Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1927, Page 2

2 * STREET-WIDENING BIDS ARE REJECTED Commissioners’ Action to Delay Projects; Award Some . Repaving Contracts. the Dis- program | A delay in ocarrying out trict's 1927 street-widening appeared inevitable yesterday when the Commissioners rejected all bids | on the projects. New bids will be ad- | vertised. Rejection of the bids was recom- mended by Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, | assistant engineer commigsioner in | charge of the highway department, on | the ground that the District did not | receive proper competition for work | of the volume contained in the ('(vn»" tract. Although four bids were re- ceived, three were not in accordance with specifications. Capt. Whitehurst advised the Commissioners that, in his opinion, new bids would produce prop- | er competition, and that a price ad- vantageous to the District would be submitted. The streets which are slated for widening are Connecticut avenue | from Dupont Circle to Florida avenue, | Twelfth street from E street to Penn- sylvania avenue, Thirteenth street from 1 street to Massachusetts avenue | and Fifteenth street on the west side | of McPherson Square, from I street to Massachusetts avenue. Alse Reject Resurfacing Bids. { The Commissioners, acting upon the recommendation of Capt. Whitehurst, also rejected all bids received for the resurfacing and renewing of a num- ber of streets for the same reason that the street-widening bids were turned down. Four bids were received on this work, and only one was in ac- cordance with the specifications. The Commissioners, however, award- ed a number of other contracts for street improvements. Among them were a contract for the resurfacing of streets by the heater method, which went to the firm of McGuire & Rolfe, Inc., of Richmond; a contract for lay- ing & number of cement roadways, which was awarded to G. B. Mullin Co.; a contract for laying cement side- walks, awarded to the Warren F. Brenizer Co., and a contract for lay- ing concrete alleys, given to the same Other Paving Contracts. Another contract for resurfacing six streets also was awarded by the Com- missioners to Corson & Gruman Co., Inc. These streets follow: Gales street northeast from Fifteenth to Sixteenth streets, Quincy street from Seventh street to Georgia avenue, Thirty-fifth street from Prospect to Wisconsin ave- nue, Pennsylvania avenue (south side) from Washington to Twenty-fifth street, Pennsylvania ave- nue (north eide) from Washington Cir- cle to Twenty-sixth street and K street from Twelfth to Fourteenth streets. The widening of H street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets to 50 feet and the repaving of the road- way, as provided in the appropriation act for the mext fiscal year, will be delayed because of the lack of suf- ficient funds, in accordance with an action yesterday by the Board of Dis- trict Commissioners. The tion mot limits the cost of the work to $10,000 and pro- vides that it shall be assessed against abutting groberty. The estimated cost is $15,000. ' Overruled By Donovan. C. B. Hunt, engineer of highways, sought to have the addftional amount needed supplemented by unexpended from other paving ftems authorized under the gasoline tax fund, but Auditor Danlel J. Donovan ruled that the Commissioners have no uthority to order such a procedure. “Bhe language of the appropria- tion item is clear that the entire cost of the paving shall be assessed against and collected from the owners of abut- ting property,” said the auditor, “and | it is very clear that the $10,000 is to | represent the entire cpst. In these circumstances, if the actual cost should exceed $10,000, no more than that sum could be assessed, and the law would be violated in not assessing the entire cost.” The Commissioners voted to include an ftem for the additional sum needed in the urgent deficlency appropriation bill to be submitted to the next Congress. EX-OFFIGER ACCUSED OF COUNTERFEITING Former Secret Service Man Also Charged With Stealing T. 8. Pistol. By the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex., March 19.—Wil- liam J. Edick, former United States secret service operative in charge of the New Orleans office, was arraigned : Grip of Marshal S Caused Coolidge i 5 Sprain, Nye Thinks By the Associated Press. S§T. PAUL, Minn., March 19.