Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1926, Page 2

2 » AGUARDIA'S BEER FOUNDNOT $0.GOOD Journalistic ~ Connoisseurs Get Return of Old Familiar Dark Brown Taste. 's experi the Ttepresentative La Gu ment yesterday in hLis of House Office Building 2.84 beer common, ice in obtaining malt con near- by a the cent 375 w.th was per mixing a of cent alcoholic tent everyday nt by and X shed 1o & statement that the mixture patatable drink U of the inguirers were the drug stores with the bee R doubt ver y prouuce But answered tollowed ni 1d on local di hi thirsty, who w 1t the particuiar brand of | used by Mr. La Guardia nical experiment—and re- ited to be sold under a treasury Department W ashingwn in suffi t be on zen reached anuties sale selected group of wwever, determined to test the brew for their own sfaction 1 fumia U as members of th to the v boy swre and - mait tonic something returned extract wmother company and not exceeding 4.15 volume, and this wa mixed with nd of near-heer ac a oportions preseribed by k essmAN. newspaper night sat- du . inrelution cent Opinions-Differ Widely. Opinions of the investigators fered widely. Some of them thought it might taste wo other declared it couldn’t, If thi bee seur declared, 1y modification of the dry law. Why go to all the trouble and ex- e, asked unother, “when it is so simple to get the real article? “It's not so bad, it you have to drink it,” said another authority, “but the blessing is that you don't The impression was shared by many t the leaves a dark brown taste in the mouth somewhat compar able to powdered quinine, and that if ken in any quantity brings about heavy, dejected feeling in that port of the anat metir as the “tu Mr. La Guardia's- contentio however, and the purpose of his ex periment was to prove, he said, that under ex w and departmental rulings it is Lle to have pure, r cent beer, costing in the neighborhood of 15 cents u glass, Wheeler Issues Statement. While 1e noted cc ne iull vote against pen m es referred to 1y wa: s may be possible, Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League | doubts if it is legal. Before the foam had ceased to bubble on Mr. La Guar- ental glass of beer Mr. ied a statement. > of the malt tonic al as it is to take kind of lig and make bootleg substitute.’ Officials the ment were inclined dent light! not laughingl » comment was made by officials of he. Department of State, the Depart mert of Agricultyre, the.War Depar mert, the N Depértment“the De- of Commerce, the Interior t Labor Department, ment or officials « e Comn he said, ny other it ‘into a at Treasury Depart- to take the inc partment, and state Commer especially silent off at the Treasu their previous findin the high percentage ir malt extr the ssion Inter- were recalled wever, that of solid content made it imp for beverage purposes, and willing to predict that there d be no drunken orgies resulting from imbibing it in large quantities Doran chemical di- he prohibition unit said the experiment had been cities and found to be han praciicable.” La Guardia After Principle. On the other hand, Mr. La Guardia, before irting his demonstration, issued a word statement, asserting that he sought to show that “‘under existing law and depa mentai rul ings it is possible to have pure 2. per cent beer.” It w the principle ¢ the thing not the beer, that he stuck up for. ' n beer in a round- red, “then there the law should not you can get it di- £ of decla why be simplit. La Guardin conducted his ex: nt in his private office after rts to muster a quorum of the House alcoholic liquor traffic commit- tee, of which he is the only wet mem had Chairman Hudson T’A committee and Representativ Wisconsin, both Republicans. he oniy ones to show up se declined to accompany to his office, u Green “of the declined of W of La Gua Repre Democ peared, beverage Sees Danger attent Florida, a commitice, ap- but to sample the in Permit. “We call to the fact,” Mr. Doran said, * for this malt tonic was issued, that aught with danger and could ) ed by liquor law violator to acceptable malt beve containing more than one-haif of one per_cent “The permit for 3.75 per cent malt was granted on the ground that medicinal preparation M. La Guaras discovery. He {: advertisin hootleg idea. clerks have tried the same and have been arrested for it “Our reports show this not heen in great demand as a medi- cine. If it becomes popular as an llicit drink, it will probably be sup- pressed.” on made T W tonic has FALL CAUSES DEATH. ‘William Anderson, Ill. Dies From Blow Against Radiator. In a weakéned condition from sev- al weeks' illness, William Anderson, 56 vears old, of 105 Second street, fell when he attempted to walk about his room last night, striking his head against a radiator, causing a hemor- rhage of the brain, from which e died shortly thereafter. He was found by a resident of the house, who summoned an ambulance. Dr. Smith, responding with the Emer: gency hospital ambulance, nounced him dead on arrival at the house. Coroner Nevitt ordered the turned over to an undertaker. will issue a certificate of death tod body He Housekeeping Woes. From the Detroi About 67 per cent of what is re. ferred to as Spring house cleaning consists of standing around wonder- ing whether the davenport wouldn't look nicer over by the window, I News. per | - { commissions. Justice De- Fitzgerald of Ohio and Browne | though | when the permit | unfit | pro- | a Repres . La Guard beer he “mixed” in his office yesterd: newspaper men followed. They failed to UNFORM CRIMINAL * CODES ADVOCATED |First Renort to Crime Com- mission Suggests Action by Most States. By the Associated Prees. NEW YORK, June 19.