Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1927, Page 2

HUGH OWENS WINS ORATORY GONTEST Maryland Group Competi- - tions End, With Only Dis- trivt Finals to Be Held. Maryland's: group contest phase of the fourth National Oratorical Con- test was ended last night at Rock- ville when Hugh Francis Owens, 17- yearold senlor of the Georgetown Preparatory School, defeated the spokesmen of four other Montgomery County schools for a place in the Maryland district finals. With the Virginia champion already chosen in the victory of John Bell, jr., and the Maryland championship contenders awaiting their last battle on home ground, the final entrants in the private and parochial school finals will be determined at two simultane- ous meetings in Washington tonight. Three orators will meet on a common platform at Corcoran Hall of the George Washington University at 8 o'clock in one of the two concluding group meetings, and three other speakers will contend in the audi- torium of the National Museum in a gneeting that is to begin at 7:45 o'clock. & Defeats Four Others. In his winning battle last night, staged in the Christian Church of Rockville, the Georgetown Prepara- tory School boy speaking on “The Constitution,” defeated four young speech-makers from as many schools in Montgomery County. Those, who went down to defeat before Owen's oratorical ability were Douglas Grie: enmer, jr., of the Bethesda Hig! School, whose oration on ‘““The Con- stitution and the State” won for him a close second place; John Gott of the Dickerson High School, speaking on *“Washington_and the Constitution”; Miss Helen Wilkinson of the Rock- ville High School, on ‘“Marshall's Contribution to the Constitution,” and Arthur Watkins of Gaithersburg High School, who competed with a speech on “The Meaning of the Constitution Tng:\'ye'nl. as victor of the contest, was presented with $10 in gold by Walter E. Perry of Bethesda, who announced that he will offer to the winners in the Montgomery group contest the same amount for a period of five years. The award last night was the first of the five consecutive prizes which Mr. Pérry will furnish as a con- erete incentive for oratorical compe- tition in the various schools. Pays Tribute to Orations. Oliver Owen Kuhn, news manager of The Washington Star, announced the winner of the contest following the compllation of the judges’ ballots. In an address on the contest which accompanied the announcement, Mr. Kuhn paid tribute to the student orations as a means of promoting the principles of the American Constitu- tion and the doctrines it contains. “Those principles handed down by our forefathers which have made this ‘nation great, the greatest in all his- ‘ory,” he said, “will be forever pro- tected if young America continues, as at present, to study and go forth to rify the fundamental doctrines of g‘l’l country as exemplified in our Constitution.” “America is never safe against the armies of skepticism, doubt and those hordes who, in patronizing manner, seek to undermine respect for the laws and Constitution of this country —not to speak of the onslaught from the fountainhead of sedition and righs, Soviet Russia— unle people gird themselves under the banner of civic righteous- ness,” Mt.'Kuhn declared. “In still in the minds of young America a con- eclousness of what is right and wrong governmentally; teach them to respect and love the Constitution, our divine heritage from far-sighted patriots of the early days of our Nation, and the Nation will endure,” he said, and con- tinued: Reflects Contest Speeches. *Wwith all the ‘skepticism and cap- tlous criticiem which oldsters seem to believe the proper thing, but which is deadly to ‘perpetuation of right gov- ernmental principles, just give me this ermy of youngsters now contesting from one end of the Nation to the other, and 1 will risk battle with any force. Let them continue to preach their devout beliefs and I shall not worry as to the future of the Na- tion—it always will remain safe and glorious,"” 3Mr. Kuhn's remarks acted as a re- flector of the orations that had been ‘delivered’ by the young contestants for the place in the Maryland finals and when nounced the name of Hugh Owens as mer of the coveted place. Spirited lause greeted the victor, and ong those to congratulate him in e rush that followed was the father ©f one of the defeated contestants. Hugh is a handsome lad of slightly more than six-foot stature. His erect bearing and manly, clear voice, coupled with his well composed speech, would seem to make him a powerful bidder for the championship of Maryland. In the battle for that honor Owens must defeat Willlam A. Loker of Leonard Hall, Mark Woods of the Hyattsville High School; John A. Hardesty of the McDonough Institute and Lansdale