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2 & BLUE ARMY DRIVES - RED FORGES BACK Strikes Series of Sledge- . Hammer Blows Along Amlin-Hilliard Front. BY J. 8. EDGERTON, Btaff Correspondent of The Star. FIELD HEADQUARTERS, 1T BLUE | “ARMY, FAIRFIELD AIR DEPOT, FAIRFIELD, Ohio, May 24.—The Reds are falling back. The big push is on Through slanting rain and over muddy. torn fields littered with the wreckage of war (theoretically), the Blue shock battalions struck the crumbing Red | line a series of sledge-hammer blows along the Amlin.Hilliard front, eight miles northeast of Columbus, capital of the mythical Red nation, beginning at dawn today. Their reserves exhausted during the | vy fighting of vesterday, the Reds | }::s: .znpg on fhm front line trenches during the first onslaught and now are falling back on their main line of re- sistance along the Scioto River. | No Withdrawal Ordered. Red commanders, it was learned here, | have ordered every foot of ground con- tested and no withdrawal orders have | been issued at any point along the line. | The brunt of the heavy Blue assault on | the north has been borne by the 37th Division, under command of Brig. Gen. Frank D. Henderson, Ohio National Guard, and the 38th Division, Maj. Gen. R. H. Tyndall, Indiana National Guard. Farther south consistent gains are be- ing made by the Blue 83d Division, Col. Orval P. Townsend, Regular Army. The 37th and 38th Divisions of the 1st Corps, commanded by Brig. Gen. George H. Jamerson, commandant of Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Were prominent in the heavy fighting of yesterday. Blues Use Planes Freely. Aviation played a prominent part in today's fighting. Blue attack planes were used freely during the morning in assaults upon key points in the Red lines and proved to be a tremendously powerful adjunct of the Blue Infantry. Bombardment planes are working be- hind the enemy lines to break up trcop movements and destroy ammunition @urips and supply bases. Blue observation planes reported great military activity along the national road leading east from the Red lines to Columous. They reported that the Blues are meeting stubborn resistance from Red prepared positions on the higher ground to the east of Big Darby Creek. Struggling forward under a storm of small arms and artillery fire, however, the Blue 1st Corps carried the stream shortly before noon and this afternoon are working forward deep into Red territory. The 83rd and 100th Divisions, to the south, have just won their way across Darby Creek and are consolidating 'p:lmam on the east bank preparatory another assault. The 5th Division, eomposed of veterans of the World War, known as. the Red Diamond Division, has met with determined resistance to the south and repeated assaults have failed to carry Darby Creek. Flying with the Blue observation squad- rons through spurts of rain and under lowering clouds, one can see the Fighting 37th Division of the Ohio National Guard, veterans of the battlefields of France, pushing forward toward the little wfage of Hilliard, on the Pittse burgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & 8t. Louis Railroad and Price road. They are opposed by the Red 2nd Division and part of the Red 1st Division, To the North of the Ohio contingent the advance is being carried with equal dash and determination by the famed 38th Division of the Indiana, Kentucky and ‘West, Virginia National Guard. As the observation plane drops low over a small farm identified on the battle map as that of W. A. Geyer, four miles Northeast of West Jefferson, Blue Infantry patrols of the 100th Division can be seen working rapidly eastward through fields of green crops. To the east, however, reserves are bein marched by the Red along the nationa! youte to the support of the hard-pressed front lines. Correspondent Hears Orders. ‘This writer visited the headquarters of the st Corps in the ancient town hall of Mechanicshurg, Ohio, yesterday afternoon while the battle orders for todsy’s drive were being completed and then pushed on farther front in a Blue Army reconnsissance car to the field headquarters of the 37th snd 38th Di- visions, The trip was made over roads which have been badly cut to pieces by mili- tary transport trains and twice heavy bombardment formations, protected by attack and pursuit planes, passed over- head, one of the missions being the successful _bombing of Griggs Dam, Borth of Columbus. Gen. Henderson's headquarters are the typical quarters of an attack divi- sion in the feld. An old weather-beaten farm house has been commandeered for the staff. The walls are covered with maps bristling with red and blue