Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1929, Page 2

: : Ty THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1929. CHEST FUND TOTAL SET AT §1.33.38 Budget Committee and Board of Trustees Decide on Fund for 1929. ‘The sum of $1,343,348.93 will be the goal of the Washington Community Chest in its campaign for funds, Janu- ary 28 to February 8. Recommendation that this amount b2 sought to care for needs of the 57 member agencies of the chest during 1929 was made by Charles J. Bell, chairman of the chest budget com- mittee, and approved by the chest’s board of (rustecs at a meeting n the United States Chamber of Commerce Building yesterday afternoon. The sum needed by each indi agency, as recommended by the s committees of the chest general budget committee and approved by the iatter, were read at the meeting. The board of trustees also approved 8 recommendation of Frederic A. Del- ano, president of the Washington Com- munity Chest. that officials of the chest be permitted to borrow not to exceed $75,000 for current cxpenses and to meet payments due various agencies in January. This money, it is pointed out, is to be repaid after funds are raised in the campaign. Workers Are Praised. Unanimity of purpose and a determi- nation to put the Community Chest drive across in a big way marked the meeting. Elwood Street, director of the chest, opened the meeting with a short talk on progress in the campaign so far. He also told of plans for the tuture and invited every trustee to make the chest offices headquarters at any time. Mr. Street praised the work of the budget committee, telling of its members’ hard work to have their figures completed and accurate in time for the chair- man’'s report. He praised the work of the citizens of Washington in forming committees and putting acioss the preliminary work, declaring that in his years of experience !a chest work, he never had seen <o much accomplished in_the same space of time. President Delano introduced Jchn Poole, chairman of the campaign com- mittee, who in introducing his assist- ants praised their work. Chairman Bell of the budget com- mittee, preliminary to reading his for- mal report, warned that the amounte named were tentative and declared that “the door is not closed to any agency desiring a review of the figures.” He accounted for the tentative nature of the figures by explaining that many of the member agencies did not apply for membership until a very late date and that others were extremely late in get- ting their budgets into the hands of the committee. He explained that each recommendation is subject to discus- sion and pointed out that the campaign provides for a contingent fund suffi- cient to care for any changes or emer- gencies that may arise. Cut in Costs Is Shown. Br. Bell advised any member agency desiring a review of its figures to wait until after the campaign, explaining that while the committee is willing to | Star. discuss the matter at any time, it will be easier to take definite action after the campaign is ended and the com- mittee can act with full knowledge of the amount of funds available. In some instances, where the figures totaled more than the agency's gift in- come of the year before, Mr. Bell ad- vised that no commitments for expend- itures beyond current needs be made until after the campaign ends and the funds are assured. He also called at- tention to the sum set aside for cam- paign and administration purposes, pointing out that it amounts to only 6 per cent of the whole, whereas in the past, with the 57 agencies working along individual lines, the cost has been ls’ leper cent or more of the amount col Representatives of the Christ Child Society stated that the society wishes to keep its Summer home open during the ‘Winter for the benefit of convalescent children and_would need an additional $5,000. Mr. Bell approved the project, but stated it would have to wait until after the drive before any defini e sum is fixed. Woodbury Blair, speaking for Emergency Hospital, declared the $35,000 awarded that institution on the basis of last year’s gift income was in- sufficlent. He was informed by mem- bers of the budget committee, however, that this was due to the failure of the hospital officials to submit figures be- fore the budget was prepared. Mr. Bell again explained that the contingent fund would take care of all this. * Corcoran Thom, Clarence A. Aspin- wall, Dr. Kelly Miller of Howard Uni- versity, D. J. Callahan, Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, Mrs. Archibald Hopkins and :thers spoke indorsing the move-| men Dr. Stokes declared that the people of Washington who worked for the Community Chest would build up, as 8 by-product, the greatest community spirit the city has ever known. He de- clared this spirit would be worth as much to the Capital as the money raised. Dr. Kelly Miller