Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. $. Weather Bureau Forecast.) ‘alr tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; lowest about degrees, Temperatu toduy: lowest Full s—Highest, 38 at noon 26 at 1 n. toda sport on page 3. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds. Page 30 ¢h b po: ed as second class matter office, Washington, D. C. No. 29.864. HOPE ABANDONED *{3'sPiscoparians FoRsAKE DRY hurch Temperance Bod FOR 16 WORKERSIN « FLAMING MINE PIT BY th Methodists—Pra ——— Asso. Advocacy Entry Sealed Up to Put Out“;[r‘-‘;-f:n. Fire So Bodies Can Be Recovered. ated Press ight wines and beer by 1 Temperance Socfety of the 1 Church proveked a voleanic nhurst of comment today from vari- anizations inte 1 prohibi- nd led also to sor reworks 1 Congress sste Wheeler of the Antl-Sa TWO OFFICIALS CAUGHT i i, IN TERRIFIC EXPLOSION |diethois it ing 1n « which the society 1sions of fact on ased its dectsions, rue Wilson Hoard of contributed nothing t » prohibition Luw betray it will be uenice Right Rev Bishop of Wa ment on the Soclety to the triumph and wttenpt wit conse Blast Takes Place Just After Day Shift of 700 Men Had Left Shaft. o out I'reemian his per, jon ent is the | €d. however, that he ha report and he did not ically until h ipriniham atement recar & | Bishop I and as lo nent is L and uphold it. v the re- ion, 2 miles ours, sxible ry of the t work in that s church As Jon hould ¢ 5 and Draws Fire From Anti-Saloon League and L statement deny- | us our repre- | WASHINGTON, | y Favors Beer and \Wmea‘i : Given inSenate. | sentatives in Congress do not see fit | 0 modify 1t it i3 the duty of citizens | to support it, and Dr. Empringham | or any one else should not oppose It.” | 4 A8 the Senate met enator | E ey, who | has « beer bill pendinig, put record the statement of the perance of the pal Church and declared it to most helpful in ultimately com- clling common ssnse modification of the prohibition law. | \pringham’s frank and com- | atement is Coming from the source it does. will he most helpful in ultin | compelling common se: { tion of the Volstead act “To question the sincerity of men | aud organizations of the character of ose who have been daily admitting he failure of the present act is an insult to intelligence. The bitter lers are through stubborn attitud doing the cause of real temper e as much harm as the DoOUleg-| | Church | 1pisc | be on the run Lmpring to the Re 4 to print night g Senator Willls, Republican, | Ollo, ted to epting the one | without the other, Senator Edge re-| plled that he gladly wouid permit the | (Continued on Page b, Column 1.) hy Mr. n the pit, © Two escaped ali es have been recovered. A\nnouncement that th walled off wat president of wl Co., ho, e concern which KELLOGE REPLIES T0 KAROLY! SUIT t the night directing the e The id, wus taken on order Pratt, State mine § ted that ) sea which it was expect uld go out for Two Escaped Alive check early ard Travis only min Iph Holtz! rescued, oficiuls sald “he time of t of Undesirable Aliens. ot Secretary District suit for filed against h rine Karolyi. first Preside publie, Frank B. Kellogg, State, today the me Court to dismiss ¥ Countess Cath of Michael Karoly Hungarfan R is nager of | to enter the Unite d Lrother of one | for a speaking tour. The Secre court that evidence has b 1 by him which leads him to that the entry of the countess d be prejudictal enaine Ot 4 un rs in ded How dent trapped in the nine we : a fire at a point mliles back fromn the entrance, the :\I‘\‘l“)i" "“"”",T"l:fl_m pl to the Interests of the United States f : out 700 mi see Kellogg udmits that he attecthe day sl (,,h,‘_(,v,,,,“ tpstructed the American consul at R e it ite ! Parls to refuse to visa a document in T T feports of the rescue | the nature of a passport presented by e b ald that a string of | the Countess Karolyl, and asserts that Ko o hod been blown pleces | she s subject to exclusion under the ho force of the @ | passport. control act of May ward Trav Il were con | the procla; n by the Pre: g a fire wall near the hottom . d the executive or- ot injured by 1525, In addition 3 with' the hefore ¢ 15 er of tl which nd con vith other the top W United sidered the evi- concerning Countess arolyl, Lie reached the decislon that he should not be permitted to come intry. This exercise of dis- not’ rev n court, it o fall late yesterd i today. Ther, s d friends of th sed a large ik comy )t back L to interfere with the atmed. Throug! iordon United tes Attorney nd Assistant United Stazes