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9 = CHAMBERLAIN HITS NQUIRY INTO FISCAL RELATIONS OF U. S. AND DISTRICT APPROVE THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY. o:PARTOFAGE QUIZ |DRY ENFORCENENT CRITICS OF POLIGY ssbcommise GrdersFasorsbie Reportan ziimas Defends League Stand in Commons—Borah’s Name Mentioned in Debate. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, March 23.—Sir Austen Chamberlain, the foreign secretary, ‘o0k the floor in the Tlouse of Com- mons this afternoon in defense of his policy at the League of Nations meet- ings in Gene Replving to who hud &poke former 1y David Lioyd George, before him, be sald he r fure the sa of i inquirer rited Geneva n o However, Str Aus hefore fon of his trom any enj i the Pd in the Le: anything else. Neither had ted or encouraged M. Briand the Polish clatm. Borah Cheered and Jeered. referring to the American atti- Mr. Lloyd George mentioned «tor Borah, whose nam eted with some laughter from a v conservatives of the rank and nd with counter cheers from the sposition Retorting to those who had laugh- ed, the former premier said: “What's the good of scoffing at one f the ablest men—you honorable gentlemen don’t know him—one of the ablest and most influentlal men in America, who is chairman of the foreign relations committee of the Senate?” Mr. Lloyd George then quoted Sena- or Borah's remarks, regarding his (Borah's) conversation with Ambassa- dor Houghton. He cited the Senator's remark that the impression left on his mind was a situation dominated by “he fact that those who had charge of he conference at Locarno had entered nto secret agreements and that they were practically intriguing against those for whom they were professing ‘rlendship. That was the impression ‘reated on one section of opinion abroad, Mr. Lloyd George declared. Says Entry Vital. The former premier said the vital point was that it was part of the Lo- -arno agreement that Germany should enter the League of Nations. The house was entitled to ask whether the foreign secretary knew it was the intention of France and Poland to in- «ist on the simultaneous admission of Poland to the council. The impression had been left, Mr. Lioyd George said, that Germany had »en induced to sign a contract with- out telling her all the issues. Dealing with the charge that he had been disloyal to the agreement made with Germany at Locarno regarding league membership the foreign secre- tary sald it was strange that this harge should be made by one of his countrymen and that the Germans “hemselves had not raised it. Regarding the feeling in America, Sir Austen continued, Mr. Lioyd George had done his share by his ar- ticies fn which he had insinuated what he dared not say in the Com- mons today. LUTHER POLIOY UPHELD. turn Riviera, Relchstag Votes Approval of His Stand in League Issue. BERLIN, March 23 (®).—The Reichstag today approved the Gov- crnment’s course at Geneva by a ris- ing vote. The outcome of the baMoting was at no time in doubt, as not only the four governmental parties, but also the soclalists had announced them- Ives in full accord with the govern- ment’s course and with foreign min- ister Stresemann's specch upon his -cturn from Geneva. Approves Future Course. They also approved the govern- ment’s reservations in respect to its urther attitude toward the league, wspecially its right to withdraw its ap- plication for membership in case the special commision charged with re- organization of the League should bring In a decision not conforming with Germany's position. The government was upheld after the House had voted down, 259 to 141, on a Nationalist party motion ex- pressing lack of confidence in the #overnment and demanding with- drawal of Germany's application for eague membership. Von Tirpitz Hissed. Admiral von Tirpitz, making his alden speech as a Nationalist dep- y, demanded that the government withdraw its application for league membership, declaring that Ger- many's prestige throughout the world wou.d thus be restored. The former chief of the admiralty was greeted with hisses from the left side of the House. He read a carefully prepared speech, in which he criticized the government's for- algn policies. He advocated an attitude toward the league similar to that taken by the United States, and referring to Ambassador Houghton's reported talk Germany was fully justified {n adopt- ing the same attitude toward the European powers as did America, — o HEADLESS BODY FOUND. Mystery of Man’s Disappearance in 1824 Is Solved. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., March 23. ~The body of Charles W. Moore, 45, ¢ Samples Manor, Md., who disap- peared suddenly while on his way home from Harpers Ferry, W. Va.. just across the Potomac River, in December, 1924, was found late yes- terday in the river one mile east of Sandy Hook, Md. The body was de- capitated. A letter addressed to his mother, in one of his pockets, was one means of identification, a brother- inlaw later also identifying the corpse. A wide search had been made for him and a reward of §300 offered. He was found by C. W. Greenwall, who was cutting wood across the river. with a party of friends to Charles Town, Jefferson County, and returned with them to Harpers Ferry, where | he left them to go to his home. il P i Transfers Announced. capt. Charles S. Hammond, 13th Engineers, has been transferred from Tort Humphreys, Va., to St. Louls; apt. Wesley C. Cox, Medical Corps, | from this city to Fort Sam Houston, Tex.; Capt. Willlam B. Foster, ir.; Medical Corps, from this eity to Fort Worden, Washington; Capt. Alfred H. Thiessen. Signal Corps, from this city to Wright Field, Ohlo, from this city to Brooklyn, N. Y., and Second Lieut. Michael P. Guida, Ord- nance Department Reserves of this clty, to the U. 8. Arsenal at Water- ' vifet, N. Y, Moore had been! and Capt. | Percy G. Hoyt, Finance Department, | | | | i (Continned from First Page.) point of order as long as it does not exceed the amount which would have | been paid under the former plan of a | fixed proportion. Calls Commission Travesty. Mr. Cramton insisted that the joint commission which determined on the District surplus was a travesty and was a Senate investigation, entirely iriendly to the District. He explained that in the bill which has passed the tiouse, carrving zprropriations for the | next fiscal vear, the Fede contribu tlon of $9.000,000 {3 about one-third the total of $33,765,000 Mr. Zthiman told the subcommittee th the statement by Mr. Cramton 13 very fair, temperate and able. He plained that for the last 11 years the assossable basis of the District has i | not grown corresponding He em- phasized that the present s law is for a 60-40 proportion between the Federal Treasury and District tax- payers, Mr. Zihlinan did not want the sub. smmittee to be misled by what Mr. Cramton had said about the justice of the action in recogmizing the sur- plus to the credit of the District. That money has been very nearly all expended for playgrounds, schools and parks. He then explained the provisions of his bill, which he asked to have substituted for the Cramton bill, which would call for a determination by the House and Senate after an in- vestigation of the real conditions be- fore permanent law was enacted on the fiscal relations. Mr. Moore argued -that a $9,000,000 lump sum should not be made a per- manent law for an: length of time, but that it should ba made easy to change that amount as the situation changed. Streets in Bad Shape. Mr. Beers, presiding, in discussing Jevelopment of the Capital, sald that wverse to taking any actlon that would srevent necessary improvements or ihat would work o hardship on the taxpayers. Mr. Cramton argued against the Moore proposal that if the lump sum was adopted the District appropria- tions should be taken out of the juris- |#rown, while Federal holdings have | bstansive | the streets now are in a worse condi- | tion than for many years and he was | Measure—Senator King Proposes Sweeping Probe of Institutions Here. diction of the Budget Bureau. Mr. Cramton said that with the amount ! definitely fixed that would come from the Federal Treasury, he believed the Budget Bureau should still make an |tnvestigation of proposed expenditures, |but that the people of the District ! could more properly come to the ap- propriations committee for something which had been turned down by the Budget Bureau and that the a“»ro- priations committee would feel more | lenfent toward lifting the lid. Mr. Zthlman pointed out that this investigation would cover a during_ which the city has grown from 230,000 to a half a million_ citi- zens, and that the assessable basis has increased from $500,000.000 to a billlon dollars. This increase in as- sessable hasis is largely due to an in- | crease in assessment some three years | ago of 33 per cent, as well as to as- sessment on a h gher property valua- tion following the war period inflation. Mr. Zihlman argued that in view of the Federal Government's responsi- bility and _the fact that the Federal city is under exclusive jurisdiction of Congress, with municipal officers hav- ing to come to Congress for authority on a thousand and one municipal mat- ters, and with the people of the Dis- trict having absolutely nothing to say about the administration of the city, Congress should feel a strong moral as well as financlal responsibility. Questions Change of Owners. Mr. Moore questioned Mr. Cramton regarding the likelihood that the pres- ent proportion of property ownership as between Federal Government hold- ings and those of taxpaying citizens might be seriously changed within the next few years on account of the pub- lic building program, Union Station Plaza development and the develop- ment of the park system. Mr. Bowman questioned Mr. Cram- ton closely regarding how the fiscal policy was decided and objected to the matter being left entirely in the hands of Congress to determine whether it should “pay $9000,000 or $900.000.000." He thought that moral obligation of the Government toward the Capital City, in which all the people of the country take a natu- ral pride, was not well covered in the Cramton proposal. Mr. Bowman asked Mr. Cramton if he would propose a similar lump- sum’ plan to take care of the Post Office Department or any of the other great departments of government. Today in Congress Senate. Investigation of the work of the Tariff Comission by a speclal com- mittee of the Senate began today, with Prof. F. W, Taussig, a former member of the commission, as the first witness. Hearings on the District appro- priation bill were begun by the Senate subcommittee headed by Senator Phipps of Colorado. The morning session was devoted to sewer and street paving needs. Agriculture committee held an executive session to consider the Haugen bil, creating a bureau of co-operative marketing in the De- partment of Agriculture. An employes’ compensation bill was considered by subcommittee of the Senate judiciary committee. The Interstate Commerce Com- mittee continued hearings on the proposed regulation of interstate motor bus and motor freight lines. The claims committee met in ex- ecutive session on Surrent bills. Debate on the long and the short haul rallroad freight measure con- tinued on tha floor of the Senate. with Senator Deneen of Illinois opening the discussion. House. The House today took up the spe- clal rule authorizing consideration of the bill providing for taxes on national banks. The House sent the Army appro- priation bill to conference. Subcommittee on fiscal relations of the House District committee, after a_ hearing today, ordered a favorable report to the full com- mittee on the Zihiman bill provid- ing for investigation by a joint committee of Congress on the flscal relations between the Federal and District governments. Subcommittee on fiscal relations also ordered favorable report to full District committee on bill authorizing repayment from Fed- eral Treasury of $25,000 surplus be- longing to Columbia Hospital, er- roneously taken by the Federal Treasury. Interstate Commerce committee continues hearing on railroad mat- ters. Forelgn affairs committee con- tinues hearing on restriction of passports. Military affairs committee holds regular meeting in executive ses- sion. Agricultural committee contin- ues hearing on agricultural relief measures. Census committee continues con- sideration of reapportionrhent bills in executive session. Committee on immigration and naturalization holds hearings on naturalization of women. Elections committee No. 2 holds hearing on Balley-Waters contest- ed election. Rivers and harbors committee holds hcarings on Loulsiana-Texas intracoastal waterways. Public lands committee holds reg- ular meeting in executive session. Judiciary committee, in execu- tive se¢ssion, continues considera- tion of Judge English impeach- ment case. 30 Stulents Flee Fire. MOUNT VERNON, Wash., March 23 UP).—Thirty students, members of the Glee Club of Washington State College, escaped by ropes, torn sheets and ladders as the Windsor Hotel burned here today. One other guest was reported missing. NOONDAY LENTEN SERVICES B.F.KEITH’S TREATER 12:30 to 1 O'Clock SPEAKER TOMORROW ANDREW H. PHELPS | Conducted by REV. G. A. 0GG Every One Invited—No Collection TAUSSIG ASSAILS MERIT OF TARIFF BOARD APPOINTEES (Continued from First Page.) commission could properly perform was the carrying on of investiga- tons in a non-partsan way so as to make reports and recommendations to Congress. Continuance of the flexible tariff provisions under which the duties can be increased or reduc- ed to an extent of 50 per”cent by the President after investigation and recommendation by the Tariff Com- mission would in his view delay the establishment of a commission of that character. Difficulty Is Accentuated. The character of recent appoint- ments to the Tariff Commission has accentuated the difficulty, Dr. Taus- sig_sald. “I imagine this has been a disap- pointment to the Executlve,” he said. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader of the Senate, and chairman of the Senate investigating committee, questioned Dr. Taussig regarding the rights of a member of | the commission to sit In a case in arily interested. such a e, that judges on the bench did not sit in cases in which they were personally interested. Senator Reed of Pennsvivania, Re- publican, interrupted, asking if Dr. Taussig thought there was any rea- son why Commissioner Glassie should not have sat in the sugar tariff inves tigation because his wife owned 10t shares of stock which brought her in perhaps $500 a year, Says Glassie Shou! ot Particlpate. Dr. Taussig answered that, in his opinion, Commissioner Glassle should not have sat in that case. Senator Reed suggested that the in- terest was so small he saw no good reason why Mr. Glassle should not have continued in that investigation. He sald that he understood three of the commissioners owned