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WEATHE (T. 8. Weather Bureau Fair today and tomorr morrow. ‘Temperature: Highest, lowest, 41, at 2 am. Full report on pag R. Forecast.) ow. Colder to- 54, at 4 pm.; “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to W 5 D cent perx:r":nlh Telephone Main 5000 60 cents homes at and service will start immediately. No. 1,149— No. 30,280. Entered as second class matte: r vpost _office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, 27 MARCH (#) Means Associ d Press FIVE CENTS. * AMERICANS FLEE SPREAD "OF HATE ALONG YANGTSE; U. S. RU China Inflamed by Shelling of Nanking. CHEFOO CALLS FOR ARMED AID Chungking and Hankow to Be Evacuated. By the Associated Press SHANGHAI, March cans and other foreigners were flee- ing tonight from points along the Yangtse valley, driven by the fires of anti-foreign feeling which the bombardment of Nanking has ap- parently fanned into full blaze. Meanwhile, a statement was issued by the Cantonese generalissimo, Chang Kai-Shek declaring that the foreign powers could not send enough warships to China to sup- press the “aspirations of the Chinese eople. ?(v‘})\ann, who arrived here today, reiterated that foreign lives and property would not be enfiangerec! by the Nationalist army in bhang{m and said the Nationalists had no in- tention of using force to change the status of the international settle- ment here. The problem would be settled by diplomatic means "a\r the proper time and place.” Flee Toward Shanghai. He waved aside the Nanking affair as an isolated incident. Chang did not stop off at Nanking on his way from Wuhu, as had been expected, ‘and his arrival here came as a com- plete surprise to the foreign authorl ue;hangiai. with its armed and bar- ricaded international settlement, of- fers the most secure place of refuge in Nationalist China, and it is toward this port the refugees are headed. w, Nanki ugms the nts evacuated, or about to be eyacuated, by the foreign- ers, while the American destroyer Preble has gone to take off small groups of Americans from Kiangyin and lesser ports below Chinkiang. Friction is reported between the foreigners and Chinese at Chungsha, vince. i e’ Pouble 18 not confined to Na- tionalist territory, for the American consul at Chefoo, on the Shantung Peninsula, has requested the dup;v.ch of a destroyer there following clashes and Chungking | Chinese 7\'V .ershiprsfii Engage in Battle At Yangtse Mouth Associated Pres NGHAI, March "he mouth of the was the scene early of a Chinese na By the SH day).— River morning gagement A number of vessels of the Shan- tung fleet arrived from Tsingtao and opened a_bombardment upon the Woosung forts, later engaging in a spirited fire with ships of the former Northern fleet which re- cently went over to the Southern (Sun- Yangtse this 1 en- | | | The firing was clearly audible Shar but the outcome of the battle was not learned. n | | | | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. QUANTICO, Va., March 26.—For | the second time within a month the | Marine Base at Quantico is astir with | war-like preparations. From a peaceful camp that had just | learned to breathe easily after the hurried departure of the 5th Regi- ment for Nicaraguan waters, the Quantico base was turned into a bee- hive of activity when orders came from Washington today for Marine units to stand by to reinforce the ex- peditionary force under Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler in China. Three thousand enthusiastic leath- ernecks would gladly go if given the word, but the chosen few from the Quantico base number 55 officers and 426 enlisted men, exclusive of some 75 men in the aviation section, with six observation planes. This detach- ment, made up of various special units, is expected to shove off for Philadelphia Wednesday morning to Join the 6th Regiment, which will form the second expeditionary force in Chinese waters. Call Excites Base. When word came from Marine headquarters in Washington that 1,500 men were to stand by for almost immediate departure, the camp was |thrown into a high state of excite- SHES DESTROYER 7 ‘[Capitzvll‘fineasy | Over Latest Dispatches. \CHANG’S GOOD FAITH DOUBTED All Means of Protection. QUANTICD NARNES LEAVE WEDNESDAY FOR DUTY IN ORIENT Detachment of 426 Men| and 75 Officers Rushes Preparations. By the Associated Pres Fear that a far-flung storm of