Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1926, Page 2

2 » TRAINS COLLIDE; | KILLED, 20 HURT Open Switch Causes Head-on Crash—Many Trapped in Wreckage. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 3.—Three train- men were killed and more than 20 passengers were injured, 15 seriously, { in a head-on collision of an Iilinols Central suburban train and a Michi- gan Central fast freight in South Side early today. Officials of each railroad immedis ! 1y began an investigation and report- ed that an open switch was respons ble for the crash. A towerman and his helper near the scene of the wreck were held for questioning by a coro- ner's jury. The dead are: FEdward E. Benja- min, Chicago, conductor of the sub- urban train; T. A. Grvgler, 32, Chicago, fireman on the Tilinois Central engine; Ole Nelson, address unknown, a trainman min was instantly killed and body was found in the Nelson died at a hospital soon after the accident. Theater Crowds on Train. Most of the passenzers were en route to suburban homes from loop playhouses. The engines and the first car of each train crumnled into masses of tangled wre Passen- gers on the suburban tr: e not too seriousiv injurs their way through a ms shattered glass and splinterad wood to the onen Scenes of terror and confusion were described by policemen and firemen who hastened to the rescue. ¥or two hours after the wreck in- Jured men and women of the theater crowd were belng taken from the debris and sent to hosnitals. Res- cuers climbed to the trains on lad- ders as the tracks are high above the street level at the point of the cras! The suburban train, a Matteson local of four coaches. was traveling at a speedy rate when it approached the interlocking at Dorchester avenue and eighth street, about e of the loop. Engineer Jumps ¥From Cab. As the subur fifth to the fir: men saw the he bound freizht the same of the passeng and jumped. sonthbound the engine- the nortn- toward them The engineer ot the brakes rd tearing track. train The crash was he: for blocks and attracted thousands. The coach directly behind the engine of the Illinois Central train was derailed. In it rescuers found most of the badly injured. FORMER NUN VICTIM OF UNSEEN ENEMY Bound to Tree and Gagged, Balti- more Woman Blames Re- ligious Persecutor. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, March 3.—Police in- vestigating an attack on Mrs. Eliza- beth Duck, a former nun, who was found last night, bound to a tree and #agged in front of her home In Catons- ville, Baltimore County, are puzzled as to the ant and the cause of the attack. Mrs. Duck, when found, told police revived, that for many ve been the oblect of religious persecu tlon. Twenty vears ago she was a nun in the Bon secuor Convent, Los Angeles, Calif. After leaving the con- wvent, but refusing to sta for what reason, she said she married a_man named Barnes and came east. Upon the death of Barnes she went to Hope- well, V: whers she was m »d to Burgess Duck, who she said {8 some- where in Virginia, “I was walking on North Charles street last night, and as I passed a large department store something struck me a_heavy hlow in the back of the ne she gald this morning. “The next think I knew was when I woke up at_home.” thought the Ku Klux Klan had any thing to do with the attack, she an- swered: “No the Ku Klux Klan is too refined organization to do such & thing.” unconscious upon being ars she had who was n Pinned to the dress of Mrs. Duck | was a note, which i: “Well, at last we zot her. Who ever thought vou would let your hand off that long when we have had all we want. Now she can harm us no more. If you bring her to life we will do worse, or if you say anything you all will suffer. We know enough to try anythin our work good. Her only y rour home. It wos so hard to get her while there; vou must love her lots. $he always had the same thing around her. Ha, ha. But we got her Just the sam Mrs. Duck could throw no light on the note which was crudely written and mispelled. MRS. ISABELLA G. KING* LEAVES $134,000 ESTATE Will of Widow of Postmaster Gen- eral in Buchanan’s. Cabinet Is Filed Here. Mrs, Isabella G Gen, Horat!. nmg, who was Post- master General in the cabinet of President Huchanan, let an estate valued at §184.000, according to the petition of the National S: Trust Co., her executor, for the pro- bate of her will. Mrs. King owned no real estate, her investments being tn stocks and bonds. Attorney Frank Stetson represents the executor. The estate of Mrs. Mary W. Hart, who died February 12, is valued at $42,000 by the petition of her hus- band, Charles I. Hart, for the pro- bate of her will. Besides the hu band, she is suryived by a grandson, Charles B. Hart, She owned no real estate. By the terms of the will of Burton Macafee, lawyer, who died January 21, his entire estate goes to his wif Janetta Macafee, if there are no sur- viving children. If child or children survive, then she takes one half for herself and holds the other half in trust for the children. The widow s named as executrix. OHIO BANK HELD UP. Armed Bandits Escape With $5,000 to $10,000. CINCINNATI, March 3 (#).