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FEDERATION BACKS LANDSCAPING PLAN Favors Special Engineer and Reverses Joint Report of ' Two Committees. | ! cent joint report | commaA and ontroversy hanging o owr < mesting sation of Ci at the s zens ) wh G unanimons’y {he was proud of having | neutral P b o weeks A se veport ha landscape Towir er the address of | ne delesate asked the fed; 1 favoring office of landscape approp: m o of mprove in the pas era the and the B Columbia Al in his fhat there was absdiutely no authority under the present law employ Jandscape engineer, who, he said, was sadly needed Bell Makes Points. in the em- ttie time, give to and Dis. aa ntended None of the engineers of the District h Bell pointed ou 1 ne that he believed mot so peopie walked in the parks more, although thousands drove hihem in automobiles, Col. “Why spend half a mil- lion dullars on our parks and let the school playsrounds grow up in eeds?" “S\f‘. improvement of the school groun the speaker pointed out, was a necessity for the cultural de- ment of the child mind A aid this was » effort on his part to take away anything from the fund for repairs and maintenance of the schools, but should be in the na- ture of an entirely new drive for a mew necd Wants §25,000 for Trees. Foliowing discussion of some length eoncerning the lack of funds for trees in the District of Columbia and some eriticism concerning the kind of trees set out, particularly Norway maples, the federation adopted a resolution by William McK. Clayton recommending that the District Commissioners ask the Burcau of the Budget to include n its defic bill estimates for $25.000 for trees in the g A committee of three, camsisting of John A. Saul. William B. Todd and Dr. C. B.Campbeil. was appointed to Jook into the matter of trees. An informal statement on national representation for the District of Columbia by Jesse C. Suter, chairman of the federation committee on this subject, provoked some debate when G. "W. Ayres attempted to submit what he called a minority report for the committee or a statement, but did not succeed in doing so. Mr. Suter said he expected there would be some “definite results in the next Congress.” Referring to Mr. Ayres, the chair man of the committee said: ““The gen- tleman is out of place on the commit- tee and should have the good taste voluntarily to retire from the com- mittee.” Mr. Clayton jumped to the defense of Mr. Ayres, claiming there had been a kind of majority report and that the chalr should permit a state- ment from Mr. Ayres. Report Goes Over. A report of the committee on educa- tion, cubmitted by Mre. H. §. Parsons, was considered for some time and then passed over 1o the next meseting, after some debate. The federation approved a part of & report by Mrs. H. M Phillips, chair- nan of the committee on charities and corrections, who urged a further in. vestigation of wages at the District Jail with a view to bringing up the salaries here nearer to a level with Qhose of other citis Such debate was provoked by this pommittee report on the pending bills or a Juvenile Court, that part of the Beport was recommitted o the com. inittee. with the explanation from the “ommittes that none of the bills had #ny chance of enactment at this ses- &ion of Congress, The federation tion of R. L. recommenda B , approved the request of the Michigan Park Associa tion for better fire protection, which would include a city service truck and #n additional engine company for that neighborhood 25 In Arrears, from the Columbia Heights Association for as sistance in a problem of publie park ing and alleged storing of unsightly objects in their community was gup ported by the federation which au- | thorized the police and fire committee to urge a police regulation to meet the situation The federation tabled a motion by Mr Suter which would have deprived delegates from all associations in ar rears on their dues from voting. The treasurer showed that 75 asgociations were in arrears but that the federa- tion had a balance of more than $200 Mr. Suter, who was chairman of the membership drive, reported that 5,058 members had heen secured, of which 44 had been secured from ad ates. The subscribers to the A for supporting the drive had been repaid 100 cents on the dollar. DENIES CUBA.WILL SEEK $200,000,000 LOAN HERE Bécretary of State Says Machado's Visit Is Merely to Invite President Coolidge. iated Press. The request | ness of | Nieizen, a Ito THE SUNDAY \: GEORG BRANDES, NOTED CRITIC AND THINKER, DIES AT AGE OF 85 Danish Philosopher Held Literary Sway Qver Most of Europe. Broke Friendship of 40 Years With Clemenceau After Dispute During War. " Febrn . noted lit critie, died today after an il several weeks D Brandes had heen rom intestimal trouble, for Inderwent an operation a but his age (he was 85 1RAINSt his recovery te died as he suffering whis woek milits had Hved, facing ! death with stofeism in 1918 Dr. Heandes declared that the hut newspaper, publish what neutral news. No duving grsat Buropean was wiling to garded as truly way he he 1o Had Wide Iufluence. Dr. Georg Brandes was one of Tld’s most eminent literary critics i historians, and. having extended work over a wider fleld than any v his time. exercised an inttu ence on the