Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1927, Page 2

] DAWES T0 PRESS SENATE RULE FIGHT Curb on Filibustering Tactics Will Be Sought at Next Session. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Formal moves to bring about anti- filibuster changes in the rules of the United States Senate will be made at the first session of the Seventieth Congress. Senator Willlam Cabell Bruce, Democrat, of Maryland, will take the initiative in that direction. He is in full sympathy with the| “Dawes plan” to curb unlimited de~; bate and prevent minority rule. It was Senator Bruce's intention to pro- Pose sweeping reforms in Senate pro cedure during the recent short session of Congress. But the legislative jam induced his to postpone action until next Winter. Senator Bruce feels that | the delay is fortuitous because. like | Vice President Dawes, he believes that the late spectacle which the Sen- | ate made of itself :mmensely increases the possibility of persuading it to mend its ways. Vice President Dawes, since the Reed-Reed filibuster. has been hesieged from all parts of the country to return to the speech-making firing line and systematically renew his crusade against the Senate rules. He does not now plan anvthing of that sort. Gen. Dawes is of the opinion that the Senate itself. on March 2, 3 and 4, did more with its 49-hour time- killing and business-blocking orgy to promote his cause than a whole vear of missionary activity on his part could do. To Speak in St. Louis. The Vice President has consented to take the platform on at least one occasion during the next few months. He will deliver the principal address at the commencement exercises of Washington University, in St. Louls, at the special invitation of its presi- dent, Former Gov. Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri. Gen. Dawes has not yet announced the title of the paper he will present on that occasion. But it is practically certain that it will deal almost exclusively with his experi- ences in the Senate in the light of this month's events. If the members of “‘the greatest deliberative body on earth™ could see some of the communications which have poured into Washington since the adjournment, regarding the fili-} buster farce, they would realize that the Senate probably was never in lower repute with the country than it is today. The holding up of vast and vital public business on the eve of the late Congress' expiration was only the last straw. Criticlsm and resentment have been piling up throughout the Coolldge Administration. They are by no means confined to the President’s supporters. The fact that a dis- tinguished Democratic is about to lead the movement for better- ment of procedure is evidence that the ‘demand for it is non-partisan and bi-partisan. Progressives to Give Ald. blican Progressives will be 'ln tt:: lorftro:r. g: the ulm- m‘ or N n the nate rules, not lll‘:f the leaders of that element “go along” with Vice Presi- dent Dawes the full length of his pro- rll. Gen. Dawes himself is strong- inclined to think t t & practical remedy for filibustering is to be found ratification of the Norris amend- to the Constitution. This is as the anti-lame duck proposi- provides for the abolition of ns of Congress. amendment, Congress each year the first week and continue until it ete its business. The Presi- 4 also be inaugurated in -and there would be no more juck Congresses. The Norris it has passed the Senate times by overwhelming majori- , but leaders of the House hitherto retused to permit it to come to 8 vote in that body. The House has “gag” rules and can pass bills without full discussion. 3 Dill Ready to Join. Another Democrat, who s ready to fi’h the fight for some system of tating _legislative business, Is Senator C. C. Dill of Washington. Mr. Dill sees no virtue in adopting and more stringent cloture rules. e use of cloture by the Senate on one bill, shortly before adjourn- ment,” said Senator Dill to this ', “absolutely tied up every kind of business. Nothing at all‘could be done. No Senator could make a mo- a bill or perform any of the minor matters of business de- action in the closing hours, because u: us consent was re- fused. Such a condition was even ‘worse than the fillibuster the cloture was designed to prevent. The needs of the country and the work of Con- gress are too great to be passed upon intelligently in a period of 90 days, as is necessary under the pres- ent constitutional provision, compell- ing adjournment on March 4 every year. On the eve of his departure for a ‘vacation in the West Indies and Pana- ma this week, unsucgesstul efforts were made from many sides to find out where Vice President Dawes places the greater blame for the ef- fects of the Reed-Reed filibuster. He could not be drawn on that point. But his friends understand Gen. Dawes’ opinion to be that the coun- try, instead of wasting time appo: sllnnln( the responsibility, wi) ‘:"pmllxu'edon boéh your houses,” and lemand guarantees future filibustering. i (Copyrieht. 19279 REGEs i i i 1 i Al FINED ON 15-MILE LIMIT. Truck Driver First to Be Convicted for Restricted Zone Speeding. The first conviction of speeding in | a zone restricted to 15 miles an :our lln ‘-thh.fi District tg Columbia, follow- | ng ru“n‘ yesterday of the Court of Appeals upholding Traffic Director Eldridge’'s authority, was recorded in | Trafo Court today when FErnest Hawkins, colored, pleaded guilty be- fore Judge Gus A. Schuldt. A fine of $10 was imposed. Hawkins was arrested by Sergt. W. D. Vaughn of the Traffic Bureau after ving a light delivery truck over Bridge at 25 miles an hour. British Air Foroe Plans Record. LONDON, March 8 (#).