Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1927, Page 4

U. 5. T0 ESTABLIS PULPMILL IND. C. Project Planned at Enorav- | ing Bureau to Dispose of L Worthless Currency. Uncle Sam is going to pulp mill in Washingion tre ' he figures on making a profit of $100.- | 000 a year The ‘mill is nection with the Bureau of E to be established in con- | | and Printing for the purpose | ducing to high-class pulp the worn- | cut paper money and the trimmings from new currency. which amounts to | about four tons a day. Herbert D. Brown of the Bureau of Efficiency has been' co-operating with Alvin W. Hall. director of the | Bureau .of Engraving and Printing, and with experts in the paper section @A the Bureau of Standards. Brown Seeking Site. | Mr. Brown has appeared before the | Publie Buildings Commission, seeking 1o secure the use of a smi plot of land sonth of the Bureau of Engrav g and Printing on which to estab- lish this small pulp mill, but was told vesterday that the Kine Arts section of the Public Buildings Commission had decided that such a structure would not fit in with tieir plans for watcrfront development. Tt was suggested that a place for the mill night be found where a num- ber of small houses now occupy the square rieenth street from the bul A conference with the Treasw however, has re- sulted in a decision to find room for the mill in the oid rad brick building north of the present bureau, which was formerly occupied by the bureau. Just as soon as this space can be ceared the pulp machinery will be puL in out of appropriations already available in the. bureau budget for new machinery. It has hoped to have the mill in operation soon after the jeginning of the new fiscal vear uly 1. Estimates Loss in Maceration. Studies made by the Bureau of Effi- ciency showed that it is costing an- nuaily $15,000 to $18,000 more to miacerate the worn-out currency than iz received for the pulp. The new mill win take care of buiping this waste and washing out the ink, leaving a high-grade pulp to be soid to paper manufacturers. Jrom this product it is thought that 5100,000 a year will be received so that the plant would pay for itself in four to six months. . The product would be high-grade puip. three-quarters linen and one- fourth cotton and as the newer cur- rvency comes in for maceration, the pulp will be more valuable because of the longer fiber now being used. The purpose in placing the plant Adjacent to the Bureau of Engraving d Printing is so that steam and water from the bureau can be used in the pulp mill. G. 0. P. SENATORS ' SEEK TO PUT END TO SLUSH INQUIRY m_First Page.) & point of order that no business was in order except consideration of the prohibition ~reorganizgation Wl under the motion for clotyre adoptéd yes- terday. Point of Order Lost. By a vote of 61 to 21, the Senate overruled the point of order made by Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, that the prohibition reorganization bill must be considered to the exclusion of the regular morning business. The clerk began to read the journal of vesterday’s proceedings. ~When efforts were made to have the read- Ing dispensed with. Senator Moses of New Hampshire and Senator Reed objected. What is the object of the filibuster which the Senator from New Hamp- #hire and the Senator from Pennsyl- vania, are conducting?” demanded nator Robinson of Arkansas. “1 will answer,” said Senator Moses quickly. “It is a perfectly proper object. The New Hampshire Senator sat down amid some laughter. Senator Reed of Missouri moved to dispense with the reading of the journal, but Senator Moses made a point of order that such a motion was not in order, and he was sustained by the Vice President and the reading of the Journal proceeded. At 2 o'clock the prohibition bill Automatically comes up as the un- finished business of the Senate, shut- ting off any chance after that time of Senator Reed of Missouri proceeding with his resolutions. At 4 o'clock the Senate, under an agreement hitherio made, will go into executive session to consider nominations. "™ Will Recess at 6 0'clock. The purpose was (o prevent the usual morning hour in which Senator Reed of Missouri had planned to make his motion for the considera- tion of his resolution. By unanimous consent agreement entered Into last night, the ‘Senate is to recess at 6 o'clock und meet again tonight for consideration of hills on the calendar. Opponents of the Reed slush fund committee fig- ure that the rest of the day can be used up in consideration of the pro- hibition reorganization bill. When the Senate meets again tomorrow similar tactics will he indulged in. Thus by indirect, if not directly, the opponents of the Reed slush fund committee hope to kill off the Reed resolution. Filibuster Made Possible. When the conference report of the District appropriations bill was agreed to by the Senate, the last of the wnnual supply bills needed to keep the wheels of Government running had been disposed of. Threats of a spe- clal session this Spring apparently had been removed. This left the op- ponents of the Reed slush fund com- mittee at liberty to filibuster the Reed resolutions to death, if they were able to do 