Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) loudy tonight 1nd tomorrow, probably snow or rain Temperatures— Highest, 41, at 2 p.m. yesterday; low- Snow this afternoon; tomorrow afternoon. est. 31, at noon today. Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 No. 29,868. Entered as ~ SWEEPING INQUIRY NTO ANTI-COOLIDGE " POLICY AMONG AR OFFICERS ORDERED Reported Campaign to Force Separate Branch Bill| Through Congress Brings Call for Thorough Probe. CIRCULARS OUTLINING ATTACK PLAN REVEALED Call Upon Flyers to Resist Progmm{ Specified by President’s Bmm‘li and Backed by Chief Executive. Anonimity of Authors Marked | hy Secretary Davis. estigation of conditions in the Service has been ordered Davis of the War De- Secretary wants to know officers still are 1g the air po'icies of President Coolidge and are employing disloyal | in carrying forward the| on for a separate air corps. | the facts two separate | ‘e been ordered by the vhase has been hands of Maj. Gen. Elil spector general of the Army. Another has been intrusted to Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief Air Service. Waits Full Data. Whether disciplinary action will be | takan by the War Secretary depends ature and completeness of tion collected. It is con- within the realn of posst s that a general shakeup of Alr fervice personnel, including court- riartial proceedings similar to those ich preceded the exit of Col Mit- 1l from the Army will follow. hile Mr. Davis and other depart-| ¢ officials_deciine to disclose the idence which led to the decision for veeping iivestigation, it is known it the War Secretary has in his| <session copies of anoymous docu- ants believed by some departmental to have been mimeograph- ind distributed through Air Serv- These called upon ed to be Air Service ers on duty with National Guard end rescrve organizations throughout the country, to “get busy” in thelr sport of the Corps bl eported activities of officers | furnishing Congressmen with pre- pared statements intended for distri- | rition through their offices at the pitol and supporting other legisla- tive propossls for alteration of the President’s air policy also will be care - inquired into by the investigat- i Action bilitle St e 3 1 i te Leadquarters. recipients, belie Coolidge Backs Board. t is well understood by aill Army President Coolidge con- conclusions of his Air| ard, which recommended against | the separate alr service advocated by 1itchell, and proposed instead that air personnel be placed under a special as. rs in the t of the Army. Gen. Patrick recently flouse committee and his advocacy of a separate A blll embodying his recom- introduced immediate wd now is before the cwed mous clrculars now Davls’ possession, and ~presented as having been distributed com Air Service headquerters, de res there must be more educational | and urges recipents et busy” with Sen- epresentatives in the ix- arate air corps. Department officlals are con- ring this language in the light of ion of Iresident Coolidge, pproved the Mitchell court. martlal finding Holds Discipline Vital. The theory of government the President, “implies that every of- ieiul so long us he retatns office shall nselt with respect toward especially true ervice. Unless his rule is applled there can be no discipline in the Army and Navy, without which these two forces would Dot only be without value as a means of defense, but would become actually mienace to society. Discipline is the basis of military training.” The circular urging “educational vork” for a separate Air Corp has attached to it a sumn of Gen Tatrick’s recent testimony, in which he held that the Air Board recom- mendations do not o far enough. ‘It is th 1opinton,” sald the | circular, at military affairs comnitiee of the s of Represen- tatives looks with VOor upon a reor- ganization of the Air Service along the same gencral lines as the Marine unized under the Sec- v of Y. This idea was ented to them by Gen. Patrick when he appeared before them as a witness on January 25 and 27 of this year. “There {s no doubt but that if the committee reports favorably such a reorganization to the Tiouse it will have a decided effect upon that body when the bill comes | to a vote. For the past year much viork has been done in an endeavor 1o educate Congress along general @viation lines and impress upon them ihe actual power of an alr force, Explains Own Purpose. “We have tried to put across the fiea of reorganization, in which the Air Service can be developed and op- erated so that it will be able to give its maximum efficency and effective- ness. This educational work is as much yours as it 1s ours, and now iIs the psychological moment for you to get husy. There is more interest in avi- atlon _throughout the United States now than we can hope to attaln again Tor many vears to come, =0 that there Wil mever he w better opportunit 1 Hor {that the defendants not only be pr | and attempt to monopolize. | the stocks, honds or other evidences shan right now to try and get recog: Y (Contin Entered as second class matter Washington, ;€ City Din to Bring Dachshund Ears to Man, Expert Says VIENNA, February &.