literature of most of the Eumpean countries. Equally known 15 a phiiosopher, he might have sain ed renowr m jurisprudence or as pe However, his poems were neye sufficiently abundant for separie ion. at the University of Copen. | agen Brandes was under the ntlu e of writings of Heidbers in eriti Soren Kl In a controver raised by the works of Rasmus | he took part in a treatise | m in Our Recent Philosophy. Came to Fore at Age of 28, Dr. Brandes' first important con tribution to letters was his “Aesthetic Studies™ in 1888, which included brief e cism Duali; | monographs on Danish poets. Several important works which he published 0 brought him to the front as the leading critic of northern Europe, These included “The French Aesthe- tics of Our Days,” dealing chiefly with Taine, “Criticisms and Portraits.” and translation of John Stuart Mill's “The Subjection of Women." Recom- ing docent, or reader in Belies Letters at the University of Copenhagen, Dr. Brandes delivered lectures which re. sulted in the refusal of the authort to elect him professor of aesthetics | when the chair became vacant in 18 e young critic, it was said, had | offended many susceptibilities by his | advocacy of modern ideas. He was| known to be a Jew: he was convieted of being a radical: he was suspected | of being an atheist. His fitnesa for | the place was so obvious that the | chair of aesthetics remained vacant, no one else daring to place himself in comparison with Brandes. Works Caused Storm. In the midst of an important literary controversy, of which he was the “Main e Nine- four and most ambitious of his work Streams in the Literature of teenth Century.” of which volumes appeared between 1% 1875. Being a criticism of the litera- ture of the principal countries of Eu rope at the beginning of the nine- teenth century, they immediately at tracted attention outside Among his other works of the time that attracted cousiderabie attention ere his monographs on Tegner Disraeli, Lassalle, Holberg, Ibsen and Anatole France. He also wrote a fine book on Poland and was one of the editors of the German version of Ibsen. He and his disciples long had been arbiters of literary fame in northern Europe. Dr. Brandes left Copenhagen in 1877 and settled in Berlin, where he resided six years. He took an active part in the aesthetic life of the city, but his political views made Prussia an uncomfortable pluce for him and he returned to Copenhagen in 1883 One of the moxt important works of Dr. Brandes in the latter part of been strictly | | have been | tor center, Dr. Brandes began 1o issue the | Denmark. | . GEORG BRANDES. ineteenth century was his study hakespeare, which, frauslated tnto Sh, at once gained @ high post It was regarded as the most Moritative work on Shakespeare principally intended for Euglish speaking audiences, which had been published in any country. About the | sume time he wrote a modern history | of Scandinavian literature Dr. Brandes made one visit to the nited States, in 1914, to lecture af \e, University of Pennsylvanta and niversity of Minnesota. Upon his arrival here he took oceasion (o char | acterize Poe as the greatest Amed- can poet, and ranked Thomas Paine | next. Of the latter “He was a heretic; temporary Amer B Iy B he sald gm 1 Of con n writers he said | Jack Lenden was the best and Uptom | Sinclair and Frank Norvis were next Emerson he rvegarded as the greatest American thinker. but the man who held & warm spot in the hearts of all Danes, he said, was Longfellow. When' the nship was coming nto New Y arbor and the atten tion of Dr. Brandes was divected to the Statue of Liberty, he asked: “Is that all the liberty you have? Issued Peace Appeal. During the World War, Dr. Brandes, although his country remained neu tral, devoted his efforts toward ending hostilities and in a peace appeal is- sued June, 1916, he said: “Every one of the great belligerent wers asserts that the war it is farrving on Is one of self-defense. All . ttacked, all are fighting their existence, for ‘all of them murder is self-defense, as all lies are fibs. Therefore, it none of the powers wanted war, why don't they conclude peace? After months of war seems further away than ever. A controversy between Brandes and Jeorges Clemenceau, which involved Denmark’s position of neutrality, re- sulted in the breaking of a friendship between the two that had existed for 40 years, Called upon by Clemenceau to e plain & suspicion of want of sympathy for the Allies, Brandes reiterated hix sympathy for France and Belgium ‘But.”” he wrote, “victory for the Allies also would be victory for xia. and 1 should consider it one of the greatest eyils of civilization. Began Study of Jurisprudence. Dr. Brandes also wrote that Den mark did not desire the return of nish duchies. except cer- tain parts tha: were purely Danish. hut did Dot even desire these at the expense of German " The Ti see G «sion of | 3 e for a durable place in the minds nf men as disclos ing & point of view that would justify all the greatest malefactors in human annals.’” | Dr. Brandes was born at (open | hagen February 4, 1842, When he | entered the University of Copenhagen, | from which he was graduated in 1864, he began the study of jurisprudence, but after a short time turned to phi losophy