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WEATHER (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) “air, colder tonight, minimum tem- ture slightly above Highest, 63, freezing; to- at 4:30 : lowest, 45, at 6:15 a.m. to- all report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Lntered poxt offie 29,908, No. PLYMOUTH MOURNS AS IT PREPARES 10 BURY COL. COOLIDGE Simple Rites for President’s Father to Be Held in Home at 2 0’Clock. RETURN TO WAS_HINGTON WILL FOLLOW FUNERAL Road to Cemetery Cleared—Chief Executive Gets Farm on Which He Was Reared. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. TLYMOUTH, Vt., March 20.—There 1% i1 thick, soft, fine snow falling here toduy as the time draws near for the bviad of Cel. John Calvin Coolidge, the President’s father, at 2 o'clock. » scene presented, while pictur- s 4 genuinely wintry and som- w1 une, and those who have made the journey to this remote hamlet, the home of the Coolidges for five genera- to attend the funeral this aft- ernvon found the traveling none too easy. There was a thawing through- out this immediate secticn last night and early this morning, during part | «f which period it rained. Rain Turns to Snow. | Just before the presidential party started on its journey to the Notch from Woodstock, 14 miles distant, where they have been staying, the rain turned suddenly into snow—a sugar snow; at least, that is what the natives up here call it, explaining that it tells of the readiness of the sap to start running from the maple trees. While the trip made by President and Mrs. Coolidge, accompanied by their son John, was not entirely void of its diScomforts and momentary thrills, their destination was reached safely in nearly an hour's time. Al- though all about everything was snow covered and otherwise sugges- | tive of Wihter, there was no wind | blowing, and the temperature was | high. It was above the freezing point, | which 1s looked upon up here as be- ing extremely mild for this season of the year. Last Miles in Sleigh. The President and his family made half of these 14 miles in a closed automobile and the remainder in a sleigh. The latter was the same three-seated, snug affair used by them when they journeyed to the! Notch yesterday. They were well bundled to protect them from the elements and, although the going| was rough and slow, and the snow as it fell upon them was the wet| and melty kind, they did not seem to_mind it in the least. During their stay at the inn at Wondstock the President and his wife and son have kept to themselves within their rooms. Gov. Billings of | Vermont, whose home is in this vil- lage, called to pay his respects and to offer condolence. The only time the President has been out of his room, except to go to meals, was just before the evening meal last night, | when he went for a stroll through the little town. Received by Sargent. ‘When the President arrived today wt the quaint little white house, where lay the bodv of his father, he was received by Attorney General Sargent, who made the trip from Washington with the President, but who spent last night at the home of" his son-in- law, in Ludlow, 13 miles from | Plymouth, and Rev. John White,| Episcopal minister of Sherbourne, Vt., who has been preaching at the little Union Church at Plymouth during the Summer and who was a close friend of Col. Coolidge. It was the latter's wish that his old friend officiate at his funeral. The services are to be simple. There will be no eulogy, no singing or other music. The strict Episcopal service for the dead will be read at the home and at the cemetery the Episco- pal committal service will be read. The pallbearers will be six men of the Ver- mont National Guard who have been doing sentry duty. Floral Pieces Piled High. Scores of handsome floral pieces, mostly from members of the Presi- dent’s cabinet and other high officials of the Government und admirers of the colonel, were banked high about the small rooms of the house. The large wreath made-up by the White House speclalists, which arrived here by train this morning, was placed at the head of the casket. There was one wreath, possibly not %0 large and handsome 2as many of the others, but carrying with it a very deep expression of mpathy. It sent by the little hand nts of the Notch, the| men and women been in close _contact e colonel and who knew b 1t is ‘s intention to from the cemetery to station at Woodstock snd start at once his journey back 1o Washington, where he is sched- uled to arrive early tomorrow morn- ing. The President will take with him the hundreds of telegrams and other messages he has received since arriv- ing here conveying messages of con dolence. These he will answer upon his return. CEMETERY ROAD CLEARED. ! | Plymouth Townspeople Shovel Paths for Route of Cortege. PLYMOUTH, Vt., March 20 (#).