Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1927, Page 2

NEED OF JUDGES CITEDBY JUSTICE Supreme Court Head Urges Increase in Jurists to Clear Dockets. Iy tacitly disapproving the zestions thus far advanced for of Police Court consolidation of relieving congestion dockets hy either Rejects All Urgings That He Seek Vindication at New Mexican Polls. Expected to Be Able to Come Here for Next Trial on April 25. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Special Digpatch to The Star Municipal Court with Polic Court or llowing the Muncipal Court judges %o be transterred generally to Police | Conrt work, Chief Justice Walter I.| McCoy of the District Supreme Court | Jast might told the Gibson subcommit- | tee of the House District committee that the real answer to the problem, | “no matter h expensive it is to be, | jud 3 | foseph A. Burkart of the | Bar ociation, howeve a report i line with nge by Judge Gus A Court, favoring the assignment of judges | Court, in the diseretion of the chief jusitce of the Supreme | Court of the District, to Police Court | whenever the intere of the pul require it. But his report also op- posed the suggested consolidation. Questioned on Panels. Chief Justice McCoy was first ex-| i as to the procedure in select ing panels for juries, and declared that he did not understand the exact | of the selection by jury com m He also disclaimed any knowledge of the reason why real estate men were selected to serve as jurors in condemnation cases. | Representative Gibson of Vermont | pointed out here that he believed it | might be construed that a community | of interest would be presumed to exist when real estate men might be ap- pearing as expert witnesses for both sldes in condemnation cases and as jurors in such cases, which might ul- timately work out to the detriment of the Government seeking to acquire property by condemnation. PR egarding the conditions in_Police Court, Justice McCoy stated that he had failed to make a personal inspec- tion of the procedure there thus far, although he had hoped to do so before now. He cited the technical division of jurisdiction between the District of Columbia Supreme Court, the Mu- nicipal Court and the Police Court for the benefit of the committee. Praises Judge Aukum. Then Representative Houston of Delaware asked him whether he thought there was a ** real necessity’ for separation of the Municipal Court and Police Court, inasmuch as the Su- preme Court of the District functioned in both civil and criminal branches. “This committee, I am sure,” Jus- tice McCoy replied, “would not make a change unless there was reason to believe a change s necessary.” Then he cited Judge Aukam'’s estimate that 40,000 cases annually are disposed of in Municipai Court, and referred to Heber Smith’s report to the Carnegie Foundation on the functioning of the Municipal Court in handling litiga- tion at a cost within reach of the poor litigant. He complimented Judge, Aukam, presiding judge of Municipal Court, stating that the court was in & “splendid condition,” and that he was largely responsible for it. But, Justice McCoy pointed out, eriminal procedure differs in many re. spects from civil procedure. In a civil case-a judgment. by default can be taken if the defendant fails to ap- pear. It is different if the Government I8 not ready to proceed in a criminal case when dismissing an indictment mignt allow the statute of limitations to run against a case. Against Lending Judges. He was told that approximately 77.000 cases had been disposed of in Police Court last year, and replied that, although he was unfamiliar with the details of procedure, if such is the case “it looks big.” Delivering a direct opinion, quali- fled by his statement of unfamiliarity with details, he declared that he be- lleved it beyond the power of Judge Aukam, skillful as he is, to take nine judzes and put the Police Court in the same condition as Municipal Court, with' a cleared docket, is in. He ad- mitted he might be wrong in his opinion, but he pointed out the danger of causing the Municipal Court also to fall behind and thereby create two unfavorable conditions where but one existed before. He presented the committee with a “report of the Municipal Court of Phil- adelphia for 1917, as outlining an jdea)l situation for an inferior court, but did not enter into details regard- ing this court. He dismissed the proposal for enlarg- ing the power of the Supreme.Court to transfer judges to the Police Court from the Municipal Court “when pub- lic interest requires” by stating that such a plan might lead to disruption of the Municipal Court, and that it was a “makeshift at best.” Cites Need of More Judges. “More judges,” he repeated, “is the answer.” He also declared that he could not understand how the four judges of Police Court could handle the volume of business which the figures show were handled last year and still keep their heklth At this juncture, Dr. Brown, chief of the U. S. Bureau of ¥fficiency, was asked by Chairman Gibson whether his bureau could handle a survey of the situation with reference to Police Court congestion. He said it would require time, but that in due course it would be taken up if requesied. The request accordingly was made and the survey ,will be made in the future. Mr. Burkhart stated that the meet- ing of the Bar Association board of directors yesterday afternoon was unanimously opposed to the proposal for consolidation of the Police Court end Municipal Court and considered that the condition of congestion in the first mentioned court could be met by enlargement of the power of the D. C. Supreme Court in appointing such judges as “public interest re- quires” from Municipal Court to