Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1927, Page 2

4 7’2 v RIVER IS DRAGGED Stood by His Guns FOR MRS. HOUCK Finding of Scarf by Duck " | Hunter Leads to New But Futile Search. of the harbor precinct today rea of the Potomac that the body of Tolice @ragged another River on the theory Ars, Gladys W, H December 14 or 15, i but without result sing operations morning followin n neck 1 up Christmas d o the police yester afternoon. rtly wet and float inz on the Virginia channel side of 1he river just south of the steel plant whart, caused investigators to search this por of the river, although they doubted any connection between the article and Mrs. Houck's disap pearanc A crew from the wind and biting cold oper about the place where the 8 found two and one-half The crew was composed of AL Howard, Alexander MeKie, YaDow and Charles Donaldson thetr return to the harbor precinct, 1he men announced they were con- Ninced as far as they know that no body is in the arca which they mearched. Found € rf hout § 0'¢ Ing by George Bashfo southeast, who W Bashford told Capt ]'1:-]["-‘! Detective Manning of No. 11 station last night that it wag partly wwet, and “1 could have shaken it out at time and put it around my neck.” When he first saw the floating object, Bashford said. he thought it was a duck, but after he recovered the half-dry article he tossed it in the bot 1om of the hoat and thought nothing more about it Bushford said the scarf was found on the Virginia channel side of the river, just a little to the south of the old steel plant wharf. He hung it up on a nail in his boathouse, near Alex- andria. did not establish it as having a bearing on Mrs. Houck's disappear- ance and gave the matter no more A tention until Thursday noon, when he was asked by a newspaper man over the telephone if he had found a wom- an's coat. Bashford said he had not, but that he had picked up a scarf. Denies Ever Seeing Scarf. Manning is endeavoring ate the names of several men known to be duck hunting on the river near where Bashford was Christmas day, in order to find out if the scarf belonged to any one of them. The article appears to be that whieh would be worn by a man, ac- cording o Bashford and the police. Bashford could not recall noticing any “blood spots” on it although the article yesterday displaved two dark blotches which the District chemists today declared to be blood. They were unable to state if it was human blood howover, and added it would requi or three days to determine this 10k in in the water The latest of four was undertaken the finding of arf wh v and turned over. The searf, ¢ precinet, in the ted ut and e was hours. Pyt E C. E; Upon out of the Christmas morn- 1. 900 K street duck hunting James Wilson and was The river is m Detective today to I Headquarters Detective Benjamin XKuehling visited Dr. Knutt Houck, husband of the missing woman and who has been under observation first at Gallinger and now at Walter Reed Hospital since December 20, and show- ed him the scarf, but the St. Eliza- beth's psychiatrist was unable to jdentify it as being the property of Mrs. Houck. His wife owned three scarfs, he 10ld the detective, and then he described the 1. The descriptions did not fit the scarf Kuehling had held concealed, then the detec- tive produced it “Did you ever see fore?”’ Kuehling asked replied Houck I ever saw that before.” In answer to further questions he stated his wife “might have had one like that for the baby.” but if she did, he didn’t know about it. Identified by Nurse Girl. Previously Margaret Wines, 16-vear- old student at Eastern High School, and who served as a nurse girl for the Houck_baby up until the disappear- ance of hoth Dr. declared positively to Capt. Wilson that the scarf was Mrs. Houck's proy serty. Margaret said she had seen i about Mrs. Houck’s shoulders often and that she wore it about the house. The last time the girl saw it, however, was the Friday before the Tuesday or Wednesday Mrs. Houck was last heard from Detective Kuehling last night visit- ed several women in Congress Heights who had been in the Houck home, and none of them was able to recall ever having seen the missing woman wear the article in question. Temporarily and that scarf be- him. 1 don't think may have belonged to -« duck hunter, and disregarding the fact that Bash ford said it was only partly wet when picked up, indicating it had been in the water but a short time, Detective Kuehling pl Tay woolen article Lo a “floating test.” e wants to satisfy 1 self, he said, that the scarf either would flout when completely wet or would sink after it 18 in the water a short time. Detective Manning has been ing diligently during the nast weeks in an effort to establish by nesses when AMrs. Houck left apartment at 3127 Nichols avenue few wit her 3127 on the night of December 14 or the mg ing of December 1 The only i formation on this subject the polic have is from Dr. Houck, who says he thought he head her go out, although 10t positively state he saw her > the The h picked in the le: crew dragged semf was 11:30 o'clock nhigh wind. the precinet ey were no body was in 1 combed with The crew was com M. Howard, Alexan- LaDow nd Charles up from 9 biti | 10 declared t that cold ve certain der thes grappling hool posed of Py der McKie, « Donaldsor Donaldson, r recovering 1as an expert in rom the water. de clared « tically today if the miss ing woman is in the the hody wou eur o Surfuce be. fore Spring when th temperature hecomes warm if river the time water Chinese to Study Red Army VMOSCOW 13 January Repr iives of the Chinese tone army have » study the red The of fele Mar Fisia supporter Y al Feng howas | and Mrs. Houck, had | o submit the | missing since | | | REPRESENTATIVE THEODORE E. | BURTON Whose stand in the House yesterday | helped turn the tide against placing in the y appropriations for cruis- ol Iready authorized. The bill was | passed without the