Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1926, Page 2

THE EVENING ,’PRESIDENT TAKES CIVILIAN ADVICE OVER ARMY MEN IN REPAIR JOB STAR, WASHINGTO! ARLINGTON WATER HINCESON B “Forum” Told That Installa- D. ©, SATURDAY, . STEVINSON LEADING WITH. ). ROESCH Columbia and Washington ILLINOIS STORMS TAKE HEAVY TOLL »- i cision to Vacate White House Deferred Until Out- side Experts Confirm Reports of Military Engineers on Conditions. Three Dead and Much Prop- erty Damaged as Lightning Plays Havoc. By the Assocated Prese CHICAGO. June 12 northern [linois today lo8s of three lives, injury to scores ot - persons und several hundred thousand dollars in property damage done by & severe electrical storm last night Near Freeport and Rockford. 1. three deaths were reported as the ve sult of the storm and a cloudburst. which swelled the waters of the Pecatonica River and submerged the Jowlands. The dead Frank J. Killums of Calc Ram Cooney of Rocktord and Diivelbess of Fresport and the Chic counted wil hriam Drowned in Stream. Killums and William 1. Wilsey talaphone linemen. were attempting 1o cross the Pecatonica to repair fallen wires when the storm broke and the waters carried them downstream Killums was drowned and rescuers found Wilsey near death in mid streani. His condition is serious. Cooney was run down and Killed & motor car at Ruckford. when he was evercome by blinding rain ut a street intersection. and Drivelbess died from 2 bolt of lightning which struck a barn in which e had taken refuge Riding on a hombardment of elec trical violence. the storm struck Chi €ago just as the business district was being emptied of workers at 5 o'clock. Amid din_of thunder the lightning leveled chimmeys, struck a_trolley, in furing 20 persons. started half a hun dred fires und did miscellaneous dam- nze to property Basements were flooded by the heavy and street t-hour dura- with automobiles cars marooned for the h tion of the storm. A Catholic high school was struck by Mghtning and @ cornice was torn off, in the midst of the graduation ~xercises. at which Cardinal Munde- tein was conferring diplomas. The bolt 1ald unconscious two policemen direct- ing traffic in front of the institution Bolt Rings Door Bell. In Evanston a lightning bolt polite- ! Iv rang a door bell before entering a hiouse to tear the glass out of a mir ror. Several suburban districts were thrown into darkness and deprived of telephone service by damage to wires, Two elevated cars collided in the niidst of the storm, injuring four pas- sengers. The street car hit by light- ning was carrying suburban factory workers. The bolt set fire to the car. gome of those hurt were trampled. Three were struck by lightning at Dubuque, Towa, and one at Decatur. Alton, IIl., reported property damage of $100,000. Hail accompunied the rain tn some sections, 40 ARE GRADUATED AT ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL Complete Eighth-Grade Work at Academy—Prizes Awarded for Attendance. St. Paul's Academy held its ciosing mxercises last night in the church, when diplomas were presented to 40 pupils, who had completed the eighth grade. Rev. Thomas E. McGuigan, pastor of St. Paul's, preached the ser- mon. Prizes were awarded honor pupils. The foliowing pupils received eighth-grade certificates and are eligi- ble for admission into the high school Qepartment of St. Paul's Academ: uth’ Anderson. Elizabeth Beall oris Bender, Margaret Chadwick, jlelen Cogan, Margaret Crawford, Katherine Deogan, Carmelita Glenn, Clyndon Glover, Alice Greenwald, Eileen Haltigan. Mary Hannon, Jeanne Hightman, Agnes Locke, Mar- acet Long, Katherine Long, Martha Nichols, Irene Nesbitt, Genevieve ©'Boyle, Agnes O'Neil, Gertrude Pre. winsky, Bettie Renner, Suzanns Ro- ero, Katherine Roxburghe, Beatrice ‘orre, Evelyn Walker. Willlam Cro- {ghan, Joseph De . Bdward “iliam Hyde, Michael e, Thomas Miller, James O'Brien, ichael _Scanlon. Philip Schriver, Villiam Sheu and Jumes Smith The following pupils received prizes Yor perfect attendance during the scho- dsstic year: Elleen Haltigan, Gene- frieve O'Bovle, Bettie Renner, Beatrice orre. Louise Shea, Helen Morley, ichard Harvey, Joseph Murray and felen Hunt. A gold piece was pre- mted by Mrs. Alfred ¢ "illiam Hyde. —_— PRESIDENT WAITING ON SARGENT TO GET REPORT ON FENNING Joseph Gulli, Iy, Joseph ‘Whetton to ontinued from First Page.) and has been Zor the last 10 vears.” “I am not or never have been gen- #ral counsel for the Capital Traction £o.,” Mr. Hogan said. “That posi- tion is held by George E. Hamilton. While 1 am attorney for the com- any, 1 am employed only for the andling of certain of its cases in wourt, I have never appeared before the "Public Utilities Commission. There has been an understanding be- iween the president and me that it will be no part of my duty to handle valuations cases. “1 never appeem’ bef;re the Com- missioners since the Kalbfus case, which was 13 years ago. I beve np practice before the Commissioners of any kind. T also wish to state that the valuation of the Capital Traction ¢'0. occurred before Mr. }'enning took ofice and while