Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1928, Page 2

GREAT STRENGTH OF D.C. POPULATION OF VOTING AGE " No Just Slur on Quantity of - Population Which Exceeds That of Seven States. MORE OF_\iOTING AGE !\\’\‘I‘l‘ born in the District (36.6 per cent), and that of the 326,860 whites in the District population, 113,486 were born in the District (34.7 per cent). ‘The District’s relation to Maryland | and Virginia is so intimate that District residents born in these States are near- THE ' SUNDA Y STAR, WASHT D. C. MARCH 18, 1928—PART 1. no reason would thereby be found to oppose the pending constitutional amendment. For this amendment does mwt - divectly . and . immedimtely ad- mit the Washington defectives and delinquents to natfonal Yepresentation. 1t merely empowers Congress, in its SENATORS BUSY SIDING ATTACKED fves, t least not to be | discretion, at some future time, to admit :*‘X‘n:scd Sasterely Srhidibnis Tektlasting | Distriet residents to the status of citi- here solely for Government and tempo- | Zens of a State for the purpose of YAry purposes. | national representation, and nlso pro- If the District residents born in | vides the machinery to be utilized when Maryland are added to those born in | Congress wishes to exercise this power, District the agzregate is 208,989, or per cent of total population, If the District residents born in Virghila are in Marvland the total is 271,987, or 62.1 per cent of the total population. (In only 63.9 per cent of the popula- m of New York State was born in the Stat-: and only 631 per cent of Uiinois) But 28,548 District residents re of foreign birth, and by that fact re removed largely from the category f transient visitors from the States. Subtracting this number from the total population it appears that the District residents of home birth—i. e. THAN IN NINE STATES| { M2re U. S.-Born Whites Than 11 States—More Voters Thon in 8 States, if All in Classified Service Are Cut Qut. smdonce of The THECDORE W. NOYES. The objection that the District's voting population i unfit because a | percentage of the population has voting residence in outside States full of inconsistencies. The imputation of x of quantity in the District’s votis is as weak as the sl is birth in the District, Maryland and Vir- ginla—number ¥ against 137,036 born in all t] tates of the Union. Great Strength of District's Voting Constituency. When we consider how many thou- nds of this 137036 have become wdentified with the District as isolated Washingtonians, having no connection with the States of their birth, and when we consider how many thousands of war workers from remote States were 9! as he other S here in 1920 this number f 137,036 s not strikingly large. When discounted as suggested it becomes sm (Since 1920 the number of em A ployes sified servics has been re- by 30.000.) in du Extraordinarily large numbers of na- tives of tho District remain at home when the inducements or the compul- | Adoption of the amendment does not mean a decision that the quality and { quantity of population arc now suf- | added to those born in the District and | ficient to entitle the District’s voting constituency to representation in the House aund Senate. Rejection of our amendment does not menely declare | that the District’s population is unfit for national representation now, but j that it never can be | Does Not Decrease, but Enlarges Powers of Congress. | Our amendment does not t | power whatsoever from Congry | the contrary, its only effect Is to en- large the powers of Congress. Congress now has the power to grant | full national representation to the peo- | ple of a Territory by ndmitting it to | statchood. ‘The constitutional provision | giving to the Natfon through Congre exclusive control over the shat of gov. | ernment deprives Congress of the power lof giving to residents of the District | full “statehood. The pending constitu- tional amendment is an cnabling act {for Congress, empowering but not di- recting it to admit District residents to the status of citizens of a State only | brought here in the war emergency and | so far as will not disturb the national | | who were st | exclusive control of the Capital by the Natfon through Congress. Voting repre- | sentation of the District in Congress | will clearly not affect control of the District by Congress. Washingion's Appeal for Fair Play. Washington appeals to two-thirds of Congress to empower Congress, when- | ver Congress pleases, to give national n the quality of this comstituency. | sions to self-exile are considered Under | fepresentation to District residents: to The District’s population (census 1929 | {he operation of the apportionment of | §ive to the seat of government the 71. and exceeded the popula- tion of seven States—Idaho, Vermont, | zona, New Mexico, Delaware Wryo- | ming and Nevada. Its total population of tover 21) was 305.255. of nine States, the list above enumer- | sted with New Hampshire and Utah| sdded. | But equitable deductions are sug. gested in Washington's case; (1) those | with voting residence in the States:; 12) those who would not acquire voting | residence in the District, even if they could, because they might lose employ- ment in the Government classified| service in the District under rigid en- forcement of the apportionment of | offices law. | So far as the many voters in the States are concerned who have voted | there solely because they could not vote in the District, the power to vote in the | District for representation in Senate. | House and Electoral College would re- | move the primary reason for seeking| voting residence elsewhere and it may be assumed that practically all of this class of absent voters will transfer voting residence from outside