Tilson amendment. [ oppe ed in principle by President Cool- | idge. SWIMMING CLUB - PLANS HUGE POOL Rezoning of Tract at Ridge for Construction. ruction of a public swimming pool on a site at Reservoir and Ridge roads is planned by the Washington Swimming Club, it was revealed today in a petition to the Zoning Commis- for a rezoning of the property residential A restricted to first | commerczal C avea. The application | will be considered at & public hearing lin the boardroom of the District Build | ing January 19, at which time nine [ other proposed changes in zoning will !'be discussed. | The property which the club desires to be vezoned i8 known as the Light- | foot tract. It contains 10 acres. The imming pool, according to the plans, would be 300 feet long and 215 feet | wide at one end, tapering to 100 feet in width at the other, with an electr fountain in the center, and a sand beach, club house, lockers and a sta- dium. The pool would hold more than 1,000,000 gallons of filtered water, changing at the rate of 1,250 gallons & minute, providing a complete change of water every 12 hours. The clab is intended to consist of 00 life members, who would pay 0 each, but the pool will be open to the public with an admission fee. | Tts board of directors includes Walter | Perry Johnson. veteran pitching ace |of the Washington base ball team: J. | Harry Cunningham of the Washin {ton Board of Trade. Merritt O ance, former city postmaster: (. ' e IK ngsbury and Wilton J. Lamber Ask 130-Foot Height. Another proposed change involves the site at Thirteenth, F_and G streets on which the Homer Building is located. 8. Kani's Sons Co. has petitioned Con sion a from feet. An act of Congress approved June 1, 1910, it was said, gives the commission authority to make this change. A new department store is | proposed for this site. A third proposed change . affects property on both sides of New Hamp. shire avenue between Dupont Circle and S street. A petition urges that | this property be rezoned from re | dential C, area, 90-foot height, to res | dential restricted. 60-foot height. The change is designed to prevent | buildings, row or semi houses, making possible the er | of detached homes only. { Other Changes Asked. etached Other proposed changes follow Ch foor height. to first commercial ¢ | area, 90-foot height: Frontage on east |infancy, in spite of its achievements between |and the demons side of Eighteenth street, New York avenue and E street, being lots A, B. €, 803 and 804, square 171. | oot | area, first commercial Lot 54, height, to 90-foot height Nineteenth and Q streets. |~ Change from residential ¢ area, 60- | foot height. to first commercial | area, 60-foot height: Lot square | 2566, being an alley Jot in this square. Change from first commercial, D |area, 60-foot. 10 second commercial, | D uvea, 60-foot-height: Square 999, |bounded by Eleventh, ‘Twelfth, M | streets and Virginia avenue south- it Change from residential, B area, 60-foot, to first commercial, " area, 60-foot-height: Frontage on east side lof Thirteenth street southeast, be- tween Bast Capitol street and Massa- | chusetts avenue. being lots 60, 61, 62 | 185 and 136, square 1036. Change from first commercial, area, 40-foot, to residential, A area, | 10-foot-height: Property in 1428 at the northeast corner of Blad- nsburg road and N street northeast, fronting 151.57 feet on Bladensburg | road for a depth of 100 feet. | Change from residential, A | 40-foot, 1o residential, C area, 40-foot- height: Lots 1 to 7. inclusive, square 3985, on Portland street southeast, be- tween Oakwood and Newcomb streets, ind lots * to 5. inclusive, square 5984, m north side of Newcomb street southeast,” just west f Portland treet, ns per new subdivision of Au gust 1924, CHARLES E. ROE DEAD. Railway Mail Clerk Succumbs to Two-Month Illness. Charles B. Roe, 77 vears old, retired rmilroad mail clerk, died yesterday at his home, 6408 Georgia avenue, follow ing illness of two months. Mr. Roe 15 survived by his sister, Mre. Jennie Randall 12 L avenue, Funcral services will be held at the home Monday at 2 p.n Interment will be private in Rock Creek Cometery 1 U. S. Must Buildréliéx:uisers to Equal - British Fleet, Declares Navy League pariey st Br the As To attain a the United eruisers a League added that this country The league « United States tes 1 build 21 c 207 by the the United States, Japan was ahead of in cruiser strength 1 that in ust EETE the with the British, ) tons, said | vy which unless the 1 next four vears its “obsolescing” destroyer fotilla and builds up ity cruisers 10 an. | equal strength with England, it will enter the 1931 arms conference stipi Lited under the 1921 conference treaty with a fleet inferior to both the British and Japanese. No nation is violating the agreement, the league said, but added that while Great Britain United States the 5——3 ratio, the nearly every class of vessel, L] { the commission to change | the ‘height limit from 110 feet to 130 | the future construction of apartment | | | | | | | 1 | | | anc Reservoir Roads Asked |} crats population is certain to have |less measures are taken | has been eut 60 ion | as one-quarter of them did not survive nge from residential (' area. 90- | prevented in the near future, Change from residential (' area, 90-|have political health administrations, ¢ | inadequately square | manned. abandoning the theory that the scarf | 111, located at northwest corner of |ita probably represents | i square | |arvived is beyond the comprehension urea, | 1921 are devoted to the precautions neces- L e | and | | Japun are maintaining their fleets at | tions may be obtained f THE EVENING NEED CASH 10 CUT INFANT MORTALITY Funds to Extend Education and Nursing Service Must Be Had. Note—This is the concluding article o o keries discussing the high infant mortality in'the District of Columbia. Until the District Health Depart- ment is sufficiently equipped to make