he was a private kitizen.” —— DAMAGE AWARD CUT. ©Court Decides Verdict Against Beauty Parlor Was Excessive. Miss Nola Gordon, former clerk in the Internal Revenue Bureau, who was awarded a verdict for $4,500 Bamages against Eugene E. and Mar aret . Coulon, trading as Margaret E. Scheetze and conducting a beauty parlor at 1145 Connecticut avenue, by 2 jury in Circuit Division 2 for in- Mjury to her hand when she under went treatment to remove a wart, must give up $2,000 of the amount or submit to a new trial of the case. Justice Hitz so ruled yesterday afternoon after hearing argument of counsel on a motion of the beauty parlor owners for a new trial. The court held the verdict to be excessive. Attorneys Alex Wolf and Nathan Cay- ton for the young woman, while Louts A. Dent repre- It Is thought likely that the presi dential household will vacate the | White 1ouse very shortly after the | adjournment of the next session of Congress on March 4. to occupy tem | Dorary quarters during the long pe viod of alterations und repair work It is thought that it will tuke at least 10 months to_complete the work | ¢f repaning the White Ifouse, and| the President has been advised that | it will be impussible for him and the | other members of his household to re jmain within the building after the work s once commenced. In making | this known. the President also made idea of having to seek quarter { where, and that it was with great re {luctance that he gave his consent to [ the plan for repairing the building The President has not vet glven considerstion to the selection of a { temporury Vhite House, but it is his jhope to settle upon a place that ix centrally located and not far from the White [Touse. Many offers and sug- gestions have been received at the \White House. but these have been given no serfous thought by Mr. (ool idge \ Has Had Many Warnings. The President let it be known that practically ever snce he moved into the White House he has been receiv- ing warnings from Army and other Government engineers to the effect that the old mansion was badly in need of repairs and“that there was constant danger of an wccident. The roof and the trusses, or beams, hold ing it were singled out as the princi pal danger, but the President was represented as not having been great tion of System Depends Iy impressed with these hints at pos- | sible calamities. He is represented as saying that the engineers' report of the impend- ing dangers were quite terrifying, but he remained calm and unmoved, at tributing the serfousness of the raport to what he doscribed as a tendency on the part of wilitary men, if per- mitted, to tear down the old White House mercely for the purpose of fixing a chimney or something just as unimportant. Therefore, the = Presi dent refused to ugree to the engineers’ recommendations for installing a new- voof. ceiling beams and other improve wente which they thouzht were neces. sary Called In Civillan Experis. The President however, could recoumendations with sme attention and he then in some men from civil experts in construction work, one of them u member of Congress, to make « thorough examination. These ex- perts confirmed the reports of Army engineers and it was then that the President came to the conclusion that probably something should be done. The President wus represented as saying that the White to tell when th or some other roof might cave in lent happen withir the bullding because of the condition of many of the timbers and other parts of the structure. knowl of all this that the Presi recently, and reluctantly, gave his approval to the plan for erecting a new roof and for other repairs with n the building SIDE POLES SOUGHT FOR BRIGHTWOOD Citizens’ Association Asks Their Substitution on Georgia Avenue. Foliowing the rejection by the Pub- lic Ctilitles Commission at the recent hearing of the proposition to remove the Washington Railway and Electric Co. trolley poles from the center of Georgla avenue between Florida ave- nue and the District line and substi- tuting en underground system, the Brightwood Citizens' Association last night unanimously adopted a-resolu tion to request that side poles be sub- stituted for the present poles between the plow pit at W street to the car barn at Brightwood. The commission, the association was advised, 1s in favor of the side-pole idea, and has announced that in the future definite orders will be fssued to the company to replace the center poles by substituting side poles. “This change,” the commission states, *“‘will be ordered in sections as center poles become unfit for service, beginning at the lower end of Georgla avenue and working toward the District line.” D. C. Librarian Asked. The associntion will urge the Dis- trict Commissioners to request in their next budget that $125,000 be appropriated for cl.rlng' for the trees of the District and for new trees. Emphasis was laid on the need of trimming trees in the Brightwood sec- tion and for new trees in the recently developed sections, The following comunittee was ap- pointed to oppose the changing of the zoning regulations