Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1927, Page 2

69TH CONGRESS SETS RECORD FOR FIGHTS AND IMPORTANT ACTS MANY INPORTANT SIRHENRY LUNNLL INGA English Lecturer and Lay ‘¢ Churchman Unable to ' Make Two Addresses. | ey | day passes ninth Con, which to into history, has remarkable for its fighting propen ! sities, particularly in the final session. Its rows were by no means confined to the Senate and the House, but it ntagonized President Cool- asions, But notwithstanding _the strife which marked many of its sessions, the Congress enacted important legis. lation To its credit in the second session now closing must be chalked up the o control bill, ‘the branch anking bill, the soldiers’ loan bill and | the prohibition reorganization bill. In ts firsy sexsion were put through the x reduction hill of 1926, the railroad 1, whioh had the pproval of and the railroad execu part and which abol ished the Raitroad Labor Board, and American adherence to the Court. The last has been nullified by the failure of foreign powers 1o accept the Senate reservations to adherence. Investigated Primary Expenditures. envy Lunn, English lecturer churchman, who was fo have . delivered an address at George Wash ington University this merning, is confined to his hotel by illness and was unable to speak there or at the Juncheon of the Lnglish Speaking Union, held this afternoon at the Cariton Hotel. at which he was to have been the guest of honor with Thomas T. 1. Cadett, English jour nalist, Mr. Cadett, who w newspaper work in Ind after duation from the Military demy. and who si time has been on_the stail London Times. spoke Hines Page newspape fellowship. which he holds. Mr. Cadett is tem porarily on the staff of The Evening Star, and in addition to his explana- tion of the fellowship, he told of his many experiences in journalism Here in Interest of Amity. Sir H Tnited = and lay or 1 many | ignore idge on o engaged in three yvears Eng ce that of the e Walter o Tubor 1 the workers n | tives in grea tion of the Senate to corruption and expenditures in senatorial | primaries last year led to the ap- pointment of a special committee of investigation W of two rvegu- la tepublicans, one Progresstve two Democrats. The 1 Nena “Jim" Reed as chairman. 1t tore the lid off the Republican primaries in Pennsyivania and 1llinois and investi- | ngton Federation. He declared that | gated alleged irregularities and exces. | & closer relationshin between the | sive expenditures in Oregon, Arizona. “churches of Great Britain exists today | Indiana and other Statesx. than at any time prior to the period | The result of the inquiries has been | of improved good will that began 20} to put in serious jeopardy the seat- | years ago. ing of Senatorselect Williams 8. | Vare of Pennsylvania and Frank L. Smith of Illinois. both Republicans. Col. Smith accepted appointment dur- ing the session now ending as Sen- ator from Tllinois to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Sen- ator McKinley. He came to Wash ington this Winter with his cre- dentials, After a bitter fight in the nate they wera referred to the mmittee un privileges and elections vote of 48 to 33, and Col. Smith s not permitted to take the oath of office. Resistance Is Expected. The determir o into alleged ring the t of church understand ted States Institution of vy Lunn s ates in the interc amity and international ing. He came to the U at witation of the International Bducatior SirHenry a ! t 1k the ' comn cil of Chu: inqui the Frankiin Square Hozel t auspices of the Wash e of the Federal Coun- hes and the committee on snternational sood will of the Wash Repub] committ of AMissour: it Bishop McDowell Presided. Bishop William F. McDowell pre-| sided and Bishop “reeman | offered the invo shop B. W. Rhinelander offered the closing player at the luncheon meeting, which was | -attended 100 active churchmen. Preparing himself 40 vears ago for | the work of medical missionary, Sir| ‘Henry was forced by ill health to re-| turn to England from India. in which | place he had begun his mi work. He entered business ‘came successful. but he has continued: his interest in church unity and inter- antional good will. At present he is teditor of the Review of Churches, Colleges at which lie is scheduled to talk include Princeton University, Yale Divinity School, University of Pennsylvania, College of William and Mary, Randolph-Macon College and University of California. / als at_and_Sailings from Mar el aeus : Feb DUE TODAY Feb Feb Mar Feb Feb. 2 Feb 2 enoa Eeb. Feb Fe, Bercngaria—South Breme— Br Cedric- - Colombin—Nan Fraiisd Conta Blancamans —Genoa Deutschland —Hamburg Drottiinghoim— el bty Eepaith— D, oloming Fort Vi rmuca Vitusma-—Danzig Martinigue.