Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1926, Page 2

CARUS RENAMED 10 SCHOOL BOARD Henry Gilligan and Mrs. Alice' W. McNeill Appointed as New Members. Reappointment of Charles F. Ca rusi. dean of the National University law School, as u member of the Board of Education and the appoint- ment of two new members, Mrs. Alice W. McNeill, colored, and Henry il an, was announced today by the \ustices of the District Supreme Court Mrs. MeNeill succeeds Mrs. £, Cook, who has served on the Board of Bducation for 12 years. or longer than any other member in its history She had notitied the judges thut she Hid not desire to be considered for re sppointment and today enthusiastically McNelll's appointment of the personnel com board Mrs. Cook has 1ts most eflicient work s d 4 today acclaimed Mrs As chairman mittee of the proven one of ers and school offic they will keenly feel her loss. Mrs. Cook, however, takes the view that she has served long enough on the board and that she still can be ¢ gssistance in the educational In private life system succeeds Mr. Greenwood Green n succeeds Ernest board, president of the months ago, wrote the eme ustices that 1o pressure of his busi desive 1o be reap- wood, vice who several District Sup on acount of tl ness, he.did not pointed. Mr. Gilligar denced bis Interest it tem over a period of ye: president of the Langley Junior High Parent-Teachers' Association and did much to get appropriations through hools in the Blooming dale section. He is president of the North Capitol Citizens’ Association, a member of the local bar and an active the Rhode Island Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church where he is superintendent of its Sunday school Tt was stated at the Gilligan home, 2504 First street that Mr Gilligan the Western Maryland College, Westminister, Md., today at- tending the graduation of one of his two dalghters, Mis: Dorothy L. Gl His other daughter, Miss Margaret Elizabeth Gillican is & stu dent wt Centyal High le is expected return eity tomorrow Had Mrs. MeNeiil Williun €. McN and three ch scho Before she was a teacher High School. She the publ and in teacher in mal School ntly evi e school sys ile is has congress for s¢ worker in Schou Teaching Experience he wife of Dy 1, 1423 T street, dren attending the her marriage the Dunba “heney. Pennsyly and also taught in Miner Normal Schovl of this ety The two new board members will attend their tirst board meeting early next month when the annual rve-or ganization meeting is held Mr. Carusi's re-appointment eceived with elation in school i {nasmuch as he has plunged into the echool problems with zest and prom- ises to bo one of the board’s most progressiva members. Mr. Carusi was originally appeinted to fill the unexpired term of James T. Tloyd, former president, who resigned TWO POLICEMEN HURT ANSWERING ALARM Motor Cycle Operator and Pas- senger Seriously Injured When Machine Overturns the was of a burgiar alar tree biown against a idence of Wal Retting off the branci of : front window of ter D. Denegre, cteenth street, vesterday afte a serio sequel when two policerien were in fured, one of then. badiy, in speeding ‘o the premises Policeman 1. third precinct was on his way house on his motor le, with Poli man J. J. Ramsey occupying the e ar, when. in aveoiding collision with an automobile, the vehicle struck the curbing at Twenty-tirst and L str and threw both men to the pavement, Both were tuken to Emergency Hos pital, Skinne: found to have su ned a i ed shoulder, severe bruises and Ramsey's 1njur ens consisting of br about the arms, face and le Harvey Fergusou, i¥ y estville, Prince Geors: was severely injured J wn gutomobile in which fng and another automobile on the road near his home brought the city and treated at Casualty Hospital for an injury to 18 spine. e is expected Lo recover. An automoble driven by William Wall 70 years csonvilie Fla., yesterday afterncon struck and tnfured C. D. Fortne: vears old, 2520 L street. Lortner was treated at Emergency Huspitel tor bruise $0 hie body and legs, und Wallace wa ocharged by the police with driving the wrong way around Circle, where the accident Lappened. He paid a fine of $10 in Trafic Court. 900 RESERVE BANKS IS NEW YORK'S TOTAL Mnternational Acceptance Securi- on \. Skinner of the seriou brasion Md., right when was rid collided He was County to ties and Trust Company Is Latest to Join System Py the Associated Piess NEW YORK. June $ sion of the International Securities and Trist Co. of New Y {nto membership in the Federai serve system vesterday brought number of member banks in the York districi up to 900. with bined resource8 of approximately 500,000,000, At the month and a Reserve Bank of New York opened for business, it had 479 member banks, all of which were national in stitutions, with combined resources of $2,600.000.000. SCHOOL TERM ENDS. ational Training Graduates Get ‘he adnis ceeptance K Re New, com 312, 1914 frer about one the Federal close of half Diplomas Tomorrow. The closing exercises of the Natior Training School fc ‘will be held tomorrow ternoon at b o'clock at the Ninteenth Street Baptist Chureh Rev Walter . Brooks, pastor. Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones of the Phelps-Stokes Foundation will de liver the addre: Students will furnish music Mary V. Parrish, chairman of noard of trustees. will present diplomas and certificates. 1 Mrs. the the It you need work. read the want celumnps of The Star, Coralie | educated 1n | Washington | the | Women and Giris | | | i to the |to {ts bill, and if it proposes to hold | | | { | ISix Bears Sitting | the so-called “pork-barrel | parently In a Tree Greel Returning Rancher By the Associated Press VANCOUVER, B. June 8 Charles Montgomery, rancher of Sunnyside, east of here, returned to his home yesterday and found six bears sitting in a tree. Neigh bors killed three with rifles and chased ‘away the others. Bears have been raiding his chickens, bee hives and garden. DELEGATES 70 01 PARLEY GREETED Twelve Nations Represented at Meeting to End Pollu- tion of Water. By the Assuciated Press Delegates from 12 mariime nations, assembled by invitation of President Coolidge to work out international | prohibition agreements against oil pol- | lution of navigable waters, were wel- | comed today at their initial confer- | nce by Undersecretary Grew of the ate Department. “Your presence here.” Mr. Grew | said vidences the interest of the| governments which vou represent in | working out practicable means for preventing pollution of navigable w ters by oll discharged from vessels. | The resulting_ evils are widespread and serious. Beaches and harbors are polluted, healthful water and shore recreation is discouraged, fire huzard is increased, and fishing and wild life | injured or even threatened with de- | struction “Nearly all me itime nations have adopted laws or regulations to control oil pollution. While these national | laws and regulations are helpful, the | problem is one which cannot satisfac- | torily be dealt with by national law alone. OIl or oily mixture discharged on the high seas may be carried to and pollute territorial waters and | she Moreover, it is obviou s sirable that any laws and regulations enforced by maritime nations be uni form so far as practicable. An ade quate solution, therefore, must be not ational but international in ‘he summoning of this conference | bears witness to the earnest desive of the Government of the United States that a hasis be found on which mari- uime tions may agree (o control uil poliution. In your endeavors to! that end vou may be assured of the fullest rest and tion the p f the Government of United States on | the co-opd | Lieut. WATER AND FARM BILLS MAY HOLD UP ADJOURNMENT Conunued from First Page commerce committee, which will han dle the rivers and harbors legislation, aryived at the White House and was closeted with the P for 20 minutes Jones Fears Postponement Senator Jones admitted that at prasent time it looks as the legislation may result In pe adjournment. He stated that has been served on him already some members of the Senate tr intend to fight this bill to end.” Senator Willis of Ohlo these opponents and he threa filibuster if no other means « found 1o defeat this legisl tor Jones puinted out that pal objection In the feature of e alleged di ‘he Great chunnel the House bill, but to t version of the waters Lakes - by deepeniug the the Illinois River. Senator Jones said committee would within the next few days take up this bill for consideration. but he would make no prediction as to the probable outcome. He did say that if the House refuses to accept a bill drafted by the Senate, or wmendments out, ir looke as thoush the sessfon would run well up into the Summer Look to President 1t is thought, however, that Presi- dent Coolidge, after more consulta tions with leaders in the Senate and House, may be successful in bringing the House and Senate together on this matter, at least to the point where they will agree to adjourn and fight it out later when they meet next Win ter The President’s congressional advis- ers are not so sanguine about his abil- ity to smooth out so easily the farm relief muddle in the Senate. The lead- ers had hoped that they could display enough strength to ward off any at- | tempts to get through* any radical legislation, as the administration re fers to the Haugen bill, and to bring | about an adjournment just 5o soon the nch debt retification had | disposed of. The latter, how- depends upon its ratification first by the French Parliament But with the Brookhart result ap strengthening the Senate farm bloc, it is feared the administra- tion will not be in supreme command of the agricuitural situation in the Senate, at least not to the extent of disposing of this question when and how i so desires No Date Reached. President Coolidge is kuown 10 have said to callers today that no tentative date for adjournment has been reached. He doubts very much if the leaders ot the House and Sen- ate themselves could speak with any authority upon this point. He zes that there are several mat- before Congress which may be the mesns of blocking an early ad- Journment, but he is hopeful that v shortly the House and Senate aders will arrive at