Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1926, Page 2

DEFECTS IN NAVAL VESSELS ALLEGED House Member Says Many Ships Were Sent Home From Australia. By the Associated Press. The Navy had to send home a num- ber of ships from the Australian crufse last Summer because they were not prope constructed, Repre sentative McClintic of Oklahoma, Democrat on the House naval mittee, to v declares mittee. He went to A |40,000 to Escape 1925 Income Tax In This Distg'ict Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 2.— The new Income tax bill promises to mark the passing of the annual March 15 rush which a few years ago filled the corridors of the customhouse with big and little taxpayers from all walks of life. It 18 estimated that about 40,000 ta vers in the Maryland district this year will “let the other follow worts abou. tax payments.” Income tax officials who have watched the March 15 crowd dwin- dla each year as the tax became lighter believe the coming March 15 will be like any other day in the customhouse, so far as the casual observer will observe. Out ot 130,000 persons and corpor: tions that made returns last year fleet Announcement frc partment, based upor Admiral Coontz, the chief of the f major engine countered on Navy Report Differs. Recer ho! report of Admiral C was transmitted to the » naval | | | minor S Were encou effect of thes lequate respon: con- rted pend nearly on the 10 of Omaha class dftion b that 1500-1 fter buflt for t ction e hei o1 Were New me of nd some il com: panies Rear Ad ¢ of the aha class of altera- by in- pearsonnel as: purpo; The were zned in gned fon s 1 ted thnt officers tion Corps are 1< and sellom, | n the tria) trips Enumerates Defects. SOVIET TO OPEN LAND TO AMERICAN STUDENTS Request of New York U. Travel Department Dean Brings Action | an Author 1 nee- | Kameneva imes mrtment | e sted to i1 fl opsright. 1 E. M. MURRAY DIES AT 91. Confederate Veteran Was Noted for itality in V. lerate veteran 1 member x Home. | inent fari | inia in litlonal South ¥ daughters, of the| Va.; Mrs. | Da 1 George kerbocker 1 this city. will be Marshal mducted | ymorrow | | MAN’S SACRIFICE SCORED. | Bootlegging Creating New Form of | Slavery. Says Judge. HICAGO, M (#).—Bootlieg- ring ha created a new form lavery, declared J. H. Wilkers Al fudse enteneing Fi to th iths' imprisonment for | prohibition law. refused to name the operators stills he was found g ding. He won't say who hi i him and in this way is accepting their punish- ment,"” said the fudge. | FORBES PL.EA FOUGHT. Government Opposes Appeal for Re- | view of Case. overnment in the Supreme | ourt today opposed the granting of appeals to John W. Thompson, St. Louls contractor, and Charles R. Forbes, former director of the Vet-| crans’ Bureau, who were convicted at Chicago of a conspiracy growing out of veterans' hospital construction Reviewing the grounds advanced by Thompson and Forbes for asking a veview, the Government declared the trial of the men was legally conducted nd that the evidence supported the verdict of the Jury. The « it is estimated that one-third, or about 40,000, will be marked off the list WOMAN FACES NEW POISONING CHARGE Former Suitor Hints Mother, Was Killed by Potion of Aileged Slayer. By the Associated Press. NEW ' ORLEANS, La., March that Mre. Renette be charged with an loomed today as Oscar vequested the body of h exhumed and an_autops Mrs. rie died la after Petrie told police .ad given him a bowl of e his mother. now being held jail without bond in connection with the death of four members of her family within 11 months. She has denial poisoning them. rie, who is 24 and a plumber, in a signed statement, told police b had been a suitor of Mrs. Bussey's since the death of her hushand. His mother had rcad a letter from Mr: Bussey asking if he would marry her in the event of Buscey's death and i to tell Bussey, Petrie hrotly afterward Mrs. gave him the soup for his the statement said. r Roeling said he would con- fer with physicians who attended Mrs. Petrie, and if any suspic cumstances were found in cor with her death, he would have bodv exhumed and the vital examined for traces of nolson. 2 Bussé other | Petrie ion the part SWISS SIGN ARBITRATION. | Compulsory Settlement Agreement for Court Renewed by Country. GENEVA. Switzerland, tration clause of the pulsory s Court of International rmanent nd led a_movement at of Nations to renew s of the com- ure, RIFFS SOUND FOR PEACE. 