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d HEARINGS OF DRYS 15.000,000 to 18,000.000| WEATHER (1. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) “loudy tonight and tomorrow: warm lowest tem st if weat orrow; ith at 7 a.m., toda il report on Page 9, perature, 36 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 Ent post ed as office, 29931. R cond class matter Washington, n, ©. WOMEN OPEN FIGHT AGAINST LIQUOR AT Want Continuance of Law, Speakers Declare. MRS. PEABODY DEMANDS STRICTER ENFORCEMENT t Discouraged, Leader Asserts. Reed Subjects Witnesses to Sharp Cross-Examination. opening day by for t the wet d by un for the drys was th Women's Nationa Law Enforcement be. fudiciary and dry Mrs. Henry of the 0 the subcom hearings. W. Pea w enforce. speakers told committee that between ind 18,000,000 women con cted with the churches and clubs represented demanded the ce of prohibition and mor committee room was never before during the ings with spectators and women detailed to Not all were d in the two corded them. Those who ible to speak filed resolutions ohibitlon adopted by their or- hearings were enlivened by the «rossauestioning of some of the wom- en by Senator Reed of Missouri, the wet member of the committee. Crowds Pack Corridors. Lonz before the hearing began wds of women formed in the cor: ridors outside of the committee room, #ni there were many protests because the guards would not admit them. \When the 75 woman witnesses entered the room, however, the aisles and even the space back of the commit- tee table were completely filled. Mrs. Peabody read to the commit- «tee a long list of the organizations which the women represented. We have come here at our own ex- pense,” said Mrs. Peabody. “We are not afiiliated with any temp o inization except the W. C. t The women stand for the home, 00} and the chur We ask that there #hall be no amendment to the eight- eenth amendment to the Constitution end no modification of the Volstead uct. We ask the removal of men who do not enforce the law Would Strengthen Law. “You say that you stand for no modification of the Volstead Act.” said Fenator Reed. *‘Would you strength- en it Ars. Peahody replied that she would have the law strengthened in New York and Maryland where there is no State enforcement act and where the is seriously broken. ‘I would have a State enforcement law enacted by the S in those two sald Mrs. body. She said that the women were emphatically opposed to any modifica- | tion of the one-half of 1 per cent in- 1arpretation of intoxicating beverages, saying that years ago the brewers had | insisted upon such a definition in or- | der to protect themselves against the | manufacturers of soft drinks. You are content with the Volstead Act as it now stands?” utor Reed “I would like to have the Volstead | nct made stronger,” replied Mrs. Pea- bodyt She added, however, that the | difficulty was not with the law and the constitutional amendment, but the | difficulty had been in adjusting the | new law to the people. | 3 < law pursued Sen- | Women “Not Discouraged.” We are not discouraged,” said Mrs. . Peabody. | In reply to further questions by | tor Reed as to whether the wom- | : content with the Volstead act, abody aid “We will accept if it can be enforced by the | officials. We don't it ‘ any weaker. We want the mgest thing possible in enforce- | t and the weakest thing in liquor.” | This remark drew forth a round of | plause i the women. The hear- | were frequently punctuated by ) applause. Alrs. Peabody told Senator Reed that fiie women were not there to present ' particular amendment to the | Voistead act enator Reed questioned body about the organizat w enforcement committ told how th various organizations | of women had acted for themselves * in selecting their representatives. di 5. ePa- | of the and she | Didn't Know of Hearing. | We arranged for our convention here four months ago, A meeting 10 take place here from April 11 to 43" said Mrs. Peabody. “In the providence of God, 1 believe, the dates came at the same time as this hearing. We had acted on the ques- | tion of light wines and beer, hut we ! did not know of this hearins | Mrs. E. I Silverthorne, president | of the Women'’s Board of Foreign | Missions, was first called to the stand * by Mrs. Peabody. She told the com- mittee that she represented 56 o ganizations, with about 5,000,000 members, working all over the earth. rom missionaries in many cou tries we have received requests to| have stand firm for i bition,” said Mrs. Silverthorne. prohibition question is of world- interest.” She told the committee | that there are 14,000 students from the Orient in Amerca, and that they are eagerly regarding the effort to enforce prohibition in this country, | Church