from A restricted to B restricted between Georgia ave- nue and Fourteenth, Aspen and Pea- body streets: Willilam McK. Clayton, chairman; John Clagett Proctor, Mrs. Henry 8. Parsons, Henry W. Syfrig and H. E. King. : The association adopted resolutions of regret at the death of John B. Mc- Carthy, a member of the assoclation, well known newspaper man and father of Mrs. Parsons. . Clayton's Work Lauded. The association Indorsed Mr. Clay- ton as a_member of the proposed public utilities commission in the event of the bill becoming a law. His civie work on behalf of the' residents of the District was lauded by various members. E The association adopted a resolu- tion commending the House and Sen- ate District committees for their zeal and interest in securing legislation for the District: The condition of the city streets was severely criticized and ‘a resolution will be sent to the District Commis- sioners urging_ that citizens receive returns from the 2 cents per gallon of gasoline paid by motorists by re- pairing the streets. Mrs. Parsons reported on the need of playgrounds for Brightwood Park and also the recent hearings on the policewomen’s bill in Congress. JOINING ALL RELIGIONS l ! ! FOR PEACE PLANNED Conference of Delegates From the 11 World Faiths Contem- plated by Alliance. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 12.—A world con- ference of the eleven great religious systems is planned in the cause of international peace by the World Al- liance for International Friendship. A committee of 69 was named night at the closing session of the al- liance to forward the plans. Invitations to participate will be ex- tended to representatives of Prot- esiants, Roman and_Greek Catholics, Judaism, Hindulsm, Mohammedanism, Confucianfsm, Shintoism, Buddhism, the Siks and the Jains. Raymond Robbins, member of the alliance, forecast “‘a warless world in this generation.” The keynote of the resolutions declares that “war should no longer be used for settlement of controversies between nations.” —_—————— | HELD IN BOAT THEFTS. New Yorker Says He Got Property From Unidentified Man. John Joseph Duffy, 49 years old, claiming to be a New Yorker, is Dbooked at police headquarters on three charges of .housebreaking, it being alleged that he robbed boate anchored in Washington Channel the past few days. He was arrested last night by Detectives Nally, Darnall and O'Brien as he was about to en- ter a rooming house, at 413 Sixth street. Duffy denled having robbed the boats, but admitted possession of much of the property stolen, accord- ing to the detectives, who report he he obtained the loot from an ;flnmu golored man snd dis- of some, 3 ‘g oman Given $l,369 In Bill for Loss of EyeDuring Dry Raid By the Associated Press A bill to award $1,309.20 o Mrs Maude J. Booth of Baitimore for loss of an eye through a stray bul- let fired by a prohibition agent was passed yesterday by the House. The claims committee cut the proposed appropriation to this sum from the $10,000 asked in the measure as introduced by Repre sentative Linthicum. Democrat, Maryland. Mrs. Booth was shot accidentally on April 23, 1924, dur- ing a rald by Federal agents. The house raided was close to her resi- dence, and she looked out of her third-story window to see what was going on. Shooting began, and bullet struck her in the head. in- flicting an injury that required re moval of her eye. The bill was passed without dis- cussion under a unanimous consent agreement. PRESIDENT'S CANP ON BOOTLEG TRAIL Special Dry Agents to Guard Adirondack Grounds From Canada Rum Runners. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. President Coolidge 1s going to spend the Summer on the bootleg trail, but he is not going personally after the bootleggers and will let them alone if they will do the same by him. The bootleggers will have no business with the Summer. White House, but it so happens that the Kirkwood camp, up in the Adirondacks, lies athwart the rum stream which flows into the United States from Canada. The cottage to be occupled by the President and his entourage is not on the main traveled highways, nor does the bootlegger, in carrying out his trade, always travel the broad high- way. He takes to the byways and hedges unless he has things *fixea” along the main thoroughfare, and there i8 no doubt in the minds of the authorities that the rum runners by land will take advantage of the Presi- dent’s presence in the mountains to skirt as near as possible to his home in the hope they will not be fired upon. But there is every chance in the world that for the first time in his life, Mr. Coolidge this Summer may hear shots in a rum battle. State Trooper Killed. A year or 50 280 a New York State trooper was slain by the rum runners on the northern New York bootleg ;l;fljll and !het people of the whole ate were outraged and up in arms against the outlaws of the ll]l;cll Nquor trade. Posses were formed to hunt them out, but the excitement has all died down now and the rum hunt has resolved fitself into a sullen but dogged search. However, every effort will be made by the