— Tew of his neighbors were able to go about their usual tasks toflay while Col. Coolidge lay dead in his home. The passing of the squire has been a heavy shock to the community which he dominated for fourscore years, and the Plymouth folk gathered in groups all day to discuss the tragic event. But there were some details which could not be neglected. A force of laborers worked till dark clearing a | through great snow drifts to the little cemetery on hillside, where Coolidges are buried. The first Spring thaw had softened the snow and added to the difficulty of the task. vy tractor and snow plow drove through the drifts and shovelers fol- lowed behind, making a lane, with walls on_either side higher than a | ynan’s head. { lectman A Johnson lad the | | port second class matter Washington, . D. C 14 he ZEhening WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1926—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. REPORTED HOUGHTON REMARKS cism in Paris—Austen Opposition Edi By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 20.—A stir has been caused in official and diplomatic circles by dispatches from the United States saying that Ambassador Houghton has made pessimistic ob- servations at Washington regarding the situation in Kurope. (Such dispatches caused the is suance by the State Department yes- terday of the following statement: “The Department of State announces that neither Ambassador Houghton nor Minister Gibson has divulged to any unofficlal person the nature of thelr reports to the President or Bec- retary Kellogg.” Stories as to Mr. Houghton's views followed the dis- closure that American officlals were none too hopeful of the outcome of a preliminary conference on disarma- ment under the auspices of the League of Nations.) Commenting on Ambassador Hough- ton's visit to Washington the Dally PUBLIC HEARINGS ON WET MEASURES . WILL'BE PRESSED Subcommittee to Carry Fight for Consideration to Judiciary Group. By the Assoclated Press. Decision whether a flood of testi- mony on prohibition will be loosed upon the Senate judiciary committee will depend largely on how much sup- Senator Walsh, Democrat, Mon- tana, will find in his effort to over- throw the recommendation of a sub- committee that public hearings be held. Over the Senator's protest the sub- committee of five decided yesterday to ask the full committee to hold hear- ings o various modification measures, and he announced that his fight would be taken to the committee itself. The proposed program, which would give the wets and drys six days each in which to present their argu- ments, has the full support of Sena- tors Edge, Republican, New Jersey, and Bruce, Democrat, Maryland, wet leaders. While Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League, said his organization was not opposed to the hearing, he added that it would fight at every step any effort to weaken or strike out the prohibi- tion law. Advisers to Meet. The joint legislative committee, ac- cording to its chairman, Willlam H. Stayton, will meet soon to decide upon its testimony to be given against pro- hibition at the hearing. The commit- tee comprises representatives of the American Federation of Labor, the Assoclation Against the Prohibition Amendment, the Constitutional Lib- erty League of Massachusetts and the Moderation League, Inc. Under the subcommittee’s program, censideration of the bill by Senator Edwards, Democrat, New Jersey, for repeal of the Volstead act, would be postponed indefinitely, leaving five other measures on which to focus testimony. The first of these is the constitutional amendment proposed by Senator Bruce to give the Govern- ment control of manufacture and dis- tribution of intoxicants and to restore local option. Others for Modification. The other four bills would modify the Volstead act—one by Senator Ed- wards to legalize 4 per cent beer; two by Senator Edge to legalize 2.75 per cent beer and also beer ‘“not intoxi- cating in fact,” and a fourth to remove the present restriction of prescription whisky. The subcommittee believes the testi- mony should not enter the wide chan- nel of debate as to whether prohibi- tion has been a success or failure, but should be confined to the bills under consideration. Senators Edge and Edwards plan to call law enforcement officers, ministers and educators to support their pro- posals, while Senator Bruce will have Canadlan officials explain the law in that country under which the govern- ment controls the distribution of liquor. Spinal Meningitis Spreads. BOISE, Idaho, March 20 (#).