Representative Speaks. { Mrs. Emerich, representing the | ¥ederal Council of Churches, with 25.000.000 members, demanded more sdequate enforcement Mrs. Robe E. Spes national ! president of the Y. W. (. A., pre- genied resolutions passed by that or- ganization for servance, and cularly for enforcement of the ead Licut of the law. | Col. Martha Hamon of the Balvation Army told the committee | that the Salvation Army, which goes freely into the homes, had found con ditions very much better since pro- hibition had come in. The children, ghe said, are able to go to Sunday =chool with better shoes and stock- ings than ever before. Senator Walsh axked Col. Hamon if * (Continued on Pare 2 Columm 2y *| As during all such crises, |to the pavement. |less, |a o fession of the a complete confes: X following his arrest here Saturday | LIGHTLY CLAD FEMALE FIGURE IN ADVERTISING IS ASSAILED| An appeal for the publishers of newspapers in the Western Hemi- | sphere definitely and permanently to | bar an sugge ve and questionable | cluding that “which attempts to at | tract the attention of readers by in | male figure,” w | First Pan Americ | s when 1t resumed its sessions | this morning, by Dr. Ramiro Guerr of Havana, (‘uba | Dr. Gue seemed to he alming | squarely the much-used bathing {xirl and silk stocking model, when he | declared that the female figure | een used for advertising purpo: { such a way that jt is an insult to de | cency and feminine dignit | the heautiful form of man’ ion into a hackneyed advertis | serving _for automobfle. soft drinks alike.” word provoked applause from i halt s made before making compan- ng mot clothing or The speaker's loud and prolonged the delegates in the | _ When the congress convened its | Plement | fourth business session in the Hall of her remains i -! l h Pan-American Journalists Applaud Speaker Attack- | ing “Insult to Decency and Feminine Dignity” in Auto, Clothing and Soft Drink Hlustrations. advertising from their columns, In- [ | us or rather abusing. the nude fe- | the methods employed by the | present-day an Journalistic Con | more attention to their wares. SHDO0D00 READY INDRED PREPARES FOR CUBAN BANKS ! Ship Brings $43,000.000 to | Havana to Meet Crisis of Depositors’ Run. | | By the Associated Press. HAVANA, April 12.—The Cuban | cruiser Cuba arrived here today from |Key West, Fla., with $43,000,000 on board with which to meet any re- newal of the run of small depositors on the Royal Bank of Canada and the National City Bank of New York, | which started Saturday. This money, in addition to, otiler |large sums dispatched here from New Orleans and Jacksonville, is expected |to be more than sufficient to meet all demands for payments at banks |here and throughout the island. In |all, $80,000,000 has arrived or is on the way to Havana to meet the crisis. | Yesterday a special train left Ha- {vana with §18,000,000 in currency for | branches of the Royal Bank of Canada in the outlying districts. Cuban banks have shown no unusual activity. Admirers of President Machado praising _him for his ‘efforts to mount the difficulty. They say he never forgets a friend They teil the {story that during the 1921 panic President Machado took his troubles to the Royul Bank of Canada. The ibank advanced him sufficient meney |to tide him over the crisis. Saturtday {when the bank required friends and | funds, the President and some of his colleagues deposited about $1,000,000 in { the institution and then spent half | an hour reassuring the excited people !that their money was in no danger. pickpock- were in the crowds about the Numerous losses to deft hands ore reported. One old woman, feeble and infirm, drew her life savings, amounting to §5,000, from the Royal Bank of Canada. A short distance from the bank she shrieked and fell A pickpocket had stolen her money and she was penni- ets banks. News from Denver that T. F. Alaiza, the young accountant of the Royal Bank of Canada at Sancti Spiritu, had confessed to a charge of abscond- ing with $48,000 of the bank’s money and would not redist extradition fs printed in the newspapers today. Up to the present the authorities have not indicated what they plan to do as re- ards extradition. BANK ABSCONDER CONFESSES Accountant, Captured Robbed to Pay Debts. DENVER, Colo., April 12 (®).