—The royal | alr force is planning an attempt to | break the world distance record for a non-stop airplane flight. A power- ful plane is to start from Cranwell, Lincolnshire, England, and fly in the direction of Karachi, British India, as far as its fuel and other equipment will permit. Pensions to Be Paid July 1. Payment of Mexican, Indian and Civil War pensions, held up for May and June because of the Senate's fail- ure to pass the second deficiency ap- propriation bill, will. be made as soon as funds for the next fiscal year be- come avallable July 1, the Interior Department announced today. Officials have concluded that there is no way to tus.lh the funds until then. Minister in Plea for Protestants To Adopt Rosary By the Associated Press. MEADVILLE, Pa., March Adoption of the rosary by Protes- tant churches for use in prayer has been advocated by Dr. James A. Beebe, president of Allegheny Col- lége. Speaking before the students of. the college. Dr. Beebe said that Protestant prayer had fallen short in that it lacked system to permit controlled meditation. He said the Catholic rosary provided definite symbols which held the mind to the meditation at hand and he sug- gested that the rosa might be utilized to advantage by other churches. “Protestants are continually be- ing urged, but seldom told how to pray.” Dr. Beebe said, “‘with the re- sult that the mind ix permitted to wander, resulting in reverie rather than meditation. Ry using the rosary we would have definite sym- bols ‘from which visual pictures could be taken, holding the mind to the meditation at hand. ~ “The only difference hetween reverie and meditation,” he as- serted, “is that one represents un- controlled thought while the other stands for controlled and directed thought, out of which some per- manent good may come."” Prayer is only an exercise in thinking, at least until the point when it carries away the soul is reached, the college head said. Before coming to Allegheny, a Methodist institution, Dr. Beebe was dean of the School of Theology at Boston University. SEEKING NATIONAL K. C.OFFGERS HERE Officials Plan Crusade to Move Headquarters From New Haven, Conn. Backed by councils In many sec- tions of the country, a determined drive will be made at the forthcoming convention of the Knights of Colum- bus to have the national headquarters of the order removed from New Haven, Conn., to Washington. If these plans succeed at the Port- land, Oreg., convention, which con- venes August 1, according to Charles THE 0.5, OFFICIALS JOIN FIGHT ON ABATTOIR Leaders of Federal Agencies Lend Support to Arling- ton Citizens. Special Dispatch to The Star CLARENDON, Va., March 8.—Lend- ers of Federal agencies concerning themselves chiefly with plans for a greatér metropolitan area of Wash- Ington and the extension of the park and boulevard system of the National Capital. at & mass meeting last night threw in their strength with the fight being made by citizens of Arlington County to prevent the N. Auth Pro- vision Co. from establishing a “slaugh- ter house” on its property on Colum- bia pike, near the Virginia end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Hundreds of citizens from all sec- tions of the county who packed the old Columbia Pike Schoolhouse, where the meeting was held, voted unani- mously for a resolution condemning the proposal in its entirety. This ac tion was taken following addresses in opposition to the proposal of Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission: Charles W. Eliot, 2d, city planner with the National Capital Park and Planning Commission; for- mer Representative Philip P. Camp. bell of Kansas, a resident of Avlington County; Frank G. Campbell, a member of the Virginia Park and Planning Commission, and the reading of a let- ter from Lieut. Co. U. S. Grant, 3d. executive officer of the National Cap: ital Park and Planning Commission. The resolution, with few alterations, is similar to that adopted by the board of directors of the Arlington County Chamber of Commerce. Reach Parting of Ways. Mr. Moore stated that the slaughter house proposal opens up a bigger question than that of whether or not “the county is to have one additional puisance. The county has come to the parting of the way,” Mr. Moore said, “and it is up to the people to decide if they are to have the slaughter-house type of development or if they are to lend their support to efforts being made to make a beauty spot of the Southern shores of the Potomac. If you get a slaught- er house you will get other things of the same class and Arlington County instead of being a beautiful entrance to the Natlonal Capital will be its dump and slums.” Mr. Moore called attention to the fact that aside from the Memorial Bridge, which will be a great boon to Arlington County, the Federal Gov- ernment has plans for great drive- ways, one of which would run along W. Darr, State deputy for the Dis- trict of Columbia, arrangements will be made at once for the erection of a monumental building here similar to the United States Chamber of Com- terce Building. Cities Pledge Support. Promised support from various citles, Mr. Darr will appoint a commit- tee soon to inaugurate the pre-conven- tion campaign, and will introduce a resolution at the Portland convention for removal of the headquarters. Rep- resentatives of the Washington Cham- ber of Commerce, the Board of Trade! the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Assoclation, the District Commission- ers and others will be invited to join in the movement to make Washington the national headquarters for the ordef, which has a membership of 800,000. There are approximately 