—Sev- eral additional cases and one death from spinal meningitis have been re- ported to David Burrell, State com- missloner of public welfare, bf Dr. R. M. Fouch, State medical director, The public schools at Post Falls have been closed, Dr. Fouch an- nounced, adding that several of the five cases there are virulent. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 20.—So careful are the rallroads when a President travels that a pilot train is sent ahead to test the tracks and virtually all routine is upset that he may reach his destination safely. Even the hundredth chance of accldent or delay is eliml- nated, H. J. Reynolds, an assistant su- perintendent of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rallroad, said to- day in describing the trip of Presi- dent Coolidge to Vermont. The highest executives took per- sonal charge of the President's spe- clal. Block controls were examined, and hand-picked veteran crews wers selected for the pilot train and the spe- cial. Rallroad police were at signal offices and stations along the route. All of these details were worked out by division heads, Mr. Reynolds said, and each head or his representative rode the length of the division as an extra precaution. The pilot n had a full crew, bug no passengers. Be- sk of preparinz the g in a plot (wontiaued wi Lage & Columa 5 ween it amd fhe speciul all train WAYSWORL Was susondeds ___ jdelivered CAUSE SENSATION IN EUROPE Dispatches, Denied Here, Bring on Storm of Criti- Chamberlain Scored by tors in London. Chronicle, which opposes the govern- ment, blames Sir Austen Chamber- lain, the foreign secretary, for “the Geneva fiasco” and adds: “Unless Chamberlain can place his conduct In quite a different light there is every reason to fear that | the Coolidge administration, which hitherto has been drawing visibly nearer in sympathy with Great Britain and the League of Natlons, will draw sharply away again from both, The Dally Express says that it is | useless and perilous to prolong “the farce of the league.” “America, which founded the league,” It adds, “foresaw the com- plications and stood back at the last moment. The British government might do worse than to give serious consideration to such a step.” A suggestion that it might be bet- ter it the Latin American nations were out of the league altogether was made in a speech last night by Lieut. Col. L. C. M. Amery, secre- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Mad Dogs Bite 820 As Vagrant Animals Menace Leningrad By the Associated Press. LENINGRAD, Russia, March 20. —The Pasteur Institute here is besieged by victims of the rabfes. In the last two months 820 cases have been reported and 69 mad dogs have been killed. A Moscow dispatch late in Janu- ary sald five persons were dead there from rables caused by the bites of animals suffering from hydrophobia. The disease was spreading, it was said, because of a plague of wolves and vagrant dogs and cats in the city and sur- rounding area. FIVEPLANES TOAID WAR ON RUM ROW Will Be Put in Operation by November to Fight Trade in Atlantic. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 20.—A call has been issued for five “seaworthy” air- planes to aid the United States Coast Guard in its twofold war against the sea and the smuggler. With the aug- mented air force, as provided by the recent emergency appropriation by Congress, the Coast Guard will ma. terially increase the effectiveness of its vigil over rum row and the storm- endangered channels of trade. After a recent meeting of a Coast Guard Board appointed to recommend the future policy of the organization in matters of Air Service expansion, Lieut. Comdr. S. S. Yeandle, aide to the commandant of the Coast Guard and a member of the board, told the Associated Press that the five new planes must be delivered not later than November 1 of this year. To_Use Old Types. “In order to eliminate unnecessary expenditure in experimentation and t assure quick action,” he said, “the board will call upon airplane manu- facturers to submit types or models now in existence or already designed, rather than to seek an entirely new type peculiarly fitted to the Coast Guard's needs. ‘Each plane will be equipped with radlo in order to be able to communi- cate with patrol boats. The plane will be assigned the duty of keeping watch upon the attempts of vessels to smug- gle into the country liquor or other llicit merchandise. “But this will be only a small part of its task. Its regular work will be hunting for derelicts menacing the trade routes, seeking out ships in dis- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. MINISTER “MA’S” RIVAL. Will Run for Governor of Texas “to Save Souls From Death.” NAPLES, Tex., March 20 (#).