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WEATHER. ‘Weather Bureau Forecast.) nd colder tonight; tomorrow . Wwith rising temperatur tonight ahout 18 degrees. fa tures—highest day; lowest Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 ered as second class matter shington, GIGLI, TENOR, CANCELS CONCERT AFTER RECEIVING DEATH THREAT No. ANEY QUTSPOST ONSHPPINGBOARD, ENDING LONG ROW Declined to Resign When Ask- ed to Do So hy Coolidge, Last August. 29,883, ot omee Wa OREGONIAN MENTIONED AS SENATE CANDIDATE Finds Reforms in U. S. Merchant Marine Administration Bet- tering Conditions at 5. Democrsit re. member of the effective March 1. to a which has ex t O <iened tod ipping B The acti ney, v as rd, brings roublesome situation sted since last August, when Presl- jent Coolidge requested M Hane: signatlon on the ground that, b roposing to remove Lelgh C. Palmer s president of the Fleet Corporation, the commissioner had run ‘“contrary *0 the understanding I had with you when T reappointed vou.' Mr. Haney declined to resign ¥ such ground, denied any knowl o of an understanding w sident to support Mr. Paly S erted that the Chief Executive knew his opposition to Mr. Palmer and declared that to accede to the Presi- dent's request for his resignation ‘would carry an implication wh cannot permit.” Tn his letter of resigs commissioner said he felt properly end his service now months had_elapsed action ad a as three since ha would not be reappointed. Sees Conditions Improved. The letter declared that since the | Shipping Board had “reasserted its power” over the Government mer- chant fleet after the dismissal of President Palmer by majority vote of the Shipping Board conditions had fmproved to the point that “American shippers today are being furnished a substantlally better service, and for- elgn shipping is no longer gaining g€round at the expense of the Govern ment-owned fleet. The letter, addressed to President Coolidge, was dated today and was as follows: “On August 27 of the last year you requested my resignation as a com- missioner of the United States Ship- ping Board, stating that my action in rying to remove the president of the Fleet Corporation was contrary to an understanding I had with you at the time of my reappointment. In my let- ter to you on August 28 I answered vour request, setting forth at length that no such understanding had ever oxisted, and frankly pofnted out that T could not at any time have agreed to take any action which 1 belleved might be prejudicial to the Govern- ment shipping interests, or in conflict with my obligation under the law as T interpreted it. Accordingly, clined to resign, as my resignation might have been construed to be an admission that 1 had entered into the mderstanding you mentioned. “Under the then Inefficlent admin- istration of the Fleet Corporation the ‘sovernment fleet continued to lose ound rapldly to foreign shipping in terests, and T feit it my duty to take every action possible to gorrect this condition. Reasserted Its Power. The Shipping Board, on October 1, reasserted its power with respect to the dutles imposed upon it by law and made such changes in personnel and administrative policy ish the regional control of the ernment-owned merc] marine, >rdance with the provisions of the law creating the Shipping Board. These changes have | tincreased revenues, lessened the st of opern rion, reduced the personnel of the #lest Corporation and greatly . «d the number of Government ships in operation, with the result that American ship| today are he- ing furnished a substantially better nd foreign shipping is no ning ground at the expense | it-owned fleet. reforms in the ad- | Fleet Corporation were made prior 1o Decembe the date the Sixty-ninth Congress con vened. At that time you announced ihat it was your intention not to re appoint me, and informed Senator Me- ATy of your desire to nominate Oregonian to succeed me as a commis sioner of the United States Shipping Hoard. Since then T hav ted daily to be relieved from s > by vour action. It has been my desire to allow you ample time within which to reach a decision as to my succ but after a_lapee of almost months, in the absence of any by you, and in view « y my commission explre of the present s ion of T now feel thuat may my service. * r these ry my resignation as a commissioner of the United States Shipping Board, to take effect March 1, 1926." Haney’s Record. Mr. Haney first took office in July, 1923, for two years, and when his term expired Jast Summer was given #_recess appointment by Mr. Coolidge after a conference at the White House. That recess appointment would have