Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1926, Page 2

9 * BROOKHART-STECK DECISION NOW NEAR Outcome of Senate Contest Uncertain as Subcommittee | Starts Work. Il From Poison The subcommittee of the Senate privileges and elections committee in charge of the Brookhart-Steck con test. today tackled the actual work of reaching a decision and framing a report for submission to the full committee. The subcommittee had before it the £.000 or more contested ballots in the | Towa senatorial election of 1924, and was going over them with care to determine whether they should be counted, and if counted, for whom Members of the subcommittee said it might be two or three days before they could complete their work and report to the full committ Outcome Uncertain. The contest for the seat NOW Senator Brookhart is so close. it ix sald, that the final decision of the Senate may go either way. It has been understood, however, that a ma jority of the subcommittee, if not ali the members, have believed Danier 1. Steck. Senator Brookhart's Demo. eratic opponent, should awarded the seat. This final survey of the contested ballots, it wag pointed out, may make a change in the conclusion however, Should the subcommittee, consist ing of two Republicans and two Dem ocrats, report adversely on Senator Brookhart, undoubtedly it would go hard with him in the full committee and in the Senate itself. From # political standpoint, much depends upon the settlement of the Brookghart Steck contest, Senator Cummins, Re publican, of lowa is to come up for yenomination and reelection this ¥ The primaries are in June tenator Brookhart will enter the r: against Senator Cummins, if he Ix unseated, and reports from lowa in- dicate that Brookhart would stand a good chance of winning. Two Already in Field. two candidates have against Senator Cummins in Republican primaries, State Sen Bowr n and Howard Clark Moines, a former follower Cummi Should Senator chart enter the race it is be- -d that Bowman would retire leaving a three-cornered contest The long delav in the settlement of the B irt case has led to ports tha ular Republicans pre- fer to postpone the decision until after the time has passed for the filing of nomination papers in lowa which expires April 27. Tt is helieved howey that should it hecome apparent the case onld not be finally concluded in time for Senator Brook- hart to file his papers, should he be unseated. Senator Brookhart and his friends would file them anvway as 1o be ready to face any eventu- ality. BIBLE READING URGED UPON LENTEN AUDIENCE Knowles Cooper Would | N MRS, ( 5 ('Ul(\.'il.l.. GIRL TAKES POISON; CALLS IT MISTAKE, DUE TO DEPRESSION held by |" (Continued from First Page.) young wife, not and having seen more of the tragic side of life than most women do in an | ntire lifetime, obtained a divorce and returned to this city. Last June happiness seemed to! open a way to her, when she married William Cornell, a former soldier. Then came the death of her friend to whom she was devoted She said from her cot pital that she disliked and felt an antipathy entire city. COUNCIL EXPANSION LATER IS DECLARED FAVORED IN BERLIN vet out of her teens t the h Washington toward the (Continued from Iirst Page.) Luther's Ham- its desired effect Lelieves Chancell burg speech has h The paper welcomes Sir Austen's declarationr that the Rritish govern nt under no' circumstances will | ticipate in attempts to divide the | ue council into two camp: - other papers pyblish Sir Aus speech fully, but restrict their comment to headlines, such as ‘Chamberlain Yields” or “Chamber lain's Retreat.” 5 CHAMBERLAIN TO BE FREE. an ator or Des Senator Will Do Nothing, However, to Hurt | German Chances. LONDON, March 5 (®).—Sir Austen | Chamberlain, secretary for foreign | affairs, is to have a free hand, when he goes to Geneva for the meeting next Monday of the League of Na tions, before which is to he threshed | out the question of new permanent seats in the league council It is, however, the announced pur-!| pose of Sir Austen to do nothing which will militate against Germany | becoming a member of the league, ap- | plication for which she made some | time ago as an outgrowth of promises made when the Locarno pacts were being formulated. Germany opposes adinission of new members other than | herself at this time. | Chamberlain's intentions were made | clear by discussion in the House of Commons yesterda Premier Baldwin secretary that Gr Britain, as singl tion, could not avoid con- | sideration of the ambitions of other | countries Objections Raised. Ramsay MacDonald, David Lloyd eorge and others of the opposition xpressed dissatisfaction with Sir | Austen’s speech, saying that it did | not contain any promise to vote | against claims of Poland, Spain amd | Brazil to seats, supported by Franee, Ttaly and other The leave William Not Approach Book in Contro- versial Mood, He Declares. maintenance of purity of heart vest problems con- | 1d today.” Wil general secre . said at the services at Keith's flood gates are bat- the vouth of tod d'to conflicting