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WEATHER. (0. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy today, tomorrow fair, rising temperature. Temperature: Highest, 42, at 10 a.m.; lowest, 35, at 10 p.m. Full report on Page 7 The S WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION g Sunday mornin, 60 cents “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and g to Washington homes at month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. e e Fintered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. * No. 1,150— No. 30,287. WASHINGTON, 10 M UNDAY MORNI { 1 Q 3, G, - APRIL 192 PAGES. * P) Means Associated Pre: FIVE CENTS. NANKING OUTRAGES LAID TO CANTONESE BY CONSUL DAVIS Attacks on Foreigners Made, Under Orders, He Tells State Department. ,‘vllx‘ ining dispatches from Soviet of | ficia o Borodin, Russian adviser of | the Cantonese government, was an nced today by Marshal Chang Tso who granted the correspondent of Ca 1 Adviser to BERT B. ELLISTON. The Star and North Ameri paper Alliance China, April 2—The cap of Soviet diplomatic pos OFFICIALS HERE SILENT ON REPARATION STEPSET“" Star and North American N: { paper Alliance an exclusive interview {in which he cited his proofs of Sovie participation in the Chinese National Kellogg Consults With Williams |\ oo in Shaping American Program. | Among other evidences related by & { the Manchu n war lord wer the Situation Held Serious. | seizure of the Soviet boat Oleg, varry g munitions to Gen. Feng Yu-hsiang the training of Nationalist officers b Russian officers, the execution | Yang-cho, one of Chang's own officers, | for pting Russian money to stir up strikes along the Chinese E: | Railway, and documents seized from radical students in close touch with | the Soviet embassy. Chang Tso-Lin has just received a | dossier of the documents seized with By the Associated Press An impending clash with alist authorities in China over respon. sibility for the Nanking anti-foreign outrages was indicated last night, when the State Department made public “conclusions” of Consul John K. Davis at Nanking, holding Nation- military commanders directly Nation three Russian diplomatic couriers and | SEIZURES SHOW SOVIET ACTIVE IN CHINA, CHANG TSO-LIN SAYS ptures by Manchurian War Lord Include Dispatches to Borodin, Russian Cantonese. Mrs Pamina Borodin on the Soviet steamer. Lenina, at Nanking last onth. Most of them are in Rus s and are addressed to Borodin from the Soviet embassy Peking They've not yet been completely translated,” he sald. “They don't the most part reports of the northern on and extracts from the ver r papers for Borodin's informa fon that Borodin is an | viser of the Cantonese. These docu ba pouches. “There are also several letters in Chinese. One s a copy of a resolution | adopted by some workers' committee | or Soviet at Viadivostok ‘pledging our wholehearted support of the Chinese revolutionary movement in its fight sgainst British imperlalism and Mukden militarism,’ _ particularly against British imperialism because of its financing Mukden militarism It had been translated into Chinese for transmission to Southern authori ties in a diplomatic pouch. “The Pamina Lenina Is the second here, were in diplomatic accountable for what happened. Davis said all evidence showed that the attackers of foreigners were Na- tionalist troops and that the attacks had been planned and carried out un- der orders. - A statement by Bugene Chen, Na- tionalist foreign minister, published in Nanking and which denied partici- pation of Nationalist troops in the at- prompted publications of the Da- s report. Chen attributes the out rages to ‘“reactlonary” counter rev- olutionists and “remnants” of the de- feated northern forces from which the city had been taken by the National- | ists. He protested the bombardment | by British and American war craft| and declared hundreds of Chinese had | been Killed by foreign naval guns. { 5 o ! By the Associated Press. m::w:m'gm:v: c"':!:::"d,‘t“_"e‘ President Coolidge has revoked the | Killofh In <0ld blood by soldiers in the | EXecutive order issued by President | s s 10 the | yarding on May 31, 1921, under which uniform of tha Natlonallst army.” In. | L& Of ey 8 1971, Bacer Weh formation from ‘“a wide range of dis. ki Y n T mouiinea o adaes showed | terior, negotiated the naval ofl re- that amiy. thres Chinese civilians had | serve leases with Edward L. Doheny been killed fn the naval bombardment | and Harry F. Sinclatr, which led to and that Chinese military casualties | both civil and criminal actions in the could only have been among the forces | prderal courts. Wy JaiRu THe order of revocation was dated “The outrages were committed by the same troops which were engaged | last March 17 and it was stated at the g White House that