Clagett of the Marlboro High School. Big Crowds Expected. The contests tonight are expected to draw the largest crowds that have sttended any of the oratorical com- titions heid in the District of Co- umbia this year. Interesting fea- tures are planned for each of the meetings; at the National Museum contest, where the entrants from Gonzaga High School, Immaculate Seminary and the Devitt Preparatory School will compete, a musical pro- gram by the student orchestra of the Powell Junior High School, under the direction of George E. Hurt, will be rendered, to augment the speak- ing program. At the meeting in Corcoran Hall”of George Washing- ton University, at which orators from the Cathedral School for Boys. the Woolward School for Boys and the Holton Arms School, will battle, the audience will be given an oppor- | | Below: Competitors in the for Boy the Woodward School for Bo; tunity to register its vote for the rating of the contestants. The audience bailot, however, will be unofficial and will have no bear- ing on the official judging of the con- test. The result of the audience bal lot will be announced in The Star tomorrow morning, while the decision of the installed judges will be made known at the conclusion of the aon test meeting in Corcoran Hall. The contestants at the George Washington meeting will include, Janet Sheppard, daughter of Senator Sheppard from Texas, who will repre- sent the Holton Arms School with an oration on “Benjamin Franklin and the Constitution.” Miss Sheppard is 16 yvears old, and she will oppose two boys, Godfrey Barber, of the Cathedral School for Boys, whose sub- ject will be “The Constitution,” and George G. Kundahl, of the Wood- ward School for Boys, who will talk on “The Constitution.” The Barber boy is 17 years old and young Kun- dahl is 18 years old and both are seniors in their respective schools. Glibert Hall to Preside. Gilbert L. Hall, head of the public speaking department of the George’| ‘Washington University, will preside as chairman of the contest in Cor- coran Hall of this institution, while the judges will be 35 picked seniors of the Senfor Debating Squad of the University. The Western High School orchestra will play in concert at the George ‘Washington University meeting under the direction of Miss Lucy G. Lynch, while at the National Museum meet- ing the orchestra of the Powell Junior High School, led by Mr. Hurt, will furnish the musical accompani- ment for the orations. The contestants at the National Museum meeting will be Charles B. Murto of Gonzaga, on “The Constitu- tion”; Laura Murray of the Im- maculata S8eminary, on ‘‘Jefferson and the Constitution,” and George L. Mc- Callum of the Devitt Preparatory School, on “The Constitution and Its Meaning Today.” Fred P. Myers, director of the legal debating class of the National Univer- sity, will be the presiding officer, while the jury will be composed of 150 members of his class. Special Arrangement of Anthem. The musical program will include as its feature Mr. Hurt's arrangement of “The Star Spangled Banner,” in which the wind instruments affect the tones of an organ against the steady roll of snare drums. Mr. Hurt, a “British army veteran, and former first violinist in the London Symphony Orchestra, is in the United States to stay, following his recovery here from the broken health which was his war heritage. He s directing nearly 250 TONIGHT’S ORATORICAL CONTESTANTS TReaE & T Opponents in two group contests of the private and trict on The Star’s area in the fourth National Oratorical Contest. Above: Contestants in the meeting at the National Museum Auditorium. Left to right: George McCallum of the Devitt Preparator: the Immaculate Seminary and Charles B. Murto of Gonzaga High School. roup coutest at Corcoran Hall of George Washington University. Left to right: Godfrey Barber of the Cathedral School Janet Sheppard of the Holton Arms School and George Kundahl of ‘Washington school boys and girls In several orchestras, and he is furnish- ing music at many of the oratorical contests. The music at the Rockville meeting last night, was played by the Colum- bia Junior High School Sextet, which Mr. Hurt organized and trained. The players, ranging in age from 11 to 13 years, were Minnie Clipker, leader; Gertrude Kedan, Thelma Stamper, Louis_Levinson, Stanley Mattorn, Ju- lius Epstein, Max Rosenbloom and Willlam Cowgill. Winner Is From West. A last-minute change in the Rock- ville jury last night made the decision rest with John B. Diamond, jr., of Gaithersburg; George H. Lamar of Rockville; Mrs. Walter E. Perry of the Montgomery County 8chool Board; Joseph C. Cissell of Silver Spring and R. B Lawrence of Battery Park. The winner, Hugh Owens, in that contest is the son of James F. Owens, vice president of