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2 % SCHOOLS TO HAVE [ST HOUSE CLEANING Mail Course Institutions Or- ganize in Move to Pre- vent Fraud. The American correspondence schools, which take $70.000,000 an. nually from 2,000,000 pupils, are to have a house cleaning Eleven of the reputable concerns in this fielg of education have just; formed a national organization, backed by Carnegie Foundation, which will set up ethical standards for the entire business and co-operate with the Federal Trade Commission in eliminating traud. Headquarters have been established here and an intensive investigation is in progress to force moderation in advertising and stand ards in teaching Dr. J. 8. Noff: tional expert ¢ of the nger, a former educa the Carnegie Founda- tion, is in charge of the work. A few years ago Dr. Noffsinger conducted nation-wide survey of adult education, and it is partly on the basis of in- formation obtained at that time that he now is proceeding. The survey convinced hum, Dr. Noffsinger said, that the correspondence school was one of the most essential factors in the field of adult education, that there were reputable concerns with the highest ideals in the business. but that the field as a whole was a pro- lific source of fraud. Take in $70,000,000 Yearly. “There are 500 schools now on our records,” Dr. Noffsinger said. y take in at least §70.000,000 every 5 At least 10 per cent of this business is downsight fraud. At least half of it is questionable. I do not mean that it is fraudulent, but there are certain questions which must be asked and answered before it can be given a clean bill of health. This leaves the re- maining 50 per cent doing a clean, honest service to the cause of Arher- ican education and deserving pro- tection.” The present efforts of the American Home Study Council are devoted to checking up on misleading advertise- ments and promises, and giving the concerns a chance to change them be- fore presenting the cases to the Fed- eral Trade Commission. Almost all of these concerns do an_ interstate busi- ness which makes them subject to Federal jurisdiction in cases of fraud. The big business of the correspond ence schools, the investigation has shown, is in vocational subjects. Most of the students are recruited from rural districts and from small cities, where there are no oppor- tunities for study in evening schools, and the majority of them have com- pleted the equivalent of two years in high school. Chicago Infested. The questionable schools are grouped in States where there are extremely Jax laws in respect to incorporation of institutions of learning. In Chicago they spring up like mushrooms. “The District of Columbia,” said Dr. Noffsinger, “appears to be clean, So far as Vocational correspondence schools are concerned. Of course, it is notorious all over the country because of schools giving liberal arts degrees by correspondence, but we are not vet ready to deal with such institutions. At the worst they affect only a small percentage of the 2,000,000 men and women who must be protected against fraud.” Dr. Noffsinger” is collecting “the catalogues and stock correspondence of the varipusgidollezes’'s, His files show that t :‘ue schoolslwhere one may learn by corresponderite every- thing from toe dancing to plumbing. Ingenious circulars are broadcast through the mails and “catch” ads placed in the newspapers and maga- zines. Guarantee Meaningless. There are schools which definitely promise to secure a position and a 50 per cen. increase in pay for every one completing one of their courses, pro- viding the present salary is not above @ certain level. This is a bona fide offer, Dr. Noffsinger said. The schools probably will keep their word to the latter if, and only if, the student com- pletes the course. They see to it, however, that in the later stages the course becomes so difficult that only those of almost superintellects can finish it. In its final analysis the guarantee. of a job and a raise in pay is only a play on words and means exactly nothing. Various vocational schools stress in their circulars the high pay received by some individuals in the particular trades or professions they seek to teach and the wording is such that the unsophisticated student might easily interpret it as a promise that he cer- tainly will get a $20,000 or $30,000 job as soon as he has finished the course. As a matter of fact,”he will be luck) 10 get a bare living wage it he secures a job at all Correspondence sehools which promise pay raises, directly or by inference, or which unduly stress the financial rewards are subject auto- matically to suspicion, Dr. Noffsinger said, and must delete this from their advertizing before they are admitted to the Home Study Council, although their teaching standards may prove reputable enough Offers Fine Chances. “The American correspondence school,” Dr. Noffsinger said, “offers to thousands of Americans their only chance to rise in the world or to broaden their outlook on life. We have found that the average