held until the last day of the present session unless Mr. Haney had resign- «d or the President had appointed and the Senate confirmed a successor. The impasse has been a subject of debate in the Senate, with Senator I, Democrat, Washington, and other Senators defending Mr. Haney. The President meanwhile canvassed the situation with the view of appoint- ing a successor from the Northwest States, but no Indication had been gliven In recent weeks that he would soon make an appointment: Mr. Haney has been mentioned in connection with the Democratie nom inatifon for Senator in Oregon this cear, but he said today he could not Atseuss that and would not L position to do =0 ur turns to his home. The fiing senatorial nomination | Oregon is April § the clc the 1 pr Radio Programs—Page 34 ngress | convened and Mr. Coolldge had stated | I de- in- | last, | o leau action | et that | ® ! the appropriation for asons I hereby tender | D. C. Opera Star Quits Detroit | at 3 AM. After Night Guarded by Police. | Singer Twice Before Has | Been Made Object of Blackmail Efforts. !By the Ass Press. | DETROIT, Mich., February 23 'he black hand squad of the police tment today is seeking a clue to the identity of the person who sent a threatening letter to Beniamino Gigli, tenor of the Metropolitun Opera Com- pany, causing him to flee from De- | troit “during the small hours of this | morning after canceling an engage- ment to sing in concert here tonight. I Beniamino Gigli thinks he ecan better Italinns than him, B his teaitor suid the lette o “Polic “You ways of hich ddre him know there nary throats it you don't > in your morgue you'd better keep him out of { this town, where there are some good Itallans that know what p: | should be, You can put all black hand bulls on the job vou and then we will get him, an The letter was signed ““True Italy.” It was received February 19 Detectives were at the station yes: terday to meet Gigli and guarded him uitil he reached his hotel Glgli learned of the thre ter after their departure orders for pa his s bound Michigan Centr: Leaving the hotel, went to the r: ed a2 Pullman which is at- tached to the Chicago-Buffalo train | here. Making of the reservations was {kept secret, and no one was allowed {into the car to talk to the singer be- | fore he left. | The note left at the hotel sald: 1 cording to the statement made secre Mrs. Isobel Hurst, local manager, that an anony- | mous letter was received threatening 4njury to me upon my con- nee here Tuesday night, neel same, with | sorrow to disappoint my beloved De- {troit public. But the nervous reac- tion would prevent my doing a truly want, ening let d station and ch * | from | gnarded for several N NO_GIGE artistic performance.’ Mrs. Hurst, when notified early today of the singer's actlon, said she had heard nothing of Gigll’s leaving, but added, “I don’t blame Gigli for golng In the face of those threats.” Twice Before Threatened. NEW YORK, February 23 (®).— Beniamino Gigli, noted tenor, who left Detroit secretly early today, after threats against his life had been re- ceived, has been threatened with harm twice before. In January, 1925 that Gigli rec: extortionists it was learned ved two letters been The first threat was in No-| 19 nd demanded that the | 3 Stadler"” the benefit of Italian members of the Ku Klux | Kian, alleged to be held in prison. The second threat was similar. gli then was an honorary captain tective. vembe enor of Los WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION PARK COMMISSION BILL IS BACKED BY SENATE WITNESSES Committee Hears Delano, Bell and Others—Latter Urges Few Changes. KING WOULD HAVE EXPERT COMMITTEE APPOINTED Suggests Present Measure Be Side- tracked Until Development Scheme Is Created. The Senate District committen to- day heard views voiced on the best method of creating a plan for the Tu- ture development of the National Capital and also listened to an earnest | plea by Senator Phipps of Colorado that the Unlted States bear a part | of the cost of completing connecting | links between Rock Creek and Po tomac parks. All those who had testified up to noon favored the gemeral object of the bill, which has passed the House, extending the power of the National ! WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1926—FORTY PAGES. ¢ Foening Star. * service. UP) Means Asscciated SHADE OF G. W.: Capltal Park Commission to include | city planning and also to add to the membership of the commission & num- ber of citizens qualified to assist in designing the Cupital of the future. everal suggestions were, made to the committee, however, for amendments to the bill as passed by the House. | in the New York police. No Buffalo Engagement. BUFAFLO, N. Y., (#).