Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1927, Page 1

. WEATHER. (T. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain and warmer tonight and to- morrow; lowest t about 34 degrees. ‘Temperature—Highest, Lowest, 24, at 4 a.m. vesterday. Full report on page 7 emperature tonight 36, at 3:20 ®Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Entered b 30207, omee, co Washington, nd class matter D.:C. WASHINGTON, D. C WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION THURSDAY BORAH DECLARES . 5. 15 GOING T00 FARINNICARAGUA In-| Monroe Doctrine Not volved, He Tells Senate Be- fore Crowded Galleries. + HOUSE PROBERS DECIDE ON NON-INTERFERENCE | Foreign Affairs Committee Votes | Against Calling Secretary Kel- | logg for Explanation. MARCHING ON | Prompt Action Breaks Up| Anti-American Demonstra- tion in Guadalajara. Reports of Armed Disturb-! ances Continue to Reach l Capital. By the Associated Pres MEXICO CITY, January 13 American sentiment in Mexico being displayed as the general public | becomes cognizant of the gravity of | the international situation augmented | by the concern of the American De- | partment of State over the specter of bolshevism here. A manifestation against the Ameri- can consulate at Guadalajara was Anti- | is BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | Chai n Borah of the foreign re- | lations committee today reiterated his opposition to the administ ion's policy in Nicaragua In the open Senate, before a large | attendance of Senators and l*rn\\‘dnd‘ galleries, the Idaho Senator gave his reasons for stand he has taken. In a measure, it was his reply to the | special message sent to Congress on _MMonday by President Coolidge and to the statement made before his com- mittee by Secretary of State Kellogg yesterday. Not long ) before Senator Borah launched hi¢ attack on the adminis- tration’s policy in the Senate the House foreign affairs committee re- fused to interfere at this time with President Coolidge and the handling of the Nicaraguan situation. Going Too Far, He Says. Senator Borah denied that the Mon. roe doctrine was involved in the sit- uation which now presents itself in Nicaragua. He admitted the duty of this Gov- ernment to throw its protection about | its citizens whereyer they may be, but he caid that when that doctrine of protection is used to go far beyond the mere protection of American citi- zens and interferes with the sover- | eignty of another state, “I find myself in discord with those construing this policy of protection.” | “This is not a personal controversy | between the President and myself, or | between the Secretary of State and | myself,” said Senator Borah. “I am | . Boing to discuss it with entire respect | to the President and the Secretary of | State. It involves profoundly a ques- | tion of national policy. It involves! the problem under what circum-| stances and principles we shall deal | with affairs not only in Nicaragua, but in other American republics.” Glad to Talk “In Open.” Senator Borah expressed his grati- ficationt at’ this oppertunity to discuss Nicaraguan _situation “in the. open. He said the subject had been | before the Benate in one way or an- other since 1909 and 1010. He.also | expressed gratification that the url-| ministration has had an opportunity | to present in full the facts upon which ! it has based its action prior to his| own discussion of the matter in the Benate. “The views I express today,” said Senator Borah, ‘‘are those I have ex- pressed repeatedly before. There are , mew factors in the situation, but fun- damentally it is the same. “I wish te say at the outset that I do not see any application of me‘ Monroe doctrine in this situation. No non-American” or European power is king to acquire the tefTitory of icaragua. No non-Ameérican power 48 seeking to overthrow the govern- ment of Nicaragua. I see no facts to Jjustify an appeal to the Monroe doc- trine.” Senator Borah said that the Mon- roe doctrine was dear to the people | on newsdealers generally was revealed the National Students’ Congress voted vesterday to support the attitude of President Calles in the international crisis, denouncing at the same time the “Northern Colossus,” while the newspapers, particularly El Universal, | are charging domination of Mexico on | the part of the United States at the | behest of “exploiters who have in vested money in Mexico." Meanwhile, the government, which is beset by sporadic outbreaks in various parts of the republic, today announced further meéasures to crush | | | averted only by military intervention; | { ITROOPS DISPERSE MEXICANS