States to the District. ‘r Vicious Apportionment of Offices l.lw.; So far as those are concerned who| are beld to voting residence in the| States by the fear that they may lose their positions in the classified Gov- ernment service under the apportion- ment of offices law, certain deductions | must, of course, be made as long as/ this iniquitous law is permitted to in- jure both the Nation and the commsanity. Since the zpportionment of offices law dosé"injustics™ and two-foid injury, it will eventually be modified or re- pealed. The United States will not per- mit an evil-working law which it has enacted to cause it to continue an addi: tional isjustice in Withholding the Dis. irict's right to participate in the Na- tonal Governgment. It will not permit | a bad law to perpetuate a vioiation of American principles. It will amend the lav and will not repudiate the prin- ciple. i But if every worker in the l,'nlM} States classified service in the Dll‘l"l-tl; voting age | Inhroz\d in order to get employment local | § i kS offices law. in conjunction with the congressional policy of discouraging commerce and industrial enterprises in the District, the District youth must go the classified service at Bome Ang through the constitutional denial of cxceeding that | national representation to the District | the Washingtonian must exil in order to be represent participate in his national soyernment. It thus appears that the negro ation can be deducted and that Was) ington's voting constituency will still be greater than that of seven States. It has been shown that all United States classified warkers in the District tan be om‘i_md and he District will still have a voling constituency cight States. e Every analysis of the District’s lation which has been made em; the existence of a potential voting con- Stituency here which is adequate in numbers and unsurpassed in quality in any State of the Union. Our business d_professional men, the educational, scientific, liferary and artistic elements of our population, our working men in public and private employ, our depart- ment clerks and other Government em- e himself ed and to -local home popu- phasizes ployes, our Winter residents in process | of ~ conversion into Washingtonians, combine to constitute one of the strongest, most intelligent, most public- spirited, and most American commu- nities in the whole Republic. Unfitness Now No Excuse for Rejection of Amendment. But if the slurs upon the fitness of Washington's population for national representation were thoroughly deserved #t this time, and if our voting population were viewed today as unfit in quality or inadequate in quantity, TABLE Tots) i BAK LN 4 W 40872 North Dekoia 34 South Dakot; ¥ Rhode Tsland The nlus aud mino: ponding figures for the District fable o ih of Columbi TABL District of Colombia Forelgn or mixed ... District residents ot Diseiict Soiiinia oo : Distiict renidents over 21, over 2 ‘were counted as possessing and retain- ing permanently his veting residence in 2 State and the entire number d]'» these workers (including those from ' the Distriet’s quota) were subtracted from the District’s population of voting 2ge the District's voting constituency would after the deduction be grealer than those of eight States—Idaha. ' Utah, Vermont, Arizona, New Mexics, | Delaware, Wyoming and Nevada. The United States workers in the classified service in the District on De- | cember 31, 1927, were 60,660, If without subtracting the men and women in the clasified service who are eredited | to the District quota we cut out this entire number from the total Distriet | population over 21 years of age, lhh; population will still execeed that Oly\ Jdaho by 10,519, Utah by 15913, \'u-l mont by 27,553, Arizons by 36,666, New | Mezico by 59,409, Delawarg by 108,07 Wyoming by 128,156, Nev: by 192, Voters From District in the States. The statements of those who had | much o do with getting out the ex- | wordinary District vote in the presi- | jal election of 1920 (far surpassing | that cast in any previous election), | when oo-ordinated, give the following Spprozimate Tesults: 1) Estunated number of legal resi- dents of the Blates residing i the L t of Columbia, 40,000 | 2) Estimeted number of these voters who scluslly cast thelr voles st the presidential election of 1920, 25000, | The great strength of the Distriet's voling constitency is further demon siraled by the fact that if the negro population (of which it bs credited with | * Bn excess) is subtracted from the list | of comparable States and from the | Pistrict. the Districts voling comstitu- oucy will sUll exceed those of seven | tutes, namely, Utah, Vermont, Arizons, ,m' Mexico, Delaware, Wyoming and | Nevad, As fusther illustrating the strength of the Districts voting constituency, ¥ buth the negre percentage and the Soreign-born percentage are sublracted from all the comparable tates and the District, leaving only the native-born whites, the District is foand to exceed | 31 States—Rhode Island, Notih Da- bota. New Hampshire, Idaho, Utsh, Arizuna, New Mexico, I Wroming and Nevada 5 populs- 4 Lie time sdmission W stalehord on 11et of Okighome exceeded Lhs' of the in 1920 i Shustretion of the strength Ve igion oting constituency Jet ur compere e number of it per- s of voring sge with the correspond 2 BUmber o certaln cities Waeh Lglon exzceeds i powential voting sency wol oily snsller cities lie Wev Orieins. Newsrk ond i, it larger cities Ske Ml W00 Bimost equBle IUCH leger Butluls LsUeting the strength t population bl s, snalyze 1400 for Vs numuer binn Listrict the Siaer of e e forelgn-horn 160,000 Bor 920 » Ar Urdor in Distriet, ve Lhat of th 60,059 Over Tise eapabis o "u": sation, | Beld by Chalrman Havenner wiont