-— The nolse and clamor of modern city life are producing a race of ele- phant-cared men and women, says Dr. Fritz Pfuffer, a Vienna ear speclalist. He predicts that in the not too distant future, human beings will have auditory extremi- ties the size of a dachshund’s. Women, says Dr. Pfuffer, will be hardest hit ndchildren of women 1wl ¢ their hair over their e to con- tinue the their ears will be so unsightly that they must be_covered up. Dr. Pfuffer bases his prediction on measurements of patients’ ears during the last 30 years. The con- tinual strain on the auditory nerve vhen a porson is listening to a co tion amid the din of cft trafic is responsible for the change, he s INJUNGTION ASKED INBAKING MERGER By the Astoclated Press. Ward Corporation Heads List of Those Charged With Trust Law Violation. Dy the Associated Press. The Federal courts were asked by the Government today to prevent for- mation of “a huge combination in the baking industry” by the Ward inter- ests and others. In an antitrust suit filed in Baltl- more, the Government named the General Baking, Continental Baking, and United Bakeries interests as linked with the Ward companies in the euterprise. An injunction Was requested. It was charged in the petition that the companies named already had violated both the Sherman and Clay- n antitrust acts, and it was asked vented from further amalgamation, but required to dissolve any combini- tlons already entered into. ‘Ward Co. Heads List. The Ward Food Products Corpora- tion, whose recent incorporation in Baltmore led to much eriticlsm in Congress and has become a subject of investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, headed the list of those cited by the Government as making up the “huge combination.” The other corporations and individuals named as defendants were. The Ward Baking Corporation, the Ward Baking Company, the General Buking Corporation, the General Baking Company, the Continental Baking Corporation, United Bakeries Corporation _and Willlam B. Ward, Howard B. Ward, Willlam Deininger, Paul H. Helms, J. Rumbough, B. Peterson, George (. Barber and srge B. Smith. Specifically the petition asks “That the defendants be adjudged to have violated both the Sherman law and the Clayton act. “That the defendants be enjoined from dolng any act in furtherance of the alleged combination, conspiracy Would Prevent Stock Transfer. “That the defendants, The Ward Baking Corporation, the Continental Baking Corporation, the General Bak- ing Corporation and the Ward Food Products Corporation be enjoined from acquiring the whole or any pert of of indebtedness or the physical assets of each other. “That the last named defendant be perpetually enjoined from having any director, officer, agent or employe in common with each other and from en- tering into any contract, agreements, or understandings with one another for joint purchases of materials, sup- plies or equipment, or for a common policy in the sale of their output.” The court was asked, further, to re- quire the corporate defendants to dis- possess themselves of ‘“the stocks. bonds or other evidences of indebted- ness of any competing company here- tofore acquired by them to the end that competition may be fully restored in the baking industry.” Huge Merger Charged. e Justice Department said in 2 statement that its investigations de- veloped facts which evidenced “a clear intention on the part of those responsible for the mergers eventually to bring together the several merged companies under the control of one gigantic corporation.” The one big merger plan was de clared by the department to have been conceived by Willlam B. Ward and his associates as far back as 1821, The successive steps thus far toward realization of the plan were enumerat- ed as follows: The formation of the United Bak- eries Corporation, organization of the Ward Baking Corporation, to take over the Ward Baking Co.; merger of the United Bakerles Corporation and other concerns in the Continental Baking Corporation; organization of the General Baking Corporation to take over the pre-existing General Baking Co. and such other baking companies s could be acquired; and the forma- tion on January 30, last, of the Ward Food Products Corporation, which the Government now alleges was to ~(Continued on Page 6, Column 1. 