2 (). —Abd-el-Kr! ar chief, is taking peac ¢ the same time try out the French defensive fon along the Ouergha River 1w to the latest officlal informa from Morocco. one of for tion the authori at about nt that Krim's war n to show fight again. Senate. The resolutlon to provide for the recention )r the leasing of Muscle Shy fon on the floor of the ate District committee timony on the local in- ance bill. The interstate commerce com- mittee continued to hear witnesses on the bill to give the Department ot Commerce broader authority over radlo. The grazing bill was the subject of hearings before the public lands committee. The committee on jost offices and post roads held "a regular meeting for the consideration of bills on its calendar. A group of Western Senators held a conference on irrigation matters affecting the West. House. The House today took up con- gideration of {ndependent offices appropriation bill. House passed several resolu- tions from the committee on ac- count School officials appeared before the subcommittee on the District appropriation bill for the next fis- year. Naval affairs committes con- tinues hearing on Navy Depart- ment bill for equalization of rank of line and staff officers. Interstate commerce committee conducts hearing on corn sugar bill, with Dr. Harvey W. Wiley and Representative Cole, Iowa, as principal witne: 7 Forelgn affajrs committee con- caring on legislative pro- carry out provisions of ons between United States nd. iirs committee, through sommittee, conducts hear- government of Virgin su Military affairs committee con- tiues hearing on proposed depart- ment of national defense. with Representative French of 1daho as principal witness. Commlittee on agriculture starts hearings on a number of Agri- cultural relief measures, with of- ficials of leading farm organiza- tions as witnesses Post office committee holds regu- lar meeting In executive session. Ways and means committee continues hearing on parcel post on cigars from Cuba. Judiciary committee, in execu- tive session, continues considera- tlon of Judge English impeach- ment case. Immigration committee continues hearing of Representative Jacob- stein on his bill. Public lands committee conducts hearing on proposed transfer to the city of Palm Beach, Fla., of cer- tain Federal lands. Subcommittee of District com- mittee conducts hearing to regu- late sale of kosher meat. Committee on coinage, weights and measures hearing on proposed colnage of 50-cent pleces In cele~ bration of the Oregon trail. in - EDWARDS DEMANDS PREPARES DENAND FORPEPCO REFUND Solicitor of Agriculture De- partment Will Act on Mc- Carl Decision. The solicitor of the Department of | Agriculture is expected to take the next step in the Government's move to collect several thousands of dollars n additional refunds from the Poto mac Electric Power Co., under a_de- clsion by Controller General MeCarl, disclosed vesterday. The official McCarl decision, which holds that the Federal Government should collect for the full seven years instead of only two y refund, on { which the is now making some repay is in the hands of the solicttor. He will prepare within the next few days a document to be signed probably by Secretary of Agri- | culture ind sent to the power | compan; | | Just what the nature of this docu- | | ment will be, had not been determined | lat the Department of Agriculture to vas said. The Controlier Gen his decision has said “collec- Je from the com- ¥ How to make this collection in what form to couch its demand for the extra money Wi a problem up to the solicitor tods The decision is considered prec dent for all Government departments and estabkishments, who have been malled official coples of the decision from the McCarl office. How other offices may proceed to collect was a problem cing all Government offi- FILIPINOS WARNED 10 CURB AGITATION Morgenthau Declares Grave Danger Rests in Cry for Independence Now. | tions should be mad | pany according| the power com- iment on the to studying its text, which they obtal to- | y. W. I Ham, pr nt of the company, indicated that there was no money in the fmpounded fund from which to pay the Government. Mr. Ham's explanution is that overnment was given a spectal prior to July 1, and there no funds were set aside prior to that date to be refunded I to the Gov rnment, in case the cou cided. ubsequent to July 1, 192 Ham 1id the Government was p a is similar to all other consume el ricity nd hence w to refund