Ariona New Mexico Jeloware Wyiming Sevadn strict 6f Columbia 23; 14,0674 | same possibility of national representa- |tion that Hawaii and Alaska now | possess, |~ What Washingtonian can be imagincd as opposing this amendment, which dignifies and exalts his American |status, and neither inflicts nor threatens | any injury to anybody? What Senator or Representative can imagined as opposing an amendment | which merely extends an existing power | of Congress on logical and equitable lines and which simply empowers Con- gress (o correct political inequity when- ever it sees fit to do s0? Washington is asking by constitutional | amendment, requiring two-thirds vote (of Congress, only what | essential to be secured in this way. imore were asked by constitutional amendment, nothing whatever could secure the necessary two-thirds vote, All of the controverted issues con- | cerning the make-up of the local elec- | torate, the qualifications of voters and {the form of local government, upon | which Washingtonians radically differ, are now postponed, to be decided by ths majority vote of Congress after the {be |ereat and vital question of the consti- | tutional status of the has been answered. Surely no Washingtonian will contend that the District should not by consti- |tutional amendment be placed on the same basis as Alaska or Hawaii in irespect to the possibility of national | representation or that Congress should ot then in its discretion by a majority vote grant such equitable representation. Surely Congress will not quibble or Washingtonian | | delay in co-operating to give to itself | | by constitutional amendment the power |'at the right time to cure the evil and shame of completely non-representative government of the seat of Government of the great American Republic. AN mean 1 . co . .E B, or lexs than th horn whites . 1. lews Foreign-born whites 0ver 21, o 0,554 4 New Himpaiire, 280 iR New Mexico, 180,437 0 FEDERATION BARS RESTRICTED OFFICE BY DECISIVE VOTE (Continued from First Page ) ment 1o Article 5 would be In order article 4. Delegate W. H. Richardson Mideity Citizens' Assoclation, but sald that 1t under section 4, of the there- constitution of the federation the cen- tral organization had no right or au- thority to circumseribe the voting vilege of » delegate from any mem- ber association City @enstitution Clause. No delegate from a member associa- tion, instructed to vote on pending mat- ters accordiae W the dictates of his cwn constituent body, he declared, would or has come into the federation and at- tempted o use his influence in the in- terest of some outside organization, Charles 1. Stengle, tormer member of Congri in sttacking the proposal, de- iat under the federation con- itution the central body had no juris- diction as 1o the qualifications of a dele- kale or as W his vole on pending ques- tons, He mude & point of order against the propoted amendment and was up- Blingle cited a section whi “An i reads { clation, by joluing.the federation way limite itx liberty of action on any wuhjec Delegate Gelbman then made an- ather sttempt Uy gel approvel of a pro pored smendiment that “no employe or officer of & public utiiity shall take or nola ofte in - the federation’ Dy Huvenncr ruled thet this proposal was i order, in that the federation has the pight 16 st up qualifications for ita {own officers, hul on w roll call vote the | proposal war los 62 W 8. Mr and 1 Clayton both declined Lo vole ana deleyates 3 Brennan, A 1 Gelbiman, G, M. Koockogey, A Bwobers, W. 1 Swanton, H. 8 | Torbert and L. &, Trunale voung for the proposal Mr Woberts. Mr 8wan- ton and M Wknigey waded Uit ey wobed ws w o matler of principle, not wlming helr scuon ul Yaden Membershilp Chiange of e dmportent federstion o Wy L organitzit 160 tse minimum vens’ orgnangabion eligibe tor inember federation Present mom aftected by v (e amendnients ation adupt i fiom 2 Bip of u il 2 10 ip A e Liser hodie b ArcAber question that diew lengihy coneiaeration wes the proposal desigrnt - (ing e centind body of the fedeintion we the “masemibly’ of the federation bppruvel of Vs change cleaning up con Yaden | e o Admiirsl Bernard Bt | | fusion in minds of members of constit- | uent bodies as to whether the organiza- {tlon of the delegates was the “federa- i tion” 1n itself or an “assembly of dele- {pates” of the federation. This change | In wording was carrled throughout the | constitution, A change in article 6, section 1, pro- | vides that election of officers of the | federation shail be by written ballot | instead of by acclumation. New Meeting Clause. Under the revised constitution, specinl meetings may be called by the presi- {upon took lssue with the proposed | dent or upon written request signed by | amendment, as.erting that under the!at least one delegate from each of five ‘mwmh!r assoclations, instead of merely by five delegates, as heretofore, Mr. { Buter explained that this was for the | purpos= of making mandatory speclal mectings more difficult. | A new seetion was added making an- nual dues payable in advance before | the annual meeting of the federation in November. A number of other amend- | ments designed to make admintsilative {procedure more expeditious were | approved. Mr. Suter urged the increasing of the annual dues from 810 to 815, charging that the organization actiyities being “starved” for funds, but the pro poral was defeated Adoption by Congress of the Brown bl dndorsed by the federation, Dr. Havenner rald, would make available | tor acquisition of parks in the vicinity of the National Cupital a fund ap- proximating 420,350,000 NEW WAR PI:dNE TESTED. Hen Craft Tried Out at Rockaway Naval Station BEW YORK, March 17 (F).