Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1926, Page 2

* . THE EVENING STAR. WASHIN TON. D. ., FRIDAY, APRIL 9. 1926 HARDSHIPS BORNE BY WILKINS' PARTY Men and Dogs in Supply Train Nearly Famished En Route to Base. By the Awsnciated Press WISEMAN. Alaska. April 9. A tale of hardships experienced hy Alexan der Malcolm Smith and his party, whe are struggling northward « vir tually unexplored wastes of northern Alagka, with supplies for the Point Parrow base of the Arctic Alr ex. pedition of Capt. Georze H. Wilkina, was ‘told here t a 70-yearold Japanase north of the Arctic Cirele nearly his life. traveled with the pary Rettles for 200 miles northward alon: whe hae lived all e ol g T oy in Court-Martial. [ witnessed by the three Comimission tles after Smith turned Minano and | Stk s j ere. in addition to William &, Torbert, | a number of natives lnose when food former merniher of the council. who ran short. Minano was withont foo 1 Having vesierday produced testi- not seel re.elect’on. George O, for three days before reaching Jet.|Mon: to impesch the integrity. of Jiavenner was the oniy member of the T maiated W 1l Smith, star witness for the | couneil not preseni. He is convalesc- e | on in the trinl of Lieut. Wil-| ing from an sitock of the grip. came here today jliem H. Fage before a general court-| The photest against the increame in Comfortless Nights. ,!]" al. L "ve'l' H. \';n l':m'ev;. "V;Il?’]nfl»eshmom tor sewer extensions fol- 7 3 B Idefenge counsel. sought today further | jowed a statement hy Jesse . Ruter, He said the party ‘a' ";‘"'" d M diseradit testimony Smith ‘.-halrman of the council, that the Dis- ture Averaged zero. Al wexe wer v, ! with Violating military and civil 1aw. | ha House provides an asssssment of ing the dav ang"n,ItF 'n_-‘l""‘_: '; Sergt. Smith. however, clung per- g3 a lineal front foot as compared comfort At _M_!_p-d o & "‘hn' lohn | Jsiently to hix story of the alleged |\ yh the present rate of $1.50. He | TR e M tats Thy | Breaches and repenied charges Drevi- |ypeed the counchl to inyestigate with River, which runs t! e the NSl made on divect examination. ¢ hayin e s decreased. Anaktuvak. a large tributary of the, Tha chiaf point of the e l’llihwhm‘( iew to having the rate decrea N Colville River. {roday was under th f r i [70day was under the nagleet of duty | vges Tunmediate Actinn, The ,1',:,:'.’.‘3' b :‘fj":f':; Ine | anecificatlon which cherges that Lieut.| The councll, however, dectded that | o a but 1he tempera.| 283 made no inveniory of property | ymmedinte uction was necessafy in Rrosks Mountains, b Jemy nder his care while he was quarter- | i ¢ + g ture dropped and averazsd 15 dezrees, e o the Mncine ment i in: | view of the status of the appropria below zero. with strone e siexls IndS. | nptia acempis by van Doren to | 1on il hich in expected to be re. The iowest temperature recorded Was | draw the admis<ion from the witness | PO't BoRs ennle Ahuttly, sl 37_helow zero. that the accused might have made a | v°'ed to send it proteat without de. Wild game was expected for doZ | hrief inventory during Smith's absence | Y (0 the suhcommittee on appropria- food, but none was seen. nol eVEN | from the posi on leave were unsuc. ! (1on8 of the Senate. cnaw shoe rabhits. which are usnally | cessful, | Mr. Suter declared that the present common In the Arctic. T B 1100 per cent increass is “grossly un- ventory * {tair" and would make properiy ewn. ether the lieutenant is found 'ers pav. the entire cost of sewer ex. Dog Attacks Team. Wheth i ) 1 1 Y o No one rode a step as the rapldly | £uilty of the neglect of duty charge | tensions. “As I see It.” he said, “thia ebbing energy of the dogs was needed almost eniirely on the in-{ia jist another scheme to saddie an Bmith loat two dogs from his feam|ie ion of the word “inventory.” additional tax on the propert after reaching the summit. One of Thé court Injected a quesiion Into the | gwners.” the animals dropped an the trail after) !vial today, asking Serxt. Smith 101" 1. George . Richardson also | starvation and Smith pronounced it | Siate If the Marine Corps regulaiion | yoicad his opposition to tha higher dead. Later the dog. which had come to life and seemingly returned to the haunts and habite of his ancesters. the wolf, appeared and attacked a team which was bringing p the rear of the division of dog teams. A driver shot the animal Minano declared thera on the trip except in t# where corn bread and made. HOLDING PRESS SEAT was no fire conk’s tent, coffee were BOXER'S HARDEST JOB' Acsociated Press Writer Describes Strenuous Experience in Report- ing Cannes Tennis Match. *1 was in the ring for 20 vears, but | this has heen one of the hardest fights of my career.” deciared “Rlink" Closkey. formerly a well known pugi- list in the United States. upon the arrival at 10 a.m, of T. T. Topping of the Paris bureau of the Assoclated Press. who had hired the fiaticlexpért to hold his seat in the press stand‘at the Wills-Lenglen been there since was surrounded by a howling mob and appeared on the verga of collapse. * :smllh. Tt was but a few weeks ago that the entire United States was walting | with utmost anxiety the result of this international clash, and Mr. Topping’s story of how he got his news across i= almost interesting enough and funng enough 1o prove a consolntion | for Helen's defeat. It appeacs in the the Associated Press. Hir achisve. ment was a victory over many diffi- culties, complicated