—Raising of more effective barriers against crim-'| 1ls by making changes in the crim- { \l codes of virtually every State| the Un was su ested today ! the prosecution committee of the | ationa! Crime Comm n in its| report to the executive com- | mittee of the commission. i The prosecution committee. one of the most important in the National | Crime Commission's move 1o find ways and means of reducing crime throughout the country, advocated more uniformity in the criminal codes of the different States. al- though no sweeping changes were | { suggested. Strengthening of = the| “weak spots” in the laws of States | where more stringent codes are ! needed, so their penal laws will be as,up-to-date as the laws of other | States. was the method suggested " Today's report, submitted in preliminary. form, ultimately will be | converted into the form of recom- | | mendations for use by State crime Legislatures nd off emi-official agencies deal- ite | cial and s i ing with erime. | Herbert S. Hadley, former Governor of Missouri, is chairman of the prose-| cution committee, which made its re to F. Trubee Davison, New York | | State Assemblyman and head of the | commission. Members of the prose. cution committee include Dean Roscoe . Pound of the Harvard Law School | Jndson Harmon, former Governor of Ohio: Daniel Moody, attorney gen al Webb, atiorney gen- eral rnia; J. W. Allen, for- mer attorney general of Massachu setts; Dean John H. Wigmore of the ! Northwestern University Law School. { Oscar Hallam of Minnesota, chairman | {of the American Bar Assoclation com { mittee on criminal procedure; John { Marcus Kavanagh, presiding criminal court judge of Cook County, IIL; Di trict Attorney Joab H. Banion of New York County, Edwin R. Keedy of the i University _of Pennsylvania Law | School and Tyrrell Williams of Wash- |ington University, St. Louis. |SEPARATED 63 YEARS, | MAN NOW TO SEE SISTER port i | By the Associated Press. ! CROWLEY, La., June 19.—The call | 1o arms under the Confederate flax | | took John “Dad” Brunson away from | his family 63 vears ago and now the call of kinship is taking the 75-vear- 1d veteran of Vermilllon Parish back {0 his birthplace at Camden, S. C. Brunson will visit his sister, only ~iving member of the famil e. the age of 16 Brunscn ran away | home, leaving hix mother and | at the South Caroling joined the Confederate | h, He a st three years wrmy and served the ia the war under Col. Bound, 2§th outh Carolina Regiment. He was ounded in a battle, After demobili- he went to Texas and then came to_Louisiana. For 25 vears he has lived In this community and 15 years ago he ma ied Miss lda Landry of Leroy. few months ngo “Dad” became and feeling th health was failin he began (o inquire s to the whe 2bouts nily. monih Kershaw County, cated hi Iy surviving now 70 ge and the nine mother ‘children AERIAL TEA PARTIES POPULAR IN LONDON Mrs. Sophie E. Lynn, First Woman | Pilot, Starts Novelty to En- | courage Interest in Flying. By the Associated Press | LONDON, June 19.—Aerial tea parties are the latest novelty in so- | | ciety circles. , The guests take rides | in airplanes after refreshments are { served. The first aerial “at given at the Stag Lane I with Mrs. Sophie Elliott Lynn and Mrs. Sherwood Kelly as hostesses. Mis, Lynn was the first woman in | England to be granted a pilot's license. She conceived the idea of perial tea parties with a view to in- | teresting society women in flying. Instead of dance music tea was dis. pensed to the accompaniment of the drone of a lght plane engine and other familiar sounds of an aero- | drome. Another aviation social stunt plan- ned for the Summer is to be a meet organized by the recently formed | RBritish Priva‘te Aireraft Owners Club. | Bach member will pilot his own | plane to snma selected meeting place, and from thia place all the planes will return in formation to thte club’s hosts at Stag Lane. home" was | ing Field HE TAKES HIS BEER SERIOUSLY i of | well throughout the country. ' THE SUNDAY STAR, w York, with some 5 per cent ay. Feverish investigation by certain share his enthusiasm, STRANGE BROTHERS DIE MYSTERIOUSLY Bodies of Frank Van Patten, 72, and Ernest, 77. Found After Two Weeks. By the Assaciatad Press DONIFHAN. Mo., Jury late today myst Patten June 19.—A cor investi hs of Ernest brothers, was it n oner's gating Frank the Van Patten, whose mutiiatad bodies were found near their littie farm home, 15 miles | west of heve, this morning. They ap- | parently had been dead about two weeks, No been and they ious chel indi had officers | ons t the e found no reason could be wh shouid enter into a suicide pact Money in their clothing failed to bear out a theory of robhery. o pres. ence vat poison in the home led | some to believe they had been acci- | d ally poisoned. | he Van Patten b men T others, hoth of birt came to this country 15 years ago and purchased a farm. They were reluctant to their past, but they wrote many letters elatives and friends in Chicago, where o sister resided. They received money from Chicago property every month and are re Potted ‘to have Had conalderable meney hid aws When they failed to go to Briar | Creek post office for thelr mail the postmaster mentioned the fact to others and a searching party was tormed Frank's body torelgn ahout small discuss was found ahout 200 feet from the house. Only the skull and the hones ofyone leg remained. The other body had been dragged, apparently hy hogs or dogs, off the back porch, and was found ahout 20 feet from ‘the house. It also was badly mutilated by animals. SMOKING ROOM PROVIDED FOR WOMAN IN COMMONS Only One of Four Feminine Mem- bers Indulges in Tobacco. Lady Astor Abstains. By the Associated Press, LONDON, June 19.