Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1927, Page 2

— 2 CHECK ON DRIVERS OF BUSSES URGED Blamed for Slowing Up Traf fic by Keeping to Mid- dle of Street. JLIAM ULLMAN. s of District officials t the traffic situation in -th ational Capital are success there that large mprove are who many a from operators of bus lines in the city 1s thundering street of its enormous s vehicular pedestrian trafic ou of ath. has become the object o = criticism as the number o that middle bus comes of imperative. The the taking down seemingly and its inereasin such vek ps has increased ng that the motor bus whick thousands daily is of tremen in the municipal scheme bus drivers nullifying many of the tmed for this medium hegan to operate here The chief advantage claimed this type of public carrier its flexibility gave it superiority over the trolley car in re lation to *he rest of the traffic. Em bodying 1 mobile passenger automobile, that the bu Conced serves dous importance transportation th tactics of many when generally senger than any other transportation unit Brook No Interfere Now, vantage has heen of the apparent Jori; terference. even e. sacrificed intention of a that This is the most emphatic allegation brought against @nd passenger car s questioned by many the officials of ‘the larger bus companies are aware of the tactics employed by their drivers, Obedience 1o the traffic regulations and a courte- operator. ous regard for the rights of other their, street users chauffeu operato practic ing the streets every hour of the day, however, is a virtual impossibility in some cases. But, it is argued that the schedules maintained by the busses should be sufficiently flexible to enable the bus driver at all times to conform to the traffic regulations and the tenets of courteous driving. Keep in Middle of Street. r ef among the evils laid to the bus is that its driver, under virtually ‘all conditions of traffic, persists in \jusurping the middle of the street, ‘making it impossible to pass except «‘one get far over to the left side of ithe street. On a crowded thorough- ifare, where this is impossible, many fdrivers find that the one -chance to slip by the huge bus comes only when it_pulls over to the right curb to take on or discharge passengers. Uhe effect of this practice is a gene; slowing up of traffic, result- ing in congestion and its consequent dangers Whether it is because the noise of shis vehicle drowns out the appeal of ithe horn of the car behind or because fof his conviction that might makes right the middle of the street bus (dl‘l\'PY' is declared "to be one of the wost irritating factors in Washington e. Other Charges Brought. { Other serious charges are brought against the bus operator. One is that he exceeds the speed limit, particu- Jarly at street intersections, evidently ‘assuming that the vehicle's size and ‘momentum will terrorize other cars out of their legal rights at the corner. The efficient air brakes with which {the larger busses are equipped may smake them relatively safer at high jspeeds, but the fact that four-wheel ibrakes have achieved the same effect ifor the passenger car has seen them ‘given no especlal rights in the way iof higher speeds. This is pointed out wmphatically by observers who main- n that the speed laws apply to all vehicles. - I The stop signs erected at boulevards ‘were intended to apply to busses as well as to privately owned automo- flles. but it is held rare, indeed, that Ahe schedule of the bus operator per- mits him to comply with the regula- tion which specifies waiting for & chance to enter the important thor- oug re without impeding its vehicu- m. While many of them stop fmomen arily, but few meet the further requirement of entering the arterial fighway only when the way is clear. H Create Trofic Smarls. 14 is notable particularly in fomac Park, through which the Vil inia suburban fn the Massachy £ Some - particu is demanded of by a majority of bus line Keeping check on the This etts avenue section. rly create There on sixte Prominent. The Ryenue is one th Fesi to the by the little ith « busses auestion of all lines. hill above furb every vehicle on this greatly fised houlevard is retarded. " i Because travel is Birections fuiddle of this street kurmountable obstacle Pehind them he xame ! extent because of fewer intersecting streets and igher speed Imit. prevails on Massa ghusctts avenue hevond Sheridan Cir Fle. \Uhen they Burinz the rush thix thoroughfare fhe hill at th milex an the street Prposi possini 3 21 The 1#pond 1 L Hnid u X100 hen his wa wned automobile other practices ibjegt phat » be engendering pathy between the { potorist that re Thoth. { Conceding that the fact that rve so many thousands daily {ghe bus certain unquestioned of the present to all an in situation, serious the hours the busses or ave unable to climh lezal speed limit of narrowness o d the hea ion serve to limit itie Emphatically who never 'n of another hirself will re. car, which eriticism feeling bus driver of an 1d be found for the abuse; up within the las This remedy. they believe, n the b ust what character it should take i Eafety of so trusted daily BAND CONCERTS. TOMORROW. { By the United States Mamne rehestra, at the nany thousands Ban Taylor Branson, secon: Em