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9 - BLOOD GELLS HELD CAUSE OF GANGER Experts at Johns Hopkins Announce Discovery Which May Aid in Cures. * BY HAROLD K. PHILIP! Staff Correspondent of The Sta BALTIMORE, March 21.— has made an important advance in its conquest of the deadly cancer through two definite achievements which were announced here today by the depart- ment of embryology of the Carnegie Tns Washington. re- sult when the doctor can troat tumors with assur- an: 1 to that now at- tend atively mild ills of awve' been brought on of N the hour int s equ sy s been proved, first, that the mass of at least one type ant tumor is simply an ac- of white blood cells gone which, for rea- unk:zown to science, have ebanconed their normal roles as pro- the body and set out upon feasting and abnormalities of t. ond discovery is that this can be transmitted simply by t fier the white blood cells » Wlnod plasma into the muscles of a perfectly normal body. Not on will so simple an operation reproduce the tumor, but it can be carried along through a series of at least five gen- erations of cancers without losing one whit of its virulence. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MARCH 21, 1926—PART % |[FEDERAL PLAN TO USE POTOMAC DOWAGER QUEEN OF DENMARK eany wrrci| O WILLATTEND (SERIES OF CRIMES SUCCUMBS TO Pneumonia Causes Col- lapse of 74-Year-Old Queen Mother. Children at Bedside as End Comes—-3 Months’ Mourning Ordered. By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, March 20.—Dow- ager Queen Louise of Denmark, widow of King Frederick VIII, died this eve- ninz. Her death was directly die to a heart attack superinduced by pneu- monia. She was 74 years of age. Several days ago symptoms of Pneumonia appeared d last night the heart was greatly affected. The Queen rallied *to remedial treatment, but another attack still more severe came at 4 o'clock this afternoon. She died shortly afterward from heart paralysis. The organ had become weakened by the racking cough of the pneumonia and’ the effects of serious illness which she suffered last vear. Queen Touise was the first sov- ereign of Denmark to die as dowager queen in 150 vears. All of her chil- dren except King Haakon of Norway were at the deathbed,/as well as Queen Alexandrina, Crown Prince Christian ~ Frederick and Prince Knud.” King Christian has decreed three months' court mourning. Was Richest Princess. Prince Louise of Denmar r of King Charles XV of and Norw was the tallest richest pi became Queen of Denmark fn 1906 upon the ascendancy of her husband Crown Prince Frederick, who suc. ugh- weden and the Chickens Used in Test. It is to a woman, Mrs. Margaret, Reed Lewis, of the department of em- bryology, and to a young graduate student in the school of hygiene of Johns Hopkins University, Howard Bancroft Andervont, that goes the credii for these discoveries, which throw entirely new light on re- searches that are being conducted throughout the world to bring the dread cancer under definite control. The tests which resulted in the: discoveries were made with cancers common to chickens. Neither of the two tumors in question are identical with those common to man, but they are similar, It is said, to some dis- turbances of the circulatory system niankind that consist esentialiy of large masses of white blood cells over which the body has lost control. Simi- lar tests are now being applied to manimals to determine whether the vesults will be_obtained. had _always been supposed,” said Mrs. Lew a statement de- seribing the work, “previous to ob- gervations by Rous, that the actual cancer cell itself broke away from the primary cancer and was carried to the other organs. When Andervont and I undertook the study of the blood in chickens suffering with tumor, we found not that the cancer cell was sometimes present in the lord, bt that the cancer cell was a blood cell. Produce Active Agent. Le true, it was a greatly white blood cell, but never- quite comparable with the lood cell which grows in tis- The cells increased to nt and digested away the tissue so rapidly that the muscle of the chicken and were carried to other organs, where they brought about the death of the host. “The cells in their overstimulated condition produce an active agent and this agent is present in the blood stream (plasma) of the tumor chick- en as well as in the white blood cells themslevs, for when the white blood cells are separated from the fluid, feaving only the clear plasma, this plasma upon innoculation into the «u chicken produces a can- ng up irritation which white blood cells to the region. > cells then hecome stim- viated to atnor 1 activ by the tu- roducing substance which was smn well known fact to all sur- geons ihat inflammation itself results in some growth-promoting substance which effects repair of the injured tis- sue and in some Instances results in a \ter increase of tissue than wa In any inflammatory reaction, rdless of how it is brought about, the white blood cells accumulate in great numbers and take up and digest or remove the irritating factor. Seek Human Data. “This cannot yet be shown to be the cause of cancer, but we have shown that in the chicken, at least, it 1s the underlying factor concerned in the production of cancer. Just what it is thut causes the cells to go further and to enlarge more and multiply more until instead of repairing the in- jury they invade the tissue and bring about the death of the host is a mat- ter we hope to know more about later. “Whether these results ean be ap- plied to higher animals or to human beinizs has not yet been determined. is question but ths the »r is partly made up