—A oom all to herself is to be to Miss Susan Lawrence, one of the four women members of Parliament. Lady Astor and the three other vom moners do not smoke, but the Laborite member for Eastham greatly enjoys the nicotine solac s Miss Lawrence, after some persua- sion, finally convinced the male par- liamentarians that even though Lady Astor and the other wemen frowned upon cigarette smoking hy women, she at least was entitled to a sequest- ered place in which to have a quiet puff. Miss Lawrence comes of a family of barristers. She has a deep resonant voice which I3 easily heard through- out the chamber. She began her pub- lic career on the London school board. She served as a member of the house in 1923.24 and was re-elected in the Tabor landslide in Fastham st April. PROHIBITIbi\IISTé BEATEN IN LIQUOR AD BATTLE Lose in Efforts to Have Displays Kept Out of Post Offices in England. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 19.—Prohibition agencies have lost their fight to keep liquor advertisements put of the post office and the government.owned tele- phone booths. The postmaster gen eral has announced that a firm of ad vertisers had been authorized to ac- cept advertisements of alcoholic bever- ages for display in all post offices as as public telephone cabinets smoking assigned | Heretofore this class of advertise- ment was prohibited, much to the gratification of prohibitionists, who urged the government to continue the ban despite the resentment created in the liquor trading circles. Dealers in aleoholic beverages long ago pro- tested that the order prohibiting their advertisements to appear in the post offices and ‘telephone booths was an act of discrimination against their in- terests, % EDWIN RAFFERTY FREED. BUFFALO, N. Y., June 19 (#).— Edwin Rafferty, wealthy sportsman of Pittshurgh, Pa., and a former cap- tain of the Princeton University foot ball eleven, toda was released by Federal author and charges of smugaling liquor were dismissed. The officers expressed themselves as safis. fied that the five gallons of alcohol | and a_quantity of gin and ale found | aboard his_vacht, the Rideau, were legally in Rafferty’s possession. The vacht was seized yesterday at Dunkirk, N. Y. t | holders win ! the NEARBY MARYLAND FIRE RATES ARE CUT Reduction Applies to District Served by Washington Sanitary Commission. A drastic cut in fire insurance rates in areas in Prince Georges and Mont- gomery Countes. Md. within that| part of the District actually served ! by the Washington Sanitary Subur- ban Commission, has just heen au- thorized by the Underwriters Associ- ation of the middle department repre- senting a majority of leading fire in- surance companies of the countr; Some of the decreases in in-| surance rates reduced premiums in Prince Georges County by more than half and consider- ably in Montgomery County. There is, however, no alteration In the | vates in Prince Georges towns and communitiex outside the area sup- plied by the Washington Sanitar: Subur it nmigsion t have al- veudy had low rates because of their five protection facillties. In Mont- | gowery County where communities have received protected area rates there s no change. Actually what has occurred is that I dwellings recelving actual serv- ice from the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission lsted hereto- | fore as in the nnprotected aren, have | heen clissed as protected hecanse of | the fire piugs and water facllifes | provided ihe nmission hese | areas now take the n nee 1e of the protected arens. | Applies Chiefly to Dwellings. The reduction applies to dwellings. ( Reduetion is alsa given to churches and schools where such institutions take ont insurance equal to 80 per cent of the value of the property Minimum rated churches and schools will in this case recefve a reduction of from 20 to 30 cents on their old rates. In the areas upplied by the com- misgion in Montgomery County, and heretofore classed as unprotected, the rates have heen changed as fol- lows Brick stone dwellings with | <late, matal or composition roofs from 34 cents per $100 insurance to | 20 cents on the building, and from 34 cents on the contents to 24 cents on the contents Rrick and stone houses, with shingle roofs from 37 cents per $100 to 22 cents on the buftding and from 37 cents on the contents to 6 cents. Frame houses with slate, metal or camposition roofs. from 41 cents per £100 to 27 cents on the bullding and from 41 cents on the contents to 31 cents, Frame dwellings with shingle roofs. from 45 cents per $100 to 30 cents on the bullding. and from 45 cents to 34 cents on the contents. Return of Premiums Expected. One of the features that will inter est property holders affected, is the statement by some Insurance men that they believe that present