by a mardi gras celebration and by French patriotic tervor. The section reserved for the press had eeats”for about 100, Mr. "Topping axplains. but when the match began | it contained fully five number. The Paris man some daye before had picked a seat near the fence, | planning to hand hix bulletina to | metor cvelists outaide. i with the first one was arreated for | speeding and never came back. The | second_cyclist found the crowd so dense he had to leave his machine and fight his wav back to the stand, |°f the commandant “Tt was a pleasant job." twrites | Topping. “to write with a Russian | correspondent putting hoth ‘eet in the small of mv back and a French | actrass pulling my sleeve and ask- | ing: ‘Doss Helen alwava wear this little sailor dress When the match was over an | obliging chauffeur cut a hole in the | wire netting and let the correspond- | ents out that way. A little cafe | across the street let the Americans sit at tinv tables to write their | stuff. Outside the street was Alled | with ecarnival-mad celebrants and | soon the cafe was jammed with wild- | aved Plerrots and Pierrertes. who, on learning the identity of the husy men. made the mechanical piano pound out the “Marseillaise”’ for one solid hour. The Iast two “takes” -of the story were spattered with tomato | sauce from a couple at the next iable in training for the Cannes l =phaghetti-eating championship. addition to all the tennis news go- | ing over tha =ingle wire hetween Cannes and Paris, that means of sommunication was crowded with the appeals of losing gamblers wir- ing home for more money. MEANS, AT HOSPITAL, RESTING COMFORTABLY | Senator Taken Ill Presiding Over IAquor Hearings May Be Con- fined Several Days. . Eenator Means of Colorado. Republi- can, chairman of the Senate judiciary committee’s subcommittee holding hearings for modification of the Vol- Stead law, was resting comfortably at Walter Reed Hospital today. where he war taken following a sudden illness yesterday during the testimony of District Attorney Buckner of New Yark. It was sald at the hospital toda that Senator Means would be con- fined for several davs at least. No diagnosis of his iliness had been made today and surgeons were unable to TMate the exact cause of the trouble. Senator Means has had sporadic at- tacks of appendicitis during the past year o . Files Sixth Divorce Petition. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April § (#), —Mrs. Evelyn Farriss Bennett, former “Follies” beauty and motion picture actress, has sworn tn a divorce peti- from | Me- | tennis match at | Cannes. The rugged “Bilink,” who had | was in custody at the barracks here, | | PLUNKETT HOME RAIDED. i!onl of Irish Republiean Leader Taken to Jail. DUBLIN. April 9 (). of Count Plunkert, noted deputy, was raided early this morning | His -sons. ieo-ge and Owen, were | Aroused from their beds and taken to # nolice atation. LA e militar i the house while four deteciives re {moved the sons and searched the | pramises from top to bottom. The | * ATTAKS WTHES mony of Sergt. Earl Smith means that ount of goods, egarding an inventor #at only to take an ac a property list.” To this Van Doren sirenuously ob- {jected. but was overruled. and the sergeant replied that & comparison |y Stull Re-electe? Recorder. 1 was ensential | i "To expeiite the procedure. which ncilman Harry N. 8tull was re i has dragzed. the court direcied today | elected recorder of the council, but | that arguments between counsel be he office of hixtorian, formeriy held | not included in the record. as had been | b¥ Mr. “Torbert. was left vacant tem- | directed by the judge advocate, Capt. | P! v. ‘The general rules of proce. | | T. T. Taylor. dure of the first conneil were adopted | defense counsel suc in getting into the record statemenis designed to show t one of the siar witnesses for the { prosecution bore malice toward the accused and allowed his feelings to | influence his testimony against the young veteran. by the judge udvocate, Capt . Taylor, to prevent the inclusion of the point in the record were futlle, when the court, after a proionged ex- tion oMcials, ceeded yesterday { ments could be made. | The unexpected move by the defense {counmel, of which Lucien H. Van {amination of Earl Smith. quartermas. ter sergeant, who sorved under Lieut. Faga when he was quartermaster at the Marine Barracks at Annapolis, Md. | Claima Facta Sought. “Did you visit Lieut. Faga while he following his arrest in November, and did he tell you at that time, ‘Sergt. I want vou only to tell the truth; 1 have no fear of facts'? = Here the piosecution objected, but was overruled. Bergt. Smith sald ho had no recollec- tion of such a question. “Did vou tell Lieut. Faga at that time,” Attorney Van Doren continued ** ‘Lieutenant and am near to the retirement age. On the outcome of vour trial will depend whether or not I am brought to court myself?" " Sergt. Smith again denied knowledge of such a statement. Attorney Van Doren announced to- day that Lieut. Faga, when he takes any times that | the stand in his own defense, would | [swear that such a conversation took | place between him and Sergt. Smith. Two points in favor of the accused officer were won earlier in the session The ride~|today, when Attorney Van Doren drew | from the witness, Sergl. Smith, the admission tha: the key to the store- {Toom at the barracks had been carvied :by an enlisted man under the regime who preceded Maj. Hayold Wirgman, and that when Maj. Wirgman assumed com | mand he 6rdered that all existing reg- ulations at the pos” should be con- tinued in effect unless he specifically changed them. Lieut. Faga is charged, under the neglect of duty specifica. tions. with having given custody of a key to the sioreroom to an enlisted man in violation of Marine Corps reg- ulations. VETERAN IN RIVER TRADE FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED Thomas B. Garnetf, Retired Purser, Had Been in Service on Po- tomac for Forty Years. Thomas Baker Garnett, prominently { identified with the steamhoat trade here aince about. 