of < and that it can in some nees Le shown to be the result Bl inflammatory conditions. Whether the active prineiple is con- tained in the blood of human beings renuiins to determined. At any rate, the underlying factor coneorned in all the tumors which bacteria, chemicals or by parasites inflammatory reaction, with sultini accumulation of white blood cells in the injured region.” Suggested by Carrell Discovery. Thi work just announced by Mrs. Andervont was first 1 earlier discovery by ell of the Rockefeller rounding invaded inst of types of blood for the unknown onsible for cancer Andevont have ed this but they further and shown Le and Mr. only sul have gone n not ch that the wl blood cells are the cancer mass. Lewis is already known in » world for her work in eyvtology. She has been a member of the staff of the department of embryology, which is located in one of the buildings of the School of Medicine of Johns Hopkins Univer- ever since its foundation. Her and, Dr. Warren H. Lewis, is a menber of the same staff and he has made notable contributions to the study of Mr. Andervont, however, is new to the world of science. But lately graduated from Mount Union Col- lege, Ohio, he come to Johns Hopkins to work for his doctor's de- gree. He iz assistant in the de- partment of filterable viruses of the School of Hyglene and had sought an opportunity to study tissue growths in the department of embry- ology. Offered the opportunity to begin tests on the blood stream’s relation to cancer growth, with Mrs. Lewis, he readily accepted and al- most before he has well embarked upon his sclentific career it has brought him fame. ceeded to the throne of. his father, King Christian IX. when the latter died January 30, 1906, in his eighty- eighth year. For # brief six years the strikingly beautiful, seriousminded and notori- ously democratic Queen Louise re- mained upon the throne with her popular and much worshipped con- sort, King Frederick VIII, who con- ducted the affairs of his government in such a manner that he frequently was spoken of as one of the most competent “business men” who ever guided the destinies of a kingdom. Queen Louise’s part in the happiness and prosperity this short relgn brought to the people of Denmark was fully recognized throughout con- tinental Europe. The sudden and unexpected death of King Frederick from a stroke ‘of apoplexy while he was walking un- cess in Europe when she | T DOWAGER QUEEN LOU known and unattended through the streets of Hamburg, Germany, on the night of May 15, 1912, ended Queen Louise's tenure, whereupon she step- ped down from the throne in favor of her oldest son, Crown Prince Christian, and his wife, who was the Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg. Born in 1851, Dowger Quaen Louise was horn October 31, 1851. It has often been said that her leaninzs toward democ- were directly due to her recent stry. as her grandmother was the a tradesman’s Bonaparte sernadotte, ¢ the King of Sweden and famous Desiree .Clary. daughter who o and later n Princess Louise Prince Fred e of 18 d to Crown : ng to the reigning house of Denmark the huge fortunes which she had finherited from Prince Louise of Orange, daughter of Prince William _ Frede: lands. Se was 45 v her husband, at the ag ceeded his father. . Preceding this t} had been mple time for the masterful charac- which marked her life to bee fully developed. She had reared family of cight children—four sons and four daughters—had n expanded her huze fortun many times in an advjgory the aged King Chrsitian, ticipated in some of the portant moves in l3urope. 61, suc- te and 2 most im- CAPPER T0 HASTEN D. C. TRAFFIC BILL Senate Committee Will Get Plan to Increase Power of Eldridge Tomorrow. The Senate District committee, at its meeting tomorrow afternoon, will concentrate attention on the traffic bill passed by the House giving Di- rector Eldridgze more authority in the suspension of operators’ permits and also changing the time limit on the issuance of permits. The House bill would fix the fee for a driver's permit at $3 and make the permit good for three vears. The District division of the American Au- tomobile Association has written to Senator Capper, chairman of the com- mittee, opposing this provision and geesting instead that permits be ued for $1, good for five years. Commissioner Fenning, Director Fldridge and Superintendent of Police Hesse have been invited to be present 1in the purposes of the legisla- nd it is expected a number of others interested in certain provi- sions of the bill will be heard. Under the present traffic act all of the more than 100,000 operators’ per- mits outstanding will expire this month, but thege is pending on the Senate calendar a resolution to ex- tend the time for renewing them for a year. Senator Capper said last night he would press for early passage of the resolution by the Senate. The regular traffic bill to be taken up tomorrow is worded so as to give the author- ities ample time to remew outstand- ing permits, but Chairman Capper plans to proceed with the special reso- lution extending the time as a pre- caution in «case the traffic bill is not enacted this month. S DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT ENTERS 93D YEAR Noted Educator Receives Congrat- ulatory Messages From All Parts of World. By the Associated Pre CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March 20.