Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1927, Page 2

2 THE EVENING S TAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9! 18, 1921. ETAIL BUSINESS HERE PROSPEROUS One of Best Seasons in His- tory of City Is Reported to Chamber of Commerce. Washington's retail trade last vear enjoyed one of the most prosperous geasons in the history of the city, A cording to a report of the retsil trades committee of the Washington Cham- | ber of Commerce, submitted by 1 Gans and Robert E. Buckley tin A. Leese, president of the ¢ zation presentation to the cham ber at its annual meeting tonight the Willard Hotel The vear closed with 9,000 retail establishments here in a wa with retail stores of any city United the committee declar Trade Development Started. Washington, it was asserted. started on a career of widespread com mercial development, its ultimate suc cess depending upon vision and co operation among Washington business chiefs. “The than ating more opel i ates. 1 vear witnessed buildings devoted to retail trade,” the report stated, “in the locations of euch buildings and in the scope and character of the services offered to the Washington buying public. 1f Wash ingaon merchants have flourished they have not been slow to share their prosperity by means of increased service and facilities for the conven fence of their patrons Backed by Organizations. ““The retail merchants of Washing. ton have been alive to the needs and gpportunities of the ent, and in all their efforte they have had the sympathetic backing of the | Chamber of Commerce, the Board of ‘Trade, the Merchants turers’ Association, the Better Busi mness Bureau and other civic and busi ness agencies “Conventions brought to Washing ton have increased the sales of retall stores; improper advertising methods | and business practices have been cen sored by the Better Business Bureau: and attendance at the chamber meet ings and participation in the work of its committees have made it possible for retail trade representatives to work for the advancement of our beautiful city.” TAX CUT FIGHT OFF FOR WEEK AT LEAST Democrats Await Expiration of 30- | Day Period Under House Raules to Force Issue. | ‘The Democratic move to force action on their $335,000,000 tax reduction bill wiill be initiated some time next week, Representative Garrett of Tennessee, minority House leader, said today. It had been Garrett's intention to move ‘to dischafge ‘the ways and means committee from jurisdiction over the bill today so that it could be brought to the House floor. House rules, however, require the lapse of 30 days from the time a committee votes to table a measure before a move to discharge can be made. Garrett said a recent ruling of the Speaker interpreted the rule to apply to legislative days rather than calen dar days and for this reason the Democrats would postpone their fight to prevent it from being blocked by 2 possible parliamentary maneuver, The ways and means committee has voted to table all tax legisiation for the session. SENATE PREPARES FOR STRUGGLE AS COL. SMITH ARRIVES (Continued from First Pags.) 3will come directly on the questi Whether Smith is entitled to gls so:{\ fitm likely to lead to considerable de- . Leaders Predict His Defeat. The prediction was made today by Republicans in a position to know that Col. Smith would not be permit- ted to take his seat under the ap- pointment given by Gov. Small, and that when he presents himself in the next Congress to be seated under a certificate of election, he also will be rejected. Col. Smith arrived in Washington it 9 o'clock this morning from Chi- oago. He was accompanied by Allen F. Moore, Republican national com- mitteeman for Illinois. and Gus J. Johnson, chairman of the Republican State committee. His attorneys, C. to Mar ani- | at to compare favorably | in the | s well | important | changes in the number and quality of | immediate pres- | and Manufac- | | counsel, and G. Johnson, ch: EDUCATORS BACK DEGREE FXPOSURE Presidents of George Wash- ington and Georgetown Uni- versities Stress Standards. The exposure The Star of ease with which a degree-granting university can be established in the District was given the highest in- dorsement today by Dr. William Mather Lewis, president Washington University. Dr. Lewis expressed the hope that the result would be to bring from under cover some of the low-grade col- leges which have been founded here under what is considered an inade- quate law. “The only way that I help this situation,” Dr. Lewis said, “is to let the public know the real facts and thus arouse public senti- ment. My attention has been called to this situation for some time, both in Washington and in my journeys through the country. 