available to every Washington mother and prospective mother the funda- mer principles! surrounding the care required by the born and unborn child, Washington has little oppor- unity of reducing its high infant mor tality rate. i Doilars and cents are the require ments for a campaign of education among those who need it most. To- day the Health Department's skeleton force of child hyglene workers is only within shouting distance of the people in need. But with the consummation of & program now being drafted by special committee of the Council of Social Agencies, the District will to degree, cease to scratch the surfac el of 8o vital a_public problem. “It is quite generally understood that the success or faflure of a com munity in reducing its infant mor tality rate is a good indication of its intelligence.” This statement comes from ane of Washington’s leading child experts, Dr. John Foote, & member of the Dis- trict of Columbia Medical Society and charter member of the American Child Health Association, of which Herbert Hoover is president. Other prominent physicians here are deeply interested in the present movement. eed of KEducation. i Cites community il “Any with a large among infants, un- to educate mothers and fathers in the art of caring for their children,” Dr. Foote adds. “The work of public education is carried out in three ways: First, by distribution of literature; second, by instructon by private physicians, and third, by erganizations for health teaching by physicians and nurses known as child health centers. “Needless to say. in a_community | such as Washington, with a rapidly growing populatioy, there is an in- creased need for extension of child | health education Wwo) In view of | this, it is obvious that people able to consult their own physicun should not overcrowd the health centers t the detriment of thosé unable to p: The part played by Washington physicians 30 vears ago in coping with the infant mortality rate problem is one in which Washingtonians may take pride. A group, led by Dr. George M. Kober, dean of the George- town University Medical School, and the late Dr. G. L. Magruder, are re- sponsible, according to present mem- bers of the profession, for reducing the rate by 250 per thousand. More than a score of years ago, the rate was 350 per thousand, and as the re- sult of & vigorous campaign for pure milk and water, the huge number of infant deaths in the first vear of life was greatly reduced. Physictans -and welfare workers have been attracted to an article in a recent issue of Harper's Magazine by Dr. Louis I. Dublin, statistician of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and | a noted authority of child health. In} this article, Dr. Dublin says: “Every vear 120,000 badies die from altogether preventable conditions during the first vear of their lives. There is no reason ( for this slaughter, except the ignor ance of mothers and the indifference of the communities where they live. Money Loss Enormous. “Possibly it might make a difference if our legislators realized that these babies have a capital value of more than $9.000 if they ave boys and of $4,600 if they are girls, and that capi tal lost throughout the country from | this preventable ¢nfant mortality reached the astounding figure of more than three quarters of a billion dol- lars a vear.’ “In the last 20 vear continues, “the infant mortality rate per cent. In the past one might almost have said that babies were born to die. for as many a high death rate " Dr. Dublin the first year. Toc in most Ameri can communities, only about 7 per cent die during the first difficult year, and two-thirds of these deaths will be “Today public health work is in its ration of its power,” Dr. Dublin declares at another point. “Most American communities still inadequately 0 cents per cap- the total ex- penditure of the American people for public health. The money spent for medical service is almost altogether for the care of disease and not for its | prevention. The relationship were| better reversed. i Expert opinion of public health of fictals indicates that an expenditure of $2.50 per capita wisely directed through organized channels against the preventable diseases and for public health education would reduce the annual death rate two points per thousand and correspondingly increase the expectation from five to seven years.” financed, Less than 5 Much Knowledge Needed. The extent of the knowledge and information necessary to a home ex- | pecting a new baby and after it has of a large proportion of people here, as evidenced by the high infant death rate. The Children's Bureau of the Department of Labor has issued many publications on this subject, which ure { distributed throughout the =~ States under the provisions of the Sheppard Towner maternity act, and are avail- able at the Bureau here to those who seek them. Two of these treat the ! subject carefully. One is_entitled | “prenatal Care,” publication No. 4 of the bureau, and the other, “Infant Care.” publication No. 8 (rawised) The “Prenatal Care” bulletin covers 30 pages of detailed information price- Jess to the expectant mother. It opens with a general discussion and then treats of personal hygiene 1 the pectant mother, including diet, quan- tity of food, exercise, clothing, care of the skin, fresh air and ventilation, care of the teeth and other fmportant parts of the body. Then follows « simple exposition of some of the com- | plications attending pregr What preparations must be made for confinement, & chapter Just as im portant as the others includes advic on engaging a doctor and nurse, th place of confinément, supplies needed, preparation of dressings and other preparations. Precautions to & of the baby, the the lying-in per for the mother Preserving Baby Life. taken at the hirth re of the newhorn, d. nursing and diet | complete the bulletin Just as this problem is disposed of another of equal importance appears on the horizon—that of preserving the infant’s life. Ninetyfour pnges opies of these two publica e upon ap- Children's Bureau, Single plication "to the has fallen far below the quota in |Whereas additional copies may be pro-land Young Women's Christian Asso- wcured. from the superintendent of 14 | dustrial | mittee's « recommendation STAR., WASHINGTON, Sect That Dwells ! Underground After . Age of 40 Is Found | By the Associated Press | VIATKA, Soviet Russia, January 8.