Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1930, Page 4

FIVE-POWER PACT HANGS ON‘MIRACLE Hoover’s Satisfaction Isn’t Shared in London as France Remains Block. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE, Staff Correspondent of The Star. By Radio to The Star. LONDON, March 15.—President Hoo- ver's reported ‘“satisfaction with the progress being made at the Naval Con- ference” isn't shared 100 per cent in London, but it rests on a substantial foundation. The conference to date is not a complete success, but it is far removed from a total failure. If it were to adjourn sine die tonight it would have a record of immense ac- complishment to its credit. Unless Premier Macdonald works a miraclée when Tardieu visits Chequers today, a five-power treaty practically is impossible. But if nothing can be done ta bring about a Franco-Italian accord, it is as practically certain that a three- power treaty will ensue. The world's mind has only to travel as far back as | the Geneva flasco of 1927 to measure the importance of such an achievement. It will mean that within a span of three years Great Britain, Japan and America_have so successfully buried their differences that the mightest set of powers are agreed on the ways and means of ending competition in all forms of naval armaments. Estimate of Gain Impossible. 1t is possible to estimate the money | American. British and Japanese ta. payers will save as a result of this ac- cord—and it will be enormous, although the effects lie in the future rather than in the immediate present. It is, how- ever, impossible to estimate the im- measurable gain which accrues to the cause of peace through the decision of the world’s most powerful naval sta- tions to no longer build against one another. ‘Whether France or Italy or both stay out or come into an Anglo-American- Japanese limitation pact now or later on, toward its conclusion, even on tri- partite basis, must be set down as an event of transcendent importance. President Hoover is right when he| says it denotes that ‘progress’ has been made in London. Premier Mac- donald, acting jointly on his own and Secretary Stimson’s account, will bend every effort over the week end to make the French and Italians recognize the Mvi:.bmty of ‘joining a five-power y. Tardieu arrives from Paris tonight. He is expected to spend several hours today at Prime Minister Macdon: ocountry estate. Meantime, Tardieu have had time to consult with ide Briand and Grandi. s _of conference between Briand and Grandi, wherein Stimson and MacDonald joined intermittently, brought the Pranco-Ttalian differences Do nearer to conclusion. Italy Shows Little Enthusiasm. ‘The Italians revealed little enthu- siasm for the French compromise pro- to give them “local parity” in Mediterranean and other wat adjoining Italy, but not general parity such as America and Great Brital international right to naval equality can satisfy Italy. Italy doesn't say she would to build up to FPrench parity—her financial inability to do so is admitted. But she is determined not to go away from London labeled for all time as a lower- - class naval power than France. Talk is heard of a mutual Franco- Italian non-aggressive pact whereby the two countries pledge themselves not to allow their ‘erences in northern Africa or other provinces to become cause of war. Such a private treaty, it 1is suggested, might induce the Italians to drop or modify their naval parity demands. The Star correspondent is revealing no secret when he discloses that events in the past eight weeks have been a bit- ter lusionment to the British and American governments. They proved es] heartening to Prime Min- “ister Macdonald and President Hoover. Both have been made to realize that war mentality still js enthroned in ‘They have discovered that thzu u:h tn{d Italians, despite Eih%tr prof lations of peace, are governes y old-time war psychology with all of its fears and suspicions. Two months of -American effort in London to obliterate those anxieties have come to naught, the consequence of which the emergence here already of criti- cisms that London and Washington failed to make preparation for the purely political ground over which the conference would be certain to fight. Times Charges Neglect. ‘The London Times makes the un- qualified charge that in their zeal to explore naval stions the powers re- sponsible for the conference neglected to explore the more fundamental politi- cal questions. Everybody wonders what the emo- tions of Ambassador Dawes are on this score. He publicly berated the authors at the Geneva Conference for not studying it out more thoroughly in ad- vance. The then Vice President in particular blamed “satlors” for ruining the Geneva affair and suggested that | the next conference must be run by | “statesmen.” Although it was the Ambassador himself who did spadework in Eng- land last June which paved the way to the conference, he has been the most inconspicuous member of the American delegation to point of total