Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1928, Page 2

R BETTER TEAMWORK C. OF C. KEYNOTE 16th Annual Meeting of Na- tional Organization Opens Here Tomorrow. Better teamwork in business as the Best means of maintaining local and national prosperity will be the central theme of the sixteenth annual meeting of the Chamber of Commorce of the . United States, which will open a five- day session here tomorrow. More than | 1.500 business organizations represent- g all lines of industry, finance and commerce and every section of the country have been invited to send dele- gates and about 3,000 delegates are “Teamwork for Prosperity” will be the general theme for the meeting and un- | der this heading all phases of busir ! co-operation will be discussed. Group buying and seliing, the “new comp: b S ORI \ | value of the swock from Aarch 1, 1913, | jon” with wh dustries strug | for new markets and kindred subjects | will be presented by leading business Among the principal Lewis E. Pierson, president of chambsr. who is chairmsn | board of the American Exchange | Irving Trust Co. New York. and Judge | Edwin B. Parker, chairman of the board of directors of the chamber. | Pools Important Issue. Pools and cartels, the heavy artillery mt is being brought into piay m th: ernational struggle for worl Il have an important the program. What is being & the United States to meet this ch: rategy of foreign trade deve ment and what can be done in the ture will be cutlined by Dr. Jut Kiein director of the Bureau of Poreign and Domestic Commerce of ths Depart- ment of Commerce. He will discuss the | progress of American export associations under the Webb-Pomerene act and the import combinations or pools | or the purchase of crude rubber, pot- | ash and other raw materials. Discussion of the growing importance of foreign commerce as & major factor m the prosperity of individual concerns, SEees 22 SIODE NOTE LEFT WOMAN I HISSNG m ction. At the session of the finance group e i =L ers will be the national of th 1 JUDGE EDWIN B. PARKER. oy A. Young ernor of the Federal | g;‘ierve Bcarfi.ggivu speak cn the de-| velopment of the countrs’s credit struc- ture. Another spaker at this session will be Prof. Thon:nlfi de?d.ms ok‘;’?llle‘ » University, who cuss what 1s P : {Mrs. Lillian Finney of Seat ahead in taxation. Sessions on Distribution. Pleasant Has Been in Il Health Recently. Sessions on distribution will be e~ o fundamen! voted to discussions of el factors in merchandising. revaluaticy %-! Leaving a note to her husband in Creen I A e, At oucy | Which she expressad the intention of 1ran essions. - The | taking hor life, and requesting him to A Ty BT Soamiictcon. | Ditce’ thalr fou Sl Moo & e, servation of labor, teamwork for lower Mre. Lilllan Finney of Se=at Pleasant, costs, the future of industry and the Mdd-. légher!noéne n;terd;y :It:mwn porte: orecasti: industrial 2D not bsen found, dcspite a o - { trantic sedrch by her husband, Thomas Edwar: Pinney. | The husband appeared at rs, last night, displa: him, and police | ying the | another’ to help T to a- merce Commission scrutiny by the eommunications group. | Bon i alos be dlacume]. Teamwork | bt was turned ove the pow:r industry will be taken up{ Detective L. M. Wilson for inve Finney. a machinist in the shons of L. E. Smoot Sand & Gravel Co., | his wife had been in ill haaith for months. and had frequently waked the night and told him that she would rather bs dead than lon: to | endure her suffering. i Yesterday he returned from work at jr.. 11 years old. said, had left at | at|2 o'clock, siating that she wes going | note to him sta d no longer endure 1i ted that she) fe, and asked urn the children over to his Mrs. Alice Poore, 3320 Dent or_his niece, Miss Gladys Hil- of Baliston, Va., until they could | §g B 8§ ¥ "of the sale. THE § UNDAY § TAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. MAY 6. 1928—PART T.' porbaesirii R TR 53 = COUZENS WINS TAX ~ APPEAL VERDICT 'Board Silent on Charge Mel-| lon Scught Added Levy as Spite Move. ¥ long coniosied $35,000.000 Ford sttied yesterday by | rd of Tax Appeals in favor of | nine former minority stockholders | of the Ford Motor Co. commis- | enue from levying | ssmenis for the fi s of the defendants stock, the point of | ns the e case hinging on profits made le fo th2 stock, the point of concention revolved on the inerease in the legal for computing back w0 Sepicmber 31, 1v19, the date The defendants contended that the wordlt $3,489. share in had been by former Com- Commissioner auon vaiuea the stock at $2.