Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (0. 8. Weather Burean Partly cloudy today. creasing cloudiness wi perature. ‘Temperature—Highest, nltg‘nlt: 1l report on page 2. Forecast.) tomorrow in- rising tem- 35, at mid- lowest, 24, at 10 p.m. he 3 ndwy Star, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION *From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star 1s delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Sta.’s exclusive carrler service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. No. 1,197—No. 30,616. Entered as second class matte: post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. ©, SUNDAY MORN NG, FEBRUARY 926, “ty 1928 -NINETY-EIGHT PAGES, * FIVE CENTS. UP) Means Associated Press. HOOVER IS VIEWED VICTOR IN DRY AND FLOOD PLANTILTS Takes Both Hurdles to Hold Lead in Field, Political Observers Feel. LINES DRAWN IN OHIO FOR DELEGATE BATTLE Democrats Watch Reed on Speak- ing Tour—Smith Adherents Busy in West and South. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The political pot simmers, f it does not actually boil. During the past wiek Secretary Hoover, candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, has taken two hurdles: First, ip his declaration in re- gard to national prohibition, and sec- ond. in his discussion of Mississippi flood control before the Senate com- merce committee. The general opinion is that he took both successfully. He continues to be the leading candidate for the nomination. with the field in hot pursuit to crowd him off the track. Again the demand for drafting) President Coolidge has been noised. The demand crops up every week or two. This time Mayor William Hale | Thompson of Chicago is making it and intends to pledge as many dele- gates to the Republican convention for the President as he can cam.mlo Mx:’ynr Thompson doesn't like Frank O. Low- den. lr:olnd Gov. Len Small and Frank L. Smith, who was denied a Senate seat by the Senate, are banded together, with all the reform factions in the State against them. Battle Nears in Ohio. have been set for the first Mgrh;t’tlkm over Republican candidates in Ohio. Both Senator Willis of Ohio Hoover have entered the tial preferential and presiden primary tes one and full lists of delegal (lvm"lfll the 1| the situation subsides, he will return | and Massachusetts have urged that un- instructed Gelegations be sent to the | i states were all much agitated by what - | in Hungary in violation of the Trianon | 3 ing away by Italy. Giacinto Auriti, Italian 'MORROW START | Members BY BEN McKELWAY. Staft Correspondent of The Star. PITTSBURGH, Pa., February 25.—A declaration by J. D. A. Morrow, pres'- dent of the Pittsburgh Coal Co., that the famous “Jacksonville agreement” tween coal operators and the United Mine Workers of America was simply an “arrangement which did not bind union labor, was the chief developement of & day spent by the subcommittee of the Senats Interstate Commerce com- mittee in getting the “operators side” ot conditions in the bituminous coal fields around Pittsburgh. | Tt was the Pittsburgh Coal Co., one | of the largest bituminous companies in | |the United States, which in 1925 shut | | down its mines two vears before expira- | Ition of the Jacksonville agreement. and | BY VIEW ON PACT WITH MINERS Coal Company Head Holds Jacksonville| Agreement Was Not Binding; LES SENATORS Visit Pit. Expiration of the agreement last April found nearly every other operator in the field following the lead of the Pitts- burgh company by refusing to treat with union officials, and precipitated the long-drawn-out industrial warfare which the Senate is now investigating. Morrow's statement is the first reply his company has ever made to the re- ated charges that it deliberately vio- ated the terms of the Jacksonville agreement. It took the Senators off their feet. While they have been stead- ily digging to get at the company’s rea- sons for its apparent abrogation of the agreement, they never expected the ex- planation that came from Morrow. Sen- ator Wheeler told him: “You are the first operator I ever talked to. and I've talked to a lot of them, who ever con- tended that the Jacksonville contract wosn't_valid, legally and morally, and (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) | reopened them with non-union labor. | ! 1 TALY AND AUSTRIA TENSION IS EASED { Mussolini Summons Minister From Vienna Only for “Conference.” } | | 1 By the Associated Press. LONDON. February 25.