Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. <. Weatber Bureau tly cloud: niz cloudine moderate toda, Temperatu y . " i . Fore: 3 tomorrow in- s, slowly rising tem- north and north- ires:_Highest, 45, at T a.am, Fntered as second elass matte WASHINGT( No. 1.096—No. COL. COOLIDGE LAID 10 REST; FUNERAL SERVICES SIMPLE| Brief Rites in Home Precede Burial in Snow-Clad Plymcuth Cemetery. GRIEF OF PRESIDENT’S FAMILY IS APPARENT Chief Executive Begins Return to Capital in Afternoon—Due Here Early Today. BY J. RUSSELL YOUY PLYMOUTH, V1 aul simply he wl died, ¢ hn Calvin € as father of the President of the United buried in the little snow ide cemectery here this who stood in the with Mrs. 15 the hody Nidze v the open gray hy his sidy he abie X vene wits 1 s last resting pl uong the Lills he loved so dearly, had carried wit the Jatter's wishes regarding the ity to mark his funeral. All as his father would hav cless, the plain, brief rites little white frame house lwen the home of the Cool- . and at the cemetery vhed deep in snow, were highly in ) ive. Th were marked deeply with suppre: feeling and with ity the President and well through Coolidge hore up but their grief t ey so hravely holding back was plainly evident to those who stood near. ol P the officiating At we the ciergyman 29,909, lowered office, Washington, D. C. “(Iounlry Club Life’ Draws Men to Jail, i.Police Chief Avers By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 20.—Most con- victed criminals live better in jail than they do outside the bars, and enjoy life as much as it they were members of the country club set, Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins sa % <ed the pro- gram of Police Commissioner Me- Laughlin of New York for a re- turn to the ball and chain, and # bread-sind-water diet and hard labor in jalls and prisons, Reinstztement of old-fashioned n customs would do away with ndard of oomfor: which ac- v entices some men to Collins believes, TOLL OF FURNACE * BLASTREACHES 21 Six Others Seriously Injured and One Missing After Metal Bursts Tank. By the Associated Press. BIRMI 1AM, Al Four hundr slushing and all tions when furnace of the Wood- i“unl Iron (o, cxploded early today. March tons of molte puttering in 20.— metal, dir ed the insiant death of 16 w ers, five othiers died in a hospital to- ht from Lurns and six others wer fr a serious condition. One man still s missing. ! The Sh-toot steel ironmaker gave | way without warning, and the whir! nd swish that came with the down-| pour of metal told those outside the ; flaming area what had happened. A i number of workers were cafght in the jmolten iron are and killed instantly. | Those not directly in the path of the shower were caught In its scat- d sheets, which inflicted grave in- to some of the men who are yet The explosicn wrecked { water pipes and sent into the mass | with the me! led to the The steam and thelr contents The mixing of water al and burni havoc. Juhn White of Sherbour , o Plymouth N unusual in the history of iron making Sunday during the Su; _{in this district. The cause of it has duct services st the Linion € Jinot been determined. ‘The furnu This little community cannot afford a | Was heated full blast, and blew up just yegulur preacher, so it confines uw;wnuv time for the cooling process to ehurch going to the Summer period. | begin. I 1‘.1']>.k(.-'“\"‘-| aver: the ruads 1s e “She brole off at the third ring, then, Just where the water pipes go in,” de- vl clergyman had endeared clured an old ironmaker ‘who ' wasi Limself greatly to Col. Coolidge and |standing nearby. The furnace was 19 ited him during his de- | lect in diameter and was heavily lined jonel had said - . Mr. White to officiate at his tuner This wish too was carried out by the son. The Episcopal gervice for the dead was read at the house amd the Episcopal committal coremony was read at the grave. It all took less than an hour., and Col. John, as this gaunt Vermonter was affectionately called by so many in this section, had been buried just as a loving father and an honored citizen There was nothing to suggest that he had even known a President of the United States much less having been the father of one, Present. that hordered Guardsmen The only detail slightest on pomp was the presence of six uniformed voung men, mem- bers of the National Guard of Wind- sor County, who had been detailed 1 Gov. Billings as a_mark of the high esteem in which John Coolidge was held in his native State. These silent men took turns doing sentinel duty yesterday and today, @ later se s the body carriers. There were no pallbearers other th The funeral service was tonducted made histe in . when Calvin s President of Iministered by table which was used ixion had been taken today. The litte turnished the The liv living room ust th in the An the United his father room which was i > roon in ot one e o means comodious e cleared for tod Many floral pieces, Dragrant and hand wer placed near the sket, The wreath of lilies of the valley, made up at the White House, | hoarvived here only this . was placed at the head of as a tribute from the Pres- t and his family. It was the only plece taken to the grave. All @ tn bhe gziven to the n; seh country at the su Mre, Coolidge. 