Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1926, Page 2

» 2 BARRED WIS ttacks Never Will Open 1o Her. Says Architect. AF the Ascomiated Press. H¥PRING GREEN, Wis, nk Llovd Wright, noted whe has barred hie setranged wife. Miriam Noel Wright, from hix villa, Taliesin. near here. was atrested: to- Af¥ on A peace warrant ohtained by hie wife. He was relessed shortly afterward on adviee of . Rae: Aistrict attorney of June 4 Jow, t1ad partale of Wrighi's with- liesan's O hi a win Fast whle an- ai- i the her man County. Tre em estate, whicn twice veaterda ctond assanlts of Mre. Wright, seek- Inz refuge heneath the roof ‘uf. the hushand. whe failed 10 davs nzd®n an effort ta divorce her, last night te admit Hastening heme from the Fast Wright prepaved for a state of sieke. In which, he said. neither word ner warrant would 7 1o muie him onen his home tno his wife, Moving i wethods of 0 fng entranee to her hushand'c man- <ion. Mrs Wrigh' soughi lezal ald n compellir se protection of the home she left thiee months atter her dramatic marriage to the are tect in 1023, Dancer Within, She Charges, Housed within walls Mre. Wright ehn Mita off. housekeeper and Mantenezrin dar Rinece Wright failed to Adivorce he has heen in the reported a1 wark in Ruffale, Mre. Wright furthered pl: nourced immediately afier vorce action vetnrn 1o hand's home. Vesterdar sha went to the gates of the estate and demanded entrance. ‘4 with & warrant for Mme, Mi- it and a peace bond for her hus “nd. The padlocked porwal blocked 4 path, and a deputy sheriff, who wae permitted to enter. reported that hiz search for Mme. Milanoff wae truitles: Accosting the carstaker, Mrs. Wright demanded that he admit her. Tt he declined. ndamant at the tirade <he launched At him and two guards. Angered and weeping. she shattered with stones the glass in two large cigns. enanuncing “Positively No Ad- mittance.” and returned to Spring Ciyeen. w-newing her asmertion that “T'm gnlnz 1a get In thers tonight.” Second Attempt Fails. A physician advised the 54-vear-old woman nat 1o exert herself further byt tn take legnl stope If she still de #sibed entrance The eourts. the courts!” she an el Wait eternally for the coure and starve to death mean- while. I have no money. no place 1o go hut Taliemen and they won't Jer me in Again she went o ‘Taliegen, Ausk. and approached 1he read gate, leavinz her ear where i1 had to stop heca cart wag tipped across the road. Agan she eame 10 an barrier. nnd the guarde. [ntreatiss were In vain, and she returned to a Spring Green hotel “Todayv she plannad further counsel with attornevs in an effort to make the procesres of law afd her. The episeds adds anather rroubled chapter tn the history -of Wright's country ceat, which in {t« 15 years has heen the scene_of murder and arson as well a< high romance. House Bumed, Thrée Sialn, Buflt when Wright Japan with Are. Ranmh Bortwick Cheney, with whom he had eloped fn 1209, the house wae fired In 1914 by a crazed servant. who slew Mre, Cheney and her two children. Wrigit rebuilt it and orcupled 1t with Miriam Noel, Parisian divorces. and afiar the first Mre. Wright divorced her hus- bhand he lived there with Mirlam for 10 vears. They were married in 1973 a1 midnight on A bridge span- ning the Wiscorfkin River. near the ectate. hut they lived together only three months after their marriags. Mre. Wright went 1o Los Angeles, Mrs, Wright was sued for divarce meveral monthe ag chargsd wit decertion. When the ease came np for hearinz. at Madison, sha ihreat ened to Ale o crosehll naming Mins. Milanoff, and he withdrew the sni¢ when they failed 1o agree on a finan- cial settlement and when she would not agzree to let him ohtain A di- voree without mention of the Man tenegrin heauty Mre. Wright announced at the con- clusion of the action that she weuld i to Wright's home and compel 'm to support her All she desire, she saye fa 2 piace 1o live, and she will live apari in one wing of the Winea‘ow, if she ma - . < ARABIC REPORTS GIANT ICEBERG OFF CAPE RACE Floating Mountain Was Similar to That Which Caused Titanic Disaster, Officers Bay. P the Aseociated Press NEW YORK. June 1. The White €131 liner . Arabic arvived today with 18part of having passed a mammoth <eherg similar to that which caused the Titanic disaster. Several ofther ships arriving In the past two weeks have veporied icebergs in the trans atlantle sea lanes. & Chief Officer Moffat of the Arabic =1d that when off Cape Race, 12 Jeurs ‘from Halifax, Sunday evewing, two giant peaks of ice were aighted. At first it was helieved there wers two icebersgs, but on approaching closer it was discovered that the two peake belonged to the same berg., the middle part of which was submerged. Several smaller bergs were floating in the teinity. - . : COLD RECORDS BROKEN. Eastern States Report Frosts; June 4. 