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2 —_— EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 192Y. HOSPITAL EXPENSE HELD PROKIBITIVE Worthy Citizens Being De- | prived of Treatment, Survey Reveals. The cost of hospitalisation in Wash- {ngton is depriving worthy patients of needed treatment, according to a re- port on various phases of hospital operation in the District as obtained through a partial survey just con- cluded by the public health committee of the Washington Board of Trade. of which Dr. D. Percy Hickling, District alienist, is chairman A report on a questionnaire sent to heads ef local hospitals, compiled by James R. Arnold, committee secretary. showed that four out of eight hospitals, answering the query, “Are worthy citi- zens without treatment on account of cost?” replied in the afirmative. Those ingtitutions reporting were Georgetown - University, George Wash- ington University, the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat and 8t izabeth Hos- pitals. Columbia, Garfield, Emergency and Casualty Hospitals reported that patients were not without treatment because of cost. according to a sum- mary of the survey given by Mr. Arnold at a meeting of the committee last night at the Y. W. C. A. Soeial Position Diffteult. Tt was indicated that for the most part those who are deprived of treat- ment are the salaried middle class, whose positions in soclety prevent them from accepting outright charity, while the cost of treatment is regarded as expensive. woAn:E!er light ‘on the situation was given in the report of B. 8, Sandige, superintendent of Emergency Hospital, who told the committee that while par tients brought there were not without treatment because of the cost. many want more lr;ntment than they need and can or. Vll‘!ulll: 11 hospital superintendents | favared public discussion of this ques- tion of hospitalization and other rec- emmendations included study of the questions of endowments for hospitals, ralsing of public funds, provision of insurance, co-operation with the Amer- fean Medical Association, a general study of all hospital charges and other matters. oew!um Hospital reported the need of more free beds for indigent patients and the need for more social serviee; George Washington reported no recommendations for extension of serv- ice until funds for construction become availahle; Sibley announced plans for the enlargement of its building; Co- lumbia recommended extension of its “out” patient prenatal facilities; Gar- field reported it would expand as funds become available; while extension of services at Emergency was called a city government problem. Survey Is Propased, Amol rurouu {for co-operation be- tween ntgsgtu jons were suggestions for working with the Community Chest recommendation for greater public co- operation and a proposal for a survey an expert. b’m :\Trvey revealed the following amounts of charity work now being conducted at the hospitals studied: town, 50 r cent; George Wi n, about 18 per cent; Episco- pal Kye, Ear and Throat, “in patients, 45 cent, and “out” patients, 80 per cent;: Columbia, 42 per eent: Garfield, 30 cent; Emergency, 65 per cent paying “less : eo-lu' and 'lgw cent. rts were ”.r“vuh;!e “other hospitals. told mn:’h.u t. | States | | | | FOCH ACCLAIED Tribute in 1921 One of Great-3 est Ever Given Foreigner in America. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 20.—The acclaim of two of the nations whose men fought under his command went directly to Gen. Ferdinand Foch more shan seven years ago during his spectacular 15,000~ mile tour of the United States and Canada. . Over a period of seven weeks the commander-in-chief of the allied armies visited almost every State in the Union and some of the provinces in Canada, being welcomed by millions and receiv- ing unprecedented honors, « The tribute of church and state, business and cultural circles, and per- sons of every walk of life was showered upon the Litéle Marshal in the Fall of 1021, when he extended a visit to the national convention of the American Legion in Kansas City to an interna- tional march of triumph. Received 18 Degroes. He received 18 honorary degrees from American colleges and universities and won the praise of ehureh dignitaries— Catholic, Protestant and Jf . The Iate President Harding and numerous governors and mayors paid him honor, while the rank and file of the’United d_Oapada added their voices and gesturé§ to help make out of these of particular honors one of the greatest to. pa ted to this as the objective tal suthorities, but sald it could not be achieved because wealthy patients may. demand and receive attentions which chari o\; ;ml-chmty patients ‘were unable to claim. The consensus ef members of the committee was that added facilities for the care of tubereular children shouls be provided as soon as possible. 