Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. ; 4U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain tonight and tomorrow; mini- mum temperature tonight about $8 degrees; slightly warmer tomorrow. Temperature—Highest, 53, at 4:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 36, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. ’ 4 411 The only evenin in Washington v:m Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,717 - ¥Closing N.Y. Stocks 30,292, No. Dost_office, Wa JAPANESE BATTLE SHANGHAI SIPERS; BRITISH SEND AID Chinese Troops Kill Agitators Who Refuse to Sur- render Arms. SOVIET CONSULATE GUARDED; RAID EXPECTED | Chang Kai-Shek Goes to Nanking" to Resume Drive—Break With Reds Seen. . od Pross. HAT, April S.—Snipers op erating from alleyways and rooftops fired on a party of Japanese patrolling the municipal road, in the northern district, today. One marine was seri ously wounded. Shots were exchanged for about an hour, when the arrival of British and Japanese reinforcements caused the snipers to. withdraw. Later sniping broke out in a new area of the same district. The Japanese replied and the €ring ceased. Civilians Ordered Disarmed. The Cantonese (Nationalist) general- gssimo has issued orders that no clvil- fans would be permitted on the streets with arms in their possession. Last night several armed agitators near the west gate of the Native City were Xilled by Cantonese troops when they refused to give up their arms. Police have surrounded the Soviet consulate hers,. barring entrance or exit, leading to the belief that a rald of the premises was intended. ; Gen. Chang Kai-Shek left Shanghai for Nanking this afternoon. It is be- lleved his trip is to prepare for further Cantdnese military operations mnorth of the Yangtze River. Seeks to Repair Breech. Wang Ching-Wei. chairman of the Kuomintang, or political organization of the Cantonese, left secretly Wed- nesday for Hankow. He has made Btrenuous efforts to repair the breach between the moderate branch of the Cantonese, headed by Chang Kai- Shek, and the Leftist branch. The future actions of Wang are expected to have an important bearing on the course of the dispute. Some observ- ers here believe pressure may be ex- erted at Hankow to cause him to de- nounce Chang, creating possibly a definite split in the Kuomintang. The consular body met here this afternoon and discussed the protest received from the Sovigt consul gen- eral against the stationing of munie- ipal police around the consulate. It was decided to refer the protest to the Shanghai Mu "Council. Action against Soviet agents in Peking, Tientsin and Shanghai, it was pointed out here today, synchronizes with the strengthening of the anti- radicalist move by Chang Kai-Shek egainst the labor unions and propa- ganda by the radical political bureau. Gen. Chang's orders against ci- vilians possessing arms were aimed at pickets and members of what is described as the Communist civillan army. He has also prohibited all the vernacular newspapers from publish- ing anything from the pdlitical bu- reau at Hankow or advertisements containing propaganda. Ban Is Hard Blow. As the Chinese papers of Shanghai are read everywhere up the Yangtze wvalley this closing of thelr colurnns to the political bureau probably is the hardest blow the bureau has received since the radical agitation became ap- parent at Hankow. Gen. Chang is also preparing by military and political means to fight the radicals within his party. He intends to call a party convention at Nanking in the near future with a View to expelling the radicals from the party. Meanwhile his campaign appears to be receiving solid support from the middle class Chinese, who daily pass resolutions and manifestoes urging ex- pulsion of radicals. The Chinese banks are supplying funds to Gen. Chang, who also is recelving customs and surtaxes amounting to approxi- mately 1,000,000 taels (about $1,500, ©000) monthly. Generals Oppose Reds. A conference of Cantonese generals &t Shanghal vesterday passed strong enti-Communist resolutions, onl cne of which, urging strong action was published. The others were not di- Vulged because ‘they mentioned spe- cific measures, which it was thought wise to keep secret for the present. Many elements complicate the situ- ation. Chang’s position is strength- ened by the fact that he is in active command of a formidable army. = And he is in close relations with the family of the late Sun Yat Sen, founder of thy Cantonese movement. On the ot.ier hand, Chang lacks the seniority which is always important in China, and opposes the aggressive methods of the central executive com- mittee leaders, who are described as largely Communistic. Situation Slightly Easier. With the exception of Hankow, where conditions