eader; to be marked by belleve measure of cooperation the advantage e to frighten other declare generally virtues it for was that A measure of principles of the it was believed would be highly adapt- able and interfere far less with traffic large pas- is argued, this potential ad- because ma- v of bus drivers to brook no in- which is legal and just, from other vehicle operators. the bus driver and its result is declared to be an obvi and serious slowing s ot trae cug | on @ tour of the institution this after- @ deleterious animus between the bus crities s of their men who are cours- ses are routed, and | annoying traftic &narle of truly serious proportions are that the one ©et is among the most | . Florida ¢ offers ¢ i Im\m’_"l:(‘i‘(":“}”z::::lJnrdme and Staft Sent U. S. Cul- #nd unless the driver makes the con- wession of driving over to the right s0 heavy in both the busses traveling in the vehicles although of the filled to capacity v traffic in the | mel is particularly ‘ob- tely with been is sald and = unfavorably upon they gives ights, drivers maintain that a lies nds of the bus line operators. Belleved obvious to those to whom the is in rine Barracks, :30 o'clock, Capt. Willlam H. Santel- | ganization meeting, and it is planned |GRAND JURY VISTS . JAIL AND LORTON Find Conditions Crowded While New City Prison Wing Is Being Built. Members of the District grand jury, making a tour of of the District jail and the Lorton reforma tory, at which places some of the prisoners they have indicted will serve sentences, found the jail in a con- gested condition today with 495 pris oners in cells of a total capacity, of only 400. John M. Cherry. local insurance man and foreman of the grand jury, after leaving the jail, stated that it was evident a vast improvement would result from the addition of the new east wing, now under construc tion, which within a short time will permit the acommodation of at least 600 prisoners. : Congratulates Maj. Peak. | | Mr. Cherry congratulatea Maj. W.| 1|1 Peak on the arrangements he has| made to care for the women prisoners in temporary quarters, while the east wing, ordinarily used to am‘nmmodull‘i them. was out of commission during the construction of the new addition. t Albert W. Walker, one of the mem bers of the grand jury, was given a special assignment of seeing to the food, cooking and supplies by Mx .| Cherry, and after an inspection of .| the kitchen and the storehouse at the Jall he reported that an excellent sys tem apparently was in operation. g Mr. Cherry announced that the grand jury would draw up a special report on conditions at the jail at the | Lorton Reformatory, which is being visited this afternoon, for presentation | to the court at the expiration of the term of this grand jury at the end of the month. Study Ventilation Needs. Accompanying the grand jury were Assistant District Attorneys W. M Shea and M. Pearl McCall. Capt. M M. Barnard, superintendent of the re. formatory, conducted the gfand jury o e inspection t i f noon. Ventilation at the jail was one of the principal elements impressed upon the grand jury as in need of correc- tion and a ‘suggestion also was made that an Improvement in the cell-block arrangement, which now allows but little light and air, might be made by renovating the north and south wings of the fail. LYONHURST, VA WAR ON WATER TANKS Injunction Proceedings Threaten- ed Unless County Board Acts to Prevent Building Operations. Special Dis) ‘h to The Star CLARENDON, Va., March 17.—The proposed location by the County Board of Water Supply of emergency water tanks and storage space on land to which it has taken title on Lyonhurst avenue, Lyonhurst, is meeting with a storm of protest from citizens of that community, who threaten injunc- tion proceedings unless the project is abandoned. Sentiment was reglstered at a spe- clal meeting of the board of super- visors by a delegation of citizens, headed by Dr. Richard N, Sutton, who said that the erection of such a plant would destroy one of the best residential sections of the county. Asa E. Phillips, engineer. in charge of in- stallation of the county’s wafer sys- tem, told the citizens that the pro- posed location was not only the most logical, but the only one available, and gave assurances that there would be nothing unsightly about. The citi- zens recommended another site near- by, which they said would place the plant in the rear of their homes in- stead of in front, and invited Engineer Phillips to go with them to look it over today, the invitation being accepted. On 'motion of Supervisor Ingram filing of the deed to the property was ordered held up pending conferences between Engineer Phillips and the citizens, and a meeting to be held Friday at 5 o'clock, when the matter will be given further consideration by the board. ' The board awarded contract for 225 valves at $10,062 to be used in the water system installation. LIGHTS TO FIGHT BIRDS. High-powered Equipment to Be| Used Against Starlings. | Two high-powered searchlights have I been installed temporarily on the front of the District Building with | the hope that the strong lights will drive the birds from their roost on the coping back into the trees Several recent skirmishes between firemen_and the starlings have con vinced District officials that the birds rather liked the deluge of water. If |the lights fail the District may be forced to use Roman candles, the plan suggested some time ago by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police. GET GREEN bARNATlONS. tivated Flowers. | Flowering green carnations tod zreeted members of Secretary Jar dine’s office at the Department of Ag riculture. J. Wise Byrnes, superin- “| tendent of the greenhouses of the de partment, cultivated them, and with the dawn of St. Patrick’s day, the em- erald glow in the petals gleamed per- o | fectly, so stems were cut and the m Keen, 8. J. Wyman. 