- | 634 a snave, and later raisad it to $3,047. | Nay Claim Refunéds. n a position dirzagy paid the Geiense | oniention, particuiarly by | counsel 1o Couzens of Mich- that the commissioner had no nght 1o reopen the c: The com- mussioner has this right, the board heid, | if gross error or error of calculation | were discovered.” | Counsel for the Senator, who has long been at odds with Secretary Mellon oi | the Treas: charged that the pro- | ceedings constituted “persecution,” in- | as much as a former commissioner had | placed the $9,.489.34 valuation on the stock, accepted the tax payments and had formally closed the case. On this pieading the Commissioner Roper's v voluntary, graiui.ou scope of ‘the commis: Such | a valuation, the board added, was not binding, and by making it the commis- sioner h ken over a responstbility | me: for the. taxpayer. Over Year's Action. The cas2 came to the board of tax ;])g‘?fls on January 7, 1927, atter it 2 the | | | been reopened by Commissioner Blair on the ground that the former sattlement was based on erroneous val- uation of the stock. Hearings were held until May 6, 1927, when the board took the voluminous evidence under consid- eration, resulting in today’s decision. Although the board formally passes on only the Couzens' case. the decision applies to all nine former stockholders. A rough estimate of the amount of taxes saved by them plus interes:, as | coniained m the pleadings follows: | James M. Couzens, $9.455,303; John | F. Dodge estate, $4,337,205; Horace E. | Dodge estate, $4,337,205; Horace H.| Rockham, $4.347,205; Paul R. Gray. $2277,079: David Gray, $2.227,079. | Philip H. Gray estate, $2,277,079, and | Reseita V. Hauss, $84,404. | Rules Ethics Out. The board emphasized in its opinion that the “morals or ethics” of the case were not “within the domain of the Judgment of the board” and it made no attempt to pass on this ph controversy, which frequently has in- volved the name of Secretary Mellon, whom Senator Couzens has charged in- | stigated the proceedings in retaliation | for nis mvestigation of the Bureau of | Internal Revenue In fixing the value of ths stock, the | board said | “Looking at this in the light' of all | the circumstances and considering not only the bright factors, but also the| uncertainties and the risks which were | inevitable, we are of the opinion that | the feir market price or value of the stock owned by this patitioner in the | Ford Motor Co. on March 1, 1913, was | at the rate of $10,000 a share.” | Efficiency Bureau to Send Competition t Agents Out to Gather Tax Statistics. In continuation of its inquiry into the fiscal affairs of the District govern- ment, which has been in progress since January, the United States Bureau of | Riding = School, Efficiency will send investigators this avenue. Summer to other cities similar in size | which Mrs. James P. Curtis is chair- SEEKS FISCAL DATA- CHILOREN T0 HAVE FROM OTHER TS OWN HORSE SHOW A formation of 22 huge twin-motored bombing planes being at‘acked by a | squadron of 18 fast single-seater pursuit planes during the Air Corps maneuvers ai Langley Field, Va. This is the hardest condition which combat planes have to meet, as the bombers in close formation bristle like a porcupine with machine gunfire. (TIZENS DEFEND RPLANE ARMADA WORTHLESS CHECK, PLANS MANEUVERS 70 Modern Flying Ships Gather at Pope Field for Sham Battles. By th FORT BRAGG. N. C. May 5.—Pope Field, aviation headquarters of Fort Bragg Army Post, tonight took on the Associated Press tions as one of the strongest air squad- rons ever mustered in peace time lined 4up _for maneuvers. Seventy modern airplanes, including bombers, attackers, pursuits and trans- ports, piloted by the pick of Uncle Sam's Aviation Corps, quartered at Pope Field this evening. coming in from Langley via Raleigh. The troops brought the Aviation Corps staff from Wa: 0 Teach Young- | sress. representatives of foreign em- b and newspapermen. The ships sters to Ride Correctly to | m e mne on o, Foukl: | o Be Held Saturday. tune their planes in preparation for shington. several members of Con- the experiments in modern air fighting. which is to begin on Monday, over Vaughn Hill, highest point on the Children of many prominent Capital | ATD reservation. families will compete in an unusual horse show to be held next Saturday morning and afternoon at the Preece 2602 Massachusetts | The committee in charge, of | | place during the maneuvers. Pursuit and attack planes will center an offen- sive against a battalion of Bragg artil- lery, drawn by horses, in a theoretical battle. Following this sally, the ships | will lay a