5. Yinances Discussed. Du 2 Giscussion of the finances of the l% hospitals the following facts were brought out, as revealed in the answers to the questionnalre: Georgetown—That 88,000 of the yearly revenue comes from the District government and the remainder from pay patients; that the m&m patient does not more than actual cost: of his attention, including overhead, and that while the patient has the op- portunity of getting the lowest doctors’ end other fees, hospital ataff service is available without charge. George Washington—That income is derived from patients and an endow- ment, 80 per cent being paid by pa- tients; that the patient does not pay more than his actual service costs, and that he has the option of selecting low- est doctor’s fees. Sibley—Revenue derived from pa- tients and gifts; that 95 per cent of the income is paid by patients. Episcopal Eye, Ear and 'Throst— Revenue from tients, endowments and Community Chest, 70 per cent be- ing from patients’ payments; that the patient pays no more and sometimes less than the actual service cost, and that the patient has the option in se- lecting physicians. Columbia—Revenue from patients and a “small" Federal appropriation; that 80 per cent of the revenue comes from patients; that patients pay no more than service costs and can get lowest doctor's fees, etc, as approved by the hospital. Garfield—Revenue from patients and contributions, 80 per cent being derived from patients; that patlents may- pay no more than actual service costs and have the option of getting lowest physi- cian’s fees s Emergency—Revente « from patients and gifts; that 85 per-cent of the reve- nue comes from patients, some paying less and some more than actual service costs; option given as to selecting lowest ported as from official funds only. Revenue from 8t. Elisabeth's, Freed- men's and Mount Alto Hospitals re- | ported as from afficial funds only. ‘The survey just concluded is a pre- Jiminary study in a two-year consid- eration of the entire hospitalization problem here, which is to be continued in connection with the American Med!- cal Association, and embodied no recom- mendations, ROSCOE B. JACKSON DIES. ‘Was President and. General Mana- ger of Hudeon Motor Car Co. DETROIT, March 20 (#).—The De- troit News says information was re- ceived here today that Roscoe B. Jack~ son, president and general manager of udson Motor Car Co. died 'Tues- the ht in Mentone, France, after {liness from influenza. He . Jackson left Detroit about & month ago for the Winter sea- son on the Riviera, THOUSAND BRATISLAV d | dier and later, at S FLEE DANUBE. Czechoslovakia, March receptions ever accorded a foreigner on this eontinent. Harvard, Yale and Princeton were among the schools that conferred de- grees. The Rricklayers' Union gave him an honorary membership; he was made an honorary Knight of Colum- bus; the Sioux Indians of South Da- kota named him “Charging Thunder”; he helped bury America’s Unknown Sol- t. Maries, Idaho, consoled a trio of lonesome French war brides; in Kansas City he attended mass on the anniversary of his son's death in battle and later reviewed the cadets of West Point and Annapolis, Spent One Day in Seclusion. Throughout his tour, every day with the exception of one, when he remained in comparative seclusion in Cleveland 50 that no reception to Him terrupt interest in an election—was packed with intense activity, and at one time his ghyllnlln asked that the | schedule of receptions be modified. | Later in the tour, however, he was found to be gaining weight. The welcome from children was as ‘eat as that given him by grown.ups. 10-year-old girl in New York broke through lines of police the day the general arrived and handed him a bouquet of roses with the request that they be taken back to France to be placed on her soldier-father's grave. At Kansas City he discarded a pro- gram to spend half a day with children, to whom he said: “You, in the future, should remember that the men must work and that the women must pray.” " nwhile in New York Rev, Dr. Christian F. Reisner of the Chelsea Methodist Church told a story of the little French marshal who prayed an hour each day throughout the war. GERMAN LEADERS SILENT. | Publie Feeling Keeps Hindenburg Fronr Making Statement. BERLIN, March 20 (#).