'here have been movements to remedy the situa tion on the part of the reputable edu- cators here in the past, but it was impossible to accomplish much with out the backing of the public. Cites Specific Case. “The situation has been calied to attention at various colleges in the West. 1 remember one case in par- ticular. A young man had presented credentials from a college in Wash- ington as a candidate for an ad vanced degree. When he was asked how long he had attended classes at this college he said that he never had done any residence work at all. He merely had studied some sort of course for a few months, paild $60 and ob tained an A. B. degree. “I was asked what kind of an insti tution this was. I could only answer that it had no standing in the com- munity. But, as The Star has shown, it is entirely possible for any five men, regardless of their qualifications, to organize and grant degrees. I am told that many degrees have heen sold in Europe, particularly in Switzerland. Of course, these degrees mean “noth- ing to those familiar with the situ- ation. ‘But the tragedy of the whole sit- udtion is that they reflect upon the reputable colleges and universities here. It is to our interest to have by ¥ can see to of business. 1 hope this present ex- posure results in some action which will force them into the open. should be some way in which all the colleges in the District, reputable or otherwise, should be forced to present evidence of their qualifications to pre sent degrees to students. Favors General Standard. some standard for the various degrees. which would be set up for the whole country. There are some honest col- leges giving A. B. degrees which have not the facilities for giving an educa tional equivalent greater than is given by first-clase high schools. “I sincerely hope this movement is Doyle and J. G. Condon, also were with him when he left the station to | £0 to the Willard Hotel. | Later Col. Smith went to the Cap- | itol and to the office of Senator Deneen. Immediately a series of con- ferences was started. It developed that because of the desire that the Benate be given an opportunity to vote today on the Lausanne treaty with Turkey, and because Col. Smith desired more time to consult with his | attornevs and friends, the actual | resentation of the credentials would postponed until tomorrow | | continued. Very little can be done so long as realization of this disgraceful situation is confined to educators. The Star has revealed it In a forceful manner and 1 hope something will be done.” Rev. Charles W. Lyons, president of Georgetown University, declined to comment on means for putting the low grade colleges out of businese | but expressed approval of showing conditions here as they Both Georgetown and Ged ington Universities are chartered by Congress and thus operate by direct are. ge Wash Senator-elect from Illinois in Wash lican National committeeman of Hlinois; J. man of the Hlinois Rep the | therh exposed, and, if poesible, put out | There | “I believe also that there should be | g!nm(tmln\ with his advisers. I'hoto sh . Co © i Police Smash Way Into Buffet; Get : And Pint, They Say axes and crowbars and iron determination, and cheered by a crowd of more than 200, a doughty squadren of police vesterday smashed its way into the Riverside Buffet, 620 Eleventh stree! southwest and bhrought forth three prisoners, who swered to the names of C! Rabhitt, 32, 483 E street west; Raymond Murphy, 36, H street, and \William Regan, 455 Massachusetts avenue. Bringing up the re a burly officer bent under the weight of the evidence one pint of alleged liquor. The same squad earlier in the day seized 60 quarts of alleged liquor at 307 1 street southwest and ar- rested Jordon Johnson, Annie Johnson, #1, and Harriett Ward, 40, on a charge of possession. ‘AP SETS RECORD ATCATALINA SWIM Man Power, Diesel Engine, Radio, Telephone, Telegraph | Join to Flash News. Armed with s south 613 28, | ) of George By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, January 18.-Man- power, a Diesel engined electrifally driven tug boat, radio, telephone and telegraph were linked in a chain Sat- urday and early Sunday morning which carried to the world without a break the Associated Press story of the Wrigley ocean marathon swim, won by George Young of Toronto. Scouring the wide channel area cov: ered by the swimmers, -observers on the Assaciated Press tug checked all the important contestants hour after hour and flashed the progress of the | race to the association’s member news- | papers, Feat Called Triumph, From the standpoint of technical ra- dio, the feat was said by experts to he |a triumph for amateur low-wave inter- change. Supervising the transmission from the tug was Fred L. Dewey, chief of | the Los Angeles office of the Federal Telegraph Company. The wave length at first was 79 meters. This was low ered a little later to dodge confusion in the air. Over a stretch o hours |the interchange was almost perfect On the receiving end at his amatenr station in Long Beach was Don C. Wallace, station 6AM, who was award ed the Hoover cup for 1923 as the best amateur experimental station owner. He operated station 9T in Minneapo- lis then, Speed and Accuracy. ym Long Beach the story went by telephone to the