policy he in some way glven benefit of the reduced rates by returned premiums from the date of the autherization. June 18. In Prince Georges County the new | vates will be under protection, hut not | in the sanitary district Brick and stone dwellings with siate. metal or composition roofs. from 4% cenfs per $100. to 24 cents on the buildings and from 48 cents to % cents on_the contents. Brick and stone houses with shingle roofs, from 33 cents per £100, to 26 cents on the building and’ from 53 cents to 30 cenis on the contents. On frame dwellings with slate, metal or composition roofs, from 55 cents per £100 to 31 cents on the property and from 55 cents to 35 cents on the contents. On frame dwellings with shingle roofs from 6! cents per $100 to 34 cents on the bulldings and from 61 cents to 3% cents on the contents. In Prince Georges County in the sanitary district and actually served by the commission the rates are the same as in Montgomery County. THOUSANDS ON BROADWAY WATCH BATTLE IN AIR Smoke Screen Fails to Rise, Blan- keting Times Square, as Planes Meet Attack. Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 19.—Times Square was blanketed with a heavy pall of smoke late today, while high Pterhead a half dozen afrplanes saved the city from an equal number of “enemy Invaders’ in a sham battle. Ground traffic was tled into a knot, and thousands of persons groped their Way through the smoke in an effort to galn a vantage point to see the “battle.” The first and accident of the “ha‘llle" curred when the attacking planes CiVed before the defenders and had %0 wnit for them. Then the smoke ereen, set off from the ground, failed T ise. and settled like a fog over Broadway and_Seventh avenue. During the half-hour battle, staged a preliminary to the New York Air ‘meet to be held at Miller Field. Staten Isiand, next week, every trick of alr offense and defense was demon- otrated. Six National Guard air force Dlanes formed the defending squad- Pon. and two Navy pursuit and com- bat planes and a glant Fokker “at- tacked” the city. RODE HORSE King Had Unique Way of Reach- ing Bedroom. 1.ONDON, June 19 Mordaunt, the novelist, passed the last 30 vears of her life wandering all over the world in search of material, has bought an 51 house in _the little fortressed town of St. Paul du Var, in the mountains above Nice, in which one of the kings of Savoy once lived. The house has a wide staircase up which the king used to ride his horse to his bedroom every night. Mrs. Mordaunt has elected to live in rural France because of the cheapness of life there, even in a house that once belonged to a king. as UPSTAIRS. (#).—Elinor who has WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 20, WORLD RACING PAIR BACK ON SCHEDULE Liner Speeds Toward France as High Winds Subside. Due Tuesday. BY LINTON WELLS. Spectal Correcpondent of The Star and North American Newspaper Alliance. ABOARD 8. 8. AQUITANIA, June 19 (by radio).—After 50 hours of buck- ing a strong mortheast wind tha tur bulent seag and weather caimed yes terday, and we are now good 2015 knots toward Cherboursg, with every prospect of completng this first leg of our race to break the record for circling the globe at dawn Tuesday on schedule time. Radiograms from representatives of | ns, my partner on the | Fdward 8. F trip, throughout the world, continne o arrive reassuring ux that our ar rangements for safe and espeditious trunsport between points are comple to the minutest detail, Life aboard ship is rather eventless at best, and Evans and 1 are exist- ing for the moment when we leave the Aquitania to commence our fight across Europe and Asfa. kvans and 1 wre feeling fit, and preparing care fully for the strenuous days to come Moining swims, gymnasium work- outs, deck walks and a thorough mas ge by the ship's massenr are part of ‘our dafly routine Parachutes Are Added. Onr luggage. which has been kept at an trreductble minimum, has been augmented by two parachutes costing $700. Consldering the potential dan- gers of our 1500.mile flight from Moscow to Omek and the other flights across Manchuria and America, we decided that dis part of economy, and added 1this paraphernalia to our equipment. Hav ing made two jumps, I feel no con- cern over the prospect of makipg a third, but Evans, having vet to ex perience the peculiar sepsation at tendant upon fumping off into space with no visible means of support, | hopes we may not be forced to resort to_use of the parachutes. This reminds me that when T or- dered the apparatus a week ago 1 asked the manager of the air chute company If the chutes had heen thor oughly tested. “We couldn’t afford to have one go sut and not work in an emergency, he replied with some fecling. “Neither could we,” I replied with still more teeling. Toscow Plans Banquet. I fervently hope that the quality of American manufactures won't break down somewhere in the Urals and leave us buttered on some mouzhik's cow shed. Our representative in Moscow has cabled us that the pupers there are featuring our trip, and that the Aviakhim, the Russian flving organt- zation, is preparing a banquet for us. We have our only wait of sufficient length to attend such an affair at Moscow—eight hot All our other transfers are made in two hours or less. most of them in a few minutes (Copyright, North American Newspaper Alli- an DRY RACE AGITATES MINNESOTA VOTERS Primary Tomorrow Also to Decide Gubernatorial Hopes of Magnus Johnson. Br the Associated Press ST. PAUL. Minn., June 19.