Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1926, Page 17

. PHURSDAY APRIL 8 JOURNALISTS FROM session of the Pan-Am Secretary of State Kell n delegates visited the Capitol yesterday aftern — WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL M the Bell Telephone laboratories an instrument, which is arousing int claimed that the new microscope of of diseases. » NICHOLAS OUTLINES ANTLRED POLICIES Pretender to Czar’s Throne Urges Care in Planning Soviets’ Overthrow. By the Associated Press PARIS, April 8 Nicholas Nicholaivitch h diplomatic and equivocal the invitation of the congres Russian emigres to assume the le: Grand Duke returned to of der answer =hip of the anti-Bolshevist cause. The former leader of the Russian armies second cousin of the late Czar Nicholas 11, yesterday sent to the eongress which chose him as leader a message which in effect invites “the mountain to come to Mo hammed.’ The reply was read before the con gress by the messengers which carried the invitation ta the Grand Duke's Chateau de Choigny near Paris. It contained a strong attack ainst the Bolshevisi regime. hut seems fe mainly a gesture for the benefit of history, designed 1o establish his priority among the antired leaders vather to accept openly the leadership | of a movement started by other monarchists, including followers of rival Romanoff grand dukes as well A= his own henchmen. “T thank the Russian congress for its address and the thoughts there In,” the grand duke's reply said. Urges Care in Plans. “It is impossible tG remain shame tully indifferent in the face of the calamities which have resulted from the humiliation of Russia’s downfall and the persecution of the faith of the' orthodox church. I appreciate keenly the sentiments expressed by the con gress and its affirmation that the Rus xian emigres are ready to second my efforts to save the fatherland. “Our plans must not now antici- pate the future destiny of Russia Ut is toward the single end of the restoration of law and order in our country that they must he directed. | Our people, deprived today of all lih- erties. alone have the right to estab- lish the bases of their existence. It ie they who will found the wealth, glory ~and greatness of Russian power. Assures .\"%vl Amnesty. “That is m¥ Purpose. It is to these ends that I shall consecrate my strenzth. It is with faith that T call on the assistance of the Most High and that I await the speed coming of the hour of the safety of our eountry. g The congress adopted a report this afternoon assuring amnesty to all Russians in the Red army from “‘national government of tomorrow. “The government of regenerated Rus sia.” the report said, “reéjecting all distinctions hetween Ruselans, . who are all brothe will not concern ftself with their past, but will as- sure to all the possibility of living in peace.” Toowner Coming Here. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. April 8 (#).—Horace M. Towner, governor of Porto Rico, left today for Washington He authorized the statement that he was not taking a vacation but had businese affairs ta deal with for the island both in Washington and New Tork. be | the | ICROSCOPE. Francis F. d his marvelous photo- terest among medical fers great pos Copsright Lucas of nicrography men. It ities in the study by Underwood & TUnderwood DOUBLE-DECK BUS PURCHASE GRANTED Permission Given to Company to Buy Six New Popular Type Machines. | | i | Suppdrteds. of the double-deck busses won a decisive victory ' today when the Public Utilities Commission granted permission to the \Washing- ton Rapid Transit Co. to purchase | six new husses, of the two.deck, type. Action of the commission was taken in_executive session. It .came as a sequel to a public hearing yesterdav, [ at which representatives of more than a score of trade and civie organ | tions made a vigorons appeal for ap. proval of the transit company’s ap | plication. and Clifford T.anham. super- | intendent of trees and parkings as- | sured the commission that the shade {trees alonz Sixteenth street would not to he touched hy a trimmer’ hecause of the operation of mible-deckers Must Have Twi of the commission | proving the company's request car- ried but a enzle provision—that all | double-deck: husses be operated