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SENATORS QUERY SON OF BLACKMER Young Oil Man Refuses to Give His Personal Views on Father’s Deals. By the Associated Press. For mcre than an hour yesterday the Scnat> Teapot Dome committee grilled the son of Henry M. Blackmer. self- exiled oil magnate. but obtained vir- tually no additional information as to the formation and operations of the phemeral Continental Trading Co. The scn, Myrca XX Blackmer of Den- wer. a vice president of the Midwest Refining Co.. asserted that he had no knowledge of the Continental deal aside from the fact that his father, once chairman of the board of the Midwest, had told him he was interested in the Continental and had made $750.000 in profit out cf it. Young Elackmer declined to answer questions on only one point: that was his own speculations as to whether his father, in refusing to obey subpocnas from American courts and taking up his residence in Paris, was not more concr—~d in protecting others then he Wwas in Lx own status. Nye Drops Question. “I Jove my father and I owe loyalty to him.” Blackmer told the committee. *I do not think it is fair for you to ask me for my speculations. My father told me he hac not wanted o be 1uixed up in this matter. My personal fecling about this regretiable affair is for my- self. that.” i Chairman Nye. who did the question- ing on this point. finally replied b2 would not press it. | “Earlier in the examination, however, | Scnator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, ) the young Blackmer vigorously in an effort t develop that the witness had dis- cussed the Continental transaction with Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil Co. of Indi- ana, who now faces Senate contempt charges for his refusal to tell what he knew about the disposition of the Con- tinental ub;ny wfls\:i! Blackmer frankly with Stewart about the “litigation in- volving my father,” but insisted to Sen- Walsh Icter that the Continental deal had not figured in these conver- satiens. Told to Keep it Confidential. Declaring that “the whole condemning this transaction,” ‘Walsh asked: “With these imputations out against your father and that Col. Stewart was one of those participating in the inquire of him so as to remove the im- | putations egainst your father?" “My father was in it and I.did not feel it was my duty to ask Col. Stewart about it.” Blackmer replied. Previously he had told the committee that his father had directed him to| the whole subject as confiden- | tial: that he believed his father's| actions had been “entirely honorable.” | had resented the Montana Sen-| ator's implication that the son was in- different as to the charges against his | tather. i “l have been deeply worried about the whole matter and it is of grave con- ," the 35-year-old official | across the witness low voice with evi- | by Gets Brokers’, Names. : Blackmer said Shoup was president of the Western Oil Corporation and a friend of his father. He added that the elder Blackmer and Barneit also were friendly, but that he knew of no po- litical relations between his father and either Shoup or Barnett. After Blackmer was excused Robert mo&o in Liberty bonds for the Con- .The bank ledger sheets showed the mames of some of the brokcrs but the others were omitted 1 it. Rae sup- plied the names and the committee, which adjourned subject to the call of the chair, will summon agents of these brokers in an effort to obtain the serial numbers of those bonds. By means of those numbers it hopes to be able to trace the bonds after they passed out of the hands of the Continental. It is b this route that the committee hopes ultimately to get back to the connec- tion between these bonds transactions and the Teapot Dome oil lease. THOMAS R. NEWBOLD * " FUNERAL TOMORROW Bervices for Former Capital Man Will Be Held at 8t, Paul's Episcopal Church. Puneral services for Thomas R. New- bold, former resident of Washington, who died Tuesday at Colorado Springs, Colo, will be held at 8t. Paul's Epis- ompel Church, Rock Creek Cemetery. tomorrow morning et 11 o'clock. Inter- ment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. Newbold, who was 59 years old, ok an active part in the business and social life of the Capital during his res- igenice here. He first came o Wash- ingwn about 1880 from his birthplace, Daywn. Ohio, and later returned Onio In 1900 Mr. Newbold again came W Warhingwn and identified himself think you ought to press | T ¥ v { Further food for thought is contained committee prosecutor, hammered | vorld is Senator { consulted and every possible step taken | | to get at the root of the high death | very TH SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FEBRUARY 26, 1928—PART 1. INFANT AND MATERNAL DEATHS REDUCED BY HEALTH AGENCIES District Workers Have Made Progress in 12-Year Effort—Clinics and Nurses Aiding in Work. The 12-year efforts of health agen- cies to remove from the District of Co- lumbja the stigma of having a higher infant and maternal mortality rate than the average for the whole United States birth registration area indicaie that the goal is almost in sight. Tentative figures for 1927, furnished by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the District Health Department, appear to ndicate a marked decline during the past vear. the total infant mortality rate being 657 deaths per 1000 live virths, as compared with 85 in 1926. “Such a decline.” commented the Children’s Bureau of the Department of Labor, in a specific report, “is a mat- | ter for congratulation and a reason for earnest effort to keep the loss of fnfant lives at least as low in the future.” Further Education Needed. But_further education is needed be- fore the District can cut down its in- fant and maternal death rate below |that of the general average for the {whole country, as official figures show. |In 1926, the average for the United | States for the three-year period. 