aid Police Court in cutting down the con- gestion on the dockets. He also said that the directors ap- proved forcing jury trial a bit more stringently and eliminating continu- ance of cases as far as possible. Urges New Building. He was emphatically in favor of a new building for Municipal Court, even ough it were not consolidated with Police Court. He declared that the present building was a fire trap, as stated by Judge Aukam last Tuesday night and by Chief Justice McCoy Jast night He also said that the Bar Association was ready and waiting to work on new rules for speeding up cases with the bench of the D. C. Supreme Court. H. A. A. Smith, chief investigator for the office of the controller general, was questioned by the committee regarding the report submitted by that office on St. Elizabeth's Hospital several weeks ago to Congress. The report left an impression, Mr. Gibson eaid, that no new boilers had been installed in the hospital since 1911, Mr. Gibson then cited testimony before the committee to show a different situation existing, in that four boilers were £ald to have been installed quite Pr District later made of Municip: Herbert D. | with politics for all time. EL PASO, Tex., February 5.—Al | bert Bacon Fall, former Secretary of the Interior in the Harding cabinet | and former Senator from New Mex co, is recuperating slowly at his home | here from the recent attack of pneu monia, which caused the postpone- ment of his second trial at Washing- ton in connection with the so-called oil scandals of 1921 and 1922. As he slowly returns to health Mr. Fail 1s kept busy denying reports that he intends to run for the Senate once more as a means of seeking full vin dication of the criminal charges which have rested against him so long and which have been so bitterly fought by himsel and his associates in the le which drew the fire of a Senate investigating committee and later prosecution from special counsel em: ploved at the direction of President Coolidge. Has Had Stormy Career. Fall today in s he is through He has had a stormy career. He has been an indefatigable fighter, but time and bitter experience have taken their toll and the one-time stalwart figure, typical of the man who had fought and won the West, i bent now with the weight of the burdening years. ves that one time glinted like steel and told of an indomitable will have become softened, and there is in them unmistakably the look of o man who wants to be let and left alone. There is evident sincerity in declara- tions that he acesn’'t want to run for his old place in the Senate again, and that he is done with the politics that once was the breath of life in his nostrils, But ever since he came back from his acquittal with Edward L. Doheny of charges of defrauding the Govern- ment in connection with the Elk Hill, Calif., ofl leases, there has been per- sistent talk of Mr. Fall standing once more for the Senate, making a last stand, it might be sald, for, even if he should run, failing health wousd make an early retirement from active service inevitable. Candidacy for the Senate has been urged upon the for- mer Secret ary and former Senator as a sort of defiance to his enemies and as a means of confounding them. Mr. THE FEVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. U, BATURDAY, FEBRUARY B, 1927. HEADLEY TO GET AUTO OWNER HEL FALL, BETTER, RENEWS DENIAL THAT HE WILL RUN FOR SENATE Acquittal in the Doheny case has carvied with it the assumption here that a similar verdict will be returned when the Fall-Sinclair case is closed. As a matter of fact, however. the two are quite dissimilar and a new of Washingtonians might see latter-day moralities in an entirely different light. The Fall-Sinclair trial now is set for April 25 in the Supreme Court in the Distriet of Columbia and there is every on to believe that Mr. Fall will be physically able to make the trip East and to stand the strain of a trtal which may last a month or more. Hs was seriously ill, but his condition was not critical at any time. In the former Secretary's denial of the report that he wiil run for the Senate, no consideration fs given to the possible events at this second trial. He merely asserts that his political career Is closed. Would Have to Face Jones. To run for the Senate next year Mr. Fall would have to face Senator Andrias A. Jones, Dem- ocrat, and one of the most popular men in New Mexico, Mr. Fall might have difficulty fight- ing to “come back” against a’ weaker opponent, That he could overthrow Senator Jones seems out of the ques- tion. The further fact, too, that, while Mr. Fall maintains his famous ranch at Three Rivers, N. Mex, the ranch he augmented with the $100,- 000 he borrowed from Mr. Doheny, the former Harding officer really makes his home in west. Texas. Three Rivers is approximately 100 miles away. His house here is in the Golden Hill section of El Paso. Soon he is expected to be a familiar figure in the downtown financial district. POLIGEMAN FACES BRIBERY CHARGE Ramstadt Goes Before Trial LBRARY EXPANSIN 3L I INTRODUCED Board, Accused of Taking E $42 in Rum Case. Charged with accepting a bribe of $42 from Brutus Lane and Major Tay- lor, both colored, after discovering them with 12 cases of alleged liquor in an automobile at Fourth street and Rhode Island avenue northeast, July 20, last Policeman Carl Ramstadt of the tenth precinct, was placed on trial today before the police trial board. Lieut. Willilam G. Stott, one of the principal witnesses for the prosecu- tion, under examination by Chairman Alexander Bell of the trial board out- lined the Police Department's case against Ramstadt. Gives Outline of Conversation. Lieut. Stott testified that he saw Ramstadt at the eighth