The MeC: he Go different_or than did « under the same BY WALTER ROBB. ormer Am- Morgenthau, depart- from Manlia Tuesday, aboard the liner President Jefferson, after thre ks’ ful stidy of the Philippine . expressed his realization of rous tides of thought ema- from political agitation hers “A disinterested observer,” he sald 1ddressing his remarks to Filipinos, cannot help noticing there is being created here now a cyclone of sent ment for immediate independence, If it ts, It will spend its and do all its havoe on the Philippines. annot t el across the ocean and wh the United States, Warns Curb Is Needed. For God's . cease playing with highest and most dangerous ex plosive ever discovered, human Leave statesmen to settle i statesmanlike manner an interstate slem, and u ur ability and 'nergy to produce a glant wave of | prosperity. Your country Is far more (weady for that than for political agita- tion “If you really want h genuine freedom, retain your junior partnership in the United States and don’t try to navigate the troublesome s of international affairs without a pilot. Statesmanship should supplant | politics. You need not nec 1y change your le: Quezon and Os mena have many qualifications that make patrlotic and unselfish states- men. the wr b nt more under its ¢ could any private schedules,” - sion DRY REFERENDUM piness and Declares Vote of People Only Indication of Sentiment Toward Law. settle fon and pro the Volstead 1, ndum of the people, of New Jersev, 1 today in a_state the proposal of Gen. ssistant Secretary of the that a commission be ap- the President to inv | ns under prohibition of Gen. An of the dr r present ods,” ards “ llon is unquestio that every who wishe truth is £ | (con the contro ysed ek 1 ays Method Must Change. V'hat you must do is change your methods, ~ your trend of national | thought; have Intelligent and peaceful | deliberation supplant exciting, unpro- ductive agltation.” Mr. Morgenthau has conferred dur- | ing his visit here with Gov. Gen. Leon- |ard Wood, as well as with Quezon, Aguinaldo and other prominent Jead: and he urges n of Ameri- Congress for hilippines status ites and abate- | Treasury pointed ‘b of the United ettlement under the ment of pa inevitably precipitate conflict. t. 1926, by Chicago Daily News Co.) correc o i in the Unite face the facts ¢ well ned conc pro trove politl “You m at from | tion out of | the poiitic: | SENATORS REJECT CHICAGO PLEA TO PROBE OUTLAWRY (Continued from ¥ well try to take to take prohibl 18 forced AntiSaloon jes and the 1l that it can t just as butter politics 1 arena by the dlied b en dong ) it in polities. do to Questions Andrews’ Statement. Kriarey eral district attorney?” Senator John- ommission en g Tuest, | “The purpose of Gen, 8 most obvious. If such a were appointed, he could fore the country and not oniy r but demand that the oppon hibition give the commi after hesltating. Olson, the district at ndidate for ma e in some c: eking to be ‘(w)'n‘ V. is a o {80 might hesi ceused pol {cloud the “One faction has seized on an issue ) miles away—the Worid C added. “The World Court more to do with local issues in ce the oppositi noan ¢ nd hereby si the drys would be giv tunity to bolster up further the losing cause. Those deman light wines and beer would be helpless in a straight-Jacket of official procrasti- nation and delay. This is all that the latest Andrews proposition amounts to. “There is or question—a refe peaple of the country ay whether or not and the whale.” When Lee adverted again to impor- tation of gunmen illegally, Chairman neon asked 1f he had reported to the Labor Department and re- ved a reply in the negative. added that the immigration wines and beers 1 were beginning to “clean up” in The public has made up its mind for | ¢ {‘I.r-‘:n,h)v(m hats of course, it was or against prohibition, and a general | & difficult task. fnves Eation, of e an_,l.q"“.,.n.