3 hornburg, Loul A. Thomas, Albert W. Walker, HE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €, Ehrlich. . R. Tolson, Edwin M. Townsen, R. H. Kenney, G. Stewart a, Assistant District Attorney; E. L. Brady, G. S. Stephen, Francis 8. Lynch, Harry S. DISTRICT GRAND JURY STARTING TOUR OF INSPECTION OF LOCAL IN THURSDAY. MARCH 17, 1927. TITUTION . Walter, (! les A. Everett, rke. Dulin, H. Etzler, H. 8. Elkins, H. S. (Washington Star Photo.) & 167H AMENDMENT Morris’ Letter Will Have Little Effect. By the Associ Possibility view of the efghteenth amendment of a recently discovered ten by one active in public life at the time the Constitution was drafted, was viewed dubiously today by law: vers familiar with the proceedings of the Nation's highest tribunal. While the letter, yellow and faded by the 123 vears that have passed since it was penned by Gouverneur Morris, was presented formally yes terday to the New York Legislature at Albany in a petition, constitutional Iawyers here were inclined to believe the communication failed to ralse suf- ficlently meritorious questions to bring about another decision on the amend- ment. of a Supreme Court re constitutionality of the on the basis letter, writ- Found in Book. Eliot Tuckerman, a New York law ver and a former member of the Legislature, transmitted the letter to Albany, with acknowledgment of his inability to take direct action in Washington. He, however, contended that the letter found in a book, “The Life of Gouverneur Morris,” by Jared Sparks, itself nearly a century old, showed that the Supreme Court in upholding the prohibition amendment had acted in contradiction to the in tent of the drafting of the Constitu- tion. Tuckerman's petition was referred to a committce and so far there has been no indication what action those opposed to the eighteent amendment may take, although it is believed that this is the first time their attention has been diracted to the letter. Depends on One Phrase. The petition contended that the whole constitutionaljty of the amend, ment depended on the meaning of one short phrase in the fifth article of the Constitution, which deals with the pro- cedure by which amendments may be adopted. This says Congress shall pro- pose amendments ‘whenever (wo: of both houses shall deem it Letter letter Uriah a United States Senator, written to the whole number of Senators and of the whole number of Representatives are required by the Constitution to propose an_amendment is certainly correct.” Tuckerman reminded the Legislature that the eighteenth amend- ment was proposed by two-thirds of a majority of both houses, but not by two-thirds of the whole memberships. 3 Court Must Impressed with the ne Court's oft-repeated prorouncement that the amendment represented the sentiment of the people. and the earnest support which the court has given to its en- forcement, court observers declared that something more than a_technical construction given the Constitution by one of its framers would be required to reopen the matter. Discussing methods of bringing the question again before the court, the estion was made that in all proba- it would have to come in a peti- tion” asking permission to raise the issue. thus leaving the matter of grant- ing the permission entirely to the dis- cretion of the court _While under the Constitution New York State covld itself come into the court as a litigt in certain appellant proceedings, it cannot seek the juris- diction of the court in such a case as is involved in testing the prohibition amendment. without , it is declared, ob- taining the consent of the court Sanders to Make Address. _ Everett Sanders, secretary to Pres- ident Coolidze, will go to Blooming- ton, Ind., in June, to deliver the com- mencement address at Indiana Uni- flowers were distributed Washington Investors Organize to Pro Individuals in Washington and other cities who have suffered from declin- | ing Florida real estate values are pre paring to fight A significant step has been taken here by purchasers of lots in one Florida community, widely advertised | two years ago, who met in an offic in the Transportation Building and | | organized to protect the.r irterests. Real estate interests in that com -| munity, it was brought out, opened an office In Washington and conducted an intensive selling campaign which resulted in the disposal of at least 500 buflding lots to Washingtonians. These house lots were sold at an average of about $3.500 each. Now similar lots are being sold at than half this price. t| "The object of the Washington or ganization, it was explained by W. W. Rissinger, 15 Franklin street north east, 18 to persuade