Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1929, Page 2

HOWELLS FRAUD (MOSES WILL LEAD | HARRISON JESTS PONER TR DL P B Or e APPROVAL IS SEEN Administfation Is Expected to Support Legislation to Control Operations. BY WILLIAM HARD. The administration will lend earnest support in Congress to new legislation establishing Federal control over all; interstate operations of the so-called “power trust.” That is the certain prospect here today, and ¥ is generally politically held to constitute, in effect, even if not in design, an attempted answer to the anti-“power trust” agitation of Gov. Roosevelt of New York, who at the present time seems far in the lead to- ward the Democratic nomination for the presidency jn 1932. g Independéntly of the administration, Senator Couzens of Michigan is push- ing his proposal for a Federal Commis- sion on Communications which is to be amended into being a Federal Com- mission of Communications and Power. Senawor Couzens has the personal hetic confidence and support of t rcgressive” element in the Sen- ate, and &t the same time his plans| for Federal supervision of the inter-; state practices of electric power com- panies are known to have, in principle, the backing of high administration authorities, Present Organization Disfavored. 1t is also known that the present ad- ministration looks with strong disfavor upon the existing organization of the ¥ederal Power Commuission, which to- day is the Federal Government's only agency for gealing with the electric power problem. 'rhat commission is ‘omposed of three_ cabinet members— the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Intertor and the Secretary of Agriculture, All projects for the ad- ministrative reorganization of the Fedr eral Government, are hostile to the per- petuation of commissions thus com- posed. Each of the three cabinet members constituting the Federal Power Com- mission is overwhelmed with work in his own department. None of them has ever been able to give to his duties | in the Federal Power Commission lnyl jmportant amount of time or energy. The commission has been a neglected step child of successive administrations and, additionally, on top of being| negiected by Presidents and cabinet members, it has been pretty well starved to death by Congress. The total budget estimate for the Federal Power Commission for this fiscal year was well under $200,000. That has been the total amount avail- able for the covering of the vast fleld of the Federal Government’s legal pow- ers and national duties toward the tragsmission pf electric power in in- terstate commerce. Today the administration realizes, it is creditably reported, that the Federal | Covernment must bestir itself in this field if the economic welfare of the country is to be properly served and also if the “power trust” question is | to be prevented from becoming a perilous political issue. We may expect to see from now on a sort of race between the Democratic New York State government and the Republican Federal Government = to find out which of them can outstrip the other in useful and popular elec- tric power reforms. Senator Couzens' bill lays down the proposition that “the rates and charges for the sale, to distributors or con- sumers, of electric power transmitted in interstate commerce shall be just and reasonable,” and provides for an administrative scheme whereby the State governments shall be encouraged to co-operate with the Federal Govern- ment in establishing that justness and reascnableness. At present the State governments, on’| the whole and on the average, present as scandalous @ picture in this matter 2s the Federal Government itself. There actually are seven States, ac- cording to the information in the files of the Federal Power Commission, which even now have no special State | commissions for the regulation of the rates and charges of electric power companies. These States are Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, South Dakota and Texas. Additionally there are five States in which the jurisdiction of the Jocal State regulatory _commissions s extremely limited and feeble. Thosc States are Arkansas, ITowa, Louisiana, Nebraska | and New Mexico. Finally among the| yemaining States, there are many which have regulatory commissions decidedly weak in personnel and decidedly inef- fective in action. Only about one-half of our States have given to their regulatory com- missions any authority whatsoever for controlling the issues of stocks and bonds by electric power companies. Senators’ Actions Amaze Observers. In these circumstances the Federal Government _is politically amazed that so many Senators, instead of first stimulating their local State govern-! ments into action, should begin by at- tacking the lwederal Government for inactivity. Electric power transmitted in inter- state commerce and therefore coming within the jurisdiction of the Feceral Government is only 10 yer cent of the total amount of electric power pro- duced in the country, Some States, however, are exporting power in ztmmms far above the level indicated by that average percentage. Towa