Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Light rain with mild temperature today; somewhat colder tonight: to- morrow fair. Temperature—Highest, 58, at 4 p.m.; lowest, 24, at 6. a.m. Full report on page 25. Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 ‘ and service will start immediately. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION No. 1,146— No. 30,259. Entered as second class mat post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. ., SUNDAY * BOTH SIDES SHIFT BLAME FOR DEATH . OF DEFICIENCY BILL « “Responsibility Not Mine,” Says Reed; “Nor Mine,” Declares Walsh. FIGHT NOW APPEARS ONLY TO HAVE BEGUN Republicans Plan to Attack Demo- cratic Elections if Vare and Smith Are Barred. i BY OULD LINCOLN. Who killed cock robin? Whose is the responsibility for the failure of the second deficiency ap- propriation bill in the Senate fili- Luster? “Not mine,” says Senator Dave Reed of Pennsylvania, leader of the filtbuster. “Not mine,” says Senator Dave Walsh of Massachusetts, who ob-| Jected to taking up the deficiency bill unless the Reed slush fund com- mittee resolution could be voted upon. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania joy-| fully admits his full shave in defeat- ing a vote on the Reed resolution. ( But he seeks, in a_ statement issued last night, to put the blame for the failure of the . deficiency bill, the public buildings bill and other legisla- tion on the shoulders of the Demo- crats. He might, with the same rea- soning, have referred to those Repub- 2ns who stood shoulder to shoulder with the Democrats in the fight to pass the Reed resolution. Walsh Blames Filibusterers. Senator Walsh makes no bones sbout attributing the failure of the Jegislation to the filibusterers, led by Senator Reed of Pennsylvania and Senator Moses of New Hampshire. The political effect, if there be one, of the filibuster and the resulting de- feat of the deficiency, public build- .ing and other bills, time alone will tell. In the meantime, both sides are secking to place the blame on their opponents in the fillbuster. 1t is no secret that some of the Re- publicans who took part in the fili- buster against the Reed committee vesolution had reached the conclusion it was about time to stand up and fight Senator *“Jim" Reed of Missouri and his slush fund committee, which had caused the Republicans in two States, at least, serious embarrass- ment. The question is whether they have gained ground by their tactios in the Senate, which not only killed the Reed resolution, but also saw the ::a:lh of the appropriation bill and ers. Fight Has Just Begun. The fight, it now appears, has only , begun. The Republicans, if Senators- clect Vare and Smith of Pennsylvania and Illinois, respectively, are denied the right to take the oath of office when the next session opens, plan 1o hold up if they can some of the Democrats—Black of Alabama, Smith of South Carolina and others. No charges have been filed against these Senators, but some of the Repub- licans argue that if the representa- tive of one soverign State can be denled the right to be sworn in as Senir, then the same medicine can be applied to those of other States. With the political make-up sof the next Senate so evenly divided be- tween Republicans and Democrats, however, it is doubtful that they will ! \ succeed in this matter. In the next Senate there will be 47 Democrats, 48 Republicans, including Vare and Smith, and 1 Farmer-Labor Senator. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, in- sisted in his statement last night ihat his determination ‘to kill the resolution extending the life of the Reed slush fund committee and turn- ing over to it the power to examine the ballots cast in the Pennsylvania senatorial election last Fall, was not due to any desire to prevent an in- vestigation of that election, which vesulted in the choice of Vare over his Democratic opponent, William B. Wilson. Reed Explains Attitude. “I have always favored, and will continue o favor, a comprehensive investigation of the Pennsylvania primaries and general election by the | regularly constituted committee of | the Senate,” said Senator Reed.| “This has been the real question over | which our battle ‘was waged. “The efforts of certain Democratic | Henators to escape the blame for the | defeat of the appropriation bill, the public buildings bill and the alien property bill are little short of ridic- nlous. They took the position that if they could not continue their slush fund inquiry, then they would not pe mit anything else to pass the Senat “On February 25, when this battle can, Senator Reed of Missouri, in| speaking of his resolution to revive | and enlarge the authority of his spe.