pins, | tags and strings showing the various battle units. A field telegraph set is in operation in one corner and in another is a field telephone switchboard. The general himself sleeps in a tent pitched near the house. Ten feet away, over a split rail fence, several broods of fat and contented Ohio porkers wallow in & most amazing pool, grunting | contentedly and perfuming the atmos- | phere. “It is better than France, at that,” comments the general, a lean hardened weather-beaten campaigner, whose left eyelid droops where it was cut by & fragment of a German shell in France “In France the pigs are quartered in the houses.” | Moving north from Gen. Henderson's | headquarters, at Resaca, we found the headquarters of Gen. Tyndall at Chuck- ery more commodiously housed in a schoolhouse, with tents pitched in the school yard We arrived at Chuckery just before mess call was sounded by a ruddy-faced young_bugler and were the guests of Gen. Tyndall at the officers’ mess, un- der canvas just behind the school. While we were at the headquarters re- treat was sounded and the Headquarters Company from the 11th Regiment of the Regular Army, Fort Benjamin Harrison, went through the guard mount ceremonies. Gen. Tyndall's staft was just com- pleting the Infantry orders for the drive at dawn today and were hard at work on the Artillery orders, which when carried out would provide for the laying of a barrage ahead of the com- bat troops. Tenth Sent Into Lines. The Blue 83d Division is being re- lieved today by the fresh 10th Division. ‘This leaves the Blue 9th, 11th and 12th Divisions in reserve, none of them hav- ing been in line. The Red 4th Division 15 in line on the North, Blue intelligence officers have reported, and elements of the Red 8th Division” have been found in line to the south, indicating that all the Red reserves are in line. The Blue air commander, Col. H. C Pratt, shortly before noon today sent two squadrons of the 3d Attack Group, Fort Crocket, Tex, to break up the formation of Red Infantry and motor and animal transport reported in the vicinity of Caspara Bridge, northeast of Linden, and around Hayden Falls Bridge. Later he sent the second bombard- ment group, Langley Field, Va, sup- | N. Y., to be Assistant Attorney General THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTO N, D. G, FRIDAY, MAY -24, 1929." HARRES & EWI NG ‘Wife of Luciano Mascia, second secretary several weeks ago. Tracy place, has been closed and neithes MARRIAGE REPORTED ON ROCKS SIGNORA ANNA DOMVILLE MASCIA, to have left her husband with their 20-month-old daughter after a disagreement Signora Mascia is said to have gone to the home of her parents, in Montreal, returning here later for a short time. Their home, at 2422 of the Italian embassy, who is reported r could be located here today. TILDEN DEFEATS WITZEL QUICKLY Seven Spectators Witness 27-Minute Battle; Hunter Beats Del Bono. By the Associated Pre PARIS, May 24—William T. (“Big | Bill") Tilden scored a quick victory, | 6—1, 6—1, 6—1, over Herr Wetzel, Ger- | man player, in the first singles match of the international hard court tennis championships today. | It was a scorchingly hot day and | there were exactly seven spectators cit- | ting in the sun-baked, uncovered stands | to watch the former American and | world champion perform. | Tilden played grimly with tremendous force and. speed and disposed of Wetzel, who is reputed to be one of Germany's most promising players, in just 27 min- utes, The German player won {wo games on his own service and broke through Tilden's service once when the | latter double-faulted attempting to get more spin on the ball. | Francis T. Hunter also swept through | the first round, defeating Signor Del | Bono of Italy, 6—1, 6—4, 6—0. Hunter had little’ trouble disposing of Del Bono, Italy’s ranking No, 2 player, in straight sets, the Italian Davis Cup player only putting up a battle in the second set. The Italian star appeared to wilt in the hot sun chasing Hunter's speedy baseline drives, and the game was more or less of a workout for the American, who appeared in better form than in any of his previous appearances in Europe. Shortly after their singles triumphs, Tilden and Hunter paired together in doubles to defeat Von Kehrling of Hun- su_ry and Kleinsroth of Germany, 3—6, 3, 6—1, 6—4, reaching the semi- finals. Tilden and Hunter encountered fairly stiff opposition from the German- Hungarian pair who jumped into the lead by capturing the first set through the veteran Kleinsroth's superior volley- ing and tantalizing returns of Tilden's cannon balls. The Americans began getting the range in the second set and never were threatened