Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1928, Page 5

SFVERE BLIZZARD CRIPPLES LONDON Christmas . Storm Plays Havoc in Capital and Iso- lates Rural Communities. fio 13 The Star. LONDON, December r is making its exit smonstration of the elements. | ard which swept Southern Christmas night has only | valed in virulence in the k3 e old with a sens THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, JANUARY T, 8— D/ LITTLE SALACIOUS LITERATURE ‘TSnappy" Newsstands of the District of Colu bia, formerdw as literature loaded with pornographic as any in the coun- 1t8ry. now reveal little that iis highly {objecticnable, according to Henr H { Pringle, nder the Inter lor: | My Pringle credits this improve. ment Lugely to » campaign conducted last year by The Star. Mr. Pringle in- however, that the condition in men, and_the coun isorganized by un- | whi the | me | h | vin snowdr v for le of ter- the week = com- | almost estor ngs of people | fow steam ing to all this od most o Wednesday w tanks were | army 1o beat o roads ate insolutle. extend for a quarter tuation is most tmoor Jds of the ¢ disappeared le. Grave fe re wholly in- s entertain- te of many isolated ¢ e wholly unprepared v of this sort, whick | once in a lifetime. Motorists Marooned. es are packed with e overwhelmed by | were | nd who | rescue. g | n the storm at d were not heard from until | launched | proved. the country at large improves very slowly. He told today of stopping recently before a newsstand in York, Pa., and picking out the snapy appearing magazines. He then asked the vouth in charge if they had anything more recent in that line. The boy at once went to the cellar and returned with two new “art” magazines which were pornographic from cover to cover. Output Is Large. There ate comparatively few pub- ishers in the country, he believes, who make a business of pampering to this of taste, but their output is large. he suppression campaign, Mr. Pringle explained, i not directed gazines with real lite sionally publish an a whick is offensive to good taste. wre on his list. He believes can best be dealt with wetion against the particular which contain objectionable Al about 1300 magazines mnow pullished in the United States,” Mr. Pringle savs in an article prepared for the forthcom ue of Twentieth Century. official organ of the International Reform Federation, scarcely 100 imed to be i ious to the reading public and a the | Magazines. partial record of legal the publishers and deale that less than 50 have b jeets of successful crimi tion. These champions murders, panionate v them slip over the line. America in Lead “Our howe a list of 23 publications fro tained the titles of 94 suct from the United States, dicates that our Federal authorities are negligent, ¢ to tackle the cleansing stable, becoming filthie when on! taking. B v eitiz the literar children are well intentioned ( struing of the liberty ‘The exploitation of abnor hood. sions and varic on feeding as s that executive and Is have found it these magazine. I United torney, wete ban Washington and similar been taken by the police 1 es against Qiseloses n the ob- al persecu- of less clothes and more com- | ages try to keep on the safe side of the law, but some of o d. m h ex SOLD HERE, SAYS REFORM HEAD “Clean Up” of Newsstands Laid to Press Campaign Against Vendors of bet ion is under the charge. . of harboring more indecent | dicted publications than any other country. T procured from the records at Ottawa gland, France, Germany and Sweden wh are excluded from Canada as indecent or seditious; but that same list con usi which and State ot eac whi a v hus pre act e afri f this Augean ch yes a few papers. such as The Washington Star and the New York World, are ready to help the under- ns have no conception of ch th esult wernment miscon of the ality. child- hun s is so contemptible and in ecuti necess action of the magazines thed from the newsstands of has nd other of- ficials of various other cities.” ion INDIANA JURY QUITS, Political Corruption Cases Ended, but New Name, Unannounced, Is Added. By the Associated Pross. DIANAPOLIS, ifteen months' inqu charges of political corruption in In- diana virtually ended today with the ze of the Marion County 1 Jury after it had added another unannounced name to its list of in- persons, which ady in- whided Gov, 1d Jackson and other publie officials, While recommending that no further general investigation be made into the charges of political intrigue, the