end of the Asso- ciated Press wire loop, set up in the offices of the Wilmington Transporta- tion Company at Wilmington, and hooked to the Pacific coast circuit. Here Associated Press staff men han dled the relay from telephone to tele- graph wire Smoothness, speed and accuracy acterized the transmission of the B his was fllustrated by the | flash announcing Young's finish Two minutes after the Canadian’s toes had touched hottem at Point Vin cente. the announcement had toured the air, the telephone and telegraph wires info the offices of Associated Press newspapers across the country. Smith; Sena plican State committee. FRANK L. SMITH HERE TO FIGHT FOR SENATE SEAT ows, left to right: Allan Moo pr-elect Smith, C. J. Doyl BUDGET AS THRIFT A 1S ADVOCATED Speakers Visit Schools and Other Places With Adviqe on Economy Plan. Today is Budget day in Thrift week The maintenance of a budget in fam- fly and business life as a means to | thrift is heing urged by speakers in a | | serier of meetings throughout the day in the elementary schools, the Parent- Association Congress, the Y buildings, the Advertisers hington Associati nd the Walter Reed Hos- A , the W Credit Men pital In a Rohert Budget issued’ last night, L. Flather, chairman of the day committee, offered sug gestions for the establishment of a budget in the family. Mr. Flather suggested the use of an memo hooklet in which to record ex- penditures. statement Distribution of Expenses. “Undoubtedly there are penditures that recur at regular in- tervals and which cause inconven- ience,” he saya. “One of the chief uses of the budget is to remove this inconvenience by distributing such ex- penses evenly over the vear. List all such expenses for a vear in advance, divide by the number of pay days, and you will see how much you have to wet aside each pay day to provide for them.” Mr. Flather contends that the pur- pose of keeping a hudget is more than the pravision of an assurance that “both ends will meet,” pointing out that a survey of the famlly. expenses will reveal which are necessities and which are comparative luxuries, Such an accounting might reveal a greater margin over actual necessities than had been thought. Simple budget hooks are heing dis- tributed by all hanks in the city today and for the rest of the week. Speakers on Budget. The speakers who are preaching the budget chapter of the thrift gospel today are Louis Rothschild, Lynn Drake, Robert Tolson, Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, Mre. Edith Salisbury and Miss Elizaheth P. Sheppherd. Tomorrow has heen designated as “Life Insurance day” and speakera will urge life insurance as an_asset to every family. Paul D. Sleeper Is chairman of the committee, National Thrift week is being ob- served throughout the United States this week and it will continue through next Sunday The movement is un der the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association and it is being supported by civie, educational, busi ness and religious hodies everywhere, MEDICINAL LIQUOR BILL WIDELY FAVORED Andrews Tells House Body of Sup- port Behind Proposed Measure. many ex- C. Andrews, Federal dry chief. told the House ways and means committee today that the “Freasury bill proposing manufacture of medicinal liquor under Govern- ment supervision had heen dratted after consultation with bankers and whisky owners, and that it had ‘the approval of the American Medical Gen. Lincoln on of | inexpensive | FOREIGN SERVICE TEST‘LEAK' FOUND State Department Says Em- ploye Confesses to Giving Out Examination Facts. Walter A. Miller, attache in the of. fice of Assistant Secretary of State J. Rutler Wright, has confessed that he “illieltly acquired” the advance proof of the examination sheets for candi- dates for the foreign service “and had copled therefrom the fully approved text and gave these to certain un- Authorized persons,” it was announced at the State Department today. As a result of the confession, the | State Department decrees, in an of felal xtatement, that the examinations which were held on Jannary 11 si- multaneously in Washington and 12 other, cities have heen annulled and will e held for a second time during the last week in February. Mr. Miller, the State Department an nounces, who has heen employed at the department since October 25, 1924, was a candidate for the examination himself. Continuing, the official state ment reads: Candidates Being Notified. “It therefore becomes necessary in Justice to the other candidates to an. nul the examination just held and to hold a new one. The candidates are being notified of this decision and at the carliest moment the department will make announcement of new exam- inations.” Mr. Miller, according fo the formal announcement, will he dismissed from the service with his cage referred to the Attorney General. “It remains for the Department of Justice,” it is point ed out, “tn determine whether he shall he prosecuted, and in what way, for his official derelictions.” While the