4,000 Knights of Columbus in the District. Mr. Darr is confident that the move- ment, which began in 1926, will culmi- nate in success this Summer. When first projected as a “feeler” at the Philadelphia convention last year, it received a considerable vote. No con- certed effort was made at that time, however, to put the proposition over. Advantages to Be Stressed. From now until the next convention, the advantages of Washington as a permanent headquarters for the or- der will be brought forcibly to the at- tention of the membership in every section. One argument which will be the fact that New Haven attracts few visitors, whereas Washington draws thousands of visitors each month from all over the United States. Owing to the rapld growth of the Knights of Columbus, tHe Dist~'ot of Columbia council feels that the order should be represented in the ¢ 'pital with a suitable and appropriate head- quarters building. The time is not far distant, it is pointed out, when every large national organization will main. tain its headquarters here. e NAVY INVITES BIDS FOR SIX CRUISERS New Construction Authorized by Recent Congress and Three Oth. ers Soon Under Way. The Navy Department has asked bids for construction of the three new cruisers recently authorized by Con- gress over the recommendation of President Coolidge, as well as for three cruisers previously authorized. ‘This was taken as an indication that the President will not oppose construc- tion of the new vessels, now that they have been provided for in the naval appropriation bill. Secretary Wilbur asked commereial shipbuilders and navy yards to sub- mit proposals for the work, to be opened April 5. It was explained at the Navy Department that the joint bullding program had been decided upen because of its economical ad vantages. Mr. Wilbur took the posi- tion that by starting construction on the six crafts In one lot he would be able to get more bids and better terms. The Navy Department has on hand an appropriation for the six ships totaling $15,900,000. Of this sum Con- grees appropriated £450,000 for begin- ning construction of the last three of eight crulsers authorized two years ago. DUCE AND BANKER CONFER Premier Talks Finance wfl.h New Yorker. ROME, March 8 (#).—Premler Mus- solini yesterday received Andrew Miller, New York banker. financial situa- tion of Italy and also the possibilities of American financing operations in this country. March Tax Receipts Gain. March payment on income and prot- its taxes this year will probably ex- ceed $650,000,000, it was estimated last night at the Treasury, a substantial increase over the $494,000,000 collected during the same period last year. The gain was attributed partly to the in. creased prosperity of corporations over last year, and to the increased | rate of tax on corporations, which | stands at 1314 per cent at present. The | increased taxes from corporations, it | is believed, will more than make up for the repeal of the capital stock tax, and htlg‘roll up the growing re- turne for the f1 er ending March 16, i the hanks of the Potomac from Great Falls to Alexandria with ample pro- vision made for parks, and this as well as the proposed Shenandoah Na- tional Park may be lost to the coun- try if the people fall short in their support of projects in keeping with those great enterprises. Takes No Official Action. Col. Grant in his letter, which was read by Mr. Eliot, sald that the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Commission has taken no official ac- tion with regard to the proposed Auth plant, but “that it was obvious that no such structure can be built in Ar- lington County without some effect on the National Capital.” He expressed it as his personal opin- fon that “while the vicinity in which it is now proposed to construct an abattofr already is developed. indus- trially to a considerable extent, and while this new plant will be on roads the commercial character of which must be expected to increase when the Mount Vernon boulevard is de- veloped for tourist and pleasure traf- fic, whether the line finally selected is along the shore or back in the hills; nevertheless, it is believed that the placing In this vieinity of any plant having such pronounced bad odor as a slaughter house would be a great mistake and_injurious to the park system and Federal activities across e river.” Mol Grant stated that the Auth Co. is ready to give assurances that there:will be no appreciably bad odor trom the plant, and adds: “The ques- tion is whether such deodorization of a slaughter house is possible.” In this connection, he states: “An investigation of the Weather Bureau's tables shows that during the months ‘of May, June, July and August, there is a prevalling wind from the South during the greater part of the day. It is just at this hot time of the year, when the odor from the slaughter house would be most noticeable and would be most objectionable to the people using the parks and working in public buildings east of the Po- tomac, because of the necessity of keeping windows open.” To protect the parks and public buildings, “from such a nuisance,’ Col. Grant states, he is asking the board of supervisors to reconsider the permit granted the Auth Co. Col. Grant, in conclusion, pointed out that the proposed location of the plant is within three miles of the White House and the group of build- ings proposed under the new public building program. “It is belleved.” he safd, “that such a plant should not be permitted within 10 miles of any residential or commercial area.” Sees Need of Zoning, Mr. Eliot said that the present situa- tion emphasizes the need of zoning regulations in the