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9 » ‘'THE in Baltimore ARBORETUM PLANS PASSED BY SENATE $500,000 Estimate, How- ever, Reduced to $300,000. | Bill Goes to Housa. | today passed the bill | the acquisition of the | n teact, near the up. for thi establish. | whoretum for the | icult E i authorized 1o be appro- | rr re by the Senate from \s recommended by the mittee on azriculture, to $300,000 | hag expressed lesser amount The bill now tor action adopted Senator would also The Senate providing fo Mount Hamilt per An: Department « The amount ted was Senators that the ficient House the Bue to the Re amend Jones of | make the for recrea- | There was to the measure when eached on the Senate calen- and the only debate was to amendment 1te ments proposed n by which wvailable and park purposes. | | | Warren Favors Lower Sum. | ¢ Warren of Wyoming, chair- | the Senate appropriations | recomiended that the | the bill be changed from $200,000, stating that he | xious to ser the bill hecome he had been to make the securing final 1t into faw | MeNary of Oregon said he | Was concerned over seeing the | secome a law and called attention etter received by the agricul stten the Department the $500,- | MRS, ARTHUR €A MRS. CAPPER DIES IN BALTIMORE AFTER ILLNESS OF 5 WEEKS from 500,000 to that nee ad iple chan “ontinu First I'age.) nd the two often spent ani chatting and laughing | Co . hour two or ¢ bill ture ike s se and few Iwavs a busy responsibilities inities for the lighter until he came to Wash Jancing made a_special appeal or and his wife were two Winters members Mrs, Thomas 1. Walsh's daneing class, and they proved pupils to hoast of. Mrs. Capper was a delightful hostess and no sen 1 home staged more din nere, receptions and smaller amenities | than the pleasant house on the corner | of Sixteenth and 1, streets v hased soon after the Senator's The last formal function over which Mrs.Capper presided joint Iy with Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of Senator Charles Curtis, e o hie reception on January in the By Willard, in honor of Mrs. Jardine, wife | d contain a per . 'Secretary of Agriculture. A n of trees and | friendship dating back to their girl or the purposes | hood existed between Mrs, Capper ane andeducation | Mrs, Gann. who was before her mar. to ax a bureau | riage Miss Dolly Curtis. Both t Among from K are from To. water gar- and for vears had lived adjacent rve. h othe ntion has Leen called Before her that arboretum would Miss Florence Crawfor the Department of the late Samuel J valuable to the | of Kansas during the latter ways, particularly the Civil War. She was horn reedin he develop- | at Topeka. Kans.. in the late f0x and srowing timber. im- | spent the ater part of her life in disease-resistant | her native city mgh the facilities boretum would in- { illural wealth and | Mrs. Capper . it has been ar- | cian, especially man had | bper, suggesting it of Utah at this point oppos ited that he had talk Charles €. Glover + man who has improvement of and that Mr. the $300.000 recently with the Capital him_ that sufficient ton tract has heen 1s an exception i arboretum o be found and ficient overlap t climates to make 1 develop on from va ch was | conntry The manent liv jentific ¥ arboretum wo rerred horticulture ould be a s been of den i wild rice pre nsas fea N 0 marriage Mrs. Capper daugh vork ot Crawford more Governor g wrt of Talented as Musician. was o talented musi on the harp, and also composed music. On more than one oceasion while Senator C(apper was governor of his State she plaved for the guests at social funetions at their | on and Hickey trict of Colum with the Anacostia River Benning Bridge, consti admirable site for the arbore. ! t in location and with variety of the commit sriculture stated in its report Senate. _“About 400 acres of alveady owned It consis be drained Hami Mount t the D home When the election to the Senate hrov to Wash jington Mrs. Capper gained a wide cir- | cle of friends in the National Capital. | Senator and Mrs. Capper had no {children. For many vears, however, | each urring birthday anniver the Senator has ziven a pienic |to which all the children of his city | Iand county were invited, and in which < and girls from a distance ocea- | {sionally took part. Mrs. Capper al- ways joined her husband in the festivi- ties on those oceasions. more than 30 in o | v frer i EDUCATED IN CAPITAL. | ¥ 5 TOPEKA. Kans., . committee [ Arthur C. Capper, following other