with | two men, a chauffeur and a_conduc- tor. This was inserted in view of a statement made hy W. D. Merrill, president and general manager of the company, at the hearing that it would | be nossible to operate the new husses | during non-rush hours with one.man, | who would serve as” both chanffeur | and conductor i The comm n Men. The order ap- wion. however, directed | that a letter he sent to the transit | company directing that all its busses | keep 1o’ the side of the road, as near 1s practicable to the curb, and to issue the necessary order to prohibit v of their busses from parking | abreast while waiting for the traffic lights to change, or at any other time. | Director of Trafic M. O. Eldridge urged such action in view of com- plaints of motorists that the husses sometimes_interfered with traffic by parking abreast or stopping too far from the curb when taking on or dis- charging passengers: Stop Change Not Acted On. Mr. tion, Eldridge’s other recommenda- that the near-side bus stops through the automatic light controlled rea on Sixteenth street he restored, was not acted on by the commission. The commission’s approval of the addition of more double-deckers to Washington's transportation service follows adverse action taken an.the company’s original petition last month for authority to purchase the six new two-deck busses. The question was re- opened as a ‘result of a ballot ‘taken among the bus riders by the company. which showed an overwhelming senti- ment in favor of the double-deckers, and a complaint by William "McK. Clayton, chairman of the public util- ities committee of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations that the original application had been rejected without the formality of a . iblic hearing. Word has heen received from Borea, 15 miles from Richmond, Va., of ‘dis- coveries made dt an-ancient fort on top of a mountain, which indicate peo- ple of the Stone Age lived, fought and died there. S ATTENDING FIRST CONGRESS IN WASHD The first Journalists took place at the Pan-Amer 0 dast night, ing as temporary cha This photograph was taken when the ; Copyrizht by P & A: Photas the Senators look on. McNary, Kendrick, Wheeler, Stanfield, Walsh and Cameron. use of the Easter vacation. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DEPLORED BY WOMEN City Club Group Adopts Motion by Judge 0'Toole Urging Abolition. The Women's City' Club last night adopted a resolution proposed by Judge Mary O'Teole of the Municipal Court, recommending the abolition. of capital punishment. It is not so much a question of punishi the individual criminal, Judge O'Toole said. as it Is of safe- guarding society. When a criminal is executed, she continued, the injury to soclety is far greater. than any actual benefit derived from the re- moval of a dangerous element. Judge O'Toole was supported in her stand by Lieut. Mina Van Winkle of the Women's Bureau and Pearl Bellman Klein, local attorney. Those opposed to the resolution contended that capital punishment should be retained because it is a deterrent to young boys and girls who are potential criminals. Miss' May T. Bigelow. ahd Mrs. J. Garfleld Riley were nominated for the office of president of the club. The election will be held early in May. Other nominees included: Mrs. Wymon Bradbury and Miss Marie. K. Saunders, first vice presi. dent: Miss Myrtle Bunn and Dr. Amy J. Rule, second vice president; Mrs. Grattan Kerans and Mrs. Frank v Stewart, corresponding secre- Miss. Loretta Barnes and Miss Alvina Carroll, recording secre- Miss Henrletta Olding and Miss May Belle Raymond, treasurer. The following were nominated for the board of governors: Miss Helen Brown, Dr. -Edith S. Coale, Mrs. Peter Drury, sr.; Dr. A. Frances Foye, Mrs. Nadine Lane Gal- lagher, Miss Adele Heaven, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons. Miss Virgil Miller, Mrs.