— The world paid honor to Charles W. Fliot, president emeritus of Harvard University, on his ninety-second birth- day today. To his simple colonial dwelling on Brattle street came hun- dreds of telegrams from every part of this country and abroad. President Eliot, as he is still called by graduate students and friends, rested for the greater part of the day. He had risen early, but he has not been well this Winter and rests daily after the midday meal until late in the afternoon. He took his usual automobile ride, however. Several of his children and grand- children had called during the week to give him birthday greetings, scat- tering their visits so as not to fatigue him and today he saw only two or three of the family. President Lowell, his successor in office, was one of those who called to pay his re- spects, When President Eliot retired from the leadership of Harvard in 1909, he devoted himself to writing for news. papers and magazines, with occa- sional public speaking. Of recent vears he has given up the speaking, and since last Fall, when he suffered an attack of shingles, he has done no ‘writing. WOMAN PATRIOT DIES. BUFFALO, N. Y. March 20 (®).— Miss Sarah M. Hinson, 85-year-old teacher and originator of Flag day, died at her home here today. More than 60 years ago Miss Hinson, seek- ing to instill greater patriotism in her class, began school with a salute to the flag and recitation of the oath of allegiance. Ultimately June 14 was selected as a day of flag observance in her school and the practice spread.to all the schools in Buffalo and later became Nation-wide. Smugglers Stuff Fowls With Gems To Evade Soviet By the Associated Press. KHARKO —Geese and chicken precious stones and valu- ables, have been passing between Leningrad, Moscow and other large cities in Soviet Russla as part of a reguiar smuggling system. Eighteen smugglers were arrest- ed here today for their part in the affair, which the authorities s has been goinz on for many months, yielding huge profits. Be- sides precious stones, mother of pearl and other merch: small bulk and conside were sent in the poult ment RETIREMENT BILL BACKERS HOPEFUL Lehlbach Says Measure Is Awaiting Cost Report of U. S. Actuaries. consign- Those who have been working for the passage at the present session of Congress of a liberalized civil service retirement measure are optimistic that the bill drafted by subcommittee several weeks ago will be favorably reported by the House civil service committee tomorrow. Several mem- bers of the committee have encouraged this hope. Representative Lehlbach, Repub- lican, of New Jersey, chairman of the committee, however, stated positively last night that the bill will not be re- ported tomorrow. He persists in the statement, which he has repeated for several months, that he will wait until he has the actuaries’ report on the estimated cost of the liberalized re- tirement provisions before making his report to the House. Mr. Lehlbach in- sists that it would be futile to come into the House without some depend- able figures as to the cost. Experts Report Soon. Mr. Lehlbach says he has not yet Jost hope of getting the measure pass- ed. If the actuaries' report comes in before the first of the month and ad- journment is not rushed, he believes there will be ample time to get it passed, if the members of House and Senate want it passed. Similar opinion was expressed by Senator Stanfield of Oregon, chairman of the Senate civil service committee. He sald he expected to get the actu- aries’ figures by Saturday and not later than March 31. He calculated there would still be time for getting the measure passed. There is no very strong indication that the Republican leadership in the House intends to allow this measure to be considered in the House at this session. Several days ago, when Rep- entative Celler, Democrat, of New York asked House Leader Tilson if the tentative program included the liberalized retirement measure, Mr. Tilson replied that there was no such measure awaiting action, no such ! measure had been reported and he had not been consulted about plans of the civil service committee to urge it for passage. He declined to borrow trouble before he came to it. Fear Is Expressed. There is a growing fear among sin- cere friends of the Government em- ployes that the liberalized retirement bill will not be acted uporr at this ses- sion of Congress. Cost estimates and annuity figures on this legisiation will be ready for submission to Congress by the end of this month, according to a telegram received by Secretary Work of the Interior Department yesterday from Chairman George B. Buck of the board of actuaries of the civil service retirement and disability fund. Secretary Work wrote a letter yes- terday to Chairman Buck in New York requesting information as to when the cost estimates and annuity figures would be ready., TRAFFIC MEETING National - Conference to Tackle Tremendous Prob- lems in Sessions Here. Consecrated to the noblest effort of mankind—the saving of human lives— 1,200 officials of 43 States wiil meet in Washington during the next four days to put the finishing touches on a great national program of safety applicable :;| every agency of land transporta- on. Gathered at the call of the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety, a continuing organization be- gun in 1924 under the leadership of Secretary Hoover, the hundreds of State delegates will witness the pass- ing of the national conference and at the same time see what is regarded as the beginning of a national pro- gram to insure greater street and highway safety. The conference, as a continuing body will end with the close of its second great meeting. Many Groups to Aid. Its work will be turned over to the scores of co-operating bodies, State committees formed to carry on its work, and a Government advisory committee organized in Washington under the guildance of the