students have left high school too soon and gone to w As they grow older they repent their wasted opportu- nities and ambition “But by that time they have grown age corresy is rout 26 v that time he or she either is mar- & marriage. Life has are possessed of a new By ried or consiaer brought various responsibilities, finan- otherwise. The students are una to leave home and spend the money necessary to attend eny resi dent school or college To such persons the correspond- ence school offers a _great opportunity and a great hope. It is too vital and ~ssential a thing in American life to be allowed to remain a fleld where | swindiers can find refuge. It is the great American opportunity for the uneducated. and its possibilities in re- spect to raising the educational stand ards of the country are staggering. Swindling May End Soon. “I think we can safely say that the cial or day of the men who use human aspira- tions and ambitions as material for swindling will soon be over, and any one who enrolls in a correspondence school will be assured of getting valus for his money. Nobody would say that it is an ideal system of education Any one who possibly can afford to do so should study in a resident achool. But it is the best that can be offered to tho On ubj arts s by Noffsinger said “I see no reason why this cannot be done if the schools are kept on a high standard. Both the University of Lon nds of persons. t of granting liberal correspondence, Dr, re ORE ROBBERIES HERE BARED AS WORK OF MASTER CROOKS THE SU Some of the most skillful of the Nation’s professional criminals now may he operating in Washington This is the opinion of offictals of a large national insurance company which holds a great many burglary policies here, after an investigation of a recent series of store robberies These robberies, according to Her- bert E. Parker, head of the burglary department of this company, clearly are the work of operators of ex- ceptional skill, fho plan their work and select their loet in a manner possible only to experts. Baltimore, Wilmington and Philadelphia are having similar_epidemics of store robberies, Mr. Parker said yesterday. which gives some basis for the theory that each city is under a tenacle of a glant octopus of crime whose brains are in New York He believes that the recently en- acted Baumes laws in New York, which prescribe a life sentence upon the fourth conviction for any crim- inal offense, have resulted in®sc tering the professionals, who have spread to the Atlantic Coast cities, but who still operate through a New York headquarters and fences. Planned In Advance. dirst, says Mr. Parker, all of the recent store robberies here evidently were planned for weeks in advance. In each case the thief took advantage of the one vulnerable spot in the store’s defenses and timed the bur- glarly exactly so that he would have leisure to work without interrup- tion from the police or private guards. In the robbery at Rizik's, for ex- ample, entrance was made through an unbarred skylight—the single win- dow in the whole store which was not barred and the one spot where en- trance could have been made easily and quickly. At Erlebacher's, entrance was made through a cellar window. which was protected by one iron bar. But the bar was fastened with nails in inse- cure wood, o that it could be ripped off with a slight pull. Investigation showed, Mr. Parker said, that there was no other spot in the whole build- ing where entrance could have been made so easily. At another store, force was used in jimmying a door, but investigation showed that this was the only pos- sible way of getting in. At still an- other etore, entrance was gained by a complicated journey over an ad- joining roof and through a rear win- dow — the only possible means of entrance. Makes No Blunders. All these instances indicate, Mr. Parker sald, that a man of excep- tional skill Is at work—a man who can pick out these weak spots with an eye trained by long experience, who makes every move and every minute count, and who makes no mis- takes. ‘The work of an amateur or even of a professional without ade- quate training, Mr. Parker believes, can always be detected because of lit- tle blunders, such as picking the more difficult of two ways of entrance. In addition, according to Mr. Parker, the man, or the gang, working in Washington 1s expert in women's clothing. In each case there has been a leisurely and careful selection of loot. The burglar has not burdened himself with cheap goods, but has taken only articles which can be dis- posed of easily at a good price. The amateur would be unlikely to show such judgment and would take some virtually worthless articles,. The man working here, Mr. Parker belleves, probably specializes in women's clothes, knows the exact value of fabrics and the current styles, is aware of what will bring a ready sale, and is very unlikely to make a mis- take, He has advised all stores insured by the company to bar thelr windows, but this, he says, will be only a temporary safeguard