—The prohibition question and the candidacy of former Senator Magnus Johnson afford a dash of national interest to the State-wide primary in Minnesota Monday. Modification of the Volstead act is approved and opposed in the Repub- lican congressional contest in the fourth district (St. Paul) and Johnson seeks the Farmer-Labor par in- dorsement for governor. Representative Oscar E. Keller of St, Paui, seeking renomination on the Republican ticket, is opposed by Mel vin J. Maas, who wants to modify the Volstaad and Fred A. Snyder, supporter of the act as it stands. Johnson is opposed by Tom Davis, Minneapolis attorney, while on the Republican ticket Gov. Theodore Christlanson has Mayor George FE. Leach of Minneapolis as his opponent. Candidates will be named for other State offices, all congressional posts except United States Senator and for the State Legislature. KILLED BY MOTHER. Child Drugged to Death by Parent, Who Slashes Wrist. MINNEAPOLIS, June 19 ().— Kathleen Kelly, six years old, was drugged to death by her mother, Mrs. T. B. Kelly, who then attempted to kill herself.” The tragedy was dis- covered by a newsboy when he de- livered papers at tiie home. e found the girl dead and Mrs, Kelly lving on the floor, one wrist having been slashed with a_carving knife. Mrx, Kelly told police she had been despondent. Her husband is a teacher in & local music school. & G Special Dispatch to The Star. WINSTED, Conn., June . —~Among the pet stock kept by Louis Griffing of Hartford at his Summer place at Highland Lake is a turkey gobbler, which guards a flock of pigeons from automobiles. The turkey gobbles loudly when he sees a car to warn the pigeons, and it they are slow in leaving the road the gobbler flies directly at the ap- proaching car. The driver generally slackens speed. ¥ Franco, Aviafion Hero, Is Sentenced To Arrest for Affront to Spanish King By the Aseociated Press, HENDAYE, France, June 19.—Ad- | vices reaching here from across the border in Spain say that Comdr. Ramon Franco, leader of the aerial fiight from Palos, Spain, to Buenos Aires, has heen sentenced to two months' military arrest. While he was in Brussels giving lectures on the flight, he was inform- ed that King Alfonso desired the Spenish aviators, who flew later from Spain to Manila, to share in the money collected by public subscrip- tions ‘as a reward for Comdr. Franco and_his companions. When Franco heard of this he sent a telegram of disapproval tq the Mar- quis de Viana, the major-domo of the royal household in Madrid. The mar- quis referred the message to the gov- ernment, which ordered Franco to re- turn home and serve two months under arrest for the offense. Franco is sald to have refused to comply. He is now in Parie, and it is asserted he intends to remain there until the ar- rest order {s rescinded. Capt. Ruiz de Alda, Franco’s com- panion. on the flight to South Ameri- ca, is said to bhe acting as peace- maker. He hurried back to Madrid from Brussels and is endeavoring to have the government reacind the pun- ishment imposed on Franco, who only, a short time ago was hailed as & conquering hero in.Spain. making a| retion was the better | 1926—PART 1. 'OUTSTANDING EVENTS OF PAST What outstanding events of the many that' have marked the history of the United States in the last 80 vears should be depicted in the un. occupled . spaces of the historical | frieze in the rotunda of the Capitol? This interesting question confronts [ongress and the architect of the | Capitol, David Lynn, in connaction YEARS SOUGHT FOR FRIEZE Twa, Unoccupied Spacés in Rotunda Soon May Be Filled, But Choice of Subjects Out of Happen- | " ings Since 1848 Proves Difficult. pause to gaze upward they see on one side the bare space which marks the incomplete condition of the frieze. The joint committee on librar: gards the completion of this artistic adornment of the structure as one of | its most important tasks. ¥rieze Done in Paint. The present art work on the frieze was done on paint on wet plaster, | with an estimate of $40.900 now pend- | depending upon shadews to give it the (ing before the House appropriations | ! committee for the completion of this artistic feature of the Capitol Bufid- |1ng. that has remained in an unfin- | ished state for many vears. It is believed likely the necessary fund will be appropriated in the sec- ond- deficiency bill before adjourn- {ment, and. with this prospect in view, “enator Simeon D. Fess of Ohlo, chairman of the Joint committee on library, hag designated Senator How- ell of ‘Nebraska and Representative Gilbert of Kentucky to recommend ap- propriate designs commemorative of epochs In the progress of the Nation. The frieze consisis of a serfes of panels encircling the ceiling of the rotunda, and each panel portrays some eventful era in the life of the Republic, from the landing of Colum- appearance of standing out. in relief And, while the pending estimate of £40.000 contemplates restoratfon and completion of the frieze by the same process, consideration has heen given from time to time to proposals to re- store the frieze in plaster relief, mar- ble, limestone or some other more per- manent material that would cause the historfe incldents to stand ont in actual relief instead of in paint with shadow eff Within the past year the architect’s