18k ices. Only = attended the ROUVICes 8 and the tery. s the ident there were ) the latter Juhnson, sexion of the ivmouth with the il of the villa Azro church e of seve in the t this was an arduous task. wits deep and below it was thickly jce and then N round. lozs were burned above the te the work less difficult. needed no instructions from | any one about his part in the detail of his old friend. yme time ago, just after first heart block in of the buryin colonel had., he suffered his November, instructed him about this i derail. o saiil today that the rolonel knew hiack in November th Be was nearinz the end of his trail, and in his customary precise and mat. ter-of fact manner, wanted to “make ready,” as Azro expressed it Headstone in Place. There already is granite head- Atone marking the grave. The col onel’s name is cut in it and below his | name in patirehal order follow the names of his two wives and the daughter, the President’s died when he w seiected for the colonel rectly behind the stone. of it are reserved lots f Coolidge, Mrs. the extreme right is young grave, as yet unmarked by a head- stone, but today marked with a fresh wreath of flowers from the White he colonel’s stone is the general iption, “‘Coolidge.” The lettering ain just like many others in this Beneath the the roll John €. Coolidge, ."" (The date of side burial ground. is word *Coolidge March 31, the colonel’s death will be cut in later.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) the | -lmo Lewis Edson Waterman, founder ‘i of the The | of the with firebricks Rescue crews, quickly formed, be- zan the lask oi removing the injured und then the dead. Moie than an hour | was required for the metal to cool. It ad run in a great mass for some dis- tance and then trickled off in lesser streams, making weird figures about the plant. PEACE IN MOROCCO | LIKELY IN FEW DAYS Abd-el-Krim Reported to Have Made Offers Which French Probably Will Accept. By the Associated Prese. PARIS, March 20.—Peace probably will be established in Morocco within a few days, according to information coming from quarters which gen- erally are well informed. | Officially the foreign office declares | that nothing is known about the pos- { sibility of peace pourparlers with the insurgent Riffian tribesmen, but Paul Painleve, minister of war, replving | to an interpellation by Pierre Renau- del in the Chamber of Deputies army ee today, lent color to the re- | | i may the government is opportunity “that serious the Riff. ported that Abd-el-Krim, the v, had made definite pro ough accredited emmis- that they are now being the French ministry” of | be accepted. | to restore j studlea war and prabably w SON SUES F. D. WATERMAN FOR ESTATE ACCOUNTING by | Says Great-Uncle's Estate of $3,- 000,000 Was to Go to Him | | Under Will Terms. - | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. March 20.—Frank D. Waterman; fountain pen manufac- turer and unsuccessful Republican candidate for mayor of New York last Fall, is being sued by his son, 1. Waterman, for an accounting the $3.000,000 estate left by the | | Waterman Co. Asso- nk D. Waterman, as ciated with I defendants, in the suit are his cousin, L Waterman, jr., and his other son, Frank D. Waterman, jr. Young Waterman charges that in a will the late L. E. Waterman, who was his father's uncle, named Frank D. Waterman as trustee of the estate, providing that after the latter's death the estate should go to E. H. Water- man. father was asked for an | accounting of the estate, the younger Waterman charges, but this was re- fused, it was said. The plaintiff then resigned his position in the company. Frank D. Waterman is in Florida, {but a statement was issued at his fce declaring there was not the lightest basis for the charges.” coke add- | ccident was one of the most | ton Memorial Bridge across the Potomac. | A House provision of the bill de-| t b t] Senate in directing | | (Continued on 4, Column 4) SENATE