— Puerto Minnekahda—London Minnetonka-—J.on Mongolia Colombia K Fampi Seotia —Trin President Preeident Har Tremdent Wilso tegina—Liverpoal orid " eruise ricste OUTGOING STEAVERS. SAILING TODAY Cherbourg and South 11,00 P\ Miduight Olym. amptc Janiand i Clierbourg terranenn Midniglit 4:00 P pada 1:00 P.M Domini Barbadoes. G idud SAILING TOMORROW Muenchen—Cobh, Cherbourg and nerhaven . Carmania—Cobh ‘and Liverpool fultic—tobh and Liverpoo: P rovidenco—t unchal. Naples. Alexandria. alifax. Plymouth 000 A M 00 AN 130 AN 300 P M 00 AN Jian Noon Kuigston The Smith credentials have re- Congress next TFall. Yesterday his Fall they will meet stiff resistance. Retiring Alabama Senator to Di-| | the vacancy caused by the death of Senate, Senator Oscar W, Underwood | ‘anada, in connection with railroad American history in which he was a | sion reportad that there was no rea- try estate contiguous to the acres of | G tic iaioHEy a7 the House and |1t Session,‘the ‘bill in somewhat stitutional, His veto message went to the Stinson Aircraft Co. of Detroit | mustered. Dire prophecies of the in a dawn-to-dusk flight, but strong | | The foreign relations of the |ernment landed Marines to protect | zovernment of President Diaz, a Con Maracaibo—La Guayr dominate that country through the YORK. American Farmer—London {of them. and toward Mexico, He sought in voted down by the committee and a The Senate did pass. however, a tween the United States and Mexico Robert E. Lec— Havana e during the second session, following a ently opposed by the American authorization for the purchase of the . preparatory conference in Geneva, mained in the hands of the commit- tee. The action of the Senate augurs no good for Col. Smith when he pre- sents himself to take the oath of of fice at the first session of the mnew credentials and those of Senator-elect . e Vare of Pennsylvania both were re- | ! ferred to the privileges and elections UNDERWOOD WILL WRITE | committee. When these two Sena | tors-elect come to Washington next BOOK ABOUT HMIS CAREER | ™o, thie tpening day of the second session the fireworks began when Senator Walsh of Montana challenged the right of Senator Arthur R. Gould vide Time Between Virginia of Maine, Republican, elected to fill and Native State. | Senator Fernald, to his seat. Senator Walsh called attention to the charges ¥ (8 Amaciated: Ereas. that Gould 14 vears ago had given a MOBILE, Ala., March 4.—After 30 hribe of $100,000 to a former premier years of service in the House and | of the Province of New Brunswick, of Alabama with the adjournment of | construction. Gould was permitted to Congress today becomes a private citi- { take the oath of office, and the mat- zen. As such he plans to travel ex-|ter was referred to the committee on tensively and to publish a book con-| privileges and elections. The com- taining a story of that phase of | mittee in the closing days of the ses. Vital part. He will divide his home | son Gould should not retain his seat. life between . Alabama and Virginia,| Farm velief legislation occupied. In the former State he has a residence { much of the time of both the House in Birmingham, in the latter a count. |and Senate, but the only measure put | through was a bill for a co-operative Mount Vernon. | marketing division in the Department Senator Underwood. while a member | of Agriculture, tn/ B e in of Congress, achieved numerous hon- | i g equalization fee principle. was | ors. He was the author of the tarifr | With W& eQua’ it (8 Yo ity d sct of 1912, was a leader of the Demo- | defeated in both houres. assed both houses and | Jeader of a Democratic. minority in the | modified form. passed both o P Coolidg: Sunnce. was sent to President Coolids - o : Veto May Aid President. STINSON HOPS OFF, The President vetoed it, declaring it . was unworkable, unjust and uncon CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. March 4 |the Senate, flh\m‘ the bill "NK“ ,’\"“‘ in P).—Edward St . presi |that body. No vote was taken to T o et onf | override the veto. It was well under and two companions took off from |Stcod that a two-thirds vote to pass Marr Field at § o'clovk today for De. | the bill over the veto could not be roft. i L‘e:fling Miami, Fla., early yester. | Dolitical effect of the veto have been 'ty o reach Detroit | Made. but the belief is prevalent that By e o ant oy Jetr0ll | the President strensthened himsell Bead winds Gelayed ‘tHem and rather than lost ground by his action Sotnt. the night beve: and they | i regard to this measure. | States have been the subject of much SHIPPING NEWS | debate in both houses during the ond session, dealing mainly with the = , administration’s policy in Mexico Nicaragua and China. When this gov | American lives and property in Nica there was an outery s in this country because it was alleged there was an effort on the part | of the administration to bolster up the | servative, against the attacks of the o Liberal, Sacassa. Cristobal Gelon—-Siihao. sent special message to Congress o ket | dealing with Nicaragua and virtually Minarzo— Nasea charging Mexico with attempting to DUE TOMORROW. | shipment of arms to the revolutionists. President Rovsevelt—Bremerhuven In the Senate and the bouse resolu B etk aven | tions were introduced demanding that shambeay | the Marines be withdarawn from Nica- EXPE | ragua, but no action was taken on any A% - A i} Mar A;i‘ mirican Merchant—London Mur. 81 i aptin ™t ; | Borah Urged Personal Inqu a—Southampton | Chairman Borah of the Senate | foreign relations committee became one of the principal critics of the administration’s policy in Nicaragua |the closing