‘[ Lee suggested that allens violating little effect, in the opinion of |laws should be deported and that ceretary Mellon. He does not share | there should be a law requiring their belief of Assi secretary An- | registration and fr 3 prohibition en-|the police until they become citizens. an Inquiry by a presi-| The committee indicated It would fon would impress the | consider those recommendations later. st the dry for Taking up the dry law enforcement, | Len said there never had been any | tnjunctions 1ssued under the State Taw. “Do you belleve in government by one w to settle the [JO! endum—where the |t themselves can | they want light den‘ial commi people and a Plan Hearing on Dry Law. Mr. Andrews expressed hope that the inquiry begun vesterday by the House aleoholic liquor traffic commit- | injunction demanded Senator tee would lead to a recommendation | Blease, Democrat, South Carolina. for appointment of the commission,| “I believe injunction is an_ impor- but his superlor believes the public|tant part of government,” Lee re- now knows the facts concerning pro- | plied. hibition, and that it has access to all | *“That has been the damnest scourge the information which might be as-|in this country,” snapped Senator sembled by any commission. Blease. The prohibition enforcement chiaf| After the vote had been taken Lee will be the first witr alled by the [was told by Senator King to take House committee, probably next Mon- | back to “thé good people of Chicago day, and Chairman Hudson has.indi-| the message that it is up to them to, cated that the assistant secretary’s|clean their own house." proposal for an Investigatfon n | e, adopted after the committee has com- - e pleted its preliminary inquiry. | President Accepts Invitation. ‘Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel | President Coolidge today accepted for the Anti-Saloon League, would| n Invitation to participate April 8 prefer that the committee do what in-!in the laying of the corner stone of vestigating s decided upon, rather'the new National Press Club Building than leave it to a presidential com- | here. It | fon, which he feels will | ‘ago than has the story of Junfl.h’ He | author- i quent reportiag to | | Above: All that remained after fire wrecked the home of Maurice Man- | gum, a truck gardener, at Giesboro Point. The line of bricks strewn on the | ground indicates where a chimney collapsed, one of the bricks striking Fd- ward F. Laughton, 1012 C street southeast (Iower left) and killing him almost instantly. Lieut. K. A. Moreland of Company 25 (lower right), was injured by TROOPS CUARDING CHAPMOAN COUNSEL - FIRE-SWEPT TOWN| FLANS LAST APPEAL Completes Arrangements for Docketing Petition in Supreme Court. 4300 Homes, Churches and| | Plants to Be Rebuilt in ‘ Newport, Ark. By the Associated Press Counsel for Gerald Chapman, con- victed of slaying New Britain, Conn., pollceman, and who is under sentence to be executed April 3, com- pleted preliminary arrangements to- day to docket in the Supreme Court a petition asking an Ray M. Wiley of epresenting Chapman, visited court today and arranged for filin hin the next few davs 1&ues that the Presi- the constitutional t Chapman a com- mutation of ntence from Atlanta prison over his protest. Another ground for asking an ap- | peal is to have determined whether 1 Federal prisoner, undergoing a sen. of u Federal court, can law- seized before his discharge ken into a State court for By the Associated Press NEWPORT, Ark., March troops patrolling the street ants of this litter riv making preparations to re |than 300 homes destroyed b astrous fire which swer blocks of | residences yesterday. W not under martial law the city was being policed by National Guardsmen to prevent | looting. | With the 100 tents, 500 cots and| 1,000 Army blankets which arrived | here today from Little Rock, tem- | porary quarters were being arranged for those made homeless by the con- | flagration, Last night the homeless |were sheltered In churches, schools and homes not destroyed. Mayor E. L. B S relief commit tee was surveying the situation and Mr. Boyce sald it would be decided {later in the day what help was need- ed. “I don't think we will need out side help after today,” Mayor Boy smd. “Newport will try to take care of ftself Damage by the fire was estimated to run as high as $1,500,000, with a com- | plete check likely to show 300 homes | or more and churches and manufac- | |turing plants _destroved. An aged | negro’ woman, who at flrst was be lieved burned to death, is in a critical condition, a negro child is missing and | | several others were Injured in the con- | flagration. The fire, starting in a cabin, spre: to the V. O. Jones Lumber Co.'s plant and then to the Merriman Cooperage | Government to Purchase Broadcast- Co.'s mill. Fanned by a high wind, it | spread rapidly from dwelling to dwell- ing untli efforts at staying its disas- rous flicht seemed hopeless, Fire ap- paratus from four surrounding towns, responding to distress calls, brought