Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1926, Page 2

THOUSANDS KILLED IN ORIENT FLOODS 3,000 Reported Dead in China—T75 Lives Lost in Korean Province. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, August 5.—More than 75 persons are dead and several thou- sand acres are inundated by floods in Kokendo Province, Korea, says a dispatch to the Tokio newspaper Jiji. The floods are the result of recent heavy rainstorms. The advices give no_details. Reports have been received here of floods in Akita and Yama, prefec- tures, in mnorthwestern Japan, in which thousands of houses were in- undated. The entire town of Honjo was said to be under water and many casualties are feared. The Ashal River was reported to have risen 18 feet, doing heavy dam- age to farms and railways. Communi- catfons were interrupted. 3,000 KILLED IN HUPEH. Dikes on Yangtze River Break, Flood- ing Wide Area. By the Associated Press. HANKOW, China, Bursting of dykes on River in Southeastern Hupeh Pro ince has caused the loss of 3,000 lives. Two thousand square miles of terri tory is flooded. There was an exodus of a quarter of a million farmers. The city of Hankow, which already was inundated, was saved from what threatened to be one of the most als. astrous floods in its history by the breaking of a dyke. Recent rains had swollen the river and, reversing the current of the sewers, caused the water to over- flow the city. The bursting of the dvke released the backing-up water. The river front n@w is being banked with sand bags, all available equip- ment having been requisitioned for strengthening the banks and pumping out the street Refugees are pouring into the larger centers. The loss of crops fol- lowing upon the famine of last year, it is feared, forecasts a worse disaster in the way of a food shortage the coming Autumn. August the Yangt TRAFFIC AT BALL PARK DECLARED DANGEROUS Residents Ask Eldridge to Give Better Direction at Corners in That Vicinity. Complaining that traffic conditions near the American League base ball park are dangerous not only to pedes- trians, but to motorists as well, res dents of the vicinity have sent sever: complaints to Traffic Director Eld- ridge afking for relief. So far, they claim, the traffic direc- tor has said it was a matter for police regulation only, but residents in the vicinity say that trafic accidents are frequent about those corners near the ball park, not only on game days, but at other times as well. Most of the four principal corners complained of were characterized by the complainants as “blind” and in need of more traffic regulation, either through more efficient traffic policing, or more “stop” signs at intersection The worst corners, they say, are at Fourth and U, Fifth and U, Fourth and T, and Fifth and T. Persons living in that neighborhood, some of the complaints have stated, live in constant dread of bad acci- dents. bs are said to speed through these intersections, resulting in several recent collisions. Several persons have been hurt, and a child nearly killed, it is said. BOGER IS ELIMINATED FROM MUNY GOLF EVENT District Player Falls Before Kauffmann, Pittsburgh Star, in First-Round Match. Special Dispatch to The Star. BUFFALO, N. Y., August 5.—John Derr Boger, jr., the only Washington | golfer to go into match play in the| national public links golf tournament, was eliminated in the first round to- day. He was beaten by Carl F. Kauff- mann, Pittsburgh star, by 5 up and 4 to go. Dick Walsh, defending champion, and most of the other favorites won their opening matches. PACTS THAT PUT TURKEY INTO WAR NOW MISSING Disappearance of Treaties With Germany and Austria From Files Just Brought to Light. By the Aseociated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 5.— The disappearance from the Sublime Porte archives of the treaties with Germany and Austria which brought Turkey into the world war on the sde of the central powers is the only revelation of interest to the outside world made thus far in the prosecu- tion at Angora of various prominent members of the former Committee of Union and Progress, headed by Dja- vid Bey. The accused men have stoutly de- nied all connection with the plotters against the government at Smyrna, 13 of whom were hanged there some time ago. They also have dis- avowed charges of attempting to overthrow the regime of President Mustapha Kemal Pasha. B, SCHOOL BIDS ASKED. $100,000 Available for Additions to Hine Junior High. Bids for the construction of an’ad- dition to the Hine Junior High School were asked today by the District Com- missioners. The bids will be opened August 19. The addition will consist of a wing oontaining nine classrooms and ® gymnasium. An appropriation of $100,000 is provided in the fiscal act for the current year for the increased facilities. RUM PLANE PILOT SOUGHT Flyer Escapes After Landing Craft in Cleveland. CLEVELAND, August § (#).