advan-| gapo oo e E o her idvan-l Senator from Kansas, who died in a e e o more hospital this morning, was o ' = here July 1, 1868, S vears later the family moved to T ngton, where former Gov. Craw e icied as agent for the State of i Kansas and attorney for a number of . Indian tribes. Mrs. Capper received | her education in the schools of Wash- {ington _and Boston and, as Florence Ch awford, was married to Sen- ator Capper in December, 18 lvs. Capper is survived by few rel- atives. Her parents and only brother George M Crawford, died sever vears azo. A nephew, Marshall Craw would serve as | ford of Chicago, and a’niece, Mrs. Leg {ler Paxton of Topeka, remain of the Crawford lineage, of her husband tum, ag tec to the the b, mars Arn In conven proposed site he Government addit ow land, there vately owned in the il site 1 tha pes exist is to this « 108 Mount e vernment- acres pri Hamilton An examina by @ soil expert Other Advantages Cited. o May 10 (P).—Mrs, bt wife of the junior d the s tha hment sssible a4 compre trees and other the preserva imens of the introduced in Department h such a knowledge of forest tree: possible, when the of setting sved varieties s fast as furni; % se € breedi of would country hes 1 to u as male rea ¥ Erow g The arboretum also anctuary establishment and maintenance | of the s P esic to nd whic e, for | Lsure srboretur ntrusted to the | = River Benning | — — this e 1 el :i;‘}’;,.{":'f,‘;:'... ci’” and “Secret of Suzanne"” in horticuiture and | in Southern City. " tiouse com. | Capital Company to Give *Pagliac- 1 in urging its he Garden Club of Amer active part in presenting | the advantages of the arboretum to the committee, PIMLICO ENTRIES FOR FIRST RACE chase: $2,000% 4 Gun Boat t. Seas Edouard Albion, director and gen- eral manager of the Washington | Opera Co.. announced today that the | company just received its first | engagement as an organization for a | performance outside’ of Washington The Washington Opera Co. will pre- sent its last combination of operas given in this city during the past sea- son for its initial performance in Greenshoro, N. C., definite arrange- Gold Fovle ++-144 | ment having been’ concluded during s 1341 the last week end. Bed1sn | Edward -Johnson, tenor of the Sntey | Metropolitan Opera, will sing the d rider. { lead in “I Pagliacci” and Thalia Sabie- neva, soprano from the same com { pany, who sang in Washington in | several operas, will sing Nedda. Ivan Ivantzoff, baritone lead of the local | company, will sing the roles he sang » successfully here. “The Secret of zanne” I be given. The local chorus will be taken to Greenshoro on its first out-of-town assiznment | Mr. Albion hopes that this will he the beginning of what may grow into 2 Summer tour proposition for his or- nization. UESDAY Hampden blds and up. Gold Foyle Steeple- 2 miles. 136 Tin [FE] SECOND Maulda B Lenavinehart S ) Nev RACE claiming Purse 40 107 =S $1.200 furlones. Eda ( Osman Ba 1h) Maste Foreclose . maiden 107 105 1o Maid 107 11 1 10 h . Hirple 16 The Incentive furionge. Hominy D i) Club Steak Faulconer entry Graded hand: e, 81,300 <lase entry da Farm entry THIRD RAC xear-olde s a) FOURTH cap. 118 115 | 118 COOLIDGES TAKE CRUISE. Sail Down Potomac With Several Representatives as Guests. President and Mrs. Coolidge, with 2 small party of friends, spent day afternoon and last night the yacht Mayflower. They enjoyed | a cruise down the Patomac to a point just_north of Quantico and returned o Washington waters and dropped anchor for the night a short distance off Hains Point. - The party dock at the Navy Yard this morning shc Iy after 8 o'clock. Those with the President and Mrs. Coolidgeé were Senator Ransdell of Louisiana, Representative and Mrs. Leavitt of Montana, Representative and Mrs. Johnson of South Dakota, Representative Wood of Indiana, RAC it &Drks Dry . Extra Mr. P Senator Pimlico ¢ purse Storm Kine FIFTH RACE PR ds and up Handican class B $1.500 Ladd Roland Dutch Batt Licut Al SIX Son Ami . Saratogamaje Dizzy Blor Badenoch Leonard G n 2nd H RACF and_up $1.300: claiming furlong ingale Subtle * Fornovo Ivy * “Evelash 1l Ormeolus * Duckling La Gray Gables SEVENTH RACE—Pimlico Graded h cap: puree, $1.500: 3-year-olds and up €6 furlongs, Kn't of Mer. 2d. 120 Les Harrs Carroli -..108 ° Powder Forest Lore . 