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2 * DISTRICT NOMINEES 10 BE CONSIDERED Senate Subcommittee to Pass on Fleharty, Adams and Childress. A special subcommittee of the Sen ate District committee is expected 10 begin consideration before the end of this week of the nomination of Ralph B. Fleharty. to be people’s counsel to the new public utilities commission, together with the nominations of ien- jamin F. Adams and John W. Chil dress to be the two ci of the new commission. har! nomination went to the Sen ate yesterday afternoon. Senators Jones of Washington and Sackett of Kentucky and Representa- tive King, Democrat, of Utah, were designated several days ago by Chair- man Capper to inquire into the qual- ifications of Mr. Adams and Mr. Chil- dr and it is understood the name of Mr. Fleharty, which was sent to th Senate by President Coolidge yester: day atternoon, will be referred to that group also. Letters of Approval. Senaior Jones said last night that he plas to call a meeting of the sub- committee as soon as he is free from his present task of helping to frame the District appropriation bill, which will bs within the next few days. The Senator said he has been so busy on the appropriations committee he has not had an opportunity to study any Jetters that may be on file from local sources refating to the utility appoint- ments. Since the exclusive announcement in The Star of Friday ihat the Pres.- dent had virtually decided upon the selection of Mr. Fleharty? reports have been received at the White House from various local quarters which have caused the President tu feel that the selection would be ac- ceptable, it was stated yesterday. Mr. Fleharty, as a citizen and practicing attorney at the local bar, has been praised by individuals in messages re- ceived at the White House. The news that Mr. Fleharty was be- ing seriously considered is known to have come as a complete surprise to citizens of the city, inasmuch as b name had never been mentioned pre- | viously in connection with the place. It has been learned that Mr, Fleharty did not seek the appointment. but that his name was presented to the White House a week or so ago by friends, who represented him to the President as being possessed of the experience and ability required. . President Cautious. The President has given the matter of filling this place an unusual amount of thought, especially since the with- dmwal of the nomination of Blaine Mallan several weeks ago. The Presi- dent received a great amount of cor- respondence from organizations and groups of individuals regarding the filling of this place, all of which he carefully considered and referred to Attorney General Sargent, who has been assisting him vailables for the office. It is under- stood that more than 50 names of in- dividuals were presented to the Presi- dent during the period he had the matter _under consideration. Mr. Flel y is a native of Gales- burg, Ill., and came to Washington with his parents when he was 12 years . He was born in 1885, is a gradu- ate of the- ed echools and the Me- Kinley Manua] Training School of this citv, and was graduated in law at Georgetown University Law School. _ Mr. Fleharty married Miss Inez Parker of this city in 1912. have two children, and for several vears they have resided at 5406 Forty- first street, Chevy Chase, D. C. Told First by The Star. The first information that Mr. Fleharty had that he had been select- od by the President for the post was when he was informed by The Star yesterday afternoon. When asked for an expression of any ideas he may have at this time regarding the duties which he will be called upon to as- sume, he said that he considered it a great honor to have been picked for this work and that he fully realized that there is a great opportunity for constructive activity on the part of the people’s counsel and that he hoped that he would be able to serve with satisfaction to all concerned. DR. ESTES TO ADDRESS BUSINESS MEN ON DIET Chicago Health Expert Will Give Talk at City Club February 25. Dr. St. Louis Estes, health expert of Chicago, is to address a meeting of Washington business men at the City Club Febru: 25 on his theory of raw food diets. It is Dr. Estes’ claim that the con- sumption of too many cooked foods is responsible for most of the ailments with which the overworked American business man is inflicted His idea of a healthy diet follows: Breakfast—Crushed wheat, oats or rye, or nuts with milk or honey. Vary nuts with raw cereals at will and switch from cream to honey and vice versa. A glass of orange juice may be added if hungry. Luncheon—Nothing but raisins. Dinner—Any of the following com- binations of raw vegetables: Lettuce and tomatoes, onions and spinach, cabbage and carrots. If one feels thev are in need of further nourish- ment, a half of a raw caulifiower may be added, but under no circumstances should any of these foode be cooked. Drink