it was issued in in disarming the remnants of _the Northern armies, and they carried on | keeping with the decislon of the gfilr cor;xrsationsd !;1‘ the dglw’tl of | United States Supreme Court revoking nton, ngsi an unan Provinces | nd I ade with {1 el ey, | ool Doheny covering the ENK Hils, Catlt Davis sald. ‘'These soldiers bore no y € e i resemblunce whateter -0 Northern | reserve and ofl tank storage at Pearl soldiers, and it is .m&e’ls' fmpos. | Harbor. sible for them to have been agents Public in Routine Way. daf the Nosghstnucy. Made public at the State Départ- COOLIDGE REVOKES {President Acts in Keeping With Decision Voiding Doheny Leases. HARDING OIL ORDER Summing up his conclusions, Davis | continued: “It is proven that the outrages were lanned and could not possibly have | pu ment in the usual routine way of ishing executive orders, it reads<: Executive order, No. 3474, of May 31, 1921, commiting to the Secretary o 3y the v bk hand | ' the Interlor the administration and 2 | conservation of all oil and gas bear- Silent on Reparation Demands. | ing lands in naval petroleum reserves Publication of the Davis report is Nos. 1 and 2, California, and naval particularly significant, since the State | petroleum reserve, No. 3, in Wyo- Department refused vesterday to dis- | ming, and naval shale reserves in Col- cuss steps 1t is preparing to take to| orado and Utah, under the provisions exact reparations for the insult and | of the acts of Congresd approved Feb. fnjury inflicted upon Americans at | ruary 25, 1920. and June 4, 1920, is Nanking. Indications are that a final | hereby révoked.” determination has not been made, al-| By this order jurisdiction over all though demands to be presented to the | of the reserves save that in Wyoming Nationalist authorities are believed to | —the celebrated Teapot Dome-—is left have been drawn up and to conform | exclusively with the Navy Depart- generally to those the British cabinet | ment. The Wyoming reserve still fs has decided to make in behalf of | in dispute, with Sinclair appealing to British sufferers and British prestige. | the Supreme Coyst from a Circuit Chen’s statement, if taken at face | Court decision revoking the lease. wvalue as the attitude of Nationalist authorities in regard to the outrages, | Harding Order Attacked. | Both during the Senate Investiga- may influence the ultimate decision in Washington as to the course of the | tion and the hearings of the civil suits Government in dealing with the Nan- | for the recovery of the reserves, Presi- ity sy | dent Harding’s order was attacked as The complete secrecy with which | illegal because it, in effect, set aside Secretary Kellogg is surrounding his | an act of Congress placing jurisdic- study of the Nanking outbreak apd |tion in the Navy Department. formulation of American policy {Jn: In deciding the Doheny case, how- that regard is itself significant of/the | ever, the Supreme Court did not pass seriousness of the situation. The | judgment on that proposition. Jus- State: Department preserved silence | tice Butler, who read the decision, de- ‘ even in the face of London disclo- | clared the transaction evidenced by res that there had been official ex- | the contracts and leases with Doheny changes with Washington, and that | Was not authorized by the act of the London government was pressing | June 4, 1920, under which Full and for a vigorous and united stand by the | Edwin Denby, as Secretary of the powers involved. Navy, iontlehnde:‘l th;y ha:l aui‘norlu; to revoke e time-honort policy o Admiral Williams Consulted. | keeping a_great naval petroleum in It was admitted officially that Ad-|the ground. miral Williams, American naval com-|{ ~ Evidence before the Senate oil com mander in China, was being consuted | pittee was that the executive order by the State Department in shaping | which Harding signed was drawn in its program. ithe Interior Department, and the The summary of Consul Davis' re-| charge was that the plan of leasing port given out at the State Depart-|the reserves originated with Fall, who t, follows: | accepted $100,000 from Doheny during “Consul Davis feports that Nation- | the negotiations covering the Elk Hills alist soldiers deltberately fired upon, ! regerve. n to kill, the British,! A Secrecy of Leases Cited. and American_ consuls, owing them to be such. In the con-| pe executive order was approved sul’s own case, he had just given them | o "yi% Wavy Department and it was taken to the White House for his card and asked to see their officer. | Jiarding's signature by Theodore “In the case of the Japanese consul, he was shot at while in bed 2 Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of consulates were deliber-| 11 Nuqy “All thre atel" «d, and although known by Natfonalist officers, no