grand ju ed that the inquiry be continued into the report t tepresentative Ralph Updike of the seventh Indiana district had en- tered into a patronage contract with D. «C. Stephenson, former granl dragon of the Klu Klux Klan, and now a life-term prisoner in the Mich- igan City State prison. Conditions of Inquiry. The investigation proper should be | made only in the event that the in- coming grand jury, which assumes its duties next . finds thers had been an cealment of fact that crime had been com- mitted, the report stated. Referring to the alleged contract hetween Stephenson and Updike, the grand jury said it “believes that, with a further investigation of this matter, the prosecutor may he able to find evi- dence of concealment of the fact that this crime was committed and they recommend that the prosecutor pro- ceed with such investigation The name of the man indicted to- ter December into Ind., s in- nid i of n ng YEAR OF PROGRESS FAILS TO CURE ALL EUROPE’S WAR ILLS (Continued_from First Page) rapprochement —thie sts also have biter satires against M. Briand and Premier Poincare—will not prevent the masses in both coun- tries from developing friendlier feelings, he entente cordiale remains as in- a nstitutes the ¢ an peace. Indeed, Il Germany need do now in order to take her proper place on the con tinent with the approval of London ind Paris, is to become a great demo racy. Germany's approaching e tions will decide this question. he harmony between Great Britain nd France well illustrated recently when the ‘strained Franco- ltalian relations were suddenly im- The Italians were negotiat- London with American and bankers for credits to stabalize their currency rman ng at British which ! They desired to exclude the Bank of | France from the syndicate granting | such credits, but were informed that wn of telephone com- | i »n all over the country adéed he difficulties of lost motorists. ard in Londen mediate. It caught the world e seckers just as they were and left them helpless and the ete were deserted Much indig on i of they are Christmas as ivate motors | tainly mever tad | night out in its ex- | e romantic enthusiasm | for the old-fashioned Christmas has | for once been satisfied. Apart from | the Christmas night catastrophe and | collapse of telephone commurica- tion and deficient milk supply, London has suffered less from the blizzard | than any part of the south country | and. except in the suburbe. ‘all the | highways now are clea 1Copyrizht. 19 P In FIVE ECLIPSES RARE PROSPECT FOR 1928 Hundreds of Years to Pass Before | €.milar Combination Will Be | Found on Calendar. 80 nclement perience phenomena of the in a feature which has | { atronomers | and which occurs hundreds of | wiil be five eclipres o of al eclipse | Il partial | e v total phase | Isible only in nd the path of land at any | most unusual } not occur | re. The! woeone does northern Ax of ‘total rtion of dow-path, | eclipre wible at Thix | and efligon. he North A nort J. R, SANDS RETIRES. | ne Compsny Official Re- ceiver Gify of Wateh Weleph o hie Burdett s 1rK Hoyes of 1 tice of 1hie | Cong! jout debate { potiticians under | tacen Lvuters may i that | conta i | istern not _only would no such exclusion be ible. but that is was advisable for | v to seek a better understanding with France. The Bank of France. like the Bank of England, suhscribed two million pounds to the fund. Advice Makes Impression. This England d Americans, made a certain im- pression on the Italians. It did not prevent the Rome Tribuna from publishing Italy’s somewhat ambi- tious program of demands, which in- cluded hegemony over the eastern Mediterranean (the Balkans, Turk Asia Minor, etc). but nevertheles Rome dil obtain a better notion of the obstacles which might arise in Italy’s path. Obviously all the fires of discord are not yvet put out in Furope, but the policy of the great powers can prevent them from spreading. Washington will have a chance to lay the foundation of an important world peace policy when the Franco- American arbitration treaty is re- newed on February 6. American diplomats, with the aid of the Ameri- can Senate, .can make on that oc sion a far-reaching gesture. It will be all the more effective, coming on the eve of elections in the principal countries,” when the war-weary pe advice coming from ples of the world may register their | aspirations toward tranquillity. (Copsright, 1927.) SLUMP HELD UNLIKE France Reassured By Recent Soclalistic Congress. BY WILLIAM