1924- /1926, was 71.9 deaths of infants. while | that for the District of Columbia was 82.7 deaths. | Figures bearing on the maternal death rate are equally disparaging to | the District, though steady progress is being reported in protecting the lives of |mothers. The average death rate in t District for this same three-year period was 9.6 per thou-and, as compared wit 6.5 deaths for tae whole United Sta in the fact that the local maternal death that | rate was higher than in Baltimore, Chi- \ examination and health supervision of | cago, Detroit, ew York and Philadel- phia, where comparative studies were made by the Children's Bureau. Some months ago the Washington Council of Social Agencies requested the Children’s Bureau to make a survey {of the conditions relative to maernity and infancy in the District. After con- ferring with the District health officer and obtaining his approval and co- operation for such a survey, the Chil- | dren’s Bureau bogan a stud’ to deter- | mine, if possible, how far the problem he had talked | Of maternity and infancy care is ade- | Association. {quately met and in What direction un | per child per clinic more nearly ap- ! expansion of effort shouid be made to meet the further need of rafeguarding | the lives and health of mothers and | young children. i isits were made to each of the child health centers, prenatal centers and hospitals in the District, workers were i rate prevailing here. The results of | this survey are contained in an exten- ‘mat. | Sive report of the Children’s Bureau | fer, wasn't it natural that you would compiled by Dr. Dorothy Reed Menden- | hall. From 1915 to 1926, inclusive, the in- vestigation shows, there has been a depreciable decrease, particularly in the infant mortality rate in the Dis- trict. among both white and colored in- fants under 1 year of age. The figures for 1927 show that the colored infant | death rate is more than double that | of the white, 1074, as compared with 475, which explains, perhaps, Wwhy the total average for the District is considerably higher than in those citles where the ratio of colored population is not so large. The comparison between white and colored maternal deaths, over 3 l;xrlv‘t-yur period, is 7.3 per thousand and 14.6. Baltimore Figures. A further comparison may be made with Baltimore. which in respect W the proportion Qf colored population more closely re les Washington than any other city in the group studied. For the three-year period the average white maternal death rate in the Dis- trict was 1.4 points higher than that in Baltimore, and the average colored rate 49 points higher than that in Balti- more. ‘The greatest progress made in the District in reducing these alarming death rates was made last year in the decline of the white infant mortality rate. In 1924, which was an exception- ally good health year all over the coun- try. the total infant death rate in- the District was 76, with a white rate of 62 and a colored rate of 108. Last year the white rate was lowered to 67, but the colored rate soared to 123. The greatest number of deaths in | Washington occurred in the central part of the city, the report declares. ! In precinct No. 2, which is bounded by Fourth and Fifteenth streets, K and S streets, there were 143 lives lost In 1925, In precinct No. 4 (in the south- west), which is bounded by the Mall, South Capitol street, Washington Chan: +! and the Anacostia River, there i were 119 lives lost. In precinct No. 5 Un the southeast). which is bounded by East Capitol street, North Capitol street and the Anacostia River, there | were 115 deaths. In precinct No, 11. | Anacostia, there were comparatively | few deaths. ‘The largest number of live births oc- | curred in the following precincts: No. | 9. 950 live births: No. 10, 893 births; | No. 5, 852; No. 2, 846. and in No. 8. 1953 births. The largest number of | white live births occurred in precincts 19, with 743; 10, with 725, and 5, with 6. The largest number of colored hirths were in precinct No. 2, with 482, {and No. 8. with 442 “It 18 evident,” said the report, “that {if provision for parental and infant | care Is 1o be made on « basis of births, se precincts are the ones in which H h work should be emphasized. No provision for public parental or child- hyglene clinics has been made for the second precinct. Both parental and | child-hygiene clinics are being <on- ducted In the fifth and eighth precincts |and a child-hyglene center has been in {exiztence for years An the ninth pre- { cinct | center was established precinet.” | Precincts Nos. 2, 4 and 6 com- | prise three of the four that had total infant mortality vates of more than in the tenth More recently a child-hyglene with the Merchants' Transfer & Btor- | 100 for the year 1925, the report con- o sge Co, serving as secretary-treasurer. | He had made his home Bprings xince 1906 Mr. Newbold §s survived by his widow who was Mise Mariz Dana Brown, and o sons, Charics wnd Haywood, & sis- | ter, Mre. Prank B. Noyes of this city 854 three brothers, John L. snd Flem- irlg Newhold of this city, and Col. Henry L. Newhold of Chicags, BANDITS HUNTED IN VAIN AFTER TRAIN HOLD-UP (Continued from First Page ) in Colorado ofered resistance, despite the terrific Gncussion he suffered when the o b dynemited, snd was beaten - sensble George Peters of Battle Creek, Mich , the other clerk in the car, was over- povdered wnd with Kelly was bound $nd gagged The wo robbers who invaded the we! cer calmly wearched