and aesthetics, In November, 1921, occurred the fiftieth anniversary of hix first pub- lic lecture at the University of Copen- hagen, which resulted in his being barred from & permanent professor- ship at the university. OLDD.C. VOTEBILL DATA FURNISHED Report to 67th Congress Goes With Measure to Sen- ate Judiciary Committee. When the favorable report of the Senate District committes on the joint resolution for a constitutional amend- ment that would eneble Congress to grant national representation to the people of Washington wax referred the Senate judiciary committee vesterday it was accompanied by a copy of the comprehensive report on the subject, prepared by the District committee in the Sixty-seventh Con- ERenator Wesley L. Jones, Republi: can, of Washington, presented the re- port of the District committee to the Senate yesterday and requested that it be sent to the judiciary committee Jones Explains Procedure. He explained that thiz course of procedure had heen agreed to when the resolution was introduced. since it involved a constitutional amend- ment. The copy of the report made by the District committee in the Sixty. geventh Congress places at the dis- posal of the judiciary committee a wealth of valuable information cover- ing every argument in support of the the halls of Congress and in the elec- college O e netiment mats forth clearly that the proposed amendment would not reduce the power of Congress over the Capital, but would add a Mew power; that it does not propose the admission of the District into the Union as a sovereign State, und that it does not propose or involve cbanges in the municipal government. Number of Senators Optional. The resolution would leave it op- tional with Congress to allow the Dis. triet one or two Senators, representa- nd the status of citizens for the pur- boxe of suing and belng sued in Fed- eral courts. A similar resolution is pending in Februar. M# “tinez HAVANA, Cuba Secretary of State today dented published repos the purpose of PPresident Mach, forthe & vistt to the United St is th consolidate the Cuban debt. The ad n. he said. holds fast to fon not te contract loans The definite object of President a loan of $200,000,000 to | the judiciary committee of the F ! 4o that the course followed yeste: | places the question in the same ¢ | mittee position in the Senate. Whisky Bill Gets Preference. ufacture of medicinal whisky Government supervision Machado's visit is still to invite Pres jdent Coolidge and Secretary of State ice at Havuna in 1928, it was stated. privileged status in the House y; terday by the rules committee. week. District's claim to representation in| tion in the House according to census The Hawley bill to provide for man- under wae given It Kellogg to the Pan American confer-! will come up on the floor early this HOUSE MAY VOTE AGAIN ON CRUISERS Conferees’ Impasse May Force Action—Armament Conference Failure Factor. By the Associated Press. An impasse having been reached by Senate and House conferees on the question of beginning construction this year on three additional scout crulsers, u separate vote by the House on _this amendment to the naval up propriation may be necessury. An amendment similar to that spproved by the Senste was rejected Ly the House on a roll call vote, although Republican leaders there favored a proposal upon which President (ool- ige had frowned. When the bill reached the Senate the cruisers amendment was adopted by an overwhelming majority, and Senate confereey will insist to the last that this provision be retained in the bill. Representative French, Republican, Idaho, who was in charge of the bill in the House, and some of the other House conferees apparently are equal ly as insistent that the amendment go out, and after the conferees meat again Tuesday the question may he referred to the House for instructions to its managers. Apparent failure of President Cool- idge’s efforts to bring ahout an early conference for the limitation of cruisers, submarines and other small- er naval craft is regarded hy pro- ponents of the cruiser program as a further reason for proceeding with he greateat dispatch In ecarrving out the program laid down by Congress four years ago of halancing the fight ing fleet with an adequate screen of seouts, SINCLAIR SEES CALLES. Details of Conference With Mexi- can President Withheld. 1C0 CITY, February 19 (), — [ , chalrman of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, vixited President Calles at the Na tional Palace vesterday, but details of the conversation have not been an. nounced. Aaron Saenz, minister of foreign relations, wax present during the interview. Despite the oil magnate’s insistence that he i here without a definite pro gram, speculation persists over wheth er he will reach an agreement with the Mexican government in connection with the new petroleum law. M % Sunamy. « K'oul'el He is planning to go to Tampico STAR, WASHINGTON, HLSONAND FAWILY N TAY COLLSON Daughiter and Chum Injured. Reptblican Leader and Wiife Unharmed. \ Representdtive John Q. Tilson of Connecticut, Wepublican, House leader, hix wife, two: daughters and a guest last night na#rowly escaped serious Injury when & taxi, in which they were hound fog a downtown theater, skidded on Pennsylvania