the sellers to give them clear titles when they have paid in money equivalent to the present value of the properties, instead of forc- ing them to pay the full price agreed upon. The terms of the contracts, | which called for paved streets, sewers and running water, have not been met, they claim. About 30 persons attended the or- les: 5 N d versity. He is a graduate of the uni- versity in F]oriaa La;;i tect Rights in Slump hoped (o extend the movement to other cities. The organization elect- ed officers, as follows: President, Mr. Rissinger: vice president; Mrs. J. C. ccretary and treasurer, Miss Wilson. boughl under the excitement Florida land boom,” Mr. Ris- singer said. “Since then the lots we purchased have sunk to less than 50 per cent of the selling price, and the public. improvements agreed upon have not been made. We have found from experience that no satisfaction i to be obtained from individual com- munications from the sellers. All we get back is letters assuring us that the depression Is only temporary and that when values increase again we will be glad of our purchases. “About 45,000 lots in all were sold in this project. The prices ran from $1,800 to $5.500, striking an_average, 1 should say, at about $3,500. For $3,500 one could buy in Washington a very excellent lot, indeed, with all public_improvements. These lots, on the other’ hand, are four or five miles trom the center of the development. “The promoters have cut their prices to half. We want to be placed on the same basis as the people who now are purchasing Florida lots in- stead of continuing to pay for the W of the 4 | to expand the organization when other ” lotholders come forward. It also is property at the bvom pris of two years ago."” 7‘1 FIGHT IS DOUBTED Lawyers Hold Gouverneur| sald that “the idea that two-thirds of | 'YEAR OF PROGRESS PREDICTED IN CAPITAL STREET PROGRAM Increased Funds to to Advance Permanent Paving: Suburbs Offer Problem. Comparison of Funds for Shows $43,000 Gain in Allowance of 1928 Following Is a comparison of appropriations for all classes of street work, as hetween the current Assessment and permit work. >aving roadways, permit system reet improvements. 2 Gasoline tax paving Grading and extension. Repairs to streets. Suburban road rep: 8 Sidewalks around Governm Totals. ... : Note—Some of thy appropriated in a. 1926 deficlenc: Enable Department Street Repaving fiscal year and the fiscal year 1928: 1927, 1928. $300,000 $300,000 45,000 50,000 194,100 1,486,500 50,000 - 1,120,000 50,000 1,150,000 nent buildings $3,259,000 $3.3 e money included in the 1927 column was s bill, but District officials say it should be considered as part of the 1927 paving program for purposes of comparison with the new act. Note—This is the second of a series of articles on plans for Cap- ital improvement resulting from the last District appropriation bill. A third article 1will appear tomor- row, With « total of $3,302,600 for high- way work of all classes in the new District appropriation law, the engi- neer department is on the eve of an- other year of marked progress in street improvement. This aggregate sum in the new law is $43,000 more than the $3,259,000 al- lowed the department for the fiscal year now drawing to a close. - In the accompanying table, C. B. Hunt, engineer of highways, shows how the new act measures up with the current appropriation law for each of the eight headings under which funds are made available for the upkeep and improvement of the streets. A glance at the table reveals that the gasoline tax fund, used exclusively for highway work, has mounted to such an extent that Congress has been able to reduce the appropriations from general taxation for “street improve: ments” and for ‘repairs to streets’ and still give the highway department more money in the aggregate. Snburban Link Weakest. The item in the table, “Repairs to suburban roade,” shows an increase for the coming year from $295,000 to $310,000, but despite this addition of $15,000, Mr. Hunt regards this item as the weakest link in the chain of highways appropriations at the pres- ent time. This i# the fund from which the many miles of macadam, cinder and dirt roads in the outlying portions of the city must be kept passable by frequent patchwork. According to Mr. Hunt, the constant swelling of the gasoline tax fund and the liberal appropriations made by Congress’ during the past few years for resurfacing and new paving are making possible steady progress as far as permanent paving Is concerned. “The same cannot be said of the sub- urban road situation, and Mr. Hunt believes the next budget, on which the Commissioners soon will begin work, should carry a substantial increase for that phase of highway construction. “The cost of maintaining suburban | roads has virtually doubled in the last five years, while the appropriation for that purpose has increased only about 20 per cent,” said the engineer of highways. Repairs More Costl He explained that the cost is greater because the heavy trucks of today make it necessary to use more mate- rial in patching suburban roads and that the repairs must be made more frequently to stand these modern loads. The constant addition of new streets as subdivisions are lald off in the suburbs is another factor in the need for more money for “repairs to subur- ban roads,” according to Mr. Hunt. To {llustrate this factor he pointed out that in the last fiscal year 16 miles of streets were added to the suburban road area by the growth of the city. In the, same year 11 miles of suburban roadways were permanently paved and thereby trans- terred from the classification of sub- urban roads to city streets. Even this offset, however, left the subur- ban rond gangs with a net addition of 5 miles of new territory to be main tained. / Load Limit Liberal. Mr. Hunt said that the District allows a liberal maximum load limit for trucks on the theory that the economy in the use of large trucks re- sults in a greater saving to all the peo- ple in the cost of everything hauled in trucks than the additional road maintenance made necessary by the uke of heavy trucks. He contends, however, that while the people gen- erally are getting the benefit of what- ever economy results from the use of heavy trucks, the item for repairs to suburban roads has not been in- creased enough to cover the added maintenance. Of the $810,000 for suburban road work in the new law, $100,000 was made immediately available, and near- ly all of this will be spent during the Spring in repairing the accumulated damage to macadam and gravel high- ways during the Winter. It was necessary for Congress to make part of the suburban road appro- priation for the fiscal year 1927-1928 available for the final quarter of the present flscal year because the high- ‘way department found it was essential to spend the curzeat funda for this class of work at a rapid rate early in this fiscal year. The first item in the table, ““Asses: ment and permit work,” is for alley: and sidewalks, and remains unchanged at $300,000 for each year. “Improvements” Lowered. The second item, “Paving roadways under the permit system,” goes up from $45,000 to $50,000. This fund is used to pave new streets on which the property owners are willing to deposit their 50 per cent assessment in ad- vance. The item “Street improvements” goes down from $284,000 to $194,100. This is primarily for the original pav- ing of new streets specifically listed in the law. The gasoline tax fund has increased from $1,120,000 to $1,486,500. Of this fund $450,000 must be used for the re- surfacing of asphalt streets more than 80 years old. The balance is to pave main arteries and another list of streets specifically named in the law. The lump sum for ‘repairs to streets” is reduced from $1,150,000 to $900,000. Of this allotment, $500,000 usually is set aside for minor patch. ing of all asphalt streets, leaving $400,000 for the complete resurfacing of the very old asphalt streets. This, together with $450,000 of the gas tax money, makes $850,000 available for resurfacing of asphalt streets that have served for 30 years or more. Tt also will be applied to a few streets that were laid 40 years ago. A few years ago the District was far behind its schedule for the re surfacing of these very old streets, chiefly because of the time lost dur- ing the war. Rapid strides have been made in aspnalt resurfacing. how- ever, and Mr. Hunt believes that if present appropriations are continued for two more fiscal years after 1928 the District will have made up this lost time in resurfacing 30-year-old streets. ASSOCIATED CHARITIES CAMP IS HIT BY FIRE Dining Room and Kitchen Are De- stroyed—Cause of Blaze Is Undetermined. The dining room and kitchen of the Associated Charities Summer outing camp at Blue Plains, D. C.. were de- stroyed by fire late vesterday after- noon. The cause has not been determined. Jhe dining room was a frame building, and the kitchen, attached thereto. a portable building of the steel garage type. Considerable camp equipment, fncluding bedding, table furnishings. etc., was lost. As soon as the insurance is adjust- ed, it is expected that the buildings will be replaced in time for the open- ing of the camp, one of the two con- ducted by the Summer outings com- mittee, the last of June. Each Sum- mer the camp entertains between 500 and 600 colored children and mothers, in parties from 125 to 150, which re. main for two weeks. The camp is under the direction of Mrs. Laura B. Glenn. SISTERS DIE TOGETHER; JOINT RITES TOMORROW Misses Stacia and Annie Toole Ex- pired Tuesday of Heart Dis- ease After Bronchitis. A lifelong wish that they might die together was granted Misses Stacia and Annle Toole, sisters, both of whom died Tuesday, after 50 vears of inseparable companionship. Both died of heart disease following bronchitis. Miss Anna, 76 vears old, had been i a week and dled early Tuesday morning. Miss Stacla, 68, died a few | hours later without the knowledge of llhe death of her sister. She had been ill_two weeks. | The sisters came to Washington, upon their arrival in this country from Ireland, about 50 years ago. They lived at 818 C street southeast for many years with their niece and nephew, Adele and Frank Torrens, their only survivors. Prayers will be said at the late resi- dence tomorrow morning prior to joint services In St. Peter's Catholic Church at 10 o'clock. They will be buried side by side in Mount Olivet Comotusys NEW WEST SEZED BY GOLD MADNESS Extravagant Reports of More “Strikes” Made Along 1,000-Mile Stretch. Associated Press. TONOPAH, Nev., March 17.—The new West was threatened with a siege madness along a 1,000-mile stretch of the old frontier from Phoenix, Ariz. to northern California, with Weepah, Nev., as its center, as wildeat reports of more rich strikes began to spread. So abrupt and extravagant were the reports of the new discoveries that scasoned gold miners waited for more evidence before proclaiming their be- in them. hey took notice, fact that the reported discoveries run in an almost straight line from Phoenix northwest to Trinity County, Calif., hugging the Nevada-California boundary through Goldfield, Tonopah, Weepah, Calaveras County, Calif., and on to a point not far from the Oregon line, almost as straight as the crow flies. of gold a however, of the Weepah Is Center Weepah, meanwhile, remained the center of this gilded frontier, as one of the best claims changed hands for a sum reported to be $50,000. Frank Horton, head of the Electric Gold Min- ing Co. on whose location the big strike recently was made, looked pro- spective buyers in the eye and an- nounced that the mine was not for sale. The little city took on a deeper shade of gold-camp atmosphere when a New York vaudeville manager promised it a revue and a “big or- chestra” if the new town hall at Weepah will accommodate the dis 2 San Francisco promoter of- bring boxing matches into camp, and Frank Horton, Jr., co-dis- coverer of the field, received a pro- posal of marriage from an unnamed Massachusetts girl who felt that he needed the love and symapthy of & woman in the hectic hunt for gold. Women began playing a more im- portant part in the life of the eldo- rado as the wives and daughters of the miners took over some of the duties_involving brokerage work and other business activities, leaving their men free to wield muck sticks and pick Women Play Luck. The fair workers have become adept at buying and selling. and have, like their brothers and husbands, a flare for playing lady luck. Brokers here have doubled their forces to handle trade, but accept only cash orders. Even at that they are busy enough. The entrance of the fair sex into the business of the game gives the brokerage offices a -counter complexion during the busy hours. Jim Smith, who achieved fa through his’ resche work nt e Argonaut mine disaster in California several years ago when he was a member of the crew which broke the world’s record for driving through hard rock to reach men imprisoned in a shaft, was found dead yesterda at the bottom of the Carrie mine, 28 miles north of here. His death was attributed to heart disease. Smith was a native of Grass Valley, Calif. and worked in the Mother Lode mine the greater part of his life. For the last three he had b i 3 een wi at Gilbert, i RAIN W Nev, HES GOLD INTO HUT. Old Sourdough Makes Rich Find After Panning Silt on Floor, . rumt;.\'lx. Ariz.. March 17 (#).— Prospectors, capitalists a; re- ping Springs region between Globe and Winkelman, Ariz., where a rich gold strike was reported yesterday. Many of those to arrive today hanged their plans to go to Weepah, Nev., where new strikes were reported following the find of two young pros- pectors three weeks ago. Nearly all used automobiles in the effort to beat prospectors from the hill country to the latest boom center. Recent heavy rains were re: for the Arizona dlscover_\'.w?r:‘isr:s:: said. The water washed away the dirt from the dyke of rock in which the gold ore is located. One of the rivulets carried bits of gold into the adobe hut of Joe Lee, veteran sour- dough, who panned enough gold from the silt left on his floor to cause him to hastily start a search mother lode. S Other prospectol seeing his un- usual activi investigated. The rush followed. Among them was Dan Mc- Graw, who discovered wire-gold on one of his old claims, and with his partner, James B. Girand, miner and engineer, made a survey of the dis- trict. They announced rich showings. GAMBLING BILL DEFEATED. Nevada Senate Rejects Measure to Li- cense Games by One Vote. CARSON CITY, Nev., March 17 (#), By a vote of 9 to 8, the Nevada State Senate Yesterday killed the wide-open gambling bill, which passed the lower house last week. The measure, if it had become a law, would have licensed gambling for a fee of $1,000 a table. Senator Bgmmey of Fallon, who, by changing hif vote on the measure, al- lowed it to d@me up, but gave the op- ponents of $he measure the one vote assunsisy @ deleat (. WOMAN ARRESTED ASBABY TRADER| BY POLICE PATROL 1 Disposition of 22 Infants Ob- ject of Probe Begun in California. ANGELES, March Minnie Williams Foss-Hines, accused of wholesale barter in infants, today faced a felony charge as the result of her allegel operation of a “baby farm” in Los Angeles County While deputy sheriffs have been unable to find any trace of more than a score of bables, said to have dis- appeared from the “farm” during the last five years, their investigation took definite shape yesterday when they formally charged Mrs. Foss with the sale of an infant for $60. rraignment Due Today. Mrs. Foss awaited arraignment in Municipal Court today on the specific charge of “infringement of personal liberty, or attempting to assume ownership of persons.” The charge is based on of “Baby Hines” whom Mrs. is alleged to have sold to Mrs Rowena Johnson. The officers de- clare they have unearthed evidence to show that the infant was ob- tained by Mrs. Fo through adop- tion. The baby became blind shortly after birth and Mrs. Johnson de- manded the return of her money. Mrs. Foss refunded $35 and gave M Johnson another baby in settlement. “Baby Hines” has since died. Husband Causes Probe. the case Foss The investigation of the “baby farm” was begun several weeks ago when Mrs. Foss was arrested on a bad chec's charge and accused of having attempted to buy a baby in an alleged hoax to obtain the sym- pathy of a justice court. When Clarence Hines, husband of Mrs. Foss, told deputies he knew of 22 bables his wife had collected dur- ing the last five years, the officers attempted to learn what had become of the infants. Ray Foss, a former husband, and Hines are being held pending the in- vestigation. MELLON’S LETTER MARKS NEW TURN IN DEBT ATTITUDE t Page) letter to President Hibben of Prince- ton University. Made public with- out comment at his Treasury office late yvesterday, the communication was in reply to a recent suggestion from members of the Princeton and Columbia University faculties for a revision of the settlements. Would Be Step Backward. “Reopening all_of the settlements would, in my judgment,” the Secre- tary wrote, “be a step backward and not forward, and one calculated to produce discord and confusion rather than to contribute to the economic stability and orderly betterment of world prosperity.” Mr. Mellon served as chairman of the American Debt Funding Com- mission and his_pronouncement was regarded at the Treasury as definitely expressing the administration’s atti- tude toward any revision of the debt i funding policy. Declaring that capacity to pay policy of the debt commission had been criticized “as a formula diffi- cult, if not impossible, of just appli- ation,” the Secretary sald -that “trankly, 1 know of no fairer formula Doubts Change in Attitude. Contending a nation is unlikely to deserve or maintain respect of others by sacrificing its own just claims, he expressed doubt that cancellation of the debts would change the dislike which the educators said had sprung up’ in Europe against the United States. pw. the fact is" he declared, “that all of our principal debtors are already receiving from Germany more than enough to pay their debts to the United_States.” The Secretary said that if the debt settlements were scaled downward and German reparations correspond- ingly reduced, the effect would be a transfer of the burden of reparation payments from German taxpayers to American taxpayers. Cites Vote in House. He referred to the overwhelming | vote of approval of the French settle- ment by the American House of Representatives as indicating oppo- sition to more lenient terms, and said the suggestion of the educators would strengthen opposition to the settle- ment, which has not been ratified by the French Parliament. Declaring that the advances to foreign countries were beyond dis- pute loans and not contributions to allies, Mr. Mellon said that what the United States Government had done in effect during the war was to enable its associates to borrow money in the American investment market, with ‘Government indorse- ment, Liberty bonds being sold to provide money for the loans. The situation, he contended, would have been no different had the foreign countries sold their own bonds in the American market. i . “I recognize that there is merit in the contention that the associated governments might well have joined in pooling their resources in a com- mon cause,” the Secrefary told Dr. Hibben, “and that eveéd now an ar- gument can_ be made in favor of writing off debts incurred after our entry into the war to the extent that they were incurred for contributions to a common cause, but, and this is an allimportant reservation, there is merit to such an argument only if the proposed adjustment is to be a mutual one and is to be applied to all on a strictly equal basis. This factor, however, is one that seems to haye been completely overlooked by the faculties of Columbia and Prince- ton Universities and by other advo- cates of debt cancellation urging the common cause contribution argu- ment.”" Holds U. S. Paid Cash. Referring to the origin of the debt, Mr. Mellon pointed out that while the allies bought supplies in this country on credit, the United States bought supplies _and services from France and the British Empire “by hundreds of millions” and paid cash. Here is the fundamental reason which explains why we ended the war with every one owing us and our ow- ing no one” continued Mr. Mellon. “We are now urged to cancel these debts because it is alleged that they were incurred in a common cause, but neither abroad nor in this country has it been suggested that if this Is to be done we are to be reimbursed the_dollars actually expended by us in France and Great Britain so that the goods and services they sold us might constitute their contribution to the common cause.” Secretary Mellon challenged the ac- curacy of statements that the terms of the debt settlements impose a tre- mendous tax burden on the next two generations of friendly countries. The sums paid to the United States, he ‘eclared, will not come from taxation, cut will be more than met by the payments tg° be from Ger- many, by » GIRL, 9, IS KILLED Dies in Hospital Soon After ' Accident—Verdict Is Ac- cidental Death. Nine.yearold Mary Suit. daughter of Mrs. Margaret Sul Third street, was fatally injured shortly be fore 6 o'clock vesterday afternoor when run over by the police patre of the first precinct at Twelfth and streets. She died at Bmergency | pital 40 minutes later At the coroner’s inquest tod jury rendered a verdict of accid death and exonerated the driver of t patrol, Policeman O. E. Heyne. Wh witnesses testified they heard no wart ing from the patrol, they establishe: the fact that the little girl have run in its path while ¢ street. Policeman Heyne fu that he did blow his horn. Christine Suit, a sister, and fou girl companions were with Mary the time of the accident. They we crossing on the north side of G stree! and, it is reported. stopped on the approach of the police patrol wagon Mary, it is reported, broke from he companions and started running acr the street Coming in contae with a bumper, she fell and the lef front wheel of the vehicle passed over her. Policeman Heyne was drivi car, Frank M. Dierkoph, 3 member of No. 1 command, accom panying him. The policemen wer on their w to a patrol box at Twelfth street and New York avenie when the accident happened Father Killed in Fall Heyne succeeded in bringing vehicle to a stop after the one whee had passed over the child, and ¢ girl was taken to Emergency pital, where Dr. Wiliam Meiman gav: first aid. Her condition was so s ous, however, that her life could n be saved. Her mother reached ths hospital before the girl laped into unconsciousness. The child’s fathe was killed in a fall from a scaffold several years ago. Mrs. J. B. Fagan, 60 years old, 211 Fourteenth street, was knocked down v a motor truck driven by Frank Tolson, 1130 Sixth street, while cros sing at Ninth and B stretes vesterday afternoon. She received a severs shiock and bruises to her back and legs. She was able to go home after receiving first aid at Emergency Hos pital. Mary Rountree, 9 years old, 1808 Connecticut _avenue, walked againsi the automobile of Marguerite Greet hart of the Swiss legation at Connec ticut avenue and Q street yesterday afternoon and was knocked down and slightly injured. She was taken home in a passing automobile Boy Struck by Auto. While crossing at Eighth and | streets northeast yesterday afternoon. George F. Merryman, 9 s old, 909 Eighth street northeast, was knocked down by an_ automobile owned and driven by Mrs. Ethel Thompson, Bladensburg road northeast and in jured on the head and body. He was treated at Casualty Hospital by Dr Hollister. , Cornelius Campbell, colored, T8 years old, 2311 Shannon place southeast, was knocked down by a bicycle ridden by Morris Phelps, colgred, 15 years old, 1115 Howard road “southeast, while crossing the street near his home yes terday afternoon. He wa aid by Dr. L. J. Scott. BUILDING OF 2 POOLS MAY TAKE SUMMER $150,000 Bathing Projects May Not Be Ready for Use During Present Season. her state Hos The two bathing pools, one for wh and the other for the colored popula tion, for which Congress appropriated $150,000 at the last se on, will b under construction early this Suin mer, but officials of the office of Pub- lic Buildings and Parks are not certgin at this time whether it will be possi ble to complete them before the end of the season. Officials may be prepared to award contracts by the end of May, but they do not know at this time low long it will take to build them. In addition to the pools, the plans cal for small buildings for bathhouse accommodations and administration The first pool, for the white accom modation will be placed on the large tract adjoining the new McKinley High School and the first colored poa! will adjoin the colored junior high school near the Rock Creek and Fo tomac parkway connecting link. These are the first two of a chain of swimming pools which the Fark Commission hopes to construct iw various parts of the city, but add} tional legislation will have to be ob tained from the next Congress to buile other pools. TURKISH EDITOR JAILED. Published Cartoon Declared to Of fend Ottoman Womanhood. CONSTANTINOPLE, March ().—For publication of a cartoon judged “offensive to Turkish woman hood,” Nedj Eddine Sadik, prominent editor of the Independent Stamboul Journal Aksham, has been sentenced to a month's imprisonment by the Stamboul Court of Correction The cartoon, entitled “Woman's Rise,” depicted Turkish women in a balloon throwing out ballast labeled, “Modesty, " and “Hone “AD ENVOY” NAMED. Sir Charles Higham to Come to U. 8. to Create Interest in Britain LONDON, March 17 (#).—The Ad vertising Association has appointed Sir Charles Higham, author and pul licist, as “advertising ambassador” 1o the United States. He is charged with persuad Americans to come to Great Brit and to interest them in the adver ing drive for British £00d8 to be held at the Olympia in July. Sir Charles sails on his mission on March 25 NOONDAY - LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 0'Clock 1 [ Speaker Tomorrow: Dr. E. T. Devine Services conducted by Rev. R. Y. 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