—Two armed robbers held up the First Na- tional Bank of Lockland, Ohio, and stole between $5,000 and $10,000, A third robber remalned outside the bank In an automobile, King, widow of Asked 1if she | ou love her | Seeks Senate Seat GEORGE E. AL SMITH’S BANNER FLOWN BY BRENNAN IN SENATE CONTEST (Continued from BREN in time to take part in the pri- speaking campaign which will vay in a short time. The April 13. here that Brennan will get the Democratic nominat practically without opposition; tha will go to him by default, with none of the opposing Democratic faction entered against him in the primaries. BRE AN OUT FOR SENATE. It is expected Democratic Chicago De- clares His Platform Is “Wet.” By the Assoclated CHICAGO, March 3.—George F. ne of the leaders in the to nominate Gov. Al Smith at the last Democrat ynvention, has announced his candidicy fo the United States ate, terming it “a direct, n in Illinols on Volsteadism."” The heir to the political mantle of the late Roger Sullivan declared that his electlon “would assure congres: sional action upon this national evil When Illinois votes In favor of end- ing the di ce of Vols 1 the Federal lawmakers will no longer be afraid to vote their convictions. “As my friend, Al Smith, id, a great majority of the members of tional House and Senate ‘have dry throats and wet bellies.” " Brennan Upsets Tradition. Mr. Brennan's candidacy marks the second time in a quarter of a century that a tradition has been broken. For long it has heen the custom of the leader of Illinois Democracy to sit quietly behind the scenes without run ning for office himself. Roger Sulli- van first shattered the tradition, in 1914, when he ran for Senator. Bren- nan Is Democratic national commit- teeman from Illinofs, and has risen to national prominence in the party. It is the first time he has stood for pub- lic office since 1892, when he ran for recorder of Will County. The State primaries are set for April 13. On the Repuhlican side the candidates are Senator Willlam B. M- Kinley and Col. Frank L. Smith, with the World Court measure, for which Senator McKinley voted, one of the leading issues. The wet and dry i into the campalzn in by the Democratic candidate, whos platform also included declarations for home rule for Chieago and a defense of his participation In bi-partisan alliance: Z “All human experiences prove the futility of attemp'ing to regulate morals by statute,’ he said. “Vol- steadism {s but another example. The results are faflure and a national scandal. The whole country rings h the evidence. Volsteadism is de- stroyine respect for all law and government. It is corrupting the lives of boys and girls alike.” Mr. Brennan was instrumen: bringing Smith to recently for a speech interpreted in some quarters as the opening gun in a y for the presidential nomination in 1928. It was indicated at Democratic headquarters that Gov. mith and vor Walker of New York would be among the out-of- State speakers to boost the Brennan ndidacy. Leader in injected orous term: | JEWELER’S SON JAILED _FOR ABUSING FATHER John F. Shaw Forfeits $20 on Two Disorderly Conduct Charges Today. | A father ana son disagreement be- [tween Willlam C. Shaw. jeweler, of the firm of Shaw & Brown, and John Francis Shaw, also a Jeweler, at times with his father and at other times in |business for himself, resulted in the {arrest of the latter early Monday | morning, following a renewal of the residence, 2619 Woodley place. | Taken to the fourteenth precinct in | Tenleyttown by Policemen Peters and De Palma, the younger Shaw w charged with disorderly conduct. Col- lateral of $10 was put up by some of his friends. Leaving the precinct, according to the police, the youth stood In the mid- dle of Wisconsin avenue and contin ued his tirade against his father, He was agaln taken to the precinet and again charged with disorderly con- duct. A similar collateral was de- manded and not