cows, but that they had sat in an investigation on butter, and he wanted to know if they also should be excluded. Dr. Taussig sald he thought the cases were not similar. Dr. Taussig testified that he had as, he believed, “a mugwump.” He wus asked whether he had been ap- pointed as a Republican or a Demo- crat. He sald that he believed in free trade, although he had been registered as a Rpublicaen voter in Massachu- setts, The former chairman of the com- mission was asked if there had been dissension on the Tariff Commission while he was chairman, such as has been so much in evidence in the last few years. Dr. Taussig replied there had not been such dissension. He was chairman, he said, from 1917 to 1919, during the war period, and while com- missioners had differed over the ‘ques- tion of going ahead with cost ascer- tainments, he said that they had acted in a non-partisan way. Questioned by Senator Robinson regarding the practicability of certaining the costs of produc abroad, of articles for importation, Dr. Taussig said that such ascertain- ment is extremely difi’cult, due, in part, to the secrecy of business op- erations maintained by some cop- cerns abroad. “Do you believe In the principle of protection?” asked Senator Reed. The witness replied that it should not be applied except under most unusual conditions. Dr. Taussig told the committee that he had been consuited with ref- erence to the law creating the Tariff | Commission enacted in 1916, and that he had sent to Washington a draft of a bill which in general had been included in the law. Dr. Tausslg was asked if the Tariff Commission could not function better if it was a partisan body rather than bi-partisan. He said he thought not, that if all the members belonged to the same party, believing either in free trade or protection, the Commis- slon would be too biased in one direc- tion. What was wanted in its report, he sald, was information as nearly sclentifically correct as possible. At the conclusion of the hearings, | Chairman Robinson announced they would be continued at 10 o'clock to- morrow morning. e Named Railroad Head. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 23 UP). |president of the Nashville, Chatta- inooga and $t. Louis Railroad, was elected president today by the board of directors. He succeeds Whiteford |R. Cole, who recently was elected prinldent of the Loulsville and Nash- period | the | which he or his family were pecuni- ' Dr. Taussig replied he thought the | tariff commissioner should not sit in | been appointed by President Wilson, | —James Brents Hill, assistant to the | IN BABIES’ DEATHS Assent to Appear at Inquest to Fix Blame for Hiding of Four Bodies. BERKELEY ' SPRINGS, W. Va., March 23.—Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rhoe {of Cumberland, Md.. have agreed to be present at an inquest called for to- morrow morning to Investigate the manner of death of four infants, whose bodies were accidentally discov- ered in the attlc of an abandoned home at Cherry Run, last Friday, it was announced today by Prosecuting Attorney H. D. Allen. The Rhoes were the last to occupy the house, living there 20 years up to January 1, Officials, belleving the perfods dur- ing which the babies died would run back some years, feit the Rhoes ten ancy of the house was subject to ex- amination and yesterday interrogated them in Cumberland. They volun- teered to be present and so were not arrested or put under bond. The au- thorities are proceedings on the the- ory that the children were murdered. Possibility of a fiftA death entering the case was seen today when aut - ities bexan search for the hody child which was rteported burled in a plot over which a road now runs A brother of Mrs. Rho 3. of © Run, told the s itles sa when he decla cries from a baby more than 20 y L ago when he was accustomed {0 g0 to _the house for water. There 15 no record, officials say this baby. The house then was pied by a Miss Manford, now Helen Bishop, reported living in Moni - {ion, Md. Mrs. Bishop has not summoned for the inguest, official § Prose- Mr. and n_exam should be found, Allen sa inclined, w ifth body cuting Attorney Mrs. Rhoe wes ined presence of the bables fu the attic on Mrs. Blshop, denying any knowledge of their presence there. FIFTY QUARTS SEIZED. Dry Raid Throws Crispus Attucks Press Club Into Turmoil. Crispus Attucks Press Clubmembers attending a meeting of the assocla- ton las night at their club, 1502 Thirteenth street. were thrown into turmofl at midnight when the place was raided by Lieut. J. D. McQuade und a score of police from the second preeinet. Nearly 125 members and guests were taken to the statlon house for investi- gatlon and six were booked as de- fendants, and others as witnesses. The rald was made on complaint of noisy gatherinngs at the colored club. Police said they found 50 quarts of whisky. Charles Lucien Skinner, 728 Colum- bia road, sald by the police to have been in charge of the club, was held to answer a charge