—Benlamino Gigli, February 23 Itallan tenor, who was reported to have left Detrolt | arly today for Buffalo after recefv- ing blackhand threats, has no en- gagements to appear here. He was not registered at any Buffalo hotel this forenoon. COMPROMISE TAX BILL BEFORE HOUSE Leaders Confident Body Will Accept Report of Con- i ferees Today. { By tho Associated Press. With leaders expecting quick action the compromise revenue bill agreed to by Senate and Houwe conferees and proposing a tax reduction of $387,000,- 1000 was brought up for ratification to- day in the House. Several members opposed the con- ference recommendations, but man- agers for the measure were confident that the House would accept the com- i promise bill before night. — =, |AGRICULTURAL BILL | REPORTED IN SENATE | Committee Increases Amount of Fund Measure $2,366,940. Amendment to Be Asked. The agricultural bill, carrying a total of $129,370.468, s reported to the Senate today by Senator McNary of Oregon on behalf {of the appropriations committee. The | Sena committee increased the { amount carrfed by the as it passed the House by $2.3 5 |" The committee authorized Senator | MeNary to offer on the floor of the Senate an amendment providing $25, '000 for a preliminary entomological |survey of salt marsh areas M the puth Atlantic and Gulf States in order to determine the hest method of controliing the breeding of mos- | auitoes, | Among the ften {lowed by the Senate commlittee were |the following: For the Bureau of Animal ‘Tndustry, $1,897,000, for the | tuberculosis of animals; for the Bur- eau of Plant Industry, $120, for the Bureau of Soils, $190,000, includ- | ing $185,000 for fertilizer investigation and a fixed nitrogen laboratory; for the Forest Service, $53,000; for the | Weather Bureau, $15,000; for the Bur- of Entomology, $49,000; for the 1 of Agricultural Economics, 00; for the Horticultural Board, of increase al- ommittee decreased by $13,780 e investigation including ndling. he {und improvement of tobacc ! methods of production and Temperature at Tupper I:ake. N. Y., Is 30 Below Zero. TUPPER LAKE, N. Y, February 23 (A)—A temperature drop of 80 degrees since mnoon yesterday had Sent the mercury to 30 degrees below | zero here today. The cold snap fol- lowed two days of balmy weather. Thermometers at Saranac Lake registered from 22 to 28 degrees be- Jow zero, the lowest readings of the ‘Winter Oscillating Is Indicated in By the Associated Prese. BORDEAUX, February 23.—Wheth- er the bottom of the Bay of Biscay is suffering from a state of instability is a problem that has been given to scl- ntists to determi Tt would appear from reports of navigators during the past few vears that the crust of the earth under the famous agitated water of the bay oscillates with such fre- quency that it is impossible to keep records of water depths straight. 2 AMNESIA VICTINS TALE IS UNFOLDED appropriation | The captain of the French liner La ! Says He Was Robbed of $1,500, But Doesn’t Know Where. Detectives Kelly and Scrivener of police headquarters today started un- raveling the vague and twisted talo of Fred McDonnell, amnesia victim, at Emergency Hospital, believed to be a 70-year-old merchant of Spen- cer, Mass., who says he was robbed of approximately $1,500 somewhere in ‘Washington prior to last January 30, | when he was picked up rambling | about Union Station and sent to the hospital by the Travelers' Aid Socfe- ty. " First efforts of the detectives, di-| rected at establishing whether tha robbery was real or imaginary, met with scant success. It was learned definitely that Mc- Donnell came to the Arlington Hotel on the night of January 28, registeré ed and checked out the next da paying his bill of $4. The following | day McDonnell stayed at the Harris Hotel, near the Union Station, and it was the mext morning that he was picked up by the Travelers' Aid So- ciety. Had Money in Socks. When he arrived at Emergency Hospital, unable to tell his name, with no marks of identification on his person, and with a handbag with clothing in his hands, McDonnell was found to have $238 secreted in his| socks. He said that he was robbed of $1,600, which he kept in a wallet In his inside coat pocket, and that at the time of the robbery his papers and identification cards were also taken. McDonnell stated that he was a Ma- son and this fact has been verified, although a canvass of Masonic organi- zations throughout the country, con- ducted about a week ago, failed to Jocate the lodge of his membership. Today he told the detectives that he was about three