—An airplane bootlegger, the first to make an appearance in Cleveland was be- ing sought today by Federal prohibi- tion authorities. The plane made a forced landing here late yesterday, and investigation revealed it carried a load of liquor. The pilot made his es- cape after landing. Police:are at- tempting to establish ownership of The bone frame of the awverage whale welghs about 45 -tons. 5 MERCHANT DIES STANLEY LANSBURGH. | MERCHANT LEADER DIESATHONE HERE Stanley Lansburgh Suc- cumbs Early Today as Re- sult of Heart Trouble. Stanley Lansburgh, first vice president of Lansburgh & Bro. de- partment store, died early today from heart trouble at his residence in the Argonne apartment house. Mr. Lansburgh, who, at 37 years, was one of the city’s youngest “big business” executives, had been con- fined to his home since last Friday. His death was not entirely une pected, as he had been steadily weak- ening ‘under the inroads of the dis- ease, from which he had suffered for many months, “Mr. Stanley,” as he was familiarly known in merchandising circles here, was one of three sons of the late Gus- tav Lansburgh, ploneer Capital mer- chant, who joined in carrying on the large mercintile business’ established by their faiher in 1860, Succeeded Brother Henry. He was second vice president of the firm at the time of the death, last November, of his older brother, *'Call Me Henry” Lansburgh, and succeed- |ed to the post of first vice president left vacant by the brother’s death. )| Lansburgh, another brother, is ¢ of the firm, and Lester, a h brother, resides in New York. | Stanley Lansburgh was a native of Washington, and received his educa- tion in the local grade and high schools. He “grew up” with his store, and because of his genial nature and philanthropies en joyed a wide popularity in business, fraternal and civic circles of the Cap- a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 11, of the Masonic order: the Scottish Rite, Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine, the City Club, the Town and Country Club and the board of governors of the Better Business Bureau. He also was vice president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ | Association | Funeral Tomorrow. The funeral services, which will be private, will be held tomorrow after- noon at 3 o'clock at the apartment. Interment will be in Washington Hebrew Congregation Cemetery. Mr. Lansburgh was a member of that con- gregation. Mr. Lansburgh is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sylvia Lansburgh, and, in addition to the two brothers named, by five sisters, Mrs. Charles A. Gold- smith, Mrs. R. B. H. Lyon and Mrs. Aline Lansburgh, all of this city; Mrs. Myer Singdr of New York City and Mrs. A. Cohn of Pittsburgh, Pa. The Lansburgh store was closed to- day and will remain so tomorrow out of respect for the memory of fits young executive NEW 13TH PRECINCT PERSONNEL NAMED Eight Shifts Approved by Com- missioners Effective on Opening of Station August 15. Preliminary steps toward the or- ganization of the personnel of the new thirteenth police precinct which is expected to be commissioned for service August 15, were taken today by the District Commissioners on recommendation of Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police. Eight shifts in personnel were approved, but the assignments of the officers affected have not been completed Lieut. James E. Wilson, whose promotion to a captain was approved just prior to Former Commissioner Fennings' _last days in office with- out any effective date, was relleved from his detail on bicycle duty. It was Maj. Hesse's original plan to assign Lieut. Wilson to command the eleventh precinct when Capt Guy E. Burlingame is _transferred to the sixth precinct, but this may be al- tered, it was said. Other changes approved follow: Pvt. Ernest P. Myers, relieved from mounted _duty; Sergt. Joseph . Bovle, relieved from mounted duty; Pvt. Robert T. Joiner, assigned to mounted duty; Pvt. Willlam Mec- Ewen, assigned_to mounted duty; Pvt. ~Thomas M. Poland, relleved from mounted duty; Pvt. Thomas D. Bailey, assigned to mounted duty, and Pvt. Charles C. Carver, assigned to mounted duty. All of the changes will become ef- fective August 15. JESmE—— The American Red Cross has been selected by the Canadian government to administer an allotment of -$60,- 000,000 for the rehabilitation of dis- abled Canadian World War veterans now resident in this country. in which she has proved herself so brought much glory to America. POINGARE DEMANDS U.S. DEBT PLEDGES \ Ratification Hinges on Cer- tainty Germany Would Not Get Any of Bonds. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. \ PARIS, August 5.—No ratification of the Washington debt agreement without transfer and safeguard clauses, and certainty that the French war debt will not be commercialized— such {s Premier Polncare's debt policy as outlined by the French premier himselt in a statement written a few days ago and which has. just come into the writer’s hands. “An immediate majority of the French Parliament,” says M. Poin- care, “is rgolutely opposed to blind acceptance of the Washington agree- ment. It has been demonstrated that it would not only be madness but dupery and deceit to promise to pay the United States astronomical figures for 62 years without a clause of safe- guard for German payments and ithout granting France any guaran- tee in case she finds it materially im- possible’ to make transfers and with- out our being able to forestall the danger of commerclalization of our debt to the United States. “The agreement authorizes issuance of bonds which might fall into the hands not onlly of foreign states, but into the hands of banks and individ- s, so that France might find her- 1t after a few months face to face with German creditors. who wauld thus have a splendid opportunity to exercise reprisals against the Ver- sailles treat; “France is indisposed to allenate even the slightest parcel of her soverelgnty and has mo intention of accepting a threat of financial servi- tude from any one. France will pay her debts. She does not forget that her signature was given. But she does not forget, either, the solemn promises made to her and she is con- fident she will not be frustrated.” (Covyright. 1026, by Chicago Daily News Co.) Premier Again Wins Vote. PARIS, August 5 (#).—The Cham- ber of Deputies today again voted confidence in Premier Poincare by re- jecting, 350 to 172, a Socialist counter project for control of the tobacco mo- nopoly, which the government pro- poses to put in the hands of a private company. BY TRAFFIC OFFICERS July Report Shows Slight Rise Over Preceding Month—Park- ing Offenses in Lead. 0 The Metropolitan police arrested 3,181 motorists in July for infraction of the various traffic regulations, ac- cording to the monthly statistical re- port submitted today to Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent, by inspector E. W. Brown, in charge of the traffic bureau Compared with the total number of arrests in June, this is an increase of seven. As usual the largest number of ar- rests were for violation of tha park- ing regulations, 1,024 being charged with such offenses. Six hundred and forty-eight were for parking overtime. One hundred and seven motorists were caught driving through a safety zone, 140 for disobeying the officlal signs, 108 for failing to show opera- tor's permit, 117 for not having a driver’s permit, 205 for passing at intersections, 181 for reckless driving, 628 for speeding and 161 for failure to have tail lights burning. Inspector Brown's report also showed that there were three traffic deaths last month, a decrease of four under the corresponding month of 1925. Serious and minor injuries re- sulting from traffic accidents showed an increase, however. There were 13 serfous injuries and 242 minor injuries last month as compared with 5 serfous injurfes and 191 minor injuries in July, 1925. Property damage was done in 315 of the accidents. IREY OFF TO INSPECT REVENUE SUBOFFICES Chief of Intelligence Unit to Con- fer in San Francisco Over Case of Col. Ned Green. Elmer L. Irey, chief of the Special Intelligence Unit of the Internal Rev- enue Bureau, left Washington today for an inspection tour of the country, during which he will visit the divi- sional offices of "his unit. At San Francisco Mr. Irey will go into conference with Alf Oftedal, con- cerning the case of Col. Ned Green, suspended prohibition administrator, who has been indicted by the grand jury on several charges involving the use of liquor. Col. Green, it was explained at the Treasury today, is under suspension without pay. The Treasury expects to take no further drastic steps, it was said, until the return of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lincoln C. Andrews, who has just completed ne- gotiations at London on an anti- smuggling pact. He is expected to sail early next week for the United States. g, HEAT CAUSES 3 DEATHS. 