APPROVES SHIFT OF FEDERAL BUREAU'S OFFICES Committee of the Whole | Favors $250,000 for Relocation. | ABSENCE OF QUORUM | DELAYS VOTE ON PLAN | on Shipping Board's Re- pairs Program. | The first step toward a comprehen- | sive relocation of many B ernment bureans - to make mory in Antageons use ord » ailable office space 1ken vesterday, when the Sen- | in committee of the whole adopt- | |ed an amendment to the independent | oftices appropriation bill authorizing 0,000 for that purpose. Final passage of the Dbill was de juyed until tomorrolv, however, when | it developed that there was not a quorum present to act after it had been reported from the committee of the whole to the Senate. of W N WITH DAILY EVEN N, D. SUNDAY MORNING, ING EDINON MARCH 21, ay Star, 1926.—120 PAGES. | The Public Buildings Commission for veral months has been working on a plan for the shifting of consid- erable number of bureaus from one building to another to economize on floor space, but the execution of the prog: been awaiting the neces sary moving fund. The money pro | vided for in the Senate | amendment | wouid be available not only for mov-| ing, but for alterations to buildings as well, 110,000 Square Feet Wasted. In offering the amendment yester- day Senator Smoot, chairman of the public buildings committee, predicted it would result in a saving to the Governmenr. He explained that it pund recently that 110,000 cel of space could he saved by locating scattered branches of the Interior Department under one toof in the Interfor Luilding. The space thus conserved, he sgid. would have a value to the Government $150,- 000 annually. The plan calls fc branches Do ation of rument Interior the reloc the Dbey in the 1in,” Nenator. Smoot told e want to take out of the Pension Building all pension ac- tivities and move them to the In-| terior Department and use the I’en- sion Office Building for purposes that will relieve the Treasury Department and give us room there that other- wise we must go out and rent at $1.50 a square foot. at least.” Absence of Quorum. After all amendments to the bill had been passed upon in committee of the whole and the measure was reported to the Senate for enactment, Senator Norris of Nebraska suggest. ed the absence of a quorum. Those in charge of the appropria- tion bill were anxious to have it dis- posed of and when the call of the rol failed to produce the required num ber, Chairman Warren of the appro. priation committee moved that the sergeant-at-arms be directed to com- municate with the absentees, At the end of an hour of waiting several more were still needed 10 make | a quorum, and at 7:10 o'clock Senator Warren moved that the Senate recess until noon tomorrow, at which time the independent offices bill aggin will be up for action. Several times while the Senators | present were waiting for a sufficient number of their colleagues to be | reached motlons to adjourn were | made, but each time they were voted | down. | $10,000 Authorized. | | ment authorizing $10,000 for current expenses of the publie buildings com- | mission. | Just before the Senate became in- | volved in the effort to round up a quorum Senator Norris failed in an effort to have an amendment adopt- ed which would have placed certain | restrictions on the Shipping Board in the matter of repairing vessels. | When a point of order was made | against his amendment and sustained | by the chair, Senator Norris raised points of order agzainst three other amendments inserted in the bill by the appropriations committee. The Nebraska Senator contended. they were the same as his arhendment and should also be stricken out if his The Chair overruled his points of order, whereupon Senator Norris said | he wanted to protest against the pro- cedure, contending that the Senate was following one rule on commit- tee amendments and a different rule on amenduients offered by individual Senators. It wag shortly after this | that the absence of a quorum was suggested, which finally led to the | Senate recessing without acting on | the bill. Includes Bridge Funds. The independent offices bill includes a number of items of interest to the District of Columbia, including $2,500,- 000 for continuing work on the Arling- By Cable to The Star and New York World. PARIS, March 20.