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WEATHER. & Weather Bureau Forecast.) unid much colder with lowest sevature 22 degrees tonigh row fair, slowly rising temperature. Teormpe Highest, 50, at noon today: o 3 Fuil report on page 8 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 ¥ Entered post nd class matter office, 20 879 et Rel i 5 shington, D. . W ch WASHINGTON, 1 Prince to Wed CHELL BACKERS \CCUSED OF MISUSE OF OFFICERS NAMES, U. S. Air Force Association’s Atlack on Coolidge Brings Issue to Head. | i | "REFUSED TO JOIN BODY, . SAYS CAPT. H. M. HORTON Appears on Stationery as Director. Ban on Colonel's Speech Draws Hot Answer. that his name was used | PARKS TO REPLACE SHACKS AND YARDS ON WATER FRONT Details of Plans Approved by Fine Arts Body Are Made Public. ROWS OF TREES TO HIDE PRESENT DOCK SYSTEM Water Street Will Be Repaved and Made Thoroughfare by Side of River. With the piesent shacks and yards Ty States A A T Horton Air inventor the Force wiedge his M former Capt. Harry Seort today and striken from t which | of the| th ind radio reet, name “advisory the He e oped today F. Randall. a in the Albee I war-time ned 1 wee tion w nested the i s on stationer Harry R, dev ix liste that ) brok with " rilding and ervice pilot, | association i th ion, name be omitted hoard.” A latest “press release’ Upper: Prince Henry. his Lower: Lady Mary Scott. dvisory | f | By the Associated Press Maj. Randall's name | LONDON, February 19.—The en- list as “Col. Joseph | gagement of Prince Henry. third son !of King George, to Lady Mary Scott, | daughter of the Duke of Buccleuch, it Explains to Davis. [is understood, will be announced Horton, not mow in the serv- shortly after the period of court who is known throughout!mourning for Dowager Queen Alex- “les here, went to the of-|andra, which ends tomorrow. Gen. James Fechet, tant chief of the Army Air Serv owing his call on the air force 1tion, and prepared a letter to ¢ of War Davis, for submis jon throush Gen. Fechet, in which o explained his entire stand on the e tandall.” it but ary | Prince Henry will celebrate his { twenty-sixth_birthday on March 31. { Lady Mary Scott, the fourth daughter 3 of Buccleuch, is 20. Capt. Horton's protest was made to Bdward Cassidy, director general the association, and after the frank A pointed interview, the latter said would see that Capt. Horton's vame no longer appeared. The cap- < action was prompted by numer- | telephone calls from friends inj [EXAMS IN SCHOOLS L Fiedident Confiaze and which vore | Make Cheats of Younger Pu- his name at the top of the stationery i i . . Release Text Glven. | pils in Particular, Special- The release under date of February | s aring the caption “G. O. P. Bans ist Declares. ¢ Mitchell at Union | s was issued | faufior, . | Examinations as conducted in most Air Serv- | = g Heserve and. World War fiver, | public schools are “immoral institu- wen his attention was called to the | tion: tending to increase cheating report from Detrpit in this morn- among students, and the honor s s papers to the effect that Presi-|tems employed by many institutions it Coolldge’s secretary had_tele- | raj) 1o prevent dishonesty, Dr, Mark med to Detroit, causing the TUnlon | 4 -y, research spectalist of the gue Club of ¢ ,',:,,’;,“"m‘,:’d“,"',“':f’l,“,’,‘fi-reachem' College of Columbia Uni- {fehiell at the elub's celebra. | versity, who is working under a grant tion of Washington's birthday, Febru- |of funds from the Institute of Social ary 5 |and Religlous Research of New York ““The action of the White House in | City, declared today before a group Interfering with the address to have | meeting of the National Vocational heen civen hefore the Union Teague|Gyjdance Association, in session at tub of Detroit on Washington's birth- | e Washingtno Hotel. 1y Mitchell is little /" ryp *yjay hased his statements on nd s another ex-| pa recults of a long series of psy-| oy running wild. = chiagric educational tests which have | Deing made by “BAV" | ean” conducted by the research de- | Mitchell for the betterment of the na- | peti SHICHEEC, Vo hers' Callege, tional defense is not a partisan polit-+ PATRERE OF CI0 T Gay for the foal in any sense of the oty ! ord. but something in which every " .pn. examination system as em- iokle el vitally interested | 1, coq 1,y the majority of our schools, riless of what i politics may be. | L0000V ‘among the younger stu: Will Ac | Gents, results in an increased tendency |in the children to cheat. The more Jfthe Bresident | vital it is to the student to pass an ex- to make this amination, the more he will cheat. In wecept b some there are emotional characteris- e past v President b Leninz to some t M proposition ept Challenge. and his = a we will 1i ar it lear that been receiving and very poor advice The far-fetched | s snie Mitchell's