—The Rev. O. F. Zimmerman, known to Texans as “Zim the Tithing Evange- list,” says he will enter the race for Governor of Texas, provided he re- celves encouragement to do so. The prospective candidate is a Methodist minister and 2 Democrat. His plat- form centers around ‘“saving Texas from political entanglements and legal technicalities.” Mr. Zimmerman said he favored ousting the “monkey educators” from the school system and saving Texas from political entanglements “to make it possible for her ministers to save her souls from death.” Mrs. Mirlam A. Ferguson, incum- bent, has announced her candidacy for re-election. Precautions That Guard President’s Trains Caused Death Message Slip-Up Special police were aboard, and along the route relief engines waited with steam up. As long as the special was in transit the heads of the railroads were in constant touch with it. Mr. Reynolds has supervised trips of Presidents Roosevelt and Wilson, the Prince of Wales and other noted personages. He made the trip from New York to New Haven with Presi- dent Coolidge. The precautions taken were 8o strict, he sald, that they nearly pre- vented President Coolidge from receiv- ing the Associated Press dispatches of his father's death. ““As we came into Bridgeport, said, “I saw a red light against us. I could not understand it. Then we were told that the Assoclated Press had signaled us. But as a newspaper man was hand- ing the dispatches aboard the train e railroad policeman on the platform grabbed for it. The dispatch was torn in half, and the message had to be e ik i LEAGUE WILL HAVE NO PART IN GOURT ENTRANCE BY 1. . State fiepanment Denies Conference Will Be Under Geneva Body Auspices. | STATEMENT IS REJOINDER TO ADHERENCE ENEMIES Houghton's Alleged Reports Dis- counted Here, But No Formal Comment Is Made. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The United States stands in no danger of becoming involved in the affairs of the League of Nations be- cause of the proposed convocation of representatives of the members of the World Court September 1 in Geneva to pass upon the American reserva- tions, upon which the entry of this country into the World Court is con- ditioned, it was sald at the State De- partment today. The information cbtained at the State Department was interpreted as a rejoinder to criticisms by opponents of American adherence to the World Court that the action of the council of the League of Nations calling such a conference for September 1 and asking the United States to send a representative was “only what was to be expected” and a first step into the affalrs of the league. ‘Will Be Court Parley. The proposed session will be a con- ference of members of the World Court as such, and not a league con- terence, it was pointed out. Furthermore, if the members of the World Court desire to act upon and accept the reservations of the United States jointly there is no disposition on the part of this Government to ob- Jject. ‘Whether the United States will send a representative to attend the confer- enoe of the World Court members in September will depend upon the char- acter of the invitation, it was indi- cated at the department. There is no authority, it was explained, to send an American representative with power to amend, modify or interpret the reservations adopted by the Senate. Denial was made at the State De- partment that the United States Gov- ernment had been sounded out on the proposal for the World Court con- ference before it was made by Sir Austen Chamberlain at a meeting of the league council on Thursday, and adopted by the council. Silent on Houghton Case. The State Department today re- frained from commenting upon the re- ports from Europe that the publica- tion abroad of statements alleged to have been made by Ambassador Houghton and Minister Gibson to the President and Secretary Kellogg had created a sensation in forelgn capi- tals. It was declared, however, that when a policy of the department was to be announced, the announcement would come from Secretary Kellogk and not from Ambassador Houghton. The State Department does not understand, it was sald today, that the League of Nations claims any power or jurisdiction to pass upon reservations relating to the World Court or that it has attempted to do 80. On the contrary, the information of the State Department is to the effect that all that has been done is that the council of the League of Nations has suggested that the na- tions adhering to the World Court shall each select representatives to meet at Geneva on September 1 to discuss these reservations; that this will not be action by the league, but a conference among representatives of the nations which under the