—Inhabitants of a village across the Spanish frontier were thrown into a panic the other day when they saw coming down the lane one whom they had known in bygone times, but who had been dead for 12 years. “Grimaldos,” called, “it is you.” those who saw him They made the sign of the cross and fled as if they had seen a ghost. Grimaldos was a young shepherd. In 1924 he was murdered, as every one believeil, for two peasants were convicted of the crime on their own [ Villagers Flee in Panic When Man | Believed Slain in 1914 Walks Into Town confession and sentenced to life im- prisonment. Grimaldos laughed when some one plucked up enough courage to ap- proach him and ask him why he was not dead. He explained that he had gone over the frontler and worked in France, where the wages were better. His two murderers were released and joined in the village activities, and then they told that their confession had been wrung from them after the supposed murder by bullying police. As the body could not be found, they invented a story of having fed it to ins. it (Copyright. 1026.) | the District of Columbia.” T The Senate also adopted an amend- | ™ amendment was out of order. In | lution_of condolence on_the _death of WATER RATE RAISE Federation, After Heated| Session, Approves Tuition for Non-Residents. During a session marked by long parliamentary wrangles, the Federa- tion of Citizens' Association, went on record last night in opposition to i reased er vates for the Dist of Colum ad in favor of “reason- | able tuition fees” for non-resident | school children. The meeting, which was held in the board room of the bistrict Building, was replete with roll calls to decide | challenged votes and points of “no quorum,” but out of it all the body managed to register.its opinion on a | number of problems confronting the District, in addition to the water and school items. Several traffic matters were also acted upon. United on Water Measure. The resolution water | rates was introduced by I Hege, delegate to the federation from the Chevy Chase Citizens' Association. It | was. one of the few motions adopted | without a division hallot. By its vote the federation pledged itself to mak “every practicable effort to prevent an increase in the present water rates in | e Dis- ation bill would raise the water per cent, and it is to frus- trate such legislation that the federa- tion announced its general policy last night. The resolution regarding tuition fees for school children living outside of the District occasioned a variety of parliamentary moves that had Presi- dent Jesse C. Suter constantly on hi feet, gavel in hand. As finally adopt- ed it authorized officials of the fede tion to petition the appropriation com- mittee of the Senate to provide for * reasonable tuition fee” for children ¢ Maryland and Virginia who wish to | attend the local public schools, Sent Back to Committee. order by the federation majority vote concerning Introduced out of Yaden, chairman of education committee, was required for its consideration. The jority wanted to consider it. Then came a discussion over the propriety of the federation acting upon the reso- lution without first having referred it to the education committee. It was decided to refer it back to Mr. Yaden and hjs committee for a formal com- mittee report. Mr. Yaden surprised the delegates by calling a meeting of his committee | at once in the corridors. He came back shortly with the announcement that his committee approved it. A controversy ensued over the legality of the hurried committee conference, ending with the raising of the ques- tion of whether there was a quorum of the federation present to receive the report. Secretary David Babp was instructed to call the roll to de- termine this point, and as he began ading the names several delegates slipped out of the room. President Sutér spied their hats and coats still in their seats, however, and announced that the missing delegates would be counted present, even though absent. The absentees then rushed in to pro- test. A quorum finally was found to be on hand. Move for Adjournment. The presiding officer started to call for the “ayes” and “noes,” and in the midst of it some one moved that the meeting summarily adjourn. Presi- dent Suter stopped short, with the “aye” vote taken, and was readyto put the question on the adjournment motion when a discussion arose as to the legality of the motion in thel midst of a vote. Mr. Suter decided o leave the g:estion to a vote of the membership. The body decided the adjournment motion was out of order and the bailoting in favor of the pre- vious question was finally completed. In the excitement a vote on a reso- (Continued on Page 4, HELD IN SON'S DEATH. olumn 2. Mother, 26, Hears Charge Poison Was Found in Body. FAIRMONT, Minn., March 20 (). —Mrs. Esther Atz, 2, was held.to the grand jury today on a charge of first degree murder in connection with the