prohibition enforcement officers to guard the Presidential preserve against bootleg invasion. The roads leading to the Kirkwood estate will be patrolied bv men in fast automobiles and armed with sawed-off shotguns. Beer and Ale Favored. Most of the running business froi Canada is in beer and ale. There ‘Il.nn & great demand for the malt beverage in New York City, and ale which costs 20 to 30 cents a bottle in Montreal is gobbled up at the restaurants in the metropolis at $2 to $3 a bottle. The transportation system is so well developed that there seems never a shortage of the bottle goods. The dry agents who will guard the Summer White House will augment the usual secret service detail which accompanies the President where- ever he goes, and the additional guards assigned when the President occupies a detached cottage or bunga- low. At Swampscott last Summer a detail of Marines assisted the secret service work. In the Adirondacks the President may also be attended by State troopers. It will be the loneliest spot selected far a presidential abode in modern times and this will make the guards doubly careful. (Copyright. 1926.) WILL STUDY COMPLAINT. Maj. Covell Calls W. R. & E. Of- ficials for Conference on. Service. Officials of the Washingten Railway and Electric Co. were invited today by Maj. W. E. R. Covell, Assistant Dis trict Engineer Commissiorer, assign- ed to public utilitles, to confer with him Monday regarding the complaint of residents along Conduit road, that the street car service in that section is inadequate during the non-rush hours. A group of citizens represent- ing the community conferred ~with Maj. Covell yesterday and added a verbal protest to their written tom- piaint. noi | life, | House even | now it fairly safe but it is fmpossihle | It was with a | __ i by eithe Upon Result of Vote. | A warning to the voters of Arling | ton County that rejection of the bond issue plan of financing the new “vity | water” would imperil the | county’s chances of getting water at {this time, was sounded Iast night by | State Senatc Frank Ball and Wil Hiam J. Ingram. chaivman of the Ar lington County Water Board., at a | “water forum™ held in the Wushing {ton and Lee High School, at Bullston JRe ar T questions v ing water plans fro nd oppunents of the §7 which will be voted upon 1 election next Tuesday 1o the bond scheme apl | to quiet down with the lh.nf_\lhu hv | officials of many points which I_ a [ been raised by these untamiliar with the plans | Senator Ball explained {was but one other method {for finuncing the water —supbly | &hould the bond plan fail, and th the so-called Jesse general tox method Meeting Is Uproarious. The meeting. the last to be called > water the ele was spivited from beginning to sition that there | tion, response to pointed questions put by | several previously avowed opponents of the bond issue. Al au were auswered Seuator Ball, Mr. Tngran. { 5. Phillips, consuiting engineer 29 e bourd, or Dr. P. M. Cld hester, county health officer. = Herp are uome phasss lan brought out af e water board will open its books to the public and will keep in them a strict mccount of all receipts and expenditures. | “The charge for | parently of the water meeting: r waler In excess of |the metered annual allotment per house of 40,000 gallons will be “low, perhaps about 10 cents per thousand gallons. There will be a limit placed on the amount of water that may be used by comumercial establishments. Householders will be supplied with sufficient water to sprinkle lawns, etc Weils to Be Unmiolested. | | new consumers into the systen:. | No rule can be laid down as to the | number of prospective users mneces sary to influence the water board to | extend a lateral main. but every effort | will be made to extend the service to every one who wants it, circumstances permitting, regardless of the number of consumers. Lateral mains will be paid for out a “revolving fund” maintained by the assessments per front foot of main levied on the water users only, and this fund will have as its nucleus about $75,000 set aside from the bond revenues. y There will be about 15 miles of main supply pipes laid at the outset. Of the more than 2,000 prospective consumers who have signed pledges to take the water, it is not known how many live along the arterial sup- ply mains, but the water officials claim that the 1,500 users estimated stem self- as necessary to make the ed on the | supporting need not be loc: | arterial system proper. Start to Be Delayed. The water board expects to start work on the system about three months after the election, deferring ! contracts for pipes until the FFall and Winter, in order to effect economies in cost. The system should be ready to receive the water when the War | Department turns it on in July or Au- ust of next year. e Water Board denies it s “a | power unto itself.” being responsive to the will of the people and subject to | removal by election at the polls in { November. 5 " Each of the three magisterial dis- tricts must “work out its own salva- tion” under the bond-ssue plan, the act requirlng each district to vote separately. 