avenue at Jackson place and collided with street car of the \Capital Traction Tllson's duyighter, Peggy, and her chum, Hetty Bushnell of New Haven, Conn., who\is visiting with the Tilson family at tha Mayflower Hotel, were thrown again\ « glass window of the cab and sffered cuts and bruises about the tace katherine Til- son, 11, the other duvighter and h purents, though badly(shuken up were not injured. Girls Taken to Hospital. The two Injured glrls, @uch of whom is 14 years old, were tuken to Kme ency Hospital where Drw. Danlel Borden and . Stallard administered Hrst aid. Later they rety d to the Tilson apartment at the Mayflower. The accldent urred as the taxi turned east into Pennsylvania avenue in front of the White House and ski ded on the soft snew into a west- bound car. A. D. Melvin, driver of the cab, said he tried to stop the machine an seeing the streat car, but that the rear wheels siid on the wet roadway. Swerving sharply to the left, he said, he avoided a head on collision Numeraus accidents were reported to the palice yvesterday afternoen and night during the driving ratn and sleet storm, which endangered vehicula and pedestrian travel. Several pe sons received treatment at the various hospitals, though none was seriously hurt. W. A, Graff Is Hit. William A. Graff, 69 years old, 1431 Clifton street, suffered a broken nose and cuts on the head when he was struck at urteenth and Clifton streets e in the afterncon by an automobile driven by Paul Pirrone, 30 years old, 536 Irving street. Graff was treated at eld Hospitul, Willett Larson, 23 years old, 211 A street southeast, was injured shortly before 2 o'clock when the metor cycle he was riding skidded on the wet pav- ing at Thirteenth and Upshur streets, The cycle turned over and Larsen suffered cuts when he was thrown on his face. He was treated at Walter Reed Howpital. Benjamin Jaffe. 70 vears old, 515 G street, was struck by an automobile driven by Carl Steinbacker, 1512 Fast Capitol street. when he attempted to cross the street at Sixth and G streets, shortly after 3 o'clock. He refused treatment and went to his home un- alded. GALE DRIVING COAST GUARD BOAT ASHORE Relief Rushed to Picket Craft 238, With Seven Men, Helpless Off Cape Cod. ¥ PROVINCETOWN, Mass., February 19 (#).—Engines and wireless disabled and rolling In mountainous seas churned by a 50-mile gale, the (‘oast Guard picket boat 238 was being slowly driven toward shore tonight despit: two anchors overboard three miles northeast of Highland Light on the ip of Cape Cod. he 238, carrying a crew of seven men, including her commander, Boat swalin J. K. Rivenback, made known her plight soon after dusk by blinker signals to the Highland Coast Guard station. The shore crew was power- lens, however, to do more than notify base 5 at Boston. Launching a surf boat in the beil- ing seas was out of the question, and the helpless picket boat was too far offshore to reach with a beach cannon and breeches beuy line. The Coast Guard cuters Red Wing and Tuscarors were despatched to the 23K's ald. Bellef that the 238 had struck firm holding and stopped her whoreward drag was expressed some time after escue boats were reported on the way from Boston. ARMY MEDICAL FLYER, BUCKNER, DIES IN SOUTH Airplane Accident Is Fatal—Officer Made Experiments Aloft on Himself. Capt. Charles T. C. Buckner, Army Medical Corps, and a specialist in medical research work in connection with aviation, died yesterday in Selma, Ala. He was injured in an airplane accident near Selma February 14. Dr. Buckner was @ native of Balti- more and probably will be buried there. His Army career began in the Medical Rewerve Corps in 1917, und he has been continugusly on duty with the ulr corps, huving been graduuted from the schuol for flight surgeens in 1919. Recently he made exteusive ax- periments on his own person to dis- cover the physical and mental effects of extreme altitude fying, golng up repeatedly without speciul protection apparatus or oxygen equipment for that p . His last station was at Wright Field, Fairfield, Ohlo, and he is survived hy his widow, who was Miss Mildred Lee of Montgomery, Ala. WILL REVISE RULES. Hebrew Cemmittee to Consider Federation Oratery Cent Revision of the rules governing the annual oratorical contest of the Mid. dle Atlantic States Federation of Young Men's and Young Women's He- brew Assoclations will be taken up at & meeting of the axecutive committee of the federation this afternoon at the B vish Community Center. O raton from Richraond, Norfolk, Raltimore and Newport News will at: tend. David Wiener, president of Washington will preside. D. C, FEBRUARY 2 BRIG. GEN. FELAND. FELAND WILL LEAD 20 IN NICARAGUA Brigadier General Selected for Expeditionary Force of American Marines. By the Associated Press Brig. Gen. Logan mander of the Marine Corps expedi tionary force Quanti designated yesterday to command the Marine force of 2,000, which will soon he stationed in Nicaragua. He will embark with the 1,200 men of the 5th Regiment which the Trans port Henderson will pick up at Quan- tico and Parls Island, 8. C. Col. L. M. Gulick, commanding the 3th Regi ment, also will go on the Henderson Gen. Feland is second in rank of brigadier general in the Marine Corps. He has had 16 years of foreign