16,000 Gallons of Coal Tar Afire. MOBILE, Ala., February 8 (. Sixteen thousand gallons of coal tar went up in smoke when a still caught fire from a furnace flare-back in the plant of the Republic Creosoting Works at Choctaw Point early this morning. Firemen subdued the flames after battling an hour. WASHINGTON, ILL TOBUY POLICE | UNIFORMS PASSED House Also Approves Meas- ure to Pay $68,425 Due to Retired Officers. The Touse In committee of the whole today promptly passed the two measures on the calendar affording relief to the Metropolitan Police and Fire Department The first of these provides for the payment of $65425 past due to re- tired members of the Police und Fire Departments, being the balance retirement pay which was un from January 1, 1811, to July 30, 19 Representative Glbson, Republican, of Vermont, explained the history of this leglslation and the report of the District Commisstoners strongly In favor of action by Congress. Representative Underhill, Republi- can, of Massachusetts, vigorously op- posed the measure on the ground that certain retired members will recefve annuities from the Government to- wards which they made no personal contribution. s The second measure authorizes that metropolitan police and firemen be provided with uniforms and official equipment from District funds. Rep- resentative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas emphasized that the present basic salary s $1,800 and hardly suf- ficient for these public servants to maintain their families. He said that they have been required each year to buy thelr own uniforms und equip- ment and that this is an unjust burden. They fill positions of dan- ger, they are subjected to all sorts of inclement weather, performance of duty may cause many injurics to their uniforms and financial necessi- tles force many to wear their uni- forms until they become shabby, he argued. Figures from the department show that the total cost per man over a five-year period will be $358.43, or the sum of $71 average per man per ar. ¥ Representative Hill, Republican, of Maryland, sald that he would vote for the bill because it is the first one he knows of that has come before the House with the unanimous sup- port of the District committee. Representative Kelly, Republican, of Pennsylvania, congratulated the District committee on putting through this legislation. He pointed out that the cost of fire protection in the Na- tional Capital is only about §3 per capita, while in most comparable cities it Is $4 per capita. DEFICIENCY MEASURE BEFORE SENATE BODY Committee Considers Bill Carrying $1,700,000 for District, In- cluding Paving Items. The first deficiency bill, which passed the House last week, and in- cludes approximately $1,700,000 for the District government, was con- sidered by a subcommittee of the Sen- ate appropriations committee today and is expected to be in shape for action by the full committee within a few days. This bill carries long list of items for the paving of streets in the Dis- trict and also for the widening of sev- eral main thoroughfares. It is under- stood that the only street item on which_there is any doubt s that for the widening of Eleventh street be- tween ¥Yennsylvania and New York avenues. It was learned today that some of the property owners abutting on Elev- enth street were fearful that after they had paid their portion of the cost of widening the street the munieipal authorities might place a ban on parking, which would destrov ‘he value gained by having a wider thoroughfare. Effort to Bar U. S. From World Court By Injunction Is Begun in Action Here An effort to invoke the power of the American courts to prevent en- trance of the United States into the World Court was made in a proceed- ing begun here today by Benjamin Catchings, local lawyer. The action, which was brought in the Supreme Court, asked permission for the flling of a sult requiring Sec- retary Kellogg to show cause why t summating this country’s entrance into the world tribunal. Contending that membership in the tribunal would be unconstitutional, the