2 class 08 eeven..116 | Legion | =old was placed {of the World HIGH AND LOW JOIN MOTHERS' TRIBUTE iDavis Defends Flapper in Talk at Exercises at Tomb of Unknown Soldier. Washington's citizenry, from the President to the most humble resident joined yvesterday in the Natlon-wide observance of Mother's day. President Coolidge, Jike many an {other mother's son, attended a Moth er's day service at the First Congre- gational Church, accompanied by Mrs Coolidze, and heard Bishop idwin | 1olt Fughes of Chicago pay homage 10 the mistress of the home. Vice President Dawes also partici pated in the city's tribute, presiding over exercises at the Tomb of the Un known Soldier., At this service Sec retary of Labor Davis staunchly sup | ported the modern girl, with her short skirts and lively wayvs, and added that tho heroism displaved by the Un- known Soldier “was the masculine counterpart of that hevoism hi mother displayed in bringing him to birth.” lother and Soldier “Let us on this day together,” Mr. Davis “The Un- known Soldier and the unknown mother, hero and heroine of our na e them ending flapperdom the Labor vy likened the girl of today girl of the early nineteenth He agreed that some flap. frivolous, but tha the majority were “quite as sedate A were their mothers at the same age.’ Flappers have existed for the past 10,000 years, he asserted, nd ahout them were said the same things b heir elders that are being sald to day. He recalled the words of Kd mund B e, who “beg; 1 his gen eration to bear in mind that because half o dozen grasshoppers under a fern made a field to ring with their chink, it did not foilow that were the only inhabitants of the fiell for in the same field thousands of cat tle chewed their cuds silently in the shadow of the British oak.’ to the century. pers were overwhelming Noisy Flappers Fey might we speak of our noigy flappers. in comparison to the whole. They e few in num ber.” Some allowance must be made he added, for the spirit of youth, and he discounted any belief that the flap. pers whose escapades enliven press columns are “destined n ,n\l to shoot Niaga 4 Secretary Davis was the principal speaker the Arlington ceremony, which was held unde auspices of the American War Mothers and the Con gressional Club. Representative La mar Jel of Alabama comy home without a mother with a blessed with one in a talk on Heroine at Home." Wreaths were laid on the tomb for the American War Mothers, the Con gressional Club, the war veterans’ group in Congress, the vdice Club of Toledo and the American Women's The War Mothers’ wreath of “in the name of the upknown mother and typifyving the love and remembrance of all World War mothers, “Thus,” he stated home “The ns Sent Off. of carrier Pig A flock leased the mother's massage corners of the natio pronounced by Chief T. Axton, jr., of the U was sounded by a b As the exercises ecame to an end Army fliers from Bolling Field scat- {ered white carnations over the graves War veterans in Arling- pigeons was to the four Benediction was Chaplain John S. Army. Taps ler. ton Cemetery The Army, N; plaved at interv Representative Clifton A. of Virginia sang “Mother o' Mine, and Mme. Ryder-Kelsey, sopranc, o New York, sang “Songs My Mother aught Me.” The music and speeches Is during the rites Woodrum of out-of-town radio stations. Most of the city’s churches special Mother's d mons generally touching on the sanctity of the home and the devotion of mothers for their children. CONTRACTORS HOLDING ANNUAL SESSION HERE Labor Questions, Legislation and Construction Problems Will Be Discussed by Board. held Approximately 90 members of the executive b rd and the president's and secretary’s councils of the Asso- ciated General Contractors of Amer- ica opened their annual meeting at the Hotel Washington this morning. Immediately following the roll call and the reading of the minutes of the last meeting, the members journed to attend the ann ing of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, of which a num- ber of the contractors are councilors The actual work of the Spring meeting will begin tomorror. Among the questions important in the con- struction industry to be considered are the day labor question, the ap- lication of standard contracts, the public contract act, lien laws, acci- dent prevention. the Fitzzerald workmen's _compensation insurance bill for the District, and the adminis- trative practices of the War De- partment in connection with con- ruction. Today in Congress Nenate. The Senate considered bills on the calendar until 2 o'clock, after which debite was resumed on the bill providing machinery for set- tling disputes hetween railroads and their employes. Military affairs