service, including service in the World War. His force will include, in_addition to the two battalions of the 5th Regi- ment, a hattalion of 400 men now at Rama and Managua. ragua, and approximately 200 Marines en route to Corinto from San Diego, Calif., on the destroyer tenders Melville and Altair. The scout cruiser Trenton also is speeding to Corinto frem Guanatnamo Bay, (‘ub; with 200 Martnes. INSURGENTS DIVIDE OVER G. 0. P. CAUCUS Nelson Will Attend Tomorrow Night's Meeting, But Schneider Declines Invitation. Feland, com- at Republican insurgents in the House are divided as te whether they should attend the Republican caucus to- morrow night, at which the party organization for the next Congress will be perfected. All of them have received tions to attend, although they have been barred from party councils for supperting the La Follette presiden. tial movement in 1924, Representative Nelson of Wiscon- sin, generally recognized as head of the group, said yesterday that he would attend, while Representative Schneider of Wisconsin recently an- nounced that he would net. Other members of the insurgent bloc have not indicated what course they will pursue. NEAR EAST COLLEGES TO SEEK $15,000,000 Six Imstitutions .to Be Aided in Drive to Raise Endowment for Maintenance. invita- NEW YORK, February 18 (#).— Plans hav been made for a $15,000, 066 campaign to fund the assets of the six Near East colleges, and raise an endewment sufficient te make them permanently self-supporting. Albert W. Staub, American director of the colleges. said vesterday that the campaign was decided upon after announcement by the State Depart. ment that preservation of the status quo pending declsion on treaty rela- tions between Turkey and the Unlted States had been agreed upon Institutions affected by the cam- palgn are Robert (ollege, Constan- tinople; Constantinople Women's Col lege, Internutional College of Smyra, American University of Beirut, Sofiu Americun Schools und Athens Cpllege, Greece. LEG BONES WITH RED TAG FOUND BESIDE RAILROAD Hy the Associated Press. SOUTH BEND, Ind., February 19 lently from the bod were discovered in the northwest part of the city today, ac.! companied by a tag which indicates a gruesome brand of humor by the person who wrote it. The red tag was inscribed as fol Ie Merry Christmas to Jimmy from Rus: . S.—Jim, this Is the last man that talked back.” The lower part of torn off. Police believe the hones were thrown from a passing train. They were di covered beslde a rallroad right of way by five boys. ‘The up) of one leg hone seems to have been sawed off close to the knee. Palice think the hones may be explained as a practical joke, per- haps by a medical student. the card was Taps Give Vault Combination to Rescuers After Robbers Leave 7 Pri_soners to Die the Awssociated Press. KLAND, Ohio, February 19.— Seven employes and officers of the Star Klevator Co. were rescued from a Vault into which they were herded by robbers_today when F. W. B. Mazy, president of the company, tapped out safe combination numbers to police cers outside "MTI\: three robbers had left the seven men to suffocate In the locked vault after obtaining $650. A werkman passing the building witnessed the robbery and summoned police, who succeeded in re & the imprisoned men a short time later, Police had first called to those in- slde the safe, but were unable to get & reply from the imprisoued men. While preparations were under way t blast the bolts of the door, Inspect of Detectives Corneliux Cody hegan tapping on the vault door. He heard a reply. It took about 30 minutes bhefore he could make those inside the safe un derstand what was wanted. Then the numbers of the vault's combination were counted out in taps on the door 0, 1927—PART 1. PRESIDENT'S POWERS MAY OPEN WAY TO KEEP LT. COL. BELL HERE Nominal Duty Wi Despite the failure of Congress to pass legislation permitting Lieut. (ol J. Franklin Rell to remain as Fn gineer Commissioner of tha District after the axpiration of his detail on June 3, the discretion: powers d In the President as Commander in-Chief of the Army give risa to hope on the part of Col. Rell’s many friends that some way may be found Wherehy ha can be exempted from “service with troops” for another four-vear period Hope has bheen abandon L ed for any { from Congress be fore the sexsion closes March 4, in view of the action of the Senate military | affaivs committes in tabling the bill 0 if the House should pass the de sired legislation tn behalf of Col. Bell It was the opinion of those familiar With Seuate procedure that the would be little, if any, possibility of ving It acted on in oppesition to the military affuirs committee and the failure of Secretar War Davis to recommend such activn. President’s Powers ln Doubt. Whether President Coolidge couid gally detail Col. Bell to duty in thix vielnity with Regular troops, the Dis trict National Guard or the Organized teserves, so that he could continue as Engineer mmissioner, is qu tioned in me quarters. n the opinion of Secretary Davis “it could not be done without special legislation to that effect.” On the other hand. it has been pointed out that the President exer- cises almost unlimited authority ever the Army under the general laws and, if he desired, could