—Marshal Foch's death finds the German popular mentality still too much imbued with the spirit_of resentment over what is regarded as the humiliating manner with which the German Armistice Com- mission, headed by the late Matthias Erzberger, was treated at Compiegne to public office to comment an the dis- tinguished Frenchman's career, though nobody questions his military genius. President Von Hindenburg declined a statement on his ranipus adversary, not because he has not the highest regard for his opponent's ability, but beeause | | but s also the hegd of the nation. One the Associated Press correspondent: tired field marshal there would be no objection to his paying public tribute as he often does privately, to his late ad- \-ernri/ in the most gigantic military siruggle known in history. But Von Hindenburg is now Presldent. As such he is a political personage. “However highly President Von Hin- denburg may esteem Foch as a military man, the German psople simply wouldn't understand why he should pay tribute to the man who at Compiegne so0 deeply humiliated the German armistice commission. It is mot his qualities of a soldier that uestion, but the manner in which he 'rubbed in' his authority. Had he been satisfied erely in obtaining our capitulation there would be as little objection s tribute to Haig. We are still too close to the events of the war.” . Staunton Residi ent Succumbs. Va., March 20 ONVISTTOU.S. make it seem advisable for men in he is o longer merely a field marshal, | of the President's advisers explained to | “Were Von Hindenburg merely a re- | there was to Von Hinderburg paying | (Continued From Pirst Page.) | toward the same end—to wear down | the enemy’s strength. | In this quintuple conflict, described | as the greatest in all history, the allies | recaptured in three weeks ground that had cost the enemy four months.of hardship and superhuman struggle as well as 1,000,000 men to attain. Its status was somewhat as follows: The American army, with Sedan as its objective, was attacking on both sides of the Meuse, One French army was battling, in conjunction with the Amer- icans, left of the Aisne for Mezieres. Another French and British army was pressing forward between the River Oise and the city of Valenciennes, with Maubeuge and Mons as their goal, The British and Belgians were driving ahcad in Flanders for Tournai and Ghent. South of the Oise, between that river and the Alsne, another French army tered its way toward the important railway junctions at Vervis and Hirson. Roughly, this, constituted Fooh's *'vise” in which the enemy was being squeezed. | Preached Preparedness. s before the struggle with | powers began, Foch had been ‘preparedness”’ to France. n for four years director of the Ecole de Guerre, Prance's- great school of war. He had been a subal- tern—like Joffre—in the Franco-Prus- sian War of 1870, ‘Twelve years later, as Maj. Foch, he returned to the War College as an in- structor. Later he won a ‘tolonelcy, and in 1907 became a brigadier . general. During his service as a tea - and Iater as commandant of France’s mill- tary school, Gen. Foch wrote a ber of technical books. Two of thesei#vorks on the subjeet pf warfare, both hich were translated into German, glish and Italian, were entitled “'Principies of ‘War” and “The Conduct.of War.'* Foch was in command of the 20th Army Corps, with headquafters at Nancy, at the berlnnlnx of the war In 1014, and of all the subordinates of Marshal Joffre his record was sild to | be_the most consistent. In the first battle of the Marne Foch's army of 120,000 men held the line from | La Fere Champenoise to Mondement. They were opposed by & force of 200,000, including the Prussian Guard, Retiring south of Chalons, Foch dis- covered by an airplane reconnaissance that two enemy armies had failed to make a junction and left a gap in their line near Vitry-le-Francais. Immediate- ly the French commander thrust a huge wedge of infantry supported by hnannuhry into this gap. Later Foch aided the British in pre- Upper left: Marshal Fnéh'l home in Paris. Right: With Gen, Pershing in Paris. Lower left: In garden of his home. set: Marshal Foch at height of military career. MARSHAL FOCH DIES AS HEART WEAKENS AFTER LONG FIGHT Yenting the enemy from gettingthrough to Calais in their first blow at Ypres. ‘In 1915 he directed the offensive at Artois. which was a partial French cess in spite of inferfor strength, d in 1916 he was partly responsible for the advance in the Somme. Retired from active service in April, 1917, at the age of 66 years, it was thought the fighting days of Foch were dver. He then became one of the most important advisers of the French gov- ernment and was the French military member of the.Supreme War Council at Versailles when made commander- in-chief. After the signing of the armistice, Gen. Pershing presented to Marshal Foch the American Dis- tinguished Service Medal “as & token of the gratitude of the American peo- ple for your achievements and for the great services you have rendered to our Army.” Decorated by Britain, After his victory in the first battle of the Marne, Foch ‘was promoted to be grand general in the Leglon of Honor. King George af