— An explanation for President Coolidge's bandaged wrist—report- ed in Washington dispatches—was offered here today by United States Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota. En route home, Senator Nye opped long enough to tell of the it to the White House the other y of hims-if and Oscar Gun. waldsen, recently appointed United States marshal for North Dakota. Gunwaldsen has a grip “like a coupler on a railway car,” Mr. Nye averred. “I . noticed when we left the President gave us his left hand, after shaking hands wtih his right when we entered, r Nye smaid. “It puzzled me first; then 1 remembered Gunwaldsen's grip, and the xt day the papers said the President had a bandaged wrist.” CITIZENS' COUNGIL CAMPAIGN OPENS Four Women in List of 17 Nominees Contesting Spirited Election. Campaigns of the candidates for election to the Citizens' Advisory Council opened vigorously yesterday following an announcement by the Federation of Citizens’ Associations of the complete slate of qualified nomi- nees. The election will be held April 2, and the ardor with which the can- didates initiated their campaigns, coupled with the injection of a num- ber of political issues, portends the most spirited contest since the organi- 2ation of the council, three years ago. The entrance of four women into the race also has intensified the interest. The withdrawal of Jesse C. Suter, former president of the Federation and the first chairman of the council, bas left a field of 17 candidates con- testing for the six vacancies to be filed. Four of them are new mem- bers of the council. Incumbents Are Opposed. Considerable opposition already has developed, it is understood, to the councilmen seeking re-election, chiefly because of the council’s action in in- dorsing the Fitzgerald workmen's compensation bill without obtaining the views of those most vitally af- fected by its provisions—the employ- ers. The business men as well as the District Commissioners supported the Underhill workmen's compensation bill. The council's action provoked a storm of protest and as a result it con- ducted a public hearing, at which rela- tive merits of the two measures were debated by their respective proponents. The council, however, has not changed its views. A feeling has been prevalent among a certain faction in the federation since the council’'s indorsement of the Fitagerald bill that the business in- terests, oy at least a person in sym- pathy with them, should have a place on the council. The council at pres. ent is dominated by Federal employes, it is pointed out, and this fact is to be made one of the issues in the elec- tion compaign. Southwest In Determined Fight. The Southwest Citizens’ Association also is expected to enliven the pre- election campaign with a determined fight to place its nominee, Robert S. Strobel, on the council. This organi- zation has never had direct represen- tation on the body. The four women nominated are Mrs. Grace Ross Chamberlin of the Dis- trict League of Women Voters, Mrs, May D. Lightfoot of the Northwest Suburban Citizens’ Association, Mrs. Lucy R. Swanton of the Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association and Miss Cora Van Sant of the Ccnduit Road Citizens' Association. Mrs. Swanton was placed in nomination to sucoeed her husband, W. I. Sw ' ton, who is retiring after two term:; on the council. Other Nominees for Council. The other candidates and the or- ganizations which nominated them follow: Kenneth P. Armstrong, Rhode Island Avenue and Brookland Citi- zens’ Associations, and the Washing- ton Society of Engineers. F. M. Cannon, Washington High- lands Citizens' Association. Maj. Clayton Emig, Dupont Circle Citizens’ Assoclation. Robert R. Faulkner, Michigan Park Citizens' Association, Joseph L. Gammell, Lincoln and Stanton Park Citizens’ Associations. George C. Havenner, Anacostia, Kenilworth, Randle Highlands, Amer- jcan Unlversity Park, Congress ‘Heights, Bennings and Hill Crest Citi- zens' Associations. Edwin 8. Hege, Chevy Chase Citi- here today on a charge of counter- feiting and the embezzlement of a Government pistol. Bdick pleaded not guilty to both charges, and his hearing was set for March 25. Unable to furnish bafl totaling $10,750 on the two charges, the for- mer officer was committed to jafl. He was arrested here last Tuesday under an alias. Secret service ageuts indicated they had uncovered evidence of the opera- tions of a counterfeiting ring in the South and Southwest. Bdick s charged with passing two counterfeit $50 gold certificates at the Security Bank & Trust Co. of Amite, la., on July 6, 1926. He is alleged to have embezzled the pistol February 24 of this year. The prisoner refused to make any statement beyond denying his guilt. e said he could furnish bond as soon as he had an opportunity to com- municate with friends in New Orleans. —_— TILSON GOES TO ORIENT ON TRIP FOR PRESIDENT ‘Will Be Unofficial Observer of All American Government Activities. By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 19.