Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1928, Page 2

g an - C._THURSDAY. MARCIT 22 1028, 3 MAY PCK MARKET . STENET WK Senate Committee Closes| Two-Day Hearing on Various Sites. The Senate Dist be ready next week to make its decision ocation of the Farmers' Mar- 1ght to a close yesterday afternoon a two-day hearing at which sthe forces of the Southwest and the ‘advocates of a site north of Pennsylva- Xia avenue engaged in another spirited ‘debate over the merits of their respec- tive localities. The final hearing vesterday was al- ed primarily es to enable for the site avenue. Before the meeting however,, speakers on both sides of the question took part in an impromptu_exchange of views Led by Col. Wrisley Brown, support- of the Southwest site near the river based their case chiefly on the that the Farmers' Market is y unit of the wholesale food of the city rather than a retail nd that, therefore, it should go of the cold storage plants them to answer the h of Penn- ct committee may | WASHTNGTON, “MOTHER OF | to the Southwest ad- | | funicipal Fish Market, below | yivania avenue Wholesale and Retail. From the start of the hearings, Chair- | 3 d | witnesses to en- | as to whether is generally Te- or retail place, rs' Market s a wholesale ust before adjournment yesterday called George M. Roberts, superin- {w S, m es and mar- questioned him carefully on s answered that the | is regarded as com- and retail, and that department has been e retail end. Capper asked the superin- tendent to comment on the testimony of the Southwest advocates that 92 per cent of the business of the old Farmers’ Market has been wholesale and 8 per retail | Roberts took issue with the testi- it as his opionion that about $3.000,000 in produce | dled aanually, approximately 20 per or $600.000. is sold to consumers, | leaving 80 per cent wholesale. “'So, what we need is a wholesale mar- | ki questioned Senator Copeland of New York No. sir.” the witness replied, “what | we need is & first class Farmers' Mar- | ket for both wholesale and retail, and | we should gncourage the retail busi- r. Roberts refrained from specitying | eference for any site, but said that | in the past 10 years there has been a | substantial growth of the retail end of | the Farmers' Market business, and this | f;cto{ should be considered in picking | the site. Charges Coalition. Col. Brown told the committee at| the outset that the case in support of the Southwest site near the river front and the Fish Market had been covered so completely before the Commissioners and the House committee that he would ly submit those records and con- e himself to answe new argu- ments advanced Tuesday by his oppo- | nents. | He declared that the proponents of various sites north of Pennsyivania ave- B Parposeof detesting he Bialker 2 urpose of defea! ofll, :Ire approved by the House, for purchase of the Southwest location. He predicted that if they succeed in beat- g that measure, they will once more Begin separate of different " T ot ‘Fenafyheania’ avenue, by throwing the question back to int starting pof .Senator Bruce ini a that it could be left to the Comm! ers to choose a site from among the market 18 g 337, 1a buyers favor the Southwest site, anrd"mtended that since they are heavy taxpayers in the District, they are en- titled to as much, if not -mare, con- sideration than Maryland and Virginia farmers who come in and rent space at_the market, ‘There was further discussion yester- | dav as to whether & mafority of the! commission merchants favor Southwest | or a Northeast site near the Patterson tract. . Referring {o testimony given Tuesday that commission merchants who favor| the Northeast have put up deposits totaling $40,000 in connection with an option op - the Patterson tract, Col. BErown told the committee his informa- is that only $5,000 is involved in the o] and that the $40,000 figure includes checks put up by comthission merchants toward stores to be estab- lished 1f they decide to go to that site. Says Farmers Will Not Go. J. O. Harrison, a_commission mer- | hant, who testified Tuesday concerning | . Fe- | rated yesterday that $40,000 has been ised. ‘Questioned by Senator Cope- land as to how much of thai sum represented an option on the property and how much was for establishment of hkslue.se places, Mr. Harrison said he did ot have all the details with him, ]hu! could furnish it to the committes ater. Asked by Benator Glass of Virginta if | he believes the commission men would #0 ahead with the Patterson tract plan if the Farmers' Market is placed South- | . Mr. Harrison replied he thought ey would “because we have the back- | & of 400 or 500 farmers that they will not go Southwest.” George F. Harrison, a Virginia farmer, replied yesterday to intimations made | Tuesday by Maryland farmers that they | would stop Lringing produce to Wash- | ingon if have %0 go o a South- west site. Mr. Harrison told the com- mittee that if such a course is followed the Virginia farmers would supply Washington with the produce it nee Martin T. Webb, another Virginia | rmer, also took fssue with testimony | Tuesday to the effect that there | t among Virginia farmers | ant site Eack ) mar we o testified that the | ket does a large nt of retal as well as wholesals | The Boy! site also was | lvatore Bcalco and R. H. | Cumpbeli the ar % up Washington's om the Tidewater | nd and Virginia he Mid-City Citizens plea for a rket, north G M of the Trintdud | renewed the argi- citizens want the PATK purposes a ment that N Paiterson tract MERGER MEET DELAYED. e Commission Sets Saturdey tor Digcussion, proposed Pub needed i witk compantes into conference ! Marcia Valli, the youngest grandmother in the movies, who will act a :h:sl';ek. in The Evening Star Golden Rule Save-a-Child Safety Crusade. children. She is “GOLDEN RULE" CAMPAIGN PLANNED TO SAVE CHILDREN (Continued from First Page) |ington, bearing a message of care, cau- e 3 tion and consideration for children, the is entirely his own affair. This is not o | crusading car will be certain to at- law enforcement campaign. The laws | tract the eyes of tens of thousands. To are well enough, so far as they go, but | &ll who see it will be reflecied the hundreds of tragedies result from no | thought Drive as you would have violation of the letter of the traffic code, | Others drive.” It is intended to bring This is purely an effort to induce each | b2CK to the mind of the average adult driver o put himself in the other fel- |WOtOrist that there were no soeeding | low's place. automobiles racing through residential The following figures for the past| S(¥eels and school zones when he was | five years were furnished today by the ® f‘.‘.‘,:‘d' t el || The feature motion pictw 1823—Total number of accidents, tion. entitled “The Penalty,” has been 8.410: children under 14 years injured, | Started by The Star, in o-operation 556; fatalities, 91; children under 14 ¥ith the Fox Theater. It will be di- years Killed, 18. rected by a mationally known director 1926—Total number of accidents | with a local cast. It will first be thrown 9.444; children under 14 years injured. "ion the soreen at the Fox Saturday, §08: fatalitios, 103; children under 14 | March 31. Six Washington _children years killed, 20. . | will be seiected by the local Fox or- 1924—Total number of accidents, Banization arcia Valll, the youngest children under 14 years injured, grandmother on the screen, and fea- Ti5: ‘fatalities. 85: children under 14 tured mption picture actress, arrived in years killed, 18. ashington todsy to act the part of 1926—Total number of accidents, ~Mother of Safety.” The six children 7,116: children under 14 years injured. chosen will be aiven parts designed as 741: fatalities, 77; children under 14 8 Visual editorial on the menace of years killed, 21. speed in residential districts. Parents 1927-~Total number of accidents, |Of children over 5, preferably not over | 4,945; children under 14 years injured, 10, are invited to enter them as candi- | produc- | 624; fatalities, 88; children under 14 b “Mother of Safety” to Washington children for pictured above with one of her grand- BELITTLES ALARM ONUNEMPLOYMENT Federal Survey Calls Reports “Exaggerated”—Condi- tions Improve. By the Associated Press. Undue alarm has been occasioned in the country by recent “exaggerated re- ports” as to the amount of unemploy- ment existing in industry and com- merce, the United States Employment Service declared yesterday in publish- ing its monthly review of conditions for February. A Winter slackening of Industry did occur, Rirector Jones of the service asserted, and a considerable | number of workers were jobless, but he also declared that consumption had in- creased and that the prospect was good “The horizon 18 clearing, and the employment outlook is encouraging,” iS]R MORTIMER DAVIS, | CANADIAN BANKER, DIES lw;.lny Known | By the Associated Press, | CANNES,' France, March 22.—Sir and Employes |, SATY Davis, widely known Canadian | Financier and Sportsman .of Dominion Suc- S ON VORRER AL | Employers 1 Outline Stand on Com- w pensation Measures. cumbs in France. banker and sportsman, died today. Heart disease was the cause of death. Sir Mortimer Davis, who was presi- dent of the Imperial Tobacco Co. of Canada, was 62 years old. He was born |in Montreal. He was chairman of the | board of directors of several industrial and a director in many other between the | DO ers and em- | firm financial organizations, including the | Although an agreement groups representing emple ployes on the subject of ‘a_workmen's | U 1 org - ABLAERE aw for the District was | United States Rubber Co. and the Royal compe on law for the District was | United States fu not finally reached at a hearing before | joint Senate a subsommit- | Sir Mortimer was an active spor! the joint Senate and House subcominit-| Sir Mothmer Weg o6 8t tee, today. the meeting adjourned with | 1 e indications that the problem may be [have won lmpfllmn‘y stake given further consideration by~ the | American and European turf. members from the two branches of | Congress | The meeting today revolved chiefly | around the question of whether the | horemen’s compensation law could .pplied to the District of Columbia | a compromise meas n mn‘ ups that have ad ditferent | compensation plans for a period of seven | y | on the ACQUITTED MAN KNIFED IN COURT Mcther of Dead Girl Fires at Defendant—Aunt Stabs Him. E both