Calls Remedy Difficult. “It is difficult to suggest a remedy,” Mr. Parker said, “but it is essential that steps be taken so that these crim- inals cannot time so exactly the move- ments of private watchmen and police- men. A system of staggered hours for visits to different localities and to different parts of stores should be put into effect. “These men probably can tell almost to the minute when a policeman will be at a certain box or when a watch. man will make his rounds. They know exactly how long they have to work without any fear of interruption. This advantage, at least, can be taken away from them. he Baumes laws, without doubt, have scattered the New York crim- jnals. The experts are afrald to operate in New York any longer and have turned their attention to other cities.” Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superin- tendent of police, said yesterday that the four recent robberies tend to give Washingtonlans a_wrong impression of the situation. The actual records show, he said, that there have been only five rohberies of any consequ- ence since November, and only 11 in the past 13 months. "Hesse Expects Developmients. The police, he said, are concentrat- ing on the situation and expect im- portant developments in the next few days. The following letter was received vesterday by W. H. Ronsaville, man- ager of the local branch of a big in- surance company in New York, from Willlam A. Thompson, vice president, relating to the local situation: “In this morning’s Herald-Tribune I read a dispatch from Washington telling of an epidemic of robberles in your city and blaming them on New York thugs, driven away from here by the Baumes law. The situation disclosed is very interesting to us, for we have been predicting just such results and your city is not the only one which has reported similar con- ditions since the force of the Baumes law has been felt here. “You may have noted that our com- pany has been quoted in the public press as saying that there has heen a marked decrcase in this company's losses due to crime in the first six months since the Baumes laws went into effect. The testimony of the Po. lice Department here is the same. We believe as time goes on the efficiency of thie legislation will become even more evident and that it will result definitely in driving to other jurisdic- tions & substantial proportion of the crooks, robbers and bandits which have heen flourishing here, Similar Laws Urged Here. “Enactment and enforcement of similar legislation by the legisletive power in other jurisdictions should logically follow. “Such laws in the District of Columbia, we are con- vinced, would drive the crooks out of Washington, and when all important cities lhruukhng[ the country were protected by similar legislation, the big majority of this type of enemies to the life and property of honest citizens will be driven out of the coun- try, imprisoned for life or forced to change their method of livelihood. the Initiation and pas- power to aid in the District along sage of laws these lines." don nd the University of Glasgow the B. A. degree entirely for spondence work The fact re mains, of course, that it isn't being Local officials seen vesterday, how- done in this country by high-class in-|ever, were not enthusiastic over laws stitutions,” for the District similag to the Baumes “We request that you do all in your | |Underworld Figures Driven From New | York by Baumes Laws Believed Oper- ating in Capital Under Trained Chief. ||mws. which automatically prescribe | imprisonment for life upon the fourth onviction for a criminal offense. | Maj. Hesse said that. while he feit | something should he done to curb the | 1ch laws probahly | habittial crfminal. likely |would be too drastic and | work too many injustices. “The rights of society must be pro tected,” he said. “and at the same time the rights of the accused man. It is a very complicated question and the more vou think of it the more compli- cated it becomes.” Gordon Questions Value, United States Attorney Pevton Gor- don also fecls that the Banmes law would be of questionable value here where the code is somewhat different from that in New State Most of the “repeaters” whose cases come before his office, he suid, are not desperate criminals, but petty thieves Under the present District gode such a charge as housebreaking has been ex- panded so that it makes lony out of thefts which formerly would have been pefty larceny, disposed of by the Police Court. 