England conferred upos him the Order of the Bath.' He was made Marshal of France In August, 1918, The next three years were busy enes for Marshal Foch, although he was less in the public eye. -!ochvhad a tremendous part in the peace negotiations and in the many Fu- ropean problems which developed’ from them, g“l advice in military matters WAS Necessary upon countless occasions while the allles were whipping their plans for.reconstruction. into. shape and he was called upon to draw up an of- fensive campaign aganist Russia in 1020, when the bolsheviki thratened to ovr run Poland and imperfl the safety pf France, October 22, 1921, he mailed for Amer- ica to be the guest of the American Le- glon at its national convention in Kan- sas City, summoned for November I. Upon his arrival in New York he was accorded a reccption which is sald to have equaled that given Admiral Dewey when he returned from Manila. During his tour of the United States he visited every important eity from the Atlantic to the Pacific and received de- grees from dogens of universities, - cluding Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Georgetown and Columbia. He was a distinguished participant in the Armis- tice day ceremonies held at Ar) National Cemetery when Americ known Soldier was laid to rest, November 12, 1921, he returned to Prance after spending what he de- scribed as months in his life. PATRONAGE PROBE IN SOUTH PLANNED| Brookhart Indicates Inquiry will| Cover ‘Practically Every State.” By the Associated Pross, “Extension of its investigation intn | “practieally every State” in the Bcuthi was indicated as 8 probability today by | Chairman Brookhart of the Senate patronage committee. Insistent demands, Brookhart sald, for a “clean up” in the methods of dis- tribution of Federal appointments, which the committee has been investi- gating, are coming from prominent men connected with the Republican party in nearly every S8outhern Btate. ‘The inquiry, wnich thus far has been confined largely to South Carolina, Mississippl, Georgia and Texas, likely will be broadened to include Tennessee and Louisiana, with the probability that witnesses will be summoned to Wash- ington from those two Btates, Although the situation in Florida has VIGILANTE ALARM BRINGS Neighboring Merchants Xill Un. identified Man After Haul in ' Which Note Used as R By the Associated Press. KANBAS CITY, Kans, March 20— An unidentified robber was slain by neighboring merchants when he at- tempted to eseape after holding up the Industrial State Bank in the Argentine section here today. ‘The robber entered the bank and pre- sented a card W. ‘Forrester, a teller, which r “Hold up your hands and give me.-the money.” A re- volver was pointed at Forrester, who handed the robber all the money in his cnge, #1,706, Another teller, W. A. Trents, sounded the - vigilante alarm, which is eon- nected with nearby stores, The shoj owners seized weapons and fired & vol- ley at the man .as he hurried from the bank towsrd & motor car parked across the street. He fell mortally wounded. The loot was recovered. HUGHES SAILS MAY 1. ybeen the subject of some complaint, | Brookhart believes that some improve- | ment has followed the transfer there | 1o new hands of authority in the mate ter of appointments, HOME BURNS. Mother and Three Small Children Lose Lives in Flames. MAMMOTH 8PRING, Ark, March 20 (#)—A mother and her three amall children were burned to death in a fire that destroyed their log house 11 miles { west of here, Ed Baurris, the husband and father, found the house In flames when he re- turned home vesterday from fighting & forest fire. Through a windew he gould ee the boedies of his wife, Mys. Maude Burriss, 33, and the threy {ldren, Wil- ilam, 6; Edward, 3, and Jimmy, 2 He made three futile attempts to enter the building, but was driven back by the blage. Explosion of a ean of gasoline was held * responsible for the fire by a coroner’s jury. HOOVER TO BE ON RADIO. March 21 (#)~The jonal Broadeasting Co. ana the Co- {FOUR DIE AS NEW YORK, Charles E. Hughes is expected to sail | from New York ut May 1 to take up his duties as-a judge of the World Court, at Geneva. The eourt will hold | a sepsion beginning: May 16. DEATH PENALTY | i | | battle of thal the .most strenuous two | Chal " DEATH TO BANK BANDIT| GAPITAL OFFICIALS - EXPRESS REGRETS |Good and Summerall Cable Condolences to French Leaders. By the Associated P ‘The death of Marshal Foch brought | expressions of deep regret today from official Washington, some of them by persons who were closely associated with the PFrench leader during the World War. On behalf of the American Army Secretary of War Good sent this mes- sage to Paul Painleve, minister of war: | “Qur Army mourns with its former | comrades the loss of that gallant