Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1926, Page 2

* PRESIDENT TONAME ‘Mendicant Hires Lawyer to Defend DC MANFORBENGY, i ishus B Canvassing Claims of Candi- dates for Municipal Judge- ship to Succeed Terrell. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Consideralle pressure is known to have been brought to bear upon Presi dent Coolidge from the outside to ap point a colored man from some of the States, ruther than one who is a resis dent of the District of Columbia. tc the vacancy on the Municipal Coul caused by the death of Judge Robert ii. Terrell. Notwithstanding this interference on the part of those prominent in Repub- lican party organizations in the States, President Coolidge is EOINg to ive the appointment of this bench ition to a local man. The White se has been advised that the w 1 Court requ has been for five Hao creating the Municiy the appointment of one who I resident of the District years. Will Name Colored Man. Although th settled in the jdent’s mine is the fact that : to niame some one of th he still is in A quandry lection. He has before him s than half a dozen names of as- pirants which he is s ind 1t is understood he will r ision within the next wee 0 In the mean 1o Assistant At- torney General M handles 1 appointm ng the of those have heen offered, and much upon his recommendatior R. R. Horne: 2 member of the local bar and a former member of the Board of Education of this city, is understond to stand at the top of the list. He is said to have the indor ment of the accredited Republican « zanizations of the District, as well the = of several colored Repu® lican clubs “Leading Candidates” Listed. mes A. Cobb. a I formerly of the faculty of Howard University, is a prominent candidate Others who are known to be on the President’s “preferred” list are Itovle Hughes, Charles H. Hamans and Au gust v are members of the Blaine Invincible Club, The with point name wi al attorney and carries honor Jjudgeship municipal considerable it. not only and prestige, but an annual salary of | $5.200. As an extra argument to induce the President to ignore the District of Columbia citizens in this matter, was that it would be of great assistance to Senator Butler of Massachusetts who comes up for election to the Senate nex* Fall, if the appointment was given w0 some colored man from the Bay State Although the Present has made up his mind to appoint a colored man, it 1= learned that he is greatly di appointed at the attitude assumed by several of the candidates toward their opponents in this matter. Personal Charges Filed. It has developed that several of the local candidates have made charges of a ‘very personal nature against their opponents. all of Which is known 1o have caused the FPesident to re- quest Assistant Atlorney General Marshall to make & thorough in- vestigation of each candidate. There are several white men can- didates for this judicial appointment, among them being Soterios Nicholson. who was born in Greece and who has been a resident of Washington for more than 10 years. MITCHELL ESCAPES SENTENCE AS DAVIS 0. K.’S RESIGNATION (Continued from First Page.) several statements made before con- gressional committees which Secre- tary Weeks declared to be unfounded. From time to time he took stray shots at the two defense depart- ments, and after the Shenandoah was destroved and the PN-9 was be- lieved lost he opened the most vehe- ment attack of his career. The wrath of the War and Navy De partments was brought down on‘his head, which condition at that date forecast retirement in_some form in the near future. It is known that the colonel would have been more satisfied | court-martial him _dishonor- if the would Army general have dismissed 1bly from the service when it rendered | ts verdivet. His splendid military rec- ord preciuded this, however. Had Col. Mitchell remained in the Army and under a certain program of decorum he would have been eligible for retirement in two vears under the 30-year service arrangement. Since his conviction, however, even if he chose to serve out his sentence and make the Army his career until the age limit was reached. it is doubtful if he ever would have worn stars again. Mentioned for Congress. When the rank of colonel is reached, promotion by senority ceases and advancement is made by selec- tion. An officer’s record is his best recommendations, and Col, Mitchell's it is said. has been much disfigured in the past few vears. Therefore, his friends explain. it would hardly he worth while to remain in the aviator's unigrm. Another field of endeavor was open to the alrman today—a seat in Con- gress, for which he has intimated a partiality many times. This is coupled with the chautauqua campaign_on behalf of better defense of the Na- tion, a hunting trip in Africa as a rest apd an abode in Middleburg, where he can be near his horses and Congress at the same time. Speculation progressed In leaps and hounds today in military circles as to Col. Mitchell's weight with the public atter he “becomes a private citizen with an ax to grind.” As long as he wore the uniform of the Army. thev explained. and baited hi: euperiors for the svstem they oper- ated. his opinions were more sought after than the private citizén who has nothing tu lose after vitriolic criticism. This. however, was taken into consideration by the colonel when he submitted his resignation, thev maintain. adding his reputation as an authoriiv on air force matters cannot dwindle when he removes his uniform FULLER NAMED CHEMIST. Given District Post to Succeed Dr. T. M. Price. Aubrey V. Fuller was appointed District chemist today by the