| cial committee, stated in the open | nate ‘and we will get the authority | - the Senate will not do any more s ssion: 1 notify you! | | | i adhered until the moment ment on March 4. Their pos like that of a spoilt child, being denied his stick of candy, destroyed everything within reach. Cites Rejeeted Appeals. | “Our repeated appeals to the Senat. | 1o consider the alien property bill, the public buildings bill and the deficiency | appropriation bill were invariably ob- | jected to by Democrats or the so-called | Trrogressives, who were allied with | them. | “Time and again the Congressional | Jtecord will show that Democrats and | nsurgent Republicans united to pre- | vent consideration of these bills. | Whenever a roll call was held, these | men were fsund voting against con- | sideration ol these bills; whenever an | attempt was made to seek unaninfous consent to consider these bills, thesc same men objected. No person pres- ent in the Senate chamber will ever fosget the tragic appeal made by the venerable chairman of the appropria- tions committee for consideration of 1he deficiency appropriation bill, which carried necessary appropriations for the widows of Civil War veterans #nd for compensation to injured vet- erans of the World War, as with shak- ing voice he vainly implored a Demo- cratic Senator to withdraw his objec tion to consideration of the bill. “They claim, also, that we have (Gontinued on Page 4, Column 6.) \J | | | | Canary Whistles “Yankee Doodle” In Perfect Style Special Dispatch to The Star. SAN FRANCISCO, March “Yankee," a canary owned hy Mrs. F. L. O'Brien of Los Angeles, was the hit of the California Roller Canary Breeders' and Fanciers’ Club show here. “Yankee” is so named because of an uncanny ability to whistle his way entirely through “Yankee Doodle” without flatting or missing & grace note. TELLEZ AT BORDER, SILENT ON PLANS Mexican Ambassador Reach- es San Antonio But De- | clines to Be Interviewed. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Reticence of Manuel C. Tellez, Mexi- can Ambassador at Washington, who passed through San Antonio tonight en route to Mexico City, left the American-Mexican diplomatic situa- fon still a mystery. 1 am not answering any ques- tions,” was the Ambassador's sharp reply when pressed to comment on the significance of his trip to Mexico. Asked if mystery note sent to Mex- ico City by the State Department at Washington recently had any influ- ence on his departure, the Mexican representative gyrated his hands and uttered an emphatic “no.” Senor Tellez left Washington Thursday evening, and embassy offi- clals refused to make known the rea- son for his departure. The secrecy which surrounded lis leaving led tc¢ rumors of his possible recall by his government, but these were denied on Friday by the State Department, at least in so far as the rumors had intimated that the Washington Gov- ernment had requested his recall. Senor Tellez left without making known his mission to the State De- partment, and officials there were as much in the dark as any one else. As laté as yesterday a report gained cir- culation that he was in this country and had absented himself from Wash- ington on family business. His fam- ily is at the embassy here. |SUSPECTS CORNERED FOLLOWING HOLD-UP Citizen's Use of Shotgun Calls Police Reserves and Raiding Party Joins Pursuit. Following a hold-up at Division ave- nue and Foote street northeast, staged while police from the Eleventh pre- cinct were raiding an alleged disorder- ly house, early this morning, at 5201 Gay street northeast, nearby, the booming explosion of a double-barreled ! shotgun by a resident, fired at the fleeing hold-up men, brought a call for reserves to augment the raiding party, and resulted in two bandit sus- pects being cornered in the woods in | that vicinity, according to a report to police headquarters. 28 Taken in Raid. Twenty-eight colored men were ar- rested in the raid, the police being engaged in taking the prisoners when the hold-up took place. Raymond Clatterbuck, 710 Fifth street, told the police later that he had been robbed of $34 in bills by the ban- dits, at the point of ‘a pistol. When the sound of shooting reached the raiders, they decided that there was too much trouble afoot for them to take care of unaided and sent In a call for the reserves. They immediate- ly got on the trail of the hold-up men. R A COMET TO BE VISIBLE | TO NAKED EYE IN JUNE| Pons-Winnecke Heavenly Visltnri to Approach Within 4,000,000 Miles About the 26th. )y the Associated Press. WILLIAMS BAY, Wis., March 5.