— Representative John Q. Tilson ana Mrs. Tilson left today on a three- month trip to America’s outlying possessions in the Pacific and the Ordent. The trip, which will be Representa- tive Tilson's vacation, will made as an unofficlal observer for Prest. dent Coolidge. He will prepare a re. port on all Government activities. The itinerary calls for a visit to & num- ber of national parks and reserva- tions on the trip across the continent and back and to the military posts of the United States in the Pacific. The trip from San Francisco will be made on Government transports and the facilities of all the govern- mental departments at his points of call will be placed at his disposal. —_— More than 12,000 are on strike in y.ncu’mdulmu in Norway. zens’ Association. M. Klinger, Association. George R. Wales, Cathedral Heights and Devonshire Downs Citizens’ As- soclations. Col. Henry C. Newcomer, Kalorama Citizens’ Association. Fred S. Walker, zens' Assoclation. Frank Van Sant, zens’ Association. Four Seeking Re-Election. Walker, Wales, Havenner and Faulkner are the four members of the present council who are running for re-election. Two of these, Wales and Havenner, were members of the first council. The two colored representatives on the council will be elected by the Federation of Civic Associations the day preceding the election of the Fed- tion of Citizens’ Assoclations. The present colorad representatives on the council, Dr. George R. Richardson and George T. Beason, who have been nominated ‘for re-election, have two opponents, W. H. Lewls, ir., of the Garfield Citizens' Assoclation and Dr. A. E. Collins of the South Washing- ton Civic Association. Dr. Richard- son was nominated by the Public Im- provement Association of East Wash ington and Mr. Beason by the George. town Civic Association. The election will not Burleith Citizens’ Park View Citi- West End Citi- affect the remain chairman ex officio of the coun- il until the annual meeting of the { federation in the Fall The organic ct of the council provides that the president of the federation shall serve | a8 chairman ex officio of the council. Two Chairmen in Year. Harry Stull and Mr. Swanton are the only members of the present council Who are not seeking re-elec- tion. Mr. Stull is the recorder and | has held this office since the creation of the council Since the last council election this body has worked under two chair- men—Mr. Suter and Mr. Yaden. The latter assumed the chair following his election last Fall as president of the federation. Although Mr. Suter has withdrawn his name from the im- pending contest because of the pres- status of James G. Yaden, who will| sure of business affairs, it has been reported reliably that he will resume an active jnterest inicivic work in THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 20, NETH P. ARMSTRONG. RARKIS £ EWHG MISS ROBERT S. STROBEL. the Fall, and probably seek to return to the council next year. Mr. Suter's withdrawal, it is sald, has cleared the field for Mr. Hege, whose supporters confidently predict his election. Iesides the Suter sup- porters Hege's campaign man- agers are counting on the assistance of the Yaden faction. Has Had Active Year. The past year has been an unusu- ally busy one for the council, and has been marked by many achieve- ments. Prominent among its activ- jties was the support it gave to the joint resolution for national repre- sentation for the Distri The council also went on record favoring the amendment or repeal of the Borland law, pushed legislation providing for the elimination of the Temaining grade crossings, indorsed the bill providing for the annual sessment of real estate, which was later enacted into law; assis curing bathing _pools, legislation for the reorganization of the office of the recorder of deeds, sed upon all of the items in the District’s budget for the next fiscal year, and investigated and reported on a site for the Farmers' Produce Market. Committees of the council also ap- I peared before the subcommittee on ap- propriations of the Senate and House in support of items in the