committee meet- ing this afternoon to consider afr- craft legislation Commerce committee continued hearing on Shipping Board affair: Judiciary committee held regu lar executive session. Joint Postal Comm decide on proposed rates. ion met to bill to revise House. House today continues general debate on agricultural relief meas- ures until 11 p.m. Gibson subcommittee of House District committee resumes hear- ng on administration of municipal affairs tonight at 7:30, with Engi- neer Commissioner Bell and Munic- ipal Architect Harris to testify on paving and school contract Naval iirs committee con tinues hearing on line personnel. Subcommittee of appropriations committee in executive session con- tinues work on_second deficiency appropriation bill. Subcommittee No. 1 of judiciary committee in executive session. Joint committee on public_lands continues investigation of North- ern Pacific land grants. Insular affairs committee tinues hearing on Porto Rico. Subcommittee of immigration committee in executive session. Elections committee No. 2 in ex- con- Representative and Mrs. Newton of Missouri and Secertary and Mrs. Everett Sanders, ..l132 Gold Rodk Prince of Pawer, 131 * Apprentics’ allowanoe, Weather clot rack ecutive sesston on Bafle; alter contested elegtion, EVENING they | symbolic of the desire to carry | were broadeost by WCAP and a chain | services, the ser- | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C MONDAY, GIRL SHOT BY MAN FIGHTING FOR LIFE Has Chance to Recover, Says Report—Coroner’s Jury Gives Suicide Verdict. While Miss Gail 1. Nel 4T street northeast, was making a vallant fight the Alexandria Hospital to recover from the wounds inflicted Fdward 1 e salesman, a coroner’s jur: on, in n her Saturday by Barvon, real est at the Arlington today declared that death by suicide, {, The semi-conscious Miss Nelson and | the hody of Barron were discovered | Saturday afternoon on the Carter farm in - Arlington County near the Mount Vernon houlevard about six miles from Washington, by Lieut Comdr. H. H. ¥ who was horse back riding near Miss elson was | rushed to the hospital in what was believed to be a dying condition and from the story told by her attempted to kill her before fiving a fatal bullet into his head Chances for Recovery. | The only obstacle that presented it self today to Mixs Nelson's complete {recovery is blood-poisoning. 1t {condition does not set in by tomorrow { evenin she will have won her tight i life. | Physicians Courthouse met his County Rarron at the hospital are |tering their atiention on the wound lin the left lung, made by the brass framrod which was fired into Miss I Nelson's hody, according to her story, As coherently told 1o her sister. Miss stelle Nelson. the young woman de. clared the mrod of the gun was fired into her body after Barron, with a large ugly knife)” had inflicte wounds about her Theie are |24 gashes in the head, necessitating cutting off her hair for treatment: the pupil of the left eve was cut; deep wound was made in the nose and both ears were slashed. Although slight injury was done to the right eye, the vision ix unimpaired, but physicians are doubtful over the re covery the left one. No explanation whatever was ad vanced hy Miss Nelson for the attack. She had known Barron since 1924, when she met him en route to the Kansas ity Shrine convention Al though she knew he was married, but had heen separated from Mrs. Barron she consented to act as a friend. her said. out of sympathy for his ‘depressed state of mind Barron it is learned authoritatively, had main ned a warm affection for 1son and on at least one occasion, | bublicly sfowed his displeasure when divided her attentions with an person in conversation Agreed to Shopping Trip. sister | other | sister she agreed to accompany Bar ron on downtown shopping aturday He drove her into Virginia and stopping the car with the ex planation that something had gone wrong, got eut of the machine. related that he produced the knife or dagger and flourished it near her face. he remonstrated and the struggle ensued, during which she received the gashes and gunshot wound Rarron's body was taken the undertaking establishment of % o |Ives. in Clarendon, and was claimed hy Mr Fannie A. Barron, the wife and Charles E. Wenger, her father, | Saturday nigh Tt was | vesterday to Wheatley's undertaking chapel in Alexandria, where funeral | services will bec onducted tomorrow. Interment will be in Ivy Hill tery, Alexandria. STRONGER DRY LAW