the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co., of Oklahoma City. Halling from the West, where he had won medals for debate in grammar school, young Owens entered the Georgetown Prep School to find ora- tory a leading activity. He immediately became one of the leaders and is now the vice president of the Debating Soclety. He is also an officer of the student council, as well as a member of the foot ball, base ball, track and golf teams. Following his graduation in June,.Hugh will prepare for the University of Illinois, where he will study law, he says. Bearing signatures of the Prince of Wales, Lloyd George, Ramsay Mac- donald and of the teams, the foot ball used in the Wales-Scotland match re- cently has been sold for charity. CUT OUT ALONG THIS LINE. I Coupon l OFFERS TO “Answers to Questions” By Frederic J. Hi —the Question Book by the Diree- tor Bureau in the world, Five Answers chapters. 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Hanson Weightman, who said he ex- perlenced difficulty keeping his wind- shield clear while driving to his office this morning. Nelther was it a weather phenome- non for this time of the Spring season, he added. The record snowfall for April ig five inches, registered April 6, 1924, and there have been traces or more of snow in nearly every other April of record, it was stated. The outlook for tonight and the Sabbath s all wet, Mr. Weightman announceds Rain is predicted over the week end and probably into the next, with temperatures remaining quite cool. The weekly forecast indi- cates a let-up in the rain during the middle of the week, followed by an- other cold, wet period toward the end. DISTRICT PENSIONS CAN BE PAID, SAYS McCARL’S DECISION (Continued from First Page.) ment of Federal pensions during the rest of this fiscal year. . Payment under the three appropria- tions which he allowed, the controller general ald, would be “In the nature of pensions rather than for services rendered, and the appropriation for the fiscal year 1928 in each instance would normally have become avallable on and after July 1, 1927, for pensions which accrued during the fiscal year 1927. Hence,” he continued, “there is presented under each of these appro- priations a situation similar to_that presented under the Army and,Navy pension appropriation for 1928, ‘under which advances were recently au- thorized by me to pay pensions aceru- ing during the fiscal year 1927. Concerning the use of $40.000 from the fund for the care of children un- der the Board of Public Welfare, the controller general said, "I appreciate the distressing situation presented and wish there existed an appropriation under which the advance of funds might be made,” but, he explained, “there appears nothing in the law that could be construed as requiring the board to incur obligations during the said fiscal year in excess of its avallable funds for said year.” RITES FOR DR. E. F. SMITH. Funeral Services Held in All Souls’ Unitarian Church. Funeral services for Dr. Erwin F. Smith, 73 years old, head of the labwratory of plant pathology in the Bureau of Plant Industry, Depart- ment of Agriculture, who died in his home, 1474 Belmont street, Wedne day, were conducted in All Sou Unitarian Church today at 11 o'clock. Rev. U. G. B. Plerce, pastor, officiated. The body is to be cremated. Secretary of Agriculture Jardine headed the list of honorary pell- bearers. Retiring Board Reorganized. The Army Retiring Board in ses- slon here has been reorganized with the following members: Maj. Gen. Herbert D. Crosby, chief of Cavalry; Brig. Gen. Frank R. Keefer, Medical Corps; Cols. Caspar H. Conrad, in- spector general's departynent; Andrew Moses, Fleld Artillery; Willey Howel Infantry, and Roger 8. Fitch, Cavalr: Lieut. Col. James D. Fife and Maj. Daniel W. Harmon, Medical Corps, with First Lieut. Robert W. Rayn ford, Signal Corps, as recorder. Majs. Austin_J. Canning and Charles Berle, Medical Corps, are gletailed medical examiners for tl oko-rd. NEW MARINE FORCE ORDERED TO CHINA 1,500 to Sail by April 20. One of Fastest Liners Requisitioned by U. S. By the Aswociated Press | The detachment of United States Marines requested by Admiral Wil- liams, commander of American naval forces in Chinese waters, to be held | in readiness for a possible emergency, | has been ordered across the Pacific. While official comment on this deci- sion of the Washington Government was not forthcoming, the move is be- lieved to be a precautionary one, as it was sald at the White House that President Coolidge had not been ad- vised of any important alteration in | the Chinese situation. The detachment, constituting the third regiment of 1,500 men, is now en route to San Diego and is expected to sail shortly after arrival there. The transport Henderson