appropri- ation act F. M. CANNON. JOSEPH L. GAMMELL. FRANKLIN VAN SANT. 1927—PART 1. COL. HENRY C. NEWCOMER. DE PINEDO ARRIVES FROM JUNGLE TRIP Italian Flyer’s Absence Not Explained as He Plans to Continue Flight. By the Associated Pres MANAOS, Br ch 19—Comdr. Francesco de Pinedo, intrepid Italian long-distance aviators, ' who was thought to have been “lost” in the tropical jungle of . western Brazil, landed at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon at Guajara-Mirim, about 650 miles northwest of the place from which he started Thursday and about the same distance southwest of Manaos. Only the bare announcement was received that he had arrived at Gua- jara-Mirim and that he hoped to con- tinue his flight northward to Manaos Sunday morning, but it was enough to allay the anxiety which was grow- ing as the hours passed without word as to his whereabouts. De Pinedo and his two fiying com- panions left San Luiz de Caceres, State of Matto Grosso, at 3 p.m. Thursday, in continuation of their four-continent féight. Their plane, the Sante Maria, was being towed up the Paraguay River, presumably in search of a favorable &pot from which to take off for the hazardous flight over the jungle. Since that time until today’s news, silence enveloped the expedition. But, while there was anxfety, there was no alarm, for the flyers were in a_ virgin region, without means of communication, and it was felt that if something happened to their plane days must elapse before they could trek and paddle to a communication point. Now the people are awaiting de- tails as to just what befell De Pinedo and his comrades after they left San Luiz—just what caused the delay in their arrival at Guajara-Mirim. When the word reached here Thursday that the expedition had left for the north- ward journey, it was thought possi- Seven Robbers Hold Up 35 Mcn and Women Employes ané }'ilii By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 19, James were alive today he marveled at the men who early today held up 35 men and women in the Continental Can Co., shot off the locks of the cashier’s cage and obtained §12,462 in pay roll funds. One man, with a huge handkerchief concgaling his features, led the tb- If Jesse vould have | companions boldness of seven money. Pay Roll of $12.462 bers. Firing, aparently just for effect, he cowed the employes while his six quickly secured _the Backing down the stairs from the main office, the seven men climbed into a car without license plates and disappeared just a few minutes before the arrival of the police. Employes of the company said they recognized pictures of the robbers at police headquarters. “Helen” Takes New Name; His Parents Hoped for a Girl By the Associated Press. HARTFORD, Conn., March 19.— Helen L. Sales would seem a good enough name for almost anybody, but Helen didn't think so, and yesterday the board of registra- tion agreed to carry the name on the voting list as H. Lewis Sale: When Helen appeared to register he explained that his parents had been looking forward to having a daughter and had decided to name her Helen. When a son instead arrived they decided to give him the name, any way. So as Helen L. Sales he had been known until the board took pity upon him. S ble that a non-stop flight might be made to Manaos, and the populace prepared to welcome the fiyers. Several times unverified reports were received, but tonight th town was thrilled . over the - prospect of greeting the airmen within the next day or so. MAN PAYS FOR MELON STOLEN 60 YEARS AGO Sends Dollar to Daughter of Owner, Saying He Is on His Way to Heaven. By the Associated Press. VEEDERBURG, Ind., March 19.— Consclence is a persistent thing. Mrs. Joseph G. Glascock of this town has received a dollar from a person living in Tilinois in payment for half a water- melan stolen from her father’'s farm 60 years ago. Accompanying the dollar was a let- ter which stated that the writer, then 18 years old, and a companion, 18, now dead, stole the melon out of the patch of Henry Cade, father of Mrs. Glas- I'am on my way to heave writer continued, “and on my way ran up against that melon. It got so large I couldn’t get over it. Forgive and forget is the prayer of your hum- ble servant. Luke, xvi-10." Baltimore Girl Expected to Recover After Bight Weeks of Peril. BALTIMORE, Md., March 19 (). —With two vertebrae in her neck dis: located so that the slightest turn of her head would have meant instant | death, Miss Mary Nestor, 23 years old, has lived eight weeks, and will now recover as the result of an ex- tremely delicate operation, it was re- vealed today at St. Agnes Hospital. Her legs and arms are paralyzed, but surgeons said she would recover the use of them. The operation was per- formed on the first and second cervi- cal vertebrae, after days of watching for an opportune moment, (= BOY'S BURNED BODY 15 FOUND IN ASHES Lads at Play Discover Corpse on Lonely Road. Bones Are Broken. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 19.—~The body of a boy was found on the remnants of a bonfire along a lonely roadway in For- est Park, a suburb, today. The body was burned beyond recog- nition, the collar bone and breast bone were broken, and the police said that the youth undoubtedly had been slain. Labels had been cut from the cloth- ing, which was of good quality, bul a belt buckle bore the initial “M. Thé body of the boy was found in the suburb today by four small boys playing along the banks of the Des Plaines River. Police said they be- lieved the boy had been dead for sev- eral days. ——— BANKERS CONSIDER AID FOR VICTIMS OF “LOAN SHARKS” (Continued from First Page.) to consider the payments in semi- monthly installments of $7. “I am sending you this information hoping you will see your way clear to visit this particular kind-hearted, charitable organization and perhaps a few other kinds of firms in similar lines of business and write them up.” Corporation Counsel Stephens fig- ured that the man had pald something like 300 per cent interest on his loan in advance. By paying semi-monthly he closed the note in four and one- half months. He paid $63 interest for an actual loan of $62. Computed on a yearly basis the interest was about 800 per cent Husband Waits 20 Years for Bride’s Return, Then Sues By the Associated Press. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., March 19. —Walter Gatton belleves that he has waited a reasonable time for the return of his wife and he has now flled suit for divorce, alleg- ing abandonment. His petition alleges that his wife, Martha, left him 20 years FORD CASE CROWDS HAVE DALY BATL Sapiro, Plaintiff, in Regular Attendance—Defendant Shuns Proceediggs. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 19.—~Crowds that daily have tried to “crash the gates” at the trial of the $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford present a serious problem to court attaches, as the time for Ford's appearance on the witness stand draws near. Although the proceedings thus far have not been of a sensational nature. there has been a spirited fight each session for seats. No injuries have been reported in Jama In each door. but clothes have suffered. ‘The beautiful little courtroom ac- commodates but a handfnl When the Federal buillding was bullt, there was $50,000 yet unspent, 20 the story goes, and it was decided to put it into the two courtrooms. The walls are lined with rose.colored marble from Italy, of intricate design, and the cellings are elaborately frescoed. Mistaken for Ford. Aaron Sapiro, who claims his repu- tation as an organiter of co-operative farmers’ organizations, was injured by articles in the Dearborn Independent, has been the only one of the principals regularly in court. Although Ford was reported to have been In the Fed. eral building the opening day of the trial, it later developed a tall, slender court attache had been mistaken for him. Sitting quietly behind his Atllvrne{, tHe black-haired plaintiff has had littie to say other than to advise from time to time with his lawyer. W. J. Cam- eron, editor of the Independent, and F. D. Black, its business manager, have attended more or less regularly, Cameron being the first on the witness stand. Senator James A. Reed of Missouri brought the first bit of action to the trial in his opening statement for Ford. Glancing over his glasses with indignation as he charged (failures and consequent loss of millions of dollars through Sapiro-organized asso- ciations, smiling sardonically as he told of promises made by the Chicago attorney, and resorting to mockery in quoting from speeches of Sapiro, the veteran Senator held the un- divided attention of the jury and o m. ek back savagely at times, following repeated interruptions by 11 g Sapiro: William Henry Gallagher, counsel. Stopped by the attorney. as he was referring to the Tri-State Association, Senator | Tol hot out: O Pm certain T did not cover this ground before, and I'm going to do it in half the time you take up with