plenty of water or milk, but use no tobacco, alcoholic liquors, tea, coffee, salt or pepper. BANS FOOD AND DRINK AFTER MURDER VERDICT Convict in Portland, Me., Shot” When Given Life Sentence. nuts or “All PORTLAND, Me., February 12. Benjamin H. Turner has refused to eat or drink since he was found gulity of the murder of James D. Hallen yes- terday and sentenced to life imprison- ment. Except to confer briefly with on of his attorneys at the county jail here today, he has had no conversa tion with any one. In the words of his jailer, he was “all shot.” He will have to decide within a day or two whether to have his counsel file a bill cf exceptions with the law court, bumi an appeal on a ruling by Justice Arthur Chapman against the motion of Attorney Joseph E. F. Connolly that the court instruct the jury in his charge that upon the State rested the burden of proving the de- fendant was sane. Y. M. C. A. for Jerusalem. NEW YORK, February 12 (#).— Plans for the erection in Jerusalem of a group of buildings to cost more than $500,000 for the Young Men's Christian Association, were announced here toda The huildings are the gift of a wealthy American who has requested his identity remain un- - in cbnsidering | They | | Alexander P. Moore Named[ as Producers’ Choice to'Clean Up Plays. Said to Be Considering New Czar’s Berth. | Hushand of Lillian Russell! | | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February 12.- ider P. Moore, ona-time publisher and former ambassador to Spain, has been approached by -heatrical producers | with the proposition that he hecome the czar of the Now York stage, the | New York American says. Mr. Moore evaded answering, but left the impre: sion, the American says, that with | proper support he might accept. Mr. Moore is quoted as disapproving of present police censorship of New | York State. He sald: “The method pursued by the p ce in raiding these plays and arres ing those connect>d with them only can result in a series of fights back and forth, with injunctions and re prizals, the effect of which will be to boom businese for the plays at fault. “This requires surgery, not medi- cine. There must be a dictator. The right man could do it, as Hays has done it for the movies. The stage has gone from bad to worse and the gamut of dirt has not been run. Something must be done.” Mr. Moore's life has been linked with the theater ot cnly by his nat ural love for the stage, but through his marriage to the lste Lillian Rus- sel A blanket order today placed ev policeman on whose heat there is a theater in_the position of a stage censor. The order instructed the | patrolmen to make arrests whenever. | in their judgment, public morals are | FORMER U. S. ENVOY TO SPAIN OFFERED STAGE DICTATORSHI THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 13, | ; | i ! 1 i 4 ALEXANDER P. MOORE. endangered. The new order does not require policemen to wait and sub- mit evidence of alleged indecency to the district attorney or police con missioner. 1 the individual police- man decides a show ix violating the law. he muv make arrests at the end of the show. taking the producer, manager and principal actors to the nicht court forthwith. This rule applies also to night clubs and other places where pald en- tertainers perform. A squad of detectives, raiding the Ashland Gardens, a Brooklyn night club, last night arrested eight girls on charges of disorderly conduct. They sald the girls were dancing in | tights. STRGT MARNE OFFER ENDSLF i Lieut. Henry T. Birmingham, i With Forces in Nicaragua, Shoots Himself. Br the Associated Press. ! MANAGUA, Nicaragua. February {12.—First Lieut. Henry T. Birming- | ham, United States Marines. whose { home was in Washington, D. C., killed | himself today with his service re- i volver after locking himself in the i bathroom at headquarters previous to morning inspection. 1 Lieut. Birmingham was 28 years old, unmarried and a graduate of the Naval Academy, class of "21. He ar- | rived in Managua three days ago with other officers on the Raleigh. His father is a retired Army colonel, and his brother a captain in the active service. { ‘The body will be sent to Corinto and transferred to the United States Steamship Galveston, pending ad- | vices from his family. Inquest Is Held. { Lieut. Birmingham left no note and ! gave no intimations of hjs intentions. He had seemed in normal spirits and health, and was fully dressed when he shot himself. A marine board held an inquest this afternoon, and is forwarding its findings. Lieut. Birmingham is de- clared to have died in the line of duty by his own hand while temporarily mentally deranged. FAMILY GETS NEWS, Father Unable to Assign Motive for Suicide. Lieut. Birmingham was the son of Col. Henry P. Birmingham, U. §. A.. retired, chief surgeon of the United States Soldiers’ Home Hospital. Col. and Mrs. Birmingham were advised of his death by The Star last night. The colonel