smong the paii sacks until they found the money Poucer The gang lesder whistled i The facilities for prenstsl and child-hygiene instruction apparently are not sufficlent to cope with the need i these neighborhoods. Visiting Nurse Soclely. Under a chapter devoted to “What Washington i Doing for Mothers und | | Eabies,” the Children’s Buresu report devotes considerable space W the worthy wecomplishments of the | Visiting Nurse Soclety. By request this | moctety started a prenatal clinle at | Columbia Hospital in 1920 and during the next five years bullt up a large and active prenstsl rervice in connection with the obstetrical work of this hos- pitel During 1924 the Visiting Nurse $o- |ciety started ® shmtlar elnic for Georgetown University Hospital, At the | present time the pociety, at the request | of & physician or & hospital clinie, visits Lany pregnant woman in her home | the ouly hospital in the city that now | 15 utilizing the soclety's nurses for home Visiting In 1926 more than 1300 women re- cetved prenutal instruction through the | efforts of the soclety and this number has beey greatly Inereased from year Instruetive | | Georgetown Hospital, tie report says, 1s 0 year In this prenstal service the soctely keeys up the excellent standard prenatsl routine It hss wlways $hiilly end the men guerding crew snd fasccngers joned them. Al dushed W W closed wulomobile putied nearby snd | Of tped uviey The wlarm vus not spread quickly brovune wll wlephone wires i Ui Viciuity had teen cut, but Chicego de- téclives and post office Juspeclors soon Were wl Uie stene 1 The crew of Ui Ualn was taken % « Vedersl Bullding upon Jte return Lo cege s afternoon and Interiogated | suys the report, “the proportion of ex- Nstriet of Co- Iumlm Tecelving prmtutal care st clinics K P Aldrich Charge of s Chicago )8t ofice Inspector district, striven W malntsin Approximately one-third of | mothiers of new-born bsbies i e D wict In 1926 were recelving this i struction from the Visitng Nurse clety or et clipk “According W e standurd American Public Health Association,” sectant mothers 1y the the 1| Bowrs, while for the st two years hex of the and through the Visiting Nurse Soclety seems to be satisfactory. But the mu- nicipal ~ Health Department Clinic (Freedmen's Hospital) furnished pre- natal carc to less than 1 per cent of the women for whom births were re- ported In the District in 1826.” Child-hygiene centers for babies and preschool children in Washington are conducted under the auspices of the District Health Department and the Child Welfare Society, a private organi- zation. The Health Department and the ducts 10 centers throughout the city, | having taken by request five centers from the Child Welfare Society in 1923 and two more in 1925. In July, 1926, two new centers were opened and in July, 1927, the tenth center was organ- ized. These are scattered in various pre- | cincts of the city. but there are no | municipal or private child-hygiene cen- ! ters in the first, second, sixth, thirteenth jor fourteenth precincts. Clinfcs Are Numerous. ‘The Child Welfare Center retained | the center at Children's Hospital. This center is now known as the Cushman Memorial Center. The Health Department and Child Welfare Soclety also csiduet a number of clinics and the quaricrs vary some- | What, but are declared on the whole to | be_excellent. For the calendar years, 1925 and 1926, a slightly larger proportion of colcidd children attended the clinics conducted § by the Child Welfare Socicty than at- | tended the municipal clinics. At the latter the white children averaged more | visits annually. | “Infant welfare -centers for medical {infants and voung children operated | by salaried physictans and nurses, and including 50 per cent of the infant | population, are considered an essentinl ppart of a city public health program." |the report states. “The centers of ‘Washington have not had so large a }reglslrauon as this of the infant popu- Ilation. The number of visits made by the nurses to the homes of the chil- dren is also below the standard set for | such visits to infants and pre-school | children by the American Public Health The average attendance | preaches the standard set by this asso- | ciation.” | Dr. Mendelhall concludes her ex- I haustive report on conditlons in the | District with the following recommen- | | dations: | { 1. Ciild-health centers— | (a) Establishment or expansion of | muntcipal child-hygiene clinics in | | precincts most needing improv ment as shown by: (1) High in- fant mortality rates and (2) high | still-birth rates. | Establishmen{ of child-hygilene centers in all precincts having 500 or more births annually. Special effort to be made through the centers to reach every infant under 1 year of age not under regular supervision of a private | physician. ! | The training of “new” mothers { (women who hsve not previously | cared for a child) to be empha- sized by physician, nurse and nu- trition ‘worker. More home visiting by nurses to | be carried on in connection with both prenatal and child-hygiene clinics. () Two (or more) full-time, paid pedtatrists to be employed by tie Department of Health to work under the present director: the medical staff to be sufficiently large so that one physiclan shail not have more than 30 children at a clinic. A sufficient number of nurses to be employed by the Department of Health so that the ratio of | number of children attending | centers 1o nurse may be reduced | to not more than 300 to 1. A full-time nutrition worker to be employed by the Department of Heaitl, to conduct the nutri- tion clinic and to give food dem- onstrations to mothers attending the child-hygiene clinics. Full records to be kept for in- fants attending child - hygicne centers so that mortality rates can be computed. 