ef- fective measures were taken to afford protection up to the time of the naval barrage to rescue the party that had taken shelter in the Standard Oil Co.'s houses. Outrages Committed. ‘Murder, robbing, attempted assault and other outrages were committed upon Americans and other foreigners in all parts of the ity from § o'elock on the morning of March 24, with no attempts at official restraint, until after the naval barrage at 4:30 p.m. ““Althou through police authorities and several other channels, to see some re. sponsible officer, none would see him “From statements made to consul Davis and to many other Americans from soldiers’ conversa- eard Americans in nd from the fact that s nder direction and w prompt- iy assembled by bugle call upon com. mencement of the naval barrage, it s prover that the outrages were planned and could not p have been the accidental getting out of hand of new troops “On March 24 and 2 st commander-in-chief fused to send a high o garding the safety of foreigners re unining In the city, but his reply was | both evasive and insolent Barrage Stopped Attacks. wThe consul points out w1, That the outrages were commit ted by the same troops who were «ngaged in disarming the rem ntinued on Page 4, Column 2.) this was E h the consul attempted all | aters | d in bands whose movements | 15 of | crifled sob caughi After the order was signed, negotia- )ns for the leasing of the two prin- cipal naval reserves were entered into, | Airst with Doheny’s company and later | with Harry F. Sinclair'’s Mammoth Oll | Co. They extended over a period of more than a year, and in holding that the Doheny lease and contracts were tainted with fraud the Supreme Court cited the secrecy which attend- ed_their negotiation. Fall has faced one jury with Doheny on a charge of criminal conspiracy. Both were acquitted, but the former Interfor Secretary is charged jointly with Sinclair with criminal conspiracy (Continued on Page 3, Column 3 WOMAN 1S LOST FROM BAY VESSEL Mrs. S. B. Marshall of Nor- folk Mysteriously Disap- pears on Steamer. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md, April 2.—Old Bay Line officlals today asked Balti- more police to aid in the search for Mrs. 8. B. Marshall, who disappeared mysteriously Jast Thursday night from the steamer State of Virginia, en route to Baltimore from Norfolk. Investigation by the shipping com- pany had revealed no trace of the missing woman, Mrs. Marshall was last seen short- 1y after the boat left Norfolk by the negro porter who showed her to her stateroom. The boat later stopped at Old Point Comfort, but no one was seen to leave without hat or coat. Examination revealed that she had unpacked her belongings and dis- tributed them around her statereom, but the berth was not disturbed. Fallure to claim her 3 to the discovery that M:“l:l‘:flltl‘l was missing. Her stateroom door was found to be locked. Mrs. Marshall was on her way to visit her husband, who is employed at New Haven, Conn. MAY HAVE FALLEN OVERBOARD. Norfolk Police Also Have Theory of Possible Foul Play. NORFOLK, Va., April 2 (#).—Rela- tives here could throw no light on the mysterious disappearance Thursday night from the Old Bay Line steamer State of Virginia of Mrs. Mary Bam- ber Marshall of Norfolk, wife of Capt. B. Marshall of the barge Ports- mouth. Although her disappearance was discovered yesterday morning when her stateroom was found locked, but empty, the fact did not become known to her mother and two children here until today. Mrs. Marshall’s berth had not been slept in. Her pocket- book, containing $20, a fur neckplece, traveling bag, toilet articles and a letter addressed to a niece, a Mrs. ‘Whittis, at the Blue Ridge Sanitarfum, in Virginia, were in the stateroom. The toilet articles had been re- moved from the bag, suggesting that Mrs. Marshall had been prepared to retire. The letter was merely a personal note, according to informa- tion obtained by Norfolk police. Mrs. Marshall telegraphed her hus- band that she was coming to New Haven, Conn., evidently to return with him on the barge, as she had done several times before. Water Rough Thursday. Mrs. Marshall was taken to the steamship dock by a party of friends and her mother, Mrs. Ella Grime- stead. The party left the steamer Just before sailing time. Two theories suggested by local police are that Mrs. Marshall either went on deck for fresh air and fell overboard, or that she met with foul play and was thrown overboard. As {far as can be learned locally, no one on the State of Virginia heard | an outery during the night, nor had fellow passengers seen anything of Mrs. Marshall. Though the ship’s railings are high, it is thought possible that the missing woman may have fallen overboard, as there was a stiff wind Thursday night and the water is sald to have been unusually rough. Train and Truck Crash. FLORENCE, 8. C., April 2 UP)— Atlantic Coast Line passenger train from Florence to Wilmington collided with a truck driven by Chadwick Ford at the main street crossing in Mullins this morning. The truck was thrown on top of the driver and his brother, Edward Ford. | | | By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 2.