exports to other States 48 per cent of the power which it produces. Vermont exports 94 per cent. Other States are largely dependent upon importations of power for the successful conduct of their industrial and municipal life. Maryland imports from other States, 40 per cent of the power which it consumes. Mississippi imports 50 per cent. Nevada ‘im- ports 60 per cent. Such flfur:s are held here to show that a fleld of regulation exists which the Federal Government has been neg- lecting and which it must oecux:{‘ Senator Couzens' bill provides that the proposed Federal Commission on Communications and Power shall listen to complaints from State commissions or from governors regarding interstate electric power rates or cl It shall thereupon help to set up “joint boards” of representatives of the States in which the power is either produced or con- sumed. These “joint boards,” acting as interstate agencies, shall have the right to reach decisions. Appeals from those decisions to the Federal Commission on Communications and Power may be taken, If, however, the States should default in’ thelr duty in these matters, the Federal Commission on Communi- cations and Power may, in certain cir- cumstances, take the initiative and act and decide by itself on its own authority. It has been thought in some quarters that Senator Couzens’ plan wmnd‘ have the support of only the so-called “radi- cals” in the Senate. The true prospect now is that it will have the su] also, in the end, of-numerous servatives,” and that no length of time will elapse eral regulation of the and charges of the “po an accomplished political fact. (Copyright, 1929.) * Mrs, Conti, Hollywood Dancer, Dies 108 ANGELES, August 3 (A)-=Mrs. Patricia Conti, 24, H was freed by death today - “horrible dreams” she said had Survey of Penal Systéms Rieveils Many Methods, but All Work Promptly to Put Criminal in Cell. h wide rime persistent in the United States. it St TSRS SR cPime an, criminals 2l o't nology systerus has ewepaper Alliance. The results are given in s the first. see how Europe foreign prisons and American which this i BY HENRIETTA LONDON, America, the honest citieen may reflect on the words in his thaugural address, expressed the opinion that the whole of the judiciai code of America must be reformed, reorganized and strengthened. The United Statcs appears to have failed where England, France, Germany, Austria, Holland and others have succeeded. are as remote and as “typically American” as base ball and w and order are as varied as the seasons, but they methods of maintaining have one thing in common—the criminal is brought promptly to When a man commits murder in England he is usually sentenced within two or three months of his arrest, and the sentence is carried out soon there- after. Three clear Sundays are allowed him between the death sentence and execution, and this period may be ex- tended if he appeals against the death sentence. When a man steals in France he is promptly deported to Devils Island. When a man is convicted of manslaughter in Holland, he does 10 to 25 years solitary confinement. -« England Laid Foundations in 1778. The foundations of the English prison system were laid in 1778, when an act was passed to introduce three new principles of dealing with criminals, separate confinement, hard labor, and instruction, secular and religious. These principles have survived, though the methods of applying them have changed enormously. At various times in the last 150 years, royal com- missions and boards of inquiry have studied- penal conditions and suggested reforms, with many important improve- ments resulting. The penal servitude act of 1864, the habitual criminals act of 1869 and the prevention of crime act of 1871 legalized reforms which made the English penal code of the late nineteenth century the most humane and effective that had ever existed. Unified Control System. As a result of reforms introduced in 1878, 1894, 1898, 1908 and 1914 the present English system is as_different from that of 1871 as the 1871 system was from the one of 1778. Today, all prisons are under the supervision of a permanent prison com- mission. The local prisons, which cor- respond to county and city jails in the United States, are governed in the same way and are subject to one set of laws and regulations. There is no difference in the method of treating prisoners in different prisons; the method varies only according to the classification of the prisoner, no matter where confined. The treatment of prisoners in the con- vict prisons, penitentiaries is also uni- form, and under the direction of the prison commission. One of the many advantages of this | central control of prisons is that the| criminal is. protected from graft, vio- lence and contamination, while the cor]nmunuy is protected from the crimi- nal, Malefactors Are Classified. Another advantage is the opportunity given to classify malefactors and send them to special prisons. Not merely the particuiar offense of which the| criminal is convicted determines his| punishment, but his age, sex, character | {and previous conduct are taken into |, consideration. When a man is convicted of a petty offense in England he may be fined or put on probation, instead of imprisoned. He may pay the fine in installments. In | this way thousands of unfortunates are | saved from the inevitable blow to pride md!uelt-r:spem. caused by imprison- ment. (United States National Crime Com- mission—“More than half of those who are confined in (American) jalls are committed for non-payment of fines. The petty offender citen becomes a felon because of his jail training.”) , August 3 (N.AN.A)—As crime waves continue to break across Sl g n.m 4] e North According e 3tar a series of dispatches of been made by W. BINGHAM. of President Hoover, who, To those countries, crime waves pers. Their Jjustice. When a man is accused of a crime in England he is sent to the remand prison or to the remand section of a local’ prison. While he is confined awaiting trial he has every reasonable privilege, but more jmportant than his comfort and his welfare is thefact that there is no possibility of his consorting with criminals who might influence:| him or blackmail him' afterward. (United States National Crime Com- mission—"Five out of six (jails visited) were violating the State law as to segregation, which requires separaie compartments for men awaiting trial and men serving sentences, woman wit- nesses, etc.”) Segregate First Offenders. If a man is convicted of a crime and recelves sentence of imprisonment, which might extend from five days to two years, he is sent to a local prison with ‘special facilities to deal with crim- inals of his class. Careful arrange- ments are made to keep first offenders separate, and in London, owing to the larger prison population, it is possible to set aside a separate prison. A boy 16 to 21 would be sent in the first place to a collecting center for young prison- ers and a prisoner certified insane is sent to a criminal lunatic asylum. (United States National Crime Com- mission—"There was no provision for segregation of sexes, nor for sepa- ration of insane from other prisoners, nor of juvenile from adult criminals.”) ‘Woman criminals are classified in much the same way as men—juvenile, adult, first offender, habitual offender, normal or abnormal. There are Borstal institutions for juvenile girls, separate wings of local prisons for women and special convict prisons for women. Woman prisoners are supervised entirely by woman attendants and often there is a woman doctor. (United States National Crime Com- misston—"The prevailing practice of subjecting woman prisoners to the over- sight of male attendants.”) Preventive Detention Sentence. ‘The man or woman sentenced to penal servitude, three years to life, is sent to a convict prison. If already convicted more than three times and obviously living a life of crime, the prisoner is subject to a further sentence of “preventive detehtion,” which must be served under special conditions after the expiration of a penal sentence. Thus, a professional criminal is secluded, not only as a punishment, but as a pre- caution from the soclety to which the | prisoner has proved an incorrigible | "No matter in what he mal 0 matter in w up the male- factor is classified, or ksr:hzt prison he goes, every effort is made to reclaim him. Even the professional criminal is not regarded as hopeless and worth- ess. Every prison officer, from governor to warder, is appointed- because he is es- pecially fitted to make a prison some- thing more than a place of confine- ment. If the prisoner is to learn obedi- ence, discipline and industry, the men who supervise and teach him must set ]l’;il“l:l an example of honesty and clean ving. (Next—Principles of Punishment Found | to Be Deterrent. Actual Conditions | in English Prisons.) | (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alliance.) HOOVER CRITICIZED BY SWANSON FOR CRUISER CUT ORDER (Continued From First Page.) President authority to expend the sums appropriated under the appropriation as he may deem proper. All of these efforts were overwhelmingly defeated in the Senate and the Senate decided that five cruisers must be begun in each one of the three years named in the author- ization bill. It is left to Congress to determine whether the appropriation shall or shall not be made under the authorization and to what amount. q dwot2beenBRcThaia “When Congress acts, as it has done in this matter, there is no discretion left in the President except as to the time he shall begin the work within that fiscal year. “This is clearly the legal situation. To hold otherwise would be to surren- der to the President the power of ap- propriation, which, un the Constitu- tion, belongs to Congr Doubts Aid to Disarm. “I do not think the action of the President in this matter will aid in ob- taining an international agreement be- tween Great Britain and the United States. It emphasizes the impression held by Great Britain that the United States has no intention of building the cruisers and that all Great Britain has to.do is to delay matters—negotiate—to keep the present status which gives her navy an overwhelming superiority over ours. When