petitioner declared the resolution of adherence adonted by the Senate rested on an invalid use of the judi- clal and legislative authority. Secretary Kellogg was made defend- ant because he now is negotiating with the other natlons in the World Court to cAITY into effet the Senate's 4J on Page b, Column 3) ' he ahould not be restrained from con- 1nnhumx D. * WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION dhe Foen C, T iy il MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, PRESIDENT’S CIGARS MAKE AIR BLUE AT CABINET’S SESSIONS; Coolidge Provides Cheroots for Whole Official! Family ; Domest Can, Are Put BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Although never set dowr vehe. ment vocalist, President Coolidge is nevertheless charged with making the r blue at every meeting of his cabt et. The charge, however, has ationship to the belated brickbs which are being hurled at th of his count 1t 13 based solel the discovery that Mr. Coolidge treat for the of his officia tands as" at every sitting mily and the cabinet discussions are carried forward in a haze of tobacco blue, The President is sald to be the first occupant of the White House ever to furnish cigars for his cabinet. Mr. Coolidge also is one of the most indefatigable g4 smokers ever in the Iixecutive chair since Presidant Grant. There have been perfods of 19 to 20 years when no President smoked Theodore Roosevelt not only did not smoke himself, but would not permit of smoking at his cabinet meetings. President Taft did not smoke, but permitted the members of his official family 1o smoke to_their hearts' con tent. President Wilson also wa 4 non-smoker, but offered no objection to an indulizence in the weed by cabi net memb during their conferenc at the White House. Variety, Kept in Out Freely. Mr. Harding renewed the line of smoking Prestdents. He indulged chiefly in clzarettes, but also was fond occasfonally of a drag at an old briar pipe. Mr. Harding smoked one of the popuiar and cheap brands of American cigurettes. e had no taste for the imported variety and never cared for clgars. He always offered a “fag” to his cabinet mem- bers, but those who smoked at all brought their own cigars to the cab inet table. Mr. Coolidge inaugurated the cus- ton: of supplying cigars for cahinet messions. Although the Information 1s not quite clear on this point, it is assumed he furnishes to the cabinet the same brand of West Virginia heroots he has smoked himself since his days us Governor of the State of Massachusetts. Mr. Coolidge has never gone in for the more expensive brands of straight Havana fillers or for the {imported finished cigars. Whatever expensive tastes the cab- inet members may indulge on the out- side, twice o week at the White Houss they settle down to the home grown tobacco which satisfles the presidential appetite and apparently enjoy the smokes set before them in @ can instead of o box. 18 SEAMIEN SAVED | AFTER BOAT SINKS Rescued by Tanker Which Figured in Collision Dur- ing Storm Off Coast. By the Assoctated Press NEW YORK, February §.—Eighteen men were rescued from the tug Wel- lington by the tanker Ardmore follow- ing a collison hetween the two craft off the New Jersey coast Friday night. when the Wellington sank, it became known today. The collision occurred during the storm that harried shipping in the At- lantic throughout last week. Towing the barges Southland und Tottenville. both empty, the Wellington was bound from New York for Eastport, Fla., when it collided with the Ardmore, from Tampico for New York. Capt. M. C. Partridge of the Wellington was injured. He and his crew were res- cued and brought to New York. The barges were cut loose after the col- lision and made Red Bank, N. J., un- der_their own sail. The collision occurred about six miles northeast of the Brigantine Shoals. The Wellington was owned by the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co. and the Ardmore by the Mallory Transport lines. —_— = Liquor Worth $600,000 Seized in Gulf Waters in Two Weeks. KEY WEST, Fla., February 8 (#). —~Coast guards operating along the Loulsiana, Mississippl and Alabama coast on the Gulf of Mexico have captured liquor and equipment val- ued at approximately $600,000 in the past two weeks, Capt. John G. Berry, commanding the gulf division, an- nounced. The latest capture was reported yesterday when Coast Guard Cutter 2329 seized liquor, bottles and stills valued at $40,000. Capture of the barge Victor from Mobile Bay on February 4 1s the largest prize, as the equip- ment, liquor and bottling works seiz- ed are valued at half a million dol- lars. —_— SHANNON OVERFLOWS. Many Families Homeless as Irish River Floods Its Banks. BELFAST, February 8 (#).