Com- missioners to succeed Dr. T. M. Price, who resigned several weeks ago. Health Officer Willlam C. Fowler in recommending Mr. Fuller's appoint- ment explained that he has had much experience as a chemist in the De- partment of Agriculture and other lahoratorfes Other changes in the Health Depart- ment's personnel approved by the Commissioners included the promation of ‘Frank M. Foley from a clerk to a sanitary inspector and the appoint- ment of Earle W. Hough as a food » inspector, msly consider- ! ch | depend | Both Hughes and Hamans | By the Associated Press DALLAS, Tex.. . eccentric beggar 7,000 cash, which he has rded from his alms, hired a lawyer to protect his “constitutional rights” to beg upon heing arrested the second time here. The mendicant testily defended his right wor the streeéts “if people want to give” him money, and engaged the attorney to heip 1 hin ‘save his little pile trom th city sharks who arve trying to lay hands on it fle says he is saving the $7,000 for his d age. He is 70 vears old. | too feeble to withstand the rigors | of the work farm, where he was | ~ent in default of a $50 fine he re fused 1o pay after his arrest. RELIEF SHIPNEAR - ICE-LOCKED TUGS ! | Steamer Crashes Way to Within 150 Feet of Five Trapped in Fishing Boat. By the Assoctated Press MUSKE Mich., January The Goodrich steamer Alabama. in an at‘empt to reach the fshing tug imprivone1 the ice in ke Michigar, =.* -vashed its ¢ | to within 150 feet of trna (raft. Lieut. George F. Schouden. who is fiying a uting plane from Selfridge Field. Mount Clemens, maude this announce. meni on his return from a trip over the like this morning ! Five of the eight members of the jcrews of the tugs Indian and Helen N earlier today faced additional haz- j#rds this morning somewhere in Lake | Michizan between here and Grand | Haven as their food and fuel supplies ! continued to dwindle. | Hopes for their relief just seemed to rest upon an airplane expedition from Selfridee Field, Mount Clemens. Two planc. ieft the field at 9 a.m. and are expected here about 11a.m. Ten-pound *ans of food and 40-pound cartons of coal were assembled at the aviation field here during the night. Thess {the planes will attempt to drop on the decks of the two tugs. Three youthful members of the crews risked their lives late vester- day and fought their way across the e flelds to xhore. They brought first reports of the depleted food and fuel supplies. For the older men to at- tempt the perflous trip across the ice. they said, would have been suicide. Return Trip Abandoned. i | One of them, Theodore Graham, jr., attempted to return to the vessels with food last night, but because of the darkness and treacherous ice had to abandon the effort. All said they undertook the trip ashore because of the plight of thelr comrades and their own hunger. The food supply, they sald, virtually gave out Wednesday night. The tugs drifted down the lake during the night and the Coast Guard this morning endeavored to locate them to facilitate the mission of the airplanes. in NORTH BEACH, MD., FIRE PUT OUT BY CITIZENS 1 Threatened Central Part of Town. Two stores were destroved in a fire at North Beach, Md., this morning which for a time threatened the entire central portion of the town and re- sulted in a call for fire apparatus from Washington and Annapolls. Citizen fire-fighters, however, in the absence of any wind, succeeded in confining the blaze to the two stores, and it was entirely extinguished before the fire apparatus arrived. The stores destroyed In the fire, which started about 9 o'clock and burned for an hour or more. were the aDkin hardware store and the Weed | grocery store. Several outbuildings of these structures No estimate of the damage w tainable this morning. Engine company No. 15, at Congress Heights, answered the call for fire apparatus from this city. which Is about 4¢ miles from North Beach. ob- Today in Congress i Senate. The Senate continued considera- tion of the tax bill. Senator Borah made a favorable report from the foreign relations committee on the bill to provide $50,000 to send representatives to to the limitation of arms confer- ence at Geneva. The judiciary committee held hearings on the nomination of Judge Wallace McCamant for ap- pointment to the Federal bench in Oregon. . The agriculture committee de- clded at a meeting today to take up Muscle Shoals legisiation for hearings Monday. The committee on privileges and elections will meet thia afternoon on the Schall-Johnson senatorial contest. House. General debate on agricultural ap- propriation bill continues in House. Representative Thomas L. Blan- ton, Democrat, of Texas, discusses District matters vigorously, includ- ing street raflway car fares and the conduct of the House District com- mittee. Colleagues in the House pay trib. ute to Maj. Charles M. Steadman of North Carolina, who served with the Confederacy during thé Civil War and who today celebrates his 85th birthday. Admiral Moffet. at hearing before naval affairs committee, advocated a $14.000.000 afr building program v, covering a period of five vears, including $1,600,000 for trainiing ship, $4,500,000 for the es- tablishment of a West Coast base and $8,000,000 for construction of two 6,000,000 cublc feet airships. Education committee favorably re- ports Cramton bill to incorporate Howard University. Subcommittees of the appropri- ations committee continue hearin on State and Justice independent of- :fif' and deficiency appropriation s. Col. Thom and Mr. Walford of the New York Central Railway wit- nesses at hearing before the Inter- state Commerce committee on bill * to abolish railroad