Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1926, Page 2

“n e X, DEBATE DIMS HOPE OF EARLY TAXVOTE Senate Squared Away for; Decision on Publicity Law Repeal. By ths Associathd Pross The Sen: for a ¢ 1ax reduction bi lowing publication come tax payments As opponents carried debate on this proposition into the third day, man- agers the Lill virtuaily save up hope of final enactment of the measure hy Febri 10, the deadiine first set by muke tax reduction pos sible on March 13, when tax installme Ch mitte tiee h week neetin Senator e was squared away today n on the provision in the repealing the law al f amounts of in hem 1o sn nee . gave no PoSions next ily in churg would force night tion to the earl inuugurated yest Norris, Republican, sk t 5 opponents repeal of the publicity provision, has ountered with hi dment to open 4l income tax to public in- spection. as a iblic records. This proposi Ldopted two vears Tut was later aniended to per tion of the imounts of tax payme rdid Ne- Keep held the Lator and pr Juzens, 1 MeKellar, the that easur iilions of dol- wadit and publican Democrat. Tennessee, carr fight vesterday with dema “secret transactions 1 involving refunds of subjected to publ inspection. Despite the lensthy Senate, hefore adjournin wed more than a ndments to sections the avs b debate, the last_night, core of tech the adminis- bill. which previously without diseus- into law mortiza March 3 jest of 1 had 1 They passed aceep proposal fo enact tlings allowing if made befor d 3 Treasur tion clain 924, went Eenator € .v 1zens is of Ofticials. \dments also including opusing that returns of all public ate and local, be wnd subject to wm sterday, one 1 Norris 1 the income fax Federal opened to inspection publication officials . proposed al District. Courts be heur claims for retu abatements and additional the amount invelved eller aiso I depletions. where < more thun Howell, Repu braska, proposed amendments to tain the present inheritance and gift taxes. Senator Carolina which w w re- Democrat, South ced amendment tinal. unless fraud were shown income tax pavment when the return was t out under the supervision of tax officials U. S.-PANAMA TREATY NEARLY COMPLETED introd i1d ma an Major Disputes of Two Years Set- tled—No Date Fixed for By the Assated B All of the Teen in dispute the United e Taction of th have Tnited Tt wa martment Tost i soon would 1 Ke them ! wsed and nujor points which have between Panama and the past two d to the satis ssioners who 1 een werkin 1 uneed at lav that the it phases nitt = here. s S Ay ¥ the dvaf 1 = sul 0 Secretary 1 personally ducument the The various min relations and claims which it is the which will be these details n that 1 probable tre POPE RETAIN‘S HEALTH DESPITE HEAVY STRAIN Daily Act to disenssion o pehinge tivally ne de. T The for i n and docume quired knos shing ties During Tmpair His Strength. Mem- Court Assert. bers of Br the Assor ROM Fie ar the auil 6. Py most duri £ om that that he Pius has unin < the wealth the did activi e sert rsisticnl o 1ifr 2 foe v Often during the holy year el to the dange st constitution intense love for the work cd out. bore him safely Orten he told Iy his holi point huoyed hut his m by hi tina that T fatigued but that M come to admit eheeriul me e “the mon it Niely.” 9r wili do me i and refreshiv etier prepared hadly t A Feceptions tire T <hs i nd th the m. Dy her of and really ened. intimates feel T am is the consol seeking zives he declared « 1 do not tainly it venewed daily. of dear children that strength every day NEW ORDEé IN EFFECT. J.. February Runyah te ancorder putting into effect zation plan for the Vir Chemical Co.. parent con Southern Cotton Ol orporat Tw it it o vent oblizations, assets, was il mnty Counsel and Charles G the corporation, celvers weuk ion man new me ) — ¥ signed corgan- ny of the 1000000 + the Vir o meet cur < of quick nds of Arthur T. Vanderbilt Wilson, president of as Federal equi unable ane to The sen the tax hill with the issu should be i Hearing dation bill we state comme A new for electing the Roard of Kducation of the District was proposed by Chairman Capper af the Distrist committee. work ien continued iy nrng on onsoli lie inter income | present | 1925 Fail | iing | | DEADL WATCHES BY AS ‘Rodgors and Fried Hon-| ‘ored for Stories of Exploits. Both Were Prompt to Answer Queries for Details. By the Assoviated Press NEW YORK, men of the whose straight ward. unvarnished narratives of heroic deeds thrilled the world are to receive special awards as renorters of the Associated Press. It will be the first time laymen have been accorded such honors, 1d watches are to be presented to rge Fried of the stewmship Roosevelt. who guided the 7 men from the British Antinoe, wrecked in midat- cently. to Comdr, John | 3 N. who, with four ttled the Paciflc tor nine days - when lost i 4 2.000-mile clsco to Hawaii wociates in the task of reporting werld events, Irvied and Rodgers will be given marks of dis- tinction hithertv reserved for staff re- porters of the Assoclated . Cub report in effect, when drafted in the public interest, thev made good at deseribing the {which they were assizt They were selected b tise in the best position tw tel public quickly and had happened Great Appeal i The wide use made « - tives and the interest aroused by them how that, be it thrilling wdventure ¢ thing else, the wreat appeal is in the