Applauded. Dr. Kelly Miller was applauded when he stated that while the colored popula- tion would perhaps receive more in pro- portion to what they gave than any other race, he had assurances that the colored citizens would spring a surprise on their white brethren when the totals are counted. The full list of Community Chest agencies and the tentative sum set aside for each, follows: American Legion, $3,000; Associated Charities, $70,635; Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis; Boy Scouts, $33,609.62; Boys’ Club, $18,009; Cath- olic Charities, $40,109.25; Children’s Hospital, $61,767.03; Child Welfare So- clety, $2434.2 Children’s Country Home, $3887; Christ Child Soclety, $14927.05; Citizens’ Relief Society, $35,145; Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-In Asylum, $45,914.07; Co- lumbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind, $1,470; Community Chest (cam- vaign and administration), $78,000; Council of Social Agencies, $10,428.83; District of Columbia Congress of Par- ents and Teachers, $800: Disabled American Veterans of the World War, $3,500; Emergency Hospital and Cen- tral Dispensary, $35.005;. Episcopal Home for Children, $14,000; Episcopal City Missions of the Diocese of Wash- ington, $2,005.98; Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, $22,215.96; ence Crittenton Home, $16,80: ship House, $12,833; Georgetown Uni- versity Hospital, $14,721; George Wa: ington University Hospital, $20,585 Girl Scouts, $8.048.92; Hebraw Home for the Aged, $26,387.80; Holy Family Day Nursery, $8,970.31. Instructive Visiting Nurse Society, $65,528; Jewish Foster Home, $17,240.91; Jewish Community Center, $54,248.55; Jewish Weifare Federation, $5.375; Juanita K. Nye Council House, $3,930.90; Juvenile Protective Associa- tion, $7,232; National Homeopathic Hos- pital, $13,250; Neighborhood House, $16,822.41 Noei Community House, $5,661.61; Phyllis Wheatley Y. W.C. A,, $7,634.25: Providence Hospital out- patient and social service department, $15,642; St. Anne’s Infant Asylum, ; St. Joseph's Home and School, ; St. Rose's Technical School, ; St. Vincent's Home and School, $21,065.03; Salvation Army. $68,929.24; Social Hygiene Society of the District of Columbia, $3,422.65; Social Service Exchange, $4.445; South- ern Relief Society, $2,815; Summer outings committee of the Associated Charities, $22,781.79; Travelers’ Ald Boclety, $20,070° Twelfth Street Branch Y. M. C. A, £10.625; United Hebrew Relief Society, $30,779.50; Washington Animal Rescue League, §$9,819.60; {out the task of clearing brush from part | tions for gallantry during the World Canadian to Pass Up Claim to Seat In House of Lords Tenth Earl of EdmontWill Continue to Operate Alberta Ranch. By the Associated Press. CALGARY, Alberta, January 12— Frederick Joseph Trevelyan Perceval, tenth earl of Edmont and Alberta | rancher, does not propose to claim his | seat in the House of Lords. A resident | of Alberta for the last 28 years, the new } carl declared he intended to make his home permanently in this province. When a call was made at the Perceval homestead, the nobleman with his 14- year-old son and heir, Frederick Joseph Moore Perceval, was discovered carrying of his land. He was asked what his intentions were now that he had suc- ceeded to the family honors, “I've lived in Alberta for 28 years’” he replied. “I love my cattle and my horses and I intend to stay here until I die. ‘The earl said it might be necessary for him to return to Great Britain to attend to matters connected with the estate. This would not be for another year, he said. and once business had been completed he would return and continue his former mode of life in Alberta, ‘The carl and his son operate two ranches and possess 50 head of well bred cattle and about 30 horses. He | succeeded to the title by the death in | London of Charles John Perceval, a dis- tant relative. COMMUNITY CHEST PROPOSAL LAUDED Star’s Essay Contest “Will Promote Public Understand- ing,” Street Says. ‘The essay contest being conducted by The Evening Star on the advantages of the Cummunity Chest in the National Capital will “promote public under- standing” of the organization and aims of the coming campaign, Elwood Street, director of the chest, declared today in a statement recommending the con- test to the attention of the city. Full details were announced in yesterday's issue of The Evening Star. “The Community Chest is exceed- ingly grateful to The Evening Star for this exceedingly valuable and ingenious effort of co-operation,” Mr. Street en- thusisstically declared after reading the announcement of the contest in The One of Many Examples. “It evidently realizes that one of the professed functions of every truly great newspaper should be community serv- ice, This is merely one of the many practical examples of the way in which The Star has lived up to this ideal in all