labor board and set up a system of mediation and conciliation. Hearings continue before commit- tee on World War veterans' legis- lation. Representative Perkins witness at_hearing before military affairs committee on Hill bill to establish a new department of national de- fense. Two Stores Destroyed by Blaze | 0 were destroved. | THE EVENING COOLIDGE'S ALOOF GOAL POLICY FIRM Apprehension Felt Here on Continued Failure of Negotiations. By the Associated Pre: Despite the growing tension in the anthracite contro the Cooltdge administration is giving no ouiward wign of a change in fts policy of non- Intervention. ~ “The recent visit of Secretary Davis of the Labor Department to Phila- delphia was described officially today as having no connection whatever 1with the anthracite peace negotiations In_progress there. The Labor Secretary went to Penn- sylvania to deliver an address, it was !auid. and saw no one connected with the coal controversy. Under the law the Lahor Depart- ment’s Mediation Bureau is required to observe all strike settlement nego- tlations. and representatives of the bureau on the ground in Philadelphia have reporied in detall the meetings held there In an effort to end the mine suspension. Apprehension Felt. There {8 ng attempt to conceal the apprehension felt here over the con- tinued failure to reach an agreement. Nel:her do officfals deny that much pressure for Federal intervention has been directed at the Labor Depart- ment and the White House. One offi- cfal suggested loday that widespread reports th. such a step Is In pros- | pect probably originated with those who desire intervention. The attitude of President Coolldge Yhas heen from the start-of the trou ble that under the law he has no authority to wediate. He also hax held alouf feer- any informal involve. ment in the oMWmtrover.y, apparently contident that If let alone the opera- tors and miners would solve their dif- ficultles in & way that would not seri ously fmpair the public interest. He has been told that substitutes for anthracite are available In plent | If there is any chanze whatever in this attitude. the President and his advisers are keeping it very closely under cover. BOTH SIDES HOPEFUL. However, as Ever. PHILADELPHIA, January 29 (). — Peace in the hard coal flelds of Penn- aylvania seemed as distant as ever to- day as the joint committee of miners and operators entered the fourth day of the renewed negotiations. Every formal proposal has been rejected and so far as could be ascer- tained the conference had no definite plan before It as a basis for settlement of the five months’ old strike. Both sides, however, maintain their attitude of hopefulness that out of the numerous plans suggested some com- mon ground for a settlement may vet be reached. It i« known that the con- ferees spent the entire time vesterday in going over agaln the merits of many propositions that have prev. ously been voted down. but that neither side is willing to budge an Inch on the principal stumbling block -—arbitration. No vote was taken on any proposition. I TAKES UP 60NTRAOTS HELD VOID BY M’CARL Maj. Peace, Seems as Distant Construction in District. Maj. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive offi- cer of the Arlington Bridge Commis- sion, has submitted to Controller Gen- eral McCarl a comprehensive docu ment for use by the controller general in a review of the bridge contracts re- cently declared vold by McCarl. Although the exact contents-of the memorandum have not been revealed, it_Is understood it presents consider- able additional evidence, bearing on the architectural and consulting en- gineerlng contracts, which had not heen hefore McCarl. Maj. Grantgalso is understood to have taken up the matter of possibilities in alterations of the contracts in question. to meet the objections raised by the controller general. 1t has been the hope of Maj. Grant that the matter mav be straightened ‘Wt S0 a8 not to stop progress on the monumental structure which is to span the Potomac from the Lincoln Memorial to the Arlington estate. R BETHLEN SAYS CABINET WILL REMAIN UNITED Austrian Premier Has No Intention of Changes as Résult of Franc Forgéry Scandal. Ry Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. VIENNA, January 29. — Premier Count Bethlen today declared he had no intention of re-forming the cabinet as a resultof the attacks on some of his ministers growing out of the franc forgery scandal. “All members of the cabinet atand solidly together,” he sald. “Either we are all guilty and shall leave our posts together, or we are not guilty and shall remain.” ‘The legitimists, under Count Julius Andrassy, are pressing for a cabinet revision and are seeking to form a coalition of several parties with the purpose of ousting Bethlen. The government now is awaliting the French Premier Briand's repiy to Count Bethlen's proposal to re-exam- ine the forgery plot suspects in the presence of French police officials. Count Bethlen is hopeful that the French will not try to make further difficulties, but will accept the Hun- garian proposal. He déclares his own coneciéncs is clear and that he ‘s re- solved to cléar up the whole affair. (Copyright. 1028, by Chicage Dailt News Co.) NEW UNIFORMS 0. K.’ Davis Gives Final Approval Army Roll-Collar Coat. Secretary of War Davis has given his final approval to the roll-collar service coat and overcoat for offi- cers and enlisted men of the Army. Detalled specifications are in proc- ess of formulation by the quarter- master general, together with the necessary blueprints, and will be supplied to the talloring trade with- in a few days. The change in style will not work a loss on those officers who recently have purchased neéw uniforms. as they are authorized to wear out the present stock in hand. If they de- sire, however. they may alter the old high-collar type coats and over- coats to the roll-collar style. The general c¢hange in uniforms does not_affect the white coat and the War Department is not consider- ing any change in it. —— The first automobile clul¥ for wom- en has been founded in Paris, to Grant Submits Additional | Facts Bearing on Proposed Bridge ! STAR, WASHINGTO! In Butterfly Life, Gentlemen, Not Ladies,: Give Off Delicate Scents, a La Flapper! ——— i | | In the hutterfly- world, the gentle- men and not the tadies wear the most sorkesus apparel and exude the most delightful fragrance. This compara- tively ' Httle known amd interesting lfact: about butterflies han been brought to the’ attention of sclen- tists by Dr. Austin H. Clark of the United States National Museum. It seems that .the natural order of things, at least the natural order of things with respect to the wexes in the human species, is reversed in the life habits of these beautiful insects. Of course, the males of muny orders of birds ax well an insects wear ex tremely gaudy courting outfits, but the giving off of delicate scents a la fapper as A part of the masculine ac- counterment of fascination Is unique, ito say the least. These plensant odors usually have their erigin in the hairs or scales D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1926 ! grouped In ' patches in various locations on the hind wings er in, some specles on the hindmost legs. | ‘Fhe common black and orange milk-| weed butterfly that every country boy | knows has un extensible brush of hairs on each side of the last segmient of the body that cun be made to radlate In ‘all directions when the owner wishes to register charm, act- ing perhaps somewhat 1 an atomize: v Lemon verbena, sweel gnonette. musk, clove are . few of the perfumes detected | in specimens examined by Dr. Clark, He adds that he was greatly wisted In his researches by his voung sons. Inasmuch the sense of smell Is much keener in children than in| adults. the vouthful nose ix capable | of detecting many subtle odors that | wn-ups might otherwise ! Brass, mi- sweet briar, BREECE HAS HOPES FOR DEBT SOLUTION Departing Mission Head Says Negotiations “Simply Postponed.” A< the. Jugoslav Debt Commi sion was preparing for tomorrow’s meeting with the American Debt Commiasion over the former's obli- gatlon of $66.000,000. the head of the Greek Refunding Commission, G Cofinas. today issued a siatement Just_prior to sailing for Athens o claring that negotiations over the Greek debt had not been broken o:, but simply postponed. Mr. Cofinas expressed ‘the opinfon that an even- tual solution would he reached on a basis which would “safeguard the in- | terests of both countries.” : Members of the Jugoslav commis. sion called on Secretary Winston of the American ymmission late yes. terday afterncon, following the meet- Ing of the American commission in { the morning. and were understood to have heen given the reply of this (iovernment thelr original pro. posal. A Joint sessfon of the twao commissions will be held tomorrow morning. when ix expected the views of the two governnients may be brought cioser together. Detalis of the first proposal and the Ameri can reply have heen withheld Deplores Misinterpretation. ‘The head of the Greek Commission In his statement deplored the fact that his mission had been interpreted as &n attempt on the part of Greece to raise a “new loan in the United States | whereas he had only been desirous of jregulating definitely all unsettied ques- tions In connectlon with the 1918 financial contract.” In the negotiations, it was learned. the Greeks had asked the original credit of $4%.000000 be fulfilled by & loan of $23.000.000 more, to add to th {original loan of $15.000,000. At the Treasury it was explained the negotia- tions, pending Mr. Cofinas’ absence, would be carried forward through the Greek \inister. Mr. Cofinas. commenting upon the news from Greece of a new forced loan, which dispatches from Athens in- dicated would be used to help meet all obligations of the government, sald he was in full accord with the measures taken by Gen. Pangalos. Mr. Cofinas was twice minister of finance of Greece. “‘S8ince I hava heen absent from Athens,” said Mr. Cofinas, “the short age of currency has made the financial sition of both the treasury and the {National Bank of Greece exceedingly {dificult. Taxes are already too heavy to permit any great increase. FKoreign credits are not avallable nor even de- sirable. And the further iskue of any kind of paper money without adequate cover would be disastrous. Inflation Reduced. “Gen. Pangalos, who has himself heen minister of finance since Novem- ber last. has handled the matter with hix usual determination. taking the only available and sure means to rem- edy It—an internal forced loan. He has avolded the further inflation of our currency, and has not only re- duced it 25 per cent, but has at the same time further ameliorated the | financial situation by insisting that { the holders of the treasury notes fall- ing due before March, 1927, shall con- vert 50 per cent of their value into new interest-bearing notes maturing in 10 vears. “The combination of these two meas- {ures will materially strengthen the financfal situation of Greece and en- able the government to face the more urgent needs of agriculture and the refugees. By cartving out his pro- gram of economy Gen. Pangalos will be able to Insure a balanced budget, without which the country would he in danger of falling into a serious eco- nomic situation.” FIRE REUTS 25 FAMILIES. it ICE DAMS NIAGARA FALLS.; No Water Running Over American Brink Today. NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y., Junu 29 (#).