father of the movement—Mr. Iloover—which will form the connecting link between the Government and the agencies be- hind the safety program. The na- tional conference will headquarters of the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States. As a prel- ude to the larger meetings to begin Tuesday, the committee on uniformity of laws and regulations, tomorow in the boardroom of the chamber build ing. will hold an open hearing seekinz views on any phase of the legal prob- lem that may have been overlooked or insufficiently stressed in its report. Twenty-five thousand deaths occur annually on the streets and highways of the United States. The number is inc ing annually, even though the death rate may drop in some localities where safety programs have been pushed vigorously. Most of these accidents result from operation of the 20,000.000 motor vehicles in use today. The number of automobiles is increasing annually, and traffic fatalities keep pace wit the growth In motor registration. Reports Are Prepared. mmittees made up of experts veral phases of Investigation, all selected because of their knowledge of the subject, have made reports in advance of the formai opening of the conference. These reports have been digested th the full report and the digest to_each Individual who will at- the conference. Their con- clusions follow generally the lines laid down by the eight committees which drew up reports for the first national conference in December, 1924, but are brought up to date and clarified in the light of later legisiation and the more recent developments in the handling of traffic. They will form the basis of the con- ference work, but will not be read at the meetings. Instead it will be pre- sumed that the delegates have read them In advance of the meeting and discussion will center about the con- clusions reached by the committees. In this way much time will be saved. At the close of the first day's meet- ing a drafting committee will be ap- pointed by the chairman—Secret Hoover—to work out a final and com- prehesive report covering the entire situation. This will he taken up and thrashed out on the floor of the con- ference on the closing day—next Thursday. . Inefficiency Costly. Mr. Average American, whether he drives an aytomobile, or walks sedate- Iy to the street car, doubtless will be surprised to learn that he pavs vearly something like $20, or a grand total of $2,000,000,000, for the doubtful lux v of inadequate traffic facilities. He also will be surprised to know that it he takes one drink of any alc holic liquor hefore he steps into h car his faculties are dulled, and even though he may not feel the drink, he is considered an unfit person to oper- ate a motor vehicle. Here is what the committee on causes of accidents finds about Mr. Imbiber in Small Doses: “The uni- versal condemnation of the intoxi- cated driver is fully warranted by the facts It is less generally recog- nized that even small amounts of alcohol, quite insufficient to intoxi- cate, tend to decrease the higher forms of skill and perhaps also to lessen the sense of responsibility. It is highly probable that alcohol has contributed to many accidents which have been ascribed to inattention, confusion, recklessness, loose steering gear, or some other cause.” The com- mittee goes on to point out that fatigue of drivers is another probable cause of many accidents and sug- gests that incompetence as a cause of automobile fatalities could be great- 1y reduced by development of more therough and rigid examinations for drivers’ licenses. It makes no recom- mendations as to the best forms of examination except to suggest that they should include a practical stand- ardized road test. Increase Growing Less. tistics are useful things in many ways. The committee on statistics puts them to good use and tells the conference that the rate of increase in automobile fataliti has been “somewhat checked. “Computa- tions,” the committee says, “indicate an increase of 17.8 per cent in the total number of traffic fatalities be- tween 1922 and 1923 and an increase of 3 per cent between 1923 and 1924. This decline’ In the rate of increase offers some hope for & more nearly stationary record in 1925 and an a tual downward turn in the future. Mr. Reckless Driver or Mons. Bootlegger who has the weather ear of a judge will find it difficult to get off scot free from a hard-bolled traffic court if the recommendations of the committee on enforcement are taken literally by the drafting committee. “Uniform, impartial enforcement of reasonable requirements by adequate and properly uniformed police is a primary necessity in reducing street and highway accidents,” the commit- tee says, adding that severe punish- ment is held to be the only means by which certain traffic violators can be prevailed upon to respect the traffic laws and regulations. At the same time, the committee held that preven. tlon of accidents and not vengeance upon those causing them should be the ultimate aim and the values of ' warnings should be utilized to the fullest extent. Special Courts Urged. Speclal traffic courts, such as are now in operation in Washington, are recommended for the larger cities, and the committee tells the conference that the courts have a:large responsi- bility to the public in the handling of traffic law violators.” Here is where the person who thinks he has special privileges enters. “While the intent and attitude of the offender and his past record should be taken'into ac- the committee points out. “Un- due clemency, based on his business and social standing, or on pressure brought to bear by persons of influ- ence, will bring the operation of the meet at the| FOR POWER REVIVES OLD TANGLE SULVEWHANBE Rights of Canal and Electric Companies to All Water Arrest of Gang on Suspicion Ends Murder and Gem Thefts Mysteries. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 20.—The activi- tles of 300 detectives under the per- sonal direction of Police Commissioner McLaughlin today resulted in alleged confessions to several major crimes of the past year by members of a gang of seven men and one woman, round- ed up following a lucky arrest on sus- picion early yesterday morning. A confessed murderer was held without bail; four confessions in jew- elry robberies totaling $300,000 in loot were made to the police, clearing up several baffling mysteries; leads to solutions of other crimes were in evi- dence and an untapped mine of in- formation awaited further investiga- tion. All because two detectives in the police car were suspiclous of three men they saw leaving a supper club. Richard Rees Whittemore, called the leader of the gang by the police; Leon Kramer and his brother Jack, both of Philadelphia, and Anthony Paladino of Brooklyn, admitted their parts, the police said, In a $200,000 robbery at Firty-eighth street and Fifth avenue, this city, last January. Second Theft Admitted. Paladino also confessed to helping rob Stanley Jewelry Co. of $50,000 in , and Whittemore admitted that “the mob” robbed the store of J. Ross in Grand street of §60,000 in jewels last November. Morris Goldberg, another member of the gang, was said to have been found with two watches in his posses- sfon that were taken from the Lind- hauer Jewelry Co. shop in Sixth ave. nue, last Fall, by rohbers who escaped with $65,000 in jewel The gang, police say, has confessed in order to avoid extradition to Phila- delphia 'and Baltimore, where they are wanted for similar robberies. Whittemore is wanted in Baltimore for killing a prison guard when he escaped from the Maryland peniten- tiary last Februar: Two murders wer by detectives who have shadowed them for several weeks. Fommer Police Captaln Henry Helwig, who chased the robbers in the Fifth Ave- nue holdup. has since disappeared un der suspicious circumstances. Another man, Simon L. Dildon of Baltimore, was found murdered in Trinity churchyard last December immediately after having been see with the Whittemore gang Paladino said that $30,000 of the diamond loot had been cashed and set aside for a “defense fund” In case any of its members were apprehended, a: cording to the polic Mrs. Margaret Whittemore, said to be the wife of Whittemore: Pasquale Chicarelli, and Bernard Mortillaro both of New York, were the others arrested. Chicarelll and Mortillaro are ac cused of breaking into the safe of the George M. Cohen Theater on last March 8. Mrs. ‘hittemore told the police that her husband was a robber. She said she had toured the country with him, stopping at expensive hotels and riding in high-priced cars, but that she believed that he was a traveiing salesman. She sald she was zoing to “stick by him.’ BANDIT ROBS OIL STATION BY AIMING THROUGH DOOR Manager Forced to Let Man in Northeast Office and Surrender $70. Foreing Martin D. Wolf, night man- ager of the Penn Oil Station at First and K streets northeast, to open a locked door, a colored bandit robbed Wolf of $3 and the cash box of $67 and escaped early last night. Wolf was reading quietly in the office, which has a spring lock on the door, when the bandit appeared out- side 'the door and almed a pistol at Wolf. He acceded to gestured orders of the bandit to open the door. Headquarters Detective Thomas D. Walsh obtained an accurate descrip. tion of the bandit and of a confeder- ate, who had remained in the back. ground during the robbery. laid to this gang courts into disrepute. courts is imperative.” Suspensfon or revocation of opera- tors' licenses is thought to be the strongest deterrent of all, even though the committee finds that fines are the only feasible punishment for small of- fenders. Washington is interested in this phase of the traffic regulations, for Congress now is threshing out the matter of permit revocation, along lines suggested by the tratfic authori- ties. M. O. Eldridge, the director of traflic, Is a delegate to the conference, and expects to take an active part in its deliberations. On pedestrian regulation, which has been tried out in Washington and thrown out of existence by a court ruling, the committee takes a definite stand behind the traffic director here who instituted such a regulation. “Pedestrians,” the committee finds “are {nvolved in more than half of all personal injury accidents.” It urges that special vigor be applied to punish- ment of both vehicle operators and pedestrians who violate the traffic provisions., Uniformity Is Sought. After lengthy study of existing motor vehicle laws of the several States, the committee on uniformity of laws and regulations has brought in a report which in effect lays down a model traffic code for any muni- cipality, made up of three model acts. These acts comprise: A uniform motor vehicle registration and certification of title act; a uniform operators’ and chauffeurs’ license act; and & uniform act regulating the operation of ve- hicles on the highways. The committee raises a definite bar against licensing of a habitual drunk- ard or narcotic addict, or any person found to be incompetent to operate a motor vehicle with safety. ) 1In this it follows generally the lines laid down for similar practices in the amended District traffic act. Manda- tory suspension or revocation of per- mits is provided for such maljor offenses as manslaughter, driving while drunk or under the