BIRD. By Radio to The Star. PAF «x which closed here Thursday marked a new orientation of French Socialism and gives the country vir- ‘ual assurance that even should next Spring's elections go strongly to the Jaft. there is little risk of national finsnces again slumping toward bank- rupte Un snd practically with- 1 a plat- form which definite drops the for plank demanding a capital Jevy. Thix plank, which the Soclalists insisted upon In the Summer of 1926, when Fadousrd Merriot was in power, was chiefly responsible for the flight of pital from France which cost the lLeft el s control of ament and brought smond Poincare (o the premiership, new Boclalistic platform pr progressive tax on fortunes. o be wure. but plenty of room ix left for interpretation of what that means in terms of actual fegislation of all partles assume incrensed purtaxes on which after all 15 no n whats already has gland and elsewhere CONMCIVATIVE EOVErnmenta. Poincare consequently elections with equanimity, that no matter how the furn th the country’s will be mensced A debate now I8 golng on cubinet on the question whether, fol lowing 1 examp the frane Jegally wtabilized. Muny min sor Uhis step, but according 10 teliable informstion, M. Poincare s not convineed that the tin Is yet Cipe. Furthermore, the ser hest titew 10 down in bistory uw the nowho Cconsecrated partinl bank ruptey T us represented in the diffe ;.. fee between the franc's former luy‘Y e present Jeyel e nlro believes 18 would be a need. less dink to effect legal stadilization "H'Y'u' the elections, which even in the best conditions nlways provoke uteertuintion 10 would be fatal 1o 11X legnl vate for the frane snd then [ it could ot be maintained, Leould be anaintained only at duus Comt Furtheomore, there i much aiffe “nce uf opinion s 10 the rate st which the Ceane should be stabilized Most nanufactirers think the rate ‘ panic ply means rember The on tident finanelal stability in the tremen- 10} street for Mr oyee of with A b ol s 1 ot 1ch, v Leating e of wervie My of of Ahe 1ele Vob o oot yhone yuary 3, 189 brhe pokition Houldirgs comp FUPC e 7 his | alrcady is too bgh. particularly since debt now abworhs 40 | f the entive budgel Lallowing the frune Lo slump shightly would give the treasury conmiderible Pront on its gold evedits, helping wipe Lot pait of the debt o the Bank of | France an wax the case 1n Italy On the other hand, M. Polncare's own fneloatlon 18 1o revalorize the frane st further, but in the epinion of finsnciers, this could be sccum- | 18. December 31.—The Soclalist | and the ensulng | Mot | Ix little danger | or Aguin, i plished only by forced Intims | on this subject as well electoral situation. Rumo sistent that he intends sharply “Left"” dire orth, and may | hene of pensions. who repr cabinet, tions " would certainly h | date M. Poincare’s posit | event the elections shou | probable, | (Copyright 1027.) Peasants of With Rule. | By Radio to The Star. INNSBRUCK as rs to p consoli- |ty pers ion 1a reduction the interest on the public debt. ions are given that M. Poin- care shortly will make a declu ti. on t are per- Bive tion to his polic even the resignation of M. Marin, minister sents th treme conservatives in the coalition provol Such action on the eve of the clec- in 1 show further drift to the Left, as now seems ITALY FACES PROBLEM. North Tyrol Dissatisfied | "' BY DK. GUSTAV STOLPER. . Tyrol, December 31. —The writer is spending the holid | season in thiz lofty gathered in the old Inn. | | who Ie: be sow o side, or grain ca But at one pi who ink daily of the great wa own fate. At the ent lage church stands a | | t war. Some 20 names are there. ink nearly the e | the village with the laces they gr nar where Siberia’s steppes. srners of Galicia, Calabrian internment o) front somewhere in Asia Tyrolese soil against th enemy. these last two only for losx, for war cast them language of the people an they died. None really | what he was defending in Turkey. They subjects, | Austrian _monarchy matter of utter indifferen; Tyrolese peasant. {only two important thi fate of the Gern he belongs, brought South Tyrol to 1 i denationalizing her ne citizens by which « to be taught in th There ix hardly nily south of Brenne ¢ Dot even exchani #ince every lette makes the Gerni e politically susp north Tyrole A wepir man A from th reich. Tha empire fell. a [and Croats were | eitizens, caused | were heartily | #tatex. But | stood why the lon, ® no little welcome it could not People In 1520 