declared he could as- sign no motive for the lieutenant tak. ing his life. With the exception of an attack of influenza which he suffered shortly before departing from Quantico about six weeks ago, the young officer appeared in good health, Col. Birmingham sald. Col. Birmingham received a letter from his son a short time ago under a Guantanamo postmark, and at that time he appeared to be very cheerful. Lieut. Birmingham had served with the Expeditionary Force of the Marine Corps at Quantico ever since his graduation from the Naval Academy. He spent the Summer | with part of the force in Cuba. The officer was born in Chicago and lived here for a number of yzars prior to his appointment to the academy from the District. In addi- tion to his father and mother, he is survived by a brother, Capt. Richard Birmingham, U. S. A., now on duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. GIRLS VISIT WHITE HOUSE St. Martin’s Club Hears Talk by Mrs. Coolidge—Meets President. Members of the St. Martin's Girls' Club were received by President and Mrs. Coolidge at the White House yesterday afternoon. The girls first were ushered into the blue room, where Mrs. Coolidge greeted them and gave a brief talk on the importance of making themselves helpful to society. She inquired as to their activities and expressed her in- terest in local welfare work. Following their reception by Mra. Coolidge, the girls were received by the President in the executive offices, Those in the party were: Miss M. Catherine Dorsch. president; Miss Mar- garet Purdy, vice president; Miss Catherine Dunlap, secretary; Miss Mary Roland. treasurer: Mrs, Teresa B. Hipkins, Mrs. Vincette Cifala, Miss Mary Lowry, Miss Emma Bauer, Miss Helen Dorsch, Miss Mary Hurson, | Miss Helen Jackson, Mins Helen Me- wan, Miss Cecelia Murphy, Miss | Marie O'Connor, Miss Margaret O'Dea, IMiss Agnes Purdy, Miss Catherine rrell, Miss Marie King, Miss Elsle Wenger, Miss Helen Cuddy, Miss Edna May Ryan and Miss ! Roland. “Eleanor SECRETARY WILBUR WARNS OF REDS Head of Navy Department Says Nation Takes Lightly Serious Attack. By the Ascociated Pres NEW YORK., February 12.—America is now enjoying peace and prosperity, but abroad there is “a new peril de- claring spiritual warfare and ready to declare martial warfare upon the people of this nation,” Secretary of the Navy Wilbur asserted tonight. _“Where our children are willing to listen.” he said in an address at the Lincoln day dinner of the National Republican Club, “they are taught the ‘ways of the third internationale. Stirring Up Trouble. “We find its hand cultching at the heart of our sister republic on the South. We find it stirring up trouble in Asia, in China, in Nicaragua. This Government by the people, it is said, has become imperialistic. “Knowing ourselves as we do, knowing our form of Government as we do, and the purpose of its people, we are inclined to take lightly this new form of attack which seeks to destroy home and sense of religious obligations. It would destroy home and Government and God. “In the face of this insidious propa- ganda within our own territory and in other nations, it behooves us to be vigilant, in the training of the youth and in answering the mis-statements and misrepresentations put forth to destroy the Government. ““We owe it to ourselves to be strong, to maintain an adequate army and navy. Yes, we owe it to others to be strong in order that if there is to be a world revolution, we may, by our xample, if not by our Army and Navy, assist weaker nations to main- tain free government." Predicts Coolidge’s Re-election. Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio said President Coolidge will be re- nominated and reelected if he chooses to run in 1928, but whether “Our Marines are crossing the Republican party will make the presi dential campaign on the record of his administration. He declares foreign relations would figure prominently in the campaign, adding that the World Court issue had “apparently been dis posed of." Senator Willis predicted that this country would not become a member of the League of Natlons, directly or indirectly. : % Debt cancellation, he said, would be the ‘Pel! way to further Euronean wars,” adding that European nations would embark on a program of in- creased armaments, if assured that debts incurred in conducting wars need not be paid. Warfare on a large scale would result, he said. He defended the Government's acts in the Mexican and Nicaraguan situa- tions, declaring the administration had acted in strictest accordance with American traditions. _On the situations in China and in Nicaragua Secretary Wilbur said: Wilbur’s Views on China. “Our Marines are crossing the Pacific to Shanghai to safeguard the lives of American citizens living in a nation so torn by conflicting interests and armies that it may not be able to protect them. If it can protect them we have no occasion nor desire to land .. o