—T. |, Alaiza, dapper 28-year-old Cuban, indicated he would not resist extra- dition to Cuba to face a charge of )sconding with $48,000 from the anct-Spiritus _branch of the Roy: Bank of Canada. fle made what police believe to be pbbery. in Denver, when suspicion had been aroused at Damits where he was dealing by the musty appearance of his bank notes. At first reticent, he later talked freely with the officers and told of entering the Cuban bank the night of March 13, and filling three suit cases with currency from the vault. He ! was an accountant at the bank and 1 been intrusted with a key. He was $5,000 in debt, he said, and was being pald $150 per month. See- ing no other way to meet his obliga- tions, he planned the robbery. He entered the bank on a Saturday night, belleving the funds would not be missed until Monday. ' He then took a train to Havana, chere he boarded the ship Northland, for Key West, from where he came to Denve! “I decided to come to Denver," he sald, “beacause I had heard it was (Continued on Page 7, Column 3. WASHINGTO the Americas this morning it had before It two outstanding topics for discussion, advertising and newspaper | ganization. The report on advertis. : wus presented by Senor Tuburelo staneda +of Havuna, and Dr. Guerra | was speaking on that question when | he launched his vigorous assault on ' so many to attract | advertisers | Calls Advertising News. | Dr. Guerra declared that advertising is just as much news as any story in | the strietly news columns, and that < 1 it should receive just as care. ful attention as to its veracity and | moral susceptibilities as a dispatch detailing the progress of a palitical campaign or an international discus. sion. A student of international affairs, the speaker said, will read b: preference sto relating to the | entry of Germany into the League of | Natfons, the farmer who is in need of u good plow will be most interested in | the advertisement describing such im and the thrifty housewife (Continued on Page 10, Column 1.) CUBRDIANSHP BLL New York Representative, Noted Alienist, Seeks to | | Cure Veterans’ llls. i Representative Kindred of New | York, a noted alienist, today intro- | duced a bill to amend the World War | veterans’ act of June, 1924, in the | matter of guardianships and adminis- | tration for the estates of insane and | deceased veterans of the World War | to correct the scandal which has been emphasized in Washington by attacks in the House upon Commissioner Irederick A. Fenning, who has acted as guardian in more than cases. Representative Kindred said in in-| troducing this bill that the recent | charges of abuses by guardians of in- | sane and incompetent war veterans! had been made possible by the in-| adequate provisions of the existing law providing for guardians of in-| sane and incompetent veterans. These abuses have occurred in con.| nection with the appointment under existing law of Improper and un- scrupulous guardians, not only in the | District of Columbia, but in the dif- ferent States. “I and other members of ths House of Representatives personally know of one or more such case in which | there have not only been abuses by | guardians but failure of the courts having power to appoint them to re- | move improper _and _unscrupulous | (Continued on Page " y 1 | 100 such | PASTOR IS EXPELLED | FROM CHURCH PULPIT Charges of Unbecoming Conduct Against Methodist Minister Upheld by Committee. By the Associated Press SOUTH MANCHESTER, Conn., April 12.—Charges of immorality and conduct unbecoming a ciergyman, pre- ferred against Rev. Guy Willis Holmes of New Bedford, Mass., were sustained by the special investigating committee reporting to the New England South- ern Conference of the Methodist Church today and the pastor was ex- pelled from the ministry and pulpit | of the church. The decision of the committee was reached_after it had held six secret meetings and had examined & number of witnesses, The report of the committee's find- ing, given without any other explana- tion, follows: *“The charges preferred against Rev. Willis Holmes are sustained. The v Willls Holmes is hereby ex- pelled from the ministry and the pul- pit of the Methodist' Church.” The charges were brought against Holmes by Robert L. Roberts, super- intendent of the New Bedford district, and were sald to involve his relations with a young woman. MOROCCO REBELS IN ROW Conference on Ending War Ends in Exchange of Shots. MELILLA, Morocco, April 12 (#).— It is reported that a meeting of Moroc- can insuzgents called to decide upon the attitude to adopt in regard to the i negotiations, Franco-Spanish peace broke up iu an exchange of shots. A majority of natives are sald to oppose continuance of the warfare, ‘W;)rking Girls Don Artists’ Smocks To Save Hard Wear on Fragile Frocks Leave it to the ingenuity of Wash- ington girls to solve the problem of office apparel. In the midst of the controversy over whether working girls should wear silks and satins or simple frocks dur- ing office hours comes a movement among the feminine employes in the District Building favoring both. They are going to wear the simple frocks over the more elaborate ones, the former being the type of garment known as smocks, familiar