county and that he hoped steps would be taken to have the Legislature vest tne Board of Su- pervisors with power to determine types of development and where it shall be placed. “Arm yourself with a complete zoning plan 8o this sort of thing will never happen again,” he sald. Former Representative Campbell de- clared that if Arlington County starts with a slaughter house it will have to g0 on with this class of development, and the establishment of soap and glue factories and fertilizer - plants would soon follow. “A slaughter house in Arlington County would result in the destruction of the most desirahle residential =ection in the world,” Mr. Campbell stated. Sees Threat to Federal Aid. Mr. Campbell urged that everything be kept out of the county that is in- compatible to a great residential com- munity. He expressed the opinion that the establishment of the slaughter house would drive millions of taxable properties out of the county and pre- vent other millions from coming in. “If we permit this unthinkable thing all efforts to secure ald of the Federal Government on parks and boulevards will be futile."” Frank G. Campbell, after reviewing efforts of himself ahd other county citizens to defeat the aims of the Auth Co., refuted a charge that the people of Arlington County were willing to upset the park and boulevard plans of the Government for the little finan- clal gain the plant would bring to the county through taxation. He said he felt the board of supervisors in grant- ing the permit had been convinced that the plant would not be objection- able and that it was guilty only of an error of judgment, which he hoped would be corrected. Mr. Campbell said that the Legisla- ture which meets in special session March 16 would be asked to provide the proper authority for zoning in Arlington County. Dr. H. C. Corbett, president of the Arlington Citizens’ 'Association, gre- sided. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, Dynamite Stitks Found on Five Freshmen At Central High, Prove to Be “Duds” A deep sigh of relief was registered by Alvin Miller, principal of Central High School, when Capt. Fred Corn- well of the tenth precinct reported to him today that the five dynamite sticks which as many freshmen of the school had bheen carrying around In their pockets for several days were “rotted, dead and incapable of explosion.” Discovery that the hoys had the dyvnamite sticks in their possession was made yesterday after the hoyvs had_exhibited the school. When the police were called upon | for assistance, Capt. Cornwell de- tailed Policeman H. M. Tucker to in- them to other pupils | vestigate. Policeman Tucker found that the boys had picked up the dynamite while on a hike in the Adams Mill road region. All of the dynamite has been recovered. After discussing the situation with officials at the Franklin School and other high school principals, it was declded to leave the punishment of the boys up to their parents, who were notified of their “dangerous pran he had Principal Miller said today heen assured by all of the ents involved that their sons would receive proper punishment. The hoys, who are 13 and 14 years old, said they did realize the danger of carrying dynamite around. ne the CAPPERTO STUDY TROLLEY MERGER Chairman of Senate District Committee Plans Move to Unite Lines. Ways and means of bringing about A merger of the street railway lines of Washington will be one of the first problems to which the Senate District committee will devote itself at the next session of Conzress, Chairman Capper announced today. Senator Capper said that with the work of creating the aew Public Util- itles Commission complete, the com- mittee will be in a position to concen- trate on the question of merger at the next session. The chairman sald, he did not have any definite plan in r.iind at this time, but said rthe subject would be taken up for careful study early in the next session. Few Measures Teft Over. Congress a few years ago enacted a law permitting a merger and leav- ing it to the companies and the com- mission to work out the tarms, to be submitted to Congress for appro The Senate committes had cnly a few other measures left unacted upon when the Sixty-ninth Congress ad- journed and these also are virtually certain to be reintroduced in Decem ber. They include: Juvenile Court Included. Legislation to improve the insurance code of the District; proposed reor- ganization of the Juvenile Court law to bring the District into line with modern principles of dealing with child_delinquency: the bhill to enable the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission to control the use of proposed park sites while condem- nation proceedings are pending, to prevent the cutting of trees or other steps that would make the land un- desirable for park purposes; the bill to glve a_permanent status to the Woman's Bureau of the Police De- partment, define its duties and in- crease its personnel. Senator Capper expects to leave Washington before the end of March for his home in Kansas. MILLIONAIRE SAVED BY JOBLESS YOUTH Expert Swimmer, in Search of Work, Rescues Business Man From River. By the Assoriated Press. CHICAGO, March 8. —Wandering in search of any work to end five months of enforced ideleness, Alvin Ott found a hero wanted, and the 20-year-old youth snatched a drowning man from the chilly waters of the Chicago River to qualify for the job. The man he saved proved to be William L. Bush, former millionaire head of a piano company and a patron of the arts, but it was hours before the youthful rescuer could be found and told. Plunging from the lower level of the busy Michigan Avenue Bridge