Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1927, Page 4

"3 THE SUNDAY TAR, - WA MENCO REPOTS S0 REBELS SLAN Revolts Subsiding, Leaders Say—Alleged Americans’ Plot Investigated. January & total —unofficially estimated—of 500 revolutionists killed during the past few weeks by federal soldiers engaged n suppressing the uprisings in various parts of the republic. War Depart- mant reports indicate that the gov ernment is showing clemency to many | others who abandoned their arms, de clared loyalty to the and repudiated the revolution. It is indicated, however, that some of the rehel leaders are likely to suffer con- | which is of former of fiacation of their authorized under vears, although late. Some armed bands opposing the gov ernment continue their operations hers and there, but the military au thorities insist that they have been reduced to trivial proportions With the legal proceedings initiated by several of the foreign oil companies against the petroleum law still pend- ing in the Mexican courts and the ex- piration of the time limit for for- eigners to register under the new alien land law declarations of the land property, decrees rarely enforced administration | they own in Mexico passing without incident, public interest is focused on the subject of possible arbitration of the points at issue between the Mexi- oan and United States governments. All official circles, both Mexican and foreign, show much caution in dis- cussing the problem, and predictions | mhe Women's Hospital, Foochow, China, where the injured were taken in are avoided. The department of the interior is investigating an alleged plot of unnamed Americans alleged to have been posing as Communists in Mexico for the purpose of creating the impression that an important Communist. movement exists in Mexico, thereby injuring Mexico road. e NEW PEACE PARLEY OF NICARAGUANS ONLY PROPOSED BY DIAZ (Continued from First Page.) Nicaragua, the House was asked to &0 on record, in interpreting the Mon- roe doctrine, as opposed to interven- tion by the United States in Latin American republics except when their independence was threatened. The other would call for informa. tion from Secretary Kellogg on varfous aspects of the Nicaraguan situation, and asked whether the ‘Washington Government was respon- sible for designation of Adolfo Diaz a8 President of the republic. Both of the Moore resolutions were referred to the foreign affairs com- mittee, of which the Virginian is a member. The one pointed to an in- terpretation of the Monroe doctrine by Secretary Hughes, who declared it opposed encroachment upon the po- litical independence of American states under any guise. Huddleston Takes Hand. To extend its application to collec- tion of debts or other similar ends was declared in the resolution to be un- warranted and to place the United States in an “imperialistic attitude” toward other nations. Representative Huddleston, declaring public opinion was for peace, said he was opposed to ‘“this dirty war.” Members of Congress, he asserted, are not willing to go home to wait for summons to “return and approve a TEN ATHLETES DIE AS TRAIN SMASHES INTO COLLEGE BUS (Continued from First Page.) Hannah to a hospital in Georgetown. Both died about 1 p.m. Telephone service was almost de- moralized due to heavy rains and as a consequence the ambulances called ‘were delayed in arriving. DRIVER BLAMES RAIN. Vision Obscured Until Too Late, He Declares. TALOR, Tex., January 22 (P).— Rain, which formed a mist ,on the windshield, obscuring his vision, was blamed tonight by Joe Potter of West, Tex., for the crash at Round Rock today in which 10 students of Baylor University were killed and 5 injured. “I was driving at a moderate rate of speed, between 20 and 25 miles an hours,” Potter said. “It was raining and the windows were steamed up. “I did not see the train until some one, I don't know who it was, yelled, ‘look out! “I leoked and the tran seemed to be about 60 yards from the path of our bus. I realized instantly that I could not stop, owing to the weight of the automobile and so I tried to beat it across and thought I was mcross when the crash came.” Facing Death, es “Pal.” At the approach of death, J. Clyde (Abe) Kelley of Waco, thought not of himself, but of his lifelong pal, Weir Washam of Waco, whom he shoved out of a rear window of the bus, J. R. Kane, one of the survivors said. Washam escaped uninjured. Kelley and Washam played together on State High School champfonship foot ball clevens at Waco High School and this past Fall played on the Bay. Jor eleven, which finished second in the Suthwest Conference. Kelley Riayed fullback and Washam quarter Kane said that box cars on a side track were partly to blame for the tragedy. “Joe Potter w ®pproaching on s driving and we were he left of the train,” he explained We thought we