facts, intelligently presented. No exaggeration by a verbal rouge POt was needed for Fried’s radio mes- sages telling laconic how, in bright moonlight, his men took off the crew of the Antinoe, helpless, hungry. after five o rosevelt's lifeboats had been sm: Nor w it necessary to embellish the narra- tive of Rodgers ahout himself and his {men keeping alive throngh water dis tilled by a little stfll his mother had insisted he take with him. ° | Rodgers. asked when found Hawail. to give the public the f performed the tusk well that was the first sigi ried by the Assoc Inscriptions on Watches. The inscription for Capt. Frieds wateh is: “Rescue of the crew of the Antine. Presented to Capt. George Fried by.the Associuted Press as souvenir of enrollment member of the staff. January 19267 The inscription for Comdr. Rodgers’ watch is: “Adventure of the crew of e PNAO-1. Presented Comdr. John Rodgers. U. s, X the Asso clated Press as a souveni of enroll ment as & member of the staff. Sep tember 11, 1925 ebruary 6. -Two shter ion cover. they were | an anxious aceurately what Facts, thens nurr i at cts his|1 it t 1 i [ n [ s mate THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, TWO HEROES OF SEA AWARDED SOCIATED PRESS Upper: Lower: CAPT. GEORGE FRIED. COMDR. JOHN RODGERS. Kent Cooper he Associa ied and “The news nen and s ssoclates world events concert N e al fleld any one ranscendent iy wectedly, wecepis WS assignment. written by Come nost suflicient King the ecoznition nterpri weral manager wired Capt Bodgers rosalutes these hone rer lay m ry tisk of is o one that to the rej when events of rti CCUE unex and fult an A The excellent story Rodge 1 arant in exception to for unusual When. within a wonths, Capt. Fried responded so ef: ciently. the warr naking ex eptions was con mdr. Ro Ne to every itseir NEW SCHOOL BILL DRAWN BY CAPPER i Proposes Election of Educa- tion Board. Differing From Gasque Measure. i 1 I I tion of the Board of Education by the pe of the District. differing in many respects from the Gasque bil was introduced in the Senate today by Senator Capper. chairman of the i District committ The most essentiul cha Senator Capper has proj That school board membe m the city at large inst zraphical sections residents who have r of 21 be qualified to vor trict voting to v nts of chiidren in the schools, and modification placing the District ommissioners in charge of the elee- + instead of the school board itself | Senator Capper believes his plan is {in line with methods which have |proved most effective elsewhere. He {holds that it is undemocratic an un | American to confine voting to owners f property and pavenis of school children. Senator Capper believes the method |of electing members from wards. contemplated in the Gasque bill, proved unsatisfactol He dec would be a mistake that would evitably 1o dissatistaction to | make the rd of Education | { sponsible for conducting the clection | | of board members | | v whic b wd of it ail legal ‘hed the auge ither than xpayers or to electe 1 it t in. to re. « r ! The Capper bill contemplates 1 annual election, the arrangements for | !which would be made by 1 mmis | sioners. Al ballots would be turned over to the clerk of the Dist Su | preme Court. who would d s the | {result. Tn the first election tha :h candidates receiving the hizhest num- | Ler of votes would gerve for th years, the next three ‘would sorve for two vears and the three candidates re. jeeiving the lowest number of votes, one vear The bill was referred to ihe Senute | District committee. | ] ¢ I ' v [ « a | | d i Y GASES BAFFLE | MINE RESCUE WORKERS | Efforts to Reach 16 Bodies in Pitts- burgh Shaft Delayed Until Mifnight. inted Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa.. Februuary 6 | Deadly gases in the Horning mine of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co. still | | baflled rescue workers today in their! | efforts to reach 16 miners, entombed by an explosion Wednesday afternoon. ollowing a test of the air, mine of- | ficials announced it would be unsafe | 1o remove the fire walls in the sealed- {off sections of the mine until midnight. The walls were put up to smother the five when hope was abandoned that | ¢ of those trapped were alive. Or-|i | ficinls said outside ions were | that the fire was out. but that the walled-in section was filled with gase t t {n v b « [ ¥ i Some Al All u is gratificati behalf of Ambassador =ifts at whether see West [BRITAIN OFFICIALLY LAUDS SEA HEROES FOR ANTINOE RESCUE tinued from First Page.) iving their W the lives 1o suve their fellow escuer ‘After at could be finer? the first boat water Wirtamen the rope sident Roosevelt of his comrades leaped fro ety 1o ther rescue. of those who wre here t their lives to his sacrifice it that was scen of this wits solitary 1 U his drifting liie he distressed ship. These the rew of vas thrown i wdders ie s te to the I thie i ad a tiem hold on P vil one of of the Ar sl rying e members of that witl live the crows vill mention thes of honor, living ish “hou r roll nd dead As one ne reads the names of Miller, Upton obowitz, Wall, uer, zang. Franelich Riedel . Diuz, Araneda, Fiahn, Roberts and 1l drawn themselves or by descent vom different lands, there comes to with a new understandiag ali that meant by the brotherhowd of the Fried. in 1o those ant ribute 1 the gr veply. paid solemn who lost their lives it attempt. and expressed 