6,000 Sleep in Chicago Parks to Escape Torrid Weather. CHICAGO, August 5 (#).—Three deaths attributed in part to heat were reported as the temperature rose from a minimum of 74 at 7 a.m. to 83 a 10 a.m. today. An estimate that 6,000 men slept in four West Side parks last night was made by police. Helen Wills to Write a Series Of Tennis Lessons for The Star 1SS HELEN WILLS, premier woman lawn tennis player in America, has consented, after much urging, to write a series of lessons on the game proficient and through which she has The Star has obtained the exclusive rights to this series of lessons, which will be paper. section. Miss Wills, Dt oor Bame of law tennis outdoor @ of Y X i Some of Miss Wills' articles will herself has drawn, as she is quite an be accompanied by especially posed noted players to show the mper tenn! Any lover of lawn tennis, clipping ‘The from Star Lf the game in-the form of a practical course valuable as a.guide o a sound game. they appear, will have a veritable. of knowledge "o form ¢ of instruction that will be in:|a in the form of separate articles and will be printed only in this news- The first of the articles will appear in The Star tomorrow in the sports in consenting to write the series, does so With the sincere pur- to others what she herself has learned about the great be illustrated with sketches which she accomplished sketch artist. Others will photographs of Miss Wills and other is form as described in her articles. and saving these articles by Miss Wills storehouse Dougherty Spends l Busy Day Getting . New Work Started Commissioner Proctor L. Dough- erty’s first full day in office was a busy one. In addition to seeing a number of visitors, who cengratulated him, posing for photographers and con- ferring with several department heads, the Commissloner also at- tended a meeting of the Board of Commissioners and an executive session of the Public Utilitles Com- mission. Accompanied by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, Commissioner Dougherty will make a visit in a few days to the varipus police stations. Later he wiil tour the firehouses in company with Fire Chief George S. Watson. Both the Police and Fire Departments are under his supervision. WAR TONE MISSING ATCITIZENS CAMP Gen. Helmick Finds Spirit of Battle Replaced by Desire for Constructive Work. Militarism is “the last thing thought of” at the Citizens’ Military Training Camp at Fort Eustis, Va., attended by young men from the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, Maj. Gen. EIf A. Helmick, inspector general of the Army, declared today upon com- pletion of a two-day inspection of the post. ““There was not a thought of Kill- ing or a desire for battle in the minds of these youngsters—as fine & body of young Americans as you would find anywhere,” Gen. Hel- mick stated. “If any one has a doubt as to the success of that portion of national defense which Includes training of young men to fill the reserves in case of a national emergency, a visit to Camp Eustic such as I made would dissipate it,” he said. i “The sole idea was to give good physical training, take care of the boys, instruct them in citizenship and explain to them the object of the training, namely, to enable them to render intelligent assistance to the Government in case it should ! ever have to call for their services.” In his statement, which will be used ae @ basis for an official report to the War Department, Gen. Hel- mick reviewed the activities of the camp and spoke highly of the general condidtions ha found there as regards personnel and equipment. \HEARING SET AUG. 26 ON 10-CENT BUS FARE Utilities Body to Conmsider Rapid Transit's Plea for Relief by Higher Rates. The Washington Rapid Transit Co.'s plea for financial relief in the form of a straight 10-cent cash fare, together with its proposal for consid- eration of the service at cost plan, whereby the rates of fare would change automatically with the cost of service, will be considered by the Public Utilitles Commission at a pub- lic hearing August 26. The date for the hearing was fixed at an executive meeting of the com- mission today, at which Lieut. Col. J. Franklin Bell, Engineer Commis- sioner, was re-elected chairman. The commission also decided to give the bus company permission to operate as an experiment a rew model gas- electric bus. The company’'s application for an increased fare was submitted to the commission yesterday afternoon by E. D. Merrill, president and general manager. It declared that the exist- ing rate of fare does not afford