its relationships to the Community Chest and the Community Chest idea. strikes at"Lhe veky fupdumenials of the at the ve lundamen! of the most serious pi:glem"wmh the Com- munity Chest faces. That problem is the one of thorough understanding of the advantages of the Community Chest idea. If every citizen knew thoroughly the economy, effectiveness and the humanity of the Community Chest plan of united collection and dis- tribution of the funds needed for 57 social agencles, serving people of all races and creeds in all kinds of need in all parts of the community, there would be no trouble at all in raising much more than the sum which will be needed. Contest Seen as Great Aid. “We believe The Star's essay contest will be a great help in promoting pub- lic understanding of the Community Chest and in helping to secure the com- plete subscription of the largest welfare fund in Washington's history,” Mr. Street concluded. As announced in The Star, the esays are to be written by Washingtonians on the advantages of the Community Chest in the National Capital. They must be submitted to the Community Chest Es- says Contest Editor of The Star be- fore Wednesday, January 23. The merits of the essays wili be judged by a board of editors of The Star. The writer of the essay deemed the best will be awarded a prize of $100, of the second best, $50, and third best, $25. MATHER, ILL, LEAVES NATIONAL PARK POST Succeeded by Horace M. Albright, Who Has Been Acting Director for Some Time. Horace M. Albright today was named director of the National Park Service, succeeding Stephen T. Mather, who has resigned because of {ll health. Mr. Al- bright, a native of California, has been acting director for some time. Mr. Mather, whose home is in Chi- cago, has been director of the National Park Service since 1917, but has not been active for several months. A for- mer newspaper man, he is president of the Sterling Borax Co. He entered the Government service in 1915 as Assist- | ant to the Secretary of the Interior. Mr. Mather was born in San Francisco July 4, 1867. Attache Calls on Davis. Brig. Gen. Raymond Casanave, new- ly appointed military attache at the French embassy at this Capital, called at the War Department this morning and pald his respects to Secretary Dwight F. Davis and Maj. Gen. C. P.| Summerall, chief of staff. He is an officer of the Legion of Honor and was awarded the War Cross and four cita- War. Washington Co-operative Society, $2,- 491.74; Washington Home for Found- lings; Washington Humane Soclety, $1,011.21; Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation, $37,440; Young Women's Chris- tian Association, $68911, and for con- tingent fund (shrinkage, emergencies, etc.), $165,000. Many Have Funds on Hand. Several of the organizations, includ- ing the Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind, Disabled American Vet- erans of the World War and the Wash- | 20, who is said to have attempted to SALVATION ARMY SUITIS INDIGATED Booth Refusal to Retire Seen as Agent Seeks to Ad- dress Council. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 12—There was some indication today that Gen. Bram- well Booth might refuse to retire as head of the Salvation Army and take ! the matter to the courts. The high council was requested to allow William A. Jowitt, K. C., who has been retained to act for the general, to attend the council session and address | the members. It was felt In some cic- | cles that the engagement of Mr. Jowitt | might mean that the dispute was to ' cnd in a law suit over control of the | army’'s property. A dispatch to the Daily Herald from Southwold, where Gen. Booth s ill, sald that it was understood there on good authority that he intended to fight to the last ditch against the high council's efforts to retire him. : Reply Promised Monday. _Gen. Booth promised the seven offi- cials who presented a resolution asking | his retirement that he would answer their request on Monday. Brig. Gen. Smith, the general's nurse, said that his answer to the council would probably be conveved either by | Mrs. Booth or by his daughter Catherine. She added that she was | entirely convinced that the general would make a complete recovery and would return to his work with new inspiration. The deputation was understood to have insisted that the general must reply plainly “yes” or “no.” Members of the deputation were known to be deeply impressed with the sunken, emaciated appearance of the general. He was well able to converse with them. Each member of the deputation was allowed to shake the hand of the general, and the chairman then pre- .;enn;d the resolution requesting retire- nent. Permission Refused. Comdr. Evangelie Booth, sister of the general and leader of the reform ele- ment, sought to support the deputation | with her presence. She was not allowed | to see her brother, the general's nurse | refusing permission with the explanation i that the ordeal might prove too much ' for him at present. i Miss Booth said of the incident, “I did not press my request to see the | general; I realized his strength must be ! overtared, and I myself suggested that | it ‘might be better if I did not go up | | After she left the general's cottage | Evangeline Booth said, “I am Cel‘rflgy‘ tired. The whole thing is a terrible strain on me and the nervous strain has brought me almost to a breakdown.” BEARER OF PLAN BARRED, Council Refuses Admittance to Booth's Former Secretary. SUNBURY-ON-THAMES, England, January 12 (#).