examination one. consuming 14. hours, it is said it will not delay any of the candi- dates inasmuch as an oral examina- tion which counts equally with the written examination originally had heen scheduled for April. It i neces- sary for the applicants to take hoth examinations as an average is taken from both, About 250 More Examined. It ix estimated that approximately 230 young men took the examination, |of which number probably nearly | 100 of them were in this ecity. The other 12 cities affected San Francisco, Denver, Atlanta, | New Orleans, Roston, St. Louis, New York, Cincinnati, delphia and Seattle | Rumors that there had heen ir- | regularities in the examination he! January 1 were recefved hy the State Department on the following day. { They were to the effect “that cer- (tain of the questions contained in the examination sheets had hecome known some time prior to the date set for the examination. 1t is understood that the examina- tlon papers plainly indicated irregu- larities, inasmuch as many of them had identically correct answers to cer- | tain history questions. while practical- Iy all applicants elected French from A cholce of three languages ta be ex: amined in. Miller From Philadeiphia. Though not officially stated. it is un- | derstood it was mainly the candidates who took the written examination con- {dncted in this eity by ice Commission who derived the bene- fit of the advance information of the ir a long Paul, Phila- supplied by Mr. Miller, either to them in person or to the tutors who were | preparing them for the examination. So far as the investigation has pr gressed, the State Department states, | there “‘was nothing to show that any of these local candidates used any un- tair or improper methods in the ex- amination.” ‘According to the official records, Mr. Miller was born in Philadelphia, Au- | gust 29, 1896; was educated In the For- {eign Service School of Georgetown | University and served in the United States Navy, 1917-1918, C. H. BUTLER, FORMER BUILDER, DIES AT 78 Left Washington to Enter Busi- ness in Newport News Nearly 30 Years Ago. Charles H. Butler, 78 years old, tormerly a huilding contractor of this city, died at the home of his daugh- ter. Mrs. E. M. Peterson, 1750 Church street, vesterday. Death was attrib uted to heart disease. Leaving this city many years ago Mr. Butler resided in Newport Nas Va., ahout 30 vears, coming back to Washington a short while ago. He is survived by his widow, Mra. Sarah J. Butler, and three daughter: Mrs. Peterson of this city; Mrs, €. W Baines and Mrs. Maude B. Daughtrey. hoth of Newport News. . Funeral services will he condurted at the 8. H. Hines Co.. funeral home, 2001 Fourteenth street, tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Interment will be in Fort Lincoin Cemetery. | | | | | | | | Today in Congress SENATE. Senate devoted first two hours the Civil Serv-| examination papers, said to have been| _land other trophies, “but 1 HAUGEN URGES U. 3. 0 TAKE FARM RISK Government Should Assume Pioneer Relief, House Agri- culture Body Told. Ry the Associated Press The rellef which the MeNary gen bill aims to give the farmers is an experiment in the public interest and, therefore, the Government should assume the risk of thé plo- neering work, Chairman Haugen de- clared today in reporiing the measure for the House agriculture committee “The principle is well established,” he sald, “that the Government shall agsume the risk of pioneering and expsrimenting in many the public interest is involved, ‘and to do =0 in behalf of the public wel- fare.” The problems of Ameriean agricul ture have hecome so profound, he added, that they are “heyond the power of individual farmers or their relatively small organization to solve.” Admitting that the bill ca ries a large appropriation—s$250,000,- 000—he held, nevertheless, that this Hau- and was not different from advan- tages the Government had extended to various lines of industry. s No Price-Fixing Element. He explained the provisions of the bill, which carries the contro- versial equalization fee, as compared with the Curtis-Crisp and Aswell measur which do not clnde such a fee to control crop surpluses, There was no subsidy price-fixing ele ment in the MeNary-Haugen hill, he said. “The equalization fee,” he asserted, “is simply the contribution each unit (bushel, hale or pound) makes to a common fund for the commodity. This stabliization fund for wheat, for ex- ample, makes it possible for an ageney set up and controiled hy the wheat growers, in co-operation with the Federal hoard, to say how much of the surplus of wheat shall be re- moved from the domestic market at any time. “Within limite dictated by business sense, it enables wheat farmera to ad- just the supply of wheat to the needs of the domestic market at an Ameri- can price, It would mean the same with rice. “American exports are nearly two. thirds of the world’s International | trade in cotton. Such a fund for cot- ton would make it possible for cot