anti-foreign terrorism may be brew- ing in China gripped official Wash- ington last night, almost submerging the relief that came with the word that surviving Americans at Nan- king were safe. Dread of what may happen else- where along the Yangtse River brought a call from Admiral Wil- liams at Shanghai for reinforce- ment: Another regiment of Ma- rines, 1,500 strong, has been ordered rushed across the Pacific to hi§ aid. They will be followed, if called for, by whatever other forces are neces- sary to extend protection to be- leagured Americans. not made public. It came as word from Rear Admiral Hough at Nan- king of the rescue of the last known American victim of outrages by troops in Cantonese uniforms was being tapped out over the radio. Reason for Appeal Unknown. What reason Admiral Williams as- signed for his request that the Ma- bled with all possible speed is not known; but the dread that what hap pended Friday at Nanking may be re- peated today at Hankow, at Chinkiang, at any other river port controlled by the Cantonese, ran through every offi- cial message from China that came in Fyenergay. rom Peking, Minister MacMurra advised the State Department that hi’ had directed consulates {n Nationalist- controlled territory to make every ef- fort to evacuate Americans “in view of the demonstrated inability or un- willingness on the part of the Nation- alist authorities to protect American HVFQ;:.c e % m Hankow, Consul General Lockhart reported Americans being embarked 'for the coast and a tense situation, but no disorders as yeot. From Shanghal itself, the great center of American activities in China, and the place of refuge for Officials ~ Studying, The text of the call for help was | rine contingent at Shanghal be dou- | H | LETTER 0 SMITH INIECTS RELIGIOUS ISSUE IN CAMPAIGN Contender for Democratic| Nomination Asked About Chief Allegiance. iGOVERNOR PROMISES REPLY TO QUESTIONS Answer Expected to Make or Break New York Executive as Pos- sibility for Presidency. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The religious issue has been pitch forked into the pre.convention cam paign for the tion for President An open tter ‘to Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York, published in the current issue of the Atlantic Monthly, asks the governor if he were elected President, whether he would regard the Constitution of the United States as paramount in the final control. Gov. Smith, according to the New York ‘World, one of his most ardent supporters, promised to reply to this letter, written by Charles C Marshall, reputed authority on canon law. It remains to be seen whether Gov. Smith in his reply can pitchfork the religlous {ssue out of the pre-conven- tion campaign, and if he is nomi- nated out of the general election ampaign next year. Leply to Bear on Candidacy. His answer to the questions pro: pounded by Mr. Marshall will in all probability make the governor as a candidate for the Democratic nomina tion, or break him. In a measure, the publication of this Marshall letter marks a crisis in the pre-convention campaign, even though the Demo- cratic national convention does not come until June, 1928, more lh.an a year in the future. a It has been patent for a long time | —ever since Gov. Smith became one of the leading contenders for the Democratic nomination for President —that_the religious issue would crop up. Many Protestants, as well as Catholics, have deplored, and will continue to aeplore, such an issue in the coming campaign. Many Protes- tants as well as Catholics would be glad to see Gov. Smith effectually remove his church affiliations as an issue from the campaign. try where toleration and religious freedom are tundamental, the idea that because a man belong to this or that church, or to no church, should bar him from holding public office is repugnant to Protestants as well as to Catholics. Questions Chief Allegiance. The questions asked in his letter by Mr. Marshall go to the very vitals of the controversy over Gov. Smith's eligibility for the presidential nation and election. Mr. Marshall the | conduct of that office, or whether the | law of the Catholic Church would be | In a coun- | { ; . Democractic nomina- | COUNTESS SHOOTS MAN AND HERSELF American Wife of Count de Janze Fires Shots on French Train. | By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 2 58 de Janze, formerly Al silverthorne of