to all bo- hemians. The fad originated in a division of the District assessor's office, presided over by Mrs. Adelaide Grant. Mrs. Grant set an example for the others in her room by appearing at work this morning in a striking smock of eggshell blue. Several of the girls in the same room also put them on to- day, the colors running the riot of an artist's palette. ust think of all the advantages s tem,” Mrs. Grant rem i ioday, “Our light-coloved dv P4 will be protected from the dust and smudge inevitably present on desks in an office. Instead of a wide varie- ty of gowns of various colors and de- slgns there is a pleasing array of shades that cannot help but serve to brighten. up the otherwise drab atmosphere. ~Not only that.” joined in Miss Es- telle Lowry, “but now we can come to work dressed for a matinee en- gagement or supper date, put on our smocks during the day, and know that our attire will be immaculate Wwhen it's time to quit work.” “And I suppose that if we ever go to-a dance that keeps us out until daylight, we can come right to work from the ballroem' in our party dress,” some one else remarked. Among the girls who wore the smocks today, in addition to Mrs. Grant and Miss Lowry, were Lillian Friedenberg and Josle MacKenzie. The others in the same office haven’t purchased theirs as yet, but practi- cally all have signified their inten- fion of ivinlaz the movement. | The blackened hulk of th WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, MONDAY, A 9 ) PRIL 1 SURVIVORS DAZED AFTER SHIP BLAST CREMATES 25 MEN Tale of Horror Follows Gaso- line Explosion in Texas Harbor. OTHERS BLOWN INTO AIR 60 Injuted, 10 Seriously, Some Jumping Into Water With Clothing in Flames. Dy the Associated Press. PORT ARTHUR, Tex., April 1 oil tanker Gulf of Venezuela today rode quiet on the waters of Port Arthur B where early yesterday a gasoline ex | nlosion aboard her tore out her vitals and killed 25 men, climaxing a week of oil disasters in the Southwest. The buckled plates, scorched sides and twisted superstructure of nker tell a mute story of how the metal of the ship was heated to glaring whiteness in two furious hours, during which the 25 men were incinerated. Rending the quiet night with a ter rific_detonation while the men slept in their quarters aft, the explosion, as sudden as it was my: a flame of burning gasoline into the air. The blast took members of the crew with left the others imprisoned in a of hungry flames. All Sleeping Crew Die. None who slept In the quarters of the crew was saved, but several of those who were on deck escaped with more or less serious injuries. The toll of injured today stood at in the hospital, with two About 30 hospital _after treatment. While the flames seemed to envelop the entire ship, only one of her tanks was_ignited and the gasoline in ad jolning compartments remained un urbed, though some of her bulk- ds were white hot. The cause remained undeter early miss receiving emergency nined due to the overflowing of a compar ment, the gasoline coming in contact with steam pipes. One of the injured men in the hospital is quoted as say- ing a compartment overflowed as it was being filled. The disaster is the seventh serious loss to the oil industry in the last week, including two oil tank fires in Texas resulting from lightning. A tank farm at San Luis Obispo, Calif., burned with a loss of millions of gal-{ lons of ofl and two deaths. A similar fire occurred at Brea, Calif. Thirty Others Killed. The Dutch tanker with the steamer Thomas H. Wheeler in the Missiesippi River, 40 miles be- low New Orleans, Thursday, and on the same day an explosion rocked the tanker O. T. Warin Orleans. Thirty or more lives | were lost on the latter two ships, and | the damage to the three ships i’ esti- mated at more than $3,000,000. | The Texas tank fires, one at Luling and the other at Humble, brought a !'total loss of about $300,000. | _A preliminary survey of the Guif of Venezuela indicated, according to offi- cials of the Gulf Refining Co., its { owner, that she could be recommi: | sioned for about $300,000. The vess was valued at $1,500,000. She was a vanus collided | hoat. The total loss was $1,000,000. | A large part of the gasoline cargo. of about 85,000 barrels zan be salvaged, |it was sald. | The ship came to port here Friday at midnight and was preparing to sail Sunday for England. | It was shortly before dawn, | gasoline still was being pumped into i her compartments, that the explosion | occurred. The blast shook the water- front. In a few seconds the ship was an inferno, and the screams of m | being burned alive could be hear {from the dock to which she | warped. Those on deck were blown cither into the water or on to the dock. Two were seen to go over with their