effacement. It he ever participated in any of the conference's deliberations, except to occupy & place in a meaningless plenary session. the fact has been carefully withheld from the public’s knowledge. Secretary Stimson and the other members of the American delegation figure constantly in_negotiations with other powers, but Dawes’ name neither been seen nor heard. He is the mystery man in the drama now drawing to a close. Sunday is destined to go down in history of that drama as the day on which it was decided whether the play should have a happy ending. The one substantial hope that the curtain will be rung down upon a satisfactory finale remains now the conviction held by many insiders that Tardieu plans some eleventh hour gesture which will take the French into a five-power treaty. If he does not, France will buy isola- tion at a price her friends in London are loath to believe she is ready to pay. The French cannot possibly ob- taf the kind of security” guarantees they crave, but something will be offered Tardieu at Chequers which Britain and America think Prance could and should “accept. MURDER TRIAL ORDERED. Carl Hanson to Answer Before Jury inKentucky Bank Killing. BOWLING GREEN. Ky. March 15 (®).—Carl Hanson, alias Ben Orville, was sraigned in Circuit Court here to- day and ordered to trial March 31 for the murder of J. Robert Kirby, Smith's Grove banker, killed after the robbery of the Bank of Oakland. Hanson was Teet I Chigago"with Jonn Filey, alins e o] ey, al Richard McNeese, who died before he could be returned for trial. James El- mer Grayson, third member of the bandits accused of the robbery and shooting, is serving a life term. Han- son and were: wounded in a fight with a Chicago policeman. Han- son pleaded not guilly here. | the great | called [ i Signs of Despair Are Leaders Predict Special Dispatch to The Star. LONDON. March 15—Anybody in the United States who is laboring under | the belief that Great Britain is stag- gering hopelessly through the valley of economic depression has another guess coming. Boméwhat intensive inquiry on_that score during the doldrums of the Naval | Conference _convinced this observer | that no such state of affairs, or any- | thing remotely resembling it, exists. A heavy slump in export trade, ves. Persistent and widespread unemploy- | | ment, yes. Old markets overseas gone | | forever, ves. A rather reluctant reali- | | 2ation that new methods are called for, especially in the basic industries—coa! shipbuilding, cotton and wool, an engineering (the metals and mechani- cal trades)—yes. But despair on any of these counts—not the wisp of a whisper.or a sign. Mr. Briton is see~ ing it through. Blame Themselves. Britishers say that if a contrary im pression has taken root abroad. as it has to a large extent in the United States, they are themselves pmnlfllfi to blame. It is due to what they cal one of their national vices—self-de- preciation. A situation conceded to be serious has been magnified, they contend, into one of gravity by their own lugubrious dis- cussions of it and of the means by which they intend to remedy it. It is acknowledged that the industrial mal- ady which overtook these islands after war, and in direct conse- quence of it, has developed more viru- lence and longevity than was expected. Industrial leaders were too much in- clined to meet the post-war crisis in | the spirit in which they had faced and | overcome previous business depressions throughout the past half century. Finally it has dawned upon them that Britain confronts an industrial upheval utterly without parallel, even though they came to the tardy realization that nothing has happened but the inevit- able. They are conscious that John Bull now has simply to pull himself to- gether, and grapple with the unpre- cedented conditions on new lines. Mr. Bull is doing so far faster than the outside world seems to comprehend. Director of Bank Speaks. As astute an authority as Great | Britain contains—a director of the Bank of England—assures this writer | that a year hence will see the coun- try pretty well back in its ancient and mighty stride as a formidable factor in_the world’s business. The spokesman of the old lady of Threadneedle street coined a graphic phrase, which evidently epitomizes the crying need of the hour in British in- dustry, as well as its determined policy— i e.. "scrapping capital.” Industry must violently readjust itself to the abnormal conditions which have arrived. ‘There is, above all, too much manu- facturing plant for the widely curtailed market now awaiting British products at home and abroad, especially abroad. Not only did four years of war destroy British trade in many flelds overseas, but in the meantime numerous new in- dustrial nations have come into exist- ence, which now offer vigorous compe- tition everywhere. Output in Britain, as a result of all this, must be systematically reduced to keep pace with outlet and cut down proportionately. This ecalls for ‘Tuthless “‘scrap) " of capital and