Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and warmer; possibly showers tonight; tomorrow fair. Temperature—Highest, 53, at 2:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 32, at 2 am. today. Full report on page 5. The only evening & per in Washington with the Associated Press news service. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,487 TWO CENTS. FAVORABLE REPORT ORDERED ON FOUR BILLS FOR DISTRICT @b WASHINGTON, ®(losing N ntered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. SHEE L BB R L U. . PARLEY HOPES e , BY PARIS AND ROME tocks and Bonds, Page 14 D. C., WEDNESDAY, IBRUARY 16, 1927—FORTY-TWO PAGES. ¥ SHANCHA I PERL ACAIN BY VTORY OF CANTON RMY DISGUISED NOTHING! I'M ONLYGoma SEERn HOUSE. CoMMITTEE Avalanches, L;:dsli&es. Floods, Snow, Hurricane and Cloudbursts Gause Havoc in California. " L M iy ~ ,_;“* ! IN REJECTING PLAN ltalian Refusal to Participate Expected Today Close on Heels of France’s Polite Declination to Attend. FURTHER ACTION AWAITS LONDON-TOKIO ANSWERS Britain's Readiness to Negotiate May Be Affected by Others’ Positions — Kellogg ~ Believes American Aims Misunderstood. Prestige of League Issue Raised. 1c Associated Prees the Washington Govern- for an effective naval limitation rce have been jolted severely ite rejection from France, and a forecast that Italy also will decline to participater : k the declination last night of . the opinion here was that would accept, and still make the gathering of representa- a sufficient number of na- tions to bring practical results in the limiting of armaments not touched upon at the Washington conference. A semi-official communique issued in Rome today, however, announced that italy would follow the lead of France in demurring to the proposal { of President Coolidge for the confer- ence, leaving as a matter of conjec- ture the next step of the American Government in seeking methods of obtaining the agreements it has hoped for. Tentative consideration had been given to a possible four-power con- ference, participated in_ by the| United ates, Japan, Italy and Great Britain, even before the un- favorable French reply was received. Britain May Change View. Acceptances of the Coolidge invi- tation W considered as having Britain, obvigusly the attitude of Great Britain may now be affect- the position of ¥rance and Ital For the moment it is unlikely that any plan of action will be formulated here in the absence of the British and Japanese formal replies. The - French communication was hased on the main contention that the American plan might compro- mise the success of the preliminary disarmament commission created by the League of Nations. Whether its tenor has left room for hope that further correspondence with Paris might create a better understanding of the American suggestions was not Secretary Kellogg prob- | defer decision in that re-| 1 the ltalian reply is be- Kellog Expresses Hope. The statement issued by Mr. Kel- Jogg last night did not go_ beyvond expressing the hope of ultimate Yrench agreement. The Itallan note may offer similar possibilities to the official eve; but the immediate effect of ihe Kome announcement is the ereation of an added obstacle to any proposal for limiting cruiser, de- strover und submarine tonnage in accordance with the Washington treaty theory or of reconciling that theory with French and Italian Mih commenting on France's refusal, v Kellogg expressed the belief government has misun. ts the full pur- proposal. “A wole cause of President »w to the wh * the Secretary of State | ould result from the postpone- ment to the indefinite future of all efforts to srapple with the problem of competitive naval building.” Not Opposed to League. his v that the proposal did not con- League's armament de the French 2 ed that Presi the conten; message of Feb- | ified the intention of )ntinue its participa- v arms confere every effort to con e final success” Coolidge’s be. proposal for the he add- contribution yuar; this o tion in the and tribute helptul of the com lief w: 8 lighter naval craft ed, would be : to the League ¢ All the navi terested in th vessels, the like the Wau 1921 dealir er and, un- nce of al ships, the limited to the League le gen. arge, on a basis Kovernme: e view that it would not 10 the League principles it it entered a limitation negotiation of a few selected large powers, is note contended that dertake to limit naval ing into con- sideration tt Jand and air armame logg did not share this naval, land and air d are to be considered,” he “as one problem applying to all the nations of the world a solution will hardly be reached for vears to come.’ Kellogg Sees No Interfes “It is true that article 8 of the covenant intrusted the problem of dis-. armament to the 1 Nk e Jogg added. *Ni ddone, b ever, except ashington ference. I limitation of nava, armament is a concrete proposition applying to the five powers, and c Y disposed of at the Geneva confer: ence without interfering at all with the work and without in any way hinding other powers.” i The French note, couched in polite’ .iging, caused the tragedy, he told " (Continued on Page 4 Column 6} [ cities captured or about to be cap-| in.| motored t | the Liberals enter the city. n By the Associated Press AN FRANCISCO, February 16 The tail end of the greatest storm | that ever swept the Pacific Coast | tes to as far west as midocean in | the history of the United States | i her Bureau continued today to | pound with diminishing violence in | southern and central California, while the death toll stood at 16 dead, 21 in- jured and much property damage. The greatest tragedy was in the | mountain camp of the Southern Cali- | fornia Edison Co.. 75 miles east of | Fresno, where 11 persons were killed | in . double avalanche ear] resterday. | rst snowslide crushed ! in bunk | houses and sent 10 men to their death. As rescuers dug in the accumulated snow for the bodies of their compan ions, the second avalanche struck and took another life, Floods Cause Wreck. Flood waters in Puente Creek, near Whittier, which have assailed the | steel trestle across the stream for | three da so weakened the struct-| ture that it collapsed as the fast Los Angeles-Chicago fiver of the Union | Pacific moved across it last night, plunging engine, tender and two coaches into the flood. Two arg known | dead, and three others are helieved | | | IR | | under _the_ pped in one of the coaches. wons were injured were killed in Los Angeles cldents. A boy was drowned he fell from a San Diego rail- trestle nto a raging torrent Which two days before had been a dry ereek bed. One hundred suburbanites in the san Fernando Vailey, near Los Angeles, marooned in thelr homes b he flood were rescued by police in ts commandeered om an amusement park. In the stricken mountain camp res- cue crews worked late into the night in search of bodies in the snow, but awaited the al of Coroner J. Her- man Kennec 0 before con- tinuing the work today. All Injured Recovered. Belief was expressed today that gome of the bodies were buried so deeply that the vould not be recov- ered until the Spring thaws. lison Co. offictals said all of the .njured wore recovered. Rude coffins were fashioned out of the available lumber at the camp for the bodies which had been taken out of the slide. One hundred men of the camp were at work In a tunnel about a mile surface en _lhs first to be tra rowbe , Column 2.) (Continued SACASA FOLLOWER | ASSALS LATINER Liberal Envoy Says Party Will Not Tolerate “Further Outrages” by U. S. e Associated Press. 1CO CITY, February 16.—The araguan Libe; will not tolerate | “further outrages” by Admiral Lati- mer in establishing neutral zones in tured by them, their Mexico City rep: resentative, Pedro Zepeda, declared in a statement today. While not anxious to bring on a conflict with the American Marines, he said, the Liberals would hereafter consider any attempt to neutralize such cities as “‘casus belll.” Looking ta the capture of Mata. that they intended, by suppressing all disorder there, to demonstrate to the world the “uselessness” of the janding of the American Marines in Nicaragua. The Liberals were will- ing and capable of protecting foreign and native interests. Offers to Negotiate. He reiterated that his party was willing to negotiate with Admiral Latimer for a settlement admitting of the ellmination of Dr. Juan Sacasa, head of the present Liberal govern- ment at Puerto Cabezas, provided Gen. Adolfo Diaz, head of the Con- servative government at Managua also was eliminated. Otherwise | they would fight until Diaz was over»; thrown. The Nicaraguan people would not support any other agree- ment, he said. Zepeda announced receipt of ad- vices that Liberal forces under Gen. Mena had inflicted a “crushing de- feat” upon Conservatives at Boca Del Plata. BATTLE BELIEVED NEAR. | Conflict Expected When Liberals At- i tempt to Seize Matagalpa. | By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, February | 16.