1925, Bearing. NEW TORK. June 4 (#).--Ungea- monable cold was reported todny throughout the Kastern States, in many instances all existing recoerds for June 4 heing hroken. Frosts wers zeneral. The cold wave was in strik- ing contrast to June 4 of last year, when heat records were heing broken generally. KEW YORK, June 4 (. —ilard Vanderveer, newa reel photographer, who. was with the Ryrd polar expe- ditien, arrived on the Mauretania to- day and by special permission of the customs and immigration authorities he war permitted to leave the ship at auarantine %o that his films ntight be taken ashore without delay. 90. Genenll\Ar; 7'!!‘!!0‘. ROME, .June 4 (A, Premler Musso- linl has appointed 90 new generals Five millfon lire will be appropriated 70 per cent to officers and 120 per cent at | fron | returned from | General | BLANTON FINISHES | FENNING EVIDENCE: | TO LEAVE CAPITAL | | (Continued m First Page.) | | | and Insisted that the correspondence f | #howed Mr. Fenning wrote the first | letter. The Commissioner deciared the Phil- lp Barg case Arst came to him in a | © from the War Risi lisuiance Bureau, and upon invesi.satlou of the i | records at St. Fitzabeth's Hospital he | und the oniy relative was lisied as | Ivs. Annie F. Post. sistor.” 1t pre- viously has heen t~stified that Mre. | Post was a cousin of Rers, and Mr. ! Fenning had filed a petition for her | hiteet, | in which no mention of the vereran's | g I mother was mad-. W the hour | for Inncheon recews uicived Mr. Ho-| n was st exam 1 oie the witness | | this case. | Bianton Witneases Heard. Mr. Fenning's direct examipation vestarday afrerncon was in'eriupted 1t the beginning oi (he session by the! presence of two of Mr. Bianton's three remaining witnesses. were pul on the stand at this junctur V. Bumbrey, colorei, of King | Va., test.fed that Mr. Kenning utili her « ature 1o have him=<elf appoin £d guardimn for her war veleran without her knowledge. | She called on him, she deciared, to! obtain assistance in the matter of| Having herzelf appoinied x8 commit- tes of the person and esiate, and! signed = paper in his office which she ght would make such an appoini-| possible. Mr. Blanton read into| - vecord the petition swking that! Mr. Fennag e appointed ifardian. | Aboui a vear later the son died, the| woman declared. and she was mad exacutrix of the hoy's estate. Refore| the daath of her son Mrs. Bumbrey said | she employed Lawye: Carcingion™ and paid him 10 semove M ning and have herself appointed. The ! atiorney, she testified, avoldsd her! thereafier and performed no service, H. Mason Welch. a Washing.on ai-| torney. testified regarding two "cor tracte” he prepared for Mrs. Hanna K. Cooke. now at £t. Eiizabeth's Hos. | pital. and for whoni Mr. Fenning is, commitiee. The woman desired to! leave her estate, amonnting in cash| 10 $5.500, 10 Mr. and Mra. J. R. Rice.| with whom she Tived in this ciry for more than four vears. She waa ad.| judged of unsound mind on petition ot the District Commissioner and Mr. | Fenning appointed guardian, Took Money From Bank. Refore she was adjudicated insune she withdrew her funds from a bank and locked them in a trunk at the tce home. Mr. Weich, in whouse! custody she had been paroled after being released from Gallinger Hon- pital on & writ of haheas corpus, dis- covered this act, and hreaking open | the trunk. cargied the money to the bank and redeposited it. Mr. Fenning. on learning of this, wrote the attornev a letter in the ca- pacity of committee and held him! responsible for §18 interest. which the| bank refused to give the account, ow. | ing 1o the short withdraw Mr.! Welch refused to pay the amount, he | testified. The third witness, a man named | Robbina, from San Antonlo, Texas, had not reached the commitiee room on conclusion of Mr. Welch's testi- mony and Mr. Fenning reaumed the stand. Mr. Hogah 100k up charges | number 4 and 5. accusing the Com- | missioner of heing a “common har rator” and heing guilty of champerty Mr. Fenning's anawer to theme charges included 136 separate letters | written te. him by the War Risk Insurance Bureau and the Veterans' Bureau. asking him to serve as com- mittee for World War veterans. The letters set forth that such a step was necessary In order to protect the ver- arans’ war risk insurance premiums. The War Ri¥k Bureau had been told v the Wa avy