its withdrawal from obviously unremunera- tive employment, whatever the cause, and its reinvestment in other and pro- ductive lines. Shipbuilders Reduce Yards. ‘The British shipbullding industry is at the moment in what is “the elimination of redundant yards,” which is another name for “scrapping capital” A financing com- has been formed for the purpose of buying up and scrapping obsolete establishments altogether, or doing away with useless berths and slips. ‘With the constantly growing size of ships, 1,500,000 tons of vessels, which used to represent 500 ships, today are put into 350. Substantial savings in production are expected as the result of the grvpoud concentration in the shipbuilding industry. Builders claim there will not be less, but actually more, employment under the scheme and that it will be more constant. British industry, as a whole, is not yet ready to take refuge in the Ameri- can merger or the German cartel. It is still wedded to the individualism which made Great Britain the shop- keeper of the world. It thinks it can win through all the vicissitudes which now encircle the economic situation by proceeding on the old individualistic lines. always provided that capital is int:mgently and progressively “scrap- ped.” Asked for a case in point, the Bank of England director—Himself a shining light in industry—instanced the Brit- locomotive bullding trade. He de- clares that two of the better-equipped locomotive works in the kingdom to- day have all the plant that is needed to turn oul ] the engines Britain can sell, and that at least 15 establishments are superfluous. 1,500,000 Receive Dole. Americans hear a good deal about the dole in Britain, and jump to the con- clusion that it typifies a state of in- dustrial iliness peculiar to this country. There are now some 1,500,000 men and women in receipt of the unemployment bounty, representing roundly 10 per cent more than were getting it a year ago. Yet there are aspects of the dole little understood abroad. In the first place, the dole is merely emergency relief under a different guise. It has prevented destitution and starva- tion, though it has not obliterated dis. tress. Only now London learns of the several millions of unemployed in the United States and of the congressional proposal to have the American Red Cross distribute $50,000,000 of Federal } relief funds. i ‘That, as the Britishers nothing but the dole in another form. In the second place, the British dole is ordinarily paid out of the state un- employment insurance fund, to which every man and woman while at work has contributed a tithe of the weekly wage. So, up to a certain point, the unemployed now on the dole are only getting a bit of their own back—a lot more than their own, as a matter of fact, because the treasury is heavily drawn on to replenish the insurance, fund which was theoretically to pro- vide for a rainy day. In the third place, rife and chronic as unemployment is, Britain has toda about 2,000,000 more people at worl than pre-war or immediately post-war Britain had. The interval has wit- nessed the natural increase in popula- tion and, what is mrhnpfl ‘more serious, a heavy decrease in emigration. Dominions Close Doors. Canada and Australia, which once welcomed arrivals from the mother country, now slam the door in their faces, ‘almost as relentlessly as the United States does. The dominions have grave unemployment problems of their own. Their powerful labor organi- zations don’t intend that these shall be a vated by unrestricted immigration. 'he Canadians im) upon Great Britain a sternly selective system of immigration. Canada craves farmers, not artisans. She has no disposition to B Pl et s o T cent city, as com -y oy by n&nmlln( vitate to the to 35 per cent country, persons inclined to towns and scorn the land. J. H. Thomas, the Macdonald Labor government's minister for unemploy- ment, to send 3,000 farm “t ees” to Canada this Spring. Ottawa hss just announced that the NEW METHODS URGED TO LIFT BRITAIN FROM BUSINESS SLUMP see it, is| ‘Britizh |y THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Absent as Optimistic Return to Eco- nomic Heights. lD':ll't‘xcilnel.orn-‘an own un;mployment‘eor- now such that the farm hands from the old country are not wanted. Cling to Free Trade. | ‘To Americans taught to believe that our industrial might and more or less invincible well being are the direct fruits of protection, it seems strange | that the British cling to free trade They have gone over to a limited form of protected tariff called “safeguarding.” It consists of a system introduced by the late Baldwin Conservative govern- ment, whereby Parliament has power to impose practically prohibitive duties on forelgn products demonstrably being dumped” onto the British market at prices domestic manufacturers cannot meet. The J“safeguarding” system works much as the United States Tariff Commission does, when a given indus- try comes, cap in hand, begging for a | larger helping of tariff against the