go over the head of Congress In exempting Col. Bell from the provision of the national defense act of 1920, which requires all officers helow the grade of brigadier general to serve at least one year out of five with troops. It was re called that Col. C. O. Sherrill was retained here as officer in chavge of public buildings and grounds long beyond the four-year detail. Several Army officers with whom the situation was discussed expressed the opinion that should the President take matters tn his own hands and assume personal responsibility for taining Col. Bell as Engineer Com- missioner, such action might be inter- preted as evasion of the law. Recognizes Need for Elasticity. Secretary Davis stands pat en his recent letter to the twe military affairs committees of &'ongress in which he declined to recommend the retention of Col. Bell, although he stated that he did not wish to oppese any aetion Congress might see fit to take in the matter. Mr. Davis has recognized for some | time, however, the need for more elasticity on the enfarcement of the law of 1920. He pointed out to the two committees that a bill had been introduced in March, 1926, by Senator Wadsworth, chairman of the Nenate military affairs _committee, which authorized the resident to make exceptions in the general law, when ever in his judgment the interests of the service demanded it, In the case of all officers except those detailed as membe of the General Staff Corps. That bill was introduced at the re. quest of the War Department, he said, “and meets with my approval.” In the absence of action on this legislation, and the later bill to make an exception in the case of Cal. Rell | numerous questions have arisen over the extent of the President’s authority Commander-in-Chief May Give Him Him as Commissioner. th Troops to Kcep as Commander-in-chiaf of the Army and hix right to reappeint the En gineer Commissianer for anather four vear detall. £ Certaln Groups Exempted. Following a general interpretation of the law included in the national de fense act of 1920, it is pointed out that & large number of officers engaged in the examination of large foreign claims growing out of the World War had been except..! temporarily from the requirement of service with | and it was also held that special | ice like that on the staff of the Presi | dent of the United States, as Com | manderdn.chief of the Army, and on the xtaff of Gen. Pershing, as com mander of the wrmlex under his spe | clul comminsion, wax properly desig nuted ux “service with troops” under the law In thix connectiun 1t was stressed thut Col. Sherrill was kept here us ofticer in churge of public buildings POLICE HOLD SEVEN INWOMAN ATTACK Reward Spurs Search for Negro Who Beat Mrs. Well- ing in Cgpitol Grounds, Seven colored men were heing held at various police atations last night after they had heen taken In a great man hunt, with every avallahle policeman and detective comiing the ity for the assailant of Mrs Dajgy Welling. 137 D street southeast, whe lay hetwesn life und death %1 Casualty | Hospital following an attack wupen her in the Capitol grounds n the Library lay night These seven pects tuken riv this be questioned de Junrters ut Congress late Fr . with any other sus morning, are o cetive head 10 o'cluck rred by Reward. Spurred by & rewurd of § by Maj Edwin B tendent of police, wards of $1,000 by 10 post Hesse, superin. and proposed - the Nenute and aud grounds beyond the four-year de tall under tuwt interpretation. Col Sherrill, however, wus ulde to Fresi- dent Coolidge Several oflicers have expressed the opinion thut it might prove embar rassing 1o the President to muke an exception in Col. Bell's case in view of the nonaction of Congress, which indicates its desire for a strict com pliance with the law. The suggestion that the law would be met in the case it Col. Rell were assigned 1o duty with the District National Guard or the Organized Reserves, in addition to duty as Engineer Commissioner, was declared to be impracticahle, It was explained that Col. Bell holds & purely civil office, being sponsible alone to the President. and one that i« altogether independent of the jurisdiction of the War Depart. ment in the matter f his duties. Law Explicitly Followed. Despite the general in pression among Army officers that Col. Bell could not legally be given any mili- tary duty while holding his present civil office, it was admitted that the President has almost unlimited dia- cretionary powers under the general laws and might. if he feels so dis posed, find some perfectly legal method of retaining Col. Hell as kn- gine Commissioner for another lht‘!m ‘ear detail, Of als at the War De rtment said that the law dealing with ~serv. ice with troops” had been carried out explicitly 30 far as possible and that the few exceptions that had eccurred were due to apecial unfoveseen ex igencies of the service. All such cases, It was pointed out. were cov ered by authoritative legul opinions as not being in conflict with the spirit of the law. Regarding the Senate bill which would exempt Col. Bell from service with troops, Secretary Davis said that since his four-vear term of duty In Washington expires June 23, “in accordance with the law he must 1 be assigned to duty with troops.” have Not as a general rule op. posed legislation which hax for its purpose the singling out of individuals of the Regular Army for preferment, Mr. Davis wrote. “I believe there are other officers of the Corps of Engi. neers who are capable of filling the office of Engineer Commissioner equally acceptably. In view of the above, although I do not recommend favorably the legislation proposed * % * Ido not wish to oppose any action you may see it to take in the matter."” MINERS HIT REDS' PROPAGANDA MOVE Lewis Denounces Commun- ists” Offer of World Aid in Coal Strike. Special Dispatch to The Star. MIAMI, Fia., February 19.