and illustrious son of France, Marshal Ferd- inand Foch. We share your sorrow as once we shared with you the distinction | of service in a common cause under his | able guidance.” Gen. Charles P, Summerall, chief of the Army staff, cabled to Marshal Petain, inspector general of the French army, as follows: “On behalf of the Army of the United | States I extend to the army of France deepest and most sincere condolences on the death of Marshal Ferdinand Foch. Veterans of our armies ever will hold in gratitude and reverence the memory " of that great soldier under whose ‘illustrious leadership Americans were privileged to assist f the restora- tion of peace to the world.” FIVE ESCAPE DEATH AS HOME IS BOMBED Family of Insurgent Ohio Mine Leader Asleep When Blast Wrecked Hotise. By the Associated Press BRIDGEPORT, Ohio, March 20.— 1 Five members of the family of James Kunik, insurgent mine leader in the | Southeastern Ohlo coal flelds, escaped death last night when a bomb wrecked their home at Brookside, near here. Mrs. Kunik; asleep in a back room of the home with her twin daughters, Betty and Bethy, 6, was injured ‘when struck by & plece of furniture. Another daughter, Henrietta, 17, asleep in a front room, directly above the point where the bomb exploded, miraculously escaped serious injury. August, 12, also was suffering from shock, . Kunik, who attracted State-wide at- {ention a year ago when he broke away from the United Mine Workers' Union, ! of which he was an active member, and led an insurgent group that proposed to return to work for $¥ a day, was work- ing at the Florence mine, Martins PFerry, when the explosion occurred. Sherift Ford Moore of Belmont County and his deputies began an investigation . ROOT PLANS TO BEGIN RETURN TRIP APRIL 10 American Jurist Will Visit in Paris Before Sailing on Ile de France for U. 8. By the Assoglated PFress, GENEVA, March ' 20—Elihu _Roat plans to leave here Friday for Paris, sailing for the United States on the Ile de Prance April 10, The international commission of Jurists, with whom he has been working in an effort to arrange a method for adhesion of the United States to the World Court, adjourned last night, ", TS, 8 i, o e jur 3 one hailing hpl:n as the !lplrlhlll {atber of the World Court” and as the “Deus ex Maching,” who unerringly had led the nations and pointed to a way of obtaining. American collaboration with The Hague- tribunal. Among speaking in tribute to Mr, Root were: Dionisio Anselotti of Italy, & judge of the World Court. and 1) . J. M, Van Eysinga of the Netherlands. ITALIAN JOBS FEWER. Unemployment Gain Blamed on ‘Worst Winter in Years. ROME, March 20 (#).—The number of unemployed in Italy at the end of February was ¢80,347, compared to 461~ 889 at the end of January and 363,851 at the end of December, 0| Central Statistical Institute, which made | ruhlln the figures today, attributed the ncrease to the weather, Italy having had the worst Winter for mln{ years. | Births fell off slightly during the first {wo months of 1020, the figure being| 203,580, as against 215,327 for the cor- | responding period of 1928. The excess of births over deaths was only 40,028 in January and February, 1029, against 97,255 the corresponding months of J s THREE OF FACULTY OUT. University of Missourl Dismissals " Result of Questionnai COLUMBIA, Mo, (#).—The execu- tive board of curators of the University of Missouri today ordered dism of three faculty members whom the board held nsible for recent cireulation of q jonnaires among students ask- ing intimate questions as to sex and marriage. Those dismissed are Max F. Meyer, rofessor _of experimental psychology: [armon D, Degraff, assistant professor of mlnloiy, and O. H. Mowrer, student asssitant in psychology. MAY AWAIT HIM | | Astoria. MORE Upper, left to right: Frances Fulks of the Rockville High School and James | A. Gannon, ir.. of Georgetown Preparato i Lower, leit to right: William Wilro ea nd Cary Euwer of the Upper Marlboro High School. - MARYLAND ORATORY VICTORS ‘ ry School, Garrett Park. y of the Lackey High School, at Indian TWODIEASGANG | RADS APARTHENT Former Convict Who Foiled Senate Battle May Block| Prison Break and Wife Slain in Bed. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 20.