of keeping a disorderly house, permitting gaming and sale and possession of {ntoxicants. Genevieve Edna Brown, 25 years, 1122 Vermont avenue, was charged with having given an unlicensed en- tertainment. Two men and two women were held on charges of alleged sale and pos- sessfon of intoxicants. They regis- tered as Clifton A. Moore, 29 vears, 1315 S street; Sadie Hockette, 31 vears, 621 Rhode Island avenue; Alice Marie Keys, 31 years, 532 Morton street, and Frank Lynch, 29 vears, 1844 Thirteenth street. —— iy o MRS. GORDON DIES. Widow of Frank Gordon Succumbs to Pneumonia. Mrs, Georgla K. Gordon, widow of Frank Gordon and daughter of the late Hallet Kilbourn, prominent Wash- ington publisher, died of pneumonia in George Washington University Hospital yesterdgy. She was about 67_years old. Her husband was the son of the late John B. Gordon, who was Gov- ernon of Georgia for several terms and lated representated his State in the United States Senaté. Mrs. Gor- don is survived by a son, Kilbourn Gordon, o theatrical producer of New York. Funeral services were held in St. John's Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and H streets, this afternoon. Rev. E. 8. Dunlap officiated. Interment is to be private in Oak Hill Cemetery this afternoon. Mrs. Gordon was a member of the Washington Club and had been a life- long resident of this city. e U. S. Envoy Arrivse in Madrid. MADRID, March 23 (P).—The new American Ambassador to Spaln, Ogden H. Hammond, accompanied by his family, arrived today from Paris. They were met at the station by the charge d'affaire and others of the embassy staff and the American colony. e Insurance Official Dies. HARTFORD, Conn., March 23 (®). —Morgan G. Bulkeley, jr., vice presi- dent and treasurer of the Aetna Life Insurance Co., died last night at his home here. He had been il for some time, undergoing a major operation last Summer at a Boston hospital. He was the son of the late United States Senator. Mrs. | Lee.s | 1, and will not be called unless the | to put the responsibiity for the | LAW AGAIN BEATEN New York State Senate Turns Down Measure as 5 Republicans Break Ranks. , By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., March 23.—New York is to continue without a State prohibition enforcement act for an- other year at least. The Jenks-Wales bill was defeated in the State Senate late last night, 27 to 24. It was the third attempt in three years to restore State enforcement since the Mullan-Gage law was re- pealed in 1923 with Gov. Smith’s ap- proval. Both branches of the Legislature are Republican, but five Republican Senators broke from the party traces and joined 22 members of the Demo- cratic minority against the W Jenks Bill. To pass it 26 votes were necessary. The same five Republican Senators caused defeat of a similar measure last year. Two of them are from New York City, the others from upstate citles which have constantly indicated wet preferences. The bill 18 yet to come before the Assembly, but Ity passage there would be futile, presumably. Favorable Report Promised. \ders of the prohibition forces ve o promise of the Republican ders that a favorable t an Assembly committee. s being held up in hopo fta defeat in the Senate would not be ne the 1 be given b The bill w that with a record vote in the lower house, but thi leaders have demanded. Immediately after last night's action by the Senate John L. Karle, Repub- lican, of Brooklyn, author of a bill calling for a referendum on May 2 on modification of the Volstead act, an- nounced that he would try to have his measure reported out of a Senate committee . N ‘A half dozen other bilis pending be- fore varlous legislative committees dealing with the prohibition question, tncluding one calling for u Federal titutional convention to repeal the -izhteenth amendment, are doomed to expire in committee. In last night’s Senate debate op- ponents of prohibition made much of newspaper straw votes. Thomas I. Sheridan, Democrat, New York, said they proved the eighteenth amend- ment to be the greatest mistake made Ly the Government in 50 years. Charges Officials Violate Laws. Senator Courtlandt Nicol, Republi- can, New York, leader of the insur gents who voted against the bill, sald members of Congress and law enforce- ment officlals were continually and openly violating the law. “The prohibition law prohibits what a majoritv of the people, in this part of the world at least, openly practice without any idea of moral guilt,” he said. Supporters of the Lill argued that the question was whether New York State should support the Federal Con- stitution. Said John Knight of Wyoming, Re- publican leader: “Conditions in this country have been u thousandfold improved since enactment of the prohibition laws, and it is the duty of every member of the Legislature to vote for the biil, so that this State may be morally and soclal- Iy better.” The debate lasted two and a half, hours. As the defeat of the bill was announced the galleries applauded. SPAIN TO HAVE HOLIDAY ON DAY FRANCO RETURNS Plus Ultra Medal to Be Instituted and Conferred on Aviators, King and Others. By the Associated Press. MADRID, March 23.