office has obtained rough estimutes of what It would cost to apply these various treatments, but all indications are that for some time to come it will not be possible o do mere than com plete the work by the process already begun, For example, to do it over in marble would cost $283,000, in lme- bus in 1492 down to the discovery of gold in California in 1848. On | | The unfinished strip of wall space {in this artistie girdie contains about 26 feet, which will hardly per- mit of more than two more panels. When it is recalled that the event depicted in the circle Is the dis. coverery of gold in California fn 1848 and when the mind heginx to run the gauntlet of all that has taken {in America from that period 1o 1926 {1t furnishes some iden of the task {confronting those who must select the designs that will complete the | trieze. Two Panels Possible. time since then forward to and from time to plans have heen put {the remaining portion. The question has never progressed beyond the polnt of discussion, however, until now, when it seems there s a good chance that the necessary fund will he provided. In 1896 there were two proposals made for the vacant panels: First, The completion of the Union Pacific Railroad: second, the opening of the Columbla _ Exposition in Chicago, showing President Cleveland touch- | ing the button that opened the ex- position. Three Wars in Period. The following year another artist advanced two other suggestions, the signing of the emancipation procla- mation by President Lincoln, and the grand review of the Army at the close of the Civil War., None of the panels already in place portray George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. and it has been felt by many that these iwo foremost Americans should be represented ‘somewhere in the frieze I Flippo Costaggini. in 1897, sought to {meet this view by proposing a scene showing Iincoln signing the emanci pation document, with a bust of Gen Washington on the table In reviewing the possibilities panels in the period since 1848 civil War, the Spanish-American War and the World War immediately suggest themselves. But they by no means exhaust the feld. if those in charge of the selection should turn to the realm of peace:time progress in those - eighty vears there would be sneh developments as the construction of the Panama Canal, the development | of _the -airplane—in which America { toak' ah tmportant part—and countiess other achievements. Both Senator Fess Lynn said vesterday that no conclu- sions have heen reached bhut the ques. tion will come to 2 head in the near future if the House and Senate ap prove the estimate just transmitted by Lynn. War and Industry. Senator Howell was inclined to he lieve vesterday that one of the remain ing panels would he devoted to the for and Architect the progress last the great industrial the United States has made in half century. Although emphasizing the fac final conclusions have not been reached. Senator Howell said he ! douhted whether there is room in the incompleted portion of the frieze to typify the W orld War. “Hven if the item should he left out of the deficiency bill to he ed at this session, it is almost certain to be granted later. since the last Congress passed an enabling act authorizing Isuch a sum to be appropriated. Thousands of American citizens from all parts of the country, seeing \the sights of the Capital, pass annu ally through the rotunda, and if they t that place | Work on the frieze'ceased in 1888, | fill | the | Civil War and the other to symbolize | | stone $195,000, in marble composition $150,000, in high relief plaster $110, | 000. " The architect also obtained a fig. | ure of $250,000 as the cost of an even | more elaborate restoration. The fact that an estimate of $40,000 has been presented indicates that for the time being it has been decided to adhere to the plan of finishing the work as it was started. | Sculptural Frieze Planned. "Lt a sculptural frieze was in the | minds of the early planners of the Capitol Building is deduced from the present bit of history, contained in the st annual report of the architect of the Capitol “With the completion of the old pitol by Charles Bulfinch, the ro- | tunda of ihe Capitol was surmounted low dome. At the extensions of the Capitol under Thomas U, Walter (1851-1867) by the addition of present Nenate wing and House wing the low dome was replaced by the present dome. The office correspond- enge shows that hefore the low dome was removed to e place to present dome the drawings contemplated sculptured frieze, and that corre spondence was entered into hetween Capt. Montgomery (. Meigs and Thomas Crawford and Rogers npon that subject, and that Thomas Crawford submitied an esti mate of the cost for a frieze in actual relief in plaster, which he s ed had been used for such purposes in Eu rope and had existed in a satisfactor condition for hundreds of years. Following this correspondence on November 26, 1855, Capt. Meigs makes the statement that the Secre tary has informed him that he did not wish any more money expended upon the decoration of the new dome until (ongress, by further appropriation authorized it, and that this would suspend any present action The frieze is located 58 feet above the floor of the rotunda. and is 300 feet in circumference. The historic inels comprising the circle are ap. | by proximately eight feet in height. and | each incident depicted covers between ¢ As has| | 14 and 16 feet of the circle. heen stated, about 26 feet undecorated 15 Events Pictured. The 15 events thus far given places the frieze Landing of Columbus, 1432 Entry of Cortez inte the the Montezumas. 