Marines landed in Nicaragua. They were landed at the urgent request of the recognized gov- ernment of that state to protect American citizens which the presi. dent of the Republic announced he himaelf was unable to do. There have been charges of imperialism and intervention. fired by No engagemnt has taken place between the Ameri cans and any other force. They are protecting . American property and maintaining a neutral attitude be- tween the contending forces, while recognizing the rightful sovereignty of th Diaz govrnmn. § Maj. Magruder Reassigned. Maj. Bruce Magruder, United States Infantry, at the Generdl Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. has heen ordered to this city for duty in the office of the chief of Infantry. i By the ciated Press. | PIERRE. S. Dak., February 12.— | Asserting that it “violated one of the great commandments,” Gov. Bulow today vetoed the capital punishment bill recently passed by the South Dakota Legislature. “1 return herewith.” he maid in his message to the House, “the capital punishment bill unapproved by me for the reason that it violates the tenets of one of the great command- ) Death Penalty Violates Commandment, Governor Declares in Vetoing Measure ments upon which our civilization is founded. *“Thou shalt not kill' should govern the authority of organized society asm well as the individual of society.” Six thousand vears of civilization has proval of legalized murder The State Legislature of 1915 re pealed the death penalty under law in South Dakota, after it had been in force for b3 years. PLANES QUELLED ~ DAVIS CALLS FARM * PORTUGAL REVOLT| I BILL “SUBSIDY Air Raids Played Big Part inlWhat’s Use of Saving $300,- Ending Uprising—Cities Br the Associated Pre LISBON, February 12.—Airplanes were an important factor in crushing the revolt at Lishon. There had been much Aghting in the city bhetween the government troops and the insur- gents, when two military airplanes suddenly appeared Wednesday morn- ing over Ministerial square and began dropping bombs. Immediately there | was a great panle among the revolu- | tionists, and two hombs which struck the armenal completely demoralized them, driving them in all directions. This permitted the rapid advance of the lovalists, who occupled the hitherto impregnable arsenal. The | Insurgents, however, rallied in small | bands, and issuing from the side en- | tyance continued their attack in the | squares; others fled to the quays, | Airing portable maxims and rifles. with loyal troops in pursuit. Still others |escaped across the river on small passenger steamers. | Minister Hastens End. ‘The government's final victory on Wednesday was marked by artillery combats. which had raged for two days, and redoubled in violence and intensity. ~ The arrival of War Minister Souza from Oporto, after the revolt In tnat city had been sup- | pressed, with 1,000 men on Tuesday, and the arrival also of 500 provincial troops hastened the final stage. The | government is said to have permitted | the {insurgents to occupy certain strategic positions in order better to ensnare them. | Wednesday at dawn the artillery | npened a heavy fire which lasted until 8 o'clock. Most of the fire was di |rected against the naval arsenal, | where the bulk of the insurgent |civilians and _sailors, under Naval !Commander Carvalho, had concen | trated with plenty of ammunition. The infantry took up positions on | the roofs of houses and terraces, and | some soldiers even climbed the | triumphal arch in the Praca do | Commereio, where the ministerfal | offices are situated in the neighbor- hood of the arsenal. Planes Further Advanee. The rebels replied with their heavy a and the advance of the loyal | troope ‘was made most difficult until |the aviators were sent against “the {enemy.” At the same time violent combats occurred in the higher parts of the city, where the insurgents, chiefly saflors, commanded by a naval lieu- |tenant, hela a number of positions protected by trenches and strongly defended by barricades. Step by step and unflinchingly in the face of incessant fire from the barricades, the loyal troops moved forward. Another stronghold of the insurgents in the Rua Escolo Poly- technia was also attacked hy bomb- ing airplanes and artillery from the rotunda. There was much sniping by civillans from loopholes and around corners, but by 7 o'clock in the eve- ning all the insurgents had been van- quished, arrested or in flight. Rebel Leaders Give Up. The revolutionary leaders, Mendez Reis, Comdr. Agatao Lanca and Lieut. Moraes, from their refuge in a grocery store, whither they had fled from the trenches, sent a message to the commander-in-chief of the govern- ment troops, Col. Saramento, offering their surrender and asking him to send immediately for the purpose of releasing Foreign Minister Betan- court Rodriguez, whom they had ar- rested earlier in the revolt, with the minister of the interior