—Gen. Arguello, in command of !the Conservative garrison at Mata- | galpa, who withdrew from the city | Monday in the belief that his forces were greatly outnumbered by the ad- | vancing Liberals, was reported today to be again in Matagalpa, but con- firmation of the report was lacking. | 'The (onservative general now has | £,200 men at Dario and other places ! i the vicinity, while the Liberal Gen. | Moncada is reported to have from 800 to 4,000 troops around Muy Muy and Boaco, not far from Matagalpa. A battle between the two armles is ex- | pected when the Liberals make an Mtempt to gain definite possessiorr agalpa, in the hope of eventual- marching on the Conservative o0ld, Managua. | 'i"‘::-l]sc::':Llare that_if Liberals should | be able to attack Managua, the gov- nt of President Diaz, will re- to Masaya, 20 miles to the 1 of | ernme | move south. The correspondent situation in Matagalpa, when he there Monday, With the American charge, Lawrence Dennls. Mo seore representatives of the American, English, French and (‘.«3)‘- n residents, totalling about 150, - currounded Mr. Dennis beseeching American vention to prevent fighting in alpin. They were assured that ‘attempt would be made to pro- the lives of foreigners should found a tense i { | | | on { int | tect galpa by the Liberals, he asserted | NEW U.5-TURKSH ACREENENT AR Constantinople ~ Report of Successful Negotiations Not Yet Received Here. | i | i By the Associated Press. i CONSTANTINOPLE, February 18. —The negotiations which the Amer- fcan high commissioner, Rear Ad-| miral Mark L. Bristol, has been| ng on with the Turkish author- | ities at Angora have reached a final | successful stage, according to Turkish | official organs, which say a treaty ' prolonging the present commercial | agreement with the United States| will be signed within a few days. No confirmation of this has been re- ceived at the former American embassy. ‘The preswpraises (ho moderati of the Turkish government in thi face of the American Senate's rejec~ tion of the Lausanne treaty. U. 8. NOT YET INFORMED. State Department Has Not Received Word From Bristol. [ The State Department has received | no recent notification of the progress | of Admiral Bristol's negotiations with | the Angora government. | JUGOSLAVIAN QUAKE DEATH TOLL IS 100 Sparsely Settled Regions Trim Poi-‘( sible Fatalities—200 Houses Collapse in Tremors. By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, February 16.—Reports today from Herzegovina, Bosnia and Dalmatia_indicated that the death toll from Sunday's earth- quake would not exceed 100. The fact that the regions shaken in Jugoslavia were sparsely settled pre- vented an extremely heavy death list. The number of houses that collapsed is estimated at 200. Communication remained difficult today. Only a few doctors with emer- | gency medical supplies could get to the scene by airplane. Twenty tremors came within an hour, just before dawn Sunday. The damage will také weeks to repair. Raflroad tracks were completely rip- ped up in many places, as well as telephone and telegraph itnes. The Dalmatian ports of Ragusa and Spalato suffered most, with the hilly territory along the coast for many miles. A rupture in the bed of the Adri- atic, with a consequent shifting under the surface of Herzegovina, is sald by the Belgrade seismological station to have caused the shocks. RUSSIANS WILL FLY. Workers in Mills and Factories Prepared for Attack. MOSCOW, February 16 (4),— tleal tralning in avintion ey ol cal warfare has been organized for all male workers in factorles and mmills the government announcing tho stey as a further measure of preparednecs in case of a foreign attack g on Soviet The military science courses will be for six months and are obligatory. Defects in Metal Bla i By the Ascociated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn., February 16. __Defects in the metal work of the Shenandoah were the real cause of e crash over Zanesville, Ohio, on ptember 3. 