the employer and the employes' groups reiterated at the hearing today that there is no dis- agreement as to the need for a compen- law for ington, but ecach gain_declared itself in favor of it_had supported at previous sessions. The employers, the subcom- mittee was told today. still believe the hill bill is fair and should ed. The bill would place ad- tion of the liw under the local insurance department and permit the employer to place his comper surance with private resentatives of the mmittee they still believe er-Fitzgerald bill, which dministration under th Spokesmen for | p 3 vill By the Associated Press COLUMBIANA, Ala., F. Blake March 23 Calera chief of police. as fired at by one woman and then stabbed by another in Circuit Court here today just after he had been ac- uitted of the murder of their relative iiss Louise Monteabaro Mabel Monteabaro, mother of girl, fired a pistol from a distance of about five feet as Blake was being congratulated by his friends. The shot went wild. Miss Cecil Tubbs, an aunt of the girl. leaped at the police chier drawing a knife as she flung herself to- ward him, and stabbed him in the neck H in the would g Government ful M er would pay t the compensation ion which the emplo; um to cover surance After each group had reiterated it indorsement of the pirticular bill it has supported in the past they turned | to a discussion of the compromise bill of Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wis- consin, to apply the longshoremen's act | Bake iVashidgsn | "“The courtroom was in a turmoil in Regarded as Compromise. a moment, and Charlie C. McCall, State This would mean administration by ' attorney, general, who had personally the United States Employes Compensa- | prosecufed Blake, fainted from the ex- tion Commission, but would permit the | citement employer to place his insurance with Physicians said they could private_companies from their first W. W. Everett, heading the group |Blake's wound would be fatal from the various trade and business | toppled into the jury box from which organizations, said they are unanimous | for the Bruce-Underhill bill. He said they do not regard it as an employers bill but as a compromise because it has changed a number of times du: ing the years it has been hefore Col gress and because it is nfore liberal than the Maryland or Virginia law Frank L. Coleman, secretary of the Cen- tral Labor Union and spokesman for the employes' group, said they still contend | 1 the in- not tell filing out. They assisted in picking him up and carrving him to a hospital. TREE PROTECTION s which | Blake fell, the blood streaming from the | examination whether He had the men who freed him were slowly | IDENTIFY MYSTERY * WOMAN AS NURSE | Chioroform Victim Believed to | Be Mrs. Mary True. Fights for Life. Brought back from the borderland of death by the alchemy of science and | skill, a woman identified this morning | as Mrs. Mary True, a nurse aj Suffolk | Sanatorium, Long Island, pronounced | dead yesterday only to be found alive| when she reached the morgue, is fight- | ing for life at Casualty Hospital At 1 oclock this afternoon the | patient was breathing naturally, with{ |good respiratory action and a fairiy | strong pulse. The oxygen inhalator was | dispensed with at 1 o'clock this morn- | ing when she took a turn for the better. | Described by Physician. | Dr. Edwin P. Kolb, superintendent of | | the sanatorium, which is at Holtsville, | | Long Island, gave a description of the missing nurse which tallies in every | respect to that of the patient. More than a score of persons attempted to {dentify her last night, but failed when | told that her upper teeth are gold. Dr. | Kolb not_only described accurately her |teeth and general physical appearance. ! but gave a detailed and correct descrip- tion of her cloak and baggage. A pencil note in the handwriting of | Mrs. True, whose father, Frank Mc- Robie, lives near Altamont, Md., was re- ceived yesterday by the physiclan. He LINDY GONTINUES PASSENGER FLIGHTS Members of Congress Enjoy Third Day of Fiying With Famoug Pilot. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh continued today to act as flying professor for Sen- ators and members of Congress, with Bolling Field and two army “ships” as his classroom and his students, the Na- tion's legislators and their families who came with a will to be taught the safety and practicality of flying. His program has been laid out te take the notables along not only today until dusk, but also tomorrow and Saturday. Chairman Zihiman of the House Dis- trict committee, with Mrs. Zihiman and their 6-year-old daughter, Suzanne, were passengers on the morning's first trip which began at 11 o'clock. Although Mrs. Zihlman came down Bolling Field without the intention of taking to the air, and was undecided about & hop five minutes before the take-off, she expressed herself as delighted after the ride. Other passengers on the first trip were Representative Treadway of Massachusetts, Representative and Mrs. Chalmers of Ohio and Senator McLean of Connecticut. Changes to Larger Plane. When Col. Lindbergh arrived at the field members of Congress who were waiting had him autograph some pa- pers. The first trips