death of her son, Raymond, 5. Medical experts testified at a justice court hearing that poison, found in the boy's body, caused his death. Preparations were made to exhume the body of Florence Atz, 2, who died OTZENS QPPOSE_| 700w sear PART ONE=5? PAGE General News—Local, National and Foreign. chools and Collezes—Pag . A. R. Activities—Page 30, Around the City—Page 32. anish War Veterans—Page vl Scout News—Page 34 Serial, “The Adopted Wife' Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 36. At the Community Centers—Page 38, Army and Navy News—Page 41. Camp Fire Girls—Page 42. Y. W. €. A. News—Page 42, Boy Scouts—Page 43 ews and Programs—Pages 46 48 and 49, 0. ews Army Pages 47, News—Page PART TWO—I16 PAGES. orlals and Editorial Featu «<hington and Other Notes of Ar Reviews Sp Tales of Well Known News of the Clubs—Pag 14 and GES. and PART THREE—I14 Amusements — Theaters Photopla Music in Washington—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6, 7, 8 and 9. e District National Guar Vete: Fraternal the age 10. r—Page 11. News—P PART FOUR—1 PAG Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and tures, The Rambler—Page 3. Fea- PART SIX—10 PAGES. Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION—12 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 PAGES. Betty; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs Mutt and Jeff. FORBES STARTS TERM IN PRISON Former Veterans' Bureau Head Appears Infirm as Me Enters Gates. By the Associated Press. LEAVENWORTH, Kans., March 20. —Charles R. Forbes, hero of the World War and former head of the Veterans Bureau, today became a prisoner at the United States penitentiary. The man who was once intrusted with $33,- 000,000 to spend in salvaging the hu- man wreckage of the World War began serving a two.vear sentence for conspiring to defraud the Gov- ernment. Although only 47 years old, Col. Forbes appeared to Warden Biddle to be a much older man. He limped as he walked slowly through the prison ago has stopped the lively step with which Forbes once marched as a drummer boy in the Marines and lates led a signal battalion in France. After physicians report next weeik on the state of the prisoner’s health. the warden will decide what kind of work he will assign to him. He weighs only 150 pounds, while his normal weight was around 225. Forbes had little to say except (o assure his guard that he will “make the best of it." He sald his nearest relative is his 90-vear-old mother, who lives in Plymouth, Mass. “She's my only re in this world,” he remarked. The former chief of one of the Jargest bureaus of the Federal Gov- ernment was convicted last year in Chicago. He and John W. Thomp- son, St. Louis and Chicago contractor, were found guilty of conspiring to de- fraud the Government. Thompson, who is 70 years old, is in a St. Louis hospital, too ill to begin his two-year sentence. Ellas Mortimer, who said he was Thompson's representative in dealings with Forbes and gave the ‘original in- formation which resulted in the in- dictment of Thompson and Forbes, accused the former Vetérans' Bureau director of stealing Mrs, Mortimer’s love. The trial of Forbes and Thomp: son brought forth testimony about fraud in the awarding of contracts for veterans' hospitals. The soldier who won a Distinguished Service Cross for bravery beyond the call of duty in France is behind prison walls for the second time in his life. He was imprisoned for desertion from last May. Both children suffered con- vulsions, according to Dr. R. C. Hunt.! 4 the Army when he was 22 years old. i ! Jjudge advocate general of the Army, | A R | Stallings. BEACH MAY ADVISE ON SHOALS LEASES Former Chief of Army Engi- neers Likely to Be Ap- pointed as Expert. By the Associated Press. The position as technical advisor to the congressional committee con- ducting negotiations to lease Muscle Shoals will be offered to Maj. Gen. Lansing H. Beach, retired, former chief of Army engineers, . He met with the committee yvester day and discussed the Muscle Shoals’ situation and if the resulution au- thorizing the committee to employ an expert Is adopted, he will be offered the job. Ge Beach was chlef of engineers when Henry Ford submitted his original bid and he testified before congressional committees in favor of accepting the automobile manufac- turer’s offer. Another conferee with the com- mittee vesterday was A. W. Worth- ington, formerly employed by Ford, but now retained by the American Cyanamid Company which has an- nounced it will submit a bid. Agree on Legal Point: The committee went over the Hous bill containing the terms by which