the Tyro initlative conducted a 9% per cent of the total for union with Germany, plebiscite haw an little portance as wimilar Ixburg and ot inees Tyrol | Auntrin Germany, h like the whole with which it 0ot only by the same lur culture, but also by a thoy of hirtory, sinee Viennn w Il of th 4 Germnn Austrelion 1ulers we The Tyoles dayw of Christinn thele politienl fate toat all. Their fentivi Bons n P politic Fhive They 1 forees it are mere putside o ove a people can suffer When o nume of which the when one recalls * Aeterminti and ther these phrioses with the toms 1 Kurop wir the o leaders has proved e order ns tangled slates. = oew of new wars, A better created only by peaceful by peaceful n " 1Cavy it é . 0 American Inbor saving machinery 1a copper being ntroduced mines of Chile, into te 1 the Tyrolese is also Tyrol ed. represent. tire male youth of | ° nes e village. with | Two or three other strangers h.’l.\'v They do ot | disturb the harmony of the peasants, ad contemplative life almost half the year. until the melting snows bring felled logs down the mountain- the 300 people bit the village are reminded 10 and nce to the v hizh cross, both sides of which bear lets perpetuating the names of the local =ons who gave their lives in the sto! of v fell—some others in unknown | violate in t prison and two or three in the Pasubyo, wher streams of blood were shed to defe he « were told they fighting for the Kaiser, hut the vear 1918 xhowed how lightly the Hapsbursg | throne was rooted in the hearts of jts ce ngs ian Ker rief. to thelr he )i I ty ob, v ) ot fullure 1nto the con 10 D ner auarels and orde hearts and the southernmost Italy, one on the 'l‘m"l:’l‘!;lf | Valentine D, W Itali At best, the war had a real meaning or three They fought to protect their homeland. The fate of all the others seems sense. None of them had known he. aught of the land into which the None understond the ng whe neely licia Whether Galicia belonged to a free Poland, to czaristic Russia or to the | was—and to t For him there were worl fighting for—the fate of Tyrol and the | n people, to whom The war cheated him of both. Y. German all violent measures, and N refuses to permit children ir mother tongue in Austrinn hax not friends and . with whom harmless from the outh whi violently fate of the Ger the old Hapsburg | 1 that the Czechs, Poles felle Th mans of old Austria alone were vefused what was granted all others, namely, national unity nduct Plebincite. se on thelr polith plebincites Austrian pro Tepublic wis forbidden o unite nd years the e reich nnd the i Kidsern peisants wWho in the cannot unders| brothers died for no reason, and their own fate In alwo wWithout meaning in the higher land and These And this ts aasoredly the worst fate fore ¢ recalls the Jdeals in the wan fought moctacy and self. res 1 condi one begins to realiz tusk confronting omy an their | were i8—a own own with wan Jolned day was not made public pending his arrest. It was learned, however, that he was not a public official. The and jury also recommended the - charge of 37 persons in other casex. Asks Contempt Proceeding. Much interference with witnesses had ny the gr 1 jury task dimi cult, the report s In that regard it urged Prosecutor William H. Remy to veturn an infor fon against John . Kiplinger, Rushville attor- nev, charging him with contempt of court. Kiplinger, one of Stephenson's ittornevs, was accused of having sent s out of the State to pre- appearance before the m on | he | a| | ke x- he a ‘nt their ard jury. Preceding the drafting of the final port. United States Senator James Watson of Indiana and Miss Adah tush, for vears secretary to former . Warren T. McCray, were ques- oned by the grand jury. INDIANA POLITICIAN INDIGTED IN FRAUD Clyde A. Walb, G. 0. P. Chair- man, Named With V. D. Weaver in Old Bank Case. | n o | By the Associated Pre INDIANAPOLIS, December $1.— ching back to New Year day six rs ago to lay the foundation of jts indi lodged charges of c the national banking he |against Clyde A. Walb, chairman of In'the Republican $tate committee, and ;.z.