URGED BY BISHOPS IN FORMAL STAND First to (Continued from Page.) We are pledged to see the end of this traffic in hoth legalized and illegalized forms, and we helieve this to he prac tically the unznimous sentiment of our ministry and our membership. “We deplore the apathy of all too many_good people which makes it dificult to get out anything like a full vote of our normal constituency. Loyalty to the Constitution of the United States and loyalty to Christ alike demand that every Christian man and every Christian woman should, at any reasonable per- sonal sacrifice, go to the polls. Ne effort should he spared to insuve the last analysis, this is a_battle of ballots Silence in this regard is a species of disloyalty. Urges Inspiration in Colleges. I “Realizing the strategic importance lof our colleges and universities, we | urge our prohibition organizations to give more earnest tention to the in- spiration and the information of these vouths, from whom the majority of our leaders in all walks of life must be recruited “We extend our thanks that a large majority of our representatives in the Senate and in the House of Repre- | sentatives who, with moral insight, have properly appraised the values of pronibition and the real sentiment of the people and, accordingly, have steadily refused to allow any modifica- {'tion of the Volstead act, any approAch {10 the legalization of beer and wine, or any weakening of our enforcement codes. We are unalterably opposed to any modification of the Volstead act, except to strengthen it or to supple- ment it with any legislation necessary to make enforcement 100 per cent To this end we urge the early passage | of the legislation program of the pi hibition enforcement department now pending before Congress.” Denounce Straw Votes, The bishops called the propaganda of the wets astounding and declared | that straw votes on proposals to modify the prohibition laws to have been false and misleading. — Actual votes cast in recent primaries have {old - the real story of the sentiment of the country on prohibition, they said. Bishop William 1. McDowell of Washington paid a tribute to the press for the “fairness” demonstrated in its report of the proceedings hefore the Senate committee which conducted the liquor hearings. The hearinge, he said. gave the drys their first oppor- tunity to tell their side of the question on an equality with the wets. Bishop McDowell asserted -that the wets" instituted the Senate haarings on prohibition in an attempt to con- vince the ‘weak-kneed members of the church™ that prohibition was not and could not be made effective. Ha, Commissioner Tlaynes told the b that “his is no time to temporize. enforcement laws, rather, must strengthened.” Dr. Wilson condemned Senator Reed of Missouri for his part in con- dueting the hearings before the Sen- ate judiclary committee, and declare that Senator Reed in cross-examining dry witnesses acted as though he were “an attorney for the ‘wets' " and had prevented the dry witnesses from giving as much testimony as the “wets” had. Dr. Wilson, referring to the at- tacks made on the Anti-Saloon League and on Wayne B. Wheeler, its gen- eral counsel, declared that the league es Favors Stronger Law. 1rd The be Barron had | this! The maimed voung woman told her tour | She | transferred | our | election of dry representatives. In the | | GOFF BLL STUDY DEMOCRATS RENEW | MAP SHOWING COURSE OF BYRD’S EXPLOIT MAY 10, 1926. r=] SP\TZBERGEN \ /3 ORATORY VIGTORS COMING FOR FINALS Pleiades Club of Previous Winners to Assemble Here in June. the A to nals 41 oratorical | test Wash ington of the contestants of pre notable feature incident fn the natl will be the assembiing in Pleiade ra, the who ecomprise to attend the the | organization This club w gether finalists in the contest them together in the time of the annual year in the National Capits have contested in In Washington or the contest forni Wor members natlonal in The presence of this year's L oceasion wi yeur's finalists ipate in annual meeting of the formed held to throughout the years nationa! to brin and social reuninn A the closing avent ear has been re of the org headquirt Star Buil in Washing who become menhers Club 1 11l s Own Pin. The ofl of the s | tains seven g blue, and each ! this emblem with That erator pronour five members of the Supreme wha will judges will he presented with & cially set emblem ning diamonds. He or she will he entit to compete in the international fir to he held here in