a bid must be made paragraph by par graph with Maj. Gen. John A. Hull and his associate, Lieut. Col. The committee reached unanimity on the interpretation of all the terms A new bid was received from F. E. Castleberry of Shreveport, La., who sald he was submitting it on behalf of clients. This is Castleberr appearance as a Muscle Shoals and he declined in his letter to name the clfents. The bid will be submitted tomorrow, and meantime the com- mittee declines to make public its terms. Another bid for a part of the planit will be filed tomorrow by J. H. Lever- ing, a local engineer. He proposes to lease only nitrate plant No. 1 at a vental of $40.000 annually and be al- lowed to purchase power at the same rate now being pald by the Alabama Power Company. Blease Blocks Fund. The resolution authorizing the com- mittee to spend not more than $10,000 to cover the cost of employing an en- gineering advisor and other office ex- penses encountered a .snag when Senator Blease, Democrat, South Carolina, objected to its consideration. This sent it over until tomorrow when another effort will be made to get it through. Senator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, appealed to the South Carolina Sena- tor to withdraw his objection, but Senator Blease retorted that he and not the Alabama Senator represented the people of South Carolina, and he was glad of an opportunity to block the committee, which he said never should have been created. ‘The original resolution, which would have given the committee authority to spend an unlimited sum in nego- tiating the lease, was rewritten by the Senate audit and control committee S0 as to restrict the appropriation to a maximum of $10,000. ' BEARS EAT 5 HUNTERS. Hungry Animals Attack Party. Sixth Escapes With Mauling. MOSCOW, March 20 (®).—A dis- patch from Nooya, in the valley of the Lena River in Siberia, savs that fye huntsmen in that district have n killed and eaten by bears. A sixth hunter, who was also nttacked by the animals, returped so mauled and lacerated that he could scarcely ‘tell of the fate which—had overtaken his companions. Heavy snows and lack of food have caused bears and other wild animals in many parts of Russia to leave their usual haunts this Winter and approach towns in search of food. They frequently attack men and spread terror throughout the dis- tricts they invade. IR N Czech Ministry Formed. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, March 20 (#).—A new cabinet headed by for- mer Premier Cerny has been formed to succeed that of Antoni Suehla, which resigned Wednesday. Dr. FEduard Benes Is retained as fbreign minister, Sunday morni 60 cents » s Associate “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star is delivered every evening and ing to Washineton homes at per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. d Press. Australia Exempts Mothers From Law Compelling Voting By the Associated Press. ADELAIDE, South Australia, ‘March 20.—A woman avho has to stay at home and care for her baby is exempt from punishment under the new Australian compul- sory voting law, which provides for fines up to $10 for electors who do not vote, This ruling has been made by the South Australian authorities charged with enfore- ing the law in the case of the federal elections held last No- vember. In Adelaide, fines of 10 shillings cach (about $2.50) were imposed on 135 electors, while various ex cuses were accepted in 6,400 cases. SENATORS APPROVE U S. COURT STAND Lenroot and Walsh See No Objection to Review of Reservations. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The State Department's assertion | that the United States Government has no objection to the proposed con- ference of member nations of the World Court to consider reservations adopted by the Senate and upon which the adherence of the United States to the court is conditioned, was received with approval yester- afternoon by Senator Lenroot of consin, who handled the fizht for administration for the World the | Court on the floor of the Senate, and { by Senator Walsh of Montana, who| had a leading part in the Senate fight | for the court. Like the State Department, Sen- ator Lenroot insisted that there not the slightest chance of United States becoming involved in is through this course. of member nations of the World Court to consider the reservations of the United States could not be termed a “League conference.” he declared. While the State Department made it clear that it saw no objections to the conference of the member nations on the American reservations, the question of American