Rover, Secretary Kellogg the ‘purpose of the acts the presidential procla- the executive order re to prevent the entry into s s whose ad- : al to the in- terests the United States, and it Is the duty of the Secretary of State to determine whether particular indi- more than a 100 expert rescue | viduals desiring to visit the United + work in the mine, came out |States temporarily come within the more than 10 hours of labor. |rategory of those wi jed by re taken to the e [ these Ta- IVith the re one had to b ovidence tary Priest Enters Mine. irles Fahrenbach, > Churcih at Broj mation and it into the mine to give | ferred to i - the three bodies re-|the T'nite George McKay, + chiefs of the United & of Mines crews and six others and the Preside Mr. Kelloge edge as to whether was @ government c gary, but admg s ted he to prevent 10 knowl- Karolyl port from the n of Hun- wer 15 last present office of the American consul generzi at Paris vith a document of some kind pur- = < I porting to ha been issued by the Eleven Others Are Injured and Ten overnment of the Kingdom of the Croats and Slovenes. He has owledge, he states, whether the aent when presented - valid and unrevoked. © + vare o BANK BILL APPROVED. known to have been | 11 others, some in [ McFadden Passed by are at the New House, Goes to Senate. Hospital, and 10 are for as the result of the| | A v S onndes . cFadden bill to authorize na- on Bast Main st shortly banking in cities where State banks & poon today. The dead ¥ employ this practice was passed to- dentified. day by the House. It was The measure razed by Senate. This theory Its passage came aiter the House now 1t is beli had rejected an amendment by Rep- from the resentative Steagall of Alabama oo ing Democrat on the banking com- . mittee, designed to reduce materially the powers the bil would confer on FIVE IN FAMILY DIE “u'xo:flnlxilbn,.:'n‘::--muro was passed by WHEN HOME 1S BURNED : SIX MEN KILLED IN WALL COLLAPSE Unaccounted for at New Measure. e t de fr6E thOUEBE The now goes to the explosion in the foundry has been abandoned and ed the building caved | ht of W on the | n it was the purpose of Congress | -{fighting against the French rule, have PROBE OF BAKING * MERGER ORDERED 1 Federal Trade Commission to' Act in Case Apart From Baking Inquiry. By the Associated Prese. A speclal investigation Las ULeen ordered by the legal department of the Federal Trade Comumission tnto the Ward Food Products Corporation, re- cently organtzed to deal in materials used by the baking industry. The investigation will be conducted | the legal department of the Com and will be apart from the investigation of the entire baking industry which has been in progress for »ral months, as di- | rected by & Senate resolution. The latter investigation will not be com- pleted for several months and it had been the general view in commisston circles that it would embrace . the | med Ward Co. s ordered, the mew investigation | is distinct from one proposed in the Re; vesterday by Senator La Fol- sun | by Wisconsin. d that a all « contr by | ith his asso- | Tood Products | William B ates, organized poration. i lving to that move, Mr. Ward | wired Senator La Follette that he would welcome senatorfal scrutiny of | the project. | | KING DEMANDS PROBE. the Senator Wants Justice Department to Conduct Ward Inquiry. Investigation by the Department of Justice of the recent Ward merger was demanded in the Senate today by Senator King, Democrat, Utah. He! also urged early action on the resolu tion of Senator La Follette, Repub- lican, of Wisconsin, asking a Senate investigation of the merger. With all these naueeating transac tions going on,” Senator King raid, “we find no pr tions being initiat | ed by the Department of Justice. In | fact, we find the administration daily pronouncing its blessing and benedic. | tion on these high finance deals,” Senator King also assailed recent traneactions of Dillon & Read, New York brokers, and declared “if the New York Stock Exchange would do its duty it would investigate and pre. vent these transactions by which the people are mulcted.” DRUSES SEEK PEACE. Ask Opening of Direct Negotia- tions With French. BEIRUT, Syria, February 4 (#)— The Druse tribesmen, who have been asked for the opening of direct peace negotiations, the semi-official Havas agency is informed. The request was contalned in a letter addressed to the Frenoh high commission, Henry de Jouvenal, by El Atrash Pashg, in the name of the Druse nation. Cuts Throat, Wife Drops Dead. BUFFALO. N. Y., February 4 (#). —When Frank Hines, a salesman in i1l health, attempted suicide by slash- ing his throat with a razor in his home hery today his wife dropped dead. Hines is not expected to live, The couple were the small children. N | the House in the last Congress but fafled in the Senate. Police Told Father Had Made Threats Since Birth of Unwed Daughter’s Baby In Capital Scored iTraffic Control Authority Division « Associated Press. OPOLIS, Mich, el sons, all members of th were burned to ath early when fire of undetermined n destroyed the home of William Vilkinson on the shore of Magiclan lake, near here. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Wilkin- #on, KFioyd, their son; Gimeth, an un- married ughter and her 3 days’ old baby Two other sons of the Wil- kinsons were away from home when the house burned. Neighbors saw the flames at 2 a.m. today, but the building was in rulns before help arrived. All the bodies were recovered. County officers were told that the father had made veiled threats sinco the birth of his daughter’s child. . o Radio Programs—Page 4—1: Divided authority between the su- perintendent of police and the director of traffic in matters relating to traf- fic control in Washington was de- plored by Senator Couzens of Michi- gan, a former mayor of Detroit, in & letter he sent today to Chairman Capper of the Senate District com- mittee. In addition to commenting on the division of authority, Senator Couzens asserted, referring to Washington, “it has the worst regulated traffic of any big city.” “I trust you will pardon this let- ter, because it is not written with any desire to be other than helpful in your great responsibility as chair- man of the Senate District commit- tee,” Senator Couzens wrote. I have observed for sometime that there has been a controversy between thg directop of traflic and the departy by Senator Couzens ment of police. When authority is di- vided, such as it 1s In this case, {here always will be friction. I know of no other city where the responsibility for traffic is divided between two ad- ministrative offices. Every effective traffic regulation that I know of any- ‘vlr:.eere Is under the department of po- “Either the director of traffic should be head of the police department, or the superintendent of police should be head of police and traffic departments. In other words, I am convinced that any sound organization will require that these be merged into one depart- ment and that the responsibility be with the head of the police depart- ment. Senator (‘ouzens further declared that he has observed a need for proper \training of District police in traffic matters, ' their meeting yesterda i their reaso |SENATE COMMITTEE WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1926— IF' ¢ Toening Star. * TY-FOUR PAGES. service. Yesterday's (®) Means Associated EDUCATION BOARD | Believes Election of Mem- bers Will Not Improve School Conditions. DETAILED STATEMENT | SOON TO BE ISSUED! | Announcement of Decision De- clares Body Is Accused of Many Conditions Beyond Control. The i of Kdueation the ( Boa cided to opp viding hool in the Dis on ro scheduled to resume next Thurs ay night. on the ground that e et- | ent of the measure is not likely t ve the administration of Wash ington's publie school This Important dectstor learned today ade by o of the board following L of the whole meeting at the Frank lin School vesterday afternoon which med an hour and a half, and a detalled statement s ing forth the s of the Board of n will b Reid within Pt i hiss isque b which was ibers tee was 1 a DS CHOSEN 10 SUCCEED BALL Agricultural Science Post Of- fered Maryland Uni- versity Head. usion 10n, tl Causlng Criticism that owing the Chalrm; w8 in th 1l in fol 1 Reld's light « t ot the directed concerns P All deem ] uppropriations sther vital matters 1 by the bourd to the Distri sioners, who man fudgment of the board. An_example this s brought to light 3 Gasque blll today. It concer retirement bill for teachers, wh board and the teachers thoug had brought to a state of near perfe tion _after months of confer Déspite this fact, missloners, it is said 8 bill without consulting the boar intend to send it cn up to t after approval by the Budge with their own handiwork in it. poiut 18 brought out tk Commiss] revision eral uprour eity of th immediate Beard of Decide on Firm Stand s selected will succes D. Ball mmer, Ha ¢ recentls Dr. Raymc president ¢ e of Ames, Dr. et on Toy B Woods 1S 4 preside | Agricultur | sign! position of chief of the Bureau