forthcoming Shaw remained in custody until the addi- tional amount could be raised. Police Court records reveal that both col- laterals were forfeited. DENIES RUMOR OF UNSAFE WALL AT ENGINE HOUSE Stability of No. 1 Building Never Questioned, Despite Reports, Inspector Oehmann States. John W. Oehmann, inspector of buildings of the District, in a mem- orandum to Engineer Commissioner J. Franklin Bell today contradicted “erroneous reports’ concerning the west wall of the No. 1 Engine House, declaring “there never at any time has been any apprehension relative to the stability of the wall.” hortly after the removal of the building occupying this site in December,” continues Inspector Oeh- mann, “the discovery of the crack in the brick work about midway in the lengih of this wall was taken up with the municipal architect and a report made in which the opinion was rendered that the stability of the wall was in no way affected and that the crack was of long standing. The old crack will be pointed up with cement mortar when the new Y. W. C. A. Building at the northeast corner of Seventeenth and K streets is bullt adjacent. “It is vegrettable that such er- roneous reporte ire published in the paper without an attempt of verifl- catlon, as it reflects seriously on he integrity of the architect and build- ing contractor involved.” family dispute at the elder Shaw's THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1926. 'R[][]SEVE” H|N'[S I ROOSEVELTS RETURN FROM ASIAN HUNTVF POLITICAL MOVE Ready for Fight, He Says, on Return From Hunting Trip tc Himalayas. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 3.—Theodore Roosevelt, who nearly lost his life in his successful hunt for the rare ovis poli in the Himalayas, is back in New York “fit tor a fight or frolic.” He arrived last night aboard the Berengaria with his brother Kermit and their wives, who helped them hunt tigers on part of the trip. The long beards that the brothers grew as a protection against mountain bliz- zards were gone. At times the beards froze solidly, shielding their throats from snow and wind. Would Not Explain Remark. ‘Theodore would not elaborate on what he meant by being ready for a fight, but did say he would continue to devote himself to public service. Fis last political appearance was in 1924, when he was defeated for Governor of New York by Al Smith. Wall Street reports a wager of $1,000 to $6,000 that Theodore will be the next Governor of New York. The \Street also reports a bet of $2,000 to $4,000 that Gov. Smith will be re- elected despite hi announcements that he will not run again, Theodore nearly lost his life when he was caught in a snow slide in crossing the Himalayas. Steady nerves and quick thinking enabled him to end his swift descent down the mountain on top of the slide instead of under it. Fine Specimens Obtained, Four large rams of the ovis poli mountain sheep were obtained, all having horns measuring more than 50 inches from tip to tip. In addition the trophies include S0 specimens of larger mammals and 8§00 smaller types. Asked Theodore lmost anything would have tasted good alter hunting ovis poli. Trying to stalk them in their mountain re- treats is real hard work.” what ovis poli tasted like, aid PERU LAMENTS DEATH OF MAJ. QUEKEMEYER Davis Receives Message From Am- bassador Praising Officer’s Services. By the Associated Press. Secretary of War Davis received day from Hernan Velarde, Pe- vian Ambassador, an expression of deepest sympathy on the part®of his government at the death of Maj. C. Quekemeyer, formerly military alde to Gen. Pershing and a mem ber of the American delegation pointed by President Coolidge to make effective the terms of the award in the Tacna-Arica arbitration. “My government has directed me, Ambassador Velarde said, “'to express to your excellency and to the Ameri- can Army the deepest sympathy of the government and people of Peru on the occasion of the death of Maj. Quekemeyer, who until a few ;s ago, as a member of the dele- gation of the United States in the territory of Tacna and Arica, had rendered, with tact and ability, val- uable services.” Today in Congress SENATE. The * Muscle Shoals resolution authorizing receipt of bids for the leasing of the project still is the unfinished business before the heard the Secretary the bill introduced Borah to repeal certain provisions of the passport law. The public ‘ands committee went on with testimony on the Stand- field grazing bill. The appropriations committee held a meeting on the Interior De- partment