0, without forcing a spe- cial session after March 4. The second deficiency bill, it is true, is still pending, but they figure that the Government can run along with- out that measure, if necessary. Members of the Reed committee said today they were prepared to force night sessions tomorrow night and Thursday night if necessary to get action on the Reed resolution. Isut whether they would be able to suc- ceed in the end, they were unwilling to predict, Ruling Would Cause Jam. ‘When Senator Reed of Pennsyl- vania made his point of order atten tion was called to the fact that Vice President Marshall in 1919 held that 'Self-Di. scipline Stern as King and Queen Insist on Punctuality in {NEW ‘D By the Asso in order trimmed, to he n the firsc « vs, when » his nted Prevx England, reh been THE Winter Palace |to King's Lynn, sbout eight miles ) here, (0 do some xhopp ng. &« nied young Prince George e has not 1. Striet self-d relaxed since King Georg: Queen Mary took up Winger t this roval country dem sne an st-iron punctuality remains the rule for ihe houseliold The cotrt will remain in residence here uniil the Sprivg. when it will be transtaved to Backingham Palace in i prior to the King's contem- cruise in the Mediterrane: George rises 1< he e of 8, s hair at md heard Queen Mary the other day wotored ERD' éEliMlT |Financial ”Czru'eer | WARNING IS ISSUED Of Boy, 12, Curbed Holders of Auto Cards From 95,000 to 140,000 Advised to Renew Them at Once. Automobile_operator’s permits num- | bered from 95,000 to 140,000 shouid he | renewed this month under gered C day Pern a fine of Mr. F motor| £40. ts plan adopted by i mmissioners, it was announced to- | by Traffie Divector M. O, Bldridze. | mits numbered from 50,600 to 9 000 became Invalid last midnigii. motorists still using permits numb. under 95,000 are subject to arrest dridge explained that whose within the first group of renewed them, and that drastic action old the stag the rict permits 0,000 have | is contemplated to force the others to do so. phone directories in determine how many Clerks in the Traflc Bureau are-now consulting the city and tele- an effort persons to | still | holding the invalid permits are living | in the District, preparatory to a| Dby from the strolled along the High with the crowd. 1t b g the Queen aid not eali for She just put up Fast. her um her and son o then paid a pre the historic Town cted the ancient unde: cons, ‘he walls of which built into the foundations and sre to 6 feel thick Despite the mosphere of subter 1 foggy, rainy t through the hefore she returned i ground dur day. whaole 1o tea. By Father’s Edict By the Aseociated Press WEST ORANGE, N Parental injunctio March 1. tod re- strained financial operations of Otto Szandt, 12 Otto borrowed $2 from Judge Walter D. Van Ripen. president of the West Orange Trust Co., on the security of “initiative, confidence and personalit with interest at 6 per cent, to complete a dog house fund. But Otto has no dog, says his father, Juliu nd the money must be returned. Besides, his father thinks a violin or an express wagon would be much more useful than a dog- house, in view of the fact that Otto his 1o dog. FINDS NO COLLUSION IN FOREST CONTRACT drive which, Director Eldridge will | Senate Subcommittee Refuses to ask the Police Department to make to round up motorists using outlawed | permits. The along the princt by stopping motorigts and examining | corral still using dead permits. their permits, LEWIS MAKES SURVEY | OF SOFT COAL SITUATION Miners’ Leader Is Reported Pre- paring for Possible Strike on April 1. traffic divector policemen stationed at strategic points pal h! By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, March Lewis, possible.” The union president, it was said will_confer with individual operator: in this and other parts of the central pompetitive feld on the question of #eparate contracts with Prior to meeting with operators, he, conferred with Philip Murray, inte national vice president of the' umion, and local union officials. & AUTOIST HURT IN CRASH. Beverely Injured When Machine Hits Street Car at Bridge. Edmund Ruedi, 43 years old, apart- ment 4, 2503 Fourteenth street, was hurt early when his automobile hit an electric car near the south end of Highway Bridge. His nose was broken and his face and legs cut. A passing motorist to Emergency Hospital, where he was given first aid by Dr. severely took him chief of the United ‘Workers, was in Pittsburgh today to make a survey of the coal mining situation in this region as it bears upon a possible strike in the industry. according to a copyrighted story pub lished by the Chronicle Telegraph. Lewis was quoted as saying that hi survey was “from the standpoint o making our strike as effective a: Millard F. Ottman, Arthur Tate, 1730 V street, and Jo- seph A. Hill, 8 Iowa circle, were driv- ers of automobiles that collided at Fourteenth and T streets early Sun- Miss Julla Ford, 1214 I street, passenger in the latter car, re. celved ‘injuries to her head and hand. She was treated at home by Dr. day night. Hall. George G. Travers, 37 years old, 1631 S street, was knocked down at Connecticut avenue and Nineteenth street last night by the automobile of Andrew R. Follin, street, and seriously injured. treated at Emergency Hospital by Dr. Millard F. Ottman for a possible fi ture of the skull and shock. dition was reported serious. silver, half-peso coins. The slump in silver has continued months, causing conside husiness depression. measures taken to revive silver have for many able STOPS COINING OF PESOS. Calles Suspends Minting to Relieve Slump in Silver. MEXICO CITY, March 1 (®).