protective smoke screen on appearance of war-time aerial prepara- | Everything in air fighting will take | {above or below that of the Capital, will | be Declared Organic. ] The decision 'was the longest ever | handed down by the tax board, con- | sisting of 219 mimeographed pages. One | | member of the board, Lansdon, dis- over me, Sweetheart, for I am | sented in part, saying that in his opin- living.” the note ended. | fon Commissioner Roper's act consisted note 0 her mother, Mrs. W. L. | of more than a gratuitous, unbinding t Alexandria, Va., requested for- | act and that the board shotld consider lvenness for her act and repeated the meral and ethical questions. placed in a home. h: or tne deeper the water, the deeper body will be. Now, please don't Bl E'_i was 15 years old when she was married. Thelr are Thomas Edward, to Washington, to get financial statis- | man, is principally interested in having ties upon which to base a comparison | the children taught to ride correctly. | of their rates of taxation and munic- | Although the idea has been tried in | ipal expenses with those of this city. |other parts of the country, a show of | A report, which is expected to shed this character has never before been | much light on the question of a fair held here. apportionment of the expenses of the| Among the features will be a| District between the Federal Govern- mother's lead-in class, in which mothers | ment and the people of the Capual, will | will lead their smsall children on ponles\ be made to the Budget Bureau in the | around the ring. There will be a chil- | Fall for transmission o President Cool- | dren’s hunt team class, the children to | idge and Congress. wear pink coats and hunting caps. Amen:c lhexcl‘:lcs D“eltmtk: wil:lb&vls'u-‘ Many in Family Class. ed are Cleveland, roft an: nein- “ * natt. Other municipalities in the “Wash- | | The L“_T‘Ly‘.;ly“j;m“fi;f,’;.‘n“;‘,fl,‘;’,‘,‘,fi» o “,‘:;‘,!’c“":,‘;;!_’,).fi,',‘;‘:p',.,,‘"fl“‘”“: including Secretary of War Davis and & s Sapit his daughter, Helen: Mrs. Theodore | udied. ‘é)ouziu Ré)blnsog ;ndP ha:d youngcsé; “The _investigation,” said Herbert | daughter, Capt. C. R. P. Rodgers an D. Brown, chist of the Bureau of EM-~ | M little “"‘“"'vh""'s&“" :lfl- hfltol’- clency last night, “will bs the same 't L. Bacon and her three daughters, ase of the | that we have been making for the last | MrS. James F. Curtis and her youngest | potroft; three months. At present Herbert H. | daughter, Pauline; Newbold Noyes and | Rapp of the bureau is continuing his | is son. Newbold, ‘]r.. and m-nyvo o studies of Census Bureau reports on the | David Smith of Warrenton, Va. is financial statistics of other cities, and | bringing on some of his famous hunt- | of the history of the financial relations | €75 for the show. At the afternoon per- | that have existed between the Federal | formance there will be a hunt ciass, and local Governments in the past, | composad of five teams, who will com- back to the time when the 50-50 ratio Pte for the purse offered by the com- | was in effect. mittee. . | Will Gather Data. Musical chairs, a feature of the 5 = morning performance, is arousing much 3 : e compets. e the ying | District inquiry, we expect to send Mr. | the l::"maren will circle a row of Peb:xrs, | Rapp and perhaps several other men | jump on tneir horses at a signal, rush | into the fleld to gather data for the | Jor a chalr, then back onto their horses, | o iaking fair comparisons.” | one child being left out as in the old | A e resent ne of Jerusalem. inquiry is being conducted at the re. 5% O Seesbem: Tetain quest of Director Lord of the Budget | ureau. He seid that the inquiries up| Arthur White and Turner Wiltshire to this time by the Efficiency Bureau |Of Middleburg, Va. and Dion K of into District affairs have been made at | Washington will judge the show. Prizes the request eithor of the Senate and |and ribbons will be given in all cvents. House appropriations committees, the| Members of the committec for the Gibson committee of the House the horse show are Mrs. Charles G. Dawes, Budget Bureau, or the District Com- |the British Ambassador and Lady isa- missioners. | bella Howard, the Sccretary of War Representative Blanton of Texas has | and Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, Representa- criticized the another artillery unit. moving toward the “front” under war-time conditions. An aerial combat, lacking only actual shooting of real shells, will follow when 50 of the planes will attack moving troops on 20 seconds’ notice. Specta- tors may witness this from a distance of 600 yards, Lieut. Harlan W. Holden, commandant at Pope Field, said. A demonstration of field artillery firing anti-aircraft machine guns will be staged Monday night, the guns shooting tracer shells planes. Pollowing the maneuvers here, armada will head south for Augusta, Ga., for fuel, proceeding to Fort Ben- ning for further practice. They will swing around the Army camps, includ- ing. Kelly Field, Fort Riley, Kans.: Chanute Fleld, .; Selfridge Field, Wilbur Wright Pleld, Daytona, ck to Bolling Field at Washing- at and ba ton. 50 PLANES CIRCLE RALEIGH. Airships Going to Maneuvers Fly Over State Capital. RALEIGH, N. C., May 5 (#).