had cleared the track. but the engine caught the back end. Shuts His Eyes and Crawled. “1 was dazed, and when 1 partly woke up, I shut' my eyes and crawled eway as far as I could.” Determination to see the Baylor basket ball team play at Austin cost the life of Ivey Foster, jr., of Tayl Foster “bummed” a ride as far Temple and there the bus pic wup. There were nof enough se the bus, and for about 20 miles rode on the running board. Appre ciating that Foster was cold, Ed Gooch of Ennis, called him inside an i gave him his (Gooch's) seat. Gooch was killed. WEEKS PORTiIAIT ON VIEW he A portrait of Weeks. former paintéd by Arthur M Teceived at the War D laced in the private office ry Dwight F. Davis. Several other specimens of the work of Mr. Hazard re on display in this city, including Spirit_of Service” in the American useum, and “Not by of Secre. | British the the recent outbreaks. BRITAIN IS GIRDING TO GUARD INTEREST IN TURBULENT CHINA (Continued from First Page) from up-river treaty ports also have been retiring to Shanghai. The transportation task alone would be enormous if these Americans had to be shipped out to save their lives. Whether it could be accomplished without landing naval or military forces to protect the embarkation would depend upon the amount and intensity of the anti-foreign movement among the hundreds of thousands of Chinese living around the interna: tional settlement. American consuls have found it necessary to order American mis- slonaries out of the more disturbed regions of the interior. They also have advised American merchants, whose business activities are confined by treaty to the 13 open ports of China, and who enter the interior only in traveling from one point to an- other, to send out their fiamilies and s if the sftu- ation grew worse. is upon the judgment of these men who are stick- ing to their jobs to the last that the Washington ~Government relies in gauging the seriousness of the Chinese situation. Gauging Present Situation. Most Washington officials do not believe, however, that either the Can- tonese officials or any other political group has deliberately sought to pro- mote mob violence that endangers foreign lives. What they do fear is that the agitation for harassment of foreigners for nationalist propaganda purposes may have initiated a wave of anti-foreignism in China beyond control of any organized forces in that country. 3 American policy towards China, it is declared by officials, is and always has been based on the belief that Americans can do business in China only if the Chinese ave friendly to- ward them and desire their presence. The difficulties now confronting ail foreign governments is to determine to what extent the present anti-for- eign wave is to be construed as a dec- laration by the mass of the Chinese people that they do not want foreign- OREICNERS QUIT INTERIOR. None of Injured in Shanghai Riot Is Critical. SHANGHAI, January 22 (#).—For- eigners continued their movement to- day from interior China toward Shanghai and other centers of the white race as a result of the hostil- ity of the Chinese, which has grown steadily since the Cantonese began their northward march last Spring in their campaign to nationalize all China and abolish the concession dis- tricts ceded to foreigners. Conductors and motormen of the Municipal Tramway Co., parading in celebration after winning concessions from the company after a two-day strike, clashed with the police of the international settlement. A score of the tramway workers were injured by police, who wielded batons, and some of the police were hurt by bricks and stones hurled by the tramway men. The police refrained from using firearms. et The fighting took place in Nanking road, in the heart of the central dis. trict, which was the original British concession, and {§ the commercial cen- ter of Shanghai. The riot followed a week of labor troubles, and was the culmination of a tense undercurrent fostered by ac- tivities of agitators. 7 | None of those injured was in a seri- ous condition, it was said late tonight. Program of Cantonese. China for the Chinese has been the rallying cry of the Cantonese, and with each military success the posi tion of foreigners became more dif- ficult. Gen. Chang Kai-Shek, commander- in-chief of the Cantonese or National- ist government forces, announced as the government's program the unit- ing of all China under one authority, the abolishment of the foreign con- cessions which are a part of many Chinese cities, the cessation of extra- territorial rights of fc s, which Include trial by their o a the ism" entire imperial- not only in China but in the world. The - program cited “imperialism.” but charged that the United States was also im perialistic because of its holding the Philippines as a possession. | Through their military campaign, in (which they