Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1926, Page 2

* PROTEST PENALTY ONFAILING TOVOTE Federal Employe Leaders Take Issue With Lenroot’s “Punishment” Proposal. Kharp issue with the propesal ad vanced by Senator Lenroot of Wis ¢onsin at a Republican rally Thurs o; to the effect that Government ewployes who fail to vote should he unished was taken last night uther ('. Steward. president of the Jederation of Federal Employes, and Lr. Ellery €. Stowell, president o the Better Government Leagne. W g . Deming, chairman of the ] Service (‘ommission, also com- mgnted on Senator Lenroot's plan Bt his statement put the commission ©n racord as belng thoroughly in ec cord with the proposition that every man and woman who has the rizht to vote should do so. Political Activity Forbidden. “Under civil service laws and regu- Jations,” Mr. Steward said, “empioyes 1 the competitive classified service ®re prohibited from engaging in polit! cal activity and this places an un mistakahle ab fon on thelr em ployer, the United States Government 1o protect them from being made yolitical foot balls. The san j thority which denrives the emploves of the right to participate in politics should protect them against su plan as advocated by Senato Jot. If they are to have punishment ted on them for falling to become yolitically active. they should have all yestrietions. thelr engaging in political activity removed.” . Dr. Stowell dectared it is “high time that the higher officials of, the Gov ernment interested themselves in im proving conditions among the Fed- eral emploves xo that u true merit principle, in regard to classification and promotion. may prevail in the Federal civil service. This is more Important than trying to badger em ves about votlng any other question. I have always found the Government employes among the most loyal gre our citizens, and 31 wonder at tl waining xo when treated th at the present ! time. D. €. Residents Disfranchised. “If what 2 [ r rel Senator Lenroot satd is tntonded to apply in the District. I believe it fmportant to state the b fact that it is a hundred times more important to give every vote than v 18 to penaliz 0 do not exercise the tr chise. Ta dep 500,000 persons their vote is one of the greatest in Justices in the country.” h Mr. Deming’s comment was, 'he Givil ervice Coniisston has 1o Jurls dlf:l m oover the matter of demer; efliciency r 1s except for its (‘“H small io The ¢ o Com- | mission woroughly the pr on woman who should take right nnd his choice, TRADE COMMISSION MUST ANSWER SUIT| rias in : the rig! vote to exercise that | the candidate of nd pains e for Court Rule Follows Appeal for Review of Baking Pow- der Action. Chief Justice Mo, Supreme Court 3 on the Federal show cause N court should n, the commission ir tuted by Royal F York. Th, of the District rday issued i rule Comumission to 12 whv the| the action nf’ proceeding Insti- | the commission against the King Powde of New company, through Attor | Bank called for mall. 1 his task | Charles Whltacre, 4, Is Hlt as He Darts Across Street Necr Home. - Criver Swerves Car, But is Unable to Prevent Accident. Four-year-old Charles Whitacre, child of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Whitacre, 719 Sixth street, was fatally injured by the automobile of George Younger, 125 Eleventh street southeast, while ng the street in front of his about 2:30 o'clock yesterday aft- ernoon. He dled at Emergency Hos- pital 30 minutes later. Charles was running over the road- way from the west side of the slreel' to greet his nurse and gain possession of his tricycle she was bringing out to him, and was struck by the car after he had passed directly in the rear of a parked machine. The child was left playing with other children when the nurse went |10 the kouse to get the tricycle, and, police were told, the se called to m to remain where he was until she | could reach hin Younger swerved his car to the side of the roadway when he saw the dan- #er of the accident, but his efforts to avoid striking the child proved futile. He raced to the hospital with the in. jured boy. The latter was so serious- iy hurt, however, that surgeons were unable to save his life A verdict of dental death was returned 1 oroner’s jury at the inquest held at the District morgue this afternoon. Youn had been pa- lied pending the inquest. The child | s survived by his parents and a sister, Catherine, 6 vea uld ADMITS STEALING 100,000 IN MALLS Man Arraigned in-Atlanta Ac- cused of Taking Checks Sent to Reserve Bank. | cros: hor | | By the Associated Press. ATLANTA. October 2 s old, was | Henry B. arraigned be fore the United States commissioner today following his arrest yesterday on charges of stealing approximately $100.000 in checks from mail consigned to the Federal Resorve Bank of At- lanta during the last few months. Davis was arrested when he at tempted to cash an altered $1,000 Fed- | eral Reserve Bank check. He led officers to a cache near A lanta where he had concealed