-m of the defunct | Bank of LaGrange. n! The 40-page indictment contained 12 |counts and enumerated scores of al feged overt acts. The first nine counts | charged that Weaver, as principal and Walb, as one who “aided and abetted” Weaver, fraudulently mis applied funds of the bank and falsely entered forged credits for the benefit »{ Walb personally and of the Walh Construction Co., of which he is pres ident. The other three counts, blan ket in nature, charged the defendants jointly with conspiracy to do acts con- [ to the national banking laws. Serve Warrants This Week. The case was brought in the Fort Wayne division of the District Court of Indiana, in which LaGrange is lo eated, Warrants will be sent to Fort Wayne, where the deputy marshal will serve them on Walb and Weaver probably early next week. Bond will be et and an arraignment day fixed by Judge Thomas W. Slick of South Bend, to whose jurisdiction the case automatically now Is transferred The first date In the charges Is January 1, 1 when Walb and Weaver are charged with starting the alleged” conspiracy, which the indict ment undertook ce from that date until June the date of commiss| st overt act. Weaver was president and Walb vice president throughout the period They continued to hold those positions until August when they re. signed nd Caton b e vice president and acting president. Run Closes Bank. he | in First National m ed | or he th | It ich W y divectors closing it turning Its affairs ov Ut al banking examiner, who sul ity was ap pointed temporary receiver. Utt's re. port to the Controller of Currency in Washington, it ix understood, wun referred to the Department of Justice, The Department sent Glenn A, Punlson, 1l accountant, to g ov the bank’'s books. Paulson has been one of the principal witnesses be fore the grand Jury in it four days of taking evidence, The nine counts agalnst Weaver ench wet forth a specific fraudulent net which he s alleged to ha " mitted, trace itx conrme through th bookn of the bunk, state the Federul law violated by the netion, and name Walb us n person who aided and abetted Weaye L other three unts chiwge conspirac Each of the fiest nine counts carrles with it on conviction, a fine up 1o 36,000 and Imprisonment of not more than five yewrs, Fach of the last three counts carvles with it, on con. viction of consplracy, n fine up to $10.000 and Imprisonment of not more thun two yearn, According to the distriet attorney's office, the penaltios apply with equal force on hoth de. fendants In cane of conviction, TEN YEARS FOR THEFT. Prisouer Convieted of Assultisig Chauffeur He Robbed. Chief Justice MeCoy haw Morrvis Clarke, allus Zipp Tayk ored, 1o the penitentiary for vohbery b August 26, diiven by Hunter | Duker, and after the cab had reach ed i mecluded spot stiuck the diiver over the head with a blunt fnstru ment wnd yobbed Wm of $18,60, Chvistopher Mote, eolored, will serve b oyears tn the penttentiary for an assnult. He stubbod Bam Taltord Qetuber 16, terminated in th October d in e of fer na of A ool yeurs [N b [ BUT ADVISES QUIZ former presi- | A run on the bank two months later | | to China in 1899 in the Boxer uprising GEN. SMEDLEY BUTLER TO END 30 YEARS' SERVICE IN JULY Will Be Eligible for Retire- ment From Marines at Age of 47. Enlisted and Became Lieu- tenant When He Was But 17. One of America’s most picturesque soldiers, Brig. Gen. Smedley D, Butler of the Marine Corps, will finish 30 ¢ servico by early July of this year and may pply for retirement at the remarkably young ago of 47, It was at the age of 17, during the nish-American War, that Gen, But- ler entered the service Now he is commanding the Marines in China, significandy enough, nearly 30 years after his enlistment, for he went out would permit a Marines is not yet apparent and Gen. Butler may finish his 30 years’ service in China. Can Serve 17 Years More. There has heen no announcement by Gen. But'er that he intends to ask to be retired this ummer, If he and had a gallant part in the relief of Peking by the allied expeditionary forces. Served in Many Places. American g hardly flies or vhere that Gen. Butler has the Philippines, Halti, Santo Do. The goes any not served—Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, mingo, Panama, China and other p'aces. In the World War he reached the grade of brigadier general One of his outstanding ks in Frane was in commanding Camp Brest, where he found deplorable conditions for the American troops and earned the special commendation of Gen. Pershing by his handling of the situ- atlon. In 1923 he became better known to most_Americans by taking charge of the Police Department of Philadel- phia in a clvic move to improve the nea two years he tled with politics and finally was 1 out, but the good work he did Philadélphia was given striking recognition recently by the pla the tment Building , on which n. Butler and 1 the law | until