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Wickersham “Body: Opposed “Fhieif Return as Primary * Object, Says-Loesch. Byt Assaciated Press. g 99 i CHICAGO, “January 81--Fragk J< Loesch sald today that the Wickersham Commission, of which-he is-a member, sought'’ primartly 4n - its recommenda- tions on prohibition, to prevent the re- turn of the saloon. “Closing of the saloon was the one big accomplishment of the eighteenth amendment,” he said. _“That is_why those of us on’ comi ron who rec- ommended ‘revision of pmhlb!t‘.op,,llso qpposed repeal of the amendment.” No Influence Used. *“Labor and industry appeared to be unanimously against the open saloon. Its return, in my opinion, would slow down our industrial pace.” Loesein the-report would be an issue in the 1932 election. He added simply that the report would lead to re- vision of the present situation by cen- tering public attention on . - He said no one attempted to influence the com- mission. Likes Anderson Plan. The Chicago man sald he favors the plan advanced by Henry ‘W.' Anderson, another Wickersham commissioner, ad- vocating the appoirtr.cnt of an imparti- sah commission to supervise a private carporation to handle the liquor traffic through issuing of permits. He recommended giving Congress power to legislate on prohibition. LEGISLATURE HITS CONTEST OF HEFLIN Alabama Houfe Calls Action of Senator “Yery. Poor Sports- “=- manship.” By the Assoclated Press. &ONTGO]\(ERY. Ala., January 31— Alabama House of Representatives Thursday took issue with Senator J. ‘Thomas Heflin, who has charged “fraud and irregularities” in the general elec- tion of last November. ~The House adopted a joint resolution in condemna- tion of the “very poor sportsmanship” in the Senator’s filing a contest. There was no debate on the resolu- tion, but announcement of its adoption by a vote of 91 fo srgvught Cheers from crowded galle: and ‘menfbers of the House on the floor. Introduction ef 4he measure, followed upon news dispatches que Senator Heflin's announcement that he would contest the election” of last November, in which he ran as an independent and was defeated by more than 50,000 voies by iohn H. Bmkmd of Jasper, Demo- cra The resolution- eitetl Senator’ Heflin's] 80-year record ‘as an officeholder, in- cluding the office of secretary cf state, Rmrmnutlv?n.gd"Vnzd States s:%‘:- tar and said, has a part of his-tenure of of as United States Senator, made Alsbama the laughing stock of the %by his bigotry, lack of religious t ce and the lack cf many of the courtesies generally expected between one gentleman and anopher,” = . ° Benator Heflin was declared to have “done very little of a constructive na- ture during his tenure of of as Uh‘l:;mt Sm;c Senator for the - ship o ans,”. an@-added “he” was :gnted by more than 50,000 ma- BOILER HEAT CAUSES _ | PREMATURE BUDDING Month of January at Evanbville] Has Been Remarkable for Its Warmth, Howevér.” © By the Associated Press. ‘EVANSTON, I, January 31.—Signs e X ‘fm;:m“ dtc:ivmx. 3 e signs of Spring which Miss Julian Holmes, a co-ed, saw in the budding bushes that lined the walk around the sorority house on the Northwestern University quadrangle. They looked like the real thing until & skeptic put-out the nformation’that 2 heating tunnel from the boler heat- ing the entife quadrangle had 1 ‘warming the roots.of the plants arti- ficlally all winter. Nevertheless, the month of January in_these parts has been one of the most remarkable on record for warmth and lack of precipitation, the weather byreau . The temperaturé got up 25 high as 49 degrees yesterday, prompt- !g_cmn boys to play base-ball fn their &l sleevs azd discard their ice skates for rollers. S N TWO ACCUSED, OF FRAUD Charged With Forging .Signature to Insurance Check. OMAHA, Neb., January 31 (#).—An undertaker and a former life insurance agent were arrested yesterday for forg- a signature to an insurance check affer they had buried -the unclaimed body of a man as that of a woman to collect three insurance policies. 1 A. W. Taggart, the undertaker, and Fred Steger confessed, County Attorney Henry Beal sald, that they took the body of a man who died at the county hospital last October and buried it as “Rose White.” She is still a patient at the hospital. For two years the men kept up pay- ments on life insurance policies in tnq ‘woman's name and collected more than $800 from the insurance company. INVENTOR CALLED SAINT Helps Make Life as It Ought to Be, Educator Declares, CHICAGO, January 31 (#).