—Rome dis- | patches announcing that the Italian | Minister to Austria has been summoned to Italy for a personal conference with Premier Mussolini, and has not been formally “recalled,” have lessened somewhat the fear throughout Great Britain and the continent that another Balkan crisis might develop out of the differences between Italy and Austria over the treatment of the German- speaking population in the Italian Tyrol and the Hungarian gun seizure. Vienna, Rome, Budapest. Geneva and capitals of all the little entente was regarded as Hungary's defiance of the League of Nations in refusing w{ postpone the destruction and sale of 2000 machine guns, which appeared | treaty which provided for Hungary's | Break Threatened. intensified by Minister in Vienna, several days ago| protested to Chancellor Seipel against | these , but the ~chancellor answered that since the deputles were not members of the cabinet, he could not restrict their freedom of Today it was learned that Signor Auriti had been recalled “to confer per- | sonally” with Premier Mussolini. If to his post. \ League Probe Asked. | The sale by Hungary of the machine | guns seized at St. Gothard several | months ago involves both the League of Nations and the little entente na-| tions — Jugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and | These nations asked i vestigate the appearance of Rumania. i League to in Kansas City convention. In Pennsyl- vania the situation has been compli-| eatea by factional differences, These eppear 1o have been straightened out finally. with the selection of a delegate- t-large ticket on which the Mellons| and William S. Vare are represented not o mention Gov. . who was! the candidate of Joseph R. Grundy for! the governorship in 1926. i Gains in New York. “The assertion is made that Mr. Hoover | s gaining strength steadily in both New York and Pennsylvania, and will have a majority of the delegates from those fiates when the copvention opens. In Massachusetts, Gov. Puller, declining Lo become a candidate for delegate at jarge on the organization slate, has de- ciared himself favorable o the nomina- tino of Mr Hoover. This has given im- | wus U» the Hoover candidacy in the| y Btete. Gov, Puller also 0ok oc- casion W suggest that Col. Charles A | Lindbergh be nominated 1o run for Vice President with Mr. Hoover. Col. Lind- bergn, however, is nine years uncer the eonstitutionsl age for such office Although a Republican, Gov. 86vised the Democrats that they o yominste Smith or dispand. 5o far as the Democrats of Massachusetts sre. concerned, tnis sdvice was superfiuous Benswr Boreh of ldaho, examiner- fnechie! of candidates for the presi- éential nominaton on the prohibtion Lsue, 18 plens: nl;‘:’. w V’l‘”l" candidates within a week or s0. Mr. Lowden and Benstor Wat- som of Indisna have not yet been fa- vored with & request for thelr views by Benswr Borab snd msy be next on the Lst Answer Satisfaclory. “The 16ahs Benawor, it i known be- Yever thst Mr. Hoover has answered the Gry G onnaire salistactorly and 3w support by the drys. He 88 been urged U go Into Onio W make sovere! speeches on prohibition nd the Consition, but Benawr Borsh has ceclined. e Goes not inwend, it 1 faid. W get himself mixed up i the Onin Willis-Hoover campaign, Wwhere Benator Willls und his supporters are soeking V) make \he prohubition lssue wgainst Mr. Hoover While some of the ulitra-dr; volced their dlurwm\a.mt thet Mr. Hoover did not, In hie answer 1 the Bores questionnaire, declare himself on the propussl W modity the Volstead &t or the New York plan w permil Individuwl Blates W determine the al- woholie oontent of “Ionicalng bever- $262” In the meaniug of Lhe eighteenth endiment, Ui geners) unpression is Mr Hoover's suswer is sallsfac- tory W il Grve except Uiose wWho do sl wish 0 be sutsfied by Hoover. Iy ouher words, that the drye wio ke sup- portng Benslor Willis s sgalnst My Joover will hold thal e anower W unsatisfRclry Representative 1a Gusrdia of Kew ~ork. & wel, who Lus undertaken v do » the wets what Bepstor Borah i ¥ oing for the drys—tn put (he candi- \ te£ on record in yegerd U prohibition L (Comtinied on Pege 2, Colimn §.) Fuller s have | asked Hungary to postpone the sale, the weapons in that country in con-| travention of the treaty of Trianon, by | which shipments of arms into Hungary | after the World War was regulated | strictly. The question has been placed | on the League Council agenda of | March 5. i Hearing that the machine guns had | been scrapped and were about to be | sold, the League secretariat rmnllyl but Hungary replied that this request came 00 late. The government. how- ever, promised to ask the purchasers not | % remove the material in order that | its identification might be facilitated. | Hungarian scrap dealers bought the | weapons, which were lacking In many ARMY MEN HELD INPAY ROLL FRALD 1" Regular‘ and Guard Offi-| cers Accused of Part in Michigan Swindle. By the Associated Press DETROIT, February 25.