davs of the session to put through @ resclution authorizing the foreign relations committee 10 g0 10 Mexico during the recess to inquire into conditions there. This wus vesolution authorizing the gommittee to take testimony in the United States was reported. This was lost in the filibustering jum at the wind-up of the session resolution offered hy Senator Robin- son of Arkansas, Democratic leander nd a member of the foreign relations committee, expressing it as the sense of the Senate that the differences he. over the latter's petroleum and San’ Lotanso— San Juwn laws should be submitted to arbitra Va puraiso tion eyt Timo The Senate rejected the long.pend South; .13 ing Lausanne treayt with Turkey bl lengthy debate. All attempts to put the poison gas treaty through the Senate failed also. and the treaty was nitted without reaching a vote its merits. This treaty was sion. Canal Purchase Authorized. Among the bills which finally passed in the second session was the vivers and harbors bill, with its Cape Cod Canal. While the Congress acquiesced in riations asked by President Coolidge to send American repre- sentatives to the arms limitation under the wuspices of the League of DO Nations, it refused to follow his lead 20 24 | and not to appropriate for beginning 00 AM. | work on the last three scout cruisers ,ur the program authorized by Con- capa-—1i; Barrios : antiago. Kingsto Puerto Colomb 00 AM Noon ort 8. Georee Nerisaa—Halifax i"hia—Havana. Port Chistobal and Fueite o oon, Bress In 1924, An appropriatiop of [ N been | World | | ve | nessw from | President Coolidge | nd | tion of the in_the U bitter fight 1 $450.000 to begin constr cruisers was included appropriation bill after lin the House, where demands | made that the’Congress “stand by the President” in this matter | The wet and dry fight stirred Con gress frequently. The drys finally Succeeded it jamming through the called reorganization bill for pro hibition euforcement by invoking the cloture rule, This, however, was the only one of a series of dry bills that were proposed which passed finally Cloture was invoked in the Senate | a1so to pass the branch banking bill {and was held threat over the ite to force action on the MeNary-Haugen \ desperate effort on the Johnson-Sw Lill, designed to harness the waters of the Colorado River, was made in the Senate during the latter part of the second session. Senator Hiram Johnson, leading the fight for the bill, forced the Senate to remain in session continuously for two days and a night. But a filibuster by Sen- ators Ashurst and Cameron of Ari- zona, aided by several other Senator from the West, blocked action on the ill, which dfes with the Congress President’s Appointments Assailed. The Senate undertook to inquire into the activities of the United States aviff Commission, and a special com mittee. headed by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democrat. was appoint ed and extensive hearings weve con- ducted. The President’s appoint ments of commissioners were assailed The Senate vejected the*nomination of Cyrus E. Wooc mer Ambassador to Japan, to be a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission. It also forced the with- drawal of the nomination of a brother of Muajority Leader Tilson of the House to be a Pederal judge in Geor gia. Many of the recommendations made by President Coolidge for legistation were ignored by the Congress. Noth- ing was done about railroad « tion, Muscle Shoals, the merchant ma rine, farm legislation—except the Me- Nary-Haugen bill, which the President would net approve—and coal. The President at the opening of the second sessfon recommended that the surplus revenues in the Treasury be returned to the taxpayers through a rebate on the taxes to be paid in March and June of this vear. But this recom mendation failed to meet the approval of the Democrats and many of the Republicans. In consequence the sur plus will be used to reduce the national debt. The Democrats have sought in vain to initiate legislation looking to a reduction in the tax rates. This did not meet the approval either of the President or of the Republican ma- jority in Congress. It was held that no change should be made in the rates until the existing law had been tried out for a longer period Charges Church With War Plot. In the Senate debates Benator Heflin of Alabama attacked the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Church, alleging that they were seek- ing to embroil the United States with Mexico because of the treatment ac- corded the Catholic Church by the les government. He was himself gorously attecked by Senators Réed of Missouri, Bruce of Maryland and Walsh of Massachusetts, all Demo- crats, These cfashes have stirred bad blood among the Democrats the coun- try over. At the outset of the present Con- gress Vice President Dawes in his actic Dam flood to obtain Roulder Senate rules be amended 8o as to pre- t filibusters through the rule per- mitting unlimited debate. No change in the rules has heen made. The Reed siush fund committea, en- couraged by the decision of the Su- preme Court in the Mal Daugherty case holding that the Senate commit- tees had the power to compel