supply bill. The privileges and electlons sub- committee is meeting this after- noon in executive session on the Schall-Johnson senatorial contest. The District committee heard J. H. Doyle of the National Board of Fire Underwriters in opposition to the proposed new insurance code for the District. The District committee ordered a favorable report on the joint resolution recommended by the District Commissioners to extend until next year the time for re- newa! of all autamobile operators’ permits. House. General debate on the State, Commerce, Justice and Labor de- partment appropriation bills oc- cupies the time of the House. District committee favorably re- ports bills to improve Walter Reed Hospital reservation and opening | up Fourteenth street with traffic through the reservation restricted by hospital authorities. | District committee favorably re- ports bill to widen First street northeast between G and Myrtle streets. RBitter fight over workmen's compensation measure as between Fitzgerald bill for State insurance and Underhlll bill leaving feld open for Insurance in commercial concerns or self Insurance by large industrial concerns delays District commttee in reporting either measure. Subcommittee on District ap- propriations continues hearings of District officlals today with pros- pect of having District citizens and representatives of local asso- ciations before the subcommittee tomorrow. Naval affairs committee con- tinues hearing on Navy Depart- ment bill for equalization of rank as between line and staff officers. Interstate commerce committee continues hearing on corn sugar and acids. John W. Davis principal witness before forelgn affairs committee on forelgn embassy bill. Civil service committee, in exec- utive session at regular meeting, considers its program for bring- ing legislation up at this session of Congress. Military affairs committee calls regular meeting in executive ses- slon. Subcommittee of post office com- mittee holds hearing on measure to prohibit sending unsolicited merchandise through the mails. Secretary Hoover appears on Colorado River Basin project at hearing before committee on irri- gation and reclamation. Judiclary committee continues hearings on Indian bill. i Merchant marine committee holds regular meeting in execu- tive session. ap-! INEERWSOCD After wilds of Central Asia, for ers, Theodore and Kerr the’ steamship Berengar welcome. On' the trip from Europe e of nearly a yes velt. he Field Mu are shown as tl ."They were greeted b they : Photo shows, left to right: Col. Theodore, Mrs. Theodo , during whi hunted in the um of Chic aosevelt hroth- refurned last night abe friend iven u royal omp: rwives. Roose- 1. E GREENE DIES; ILL SHORT TIME Hushand of Concert Producer Had Notable Career in Music World. Thomas E. Greene, prominent in Washington music circles as a tenor and vocal teacher for the past 20 vears, died today at the home of Mrs, Hubert Dilger, according to information received here, Mr. Greene had been ill since Feb when he was found lying bed on the third floor of his sidence, 2601 Connecticut suffering from the effects of illuminat- ing gas poisoning, according to ports made by the police. Miss Flori da Cotten, mentioned as roomer in the Greene home, was reported by the police as having found Mr. Greene after the odor of gas had been de te ed. Dr. ‘homas M. ley of Farragut _apartments, rendered aid and the patient, the police state in ! was taken to Gallinger Municipal Hos. the 5 reported | pital. Dr. Foley declined to disc case, Mr. by the police as 60 3 ¥ Mr. Greene, who was the hushand of Mrs. Katle Wilson-Greene, concert producer, was a favorite on the it and light oper: many year enjo; Pacific Coast. about Washington peared here from the singing stage and. w Washington's own. He also conduct- ed vocal conservatory for many v Recently, it is understood, he has devoted his entire time to aseist- ing in the management of Mrs. Wil son Greene's concert bureau. Prior to tking up a permanent res. idence in Washington, where he mot and married Mrs. Greene, the decensed bad sung on programs throuzhout Familiarly ~ known Tom,” he to time hailed time on the country with persons whose names | in musical history. David Bispham have gone down Among these was whe in h entation of Beethoven' “Adelaid, had Mr. Greene sing the tenor role of the stu dent. Mr. Greene also was with the “Bostonlans’ and had a_long engage- ment with the Savage English Grand Opera Company. Mr. Greene was a member of the Capital Yacht Club and several other aquatic sport organ’zations, in which he took a prominent part. Friends of Mr. Greene said his home originally was on the Eastern Shore of Mary- land. Funeral arrangements been announced. HUNT WISSING MAN. Police Asked to Find John 0. Hous- ton, 45 Years Old. Request for police to locate John O have mot Houston, 45 years old, was made today | by his mother. Mrs. R. H. King, 72 from his home. 3310 Holmead pl.wa,l since Friday night. ‘When he disappeared Houston had only <mall change. He was dressed in a dark coat and vest, navy blue trous- ers and a black fedora hat. with a tan overcoat. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall weighs 125 pounds and is of slender build. NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES B.F.KEITH’S THEATER 12:30 to 1 0O’Clock Speaker Tomorrow Rev. S. B. Daugherty Conducted by Rev. Wm. E. La Rue Every One Invited—No Collection avenue, | ng exceptional popularity on the | ears old, after he had been missing | ‘Confession of Several Roh- beries of Same Kind Said .to Have Been Made. Arrested by good of ze of rifling s wnd of the pen 1 the Jdward ( s old Towa Detec police | ive on a n ews: Monday he ¢ 5 100 worth clothir Upon being searched, ¢ found to have 224 pennig nickel in his pockets some one had fooled a “sile m: was uncovered when ug about the size of pund with the alle newsstand: me one that sales worth a penr and so was ceeds of th Boys Seen Near Box. Cameron told detectives 1} | bro teer |and G streets a | street and New ¥ as two others, “ectiv { the las {the streat | when he | newsstand hox d arting awa up. A ood b aptured the one who had ju tied the hox, he said, and obtained a | ood description of his companion, who is now being sought by the po- lice. After arriving ters, orphan and papers. He Iv §1 per day, thus. weekly for room rent. He funds needed to pay room rent was the mo- tive for the alleged rifling of the news- stands. Clothes Are Kdentified. A suit of clothes and an overcoat [ worn by Cameron when arrested, were ! identified by Detectives Cox, F | Murphy as answering the desc | of clothes taken from t | Men's § They had Willia | horn, shop, come to po- lice headquarters to look at the clothes and he idenified them. After. ward, according the detectives, Cameron admitted having been pre ent when the rohbery took d t he red the search of room quantity of the clothins Ihave been sto'en in this | cording to detectives. In | this discovery, he stated that | leged accomplice had left the | with him because the other place to keep them. AWAITS DEPORTATION. Russian Must Pay Penalty for Threatening Coolidge. JACKSONVILLE, Fli arch 3 (®). —~Norman Klein, a Russian charg with writing threatening letters President Coolidge, will be deported, it was announced by imm n offi: clals following the Issnance of an order by Federat Judse Lake Jones cing Kl tion authorities at Ta Klein, who haqd several ali arrested in Tampa last Federal officials had made wide search for him. LIEUT. WADE RESIGNS. Head A noticer E One the Aligood ter and emp- police headquar- it he was hy selling new roxims nd needed rev | i Submits Resignation to North Pole Flight. By the Associated Press. Lieut. Leigh Wade. Army Service round-the-world flyer, tendered his resignation to the War { Department. It was received today by Secretary D: having been forwarded b: Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick. chief of the Alr Service, with recommedation that it be accepted. Lieut. Wade resigned round-trip flight to the expected to get under Shakespeare Scholar Dies. LONDON, March 8 (#).—Sir Sidney Lee, famous as an authority on Shakespeare, died today to head a North Pole, in Jul YOUTH ARRESTED INNEWS BOX THEFT “lockbox, | ron was | d pro- | d | ndy | ‘| produced a laugh for every one. (CLIMATIC BATTLE 15 RAGING IN CHINA Huge Chang Army Engaged in Life-and-Death Struggle With Feng. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, March —Marshal Chang { Tso-lin's ent activities in Man- | churia have caused the bolshevik | newspapers to make inquiries con- cerning the strength of the Man- churian war lord’s forces. The total | number of soldiers under his _com- | mand is estimated at 300,000. He is | said to have 60 machine guns, 570 { cannon and 75 airpl 3 If to these figures are troops of the generals allied with Chang Tsodin, the total would be fn- | creased to 420,000 soldiers, 630 ma- “hine guns and 1,000 cannon. Chang’s my i3 said to be comparatively well | drilled and equipped and to possess | substantial military and material de- | pots in Manchuria. A life-and-death strugele hetween | the forces of Chang Tsolin and Gen. Feng Yu-hsiang, head of the national | peoples’ army, for the domination of | Peking is described im advices to the London Daily Mail. The scene of 1. 