—Fifty odd Army planes, en route from Langley Field, Va.. to Fort Bragg. paid their respects to the State capital to- day in a circling air parade over Raleigh. The big planes, flying in formation, came in from the North, circled the city and dipped as they passed over the | Capitol, then sped away to the Sowth- | east. | CUSTOMS CALLS G. 0. P. | MAN FOR RUM IMPORTS California Treasurer Asked to Ex- low-fiying | the | ." it says, “is or-| 11! John A.. 9. Samuel P., 6, and Al- | Do injury one section of the bert E. Pinney, 14 months old. Only| country or one branch of economic en- | the eldest appeared to appreciate the deavor and it is felt through the or-| fact that they faced the loss of their Let one great section of the! mother, Pinney said, after he had read country or one great branch of enter- | to the older three the mother's note. grte receive & heipful stimulus, and it | Priends in Upper Marlboro are caring felt throughout the organism. or the children. the Mississi] flood ramified out | through the country. Other lines of | business were sensitive to the earlier ) fties for team- | or wmwmemnly and- lo- | cally, and the various factors affecting | such teamwork, with indication of suc- cessful methods that have been pursued, will be passed in review at the forth- coming meeting of American business men.* | Right Rev. F. C. Kelley’s! Name Headed Lists Sent to Rome. TREASURY WORKER DROPS | DEAD IN MONEY VAULT|yac Made Notable Record i John C. Bulges, 68, Buccumbs to, Oklahoma—Once Church Heart Attack—8afe Room : Editor. Contains $50,000. John C. Bulger, 66 years old, who | t 26 years of his life preparing x:mmuolmanc 0 banks at the of- | e of the Controller of the Currency, vll degd yesterday in a vault containing 350,000, Mr. Bulger was stricken shortly after he was going aboul his s, Coroner Nevitt decided . %ap due ¥ & heart attack tie tesiGed sl 313 Bixth street south enst Mis vidow and a daughter, Mr: Virginia Ler “tus, also of Washington wurvive, Foiersl arrangements aie VnaIng, MEXICO MARKS HOLIDAY. Troope l:ny:)v:; 'z; Anniversary of ¥rench Defeat in 1862 yenrs. 0 CITY ) exs. | The bishops end archbishops of the e Y e b S.w‘f | United Btates under whose control Gay. \he suniversary of the Gefest of |Catholic University functions have te French forces in 1862 near Puebla, | BIOUEHt much presure on Bishiop Kelley President Calles and the cabinet re- | W obtain his consenl u Lake the rector - Viewed the Mexico City gerrison and | Ship. His well known administrative Witnessed other militery maneuvres | 4bility and his phenomens) success i h S oty $oelf onss | Bnancing every project he has had in hile the sity Koslé enioysd & hetiday. | charge make him, i the opinion of g sy | the arehbishop and * the MISSION WORKER DIES. |Catholic University, the idesi man for the position. Cathiolic University has o entered on & tremendous plan of ex- * Rev. William White War Superin- | tension and nas need of money W put = |this plan I execution Bishop 27 Yewrs Kelley has been in Tulse only four EADING, Pu, Moy § UP),—The|Years ut be has built substential William White, o Jerintendent of | €AUhedral and caused the erection of ope Rescue Mission here for 21 years, | more then 100 new churches and setionelly known for his rescue | Schovls g Al suddenly st the| Bishop Kelley s in his 58th year and » n last night MHe was born in|is & nauve of Prince Bdward Island Jreland. and eiter coming W “he United | He received his education in Charlottes- Blates 35 years agn was for some years | Lown and ut Ladsl University on Prince \out worker on the Bowery, New | KAward Islund. He made his higher “1‘ rollegiate ptudies at Notre Dame Uni- Persistent rumors have come from Rome o suthorities of Catholic Uni- versity of the impending appointment |of Right Rev. Francis Clement Kelley, { Bshop of Tulsa, Okla. as successor W | Bishop Shahan, retired, as rector of that institution Last October three |names were sent W Rome by the hierarchy of the Catholic Church and Bishop Kelley's name was st the head of the list. At the same time another |list was prepared by the University's faculty, composed of the executive of ficers and the deans of the different | schools, and aga the list. This would ha { his immediate appointment but for the reluctance of any bishop in eharge of bis own see, & life post. 19 accepl one | of lesser dignity with a term of only six tendent for BISHOP OF TULSA IS RUMORED AS NEW RECTOR AT CATHOLIC U. | he was editor of the Extension Maga- faculty of | k of desire to continus life i, : 22 CHILDREN DROWN.. Finney said last night that his wif MOBCOW, May 5 (P .