precinct early on the morning ot July 21, and said to Ramstadt: “There are two colored men out there who charge you with accepting a bribe of $42. They say you crowded their car at Fourth and Rhode Island avenue northeast and forced them to stop. And that you searched the car and found 12 cases of liquor in it.” The witness testified that after an offer to “fix it up for §100” a male companion of Ramstadt *was placed in the car and that he drove it to the Newton Garage, at Sixth and Newton streets. Stott stated that the colored men had alleged that they already had glven him $42 In $10 gold notes and two $1 bills. He testified that Ramstadt dented at that time knowl- edge of any such transaction. Later, Stott sald, Ramstadt was told that two persons who had been with him at the time of the alleged transaotion had confessed. Ramstadt, the witness added, then admitted the alleged transaction and stated that he had let one of the colored men go out in & taxicab to get an additional $58 to complete the transaction. Ramstadt further admitted at that time that he had thrown the money into the back seat of the car, it was testified. Stott said that Mary Ramstadt, wife of the man under charges, gave up to Stott later $22, which he identified and produced for evidence in the case. Stott Identifies Bills. He\sald she admitted picking it up from the rear floor of the car, and when asked about the other $20 said she had given it to a companion, a Mrs. Savage. Later Mrs. Savage gave up the $20 and Stott produced the bills, identified them, and introduced them into the case. A statement alleged to have been signed by Ramstadt and his wife was also introduced into the case. Scott concluded testimony on direct exami- nation by stating that Ramstadt said that his reasons for the alleged ac- ceptance of the bribe were that he was hard up “‘and needed money.” Attorneys Bertrand Emerson, jr., and Joseph D. Kelley, representing Ramstadt, strongly opposed the ad- mission of the signed statement dur- ing cross examination of Stott. Emer- son elicited from the witness that the statement was made after Stott had threatened to send Ramstadt's wife to the House of Detention and moved to exclude it on the kround that it was, therefore, not a voluntary state- ment. The motion to exclude it was over- ruled by Chairman Bell and Lieut. Hugh R. Groves, night inspector, took the stand. He verified substan- tially the statements of Stott on direct examination. Stating that he saw Ramstadt also at the eighth precinct shortly after he had been brought in with Brutus e and Maj. Taylor and 11 cases of alleged corn liquor. On cross-examination Groves denied having heard any threat to arrest Mrs. Ramstadt. the report which conveved such an impression was a trifla incomplete for lack of time and that had more time existed in its preparation it is probable such an impression would vecentl Mr. Smith said that the nonmngl o~ - not have been made if inconsistent with ‘he facts. Gibson Measure Provides for Eleven Branch Buildings Costing $1,400,000. A five-year program to extend the free public library facilities in the District is provided in a bill introduced in the House late yesterday by Rep- resentative Gibson of Vermont, chalfr- man of the District investigating sub- committee. Introduction of the bill followed the appearance before the subcommittee of Dr. H. F. Bowerman, librarian, who advocated such a program. Forty-seven projects are provided, including authority for the acquisi- tion of sites for 11 new branch libraries In various sections of the city, the opening of 25 branch libraries in the Public Schools, three branches in convenient Federal and District Governnient buildings and the rental of quarters for eight suburban libraries. In addition, the bill authorizes extensive alterations, to the central library on Mount Vernon Square, and pending this work provides for the rental of space in some convenient building for the storage of books and as_administrative offices. Dr. Bowerman estimated that $1,400,000 would be required to erect the 11 new branch libraries. While the bill mentions no specific sum, it authorizes the necessary annual ap- propriations, beginning with the fiscal vear, 1929, to put the program into effect. Sites For Branches. Acqusition of sites for the following branch libraries is authorized in the bill: The Northeastern branch, near Eleventh street and Maryland avenue northeast; Georgetown branch, near Pennsylvania and Wisconsin avenues; Southwest branch, Sixth and D streets southwest; branches in Ana- costia near Nicholas avenue and Good Hope road, and at Dupont Circle; Calvert branch, at Calvert street and Connecticut avenue; Eckington branch, at Rhode Island avenue and North Capital street; Woodridge branch, Rhode Island avenue and Eighteenth street northeast; Brightwood branch, Georgla avenue and Hamilton street; Connecticut avenue branch, neAr the Bureau of Standards, and a Cathedral branch, near Wisconsin and Massa- chusetts avenues. Authority is given for library facilities in Eastern High School, Armstrong Technical High School, Randall Junior, Langley Junior, Gordon Junior, Francls Junior, Stuart Junfor, Macfarland Junior, the B. A. Paul Junior, Jefferson Junior, Garnet- Patterson Junior High Schools, the Deanwood Schopl, Park View. School, Wesley Heights Scheol and the Con- duit Road School and such others as the Board of Education may designate and the trustees of the library may accept for the branch library program. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 5.