October, and which representativea of leading for eign nations will have entered thei best vouthful orators. Robert Sessions champion. alreads intention of hein this year. He wi of tha club ove i BARENTS, vear's natior signified his the Jast has present presi 1l session OPENS TOMORROW Wets and Drys File Briefs. Investigation of Anti-Saloon League Asked. By the A 1 Pres Final briefs have been filed hy the wets and drys with the Senate pro- hibition committee, the former de manding thorough investigation of the Anti-Saloon League and the lat- ter contending for legislation to re- | inforce the Volstead ac meanwhile, s up tomorrow the which emhodies all of the proposals for tightening en- forcement machinery on which fts members and Assistant Secretary Andrews have heen able to agree Wayne B. Wheeler, general coun- sel of the Anti-Saloon League, said in his brief that the best reasons for The committee, planning o take revised Goff hill, | prohibitton had heen brought out in | the arguments | at against it presented the recent hearing, and he cited the testimony of the New York, Chi- cago and Cleveland district attorneys and other witnesses as s his contention that the dry being enforced. law is Investigation Ts Urged. Holding the the wets asserted viewpoint “hief opposite that “the mis | that the prohibition law is doing in in this hing de- this country, as revealed hearing, and its far structive effects upon society and government, make it imperative that the Senate of the United States inguire into the origin, history and activity of the small group of men who have brought these frightful cqnditions upon the Republic. They particularly desired to Mr Wheeler cross-examined contributions received by the Anti Saloon League from Klbert H. Gary, John D. Rockefeller, jr., and other in Qustrial leaders. Questioning of these men and “the members of Congre who are on the Antl-Saloon League pay roll” was urged to bring out “the significance of the strange phenome- non that, after the alliance of the Anti-Saloon League and big bhusiness 1o keep up a smoke screen over prohibition, anti trust prosecutions suddenly ceased.” have as to Denies Crime Blame. Tnsisting that the crime wave in this country was not due to prohibition, but that the law had produced pros perity, Mr. Wheeler reiterated his charge that the wets had brought about the Senate hearing solely as a propaganda medium. The remedy for violations of the prohibition act, he argued. lay in “strengthening the ex isting laws and the appointment of virile, honest and active men' to en- forcement posts. The Nation, he held, was in no mood to “permit criminals and lawbreakers to revise its Consti tution and repeal its law: Six hills recommended by Gen drews form the basis of the rev Goff measure, with the controverted provision in one of them for search of dwellings on suspicion of liquor manufacture modifled to re- quire “evidence” of such production “for sale or other unlawful disposi- tion. jis and _other alterations were approved by Gen. Andrews, who sald he wanted it made clear that the Treasury’s objective was to wipe out commercial distilling rather than fn- terfere with small stills producing liquor for strictly home consumption. —_— “insignificant part of the s of the country.” Rishop Kdwin F. Hughes of Chi- cazo described the istent propa- gand of the anti-prohibitionists which he said was being spread to a “terrific’’ degree in schools and col- leges, and urged that the ablest men of the Methodist church be sent to counteract this force. This afternoon the bishops will con- ider other matters requiring official action, including the case of Bishop Anton Bast of Copenhagen, Denmark, who is facing a_three-month sentence for an alleged misrepresentation print- ed in his paper. the Lighthouse, through which funds were collected for_charitable purposes. The visiting prelates yesterday preached in many of the churches of Washington and Baltimore. . Presi- dent and Mrs. Coolidge attended the First Congregational Church, where Bishop Hughes delivered a Mother's day sermon. wag but an great dry fore Violent Quake Recorded. RBUENOS AIRES, May 10 (P).