Chicago, and Raymond Vincent de Trafford, voungest son of a wealthy and prominent British family, tonight lay gravely wounded in a local hos- pital from shots declared by the po- lice to have been fired by the d,"" she was quoted as sayving by police who found the couple bleed. ing profusely in' a first-class compart ment of a London-bound train just about to leave the Gare-du-Nord. Standing guard over her was her Ger- man police dog, which kept off every one until the police arrived, and against which the countess cautioned | the officer: Blames Jealous Quarrel. De Trafford managed to say “she fired,” police said, before he, lapsed into unconsciousness. He also was reported quarrel. too, | to have asserted that | | the shooting grew out of a jealous | nomi- | YARAN 0 STAT il Z : 700 “LOAN SHARK" CASES READY FOR o.K. 5.',.5&910 SERVICE iGEED IC! SPEAKING OF THE BILLBOARD NUISANCE— | TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—40 PAGES. seneral News—Local, National Foreign. « and | Schools and Colleges—Pages 18 and 19. | | Radio News and Programs— | and At the Community (enters—Page 28 he Starry Skies in April-—Page 34. Around the City—Page 36. | PART TWO—11 PAGES. | Editorials and Editorial Features. | Washington and Other Society | Notes of Art and Arti ze 4. Reviews of Spring Books—Page 4. ages | Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 9.| | Y. W. C. A. Notes—Page 9. Girl Scouts—Page 9. D. A. R. Activities—Page 10. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 11. | News of the Clubs—Page PART THREE—14 PAGES. Amluwmem,«fThPu!el's and the Photo- play. Music—Page 5 Motors and Motoring—Pages and 9. Civillan Army News—Page 10. Serial, “The Gray Phantom's mance”—Page 11. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 11. Spanish W Veterans—Page 11. ews—Page 12. Veterans of the Great War—Page 13. Army and Navy News—Page 13. District National Guard—Page 13. 6, Ro- | PART FOUR—i PAGES. Pink Sports Section. | PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. e The Rambler—Page 3. | | PART SIX—11 PAGE | ANDREWS HOLDS REINS ON HAYNE Secret Mellon Order Leaves “Acting Commissioner” Subject to Restraint. | Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has put a check-bit in the teeth of Roy A. Haynes, newly appointed act- ing prohibition commissioner, and handed the reins of the bridle to Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews, Assistant Sec- retary of the Treasury. While conferring on Mr. Haynes full authority to pull the prohibition water wagon under provisions of the new reorganization law establishing a bureau of prohibition, the Secretary has designated Gen. Andrews as the driver by a short order, which he signed just before sailing for Europe, byt which has not as yet been made public. Although all officials at the Treas- ury put on a smiling front, and state emphatically that they are now set |to work in harmony, it is an open secret that neither Secretary Mellon nor Gen. Andrews wanted to appoint Mr. Haynes. It is asserted they were forced to it through pressure by the Anti-Saloon League, operating in- directly through the administration. Strict Control Seen. - COURT THIS WEEK ;Slephens Prepares to Begin | Prosecutions Against 25 Lending Concerns. i z REFUND OFFERS MADE T ESCAPE CHARGES jSome Companies Announce Inten- tion of Going Out of Business. Realty Loans Investigated. h 0 more than apparent | clear-cut cases of usury ready to b pressed against money-lending | companies in Washington, Corpora | tion Counsel Francis H. Stephens ex i pects to begin wholesale prosecution | under the “loan shark law" before the | end of this week. | In addition, Mr. Stephens has been visited by a number of persons who borrowed money on real estate on | terms which he believes clearly vio. lated the statutes governing this par | ticular kind of a transaction. The jare now being investigated and a | rests may be ordered. i Attorneys from two companies ;which had been making small loans jon automobiles and similar security which banks would not accept called on Mr. Stephens late last week and asked him if he would agree not t prosecute upon their promise to go out of business immediately. Offers to Refund Excess. The manager of one of these comi- panies even went so far as to promise Mr. Stephens that he would go over his books and refund all charges in excess of the legal 8 per cent. Upon the