—The high council of the Salvation Army again went into session today to receive a report of the deputation which visited Gen. Bram- well Booth yesterday bearing the coun- cil’s resolution asking him to retire. While the council was in session, there was & sensational incident outside Sunbury Court when one of the army’s officers was challenged and was con- ducted into the lodge at the gate. He was Capt. Herbert Hart, who, it was said, had come to propose a last minute compromise over the question of lea ership of the army. He was not a lowed to approach the council with his settlement plan. Capt. Hart, who formerly was secre- tary-general to Willlam Booth, the founder, told an interviewer that he was deeply disappointed that the coun- cil had refused to see him. Objections Voiced. “I came here with a plan to settle this unfortunate business, but they won’t allow me in,” he said. “I object very strongly to the general being dismissed in this way.” Discussing his plan, Capt. Hart said: “My preposal is.that Gen. Booth, in- stead of being dismissed, be promoted to the rank of feld marshal and that un- der him be two councils, one adminis- trative and one advisory. The adminis- trative council should have Commis- sioner Higgins, chief of staff, as presi- dent. The other members should be Comdr. Evangeiine Booth and Commis- sioner Catherine Booth, representing the Booth family; Commissioner Lamb, representing the social and emigration departments; Commissioner Cunning- ham, sccretary for European affairs; Commissioner "Laurie, representing fi- nance; Commissioner Wilson, trade and headquarters, and Commissioner Kitch- ing, the literary department and the War Cry. Suggests Advisory Group. “Comdr. Evangeline, in addition, would be the representative of the United States. The advisory committee, I would suggest, would consist of the delegation of seven which waited on the general yesterday.” The captain added that the im- pression was prevailing that the high council was trying to dismiss the gen- | eral and that he had come with a | plan which he and many others, espe- cially in the rank and file in the army, considered would produce a solution agreeable to all sides, GAS PLOT JANITOR'S COMMITMENT ASKED| ‘The former janitor of Friendship ! House, Willlam A. Johnson, colored, | | overcome eight women occupants of the | house with gas early Thursday so he could rob the safe, today was recom- | mended for commitment to Gallinger Hospital for mental observation by As- sistant United States Attorney Joseph C. Bruce. At a preliminary hearing in | Police Court this morning Johnson | pleaded guilty to housebreaking and assault with intent to kill and was held to the grand jury under $5,000 bonds on each charge, Miss Lydia Burklin, director of Friendship House, 326 Virginia avenue southeast, told police she was awakened by a slight noise and caught the odor of gas, Her action in closing the jets opened by Johnson after eflecting en- try to the house Is thought to have | saved the lives of seven other women sleeping there &t the time. Johnson | also was accused of the theft of keys | Irom the house. DIES AS PLANE FALLS. Passenger’s Body Is Burned Be- yond Recognition. RALEIGH, N. C, January 12 (#)— C. H. Dodson, young Greenville, N. C., i ington Humane Society, have consider- {able funds on hand, it is stated, and | will need much less money during this year than they presumably will in suc- | ceeding years. The Assoriation for the Prevention of Tuberculos!s will not need any money | from the chest in 1929 because of th | income derived from its ssles of Chuisi- mas_seals, it 15 stated, nor will the Washington Home for Foundlings be- | | plane, which was piloted by his brother- | man, was killed, his body being burned beyond recognition, in an airplane crash late yesterday at Poindexter Field here. The young man was a passenger in the in-law, Burt Ormond of Greenville and Hookerton, Ormond escaped with minor injuries, The accident occurred as the men were taking off for Greenville after spending several hours at Poindexter SCENES IN $300,000 BUSINESS DISTRICT ANGLO-AMERICAN PARLEYS FAVORED Member of Parliament Pro- poses Two Informal Confer- ences on Naval Parity. - By the Assoclated Press. Chairman Britten of the House naval committee yesterday made public a let-" ter from Comdr. Joseph Kenworthy, & member of the British Parliament, pro-. Upper right: What happened when a fire engine crashed through a loading elevator entrance on the G street side. Upper left: Front view of Dulin & Martin's store this morning. flames, a collapsing wall ruined the interior. were driven by the flames. (Prom Yesterday's 5:30 Ecition of The Star.) BAKER DEFENDED BY SENATOR REED Chairman Thinks “Disloyal Stenographer” May Have Stolen Papers. By the Assoclated Press. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, chair- man of the special Senate committee which investigated the Russian and Mexican fraudulent docvments told the Senate today he had a “vague impres- sion” that papers stolen from the American embassy in Mexico and which came to the commiltee’s attention had been stolen by a disloyal stenographer in the embassy. Questioned about the connection of George Barr Baker, newspaper man, with the stolen documents, Senator Reed declared that Mr. Baker was responsible for getting the stolen documents before the State Department. Senator Caraway, Democrat, of Ar- kansas, sald that the statement did not correspond with the testimony of Ar- thur Bliss Lane, chief of the Mexican affairs division of the State Depart- ment, who told the story of the papers to _the committee. In answer to a question by Senator Johnson, Republican, of California, whether the documents were not ob- tained from Mr. Baker after “consid- erable effort on the part of the State Department,” Mr, Lane had told the committee: “I was not here at the time, but I understand that was the cas “They obtained these documents from Mr. Baker in a rather drastic fashion,” Johinson had repeated. Today, however, Senator Reed stated that, “in fairness to Mr. Baker, I have investigated this and learned that Mr. | Buker was a former officer in the Intel- ligence Service in the Navy, While in Mexico some time 2go a friend of his, a Mexican official, told of these docu- ments. Baker suggested that they be sent to this country.- They were turned over by the Mexican consulate in New York to some official of the Navy De- partment and brought to Washington. “Mr. Baker immediately took them to the State Department, where it was found that the batch included about 200 papers stolen from the American em- bassy and about 50 spurious notes.” (SIXTH BOMB OF YEAR HITS CHICAGO STORE By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 12.—An explo- | , sion that resounded throughout the loop heralded Chicago's sixth bombing of the year at 1 o'clock this morning. ‘The bomb wrecked the front of & cigar store that police said also was a gambling resort, adjacent to the Mar- tin Hotel, 217 North Clark street, just half a block outside the loop. It was the fifth bomb in recent months, to be exploded in that vicinity, known as Chicago's “bomb sector.” Guests in the hotel were aroused and H. B. Lovell, desk clerk, was hurled irom his chair by the explosion that ttered front. windows of the build- Ing, showering H. Baldwin, a guest, with broken glass. Police ascribed the bombing to a gambler's war, but sald they did not know whether it had been planted or hurled from a passing automobile. Sam- cause of income from endowment and | Field. The impact caused the gasoline | my WOolff, owner of the place, is said cash on hand at the beginning of the ' tank to burn, and the entire plane was!to be in New York, where he attended year, immediately eaveloped in Sames, Tex Rickard's funeral, FIREMEN RESCUED AS $300,000 BLAZE SWEEPS F ST. STORE (Continued Prom First Page). here, however, until 5:15. The Balti- more_companies were accompanied by Dr. Ogden, Fire Department surgeon of that city, and their ambulance. They {reported at No. 10 Engine Company, Maryland avenue between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets northeast, from which they were dispatched to the va- rious houses here. Hesse Leads Police. The first out-of-town companies to get here were from Alexandria and Chevy Chase, both of which were in Washington by 4 o'clock. Other nearby communities to send companies were Hyattsville, Kensington, Cottage City, Silver Spring, Mount Rainier, Takoma, Bladensburg and Brentwood. Maj. Edwin B. Besse, superintendent of police, all the police inspectors, police reserves from precincts 3, 9 and 10, and nearly every policeman from No. 1 were at the fire. The water tower went into duty on F street throwing a heavy stream of water on the upper floors of the burn- ing building, while more water was poured into the structure from ladders of truck companies that were station- 2d on G street. Every fire hydrant with- In a radius of two blocks was connected. The firemen fought the blaze from the east, as the wind was from the west. They threw water on adjoining buildings also to prevent the blaze from spreading. ‘The