yes- terday afternoon, the 66-year-old busi- ness man was being swept under bridge after bridge when young Ott, off in a swift dive while a policeman tugged at a rainy day uniform, plunged to the rescue, accomplished only after a struggle, then he dis- appeared. “No Use Sticking Around.” “I didn't see any use of my sticking around any longer, so I left,” the youth later explained to newspaper men who found he had hurried home while hundreds milled about the scene of the rescue. It was then found that Ott, who is an expert swimmer, and who once served as a beach life guard and pre- viously had rescued another drown- ing man, had been brought to the vicinity of the river in his search for employment. He =till wears ban- dages over the injuries received in foot ball last Fall which have neces- sitated operations to graft skin on a bruised forehead and kept him idle all Winter. Mr. Bush, who withdrew from the piano house of Bush & Gerts to head a piano sales agency under his own name, said at the hospital that he did not know how he came to fall from the bridge, but thought he must have become dizzy. Deny Intentional Plunge. Members of his family said he re. cently had been under treatment for a nervous disorder and they denied, with business friends, that there were recent financial reverses which might have led the elderly business man to deliberately plunge into the river. They expressed helief that he might have been a victim of a sudden at- tack of amnesia. With his father, Mr. Bush founded the Bush Conservatory of Music here and also was head of a conservatory in Dallas, Tex. He was at one time president of the Chicago Harmonic Association and a director of several banks, e POPE HONORS SCIENTIST. ROME, March 8 (#).—On the oc- casion of the eightieth birthday of Father John George Hagen, director of the Vatican ohservatory and for. merly _of Georgetown University, Pope Plus personally presented the veteran astronomer with a specially cast gold medal. The Pontiff visited the observatory and walked through the Vatican gar- dens with Father Hagen, who ex- plained to him his recent researches. YouthnEndl Lif; MODESTO, Calif.,, March 8 (#).— William Horwitch, 17, hanged him self yesterday in the family garage. The body was found by his mother. by Hanging. The parents could give no reason for ! Mol thelr son's ect. |Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley Gives Ser- THREE BANKS SHUT DOORS IN FLORIDA Two State Institutions in Illi- nois Also Suspend Business. By the Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 8—Two banks here and one in Palm Beach failed to open for business to- day. - Police took charge of the crowds that gathered in front of the institutions and maintained order. Officials of the Citizens Bank an nounced that an armored car had left Miami for West Palm Beach, bearink a large sum of currency for the Cit- zens Bank and the Farmers Bank and Trust Co. Directors of the First American Bank & Trust Co. stated that the bank is solvent and would be opened after a reorganization. The directors stated that they have more than a legal reserve on hand. Bank Issues Statement. The First American was capitalized at $300,000 and a statement issued this morning showed: Loans and discounts, $3.416503.52:| cash in vault, $58,255.35; cash in other banks, $553.730.85; liabilities, bills pay able, $1,140,000; deposits, $2,982,787.67. The First American Bank’s officers said it had to be closed because of gen- eral conditions following the failure of two Palm Beach banks last June the hurricanes, the continued depres. sfon In rea] estate, the upheaval in city affairs, the failure of the First Bank & Trust Co., a few weeks ago in Lake Worth, and continued large withdrawals by depositors in the past few weeks. More than $10,500,000 has been withdrawn from the bank from a peak of $13.500.000 deposits a few months ago, directors said. Run Seemed Imminent. The First Bank and Trust Co. of Palm Beach is capitalized at $50,000, MARCH 8, 1927. U.S. CONTROL SEEN INPRIMARY RULING Decision in Texas Case Held to Class Preliminaries as Part of Elections. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The Supreme Court of the United States has handed down a decision which may give added strength to the idea that an “election” nowadays in- cludes not merely the final balloting, but the preliminary steps such as pri- maries wherein nominees are chosen. The Texas statute, which has just been held unconstitutional by unani- mous decision of the Supreme Court, was passed with the idea that negroes could he prohibited from voting in the Democratic primaries and vet not dis: turh their privilege of voting in a Re- publican primary. It was assumed that the constitutional amendment which says no citizen shall be deprived of the right to vote because of race or color, merely aplied to the final elec- tion. The Supreme Court takes the view that any election in which the public participates must admit all who at least those who apply for ilege cannot be turned down because of color. Educational Requirements, ‘The Constitution does not, of course, guarantee the right to vote, as this is a matter on which the States can pre- scribe qualifications. Thus the Demo- crats in the South can insist that cer- tain educational requirements be satis- fied before a voter is accepted into the primaries. There is as yet n¢ constitutional bar which prevents the use of educational or property require- ments as a basis for discrimination. The South will continue, no doubt, to use the educational basix as a means of drawing the color line, though an admission by any election official that color and not lack of