in fluences of the world. The only real solution to this prob leni, Mr. Cooper said, is in the reading of the Bible. We should, however, read our Bibles not for controversial pur poses, but with a devout praver in our hearts. Mr. Cooper concluded by serting that if we would receive bless from the Lord, we must first be nd secondly, eager to re is one frontir Ham Knowles of the Y Lenten All the own to his reed with At v as o re about to re expect- feeling of there may allotment Geneva treatment, but a uneasiness pervades that he stormy scenes over the of permanent seats The Belgian foreign minister, M. andervelde, has told the Belglan Chamber of Deputies that while dis approving of wholesale enlargements, he thought hoth Belgian and Poland | sho he elected to permanent seats. | l. if nol given a permanent seat. will contend for the right to fill| the permanent chair held for United States until that country de- | cides to enter the league and oceupy it. Afranio Mello Franco, head of the Brazilian delegation, has made this announcement in Geneva With only one or two exceptions, the London morning newspapers express uneasiness over the ministerial state ments yesterday. The anti-zovernment papers are bit- might be expected., but the lerates also do not_conceal their \ppointment he Times rezrets | Austen Chamberlain was not | more explicit on the essentials, and | points out that no clear answer was given regarding the time and oceasion for a possible increase in the perma nent membership of the council. “He hinted at considerations that he did not explain,” the Times says, “and foreshadowed possible alterna- that seemed 1o weaken the of the very principles he so iated. * * * ‘Next week's proceedings at Geneva will still be scrutinized with some ainxiety. Tt is not vet clear what is going to happen.” The Daily the one cle from Sir A of words made a council At the services i offered hy Rev. int_of the Georgetown al Church. - Rev Ji ixteenth Stre ptist the sy Mon nday Henry Grace Port Church will day’s services DR. PUTNEY LECTURES AT WASHINGTON STUDY American U. Professor Methods of Courts Eng- land and United States. Discusses in Similarity between tion of justice in En, United bert H the administra 1d and in the s traced by Dr. Al Putney of American Univers 5 lecture vesterday beforve the Washington Study. “Indeed, States here differ more from each other than they differ from England,” said Dr. Putney In the past century, the ker said, there were two men largely re- sponsible for court reform in the vear 1873, who were in no way connected with the government—Dickens and | Bentham—but whose writings in- fluenced English thought he Supreme Court in England, it was explained, now is divided into the Court of 1 and the Court of Justice, and each of these is*again divided and subdivided; but the total number of jud; in England is less than the number of 1 judges in the United States.” MRS. G. C. SQUIRESVDIES. ; Prominent D. A. R. Member Well | Here. States w some sy press ot sten’s declaves that to be deduced “@laborate cloud is that “Spain will be permanent member of the next Monday." ACCUSED MOTHER DENIES CHARGES OF HER SISTER Mrs. Helen Layne. a widow with three children, residing at 4600 Fifth street, today denled before Justice Siddons in Equity Division 2 the charge of her sister, Mrs. Jewel Rose, Known Mrs old. f society Mir ind dent the & ve orge many cluby circles in known in e candidate general of the I American Revolut the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. J. Thompson, Wells, Minn.. Monday, according to word received here. Her death is said to have resulted from a fall down some steps Mrs. Squires had served as State| regent of the D. A. R. of Minnesota for several years. She had often visited this city. Besides her de =on, Cameron C. S Oreg., and three sisters, Mrs. Alfred Johnson and Mrs. Fred Dodd of | fornia, and Mrs. Edwin F. Glenn of South Carolina. ADMIRAL WAINWRIGHT ILL. Rear Admiral Richard Walnwright, Vnited States Navy, retired.. is.seri: ously ill at the Naval Hospital here, to which he was removed Sunday from | Rose and her husband resided in her his residence, 1264 New Hampshire | house until last November, when she | avenu » | was compelled to ask them to leave. Admiral Wainwright was the com- | Mrs. Layne declares her children were | talways properly cared for by her, and | prominent in St. Paul, this ity pre ghters died at at : of n not a fit person to care for the children. now in the custody of the complaining sister. Justice Siddons refused an applica- tion of Attorney Robert E. Lynch for the designation of a committee to care for the estate of the widow. He will have an independent investigation made as to the surroundings of the children at both homes, the court sald, and will then decide on thelr custody. Through Attdrneys Elwood P. Morey and William Flenry White the widow made specific denial of all the charges of intoxication, but admitted there is pending such charge agalnst her in Police Court which has not been heard. Mrs. Layne says she Invested $6,000 in' a