of the morning were made in a Douglas plane, but the noted colonel changed on the third trip to the big Army triple-motored stated that it bore a New York post- mark and indicated that it had been | | mailed at 11 o'clock Tuesday night— | just half an hour after the departure of the train from which she had mailed two letters. It was unsigned and stated simply that she would “not be back.” Husband Killed in Blast. ! Dr. Kolb stated that Mrs. True, whose | | husband was killed in a mine explosion several years ago, had been a nurse | | at his sanitorium for the past two years. She was of a nervous temperament, he said, and was a former tubercular pa- tient at the West Virginia Sanitarium, | Hopemont, W. Va. Her sister also lives | near Altamont. ’she could not be reached this morning Distant relatives of Mr. McRobie | stated over the telephone this afternoon that he lived in the recesses of Back Bone Mountain, near Wilson, Md., ! and could not be reached by telephone. The roads, they said, were impassable, owing to a heavy snowfall, but an at- | tempt will be made to climb to his mountain home and tell him that a woman, believed to be his daughter, is in a dying condition here. All of them knew Mrs. True and their description of her corresponded to that given by Fokker air transport Passengers on the second trip were | Representative and Mrs. Weller, the | wife of Representative Canfield - diana, the wife of Representativ | Strotner of West Virginia, Mrs. Dewex | Cockrell and Mrs. Jean Brindley. The third trip brought aloft the son and daughter of Representative Garber of Oklahoma, the son and daug Representative Canfield f Representative Maas of Minnesota and Assistant Attorney General John Mar- shall and his son, A stiff breeze whip | fleld and at times raised clouds of dust. ‘DESKM the chill a goodly crowd was fon hand to watch the operations. Other passengers taken up by Col | Lindbergh included Mr. and Mrs. 5. M Shawen and 7-year-old Robert Benson cousins of Representative Kurtz of Pennsylvania. Carries 106 Passengers. Col. Lindbergh made a dozen tripe yesterday afternoon with members of Congress and their families as his guests in the big Fokker Army transport, carrying 106 persons in all. One of the passengers was Roswell Leavitt, 84 years old, the father of Chairman d across the | Dr. Kolb. | Scott Leavitt of the House Indian af- ighti ) | fairs committee. He was delighted and Has Fighting Chance. - While the patient’s condition is e { jokingly remarked that he had always for the P if there is a chance of obtaining legis- lation at this session the union would waive the monopolistic Government in- surance feature, as contemplated by the Blaine bill Want Three Judges. John B. Andrews, sccretary of American Association for Labor Legis- lation, in supporting Mr. Colcman argued in favor of administration of the law by the United States Compen- sation Commission on the grounds th 1t would mean three judges pas: on the claims instead of one, as would be | the case if the law were administered | by a deputy superintendent in the Dis- | oo ) hatt | 1 trict Insurance Department In closing the discussion on e | of his bill Representative Underhill of Massachusetts declared tht throughout the seven years the question has been before Congress a disposition has been | consistent in arguing that the Govern- | ment should not go into business. “1 don't know but what we can get together,” said Mr. Underhiil. Per- haps we could suggest a local commis- sion of three judges to administer the law the Federal Commission would fix the rates high enough to cover the cver- head. If you can eliminate the Gov- ernment from this line of business | am for it. The only objection to the com promise is that the Government would be saddled with an additional expense of administration.” Mr, Underhill previou |out that the Blaine ake the itzgerald bill, but declare that | Perhaps we could arrange that | pointed | specimen plants, and particularly point- | tremely critical, physicians declared at | noon 3,oday that she has “a fighting | chance” to recover. Early this morn- ing diaphragm breathing set in and the | oxygen inhalator, which had kept alive | the feeble spark of life since the dis- | covery of its existence at 9 a'clock yes- | terday morning, was removed | Although she is in a coma, induct d by a powerful anesthetic, apparently self-administered as she lay in her berth on a train. which brought her here from New York when her body was discovered, her respiration was nearly normal this morning and her pulse was full, though irregular. Her respiration was 16. Normal respiration is from 18| |to 20. Her pulse was 68. She has never regained consclousness. Chloroform Is Offset. The oxygen treatment, administered URGED BY EXPERT Entomology Chief Pleads That New Arboretum Be Kept Free From Pests. Something new and different should put into eflect in the establishment | proposed National Arboretum | Dr. C. L. Marlatt, chief of the | Bureau of Entomology of the Depart- | ment of Agriculture, told the Fourth | Shade Tree Conference, which began R oot ay " Ha " aqva | for 16 consecutive hours by members of| | cated placing in it only specimens of |the Fire Department rescus squad