'The records show, he said. that few prisoners who are pa roled ever give the slightest cause for sending them back to prison Mr. Gordon also explained the policy of his office in accepting pleas for first- degree murder, second degree murder and manslaughter. There are subtle distinctions in the District code, he said, which often make it advisable to allow a plea of second-degree murder in case the circumstances are such as to indicate to some not famillar with the law that it should be a first-degree trial. Under the common law, Mr. Gordon said, murder is “unlawful killing with malice aforethought.” What District Code Holds. The District code has split this defi- nition and holds as follows: First-degree murder is “purposely and deliberately killing with premedi- tation and malice aforethough Second-degree murder {s with malice aforethought."” Otherwise the case is one of man- slaughter. Almost any illing intentional killing, Mr. Gordon explained, is “with malice aforethought,” even if the afore- thought is only for a fraction of a second before the actual crime. But the District code seeks to make neces- sary proof that the premeditation and Aforethought were more than technical :n order to secure a first-degree verdict which carries the death penalty. Simple “‘premeditation and malice aforethought” is easier to prove in order to get a second-degree verdict, which carries from 20 years to life The difference between the two ver- dicts, Mr. Gordon said, is that one carries the death penalty and the other doesn't, but juries are v loath to deliver a man to the gallows unless the circumetances are particu larly revolting. Therefore, a first-de gree case s very likely to end in an acquittal although the guilt may be reasonably proved. ¥ aven if a death penaity is gained, Mr. Gordon said, it may not mean much. The criminal has so many legal loopholes in the.way of appeals, errors, etc., that the execution, if it or five: years. ' Second-degree verdic‘s, on the other hand, result in certain and severe punishment, and juries have no qualme about giving them. TRIAL OF SHOALS SURVEYOR URGED James Suggests éourt-Mar- tial of Gen. Jadwin if He Upholds Subordinate. By the Associated Press. An attempt by Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief of Army engineers, to uphold a subordinate accused of so- liciting funds for surveying the Ten- nessee River from private interests seeking water power leases, brought a threat of court-martial proceedings yesterday from Acting Chairman James of the House military commit tee. The committee met to continue hearings on bids for Muscle Shoals, but immediaté business under con: sideration was Jjostled aside when James subjected Jadwin to four hours of cross-examination. ‘'ourt-martial Suggested. The subordinate, Maj. Harold C. Fiske, was charged with having sug- gested, while district engincer at Chat- tanooga, to H. O. Leighton, president of the Electric Bond and Share Co., New York, that he advance $20,000 for survey work because Congress had appropriated insufficient] Leighton declined, James because he considered the arrange- ment jllegal. James announced he would pursue court-martial proceed- ings against the major, now stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash. Jadwin contended acceptance of money from private interests for sur vey work was specifically provided by law, but James and other members of the committee contended the law ap- plied only to individuals interested in river navigation. Calls Jadwin Unfit, “I think,” James declared, “that jt you condone Maj. Fiske's actions the court-martial proceedings 1 shall seek against him should be extended to ou.” Gen, stlent, w eclared, Jadwin flushed, but remained fle James added: be chief of engineers.” Mr, James Indicated he would seek to have the Federal Power Commis- sion reject bids for power sites from companies solicited by Fiske, and he received assurances from O. C. Mer- | rill, executive secretary of the com. mission, that no -action would be taken without proper safeguards for the Government. Tooth Ou;, Woinan Again Sees After Quarter Century By the Amociated Pr DENVER, Colp., January After 28 years of total blindness Mrs. Willlam H. Dunage, 38, of Denver, has regained her sight. Extraction of an abscessed tooth early this week was the simple remedy, she says, which ended long years of darkness known only to those who are blind Dental surgeons and eye special- ists here described ike case as one of the most astonishing ever to come under their vheervation. Mre. Dunage said she lost her sight at San Diego, Calif., when she was 10 years old, following an at- ' tack of scarlet fever, - 29— to | ever takes place, will be delayed four “1 don’t think you are a fit man to AUTO SHOW HERE A MASS OF COLOR ition| Most Vivid Pageant of Its Kind in City’s History. BY WILLIAM ULLMAN, Automohile Editor of The Star. | Picturing the automobile industry | | in its every detail from the smallest | [R«‘f”!!lrr_\ to the largest passenger | |car, the National Capital's seventh | |annual automobile show, the most | | vividly colorful pageant of its kind ever held in the city, opened last night at the Washington Auditorium. Color, & mass of flaming yet har- monious shade, is an outstanding characteristic of the exposition that | introduces the latest models and | makes of automobile to the Capital. | | The first color to strike the eye is that uppargnt in the finish of the | cars on display, New shades are ap- | parent on all sides, from the motor | cur that retalls for $500 to those that cost the buyer $5,000. Background Is Artistic. In addition, an artistic background enhances the beauty of tint and tone seen in the automotive display. A decorative scheme involving a har monization of various shades of green is employved this year to transform the Auditorium into a gigantic stage | upon which the automobile is ex- hibited. In the matter of size and texture last night's automobile show audi ence served to prove once again that the automobile knows no class dis- tinetion. Doctor, merchant, clerk, lawyer, typist, truck driver, delivery boy, dowager and debutante—all were there to greet the greatest car the industry ever has produced. There is no questioning the com- pleteness of the display, which will be open to the public daily all this week from 2 to 10:30 p.m. One hun- dred and twenty-five models, appear- ing under 34 different name plates and involving every conceivable hody style, engineering principle and color combinatfon, are on exhibition. Accessory displays include not only those devices and appurtenances that contribute to the improvement of the car ftself, but also insurance, motor club service and garaging. A working model of a new garage is one of the interesting sideline dis- plays. The show visitor may see ex- actly how cars are to be stored on each of the 10 floors of the new structure, which soon will be opened. The model is built in sections to give a_clear view of all the working parts of the garage. New Cars Come First, While the accessory displays did not suffer from a lack of patronage last night, it was evident that the chief concern of the majority of the throng that crowded into the Auditorium was the new car, presented in a multi- plicity of models that exceeded any- thing of its kind in the past. This a | effort to reach every single taste with the desirable model is one of the most significant of the industr: | moyements today and its effects were quite obvious last night. Motor enthusiasts had been fore- arned that the 1927 automobile epresented progress that was not so visible ax in otner days. Hidden inno- vations, modifications and the addition of an efficiency device here and there, together with sHght revision of design, make the new car, thev had been told As a resuit, the products on the two floars of the Auditorium probably were more closely scrutinized than ever be- fore. Body design, color and fitness came in for the usual amount of in- spection, but chief attention was directed toward those mechanical ad- ditions and engineering changes that have contributed so much to the pres- ent progress of the automobile. chassis, which reveal the wide use of rubber in the engineer's successful effort te reduce car noises, showed also the greater rigidity and strength of frame and the simplicity that have been built into the 1927 car. “Eights” Draw Attention, Drawing a great deal of attention from show visitors were the new eight-cylinder cars, the light “in-line” elghts that have become a trend in the industry during the current yvear. There were new sixes, reflecting the influence of European design, on the floor and these, too, came in for thor- ough inspection. There was no dearth of interest for any of the exhibits, however, whether or not they repre- sented radical departures from the previous products under the same name plate. A hasty glance at the cars assem- bled in the Auditorium will convince one that the current display is the most comprehensive ever heid in the Nation's Capital. “Very little that concerns the Wash- ington motorist in the matter of cars, accessories or In any other form fs missing in the 1927 show.” says Rudolph Jose, chairman of the show committee of the Washington Auto- motive Trade Association. “A major- ity of the surprises that were ushered in during the New York show are here for inepection and every thing that is new in design, color or principle is evident among the vast number of exhibits."” Plenty of Space. One of the features of the present exposition that is expected to meet with wide favor is the rearrangement of exhibit space to permit the easy flow of “traffic” on both floors where cars are on display. The committee in charge of the show made an espe- clal effort to make it possible for every one to see each exhibit with a mini mum expenditure of energy and it has been singularly successful. As @ result, one will find either dallying over the individual exhibits or rushing through the exhibition n more comfortable process than ever hefore. Those on the show committee in addition 1o Mr. Jose are J. A. Dugan, Spencer B. Curry, R. W. Semmes and Frank P. Stewart. —— i SENATORS TO SPEAK. Willis and Dill Will Address Wes- leyan Debaters. Senators Willis of Ohlo and Dill of Washington will be the principal speakers at a banquet Thursday night at the Arlington Hotel in honor of the men’s and women's debating teams of Ohio Wesleyan University, which are coming here to match wits with de- haters of George Washington Uni- versity. The women's teams will debate the question of “Uniform Marriage and Divorce