spread from Kwantung and Kwangsi provinces in southea: ern China over half of the count the Cantonese were aided by Russians. Russians Gave Money. From Russian sonrces they received money, arms and ammunition. Rus- sians aided in the military operations and Russian advisers helped to shape the Cantonese political policy. Chief of these advisors was J. Borodkin, who moved with the Cantonese head- quarters from Canton to Wuchang, in central China, when the govern: ment recently made that city its capital The Cantonese moved northward in Spring of last year through Hunan province, and in a remarkable campaign reachcd the Yangtse River at Hankow. M Wu Pel-Fu, overlord of central China, was forced out of Hankow after brief fighting and then after a siege of five weeks the city of Wuchang, across the The spread over central and south- ern China was rapid. Its military activities were greatly aided by propaganda of Kuomintang, the po- litical party which dominated it. Agents taught by the Kuomintang preceded the Cantonese army and in many sections made military success easy by undermining the morale of the northern armies. Marshal Sun Chuan-Fang, once ruler of five provinces of eastern China, was unable to present effective resistance, and the C(antonese took from him Kiagsi and Fukien prov: inces and_obtained a stronghold on Anhwei. Down from the north came the Kuominchun, the so-called national army, once the backbone of the Peking government, ousted last April by the united forces of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, dictator of Manchuria, and Marshal Wu Pei-Fu. The Kuomin- chun, animated by the same principles actuating the Cantonese, and also aided from Russian sources, began to act in concert with the Cantonese, al- though their forces did not join. Foreigners Are Pinched. The civil war proved disastrous to foreigners. As their warships moved up the Yangtse River toward Hankow and Wuchang to protect their na- tionals, the vessels many times were fired upon from the river banks by Chinese soldlers. The most serious affair took place at Wanhsien, 1,250 miles up the Yangtse, in early Sep- tember, when a fight took place be- tween British naval forces and the soldiers of Gen. Yang-Sen, an adher- ent of Wu Pel-Fu. Forty British naval men upon a small, unarmed boat went to the assistance of the British crews of two merchant ships seized by the Chinese on the assertion that the ships carried munitions of war for the enemy. ‘The Chinese soldiers fired upon the British and killed or wounded more than half their number, but the little party persisted, and rescued their kin- folk from the ships. The British gun- boat Cockchafer returned the fire of the. Chinese soldiers. Claimed 2,000 Casualties. The Chinese asserted that the Cock- chafer killed or wounded upward of 2,000 Chinese; that its shells were di- rected into the City of Wanhsien, many civilian casualties resulting. The British claimed that the Chinese losses were not more than 300, of ‘whom 200 were soldiers, the remaining 1‘0)0 Chinese being struck by stray mis- siles. The Wanhsien incident was used by the Chinese to increase the agitation against foreigners, already become ac- tive. Missionaries in the interior were harassed; several in widely separated districts were kidnaped by bandits, but they were released unharmed. In November strikes developed in Hankow as a result of the sovietizing of trades unions. Radicals spoke against foreigners and placards were posted upon walls of the city’s build- ings inciting the Chinese to action. The coolies were: stirred to action by anti-foreign speakers at a mass meet- ing on the river bank December 3. Charge en Masse. They charged thousands strong upon the British concessions, hurling stones at police of the British conces- sion, which stood firm, though beaten with long sticks. Forty sailors from a British warship in the river reinforced the police, and for four hours the thin British line held, without firing a shot, until belated relief came at nightfall, when Cantonese troops appeared and forced back the coolie mob. The following day, coolle mobs swept over the British cocession dis- trict, hurling stones at buildings and yelling imprecations. The Cantonese authorities asserted that they could control the situation, and to avoid in- flaming the mobs the commanders of the British and American warships held their men on board. The British and American women and .children were embarked that night, and the following day and proceeded to Shanghal. The men remained, hoping that the situation would become calmer. Hankow Cut Off. Hankow was cut off from com- munication two days ago, and con- flicting reports have been received, some stating that 1,000 British and American men were evacuating the cit The Cantonese government holds the British concession Kiukiang, on the Yangtse, 