the flames under control late last night. Troops patrolled the streets hroughout the night to prevent pos- sible renewal of the fire as a result of sparks being blown from the biaz- ing heaps of debris. —With inhabit- town were uild more the dis- anthority to gi for Chapman asserted to- A long line of d dons reme Court to sustain bhim in his contention that the second ‘freuit Court of Appeals was in error in holding that Chapman could be forced to aceept from President Coolidge a release which would have the effect of placing him In the juris- *tion of Connecticut for the execu- ion of the death sentence. BRITAIN TO BUY RADIO. ing Company With Monopoly. DON, March 2 (P).—The Brit- deasting Co.. the combination cless equipment manufacturers a_monopoly on broadeast- Britain, is to be pur- the government when its at the end of the O sh B of w whic ing In chased by license expires, present year A government committee, of which Rudyard Kipling is a member, has been inquiring into the business with the object of drafting a comprehen- sive plan to govern broadeasting in the future, Appointment Is forecast of a per manent broadcasting commission, in cluding, besides representatives of the government, men who have a special knowledge of the technical details of radio. BUSINESS MEN HIT FITZGERALD BILL U. S. Chamber of Commerce Op- poses Workmen's Compensation Insurance Plan. TSR TWO POETS KILL SELVES. Proteges of Sergei Have Heroes' Funerals. MOSCOW, March 2 (#).—Despond ent over the suicide of their disciple, S Yessinin, two young futurist poets, Gregory Hvostunov and Ivan Rakov, have taken their own lives | Yessinin, divorced husband of Isadora Duncan, cut his wrists and hanged himself ‘at Leningrad late in Degem- er. News of the deaths of his friends was de public today. Hvostunov nanged himself on February 26 and Rakov took his life yesterday by shooting. They had entered into a suiclde pact after Yessinin's death, declaring life held “nothing but sor: row and faflure” for them. The Underhill bill was favored Hvostunov was 22 and Rakov containing the “broad provisions gen-| The Soviet Union will glve erally recognized by most of the States heroes’ funerals. ' | NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES mber of Commerce of the Yessinin to come out in oppo- itzgerald Lill, which monopolistic State workmen’s _compensation insurance ' ate fund for the District of Colum- and in favor of the Underhill workmen's compensation bill for the District In a letter to Chairman Zihlman of the House District committee to- day President John W. O'Leary of the Chamber of Commerce said enact- ment of the Fitzgerald bill would “rep- | resent governmental 'interference in business, * * ¢ and would take | ,000 out of the United States Treas- | ury to put the Federal Government into the workmen’s compensation in: surance business.” 24, them well as the employers are protected {by a workmen's compensation com- | missioner appointed by the District | Commissioners,” said Mr. O'Leary. A communication from the Merchant and Manufacturers’ Association - ing that the Underhill hill be sub- stituted for the Fitzzerald Dill was 'also received by the committee. | misslon. The House committee is| making an inquiry, he said, in a state- | ment, “and this is all that will be {done at this session.” However, the Senate judiciary com mittee will hear next Monday the pro- posals of Senators Edge, Republican, land Edwards, Democrat of New Jvr-l | sey, and Bruce, Democrat, Maryland, | for amendment of the Volstead act. {They will request a general public hearing by some committee on the subject of enforcement. | By the Associated Press. PRINCE GEORGE, British Colum- bia, March 2.—Rlack timber wolves have invaded the Chief Lake and - Murch Lake reglons near here and 1as. o 5 are killing off moose and other big Building Strike Brief. game In that district. Elbert Miller, PARIS, March 2 (P)—The ma-|who operates a trap line there, re- Jorlty of the stricking building trades | cently came across the tracks of a Workers who walked out vesterday | number of wolves. He followed the demanding higher wages, shorter | trail and came upon the scene of a hours and Improved working condi- | fierce battle. tions returned to work this morning. From the manner in which the snow Their scheduled 24-hour strike was | had been trampled and stained with effeciive only five hours. blood it was evident that the moose Timber Wolves Raid Canada Game