as| | trees and woody plants of North | Physicians injected stimul e | A national arboretum, he said, is a|'l€ved 10 | | great and laudable project. but there i | ¢flects of the chloroform. which she | » it | Inhaled and swallowed. The inhalator a great danger in the making of it|WhARd and, cwaliowed. oo TAORA A which does not exist after it is once es- 4 4 | At 3:30 o'clock she took & decided turn | tavlished. He pointed out that theforthe better and at 7:10 o'clock mem- anger lay in the pests which might | [ be imported on specimens from various | S o0r <ig THicue squad ended thelr | | parts of the world |at :3\;-'1::;\‘2' el ey He added that many of the pests — After her removal from the office of which had attacked trees and plants! ipe morgue, which had been turned | in this country were brought in on|into an improvised hospital room when W. M. Schoneberger, the morgue mas- ter, and W. W. Estes, his assistant, ed to the wiping out of the chestnut ' years killed, 15. Fatalities Were Not Intention: These fatalities, of course, were not | intentional. Many of the motorists re- sponsible for them were estimable per- sons, loyal to their families and chari- table to their neighbors. Most of them were doing their best—in the blunder- | ing, lazy way common to most of us— | to, fashion their lives in accordance | witll the supreme law, of human con-| duct ex) in the Golden Rule. | But killed the 92 children. ‘The motorist knows his brakes are bad when he starts from home in the mrmn& He is pressed for time. He| knows t there is only a chance in a | thousand, if he drives carefully, that he | will get into trouble. It is extremely | unplikely that he will be stopped by a| jceman. Everything is in favor of | is success in this minor and conven- fent violation of the law. He reasons out the situation, but purely from the standpoint of his own probability of escaping injury or the embarrassment | dates by bringing them to The Star Bullding Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, Screen tests will be made of all children entered. Group movie | the summary declared. “The iron and | steel . industry, long recognized as a | reliable barometer, has shown & definite views of all child candidates will be | improvement. Orders for structural included in the finished film produc- |Mmaterials, railroad cars, rails and other tlon when released at the Fox. The |equipmeit, not to mention the increase Star is secking child types that will (In demand for automobile materials, portray children at play from all walks Practically assures a steady increase to of life | forces employed. With the advent of |Spring a further improvement in the unemployment situation will terialize.” The Labor Department is making a prominent in_civle afairs, cabinet ol | (huta: whiéh will be made public soon, cers, members of the House and Senate |and the data on which Director Jones' and officers of varlous departments, as | yiews are based will be contained there- well as prominent citizens, will be ask- | " The summary declared in general ed to take a “3-minute turn” behind | ihat while no materlal change had oc- the wheel of the crusading car of mer- | cyrred in the situation during February. cy to teach others safety by their ex- | ps ich 4 i 4 ; . | the latter part of the month has indi- ample. Thousands of Washington mo- ad ¢ vard tre n sev- . |cated “a definite upward trend in sev torists will be asked to volunteer 85| oral major industries S DROMOSES CONTROL Notables to Drive Car. During the five-day tour of the city | by the “Golden Car” men and women ma- | of an apearance in Traffic Court, He| pssumes, of course, that the other man's | brakes will be good. He doesn't reason it out in the light of the Golden Rule- the heart-breaking possibilities of the thousandth chance. He approaches a school safety zone He sees no children on the street. There is no policeman near at hand. It is a | short cut to his destination. He dashes | through without moderating his speed. | A hundred chances to one nobody will) mental law of moral conduct. When | be injured and he will not be caught— i he kills or injures somebody he resents but every now and then the bare possi- | the insinuation that he is a eriminal. | bility becomes an actuality and some | He couldn't help it. It was the other | little body is loaded into the ambulance. | person’s fault. Thus he tries to soothe | Chanos 9/ Bave Meastaches, | his_conscience for his neglect ! | The ¢hild of today hasnt so much ! It is in just such situations that ||’|Ql‘ chanee to grow up in safety as had the | application. of the golden rule would | child of 20 years ago, Every automo- | save many a day of heartache and bile recklessly driven on the streets re- bitter repentance | duces his chances just so much, But | Means of avolding trafic accidents' an application of the Golden Rule ! constitute a problem of major impor- | would go a long ways toward mitigat- | tance. There has been no very ef- ing this situation. This is the message fective solution up to date. Here and ' which The Star is attempting to con- there the figures have been cut down | vey to the drivers of Washington a trifle for a year, only to mount again | ((,;, TORE. by i