wit- »s to appear, has cited 1o the Nenate for contempt Samuel Insull, | public_utility magnate of Chicago and “angel” of the Smith campaign for nomination to the Senate in Illinois last year; his attorney. Daniel ' chuyler, ‘und Thomas W. Cunning- ham of Philadelphia, who testified he gave $50,000 to the Vare primary cam- paign. All of them refused to answer certain questions regarding campaign contributions. In the final jam in the Senate the citiations were not acted upon. But Senator Reed of Missouri has promised to press them when the Senate meets again. ON $20,000,000 WILL Recluse’s Attorney Exonerated as Former Protege Charges Un- due Influence. By the Associuted Press NEW YORK. March for the plaintift w terday in the suit lison, former tain the benefacior, | Methuen, 4.—~The completed Angelo M. operator, to ob- estate of his Searles, late and one of conerated of elevator $20.000,000 fdward T Mass., recluse, the two defendants was ¢ all charges The action was bro {against Arthur T. Walker, Searles seeretary, and Lewis L. Delafield, who drew the Searles will. Iilison chiirgad that Walker used undue influence in by Ellison with only $10,000 and to leave self the bulk of the estate. charged Delafield with delaying tion of the will until tore Searles died. When counsel fo [ mottors made charge: dropped o s, T to him- He execu few days be- Elliso:n restad the inst both detend he Judge granted the amotion | in o far as ft affected Delafield, but erved decision in regard to Walke ntdl defonse testimony has been heard. Court was then adjourned until tomorrow morning. Ellison had told on the promises he said Searles stand had of 2 fortune. lle said that his rela- With the old man had heen | those of & father and #on, the sub. t of adoption having been discussed between them. and asserted that he | had had every reason to expect to be named heir. DEARTH IS SUSPENDED. | INDIA POLIS, March 4 (#)— {Articles of impeachment against Clag L eng W. Dearth, jud of the Del | ware County Circuit Court, were flled iln the Indiana Senate today by a board of managers of the House of Representatives, With ‘the completion mality, Judge Dearth a of this for- was automati- suspended from office. . Danville Seeks Conference. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va.,, Mar Danville Ministerial Assoc { meeting here next Monday [der an invitation to the Methodist next Fall, h 4.-—The were | of Pennsylvania, for-{ inaugural address demanded’ that the | ONE CLEARED IN FIGHT cauking the recluse to cut Elligon off | made 1 that he would leave him his en-Y tion at its will ten- Virginia Conference to meet here. PITAL HOTEL Legictation included Rail Labor. Radio. D. C. ITEMS LOST Branch Banking. Veterans' Loan and Prohibition Reorganization Bills. Buildings Bill Amendment Causes Failure of Measure to Buy Triangle Land. otgh many measures of im portance to Washington were enacted early Congress, Sixty ninth improvements in the 1 farreaching fell by the wayside accumulated 1 sever: the city in the that filibuster buildings 5,000,000 i for | Jam Se. hind the ate The curried Bill, which anthoriz public the §2 the Tand remaining in priv the Pennsylvania as of the building i ir s on to buy e awnership in trinngle part program, falled ity of the Senate to get a Vo e House amendment. Local Portion Approved. Joeal portion of the bill approved by both enate House, but could not become without _the concurrence of the te in the House amendment, adding $100.000,000 for post offices through out the conuntry, K The second deficiency appropriation Bill, which carried $831,000 to meet urgent requirements of the munick pal governr at, and §820.000 to buy the land for the new botanical gar den also fail The sepat nue hecase the had and he been appropriation bill, making available another instalment tof $2.275.000 toward the $30,000.000 building program in Washington, like wise was caught in the Senate jam. City ltems Lost. Among the items for the city govern ment that failed with the deficiency bjll were the following: 1or the refund of taxes erroneously collected, $1,500; authority to proceed with the opening of the new street be- tween Georgin avenue and Ninth street near the base ball park, and similar authority for the widening of Nichols avenue uthority to proceed with the widening of First street be- tween G and Myrtle streets north east 000 for the payment of school teachers’ annuities: to buy land near | the Randai Sehool. $50,000: to buila an eight.room schodl to replace the Randall and Bell schools, $175,000. To pay the relief and other ailow anc from the’ policemen’s and fir men's relief fund, $135,000; additional appropriation for jury service in the various courts of the District: for the malntenance of fe ninded children, $1,376; for the F rd of Public Wel fare, including jail maintenance $48,690: to furnish the enlarged por- tion of the jail, £13.000; for repairing the brick plant at Occoquan, $18,000: for Columbia Hospital, $14, and $350,000 for the construction of the new nurses’ home at that hospital. | The deficiency bill also contained a Senate amendment which would have { resulted, if enacted, in rveducing the j assessment