—The inventor was nominated for modern sainthood by Prof. Harry A. Overstreet of the College of the City of New York. “We have the antiquated. idea that. the saint is a man so good you can't live with him,” he sald. “Qn ghe con- trary the inventor is the modetn saint, the man whose inventive spirit enables him to give us machinery and ideas to make life as life ought to be.” His remarks were made to the Ex- ecutives Club, BOY HELD IN SLAYING Declares He Btabbed Stepfather in Defense of Mother. BAN JOSE, Calif, January 31 (#).— Julius Strobl, 16, held todzy- on .a charge of fatally stabbing hi§ % father, J. C. Miller, 45, asserted acted in nse of his mother. intoxicated two days, became enraged last night because she delayed .dinner uptil her son had ‘milking. JIn Philadelphia it have been in business for a cen- or more. t now bega . As the.sftuation in whigh.we work” of Mnnwlmhmhnlw‘ln; . Throfl_(’il.led, 5Wo undefl, .12 Captured .in First Enemy Raid Against American Troops. 1ST DIVISION GETS BAPTISM OF .FIRE ’Baker Suggests March to Be Chief of Staff Upon Retirement of Scott and Bliss. CHAPTER XX. OON after the 1st Division en- tered a quiet sector of the Vosges the peaceful aspect of the situa- tion was disturbed by a German raid on an isolated post of the 16¢h Infantry, November 3, 1917. A group was caught in a box barrage and, although the men made a courageous resistance, 3 were killed, 5 wounded and 12 captured. These were the first casualties that had occurred in our Army to units serving in the trenches. The dead were Corpl. James B. Gresham and Pvts Thomas F. Enright and Merle D. Hay, all of Company F. The French took.charge of the fu- nerals and turned out a formal guard in addition ‘td our own. The services were conducted by the French Gen. Bordeaux, who came with his full staff and delivered a beautiful oration over the graves. A large number of French troops also came informally to pay their final tribute. This joint homage to our dead there under the fire of the guns seemed to symbolize the common sacri- fices we were to make in the same great cause. More Observers Arrive. I returned to Chaumont November 9 from Paris, accompanied by Charles Crane and Joseph E. Willard, Ambassa- dor to Spain. . Another .group -of division command- ers arrived tn“;hncz on that date as observers. This contingent ‘Tude Maf. Geéns. ‘William M.” Wright, James Treat, St. John Greble, Francis Ker- . P. Blocksom, Willlam Sage and . Wright, Treat, Kernan Bell later served with the A. E. F. #unition question “again” be- came acuté at that time, despite our agreements, with positive .assurances that they would make prompt deliveries, but their ex- planatiop was rthat we had not *fufr- the full amount of raw material “—By— - Gen. John < 4 Pershing Commander in Chicf of the- American Expeditionary Forces the French and their | pes SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 n the WorldWal' xperiences i The graves of the first A. E. F. men to die in trench warfare, Corp. James B. Gresham and Pvis. Thomas F. En- right and Merle D. Hay, Company F, 16th Infantry, 1st Division. Already a substantial part of it is in camp and has begun its preparatory work. Meantime, the 16 National Army cantonments are substantially completed and the first contingents of drafted men are being received, appar- ently without confusion or excitement. Early in October the entire number will be assembled and the arrangements Iwomise speedy training for them, as their officers have already been as- sembled at the cantonments, a course of instruction prepared and the usual preliminary preparations for active work _either begun or well under way. “On this side we hear rather fre- quently of the work your men are doing. Such French officers es have come to us and have seen your troops in France are enthusiastic in praise of their alert- ness and spirit, and as the larger forces begin to arrive, no doubt even more im- pressive exhibitions will be given of what our people can do. “I am especially concerned that ofr troops should not be engaged in actual fighting in France until they are in such numbers and have made such thorough preparation that their first appearance Wwill be encouraging both to their own morale and to the spirit of our people here. I think it goes without sa thet the Germans will make a special effort to strike swiftly and strongly led | against any