are reported increas- ingly worse, and the general exodus of missionaries from the interior, the situation as regards the forelgners ap. Ppears slightly eased. The evacuation of the missionaries, hastened by the outbreak at Nanki s nearing completion. #pokesmen express hope of resuming work in the future, but fear this step may not be possible for many months end perhaps for years. Jobn K. Davis, American consul at Nanking, who staved aboard a war- ship there after the recent disorders and evacuation of the foreign popula- tion, arrived in Shanghai today for a brief visit. His trip, he sald replace his spectacles, which a Can tonese soldier snatched from him du ing the rioting on Socony Hill. Reports from Canton say Ameri- kans have been ordered to evacuate the out statlons by April 11. Germans were ordered to concentrate at Fong- &huen, near Shameen, the foreign section here, owing to the seriousness ®f the local situation. NOTE BY POWERS REPORTED, { i Paris Protest Penalties. PARIS, April § (#).—The ministers ©f France, Greai Britain, the United States, Italy and Japan have been instructed by their governmonts, says the French foreign office, to hand a Announces Wil Threaten | & Telegraph Co., who was stationed Missionary | \Legion Auxiliary Seeks to Adopt Girl Whose Father Was Killed in War as to and Bonds, Page 14 Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, CeSS{ully Proven as The miracle of sitting before a telephone and seeing the person at the other end of the line continuously during the conversation was demon- strated publicly for the first time lni history yesterday afternoon. | Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, seated in the office of the Chesapeake & Potoma Telephone ! Co. here, spoke to Walter S. Gifford, president of the American ‘elephone before similar instrument in New York City. Mr. Gifford was able to see Secretar Hoover's features | clearly, light played back and forth across the cabinet officer’s face. his ion television o be almost as im- 8 in the prog-| ress of civilization as the telegraph and the telephone, was witnessed by a small group of public officials and newspaper men in the Washington office and a somewhat larger group in New York. Company Officials Talk First. Brig, Gen. J. J. Carty, vice pres!- dent of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., was in charge of the Washington end of the demonstra- ton. After explaining to the as- sembled correspondents what was to be done, Gen. Carty began a conver- demonstr: | MIRACLE OF SEEING BY PHONE DEMONSTRATED IN TEST HERE Practicability of Television Declared Suc- Are Seen Clearly in NCW York. [for the future development to civilization. Hoover‘s Features sation with .President Gifford in New York. You're looking well,” ford. “You screen well. got_you glasses off.” “Does it—er—flatter Gen. Carty. 4 fford hesitated. aid finally, “I think it's ment."” I sce you've me?” asked | “Yes,” he| an improve that the c« vas working properly Secre- | Hoover stepped to the mouth- d his features were the first to be transmitted over the Mr. Hoover cxpressed his pride at taking such a part in a hi toric occasion and expressed his hope | of tele- | n_as aids | one of the foremost Frank B. Noyes Called. The hook-up then was turned over! to the newspaper men. The Associated Press correspondent in New ork called for Frank B. Noyes, president of that organization and publisher of The Evening Star. Mr. Noyes stepped to the instrument and placed the re- ceiver to his ear. The New York correspondent told him that he could see his features per- fectly, and expressed the hope of see- ing him soon at the annual meeting of the Associated Press. Other national news services then (Continued on Page 4, Column 2. DECISION DENYING BOND LEVY UPHELD Appellate Court Affirms Montgomery Special As- sessment Ruling. The Maryland Court of Appeals in Annapolis today upheld a decision of the Montgomery County Circuit Court denying the Washington burban Sanitary Commission the right to levy additional special assessments for the purpose of paying off the $6,000,000 bond issue for water and sewer im- provements in Montgomery County. The decision was given in the case of ‘Jack G. Scrivener andeGertrude C. Serivener of Kensington, who brought the suit to test the power of the com- mission to levy the additional assess- ments, The decision involves $6,000,000- in outstanding bonds and about 40,000 properties, extending over a territory of 91 square miles. It reverses the action of the Maryland Legislature April 5, which validated all the as- sessments made by the Sanitary Com- mission as of December 31, 1926. The additional assessments in question were levied by the commission June 10, 1925. Judge Boyd Gives Decision. The decision today