1 at having been able to ave the Antinoe’s erew. The captain’s speech ted by echeers. First wvho followed, also was given an ova ion. Hoylston Beal, special attache i the American embass spoke on Houghton. were made to 1 and the members of the escne crew under blazing lights and with a re of motion picture cam- clicking. The speeches were sroadeast throughc the British sles. Capt. Tose of the Antinoe presented apt. Fried with a o for some 300 of voluntary contributions which e had received after broadeasting he story of the rescue. This money vill be sent to the families of the two nen who lost their lives also presented personal of cribed cigarette cases to pt. Fried and Officers Miller, Sloan nd Upton In his speech on b dor Houghton M ‘o those who take interest in maintaining d relations between mtries, what the men of the Presi dont Aid last week means mory 1o express, s rticularly valor sei. alwavs have been understood il appreciated at their value by hese two t maritime countries. They ~peak louder than words, spoken or written and | hink T repeat. without exaggeration, hat the hrave and gallantry of the men of the President Roosevelt last veek accomplished more for the good relations of these countries than can he @ estimated.” was punctu Officer Miller, The presentations apt. Fr ut haif of Ambas. . Beale said Itoosevelt than it is reeds of vale Count Salm Delays Trip. NEW YORK, February 6 ()— “ount Ludwig Salm said yesterday he had postponed his trip to Florida to his 15-month-old son. who is at Palm Beach with the boy's the former Millicent Rogers. in the cntry of a court order count separation suit was the reason for postponing departure. previously announced or vesterday not he A de n th iven his Ly To Link Detroit By the Associated Press. DETROIT, February 6.—A system of airways connecting Detroit with | oston, New York. Huffalo. New 1fa- ven und other Lasiern cities is heinz | My sed out by lHenry Ford, Willium { i Mayo, chief enzineer of ‘the Ford Jiotor Co.. told the confercnce of the engineering profession of Michigan an address here last night. I t Ford Mapping Out Airways System and Eastern Cities with connecting lines to New York nd Boston. Oiher cities that will be ted ave Springfi New | o diveet line from It is alse plinned to Detroit to Grand Rapids et o Detroit. fine from Mich. The company, he said, had main- ained daily service from Detroit to Chicago for nearly a year without & at the present session of serious accidents Cald- | Huge Crowds Fight Police to Get View of Casket of Film Actress. | | By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, February 6—Five women fainted in the crowd of several thousand persons which gathered at the funeral services of Barbara La Marr, the moving picture star, who died a week ago and was burled yes- 4 few friends and close ao- quaintances attended the funeral services, us was the wish of Miss La Marr. The crowd formed in front of the funeral chapél and fought police 10 get n glimpse of the casket as it was started on the way to the Holly- wood Cemetery. The women whe cued from being tr: by the strenuous efforts of police. A sixth woman was so forceful in her attempts to v v the casiket that she was ejected from the crowd, fighting, by the police. With the depurture of the funeral many of the crowd rushed into 1. although everything, even 2th. had been removed. of 40,000 persons filed pust the bier of the Lite actress during the days her Lody lay in state in o omor tuary chape! BOARD TO SETTLE COAL EMERGENCIES ASKED BY ROBINSON k fuinted were res- mpled upon only ed from First Page.) the continaane of the strike in the anthracite flelds. Protiteering in fuel: is quite widespread and will increase Drive by Copeland. “t Cosl With Copeland” has luate 1y become the rallying ery of a consid erable number Democratic Senu- tors and insurgent Republicans ! The New York Senator. who hap- | pens o be w1 is been prod- |ding the Republican adminlstration and Lits supporters in the Senate daily. He has resolutions proposing | thai inter in th anthr rings chang on them 1 duy. His fc low ing wine Whethe whittie way the an ex tent that one of his resolutions will b idopted remains to be seen. There ix no doubt, however, thut his de mands, day that nite urge the President to take some action in the « oming em. barrassing some of the Senutors Who are anxious to uphold the Presi dent severad the President e strike. from day in the S he will by ywosition to such I ' day, the S al strike, are by Playing Politics Charged. The charge that Senator Copeland playing politics, seeking to make capital for his party out of the coal situation and the determination of the President to keep hands off in the struggle between the anthracite opera- tors and miners, s made by Republi cans. But Senator Copeland counters with stories of th sufferings of people of the East Side in New York and other cities ale < the Atlantic seaboard. It is true that embarrassment to the administ tic I of his ef forts will not be source of grief to the New York Senator I insists, however, thut he has at heart the in. terests of the poor who cannot obtain the hard coal for which their heaters and cook stoves constructed and who eannot afford to pay the high prices for substitutes. e he came the peland was mmission alth of New York, and it is particularly as a health measure that he is demanding that steps be taken without