Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1927, Page 2

MACNIDER APPEALS FOR PREPAREDNESS Tells Women’s Patriotic Con- ference of Need for In- dustrial Help. The necessity of industrial pre redness was the bitterest lesson the Cnited States learned from the World | War, Assistant Secretary of War Han-| ford MacNider, declared today in an address to members of the Women's | Patriotic Conference on National De- fense at Memorial Continental Hall Money and lives were thrown in hundreds of useless directions at the outbreak of the war because the United States was unprepared, he said A study of the country's commodities and the preparation of its resources during peace fime is of vital impor- tance to its defense in case of future war. In an to why | wer to pacifistic queries as Army has cost the Nation more since the World War, Mr. Mac- Nider said that because the United States since the Versailles Treaty has comparatively the smallest Army. “'w must erect a great industrial frame- work upon which the national effort can be immediately realized.” Small Individual Cost. “At $2,28 apiece we are not paving much for insurance for our families and our citizenship,” Mr. Ma gerted in pointing out the capita expense of the Army, ‘‘while the needs of the civilian population cannot be sacrificed in time of war because of industrial unpreparedne for those of the men at the front." Secretary of the Navy Wilbur. who addressed the conference this morn- ing, spoke of the splendid training for citizenship which the youth of the Nation who served in the Navy derived. He pictured the battleship a6 a university, where the young men of America, through their thorough education in a variety of useful trades, became better equipped moral- 1y, physically and mentally. “The Navy should be an asset not only for the national defense, but for the education of youth as patriotic citizens of hte United States,” Mr. Wilbur urged. He pointed out that from between 6,000 to 15,000 young men complete their enlistments in the Navy yearly, and stressed the impor- tance of having them well clothed, fed and paid for their services they ren- der to the country. Mr. Wilbur com- mented on the splendid conduct of the fleet during its visit to Australia, de- spite the temptations there because of non-prohibition. Mrs. Brosseau Presides. “The defense of the country does not depend upon the Army and Navy alone, but upon our attitude toward our own institutions,” Representative Florence P. Kahn of California said when she addressed the conference. Bhe pointed out that Congress is | was graphically Plans for the proposed structure, prepared by William E. Parsons of resee Eouthweat. e Barhold: Fountain. ahder the pian treets . The Bathol ‘ountain, 3 :n‘;lth:l:lmllll.llw:l: the new gardens, the boundaries of which are B street, First street and Canal street. THE EVENING {GTON, tentatively place it on Marylan Is slated for the cer “hicago, which are awaiting aj CONSERVATORY PROPOSED FOR NEW SITE OF BOTANIC GARDENS roval of d avenue bhetween First and Second nter of the triangular plot forming the write anarchy into the laws o’ the land.” She urged the womanhood of America to be arrayed against pacifist factions.” “Instead of thinking and acting as a self-contained democracy, whose virtue depends upon its isolation. the American people must think and act as a democracy whose future depends upon its ability to play its part and assume its responsibility in a society of nations,” Mrs. Norton emphasized. She stated that in order to place the United States Navy on a par with that of Great Britain and Japan, it will require the building of cruisers. In discussing the necessity of the development of aviation in this country, Mrs. Norton said that “the general staff of the Army and the general board of the Navy are strangling our national defense by not recognizing the true value of the air plane.” Price of Unpreparedness. The aftermath of unpreparedness portrayed by Mrs. Rogers, who said that 27,000 service men are now in hospitals, in the United States, largely because it was the lack of preparedness that failed to insure peace. A rigorous condemna- tion of the inadequate maintenance of the Army was voiced by Gen. Delafleld, who stated that the Regular Army has been so reduced that not more than 50,000 men ace available for the first line of defense. “The offi:cers and men of the Regu- lar Army and their families are obliged to live in leaky firetraps or under can- vas all the year,” vien. Delafield said, while “the soldier’s ration is a miser- able 35 cents a day.” He emphasized that Congress was ‘“‘penny wise and pound foolish™ in refusing adequate appropriations for national defense. White House Reception. The conference delegates will be re- ceived tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 o'clock at the White House by Presi- dent Coolidge after the last session of the conference adjourns following ad- dresses by Rev. Francis J. Hurney, Representative Roy D. Fitzgerald of Ohio, Senator Lawrence D. Tyson of Tennessee and Willlam P. Mac- Craéken, jr., assistant secretary for aeronautics, Department of Commerce. The following organizations are exactly as the people of the United States make it. Mrs. Kahn decried the habit of poking fun at Congress as creating disrespect by the youth of the Nation and immigrants to this country for its institutions in gen- eral. She urged that this insidious icrobe of disrespect among the youth of the country be combated from within wlt:Lwlfillpuld educa- tional propagan m»x:unuflvo J. J. McSwain of Bouth Carolina spoke briefly on ‘“War, the Whole Nation's Business,” and Mrs. Adalin Wright Macauley, na- P American Auxiliary, outlined the purposes of the conference, to “take up the gauntlet which the women pacifisti thrown down, and to let the Nation know that the women of America, whose families have fought in her defense, do not believe in a national policy of unpreparedness for national defense, but on the contrary, stand firmly for a national defense policy which will not only guarantee the future safety of America, but will in- sure this safety without the heedless, unnecessary waste of American life and treasure, which has characterized all our wars in the past.” Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, president general, Daughters of the American Revolution, presided at the meeting this morning. The following were ap- pointed to constitute a rules commit- tee for the conference: Mrs. H. H McClure, president American War Mothers, chairman; Mrs. W. H. Cud- worth, American Legion Auxiliary; Mre. S. E. Guernsey, Daughters of American Colonists; Mrs. Mammie P. Dorsey, Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, president, Dames of the Loyal Legion. Longworth Outlines Status. Addressing the conference Jast night, Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House, declared that the United States Navy is not being maintained at a standard of efficiency adequate to the thorough protection of national interests. Making special reference to the handicap imposed upon the United States by the provisions of the limi- tation of armament cenference here in 1921, Mr. Lopgworth said: ‘‘We ‘went into that conference, potentially at least, the greatest sea power of all, and we have emerged hay- ing made by far the greatest sac- rifices.” “Today we are in a position of dis- tinct inferiorty to Great Britain, and not so far away from Japan. While we owe an obligation to the nations participating in the conference not to exceed the 5-53 ratio, we owe an equally great obligation to the Ameri- can peapls not to go below it,” the the Speaker pointed out. The faflure of the House to pass the appropriation bill for the com- mencement of the three cruisers already authorized by law, because opposition leaders argued the possi- bility of another limitation of arma- ment conference in the near future, threatens a “lamentabie, if not humili- ating, lapse from our former high estate,” according to Mr. Longworth, who said that any such argument was refuted by the fact that “it was our commanding strength and generous | willingness to make great sacrifices that brought about the successful result of the Washington conference.” Mr. Longworth strengthened his plea with the assertion that the Army and Navy cost less than one-fifth of the &ux National expenditure to main- n. Women Among Speakers. Representative Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, ~ Representative Mary T. Norton of New Jersey, Brig. Gen. John Ross Delafield of New York and Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, presi- dent general, Daughters of the Amer- fcan Revolution, were the other speakers of the evening. The invo- cation was pronounced by Rev. Wil- Jlam L. De Vries, chancellor of the ‘Washington Cathedral. The roster of patriotic organizations participat- ing in the conference was announced by Mrs. Adalin Wright Macauley, na- tional president, American Legion Auxillary. Committees on resolutions and extension composed of representa- tives from each of the 28 organiza- tions at the conference, were appoint. ed. The Army Band pla “The Star Spangled Banner' at the beginning of the program Mrs. Brosseau in the address of welcome said: ““The old-time soap represented at the conference: American War Mothers, American ‘Women's Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, American Woman's Press Association, Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of Civil War, Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Cen- tury, Dames of the Loyal Legion, Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, Daughters of American Colonists, Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of Union Vet- erans of the Civil War, Daughters of Cincinnati, Disabled American Vet- erans’ Auxiliary, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Ladies’ Aux- iliary Veterans of Foreign Wars, Na- Ve |tional Society Colonial Daughters of America, National Bociety Patriotic Women of America, National Soclety Patriotic Builders, National Auxiliary United Spanish War Veterans, Na. tional Patriotic Council, National League of American Pen Women, Order of First Families of Virginia, Order of ‘the Gold Star, Soclety of Daughters of Colonial Wars, United States Daughters of 1812, Woman's Relief Corps, G. A. R.;; Women's Over- seas Service League, Woman's Naval Service League, Women of the Army and Navy Legion of Valor. FIVE CHILDREN BURN : TO DEATH IN VILLAGE Father Severely Injured, Mother and Another Child Suffer From Exposure. By the Associated Press. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., Febru- ary 10.