ch ranging in amounts from $41.1:3 3500, which he said had been stolen from mail consignments to thi> Fed- eral Reserve Bank. Davis told. officers he waited in the { 1obby of the local post office while | representative of the Frderal Reserve Several letters fell to the floor, he said, while usuall, | sald the ceremony THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. T. ’CHILD RUNNING TO GET TRICYCLE IS STRUCK BY AU’I'O AND KILLED ( llAR'LILS Wi HITACRE SOLDIER 10 WED FORMER NUN HERE Woman Whp Spent 25 Years in Convent to Marry 0Old Friend. A romance that began a number of vears ago in New Bedford, Mass is expected to culminate in Wash- ington next month with the marriage of Sergt. Frank Levesque, Company €, 13th Engineers. Camp Humphreys. aind Miss Anna Le Brun of New Bedford. Sergt. reached by tele- today, was regi- the forth- Levesque, phone at the camp cent about discussing coming wedding, but an Associated Pr a ch from ew Bedford will take place in | the District and that Miss Le Brun, who until recently had been a in a convent, plans to come to W on November $ Met 25 Years Ago. Twenty-five vears azo they met in she was 16 and he few months later she rewell to_ her family and en- unnery at Montreal. he took her vows a r of charity for life. She tausht . mothered orphans and nursed the sick in Montreal, Minne- Toledo and Lawrence, Mass. st April, after long consultation with her superiors, she obtained spe- al dispensation fro ing her from her “the world called her and she must return.” With recommendations and a God as 21, bade fa tered the Gra the messenger transferred the mail from the box to a mail pouch, and he | managed to make away with several | of these before the man completed | Post oflice inspectors said they had trailed Davis to California and back here before his arrest. Davis is al- leged to have shed stolen and al tered checks for $1,000 and $600 at banks {n Knoxville, Tenn., the only | o neys O'Brie writ of o ing the & O'Brien. asked for tiorari from the court re- | certification of the entice to the court for! suit i tommission : Mumphrey vidually, and regular, in: were com of the commiss yeopen and re missed by the o 1906, The order cated in part the 1 Commisstoners Hu int, InnL H and unla cortain empting ute a rase sion March of dismissal was \"-l tie court Is informed. | sttempt is being made to | dismissal entireiy Heged tharged in the petition a xparte conferences ting of dismis: yeprasentatives peting haking powder ‘Failu counsel davits. 1o the ac concerning | 1nd | -y for the 2 exhibi | 1 and compe 4 Open purticipation tounsel of competing prosecution o< in the | to vacate | city's | resources. o peris counsel ting or ment for panies Maintenance of fdential file, contuin allegations pre cerns, the « been witheld Royal, and “An tempt t confidential t wminer found favoral fmportant issu ularly with of alum on th taste of bread LAYMEN ORGANIZED AT BRADDOCK HEIGHTS fBmmanuel Epscopal Church Meet- ing Addressed by Dr. Bowen and Othe From D. C Special Diep: POTOMAC o con have secret Tial Fx- . which e Royal on the original acti o the efie wholesomen s ted president lay members & the church ill be held the th were enrolled. r end 1 ¢ Bowe Lawr ooese A ding nen, Drive for Health Nurse. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star, FRONT ROYAL. Va., fThe Warren County Public Health Assoclation held u number of meet- ings throughout the county this week. About 15 speakers and entertainers foured the county speaking in more than a dozen different schoolhouses und churches. The object is to secure public hewlt Warren Coun- Pr. brook oy Washington the activities October E: health nurse. tv 18 pow without a State nurse owing to the transfer of Miss Cora Coventry, who went to Sussex Countyy B gervices. i the s {10 all who need it.” and | €F two stolen checks which he cashed, “TRAVELERS’ AID WEEK” COMMITTEE WILL MEET | | | | | Dinner Tonight Will Be Presided Over by Frederic A. Delano, Campaign Head. A izatio for dinner 1eeting of which will we Travelers’ Aid week™ will be held | tonight at the Burlington Hotel, Frederic A. Delano, campaign chair- man, will preside. The campaign workers will en- deavor to secure $13,500 to continue for a year the work of the Travelers’ Ald Soclety staff at the Union Station Chairman Delano has obtained the co-operation of Washington pastors tho tomorrow will make Special men- on of the drive at their church team organ- rk next week Aid representatives.' Delano said today, “bring stranger who in_difficulty or «ds protection into contact with the v civie and is no or creed in | counsel made s 10 of ‘guidance and “Gorilla Hunt" to Be Shown. “The Gorilla Hunt,” a five-reel thrill- r taken in the Kivu wilds of the ch Congo by the Ben Burbridge xpedition, will he shown tonight at lock at the Cosmos Club for the ¢ time, to members of the Biologi seiety of Washington at their <t Fall meeting. ! A brief talk on gorillis by C. R Aschmeier, National Mwseum taxider mist, who i