and Public Health | ce that Mr. Fenning had a lun- | acy practice ‘and he theretore was | approached. S Oii receipt of these letiors from ihe buresus and-fn.cases where noknown relatives were given, Mr. KFenning | would go 1o St. Elizabeth’s Hospita | And endeavor 10 find ont the patienta | tamily connections. In event none could he located. Dr. Willlam A, White. superintenden: of the institu. tion, as “‘next triend” of the veterans, would file petitions prepared by Mr. Fenning 1o have the veterant ad- judged of unsound mind and a guar- dian appointed. The Roley Lee case was originated by Percy Dennis of Grundy, Va., who | said he acted for the.mother, Mrs. Flize T.ee, the witness testified. M. Fenning could not remember whether the case hegan with a letter, or by telephone. but several letters were axchanged between them, resulting in # petition being sent to Grundy, which Mrs. Lee executed, requesting Fen. ning’s appointment as guardian for her son. About a year Iater, Mr. Fenning sald he learned she wan get- 1ing nothing from the son's estate for her support and he took up the mat- ter with the Veterans’ Bureau, obtain. Ing two increases in allotment for her | sunport. The sesslon wan move than a half-hour cessive roll calls which | insisted m Fen i ' i | | 1 | | interrupted for by two suc- Mr. Blanton upon answering. CIVIL SERVICE CASE UNDER ADVSEMENT ' Hoehling to Rule on Stowell’s | Plea to Examine List f of Employes. Justice Adolph A. Hoebling of the District Supreme Court today ook un- ar advisement the application of Dr. Sllery €. Stoweli, president of the Better Government League, for a mandamus against the Civil Service Commission 1o require the commis- sion furnish him a Tiat of all“the tem porary employes of the Governme | or to permit him to Inspect the list, | JArsuments were made by Albert Ii, | Putney and Dr. Stowell on behalt of |the application and by Assistant | United StaYes Attorner Leo A. Rover for the commission. .The counsel for the petitioner con- tended that it is & right of every citi- zen to know the names of (he cers” of the Government, and o that way could the citizen be inforied it the clvil service lnwk were being | properly executed. Thev toid the court | { that » State couri In Chieago in 1915 was about to grant a writ againat the civil service there when the commis- sion agreed to permit access to the | records. They also informed the court | that a questionnaire sent to a num ber of State and other commissions brought answers from ‘most of :hem that access was available. The i Bervice Commission, they claimed one fneisting on secreey, vers said “equaled that of 1 the Ia Russia. Ansistant United States Attorney Rover contended that Stowell had no such interest in the conduct of the executive departmen ment as to entitie him to in: g records, which he contended are con- fidential in character. The records long to the President, counsel n and the Clvil Service Commission ix only an advisory hoard to the Presi- against President Coolidgs, which ot ' maiches, card partles and any other | golt, trap-shooting of similar popu THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON COURT T0 DECIDE GAMBLING STATUS Arlington County. Officers; Hold Any Contest for P:‘izes Is Nlegal. Whether citizens of Arlington County may In the future hold civie chiveh cagnivals or bazaars at which prize games are operated de- pends on a décision to be rendersd this afternoon by Judge Harry Thomas, following a iengthy hearing foday in the Arlington County Paiice Court in the cases of four participants in the Lyon Village carnival, charged with tiofating the new State gaming inw. turther than that, it was brought at the heaving that Sheriff awnrd Fielie !s of the opinion that ‘he new law also prohibits prize golf in which prizes are competed T'he wide intereat in the decision was demonstrated by the crowded conrtroom. The buik of the testimony and legal argumenis in the 1eat cases brought by the Lyon Village citizens centered around the difference, if any, between a game of chance and a game of Skill. During the heaied arguments ween counsel for the citizens and nmonweulth's Attornex William €. (oth the case assumed broad pro- portions and involved discussion ‘of whether it is & feat of sambler's chance when \Walter' John- “on splits tne plate with his “smoke ) Fame Four Were Arreated. The defendanis, arrested last night at the opening of the carnival for the henefir of the Lyon Village Citizena' Association, wera A. B. Eaton. fire ief of the Clarendon Kire Depart: ment: il. E. Siells, Gorman M. Hen- ar ana E. €. cartwright. The array of defense counsel included Amos C. Crounse, chairman of the association's law and legislation com- mittee; Maf. K. W. R. Ewing and 'he the Common- wealth's attorney both told the oourt | that, personally. they saw no harm | in the earnival games they | ‘argued that the State law recent- Iy amended, lenves no Alternative but to prohibit all “gaming tablea, of any name or description whatever,” where prizes are awarded. “I like to play them. myself,’ Gloth declared. 