U. S. CONSULATE DAYLE C. McDONOUGH, American consul at Guadalajara, Mexico. the insurrections, which already are known to have cost the lives of at |least 75 rebels and 24 Federal soldiers, | President Coolidge will deliver an ad- Rumors reaching Mexico City that 140 rebels were seen hanging from trees on a highway near Ozumba were without confirmation_and_are (Continued on Page 5, Column 3. SILE F INECEN IGATINE SHOHS ORGP AFTERFIE Survey of Many Stands In- dicates Dealers Regard Risk as Too Great. That the first Police Court convic- tion here against the sale of indecent magazines has had a salutary effect by investigations conducted today in various sections of the city. Inquiries at more .than a score of carefully selected stands fafled to re- ult in the purchase of any magazines or so-called “art” pictures banned by the police. If they are being sold at all, at any of these places, at least they were not.Being sold openly to casual would-be purchasers. Fear of prosecution:and conviction, a’ preliminary investigation disclosed, is largely responsible for the fact that this class of literature is not generally being displayed. More than a dozen dealers ‘admitted frankly that they | were afraid to keep “racy” magazines any longer for fear of detection. Too Much of a Risk. “A“fellow just got fined $100 the offer day for selling that kind of ‘magazine,” one newsdealer said. ““We used to carry all sorts of spicy maga- zines and pictures, but they've been shutting down on them lately. It's too much of a risk.” ‘While police precincts were re- ported to have been on the look- out for any alleged violations of the law banning this form of illicit traffic, no cases had been reported today. Police believe that most of the stands where school children of America. It is characteristic of some people in this country, he said, when circumstances appear to them desperate. The Monroe doctrine, he said, arose out of a controversy be- tween two hemispheres and furnishes no guide to affairs within the Western Hemisphere. Admits Interest of U. S. * Supporters of the administration and its policy toward Nicaragua have insisted that the Monroe doctrine is involved. Senator Borah admitted that affairs in Central America are of interest to the CUnited States, “because of pro- pinquit; “We have mo right," said Senator Borah, “‘under the Monroe doctrine, to interfere with the internal affairs of any American country.” To support this contention, Senator Borah quoted from former Secretaty of State Elthu Root, and from John ,Quincy Adams, Secretary of State at the time the Monroe doctrine was promulgated. “The Monroe doctrine nounced was as beneficial to the South American and Central Ameri- can countries as to the United States," said Senator Borah. “It was not ob- ‘jectionable, but was designed to pre- vent the invasion of American coun- tries by foreign powers. At the time it was announced the United States was the only power in the Western Hemisphere sufficiently strong fo de- clare this policy. At that time a struggle was going on for the domina- tion of American republics by foreign powers, “But if the Monroe doctrine is con it was an- strued to give the right to the United | States to interfere with the internal affairs of American republics and their goverelgnty, it becomes a dagger and not a shield to those countries.” The House foreign affairs commit tee's decision not to interfere in the situatipn was made by a vote of § to 7 Immediately after voting not to call Sécretary Kellogg the House com mittee adjourned to meet at the call of Chairman Porter. A substitute proposal,s that the committee meet tomorrow morning to continue con- sideration of the Huddleston resolu- tion to withdraw the rines from Nicaragua, and other reso- Jutions dealing with- the situation, was defeated by a vote of 9 1o 5. Plan to Filibuster Charged. The proposal to summon Secre- tary Kellogg before the committee was made by Representative Moore pf Virginia, Democrat. The vote was faken when Representative Connall: of Texas, ‘Democrat, moved the pre- Yious question, after charging that members of the committee intended o flibuster and prevent a vote on Mr. Mpore's proposal. Three Re« publicans voted with four Democtata for the proposal, Represefitatives Cooper of Wisconsin, Fish of New York and Hull of Illnois. After the motion to adjourn to meat at the call of the chairman he ~Continued on Page 5, Column.5.) American ma- | would be likely to make such pur- {chases are keeping within the law | “Within the law” means the elimina- {tion of a certain vicious ‘type of | magazine that could pass no board |of