with a similar force of Marines sailed from that port | two days ago. | Will Use Merchant Ships. Inability of either the Army or Navy to provide quick transportation for the third detachment in the event of a hurried call from Admiral Wil- lilams 1s thought to have prompted the decision to send the force by commer- cial ships into Asiatic waters at once. Its exact destination is not yet known. Some of the Marines may be used to strengthen the Shanghai defense, while others might be dispatched to the North toward the Peking area. With its arrival overseas, Admiral Williams will have a landing force of nearly 7,000 men at his command. Upward of 2,000 Marines already are at Shanghal under command of Brig. Gen. Smedley Butler, 1,500 more are aboard the Henderson, and about half of the Bluejackets aboard the w craft could be landed in an emer- gency. Menace Believed Growing. While official reports have told of | no new disquieting developments, they have refly:ted a growing men- ace of anti-foreign agitation at Han- kow, present center of Cantonese ac- tivities in the Yangtze River Valley. Rear Admiral Hough, American naval commander at that city, reported that the Nationalist authoritics apparent- ly were making no effort to ‘“check the increasing lawlessness,” and that he was using all possible pressure to induce Americans to leave Hankow and proceed to Shanghal. Press dispatches also stated that Gen. Chang Kal-Shek, the Cantonese commander, had departed from Shang- hal to Nanking, scene of the recent outrages against Americans and other foreigners, and this was taken as an indication that he proposed to pre- pare for further military operations against Northern forces in the Yangtze Valley. While it is believed that practically all Americans have been evacuated from points within this zone, the Yangtze River is the artery of com- munication between Hankow, about 200 miles above Nanking, and Shang- hai, and the opening of hostilities in this region might increase the danger of ships carrying refugees to the coast. Chang Kai-Shek Watched. ‘Washington officials also continued to manifest Interest in reports indi- cating a widening of the rift between the Cantonese commander, who rep- resents the moderate wing of the Na- tionalist party, and the more radical element. Chang consistently has stood for a moderate policy toward all, and a split between the general and the other faction in his party might ma- terially affect the situation. Close attention also was being given to reports that Chang had taken steps to suppress publication in Shanghal newspapers of propa- ganda matter furnished by the Han- kow political bureau. This reported anti-radical move by the Cantonese general coincides with the drive at Peking and Tientsin by Chang Tso- lin, Manchurian dictator of the North China _military alliance, against Soviet Russian agencles suspected of complicity In spreading pro-Nation- alist propaganda, but whether this foreshadowed some degree of rap- prochement between the two leaders in opposition to the radical elements and Soviet influence was an unan- swered question in Washington. +Fast Liner Requisitioned. SAN FRANCISCO, April 9 (#).— Officials of the Robert Dollar Steam- ship Co. announced yesterday that the liner President Grant, one of the fastest liners in the transpacific serv- ice, had been requisitioned to carry United States Marines to China. The President Grant will begin the trip from San Diego not later than April 20, At Marire Corps headquarters here it was disclosed that approximately 1,400 men and provisions and stores to last the entire American Marine contingent in the Orient 60 days would be despatched on the Grant from the naval base at San Diego. KILLS HIS BEDFELLOW. Chicagoan Says Companion “Hogged” All the Covers. CHICAGO, April 9 (A).—James Ford, 35, was shot and killed early tod: following a quarrel with Thomas Kral, a ward committeeman, with whom he spent the night. Kral told police Ford had angered him by “hogging” the bed clothing and refusing to go to sleep. Police said Kral had been drinking. THE STAR FILES P. 0. STATEMENT Circulation of Past Six Months. Statement of the ownership, The Evening Star, publisted daily, and The Sunday Star, published Sunday morning, at Washington, D. C., required by act of Congress of August 24, 1912: Editor, Theodore W. Noyes, Washington, D. C.; managing editor, Rudolph Kauffmann, Washington, D. C.: business manager, Fleming Newbold, Washington, D. C.; publisher, The Evening Star New!pn‘)ar Company, Frank B. Noyes, president, Washington, D. C. Owners: Theodore W. Noyes and Frank B. Noyes, trustees for the heirs of the late Crosby 8. Noyes; Mary B. Adams, Frank B. Noyes and Newbold Noyes, trustees; Theodore W. Noyes, Mary P. Noy Theodore P. Noyes, trustees; Frank