ad- | examinations 1e Club | atter of life on bad | A | intelligenc quizzes to replace nations Honor = tics developed which the children would not have but for the examina- tion the passing of \most to a children am. o death.” some forms of tests and weekly or daily infrequent exami- sample Asso- with the chauffler.” e of en e United States Air Fe ciation is in hearty 1 statements issued by Col The release hore the siz Friward ssidy, director And referred to & news disps gubstance of which was denied at the White House. When informed of the fo; rel Maj. Randall was systems do not eradicate mong students, Dr. May de- ests for honesty show con- ively, he said, that the easier it is to cheat the more cheating there will udents. s were made of 295 dependent d | children in a New York school, Dr. n a dispatch had gone out | \fiyv reported, with the result that 3 name. “I resigned from = ation more than | id, “and demand- be taken off th 1" clar the | clus officially such his orce Asso ago.” he ed that my nam stationery and literature. T can't <tand why it hasn't been done. 1 dou't like what that bunch is do- under the Air 4 week (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) | CONGREGATION BURIED AS CHURCH ROOF FALLS Heavy Death Toll Feared in Croa- his 0 il elired the tact ganization were dierly and not nic i declared he was in favor of a ‘ it paper Announces. yirate air force, but not at this 9 = that “we first have | BY the evipHas ssoctated Press 1o teach our own people to buy shoes ! VI A, February 19.—The roof and shingles and fizure out pay | of a church in the Croation village Vonchers for a half day's work and a | of Marovicani Jiile fell upon the con- S0-mile expense trip.” grezation during a service last night, | burying several hundred persons, Refused to Join Group. s a dispatch to the Alligemeine | Zeitung from Agram. Almost imme- diately the walls crashed inward. heen impossible to the number of dead or injured, but it is feared it will prove large, otest to Director ipt. Horton de dopted by the or- imilitary, unsol- | verbal Cassic tion Village, Vienna News- Ahout a vear ago, he told Cassidy, a Lieut. Schauss (whose name is listed on the stationery Lie . A Schauss, national secretary, Albee rilding, Washington) called on him - 2 donation to the association as | replaced | Washi | most enti | doek | or | of Water street modeled into i | of three small triangul { will by @ combined park and | ial development plan. the on water front on the Wash- | nnel side i to become al v a park avea, hi the | the ity with its center comme ington Tehind rows at the vstem of | turn | oup o parks plans submitted Commission by the | nd approved by Defails of the to | the Fine Arts District ensineer the fine arts body were made public | {oday and reveal the future Wash- | ington water front entirelv transform- | ed into a symmetrical line of docks! hidden hehind park a and rows of trees planted the west de of Water street latter thorough. fare will be repaved and made connecting link with the two pro posed park systems on the east. Around the terminals of the Nor- follk & Washington Steamboat Co. the Mount Vernon-Marshall Steamboat €' and the Baltimore & Virginia Steamboat Co. small parks be developed fronting on a| greater park area at the intersection | of Seventh, I and M streets south- west. nt dock line, lacking ! symmetry rlations in the | depth of 1d_be made 0 Symmetrical line from the north end {of the 31 members of the crew of the | witheus of the Washington Barracks to th proposed new bridze across the| Washington Channel to connect with East Potomac Two Large Parks. i Two large parks, each covering | more than two blocks in length, with | basins of water in their centers, are| planned for the foot of Tenth and H | streets and Thirtee th and Thir-| teenth-and-a-half _streets southwest while at the south e of the wates front development would be con- structed a large semi-circular recre- | ation pler. | The present municipal fish wharves, at the foot of Twelfth street, will re main as at present, although~ the other docks and piers on the water | front will, through co-operation with lessors, be replaced with more sub- stantial structures. i Space has been provided ns drawn by the District engineer | the many activities that now center on the water front. The Dis-| trict Naval Reserve has an armory at | the foot of Sixth street, while the| District Morgue and harbor precinet | station are located between M and N | streets. The present bulkhead line | will be preserved. i Water Street Thoroughfare. | The whole plan, according to H. P. Caemmerer, secretary of the Fin Arts Commission, will tie in with the | proposed plan for development of | Zast Potomac Park to make it one| of the four great show places of the | city. At the same time Water street, | now avoided by traffic