— Eleven | officers and non-commissioned officers of the Ragular Army and the Michigan | National Guard (32d Division) have been arrested by United States secret service agents on charges of perpetrat- ing frauds amounting to thousands of dolars by pay-roll padding and pay- check forging. Eight of the officers were arraigned late today before United States Com- missioner Stanley E. Hurd. Seven men waived examination and were ordered held under $1,000 bond, and one man demanded examination. He was re- leased on $1.000 personal bond. The plot was revealed today by Bert C. Brown, district chief of the United States Secret Service. Due to the statute of limitations. Brown said, at least 15 former National Guard officers will escape arrest. i ‘The investigation was started about | three months ago, Brown said, when a | private ed that he had not re- cefved his pay check for drills he had attended. The officers are charged with steal- ing pay checks of privates and intimi- dating those who complained with threats of court-martial and personal violence. It is charged also that checks were cashed with forged indorsements and some of the money spent for liguor in blind pigs. Pay-roll padding was a compiished, it is charged. by including on the rolls the names of men who had | not appeared for drill. Those arrested are: Capt. John C. Brand, Company B, 125th Infantry: Capt. Joseph R. Lane, Headquarters . 125th Infantry: Capt. John Walsh, Company C. 125th Infantry: Lieut. Richard E. Russell, Headquarters | Company, 125th Infantry; Lieut. George | C. Ford. Service Company, 125th In- fantry: Lieut. Harry L. Marling, Com- pany B, 125th Infantry: Lieut. Fred L. Stover, Company M. 126th Infantry (stationed at Grand Rapids): Sergts. Robert H. Long and Edward G. Vana U. 8. A: Sergts. Charles Collins and | Ralph Collins, Headquarters Company, 125th Infantry. Capt. Kenneth C. Bradley, Supply Company, 125th Infantry. for whom a warrant wes issued, was not arrested because of fliness. | Sergt. Long was arrested at Port! Sheridan, Ill. | Lieut. Stover will be tried in Grand Rapids. $300,000 LOSS CAUSED AS FIRE MENACES CITY, Flames Starting in Lockport Busi- ness Section Destroy Of- fice Building. By the Associated Press | | | essential parts such as gun locks and | LOCKPORT, N. Y., February 25— barrels. Dispatches from Vienna sald pamags estimated at between $300,000 that the weapons were of & model e |and $405,000 resulted from fire which ufactured by an Austrian gun faclory .. "oerioon and tonight swept n use in the former Austro-Hungarian lr\"‘my. which were turned over to Italy | through the Hodge block and the Mer- under the peace treaty. | chants' Ofl Building. . Tonight Fire Chief Edwin J. Coyle !declared the fire to be under control, ¢ 0 send hix question- | | JOINT FLOOD MEASURE IS SOUGHT BY REID Will Confer With Senate Commit- tee Hend and Jadwin in Effort 1o Reach Control Agreement, After discussing proposed Misslasippl flood control legislation with President Coolidge, Chairman Reid of the House | | fluod committee sald yesterday he would | confer with Chairman Jones of the Sen- | ate commerce commitiee snd Ma). Gen. | Jadwin, Army engineer chief, in an ef- fort ) agree on a single program for flood control | Teid intmsted hie would insist on the total expense of the projects being met by the Federal Government He declzred Jegislation at this Con- gress ix essential and will be enacted houla | ‘Husb:;nd Loses Status as Head of Family ' Under Ruling of Gc { | By tie Assiciawed Fre | ATLANTA, Ga, Februsry 25--Al- though the hushand sull is regarded by law ms head of the family, recent legls- lation has reduced him W the status of & “mere figurehend” and cannot be held Mable for dsmasges Involving & eivil offense committed by his wife, the Georgls Supreme Court held wday By sweeping changes i the law