coal business with the busband of the plaintiff and M ghter she leaves a uires of Portland, | were the | carried out, the | that she is an habitual drunkard and (|| / THE EVENING OWNERS MAY SHUT ALL PASSAIC MILLS Action Would Throw 4,000 Employes Out of Work for Total of 15,000. March tors today had under consideration a proposal for a complete shutdown o woolen mills, and strikers hailed yes- terday’s peaceful parade of 4.000 workers as a moral victory over the police who have broken up previous gatherings, 'd Approximately 7,000 workers are on strike, 4,000 more are out of work and an additional 4,000 would be affect- ed by a shutdown. A conference of operators to decide on the advisability or a shutdown was asked for today of tomorrow. Yesterday’s parade, following days of rioting, wux led by g Elizabeth Kovacs, wheeling her sis- ter's year-old haby in a carviage, 1In the marching columns were scores carrying niushs or wearing steel lelmets. Five Hur 5.—-Opera- two M in A d Five newspapermen and graphers were in an armored car that overturned and nearl ped into the assaic River the men were slightly injure car had been called into u result of police wshing cameras Wednesday., A motion picture con cern sent its photographer overhead in_an airplane. Strikers announced that an attempt | would he made today to post pickets at the Dundee Silk Mill in Clifton, where the fir lash of the strike rred three weeks ago. “lifton police have _prohibited picketing In that town. Decision to concentrate on the Dundee plant was reached after 85 workers struck at that plant today. ve hundred are employed and 100 or more went out earlier in the week. Strike May Be Extended. Plans for a strike of textile work ers in Paterson and in Lawrence, M were announced today by Al bert Weishord, strike leader. who said that within a month or six weeks u total of 50,000 workers would be out Weisbord said that in the event that mills in the Passalc district shut down completely, o ers and lead- ers engaged here would he transferred to Lawrence, Mass.. and to Paterson. Associated silk workers of@Paterson in conference with him vesterday, he averred, indicated willingness to co. operate. Chief grievances of the Pat- erson workers, according to Wefshord anarchy of working hours" wated form of the sped photo motor drop Two of | The as a| and an up system. NEW STEEL BRIDGE AT M STREET ASKED BY COMMISSIONERS (Continued from First Page.) the Commissioners said; without designing and rebuilding the bridge, as one of the abutments would have to be moved to provide | for the boulevard. For this reason | the Commissioners urged construction of a new bridge tather than repairing the old strycture At a gost of -ahout $15.000. The old hridze was built in 1871 The Commissioners said M is a very important fire run, heing one of the main cross.fown thorough fares and a main troffic artery to Georgetown, 1o the Chain and Key Bridges and to Virginla.. Westbound traffic on M street is now being di verted to the Pennsylvania Avenue iridge, via Twenty-sixth street Advantages of Steel Girder. The city heads held that the new structure should be steel-girder bridge rather than an arch bridge, be cause foundation conditions ars such the cost of an arch wonld greatly | exceed that of a steel-girder bridge, and the latter type of structure would facilitate construction of the park boulevard underneath its span. The treatment of the steelgirder surfaces also, the Commissioners said, would give an imp nce over the usual steel-girder structure and would harmonize with the Pennsylvania Ave- nue Bridge. Provision is made in the bill au thorizing the bridge construction for consultation with the Commission of | ne Arts as to its architectural de- and approaches. xamination of the old bridge last | Spring showed that the floor beams | and cover plates of the top chords of the middle trwsses had corroded and that the condition of the west abut- ment was such as to imperil the safety of the structure. The bridge was then closed to vehicular traffic. ENGLAND BARS LINCOLN, NOW NEARING HOLLAND Bx-Spy Lacked Money to Make Train Trip in Time to See Son Before Execution. street By the Associated Preas. LONDON, March 5.—According to the Daily Ixpress, Ignatius Tribich Lincoln, the notorious wartime spy, on behalf of Germany, will arrive at Amsterdam tomorrow on_board the steamer Coblenz, on which he made the journey from Ceylon in an en- deavor to see his son Ignatius, allas John Lincoln, before he was hanged last Tuesday in the Shepton Mallet prison for murder. Lack of money, says the newspaper, prevented the father from traveling averland from a Mediterranean port in time to reach London before the execution. It adds that Lincoln will not now he allowed to land in England. TWO Famous preachers To Write For The Star Dr. John Roach Straton of New York, leader of the funda- Hubert C. Herring of Boston, internationally mentalists, and Rev. known liberal minister, writer and of The Evening Star every Saturday afternoon, beginning tomor- row. They will talk on identical 1t lished weekly