censors. Though it is believed ! that this type of literature has been | taken off the stands generally, an- other type, dealing with the “truth ghout life” is displayed at prac- tically every nmewsstand in the city. Lack of Licenses a Handicap. Police officials admit that the absence of a law requiring news- dealers to have licenses to sell | magazines is a handicap in the strict enforcement of the law. A threat to suspend or_revoke licenses, as in the case of those who violate the sanitary laws, it was pointed out, would serve as a club to hold over the heads of newsdealers. As it is now the only license required is for the sale of cigars. Convic- tion for selling or distributing in- decent literature or pictures, of course, could not affect their tobacce license. While the type of suggestive maga- zines now openly on sale at almost any newsstand is said to come within the scope of the law governing such s _ha | AVALANCHES BURY " TWO SOVIET TOWNS é‘Five Victims Recovered After Snow Completely Covers Homes. Quake in Armenia. | By the Associated Press, TIFLIS, Soviet Republic of Georgia, January | doresk district of southern Ossetia are |reported to have been completely |burted by gigantic snowslides. Dis- patches say only five victims have | thus far been recovered. | “Avalanches were reported to have | obliterated an entire village in the | Kudar district of southern O: early this month, with heavy loss life. In the Okonsky district spet slides destroyed more than 30é#peas- ant homes. - Janyary” 13 (P).—A dis- patch from van, Armenia, says a severe earthquake, with prolonged rumbiing and roaring, occurred there ja 7 o'clock Wednesday morning. | The Leninakan district of Armenia {was visited by a disastrous earth- quake in October, in which 600 lives were lost. Prof. Nikiforov, Russian selsmologist, predicted early this MOSCOW, 13.—Two villages in the An-| SENATORS DIRECT BALLOTS BE SEIZED Records in Two Counties and 139 Rural Districts to Be Taken Over. By the Associated Press Immediate seizure of the ballots cast in Philadelphia and Allegheny Counties in the Pennsylvania sena- torial election iast November was de- cided upon today by the Senate cam- paign funds committee. In addition, agents of the commit- tee will take over the ballots in 139 precinets in rural districts, in wgich Willlam 8. Vare, successful Repub- lican candidate, told the ‘committee he had received a total of only 480 votes, or less than 4 votes to the pre- cinet. Seizure of the ballots, registration lists, return sheets, tally sheets, poll lists and voters’ check lists will be the first step in the Senate investigation of charges of wholesale fraud in reg- istration and voting made in the pe- tition of contest against the seating of Vare brought by Willlam B. Wil- son, the Democratic candidate. Reed Praises Spirit. fore the committee, while Mr. Wilson was represented by Rowland B. Ma- hany, and his daughter, Miss Agnes Wilson. Vare and Mahany signed a joint request to all officers of Peni sylvania and the various counties r questing them to deliver to the Senate sergeant-at-arms or his representa- tives all of the ballots and other docus ments used in the November election. Both Vare and Mahany agreed to immediate seizure of the ballots in those districts where irregularities in registration and voting had been charged. “That is the proper spirit,” com- mented Senato; Reed, Democrat, Missouri, chairman of the committee. He told the contestants that the committee wanted to avoid the bringing of unnecessary ballot boxes to Washington, explaining that if all of the more than 8,000 boxes were seized it would require several rail- road cars to transport them to Washington. “I want to co-operate in every way,” Senator-elect Vare said, “but I do want the same right that Mr. Wilson has, to have counsel and, if I desire, to rescind by action Here today. And that applies even to the the delivery of the ballots Senate sergeant at arms.’” Chairman Reed asked Vare to fur- nish the sergeant at arms the names of the 139 precincts in which he de- sires an investigation. Would Take Three Years. While the actual counting of the ballots is rot expected to begin until to the estimates made in Harrisburg show that 20 freight cars would be required lot boxes used in the last election. It also was estimated that more than three years would be necessary for counting the ballots, figuring on the basis of one hour for a judge and two clerks to count votes in each of the 8,334 districts, working eight hours a day 300 days to the year. What plans are to be made to meet this herculean task are not known at this time, but the counting job is ex- pected to be completed before the in- quiry gets under way into the charges of fraud in voting and registration made by Wilson in his contest peti- tion. enator Blease, Democrat, South Carolina, has taken the position, ah- like many others of his partys“that the Senate should accept thecreden- [tials of Vare and Frank-~L. Smith, | Senator-designate Hlinois, before passing upon thei lifications. He sald jt was the Seénate's duty under the doctrine of~States’ rights to ac- cept the crodéntials of those certified | by a soyerélgn State. | ..