and a number of loyal officers. These men have heen held in a place of concealment until the fight- ing ended, under parole, and the promise that no bodily harm should come to them. The revolutionary leaders feared that reprisals would be taken against these prisoners. Their rescue was effected just in time, as a group of civilians, armed with bombs, had already access to their hiding place. Heavy Damage Done. Both Lisbon and Oporto are resum- ing normal life, although much dam- age has been done in both cities. In Lisbon, shells partly wrecked the ministries of war and finance, the central railway station and Miseri- cordia Hospital, while the Duke of Palmello's house and nearly all the buildings in the Rua KEscolo Poly- technica are ruined beyond descrip- tion. The Bristol Hotel, rebel head- quarters, resembles a sfeve from shell fire. This entire quarter of Lisbon is in almost the same condition, hundreds of private houses having suffered severely from shells. The number of casualties is not known, but certainly runs into the hundreds. The casunalties at Oporto are given here as 150 to 200 dead and 400 wounded. Perfect order declared to prevail throughout_the entire country. The state railwdy. strike is over in large measure and trains are operating on the southern line, although the north- ern still is interrupted. Wednesday evening many rebels, foreseeing defeat, deserted their posts and abandoned ° their arm: with which the streets were strewn. The popular hero of the moment is War Minister Souza, who, after fight- ing in the first lines at Oporto and quelling the revolt there, came to Lisbon and went right into action, thue winning a double victory. HEAR ENGLISH NOVELIST. Graduate School Here Addressed by Cosmo Hamilton. “Rhythm in the Arts of the The- ater” was:the subject of an address by Cosmo Hamilton, English drama- tist and novelist, at a tea given in his honor yesterday afternoon on the stage of the Wardman Park Theater by the Graduate School of Theater Arts and Related Fine Arts. Mr. Hamilton, who is a brother of Sir PHillip Gibbs and whose play, “Pickwick,” will be produced here this illustrated the contrast in rhythm of old plays with the tempo of the plays of today, showing the dif- ference hetween the life of the eighties and nineties and the “jazz-mad age.” The speaker sald that in reading plays of such great men as Shakes- peare it is not necessary to rely upon preliminary description of character, atmosphere and manners, as the di logue expresses them all. To explain | what rhythm means to the playwright Mr. Hamilton took a scene from an ordinary French play, and having translated it literally in the tempo of present-day Paris, he then developed two similar scenes in those of London and New York, showing the difference |in_these three tempos. and hostesses to Mr. Hamil- Dr. and Mrs. Willlam Ma- | ther Lew Mr. and Mrs. M. Lel- senring, Canon and Mrs. T. Townsend Russell, Prof. and Mrs. Robert Bol- well, Mrs. Ernest Thompson-Seton, | Miss Jessie C. McDonald, Miss Leila | Mechlin, Miss Rose A. Palmer, Miss | Luey Madeira, Mrs. John J. O'Connor and Willlam Bruce King. Mrs. Glenna Smith Tinnin of the National Cathe. dral School introduced the speaker, 000.000 and Giving Away $250,000,000, He Asks. By the Aseociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky., February 12.— James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, in a Lincoln birthday address here to- night, attacked the McNary-Haugen tarm relief bill. Mr. Davis referred to the bill, which passed the Senate vesterday, as the | '$250,000,000 subsidy.” “'Sure as you | glve it to corn and tobacco. vou's got to give it to boots and shoes and steel and peanuts and every other kind of thing. “You'll have a raid on the Treas- ury every six month. What's the use of saving $300.000,000 if vou are going to give it away again.” Thun- derous applause from the 800 banquet gueste greeted this declaration. Turning to 1928, Mr. Davis touched on the “third term issue.” He de- clared “the Democrats are harping on the third term.” If that is the only fssue they have, we'll lick the stuf- fing out of them whether we have Coolidge or some one else,” the Secre tary sad. Kentucky, Lincoln's birthplace, was eulogized along with the martyred President by Mr. Davis. Among the guests tonight were numerous Civil War veterans from the ranks of hoth the Blue and the Gray. ACCUSE ONE ANOTHER IN WOMAN'S SLAYING Suspects in Ohio Auto Murder Shift Blame—Third Man Also Arrested. | By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, February 12.