participation in ter, it was sald. ! L. 8. Representation in doubt. | tpon the character of the invit | tion extended and purpose of the con- | ference would depend an acceptance |of an invitation to send an American Gieneva, the department There i% no authority existing to send a representative to mend, nx !f,\' or interpret the reservations. and if the attendance of an American represent- ative is asked with any such purpos in mind it does not appear that th ! Government would accept the invit tion. Senator Lenroot said that he be- !lieved the attitude of the department | now made public with regard to the | World Court conference on the Amer- r the atmosphere and make the untry realize that the question of American adherence to the court was exactly where it has alway: I the | the affairs of the League of Nations | The conference | | <uch a conference 1s still another mat- | | representative to the round table at | indicated. | an reservations woud do much to i | been and | | BOOTLEGGER FOLS POLICE AT CAPITOL, BUTLOSESHIS RUM Man in Green Hat Gets Away, After House Office Building Debate. REAL POST-WAR STUFF, CAPTORS LABEL SEIZURE City Combed for Salesman Forced to Detour En Route to Cus- tomer Under Dome. The Capitol police force came with- in an ace of capturing a bootlegger vesterday afternoon. As it was, Officer George H. Chor- ley, on duty in the House Office Build- ing, captured four quarts of what prohibition officials sald was very poor Scotch whisky, and a brief case. He also gave the name of the alleged purveyor of the brief case to the pro- hibition officers, who promptly swore out a warrant for his arrest, and, as the saying goes, were combing the | town for him last night. They said he was well known to them and en old offender. Although it was denied on good au- thority last night that any special orde! had been given the Capitol police force to enforce the prohibition law at the Capitol or in the office buildings, the House Office Building | police evidently were on the alert vesterday afternoon, and when Of- ficer Chorley recognized a gentleman with 2 brief case and wearing a green hat saunter down one of the | white marble corridors, he stepped up alongside and asked him what was | what His Second Trip, Too. Officer Chorley and the rest of the Capitol police were as silent as clams last night concerning the incident. but from indisputable authority came information that the gentleman car- rying the brief case and wearing the green hat was on his way to make a second delivery of wet goods, and that he had already succeeded in making one delivery during the day. It was {also stated that the name of the Con | gressman to whom the goods were | going was known, but nothing short |02 dynamite would serve to blast the name from those in whose keeping it is. Returning to the narrative, Officer Chorley approached the man with the green hat and the brief case and asked him to accompany him—with the brief case—to the headquarters office of the House Office Building Police Force. Officer Chorley placed especial emphasis upon the brief case. It would do no good. he is said to have argued, for the gentleman wear- ing the green hat to come with him without the brief case. In so many words, he said it was the brief case which atracted his interest, and he wanted the brief case to come along. too. To this the gentleman wearing the green hat would not agree. It would t the League of Nations had noth- ing whatever to do with it. The | reservations, Senator Lenroot said, | will be considercd by the nations now j members of the court. as members ‘nf that court and not members of Ilhe League of .\'ulinn', Should Expedite U. Entry. In the opinion of Senator Walsh the consideration of the reservations by the September conference of court members at Geneva should greatly ex- pedite the entry of this country into the World Court. He poinmed out how much easier it would be for the | 48 members, gathered about the con- ference table, with a representative of the United States, to come to an early decision. It was made clear by the State De- partment that the reservations must stand as they were adopted by the Senate and must be accepted in that form or the signature of the United States to the protocol may mnot he { affixed, which is necessary hefore this country joins formally the World Court. | In this view of the situation Se: | tor Lenroot concurred. He said ther was no chance of the court question being thrown back into the Senate in his opinion. The supporters of the World Courty insist that the opponents of the court will not be able to make