in The Star. It Each of the ministers, repre furnished with an assigned text, and each writes his thoughts on this text without comparing knows what the other has written The opposite views of these two well known churchmen will be of interest to persons of all shades of rel They will be informative and The authority of the two mini camps is beyond question, mander of the U. & loucester, explains the slizht burning of the two which was a part of the United States fieet which destroyed the ships of Ad-| children as accidents which have left no scars. miral Ceryera in the Spanish Wezy ond’the James | verting all made pcssible by a new and unique feature, to be pub- called “The Two-Way Pulpit” both have achieved eminence in the ministry and are actively preaching at this tim THE MAINE FIDDLER MEETS OLD FRIENDS ham and “Gr: ham mamle for Admiral Pea shoes were worn by Admiral | hibition ut the National FOOD COMBINE CUT TOEIGHT CONCERNS Federal Court Decree Com- pels Disposal of Stock in Seven Firms. xamining a pair of snowshoes Mr. Dun- verer of the North Pole, in 1905, on his trip to the Pole and are now on ex- PEARY WAS AIDED BY MELLIE DUNHAM Maine Fiddler Made Snow- shoes Explorer Wore on North Pole Trip. By the Assaciated Pross NEW YORK. March The tional Food Products Corporation to- day was under a Federal court con sent decree curtailing its activities to prevent a possible monopoly in food stuffs, The decree orders the corporation to dispose of its holdings of voting stock in seven food concerns within 60 days. It is permitted to retain stock in eight other concerns, no two of which, however, operate in the | me part of the country. No officer of the corporation can hold office in a food company. Capitalization of the 15 companies amounts to $160,000,000 The concerns whose voting stock the corporation must sell are the Abbotis-Alderny Dair Inc.; James Butler Grocery Co., Economy Stores Corporation, Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., Inc tional Dairy Products Corporation. Reid Ice Cream Corporation and United S Corporation It was ight out when suit was filed February 13 that the corpora tion's stock holdings, in some of the companies, did not amount to control The corporation is permitted 1o re tain stock in the H. Rohack (o, First Natfonal Stores, Inc., operating in New England: Detroit Creamery David Pender ( v ('o., which in Virginia: United States roducts Carporation of Phila- Telling Bélle Vernon (o, a dairy products concern in Cleveland and non-voting shares of stock in both 1he Anited Siates tores (orporation utler Grocery (o. The Investment of stockholders has not been impaired. Federal officials stated, as ‘“the corporation acting within the decree. will sfill be able to build up a profitable business and so hold the investors safe.” WAR VETERANS’ BILL GETS COMMITTEE 0. K. House Measure Increases Beneflu‘ and Extends Until 1920 Time to Convert Insurance. A east little Yankee man from “down his cheeks reddened by the snows and rigors of 72 Maine Winters, sat fn a dressing room at Keith's Theater yesterday afternoon and told the story of how he played a part in one of man's most herolc achieve. ments—the discovery of the North Pole. His Na ame is Mellie Dunham popularly. To his home folks back in way. Me.. he Is known as A, M Dunham, snowshoe manufacturer and tterly asx the man who fiddled his way from obscurity and comparative poverty to fame and riches on the vaudeville stage—finding on the w. a place in the heart of one Nation's wealthiest men, Henry Mell Dunham, known as Henry Ford’s fiddler. and little known to the world for anvthing else, had a major role {n the drama played when Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary and his intrepid explorers fought thelr way on Dunham’s snowshoes to the spot at the top of the earth, where longitude hecomes nothing The shoes worn by Peary and his men-—a few of them rest to in the New National Museum, their cow. hide laces worn and frayed, their sturdy white ash frames bent in the same shape they found under the care. ful hands of the younger Dunham of 11905 and 1906, who made them on personal order from Admiral Peary Burnt deep into the close grained wood are the letters “A. M. Dunham.” Recalls Peary’s Praise. Dunham, accounting his ideville tour a pleasant game and the stakes only a side issue, loves to tell of the day when he met Peary at Portland, on his &uccessful return from the north, |and how the admiral recounted the de Ipendability of the Dunham-made snow shoes. And here “Giram” Dunham en tered the picture. She was seated in an easy chair beside Mellie, her hus- band. It must be told that in New ngland the wife, if there are any grandchildren, becomes “Gram" b common consent, The Dunhams have nine grandchildren d grandchild. days on one trip on Melile's snowshoes, | without a break in the frame or a fra lin the cord,” Gram said, with pride in her eyes and the soft down-Kist twang in her voice. Dunham R A hill designed to liberalize legisla tion affecting World War veterans has been approved by the House vet- erans