135 miles from Hankow and 450 miles from the sea, suffered from coolie mob violence at about the same time as Hankow. The British concession was overrun after its barricades had been demolish- d, and most of the forelgn residents scught safety in Shanghai and else- where. The British having been forced out by coolie mobs, the Can- tonese armed forces, which had done nothing to aid.the foreigners, moved in_and took possession. Hundreds of miles away, at Foo- chow, Fukien Province, mobs said to be lead by soldiers of the northern army drafted into the Cantonese forces attacked the churches and hos- pitals and dwellinzs of foreign mis- sionaries. These were looted, and many American and British men and women were beaten. False Story Inflames. _ The mobs were incited to violence in part by a false story that Spanish priests and nuns had killed 20 Chinese bables. 4 Red pirit of the Armistice,” i the National Museum. X Yangtse, was starved into surrender early in scplemb&l\) Most of the missionaries departed for Shanghai, Manila. or Hong ‘ong. RISING ORIO RIVER |Industry and Traffic Suffer as Swollen Stream Nears Flood. By the Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, ' January Southern and southeastern Ohio were facing serious flood menace tonight as the Ohio River. swollen from four days’ rainfall, continued to rise at the ate of 3 Inches an hour. Bus serv- ice and industry in the district was seriously hampered. Ohlo River bottoms from East Liver- pool to Portsmouth tonight were moving their personal belongings to higher ground. despite the prediction of the United States Weather Bureau that the cold wave which is rushing eastward would check the flood. Pomeroy merchants began moving perishable merchandise to higher ground, declaring that should the river, which late today had reached a stage of 45 feet, go to 50 feet, Main street would be inundated. Interurban bus and street car serv- ice at Eest Liverpool was interrupted when the backwaters of the river in- undated their tracks and roads be- came blocked by landslides caused by the heavy rains. At Bellaire several factories, includ- ing steel works and glass works, were forced to close when the river flood- ed_ground floors, Rivermen in the vicinity of Ironton, where the Ohlo reached a stage of 43 feet, predicted the river would go to 49 feet. Business men and residents of the town have moved their goods from basements. Persons living In the lowlands moved to higher ground. PITTSBURGH SUFFERS. Weather Bureau Sees End of Flood Menace Today. By the Associated Pre PITTSBURGH, January 22 (#).— With a slow but steady drop in tem- perature manifest, and an accompany- ing cessation of rainfall, Government forecasters tonight saw an end to the flood menace in the Pittsburgh dis- triet, but not until 12 to 14 hours hence. The rivers showed a level of 28.6 feet or 4 feet above the flood level predicted. A recession will not take place, it was pointed out, until after the flood waters of the Allegheny and Monongehala, reporated as still slowly rising at up-river points, have passed here. In the lowlands of the Pittsburgh district several factories were forced to suspend operations because of high water. Northside, Pittsburgh, had several streets inundated along the river banks, forcing a re-routing of street cars. Boat service was pro- vided by the department of public safety. Cellars of residences and business houses were flooded. The freight houses and engine ter. minal of the Baltimore and Ohfo Rail- road on the Northside were closed be- cause of the Allegheny overflow. DECISION ON DISTRICT APPOINTMENTS SOON Senate Subcommittee to Hold Exec- utive Session Tuesday on Dougherty and Taliaferro. The Senate subcommittes created to pass upon the nominations of Dis- trict Commissioners Dougherty and Taliaferro will meet in executive ses- sion at 11 o’clock Tuesday morning, at which time it may reach decision. The subcommittee has held one other meeting, but since it was an executive session, members have not given any indication of what occurred. Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, at whose request the appointments were referred to a subcommittee, was not able to be present at the previous meeting. If the subcommittee is ready to re- port the nominations after its session Tuesday, the entire District Com- mittee probably will meet within a few days to act on the report. Senator Wesley L. Jones, Republican, of Wash- :Tx:lg!:on. is chairman of the subcom- ee. St b DL U. S. APPEALS TAX CASE. Contends Acquittal on Fraud Does Not Affect Conspirady. ‘The Government docketed in the Supreme Court late yesterday an appeal from the decision of the lower Federal courts which held that John R. Hanley of Wilmington, N. C., and F. J. Sullivan, an accountant, could not be tried on the charge of con- spiracy to defraud in connection