W Sat Thiern the next year It is not likely that there ever will be a legislative solu- tion The only solution was given early John Coolidee Her 2000 years ago in the Sermon on the | . g =i Mount. o trom this pomt of view! With Two Friends o ly s ple. Nl e eginl »For 10 Days’ Re All trafe legislation 1s simply clumsy effort 1o restate the golden rule John Coolidge is back at the White House to be with his purents for the in terms of a particular problem | next 10 days. He arrived from Am- he comes to the man seated behind the wheel of a fast automobile. On a clear | road he feels above the law. The in- dividual who may apply the Golden Rule most conscientiously in all | other relationships to his fellow men re- gards school safety zones as nuisances He allows his brakes to get out of re- pair and his lights to deteriorate. The whole trouble is that he has forgotten, | in this one particular, the most yvmdn- sht star) | it . Ninety per cent of all traffic acci-| dents are due W violations of the golden | last” night, accompanied by Edward Young of Brooklyn, one of rule 1f every motorist and every peds his classmates at Amherst, and Jack Hills of North Hampton, a freshman conducted himself in accordancy the golden rule, all traffic codes could | be thrown away. Even most of the ble accidents” would disap- | pne jatter 1 & son of Mrs. R, B. PORK LYV S DN IRDPF O0IYKII Hill, aahooiEela rmir a1, M1y Coolidge, who has been & house guest at the White House for several week John arrived al the White House appearing o be li the bust of health and spirits and looking forward to an enjoyable relaxation from his tudies. He expects to do consider able horseback riding and with his school friends, will participate In a number of soctal activities with the young: of the Capttal This the first time | been home since the holldays. although he 5 mother trequently during two visits to North Hampton to visit with her mother Mrs. Goodhue, during the Winter i t | | “Sermon in Motors” Planned It 15 with this thought in mind that | The Evening Star will launch on Sat- rday the city-wide campalgn to im press the old, old truth on the people | of Washington in terms of automo- biles Fundamentally, so far as human | relationships go, there is no differcnce between the high-powered car of today and the uss of ancient Judea The gold-plated automobile pecially processed from roof 1o fenders in ground metallic gold and plate, will start it five-day tour of Washinglon street romptly at noon urday. It s In lended s w “sermon in motors” Cruis ing guletly about the streets of Wa 4 | | | ,at 10 am. Mondi | the engineer department admits, is likely to | ! electric | under | units sepurated from the apparatu OF REFRIGERATION There is a curious tendency on the Covell to Present Measure gnrl of motorists to forget the Golden ule. A mischievious sense of power for Regulation and Fees in Capital. A proposed regulation requiring the | issuing of permits for the installation of refrigerating machinery in private ! dwellings or public halls in the District was annoy Covell, sloner, Inviting “constructive criticism.” Maj Covell has arranged for a hearing in the boardroom of the District Building v, April 2, Copies of regulation, which, the ced today by Maj. W. E. R Absistant Engineer Commis- proposed stir many protests, were sent out today to citizens' assoclations, bullders and other interested parties No refrigerating or other machine for { lowering natural temperature could be installed without a permit it and inspec 1 and approval by the plumbing and departments of e District the regulation pr In the case of churches, theaters halls or “any place of publie assembly the fire marshal would first pass on all such applications The cost of the permit would range from 81 to 85 for motors of more than one-half horsepower wnd not than one horsepower, with t 81 for each added horsepower Additlonal fees would be required for Inspection under the cloctrical regula tlons and in the case of refrigerating or multiple-unit systems, tee of §1 for there would be each sepurated unit a in addition to the fee for the apparatus Lieut. Wiley Resigns The President has accepted (he ves nation of Sccond Lieut. Harold Wiley, Const Arttilery Corps, recentl stationed i the Philippines Lieu Wiley I8 from Lown He was graduated from the Military Academy in July, 1921, more | charge tree i the Appalachian area by the chestnut canker. He asked that the proposed arboretum | longshoreman's act applicable here stil! | leaves administration of the question | under the Government, and said th the longshoreman’s act has cost to the | to be placed on the Eastern branch, | Government $330,000 since its adoption | should be made up enurely of speci- | He said the local application of that|mens from North America, adding that | law would add to the Government's|there is no continent richer in variety cost of administration. Dr. C. A. Taylor, chief of the Bureau f Plant Industry of the Department of | Agriculture, sald that Government | Another suggestion of a possible com- | agency was now purchasing the land promise came from P. T. Sherman, a |for the new arboretum, part of whici | casualty insurance man, who suggested | will be made up of acquired land and | that if it is desired to apply the long- | part of land reclaimed on the Anacostia | shoremen's plan to Washington it |flats. In it, he said, it is proposed to| Tosurance Man Offers Plan. should be done by writing the principles | provide a comprehensive collection of | of that law into a separate bill for | trees for sclentific study. the District rather than to apply the | Col. William B. Ladue, District En-| longshoreman’s act as a whole to the | gineer Commissioner, in a brief address District. He sald that in this way the | welcomed the delegates to the city longshoremen’s plan in the District’| Dr. H. G. Knight, chief of ths Bu- could be amended when it is tound |reau of Chemistry and Soil of the Do- ary without affecting the long- | partment of Agriculture; Col. W. B. | shoremen’s law for the country Greely, chief forester, and Dr. k. T Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, Merchants | Wherry of the Bureau of Chemistr: and Manufacturers' Association, and [and Sofl also spoke, following which | Walter Balderson of the Washington | there was a round-table discussion led | Chamber of Commerce advocated the | by Dr. W. E. Britton, Connecticut State | administration of the law by District | entymologist } | authorities on the ground that the | The delegates tonight are scheduled to people of Washington should be al-| hear an address on the Washington owed to retain what home rule they | pirk system by Lieut. Col. U | 3rd. director of publie ildings Brashears of the Insurance Club Jubdpe- ane |of the District also urged local control | on shade tree development by F. L, of the administration of the law, point- | Mulford of the United States Bureau of ing out that changes might become | Plant Industry. necessary in the longshoreman’s act . that would not be applicable to condi tions in Washington PREACHER STRESSES if the Bruce-Underhill bill became law | DUTIES OF LAYMEN and the labor group was permitted to | R pick out the deputy superintendent to | administer it. Mr. Andrews replied that | Speaker at Services in Keith's Theater Deplores Low Salaries fon commission rather than a | Fred S. Walker, secretary of | pographical Union, also took part in_the discussion | | | Thomas M. Baldwin, District super intendent of insurance, inquired what the attitude of the labor men would be | he was contending for the prl\m-uml of | having several judicial minds to admin- | | ister the law as in the case of a com- | . of Clergymen. 1 | c . . The responsibility of laymen in lend- The hearing adjourned subject to the Y ‘_“”"”"A:.‘“Mh"m'd::w‘ e o ng fnanclal and moral support to their e T wreh and minister was stressed by Dr. Charles L. Goodell of New York in . a sormon at the midday Lenten serv- BAND CONCERTS ices under auspices of the Washingtor SR ederation of Churches i Kelt Theater today. Due ta the lack of lay By (he United States Marine Band|men upholding thelr responsibility al the Marine Barracks at 7 o'clock. | clergymen today have a greater respon- Taylor Branson, leader | ibility”than ever before, Dr. Goodell March, “Joyce's 1 suid |~ ment | Dr_Goodell deplored the low salaries | Overture, | recelved by clorgymen, declaring that Fantaste, “Le Cld the man who sweeps the streets gets Trombone solo, "Celeste more money than many preachers Remlscences of Ireland” Godfrey [ Dr Goodell will deliver his fifth of Festival march, “Bohemians” . Hadley | a sevies of five addresses at Keith's Matines' hymn, “The Halls of Monte- | Theater tomorrow. His subject will be zZuma The Foundation of Our Faith ™ he Dr W. L. Darby, executive secretary |of the Washington Federation of TOMORROW Churches, anounced at the services to- United States Marine Band | dey that, beginning Monday, the serv- Orchestra_at the Marine Barracks at|ices v auspices of the Federation 3:30 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader. | will be held each day in the New York March, "Volunteers” Metra | Aveniie Presbyterian Church. This is | Overture, “Mountains North,” | due, TReginn | program arrangement at Keith's Thea- song," ter | Dr. Darby expr | t E: . | | | | Regi- Phedre’ Massenet Atda”. ., Verdi Star Spangled Banner By the of the () “Russtan Slumber | Gretchaninow | and Mice co-operation give Leonard | ter management in the Pivant | ting the services to be held there. Dr. | Jacobowskl | Dantel A~ Poling of New York, pastor Wagner | of Marble Colleglate Church and presi Verditdent of the International Soclety of of Monte- | Christian Endeavor, will be the speaker fat the services In the New York Ave Presbytertan Church next week e thanks for | () Humoresque, “Cat past in permit- Quartets for wind instrument cones from “Erminte tegtried Tdy) nd mareh Marines' hymn, wina I'he Alda Ihe Hall Star Spangled Banner nue | the woman lay on a mattress, it was | All of the members of the rescue squad detected a telltale twitching of the throat muscles which indicated life, to the hospital, more than 75 persons tele- phoned for information, many of them seeking to identify her. First Pronounced Dead | Willlam Earle, porter, who discovered | her body, fully clothed except for mzi shoes, with a piece of chlorocorm- | soaked gauze clutched in one hand and two vials nearby, stated that he mailed two letters for her shortly after she boarded his train in New York. She asked him to awaken her at 6:30 and when he went to do so he found her unconscious, apparently lifeless. A Washington Terminal physician viewed the ly and pronounced her dead. stating that she had been dead tor at | least an hour. | After eight hours of patient work in | the little office of the Morgue, where | | | | | | decided to attempt a blood transfusion. volunteered to give their blood, but a wanted a good map of Washington and now he had obtained it, lmmsme air. HARDING'S ESTATE FREE OF OIL BONDS Executor Says Two Held From First Issue Were Not in Continental Deal. By the Associated Press. MARION, Ohio, March 22 —Charles D. Schaffner, executor of the estate of the late President Warren G. Hard- ing, today announced that an exami- nation of his records by a special in- | vestigator of the Senate public lands committee definitely established that the late President possessed nonme of the $3,080.000 worth of Continental Trading Co. bonds involved in the Teapot Dome oil scandal. Mr. Schaffner said’ Willlam F. Allen, acting as special investigator for the Senate committee, completed the in- vestigation yesterday and expected to present his findings to Senator Thomas J. Walsh in Washington late today. Mr. Schaffner said only two -bonds of the first liberty loan were found and :'gl%\ of them were for denominations of All of the Liberty bonds involved in the holdings of the Continental Trading Co.. were of the first Liberty loan and were of §1,000 denomination. Serfal numbers of the two first Lib~ ertles in the Harding estate were given as 6520 and 6531, neither of which corresponded to the numbers of the Continental nds. Investigation® revealed that the President had $182.770 worth of Liberty bonds and Mrs. Harding held $55,300 worth in her name. All of their L bonds were of the second, thir fourth loans except the two which were found not to be in the holdings of the Contin ———— EUROPEAN AUTO CARTEL Grant, | public parks, and an {llustrated lecture | he explained, to a change in the | the | 1 by the Keith's Thea- | test indicated that her blood matched | that of Pvt. D. J. McCarthy, 1301 Mary= land avenue northeast, a member of the | | squad. | REPORTED IN MAKING My the Assoctated Press PARIS, March 22.—The Paris Herald oday said a huge European o bile cartel is being organised American makers out of T markets. Italians are the prime motive vroject. They will broach it at a ing here of the leading a manufacturers of the world They will propose putting Americ on A quota basis tn the European mare ket and will ask American mar turers, who will be represented at the meeting. to agree voluntarily to the posal. While experts in Paris are doubtful as to the feasibility of the plan, they see the general movement a dangerous bic to American trade. MRS. HARRIS.ON TO WED. PARIS, March 22(# —Announcement was made yesterday of age ment of Mrs. Elizabeth Wrentmore Har rison. former wife of Francis Burton Harrison, one-time governor of the Philippines, to Alexander James Graham Watson, investment banker of s Edinburgh and London _The wedding will be in Paris April 14 Militia Officers to Confer With Sec-i - — — - | retary of War to Urge Execu- | NOONDA\ | LENTEN SERVICES tive Support. | In an effort to push to final action | proposed legislation which would pro- | vide a permanent armory for the Na- tional Guard of the District of Colum- | bla, Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, com- imuumnu the local militia, and Lieut Col. Peyton G. Nevitt, adjutant, will confer tomorrow morning with Secre- tary of War Davis Gen. Stephan, it was said at Guard | | headquarters, will seek to have Secre- tary Davis obtain the support of the President for the proposed legislation, | (0 the end that it will be put on the| program for final passage at this session The pending bill provides for the al- location to the Guard of the Penson | Office Building as soon as the general accounting office, which now occuples it, has moved Into the new building now i course of construction i the Avenue triangle. Transfusion Successful. A _consultation between Dr. | Joseph D. Rogers, assistant coroner, and | Drs. J. W. Ballard, A. M. McDonald | and Leon Gordon of Casuaity Hospital, | the transfusion was successfully made. | The fireman’s blood was removed as he “s;z in the inquest room, adjoining the office. | i Two nurses, Miss Elizabeth MeCooe | |and Miss A. M. Denlinger. assisted in | | the operation. At 6 o'clock it was | decmed safe to remove her to the hose pital. For the first time her clothing was removed and she was placed in a | bed. Then the oxygen inhalator was| | placed in position and the patient work | of resuscitation resumed Dr. Ballard gave injeotions of glucose and soda this morning and Dr. E&\an | who fs also head of Casualty Hospital, stated that the patient had “a fighting chance.” As vet she gives no response | to external stimulants. 'STEPHAN TO SEEK ACTION ON ARMORY | After KEITH'S THEATER 12:20 to 1 O'Clock Auspices Washington FEDERATION OF CHURCHES SPEAKER THIS WEEK Dr. Charles L. Goodell Federal Council of Churches ALL CORDIALLY INVITED