—Coffee souffle, as made by the First Lady of te Land for the White House table, is described by the cook henself, Mrs. Coolidge, In the Hagerman (New Mex- ico) Woman’s Club cook book. The recipe, which is the first in the book, reads: “Mix one and a half cups of coffee, qne tablespoon gelatin, one-third cup granulated sugar and one-half cup milk, Heat in a double boiler, add yolks of three eggs slightly beaten and mix with one-third cup granulated su- gar and one-fourth teaspoon salt. Cook until it thickens. Add the whites of the eggs, beaten stiff, and one-half tea- spoon vanilla. Mold. chill and serve with whipped cream.’ The women of the town of Hager- man, wishing to raise money for a community house and town library, seized upon the cook book idea. They t their recipes from national and ocal celebrities. First Lady of Land Gives Her Recipe For Coffee Souffle to Club Cook Book POST IMMEDIATELY Blanton Says Dougherty Has Assured Him of Restora- tion at Once. Capt. Albert J. Headley is to be im mediately restored to the rank of in spector in the Police Department, ac cording to a statement by Represent- ative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, who for more than a year has con- tinued a persistent campaign for Capt. Headley's reinstatement to the grade which he held before he was demoted, following trouble with former Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning. Mr. Blanton sald he had today re- celved that assurance in writing from Commissioner Dougherty, to whom he today sent the following letter: “I thank you for your favor of the 4th instant, showing that immediate steps are being tuken to return Jin- spector Albert J. Headley to his prop- er rank, from which he was so un- Justly demoted. “The préss is In error when it states that it is the contention that Inspector Headley should be restored as inspector of traffic. There is no such contention. On the contrary, when the matter was discussed—both with you and the Police Department— I stated very clearly that the friends of Albert J. Headley had no purpose or intention of interfering in any way with the present organization of the Traffic Department, but were Insisting merely that justice be done by restor- ing Headley to his proper rank of inspector. “The automobile allowance was placed in the appropriation bill merely because it was meant that such in- spector should have the same allow- ance for automobile that he had when he was unjustly demoted.” FARM RELIEF BILL DEBATE IS OPENED LIABLE FOR DRIVER Justice Siddons’ Ruling Has Important Bearing on Accident Litigation. The owner of an automobile, used as a “family car” and permitted to he operated by members of the family other than the owner, is lable for in- juries sustained by a third party when the operator of the car falls to exer- cise reasonable care and prudence in its_operation. Justice Frederick L. Siddons today made this ruling in an opinion settling the question of such liability for the first time in the District. The court overruled a demurrer filed by Francls H. Stephehs, corporation counsel, to a sult for $6,000 damages brought against him by Mrs. Ada C. Mood 1612 P street, who was Injured In a collision of her automobile with the Stephens car driven by Francis 1i. Stephens, jr., a son of the defendant. The owner was not in the car at the’ time of the accident represented by Attorneys Wilton Lambert, R. H. Yeatman and A. I Canfleld and Attorneys Adkins & Nes bit appeared for Mr. Stephens. The case will now have to be submitted to a jury, Differences on Subject. Justice Siddons points out that much contrariety of judicial opinlon exists on the subject and a considerable num- ber of authorities are quoted on both sides. The trend of the most recent decisions, the court finds, is toward holding the automobile to he a danger- ous instrumentality. He cites the re cent decision of the District Court of Appeals in the Story case holding the owner of a death car allowed to be operated recklessly guilty of man- slaughter as well as the person driving the car when he is present in the car. “The court cannot close its eyes, says Justice Siddons, “to the changed conditions of traffic brought about by the enormous use of the automobile as a means of vehicular traffic, a use that is constantly on the increase. Nor can It close its eyes to the fact, which is of universal knowledge, that the dangers of traffic by the use of this instrumentality of traffic, itself a dangerous instrumentality, have been enormously increased, dangers to both vehicular traffic and to pedestrians lawfully using the streets, roads and highways. Mrs. Moody was Inclusion of Tobacco in Measure Declared to Have Won Support in Senate. Debate over farm relief legislation got under way in the Senate yester- day, with Senator McNary, Republi- can, of Oregon, explaining his pro- posal to levy an equalization fee as a means of disposing of surplus crops, and Senator Fess, Republican, of Ohlo, contending the bill would have to pro- vide for price fixing if the Govern- ment is to be protected from loss by operation of the equalization fee. “I challenge any one to point to a single word in the bill referring to price fixing,” responded Senator Mc- Nary. “The price would be protected by the removal of the surplus.” While the debate was proceeding in the Senate, numerous private confer- ences were under way between Senate groups in an effort to compromise on the provision for cotton. Led by Sena- tor Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, a bloc of' Southern members has de- manded substitution of the Bledsoe cotton-insurance plan for the equali- zation fee against cotton. Measure Gets Support. Managers of the measure, sponsored jointly by Senator McNary and Chair- man Haugen of the House agricul- tural committee, so far have declined to accept the insurance plan on the contention