levied against property owners for sewer 1 water mains. |STUDENT SHOOTS | HIMSELF TO DEATH AT CENTRAL HIGH | (Continued from First Page) | jant superintendent of schools this aft- {ernoon foliowing investigation ! which he declared failed to reveal the | stightest motive for the to. have { committed suicide. | Kramer expressed that { the boy might have placed the weapen [ to his head in a spirit of bragewdocio {and inadvertedly pressed the trizger. | Mrs. Willett, his mother, years }old, has taught as a teacher of English fat Central High School since she was | first appointed in the service h | Maxch 15, 1920. | The body was taken to the Distriet morgue later in the morning. | Young Kelly, who resides at the {Cordova Apartments, was questioned by Coroner Nevitt, who stated an in quest would not be necessary. FLYERS LEAVE ASUNCION. an y the opinion Two Surviving Good-Will Planes | on Way to Montevideo. ASUNCION, | “Continuing their good-will flight, the {two surviving planes of the leading {section_of the United States Army Pan-American squadron left Asuncion at 6 o'clock this morning for Monte- video, Uruguay. They planned to make a brief stop at Rosario, Argentina, before going to the Uruguayan capital. TREMOR DAMAGES TOWN. i Church and Residences Toll of Earthquake in Hungary. BUDAPEST, Hungary, March 4 (). An earthguake occurring at 7:22 a.an, today caused msiderable dam age in the town of Var-Palota, about 50 miles from here. he church nd & number of residences were damag 60 chimmeys being shaken down. Another tremor occred at 11:50 a.m. shook down another house at ota and also was felt here. LACE BOOM FORECAST. i LONDON, March 4 (#).—Not tinghum lace manofacturers are anticipating something of a boom in i their. products result of {retyrn to ity | women's garments thi | Models Rpring underwear ! fashions have been designed for a i larger proportion of jace accessories {and there are signs return to & orm of “ruffle,” which is Intended {10 e worn over Spring and Summer costumes as a separate article. Frills and tucks on Spring gowns will also make cmployment more generul in the district, Sea Lion Is Victor In Battle to Death With Huge Octopus By the Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. Prof. Wesley R. Coe, Yale scientist engaged in research work the University of California sea labor- atory near La Jolla, today described a fight to the death betiveen a huge optopus and a sea lion which met near the laboratory. The sea lion was the agressor. The octopus threw its tentacles around the sea lion's neck and gripped its head, making desperate efforts to fend off the slashing teeth. Presently the tentacles lost their grip on the sea lion's slippery head. The .lion keized the octopus and threw it high in the air. As it descended the lion found a vital spot and ended its life with one i i poit March 4. s uay, March 4 (). | ed, | CoL. DN PUBLIC UTILITIES BODY TO ORGANIZE FOR WORK TOMORROW HARRIS BRAND. (Continuad from First Page.) rtment of Justice and the White House, it was learned today, before Brand’s name was sent to the wate, and Mrs, Brand, at the home, Kave assurances that such n ap pointment would be acceptabie. Adams Asked Withdrawal. 1t developed today that Mr. Adams decided himself to have his name elin; inated as a member of the new Public Utilitles Commission. Realizing that the Senate would not confirm his nomination, Mr. Adams notified Presi- dent Coolidge last night that he would like to withdraw in the interest of the public’s welfare, thus insuring con- firmation of the other commissioners. He obtained his first intimation that there was objection to his nomination when he read yesterday's Star. President Coolidge would not ac- cede to this proposition, it was learned in authoritative sourceg, until he had satisfled himself there was no other recourse. It Is known that the Pres dent did not decide upon Mr. Adams successor on the new board until late last_night, after he had been in close crence with Attorney General It was emphasized today by those famillar with the action of the Senate District committee in requesting the President to withdraw Mr. Adams’ | name that the committee had found no charge against Mr, Adams qr any- thing derogatory o his reputation. al- though a careful review was made of his record . The sole reason President to withd the fact that the committee felt, it was stated today, that Mr. Adams lacked the training and experience held necessary for a member of the newly created Public Utilities Com- ssion. Members of the committee were emphatic in declaring that Mr. Adams’ personal character and his business record were unblemished but that in the haste and uncertainty {of the closing hours of Congress it be. | came apparent that objection would { be made by the Senate when his name was formally placed before it for ap- proval. This objection. it to be based on his lack of experience in public utility matters, and bers of the committee thought it best to safeguard all appointments by withdrawing one which might tie the matter up and thereby spoil the chanées for a new Public Utilitles Commission for this District until the next session of Congress. Adams in Dark on Moves. Mr. Adams himself declined to com- ment on the withdrawal of his name when interviewed at his residence, Morrison street northwest, today nd saying: am utterly in the dark as to information was developed at Capitol to cause objection in some cireles to my appointment on the commission. 