some agree- ment, which will result in a resolu- tion setting the day for adjournment. While -the White House remained silent as to the outcome in the Iowa primaries vesterday, and as to the possibilities that the agricultural leg- islation will now assume more seri ous proportions. it was made known that the President looks with favor upon the rivers and harbors bill as it passed the House, and will prob- ably sign it if it comes to him. How- | ever, before doing so, he will want to study 1t carefully and to satisfy him- self that the benefits outweigh the detrimental features. ~ While the President is not familiar with the bill in its entirety, he is represented as approving it as a whole, especially so ince the bill is an authorization for iver and harbor developments and does mot actually appropriate publia money. Appropriations for the items anthorized in this bill must be ob- tained later from Congress, and if these ftems are deemed to be espe- cially objectionable or unwarranted the President is satisfied that they can be defeated when the time comes to ask for appropriations. be ever, | Gen. la | begin of 1l Council of Churches launched fts§ | duity in Washington wiil secu { fense’—nothing DAVIS ENLISTS Al FOR BIGGER ARMY Reserve Officers Assembled Here to Let Them Know Defense Needs. LIAM WILE. While politicians are diagnosing the result of the lowa Senatorial p clection, and a committee room of he House of Representatives is turned into a cockpit, the War Department at Washington' is the scene of serious business. There a group of research officers of the United States Army has been just assembled upon an annual “tour of duty” ussigned for the pur- pose of letting them know just what is being done by the Army to maintain national defense. The officers come from every section of the countr They represent a great variety of oc- cupations. The purpose of the War De- partment is to let these men from civil life see how, with inadequate per sonnel, the national defense act of 1920 i being administered. Incident aliy, the reserve officers have been summoned to_ Washington to become acquainted with their duties in case of un emergency. > Those Detailed Here The roster of men who will be im mersed in + two-week course of study and training is as follows: Brig. toy Hoffman, banker, Oklahomi Oklu: Lieut. Col. Robert C. Lowry, promoter, Dailas, Tex.; Lieut. Col. William M. Mumm, advertising executive, Columbus. Ohio; Maj. Lor R. Brooks, editor, New Orlean Maj. Alexander E. Frederick, clergy man. Sparta, Wis.: Ma). Edwin M. Hadley, manufacturer, Chicago, 111 Maj. William T. Hanford, ofl refiner, Racine, Wis.: Maj. Donald G. Hunter, lawyer. Des Moines, Jowa; Maj. B. E Leonard, lawyer, Portland, Ore.; Maj. F. A. Mulcahy, reformatory offf- cial, Concord, Mass.; Maj. ldwin M. ! Sincere, architect and builder, Chicago. | 11; Maj. Frederick Sullens, editor and publisher, Jackson, Miss.; Maj. Henry N. Todd.” manufacturer, Huntington, I.. L; Maj. Parker Tuck, textile manu factirer, Lowell. Mass: Maj. David | Wagstaff, stock broker. Tuxedo Park, N. Y., Maj. Allan G. Warner, econo mist. Douglaston. L. L: Maj. Claire 1.} Weikert, munufacturer, st Paul Minn.: Maj hard Wilson, banker and New York City: Maj. Samuel Wynne, assistant atstrict aitorney. Philadelphia, Pa. Capt. 1. [ Bi newspaper writer New York Ciiy; Capt. Arthur C. Bt nett, life insurance man, San Antenio, Tex Capt. W A hamberlin, col lege professor, Granville, Ohic apt. Walter B. Claus wspaper man Lous Angeles, Cal Herbert A. | Horgan, law on, Mass. Capt W. Bailey McFall, lawyer and teach pittsburgh, Pa Aaron K. Stiles fwspaper mat re. Til. and Leon physician and ~geon, Peoria The reserve wions o City, 8 | vol Capt Tves 1 oftic r the da huppened e latest attack on il truining in the Jleges and universities. The nslaugh's against pr pare steadily borne fiu juring years. lu conss quence, United ary 1 ness the the whut the tuced pea the mil six anding s heer, War Departn whittled down nt calls fawaii th ) mer of w a versonnel s beey el th Army Stic sinca the passed, in 19! raen and_office total of 150,000 me nended b perc act was itage of with 4,000 officers « Pe and John W. Weeks, former Secretary of War, as the fuc Mtary minl im compatible with national ty has systematically de. v budget Tunds ¥ for what our Army exp adequate land defense 250 Men Short. the natlonal defense projected it called for .000 men. As flnaily put law ft sald that the Army sh not exceed 230,000 men. The author- ized strength todav, after incessa cuts and cheespairing, is 125,000 en- isted men. The organization, in fact, 7,250 men short of that total Dwight F. Dav Secretar of War, and Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, e chief of are in hopes that Le resecve now on active e a con vincing close-up of the Army and the War Department, and learn that a maximum of brick is being made with a minimum of straw. They are to be acquainted in detall with the work- ings of the general staff, which was pretty roughly buffeted during the Mitchell aircraft hullaballoo. One of the most welcome pieces of News sup- plied to the rescrve men is the an- uouncement that the General Fede: ation of Women's Clubs, recently at Atlantic City. went enthusiastically on record in favor of adequate na- tional defense. “‘Adequate natlonal de- else—is wh folks crave. (Copyright, THREE SEIZED IN RAID ON COUNTERFEIT PLANT compi and G consider as Army an of Army 1926 3,000,000 Revenue Stamps Taken in New York. Liquor Labels Found Also. By the Aesociated Press NEW YORK, June 8.