* Bthel K.' Pollard, Miss Nell V. Price and Miss Laura - Louise Traey. Masterpleces of painting that the world can never replace are deteriorat- ing so rapidly under varying tempera- tures in museums and central heating and. tobacco smoke in private. homes., that these great canvases will soon be only shadows of themselves., - 35 S E s NING STAR, WASHINGTON The dinner was given yesterday fo WASHINGTON CHILDREN TAKE EASTER TRIPS TO SEE THEIR OWN CITY ¢ Attorney al testimony in He pictured TESTIMONY STARTLE Ur of New York, who gave sens: and “dry" hearing at the Capitol yest remarkable conditions as a result of the present law and of enforcement. Copyright by P. & A Photos INGTON HOTET tephen T. Mather, director-of national parks, AUSTRIAN SETTLEMENT LIKE GERMANY’S URGED Alien Property Claims Should Be RAINBOW FOUNTAIN AGAIN However, May Also Be Turned on Every Sab- bath During Summer, if Water Treasury Says Treated Separately. Sigil tiirease Br the Associated Press The rainbow fountain at the east- Adjustment of Austrian claims along | ern end of the reflecting poal in West : 1 Potomac Park will be turned on again lines of the proposed settlement of g o "% 1" 5" orclock mext Sanday German claims, was urged in a letter {ana" e following Sunday. when it is from Edgar L. G. Prochiniky Austrian |expected that the cherry blossoms will Minister to the United States, sub.|be in full bloom. it was anounced 3 3 at the office of public buildings and ‘ the § epa nt vester- Y mitted hy the § tate Department t parks today. Owing to the great day to the joint session of the House | amount of iwater required by this ways and._means commerce sub-com- | fountain. approximately 200,000 gal- mittee conidering alien property leg- | lons an hour. it had not been planned 1slation. { to open the fountain again until Deco- The Minister urged that Austria be | ration day. However, it was said to. accorded its proportionate share of the | day that since it is likely the ad- $32,000,000 accrued interest on allen | ditional conduit from Great Falls to property held by the United States | Dalecaria will be put in operation Government. Such a payment, he said, ' soon, the display probably will be con- would greatly aid Austrid in its eco- | tinued every Sunday afternoon during nomie recuperation | the Summer from 3 until 5 o'clock Acting Secretary Winston of the iand possibly longer. Treasury told the sub-committde *how- | * & AUTO KILLS WOMAN, 70. ever, that the German and Austrian | claims should be treated separately, | Sister of Victim Is Injured—Me- chanic Is Arrested. but that Austria should receive its ! share of the accrued interest. i | COLUMBIA. S. C. April | Mrs. E. J. Motte, 70, formerly hesaails e * 'MINE PAY CUT POSTED. Four West - Virginia Shafts Make | wilmington, N. C.. was almost in- Reduction, Which Union Refuses. | 8tantly killed and her sister, Mra, | Julia Sholar, sustained a laceration of MORGANTOWN, W. Va. April 8| the scalp, when the two were struck (#).—The Cleveland ' & Morgantown | 8 (P).— of v an automobile at a main street Coal Co., owned by the Purseglove in.| corner here about 730 o'clock last terests of Cleveland, posted notices at|night. ; its four mines in this district vester-| _W. S. Smith, local automobile me- day to the effect that beginning next | chanic. driver of the car, is being held Monday the mines would operate on|Aat police headquarters pending the a wage plan “the foundation of which | result of the Inguest into the death iw the 1917 wage scale.” The company | of Mrs. Motte. Mrs. Sholar's injuries had sbeen paying the . tinion scale. . |are believed not to be serfous. Officials of the company said last — s night that they desired no controversy s 3 with the United Mine Workers, but Decapitated. by Train. were compelled to operate on, a more | Special Dispatch to The Star. economical basis. The new wage scale | Z \ KEYSER, W. Va., April 8 —George posted. was said to be approximately | Mervin Melion, aged 45. Baltimore and 30 per cent below. the Jacksonville Ohfo yard aonductor, was decapitated level. x yesterday when he felf from a train. Unlon “leaders said. no reduction|He had been in railroad service 12 would be accepted and that if the|years. His wife and a daughter sur- mines .are started it will be only by | vive. -His mother, Mrs. B. F. Mellon, abrogation of contracts with thel resides at Purgittsville, W. Va., where union, he was born, A ) SRR R L S ] TO FLOW 2 HOURS SUNDAY MRS. COOLIDGE OPENS WAFFLE SHOP CONDU profits of the venture are to go to the various Girl T Land was the first to take tea in the shop. Mrs, Coolidge and Mrs. Charles Anthony Gracosci, chef of the