—Twenty-two children were drowned today when a boat which was carrying them down the Kuban River capsized. Twelve bodies nave been recovered. The Ku- ban rises in the Caucasus and flows into the Sea of Azov | | HABR G -RwinG BISHOP KELLEY, versity, Maving boen connected with the archdiccese of Chicego, he was or- dained by the late Archbiihop Quigley i 1893 and he has been in charge of wevefal churches in Chicago and vietnity During his 12 years' service as presi- dent of the Catholic Kxtension Boclety, 7ine, one of the most nfluential Catho- lie dailies of the United Btates. He Is wuthor of several books on religlous subjects, Among them “The Last | Battle of the Gods” “The World wnd Pthe City’ “The Flaming Cross,” and | one nove, “Charred Woo He hus also written “Letters to Jack,” a widely | read book of sdvice to boys Bishop Kelley 1s an orator of ability | " He wiy ordained o priest i 1893 and saw service as a chaplain In the Span- wsh-American War e held u pastorate 8L Lapeer, Mich., for 14 years and in 1905, with Areh: bishop Quigley of Chicago, established what he called an vestigation of District affairs. to clear up this point, Congress in- serted 1n the independent offices ap- propriation bill, which has just p. both houses, authorizing conduct an investi, affairs, similar to that which it affairs of all Government and agencies. “We do not consider that the new |Lean, Mr. ai provision gives the bureau any authority with regard to District affairs which it does not already have,” said Mr. Brown “We are going ahead with the inquiry Just as we would have done if the new | provision had not been passed by Con- gress, The purpose of the inquiry is to find out what sort of an arrange- ment should exist between the Federal Government and the District with re- gard to financial affairs” Will Compare Taxes, Discussing the investigation with a representative of The Star last night, Mz, Rapp said that the purpose of the proposed visits to other cities is to dis- cover what taxes their pedple pay and to get information upon which to base 4 comparison of their true tax rates with the true tax rate of Washington, He sald he would study the relationship between the assessed value of real estate for the purpose of taxation and its true value as disclosed by actual sales over a period of time. n order to muke the comparison fair, Mr. Rapp said that it would have to be determined how much of the expenses of other cities are met by borrowing money by bond lssues. In such cases, he explained, the tax rate might be | lower than that of Washington, but as Washington has no bonded indebted- ness, the comparison would not be a falr one unless this fact was taken into consideration, If other cities have re- duced their taxes because they have borrowed money, that fact will be shown, Buch questons as tax exemptions, taxes on real and personal property, business and non-business lcenses, and similar information, will be caretully studied In other citles, as well as in Washington, in order to give n complets picture of the fuancial affairs of the Capital and that of cities of shinuar wlze, Mr, Rapp explained While the Efficiency Bureau's investi- gation relates to the same subject ns that which Is belng considered by the conferees of the House and Senate, who are wrestling with the District appropriation bill, the bureau's work has no bearing upon the present situ- ation in Congress, It Is intended to furnish facts to assist In reaching an intelligent and falr solution of the next Winter Mason Quits Chicago U OHICAGO, May b (A".