— Rare as are days in June, a night in June this year will be rarer, for about midnight on or about June 26 mortal eye will see unaided what it never saw before except through telescopes—the Winnecke or Pos-Winnecke Comet. The comet at present can be discern- ed only through the most powerful in- struments of astronomers, but for about one night in June it will be vis- ible to the naked eye, according to| Prof. George van Biesbroeck of Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chi- | cago, here. About June 26, he said, the comet will be quite near—less than 4,000,000 | miles away. June brides and grooms may direct their eyes to the south- eastern sky, toward the constellation Aquarius, to see the phenomenon. PLANE LOSES ENGINE. DALLAS, Tex., March 5 (®).— When the engine dropped from his plane at an altitude of 2,000 feet to- day, T. O. Hardin glided to a landing at Love Field here. The plane suf- fered little damage and Hardin was unhurt ! - General Says He Will Report to SHANGHAI EXPECTS SOOCHOW 10 FALL | | | | BEFORE CANTONESE | i | | Capture of City by Tomorrow | and New General Strike Among Predictions. PEKING AND MANCHURIA SAID TO BE UNSETTLED {U. S. Admiral Wants Marines to Go Ashore, Dispatch Asserts. Gen. Butler on Way. By the Associated Press LONDON, March 5.—Another gen- eral strike is threatened in Shanghai for tomorrow, says a dispatch from that city to the Sunday Express. The | dispatch adds that it is expected that | Soochow, now held by the Shantung-| ese, will fall before the Cantonese on Monday. The Sunday Express correspondent | says that he understands that Admiral | Clarence S. Willlams, commander-in-, chief of the Aslatic fleet of the United | States Navy, and the American consul | in Shanghai are not entirely in agree- | ment with regard to retaining Ameri- | can Marines indefinitely aboard the transport Chaumont, where they have been uncomfortably cramped since Februarv 12. The correspondent says that Admiral Willlams' desire for the Marines to come ashore may prevail | as soon as billets can be obtained. Peking Situation Unsettled. The Sunday Express correspondent in Peking reports that the military and political situation in the north of China is precarious because of a lack | of funds. Members of the cavinet per- sist in submitting their resignations, but the complete reorganization of the cabinet is still undecided. Reports from Manchuria indicate a steady depreciation in currency, the chief of staff there urging the imme- | diate return to Mukden of Marshal, Chang Tso-lin, who now is conduct. | ing a drive through the province of Honan against the Cantonese, to| stabilize the situation. The expense of his campaign, it was declared, is bank- rupting the provincial exchequer. Soviet Steamer Seized. The Moscow correspondent of Ber- lingske Tidendes says that Shantung troops have seized the sovlet steamer Pamiat ‘Lenina, which was en route to Hankow, an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen reports. The passengers, Including several diplomatic couriers, were detained, and the vessel was immediately util: ized as a troop ship. MISSIONARIES ARE SAFE. | Fifty Americans In Nanking Area Ex- pect Cantonese Advance. ST. LOUIS, March 5 (P).—Fifty American missionaries of the Dis- ciples of Christ, in Nanking, China, and vicinity are safe, but expect their section to be taken over ‘‘very soon"” by the advancing forces of the south- ern government, says a cablegram re- ceived here late today by the United ChristianMissionary Socfety. The cablegram added that lines of communication might be cut off en- tirely. “Ourselves and station unharmed,” read the message addressed to Dr. Stephan J. Corey, vice president and foreign secretary of the soclety. “We may be under southern government ! very soon. Do not be surprised if communications entirely cut off tem- porarily.” The soclety maintains five stations in China, the main station at Nanking and the others within 100 miles of that place. Nanking is about half way between Shanghal and Hangkow. Dr. Corey interpreted the message to | mean the Cantonese forces were mov- | ing north and would soon be in pos- ! gession of Nanking. The American women and children of the missionary group have been sent from the outlying stations to Nanking, Dr. Corey belfeves. | BUTLER OFF TO CHINA. ! | Admiral Williams, SAN FRANCISCO, March 5 (#).