Laws" in Corcoran Hall on Friday evening and the men will dis- cuss cancellation of allled war debts on the following evening. The banquet s being arranged by the local alumni of the university, who number more than 50. Senators Willis | and Dill are alumni. Dr. William A, Haggerty, professor at American Uni- versity, president of the Alumni Asso- ciation, and F. W. Shaw of the Na- 1 NDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 30, » 1927—PART 1. SCENES AT CHARLOTTE HALL SCHOOL AFTER $65.000 FIRE Upper—What remained of the school yesterday after the destructive fire of Friday night. g (enter—Cadets sorting clothes after re. Inset—Guy F. Stonestreet of New York and Lacey Zapf of this city, two of the injured. Lower—Miss Margaret Gillespie France Mason of Sudlersville, Md., who attended the dance and were com. pelled to return home in their evening clothes, having lost all clothing except that worn to the dance. VOTE ON CRUISERS DELAYED IN SENATE Supporters of Measure, However, Predict Its Adoption Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. The: Benate failed to reach a vote yesterday on the three-cruiser amend- ment to the naval supply bill, adjourn- ing with supporters of the proposal, which is at odds with President Coolidge's recommendations, predict- ing its adoption, probably tomorrow. During debate’ yesterday one Demo- crat—King of Utah—joined with Cur- tis of Kansas, the Republican leader, In urging that no funds be appropri- ated for additional light cruisers until the President has had full opportunity to attempt to bring about another arms conference. The pending amendment would pro- vide $1.200,000 ‘to start work on the three remaining hulls authorized in 1924, Curtis Urges Rejection. Pleading for abandonment of any program which might be construed abroad as evidence of bad faith on the part of the United States in connec- tlon with further disarmament, Sena- tor Curtis urged its rejection in the in- terest of world peace. The President, he said, had not coun- seled abandofiment of the 1924 -bulld- Ing program, but had urged only that no additional hulls be laid down until efforts ‘of the administration looking to another arms conference had been brought to fruition. Senator King, said it would be “nothing short of criminal” for the Senate to do anything that might defeat the President's disarmament plans, and added: “Some of the pose the President on will be hiding under when an election comes.” Caraway Seeks Fight. After several Democrats, among them Harrison of Mississippi, had questioned Senators Hale and Curtis as to just what the President had in mind with regard to further disarma- ment, Senator Caraway, Democrat, Arkansas, interjected: “I wish you gentlemen who speak for the President would get together and agree on what the President has in mind. One of you says he thinks one thing and the other says he doesn’'t think anything.” ‘This remark was made after Hale had declared he belleved the Presi- dent looked to Geneva for the next move toward another arms confer- ence, and Curtis had said Mr. Coolidge had clearly indicated he was attempt- ing to bring about another meeting similar to the Washington confefence. FORTY-THREE-STORY BUILDING FOR CHICAGO Board of Trade Files Plans and Specifications for Sky- scraper. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 29.—Plans and specifications for a forty-three-story building, to be erected by the Chicago Board of Trade, were filed today with the city building commissioner. The present project supplants plans for a twenty-three-story building which the board had been considering. The site will be that of the present bullding. John A. Bunnell, president, said financial details were not finally de- cided upon, but that, although the members have not yet ratified the plan, the board officers confidently ex- Dect the idea to be carried_out. oty Senators who op- this measure his coattalls Appointed to West Point. William H. Wise, son of Capt. W W. Wise, U, 8. A.,'at Langley Field, Va., and Orville W. Boston, St. ‘Louls, have heen appointed by President Coolidge, cadets at large at the United States Military Academy, sub- tional Lumber Manufacturers' Asso-fject to qualification at the emtrance ‘examingtion in Maiche * alation.ars-in charge of plans. NEARAGIA T0 GET 015, MARNES Force Lands Tomorrow for Interior—Vessels Ordered on Patrol Duty. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, January 29.—Four hundred Marines aboard the submarine tender Argonne will be landed at Corinto on Monday, and will be sent to various parts of the interior, some probably going to Managua, to Teplace temporary de- tachments of American forces now on duty in Nicaragua. Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer, in command of Amefican forces in Nicaraguan waters, has ordered all United States vessels on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua on patrol duty. So far as known here nothing has been done with regard to possible peace negotiation between the Con- servative government of President Adolfo Diaz and the Liberal govern- ment set up at Puerto Cabezas by Dr. Juan Sacasa. INTERIOR IS ISOLATED. A\ Liberal Cavalry Force Is Reported on Atlantic Coast. SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua, January 29 (#).