-—A hitherto unknown religious, sect, the members of which spend a great part of their lives under- ground, has been discovered near a branch line of the Perm Railroad by government census inspectors. “Calling themselves “Subterranean Dwellers,” these people. who are intensely religious, take to caverns at the age of 40 and remain under- | ground until death, the officials re- port. They greeted the census takers with fear, looking on their arrival as a sign of the coming of the anti- Christ, portending the end of the SHUT PITISBURCH BANK IMAY RECPEN Brotherhood Co., Closed | After Bond Swindle, May Be Reorganized. . By the Associated Press PITTSBURGH, ganization of the ings & Trust © closed several mouths ago by the Pennsylvania banking departmen was a possibility today following a conference between Peter G. Cameron, State secretary of bank- ing, and representatives of various labor groups. Affairs of the bank were taken over by the banking department last Oc-| tober, when officials discovered that $102,500 of its funds were involved in 2 $320,000 bond swindle alleged to have been engineered by Charles k. Knapp, a bond salesman. The funds from the bank formed a_part of a pool raised by R. A. McRady, president of the institution, for the purchase of Liberty bonds from Knapp at bar- gain prices. Knapp disappeared after | the money was turned over to him, ! but was later arrested and. most of the cash recovered. -Knapp. McRady and several other officers of the bank | are awaiting trial en various charges. Cameron told the labor union rep resentatives he would not oppese re- organization of the bankt, but said it could not take place until appraisal of the bank's assets had been com- pleted and the money recovered 1 the police is returned. All of th cash, found buried in a Pittsburgh suburb during investigation of the case, has been placed in a safety de- posit box for use as evidence in the trial of those under arrest. The Brotherhood Bank was or- ganized in 1923 with a capital of $158.400. . When it was closed the i stitution had assets and liablities of $728,619, of which $522,616 represented deposits, mostly small accounts by INDUSTRIAL PLANS REPORT EXPECTED Program for Development of Capital to Be Presented at | Meeting of Leaders. January §.-—Reor Brotherhood Sav- of Pittsburgh, a vesterday | A report recommending greater in- development within the metropolitan area of the Capital, such as would not permit manufac turing pla that would constitute “eyesores’” or be out of harmony with plans for “the, city beautiful,” is ex- pected to be laid before a joint com- mittee of representatives of five trade assoclations of Washington, Arlington County and Alexandrfa, Wednesday morning at a meeting in the assembl room of the Merchants and Manufac- turers’ Association The report will be presented by a spectal joint committee headed by Bdward 1. Shaw, secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers' hod and including Dorsey W. Hyde, sec- retary of the Washington Chamber of Commerce: Ben Webster, secretary of the Washington Board of Trade: R. W, Swope of the' Arlington County Chamber of Commerce, and J. T. Preston, secretary of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce. ; The substance of the special com- has not been made public. but it is understood it will point to considerable industrial expansion that still would be in ha mony with the sprogram of the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission and which would meet:the re- quirements of the Fine Arts Commis- slon. g e recommendations following the report Wednesday then are to be| taken before the five associations for individual action by their members. . Plan to Acquire Reservoir Site. Counsel Francis H. Stephens was ordered by the Commi sloners yesterday to institute condem- nation proceedings for the acquisition of 33 lots in the Fort Reno tract, in the vicinity of Davenport and De Rus: streets, where it is proposed to ere the new third high-service veservoir, for which $50,000 has already been ap- ropriated. i —— documents, Government Printing Of- fice, at 5 cents for “Prenatal Care” and 10 cents for “Infant Care. When the special committee now at work reports its conclusions to the Ivisory council, this organization in turn will submit the récommendations to the various members of the Council of Social Agencies. These members are: Associated Charities, Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Japtist Home for Children, Child We Soclety, Christ Child Society Citizens' Relief Association, Columbiz Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, Consumers’ League of the Distriet of Columbia, Council of Jew. ish Women, Eplsc Home for Chil- dren, Wlorence Crittenton Hom iendship House Association, Gentle- women's League, Inc.; Girls’ Friendly aciety, Girl Seout Association of the Distriet of Columbia, Gospel Mission, House of Mercy, Instructive Visiting Nurse Soclety, Jewish Foster Home, Junior League of the City of Wash thgton, Juvenile Protective Associa ton, Neighborhood House, Noel House, Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A, (col ohn's Orphanage, Soclal Hyglene Ly, Occupntionul Theray Assoclati Paul, Particular Ald Bociety, Washington ( Society, Washington Home for Chil- dren, Welfare Service, War Depart- ment; Woman's Welfare Association, Young Men'g Christian Assoclation Corporation velers’ operative | clationy B e | mously lin 10 A0 HOUSE