—Five children of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Trimble were burned to death in their home, at Rudyard, southwest of here, early this morning. Trimble was badly burned, while his wife, who jumped from an upper window with their sixth child, is suffering from ex- posure. . The fire, starting from an overheat- ed stove downstairs, was unnoticed by the sleeping family upstairs until it virtually had consumed the stairway. Trimble, carrying Margaret, 8, and Robert, 5, tried to run down the stairs, but stumbled, dropping the children into the flames. Falling inte the flames himself, he was terribly burned, but managed to make his way out of the house. The charred bodies of five children, two in their beds, were found after vil- lagers with snow had extinguished the embers of the destroyed home. CITRUS BARRAGE STARTS. CHICAGO, February 10 (#).—Flor- ida, California and Texas are firing a regular citrus barrage at the rest of nment Bureau of Agri- cultural nomics reported _today that oranges are oming out of Flor- ida and California nearly twice as fast asa year ago. Texas has already more than doubled last vear's movement of grapefruit. In addition, California’s lemon output is 500 carloads in excess of the correspondinz 1926 total. | Even citrus enthusiasts have been overwhelmed and prices are tending downward. ‘Ladyi Ash;r ‘Doubts Cabinet’s Intention By the Associated Press LONDON, February 10.—Lady Astor turned on her own party leaders in the House of Commons last night and declared that she was “bitterlv disappointed at the King's speech.” She voiced 'her suspicion about the government’s intention to grant equal franchise to women, an i{ssue on which the Baldwin ministry, she “said, was “pledged up to the hilt." “Women were the hest support- ers of the government in the last election,”” she went on, “and 1 ask plainly whether the government means business or not."" Lady Astor charged the ministry with showing little vision and urged them not to be unduly influenced box orator is not half so much to be feared as the groups of intelligentsia who, With aoft words of Reace, Weuld L) big business interests, which invariably opposed any measure L o8 mtorm” Owner of Arabian | Stallion Takes Name of Horse By the Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif., February 10, —The name of Raswan, Arabian stallion, killed recently in an ac- cident in Pomona, is to be per- petuated by Carl Reinhard Schmidt, owner of the thoroughbred, who through court proceedings has him- self taken the horse’s name and expects to carry it proudly through life. As far as the horse's lineage is concerned, it will be continued through a fine colt that Raswan sired. HAUGEN SAYS BILL 1S BEST POSSIBLE |Farm Relief Measure Rep- resents Best Thought of Country, He Asserts. By the Associated Press. The MecNary-Haugen farm relief bill represents the best thought of the country’'s agricultural minds and is the only measure which amply meets the demand for easing the farm- er's condition, Representative Haugen, Republican, Iowa, declared in the House today, in opening the new fight for relief legisiation. “It has been overwhelmingly in- dorsed,” he sald, “by farm and co- operative marketing associations, as well as by the many thousands of farmers, merchants, bankers, profes. sionals and officials from all sections of the United States.” Pleas Are Persistent. “Are we to longer turn a deaf ear to these earnest and persistent pleas?’’ he asked. - Haugen, white-haired veteran of nearly 25 years’ service in the House, and chairman of its agricultural com- mittee, declared the present situation confronting the farmers presents one of the most profound legislative prob- lems the Nation has ever seen. He detailed at length the problem's causes and contended that only Gov- ernment aid is the solution. “‘We not want a bill granting a subsid: he said, “or to cram down the throats of the producer further loans to put the farmer deeper in debt. We want this bill, indorsed by practically all of the producers who favor practical, sound, sane, safe and effective legislation.” Factor in Tax Reduction. Although Secretary of the Treasury Mellon believes the exact cost of the McNary-Haugen bill to the Federal Treasury, should it be enacted, could not be computed with much accuracy at this time the Secretary has let it be known that if the bill does pass it will likely have serious effect upon prospects for tax reduction next year. The full burden of farm-relief would not fall upon the Treasury, it is estimated, until some time during the next fiscal year, heginning July 1, 8o that the effect upon the es mated surplus_for this fiscal vear, $383,000,000, could not easily be cal culated. In_making any preliminary estimates, however, looking toward possible tax reduction next year, Sec- retary Mellon has indicated that the farm-relief bill will be- a big factor in the conskieration. He would not %o 80 far as to predict that tax relief was impossible should the bill pass. Today in Congress SENATE. Senate continued debate on the McNary-Haugen farm bill, with Senator Nye of North Dakota In Franchise Fight' speaking in favor of it. The bill 18 to be voted on at 4 o'clock to- morrow_ afternoon. President Coolidge sent a mes sage to Congress on the subject of another arms conference. Distriect of Columbia committee to meet this afternoon on the Farmers’ Market bill and the Ship- stead bill to protect Government buildings by more stringent regula- tions of surrounding private build- ings. Joint committee on Library re- «weived a plan from Willam E. Parsons, Chicago architect, for the proposed new Botanic Garden and arranged to meet tomOrrow morn- ing to pass on the plan. Privileges and elections com- mittee is in executive session on the case of Senator-designate 8mith of Illinois. Phipps subcommittee, in charge of District appropriation bill, spent another day Inspecting streets and achool building projects throughout