—During { the long hours of last night a little | girl, Helen Wilkus, aged 7, stood in |a corner in a schoolroom, her fac turned obediently to the W Throughout the night, too, onts searched for her, fearing for her school. Neighbors and police joined in the search, playmates were questioned, but there was no trace of Helen. Today a sister went to the sewing room in_ St. Casimir's parochial school, There were no classes today and Saturday's quiet prevailed. A t the sister’s ear and she could scarcely believe her eyes her par-| fety when she did not return from | Girl, 7, Stands All Night, Face to Wall, In Schoolroom Corner as Parents Search when they rested on a weary little figure in a_corner. Helen sobbed out her story in the sister's arms. “I was waiting for my sister Eva to take me home,” Helen said. “Some s came down the hall, pushed me > the room and told me I must |stand in the corner for punishment. They told me not to dare leave the corner.” Frightened, but obedient, Helen had remained In the corner all night, She was almost afraid to cry, she said. “It was awfully dark and lone- some,” the little girl said, “and I wanted my mother. Then the light came and I heard the sparrows and I wasn't so scared. I sat then, but 1 stood up again when I got rested.” seem to be very important, being for | | tion, but they dispose of the allega-| unofficial ad- | ! ments, forwarded by the Soviet em- | MARYLAND AGTION INSURES GREATER NATIONAL CAPITAL | | 1 | i D. C., Created, and Will Be Planned With City. {COMMISSION TO GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT | Counties Linked in Effort to Pave Way for Washington's Advance. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staff Correspondent of The Sta ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 2.—Inter | | | | | Montgomery and Prince | Counties in a general plan to develop the world’s most beautiful Natlonul | Capital, became an assured fact to | night when the House of Delegates of the Maryland Assembly, on the mo tion of George L. Edmunds of Rock | ville, chalrman of the Montgomery | County delegation, concurred in the | Senate amendments to the bill creat |ing the Maryland National Capital | Metropolitan District and creating the Maryland National Capital Park {and Planning Commission. The measure then was sent forv | Gov. Albert C | which he will affix on Monday before the final adjournment of the Legis lature. This bill was the leading one pend rd i 1y i ! sections of Montgomery and Prince | Georges Counties immediately ad- | jacent to Washington and generally | following_the boundary lines of the present Washington Suburban Sani- tary District on a municipal plane, and checks, in 8o far as zoning, park purchases and city planning are con { with all National Capital. The bill was fostered by Montgomery and Prince land Park and Planning Commission, and was strongly backed by the Montgomery County Clvic Federation, although in its final passage it con- tained some features objectionable to | those working for the development in | the District, Principal among these was the iprovlllfm that one of the three com- missioners provided for each county was_to be appointed from the county at large. the amendment disclaim any idea of taking the control outside the met- ropolitan area, nevertheless they said | they desired to have the power to| do_so. Those who favored the original bill thought that in all fairness the con- trol of the commission. should be left with the residents and taxpayers of the district within which the im- provement is to take place and from whom the taxes would come. Montgomery Bill Passed. Another bill directing Montgomery County destinies toward municipality passed Its last legislative stage to- night when the House concurred in Senate amendments to the bill creat- ing the Montgomery County suburban district immediately adjacent to Wash- ington. This measure will be ready for the governor's signature on Mon- day. The House also concurred certain amendments to another mu- nicipal measure which gives the Mont- gomery County commissioners author ity to regulate signboards, places of public amusement and private insti- tutions, such as schools and sani- tariums. The bill as originally intro- duced gave the county commissioners authority to prohibit any of these, and the bill was amended to give them late to meet constitutional objections which might have nullified the law