- Spain of the Spanish aviators headed by Comdr. Franco, who made the epochal flight to Argentina last month, will be observed as a national holiday and by patriotic celebrations through- out the country. At the same time the Spanish gov- ernment will institute an order with a gold medal, to be known as the Plus Ultra medal, commemorating the event. The medal will be awarded to the aviators, to King Alfonso, Premier Primo de Rivera, the Presidents of the Amer'can republics and the Presi- dent of Portugal. In the future the medal will be con- fterred on all citizens of the world who distinguish themselves in some greuli feat. . FORD RESCUES OLD SIGN. Board With ¢“Half-Effaced Red Horse” Hung at Wayside Inn. SUDBURY, Mass,, March 23 (P —Henry Ford again has come to the rescue of antiquity. This time it was the sign which back in the sixties swung before the “Wayside Inn,” Mr. Ford's purchase and hobby. “Half effaced by rain and shine, the red horse prances on the sign,’ Longfellow wrote in his ““Tales of a ‘The return to Wayside Inn." The object of the verses was removed two decades ago by some mischievous students, but they left it in their hired sleigh. The owner of the sleigh tossed it into his hayloft, and there it has lain ever since. Recently Ford told his agent, Wil- liam Taylor, to get back the sign. Yesterday, it was restored to its rightful place and the red hors pranced anew. to date for the FAMILY WELFARE and CHILD-CAR- ING work of the Associated Charities and Citizens' Relief Association. 10000 givers are urgently needed to carry on this city- wide, non-sectarian Social Service. + Will you be one to give as ou feel able, using the fol- f«’ming blank: MEMBERSHIPS: Associate ... Active Spectal . 2 Supporting . 26.00 Sustaining .. 50.00 Capital . 00.00 2,776 Have Given ord Preston, Treasurer, Joint Finance Committee, Assoclated Charities and Citizens’ Rellef Association, 1022 Eleventh St. N.-W. Inclosed fINd $....cccecevervesrnesnnnscnscncnariesnacens (Please indicate class of membership) i (Payment may be made in instaliments.) MARCH 23, 1926, Admiral Stockton’s Portrait Presented to G. W. U. The painting of the former president of George Washington University was presented to the university by a group of friends at exercises today. STOCKTON PAINTING UNVEILEDATG.W.L. Portrait of Late President Presented to University at Ceremony. A life-size portrait of Rear Admiral Charles Herbert Stockton, who was president of the George Washingtor University from 1910 to 1918, was pre sented to the university by a group of friends and close associates at the university thls afternoon at a cere- mony in honor of Admiral Stockton, held in the assembly hall of Stockton Hall, the new home of the George Washington Law School. More than 400 alumni, members of the faculty, students and friends attended. The portrait, done by Richard Mer- ryman, was hung in Stockton room of Stockton Hall. Admiral Stockton was awarded the degree of LL. D. by the university in 1908. Before the portrait was unvelled Dean Willlam Allan Wilbur of the university paid a tribute to the late president in a speech of presenta- tion. The gift was received by Dean William Van Vleck of the law school. An address was made by Rear Ad-| miral Edward H. Campbeil, judge ad- vocate general of the Navy. N. Landon Burchell is chairman of | the committee which arranged for He was assisted by John D. of trustees of Douglas Putnam Birnie ; Archibald Hopkins, members of the board: Admiral Willard H. Brownson, Walter Stilson Hutchins, Nicholas Luquer, Maj. Ord Preston, Capt. F. P. B. Sands of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Col. Robert M. Thompson, Dean Willam A. Wilbur and_Vernon H. Brewster, secretary of the alumni assoclation. REFORMATION OF “PUBS” SEEN AS PROGRESSING Justices of Leeds, England, Report Soloons Now Offer Afternoon Teas for Women. By the Associated Press. LEEDS, England, March 23.—Mark- ad success is reported in the “brighter public house,” or saloon, campalgn started some years ago by the Leeds Licensing Justices. In many of the “pubs” there are now daily wireless concerts and women's teas with bread, butter, jam and cakes served every afternoon. The idea of Sir George Cockburn, chairman of the justices, is to wipe out the public house as a place for drink- ing strong liquors. “Our aim,” he says, “is to educate the ‘pub’ owner so that he himself will feel hum liated to have a drunk- en person seen in his place, and so that a man may feel he may take his wife and children into the premises without seeing or hearing anything undesirable.” Bowling greens and flower are features of some of the in Leeds. ——— OHIO GLEE CLUB COMING. Varsity Organization to Give Con- cert Friday Night. Boasting two outstanding athletes of the country among its vocal stars, the Ohio State Varsity