delay to end the strike, Comference. d Sees Hope i resolutions is te that the coal operators House for a One of the Copel a request by the Ser President invite the and miners to the White conferent Senator Copeland be- Heves, he that if the President gets the contestants before him at the White House, he can get them to ad- just their differences “It provides 4 wa ‘ together and at the same time save their faces.” said Senator Copeland. The opposition. on the other hand, contends that the President now has Just as much authority to invite the coal operators and miners to the White House as he would have after the adoption of such a resolution, and that it is not the part of the legisla- tive branch of the Government to in- struct the Ixecutive. A second resolution offered by ator Copeland requests the Pre: dent to take whatever steps are necessary to bring about an immed- iate resumption of anthracite mining. and re-enacts the provisions of the et of declaring a tional emergency to exist and providing for th ntment of a Federal fuel distributor, for car service priorities and for the prevention of unreason- ibly high prices of L1t would wlso give additional powers to the In- terstate Commerce Commission Part of Oddie Bill. his resolution, Senator Copeland explained, is the emergency section of ! the bill introduced by Senator Oddie of Nevada, chairman of the mines and mining committee, to deal gener- alle with the coal industry in line with the recommendations of the Pres. ident and the United States Coal Com mission. Opponents of action by the Senate on the coal situation at this time in- sist that it would be futile merely to request the President to call the op- o and miners to Washington without giving to deal with the situation. . There should Te legislation providing a way to deal with controversies between the operators and miners, they say. To this Senator Copeland and his followers retort: “Bring in your leg. islation and let us act on 1t.” Coal Economics Bureau. The Oddie bill, which is the result ot much study on the part of the junior Senator from Nevada, provides for the creation of a bureau of coal eco- | nomics in the Department -of Com- merce and for the fullest kind of pub- !licity regarding the coal industry. | Such publicity, it is argued, would go | far toward preventing unfair treat- ment of the miners, unfair demands by the miners and just prices to the consumers. This bill was introduced December 8 last, soon after Congress met. It has been referred to the Department of Commerce for report, and for weeks has been before the depart- ment without a report having been sent to the Senate committee on mines and mining, which must deal with the legisiation. Up to this time Senator Oddie has for them to get n; ion until the pres. ent controversy in the anthracite field liad heen disposed of. 1 attitude lis been in line with that of the ministration, it is said. which ha to allow the strike to settle itseif. More than five months have elapsed, however, with the strike still unset- tled. If there is to be coal legislation agitate coal legis Congress prevent other emergencies in the fu- him additional power | toward insuring } | taken the position that he would not | | Put | ating ideal conditions are only C, Former Commissioners and Civic Leaders Back Cap- per-Zihiman Bill. Heartlest indorsement by sentatives of the principal welfare and clyic organizations in the Na- tional Capital was given the (‘apper Zihlman general welfare bill today at & hearing before the subcommittee of the House District committee. Representative Oscar E. Keller. Re- publican, Minnesota, who last Con- gress conducted hearings on welfare legislation and who introduced the general welfare bill drafted by the Public Welfure Commission and recommended by the District Comi- missfoners, was in charge of the hearfug today and proposed that the ‘apper-Zihlman bill, which hus been greed upon in conference and on which the Senate District committee has ordered u favorable renost, should be_discussed Mrs. Mary T. Norton, Democrat, New Jersey, a member of the subcom- mittee, asked for consideration of the Gerry bill, which she intends to intro- duce in the House. During the dis- cussion the differences between the Capper-Zihiman bill and the Gerry bill were carefully analyzed and the rela- tive merits of the important pro- visions b caretully considered repre- Former Commissioners Test Justice Siddons, a former Commissioner, as chairman of the ie W Commission, which «d in an advisory capacity to the District Commissioners in drafting th legislation to co-ordinate welfare a tvitles in the Capital, was the prin- cipal_witness. Hoth Justice Stddons and Miss Mabel T. Boardman, who also was formerly a District Commis- sfoner, emphasized that the District Commissioners have such multifarious duties that they could not perform properly the dutles of a welfare board s proposed in the Gerry bill. Hoth of the witnesses assured the committee that experience has shown that the best adminfstration can be secured through a single board of etvie lenders with altruistic purposes who would coordinate interlocking func tions of the three principal welfare bourds and would eliminate serfous friction. They maintain that there waus i strong desire that the prop well board should act in e St such with the Board of Commisston to whom they would respon th by appointment and in