com- petitor from overseas. In its present temper the British public appears little minded to go the whole hog of “safeguarding” in the shape of .a general protective tariff. The working man shudders at the idea of a tax on his food, even for the bene- fit of Canadian, Australian or South African producers of it. He is as little enamored of such a tariff panacea for Britain, as the in- dustrialized dominions, like Canada, are enamored of the notion of “empire free trade,” which would permit Lancashire mills to compete on even terms with the factories of Quebec or Ontario. All in all, it is a tough problem which Britannia faces. But the observer from abroad gains the certain conviction that somehow or other, sooner or later, she will “muddle’ through.” as she has always done, whether it be a crisis of war or peace. It is the British way. TOKIO HOPES RIE ON PARLEY NEWS Navy Officials Understood to Have Approved Most of Points. By the Associated Press. ‘TOKIO, March 15.—Leading Japanese newspapers today issued extras featur- ! ing London dispatches that reported an | American-Japanese preliminary agree- ment giving Japan “almost 70 per cent” of American auxiliary naval strength. Official circles withheld information or comment, but & more hopeful atmos- phere was noticeable. Japanese correspondents in London were virtually unanimous in reporting that one of the features of the agree- ment is the undertaking by America to build only fifteen 10,000-ton cruisers prior to 1936, although the general treaty will allot her eighteen. Further, it was intimated, America acoepts submarine parity with Japan, the correspondents allege Great Britain adheres to this agreement, ascuring at least a tripartite naval treaty. ‘The highest naval officers, including Admiral Kanji Kato, chief of the naval general staff, and Admiral Yamanashi, vice minister of the navy, met today. It was understood that they studied dispatches received from the Japanes: delegation at London outlining the lai- est phase of the Japanese-American negotiations. The naval officers also were under- stood to have approved the majority of points reported in the tentative Japan- ese-American agreement, including a parity of submarines at 60,000 tons, pro- Vidbed antrlmé!lt;:l tonnage between submarines and other categories is per- mitted. e ot Tokio naval officers are insisting that the American undertaking of building only 15 large cruisers prior to 1936 must be incorporated specifically in the treaty. Official spokesmen at the foreign and navy offices asserted that official con- firmation of the Japanese-American agreement still was lacking. They con- ceded, however, that the press sum- marles possibly were true, and that in such a case the results achieved would become a matter of congratulation for both Japan and America. MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR FOCH PLANNED Pontifical Requiem Mass on Thurs- day to Honor Allied War Commander. A national memorial service for Marshal Ferdinand Foch, the late gen- eralissimo of the allied armies during the World War, will be held in Wash- ington Thursday on the first anniver- sary of his death. It will take the form of a pontifical | requiem mass, to be_ celebrated at St.) Matthew's Church, Rhode Island ave- nue and Connecticut avenue, at 11 o'clock in the morning, under the aus- pices of the Marshal Ferdinand Foch Memorial Committee, Inc., a group of ll)loi;;loflc citizens organized in April, President Hoover and Gen. Pershing have been invited to the service. Others expected to attend include members of the cabinet, the Senate, House of Rep- resentatives, diplomatic corps, Supreme Court, officers of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Commissioners and other officers of the District government, various Federal officials and represent- atives of veteran, patriotic, military and civic organizations. Also participating will be the United States Marine Band, & troop of Cavalry from Fort Myer, Va., soldiers, sailors and marines. Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Bal- timore will officiate at the mass. After the services a luncheon will be served at the Mayflower Hotel to the various dignitaries and clergy. In ternoon Mrs. Jasper Bayne will head a delegation of the memorial committee from New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia and will place a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Boldier. LORD BERNERS’ HOME. tions of New Residence. LONDON, (N.AN.A)—Lord Berners, who has written the music for the bal- let in Mr. Cochran’s new revue, has re- cently moved into a new house in Halkin street. Peach color'has been used a good deal in the decoration, and a silver picture rail enlivens the dining room, where a caricature of Lord Berners by "Max” is hung. The servants’ quarters are very cheerful, for all the basement walls and cellings have been painted prim- rose yellow, giving an effect of per- D e s (mportant in th most impo! personage e house is the bird of paradise which lives an immense a 0 ally hea and lit, halfway up the stairs. (Copyrisht, 1930.) 