engaged in mounting a specimen acquired on the Kivu hunt, will precede the moving picture. Dr. H. C. Oberholser, president of the so. | . will preside. A locked mny ear caused this machine to hit a tree early today near tlmuéouth!end t{a Anacostia Bridge. Nine persons were injured, of them serfously. | in speed from the sisters she returned to New Bedford to become a nurse. Meanwhile Frank Levesque had en- tered the Army. He went to France during the World War and entered Germany with the conquerors. Most of his leaves while stationed in this country were spent with his mother New Bedford. She died a short time ago, but on a visit he met Mi srun’ and old acquaintances was renewed. HOG CHOLERA TRACED. Officials Attrzbute Lack of Preventative Measures. The hog cholera epidemic was at- tributed today by Agriculture Depart- Eyitienti= o | ment officials to lack of preventative measures by farmers. ach 12 months since the 1913 epi lemic, it was said, has been marked by immunization of fewer herds, with the result that 80 per cent of the hogs in the country have been sus- ceptible and the manufacture of serum Confinement of hogs and barring of dogs from the hogpens were suggested means of combating the epldl‘mh‘, Official Accused Of Délaying Paper Opposing G. O. P. By the Assoctated Press MOCKSVILLE, N The Post Office at Washington h; to in tigate c! duct against James Mocksville postmaster The request was made after the editor of the Mocksville Enterprise had alleged that the postmaster held 300 copies of the newspaper in the post office from Wednesday until av because he objected to editc ippearing in that edition z Johnson J. Hayes, Re- publican candidate for the Senate, and John R. Jones, candidate for solicitor of the seventh judicial district. Suppor of the citizens made the request. .. October Department been requested arges of miscon- L. Sheek, ticket four v BRIAND AND HOESCH WORK FOR ACGORD Foreign Minister and German Envoy Discuss Plans for New Relationship. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October foreign minister, and Herr Von Hoesch, German Ambassador, had their first interview vesterday since | the Ambassador returned from Berlin, | and they assured each other that| their governments are just as de sirous of coming to a working agree- ment as they were at the now famous | luncheon at Tholry. It was at the| Thoiry meeting, immediately after ; Germany was admitted to member- ship in the League of Nations, thal M. Briand and Dr. Stresemann, Ger. man forelgn secretary, succeeded in | laying down a basis for accord be. tween their countries, not only on all problems existing between them di rectly, but on all problems in which they may be mutually concerned. No concrete proposals were submit- ted at yesterday's meeting, as both M. Briand and Herr Von Hoesch are understood to have agreed that much progress already has been made toward getting approval by public opinion of both countries of the tenta- tive accord reached at Thoiry. They likewise agreed that it would be wise while continuing the exami- nation of outstanding Franco-German problems to let time do its work in bullding up a sympathetic atmosphere. Diplomatic_circles point out that the work of drawing up detailed plans for bettering the relations between Germany and France and deciding what mutual concessions will prove most fruitful in appeasing public opinion in both countries will take a long time, and that French public opinion must not expect results too quickly. The French before committing themselves, for example, to any ar- rangement whereby the occupation of the Rhineland would be given up in return for immediate financial aid from Germany, naturally want all phases of the question examined by thelr techniclans from economic and nilitary viewpoints. PUBLAC UTILITIES INQUIRY. DEMANDED Prof. Ripley Sees Need of U. S. Probe of Combina- tions and Other Phases. 23.—M. Briand, By the Associated Press. BOSTON, October 23.—Prof. Wil- liam Z. Ripley of Harvard, whose recent broadsides against certain cor- porate practices have twice roused the financial community of .the coun try, has fired another salvo—this time with a_demand for Federal investiga tion of the public utilities field. In an article n the November issue | of the Atlantic Monthly, Prof. Ripley | follows his criticism of the abuse of | non-voting stock and the obscurity of financial reports of large corpora- tions with a plea for “more light” on the whole subject of utilities. Par- ticular reference is made to the elec- tric light and power industry and its trend toward amalgamation and financial reorganization. Holding Companies Arraigned. Holding companies in the industry are arraigned on a charge of overde- velopment which, Prof. Ripley finds, is provocative of unwarranted concen- tration of power and affords a tempta- tion to “‘prestidigitation, double-shuf- fling, hornswoggling and skulldug: ger: Writing of ‘“the menace of a de velopment reaching such proportions as it has within little