-Three men were arrested and 3.000.000 counter- feit revenue stamps. representing a value of $250,000, today when Federal agents d the office of a lithographing company. Agents were sent from Washington eight weeks ago upon the discovery of a counterfeit internal revenue stamp used in sealing whisky bottles. Clues led them to the sixth floor of Spurious {a bullding in the heart of the litho- graphing and engraving district on Rose street. Two agents climbed a fire escape, | forced entrance through steel fire shutters and found three men at work. Copper plates, two presses, the 3,000,000 stamps and a large quan: tity of liquor labels were seized. HOLIDAYS TO START. U. S. Workers to Go on Summer Schedule on Saturday. Saturday half holidays in the Gov- ernment departments start next Sat-| urday, June 12. The Saturday half- hollaay ‘order expires on September President #oolidge on December 24, 1924, made permanent the Satur- day half holidays for Government em- ployes in an executive order declaring that four hours shall constitute a work for Government and Dis- trict of Columbia employes on Satur- days from the second Saturday in June ‘to the second Saturday in Sep- A Toronto (Ontario) painter is to re- ceive $65,000 for painting three gen- erations, {aking In 14 NeEsons tember, inclusive, Before that time a temporary order issued by President Wilson had been in effect by agree- ment between the heads of departe, mens, | | | | the Fed- | cut down | were seized here | GAS FUMES KILL GRANDMOTHER | AND 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN HOME Found Side by Side Only a few feet from fresh air and safoty, # 3-yearold girl and her grandmother, chums during life, died together yesterday on the upper base- ment steps of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Riley J. Ratterree, 214 Spruce reet, Takoma Park, Md., from the effect of fumes from a gas stove in the basement. Mr. and Mrs. Ratterres upon their | return home from work vesterday {afternoon discovered Mrs. Annie Man- mi, 58 years old, the grandmother, ud little Lola Annie Ratterree, their | daughter, seated slde by side on the Jisement steps near the door to the upper floor, motionless, with Lola's face buried in the lap of her grand- mother. The steady, rhythmic noise of the hing machine was audible above lence. A gas &tove on which was being prepared still was and carbon monoxide fumes ping from it Try to Revive Child. Mrs, Mangum apparently was dead {upon discovery but the parents thought a spark of life remained in the little girl. Juson H. Barton, phar- | macist at the N Hospital, living a few doors away, was called in and | attempted to revive the child. His ef- forts were fruitless. Mr. Ratterree | then placed both grandmother and | pranddaughter in his automobile and { rushed to Walter Reed Hospital. { At the hospial both were | nounced dead h burning were esc pro in Takoma Park House. ¢, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1926 Mrs. Annie Mangum, 58, and Lola Annie Ratterree, on Basement Steps 'wo theories are held as to the cuuse of the deaths. One is that the grand mother became ill while washing, and that Lola, who was deeply attached to her, found her unable to proceed further up the steps and seated her. self beside Mrs. Mangum to comfort her, when death came to both. The other is that Mrs. Mangum Wwas car- rying Lola up the steps when she came Into a cloud of the concentrated form of the gas which had collected near the ceiling of the cellar. The result was that she was overcome there and that the little girl refused to leave her grandmother. . Had Put Dolls to Bed. Dr. Joseph D. Rogers, acting coro- ner, summoned by Walter Reed Hos: pital authorities, notified Maryland of- ficials of the tragedy. He announced the case was apparently accidental death, but that since the case wus outside local jurisdiction, it was a mat- ter for Maryland authorities to pass upon. Lola w last seen by neighbors when she entered the house at 3 o'clock yesterday afterncon to put he dolls to bed. The dolls were nicely d up in their bed where their little mistress had placed them when the parents entered Lola’s room last night. Mr. Ratterree is chief of the admin istration section of the income tax unit and Mrs. Ratterree is employed in the Immigration Bureau of the La- bor Department s . C.GAS MERGER MEETS OBIECTION | | { Companies Opposed at House Hearing. i Strenuous objection v Representative Refd Hilinois and Hamme: North Carolina today {lic utit subcommitt House Distric was iade publ Democrat, before the pub- e of the committer azainst fa able action on a bill permitting | consolidiation and_refinancing of the { Washington Gas Light Co., and the teorgetown Gas