with Federal income, profits and sur- taxes for the years from 1917 to 1921, inclusive, after they had been tried and acquitted for the same acts on a charge of an effort to defraud. Claiming that Hanley had failed to pay several thousands of dollars in taxes for the years named and had been aided in doing it by Sullivan, who made out his tax returns, the Government contended in -its appeal that the indictment of the two men on the conspiracy charge was good, although both had been acquitted when tried on the charge of attempt- ing to defraud. The lower courts held, however, that the acquittals were a bar to the conspiracy prosecution. ——e Sees Bonus Loan R:lief. Chairman Snell of the House rules committee told the House yesterday that he believed legislation to facili- tate loans on bonus certificates would be passed during this session. Those who left for Hong Kong en- countered a hostile demonstration at Amoy, but their vessel proceeded de- spite attempts ta _hold it by Chinese who overran it. The SBpanish mission at Amoy was looted, the priests and nuns taking refuge upon a ship in the harbor. The_anti-foreign agitation and vio- lence has swept over many provinces, and the exodus of foreigners from the interior has become general. Through it all there has been little or no loss of life of foreigners, except in the conflicts on the Yangtse be- tween men of the forelgn warships and the Chinese soldiers. Numerous foreign men-of-war pa- trol Chinese waters, many of them being far in the 'interior on the Yangtse River. WANTED— /oung man. Clerical po- sition in local banking in- stitution. In reply state age, business experience and salary expected. Ad- dress Box 435-B, Star Office. THREATENS TOWNS Residents of the | PART “SHARE WITH OTHERS.” On this day dedicated to the thought of sharing with others, as the culmination of National Thrift Associated Charities and general family welfare agenc'es, quarter ending December 31 w corresponding period of last yea $18,067, against $12,486 ago. In' December alone 513 families, 91 of whom Of these families 66 per cent were Citizens' is renewed, number of families in actual distress may be ¢ The increase in amounts expended for direct financial aid for . as shown by relief disbur Associated ere previously week, the Midwinter appeal of the Relief Assoclation. Washington's s0 that the increasing red for the for the rents of per cent greater than Charities had under care unknown to the soclety. handicapped by illness or physical disability of wage earner or other member, Just barely making ends meet faces the present situation with ser by only number of givers and in the amounts contributed. to Ord his emergency can be met Contributions may be sent Committee, 1 Eleventh street. (Signed) last vear, the board of managers pus concern. increased support, both in The need is pressing. Joint Finance Preston, treasurer, CORCORAN THOM Chairman HOSPITALS UNITED TO FORM GREAT MEDICAL CENTER HERE (Continued from First Page.) tories, each doing a specialized work, are brought into immediate proximity, however, they can work with one an other at reduced overhead expense and with better opportunity for de veloping achievements as a result of co-operation. “The basis of the agreement,” Dr. Lewis sald, “is the fact that the ex- perience of many other cities has demonstrated the value of the estah- lishment of great medical cénters in which close and lasting associations have been formed between the work of theoretical medical instruction and the practical instruction afforded by the facllities for clinical teaching found in hospitals and dispensaries. Greater Usefulness Expected. “The time and opportunity have ar- rived for the establishment of such a medical center in Washington, to grow out of an alliance between the parties to this agreement, in which not only may be carried on the work referred to, but medical and surgical research developed. The parties be- lieve that all the institutions will be more useful * * * and the purposes of their founders more adequately ac- complished thereby. * * * r, the university, its students will have constantly increasing facili- ties for clinical work. The hospitals on their part will have the advantage of the varfous laboratories in the Medical School. The people of Wash- ington will have the advantage that comes from larger hospital units and the association of a teaching institu tion with a_hospital. And It is feit that this affiliation will give Washing ton added prestige along medical lines.” The heads of the three institutions already affillated held several final meetings during the last week. It was not thought the papers could be signed before early next week. meeting was held on Friday, however, at which it was agreed that all ob- stacles to the amalgamation of in terests had been eliminated and that the deed