completion of this, he said, he would quit the loan business perma- nently. He pleaded that he could not stand the ignominy of being haled into Police Court as’a common usurer. Mr. Stephen’s informed his callers that such an attitude would naturally reflect in the favor of the money lender before any court. Although he could not promise that prosecutions would‘be dropped altogether, he indi- cated that in such cases he wouid not press for a jail sentence. The prosecutor said he would probably be content to accept a nominal fine. The second mpney lender to seek im- munity by promising to go out of business made no offer to refund ex- cess charges. The corporation coun- sel is determined that above all other things he wllku#-(o have persons who were fleeced large sums reim bursed, either by order of the court, as provided for in the “loan sharl: law,” or voluntarily by the financins company. Several Offers to Settle. “Lawyers from several companies under surveillance visited me during the past few days to ask upon what basis we would settle this matter,” Mr. Mr. Stephens said. “I told them that there would be no basis upon which we could overlook completely such gross and repeated violations of our laws. Punishment must fall where between the police and Shantungese | ment. =~Then the number gradually|those fleeing from Nanking and other | tites the law of the Cathoilc Church, | wer sui Ens the condition of both | ciassified Advertising. it e | dwindled until some 2,500 men began (Northern) troops. | to register signs of disappointment. vanki Crisis Seems Over. At a late hour tonight Lieut. Col. w!:h lh‘:‘evacuuuou of Alitthe ve-| PRERLEL Mpnwaring asitant clilet 3 £ | of staff, was making hurried arrange- h king, maining Americans from Nan ' | ments for troop trains to carry the the crisis in that Clwd"fo:fp;’;;‘:‘r‘({fl‘Quuulm forces to Philadelphia on ended. One killed and four injured | he”frst leg of the nearly 8,000-mile | constitutes fth*a:li‘“fn‘:;?: | expedition. Upon the results of these | ualties, as far erican vice | &FTangements depend the early Dr. J. B Wl A versity, | movenent of the field artillery, tanks B was reported in previous | and other heavy equipage. ' dis) ches, was shot by a Cantonese | uara d, the first trainload of war R who had just participated in|Suaranteed, the first train! St iwa woldier, who had just v | paraphernalia may leave Quantico as e ooting ol e eve Mise Anna E. | €471y as Monday. so as to meet the Moffett, a mission worker, shot twice | pict i offett, a m Calif.. the port of embarka- y ese troops; Marine Pvt. | st r }J’)‘unfilef“";}’a” T, Hobart, manager of | on Tuesday of the following Standard Ofl plant on Socony Hill, 5 ;i : R ere one band of refugees were be. | to notifying Marine head in Washington tomorrow pie se until relieved by -;‘esedflh.‘gl‘vif:“"é?l’(;m““‘l‘a‘\;f“i““’rr: | morning as to the personnel of the the Anglo ) e e detachments ready to leave Quantico, | and an unnamed American bluejacker Manwaring, who was acting chief | American women were USAed| e staff in the iilness of Col. R. S.| brutalls ‘,Ln B e e Shoor. | Hooker, did not make public the| but with the oo expected to| Pames ‘of the ‘officers or men. The Ing of Miss Moffet, Who 18 ventiy. were | Same ban was placed on making pub- TP(""‘“’; A lhl»n::lllfi‘ :r\d rough handling. | lic the individual units that will com- “?)neme other hand, Japanese women | Prise the detachment here. and children were outraged and Planes to Be Shipped. saulted, and at least two of thelt M| 1 o amall size of the “”"“"} eyonetted I V& tico detachment, it will carry enough | ety mmunition and explosives to “blow | up China,” as one of the men at head- | quarters expressed ft The Ame: Marines, who had| The six observation planes, instead | been sent ashore to guard the con-|of Aying to Philadelphia or San Diego, | sulate, acquitted themselves splendid- | Wili be shipped by "t to the ly. and accompanied the Socony Hill | Californ These | refugess safely out of Nanking to the | planes are ready to be| warships i | loa at any time, but it Refugees ferv-| e ; would not be for- ent heir men, | Warded until Wednesda: declaring with In addition to the out it, ev hav ve ar tanks and a detached been 1 battery One of the outstanding incidents | ®7UIDMY was the heroic action of an American | % sailor, who, when the refugees were | huddled Socony Hill, surrounded | mobs of lootcrazed Cantonese on the roof the Standard Oil amid a , and a | n 10 protect Marines Prove Heroes, | ving here were of the aved us. would . will be shipped along with other heavy equipage, either Monday machine guns will go with the since the two In 1%, comprising the 6th Philadelphia, under com Col. Harold C. Snyder. the 2d Division, Mine-gun companies. The Quantico forces, it potnted serve to complete and aug ient the 6th Regiment Brigade headquarters will be formed at Quant 1d at least two of the . No on fantry Regiment mand of from the besieging soldiers, scattered them 1e refugees their chance to the river Interior ports, Consul General Gauss reported the situation ‘‘very tense.” c:‘:: xrearlesft precautions (to insure se y of foreigners) ar, taken,” he said. ! ok Other Ports in Danger. Gauss also reported on critical con- ditions at the river ports of Kiansyin, Talchow, Chiaoto Cheng and Chin. kiang. A destroyer has been sent from Shanghal in an effort to bring off in safety the Presbyterian missionary group at the two former and the | Seventh Day Adventists at the two latter, It was this alarmin, ietur faced officials during the dar ;n"l‘:}: of Admiral Williams' call for help. An fmmediate conference of high naval officers took up the question of sending more Marines. The State Department was no sooner open than a grave conference took place In Secrewary Kellogg's office with Sec- retary Wilbur and Admiral Eberle, chief’ of naval operations, and MaJ, Gen. Summerall, chief of staff of the m:’n)’e.n:l!rnndlrng.h Announcement of S ng of the 15 a o lo\:ed that (‘Onfflren:e‘.)oo ez e ol ien. Summerall’s visit to the § Department was the first lndic::!flo(l? that even the possibility of sendin, Army regiments to back up the Navy in China was being considered. No decision will be reached unless hopes that the Nanking outrages were but an Isolated case, where lawless soldiery escaped the control of responsible Natlonalist leaders, proves unfounded. There is no doubt, however, that in the event that the anti-American at tacks spread to other clties along the rive troops would be called from ;hreool’:lllmzmesdnnd Hawail. Nearly 04 merican doughboys u available there, ° 7® are quickly All Possibilities Considered. | There were no disclosures as to the | possibilities talked ov. at the State | Department. It appeared likely, how- ever, that the immediate question under consideration was quick dis for by Admiral Williams. Gen. Sum merall's presence may have had to do with the availability of Army tran | ports to pick up the Marines at San Diego when they have been hurried 0ss the continent from Quantico, and other posts, officers stationed here (Continued on Page Japanese Render Aid. nmediate need umn 2) particly i apanese did not e bo dment, their depen the work jonals, bu give aid to 0 opporiunity arose Peking dispatches say the American British and Japanese Ministers there | Lonferred today regarding tae anti- foreign’ sttuation shadowing | way action to prevent a repetition of the | hook nking outbreak The American legation a ed the consul at Hankow trong protest with E antonese foreign minister, he outrageous and > g y on of na- | did hes to forelgners w n the not By the Associated Press. OSLO, Norway, March 18 in a ferment It is a little book of recipes | written by Mrs. Ester Metdell, who 180 Instruct- | jjvey in the inland town of Kongs- to lodge «] ne Chien. the | PerE: :ff““"l | about §2 wives of Norwa could be done and so the author came to Oslo and gave public demonstra- tions. Police had to clear the streets of eager husbands and housewives who clamored to hear those secrets about cheap and wholesome food. Four doctors were appointed to supervise the experiment and ascer- tain the nutritive ¥ of Mrs, All Nor- over a cook al cost of 100 kroner The good house- at a to at- ) monthly. anese sources at } 1 :&;‘:flg"rflp)nv account of the sack of the Japanese consulate, say that carly Thursday a force of 150 uni ormed Cantonese besieged and looted | ihe consulate, meanwhile firing at < (Continued on Page b, Column 4, | Economy Cook Book Stirs Up Norway; | Meldell's dishes | her favor. | .