~ Should Be Given Oath. [ His stand was similar to that adopted by Oscar E. Carlstrom, attor- | ney general for Illinois, who declared |after conferences at the Capital yeas- terday that Smith should be adminis- tered the oath and then given an op- | portunity to present his story of the campaign contributions which led to the fight against him. . Senator Bingham, Republican, Con- necticut, cited precedents to show that a Senator might be expelled after taking the oath by a mafority rather than a two-thirds vote. month that a far more terrible dis- turbance might occur in Armenia at any. time, Radio Programs—Page 42 | Tentative Decision for Great Edu- NVAREELECTION Mr. Vare appeared personally be-| signing of the joint letter asking for | after the present Congress adjourns, | to move to Washington the 8,334 bal- | PRESDENT 10 PEN 153 CELEBRATIN * PUANWITHSPEEH | Address to Congress on Washington’s Birthday Will Be Broadcast. CHIEF EXECUTIVE HEARS REPORT OF COMMISSION. cational Event Rather Than World Fair Type. Launching into its active phase the movement for commemoration in 1932 of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, a cele- bration which may assume nation- wide proportions and prove of enor- mous significance to this city, dress to a joint meeting of Congress and by radio to the Nation on Wash ington's Birthday, Tuesday, February 22, in the chamber of the House of Representatives, This was announced following the second official meeting of the United States Commission for the Celebration of the 200th Anniversary at the White | House today, presided over by Presi- dent Coolidge, who Is head of the commission. | Eighteen proposals for commemorat- { ing the occasion have been laid be- fore the commission, it was explained by Willlam Tyler Page, clerk of the | House of Representatives, who is sec {retary of the commission, but there will be no definite decision on a matter of such widespread significance until after the address of the Presi- dent has been given to the Nation. Historian Is Selected. Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard | University, a member of the com- mission, was elected historian, with 1 authority to proceed. The next meeting of the commission will be held in the office of the Speaker of the House just prior t the address of the President on Wash- ington’s birthday anniversary. Although many and varied pro- posals have already been presented | offictally to the commission, and; | others are expected, the feeling of the commission, it was learned today, has | already been definitely formulated as | against the world fair or exposition type of celebration, and in favor of simpler and perhaps more educational program, to bring to the hearts ana iminds of the American- people the principles for which Washington stovd. Tt has not been decided, how- ever, with any degree of finality, { whether any building program will be {included in the commemoration. Will Attract Great Host. At all events, and. whatever the | | nature of the great celebration, it seems agreed on all hands that the | year 1932 will bring to the National Capital a stream of pilgrims in such volume as it has never seen before, and may bring developments which will ‘mean great things to the city, not only as the Capital, but as a city | of growing material resources. Former Senator Thomas Sterling of South Dakota, field secretary of the commission reported thgt already 11 States had acquiesced in the general | proposal for co-operation with the | Federal Government for the celbra tion. A letter from the Wakefield Society pledged co-operation in ‘any plan for preservation of the birthplace of Washington at Wakefleld, Va. Secretary Page stated that the com- mission was apprised there {s some apprehension that a vast expense to the Federal Government may be in-| volved. The commission, he said by | way of quieting this veported appre- hension, was not committed to a pol- {icy of involving the Government itself |in great financial burdens for the cel- {ebration, but would direct and gulde