re. kurd to budget matters, Among the large local organiza- tions represented by spokesmen who heartily indorsed the Capper-Zihlman bill and pledged themselves to work earnestly fo & passage were the District Federation of Women's lubs. the Women's City Club Florence Crfttenton Home Board. the Monday Evening Club, more than core of church organizations, the District _of Columbia League of Women Voters, the District board of the American Association of Univer sity Women, the Federation of Citi iations, th Hy ashington “tion Council of Jewish Protective Assoclution, Housekeeper's Allian, I'rfendship House Board Board of Directors of Travelers' Aid Socifty. Tuberculosis Association and Associated Charities. District ers, . of Women, Juvenile Nays Congress Norton brought to the atten tion of the subcommittee many com plaints which she has received that criminals from the jall are placed in the me hospital with poor people for treatment. This was unswered by Mrs. Richard Fay Jackson. a mem ber of the hoard of five women ap pointed by the District Commissioners to advise them regarding Gallinger Hospital. Mrs. Jackson said that the prisoners are treated in a different part of the hospital, entirely separat 1 from the poor people Chairman Keller brought out the fact that plans for completing the work at Gallinger Hospital and cre. wait to make Lax. Mrs ing the uction of Congress adequate appropriations. He said that Congress had been “very lax” in not having provided funds for expeditious- iy completing these plans, Mrs. Jac son assured Mrs. Norton that her board would be very glad to confer on the complaints which the New Jersey Congressman has received. HULL’S LOWE;TAI%IFF MEASURE DRAWS FIRE John H. Kirby Warns Democrats Against Making “Poverty a Campaign Issue.” A warning to the Democratic party “against making low prices, low wages and poverty a campaign issue in the coming election” was sounded yester- day in a statement by John H. irby. president of the Southern Tariff Asso- clation. The statement, which challenged the resolution introduced in the House by Representative Hull, Democrat, Ten- nessce, &ponsoring a downward revi. sion of tariff schedules. at_the same time defended the Fordney-McCumber tariff act as a “prosperity producer for the South.” “Against the fallacies put forth by Mr. Hull” Mr. Kirby said. “we sub mit the arguments presented by Rep. resentative Hudspeth of Texas and the position of Georgla and Louisiana Congressmen on the tariff, whose De mocracy 15 as sound and whose eco nomics are much sounder than those of Mr. Hull.” UTILITIES BODY DRAFTS ORDER FOR GAS MAINS Will Direct Washington Gas Light Company to Lay Pipes in North- east Sections. The Public Utilities Commission be gan the draft of an order today direct- ing the Washington Gas Light Co. to lay more than 3 miles of high- pressure gas mains and a large num- ber of other mains and service pipes into Benning. Kenilworth, Deanwood, Burrville, Hillbrook and _contiguous northeast communities. The cost, it is estimated, will exceed $175,000. Iingineers of the gas light company have prepared plans for the exten- sion, which will start at the east plant of the company at Twelfth and M strects southeast, cross the Ana- costia River on the underside of the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, follow Pennsylvania avenue to Anacostia road and in that throughfare to Ben- ning. Actual construction will begin as soon after the issuance of the order as the weather permits. The order will be promulgated early next week. e i A P . the Oddie ture, Senators are insistin; bill should he delaved no longer. It has still 1o be conxidered by the Sen- ate committee before it ean be renort ed to the Senate. An argument advanced who oppose action by the.Government to settle the strike is that if & compro- by those ]mm is reached the pul‘:;!c is bound to ;:m;'-.gd almost universal disrespect |ing to|be forced to pay an increased price & anthracite, fop dta SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1926. FIVE WOMEN FAINT {CITIZENS INDORSE (“* AT LA MARR RITES| WELFARE MEASURE omiecr xptan s inuor et s hamge e FOR WAR WI'1 T GUARD ASK FIVE PLANE 'H RUM RUNNER of Operations, Making Observations From Air Necessary to Keey A new offensive would be launched from the afr azainst ram row, using five swift lanes, under i pro gram lald before Co ess by admin- | istration leaders As revealed in committee of the deficiency bill, expund successiul der way by a north rum row The rum fleet has changed its base, as revealed by Const Guard who said that most of the now were hovering from 100 miles off shore. This makes hoats of larger crulsing nd seaplanes, it possible, to n eve on their movements. In the first deficiency bill, now be fore the House. Congress is esked to appropriate for reconditioni five former Navy d rs, 35 larger y trol boats 17 t in length, and seaplanes. The destroyers could be made ready August 1, nd the new patrol boits Ly September 1 of this year, Rear Admiral . C. Billard, commandant of the Coast Guard, told the House subcomumnittee. Could Use More Planes. “If this aviation proves to be a good thing,” Admiral Billard said, “and we aresure it will, we can use to advan tage more than five scaplanes. The reasan we ask for five is that we want try it out in a modest, r e by a sub the tirst would Iy un ugainst hearings House on the program work alre: lone plane | | | | { While the « air station N. €. with six s are now obsolete, wis rned at Coast Guard headquarters there has been one plane operating with success at one of the vital points of rum row off Gloucester, Miss “Of course, five planes are very few for our large coast line,"” Lieut. Comdr. S. 8. Yeandie, aid to the commandant of the Coast Guard, told the commit- tae, “The scatlered rum ships at present off the New England coast or the coast of New York., Long Island and New Jersev ure ubout 100 or 150 miles offshore.’” “I thought you hLad brol along there” interject Martin B. Madden of tee M ad Cit £ which an ore n them up Chadrman subeormmit i Broke Up One Base. “\We did where they were before,” suid Lieut. Comdr At that time there were 70 sels in one string, from Now the tran cargoes is made far offshore perhaps noticed 1 pay count of the capture of York the other day. The transfers of the s Lo America « vessels are | charge of sixteen p Track of Ships. made sometimes 300 miles off the ast. The covering of any large ocean + with surface craft would involve « much gr T number than we would Aempted with one plane luaned us by the Navy at Gloucester not only to locate rum ships lying at distance, or 8o far offshore that they are outside of the operating radius of the small 75-foot boats, but also to ob- serve the movements of our own footers, to summon them when we want them to picket rum ships Ie so far offshore as to be normal patrol area. Runs Great Risks. “The type of work is probably the most hazardous kind in aviation. This flyer must leave the shore, strike boldly out, nd cover a ceTtain wide ocean area. 1 have accompanied the officer during this work on a number of flights. He uses a small Navy plane, the cost of which I believe is about $25,000. It is called a pursuit plane, and it has only about three hours’ gasoline supply. Several times there has been a good deal of anxiety felt for this plane, as it has come in with only five minutes of fiylng gas left. We require a plane with a larger carrying capacity of gas, and we are ng to get at least a seven or eight s’ fuel capacity.” An appropriation committee was told uard officers, would of five of radie of $1 o er seaplanes of the ty sets for communication from the planes and of inexpensive “tin sheds™ of the cheapest type the Army has to be used as hangars, T is pre Will Use Own Pilots. ¢ Coast Guard already pardl to put pllots from its own runks into the new planes, it was diclosed, although there is no air corps in the organization. Not all of the pllots are commissioned officers, The pllot now operating the Coast Giuard’s single plane off Gloucester is Lieut. Comdr. C. C. Von Paulson, who is commander of a sectfon base, 5-foot patrol boats d personnel. The rum ships over which he sald at the time to be keeping watch were off Georges Banks «nd Nantucket. Records ut head quarters here show captures due to the plane’s evidence. Accordng to Coast Guard head- quarters, reports have come in that rum runners themseives have resorted irplanes chiefly as a means of mmunication. To capture these al lezed rum-runner airplanes, however, admitted to be next 1o impossible dence against them would be extremely difficult to obts 460 the the price pe needed, the SEPARATE BUREAU IN TREASURY ASKED FOR DRY LAW WORK (Continued from First Page.) the The sole Congres- of the suppli- defining statute books action was wdoption illis-Campbell heer bi tng the Volstead luw by tent of beer veceived further the maodificat sugrested Treasury, most dry | and wet declined 1o pr how the recommendations would be received ‘ It generally easury’s move support from Just Diep: ment. In her last annual report, Mrs Mubel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney Gener: in charge of proh bition cases, recommen heavier ties for prohibition violations, “at least for illegal nufacau sale, transportation and importation Andrews Backs Plea Assistant Secretary Andrews has shown sympathy with such a step und also has sugzgested the for a T vision of the law to § nit more drastic punishment in violations that involve an element of conspiracy There also hus been movement ommanding s port from both wets nd drys blace all prohibition | gents under civil service rexulations. Today Gen. Andrews conferred re garding that phase of the prohiem with Representative Hudson. Republi- can, Michigan, one of the dry leade in the House, Whatever the form of the T final recommendations for rev the act, a long and lively controve in Congress is expected to result. Onc the subject i up on the floor of Senate and House, the enemies of prohibition will have a long-awaited opportunity to present in the open various proposals heretofore smother- ed in committee, and ranging from very minor changes in the law to actual repeal. Showdown Is Forecast. They expect to be able to force a showdown on all of these subjects by offering the proposals as amendments to whatever revision bill the Senate nd House leaders bring out at the instigation of the Treasury. A modified prohibition system as a happy medium between the “evils of Volsteadism” and of the saloon era will be proposed at the second “face the facts’ conference called by the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. The “definite plan for Government control under a modified form of pro hibition, designed to end the reign of the bootlegger and abolish the