more than a decade,” Prof. Ripley holds, “the cre- ation of a great body of investors, while it may operate to bring about a more co-operative spirit among peo- ples at large in matters of franchise rate regulation and the like, may con- ceivably work the other way in case of mismanagement or dereliction.” Turning to the details of financial reorganizition, he points out “a par- ticular menace lies in the appeal, often under guise of a plea for simplifica- tion of an involved corporate struc- ture, for the little holder of bonds of a local operating enterprise to give them up in return for shares of the newly created finance corporation. Possible Loss to Investor. “For obviously by such exchange the uninitiated investor may have shifted his position from that of a. pre- ferred to that of a junior claimant upon earnings. “The almost irresistible impulse to pad income accounts is one of the evils of permitting capitalization of these interstate public enterprises to go on without let or hindrance. The purpose, of course, is to lay a founda- tion for further public sale of se- curities. Customarily, since the com- mon shares represent no value, it makes little difference how many there are. Every effort, therefore, is directed toward making a strong showing of earnings in order to war- rant as large an issue as possible.” In summing up, he concluded, “We | are irresistably tending to one of two goals: Either greater unanimity of State legislation or suppression of State incorporation for interstate business by direct assumption of Federal a.uthorll)’." ELKS OF 6 STATES TOUR SHENANDOAH Gathering of 1,000 Delegates at Caverns Today Climax of Big Outing. Special Dispatch to The HARRISONBURG. Va., October 23. -One thousand Elks from 15 lodges in 6 States will assemble tomorrow at Shenandoah Caverns, 20 miles north of here, as the climax of the order's good fellowship tour of the Shenan- doah and Cumberland Valleys. This gathering is expected to be the large: interstate event ever held in this part {of the country. i The automobile tour will begin | early tomorrow at Chambersburg and | Waynesboro, Pa. Members of these lodges, with those at Gettysburg, Hanover and Wilmington, Del., will converge at Hagerstown to form the main body of the motorcade. Eiks of Frederick, Martinsburg. Winchester and Washington then will join in the procession to the caverns. The Har- risonburg Elks will meet their broth- ers at the caverns. The Hagerstown Elks are sponsor- ing the tour and assembly, which is for the purpose of giving the members of the various lodges an opportunity c!hheeomln: muh‘od ‘with one ai other. | port of Pr | Masachusetts | Will Wed Baron l MISS ALL! . Col. and Mrs. Arthur O'Brien an- nounce the engagement of Miss Alli- son Campbell Roebling, daughter of Mrs. O'Brien, amd the late Karl G. i to Baron Joseph van der 1 secretary of the Belgian No date is set for the mar- ec legation. riage. Miss Roebling will make her debut November 23, and for family and dip- lomatic reasons the engagement was not to be announced until after tha time. REPORT CRITICIZES FRANCO-U. 5. PAGT Commission of Paris Cham- ber Hostile to Debt Accord Without Safeguard. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 23.—The finance committee of the Chamber of Depu- ties next Wednesday will be present- ed with a voluminous document deal- ing with the Franco-American and Franco-British debt agreements, The document consists of a report of Adrien Dariac, of the special debt commission of the cham- ber. M. Dariac does not recommend either ratification or non-ratification by Parliament of the Franco-Ameri- can accord, but his arguments leave no doubt that he is hostile to a favor- able vote on the Washington agree- ment in its present form. Safeguard Letter Lacking. “If T had a letter from the United States Government similar to that re- ceived in the British debt agreement, eguarding against transfer upheav- als and commerc tion of debt,” he “ommendation would be M. that Article VII of reached between ger and Sccretary Mellon w. cause of all the trouble. The provides that France, at the request of the American of the Treasury, shall issue debt bonds suit- able for sale to the public “This_article g “created the disappointment among the French people. * + * Who knows what will be the dispos tion of future American Government toward France in the course of 62 vears? (The time agreed upon for the puyment of the debt of France.) American Speeches Quoted. Quotations from speeches of Amer can Congressmen and financiers favor ing annulment or cutting down the French debt are contained in the re- port. No mention is made in it, how ever, of utterances of Senator Borah in _reference to debt cancellation. Minister of the Interior Aut has announced that January apparently is the earliest possible moment for the Chamber to take up the debt. Sentiment hostile to ratification of the debt agreements without reserva- tions shows no sign of abatement. BAY STATE VOTERS IN DISTRICT