— Each accusing the other, two men were held hy police tonight in connec- tion with the killing of Mrs. Sherie Glardon, 42, who was shot to death on the night of January 5 as she motored on a country road near here with Peter Brown, 48, a boarder at her home. William Angilan, 29, and Cecil Ben- nett, 27, hoth of Cincinnati, were .de- clared by police to have implicated each other following their arrest to- day. Taken Into a room at police headquarters and asked who fired the shot, Angilan pointed to Bennett, who atood silent. After they were sep- arated Bennett accused Angilan, police safd. Mrs. Glardon was killed by men who jumped to the running hoard of Brown's car, which dashed away in a shower of bullets apd glass. Police also announced the arrest of Gordon Lawrence, 24, and said that they hoped through apprelending the three men to clear up a series of depredations on highways in this vicinity. BLOOD TRANSFUSION AIDS WOUNDED GIRL Miss Garlington, Suffering From Shots Fired in Room, Gains Strength at Hospital. Miss Nannie Garlington, 29 years old, who was taken to Emergen Hospital early vesterday morning su fering from two bullet wounds below the heart, was pronounced in an. im- proved condition last night at the hos- pital, following a blood transfusion. She was found in her apartment in Corcoran Courts, 421 ‘Twenty-third street. by friends who had just left her, and who had heard the sound of the shots as they were going down the corridor. Police are convinced that no one was in the apartment at the time the shots were fired. Detectives Talley, Weber., Thompson and Keck, who were assigned to in- vestigate the case, reported to In- spector Pratt _yesterday that the shots evidently had been fired by Miss Garlington just after Lieut. Vernon Guymon, an aviator from Quantico, and Miss Olita McCoy of the Cordova Apartments, who had been with her during the evening. had said their good-bys, and were leaving the build- ing. They returned imnrediately, ac- cording to the detectives who inter- viewed them, and found her in a dressing alcove in her apartment, suffering from the bullet wounds. FACES GAMING CHARGE. Harman Roche’s Premises Raided and 30 Witnesses Listed. Harman Roche, 922 Fourteenth street, was arrested on a_ charge of permitting gaming. by police of the first precinet in a raid early today in his rooms at the above address. Ap- proximately 30 men and six women, who were in the premises at the time, were listed as Government witnesses nd released. " ‘Acting Lieut. Letterman and Detec- tives Step s, Kane and Hughes, par- ticipated in the raid. - . BOY HIT BY AUTO. Frank Myers, Clarendon, Va., Seri- ously Hurt—Driver Held. rank Myers, 13 years old, of 31 N olly. sireet, Clarendon, Va., was seriously hurt last night when knocked down by an automobile, said e to have been operated hy Ro: A. Pearson of 3523 Fourteenth street, at Fourteenth street and Thomas Circle. Pearson was taken to the second precinct and held pending the out- come of the child’s injuries. The boy was taken to Emergency Hospital Wilson Brown of Clarendon, Va., was walking with the boy when he was hurt. According to witnesses inter- viewed by the police the boy darted BAcuRACH Gla J. N. Tincher. Strong and Mr. Tincher ha the House. IBALKY WITNESSES Upper, left to right: Senator Burton K. Wheeler and Senator Carter 8. Lower, left to right: Representative James G. Strong and Representative The argument between Senators Glass and Wheeler arose over a dis- :freamenl or misunderstanding regarding the banking bill, while that between Mr. its origin in the farm bill, then before The Senate may take final action before the end of this week on the bill authorizing $25,000,000 for pur. chase of land in the Pennsylvania ave- nue triangle for new Federal build ings, to which the House has added tional $100,000,000 for urgently needed Government buildings throughout the country. The Senate has already passed that part of the bill relating te the District, but must act on the House amend- ment, increasing the amount to be spent on post offices and other Fed- eral structures in cities throughout the Nation. Chairman Lenroot of the Senate public buildings and * grounds com- mittee has been authorized to move that the Senate concur in the House amendment, and if this is done the hill will be ready to go to the Presi- dent. The measure is lying on the Vice President’s table in the Senate and will be called up within a few days. Adds to Available Funds. The law passed at the last session authorized $100,000,000 for new public bufldingg throughout the ecountry. to be appropriated at the rate of $25, 000,000 a_ yvear. The House amend- ment to the triangle bill .adds another $100,000,000 to the nation-wide author- {zation and provides that this addi tional authorization shall be appro- priated at the rate of §10,000,000 a year. It developed yesterday that unless Congress authorizes this additional $100,000,000 for the national program many citiex will be left off'the list of projects prepared hy the Treasury and Post Of rybppanmrnu on Janu- ary 17, or at lfast have their projects modified. With the session fast waning, Sec- retary Mellon transmitted to the Capi- tol yesterday a program for expendi- ture of the $100,000,000 already au- thorized, hut