committee, which expects to re- port it the first of the week It would provide for payment of $50 a month for five vears to tuber. cular patients after they have reached a condition of virtual recovery and would extend for two vears the period for vocatlonal rehabllitation work, which expires in June. The bill- also would extend from next Juneuntil 1929 the time for con- war insurance and would make applicable all veteran lexisla tion to 76 women who served in base hospitals in France. In the future the Veterans' Bureau Medical Corps would be known as the medical serv- ice and its personnel would not have designations of rank as in the Army. The bureau also would he given jurisdiction over the Northwestern branch of soldiers’ homes at Mil waukee, Wis.. and the Rattle Moun- taln Sanitorlum in South Dakota. TRANSIT COMPANY SUED. J. Edward Chapman Seys Gasoline Contract Is Violated. J. Edward Chapman today flled suit to recover $45,735 damages from the Washington Rapid Transit Co. for al leged breach of contract. He says the company agreed to purchase gasoline from him after he had erected, at his | there came a letter from the automo own cost a fWeproof garage, which |bile magnate bidding the little Maine was leased by the company. Chapmany| fiddier to pack his “duds” and his fid says since May 13, 1923, the company [dle and come to Detroit. has bought elsewhere 1,524,000 gallons ™ " of gaoline, causing him to fose $45,73 Fame Grows Rapidly. Mellie went. His fame filled the He is represented by Attorneys J. Barrett Carter and George V. Trip-[newspapers, and almost before he knew what it was all about the snow- lett, jr. — e ———— shoe maker had been signed to a six- month tour on the vaudeville stage. New York Subnormally Cold. “Peary was pretty particular about BUFFALO. N. Y., March 5 (®.—|his shoes,” Mellle says. “e tried out Western New York in common with | several kinds before he got what he the lower lake regions, is experiencing | wanted. The shoes he took to the temperatures 16 degrees helow nor- | Pole were 60 Inches long and 12 inches mal for this date, wide, with frames of best white ash, webbed with selected cowhide."” Mellle started making snowshoes back in 1878, He worked for 20 years before obtaining recognition. Now he 15 looked upon as one of the country's leading makers of handmade snow- shoes. Both Mellie and Gram have spent many happy hours in Washington re- newing old acquaintances here. Just the other day they were luncheon guests at a party given in the Capitol by Representatives Coyle, Tilson and others. And they have also met Col. E. Lester Jones, director of the Coast and Geodetlc Survey, and George Otfs Smith, director of the Geological Sur- vey, both Maine men who have won high places in the Government serv- ce. | cherishes B. Peary, those | signed Rear U. 8. N.,” which came to him at his home in Norway, for snow shoes to | equip hardy men who found the Fole. And he cherishes also those memories |of days spent with Peary at his |home.” Only the other night Mrs. | Kdward Stafford, the first white child |born in the Arctic Circle, came to a meeting of the Maine Society attend. |ed by Mellie and Gram and renewed | her old acquaintance with her fath. er's friend Vital Part of Snowshoes. For snowshoes, even though they may be looked upon as civilization's Winter-time playthings, had a vital part in the winning of the North. Men cannot travel over the soft, powdery snow of the extreme North without foot coverings that will bear the weight and prevent sinking in to the knees. And the snowshoes must stand the strain of constant, unremitting wear. Kverything must be sacrificed to speed and strength. Mellie became the Ford fiddler and a stage actor in a somewhat unusual way. For years he has whiled away the long Maine evenings with his be- loved fiddle, scraping out the old tunes of twoscore years ago in his cottnge at Norway. One day last Fall Mellie entered a fiddling contest for all Maine fiddlers and he won it. Some friend sent a clipping from a Boston paper to Henry Ford, in Detroit. And svon orders Admiral, lecturer, will address the readers texts each week. nting opposing points of view, Woman Now Sea Captain. ODESSA, March 5 (#).—Soviet Rus- sia has a woman sea captain. Mme. Tatiana Jakovieva qualified today with honors as a “master of naviga- |tion” ‘and will be given command of a Black Sea merchantman. Maria Korshigana qualified as a first-class ship’s mechanic. notes with the other. Neither until he reads it in the paper. us opinion. o stimulating. ers to speak for their r Ralloon tires are being pyt on wheels -of prucks of the British armg } he | one great-| He told Mellie how he traveled 117 | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., FRIDAY, MARCH 5. 