—-A new a purpose war-time seaplane de- |#tgned tor use hoth I training and | ghting made successful test Mights [the Jockawiy naval alr statlon today. The craft, w biplene on . single centrally placed pontoon, 1 designed fc v men, with provision for a movable {gun mount and w bomb rack in the isscond cockpit ‘Three of the planes [huve boen buill by the Curtlss Aero- | plane and Motor Co. for the Navy. COURT-MARTIAL THREE. iitieh Call Officers in Battleship | 1 Band Dispute LONDON. Mareh 19 vendng Blandaid says that Mear . Collard, Capt Dowar and Comdr. 1 | oA e | Kenneth G 1M Dmngel 1y e bnd music dispute on the batte ship Royel Onk st Malta, wil) bg called hetore wogensial court-mant il which Is to Investigate the difficulty 1] OND.C. AFFAIRS AT TAKOMA PARK Committee to Study Farm- Hearing Set for Tomorrow ers’ Market Bill This to Air Controversy on Week. B. & 0. Spur. ‘That the fight between citizens and taxpayers of Takoma Park, Md., over s- | continuance of the Baltimore & Ohio lative a | Raflrond siding at North Takoma has busy week lies ahead of Senators who |only just begun is shown by the activ- direct the affairs of the Capital in the | itles of opponents of the siding, who upper branch of Congress. | are planning what promises to be one The subcommittee handling the ap- of the. largest demonstrations ever With committee work on the Dis- trict appropriation bill neari tion and with a number of 1. ORATORY SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES NGARAGUA MARIE FORCE I SELETE Local Guards in Expedition- ary Regiment . Gathered From Many Places. Ostensibly on & mission to supervise i the presidential elections in Nicaragua | next October, a regiment of Marines, | gleaned in handfuls from Marine | bases, naval bases, navy yards and sta- | tions and naval hospitals, as wcll as | ships on the east coast, will embark is absolutely | I the three officers concerned | propriation bill, headed by Chairman Phipps, made another tour of the city yesterday, inspecting additional pav- ing items, pausing for an inspection of the Western Market and visiting por- tions of the vater supply works. The subcommittee probably will hold execu- tive sessions this week to decide upon any cl ges that are to be made In | the provisions as passed by the House, after which the bill will be reported to the Senate. ‘The subcommittee stopped at Western Market yesterday to sce what repairs are needed to keep it in operation, Senator Capper having offered an amendment to provide for ifs con- tinued maintenance. Station Maintenance. The subcommittee also has been asked to consider what policy should be followed with regard to maintenance of the Bryant strect pumping station of the water ‘department, as a reserve agency. With the recent enlargement of the system the pumping areas are being supplied from the new plant and the gravity areas from t Bryant street filtration plant. The subcommittee has not yet ar- rived at decisions as to the changes it will make in the bill as it came from the House. Meanwhile, the Senate District com- mittee, headed by Chairman Capper. is ready to devote time during the week to the Farmers’ Market bill, the new med practice bill and the police- women's bill, . z In view of the amount of testimony taken last r cn the location of the market, the committee has decided to limit the hearings to two days, and r ports reaching the Capltol yesterday were that there will be a large attend- ance. Tuesday afternoon, beginning at 2 o'clock, Maryland farmers and the local groups that favor a site north of Pennsylvania avenue will be heard. Wednesday afternoon, supporters of the House bill, which calls for purchase of the Southwest site near the river front, will be heard. The committee vesterday was considering holding the arings in the Senate Office Building [ the Capitol committee room should { prove inadequate. i Joint Conference. Senate and House subcommittees in | eharge of proposed workmen's compen- | sation legislation for the District wili meet _jointly at 10 o'clock Thursday morning to consider several pending measures on that subject. Until re cently there were two bills pending. One. thorities and give the employer the companies or arrange for self-insur- ance. The other bill, advocated by labor groups, would placé administration under the Compensation Commission, would set up a fund, with an initial appropriation from the Treasury, for payment of compensation. Recently, Senator Blaine, Republican, introducing a bill which would apply ers’ compensation law to the District This would place administration under the United States Employes’ Compen- sation Commission, but would allow em- ployers to place their compensation in- surance with private companies, or to be self insured. A committee handling the question for the varlous business organizations of the city, plans to hold a conference ‘Tuesday in prerlrltion for the hear- ing at the Caplitol Thursday morning The new medical practice bill, includ- ing regulation of drugless healing, and the policewomen’s bill will be taken up by the Senate District committee Thursday afternoon, with the possibil- ity that both measures will be acted upon at that time. S-4 IS RECLAIMED FROM OCEAN GRAVE BY NAVY ENGINEERS " (Continued_from First Page.) more. ‘The 32 others who made up her crew have all been removed. It was Lieut. Graham Fitch of Washington in the torpedo room, who sent messages to the last, and the bodies of the lleu- tenant and his five companions have been undisturbed. The torpedo room has not been opened. When the sub I8 drydocked tomorrow the first thing to be done will be to open the room, What.tragie story will be found? BODIES TO BE REMOVED. Remaining Dead of S-4 Will Be Taken From Ship. BOSTON, March 17 (#)—When the Bubmarine 8-4, which was