50 miles south of Tientsin, rmore ve been used, and heavy casualties ive Leen blown up. A deci victory, in the view of the correspondent, might end civil war in China. added the the City Is Key to Peking. Machang lies south of Tientsin, the key position to Peking. Marshal Feng now is facing the same armies he de- feated earlier in the campaign, the ob- jective of which is the capture of Peking control of the Chinese | governy Feng, | from Ge his retiren the captur LI Ching Ling, but M ~hur if Tientsin | nnounced 1l Chang an war Jord, the insurrection in began to turn against was joined in this maneu- ! Marshal Wu Pei-Fu, the Chihli who formely was civil gov- *hihli province, promised to Fientsin by Febru 13, r day, unable the Hupeh army, | into Honan province toward row, but met with stout re- a ¥ He later “hiwan. cused Feng of belng in allience with the holsheviki. | r is reported in co-operation with | oceupied the mountain r Jehol, 115 miles northward | of Peking That the a complex that while he united not only s her, but 1 Chang, 'MOTOR TOURIST CAMP IS BEING IMPROVED Larger Influx of Visitors Expected This Year—Washing Facilities to Be Increased. war situation in China is | one is shown by the fact Wu and Chang appear to | ainst Feng. Li and Feng | “m to he opposed to each also opposed to both Wu | tions are being maue at the in East Potomac Park, ion of a great influx of | hy automobile during the| Summer. A number of im- are about to be started Maj. U. S. Grant, 34, director of the Office of Public Build ings and Public who has juris- tiction of t The bath n temporary buildin )f the cam - cent, tnstalled will no long Potoma lin the Prep | tourist camp, the | visitors for rece; coming provemonts in the ea are being in- ceptic tank W sewage : into the lonzside the sea wall ‘Inity of the camp. There seeptic tank there before, but was found to be inadequate, which de it necessarv to discharge the a ctly into the river. | lso is_being started on the 1t roadways in the camp, idea of improving the hard ce before the heavy travel ar. This work, however, will be onfined to existing roadw: hare OUTLINES BUS PLAN. New Owner Promises Arlington Meeting Improved Service. Special Dispateh to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., March 3.—Leon Arnold, who recently sed the line operating between George- Clarendon and Ballston, last| itlined his plans for improv- ervice before a meeting of | Arli County business men in | the office of W. P. Ames in Rossiyn. C. W. Fitch presided. Mr. Arnold stated ven the proper purch; bus | town, that i he Is support he- would inaugurate a bus service In Arling ton County equal to that onerating on Sivteenth street in \Washington, He plans, he said, a service that' will follow a circuitous route, taking in Cherrydale, Ballston and Clarendon, Mr. Arnold was assured that he wou he given the support of the busin interests of the county. —— Clarendon Home Damaged. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va, Damage estimated $400 was caused by fire which last night threatened (estruction of the home of Lawrence W. Legg on Clarendon ave- nue. The b was started by an over- heated fur: Quick work on part o the Clarendon and Ballston Volun- | teer Departments kept the fire. {wh ctarted in the basement, from vreading to other parts of the home. March 3.— | apparent FLORENCE E. WARD, Department of Agriculture official in charge of co-operative extension work in Eastern States. HAUGEN BILL WINS PRAISE OF JARDINE Secretary Tells Farm Work- ers Co-operative Plan Is Sound Remedy. Bs tio Associated Press. Characterizing the co.operative movement in the marketing of farm products as a remedy for some of the farmers’ troubles that was “econom- ically _sound,’ cretary of Agricul- ture Jardine sp 1y indorsed the Haugen co-operative marketing bill in an address to agricultural extension workers today. The Haugen bill was the only one of the many farm relief measures now before Congress which was re- ferred to by the Secretary, who said t had recefved and would continue to receive his support. The bill pro- vides for the creation of a division of co-operative marketing in the De- artment of Agriculture. Two Main Results. would. . Secretary Jardine said, have two main results. It would