'LUMBER AND OIL |VIRGINIA TEACHERS FACEDBY SENATE Watson Predicts Tariff Bill Will Go to Conference by Thursday. (Continued From First Page.) hopeful that an agreement might be reached. It is expected that the Sen- ate will be able to dispose of the hides, boots, shoes and leather amendment by the close of business Monday. Sen- ator Watson of Indiana, Republican leader of the Senate, was one of those who predicted last night that the Sen- ate would fail to agree on duties on hides. boots and shoes and would leave them on the free list. Hides Amendment Fails. Senator Walsh's first amendment to the Oddie amendment, substituting a 10 per cent ad valorem duty on green | hides instead of 4 cents a pound, was defeated by a vote of 49 to 24. The Massachusetts Senator then sought to have the duty fixed at 15 per cent ad valorem, but this lost by a vote of 57 to 16 Senator Walsh declared that if the duty were left at 4 cents a pound on green hides and 8 cents on dried hides, as provided in the Oddie amendmens, it would mean a duty of 27 per cent ad valorem. He insisted that the tan- ning industry and the boot and shoe industry would suffer greatly if their raw materials were taxed to such a degree. Turning to the Senator from the cattle States, Senator Walsh demanded: “Is your industry suffering today more than the tanners are suffering?” The Massachusetts Senator said that | he would ask only a 5 per cent com- pensatory duty on leather if his amend- ment was adopted. and on men’s shoes he would ask no duty, and on women’s shoes only a small duty. He told the Senate that if the Oddie amendment were adopted it would result in increas- ing the price of shoes, such as the farmer and the laborer wear, from 75 cents to $1 a pair. He said the increase on the more expensive shoes would probably run only 50 or 60 cents. “Why & specific flu'.{ on hides, and not on leather and shoes?” sald the Massachusetts Senator. “Let's call the roll, and see who stands with the consumer.” Senator Pitman of Nevada argued that the cattle men and farmers who produce hides were entitled to the duty proposed in the Oddie amendment. “The Senator from Massachusetts comes here crying for lower duties on hides, and complains of & 27 per cent ad valorem duty, as though he had never heard of such a high duty. Yet he voted for duties in the cotton sched- ule which average more than 40 per cent. The cotton industry needs pro- tection in Massachusetts. But the cal tle raisers of the West also need pro- tection. This duty on hides may mean the saving of the cattlemen on the ranges of this country. It will mean much, too, to the farmer, who has only a few hides to sell a year.” Attacks Oddie Amendment. Senator Blaine of Wisconsin. at- tacked the Oddie amendment, insisting ltll:nt hides should remain on the free t. “Hides are only a by-product of the packer,” said Senator Blaine. “The duty on hides will not benefit the farm- er a cent, but will place & burden upon him instead, along with every other consumer who muat buy shoes in this country. I tell you that the packers :‘:; back of this demand for a duty on Sy Senator Pittman sarcastically replied that the cattlemen had been fighting the packers for years. He sald, never- theless, that every man in the cattle- raising business in his State of Nevada is urging that he will get the benefit of that duty. Senator Blaine replied that he had no doubt the cattlemen believed they would benefit from a duty on hides. He insisted, however, that the packers will be the only beneficiaries. “They know what is going to happen.” said Senator Blaine. “There is hardly a farmer in this country who ever sells a hide,” he continued. He said that a few manufacturers would be able to pass the tariff along to the consumer, and that in the end the man who wears cowhide shoes and his children would feel heavi- ly the burden placed upon them from & duty on hides. Senator Howell of Nebraska sought to have the Senate reconsider the vote by which it rejected an amendment of his chll:fil[ the Oddie amendment reduc- iny 10 per cent ad valorem duty on sole, belting or harness leather to 5.4 r cent. In the end he was defeated a vote of 36 to 31. An amendment offered by him reducing the duty on leather welting also was defeated. The Senate sat for nearly four hours yesterday. Before it recessed until to- morrow an agreement was entered into limiting debate on the Oddie amend- ment to 15 minutes for each Senatcr and five minutes on any amendment offered to the Oddie amendment. Shoals Proposition Next. ‘With the prospect of getting the tariff bill out of the Senate during the coming week the leaders are giving at- tention to the program which will fol- low the disposition of that bill. It is planned to take up the Muscle Shoals matter and make it the unfinished business of the Senate as soon as the tariff has been passed. The agricul- tural appropriation bill probably will be given the right of way and perhaps some of the other appropriation bills nownd‘n( in the Senate, with Muscle Sh laid aside temporarily. Since the Senate met after the holi- days, January 6, it has been almost continuously at work on the tariff bill, laying it aside only to act on the nomi- nation of Chief Justice Hughes, and on the first deficlency appropriation bill, During that time there have been 306 roll calls, either for a record vote or to develop a quorum. It is estimated that nearly 31 hours have been occu- pled making these roll calls. PLAN INSURANCE MERGER. LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 15 ().