men suffered considerably from cold and were served hot coffee by Joseph Weinstein, cafe proprietor of 621 E street, and E. Mondy, an employe of O'Donnell's grill. The rear wheel of the hose wagon of No. 2 crashed through the iron cover- ing of a freight elevator when the wagon was driven across the sidewalk in front of 1214 G street to permit No. 3 truck to get close to the curb. ‘The flames leaped across the alleys surrounding ,Dulin & Martin's and did silght damage to the building occupied by the Standard Engraving Co., 1212 G street, a beauty shop at 1220 G street |and the Homer Building. Firemen ran hose through the Lucy i Lou Shop, 1217 F street, which is a part of the same building occupled by Dulin & Martin and was formerly part of that store. Windows in that shop and the Queen Quality Boot Shop next door were broken by the heat and both stores suffered from water damage. Snyder & Little's Shoe Store, 1211 F street, also was partly flooded by water. ‘When the flames were finally brought under control about 5:30, Fire Marshal | Seib stated a conservative estimate of the damage to all buildings would be ; $300,000. Street Cars Rerouted. The last six-alarm fire here was on January 16, 1927, when the P. J. Nee | Furniture Store, at Seventh and H | streets, was_destroyed. In December, | 1927, at a fire at 1210 G street, then occupied by the Harry C. Grove Co., two doors from the scene of today's blaze, a “backfire” similar to thc one encountered by Capt. Hellmuih to- day blew six firemen into the street | and badly injured them. During the early hours this morning it was necessary to re-route the G street cars down Eleventh street and the F street cars down Fourteenth street. So many hose lines were laid across the street no effort was made to bridge the car_tracks. Police also diverted all traffic from the block and kept pedes- trians a safe distance from the remain- ing walls of the building, some of which had a decided bulge. No. 6 engine company and No. 4 truck stood guard throughout the morn- ing, pouring water on the smoldering embers and pumping out of the base- ! ment. It was almost exactly & year ago that the Baltimore Fire Department last came to the assistance of Washington. On the night of January 16, 1928, a serles of fires of incendiary origin swept the city and taxed the capacity of the local department to the limit. As a result of those fires John Joseph Fischer, a former policeman, was ar- Jested and committed to St Elisabeth's, ¢ 1t was completely destroyed. Lower left: Interior of Rizik’s, next door to Dulin & Martin’s. While this store escaped serious damage from the Lower right: Pvts. F. M. McAnailen, and M. T..Coleman, who were rescued from a window ledge, where they —Star Staff Photos. FENN BILL PASSES HOUSE, 226 70 134 Measure Outlines Method of Apportioning Seats After 1930 States’ Census. By a vote of 226 to 134, the House late yesterday passed the Fenn bill to prescribe a method by which its seats shall be apportioned among the States after the 1830 census, if Congress should fail to act at that time. The vote came after the house had ignored, for almost 10 years, the con- stitutional mandate to reapportion 1ts membership and ended a long struggle which has seen bills of the same na- ture beaten four times in the last six years. The House, on one occasion, passed a reapportionment measure, but it failed to win approval in the Senate. A storm of debate that raged in the House for two days preceded passage of the Fenn bill. With some exceptions most of the members taking part in the fight dis- regarded party lines and favored or opposed the measure largely according to whether their States would gain or lose representation. ‘The proposal provides that on the first day of the second session of the Seventy-first Congress the Secretary of Commerce shall transmit to it a state- ment showing the population of each State and the number of Represent- atives each State would be entitled to under an allotment of the present 435 seats. It also prescribes a mathematical method for arriving at the distribution of seats. Under the second section of the bill it is provided that if Congress fails to enact & law apportioning the Repre- sentatives among the States the seats shall be distributed in accordance with the allotment made by the Secretary of Commerce. STOCK SWINDLE SCHEME LAID TO TRIO FRUSTRATED Postal Inspectors Arrest Three Men | in Connection With Alleged Plot. By the Assoclated Press. . NEW YORK, January 12—Frustra- tion of an alleged scheme to swindle stockholders of the Singer Sewing Ma- chine Co. was revealed by postal in- spectors yesterday after the arrest of an alleged member of the ring in St. Louis. Another man is held here and & third was arrested in Chicago sev- eral days ago. ‘The New York and Chicago arrests | were kept secret pending the arrest of the third man in