the compul; retiring 64, which wpuld give him more in the Marine Corj tion for t the end of 30 years he would remain in the service But it would not surprise some of Gen. Butl>r's fricnds if he did ask to be retired. . while compara. | inquil, Ras not been without | possibilities of grave peril and poten- tially it could hecome dangerous any day” should one or another of tic rious factions in the civil war de n anti-foreign sentiment. The December turmoil, however, was no- | tably free from anti-foreign feeling with the ption of the red Rus. sians, who were hand hly after having been bosom friends with the Southern Chinese, iving in China Gen. Butler 1 interviews in wl d the Chinese that while s friendly, this sentiment would stand the strain of an outrageous it upon An rticularly American narrow escape of American: King gave point to the inter was telling the Chinese to avoid any incident that would give America a other “Remember the Maine™ slogan. Has Aided Friendship. Butler made a real con Chinese-American friendship in the orders he issued to the Marines | regarding their treatment of coolies. | Kicking them about, or abusing them | in other ways, which aroused deep re- | sentment even if the coolies cquld not | strike back, was banned rigorously, If it did occur and Gen. Butler heard of it there was decisive disciplinary action. Just how the general, who became snant at . and been in st ription: impartially. He Tle proved inc defend Assigned to Gen. Butler left post December 23 Philadelphia | and was wel- sizned to the important station at San Diego and early in 1927, when | the civil war in China became acute, king protective measures for Amer- citizens neces: Gen. Butler | sent_to Shanghai.” He arrived on just at the time the N outrage was stirring Americ and Europe. Chinese soldiers had at ed several scores of foreigners in | Nanking, but had been repulsed by a naval bombardment. There were about 1,500 Marines in Shanghal before his arrival and the number soon was augmented to close to 5.000, including the 500 Marines on zuard at the United States legation in Peking Most of these remain in China, the largest concentration being | lie > at Tientsin. The civil war last May |ring action ever since, would empl and June moved northward, the cap-| his talents if he should be retired next ture of Peking and Tientsin being the | Summer fs a subject for interesting objective of the southern Nationalists, | speculation, but that he would be 7 henre, the Marines were shifted large- | tive goes witnout saving. Before his Iy to Tientsin in the protective policy | Philadelphia experience he had been outlined by Washington. As the civil | offered attractive positions in big busi r still may be most acute in the ness. Other opportunities are known the Marines remain concen-|to have been opened to him. trated there, with 1,200 to 1,500 left| Representative Butler of Pennsyl- hanghal. ania, chairman of the House commit- r in China there has been no | tee on naval affairs, is the father of rvice for the Marines, They | Gen. Butler. Thus, fath nd son aggressive aims and actual have had a conspicuous int & upon protective fichting Ras devolved more | American naval policy and the execu n units of the Navy along the | tion of it. ngtze River, or, as in December. at| Gen. ¥ nton, when' that city was going Pa., July 30, 1881 through an upheaval. The chance of | given the Distinguiishe China settling down to an extent that ' amorg other honors. ONE DIES, 30 HURT PRINTERS ARE GUESTS AS PASSENGER TRAINS AT CHRISTMAS PARTY| CRASH IN CHICAGO | woman's Auxitinry Provides Dance | (Continued_from First Page) and Entertainment for Co- - lumbja Union. A special entertainment, which in. | cluded singing. dancing | tlons, fe Gen tion to ibu- ler was born in West Ches. He has been Service Medal, Frank Ransom, Joplin, Mo, Mrs, Isabelle Ransom, wife of Frank tansom. condition serious Thelma Brown, Detroit. Dorothy Andrews, Detroit. stell Beatty, fireman of the Hum- | land their families Bloomington, | and rec tured the Christmas par and dance which was given to printers of the Columbia pographical Union, No. 101, by the | Woman's Auxiliary, No. 13, Thursday evening at the Typographical Temple. | Following a welcoming address b Mrs. Todd Sharp, president, a girl chorus consisting of former Carber School pupils, sang Christmas carol Other features on the program were banjo duets and songs by Miss Mary ! Davis and Miss Dana Watkins, recita- ! tions by Miss