thereafter. Hunter's showing was magnificent in the last three sets and Tilden played a steady game. Senorita Elia de Alvarez and Miss Kea Bouman, the Spanish-Dutch pair, who yesterday eliminated Helen Wills and Edith Cross, defeated Mrs. Phoebe Watson and Eileen Bennett of England, the defending titie holders, in the semi- finals of the women's doubles. The scores were 6—3, 2—6, 6—3, the flashiness and daring play of the Span- ish champion upsetting the clocklike regularity of the British veterans. he Misses Heine and Neave of South Africa_qualified to meet the crack Al- varez-Bouman pair in the final by de- feating Mesdames Mathieu and La Faurie of France, 11—9, 6 HOOVER NOMINATES O'BRIAN FOR PLACE Buffalo Man Is Selected to Replace W. J. Donovan as Assistant Attorney General, President Hoover has selected John Lord O'Brian, attorney of Buffalo, to succeed Willlam J. Dorovan, who has resigned. Mr. O'Brian’s nomination went to the Senate today. In making this appointment known at the White House today, it was sald in behalf of the President that he was very much gratified when he received Mr. O'Brian’s acceptance. It is understood that to obtain this upstate New York attorney’s services President Hoover had to virtually draft him. The President satisfied himself that he selected & man whom he be- lieves well qualified to head that division of the Department of Justiee which | handles anti-trust and commerce act | cases, | Mr O'Brian, who is a graduate of | Harvard University and the Law School | of the University of Buffalo, is 55 years {old. He has been practicing law in Buffalo since 1898 and was United States attorney for the western district of New York from 1909 to 1914 and special assistant to the Attorney Gen- MORROW EN ROUTE T0 JERSEY HONE Leaves Laredo After Trip From Mexico City With Heavy Bodyguard. By the Assoclated Press. LAREDO, Tex.. May 24 —Dwight W. Morrow, United States Ambassador to Mexico., was on the way to his home in Englewood, N, J. today to attend the wedding of his! daughter Anne to Col. Charles A Lindbergh. Mr.| Morrow refused to anmounce the date of the wedding. but said “it will take vlace while I am on this trip North.” He plans to return to Mexico City in July. ‘The Ambassador arrived here late yesterday from the Mexican capital escorted by Mexican soldiers, Dwight W. Morrow. Before his depart- | ure from Mexico City last Wednesday newspaper men were pledged to secrecy so that he would not be exposed to danger by announcement of his itinerary. Two hundred soldiers were on & pilot train which ran ahead of the regular Mexico City-Laredo passenger | train to which the Ambassador's pri- vate car was attached. The other 80 soldiers occupied an armored car in the regular train. In addition to the soldiers, com- manded by Gen. Acosta, two Mexican detectives and two United States Army sergeants attached to the embassy at Mexico City were on Mr. Morrow's train. The soldiers were sent by the Mexi- can government “merely as & courtesy,” Mr. Morrow said. With the Ambasasdor were Edward P. Lowry, third assistant secretary of the ; Arthur Springer, Mr. Mor- s private secretary; Hal Mangum, owner of & ranch in the state of Coahuila where Col. Lindbergh was a guest last December, and Harold Walk- er, vice president of the Huasteca Oil Co. Mr. Morrow left for San Antonio several hours after his arrival here and said he would go directly to Englewood without stopping at Washington. NEW HUDSON RIVER BRIDGE PROPOSED Plans Submitted to Chief Engineer Jadwin for Structure at Fifty- Ninth Street, New York. By the Associated Press Representatives of the New York and New Jersey Bridge Co. today submit- ted to Maj. Gen, Edgar Jadwin, chief of Army Engineers, arguments in favor of | construetion of a bridge across the | Hudson River at Pifth-ninth street, New York City. The group was granted a hearing in connection with a report Jadwin now is preparing on the proposal of the North River Bridge Co. to construct a bridge across the Hudson at Fifty-seventh street. The War Department has had the application of the North River Co. before it for several years and a de- cision is expected shortly. Although ~ the Baltimore & Ohlo Railroad, which now has its New York City rail terminal in New Jersey, has been said by its officials to be inter- | ested in the venture s & spectator, | there has been a persistent report that this railroad proposed to run trains into the city over this structure. | NEW ORLEANS, May 24 (#).