—For the purpose of relieving the slump in President Calles has ordered the mint to stop coining peso proved_ineffectual. would have a contrary that reason he said he would sub the question to the Senate itself. Robinson Democratic leader of the Senate, de. not point of order was well taken. a preliminary wrangle as to whether the question was debatable permitted to continue his arguments. It is the purpose of the Reed slush fund committee that if it can obtain ion by the Senal rant witnesses, Insull. ler and Cunningham, to ask the Sen- ate to authorize the employment of special counsel to handie these cases in the Supreme Court of the District. Reed Asks Vote. Senator Robinson of Arkansas sisted that the adoption of the cloture rule meant merely that the prohibi- tion bill could not be superseded by moving to take up another bill, hut that the morning hour of the Senate Senator clared that he did was still in order. Senator Reed of Missouri, declaring that the time remaining of the present was very limited, asked: nnot we vote on the point of session orde! ow and to another fillbuster? At this point Senator Warren of Wyoming attempted to report to the the adoption of cloture shut out all other business unti! the bill for which cloture had been invoked had been finally disposed of. Vice Prasident Dawes said he was inclined {0 be- lieve that such a ruling was in ac cordance with the Senate rules. He added, however, that such a ruling would deprive the Senate of the morn- ing hour during the closing days of 4 jam in the routine business of the Senate. le added that he believed the rules of & parliamentary body were wade Senate the second deficlency appro- ‘Whereupon = Senator Robinson promptly objected, because he sald no business could be trans. acted except the prohibition hill. Reed of Pennsylvania de- clared that he was “trying to get the business of the Senate done” by in- sisting upon going ahead with the priation bill. Senator. old that | ighways could, | believes most of those 1.—John L. Mine the union. nter this morning C. L. 1206 Thirtieth He was c- His con- and Various effect. it of Arkansas, believe the After he was these Schuy- against in- what amounts Recommend Cancellation in Case of Herrick's Oregon Holdings. The Senate public lands committee refused yesterday to recommend can- cellation of the Kred Herrick contract for fovest service timber in Grant County, Oveg. Charges preferred by 1. W. Barnes of Grant County that collusion exist- ed between officers of the forest serv- ice and Herrick in making the con- tract also were dismissed. The committee, which has held ex- tensive hearings, agreed, however, to recommend to the [Forest Service that if further extensions are allowed Her- rick he be required to complete pend- ing stipulations of the contract by January 1, that cutting onthe tract be begun in a “substantial” amount by September 1, and that the rallroad to be constructed under terms of the contract be specifically,designated as a common carrier. Chairman Stanfield was instructed o draw up a report, RAILROAD IS CRITICIZED. Handling of Train Orders Investi- gated on Western Line. An apparent lax condition in han- gling train orders on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad was charged today by W. P. Borland, safe- ty director of the Interstate Commerce Commission, who conducted a special investigation. The inquiry grew out of the collision at Granite, Colo., in August, 1925, in which two persons were killed and 117 injured. Investigation at the time re. sulted in a finding of improper han- dling of orders, and Mr. Borland was detailed to determine whether prc- tices of the road had improved. “The situation today appears to be as bad as it was at the time of the original investigation,” the Borland report said. — RUSSIAN, 74, TO BE SHOT. Commander of One of Kolchak’s Regiments Doomed by Reds. SVERDLOVSK (formerly Ekaterin- burg), Russia, March 1 (#).—Com- mander Theodore Volkoff, head of one of Admiral Kolchak's regiments, was sentenced today to be shot for alleged wholesale atrocities against the sup- porters of the Red army in 19 Volkoff is 74 yvears old. ¥ v It was declared at the trial that 300 of his victims were found in a single mine shaft. Pleading for his life, Volkoff's counsel said that the 8ole reason for his crimes was to obtain revenge for the seizure of two of his cows by men of the Red army before the civil warfare began. MISSION INVITES PUBLIC. Women's Guild Host Tomorrow at Emergency Home. The Women's Guild of the Cen- tral Union Mission will be host to the public in the “open house” of Mission's Emergency Home for Children tomorrow from 2 to 5 p.m. in celebration’ of the tenth gnnivers- a of the founding of