1879, having served as purser on practically every steam- boat making the river landings for a period of about 40 vears, was found dead in bed in his room in Metro- politan Hotel ‘vesterday. A stroke of paralysis about three years aso. after he had retired from active u “Capt.” Garnett, as he was known | to thousands of patrons of the river steamers, was the son of a Confeder- ate general who was killed during the Civil War. He is survived by a brother, Harry Garnett. member of the Vir. ginia Legislature from King George County, and Mrs. H. G. Mills, a sister, residing at Arlington, Va. Mr. Garpett, a native of the vicin. ity of Wilkersons, King George Coun- {ty. Va., started hiz steamboat career {on the steamer T. V. Arrowsmith, later serving as purser of the Wake. fleld, butlt in 1885. He later served on the steamers Harry Randall, John | W. Thompson and Samuel J. Pentz. During his career on the steamers he came in contact with thousands of residents of this cyy and Maryland and Virginia. many of them in public life, and was a general favorite with patrons of the steamers. He never married. He made his home with his ster's family in recent years, going to the hotel when the latter moved to Virginia, Funeral services will be held in Fredericksburg, Va., tomorrow after- noon, and interment will be in a Fred. aricksburg cemetery. It is planned for the. funeral party to leave here on the 9:38 o'clock train tomorrow morn- ing. tion against her husband, R. O. Ben. nett, jr., for the fourth time, it wa learned through her attorney heére yes- terday. The petition is the sixth in which Mrs. Bennett has figured as the petitioner, 96 New Cases of Measles Listed, ) Ninety-six new. cases of measles | were reported to the District health department todav, making the total Im the year 8,068, SR Doren is chief. came on the cross-ex- | you are on charges. 1| April issue of the Service Bulletin of { have been in the service many vears | He suffered | e COUNCIL SWORN IN rorce zunrasa First Act Is to Oppose Pro- i | | | s samee Aiinane - Atfempts to Discredit Telfi“:” the new council by Daniel | Commissioner i The ut also to make a comparison with | Over heated uhiections by prosecu. | by the new council. 1 | i i i 1 ecutive session, held that the state: | po)ioyy; | | | { { { i ] per cent i dent | Tuesday, when the medical profession | should be done (SECOND CITIZENS' posed Increase in Sewer Work Levy. The second Citizens' Advisory Coun- | eil was offcially sworn In today and | began immediately to function by | holding a reorzinization meeting and adopting uninimously a resolution ! protesting against the proposed 100 incrense In the nssessment sewer extensions. oMce was administered K. ¥ to the Roard of Dis- the ofce af Kenning. te The oath o ioner Frederick A < were hrief, and w assessment and declared that property jowners in Deanwood and the sur- rounding colored communities fn | | northeast Washington could not afford to pay such rates, ‘The chief rule 1 P 3 K. Veft to right r. Garges, rhairma l! w Nute Geor| en, secretary to the Board of Con Robert V. Faulkner, W. 1. Swanton alex, George T. Beason and Dr. ¢ MEMBERS OF CITIZENS’ ADVISORY COUNCIL SWORN IN . swearing the Proctor BLANTON RENEWS sioner’s Alleged Service to District Medical Society. Representative Blanton, Democrat of Texas, renewed his attack on Com misaioner Fanning today hefore triet committee. \When hearings start #d on the bill to reculate the practice of chiropractors he asked representing the Medical the Distriet. Lawn Thompson wnnounced that he was, and Mr. Blanton then wanted to know why the Medical So clety haa refused to give information Society of | pertinent tn matters of legiaintion asked by Mr. nton In a letter of { April 1 10 the secretary of the mocicty He sald that » representative of the provides that o the public meetings through r hall bhe open wesentatives | of the press. “The council also adopted as stand- | ing rule the privilege of ihat hody to | the two retlring members, M Tor- | bert and Charles A. Baker. Regula stated meetings. it was decided, will be held every Tuesday from 7 to 10 p.m., with the exception of next wee when the session will be held Thu day night. ! The new council is constitunied ae| Jesse C. 8 chairman: | George R. Wales, H v N. Stull, W I. Swanton, George C. Havenner, Proc- | tor L. Dougherty, Robert V. Faulkner., | Georgs T. Beason and Dr. George fl. | Rirhnrf\som DOGTORS INFIGHT ON CHIROPRACTORS Medical Society Officials Op- pose Bill Offered and Plan New One. Representatives of the Washington Medical Rociety spoke in opposition to ! the bill regulating the practice of chi- ropractors in the District at a hear. ing today hefore the judielary sub. committee of the House District com- mittee, \ Dr. Lawn Thompson, chairman of the committee on legislation: Dr. W. . Woodward. forme; District health officer and now an associate member of the Medical Rociety, with which he hax been connected for 30 vears, and Dr. Joseph 8. Wall. preai- of the society, were the wit nesses. Doctors to Submit Bill. The hearing will he resumed next of the District will submit what they consider a model bill. The witnesses today opposed the hill under consideration in toto. al- though they admitted that i’ chiro- practors were to be allowad to con- tinue to practice in the District it under proper super- vision. Dr. Thompson protested against An intimation that the medical men have hean derelict in filing their opposition to the measure under consideration. He called attention to 19 different cuits. who iIn turn would he resking similar legizlation, he said, if the prac. tice of chiropractic and osteopathy were given meparate hoards of exam- iners. as proposed in the pending bill. He discussed the course of education and strict examination for doctors and contended that chiropractic had not been proved to be a science. Dr. Woodward, now emploved in Chicazo, was in Washington on an- other commission and asked to ap- pear before the committes, In reply to a question from Representative Blanton of Texas., Dr. Woodward sald that the fact that 30 States had laws rezulating chiropractors was all the | more reason why the District of Co- lumbia should 16fuse to grant recog- | nition, because “there ix not a scin- tilla af evidence that any good hn.ll been accomplished anywhere through anch legisiation.” He pointed put that the Supreme Court of the United States recently, by a very unusual pro- ceeding. Incorporated in an opinfon evidence regarding malpractice by & chiropractor. Striet Supervision Urged. Dr. Woodward said: “It you are going to allow chiropractors to prac- tice at all, without passing the same examination as physiclans, they ought to be licensed.” He said that the utmost freedom that should be grant- ed any of these different schools is for them to practice under super- vision. He said that the bill would have to be redrafted to make it workable, and the only suggestion he mede to the committee was for a codification of the entire law of the District regarding the practice of medicine, 80 as to take care of such schools of practice. Dr. Wall discussed the chiropractic lawa in other States, and as a justifica- tion for the appearance of the Medical Society of the District. showed that for 80 vears this socisty issued the licenses for practice in the National Capital under a law signed in 1819 by Henry Clay and James Monroe. ‘The judiciary subcommittee also postponed until next Tuesday action upon the so-called milk bottle bill. society had 1old him verbally that Commissioner Fenning i attorney for tha M Society and he was seek ine official confirmation of the fact 1i was explained to Mr. Blinton that the s had met Wednesday night and inst Dr. ¢, B. Conk- lin, the secret nish Mr. Blan ton with the inforu he sought Laier. when Dr. W. €. Woodward. formerly Disivict health officer, had | testified that ha I« hoth a doctor and | lawver and had been connected with the Madical Saciety for 30 vears, Mr. Rlanton askéd him if he considersd it ethical for Mr. Fenninz. while on the pay roil of the regular physicians pase judgment as District Commis- sioner on proposed legislation 1o regu late chiropractors. Dr. Woodward replied: “1 do not be- iieve any Commissioner ought to he a salaried emplove or officer of any organization in the District.” He said he made this statement “despite the fact that Mp. Fenning is « friend of mine of many vears starding.” “BIéLE CLASS™ SERVICE. The New Jerusalem I » 1 F. A. A. M.. held a Rible Class night in conjunction with it= regular stated communieation last night, at which several * hundred members Baraca Class of the First Church. the Vaughn Class of Calvary Baptist Church. the Men's Class of the Fi Reformed Church Men's Class of Hamline M. E. Church were present, as well ax a large at. tendance of members of the lodge. The Vaughn Class Orchestra and the Masonic Glee Cluh rendered selec. tiona. Representative M:nlove of Missouri | spoke on_ constructive work during life to help posterity. Councilor, president of the Rihle Class | Association of the Distriet of Colum- bie. apoke of the close bond of svm- pathy existing between all Rihle classes snd the Masonic fraternity. Today in Congress uate, Debate on the Steck-Brookhart senatorial contest continued on the floor, with Senator Walsh of Mon tana upholding the contention of Brookhart supporters that the casze should be settled on the laws of lowa. The Senate passed a resolution authorizing removal of the Bar tholdi Fountain from the Botanic Gardena to make room for the Meade Memorinl. Senator King, Democrat, of Utah introduced a resolution inquiring of the Treasury Department whether Government funds are to be used by Carmi Thompson, who hax been selected by the Presid-nt to atudy conditions in the Phillp- pines. The District committee ix in ses- sion this afternoon on the traffic bill. the extension of Fourteenth street and the enlargement of the Distriet jail. The appropriations committee expects to take final action on Dis- trict supply bill this afternoon. abor leaders teatified before sub- committee hearing on modification of prohibition. ¥ Joint Senate and Houwe’ commit- tes heard further testimony on use of copyright music hy radio sta- tionw. - Farm relief bills were given