—Super- | intendent of Police Theodore toda: barred cosmetics for New Orleans po- licemen. A superior officer of Patrolmafl Jules Reinhardt walked into & soft drink stand just in time to see the attractive proprietress reaching over tne bar and powdering the officer’s nose. Reinhardt was suspended for conduct unbecoming an offcer. MARINE PLANE CRASHES. | PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, May 24| (#).—A United States Marine Corps air- eral from 1917 te 1919. ported by a squadron og the 3d Attack Group and the 95th Pursuit Bquadron, Rockwell Field, Calif, to degtroy both these bridges, _ ... B i ————s, ‘Unemployment in De: to decrease, .. ntinues nmark col ten plane crashed at Cape Haitian yester- day. First Lieut. Gladden was killed and Second Lieut. Rhodes, who was piloting the machine ' seriously in- NATIONAL ORIGINS - DEBATE ON RADID Senator Nye and Representa- tive Box to Discuss Issue in National Forum. The national origins’ clause of the immigration act, due to’go into effect July 1, the suspension-of which Presi- dent Hoover has recommended, will be discussed over the radio Saturday night in the National Radio Porum, arranged by The Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting Co. Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, Republican, author of resolu- tlons to repeal or suspend the national origins clause, will speak in opposition to the clause. Representative John C. Box of Texas, who has been a Demo- cratic member of the House committee on immigration, will support natfonal origins as the basis on which the future immigration quotas shall be fixed. The House has not yet organized its com- | mittee on immigration in this Con- | gress. The national origins clause of the | immigration act proposes to fix the quotas of immigration allowed each | vear in accordance with the blood of | the people of the United States when | the country was established. The ex- | isting quotas are based on the census | of 1890. Several times Congress llui passed resolutions suspending the oper- ation of the national origins clause. | No such action has been taken, how- | ever, to halt the operation of the clause | on July 1, although Senator Nye and other opponents of the clause are de- | manding a vote in the Senate on the | question. | Senator Nye comes from the North- west. He is chairman of the Senate committee on public lands. While he | is one of the younger members of the Senate, already he has taken a position of importance in that body. Before he was appointed to the Senate to suc- ceed the late Senator Ladd he had been engaged in newspaper publication. He was elected a few months after | his appointment to fill out the unex- pired term of Senator Ladd and later still was elected for a term of six years, expiring 1933. Senator Nye is a mem- ber of the Senate committee on immi- gration and has given much study to the question of immigration quotas. Mr. Box has been six times elected to the House. He hails from Jackson- ville, Tex. He has had a wide legisla- tive experience and during the last Congress served as Democratic whip of the House following the death of the late Representative Oldfield of Arkan- sas. He is a firm believer in the na- tional origins clause and in restricted immigration. His research has made him an authority on immigration mat- ters in the United States. MESSENGER SHOT IN $80,000 HOLD-UP Bandit Escapes in Waiting Auto After Seizing Satchel. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, May 24.—Rob- bers held up a messenger for the American Pirst National Bank on a downtown corner today and escaped with approximately $80,000. The mes senger was on his way to the Federal | Reserve Bank. The messenger, Charles Véwell, 25, was shot in the right arm. Vowell, on his way to the Pederal Re- serve Bank to deposit the money, hait- ed his automobile at a traffic stop. A | man leaped from another car, which drew alongside, and, jumping to the. running board of Vowell's machine, ggnnua pistol at him, fired end grab-. d the messenger's satchel. Vowell said the robber then jumped. back into his own car and sped away with & companion, who had waited at the steering wheel. HOLD-UP IN EAST ORANGE. Loot of Four Bank Robbers $50,000. EAST ORANGE, N. J, May 24 (. —Four-rebbers today held up the East Orange Trust Co., and escaped with what officials described as “a nominal sum.” William H. Kelly, president of the institution, later estimated the loot at $25,000. Later it was believed that the sum would run in excess of $50,000. Kelly said all the ready cash in the place was taken with the exception of $10,000 in one vault, which was locked. On the doors of this, detective John McGinley sald he obtained an excellent finger- print impression. ‘The robbers were described as for- eigners of :ou!ble latin extraction by by Morris E. Sameth, who was forced