was handed down by Chief Judge Andrew Hunter Boyd. The Circuit Court decision granting the mandamus to the Scriv- eners was handed down by Judge Robert B. Peter, at Rockville, No- vember 26, 1926. The Scriveners wers represented by Wilson L. Townsend of Kensington and F. Regis Noel of Washington. The Sanitary Cominis- sion was represented by Charles W Clagett and T. Howard Duckett. The sult was instituted in Circult Court July 26, 1926. The Sanitary Commission was organized in 191% to construct water works and sewers and with the power to levy assess- ments, provided any assessment once levied, not be increased. In 1924 the Maryland Legislature modifieq the law creating the commission and the commission increased the individual assessments June 10, 1925, without notice or hearing, the Scriveners claim. Attacked on Many Grounds. The Seriveners attacked this action on the ground that the commission had no power to increase any assess- ment once levied, and could not do so without mnofice and hearing: the increased charges were void because levied unequally throughout the dis- trict for improvement affecting the entire district; a fund to pay the obli- gation could not be levied and collect- ed as a special assessment for a gen- eral improvement; levying the assess- ment, its acceptance and payment constituted a binding contract; changing the assessment was an im- pairment prohibited by the United States Constitution, and finally be- cause the front-foot benefit method of taxation for local improvements could not be applied to rural and suburban districts, and so to apply them would constitute taking of prop- erty without due process of law. Today's decision leaves the Mary- land Legislature and the coufts at loggerheads. A similar stiuation arose in 1866, when the Court of Ap- peals upheld the lower court. Zemgals Latvia President. RIGA, Latvia, April 8 (#).—Gustar Zemgals elected President of Latvia today, succeeding the late Jahnnis Tschakste, who dled March 14. Vancouver to Sell Liquor at Night to Fight Bootleggers| | . { VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 8.—To run bootleggers out of business by offerings competition, the provincial liguor control board announced last night that one of the four government liquor stores here will be open for business com- mencing today from 4 p.m. to mid- night on week days, with the ex- ception of Saturdays, when the hours will be 3 p.m, until 11 p.m. The other stores will remain open at the regular hours from 10 a.u. to 6 p.m., except on Saturdays, when they open and close two hours later. In British Columbla the law pro- vides that liquor shall be purchased only from government stores. Complaints have been made that the early. closing of the stores has built up a business for bootleggers. - DAWES STIRS ROW CARROLL DEFENDED BY ‘BATHTUB IR Joyce Hawley Seeking Par- don for Theatrical Producer Convicted of Perjury. By the Associated Pres CHICAGO, April 8.—The Chicago Journal said today it had learned from an authoritative source that Joyce Hawley, the “bathtub girl,” is in se- clusion in New York and plans to see Attorney General Sargent and even President Coolidge in an attempt to save Barl Carroll, theatrical producer, from a prison term. Information concerning her plans came to friends here, the Journal said, as a result of a visit she made Wednesday to Federal Judge Goddard in New York. She was said to have asked the judge's assistance in win- ning a pardon for Carroll on the ground that the story of the bathtub wine party on Carroll’s stage was “all wrong.” Sentenced for Perjury. Carroll's sentence of a year and a day was imposed on a charge of per- jury growing out of his testimony in the trial of the bathtub case, in which Joyce testified. Joyce, whose baptismal name is Theresa Daugelas, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Daugelas of Chi- [ She had communicated to them her concern over her part in helping convict Carroll of perjury. “I am sorry for Mr. Carroll, and I think he is being done a great wrong,” she said, just before leaving for New York. “I am golng East to see what I can do for him. I am going to tell the truth.” Tmpressed by “Bogus Nobleman.” She is understood to have told friends that a man she has since learned was a bogus nobleman im- pressed her with stories of stardom for her on the stage to such an extent that she consented to do some enter- taining at the bathtub party. | She also is understood to have sald that she has since learned that Car- roll never authorized any business arrangement with her, particularly one involving her appearance nude in a bathtub filled with a liquid sup- vosed to be intoxicating. | Membe of Sergt. Jasper Unit, i t of Columbia American Legion want to adopt a ‘‘war | Auxilia They