Area,’ Arousing Trappers by Killing Off Moose | B.F.KEITH’S THEATER 12:30 to 1 O'Clock | had put up a great fight, but had been | | beaten. Miller set a trap in the | vicinity and caught one of the pack. The skin of the animal measured | eight feet from tip to tip. but Miller Was able to secura only the bounty, | as the skin had been so badly ripped | by the moose that it was unsalable. The black timber wolf 18 a compar- ative stranger {n the Chief Lake and Murch Lake sections. Trappers and hunters are preparing to launch an extermination drive, fearing that unless such a campalgn is carried out | very little game will be left in the i reglon. Speaker Tomorrow Rev. ZeBarney Phillips, D. D. Conducted by Rev. Kyle Booth Every One Invited—No Collection A || iam dispc FIREMAN IS KILLED AS CHIMNEY FALLS; THREE ARE INJURED (Continued from First Page.) art, a watchman, who turned in an alarm_which brought out ensine com- | pany No. 25. | But meanwhile the blaze of the| house could be seen from Bolling Field, and another alarm of fire was sounded, which brought engine com. panies No. 15 and No. 18 to the scene. The apparatus arrived too late to! save the house. 1 Private Laughton, after buried under the falling was taken out and rushed ualty Hospital, where he nounced dead on arrival by Dr. Jo- seph D, Rogers, deputy coroner. Cor. oner J. Ramsay Nevitt today issued certificate of accidental ¢ th. Laughton was 39 years old, and is survived by his widow, Mrs. Molli Laughton. Mrs, Laughion was pro trated when notified of the de her husband. | Laughton was appointed to the { Fire Department 10 years ago, and was formerly attached to No. 1 truck company. He was a veteran of the World War. betig chimney, to A was pro- t Witnesses Say Rate-making Section Will Not Increase Prior Rates. fied before the today as k Witnesses who te Senate District committes sured the members t | ing section of the proposed insurance | code would not result prior insurance rates in V The insurance bi | complete revision of Washington, but the District commit- | tee concerned itselt almost entirely to | section 29, dealing with rate-making A subcommittee, headed Harreld, had previously con the voluminous measure as a whol but recommended that the full com- mittee consider the rate-making sec- tion because of some opposition which had developed to it. Predicts Rate Decrease. Thomas Baldwin, superintendent insurance, produced several witnesses today who testified t! the code would not incres one witness safd it would have tendency to decrease rates on fire In- | | surance. Up to noon the opposition | | had not been heard. | Samuel Dutchberger, actuary of the | New York fnsurance department, told | the committee the District of Colum- { bla does not have adequate regulation of rates at the present time. Th'%' bill, he satd. requires reasonable rates | and rules that will eliminate discrim ination where the risk involved | equal. swering a aw in stion from Senator the witness said the average Washington are the | to the lowest, in the T He added that this situation | argely to the fact that Wash- | ingto an unusual number of | dwellings in proportion to commercial property and that the favorable rate | allowed dwellings keeps down the av. erage rate. Indorses Rate Regulation. H. P. Janisch, general manager of the Mutual Insurance organization of America, including fire, casualty and farm mutuals, declared he saw no ob jection to rate regulation. He said his organization did not belong to the existing rate-making board in the Dis trict of Columbia because he doubted the legality of it. He also stated that he did not be- lieve this new code could have the effect of raising fire insurance rates | here, because “there is not very much | conflagration hazard in the city Says District Lags Behind. David M. Lea appeared for the| Washington Board of Trade and urked passage of an insurance code, remind- ing the committee that the general | question has been before Congress since 1906. The District, he said, is lagging behind the State in adequate insurance provision and that situation | hampers local companies when they seek to do business in other jurisdic tions. Answering 1 question by Chalrman Capper, Mr. Lea stated the opposition to the rate-making section comes from outside Washington and not local interests. Passage of the hill also was advo cated by Walter K. Chorn, formerly of Missouri, and L. D. Wood of Phi- adelphia, both insurance men