governing civil rights of married wom- en. the doctrine of the merger of the il existence of wife and hushend has been practically swept away,” sald the | decision, “while the husband 15 still de- | clured by statute o be the head of the family, he, Dke the King of England, is Jargely » figurehend.” Feferring 1o changes in the common- {1aw principle which gnede the wife a “pepirate snd indepeddent unit,” so fer although firemen stlll were batting stubborn flames in the Hodge Building Several nearby towns sent fire appa- | 18, The flames started at 1 pm. n the boller room in the bascment of the Merchants' Ol Bullding in the heart of the downtown business district. The Merchants' Ol Bullding, which was destroyed, housed the Penfold Art Co. on the first floor, - . Import of Corn on Cob Banned. HANTIAGO, Chile, February (2 Importation of corn on the cob, no patter what 1ts origin, is forbldden in decree which has been issued by the minister of industry. ‘The decree fur- ther forbids the sdmission of machinery | packed In straw. Only excelsior may be used for packing purposes, it holds The decree will hecome effective June | | orgia Supreme Court | as her property was concerned, the opinion added. “Bince the hushand's rights snd privileges have been swept away by the statutes in this Btate, and as his lord- ship has been practically, if not com- pletely, swept away by various statutes, why should he be held W his old-Ume marital Nabiites. which were based upon the former marital vights and privileges?” Theretore 1L continued, “a husband 18 no longer hable under our statutes for the independent torts of his wife not committed by his command or with his consent, and in which he did not n wny way participete.” ‘The Bupreme Court reversed the lower courts’ finding for H, W. Ashworth, who sued O. W. Curtls snd his wife fo $3,000 for injuries infiicted hy mobtle driven hy Mrs, Curlls, { News of the Clubs Y. w. FORD PILOT FEARED LOST WHEN PLANE PLUNGES INTO SEA Tiny Ship, Believed “Flivver” Craft, Sinks Off Florida Coast. BOATS FAIL TO FIND FLYER OR WRECKAGE Brooks, Detroit Airman, Not Heard From on Hop to Miami—Search- lights Sweep Ocean. By the Associated Press. MELBOURNE, Fla., February 25.—A small monoplane, believed to be the Detroit-Ford “fiivver” craft, piloted by Harry Brooks, plunged into the ocean a mile and a half off shore here at { dusk tonight, and four hours later the fate of its pilot was in doubt, despite feverish efforts of searchers in boats to locate him and the plane. Those who saw the plane before it fell described it as a small monoplane | vith the word Ford on the fuselage. Brooks took off from Titusville for Miami a short time before the plane plungzd into the sea here, and had not been heard from at 10 o'clock to- night, two hours after he was due at Miami. Flying Low Over Town. W. B. Seitz, city manager, said the | tiny ship was flying at an altitude of 100 feet when it passed over the city and out to sea, and that the pilot was apparently looking for a place to land. When it was about a mile off shore, Mr. Seitz sald, it suddenly plunged into the ocean, to reappear again for a mo- ment before darkness hid it from watchers and leaving in doubt whether it sank immediately or drifted out to sea. That part of the plane which drifted on the surface showed no sign of life, Mr. Seitz said. Others who saw the fall said that the pilot was seen on top of the debris waving his coat just before it disappeared from view. Hardly had the plane struck the sur- face of the water than all available boats here put out for the wreck. Word Y s wlfi?hm}ed |Ixlo Vero Beach, near cre, asking for fire apparatus equipped with searchlights, and these :gwlpm'_ patched. The big scarchlight there was turned on and its beams sen: out over the waters, but no trace of the plane was found. Finds No Trace of Plane. Oné ot the fishing boats which put out from Sebastian, near here. reached the vicinity where ths wreckage was last sighted at 8:50 o'clock, and sig- ' nlu:d t it had found no trace of the plane. Virtually all hope that the aviator would be found alive was abandoned #s the hours slipped by. It was pomnted out that if he had managed to jump | clear of the plane when it crashed, he cither should ‘have been able to swim | | ashore or been picked up by on: of the | speedy boats that streaked to t C i nTeh- sea was relatively calm at PLANE IN GOOD SHAPE. ene. the | Motor Functioning