the program, hoping that States, cities, communities and municipalities would provide the larger part of the funds needed. There would undoubt- edly be some contribution, howeven, from the Federal till, it was explained, Already Congress has appropriated tunds for expenses of the commission. Address to Congress. President Coolidge was asked to ad- dress the joint session of Congress by a resolution of the memorial commis- ision, introduced by Senator Fess of Ohio, vice chairman of the organiza- tion. President Coolidge immediately | in(‘r‘#])led. A Joint resolution will be | {introduced in both houses of Congress, officially requesting the address. It | will be introduced in the Senate by | Senator Fess and in the House by Representative Hawley. 5 The executive committee of the commission was authorized to com. | plete plans for the program, which |ice band. The President will speak 30 p.m. The 18 proposals now before®the { commission for consideratiof were listed in the document 38 pages | presented to each membef this morn. {ing by the executiye®secretary, as ! follows: v “1. The erectigeBf permanent State buildings 1 near the District of Columbia,~fesigned by authority of each Spafe and Territory, the Federal Govefnment to_contribute the land, Submitted by Robert N. Harper of iy ashington. Educational Exposition, | A national educational expo- | sition to exploit American production, art, sclence, beauty and progress. Suggested by Miss Anna Lorbeer baum, correspondent for the League of American Inventors. “3. The completion of the George Washington Memorial Building and Vietory Memorfal. Submitted by the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. “4, The publication of the complete history of the founding of the City of | Washington and President Washing- ton's part therein. Submitted by H. C. Gauss, comme: engineer of W C. lish a memorial park. way in ition of the sacrafices of American war mothers. Submitted by the American Memorial Parkway Federation, through Col. Daniel P. Sullivan, president. 6. That every person in the United States contribute $1 toward the ex- pense of a fitting celebration. _Sug- Mrs. cmhlofwg _(Continued on . pening probably will include music by a serv 1927 3 PIBLHERKLLED INSSTORY FALL Wolfe of Ohio State Journal, Believed to Have Been Diz- zy, Plunges From Roof. By the Associated Press COLUMB Ohio, January 13.— Robert F. Wolfe, publisher of the Columbus Dispatch and the Ohio State Journal, was killed at 11:35 a.m. today when he fell from the roof of the Dispatch Building to the street below. Mr. Wolfe, who in addition to being a publisher was a banker and shoe manufacturer, had gone to the roof of the building and apparently became glzzy ll’l‘d t:glplod over to the street, ve stories below. <Mz ‘Wolte, Who had net beeri well for several days, had been in the office of Willlam A. Ireland, car- toonist, only a few minutes before the tragedy. He left Mr. Ireland's office and went to his own. It is supposed he walked from his office to the roof of the building to take the air. He was said to have done this frequently. ¥ Persons lunching in a small restau- rant near the Dispatch Building saw the accident. Employes of the news- paper carried the publisher into the pressroom, where a physician pro- nounced -him dead. Apparently he had been killed instantly. Mr. Wolfe had just returned from a trip to the Pacific coast. He was 66 vears old. Mr. Wolfe is survived by a son, Edgar T. Wolfe, who was associated with his father in the publication of the Ohio State Journal, and one brother, Harry P. Wolfe, who was his partner in most of his business en- terprises, and two sisters, Mrs. Henry A. Houstle, Columbus, and Mrs. David S. Beverly, Hebron, Ohio. Had Many Interests. Few men in Columbus or central Ohio had more important business connections than Mr. Wolfe. His first business enterprise of mag- nitude was in the shoe manufacturing business. Making a success at this, he then turned to banking and news- paper publication, acquiring with his brother, Harry P. Wolfe, the Colum bus Dispatch and the Ohlo State Jour- nal. His banking activities embraced control of some of the largesi/banks in the city. In recent years Mr. WolMe took a great interest in politics, hut he never sought public office. While seldom appearifg publicly as a donor to charity;, probably faw of affairs took greater interest iu char- itable propositions or gave mgre for their upkeep. Most of his char dispensed personally in co wtih cases considered worthy Arranged Christm: Often little matters manitarian touch ¢ and he shoved bu: his attention t taining a hu- jght