fur- ther atudy by the agriculture com- mittee. Military affairs. committee heid ragular executive meeting. House. House considers naval aviation program. House District committee hears representatives of the District Medical Society in opposition to the bill licensing the chiropractic practice in the Dis-riet. The joint suhcommittee of the interstate and ways and means committee continues hearing on Mills bill on alien property. Foreign affaire committee holds hearing on Woodruff and Tilson bill Committee on agriculture cod- tinues hearing on relief measures. Subcommittee of merchant ma- rine committee considers Bacon- Colton-Lehlbach bill. Irrigation committee, in execu- tive session, considers Bolder Can- yon legislation. Banking and currency commit- tee continues hearing on stabiliza- tion of price system in the Fed- eral reserve. Judiciary committe¢ conducts hearing on Campbell bill relating to Government contracts. Coinage, weights and measures committee conducts hearing on ~hill te-standardise hampers -and baskets. FENNING ASSAULT Questions Ethics of Commis- | ihe | indictary commities of the House Dis- | who was | to | and the | Homer . | |WINES AND BEER | URGED, SALOON HIT BY LABOR CHIEFS | (Continued from Kirst Page.) they f stuff but # It they got heer wouldn't want to make a lot which in the end is nothi ot of sour slop.” Declares 90 utor Reed Are Manuf asked for Mr. Me- s knowledge of the “home Indusiry and the witness re- | plied that “vou will find 90 per cent | of the working men are making wine. | | heer and whisky out of every known | cegetable and fruit that exists. even make wine out of pars-| wring. | think zel a law centage of heer?” hev wonld prefer thev huy from somehody made the night hefore.” n vour judgment then.” the Senator, “modification make for temperanc sobriety hetter morals?” “Absolutely. {ine whisky hefore, and | they will Anished. they could zet [Tunentime s their business. they will stop It ziving a good per- you {1 they it to the sinff that i< axked would and 1 know of mi now who nev when they get a hottle in a reom until it wouldn't de this if Roglixs of heer i then g0 on aboul n drin Avank atas hey ! Cites Seamen’s Example. | Perhaps the most forceful and pie. | turesque witness at the session was Andrew Furuseth an “old Norwegian w10, whose home is in Sun Francise Lund who is president of the Seamen’s | Union. With a faini_accent of his | mother tongue, Mr. Furuseth hegan | his testimony by launching an attack | against “those people who are always eager to improve people's conduct hy | statutes and legislation, instead of by example.” Thev have found the sea- men a “feuitful zround.” he added, hecause B vears ago they took away ‘he rum ahoard ship. “Their theors was that if they didn’t get rum at sea hev would lose their taste for it, That theory didn’t work out. The men drank more when they came ashore.” | Mr. Furuseth declared he never | tasted intoxicating Hauor until afte he had reached 66 € T wae very much in doubt as to this prohibition husiness. 1 didn’t think it was a good hing and [ voted against it. But as 4 seaman. 1 am entirely opposed to the saloon.’ Denies To bea Hard Liquor Wanted. out his point that as long he law could he enforced “every [ thing was well.” Mr. Furuseth said he visited a notorions section of Povi- land, Oreg.. three months after the | Volstead law went inte effect and | found remarkably clean and prosper- | ous conditions, “Two vears later 1 went back to that same place and the conditions were worse than they had heen prior to the passage of the | law." he declared. “The moment they | ould get it they got it. and they'il | | find it where anybody cannot. The conditions now are worse than [ ever hecanse the siuff is worse.” f the seamen.” he continued. “were permitted to go inte a restau- rant and get a glass of heer or claret with their lunch they wouldn't hother ahout anything else. Ten per cent of them wouldn't he looking for hard lignor. There is no difficuity in car- rying out that condition in other countries.” Deciares Beer Often Needed. Mr. Feruseth cited some phases of seamen’s work where heer is ahso- | litely necessary for the health. In | cases where men hecome violemtly overheated, water does not qnench the thirst and even makes tham si At present, oatmeal I« mixed with water as a substitute for heer. “After 60 < old, 1 hesna i ke A little claret with my meal.” the wit- ness sald. “Rince that time if come- enough to give me a T take a tablespoon ater hefore each niea'. The doete bhody's kind drop of whis In A glass of 1t Aves ‘me good. “It costs you $5 a pint. dossn't 117" interrupted Senator Reed. “That's ahout what it costs, and then 1 got something didn’t like the smell or taste o poured it into the swill. “I¢ there any difficulty In wetti in contact with a constant supply asked the Missouri Senator, Labor Opposes Saloon. The only difficulty is get- Now that ¥/ and Never, ting something that 1 dare to use. Now, gentlemen, 1 am somewhat of 4 student of history, and I never yet have found an instance in which the reformer succeeded in corvecting confluct and mental attitudes through law. It always had to be done throngh example. If thix question comes to a vote, 1 #hall vote to re- peal the amendment if nacessary I wou'ld vote to let people have good clean heer, such as my mother used to._make. Mr. O'Connell, who said he resented 500,000 of the highest skitied mechanica in the country twk an