-—Communication with the interior has been interrupted and it was reported that a strong body of Liberal cavalry was gathering two miles from this Atlantic coast town this afternoon. SACASA DENIES MESSAGE. Has No Knowledge of Reported Mexi- can Instructions. PUERTO ({CABEZAS, Nicaragua. January 29 (#).—Dr. Juan Bacasa, head of the Liberal government, was informed of the statement made re- cently by Senator Bingham in the United States Senate that the State Department has in its possession a copy of an-official message from the Mexican government instructing the Sacasa delegates what to do at the peace conference at Corinto. In re- ply to this, he said: “I have never directly or indirectly received suggestions or instructions of any kind from the Mexican govern- ment. For this reason, if Secretary Kellogg possesses, as Senator JBing- ham states, any message of that kind, T am sure it is a hocus pocus, and cer- tainly a part of the intensive cam- paign of lies and falsehoods to sup- port the indefensible Diaz cause and to arouse the American Government and public opinion against Nicara- gua’s crusade for liberty in defense of its constitution, Standardize Match Purchases. Matches purchased by the Govern- ment are coming in.for standardiza- |eigners to the mercy of marauding tion. The Bureau of Standards has worked out a master specification for ‘the Go ment, covering _splint: heads a methods details box coatings, together with Inspection and testing and cing, 4] are alleged to selves when they were running from the scene. after Horning had Vogel the whereabouts as commun will ldentify it. sued when the four at shur street as the result of a can polity, interest of the United States in Nica- STOLEN RING FOUND BELIEVED SOLARI'S Discovered in Bucket in Pet- worth Home—Robbery Pre- ceded Busch Death. A ring believed to have been stolen in the hold-up of Felix Solari, near Muirkirk, Md., on' the mornirg of September 26, a_few hours previous to the killing of Policeman Leo W. K. Busch of the tenth precinct, was found last night hidden in a paint bucket of a petworth home, where two men implicated in the shooting have secreted them- The discovery was made as a result of a story told Assistant Distriet At- torney George D. Horning, jr., by Fred Owens, who for three weeks oc- cupled a cell at the District jail with Samuel Moreno, one of the four men on trial in Criminal Divis of the n 2, District Supreme Court, charged with the murder of Busch. The ring was found in the basement of the home of George H. Vogel, 4105 New Hampshire avenue, 1ast D telephoned cated by Owens. Solari, be asked tomorrow a muscian, morning to In taking this action the prose- cution is attempting to show that Moreno, Nicholas Lee Eagles, John F. McCabe and John Proct had béen connected with the Solari hold- up and therefore had reason to resist arrest when approached by Busch and his fellow officer, Franck Ach, who also was shot, in the battle that en- n were halted Hampshire avenue and Up- “lovk in a New out” for a wanted hold-up. quartet MONDELL UPHOLDS NICARAGUAN POLICY Cannot Withdraw Marines Until Country Is at Peace, He Says, at McKinley Dinner. By the Associated Press. NILES, Ohio, January Unless the United States is prepared com- pletely to reverse its Central Ameri- it cannot withdraw its troops from Nicaragua until peace is restored, Frank W. Mondell, former Republican. floor leader in Congress, sald tonight at the annual McKinley banquet, held in the McKinley Me- morial here near the birthplace of the former President. “Unless we are expected to aban. don the policy of McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson, surrender the rights they secured and leave the lives and property of our citizens and other for- bands of freebooters, we cannot take our' forces out of Nicaragua until peace is restored,” Mr. Mondell de- purchase of safety matches for use by | clared. He asserted that the basis for the ua’' was laid in McKinley's admin- TAX SAVING SEEN INLONGER BLOCKS: Short Squares” in* Subdivi~ sions May Be Done Away‘ With as Aid:-to Beauty. Study 1s being made by city plan-, ners of the possibilities of providing for longer city blocks, while laying out new subdivisions, which are ex- pected to result in benefit not only to the property owners, but to the tax- payers Members of the National Park and Planning Commission have given some attention to this quewtjon, and the co-ordinating committee of that commisslon, which considers street changes, in the first instance, has already made some steps in t direction of carrying out the While it is realized that the IV trict of Columbia proper is rapidly he- ing built up to its dividing lines be- tween the States, nevertheless, in the consideration of reglonal planning, it 18 probuble