1321 Pizarro's conquest of Midnight burial of De Mississippi. 1541 Pocahontas saving the life of Capt. John Smith, 1606 Landing of the Pilgrims at outh, Mass., 1620 Penn's trea 1682 | * Settlement of the Plymouth colony 1620 Peace hetween Gov. Oglethorpe and | the Indians. 2 | Battle of Lexington. 1 | Reading of the Declaration of In- | dependence. 1776 Surrender of town, 1781 The death of Tecumseh at Battle of the Thames, 1813. Entry of Gen. Scott into the City of Mexico, 1847, | Discovery | 1848, The first seven incidents are the work of Constantine Brumidi, who continued the task until his death in | 1880. He was succeeded by Fillppo Costagini. who dled leaving the space of 26 feet undecorated. remains in 1533. the Peru oto in Plym with the Indians, Cornwallis at York the of gold in California, NAVAL OFFICER WEDS. Iieut. James Robertson Marries Miss Isabella Asserson. Attended by classmates of the bridegroom and a few intimafe friends, Isabella Howard Asserson. daughter of Capt. and Mre. William C. Asserson, U. S. N., was married here last night to Lieut. James Law: rence Robertson, U. & N.. of Augusta, Ga. They will be at thome in An- napolis, Md., after their honeymoon. Tieut. Robertson was graduated with the class of 1 The bride is a granddaughter of the late Rear Ad miral P. (. Asserson, U. N.. and 1te Rear Admiral G, W. Plgman, . N Her father, Capt. Asserson, is on duty at the Nuval Observatory here. The wedding ceremony wuas held in the garden of the Asserson howe and followed by a reception he maid of honor was Miss TAlle Howard Pollard of Washington, = cousin of the bride. Paul . Robert- son of Augusta and Raleigh. N. C., was best man. Mi Anne Robertson, wister of the bridegroor was junior bridesmaid. Those invited to the wedding were only the families and intimate friends of the bride and bridegroom and members of the class at Annapolis with which Capt. As serson graduated. The bridesmaids were: Miss Mar- { jorie Pike. Miss Molly Asserson. Nexw port, R. L: Miss Laura Littlepags, Miss Mildred Gates, Miss Catherine Berry, Washington, and Miss Kath- arine Moore, Augusta. Ga. The ushers, who were classmates of Lieut. Robertson, were Ensign Wil- Mam C. Asserson, jr. Lieut. William B. Fletcher, jr.; Licut. James Fernald, Lieut. R. B. Tompkins, Lieut. J. F. Gillion and Lieut. Hal Eaton. Life's Many Phases. Frem the Contact Magazine. Some one has sald that life is either a hope or a memory, and that does seem true. How very seldom do we see persons who are absolutely satisfied with their present condi- tion! They are either planning for the future or recalling other days in their happiest moments, and the pre: ent seems to be only a place from which to look backward or forward. Perhaps it is a good thing this i | =0, for effort is the soul of achie { ment, and while we may reach our longed-for . goals, they should prove merely stepping stones to greater en- deavor if we are to reach the highest peaks of success. STRIKES CAUSE TROUBLE TO NEW POLISH REGIME Ten Wounded in Riots in Grau- denz—Socialists Transfer Ac- tivities to the Streets. | Br the Associated Press. WARSAW, June bles and the growing opposition to the government's proposal to sus- pend the sitting of the Diet to give greater power to the executive have added to the difficulties of the new Polish regime. The Soclalists have transferred their opposition to the government's measures from Parllament to the streets and Socialist protest meetings will be held throughout the country tomorrow The unsettled atmosphere among | the masges of lubor is being aug {mented by unemployment and the loss of economic security. Ten per sons were wounded in Grandenz yes terday when strikers in the public utilities attacked a group of strike breakers. A strike in Lodz in the textile in- dustry, railway workers and the civil | service is impending unless the eight hour day is continued and wages raised, JUDGE CENSURES JURY. Acquittal of Man in Murder Case Prompts Criticism. BEAVER, Pa., June 19 (®).—A jury which acquitted Wilis Miller of the murder of his brother, Joe Miller, was censured from the hench by Judge Frank E. Reader when the verdict was returned today. | “The public should not criticize the | court when a jury turns a man of this | type loose,” Judge Reader said. He | placed Miller in the custody of the sheriff until he furnished a bond for good behavior. Commonywealth witnesses testified Miller shot his brother and then kicked the dying man in the face. Miller said his older brother beat him and that he shot during a struggle. London Biggest Cork Vfilrket. London is the world market for cork, and takes the greater part of the valuable bark harvests of Spain and Portugal, the two countries whose sofiand elimate especially fayor the ggowth of the cork oak. 19.