Glee Club is coming to the Capital to give a con- cert here next Friday night at the ‘Washington Hotel, under the aus- pices of the Ohio State Soclety of Washington. Ed Hess, guard on the foot ball team who was included in many all-American selections last vear, sings bass on the glee club, and George P. Guthrie, track captain and crack hurdler, sings tenor. A dance will follow the concery with music furnished by the varsity orchestra. The glee club is making its first tour of the country in 15 vears. i @l -omplainant. PRIMARY ON TODAY Senate Nomination Hold- ing Stage. By the Associated Press PIERRE, S. Dak., March Dakota today cast ballots in the first primary election of the Nation this Spring. The election follo campaign, in which the Republican party, normally dominant in the State, seeks to ma:ntain its foothold. Outstanding is the race between Peter Norbeck, United States Senator, and George J. Danforth, Sioux-Falls attorney, for the Republican sena torial nomination, and the guberna- torial fight *between Gov. Carl Gun- derson and C. E. Coyne, present sec- retary of state. Interest is added by the admitted breach between the Senmator and the governor, hoth of whom received the indorsement of the State proposal meeting last December. Danforth and Coyne subsequently became m.nority candidates under the pro. posal meeting system, an adjunct of the State primary During the campaign it was re- vealed that Coyne is partisan to Nor- | back while Danforth leans to Gunder- son. Democrats will choose between W. J. Bulow of Beresford, the proposal meeting choice, and R. O. Richards, an intensive . | author of the State primary law, who after 40 vears as a Republican be- | came a Democrat th.s year and seeks { the gubernatorial nomination. E. S. KIRKBR!DE DIES. Home in This City. lof Morrisville, died vesterday after- noon of heart trouble at the resi- dence of his daughter, Mrs. Atwood M. Fisher, 3812 Kanawha street, Chevy Chase. Mr. Kirkwood was 74 vears old and was for many years one of the leading citizens of Morris- ville, being connected with a number of banking and commercial interests in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He was the oldest living member and di- rector of the Bucks County Contribu- tion Ship, one of the oldest insurance companies in the United States, and took .an active interest in all the civic interests affecting his community and the States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey He is survived by a brother, Dr. M. Frank Kirkbride of Philadelphia; one sister, Mrs. Daniel Miller of Bal- timore, and his daughter, Mrs. Fisher, wife of the treasurer of the Potomac Electric Power Co. of this city, and two grandchildren, who are daughters of Mr. and Mrs, Fisher. Services will be conducted at his late home, 3812 Kanawha street, Chevy Chase, at 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, March 24. Interment will be in Philadelphia on Thursday. e SUES FOR 13 YEARS’ PAY. Janitor Says Hotel Proprietress Owes Him $12,270. OLYMPIA, Wash., March 23 (#).— Seeking collection of wages alleged to be due him for services as janitor per- formed since May 1, 1913, W. W. Wil kins yesterday filed suit in the Thurs- ton County Court to collect $12,270 from Mrs. Clara Knox, proprietress of a local hotel. ‘Wilkins claims that Mrs. Knox had made an arrangement with him that while unable to pay him wages then, that she would make settlement when “on her feet financially.” The suit claims that the defendant is now able to make the settlement promised. In the 13 years the defendant has advanced but $1,500, according to the Boy, 8, Caught in Drifting Boat, Carries Baby Niece to Safety Over Floating Ice By the Associated Press. SAGINAW, Mich, March 23.— Charles McKinney, jr., 8 years old, carried his 3-month-old niece across floating cakes of ice in the Saginaw River to the shore when two house- boats were forced loose from their moorings by floating ice here last night. The two boats broke loose simultaneously and floated down the river for half a mile before they lodged against a bridge. Mrs. Arthur Sauve, mother of the baby, scrambled over cakes of ice and swam through icy waters to the shore, while Everett McKinney, 14 years old, was forced to swim to shore when ice crushed the small boat in which he attempted to put off from one of the houseboats. 