his interest fess aside to devote em. This was most recently mani#st when he personally looked afted details incident to bring- ing San Ylaus and his reindeer o s and planned trips to vari- tlying cities for the pleasure of children. § Probably none of the many stories connected with Mr. Wolfe's success tells his story as briefly or clearly as does one he is said to have related himself. Jesting with friends, he is 8aid to have wagered that he could epitomize his life’s story more briefly than any one present. He said: “I was born to a condition to which T would not submit. I changed it.” No one else even made an attémpt. ENGLAND REPORTS HUGE ADVERSE TRADE BALANCE Exports and Imports in 1926 Fell Off 465,000,000 Pounds, Figures Show. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 13.—Great Brit- ain the huge adverse trade bal- ance, allowing for re-exports, of more than £465,000,000 in 1926, the biggest since 1919, when, in consequence of the war, it was £662,000,000. This serious position is revealed in the Board of Trade figures, just is- sued, which also show that the total foreign trade, that is imports and ex- ports combined, fell £223,000,000, as compared with 1925. The situation is ascribed largely to the coal strike, but for which, it is calculated, the adverse balance wi not have been worse than in when it was £393,000,000, - Star. FIFTY PAGES. Series of Violent Shocks Predicted By Quake Expert By the Associated Press FAENZA, Italy, Raphael Bendandi, head of Telluric Observatory here and well known for his predictions of earth- quakes, today said that he foresaw a period of violent seismic com- motions, beginning tomorrow, which would be especially severe in the Balkans, Algeria and Mo- rocco. He predicted heavier shocks on the 15th and 16th. The shocks also would be felt in Switzerland and the Rhine region, he said. Prof. Bendandi also fore- saw earthquake shocks of disas- trous character in some culminat- ing phase which would be espe- cially violent in the submarine areas of the Bastern Pacific, par- ticularly in_Polynesia and in Co- lombia and’ Ecuador. ARMORY OMITTED INBUILDINGS PLAN Location Held Unlikely in Triangle to Be Purchased by Government. 13.— the January Provisions for an armory for the National Guard of the District will not be included in the Government public buildings program, nor is it considered likely that it will ever be located in the public building triangle which the Government plans to purchase, it was decided today at a conference between Sen- ator Reed Smoot of Utah, chair- man of the Public Buildings Com- mission, and Lieut."Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the commis- sion. Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, com- manding the local militia, had writ- ten to the commission in an effort to get it on record as willing to include an armory in the building program. Col. Grant said, adding that Sen- ator Smoot concurred in his views, that he did not believe it was the intention of Congress that an armory for the National Guard should be constructed out of the funds for the Government buildings, which are intended primarily to house the civil activities of the Fed- eral agencies. Triangle Site Improper. Both of them, Col. Grant sald, agree that under any conditions it would be highly improper to locate an armory for the militia in the pro- posed Government building triangle. Both officials are cognizant of the fact that the Attorney General has rendered an opinion which held that the District of Columbia National Guard was such a Federal activity as to require the Public Bulldings Commission to provide it with a home. At the same time they believe that the funds appropriated by Con- gress would not be used for the con- struction of an armory. The officials of the Guard will be informed that if they wish to provide an armory they must seek special legislation from Congress, as the Public Buldings Commission, unless instructed to do so by Congress, will not permit a building of this kind to be construct- ed out of the public buildings appro- priation. Regretted by Stephan. When informed of the decision of the commission officials today, Gen. Stephan expressed regret, and added that he hoped the Public Buildings Commission would have at . least placed itself on record as favoring the construction of a home for the Na- tional Guard, where it could obtain its training undsr proper conditions. He said that the action of the commission officials left the armory proposition where it began 20 years ago. He said, however, that he would take immediate steps to have a special bill drafted and