Light Co until the { companfes and the Public Utilities ! Commission have lald before the sub | committee a statement showing what |increase tn capital was to be allowed {and for what purposes the mone: {would be used Maj. W. E. R. Cov the Public Utilities Commission, said there two distinet provi s in the bill. The first provides for a mers to ge rid of the contliction of the two companies, since the Washington Gus Light Co. in fact, owns the | Georgetown comipany. The second pro on would give power to the Pul Utiities Commission 1o grant au to fner capital stock itic purposes, he safd anin Minor, general coun Washington Gas Lixht j. Covell, were the only | nesses, aithough the presidents both companies wers In attendance. Mr. Reid protestsd there was no rEARC for Congress to surrender its authority to the Public Utilitfes Com | misslon, especially, he said. since that commission 13 to be superceded by & aw commission because it has failed to perform its in the interest of the peop 15 ess fntended. Mr. Minor contended that the getown ( Light Co. bas not or horrowing capacity suffi- allow expansion of mains. | The Washiigton company, he said, us been helping it out, but has reached the limit where it must in- crease its own horrowing capacity to make extens! required by the Pub- lic Utilities Commission in the rapidly d ping wections west of Rock | Creek Park and to the northeast in Lcostia ¥ n, o of representing | tharit ] i o, | wit- | of | Cor {BRENNAN SEES HIMSELF AS HOPE OF WET VICTORY By the Associated Press. FREEPORT, IlL. June cation of the Volstead act would remedy one fault in the agricultural structure by increasing the price of the farmer’s corn, George E. Brennan, Democratic candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, told the audlence before which he nx_\('med his downstate campaign here today “My election to the United States Sennte,” he said, “will result in modi- flcation of the Volstead act. Members of the Senate will take this referen- dum as the expressed will of the peo- ple, not only in_Illinois, but virtually ihroughout the Middle West, and they Al act accordingly N ithin a very short time after the Senate has so acted, in my opinion, | the price of Iilinots corn will be up to a level where there \vl\l‘ be profit in it for every corn grower.” . Contractors Bankrupt. tieman . Ward and John D. Cobb, trading as Ward & Cobb, engineering contractors and builders of 912 Fif- teenth street, today filed a petition in voluntary bankruptey. They list their debts at $20,648.29 and estimate their assets at §$15,231. Attorney B. A. Chase appears for the petitioners. Dismissal of Contest Asked. Dismissal of the election contest | brought by Warren W. Bailey, Dem- ocrat, against Representative Walters, Republican, of Pennsylvania was rec- ommended to the House today by its elections committee. 5.—Moditi- | Beach Postmaster Named. inatlon of Thomas J. Nevitt nomination ot Thomas . Jeviit Senate today by ith g list of other The io be postmaster at Va., was sent to the the President along wi | Edmonds PARENT-TEACHERS OPPOSE POLIGE BLL Refinancing Plan for Two|Favor Retention of Women's | Bureau in Its Present Status. District As 4 spe meeting this atternoon «wt the Brooke Tea H Geoy ver Spring, adopted a resolution defi nitely opposing bill pending Congress of the Par ent-Teacher tion at use gia avenue near Sil and personnel for the women's bu reau of the Police Department and for making the bureau a permanent integral part of the department. The parent-leacher congres voleed appr make the present burvu & pertanent part of the police fome of t and fndorsed the bill as amended ! congressional st ovea w L\ll would have provided fe a pe manent bureau without enlarging its powers. The matter was brought hefore the association by Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president of the body. Oppo sition to the present pending bill was centered on the proposal to el both the powers and personnel of bureau. The association during noon session s to vote on a tion, fostered by members executive com tee of the associa- tion, opposing favorable action b Congress on the pend! bill L2 how a move to commit t after solu of the n ng | stderable sentiment against the Wom en's Bur. member sress for 1 bill has the some been voiced by parent-teacher time, * Officers Honored The meeting of the congress today was called for the purpose of honol in the 62 presidents of the tedcher chapters trict. At the opening Adelaids Shannon, street northeast, representing the Ed- monds School Association, was pre sented with the silver loving cup do nated by Adolph Kahn for largest monthly memberships. The cup, which has been won twice previously by the Assoclation. now becomes sermanently the award to that asso- ation. Another gup is to be offered by Mr. Kahn under the same mem- bership contest zrrangement, it was of the session Mrs 226 Fourteenth | announced. Wins $5 in Gold. AMrs. Basil Manley was presented with a $5 gold piece as the representi- tive of the Johnson-Powell-Bancroft Ass0c iation, which was declared win- ner of the contest for the largest in- crease in