—~Max Mason, president of the University of Chicago, the Extension Soclety. He was conses crated bishop in 1024 He 15 & member of the Unigglty | Ciiib of this ciy, b | tonight announced his resignation to | take charge of the newly created di- vision of natural sclences of the Rocke- deller Foundation, | bureau for conducting Gve and Mrs. Richard Aldrich, mpu-.; unauthorized” in- | sentative and Mrs. Robert L. Bacon, | In order | Mrs. J. Mandeville Carlisle, Mr. and | | assed | ovan, Sherman Flint, Mr. and Mrs. Ben- a provision specifically | famin R. Holcombe, Mr. and Mrs. the Effciency Bureau to | ter Bruce Howe, igation into District | Miss Virginia Hollerith, is | of the naval attache of authorized to conduct fnto the financtal | bassy: Mr. and Mrs. departments | Hugh Legare, Mr. and Mrs. Demarest | | | | problem by the time Congress convenes | the national convention here yesterday. | Charles Chaqueneau, | neau plain 23 Bottles of Liquor in Baggage. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, May 5.—Albert Lurie, wal treasurer of the California State Repub- Miss Nan Hollerith und | ICaD organimtion, has been directed to Mme. Lais. wife | appear before the collector of the port the Itallan cm- | on Tuesday, customs officials said today. Iiwin Laughlin, The or:cr followed the seizure last Fri- | day night of 23 bottles of liquor in his and Mrs Edward B. M- | paggage when he disembarked from the nd Mrs. Eugene Myers, Mr. | liner Aquitania and Mrs. Newbold Noyes, Mrs. George g Hewitt Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Ashton | Rollins, Miss Isabelle Rowland and Mrs, Willlam A. Scully. Mrs. Robert Choate, Mrs. James F. Curtis, Col. and Mrs. William J. Dcn- Lloyd, Mr. he pler. customs agents said, because | he admitted the presence of liquor | among his effects when they boarded | the liner at Quarantine. | | | | Washington Has Hottest Day East of Rockies. | Washington registered the highest temperature reported east of the Rocky | Mountains yesterday, with 93 degrees recorded. | . This torrid wave was topped off with thundershowers in the evening which sent the mercury tumbling. The weather man, scanning the horizon last night, with reports from all over the | tountry before him, asserted that Washington's weather today will be falr and cooler, with tomorrow fair with slowly rising temperature. RHINELANDER KIN GETS RENO DIVORCE Heiress Charges Failure to Provide and Wins Care of Girl—Wedding in 1921 Was Brilliant Event. MERCURY SOARS IN D. C. led Pross, RENO, Nev., May 5.—Adelaide Rhine- Iander Chaquencau, sister of Kip Rhinelander, has obtained an uncon- tested divorce here from' Jullen St formerly Julien 8L, Charles Shackno of Brooklyn, N. Y Mis, Chaqueneau charged her hus- | band with fatlure to provide the com- mon necessities of life, An agreement | made lnst December gave Mrs. Chaque- neau the care of a 4-year-old daughter and a financlal settlement. She sur- rendered all claim to alimony and as- sumed unpaid bills for a Paris, France, apartment and also payment of a $13,000 mortgage on New York property The Rhinelander heiress and Chaque- were inarried In St. Thomas' Church, New York, November #, 1021 | at one of the briltfant soclal events of that season, EMILY G. BALCH NAMED HEAD OF PEACE LEAGUE The maintaining an resistance and " Tuherculosis g healthy body. Other Officers Eleoted at Closing Bession of National Convention, Emily Green Balch was elected presi- dent of the United States section of the Women's International League for Peace | and Freedom at the closing sesston of | oream. . Try to avold worry, on your body. 8he succeods Jane Addams of Chicago Mrs. Maude Richards was made act- ing chalrman of the board, Zonia Haber | wis elected reglonal vice chatrman, | Mis. Florence Tausslg, Lreasurer Mrs, Margaret 8. 8loss, seoretary to the board, and Dorothy Detzer, executive | secretary The electlon was held at the Willard that way vou can have Association for the Pre Telephone Main 992 J Hotel, Lurfe escaped payment of a fine on | Preventing Tuberculosis Consists in Te Maintain Health Avoid house dust and impure or close alr, day or night. . Get all the light and sunshine possible Into your home. Avold raw milk, raw cream and butter made of wnpasteurized Eat plain, nourishing food, more vegetables, less meat. . Get enough sleep by retiring early enough. Be cheerful. Think kindly. And Get Your on every birthday by a competent physician, hefore they undermine vour health, NG REVEAED = | Girls, Arrested, Say Men Em- ployed Them to Work Scheme on Stores. By the Associawed Press PHILADELPHIA, May 5.—Two young women arrested here today told police that they were employed by a syndi- cate which uses girls to pass fraudulent checks. They said the syndicate had | operated in New York, Chicago, Pitts- burgh and other large cities. The prisoners identifled themselves 1-5 Betty Todd, 23, of Indianapolis, and | Dorris Pamsay. 