Well When Ford | Pilot Left Titusville. TITUSVILLE, Fla., February 25 (#) —The motor of the Ford “flivver" plane was functioning normally when Brooks took off in it at 5:26 o'clock this afternoon for Miami, those who saw him leave declared tonight. He had installed a new propeller to re- place the one that was damaged when he made a forced landing here Tues- day night, on an attempted non-stop flight from Detroit to Miami, but every- thing appeared to be performing smoothly as he took off, after first hev- ing given the motor a preliminary test. It was in continuation of this flight that he left for Miami, expecting to proceed from there tomorrow to Fort Myers, where he was to report person- ally to Henry Ford, vacationing there. He should have reached Miami, a distance of 200 miles, about 8 o'clock. FORD DEEPLY CONCERNED. Told of Rrooks' Fallure to Reach Miami and Report of Crash. FORT MYERS, Fla., February 25 (#), —Henry Ford indicated deep concern tonight over the falure of Harry Brooks 0. C. DELEGATION FEDERATION GIVES * COMMITTEE RIGHT 0 AGT IN MERGER |Citizens’ Representatives Will Go Before Commission ' Without Instructions. ACTIGN FOLLOWS REPORT CRITICIZING UNITY PLAN | I | | | JEleven Objections Expected to Be Laid Before Utili- \[ ties Body. ! After a spirited four-hour discussion | of the street car merger agreement, the | Federation of Citizens' Associations | early this morning authorized its public | utilities committee to represent it with- | out instruction during the public hear- iings bofore the Public Utilities Commis- ! sion on the plan of consolidation. This |action was taken at a special meeting | of the federation in the boardroom u: | the District Building. The commiitee previously had sub- | mitted 1o the federation a report on | the results of its thorough study of the | unification agreement which embodied {11 specific objections to various fea- | tures of the merger pian. These objec- | tions are expected to be laid before the | commission. SEEN FOR SMITH Democratic Leaders Do Not Expect Many Aspirants for | Convention Posts. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Al Smith probably will have the sup- port of the National Capital delegaiion 10 the Democratic national convention. ‘The District of Columbia sonds -six delegates and six alternates to the con- vention. No attempt. however, is now anticipated to have the delegation go “pledged.” The dclegates are not going to be elected in primaries for a couple of months, and party leaders say that no one has yet indicated that he desires to stand for election as a delegate. They feel that there will not be many aspir- ants to go as delegates, because of the expense incidental to the trip. John P. Costello is the Democratic national committecman, and he finds a “very strong sentiment here for Smith, and little if any for other Democratic candidates.” Mr. Costello has not yet decided whether he will attend the convention as his health has been poor. If he goes, it will be probably as a vot- ing delegate. Mrs. Harriman to Go. Mrs. J." Borden Harriman is the Dem- ocratic national committeewoman and she intends to be at the convention She is willing to go as a delegate if the Democrats of the District want her in that capacity. It is most likely that Mrs. Harriman will be an ardent worker for Smith. as she is a warm personal friend of the governor and campaigned for him four uimes in New York State. The recently organized “Al Smith Club” of which Charles W. Darr is president and Robert N. Harper treas- urer, was organized with the avowed purpose of sending to the convention a District delegation pledged to Smith The club has strong labor support. and is understood also to have the backing of some of the best known Democratic ‘eaders in the Capital. This club ex- pects to back a ticket for delegn pledged to Smith in each of the ‘Washington precincts. The quota of six delegates and six 1 |Crew’s Captured : | Pets Conlfiscated In Buenos Aires| By the | BUENOS AIRES, February 2 The crew of the German Steamer Cap Notre have been forced to make a present to the Buenos Aires zoo. Forty-one seals And 80 penguins, fllegally captured by the crew in the South Seas. will be confiscated by orders of the federal government, which ruled that the animals and bitds had been taken in violation of a law protecting fish and game. | | | | Assiciatod Press | TRAIN RO BBERS | | triu fit! Band of Six Escapes After Getting $133,000 in Mail Car. CHICAGO. Frbruary 25 .