reso- lution must accept them in writing before American adherence becomes effective. It these nations desire to take this course there could be no possible ob- Jection to their doing so, it was sald at the department, as it is imma- terfal to the United States whether each nation accepts separately upon its own judgment with reference to these reservations or acts after con- sultation with the others. The State Department, it was made clear, has no authority to enter into any kind of an agreement, either as to the modification or any interpreta- tion of the reservations or any amendment of the statute of the ‘World Court beyond what is required by the American reservations them- selves. Carried Out Senate Wishes. Reservations 2 and 5 in relation to the election of judges of the court and advisory opinions given by the court, If accepted by the other coun- tries signatory to the statute, will ipso facto constitute an amendment to the statute to that extent. The only function the League of Nations will have to perform in con- nection with this matter, it was de- clared, is that when the United State has become a party to the court the council and the assembly will provide a procedure by which the United States shall have equal participation with the other nations in the election of judges. But this action would come only after the other 48 States which are members of the court had accepted the Amer- jcan reservations and the United States had attached its signature to the protocol establishing the court. The State Department does not see that the action by the council of the league could affect the United States in any way, and the only thing that has heen done is that the Initiative has been taken to suggest a con- ference among all the nations, which must accept the American reserva- tions before American adherence be- comes effective. The department has followed the course outlined by the Senate, it was said, and has sent the reservations to the individual nations, simply notifying the secretariat of the league, which is the custodian of the original protocol. Count Thrown From Horse. ROME, March 20 (#).—Count Carlo Calvi di Bergolo, husband of Princess Yolanda, eldest daughter of the Itallan sovereigns, was injured today when thrown from his horse. He was hurt internally, but, #§ is be- Star. * Police Will Arrest Fifth of Population By End of Year at Present Dizzy Rate Edwin B. Hesse, major and super- intendent of police, carefully scanned the police reports for January and February today, and mused that if | his policemen continue at their pres- ent pace throughout the year a fifth of the District's total population will have been arrested when 1927 arrives. The months of January and Febru- ary produced 16,414 arrests, the re- ports showed. Using the simple proc- ess of multiplication, Maj. Hesse fig- ured that by the end of the year, pro- vided, of course, the police do not relax in their efforts, 98484 arrests would result. Arrest figures for March as far as it has progressed have not been com- plled, but the police chief explained that his men are still setting a dizzy pace. While he admires their activ- ity, he does not point with pride to the situation. It's one of despair and dismay from his point of view. The arrest of onefifth of its citizens, he said, will likely give Washington a reputation of being a crime-ridden v, which is far from the truth. The majority of the arrests thus far this year, 8,543 to be exact, were for violation of the traffic regulations. Five hundred and ninety were for felonies and the rest were for mis- cellaneous minor offenses. Ma). Hesse is incHned to believe that the great number of arrests is due primarily to a large number of regula- tions against minor offenses, which he is charged with enforcing. Arrests in 1925 totaled 78017, ac- cording to the police department’s rec- ord, but Maj. Hesse is confident that this number will be far exceeded this year. B. C. FISCAL PLAN DUE FOR HEARING House Subcommittee Starts Considering Cramton Bill Next Tuesday. Hearings on legislation to change the fiscal relations between the Fed- eral and District governments aré to start next Tuesday before a subcom- mittee of the House District commit- tee, of which Representative Beers, Republican, of Pennsylvania is chair- man. The hearings are started at this time to make good the pledge by Chairman Zihlman of the House Dis- trict committee in the House, when the District appropriation bill was under consideration and when Repre sentative Cramton, Republican, of Michigan sought to make permanent the lump sum contribution by the Federal Government which has been in operation as an experiment for the last two years. Amendment