Great Britain realizes that America is firmly determined to have a Navy substantially equal to the British Navy, then and not until then will any agreement be reached. We should not have our anticipations of such an agreement too hopeful, since it must be remembered that it was the Ramsa; MacDonald former government whici continued and approved the building of cruisers, which made the British Navy superior to the’ American Navy. It was practically the present government that alded in creating competitiol ers. I also note from ‘m;:“nven’ that-Great B: intention of gerapping or Pt present Na ruises for will & [ TS Navy inferior to Great Britain, note the st tion that our battleships should not be replaced in 1981, but 1936, and if Great Britain continues to keep her modern battleships, if no scrap- ping is done, she will not only be su- perior to us in cruisers, but also in modern battles] “I also note Sir Horace Plunkett, 75, Learning to Fly With Boyish Vigor By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 3—The Mail today says that Sir Horace Plunkett, veteran Irish states- man and bachelor, is learning to fly at the age of 75 years. He is taking lessons at the Brook- lands Airdrome in Surrey and is keen as a boy. His friend, Georgé Bernard Shaw, wrote him when he heard of this activity, “It is an agree- able and not, too obvious method of suicide,” but Sir Horace says he feels safer in the air than in a taxicab on London’s streets ::dl finds the lessons a good nic. Blrlty between Great Britain and the nited States, in which must be con- sidered the naval bases of the two countries. Since the protection of com- merce is dependent upon cruisers, we must have parity in cruisers. It would be much better for the United States to roceed to construct a navy suitable to ts own needs and wants,-and let Great Britain do likewise, than to let Great Britain and the United’ States make & treaty which would give a great in- feriority to the American Navy. “The seaborne commerce of the United States amounts to 19,000,000,000 dollars a year, which is rapidly increas- ing, and the American people demand s vast commerce, inseperable from their prosperity, shall be protected by & Navy second to none. “The American people are unwilling that this vast commerce, either in peace or war, shall bé controlled by a superior navy possessed by any nation. “The American people are fixed in this determination, as their best inter- izes we are de to have this, est requires this. If Great Britain real- | by termined and not before will she consent to & teduatmn or limitation of naval arma- ments.” “I would prefer this equality to be ac- quired by Lokt m"&aaxmfiu o!";\lvht.' that the best interests require substantial ‘and of fair CHARGES MOUNT Frederick Citizens Say She Obtained $50,000 in County 7 Years Ago. Disclosures mm&rd&y two new witnesses in that a $70,000 fraud will be charged to Miss Alzina Howells before the full story of her activities in Washington, County, Md., and in New York City is uncovered, Inspector Willlam 8. Shelby and headquarters detectives were informed yesterday afternoon by two well-to-do | Sa citizens of Prederick County, whose identities were withheld, that Miss Howells obtained some $50,000 in that area seven years ago, $26,000 of which they ‘hdhded over on her promise to invest i1t profitably in “stocks.” The latter two, a young widow and her uncle, who came to confer with police here, attended by their lawyer, after reading published accounts of Miss Howell's arrest on a charge of investigation Thursday, declared that the woman gave Miss Howells $17,000 and the man $9,000. Miss Howells Maintains Silence. They also related how Miss Howells had obtained some $25,000 from other residents of Frederick and its vicinity. B ‘The- visitors were confronted by Miss Howells, who was brought to head- quarters during the afternoon from the House of Detention, where she has been held since Thursday. The interview, however, was devoid of any admission on the t of Miss Howells, who contented herself with exchanging a few words of gresting with the visitors and relapsed into her customary silence, an attitude she has maintained since her arrest. The new information was without any indication that Miss Howells of- fered to send her alleged victims to Europe, as charged in the case of three local women, and as admitted by Miss Howells in the case of two young resi- dents of New York City, now believed to be stranded in Germany. Nurses Caused Her Arrest. Miss Howells' drrest was brought | about after Misses Lilllam Gerard and Irene Biggs, English-born trained nurses of the Toronto apartments, re- turned to Washington from France and told Detectives B. W. Thompson and Ira Keck of the check and fraud squad how they had been fleeced of $8,000 by Miss Howells, who then sent them paying their pas- sage with a $500 check. Miss Howells, who lives at 3505 Thir- teenth street, is said by detectives to have admitted she accepted the money, together with $3,500 from Miss Helen M. use, Chastelton apartments, a Veterans' Bureau employe. The elder woman, however, declined to