of Pla to become o the Agriculture the assistant ¢ Industry “olle; Appointed in 1913 ited merged into th versity of Mary and, in 1920, he hecame president of the latter institution. Secretary Jar-| dine, comenting upon Dr. Woods ap. pointment, said: “As president of the | Ass tion of Land Grant Colleges nd in numerous other ca fes D, Woods s been in intima contact with scientifie work in American sg and is eminently fitted to co- he sclentific activitles of the t of Agricultw and the te agricultural colleges and expert- tions.” Both Urged to Stay. Both Dr. Woods and Dr. Pearson ve been urged by their respec- universities to reconsids At the g 4t s o bers indu a lengthy as to they shou themselves on record conee Gasque bill at all. Walle mitted that {t as a el tion for them to handl declded that the construe thelr silenc mously dectded 10 stand. In short, the bourd conclusion that the ilsadvz the Gasque bili, or th board members at all. outweigh the | the advantages. It is the hope of the hoard members that the publle | of reg wil Ireflect over the predicament of | 'y ot on Dr. ¥ thelr body and become mors thor. | (oY 10 A€t oh Dr. Woods hi ucquainted wit s ik it | pearson makes up his mind to con- not | tinue ut Jowa State and no suitable intend to attack the board for in-| yecessor can be found. The board evitable flaws In the school system|of regents of Maryland and Gov. which they are powerless (o remedy | Ritchie have agreed that Dr. Pear- under existing law. con is best qualified to become Dr. The statement being drafted by the e hoard is expected to g0 thoroushly | into the conclusions reached durirg outset t v final mi came 1o the | of | ha of | i degrees from Cor- 1 University and the Unt- s well as|v of Nebraska. He recefved a gold medal at the Paris Exposition {n 1900 for his research work in the field of agriculture. A number of the Department of Agriculture bulletins, ! magazine articles and scientifle arti- Cles in the Encyclopedia Americana are the products of his pen. He ac- cepted the presidency of the Towa College in 1912, He is a native of Indiana. —_— VOTES TO LINK PARKS Approves Measure Proposing Pur- chase of Land to Connect Potomac and Rock Creek Sections. i MITCHELL WILL GIVE EVIDENCE AT HEARING. |will Appear Before House Mili- The Senate District committee to : 2 tary Committee To- day made a favorable report on the bill authorizing purchase of the re- malning land needed to link together | Rock Creek and Potomac parks. { Following the course pursued by the | House comittee, the Senators left | unchanged the language of the bill, vhich provides that the additlonal $600,000 necessary to complete the project be taken from the surplus revenues of District taxpayers. It has been pointed out recently that all pr vious expenditures for this land lying between the two parks were divided on a percentage basls Letween the United States and District govern- ments, but the committee decided to report the measure as originally drafted. morrow. By the Associated Pres Willlam Mitchell, whose stormy ca- reer in the Army ended by his resig- nation this week, will testify tomor- row in the House military committee’s hearings on aviation. QUAKE IN JAPAN. Strong Shock Felt in Aomori, Sea- port—Damage Not Reported. | ures. | $988,000. Offered U DR. ALBERT F. WOODS, President of Maryland University, who has resigned to be Director of Scientific work fu the Department of | Agriculture. . ARMY BILL GOES ABOVE ESTIMATES Asks $339,381,000, an In- crease Over Budget and Last Year’s Appropriation. The War Department a bill. calling for an Arm: listed men and 11 proximately the existing strens reported today to the House, It reco: the 009, ¢ mates. This of $6,965.000 priation, and » during the an increase ear's appro: st instnace Congress where budget estir ive been excesded. Of the total wmount, military activ ties would be given $261,081,000, or an increase of $1,223,000 above current funds and $884,000 above budget f on-militaT tles ceiva $78,500,000, iner 741,000 over current funds 000 ahove the budget Direction of Expenditures Funds directly provided the Army would be expended as follows: For the Afr Service, §1 increase of $345.000 ove: g ures. An authe fon to contract for $3,000,000 additional expenditures would be provided. Of the total, $7,604,- 000, or an increase of $704,000, would be provided for new equipment. The new bill would provide for a reduction in the number of non- commissioned ; officers and first-class privates in orfler to effcct n saving of The