| patch of the additional Marines asked | | bids | | { { | i | cratic of which the governor is a member. He cites the interpretations of t! law by the Pope at Rome. He asks whether a member of the Catholic Church, belleving in that church, can give complete adherence to the Con- stitution of the United States. He asks whether the moral philosophy of a Catholic will permit him to give his chiet allegiance, in all things pertaining to the State, to the Con- | stitution which he must swear to up- hold if he takes the office of President. The Marshall letter is no appeal to the intolerant. It is not bigoted It sets forth the situation as Marshall sees it after a study of the church law and asks for the fullest information. Gov. Smith has made a fine record as chief executive of his State. Be- cause of his success politically and ad- ministratively in New York, he ha become an outstanding, perhaps the outstanding, member of the Demo, party. Today is seems likely that he will go into the next Demo- cratic convention with a bigger block of delegates back of him than any of the other presidential possibilities. Friends Fighting Prejudice. His friends are working hard to overcome any prejudice there may be against him because of his member- | ship in the Catholic Church, and be. cause of his known antipathy to pro- hibition. Many Democratic leaders belleve he will be the greatest vote getter the party can put forward. Upon his answer to the Marshall let- ter will depend, however, the attitude of all those who still have an open mind as to whether a Catholic should sit in the White House, Mr. Marshall says in his letter that the American people take “viewing the progress of an Ameri- can citizen from the humble estate in which his life began toward highest office within the gift of the Nation.” Gov. Smith's candidacy for the presidential nomination has stir red the enthu. great body of his fellow ai r. (Continued on Page 3, C. MEXICAN ARMY REVOLT QUASHED BY SERGEANT Mr. | pride in | the | Partisanship | © | happy was said to be grave, after operations had been performed on both for re moval of the bullets. The Dowager Countess de toid of the shooting, was deeply af- fected. She said that the countess had left Count ago to live with De Trafford. Asks Care for Dog. The Countess was involved in a love affair with De Trafford, the latter told police. De Trafford dragged himsel |from the train compartment as the | countess shot herself in the body. Take care of my dog,’ was exclamation of the countess when she was found stretched out on the | compartment seat. She and De Traf- | ford later lost consciousness and were {taken to the same hospital in the same {ambulance. | It is understood that Count de Janze | recently sued for a divorce from the countess, who is 27 years old, and that their two daughters were left in his charge. MARRIAGE BRILLIANT EVENT. { | R EE R | Wedding Culmination of Romance of Only Few Weeks. CHICAGO, March 26 (#).—Countes de Janze, who shot Raymond de Traf- {ford and then herself in Paris today | was married to the count here in Sep- tember, 1921, She is a niece of Mrs. Francis E. May, wno is a cousin of | J. Ogden Armour. I riage she prominent in society here and traveled abroad frequently The countess is a daughter of M and Mrs. William Silverthorne of Buffalo, N. Y 3 Jsia rs. May's Sheridan road home s sald she was in Paris. It she has been residing with the countess. | Culmination of Romance. News of the shooting was received surprise by Chicago relatives. {The countess’ aunt, Mrs. George M. | Sfiverthorne, said: “It cannot be She and her husband were so together, and such a thing | would be impossible. There must be { come mistake.” The marriage of the countess and he count was a brilliant social event. | Following the ceremony Mrs. J. Og: | den Armour turned over the Armour estate at Long Island to the couple, where they spent two weeks. From | with | Shoots and Kills Lieutenant Who!here they went to Paris, and they Urged Move—Calles Orders His Promotion. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, March 26, —The hooting of a lieutenant by a sergeant The verdict was in | Who refused to enter into a revolu- tionary plot in the army is announced Belfeving that the Norweigans eat | by the war department 100 much meat, Mrs. Meidell's menus | cut down on the animal foods and sub- | stituted vegetables. 