Edith Priddy and Miss Ira Priddy, jr. and a_vocal solo by | Miss Grace Murphy, who was accom- | anied at the piano by Miss Elizabeth | i Montez Moore, Wesley, porter, Oklahoma . Louis. . Louis. d, Denver, Colo. 5. F. Sraub, Milt Z J. Armon, Little Rock, Harry Dan w. P, "J. Nolan, Syra (Y] | man | held the CITY HEADS WOULD KEEP TAX ON OCTAGON HOUSE Report Maintains That Exemption for Historic Place Would Be Bad Precedent. Opposition to enactment of the Zihl- bill to exempt from taxation property at Eighteenth street and New York avenue, on which the his- toric Octagon House is located, was expressed by the District Commis- sloners yesterday in a report to Con- gress on the measure. The property is owned by the Amer- ican Institute of Architects and con- tains 27,962 square feet. The land, with the historic building, the Com- missloners pointed out, would yield 4 tax for the present year of $3,176.95. “The Commissioners know of no good reason why this properts should be exempt from taxation, sald thelr report. “To do 8o would encourage similar requests for the exemption of property for sentimen- tal and historical reasons. The Com- missioners reccommend adverse ac tion on the bill.” DIVERS MAY RAISE BODIES OF 10 FROM S-4 WRECK TODAY (Continued from_First Page) compartment hatch, it was explained, was to secure it so that it wowld not blow out when pressure was applied in raising operations. The hatch was not to be removed, officials said The divers reported to Rear Admiral directing the sal- vage work, water was leaking slowly into’the forward compartmes Bodies of the submarine victims they are raised from the wreck will be placed on board the submarine tender Bushnell and taken to Eoston for identification. About 4:30 o'clock the Falcon moved away from the scene of the salvage operations and took up a po- sition” at a_distance of 400 yards. WILBUR ANSWERS PARENTS. Believes Criticism Is Based on “News. paper Reports.” By the Associated Press. A brief statement by Secretary Wilbur yeste; in answer to criti- cism of the parents of Comdr Roy K. Jones, com- mander of the sunken submarine S.4, quoted a tel Aam sent to the senior Jones, :aying that every effort was being made to salvage the craft. “I think that Mr. Jones refers to the newspaper reports purporting to come from officers at Provincetown concerning the abandonment of opera- tions,” Secretary Wilbur said. “The templated abandoning these opera tions. They have been carried on con tinuously. and a telegsram dated De- cember 20, to Mr. Jones. indicated the purpose of the department to carry on operations. “That telezram is as follows: “‘Every effort being made to sal- age S-4. You will be informed im mediately of ny details regarding your son." " UPHOLDS NAVY'S EFFORTS. Head of Special Board Says All Possi- ble Has Been Done. NEW YORK, December 31.(#—Eu- gene F.“Moran, head of a special board of trade and transportation committee i S-4 tragedy. today vy blameless for its failure to save the six men trapped in the submarine ard compartment. In his t to the board. Maran. who is president of the Moran Towing & Transportation Co.. =id the Navy had done everything hu- manly possible to save the men's Lives, but had been halked by adverse weather, and censure of the Navy in connection with the rescue work was unwarranted. h - n Dr. Max Wolt b 4 Stull. Charles M. Flanagan distributed the | gifts and favors in the role of Santa Claus. Refreshments were served by | the auxiliary, Frank Muorrison, se American Federation of Labor, was | an honor guest. Mrs. Normsn Sand- | ridge and Mrs. William H. Rowe were | general chafrmen in charge, Misses Mary Davis, Dana Watkir Pruitt, Alice Ethel Koock: chorus, COURT DENIES REVIEW. Stays Mandate in Labor Case tor | TWO TRAINMEN KILLED. Brakes Fail to Hold on Grade, Train | Plunges Into Snowbank, LEAD, 8. Dak., December 31 (#).— Two trai killed while twe others | ty when the en- ine and four ¢ a Chicago, Bur- lington & Quiney frelght train, run- ning out of control down a hill near here, falled to make a curve and piled up in a deep snowbank last night. “rom the wreck tangled und | famme into the deep snow, rescue workers foday recovered the bodies of u Baschky. 