other evils” which the asso tion’s state- ment charged to the Volstead law will be proposed by Willlam Phelps Eno of Washington W e the aleoholic Until they formation h ho ¢ the = in- the thorous < expected that will the Pastor on Way Here. With the Temperance Sogiety's pro- nouncement being attacked and de fended from miany quarters, the Rev. Smpringham, secretary of the ft New York for Wash- * in connection with the statement, The resulting troversy will be the subject of a mon tomorrow by Bishop William Manning in New York Describing the coming conferenc as a “major offensive against Vol. steadism.” the association announced that many prominent persons would participate as members of its various committees. The speakers will be Senator Edge, Republican, New Jer- sev: Senator Broussard, Democrat, Louisiana; Mrs. Mary T. Norton, Dem. | ocratic Representative from New Jer- | sey: William H. Stayton, chairman of the association, and possibly a repre- | sentative of the American Federation of Labor. The general topic of the conference | is to be “the complete failure of pro- | hibition in the United States after six years of the Volstead act as the en- foreing agency of the cighteenth amendment.” Statistics bearing on the subject will be presented, and Canada’s _experience with modified prohibition will ba discussed by repre- sentatives of that government. Sees Dry Evils Growing. The first “face-the facts” conference was held a vear ago and since that | time, (he statement said, “there has | heen an alirming increase of evidence ainst Volsteadism as a breeder of a host of evils theretofore Lut little known in American life, incinding . corruption. wide- | bootlegging. briber: spread drinking among youths of both tnstances® of greatly increased “recognition of these facts are found, It is said, in the recent -ports of the Federal Council of <hurches and the Protestant Episco. pal Church Temperance Society. In both reports, it added. “the present methods of legislative enforcement were weighed in the balance and found wanting.” Washington's birthda as select- ed for the meeting as “significant of a return to the spirit of true and tried Americanism exemplitied in 11 life of the Father of His Country who was opposed to the evils of drink and to every other form of intem perance, vet was a distiller of whisky and left behind an excellent recipe for making excellent beer. Among those identified with the ming conference and in complete cord with its expressed purpose ure Arthur D. Addison, Vincent Astor, W Atterbury, Col. H. M. Boykin, k H_Brooke, Samuel Harden Walter D. Denegre, Herman Dierks. Irence du Pont, Gen. Ot Falk, Marshall Field, George A. rett, U, & ant, jr.. William Hitt, Reginald <. Huidekoper, du P. Irving. Marshall Alexander B. Legare, Marye, Judge Henry & R. Pyne, Wil Francis Riggs Sumuel Sloan, Henry Anzustus Thomas, Gen. Wright. Anthony C. Addison, D. Wilcox. John M. Biddle, Mont- somery Blair. Gen. James A. Buchan- W. Bowie Clarke, Williim Phelps no. Dr. Francis R. Hagner, Edward A. Mitchell, W. W. Taylo James G. Agar, Col. Allerton Cush man. George B. Cochran, Oscar T v. Julian Codman. Dr. Charles Coliins. Frederic R. Coudert. j Derby. Allen W. Evart Foraker. W. Newton Gulick, Frank S. Hight, Robert Hinckley. Col. Archibald Hopkins. Joseph Hoppin, Pemberton Hutchinson, Paul E. Johnson, Col. J. Miller Ken- von, Howard Thaver Kingsbury, Albert Kelsey, P. Tecumseh Sherman, Her S. Thompson, Albert B. Kerr Johnston ¥ Louis Langhorne. George T. Priest. Percy Reyburn, Seribmer, L. Spencer, Wililam M. Walter Livingston. Joseph Leiter, Frank Moss, | Francis Randolph Mallet-Pre: William W. Miller, Edward M. Tivain. Maleolm §. MecConihe. Col. Robert G. Paxton. Vinton Plerce, Nal- son E. Perin, Charles (. Paulding, F. A. Richardson. B. H. Roberts heridan. Right Rev. C. | Flovd Waggaman, nited States Nenator Thomas F. Bavard, Senator Bruce. Representative Hill, Admiral W. W, Kimball, Gen. Hunter Liggett and Larz Anderson. BISHOPS HIT REPORT. 19 Oppose Dry Law Modification; 5 Favor Change. The report on modification of the Volstead act by Rev. Dr. James Em- pringham, watlonal secretary of the Church Temperance Society of the Episcopal Church, has drawn con demnation from 19 bishops and suf fragans of the Episcopal church, who declared their faith in the effective ness listed support from five others, ac cording to a poll taken by the New York Times, A number of bishops and suf- fragans to whom was sent the query, “Do you approve or disapprove the stand of the Church Temperance ciety favoring modification of the Volstead act?” declined to state their position, and one sald he was not op- posed to light wines or beer, but did not favor modification of the law be- cause disregard of the law is shown by clvil officers and citizens, accord- ing to The Times. Bishop Freeman Backs Law. Right Rev. James E. Freeman: Bishop of Washington, who Thursday declared his support of the Volstead law in a statement made to The Star, again declared his position in a tele. &ram to the Times in connection with the poll. “The church can {ll afford to indulge in a discussion that must in- evitably result in weakening of law enforcement,” he declared. “It is the business of the church to stand for the enforcement of law. It weakens its whole appeal when it joins with those who today are utterly heediess of their obligations to what is the duly constituted law of the land. “If the church would address itsclf more unretittingly to the supr business of strengthening the mo character of the people it would i firmer hold upon those who tod lizht teem ite ich pronouncements as those re. y made have behind them nath- of authority, and make no impres- slon whatever upon puhlic opinion. The lawmaking bedées of this country Maver. Severo centl Comst | in | | to ha st. Capt. W. J. Maxwell, | .