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ENTER MANAGUA Capital of Nicaragua Now Occupied by 1,266 From Transport Henderson. e Associated Press. GUA. Nicaragua, March er detachment of rs from the United Stated Henderson arrived in st night. The total num- ber of effectives that have come here from the Henderson since it reached nte several days ago now stands The arrival of the Marines much excitement n. Bartolome Viguez, hero of the recent battle of Chinandega between the Conservative and Liberal force: has been appointed Conservative com manderfin-chief in the field. He was preparing today to leave for wuuu..l.‘ where 3,000 Conservative soldiers are] concentrated, for the purpose. it was announced. of attempting “definitely to end the revolution.” Gen. Salvade teves, with 300 men, has left Mata-| alpa on the way to coordinate with n. Viquez The Conserv Diaz, announced intercepted me: Foreign Minister Liberal government President { Sacasa, to all Masonic lodges in America, asking aid for the Liberal in gua. The message is said to President Coolidge be appealed by the| Masons. inosa I8 described third degree Mason. PREPARED TO STAY LONG. transport Managua ive president, Adolfo the rece of an| age addressed by of the cause to as a thirty American Marines in Nicaragua A\I‘e’ Equipped for Any Need. By the Associated Pr The American Marines in Nicaragua | are organized for a prolonged stay, if necessary z The Navy Department announced | today that Brig. Gen. Logan Feland | had succeeded Capt. C. H. Woodward | in command of all Marine Corps land | detachments, and that an organiza- tion scheme had been worked out in great detail. The transport Hender-| son, which took most of the Marines to Nicaragua, probably will he re- leased within the next 48 hours to| resume her regular place in the navai transport service. Patrol Is Organized. A West coast patrol. consisting of the cruiser Raleigh and the destrovers, Borie and Reuben James, has been or- ganized and will bé supplemented by seaplanes. Another outline of the -disposition of American forces in Nicaragua was | made available today when Chairman Borah made public the testimony given recently hefore the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by Stokeley W. Morgan. chief of the Latin American division of the State Department. '$5,000 HI-JACKING * " CHARGE IS PROBED BY CAPITAL POLICE (Continued from First Page.) on the roadside, left little doubt in the minds of witnesses that the fire had not been accidental, Persons passing along the road early yesterday morning, investigators were told, had seen the large delivery. truck on its way toward Marlboro followed by a smaller car. At the fire the €maller car was not seen, it was said, and the general belief was that the operators of the truck had left in it at the time of the fire. No Sign of Liquor Found. A careful survey of the debrie re- wvealed not a sign of the liquor, how- ever, and the investigators had turned their efforts toward an attempted un- covering of the spot where the liquor left the truck. In the burned portion of the truck after the fire were found only scraps of padding such as are used to protect furniture in transit. The wreckage and debris were quick- 1y cleared away yesterday afternoon and the road today, only showed a large burned spot where the heat of | the fire had melted the tar dressing on the road. One witness is said to have told investigators that when he arrived on the scene even the rear tires of the truck were aflame. The truck, it is understood, was almost totally destroyed, but President Hall of the transportation company would tolunteer no information on this point. The arrest of ber, however, it was learned in an interview with Mr. Hall, came as a_surprise to him. He stated that he had no knowledge of his employe's arrest when the fact was mentioned to him. "TRAFFIC DISPUTES SETTLED BETWEEN D. C. POLICE AND DIPLOMATS | ‘oatinuel which arose between Director of Traf- ‘fic Eldridge and an attache of th Serblan legation over parking priv leges, the State Department aniiounced the incident Deen closed satisfac- torily with expressions of regret cver the incident by the Minister of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the at- tache. other embarrassing situation | wilch arose was due 15 a colligion | fn which there was implicated John Bryn. son of the former Norwegian Minister to the United States, and which resulted fatally for one of the occupants of Mr. Bryn's car. It has been ascertained to the satistaction of the authorities and to all uthers concerned that Mr. Bryn was in no way responsible for the accident, it w stated Police Express Regret. Invasion of the Hungarian legation police officer with regard to parking tacilities, which had been therto without interruption by jegation staff, reeulted in another breach which Nas closed by an ex. pression of regret on the part of the police authorities to the Hungarian Minister. Thiz was followed by the author- ities notifying the legation that dis ciplinary measures Lad heen taken in czard to the officer-in question. State Department today it t 1o complaint has heen received from the . Distriet Commis sioncrs asx t net Iva Jurke- vich, tormer of the legation of the nd Slovenes, for alleged peeding e Connecticut Avenue Bridge the night of March 2. The Commissioners are caid to have forwarded such a letter of complaint. Christopherson, Writer, Dead. LOS ANGELES, March 9 (#).