1925, according to Prof. orge 1. Clark, director of the r arch laboratory of applied chem- | fstry of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in an exclusive inter- View with the New Haven Register today: many months Prof. Clark has been making minute studies n(»mbml sections of the giant dirigible in the Sray laboratories of the university, and these have led him to the con- that defects in the metal, than the fury of the storm. which the Shenandoah was | s 7 1 A ' | clusion | rather | through ,the Register, ' Of Shenandoah }Jy Chemistry Expert med for Disaster “I have said more than said Dbefore,” Prof. Clark };:;flb'{;g Register, “and while we will know more in'a month than we know noe there 15 no doubt but that the meta] at the breaking point was defective, “It may have been caused by im. proper treatment during the manufac. ture of the alloy, or it may have been caused by the effects of vibra, tlur,\rl'll!nd weather. “The_ results of our stud place the responsibility for {hedocr::}‘, upon the manufacturers of the metal or the dirigible. It was merely a case of inadequate knowledge. When the ship Wwas bullt we did not know 80 much about x-ray examination of | metals, and there was no way of dis- Hangchow, Chief Qutpost of Defense Forces, in Danger of Faliing to Enemy. ALL FACTIONS REJECT PLAN FOR NEUTRALITY Feng, “Christian General,” Re- ported in Strong Comeback, Adding to Complications. By the Ascociated Press. Shanghai, goal of the Cantonese or Nationalist armies, apparently again is threatened by the sudden and un- expected defeat of the forces of Mar- shal Sun Chuan-Fang, defender of the city, on the southern battlefront. Hangchow, capital of Chekiang province, is in imminent danger of falling before the southerners, who have recaptured Chuchow. Reports of desertions to the Cantonese ranks are in circulation. Kellogg Proposal Declined. Marshal Sun has declined to accept Secretary Kellogg’s proposal to ex- empt Shanghal from the war area. Two additional batallions of British Punjabl troops have arrived at ituation in the north of China | grew steadily more complicated as Marshal Chang Tso-Lin with his Man- churian troops and his ally Gen. Chang Tsung-Chang of Shantung pushed on into the Province of Honan, now occupied by the allied northern | troops No word has come from Marshal Wu Pei-Fu, nominal master of Honan, as to whether he will permit the Manchurians and Shantungese to con- tinue through Honan toward the Na- tonalist controlled city of Kiukiang. Feng to Re-enter War. Feng Yu-Hsiang, potential ally of the Nationalists, is reported to have massed 120,000 men preparatory to resuming his drive on Honan, which was stopped by the northerners last December. Althot were incompiete, no indication was received that the negotiations at Han- kow concerning the British conces- slon have broken down between the Cantonese Foreign Minister Eugene '(“,hen B‘nd Ur‘ltlsh Charge O'Malley, eW points raised by (| warded to London. R e “ " HANGCHOW'S ‘FALL NEAR. Rejection of Neutrality Plan for Shanghai Adds to Peril. SHANGHAL, February 16 (#).—The downfall of Hangchow, capital of Chekiang Province and chlefpoulpolt of Marshal Sun Chuan-¥ang, is im-| minent as the result of major defeats suffered by his troops on the southern battle front. Confirmation of a report that the troops of Marshal Sun, de- fender of Shanghal, had been pushed | back by the onrushing southern army was received here today. Incoming reports fatied to make clear the details of the sudden and unexpected turn of events. The Can- tonese forces evidently filtered propa- ganda through to Sun's troops and adopted other tactics similar to those used at Kiuklang last November, bringing Marshal Sun on the verge of complete collapse and causing him to lose not only Kiukian but also the whole of Kiangsu Province. It was believed that Marshal Sun's communications, which until w few days ago stretched out along the Tsientang River from Hangchow to Chuchow, had been cut by a sudden thrust. The position of Gen. Pai Pao- | shan, commander of Sun's troops in the southern front, is obscure, but there is reason to belleve they either have been cut off from the main force or have gone over to the Cantoness ranks. Cantonese Forge Ahead, Reliable foreign news sources re- ported Cantonese troops already had appeared at Guyanghsien, 18 miles southwest of Hangchow, and at Chukihsien, Yenchow and Tunglu. In bringing about their victory the Southerners were belleved to have moved up a column of troops from Fukien Province and combined it with other Nationalist soldiers which they found either fmpossible or undesirable for use in defending their capital, Hankow, against a Northern advance now In prospect near there. All indications indicate the forces of- Marshal Sun still greatly outnumber the foe, but