oftf the road by their automobile as they fled. Patrons and employes were lined up with their faces to the wall in the rear of the bank so quickly by the precise action of the gang, that none had op- portunity to reach one of the several connections of the hold-up alarm. May Exceed W. D. JOHNSTON DIES. Navy Department (;1::1('- Health Had Been Failing Some Time. William D. Johnston, 66 years old, clerk in the division of supplies and accounts, United States Navy Depart- ment, died at his home in the Alabama Apartments yesterday. He had been in failing health for some time, it was stated, but his condition had not been considered serious. Johnston is survived by his vidow, Mrs. Mary E. Johnston: a daughter, Mrs. Fred C. Bassen, and & son, Ernest 8. Johnston. Private funeral services will be con- ducted tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. NATIONAL ORATORY FINALISTS ARRIVE PITTAND HUFTY CLASH IN FNALS Middle Atlantic Amateur Title Holder Plays 14 Holes in-Even 4’s. Harry G. Pitt of the Manor Club, holder of the Middle Atlantic amateur golf championship, and Page Hufty, Congressional Club champion, are play- ing this afternoon in the final round of the Indian Spring Golf Club invitation tournament. Hufty played 14 holes in even 4s this morning to defeat Leroy Sasscer of Indian Spring by 5 and 4, while Pitt played the same brand of golf to defeat Charles W. Cole, jr., of Indian Spring, 4 and 3. The two finalists have met in match play once before this year with Hufty victorious. In the second flight, J. A. Cox of Argyle, - defeated H. K. Cornwell of Columbia, 4 and 2, and will meet T. M. Belshe, also_of Argyle, who defeated Norman B. Frost of Columbia, 1 up. The finalists in the fifth flight are Russell C. Jewell and T. W. Calfee, both of the . Washington Golf and Country Club. Jewell this morning defeated D. L. Thomson of the Manor Club, 6 and 5, while Calfee defeated C. L. Cogan, unattached, .4 and 3. In the sixth flight, R. E. Lewis of Beaver Dam, is playing F. J. Mulvey of Indian Spring. Lewis defeated M, P. Nolan of Congres- slon: 3 and 2, and Mulvey defeated . C. Knox of Columbia, 1 up. SMITH ‘EXPLAINS 'ANSWER TO QUERY Columbia U. Professor Disclaims Connection With Newspaper Group Now Under Investigation. By the Associated Press. J. Russell Smith, professor of eco- nomic geography of Columbia Univers- ity, in a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, declared today that he had informed William Lavarre, co-publisher of four Southern newspapers last June about the newspaper possibilities in the Piedmont area of the Bouth, without compensation. Prof. Smith's name was mentioned in correspondence sent to the commission by«Lavarre as exhibits in connection with the investigation into the news- paper financing activities of the Inter- national Paper & Power Co. The letter sel’ldt by Prof. Smith to the eommission sald: “Please add to your record the fact that the letter of inquiry to which I re- plied was only one of many from total strangers received in response to A mag- azine article upon America’s possibilities, | It purported to be from a perplexed man seeking guidance to a promising local- ity for his personal business. “I answered his inquiry gratis. I had never heard of him before and have never heard from him since. GIRL FACES CHARGES. Vivian Eloise Cary, 26 years old, of the 1300 block of *Girard street, is being held for investigation while police look into her cheek transactions cover- | ing a year. in which she is said to have acquired clothes and other finery to the extent of more than $500 from various Washington department stores. She is being held at the House of Detention. According to Headquarters Detective B. W. Thompson of the bad check squad, the girl, against whom 16 charges of worthless checks and false pretenses have been lodged, was prompted by a desire to acquire the nery for a contemplated marriage. IN RADIO DEBATE Senator Gerald P. N\yehllafl and Representative John €. bo& who will I.h: e | begin at Hoover Field, where the boys | ternational Airways. Inc., through the | V. Corey of Portland, Me., and Howard bur Thibault of Portland, Ore. Inset: Lee Miller of Maywood, —Star Staft ENTRANTS IN ORATORICAL CONTEST ARRIVE FOR MEET TOMORROW NIGHT i) (Cont: rst Pa reached Washington at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning. On her trip to Washington, Miss Corey was accompanied by Miss Edith Haines, staff writer for the Portland Press-Herald, newspaper sponsor for the contest in the territory from which the Northeastern champion comes. At the station, Miss Corey and Miss Haines were met by Representative Beedy of Maine, at whose Washington