because of its! condition, will become the great thoroughfare along the southern horder of the city from west to east, ! linking up the present and proposed | park systems. From East Potomac seen a uniform line of docks and warehouses instead of the present jumble of water-front structur East Potomac Park. Fine Arts Com. ! mission officials explained, is one of | the finest water parks in the world, | embracing 327 acres, with 3% miles of | water front. The northern end of the Washing- ton channel is held by engineers to be one of the finest natural harbors for small craft in the world. The en- tire water front from the foot of Thir- | teenth street to the proposed bridge | south of the present raflroad bridge | will become part of the park system. | RUMOREB HERRIN MINER | INVASION STIRS INDIANA | | Park will be ! Report Apparently Without Foundatlon—Southwestern Coal Field Already on Edge. By the Associated Pre: EVANSVILLE, Ind., February 19.— The southwestern Indiana coal field, on edge as the fesult of recent spo- radic clashes between non-union min- ers and union sympathizers, had a nervous twitch early today when a report was circulated that a band of Herrin, 11l miners was en route here to aid in a campaign to close non-| unfon mines. The report, first given y an Evansville police apparently was _without foundation. The officer said his in- formation came from a motor-cycle scout. There was no invasion today, and a check of points alonz the Wabash River, which separates Indiana and Illinois, disclosed there had been no unusual influx from Illinois. §i then was being organized. Capt. | Jiorton sald he refused to contribute | or to join as he was ir r health and desired seclusion, T was the first and last he heard of the organiza- tion until a day or two ago. In reply to a demand for informa- | tio! to how ame con- | nected with the ™ G Sidy replied that he “drafted to handle publicit; sociation.” A ruling by Attorney General Sar- gent as to whether it will be permis- for the | Gile under the Volstead act to read "\ meeting was held at Gen, Mit |2 portion of George Washington's chell's house here a week ago,” he|note book containing a recipe for <yid. “and it was decided to continue | making beer, at its “face.the-facts the campaign for a separate Air Serv- |dinner on Washington's birthday, has It also was decided to carry over | been asked by the Association Against 1he names of those connected with it | the Prohibition Amendment. lLecause it all was in the same cause.” In a letter to the Attorney Gen- Maj. Randall declared Mitchell was | eral, made public today, W. H. Stay hind the association both with|ton, national chairman of the asso- moral and financial support and that | cfation, pointed out that the Goverr- the organization, as it stands today, is| ment had ruled, under certain circum- not what the founders intended it to | stances, against the publishing of he. In addition to himself and Capt.|peer recipes. He asked specifically, jiorton as members of the “advisory [ however. “whether it would be u i wiul un the Volstead act to read, * (Continued on 1% Columu 6.) Wets Ask Sargent if They Can Read Beer | Recipe of George Washington at Dinner | or reproduce a document written in his own handwriting by the F&lhe“ of His Country.’ After setting forth the circum- stances under which the recipe would be read to the diners, the letter con- cluded: - “Will you, therefore, kindly give us your opinfon whether we may read Washington's recipe for making beer at our facethefacts conference, on Washington's birthday, without vio- lating the Volstead act, against which act, we are sure, if George Wash- ington were living today he would lead the revolt- to re-establish the lib- erty of the individual citizen for which he won independence in the stical coniiics of 177627 Hall WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ). (., FRIDAY, FEBR UARY 19, ¢ Foening Star. 1926 —FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. Crew of Japanese Steam: hip That Had Drifted Help- | less for Month in Pacific Picked Up in Desperate By the Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO, February 19 With food and water gone, after drift-| ing more than i month after a storm ad rendered their vessel helpless, 14 Japanese steamship No. 3. were rescued in Midpacific sterday afternoon by the Standard 0il Co., tanker Java Arrow. ‘The other of the crew who left the Taishin Maru in lifeboats, are he- lieved to have perished. When the Japanese ship with its fuel exhausted and its cargo jettison ed, was sighted by the Java Arrow on its way from Yokoham to San Frane 0 yesterday afternoon, the 14 surviving members of the crew. Taishin Maru, | fncluding the captain, mates and engi- | neers, had been without water for five days and without food except rats and the ship's cat, for 20 