appropriations sub- committee which drafted the bill said this reduction would be brought about by faflure to fill such vacancies when they occurred. ¥unds for Supplies. A total of $5,000,000 would be for the procurement of ammunition and other supplies to build up the reserve kept on hand. Provision is made in funds allotted to the seacoast defenses for continua- tion of work on the 16-inch battery in the Panama Canal defenses, Appropriations for the National the Organized Reserves and the Reserve Oflicers’ Training Corps contemplate continuation of practi- The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Circulation, 102,521 Pr TWO CENTS. CARLISASKED WAN TAKES STAND INOWN DEFENSE | Denies Being in Mission Two Days Before Murder, as Furnace Man Charged. prisoner was perce) Lambert | very wel that he came t iess up to responsa Wong. head ington i In > an invit of the Chin Denies Mission Visit., Wan declared during his visit here he recovered slightly n & painful fllness which had affected him for me and hetween . 22 » 27th he saw the s ngton. Becoming il again, and 8 the scarcity of domestic servants due to the war, Wan said. he did not want to be a burden on his . and therefore took a room at Harrls Hotel January noontime., He dld not it day and > by 4 prosect stand he told Wednesday afternoon fire as all were going awny. nace man was James T. ored, who had testitied 10 that for the | Government. Wan declared he was not at the house that afternoon and | furthermore never had seen the col- ored man, who performed odd Jobs about the mission, according to the latter's testimony at the time. Wan's appearance brought the courtroom into a high tension, and the large number of spectators vir-| tually sat on the edges of the benches | to catch every word he said. The wit ness’ voice Was soft and cultured his pronunciation good and his Eng lish excellent. From time to time he | swallowed or gulped, this seemingly being provoked by a ¥ igh collar, appeared to fit him too snugly. Hel was dressed In a blue serge suit, wore | a black tie,” white shirt and black shoes. Tenaciously clinging to a story on Which the defense pins all its hopes to have Wan acquitted, Tsong Ing, Van, brother of the defendant, occu- pied the stand for virtuully the entire morning session of Criminal Division 2 today and never for a moment fiinched from the stinging barrage of cross examination fired by U. §. At. torney Peyton Gordon. Maj. Gordon concentrated hLis at- tack on the story told by the witness duting direct examination yesterday afternooi wf now a Chinese stranger | the miners to work TOEXAMINE BOOKS OF D. C. GOAL MEN Senate District Committee Wants Expert Analysis of Fuel Prices. WILL CONTINUE INQUIRY ON BASIS OF REPORT Capper Believes Controller's Office Can Secure Data Within Week. was cleared toc lon of the inquiry starte Senate District committes into coal prices in Washington whe: e committes adopted a resolutic g formal neral McCarl the books of t e being sought by the committes. Senator Arthur Capper, chalrma of the District committee, bas been it conference with Mr. Mc Guring the past few days making plans for the contemplated study of the books of the dealers the resolutlo ittee today was est to the Cor 11 obt committee within h the committea wi lon of the coz ges that mus adde ires for frelgh dra directed © t such book ata of and 1ons s tainine t 1 coul r otherwise an mmitiee his finding< of fact tending to indicate whethe the resale prices charged by such dea ers for coal and other fuels during inbefore mentioned are e during such perioc excess of fair and re: ¢ NewsHamp nate comm may seek a before the Senat. sduced yesterday b ntended to give the 1ple authority into coal prices i » a concluston. the standing committees « Senate obtain at eacl session ger to hold hearings anc records on ques h . but in this se Ser. s submitted a separats ing particularly wit o coal p PINCHOT TO S - inquiry LEWIs “Somebody Must Get Action,” Gov ernor Declares. PHILADELPHIA, Februas Interest ERv2 v to & scheduled cc fery ween Gov. Fincho and resident of the United N America “Somebody hus got to get action {1 e, the governor said in Har announcing that he would Lewis in an effort to chart of actfon that woul its purpose “The return of as soon as it possible.” The governor hax not sed what he has {n mind anc Mr. Lewis declined to comment. Mr. Lewis is the only one of the members of the recent unsuccessfu Joint conference of miners and opera tors remaining in the city, all of the others having left for