home they will stay while here. The Portland orator left her home at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. This is her first visit to Washington and, as a matter of fact, is her first journey so far into the South. There is no one sight or place she is particularly anxious to visit, she said this morning, and the contest itself is not weighing heavily upon her mind, for, as she explained it, the whole trip is 50 full of new and delightful experiences that she hasn't time to seek or even form preferences. ‘Thibault’s arrival this morning ended the longest trek any contestant will have made, for he came all the way from Oregon. When he stepped from his train at the station—following his long trip alone—he squinted at the walting crowds, recognized no one and strode in businesslike fashion for the taxi entrance to the big rotunda. But he was not to reach the Capital alone and Representative Korell of Oregon, W. D. B, Dodson, manager of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, who had pre- ceded him to Washington, and C. O. Gridly, Washington correspondent of the Portland Oregonian, sighted him and gave him a regular home-town welcome. Like Miss Corey, this is Thi- bault’s first trip to Washington, Mtller reached the Capital with John Gihon, contest manager for the Chicago Daily News, sponsor of the contest at Chicago, and M. W. Immel, member of the orator’s high school faculty and his coach. Miller left his home at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and he landed here this morning with a single intent and purpose in his mind—the | contest finals. Miller is keenly anxious | to win and he means to put every ef- fort into that one job. After the con- test. it'll be fun to become acquainted | with his Capital City and his oppon- | ents of tomorrow and traveling com- | anions of the next day. and he means hat, win or lose, he said. | Travels Alone. Young Finch traveled in from Battle Creek alone. But if he made the jour- | ney by himself he didn't retain that status long after his arrival. He met Tribault right off and posed with him for their first Washington photographs. He will stop at the Mayflower Hotel, where several other orators will live during their contest visit. The White House visit is the only scheduled function on the orators’ program today. ~ Every effort will be made to give tham ample time to rest and be in condition for the supreme test of thelr respective abilities tomor- row night. Sunday, however, will be another day. The orators will tour Washington by au- tomobile and by airplane, will have an old-fashioned Virginia chicken and ham dinner at Alexandria and will be the guests of Randolph Leigh, contest di- rector general. at the formal dinner of the visit that night at the Mayflower Hotel. The air jaunt, which will be made early in the automobile tour, will | and girls will be the guests of the In- courtesy of John S. Wynne, manager of the local fleld. Brakeman Is Hurt in Fall. LYNCHBURG, Va., May 24 (Spe- cial).—~Phillip R. Burks, a Southern Railway brakeman, received a fracture Finch of Battle Creek, Mich., and Wil- | CITIZENS PROTEST BUILDING PROLECT Conduit Road Association Ob- Home in Residential Area. As a result of action taken by the Conduit Road Citizens’ Association, & formal protest will be made to the Zon- ing Commission against the proposed construction of a -children’s country home in a residential area zoned as Potomac River near Edmonds Place, in Potomac Heights. With the understanding that con- tracts are being let for the construction, the association last night appointed ‘William A. Roberts chairman of a com- Upper, left to right: Miss Elizabeth | mittee to investigate and take neces- | sary steps to prevent the plan from be- ing carried out. ‘The committee will seek the aid of the Pederation of Citizens' Association, it :-u said, in preventing erection of the ome. Comamittee to.Ask Hearing, “While the project is & laudable one in every respect,” Mr. Roberts said to- | day, “nevertheless the property owners | of "the section are determined to fight to the last to keep the proposed home out of what is a strictly residential dis- trict. We will apply to the Zoning Commission for a hearing upon the ap- plication, when it is made, and if neces- | sary, will apply to the courts for an in- | junction.” The Children’s Country Home, now located on Grant road near Rock Creek | Park, has been given a five-and-a-half- its new home in the disputed area. Her husband, Col. O'Brien, a prominent lawyer, is providing for the eréction of the building. The site lies between Conduit and Canal roads, just north of the Reservoir. Mrs. O’'Brien