da Word of the rescue was relayed early today to the Associated Press| by the Dollar Line President son, 3,500 miles from_this port. Taishin Maru left Yokohama Wil- The Jan- on the ! uary 17 for Mororan, on the Island! Condition by American Vessel. |of Hokkaido, in the northern part of {the Jupunese archipelago, with 30 s of coal as fuel aught in a storm off Shir | miles from its destination. the Maru, a vessel of less than 1,000 tons wireless equipment, battled head winds until its fuel was exhaust ed, and then, with its cargo thrown overboard, to save the ship, drifted southeastward toward Midpacific On January 29 one lifehoat with 11 en put away from the drifting steamer. Five days later eight men left in a second lifebout Laconically the wirel message veceived at the Kederal Telegruph | Co s station here, addressed to the | As fated Press, tol of the depriva- tion of the rescued men. “Men ahoard uneat last 20 days. No | water last it related. “Caught | rats, made soup; later caught no more rats, crew ate cat.” | Today aboard the Java Arrow, bourd for San Francisco, are Capt. | Makatani of the Taishin Maru, the first and second mates, the chief, first and second engineers and eight of the crew. WEEKS WINS SulT FILED BY BREWER Won’t Have to Pay $1,102 000 to U. S. and Plaintiff, Court Holds. John W. Weeks, former Secretar: of War, will not have to pay $1,102.000 to the United States and Charles D. Brewer, former Assistant Attorneyv General, for ‘approving the claim of $550,000 to Carden & Herd of New York, in settlement under the Dent act. This decision was rendered today 1: Justice Adolph A. Hoehling of the Dis trict Supreme Court in sustaining a demurrer by Secretary Weeks throush Attorneys Frank J. Hogan aund John W. Davidge to the suit brought by Brewer for his own benefit and for the Government. The court also declined to allow At torney Richard L. Merrick, for the plaintiff, to.amend the original declara- tion, stating that he would expedite the plaintiff on his way to the Court of Appeals. Justice Hoehling accepted the con- | tention of Attorney Frank J. Hogan that as Congress had approved the claim and had made a specific ap- propriation in the name of Garden & Herd, the courts would not overrule the legislative body or review the mo- tive which actuated it. The claim grew out of the sale of seven Austrian ships, which had been interned in American ports from the outbreak of the World War. Presi- dent Wilson designated Bernard M. | Baruch to negotiate the purchase of the ships for the United States when America entered the war in 1917. The suit of Brewer was based on an old Civil War statute which al. lows private citizens to bring suits in the name of the Government to re- cover any money pald out of the Treasury upon a fraudulent claim, and provides that the informer shall receive one-half of any judgment ob- tained. Brewer would have been en- titled to $561,000 had his suit suec- ceeded. “The Adopted Wife” By Amelia Rives (Princess Troubetzkoy) Begins in Today’s Star On Page 34 A thrilling first-run serial from the pen of the writer of the famous novel, “The Quick and the Dead. In Today’s Star. DROP PROSECUTION - OFALUMINUM G0. | Justice Department Officials Find No Case to Proceed on in Contempt Probe. Prosecution of contempt ings against the Aluminum Co. of America, the Department of Justice has concluded, following its investiga- tion, cannot be successfully main- tained. The conclusion proceed- of the department, which was made known first yester- day when Senator Cummins of Towa filed a minority report to the Walsh proposal that the Senate judiciary committee investigate further the Aluminum Co. of America, was held to be an exoneration of that com- pany. The investigation by the Depart- ment of Justice was made pursuant to charges filed with it by the Federal Trade Commission in October, 1924. Charges Against Company. Analyzing the report of the Trade Commission after its investigation in 1924, the Department of Justice has } found these mujor charges against { the Aluminum Compan: Delaying shipments of material. Furnishing known defegtive metal. Discrimination in prices of crude or_semi-finished aluminum. Hindering competitors from enlarg- ing thefr business operations. The legal branch of the Govern- ment declared there was no evidence to support the charge that the com- pany intentionally delayed its ship- ments, and that “although it appears that manufacturers were put to con- siderable inconvenience and some ex- tra expense by reason of these delay there is no specific complaint alleg- ing injury. As to the charge that the concern furnished defective materfais, the dc- partment belleved the evidence “clear- Iy shows that the company made ear- | nest endeavors to maintain the qusl- ity of its product, and when it was unable to do so, it accepted the