—C. Christopherson, 47, magazine writer nd newspaper man, formerly of the editorial ff of the Literary Digest and ome time associated with B. T Meredith, Ic n periodical pub- lisher, died yesterday. premises of the by a District the enjoyed | 7 S UNANT MISS SARAH LOUISE ARNC President Asks Red Cross to Offer Br the Associated Press. President Coolidge asked the American Red Cross today to offer aid to Japan in the latest earth- ster. officials sald their as. nee would be at Japan's dis- 1 but it was not yet certain that outside help was required. Reports from the stricken aren are being studied carefully at Red Cross headquarters where an an- nouncement may be made shortly. TELLEZ MAY LEAVE FORU. 5. SATURDAY Other Rumors in Mexico City Say Envoy May Be Re- placed by Valenzuela. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, March 9.—Uncon- firmed reports were current today that Manuel Tellez, Mexican Ambas- sador to the United States, who ar- rived here Monday, would return to ‘Washington Saturday. Speculation aroused by his ®udden visit to Mexico persisted, notwith- standing official announcement that he was called home because of the illness of his brother. It has been suggested by the Mexico City news- papers that he may be succeeded at ‘Washington by the Mexican Minister in London, Gilberto Valenzuela. There has also been talk that he came here to get a ruling in alleged differences with the Mexican consul general at New York, Arturo Elias, who is a half brother of President Calles. Of- ficial quarters remain adamant in their refusal to discuss the visit of the Ambhssador. . Senor Tellez had lengthly confer- ences vesterday with President Calles, the executive postponing regular cab- fnet meetings so as to discuss with the Ambassador the various phases of the international situation. No statement was issued after the con- ferences. 1927 AUTO TAGS ON WAY. Supt. Coombs to Resume Distri- bution Next Wednesday. Distribution of the District’s 1927 automobile identification tags will be resumed next Wednesday, it was an- nounced today by Wade H. Coombs, superintendent of licenses, following the receipt of a telegram from the National Celortype Co. of Bellevue, Ky., that a shipment of 10,000 pairs of tags left here today and should ar- rive in Washington Saturday. The Kentucky firm was given a contract for 42.800 pairs of tags about 10 days ago, when the original con- tractor defaulted. U. . Opium Expert Renamed. GENEVA, March 9 (®.—Col. Ar- thur Woods of New York was today reappointed by the council as expert on the League of Nations’ opium com- mittee. The council also designated Aguero v Bethancourt of Cuba to be president | of the International Transit Confer- ence, which will meet in Geneva on August 23. Co-ed biven 30-Day Sentence. VERMILION, 8. Dak., March § (®). —Marian Meyers, former co-ed at the University of South Dakota, was sen- tenced to 30 days in the State peni- tentiary when she pleaded guilty to- day to an attempt to rob the vault of the First National Bank here to get $24 to pay her tuition. Help to Japanese TALKS T0 SCOUTS President of National Girls’ Organization Addresses Local Council. MISS MARY CLARKE TOOK LIFE ON JERSEY COAST, POLICE SAY State Investigators Claim Woman's Diary Reveals Plan for Suicide When Fortune Was Spcn;. Special Dispateh to The Star. Miss Sarah Louise Arnold, president | of the National Girl Scout organiza- | tion, dean cmerita of Simmon's Col-| lege, in Massachusetts, spoke today hefore the Council of the € Scouts | of the District upon what the Girl ut movement has done and will do the youth of the country The dean, well known as an educa- tor, was for many years assistant superintendent of &chools in Minne- apolis and for seven years a member | of the btard of supervisors of the Boston schools. During the war she worked with the food administration in Washington. | and is the author of the well known shool text hooks, *The Mother ongue,” “The Mastery of Words’ and “Stepping Stones to Literature.’ Mrs. Hoover's Guest. The dean has been a guest for sev- eral days of Mrs. Herbert Hoover, on her way North from Dallas, Tex.. where she attended a meeting of the Department of National Superintend- ence of Schools. In her address’ to the council the dean dwelt upon the desire of youth to be taught that which Scouting teaches and the necessity for age and experfence to share with vouth the | zood things they have learned. g “No Finer Promise. “Scouting,’ adventure in comrad needed today to fortifty the Certainly no_ finer promise can made than that asked of every Scout: **On my honor I will try to do my Auty to God and my country, to help other people at all times to obey the Scout law e home, be Girl INVITES CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM OF CONGRESS Sanders in Club Address Urges Every Citizen to Co-operate ‘With Legislators. Advising that every American citi- zen make constructive rather than de- structive criticism of Congress, Rep- resentative Morgan Sanders of Texas, in a speech before members of the Advertising Club of Washington, at the City Club vesterday, said that the gregtness of this country depends upon the individual citizen. “All the good things in Washington; the public buildings, streets, parks, etc., are due-to the efficiency of its Government,” he declared. “The peo- ple of the District of Columbia