membership during the past ar. Mrs. Rafter made the presider annual report to the associatlon, tell- ing of the many activitles the asso- | ciation has carried on during the past | year. The meeting was attended by about 100 representatives of the vari- | ous associations of the District PRESIDENT MAY LEAVE FOR NORTH ON JULY 5 Will Go to Adirondacks From Phil- adelphia if Congress Is Not in Session. President Coolidge intends to leave for his Summer vacation in the Adirondacks soon after his tiip to Philadelphia. for the Sesquicentennial on July 5, but his plans are depend- ent upon whether Congress still is in session. Arrangements for the President’s visit to Philadelphia were discussed with him today by Mayor Kendrick. Afterward it was said the President would remain there only two or three hours. The program as decided upon calls for his arrival early in the afternoon of July 5 and for him to speak at the stadium immediately. I'rom there he will cross the new bridge to Camden, J, to be greeted by New Jersey officials, and then, returning to Phila- delphia, will board his train to return to Washington or proceed north to the Adirondacks, depending upon the situation as it then exists. Sewer Blast RocksNew York River Front, Injuring 11; Crown Prince Watches Blaze By the Associated Press NEW YORK, June 8.—Destruction of near earthquake proportions in | the region of the Hudson River Day | Line Pler at One-Hundred and Twen | ty-Ninth street today told a tale of @ grim battle between the combined forces of firemen, police and surgeons against a spectacular fire caused by terrific sewer exploslons. Eleven men were Injured, one serl- ously, when gas in a T7%-foot sewer exploded late yesterday. The detona- tion, which was heard for miles, rocked buildings, tore heavy beams from the runway of the Fort Lee Ferry House, twisted railroad and street car tracks and hurled manhole covers nearly half a mile. Fire atarted immadiately, -undar -the.-pley and raged fiercely for nine hours be- fore river: and land fire fighting forces extinguished it. Gustavus Adolphus, Crown Prince of Sweden, was one of the hundreds of spectators who watched two fire boats and a small army of shore fire- men fight the blaze. While the flames were at their height, belching heavy smoke out over the river, the Corsair, J. P. Morgan's yacht, with the Prince aboard, passed within a few hundred feet, headed downstream. Police said that prior to the ex piosion gas company employes had been Investigating the neighborhood for leaks. Residents in the vicinity ascribed the explosion to numerous garages dumping gasoline and oil lato the seyexs, al | Congress to provide enlarged powers | UDGET ESTIMATES T0BE PUBLISHED District Officials to Let Pub- lic Know of Plans for Coming Year. A precedent will be establishied by the District Commissioners this year by making public the tentative esti- mates of the various department heads of the municipal govermment it was indicated today by Enginee Commissioner J. Franklin Bell. The estimates in past vears have been velled with utmost secrecy, but pCommissioner Eell said that he has bheen given the Lupression by oflicials of the Bureau of the Budget that there would be no obection to giving out for pubiication the estimated cost of the District’s necds. The final bud- get as prepared for the Budget Bu reau, however, will not be made public. Virtually all department heads of the District government have com- pleted the estimates of their needs for the fiscal vear 1927-192%. Auditor Daniel J. Donovan is classifying them for presentation to the Commissioners for consideration. ‘The auditor also is working out fo rthe Commission ers a financial statement of the pros- pectve ncome of the District for the 19271928 fiscal year on the basis ¢ varying tax rates. This statemen be studied thoroughly by the mmissioners in determining _the total sum to be asked for as well as the new tax rate As a further aid 1o the Commission ers. the department heads, especially those in the engineering division, are preparing maps showing the present j system of high water and sewer projects and bridges, and projected extensions which could be made with the funds included in their respective estiniates PRODUCER TO TEST RULE ON REVUE BY PLAY JURY Threatens Injunction to Stop Clos- ing of “Bunk of 1926.” Found Objectionable to Decency [ i By the Associated P NEW YORK cision of a play The ordered ft ourt test | ot pussing product fducer of night He four |apply 1 fore 19 de objected and June jury which Bunk of 1926, a r to close, will result of the play jury method on Broadwiy theatrical i fons he i aid 1 viewed 1 i o with the prc follow ed int { announcement Dis Attorney b | revie would close imn {un agreement betwes Association and t Mr illzce | tion <aid that cannot be obtained, it!