SOUGHT Letter Urges Them to Cast Their Ballots for Butler to Assure His Victory. chairman the the a Ambassador opinion Beren- s the A communication received today by the Massachusetts voters who are idents of Washington from Francis Prescott, chairman of Republican State committee of Massachusetts, in- dicates that Senator William F. But- ler who is a candidate to succeed himself, is facing a difficult fight and will need every vote if he is to be elected. In this appeal the Massachusetts voters were reminded that they should vote in this election as a means of publicly recording their sup- dent Coolidge After reminding the Ma voters in Washington are more than 2,000, that it is possibly for them to vote by mail, Chairman Prescott in his appeal stated rhat the attention of the people of the nation is now centered on the Republican vote to be cast in Mas cause it is the home Stz ident. He added thal inevitably at- tempts would be made to draw con- clusions by reasons of the size of that vote. He called the voters' attention to the President’s recent telegram to the State convention in which he said that the people of Massachusetts had never failed him. “Let us make good the confidenc President Coolidge has expressed,” Chairman Prescott wrote. “Our ticket is one of the strongest ever presented, and I ask you to make Fements for securing the ballot and having it | executed in time for the coming elec- tlon. sachusetts of whom there The World’s Wings By Col. W. Jefferson Davis Six striking articles that “measure the wings of the world.” The first article, “Economy in Destruction,” will appear tomorrow in the Editorial Section of The Sunday Star % § the | ement | wrticle | possible Republican | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1926. CENTURY OF PROGRESS PAVES WAY TO GREATER SMITHSONIAN Development of World's Most Wonderful “Clearing House of Facts™ Into Per- manent Expo BY G. W. KERNODLE, M. D. One hundred years ago, October 22, 1826, James Smithson, a distin- guished ' chemist of England, made his will. naming the United States of America as trustee of his fortune, j more than half a million dollars | found an establishment for the in- | crease and diffusion of knowledge among men It would be interesting to know just why he did this great thing. It may be that, in the work his hands | had found to do. he was greatly handicapped on account of the lack of equipment and facilities and felt the need of data and information he did not have and could not get, in order to expedite his undertakings. To be able to appreciate this point we have only to contemplate the crude apparatus with which scien- tists had to work 100 years ago and the scant records of observations made and facts determined by scien- tists and investigators. Or it may be that he was a prophet and, standing at the threshold of what he saw as a great opportunity ong the line of his endeavors, de- cided to provide for his successors means to ‘“carry on” where he soon would have to leave off. Anyhow, he must have had a4 broad vision of things possible, a strong faith in the young Republic, regarded at that time as an uncertain experiment, and an unusual appreciation of knowl- edge. Knowledge Classified. When Smithson was in his prime, little of the world’'s knowledge had been classified into individual sci- ences. Back of that time it was the ambition of scholars to cover the entire fleld of knowledge, as {llus- trated by Francis Bacon in his “No- vum Organum,” essays and Shake- spearean plays. Before the invention and use of modern instruments and appliances and the discovery and ap- plication of sclentific methods, the schooling of the race was at the hand, largely, of experience—a hard master and expensive teacher. The scientific discoveries and won- derful inventions, within the last 100 vears. would have staggered the imaginations of Bacon and Smithson, though Bacon, in his “New Atlantis,” did portray a partial vision of much that is in evidence around the Smith- sonfan Institution. No other institu- tion has dome as much to increase nd_diffuse knowledge as the Smith- sonian. Through its service many of our Government bureaus have been established, technical schools, colleges and universities have been very much aided and other countries have been greatly benefited. While Smithson deserves all honor in the establishment of the institution which bears his name, a lasting monu- { ment to his memory, the growth and development of the Smithsonian has | been due, in no small degree, to the | wisdom, 'forethought and effort of | | Joseph ‘Henry, its first secretary, ap- | pointed by Congress in 1846, who | planned the institution and devoted | his_life to promoting its operations in its early history. Opportunity Needed. Henry needed just such an oppor-! tunity to exercise his inventive genius | and demonstrate his organizing abil- ity. He it was who laid the founda- tions of many of our Government bureaus, and under his management and the management of his