raised to- gay from the ocean floor off Province- town, is drydocked tomorrow at the Boston Navy Yard, the bodies of elght members of her crew will be removed from the hull where they have been im- prisoned since the submarine was sunk December 17 last, in collision with the Coast Guard Destroyer Pluldln% Forty men pepished when the S-4 made her last Alw including two mem- bers of a bonrd of inspection and sur- vey, which were superintending stand- ardization trials of the vessel, Dwing the salvage operations at Provingetown 32 bodles were taken from the engine and motor mpay ments. . Beeause 1t was impossible for divers o enter the torpedo hatch of the submarine, six bodlex known to be M the torpedo room were | [ | hoarseness, you Kee u Doctor or Mave You Health Depa or Natuwiday et 21 o'clock, To Prevent . Avold house dust Impure . Avold raw milk, raw cream a ourishing food. Get enough steep by retiring Wry (o avold wo acts on your body. I Telephone Main 992 Whe have paid fuy the u supported by business organizations of | | the District, would place administration | of the law under local insurance au- | right to place the insurance with private | United States Employes’ | which | of .-Wisconsin, offered a third plan by | the longshoremen's and harbor work- | If You Tire Easily it you should cough, loxs of weight, some ¢h tion, and you should lose no tine to ‘Tuberculosls Hospital, 14th and Upshur Sts N.W.. Tuesdny, Friday evenlngs from 7130 . Giet all the light and runshine possible inte your home, Be cheerful, Health Insurance amination Fyery Birthday At:ociation for the Preven | staged before the mayor and Town | Council of that community tomorrow | might. |,, The mayor and council had before it at its last meeting and has consid- cred at several earlier meetings, [ro- |tests of the citizens affected by the siding, who complained of it as a nui- sance, declaring it was no longer needed and was hurting adjacent prop- jerty values. These property owners |asked the town government to take | steps to protect not only the town prop- jerty but residential property of the | prolestants. | Siding Is Approved. . Action was deferred at the last meet- ing of the council at the request of H. B. Hendrick, vice president of the Ta- koma Park Chamber of Commerce, and at the last meeting of that organiza- | tion a resolution was adopted urging | continuance of the siding as a benefit | | to commercial interests, The action of the chamber has pro- duced considerable backfire among | property owners who are protesting the | siding and since that date opponents of the siding have been circulating pe- | titions and strengthening their forces for the attack at the council meeting tomorrow night. The siding is still used to unload freight shipments for Walter Reed Hos- nital It is estimated by freight of- ficials that 50 per cent of the freight | unloaded at this siding is for the hos- | pital Hospital officials, however, have | stated that freight could just as well be | unloaded at Silver Spring in the event | the council abolishes this siding. | Circulate Hand Bills. Not content with circulating peti- | tions, the forces opposed to the siding | have circulated hand bills throughout | the town of Takoma Park reading as follows: Md., erl hall the town of Takoma Park, | protect and improve its park prop- ) | Is the North Takoma freight sidirg a nuisance, damaging the town's park property and the residential area adjacent to the siding? “3. Is it necessary to abandon the frefght siding to insure the proper treatment of the entirc area from a park planning and zoning standpoint? “A number of interested and affected property owners in the area believe that the answer to each of these questions is ‘Yes.’ “They are planning to appeal to the mayor and council at’its next regular meeting to be held in the basement of the Presbyterlan Church tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Urged to Give Views. “The community is vitally interested in the question and all citizens are urgently requested to attend and make their views known to the council. J. | Bond Smith. corporation counsel for | | | the town of Tgkoma Park and general counsel for the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, | has promised to address the council on these questions and other speakers are expected to do lkewise, “This hand bill is ordered and paid | for by interested and affected citizens.” The council may prevent the use of | the siding, it is contended, by posting | “no_trespassing” signs over the town | property, which would prevent trucks using the siding, thus foreing its aban- donment. This property was dedicated to the town years ago for park pur poses, but has never been used. Sl ROME FLYER PICKS WILLIAMS AS AIDE Companion of Chamberlin to Make Attempt With Sabelli in April, By the Associated Press CURTISS FIELD, March 17.—Cesare Sabelll, Italian war ace, whose Bal- Ianca monoplane is nearing completion, | announced today that his co-pilot, both for an endurance flight in April and for | a flight to lome in May, would be Roger Q. Willlams, American flyer, who | recently made several attempts at the endurance record with Clarence Cham- berlin Sabelll's plane will have a 66-foot wing spread, a 1.000-gallon gasoline ca- pacity, a 6,000-mile cruising range and a Pratt & Whitney wasp motor of 425 horsepowe Sabelll has tentatively set the date for his transatlantic fight for May 20. ‘The only previous attempt to fly from Ne York to Rome was made last Sum- mer in the plane Old Glory, which was lost at sea with its crew of three men. ered, and two others believed to be in the engine room were not found. The six men who were in the tor- | pedo chamber when the §-4 sank and who lived to