en- Able the department to use a staff of marketing experts to advise the farm- ers through thelr own co-operative crganizations and it would enahle the farmers to keep In closer touch with the department and to give it the benefit of their advice. Agricultural research had past heen chieflv directed toward iction, the Secretary declared but it was now time that the mar- koting end of the farmers' problems should receive more attention. He did not, he emph d, consider co- operatlve marketing as a panacea it throueh its bringing together of farm opinion toward a common end he believed It would be of great us- nce Farmers Se in the 4 suffered through their Inabliity to arrive at a eammon program. Secretary Jardine isserted, expressing his bellef that when they came to substantial agree- ment In their demands they should be heard. Chance to Be Heard. He laid much stress on the ad- vantages of co-operation through fts giving Individuals and groups nee to he heard. expressing em- noroval of the poliev of fre- quent conferences with all shades of opinfon as caleu'ated to discourage inwise action on the part of those s he expressed it, “to go off on a tangent. The problems of farmers todav Secretary stated have existed for nearly 100 vears, but events since the war have given them greater prominence.” he Secretary's address was given hefore a conference of extensior workers from 1 orthwestern States, which is meeting here for a three- day sesslor — WATER PROTEST FAILS. Maryland Commission Dismisses Hyattsville Petitions. Speclal Dispatch to The Star, BALTIMORE, Md., March Public Service Commission today dis- missed the petition of Josenh J. E. Steele and other residents of Frank- street, Hyattsville, complaining @ charge of for water connectior The decision followeld an cpinion given recently by the attorney gen- eral of Maryland that the servi hody was without jurisdiction in such charges by the Washington Suburban 3.—~The Close Votes ljefeat Unified Air Service And Defense Plan By the Associated Press, The House militar: a 10-to-11 vote tod port a bill to creat of National Defens It also refused by another clos vote to report a measure propo: ing creation of a unified Alr Service and likewlse a bill to create arate air corps in the Army. After this action the committee instructed Chafrman Morin to draft a committee bill to provide for carrying out a number of recommendations made by various commissions and committees which have investigated the aircraft situ ation. committee b v refused to a Department A cat and a sparrow, one an animal and the other a name, figured prom- inently in Police Court today and The cat, called Blackie, an amiable animal that wandered into the court weeks ago and since has been the pet ‘of_every one, strolled into Judge Isaac R. Hitt's court while a_colored lawyer was defending his client on | & charge of intoxication and dis- orderly conduct. In the midst of the trial Blackie jumped on the counsel table and in playful antics leaped across, sprawl- ing between the judge and the law- ver. Filled with superstition, the lawyer iied. “I am through now your honor!” But the omen was a good one, and the charges against the defendant were dropped. Now as to the sparrow. A man giving the mame of Ceef! ‘| Antics of Cat, Fear of Colored Lawyer | And Sparrow Scheme Enliven Court Espano, charged with vagrancy, ap- peared before Judge George H. Mac- donald. He had been locked up by Policeman R. D. Jett, who told the court that the defendant was a Fili- pino and had been begging street, A large sign W dence, which stated that E was a native of the Philippine was stranded here without mor . A plea to the Phiip- crudely printed on shown in pines was also the slgn. It was later ascertained by the court that Espano’s name was Spar- row, and that he was a colored man who had never been outside of Wash- ington and had devised this novel scheme of making money without working. Sparrow was placed on probation for six months and was told to think up & better way for making meney. A 1 sult of use of tear gas BABIES AS PICKETS Women and Infants to Take Places in Line to Stop Use of Tear Bombs. By the Associated F.ess, PASSAIC, N. J. March $.