have appealed to The Star to assist the auxillary in finding some needy little girl whose daddy went away to war and never came back, with a view to caring for her as her father would like to have her cared for, until she reaches the age of selt- support. The unit, in deciding on this plan, belleves it is starting a movement which may ‘become Nation-wide among | Legion auxiliaries, and which will re- lieve hundreds of widowed mothers of their burdens resulting from the World War. Formal determination to support such a little girl, if she can be found, was taken at a meeting of the unit last night in the home of the presi- dent, Burnita Sheltop Matthews, 1426 Twenty-first street, with the adoption of a resolution, Fo‘ ahout a month the subject has been under considera- tion and the individual members of the it have been “casting about” for.a little war daughter, but without result. Should they fail to find a girl the unit will gladly make the same provision for a little boy. The resolution was broad as to the actual provisions the unit would make, because there was no available information about what would be necessary to contribute for. It was the general attitude of the members, however, that “whatever is needed, we would like to assume.” Likewise, it was not determined if the unit would “legally adopt” the child, seek to become a guardian or even re. move it from the present surround- ings. The unit feels that should more than one applicant for ‘“adoption” come forward, and all were in need, other units and patriotic organiza- tions would follow in line and relleve the burden of a mother widowed by the war, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION FRIDAY, | 1 1 | | ING. 0.P.BY RULING SLUSH PROBE LIVES Senate Group Hit by Fess Appointment and Opinion Backing Committee. APPROVAL OF DECISION SEEN IN NEXT SESSION | Vice President Bases Action on Ruling of Supreme Court in Case of Mal S. Daugherty. BY G. GOULD LINCOL Vice President Dawes has brea new life into the Reed slush fund com- | mittee. At the same time he has kicked up a rumpus in Republican circles. In announcing in Chicago yesterday the appointment of Senator Fess of Ohio, Republican, to fill the vacaney in the committee caused by the resig- nation of Senator Goff of West Virgl- nia the Vice President declared that the Reed committee continues to live and to function during the recess of Congress. He based his decision in this matter on the opinion of the Su- preme Court of the United States in the Mal Daugherty case. Tho Vice President's decision that the Reed committee continues to live is at variance with some of the mem- bers of his party in the Senate, among them Senators Reed of Pennsylvania and Moses of New Hampshire, leaders of the filibuster against a resolution to extend the life and powers of the committee in the closing days of the last session, and Senator Keyes of New Hampshire. The last, as chairman of the committee on audit and control of the contingent fund of the Senate, has refused up to date to say that he would approve a voucher for further expenditures by the Reed committee, Once Held Committee Dead. The Senator picked by Vice Presi- dent Dawes to ‘fill the Republican vacancy in the committee, Mr. Fess, in an interview given here a few weeks ago declared that the Reed committee was dead. It remains to be seen whether he will accept the ap- pointment to the committee now made by the Vice President. Possibly the opinion rendered by the Vice Presi. dent, based on the Supreme Court de- cision, may have its effect on both Senator Fess and Senator Keves in this matter. Senator Fess today is in Ohio, He spoke last night in Indiana, Ohlo, and tonight he will apeak in Cleveland. There seems little doubt that the Vice President will be sustained by the Senate itself, in his decision that the Reed committee lives, when that body reconvenes. The committee, composed of two regular Republicans, one progressive Republican and two Democrats, unanimously expressed the opinion that it was a continuing commit! although the Congress dur- ing which it had been appointed ex- pired March 4. The committee had, too, the advice of other Senators, in- cluding Senator Norris of Nebraska, chairman of the judiclary committee, and Senators Walsh of Montana and Borah of Idaho before it decided to go ahead with its work of investigating the senatorial election of 1926 in Penn- sylvania. Keyes Has Nothing to Say. Senator Keyes at his office today left word that he “had nothing to say” with reference to the appointment of Senator Fess and the decision of the Vice President that the Reed commit- tee could go on functioning. He indi- cated that he would examine the state- ment of the Vice President carefully before the would decide whether he would