had it been enacted in its original form. Will Regulate Buildings. In another measure which was sent to the governor when the House of Delegates concurred in amendments the county commissioners are given authority to regulate building con- struction in the metropolitan district and to provide for the appointment by the county commissioners of a building inspector. General improvement of the roads and highways of the county is pro- vided for In another measure which recelved its last legislative stamp in the House of Delegates. This bill au- thorizes the county commissioners of Montgomery County to issue bonds ment, widening and construction of roads within the county with a pro- vision that not more than $400,000 may be issued in any one year. Metropolitan Area, Adioiningi Although those favoring | ! i | 1 | Montgomery and Prince Georges locking of the metropolitan district of | Georges | | { | | to| Ritchie, for signature ng in the Legislature which puts the | | | cerned, and ties these areas closer plans looking to a greater | Gov. | Ritchie's commission of prominent! Georges | County citizens, known as the Mary- | | having the machinery in} authority merely to license and regu-| to a limit of $800,000 for the improve- | | i { i { | i | | | i | | | i, | tourtsts and convention d =1 BUTLER T0 OPEN CAVPAIG SOON Swing Around Country Will Be for No One Candi- date, He Says. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. When Chairman William M. Butler of the Republican National commit- tees starts his swing around the country this month “for organization purposes,” the Republican campaign for the election of a natlonal ticket next vear will be underway. Chairman Butler made it clear yes- terday that he is going in the inter- ests of the party and not of any par- ticular candidates. In some quarters doubtless his trip into the West, which may carry him as far as the Pactific Coast, will be characterized as an ef- fort to line up delegates for the re- nomination of President Coolidge. But Mr. Butler insists he has no such pur- pose in mind. As chairman of the national committee he is intent upon in excellent condition for the test it must meet in 1928, Preparedness Held Needed. After the nominations for President and Vice President have been made at the Republican National Conven- tion next year, either Mr. Butler or another will be in charge of the cam- paign. The chalrman considers that it is of great importance that the or- ganization, in skeleton form at least, should be prepared to assume the bur- den of the campalgn. Ever since Mr. Butler took charge of the party national organization as chairman of the national committee, he has sought to operate it efficiently and without waste. His plan has been to put more business-like methods into the management of campaigns With the President's approval, Mr. Butler put his foot down on deficits. The ‘“pay-as-you-go” policy was estab- lished and continued throughout the campalign of 1924, and so far as the national committee entered into the congressional campaign in 1926, the same plan was followed. campaign wound up with a sizeable balance in the Republican treasury. Organization Was Continued. ‘When the 1924 campaign was over Chairman Butler announced that the national Republican organization would keep right on functioning, in skeleton form, and with headuarters here in Washington. In Mr. Butler's oplnion it would be folly to call a sudden halt to all activities of the hational com- mittee at the close of a national cam- paign and then four years later, start all over again. In a measure, therefore, Mr. But ler's trip Into the West and other parts of the country this Spring is a continuation of the policy then estab- lished. But, with the national cam paign only a year away, it takes on added significance. Up to date, it looks as though the Republican party next year had only two issues to face, the farm problem as represented by the split over the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill, and the wet and dry question The 1924 | The tariff | | TODAY'S STAR. NEWCOMER YINS CONGL CONTES I(‘-enm'al News—Local, National | Five Ballots Decide Election| to Citizen Advisory Body. Others Unopposed. | and W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 43 Financial News—Pages 44 and 47. PART TWO0—16 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. | Washington and Other Society. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4 | Reviews of New Books—Page 4. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 10. | gt Clubwomen of the Nation—Page | The Federation of Citizens' Associ- Y. W. C. A. Notes—Page 13 ations moved sedately through five News of the Clubs—Page 14, | ballots last night to elect six members D. A. R. Activities—Page 14. | of the Citizens' Advisory Council. Five |of the six members were chosen on |the first ballot. Four more ballots were necessary to secure a majority for Col. Henry €. Newcomer of the Kalorama Citizens' Association. Two of the council members, elected at the federation meeting in board room of the District Building, will en- ter upon their third term as members of the Citizens' Advisory Council. Those chosen are: Kenenth P. Armstrong of the Rhode Island Avenue Association. Dr. George C. Havenner of the Ana- costia Association. | Four others, re-elected. | Bdwin S. Hege of the Chevy Chase | Assoctation. Col. Henry C. Newcomer of Kalorama. Association. Robert S. Strobel of the South Washington Association. George R. Wales of the Cathedral Heights and Devonshire Downs asso- ciations. These, with Dr. George H. Richard- son and George T. Beason, elected Fr day night by the Federation of Civic Assoclations, and with J. G. Yaden, president of the federation, constitute the third Citizens' Advisory Council. | Mr. Yaden is the presiding officer over meetings of the council. One Real Contest. Lacking the color and factionalism | of other elections, the balloting last | night_brought only one real contest. Col. Newcomer gathered strength as the balloting progressed, and received 49 on the decisive vote. CITY FACING ANOTHER * BAD-WEATHER SUNDAY |55 (es ot the five elected on the | first ballot, with 84 voting and 4 2 | necessary to election, were as follows “Partly Cloudy” Is Official Out-|Mr. Armstrong, 45; Dr. Havenner, 6 look—Snow Flurries Over | G 409,/ &R0 px: Capital Last Night. Another “gloomy’” Sunday is in prospect for the Capital, the Weather Bureau last night decreeing ‘“partly cloudy” for the day. A break is in prospect, however, for the forecast tomorrow is for fair skies, rising temperature and gentle, but variable winds. Desultory rain which held sway last night was marked by snow flurries, but the fall was of o little moment that it went unmarked by the Weather Bureau. | WINCHESTE April blinding snow storm spread over the { Cumberland and Shenandoah Valleys tonight, melting as it fell. Tempera- tures were near freezing. | — . S, COOLIDGE’S HAND BETTER Specialist Reports Healing Is About Complete. 45, 46 i i i PART THREE—16 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and Photo- plays. Music—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages &, and 9. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page Community Centers—Page 10. Spanish War Veterans—Page 10. Army and Navy News—Page 11. Veterans of Great War—Page 11 Civilian Army News—Page 11. Fraternities—Page 13. Serial Sto “The Gray Phantom's tomance’—Page 15. PART FOUR—4 PAG Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and tures. The Rambler—Page 6. the Fea- o | PART SIX—10 PAG! Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION—14 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 PAGE Mutt and Jeff; Reg’lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; High Lights of History. , 57. | Havenner, who, with Mr. Wales, has served two previous terms on the council, is an investigator for the Bureau of Efficiency. He is a member of a number of civic organi- zations and has been active in civic affairs for 30 years. He is a_medical graduate. His home is at 1745 Min nesota avenue southeast. Mr. Strobel, the other candidate from the southern district of the City a master plumber and is president of the South Washington Citizens' Association. He lives at 441 Eighth street southeast Mr. Wales, who is a former presi dent of the Cathedral Heights Asso actively identi- in Washington for more than a decade. He is a mem- | ber of the Civil Service Commission | and lives at 3609 Norton place. | Mr. Armstrong, an engineer by training, and now manager of sales | for a real estate firm, is chairman of the committee on public utilities of the Rhode Island Avenue Association, nd has been identified with this large | { Spring exodus from { Washington is unprecedented at this ito rate. { ing Fee System to End. and forelgn relations are in the offing, | organization for several vears. He The House also concurred in Senate amendments to the Montgomery | County sheriff bill which ends the | fee system in Montgomery County, and is designed to provide a better ! police system for the municipal area. | The measure specifically states that | in the opinion of the general assem- bly better policing of the county | would be provided by the sheriff at-| tending the civil court dutles, and leaving to the Montgomery County police the criminal work. It increases the police force of the county from eleven to twenty men and provides for the appointment of three sergeants. The sheriff is given an in- crease in salary from $2,500 to $3,000, which is in reality a reduction as the fees usually amounted to about $8,000 a year. The law provides that the| fees shall now go into the general | fund of the'county. The measure also increases the salaries of the two depu- ties from $1.500 to $2,100. Will Rebuild Courthouse. The Senate passed without amend- ment and forwarded to the governor the bill providing for a bond issue in Montgomery County of $250,000 for rebuilding the Rockville Courthouse, specifically providing for room for the Cireult Cn!un. fl{evroo! m,‘é'“"' for !