the company any return whatever on its investment, and if continued in force will deprive it of a fair and reasonable return upon the value of its property. Ll e GRADING CONTRACTS LET. Seven Streets to Be Improved at 86 to 44 Cents a Yard. Contracts for the grading of seven streets were awarded today by the District Commissioners to the G. B. Mullin Co., Inc., and L. M. Johnston. The streets to be graded follo Forty-sixth street from Massachusetts avenue to Brandywine street; Brand: wine street from Forty-sixth to Forty- seventh street; Western avenue from Tennyson to Thirty-third street; Forty-sixth street from Ellicott to Fessenden streets; Forty-eighth street from Davenport to Ellicott street; Forty-ninth street from Chesapeake to Davenport street, and Division ave- nue northeast from Grant to Sheriff The cost of the grading will range from 36 to 44 cents a cubic yard. VTR BIBLE CLASS GROWS. Harry Rogers, Rotary’s Interna- tional Head, Teacher. SAN ANTONIO, August 5 P.— Since Harry H. Rogers of San Antonlo was elected president of Rotary Inter- national in June, new members have been added weekly to his Business Men's Bible class. ’ Rogers has taught the class for three years, in which time it increased from a few dozen members to more than 400. He is absent from the class only when out of city. The class is sponsored by the Central Christian church, of which Rogers Is a member. ' NINE HURT IN WRECK. DAYTON, Ohlo, August & (#).— Nine persons were injured early to- day when northbound Pennsylvania passenger train No. 237 sideswiped a passenger southbound Pennsylvania passenger train here. One of the northbound train was over- turned. Only those in that car re celved injuries. — Big Peaches From Texas. From the Dallas Times-Herald. Six peaches of Georgia proportions raised in the back yard of Walter L. Oliver, 1446 Glenn avenue, placed side by side measure 18% inches. If cani they would fill 4 quart jars; it _preserved, 3%4. 2 They wowld make 16 gallons of ice cream, and if soured and properly pre- pared would make two—well, that's unlawful, according to the candidates. The six together weigh “”‘:dl ALIEN PROPERTY “INQUIRY NEAR END McCarl’s Investigation Has Led to Complete Change in Accounting System. Investigation by the general ac- counting office of the records of the Allen Property Custodian, which was requested by President Coolidge, al- ready has resulted in_a complete change of the system of keeping ac- counts, it was learned today. The investigation, which has been under way for a year, and which went thoroughly into the records of the of- fice, has practically been completed. | These records are also concerned in the suit in New York against Col Thomas W. Miller, former alien proj erty custodian, for alleged irregulari tios in the administration of his office. Much final work remains to be done to clear up the details, it was said, but this should occupy but a short time longer, and then a report will be made to President Coolidge. The whole system of keeping ac- counts, and records of the alien prop- erty held in trust by the United States has been revolutionized through recommendations made by the investi- gators, from the office of Controller General McCarl. Details of the new system have not been made public nor was therg any | Andings of the investigators. |NEW CONDUIT CRACK FIXED IN LITTLE TIME Water Usage Not Cut Of While Section Near Anglers’ Club Is Repaired. Washington’s main water supply has been cut off for 24 hours without the users being denied any quantities of water which they might need. A slight crack developed in the new conduit yesterday about half a mile cast of the Anglers’ Club. A corps of men was dispatched there immediate- ly by Maj. James A. O'Connor, in charge of the Washington aqueduct. and at 2 o'clock this morning had com pleted the repair. The sectlon where the crack oc- curred is over a small valley, which it was necessary to flll in order to sup- port the waterway. The settlement of the earth caused the concrete con- duit to erack. Maj. O'Connor said that such cracks are likely to develop until there is a complete settlement of the earth, and that men are constantly on the watch to repair them quickly. As the new conduit is bullt in sec- tions, it was necessary to drain only part of it. At the time the crack was discovered the reservoirs were filled, and there was no danger of a lack of water supply at any time. When the repalr was made it was necessary only to fill up the section which had been cut out, as the pressure remained in the other sections. At any rate, the old conduit, which is now