unequivocal stand agairst the salcon and against conditions rhrougiou the country on the liquor question “There would he no more =irorger opponent againat the «iiaen than or- sanized Inbor,” declared the witness. “It fan't a gquestion with me as to whether we have 2,75 per cent beer— the question is, is the present Jaw be- ing carvied out effectively? I8 it do- ing what It is plleged it would do? My observations are that it is not. It ix being flagrantly and openly violated on every hand bv our citizens, gener- ally. In the beiter hotels and clubs throughout the land you can procure, i you've got the price. almost any- thing you want to drink.” After re- citing two visits to “old-time bars” in New York, the witness sald “the whole thing struck me as a_ farce. Some- thing has to be done. Tt is creating a state of affairs that le anything but ! elevating. The Volstead law is impos- sible of enforcement under its present regulations. “There are some things that are im- possible to legislate. You could no more regulate the smoking of cigar- ettes among females than vou could hope to fiy. When you get Inte a con- 12 rep- | must be done t | enrners in Ohio, called the committee’s | wax found. | forcement | caught | from riding a horse dition where people take a chance of violating the law to have their own way In the matter, then something change that state of mind Man: were pos of us are wondering how it hle 1o put this legisiation on the American people with little ty hie It in't he e again, | don't care how muech nexyou agree to spend for it en sinent. veu cannot enforee it | 1<t man's own instinets.” ey, representing 215,000 ws over h attention to the fact that “we have the center of the Anti-S«loon move. ment at Westerville.” There i “growing disregard and disrespect. | hoth for authority and law in Ohio due to the Volstead act.” the witnes /declared. “The reasons are that reg- | | ulation has heen superceded hy the | (rom gambling and pr principles of compulsion and force. | And we have had some illuminating| | experiences with efforts to enforce the | act. Mr. Joshua Edward Russel. who wax elscted @ Siate Senator and tepresentative on a drv ticket., was made Federal prohibition commission ler. After he was in office it was found that liquer was easily procured. | He wax found guilty of conspiracy Not only did he <et this ex:mple, b it was carried out hy many of the dry | agentx. In Cincinnati. 21 were fourfa Ulliy of assisting bootlegzers in ewrry nx on their business.” Charges Woman Used as Lure. Mr. Frey denounced in the strong est of tarms the “practice of leading men to moral destruction in order to enforce the law.” He suid an effort | was made to arrest the marshal of Westerville. home of the Anti-Saloon League. “S. A. Probst. deputy prohi hibition commissioner aud wo as slgtants, both of whom were later forced to res| desired to secure the | convietion of City Marshall Perry M. Nutt. They used methads such as 1o | bring the Volstead act and the Anti aloon League into great disrepuie. They resorfed to using & woman as | a lure to secure convictions. They had one goodlooking woman fake up a rexidence at a hotel. She made an appointment with the city marshal on condition he supply the liquor. | Probat_followed and hroke into the room expecting 1o find llquor. None Here ix an example of using a woman as a Jure to bring men to moral destruction so the en officers can make some kind of a showing “Was she of zood moral character?” asked Senator Reed, and the specta. tors laughed. 1 am not personally her.” said Mr. Frey, langhter. “1 think you need dence,” said Senator colleague. ‘Oh. the prohibition, H acquainted amid more Ny farther evi Herreld 1o hix might he sanctifieq hy retorted Renator lieed. Calls Volstead t a Blot, “‘Her husband,” explained the wit ness. “was & bhootlegger. Probst him and said if she wonid | serve his purposes, he 1l not con viet the man, who was ©fl. And :he | agreed “There is a doubt.” wled the witness, “as to wheth tglons lend- | ers are approaching this queatim in a right mann:r in ocler 1o bring ahout enforcement.” “You evidently hel " asked Sen- ator Herrel, “if a grafts, that | makes the law had.’ | hat Is not analagous,” <aid Mr. Hias the Volst.ad aci been pr tive of temporay asked Senator Rred. | “In my opinion. it has vesulted in | more intemperanc amendment is the charter of humer liberty gziven in| the Constitution,” Mr, Frey dechved. | Urges Regulation of Morals. Senator Harreld of Oklahoma said | he understood Mr. Frey to he in faver of the regulation of dance hallx and | gamblinz, but not in faver of the 'rlgnlaflnn of dancing and card play- | ng. Mr. Frey said he favored regulation | of morals. but ohjected to prohibi- | tion. | “We regulate the location of livery | stables. but we do not prevent a man | interjected Sen. | ator Reea of Missouri. “Ts not that | your position { The eighteenth vat blot on the | Ms Frey said that was his posltlnn.