3 piain. and as an ofcer of this Com- monwealih L. must enforce it.” Sherift Fields also teatified that luat night' he played one game. in which a base ball is thrown at tilted kegs, “and got one in, too." Citen Former Decistons. Attorney Crounse, for the associa ied that if the ten-pin. ring n. dart and base ball games con- e re not games of akill, “then there isn't such a thing an a game of skill." He answered the sheriff's statement to the effect that nce was involved in each of the games by citing & court decision that chance enters into all things where kil ia required, and he declared that the SRtate legislature never intended to banish such “skiliful” gamee as pastimen. “If you prohibit one, you've got to prohibit all,”” Mr. Crounse asseried. Representatives of many civic or- ganizations in the county filled the courtroom to overflowing. On the d cision in the present case rests the succeas of many other carnivals al- ready planned by the volunteer fire departments and citizens’ asseciations n the country. N NEW FUEL WILL PROPEL GIANT GERMAN AIRSHIP Substance Is Lighter Than Gaso- line and Reduces. Fire Hasard, Eckener Declares. By the Associated Prese. BERLIN. June 4.—Dr. Hugo Fck- ener, director of the Zeppelin works, has announced that the new huge air- ahip which is being bullt at Fried- erichshafen -vill be driven principally by a newly discovered fuel, according to the Jena correspondent. of the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. The new fuel is described as pos- seasing the same specific gravity as air, thus greatly reducing its weight as compared with gasoline. Tt is said to he lass liable to the danger of fire and to posaess 20 per cent greater ef- fectiveness than gasoline. ‘Although the purpose of the air. ship originally for polar explora- tion, Dr. Eckener declared tbat it ! would not be used exclusively for that as a resuit of the recent German- French treaty modifying the r tions placed on Germany’s airer the treaty ot Versalll WOMAN SEEKING SEAT IN CONGRESS IN MEXICO Appeal for Support, First of Its XKind; Cites Example of United States in Suffrage. By the Amsociated Prese. MEXICO CITY, June 4.—The firat political manifesto ever issued by a woman in a Mexican congressional campaign is being circulated by Se- nora Blula Carrello Puerto, candidate for the federal Congress from San Luis Poiosi. If she is elected, she will be Mexico's first congresswoman. The manifesto appeals' to Mexico to foliow (he example of England and the United States, which have ‘n‘on' women suffrage and which permit the election of women to high public | offices. Her opponents dsclare the time i= not ripe in Mexico for woman suffrage and the holding of office by women. : CRUSHES WIFE’S SKULL, KILLS SON AND HIMSELF Man Sends Summons to Police Be- fore Deed—Both Victims ‘Were Cripple: By the Associsted Press, LANSDALE, Pa., June 4.—Robaert Norton Hill, 50, sent a ‘special deltv- ery summons by mall to. the police | early today, then killed his 26-year-old | erippled son, heat in the skull of his wite, also a cripflle, and committed anicide, He was found in the cellar of his home. His wrista were slashed ; and he had fired a bullet through his ath Into his brain. A butcher knife nd a revolver lay beside hini on the lar floor, Beside the son's bod H & chair, lay a bioody hamm ms. No motive for the acts has been established. The wife i» not expected to recover. . In the Swedish peasant homes the Are made by hand from annually 1o increage fleld Indemnmu{flom. and the suit amounts to one|family garments, for the moat part, o nom-commiesioned officers. 4 may not be maintained. the raw ma- REJECTS DIPLOMA MIDSHIPMAN HELD @raduate Who Refused Com- mission Sent on Cruise as Underclassman. By the Amncisted Pross ANNAPOLI8S, Md., June 4.