may rest assured that although they have not the vote, nevertheless thelr voices reach the ears of Congress and their pleas, if sound, will be listened to. Dalsy and Violet Hilton, Siamese twins, appearing here this week. en- tertained. Miss Edna Archer Craw- ford, their tutor and companion, gave a short sketch of their life. Dorothy and Rosetta Ryan, also on a theatrical | bill here this week, sang and played the guitars. E ARREST FOLLOWS GHASE. | Officer Captures Man Accused of Stealing Car and Shoes. After a hot chase, Motor Cycle Policeman Gemeny arrested John Walter Tate, colored years old, 1618 Church streety this morning in con- nection with the robbing of a show window at the store of Louis I. Green- berg, 1018 Seventh street, and stealing an automobile belonging to Herbert 8. Reynolds, 1126 Eleventh street. Reynolds reported the loss of his car to second precinct police. In the mean- time, Gemeny, acting ‘on a license | number given him by a night watch- man, was searching for a gar which had been seen leaving the vicinity of the looted show window from which $20 worth of shoes had been taken. Sighting an automobile hearing the license number, he pursued it, finally overtaking it'near Towa Circle, where its occupant deserted it. The police- man chased the fleeing colored man | on foot, catching him two blocks from the car. JONES BROTHERS FREE. ATLANTA, Ga., March 9 (®).—Win. field and Neufield Jones, brothers. whose sentences of two years each for conspiracy to violate the prohibition | law were commuted Monday by Presi.- dent Coolidge, were released from the | FFederal penitentiary here today.. The Jones brothers were convicted in Bal- timore. : 2 Bond of $5,000 was posted yvester day by Neufleld Jones for hix appear- ance for trial here on charges of at. tempting to evade the income tax law. Ship Contract Approved. The $1,894,000 contract awarded the ' Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry dock Co. for reconditioning the steam- ship America, was approved late yes. terday by Shipping Board and Mer. | chant Fleet Corporation officials and forwarded for signature of the ship. | *building Company's officials, By the Associated Press. President Coolidge still has on his desk awaiting signature a bill passed in the closing days of the session of Congress to increase from $30 to $40 a month the pensions of all Civil War widows over 15 vears of age. Why the bill was omitted from the long list of those approved just before adjournment has not been disclosed by the White House, nor are offieiuls there entirely certain whether it ix too late for the President to act. An opin- ) the Attorney General may Civil War Widows' Pension Bill Waits | Presidential Action, Despite Adjournment | be | Civil | Under some interpretations of the Constitution, a bill remaining unap- proved upon the adjournment of Con. | gress automatically fails of enactment | into law, but some Presidents have taken the view that despite the ad- | journment they still were allowed the customary 10-day period in which | to act. It was said at the White House to- | day that President Coolidge was not | ready to announce his opinion of the War widows' bill, or indicate what he intended to'do with it. | Medical Editor Pred Soon Will Caternto‘ By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 9--Ten years from now there may be “ten million imbeciles” who think they are smart enough to try all the eults of healing, D Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical As- soclation, today told the Association of Commerce. “Of al the nations of the world th~e United States is the most afflicted with healers,” Dr. Fishbein said. “Among the most modern forms of Charlatanism are the dietary fads and those devoted beauty. “The cosmetic bill of the Nation is one item in the drug field that is in- creasing steadily since 1840. Amer- fcan women use more than $150.000,- ' 000 worth of cosmetics annually, In to the cult of icts Health Cults 10,000,000 Imbeciles™ the cr for beauty themselves to all sor riical pr ‘h as face lift- face peeling,’ the operative re-| moval of fat, the injection of paraffin | and similar methods” which frequently | bring not heauty but sears, tumors and hideous appearances. “There are today in the United State more than 100 varfeties of quackery and cultism. With the lax- ity of our legislation, with the meth- ods by which cults propagate in this country, with the fertility of invention that characterizes the American mind, 10 years from today, if there are new discoveries In fundamental sclence, there will be cults founded on each of women submit of dangerous | her body on the beach at Cape May, | ended her life after a fortune of many {two $10 bills, | ering weveral weeks and hundreds of | Arablan Nights, | ordered | ships of poverty | lent | that he had been appointed uwwmm“ [lars in cash. | portion of the money forwarded by | be refunded. " home, at 3640 New Hampshire avenue, ' about 12 years ago. | Works of Famous Composers Will |.phony in A major, No. 4, “Italian, | written by | liest of his * WILDWOOD, N. I., March 9.