3 | reducing their wives' allowances and | demanding economy in the kitchen. | many anonymous letters from women | threatening her with violence. Socialist and Communist leaders are incensed by Mrs. Mendell's declara- tions. They are negotiating with em- ployers for higher wages, and are cit- ing high costs of living. The new cook book has embarrassed them, but | the cook book author is standing pate | | | | It is declared that the shooting foiled | a plot to start a rebellion among fed- | eral soldiers stationed at Santa Maria Throughout Norway, husbands are | del Oro, In the state of Nayarit. Sergt. It contains menus for a family | citing this cook book as a reason for | Jesus Ruiz shot and killed his lieu- tenant, Salas Valero, when the latter tried to persuade Ruiz and other sol- ¢ challenged that this | Mrs. Meidell is sald to have received | diers to rebel. President Calles has sent a telegram praising Sergt. Ruiz and the other sol- diers for their loyalty. He has ed the promotion of Ruiz. The war aetnmom announces the defeat of a rebel group in an encoun- ter near the village of , in the state of Jalisco. Forty rebels are reported killed. - have mnot been back to the States | since. | The wedding culminated a romance lof only a few weeks, the couple hav- | ing met in Paris only in May and were |engaged three weeks later. The countess’ parents are dead. She had made her home with Mrs. May when in Chicago. DE TRAFFORD WELL KNOWN. Peer’s Youngest Son Formerly Was Coldstream Guards Officer. LONDON, March 26 (#). nd reported in - dis- patches to have been shot and seri- ously wounded by the de Janze, is. the Janze, | de Janze two months Prior to her mar- | W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 10. | Financial News—Pages 11, 12 and 13 GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—{ PAGES. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; High Lights of History. CITIZENS' COUNGIL | | | Federation, However, Acts to Define Powers of Ad- visory Body. | Declining to censure the Citizens' Advisory Council for indorsing the | appointment of Ralph B. Fleharty as | people’s counsel before the Public | Utilitles Commission, which, it had | been charged, constituted a step be. | yond fts authorized power, the Fed. eration of Citizens' Associations, at a | special meeting last night, voted to | define more clearly the powers of the | council as laid down in its organic | act. | Censure of the council for its al- leged overt act had been recommended in a resolution introduced at the last meeting of the federation by William | McK. Clayton, delegate from the Brightwood Citizens' Association, but | the special committee to which it was referred for consideration brought in a report expressing the opinion that the indorsement of Mr. Fleharty was not a ‘“‘censurable act.” Approves Two Recommendations. While the federation failed to adopt | that portion of the report completely exonerating the council of the charge, it did, however, approve the only two recommendations contained therein, one of which provides that no fuvther laction be taken with respect to the Clayton resolution. The other recommendation called for the appointment of a committee to draft and present to the federation for formal action suggested amendments to the constitution of the =ouncil in order that the duties of that body nay be defined in general terms. Clayton Answered In Detail The report of the committee, pre- sented by Hugh M. Frampton, its chairman, answered in detail each of the four points raised by Mr. Clay- ton in his resolution, charging that the council had acted beyc any right, authority or power conferred Te- |ager of the Wilmington Star, seized a 1| was discovered that the dog had not CEASUREDECLINED Haynes was named “acting” com- missioner, announcements were made of the appointment, mimeographed orders of the establishment of bureau of _prohibition _were made available to the press. But the little {order which the Secretary signed, and did not give out, conferred upon As- sistant Secretary Andrews such au- thority in directing both the Bureau of Prohibition and the Bureau of Cus- toms that it is believed Mr. Haynes |will be under the strictest control. v, such as raged aynes for the past few years, troubles the Bureau of Customs, which is expected to begin function- ing smoothly under Ernest W. Camp, the new acting commissioner. But when Haynes, the Anti-Saloon League candidate, who Senator Edwards of New Jersey charged, was | foisted upon the administration, takes over his authority next Friday morn- ing, it will be in the absence of the Secretary, but under the authority