t Home. The Guild, founded in 1910 is com- posed of 100 women from about 60 churches of Washington and will be represented by its social committee, of which Mrs. Austin M. Cooper is chairman and by Mrs. William H. Ramsey, president of the Guild. Visitors will be conducted through the Home. In the evening, the “open house” will. be continued with the Mission's Kvening Auxiliary, Mrs. A. 2. Benner, president, as host. The ening Auxillary is composed of iness women of Washington. e Children’'s Emergency Home is at 624 Louisiana avenue. BLAIR QUITS TREASURY. Mellon's Legal Adviser to Become Aid to Bank President. Floyd G. Blair of the Treasury De- partment war loan staff resigned to- day to go with the National City Bank of New York City, where, it was understood, he is to be an assistant to the president, Charles E. Mitchell. Mr. Blair for three years had been legal adviser to Secretary Mellon and Undersecretary Girard B. Winston, who recently resigned. Succeeding Mr. Blair on the war loan staff, the Treasury has appointed Albert G. Redpath of New York City, a lawyer. Arsenal Repairs Approved. An appropriation of $2,341,348 for repairing and rebuilding the Pica- tinny Army Arsenal in New Jersey, which was damaged by explosions and fire last Summier, would be au- thorized under a bill passed last night by the House and sent to the Senate. prohibition bill under the cloture rule to the exclusion of other business. | Park was today opened for the sea- Other important measures, he said, were awdgting the disposition of the [of two months because’ the officlals prohibition bill, including 1o f: tate business and that he was | property bill, the pyblic bufl unwilling to make a ruling that and the Jugoslav Qe A ings bill settlement bill. - . Tourist Camp Opens. The tourist camp in East Potomac son. 1t has been closed for a period I&II. alien | believed that the small amount of business during that period warrant keeping it open. digy ot % VENING AR._WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, MARCH 1. 192 |Buyers of Oysters Protest Mobbing DAUGHER TV CASE By Alert Salesmen | l'd.pmm« of the fleet of oyster boats which dock at the municipal fish wharves were prevailed upon today by George M. Roberts, super. intendent of weights anl measures of the Distrlet, to abandon the practice of employing high-pressure salesmen to solicit trade nea: the w |Buckner’s Summation in| {Trial of Former Officials Sets | Record for Length. { runners” have become so numerous that prospective ovater | buyers are virtually mobbed when they visit the wharves, 1ccording | By the Associated Press | to Mr. Roberts. W YORK., March 1. -Summations | The oyster boat captains were {in (he Daugherty-Miller trial ended| CAlled into conference by Mr. i 3 3 & | Roberts, and promised 1o co- {today. United States Attorney Emory | gperate { . Buckner concluded the longest ve- | —|sume of a cuse in the history of the local Federal Court with a plea that | Iarry M. Daugherty. former Attorne PARIS DEBT OFFER ARRIVAL AWAITED |to defraud the United States of their | beat services in_ connection with the allowance of a $7, Gene and Thomas W. Miller, for- mer alien property custodian, be found guilty. | They are charged with ('(;nslmm'.\'} 00,000 claim for the ‘x‘ulro(‘e]edl of shares of the American | P S Metal Co.. impounded as enemy | |owned. 1tix allegea they particivated | Proposal to Pay Under Un- in a $441,000 “bribe.” Buckner's summation, which began | Friday morning, was finally limited by the court. Holds Evidence ( hing. It shouldn’t take vou more than'15 minutes to find Miller guilt; Buck ner said in conclusion. “When you take up the question of Daugherty’s zuilt or innocence, it you understand ratified Agreement Satisfac- I tory, Mellon Says. he American Government expecting momentarily to receive om France an. official offer to pay today the evidence, it should not take you |under the terms of the unratified much longer. Don’t let him fool You | Franco-American debt agreement, with pleas for sympathy. = ©which would amortize the French If you let Harry M. Daugher(y &0 | gepy (o the United States in 62 yea free, you are virtuallysaying to every [ G65% 1o the Tnited Jtaten m 83 JECER prosecutor in the United States—Just | Shortly after noon today tun along and prosecute the pick. | the Treasury nor the State Depart- | ment had received the offfcial commu- nication. But Secretary of the Treas- Mellon had given official notice that it w. expected vesterday. In a formal statement he said he had been advised that it was being forwarded, and explained that the offer as he un- derstood it, “was satisfactory pockets and the rest of the small fry, but_don’t bother the higher-ups.’ “The case against Daugherty is just as crushing, just as convincing as the one against Miller. If vou listen to pleas for sympathy and acquit them, cou'll be vindicating their conduct, Which I& indefensible in Government officials.” 1 The courtroom doors were then Announcement by Mellon. g locked and Judge Knox began his The Secretary made the following x to the jury. formal announcement yesterday c‘j’"lld‘;? Knox’chamfld that ”(h?l'P» is| . Lacour-Gayet, the French no evidence in the case from which, al attache, has told me that the jury can infer that either Georgs rench finance minister is for- E. Williams, Guy D. Goff or Adna R.