43, engineer, and Frank hix fireman conductor, and teen, brakeman, realizing (hat the air brakes would not work, leaped m the train as it plunged down hill Teebox Canyon, between hege and Nomo, 8. Dak., and were only slightly bruised Baschky and Brown were married and lived fn Deadwood. They had atuck to their posts in a futilo en- deavor to stop the train The tratn, a combination, was heavily loaded, but carvied no pas- sengers at the time of the accident, “PASSION FOR PEACE.” Lieut® Col. Dickson to Speak at Theosophic Hall. Lieut, Col. Thomas J. Dickson, chap lain general of the Military Ovder of the World War, will deliver ad dresw at Theowophio Hall, 1216 1L atreet, tonlght at & o'clock. The ture ts under the auspiees of Wash g0, T, 8, Admission will be and the public s invited L Dickson werved as WIth the Amerlcan Exp con at the French front, the lecture, atween 7 and 745 P, there will bo an open forum on the mubject of “World Conditions in ret of the | composed the girls \ 80 Days, However. The District Court of Appeals ves- terday refused to review is nt decision upholding the right of o ganized labor to enforce i rules governing the shorter week, higher wage and 50 per cent plan The doclsion was rendered In the suit of the Rarker | ting Co. of W York to restrain the Brothe A of Painters. Decorators and herhangers of America. days to allow an uppeal to the Unite States Sunremo Counrt Free Lecture =N — CHRISTIAN SCIENCE —py— Mrs. Nelvia E. Ritchie, C. S. of Sewickley, Penna. u haplain ditlonary | 1 lous Member of the Roandt of ship of The Mother Chue Kirst Chureh of Christ, Sclentist in Hoston, Massachusetts In Third Church of Chr Scientiat went | 13th and L Ste. NW. Tueaday, January 3, at 8 P.M. Undor the Ausplves of Third Chuveh of Christ, Sciontist Washingten, D. G, v AN Welvome, MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Superviston U § Uveasry 1400 N OT. N. W, No Coltection, —Jewel. | Mary | i Sandridge, Eva Todd and | i Bbe Foening Star Department by the | Mr. | yvour eye Good vision 702 Seventh Street N.W. Optometrists Sesesesesend - BUTLER ATTACKS LARGE NAVY PLAN {Columbia University Head Holds Program for In- creases Disheartening. | | By the Associated Pross. CHICAGO, December 31.—Surprise and amazement at the naval building program of the United States was ex- pressed by President Nicholas M | Butler of Columbia University in an address tonight. “At a time like this, w nations are everywhere se and to join in es ernational pe: “it was dighearten the Congress of the LU asked to defy all that highest in gur public opinion and to enter upon a policy of naval ex- penditure, which in the nature of the se could only be a policy of waste at home and interpreted as a policy of threat abroad.” He addressed a meeting held under the ausp.ces of the Foreign Policy Association of Chicago. Dr’uu«r. who is also president of the Carnegie Endowment for Int national Peace, expressed the ho. that the proposed treaty with Fran agreeing to renoun r as an strument of public policy would signed. He added that if treaties not rest on the “good faith that thes nations which make them will kees them then there is no basis wha ever for civilization or for an irts national association and intercou |to promote the highest interests | mankind.” | HUSBAND ASi(S DIVORCE | ON MISCONDUCT CHARGE Fireman Accuses Wife, Naminz Co-respondent, Who Is Also Sued. | | | . | Roy A. Warfleld, a private of the | Fire Department. attached to Truck No. 1, fied suit in the Dis- jtriet Supreme Court for an absoiute vorce from Jennie E. Warfield, 24 street southeast. Warfield says he was married at Rockville, Md., |May 16, 1922, and has two children. {He declares he lived happily until |October 27, when he learned that his {wife was receiving the attentions of |another man. and that the alleged in- timacy had been going on since July 1. | Navy Department at no time has con. | The other man visited his wife everr day in that time. the husband com- plains. He is represented by Attorneys ant & Grant. Ida May Rowe. 443 T Strect southeast.” asked an absolute divere | from Delbert Rowe, Tenth street | southeast, who is named as co-re- | spondent in the Warfield case. Mr< | Rowe charglt«“her hustand with the | same acts of alleged misconduct whict form the basis of the freman's tart {against his wife. The Rowes wers | married Aprli 1923, and have cn {child. Mrs. Rowe is represented :,\l(orne)'s Bramhall & McCabe. | Briton to Retarn Troop Colors. | | After rema‘ning in the possession of the British since their capture before | the Battle of Brandywine, during the Revolutionary War. the colors of Delaware Militia will be returned shortly to the Delaware Historical So- ty by E. M. Danser. O. B. 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