—The Amerlcan fall was v tually dry today. Iee floes that swept down the upper Nfagara from Lake Erle during the night Increased the Jam at Port Day, a quarter of a mile above the falls, almost completely checking the flow to the American aract. The brink of the fall In ccmpletely frozen over. No water is dropping over the cliff The tempersture during the night hovered around 6 below zero, freezing the lce floes at the jJam fast into a solid crystal dam. PAJAMA-CLAD GIRL .’ DRIVER MAY BE 14, Case Likely to Be Transferred to Juvenile Court if Age ! Is Verified. | Blanche M ne, Toledo girl, clad | in a bathing suit and pajamas when arrested ai Eleventh and S streets | Monday afternoon for alleged reckless | driving and failure to have a driver's rmit, may be tried in Juvenile ourt. Tt ix helieved she is only 14 vears old A message from the to Lieut. Mina C. Van Winkle, head of the Woman's Burean. gave | Blanche's age as 14 years. It is stated, | and the girl, questioned by police women, admitted such was her age. Ray McGlone, her father, when in- formed that it had been arranged to | have the girl arraigned in Traffic Court at 2 o'clock this afternoon, | wired that he would leave home in | time to aitend the trial. The case was postponed until tomorrow to permit | his attendance. Should he give in formation that her age ix only 14 years, iU is probable that the case will be referred to Juvenile Court. WICKERSHAM LAUDS | PROGRAM OF LEAGUE| Has Created Unequaled Machinery for Consideration of World Issues, He Says. oledo police | B the Amociated Press GENEVA, Switzerland. January 20, —The League of Natiens has created machinery for speedy consideration of | international problems which ix un- equaled in the history of the world, | declared George W. Wickersham to- | day In addressing the final session of | the jurists charged hy the league ! with codifying international law. The jurists adjourned to meet next Au- tumn, when they will discuss a new list of subjects. The American delegate said that the more he participated in league meetings the more respect he had for the league and the more he was con- vinced that the league afforded tre. mendous aid in the conduct of all in- ternational relations. No conference, he believed, could be quite ax effec tively managed ax in Geneva Discussing the work of the juris: he declared that despite some diver. gent views they had reached unotheg milestone in the long road leading to the establishment of a reign of law throughout the world. TRADING IN FUTURES | ISSUE ASSURED VOTE, 1l Banning Practice by Cotton and Grain Exchange Re- ported to Senate. By the Associated Press. The Senate agriculture committee Eleven Buildings Destroyed in Keystone, W. Va.—Loss, $175,000. BLUEFIELD, W. Va., January 29 (#).—Twenty-five families were made homeless last night when fire de- stroyed 11 buildings in the business section of Kevstone, W. Va., 40 miles from here. The loss was estimated at $175.000. The blaze started In a restaurant. — Work Pocketbook Swindle. A woman has joined forces with several colored men who have been working the pocketbook swindle for considerable sums of money recently on colored women here. Tda Turefoy, colored, of 1500 Farra- gut street, told the police today that « colored man and woman, at Seventh 2nd 1 streets northeast, plaved the old trick of finding a pocketbook and in- duced her to part with $34.50 on the aseurance that she would share in the find. Provides Higher Judicial Pay. Salary increases for Féderal judges are provided in a bill offered in the Senate yestérday by Senator Reed of Missouri. The Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court would recelve $21,000, and the associate Justices $20,000 a year; circuit judges, $16,000; district judges, $12,500; the chiet justice of the Court of Claims, $13,500, and the other justices of that court, $13,000. today reported without recommenda- tion the Caraway bill which would prohibit trading in cotton and grain futures. The vote came after a stormy executive session of the committee, with Senator Ransdell, Democrat, Loulsiana, leading the opposition to the measure. The report of the com- mittee will permit Senator Caraway to call the bill up on the floor of the Senate for a vote. Senator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, offered the motion to report the bill without recommendation, but Senator Ransdell submitted an amendment to the Heflin motion calling for an ad verse report by the committee. The amendment was voted down, and after Senator Caraway agreed to accept the Heflin motion the com- mittee voted the bill out without recommendation and without a record vote. NEGRO WOMAN JOINS BAR. Admitted Before Supreme Court After Three-Year Practice. The first negro woman lawyer ever admitted to practice before the Su- preme Court of the United States to- day became a member of that bar. She was Violette N. Anderson of Chicago. She was admitted upon a cer- tificate which showed that she had racticed for more than three vears fore the highest court of Illinois. Mussolini Opens ‘War on Sicilian Seat | Nichoison fthat it was not wise from a political | ture on which Of “Black Hand” Crime and Terror By the Associsted Press. PALERMO, Sicily, January 28.