with many projects, de- seribed as urgent, and including New and other Francisco, Los Angeles Reason for Curtailment. the new list, or curtailing them, it was explained, was because they were in States having so many other and smaller projects. It was pointed out, however, that if Congress approves the additional authorization now pend- ing, data is in hand that would make it only a question of a day or two before estimates might be submitted for the cities eliminated. “Thia allocation has been built up $100,000,000,” the report said. ‘‘The distribution among States had this in view also. If should hold back this allocation, however, until a second might become too late in the session to get the appropriation gress for the first year's work, and gram one year.” from the side of Brown into the path of the automobile. The report pointed out that $6,000,- Chicago Resents Yangtse Air on River, So Houseboat Fleet By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 12.—A move to prevent the Chicago River resembling the Yangtse Kiang has been started by the city with the determination of the commissioner of public works to drive fleets of houseboats from the local stream. Hundreds of river squatters, who have solved the cost of living by elimi- nating land taxes and rent, will be driven from their abodes, if the plan is successful, on the ground that they interfere with navigation. Several vears ago. the widow of “Cap'n” George Weulington Streeter, ] May Be Driven Ofl‘ who had many times with guns stood off police and maintained his squat- | ter's rights to a valuable lake shore! section of Chicago, only *o lose in court, went to live in a houseboat. A few others lived in the same manner, but in the last two or three years the houseboat fleets have increased rapidly. Citizens complained of the ‘“eve- sores” and owners of short property wanted toyget<rid of the squatters, but the cammissioner of public works did not how to proceed. Finally York City, Philadelphia, Boston, San} cities eliminated or curtailed. | through Con- | _|in the allocation of the first $100,000,- The reason for leaving them out of | WHEELER | to dovetail into a proposed second | g, $100,000,000 became a certainty, it ! Murray thus we would delay the whole pro- | tution, leaving each State to deal sepa- | eighteenth amendment has no place in | apologist for the liquor crowd will ever { occupy the White House,” and as an lexample of what he declared to be “po- | that the “States cited by Dr. Butler SENATE MAY ACT ON TRIANGLE PURCHASE BILL BY END OF WEEK Agreement With House AAd dition of $100.000,000 for Buildings Throughout U. 8. Is Decision Required. 000 a year in rentals could be saved under ‘the $200,080.000 program “and that the number of square feet of ad- ditional space that will be obtained from this building program would be, in our judgment, equivalent to much an amendment autherizing an ‘addi-| more than $6,000,000." | Budget Estimate Ready. The allocation for the first year's work on the firat $£100,000,000 program | has been determined upon and esti- | | mates for approximately $17.000,000 will be sent to Congress by the Budget Bureau, probably tomorrow. In allocating the first $100,000,000 the committee acting for the Treas- ury and Post Office Departments be- gan with cities where congestion in Government buildings was greatest. The belief was expressed that the spirit bf the law did not inténd the entire amount should he exhausted on old projects and ths mandatory two new post offices in each State, as set forth in the act. Consequently a few million dollars was devoted to new Federal buildings in cities which had become sizeable but had never had a Government-owned building. A total of 278 projects were included 000. They includa 118 new huildings in cities now without Federal huild ings. 63 new buildinzs to replace old buildings or in addition to old build ings, 85 extensions, 7 bufldings for marine hospitals and quarantine pur- poses, 4 extensfons to customshouses and 1 immigration bvilding. The public buildings law passed at the last session autkorized the spend- ing of $50,000 over a five-vear period to relieve the congested and unsatis- factory conditions under which Fed eral employes are working in Wash- ington. The Puolic Buildings Com- mission decided that the new struc- tures in Washington should he placed in the triangle extending from Capitol to the Treasury Pennsylvania avenue and B street, and the $25,000.000 to be authorized by the bill new pending is to acquire all of the remaining private land in that triangle. CALLS BUTLER DRY LAW VIEW ‘AMUSING’ Columbia University Head Suffer- ing From “Political Astigmatism,” Says Anti-Saloon Counsel. the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 12.