B. Noyes, Theodore W. Noyes, Rudolph Kauffmann, Victor Kauffmann, Beale R. Howard, Barbara Grace Adams Howard, Louise K. K. Murray, Simpson, Fleming Newbold, John Crayke Simpson, Kauffmann, R. M. Kauffmann, Samuel H. Kauffmann, Miranda Noyes Theodore P. Noyes and George Adams All addresses, Washington, Pomeroy, at Greenwich, Conn., and Barbara K. Murray, Dunkirk, N. Y. Known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders, hold- ing 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other Pomeroy, Howard. Newbold Noyes, securities, none. Circulation Figures. Average number of copies of each issue of the publication sold or distributed through the mails or otherwise to paid subscribers during the six months ended March 31, 1927. Net Paid Circulation.... Net Unpaid Circulation (made up of siven for service, ete.).. Total Average Net Circulation (Signed) Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of April, 1927. (Seal) SATURDAY. Nicola Sacco (vight) and Bactolomeo Vanzetti, master in 1920, who will be sentenced 1927. APRIL 9. wvicted of killing a pay- to electric chair today. President’s Church Takes Auditorium TO Accomodate Easter Service C!‘OWdS Demand for seats in the President’s church Easter Sunday, which hereto- tore has taxed beyond its limit the Metropolitan Theater, where the First Congregational Church meets, is ex- pected to be met this year, according to plans announced today to hold the services in the Washington Audi- torium. The Auditorium seats 6,000 persons. Already tickets have been distributed to more worshipers than could have been accommodated at the regular meeting place. Reservations have been made for the President’s party, and a section has been set aside for the use of members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, who meet here in convention the follow ing day, and through whose courte the use of the Auditorium was secured. Rev. Jason Noble Plerce, pastor of the church, will preach at both morn- ing and evening services. A special musical program has been arranged for the morning service, which the President is expected to attend Indications today were that the services will be attended by more persons than have ever participated in a regular church service in Wash- ington, The Easter services of the Presi- dent’s. Church have always been a problem. With thousands of tourists in Washington for the day, in addi- tion to the regular congregation and other Washingtonians who go ‘o | church Easter, whether they go any | other day or mot, people have been turned away every year. For the tourists the idea of sitting in church with the President has always been alluring. Crowds, un- able to obtain seats inside, have waited in the street to get a glimpse of the President and Mrs. Coolidge when th came out. The First Lady's new bon- net and the cut of Mr. Coolidge’s cut- away hold an irresistable fascination for those who have an eye for style. BRITISH DESTROYER SILENCES YANGTZE SHORE BATTERIES (Continued _from First Paj exterminated in China, was the opin- fon voiced today by the central com- mittee, which will remain in Shanghai to co-ordinate and direct the work of the larger Protestant missions and supervise the maintenance of such establishments in the interior as are not menaced by the civil war. No matter what happens, in the view of the committee, Christianity will per- sist under the surface, as in the early days of religion in Rome, when dev- ote:s met in secret, despite persecu- tion. It was explained by the committee that the evacuation of missionaries was due, among other things, to a de- sire to avold involving the United States in war with China through pos- sible mistreatment of missionaries at the hands of armed forces or bandits. They were not deserting converts to Christianity in the hou rof peril, as some critics intimated ,it was added. JAPAN READY TO ACT. More Troops Available for China If! Emergency Arises. TOKIO, April 9 (#).—In the event of & new threatening emergency in China, it is thought probable that some Japanese troops will be dis- patched to the scene from Port Arthur, but it was reiterated in offi- clal quarters today that the sending of further troops to China was not contemplated at present. The foreign office denied that the cabinet had authorized the war minis- ter to use his own discretion with re- gard to dispatching forces. It was explained that half a division of troops was sailing for Port Arthur soon, but that this was a customary replacing movement and had no rela- tion to events in China. French Troops Arrive. By tho Associated Press. CANTON, April 9.