Withdrawn. Mr. Cramton agreed to withdraw his amendment on the promise of Mr. Zihlman that within two weeks he would see that the Distrist com- imittee acted upon a measure to deter mine theé fiscal policy between the Federal and District governments. Mr. Zihlman, as chalrman of the District committee, introduced a joint reselution to create a joint committee of Congress to inquire into and report on fiscal matters between the United States and the District of Columbia, which has been referred to the House committee on rules. The rules com- mittee is not likely to take any action at this session of Congress. Pending before the District legisla- tive committee is a bill by Mr. Cram- ton to fix at $9,000,000 annually the amount to be contributed by the United States toward defraying the expenses of the National Capital. It is on this bill that the subcommittee hearings will be held. Maneuver for Inquiry. ‘While this measure is under con- sideration an effort will be made to amend it by providing for thorough in- vestigation and study of the entire question by a joint committee, as pro- posed in the last Congress by Repre- sentative Moore, Democrat, of Vir- ginia, in a resolution similar to the Zihlman resolution now pending be- fore the rules committee. Another bill to be considered by the Beers subcommittee on final relations provides for the refund of $25,000 to Columbia Hospital for Women, which has been required to be paid into the United States Treasury from the sur- plus revenues of the hogpital. The subcommittee on fiscal relations is composed of Representatives Beers of Pennsylvania, Bowman, West Vir- ginia; Bowles, Massachusetts; Blanton, Texas, and Sullivan, New York. MEXICAN REBELS YIELD. Forces Operating in Vera Cruz Sur- render to Government. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 20 (#).—Rebels operating in the State of Vera Cruz under the leadership of Col. Victorian Saldana have surrendered to the Mexican government, the war department at Mexico City advised the Mexican cohsulate here. These rebels, according to officials at the consulate were harassing traffic and looting villages between Mexico City and Vera Cruz. Radio Programs—Page 30 BRYAN MEMORIAL URGED AT POINT Officials Seek Site in Po- tomac Park for $1,000,000 Project. The William Jennings Bryan memo- rial to be located in Washington prob- ably will be placed on Hains Point and extend back some distance in Potomac Park, if that section of Washington's park system can be ob- tained for the purpose, it was de- cided at a meeting of the Bryan memorial officials with Josephus Dan- fels, national chairman, last night at the Hotel Lafayette. ‘The meeting was called for the pur- pose of discussing ways and means of conducting the campaign for funds for the $1,000,000 mentorial and, to some degree, details of the memorial itself. The campaign will take a definite form here in the near future. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, suggested at the meeting that a Sunday be set apart in all churches of this city— Catholic, Protestant and Jewish— when a special opportunity could be given for contributions to the me- morial fund for the Commoner. Bishop Freeman declared he believed all of the local congregations would gladly support the enterprise. A new feature for the memorial was proposed by Senator Walsh of Mon- tana, designed to enhance its attrac- tiveness. Would Include Searchlight. Senator Walsh proposed, in the event the Federal Government will dedicate the Hains Point section of Potomac Park for that purpose, that in addition to the carillons that are to be placed in the tower, a great searchlight be added. A searchlight would serve im a practical way as a guide to shipping coming up the Potomac to the Washington wharves. It would also add to the aesthetic qualities of the proposed memorial, symbolizing the ideals and helpful Influences of the Commoner. The suggestion was met with the general approval by the many committee workers present and the idea will be considered in detail later. Mr. Danfels, Thomas Rees, Spring- field, IIl., publisher, and Manton M. Wyvell, secretary of the “‘Washington committee, and others will confer to- day with Charles A. Moore and other members of the Fine Arts Commission regarding plans decided upon thus far. Later conferences are to be had with Maj. U. S. Grant, 3d, officer in charge of the public buildings and public parks of the National Capital, and then an appeal will be made to Con- gress for the necessary authority for the erection of the memorial. Mr. Daniels will leave Washington this evening, but will return for further conferences within two weeks. Says Congress Will Approve. Senator Walsh, Senator Fletcher