— | Brig. Gen. Smedley W. Butler sailed today for China, where he is to take charge of the Marines in Chinese waters. He was accompanied by his staff. } Gen. Butler arrived earller in the| day from San Diego with Mrs. Butler | and other relatives. His wife returned to San Diego at the same time the liner President Plerce steamed away | for the Far East. Butler will report to Admiral C. 8.! Willlams aboard his flagship, in Chi- nese waters. | “After that Admiral Williams will | direct the show,” said Gen. Butler. u. POLICY UNCHANGED. | i | | | | No Intention Found of Sending More | Marines at Present. i | The United States Government has | | no intention now of adding materially ; | to the strength of its avallable armed | landing forces at Shanghal. This was indicated yesterday when attention: was called to Shanghal reports quot. | ing Sterling ssenden, ‘“‘mayor” of | the international settlement, as stat-| ing that the United States Govern- h atch Great Britain and | | 69th Congress’ Record Shows 998 Bills passed Out Of Nea By the Associated Press. The record of the Sixty-ninth Con gress discloses that out of an avalanche of nearly 25,000 bills and resolutions, | only 998 succeeded In overcoming the | legislative barriers to finally become laws. In the number added to the statute books are hundreds of a purely private character and several hundred more pertaining to local or sectional needs, s0 that the number of new laws affect. ing the Nation as a whole §s probably not in excess of 200. Members of the House far out- stripped their less numerous colleagues in the Senate in the bill introducing melee, During the t\\‘ sesslons of | | rly 25,000 Introduced| i | the Sixty-ninth, House members offer- {0 18,312 bills ‘and_resolutions, while the number in the Senate was 6,417, | Ot this number President Coolldge signed 523 during the first session, and 475 in the session which terminat- ed yesterday, afix.ng his signature to 229 within the 24 hours before the gavels fell. During the two sessions, also, House committees made 2,319 written reports and Senate committees, 1,717. Presi- dent Coolidge sent an even 100 special messages to the Senate, including his annual messages, one explaining the Nicaraguan situation and-another out- lining plans for another naval arms conference. Heads of var'ous Aepart- mients fled 1,055 reports with Congress. | bonds. MORNING, MARCH 6, 192 CHORUS—"ANYHO W HE ISN'T HAVING IT 7.—112 PAGES. - ROOFED FOR US!” VETERANS 10 GET 1.5, LOANS APRIL 1 Approximately $3,000,000 Per Month to Be Available, Director Hines Says. The Veterans' Bureau will begin April 1 loaning direct to veterans on their bonus certificates, it was an- nounced last night by Director Hines. Although the second deficiency bill, | carrying $25,000,000 to meet the de mands of veterans throughout the country, failed of enactment because of the jam during the Senate's dying moments, the substantive law author- izing the bureau to make such loans direct passed and was signed by the | President. The bureau has perfected plans, Gen. Hines sald, for all field stations of the bureau to act in the matter, forms are being printed, and will be rushed out of Washington so that by April 1 the machinery will be set up and ready to function. Fund fo Be Developed. 1t will not be possible to make loans prior to April 1, it was explained by Gen. Hines, because the failure of the deficiency bill has placed upon the bureau the necessity for developing a sufficient tund from which to make loans. “In order to do this,” said a bureau statement, "It has been decided to use the funds Which accrue for investment in the converted insurance fund, at the rate of approximately $3,000,000 per month and which have until re- cently been invested in farm loan On and after April 1, loans can be made up to the extent of the amount then available. Gen. Hines lalso stated that in the event any ad ditional funds become available through the converted insurance fund over and above those normally coming in for investment, these additional amounts also will be used to augment | the loan fund. Supplementary to Banks. Gen. Hines emphasized the fact that the bureau’s function in this matter is specifically supplementary to that of the banks of the country, which have now reported loans aggregating approximately $27,000,000, and in order that the veterans most needing this service may be accommodated without delay, the director hopes that only those veterans who have failed to negotiate any loans with banks will apply to the bureau for this service. In other words, this authority has been given the bureau to cover an emergency in veterans' relief. “The regulations governing this new function of the bureau provide that loans may be made by any or all reglonal offices of the United States Veterans' Bureau and by the sub- offices at Manila, P. I., and Honolulu, Hawali, upon a veteran's prontissory note, secured by his adjusted service certificate, with the bureau as security, the amount loaned to be limited to the loan value of the certificate at the| date the loan is made. Special dis- bursing agents at the veterans’ hos-: pitals also will be authorized to make loans, but only to patients and em- ployes in the hospital. Identification Provided For. “Only the veteran named in the certificate can lawfully obtain a loah on his adjusted service certiflcate, and certificates have no loan value until two years after the date on which they “were written. “In_order to facilitate identifi (Continued on lon GALE SENDS DESTfiQYER TO NORFOLK FOR REPAIRS U. 8. 