ton growers to feed cotton into the markets of the world as fast as the world wanted it at a reasonable price.” Other commodities upon which the fee would be levied are corn and <wine, “There are differences in operation.” Mr. Haugen said, “‘but the same prin- ciple applies ta each of the five com | modities. Notwithstanding the tre- mendous up-and-down movement in corn prices. we produce on the ave- rage little, ifany, more corn than we need hers. Variation in corn yields keeps the farmer in the corn belt in an endless seesaw between corn and hogs. To help check this is one of the purposes of the measure.” Will Provide Necessary Funds. Haugen held that the $250.000,000 revolving fund is not different in prin- ciple from the monetary reservoir which began the functions of the Fed- eral Reserve Board or that contribut- ed to the stabilization of railroads. After the plan is once set in motion, he added, the equalization fee will pro- {vide necessary funds to keep it going. | Haugen gave as the cardinal objec. {tives of the bill the following: | To give producers of farm crops power to influence their market as ef- fectively as industrial groups. To afford orderly marketing of er of which the American supply i dominant factor in world price. To secure a protected market for crops of which a relatively small sur- | plus enters ‘world trade. To enable meat producers to main- tain a stable level of swine and cattle population by steadying prices. To promote co-operative association. Sxhiphie? By WOMAN GOL%ER JOINS ARCTIC HUNTING PARTY Knows Nn!};g uf'g’;‘—m. But Will on Return, Says Edith Cummings. a 1 i | | | CHICAGO, January 18 (®).—Miss Edith Cumminge of Chicago, former national woman golf champion, whose principal targets have been fairway and green, will aim at new marks | next Summer as a member of the Borden Arctic eru ‘T really don’t know much about guns,” said the fair golfer, who dis. closed today that she had definitely decided to join Mr. and Mrs. John iRurdPn and their friends in their Alaskan and polar expedition for bears expect to know a lot before I get back.” | | | ih Coolidge iNumber 29 or 30? How many Presidents have we had? Can vou name them in or- der? Who was Vice President under each of them? Which Vice President resigned” Which President is often counted twice in numbering the Chief Execu- tives? What party has had the fields where | was merely o set the plan in motion | Proposed Boulevard O WASHINGTON M 'J,‘,(._(’\meo nMEM. VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS WARWICK WELLINGTON ForT INT. VERNON ROAD AGTION EXPECTED Committee to Consider Pro- posed Boulevard at Early Date, Leaders Think. Early hearings are to he held hy the House committes on roads in the Mount Ver houlevard projeet, for which definfte recommendations wers presented yvesterday hy the Rureau of Public Roads, whicn has surveyed and staked out a riverside route from Washington to Mount Vernon “hairman Dowsll of the commiftas gave assurance todav that he w bring the matter up bhefore his com mittee at the earliet possible dat and that. if favorably acted upen, a is expected, an approp n he made before Congreas adfourns for making the necessary fills in order that the road may he completad for nse at the hicentannial eelebratio EL ration in As the ation e report of the Rureau of Public Roads favoring the river route is now hefore the House commitise Representative II. Walton Moore of Virginia. patron of the pending hill, is pleased that his project is ahout to receive definite action. He sail today that he has no doubt that Rep resentative Dowell will fix an earls date for the hearing and is hopeful that the committee will take favora ble action. Mr. Moore says he reallzes that this is done the committes will find it necessary to draft 4 new bill, inas- much as the pending nill 1« very gen eral In its character. mentioning no specific route. He emphasized his own position that he has alwats garded the houlevard to Mount || MT.VERNON Map shows the route which would be ! tollowed by the boulevard from Wash- ington to Mount Vernon, skirting the banks of the Potomac. CONGRESS UPHELD ININVESTIGATIONS Supreme Court’s Daugherty Ruling Gives Legislative Branch Free Hand. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Having iseued a historic decision af fecting the right of the Chief Execu- tive to remove from office without the consent of the Senate, a second opin- ion of paramount importance in the development of itutional law now has been handed down by the Supreme Court of the United States In compei- ling witnesses to testify when request- «d by either the Sanate or the House of Repreeentatives. The Supreme Court did not desl with the question of how this power may be abused and injustice done. It simply reiterated that Congress had the power equivalent. indeed, to that which the judicial branch of the Gov ernment has always held. This tends of the Constitution that each branch of the Government shall be independ- ent and <hall, ‘in a sense, act as 4 cheek on other branches of the Gov- ernment. The case of Mal Daugherty, who refused to testify before a Sen- ate committee, grew to some extent out of the lack of confidence in the Department of Justice as expressed hy members of the minority party of the Senate. New Element Introduced. In most instances the inquisitoral powers of either would not be used to elicit testimony in cases such as the Teapot Dome acandal because the function of inves. tigation properly helongs to. the De- partment of Justice. Rut this was a case in which persons in the depart- ment itself were suspected of leaning toward the accused and this might be the case in those administrations in which members of the same party are under fire, Thus a new decision introduces an other element in the system of checks and balances in the American con- stitutional structure and enables a | minority party to prosecute through the powers of Congress those cases in which the Department of Justice for | political or other reasons might seem negligent. Many Legal Obstacles. Congress has always felt that the| right to investigate was inherent, but | the legal obstacles placed in recent ! ears against the summoning of wit- | n s have been numerous. A sub- poena from a congressional commit- tee now will mean more than it ever has hefore. While for the time he- ing it may mean a recrudescence of the investigating fever, the check | agaifst abuse will be the power of public opinion at the polls. It is only fair to state, however, | that even hefore the Supreme Court jssued its decision the spirit of most witnesses has heen one of co-opera- | | non | shown a great | ahout to strengihen the theory of the fathers | house of Congress | | head will speak on as. a natlonal project and haa never suggested any particular route, preferring to leave all the detalls to the Government enginesrs and the Government agencies which have interest in bringing the construction of the boule. vard in time for use when the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth Is celebrated in 1932 CITIZENS TO RETURN ZONE FUND BALANCE Court Decili;: Le_n:e; No Reason for Committee's Existence, Says Ihlder. ‘The Court of Appeals having “ap- parently ended” the famous Steerman zoning case, the remainder of funds contributed by citizens and organiza- tions toward defense of the zoning law probably will be returned to the donors hy the Federation of Citizens' Associations, it was disclosed today. John Thider. secretary of the federa- tion's committee on defense of the zoning law, has notified members of the committee of a meeting to he held Friday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock, in the Cosmos Club, to consider the re- fund plan. The Court of Appeals, Mr. Thider pointed out, dismissed on January 14 | the appeal of Mrs. Annie Steerman | from the decision against her in her suit against the District building in spector, contesting the zoning law | here, and in view of this action the | committee no longer has reason for | existence. i “I belleve there ix =till a balance’fo the credit of the committee, contrib- uted by various organizations and in- dividuals. and that the committee has expressed itself as being in faver of returning said balance pro rata to the contributors wher the case has heer |finally determined. provided the bal. ance justifies the work involved,” Mr. | Thider's notice stated. i ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES TONIGHT. Columbia Historjeal Society will | meet, 8:15 o'clock. in assembly hall of | Cosmos Club. Ancient historic man- sions in the National Capital will be shown on the screen hy Allen €I Clark and_ Maud “Burr Morris will speak of ““The Lenthall Houses." The Business Women's Counecil will meet in the lecture reom of the Chureh of the Covenant. Mrs. Seldon Spencer will speak at the Bible class “‘Jesits Christ and His Kingdom' o'clock and at 8, E. B. Merritt, nt Commissioner of Indian Af- s. will speak on ““The American Indians.” The annual banquet of the men of Eastern Preshyterian Church will he given at 6 o'clock, when Represent- ative Arthur Monroe, Free will speak. Morville Barker, president of the Men's Bible class, will act as toast. master. The Petworth Citizens' Association will meet, & o'clock, in Joppa Hall, 4209 Ninth street. The Chi Omega Alumnae Associa- | tion of Washington will have a m ing and bridge party, 8 o'clock, at the home of Miss Genevieve Thomas, 3120 Mount Pleasant street. All Chi Omegas In the District are invited. The Potomac Palisades Garden and Landscape Club will meet, 7:30 o'clock, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard H. Lane, 5327 Conduit road. F. V. Mulford will be guest and speaker. The Anthropological Society will meet 4:30 o'clock, in_room 42-43, New National Museum. Warren K. Moore. “The Prehistoric Mound Builders.” Annual meeting of Col. Smith, wearing a green hat and | stylishly dressed, did not present the | appearance of a defeated man, by any | Associatlon, all national organiza- tions favoring prohibition, and of the Association Opposed to the Eighteenth authority of the United States Gov- ernment. Father Lyons explained that the to the independent offices appro- priation bill. most Presidents?” Which Presi- dent belonged to and held of. fice as a member of three dif- the society. 