—The hand of fate that sways the destinies of mankind dealt harshly with Miss Mary Clarke, middle-aged Plttsburgh and Washington woman. who was found frozen to death after a tem- pestuous surf had hurled itself over N 15. Miss Clarke on January thousands of dollars had dwindled to tate ‘Troopers Tilingsworth and of the New Jersey State Con- stabulary, after an investigation cov. miles. will,_in their report to Judge Henry B. Ware, presiding at the his- c Cape May courthouse, today reveal a tale rivaling Aladdin and the several weeks ago a rigld investigation to be made after William H. Thompson, < coroner of a small village adjacent to Cape May, had declared that the Pitts- burgh woman was murdered. Planned Years Ago. The report, first of all, will reveal that Miss Clarke ended her own life. That the act was premeditated and that the sole reason for her action as planned years ago when suddenly the woman changed her mode of liv- ing from one burdened with the hard.- to a woman upon at god Gold had looked Judge Ware | whom _the gr with fuvor. Despite the rumors at first preva- that Miss Clarke wus @ member of a socially prominent and wealthy family of Pittsburgh, a letter received by Coroner Thompson several weeks ago from Joseph T. Fisher of Pitts- | burzh gave the agthorities the first | inkling of the true status of the case. Flsher advised Coroner Thempson of the estate and that after a thor- ough Investigation had found that | Miss Clarke’s estate was twenty dol- Fisher asked that a Thompson for expenses in- the funeral of the woman But the corner, who still stuck to the theory that the woman was murdered, has so far re- fused to grant the request of Kish- er, a cousin of the dead woman and himself in limited circumstance. him to cident to According to the State police, Miss Clarke many vears ago was a teacher and later a nurse. Her family was of extremely moderate circumstances, and as & young girl she many times yearned for the things which onl the wealthy could afford. Then sud- denly, Lady Luck came knocking at the door, a brother, long absent {rom home and almost forgotten, struck gold in California and not many months passed hefore the brother.re- turned to his home. Less than a decade ago the brother died, and part of the estate was left to Miss -Clarke. Fortune had come to her night. and with a yearning to travel to enjoy the life which she had seen others lead from afar, Miss Clarke made a secret vow to herself to live a life of luxur until her fortune was gone, and then, when that for- tune was finished, her life would be ended, a life that would éxperience for a few brief vears at least the thrills that gold can buy. Diary Tells Secret. For in a diary, written in a small note hook and found at the hottom of a much-handled trunk, the wom- an's determination to live a life of luxury and then commit suicide when she had been relieved of life's wher: withal, was made a matter of record. And in her plans to end a life that hud been lived on foreign shores as well as at home Miss Clarke had carefully discarded all traces of her fdentity. State troopers, it is safd, talked at length with a woman who conversed with Miss Clarke on the train which carried her from den o Cape The report those State troopers who investigated will reveal that Miss (larke declared that she was melancholy and that she had not long to live. According to members of the Coast Guard stationed at Cape May, the hody of the woman was found at over- PRESIDENT MAY G0 10 PACIFIC COAST Summer in West Seen as Giv- ing Opening for Short Trip to California. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coglidge’s ~ decision to establish the Summer White House in the West, somewhere between the Al leghenies and the Rockies, means that he may be persuaded to take a short If, for instance, the Prosident shonld ake his headquarters in Colorado [ trip to the Pacific Coast. | he would find it convenient no doubt, | to go to the Pacific Coast, which as l:renldonl, he has never visited. Mr Coolidge 'is strongly of the o) that a President should visit all s Huc of the country sometime during his¥erm of office. He cannot very well mis- construed as political. Any traoveling that he does, therefore, will have to| be done this coming Summer Prefers Specific Ja Mr. Coolidge “swing around the ei have caused such misfortune to the | health of other Presidents. He would | rather make specific journeys to par- | tieular places just as he has done from Washington in the last three vears, | It didn’t take long to travel to Kansas City for the Armistice day speech and ir. Coolidge in Colorado Springs, he would be able to go to the rthwest on one i nd to San “rancisco and Los Angeles on another sion, probably stopping off ke City and here and th route, not so much for pose of making speeches something of the country, pa the Yellowstone, Mr. Coolfdge’s decision to go West is not a casual idea. It Ias been| under consideration ever since last| Summer, , when he went to thel Adirondacks. Thera are many rea-| <ons why a base further East than Colorado will be seriously discussed before final plans are made. One i RO Auring 1928, Jest hix trip be | rne s favor the idea, which | the pur a point on the heach midway be- tween high and low tides, and it is declared by the authorities that she committed suicide by walking out into the surf at high tide to a depth of possibly 3 feet and then, exhausted and faint at heart, laid down to die while a sixty-mile gale, with rain and sleet, spent its force over her fast-ehbing life. SORROWS FOR WIFE, 'MAN KILLS HIMSELF Alexander Millar, 74, Retired Builder, Commits Suicide in Garage at Home. Brooding over the death of his wife, Alexander Millar, 74 years