—As= a ult of bis refusal to take the oath of allegiance to the United States and aceept an ensign's commissipn, Earl B. Zirkle, graduated vesterday from | the Naval Academy, today left ahoard the battieship New York, stil a mid- shipman, to participate in the annual | W cruise of the lower classmen. Mean- while, his 445 classmates, now officers in the Navy or Marine Corps. have scattered about the country on leave of ' absence before taking up their duties. Zirkle's refusal of his commisaion, an act unprecedented in the Naval Academy's history, was due. he said to an_increasing distate for naval Iits. Thres times during the past few montha he had tenderad his resigna tion from the academy, but all were efused. A Navy Department ruling preciuden resignations during the final térm and requires two vears' service after graduation. One of these resig- nations was submitted just prior to the commencement egercises yester dav. Stipped from Ranks. Met with another refusal. Zirkle next declined to accept his diploma. Again unsuccessful when an orde: trom academy officials forced him to appear at the egercises, he then slipped trom the line of march as the class filed to the commandant's office to take the oath and receive the com. misaions. When finally located and brought before the officer, Zirkle announced that he would not take the oath, hav- ing no desire to continue in the serv- fce. Academy officials immediately referred the case to Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, who had addressed the graduating class and awarded di- plomax, Racretary Wilbur ordered the youth assigned to the New York. which will =ail from Annapolis today. This action. considered punitive, is not, however, unusual when. a gradu- ate har failed to meet some require. ment. Will Keep Diploma. Jtear Admiral lLouis M. Nulton, superintendent of the academy, sald he believed Zirkle was sincere in atating that he had developed a dis- like for a naval careei, and therefors, he had no desire to hard” on the voung man. Zirkle will be permitted to keep his.diploma. he sald, and his status will be determined at the expiration of the cruise. Toft to right, hack row: Prt. J. € i Corp. I, . m.l.”t";:m b that. | Upper, left fo right: Herhert Wenig, Hollywood, Calif.; Miss Myrtle Posey, yashington, . (.; Thomas delphia, Pa. ter, lefi fo right: Miss Ann k din. Louisville, Ky.: Joseph A. M larky, Augusta, Ga.: Miss Guita Bear- man, Minneapolis, ‘Minn. Lower: Miss Helen Bylond, New vork, TéHAMPION ORATOR | OF SCHOOLS TO BE CROWNED TONIGHT First | (ontinued from Page.) of the American publishers sponsor- ing the oratorical contest. Frank R. Noyes, president of The Evening Siar o, and chairman of the American publishers’ committee on | the contest, will make the announce. | | ment of the “national champion™ and the winners of the second and third honors. President and Mrs. Coolidge wel- comed the seven orators at the White | House at noon today. From the | White House the group was taken to Fastern High School and tend | luncheon by FEastern High | students. Following the luncheon| they were formally introduced to the | Fastern pupils at a special assembly. From Iastern High School the party of oratorical winners were taken to the (apitol, where they were informally received hy Speaker of the Honse Nicholas Longworth and Vice President Dawes, presiding officer of | the Senate. Superintendent of Police Hesse an- nounced today he will personally con. duct a detafl of some 25 policemen, who will handle tonight's crowd of more than 8000 men and women. Ushers for the occasion will be a de- tall of seversl score high xchool cadets under the leadership of Maj. K. Stein, Sergts. W. . Dyson and J. okimana, Corpls. F. ¢". Ebaugh and D. Snell.’ and Pvts. . L. Lawson, J. C. Pyles and A. Edelson. Of the many courtesies already ex- | received in Parix with an almo: {of enthy tended to the young orators i that of the Natlonal Geographic Soclety, ", Pyles, Company A, 3vd K 3rd Regiment. Front row: Pri a). K. Stein, brigade staff; Sergt. 4. M. Cosimana, C. !_Jhuh, Compsny B, 3rd Regiment. Regiment; Pvi. t. P. L. Lawson, Company B, 3 DEBT ACTION FAILS 10 EXCITE FRANCE U. S. Senate’s Vote Held More Important—Borah’s Moves Watched. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 4—Ratification of the French debt settlement by the United States House of Representatives was total interest and an_éntire lack iasm. It was difficult to find marked reaction to it in either lack of any | official or parliamentary circles, while the preas published the news without comment. The arguments in faver of ratifica- tion, it was remarked in official circles. anneared to be far more specific and much stronger than the objections, which is taken as indicating the re. ault in the United States Senate. This It is expected. will be more closely con: tested. but will be the same as the ac- tion taken by the House. Members of the finance and foreign relations committees of Chamber appeared to attach little im portance to the favorabls action by the Honse. Horah is the name which most often comes to their minds as representing opposition to the ar rangement, so they are walting to see what the United States Senate will do. This. in the opinion of the Deputies favorable to ratification. does not mean that consideration will be posi- poned until’ after the United States Senate has passed on the accord. al- | though some of the atronger members | of the foreign affairs committee, such as M. Tardleu and M. Franklin-Bouil- lon, are frankly opposed to discussion of the accord until after the Summer recess: that ia to sav. until the next regular session of Parllament, which | generally begins in October. It is remarked, however, that Am- bassador Berenger, who hasr the rati- fication campaign in hand, 1s a clever strategist, and with Premier Briand behind him probably will be able to get the settlement wup for discussion toward the and of this month or the l‘mnnninl of July if he desirer to do so. Volga Flood Breaks Dykes. MOSCOW, June 4 (#).—The floods in the lower Volga region are spread- ing. The dykes built round Astrakhan to protect the town have broken. Part of the town has been flooded and much damage done. through its divector, Gilbert osvenor, has presented to each of the young oratory finalisia a copy of the ‘society’s book, ““Fhe Capital of Our Country.” = The book Is replete with views of Washington and de- scriptions of the city and has created great interest umong the orators who will remain here until Monday to revel in the city's heautles. A. L. Edelson, Company A Company C, 94 Regim: the French | IRED CROSS PLA CHILD WELFARE AID Adopts Report That Health Work Is Proper Field. Avoids Union Stand. Subjects ranging from public h &iéné to the Improvement of facilities for inereasing general knowledge In child health, occupied the attention of the second Pan-American Red Crose Conferance, which convened in plenary session at the Pan-American | Union thix morning. The session gave its uniimited time to heariog nd considering the reports of five commissions, which appointed | early In the conference t dy the various subjecis on the agenda. The possibllity of dissension in the conference may have heen prevented today when the commission having in charge that section of the agenda dealing with relief activitien and p paredness avoided committing the conference to any definite stand re- garding the International Relief Union, sponsored by Senator Ciraolo of Italy, and having the backing of the league of Nations and a number of other international bhodie: The conference took cognizance of the union hy congratulating Senator Ciraolo “for his perseverance and de- | voted efforts,” hut recognized | the question of formally adhering to the proposed international Relief Union 18 a matier to be decided by each of the governments which have pren invited to participate.” f the union comes into being,” the report concluded, “we recommend that the Red Cro sociaties here represented co-operate to the extent and in th manner practicable for each society. Asks Definite Rellet Plan. The same commission recommended that each Red Cr Aociety repr sented should regard disanter relief as a primary obligation and develon di aster relfef activities in sccordance with the needr of each country, and should consider eatablishing a definite | department of disaster relief. Th Iniernational Rellef. Union, as sug- gested by its founder, wonld make it bligatory, rather than voluniary, for nations near awother natlon that has heen stricken by disaster to hasten to its ald. A resolutfon of more sweep. ing character had been proposed by the delegation from Argentina. The commission on disaster relief recommended. hesides the appoint- ment of a direcior of disaster relief the development of systematic inter. change of ideas beiween the American nations and the establishment of a means of financing disaster reiief op erations by public subseriptions. M I Ald Stressed. Finally, it recognized the necessity of co-operation and mutual ald be. tween Red Cross mocietles in this con nection. and suggesied that the ns- tional societiex of America include in their plans p ance 1o other socleties and the col- laboration of the national socieiies of the Western liemisph with the secretariat of the League of Red (‘rons Societiex in the formulation of plans for international relfef activities. The commission for the study of public health work declared child wel- fare. a= ascientifically