that it would require amendment of the farm banking laws, vihlch could not be effected at this ses- slon. Supporters of the bill, which will be taken up by the House next week, believe its position has been improved materially by the decision to include tobacco as one of the basic agricul- tural commodities, along with corn, wheat, hogs, rice and cotton. They claim to have obtained the support of several Senators from tobacco- growing States and predict that if members from cotton States can be satisfied the bill will be passed. In his speech opening debate, Sena- tor McNary declared the measure was necessary to economlcally equalize ag- riculture with industry as operation of the law of supply and demand has been blocked by both the tariff and immigration laws, Says Something Should Be Done, ngress has aided every human occupation but agriculture,” he added, “and it i{s now time something was done for the farmer.” The McNary-Haugen farm relief bill was charged yesterday with taking from the farmer the protection of the tariff system by Representative New- ton, Republican, Minnesota. Declaring that he spoke as a rep- resentative from a populous city de- pendent almost entirely on the welfare of rural sections, Newton, who lives in Minneapolis, sald he hoped the House would reject the measure when it comes up for a third time next year. ““The McNary-Haugen bill,” he said, “at first was demanded by the farm: ers, who knew little about its pro- visions. Now the farmers are not so much in favor of it, but the farm land and mortgage interests aro.” v MAN REFUSED ALIMONY. Baltimore Husband Loses Suit in Action Against Wife. BALTIMORE, Md., February 5 (#), —RBaltimore'’s first man to ask alimony was turned down yesterday when the court took a divorce case under ad- visement. The ruling was based on testimony that James H. Downs, jr., while not working, had $1,000 in cash. Alimony was refused Mrs, Downs on a cross-complaint In & section devoted to what men like, William Allen White, Emporia (Kansas) editor, tells what a “‘man’ salad” should be. He warns the let- tuce leaves must be thoroughly dried and says: “Pull the leaves apart, put them in big salad bowl, pour on the ofl, onion and all and then stir it. Stir it again, stir it over and over, keep on stirring it, and when you think you have stirred it enough, stir it that much again until the oil is thoroughly i tributed over and into the lettuce.” Mr. White also advises on steak and hash. Steak, he says, should be a T- bone, cut three inches thick, three pounds in one plece. “It is a man’s dish; don't serve it at a woman's luncheon,” he cautions, How hash should be built is de- scribed thus by Mr. White: “The foun- dation is a quarter of a pound of left- o;;r m!;! llnd it is seasoned with onion and celery and may be to) off with a coupie pue‘t{od cn:g“ Liability Ts Analyzed. “It is but common sense and com- mon justice to require that, when the head of a family provides a dangerous Instrumentality, owned by him, for the use of members of his family, he, in effect, vouches for their careful and non-negligent use of such instru- mentality, and {f a member of the family, using such instrumentality so provided, uses it in a negligent and careless manner to the resulting in- Jury of an innocent third person, he, the owner and provider of the instru- mentality, is liable in law for the in- Jjurious consequences.” COMMITIEE PLANS DIPLOMA MILL WAR Dr. Lewis, Head of Board of ‘Trade Universities Group, Calls Conference. Dr. Willlam Mather Lewis, president of George Washington University and chairman of the universities and private schools committee of the Board of Trade, today called a meeting of that committee for Thursday after- noon to discuss means of ending diplo- ma mills here. This action follows exposure in The Star of the methods of incorporating institutions of learning here and a survey by the universities and private schools committee of the Chamber of Commerce, which disclosed that at least eight or nine diploma mills were in operation. At the meeting Thursday, Dr. Lewis said, the committee will have laid be- fore it all the available information on the situation and will consider means of obtaining protective legislation and also some means of inspecting insti- tutions granting degrees after they have been incorporated. They will seek to have the Board of Trade co-operate with other trade bodies and organizations interested in education in the National Capital to work out a plan of action. UEe R NEW RECORDS SET AS HOUSE PASSES DISTRICT MEASURE __(Continued from First Page.) saving a single cent to the Federal Government.”" Mr. Blanton gave warning to the House, although he did not offer an amendment, that at some future time he would k to break up the monop- oly maintained over parking spaces by taxicab companies at Union Station and in front of various hotels in the city. The Texas member produced for the benefit of the House photo- graphs showing taxis crowding the parking spaces In front of the station, the Willard, Washington and Raleigh Hotels. Representative Treadway of Massa- chusetts, who has investigated these conditions, interrupted Mr. Blanton to remind him that at Union Station an employe {8 at hand to keep private automobiles from stopping at the pas- senger platform. Holds Space Is Sold. “These photographs will show you ‘where the Willard Hotel sells space all down the block to one taxi com- pany monopoly,” sald Mr. Blantopn. “I have heard that $40,000 was pal for this privilege, but this has been denied. They do get money for the taxi space, however, though I do not ALICE ROBERTSON STRIKES GAS ON FARM AFTER PINCHED DAYS Former Oklahoma Represent- ative Discovers Million-Foot Well With 0il Hope. Find Is on Ruins of Burned Home-——Woman Credits Prayers for Luck. By tho Associated Press. MUSKOGEE, Okla., February 5.