—Union feaders have threatened to use women, children and bables in the picket lines of striking mill workers here as a re- a streams of water in dispersing ril Late yesterday 3,000 mill the Botany Worsted Mills were sc tered by companies of firemen afte three tear gas bombs had proved in effective. “We shall not be provoked into vio lence,” Albert Weisbord, union organ izer, said, “but we shall have a picke line composed of women and bables in their carr i1 Police. ands of Gas Bombs Yesterday's clash resulted strikers marched to the woolen mill | in defiance of police orders agains | large gatherings. Po seked th mill wher They ref 1 bombs released, strong wind blew the fume Five companies of ized all hose line: returned to mobil with six A few jeer the firemen as they were putting up their hose. Twelve mounted polics and_fifty patrolmen drove these . Four arvests were } made . Charles F. | dent of the mill, said he was v { to discuss terms with the | but not with ed a communisti Girl Attacks Owners. New York s Jystice who worked dents in t izhter the Free Syna that “for vears intimidati practiced by the mi “today in a workers' mec man fears and suspects his neighhor.” Miss Wise 2 strikers in aid of she called their passive re emgt feudal H. Johnson, vice presi ling organization. In what = e UNDERHILL BLOCK COMMITTEE REPORT ON INSURANCE BILLS (Contiriued from First I in the District In favor of the Under hill m piblican, of Minnesota, made a favorable report from the subcommittee on the Fitz. gerald workmen's compensation bill 1 moved that the full committes Iso fave ort it. Mr. Keller made it this bill “does not eliminate domestic employes.” Mr. Underhill reviewed the histor of the two measures, pointing ou that the Fit 1d bill was reported out in the last Congress jorit of one vote and that the House later voted to substitute the Underhll bil At sxcludes Domestic Employes. The Underhill bill does exclude do mestic employes, he sald, and ex plained other vital differences between {the two measures. He said t Underhill bill {s an_insurance mes ure and not a pension bill and aima to relieve society of replacement of human macninery in industry by plac ing that duty on industry itself. He sald that the Fitzgerald bill a further intrusion of Into business, and at mental interference and bureanc Mr. Blanton made it clear that is legi the Distr | three Washingi tions, constituting prac | the business men of the Di the Dist Commissione | the Fitzgerald bill At Mr. point of or business before the com man Zihlman endeavored al meeting for F' blocked by thie opposed Blanton made imittee that. ents. Tho workmen's compensation gislation therefore, goes over to the next regu. lar meeting of the District committes next Wednesd: Death Penalty Action positive action taken earlier ir ¥, the MecLeod bill t ment in the Dis special grder ting next Wed they h By the meeting toc abolish cagital triet has been made of business for the n ive Stalk tee on airman of high- unanimous the Dis- subcomm and traflic, made a on the bill ged b, triet_Commission the widening of First str <t between G and Myrtle streets. The Senate bill was substituted for the House b1l znd avorably reported. It goes on the calendar for constderation «n tha next District day in the Youse, next Monday. Mr. Stalker jreport on the 1 extension report tavorabla provement Walter Reed «ine wix or reservation opening of then bill m for the the the n sireets providing Fourteenth stre Mr. Stalker ¢ strictly prohibit nd busses from | street_extension | grounds and that section hospital authorities. is satisfactory to the neer Com- missfoner, to the Walt Reed au- s and to the Medical Corps of phasized that the bill trucks id this bill Changes Expl: 1 of the full o ned. Chairman ZihIm: n mittee explained the changes in the legislation, which re adopted to meet the wishes of the hospital au- thor Representative ltean, of Illinof Rathbone, Repub. insisted in a series of questions that nothing should be done to Increase the danger to, or to jar the nerves of patients in the Wal ter Reed reservation Mr. Blanton protested that this measure would have “rough sledding” on the floor of the House and ad vised that it should not be voted out of committee, but that the time should be taken for some other measure that could be pa Mr. Zihlman {nsisted that the extension of Fourteenth street {s an essentlal artery for tho development of the city Surg. Gen. ITreland told the come mittee that this measure has the ap- proval of the Secretary of War. Representative Lampert. Repub- lican, of Wisconsin, moved 1t favorable report he mads on the bill. Representatives Blanton and Rath bone were the only two voting in op- position. Mr. Blanton reserved the right to file a minority report. The minimum wage for woman workers in Callfornia has been re- duced from §$16.60 & week to $16 & weele.