VOTES SOON ON TRIANGLE BILL May Come Up for Action Wednesday; Underhill Wants Purchase North of Avenue. Both the Smoot-Underhill bill. for acquisition of the triangle south of Pennsylvania avenue to the Mall for sites for new public buildings, and the Reéd bill, authorizing an additional £100,000,000 for Federal buildings all over the country, are to receive early consideration by the House, possibly { next Wednesday Because the $25,000,000 bill for ac. quisition of all of the privately-owned land in the triangle south of Penn- sylvania avenue was reported unani- from the House commit tee on public buildings and grounds vesterday exactly as it passed the Senate, there is little doubt that it will soon become law, since as soon as it has passed the House, it will immediately go to the President for his_signature Representative hill of Massachusetts, Under- who Charles 1. however, | fathered this legislation in the House, will make an effort when it comes up for passage to have it amended 8o as to include authorization for acquiring two squares on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue, required in con nection with the straightening and e tension of B street as the main ap- proach to the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Wants Immediate Action. 1t is the intention of Congress to authorize the acquisition of this ad- ditional land, but as it is for another project than the public building group, the committee decided not to hinder action on the Mall triangle bill by in- cluding these two other squares. In the independent offices appro- priation bill, which is to be taken up the House Monday, a special ap. tion of $200.000 is made for acquiring land on the line of B street as an approach to the Memorial Bridge or as an alternative proposi- tion to be used in bullding auxiliary bridges. So this appropfiation may be available for acquiring the squares north of the Avenue that are sought under the Underhill amendment. Mr. Underhill made it plain today that he has no thought of impeding the pas- age of the Avenue-Mall triangle biil, but his amendment is offered solety in the interests of economy, because these squares must be acquired any way, and if acquisition is not au thorized before Congress adjourns, the delay for at least another year would result in a very great increase in cost of this land eventually to the Govern- ment. propri Elliott Files Report. Chairman Elliott in his report filed in the House late yesterday pointed out that the public buildings act, ap- proved May last, authorized the public building program within the District for construction of Govern- ment buildings to the amount of $50,- 000,000, such buildings to be erected at an annual expenditure of $10.000,- 000 per year. He then quoted from the act regarding the site in the triangle south of Pennsylvania avenue, to be used for these buildings. Mr. Elliott's report declares that “Congress having directed the Secre- tary of the Treasury and the Public Buildings Commission to construct said Government buildings within the boundaries stated, it becomes neces- sary for the Government to acquire title to all of the real estate east of Fifteenth street, south of Pennsylva. nia avenue, west of Third street and north of the north line of the Mall; also that certain real estate located west of Third street, north of Mary: land avenue southwest, east of Sixth street and south of the Mall for use in the construction of these Government buildings t i3 very desirable from the stand voint of economy that this territory be taken over at once, as taking it over piecemeal and the - erection thereon of modern Government build- ings will have a tendency to increase the value of the real estate not used, which increase in value will have to be paid by the Government later on. "This property is assessed for taxation at this time In a sum slightly in ex- cess of $17,000,000. For Economy's Sake. Mr. Elliott calls attention to the testimony of Secretary Mellon in the hearing before the committee on pub- lic buildings and grounds emphasiz- ing the question of economy and stat- ing “it will be less costly to the Gov- ernment to acquire the property cov- ered by this act now because in ali probability, will be essential in time.” . Mr. Mellon also discussed the necessity for having the whole area in mind for a proper grouping of the buildings and eaid that “on that ac- count and aside from the question of cost being prospectively less now than it will be in the future, I think it is really essential now to have the whole of this_prop:s Mr. Elliott’s report emphasizes that it is highly desirable also for the re- moval of all the old eyesores along the south side of Pennsylvania ave- nue, which have caused people of the country to wonder why the most im- portant street in the greatest Capital of the world should be allowed to re- main in the conditign it has for so long a period. EMBASSY SAYS MEXICO IS PERFECTLY NORMAL Reports of Internal Troubles De- clared to Be Propaganda to Influence Government. 