years behind in his Masonic dues. Lived 15 Years on $15,000. During the interview with Detec- tives Kelly and Scrivener at the hos- pital this morning McDonnell said that he had $15,000 about 15 vears ago; that he had lived during the last 15 years with no source of in- come; that he might have had $1,600 when he came to this city, and was sure he had more than $1,000, and that all his money save that in his sack had been stolen from him—how, where or when he did not know. While the detectives started delving into the robbery report, more definite identification of McDonnell as the Spencer, Mass., merchant was being awaited by the authorities here. Thus far there has been a telegram re celved stating that the identification has been made from a photograph, and that plans for enlisting the aid of friends of the merchant were go ing forward with the expectation that one of them would visit Washington McDonnell does not know where his friends can be found, he said, stating that he had no famlly and that. there was nothing any one could do fer him in this city. l Bottom in Bay of Biscay ;" Varying Sounding Bourdonnals on his last trip from New York says he found 35 yards of water ‘where Dr. Charcot, the explorer, re- cently found 4,000 yards, and where Lieut. Cornet of the French navy a few months agoe found 135 yards. T accuracy of the soundings taken by these three persons is admitted. .The question s What caueed the, Gifference in depths between the ssundings? Old maps, which were long accepted as official. glve depths in the region winded as from 4,000 to 5,000 vards. Delano Gives Views. Frederic A. De | American mmissioner J. Franklin ning to devote one year to the prepa- ration of & comprehensive scheme for the future development of Washing- ton which would be presented to Congress for ratification. If it should be approved, Senator King said, then would be time to create a continuing commission such as is now proposed to carry out the city plan prepared by the experts. This committee of experts would go out of office upon | completing a plan and the creation by Congress of a permanent commis- sion_to execute ft. When Engineer Commissioner Bell took the stand he indicated that the Commissioners are in sympathy with a procedure similar to that outlined by Senator King. Grant Favors Bill. Maj. U. Grant, 3d. director of public buildings and grounds, testified in favor of the bill as it passed the House, with one modification, which, [ he said, would eliminate the objection raised that the decisions of the Park and Planning Commission might ham- per the members of the commission in the performance of their separate duties as officlals of the Federal and District governments. Maj. Grant suggested the elimina- tion of a sentence in the House bill which would make it the duty of official plan of the commission. With this alteration, Maj. Grant said, he thought the bill a very de- sirable and important measure and jurged its passage. As tosthe discus. | sion over the number of citizens who should be added to the present Park Commission Maj. Grant testified that the House bill, authorizing the Presi- dent to appoint four such members, that can be reached between the dif- fering views of those interested in the legislation. The committee adjourned the hear- ings this afternoon and took the mat- ter under advisement for decision later. Mr. Delano made a convincing statement of the urgent need for a comprehensive plan for the future growth of the National Capital. He told the Senators that the bill as passed by the House is a good one, and his main suggestion was that the number of citizen members be in- creased from four to six, and added that he was willing to accept the suggestion recently made that the two thus added be District of Colum- bia residents. ‘Would Revise Reduction. He pointed out that as the measure was reported by the House District committee it provided for a commis- six citizens appointed by the Presi- dent. On the floor of the House the number of citizens was reduced to four. Mr. Delano sald the supporters of the bill felt that if the size of the commission was to be reduced, the reduction should have been divided equally between the officials and citi- zens on the commission. He sug. gested, for example, a commission of five officials and four citizens. Referring to the section of the bill ‘which defines the powers of the pro- posed planning commisaion, Mr. De. lano dclared that it the varlous activities mentioned as elements to be considered in the drafting ¢f a city plan, such as zoning, public utill- tles, traffic, drainage and water sup- ply, are to be restricted