communicate with the surface by rapping signals for several days thereafter, were: Licut. Graham Newell Fitch, Wash- ington, D. C.: Torpedoman Roger Les- lie Bhort, Boonville, Mo.; Frank Snizek, Ridgnield Park, N. J. and Russel Archi- bald Crabb, 8an Diego, Calif., and Sea- men Joseph Leighton Stevens, Provi- dence, R. I, and George Pelnar, South Omaha, Nebr.. ‘The other two men who have not been acounted for are Machinists Mate Willinm Dempsey, Walkerville, Ontario, and Engineer Joseph Willlam Sternman, Riverside, R. I Divers who worked inside the hull of (he submarine pre- paring her for ralsing sald it was pos- sible that the bodles of these were behind the engli wher would have been dangerous to search for them while the hull was sub- m . also have @ persistent light pains or may be developmy consump reelf Kxamined at the Lree rtment Clinic ‘Thuraday o'olock, Consumption or clos nd butter made of unpasteurized enrly enough, Think kindly Your mind n of Tuberculo ORATORY CONTEST | contest last year, when she also repre- | prise of $3 for that place was won by | Upper left, Robert Duvall of the Ba ! den (Maryland) High School right, Reba Cupp of the Fairfax (Vir- ginia) High Schoel, and lower, Mar. garet Anne Peterson of St. Mary's Fe. male Seminary, St. Mary's City, Md., each of whom has been chosen as the | spokesman for their school in the Fifth | National Oratorical Contest. | 1 3 Entries Close in Competition| to Take Place in The Star Area. IT iad SPYRLE | Simultancous with the closing of entries yesterday, the schedule of com- Marlboro, Surratsville, Baden, Brand: petition meetings through which Will | yine Oxon Hill and Bowle Schools will be chosen the champlon of The Star |compete 3 area in the Fifth National Oratorical | Wednesday, April 11—McKinley Tech- | Contest was completed. At the same |nical High School semi-finals. | time. one more Washington school was| Thursday, April 12—Virginia group | enrolled In the private and parochial | contest No. 1. at Falls Church, when schools district of the contest and re- | the Falls Church, Oakton, McLean, ports were received from several schools ‘g&?;g;- "nfimnr:n ;&a Washingion-Lee in Maryland and Virginia that their [Schools will c spokesmen had been chosen and were | Friday, April 13—Virginia group con- for beattle in the “group” Cum<:u’-“ No. 2 at Alexandria, ‘\hcr: the petitions | Alexandria, Swavely, Clifton, Nokes- Beginning with a three-day series of | ville and Haymarket Schools will com- eliminations at Central High School | pete. this week, by which that school will | i reduce its remaining contestant neldi Monday, April 16—Virginia group | of 22 students to half that number in | contest number 3 at Herndon, when the its semi-finals next | Herndon, Floris Vocational, Fairfax, preparation for weck, the completed schedule presents | Lee.Jackson, Aldie and Ashburn High Contest at Herndon. an array of meetings which will occupy ‘| Schools will compete a part of practically every schoolday | =~ Tuesday, April 17—Central trom now until May 10. | school finals. The first week In April is the only |~ wednesday, April 18—Virginia group period of more than one day of in-| contest No. 4 at Leesburg, when the activity provided for by the program. | [ eesburg, Lovettsville, Round Hill, ‘The remainder of the time is taken up | Waterford, Lincoln and Hillsboro with semi-final and final meets of the | Scnools will compete. District of ~Columbia public high |~ Also April 18—Western High School schools: group contests in the MAary-| gemi-finals. land. Virginia and private and paro- Thursday chial schools district; district finals and, | gchool semi-finals, lastly, The Star finals. It is in that| “prygae. April concluding mecting that the orator who | genool finals, Will represent_this newspaper's area in |~ zle5 April 20—Virginia group con- the national finals, to be held May 26 | s No. 5 at Warrenton, when the in the Washington Auditorium, will be | warrenton, Bealton, Calverton, Rem- | selected. jer Schools Last School Enters. e A e The last school to enter the competi- | ~ Tuesday, April 24—McKinley Tech- tion was the Academy of the Sacred | nical High School finals. xm;rt.dme: Park road. which enrolled |~ Also April 24¢—Private and parochial yesterday. April 19—Business High 20—Eastern High the latter part of this week for the Central American republic to become a part of the Marine expeditionary force which went months ago to attempt to { subdue the rebel leader Sandino and his followers. Although with the arrival of this assemblage of Marines in Nicaragua half of the authorized personnel of the Marine Corps will be on foreign duty in that country, China, Santo Domingo and Hatti, there are still nearly 10,000 Marines not engaged in any expedition - ary work. With the detachment now forming for embarkation to Nicaragua on the ground there will be 3,638 Ma- rines there, and there now are 3979 in China, and about a thousand :in Haiti. While only 21 members of the corps will be taken at Washington, the m Jority of these, or 15, were taken from the Marine Guard at th» Navy Build- ing, whose duty it has been to guard during the entire 24 hours the secret papers and plans in the general board. and the invaluable secret books and papers in the code and signal section Six of the local contingent were taken from the Naval Hospital. Local Contingent. Those from the Navy Department guard, who stood their last watches {here today, and were sent to their homes to prepare for departure tomorrow morning at 9:20 o'clock for Quantico, Va.,, wherq they will join the detach- ment from that post and proceed to the paint of embarkation at rfolk, jare Corpls. John D. Doherty, Fran< Novotny, Georga C. Otte; Pvts. Le J. Ady, P. M. Bell, Eppy