demoralization apparently has set in among his troops. The bulk of the remaining Sun Shuan-Fang army apparently has withdrawn to the west of Hangchow for a last stand. Reject Kellogg Proposal. Foreign agents of the Shanghai municipality stationed at Hangchow for military observation were unable to communicate with Shanghal to- night. The Shanghal-Hangchow Rail- road has suspended passenger servic due, it was understood, to the conce: tration of rolling stock at Hangchow in case Marshal Sun’s troops find it necessary to fall back further, Announcement today by spokesmen for Marshal Sun that he would decline the proposal of American Secretary of State Kellogg to make Shanghai a neutral zone disposes of one possible method of protecting the international city. The Cantonese, who also were asked by Secretary Kellogg to consider his suggestion, previously had indicat- ed their disapproval of it. A strong comeback by Feng Yu- Tslang, “the Christian general,” add- ing another angle to the battle royal aspect of the present Chinese civil war, was advanced today as one of the reasons behind the hasty push of Man. churian troops into northern Honan Province. Feng is a potential ally of the now hard-pressed Cantonese forces. Creates Complex Situation. Feng's activities, if as reported create a complex situation. Honan Province, in addition to being Feng's objective, also i8 the territory through which the Northerners must advance in their drive against the Nationalists. | It also 18 the territory over which Wu is the nominal master. Although it is considered improba- | ble that Chang would send his forces into Honan without assurinces that , covering defects in the framework.' |Radio Progrx";n;si.[;age 20 they would not be opposed, Wu has not made _known whether. he !gi lot . (Continued on PTe 2, Column. h official advices at London | Ui FIGHTING 69th CONGRESS ASKED TO ORGANIZE OWN BOXING BODY Carew and Gallivan Would Require All Fights to Be Started With Suitable ’1 Remarks or Profanity. The fighting Sixty-ninth Congress had two attempts made today to curb its pugilistic career in the shape of resolutions introduced by Represent- atives Carew of New York, Republi- can, and Gallivan of Massachusetts, Democrat, each providing for either o joint committee of Senate and House or a special boxing board of the House to regulate future physi- cal encounters between members. The Gallivan resolution was intro- duced after a conference with Speaker Longworth, who agreed to refer it for hearing to.a special committee composed of the three woman mem- bers of the House. | “Mr, Carew brought his resolution up on the floor, where Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, who en- in a physical encounter with Representative Blooni, Democrat, of New York, vesterday at a_committee hearing on the Sunday closing bill, took the occasion to explain his ac- tion at length to the House. Denies Choking Bloom. ‘When Mr. Blanton said that all he did was to hold Mr. Bloom by the wrist and restrain him, Representa- tive Dickstein of New York asked him if he had not arisen from his seat at the table and rushed over to Mr. Bloom and seized hold of him. Mr. Blanton told his colleagues that he had not choked Mr. Bloom yesterday, and offered to pay $1,000 to any Dis- trict charity if the two Republican members, Representatives Reid of Il- linois and McLeod of Michigan, who | { were opposed to the bill, would say that he done anything else than hold Mr. Bloom's wrist to restrain him Mr. Dickstein warned Mr. Blanton that he would never tackle him in that way_and during a quick ex- change of remarks which followed Mr. Dickstein and Mr. Blanton were challenging each other to go to the gymnasium in the House Office Build- ing for a demonstration of what had happened to Mr. Bloom yesterday. The wrangle on the House floor was terminated by a point of order made by Representative Beedy, Republican, of Maine. Would Have Joint Board. ‘The “resolution_introduced by Mr. Carew of New York (it the Senate concur) provides for establishment in both House and Senate what shall be known as ‘“the joint and several committea of the Senate and House on challenges, bouts, fights and duels by and between the members of each the Seuate and the House and of each other.” It provides that this committee shall have entire charge of all challenges, bouts, fights and duels and other than language fights between members of their respective bodies, and that “no fight challengs bout or duel between members shall start without suitable and appropriate preliminaries, which shall consist of a specified, particular detailed and profane reflection on the intelligence, veracity, ancestry or re- ligion of one member by another. (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) BERIN PLANNIG OGEAN AR LNES Two-Day Service to South America With 12 Planes Is Proposed. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 16.—Ger- many, now completing plans for a two-day passenger air service to South America hopes within two years to establish a similar service between New York and Germany, said George Robertson, European repre- sentative of Henry Ford's aviation interests, who arrived today on the | steamship France. 1 Twelve all-metal seaplanes, carry- ing 12 passengers each, will be em- ployed in the service from Bremen and Hamburg, via the Azores, to South America, he said. “The Ger- mans are confldent that the South Atlantic air transportation will be a. simple task, as the weather conditions are generally favorable,” he added. “From their experiments in the Southern Atlantic lanes they hope to gain Information to assist in perfect- Ing a North Atlantic service.” He quoted a German engineer as stating that air service will be in operation between New York and Germany in vo years. e eason Mr. Ford bas not entered the coastal fleld of aviation is because he 1§ developing his air pro- gram slowly, Robertson said. e is Always sure that evervthing is all right before he goes into anything, he said. “Until he is sure he will not do anything.” QUAKE RECORDED HERE. Georgetown Seismograph Registers Shock 6,600 Miles Away. A very severe earthquake was reg- istered last night on Georgetown Uni- versity’s seismograph. and was chart- ed by Director Tondorf as having its center about 6,600 miles from Wash- ington. The tremors began at 8:48 p.m. and lasted four hours. The maximum dis- turbance was betwgen 9:35 ,and 9:39. CHICAGO, February 16 (f).—Rath- er severe earthauake shocks were reg- istered on the United States Weather Bureau seismograph at the University of Chicago over a period of nearly five hours, ending at 12:35 a.m. today. The quake started at 7:47 p.m. cen- tral standard time. The disturbance vas about. miles tmpum Chicago: SPECIAL OFFICER FIRES ON COUPLE County Employe Says He and Girl Were Attacked by Man, Who Attempted Search. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., February 16.—His car riddled with bullets, two of which narrowly missed him and his young woman companion, Lewis Coyner, clerk in the county treasurer’s office, dashed to the safety of the lights of town here last night, effecting what he at first thought to be an escape from a highwayman, but which proved to be a flight from a county officer in plain clothes who fired after the car when Coyner refused to allow him to force open its door. Commonywealth’s Attorney Wilson M. Farr is making a full investiga- tion, and has ordered Marshall Carter, special officer, appointed February 4, to appear before him and answer to charges of firing at the car containing the young couple. Bullets Passed Close. ‘When the Coyner car reached the town, Carter, who was pursuing in his car, drove up. At the same time a car, containing State Prohibition Officer Virgil Williams and C Road Officer P. H. Davi: (Continued on oS C ' RO =, House Committee Acts on Ap- propriation for Michigan Avenue Crossing. WIDENING OF C STREET INCLUDED IN QUARTET Remainder of Time Used in Free- for-All Wrangle Over Sunday and Insurance Proposals. The House District committee today ordered a favorable report on four bills and then devoted the rest of its regular meeting time to a free-for-all wrangle, with proponents of the Dis- trict insurance code and proponents PRESIDENT BOOSTS CASTLE AND WHITE State Department Officials Nominated as Assistant Secretaries. ‘William R. Castle, jr., chief of the Division of Western European Affairs of the State Department, and Francis ‘White, secretary of American lega- tion in Madrid, were nominated by President Coolidge today to be elevat- ed to the posts of Assistant Secretar- ies of State. Mr. Castle and Mr. White succeed, respectively, Leland Harrison and J. Butler Wright. The former having been appointed American Minister to Stockholm and the latter Minister at Budapest. Alds Latin American Issue. Both Mr. Castle and Mr. White have served the Department of