|warding to me today a letter inform- Johnson was a party to the con:ling the Treasury Department that the spiracy charged in the indictment.”| French Government will pay to the Nor, he said, could efther defendant | Government of the United States on June 15 the sum of $10,000,000 on ac- count of the outstanding French debt, exclusive of the debt arising from the purchase of surplus war materials. If and when a debt-funding agreement has been ratified by the French Par- liament and by the Congress, it is to be understood that this $10,000,000 will be credited to the annuities provided for in such agreement. “The French finance minister fur- ther informs the Treasury Depart- ment that his government will con- tinue to make payments on account of the war material purchase debt in acordance with the terms of the obli- gations now held by the United States Government. “The payment of the ten million dollars and the understanding out- lined are satisfactory to the Treasury Department. Approvel By French Cabinet. PARIS, March 1 (#).—The cabinet today approved the tentative text of the Franco-American provisiona! debt payment agreement. - ARMY HOUSING GETS 0. K. House Passes Conference ’leport Appropriating $8,560,000. The House approved the conference report on the Army housing bill today which carries a total of approxi- mately $8,500,000. . For Bolling Field there is an item of $240,000 for a barracks for 300 enlisted men. For Camp Meade, Md., there are two items, one of $300,000 for barracks to house one battalion of infantry and an item of $150,000 to commence work on hospitals that will ultimately cost $450,000 with a capacity of 114 beds." For ‘Fort Humphreys, Va., Engineeér Station ‘and School, there is an’ item of $160,000 to provide barracks for be held responsible for acts of omis- sion of any of the persons named “unless he had knowledge of and ac- quiesced in such act or ommission.’ Jury May Consider Acts. “But what has just been said,” the court continued, “is not to be taken as a statement that the jury is not permitted to consider whether, in view of all the testimony, any acts or omis- sions of Willlams, Goff or Johnson, in the matter of passing the claims were with knowledgc or acquiesence of one or both of the defendants. The jury may consider properly whether any of the persons mentioned were influenced in doing what was done, or in not do- ing what was left undone, by any one of the alleged conspirators.” At the time the claims in point were passed through the offices of Daugh- erty and Miller Senator Goff was an Assistant Attorney General in general charge of alien property claims for the Attornéy General's office, Johnson was his assistant, and Williams was in direct charge of the work under Miller, COMPANY F OF CENTRAL DECLARED ‘HONOR GUARD’ Wins Title in Competition With Organizations Repyesenting Sec- ond and Third Regiments. Company F, 1st Regiment, of Cen- tral High School, commanded by Capt. Rodney Hatcher, yesterday afternoon was chosen ‘“honor company” of the High School Cadet Corps, following a competition with companies. represent- ing the 2d and 3d Regiments. Company F outmaneuveéred Com- pany H, 3d Regiment, Western High School, commanded by Capt. Samuel Sugar, and Company B, 2d Regiment, McKinley High School, commanded by Capt. Hugh Hussey, jr. Company F, as the ‘“honor com- pany,” will serve as honor guard to Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, com- manding general of the 3d Corps Area, when the latter officiates at the pres- entation of 112 cadet commissions Mon- day afterncon in the Central audi- torium, . The judging yesterday was super- vised by Col. Wallace M. Craigie, pro- fessor of military science and tactics, assisted by Maj. Raymond G. Payne, Maj. John G. Donovan and Capt. David B. Van Pelt. AIR MAIL CONTRACT LET. Philadelphia Firm to Conduct New York-Atlanta Service. The contract for the New York- Atlanta overnight air mail service was awarded by the Post Office De- partment yesterday to the Pitcairn Aviation Co! of Philadelphia, the only bidder. The Pitcairn bid was $3 per pound, including equipment, for carrying the mails. The present plan calls for night flying and the airways will have to be lighted before the service begins. As contemplated, the mail will leave New York and Atlanta at 9 p.m. and arrive at the terminus at 6 a.m. - Stops will be made at Phila- delphia, Washington, Richmond and Greensboro, N. C. * Other stops may be added. The route will connect with other major air mail services and the rate for postage will be 10 cents a i half ounce. 205. enlisted men. 38 PLAYGROUNDS OPEN, Early Spring Activities Incl\ld‘q Base Ball and Track Events. The approach of Spring was her- alded today with the opening of 28 municipal playgrounds and 10 school playgrounds. ‘These recreational grounds will be at the disposal of the children until December 31. Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervis- or of municipal playgrounds, an- nounced that the program of early Spring activities will feature base ball and track events for boys and schlag and track events for girls. The grounds will be open from 11:45 am. to 6 p.m. daily except Saturday, when the hours of operation will be from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. LAUREL ELIGiBLES NAMED Two Men Availabl for. . Position of Ppstmaster: There. Gustavus B. Tithanus and John O. Sharswood were named as eligible for appointment to the position of post- master at Laurel, Md., according to an announcement by the Postmaster General today. The two men were the only ones successtully passing. the civil service examination February 15 for that post. F et i $5,000 APARTMENT FIRE. Fire, rushing up a dumb waiter shaft from the basement, late yester- day afternoon reached the second foor of & fourstory apartment houss of whisky and four automobiles were [at 1935 Seventeenth street, entailing seized yesterday by members of the ¢; partly due to smoke and police dry enforcement squad under [ water, estimated at §5,000. . . the direction of Sergt. George Little emen were -compelled to use a and the precinct commands. Eleven |large quantity ‘of- water in ‘fighting persons were arrested on charges of | the fire and the force of- the water salé, possession and transportation |ctaused plaster 'to fall, narrowly miss. of intoxicants. ing several of ‘the firemen. 11 Seized in Rum Raids. Five hundred and forty-eight quarts Mystery of Unknows € Solved As Millionaire Reveals He Painted It he said to the custodian, “called ‘And Then It Rained.’ Karl Ruble paint- ed i - “Yes,” replled the attendant, ex- citedly. - “Wé are looking for Mr. Ruble. We have $400 for him. Per- haps you know him “I am Karl Ruble,” said Mr. Butler. He explained that he had wanted to do something “on his_own. Hi wanted “And Then It Rained” to stand on its own merits. ¢ Mr. Butler has followed painting as an avocatiofi for' years. His specialty is pe work, and he goes to California and the ‘Berkshire Hills top subjects. He presented the Art Institute.with the George Intes collection of paintings, said to be the finest collec- tion in America of the work of the great landscape artist. Several can- By the Associated Pres CHICAGO, March 1.—The mystery of a striking landscape canvas called And Tfien It Rained” was solved ye: terday by the Chicago Art Institute. Karl Ruble, the records show, paint- ed “And Then It Rained.” He sub- mitted the canvas to the jury select- ing subjects for the annual exhibition of Chicago artists. *“And Then It Rained” was among the favored 269 canvases chosen from the 400 offered. A woman’s olub bought “And Then It Rained” for $400. But Karl Ruble could not be found. The address he had given was fictitious. So the Art Institute was left' with a ‘§400 check and an annoying mystery. Edward B, -Butler, Chicago mil- lionaire and a.trustee of the institute, el:mo to ses the Chicago' artists’ paint- 22 Ce FORT HUMPHREYS ~ BRITISH MAY MEET | - BARRACKS BURNED, - SOVIET IN PARLEY [ Two Structures Occupied by Possibility - of ~ Conference i Non-Commissioned Officers | Suggested as Result of Destroyed—Loss, $15,000. Russian Reply. 'OUR order for ice cream is packed and sealed for you at the freezer—then kept subject toyourcallin your dealer’s refrigeration cabinet. That's the de luxe sealed pint package of The Velvet Kindicecream. Any flavor —ready for you now. SouthernDairies IFire of unknown origin that hroke‘BJ‘ the Amocisted Press out today at Fort Humphreys, Va., LONDON, March 1.--The Daily gutted two flimsy war-time barracks|Sketch says there is a possibility of orcupied by non-commissioned officers |an Anglo-Soviet conference as a con- and their families. threatening for a|sequence of the Russian reply to the while to sweep to other buildings.| British protest against bolshevist prop. Damage was estimated at . aboutjaganda. The newspaper points out 5.000. that the Soviet note suggested Mos- When the post fire -apparatus|cow would like a discussion of Russo- reached the scene the flames were|British relations and says that Great bursting through the roofs of the two-| Britain is likely to agyee if a definite story structures. Only the entire lack | invitation to a co ce is forth- of wind, Col. B. M. Markham, com-|coming. mandant of the post, declared, pre-| There is no sort of confirmation of vented the ‘fire from spreading to|this rumor from any other source. other structures in the densely popu-|The Liberals propose to raise a. de- lated area. . bate on Anglo-Soviet relations in the . House of Commons Thursday, when Household Goods Lost. the House of Lords also will discuss “If there had heen any breeze at|the subject. all,” sald Col. Markham, “it is an| (The British protest to Russia almost certainty that the entire res-|threatened to break the trade agree- ervation perhaps would have been|ment and even to sever diplomatic re- swept clean.” lations ‘unless anti-British propaganda Several sergeants and their fam-|by the Soviets was brought to an end. flies occupied the buildings, the walls | In reply the Soviet government de of which only are standing. One of j clared that derogatory remarks about the sergeants lost. his entire house- | Russia had been made by Bri mi! hold belongings. Sergt. Kaifer and | isters, that no cne would be frightened three others were the only ones in|by the British threats, and that Soviet the buildings at the time and they |Russia = was anxious to . maintain escaped without injury. peace.) Officers at the fort have no idea . 