MY Wood said {t was erroneot this @ model {nsurance code it would not be such, although, said, it would bring the District up to the best practices in most of the States. is due BETTER P STREET LIGHTING IS ORDERED 32 250-Candlepower Lamps Be- tween Towa and Dupont Cir- cles to Be Installed. | Tmprovement of the lighting street between lowa Circle and pont Circle with approximatel 230.candlepower lamps. replacine present equipment, was ordered {the District Commissloners to | upon the recommendation of Wi B. Hadley, electrical engineer of District. | “The vieln by lighting_of P street in the where the new lights will adley informs th has long been recol nized as decidely substandard “It would have been my preference 1t R street in advance of any | st and west streets, but I ed not to resist the present demand otherwise, in view. of the unquestioned need. The blocks Four- teenth to Fifteenth and Seventeenth to Eighteeenth are particularly bad, having about five lumens per foot, | and belng in similar case with other streets crd ng ‘ourteenth. The recommendation is on the basis of practically 25 lumens per foc residential figure.’ to the | TRADE PACT PROPOSED. U. 8. and Rumania Discuss vor- | ed Nation” Commerce Agreement. BUCHAREST, Rumania, Mareh 2| (@) —Willlam . Culbertson, Ameri {can Minister to Rumania, and For-| eign Minister Duca, have exchanged | notes relative to the granting of | reefprocal unconditional most-favor. ed-nation treatment in commerée be- tween the United States and Ru-| mania. The term United States in the | agreement, which is to be operative | immediately, is understood to em- brace the territories and possessions of that country. CLAUSE INDORSED, | trian | by from | | = | beve: THEVES AP FLOOR T0 RANSACK STOR Loss of $500 in Dresses and Hosiery Reported—Mrs. New Also Robbed. Dresses and hosery v were stolen from the Lerner 111 F streot, last night thieves who entered through the trapdoor leading to the cellar from the street according to a report filed with police by Leon Gottlich, manager of the shop. Detectives Cox, King and of the police headquarters larceny juad, who stated the thie from F street th | trapdoor, made t1 | of the stor $54 shop. Murphy clothing t h the way the head of had two unlocked up, ripped nks to get into th The loot include ette dresses and varicolored s Mrs. H master € 25 stk and geors of a y street, thieve: tit ¢ two boxes of ¢ Francls A. Cavey of Ellieott . Md., and Richard Clements of Elk ridge, Md., ts at the Hudson He tel, report had hed of § valued at 40'GERMAN DOCTORS DISMISSED IN TYROL Medical Journal Suppressed and 160 Physicians Made to Join Fascists, Says Report. in Southe territ e Yo plied t} int st was suppressed ns were compelled t t svndicat The German populat much excited nds to part 1 Journa n phys join the Fas- n is sald to be n int Alleged int Ge Its an cultura gave ri ferenca with in Southern rise ta recent | ange between Premier Mussc Ttaly and Foreign Minister mann of Germa Mussolini said the was the cay the measu thorities, who were hound to n Italy's soverelgnty In his reply, Dr ception to the erent the Ttalian premier phasis on the hope for a r Germany by me & League of Nations. Tyrolean unr and not SODALITY UNION ATTACKS MEXICO Scores Nation's Attitude Toward Catholies—Will Join Protest Meeting in representing alic women ¢ ly adopted titude of M s and the Cathol meeting held at Car nd G streets, last The organization ¢ port the Knights of ¢ protest and to com other Catholles of Washi tending the mass meeting Poli's Theater Union o (pproxi the D gton In nt n. The Sodality Union executive committec to tlon it deemed n with the other €% who plan garding 58 meel Among th ers wh tress the meeting will he | Simon of the W Congregatio John L. B k thorized ashin Hebre presentative York. Other for and 1 lawyers to ai commit to ¥ Catk country committas urphy. Mr Thor made in Chicago t un will be chur- DRY BAN LIFTED. Aberdeen, Scotland, X Permits Liquors at Civic Benguets ABERDE ind, March 2 () The town council, which in Decern ber de h intoxic T2 banquets, by @ of night rescindec notwithstanding who moved that he wished m) it the plea Decerr pr councilors from tions wh gels weej SIX PNEUMO.NIA DEATH'S. ect fellow fun, scen enough 1k |31 New Cases of Illness Reported Toll for Year Is 325, Six deaths from pneumonta and 31 new cases were reported to the office of Dr. F District Kes & total of 325 deaths and 936 cases since January 1