—Wayne Wheeler, general counsel of the statement dealing largely in personal- ities, today challenged Dr. Nicholas Butler of Columbia Univer- sity “to make good on his declaration that the eighteenth amendment must come out of the United States Conati- rately with the liquor question,” “Dr. Butler's declaration that the the Constitution is as amusing as his assumption of the post of spokesman for tHe White House.” the statement sai . Mr. Wheeler declared his belief that neither Dr. Butler “nor any other litical astigmatism,” He pointed out as hopes of the wets have elected dry '8, Senators and other off- Pioneer Rail Man Dead. d DAVENPORT, lowa, February 12 (#).0. B. Gran 3, ploneer railroad exeeutive and for r_general manager the | between | Anti-Saloon League of America, in a | UAFY. OTEDTO SENKTE Refusal of Insull and Others to Answer Reed Committee Formally Reported. B the Aseociated Pre Refusal of certain witnesses to answer all questions In the Tilinois and | Pennsylvania primary investigations was formally reported vesterday to the Senate by the campaign funde committee, which will meet again to | day to discuss what action shall be asked of the Senate. Two courses were considered at the session vesterday at which the repor: | was approved—the summoning h witnesses to the bar of the Senate to have the questions again propounded and the calling of fhem before the | committee again to give them another | opportunity to respond. | Witneases Named. | The witnesses against whom action {will be asked are Samuel Insull, | Chicago public_utilities operator; Roh ert E. Crowe, State’s attorney of Cook | County, Tll; Daniel J. Schuyler of Chicago, counsel for Insull. and | Thomas' W. Cunningham. clerk of | the Court ‘of General Sessions at | Phffadelphia. In its report to the { Senate, the committee said that the | faflure of Insull, Crowe apd Schuyle: to testify as to contributions made 1o the Crowe.Barrett Republican organ ization in Caok County had prevented it from ascertaining how much money was spent on behalf of Frank | Smith. Senator-elec: from Illinofs. 11§ his primary campaign Hits Crowe Machine. The report added that the Crowe Barrett organization dominated the political situation in Cook County and that without its suppert Smith prob ably would not have obtained the nom- ination over the late Senator Willlam | B. McKinley. HANFORD IS PRESENTED WITH LEATHER SATCHEL President of The Evening Star Club Receives Gift From Woman Guests at Annual Banquet. Henry G. Hanford, president of the Evening Star Club, whose sagacious iplanning and indefatigable efforts | marked the success of the dinner at the New Willard Hotel Wednesday night, was the recipient yesterday of a handsome leather satchel, the prea- ent of the girl employes of The Star Co., who were also guests of the dinner. The presentation was made in the | executive offices of The Star Build- ing and was accompanied by the names of nearly 40 woman co-work- jers on a parchment appropriately designed. Mr. Hanford responded to the tribute with wordg of appreciation to each one individually. HARRY WELLS TO GIVE ILLUSTRATED LECTURE Widely Known Artist Will De- scribe Exhibition of His Works Tomorrow. Harry Wells, widely known for his |artistic wood-points and his excep- {tional autochreme photographs, will | deliver an illustrated lecture at ox- hibit of his pictures of famous gardens, at the home of Mrs. Demarest Lloyd, 1825 R street, at 4:30 o'clock {tomorrow afternoon. The affair will | be under the auspices of a number of | women_{nterested in the Girl Scouts. | Mr. Well's autochromes are of pic | turesque gardens in America, Eng {land and Continental Europe. They are declared to be architectural {achievements in landecaping and this view will be the first that has ever |been had in Washington. It Is sald | to offer an exceptional opportunity |to those interested in the beautifica. tion of gardens of the National Capi- tal Mr, Wells opened an exhibit of his | wood-points, more familiarly known as engravings on wood, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art vesterday. He eon- {sented to give the additional exhibit and lecture in the interests of the Girl Scouts. All money derived from it will be devoted to carrying out the D'dllrullnv\nl program of that organiza- tion. | SMOKER PLANS MADE. | Hutradena Club Groups Arrange Program for March 2. The board of governors and legal ad visory committee of the Hutradena Club met Friday night at 4he resi- dence of Enoch G. Gray, 121 Kendall street northeast. Arrangements were completed for the smoker to be given March 2 at the Holy Name Guild. Tn- | vitations have been sent to men promi nent in the community and to former | veterans. A program of entertain- ment will be given. Articles of ncorporation for the club were presented by J. Franklin Wilson an,attorney, and signed by the hoard of governora. They are to be filed im mediately. Plans for varied activities of the club were discussed. and after the meeting entertainment .was fur ¢ Mre. Enoch G. 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