State for many years and the fact that President Coolidge selected the head of the division of Latin American affairs to be made an Assistant Sec- retary of the department is recog- nized in well informed circles as & further demonstration of his desiré to strengthen friendly relations be- tween this Government and the gov- vernments of Central and South America. Mr. White is a native of Baltimore, Md., and a graduate of Yale Univer- sit; He first entered the diplomatic service in July, 1915, gs secretary of embassy, and was appointed to Pe- king, China. In 1917 he was trans- ferred to Havana in the same ca- pacity, and in 1922 was ordered back to Washington for home service. After serving as acting chief of the Division of Latin American Affairs for a short time, Mr. White succeeded to the full authority of that position. In that capacity he took an im- portant part in many important mis- sions concerning the Latin American governments, outstanding among which was his appointment in 1924 as a member of the United States Panama Commission that concluded a ernment. Born Honolulu. Mr. Castle was born in Honolulu, | but gives Washington as his official | residence. After being graduated from Harvard University, he became | first an instructor and later an sistant deap of one of the schools of | the university. He also was editor of | the Harvard graduate magazine. In May, 191 he was director of the Bureau of Communications of thel American Red Cross, and as such per- | formed important duties during the | World War. The appointments tc follow ves terday’s selection of three trained dip- lomats of the foreign service important posts as ministe Mr. Harrison, now an As: tary of State, to be Mini holm; Mr. Wright, also an Assistant Secretary of State, to be Minister at Budapest; Hugh R. Wilson, now chief of the division of current information, State Department, to be Minister at Bern. ‘The s " (Con ctions increase the propor- ed on Page 6, Column 6. | Death Ends Long Sleep. | BALTIMORE, February ‘16 ().— Mrs. Mary C. Hammill, who slept for | elght days after her family said she| had taken a headache remedy, is dead. | She was aroused only once, briefly, during _the period. Physicians at | Mercy Hospital were baffied as to the | cause of her coma and death. ! Attack on Crows' Roost Nets 2,000, While 200,000 Escape 125 Hunters By the Associated Press. ‘WOODSTOCK, N. J., February 16 —Crows, appearing in such numbers that they darken the sky as sunset approaches and menace the lives of all small birds, have aroused the fight- ing spirit of the residents of Salem County. Last night, with the approval of State game wardens, a crow hunt was organized under the auspices of the Gloucester Fish and Game Associa- tion. By the light of a full moon 12§ nimrods swooped down upon crow headquarters one mile south of this place and inflicted a paralyzing blow upon the enemy. Game Warden Chatham Mizell's report is like a com- munique figmuthe front. No less ¢ about 2,000 crows were killed,, B@t not less than 200,000 rounds of ammunition were fired into the air. One tactical blunder spoiled com- plete success of the attack. About a dozen farmers who had hidden in the woods before the arrival of the main party, began firing too soon. They scared the crows out before the regular “army’ came up, and as a re. sult the birds today are still in pos. new treaty with the Panaman gov-| lat of Sunday closing legisiation dead- locked as to which should have right of way. A filibuster resulted which prevented action on either measure. The four bills reported were favor- able action on the Senate bill for widening C street southeast as the main entrance to Anacostia Park; the Senate bill authorizing an appropria- tion of $255,000 for elimination of the Michigan avenue grade crossing; a general bill for elimination of all grade crossings in the District with an authorized appropriation of $405,- 000 and the Senate bill granting relief to the Lucy Webb Hayes National Training School for Deaconesses and Nurses. Sunday Bill Report. Representative Blanton, Democrat, reported to the committee that the judiciary subcommittee had by a vote of 4 to 1 last night ordered a report on the Lankford Sunday clos- ing bill with two amendments. One of those exempts domestic servants if they are allowed one full work day of rest each week. The other amendment permits pald amuse- ments, suhc as theaters and \Sunday e , from 2 to 7 o'clock on