—Several gangsters battered their way into the armor-plated home of S8am BSacco in Astoria today and killed Sacco and the wife he had married last Summer after completing a prison term for murder. Apparently Sacco had known he was walking in the shadow of death for he had sheathed the door of his apart- ment with hn\xl pleces of iron and had 'qulpged it with strong bolts. But the gangsters smashed the door down while Sacco and his wife were still in bed and opened fire. died with his gun,in his hand. wife was killed as she lay in bed. Police believe the shooting was a case of the underworld taking the law into its own hands against one who had done the same thing himself 'eATS ARO. In 1917 Saceo’s brother Joseph was killed, A man named De Lucca was ar- rested and questioned, but finally re- leased.” cent. De Lucca was killed and Sacco was given 20 years for second degree murder. Wed Last Summer. With good behavior allowance he completed his time last Summer and shortly after regaining his freedom he married and took the apartment in He took all possible precautions against possible revenge, lining his door so that bullets could not etrate it and strengthening the locks to with- stand assault. And he kept his gun handy. But all his precautions were in vatn. ‘The armor-plated door went down be- fore a terrific battering and Sacco died under a storm of bullets that led police to believe a machine gun might have been used rather than pistols. Because of his name police at first thought the dead man was a Frank Sacco who had served a term for per- Jury for his testimony about the killing of Albert Calebrese in 1025, but it later was established that he was the one who recently completed a murder term. Although at first police were - con- vineed that the double slaying was the esilt of his killlng of De Lucca, in- vertigation of his prison record soon suggested another possibility. Foiled Prison Escape. Last Summer, it was learned, Sacco | tipped off the authorities at Sing Sing that other convicts were planning a break for liberty. As a result of his information the prison break was frustrated. N ‘To protect him from reprisal it was kept a secret that Sacco had informed on the convicts who had planned to escape, but he was suspected by his fellows and when he was released he | wa man marked for death, ‘The Sacco apartment is on the first floor of the bullding and the attack was made while most of the tenants were at ll,‘renknn or leaving for their dally work. The sound of the crashing door and the cnxulnf fusillade was heard throughout the building and tenants telephoned police that a shooting was in grofizn. Before police arrived Sacco and his wife had been killed and the gunmen had disappeared, RED CROSS AUTHORIZES FLOOD FUND ACCEPTANCE Local Chapters May Take Contribu- tions for Aiding Stricken States. While no national appeal for con- tributions is being made for flood suf-| ferers in Southern States, the National | Red has authorized local chapters to accept contributions for use in re-; lleving conditions in Alabama, Georgla, | ;la:m-m Mississippi and Northern | ride. Word of this was received at the District of Columbia Chapter of the Red Cross, 821 BSixteenth street, this morning from Jsmes L. Fieser, acting chairman of the American Red Cross. i | a the national organization for application in the South. ‘But Sacco would not accept | the decision that De Lucca was inno- | FIGHT UPON ROOT - FORMULAIS SEEN American Entry Into World Court. By the Associated Press. was before the Senate three year A vigorous fight was made emphasize the' possibility of a renew: of the controversy, entry into the court. Regular Session Idea Gains. that it might be port. By that time the League of Na foreign relations committee, others, would prefer to know what they are going to o about it before taking it up. The formula, worked out by Elihu Root and members of the Commission of International Jurists engaged at QGeneva in revising the court's rules, has to do with the controverted ques- tion of advisory opinion by the tribunal. Commpromise Urged by Root, ‘The Senate’s reservation that such opinfons should not be rendered with- out the eonsent of this Goovernment in cases in which it has or claims to have an interest was rejected by the world powers, and Mr. Root's effort been directed toward the formulation of an arrangement which would satisfy both viewpoints. While no official comment has been made on the results of that effort, as announced at Geneva through the As- sociated - Pregs, Mr. R~ have Rept this Govr:.i 1 "illy ad- vised ‘on the progroas of the discus- sior nd it {s assumed that his modi- was presented to Washington authorities before it was adopted by the international commission. —— STIMSON IS GREETED ON ARRIVAL IN U. S, Secretary of State Met by Delega- tion as Ship Reaches Ban Francisco. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.