re- turn of defective meial and made proper adjustment Grounds for Price Varlations. “There are firm grounds.” in the opinion of department officials, ‘tor the conclusion that instances of price variation were amply justified by con- ditions applicable to each.” Regarding the charge that competi- tors had been hindered, the conclusion was that the belief of the commission that “the original decree is obviously insufficient to restore competitive con- ditions in harmony with the anti- trust laws, especially with respect to the monopolization of bauxite lands,” is wholly unwarranted.” ““The charge of violation of a decree is criminal in its nature,” the opinion said, “and requires proof of guilt be- yond a reasonable doubt before a con- viction can be had. The facts devel- oped in this investigation show that it was a wise precaution on the part of the department to make a further (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) e Radio Prog € = g Poge 3 (PPOSE. LARGER AFTER EATING RATS AND CAT| PARK COMMISSION ;Commissioners Fear Con- flicts of Authority Would Re- sult From Measure. The hearing scheduled for today be- tore the Senate District committee on the bill, which has passed the House, to enlarge the powers and per- sonnel of the National Capital Park Commission to_include city planning, was postponed until 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. As approved by the House, the measure would add to the park com- mission four citizens of experience in city planning, one of whom would be a bona fide Washingtonian. That efforts will be made to change several sections of the bill in the Sen- ate was indicated by the number of representatives of different organiza- tion present this morning to speak. Oppose More Members. The District Commissioners have advised the committees of Congress they favor the purpose of the bill to bring about comprehensive planning for the future of Washington, but they are opposed to adding to the membership of the Park Commission 48 now constituted. They also stated in their letter that the powers to be conferred on the new park and plan- ning commission should not be made s0 broad as to embarrass the func- tioning of the various branches of the city government. On the other hand, there are sev- eral groups interested in city plan- ning that are advocating the addi- tion of six instead of four civilian members to the personnel of the commission. At the present time the Parw Commission is composed only of officials of the Federal and District Governments and the chairmen of the Senate and House Disfrict com- mittees. The Citizens' Advi Council ory, is (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) PRESIDENT'S HEALTH SHOWS IMPROVEMENT Cancels Cabinet Meeting, But In- sists on Going to Office Later Today. President Coolidge’s cold. from which he has been suffering three s, showed a slight improvement to. but, upon the advice of his physi- cian and Mrs. Coolidge, he canceled the semi-weekly meeting of the cabinet scheduled for 10:30 o'clock, and one or two other engagements he had made for the morning. The President insisted, however that he would go to his office late this afterncon and besides disposing of some papers upon his desk, woull hold his usual conference with news- paper correspondents. It was officlally announced at the White House at noon that the Presi- dent was feeling better; that he had nothing but an ordinary cold; that his pulse and temperature were normal, and that there was no occasion for any uneasiness about his condition. Those who saw him this morning immediately noted a decided improve- ment in his appearance and his spirit. The Executive sald he felt much bet- ter and but for the insistence on the part of his physiclan and Mrs. Cool- idge would have gone to his desk as usual. He was assured that he needs rest, especially so If he {s to make the address Monday night at the Audi- torium before the Department of Su- perintendence of the National Edu- cation Association. While in bed to- day he put his signature to a batch of routine papers. The Star’ every cit; “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ’s carrier system covers block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as th, e papers are printed. - Egypt May Reject Rockefeller Gift; Doesn’t Need Help By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 19.