and Representatives Oldfleld and Crosser told the committee they could count on approval by Congress of plans approved by the Fine Arts Com- mission, The funds for erecting the Bryan memorial here will be raised by volun- teers, it was decided. An executive secretary will be appointed to handle the necessary routine work here, but no professional collecting agents will be employed. ‘The purpose, it was explained today by Charles M. Galloway, vice presi- dent of the District of Columbia Bryan Association, is to make certain " ionigped on Faga b Coliinn Z) ¢ as fast as th Yesterday's WOULD BAR STAGE 0 YOUNG CHILDREN School Attendance Director Seeks to Prevent Paid Appearances. Alarmed over the appearance of school children in paid theatrical per- formances and their growing prefer- ence for Charlestoning rather than studying, Miss Fay L. Bentley, di- rector of the department of school at- tendance and work permits, today is taking steps to put an end to this situation. Armed with data concerning two specific cases, Miss Bentley conferred with Daniel Garges, secretary, Board of District Commissioners, yesterday afternoon to learn whethef the neces- sary permits had been issued in these cases as required by the 1908 chlld labor law. She found they had not, and made it plain that she will call a halt on further reilance of Washing- ton theatrical managers upon school children under 14 years of age to “fill in” on their programs. Mr. Garges assured Miss Bentley that it has been the policy of the Commissioners not to issue permits to school children under 14 years to ap- vear at paid theatrical performances, even on so-called “amateur nights.” He said that the 10 permits which have been issued since January, for the most part, have gone to out-of- town children coming here with pro- fessional troupes. It is the view at the Franklin School that many parents have been permit- ting their children to take part in the theatrical performances without the knowledge that permits were necessary. It is also belleved that some parents who have obtained per- mits for a single engagement have considered them “blanket authority” for their children to continue indefi- nitely in such entertainments. Miss Bentley, therefore, first will thoroughly acquaint parents with the necessity for getting a permit for each appearance of their children, and then she will receive the co-operation of the Commissioners by not having such permits issued when the appearance of the children will in any way inter- fere with their school wdrk. Only within the past few days school children under 14, it 1s said, appeared at a motion picture house in the northeast, while another case in- volves a prominent dance hall. In the northeast case the children are sald to have appeared on a school night. School officials believe that the par- ticipation of school children under 14 years is detrimental to thelr school work for several reasons—first, it is found that they spend time in the theatrical work which should go to study perfods, while in many cases they are so fatigued from their night appearances that they stay home from school the next day. Also it tends to develop a yearning for ‘the great white way,” which is considered most detrimental. CLEMENCEAU STARTLES PARIS BY REAPPEARANCE Senate and Press Excited When Tiger Enters Lobby—But Only on Way to Library. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, March 20.—Clemenceau, France's war-time premier, appeared in the Senate lobbles and committee deliberation rooms yesterday for the first time since he was defeated for the presidency of the French republic by M. Deschanel, in 1920, sending a thrill through the upper house and exciting queries, such as, “Has the Tiger decided to re-enter the political arena The aged statesman immediately was surrounded by Senators of all political shades, while the newspaper men scurried to telephones to give the startilng news to headquarters. It turned out that Clemenceau merely came to consult the superb library of the Senate with a view to gathering material for a theosophical work— “God's Influence on Earthly Affairs Throughout the Ages." In spite of his 86 years, the former premier appeared as alert as the men about him. Reno Mayor in Senate Race. RENO, Nev., March 20 (#).—E. E. Roberts, mayor of Reno and formerly Representative In Congress from Ne- vada, vesterday announced his candi dacy f¢ the Republican nominati for the United States Senate against Honades Kaslisk bo l UP) Means Associated Press. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star's carrier system cove eyery city block and the regular edi tion is delivered to Washington homes e papers are printed. Circulation, 104,080 TWO CENTS. 