—Strike trou the | al { Randolph | Halls of | RETIREMENT BILL STILLINDEADLOCK Only Hope Lies in Continued Discussion of Figures This Week. After nearly two hours of delib- eration yesterday afternoon, the Senate and House conferees on re- tirement legislation for Government employes parted with the announce- ment that they were still unable to agree and indicating that they had made practicaily no progress toward a settlement, The point of contention since the conference began has heen the max- imum annuity and the amount the erfiploye should contribute, the House standing firmly for a $1,000 maximum with the employe contributing 3%, per cent of his salary, and the contending for a $1.200 musimum on a 4 per cent contribution Evidently No Break, A few days ago the Seuate group b* is understood to have offered compromise on a maximum an of $1.140 and following that session the conferees called on Government statisticlans for some additional cost figures. This led to optimistic pre- dictions that a settlement was belng worked out, but following yesterday meeting there appeared be prospect of agreeing on any annuiny higher than that contained in the House bill. At the same time, it w definitely asserted by one Senata conferee that the Senate p will not_accept the House bill While the conferees may get to. gether again Tuesday, the chances for an agreement were admittedly gloomy last night. With Congress talking of adjournment within 10 days, the danger of all retirement legisia- tion being lost in conference hecomes greater with each unsuccessful meet- | in of the two groups. | "Rebert . Alcorn, representing the joint conference on retirement of civil” service employes, last night characterized the present situation most unforturate,” but added that | has not given up all hope for a set | tiement. Refore the conferees met yesterdav Representatives Lehlbach of New Jersey and Smith of Idaho, two of the { House conferees, visited the W} House, following which the President was represented as standing firr {by the House-administration measire, | Study of Question Proposed. | A new suggestion from the Ho side, said to have the indorsement of the President, Is that Congress agree 10 the House bill at this session and eate a commission to make a care ful study of the entire question of retirement with a view later modifications. It is understood Senate ferees tnke the position that a question of principle iny issue from the difference £200 in the maximu n two bills, They the view that in should recede son legislation The only statement from the House group session vesterday was that did not reach an agreement and adjourn ed subjeci to the call of the chair | From the Senate conferces it was | learned that another meeting probably | would he held Tuesday. Ti { that while there is apparentis {lock at the present moment { ferees have not reached t1 | definitely ending the conf to no [ the con are report nference ea h sic what ir ot swrtheoming following the a dead the cor Figures Available Tomorrow, Just what propositions wiil he ad this week is not known. It was stated last night that at the meeting yesterdav the conferees had some rvough estimates of new cost fizures. but that they had not re< ceived the complete data requested from the Government actuarles Thursday. All of the figures as to proposed compromises are expect to he available to the conferees to- morrow, bit tha developments of vesterday did not indicate that the proposal to strike a maximum annu- tv hetween the two extremes is mak- ing_much headway. The only bright spot in the situ- ation last night appeared to lie in the fact that further discussion f contemplated this week. GRAVE GRADING OPPOSED Class Distinctions in Death Criti- | vancea cized in England. LONDON, June 19 (®) to divide graves in the Folke stone Cemetery into first md and third classes, have found strong ob- jections in the city council Councillor Forsyth remarked that he belleved people were all equal | when the time arrived for them to go to the cemetery, and Alderman T. Franks agreed with him. It was gen erally felt that the word ‘class” chould not be used, and the town clerk has promised find another term which may be more properly ap plied to the grading of the graves. PORTRAITS ON EXHIBIT. Collection Includes Those of Wales) Shaw and Other Notables. LONDON, June P Modern wedgewood portraits of celebritfes among which & portraits of the Prince of Wale Pernard Shaw snd the Duke of Connaught. attracted { much attention at an exhibition held at the home of Lady Gibbons in aid of Ellen Terry's fund for blind chil dren. Portraits were Zara Mainwaring, Mainwaring, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Berthell, whn are the most photo- graphed children in London. DUGGAN STILL MISSING. No Trace Found of Aviator and Companion in Guiana. PARA, Brazil, June 19 (A).- | A steamer sent by the governor of French Guiana to search for the miss ing Argentine aviator, Bernardo Dug- gan, and his assistant, Oliver, has alled to find the men. A radio from Cayvenne, passing over which place Duggan was sighted on his flight Sunday, says the steamer has returned from Yapook Bay, where it was thought some tra of the miss- {ing aviators might be discovered, but | there was no sign of Duggan or his companion; or any trace of the air- plane. Proposals ne: se. 19 e also incinded « daughter of Lady Fefertari Bethell | Trains at Italian Court. Mussolini has decreed, that when attending future receptions at’ the Ttalian courts ladies shall wear spe- cial toflettes hezring long trains. The train will be of roya! blue velyet |m-; with gold satin and edged with go embroidery, and will be held in i place by two golden cords with tas- sels hanging from the shoulders. '