2. Habit clinics— (a) Instruction in habit formation to be given to mothers of Infants and preschool children in connection with the child-hyglene work. (b) Employment of part-time psy- chiatrist experienced in the prob- lems connected with the young child 1o direct these clinics. 3. Prenatal centeri— (a) Department of Health to estab- lish prenatal clinics in connection with child-hygiene centers in pre- cincts showing large numbers of maternal and infant deaths, es- pectally stilibirths and deaths un- der one day of life. (b) The prenatal clinics how in exist- ence at the three hospitals, George Washingt Georgetown and Freedme to be maintained as nters for medical stu- (¢) The standards of prenatal care at these centers and others main- tained at hospitals or elsewhere tn | regard to examination routine, | visiting the center early in preg- | nancy, and home visits by nurses o be those used “at the best ma- ternity centers now operating in { the United States. | (d) The records of all prenatal cases | 1 t be fully and adequately kept, so as 10 be quickly available when the mother enters a hospital for con- | finement or the infant is referred | to a child-hyglene clinic. 4. Obstetrics— (a) Preedmen's H!»X,Vllll to have an| appropriation sufficiently large to | permit the following expansion and | improvement Establishment of out-patient service for the teaching of raedical students, Use of prenatal clinic to be oper- ated In connection with thia de- livery service. Improvement of hospital ob- stetrical service to conform to the hest obstetrical standurds. () The extablishment of & maternity hospital in Washington taking only obstetrical cases (e) Increase In the ratio of free to wy beds for obstetrical cases In ushington hospitals. ‘The District of Columbla through the Department of Health, in co-o) tlon with the District Medical 8o clety and other ln’lnlulllnll work- ing nlong similar lines, 10 make a study of the colored maternity and infancy conditions in the District with the object of making a demon- | stration In Warhington of how .“Ph maternal and infant mortality among the colored population can best be reduced. [t} HOUSE GETS D. C. COMMITTEES BUSY | o et o 1 |ARMY MUSICIANG BILLS TOMORROW Day Is Given Over to Legis- lation Affecting Capital. Tomorrow is the District day in the House, the first day given over to legislation affecting the Capital, aside from the appropriation measures. There are cight measures on the calen- dar awaiting consideration, and the Police Women's Bureau bill has been ordered favorably reported. The Stalker bill to establish the Farmers' Market in Southwest Wash- ington has, by vote of the House Dis- trict committee, been given privileged position, which means that it is to be the first measure called up. If un- limited time is allowed for debate, it is not likely that any of the other meas- ures will be reached, as the market site is one of the most highly controversial questions that has been before Congress in a decade. It is the expectation, how- | ever, of Chairman Zihlman, who will have charge of the District program on the floor, that an agreement can be reached limiting the time for debate. f that is done, the District calendar ought to be cleaned up tomorow. As far as is known, there is now no contro- versy over six of the other measures— that codifying the insurance laws of the ! District except those regarding marine and fraternal and benevolent insurance. the child labor measure; that to pri serve Ford Theater as a Lincoln mu- | seum and veterans' meeting place; that relleving banks and trust companies | from liability regarding joint deposits HARRY BROOKS. FORD PILOT FEARED LOST WHEN PLANE PLUNGES INTO SEA! __ (Continued_from First Page) watch at the office of the Tropical News here to bring him definite news con- cerning the flyer. PROTEGE OF FORD. Drooks Played Big Part in Designing ONNESESSONDAY Farm Relief, Teapot Dome and Immigration Are Leading Subjects. With both houses in recess, Congress just turned a committee wheel here and there yesterday and had a chance | to meditate about the coming presi- dential campaign. It gave no indica- tion of the fruits of its mental labors, however, except for a prociamation from Representative ~ Burton, the, Hoover stalwart in the Ohio group, that he was planning no “firecracker” barrage of daily statements in behalf | of his candidate. Must Reconcile Them. Farm relief hearings ccme to an end finally in the House, und the com- mittee prepared to roll up its sleeves this week, and start whittling out a plan of its own. There are still plenty of divergent ideas on the subject to be reconciled before the House gets something to begin work on. Senate activitles for the day cen- tered in the Teapot Dome committee which drilled & few more exploratory holes In search of information about the Continental Trading Co. They| looked like dry wells from the side| lines, so far as any net progress to- ward finding out who ot the rest of that $3,000,000 one-day profit, and why, is concerned. Other Senate committees at work | were the military, which got action onl a flock of small-frv Army matters and | sent them to the Senate calendar: the | | HUGH 8. GIBSON, Ambacsador to Belgium, who will head United States party at fifth disarma- ment conference. Gibson to Head Those Sent to Dis- U. S. GROUP NAME armament Conference. The American representation at the fifth meeting of the preparatory com- mission for the disarmament conference | to be held at Geneva March 15, an- nounced yesterday by the State Depait- ment, will be headed by Hugh 8. Gib- son, Ambascador to Belgium: Hugh R. Wilson, Minister to Switzerland: Rear giving females equal rights with males under law of descent and distribution, | and to give the Junior Order of Ameri- | can Mechanics the same privilege as ! Brooks, other fraternal and benevolent socleties. | 0104 Considerable opposition is expected to | Piloted a of “Flivver” Plane. DETROIT, February 25 (#).