in course of repair, could have been used if the break had been more serious. s DRY AGENTS BLOW UP 2 MARYLAND STILLS Four Men Arrested Near Park Hall and Distilleries Dy- : namited. ] Two huge stills, believed by offi intimation as to the | cials here to furnish supplies for Washington's bootleg trade, were con- fiscated and destroyed In southern Maryland yesterday by Federal pro- hibition agents. Four men were ar- rested. A party of agents, led by Deputy Prohibition Administrator Robert L. Livingston, descended on the stills, near Park Hall, Md., not far apart. One of them was a thousand-gallon affair, while the other had a capacity of about 800 gallons. At one there were 18,000 gallons of mash, a 45- horsepower steam boiler, seven bags of sugar, three bags of corn meal, and 50 cases of liquor. All the equipment was destroyed by dynamite and fire. The men arrested were David Clark, white, and three colored men—Law- rence Clayton, Henry Summerville and David Summerville. They were taken to Baltimore today to be gr- raigned before United States Commlis- sioner Supplee. MURDER IN ATLANTA LAID TO CHICAGOANS Solicitor Promises Solution of Of- ficial’s Death Within Next 48 Hours. By the Associated Prees. ATLANTA, August 5.—Reiteration that Chicago gunmen were connected with the slaying of Bert Donaldson has been made by County Solicitor General John A. Boykin, who late yesterday promised a solution of the crime within 48 hours. Appearing before the Fulton County board of commissioners to ask for additional funds to complete the in- vestigation, the county prosecutor said the crime ‘“‘was committed by gunmen imported from Chicago and other cities expressly for the job. Boykin also stated definitely that one of the five men under arrest is known to have been connected with the slaying. He refused to divulge the man'’s name. Donaldson, who was a speclal in- vestigator in the solicitor general’s office, was shot to death when he entered a room in a local hotel. Police belleved he was lured to the room in his search for Jack Wilson, wanted in connection with the murder of a gro- cer last Christmas eve. i TSR L A SURF YIELDS 2 BODIES. By the Associated Press. | NORFOLK, Va. August 5.—Dr. Burnley Lankford’s body was sighted near the foot of One-hundred-and fifty-second street, between Virginia Beach and Cape Henry, shortly before noon today by his cousin, Mrs. John G. Beattie. Mrs. Beattie brought the body of the physician to shore and then called for help. The body of Qorpl. Harry Emil Bar- nett of Baltimore, one of the two members of Company B, 5th Mary- land National Guard Regiment, who were last seen when they went down oft Seaside Park, Virginia Beach, was found at about the same time at One- undred-and-nineteenth street, near the spot where Dr. Lankford drowned. en believe the body o; & \ IR WIID 52 Richard Washburn Child and wife, known as a writer llnd.er the name of Maude Parker Child. CHILD FILES SUIT 10 DIVORCE WIFE Ex-Envoy to Italy Attempted to Keep Action Secret. Reasons Not Disclosed. By the Associated Press. STROUDSBURG, Pa., August 5.— Richard Washburn Child, former Am- bassador to Italy and widely known writer, has asked the Common Pleas Court of Monroe County to award him a decree of divorce from his wife, Maude Parker Child, also a well known writer, the record of the court disclosed today. Mr. Child, through his attorney, C R. Bensinger, obtained a subpoena in divorce upon Mrs. Child on June 26, returnable the fourth Monday in Sep- tember. The papers in the case were im- pounded b Mr. Bensinger, who de- | clined to discuss the action today, ad- | mitting that efforts were made to keep the suit a secret. Mr. Child, who for several years has been a resident of Buck Hill Falls, a colony of Friends, could not 'be reached today. It was said that Mrs. Child, whom he married in August, 1916, has not been at the colony for a long time. CHEATING IS CHARGED. Wisconsin Board to Pyobe Conduct at Bar Examinations. MADISON, Wis., August 5 ®).