succes- sors the Smithsonian Institution has become a great “clearing house” of facts and information ‘throughout the world. The observations, experiments and investigations made, the collec- tion and exhibition of objects and | specimens, and the questions a r- ed, are almost beyond comprehension. By means of publications, correspond- ence, the collection and distribution of scientific papers, every group of or- ganized thinkers is or may be reached. ighty years ago Joseph Henry in- | itiated Investigations which resulted | in the establishment of the United | | States Weather Bureau. He organ- |ized volunteer ~weather ohservers throughout the country, supplied them, where necessary, with instru- ments and conscripted the telegraph to collect data from them daily. When military expedftions and railroads be- gan_ opening up the West, sclentific staffs of these enterprises were or- ganized into geologists, botanists, zoologists and ethnologists. In this way the Smithsonian primarily made this continent’s resources available to science and _sclentific development and preserved records of their primi- tive state for posterity. Ten Million Specimens. This service graduated into the United States Geological Survey and the United States National Museum, {with more than 10,000,000 specimens | covering almost the entire field of human interests, and the Bureau of American Ethnology, which has pre- served what is known of the Ameri- can Indians. The end of the last cen- tury saw that many of the larger wild animals of our continent were being hunted almost to the point of extine- tion. To assist in preserving them | the Smithsonian Institution organized what later became the National Zoological Park, which serves as an educational factor in displaying wild animals from all parts of the world. From the pioneering activities of the second secretary of the Smiths nian, Spencer F. Baird, in the study of | food, fishes and river, and ocean products, sprang the United States Fish Commission, now under the De- partment of Commerce. The ocean and our bays, lakes and rivers fur- nish nearly 3,000,000,000 pounds of fish a year to the United States and Alaska’ alone, besides other products. ome of the finest and toughest leather: from fish scales is obtained an e; sence which enters into the manu- facture of artificlal pearls, and from fish scrap is obtained thousands and | thousands of tons of fertilizer. All of this is a gift of nature without much thought or consideration and as three- fourths of the earth's surface is cov- tred with water, there will continue to | be, most likely, as there has been, an | abundant supply, though contamina- | tion of our land streams, a sin and a | | shame, is destroying and driving fish | | from many of our creeks and rivers, l Exhaustive Research Planned. | ~ Notwithstanding the importance of these products, no comprehensive, co- \uulm.u.d tudy of oceans, bays, lakes | and rivers has been completed. | the co-operation of existing agencles | the Smithsonian Institution now pro- | poses a comprehensive research pro- gram, Dr. S. P. Langley, the third secre- tary of the Smithsonian Institution. created the Astrophysical Observatory | and Smithsonian scientists still direct it. The observatory stands as the preeminent authority on the sun and its influence on life. And it was Dr. Langley who rescued aviation from ridicule by a profound study of aero- dyna With the Smithsonian's assistunce | Michelson made his determination of the standard meter in wave lengths, re made from fish skins, and | With | sition Urged. and hydrogen as basic for the atomic welghts of all chemical elements. It was the Smithsonian which subsidized Schumann, a German living in Ham- burg, in the classic experiments by which ultra-violet rays were brought into the service .of medicine and science. Tt was the work of a Smith- sonian scientist during the World War which made available to the Navy the quartz essential to the in- struments used in the detection of the submarine. The fundamental re- search work of the Smithsonian in botany has been basic in the Depart- wment of Agriculture in protecting and tmproving farming, fighting and de- stroying damaging insects and bac- teria, man's worst enemies. Dr. Waleott Carries On Work. The fourth and present secretary, Dr. Charles Walcott, has distinguish- ed himself in carrying on the work of the institution. The assembling and classifying of objects and specimens, resurrecting large extinct animals of our continent from dry bones, all but putting life into them, and the thou- sands of exhibits of various kinds in our National Museums, should appeal to any one—a wonderful service, the importance of which from an educa- tional standpoint it would be hard to estimate. Our museums ,as I s portant step toward a permanent ex- position at our National Capital, and I suggest, If I may, for the considera- tion of Dr. Walcott and his associates, in addition to what we already have, a permanent exposition, interstate, na- tional