5 tion and the cases of unwillingness to testify have been the exception The Mount Vernon Avenue Associa- . means. He is here to fight for his po- litical life. < Shows No Trace of Illness. He is convinced that he is entitled to his seat in the Senate, and he means to have it, if he can. Although Col. Smith underwent a sev tion several months ago, today he ap- pears to be in good physical condition Col. Smith posed for photographs at the request of an army of photogra- phers which awaited him at the ["nion | tation and again at the Willard Hotel Col. Smith statement regarding his case until his credentials are presented in the Senate tomorrow. e carefully prepared. argument In favor of the immdiate seating of Col. Emith. The Smith supporters are willing to | have his credentials go to the com. | mittes after he has heen seated and eworn in if they eannot have accepted without investigation, VETERAN FOUND DEAD. George R. Torrey Discovered in Gas-Filled Room. ‘With gas jets turned on, Riley Torrey, 82 vears old, of 12 Third street northeast, was found dead in bed in his room today by Mrs. Hulda Fetter, landlady He was blind and a veteran of the Civil War and had been receiving a pension of $20 per month, it was stated. Police are endeavoring to lo cate a sister, the only known surviv- ing relative, in Danville, N. Y. Coroner Nevitt had not issued a certificate in the case at noon. George re opera- | said he would make no | Senator Dineen wiil make | them | | policy of Georgetown has been to | submit to inspection of the American | Association of Universities, which, | \while it has no official standing, passes upon the qualification® of a consider able body of reputable colleges to grant degrees and insists on proper courses and a properly trained facult | ax well as a rigid schedule of classes and prescribed entrance requirements. This association, as well the regents of the University of York, has set a standard for various degrees and frowned upon any mixing of haccalaureate and ademic de- grees. Thus Georgetown no longer grants an honorary doctor of philoso this should | phy degree, holding t | be “ohtained only by study MINING ENGINEER DIES. John Henry Pearson, 44,'Employea by Revenue Bureau. John Henry Pearson, 44, of 1474 Co {lumbia re a mining engineer of the |income tax unit, Internal Revenue | Bureau, died yesterday rfield { Hospital. He was born in Salt Lake | City and was & graduate of the Uni | versity of Utah. He was a member of the Masonic order. Mr. Pearson has resided for the past four vears in Washington. Prior [to entering the Government servic 3 reon was engaged as an oll | prospector and geologist for the Union | Pacific Railroad. Interment will be at Salt Lake Cit He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gar nett Pearson: his mother, Mrs. John Pearson; five m-oll;;rs and three sisters, .| 000, has been held In trust hy the W wf i Would Return Militia Funds. Return to National Guard units of funds donated for their comfort dur- ing the Workl War would be directed |in a joint resolution adopted by the | House vesterday and sent to the Sen te. The fund, totaling nearly $850,- ar | Department since the armistice. State | Legislatures would he required to des ignate their respective governors as trustees for the money. Amendment. Andrews said a large quantity of the whisky now in this country is held for investment purposes, and the object of the bill is to concen- trate in the hands of one responsi- hle party under strict Government supervision the whole bhusiness ividing and. distributing medicinal spirits. He added that enactment of the measure would deal “a tremen- dous blow” to the bootleg industry. d Woman IS V ‘ ;Marrie 1 | woman to malden The of a married | register a copyright In her name is admitted in the announce today by the Copyright ad issued a copyright to 1 Hyde of Denver verses a previous stand of | ht Office, which had re. sue the copyright except in that of her hus right a | ment | that it inia | action the Copy | fused to | the name of Vogel | bana. | 6f the Copyright Office | show that the copyright was isued to Virginia Douglas Hyde for an unpub- lished song, ‘How Old Is Anne? of which one copy was printed May 17, 1926 According to the D | Party, which was drawn into the | | Aght, Miss Hyde asked for the co right in her malden name, and re- ferred the Copyright Office to hergius. iw fonal Woman's band, Albert A. Vogel, a Denve yer. In correspondence wil ictor in Dispute To Get Song Copyright in Maiden Name office here Mr. Vogel's office referred to her as “Mrs. Vogel,” whereupon the Copyright Office refused to issue the copyright