could be completed before the week closed. “Those who are parties to the agreement,” Dr. Lewis added, “wish to emphasize the fact that there will be no change in the activity of any of the institutions until such times as the actual changes in buildings are brought about. The support given to the various institutions will be con- tinued with the added incentive that will now be contributing to an impor- tant project along the most efficient and modern lines.” VOTE ON McNARY-HAUGEN BILL PRACTICALLY ASSURED IN HOUSE (Continued fr nority report of the House committee on agriculture was filed yesterday, de claring that the new bill is more ob- jectionable and more unconstitutional than the bill which was defeated in both houses last Spring. The minority report urges the House to pass the Curtis-Crisp bill. Time appears to be on the side of the oponents of the McNary-Haugen bill. The session ends March 4, just six weeks away. While it is expected that in the House a special rule for consideration of the farm bill will be obtained after the last appropriation bill has passed that body, and a vote will follow in the Senate, with un- limited debate it may be difficult to bring the bill to a final vote before the Congress adjourns. An opponent of the bill in the Senate—one of its strongest opponents—sald last night that it would be exceedingly difficult for him to filibuster against any farm relief legislation—McNary or other- wise—because of the great demand of his constituents that something be done. McNary to Call Up Bill. Senator McNary expects to call the bill up in the Senate within the next 10 days, He does not wish to delay action_on the annual appropriation bills, but he is intent upon getting a vote on his farm bill if he can. Nor will he wait for action in the House. Last Spring the Haugen bill, in its old form, was defeated in the House by a vote of 212 to 167. In the Sen- ate, the vote was much closer, the bill losing only by a vote of 45 to 39 when it was offered as an amend- ment to the House bill creating a co- operative marketing division in the Department of Agriculture. A shift of four votes in the Senate at that g’rlrlle would have passed the McNary The cotton situation in the South has added strength to the McNary- Haugen bill forces, it is said. Failure on the part of Congress to pass any farm relief legislation will, it is said, be charged up to the ad- ministration by political opponents in the agricultural States. On the other hand, if the problem is tackled with some degree of satisfaction to the farmers, the administration will gain materially in popularity in those States. If there is no legisla- tion during the present session of Congress, the pressure for it in the first session of the next Congress, on the eve of a national campaign, is expected to be even greater than it is today, with the possibility of a political conflict over the legislation of no small proportions. Opponents Not So Sure. Opponents of the McNary bill in the Senate insist that they can beat it. But they are mot so sure as they were last year. In the House, too, there is greater uncertainty than a year ago. There has been some talk of forc- ing & speclal session to compel eon- sideration and action on the farm relief bill. But the leaders on both sides of the chamber are opposed to a special session this coming Spring. 1f the bill actually passes the House and failed of a vote in the Senate becawse of lack of time, then the demand for a special session to take it up again might be more pro- nounced. Today the situation with regard to the annual appropriation bills is better than it has been for years. The House has only the Dis- trict appropriation bill, the legisla- tive bill, the State, Justice, Commerce and Laber bill, and an urgent de- ficiency bill. It is expected these will be disposed of quickly. The Senate i8 not far behind the House in consideration of the supply bills. Senator McNary, chairman of the committee on agriculture, issued a statement with regard to the farm relief bill reported by his committee erday. He said, in part: 'he committee bill provides & way for producers of the basic agricul- tural crops to adjust supply to de- mand in their most profitable mar- kets and to their best advantage. “This bill is addressed to the same problem and is based on the same principles as the committee bill re- ported in the last session, although many changes have been made to improve and strengthen it. “Cotton, wheat, corn, swine and rice are the basic commodities specifi- cally treated under the surplus con- trol features of the bill, although there are loan provisions aimed to as- sist producers of other farm commodi- ties in organizing for orderly mar- keting. “The administrative body is a farm board directed to promote stability :nfl effective protection for agricul- ure, “This