‘:o storage of county records, rooms for | the recorder of wills, orphans’ court, county commissioner, school commis- sioner, county treasurer and jury and witness rooms. It leaves to the dis- cretion of B et r P . with the Democrats seeking to bring them to the fore. But if the country continues prosperous, it does not appear that any of these issues will seriously embarrass the party now in power—although the wet and dry issue may cause trouble in some sec- tions. Much depends upon_ whether the Democrats nominate for President a wet or a dry. If the latter, then the liquor issue fades out of the picture very largely. Will See Key Men. Chairman Butler, after his swing around the country, which may be made in more than one trip, should be in a position to know how and what the people are thinking political- ly. He will be in conference with the key men In the party in the States he visite, and some will come to see him n Chicago and other central points. If there are signs of a serious re- volt in some of the agricultural States of the Middle West and West, the chairman should know it and ke in a position to take steps to remedy as far as le the conditions that might affect the political situation from the Republican. point of view. During his travels it is expected Mr. Butler will give consideration to the claims of the many cities which zh::. or.lnfiv:dly lnmd Republican hosts to hold r o o) s ial i e ud .\ City, o these By the Associated Press. came to Washington as an employe of The lame right hand of President |the Interstate Commerce Commission Coolidge is about healed, Dr. W. S.|in 1916. His home is at 1512 Kearney | Baer of Baltimore, a specialist, re-|street northeast. orted vesterday after visiting him . f . " br. B who was called in by the Former Town Councilman. President’s physician, Dr. James F.| Mr. Hege is also a real estate man | Coupal, in consultation, described the |and a lawyer. He also has lived in Washington since 1916, coming to the lameness which was largely in the wrist and hand as local rheumatism. |city from Rockville, where he served | pE e as a town councliman. He is a for. | . . ., mer president of the loram: Citi- Rail Dispute to Be Arbitrated. | zen "Association, ‘and Is & member Southeastern railroads and their |Of the federation’ committee on fiscal firemen have agreed to arbitrate their | relations and national representation. wage Increase controversy, the Fed- Col. Newcomer served as assistant eral Mediation Board announced yes- | engineer commissioner in Washington terday. (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Enemies of Stiff Collars in France Ask American Legion to Aid in Fight 'By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, April 2—When the Yanks come back in September for the American Legion convention here they are expected to get into another fight. This time it is the crusade nst the collar button. antl-hard collarites have sent letter to the Legion authori- tles ing them to consider most low-neck shirt models, which ! | League for Hygiene and Aestheti-| cism,” says he looks to “America, the | land of the free and the home of the | brave," to free mankind from collared misery. He admits that the attitude of American men thus far puzzles; i him, bort shirt | 3 ‘When reminded that the s an offi style had come and gone in the United i States, he was undismayed. He said American men quit showing their of additional traffic policemen d will visit the city to attend EASTER VANGUARD OF 1000 VISITORS POURING INTO CITY Early Arrivals Come by Auto- mobiles, Railroads and Steamships. TOURISTS EX%’ECTED TO SET NEW RECORD Business Houses Look for Brisk Season—~Conventions to Draw Many April s € is preparing con with a maximum of e durin: next two Spi rush legates in history rail, automobile and steamer the rance guards of a veritable army at-of-town visitors that will de- upon the Capital during Easter ready are beginning to arrive n Increasing hundreds. A up of railroads, automobile and agencies indicates that gton will be host to at least sightseers over Easter week pressed the opinion that be greatly ex chec convention Wash 100,000 some e: this number ceeded. Although Easter Sunday is two weeks distant, railroad officials were unanimous in declaring the early other cities to would time. Hundreds