16 KILLED, 17 HURT BY MOLTEN METAL INFURNACE BLAST Ore Receptacle Blows Up, Scattering Death Cloud Hundreds of Feet. EXPLOSION IS SECOND AT PLANT THIS MONTH Two Other Workers, Missing, Be- lieved to Be Buried Under Debris. Doctors Work Feverishly. By the Aesoctated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March At least 16 men were killed and 17 others injured in an explosion that wreci.: furnace No. 2 of the Wortwrd Iron 0., 10 miles wam <f Birmingham today. The full extent of the casualties wag not known until additional bodies were removed from the debris, and, in addi tion to the 16 identitied dead, 2 negro workers were missing and it was fear- ed they were buried in the debris. _ Deputy Coroner Crowe made puls lic a revised list of the dead as fol lows: Howard I Mussey, furnace superintendent ; Bull Rutherford, l"?rest W. Lawley, E. B. Martin, Jess Wolth, all white, and Henry Funder berg, Clifford Ball, Joe Cade, Joe Dean, F. H. Holton, Percy Collins, \}'llllam Perry, d Brown, Ed Bibbh, Earl Y. Brown and Henry Calhoun, negroes, Several of the bodies were huried under the wrecked plant, and it was hours before they were sighted, was believed at first that workers about the furna caped and that only but search reveuled hidden in debris. The top of the furnace was lifted. and moiten metal spr over an area of several hundred feet. The men who caught the force of the flamins cloud had no chance to esqape. Scores of other employes were working just outside the area covered by the scat- tering metal. The furnace was an iron maker, pig iron being produced after ore had been meited. Hundreds of tons of ore in the receptacle was a liquid mass. The cause of the accident had not been de- termined. The injured were removed to the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co.'s hospital at Fairfield. It was feared that a number of them would not survive. Two fatalities occurred March 4 in a similar explosion at furnace No. 1 of the same company. Frank Crockard, president of the company, said so far no reason had been found for the furnace giving way. Record runs were made by ambu lance surgeons from Bessemer, Birm- ingham, Fairfield and Ensley. By the time the injured had been removed from the furnace room to the high way nearby doctors were ready to recelve them. Each wounded man oc- cupled an ambulance all to himself, and the run to the Falirfield Hospita! was made at speeds of more than : miles an hour. MAN BELIEVED KILLED FOR MAP OF GOLD MINE Woman Who Found Body Held. Location of Claim Is Unknown to Authorities. By the Assoclated Press. OAKLAND, Calif., March 20.—Be lieved by police to have been slain for information as to the whereabouts of a mysterfous gold mine, Macario Timon, 50, was found with his throat cut in his home here. Mrs. Gregorio Garcia, who reported tscovery of the slain man to the po lice, was held for investigation. A" map, supposedly showing the loca- tion of a mine, was found under a seal on a photograph holder. Last De cember 12 Timon submitted a sumple of ore to a chemist for assay. The sample was assayed at 41 cents to the ton. The location of his claim is un known. $200,000 LOSS BY FIRE. Engine Room of Brooklyn Gas Company Is Destroyed. NEW YORK, March 20 (®).—Fire which destroyed the engine room of the Brooklyn Union Gas Co.'s Nassau branch in the Willlamsburg section of Brooklyn today caused damage esti- mated at $200,000 and created alarm because of its proximity to gas storage tanks. Three hundred families were driven from their homes and 30 firemen were overcome by gas fumes before the flames were extinguished. A suction engine exploded in the engine room, but the blast was not powertul. Soon after the blaze start ed, the flywheel of a larger engine flew off, piercing a gas holder in the same building. The escaping gas, which caught fire, added to the perils of the firemen. dozen bodies GETS WRIT AGAINST WIFE Navy Yard Employe Secures In- junction to Ban Molesting. Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court has granted John D. Ingalls, an employe of the Navy Yard, an injunction against his wife, Viola B. Ingalls, 2264 High street southeast, to prevent her from molesting him and from trying to secure his discharge from the Government service. The chief justice remarked that wives have been enjoining their hus- bands and now it is time for the hus- band to be equally protected. Mrs. In- galls has pending a suit for divorce from her husband. 17-Day-0ld Baby Under Knife. CHICAGO, March 22 (#).—One of the world’s youngest appendicitis vic- tims, u 17-day-old boy, is recovering today from an emergency operation performed by Dr. Benjumin H. Break- stone, chief surgeon of & Chicage