1f only one district should | vote in favor of the bonds it will be permitted to go ahead and install its own system, although the cost under such an eventuality would be large, {and the complications with regard to the other districts would be regret- table. One district cannot be expected to bear the burden of laying mains in its own territory large enough to take care of a future decision by a neigh horing district to take the water. The recaleitrant district must take the consequences of working out its own scheme of getting water at the later date, with the possibility of having to lay its mains parallel to the existing ones all the way to Chain Bridge. In any event, it will be possible for any district at any time in the future to n water “in some way. Dh"r‘lfie Water Board feels mu"tlhe vote next Tuesday is not only on the ques- Hon of whether the citizens want bonds, but whether they want water. Senator Ball ‘liecluzi that “m::. sands of prospective water consumers have notpllg*ned blanks, especially in the thickly populated Clarendon and Cherrydale sections. The system will be an overwhelming financial success when these users come forward to tap GROUPS TWO CITIZEN LAUD MAJ. WHEELER Federation and Advisory Council Appreciate His Efforts—Former Adopted Resolution. The Federation of Citizens Asso- ciations and the Citizens' Advisory Council, through Jesse C. Suter, president of the former organization and chairman ex officio (g the lnttteerr, extended their appreciation yester- day to Mu.e Raymond A. Wheeler, assistant District Engineer Commis- sioner, who will leave Washington Tuesday for his new Army assign- ment at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Mr. Suter handed to Maj. Wheeler a copy of a resolution adopted unani- mously by the federation last Sat- urday night. It read: “The Feden&- tion of Citizens' Associations ex- presses its thanks to Maj. Wheeler for his splendid services to the Dis- trict, especially in connection with the Zoning Commission. We feel that this work is but a beginning of a.great and useful career in his chosen line of work. BROTHERS ADMIT SLAYING FRANKLIN, Ohio, June 12 (®.— Ernest and Charles Garrison, brothers, aged 23 and 25, respectively, last night confessed to th:“ slaying &f;’:gfi: zl. Benge, night officer, on Ma.rgh Blf Marshal W. H. Graham reported. The two youths, who live here, are said to have been arrested on infor- mation furnished by a woman. Benge was shot and killed when he apprehended two men robbing a. store here. He exchanged shots with the pate, i \ : end, hisses and applause mingling in | Wells will not be condemned by the water board, with a view to forcing | avatlable | A group of i {ing before the special Nenate committ | elections expenditures. Left to right, Vare, successful senat ) [} nsylvania political leaders who are now appear- ee investigating Pennsylvania primary front row, Representative Willlam S. il candidate, and W. T.. Mellon, nephew of Secretary Wood, western ma , attorney for the Mello; for Senator Pepper. WORKMEN BECIN MOV BUREA Office Equipment at Interior and Pension Buildings Be- ing Prepared for Shifts. | * biggest movement of Govern ment bureaus in yeurs got under wiy todiy nearly two score workmen appeared at the Pen- sion Office and the Interior Depart ment to move furniture and office equipment in preparation for che ship- ment of the equipment of the Pension Office to the Interior Bullding about June 20, and shipment of the equip- ment of the Bureau of Mines from the Interior Building to the Winder Bullding, at Seventeenth and F streets. At the same time the General Ac- counting Office will be moved from when a force of tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets to the Pension Office, at Fifth and G streets. Furniture of the Pen- sion Bureau was being moved today from the third to the fimst floor to make room for the equipment of the General Accounting Office. The move affects about 2500 em- ployes, approximately 1500 employed { by the general accounting office and | the office of the controller general; 800 emploves of the Pension Bureau and 200 employes of the Bureau of Mines. Secretary Work of the Interior De { partment estimates that about 100,000 | square feet of floor space will be saved by consolidation of offices in the move. The cryogenic luboratory { of the Mines Bureau has already been moved from the Interior Department Building to the Bureau of Standards. The triple move will not affect tho general building program for Govern- ment departments, announced a week | ago at the Treasury. Plans for con | struction of & new building for the | Commerce Department on Fifteenth | street, south of Pennsylvania avenue, were announced, to make available about a million square feet of floor space for this department and house all its scattered bureaus. ; The Labor Department i§ now housed in a rented building at 1712 G street, under a lease that has & year to run. It was originally scheduled to take over the Pension Office, but officials of the Labor Department declded too much Interior