was unaware of the action taken by the Citizens’ Associa- tion last night and appeared surprised that any objections should be raised to locating the home in that area. She said about two months ago heard some rumors of dissatisfaction, based, as she explained, upon an in- correct idea of the building project and plans for the home. Sees No Basis for Objection. “If these facts were correct, I could readily understand some basis for ob- jection,” she said today, “but I cannot conceive of any objection to the build- ing that is to be erected and the beau- tification of the grounds, which will add much to the appearance of the tract.” The Children's Country Home, she explained, will take care cf only convalescent children from the hos- pitals of the city. She made it clear that there is no idea of taking in any tubercular children or others affected with disease. “It is not to be a hospital in that sense of the word, at all,” Mrs. O'Brien sald. “The bullding will resemble a clubhouse, the grounds beautified and everything possibly done to add to the attractiveness of the place. There will be a rock-garden and possibly & wading pool also.’ " Denies Tents Are Contemplated. She denied there was any contempla- tion of erecting tents on the property | where mothers may stay during the Summer, as reported by the Conduit Road Citizens’ Association. Officers were elected by the associa- tion last night as follo Clyde 8. Bailey, president; William A. Snell, flrltl vice president: Mrs. H. P. Steiner, sec- ond vice president: Capt. E. R. King, re-elected recording secretary; Lueien | Jordan, treasurer. Delegates to the fed- eration are Mr. Roberts and E. 8. Hobbs. C. W. SMITH APPOINTED TO CHIEF AUDITOR’S POST New Head Was Formerly in Field for Income Tax Division of the Treasury. Special Dispatch to The Sta: BALTIMORE, May 24.—Charles W. Smith, employed as 'a field auditor in the income tax division of the Treasury Department at Washington, has been named chief auditor of the Public Serv- ice Commission and will take over the office June 1. Mr. Smith headed a list of 14 candi- dates in & competitive examination for the place. In recent years Mr. Smith, in addi- tion to his Treasury Department work, has been an Instructor in accountancy on the faculty of the Baltimore College of Commerce. He was graduated from the Y. M. C. A. College in Washington and from the National University, also, in Washington. He also has studied at the College of Commerce, at the George Washington University, at the Johns | Hepkins University and the University of Baltimore, jects to Children’s County | “A restricted,” on the banks of the | | acre tract by Mrs. Arthur O'Brien for | HOUSE TARIFF VOTE SET FOR TUESDAY Special Rule of Republican Majority Limits Debate on Amendments. % By the Associated Press. The tariff bill will be brought to a vote by the Republican majority in the House at 3 pm. Tuesday, with 81 amendments approved by members of the ways and means committee to be considered in the meantime. Decision to fix the time for the vote and limit consideration of amendments by means of a special rule giving priority to those offered by the commit- tee, was reached by the Republican majority late yesterday at the end of two conferences on the subject. The vote was 206 to 24. One nour was al- lotted today for consideration of the special rule, which was approved, auto- matically shutting off general debate on the measure. Amendment Proposals Rejected. Under the Republican agreement, no schedules in the bill not affected by | committee amendments will be subject to change from the floor. Proposals to ad- mit amendments on the schedules af- fecting sugar, cement, brick, shingles, hardwood and cedar lumber, flaxseed and on the new flexible provisions ex- tending the powers of the President, were refected by the conference. None of the 91 amendments an- nounced by the Republican members of the ways and means committee was put to a vote in the conference and those attending were not bound to sup- port any of them in the House. They ‘were worked out by the committeemen after dissatisfaction with rates proposed in the bill had caused various groups of Republican Representatives to block an earlier agreement on a rule limiting consideration of amendments. They in- cluded proposals for higher duties on cattle, butter and other farm products | and transfer of hides, leather and shoes from the free to the dutiable list. The text of the rule which the com- mitteemen's work thus made possible does not prohibit the offering of amend- ments from the floor, but it is expected to operate effectively to that end. | During consideration of the