they should cither all-be omitted or ail left in. Mr. Delano also éxplained to the committee that section of the bill which provides that Individual of- ficlals on the commission 3hall ad- here in principle to the plan of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) mely, to add six instead of | mmittee the Commis- | rs are in sympathy with the pur- over planning for parks, high- | new commission hampering the | and by the President of three or four of | the best known experts on city plan- | each member of the planning com- | mission to adhere in principle to the ! is probably the best middle ground | sion of the seven officials who now | constitute the park commission and| FALL AND DOHENY - APPEAL DECISION wno, president of the | ivie Associntion and chair- | man of the local committee of 100, was | was the chief spokesman this morning for advocates of the bill as passed by | { the House. He proposed one change, ! however, n i four citizens to the park commission, | which con: at present of only offi: | cial menibers. Engineer C Beil told the | sion pose of the bill, but he advocated that the powers granted the new Park and {Planning Commission by the House | bill be substantialiy modified so as to | glve the new commission responsi- bility ways and playgrounds, but removing | what he pictured as the possibility of the functions of the Zoning Commission, the Public Utilities Commission the director of traffic if the bill us passed by the House becomes u law. King Urges Changes. Senator King, Democrat of Utah, proposed an entirely different pro- cedure from the bill now under con- sideration, taking the view that the proposed bill confuses two proposi- tions. He advocated the appointment Ask Special Action on Ruling of Justice Stafford Uphold- ing Indictments. Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of ! the Interior, and Edward L. Doheny, | oil magnate of Los Angeles, today asked the District Court of Appeals to grant a speclal appeal from the deci- slon of Justice Stafford of the District Supreme Court sustaining the validity of the mew conspiracy indictment growing out of the leasing of the Elk Hills naval ofl reserve in California. Through Attorneys Henry A. Wise of New York and Frank J. Hogan of Washington, the accused point out that a great.saving of time and pense would result from the appellate tribunal taking up and deciding the law points involved in advance of a trial. Justice Stafford, according to coun- sel for the defense, in sustaining the validity of the indictment extended the &cope of the latest conspiracy decision lof the United States Supreme Court, ! which has been generally regarded as Iimiting the scope of a conspiracy to defraud. Counsel also cull attention to the fact that Justice Stafford called on them for briefs on five important questions of law raised by the jus tice himself and in his decision failed to dispose of them or to discuss any one of them. In the event of a trial, the court Is told, a large number of witnesses for both the prosecution and defense would have to be brought 3,000 miles from their places of residence and business. Witnesses would have to come from New Mexico, Texas, ( ifornia and a number of other West- ern States. Such trial would occupy not less than six weeks, counsel sug- gest, and would involve a record of several thousand pages and about 400 exhibits. It would be an idle thing, say counsel, to go through a long trial on this indictment only to learn that the facts established constituted no offense cognizable by the court. Similar action is expected to be taken by Attorney George P. Hoover, counsel for Harry F. Sinclalr, who Is also indicted for conspiracy with Fall in connection with Teapot Dome re- serve. TWO OFFICERS SLAIN IN BRUTAL MANNER Shot Deliberately Through Heads by Bandits as They Lie ‘Wounded. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn., February 23.— Two St. Paul patrolmen were shot by an unidentified gunman in the resi- dence district here early today, and then as they lay helpless in the street each was killed with a bullef through the head. The slayings came as a climax to a search for robbers who had terrorized the residence district since Monday night and who had committed seven holdups in three hours. ~ The slain policemen, John Schultze and Fred A. Poitsch, were patrolling the district in an automobile and had started to investigate a large car when the shootings occurred. Poitsch fiashed his light into the machine and was met with gunfire, two bullets hit- ting him. As Schultze started to his companion’s aid he also was struck. Mrs. Thomas Cameron, living near- by, said