—Harry . who is belleved to have fvver” airplane into the |<ib. committee on the Shipstead anti- | Admiral Hilary P. Jones and Maj {injunction, which heard more opposi- George V. Strong. will be advisers o tonne il av L Jhe insular com- | Comdr. H. C. Train and Maj. J. N tice, which reported out a measure i : o Ihtended to abolich the “Cavalry Cabi. | CFecly. technical assistants, and . net” in the Philippines. | Pincknoy Tuck, American consul at 'LOWDEN INDORSED the compromise bill increasing the sal- aries of police and firemen. The com- ! oromise raises all men on the force $300 | each and gives some of the officers up | 0 $500 increase. The Federation of Citi- | zens' Associations has opposed this in- | crease, the District Commissioners have | not indorsed it, and considerable oppo- sition is looked for from members of the | appropriation committee, who believe ' that other District employes deserve in- creases in preference. because their! zalaries have not yet been brought up to the rate allowed by the classification board. | | IN IOWA COUNTIES, Favored by Majority cf Cnnven-‘ tions—Hoover Gets Only ' Slim Support. By the Aesociated Pr DES MOINES, Iowa. February 25.— Former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Il linois teday was favered for the presi dency by a majority of Iowa county Republican conventions, which had re- ported indorsement of candidates. In nearly all instances where instructions to delegates to the State convention were given there was no other candidate | mentioned. Hoover fentiment was manifest only | in Dubuque County, reports received up | 0 2 o'clock indicated. Dubuque County pledged its delegates to the Secretary | of Commeres. 1 Counties which adooted resolutions pledging delegates to Lowden end in- | dicated In returns received up to 2:32 pm. were: Polk, Kossuth. Boone, Des Molnes, Fayette, Blackhawk, Humboldt, Lee. Wehster, Pottawattamie, Carroll, Wood- | bury, Hamilton and Louisa. | |LOWDEN LOOMS ALONE | i | Ilinofsan's Name Piled in Peti-| tions—Party Leaders Do Not | Foresee Other Candidates, | | By the Associnted Press | BISMARCK, N. Dak., Pebruary 25— | A one-man presidential preference pri- | mary in North Dakota loomed as a pos- | sibility tonight with former Gov. Frank | 0. Lowden of Illinois in the stellar role. | Mr, Lowden was entered today as a Republican candidate in the March 20 primary. on petition of 2127 voters, nearly twice the 1,139 signatures re- quired. ‘The petitions were filed with the sec- i retary of State, who indicated they were in proper form and would result in Mr. | Lowden’s name going to the ballot. No action on the part of Mr. Low- den 18 required under the State law, | as only the filing of a legal number of | petitions, in proper form, is necessary to place a candidate in the primary Time for filing presidential candidates expires at midnight. February 29, and | party leaders here said tonight it was | likely the former Illinofs executive's name would the only one filed in any party. Both factions of the Republican party | in this Btate—the non-partisan leaguers | and the independents, or anti-leaguers —have gone on record in favor of Mr. | Lowden's nomination. OFFICER HURT IN CRASH. H. E. Mihill May Have Broken Hip After Collision. H. E. Mihill, 26 years old, a motor | cycle policeman attached (o the tenth | precinet, sustained possible fracture | of the left hip todny when in colliston at Georgia avenue and Har- | vard street with an automobile driven ! by H. L. Dorsey, 45 years old, of 724 | ocean off Mclbourne, Fla, tonight, was a protege of Henry Ford, the motor king. The “flivver” plane was for the most part a product of his own design, and with it he firmly believed he would lead the way toward bringing about suc- cessful manufacture of a plane within the reach of persons of ordinary finu@- cfal circumstances. The experiment attracted the atten- tion of the entire aircraft industry, and was pronounced successful by its :ponsors when Brooks last week broke the world record for sustained flight of airplanes of 40-horsepower or less by piloting the little ship from Detroit to Titusville, Fla. sn air line distance of approximately 930 miles. A few weeks previously, he made an unsuccessful atterpt to break the rcc- | ord, the plane being forced down in the Carolinas. At the tims of his previou® attempt. Ford was out at the airport here before dawn. assisting the young pllot in putting the finishing touches on the machine. Even after Brooks started taxiing the plane down the fieid | for a take-off, Ford ran after him shout- ing final injunctions to the fiyer to take every precaution for his own safety. ‘Don't mind the plane,” Ford shout- cd. “we can build another. Watch your- self. When Brooks made his second hop- off. Ford in Miami received reports i through the Associated Press on the progress of the flight. Edsel Ford was wityy Brooks at the start here. Brooks was chief test pilot of the Stout-Ford Airplane Co. and gained in- ternational prominence when he piloted Mrs. Evangeline L. L. Lindbergh, Col Charles A, Lindbergh's mother, to Mex- fco and return. He had been employed by the Ford Co. about four years. More than a year ago, he devel and built at the Ford factory his first “afr flivver,” the plane in which hes fell. The orig- inal small plane was powered with a three-cylinder engine, whereas the