—Col. Henry L. 8timson, who retired as Gov- come Secretary of State in President Hoover's cabinet, arrived here today |aboard the Dollar Liner President P!;(rce. e was met at quarantine by a large | delegation, lmludlnr promlnetyndeull‘ | State and municipal ofMclals, as well as high-Army and Navy officers. Bandits Hold-up Pay Car. —Four hooded bandits forced a United | Fruit Co. pay car inf the curb in the business section today and escaped with $4,800 in cash after woundin, ) Sebatier, 53, guard. A Spring Due Here At 9:35 Tonight, Observatory Says That season of the year, which inspired Tennyson to write, “In the Spring a young man's fanc: lightly turns to thoughts of lo will come to Washington at 9:35 o'clock tonight. At exactly that moment the sun will cross the equator and Spring will arrive officlally. This anouncement was forthcoming this morning from the Naval Ob- servatory, where the time of the seasons s rmined from the The final wording of the modified Root formula for American adherence to the World Court is arousing some concern among its friends at the Capitol. Their concern centers in private ex- pressions of discontent with the pro- posal made in circles which were op- posed to adherence when the question St time and, as the new proposal requires | action by the Senate, such expreulun: Revival of the op- position en acceptance of the modified formula, leaders admit, might perma- nently block the way for American With that situation in view, the idea advisable to let the question rest until the regular Decem- ber sesslon of Congress is gaining sup- tions and the other 40 nations adhering to the eourt would have an opportunity | to disclose their attitude toward the ! formula, and Chairman Borah of the among | known to ernor General of the Philippines to be- | NEW ORLEANS, La., March 20 . | — e e 4 PUPLS CHOSEN ORATORY FINALISTS | Three Boys and Girl to Rep- resent Maryland Schools in Contest. Three boys and a girl are announced today as the representatives of four more Maryland schools in the fast ap- roaching group phase of the Sixth b L:ttieoml Oratorical Contest in that Miss Frances Victorine Fulks, vietor in the Rockville High School finals, is the girl, while her boy companions in victory are James Alonzo Gannon, jr.. of the Georgetown Preparatory School at Garrett Park; William Wilroy of the Lackey High School at Indian Head and Cary Euwer of tl h oAy y he Marlboro Hig! Will Compete Friday. Of these, Miss Fulks and young Gan- non will compete again Friday night at the Bethesda Elementary School in the first interschool meet of the Maryland district. That contest’s fleld of com- petitors will include also John G. Gott of the Dickerson High School, Miss Doris Palmer of the Gaithersburg High School, Miss Margaret Benson of the Bethesda-Chevy.Chase High School and David Trundle of the Poolesville High School. Euwer's next contest partici- pation will take place in the secord Maryland group meeting Monday at Marlboro, while Wilroy has until Wed- nesday, one week from today, before he is called upon to deliver his oration in the fourth Maryland group meet at La Pl;;:, ss Fulks, the 17-year-old daughter of Mrs. Edna Fulks Cross of H'bck- ville, won her school championshi with a speech on “The Citizen; His Privileges and Obligations Under the Constitution.” She is a senlor at the Rockville High School and, although she is undecided just which college l‘\e will enter next Fall, she intends to- spe- cialize in English and history in the course of her higher education. She is active at Rockville in dramatics and she has been prominent in athletics, Discusses Constitution. “The Constitution: Its Valus,” is the oration with which Gannon leveled ti Georgetown Preparatory School co testant fleld to represent his school in the interschool meets. James is the 15-year-old son of Dr. Gannon, the surgeon, of 1915 Biltmore street, Wash- ington, and he is a junior at school. He won the junior elocution medal this year as well as the Blue and Gray— school publication—award for the best short story, He expects to be graduated from the pre&arntory school in June, 1930, and he is as yet undecided where h’“m;li ltu%u:g,.er that. \ am captured the Lacke: High School's championship with Z speech on “The Citizen: His Duties and Privileges Under: the tion.” He had particylarly st competiti i Joteph Mediey, Myrils W . Care roll Thompson and Ruth Haneock, . Besides winn| championship of his school an right to represent in at the La Plata Bee? RN Vot e e Sades as L council of the school, ” s Lackey Finals Close. The finals at Lackey this enthusiastically fought and lowed by the non-competing s of the school, and Wilroy next phase of the contest with He i3 the son of Ar- AR were ly- fol- tudenta mination to win. thur D. Wilroy, chief clerk at the Gov- t at ‘Indian Head. ' He 7 o has distgeianod Hmen - guishe elf in athletics and as a Dl’ll!mlufl Club, . AT was & speech on “Testi; - stitution” which won th?