education was the reason for disquali- fication will permit the recovery of damages—another polnt which the Su- preme Court decided in its Monday decision. g The moot point involved in the qdestion of prohibiting negroes from voting was, however, not of as much concern to politicians here as the in- clusion of the primary in the election process, which is subject to Federal supervision. There are many ways by which negroes will be prevented from voting, so this phase of the mat- ter will cause little trouble. Affects North, Too. If, however, the Federal Govern- ment is to take unto itself the right to say whether voting in primaries has been in accordance with the Con- stitution, then Northern as well as Southern political leaders are affected. The two pending cases of primary elections in Illinoia and Pennsylvania are unquestionably going to be brought into the argument. For if a primary election in Texas among the Demo- crats, which is equivalent to an elec- tion, is subject to Federal control, so aleo is a primary among Republicans in a State where the choice by the latter s equivalent to an election. and has $100,000 as surplus and un- divided profits. No reason was an- nounced for the closing, but It is be-| lieved that the bank closed in order to forestall a run. The Northwood Bank, which serves the northern part of West Palm Beach, is believed to have closed for the same reason. Closing of the reorganized First| Bank and Trust Co. of Lake Worth a few weeks ago had apparently in- spired depositors here to withdraw their accounts in large sums. ¢ . Niinois Banks Closed. MENDOTA, Til.. March 8 (#).—The Arlington State Bank, only bank at Arlington, near here, was closed today by the directors, who are awaiting examination of the books by the State auditor. Frozen assets were assigned for the closing of the bank, which had farmers mainly as clients. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., March 8 (#).— The Marbold State Bank at Greenview was closed today after a run started yesterday, when it was rumored that the bank had heavy holdings in the North Side Bank of Springfield, which closed last week. Bank examiners were in charge today. SHANNEON & LUCHS, INC., OPEN NEW QUARTERS 1,906 Call on Twenty-first Anniver- sary of Founding of Real Es- tate Firm. Marking the twenty first anntver- sary of the founding of the organiza- tion, Shannon & Luchs, Inc., real es- tate brokers and buflders, yesterday formally opened their new home, which recently was completed by the construction department of at 1435 K street. iy By a co-incidence, the number of persons attending the opening, accord- ing to an actual court taken, as fel- low real estate men, bankers, city offictals and other friends called to pay their regards, totaled 1,908, which ex- actly duplicates the figures In the year of the founding of the concern, 1906, The Shannon & Luchs company was established by Herbert T. Shan- non and Morton J. Luchs in a small office at 704 Thirteenth street, 21 years ago. [:panding, they later moved to 713-15-17 Fourteenth street, which location they moved into thelr new home Saturday. The new building, which is five stories high and has a facade of black grapite and sandstone, is executed in early Italian stvle of architecture, and represents an investment of approxi- mately §500,000. 3 NEED OF KNOWLEDGE OF RELIGION STRESSED mon at Noon Lenten Services Held in Theater. The need of knowledge and under- standing of the word of God was stressed by Rev. Earle Wilfley, pastor of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, at the second Lenten service, held in’ Keith's Theater today, under the auspices of the Laymen's Asso- ciation of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, in co-operation with the District Federation of Churches, Pagé McK. Etchison presided. Prayer and benediction were offered by Rev. A. R. Bird, pastor of the Church of the Pilgrims. Tomorrow's service will begin at 12:25 o'clock. Dr. Wilfley will deliver his third sermon of the series on “The Glory of the, Burning Heart.” On Thursday Dr. Howard A. Kelly, prominent Baltimore surgeon, will be the speaker. Dr. W. Sinclair Bowen will preside at the meeting. Mrs, Mary Sherier Bowie will be the soloist at tomorrow's service. Dr. W. Showalter will preside. . Prominent Railway Attorney Die: MOBILE, _Ala., - March § (®).— Joseph C. Rich. 6T, general_counsel le, Gulf and N ern Raflroad, died todwy. 2 The Senate is made the sole judge of elections to its membership, but it has been argued that primaries are not really elections. The Supreme Court rather leaned to the opposite view in the Newberry case on the ground that State primaries are sub- ject to State laws, even though nomi- nations for Federal office are being made. This theory still has staunch defenders among those who say that neither the Illinois nor Pennsylvania case comes within the jurisdiction of the Senate. Question Still Unsettled. The question that has been left un- settled by the two decisions is whether the Senate can regard an election and primary as one thing, just as the Su- preme Court did. The Senate will be asked to vote on this question when Messrs. Vare and Smith apply for admission, and many of. those who! hitherto have been doubtful about the right of the Senate to judge an elec- tion other than the final contest now will be less influenced by the New- berry decision of the Supreme Court. Senator Borah and some of the others who'hope to unseat both Mr. Vare and Mr. Smith frankly polnt to the latest decision as havi . cided bearing on o 1 Senate to Inquire into primaries, (Coorright. 