influence of drugs, perjury or a crime punishable as a felony and for several other acts involving: past conviction for a crime or felony. Secretary Ernest Greenwood sums the conference purpose in this way “It is futile for any committee to sit in Washington and plan traffic regula- tions for Yakima, Wash., or any oth city or town many miles away. ‘That must be done by the authorities on the spot who are familtar with local conditions. . “But they must know the best pra tice and the proper proceedure. worked out by experts who have been wres- tling with the problem for years. That is what we furnish them. They can apply the remedy where it will fit. We hope it will fit anywhere, and it it saves the life of one person ou efforts will have been worth Faith in the -at Great and Little Falls, Long Disputed -Question, May Be Settled Soon. A little bit of land on the edge of the Maryland shore of the Potomac River, near Little Falls, s expected to be the means of settling forever the widely asserted claims as to who owns the water-power rights of the Potomac River above Washington, a problem that has been’ in the courts for many years and which will come up again in conjunction with the Rock Creek and Potomac Park land suits. This little bit of land, which may start all the trouble again, s about one-half acre which the Government wants on which to erect a hydro- electric plant for furnishing electric power at one-quarter of a cent per kilowatt hour for the machinery of the filtration plant now being erected at the District line in connection with the city’s new water conduit. is no difficulty about the Government taking water for municipal purposes at Great Falls, but when it started the idea of taking it for water power then the Chesapeake and Ohlo Canal Co. stepped in and claimed its do- minion over the water power in the upper Potomac, it was pointed out. Agreement Held Up. The canal company was willing to agree to let the United States engi- neers use this land, and, in fact, the agreement has been made Maj. ‘'onnor, in ¢l shington engineer distr fore it was completed in all its legal phases Department of Justice attor- neys stepped in and stopped it. This s because n the agreement. it was sald, the canal company reserved its claims to the water-power rights of the Potomac. ich a concession on the part of the Government, it was gtated. might rebound serfously on the Government in its sults to be tried in the land contests on the canal and lower Rock Creek in | connection with the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway project. These suits, afier lying dormant in the local courts for 12 years, are to be sent to trial, and will -be argued within a few weeks. Condemnation Considered. With the first agreement practically nullified by the action of the Depart ment of Justice, it then was proposed to have the Government go in and condemn the land, tuking it by right of eminent domain. This is the ques- tion now being considered by the De- partment of Justice attornevs, who together with the local engineer offic also are wrestling with the proposi- tion as to whether any further agree- ment may be made which would give the Government what it wants and at the same time not compromise the ownership of the water power rights By putting in the hydro-electric power plant. th rnment will be able to save $12 ; & to Maj. Janes nnor, who has charge of the consiruction of the new aqueduc consumption here is ahout gallons a day while the capacity of the two aque ducts will be considerably great than that. As the city is not goin to be able to use all the water produc two systems until the population of the tional Capital reaches 1,000,000, Maj. O'Connor said, there will be considerable surplus. At the Dalecarlia reser “head" of 130 feet can be ol . and it is proposed to turn into electric power with which to run the big pumps to send the water to the fir second and third high distributin reservoirs. The cost of pumpinz th water by Diesel engine. or buving it from the Potomac Electric Power Co or by putting in a steam plant. would run about $175,000 & vear, while cost of this hydro-electrie plant, ing for depreciation or for renewal in about 20 years, will be ahout $50,000 a vear. The original cost of the in stallation will be $309,000. Two Companies Claim Power. Maj. O'Connor pointed out to Con- gress that the Potomac Electric Power Co. owns what it calls the Great Falls Development Co., which has a serie of charters that run hack to 1823 The power company owns the land and claims all the power In the Poto- mac River at Great Falls. In addition to that he said, the Chesapeake and Ohlo Canal Co., with a charter going back to 1783, claims the rights to some of that power, and it is the latter rights to which the Government is running counter now. At the time the District appropria- tion bill now pending in Congress was before the subcommittee on District appropriations, some inquiry was made into the rights of the company, and Maj. O'Cannor pointed out that there wis no Federal legislation which had given these rights. However. he filed with the committee an exhaus- tive report of the power situation pre- pared by C. Edward \Wright. an as- sistant attorney in the Department of the Interior, FFebruary 1, 1909, At that time Mr, Wright said in his report “One thing. however, is certain: The (Government cannot afford to delay the purchase of full water rights at Falls." He added: Forfeiture Suggested. “The exigency demands the qu action. It may be that the Legls of Maryland, upon proper presen tion of the practical non-use of its franchise, would revoke the charter of the Great Falls Power Co.: it nu be that there has been such non-use that a court. Wpon quo Warranto pro- ceedings instituted by the attorney general of Maryland, would declare the forfeiture of its franchise; it may be that the same result might be ac- complished upon scire facias m:m-wpd- ings at the instance of the Federal Government; In any event, merely the intangible rights of the company d be affected. “The Govi would still be obliged to take the land to which the essential riparian rights are attached. It will be merely dealing with the company or its recejver in the final winding up of its affairs. \Whether these intangible corporate privileges will be an important factor in deter mining the price to be paid for such rights as the United States require is problematical. As a comme! 