clothing afire, like flaming rocke { Man Driven Through Port. The force of the explosion appar- ently drove A. G. Schutz through a porthole. A hospital attendant found him on the dock with a porthole ring tight about his body. The pttendant had to file the ring loose from Schutz. The injured man said he had no rec- ollection of what had occurred, and other survivors are still dazed. Capt. John F. Charlton of Phila- delphia was asieep in the officers’ quarters forward. He rushed on deck to find burning oil all about him. As he tried to aid the crew his night (Continued on Page 7, Column 1.) ESCAPES JAIL ON EVE OF TRIAL FOR MURDER | Broke Through Three Locked Doors in Ohio Jail, Where He and Bfother Were Held. By the Associated Press. | NORWALK, Onio, April 12.—A few hours before he was to have gone on trial for the murder of F. E. McGrath, special agent of the American Railway | Express Co., James Lyon escaped from the county jail here today. | The discovery was made by guards making their rounds about 7 o'clock. A guard reported he was in his cell an hour before, Eeiip Lyon, known as a “two-gun man,” opened three locked doors and slid down a blanket-rope to an areaway, from which he jumped to freedom. It is believed he had “inside help.” Lyon and his brother, Leonard, were captured in Michigan last month, several weeks after McGrath was killed at their home, near here, Feb- ruary 18, when he went there to ques- tion them about an express company robbery. Their capture followed the shooting of Police Chief Dougal Mac- kenzie of Alpena, Mich., who wanted to question them regarding the abandonment of an automobile near there. R;dio Programs—Page 23: F ) 10 still | ng. | men were dismissed from the | today, but it was the opinion of | refinery men that the explosion was | in a dry dock at | I former United States Shipping Board | while § | | 1926—THIRTY-SIX ¢ Foening Star. PAGES. & PRESIDENTS EXAMPLE. AND SUBSCRIBE § WAN FACES THIRD - TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE Several Days May Be Re- quired in Selection of Chi- nese Murder Jury. Ziang Sun Wan, the former Chinese student, placed on trial for his lite today in Criminal Court Division | 1 for the third time in seven years. The Government and counsel for the | defendant encountered the first of what they expect will be a series of difficulties—obtaining a jury with open nd no previous knowledge of the case or former tri to sit in judgment of the Chinese, who fs charged with the murder of Ben Sen Wu at the Chinese Educational Mis- sion here January 29, 1919. The case got under way promptly at 10 o'clock before Justice Adolph A. Hoehling, who, at the last minute, was selected to preside over the case in place of Justice Jennings Bailey. By 12 o'clock 15 talesmen had been ex- cused from sitting on the jury, large. |1y because of their previous knowledge of the case and former trials, while |three had been seated. These three, | however, are subject to challenge at |later date should opposing counsel | deem it necessary. Special Venire Necessa Both United States Attorney Peyton Gordon and Wilton J. Lambert, chief defense counsel, were reluctant to be- lieve today that a satisfactory jury |could be obtained for several days at least. The regular April term of the petit jury was brought into the courtroom. jand by noon Jjurors from other ! courts were sent for with the hope of qualifying some of them. Failing to obtain the necessary 12 men from the present term, a special venire will be issued. At the outset of the trial today, M Lambert wanted to know if the ju would be locked up, in which event he wanted the question disposed of at this time.” “There have been talks, rumors and threats about it from the district attorney’s office,” he de clared. Maj. Gordon replied he knew of no rumors or threats to that effect and felt that the matter of declding if the jury should be locked up is en- tirely up to the court. “There have been reports in the press that the district attorney would make a motion to have the jury lock- ed up,” added Mr. Lambert. Jus- tice Hoehling declared there as nothing before him on that subjec Question Not Settled. | “Am I to understand that the di vict attorney will make a motion ed Mr. Lambert, addressing the ourt. “I don’t know what the district at- torney is going to do,” replied Jus tice Hoehling. “He'll have to speak for himself. The discussion on the subject ended there, with no light as to whether the jury ‘would be locked up during the progress of the trial. Klan Question Asked. The usual questions for qualification were asked the talesmen by Maj. Gor- don and Mr. Lambert, with the view of obtaining impartial and unbiased thoughts on the case and on capital punishment and circulnstantial