—The call of the Third Internationale for world aid to the United Mine Weork- ers of America in any strike they may engage in after April 1 is taken by John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers as an attempt of the Third Internationale, which his erganization haa always fought, to embarraass it and aid its enemi ““The pesition of the United Mine Workers on communiam, the Seviets and the Third Internationale, and the long and bitter fight it has made upon them and their agents to prevent their getting a foothold in America and specifically among the miners sald he, “is too well known to call for any comment from me on the reputed appeal of Moscow for ald for us in the sirugkle it predicts will come on April 1 Reds Autonatically Expelied. The latest entry in the record 1o which Mr. Lewis refers was wmade in the convention in Indianypelis lust menth when by unanimous vote the U'nited Mine Workers made meumbe ship In the Communist party or ‘mpathetic support of any of Its sub- sidiary or relsted movements ground fo pulsion of any members, The action of the convention made earlier rulings of the general ex- ecutive hoard the hasic law of the or ganization. The executive board hav ing previously notified all local unions that the attempt of the Communist alement te get control of the mine workers must mean expulsion for ail members who might accept member- ship in the party or work with those who hold membership in it. Other members of the miners graup declared that in making the appeal the Internationale leaders also sought {0 secure funds for propaganda. Outside Help Not Sought. Some of the leaders here pointed out today that the miners will need no outside help in any struggle that may come after April 1 The miners for.several vears past have been the expecial target of the Commuuist purty, the Trades Union Fducational league wod aliied move- ments. | Five yours ago the Com- munisis got behind Alexunder Howyty of Kansus in sttempt o secure control of the urganization. For the purpose of assisting Howatt, Willium %. Foster and Willlam F. Dunee went convention. Iul‘x:m;noal Seattle convention of the American Federation of Laber th following vear Lewls forced Samuel| Gompers into agreeing to a resolu- tion vnseating Dunee on the grounds | that ax a Communist he was seeking | the capt or destruction of the! catior "‘-’r’fi. Communists at _that time were (rying "boring-from-within" tactics as Cody turned the dials, Police tonight arrested all of the robbers and announced that a con. fession had been obtained and of the money recovered. the Pittsburgh district. The :lners ‘{ln fought sympathizers of | Presentation of arguments. dent will s, on the political effe SILENCE SHROUDS FARM BILL FATE Capital Groups Divide on Whether or Not Presi- dent Will Sign. By the Associated Press. The traditional White Tlouse si- lence last night enfolded the fate of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill, for after a day's stay in the hands of ;:’ d:’l‘ell'd!llfll and his advisers, lends and knew appreve or disapprove it than they knew when the measure was finail Dassed by the House Thursday n’l‘;hi. and the best information they &ive as to his attitude was tha Coolidge appeared interested in could t Mr. their Gooding Has Conference. Senator Gooding, Republican, 1daho one of the callers, who spent udmi time fn couference with the Mresident sl he did uot believe the Chief fix. geutive hud made up bis miud on (he UL Senstor MeNury, Republi: Oregon, cowuther of the rmemsur professed, to have hud no indication after the engrogsed doc was recelved (. (he Wil tHouse 1t Wuy vent to the Agriculture DLepg ment for the perusal of Secrerury Jurdine. It ix the usual coursy foy probusals affecting the various depart ments to be submitted to department ]':Flllhl in this way Secretary Jardine asx never udvocat " MeNary. T pnever advocated the McNary. Opposing Schools’ Views, There were a number of school speculation gt work on Capitol fir One group believes the President wili veto the bill outright, with a m, sage outlining his position. Another Eroup believes he will sign it to dem. onstrate its feasibility or weakne, Still another holds that he will ap. prove it in order that the censtitution. v 8 provisions may in the courts. T s A fourth group believes the Presi. N the bill, bases ita belief ot _auch Yould have in ihe Middle Went: P e Capital observer one &00d as unother. e e §5.000 by the Houm police had taken aearly u dozen suspects during the lav. These were releused, however, After they hud given satisfying ae ounts of thelr sctions Friday night, At Casualty Hospital late last nikht