she was awakened by the first shots and saw a man walk to ! the spot where Schultze was lying. The man, she sald, held his revolver close to the wounded policeman’s head and fired. He then walked to Poltsch, pressed his revolver close to the dy- ing officer’s head and fired again. After the second shot, Mrs. Came- ron said, the slayer examined both bodles and then leaped into the car and was gone. She called the police. Mrs. Cameron, who put the time of the slayings at 3:30 a.m., sald that the. slayer spoke to some one inside the automobile before he leaped in and was driven away. All available detectives and patrol- men were ordered in gun squad ma- chines to patrol the city in search of the murder car. Both Schultze and Poitsch are sur- vived by familles. Poitsch was 37, and had been & member of the police force =ince 1911. Schultze, 30, became & patrblman in 1919. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 95,927 TWO N.E.A.BACKSBILL FOR_ EDUCATIONAL POST IN CABINET { Superintendents Unanimous- ly Approve Curtis-Reed Plan for Department. CENTS. Press. { INDORSE DRIVE TO RAISE “THE KIND WORDS PREDOMINATED, ANYHOW.” {Coolidge Approved Disciplining of Air Service Men By the Associated Press. The White House disclosed to day that Presldent Coolidge ap- proved the action taken in the War Department to impress on alr service officers that they must not engage in efforts to influence legislation. He feels the step was necessary to prevent establishment in the country of a pressure of public- opinfon directed by military per- sonnel, and he expects Army and Navy personnel to comply strictly with the regulations of the vari- ous services thut govern such actions. WILL ASK PROBE OF SALM'S STATUS La Guardia Seeks to Deter- mine if He May Be Deported Over Finances. Representative La Guardia, So- cialist, New York, announced today he would ask the Labor Department to investigate the status of Count Ludwig Salm von Hoogestraeten, husband of the former Millicent Rog- ers, to determine if he was subject to deportation on the ground that he { might become a public charge. Mr. La Guardia sald he expected to forward a letter to the Labor De- partment late today asking an inquiry into the count's case, and if it was found he was without visible means of support, his deportation would be requested. Count Salm arrived in Washington early today from Palm Beach, Fla. With him was his mother, the dow- ager countess, who has accompanied him ever since he left Europe. Count Salm stepped from his train to the station platform and hurried at top speed to a taxicab, which in turn whisked him to the Mayflower Hotel. There he engaged a suite for himself and another for his mother on the tenth floor of the hotel and locked himself in, refusing to answer tele- phone calls or repeated pleas at his door for an interview with newspaper men. One reporter who succeeded in coaxing the count to answer his phone, was curtly told, “Nothing to say." ' Another rapped at the door, and a voice from within, evidently that of the dowager countess, de- manded who it was. When the scribe finally admited his identity he was greeted with a disgusted “Ach!" and next heard the feet of the exclaimer moving rapidly away. Salm has been in Fiorida for sev- eral weeks, armed with a court order giving him permisison to see his lit- tle son, whom the Countess von Hoo- gestraeten had steadfastly declined to.permit out of her sight. Bach oc- casion when the youngster was taken to his father, he was carefully guarded by a nurse and a retinue of detectives, won arbitrarily refused to permit the count to take the child away from their wiew. — Flyer Franco Recalled to Spain. MADRID, February 28 ().—Comdr. Franco has been ordered to return from Buenos Alres to Spain by ship. | His seaplane, Plus Ultra, has been presented to Argentina by King Al- fonso. 18,000 Have Influenza. MEXICO CITY, February 23 (#).— The newspapers report that at pres- ent there are 18,000 cases of influenza in the Federal district. The outbreak is due to the recent cold wave. WETS OPEN DRIVE "Committee of 21 Chosen to Seek Modification — Vol- stead Act Attacked. Out of the fire and emoke of yes- terday's cannonading against pro- be hurled against the amendment and the Volstead a The new force is a committee of nty-one representative men, vill formulate a legislative Progr: to be presented to Congress as the best thought of combined modifica tionism., = The commitiés was appointed last night by W. IL Stayton, national | chalrman of the Assoclation Arainst the Prohfbition Amendment, at the conclusion of an afternoon ence and evening barnquet at the May- flover