—An attempt is to be made to weed out in Sicily the kind of men who grow into “gunmen” and other killers. Premier Museolini has declared war to the death on the Mafia, parent of the “Black Hand" organization. which has spread from the rustic backwoods of this island to the far corners of the earth, carrving death, crime and ter- ror with it. The ' premier has ordered Signor Mori, Sicllian chief of police, to clean up the island at any cost and to keep it el . “Fascism, which has liber- ated Italy from so many wounds Mussolinl saild, “must cauterize the wound of Sicilan criminality with iron and fire if necessary. Trapan! Province has been cleaned up, declared the dictator, who ordered that the same thing be done in the mountainous region of Madonia. “Go from top to bottom, to the very root of the matter, regardiess of any one's feelings.” he concluded. MRS GATHER SEEN AS ARMONIER Appointed Maryland Commit- teewoman in Fight on Mrs. Nicholson. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., January 29.— Mrw. Gieorge M. Gaither yesterday w appointed national Democratic campalgn committeewoman from Maryland. The appointment does not meet with the approval of all the Democratic women's clubs in the State, but will eventualiy bring har- mony among the rival groups, it is expected Mrs. Gaither, a Baltimorean, and organizer and recording secretary of the women's Democratic clubs of Maryland, fucceeds Mrs. Jesse W of Chevy Chase, president of the State-wide group of Democratic Women's clubs. She was not an tive candidate for the appointment d her selection was a surprise. Defeats Mrs. Nicholson. on Mrs. Nicholson started ng of the Democratic Wom- 1 Havre de Gras last De- cember. when a resolution, introduced by Mrs. Nicholson, calling upon the wonwen of the State to insist on en forcAment for all laws in Maryland, including the national prohibition law, was passed. This actlon was held to be a slap st Gov. Ritchie and, in a sense. a repudiation of his stand on rights, and was resented by many of the delegates, especially hose from Baltimore City The fight for the office was be- tween Mrs. Nicholson and Mrs. Jerry <mith of Annapolls, both backed by rival factions, with Mrs. Mortimer of Baltimore looked upon as the most likely compromise candidate. Leaders of women's clubs in Balt- more today refused to make any statement as regards the effect of the appointment of Mrs. Gaither. Mrs Marie H. Du Vall, treasurer of the United Democratic \Women's Clubs, «3id she considered the appointment {0 he a great victory for the members supporting the anti-prohibition stand in Maryiand. Seen as State Attitude. evidences the attitude of the state as @ whole on the wet-and-dry issue” she sald, “showing clearly fight point of view for a group of our wom- en to have forced the dry fasue at iavre de Grace, even though were morally in favor of it.” Mrs. Gafther sald: I am sorry that ire. Nicholson could not have re ceived the appointment. but I am xlad that the positlon was given to a member of the United Democratic Women's Clubs. T am standing firmiy on the principles Gov. Ritchie out lined in his speech hefore the Iroquois Club at Chicago, and firmly believe he majority of Democratic wom- | en are going to stand solidly behind him." WAR POSTS CHOSEN FOR FOREST SITES Camp Humphreys and Camp Meade | Among 25 Reservations Selected. they Fort Humphreye, Camp lLee and Fort E Va.. and Camp Meade, | Md., are among 25 military reserva- jons which have been created ‘na- tional forests” by a board represent ing the War Department and the srest Service of the Department of Agricuiture. The board considered suggested b for the past two vears. military reservations the Secretary of Agricul it appeared desirable | to establish national forest As a result of deliberations were | eliminated from consideration, leaving | in additton to the foregoing. Fort Benning, Ga.; Camp McClellan, Ala.: Camp Jackson. S. (.. Camp Dix, J.: Camp Upton. N. Y.. Tobyhanna, Pine Platn: Y.: Fort Wingate, 2 M Camp X Ky. Savmlrm‘ Proving Ground, Ill.: Fort Brady, Mich.: Fort Meade. S. D.; D. A. Rus. sell Maneuver Reservation, Wyo., and Fort Huachuca, Arizona BILL TO INCORPORATE HOWARD U. REPORTED House Measure Would Enable In- stitution to Receive, Appropria- tions in the Regular Way. Legislation providing for ration of Howard Univereity so that substantive law making annual appro- priations for that institution will be in order under the regular annual budget was favorably reported to the House today from the committee on education. of which Representative Reed of New York is chalrman. For several years in the House the point of order has been raised against appropriations for Howard University as carried in the Interior Department supply bill on the grounds that they were not authorized In substantive law. In order to do away with this practice each yvear Representative Cramton, who handles the Interior Department bill, introduced the How- ard University bill, which has the hearty support of the administration and a big majority in both houses of Congress. EDITOR UP.FOR CONTEMPT Pa New York Writer Accused of Crit- icizing Court Justices. NEW YORK, January 29 (#).