— Sixteen men weve seized as sus- pects late tonight in a houss where police said they learned the train robbers had previously gathered. | By the Associated Press CHICAGO. February 25.—A drag net | spread by police and postal authorities | late tonight had failed to trap the six | bandits who this afternoon held up & Grand Trunk train in the outskirts of | southwestern Chicago and escaped | with $133000 The money was con-| signed from Chicago banks to two in ! Harvey, IlL. nearby industrial center. | Less than a year ago the same train | was held up within two city blocks of | the scene ot the robbery today, and | upon that oceasion virtually the same amount of money, $135,000. was the bandits’ loot Police and postal au- tnorities were not of the belief that | the same gang was responsible for the | robbery of a year ago and today, but | orders were fent out to arrest three men suspected upon the previous oc- caston, Caw Passengers With Shots. In the hold up today, tite bandit had | |4t houses. alternates for the District was fixed by cowed the frain crew passengers with the national convention. The sclection | 4 fusillade from sawed-off shotguns, of the delegates by rule of the con- dynamited the mail car, extracted the | venifon and rules adopted by the Demo- | money from mail pouches and fled the cratic national committee Is left with | scene within 12 minutes after the train | to arrive at Miami and the report tha the plane resembling his Ford “flivv had fallen into the sca off Melbourne. Although he would imake no com- ment, he kept a_special messenger on lConllled un‘hxev}‘tfilumn () TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—24 PAGES. General News—Local, Natlonal Foreign. Survey of the United States— 8. 10 and 11 8chools and Colleges—Page 18, PART TWO—I4 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of Winter Books—Page 4. Radio News-Page 6. At Community Centers—Page 7. Financial News— Pages 9, 10, 11 and 12, -‘Il PAGES, Pages 6 and & ihwomen of the Natlo A, Activities —Pag Page & and | PART THREE Hoclety, Parent-Teacher Activities W. C. T. U. News—Page 8. PART FOUR—16 PAGES, ‘Theaters, Sereen and Music. News of the Motor World—Pages 6, 7, 8 and 9, Veterans of the Great War—Page 11, District National Guard—Page 13, Army and Navy News—Page 13. Bpanish War Veterans—Page 13 Fraternal News—Pages 14 and 18, Cross-word Puzele—FPage 15. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Pink Bports Section. PART NIX—8 PAGES, Classified Advertising D A R Activities-—-Page 7. Around the City—Page 8 PART KEVEN—8 PAGES. Magazine Bectlon—Fletlon and Humor. GRAPHIO KECTION—8 PAGES, World Eventa In Plot the State central committee to make arrangements for the primaries at| which such delegates are elected. | Mr. Costello sald yesterday that the | rrlmlrlu probably will be held ecarly n He expects that the State central committee, of which he is not | a member, will meet during the coming | week. Mr. Costello sald that Washing- ton Democrats will have a falr oppor-) tunity to pick thelr delegates, While at the convention, these delegates will elect the national committeeman and committeewoman to serve for the sub- sequent four years, New Boundaries Asked, The State central committee is made up of one representative from each of the 22 precinets in the Distriet. ‘The bflllldlll’ll‘l of these precinets were fixed | many years ago, long before the city . spread out. Some of the most active | men i the party here are in favor of defininng new precinet founds so as to give more Al representaiion, There are woseveral vacancles on the committee, which must be filled The preliminary meeting this week will canvass that situation. ‘The chatrman- ship is vacant, as Willlam T, Whelan, who was chalrman four years ago, Is dead. James e veteran local Dem- ocrat, who was vice chalrman, will probably serve as chalrman, but he has heen 1. The clerk of the committee, Harry Wells, has been out of town, That { 1s what has delayed thus far confer- ences of the commitlee, While there no avowed candl- dates, it 15 known that some of the most noted Democrats in the vielnity of the Capital would ltke to attend the con- vention again aa delegates. “The Devil's Mantle” ny Frank L. Packard. | more. was_ stopped . Of the money, $50,000 was a consign- ment from the Chicago Federal Rs- serve Bank to the Fust National Bank of Harvey, and $53,000 was being sent to the Bank of Harvey by the PFirst National Bank of Chicago. The funds were to meet the pay rolis of four Har- vey manufactories which pay by check. The train was ted at St. Maria’ not a scheduled stop, to permit on passenger with a ticket to that place to alight Six men. disguised in overalls and dashed upon the train. Five ot fed shotguns and began firing indiscriminately, while the sixth rushed to the end of the matl car and placed & bomb vhich blew out an upenfl\l n the end of the car. ‘Train Crew Herded. ‘Two of the robbers herded the en- gineer and fireman to the rear of the train, while the other three sprayed the conches with shotgun slugs, John Kelly, veteran matl clerk, who was i charge of the car robbed last. (Continued on Page 2, Columin 1) Social Leader.s Fi;ld i 1 | | By the Assoctated Preas CHICAGO, February 23 —Happiness in the thought that they were assoclate corvespondents for all metropolitan urwu\u\mn turned to anger and cha- srin today for some of Chicago's soctal and dustrial leaders when they found that little blue “press cards” declaring they were assoclate members of the Na- tonal Assockalon of Newspaper Corre- spondents were Just that wnd I\nlhu\li Home admitted that they had paid ! $100 10 3300 for memberahips to J E | MeCormick, whose headquarters was represented ua iy the Hivseh Bullding. Pittsburgh, with K. E. Roeser, as seos A mystery story which will hold the reader to the very last word REQINS IN Monday's Star rolary of the soclety The purported signatures of Samuel and Martin Tusull, Gearge, Avthur and Karl Roynolds, Chavles Wrigley (brother of Wil ), Clement Studebaker oarried in an lmuolmfl boak ‘hlvo alded MeQormlek | They Paid Big Sums Fo_:j Are Just Paper Merger Indorsement Fails. | | | The tederat final action came . shot after midnight following a series of preliminary maneuvers during which proponents of the m pian endeavored to obtain an indorsement ot the agreement in principle. This move was defeated on an aye and nay CLARK COLLECTION jcent of the outstanding stock of the | Washington Rapid Transit Co., and the Public to View Art Treasures, author of the merger plan, witnessed in New Wing of Cor- | self subjected to a bombardment of | questions after he had explained his M h ‘ 1 ;n}\\l:res! in !!:e mm‘ufl unifcation anld e steps en to bring it coran Marc * !about. He was accom by Wil- liam Gibbs McAdoo. his principal legal adviser, who also answered some of the Saturday, March 10. will be marked guerfes of the delegates. but devoted by an event eagerly anticipated in the his remarks chiefiy to appeals to the Capital and throughout the art world federation not to take hasty action on generally. On that evening, by special so important and so complicated a invitation, several thousand persons document as the merger agreement. will enjoy an opening private view of Brice Clagett, who is associated with the completed new wing of the Cor- M:. McAdoo. and Ralph B. Fleharty. coran Gallery of Art and of the diversi- people’s counsel before the Utilities fled W. A. Clark art collection which Commission. likewise attended the meet- the next day, ing. but did not take part in the dis- be given a like | cussions. Mr. Fleharty had | inotified James G. Yaden. president of | "Ground for the new wing was broken | the federation. that he would accept his a little more than two Years ago. Today | invitation to sit in on the meeting as it is pronounced by-the few who have ‘an observer. but that he did not intend ted it to be an architectural /to debate any phase of the merger mph from every standpoint and & agroement or to answer questions. home for the treasures therein. That® the local gallery was able so| [Expresses Confidence in Yaden. promptly to erect the harmonlous & At the very outset of its deliberations dition necessary to house the great col- ' the federation by unanimous vote ex- lection was due to the generosity pressed its confidence “in the honesty the widow and daughters of the patron and integrity and high purposes of of art who, in his will, baqueathed his President Yaden in leading the federa- | treasures to the institution. tton and the Citizens’ Advisory Council President Is Invited. -g;flfhne“_mzh ;}d mfixca m‘:"L::s ;n‘sa The President and Mrs Coolidge have ' picirier o{“colmdnbu . - s ‘-“P'(“:“m“r{“’-‘“c“%mt:‘f ‘;Rfid:’r“: This_action was taken on motion of D iefy. and the olbev offictals | H4sD Frampioe. who Introdiced @ He¢ that they may be present. The list of | o " \p Ve quor - ~“Su‘e':?'h‘; - other invited guests includes high Gov= | . ™ o m:’“'“.