the ecity. g HOUSE. The House today continues con- sideration of McNary-Haugen agri- cultural relief measure. On the unanimous consent calen- dar, the House today approved Tydings bill permitting erection of bridge across Chesapeake Bay. District deficiency and supple- mental items considered by sub- committes drafting the second deficlency appropriation bill. Ways and means committee in executive session outlines its pro- gram. Naval affairs committee conducts hearing on bill to allow Navy De- Enmen! to accept certain lands in lorida. Veterans' committee in executive session on omnibus hospital bill. Interstate commerce committes in executive session on coal legisla- tion. Judiclary committee continues consideration of Judge Cooper im- peachment case. Banking and currency committee continues hearing on Federal farm lean pli i PLANS FOR BOTANIC GARDENS READY Committee May Approve De- signs Tomorrow—Fess «Seeks Needed Funds. The new Botanic Gardens to he laid off in the area from Maryland avenue to Canal street between First and Second streets will form an attrac tive addition to the show places of the National Capital if the joint com mittee on library approves tentative designs submitted today by Willlam E. Parsons, the Chicago architect. The joint committee will meet at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning to go over the plans, and Senator Fess of Ohio, chairman, announced today that he is hopeful the committee will take final action in time to enable the present Congress to appropriate the funds. Time to Get Money. Congress within the past few weeks enacted the law authorizing purchase of the area referred to, but that act does not make the money avalilable. Senator s believes the detailed plans for carrying out the relocation of the gardens should be approved now so that the appropriation can be made in the second deficiency bill before the present Congress adjourns. He hopes to get in the deficlency bill some of the money needed to start construction work in addition to the $820,000 authorized for purchase of the land. The layout of the new gardens to be presented to the committee tomor- row by Mr. Parsons shows a white stone conservatory bullding fronting on Maryland avenue between First and Second _streets and extending back about 70 feet toward B street, south of the Capitol. Looking from the Mall, this structure would present an architectural view in keeping with the Capitol Building. Although there will be a glassed conservatory, with a dome, this portion of the layout will be back of the stone building and will not be visible to any great extent from the Mall. Square for Conservatory. This new conservatory building will be 300 feet in length and 40 feet high on Maryland avenue and extend south to a depth of 70 feet. This bullding, with surrounding shrubs and walks, fills one of the two squares to be acquired. The other new square is triangular in shape, extending from B to Canal and from First to Second. Mr. Par- son’s plan calls for the placing of the Bartholdi Fountain in the center of that square with an attractive setting of walks and botanical displays. The main object of relocating the Botanic Gardens is to fit the existing gardens into_their proper place as part of the Mall development. The new memorials to Meade and Grant have been erected in the old gardens and when the Bartholdi Fountain it moved from the old gardens to the new location the eastern end of the Mall plan can be completed. The old conservatory buildings in the_existing gardens were erected in 1867 and will be taken down when the new scheme 18 carried out. SENATE AND HOUSE DEBATE FARM BILL; FINAL VOTE SOON ) (Continued from First P: each of the 12 Federal farm land bank districts. The members are ap- pointed by the President from a list of nominations prepared by nominating conventions in each district cotrolled by “bona fide farm organizations and co-operative associations.” The commodities affected by the mensure are cotton, wheat, corn, rice and swine. An effort is to be made to add tobacco to this list. Whenever the board determines that a surplus exists, or is likely to oc- cur in the ensuing year, it may de- clare “an operating period” for any basic commodity. The board’s duty during such a period would be to as- sist co-operatives in ‘removing or withholding or disposing of the sur- plus,” and the initial funds for these operations would come out of a $250,- 000,000 revolving fund which the bill provides. Reimburse Revolving Fund. To reimburse this revolving fund, or stabilization fund, an equalization fee is imposed upon producers of the crop for which an operating period has been declared. Unlike the old Me- Nary-Haugen bill, which would have levied the fee on all producers, the sent measure assesses it against ‘each marketing unit.” It may be col- lected, in the discretion of the board, on the milling or processing. The measure also would permit loans from the stabilization fund to co- operatives without the equalization fee requirements in an effort to control surpluses, a provision which _re- | sembles the loan features of the Fess and Tincher bills of last session. The bill declares that the only cost {to the Government shall be the ex- | penses of the board, for which $500,000 |i= provided, the theory being that all other costs are to be pald out of the | equilization fee. | In skeleton form the new bill is to the old McNary-Haugen but there have been numer- is contended, | similar | measure, | ous changes which, it | have rendered this | fectionable. Chief |the elimination of the “tariff yard- stick” and “fair and reasonabls price standard,” resulting in scarcely any direct connection with the tariff except a declaration in the bill that it aims to ‘“preserve advantageous domestic markets." AGREES ON HEARING DATE. Harry F. Sinclair notified the Su. reme Court today that he concurred n the request of the Government to advance hearings of his appeal in the suit to cancel his lsase to the Teapot Pl Toneryms | D. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1927. MORENO ACCUSES PROCTOR IN COURT Declares Youth Proposed “Shooting Way Out,” Then Opened Fire on Busch. Samuel Moreno, 19-year-old defend ant, charged jointly with three others with the death of Policeman Leo W. | K. Busch, today from the witness stand In Criminal Division 2 de- clared that John Proctor, another de fendant, opened fire on Officer Busch after proposing to Nicholas TLee Fagles and himself to “put the things on them and shoot our way out. Moreno maintained he fired on Po licoman Frank L. Ach, Busch's com- panion, because “I thought he was going to kill me" and that he his revolver only after he felt stung down by my ecalf.” Moreno absolved John F. McCabe, the fourth | defendant, of any shooting. stating he neither saw McCabe with a gun nor using one. Reluctantly, however, he testified that it was Eagles who shouted “Stick ‘em up,” after the four men and two policemen crossed New Hampshire avenue at Upshur street. Proctor, who testified yesterday, was named by Moreno as the instigator of a plot to hold-up “20 cases of liquor,” al- though that defendant denied the charge in his testimony. Moreno also claimed that Proctor took part in the two Maryland highway robberfes just an hour or two before the Petworth battle, although Proctor had stated vesterday that he did not leave the automobile he drove on that night. , Testimony Brings Protests. Moreno's testimony naming Proctor in almost every sentence brought a storm of objections and protests from James B. Archer, Proctor's attorney, who charged Martin O'Donoghue, Moreno's counsel, with prosecuting his client. The two attorneys heatedly belted at each other. Moreno freely admitted recognizing the gun he used in the Petworth shooting in the hold-up of the Milex Gasoline Station on the early morning of September 17. O’'Donoghue sought to develop who was present at the hold-up besides the witness, and on Archer's objection the court would not permit an answer. The witness read- ily identified another revolver shown him by his attorney as the one Eagles used. After the quartet had been ap- proached by the two policemen -at Georgia avenue and Upshur street and had begun a walk east on the latter street toward their broken-down car, Moreno said he was in the lead, but was called back by Ach and told not to walk so fast. Moreno then joined McCabe, who walked in front of Ach, and the formation then was arranged with Proctor in front, followed by Ea- gles, and Busch in the gutter. Proposed Throwing Guns Away. “Proctor dropped back to Eagles and then to me and said: “Let's put the things on them and shoot our way out,” Moreno testified. “I said ‘Let's throw the guns away,' but Proctor went up front again. I was walking back with McCabe and Eagle was a little in front and on my right. After that Proctor never came back to us again. ““Then the officer said, ‘Let's lock them up' and Ach grabbed hold of me and McCabe, grabbing me by my left arm. Busch walked toward Eagles and Proctor. When Busch started to walk toward Eagles and Proctor, Proctor shot at Busch and some one said ‘Stick 'em up!'" | “Who said that,” asked O’'Dono- ghue. Moreno hesitated, rolled his head from side to side and then, after looking in the direction of the de- fendant, said, “Eagles.” “I broke away from Ach,” the wit- ness continued, “and Eagles came back toward Ach and fired a him. Ach was firing into us and I pulled my pistol out and started shooting at Ach. Ach started running down the street, where we came up and I ran out into the street, saw Busch on the ground and made a circle around him and fired two more shots at Ach, making four in all.” Saw Him Fire Twice, “How many times did you see Proctor fire?” asked O'Donoghue. “I saw two flames come out of Proctor’s pistol,” replied Moreno as Archer was objecting to the witness incriminating his client. Archer’s re- marks caused Moreno to speak up: “Whatever I am telling I am telling the truth. I am fighting for my life.” “Shut up,” snapped back Archer, and then quiet was restored. Moreno said he saw Busch fall in the middle of the car tracks, hut did not see Ach brought down at all, “Ach started firing in our direction, toward me and Eagles and I pulled out my gun after I felt a sting down by my calf,” said the witness. “I fired be- cause I thought he was going to kill me.” Eagles Ran From Scene. Eagles was the first to run from the scene, Moreno said, and Proctor ran in a westerly direction, while McCabe jumped from a terrace and also fled. Moreno ran down astreet into an alley and joined Eagles in a cellar, from where they heard four more shots, he testified. In the first cellar he tried to put his gun down a sewer trap and, he sald, “We heard a noise and then snuck over to the next door.” They remained in that cellar until 9 o'clock when, suffering great pain from the wounds in his leg, he asked Eagles to get_him to the hospital. “Eagles told me to ask the woman upstairs it she could get a taxicah or an ambulance,” said Moreno, “and I done just like he told me. I went upstairs and saw Mrs. Vogel in the Kkitchen with a baby. I asked her to get an ambulance, and told her I was shot and she started to holler and I said, ‘For God'® sake, lady, don't hol- ler.’ But she screamed and I ran down- stairs and then into the street, where I was captured.” Assistant _United States Attorney George D. Horning, jr., hegan cross- examination just as Justice Willlam Hitz recessed the court for luncheon. Moreno on Stand Yesterday. Moreno took the stand yesterday afternoon for direct examination by O'Donoghue, but he was unable to get into the actual issue owing to the Vigorous objection of Proctor's coun- sel to the young Italian's reference to Virginia hold-ups. O'Donoghue ques- tioned his client about the Virginia robheries and Moreno was apparently willing to answer. If you want to prove that your witness is a rat——" began Archer, in ohjecting to reference of the robberies, which Proctor had previously testified he did not participate in. “I only want to prove he is a truthe ful man,” interrupted O'Donoghue. “You only have the right to prove that he didn’'t kill Busch,” replied Archer, “T'll prove that conclusively,” shout- ed O'Donoghue at the top of his voice, “and you'll get a couple of shots when 1 do.” Justice Hitz here called a halt in the proceedings. Harris Atchison Testifles. Moreno was' preceded on the stand by Harris Atchison, a prisoner at the District jall and now under indict- ment for robbery, and who was at Eagles' home night before the | shooting. He was shown a cap by ©'Donoghue and. tesiified that Mojeno Harvester Magnate First Rid- iculed Report Singer Seeks Separation in Paris. Says Later, “So Far as | Know” There Is Nothing to Rumor of Split. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 10, F. McCormick of the harves of millionalres, denied today that his wife, Ganna Walska, beautiful Polish | singer, is to divorce him, He is her fourth hushand, “I know nothing about the divorce rumor because there fs nothing to it,” | Mr. McCormick asserted upon his ar- | rival home from New York. A New York newspaper had pub- lished a story that Ganna was to divorce her husband in Paris, and that he already had arranged a sub- | | stantial property settlement for her. Qualifies Statement. ‘Mr. McCormick later slightly quali- fied his first atatement that there was othing to it” by saying: _ “So far as I know there is noth- ing to it.” One of the small army of reporters and photographers that crowded the concourse at the La Salle Street Sta- tion to meet him, asked Mr. McCor- mick if he hoped Ganna would soon come home to Chicago and he acquiesced in an affirmative manner. Asked later if he had said that he hoped Ganna soon would return home, he said: “Did T say that? to say it.” Another persistent interrogator asked him if he would be sorry if the divorce rumors were true, and he countered: “Are you married, young man?" Sorry If Wife Left Him. The questioner admitted that he was, whereupon Mr. McCormick an- swered “Well, yvou would he sorry if your wife would divorce you—and I would be sorry, too.” He spoke earnestly, and a moment later stepped into an automobile and was whirled away. Since thelr marriage in 1922, Mme. Walska has spent very little time in Chicago, but has lived and has sung in concert chiefly in Paris and has traveled. Mr. McCormick has gone back and forth between this country and France a number of times since the marriage. REPORT ROMANCE HITS ROCKS. 1 did not mean | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February 10.—The romance of Harold F. McCormick, harvester machinery magnate, and Ganna Walska, singer, is at an end and a Paris divorce is impending, the New York American says today. Con- firmation of reports of their separation has been obtained from friends, the paper says. Mr. McCormick left New York for Chicago yesterd: the newspaper says, to confer with Clarence Darrow over the separation, and before he left he told friends that he and Mme. Walska were “through forever." A financial settlement in anticipa- tion of divorce has been arranged, the story asserts. Left Wife on Liner. Mr. McCormick suddenly left the liner Paris a vear ago and canceled passage. His wife salled at that time with the announced intention of ap. pearing in opera and concert work abroad. Mr. McCormick followed two days later, but returned to the United States alone within two months, say- Ing he would rejoin his wife after attending to business here. The chairman of the board of the International Harvester Co. and Mme. Walska, widow of a Russian cavalry officer, were suddenly married in Paris in 1922. Mr. McCormick is the singer's fourth husband. Within a year after her arrival here [McCORMICK MODIFIES DENIAL THAT WALSKA PLANS DIVORCE Above: GANNA WALSKA. Below: HAROLD F. McCORMICK. in 1915 Mme. Walska married Dr. Joseph Fraenkel, neurologist. Mr. McCormick met Mme. Walska through Dr. Fraenkel. In 1919 Mme. Walska, Mr. McCormick and Alexan- der Cochran, Yonkers carpet manu- facturer, met on a trip to Europe, and the romance that ended in the mar- riage of Cochran and the singer be- gan at that time. Meanwhile Edith Rockefeller Me- Cormick, estranged from the Har- vester magnate, was living in Eu- rope. She returned to ‘America, and was later divorced in Chicago. About the same time Mme. Walska and Mr. Cochran were divorced in Paris. Comparatively Poor Man. The American reports that Mr. Me- Cormick has become a comparatively “poor man,” with an income hardly in excess of $100,000 a year. The set- tlement on Mme. Walska and a 50 per cent allotment of his property to his former wife have reduced his for- tune, the newspaper says. Also he presumably has spent considerably on Mme. Walska's operatic ambitions. Mme. Walska's endowment from her various husbands is estimated by :!I(;P American to be “at least $5,000,- Mr. McCormick, retired from active business for some time, is said to have declared he is through with matrimony forever, and contemplates spending the rest of his life in sports and in traveling. ‘Hs Was once amateur recquet cham- pion of the country, and continues to retain enthusiasm for work on the courts. He has told friends, the Amer- ican says, that he plans to purchase a yacht and take up cruising. Mme. Walska Is now abroad. ‘Walska Is Silent. PARIS, February 10 (#).