old. a re-| tired builder, vesterday afternoon end- ed his life in the garage in rear of his by shooting. A note pinned to the facing of the garage door, where he had hung his hat and coat. reads: ‘‘Forgive me for this. I cannot stand the separation any longer. T am goirfg to join Mom. Affectionately, Pop.” Mr. Millar retirtd from business He was born in Baltimore and had been a resident of this city the past 45 vears. Many years ago he was prominent in build- ing circles, and, it is stated, construct- ed numerous large homes in the vicin- ity of Sheridan Circle. Mrs. Millar died during the past vear. ‘When members of the family re- turned home and missed their father they started an investigation that re- sulted in finding the dead body in the garage. Newspapers had been spread upon the floor to protect his clothing. Dr. Joseph D. Rogers, acting cor- oner. gave a certificate of death from a self-inflicted wound. Mr. Millar is survived by thr dajighters and a son, Mrs, R. Graves, Mrs. L. Gess- ford Handy, Miss Mary E. Millar and James Millar. NAVY ORCHESTRA PLANS SYMPHONIC PROGRAM Be Presented Tomorrow Night in Band Auditorium. The United States Nayy Band Or- chestra in a concert under the direc- tion of Charles Benter in the band auditorium of the Marine Barracks, Eighth and T streets southeast, at 8 o'clock tomorrow night, will present representative wprks of some of the most famous composers in a syfn- phonic program of five numbers. Included in the program is a sym. Felix Mendelssohn-Bar- tholdy, and “Rondo Capriccioso,” by the same composer. The firs® work is graceful, spontaneous and character- jstic, and while it is generally believed to have been easily written, Men- delssohn, In his notes concerning its compogition, wrote: “The bitterest mo- ments I ever endured, or could have imagined, were those I experienced during the Autumn, when the work was in progress.’ After it was com- pleted he wrote that he found joy in it because it “pleases me and shows progress,’” The “Rondo,” which is the subject of the second composition, was written when Mendelssohn was 18 years old, but mymsic students declare the work as characteristic of its author as any- thing he wrote in maturity. Its intro- | duction s said to be one of the love-| songs without words” and at its climax “gracefully metamor-' phoses into a rollicking rondo.” Other presentations will include an overture, ‘“‘Oberon,” by Carl von Webner; nocturne, No. 3, “Dreams of Love” (“Liebestraum”), by Frani Liszt, and suite of valses—(a) “Valse . 3" and (b) “Valse Op. 64, No. y Franz Chopin. . he concert will he conc ar Spangled Banner SEEK NEW DIPLOMA FORM. Committee to Plan Design for Ju- nior High Schools. of art directors and Franklin School decided to wo out a new design for the Junior High School diplomas, it was annoupced today. When approv- ed, the new design will be standard- ized for future use BAND CONCERTS. TOMORROW. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra at Stanley Hall, A committee teachers at thi 5:45 o'clock, John 8. M. Zimmermann, leader; Emil A. Fenstad, second leader. TONIGHT. them and at least 10,000,000 imbeciles who think they are smart enough to wry them.” By the United States Navy Band Orchestra, at the Marine Barracks, 8 o’'clock, Charles Benter, leuder, Farmer Drops Dead When His Pigs Win Two Blue Ribbhons By the Associated Press. FORT WORTH, Tex.. March 9. —T. 8. Cline, 55-year-old stockman of Prosper, Tex., is dead as a re- sult of a heart attack, following the winning of two first prizes at a stock show here, He fainted when a barrow pig he entered took the grand cham- pionship vesterday. He dropped dead when his pen of three pigs also took a blue ribbon. SEVENTH GRADE WINS BIRD HOUSE PRIZES Joseph R. Keene Parent-Teachers Present Awards—Miss Lucy Hopkins Praised. Prizes for the best bird houses huflt by puplls of the Joseph R, Keene School were awarded last night to members of the seventh grade by the school's Parent-Teacher Association. Eleanor Hitz won first and Esther Bright second prize in the girls’ group, while Howard Cheeney took first and Thomas Steele secoid prize in_the boys® group, which are ta v bovs’ graug ught by Mrs. The certificate of “supertor group,” which was recently awarded to the schools by the National Congress of Parent-Teachers' Associations, the only award of its kind in the District, was presented to Miss H. E. King, principal, by Mrs. Finis D. Morris, president of the Joseph R. Keene Par. ent-Teacher Association. The achieve- ments of the school were lauded by Mis. E. R. Kalmbach, chairman of the serap books and exhibits committee. of the National Congress of Parent- Tenchers’ Associations. resolution was passed indors the efliciency of Miss Luey Hapnins fifth grade teacher, who was recently transferred to the Whittier School after 10 years' service at the Joseph R. Keege School. Miss Florenee Adam of Danville, Va., entertained a capacity gathering with dialect recita- tions. "The speakers included Mrs, James E. Byler and Mrs. W. E. Leady of the District Congress of Parent- Teacher Aswociations, Leon ¢, Palmer of the National.Cathedral and Mrs Herman Hitz, chairman of the Chil. dren’s Welfare Magazine, who report. ed receiving subscriptions from 26 per cent of the association's membership. which was increased to 95 with the ad. mission of My, and Mrs. F. C. Berger, Mrs. James E. Lacy a T, Anderaa, 'y and Mrs. Robert GIRL SERIOUSLY BURNED. Sister Also Victim ;;escuing Two Younger Ones in Home Fire. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, March 9.— Winifred Hayden. 14 vears old, daugh- ter of George Hayden of Berryville, a mail carrier, was brought to a hos- pital here ‘today apparently dying from burns following a coal ofl ex: plosion which occurred while she was kindling a kitchen fire, . Her elder sister, Gladys, was burn. ed on the face and hand¢ rescuing a year-old sister and baby upstairs, She fell fainting with them near the front door, and neighbors went to her rescue. The house and contents were destroyed. NOONDAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 0 to 1 o'clock Speaker Tomorrow DR. HOWARD A. KELLY Service Conducted by REV. E. P. WORTH Every One Invited—No Collection I that the President would like to be only an overnight's ride from the Na- tional Capital, especially so that those who may have to confer with him will not be absent from Washington for long periods. Believes Change Beneficlal. Also it is suggested that the Pres- ident might lease a place somewhere on the Great Lakes, thus permitting a naval yacht to come through the Welland Canal for such cruises as the President and his family might wish to take. The possibility of a trip to the Wisconsin lake region has been discussed so as to afford an oppor- tunity for people in Chicago to make pilgrimages to the President’s office— a privilege the Middle West has never enjoyed. Mr. Coolidge is going away not he- cause he dislikes the Washington cli- mate, but because he thinks a change of air will be heneficial. Last Summer he had a constant series of confer- ences with people from the West. but this time he expects to place himself at the disposal of those who want to talk over public questions. There is little doubt that he will receive sug- gestions on farm relief legislation, particularly since the administration is faced with the necessity of con- structing an alternative to the Mc- Nary-Haugen bill. The Middlewest will be a center of politics anyhow this Summer, with the Lowden and Dawes booms on the horizon. Mr. Coolidge’s presence may give Republican leaders something else to think ahout besides deposing the present head of the party. Alto- gether for purposes of health, of poli- tics and of scenic observation of the country, the trip to the West is con- sidered hy the friends of the Presi- dent as the best possible way to spend the Summer of 1927, (Cooyright. 1927.) LENTEN SERMON EXTOLS SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST | Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley Calls Story Most Thrilling and Beautiful Ever Told. | The story of the suffering and death of Christ was pictured as the most thrilling _and beautiful story ever written by Rev. Dr. Earle Wil pastor of the -Vermont Avenue Chr tian Church, in his address at t Lenten service. held under auspices of the Laymen's Assoc of the Episcopal Diocese of Washing- ton in co-operation with the District Federation of Churches, in Keith's Theater_today. Dr. Wilfley vividly described the in- cidents leading up to the death of Christ. Dr. W. J. Showalter presided. Dr. W. L. Dar ary of the District - Federation urches, offered praver. Mrs. Mary Sherier Bowie, who was announced as the soloist for today, will sing at tomor- row's services instead. 1 In accordance with the committee’s | plan to have a layman speak at the Thursday and Friday services this year, Dr. Howard A. Kelly. prominent Baltimore surgeon, will deliver the address tomorrow. < Dr. W. Sinclair Bowen will preside. The Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday services each week will be addressed by the same minister. Dr. Wilfley completed his third address today. 'This plan was adopted, Dr. L. W. Glazebrook, chair- man of the committee in charge, said, | in order that each minister may have more time to convey his message to the audiences. The seérvices are well attended. Nearly 1,000 people attended the ser jces vesterday and today. The pro- grams are broadcast daily through station WRC. o ROADS ARE DEPLORED. Benning Citizens Want Better Fire Protection. Road conditions and lack of ade- quate fire protection were deplored at U mecting of the Benning Citizens' Association at the Benning School Iast o revealed that many al- leye. streets and highways were very much in need of regrading, resurfac- T and rerolling. A letter recom anding the allocation of “highway | fonds. aiready appropriated, to the Candidate’s Ballot For Self Is Only Vote in Primary By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 9.