—One hundred French troops have arrived at Sha- meen. A protest demonstration has been planned to take place at Shameen on April 12, when the authorities ex- pect an attack will be made there by Chinese Nationalists. Missionaries and other foreigners are gradually evacuating their posts in the interior and are returning to Shameen, where they are under the protecting guns of two American, three French, five British and one Japanese gunboat. In addition, 200 British troops, with attendant artillery, have been sta. tioned within the walls of Shameen. RUSSIANS PROTEST RAID. Congress of Soviets Demands Firm Action in China. MOSCOW, April 9 (#).—The Con- gress of Soviets of white Russia, at Minsk, yesterday adopted a resolution demanding that the central govern. ment take resolute steps to prevent further acts of violence against Soviet diplomatic institutions in China. Mass meetings in factorfes in Mos- management, circulation, etc., of and Philip C. Kauffmann, Jessie C. D. C., except Miranda Noyes Average Net Circulation. Daily. Sunday. 100,223 100,082 copies G SN 84 101,348 109,866 FLEMING NEWBOLD, Business Manager. resolutions. PROTEST DUE NEXT WEEK. Powers to File Demands Separately, London Says. LONDON, April 9 (#).—It is believed in authoritative .quarters here that Great Britain, the TUnited States, France, Japan and Italy early next week will present identical notes to the Cantonese authorities in China, de- manding reparation, apologies and punishment of the perpetrators of the outrages in Nanking. In effect, the notes will be a joint demand, but separate action by each country in lodging the protests will permit the powers to take an inde- pendent course if any one nation is not satisfied with the reparation offered by the Cantonese. AMERICANS QUIT PEKING. British Subjects Leaving Shansi and Honan Provinces. Americans continue to leave Peking in view of the expected Cantonese advance on the capital. Many British subjects are passing through Peking toward Tientsin from Shans{'and Honan Provinces. The Japanese ' have evacuated Changsha, in Hunan. The British evacuation of places above Hankow on the Yangtze is complete, and the Itallans are beginning to leave that district. All the British gunboats from up the river have arrived at Hankow. CANADA ASKS U. S. T0 EXPLAIN ARRESTS Legation Investigating Seizure of Ship by Revenue Officers 200 Miles Off Coast. By the Associated Prees. On behalf of the Canadian citizens involved, the Canadian legation here has asked the State Department to explain on what grounds Thnited States revenue officers recently ar- rested Capt. S. S. Stone and his crew of 18 on the steamer Federalship more than 200 miles off the California coast. Four of the ship’s personnel were Canadians and the rest were British subjects who had resided in Canada from 4 to 40 years. The cargo, which was seized, was owned by a Canadfan firm. personnel and cargo were interfered with on the high seas and why the men are held in jail at San Francisco in default of bail fixed at $20,000 each. It is understood that Panama also has asked for an explanation of the selzure of the ship, which was under that republic's registry. COL. WILLIAM J. LAVELLE, NOTED DEMOCRAT, DIES Was Summoned to White House to Meet President Cleveland Be- cause He Refused Job. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., April 9.—Col. William J. Lavelle, 70 years old, died late yesterday at his home at Tunnel- ton, W. Va. He was known among the 70,000 men in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, having been rules examiner for the -ompany for many years. He was active in the Veterans’ Association. He was a D ocrat and a writer. Offered the post of “Initea States marshal for the northern district of West Virginia during the presidency of Grover Cleveland, he was invited to the White House. When President Cleveland heard that Lavelle had declined the office he asked to meet “the man who had raised his faith in the personnel of the Democrats.” Col. Lavelle came to Cumberland as a train dispatcher in 1893, and made this city his headquar- ters much of the time. He is suryived by hiz wife, one son, Willlam G., con- nected with the editorial staff of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and a daugh- ter, Louise, wife of George Morse of Pittsburgh. Funeral services will be held at Fairmont, W. Va., Monday. Truck Drivers Given Hearing. Special Dispateh to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., April 9.—Twenty- five truck drivers, charged with fail- ing to comply with the State vehicle license laws, were given a hearing late vesterday before Justice of the Peace Charles Zell. Because of ambiguities in the law and evidence that no vio- lations were intentional, all but forr were dismissed, and hearing will L» gliven thess next Thursday. o The latest hue in hats and suits for ELME] . YOUNT, Notary Publie the nobby' dresser is cedarwood red, which gi a very thin individual the appearancg of a pencil, cow. Leningrad, Kharkov and Perm | and’ elsewhere have adopted similar | PEKING, April 9 (#).