their homes the coal region yesterday. A statement by Maj. W. W. Inglis chairman of the operators’ foint con ference, upon his return to his home in Scranton last night, expressing ha lief that the situation could he remedied by “Calm second thought aroused interest among observers Maj. Inglis sald it was useless for the conferences to continue thelr sessions in Philadelphia and he that “caln second thought will lead to the cor. clusion that instead of talking abou: continuing this strike all Summer and all next Winter, we should get back to work and end the suffering a loss this strike is bringing to us all Meantime reports from the hard coal fields tell of suffering augmente by a heavy fall of snow. Hundreds of persons, without fuel to heat th homes, are picking over the culn banks for meager “black dlamonds future have fo huma | MERCIER'S WILL SHOWS MONEY SPENT ON OTHERS (Continued on Page 5, Column 6.) "~ (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) The committee also reported out to- day & bill to widen First street north- east for several blocks, just north of Union Station. TOKIO, February 4.—A vernacular news agency reports that a strong earthquake shook the city of Aomord, S orth Japan, at 8:33 pan. today. Traffic Court Service on Cafeteria Plan Adopted by Chicago to Speed Up Justice | ke lasted 1 minute and 15 sec- ':x‘\‘;s,qu'xl\'o details have been received as to damage done, if any. 'Aomori is a_seaport city with a population of 15,000, located on the southwestern part of a bay on the north shore of the main island of the Japanese archipelago. PLANE HITS TOWER IN F0G | ENI1TZ, Czechoslovakia, Feb- r PR054 (#). — A military airplane crashed into a church tower here in a PROBE LISBON REVOLT. Portuguese Officlals Start Inquiry. Army and Navy Praised. LISBON, Portugal, February 4 (). —The government is instituting strict investigations to place the responsibil- ity for the short-lived revolt which ended yesterday, when the disaffected elements surrendered under the threat of bombardment. fog yesterday, killing the pilot and A note has been issued commending | seriously injuring an officer who was the attitude of Gen. Rocadas, com- |q passenger. The collision caused the mander of the government troops, and [ motor to explode,,and the wrecked expressing gratification over the loy-| machine fell through the roof of a alty shown by the army and navy, Awelling lato ap unoccupled room, 2 By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, February 4—A legal quick-service machine whereby traf- fic violators cah admit offenses, draw printed slips indicating the amount of the fines and pay the cashier as they go out, somewhat after the mode observed in cafeterlas and similar establishments, was approved yester- day by the clty council. The entire procedure of violating @ traffic law and regretting it in hard cash can be transacted in five min- utes, or, at pleasure, be extended over a 36-hour period. There will be no cop in court to testify to the wander- ings of the speedometer. Traffic policemen will gly A ticket, checked with ¢t violators ) concerned and notifying the driver to appear at the bureau within 36 hours. Once there the defendant can plead guilty, waive the customary “Good morning, Judge.” and be gone again in five minutes, or the fine may be paid by messenge For speeding, the scale fine will be $10 for the first offense; subse- quent infringements will be disposed of by trial The minor offenses will cost $1 for the first, $2 for the second and $5 for the third repetition; after that, the defendant will be haled into court. Drivers charged with reckless driving or intoxication will not be extended the privileges. Operation of the February 15, plan will begin Assets at Death to Be Disbursed for Funeral and Surplus Given Away, Will Directs. the Assoclated Press. BRUSSELS, February 4.—The will of Cardinal Mercier, executed in 190s and made public today, says he was without personal fortune, having con secrated to good works his Incorie from publication and other source Moneys on hand at the time of his death, the will stipulated, will be spent in paying for his funeral and for the arrears in his household ex penses. Any surplus is to go to charity. The cardinal leaves to his nephewsx his equity in & cottage in the country and advises them to make their living by their own work. The document dedicates the life of the cardinal and his flock to God It asks the pardon of all those he ma» have wronged, and forgives those who way have wronged him. By