Hotel, where prohibition was given one of the most severe flayings in the six years of its history. cording to Mr. Stayton, are ‘wets drys and molsts, members of the Senate and House of Representatives, business men, a novelist, a playwright and many other “outstanding men.' This group is expected to meet gram. as suggested during the lican, of New Jersey, to he submitted to Congress as a ‘“concrete legisla tive plan.” to correct the “evils" which modificationists feel have | ETOWD up under the present system Move Under Way in House. Representative Hill, Republican, Maryland, who was toastmaster at the “banquet, and was appointed a | member of the new committee, an- nounced afterward that the modifics tion committee of the House of Rep- resentatives, of which he is chairman, expected to hold hearings before long on the various proposals for modifica. tion of the Volstead act put forward by several groups, with a view to formulating new legislation. Thi however, he indicated, would not halt the present plans of the modification- The new plan, Mr, Hill thinks, how- comprehensive nature, from what he consider: resentative group of Americans yet assuming the duty of working out a substitute for present prohibition. The new committee, expected to act as the spearhead for modiflc tion in Ameri includes two V men, and is as follow Senator Bay ard, Democrat, Delaware; Senator Broussard, Democrat, Louisiana; Rep- resentative Hill, Benedict Crowell of Cleveland, former Assistant Secretary of Wa president of the American of Labor; Plerre S. du Pont, ton, Del.; chibald Hopkins of Washington; Franklin, New York; Dr. Julius Fried- enwald, Baltimore; Rupert Hughes, the novelist of Hollywood, Calif.; J. M. P. Murphy, New York: Henry S. Priest, former Federal judge, St Louts; Charles S. Rackemann, Bos. ton; Charles T. Stout, New York; Wil- liam M. Solame, Princeton, N. J.; Dr. J. J. Seelman, Milwaukee; Gen. M. O, Terry, Coronado, Calif.; Augustus Thomas, New York; Calvert Townley, New York, and R. F. Wood, Pihla. delphia. Dry Law Blamed for Much. ‘Wholesale criticism was launched against the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act during the two sessions yesterday by Senator Ed- wards, Senator Edge, Representative Mary T. Norton, Democrat, of New (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) as coming Federation , Wilming- Edson Bradley Estate, Sold, Is Last Of South 'Connecticut Ave. Mansions The famous Edson Bradley estate, on the south side of Dupont Circle at the Intersection of Connecticut avenue and Nineteenth street, has been pur- chased by Moebs Engineering and Construction Co. of this city, and ‘while nothing definite is forthcoming, it is understood that probably a large apartment or office bullding is to be erected on the site. The sale of this estate, on which the palatial Edson Bradley home has stood partly -demolished for nearly three years, fnarks the pussing of the last of the great mansions that lined Com:ctlcut avenue south of Dupont Circ The British embassy was sold to Harry Wardman, and as soon as the plans for the new embassy at Ob- servatory Circle, on Massachusetts avenue, are completed by Sir Edwin L. Lutyens, the famous British arch- itect, this old landmark also will dis- appear. The Edson Bradley mansion was long one of the most notable houses in the National Capital, and much of the exterfor ornamentation and the interfor decorations were shipped to Newport, R. I, where the Edson Bradleys are erecting one of the most magnificent residences in the country. AGAINST DRY LAW hibition by the biggest guns of the | | modification camp, there emerged at | midnight plans for a fresh offensive | hteenth | confer- | Represented on the committee, ac- | shortly to work out a definite pro- | banquet, by Senator Edge, Repul. ! Ists to push for consideration of light | wine and beer bills already introduced. | ever, will develop something of a more | the most rep- | James Duncan, first vice | Willam P. Eno and Ar-| F. | { $50,000 EFFICIENCY FUND Stand on Measure Creating Secre- taryship to Go Long Way To- ward Securing Enactment. | Unanimous findorserae Curtis-Reed bill creating a ment of education with {otficer, and a campaign to $50,000 fund to be used b commission on econo:s ency of husiness school systems for conserving of the depart cabine raise a nationa and effi dministration o the purpose o supplies and h systems of the United States was voted by membera of the departmen | of superintendence, National Educs tion Assoctation business sesefor held in the V Auditortum shortly before The vol on these om: i plause by the deleg: i picturesque sigh the orange garland around their necks. It has been the custom of the Hawailan school chil dren for a number of years to send | the “tokens of aloha” to the &uperin tendents as u bidding for them to d a convention in Idawaii e stand of the educators on the tisReed bill is expected to go & long way toward securing the enuct ment of this me >, which has been sought for sev 8 the eve of corded the e | tomorrow and gressional com: Curtis-Reed bi Coolidge Addresses Meeting. President Coolidge addressed th educators at patriotic gathering ¢* the educators held in the Auditorfur last night. It was the first time educators had t n given a messa; from the Chief Executive s st gathered in Washington 18 vears ago and President Theodore Rooseve)t talked to them in the east room of the White House. { “The American pub! | hulwark of our civil and religious Iib erties,” sald George D. Strayer, chalr- man of the legislative commission of the N. E. A., in presenting the reso. lution indorsing the Curtis-Reed bill ““The moral respensibility for the er couragement and advancement of th basic institution rests upon the Fed | eral Governn ent “We hearty y indorse th i bill now b ONEress. does not per-iit of any interference with the comolete autonomy of the States in the edministration and con trol of their schools, but it does pro vide for the more efficient participa tion of the Federal Government by co ordinating its present educational ac vities and by extending the scope of sclentific investigatio This bill further provides ation of a Department of ¥ tion with a Secretary in the Presi dent's cabinet for at recognitic and service which the importance « public education merits and the | vancement of education require Backs $50,000 Fund. In making the report of the exes tive committee of the department o the raising of the $50,000 fund rear long survey into business of school systems, Dr s Finegan, a member of the commission appointed by Dr. Hu- bert Work, suid “It would be just as reprehensfblo | for the richest countr : to debase the quali instruction provided by the public se for th training and discipline of boys and girls as it would be to adulterate food products or to debas ard value of its currency. “The commission has decided that its membership shall not exceed nir and has authorized President Frank W. Ballou to appoint one member wi shall be representative of the views of business managers of city hool system and one member who all be representative of the views of organized labor,” Dr. Finegan cun i tinued. | Besides Dr. Ballou, local members {on the commission are Ernest Gree wood, vice president of the Board of Education; Dr. John J. Tigert, United | States commissioner of education, and | Elliot Goodwin of the United Stutes Chamber of Commerce. i Many Questions To Be Settled. Questions the commission will e: deavor to answer and problems the | hope to remedy are i zations and administrations of all ti school system o s to conserve funds, supplies and human energy? Are un: necessary expenditures avoided? Is waste eliminated? Are economies prac- ticed so that funds shall be available for essentlals and for pecessary growth and expansion in vital dire tion? Do the investors—the taxpayers and the rent payers—get value re. ceived for every dollar invested?” The commission plans to devots not less than one year to the study of this problem under the direction of ex- perts in education administration and experts in business administration. The expense of the inquiry will be $50,000. Several public-spirited citi- zens of means have been invited to make contributions toward meeting - these expenses. The department c superintendence, the National Fduca tion Association, the United States Chamber of Commerce, the American Federation of Labor have been invited to make similar contributions. “The commission,” Dr. Finegan told his fellow educators, “believes this inquiry of such outstanding na. tional importance not only to the people of the entire country but to the social, economic and commercial interests of the land and so fraught with possibilities of a national saet ice of vital significance that hte pre- ect is one which individuals, organ zations and institutions engaged in the promotion of the welfare of the country mazy properly aid and sux port. “The commission has accordingly submitted a memorandum to the general education board, the Carnegie (Continued oa Paxe 5, Column 59 iperintende icant _question thunderous ap ho presented ch one wore lies of Hawa! It _comes o s which will } ucators at_the Capit Thursday by the co: tees considering tt ¢ school ia the e education This bill anagement ‘Thomas