revise his original position in the matter. The committee's authority to fune- tion is already before the Federal court in Pennsylvania, where it has sought to Impound the ballots cast in four more counties in the last sena. torial election, in which William 8. Vare, Republican, was elected over ‘Willlam B. Wilson, Democrat. It is possible that Senator Keyes will await the determination of the courts in Pennsylvania. Vice President Dawes' outspoken declaration in support of the Reed committee was read here with the keenest interest. As President and presiding officer of the Senate his de- cision in the matter is of much sig- nificance. From the point of view of politics it also is not without signifi- cance, " The attempt of some of the Repub- licans of the Senate has been to put an end to the activities of the slush fund committee. The cases of Sena- tors-elect Smith of Illinols and Vare of Pennsylvania, upon both of which the Reed committee has submitted reports to the Senate, are to come up when the Senate reconvenes, The fact that the Reed committee is held to be alive by the President of (Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) AIMEE AND MOTHER AT PARTING OF WAYS Evangelist Moves Into Home of Her Own—May Leave Los Angeles Permanently. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 8.—Ind tions were glven ‘today hy Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist and founder of Angelus Temple here, that the two had come to a parting of the ys and that the evangelist might be leaving Los Angeles per- manently. L Mrs. McPherson yesterday left the Kennedy-McPherson home adjoining Angelus Temple and took up her resi- dence in the former Nat Goodwin home at Santa Monica. With her went her two children, her private secretary, Emma Shaffer, and two| other secretaries, Mae Waldron and Lois Ayres. Mrs. Kennedy said in regard to the evangelist's departure that “while we would love to keep her here, she has made a great sacrifice for her peo- ple, and while we hate to lose her, we must bear our lo: “You know the people of New Yo want to build a temple for siste Mrs. Kenné continued. ‘Many cities are' ing her and she will, I fear, have tefanswer the call APRIL 8, 1927 —S1IXTY PAGES. (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENT! SURE'S MARIA, | CAN SEE THE PICTURE AS A REAL L IVE THING ! BRIDE IS APPOINTED NEW CORPORATION COUNSEL FOR Y Stephens Will Step Down to Subordinate Post After July 1. REORGANIZATION IS SEEN New Head Is Internationally Known Attorney, With Wide Experience Abroad. DRY DEBATE SEATS HELD BY SCALPERS Butler-Borah Tickets Selling for $20, Boston Re- ports Say. By tho Associated Press. BOSTON, April 8.—Tickets for to- night’s debate on prohibition between Senator Borah and Nicholas Murray Butler were as scarce as for a foot ball classlc. And in foot ball ticket speculators were active, asking $20 a ticket, some reports said. The acceptance by Willlam 1. But- ler, chairman of the Republican na: tional committee, of an invitation to occupy a place n the platform served to ease rumors of a possible Republi can split, brought to the open with the withdawal of Frank W. Stearns, another friend of President Coolidge, from the Roosevelt Club, Inc., which is sponsoring the debate. G. 0. P. Groups Hold Back. Mr. Butler's decision came on the heels of a statement from his son Morgan, that he had returned his ticket to the debate because he was not interested. That Republican harmony was not yet all it might be, however, was indi- cated by news that the State commit- tee had ignored an invitation from Robert M. Washburn, president of the club, to send a representative to occupy a place on the platform. As a result, Mr. Butler will be alone with Mr. Washburn and the two speakers. One explanation of Mr. Stearns’ action was unwillingness to partici- pate in a discussion of whether the Republican platform should take cog- nizance of the prohibition question be- cause he believed the issue was not one which the party ought to bring forward at this time. Mr. Stearns, himself, however, declined to com- ment. Club Has Full Membership. BotH the Idaho Senator and the president of Columbla University are Republicans. The Roosevelt Club's stock has been boosted many hundred per cent by the affair, Although President Washburn did not confirm a report that his organ- ization had jumped from a paltry seven members a few weeks ago to its fully authorized strength of 1.000, he did admit that the club had drop- ped away to about 350 last Summer. At present, he said, not only were there 1,000 members whose dues had been paid 10 months in advance, but there was a walting list of 35. Tickets for the debate were avail- able only to members. The club, a Republican organization, was founded shortly