—Groups of | Canada asks why the shin'sl FUNDNUMBER 300 | Associated Charities” Special | Campaign for the Helpless | Is Showing Progress. contributors to . aign of the Associs harities ched the total of 3.300 | 1t noon today. it was announced by Ord Preston, treasurer, who s celving the donations at Eleventh street Colncldent with the announcement of today's total the Assoclated Charities stated that there appears to be confusion in the minds of some persons as to the distinctions be- the publie and private charities of | the District. This was evidenced by | | the receipt of this question in the | malls today: “Why is there such a | large number of charitable organi- zations working In Washington since | | Congress decided that this work | must be handled under one head?” [ Association Explains. | { The Associated Charitles explained | { that the action of Congress, to which | the question refers, was evidently the creation of the Board of Public Wel. | fare, which took over the work of the former Board of Charities, the Board | |of Children's Guardians and the | Training School for Girls. “This leg- | islation had no relation to the work |of the various private organizations | or social agencies supported by volun- tary contributions and not at all by taxes."” the Associated Charities stat- ed, and added: “The Assoclated Chari- ties is one of the latter and is depend. ent wholly on the good will and gifts from private sources.” "he $65,000 appropration available for the Board of Public \\'elfure,l the | statement continued, is “quite inade- quate” for the support of children with dependent mothers or invalid fathers. and, while the board has already pro. Washington i3 yet a long waiting list. Others Equally Deserving, In this list are families referred to the board by the Associated Charities, but for whom there will be no funds available this year. “There are other families equally deserving, but who cannot for some special reason comply with the particular requirements of the law,” it was added. “As a matter of fact, in face of this public appro- priation under the Board of Public Welfare, the relief demands of the Associated Charities show no signs of decrease, but rather have increased | within the period of the operation of the law.” No. Married When Still Young. Mrs. B. was left a widow in earl: womanhood with four children to :u:- port. The oldest was stricken with infantile paralysis. Thanks to sur- gical and medical skill the victim has quite recovered. Meantime with les- sons given in home-making and in the children's health and general care, a marked-improvement in the morale of the family has been brought about. One of the children, now in school, will | soon graduate and be old enough to 80 to work., Last month the Asso- clated Charities spent $90 to keep this home together. This aid must con- tinue for some months. $20 a week is needed to see this family through to self-support. No. 8. Given Every Chance. A long-suffering wite has given her unworthy husband every chance to make good. When a family emer- gency- has arisen, like the coming of a new baby, the man has side-stepped his responsibility, and left the mother of his children, now seven in number, to bear the burden. Now the wife is seeking a legal separation, which will free her from the danger of the man's return. The children are coming along and the older ones will be able to help before long. Meanwhile the community must underwrite either through its public or private charities the support of this family of eight. Just now the Assoclated Charitles is assuming the responsibility which will require a minimum expenditure of $20 @ week, or $520 for the next six months. No. 9. Tiness of Widow. Here was a_conscientious mother (colored) who has supported herself and her two children for several years by cleaning and laundry work. The children are now 12 and 9 years of {age. Their father has been dead since the youngest was a baby. Dur- ing the past Winter this hard-work. ing woman was stricken with influ. enza and still is unable to work. She applied to the Board of Public Wel- fare for mothers’ allowance, only to find that there were other applica- tions ahead of hers and that avail- able funds were limited. Meantime relatives are assisting and there is income from a lodger. but an addi- tional $7 for food is needed each week until the widowed mother is strong enough to earn. -— R. T. SELBY DIES AT 49. Cabin John Merchant Had Been Il Several Months. Rutherford T. Selby, 49 years old, oroprietor of a general merchandise store in Cabin John, Md., and former- Iy shipping clerk in department stores of this city, died at his home In Cabin John yesterday after an illness of several months. Mr. Selby was a member and for- mer vice president of the Cabin John Park Citizens' Association. He also belonged to the Modern Woodmen of the World, the Royal Neighbors of America and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. He Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Rosa Selby; two sons, J. Mahlon Sel. by and Arthur. A. Selby, and his Father, Mahlon Selby of 922 B street northeast. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock vided for more than 100 families, there | ll FINANCIAL CHADS FEARED IN JAPAN Nation’s Entire Money, Struc- ture Imperiled by Failure of Suzuki & Co. By the Associated P LONDON, April 9.—A Tokio di patch to the Exchange Telegraph says hat, pending successful adjustment of the affairs of Suzuki & Co., the en- tire financial structure of Japan is plunged in uncertain A meeting of the creditors of the firm has been arranged. Suzuki spokesmen continued to afirm the concern’s ability to honor all out- tanding obligations, provided the banks are willing to extend the period of repayment and the other creditors do not press their present claims. While daily newspapers con- tinue optimistic, the dispaich adds, gloom among traders and financiers has heen deepened by the closing of the sixty-fifth bank, with caplital of 10,000,000 yen ($5,000,000) and deposits of 30000000 yen (§15,000,000). The Suzukis hold the majority of stock in his bank. / Previous Tokio dispatches have said the vernacular newspapers in Tokio estimaled that about 500,000,000 yen (§250,000,0000 was owed "by Suzuki & Co., and its subsidlaries, although some flnanclers believed this estimate 100,000,000 yen toa high. The Suzukis are importers, exporters, manufac- turers and ship owners’ managers. The head of the concern is Mme. Yone Suzuki, whose fortune has been esti- mated between $100,000,000 and $200,- |000,000. Her husband died 27 years ago. THE WEATHER Dirtrict of Columbia—Raln tonight and tomorrow, not much change in temperature; minimum temperature tonight, 38 degrees. Maryland—Rain tonight and tomor- row, not much change in temperature. Virginla—Probably rain tonight and ; tomorrow, slightly warmer in south- west portion tonight, rising temper- ature tomorrow. West Virginia—Rain tonight and tomorrow, not much change in tem- perature. Record for 24 Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 5 7 midnight, 43; 4 a.m., 42; 8 a.m., 37; 11 a.m,, 35. Barometer—4 p.m., 30.30; 8 p.m., 30.29; 12 midnight, 30.26; 4 a.m., 30.20; 8 am. 30.24; 11 am., 30.20. Highest temperature, 51, occurred at_4:15 p.m., yesterday Lowest temperature, 35, occurred at 11 am., today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 81; lowest, 45. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States C and Geodetic Survey.) e Today—Low tide, 8:33 a.m., and 9:10 p.m.; high tide, 1:33 a.m. and 2:19 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 9:33 a.m., and 10:07 p.m.; high tide, 2:55 a.m., and 3:21 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose, 5:42 a.m.; sun se! 6:38 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5:4 ; sets, 6:39 p.m, S Moon “rises, 3 pm, ’ 10:40 am; 5 o am.; sets 1:05 Automobile lamps to be li half hour after sunset. Y Temperature and condition of the water at Great Falls at 8 a.m.—Tem- perature, 45; condition, muddy. Weather in Various Cities. £ Temperature. 2 91834 VeouslH 1omorj W0 wy [Th e A Atlantic City Baitimors Birmingha: Bismarck 0 cncs i 85 5885838552 13220, 25553305255 hoenix Pittaburgh .3 Portland. Me. land O 00 [ 12088 4 WASH.DC. 30.24 FOREIGN. (8 a.m.. Greenwich time. today.) Stations ‘Temperature. Weather, ondon, England. Rati ¥ B clouay Rain 4 1 Paris Copenh: Far cloudy Horis Toudy Cloudy Part elou Part cl:ng Part clou Part clou The five-legged bulls of Nineveh are gigantic granite sculptures, for- merly guardians of the Syrian Palace gates and now in the British Museum. have already joined forces this year in the HUMAN SALVAGE work of the Associated Chari- ties and Citizens’ Relief Asso- ciation. 10,000 GIVERS are urgently needed to enable these FAM-. ILY WELFARE and CHILD- CARING SOCIETIES to con- tinue their home-saving work. Will you be one of these? If so, please fill out the following blank and mail to “Home Saving” Memberships. Capital ... $100 gwlfl'nhl' ceene ;50 upporting .....$25 Special 10 Name Active .. Ord Preston, Treasurer, Joint Finance Committee, Associated Chari- ties and Citizens’ Relief Association, 1022 11th Street N.W. Inclosed find §.... Hox Payments may be made in monthly or quarterly installments. 3,300 Home Savers “ A BROKEN HOME” «e. 10 enroll me as & me-Saver. tesertiesenvastibeesesnensanensreont “YOUR MONEY OR THEIR LIVES."