Fordney- McCumber tariff schedules, seven years | ago, a similar rule shut off all except committee amendments because con- sideration of such proposals, given priority, consumed the time allotted for | changing the bill. ; Special Rule. | The special rule to govern considera- | tion of the bill for amendment follows: “Resolved, That immediately upon | the adoption of this resolution the | House shall resolve itself into the com- mittee of the whole House on the state of the union for the further considera- tion of the bill, H. R. 2667, entitled & bill to provide revenue, to rerfullu com- merce with foreign countries, to en- | eourage the industries of the United | States. to protect American labor, and | for other purposes. “That general debate on the bill be now closed. “That the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule, | but committee amendments to any part of the bill shall be in order at any e, “That consideration of the bill for amendment shall continue until Tues- day, May 28, 1929, at 3 o'clock post meridian, at which time the bill with | all amendments that shall have been | adopted by the committee of the whole | shall be reported to the House, where- upon the previous question shall be con- psidered as ordered on the bill and all ‘{lmtndmenu to final passage without intervening ‘motion except one motion to recommit, Tilson Explains Action. “The vote on all amendments shall i be taken engross except when a sepa- | rate vote is demanded by the committee on ways and means on an amendment offered by said committee. “That said bill shall be the continuing order until its consideration is con- cluded, subject only to conference re- ports, privileged matters on the Speak- er's table, and reports from the com- mittee on rules.” “The voice of the caucus,” said Rep- resentative Tilson of Connecticut, the Republican leader, yesterday. “was that the ways and means committee is rep- resentative of the Congress and the country as a whole and that after five months of consideration of the bill its members were better qualified to offer amendments rather than throw the en- tire bill open to every Tom, Dick and Harry.” An indication of determined moves against the flexible provisions of the bill which were severely criticised Wednes- | day by Representative Beck, Republican, of Pennsylvania, was seen in an an- nouncement by Representative Garner of Texas, minority leader, that he would seek to recommit the measure for i corporation of his plan of & tariff fact- finding board of four, responsible only to Congress. Would Repeal Flexible Clauses. Garner's plan would repeal the flex- ible provisions authorizing the President to change rates and is designed to elim- inate general revisions of the tariff by permitting Congress to make piece-meal changes as individual bills are intro- duced. Garner also will ask that the bill be recommitted to strike out a provision limiting the jurisdiction of the Customs Court in reappraisement cases. As for the repeal of the flexible clause, Garner said he not only hoped but had reason to believe his plan “will have considerable .fiugport from the Repub- g:nn'! embership, especially in the nate.” FORD, ON ALEXANDRIA ANTIQUE SHOPPING TRIP, BUYS 0DD PIECES (Continued From First Page.) which were the property of Miss Minnie Looyd, the niece of Gen. Robert E. Lee; a pair of bronze vases, a banjo- shaped barometer, which is said to be more than 200 years old; a colonial sideboard, a ladder-backed chair, a brass bell, a melodium of the Civil War period and an album. He deliberated at great length on each purchase, and even reclined in the chair to try it before buying it. Al- though the album has no particular historical value, he bought that “be- cause it struck his fancy.” Ford left without paying for"the an- tinques, promising to return either this afternoon or tomorrow and pay for them, as well as purchase four more articles for his museum. He ordered his purchases shipped to Dearborn. Guest at White House. Mr. Ford was a luncheon guest at the White House. ' According to associates of the President, no significance may be attached to Mr. Ford’s presence there, It was explained that Mr, Hoover learned that he was coming to Washington at this time, and sent word to lunch with him and Mrs. Hoover when he arrived. This will be the first time the President has talked Records of the State also show that of his left forearm and injuries about his spine when he fell from the roof of reight car in the yard here, 1 s in 1926 he received the highest average d examinations for cer- P Nt !;:th Mr. Ford :dlnc‘: 1&.’. wl’m“' wbz t c e celebration "mm.%n': birthdsy agniver- ' sary at Fort