rearrange- ment would be needed at the Pension Office to make the move economical. While workmen were shifting office furniture about today at the Pension Bureau and the Interior Bullding, transportation officers of the depart- ments involved were planning for a pooling of trucks and moving equip- ment so that the least possible time will be consumed in the actual trans- portation of the furniture. The move is belng made at the direction of the Public Buildings Commission and Sec- retary of the Interior Work. TWO PLAYS GIVEN. Children’s Players of Washington Stage Final Program. A large and sympathetic audience gathered at Plerce Hall last evening to witness the last prngfi.m,ot the season offered by the Children’s Play- ers of Washington, I&X;&:fil’ the direc- tion of Lenore Marie Grange. The program consisted of two plays, “Darby and Joan,” a charming little ourtain-raiser, by Rose Flyeman, en- acted with a surprising show of talent by Theodore Tiller, Mary Elste M.eu;,.rt and Maxine Stevenin, and which was followed by the big play of the eve- ning, “June Magic,” a tale of fairies and fairyland, by Katherine Lord, in- terspersed with music and dancing. The children presenting ‘“June Magic,” ranging in years from 3 to 18 years, includ ginia Gummel, Marita Houlihan, Mt Elsie Steuart, Margaret Metcalf, Louise Freitag, Theodore Tiller, Kath- ryn Brinley, Barbara Hanford, Jean Cromelin and Maxine Stevenin. The costumes and lettlnfl through- out were beautiful, many of them hav- ing been designed by the children themselves, under Miss De Grange's direction. The entertainment through- out was in every sense delightful, and both director and pupils deserve much credit inasmuch as this is but the second season of thefr work. Puplls of Estelle Murray, the Staf- ford Pemberton group gave several | charming numbers during the evening. s o WINS PARIS DIVORCE. Mrs. H. L. Whitridge of Baltimore Charged Desertion. RIS, June 12 (#).—Mrs Horatio L.Pevhltrldge of Baltimore, formerly Matilda B. Emory, has been granted a divorce in the Paris courts on grounds ot desertion. The couple were mar- ried in New York in March, 1906. Both gave Paris addresses for the court records. Mrs. John Henry Bulmer, formerly ‘| Lillian ‘1saac Collette, instituted ai- vorce proceedings. Her husband did not appear at the preliminary hearing. They were married in September, 1920, at Louisville, Ky. 3 the building on New York avenue be. | ed Carol Cromelin, Vir- | paris; 'House Steps On Gas And Passes 119 Bills In One Day’s Work' All records for speed in pussing legislation were broken by th House yesterduy wi v 119 bills, The prev: §1. The measures were considered under a4 unanimous consent agree. ment requiring no vots. They in cluded private claims against the Government, pensions and adjust ment of military records. ARM RELIEF BILL FACING HARD FIEHT Friends of Measure in Sen- ate Seek to Stem Reced- ing Support. As the pending farm reliet bill, pro viding for a division of co-operative | marketing In the Department of Agri- culture, as well as & plan for taking care of surplus crops through an equai- {zation fee, nears the hour of voting in the Senate it is being weighed down by amendments and substitute proposuls offered from the floor. While oppon ents were striking at the bill wigh amendiments vesterday. proponents were attempting to stem the receding | Senators Robinson of Indiana. Good- ing of Idaho and Howell of Nebraska, Republicans, and Shipstead. Farmer- Labor. Minnesota. urged friends of the farmers' to rally around the measure and save agriculture. The Democratic side was aroused by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, it Democratic leader, who charged that cotton had been included in the provisions of the bill mainly as a bid for the support of Senators from cot- ton-growing States, He has offered a substitute bill pro- posing a $200.000,000 fund to be used to aid co-operutive marketing and the export of surplus crops, to which he expects to draw the support of most Democrats. Senator Lenroot. Republican, of Wisconsin, who has not taken an active part in the discussion, declared yesterday in a statement that he was opposed to the McNary bill. He said he would offer a substitute proposal to create a $150,000,000 revolving fund, to be administered by e Federal farm board, to assist orderly marketing of crops, price stabilization and the ex- port of surplus. CHURCH UNITY PLAN OF MERCIER PRESSED Late Cardinal's Efforts to Join Catholics and Anglicans to Be Continued. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, June 12.