1 proposition, it is doubtful if the fran- chige is of any great 'value. As a matter of economics, the Government omly can afford to develop such power as the Falls afford.” Question Long Sidestepped. At any rate, the question has never been settled, and from books and docu- ments available, it is apparent that {t has been sidestepped at every angle, low- ‘no one apparently wanting to get the courts to decide on the matter. _ At the time of the construction of the present water supply dam at Great Falls, Mr. Wright said that cer- tain ‘‘preposterous claims were as- serted. The canal company filed a claim for $600,000. Whatever became of it I do not know; I have found nething to indicate. The eat Falls »ower Co., through its then presi- dent, Gen. B. F. Butler, stated that the claims of his company were: ‘If the condemnation be for-all' of its water rights,’ $1,000,000; if- ‘for one- half of said rights,’ $600,000, or ‘if the United States shall consent, to let the company draw from the dam-surplus and unused water and shall provide the means of such drawing, a further reduction of the claim’ might be made; a truly remarkable coneession." In 1899, when the power company while.” sought a permit from.the fecretary of | for th War to bulld a dam at Great Falls, Gen. Wilson, then chief of Fn- gineers, said in commen‘ing on the project: “The rights of the United States are serfously involved in thls mavter as being those of probably the largest riparfan owner. These rights con- cern not only the water supply of the entire District of Columbia, but the use of a portion of the water for the purpose of developing power for Government use. To allow a dam to be butlt by a corporation along the entire front of the United States dam may lead to future complications re. garding the rights of the United States much more serfous than any which heretofore may havi . Tt will be seen that these off foresaw what the Government would have to contend with if it ever under- took to take water for power pur. poses. The situation they pointed out s what is belng faced right now by the District Engincer in an effort 10 establish the hydro-electric power plant near the new Dalecarlia filtra tion plant, Canal Rights Upheld. On the rights of the canal com- pany Mr. Wright had this to say: “The waters of the Potomac above the tide are forever appropriated, first of all, to the object contem plated in the canal company’s char. | ter- )rouse fs to sub serv A means of canal’ supplied by water from the river, the purpose of navigation. There must never be an appropriation of water serfously to the detriment of canal navigation. But heyond the amount of water necessary to he d verted in order to fulfill the purpose of its being, the company has no rights in the river for power develop ment bheyvond the utilization of waste water."” Claims and counter claims for these rights have extended almost over the entire life of the Natlon, extending hack to the time when George Wash- ington and associates built the canals on the Virginia side of the Potol E Great Falls, the old beds of which are still existent as matters of histori- al interest. Proper Settlement Urgent. As pointed out by those who have studfed the proposition at varfous times, the Government has a great in | terest in these rights, and the author ity of each claimant should be deter- mined promptly to the end t the Government may sacquire property | necessary for it to hold these rights future development of the Cap ital City and particularly the develop nt of water power | By way of ex tion, it might he sald that the claimants assert their rights by virtue of heing the ripar |land owners In other we L the owners property abutting the river, they entitled to er and are entitled not to have any of ite power diminished by being taken anywhere along the river. For the Government to take the water « Falls and bring it to Dal {by pipe and then send it back to river over the water wheel of hydro-electric plant, according to |contentions, is a taking of water | which would affect the rights of those lower in the Potomac entitled to it whether the taking does in fact inju the riparian owners or net. It is a | principle, which only the courts can { finally decide. 