unless the name of Vogel was appended, Miss Hyde appealed to Fanny Hurst, writer. Miss Hurst referred her to the Lucy Stone League, which in turn communicated with the National Woman's Party here. A delegation from the Woman's Party called on Register of Copyrights Solberg, December 20. At that time, the delegation declared, the register upheld the stand of the office that it was the “custom’ to register copy- fights in married names. The Wom- an's Party, seeing this as a_test case, advised Miss Hyde not to change the application. Nothing more was heard from the se by the Woman's Party until vesterday, when it recelved a tele- gram from Miss Hyde informing it ‘that the copyright had been granted. of ! Executive session on the Lau- sanne treaty expected to be re.’ sumed Commerce committee held a hearing on a hill relating to pro-. posed legislative _regulation of" loads on American ships. Agriculture committee met on routine bills. 3 Finance committee continued to consider alien property bill, HOUSE. House considered War Depart- ment appropriation hill. Hearing before subcommittee on education of House District com- mittee tonight, at 7:30 o'clock, on charges of corruption invelving appointment of members of the Board of Education. Suhcommittee on District appro- priation bill continues hearing of District officials in executive ses- sion. Banking and currency committee continues hearing on Federal farm loan bill. Military affairs committee con- ducts hearing on Army band lead- ers' bill. 35 Ways and means committee in executive session continues consid-_ eration of liquor bill. Interstate commerce committee in executive session considers railroad consolidation. 4 Committee on agriculture contin- ues hearing on plant quarantine: and the $6.000,000 seed bill. Immigration committee continues its hearing, with Dr. Hill from the Bureau of the Census as principal witness, p Naval affairs committee conducta’ hearing on con of _publie, . workpy- ol ferent parties during his life- time? Which two were repudi- ated by the parties that elected them? The story of the Presidents, with portraits of each. has been compiled in a brief, handsome, accurate booklet by the Infor- mation Bureau of The Evening Star. Forty pages, arranged for handy use, interesting, full of facts, available at the nominal price of § cents for postage and handling. Use the attached coupon. The Evening Star Tnformation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, 218t and C Sts. N.W., ‘Washington, D. C. Inclosed find 6 cents In stamps postage and handling charge for the booklet on the Presidents. vather than the rule. Those witnesses who have refused to testify have found that their reticence has been a prejudicial factor in thelr cases any- way. The decision, therefore, will not immediately change the course of events here, but as the potential pow- ers of Congress have been increased there will he a great deal more than perfunctory attention paid to the re quests of congressional committees hereafter. (Copyright. 1927.) JURY IS CHOSEN IN BUSCH SLAYING; TRIAL UNDER WAY (Continued from First Page.) fortunate occurrence. McCabe had no weapon, knew nothing of any ar- rangement, and as soon as the shoot ing started he rolled over on a lawn and made away. He went to his home and fell asleep from the effects of the liquor. Then he got a lawyer, unfortunately not myself, and the po- lice were notified as to his where- abouts. He made them a statement which you will see will not vary. He is the victim of the most unusual circumstances that almost ever befell a man.” Raymond F. Harper, 3145 Mount Pleasant street, and Clarence Robin- son, 521 Buchanan street, both; police- men, .testified ‘they Identified the bod) of Officer Busch in Hysong's under- aking establishment and Dr. Joseph *‘chn. depaty coroner, described tion will meet. 3 o'clock, in room 18; City Club Building. The Southeast W. C. T. U. will meet, 8 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. De Atlee, 1357 B street southeast. The Delaware State Soclety will meet at the Rochambeau. Dancing, cards and refreshments. The soclety will have a banquet February 19 in ballroom of Willard Hotel. - Kalorama Citizens' Assoclation will meet at St. Margaret's parish hall. The Music Club of the District Chapter, International Federation of Catholic Alumnae, will hold a re. hearsal at the Arthur Jordan Plane i‘,:mn Chn;:}‘ Cl}l):. 7:30 o'clock. . Or chestra, 8:30. . Alexander man will conduct. Henn?- Policeman and Woman Accused. of Perjury Held for Grand Jury. ~ Special Dispatch 1o The: Star, 5 CLARENDON, Va., January 18...- Milton W. Settle, a Washington po- 5 liceman, and Mrs. Virginia King, 6" Arlington County, arrested last week on charges of perjury in testimeny given at the divorce sult of the mer, waived preliminary hearing wfit brought before Judge Harry R. :hnmanr:hw t e':‘-'uain Court today and ere o eld- for Y "’{B‘;‘a";“,", r action of -the n 1,500 was fixe Sattle and $500 for Mr: T r‘; . King. -