and international, of an indus- trial, commercial, educational, welfare and soclal character, not only for the edification and gratification of those who live in or visit Washington, but that a knowledge and impression of things exhibited and facts determined be carried, by available means, to all the people in primary public schools and community centers that bear their proportional part of the -financial burden. Greater Smithsonian Urged. To enumerate all the types of serv- ice which the Smithsonian Institution has rendered, is rendering, or may render, directly and co-operatively, “for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.,” would call for a rather long article. Suffice it to say, in conclusion, that important and great as the service rendered is, it is a mere nucleus in the field of oppor- tunity, and we need ‘“a Greater Smithsontan Institution,” with a big- ger endowment. If each primary public school dis- trict in the United States was or; ized into a “unit,” and each individual in each “unit” of school age and over would contribute a fee of one dollar and an annual due of 25 cents, that would give us in round figures $100, 000,000 to start with, enough to de- elop a permanent exposition at our ational Capital, and $25,000,000 an- nually, which should go a long w used wisely and economically without rake-off, in carrying a knowledges and impression of things exhibitel and ts determined to all the people in primary public schools and community centers that bear their proportional part of the financial burden. ‘What the people need is not charity, but opportunity, co-operative service and justice. BAN CRITICISM OF MARIE. Ohio W. C. T. U. Leaders Again Squelch Attack on Smoking. STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, October 23 P).—A second atiempt to introduce on the floor of the Women's Christian Temperance Union convention a resolution censuring the attitude of Queen Marie of Rumania on cigarette smoking was overruled by the chair in the closing minutes of the annual session yesterday. Mrs. Carrie Flatter, State treasurer. told the delegates that as Queen Marie is the guest of America, the W. C. T. U. should not take any e it, are an im- | stand 'in_judgment of her actions. The chairman of the convention silenced the debate at 'his point. A resolution was later adopted pledging efforts of the organization to “pro- tect the youth of the country from the cigarette habit.” ISLE OF PINES TOLL OF HURRICANE IS 38; 17 WERE AMERICANS ued from First Bano, Isle of Pines, because of their shallow draft, before proceeding to lavana. RED CROSS AIDING CUBA. Secretary Kellogg Among First to Answer Appeal for Funds. The American Red Cross sent out a nation-wide appeal yesterday after- noon for contributions for relief of sufferers in storm-swept Cuba. Within a few hours after the call was fssued a number of donations had been received, among them $300 rom Secreary Kellogg. The orguni- tion will make an appropriation, probably $25,000, from its disaster fund to provide for immediate relief work. All funds received will be sent to the Cuban Red Cross through the American emba Havana, itself was severely hurricane. Reports received here yes terday told of the need of food and American naval vessels are being held in readiness to be dispatched to the island, if needed. Cuban embassy officials have con ferred with Red Cross officers here, but no quota has been set for the United States pending further advices as to the extent of damage and amount of relief funds needed. At the White House it was said President Coolidge had been informed that the Cuban Red Cross was mak- ing a survey and would report later to the American Red Cross as to what assistance, if any, would be needed. RESIDENTIAL LAW HAMPERS CHOICE OF COMMISSIONER (Continued from First Page.) maged by the | | Rudolph several days ago requested | the President to accept his resigna- tion he signified a willingness to re- main at his post at the pleasure of the President. It is understood, however, that in the event the Pres- ident does not reach a decision with- in the next two or three weeks, he will not compel the Commissioner to remain longer. He will then grant i:l!}e latter’s desire to retire to private e. . the whole system now applied to radio, X-ray, spectroscopic and others. Likewise, Morley settled once for all the relative atomic weights of oxygen Central China is overrun with thieves, who are becoming bolder in stealing foreigners. which | LIQUOR GANGSTER KILLED BY BLAST “Three-Fingered Pete” Ko- sinki Believed to Have Been on Way to Blow Safe. Br the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October ture detonation of doorway of a West day trapped and killed Pete” Kosinski, and buried his torn body debris of the shop front. With the identification of the Vi tim, police turned from the theory c another trade-war bombing to belfer that Kosinski, on a safe-blowing m sion, was killed in an attempt to tain’ defense funds for