eatabliched to. day, 10 he a proper field of activity for the Red Cross. and recommended that every Red Cross Society should include in its general program a hroad sectlon for child welfare work. It particularly stressed the teaching of health in the public schools and urged that in every naiion a popular health education should be offered to peaple under the sponsorship of the Red Cross. The commission on organiza tion urged the establishment in the secretariat of the League of Red Cross Societiex of a pan-American office. which would have in charge ac- tivitien relating to the Western Hemi All of these recommenda- were adopted unanimously. Ritchie Praises Work. The American Red Cross embodie a_living. vital. endn; hetween North and South America. Gov. Ritchie of Maryland declared yester- day in addressing the Pan-American Red Croas Confegence in session her: e political” philosophy of the United States fa that our people shall not look to the Federal Government to decide questions which concern their local communities alone." he safd, “‘the community unit is the State, and it is for the people of each State to work out their own problems for themselves. “But_civilization everywhere s not bound by political philosophy or gov- ernmental prineiples in facé of a sum- mons from the afMicted and the dis. treased. Even the sanctions of sov- ereignty among nations vield then. “80, It has come about in these United States the Red Crose has grown into a great agency of reliel knowing not State lines, but exper enced and equipped to extend iis help- ing hand wherever disaster comes, an ¢ 10 which the States instantly and instincilvely turn in the h their peoplea’ emergency and distress. The governor sald the American Red Cross had more than once show- ed the fundamental sympathy of the people of North America for their neighbors of South America. “Earthquakes in Valparaiso, Chil Costa Hica, Colombia and KEcuador; floods in Salvador and Peru, volcano and fire in Manizalis.”" he said. “have all been the objects of American Red Cross relief and bear eloquent witness 1 i the Americas. “Realies like these ieul boundaries reflect the true and last the people of North America for neighbors (v the south. The governor was warm in his praise for the Maryland Red Cross chapters, “1 am proud of the loyal and de- voted service of the Red Cross work: ers of the Baltimore chipter and of all othér chapters in Maryland,” he sald. “And so 1 feel jt a deserved recognition that during ev annual roll call period Maryland flies the Red Cross flag from the statehouse. M land is the only State that does this. Fr'demics Most Costly. Epidemics, with a toll of 40,000,000, have claimed more lives throughov the world since 1914 than all the wars and civil strife since that year, the Red Cross Conference was (old yes: terday by I B. Kitteridge, assistant director general of the League of Red Cross Societies. geogy our Of the 62,000,000 lives lost in workd |, disasters mince 1914, Mr. Kitteridge said, 9,000,000 were lost in war and 6,000,000 in civil strife. Injuries dur- ing the same period totaled 140,000 000. Epidemics caused 100,000,000 of these and war 20,000.000. ber of dead and seriously injured In disasters since 1914 constituted one- tenth of the total world poj Kighty-ive per cent of relief con- tributions for disaster-stricken areas came fromi the American continent, Mr. Kitteridge said, with 76 per cent of the total coming from the i'nited States. Buch strain on (biz e nilnent could be greatly relieved by fted « ‘ross Socletles in_the most frequently stricken areas providing themselves with funds during normal times, he sald, adding that lack of home organ. ization in dealing with disastecs ne- ceasitates much greater expenditwres than would be required. “that | ision for such assist. | to the spirit of brotherhood between | The num. | NS RIVERS BILL WINS - INHOUSE, 213121 'Bitter Fight Ends With Re- | tention of All Major Projects in Measure. | | The $36.000.000 omny | harbors hill was passed today hy the House and sent 1o the Senaie. Surviving a rongh-and-tumble | fight that kept the House fin tur | moil for many hours and held it in seymion mos. of last night, the measure finally came through thas deciding roll call with all its major fentures unscathed. The proepects for passage In the Senate at ihis sessfon. however, are problematical. Induiging in an open flibuster dur ing the final period of dehate. a group of House members from Ohlo. Michi gan. Wisconsin and other States ex hausted every pariiamentary means o prevent passage. protraciing