—The efforts of the late Cardinal Mercier for a unioh of the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches are to be pursued just as planned. The Libre Belgique announces that the conferences look- ing to unity among the churches, in- augurated by the cardinal, are to be resumed at the archbishop's palace at Malines the end of the month, uh- ier the presidency of Mgr. Rooy. In accordance with the desire ex- pressed by Cardinal Mercier, the scope of the conferences will be widened so as to include not only the Anglican, but the orthodox church. Among those who will take part are Megr. Batifol, canon of Notre Dame, ; Abbe Hemmer, vicar of St. Crinity, Paris; the famous Belgian preacher, Father Portal; Lord Halifax, who, as president of the English Church Unfon, was closely associated with Cardinal Mercier in his efforts to establish church union; the Bishop of Truro and Bishop Charles Gore. JOSEPH R. GRUNDY, ident of the Pennsylvania Manu- facturers’ Association and a leader in politics in the Keystone State, a wit- ness yesterday in the hearings being conducted by a special Senate commit- tee into the Pennsylvania primary elections. TAX! MONOPOLIES REPORT REVISED Gibson Statement Changed i to Score Conditions at Hotels and Station. o The section of the Gibeon subcom- tide of support with verbal argument. | ‘ittee report as regards the use of | s#pace in public streety taxicab to a statement lssued by Zihlman of the House committee to- day. As revised, the report reads: Golf Stars Ahead in Tour- ney Semi-Finals. Frank J. Roesch of the Washinzwn Golf and Country Club and Miller B Stevinson of Columbia early this aft ernoon seemed assured of places in the final round of the Columbia Countr Club’s Spring golf tournament. Roescl: was 1 up on A. L. Houghton of the Manor Club ut the fifteenth hole and Stevinson was 3 up on W. L. Rich ardson, jr., of Baltimore at the th teenth hole. Roesch, who yesterday defeate] George J. Volgt, the District cham pion, won the first four holes fron Houghton in the semi-final today, onis to have Houghton, by determined golf square the match at the tenth. Rossc! h and twelfth and los: the fourteenth, to go to the fifteent 1 up. Stevinson was 5 up on R ardson at the seventh hole, but lost the eighth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth, winning the ninth, to go 1 the thirteenth hols 3 up. Stevinson won the tournament fon: years ago. The second round vesterday was featured by the defeat of Gaeorge . Voigt of Bannockburn, Middle At lantic _and District champfon. by young Roesch, a golfer not vet of age | who performed well all through the | day. i | { | { | | to square the Roesch earlier in the season was medalist in the Town and Conntry Clut tourney. After defeating W. R. M« clubmate, by 3 and 2 he jumped inie lead on Voigt, and althoug} the phlegmatic Bannockburn playe: twice iwred the match, he could not stop the brilliancy of Roey succumbing on the seventeent! green, where the Washington lad played around a partial stymle to oh tain a birdie 3 and win the maten by 2 and 1 Match Best of Afternoon This match was the finest of il afternoon in point of golf, Roesch ha Ing a 4 for a 72 when he en the contest. The Washington plave won the first three holes, when Voig: started 6, 6, 6, and was 1 up at the turn. He won the eleventh and Voig annexed the twelfth and thirteent! count. They halved the fourteenth and fifteenth in be and Roesch won the sixteenth wit} a par 3, getting a birdie on the seve: {teenth to win. His defeat vesterds | was the first Voigt has sustained it a tournament this vear. Stevinson shot a 71 to defeat J | Brawner of Columbia in the firs round and had an esier time with I D. Nicholson of Washington in the | afternoon. Richardson nosed out W C. Evans of Columbia in the afternoo: on the twenty-first green, where the jland player sank a 20-foot putt Houghton had easy victories *. Ligon of Baltimore ani k of Lexington, Va. There were nine extra hole matches durin. the day. First Flight Results. flight—first round—@ imore. 7 aud Whiteford. Col Richardson, Md, C Col. 5 and 4; M. wher. a oles. 58 T perking 1. d. chiolson ) G foCal n from Chafrman | 3 rman defeated Ligon by d. Perkins, 4 and 3 up Wash me testimony was taken by the | subcommittee showing that at Unfon Station to the exclusion of the use thereof by the publ ie taxicab companies are paying the hotels for the privilege of serv- ing their patrons and these taxicab companies are monopolizing the street space in front of these hotels, ex- cluding other taxicab companies from using the public approaches thereto. “‘According to evidence presented to the committee, the hotels are in re- ceipt of a large revenue from these taxicab companies for these privileges. The District Commissioners should in- vestigate the sale of these privileges by hotels and take such remedial ac- tion as will fully protect the interests of the public and their right to use the public streets of the city of Wash- ington. “The same condition exists at Union Station, where the Washington Termi- nal Co. permits only one taxicab com- pany to use the main approach to the Union Station, excluding other taxicab companies and private cars from using the same and compelling travelers go- ing to the station to find their way into the same through traffic on Mas- sachusetts avenue or at other incon | venient points at such station. N it ‘The inconvenience occasioned .to the traveling public by this situation at Unfon Station is insufferable, an :41)muld be remedied by legisiative a tion.” ————— OUTING BEING HELD. The Telephone Society of Washing- ton, composed