Sun- days. Representative Gilbert, Democrat, of Kentucky, emphasized that the real purpose of the bill 1s not to close places of amusement, but to provide rest for barbers and others who have been clamoring for it. When Mr. Blanton moved that Rep- resentative Houston, Republican, Dela- ware, be instructed to write the favor- able report, Representative Underhill, Fe&:buc':n.uar Massachusetts, called 0 the attention of the i pabin B e made the special order of business for ne, Repul of sup- ported Mr. Underhill's cont lon t.h:t the insurance code should first be dis- posed of. Bloom Is Criticized. Chairman Zih!man first ruled that the committee has a right to decide a—hn it should take up for considera- on. Representative Reid, Republican, of Illinols, then discussed the hearing on the Sunday bill and said: “One Sol Bloom of New York came in and attempted to run our committee. Mr. Blanton took care of himself and of the committee and the action taken last night in favorably reporting this bill was a direct resuit of Mr. Bloom's interference.” Mr. Houston, one of the subcom- mittee who last night voted to re- port favorably the Sunday bill, asked Mr. Reid if he was not referring in a rather disrespectful way to the gentleman from New York. Mr. Reid replied, “He is one and not two. I take exception to another member of | Congress, attempting to run our J committee."” i Wrangle Over Witness. [ The committee then indulged in a | lengthy wrangle as to the length of i time granted to Dr. Longacre, repre- senting the Seventh Day Adventists, who protested that although he had been promised one hour as a witness he had not been allowed to offer an: statement on the bill now under con- sideration. Mr. Reid, in a facetious way, told the committee that a steam roller run itative | by the gentleman from Kentucky, Mr. Gilbert, and with Mr. Houston as co- worker, had “flattened out” Mr. Reid and Representative McLeod, Repub. lican, of Michigan, who opposed the Lankford bill. Mr. Houston made a statement re- arding the hearings on the Sunday losing bill, and said it was all non- sense to put the Government to the expense of making a record on testi- mony that had been repeatedly made before the subcommittee. Reid Moves to Recommit. Mr. Reid moved to recommit the Sunday bill to the subcommittee and Mr. Hammer seconded the Blanton motion. Following this, both Mr, Hammer and Mr. Reid were talking the same time. Representative Gibson of Vermont rose from his seat Mr. Hammer sald, “I refuse to yleld. Mr. Gibson said I have not asked you to yield.” Mr. Gibson then asked, May I stand?” and Mr. Hammer re. plied he would prefer to have him take his seat. Chairman Zihlman, after consulting the rules, ruled against Mr, Under- hill's motion and in faver of Mr. Reid's motion to recommit the bill. Mr. Un derhill seconded Mr. Reid's motion and so got the floor. He explained that for three years the people in the District had been asking protection in Jaws governing fnsurance, particu- larly in regard to life insurance, and he reviewed the law and careful work of a special subcommittee in drafting the insurance code. Then. in reference to the Sunday bill, which he wanted sent back to ‘the subcommittee, Mr. Underhill said: “The impression has gone abroad that the city of Washington is an irreligious city; that the people here do not observe the Sabbath. There is no church in the city that has a va- cant seat. There is no city anywhere sesslon and both sides claim victor; “If it had not been for this one slip we'd have killed 20,000 instead of 2,000, said Mizell. “They are a worthless, preying bird,” sald Albert F. Priestly, Wood- bury, secretary of the Antlers’ Club of that place, who led the shotgun brigade of his city. “They eat every quail egg they can find, kill off robins, suck their eggs, eat young chicks. Salem County has become the Winter headquarters of crows from all over the country. Ve're going to drive' them out or kill ok in which the people are more regular and constant church attendera® Sees District Abused. He served notice that neither the Lankford bill, nor the insurance code bill would come to a vote. Mr. Un- derhill sald that his opposition to the Sunday closing bill is because it is “gilly and ridiculous.” He sald that his mental attitude toward such legis- lation is that whenever any notion of this kind occurs to any group they bring it to Washington and usually to (Continued on Page 2, Col 0 3