say what disposition she made of the sums. It was further admitted by the prisoner that she arranged and paid for the passage to Germany of two New York girls, Martha Emily Butt and Magda Haagen, 107 East Thirty-fifth street. She did not say if she had taken money from them. “Stock Market” Deals Charged. An Italian identified as Michael Messina is thought to have been sent on a similar trip to Italy about the same time—July 4. Miss Rouse said she declined to go abroad. t All of the alleged victims are sup- ed to have placed great confidence mslhe ability of Miss Howells to in- vest their money for them. The three Washington women say she offered to invest their savings on the “stock market.” For 10 years Miss Howells has been active here in church circles of two de- nominations. She is a woman of com- manding presence, and her dignified de- meanor has not been shaken by re- peated grilling. Detectives say the Maryland residents gave them assurance they would prose- cute in courts of their own jurisdiction | in the event their case has not been outlawed by the statute of limitations. BICYCLIST, HIT BY CAR, IS INJURED SLIGHTLY Driver Takes Youth to Emergency Hospital After Acci- dent. Benjamin Jaffe, 16 years old, of 1635 Princeton place, was thrown from his bicycle and slightly cut about the face last night in a collision with an suto- mobile operated by Richard E. Sewell, 1181 New Hampshire avenue, who was going east on Rhodg Island avenue be- tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets at the time of the accident. Sewell re- moved the boy to Emergency Hospital .| where he was treated and discharged. Irene Hughes, colored, 49 years old, 1312 Fourth street, suffered minor bruises last night when knocked down by an automobile while she was cross- ing O street at’ Fourth street. The driver of the car was Bernard Carroll, 4213 Grant street northeast, who re- moved the woman to Sibley Hospital. After first aid treatment, she was sent home. DISTRICT MAN INJURED. Paul L. Bromley Taken to Wil- mington Hospital From Auto. Paul L, Bromley, 33 years ©old, of 1460 Irving street, was injured in an automobile accident yesterday morn- ing at Minquadale, on the Delaware State Hl’hwfiy. according - to advices received from Wilmington last night. His car struck the rear of & car driven Miss Helen Fitzhugh, which had stalled on the road. Mr. Bromley was hurt about the head and was taken to the Gen- eral Hospital. His car was wrecked. , in_Frederick |ginia SETE APAEN Republicans Name Chairman for 1930 Fight to Increase : Control. (Continued From First Page.) Deneen, Illinois; Edge, New Jersey; Gillett, Massachusetts; Goff, West Vir- ; Gould, Maine; Keyes, New Hamp- ; Hastings, Delaware; McMaster, South D'koux;m ugN Oregon; Met- and Warren, Wyoming. The Democrats who must face the ballott boxes riext year are Senators Blease, South Carolina; Bratton, New Mexico; Glass, Virginia; Harris, Geor- gia; Harrison, Mississippi; Heflin, Ala- bama: Ransdell, Louisiana; Robinson, Arkansas; Sheppard, Texas; Simmons, North Carolina; Steck, Iowa; Tyson, ‘Tennessee, and Walsh, Montana. 56 Republican Members. ‘The present political make up of the Senate stands Republicans, 56; Demo- crats, 39, and Farmer-Labor, 1. In- cluded in the list of Republicans is Senator-elect Willlam 8. Vare, whbse' I seat is being contested for by William . Wilson, his Democratic opponent in 1926. If the Democrats are to gain control of the Senate they must take nine of the seats now held by Repub- licans and hold all their own. No one today believes that such a political turnover can ge effected. Indeed, the Democrats may lose a seat or two them- selves. Certainly that now held by Sen- ator Steck is likely to be occupied by a Republican a year hence. lowa is | strongly Republican and Senator Steck made his big run against Senator Brookhart in 1924, because he, Steck, had the support of the Regular Repub- lican organization after Brookhart had and against Coolidge, the nominee of the G. O. P. There is likely to be a hot battle in Montana, too, where Sen- ator Walsh is to run to succeed himself. In the past Senator Walsh has suc- cessfully come through these contests, however, and he is likely to do so again. Senator Edge is to retire from the Senate to become Ambassador to France, according to all reports. This | change is likely to come soon after the | tariff bill has been completed this Fall. | He will not, therefore, be a candidate to succeed himself. However, the Re- publican nominee probably will win, whether he be David Baird, Dwight Morrow, or any of the others whose names have been mentioned as possible successors of Mr. Edge. The Democrats have no outstanding man to put up for the Senate in New Jersey, unless it be their last governor. Edward I. Ed- wards, former Senator, is not likely to make a strong run, even if he tries for it, is is said. Some of the Republican Senators who will seek re-election face hard fights in the primaries. Senator Deneen, for example, will have Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick as an opponent. The Demo- | crats will do their best to win in