1926. RETIREMENT BILL REPGRT DUE SOON Prospect of Action Mondayi Is Seen—Hudson Insist- ent for Measure. With the liberalized civil service retirement hill about to he reported out of the House commit:ee, probably next Monday, with the prospect that it will he called up for consideration on the floor the following week, Rep- resentative Grant M. Hudson, Re- publican, of Michigan, a member of the subcommittee that drafted the bill, appealed to the House late yes- terday to pass this rellef measure. House Leader Tilson said yester- day that he is sympathetic to allow ing opportunity for consideration of the new retirement legislation im- mediately following the passage of the big annual fon bills. | All of the appro bills, with the exception of deficiency | measure, will he reported Lo the House next week he uverape now being 1o supernnuunted employes of vernment ix enitrely 100 low.” son emphasized, and he it that the employes them ! annuity paid th M pointed selvas portion ment actus eiirement | 1T Success After Long Fight. After more than dec: agitation and experiance ¢ vielded to the pleas for humane deal- ings on the part of the Government with i« employes and enacted, in May, 1820, the Federal retirement act”" said Mr. Hudson “This s an age of specialized em plovment.” he continued. “It 18 a machine age. the jack of all trades of the old day has no place in our sys- tem of industry. Hence every great industrial organization has recognized this principle and placed In operation retirement plans for their employes ranging in a retirement age from 5 to 65 vears after periods ranging from 16 to 30 vears of service. “The Federal employe. as a rule. it he continued his service with the Gov- ernment, acquires a degree of skill and knowledge of great value to the Government, but which in ordinary business has no counterpart and for which there is little market “This fact makes it all the more in cumbent on the Government ald the employes in establishing an an nuity for retirement. The Civil Serv- ice provisions of Government emplo ment make continuance in service dependent upen efficiency and charac- | ter. Now if we can make our retire- | ment provisions above starvation amounts we can secure a_class of em- ploves who can give all their energies to a career of the highest public use fulness and service. Present Annuity Too Low. “The present law provides entirely too low an annuity, with the resuit at great groups of employes are kept from retiring because it weuld mean starvation to themselves and depender “The average annuity amounts to £45.35 per month, a pitiable sum for an annultant to feed and clothe and house himself and an aged com- panfon on. “The retirement law has been in operation for six years. There are now about 11,600 persons on the annufty roll, while about 8341 have been dropped on account of death-—more than 900 within the past vear. The average amount being paid to those on the retired list is about $530 per annum. show that to the v fiures o an actual saving | sury i two No Cost to Government, “The expenditures from the retire ment fund are being met entirely hy the deductlons from the salaries of the emploves of the Government, plus the interest and profits on the surplus available for investment. The Gov ernment has not been called npon for any appropriation whatever to meet any of the expenditures from the re tirement fund, and there is no good reason to anticipate that any appro- priation for the purpose will he re- quired within the next 26 years. “In estimating the cost to the Gov ernment of retiring its employes in- capacitated by age, or physical or mental disability, little attention has been given to the incidental saving to the Government. It is evident that for the fiscal year 1924 the Government, had it pald directly from the Treasury the entire cost of all the annuitles, would actually have saved some $580,000 in cash. Add to this the cash value of the Increased efficiency and improved morale of the service due to the nu merous promotions and introduction of new blood and we may count a the Government of not only but of manw times the total $880.090, of annuities paid for that amount vear. Defects of Law Seen. “Five years' experience reveals the incomplete success in achieving the purpose of the law—a better grade of employves, a reduction of coste and justice to the workers, “To remedy the situation the pres- ent law must be liberalized. “The first need is to provide for a more adequate annuity. “This annuity at least should he $1,200 as a maximum. There should be added a provision for optional re- tirement after 30 years of service at any age comparable to the class of service rendered, and that the bene- fits of this liberalized law shall be ap- plicable to those already on the roll of annuitants. The increases for the retirement are expedient, modest and equitable. They are fair to the younger workers and to the loyal workers. It will en- able the higher executive to provide automatic retirement without being urged to heed requests for further ex- tensions beyond retirement age. “It will make possible the elimina- tion of the inefficient veteran with an honorable and adequate retirement. It will improve the morale of the entire Government force and reduce to the minimum the turnover. Better Service Promised. “A better quality, an improved quality, of service must result, which, in turn, will