— An investigation of charges of whole- sale cheating by candidates for ad- mission to the Wisconsin bar at the July examinations was ordered yes- terday by the State Supreme Court. Phillp La Follette, jr., district attor- ney of Dane County, was named to conduct the investigation. The court acted in response to a petition by the Stata board of law examiners. It was charged, the board reported, that groups of candidates acted together in using elaborate schemes to cheat. b S $750 Verdict in Death Suit. The Washington Railway and Elec- tric Co. today consented to verdict against it for $750 for the death of Charles Cash, colored, who was struck by & car at Eleventh and U streets October 29 last. Annje Cash, admin- istratrix, brought suit for $10,000, but agreed to accept the amount offered the company. She was repre- Robert S. Hume and Joseph A. Donovan. The verdict was rendered by a jury in Circuit Di- vision 2 before Justice Siddons and judgment was granted at once without “The Story of Elizabeth” She Is Not a Freak or “Prodigy” ~—She Is a Normal Girl Raised by the Methods of Tomorrow 0000600 What those methods are, Anne Austin, Eliza- beth’s mother, tells in “THE STORY OF ELIZA- BETH.” It is the great “mother story” of our time. It is the story of a woman left alone with her baby daughter to face the world. *0 Read ‘The Story _by Anne Austin, Her Mother Beginning in The Sunday Star | the negotiations for obtaining Officials BUILDING PROGRAM ANSWERS POUR IN Cities Quickly Tell Needs to Treasury Architect, But Sur- vey Will Take Time. Answers to the nation-wide question- naire sent out by the Treasury Department for survey of cities® Federal building needs have begun to pour into the office of the super- vising architect In large numbers. The prompt response accorded to this means of making the survey is gratifying_ to officials, who hope through the medium of the answer to build up a good picture of actual conditions in the various centers of the United States most in need of new Federal construction. veral weeks will elapse, however, it is believed, before the whole survey will begin to take final shape, and it probably will be Fall before compre- hensive results will be obtained for the Federal building program. In the meantime, the supervising architect s continuing _efforts to purchase land in the District of Columbia for the first of the buildings to be erected here, for the Internal Revenue Bureau, for the Department of Agriculture, and for keeping the archives of the Government. Progress. however, is admitted to be slow land. have not announced as yet preparation of plans for condemning the property. They hope the negotia- tions will be successful without re- course to court. RUDOLPH TO GET REST. Commissioner Will Take 16-Day Vacation in Rhode Island. Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph will leave Washington tonight for a 16- day vacation at Narragansett Pier, R.'I. He expects to return August 23. Due to the uncertainty last week over the appointment of a new Com- missioner to _succeed Fredeick A. Fenning, Mr. Rudolph had planned a series of week end trips in lieu of an extended vacation away from Wash- ington. With Commissioner Dough- erty, now in office, Mr. Rudolph feels that he can leave without slowing the wheels of the District government. $50,000 Fire in Newspaper Plant. DENISON, Tex., August 5 (P).— Fire caused $30,000 damage to the plant of the Denison Herald, after- noon newspaper here, early today. The cause of the blaze is beleived to have been an explosion of gas in the press- room. Temporarily the Herald is be- ing published at the plant of. the Sher- man (Tex.) Democratic, 10 miles from > Anne Austin faced it. She became a successful magazine editor while she was rearing the child. She edited national maga- zines while she implanted in Elizabeth’s mind the beauty of the classics. Sickness, misfortune, early poverty—nothing daunted her. of Elizabetl’ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000¢0000000000000000000000800000. CONTENPT WRIS LOOM I FOND QU2 Insull and Others Face Cita- tions for Defying Senate in lllinois Probe. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, August 5.—Frank L. Smith, Republican Senatorial nominee in Illinols, today told the Senate .cam- paign funds committee that during the recent primary campaign he “under- stood” that Samue! Insull, Chicago ‘public utilitles magnate, had contrib- uted funds to his candidacy. b common talk in the cam- paign,” Smith told Chairman Reed. “In fact, it became an issue in the campaign and charges were made by opponents.” “Did you deny it”" Reed asked “In & speech at Springfield during the campalign, I said that if one who had paid $35,000,000 in reduced rates to the public wanted to contribute to my campaign 1 saw no reason why he should not do so."” Smith, the chairman of the Tiinofs Commerce Comunission, which controls rates on public utilities in the State said he had no definite informat from Allen F. Moore, his campalgn manager, that Insull ha tributed to his campai testimony is that the utilities execu tive 000 directly and spent s inst the World Court., ted Smith's candidacy. Probe which the ude today, will come two and