‘ mrm School chnmrmmh!p for Cary Euwer, the 14-year-old son of Walter H. Euwer of Upper Marlboro. He expects to be graduated from the high school in June, 1030, and then he hngu to .enter Princeton University, where he will study to become s lawyer. - At high school he is a leading player of soccer and base ball and he fl prominent in his school's dramatic projects. REFUGEES RETURN TO FLOOD-STRICKEN TOWNS OVER SOUTH (Continued From First Page.) icola Rivers, inundat: new pections as Dtg:t crest rd:um?. i ors and nurses, workf Oary~ ville. reported that -wuflo:: l:lanlm'y condition may arise there unless ty- phold serum is sent -impediately. Unable to carry on their fleld opers- tions by boat to Caryville the ogsuz Guardsmen turned to delivering food and supplies on foot. Many of the air- planes, which have carried food into the flooded sections, Have discontinued their aerial routes now that the food supply by boats and automobiles has becomey ore plentiful, Flood waters at River Junction had backed up into the town from the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers to a depth of 10 feet today, but the residential section, located on a hill nearby, was not endangered. The main street pre- sented a desolate scene, with water standing high in all of the business houses. The huru bridge over Victory high- way at River Junction was atil stand- ing today, although flood waters were racing two feet over the west end of it. Residents at Chipley and Bonifay, which also were faced with a serious flood situation several days ago, slowly were emerging from their plight today. Traffic to the north and south gra ually was being restored over the high- ways-and railroads, but_the dangerous condition of the Victory Bridge at River Junction shut off movement to the cast and west, LOWER VALLEY IS HOPEFUL. { ! Engineers Guard Dykes Along Southern | Mississippl Basin. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 30 (®.— !Reporu of falling stages and clear | weather along upper tribu! s and careful watching of the levee system by Government engineeers today brought added strength to the belief of the low- er Mississippi Valley that present high water will not constitute a flood of | serious proportions. |, The river here had passed the 39- foot stage, more than 4 feet above flood level, and 40.5 feet was expected by Sunday by Meteorologist F. W. Brist. River observers believed the water here would go to & maximum height of 41.5 to 42 feet. ‘This stage is 2 feet lower than the amount of water which the levee system is capable of withstanding, according gineers of the Government fores Col. F. B. Wilby, Uul!"'_.'_-ll"fifll- 1 trict engineer, todsy—was in Hickman, Ky, where backwater has inundated parts of the business section. Business men of that city were cx‘rcud to pre- sent claims to Col. Wilby for flood damages under the flood control act, contending that levees on the o&pulu side of ti river contributed the damage. The delivery of 60 box cars by the Missouri Pacific Railroad, at Marianna, Ark., to shelter persons - foreced from homes by backwater, was reported. 20 (#).—Thousands of families along the right bank of the Danube lost their homes, cattle and other belongings to- day in the worst flood since 1872 ‘The great river, which is choked with millions of tons of thawing ice, was rising steadily and threatening further isgster. Church bells tolled along its 1,800-mile length, warning riparian cwellers to flee for their lives. STAUNTON, cial).—Mrs, Pocahontas V. Bumgair ner, 8¢, widow of Col. W, L Bumgardner, residents of Staunton, died in Gal{dnh .dN.h(l!. lv{;ndn’);. lrz the home of her dauj , Mrs. Hug 1\2. ;‘{umphrie!v l!u'!del Mrs. Hum- More than 100 stetions wil] be in the phries, she is survived by another | hook-ups, The broadcasting s expected daughter, Mrs. <N. B. Falson, of wuh-lla stort o6 3 pm., luum”unuu ington, D. C. o timee (8p=- " ” . i Gigs First Herring. Va.,, March 20 (Spe- herring caught here aptured with mes W. eet. The flsh, weighed two and ona-) nautical almanac. Meanwhils, the Weather Bu. resu promises fair and slightlv colder weather tonight. A mini. mum temperature of 40 degrees is expected. Tomorrow will be mark- ed by increasing cloudiness—fore- runner of wers which:are ex- pected to w night. mbia Broadeasting Bystem announced | tedsv that their Nation-wide networks | weu'd breadeast the address of Presi- | dent Hoover at the annual luncheen of tha: Azsocigted Press here on April 22. Mexican Flyers Leave for Ohio. MIDDLETOWN, Pa., March 20 (#).— Three Mexican flyers and their United States Army pilot-giiide left here in their three planes today for Wright block of Quebec | Field, Dayton, Ohio, en route to Mex- ice Court Saturday, ico, where the machines will be used ~Btar Stall PRhoto. o combat the insurgent troops. Cocon, an Alredale owned by Cooper Boling of 1?; 3 t, who eomes up for “sentence” hefore Judge Given in lowing. testimony. that he had bitten children. th Lee s ©Oxon Run, pounds. \