St. Louis, J. J. Sullivan of New Haven, Conn., is the man held here. Tnomas Mitchell, jr. was arrested in Chicago and & man named Webster was arrested in St Louis today. Charles H. Clarahan, postal inspector who announced the arrests, said & mer- chant in Cairo, Ill, tipped the company to the alleged plot. The Cairo mer- chant, who holds some Singer Co. stock, had received a letfer toliing of a pro- posed readjustment involving a stock dividend and was urged o send his stock certificate to a “Mr. Willlams"” at an office on the elsventh floor of the Singer Building in New York. He be- | | | came suspicious - and communicated with the company, which turned the letter over to postal authorities. Their | investigation led to arrest of the thre: men, Cold Wave Paralyzes Industry. BUCHAREST, Rumania, January 12 (#).—-Unprecedented frost in Transyl- vania has brought the mercury down to 26 below zero Centigrade, causing much suffering. Shipping on the Danube has URGENT MEASURES ASSURED OF AGTION Tilson Declares House Sched- ule Allows Ample Time for Considering Legislation. House Leader Tilson gave assurance today that any program of legislation for which there is urgent need of passage at the present session of Con- gress will be given ample time for consideration in the House, regardless of the regular District days. The big departmental appropriation bills have right of way, so|that they may be sent to the Senate for concur- rent action, allowing plenty of time for Senate consideration. For this reason and because there is no particularly urgent District legislation there will be So District day in the House next Mon- ay. House Leader Tilson, however, told Chairman Zihlman of the District com- mittee that whenever there are District measures that are urgent he will allow time for getting them considered in the House. Under the rush program on the appropriation bills, however, Mr. Tilson said he does not feel justified in allow- pesing two informal meetings this year of Anglo-American legislators to discuss | naval parity. | Kenworthy's communication was one of several exchanges of views between nimself and Britten since the latter sug-_ yested to Premier Baldwin last Decem- ber that naval limitation should be dis- | cussed at a meeting at Ottawa of mem- bers of the American and British na- tienal legislatures. | First Meeting in London. ‘The letter of the Parllament member yesterday suggested that the American congressional delegation should meet with a Parliament group in London in | the early Spring, with a return visit to | Washington in October. Not only the problems of naval parity, byt those in- volving interpretations of international | marine law would be discussed, Ken=- | worthy proposed. Britten said that it was his intention to “talk with members of the commit- tee on naval affairs as well as with some of the officers of the American group of the Interparliamentary Union before answering Comdr. Kenworthy's letter.” The Kenworthy letter praised Brit- ten’s suggestion by saying that “by your courage you have opened up a new road to international peace and under- standing.” “I am in a position to state,” his let- ter read, “that a very influential body of English members of Parliament of all parties could be got together for a free and frank discussion and exchange of opinfons with gentlemen of like standing in Congress. Other Questions at Issue. “Before proceeding further I feel bound to inform you that it is the opinion of many persons with whom I have discussed the proposed meeting, and I venture to express the same opinion myself, that naval parity is not the only question at issue. We may as well face the fact that certain interpre- tations of international law at sea have an important bearing on future Anglo- American relations. I believe it will be found just as important to exchange views on this subject as on relative strength of warships.” CONFER ON TREATY. Curtis and Borah Tell President of Plans. President Coolidge today listened to Vice President-elect Curtis of Kansas, Republican leader of the Senate, and Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman of the foreign relations committee, explain the legislative situation in the Senate, particularly as it affects the Kellogg treaty. From Senator Curtis he received as- surance that the Senate will be ready to vote on ratification probably next week. Senator Curtis semed quite hopeful of the outcome. Both he and Senator Borah, who has been leading the treaty forces in the Senate, blame the cruiser fight for the delay encoun- tered by the treaty. Senator Borah made it clear that he intends to press for an early vote and intends to keep the treaty before the Senate regardless of the fact that it may hold up other important business. Secretary of State Kellogg, who called | at the White House while the President was conferring with the two Senate