—The River Shannon is over its banks for a distance of 35 miles, and many fam- lies are homeless. Thousands of acres are inundated and the outlook for the farmers is gloomy. Turf supplies are held up, work in the flelds is at a standstill, crops are rotting and the live stock is suffering. Some of the country folk traveled to the Athlone market Saturduy by boat, ekt U.S. ASKED T PAY PART OF PARK COST Phipps Amendment Puts 40 Per Cent of Expense of Link- ing Tracts on Treasury. Indications that an effort will made in the Senate to have the Federal Government bear a part of the cost of completing the connecting Iink between Rock Creek and Potomac parkways were forescen today follow- ing the filing of an amendment to the pending bill by Senator Phipps of Colorado. As laid before the Disttfct com- mittees of the House and Senate, the bill provides that the $600,000 still needed to complete the purchase of land to join the two parks would be taken entirely from the surplus revenues of the District. The amendment drafted by Senator Phipps provides for taking 60 per cent of the $600,000 from the surplus revenues of the District and 40 per cent from the Treasury of the United States. Shortly after the measure was taken up at this session of Congress local civic leaders called attention to what they regarded as the unfalrness of taking the entire $600,000 from the surplus fund of the District, in view of the fact that all previous appropria- tlons for carrying on this project were divided between the local and Nation- al_governments. The amendment would correct the condition to which local taxpayers ob- jected in the original draft of the bill. Senator Phipps is chairman of the Senate subcommittee which handles District appropriations, and played an important part in enabling the Dis- trict government to have its surplus fund recognized by Congress and made avaflable for school bulldings and playground purposes. The parks connecting bill has been he reported by the Senate District com. | mittee, but has not yet been consid- ered in the Senate. The Phipps omendment will come up for action ;rhen the bill is considered on the oor. —_— KONGO SALE PLAN FOUGHT Belgian Minister Says Proposal Would Be Treason. BRUSSELS, February 8 (#P).— “Sale of any part of the Kongo to pay our debts or renovate our finances would be treason.” is the response of Minister of the Colonies Carton to suggestions in the press that Belgium's African colony might be disposed of wholly or in part to relieve the treasury of its difficulties. “From an economic point of view,” the minister added. “it would be like selling one's heritage for & mess of pottage. The moral as well as the material effect would be disastrous.” Radio Programs—-P age 28 1926—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. HOUSE APPROVES BUILDING OF TWO BATHING BEACHES i Votes $345,000 for Fund for Swimming Pools for District. EFFORTS OF BLANTON TO MAKE D. C. PAY FAIL Amendment to Require City to Bear All Expense Defeated, 43 to 37. Debate Proves Facetious. Estzblishment of two artificial bathing Leaches or swimming pools in the District of Columbia, at a cost of 3345,000, was approved by the House in committee of the whole to- day. An effort by Representative Blan- | ton, Democrat, of Texas to amend the | measure s0 as to provide that this work shouid be paid for “wholly out of the revenues of the District” was defeated by a vote of 43 to 37. Another effort by MY. Blanton to have these bathing pools erected by the District Commissioners instead of by the director of public buildings and public parks of the National Cap- ital, as provided for in the Zihlman {bill, also was defeated. Representa- tive Blanton argued that in the re- moval of the bathing beach from the Tidal Basin last year Lieut. Col. Clar- ence O. Sherrtll, then officer in charge of public buildings and parks, “‘wast- | ed $200,000.” Debate on this bill was facetio | throughout. Representative Begg of | Ohto took exception to the statement |in the bill “for the establishment of | artificial bathing beaches,” claiming that this would make riverside bath- ing and that under this language pools in any other part of the city could not be established. In order to nform with the dictionary meaning thing beaches an amendment was made. Blanton