after Theodore Roosevelt's death. Speaker Waive Expenses, Payment of annual dues of $2 en- titled members to two tickets each. It was' announced the speakers had waived expenses. The question is: “Should the Republican mnational platform of 1928 advocate the repeal of the eighteenth amendment?” There will be no official decision. Dr. Butler will be given 45 min- utes for the presentation of the af- firmative, Senator Borah will follow with a 60-minute discussion of the negative and rebuttal and Dr. Butler will have 15 minutes in which to close. The debate will be in Symphony | Hall, home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which seats 2,500 persons. It will begin at 8:15 p.m., with radio- casting by WNAC, Boston, 430 meters, and WEAN, Providence, R. I., 367 meters. o WOOD SILENT ON VETO OF FILIPINO PLEBISCITE By Cable to Th i MANILA, April 8.—Gov. Gen. Leon- ard Wood does not comment at all on President Coolidge's veto of the pro- posed independence plebiscite sustain- ing his own action as governor of the Philippines, but his comment, em- bracing a careful analysis of the sit- uation, accompanied the bill when it went to the President and he does not object to the White House making that analysis public. > UNDERTAKER 1S SUED. COLUMBU; , Ga., April 8 (P).—Sult for $10,000 was flled against a local | | Hindenburg Sues Red Paper for Libel Because of Cartoon BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER By Radio to The Star and the Chicago D: ws. Copyright, 1027, BERLIN April §.—President Hindenburg has brought suit for libel against the weekly lllustrated supplement of the newspaper Com- munist Red Flag, which in its April fool number showed a picture of a large bull standing before three white-clad Individuals, possi- bly butchers, with the caption, “Hindenberg in Civil Dress Reviews the Companies of Honor on Re- membrance day.” The police have confiscated the offending sheet. It is believed the defense will take shelter be- hind the recogmized April 1 right to caricature as one sees fit. This is believed to be the President's first attempt to obtain legal re- dress for attacks from radical quarters, . AID FOR DISTRICT PENSIONERS FAILS Gen. Lord Tells President 1928 Money Cannot Be Paid 1,000 Dependents. President Coolidge was advised to- day by Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director of the budget, that in solving the prob- lems of paying the pensions of Federal employes to meet the grave situation as a result of the failure to pass the second deficiency bill at the last ses- sion of Congress, no way has been found to care for the more than 1,000 pensioners of the District Govern- ment. The director of the budget said at the White House today that the ques- tion has been studied carefully, and the matter of extending relief to the local pension claimants remains un- solved, and that he personally doubts very much if the situation can be helped. Plan Held Illegal. His information is that the plan to permit drafts upon the 1928 bud- get fund as a means of paying the Federal Government pensioners can not be applied legally to the District pensioners. Gen. Lord said that his opinion s based upon informal information re- ceived from the controller general's office. Controller General McCarl, whose ruling permits the preparing of drafts upon the 1928 budget for Fed- eral pensioners, has informally held, according to Gen. Lord, that it would be lllegal to apply it to the local pen- sioners. However, that was Mr. Me- Carl's informal opinion. His deflnite decision will be made probably within the next day or so. The controller general's formal rul- ing will be in response to a request from the District of Columbia Com- missioners to pass upon the subjett of extending relief to the local pen- sioners. President Disappointed. President Coolidge was keenly dis- appointed at the failure to pass the second deficiency bill, and he lost no time in directing his assistants to make a survey of the situation with a view to determining some method of extending relief. Because of the President's Interest and of his realization of the suffering among the local pensioners if they must go without their monthly sums, it 1s thought likely that he will take some action in the interests of the lo- cal pensioners, in the event Controller General McCarl's decision is adverse. Just what action he can take is not known at this time. Gen. Lord, who has made a careful analysis, is doubt- ful if the Federal Government can be of any assistance. TREATY PSSBLE WTH NCARAGUA | President Attacks Problem on Broad Basis to Serve as Future Guide. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coolidge has determined to tackle the problem of relations with | Nicaragua on a broad basis that will | guide his administration in the future in dealing with Central American qu-stions. The dispatch of Henry L. Stimson, former Secretary of War, to | Nicaragua is an effort to work out an arrangement whereby the danger of continuous revolution will be dimin- ished. ‘Whether this will be accomplished by means of a treaty wherein the United States will agree to accord rec- ognition only to certain governments that coms into power by legal means or whether it will mean a treaty that will permit American supervision of elections or some other device is not known to any one here because when Mr. Stimson gets on the ground and gathers together all viewpoints, he himself will be in a better position to recommend a course of action. Stimson Is Lawyer. Mr. Stimson is a lawyer rather than a diplomat. e does not go as a sub- stitute for the American Minister or because there is any lack of confidence in the latter. He goes primarily be- cause the negotiation of a proper treaty is a difficult matter to take up by_correspondence. First of all, the treaty relations of the United States are vague. The United States, under Secretary of State Hughes, encouraged the Central American powers to adopt treaties as between themselves governing the con- ditions under which they would recog- nize legal governments, but the United States itself was not a party to those treaties. Some *of those provisions have been found a bit too rigid, and there has been a suggestion of change. In any event, the United States is willin ¢ ., make a treaty governing rec- ognition which will at the same time clear up the relation of the United States to the proposed Nicaragugn canal route. The treaty could be a supplement to the existing Bryan- Chamorro treaty, though this point need not be determined at this time. Whatever treaty is drawn will surely draw the fire of administration critics, most of whom have taken the position that there has been too much inter- ference already in the internal affairs of Nicaraugua and that the example of such inteference has occasioned adverse comment in other Latin American countries. The sending of Mr. Stimson comes at a time when the Diaz government is reported to have won a military triumph. This has been brought about (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) REPORTS CONFLICT ON KING'S ILLNESS Private Dispatches Call Ferdi- nand’s Condition Hopeless—Grow- ing Better Daily, Officials Say. BY EUGENE CRAWFORD. | By Cable to The Star and Chicaco Daily Copyright, 19 VIENNA, April 8.—Official and private dispatches from Bucharest continue to dispute each other with regard to the condition of King Ferdi- nand of Rumania and the political situation. Officially the King grows better dally, and has become strong enough to receive Premier Averescu and dis- cuss affairs of state. Unofficial dis- patches continue to give the King's condition as hopeless, with Ferdinand unconscious again part of Thursday night. Likewise, the political situation is | reported officially to be quiet, while unofficial reports say that it grows more dangerous as the monarch sinks, William W, | lasw was appoint | poration counsel of the District by | the Commissioners today to succeed i Francis H. Stephens, who will be re- { duced to a subordinate position in the { corporation counsel's office. The change will become effective July 1. The appointment of Mr. Bride, it was announced, presages a sweeping reorganization of the corporation coun- sels office. Already plans have baen made to promote Ringgold Hart to be first assistant corporation counsel, to succeed Robert L. Williams, who will be demoted. Other changes also are contemplated, but the Comm have not yet definitely plans for the drastic shake-up, Result of Attacks. The reorganization was planned as a result of attacks on the corpora- tion counsel's office and Mr. Stephens in person in the last Congress. Com- missioner Sidney F. Taliaferro, who has direct supervision over the cor= poration counsel's office, also let it be known that he has not been satis- fied with the prosecution of the Dis- trict's condemnation cases, which accumulated so rapidly that Mr. Hart was especially detailed to this work in an effort to dispose of them. A direct outgrowth of the criticism of the corporation cqunsel’s office in Congress was the inclusion in the District appropriation act for the next fiscal year of an item of $7,500 for the salary of a corporation counsel, an increase of $1,500 over the present compensation of that position. Inferentially, the Commis- sioners interpreted this action of Congress to mean that the removal of Mr. Stephens was desired. The demotion of Mr. Stephens will cost him a reduction in salary of $2,000 a year. As corporation coun= sel he has been receiving $6,000 an- nually, and