—~ Expansion of the Intersouthern Life Insurance Co., which is said to involve purchase of five other companies, will be voted upon by stockholders here April 7. The stockholders will be asked to approve an increase in capitalization to $3,000,000 from the present $1,250,- 000. Directors are said to have ap- proved it and to desire an ultimate in- crease to $10,000,000. Announcement of the stockholders' meeting was made today and it was understood that the companies expected to be purchased are the Missouri Life Insurance Co. St. Louis; Southwestern Life Insurance Co., Dallas; Home Life Insurance Co., Little Rock; Shenandoah Life Insur- ance Co., Roanoke, Va., and the South- eastern Life Insurance Co., Greenville, Peach Color Outstanding in Decora- | 8. C. PHYSICIAN'S AND DENTIST’S OFFICE Ideal location -or physician's, dentist’s and similar o‘l’nm One int Columbia Road, Harvard an Pleasant Sts. Phone MAYCROFT APTS. Resident Manager, Columbis 9729 or AUSTIN C. WALLER Distriet 0864 a duty on hides. and believes | APPROVE CONTEST {Indorse The Star’s Efforts in Sponsoring Oratorical Contest. | | | __School authorities throughout the six | Virginia counties included in the Wash-| ington region of the national oratorical | contest have expressed unqualified ap- | proval of The Star’s efforts in fostering | public speaking and patriotic ideals by | sponsoring the local contest, and have | particularly emphasized the value to the | participants of the extemporaneous fea- | ture inaugurated this year. | Statements from three county school superintendents were received yesterday at contest headquarters in The Star Building. The other three superintend- | ents had previously communicated with contest officials making known their en- | thusiastic reception of the forensic competition. | The six superintendents represent 23| public high schools. One other insti- tution, a private school, is taking part in the contest in that section. The communications received yester- day were from R. C. Hayden of Prince Willlam County, W. H. Thomas of Fau- quier County and O. L. Emerick of Loudoun County. Text of Hayden's Letter. Mr. Hayden writes as follows: “The oratorical contest not only pro- vides a means of developing & useful talent during the brief period through which the contest is conducted yearly; the majority of contestants, whether winning out in the more important phases or simply competing in the minor events, acquire and retain such valuable assets as poise, self-confidence and good diction. These assets in turn give birth to greater ambitions in life and the means of accomplishing them. “The extempore feature of this year's oratorical contest adds to the original verve re?ulr!d in the enterprise There, in those four minutes of impro- vised speech, will be revealed the advan- of quick thinking and readiness. I earnestly hope that the study of our Constitution, presented in this more fascinating and useful form, will be promoted in all of the schools, for the good of all of the students.” Mr. Thomas of Fauquier County writes: “I have followed with keen interest the progress of the oratorical contest in its relation to our regular curriculum. ‘With the institution, this year, of an ex- tempore talk in addition to the prepared speech, high school students are pro- vided with an educational entertainment which, I am sure, should afford plenty of thrills to all involved. I hearcily lend my indorsement to this means of creating a more thorough understanding of our Government among the young people of America.” Statement by Emerick. Mr. Emerick's statement follows: “The Constitution of the United States is one subject on which young orators should find it a privilege to ex- press their personal viewpoints to their own people. My experience with the oratorical contest on the Constitution is the finals the young people in my county who have taken part feel duly appreciative of the knowledge d training they have gained in actual par- ticipation—regardless of the prizes they have won or lost in the interschool eliminations. “We like especially the new extem- poraneous speech requirement. We re- alize we are in for a harder race, but like the element of sport it entails.” List of Virginia Schools. The Virginia schools entered in the contest follo Algxandria—George Mason ' High| School, C. H. Strader, principal: Alex- | andria High