'BISHOP BAST IS HELD " INNOCENT BY CHURCH by of on the | Fellow Prelates Here and in Eu- rope Confident in Integrity of Convicted Man. By the Associated Press. EW YORK. March 20— Bishop ke of Paris and Bishop Nuelson of ind. in a cablegram toduy to ard of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church said the verdict against Bishop Bast in Copen hagen was “a technical victory for the prosecutiol b a moral victory for the bishop hey said the ver dict was considered decidedly un; and declared the church had “every reason for fullest confidence in the Christian character and moral honor of Bishop Bast. “Bishop Bast was acquitted on charges involving financial i larity,” the me; found guilty and months imprisonment for techn violating the law in 1916 is to the public to buy the a mazazine qublished b and_help the Cenfral Mission, fie Lighthouse wus the bishops ate property and its profits e crued to him personally, but the prof- its were devoted to the Central Mis sion by him. Dr. John ing secretary missfons, said the < firms the helief we have had ntly of the innocence of Bishop Bast of any financial irregularity.” ntenced to thres R. Edwards of the 1 correspond . Canal Overflows Banks. NEW ORLEANS, March 20 (#). South Clatborne Avenue Canal over. flowed here to * a S-inch rain and many streets were flooded. Stréet car service was temporarily and many automoh Charles avenue. telephone ex- changes were put out of commission Woman Robbed of Gems. NICE, France, March 20 (#).—Mrs. Walter Baker. wife of a former of- ficial of the Canadign Pacific Rail- way Co.. reported today that she had been robhed of jewelry valued at 1300000 francs. The jewelry is be | lieved to have been stolen by a hotel thief. 'Wi")ll/l: fixi;ec‘ts To Act Promptly In Williams Case “By the Associated Press. Prompt action this week by retary Wilbur in the case of Col. Alexander Willlams, charged with intoxication by Grig. Gen. Smed- ley Butler. commanding the Ma- rine base at San Diego, is expected as a result of steps taken by the Navy Department yesterday to ex- pedite the case through channels to the Secretary’s desk. + Col, Williams' statement .in his own behalf and whatever accon- panylng . documents may be at- tached to it was expected to reach the department Friday, but failed to show up. A telegraphic tracer was sent out yesterday and the missing documents located. They will be in the department tomorrow and the reports from Gen. Butler contalning the charge: as well as the answer of Col. Wi liams, will be available for consid- eration by the judge advocate gen- era] of the legal aspects of the matter. Decision, as to whether a court martial shall be ordered rests with Secretary Wilbur, the Rishop, | LATIN AMERIGAN EDITORS COMING Leading Journalists of U. S. Also to Attend Pan- American Congress. Publishers and editors from leading newspapers in every country of South d Central America, Mexico and the Vest Indfes are on their way to Wash- ington or ahout to start for this eity to join with similar representatives of the press from all parts of the United States fn the first pan-Amert. can congress of journalists, which will be in messfon hera from April 7 to 13. Tt is considered the most im- portant newspaper gathering ever held in the Western Hemisphere, if not in the world. Twenty-one Ameriean republics will be represented. Welcomed President Coolldza and with many interesting and enter- taining features interspersed hetwsan thelr business sessions here, the visi ing journalists will find thefr time in this eity both profitably and pleasant- Iy occupled. 1 rs will he taken on a tour covering some of the and Central part of ti States. This trip will occup almost a month. Welcome From Air. A “welcome from the skies” awaits the editors on their arrival in Wash- ington, for one of the features of the fal b s day 19 10 be the s Spantsh for than 0 ac ave celved from publishers and editore | the Latin n eountries is expected there will he 30 from the Unfred As ther York the delegates fram the southern repu ad hy a_spectal commi by the Pan-Amert Unlted States With a discussion at the congress of newspaper problems, questions re- lating to the gathering d discem! nation of news and the influenca of journalism on international and, in particular, tha opportunity fostering closer relations among American repuby the American congress of jour also the mors the Par s people and outstanding examples of its and economic life well of its places of historic intere al comm Lansing women editors. Coolidge to Speak. President O . 1 will first | L he Sena Ofice, he where visit docur will be Amerfean republics v the librar Thep wi Meme the con ing of xchange election of a permanent cha the congress will take place Subject of Meeting. International Rela- > suhject of ¢ al | The | tions " wi lat the luncheon Evening $ At wes Press ar be t scussion session A villard by The will of Fourteenth fent Coolidge will 11 greeting and honor of the dele- 11 follow in Keith's recept lub’s qu and I participa fentertainment in gates by the club w Theater, and afte and huffet supper ters will be held Marin d will p corner-s; laviv States hing the srtainmer 1is in the "he 1 | | - events arranged at th lowed | ernet i Myer; a dinner hy the Chamber Lof Commerce of the United rcheon by the Unit ciation: a trip to Moy coption and ball at the Maxfower the Southern Society of Washing it the New Willard hy indowment for Internation i1 weon at the Ma flower will address lust This the on will t the | evening by | Mrs. Kello 1 formally to close. NEW TACNA-ARICA PLAN DISCARDS PLEBISCITE Method, Developed at Conferences Here, Believed Way to Success. Pan- Ameri the n Union tha of Stat the tion bring A whelly new plan for settlem ‘the Chilean-Peruvian controversy ov Tacna-Arica is under consideration in Washington, and officials appear hope ful of its success, Details are kept secret, hut the pro 1 ap ently discards « idge’s plan for disputed provine nd substitutes more satisfactory is of settlement t is betieved that only the i om Chile s is The plan wis evolved in e here hetween ¢ cently served in the and others. general that te plan no longer feasible. An ancignt superstition was the bread and cake baked on ( Friday and preserved were specifics against any disease occurring during the year.