objections.” . Cameron as Witness. Cameron, who was on the stand but a few minutes yesterday before court adjourned, was able to answer only a few of Attorney Gallagher's questions, The battery of Ford coun- sel were on their feet at every ques- tion as to what Ford and his editots had discussed in conferences over the oligy of the paper. v T?e editor did sgy, however, that Ford did not impose his views on the staff, giving as an instance that Ford regards Russia leniently, while the Independent opposes Bolshevism. “Did Mr. Ford ever discuss an in- ternational banking ring,” asked the plaintiff counsel. Cameron's reply was shut off by Ford's attorneys. Phrased in different ways, the quet tion always brought the same result. “But it's the gist ofsthe trial,” in- sisted Attorney Gallagher, as Judge Fred M. Raymond continued to rule against_him. Mr. Gallagher sald today he ex- pected to call Black to the stand next, and then either Sapiro or Ford. In answer to the charge made in his opening statement by Senator Reed, that Sapiro had netted $1,000,000 from co-operatives, Sapiro sald today that over a 12.year period he and his staff of sometimes as many as 12 men had grossed much less than that amount. This, he sald, would amount to less than $7,000 a year for each, if divided equally. Describes Organizations, Senator Reed told of many failures of co-operative organizations formed by Sapiro, in an effort to show that the Chicago attorney’s statements re- garding success of his assocaitions were inaccurate. The Senator went from one end of the country to the other in listing his examples of losses and fallures—from the frult growers of California and Oregon to the po tato growers of Maine and the rea- nut raisers of the Carolina: He said organization and counsel fees of Sapiro’s firm in less than a dozen States totaled over $400,000, and this in the face of statements by Sapiro that money was not his main objective. nator Reed sald the defense would try to show the articles in the' Independent were printed in faith, to protect the American farmer from exploitation by Mr. Sapiro. ———e FAVOR LIQUOR CONTROL. Norwegian House Strengthens Re- strictions in Government Act. OSLO, Norway, March 19 (#).—The Odelsting, one of the two houses of the Norwegian Parltament, finally passed the new lquor control biil today with some amendments, making control even more stringent than the government contemplated. Under the measure no llq)uor would be sold to persons under 21, not even in restau- rants, while after June 30, 1929, no liquor would be sold in towns having less than 4,000 inhabitants. ‘he bill now goes to the Lagthing Hats Look So Terrible in Photographs Woman Senator Wants Law to Bar Them By the Associated Press. SPOKANE, Wash, March 19— ‘Women's bats will be out of the pic- ture, *it Spokane County's woman Senator succeeds withh a projected bill to protect the vanity of her gex. ‘Women never go out of style, but hats do. Congequently, State Senator Reba Hurn has announced her inten- tion to introd@ice at the next legisla- tive sessio; measuré making it il- legal for or place in 10 have ber B ing a hat,” be it of fashionable mode or_otherwise. Miss Hurn resolve was made when her attention was called to one of her photographs, which was pub- lished 10 years ago. She was depicted wearing a hat of wide expanse, re- sembling an exaggerated mushroom. And that is * mhl-‘:l.(. the Senator said, “for they uys look grotesque after a few months have L” “A year later,” she ‘‘we realize how ugly it looks and we wouldn’t be scen. wearing it to & dog 4 - TARIFF FIGHT SEEN OVER RECIPROCITY - Negotiation of Pact With Canada Declared Long and Tedius Task. By the Associated Press The cloak of officfal silence, which is wrapped about anything officlal Washington is unprepared to dis- | cuss. was thrown yesterday over the Shoulders of Premier Mackenzie King's suggestions for a reciprocity arrangement with the United States Canada is ready to arrange a re ciprocal trade treaty to cover tariff duties charged on mutual coast products and fish, the premier told the Canadian Parllament, and is also willing to meet President Coolidge half way in reducing certain duties without awalting congressional sanc tion. But official Washington, the scens of a historic battle over reciprocity during the Taft regime, today knew only what it had seen in the news papers about the Canadian premiers latest announcement. Coolidge Power Doubted. There were a few, closely ass. clated with tariff