yes terday's sessfon until after 1 o'elnek this morning. As approved. the bill contalng all of | the controversial items. including the | Minois River project. the all-Ameri- can canal survey for New Vork State. | purchase of the Cape (‘od Canal and | authorization for development of the upper Missouri River. Just hefore the roll call on passage | the House refected three motions that | would have materfally changed the | pin. | First. by a vote of 195 1 | tater by a roll eall count of 275 te 121. it defexted a proposal by Representa- tive Mooney. Democrat. Ohio, 10 send the bill back to commitiee with in- | structions to eliminate the Iliinols River and Cape Cod projects. | A similar attempt hy Representa- | tive Sosnowski, Republican. Michigan. row out the all-American canal | aurvey was rejected hy 168 10 68, and | & motion to eliminate the upper Mis sourt project, made hy Represents tive MeDuffle. Demaciat, Alabama, wan voted down. 145 1o 38. The vote on final passage of the bill 219 to 127, with the House | dividing on non-partisan lines, rivers and 7. and T. B. BROWN INDICTED " WITH RECORD SPEED Writ, for That Many Wounds of Woman. Charges First-Degree Murder. in Five Counts, i Thomas R. Brown was indicted | this afternaon by the grand jury en a charge of murder in the fi in connection with the Frances Voegels. The tragedy curred late Tuesday afterncon at | Fourteenth and Euclid streete when Rrown dragged the woman across the street and attempted 1o place her in her automohile. The indictment ie in five counts. sach relating to a wound in the hody of the vietim. The testimony of the witnesses to the tragedy was present #d 10 the grand jury this morning hy Assisiant United States Attorney ames J. O'Leary. The return of an “indfctment within twe days of a homi- clde is said to establish a record for expedition in eriminal prosecution. Brown. It is expected. will he ar- raigned tomorrow morning hefore | Justice Wendell P. Stafford in Crim- inal Division Ne. 'BANDITS KILL PAYMASTER Wound Guard and Then Fail to Take $6.000 Loot. NEWARK, June 4 UP—A | pavmaster was shot to death and a guard wonnded today hy thres han- dits. who made an unsuccessful at- | tempt to obtain $6,006 from a pay ear | of the Public Rervice Railway | at Central avenne and Fourtsen:h street, Theodore Conway. was shot through Hugo Schwernit | « bullet in his The men, apparently frighiens ran to an automobile in which a fourth member of the hand waited and fled withont attempting to get the money. * DRUNK, CO-EDS EXPELLED Four Girls and Man, One a Senlor, Ousted by Wittenberg College. SPRINGFIELD. Ohio.. June 4 (#). Four Wittenberg College giris and one male student have been expelled from college for being intoxicated, ac- cording to an official announcement by college authorities. One of the students was a member of this year's | graduating ciass. The names of the five were not made public. the paymaster. the heart, and A guard, received ght arm. Today in Congress Senator Underwood of Alabama addrassed the Senaie on his pro- posal for revision of the rules to expedite legisiatic - Agricnitural reliel measure will come up as unfinished business later in the afternoon. Special Senate - committee on mpaign _expendituces met and ed 1o begin its inquiry into the expenxes Wednesday. Judiciary subcommittee held ex- ecutive session on the order of President Coolidge authorizing em- ployment of State officers for pro- hibition enforcement, but adjourned until tomorrow witheut action. Military - affafrs committee held regular meeting. Steering committee is mesting this afternoen to discuss the pro. gram for the remainder of the seanion. Houre. House today passed the rivers and harbors bill. A motion to recommit was defeated by a vote of 225 to 121. The judiciary committee con- tinues hearing on Impeachment ('l;.lr‘o' against Commissioner Fen- ning. Public_utilites subcommittee of House District committee holda hearing on gas company merger and bill authorizing costs of re valuation to be aseeased against public ultility corporations. This | hearings will be continued at 8 o'clock tonight. Gibson subcommittes of House District committes drafting report to show need for a thorough and tematic investigation of admin. istration of municpal affiairs in the Distriet. Naval affaire committee favor- - ably reported Britten line person- nel bill. Interstate commerce committee comtinties hearing on rallroad con- soltdation. Committes on agriculture con- tinues hearing on Tincher bill (o amend packert act. Special joint committee investi- .mating Nawthern Pacific Tand srants.