Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1926, Page 4

L THT, SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., JANUARY RITCHIE APPOINTS REGIONAL BOARD Planning Commission From Nearby Maryland to Join With D. C. and Virginia. Vistn, Md Toseph € Mart irenit Oxen iy . Merr Hilis Mu of sda erk rtment of Hewitt, Silver Md tormer Rowd Ce S5 Huttor em imnission, ry Boswell, vice presid (ieorges Bank, Mo Prince county Georges (o of Md Owings, mayor of Hyattsville, e petion of these m on ors will fall much of the the policie along opment of the two will be gu d, in » confor plans for the > National Capital ave each territory should tting \ the deve < involved order t offort ne genera ren Under Park Board. names have heen forwarded to Maj. U. S. G irector of the office ks of the Natlonal Capital and e: 1ve officer of the Natlonal Caplta #s it is under the that the committee Both Maj. Grant and Maj. Carey Brc the latter chairman of the cit ark planning committee, ex pressed themselves as much pleased with the action of Gov. Ritchie, and s2id that it would be desirable within a short time to call the entire commis- sion together, in order that the mem- bers might meet, and then the work ning could be pushed forward lation now is pending in Con- gress authorizing this co-operation, which now is in but a semi-official status, and former Director Sherrill of the office of public buildings and parks has submitted to the governors of hoth States suggestions for legisia- tion by the Marviand and Virginia lnw-making bodies for making their comissions official However, in the interim the com mission can be working out policies. ich in the final analysis must be arried out by the political e ved. There is no intention that the deral Government or District of Columbia will exert any control over these areas, but merely co-operate with them in helping guide the devel. opment that will fit the sections into )ir general plans and scheme for the tional Capital, and will grow as ihough an integral part of it Kefore them will come such items A= zoning, street and highway devel ing out of transportation s, sewer, water and other publ utility iines, schools, playgrounds, pirks, efe. As a matter of fact, the Capital Park Commission ¥ now to purchase lands Muryland and Virginia for pu vark purposes and it s expected that it will step over the borders and begin purchases as soon as the im- portant projects within the District of Columbla are taken care of and s public funds are made vallable. Members of the Marvland commis- sion are all active workers in the counties affected in the development and are keenly interested in thelr growth along well directed lines Virginia Members. The Virginia members of the com. missfon are: J. Cloyd Byars, Arling- Va.: C. A i Ale 8 . Va “hurch, Maj. Cushing, Rosslyn, and C, {ing of Alexandria, E. W w. These men already have had sev conferences with the city snd par lanning committee and are ae- tively working out a scheme of treat- ment of the Virginia section adjacent io the projected Arlington Memorial Bridze, construction of which wiil start within a few weeks At the first meeting coinmission Ma Grant that would be well to have the Virginia and Maryland members meet with the full National Capital Purk Commission in order that members might become acquainted with each other. There are nume S T now be. inz worked out by the city and park planning committee which wili tie up at the District line with the areas in Maryland and Virginia and these be discussed and thoronghly theeshed out when laid before the entire « ston when organized. BISHOP BROWN TO SPEAK. Man of the full suggested Workers' Organization. tishep William Montgomery Brown Galion, Ohio, expelled the of Bishops of the Episcopal urch us a “heretle,” will speak fay evening ut 8 o'clock at thiun Temple, 1012 Ninth street. siodenkapp, smtlonal secre. of the International Workers' under whose auspices Bishop BErown comes to Washington, will ad- ress the night meeting on “Relief, Not Charity.” Delegates from the International Workers' Aid, the Inter- nx Labor Defense Council, the Assoclation Opposed to Blue Law i ular League and the Workers' rtv will weleome Bishop Brown. from At Arlington National Cemetery is t have a tablet in memory of the ? United Etates Arimy chaplains who died in {nn World War. Taxoma | blic | the | Branded Heretic to Address | Upper, left to right: T. Merryman. Lower, left ‘o and Frank €. Hutte ight: Ben 6. Day TARYLANDERS O weard Dackett, REGIONAL PLANN LN BANS T Enos Ray, Maj. . Brooke I is, Frank 1 HARRIS & Ew (RG— Hewitt, Capt. Chester Wells, U. 24, 1926—-PART 1. |ACTION ON CLOTURE DUE TOMORROW IN COURT DEADLOCK