possibly three cita tions to the Senate for contempt of that body Samuel Insull, who largely financed the senatorial campalgn of George E. Brennan, the successful Democrat; candidate, and reputedly of Smith Republican, will be cited for refusin to tell about other contributions to the Illinois campaign. Robert E. Crowe, State’s attorney, also may be cited because of his re fusal to tell whether he received a coutribution from Insull for use in the campaign in Cook County. Both Crowe and Insull took the position that the committee was empowered to inquire only into direct contributions to the senatorial campaign. ‘Thomas Cunningham, clerk of the Court of General Sessions at Phila delphia, was the third witness to defy the committee here. He refused to tell the source of $50,000 he contrib uted, to the successful senatorial can didacy of William S. Vare in the May primary in Pennsylvania. Sinclair Case Compared. Should the Senate hold that the committes was not overstepping it authority in the questions directed to the witnesses, the procedure would be to certify the cases to the District of Columbia Supreme Court for trial on contempt charges. That was done in the case of Harry F. Sinclalr, who refused to testify further in the Teapot Dome inquiry and whose case still is awaiting trial Only three witnesses remained to be examined today. They were Frank L. Smith, who has filed a statement with the committee denying that he obligated himseclf in the campaign George F. Safford, superintendent ¢ the Anti-Saloon League, and Morris Eller, a Crowe-Barrett leader and Re- publican boss of the twentieth ward in _Chicago. In going into frregularities in the recent primary in Cook County the committee late yesterday heard a rather amazing story from Judge Ed- mund K. Jarecki of the Cook County Court, whose investigation had led to the indictment of more than 100 per- sons. The judge told of complaints that gunmen shot up one polling place after election judges had refused to let an illegally cast ballot go i the box; that at another gunmen took el of the count of the ballots, and that at other places workers and election officials at the polls were in timidated by gunmen. Asked if he thought the people of Cook County had a chance to honestly express their judgment in the last primary, Judge Jarecki said they did in some districts and in others they did not. WOMAN FOUND DISROBED IN STREET IS FINED $50 Mrs. Porter Also Pays on Charges That Preceded Those Brought by Tuesday Night Action. Mrs. Alma Porter of 1230 Four teenth street, who was arrested Tues- day night at Thomas Circle clad only in a pair of stockings and slippers. was fined $50 in Police Court today before Judge George H. Macdonald. The fines were levied on charges of destroying private property, intoxica tion and disorderly conduct on July 31, charges which were placed against her at the time of her arrest when found disrobed in public. She denied these charges, but pleaded guilty of intoxication and disorderly conduct Tuesday night. She was fined $10 on the Intoxication charge and $§15 on the disorderly conduct charge. The July 31 charges declared Mrs Porter broke the glass in a window of the home of Eva Lewis, colored, 1603 § street. She did not take the witness stand in court today, but stood calmly through the proceedings. Her uncle, W. Stewart, appeared with her. . SOUTH AFRICANS FIGHT OVER FLAG PROPOSAL Plan to Adopt Ensign Devoid of Union Jack Sends Several to Hospital. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 5.—The question as to whether South Africa shall have a new national flag, with the Union Jack excluded, recently resulted In a free-for-all fight at a meeting in Dur- ban, South Africa, according to a dispatch to the Daily Express. Sev eral men were injured so badly that they were taken to a hospital. Col. F. H. P. Creswell, minister of defense and labor, who is in favor of the proposed new flag, was shouted down when he attempted to defend his attitude. The fight was between supporters of the FHertzog govern ment's_new flag propesal and mem- bers of the Labor party. who want the Union Jack retained as the coun- try’s national flag. NEW MAGNETIC BRAKES. Said to Be 22 to 46 Per Cent More Effective Than Air Equipment. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEXINGTON, Ky., August 5.—Be- cause brake tests showed that cars equipped with a new type of magnetic track brakes will decrease the brak- ing distance of street cars 22 to 46 per cent over what air brakes alone will do, they will be made standard juipment on the lines owned by the Shitities n ';’f. which the