1 know of no reason why objection should be raised by any one “The flvst intimation I had that my name might be withdrawn was when 1 read last night's Star.” Harrison Brand, jr.. the new com- missioner, is 35 yéars old, having been born August 241891, at Ilion, N. Y., where he received his early education and graduated from the high school. He attended Ohio University and re- ceived an appointment to West Point, | from which he was graduated in 1913, Runking high in his class, he was com missioned a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers, and served throughout the World War as in for requesting the w his name was was stated, was finally with the general staff here in Washington. When the war hroke out he was sta tioned as instructor at Camp Ameri- can University in this city and later was transferred to various posts. in- cluding Camp Lee, Va., und Camp For- rest, Ga.. before being brought back to the Capital for duty with the gen- al staff, Lived While Coast. Following the war, he was ferred 1o Los Angeles for duty on rivers and harbors work. While lo- cated there he resigned from the Army nd went into the law office of a promi nent firm in that city. In the mean- time, he had married in 1917 Miss Helen McCumber, daughter of former Senator McC'umber of North Dukota, and the family lived at Pasadena while he was with the law firm in Los An geles for two vears. In 1922 he moved to {office of his father-in-law, continuing the study of law, and later was ad- mitted to the bar of the District. Ile is now u member of the law firm of MeCumber & Brand. with offiees in the Investment Building, specializing in tax and tariff cases. During his career in the Army Mr. Brand was promoted from the rank of second lieutenant to the war rank {of licutenant colonel, and had he re- mained in the regular service, would have continued with the rank of ma- | jor. Following his resignation from the regular service, however, Mr. Brand entered the reserves, and fs now active in this branch of the service, holding the rank of lieutenant colonel of the 343rd Reserve Regiment with headquarters in Washington. Will Return Sunday. Mr, Brand has lived in this city now for more than five vears, bringing him within that requisite of the law for appointment to his new post. He is a member of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, the Chevy Chase Club and the Racquet Club. He is a Mason, belonging to the South Gate Lodge, at | LLos Angeles, and an associate member of the American Society of Civil En- gineers. Ile is vice president of the Society of American Military Engi- neers, Mr, and Mrs, Brand have one son, Harrison Brand, 3d. The new commissioner will be back in Washington Sunday. Mrs. Brand sent him telegraphic notification of his appointment this morning, but up to an early hour today had not heard in reply of any change in his plans for returning Sun; Brand Quickly Confirmed. The nomination of Col. Brand and his confirmation, together with the confirmation of Mr. Fleharty and Mr. Childress, came within a few hours after President Coolldge had sent the new. momination to Senate last trans- mem- | structor at various training camps and | Washington and entered the law | SEAS WRECK SHIP Three Others Cast Adrift Off New England—Virginia Damage Heavy. ORLIZANS, Mass,, March 4.—Break fog up of the Nova Scotian schdoner Montelair today just as a breech buoy was transferring her crew to| the shore cost the lives of two men nd threw three others into a most | precarious position, with bundles of {laths their only support. ‘Two men were hrought ashore in the breeches buoy bhefore it coliapsed The schooner, which had been dr on a b off si A the early morning for hours heyond reach Coast Guardsie bout beach range. | Then the rising tide lifted the pled craft. over the bar and drove he in toward the beach. One hundre {vards from shore she struc The Coast Guardsmen shot aboard. The first to come ashore was Giarland Short. Back went the brecches through the surf to the side | of the stricken vessel, and Mason Pagg stepped into them d hauled toward safety. He was more than half-way to shore when th three masts toppled, and the Montelaiy 1orok Ny up rapic | l, FGUR BARG ra mile was the could live in suns could | i S MISSING. Other Vessels Escape Grip of | Storm Off Virginia. NORFOLK, Va., March 4 (®) Only four barges of the numerc craft that have besieged Coast Guard | headquarters with calls for help. and | kept them working overtime night and day since the storm that swept the coast on Wednesday, refnained unaccounted for today, many report ing that they were in distress yes- terday having gotten to safety. The Armistead, which broke from the tug Bath Gate off Hog Island in the storm, 1s still adrift somewhere | off Fenwick Island Lightship, while ! three barges, the Chatham. the Or leand and the Falmouth, which were abandoned by the tug Lureka about 10 miles north of Fenwick Island light-vessel Wednesday morning, have | not vet been located by the Coast Guard eutter’ Mascoutin, which searching for them. The Armistead is known ‘o have crew of five men on board, and noth ing is known of her condition. The reports of the abxr doning of the three barges by the Eureka made no men tion of any crews, but it is thought Jikely that they ave still abowrd the drifting ships. Many al DAMAGED. Virginia Beach Surf Inflicts Says Norfollk Report. NORFOLK, Va., March 4 (®).