G COMMISSION (Continued from First Page.) of the 48 States in the Unlon a vote | in the election of the judges of the| court, since the colonies of the British | Emplire have this privilege. Senator Moses of New Hampshirc Joffered as a substitute for the Swan | son resolution the old Pepper resolu tion, divorcing the court from the League of Nations All yesterday Senators conferred, singly and in groups, in an effort to bring about unanimous consent agres: ment. Just Lefore the Senate recessed last evening, the discussion broke out on the floor of the Senate itself, with Senator Reed of Missouri, opponent of the court, a central figure. Pro- court Senators on the Democratic side urged him to suggest a ‘‘reasonable’ consent agreement fixing a time to debate ¢ to take a final vote. | pointed out that by &o doing ke could avoid th “gag” rule about which he was complaining. Senator Reed disclaimed authority to make a suggestion for the anti court group, naming himself us a private in the ranks. Finaily, how- ever, he suggested March 1 as a day on which to limit debate, and sald he would do what he could to get other enators to accept it Opposes Date Advance. S tor Robinson of Arkansas, Den ratic leader, countered with 2 proposa! that February bo fixed s a day on which to vote finally. But Senator Reed declared this was “too early ™ At this juncture, Senator Eruce of with emphasiy Maryland, Democrat, 25 ee, Oliver Owen Kuhn and Charles H. asserted he was not going to give his| consent to any such proposition as that advanced by Senator Reed. S. N, retired; Perry Boswell MAN HUNT BEGUN IN BRUTAL MURDER OF WOMAN AGED 68 (Continued from spring. | top {of the jce box | belonged |eve Detectiv with Scrivener, is handling tted Miss Josephit mate friend o home, 807 Fifr} in rex: Klug mede t the der Sergt the case wh came She suid 20 Miss Kirk wnpenred 1 11d not have be a fall. T nilar k ng fatally mis at that time ied this angle of the had developed no last nl that it injury in poss detectives iry, bu cting the inq Autopsy Is Held. Coroner was orders of n autopsy v afternoon oeatic posttive cause of come more thar the _discovery When D on the scene yesterds t enveloped the murc the finger-n: | there was : |body. The house was not ransacked {4nd the discovery of $15.49 led to the | beliet that robbery h: been the motive. Deteciives and lice for hours admitted themsel By Nev for Harry street, had known and contented brella ited no enemies S [ dependent . happy e lirtle um ) years ago city and the Through th the children. d {or giving | presents {tact that she 1 {led 10 rumors jaway in the hou: {that she was an | character atives say leaves an estate of sever mostly represented ved such a lonely rtune hi the b sort of a e and R: { dollars property The bod C. D. Pool was stretch floor, with knees bent angle. A set of false teet the floor near the head. Three were behind a4 door on the floor. | crockery pot, inverted, might | been placed in that position or m have been ov Otherwise | there was no in l\v.ur:;: neat and black house dr Ist, at the time of the Had Valuable Old Chest. The shop Kirk's be pair roc the place whe | with custome: were there of the antique chest of dr: sons knowinz old nounced exceedingly antique. | "In the kitchen on the table was | a cup and saucer. both clean. ihe cup |inverted on the saucer. The stove | had been made ready for kindling | and the 1id to the fireboy was off. | None of the m ar | niture had been & ers filled with appurtenances were Had Many Friends. Although she lived alone and fused. despite the protests of frien | to allow any one to live with her, | Miss Kirk evidently had many triends. Volum!mous lot- | ters and Christmas car i in the drawers uf a buffet, together with papers showing accounts of various sorts. These papers. when detectives looked over them. showed expenditures for house work, in- cluding roof painting and repairs | Her cats were her only panlons. It was thelr bungry cries that attracted the atten eigh- bors which ultimately resulted in the discovery of the hoc Neizhbors noticed th | police of the fact (hat Miss Kirk had | not been seen since Thursday i w room wis | i in | sund | and dealt n nd drav clothes and oth! touched Limit Is Reached. From the Pittshurgh Chronicle-Telegraph A lawyer once asked an Alabama judge to charge the jury that better that 90 and 9 guilty men should escape than that one innocent man should be punished.” “Ye: the judge assented. I 1 gladly give that charge i is wholly in order. But the court the 90 and have aiready escaped.”r of suilty - | cats and then notified the | Vit is | “coox's CLAIM TO FINDING | | POLE GOOD AS PEARY’S, | | DECLARES AMUNDSEN' efansson Takes Issue. D Anuar Vilhy explorer. stater jssue with t Worth, Tex who de wk's claims te tm: ed Dr. F fm- | vio on vos later wore than | | continued | e until it landed him in | penizentiary. e Reads Like Fiction. out like reads like fact in the Arctic o lend or on st Sum- while Peary's ien ard Successful aerial dssh for could mot were as D rv’s if he had had any ble experience with the movi sson then took out pap what he s n the regard- he took “Here have usible as | veterred to Cook's onomical ot satd he 1 and | rde a sun 4 nself as { am conv for eight afterward- I looked and. named and Hes m | land | been | hted any would have . | cy Claim Secure. | January 23 UP.