—One vote was cast yesterday in the primary election in Summit, a suburb, with 362 registered vote The citizen who voted was James Galowich, When the hard-working election officials canvassed the vote they recorded one vote for president of the village board on the independ- ent ticket The successful James Galewich. No candldates filed have their names ballot, and unless tween now and election day Mr. wich. with his one vote for himself, probably will he elected without serious opposition. candidate was to the be- petitions placed on others file 'INFANT ABANDONED; WOMAN BEING HELD Mrs. Minnie Edwards of Gaithers- burg, Md., Said to Admit Leav- ing Baby in Apartment. M Minnie Edwards of Gaithers- burg, Md.. was taken inte custody there this morning and admitted that she abandoned her month-old infant girl, who was found in a cheap basket hidden in the hallway of an apart ment house at ‘wenty-ninth street here last night, according to u report made to police headquarters this alter The report where Mrs. ne from Rockvil wards is held, tective ‘owler was at once sent to the Montgomery County seat to re turn her to Washington, Mrs. Edwards, according to the police, is separated from her husband Mrs. Jane Brown, a resident of the Twenty-ninth street apartment. dis covered the waif when she went inte the hallway to investigate strange sounds she had heard. The basket with its tiny cargo was secreted in the corner of the dor. The haby was wrapped in a blanket. The police were notified and the in- fant was taken to St. Ann's Infant Asylum, SINCLAIR CAéE HITS ANOTHER SNAG AS DEFENSE IS BEGUN (Continued from First no§ direct him to give replies. Hoover cited a previous instance in one of Sinclair's prior appearances in which he declined to answer a question, but when the committee voted he should he did. Hoover statell that the defens asked were not pertinent to the in- quiry, “and if we show these facts, we shall ask for a verdict of not guilty.” ‘ Littleton's move to place in evi- dence the previous testimony of Sin- clair was calculated to offset the Gov- ernment evidence which showed that Sinclair did not answer the questions, which questions have heen declared pertinent to the inquiry by Justice Adolph A. Hoehling when the reached his court on a demu 14, 1 Gordon yesterday show the questions were pertinent by producing testimony from the Sen- atprs who asked the questions which would reveal what they had in mind at the time, but this effort was blocked by the defense. Gordon now relies on Justice Hoehling's ruling that the questions are pertinent, and Justice Hitz said today at one point in the proceedings: “The pertinency of these questions has been estab- lished as far as this court is con- cerned,” referring to Justice Hoehl- ing's opinion. Littleton then took issue with the court. declaring that when Justice Hoehling made hix ruling he could not | know whether Sinclair had testified before; he did not know a motion had been made to confine the inquiry to the legislative scope of the committee: he did not know that Senator Bur- sum's motion had heen voted down and that Senator Walsh would ask no questions unless they were directed at the leases. AJustice Seeks Information. Justice Hitz replied that he like the defense to show whether clair answered all the que tioned in the indictment testimony and to set forth the con- dition of affaivs in the Wvoming courts when he appeared before the committee. Littleton here told the court he thought all the evidence would be in by noon, and then counsel would ask to he heard on the law of all_questions. The burden of Littleton's argument was what constituted pertinency." He contended that “pertinent” means “material,” and on t phrase bill of 1858 on the matter of witnessss giving testimony before congressional bodies was passed 2 Taking up the eighth -ount in the indictment which contains the ques. tion abaut production of the roks of the Hyvas Corporation, which Sinclair refused to do on March 24, Littleton sald that on December 27, 1523, Sin- clair presented summary of the hooks to the committee ani ths members accepted it and expressed satisf: ion. At the same time the hooks were brought before the committee, but to avoid delay in mininz them carefully which they would have to do. the members accepted the sum- mary. il Sin- s men in earlie o Senators Are Witnesses. Senators Reed Smoot of Utah and Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, both members of the oil committee where- in originated the present proceedings were called as Government witnesses at the afternoon session, but their tes- timony was very hrief. Both Senators said Sinclair had ap- peared hefore their committee in re sponse to a subpoena, and Walsh identified_three contracts which were submitted to the Senators at the time, When Gordon axked i Walsh had these contracts in mind when he asked the questions of Sinclair which the defendant refused to answer, Hoover and Littleton objected, and the cous them. Gordon then announced t's all 1 have the present time.” and court was ad- Journed for the day At no place in Cuba is the sea more Benning distriet will be sent to the Distriet Commissioners. than 40 miles distant. Bootblack Loses Tip as Lord’s Monthly Budget for That Purpose Is Exhausted ¢ the Assoviated Tress. B)Y;;HA;IQINFIS. lowa, March 9.— The hootblack who shined Gen, H. M. Lord's shoes yesterday went without a tip. 