capital of the action taken by the League of Nations council last Thursday in initiating the September conference of World Court nations to consider the American reservations. Assertions by court op- ponents that this is a_demonstration of the fact that the United States i entering merely the “League cour cannot be substantiated, the pro-court Senators said. Opposition to Continue. The opponents of the court, how- ever, will, it is said, continue their fight to gét the United States out of the World Court—provided it finally becomes a member of that tribunal. Not a few of the court opponents be- lieve that the other members of the World Court will not all accept the Senate reservations. They are pin- ning their hopes largely to the thought that failure to accept the reservations will keep the country from ever join- ing the court. They consider the re. ervation dealing with v opin- jons, for example, so drastic that other members of the court will not be able to accept. it. It was made entirely clear at the be highly proper, he is said to have argued, for him to accompany Officer Chorley tu the office of the chief of po- lice or any other place, but to brin: the brief case along would be highl murover. Such things, he emphasized, are not being done this year and he was no man to break a precedent. The Man's a Thinker. The matter seemed approachiug an impasse. There was Officer Cnorley and there was the man with the green hat and the brief case. But the man with the green hat wouldn't oudsze with the brief case, and Officer Chorley wouldn't budge without it. Finally a solution of the vexing ques- tion was suggested, it is said, by the man with the green hat. “‘Here,” he is quoted as raving, “is a little room where I can leave my brief case. After I put it in Lere T will go along with you. What cculd be fairer?” “No,” said Officer Cherley, for he deter “No." said the man with the green hat, “T will leave it here.” ‘Thereupon, according to The Star's informant—a man, by the way, of rare integrity—the man with the green hat placed the Lrief case in a room and left. Where he went is a not a question for discussion here. That is left for those who have a warrant. But as to the brief case—- Officer Chorley had been fully in- structed in the danger of arresting a man without “probable cause,” or of searching what he had without “probable cause,” as the lawyers say. Some Real Post-War Stuff. He proceeded with caution. He summoned two witnesses to stay by him while he opened the brief case. This he did. What, ho! Within the brief case were four quarts of al- legedly poor Scotch whisky. Officer Chorley may or may not have said “I told you so.” At any rate officers of the prohibition force were informed and it was learned that they, too, had been on the look- out for the gentleman with the gre hat and immediately swore out a wa rant for his arrest. They were sure they would catch him last night. Prohibition officers last night volun- State Department yesterday that this Government does not believe there can be any valid objection to concert- ed action by the member nations on the American reservations to the World Court adherence. It is imma- terial to this country, it was said at the department, whether each mem- ber nation acts separately on these reservations or acts after consulta- zon with the other members. The thing to be born in mind is that all the members must agree to the reser- vations and must so notify the United States in writing to this effect before the United States enters the court as a member. The State Department, it was said, does not understand that the League {of Nations claims any power or juris- dictlon to pass upon reservations re- lating to the World Coeurt, or that it attempted to do so through the league council at Geneva last week. teered the information that the man for whom the warrant has been is- sued was arrested once before through the work of the late Leroy Asher of the prohibition force, who tele- phoned him and represented himself as a Congressman. He delivered liquor, it is alleged, to the address given by Asher and was arrested. About the time the exciting inci- dent of the man with the green hat and the brief case was in progress Capt. Guy E. Burlingame and mem- bers of his “flving squadron” were raiding the Analostan Boat Club, Twenty-seventh street and New Hampshire avenue. They arrested Sidney Daly, who they said, lived at the club, and charged him with illegal possesion of whisky. Nine gallons of rye whisky were reported to have been found on the premises. The liquor, it is alleged, was stored in an attic. {