of a war-trained general, bulwarked with a short order of not only deep significance, but real power. Based on New Law. The text of the Mellon order con- ferring blanket authority on Gen. Andrews was not disclosed at the | Treasury, but it was learned that the | order is based on several express pro- | visions in the new law, which allow the Commissioner of Prohibition only such authority as shall be delegated to him by the Secretary of the Treas- ury. He will not have the power for- merly exercised by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in prohibition. There is a fine distinction between the administrative authority cop- ferred on the new Commissioner of Prohibition and that which was for- merly conferred upon the Commis- sioner of Internal Revenue, according to legal experts, who have been making a close study of the shift of authority effective April 1. Under the Volstead act, the author- ity was conferred on the Commis- sioner of Internal Revenue direct. This officer is appointed by the Pres!- dent by and with the advice of the Senate. By virtue of being a part of the Treasury Department, he is under authority of the Secretary of the Treasury. The Commissioner of In- ternal Revenue had broad powers under the Volstead act, in his own right. But the reorganization act has not set up the Prohibition Commissioner with the same authority as that of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. (Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) PUP IS ARRESTED. Accused of Stealing Papers From Subscribers’ Porches. WILMINGTON, N. C., March 26 (#).—The first four-legged culprit ar- rested for larceny in North Carolina was taken into custody here today when W. E. Pruett, circulation man- nondescript pup after he watched the animal remove four copies of the pa from porches of subscribers. ‘keted at police headquarters, it “I think it would be only common justice, however, if we were morc lenfent with those who try to repair the wrong they have done and give us ample reason to know that there will be no repetitions. But this office mus: be satisfied that the refunds have been made in every case, not just in a few to camouflage the larger wrongs. “This law offers no loopholes. They have attempted to hide their usurious practices behind a screen of charges that are illegal in themselves. At the very best, they are plain evasions of the law. The courts have held ir this instance very plainly that evasion is to be tolerated even less than out- right violations.” Evidence in 200 Cases. Mr. Stephens took from his files sev- eral large and bulky envelopes. He withdrew from them pile after pile of papers. They were the cases, num- bering more than 200, upon which he will seek to convict the latest influx of alleged loan sharks into Washing- ton. Each case is supported by docu- mentary evidence. “We will not go into court with questionable cases,” Mr. Stephens said. “Through the publicity afforded us by The Star we have been able to pick and choose. We only took those that seemed to us to be clear-cut vio- lations—proof of usury in its most flagrant forms. . Stephens Predicts Convictions. “I have nmo fear what a judge will do with these cases, if the defendants elect to let the court decis their fate. And if they plead jury trial, then all I can say is Heaven help them. When any 12 honest men hear the evidence we are ready to produce, T should certainly hate to be standing in the shoes of the accused money lender. “We do not need any more cases now. I shall wait only until the con- gestion in the Police Courts has been relieved, then I will push these cutions through in quick order. We will be ready and have the warrants. served before the end of the week. ARMY FUND CUT ASKED. German Group Demand 10 Per Cent Slash in Military Budget BERLIN, March 26 (#.—A 10 per cent reduction in the military budget is demanded in a motion Introduced in the Reichstag today by the Demo- crats. They also ask that henceforth all recruiting for the army and navy be intrusted to cpecial commissioners, in- cluding both civilians and . men, and that the enlistment of be left exclusively to a reau of the war office. FALLS 200 FEET; LIVES. Miner Is Pitched Into fiwllfi:' From Aerial Bucket. BINGHAM, Utah, reh paid his taxes for the current year, e until his owner and he was arrangements to have him meet legal requirement. He was then aflh a reprimand