— | tillan said to sicimos of Dr. n the spot “where | ag and called it the was 500 miles | ROCKFORD, 1 Comd I day he Frederick A. C Cook raised his rth Pole,” and it North Tole. e reply of Comdr. Mac- | three white survivors of Comdr .k expedition, | to Capt. R mur = ascertion at Cook's claims to having discov- pole were as sound as| 1 doubt at all “in the that went with v reached the North i3 doubt in the mind of prac ody that Dr. Cook came 0 miles of it | s claim to having reached | Noith Pole is fully as good as to having reached the is no Comds Millan, pind of | every Pole. the Amundsen’'s Juth Pole FINDING OF TWO POLES. at Least, Is| Beyond All Doubt. | Admiral Robert E.| overy of the North ne has been seri- ously disputed, may be considered to rest on less stable foundations than the ciaim of Amundsen to the dis- covery of the South Pole. first_claim must rest, in the nalysis, upon Peary’s own word, ccompanied on the final journey only by five Kimos and « negro, none of whom »d the scientific training to | verify his observations+ The word of | few men, however, had stood up undarl such an iron test as that of Robert E. Peary. It will be remembered that on his previous expedition he had gone, alone, to within approximately 200 miles of the Pole. He came baci alive, his foet frozen, and with v indication that he never would o into the Far North again. Under cumstances Peary might have n the discovery of thel : and none would have disputed Amundsen’s Exploit, of claim e 1 of his Told Exact Truth. with the certainty in his own | that his litework was done, told the exact truth. one other point which y's story. The final dash s made during a time of exception- fine weather in the Arctic. The vear 1908 was notable for the absence | of Arctic_storms. Capt. Robert L. Bartlett accom- |panied Peary to within about 150 miles of the Pole. The rest of the way was plain sailing. Peary had | cupplies gh, and knew that there | supplies cached along | o see him safely back. | Lut there were uo qualified wdt- | nesses (0 the actual presence of Pe ind of sadd | ! caid | Peary, | ) Senator Heflin of Alabaraa, another pro-court Senator, wanted to Know “why should we continue this debate for three or four weeks, delaving the | tax bill and other matters. We have signed this petition for cloture. I am never going to consent to put this ax bill ahead of the court. We are offering the opponents of the court 17 days, and they can't agree on that The time has come for action.” nator Eorzh of Iduho, leader of the World Court oppos declared that he did not believe eement could he reached before a recess, the Senate proceeded to recess unti tumorrow at noon, without any agree- ment having bLeen muade “PK“ on was divided last ht as to or an agreement couid be Gb 1ed tomorrow for iimiting debate by unantmous consent. The only cer tain thing appears to be that unless igreement is forthcoming cloture ted upon at 1 p.ni. 1OMOrTow. nt on Southern Members. court Senators are holding - hope that the repugnance from Southe; ta sture rule will make 1 sximately 10 miles of the y under the North Star, he Pule. Anywhere of s point, it is 1s close as could be sut rather compli- ich would be for an explorer within app point divect which would within 10 miles sald, would be determined ated obser tically o make. Word of Dead Man. Amundsen r undisputable four wor dead wits @ more ¢ observer than th self. s upon ) his n the history ¢ bears re Robert I explora- hing “ the | Eng- | dash wbiishing British base at Antarctic lish companions for the 4 . e ches ¢ extahl nd t, f stedice M contin Murrah ust bel hand, s of the court at the tactjes ators and tempts te final dispos 4 the flug of Norway ator Lenroot tter signed by Amund- | charge of the court f Norway, 1o|the opinfon that the ed back by those who should |agreement whi arrive at the Pol he dute set |on the court | letter was five weeks before the [or that coming Scott Tin Fe over whict Inside was a 1} sen to King up Played Game Square. oday The Briton aceepted his il fortune | ferences with stofcism plaved game square. He rem several davs | on the ground sved o be the : ha!f mile sidering t Norwegi about a | ¢ nt. Con- | servation, res cated the boreal | T3P and| -0 ng | engulied _the lttle| S0} th suffered from re. Two of the d the two others 'B¥ every step of the ith supplies giving out fast. y had cuity 1 their | food caches. 