21, of Martinsville, Ind. ‘The girls said that eight others had | been brought to this city, with two | man suj rs. who looked after all | the details of the scheme, except the actual passing of the checks. | These men upon going into a cltyl {opened accounts In various banks. | Checks were then drawn against these | accounts, usually for an amount about { twice the cost of an ‘article the girls were instructed to purchase. i When the girls returned with the | merchandise and money of which one- third was their share, the men imme- diately closed their accounts at the ‘b;nks. thus making the ‘checks worth- s i The girls were arrested when each tried to cash a check in the same de- partment store at the same time, i neither knowing the other was mere.‘ DAM BREAK PERI BELIEVED PASSED | Opening of Locked Flood ; Gate Eases Pressure on [ South Carolina Dike. | By tha Associated Press. i TABLE ROCK, S. C.. May 5—Tor- | rents of water from Table Rock Cove reservoir that had threatensd cavasta- | tion to Saluda Valley and numbers of mill towns tore through the dam's | safety valve tonight, lowering the level | of the mighty lake and reducing pres- sure on its slouching leaks. | Por ihe first time since urgent warn- ings of threatened disaster drove thou- | sands from their homes in the upper | Saluda River Valley last night South| {Saluda Creek. a tributary across which |the dam 15 erected, was bankful with | the escaping flood. The rise along the | jriver was not sufficient to take the| stream from its banks. { Open Locked Gate. | | tention of COUNCIL MEMBERS Federation Volés Confidence in Four Men Attacked After Heated Debate. A backfire from the Citizens’ Advisory ! Counefl's indorsement of the transit | merger plan threw the Pederation of Citizens’ Associations into turmoil last night ana an nour of acrimonious de- bate resulted in the adoption of a | resolution expressing utmost confidence in the integrity of four eouneilmen who figured in the discussions, The federation's action came as a sequel to a recent attack on the four members of the couneil by William McK. Clayton, chatrman of its publie utilities committee. The matter was brought before the federation in the form of a report by a special commit- tee headed by C. A. Barker, appointed to investigate to determine the accuracy ;zé Z:Kr_ Clayton’s suncf::em.s as recorded newspaper. rt declared that the remarks of lhe’ep?lob)lc utilities committee chairman were correctly re- nm but it contained no recomme: s. Two Threaten to Resign. As soon as Mr. Barker finished read- ing the report Charles I. Stengle, & member of the council, called upon Mr. Clayton to explain the significance of certain of his remarks which were made before the Brightwood Citizens | Association, and this led to a protracted wrangle over past activities council and the federation with respect to the merger agreement. In the course of the debate two deiegates to the federation threatened to resign un- less the, constantly recurring outbreaks incidental to the proposed merger are abruptly ended. Mr. Clayton insisted that a lobby was purpose of * created for the throvgh” the merger plan now pending . and declared that because of bis vigorous fight in opposing the agreement in its present form he has been trailed while at the Capitol, and that visits had been made to his bank “to ascertain certain things.” Mr. Barker's report was finally adopted unanimously after a futile effort had been made to amend it to e :;xdmccn‘d:mn" Mr. Clayton's eritictsm e four councilmen. The resolu- tion subsequently adopted. voicing the federation’s confidence in the mtegrity of the four men, was introducd by David Babp, secretary. and a delegate g::z‘lnuw Lincoin Park Citizens' Asso- n. Woman Fire Company Report. A previous debate comnected with the merger, which came almost at the very outset of the ended, however. by the Trinidad and Co- lumbia Heights Citizens’ Associations objecting to delegates holding positions with public utility corporations. These were tabled. s Another of the 1 fo the federation a resolution urgin; the o1 of a fire company ccuuE posed exclusively of women. m‘f‘he“r:w‘ declared that ‘Lhe resolu- ‘*nmhln, short of an insult to the dignity” of the federation. and characterized “such exhibitions of buf- foonery as highly unbecoming to a eiti- zens’ association, and only calculated % hold up to ridicule the entire body of organized cif ation with a declaration that if the federation wanted “a knockdown fight ‘fl: was ready to | bills pending in Congress, presen by Thomas Lodge, chairman of the law and legisia mtlfe p:i’n“ lneppflrved One in- in ciple the Capper blus {sky law bill. The