evi- dence. Mr. Lambert, however, injected a question heretofore unused. Tt was: “Are you, or have you been, a member of the Ku Klux Klan?" ‘With the exception of one man, who was excused for being over age, and another for being a resident outside of ! the District, all talesmen challenged I for cause had read of the first or sec- ond, or both trials, and had formed definite opinions as to the guilt or innocense of the defendant. Owing to the wide publicity over more than a month given to the sec- ond trial in January and February, Maj. Gordon and Mr. Lambert feel this will be the biggest deterrent to their efforts to select 12 men. George D. Horning, jr., assistant United States attorney, and who tried the case in court at the second trial, was at his table as Maj. Gordon's as- sistant today. Rudolph H. Yeatman, former Sénator A. O. Stanley of Ken- tucky and Austin F. Canfield are as- sisting Mr. Lambert. ‘Wan appeared in court attired in a fawn-colored suit with tie to match. He appeared in splendid health and greeted his counsel on their arrival in the courtroom. | minds 82 New Cases of Measles. Bightytwo additional cases of measles developed over the week end, according to reports today to the District Health Department. The total number of cases for the year ' now stands at 2 i { te | Mr Floods Menacing Bagdad May Bury City in 24 Hours By the Associated Press. BAGDAD, Irak., April 12.—With the Tigris River still rising and thousands of men fighting desper ately to repair the dikes, the chances seemed about even this morning that Bagdad would be un- der water within 24 hours. Farm workers as well as army convicts have been conscripted to assist the larger number of men who have been laboring on the em- bankments protecting Bagdad from the flood waters, which are already well above the city level. If the embankments fail to hold, it is feared that thousands will be drowned. The property damage al- ready done is estimated at $7,000,- 000. Part of the royal palace is under water. King Feisal visted the palace today in a boat. LUTHER BURBANK DIES TRUE TO CREED Ingersoll’s Funeral Oration to Be Given—Lost Love De- cided Career. By the Associated Press. SANTA ROSA, Calif, April 1 Crushed as a youth when the flower of his love wilted and died, Luther Burbank sought solace in the culture of earthly plants. That, In brief, is the hidden story of the life of the eminent scientist, who lay in the quiet sleep of death in his garden’ wonder- ind here today. The end came early esterday morning. None of the friends and neighbors of Burbank during the 50-0dd years he worked miracles in the plant king- dom here knew the story. They knew him for his inspired de- votion to the friendly trees and flow- ers among which he worked with un- tiring zeal—knew him for the won- ders he wrought. Pledged Friend to Silence. To Edgar A. Waite of the San Fran- cisco Bulletin, in whom he had con- fidence, Burbank opened up the chap- ter of his life that resulted in his turn- ing his energy and talent toward the service of mankind. Waite was given permission to publish the story only after Burbank's death. The details of the incident will be told in a copy- righted article to be published in the Bulletin today. Unostentatious in life, Burbank willed that his last rites be simple. Judge Ben B. Lindsey of the Denver Juvenile Court, a lifetime friend, was on his way to take a leading part in the final services. Judge Lindsey and Rev. Caleb S. Dutton of San Francis- nitarfar minister, who married and Mrs. Burbank 10 years ago, wiil address public memorial services in the open air in one of Santa Rosa's parks. The Masonic order, which had conferred upon Burbank the thirty- third degree, will perform the ritual of the dead. The public will not see the casket or the interment. That is reserved for the immediate members of his family. To Recite Famous Oration. At Burbank's request, Judge Lind- sey will recite the famous funeral oration which Robert Ingersoll, noted agnostic, spoke at the bier of his brother, Ebon C. Ingersoll, in Wash- ington in 1879. Burbank’s final resting place has not as yet been definitely decided upon, although his friends hope to lay him to rest in the midst of the garden he loved so well. Burbank’s last written words were of the spiritual nature of man. “Do I ignore wha is generally called the spiritual nature of man? It is the corona, the flower of life, the fruit of which is altruism, the desire to help ourselves and others to higher and better thoughts and actions—in other words, to a more perfect state of har- mony and environment.” His last illness came shortly after he made the announcement that he was an “infidel,” explaining that he mere- ly meant he was unable to accept the arbitrary, man-made creeds and ortho- dox