School, H. T. Moncure, | principal; Mrs. Pear] Ranow, committee | chairman. Arlington County — Washington-Lee | High School. S. T. Vanderslice, princi- pal; Mrs, Marie Malott, committee chairman. Fairfax County—Lee-Jackson High School, Miss Agnes Donaldson, princi- | pal and committee chairman; Herndon High School, O. F. Northington, prin- cipal, Mrs. G. S. White, committee chairman; _ Franklin-Sherman High School, G. E. Smith, principal; Oakton High School, Miss Mary M. Snead, principal and committee chairman; Floris Vocational High School, Miss Elizabeth Ellmore, principal and com- mittee chairman; Jefferson High School, Miss N. Gregory Edwards, principal and committee chairman; Clinton High School, Miss Dorothy Otley, Dl’ln:l;]ll and committee chairman, and Fairfax | High School, Miss Mary Ambler, prin- ig] | . P. B. Smith, principal: Rem- ington High School, E. A. Whitmer, | principal and _committee chairman; | Marshall High School, W. G. Coleman, principal; Calverton High School, W. E. Tyler, prinéipal and committee chair- | man, 'and Bealeton High School, H. M. that after the project has progressed to | |STENOGRAPHER BEATER’S | pliinis b | SENTENCE IS SUSPENDED Making Petit Point Is Hobby of | Pearson, principal and committee chair- — Ashburn High \ | e tory settlement. Design by Waddy B. Wood of the new headquarters to be erected for the Potomac Electric Power Co. on the northeast corner of Tenth and E streets. It will be of nine stories and the exterior will be of stone. Contract for the construction is to be awarded shortly. The present offices of the concern has been purchased as part of the site of Federal developments along the Mall. SANATORIUM DRIVE BEGINS WEDNESDAY Congress Action in Behalf of Tuberculous Children to Be Urged. A city-wide campaign to urge action by Congress at this session on the pend- ing Capper bill to provide $625,000 for construction of a modern sanatorium for tuberculous children of the District will be Jaunched Wednesday at a meet- ing of medical officials and health workers sponsored by the local Tubercu- losis Association. Surgeon General Hugh S. Cumming of the Public Health Service will make the keynote address. The need of the proposed sanatorium will also be ex- plained by Maj. Layson E. Atkins, assistant engineer commissioner of the District. Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, chair- man of the children’s sanatorium com- mittee, will preside at the opening meet- ing to be held in Barker Hall at the Y. W. C. A. Building at 12:30 pm., after luncheon has been served to those who make advance reservations. Other members of the committee are Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools; Health Officer Fowler, Dr. Joseph' D. Rogers, president of the board of directors of Casualty Hospital; Dr. Rercy Hickling, Dr. J, W. Peabody, head of the Tuberculosis Hospital: Dr. F. C. Smith and Dr. George M. Kober, president of the Tuberculosis Asso- ciation. A general committee is to be formed to conduct in April the annual early diagnosis campaign of the Tuberculosis Association. ‘Woman Convicted of Striking Hus- band's Secretary Must )" $500 Fine, By the Associated Press. CLARKSDALE, Miss., March 15.—A 90-day jall sentence given Mrs. K. A Carney, wife of a Clarksdale attorney, when she was found guilty last week of beating her husband’s stenographer, Miss Mae Ross, was suspended today Judge W. A. Alcorn. Judge Alcorn ruled, however, that a 8500 fine should stand. Miss Ross, 22, testified at the trial last week that Mrs. Carney, 53, struck her in the face, breaking her nose, when she sought to explain an automobile ride with her employer. She testified she had been asked by Carney to go to his office to complete some stenographic work. Mrs. Carney sald the girl was abusive when she questioned her and told her that it was “none of your business.” However, School, Charles S. Monroe, principal and committee chairman; Leesburg High School, Alexander S. Jenkins, ipal and chairman; und Hill High School, H. F. Harrison, principal and committee chairman, and Lincoln High School, Henry P. White, principal and committee chairman. Prince_ William _ County—Swaverly School, Robert J. Ellingsworth, head- master and _committee _chairman; Brentsville High School, Clarence O. Bittle, principal; Miss Marjorie Gray- bill, committee chairman: Haymarket Hlfh School, Miss §. H. Hindle, princi- pal and committee chairman, and Manassas High School, Miss L. D. Metz, | principal and committee chairman. A Bank —doing sM4LL things BIG Pay off the “Stand offs” Suppose the boss “put you off” at pay day like you “stand off” the doctor, thegrocer,oran F' Streetmerchant! Would it make any difference? Are you giving a square deal to your doctor, your grocer or the store where you trade, when you promise to pay and don’t—or when you pay no attention to kindly notices of delinquency looking to a satisfac- You may borrow money at The Morris Plan Bank “to pay off the stand off”—to get your scattering debts grouped in one place —to make possible an orderly use of your income and to enable you to ultic' mately “round the corner.” Why not try The Morris Plan? Morris Plan Bank Under Supervision U, S. Treasury Loaning Hundreds to Thousands CRABTREE T0 HANG FOR SLAYING THREE | New Trial Refused—Execu- tion Date Set for May 9. | Special Dispatch to The Star. ROMNEY, W. Va., March 15.