\|:v~1 William | of the present law, and has en- | 'WIFE BLOCKS MOB 1 i ATTACKING FARMER Throws Self on Knees Before Auto Dragging Him by Rope. 3 Brothers Held. Special Dispateh to The Star ANNAPOLIS, Md., | Wesley Kornelik, a farmer | hospital here in a serious condi following an attack by three men i which he was dragged 25 feet by o rope around his neck, his wife pre. venting possibly fatal threw herself her i front of the assallants’ automobile and stopped its further progress. William. Harry and lHerbert Crouse February 6 is in a results whe o on knees brothers, are in jail awuiting the ou come of Kornelik’s injuries. They are charged with deadly assault. The vic tim s suffering from fractures of both arms, bruises and cuts about the head, caused by blows from a monkey wrench, and other injuries. The brothers, according to Kornelik appeared at his home, near Severn, Md., Tuesday, and after charging that he stole their still, beat him severely Yesterdny he procured a warrant at Glenburnle, and. in company with hi: {wife and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kos Kowski, 8. was on his way to wve it hen overtaken by an automoblle cont ng three men. The victim was in critical condition when brough here by his wife and friends. A fourth brother of the Crouses, charged with bootlegging, is beiniz sought by the police. RECORD OF SOUTHWEST PLANT LIFE COLLECTED Pomona College Herbarium Said to Be Largest in Country—76.000 Specimens Mounted. By the Associated P: CLAREMON | Mounting of botanical States, repr has been con partment of Pomon In making Ph A. Munz, department, declared the herbarium to be one of the largest in the country Two vears will be required to moun the remaining 174,000 specimens which have been collected. Efforts will be made to mount 30,000 each vear untf’ the complete array of 0,000 varieties has been cared for permanently. Ranchers, amateur bhotanists and school teachers over the Southwest visit the herbariumn: identfy ne native plants. Special lines of study are corn. ducted by students and teachers fron | virtuany” an s he using research statistics | botantical epecimens on exhi CLARK “DAUGHTERS” MISTAKEN. SAYS AUNT IN CLAIMING FORTUNE . Calif., February & .000 specimens of the juthwestern United ing five vears' work by the plant de College. suncement. Dr he botany from Por W 1 fry it here ea " 1 The hatke n whern i once did 1 Ivi H “Only juncte drirt “That formerl turned Stewa ppes Tiv fron; saw my uncle at Although it was & that Clark had zone was the onl evidence 1 ever lie: tion fo the helief PRODUCES DOCUMENT! News Vender Has Papers to Aid Thre 1t o Montana fs tiiis to give found | | | i “Daughters’ " Claims. DENVER. February § (®).— Donald Miller, Denver news vender, yesterday | produced several documents, purported ce been signed by the late Sena tor W. A. Clark of Montana, which he laimed would aid Mrs. Addie Clark | Miller. Denver. and her two sisters. in { their fuit to obtain a share of the $50 {000,000 Clark estate. | Mrs. Miller and her that they are daughters Montana copper magnate. | Mtller, who says he is no ion 1o Mrs. Miller. exhibited a school ce | titicate and several land deeds which ! bore the signature of W Clark | They were given to his mother, Clarksdale, Mo. He said Clark was narried to the mother of the three sters at Lebanon at the time Clark. whom Miller described as “dashing young fellow, then went West and returned “unbellevably rich.” but refused to recognize his wife, three children and his brothers FIND CAUSE OF DISASTER. OKLAHOMA CITY. February 6 (@) Insufficient ventilation cuused the in the Degnan-McConnel i mine No. 21, near Wilburton, on Jan {uary 13, in which 93 men perished {says the officlal report of 1d Bovle | chief mine inspector for the State, sovle declared the Stae law apply ing to cross ents which carry ventils tlon to working plices was not com plied with und that dust was not | sprinkled or removed sisters of allege the late | | | | | are not affected by statements {proceed from such sonrees.” | bishops who lined up moditication of the tha in sup Volstesd {act were: ishop Frederick querque. N. Mex. ¢ Bishop ¢ m Mann. Ortando, Fla wge Herbert Kinsolving. Howden, A in, Tex. hop A. C. A shop John C. Hall, Burlington. \t White, Springfield, Bshops Opposing Change. Those opposed to modi permit light wines and bee Bishop Willam T Tex. Bishop J. P. Suff-Bishop W lis, 8. Dak. Suff-Bishop Bishop John C. Ward, Erie, Bishop James R. Winchester. Rock. Ar Bishop land. Me Bishop Tex. Bishop Walter Tavlor Sumner, Port land, Oreg. Rithop It Bishop 1 Wis. Bishop fton. Ky Rishop N | tion were Dt | | Tyl E . Duk . Siouy ¥ tm S. M. Griswold. Chic Pa Little Benjamin wster, Port Cecil Seaman, Amarillo, H. Mize. Topeka. Kan H. Weller, FFond du 1 { Lewis W. Burton. Lexing Edwin Lines. Newark George A, Beecher Hast Bishop J. M. Francis, Indiana Ind Lishop ¥ Bishop burg, Pa. Bishop James Wise, Topeka. Kas. eeman of Washington. H. Darlington, Harris-