of employes of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., 18 holding its annual outing to day at Marshall Hall. An extensive athletic und entertainment program was arranged by Preston C. King, president of the society. Among the special features were an old-fashioned barbecue and a Charleston contest, for which prizes were awarded. A base ball game be- tween fat men and thin men, a thread and needle mixed team race, a 75-yard men’s dash, man's wheelbarrow race, woman’s nall-driving contest and children’s egg and spoon race, in all of which events prizes will be award- ed, also were listed. There will be dancing throughout the evening until 11:30 o’clock, when the Steamer Charles Macalester will bring the excursionists back. Indians Claim Ford Plant Site And Other Lan By the Associated Press. CLARE, Mich., June 12.—Property demands, which if granted would make every Chippewa Indian in Michigan as wealthy as Henry Ford, were being formulated today as 500 members of the Saginaw, Swan Creek and Black River bands of Chnppewas met here in war council. The Court of Claims at Washington is to be the battle ground, and yellowed treaties will be the weapons. Once the owners of the northern half of the State, but today reduced to a few stump-covered acres, the In- dians, led by Chiet Elliot Collins -of Clare, are arranging to ask for bil- dions of dollars’ worth of property due them, they say, under the terms of treaties signed during the early days of Michigan history. The superlative demands the Indians are to oall upon the Government to cede to them all the ds Worth Billions islands in Lakes Michigan, Superior, Ontario and St. Clair; 16 feet of land on each side of every creek in the State, 66 feet on the side of every river and 99 feet around every lake. The latter claim includes the whole Detroit water front, on which are lo- cated great industrial properties, in- cluding the Ford Motor Co.'s River Rouge plant. Additional demands include the right to free trade with Canada and Im- munity from the game laws. Fanciful as the claims seem the In- dians regard them as guaranteed by half o dozen musty treaties, long forgotten, they say, by the great white father at Washington, but existing nevertheless in the archives of the Department of the Interior. Among these are the treaty of Fort Harmon, 1789; Jays treaty, 1794; the treaty of Ghent, 1814 and the treaty of Detroit, signed in 1865. Fifth | waght R certain | and taxicab companles are using the pub- | Leavell. e streets in front of hotels and space | Kirksi %. d. n 19 holes. | Second Round Scores. Second row MecAleer d. Cox, 1 Cornwell. 6 and 5: and 1 de. 1 up in i ¥ detault Cosolation—Dogle d. Wise, 1 1 Suead by Releher d . 1 up | default: Leavell 4. Coombs . Third flight. first roun. ol 4. M. D Williamuon. Gormiey, dergast. default Foley. L. Pen Wash., by Dr. T M 3'and £ yle, d. B. Hatch 3. Porier. Wiimington. o Consolation—Williamuon d 2: Foley d. West b Gray. 4 and’3: Hutoh d. Fourth flight. first round: ol._d. John Britton, C. C. rauss. Bann. d. W. . 6 aid 3 B . Indian Spring. dy ey Lo 3 and 3 A Coleman, unatt.. 6 1. d. C. C. Ward Indian” Spring. 3 ghg. 1 ope. pring. 3 and'1; . COL d. B B. Colline. Waah. by ault” K. J. Fielder. Congressional, d. J Gilmore. Congressional. 6 n Second round—K ras : Howard. 2 ¢ Juliten, . 1 u 1 e 3 and 1 Scores in Fifth Flight. firat round oNal iidjpn sorit idgan Sprin < H, Stonier. and 261D i Col. 8 nd 8. okt &t Becorid round-——Hovking on. % off 8 Renney, "1 Gin"n T Rof logver, d. Piaut. 5 and 3: Orme d. Stonler +and 1 solatjon _Robineon d. cutts, 5 and 4 L weeney. by default: > and 1: Finckel d. Owens, 1 0p in firet,_ronnd—F. § )x’n.(.dllanor 3 and ol Orme, Maores © L. Toin, 2: A Y. man. ¢ ¥ ng 4 it o 4 & R ana 0% R P Barara, cob - 449° Col.. 8 fd 7R TS, 1. °C )“lhll . Indian .‘"‘pnhl 4 phy. Bann.. d. W. F. Ba (lnql\l]l. lecond round—Christ, and 3 ENott d. Shepard. a4 Mo !d.lo{u 5 d 3: Calfy Barnard 7 and G: Murphy d. Small in 39" hotea. *, oneolation—<Pitt d. Livie. 2 and 1 4. Fowler. '3 and 2: Langley 4. Ha; 1] hills d. Barnea by default. A. L. Houghton won the second low gros- wu winping in a_ toss wi Nicholson. The two plavers tied at 4 second low gross in the qualitying round TWO HURT IN COLLISION. Two men were injured. one serious ly, shortly before 1 o'clock this morn ing when a rented machine in which they were riding crashed with = street car at Florida avenue and Eleventh street. Clarence Anderson, 30 years old 325 East Capitol street, whose skull was fractured in the collision, was taken to Freedmen's Hosplital, where his condition was reported serious though he is expected to recover. James Reed Adams, 26, of 55 Quincy place northeast, it is said left the scene of the accident. He was taken iInto custody this morning for investigation of an alleged violation of traffic regulations and was treated at Freedmen Hospital. Charles W. Adams, father of the injured yvouth. is said to have hired the automobile and intrusted it to his son to return it to the rental station —_—— It you need work, read the want columns of The Star.