Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1926, Page 6

¥R G.0.P. FLOUNDERS ' OVER FARM RELIEF Administration ~ Apparently i Unable to Pass Any Bill i Before Adjournment. BY DAVID LAWREN The administration is literally be- tween the devil and the deep blue a with respect to farm legislation. he situation is about as awkward as could be imagined. For the truth is one group in the Senate is interested i making a political issue over the failure of the administration to pro- relief for the far ) is trying to their mefits. two conflicting policies ner is likely to zet nothing done in his behalf before journment of Congre: The extremists, who claim to he is of the farmer, and this in- » various Nary-Haugen bill, are blocking progress of affairs by insisting I or nothing. The udministra- ered with several sug- gestions through Senators who want to see xome kind of a start made andling the surplus prob- 4 riginal Me- it be | ponsoring the lat- | plan with others to vote | down alternative propos: arties Divided. e divided. The | ary-Haugen plan | Imost equal number voted for and voted against the bill. The Democrats had votes against than for the Some of them would be | Two e on_ the showed that an of Itepublicans they realize the campaign value f a “do nothing” policy. | The Western Republicans had | counted on the Southern Democrats | to help them, but even the Demo erats could mot work out a part The whole trouble that ¢ tepublicun nor the | catic leadership can handle the | 1 m the matter of farm | The Senators themselves doubt about the economic | ples involved and some go so | - as to say the bills proposed may | the f more than help him. | he significant thing is that the| administration realizes the seriots- ness of the situaton fn the West and would really like to do something be- | fore the end of ( ress to show good faith with the farmer. If a proposal | which would go part way toward | ndling the farm surpluses were to le adopted, the President would sign But the advocates of the MeNary- Ilaugen plan feel that any compro- nise means surrender of the vital principle to which they ave clinging. Debate Not Ended. With the sponsors of the measure it sincere effort to secure the adop- of & new method of treating agri. , and the organization behind . outside of Wuashington, has developed. S0 no matter what is done in the concluding ss to vote down the proposals, will be the subject of extended debate and will be revived the instant Congress reconvenes A study of the vote shows t of those who voted against the ary-Haugen plan to change over if certain features of the measure can be brought out of the realm of doubt s 10 constitutionality. The adminis tration feels, on the other hand, that time works in favor of the opposition to the bill, and that as the measure is analyzed its defects will become| pparent. { COL. THOMAS C. GOODMAN | DIES AT WALTER REED Retired Paymaster, Il Long Time. Will Be Buried in Arlington, Probably Tomorrow. Thomas €. Goedman, U. formerly deputy pavmaster general of the United States Army, died in Walter Reed Hospital late ves. terday afternoon long illnes September it his early | entered the | Born in_ Canton, 1854, Col. G d Jater s there. > a paymaster of volun th the grade of major, in 1898, | and was appointed to the same posi- | tion in the [ Army with the | same rank In 1911 he was | ivanced le of lieutenant colonel ar deputy paymaster ral of the Army. He was pro- | lonel in 1915 and retired, | bility, in 191 Goodman was 4 first_ cousin of the wife of President McKir Since hix retirement he had lived the greater part of the time in New York is survived by his widow, Mrs tte W W residing wporarily ut the Martinique; vo daughters. = B. Walker Pell Minor and Mrs hn W, Schoenfe Shunghai, wodman Hotel \ China Complete funeral arrangements are to be announced later. Interment with simple military honors. will be in Arlington ery, probably to morrow afternoon active A . much low yuu T walnut nut deeply tufted thix for only {vestig Three Patients Get Writs in Move to Quit St. Elizabeth’s Charles E. Treibly. former lieu- tenant commander in the Navy, who fought overseas with the ma- rines from Chateau Thierr Sedan, today asked the District Supreme Court to release him from St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Justice Hoehling granted a writ of habeas corpus and directed Dr. W. White, superintendent of the hos- bital, to have the patient in court July'7. Through Attorney George ¥. Curtis the petitioner has never been adjudged ir a jury and is a native of Penn- sylvania. Justice Hoehling also writs on the petitions of Morris of California and Cly Oringer of Michigan and directed Dr. White to produce these men in court July 2. They are former soldiers whose mental condition has not been passed on by a jury. Attorney George Cur Tepresents these petitioners. TRUCK COMPLAINTS FOUND UNJUSTIFIED Eldridge Sees No Cause to Pro- hibit Them From Certain Streets in Columbia Heights. A movement 1 residents Columbia Heights to have commercial vehicles prohibited from using certain streets in their. community was de feated today when Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge ruled that he failed o see the justification for routing the trucks through that section. Mr. Eldridge said that he had re ceived scores of complaints from resi dents in Columbia Heights denouncing the trucks, and claiming that they are noisy and set up vibrations that loosen the plaster in their homes “After a thorough investigation,” said { Mr. Eldridge, “I have found that the tuation is not as bad as was de bed. A traffic count was made recently in front of the home of one of the complaintants, and only seven trucks passed between 7 and 9 a.m. “There are an unprecedented num e of building projects under way in “ashington, and the trucks b operate to haul the materia are taken off of one street they a forced onto another. The concentra