Commends Coolidge. Representative Underhill, Republic- an, of Massachusetts, and Chairman | Ziblman of the District committee led the fight against Mr. Blanton's pro- posal that the funds for these beaches | should come wholly from the revenues !5f the District. They argued that the icost of these beaches should be ap- propriated in the same way as all sther moneys for the support of the National Capltal through the appro- priations committee on whatever basis of fiscal relations may be deter- mined upon by Congress. : |" During his argument Mr. Blanton | strongly championed President Cool { idie, who, he sald, does not “believe { in extra sessions. Neither do 1.” And he added that “the people of the country will be better off when we are not here.” None of Fund for Land. The bill provides that the location and construction of these bathing pools shall be subject to the approval of the National Capital Park Commis- sion and that suitable buildings, shower baths, lockers and provisions for the use of filtered water, purifica- tlon of water and all such necessary adjuncts shall be made. The Commission of Fine Arts is to be consulted as to the location and construction of these beaches. No part of the $345,000 authorized to be appropriated is to be expended in the purchase of land. The pools are to be located upon land acquired for park, parkway or playground pur- poses. Representative Gibson, Republican, of Vermont, reporting on this legisla: tion, sald that it was definitely de- termined by the last Congress to put an end to public bathing in the Tidal Basin and that an appropriation of $10,000 was made for the removal of the bathing facilities both for white and colored persons in the Tidal Basin. This left Washington without any pub. lic bathing facilities for adults and only a few small wading pools in play- grounds for children's use. ‘There is no question about the de- mand and need of public bathing facili- tles for the adults in the District, par- ticularly in view of the long period of hot weather in this climate,” Mr. Gibson sald. Would Accommodate 3,000 Bathers. He explained that the plans call for a pool for white bathers, 400 feet long by 200 feet wide, elliptical in shape, to accommodate 2,000 bathers at one time or a maxtmum of 10,000 per day. The colored pool is to be 260 feet long by 190 feet wide, and would accommodate 1,000 bathers at a time. or a maximum of 5,000 per day. YOUTH ADMITS SLAYING. New York Boy Pleads Guilty to Killing of Chum. NEW YORK, February 8 (#).— Gordon Pirle, 19 vears old, charged with murdering his chum, George Nye, last November, today pleaded gullty to murder in the second de- gree and was given a penitentiary sentence of from 20 years to lifs. Young Nve's body was found in the Pirie apartment under a bed by Gordon's 16-year-old sister, Margaret. The skull had been crushed. Pirie made two confessions. TFirst he sald that he awoke after a drink- ing bout, seized with “a notion to kill George.” His weapon was an ax. The next day, however, he assert- ed that he had killed his chum be- cause of a slur upon a girl's char- acter. The identity of this girl never ‘was revealed. | By the Associated Press. The American Ambassador to the Court of St. James has to pay from $25,000 to $35,000 a year out of his own pocket to run the embassy in London, it was testified today before the House foreign affairs committee. Frank C. Page, son of Walter Hines Page, who was Ambassador to Great Britain in the Wilson administration, said that In one year it cost his father $48,000 to run the embassy. The sal ary is $12,000. The committee is considering a bill to provide $5,000,000 for embassies. Representative Linthicum, Democrat, Maryland, offered an amendinent to double the amount, and a number of I3 ny Sfar. every city bl “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers ock and the regular edi- tion is dclivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday Sunday's * (P) Means Associated Killed at Crossing. ALEXANDER GREGORY. COMLPROBEDELAY 5SEENF DEALERS BLOCKAUDITPLAS ! Retailers Confer Today With Counsel on Status Under the Law. | | i Should the retail coal merchants de-| cide at their conference with counsel | this afterncon not to submit their business records to any but a board | of commerctal accountants for a com- | plete audit, the Senate District com- mittee s without information as to | what step it will take, Senaor Capper, irman and leader of the investiga- tion of local retail fuel prices, de- clared