leaders, was invited to join the confer- ence. Besides discussing the treaty situ- ation, Senator Curtis outlined to the President just what the Republican leadership has in mind in the way of a legislative program when the present jam has been cleared. He said prece- dence is being given to the approp: ation bills and that while railroad con- solidation is included in the program *he doubts very much if there will be | time during the remainder of the short | session to bring this legislation before the Senate. BEAUTY TO RECEIVE FOOD SHOW PRIZE Award of 85 to Be Made to Pret- tiest Girl in Attendance Tonight. ‘The prettiest girl, in the opinion of | the judges, to attend the Food Show to- night will be awarded $5 in gold, a cording to the Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion, which is sponsoring the show this week and next at the Washington Au- ditorium. A crowd of 6,000 at the show last ing the whole day in the House to be | night made brisk work for demonstra- taken up with wrangling on highly con- troversial measures, several of which | are awaiting action on the Districl | calendar. FIXED FARE ISSU DELAYS DECISION ON TRACTION MERGER (Continued From First Page). tion officials yesterday evening, which continued until nearly midnight. Before meeting with the company heads last | night, Dr. Maltbie made a hurried trip to the Senate late yesterday afternoon and was closeted with the merger sub- committee for about an hour. It is understood that he informed the Senators of the progress of the negoti- ations, and sought further views regard- | ing questions that developed during the | meetings with the company heads. | Senator Capper indicated today that there appears to be no difficulty over the subcommittee's decision to leave a fixed valuation out of the merger agree- ment, and to have a new valuation of | the merged company made within two years. Universal Transfers Urged. In addition to the two-year guarantee | against changes in fare, the other main points laid down by the subcommittee were: Establishment of universal free trans- fers between car lines immediately, and a request that the Public Utilities Com- mission employ Dr. Maltbie to super- vise the revaluation. ‘There were certain other questions of lesser importance on which amendmen's to the original plan are likely to he contained in Dr. Maltbie’s substiture merger resolution. RESIGNATION ACCEPTED. Lenox R. Lohr, Major of Enginegrs, to Leave Service January 23. ‘The President has accepted the resig- nation of Maj. Lenox R. Lohr, Corps of | kngineers, stationed at Fort Humphreys, Va., to take effect January 23. Maj. Lohr is a native of the District of Columbia and was a second lieuten- ant in the District National Guard from 1911 to 1914. He was appointed second lieutenant in the Regular Coast Artil- lery in November, 1916, and transferred to the Engineers in 1917, and served as a_major in the latter branch during iha World. Was tors in passing out cups of coffee and food supplies from the various booths. HEX BOY PICTURES SELF AS GALAHAD IN REHMEYER SLAYING __(Continued From First Page). :'exrd‘_elc”demnnd for his professional He is receiving a flood of letters from persons wian think they are bewitched, asking his advice, Most of the writers are women. One woman wrote from Ohio begging him to break the spell by absent treatment, as she did not wish to come to the jail for advice. ‘The sentencing of the 14-year-old John Curry to life imprisonment for the witcheraft murder was the chief topic of conversation about York last night since much sympathy had been aroused oy the boy's youth, his previous good ' record, anq his girlish mother’s pitiful story of his wretched home environ- ment. The boy took the sentence with- out a whimper. Counsel plan to file appeals for both him and Blymer. FREED OF WIFE SLAYING. Grand Jury Says Evidence Failed to Hold Accused Man. CANTON, Ohio, January 12 (#).— Wilbur O. Heldman, Lorain furnace salesman, last night stood absolved of the death of his attractive 21-year-old wife, Margaret, who committed suicide after confessing to the slaying of a Can- ton coal dealer. ‘The Star County grand jury in a re- port late yesterday ignored Heldman's case, holding that there was insufficient evidence to substantiate Coroner T. C. McQuate's charges of “moral murder.” Heldman drove up to the sheriff's of- fice the night of last December 13, with his wife dying from a bullet wound in her heart, which the salesman said she had inflicted on herself as they neared the city limits of Canton, where he in- tended to turn her over to authorities to answer for the slaying a week pre- viously of Vernard E. Fearns, 35, at his home, south of here. Heldman's story at first was accepted by authorities, but at the request of Mrs. Heldman's relatives at Dubois, Pa., a second investigation was startzd and days ths grand has been