matters, who said that under the law Mr. Coolidge could not change the tariff merely for reciprocal purposes: that he had the power only to the flexibi provisions of the tariff act to meet competitive trade problems. In the main, however, offictal comment was held to the brief statements that the Government had not been approack ed on the subject. The remarks of Mr. Mackenzie King revived memories of a long in- ternational parliamentary uproar which continued for many montha in 11911 and which drew into conflict some of the leading statesmen of America and of the world President Taft threw the recl- procity question into the lap of Con- gress on January 26, 1911, after hav- ing labored late into the night with his cabinet in preparing his mes- sage which transmitted the Canadian- American trade agreement. From that time onward the issue over. shadowed ail others for months, bringing State Legislatures, foreign Parlilaments, statesmen the world over and the people of Canada and America into a continuous round of debate. Caused Tense Feeling. Feellng on_ the question reached such a pitch that at one time Gloucester fishermen half-masted in the treaty putting Canadian fish in the treaty putting Canadian flish on the free list. In Canada there was talk of modifying the use of the Amer} flag because of the annex- ation !t‘\‘le which was injected. Con- gress finally approved the pact, but it was rejected In Canada, where the Liberal government was overthrown for espousing it. But before ratification of the agree- ment views as far apart as the poles were volunteered, not only from the countries most directly involved, but from all over the world. English news- papers were fllled with the news of the discussions, which also got inte the British Parlfament and into other organizations abroad. Memorials for and against the plan came from State Legislatures all over the United States. During the heat of the battle, Champ Clark of Missouri, then among the leading presidential possibilities, made a speech in which he said reciproeity was the first step toward annexation of Canada. President Taft countered with the joking reply that “if we are going to embark In the annexation busineas we must at the earllest op- portunity annex the Aurora Borealls.” Ratification Still on Books. Nevertheless the Clark speech brought reverberations in Canada, which continued throughout a cam- paign that overthrew the Liberal gov- ernment, and the reciprocity issue, except for brief and unproductive periods of activity, has slumbered since. The American ratification of the 1911 i reciprocity agreement is still on the |statute books, but Premier Mackenzie King’s suggestions are for a much more limited agreement. Canadian ‘Minister Massey has not yet broached the subject here, but if he should do 8o departments interested are pre- pared to furnish the State Department with the necessary data for negotia- tions. Inasmuch as it is generally con- ceded that congressional action would be necessary, observers here belleve that the making of any arrangement will involve a long and tedious process, because the questions at issue touch one of the tenderest spots of the Amer- ican political body—the tariff. From time to time the proposal to have a reci| agreement on fish and cattle duties has been proposed informally here, but nothing definite has ever resulted. 81 STITCHES CLOSE WOUNDS AFTER FIGHT Colored Girls Dispute Ownership of Shoes—One Beaten on Head With Poker. A little argument about a pair of shoes Jast night ended in Freedmen's Hospital. Nevada Jones, 22 years old, at the end had received 81 stitches in her arms and back. Fannie Lambert, 20 years old, the alleged opponent, recelv. ed three stitches in the head. Both are colored. The difference of opinion between the girls was occasloned, according to the police, by the claim Fannie laid to ownership of a pair of shoes. Nevada disputed the claim. A safety razor blade, police allege, was called into the argument, the resut that Nevada was being badly cut about the back and arms ere she had an opportunity to grab a handy poker, which she is all to have brought down on Fans ead. Fannie, after first aid treatment, was put to bed. Nevada, with her wounds sewed up, walked hom Police say neither is in a serious condition. Both live at 1839 Fifth NOONDAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 O'Clock Speaker Tomorrow: Rev. W. S. Abernethy Services conducted by Rev. J. S. Noffsinger Bvery One Invited—No Collection