A. Dedmar Harry R. Dundas, Vernie Hudson, Kl mans J. Lutuzkiewiz, Edgar W. Sormar Odes White, Wilbur T. Dyer Manning and C. B. McKinst From the Naval Hospital will go Corp. Theodore A. Moore; Pvts. first-clas: Wellington W. Hill, Clarence H. Low- George W. Nabours, Cecil W. Sheppard and Pvt. Wilbur J. Shoemaker. Secord Lieut. J. R. Lanigan has been ordered from the Navy Yard Washing ton, D. C., and the following from Quan tico, Va.: Maj. K. First Lieuts. M. Scott, W. C. Hall, L. Buchanw, N. E. Clausen, H. W. Bacon, A. D. Challcombe, W. J. Wha! 16\8, J. NAJ thl;;cSecom nd Lieut. M. L. awson, Jjr., an et arte; Clerk C. Sefick. o Other officers ordered to proceed with the above to Norfolk to xe”mbar»: on the mine layer Oglala are F Lieut. L. A. Hohn, Philadelphia; Fir: Lieut. C. W Meigs, Boston; First Lieu F. W. Hanlon, Second Lieut. J. P. Shav, First Lieut. E. Hakala and Chief Ma- rine Gunner C. B. Loring, Portsmouth, | N. H.. Second Lieuts. R. P. Ross. J. | Sabater and J. G. Dreyspring, Phila- { delphia; Second Lieut. E. G. Marks, jLakehurst, N. J.. Second Lieut. P. L | Thwing, New London, Conn.; Chicf | Gunner’ A Anderson, Yorktown, Va.: | Second Lieut. R. H. McDowell from New York, First Lieut. W. F. Brown, Hampton Roads, Va.; Second Lieut. M | S. Swanson, Norfolk, Va.; Capt. R. R Wright_and Chief Pay Clerk W. J Miller, Philadelphia. Sister Mary Josepha, supe- | eroup contest No. 1, at McMahon Hall, rior, will have charge of the contest| Catholic University, when Immaculata participation in that school. | Seminary, Holy Cross Academy, Among the school spokesmen whose | paul's Academy, Immaculate Concep- victories were announced yesterday were | tjon Academy and the Academy of the Reba Cupp of the Fairfax (Va.) High| Sacred Heart will compete. School; Margaret Anne Peterson of St.|* Wednesday, April 25— Mary's Female Seminary, St. Mary's| school finals. City, Md., and Robert H. Duvall of the | Also April 25—Private and parochial | Baden, Md., High School group contest No. 2. at Gaston Hall, Speaking on “The Present slmm-.ofl,mflo‘m University, when Gonzaga | cance of the Constitution.” Miss Cupp | College, St. John's College, Notre Dame won the right to represent the Fairfax | Academy and St. Cecilia’s Academy will | School by defeating five other students | compete. Who had survived the elimination meets. | Thursday, April 26—Frivate and pa- In addition to the right to represent | rochial group contest No. 3, at Priends her school, Miss Cupp won a cash award | Meeting House, 1809 I street, when Sid- of 5 which, with two other prises. | well's Friends School, Deviit Prepara- | was_offered by the Fairfax School | tory School, Emerson Institute, Gunston Board. In her conquest Miss Cupp car- | Hall and Woodward School for Boys ried the experience she gained in the | i) compete. eiday Apil sented the Fairfax School in the group | scf,lo‘udl tinsl:“ ; phase, m Second honors and the school board's | IS —— e ard'S | aronday. Apeil S0—Maryiand district Tanner Kinnier, who spoke on “The | finals with five group contest winners Development of the Constitution,” and | competing for Maryland district cham- third place with an award of $1 went to | Pionship, at Bethesda. Laverne Rhodecap with an oration on| ~Wednesday, May 1—Virginia district | “The Present Significance of the Con- | finals with five group contest \l'mnen‘ stitution.” F. S. McCandlish, presi- | competing for Virginia district cham- | dent of the Fairfax School Board, pre- | Plonship, at the Washington-Lee High sided over the meeting, in which the | School. Ballston. | Judges were W. T. Woodson, clerk of | Friday. May 4—Private and Paro- the county school board: Thomas P.|chial district finals with three grouy Chapman, sr., mayor of Fairfax; John | COntest winners competing, for the pri- | W. Rust, C. C. Carr, president of the | Vate and parochial schools district | School Leagues of Fairfax County, and | Championship, at St. Paul's Academy. : Mrs. J. U. Kincheloe, member of the Thursday, May 10—The Evening Star school board. | finuls with' the winners of the eight | Baltimore Girl Wins. | district contests competing for the | ehampionship of this newspaper's na- Anne Peterson won_the right to rep- | tional oratorical contest area, 8 place ressnt St. Mary's Female Seminaiy | in the pational finals, $200 in cash and With an oration ‘on “The Development of the Constitution.” A student of tha a three-month tour of Europe. seminary for three years, Miss Peter- i o Wi o2 it | ZEPPELIN FIRM SEEKS ars old. She is president of ‘the BUYER FOR DIRIGIBLEV Junlor class at her school and she 1s a Latest Air Giant Not for Spain, Says Company. Setting $1.- 000,000 Minimum Price. Robert Duvall, another veteran of Ry the Associated Pross. lml{lul'l(‘-l combat, repeated his feat of FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Qermany, | last year when he won the right to be March 17.-When the new giant Zep- | spokesman for the Baden School Seventeen years old, Duvall fs presi- pelin now nearing completion reaches | | Amertea for the first time, it might | dent of the senfor class in his school, where he 1s a leader in base ball and well carry a “for sale” sign. Contrary | to general opinion, it was learned to- 27—Business High i The follows Monday, Mare 4. Maryland group vontest No. 1, at Hyattsville, I‘l\vl‘ the Hyattsville, Seat Pleasant, Faidand, Takoma-Hilver Spring and Sandy Spring Bohools compete Tuensdny, March 27 Maryland group contest No. 2 at Rockville, when the Rockville, Galthersburg, — Dickerson, Poolesville, Georgetown Proparatory and. Bethesda Schools will compate. Wednesday, Mareh 8- Maryland group contest No. %, at Leonardtown, when Leonard Hall, * Mary's Aoad- emy, Chreat Mills High School, 8t Mury's Fen minary and Charlatte HAll will compete Also March 28 the concluston of the Oentral High Sehool semi-Annls, “Thursday, Mareh 20 Maryland group contest No 4, at La Plata, when the 1a Plata, Lackey, River Springs, Glasva And Hugheaville High Schools will come- | that profession at the University of (o the closing phase of its participa- | {ransoceanic service between Seville and | compete oratorically before the faculty (he feviathan of the air, the proceeds | aurvive. ch will be awarded $30, peals to Church Laywen particularly as it aftects members of Fluough the brotherhood, wn organt- I announced today pectal attention s Maryland, following his graduation (rom Baden High Sehool. tion i the contest tomorrow, when | guenos Aires, but is & strictly private | Central begins the seleotion of "‘1"“‘“““‘ of the Zeppelin Works. contest committeo tomortow, TUesdAY | ymmediately will be invested in the | and Wednesday. — About half of them | construction of & sister ship. | 1) The Star's prize for semi-fAnalists the local public sehools. to Place Jobless. By the Assoviated Pross It own - congregations, 15 belng made by the Lutheran Minstevium of Penuns Fation of lavmen @ the wajority of fhese congregations, a general appeal to be paid (o heads &0 families 1 I addition, every congregation which | 1022 11th Street NJW. above buitebin (lowai gotive) soocer. He is ambitious to become civil engineer and he will prepare for With Eastern’s five semi-finalists al- | | ready chosen, the second District of | gay that the new ship has not been Columbia_publie high schools Wil en- | grdered by the Spanish government tor semi-Auals contestants. Central's larke | The company anfouncement said ir ! contestant fleld already has been ves |y purchaser ean be-found who is will- duced to 22 and these survivors will | g o pay $1,000.000 to $1.250.000 for | will be eliminted and the vietors wil - compete March 26 and 27 i the Central b | semi-fals, mowhieh five orators will{ LUTHERAN CLERGY SEEKS| ¥ | Schedule Announced. o 5 oy A ttensive competitive .wn.-.mh-EM‘"'"*‘“""' of Peunsylvania Ap- PHILADELPHIA, Mateh 1T~ A con- certed effort to cope dequately with the present problem of unemployment, sylvania. The organieation includes about 600 congregations in - eastern Pennsvivania and adiacent States. has gone out o complete co-operation With the pastors of (he chaches W PlACIE Wen out of employment, 1t was peto has not established & “poor fund™ tor Friday, March 30 Maryland group | the Inmediate Teliel of needy vases W contest No. 5, at Marlboro, when the fstiuoted (0 Qo 3o, St. | Western High | The foliowing have been ordered to report aboard the United States sup- Py ship Bridge at Charleston, S. C.. for transportation to Nicaragua. Capt. C. McL. Lott, Second &uh A. G. Bliesener, M. C. Levie, W- Troxell and L. A. Brown, from hfi? Island, S. C. Second Lieut. J. M Ranck, Naval Station, t'ew Orleans: Second Lieuts. T. G. McFarland and T D. Marks, from Pensacola. and Second Lieut. J. S. Letcher, Key West. One of the battleships from’ the Scouting Fieet now at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. will embark Marines from other vessels and proceed with them to the Central American Republic. The Arkansas will furnish 83 men of its Marine guard for this detachment, th Wyoming 87 men, the Florida 65 m the Utah 68 men. and 30 men will b | taken from the shore station at Guax- tanamo. - The Marine detachments from t battleships Nevada and Oklahoma, nu bering 58 men, have been detailed (. this expedition, and will embark Norfolk aboard the mine layer. For five Marines from the Camden will be sent from Coco Solo, on the Atlant’: end of the Panama Canal. Other Detachments. The assembly of others to form the expeditionary force has been orderc from the following places to Norfols for embarkation: Sea School, Norfolk Va. 23 men; Annapelis, 11; Boston, 30 Chelsea Hogpital, Boston, 10: Marine Barracks, Great Lakes, 7. Naval Hos- pital, Great Lakes, 1 i a.. Indian Hey York Yard, 30: New pital, 10; Norfolk Navy folk Naval H tal, 10; Philadelphia Navy Yard. §5; tico, Va., 50; Navy Building guard, 15; Naval Hospital. this 'y Yard, 40. Nor- | eity. 6, and South Charleston, W.\a., 9. The organization which will sail from Charleston, S. C. on the supply ship Bridge, will be composed of 30 fur Charleston, 8. C.. 8 from Key Wes {from New Orleans and 113 from F sland. In addition two officers of the Navy Medical Corps and 16 hospital corps- men have been ardered with these tachments. One of the officers, not yet designated. will go from Philadelphia 1t was announced. and the other from the Air Station at Pensacola. DIPLOMA MILL CASE INDICTMENT QUASHED Assistant U. S, Prosecutor Says Accused’s Name Was Usad Without Cousent. Assistant United States Attorney M Pearl McCall yesterday nolle prosse before Chief Justice MeCuy ta crimiea division 1 af the Distriot of Columbia Supreme Court, an indictment for eo SPIracY 10 use the mails to defra against Irene Conley of Minneapw! M connection with the conduet of ¢ Central Sclentific College at Fargs, N Dak. The assistant posecutor e\ platned to the court that the woemany name had been used in the lteratwe {ot the school without her knowledae and consent, declared she would give valuable fnformation for the Guvern- ment. rene Conley was indioted with Nobie Hon Martl perintendent of schools at Deering, N Dak, and six oihey porsons in the “diploma mill™ case NEW SMALLPOX CASE. Another case of u» K WAS TO. corded on (he District Hoalih Depart. nment's contaglous disess lodger yes torday, making & total of elght siwee the outbreak at Clearge Washingtoun University Hospitat The Victim was & pial. bt was disel disease doveloped patient at the hos. }m.M balore v