result in a saving of thousands, yes, millions, of dollars in the aggregate to the taxpayer. “Thirty years of service belng a condition for optional retirement at certain ages is again a great incen- tive to a better morale. It recognizes that superannuation is a condition that comes at different times to differ. ent men rather than at an inflexible, definite age. It presents a direct com- prehensible challenge to & young em- ploye. “It is to be hoped that this meritori- ous legislation so earnestly asked for and justly expected will receive the overwhelming support of this body on both sides of the aisle. There ought to be no partisan division on the ques- tion. It will bring & new hope and a new incentive and a great peace in the hearts of thousands of our faith- ful employes.” R Mrs. Osmena’s Father Dies. MANILA, March 5 (®.—Mariano Limjap, wealthy merchant and father of Mrs. Sergio Osmena, wife of the Philippine Senator and National par ! leader, died today. Mrs. Osmena ) in Washingtony Admitted to U. 1 DRY REALIGNMEN MEASURE TACKLED House Committee Hears Cramton and Andrews on Separate Bureau Bill. By the Associated Press. Congress took up in earnest today the question of reorganizing the pro- hibition enforcement activities of the Government when the ways and means committee of the House be- gan congideration of a bill to create a separate prohibition bureau in the Treasury Department. The measure drafted by Represent- ative Cramton, Republican, Michigan, has heen favored by Secretary Mellon and Assistant Secretary Andrews, in charge of the prohibition unit. Such a change i3 needed to curb diversion of alcohol and make Fed- eral enforcement more effective, Mr. Cramton told the committee, Re sponsibility for individual law viola- tions, he suid, must be taken over in greater measure by State and local authorities to tighten up enforcement. Says Change Is Needed. Legislation is needed, Mr. Cramton sald, to "dignify with a bureau the machinery for coping with our most important natfonal problem.” States must carry on much of the k" in enforcement, he said, 2 ontrol must be strong enough to prevent laxity in one place from weaking enforcement in sur S CATHCART. OMAN SUSPECTED N DEATH MYSTERY Faces First-Degree Murder Charge in Case of Former Minnesota Clergyman. VERA, COUNT) By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL. Minn., March 5. investigation of the unexplained death of Knute B. Birkeland of Minneapolis former clergyman, was under way to day, while preparations were made by the attorney general's office for extradition proceedings nst Mrs. Mayme Hodge, held at Crosse Wis., on a first.degree murder plaint. After signing requisition pay the return of Mrs. Hodge to Minne sota to stand trial Gov. Theodore | Christianson requested Attorney Gen. eral Clifford L. Hilton to take charge of the e. “There are enough suspicious cir cumstances connected with the case to call for further investigation.” Christianson said in ordering a inquiry A number of prominent churchmen In Minneapolis had filed a petition with him requesting the State probe, Mr. Birkeland ness man, Augustburg Semina and former Luther found in a vacant apartment sev eral days after he disappeared last November. The woman held at La Crosse |s alleged to have rented the apartment a few days before Mr. Birkeland's disappearance. A coro. ner's jury held death was from un known causes. A State | a La com rs for A successful busi- in Minneapolis 1 preacher, was Plan Aviation Base in Alaska. ANCHORAGE, Alaska. March —The Anchorage City Council vester day appropriated $3.000 for the con struction of a hangar on a 30-acre aviation field here with a view of cre- | ating central aviation base in Alaska. a = o, $10,000 Damages Asked by Girl. I. Macks was sued for mages for injuries received a Nteinberg whéy a guest in J vy 17 last. Macks' car was in collision with another machine at Thomax Circ and his guest was infured. She is rep resented by Attorney Albert D). Esher. Herman $10,000 d; by Rebec his automobile Today in Congress Senate. Debate on the Muscle Shoals leas ing resolution was continued on the floor. The agriculture committee began hearings on the Haugen co-opera tive marketing bill, which has passed the House, as a farm relief measure The subcommittee in charge of the Steck-Brookhart senatorial con- test is in_ session. The subcommittee handling the contest between Senator Schall of Minnesota and former Senator Mag- nus Johnson will meet this after- noon to hear closing argument. The interstate commerce commit- tee held a hearing on a bill to r quire commodity containing lye and other caustic poisons to be labeled ““Polson."” The judiclary committee met In executive session to consider the bill to revise rules in common law practice. The public on with biil. lands committee went heurfngs on the grazing House. General debate continued on State and Justice, Commerce and Labor appropriation bill in the House. Several hundred persons attend hearing as protestants against Lankford Sunday bill for District of Columbia before subcommittee of House District committee, Subcommittee on District appro- priation bill completes its Hearing. Interstate and foreign commerce committee considers a number of hridge bills in executive session. The committee on agriculture considers farm relief bills at hear- Arctic whaler, trustee of | ). | rounding territory Milwaukee, in preprohibition days, he said, was such a breeding place of “disrespect.” “Would yon say that all police work in connection with enforcement should he given to the State?” askdd Representative Mills, Republican, New York. 0, 1 would not make it that strong,” Mr. Cramton replied, adding that decentralization should not be rried to a point whers it wonld weaken national enforcement. 