latest departure in small aircraft had a two-cylinder motor. Brooks. an unassuming and modest youth, could be found practically any day 2t the Ford airport, either in a ship or ering, or planning with a new Iden, He lived with his parents in Birming- ham, Detroit suburb, and flew both to and {rom work each day in his small filvver ship. An over-sized automobile garage housed the tiny craft at home His father, Joseoh Brooks, a fiddler in Henry Ford's old-time dance band, was esponsible for his entering the Ford Motor Co. employ. After Brooks, sr.. had been engaged by Mr. Ford, he told the magnate of his son's longing for airplanes and said that he spent more time on building airplane models than at_anyvthing else. Ford was interested and told the father to s°nd his son to see him. A few days later young Brooks made his appearance and was engaged. Mr. Ford's paternal interest in the fiyer has been commented on much In fiying | circles. HOGVER IS VIEWED VICTOR IN DRY AND FLOOD PLAN TILTS has made public the answers of Sena- tor Willis and Senator Curtis of Kansa: both of which are very dry and de- clared by La Quardia to be unsatis. factory. Opponents of Mr, Hoover, who sought in calling him before the Senate com- merce committee to dig a gulf between him end President Coolidge on flood control legislation, had their trouble for nothing. His testimony before the com- mitter _and later announcements frum | the White House regarding President Coolicge's position have shown them to be standing together in (his matter und anxlous to deal In & smpatactic way with the flood-stiicken Stater, ‘The activities on behalf of the candi- dacy of Senator Curtis for the Repub- Nean nomination are declared to be which was larger than|cC. J. | i Work on Immigration. | ‘The House immigration committec went ahead with getting opinion de- velo] on the bill which would put| Mexico and other Western Hemisphere nations under a quota annual restric- tion in numbers to be admitted to this | country. Prohibition got into the day's pro- ceedings through Representative La- guardic of New York, who expressed dissatl. .action with replies to his in- quiries as to wet-and dry views made | by two senatorial presidential aspirants, | Curtis of Kansas and Willis of Ohio. And on the Senate side, “Big Bill | Thompson, the Chicago mayor, paid his | promised visit and lunched in the Sen- ate restaurant with a group of Sena-| tors and Representatives. He was talk- | ing flood control, the mayor let it be | known again. FUNDS STILL COME IN ‘ FOR MRS. ALTON CARRICK | Total £>r Widowed Mother Reaches| $2.752 to Keep Boys at School. Additional contributions of $52 re- | ceived by The Star for the public fund being raised for Mrs. Alton Carrick | | brings the total to $2,752.38. The | money is being held in trust for the | widow to enable her oldest boys to con- | e “toliowini ' e following donations yesterday | are acknowledged: z 4 Acknowledged . Cash 58 8 28 0. RpoTes Joyy 2883 e 2S ] 2 $2.75233 | McMULLIN | Will Be Reealled. However, in New | 0il Contempt Case. Willlam J. McMullin. who while work- ing as & Bums detective in shadowing the Fall-Sinclair oll conspiracy jury furnished the Government with infor- mation which was used against Harry F. Sinclair and his associates in the oil contempt case, was released yesterday | from subpoena as a Government wit- ness. McMullin, however, will be recalied when District Attorney Gordon brings contempt proceedings against the 14 Burns detectives and Edward J. Kid- well, jr., the alleged talkative oil juror CAF.TAL ESCAPES STORM. Temperature of 20 Degrees Expect- ed as Lowest Today. Washington's threatened falled to develop last night. A gathering storm on the South At- lantic coast that had all the marks of another blizzard “blew over.” the Weather Bureau reported, so the only change Washingtonlans will undargo today is a continued cold wave. The: temperature is expected to register its lowest at about 20 degrees. | Tomorrow there will be increasing cloudiness and some relief in & rising | temperature. | URGES HEBREW STATE. LONDON, February 23 (#) —The, Sunday Times reports in Moscow dis- | patches that the soviet government has| granted a territory in Kast Siveria, als | most as large as Belglum and compris- | Ing some of Siberia’s finest araboe land | and good pastures, for land settlement | by Jews with the that they will| bulld there a distinctive Hebrew State. | snowstorm RELEASED. | ! “that Geneva, secretal FEDERATION GIVES COMMITTEE RJGHT TO ACT IN MERGER (Continued_from First Page) My obligation ends at the expiration of that time. chat 1 please. 9. The merger authorization should contain a mandate that transportation service under unified operation be su- perior to present service by the com- panies operated separately. Answer: The public has such a man- date in the Public Utilitles Commission, a body creaied by law to regulate serv ice. It is not the purpose of the com- panies to usurp or infringe on the rerogatives of the Public Utilities ‘Commission. 