his new assignment will pay him $4,000. Statement by Taliaferro. A statement issued by Commissioner Taliaferro conceraing the appoint- ment of Mr. Bride. said, in part: “The husiness of the 'District of Columbia has incréased very rapldly in the Jast few years. The Commis- sioners desire and intend to meet that development by such changes as may be necessary to -conduct the public business in the most efficient and sat- isfactory manner. Congress has ap- propriated in the appropriation act for the next fiscal year for a corporation counsel, who shall also be the general counsel for the Public Utllities Com- num, at a salary of $7,000 per an- num, which is recognition of the in- creasing responsibilities of that po- sition, “Mr. Bride {s an accomplished, suc- cessful lawyer, who looks upon his ap- pointment as corporation counsel as an opportunity for public service. His appointment is made now in order that he may have reasonable time to close his law office, which he intends to do, and also that he may, before assuming the dutles of the office, to some extent famillarize himself with the work which he will take over. I consider the District government ex- ceedingly fortunate in being able to announce the appointment of Mr, Bride. “Mr. Francis H. Stephens, who has for many years performed faithful and valuable service for the District of Columbia, wiil, I am glad to state, continue upon the staff of that office.” Began as Law Clerk. Mr. Stephens has been corporation counsel since December 30, 1919. En- tering the District service as a law clerk in the corporation counsel's office July 1, 1403, he has been con- nected with that office ever since. He had served only one year as a law clerk when he was made the fourth assistant corporation counsel, and on May 26, 1905, he was advanced to the third agsistant. The Commissioners again promoted him to be first as: ant February 1, 1907. Since the adjournment of Congress the Commissioners have been quietly casting about for a new corporation counsel, and Mr. Taliaferro said that he thought the District was fortunate in obtaining the services of such & distinguished lawyer as Mr. Bride. The new corporation counsel will give { up his private practice and devote his entire time to the District service. Has Wide Practice. | Brid: | known 7 { tember, 1905, when he associated him- | selt with Charles A. Douglas. The first years of his professional career were devoted to work before the { courts of the District, the Court of Claims and the Supreme Court of the United States. His practice was quite diversified and brought him experi- ence in all classes of litigation. His subsequent career has been an un- usually varled one and gained for him an international reputation. He spe- clalized, however, in various phases of international law. A native of the District, Mr now. lives at Dawn Cottage, Edge- moor, Bethesda. Md. He was born eptember 9, 1881, the son of Cotter and Louise Henrietta Bride! After his elementary education Mr. BEride attended St. Johns' College in Wash- ington and was awarded an A. B. degree in 1899. Subsequently he re- celved a degree of LL. B. from Georgetown University in 1904. He de New Transatlantic Flight Attempt Begun by French By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 8.—A new trans- morticlan yesterday, the petitioners | aflantic dir attempt from France to alleging that following death of their infant son they turned the body over to the funeral director to be prng-ud for burial and returned to their homs and setting forth that they have no e e ma o " 2 ; turned to them. . South America was started today with the departure from the Le Bourget Airdrome Q rman Goliath “propa- ganda” ne, flying under the auspices off the Paris-Latin American VA “Propaganda” Plane where floats will be installed in readi- ness for the actual start of the flight on April 15. The route will include Casablanca, Morocco; Porto Praya, Cape Verde Islands, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Santlago. X The plane is piloted by M. Drouhin, accompanied by Capt. Saint-Roman and r. Mouneyres. There are two mechaniclans and a wireless operatory _ . also studied at George Washington University and the University of Nebraska. In March, 1905, he married Miss Lula Mae Fairbanks. The cou- ple have four children, Mrs. Dorothy Fairbanks Felix, Adelaide Witthaft Bride, Willlam Witthatt Bride and Noel Crawford Bride. Mr. Bride’s first experfence which had an international aspect occurred in 1908, when he was sent on a mis- sion to Honduras by clients for some important negotiations with the gov- ernment there. In 1913 George von L. Myer, then Secretary of the Navy sent him upon_a special mission to (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Radio