“"l will consent to add | breviated costum { make other alterations | requirenients of the jurs | The jury found “The Bunk of 1 { to be “objectionable whole public decency. A | ordered deletion of a scene { Great Temptatio. oy 5 found from and The Juries The | OLD FIRE ENGINE GOES. NUN TO GET DEGREE. Sister Who Developed Surgical Techuique to Be Honored. CHICAGO, June 8 (®) —A diploma making Sister Mary Veronica Ryan an hono doctor of laws is among the scrolls ready for conferment to- day at Loyola University. The honorary degree, the first ever known to be conferred upon a nun, recognizes Sister Veronica's concep- tion and development of important principals of surgical technique. l For 17 years superintendent of the | school for nurses at St. Mary's Hos- | pital here, and for seven years a surgi cal assistant, Sister Veronica is cred- | fled with having affected by her work | the entire field of nursing education. | MRS. COOLIDGE VIEWS SPRING FLOWER SHOW With Mrs. Dawes, Mrs. Longworth | and Secretary Jardine, First Lady & Opens Annual Exhibit. | It it ¥ e T t i Mrs. |} Mrs. ool assisted by Charles G wife of President: Mrs. Longworth, wife of tha Speak®r of the House, and Secretary of Agriculture Jardine, officially opened the Spring flower how of the American Horticultural Society ut the hington Hotel at noon today, at v 1 the Marine Band Orchestra rendered selections: A riot of color id aromas of a gulaxy of varieties of orchids, peonies and roses greeted flower lovers the exhibition ‘ounded war ve Reed Hospital vied with growers throughout the the Amerfcan Horticultural Socie and the American Ro: Society sward their medals, universally eted by flower grower A famous rose, named President's wife, together other gold medal Tose, is beit by F. R. n of Tarrytow and the well known orchid conserva- tories of F. Dickson. Elkms Park Louis Burk, Philadelphia, and Charles Siegwert, Baltimore, are presenied with striking floral examples ‘The Walter Reed patients have be come adept in their horticultural pur ity and their rose e Hit ranks easily with the best specimens in the show Entries among the 128 classes arranged b David Lumsde park. Hy and Rhode 1s I t |t at at W promin Both Faris atter with & $hov il X Batter »n Count atis i nd the| displayed S K. prineipal peons W. Payton of Rupidan, wrdd 7 of The and Mrs. | bur « assisting Pre e exhibitc Vi 1 Lui » Herbert tion will cor out tomo The Orche vill give a concer i ight and to heart d been in t Death | disease. Recher Government service for rer was @ native of Hage survived by evieve {eral vears ¥ M widow. who was Miss Ger ghlin of that | Baltimore Department Now Is Thoroughly Modernized Special Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, June > i Department will be tak ice in three weeks, thu ‘1 \ ] s Baltin n o muk t of serv g this parent- | city the first to be entirely equipped | throughout the Dis-|with the latest approved fire fighting | apparatus | “1ts golng {the proxress [ President Hough of the fire board {“We have 1 gasoline driven engines {and pumps now and belteve this is the | first large city in the country 1o ahol lish entirely the old form of equip {men { The old been junked abandoiied formed into | department | This means that the city has two {fire departments. One in active duty {One ready to serve in case of emey (geuc_\' ACTRESS’ AFFIDAVIT REJECTED BY COURT Judge in Difues Oase: Wilee Tils lian Gish Must Appear in Person era in declare & marks another of the times steam however, equipment complete engines and with have reserve been a fire By tue Associated Press. NEW YORK, June §—Anu attempt by the prosecution to introduce evi dence from Miss Lilllan Gish without the actress’ personal appea nce at the trial for perjury of Charles H Duell failed yesterday when Federal Judge Goddard refused to admit her affidavit as hearsay evidence. The charges against Duell are based on his testimony in an action brought to restrain Miss Gish from producing pic- tures for companies other than his own. Miss Gish was not in court, und the Government attorneys reiterated that she would not -be called uniess her testimony was necessary to shed Iight on her agreement with Duell and Inspiration Pictures, Inc., of which he was head. SPEEDWAY RACES GET APPROVAL OF COURT United States Judge in Baltimore Puts 0. K. on Program in Nam- ing Receivers. By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, June S.—Federal Judge Morris A. Soper _yesterday named receivers for the Washington- Baltimore Speedway at Laurel, Md., and gave permission for three sched. uled automobile races in the board bowl on June 19, August 1 and Sep- tember 30. The National Motor Rac- ing Association will receive $10,000 and 10 per cent of the gross receipts for each race under the receivership terms. Receivers named were Francis A. Michael, M. Hampton Magruder and Georgse W. S. Musgrave. Re- cefvership was forced by building firms with whom the speedway man- agement had not liquidated obliga- tions. o Examinations in Sc};mls. An examination for stenographic and general clerical positions in di- visions 1-9 of the public school system will be held at Central High School Saturday morning, it was announced today by Harry English of the board of examiners. It is stated that those who graduate this month will be ad- mitted and must submit their diplomas fomediately. upon, them. Funeral se ¢ ne's evening at 7 wiil be He k. In erstown 1o Mr. R rowas a | mony