measure has been overwhelm- ingly indorsed by the farm and co- operative organizations all over the country. It contains no subsidy, no pricefixing, and no Government buy- ing or selling. Its fundamental prin- ciple is the collection of the cost of stabilizing each commodity from the commodity itself through the equaliza- tion fee. “The equalization fee is simply the contribution each unit (bushel, bale or pound) makes to a common fund for the commodity. This fund for wheat, for example, makes it possible for an agency set up and controlled by wheat growers, In co-operation with the board, to say how much of the sur- plus of wheat shall be removed from the domestic market at any time. Within limits dictated by business senge, it enables wheat farmers 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 cotton exports are near- ly two-thirds of the world's interna- tional trade in cotton. Such a fund for cotton would make it possible for cotton growers to feed cotton into the markets of the world as fast as the world wanted it at a reasonable price.” Navy Observes Day. All ships and shore stations of the Navy have been directed, in a dispatch broadcast yesterday, to observe today as law and order Sunday. The mes- sage conveys the information that the day has been designated as law and order Sunday to emphasize the fact that the Government is founded upon loyalty to the written law as set forth in the Constitution of the United States. e, | Jo Jax Payers pr reserve to meet your 1926 taxes, you may obtain the money at the If you have not a sufficient WELFARE WORKERS Associated Charities’ Offi- Morris Plan. % is not necessary to t a mortgage on your your note for I2months A small wed;l! payment takes care of your note. UNDER SUPERVISION 1408 H ST.NW. 3 NEED MORE FUNDS cials to Outline Plans To- morrow to Raise Money. Foreseeing a serious shortage of funds before the end of: the present fiscal vear unless larger support Is given by the public to the welfare work with which they are associated, officials of the Associated Charities and the Citizens' Relief Association will meet tomorrow to prepare plans for the appeal for funds for the two organizations. Corcoran Thom. chairman of the joint finance committee: Coleman Jennings. chairman of the executive mmittee of the Associated Charities: Cleveland Perkins, chairman of the finance commttee of the lattr group, and Col. H. J. Slocum, president of the Citzens' Relief Assoclation, will discuss the plans. A letter of appeal to be sent to friends and former contributors points out that it is the family of imited resources and small earnings “plunged below the line of self sup- port when fllness came or other un- expected emergency arises” which is causing the present serfous situation. The letter adds that the help given to such familles constitutes “insur- ance against disease, child neglect and a delinquency and many other ilis that poverty, misfortune, sickness and death leave in their wake.” Visitors for the Associated Chari- ties always seek to make such plans with the family being aided as will best conserve the health and educa- tion of the children. For this reason, the relief is given, although always necessary and timely, is only a part of the result aimed at. “The pro- tection of the children and the sav- ing of homes mean much more as an insurance against future trouble.” COL. GLASGOW DEAD. Retired Officer Dies as Result of Auto Crash. HARTFORD, Conn., January (®).—Col. Bruce M. Glasgow, U. 8. A., retired, 74 years old, of West Palm Beach, Fla., died today of injuries received in an automobile accident in Rockville January 10. He was a graduate of West Point. He entered the Army soon after the Custer massacre and was stationed in the South and other points until the World War, when he was made com- mander of the 167th Regiment and went overseas. His regiment was in several battles. Col. Glasgow leaves his wife and one son, R. 8. Glasgow of St. Louis, Mo. WNEMELUSSNGS KNE TOHORROW Makes First Public Appear- ance Here in Third Wash- ington Company Opera. Luella Melius, considered by crities us America’'s greatest singer, will be presented to Washington to- morrow night by General Director Albion of the Washington Natlonal Opera Co. in “Lakme,” the opera from which one of the greatest of all coloratura arias has been taken, the famous “Bell Song." The opera, the third of the season of the company, will be given at the Washington Auditorium with a cast of favorites supporting Mme. Melius, Wwho s making her first public ap- pearance her: Fonoriava Among Them. Among them will be Fugenie Fonorfava, contralto, who appeared here in “Picque Dame”; Ralph Er- rolle, American tenor, who has sung with the Metropolitan; Ivan Ivant- zoff, Washington Opera baritone: Ivan Steschenko, Chicago Opera basso, who has appeared hers this season in “Pique