1927.) EX-GERMAN VESSELS MAY BE USED AGAIN Surveys to Be Made of Mount Ver- non and Agamemnon to See if They Are Serviceable. By the Associated Press. The giant Leviathan of the United States lines may find one and possibly two companion ships to ply Atlantie waters If physical inspections of the Mount Vernon and the Agamemnon, laid up at the Army base at Norfolk, Va., prove them to be worthy of recon’ ditioning for service. The two former German vessels are to be dryvdocked at the Portsmouth, Va., navy yard for surv which will determine their future usefulness. They have been tied up at Boston, New York and Norfolk since 1921, when they were turned over by the United States Mail lines. The Mount Vernon, known original- Iy as the Kranprinzessen Cecille, was built in 1906, while the Agamemnon, formerly the Kalser Wilhelm II, siid from the ways in 1902. They are rated, respectively, at 24 knots, 18,378 tons and 231 knots and 19,369 tons of the express service type, If the surveyors find the ships physi- cally fit and the reconditioning plans should be put into effect, marine engi-. neers belleve that their conversion to ollburners or motorized craft would make them first-class transatlantic carrfers and give them an increased speed sufficient to keep them in com- pany with the fastest ships now oper- ating in the transatlantic service, BAND CONCERTS. Tomorrow. % By the United States Marine Band Orchestra, at_the Marine Barracks, 8:30 o'clock, William H. Santelmann, leader; Taylor Branson, second leader. NOON-DAY LENTEN - SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 0'Clock Speaker Tomorrow Rev. Earle Wilfley Services Conducted by the right of the| 'Lineman Tumbled Out of Tower in Battle With Hawk By the Assoc LOS A March 8—A hawk, which evidently subscribed to the theory that the bigger they are the harder they fall, put up & battle in defense of its nest which left a Los Angeles Gas and Electric. Co. lineman in hospital today with a broken leg, two fractured ribs and numerous cuts and bruises. The lineman was working in a tower on power lines near Saugus, according to the report to lLos Angeles headquarters, when he noticed the bird's nest and shoved it over with his hand. The hawk attacked so’ viclously that the man fell from the tower. PLAN TEXAS VOTE LAWMODIFICATION Democrats Prepare to Sup- plant Statute on Primaries Held Unconstitutional. ted Prees. By the Associated Press AUSTIN, Tex., March §.-—Texas Democrats plan a modified law to supplant the statute denyving negroes tha right to vote in primary elections, which was held unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court. Faflure of many negroes to prop- erly qualify as voters, including the payment of poll taxes, also would prove a factor In preventing them from obtaining control of any State election district, political leaders said today In commenting on yesterday's decision. The law prohibiting negroes from voting in Texas Democratic primaries was passed in 1923, The measure specified that should any negro vote In such an election his ballot would be thrown out. Test Case in El Paso. The test case was brought by L. A Nixon, who was refused the right to vote at El Paso in an election at which both Federal and State candi- dates were selected. Justice Holmes, who wrote the de- cision, in which the entire court con- curred, found the Texas law was a direct infringement of the fourteenth amendment, which ‘“not only gave citizenship and privileges of citizen- #hip to persons of color, but it denied to any State the power to withhold {rom them the equal protection of the aws The court also held the Texas law was invalid because color alone can- not he made the basis for a statute affecting the right to vote. It aiso pointed out that private damages could be caused by deprivation of political rights. Moody Expects Qualification. Gov. Dan Moody, who as attorney general supervised the preparation of a brief in the Nixon case, sald he be- lieved the State Legislature could give the party executive committee ‘ypower to fix the qualifications of primary voters without violation of the provisions of the amendment. Party leaders throughout the South- west also were studying the question of Federal control over primaries, brought out by the decision. Judge Franklin E. Kennamer of the eastern Oklahoma Federal Court dis- trict declared he believed the Supreme Court had no alternative in its ruling on the eligibility of negroes to vote. Federal Right Established. Judge Kennamer, who twice inter- vened when questions of negro regis- tration were raised, said the right of the Federal Government to supervise public balloting apparently was well established in caces where State statutes supersede Federal laws. Estimates show there are approxi- mately 740,000 negroes in Texas. Few of them ever have qualified to vote. Although more than 1,000,000 persons pay poll tax in Texas the total vote cast seldom totals £00,000. More than 80 per cent of the voters are register- ed as Democrats. SCHOOLGIRL, FEARING REPORT, KILLS SELF Had Confided to Classmates in Ok- lahoma They “Would Never See Her Again.” fourteenth By the Associated Press. MUSKOGEE, Okla., March 8.-—Ap- parently in fear that her school grades, to be revealed with the issue of her report card at Central High School, would cause her foster parents to return her to the orphanage from which they adopted her, Lillian Col ling, 13 years old, shot and killed her- self here last night. Mr. and Mrs. Manley Collins, who adopted her three years ago, said they were at a loss to explain the girl's act. Friends of the girl sald that she had confided in her domestic science class at school that they “would never see her again.” They said she recently had been taken to task by teachers for failure to make good grades in her lessons. ONTARIO PROPOSES STRICT LIQUOR LAW Tourists and Transients May Be Required to Buy Drinks Under Government Permits. By the Associated Press. TORONTO, March 8.