8ix other occupants of the two house- hnats were rescued by police and fire- men. et | il IN SOUTH DAKOTA Norbeck-Danforth Battle for Expires at Age of 74 at Daughter’s Edward Swain Kirkbride, formerly ¥y e OIL CITY FLOOD REGEDES IN NIGHT Breaking of Ice Jam Above City Still Holds Threat. Experts Declare. By tha Assoclated Press. OIL CITY, trict had receded greatly toda: ing the city temporary relief from the menace of high wate tically all the water which backed up | Oll Creek in its sudden rise yesterday | afternoon moved out during the night, leaving only a portlon of Seneca street and other lower sections submerged. | The main fce gorges in the Allegheny River, the primary causes of the flood, continued to hold. Rain which fell last nig] stopped, but the sky was overcast, bringing a prospect of a further down- fall today. There was also a shary drop in temperature from 50 degrec at midnight to 38 degrees at daybreal Observers had feared that continue high temperature, together with ral would break up the ice gorge north « the city and back more high water into the streets. i River men offered no possit planation fc recossion of MOEL ¢ the flood water colidly jammed in the river. OF that the water might have found ¥ v Ol (€ Loss May Be $ As the flood wate began to count its lo damage ranged from $5,000,000. Real ¢ experts included 1 i | { | | { About 3,000 fe the main gorge tod: ther drop of 31 in stage. A similar rece ‘reck brought further rel Dr. H. T. Barnes, Mont set off several thermite bo day near whers moven were inclin operations credit for loose section of the gorge. O:her the pressure of bac ice out. 150 Families Driven Out. It was the backing up of th waters in Oil Creek vesterd: 1 caused the high w todescend upon the city, resulting in 150 families being driven from their homes ar a causing damage estimated ¢s high as $5,000,000. Oil Creek rose from 5 to 7 feet within 10 minutes, flooding an area 10 blocks long and 4 blocks wide, including the heart of the business section. The rise was so rapid that office and store workers, intently en- gaged upon their daily tasks, sud- denly found the waters lapping their feet and police and firemen wero called to carry scores of womal workers to safety. The river late last night had dropped 2 feet, due mainly to the passing out of an ice floe in Tionesta Creek, 20 miles north of here. Gov- ernment observers expressad bellet that should the warm weather con- tinue the 6-mile ice gorge between Ol City and Franklin would pass out without danger. This gorge, th said, was breaking up slowl: Th pointed out, however, th river stage would cause the and might result in addi water. _Power Line Broken Partial light and power service was restored early today after the city had spent the greater part of the night in darkness due to an ica move- ment tearing away a steel tower stip- porting wires that had been carry temporary power to the city Street {llumination, howe not been restored to the centr: ness section. Throughout the police in motor boats maintaine patrol, on the lookout for fires robbers. o reports of looti been received. A patrol also w tablished along Oil Creek when :t found an oil line crossing the creel had been broken. No one with lights was permitted within the vicinity fear of setting the oil on top of w stries did not expect to resume as the small amount of electric r available would be insufficient for their needs. Newspapers were un- able to publish yesterd but with partial restoration of power early to- day the Derrick succeeded in putting on the street an abbreviated editio: e MYSTERY IN DEATH RESULTS IN AUTOPSY OVER WOMAN'S BODY ntinued_from First Page.) the remains taken to the District Morgue and a coroner’s jury was sworn in over the body in case an inquest might be deemed necessary in the future. No Clues Are Found. The inquiry by the detectives thus far developed only vague matters of t. Although consideration is given to the fact that both Mrs. Scarlett and her son-in-law, shortly before their respective deaths, had v the apartment of a friend at Ninth street and New York avenue, the de- tectives have unearthed nothing that | hints of suspicion. and the polica { view the visits as coincidents. | Relatives of Flynn, who was | for some time with lead poisoning, sald he visited this apartment on January 13, and that he died on Jan- ¢ 14. Mrs. Scarlett, on March was taken ill at the same apart- shon- ua 19, ment after being d ping. Information lice fs that Flynn had eaten a sa sage sandwich and drank a cup tea at the apartment, but that M Scarlett, so far as is known. had nothing to eat or drink there. May Exhume Body. Acting on' these facts, howeic Coroner Nevitt stated today he deen ed it proper to call for an analysis o the contents of the stomach of the mother-in-law, and stated that should the analysis reveal the presence of poison he would order, with the con gent and request of relatives, the ex humation of the body of Flynn. Mrs. Scarlett had been virtually blind for more than 12 years preced- ing her death, it was said, and was a chronic sufferer of diabetes. She lived with her son-in-law, now dead, and her daughter and two grandchildren at the Ord street address. The son-in- law, a painter by trade, had become affected with lead poisoning through his work, it was said. —_—— Mrs. Devaney Gets Divorce. NEWARK, N. J., March 23 (®).— Vice Chancellor Church yesterday said_that he would recommend a di- vorce decree for Mrs. Mary M vaney, wife of Michacl M. Devaney, who for many years held several metropolitan and national track champlonships. Desertion was glven as the ground of the