Dame” and “La Boheme,” and three young Washing- ton singers, Mrs. Dorothy Tyler and Mrs. Dorls Morrow, sopranos, and Miss Charlotte Harriman, contralto. The Tchernikoff-Gardner ballet will dance. “Lakme" is particularly noted for its tuneful music and spe clally the ballet music, an art in which Delibes, the composer, was a master. Alberto Bimboni, American con- ductor, will appear as guest con- ductor in this opera. He has been In this city for some time preparing the company and the orchestra. Two Other Operas Later. The Washington National Opera Co., which has the backing of many of the prominent leaders of officlal, social and business life of the city, 18 to give two other operas this sea- #on, “Otello” and “Tristan und Isolde. It is the aim of Mr. Albion to give one of the great Wagner operas each Lenten season, he states, the Wag- ner music with its deeply religious themes being considered especially fitting for that season. The plan was begun last year with Lohengrin. The box office of the company is located at the Jordan Piano Co., at Thirteenth and G streets, and tickets will be on sale at the Auditorium in the evening. some CLARKE AUTOPSY ROUTES MURDER, PHYSICIAN HOLBS MUSIC Dusolina Giannini, possessed of a beautiful soprano voice and a true art in song, gave an interesting pro- gram last night at the Memorial Continental Hall before an apprecia- tive audience, which gave her pro- longed applause. The high spot in her program was the moving “Vissi d’Arte,” from La Tosca. All the brilliance of her pow- erful voice, all the depth of feeling, all of her appreciation of music poured forth in this arla. It was evi- dent that she would make a marvelous Tosca, both in voice and interpreta- tion. The Tosca aria was the final num- ber of a group in Italian, which in- cluded Respighi’'s “Stornellatrice,” a draamtic song; the gentle ‘‘Caro, Caro, el mio Bambin” of Guarnierie, which she sang with exquisite tenderness, and “Stornellata Marinara” of Cimara. This Italian group was the best of her program and in response to prolonged applause she sang charmingly the old air ‘“Phyllis Has Such Charming Graces.” The English group, which was the third on the program, was changed from the program listing and a song, v Mother,” which was sung feel- ingly, opened the group in place of “Life’ of Pearl Curran. Other songs included “When I Love You,” written by Mme. Giannini’s brother; “Noc- turne” of Frank La Forge, a beautiful quiet song, and La Forge's “Hills,” a song of little appeal. The opening group was German and made up entirely of works of Brahms. They forecast the disappointing fea- ture of the program, a tendency of Mme. Giannini to have a little diffi- culty with her pitch on the final notes, which were sung planissimo. This was not so evident in her Italian songs, hewever, and may have been due to a cold which kept her from being at her best. Mme, Giannini caught the spirit of the songs; “Immerleiser wird mein Schlummer,” *Vorschnel- ler,” in which she gave the first indi- cation of the brilliance and power ¢t her full voice, and “Von Ewiger Liebe.” The final group was composed of four Italian folk songs arranged by her brother, “Canta per Me,” ‘“Luise,” ‘Serenatella” and ‘“Tarantella Lu- ciana,” which she sang with fine ap- preciation of their tradition. Miss Molly Bernstein, who played Mme. Giannini’s accompaniments, was exceptionally capable. H. P. B. (Continued from First Page.) g almost all her movements up to the -time of her death. The coroner had had no opportunity to comment on the autopsy findings, which apparently gave a severe set- back to his theories and his last state- ment in the investigation, before the autopsy had been that “it's a clear case of murder, a two-man murder with a robbery motive.” Residents Share Views. His views are shared by most of the townspeople and Miss Clarke's rela- tives. Two of her cousins, Joseph F. Fisher, jr., of Pittsburgh and his sis- ter, Miss Marie L. Fisher, arrived yes terday and identified the body. “I ‘am convinced ‘my cousin was lured to Cape May and slain,” Mr. Fsher said. “She, Lyumi most wom- en, had no cause to end her She was a, serene, contented, happy woman and po: of splendid business abilities.” Tt s all terribly life. distressing, but I beileve she was mur- lered.” Townspeople questioned the ability of a woman as frail as Miss Clarke to make her way through the heavy storm and climb the ice wall which had formed on the beach at the edge of flood tide. They scoffed at t police theory that she fell or threw herself into the water as a fantastic impossibility. State police insist, however, that they can account for Miss Clarke's movements from the time she left Haddon Hall on the board walk at At lantic City January 10, until her body was found here last Saturday night. 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