— An unkind fortune, which during the past several years has reduced Miss Alice Robertson, one time Congress woman, from a position of comfortable wealth to a state bordering on poverty, apparently turned for her yesterday when a million-foot gas well was brought in on her farm just outside Muskogee. The well will be drilled farther down in the hope of striking another sand that will either Increass the gas pro- duction or turn the well into an oil producer. Word of the find came to “Miss Alice” as the one definite ray of hope in a career which for the past several years has been punctured with mis- fortune. The farm upon which the well was found at one time was her home. She had a rambling house there which contained a treasure of antlques collected in her many years as a teacher in the early Indian But the house burned sev- ears ago and she was forced to move to the city. Miss Robertson sold antiques which were saved from the flames at public MISS ROBERTSON. auction recently to provide funds, while she was writing her auto- blography, which publishers have been seeking. As though by Providence, the gas well_stands among the ashes of her old home. A pipe line, carrying gas to several cities, runs within 1,000 feet of the well. “God has tried me In every way He could during these last several years, and I have tried to keep faith,” Miss Robertson said last night. “My friends must have besn praying for me.” Irish Women Riot Over England’s Policies in China By the Associated Pres BELFAST, February 5.—What were considered improper refer- ences to the British policy toward China started a riot at a Women's Socialist meeting in Ulster Hall last night. The trouble began when a woman in the gallery objected to the remarks of a speaker and wave & Union Jack. An attempt was made to eject the flag-waver and the disturbance extended to the main floor, where some per- sons started to sing ‘“Rule Britannta.” The auditorium soon was seeth- ing with excitement and the 50 red-badged stewards were helpless until the arrival of a large police force. Eventually the anti-Soclal- ists were induced to leave the hall. They staged a meeting outside, KELLOéG APPEALS 5 FOR EXEMPTION OF SHANGHAI IN WAR (Continued_from First Page.) ish secretary for the colonies. In a speech at Birmingham the secretary sald: “The voice we heard was the xinice of Chen, but behind it was Boro- n." ‘While Borodin is a Russian, the So- viet authorities have pointed out that he ‘has no official connection with the Soviet government. A lengthy statement has been issued at Moscow hy Maxim Litvinoff, assist- ant commissar of forelgn affairs, pro- testing against efforts by certain quar- ters in England to make Russia the “‘scapegoat” in the Chinese affair “on the basis of ridiculous legends of machinations of Soviet agents.” SOVIET OFFICIAL PROTESTS. Sees British Effort to Make Russia “Scapegoat” in China. MOSCOW, February 5 (#).—Maxim Litvinoff, assistant commissar of for- eign affairs, last night issued a long statement in which he protested against the attempts of British Con- servatives to make Russia the “scape- goat” in the Chinese imbroglio “on the basis of ridiculous legends of the machinations of Soviet agents.” Litvinoff also expressed regret that the coupling of the praiseworthy British offer to China with the threat of .military intervention should have caused a breakdown of the negotla- tions between the Cantonese govern- ment and Great Britain at Hankow. He declared that because the sym- pathies of Soviet Russia were with the great liberdtive movement in .China, it by no means followed that it has advised the Canton government to strain its relations with Britain or that it would hinder a peaceful agree- HEAVY FIGHTING RAGING IN OPORTO Portuguese Government Ad- vised of Numerous Casualties in Clash With Rebels. By the Associated Press. LISBON, Portugal, February Serious fighting between government troops and revolutionaries is under way at Oporto, principal city of north- ern Portugal, where a revolt broke out in the garrison Thursday. There have been numerous casualties, dis- patches say. The minister of commerce, whom the revolutionaries arrested when the revolt started, has escaped. Complete order has been maintained in Lisbon, where news from Oporto as to the outcome of the struggle is anxiously awaited. The military gov- ernor of Lisbon sent a telegram to President and War Minister Carmona, who is at Oporto, yesterday saying the troops in the capital were com- pletely loyal. Spread of Revolt Reported. One report from Vigo, Spain, re- ceived by the Daily Mail and not con- firmed, was that the revolt had spread over all of northern Portugal, with every garrison involved except those at Braga and Vianna. A general strike, with the possi- billty of railway communications be- ing interrupted, was reported ' to be under way throughout the southern and southeastern part of the coun- try, but whether the two disturbances were connected was unclea The government of President Car- mona, which came into power last Spring after a military coup, at first minimized the present movement, say- ing the disaffection was confined to the Oporto garrison. There were even unofficial reports that the revolution- aries had surrendered, but these were followed by an official announcement that they were still holding out. Aimed at Carmona. The movement is aimed directly at President Carmona and his govern- ment, for a communication received recently from & committee of “the rebellious minority troops” demanded the resignation of the government and restoration of the constitutional re- gime. Immediately the start of the move- ment became known Thursday, Presi- dent Carmona, who also is minister of war, proceded to the Oporto region to organize the government troops. So far as appears from the meager and conflicting reports coming out of Portugal, he is still there. prabscsasim s i it 2 N Shanghal, nes of while lines of communica- tion in the district remain open and safe,” has been advised by Consul Gen- ment of the problem. ITALY TO ACT IN CHINA. Rome Comment Pressages Co-opera- tion With Other Powers. ROME, February 5 (#).