—Ganna Walska today refused to discuss re- ports that she and her husband, Harold F. McCormick, had separated, and that a divorce was contemplated. did not wear it out the night In que: tion, although on direct examination he had testified he did. This switch of testimony incensed Horning and the young prosecutor launched into an impeachment of the witness, but the defense maintained Atchison still was the Government's witness and he could not be impeached. Justice Hitz sustained the contention of the de- fense. Atchison did have an opportunity to state that while he was testifying on direct examination he “didn’t look at the cap very closely and I was a little hasty when I sald Moreno wore it." REBEL CHIEFS GIVE UP. Brazilian Bands Cross Into Bolivia and Surrender. RIO JANEIRO, Brazil, February 10 (P).—Confirmation is announced by the Brazilian government of the re: port that two revolutionary leaders, Luls Carlos Pretes and Miguel Costa. active for some time in the western State of Matto Grosso, had crossed into Bolivia with about 600 of their followers, surrendering their arms and ammunition. The war minister declared that there is onlv one more rebel group of about 100 men, under Siquiera Campos, in the States of Matto Grosso and Goyaz. These two states are the only two re- maining under decree of siege, which means temporary revocation of cer- tain constitutional guarantees and au- thorization for the federal executive to arrest persons on suspiclon. i BAND CONCERT. TONIGHT. By the United States Navy Band Orchestra, at the Marine Barracks, § o'clock, Charles Benter, leader. TOMORROW. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra, at the Marine Barracks, 3:30 o'clock, William H. Santelmann, leader; Taylor Branson, second leader, THREE SERIOUSLY HURT IN WRECK OF CRACK TRAIN Broken Axle on Engine of Rocky Mountain Limited Throws Coaches Off Embankment. By the Associated Press AVOCA, Iowa, February 10.— Four coaches of the Rocky Mountain Limited were hurled down a 20-foot embankment near Walnut late Last night, as the crack train of the Rock Island lines, speeded downgrade to ward Council Bluffs. A broken axle on the engine tender caused the wreck, railroad officials believed. Three passengers who were most seriously injured, will recover, More than 250 other occupants of the train, who were taken to Council Bluffs in a relief train, probably were saved from death by the steel construction of the coaches. Three mail cars, and a combination coach were piled down the embank- ment, and other coaches left the ralls, tearing up the tracks for several hundred feet, ROYAL TOUR”ENDS. Stockholm Greets Gustav and Prin- cess on Return. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, February 10 (P).—Crown Prince Gustav Adolph and Crown Princess Louise were given a most enthusiastic welcome on their return to Stockholm today from their world tour. The entire city was decorated for the occasion and huge crowds lined the streets. A continuous ovation was given the roval couple as they pro- ceeded to their home from the station, where they were met hy the King, leading court officials, members of the cabinet and the diplomatic corps. The Crown Prince and his princess started their tour last May 17, going first to the United Sates. By the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kans, February 10.— Kansas lovers with a matrimonial in- clination will have to start saving their pennies if the State Legislature and Gov. Paulen approve the marriage eugenics bill, which was brought back to life yesterday the Senate tem. perance and hygiene committee. Every couple applying for a mar- riage license would be required to rove they had $1,000 on deposit in a Elnk or invested “over and above debts, liabilities and exemptions,” un- der an amendment attached to the bill by the committee. t would tide them over the first. said the author of the amend. Senator Butler of Frank: ‘mer past middle age. T year, ment, Si | fort, & Exemp ing to § for the ‘couple which farm or othef property equal ln valus tofl Couples Planning to Wed Must Show $1,000 Under R JESS SMITH CITED INDAUGHERTY CASE Testimony Tends to Show Relationship Existing Be- tween Both Men. By the Associsted Press. NEW YORK, February 10.