of delegations from as far north as Canada are beginning take advantage of the stop-over privileges and excursion rates and pring traffic has increased at a live, Swarms of automobile tourists migrating from the South, are pass- through the city daily, while hundreds of others, seeking more free- dom on the roads before the rush of April 15 to 18 over the week end, are swelling the ranks of early visitors With Easter making a tardy ap- pearance, the Spring season in Wash- ington unofficially opened April 1 and local business men are looking for- ward hopefully to a particularly ac- tive season. Despite the chilling rains of the last few days, with snow in the Middle West, Weather Bureau offi- cials assert that it is no indication that there will be other than bright and cheery days to usher in a wel- coming Easter period. ‘Washington's Winter absentees ar» beginning to reopen their houses, and the city Is showing marked signs of outdoor activity preparatory to the close of the Lenten season. Easter will dawn auspiciously for the Capital in more ways than one, for the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution wiil open their national congress on Easter Monday, the signal for an unprecs dented number of conventions to held here within the next six weeks. Fears of prospective visitors were allayed by Laurence Mills, head of the ‘Washington Hotel Men's Assocfation, - who gave assurances that the city is better able than ever before to ac transients that come here for Easter. @ Washington hotels, he said, were pre- pared to take care of 25,000 transient guests on Easter Sunday. There has been an increase of approximately | 500 transient guest rooms over the umber of two years ago, despite the Others have sprung up in the elty’ during the past year, giving assurs‘ ances that the discomforts which visitors have experienced at times in. the past will be lacking this Spring. Capital Holds Fourth Place. In this connection it was empha« ed that Washington, with 57 hotels, besides numerous boarding and aparts ment house: the fourtit city in thes United States in hote smmodations, exceeded only © v York, Atlantie City and Chi Twenty-six these hotels, comprising the largest in the city, are members of the Hotel Men's Association, with fixed, stands ard rates that will not be increased during the Easter rush ‘When it is considered that 5,000, 000 people within a radius of 100 miles of Washington visit the Capital each. year, an estimate which is con= sidered ultra conserv. surprising that the Easter rush here will exceed 100,000 v of these will remain several days. Auto travel experts are expectin a marked increase in the number Spring and Summer tourists. le - the main army of auto tourists will not make its appearance here fe June, the month of school vacal the early Spring road travelers number thousands. The tourist camp in Potomac P which opened March 1 and will open until December 31, offers creased accommodations and faciliti this season for 400 cars in the in- closure. While the visitors are f in numbers now, the camp last Ex ter provided accommodations _for more than 1,500 tourists. A new large tourist building has been open- ed, providing a comfortable lounging | room, and preparations are made to handle a record-breaki tendance at n Last year 27.000 cars, carryi b 81,000 tourists, stopped at nf.‘ ca Francis E. Schulte, who has taken over his duties as e dicts this number will be ceeded during the next 10 months. Traffic Handling Planned. Officials of the District Trafo, Bu- reau will take n to handle the increased Easter tra as not to disrupt the ordi i of business. It is expected 000 automobile tourists will through the city just before a Easter. This number, added thousands who will motor h the day from Maryland and will add greatly to the co; There were 252,852 autom r istered in Maryland in 1926 like number in Virginia. A large mi ‘;: ¢ | e necessary to handle the in tomobolists from nearby d Between now and - 1 the Washington Convention eclares that fully 35,000 d Y g Adam’s apples for lack of beauty courses. ‘‘Women make themselves as pretty as possible,” he said. “Why not the men also? The master hair- various American shirt makers have been asked to send to them for ap- pre The French foes of collars ! tha he men of America ‘wonfpver to their cause their Peyrade, general ‘Antt-hard Collar | necks without blushing. mately 25 national convent affiliated meetings that here during this period. conven dressers of France are awakening to | full swing on May 1 the need of neck treatment which will | ant make it possible for men to show their | befo: n season usually sutherings are’ schedn re then. The most (Continued on Page 5, commodate comfortably all the hotel & recent closing of the Shoreham Hotel. '8 tive, it is not