Joe Sal clique chieftain, awaiting trial for m der. Kosinski was captured recentl in the Wisconsin woods with Saltis but was released’ He v of the Saltis gang while jail. The door store s dir tory, and after B detectives decided the explosion ws not of the usual black-powder bomb, but of nitroglycerin. A flivver patrol had passed shortly before Kosinski is lieved to have accidently set off ntity of “soup” in dodging withir the sheiter of the doorway Members of the family of Loskio, proprictor of the store they ran to the front of the building in time to see two men run away whi the third fell. The Loskios w thrown from their beds by the expl slon, which de hed the front o the building vakened the entire neighhorhood Kosinski had a long record of crime ago, and was sent to prison many times for safe blowing, robbers and burglar 0'Brien Leaves Hospital. Attorney William W. O'Brien, wounded seven times in the sung shooting 10 days ago, which cost th lives of “Hymie” WV and another gangster. left the hosp erday vared to resume his nse of Saltis and Frank Koneil a4 gur men, charged with murder, when their trial reconvened Monday of Saltis and Koneil, charged ying John “Mitters” Foley, a rival gangster, was interrupted a week ago when its jury was disqual ified. The court learned that one ‘selected had been an inmate of The prema n explosive in o store earl Three-fingered liquor gangs beneath t qu iss juror i QUEEN HAS DOCTOR FOR HER BAD COLD: PRINCE ON AUTO TRIP (Continued from First Page.) majesty as between 8 and 8:30 p.m instead of 8:30 and 9. He also said her majesty was some what indis d. The Queen's speech at dinner was broadeast by York; WRC, Washington, Springfield, Mass., and interrupted a commercial pre it at 9:45, only to encounter some 15 minutes’ delay by the singing of Mme. Frances Alda and remarks of Hugh Morrow. 'The announcer said copyrights forbade putting the sing ing on the air, but the radio wud ence heard much of it. Gary Presides at Dinner. Elbert H. Gary. who p ed_the Queen to talk about “Most people like to do that, | my family te me I talk too much about myself,” her majesty i “But it is through me that I want you to know and love my country Her crown, she said, signified o mission to build up Rumania and lead it toward progress. She then relate that an elderly Rumania lady had once called her stupid, saying tha she did_nothing. “But I did bear six said, “and 1 thought mething.” The Queen the steel nd WIZ wJ stor ided, herse children,” that she 1 was doing said that she had long desired to visit the United States, bu that qucens are not always able to do as they wish. Once she wanted visit England, but her fatherinlas then King of Rumanin, would not let her because of a drou “It was dry—not dry in your kind o nother way siadd Queer ative in Fnx laimed: “What do th Do they expect her around with a watering pot King Told Her to Com 1 her talk volce, for times today bargain.” Idress she told Queen Marie opene “I hope you'll hear 1 talked already three I ha cold in the In the course of het the steel magnates: 'he King told me to come to see you and make you understand our littie country has the right to prosper.” The Queen said woman once asked her going to lay down looked at her with tain amoun of astonishment,” said Queen Marie “I said, ‘Why should I lay down my crown? She said, ‘Don’t you under stand what a wonderful gesture ths would be”? Don't you see how the whole of America would say ‘What a_wor derful thing that a woman is doing, she is laying down her crown’. said to her ‘that very new Perhaps we do not con the same thing. in the middle iptain of a very big ‘I am no more eap is too n h hono he would not I think Id say, ‘Why Jjob before wit I'v and that Ameri “When are y¢ eroavn I an Ar i is a to me. a crown stance, id sider for storm the ship should tain; 1 think it for me’ I think doing his duty. board with him we you giving up ¥ have finished it Makes Plea for Ruma The Queen, bespeaking an unde: standing of Rumania, said it “the st bulwark of ization ard a country which now e of horror. The New York World says that the Lofe Fulle v to give a benefit performance t row night at the Metropolit House, will tour the cidentally with Queen | performances in the ¢ | The ballet Is said to be i f a fairy story he Lily of Life rlier in the day the Queen had lunch at the Bankers’ Club on Lowe Broadway, with bankers who contiol billions of Qullars. Reporters were excluded. Queen Marie's program for toda called for a morning of rest in her rooms at the Ambassador Hotel, with luncheon at the Colony Club as guest of the Rumanian consul general. Sk was down for a review of the 108th Infantry in its Brooklyn armory at 3 She will be the dinner guest of the George Washington Sulgrave Insti tution at 8 tonizht . i 0 in iv El todas iv Mar n i by erpre Queen: Mrs. May Peake the Democratic ¢ Leglslature, is the first woman in the country to run. for office with the support of organized labor and on a Progressive ticket, of Colc