Willard, preparing elk meat for the table while and was attended by Senators The elk meat was furnished by 0. P. Shelly of Montana. Copsright by Harris & Ewing of the Carbery School who are making a good They have visited the public buildings of the Capital, and yesterday they journeyed to Mo nt Vernon. Washington Star Photo. DANCING FESTIVAL TO AID CAMP FUND| Benefit Performance to Be Given Tomorroow to Raise Money for Scouts’ Work. ) The Summer camp work of the Girl Scouts of the District of Columbia will be benefited by the children's Easter dancing festival which is to take place tomorrow afternoon at the Relasco Theater under the direction of Miss Hawke. This annual benefit has been in re- hearsal for many weeks, and is ex- pected to prove the most elahorate of its kind every given by the children of Washington. The program will be presented in three parts, parts’ one and three being made iip of numbers of sola and ensemble dances by- tal- ented and well trained local hoys and girls, and the second part being the new fairy fantasy, by Mrs. Goring Bliss, entitled “Once Upon a Time,” which tells in dance pantomime the story of a little fairy who accidentally finds herself ir the ‘everyday world among the mortals in Topsy Turvy Town. : Many prominent Washington wom- en interested in the work of the Girl Scouts’ Association will attend the performance on Friday afternoon, and a capacity audience is expected. Among the children having solos in the program are Mary Clark, Ruth Shaughnessy, Christine Ekengren, Marian McCarthy, Lucia Ells, Val- lette Schmidt, J. Tolford, Edna Un- ruh, Helena Brodt, Grace Colton, Mar- guerite Hess, Margaret Scott, Berna- dette Crouch, Olga Lindgren, Virginia Trullinger, Peggy. Thornton, Helen Dick, Audrey Sieber, Adelaide Flana- gan, Katherine: Waldo and Bvelyn Behrend. : ~ . The performance will begin Iy at 2:15 o'clock. . ' : F LA Stolen Car Found Wrecked. A car_belonging to Morris Kraft, 1801 California street, that had been reported stolen from near Thirteenth and G streets Sunday night, was found wreeked. in ‘Baltimore thix merning,’ according to & report from the police A there, prompts TED BY THE WASHINGTON SCOUTS. scout_troops of the city. The First Lady of the Left to right Mrs. Henry Flather, Miss Helen Page, o Rl b G ey g HAVE YOU A LITTLE of carrying the bab; tle trouble contented. WATER RATE RAISE | DECISION IS NEAR: Senate Subcommittee May| - Act Today on Proposalg Along With School Issue. The Senate subcommittee in charge of the District appropriation hill may reach decisions at an executive session | this afternoon on the House proposals | to increase water rates in Washing- | ton and to restrict the purchase price | of park and school sites to 23 per cent | in excess of assessed value. | The suncommittee, headed hy Sena- | tor Phipps of Colorado. has devoted most of its time at | serutinizing the list of street paving | projects. and has not. it was Jearned | this morning, determined. what it will | do no water rates and the proposal | to limit expenditures for land pur chasges. Indications are those qnes | tions will be tackled this afternoon. May Change Street Items, It has hecome known that the suh- committee plans to ask the Senate to allot a larger part of the street paving money for resurfacing old thoreugh- fares than was desiznated for that | purpose by the House. At the same time, however. it may eliminate a few | of the new street paving jobs approv. recent meetings to ed by the House. It is understood members decided after touring the city that some of the new streets recommended for original paving could wait another year to permit the resurfacing of worn-out streets that have passed the stage where they may be satisfactorily patched. Although the final verdict on the water rate increase is undetermined it 18 known that there ix sentiment in the subcommittee against raising the price of so essential a household com- modity if the increase can possibly be avoided. The proposal 6f the House in_ordering a hoost in the rates of householders would require the pri vate consumers of water to hear the cost of maintaining’the entire supply’ system and also to pay for necessary extensions of distribution mains. The District Commissioners. as well as civic organizations