—Har- old Stanley Pollard, editor of the New York Evening World, was ordered yesterday to appear before Supreme Court Justice Levy this after- noon to show cause why he should not be punished for criminal contempt of court for writing editorials criticiz- Ing certain practices of Supreme Court justices. = Justice Levy's order grew out of charges in editorials appearing last September and October in which su- preme justices were criticized for re- ducing bail of criminals held by judges of county courts. | State courts incorpo- President Invited To Waiters’ Ball In Plain Clothes A formal invitation to President and Mrs. Coolidge to attend the annual bull of the Washington Ho- tel and Restaurant Employes’ Al liance, February 28, was left at the White House today by a com- mittee, whose spokesman said the affair ‘would be strictly informal and extended the tinvitation on the condition that the President would not dress up. ban has been placed cn dress clothes amd tuxedos, it was ex- plained, as the waiters say they wear them at work and would have a better time wearing something eise. The invitation was taken under advisement. HOLLAND “HERESY” TRIAL IS HEATED Head of Committee Dies Aft- er Stroke in Passionate Discussion. | BY LEOPOLD ALETRINO. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally News. AMSTERDAM, January 29.—“Do| vou belleve that the serpent mentioned in Genesis was a real serpent; that the serpent really spoke to Eve and that Eve first and then Adam ale of the forbidden fruit of the tres of | knowledge of good and evil?” | These are the main guestions issua In a sensational heresy tri now taking piace at Assen. a small town in the eastern part of Holland The General Synod of the Dutch Re | formed (‘hurches has assembled there | in speclal session to deal with the “heresy” of Rev. Geelkerken, an A sterdam minister who last yvear in of his sermons stated it was q ficult to explain the book of and there were many varving lar- | Iy interpretations of it Religious controversy in its most aggravated form followed this an nouncement and numerous pamphlets | on the suhject have heen published The general synod, composed of 3 members, now rmust decide whether Rev. Geelkerken shall be permitied 10 remain in. or shall be excommunicated from the church The synod, having received a mass of testimony, s expected to adjou shortly for two or three weeks 10 dis | cuss the subject in committee Meanwhile, the first victim of the most acute Bible dispute ever known in Dutch history alreadv has fallen In the course of fierce discussions at a meeting last night, the chalrman, Rev Demoor, got into such a passion that he was stricken with apoplexy and| died a few hours later (Copyright. 1926, by Chicaga Dally News Co.) INDIAN HEIRSHP ARGUED N COURT Supreme Tribunal Hears/ Case Under Conflicting Tribal and State Laws. Whether the tribal laws and us of Indians relating to property righ were displaced the laws of e | States where they lived when they Wore admitted to citizenship was ar gued in the Supreme Court today in n appeal from Oklahoma brought by Henrietta Firstmoon, a Ponca In dian She had been th Soldier, from whom rated under tribal they had become citizens. diar_subsequently married he died the Secret the Interi held that the sepa ion from the first wife was effective and the Star ling White Tail, & child by the second marriage, was heir to one-half of the | property left by Little Soldier. o ° | Counsel for the f wife contended | that the separation was not effective because it occurred after the Indians ad been admitted to citizenship and | had not been consummated in the | He insisted that she | must be regarded the widow and heir | of Little Soldier. He asserted that | the tribal practices regarding mar- | riage had been supplanted by the Ok lahoma laws when the Indians became i and that the only way the ge could have been annulled by divorce proceedings in the State. court. PLAN WAR VETERAN CLUB | SOLELY ON SOCIAL LINES Details of Organization to Be Con- sidered at Meeting Tonight in City Club. Formation of a War Veterans’ Club, to be organized: solely for social pur- poses, to which members of all war veterans' organizations in Washing- ton are eligible, is to be proposed at a_meeting tonight at the City Club. The new club, according to its spon- sors, is not an attempt to gather dis- gruntled members of the American Legion in an organization to combat the work of the legion, but is to be organized solely to foster social af- fairs among veterans of the several wars in which the United States has engaged. Although members of the American Leglon are taking a leading part in promoting the new organization, they disclaimed any knowledge of attempts to interfere with the program of the leglon. Those whose names are signed to the organization committee are |Sergt. Perry Adams, Maj. Wil- liam L. Browning. Lieut. Floyd G. Gaskey, Lieut. Ralph Cusick, Maj. Thomas R. Fawcett, Lieut. Howard §. Fisk, Maj. Charles W. Freeman, Dr. Ray F. Guynn, George F. Grove, Lieut. William Hullinger, Maj. Roy E. Hughes, Lieut. Walter Kilbourne. Lieut. George E. Pickett, 3d: Lieut. Charles_Riemer, Col. Walter V. Ship- ley, Capt. Frederick L. Stephens, Maj. wife of he was | practices or | Little | and wher The editorials cited specific cases of bail reduction by Justice Levy. Boyoott to Start February 5. CANTON, January 27 () (delayed). —The Japanese boycott which has been threatened for several days, will n February 6, it was announced today. It is also rumored that there will be a strike among the Hongkong merchants beginning February 18. The object of the latter is unknown. Man, 84, Is Dry Violator. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., January 2§ (#),—Despite his 84 years, John George, Confederat. veteran and sreat-great-grandfath must leave his voung wife and 3-year-old son to serve a six-month sentemce for al- leged violation of the prohibition laws, the State Supreme Court ruled. Wallace Streator and Lewis Werden. OPPOSE UTILITIES REPEAL C. Commissioners Favor Modi- fication of System. The District Commissioners today officially voiced thelr opposition to the blil of Representative Hammer for re- peal of the act creating the Public Utilities Commission. Instead of re- pealing the act, the Commissioners sald it should be modified. - The measure was referred to the Commissioners for a report by Chair- man- Zihiman of the House District committee, but the city heads replied that their views concerning the regu- D. 1Al Hlaunched 4 new STUART S. HAYES GETS THREE YEARS — Newspaper Man Is Sentenced for Auto Death of Ralph Albertl. Stuart S. Hayes, &7 years old, lcal Dewspaper man, was sentenced t:n by Justice Bafley In Criminal Division No. 1 to serve thres years in the pent tentiary for manslaughter. Hayew was driving an automobile while drunk January 10, 1925, at about 10.45 p.m., and after fust missing the lead ing platform at Fiftenth street and New York avenue proceeded to drive through the safety zone at Fifteanth and F streets. Here he struck Ralph Albert, a bank teller, who was walt ing from a street car, and after drag gIng him abont 40 feet ran over him crushing his chest. The victim died shortly after at the hospital Haves proceeded down Fifteenth streat without stopping and Polics man Thomas followed him in a com mandeered automoblle, catching up with him at Thirteanth street and Ohlo avenue. The police sald Hayes was drunk and also hud liquor In his pockets. He s mavrfed and bas two small children. Was Admiral's Secretary. The accused had been an ensign in the Nuvy during the war and was secretary to Admiral Sims at London lie contracted inflienzs in the service and was in the hospital for some time and su from nervous disorders After the tragedy Haves d nervous breakdown and was at Mount Hospital for five m hut has now recovered, according to inform tion furnished Probation Officer Amos A¢ le At the time of the accident H was publiclty director for the O P. Teleptone Co., annd company, in addition to many mem bers of gress, sent letters tn the probation officer asking that he reco mend probation, but the law excludes persons charged with manslaughter from being placed on probation. FOUR UNDER ARREST IN LIQUOR POISONING Spaniard Surrenders on Charge of Having Hand in Causing Death of Six Speci ANN. seph connect Disnateh LIS to The Star. Md Spa January ard, wanted in i with the sale of poisoned b ndness Brady [ n i 3 1t Mayo, h Lewis, ined ibuted it ty. was ar- rged with vio iquor law. He was Sanl Margu! the lating t released on § and Abrah more. were and are in j SPEAKS ON PRIMITIVE CONCEPTION OF STATE Dr. Walsh Says Entry to World Court Marked Vital Step for America. 000 hond interest that the Ameri inde. the entrance intn the e coincident this year. Walsh George- town aid in an address bhefore the Washington Study vester- day at Raucher's. “One hundred and fifty vears ago the men of America, gvho had strug- gled like giants with® the abuse of rifhts in the existing government, crossed the Rubicon of doubts, repudi- ted the tyranny of Georze il and vernm The ses- quicentennial of that heroic be celebrated in Philadelphia vear. Yesterday the American people, throngh their representatives, crossed | the Rubicon of new problems and set themselves to 4 new task in our en- trance into the World Court. The test of our wisdom is in the years to come. “The iy ime it human b Walsh of good government.” “is not the length of dures. but the measure of ppiness in its regime. Hu man happiness is the business of gov ernment, it is the reason of political institutions, revealed in the origin of the word “politics.” a city, an aggre- gate of people seeking mutual happt ness. Dr. Walsh spoke on the “Prim! Concept of the State,” quoting Plato and Aristole, who said “Man is es sentially & political animal.” “The primitive concept of the state™ said Dr. Walsh “was grounded in The treaty of Westphalia in 1648 was the dividing line between the primitive and moderp concept of right social organization. Greece brought the city state to perfection, but fts pro- visions recognized the rights of free- men only. Rome united the cities and states in the empire, but in subjection to the supreme city. The American plan of the union of equal States was a new and daring faith in an {deal evolved trom the modern concept.” Dr. Walsh will speak on Thursday next at 11 o'clock on “The Modern Concept of the State and the Right to Revolt.” “The Russian liberation of the sert preceded the American emancipation of the slaves by two yvears and the peasant had acquired 40,000,000 acres of land fn 1917. Today he is robbed of every foot of land by the Soviet government and may be a tenant only.” Dr. Walsh will speak on ‘Recent Developments in Russia” at Rausch er's Monday at 4:45 o'clock. HEADS YANKEE DIVISION. Connery Elected President of Club. Dinner-Planned. Representative William P. Connery jr., of Massachusetts was elected pres- ident of the Yankee Division Club of Washington at the annual meeting last night. Plans were made for the second dinner to be held at the Ward- man Park Hotel February 25, with Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, for- mer commander, as guest of honor. Other_officers elceted were: Ma. James F. Coupal, first vice president: Brig. Gen. T. D. Glassford, second vice president; Col. R. H. Hallett, third vice president; J. Robert Conroy, sec- retary, and Jack S. Connelly, treas- urer. Maj. Gen. B. Frank Cheatham was elected chairman of the board of directors. Zihlman Proposes Welfare Bill. Chairman Zihiman of the House Dis trict committee, today introduced in the House a bill identical with one in- lation of public utility companies ars being given in hearings before the ==¢ troduced in the Senate last month hy Senator Gerry of Rhode Island, for the establishment of a children’s court in the District of Columbia.