ideas of Heaven and hell. A flood of telegrams, letters and nal messages overwhelmed him in his study at his garden. Acknowledged the dean of plant breeders and leader in modern creative plant development, the name of Luther Burbanks became a household word throughout the civilized world. Vir- tually_his whole life was devoted to (Continued on Page 4, Column 2) service. BUSINESS MEN HIT Darr and Burkhardt Plead for Innocent Pleasures to Aid | Public Morale. | CRarles W. Darr, chairman of the | committee on police and fire protec- | tion of the Washington Chamber | of Commerce, representing more ‘ than 1,500 members and Joseph A. | Burkhardt, vice chairman of the legis lative committee of the Washington Board of Trade, business men, spoke emphatically to- | day in opposition to the proposed Sun- | day “blue laws” for the District of | Columbia when hearings were re- opened before the judiciary subcom- mittee of the House District com- mittee. i There was the usual large at-| tendance of more than 500 persons | in_the caucus room of the House | Office Building when the hearing was | reopened today with Representative Ciarence J. McLeod, Republican, of Michigan, presiding. | Mr. Darr emphasized that the Dis- | trict committee is legislating for the District of Columbia and for no other | part of the United States, and that | the legislation to be passed should be in accordance with the wishes of the people in the National Capital, and not the wishes of people from other States. He said that the people of Washington “do not want this bill passed” and said that he speaks for 80 per cent of the residents and citizens of the District. | i i | Sees Union of Chiirch and State. Mr. Darr protested that the pur- pose behind this bill is to make it a first step toward a union of church | and State. He emphasized that dur- ing the war period the moving picture houses and theaters threw their doors open to the four-minute men In thelr drives to build up the morale of the people. He warned the committee that today it is even more necessary to bufld up the morale of the people | than during war days and declared it is a question of morality as well as morale. “Pass this bill, closing up your moving picture houses, your base ball | games, and other places of innocent amusement before the public gaze, and you will drive our young people to petting parties in automobiles all along the roadsides, and to steamer trips to riverside resorts in Maryland and Virginia,” said Mr. Darr. .He argued that innocent amusement is necessary today, especially for the protection of young girls. Representative Houston, Republican, of Delaware, commented that we are living in a very complicated age, that he believ recreation is neces- sary. He discussed the prospects of writing into the restric vision for ‘“neces: Representative Gilbert, Democrat, of Kentucky, agreed that in & city like | Washington, outdoor recreation on anday might very properly be de- cided by the courts to be necessary. Would Hurt Churches. Mr. Darr insisted that the Lank- ford bill has for its purpose to in- | directly compel the people to go to | church. He deciared that today at least 75 per cent of the peeople of \Washington worship in churches on Sunday, but that if this law is put into effect fewer will attend because | it has been made coercive. In reply to questions by Mr. Hous- ton how long it will be before the children will feel that Sunday is not (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) FIRE SWEEPS HOTEL AND STORE IN ELKTON 60-Year-0ld Typhoid Fever Suf- ferer Among Many Who Clamber to Safety. By the. Associated Press. ELKTON, Md., April 12.—Flames swept through the Howard Hotel and Sigman’s furniture store early today, and for a time threatened the entire business district of Elkton. The dam- age was placed at $150,000. Sixty guests fled in night clothing from the hotel as the fire, driven by a high wind, raced quickly through the structure to the furniture store ad- Joining. Many guests were forced to slide down rain spouts to the street while others were carried from the upper stories by firemen. A 60-year- old man, suffering from typhoid fever, clambored down a water spout to safety. Saturday's Circulation, 99, Sunday’s Circulation, | Director | pressing al speaking for 2,600 | {in the The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news 98 109,165 TWO CENTS. WEEDING 00T VR STARTED ON BILS PENDING I HOLSE Decision Expected Today at Conference of Leaders With Budget Heads. RETIREMENiT BILL TO GET Civil War Pensions, Additions to Bonus and Veterans' Measure Due to Be Considered. ker Longworth, House Leaic Ison and Chairman Madden of the (ppropriations committee are acting the Republican steering commi of the House, in conferences w