—The| first Virginta Beach people to reach Norfolk since about noon Wednesday arrived here at 8 o'clock yesterday | afternoon and that _great damage had been done to seawalls and | bulkheads by the heavlest surf in years| and that a schooner, which ‘went| ashore off Twenty-fourth street Wed. nesday night, had freed herself and then stranded again off Cape Henry,| where she now lies helpless. | The name of the sailing vessel which | is in distress off ¢ Henry was not known to the first party to bring the news through the wall of snow which has shut off Norfolk for more | than 24 hours from its resort neigh-| { bor. . reported i HEAVY LOSS HIPPING. Reports of Storm Havoe Increase as| ! ww Troubles Pass. RICHMOND, V March 4 ®).— | While the South and Middle Atlantic States, hit by the storm of Wednes. day, dug themselves from under the | heavy snowfall vesterday, reports of damage to shipping increased. 17 0ff smiths Point. Va. where the Chesapeake Bay steamer City of An | napolis was sunk in collision with her sister ship, City of Richmond. last week, the steamer Firmore was reported aground. She was bound { from Daiquieri for Baltimore with a known eailing vessel was stranded ‘aflru(; of ore. At Cape Henry an un while somewhere along the seaboard the two lightships, Charles and No. 91, fand two barges were adrift 5 BAND CONCERTS. TODAY. Ly the United States Marine Band | Orchestra, at_the Marine Barracks, |3:30 o'clock. William H. Santelmann. {leader; Taylor Branson, second | leader. TOMORROW. the United States Bund Orchestra, at Hall, 5:45 o'clock, John &. { merman, leader; Emil A. i. econd leader. { | | By Home Soldier: Stanley M. Zim- Fenstad, With the end of the session matter of hours, members of the Senate District committee acted with nlacrity to save the District from the uncertainties that might have de- veloped between now and next De. cember in utility regulation had the nominations failed of confirmation. As had been forecast yesterday, the President late last night notified the | enate he had withdrawn the name of Mr. Adams. In the same mes; he nominated Col. Brand, who practicing attorney here When the message arrived the Sen- ate was still_in the throes of the fili- buster that ked all business | since Wednesday. Shortly before midnight, however, the leaders de- ded to call an armistice in the par- liamentary battle until o'clock this morning, and this cleared the for an executive session to con- sider appointments In the meantime, the special sub- committee of the Senate District com- mittee, headed by Senator Jones, Re- publican, of Washington, made its veport on the three nominations. The full committee was polled for its ap- proval and the Senate itself then was ble to act. It became, known that members of the Senate committee had indicated to the Presidént that Mr. Childress and Mr. Fleharty prob- Ably would be approved if some one Were substituted for Mr. Adams. Ac- cordingly, members of the committee had Dbeen expecting the messag Which came from the President last night and were prefared to act promptly. e subcommittee handling the nominations had met a number of times in executive session during the past week, at one of which sessions it interviewed Childree, Adams and Fleharty. Members of the subcom- mittee have not discussed what oc- curred during the meetings held on the nominations, but information filtering out at the Capitol has been to the effect that the inquiry concern- ed merely the general qualifications of the appointees. Although' a number of leaders in the-citizens’ association movement ap. peared before the subcommittee, so far as could be learned they made no specific complaints against Messrs. Childress, #d8ms and Fleharty, but urged carefiil study of thelr qt “tions for piblic utility service, night. only a a \WHITE HOUSE MADE { done, a | be, necessary, it was pointed out, for | wil Bogy Found After Tenement Fire NAMES LAID OVER ’Action Refused on Caldwell ; and Bellows—Three Others Confirmed. | By the The Ao itersta the nomin: New York and H Minne me tio ¢ Theso ne the comr Senate after sther three members 1 had been approves Senators e i eree take an A. Bel bers committee 1 ell of ntrol Commission s were referred night by appointments of the f the commis las the n Ronina | Senate withou 1 | | HARRIS 5 ejudice EWING Recess Appointments Probable President Coolidge ake r appointments places if he w0 desire 15 been. oppost oved | tion to t ppointees on the they were “handpicked” | | REAR ADMIRAL W. H. G. BULLARD, United States Navy, retired, app by Senate as member of new Radio Commission. ground that Hoover by Secretary It became a virtual certainty today tar g of the commission for he purpose of orzanization cannot be held for a month or more, although | the new radio governing body can | function with three members. | Each comr will reccive a salary of 210,000 for the f ¥ and rec pay at the rate of $30 for each meeting of the comm sion€after the first year “The first task of the commission, 1t was 4 imed, would be to organize when Admiral Bullard arrives in Washington, and to map out a plan of operation. Sessions of the com mission to straighten out the tangled dio situation are expected to be held almost continuously from the time of the inftial organization meeting in order that the immense task of aas- signing ether channels and allotting broadcasting time and licenses may be completed within a year, Hoover Has No Plan, Secreta ¢ Commerce Hoover, former “czar” of the air, has declaved that he has prepared no plan of op- eration for the commission, and that it will proceed independently to work out its own scheme of operation, Files of the radio section of the Commerce Department and all information bear- ing on radio administration will be available to the new commission, how- ever. ‘The largest job before the comunis on, it was said at the department | wonld be to so place radio broadcast- stations that the present inter enice would be reduced. There are present 735 stations “on the air.’ h only 89 available wave bands be tween the broadcasting limits of 209 and 545 meters. A yvear ago there were a few more than 500 stations broadeasting, many of them sharing time, and all that were on the air at the same time separated either by bar riers of distance as between the tw asts or by at least 10 kiloeycles of tran: on frequency. In the me time more than 100 stations, acting under the ruling of a Chicago judge who declared the ether free, and | concurring opinion by the Attorney | General, have usurped wave length increased their power and contributed to what Secretary Hoover hus termed “chaos” in the air. . READY FOR REPAIRS Furniture Moved From Upper | Floors in Preparation for Re- building Work. Preparations are heing made at the White House today for the contractor who. will rebuild the roof and upper story of the building. The President having taken up his residence at the temporary home on Dupont Circle, a corps of men were put to today in moving the furniture from the upper floors of the White House and | packing it in the basément, where it | will be protected from damage during | the rebuilding operations. This work is being done by White louse ployes. g A temporary office building for the use of the contractor will be erected on the east side of the building and | work on this was expecied to be started today. Before any razing H’ done on the mansion proper, it was said by Maj. J. C. Mehaffey. of the office of public buildings and public | parks of the National Capital, under whose direction the rebuilding will be | temporary roof will be built entire building This will em- ' over the the protection from the elements of that part of the building which will not be affected by the rebuilding op- erations. As soon as the roof is« completed over a portion of the structure, the work of tearing down the upper part be started, at which time the machinery and materials will be as- sembled for the feMmilding work. G POLICEMAN DIES IN VAIN ATTEMPT TO SAVE MAN seac CRUISERS AT PRACTICE. Three Vessels at Honolulu May Proceed Later to China. HONOLULU, March 4 U@, United States cruisers Cincinnat Richmond and Marblehead, which ar- rived at Pearl Harbor, near here, February 17 to await orders possibly sending them to China, steamed to sea vesterday for target practice. Since they came from Balboa, re- cently there have been rumorg that Near That of Victim He Was Trying to Rescue. ssoviated Press NEW YORK, March 4.—A traffic po- | liceman who plunged into, a five-story burning tenement to resclie screaming cifildren died a victim of the flathes | in a Spring ding today be. | side the body of an aged man he had attempted to drag to safety. | The policeman rushed un ihe flam-| ing staircase and helped several ten-|they might proceed either to China ants to fire escapes before the fire- | or Nicaragua. men arrived | " Their_ target prac "The officer, identified by his partly | place off the Island of Maui and will melted badge Harry. J. Farrell, | continue for two weeks, unles Was found near the foot of the stair- emergency requires their presence in way leading to the rov Chihene Wat@rs or elsewhre. By the ce will take Is Old China Passing? At this moment the commander of ancient Pe g Second'—a 28-year-old fellow .who What is hap- Is like the dignitary pictured above old China passing? \What is the truth about the situation in the Far is “Chang the likes tennis, poker and dancing! pening to the old-style Chinese offic Is East? Upton Close Has jlh‘l returned to this country with brilliant stories of China—and the present mn(lili_ons in China. He has written for The Star a series of 12* fascinating articles about China and about the grave crisis the Chinese people are now facing. Watch for the first article next Sunday in the Editorial Section of —authority [