Ken- ! tucky, where Senator Sackett comes up for election, and in West Virginia against Senator Goff, and in Rhode Is- land against Senator Metcalf. There is likely to be a strong effort to unhorse Senator Phipps in Colorado, too. But Senator Phipps came through the last senatorial election handily and he is likely to do so again. Norris May Be Opposed. Senator Norris of Nebraska, a leader of the Progressives in the Senate, may have opposition in the senatorial pri- mary. There is a faction in the State which would like to unhorse him, but he is rated the strongest political figure in Nebraska today. He is expected to run for the Senate as a Republican, | l}thgugh (he Mcnsme“gm in favor of the election o imith to the presidency last Fall » 4 Some of the Democratic Senators may have troubles next year. The fact that several cf them who hail from the South campaigned for Al Smith may bring them opposition from anti-Smith Democrats in the primary contests. Senator Carter Glass of Vir- ginia is among this group. On the other hand, there are Democrats in North Carolina who would like to have the courage to tackle the veteran Sen- “tor Simmons, who turned thumbs a vn on Smith, his party’s presidential candidate last year and whose in- fluence had not a little to do with the result of the election in that State. The Republican senatorial campaign committee will have the co-operation of the Republican national committee and of the congressional committee in the campaign next yellr.udThR: Repu!:- licans have already selec present- ative Will Wood as chairman of the congressional campaign committee to conduct the campaign for the election of a Republican House next year. He has served as chairman several times in the past. The Democrats are planning to make a real race in the senatorial and congressional elections next year. They hope by victories in 1930 to give them- selves a better chance in the national election in 1932. The executive of the Democratic_national committee, under direction of Chairman Jouett Shouse is at work building up organizations and revamping others in many of the States. Efforts are being made to wipe out the discord which broke so seri- ously into Democratic ranks last year. The Democrats will do their best to hold on to Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and to regain their hold on Virginia, North Carolina, Texas, Florida, Tennessee and Kentucky. GETS 5 YEARS FOR FRAUD. LOS ANGELES, August 3 (#).—J. W. Alford, Los Angeles broker, convicted of using the mails to defraud in an oil stock selling scheme, was sentenced by Federal Court today to a five-year prison term and fined $2.000. Alford was charged with misrepre-- senting. ownership of oil lands in Cim- maron County, Okla, and obtaining the savings of many elderly people. The conviction and sentence was ap- pealed. VETERAN ROUTE AGENT HONORED BY ASSOCIATES come out for La Follette for President | $ Wilber (left) and W. H. Hampton, shipping clerk and superintendent hington Brick & Terra Cotta Co., who were held up and robbed of a of the 00 pay roll by a colored bandit in the Va., yesterday. company’s offices at South Washington, —Star Stafl Pheln. PANTRY NEEDS TO BE STUDIED AS PART OF Home Economics Bureau' Chief Sees Step as Help Work of Division to Give Producers Better Idea of Home Demands. By the Associated Press. Scientific study of what the house- wife wants and needs in her pantry and kitchen is to be added, through the Bureau of Home Economics, to the Federal Farm Board’s resources in its effort to aid farmers in the co-operative marketing of their products. | “If the great co-op:ratives are to suc- ceed, they must know what the woman in her kitchen wants and needs,” Dr. Louise Stanley, chief of the bureau, believes. To furnish that knowledge, she hopes to develop the work in the bureau's food utilization and vitamin testing laboratories and to make available the | conclusions of dietary studies, palat- ' ability tests and practical experiments | in packing and processing food.s!ufls[ to facilitate the housewife’s task. At| present, she thinks, this is the “weak- est link in our chain” for assistance of the co-operatives. H Definite Service Is Seen. “The home economists definitely has a service to render to the co-operatives,” she ‘Women are the purchasers of foodstuffs. Theirs is the buying power.” Moving about in her national work- shop, upstairs and down, she was able to make her ideas visible by pointing | o _various experiments and citing their | value to co-operatives. | From ovens at standard heat, savory legs of lamb, each punctured with an individual thermometer, were emerging, to be served to a committee of five ex- perts who have already tasted and ;RA‘LMd 1,500 legs of lamb as to palata- y. “The factors which make up parat- ability are the tests of production, after all,” Dr. Stanley observed. Nutritive Power Analyzed. Analyses which only the nutritionist can make determine whether diets really supply nutritive needs. We must think in terms of these basic needs in plan- ning our production programs. In ad- dition, facts and figures on food com- position