—A Cairo dispatch to the Daily Mail asserts the official circles in Egypt “are in- clined to believe that the offer of John D. Rockefeller of $10.000,000 to found a museum of antiquities and archeological institute at Cairo will be rejected. The reason stated is that “the country is not 50 poor as to need such outside as- sistance.” Wins From Exclusion—Must Be in Court Tuesday. By the Associated P; NEW YORK, February Countess of Cathcart rary respite from 19 —The a tempo- exclusion today won her appearance in court next Tues- day morning. The countess characterized as “‘rot and bunk” reports that she was on the verze of a nervous hreakdown From Lady Craven comes a stafe. ment that the countess was warned in London that she would be excluded. “I know for a positive fact,” Lady Craven said as she was leaving for Montreal last night to join the earl, Who fled from New York after a war- rant had been fssued for him in de- portation proceedings. the humiliation possible to Craven and myself, but I've been hav- ing a great laugh. The past week I have had a wonderful time." wounded Amerlcan war veteran of- fered his sympathies to her husband, who also was wounded. The Amer- fean said he worked at Ellis Island. Lady Craven laughed and sald: “I hear it i3 a very pleasant place." Willlam A. DeFord, who took the countess’ appeal from land hoard to Secretary Davis, has quit the case. The service for which he was retained, he said, has been completed. Joins Her Husband. MONTREAL, February 19 (#) — ‘The Countess of Craven arrived here today from New York to join her hus- band. Lord Craven came to Canada a ed against him by the American im- migration authorities beqause of his of Cathcart. THREE FEARED _L—OST. Disappear in Launch Off Vancouver Island. ruary 19 (#).—The three men of the Seattle a reef on the northwest shore of Van- couver Island. are believed to have perished. . The Norwegian steamer Golden « rescuing the men, reported by wir: less that the boat was no longer v ble on the reef and that it apps ently haa sunk. “PROFESSOR IS ROBBED. Valuables Taken From Him by Stranger on Ship. SAN FRANCISCO, February 19 (#). —Dr. J. P. Croyer Griffith, profess: at Pennsylvania University, was a proached by a young man on the lin Matsui just before he suiled for Hon, lulu Wednesday and relieved of £2,00 The man said he from the purser’s office, and advised Dr. Grif fith to turn over his valuables. report to police vesterday. After giving the stranger $1.000 in cash, a letter of credit for $1.000 and valuable jewelry, the man disappeared. BERI-BERI HITS JAPAN. Nation Reports 1,500,000 Sufferers and Many Deaths. Correspondence of the Associated Press TOKIO, February 7.—There are 1,500,000 beri-beri sufferers in Japan, it is estimated by health authorities, and the disease is increasing yearly According to statistics, beri-beri caused 26,796 deaths in 1923. There were about 10,000 deaths in 1910. Beri-beri is a disease of rice-eating races, experts asserting that the ab- sence of certain vitamins in polished rice is responsible. 1 Found Dead in Hotel. Arthur B. Rager of Frederick. Md., was found dead in his room, 219, the Annapolis Hotel, shortly befor today, with a pistol lyving by his s The body was found in a closet in the room by David Druding of Philadel- phia, Pa., a guest at the hotel. Coro- ner Nevitt was notified. Harry Lauder Won't Tour. EDINBURGH, February 19 (P).— Sir Harry Lauder has become a mem- ber of the coterle of singers who have made their last tour. “I have come to that time of life when home is £ood enough for me, and I will not tour again,” Sir Harry says. plans to retire to his home In Scot- ‘and and appear only occasionally be- fore British audiences. Ordered to Pay Estate of Former Wife $35,000 in Back Alimony and Interest Justice Hitz today ordered Alonza O. Bliss to pay to the executor of the es- tate of his deceased first wife, Emma C. Bliss, arrears of alimony amount- ing, with interest, to about $35,000. Mrs. Bliss had been granted an abso- lute divorce March 31, 1904, and awarded $1,000 monthly alimony. She died in 1922. The American Security and Trust Co., executors of her estate, through Attorney Paul E. Lesh, claimed that from December, 1917, to the time of her death M had paid h; e rav E her efforts to compel him to pav her the full amount ordered by the court. Mr. Bliss resisted the claim on the ground that his former wife had agreed to take less than the full amount and on the ground that there ‘was no occasion to pay alimony after her death. The decree entered this morning directs the payment of all ar- rears under the original decree, amounting to $29,000, with interest on $25,600 from January 25, 1923. Attor- ney Daniel Thew Wright on behalf of Mr. Rliss noted an appeal to th Lilic Je opp2als. [ (# Means Associated Pre: COUNTESS GRANTED WRITTOENTERU.S. Temporary Hespite; when Federal Judge Goddard issued | a writ of habeas corpus calling for | “This act was planned to bring all | Lord | As she was boarding her train a| the Ellis Is- ! few days ago when action was start- | former connection with the Countess : VICTORIA, British Columbia. Feb- | launch Swastica, driven on| e. which stood by in the hope of | said a | He | Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,634 TWO CENTS. TRAFFIC MEASURE REPORT RUSHED 10 SAVEDISTRIGT DAY House Committee 0. K.’s It With Water Bill to Get Pair on Calendar Monday. AUTO PEM;RENEWAL PROPOSAL IS APPROVED Would Raise $550.000 in Fire Years to Be Used for Installa- tion of Lights Two bills were reported fayorzh's by the House District committee at a special mesting that the: might be on the calendar in time for consideration in the House next Mon day, which s District day. The committee, by a special instructed the chairman, or, in his ab sence, the ranking majority member to confer with the House make certain that time w Monday for con District measur reported. The 1 already is on the House calendar The two measures reported are. one which er for ments to the exist raffic ithe other the Me o Arlington samtary water from the Da across the ( { penses borne b, { day vore amenc ot an ow the secur. hodie: re hill district to Tral Amendment The four amendments apprs the traffic law ved 1 authority the traffic to suspend re voke a driving permit, on notice and hearinz fense is again itself as well when it is ir a traffic regulation Second, to extend the time July 1. 1926, for reissuing driver mits. The new driver's permit v be issued for five years at a fee of §1 a year, to be i in a lump sum of ¥ at the rate of $1. a1 the driver. The funds from the sale of permits, which will amount to $550,000 during the five vear period, are to he used for com pleting the electric lLght signal sye- tem Third, to unt * e make New { nue from Capitol to W street ar arterial way, to be included the program of streets to be equipped with electric light siznals. Fourth, granting the traffic director control over street cars and mules it ! order to round out his control ove: i traffic. The first two amendments were adopted as the report of the subcom- mittee on streets, highways and traf- i fic. of which Representative Stalker of New York is chairman McLeod Backs Measure. The th amendment for lights on New Jersey avenue was on the motion of Representative McLeod Republican. Mich! n The fourth amendnient was on mn tion of Representative T on, with the support of Mr. Stalker and Repre sentative Reid, Republican, of Illinois Mr. Reid lead a fight in committes | which resulted in making the driver's permit good for five years, with the optional payment provision. The motion instructing the chan ;man to nego te for the preservitior of District day on Monday was made by Mr. Blanton. Representative Gibson. Republican of Vermont, who was presiding in the | absence of AMr. Zihima was no excuse fo I not being able to issue new permits on March nd requiring exte f the time until July 1 He said that York » te 1 0,000 permit ! are issued annually. Mr. Blunton ic that it would take 200 emploves to get | the permits out in Washington by March 31 to e ersey ave Would Answer Citizens. During debate Mr. RBlanton zed and agreed with a remark by actinz Chairman Gibson “the House District commiitee ht to pay move attention to what the peaple of the District want, than | what the District Commissioners, who are not resuonsible to the people, sy they want.” When arcuing that the traffic director should be given control over street cars as recommended b | ns' advisory council. An | id he had positive knowl | edge that a former District Commis joner had protected the Black anc White Ta interest because close relative was in that business He added. “there 1s in the District Commissioners an _interest and in fluence protecting the street railways. ! T am going to find out what that in terest is and expose it to my col leagues.” Mr. Reed sald “this committee ought not to be a rubber stamp foi the District Commissioners, and it we have an independent thought we ought to express 1t." He made this remark when Representative Rath bone, Republican, of Illinot deavorins to have Mr. T | draw his reflections trict Commissioners. 28 PNEhMONlA CASES REPORTED TODAY; 5 DEAD Deaths Bring Total Since First of Year to 220—Health Officer Says Number Normal. | | ph | made It i Twenty-eight new cases of pneu monia were reported to the District Health Department today, the largesi number recorded on any single day Since January 1. Five deaths from { the disease also were reported. | Penumonia has taken a toll of 2:0 fives since January 1. The numbe: of cases developing in this period otals 655 : ;‘;fl‘slrh'l Health Officer William | Fowler does not view the sudden in crease with alarm, pointing out that the recent weather undoubtedly has contributed to the spread of the | disease. g So-called “grip colds” also are quite prevalent throughout the District, Dr. Fowler said. He has no records to show the number of cases under treat ment, however, as they are not reportable. ¥ Between 40 and 50 patients at Walter Reed Hospital, it was learned. | are under treatment for grip and six ave pneumonia. Several of them are nurses.