—Tourists and transients in Ontario would require government permits for the purchase of liquor under provisions of a gov- ernment bill, it is understood. Sale of heer by the glass and with meals, it is understood, would he pro- hibited and single bottles would be sold at the government stores. No government stores would be es- tablished in areas which were under local option when the Ontario Temper- ance act. came into force unless re- quested by a three-fifths vote. The bill has been under preparation by the government as the result of a general election in which the issue ‘was whether the province should mod ity its prohibition of the sale of intox- lcating liquors. gt e Poetess Weds Theatrical Man.. SAN FRANCISCO, March 8 (#). Maurice Browne, pioneer of the little theater movement in the United States, and Miss Eilen Jansen, poetess, were married here yesterda: Mrs. Browne is the dlufl:rv.;r. of s for Mr. Gy promi: | TELLEZINMBNGD, HIRRESTOGALLES Goes to Palace and Later Confers With President and Obregon. tod Pr €O CITY, March S-—Manusl Maxican Ambassador to the United States, arrived here last nigh Ha detrained a few miles outside Me: feo City, where he hoarded a walting automobile, which hrought him to the foreign office, Depart for Conference. Shortly afterward. accompanied by reign Secretary Saenz and Under- secretary Fstrada, he departed from {the national palace, meeting President {Calles and former President Obregon. It “was not long hefore the entire group laft for some unknown place for dinner and a conference: Mystery still surrounds the recent note of the Unfted States to Mexico and the Mexican reply to it. There continues to he much conjecture as to what the correspondence was about. No New Notes Expected. From circles close to the forelgn office it is learned that no further communication has been recelved from the United States, and none is ex- pected, because the “mystery” note did not have to do with a “contro- versial subject.” These circles say the affair was considered closed with the Mexican reply. TE SUCCESSOR REPORT! Envoy Will Be Replaced by Gilberto Valenzuela, Dispatch Says. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 8 (®).—A Mexico City dispatch publish- ed today by La Prensa, Spanish lan. guage newspaper, said that Manuel C. Tellez, Mexican Ambassador to the United States. will not_return to his post at Washington. The Ambassa. dor, who arrived at Mexico City last night,- gave family reasons as the cause of his absence, It has been learned from reliable sources, the dispatch to La Prensa said, that the reason the diplomat will not return is hecause of a recent difficulty he is said to have had with Arturo Elias, half-brother of Presi. dent Calles and financial agent for the Mexican government at New York i P The dispatch further said that Gil- berto Valenzuela, Mexican Minister at London, will be sent to Washington to take Tellez's place. WILL MEET TO STUDY REDUCTION IN TAXES House Ways and Means Body, Lacking Official Consent, Plans to Hold Sessions. Although official consent of Con- gress_was not secured for the ways and means committee of the House to meet before Congress assembl in December, for the purpose of coi sidering further tax reduction, Chair- man Green is going ahead with his plans_and does not expect to run afoul of any serious oppésition. a Belated study of the Congressional Record yvesterday disclosed to Mr. Green that while early on the last day of the session the Senate ap- proved the House resolution au- thorizing the committee to mest dur- ing the recess for this purpose, the Record showed that later Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, moved to reconsider approyal of this resolution. His motion was not cted upon nor withdrawn in the closing hours and the resolution is therefore declared not to have been approved. Senator Harrison sald yvesterday that in the last minute of the final sesslon he sought to withdraw h motion but could not obtain recog- nition from Vice President Dawes. i MAN FEEED FROM JAIL FACES VIRGINIA CHARGE Maine Governor Honors Requisi- tion Papers for Alleged Passer of Worthless Checks. By the Assoclated Press. DOVER-FOXCROFT, Me, March 8.—Dr. Earl 8. Cummings, who claims Detroit as his home, and who has been serving & sentence in the Piscataquis County Jail for passing worthless checks at Greenville, vesterday was turned over to an officer of Lynch- burg, Va., police department. Cum- i is wanted in Virginia on charges similar to that on which he was arrested in Maine. Gov. Ralph O. Brewster honored requisition papers from Lynchburg. While Cummings was in jail the police of many cities advised county authorities that they wanted the man on various charghs. RIDES CAB EIGHT HOURS. SYRACUSE, N. Y., March 8 (@). After riding around in a local taxi eight hours, the fare directed the driver to stop at a police station, alighted and “reglstered” for a nighf lodgins. February Circulation Daily...103,218 Sunday.111,989 M NROLD. b paver named sol ring the month of February, A. was as follows 4] 22332 35 it 3333 HF Less adjustments Total daily net elrculation Average daily net paid cireul Dally averase number of copies for service, ete. Daily average net circulation . MIB.:IIA 3 st 3. Less adjustments . . net ciceulation ., o patd’ Sundas el 8. 13. Average number of conies for serv- ice, ote. .. Jation Average Sunday mu o8 W o Business Whflm-:h