other two. ap bills to provide a_complete code of M- surance for the District and making it mandatory for District officials to notify property owners of special assess- ments for benefits An amendment was recommended to the former which would empower the District Commissionars in- stead of the President to appoint the superintendent of insurance. To Aid Celebration. The federation also approved the re- the -Woodridge designation signs on the motor busss on the Rhode Island avenue line of the Reports on three ted | The cheering news taken to refugees lon the hilltops was that engineers had | succeeded in opening the locked floodi gate at the base of the dam on the op- pasite side from the lake and thegedy | hid increased many fold the flow from the reservoir. which early today had| impounded 118 feet of water. Meanwhile, sloughing of the dirt and rock dam continued at the outside bas but lacked more than 300 feet of reach- ing the lake when it would cause a gap | in the huge dam. Water was seeping | through along half the length of the dam, but as the volume escaping through and around the safety pipe in- creased 1t was hoped the seepage would decrease and stop the sloughing. { Heroic efforts attended the opening | of the flood-pipe gate. which was locat- | ed at the base of the dam and therefore | {under several feet of water. After men with ropes failed, a key attached to a | tong pole succeeded n unlocking it. The flood pipe, & 42-inch steel tub- | ing, was believed to have collapsed un- | der the weight of the dirt dam and to | bave caused the first leak. Opening of | the gate was thought to have created | & strong current which tore out imy |ments and allowed the valve to | tion. | unc- Dam 150 Feet High. | | The dam, literally a huge mountain | thrown actoss the valley between two | jutting ranges, is 700 feet lm\fi. 750 feet | wide ‘at the base and 150 feet high | Water held back In the reservoir was | estimated at 5,000.000.000 gallons. The | excavation for the site extended to {solid rock, but the dam was built with a loose rock base upon which dirt and stones were piled Problem of | d increasing vour general | the vitality born in you. erms do not thrive in a Your mind acts self Examined o In : imperfections cerrected vention of Tuberculosis 1022 11th Street NW. ' . Marseilies to Paris Wash! Rallway & Electric Co and a ol in the designation signs on the street cars of the company oper- ating to the Dalecarlia Reservoir from Chain Bridge to Potomac Heights. The public celebrations comm: was instructed to co-operate with t! 2roup arranging an historical pageant { Commemorating the commencement of | the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in 1828, | which will be held May 26. This action followed an explanation of plans for the affair by Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest and Mrs. Fred T. Dubois. CHANGE IN ZONING HEIGHT POSTPONED Proposed Amendment Touching Spires and Minarets to Be Discussed Tomorrow. Action on a proposed amendment to the soning tions which would re. qQuire all superstructures such as pent houses, spires and minarets to come within the existing 130-foot height Umit, was postponed by the moning commission when it met yesterday to discuss problems considered at the public hearing Wednesday. Another meeting will be held tomorrow after- noon at 2 o'clock to dispose of this question. The height restriction on superstruc. fures was sponsored iw the Nations Capital Park and Planning Coamad- slo. Jt war vigorously opFposed by builders at the hearing The commission, however. adopted all other proposed amendments to the regulations, which are of minor im- portance, and ordered the following | changes i soning All lots containing two-story, semi. detached houses on the north sice of Jenifer street between Forty-second and Forty-third streets changed from A restricted 0 A semi-restricted area. the east side of Thirty-seventh street between N and O streets changed from residential Q restricted to residential C, 41 feet near Quiney street and Georgia avenue changed 0 permit bulldings 1o be erected as high as 60 feet istead of 40, & parcel of land n "wh \Ifll\lyly of Bladensburg road New avenue and north of changed to mit 80-foo! 40-foot bulld) Elght other woning considered a rejeoted. tion street instead of changes tn the hearing were Awerican in France Hurt. MONTPELLIER, France, May 3 (& L. Envart of Beloit, Kans., was severe- 1y injured today when he was knocked down by a light truck. With Alvin & Mesly of D Cliy, Kans.. another Ameriean student. he was cyoling from Mesley was unhu: