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2 ¥ BINBA DISMISSAL REFUSED N COURT Must Hear Testimony in Case, Judge Declares, as February 2 un editor, to- BROCKTON, Anthony Blmby day went on t emy and inciting to 1 he delivered in Lithu- | Hall in this city on ed the courtroom with the prosecution had the Govern a young and at- wearing a fur rose straw hat. She W Irving Hoffman, husband. y seat in the small court room by witnesses @ Asks Bimba's Discharge. Harry IToffman, defense counsel, of- fered A motion that the law under ‘hemy arge was the consti- the defendant moved to quash the 1 argument by both fschary an nlso arice wus b to I have kno of years of dis- cussions our Lithuanian friends in the northern part of the city. I do not believe the courts are “he proper places o settle those dif- ficulties. “However, ses are here. “AS to the first, the so-called blas- hemy compiaint the siatute under hich {t was brought was declared constitutional by the Massachuset:s Supreme Court in 1§38, The status sere denying of 4 supreme e, but the court softened v the added qualifications of a motive as an essential * * * riot, growing | 1d news- | general | Will Run Again | @ CCLINEINSY ] GEN. ALVARO OBREGON. OBRESON TO SFEK ~ PRESIDENGY AGAIN Will Be Candidate in 1928, Friends Announce, After Birthday Party. By the Associated Press. NOGALES, Ariz, February 24— Gen. Alvaro Obregon plans to emerge from retirement on his farm in southern Sonora, Mexico, and be a candidate for the presidency of the republic of Mexico in the 1928 elec- tions. ‘This announcement was made by CHANGE IN TRAFFIC LAWIS PROTESTED A. A. A. Representative Op- posed to License Fee as Revenue Measure. Protest wus made at a hearing bo- fore the House today against amend. ments to the trafllic law which is now pending on the House calendar, to be taken up for action in the House on next District day. On_motlon of Representative Stalk- er, Republican, of New York. the District committee hoard George W. Offutt, representing the Automobile Association, who both for the District of Columbla di vision, being 4 member of fis advisor: committee, und for the national o ganization, e asked that th amendments he recalled from House calendir and reconsidered. M Offutt told t. committ that tl national associuilon considers the - of the license fee as a revenue mea ure a vicious precedent to the St He said that “the purpose of a er's license Is to serve as a meany of identification and to bring the person | more readily within the control of the police officials. 1t is justified only in the exercise of the inherent police powers in all political entities. It is primarily, if not solely, safety measure, and it is contrary to the established principles of law as well «6 falr play to perver: the purpose of such a measure by making it a tax ng law."” Aimed at Blanton Measure. This criticism was directed against an amendment sponsored by Hepr: sentative Blanton, Democrat, of T a#, which provides that when new permits are ‘issued on July 1 they shall be for o threeyear period at a fes of $1 a year, the revenue from which, estimated at §325.000 to $350,- 000, i3 to be used for installation and operation of the electr.c signal light system. Mr. Offutt also, on behalf of the American Automobile Assoctatio protested against the provision & thorizing the director of traffc to su Ameriean | spoke | the ' " iarmory bill {5 believed “to be cov- ARMORY PROJECT 1S GIVEN APPROVAL Fine Arts Body Would Let Pension Office Take Place of Memorial. The Fine Arts Commission has ap- [proved use of the Pension Ofiice Buflding by the National Guard of | the District of Columbia as an armory i and suggested that this building serve | the purpose heretofore intended to {be served by a proposed new memo- rial armory In a letter to Chairman Elliott of the Ilouse committee on public build- and grounds, Charles Moore, | chairman of the commissign, pointed out that Congress already has ap- vroved the projeet for “a monumental bandstand in Potomac Park’ as a memorial for the District of Colum- | b participunts in the World War, {50 that the “memoriul feature'* of the ered.” Will Meet Real Need. Replying to Mr. Elliott’s request for consideration of the bill for a {memortal arm ry in the Distrlct, Mr. e suld, he commission has of the ¢fforts made in past 1o ercct un armory for the i Distrtet of Columbia militia, antry deserves mor dations fo > city of W - . prefc litia lce Building can he for the use of the it will meet an fin-| tor an armory. Tl {plan of the building lends itself the use of troops. Moreover, it was | buflt as & memorial to the soidiers of the Civil War. | “The matter was taken up with | [ Maj. Gen. Anton Stept nmand- |ing the District of ¢ militia, who exp: rtily n | 3 copy :-r“ service should f ¥ avatlable fct mitlitia, mediate nee the on the s A | ravor o his lemte enclosed, “The ure proposed by pend or revoke drivers’ permits tor in- | 0 be cov. | fruction of the traffic act as weil ay L 15 believed t Upper: Mrs. Jacob Nesbit, 25, grad- uate of Ohio State University, whose body was found in a bathtub full of water by her husband, Jacob Nesbit (below), in their home at Troy, Ohio. CATHOLICS URGED TOBACK DRY LAW Must Observe Statute Be-| cause It Is on Books, School Head Says. - night, ¥ GLOOM WITHTANGO Dances Till Wee Sma’ Hours at Club, But Still Is “Out” to Callers. Count Ludwig Salm von Hoogstrae- ten has suffered few pangs of acute melancholla over the legal barriers that separate him from his wife and tiny son since coming to Washington if his social engagements during the first day of his stay in the National Capital count for anything at all. Yesterday afternoon, a few hours after he had stepped from a_train that brought him from Palm Beach, where his dash half across the world for custody of his boy ended fruitless- . he had luncheon with a pretty girl of about 19 in the main salon of the Mayflower IHotel, and last night he dunced until t sma’ hours with @ party of friends at the Club Chan. tecler,” on Thomas Circle. “Out” ¢ Callers. Salm JockeG himself very caretully in his rooms, politely informed the management of the Mayflower, where he took a suite, that he must not be disturbed by any one, and told re- porters they should “excuse” him for not making a statement, as his law- yers had ordered him not to say any thing or to see any one. He sald he { would be “out” to all who called, even | his friends | As the shadows lengthened last Wever and the minutes droned luborfously around the face of the clock with terrifying slowness, the count accepted an invitation from Mr. nd Mrs. Leonard Block to join them, | Miss Virginia Selden of 2118 Connecti: 'cul avenue, a Mrs. Ledere of New York City and Frank Hagan at the CiL" Chantecler. At the club the count danced a num- ber of times with Miss Selden and | other members of the party. Then he | invited Miss Selden to join him in a | solo rendition of the tango. The | dance was a pronounced success and | brought enthusiastic demands for an from the members of the or- estra and other guests Up Betimes. MISS VIRGINIA SELDEN. DEEDS BUILDING 1S RECOMMENDED House Committee Action Fol- lows Amendment Abol- ishing Use of Fees. Erection of a new building to meet the long recognized need of the re- corder of deeds office, not only to pro- | vide adequate facilities with & sub- | stantial saving in rent for that branch | FUNDTOSTABILIZE FRANG PROPOSED Senator Coty, Owner of Figaro, Offers Huge Con- tribution as Nucleus. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 24.—Senator Fran cols Coty of the Figaro today offers to contribute 100,000,000 francs to & national subscription to form a sink ing fund to stabllize the frame. Ilo . will unfold his plan in a serles of | seven articles in the Figaro. Senator Coty says the fund will be managed by a committee of compets !men. untrammeled by politics or 1 ticians. With the fund there will Ino need for further loans or infit He invites contributior newspapers, and industrial and b ness firms and even private citize to be paid in 10 annual installments He is convinced that with the p the franc can be stabilized withi years. Even the smallest contrib: would be accepted. Continue Negotiations. Meanwhile Pramier Briand, Finance Minister Doumer, Landes Milles La- Croix, president of the Senate finance mmittee, and Louis Malvy and M Lamoureux, respectively president and reporter of the financs the Chamber of Deputi thefr laborious negotiations vlew to tinding a way of av claeh between the two houses of F nent on controversial sectinns | the proposed financial measures { tably the stamp tax. Conferees Still Apart. This the Left cartel still opposee So far as is known, no agreement has yet been reached by the conferees, wha decline to give any Information. Only quick passage of the govers ment's finance bill by the Senate can restore France’s credit, Premier Briand declared {n the upper house to day. “Our discussions are being followed abroad with anxiety,” he said. FRANCE TO RAISE TARIFF. {close friends of the former President | | following a gathering of prominent | governmental and nitlitary leaders at his ranch on February 18 to celebrate Obregon's fourty-fourth birthday. The Mexicen constitution forbids a President serving two consecutive terms and Obregon retired in 1924 after a regime of four years that was marked by recognition cf the Mexican government by the United | States. Ofceon first came nto promincnce as @ military fleader during the Diaz Madero rebellion and his election to the presidency followed in 1920 Me has extensive farming and milling in- terests in the State of Sonora. | COMES TO DEFENSE 1or viowtions of regulations promul gated by the traffic director. He con- tended that final wuthority should be | taken out of the hands of avy sius.c official by providing ier an appeas 1o the court to nave the license restored, | the revocation to stand until the |y court acts. bandstand in Salm got o'clork ar g dre: Resolution No. providing fe members of the mili es of th> United District of Columt up this morning | or 1he District government, but for the | Spent about tWo lprotection from fire hazards of the| i or trimming his|real property records, was recommend- | At to lunch shortly |ed by the House District committee to- | h the same | & K woman he lunched | and his mother. it sadd he had engagements that would occupy all of his time this 30 Per Cent Increase on Imports Planned. Spain Told MADRID, Februa France has Informed Spain that the French taniff will be raised up to 3 per cent on imports from all f countries Count Perett! de Rocea, French Ambassador, has deliver note to Foreign Minister Ya justifying the action of France cites the prec: state of French treasury and the depreciation of the French franc, but says the pro posed increase in the French tarlff is subject to parliame: y The Spanish cabil tion on situation next Friday Will Await Testimony. ), y the Avsociated Press | CHICAGO, February 24.—Speakin on “prohibition from the Catholic viewpoint,” the Rev. Joseph Reiner, 5. J.. dean of the ¢ ur Aris and pand s Seiences of Loyola ver today kel pleaded for an emphasis upon th el need law observance and respect On motion of Representative Reid, [appr 5 ‘h:’."mf\ o e Republican, of Iliuois, tnese proests | \Voula Uss Sita Othersa far tie ey, He Sadce were reterred to the traffic subcommit- | oL UL L AR 3 : far s Catbaite prl aid tee for consideration in coanection SmaiiARbn ot Fiae ot Lasiaa Cathplic principles are with Zihlman traftic bill whicn was in- i s conferned. '« ko.eimmenc oy adan troduced at the request of the District E n ‘armdry UrohiBion an ol hisy s it Commissioners. le questioned the | R. 51 90 ekl o toTi said legality on several points, pardculariy S Nitaca oY hamiths Koverneny L nting a_right to appeal trom a ¢ b {tion, prohibi LT X | idicial officer. In tnis he was RN -smaflslnn\:(;nnxuzu:;:”p\r:in as | supporied by Kepresentative William ! {5e 1" (0 oS nioal sapdcis ‘It would appear tliat this was not & decen. or orderly expression of re- ligious be disbelie. und the de- fendant dragged the expression in by ¢ await the testmony. ement case, the statu in 1319, when war senti ents were ri 1t 18 possible it today there 13 no cause for en ‘orcement. The language is not the sual language of incitement, as at tributed to the defendants; it is more e language of prophecy. I am in- ciined to tase the speech as a whole, however, when it might be considered as incitement “Therefore Overrule Both Motions.” inciden i own hair. after 1 o'clock unidout An amendment offered by Repre- sentative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas 1o the bill introduced in the House ves- terday by Chair n Madden of he atternod He is giving & dance to-|House appropriations committee, abol- night in his sulte and has engaged | ishing the use of fees for support of ve rooms in addition to the four he the offices of recorder of deeds and as had. He had a number of tables register of wills was adopted, and the D und was preparing for his party (bill favorably reported and a motion |adopted making this m e special In reply to a lstter from W. Spen- order of business to be en up first cer Tupman, orchestra leader at the |on the next District day in the House, Maytlower, offering to play for him,{March 15. the count repiied in a brief note: “I| The effact of the Madden bill is that | thank you very much for your kind 'all fees collected by these two offices Referred to Subcommittee. 1 therefo Arts, instead huilding the Pension to the | militla _ and The site here- | an armory tonig it the prohibition Bimba., whose arrest followed &n address at a Lithuanian hall here last January in I he is alleged to have dec.azed: are still fools whe e in Goa." d his unbelief before another ting here. ‘ Sclence and proved to me At e shouted. It inade man, L night’s meeting was the firsi s supporters have succeeded in olding. Attempts in other cities have et with police action, or warnings hat sufficed to call off arrangements. Many residents here regard the cas. =Imply ae a dispute between two fac foris of Lithuanians. REMOVAL OF GATES IS GIVEN APPROVAL House Committee Favors Taking Down Piers Between White House and State Building. experfence have there is no God,’ was not God that Favorable report was ordered today by the louse committee on thorizing the removal of the fron gates and plers across Executive avenue be- tween the White House grounds and the State, War and Navy Building. It was emphasized that theso gates ere a dangerous obstruction to trafe and serve no good purpose. Hearings are to be held on Friday befors the committes on the bil, hich has already passed the Senate, providing for the expansion of the Capltol grounds and the development >t the plaza between the Capitol and the Union Statlon through the pur- chase of privately owned property. The bill authorizes the use of funds ' prevlously appropriated and unexpend- e with whatever additional funds may be neceseary for rthis purpose Representative Ben Johnson of Ken- tucky, formerly chairman of the House District committee, will appoar sefore the committee on public bulld- ings and grounds reviewing the <api- vol plaza legislation since the bill was passed In 1310, for the Information of members of Congress, the maority of whom were not in Congress when the original act was pessed. Hearings are a'au Lo be held on the two Lills providing for erection of a power huuse wid & eales house at *he Bureau u? Standaras, TAKEN TO SANITARIUM AFTER POSE IS EXPOSED Soath Carviina Youth Alleged to Have Married 1n Role of French Diplomat. By the Aseociated Press. ANDERSON, 8 C., February 24— Noel Cobb, scion of a well known Anderson tamily, who is alleged to have pused as a French diplomat in Ga., and married Miss Vir- gsworth, Agnes Scott stu- yestercay afternoon was taken saniiarium in North Carolina. Members of *he family declined to dfs- closa (se name of the sanitarium. Lo- cal pnysiciuns are said to have ex- pressed -nc belief sald the young man’'s hea.r. would be restored afte: Tast treatn.ent. Cobb's Tamily declined to permit Visitors to sce alm, declaring that his conditfon 41l .ot permit it. Friends of tne famlly declared last night that thee were no grounds for & charge of .igemy against him as no records couvld be found of a mar- riage prior to his marriage to Mies Hollingsworth. —— Zurachute Jumper Drowned. ORLANDO, Fla., Petruary 24 (). — Zarl Vincent, 38 & purachute jumper, wwas drowned here yesterday when he landed 1n Lake Olivet after cutting loose ttom # balloon He made the descent eastly, and apparently floated ntly tunu the water, but drowned fore boats could reach him. The boay wiil be shipped to Kent- wood, La, the home of his wife. —_— -Pands for roaa bullding in Peru will Le raised by _cotton export taxas. Decatu Lest night he re | but man that made God. | public | bulldings and grounds on the Bill au- | OF MODERN YOUTH Massachusetts Official Says Those of Today Rank Well in Scale. Defending modern youth as “‘just as fine, noble, pure and as having just |a3 high ideals as had the youth of any other generation,” Payson Smith, | commissioner of education of Massa- | chusetts, at_midday Lenten services {in Keith's Theater today declared |that the way properly to influence | youth fa not by condemning and criti- cizing, but by Impressing them with the high hopes that you have for them “The hardest problem that has ever come before you is in getting the qouth properly adjusted to-the intric- acies of the present time,” said Mr. | Smith. The latter objective will not | be accomplished, the speaker said, un- ltil the home and other institutions realize that they must have an atti- | tude of righteousness toward youth. { " The speaker emphasized that “the world 18 not {n ruin” and referred to | the ““twenty-five million shining youtha of ours” as the material that will de- velop the world into what it is going to_be. Invocation and benediction were de- { lItvered by Rev. E. P. Wroth of Christ | Episcopal Church, Georgetown. As. | sistant Supt. of Schools Robert L. Haycock presided. Dr. Howard A. Kelly of Baltimore will be the speaker at tomorrow’s services, which begin at 12:26 o'clock. e | WOULD INCREASE LOANS. “25,000 Limit for Filipino Farm | Advances Buggested. SAN JUAN, Porto Rica, February 24 (#).—Recommendation has been made to Congress that the limit for | farm loans in Porto Rico made by the Federal Land Bank be” raised from $10,000 to $25.000, the same limit now in force in the United States. This recommendation has been made with the indorsement of the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore, of which the San Juan Bank is a branch, s well as the board of the General Land Bank. E. B. Thomas, manager of the Porto Rico branch, says that since the land bank was opened for business here in | October, 1922, loans amounting to | 47,600,000 have been made. | would permit & more ready |law vioators and make it difiicuit tor C. Hammer, Democrat, of North Carolina. Automobile owners in Washington are assessed less per caplta lor auto- mobile operation than in most States of the United States, Traffie Director Eldridge said todaw discussing the bill. Mr. Eldridge defended the pro- i vision in the bill for of drivers’ permits, dec heck on persistent laworeakers to secure the rignt to drive an automobile in the District. Mr. Eldridge said the average cost !in taxes by the Dustrict to owners of |automobiles here is about $12 a year, | made up of a $5 average gas tax paid at the source; an average personal tax of about $5 on automoblies and a $2 fce for license. This fee, under the Blanton bill, would be reduced to §1 a year. He said the average cost to automobile owners levied by the States was about Mr. Eidridge quoted figures from many State motor vehicle laws tending to show the cost to District taxpayers of ownership and operation of automobiles to be lower than in most other jurisdictions. RICHMOND ARTIST DIES FOLLOWING AUTO CRASH Carl J. Rostrup, Native of Norway, ‘Was Prominent in Fraternal Circles 22 Years. y the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, 24— February Carl J. Rostrup, 61 vears old, prom!-| nent in the fraternal life of Richmond for twenty-two vears, and one of the city’s leading {llustrators and car- toonists, died yesterday from injuries sus.ained when an automobile he driving collided with a mo.or bus on the streets here Sunday. The driver of the bus was charged with careles and reckless driving at the time of the accident and that charge will be changed to one of involuntary man- | slaughter, police say. Born in Christiania, Norway, Ros- trup was brought to this country by his parents when only 6 years old. Ho came to Richmond from Baltimore, where he had been employed as car- toonist by the Baltimore News. He served several papers of this city be- | fore accepting a position with the Virginla Engraving Co., by whom he was employed at the time of the fatal iccident. During late vears he had Jevoted a great deal of his time also to the painting of scenery used by local theaters. Adam Themistocles Drekolias, New York inventor, expounded on the prin- ciples of Archimedes and, incidentally, demonstrated his unsinkable ship “Avythistor before members of the House naval affairs committee today in the House catcus room. Mr. Drekolias was well versed on Archimedes, but, being not so familiar with the English languages, was not entirely successful in getting his mes- sage home to the Representatives who assembled to hear him. As a re sult one or two members dozed through the lecture and others, re membering important engagemente elsewhere, left before the big demon stration, proper, took place. Mr. Drekolias had his trained ship do fts tricks in a glass-faced tank, filled with sea water. He also had varfous other appurtenances, includ ing & tin pail with a spigot on the bottom, several collapeible aluminum cuj nd two copper contrivances sdxwh t resembling cowbells. Mr. Drekolias met with reverses at the very outset of his demonstration, He,placed himself in front of a large stereopticon screen, pointer in hand, and signaled for the auxiliary illustra- tive program to begin, but nothing happen Tke Archimedes lecture, consequently, was held up for several minutes, while assistants. traced the HOUSE MEMBERS DOZE AS GREEK INVENTOR DESCRIBES TRICK SHIP «Unsinkable” Craft Performs in Glass Tank, While Tts Author Does Same in Language That Is Not Masterable by His Auditors. tx;oubla to a defective electrical connec- tion. The projected pictures showed the exact connection between Archimedes’ principle and Mr. Drekolias’ “Avythistos.” The inventor explained in great detail just how the specific gravity of various substances are taken into consideration in arriving at a nonsinkable ship. From a written article handed to the Congressman the information was conveyed that the ship doesn't sink because it is full of collapsible alr cells. The ship was so full of these cells, In fact, that one of the auditors asked the Inventor whers the cargo was put. He replied that matter could be taken care of easily. The fact remains that the model ship, some flve feet in length, and constructed of metal, behaved just its master wanted it to. sinking when he pulled a trigger or two on the side or refusing (o stay under when operated according to the ap- proved methods of Archimedes. Chairman Butler of the naval af- fairs committee was one of the many who falled to witness the actual sinking attempts. He appearod on the scene tarly, but hurried out of the room to escape the insistent demands of news photographers that he and his colleagues pose beside Avyythistos. He never came bagk. . ship, | lalong Penns nue, between (Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, may ! well be used for the internal revenus | | building or the general accounting of- | fice of the needed Govern-| me: in h letter to the Commission pointing out | that the National Guard had pending before the Publlc Bulldings Commis. | a request for assignment in the Pension Office Bullding, t the use of the building | purposes is highly desir- | of its downtown location | {ana the fact that the large rotunda would be avallable for drill purposes “If the National Guard could secure space in the Pension Office Bullding | 25,000 square fret, exclusive of the | rotunda) for company assembly and | locker rooms, it would be possible to | secure storage and other factlities out side of the Pension Office Building to meet the talanee of ment 'COUNTESS IS DENIED ! NEW HEARING HERE ON EXCLUSION ORDER (Contjnued from First Page.) apice | our require- " he added, “we cannot reopen a cas s f additional evidence while a writ of habeas cor- | pus is pending. That always has | been our policy, and we have never departed from it. There i3 no reason why this case should be made an ex- ception.” i REPRISALS ARE REFUSED. | “Baldwin Government Spurns Pro- posals in Commons. | _LONDON, February (#).—The British government will consider no proposals to Institute reprisals for {the barring of the Countess of Cath- {cart from the United States. This, in effect, was the reply of the foreign secretary, Sir Austen Cham- i berlain, to a spirited crossfire of questions in the House of Commons | today regarding the working of the American immigration laws. Sir Austen said the British gov- | ernment considered it entirely the business of the American authorities l4s to who should or should not be admitted to the United States. FLYER TO FACE CHARGE. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., February Datective John Maggersutt will go to Norfolk, Va., to bring back Lieut. Walter Brooke, charged with the theft of a seaplane, said to be the property of Howard A. Kelly, jr. The plane disappeared recently from its moor- ings In the Patapsco River her Brooke, 29 years old, a former Navy fiyer, surrendered ut Norfolk to an- swer the charge made in a warrant by Kelly. He was released unde: $1,000 bond for a hearing Friday. Standard Parking Signs Discussed For Local Streets 2 Traffic Director Eldridge today took up with Charles Moore, chair- man of the Commission of Fine Arts, a design for standard park- ing signs to be hung from electric and gaslight poles on the streets of (Washington. The signs will be hung from standards to be screwed into the light poles, at a standard height of eight and a half feet from the sidewalk, and will re. place the present temporary signs mounted on movable standards. The move s in the interest of uni. formity of signs and uniformity of design and distance from the ground, Mr. Eldridge sald. Twenty- three different parking signs are used in Washington, he added. Un- der the new scheme all the signs would be constructed of & uniform shape and color, with a deep blue background and white lettering. ‘When placed on gas light poles the bottom of the slgns would -be lto less than eight feet from the ground, but sufficiently high to :'lle:r the top of a parked automo- mendment was not complete caused he speaker no surprise, although he was surprised that prohibition “hax ttalned the measure of success that even many of its enemles are willing to admit.” For those with an honest balief that prohibition is unwise he sald that “from’ the Catholicviewpoint vou have the right—I would say vou have the obligation—to agitate for its re- peal. But from that same viewpoint you have another and a more sacred | {and a more compelling obligation, the obligation to agitate for a substitute measure that gives fair promise to meet the situation more effectiveiy. “Prohibition is not =o completely out of harmony with Catholic though and practice as some would have belleve,” he sald. ' He cited introduction of it Into their fields by various missionaries and sald at least 18 bishops are known to have favored enactment of prohi- | tion laws. et 'C. E. HUGHES ASSAILS “RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY” Makes Address at Dinner by Churches of Christ in Honor of Jewish Rabb: By the Assoctated Prees. NEW YORK, February ligious bigotry was assailed by Charles Evans Hughes at a Kosher dinner last night, glven by the Federal Coun eil of Churches of Christ in America prominent rabbis, Jewish laymen and civic leaders. “It is a strange thing indeed,” Mr. ! Hughes said, “that in this twentieth jeentury w should see the beast of religious bigotry raise its hateful head and do it In the very name of the Amerfcanism which it soils by its viclous Influences. It is time for us to go back to the true Americanism of our fathers, the Americanism of re- ligious freedom. We can't expect to to seek international peace on a sub- | stantial footing until we have created good will in our own midst." Resolutions were passed assorting a belief in the brotherhood of Jew and Gentile beneath differences of creed and declaring that “all should dedicate themselves anew to mutual under- standing, friendly accord and earnest co-operation for the commion good.” RABIES QUARANTINE ON. Dogs Ordered Restrained Within Ten-Mile Radius. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., February 24 (A).—A hydrophobia quarantine went into effect here today prohibit. ing dogs from running at large within a 10-mile radius of the Cabell County Courthouse and providing a penalty of death if the animals stray over the line of limitation, irrespeetive of whether the owner has paid dog tax. The quarantine was invoked by Dr. Ernest Layne, State veterinarian, in an effort to prevent a possible epi- demic. Nine persons are now being treated after being bitten by amicted animals. 24.—Re- | Iam a gr lover of musi find ths time I will gladly myselt of your offer.” Hangs Up Phone. { All efforts today to reach Salm and ask him 1o give the newspaper men a | Tew social notes of his activities in Wa simply ) this an- swer, via the telephone. | | “I'am so sorry, but I cannot speak | { T do nut know what you have to tell me, but nothing will Inierest me, be- cause my lawyvers have told ge to say | abmolutely nothing. S0 you will pleass | excuse me if I hang up.” | And he did. A few minutes later he |called the office clerks and ordered | some newspapers sent to his room. LM NOT “BROKE.” | Well Able to Give Home to Family, | Says Lawyer. | NEW YORK, ¥ | t Ludwig Salm Hoogstraeten, | w e fluancial status and consequert ‘111.1\( to be in the Uniied States has! | been questioned by Kepresentative | Florella 1. La Guardia, Soclalst, of | | New York, not oaly has means of sup- | { port but fs well able to give a proper | home to his estranged wife and his | child, ms lawyver here asserts. | Representative La Guardia yester- | day, in a letter to Secretary of Labor | L tested that an investgation | s to whether Count Salm | | was likely to become a public charge, |with a view to deportation if this were found to be the case | "Mr. La Guardia cited the tmmigra |tion law as barring any allen who comes to the United States on funds | {provided by another, and declared that the “alien in question no occupa- tion." ount Salm finds it necessary to by an absolute denial the false | | rumor ‘that anybody pays or con-| | tributes toward his expenses,” said | | his lawyer, Herman . Goodstein. “He | as neither roquired, sought nor ob- | | tained financial aid from any source |and he is not indebted to anybody on | any account. He is quite able to pay his own way, and has shown In court procecdings that he was nd s able to support his wife and child and to | provide a suitable home for them.” The count, at Washington, seems undisturbed by Representative La Guardia's act. 1 do not find it very Interesting, he said. “Perhaps my lawyer wiil, but I do not." The count’s sult for separation from | his wife, the former Millicent Rogers, and for custody of his son is pending in the New York courts. The count arrived in Washington yesterday after sceing his son at Palm Beach for the first time. MYSTERY IN BLAST. Porto Rico Police Station Partly Wrecked by Supposed Bomb. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Februar: 24" UP).Mantel Ferrer, 'a ditrict police " chief, was seriously injured yesterday when the police station nl.| Rio Grande, 20 miles from San Juan, was partly destroyed by an explosion supposed to have been from a dyna- mite bomb. The explosion caused much alarm in the town. Police are unable to ac- count for it, us Porto Rico is said not to have had a case pf criminal dyna- miting before. bruary 24 UP).— dispe Mrs. Coolidge 11l of Cold, President Escorts Mrs. Jardine to Honor Dinner By the Assoclated Press. A severe cold prevented Mrs. Cool- idge from attending a dinner last night, and sent White House attaches searching for precedents to guide President Coolidge's attendance with another partner. The dinner was glven at the Wil lard Hotel by Attorney General and Mrs. Sargent, and was one of the weekly affairs by cabinet members and their wives in honor of the Presi- dent and Mrs. Coolidge. At the last moment Mrs. Coolidge felt she should remain at the White House, and the President. wishing to attend the af- fair, sought another partner. A search of social precedents dis- closed that President McKinley had e8co! 'wives of cabinet members to such during the iliness of Mrs. McKinley. and that course was adopt- ed. Hurried consultations revealed that Mrs. Willlam M, Jardine, wife of the Becretary of Agriculture, had no engagements last evening, and she accepted the invitation. Then doubt arose as to whether the President should call for Mrs. Jardine or whether an automobile should be sent for her, being joined by the Presi- dent at the White House. Or should Mrs. Jardine be taken direct to the | hotel, her escort to find her there. The McKinley precedent was accept- ed again. The .'resident's aide escort- ed Mrs. Jardine to the White House, where Mr. Coolidge joined her and con- tinued to the hotel. On the return trip the procedure was the same, the aide escorting Mrs. Jardine home aft. er the President was left at the Execu- tive Mansion, hall be paid directly into the lreas- ury of the United States to the credit of ‘the District of Columbia, and that these two offices must hereafter oper- te through the Budget Bureau, sub- mitting annually estimates to Congress for support of their offices, which must be justified at hearings before the ap- propriations committee. Mr. Blanton stressed the need for a fireproof record building for the re- corder of deeds, saying that most va.u- able papers, on which titles to real property in the District of Coiumbia rest, are daily in jeopardy. An effort was made by Representa- tive Reld, Republican, of Iilinols, to have this bill reterred to the proper subcommittee