—The Ital- fan newspapers are sure that there will be Italian intervention in China. The Popolo Di Roma, representii official Fascist opinion, prints a large headline over its front page, “Fascist Italy will also be present in far distant China.” The Agenzia DI Roma, which is sup- posed to be inspired by the foreign ministry, in a statement declares that the powers interested in China—Eng- land and Italy in the lead—must up- hold the principle of the inviola- bility of certain fundamental rights which ‘thus far have regulated the relations between the powers and China. Italy, jt is understood, in a note sent to Great Britain, has expressed agreement with the fundamentals of British policy in the Far East. AMERICANS TOLD TO GO. Consul Wants Women Out of Interior While Way Is Open. ‘Withdrawal of American wemen and children from the interior to eral Clarence E. Gauss at Shanghai. A message from Gauss yesterday to the State Department said that the movement of women and children from the interior into Shanghai was pro- ceeding gradually. All Americans in the district had been cautioned, the message added, to be prepared to fall back without delay, preferably to Shanghai, “or to ports where they may be protected or, iIf necessary, evacuated.” 96 AMERICANS LEAVE. PEKING, February 5 UP).—Reports recelved here from Chengtu, Szech- wan _Province, yesterday sald 96 Americans had been evacuated from that state and 120 remained. Among the last to leave were Bishop G. R. Grose of the Methodist Episcopal Church and_Dr. Joseph Beech, president of Chengtu Uni- versity, a Methodist institution. Dr. Beech's family accompanied him. Japanese Ships to Sall. TOKIO, February 5 (#).—The navy office tonight announced that the cruiser Tenryu and four destroyers had been ordered to proceed to Sasebo from Kure with 300 bluejckets and to await further instructions there. It was understood the warships would be held in_ readiness for immediate sail- ing to Shanghai in the event of emer- gency. Capital Talks With London by Phone know how much.” Mr. Blanton threatened he would take action to prevent public space belonging to the people from being sold by the terminal company and private hotels, declaring citizens had a right to use this parking space. Among the more important appro- priations carried in the District bill are $11,990,515 for public schools; $3,- 088,100 for the Metropolitan Police force; $3,454,195, public welfare; $2 138,862, fire department; $1,524,860, collection and disposal of refuse; $3,.- 782,000, street and road improvement and repairs; $171,965, public play- rounds; $765,002, courts and prison: $1.008.406, public’bulldings and parks (administered by the director of pub- lic buildings and parks); $1,927,710, water service and $1,983,350 for gen- eral administrative salaries. A 5 American gasoline measuring pumps are so general in France now that the old five-letter, square tin can is seldom seen mxflu As Easily _Residents of the world's two leading capitals, in England and the United States, today were brought together, conversationally, as close as their nearest telephones. Transatlantic wireless phone serv- ice between Washington and London was Inaugurated this morning, with completion in satisfactory manner of a number of commercial’ calls. While officlals of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. refused to divulge the names of those Who made use of the $25-a-minute service, it was learned that Harold H. Levi, vice president of the Hecht Co., was among the first to talk with e; . WeV1 picked up 'his telephor at 9:65 Pp’clock this morning and in. his firm's London repre-: #aid the oe as if Call Were to New York sation was as clear as though he were speaking over long distance to New York. The call must be for a minimum of $75, and an additional charge of $2 a minute is made for “overtime.” Con- versations are limited to 12 minutes and must be made between the hours of 8:30 am, and 1 p.m. Time In Lon- don is just five hours later, so that an 8:30 call will catch London clear- Ing away the luncheon dishes, All it Is necessary to do to make a call is. ask the regular operator for “long _distance,” and then give the ! distance [operator the name and -dmhr'ou of she person to whom you wish to talk. " If he can’t be lo- cated, it'll o $10, for making the effort to find him. The voice of the National 'Capital | must travel a total of 7,600 miles to reach London. - miles is The first thousand by wire and the re- THO MEN KILLED, BY GAME WARDENS Virginians Are Said to Have Opened Fire on Officers in Night Battle. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK Va., February 5-—Two | men. belicved to be L. J. Bonney of Virginia Beach and Lee Waterflal® of Princess Anne, who were alleged to have been hunting ducks at night in violation of the law, were killed in & &un hattle last night in the Back Bay seotion of Princess Anne County, in { which another of their party and three game wardens escaped un- harmed. The offcers, who told theystory here, | said they ¢ e upon the thites men as | they were placing a duck in an auto- moblle near a marsh. Calldd to halty the men were said to have ogened firs on the officers, who returned) the fire, killing two. The third fled 4nto the brush Although the alleged poachers had | not. been positively identified earty to- day, partial Iidentification wee ob- tained from an automobile title car belonging to one and initials tagtos on the arm of the other. DROWNING OF MAN. IN POTOMAC PROBED BY POLICE OFFICERS (Continued from First Page of his lungs by the naval men and afl of us were satisfied that he was dead. “We were alongside the sea wall, and a wornan came down and asked if sha could work over the body. She worked for about 10 minutes, and then some one suggested that we take the man to the hospital. A car was brought up and Burkett accompanted the body to Emergency Hospital.” The car was owned and operated by ¥. D. Grablé, 2431 F street. Doctor Hears Heart Beats. Immediately upon the arrival of the body at the hospital Dr. E. Ball said he injected an extra large dose of & very powerful heart stimulant, and heard several heart be The doctor | explained, however, that this was not proof that life was not extinet when % the body was brought in, adding that the stimulant would produce a heart reaction. Dr. Ball worked until he was ed before pronouncing death. as of the opinion that the man “was too far gone at the time he was pulled out of the water to save him.” and declared that “I don’t think a pul- motor right on the scene would have done any good." When the thre sailors returned to the air station they reported to Ensign Edwards, officer of the day, that in their opinion “the man had been dead for a week.” ewitnesses tgstimony, however, contradicted this, as the man, was seen frantically trying to save himself about 300 yards away from the sea wall while a large number of people looked on. Policeman J. E. Shawhan of the Park police today told Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, his vérsion of the story. He said he was en route to his home after completing his tour of duty when he was stopped at the John Paul Jones monument and informed a man was overboard at Hains' Point. Plok- ing up Policeman J. N. Browning, he sped to the point, saw a floating object in the stream and called the harbor police on the telephone. He was informed that the police already had left for a point. Saw Sailors in Launch. Then he saw a motor launch with three sailors aboardl hurrying te the spot, which he described as being about 500 yards from the point. Using a boat hook they pulled the man aboard and two of the crew worked to restore life. “The boat started ashore,” Officer Shawhan said, “and I asked if any- | body had a fast car and one young man spoke up offering his. The boat came around the point to the whart and then the harbor boat came up. The sailors transferred the body and returned to the station, yelling back, “That man's dead.’ ““There were a lot of people, about 300, hanging on the railing and hol lering and then the police boat pulled around to the wharf. A woman gave something ‘to the men and told them to put it under the man's nose, but that didn't do any good. “As far as the park police are concerned, we had nothing to do with it. We never touched the man and he wasn't brought ashore until placed in the automobile. We were no equipped as the harbor police are, and it was purely a harbor police casc There was no friction or words passed between the park and Metropolitan police.” Heard Many Versions. _Officer Shawhan said when he ar- rived he heard “a thousand different versions of what had happened,” while one person insisted that the Y object” in the water was a dfr‘log‘“lx Fred Drake, a chauffeur, of 1767 17 street, is listed on the books of the harbor precinct as a witness, He said he was driving around the point when his attention was culled to the river ¥ some women running to the ruil ing. He saw a man trying to elimb up a pole out in the stream, but h appeared to be too weak to help hin self or was weighted down with cloth ing. Then a barge passed by and wus signaled by those on shors 1o rush to the rescue. As it turned the boat appeared. Drake was floating o nthe water motionles: when the Navy boat pulled the body In Another eyewitness sald today that almost an howr passed between the time the man was removed from the water and sent to the hospital. She charged negligence on the part of the police in not rushing the man to medi cal assistance and held the lack of a pulmotor as a contributin o his death. oo ¢ Stadlmeir, however, declares that the entire procedure of recovering the man from the Navy boat, working over the body that was lifeless, in their opinion, and endeavoring to identify the man and discover how he got into the river, occupied about half an hour. The body was removed to the morgue, where several hours later it was identified by Harvey Francis, 211 T street northeast, a nephew. It had not been claimed orior to neon today Makes Two Statements. Officer Shawhan, after fela story to Col. Grant, repeated 1t Jor & stenographer and later swore to it be- fore a notary. Capt. H. M. Parsons chief of the park police, declared he had requested this of the officer “in the event any formal 508 are made.” Lieut. Harry R. Lohman, in charge off the harbor police, also was collecting statements from the men under him. Jones, according to relatives, left his home in Rosemont about 12:3) o'clock Iye;t;rd-y. It was the first time he had gone away from home alone e past six months. i g AN BLISS INDORSED. BUENOS AIRES, February The Argentine government yesterday announced that Robert Woods Bliss, who has been appointed American Am- | bassador to Argentina, was persona to the government, Bliss will succeed Peter Augus- tus Jay, wWho has [