Lord of the budget deral officials, to ich of the importa: measures can be approved Congress and still stay within the prospective revenues of the Treasu: Department With many important measures« pending and with very strong pres | sure behind some of them, the stee: ling committee devised this as a busi | nesslike way to wind up the legisla tion of this session of Congress. It is a4 new departure in legislative pr: pe nd mine oth just w step by the House for efficient trans | cedure, marking another progressive Hous [ {action of its business along sound | business 1ir Decision Expected Today At o conference to be held toda: 1 important decision may be reached regarding one or several of the most pressing measures. eful studles have been made of the cost of a nun | ber of legislative proposals which are on the House calendar. Cinspicuous among them is the liberalized civil service retirement bill. on which Chairman Lehlbach and the House committee on the civil sery ice have heen working for five years to do more even justice to the approx imately 400,000 “beneficiaries of the contributory pensfon system set up ir 1920. No exact figures are yet avai on the probable cost of the lib eralized plan reported the House committee which is awaiting action on House calendar. Chairman Lehlbach and his commit tee have protested that the cost will be nothing like President Coolidge and | the leaders in Congress have been told tit will be. Budget Director Lord has called upon the actuaries of the retire. ment fund to make an intensive study of the bill now on the House calendar and report the probable cost on that particular measure. It is expected that he will have this report before Wed- nesday. Backers are Encouraged. It is some encouragement to friends of the Government employes that this special committee of House leaders giving special study to this measure light of what funds may be vailable in the Federal Treasury to determine if it may safely be taken up |for action by the Congress. It has {been rather generglly supposed that { the leaders had actually turned down jall prospects of this measure being | called up in the House. There is par ticular encouragement in the fact that if it is decided to bring this measure up in the House, it will then go to the Senate, with increased probabilit | that it will promptly be acted upon there as part of a well-digested admin | istration program. | Other pressing measures that will | be considered at the conference of the | leaders are the Civil War pension bill which calls for an increase of about $39,000.000 a year: additions to the ithonus bill, whic call for ahout $15,000.000, and the Johnson Worli War veterans' bill, which calls for about $23,000.000 the first year, run ning up to $26,000,000 the third year Fight on Guardianship. Tn regard to the latter measure the World War veterans’ committee is to meet tomorrow to decide upon hear ings on another bill, which, if ap proved. will be made a committee amendment to the veterans’ bill now on the calendar, doing away with the practice of private guardians fo: Junatic beneficiaries of the Veterans Bureau and putting the respons on the director of the Veteran: reau to act as guardian for the Gov crnment. A special rule is pending before the House rules committes to give privileged status to the World War veterans' bill. This committee of House and party leaders is studying figures obtained from the Budget Bureau and all other quarters to see what the demands are, what funds are available, what can be done in a businesslike way, and how hard it will be necessary to hold down on legislation calling for big appropriations, to avoid a Treasury deficit and to avold making too heavy fixed charges against the estate of | the people in the Federal Treasury | “DISTRICT DAY” PASSED. | Outside Bills Up in House Today After Unanimous Consent. i Although this is “District day,” ac | cording to the House calendar, the time was allotted for other legislation when the House took a recess over Satur day by unanimous consent. The committee on interstate and foreign commerce has today and to morrow in which to dispose of bills it has reported favorably to the House. First among these is the commercial aviation bill, then the for eign service bill, then the lighthouse bill, and if time'is left tomorrow the committee will call up the Hawes | black bass bill. SEVERE QUAKE NOTED. New York Seismograph Records Shock 10,000 Miles Away. W YORK, April 12 (P).—A se- vere earthquake, belleved to have been more than 10,000 miles away. perhaps off the southwest coast of Australia, was recorded on the seis- mograph at Fordham University early today. The quake started about 3 a.m.. reached its maximum force at * o'clock und subsided at 2:2v o'clock. o