are needed to be used in the fair advertising programs which we must demand. In a room where racks of white rats were ranged like bookstacks in a library, vitamin tests were in_ progress with rice, canned spinach, watermelon, wheat germ and green tea. Processing offers another great ex- perimental field, Dr. Stanley declared, suggesting that a new, quick-freezing process, already applied successfully to fish and other foods, can be carried over to fresh figs to expand the market, now reported saturated and willing to take only the highest quality fruits at comparatively low prices. Utilizing Present “Waste.” “By the simple expedient of grinding and chopping,” she said, “fruits of sub- standard size. now thrown away, could be made available for candy bases, cake fillings, ice cream. “And a housewifely tip on packaging save a laboriously produced crop. She cited nuts and honey as exam- ples of the latter need. “Look at the matter from-the house- wife’s point of view. Nuts come whole, and she must take time to ck and Elck them out, or they come fn perfect alves and she has to pay twice as Why not broken nuts, evenly the cake much. or cut up, ready to stir into salad? “A good cook canjuse honey in quan- titles to excellent effect, but she won't do it if she has to spend her time tak- ing tight lids from little glasses to get her honey.” | Eleventh street southeast, for a cut FARM AID MOVE NARRIS & ¥ |Democratic Senator Doubts AT SLIDING SCALE President Will Indorse “Sugar Baby.” Senator Pat Harrison of Mississij a Democratic member of the Ser?lpé finance committee, in a statement fis- sued last night ridiculed the proposed sliding scale of sugar duties proposed by Chairman Smoot for insertion n the tanft bill. The Democratic Senator also took a fling at President Hoover, charging that he was doing little or nothing to bring about a reduction of rates from those carried in the House Isll).n Slen’xnlor den'ison safd: “It is 'noted *that President Hoover has invited Chairman Smoot to his fishing camp upon the historic banks of the Rapidan. This is quite significant, in view of the fact that Senator Smoot. as chairman of the finance committee, has called a meeting of the full com- mittee for next Wednesday to consider the fretful condition of this new-born sugar baby. Certainly the _sleepless nights the Senator must have spent with this crying curiosity, and the cease- less rows to which he has been forced to listen among his Republican colleagues of the finance committee entitle him to & rest. Little Hope Is Seen. “In view of what has transpired in the past, little hope can be entertained - from this conference. It will be recalled that the House ways and means com- mittee had reported the Hawley tariff bill to the House, and while prepara- tions were being made for jamming it through that body, House leaders. con- sisting of Speaker Longworth, Chair- an Hawley, Chairman Snell of the rules committee 'and Walter Newton, now the President’s secretary, conferred with the President and received his blessing. No one at that time heard of the President raising a protest against any part of the House program. It may be that it is the aroused force of public opinion that has caused this important confer- ence in Virginia; or it may be that Sen- ator Smoot wants to sell his sugar- coated plan to the President. “Indorsement Inconceivable.” “It is inconceivable that the Pres| dent will indorse it, and yet, the Se: ator, weeks ago, gave the country to understand that he was conferring with the President about a sliding scale on sugar. “It is a fine scheme to fix and manipulate prices and add to the bur- dens of the American consumer. It is just as bad, and in some instances Worse, than the House proposal. It sig- nifies a retreat on the part of the sugar aviators, with a smoke screen to cover up their aerial stunts. “Surely, if the President is going to express himself about this. tariff mon- strosity, it is time. If he delays much longer the horse will be out.” KING'S ILLNESS KEEPS QUEEN MARY AT HOME London Full of Visitors in Spite of End of Social Season. LONDON (N.AN.A).—The “season” proper is over and soclety is fast dis- ! persing to_Cowes and the fashionable DR. LOUISE STANLEY. i SIK ARE ARRESTED | ON FIGHT CHARGES S ! Two Taxicabs Figure 'inl Case at East River- dale, Md. A free-for-all fight, said to have taken place early this morning at East River- dale, Md., led to the arrest of six per- sons on disorderly conduct charges at Bladensburg. A Washington taxicab with most of the glass windows smashed out drove up to the Bladensburg Volunteer Fire Department shortly after midnight and its driver, Warren Mercilott, 1343 H street northeast, asked for help for him- self and the other occupants. He was treated by the department’s rescue squad for cuts and bruises on his scalp and a passenger, Maude Ridgeley, 405 finger and bruises. Willlam Allison, 929 Fourteenth street southeast, an- other passenger, was also helped. ‘While Mercilott was receiving treat- ment_a loud crash was heard outside and Constable Andrew Gasch of Prince Georges County arrested the driver