‘ Senator Harreld again questioned Who Will Acceptance To John Poole, Campaign Chai District of Columbia Memorisl Commission Fund, Federal-American National Bank. I am willing to meke a personal between . (Please be exact so as to avoid duplication.) Name . Address .. Note—Mr. Poole will send full instructions and all necessary forms as assigaments can he detormined. | betore | Federal ROBINSONBETTER, WILE MAKES PLEA EAVES HOSPITAL FOR WAR MEMORIAL 'In Radio Address, Urges Washington to Support Po- tomac Park Project. Son of Assistant Navy Secre- tary Reunited With Parents in Rochester. | { Warning that wars fought and won V.. April 4. Ap-jare oo soon forgotten. and that It ed from #n at- had been the habit of the American Dougias Robinson. | people after every war to ignore “the stppped | nacessity of praparedness,” Frederie thie| Willlam Wile, in a radio uddress last ROCHESTEF parently inlly tack of amnesia 20.yearold Harvard student out of St. Marg's Hospital morning and inte (he srme of hi»!night frem WRC, said the public ap- parents. Assistant Navy Secreiar: ' penl 1o e launched next week for And Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson. | building the hesytiful Ditriet of Co A (e were amiling A« they passad {lumbis War Memerial in Potomac through the hospital gate. { Park, “should go straight to the heari The vennited family 18fi immediate- [and pockethook of evers man, woman Iy for othe home of Thomas G. and child in Washington. Spencer’ u college chum of the #lder| “It is & remarkable fact,” said Mr. Tohinson. That said their next deati-| Wile. “that our glorious city is one of nation might he Bosion. Springfield.|ihe faw aliied capitals thronghout the New York or \Washington world that have reared no enduring Young Rebinsen thisx morning was[monument to the patriotism and valer <t trying 1o acconnt for having lost [of their own representatives in the 2 kaek of hin life from the time helstruggle thal preserved democracy. lefthis hooks i Harvzacd nnifl he was his week marks the ninth anni picked up off the ateps of the First versary of onr entry inio that crusads Methodist Church hare in 3 dazed con-| —the contest 1o which, & history i ditlon by twe men who believed he|bound to record. American bloed and had been hit by an antomobile. | ireasure contributed the decisive blow. The Jad failed 10 recall attending the | It is unfair (o say that America won concert of the Amherst Glae (lub here|the war. But it is not unfair or in Tuesday svening. ANl he conld refaccurate (o say that the war might | member was that he wax in Cam.|not have heen won without s bridge a1 9 p.n. last day. That Miss Jane Keliay, whose name Marble Tempie Proposed. was found on a card in the vouth’s| “It is now proposed, tardily, but is connacted with hix dis-| not tao late. 1o huild a_marbie temple wan discounied by hothlon the banks of the Poiomac which n and parents, He met her at thelghall he a permanent tribute te the cert. hut could not recall her name asion. She ix the daughier nent maunfacturer and | belle. Mr. Robinson declared that he coulé not make any immediate plans for his son. 2 ol the District of Colum ia wh erad the republic’s call in the hour of peril. wo hundred and fifiv-eight of those gallant gentlemen made the supreme sacrifice. It is intended to scriba their names upon the marbie ceiling of the memorial temple. Within the temple's corner stone will =on |the witness as to what difference [reposs the names of all who served, there in hetween preventing a man | living or gone. niing him | “Opportunity is now provided for from drinking. The witness replied |us. their heneficiaries, 1o commemo that he felt the Jaw alwavs had taken |rate the priceless service rendersd by care «'\'hn!o who drink 1o exceas, District soldiers and sallors in 1817 9 Labor Sees Diserimination. G Lo RS The last witness called at today's | arove of trees close to the sescion was Henry ¥ llur,-:-"_::- [hasin. From thai spot there are en. tion of Lalor. He «xid he did not he FSTCIE biAa qusclina A 1o {the Lincoln Memorial, the Tidal Basin e o i the return of lieve the peaple wanted the return of | 14 the Arlington shores of Virginia. the =al0on or the restorition of srrong Avink. but that a madification of the Volstead Iaw to permit heer and win 10 mike the A law m enforceahle by gi redueing demand for hard handled Hooi leggers. Musie 10 Honor Heroes, “Outdoor military hand concerts will be plaved within the temple from time to time —each a diapason ef malodious gratitude 1o the men In the by liquor Mr. Hilfery declsred he helieved the | Whose honor the temple, shimmering Volstead law id crected disveapect |in gricaful Doric outline, is to stand for all law h it is not or ble A% long 2« time epndures and that the morals of the Nation are A fund of 200000 i« needed. We worse than Lefore prohibition. {%re a community of neariv half a mil- He i woraingmen feel they have [lion <on's. The maney ought to bhe heen diseriminated agiinst eciinse | forthea ng. not in a w . bt in a wealihy people can zet intoxieants [4ar. At the suggesiion of ihe Presf which they are unahle to obtain. {lent and the cabinet, Government of- Suys Experts Make Wine. !fices will depart from their rules and Mr. Tiilfers dectared 1t wonid he | ‘UIROFize their chist clerks to receive - o i subseriptions for the memorial from maore difficult to =y where you can- . Gavernment smploves Wi oL 'I:':"hk'; h:wa‘._d-"r;'-n;..