generally. asked the Senate subcommittes to return to the policy which was followed prior to a few years ago of malntaining the supply system out of general reve- nues, which would enable the lacal Water Department to make necessary extensions to the distribution system without increasing the rate. | U. 8. Position Is Cited. Tn opposing the increase in water rates, local agencies have emphasized the point that the Federal Govern- ment controls the supply system—the aqueduct and filtration plant—and consumes 18 per cent of the water daily without charge. The proposed limitation of 25 per cont ahove assessed value on the pur- chase of school and.park sites also has ‘been ‘opposed by localorganiza- would make it difficult for the city to get desirabje sites. ‘It has been point- d out that aseessments for purpose of taxation are made only at two-year intervals, and that this fact would en- ter into a purchase made between assessments. The first strike in the United States took ‘place in New: York City in- 1741, when bakers refused to bake until| their wages werg raised, APOOSE IN YOUR HOME? ') ) not have reached Washington, but is quite ‘}onuhlr in Baltimore, where the photograph was snapped it with her housework, tlons, - believing such a' restriction | This method Mother has seems perfectly VETERANS' BILLS DECLARED BLOCKED Committees Refuse to Send Measures to House, Legion- naire Says. and Copyright the haby by Unde .The steering rules commitee committee and the of the House today were attacked by John Thomas Tay- lor. vice chairman of the national lative committee of the American for their failure to place on House calendar hills fostered by 0 to increase henefits to war 1= and their dependents. + spoke hefore the Eastern Re. ence of the American Le the gion aries, in sesslon at thy Willard Hotel A few men, sjtting on these com- mittess which istration the fate o e made up of admin lgaders, control absolutely these bills which would pass the House immediately if they ever were reported to, the full mem- bership for action, Mr. Taylor de. clared. The hills have heen reported avorably by House committees. but the steering committee and the rules committee refuse to order them brought up for vote, he continued. Urges Women's Demand. “As soon as the House steering e mittee and the rules committee get through what bills they want to get through for action, they will close the door to all further legislation and the boys will go home to hegin cam. paigns.” Capt. Taylor said. “However, the members of these committees are susceptible to influenca from their home communitie: Capt, Taylor declared. urging the auxillary Jeaders to hesiege the committeemen and demand “action and not promise.” ‘The three bills referred to are the Fitzgerald hill providing for compen- sation for emergency army officers now ommitted from the compen sation act: the Green bill to simplify the procedure for relieving dependents of veterans, and the Johnson bill pre. viding 42 amendments to the World War veterans act so as to provide for creation of a Medical Corps in the Veterans' Bureau, change the insur ance features of the act, provided ex tension of vocational training and effect other relief projects. The conference, which is attended by more than 100 auxiliary leaders from Eastern States, will be concluded tonight with a banquet at the Willard. Many Other Speakers. Other speakers this morning were Mrs. Elizabeth O'Brien, national chap. lain; National Viee Comdr. Littlefield, * Willlam H, | American Legion: Mrs. Riester. department president of tha Pennsylvania auxiliary; Mrs. Flora A. Spaulding. a past national presi- dent; Mrs. William Keene, past tional ~ vice president; Mrs. Glynn Cécklyr, past national president. vice mander of the ' American Legion, spoke yesterday afternoon on the co- operation of the legion and its aux- iliaries. ~Other speakers late yester- day were: Mrs. Donald Macrae, chair- man of the national membership com. mittee, which is engaged in a. na tional membership drive; Mrs. Lowell Hobart, Mrs. Helen S. Bishop and Mrs. O, D. Oliphant, past national presidents” of the auxiliary, and Maj. Davis G. Arnold, director of gusrdiag. ship of the Veterans' Bureau, A na- | Corrie | James A. Drain, past national com. :