tion of truck traffic on certain streets is I|IO§( rtain to create t tic congestion FOUND DEAD OF GAS AT AGE OF 96 YEARS Thor Thorson, Father of Treasury Employe, Came From Nor- way in 1866. Thor Thorson, 95 years old, father of A. T. Thorson, secretary to the chief clerk of the Treasury Dep ment, was found dead in hed at son’s home, 402 W street northeast, about this morning After examin aking gas fixture, Coroner Nev accidental death from gas poisoning. Mr. Thorson came to this country from Norway in 1866 and resided at Willmar, Minn., until fhe his wife, fn 1900, when he came here and made his home with his son’s family. The son is his only surviving child. " Funeral services will be con ducted at the home tomorrow after- noon and_ interment probably will be in Cedur Hill Ce vy 15 POLICE SHIFTED. Changes Made in Bicycle and Motor Cycle Squads. his ga f Shifts in gnment affecting an_ pol approved by Dist sioners today upon t mendation of Police Chief Hes: i follow Pvt. Floyd A. from mounted du Pvt. Joseph P. mounted duty Julius A Iwin B. bicvele and assigned to ¢ on Thomas . Michael J. . Miller and 5 Thompson were relieved »m mounted duty on motor cycles, ind the following were & motor cyele duty: Charles perger, George L. Aikens, Clvde Rouse. Eugene L. V William [ an, Ceorge W. th effective McDUFFIE H.ELD INSANE. Paul A. MeDuftie, former policeman ut the White House, war adjudged tc day by a jury before Justice Bailey to be of unsound mind and was commit- ted to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. The former policeman was indicted by the grand jury last Wednesday charge of assault to kill his wif Norma M , April 18 t at thei street theast, by five times, wounding said to have been mu- ne months ago when he in- ted a charge of robbery in thwest Washington, bedrod expee 11 finihed T8 in and n comfortal sanitary miaitress. Imagi Easy Payments at Peerless, 829 Tth St. | 829 Seventh St. N.W. uscott was relieved | on a THE EVENIXG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1926. REQUESTS JARDINE EXPLAIN DISPATCH Senate Acts When Caraway Cites Report of Frice- Forecasting School. Following an att by Senator Caraway, Democrat, of Arkansas the Senate today adopted a_resolution re- questing Secretary of Agriculture Jardine to explain newspaper dis- patches in which it was set forth that the Secretary had become a member of the faculty of a college in Chicugo to teach scientific price forecasting on tarm product . 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Up from.... $3.75 pupils “how to beat the grain market on the exchanges, the rules of which are laid down by the Department of Agriculture.” Although Senator Curtis, the ma- jority leader, said he had no objection to the passage of the resolution seek- ing information on the question, he asked Senator Caraway if he had any evidence that the Secretary of Agri- culture did take any part in the school or was in Chicago at the time the classes were held several months ago. Senator Caraway replled that he un- derstood the Secretary of Agriculture feund at the last moment he could not &c and sent Dr. Duvall, an official of the Department of Agriculture. The newspaper article, from which Semator Caraway read, contained the announcement that Secretary Jardine had joined the faculty of the school to teach scientific price forecasting and he would be in Chicago to take part. Commenting on the defeat of the MeNary Haugen farm relief plan ves- terday, Senator Caraway declared that some Senators are now planning to turn the n problem over to the Secretary of Agriculture, and he | wanted to call attention to this infor- | mation which had reached him to the effect that the Secretary was taking part in the price-forecasting school. PAGEANT TO CLOSE TWO0-DAY CONVENTION Banquet of Christian Endeavor Delegates Will Be Held at 8 0'Clock Tonight. A banquet at the ‘Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, Fourth and B streets, at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon, followed by a pageant, “South Amer- fea’s Roll Call,” at 8 o'clock, will be the concluding features of the annual two-day convention of the Interme- diate Christian Endeavor Societies of Washington churches. A song festi- val and contest this afternoon was presided over by Albert Georgens, and Dr. James T. Marshall, pastor of Georgetown Presbyterian Church, ad- dressed the meeting. 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Coun- cilor, followed by a consecration serv- ice and benediction, whicly closes the session. This morning classes were held by Jack Filbeck, “for equipment for bet- ter Christian ¥Endeavor service.” De- votionul services were conducted by Helen Field and Jean Chalmers. An inspirational talk on the Bibla was given by Frances Gooch at the morn- ing session presided over by Janet Bates. Wreaths were placed on Washing- ton’s tomb at Mount Vernon yester- day by Miss Josephine Tremain, presi- dent of the societies, and Richard Rie. del, past president, and a special serv ice’ was conducted by Dr. Franels E. Clark at the Christian Endeavor tree planted at the shrine 30 years ago. Sermons on “Leyalty” were delivered by Rev, H. B. Smith and Rev. Earle Wilfley, and a “fellowship supper’ was held in the evening. The number of woman workers in the textile mills in Japan Is far in ex- cess of that of the men. The women toil from 11 to 12 hours a day. | Cab Company Sued for $25,000. The Yellow Cab Company is named us defendant in a suit to recover $25 | 000 damages filed today by Corabell H. | Ellott, who says she sustained serious injury while a passenger in one of the cabs of the company February 10 last. The: company’s chauffeur drove over depression in the street at Twenty- flrkl_ and Q streets, throwing her against the top of the vehicle, where she struck her head and was throw: to the floor of the cab, she states. At torney Roger J. Whiteford appears fo, the plaintiff. R o