Lodge, No { lumbia Chapter, Masons and mandery, Knig! { belonged to Almas | Mystic Shrine. | WOMAN FACES INQUIRY. Police Detain Her While Probi Attempted Suicide ber of Har A AL M Royal bia He 1 of Colum T the mple dtempt to com Mrs. Rachel V old, of 431 Q Pricei, took her catment, were for investiga-| | g ar | suicide lust night, vears street, Frank Irving et. who fleld Hospital for t en into police custody tion Wher | pital that was found at Garfield Hos- | the attempted poisoning | {did not result seriously, police started lan investigation int statements leged to have been made to them by Pricci to the effect that Mrs. Davis {was wanted in Virginia to answer | serfous charges there. Mrs. Davis was heing held House of Detention today, while | Pricel was being detained the | tenth precinct. 1 TOLI: HVEPErArL ASKED. Traction Company Urges Abandon- ment of Half-Cent Bridge Levy. The Public Utilities Commission was asked by the Capl Traction Co. to day to abandon the onehalf-cent tax | on passengers crossing the Key Bridge on its cars 30 days after the | ! bill abolishing the tax becomes law The measure has passed the Senate and the House and is now awaiting | the signature of President Coolidge. The company collects approxima $8,500 a year throush the one-half- cent tax. The money is turned into the Federal Treasury REGAINS SPEECH WHEN SHE SEES LOST SISTER| ‘Women, Separated 45 Years. Meet. Paralysis Vietim Now | t the | Nearly Cured. By the Associated Press. CORNING, N. Y. June §.—The shock of seeing a sister from whom | she had been separated for 45 years restored speech yesterday to Mrs. Retty Lundgren of this city. who, in consequence of two paralytic shocks, had been unable to talk. ‘When Mrs. Lundgren met her sister, Mrs. Anna Bloomquist of Chicago, she was so startled that she began to talk. Her restored speech is nearly normal, only a slight impediment being noticed. BYRD TO GREET BROTHER. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. June 8 Byrd will leave this city June for New York, where he goes meet his brother, Comdr. Richard Byrd, jr., who is returning home after his successful flight to the North Pole. The governor will be accompanied | by Mrs. Byrd and Harry F., jr., and it 18 expected that Comdr. Byrd will| come to this city soon after a brief visit to his home, Gov. 21 to | i L] | day as being gratified a | since "t out_putth Btrong soundn the Viee | and t and m at tie re ru | Attempt | author TREASURY'S PLANS PLEASE PRESIDENT | Executive Gratified at Report Government Will Pay Its Own Way. The President was r ports from asury tha first 1 during he Secretary of he Government, W the I'r for the War, to finance itself arter and at th aturing out anot He will position oming neet its obli; not the Gov he prevalence hroughout the Natior It pointed out hat the revenue fr e t pated is only . but prospertt was t busine: n extent that individual i He pointed out in custo on the rise he increase prosperi Jorta at there he part of im fuct | future. a splend T President mpe T ng or |U. S. PATROL FIRED UPON BY MEN ON MEXICAN LINE Arrest On Rio Crossir Frus PLANT EXPERT DIES. George R. Lyman Succun Johns Hoy Dr bs at ins Hospital Speciai s BALTIMORE Richards L Virgi one in §.—Dr Geo e of the V Agriculture plant patholog the coun a i Colleze and ar D. of H Durir emer ship in 1 For pathologist States Department plant disease survey of muny and plant dise prominent Iture's was works en myeolozy and member of ific Today in Congress Senate. The Senate met in executive ses sion today to continue considera tion of i6 mnominations for the Board of Tax Appes in the Treasury Department. District of Columbix committes neld hearing on Policewomen's Bu reau bil Civil service committea met decided to refer to the Civil Ser ice Commission the Couzens lution culling for an investigation into civil service appointments The steering committee will meet at 4:45 this afternoon to discuss the program of legislation for the mainder of the session tariff comm continued the administration of £ law Con mission. Claims committee holdin executive session this afternoon reso House, House takes up additional judge bill. Woodrum cone providing for joint comumitt House and Senate to « Comdr. Richard Fyrd party on their return to N country on behalf of the United States ‘was adopted by the House Public utilities subcommitice of House District committee conducts hearing on bill providing conso dation of Washington and George town Gas Light Cos. and permit ting consolidation to increase in debtedness Subcommittee of appropriations committee in executive session on second deficiency bill Naval affairs committes tinues hearings on railroad soltdation Military affairs committee in ex ecutive session on committee cal endar. Committee on agriculture con ducts hearing on forest experi ment station in Pennsylvania and adjoining States. Judiciary committee tive session on committee da resolution tula 1 his con in exec calen committee No. , executive session on Walters ley contested election case Merchant marine committce con ducts hearing on relief of Polish- American steamship lnes, lections i