‘ i ‘!u;‘ boed W‘m\n:d ernment officials, the entire member- o ol o onin h, z 5 oo SIamen® both houses of Congress and | TTnslt Co. in which be 18 & director. members of the diplomatic corps. with i”"r'": ¢ the chair during U (ere-d- the result that this event. as in the W€ O the lution and after its adop- th%e "of 'the Corcoran biennial ehibi- Uon retumed and thanked the dele- tions, will be of unique character in ““f». e m‘: the world of art DT Comparatively few persons have see ge this famed collection. It was long housed in the private residence of the man who made it. Now it will become accessible to all. Authoritative tes mony as to its merits has been frequ and enthusiastic The extensive add tion to the building. which more doubles the size of the gallery. was & signed by Charles A. Platt of New Y. As soon as ths structure was suflic! advanced. the work of arranging installing the collection began and proceeded With attention to &t detatl. Collection Rearranged. The older portion of the gallery has been renovated and redecorated. U permanent collection has been rea ranged and more spaciously installed The new wing and the ¢ coutains are unique in th usually an art museum is evected and then its treasures gradually assembled whereas In this instance. the procedure | (0F | has been reversed. The butldi: show designed and constructed to & fullest advantage an aggregation of art objects already carefully assembled That such a reversal of the usual lon 1s advantageous altke to archi and to custodian of the coll n s of admitted freely. n pA: Beginning ‘Sundly. the public will opportunity to inspect the new wing. he began his talk answered cac Objections Are Outlined. T odrections, Wilson's answers, follow X ; The propesad val h @ 1S $62.300.000. fixed rate of v for an indefinite proposed he companics return on a valua- have held that a urn i8 fair. A “perpetual” ng _any period t Transit Co. chartered To this we object. wer. The same oon NOW With respect 13 the street car hould b furnished N is 10 de made Tves and surplus pressnt come ton of which compantes s DENIES FILM MERGER. President of Stanley Concern Says Fox Will Not Absord Fiv PHILADELPHIA, February Reports revived in Wall Stiee effect that the Willlam Fox Co. wou take over the Stanley Co. of Ame in & glgantic motion picture enterpriss were denfed again today by Irving D Rossheim, president of the “There have been no hes: 0 far as 1 know there any for such a merger.” b Prcss Ca l‘dS“ provision in the charter to de adjustment of nothing in the reuet to the ad- d s 1 know committee’s fare vatss ireet cars Addtes all the way T would et > education of eur rtant than the the com- pankes muast bave i o An alleged slling polnt was the great g of e B Sx et s lmu‘lu\l o T\d l‘m }w denr\‘m by promi=: g8 The fed nent men by having “the newspaper | recanoibiation o m?h ax personal friends and fraternity | sana. \:»x;‘.‘zxmx.‘ ment Txflfiw‘m © ers. | ket 1o profit from sale of the Wi o Waolcott Blalr, recent st W0 the | on Ih‘\:d Transit O ‘h“lh’ p:mwu Prince of Wales, paid $100 fr hix ment- | consalidated company and the prive of nnnhlk | $LI48.000 to bde chavged by him, $398 - W. A Bachr, haad of & public tity | 000 i cash with mterest, and $388000 company admitted giving MeCormick | in assiirad obligations of the bus eans $300 on_ the strength of the names ! corn and as to whether this transaction the book. - AT, Hache sald ho recoss | s & sale of stk o & merger. nieed Studebaker's signature and de cided to join up. Agreed (o Sell Company. Studebaker admitted he might have | Avswer T baught the Washington folnod and could not Aind his Blus card. | Rapid Transit Co for $336.000, the g “ ‘ua\m\n\ e had not ssen MeQurs | e sel vt i e agreeient. When wick, 1 purehased 1t from the North Amerts “1 belleve 1 did foln saane such ar- | Al O 1 agread to sell (8 without pradiy sanisation” sald Karl Revnalds, bank | the interest of the werger. 1 - lent. “The fellow was tather vague, | Derited i cuiiracy when I dought L the algnatures he had sold me " the bus wampany. Ay contrael was Wrigley, @ of an advertising | DAL A the merger s brought about m‘& admitted givtng MeCormiok | Wi v yaars T wouit sell at cow: one of the Hule blue cards, (Continued «n Page 3 Codwan 1) & should ues N~