8. King Loses Mainmast Rig- ging and Lights on Way to Guantanamo. By the Associated Pres: NORFOLK, Va., March 5.—The de- stroyer King,”which was en route from Boston for Guantanamo, was so badly damaged in the storm off Cape Hatteras Wednesday that she | has been forced to come to the Nor- folk Navy Yard for repairs. The ves- sel arrived yesterday, it was learned today, and a week will be required to put her In shape to go to sea again. The destroyer lost her mainmast, rigging, signal lights and antennae and was forced to lie’to for 12 hours during the worst of the blizzard. After arrival at the yard the crew’s bedding was put out to dry on the forward rails, indicating that the ves sel took a mighty ducking. which must be deposited, | TODAY’S STAR. PART ONE—# PAGES. News—Local, National oreign. Schools and Colleges—Pages 22 and 23. the Nation—Page 30. | and | | | Clubwomen of ! Radio News and Programs—FPages 32| | _and 3 ”“in:\n News—Pages 38, 39 and 4v. WL ¢l Notes—Page 40. District National Guard—Page 41, PART TWO—16 PAGES. | Editorials and Editorial Features. | Washington and Other Soctety | Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. | Revie of New Books—Page 4. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 8. | Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 9. |D. A. R. Activities—Page 10. Serial, “The Murder of Roger roy Page 11. | Around the City-—Page 12. News of the Clubs—Page 14. | Ack- PART THREE—14 PAGES. Axu‘uuemenlsATheulerS and the Photo- play. Muslc—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 and 7. Civilian Army News—Page 9. Boy Scouts—Page 9. Veterans of the Great War—Page 10. Fraternal News—Pages 12 and 13. Army and Navy News—Page 13. PART FOUR—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—10 PAGES. Classified Advertising. At the Community Centers—Page 8. Spanish War Veterans—Page 8. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 9. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 9. GRAPHIC SECTION—I2 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SE(:'I'IOY\—G PAG Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Felle: ;. Mr. and Mrs.; High Lights of History. BEATEN MOTHER MDCHLD TOLNE Man Accused of Slaying Girl Taken to Winchester for Protection. Legal machinery moved swiftly last night to bring to prompt trial on a murder charge Louis Boersig, 44 ars, arrested in connection with the murder of 6-year-old Loretta Ridgeway and the assault on her sis- ter, Catherine, 4 years old, and their mother, Mrs. Minnie Ridgeway, 25 years old, in their Fairfax County home, just south of Alexandria, Va., Fridav afternoon. Boersig, the father of four children, lived at 1315 Princess street, Alexandria. ‘While the life of Catherine Ridge- way was first despaired of, physicians at the Alexandria Hospit:§ last night voiced confidence she will recover. The child is suffering from a possibly | fractured skull. The mother, who was brutally beaten, is on the road to re- covery. Because of her condition she has death. i Child Struck on Head. Commonwealth’'s Attorney Wilson Farr of Fairfax County spent yester- tday and last night in investigating | the case. He announced that the case before a grand jury within a short time. After conducting an autopsy on the body of Loretta Ridgeway, who died at 656 o'clock yesterday morning, Coroner T. M. Jones of Alexandria is- sued a certificate of death by murder. He said that the child was undoubted- ly struck on the head, suffering a fractured skull just above the ear, there also being other scalp lacera- tions and a bad scar on her forehead. Despite the assertion of Common: wealth’s Attorney Farr that “we un questionably have our man,” Boersig stoutly maintains his innocence. Fear- ing molestation if he was kept in the Fairfax County jail, he was removed to the Frederick County jail at Win- chester, Va. Identified by Victim. The chief reason of the murder charge against Boersig was his identi- fication by Mrs. Ridgeway as her as- sailant. In addition, after her arrival (Continued on Page 5, Column 1. not been advised of Loretta’s! he has against Boersig will be placed | TREASURY T0 PUSH BUILDING PROJECTS [All Progress Possible, in View of Failure of Funds, Will Be Made at Once. Although the Senate’s failure to en- act the two public building bills struck a big blow at the very expansion