1o Associated Press ) e At revival of the internal in Mexico have been char by the Mexican embassy propaganda’’ for the purpose Mexican Government new land and oil By U roubles acterized hore as of inducing the to modif. its egulatory laws. 3 h'rlm situation in Mexico,” an em- basey announcement said, “is per- fectly normal: the Government has it under complete control and is ready o meet any possible emergencie: . More than $11,000 worth of Ameri- » aircraft parts were shipped abroad ent month. SATURDAY, JA FARM GROUPS PLAN TO UNITE IN EFFORTS TO SECURE RELIEF UARY 8, 1927. Conference Here. A union of the National Grange, the Farm Rureau of the United States and the Farmers’' Union for the purpose of a consolidated campaign in favor of farm legislation now hefore the houses of Congress was planned yes terd by representatives of these three leading agricultural organiza- tions, representing more than 2,000,000 farmers of the U ted States, in con ference at the Harrington Hotel. The conference was called by the National Farm Grange for that purpose. The need of more co-operation be- tween the agricultural organizations was- stressed by the executive com: mitteemen who spoke. A resolution adopted by the confer- | ence provided for the combining of the legislative programs of the organ- izations as soon as possible. The plans indorsed fn common by the organiza- tions wlll be selected by the executives | within the next few days, and a meet- | ing will be called in Washington within a week for the purpose of de- ciding which legislative measures will be promoted by the combined bodies. To Select Measures. In the future the organizations will work harmoniously on legislative problems, it was decided, and each | vear the joint executive committee will decide which measures shall be brought before the individual bodies at their annual conventions for in dorsement. L. J. Tabor. Columbus, Ohio. mas ter of the National Grange, in opening the conference, declared: ‘“\¥e need more co-operation between existing | farm organizations, and not more or- ganizations of this nature. When the American Federation of Labor speaks it is recognized as the voice of labor. When the United States Chamber of Commerce speaks it is recognized as the voice of industry. We have come to a time when we must make the voice of agriculture more articujate and speak mor'e nearly as one mah. “Agriculture asks no special favors: it wants no considerations not granted others. Our farm organizations ask only this; we will accept no less. W We hope that this meeting will be a step- ping stone in the development of a more unified program in rural forces | of America.” Consolidation Favored. Charles Barrett, Union City. Ga., president of the National Farmers Thion, and S. A. Thompson, Chicago, president of the Farm Bureau, both expressed themselves and their organ- | izatlons as favoring the consolidation | of the organizations in search of farm | relief. John Trumbull, president of | the Kansas Farmers' Union, also| voiced hearty approval of the plan. Those who represented the Farm Bureau were President Thompson, | Vice President IX. A. O'Neill, Mont- gomery, Ala. Chester H. Gray Washington representative: L. B. Palmer, president of the Ohio Bureau W. H. Settle, president of the Indiana Bureau, and Mre. Charles M. Sewell, National Grange, Bureau and Union, Joint Campaign in Congress. | subordinate gr | conducted by in Decide to Wage Those representing the National Grange wera National Master Taber. A. Eckert, Mascoutah, Ill.: Leslie Smith, Boston, Mass., and A. S. . Seattle, Wash., members of the bnal executive committee; Dr. T. . Atkeson, retiring Washington rep- resentative, and Fred Brenckman, his successor: John A. MeSparran, y master of Pennsylvania Grange, and | P, 1. Dewey, present master of Penn vlvania Grange. The representatives will remain in Washington untii a second conference | is held and definite plans adopted. GRANGE HAS ANNIVERSARY, Local Group Marks Fifty-Ninth Birth- day Anniversary at Gala Affair. Potomac Grange, No. 1, Patrons of Husbandry, the original subordinate of the National Farm Grange, organ- ized here January 7, 1888, celebrated its fifty-ninth anniversary last night at Al ‘Souls’ Unitarian Church Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard streets. The program included addresses by Secre- tary of Agriculture Jardine, National Master Louis J. Taber, Leslie R Smith, E. A. Eckert and A. S. Goss, members of National Grange executive smmittee: Representative John Ketcham of Michigan, J. C. Marquis, \lecturer, and S. J. Lowell, past na tional master, and the installation of officers for this vear. Following the dinner, a large birth day cake with 59 candles Was pre nted. Maj. William M. King, 95 vears old, of Ballston, Va_, the oldest living member of the grange, and one of the original members, served the cake. Maj. King was acting master of Potomac Grange in 1888, He was in- stalled as honerary master last night and presented with a houquet of car- nations as a tokem of appreciation of his services as active treasurer of the organization for the past three years, Secretary Jardine praised the work being done by the 8.000 granges throughout the United States in pro- moting farm and home life. He stated that he felt grateful to have the co-operation of the granges in his ad ministration of agricultural needs of the Nation. The other speakers also lauded the work of the nationa The llation ceremonies were ast National Master S. J. Lowell, now a member of the United States Tariff Commission, with Mrs. v Welburn, Misses Mildred Ma hood and R. C. Songer and A. M. Cornell assistin, inst The officers installed, In addition to | Maj. King, were Loomis; overseer, turer, O. M. Kil Elsworth: assistant iilbert; chaplain, R. C. Potts; urer, E. E. Reynolds; secretary. S. McCloskey: gatekeeper, R. F. Bower: Ceres, Mrs. H. W. Warner: Pomona, Miss Jane Allen: Flora, Mrs. H. A. Turner, and lad Master, A C. Powe eward, steward, M. lec- R. H TS treas. E. secretary of the Indiana Bureau. The Farmers’ Union was repre sented by Mr. Barrett and Mr. Trum- | bull. ! Mrs. E. C. Powell About 200 members a tended, representing 13 District of Columbia. d guests at. ates and the Withheld Officiall BY DAVID LAWRENCE. What's behind the trouble the United States is having in Niearagua? This question is being asked inside and.outside of Washington largely be- cause the American Government is unable for diplomatic rea out in the open and call a spade a | spade. The truth against the United States throughou Latin America. in which Mexico is taking a leadirg pert, and in this in stance Mexico has actively taken sides | and supported the revolutionary gov- | ernment in Nicarngua for the evident | purpose of embarrassing the United States. Evidence on this point has