Mrs. W. Ernest tributed a reading. The condition of Chief Judge John E. West of the Orphans’ Court for this county, who was taken to a Washington hospital last week, is reported to be much improved. 2oy w of the ente Mrs More Factories Electrified. Sixty-four per cent of the manu- facturing plants in the North Central States are now electrified. About 55 per cent of the power used comes from central stations, while the bal- ance is from privately generated plants. There is a steady development in the electrification of industrial plants,