3 how the fire "originated, though it| TROPSKY ATTACKS BRITAIN. is believed possibly the structures % might have been ignited from an over. heated stove. A ‘board of ‘inquiry is to be appointed later today to make an investigation. s Constant Menace. The wife of one of the sergeants, who had been out with her baby, was returning home at 11 o'clock when she saw signs of the fire inside one of the two structures. She gave the alarm, but the flames had spread to the ad- Joining barracks before help arrived. The two buildings comprised four sets of quarters. An appropriation of $500,000 is avail- able for permanent fireproof struc- tures at Fort Humphreys, it was stated, but none of these can be built before next year. Meanwhile, it was pointed out, fires at the post are a con- stant menace, “Y” DRIVE CONTINUES. Total of 82 New Members Receiv- ed—Dinner to Be Tonight. _The third “report” dinner of the Y. M. C. A. membership campaign will be held this evening at b5:40 o'clock in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium, it was announced today, instead of the usual hour of 6 o'clock. A total of 82 new members have been se- cured, it was announced at last night's dinner. The campaign will end Thursday evening. Those who turned in the largest number of new members yesterday were; T. W. Seay, Garrett Barr, Guy Withers, K. Buker, L. E. Skeen, C. W. Boteler, E. M. Ellison, D. ‘W. E. Mooney, J. C. Richards and .W. B. Charges Chamberiain Responsible for Executing Shanghai Strikebreakers. MOSCOW, March 1 (P).—Making his first appearance after months of retirement, Leon Trotsky, former com- missar for war and marine, has launched a bitter-attack against Great Britain. Addressing a gathering yes- terday, he charged that Sir Austen Chamberlain, the British foreign sec- retary, and his party had organized the execution of 50 strikeWreakers in Shanghai, adding: ““We would drown these foreign exe- cutioners and aid in sending them to perdition. Referring to the British protest against Soviet propaganda, he de- clared emphatically that no British note could prevent Soviet Russia from helping the Chinese. The real object in dispatching the note, he said, was “to engage the Soviet’s attention from China while England increased her in- tervention there.” & Previously he declared: “Europe is fast going to its economic doom, While the United States is constantly rising. There can be no such miracle as a triumph by Europe over the United States.” ‘When Trotsky rose to speak, there ‘was an outburst of cheering lasting 10 minutes, with shouts of “Long live the creator of the Red army' EACH bite is one surprise after another. MRS. ALICE L. ELLIS DIES. Former Philadelphian Resident Here for Half a Century. Mrs. Alice L. Ellis, 79, widow of Dornin Ellis, died at a local hospital Sunday after a prolonged illness. Mrs. Ellis, formerly of Philadelphia, has been a resident of Washington since her marriage, about a half century. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Adelaide E. Grant of the Ward- man Park Hotel, and a son, Lemuel Ellls of Los Angeles, and two grand- children. h - The services for the deceased took place this afternoon at the Almus R. Speare’s funeral parlors, 1623 Con- necticut avenue. Rev. Moses R. Lovell 1t Pleasant Congregational Church officiated. Interment was in Congressional Cemetery. Coulter. QUESTION-OF FAIR TRIAL ‘FOR SINGLMIR-RAISED - . BY QIL LEASE DECISION (Contintied from First Page.) was bitterly criticized for his relent- less pursuit of the ofl magnatés, had the satisfaction of knowing that ir- respective of the jury trial the de- cision of the Supreme Court bears out the findings of the Senate investigat- ing committee. DR. LEWIS RESIGNS re is no criticism on of LBERT HUB- ;fi.flfi‘fi%’.@%"f;fi% | . AS HEAD OF G. W. U. E BARD once re- statutes are taguely worded and their | +F0'GO TO LAFAYETTE marked that “the weakness as 4 means of average American drinks anything the milkman leaves on the window-sill and eats anything the grocer deposits on the back door-step” S He still further said that when it comes to the mat- ter of eating, wise is the man who is both finicky and fussy s Accordingly he ' advised every one to demand fewer things and better things— to seek quality not quane tity in .their food pure chases What Hubbard said may have been true then, but does not apply to the pres- ent—people are demanding better quality. It is not easy to sell just any old coffee today. Americans have grown too finicky about their favorite drink S If you are looking for better y in coffee, 1 honestly be- e you cannot find better value than you get in Wilkins, Wot't you try it when your present supply is exhausted? Just tell the grocer you want g pound of— h'i. :n Forceful play upon these ) the conspiracy statutes and M‘Mlp- quittals. Also the facts in the case are S0 involved that a jury findsa technical case like that of the oil leases difficult to follow, relying mostly on the sum- ming up of persuasive attorneys. So far a8 ‘punishment is concerned, the Su- preme - Court verdict will hurt far more than personal punishment, for there is no appeal from the decision of the Supreme Court—it says the final ‘word. PREPARE FOR LEASE RETURN. (Coditinued from First Page.) take over the office at the beginning of the next session. Dr.’ Lewis, was born in Howell, Mich., March 24, 1878, the son of James and Mary (Coe Farrand) Lewis. He was graduated from Lake Forest College (Illinois) in 1900 with the de- gr:e of A. B, He received his A. M. ‘from Illinois College in 1902. In June, 1924, he received the degree of LL. from Lake Forest College and in June, 1925, LL. D. from Norwich University. From 1900 to 1903 he was an in- structor at Illinois College. The fol- lowing three years he acted as in- structor at Lake Forest College. From 1906 to 1913, he was headmaster at Lake Forest Academy. The last two years of this period he was presi- dent of the Board of Education of Lake Forest, and from 1909 to 1912, he lectured at the McCormick Theolog- ical Seminary in Chicago. Alded in War Work. The years 1913-14 were spent b; Mr. Lewis in traveling about England, France, and Germany studying the éducational systems of those nations. Upon--his return to Lake Forest he was_elected- mayor of the city and chosen a ‘member of the Board of Re- view of Lake County. ‘These duties occupied his time until the entrance of America into the war of 1817. He then came to Washing- ton as the executive secretary of the | National - Committee of : Patriotic les, which post he occupied dur- Ing 1917 to 1919. From 1919 to 1921 he was the director of the Savings Division of the United States Treasury Department, handling the sales of war saving stamps and developing a national thrift campaign during the difficult post-war period. In 1921 he became the chief of the Educational Service of the United States Chamber of Commerce,. Since 1923 he has been a special lecturer at the Colorado Btate Teachers College. In 1923 he was chosen president of George Washington University, In 1924 he wis mn“;'mddaut of the Associa- tion of University. He is on the executive committee of the Ameri- can Cauncil of Education. Noted Also as Writer. Navy Considers Steps to Take Back Elk Hills Reserve. By the Associated Press. Administrative details were under consideration today by the Navy De- partment in connection with plans for taking over the Elk Hills, California, naval oil reserve, which was returned to the Government’s jurisdiction yes- terday under a Supreme Court decision holding the reserve’s lease to Edward L. Doheny was made. in an-ijiegal, fraudulent'and co) ‘manner. Rear Adiniral H. H. Rousséay; Engineer Corps; will be -pldced in charge of the reserve, which has.been operated by a court receiver while the long legal fight over the validity of its | award to Doheny by Albert B. Fall as Secretary of the Interior, has proceed- ed in the courts. § i Awalit Teapot Dome Decision. Having’ dfsposéd of the California oil magnate's case in a decision which was a sweeping victory for the Gov: ernment, attention is now centered on the highest Court’s ruling in the case of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve, ‘which Fall leased to Harry F. Sinclair. The Court yesterday advanced for hearing on April 11 Sinclair's appeal from the Circuit Court decision can- celing the lease and contracts, and in view of the ruling yesterday that the leasing act of 1920, did not ‘authorize leasing of the naval oil reseryes, it was freely predicted, by court. atten its that the Teapot Donie.case would be dealt with in a similar T S ' 'Jphoh‘lln:".‘l the ;;Lr;\lllt Oeglrcth find- s, yestel y's lon, wi was| - unanimous, Confirmed every conten. g b i R ton of the special Government coun- | Of Late Jorest 2ue BO prosiden K wel, held that it was the established h"il dored Totabi uhl.lr“ T. policy of Congress and the Govern-| CH, 3“ ;‘mu‘m o t. vr. c serv- ment to maintain the reserve fuel|ic® oo -ng mmfl‘l:eu supply “of the Navy underground, |Movement in Thicago god throughout and referred Doheny to Congress for | the Middle West in 191516, and as any rellef for expenditure of more | €ivillan adviser to the Morale Divi- than $10,000,000 in erecting storage sion of the Army in 1918. He is tanks at Pear] Harbor, Hawadl, under | Widely known as a. lecturer on eco- his contracts; for fuel ol placsd in|BOmic subjects, Dr. Lewis is a member of the &:’:'m'e"% lkto}n;’ "l.m‘gmvmfn! Work | Gosmos, University and Cheyy Chase Clubs of Washington, the Sons of Corruption Is Charged. the American Revolution, ‘the Mili- ‘The contracts and leases, and every- tary Order of the Loyal Legion, the Kiwanis Club and ‘the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Dr. Lewis is. a trustee of the Georgetown Preshy- terian Church, He is the author of various arti- cles for aring: that the storage of fuel| oil at Pearl bor had not been; authorized beyond the facilities pro- vided by Congress, the ‘court held thdf ‘ens ' decide osition || whether' for mon spent in their erection or ] made under