Lbeen sufficient for the Washington | Government to deal firmly with the situation in Nidwragua as a warning against intrference on tha part of Mesico, A ! The basic reason for the landing of marines in Nicaragua is the protection | of lives and properties of American | citizens in accordance with interna- tional law. The Department of State is following the precedents laid down by President Wilson and Secretary Bryan and other administrations in the past. Senator Borah of Tdaho. chairman of the Senate foreign re- lations committee, is objecting to the American Government’s course be- cause he believes the revolutionists and the government against which they are fighting should be permitted to fight it out unmolested by Ameri- can influence or force. The American Government believes that in this course lies great danger to Amer; nterests. Apart from the lives Americans, which may be endanger if the situation develops into a pro- longed revolution. the property in- vestments involved are large. ons 1o cotie is there is a drive on a Amount of Money Invested. The nctual amount of money in vested in Nicaragua by American citi zens to date. according to official fig- ures available here, is approximately $9,300,000, of which about $3.000,000 ie held in bonds in the United States, The potential value of the properties owned by Americzns in Nicaragua is, according to the estimates of the own- ers, such that the total is conserva- tively placed at $20000,000. So far as the American Government is “con- cerned, the prineiple of protection un- der international law extends to a princc o By the Associated Press LONDON, January His liking for putting a spirited horse over risky Jumps has caused the Prince of V to come another cropper Although he gave up steeplechas- ing, or boint:to-point ng, at the solicitations of his family, the heir to the throne must have his hunting, and yesterday he suffered his first accldent of the new vear. While taking a difficult hedge near Great Dalby, Lelcestershire, one ac- count suys, the horse stumbled and tell on the wet ground. The prince sprang clear, escaping with a badly prained left wrist. True to custom he remounted the captured animal and-continued ta pursue the fox,-al. 8. k Wales Con;xes Another Cropper - OnFox Hunt That Lands Four on Ground A minor | though seemingly in pain. of his casualty was the smashing wrist w h. Other members of the hunt also found the going rough, and three were thrown. Including the Duches: of Westminster, one of the best horse- women in England Horsemen remark that the prince takes unusual chances and that he is unhorsed no oftener than other daring riders. During the hunting season he follows . the hounds three or four times a week and his record of spills is not unusual, they saj He has had probably 15 or 16 rid- ing mishaps worth mentioning. He suffered a en collarbone on two occasion _fivst in 1924 and the cond c-ago-thismonth, U. S. BLOCKING ANTI-AMERICAN MOVE IN SOUTHERN REPUBLICS Reason for Strong Course in Nicaragua Considerations. Obscrver Declares. | foreign | Latin | Mexico if he e y for Diplomatic few dollars as quickly as it does assistant steward, | GOULD SHIFTS ONUS 0 CANADIAN PARTY Accuses Two Premiers of Being Corrupt and Denies He Knew of Bribe. o By the Associated Press. The Senate elections subcommittee investigating bribery charges against enator Gould, Republican, Maine, was alied to meet again today after hav ing heard a lengthy defense plea from the Senator himself, in which he charged two Canadian premiers, hold ing office 15 years ago, with belng po litieally corrupt. Taking the stand on the issue which figured in his race for the Senate and then trailed him to Wa it was thrust before peared to take the the new Maine Senator told the committee yes terday that his New York associates. without his consent, paid the much discussed $100,000 to the campalgn fund of the Conservative party of New Brunswick, Canada, while he was en gaged in building a railroad in that province. ! Threatened, He Says. { He said Premler Flemming and his Clark, both so. successor, Premier licited money from him with threats that unl it was forthcoming his operations would be stopped. After | being beld up repeatedly at a cost of | hundreds of thousands of dollars by | violations of agreements and promises on the parts of the Canadians, he as serted, his partners finally ‘“go enough” and withdrew, while he him self was driven out when he refuse.l to pay $50,000 to Premier Clark. jould sald he was informed tha Flemming got most of the $100.00% Arrangements for the payment were made in Ottawa without his know! edge, and he first heard of it when he saw one of his partners, F. J. Lisman of New York, shaking hands with Flemming in a bank. Told that this meant the payment of $100,000, Gould wid he told Lisman he would net stand for “any graft.” Story Is Corroborated. A letter from H. E. MacDonald, Vi toria, Canada, declaring that he ha.l tually paid over the money to nadian official, whose name was not losed, was presented the committee nator, whose story i some | respects was corroborated by E. B | Carter, political organizer for the | | Liberal party in 'w Brunswick. Car ter said at the time Gould was build ling the railroad it was generally {understood that “every outside cor poration doing business for the prov- ince was compelled to contribute cam paign contributions to the Conserva tive party.” PRESIDENT PRESSES AHEAD IN POLICY OF AIDING DIAZ REGIME (Continued from First Page.) sent to Cardinal Dougherty at Phila- | delphia by the Archhishop of Managua, Mgr. Joseph Lezcano y Ortega. | “On October 27 last,” says the mes sage, “the Hispanic-American Press published the following cable: ‘Rome | ~—His holiness, Pius XI. on learnis of the events in the Central Ameriean Republic of Nicaragua, offered prayers l\l'uux msh Jantl-Catholfe activity _of Mexico shall not invade the countries to the South.’ Tl 1 o _“Phat danger. which our most Holy Father notes is always for us vers imminent and grave, and consequently we beseech your eminence and the most eminent cardinals, archbishops and bishops of your Natfon that you shall charge the faithful to pray for us, so that the anti-Catholic activity | of Mexico shall not invade our coun SACASA REPLIES TO U. Liberal Leader Says Canal Project Is millions, Some of the companies owned in whole or in part by American citi zens are the Pacific Railway Co., the Cuyamel Fruit Co.. the United Fruit Co.. Atlantic Fruit Co., Central Amer- ican Exploration Co., La Luz and Los Angeles Mining Co., Bragmans Bluft Lumber Cq Mines, San Al bino Mines, Nicaraguan Mining v Central American Saw Mills, Con stancia Gold Mines, Blueflelds Tan- ning Co. and several other commer cial firms. Seventy per cent of the trade of Nicaragua is con- ducted with the United States. ator Borah's opposition, which not come to the surface until h public statement of Friday, has been | a source of concern to the executive | { branch of the Government. The fear | has been expressed viewpoint would he that the Borah the excuse in | America for further attacks on the Washington Government's policy. ! Sought to Avoid Break. { The Department of State has sought to prevefit any open break with the chairman of the Senate foreign rela- tions committee, but the expressed difference of opinion means that there will have to be a definite cleavage so that the policy of the Executive, who | is alone responsible under the Consti- tution for acts of recognition, will not be considered abroad as having been weakened. Unfamiliarity with the history « the dispute is given as the chief rea- son for the Borah opposition at this time. Also, the American Govern- ment has had reason to believe that Juan Sacasa would he the tool of er obtained power as President of Nicaragua. With the American right to an interoceanic canal guaranteed by a treaty that might be repudiated by an unfriendly regime in Nifaragua and with the prospects of further extension of Mexican influence between the south ern border of Mexico and the Panama | Canal, the President and Secretary of ate are determined that the recog- nition they have extended to Pre dent Diaz of Nicaragua shall given their continued moral support as an example to the rest of the Cen- tral American countries as well as to Mexico that coalition with anti- ican agitators in Mexico is not sidered a friendly act toward United State (Copyright. 19271 | con the Slammériilg Negro Gets Ton of Coal, ! Police Get Mystery The police are looking for “a col- ored man with an impediment of speech” to explain the disappear- ance of a ton of coal. A coal dealer delivered a full ton of anthracite to the home of Miss Louise B. Rosson, 21 fteenth * street, vesterday morning. “In the afterncon the colored +man, Miss Rosson said, managed to stammer out that the coal had been delivered to the wrong ad- dress. So he carted it away, even to the last lump. The coal dealer, it developed, had never issued such an order, nor | San Juan del Sur on an undisclos | ceived here from Nicaragua sa ! Not Imperiled. | PUERTO CABEZAS. Ni {January 8 OP—Juan B, s Sacean | president of the Liberal government | of Nicaragua, which has its headquar | ters here, gave a statement to the As [sociated Press vesterday in which he emphasized that his government was triving to maintain the Nicaraguan | constitution “without animosity against the American Government or interests {in Nicaragua.’ ¢ | He reiterated that in the territory under the control of his government guarantees had been given for the protection of American life and prop erty. His statement says, in part: “We are struggling to sustain the constitution without animosity against the American Government or interest .« in Nicaragua. Hence 1 am surprise at the allusic to the Canal concession (to the United States) as & reason for landing American naval forces, one is discussing the Canal treaty, ani the Liberal party has repeatedly de clared its respect for internationa agreements. In my inaugural address and in messages to the press as con stitutional President, I have repeated my determination to comply faithfulls with treaties and my earnest desirc to maintain cordial relations with the United States.” GALVESTON STEAMS ON. United States Warship Going to South- ern Extremity of Nicaragua. SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicarag: January 8 (#).—The U. 8. S. Gal ton, which left Corinto at dawn yes terday, arrived Lere last might and was proceeding today to Salinas Bay at the southern extremity of Nica ragua. Communications with the interio: which were cut off yesterd: after reports of bandit activities had been received, were still blocked today from Managua aid that the Galveston Corinto for Fonseca Ba which is on the northwestern coast, where nrunner of alleged Mexican regie was reported attempting to un d arms. Washington caid that the G Reports yvesterday had left dispatches, however iveston had gone to 1 mission. MEDIATION IS CONSIDERED. President of San Salvador Calls Gath ering on Proposal. AN SALVADOR. Republic of Sa vador, January 8 (). — Reports i+ that the Liberal forces under Gen. Para jon have defeated a Conservative con tingent in the western part of Nicaragu Former President Jorge Melender of Salvador, yvesterday convoked = gathering at his home to discuss the Nicaraguan situation and the possi bility of other Central American gov ernments mediating the struggle be tween the rival Conservative and Lil eral regimes in Nicaragua. 3 S g Kansas G. 0. P. Wants Coolidge. Calvin Coolldge is the candidate of Kansas Republicans for the. presi dency in 1928, Representative Tincher of that State =aid today after a cal! on the President. He said he had told Mr. Coolidge the people of Kansas were well satisfied with his leadership and would support him solidly for re- mlectton, R