1t appeared. would triumph, 1y had rged from Antaretic were within 11 od caches and less thi s from the 2 Bay, waited food supply left Caught in Blizzard. At this point they were a blizza ey could no to_the food cache. | There they all died. Thelr bodies | were recovered later by a relief ex- | pedition. Scott had kept his diary up | to the very day of his death. ~His word established beyond dispute the | GTF im of Amundsen against any claim | peer hat could be set up for himseif. ] ver, that they most Conty of |t oy moditied I which the U ta_the court The | ->posed substitute e followi “T wught t even get| pre aner Justice adjc The other figure in this contro- | podte Biuic versy, Dr. Cook, now in a Federal prison for an oil swindle, appears certain to remain one of the enig- mas of the history of expioration. Whether or not Cook discovered the Pole, the consensus of opinfon seems o be that he underwent privations such as seldom have fallen to the lot |t of an Arcuc explorer who has re-|.he exposure of his claims u turned alive. Among those most |fortunately had robbed him of credit ready to vouch for this {s Comdr. | ‘or his rightful exploits. facMillan himself. Cook seems to e combined peaking here last Summer, Mac- | peculiar combination of a 1 at Cook had a rightful | hero. BOAWK —_— claim to a ver hiz place in ory of Ar ; i explora 4 e public indignation which follo | dry regions are being tested | has _7]‘Variuus Species of Plants Tested in 1RUBBER GROWING IN CALIFORNIA | AND FLORIDA ATTEMPTED BY U. S. merica’s Nearest Equivalent of Tropics, But Many Difficulties Beset Elaborate Production. All the methods by which Uncleities of one of the common milkweeds Sum can protect himself in the rub-| ber dilemma are beset by difculties. One of tho least known of his plans although not necessarily the most un- promising, is that for growing rubber right here at home, under the semi- tropical sun of Florida a The United States Department of Agriculture has been trying out seeds and plants of various rubber-producing species in experimental gardens, but as It takes a long time for the plants to mature and produce latex, officials have as vet no information to give out, and they are advising enthusias- tic Investors not to put any money as yet into Florida or California rub- ber. Botanists name a long list of plants which will produce the milky sap con- taining rubber. The most important of these today is the Para rubber tree, Hevea guianensis. It grew originally in the Amazon Valley, but was boot- legged out more than half a century ago by British planters, who tried it out in Kow Gardens, London, and In Ceylon to see if it would grow out- side of Brazil Then it was used to start the vast plantations in the East | Indles that are now suppiying the id with most of its rubber. Are Tested in Miami. “Healthy seedlings of the Paru rub- her trees have been grown at the Unitel States plant Introduction ardens near Miami. and are transplanted to different conditlons of 0l and exposure,” Dr. W. A. Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, stated in his annual report to Con- gress. “The collection of rubber plants now growing at Miami includes al- tosethier about 20 different types bher plants that are natives of tn Cali fornta, in the coast regions as well as the interfor valleys,” he continued. rubber are known fn Mexico. while others are reported in South America, Africa and Madagascar. The production of rub- ber from the Mexican guayule plant Lecn Investigated Ly a private corporation and the slieved 1o have nia bher n reached in Ci Desert types of « g grown in the California. | | southern being | planta | stage of agricul-| are being studied because it grows well on waste lands and_produces a large quantity of rubber-bearing ma- terial readily and cheaply. Cultiva- tion might extend over large areas if ways of utllizing the substance were perfected “This plant is widely scattered in Arizona und the desert regions of Sonora and southern Cali- tornia, and it also grows in small ravines and gullles of barren hillsides 4 few miles from the coast of Lower California. Some of plants grow s0 large that they form dense masses more than 6 feet high and 10 feet across.’ Would Leave Many Problems. If any of the rubber-bearing species does show a willingness to produce rubber in the United States in worth- while quantities, many economic prob- lems would still have to be solved be- fore rubber growing could be done on a commercial scale Para rubber, if that should be chosen, would not have the even rain- fall it has in the East Indles, because Florida has distinct wetanddry see- sons. With even rainfall, rubber trees may be tapped the year around, bu with an uneven one tapping would have to be seasonal. This would in volve labor complications, because at certain times a great number of labor- ers would be needed and at others only a fow Even {f that problem could be solves tisfactorfly by secondary crops there would &tfll be a labor problem East Indla cheaper labor than Florida or Califor- nia planters ever can hope to get Therefore some other have to be found to reduce the cost of producing the mther in order to com pete with Engla s East Indian prod uct in price. The research chemist would have tc work out new means of getting the rubber out of the latex, certalnly a cheaper and better way. In case one or more of the lesser known plants were to be used, for which no method of extraction is now known, a brand new method would have to be devel oped. On top of it all, the chemiste might come ong any day with » cheap svnthe rubber that would streteh as far as the best of nature" rrodu = foa to ail st and \frer pub hearin That to require t entan itse tions of policy shall not in but he cast r the assemb pire and the slates in Un World he upon the exercise . whether its fudictal 1 te nswer 4 for shail dvi the |11 BODIES FOU no. with sudees e it the tha optnton ontni together of dissen shall not g were Lo vesterday in Senator ve of was sented by the cour Tennesser 120, spok endum of the people before ND, 12 BELIEVED STILL was somewha tscredited by night clerk, and 4 newspaper work- the hotel reached the He clerk. Lehman, the Usaw C hotel work stopped night Their was interrupted by a ter- from upstairs. second floor and % there, but the 0 rapid the: lives, N his to taik night's cony rifying Porch Hampers Rescue. ts on the fourth and fifth (top) unable to escape through by the hallways. were hanging from win- 1 the dremen arrived. Nets little use because of an old sofed porch that extend he first floor. able to hold on firemen could reach i adder. dropped with . landing on Gue! floors, en reached sonem, owner of the property as be. rubber planters can get | means woulé | CHARITY CAMPAIG 10 OPEN MARCH 22 Easter Drive Plans Laid at Meeting of Finance Com- mittee Yesterday. With an Incressing number of needy familles throughout the cfty the clai o ice ¢ iraittee of the Assoclated Charities meeting yesterday, formulated plans for the annual Easter campalgn for the re llef funds. The meeting was held in the ffice of Arthur Hellen, in t Colorado Building, and was presid over by Cleveland Perkins, the n committes chairman. After the meeting, Mr. sued this statement “The Assoclated Charities, together with the Citizens' Relfef Associztion &8 has been their custom for tha past seven years, will conduct their an nual Easter campaign during the t weeks preceeding Easter Sund: which this year falls on April This means that the campaign open Monday, March 22 “The aim of our committee, previcus vears. will he t contributing members. | bave previously sul ibed since opening of the fiscal year October 1 1925. will be counted toward that total While this goal is the same as that aimed at heretofore. it has never yet been reached, the ! ing been atiained there were 5,719 to one or more of under the auspices welfare agencies. This Summer Outings Committee and | special fund for the “Ch | mas Opportu v { | It was further sta the existing emerg. found necessary ‘o ular staft Perkins is wil as | obtain 10,0 All who eha! social ters asking r | scribers as weil tions from new r | with Mr. Perkins com are [ VH. I y {and Ric Contri | emerge und may Edson, treasu | Charities, 1o W furer of the « ton, or to Ord | the " joint be | Aher Relief . Preston, treas m and | State in the Unio G \E overnment mployes WANTED We want uclo Furrace Clock s 1o raresnt 3 to 330 A week al tnient AMERICAN AUCLO CoO. 1417 K St. N.W. 3d FI o l} Free Lecture i . —ON— Christian Science ~BYL W. Stua:t Booth C. S. B, of Denver, Colo. Member reship of The First e ireh At First Church of Christ, Scientist, Columbia Rd. and Euclid St N.W,, Monday, Jan- uary 25, at 8 P.M Under the Auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist No Collectinn. Welcome L e == The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and practicable and fair. 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