introduced which would authorize the erection of an armory, but did not entertaln any hopes that it would become a law at | g the current session of ' Col 'the meantime the Guard In struggle along in and nsuitable quarters in one of the ul Government Hotel Buildings on. Union The Star’s carrie every cit Pres: SPECIALIST® ON IMPROVING ARNY OF 1670 FAVORED N REPORT House Bill Overrides Budget Bureau in Raising Number From 115,000. By the Associated Press. Providing for an Army of an average strength of 118,750 men and flatly rejecting the Budget Bureau recommendations for a force of only 115,000, the Army appropriation bill carrying $366,001,118 for the next fiscal year was reported to the House today by its appropriations committee, Of the total, which is $11,655,000 above current funds, but $736,024 below the budget estimates, $279,- 112,000 only is for military activitie: In its report the committee de- clared Congress has rather definitely indicated its approval “of a force of not less than 118,750 men, which will need to be added to from time to time by reason of the Air Cor‘ps; act.” May Need Army Survey. ! The point has been reached, the | report continued, where, if the Gov- | ernment’s financial situation be such as not to warrant larger outlays on the military arm, a congressional survey should be made with a view to shaping a program that would adjust itself to the administration’s fiscal policy. “We cannot hope to attain this end through the mere medium of restricted | appropriations,” it added. By starting the filscal year with (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) ARNOLD DALY DIE N APARTWENTFRE Noted Actor and Producer| Found Lying Under Chair. Recently Left Hospital. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 13.—Arnold Daly, actor and theatrical manager, was burned to death in a fire in his apartment on the fourth floor at 28 West Fifty-first street today. { The fire, origin of which is not| known, swept from the ground floor | up the stairway, cutting off the only avenue of escape. Firemen dashing into the building made several daring rescues, but they seemed unaware of Mr. Daly's presence in his apartment. Daly was found on the floor be-! neath” an old-fashioned easy chair. Firemen believe that he had found | his escape by the stairway cut off and | had rushed for a window, when he| was overcome and burned. | He was discharged about a month | ago from a hospital, where he had | been taken after an injury to the skull, received when he fell in a night club. Began As Office Boy. Mr, Daly, who was 51 years old, | was born in Brooklyn. He was the | son of Joseph J. and Mary Daly. He | was educated at the Sacred Heart| Academy, which he left to become | office boy for Charles Frohman, the producer. He sprang into prominence in York as_the producer of plays George Bernard Shaw, making his first stage appearance in 1892 with Fanny Rice in “The Holly Squire.” He subsequently went on tour \vith’ “Married, Not Mated" and “La Belle Marfe.” Other plays in which he was seen outgide of New York were “Aristocracy” and “The Girl I Left Behind Me.” Appeared in Vaudeville. He made his New York debut as Chambers in “Pudd’n Head Wilson" at the Herald Square Theater in 1895. @ was first seen on a London stage in 1898, when he played Henry Mack- intosh in “Too Much Johnson.” From then on he appeared in nu- { at “From Press to Home Within the Hour” r system covers block and the reguiar edis tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are pgi Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,828 nted. TWO CENTS. NEW UTILITIES UNIT T0 ORGANIZE WHEN SENATEGIVES0.K. Preparations Are Arranged to Relieve Commissioners of Duty of Nominees. . CHOICES FORWARDED FOR CONFIRMATION Yaden Expresses Disappointment Over Failure of President to Honor William McK. Clayton. Organization of the District's new and separate Public Utilities Com- mission will begin immediately upon confirmation by the Senate of the two civillan members, John W. Childress and Benjamin F. Adams, and the people’s counsel, Blaine Mallan, whose appointments were announced late yesterday by Pres- ident Coolidge. The nominatiohs went to the Senate today. Preparations have virtually been completed at the District Building, it was announced today, for shifting the affairs of the present commis- sion over to the new appointees and relieving Commissioners Proctor L. Dougherty and Sidney F. Taliaferro of one of the most exacting of their many duties. Orders also were given to hasten plans for the accommoda- tion of the new commission in the District Building, already cramped for