—Walter Crabtree, who shot and killed three men at Romney, W. Va., in December, was denied a motion for a new trial by Judge A. G. Hughes and sentenced to be hanged on May 9 in the penitentiary at Moundsville. Crabtree killed Justice of the Peace H. Carter Inskeep, County Jailer Benjamin E. Miller and Edward Wol- ford, all of Romney, at an early morn- \lng hour. He first shot Wolford, who had just returned from the United States | Army, while ‘Wolford was attending sick relatives, shooting him through the win- dow. He then went to the home of Jus- | tice Inskeep and called him to the door, | when he shot him. He then went to the jail and called Miller to the door, and without warn- ing shot off the top of his head. Crab- tree's defense was insanity. Crabtree, when the court commented that he had no one to blame but him- self, arose and said: “I have no one to blame but myself.” When the judge passed sentence, the defendant, in a quivering but audible voice, said: “Thank you.” It is expected that Sheriff K. B. | Saville will take Crabtree to Mounds- | ville tonight. | | |BRITISH ROYALTY TURNS TO DOING EMBROIDERY Queen, Princess Mary and Lord Harewood. | | | LONDON, )NANA).—The exhibi- | tion of the Embroiderers’ Guild, which opened recently at Walker’s Galleries in Bond street, has been attracting | many fashionable people. Petit point is done by a number of well known people, including the Queen, Princess Mary and Lord Hare- wood. The princess finds it a delight- ful occupation for the long Winter evenings in the country, and often after a day's hunting, she and her husband settle down on either side of a huge log fire in her comfortable “blue” boudoir to work at panels for footstools, a screen or a chair seat. 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NEWPORT NEWS, Va, March 15— The Rogers Science Hall at the College of William and Mary, Willlamsburg, Va., caught fire this afternoon and fire departments from Williamsburg, York- | town, Fort Eustis and Newport News were called out to check the blaze, which was sald to have virtually destroyed the roof and third floor. ‘The fire started in the building ele- vator shaft, according to reports made to the Fire Department here. It was the second blaze from the same source since the building was erected a year and a half ago at a cost of $300,000. Students Aid Firemen. ‘Hundreds of students assisted firemen in their effort to confine the flames to the building and keep them from spreading over the campus of the sec- ond oldest institution in the United States. The structure was the Sir Christopher Wren Building, the oldest academic building in the country, now being restored with other sections of the Nation’s oldest incorporated city. Fire fighting equipment from Fort Eustis, the United States Naval Mine Depot at Yorktown and Newport News reached here when the local department found itself unable to cope with the flames, which broke out in the elevator shaft of the building about 3 o'clock. Several students suffered blistered feet and were choked by the smoke pouring out of the room, but none was seriously injured. Eight streams of water were thrown against the blaze before it was brought under control. Declines to Estimate Damage. Dr. J. A. C. Chandler, president of ‘Willlam and Mary, declined to make an estimate of the damage. He sald he believed the fire started from a match or cigarette or ibly spontaneous combustion. So far as is known the building was unoccupled at the time the fire_broke out. The fire spread to the roof, burning it off, but without damaging any of the class rooms or chemical storerooms although there was some water damage. The science hall is a memorial to William Barton Rogers, founder of Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology. It is one of the largest bulldings of the college group and is about 50 yards from the library which was saved from danger by the fire because of brick construction and slate roofing. None of the other buildings was at any time in danger., WILLIAM AND MARY CLUB TO HONOR DR. CHANDLER Alumni to Hold Dinner for Presi- dent of Historic College to- morrow Night. Dr. J. A. C. Chandler, president of | historic William and Mary College, ‘Williamsburg, Va., will be the guest of honor of the William and Mary Alumni Club of Washington at its dinner to- | morrow evening at 8 o’clock in the Uni- versity Club. Under Dr. Chandler’s administration, the college grown from three or four buildings to about 35, and its student body has increased from about 300 to mearly 3,000 as it rapidly is | taking its place as one of the leading universities of the country. 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