today. | Although the committee has been | authorized to issue subpoenas, definite refusal of the merchants to deliver their books to accountants from Con- | troller General McCarl's office might result in a long and expensive legal| controversy for the Government. | Roger J. Whiteford, who has been re- | tained by the dealers, is of the opin fon that the courts would not compel the merchants to open their books for | a partial examination. Assumed Acquiescence. Senator Capper said he and the com mittee members had proceeded with the audit on the assumption that the Washington dealers would not fight it. | The committee chairman said testi mony at the hearings held a week ago hud given him the impression that the Government's auditors would be given free access to the dealer's books. In the meantime the retail dealers prepared for their general meeting at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon In the of- fices of the Retail Coal Merchants' Board of Trade. Mr. Whiteford and private counsel will meet with the merchants and advise them as to their status in the courts on the problem. Admittedly, there is an overwhelming seniment against a partial audlt, to be conducted by countants from any vernment bureau The position taken by the coal mer- chants is that they would offer no esistance to a thoroughzomg audit conducted by a recognized firm of commercial accountants, or a general investigation to be placed in the hands of a board of Washington business men. They have declared definitely, however, that it would be unfair for Government auditors to be told to seek merely figures on cost prices, shipping and delivery expenses and | selling prices. Much to Be Considered. It was polnted out that these fig- ures would give no consideration to bad debts, shrinkages, the varying profits on different grades of coal and considerable other matter, which can be obtained only Ly carefully auditing every item the ledgers and arriving at an averags monthly profit or a net profit for the entire year. On the other hand, there are one or two large deaiers who have | expressed themselves as willing to submit to the kind of aulit ordered by the Senate District cominittee. | Senator Capper pointed out today | that the information the committee, requested the controller general’s| office to obtain is to cover the full year of 1925 and the first month of | this year. He sald he realized it| ‘would not be fair to take the figures | for a few months alone and that specific provision accordingly was | made that the data cover an entire | year. The District committee today re- celved a telegram from Roderick Stephens of the National Retail Coal Merchants' Assoclation, which fol- lows: “To permit Government fuel yards to sell coal to public at cost, as pro- posed by Senator Howell, would be equivalent to a subsidy to coal con- sumers. Government cost accounting " (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) 35 DENY RUM CHARGE. NEW YORK, February 8 (#)— Thirty-five of the sixi me men, in- cluding Willlam V. Dwyer, race track owner, who were indicted on January 28 on charges of violating the nation- al prohibition law, today pleaded not guilty and were held for trial in Fed- eral Court on March 1. The remain- Ing defendants failed to put in appear- U. S. Envoy to London Loses $25,000 To $35,000 Yearly on Job, House Told ! ances and bench warrants were or- dered issued by Judge Howe. members indorsed this proposal. Mr. Page sald both the social #nd business demands upon the American Ambassador in London are heavy, as hardly a month passed without the arrival from the United States of & delegation of a convention that niust be entertained. Prior to their ar- rival both the President and the State Department have notified the Ambas- sador to entertain them and care for their wants, he added. 7 Asked by Representative Beg#, Re- publican, Ohlo, if an American’ d'p- lomat could live on his salary any- | where he was in the fifth grade. *s Circulation, 101,150 Circulation, 110,012 TWO CENTS. CROSSING FLAGMAN GIVES LIFE TRYING 10 SAVE BOY OF 9 Alexander Dunn, 66, and Alexander Gregory Hurled to Death by Limited. Press. TAKOMA PARK IS SCENE OF VETERAN’S HEROISM Tries to Grab Child From Flyer's Path—Carnegie Medal Pro- posed by Friends. Alexander Dunn, 66-year-old cross ng watchman of the Baltimore and Ohio Rallroad, gave his life early to- day In a futile attempt to save Alexander Gregory, vears old, from death under the wheels of the Capito! limfted at Takoma Park. Both