—A violent earthquake was recorded on the seismograph of the La Plata Ob- servatory yesterda) ql! 1s belleved to have occurred in C bo, Chile. pporting | continuous ferment or | vigorously | PARTY RULES FIGHT lowa Wants Two-Thirds| Vote Abrogated in Nominat- ing for Presidency. DERIC WILLIAM WILE. Demacratic pelitical leaders friend Iy 1o William (i, McAdoo have just revived the movement o abrogate the twothirds rule at Democratic na tional conventions. The movement has been launched at the moment of | Mr. McAdoo's presence in Washing- ton and in the midst of informal conferences among his political | friends. The two members of the Democratic national committee from lowa—Clyde L. Herring. national | committeeman W Mrs, Madge O'Neill, national committeewoman are sponsors for the proposal to sub stitute “majority rule” for the two thirds provision under which the Democratic party now nominates « | didates for President and Vice Presi- | dent. Messrs, Herring and Meredith (the latter, former Secretary of Agri culture) led the lowa delégation in New York in 1923, lowa's 26 votes were cast for McAdoo to the Jast. Woodrow Wilson's son-in-lJaw was within reach of a majority at Madi son Square Garden, though never in sight of the two-thirds vote (732) nec essary to nominate. Mr. McAdoo reached his high-water mark on the sixty-ninth hallot, when he received | 530 votes. That was only 17 short | f a majority. After the ninety-fifth | ballot, on which McAdoo had 4171 votes,'a proposal to abrogate the two- thirds rule was rejected by an over- whelming viva-voce vote. The Towa natfonal committee mem bers have addressed an identical letter to all of their fellow committee- men and committeewomen asking for an expression of their opinion on abrogation of the two-thirds system. The ~ Herring-O'Neill communication reads, in part: “At a_meeting of the Towa Demo- cratic State central committee held in Des Moines in January of this vear, a resolution was unanimously passed asking the undersigned, as lowa rep- resentatives upon the Democratic national committee, to use every pos- sible effort to bring about the. aban- donment of the led two-thirds rule as the method of selecting presi- dentinl - candidates. We are person aly. in whole-hearted accord with this resolution and would like to see the Democratic national committee go on record in favor of the abolishment, not only of the two-thirds rule, but of the unit rule as well. “However, we realize that there are some very sincere Democrats who feel otherwise, and it is for the pur- pose of obtaining arzuments in favor of the retention of this two-thirds rule that we are writing you. One of the objections most commonly urged against the abolition of the two-thirds rule i that it might make possible the nomination of some certain can- didate. This objection has no weight with us. “We believe that any candidate who ecan obtain a majority of the conven- tion is entitled to the nomination and we unhesitatingly pledge our support to any candidate who can secure the support of a majority of the delegates in any Democratic convention which 18 not controlled by the two-thirds and unit rules.” Mr. Herring and Mrs. O'Neill sup. plement their appeal to their fellow committee members with a briet his- tory of the two-thirds rule. It was born in 1832, but in the Democratic national convention of that yvear was imposed only upon the vice presi- dential nomination. In 1838 Van Burean and Jackson arranged to,have the rule extended so as 1o cover pres. idential as well as vice presidential | nominations. ““How absurd is.”” say ring and Mrs. O'Neill, party founded by Thomas Jefferson in its_most vital deliberations ignores Jefferson’s cardinal tenet on major- ity rule! How absurd that the Repub- lican party, the heir of Hamilton, is more democratic in its nominating machinery than the Democrats!” M McAdoo tenaciously maintains that he has become a wholly unoffi- clal observer of Demoeratic pol | with 1928 remote from his mind. N Washi of v yore, the 1924 BY FR S0 ot | nglon for the past fortnight looking the personification ! gor, hus been consorting, as of with_all the local paluding of McAdoo “movement.” (Copyright, 1926 Relieved From Duty Here. Maj. Russell L. Maxwell, ordnance department of the War Department, has been assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, at Fort Bliss, Tex., and Capt. Emil H. Block., Quartermaster Corps. at the War Department. has been ordered to Boston for duty. | second | president of Switzerland, w | Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis which the new 1 he adn ted to memhe senfor at I’hi ingham. Ala a Southern MecElme ¥ land sec intention of comn; lege student in St Mir 15 Are Members. The entire men Constity finalists wi <hip ips H nd w Sessigns is n xt F nner- SEARCH IS STARTED FOR WALTER WARD Car Found Abandoned, Brother Fears Foul Play. To Watch Race Tracks. last has fied ership of the Club, w ades, or fon th 1 ocal) Arthur § | verton, Los Angeles, Calif Donald Ruth Newburn, 3. Washington, D. ¢ timer Dallam. 