pro- gram which Congress itself previously had authorized, prospects are that some progress may be made in Wash- {ington on certain public structures | for which money has been appropriat- ed but not entirely expended. Details of the situation still remain to be worked out, it was admitted yes- terday by officials of both the Treasury and Post Office Departments. A survey of the building projects, the money on hand and the needs will have to be made, and decision reached as to how far the executive branch f the Gov- ernment may proceed. Preliminaiy work was started on this survey yes- terday, although offieials had hardly recovered from the breath-taking blow which the filibustering and quarreling Senate struck in its last few hours of life. In the District it is likely that actual work may proceed on the Internal Revenue Bureau, Department of Com- merce, Department of Agriculture, Government Printing Office and Liberty Loan. A site for the Supreme Court Building may be purchased, while plans for other structures ap- proved by the public buildings com- mission may go forward in tentative fashion. About $5,575,000 Available. Appropriations available for District prgjects were said by the Treasury to ' aggregate $5,676,000, and when Congress meets in December, after the next fiscal year has run about five months building bills will be -ein- troduced in order to carry forward the pian. In the field outside the District, it was announced that projects under section 5 of the public buildings act, designated specifically by the earlier session of Congress, may go ahead, as there are appropriations available for this work, totaling $4,031,000. In addition to this there are ap- propriation balances for deferred pro- Jjects authorized prior to the recent public buflding act totaling $8,249.- 817.24. During the next fiscal year approximately 35 buildings can be put under contract, against this sum. The whole program, however, which had been carefully worked out by the Treasury and Post Office Departments has been violently upset by the Senate, and there must be much recalculating, reforming of plans, and reallocation of projects for early action, through- out the country. Cities May Send Protests. It was freely predicted in circles outside the Government departments that members of the Senats would hear in no pleasant terms from :heir constituents in cities which had been allocated for new Federal bufidings, but will now lose out for a while, on account of the wrangle of the Senate's closing hours. It had been freely pre- dicted that the Senate would approve both of the building bills, the one pro- viding $19,878,700 for starting con- struction under the $100,000,000 pro- gram authorized by Congress, and the other authorizing an additional $100.- 000,000 for the country at large, and $26.000,000 for purchase of the triangle (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) ! By the Amociated Press. TONOPAH, Nev., March 5.—The lo- cation of the region where four days ago Frank Horton, jr., and.James Traynor, found gold ore there assayed $78,000 to the ton was disclosed to- night to be within the acreage of the company operated by the elder Norton. It was sold under judgment three months ago, with the right of redemp- tion in six months. Arthur H. Lawry, manager of the Goldfield Consolidated Mining Co., sam- pled the ground this morning, but re- fused to make a statement. A forest of stakes rose during the early morn- ing and a few who guessed at the | location of the strike found themselves close fn. Three hundred men and ‘women b the blizzard during the last few diys to make their locations. This rnoon the two boys were sacking th® ore from a shallow shaft. and expefts stated that the.ore will ) Means Associated Pres: FIVE CENTS. Satchel on Beach Clue to Airmen Lost Off Coast By the Associated Press. BEACH HAVEN, N. J., March 5.—A traveling bag, found on the beach today by Edward Broome, was turned over to the naval au- thorities here today. Officlals at Lakehurst are convinced'it was the property of Lieut. Wilbur J Harris, who, with Lieut. William Gray, was lost when their airplane was wrecked en route from Mitchell Field to Langley Field on February 18, last. ‘When the bag was opened it was found to contain an Army of ficer's overcoat, a pair of overalls, on which were the initials “W. J. H.": several white shirts, and a couple of colored shirts with the name “Harris” on the collar. TEACHER IS KILLED "IN AUTO COLLISION ‘Miss Barbara C. Clements, 23, Dies—3 Escape Injury. Other Driver Held. Miss Barbara C. Clements, 23 vears old, of 1367 Maryland avenue north- east, a school teacher, was killed almost instantly last night, when her | neck was broken in a collision between { her automobile and a car driven by Harry Hart, service manager of the Potomac Electric Power Co., at First street and Florida avenue. Three others in Miss Clements’ auto- mobile escaped serious injury. She was behind tire wheel, driving east on Florida avenue, and Hart's machine was running north on First street. Her position behind the wheel, it is believed, resulted in the fatal injury. She was accompanied by Mrs. E. H. Griffith of 1430 G street southeast iand two rembers of the latter's family. Other Driver Is Held. Picked up by Joseph Leitch, 17 years old, of 4911 Seventh street, Miss Clements was p] in _a passing | automobile and taken to Sibley Hos- pital, where she was pronounced dead by Dr. Samuel M. Becker. Hart was arrested by Policeman Browning of the second precinct and held to await the action of the cor- oner's jury. An inquest is expected tomorrow. Hart spent last night at the second preeinct. Teacher Here Four Years. Miss Clements was born in Wash- ington. Educated in local schools, Normal school here four years ago. stationed at the Plerce Webb School. Miss (!Im.nuhll n:flvod :y“her father and mother, Mr. an rs. William Cléments; six brothers and two sisters. PRSI SR FILIPINO STUDENTS BIND U. S. INSTRUCTOR Gov. Gen. Wood Orders Probe Into Attack on Principal by 180 Pupils. By the Associated Press. MANILA, March 6.—An alleged riot at Bagulo week. in which 130 students of the Trinidad Farm School tied the American principal, James A. Wright, to a post and then abandoned him, was ordered investi- gated today by Gov. Gen. Wood. He instructed Jose Gil, director of the civil service, and George R. Summers, assistant director of education, to pro- ceed to Baguio to make the investiga- tion. Wright was rescued by his wife and a party of friends. Reports state that the students removed Mrs. Wright from the premises while they tied her husband. No one was injured except some students who were scratched when Mrs. Wright resisted them. Students who participated in the riot were suspended. Acting Gov. John C. Early of Benguet Province, with the aid of bureau of education officials, temporarily quelled the dis- turbance, the cause of which has not been learned. Baguio is a health resort in the mountains north of here. BURNS TO DEATH IN JAIL. Son of Policeman, Arrested Father, Found Dead in Cell. GRIFFIN, Ga., March § (#).—Ed- ward Moore, 20 years old, placed in jail at East Thomaston by his father, Policeman Jack Moore, on a charge of disorderly conduct, was burned to death last night. that he dropped a by It is believed cigarette on his bedding and that his calls for help were not heard. When the father went to the jail today to release the boy for work in the Thomaston Mills he found him dead. Moore has been on the Thomaston police force for 20 years, and the family is well known here. He put his son in jail yesterday. 300 Brave Blizzard to Stake Gold Field in Nevada, Sold Lately for Judgment average from two to three thousand dollars a sack. Frank Horton, jr., and James Tray- nor, typlcal outdoor boys, have spent much time digging, blasting and sam- pling rocks. Often in an old machine they have covered a hundred miles or more in week end prospecting trips. A favorite location for their outing was Weepah, a miniature ghost city, with a dozen well furnished houses belonging to the mining which Frank Horton, sr., to work what he thoug velop into a large body of low-grade ore. Money not being forthcoming, the elder Horton quit the piace. “Dad made a stake and lost it,” re- marked young Horton, referring to his father having received a million dollars cash for a mine in 1906. “T am going to fix mother and the other members_of the family for life, and I guess Dad will have enough out of gt to build the mill he has been figur- ng on.” COOLIDGE GUIDANCE SOUGHT T0 REPAIR FILIBUSTER LOSSES 'Army, Pensions and Seed for Farmers Chief Problems Left by Congress. FEW HARDSHIPS SEEN OVER DISTRICT ITEMS Hope Held That Way May Be Found to Aid Teachers, Retired Firemen and Police. The various departments of the Fed eral Government began to take stocl: yesterday of the wrecked plans left in the wake of the last stormy hours of the late Congress, and to lay new ones, under the guidance of President Coolldge, to repair the damage result ing from the failure of the second de ficiency appropriation bill, in so far as that {s possible under the law. In the first flush of the rehabilita tion movement, three problems loomed as of paramount importance. These were the apparent. inability of the War Department to malintain a standing Army of 112,000 men on existing funds, the lack of money to pay 500, 000 national dependents their pen sions for two months and the absence of funds to purchase seeds for farmers in the stricken crop-fallure areas of the country. Other .\ctivities Affected. Besides these, countless Govern ment activities of less outstanding Im- portance face possible curtailmeat. i not complete abandonment until the funds for the forthcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1, become avallable. Prominent among these is the Post Office Department’s ambitious bulld- ing program. Postmaster General New was hopeful, however, that part of this might be salvaged. Hope was held out last night that some way yet may be found to pay annuities to school teachers and pen- sions to retired policemen and firemen during the remainder of this fiscal year, despite the failure of the de- ficiency bill. ‘While District officials were not pre- pared to say how the situation might be met, they pointed out that in the case of pensions there is the element of emergency to be taken into consid- eration in seeking a solution. Auditor Don into the ovan plans te g0 question te- morrow. e Commissioners at Capitol. loners Bell and wore at thg Capilol yester- day oon conferring with Senator Phipps of Colorado and Representa- tive Funk of Iliinols, who handle Dis- trict appropriations In Congress. ‘While the conference was primarily on certain features of the regular appro priation act for the next fiscal year. the problem of meeting the deficiencies in pensions for this fiscal year wa: discussed incidentally, Senator Phipps said nothing definite was brought out regarding the defl- | ciences, but he indicated also that it is possible the munieipal authorities r:my find a2 way of meeting the situa- | tion. With regard to the main purpose of the conference, Senator Phipps said it was to get an exchange of views be- tween the Commissioners and those having charge of appropriations as to what plans the Commissioners have for the expenditure of certain funds in the new appropriation law in which they were given discretionary power. Under the highway divisioin, for example, there are certain lump | sums for strest work in addition to ithe streets specifically authorized to be paved. This discussion was en- tirely apart from the question of deficiencies arising between now and July 1. . Carried $900,000 for D. C. Although the deficiency bill which falled to pass carried nearly $900,000 for the District of Columbia, most of the items were for purposes that can be deferred without hardship. Aside from the teachers’ annuities. amounting to $25,000, and the police- fire pension item of $135,000, the only other fund lost in the second deficiency bill that is causing concern to Dis- trict officlals was the proposed $40,000 for the care of children committed to the Board of Public Welfare by the Ju;;nllo Court. e ~-asent situation with ird to these particular items is somml' different from the condition which arose several years ago when a defi- clency bill failed to pass at the last moment. In that instance the bill ear- ried the amount of money needed to pay certain salary ingcreases to police- men, firemen and achool teachers. The same session of Congress which failed to enact the deficlency bill, however, had just previously enacted substan Coi el s paid until the new ap- | propriation act became available. Lord and Davis See Coolidge. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director o the Bureau of the Budget, and Secre- tary of War Davis were closeted with President Coolidge at the White House cussing the situation the Army face: Shortly after leaving the President's office they returned for a second gon- ference. Before departing they made no attempt to conceal the gravity of the situation. Although Gen. Lord expressed a belief that some way of getting around the situation. may be found, he declared bluntly that no legal au- thority existed whereby the Army could create a deficiency. Unless a loophole is uncovered, Sec- retary Davis admitted that a ‘most serious” cut in the strength of the standing Army must follow. It 1s understood that 31,000 men would have to be discharged in order to keep within remaining funds. Gen. Lord pointed out that there have been emergencies where the Army was permitted to create a de- 3| fictency in order to feed and. clothe its men and to provide necessary medicines. Whether these precedents would fit the present situation, Gen. Lord sald he was not in a position to determine at this time. He said sev. eral days would probably elapse be- fore a decision was reached. Secretary Davis added that another point under consideration was who;lhor th;‘ Army could any more legally discharge me: th wi it had a contract for um" l& 1t (Continued on Pags 4, Column 3) ,