for hearings “and to be properly prepared.” Tne committee, however, acted favorably upon this bill without reference to any subcommit- tee. Today in Congress Senate. A joint committee of the Senate and House held a hearing on the bill to create a Depar.men. of k- ucation with @ cavinet officer at its_head. The banking and currency com- mittee held an executive session Hearings on the railroad consol- jdation bill were conunued by the inters.ate commerce committee. welhods of developing Muscle Shoals again were consisered at a hearing before the agriculture com- mittee. Hearings were continued by the public .a: commi.tes on the Stanfield grazing bill. A subcommittee of the District commiitee will meet (nis afternoon to consider the elimination ot Mich- igan avenue railroad grade cross ing. The conference report on the de- ficiency uppropriation bill, Which includes §1,700,000 of D strict ftems, was considered on the floor of the Senate this afternoon. The Senate was notified of the action or the House vesierday in ratifying the conference agreement on the tux bill. House. House tak up raliroad labor bill. House District commattee makes favorable report on new Public Library bill and on bill introduced by Chairman Madden'of House appropriation committes yesterday to abolish the District system of operating agencies under fee sys- tem. This carries an amendment adopted in committes authorizing erection of & new building for the recorder of deeds. Subcommittee on District ap- propriation bill continues ‘hearing n_executive session. Public buildings and grounds committee favorably repofts bill to remove gates and plers lfeiween White House and State, War and Navy Bullding on Seventeenth street. \ Public buildings and gtounds committee ordered meetink for Friday to consider extensian of Capitol Grounds by complting purchase of privately owned 'land between the Capitol and Uhnion Station, and for proposed two new buildings at the Bureau of Stagd- ards. J Agricultural committee reported migratory bird bill and ordered a meeting Friday, when national arboretum bill will probably be reported. Naval affairs committee wit- nesses demonstration on non- sinkable boat in caucus room of House Office Bullding. Banking and currency commit- tee conducts hearing on Buffalo branch of New York Federal Re- serve Military affairs committes con- tinues hearing on proposed new department of national defense with Admiral Moffett as principal witness. Irrigation and reclamation com- mittee continues hearing vn Caster Alcova project with witnesses from Wyoming. Merchant marine committee continu hearing on proposed consolidation of certain bureaus in the Department of Commerce. Judiclary committee through subcommittee continues hearing on_motor theft measure. Committee on education con- ducts joint hearing with Senate esommittes on education bl 'ARBORETUM REFUSED BY HOUSE COMMITTEE gBill Not Killed, However, as An- | other Vote Friday Is | Likely. | | The House committee on agriculturs d down & motion to report iational arbore! 1 \orizes an appropriat to be expended und direction of the Secretary of A culture for the acquisition of part the Mount Hamilton tract. The action, however, does not kill the bill, ft was stated, as the vote was a close one and taken near the ¢ of the meeting when members were in a hurrv to get away. The bill probably will be called up again for action at the next meeting of the ¢ mittee on Friday 1 he support of the Secret Agriculture. he director of th the National Acad the Natlonal R Smithsonian_Institu ien Club of America, Preservation Society, ton, wild the Flower Assoclation of Audubon S. an Forestry Assocla Foresters National cieties, tion, Sox American tion and the Ame the Advancement of Science. T WALLS OF FIRE HOUSE BRACED WITH TIMBER Collapse Feared Due to Execava ing Nearby—Investigation Is Ordered. Timber bracings have been installed against the wall of Fire Engine Com- pany No. 1, on K street between Six- eenth and Seventeenth streets, to prevent it collapsing, it was learned today at the Fire Department. Exca- vation operations on the adjoining property, it was sald, weakened the wall and caused it to crack. Puper has been pas.ed across the crack to keep out the cold alr, and the heavy- motor-driven engine has veen moved lo the opposite side of | the fire house to prevent it from be | ing damaged In case the wall col lapsed. The engine house Is one of the old- est in the service. An investigation Ih&s been ordered ¥ Deputy Fire Chief Sullivan, in command of the de- partment in the absence of Fire Chiet George S. Watson, to determine what can be done Lo strengthen the wall. The national forests turnish range for near head of cattle and sheep. of Montana a million NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES B.F.KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 O’Clock Speaker Tomorrow Dr. Howard A. Kelly Conducted by Rev. H. Jf Smith Every One lavited—No Collection