i was suid that Mre. Welling's condition was unchanged, Physicians Who had planned to perform a blood transfusion decide postpone the operation her weskened condition A possible « f police of F Sutherland of the apitol police ree. whe reported that on Monday night a woman had run to him complaining that a light complexioned colored man had ac- costed her in the Capitel Grounds near the scene of Mrs. Welling s assault. Answers Same Description. Sutherland said he returned with the umidentified woman to the place she mdicated, where they found negro whom Sutherland now says answiers the dexcription given by Mrs. Welling of the man who at- tacked her. The Capitol Park policeman asked the mun what he was doing there and the man explained that he had simply asked the woman how to reach First and B streets. Satisfied with the man's explanation and manner, Suth- erland did not arrest him Welling was attacked at 11:30 Friday night while on her home from the Driscoll Hotel where she is employed. She has ex plained that she was struck from be hind by a “light brown colored man, ahout 30 years old,” as she stapped 1o pick up” a handkerchief she had dropped. She was found about halt an hour later by a passing motorist, Wwh osought Policeman Bdyan White of No. 5 Precinct, who was standing at Pennsvlvania uvenue and Fourth streed. Together they returned and remaved Mrs. Welling to Casualty Hospital. Her condition was declared critioul, In a brief period of consciousness Ars. Welling related details of the at tack to police. Her assailant she dexcribed as tall, siender, smooth faced and shabbily dressed. Policeman Is Shot. Police are connecting Mrs. Welling's assault with an encounter between Policeman Zeno R. Wright of the ninth precinct and a colored man he had arrested. Wright reported he ar- rested a colored man answering the general deseription of Mrs. Weliing s assallant as he attempted to enter a store in the neighborhood and the man, breaking from him, shet him and fled. Wright suffered a slight flesh wound. Incensed at the crime within the very shadow of the Capitol, members of both houses of Congress yesterday took steps to urge added zest in the hunt for the man who attacked Mrs. Welling. Senator Cole RBlease of South Carolina proposed an amend ment to the District appropriation bill of $1,000 to be offered us & reward for the arvest and cunvietion of the assailant. The amendment was promptly proved. Almost immediately Repre sentative Edwards of New York offered resolution in the House proposing ai appropriation of $5.000 for the sum purpose. The resviution was referr to the House District committee. i TEN FOUND GUILTY IN CHINA ARMS PLOT Three White Men, Seven Orientals Convicted of Smuggling $500,000 Shipment. because of e was furnished the « By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, February 19— Three white men and seven Chinese were convicted in Federal Court here today on charges of conspiracy to smuggle a $500,000 shipment of mu nitions to Chinese revolutionists in 1924, Daniel Guy Swinehart, alleged ring leuder, and Jan de Bruyn, Dutch sol Jdier of fortun were sentenced twu Years in prison and fued $10,000 wach, ay were five of the Chinese de fendunts. The third white defendant, Harry Kuhn, was given (wo years snd s $1,000 fine. Two of the Chinese es Cuped with sentences of & year and u da pt. Nels I I Borreson, skipper of the sailing vessel W. {1 Talbot which was used in the gun-rubni venture, pleaded guilty and appeared as a Government witness. He will be sentenced later. The Talbot set out from this port with the contraband munitions eargo. The Chinese consignees failed to ap pear, however, when the Talbot reached China. and the cargo was sold over the side to other interested - | Chinese. . INVOKES BLUE LAWS IN SOUTH CAROLINA Governor, to Enforce Statutes of 1641, Says Even Sunday COURT GIVES PAY T0 DOGS Animals Receive Dollar o Day for Services as “Watchmen." CINCINNATI, Ohle, February (®).—Radlo gnd Cutchom, two G lll: holice dogs, owned by A. N Schogn bresident of the defunct A. N, Schoone Marble Co., thiv city, were awardeg 3123 for services rendered as night watchmen ut the Schoone plant be tween July 6 and mber 6 by Jufige Thomas H. mon Pleas Court today. “They were the hest watchmen that ever were watchmen,” the attorn representing Schoe! (ogx ‘n-rhy. udge Darby fixed the value of the dogs’ services at ts in the Detroit convention :.?'n?: :n’:lon last Octobe Sherwogd Eddy pleaded for Ruyssia, it te the Bctioone: Account of r and posted $200 bond. be made also in Greenville and & Golf Must Stop. By the Assaciated P Col BlA. 8. February 19. Gyv. Richards of South Carvlipa te duy snuounced his determination tu enforce South Caroling Sunday laws, which date from 1641 At the seme time a crusade was launched against the sale of so-called art magazines Ly newsstands. A Columbia newsdealer was arrested Arrests are t tanburg, it was said at the gov office. the present. the chief exec ive said. he will not attempt to in ne' and the dogs, | terfere With the publication of news papers, the operation of railroad trains and other public utilities, or $1 a day, erediting |the sale of drugs and necessiti thelr master— | life, but Bunday amusement, will ot fif. along with other banned.