were struck by the engine ut the Chestnut street crossing &s it thundered through Takoma Park &t 60 miles an hour. The bodles wers tossed nearly 100 feet into o revine paralleling the tracks. Friends of Dunn, who lved at Gaithersburg Md., already have suggested for him the Carnegle medal for heroism. The Gregory lad the son of Mr. and Irs. W. E. Gregory, 14 Cleveland enue, Takoma Park, was on his way to the Takoma Public Schocl, A bundle of laundry under his arm was strewn for yards along the east track. Warned Boy to Wait Dunn had been on duty but a few hours, patrolling the crossing in the midst of a senow storm, when he saw the Gregory boy walking south on Chestnut street. Motioning him to wait, Dunn saw the lad stop on tne 3 e crossing while local Washington to Cumbe ly W S M pulled then saw Dun frantically the youth fo remain where he was, but the youngster, apparently intent on getting to school, started across the tracks around the end of the local 1d directly into the path of the speed- Capitol Limited As he walked onto the eastbound track, Dunn, throwing caution to the wind and knowing a horrible death faced him If he ade a false move, reached for the lad and grasped his coat to pull across the track. s the speeding express struck nd tossed them, lifeless, to The accident occurred in a thickly settled section of Takoma Park, not n a mile and a half from ond crossing, where three persons were killed in an automobile- tratn collision a little more than a vear ngo. The Chestnut street cross- ing is about 400 yards west of the akoma Park n and is atl the top of a slight incline from both north and south. At the point whers the accident occurred the tracks are visible for more than a half mile in ther direction. Uncle Near Scene. Knight of 302 sienue and Paul Kilmer Carroll avenu Takoma were near the crossing and at the spot a few moments later Only a few minutes after the accl- dent Lieut. E. E. Harmon, Army Air Service, uncle of the dead boy, drove north on Chestnut street in his au- tomobile toward the crossing his own children had crossed shortly before. For a few moments Lieut. Harmon feared one of his children had been killed. He aided the police in pre- paring the bodles for transfer to the patrol wagon and notified the mother of the dead youth. Mrs. Gregory was prostrated by the tragedv and was under care of u physician. The Gregorys have anoth- er child, Nancy, a pretty, flaxen haired girl of 3. The father is dis tribution clerk in the claims division of the Veterans' Bureau. That the action of the Gregory boy in walking into “he path of the Capi- tol Limited was inadvertent and that the watchman voluntarily gave his life In an unsuccessful attempt to save life was the unanimous verdict of those who gathered at the scene. nton | Dunn, who had a clean record of more than 35 years of service with the rail- road, was regarded by parents of chil- dren living in the neighborhood as one of the most careful of crossing watch- men. He had been a watchman at the Chestnut street crossing for four C. W. Selby, supervisor of the Metropolitan Branch of the road, over Which virtually all the westbound traffic of the Baltimore and Ohio trav- 2, Column 8) “(Continued on Page SEVERE EARTHQUAKES FELT IN TWO PLACES Shocks Lasting Hour and Half Be- lieved Centered in West Indies. Honolulu Also Shaken. NEW YORK, February 8.—A severe earthquake was recorded on the seismograph of Fordham University from 10:24 until almost noon today. The disturbance was estimated to have centered about 1,603 miles from New York, probably in the West Indies. Its maximum intensity was record- ed at 10:42 o'clock. ST. LOUIS, Mo., February 8 (®).— Severe earth tremors were recorded at St. Louis University today from 9:23 to 11 am., with the greatest in- tensity at 9:32 am. Seismologist James MacElwane estimated the dis- tance at 2,200 miles and fixed the location as probably Central America. This apparently was not the -same earthquake felt earlier in Hawall. HONOLULU, February 8 (®).—i sharp earthquake shock was felt on the Island of Maul and in Honolulu at 11:30 o'clock this morning. The local disturbance was noticeable in several sections of the city, but lasted but a minute. A message from Maui said the shock resembled an explosicn and was noted by all of central and western Maul. where in the world, Mr. Page sald he could speak only of Europe, and that it could not be done there. The United States Observatory |geismograph near Ewa registered the Jocal quake at 11:29 a.ui. »