3d.: Phialdelp George Chumos, 'riversity of Lawrenc. Vail Barnes erleigh Island, Turner caloosa ville Ala Minn lowa los 12 Cathedra Angeles By the Aseociated Pre TRENTON, N. I.. May K. Ward, son of the wea magnate, was missing time. His brother, Ralph D. Ward. yester- day asked Trenton and New York police to search for him after dis covery of his damaged automobile near the Pennsylvania Railread station here. Walter Ward disappeared in 1922, after Killing Clarence Peters, X marine, and was found at the Bowie race track. He was tried for murder and acquitted on a plea of self de fense. Peters, he claimed, had manded $75.000 blackmall Ward was last seen May 3, when he left for Baltimore in an automobile. Thursday the here with the windshield smashed and a rock on the front seat. Police traced its ownership the lic and by papers on the floor of the car. Ralph Ward told police he thought his brother was a victim of foul play. Mrs. Walter Ward fas in her New D. C. FUND BILL SIGNED. York apartment, too ill to see any | ST one. Coolidge Makes Available $33.918.- Mithias L. Daiger of Raltimore, an official of the Maryland Jockey Club, and an acquaintance of Walter Ward has been asked to look for him dur ing the races at the Pimlico track Mr. Daiger was asked to make the search last night in a telephone call | from New York, but the caller did | not reveal his identity. 10 hy today Walter haking ar Max Flora I Asenath L. G northeast. Waskh Mount Holyvoke ¢ Mass.: George Sta Philip Glatfelte TICK ARE AVAILABLE FOR ORATORY FINALS kets for the 1 tlonal Oratori held in the Wa torium _on June received and will among applic ing ti are r at contest headquarters. Star Building. hetween hours of 8 and de. She e Andi Those desir automobile was cquested 1o ca found by 571 for City Expenses July 1 President Coolidge t trict of Columbia which will fux Capit next Thi | which the amount & the Budget $200,00 more than the b passed by the Ne One of the measure is the liberal manner which Congress provided for repairin and resurfacing the streets. Th 1 bill the ey to vear League Council Study Begun. GENEVA, May 10 (®).—The com mission which is to study plans for reorganization of the council of the ! League of Nitions organized here to- | day. Dr. Giuseppe Motta, Tormer | chosen | of $1.000.000 is allowed in chairman. and Dr. Tomas A. Le Bre- | this purpose, which ton of Argentina was elected vice $100.000 in excess ¢ chairman. "inally carried in S the he amouy Between the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and Tidal Basir Potomac Park, there is to be erected soon a beautiful memorial temple both the dead and the living who represented the District of Cc the armed forces of the great World War. As both a memorial and a place where military concerts may be held the classic structure will serve a dual purpose. g g Of exquisite beauty, dignity and Greek simplicity, the temple will h built of white marble. " By it the names of those who made the sacrifice not only for their country but for you, will be preserved to posterity Names will be placed either in the marble dome above or sealed withi sacred crypt of the cornerstone. We appeal to every Washingtonian to contribute to this memorial those for whom some one near and dear served, and to those not favored. Your contribution to the $200000 cost of the memorial, whether it be for $1, $10, $100 or $1,000, or any intermediate sum, should not be a burden but a personal tribute to the one, out of all the 20000 names to be en- shrined, who means the most to you. (Signed.) in nbia in to s0 i FRANK B. NOYES, Chairman, District of Columbia Memorial Commission. MEMBERS OF MEMORIAL. COMMISSION Charles A. Baker Isaac Gans Frank B. Noyes Gist Blair John M. Gleissner . Logan Payne Edward F. Colladay E. Lester Jones Julius 1. Pevser John Joy Fdward B MclLean Anton Stephan J. R. McDonald WASHINGTON, D. C District of Columbia Memorial Commission: 1926 1 hereby subscribe and promise to pay to the order of John Poole, Treasurer, the sum of .. ment of above subscription. ) Dollars. Tinclose check in full pa I will pay my subscription June 1, 1926, $.. Aug. 1, 192, $ Signedy ... Mail Address Please Make Checks Payable to John Poolc Federal-American National Bank o -, e e (Y e e e e e e e e e e o