\&ll In building the temple we shall - | serve = donhle purpese. We shall nat e in New Jer wh thers was x £ gl cas TR VA% {only pax <olemn tribute o the man «m:‘grr'v":‘rm’-,:vnw i "’:::I"L:I Id" ‘“‘" : ’whn fought in order that liberty AEgiBliE neon <hould not perish from the sarth. hui The witness xaid he did not think { ¢ Shall ame do cur individual hit the cominttee would find much objec- | 'OWAN enriching = he architecters! tion to permitting wine, for the regsor | “P/ANA0r ot \Vashington. that the making of it had been raduced | ~'e should. in v avinion. rejoice Ll {4t the privilege of imilding this ter Men make a living going from nle for yei ane her reason. That is. home to home Auring the grape sea. (DAL §t will <arve as a perpetual re: son making wine and looking afte- | Minder thet ance there was such a ita fermentation.” Mr. Hilfers tastified | hing as a World War: that we en “You can make a palatahle wine, hut it for.a tecribly vital reason: you cannot make good beer. no matter | “Nd thet the vietory which we heiped l10 achieve was a stupendous event In {the history of Ameriea and of civiliea tion at large. how expert a home hrewer vou are.” flee adjourned until to- ning. commities recessed i " % - o'clock tomorrow. when it w l’l’|”'fll|ln‘u caple Prone to Forget. iwo more hours for the wels” 1o ince time immemorial men and present their argument Senator | women have hesn accustomed te for Walsh of Montana sugge-ted that ithe = get 2% soon as they " hearings then he adiourned until the | and o, Dunzer onse ave ie Brookherl-Steck contest ic ssttled. |danger speediiy velegated to the limhn The matter w ferved for later con- i of the commonpiace and wnimportant, sideration. That is one of the reasons why aite: o - " ” | avery war u has heen the hahit of DOUBTS DRY LAW REPEAL. | (he American peopis 1o = | necessity of preparednes memo: Buckner Says America I8 Relnetant | wvars have jonger G U101 contd have my war 1 wenid 15 A Mo i{emblazon upon the portal of enr hean NEW YORK. April & 0@, Unirea | |If01 Dixtviet memorial the words. States District Attorner Ruckner.| -The memorial. ii wems 1o me hack in New York after appearing | neces:ary les we the Senate subcommitiee m,“”h‘_ ““’“ "'""'"‘" To e < 2 s what It was they w .'nhtnurn investigating .['nohimnnn i forget what it was. that th savs he “created u panic” when hel.cpieved and lest we forget whit RAve members of the subcommittee ! might have heen had thev not done his estimate of costs for adequately | their full pirt as American< and men enforcing prohibitio | “Let ike Distriet Weorld War “It seems that our people want an and oter- omelet, but don't want to pay for we of their ewn the egge.” he iold the Man's Club of forget why eur Temple Israel last night. He told hers fought and the suhcommitiee in Washington that served the flag.” it would regui 000,000 and 150 judges properly anforce the existing law in the southern disirict Vork alone. 26 what I was lest we forget nt through: les: morial he visihle, | nal evidence that i genera did net | fathers, son< and Thow glovious«y they |CONTRACTORS SIGN eloquent to prohibition of “It i= highly speculative as to whether there is any probability of " et ining e ate | ENGINEERS’ SCALE Mr. Buckner, “in view of the Ameri- 2 e can’s reluctan to admit having made an erro Two Firms Agree to Demands on e College Humor, New Kind. Fretvare T Out NEW YORK. April ¢ (P Bis side City. marck is nne wort of a doughnut. one collegian has informed the New Re- public in anawers ta &0 questions: Marconi was a Jewish king. from outside union lahor organizations has forced twe contrac- tors to sign with the striking steam shovel and hoisting enginesrs agree. ing to the wage increase of from $10 10 $12 per day. it hecame known to- day. The contractors the Boyle-Roh- ertson Construction Co.. and the Lock- joint Pipe Co. Union men employed by them in other cities refused to con- tinue when they learned these contrac- 4 tors were using non.union labor here. memories—are forever endeared. According to Rufus S. Lusk of the Te commemorate the service of Operative Builders' Assoclation. three from this city in the great confliet o | Men Will go to work for the Lockjoint commission created by Congress is| PiP® Co. Work on the Washington planning to erect in Potemae Park o| Bullding at Fiftoenth strest and New . ork avenue, where the Boyle-Rohin- beautiful _white marble temple at 2l .0 co. is excavating. is stopped. how- cost ob SPON, aver. hecause the contractors to whom The com ion wants responsible | Boyle-Robertson sublet this werk re- persons to canvass each city block for | fuse to pay the higher wage and are subseriptions t6 the memorial. Will able. consequently. te rent steam some one in your fa group de this, | hOVels. 1t was explained. in honor of the ene whese serviee is to Unfon man deny that they get an be immortalized n stone? If- w0, &1 | Cra€e of $3,500 annually or that they aut the form helow. Yolunteer? In each Washington block I ihes who were represented in the ed forces of the World W those homes the veterass—or theil sarn $4,000 and $5.000, as published in an advertisemént by the employving steam shovel operators. Mellon, le-(ed. Back on Job. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon returned to his desk this morning after an Easter vacation in Bermuda. The Secretary appeared to be in the best of health and fully rested after the brief respite from the arduous of Sefirict. duties of his office. eanvass of ............ ceriease street Al SO R 4 Roll Coller for Firemen 0. K.'d. Z The milita roll collar, recently adopted for uniforms of members of the Metropolitan police’ force, was ap- proved today by the Commissioners for the uniforms of members of the Fire Deparcment. The Fire Department officials. be. lfeve that the new style collars will make the uniforms very much more comfortable. eapecially in Sum The roll collars also was approved the firemen with their overcoats.