that they will give serious nsideration to lengihening city blocks, which will do away with & number of cross styeets. The idea s} made possible by the udvent of the automobile, which Lies made distances seem comparatively short, it was pointed out, and there is no need now for the short city block. Would Add to Beauty. ‘While considering street ch: areas where the thoroughfares are al- ready laid down on the permanent highway plan, but not cut through as iges in streets, the committes is giving Aat- tention to the matter of longer squares, With longer city blocks, it is pointed out, a more beautiful city will become possible. Fewer cross streets in a given territory will permit the sup-f divider to get from three to fodr more lots out_of the area. This hene- fit, it was added, undoubtedly would be passed along te the ultimate pur- chaser. 1In turn, this increase in the number of lots’ would increase the amount of taxable property, ground and improvements, which would in turn reduce the tax which must be paid by others. The city would not be called upon to use taxpayers’ money in the pave- ment of 80 many stre it is said, and thus would save the cost not only of constructing but of maintainipg the streets which, under the old order of things, would have to he laid down, The provision of long squares in the newer territories also would per- mit the planners to retain much of the - original beauties of the ecity. Where, for instance, a cross street was intended, probably a cut woujd , be necessitated, but if the long square is left, it would not be necessary to do this. The longer street will permit the laylng down of streets more in conformity with the original topog- raphy of the territory. 1,000-Foot Blocks Planned. Many of the changes which now are belng made the old highway plan are in an effort to save the beautles of the original topography, and this is particularly true of the area along Conduit Road immediate- Iy ‘west of Rock Creek Park, and in the 3 Where- ever possible in these areas the squares are being made longer, somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,000 feet. While the National Capitai Park and Planning Commission acts in only an advisory capacity in the so- calied metropolitan areas in Maryland and Virginia, nevertheless the officials and residents in these areas have shown a_whole-hearted desire to get the benefit of the expert advice pro- vided free by the Federal Govern- ment. In laying out these new areas to conform as far as practicable with the layout of the Capital City proper, efforts will be made to assure longer blocks, .and it Is belleved they will develop into the most beautiful areas of the regional district, which ig- cludes Washington, Montgomery alld Prince Georges Countles, Md., and Arlington County, Va. Officials are jubilant over plans be- ing made in Maryland for developing the regional area, and the unanimity of opinion in favor of it. They point~ out, however, that some oppositian | may be expected at first, but thht, when the people are brought to see: the intangible increase in value tof thelr property by the planning of boulevards, highways, plavgrounds and public’ parks, the opposition will fade out of the picture SAYS BRITAIN CLASSES CHILDREN AS MERE HOBBY Mrs. E. M. Hubback, Advocate of Equal Citizenship, Discusses § Family Conditions. 26 —Children n England in Hubback. pars mentary secretary fo the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizen-, ship. Mrs. Hubback, speaking on family endowment at a conference of health visitors and school nurses at Bedford College for Women, produced figures showing the proportion of men in this country who were fathers. The estimates calculated that 26 per centy of the men were bachelors, 34 per cent were married and had no de- pendent children, 16 per cent had one dependent child, 10 pér cent had two, dependent children, 6 per cent had three dependent children, and 5 pert cent had more than three. ) i Why Have European Cities * Changed Their Names? A majority of the cities of Europe seem to have new names. The reason is that American geographers. map.' makers, postal authorities und travel agencles have decided to make busi ness, travel and study more effective by using the names as we would find them in the countries of Europe,i No European would recognize, Vienna. It is Wien. Rome is really Roma, Venice is Venezia, Pragus is: Praha, Munich {s Munchen, and so it gees. The new map of Europe now av: able through the Washington Inflreg mation Bureau of The Evening Star has both old and new spellings, as it has old and new houndaries and other! up-to-date European facts. This | seven-color map. 21x28 inches, Is ofs fered to The Evening Star readers ag postage and handling cost of 10 cents, Use the attached coupon. The Evening Star Information Bureaw, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Twenty-first and C streets N.W, Washington, D. C.: Tnclosed find 10 cents in stamps (or coin), postage and handling charge for the European map. ) { ereessecscsny