10. Resale of power bought from the | Potomac Electric Power Co. to non- related railroads should not be per- mitted nor should a fixed price for power be named in the merger act. Answer: Well, I think, if the com- mittee understood that situation it would not have written that down. This {is to be done merely to save duplica- | n. 11. Cost of securing authority for merger. attorney’s fees, eic.. should not be chargeatle in unlimited amount to the new company. Answer: I don't know whether the committee means wheiher it wants to pay this cost, or for me to pay it. or for me to pass the hat around. It is customary, I belicve. to have expenses of that kind paid by the beneficiary. Wilson Cross-Examined. After answering thess objections. Mr. ! wilson was subject to further cross-| examinaticn. William McK. Clayton, chairman of told Wilson | the utilities committee, I will then do with it | } SCHOOL 1S CLOSED iOrder fer Discontinuance Comes as Big Surprise to Many Here. Announcement by the War Depart- | ment yesterday of the “immediate dis- | continuance™ of the Army Music School | at Washington Barracks had the effect {91 a bombshell in local military and | music circles, Friends of the school in civillan lfr | and in the service expressed deep regret over the unheralded action and hop® | was expressed that some means might 2 found for saving the school. | While officers and enlisted men con- | nected with the school maintained si- | lence. it is known that considerable diz- ,sa!h’{acflon hfiubem created in the ! services, eepecially among the 90-odd students at the school. Enlisted for Study. It is understood that more than haif of these students enlisted in “Infantry, unassigned,” with the understandir.z that they would be given 2 course of |mu.slcal instruction, with the purpose of becoming bandsmen or band leaders. To deprive these men of this instruc- | tion constitutes a breach of good faith, it is pointed out Some of these ctudents entered the | school scarcely a week ago, while others | have enrolled during the past five | months. A number came from high | “chools. They are unfit for Regular | fantry duty and they are not likely | provs of much value as musicians un- | lezs they complete the cours> of instruc- | tion for which they enlisted. Sharp issue is taken by friends cf the school to the statement of Secretar- | Davis that the school “has fulfilled it primary purpose” and “further accom | plishments would not justify cost.” Enlargement Asked. demand! There not only is an urgent for the school, it is declared, trained musicians in the Army, it is pointed out. and the school has been active in meeting this demand. There are row about 25 graduates of the school eligible for assignment to Army bands If the school is discontinued. “mtu;ibhustflllmmwmsl and further demands for properly ! trained musicians cannot be met. sonnel would be distributed among the Air Corps and other bands, it is not clear how the novices can be of much service. It is recalled that a movement more than a year ago to do away with th- school created such a storm of protest that the plan was abandoned. Reassignment Orders. The reassignment of faculty and per- sonnel of the school just ordered will become effective March 1. It is under- stood that Capt. Curtis D. Alwey. who | has baen in command of the school for sbout a year. will not be affected by the changes. Neither is the Army Band e actiont organized in 1923 scl was 2= with a view to establishing s standard jmune of training for Army musicians in connection with extensive plans for the post-war reoreanization of Army | bands. of %hn!m %not moore - cours | leaders, the school provided | & comnstent warran® officer as leade for each of the bands. and built up * teserve of leaders. | for band | COLD GRIPS WISCONSIN. that a fixed valustion, as called fof | Below.Zero Temperatures Prevail in the merger ated company. “That's izens’ Association if he was willing to eliminate the fixed s exactly what we want the commission to do—arrive at that val- | uation of $50.000.000," answered Wil- son, W H. Richards of the Mid-City Cit- | o thrn asked Wilson | ent, usurps the powers of the utilities commission in satung a valuation upon the proposed at Many Points. | MILWAUKEE, Wis. February 25 U —Bitter cold weather. with tempera- ‘ures below zero, today held most of Wisonsin in its grasp. Many points reported the lowest tem- sratures of the season. g {rom slow rero at Milwrnukee t0 41 be- {lc - at Wisconsin Raoids | Waupaca reported 29 degrees belo” valuation and msert in lieu thereof | o aAntigo 22 below and Lacrosse “such valuaticn as the Public Utilities Commission will determine.” Wilson replied. “No.” Earlier in his talk Mr. Wilson said that the Washington Ranid Transit | Co., based on a preparad budget, would earn a net return of $85.000 this year Wilitama A. Roberts. vice chairman of the utiliti>s commission. reminded h‘.m' of this statement by saying: “According to your own statement you are earning 10 per cent. They v don't you reduce fares?" at the end of 1928 we carmn $85.- 000" said Wilson, “we will reduce fares, merger oF no merger.” Urges Open Mind. McAdoo urged the federation not to form an opinion on the merger agree- ment without serious consideration. is too complicated for hasty action.” | passed | he said. "It should not bs upon in one evening. My eamnest sug- gestion is that instead of putting forth objections to the plan and opposing it. you offer your suggsstions to the Pub- liz Utilities Commission. The surest way to get in wrong 8 to question the motives and impugn the character of the homorable men who are trying to do a great public service™ The utilities committse’s objections to the morger plan wers prosonted by Vice Chairman Roberts. who declared the committe and everybody Wants a merger, but at what price ™ After reciting thess objections Clay- ton moved that each item b constd- ered wdepondently, but after discus- sfon decislon was reachdd to take ac- tion on all the obfections collectively. Then Col Henry ¢ Newcomer moved | that the fe Lo spprove the wai- fleation agreement in principle, leaving SUED. Mme, Berge Voronoff Asks Divorce in Paris. PARIS, Fehiuary 25 (™. Mme. Serge Voronoff, the former loulse Imanoff, has filed gult In the Beine tribunul for GLAND SPECIALIST # divorce from the famous clulist, charging sbandonment Mme. Voronoft has been rl-ml ape