space by the various municipal activities. Clayton Quits Uncompensated. As a climax to the appointment of the new commission, William MecK. Clayton, who has acted as special legal adviser to the commission since last October 26, handed his resigna- tion to Commissioner Bell this after- noon and refused to accept any com- pensation for his work. ‘While the appointment of Mr. Chil- dress and Mr. Adams as the civilian members of the commission were fore- cast yesterday by The Star, the naming of Mr. Mallan as the people's counsel came somewhat as a surprise, especially to the various civic organ- izations which had indorsed and sup- ported Mr. Clayton for the post. As the leader of organized citizenship of the District, James G. Yaden, presi- dent of the Federation of Citi- zens' Assoclations and chairman of the Citizens' Advisory Council, ex- pressed keen disappointment over the failure of the President to reward Mr. Qlayton for his long, faithful and un- renumerative service by appointing him to one of the three offices. “I am disappointed,” he said, “that the President did not see his way clear to appoint Mr. Clayton. For almost 20 years he has served con- tinuously as chairman of the federa- tion’s public utility committee and he undoubtedly is the best qualified man in the District. I feel certain, too, that many of our citizens’ associations are likewise disappointed.” At the same time, the opinion was expressed generally that the President had made three good appointments. Posts Are Retroactive. The appointments of the two civil- ian members who with Engineer Com- missioner J. Franklin Bell, will con stitute the new commission, as well as that of Mr. Mallan, were made retroactive to July 26, 1926. Mr Adams will have the shortest term, his appointment being for two years Mr. Childress will hold his post f. three years, while Mr. Mallan wil have a four-year tenure. All three plan to take office jus as soon as their appointments are con firmed, but in doing so they wil confront District officials with a per plexing problem. The salaries whict amount to $7,500 a year each, ar carried in the first deficlency appre | priation bill now before Congress, anc ill not be available for some tim it is feared, forcing them perhaps t serve temporarily, at least, withou compensation. Capper Plans Wait. Chairman Capper of the Senate District committee stated this after- noon that he would wait a week or 10 days before taking up in the com- mittee the nomination of the two utility ~commissioners and the s counsel to give residents of strict time to communicate their views on the appointments to the commission. Senator Capper said he did not know the appointees personally, but that apparently the President had given careful thought to the appointments. As to the question of whether the new Utility Commissioners could be- gin to serve as soon as they are con- firmed if their.salaries have not been appropriated for at that time, Sena- tor Capper expressed the belief that they could begin to function immedi ately after they are confirmed. Al- though the deficiency appropriation bill which is to carry the salaries for these new positions has not yet been cted on by Congress. Senator Capper said that undoubtedly the appropria- tion will be made and that it may be cted on by the time the appointments | have been passed upon by.the Senate. Under the act creating the new com- mission, the present commission, com- posed of Commissioners Bell (chair- man), Dougherty and Tallaferro, w be required to function until Mr. Chil- dress and Mr. Adams take office. Pay Courtesy Call When word was officially received the District Building of the ap- pointments, Commissioners Dough- erty and Bell and Maj. W. E. R. Covell, senlor assistant Enginee Commissioner and Utilities Commis- sion attache, paid courtesy calls on the new officlals. Commissioner Taliaferro was unable to join them, as he is confined in his home by a severe cold. Mr. Childress and Mr. Adams were active candidates for the posts to which they were named. Both frankly admitted today that they formally ap- plied_for the positions in letters to the President which outlined their qualifications and then sought the in- fluence of their friends to support them. Mr. Mallan, however, declared meraus plays, playing in America and abroad. He also turned his hand to literary 'uklil p;;bmln( 'The Domi- that he did not seek the position of Eeoph although he knew e was being considered when the At- torney General's office inquired if he could take it, if appeinted. None of the new appointees would commit themselves to any definite that ‘would