'he Federa! bureau should have control of horder patrols, he sal®, es well as the Issuance of permits for a in order to prevent Andrews Ts Heard. Andrews, who followed Mr. ampton on the \d, declared ation of separate bureaun was an essential step in the plan. Customs and ( he said. should hay tus, 1 the ordinating the three “too big for any one man So long as the present organizatic is allowed to stand, he declared, 1} n be no “hope of efficient admf fon." The separate enough from ments to pay months, Gen. Andrews said “When will {t go hevond presentative Garner burean should take hootlegzers in assess- all its expenses in six that?" Demo. t t,” he re ¢ enforee. soon ing a bel soon become ale i a plied ment will business. G. 0. P. STANDS PAT ON FARM PROGRAM, SURE OF ELECTION (Continued from First Page.) profitable however, from such trine. They are out | farmers of the West | that_their interests lie of the Democratic ba reason. they are laying the work for an assanlt on the Ke protective tariff in the comi paign. Their plea to the farmers that the Republican party has huilt up strong bulwarks ahout certain big industries in this country to tr | ment of the farmer. who | sume the vroducts of { while it has failed to ca | problem as it should have done | Unless Demacrat by g0 to the farmers with a constructive | program, the prospects not | bright for a big ov this Republican doe- to_convince the and M in th iy at nd n cam hlic & farm n venr e farmers are stter than they hs It this on which are counting. In some of the S lowa. Republican « worried demands Senator Cumni McKinley of 1 nounced theis government is tes, ndidates legislati Towa and $ i, for exampl intentions of support aid 0 handling the | portab rplus of the farms. Tt hoth have sha tests on for nomination. these cases sporadic. Furthermore, has heen impos- sible so far for the farm representa tives from the farm States in Con- gress to get together on any single conerete proposition for handling the surplus crops. Coupled with the op | position of the administration to ting the Government actually in business of handling the sur crops, this makes the likeliho such legislation fmprohable at time. NEW PLAN SUBMITTED. Farm Representatives Prosgnt Pro- posal to Touse Committee. for enate wre 18 thi A new plan of farm relief, based on the Dickinson bill House agricultur by the Middle West inted at the Des Motnes Agricu tural Conference. Although along Dickinson measur eral alternatives. 'he Dickinson bill would established a Federal farm hoard and provide for levying agains the farmers an equalization fee and place it in a revolving fund which would he used to assure quate prices for surplus cropsa he fee would he collected on the firet sale of products from the farm The measure submitted today gests as alternatives a fee to he lected either at the manufacturi or processing point of agricultural products or else on the first sale in commerce. Marketing wounld be handled through the farmers' co-operative er. ganizations. The bill was said to have the lines of the it contain sug ing in caucus room of House Office Building. Foreign affairs committee con- siders Fish bill for monument to negro soldiers. Military affairs committee con- siders legislation for retirement for Nurse Corps of the Army and the Navy. Naval affairs committee con- tinues hearing on Navy Depart ment bill for equalization of rank as between staff and line officers. LaBor committee discusses con- vict-made goods. ‘Ways and means committee con- siders Mellon bill to establish bu- reau of customs and a bureau of prohibition. Committee on elections holds executive session. Merchant marine committee con tinues consideration in executive sessfon of propesed consolidation of bureaus in the Departmen: of Commeroe, " 1 the unanimous support of the delega- tion. SHOALS VOTE MONDAY. Senate Fixes Hour to Take Up Joint Committee Plan. The Senate reached a unanimous consent agreement today to vote at 3:30 o'clock Monday on the pending resolution authorizing the foint com- mittee of Congress to receive hids for the leasing of Muscle Shoals. Sen- ator Heflin of Alabama, leading the forces in favor of the resolution, obtained thix agreement after objec- tion had been made by Senat Blease of South Carolina, to fixi this afternocon for a vote, : . pan is not taking te the radio and selling out their stock &t