—Test}. mony in the Daugherty Miller trial turned today to the relationship be- tween Harry M. Daugherty, former Attorney General and Jess W. Smith Louis J. Balley of Atlanta, the first witness of the day. told of finding Smith in charge of Daugherty's inan gural ceremonies in March, 1921. Shorly after Daugherty was In stalled Smith came to Bailey's office Bailey was then chief of the Bureay of Investigation of the Dapartment of Justice. Smith told him to station guards about the Department of Jus- tice building, Bailey said, because a Socialist leader, then a prisoner in At lanta, was to ba bronght in and it was feared his followers might start a dis- turbance, Charges of Government. Daugherty and Thomas W. Miller, former alien property custodian, are charged with defrauding the United States of their best services in con- nection with the transfer of $7,000,000 assets of the American Metal Co., which was seized during the war as enemy.owned property. The Government alleges Smith and John T. King, one-time national Re- publican committeeman from Con necticut, conspired ' with Daugherty and Miller to pass the claim for tha transfer of the assets to the Societe Suisse Pour Valeurs de Metaux, r gardless of the merits of the claim. Richard Merton, agent for the Societe Sufsse, iz alleged to have paid King $441,000 for his aid and influence in having the claim passed. Says Bmith Boss. Previous witnesses gave testimony to show that $140.000 of the $441,000 went to Daugherty and $40,000 to Miller. Charles Sondberger, clerk of the Department of Justice, testifiad that 8mith had an office on the sixth floor of the Department of Justice Building and that emploves took orders from him. Smith, he said, was not an ap. pointed employe of the department SMITH NOW BARRED FROM SENATE SEAT Elections Committee Decision to Reopen Primary Inquiry Means Report Next Session. By the Associated Press. The Senate elections committes re. fused today to make a preliminary report recommending the temporary seating of Frank L. Smith as Senator- designate from Illinois. The committee decided to begin hearings in Smith's case next Wed- nesday it that is agreeable to the Senator-designate, who is ill at his home in Dwight, Tll. Decision to reopen the inquiry into contributions to Smith's primary cam- paign by public utilities operators of Tilinois means that the case cannot be finally decided at this session and that Sniith will not get a seat under the appointment given to him by Gov. Small as successor to the late Senator William B. McKinley. RUDNER BRANDED CHIEF CONSPIRATOR IN SLAYING Prosecutor in Mellett Murder Case Says Merchant Hired Men Who Killed Editor. By the Associated Press. CANTON, Ohio, February 10.—Ben Rudner, Massillon merchant, was de- scribed as the “chief conspirator” by Henry W. Harter, jr., county prosecu- tor, in his opening statement today in Rudner’s trial for murder in con- nection with the Kkilling last July of Don R. Mellett, Canton editor, “Ben Rudner Is the man who gathered together the conspirators, who paid them and then having set the thing in motion. bullt an alfbi and relied on hirelings to do the shooting,” Marter told the seven women and five men on the jury. E. L. Mills, of defense counsel, re- plied that Rudner ‘“is being wrong- fully prosecuted under an indictment returned in time of excitement. nothing to do with the crime and was in no wise involved. Rudner had no incentive to murder Mellett. He never knew Mellett. His name was never mentioned in Mellett’s paper.” The State charges that Rudner planned Mellett's death as the result of an editorial campaign against vice and crime in Canton. Patrick McDer- mott, now serving life sentence in the Ohio penitentiary, and Louis Mazer, awaliting trial for murder, are the men accused of the actual shooting, REPRESENTATIVE ROBBED. Schafer’s Pockets Rifled in House Office Building. Representative Schafer of Wiscon- sin was robbed of $60 by a sneak thief who entered his rooms in the House Office Building yesterday and rifled his overcoat pockets. Mr. Schafer had hung the coat on a rack and left the room for a few minutes, with the door open. He di1 not notice the loss until some time later. A number of lodge membership cards were taken, too. i STRESEMANN IN ITALY. Says He Is Making Visit for Rest, Not to See Mussolini. SAN REMO, Italy, February 10 (#) —Foreign Minister Stresemann of Germany, who arrived hers yesterday. evival of Kansas Bill $1,000. Conversely, if the couple was in debt $100 they would be raquired to show a deposit of at least $1,100. “Every girl approaching marriage, if she is ambitious, would be able to save $1,000,” Senator Butler said. “If not, the couple could at least save that much together before getting married. 1 beléavak the idea is all right and I would like to make the requi: $2.000.” 'quirement Marriages between negroes and white persons would be prohibited un- der another committee amendment. The committee's favorable report on the bill, which has already passed the House, completely. reversed its action yesterday in killing the measure, Mem- bers sald it was reported favorably at the insistence of the backers of the easure that it be allowed to reach h"l“h Senate fl:‘:r. i e recont tion this afternoon session, P mhu&u‘ told an interviewer today he had no intention of meeting Premier Musso- lini of Ttaly or. Foreign Minister Briand of France during his stay here. “I am here,” he said, “because I am suffering from a nervous malady and need a rest. I hope to remain as long as possible, perhaps until the March session of the League of Natlons council.” s ICEBERGS OFF ARGENTINA. BAHIA BLANCA, Argentina, Feb- ruary 10.—!cflnT have made their appearance off the Argentine coast near Bahia Blanca, .Ilu“llg danger for shipping. The steamer Mongolian Prince reported sighting a huge mountain of ice just before coming into port. The captain of the steamer Curaca, who alse reported icebergs, declared that it was the first. time in his 20 ears of navigation between New ever coast.” ! hia Blanca that he o Ioenergh off (ha Argentine