of a second car which had crashed into a taxicab at the Bladensburg crossing. The driver of the second car. who gave his name as B. Howard of 7 Block street, Hyattsville, was charged with disorderly conduct, reckless driving, failure to show permit and failure to show registration card. The taxi which he struck proceeded to Washington without stopping. Howard also had passengers in his car more or less bat- tered. Frantz Frederick of East River- dale was badly cut on the left leg and left arme and Charles Lamot of River- dale had a cut finger. ‘The accounts of the affair were ex- tremely garbled but through it all Fred- erick insisted that he had attempted to separatc several combatants and that Merciloit had deliberately run over him 1n the cab. All six were arral before Justice of the Peace Hugh O'Neil. Aill were charged by Constable Gasch with disor- derly conduct and additional charges were placed against Howard. Judge O'Neil set the bond for How- ard at $250 and $20 collateral each for the rest for appearance at the Hyatts- ville Police Court Wednesday. Early this morning none of them had raised the money. SCIENTISTS TO STUDY AUTO CRASH FACTORS IN PITTSBURGH SURVEY Mental Alertness, Eyesight, Other Elements to Be Considered. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, August 3—Pitsburgh is to be the laboratory for a sclentific investigation of the cause of automjobile accidents. Hearing, Co-ordination and \ psychiatrists will inquire into the habits and state of mind of the subjects. To' determine just what they eat, what ex- | ercise they take, what is done for recre- ation, and if they are worried by finan- clal matters, family affairs, employment or health, - in watering places on the continent. But London is full of visitors—Americans, colonials and people from the English provinces, who delight to take their holidays in the capital. One of their chief diversions seems to be to stand outside Buckingham Palace in hope of a glimpse of the Queen. The Queen is seldom in London at {Ris time and were it not for the King's 1il- ness she would be paying the round of personal visits she always enjoys s0 much at this season. The rooms used by the King and Queen are on the first floor of the pal- ace in the northwest wing. They are very simple and are not visible to the passer-by, as they overlook the lovely paldce gardens. - The Queen is an early riser and be- gins the day with an ordinary English breakfast. After this she deals with her correspondence, deciding how the let- ters are to be answered, and writing personally to many of her intimate friends. Onz of her regular corre= spondents is Princess Mary's elder boy, who writes to his grandmother every week. Later in the morning the Queen takes a walk in the grounds of the palace or goes on a shopping expedition, but she always makes a point of being back punctually for luncheon. In the aftg- noon she doss needlework and she often has an iformal little tea party in her private sitting room. Dinner usually is served in the Chi- nese dining room, which has Chinese wall paintings and ivory-inlaid furni- ture, and afterwards the Queen reads or crochets or listens in on the radio un= til bedtime. (Copyright. 1920} VALUABLE AUTOGRAPHS ARE TAKEN FROM TRUNK Miss Malone, Ariist, Reports Dis- appearance While They Were Under Lock. Loss of a souvenir album ccntain- ing the autographs of many distin- guished art patrons and painters was reported to the police, yesterday, by Miss Blondelle Malone, artist, who re- sides at the Stoneleigh Court. Miss Malone said her album was missing from a locked trunk in which she had placed it temporarily for safe keeping. A diary of various scenes she had painted in a long career also was missing. Miss Malone has exhibited her paint- ings in Paris before the war and also in Washington on a number of oc- casions. She obtained the autographs of many art patrons of Europe who saw her exhibits, including those of ‘the late Myron T. Herrick, American Ambassedor to France, and Mrs, Her- rick.. Other autographs included those of Francois Millet, the painter; Lord Fitzgerald, Dermiond O'Brien and Wes- ley Frost of Lusitania fame. Slain in Election Fight. WEST LIBERTY, Ky., August 3 (). —Claude Peyton was shot to death and John Thomas Lewis seriotsly cut in & quarrel at Blaze, Ky. 10 miles from here, just befofe the Kentucky pri- inary polls closed today. Sheriff Noah Hughes was told there was a general quarrel and that Jarrie Blankenship was the man who shot Peyton, An ef- fort ‘would be made to hold Blanken- ship, he was told. V. S. Consul Sued for Divorce. RENO, Nev., August 3 (#).—Robert Ward Harnden, United States consul at Tampico, Mexico, was made defend- ‘ant in a_suit for divorce filed here-to- day by Phoebe Binney Harnden, who charges cruelty. They have a son in school in Germany whose custedy Mrs. Harnden asks. Jazz Bands Play in Streets. With the decline of jazz in Europe many jazz bands are touring the streets of big cities and living on the alms collect. - Hotels are reverting to . and dance halls are . using and talkie amplifiters, .many - musiclans out of work, {