Iiving I hushind hias been nt Cannes, where he maintatns » Jittle Jungle for a special spectes of monkeys whose glands he uses In bis experiments, Harvard street, while chasing a speed- | er. The speeder got away. Dorsey was | turning Into Harvard street, police res | declured yesterday that he would go ported. | Into the convention with 60 or 70 dele~ 3 Mihill, who resides at 3518 Center | gates as things now stand, and possthly Street, was taken to Garfield Hospital, | more when June rolls round. If You Tire Easily il you should also have a persistent light cough, loss of weight, some chest pains ov ——— 4 hoarseness you mity be developing conswmp- platuaai it . tion and you should lose no time to winning delegate strength in & numbsr of States. A supporter of the Senator See a Doctor or Have Yourself Examined at the Free Health Department Clinic ‘Tuberculosls Hospital, 16th & Upshur Sts. N.W., Tuesda or Nalurday at 2-4 o'clock, Friduy evenings from 7: To Prevent Consumption . Avold house dust and impure or close alr, day or night. It is hoped within five years to there 5000 families from the |)\l|llllh\llml of the congested w citles of Russia. tle | the details objected to by the commit- N tee to the determination of the Util- ern | itiew Comnntssion. but this motion was (ot and B A Bowles of the George- | town Citirens’ Assoclation moved that below, | " Rising onight. temperatures are promised || THE WEATHER | | District of Columbdia—Partly cloudy | tomorTow increasing cloudiness wiih | sising temperature. Maryiand—Partly cloudy today: to- TTOW increasing cloudiness with ris- { ing_temperature. Virginia—Partly cloudy and con- wed cold today: tomorrow increasing udiness with rising temperature. West Virginia—Partly cloudy and } 50 cold: tomorrow increasing cloudiness and warmer, followed by rain Temperature for 4 Hours. Temperaturs—\idnight, 32 4am. N: §am. 233 §am N lh) am. 26 12 noont. 38: 2 pm., 33: ¢ i‘m. 26. 6 pm. 36: S pm, 36: 10 pm | T hrignest. 35: towest. 24 Temperature same date last year— Highest. 53. lowest. 35 Tide Tables. (Furnished by the Uniied States Coast and Qeodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide. 6:07 am. and §.48 pm: high tide. 12:00 pm Tomorrow—Low tide T:00 am. and | 749 pms high tide, 0.2 am. and 1288 m. The Sun and the Moen. “Today-—Sun rose §:47 am: sun 536 pm. | Tomorrow —Sun risss §48 am sets 3:37 pm |7 Moon rises 9:27 am.: sets 11 4 pm Automobile lamps o bde lighted one- hal! hour after sunset. Weather in Various Cities sun early enough, to avold_worry. eerful, Think Kindly, Your mind The coyole 18 Intermediate of lI,nlnml hetween the fox and e, wolf, " acta on your body. Health Insurance ' A Physical Fxamination Fyery Birthday Association for the Prevention of Tuberculasia Telephone Main 992 1022 11th Street N.W. WAG Auve paid for the above bullaiin (legal muiies), Purse Is Snatched Helen Qrisby, 1341 Four-and-a-halt street southwest, reported to police that she was hit in the {ace and robbed last night about 930 o'clock, by w| young colored man, The man ap- | proached her on L street between Third | and Four-ane If streets south- | west, she ek her without a word, snatched her pocketbook, con- | taining 80 cents, and ran | TIPS FOR TAXPAYERS Ne. W, To be allowed & clatu for a loss inourred in tered into for profit, With the taxpayer's trade or business, must have sovoral distinet qualities. ‘The intent to make & profit must have exiated at the beglnning of the enterprise. A loas sustatned i the sale of & house purchased by a taxpayer as his vesidence without fntent to make & profit, and subsequently rented, is not deductible. A taxpaver wha buys an autamoblle to be used for business pur- poses and sells 1t b loss s entitled o A deduotion for the loss sustained. Bul a loss sustained tn the sale of an auto- moblle purchased for hkuur- or cons venlonce s not deductible, the trans- Aactign not having been entered into for t. l"AII lossea are deductible only to the extent for which they are not compen- sated for by insurance or ouherwise, for a deduction “transaction en- ! commitiee. 1ot conneoted | Caj the committee be authorized 0 ap- P pear before the Utilitles Commiss.on and reprosent the federation without struetions. N This motion was adopted after an | amendiment to commit the federation | 0 the 11 objections had been voted down. The federation voted thanks to the | B Charles Hansel Consulting Enginect for the costly and comprehensive transs || Portation survey Which it made at the [ U e stance of the faderation’s utilittes | D™, [Na "N Meeting of Stackholders. hti The stoekholders of the Washington | 5 Raflway & Blectric €0 will meet [}l March 14 (0 pass upon the unification | | agreement drawn up and approved by | X s the directars af thal company and the } \“‘“\ pltal Traction OO The owners of 111 the latter company will gneet the ful- owing day for the same purpose The merger agreement speotfioally provides that it shall be raiified by the holders of twosthivds of the stoek of record of each company The fats of | - Tempesatare ~ i e St aw v sum Sow Y LsdeiZi R he Bk e By 2 2222255 iiw sy b the proposed x\um\ufinm\ oally tosts | WIR (he owners. because of this provi- sfon, eveny though 1t is approved by the Phoen R A S LR Ak Publie Utilities Comantssion It The commbsion has mapped out a3 tentative program for the conduct of | the public hearlngs on the agreement, |+ which will begin Wednesday morning | 3 AL 10 a'elek, o ihe daand roam of the District Hullding, With & view (0 coam- pleting them within 10 days. thereby | Allowlng SUMelent Ame 1o reach & de- | T Y et befare 4 meetings of the [0t WV stockholdens, WAl ¢ RS b . 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