'The allowance which the direc- tor of Uncle S8am’'s budget had made for tips during March is exhausted. Budgeting, to Gen. Lord, means “to budget.” His notebook vesterday car- jed these items: Pwo newspapers .05, Shoeshinel .10 ¢ fund exhausted). ) ru self .01, - Budgeting runs in the Lord family, the director revealed before his ad- dress at the American Homes National Congress. “My son, who is a major in the ‘runs his automobile, other outlays, on a precise budge! Near the end of the month, if he has bought so much gaso- line that the motor car budget item expegted to show that the questions the ! | they IMOSTIL MAY LIE; STILL CONSGI0US White Sox Fielder Slashes Throat, Wrists, Ankles and Stabs Self. By the SHR! Associated Press. VEPORT, La. March 0 The condition of Johnny Mostil, out- fielder of the Chicago White Sox, who attempted to take his life here last night in the bathroom of a hotel where the Sox are quartered, Was somewhat improved this morn- fng. Mostil is said to have had a fairly good night and is conscious. Mostil slashed himself four times, using a knife and a razor blade. So, far Mostil has made no state- ment concerning the attempt to kill himself. It came as agblow to Man- ager Ray Schalk und other members of the club, who showed much con- cern over the matter, With Sox Six Years. Mostil has been a o White Sox for six ye his hase ball career on Chicago sandlots. In 1918 he was n trial with the White Sox ater was sent to Milwaukee, aying with that team two y at second base and in the outfeld. He returned to the Chicago club, where he became a star outfielder and fe two years has led the American League in hase stealing. 1lis home is in Whiting, Ind. He is 30 years old. Mostil wrists of the s 1o mber { i was nd nd with hix throat ankles slashed, and there b wound over bis heart the wound sbably prove HI Health Blamed, Pat Prunty, the ball playe til in the room When he he intimate friend of rid he had left Mo te in the afternoon returned about an hour said, he found the door locked, hut used his key to enter, He said he found Mostil lying uncon us on the floor ‘of the bathroom. rnds could assign no reason for 't except a possible mental abe: on brought on by worry over his healgh. They said that he was.to be ma iried when he returned to Chicag [but the report could not be confirmed. Mostil came here Monday to the White Sox in training. Rain pre- vented practice. however, and he had not yet put on a uniform for the season, an | JAPAN TO ACCEPT . BID FOR 3-POWER ARMS CONFERENCE (Continued from First Page.) doubt as to the toward such an an sentiment in the been against any submarine craft tinental neighbe submarine constr have looked to ( move the greatest ol lof a three:power parley. { France and Italy, which turned down the American proposal for a five-power naval limitation conference, which great Britain and Japan favored, probably will be asked to send obser: vers to the three-power meeting, fo mal invitations to which will be held up pending replies from the latter two countries. ingement, past genera limitation of anti- < long as her con- to_limit nd officials Britain to acle in the way FRENCH OBSERVER UNLIKELY Chamberlain Indicates Plans Will Be Linked With League. GE . Mare ance is convinced of th ¥ of the | American proposals for naval lmit tions, and also that the United Stat {does not desire to interfere whatso- ever in the smooth progress of the League of Nations generai disarma- ment plans, a spokesman for the French government today told the As- sociated Press, | He doubted. hewever, the wisdom l.-r dispatching a French delegation as ! “ohserv to the proposed confer- ence. as he believed France could | readily follow the conference's devel- opments through regular diplomatic annels. !""He concluded by indicating that | France merely différed from the Am {iean wpoint with respect to the | most_practical means of approaching |the disarmament problem. she being | convinced that it constitutes an indi- | visible whole. i Although Foreign Secretary €ham- berlain found it impossible to make any statement last night, since the matter involves & cabinet decision as well ax the dominions, League of Na- { tions circles were under the impres- sion that Great Britaln would accept the American invitation. 1t is believed. however, Britain will insist on linking pariey clearly with the league armament plans and will mak | agreement conditional upon K {and Italy not exceeding a certain ton | nage in cruisers, submarines and | torpedo_boats. h. circles of Br number h Great th dis any 4 particularly in's possessing of cruisers to com- municate the outlying posses- sions. League circles ave generally pleased with the Washington invitation as re convinced it will speed up the preparation for a general confer- ence on the limitation and reduction of armaments. TALKS OF NURSE SCHOOL. Dr. Hickling at Banquet Outlines Institution’s History. An outline of the history of the Capital City School of Nursing from the time of its founding to the pres- ent, was given by Dr. D. Percy Hickling, District alienist, at the first annual banquet of the alumnae of the school of nursing, in the nurses home at Gallinger Hospital ast night. e reates also were delivered by Mis Catherine ¥ Moran, superin- tendent of nurses at Gallinger: Mrs. Richard Fay Jackson, treasurer of the Woman's Auxiliary Board of the hos- pital j. Edwin W. Patterson. Superintendent of the hospital, and by Dr. Wilfred M. Barton, chairman of the school board, who speke “low Alumnae Assoclitions Can Be Made Intere Josie L. Woliz, president of the Alumiae, presided and James J. Gannon, visiting phys sian at the hospital, was toastmaster. U. S. Flyers Continue Flight. RIO GRANDE DO SUL, Brazl March 9 (®).-—The pan-American good. vers resumed their flight Rorthward at 7:30 o‘clock this morn- ing. Their destination was Sao Paulo, with a brief stop at Florianopolis. Dort about midway hetween Rio is flat, he puts his car in his garage and does mot run It until the first of the next month, “That's the way Uncle Sam must run his business,” ) | Grande and Sao Pau . b s More than 59.000 students were last year registered in Canadian universi- ties and colloges. [4