part of the line which we l‘lgdefl-l.ke to f;ffnd, lnlorder tohe able report to their pesple encouragingly about our perticipation and also with the object of discouraging our soldiers and our people as much as possible. I have no doubt this has all been pres- ent to your mind and I refer to it only cause I want you to know that we will exercise all the patience on. this side and not ask you to put your troops into action until, in your In ‘my ‘early reference to the . pros- pects of procuring artillery of 75 mm. and 155 mm. calibers, and ammunition for its use, it had been expected that nofll‘nfnlhoulfl diminish our efforts at home their manufacture, but when the -probeability of delay and possibly failure of the Prench to furnish ammu- nition for these guns was reported to Washington my cable met with . the placent reply, mueh to my -!ul’flflls. “the-French government must fuf- nish it, for there i no other way of get- ting it. At the present time there is not_in this country any actual output of ammuynition of the t; mentioned. None has been amcudv?” - As the French contracts covered only a part of the amount deemed necessary, it was-not understood why the Ordnance Department :had done nothing. We were already behind in steel deliveries to the French by over 20,000 tons; the supply of powder and explosives was still uncertafn,” and the prospect of placing~ furthier contracts, or even of obf g regular deliveries on those already placed, seemed doubtful. The establishment of our own sources of supply at home app:ared vital, and forth the above situation by cable I added: - “F cannot too strongly urge the greatest possible expedition in the production of artillery material and ammunition in America.” Home Ports Overcrowded. The difficulty of providing the French with raw material was largely traceable to the lack" of shipping, and,’ of course, the unscientific use of what we had. ‘The fact is that the ports at home were overcrowded with all sorts- of matcrial and supplies awaiting vessels. The French over 600,000 tons of sup- plies at seaboard which they were un- able to move, and were clamoring for 150,000 tons additional of steel rails. ‘The ‘War Department had purchased over 100,000 tons of rails for us, but had beén”able so far to ship only 30,- 000 tons. The optimistic promises of the department of a month or so previ- ous that there would be plenty of ship- ping n to look visio: e found nary. ourselves regarding artillery ammuni- tion was approaching a crisis, it became necessary to lay the whole question be- fore the Interallied Munitions Board. After a full investigation of their re- sources, both the French and British concluded that they could undertake to meet our requirements, with the dis- tinct understanding that their plants and that we should furnish raw mate- rials promptly. ‘The late Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, chief of the War Department general staff, represented s in the allied fonference and reported the resuits and agree- ments reached. He had brought the latest data from home, and his knowl- edge concerning steel and munitions enhbled him to give yaluable assistance to my chief 6f ordnance in our efforts to find a solution to the difficult mu- nitions problem. He also strongly re- inforced my appeals for motor transpor- tatton and urged the manufacture at home of heavy guns and ammunition. A letter from Secretary of War Baker dated September 10 had only recently been received and gave me an idea of some of his problems. In part, he wrote as-follows: o b “At “present it seéms -questionable whether I should come to France. If it were possible for me to go incognito and go over the situation with you on the gréund without - the : interruptions’ which would be necessary were it known tBat-Y was fn the country * ¢ *; while if I undertook to visit both Lon- don ‘and ‘'Paris, ‘miy " trip - would ’ be deemed to have a diplomatic character, which would be inopportune if not-em- barrassing. Moreover, it seems impor- tant for me not to relax my personal su) jon of the preparation of sup- plies and men to be forwarded just at this time. But I am hopeful that.I can come & little later, and, when our ps our ration going f« 1 nncotggpu‘- ¥ trust it soon -will, an ab- sence would b; ‘;‘u ldwlflnu here and perhaps more hel you. - “u:nwhua I am sure you will un- derstand my frankness when I tell you that yous landed in England, has given both-the President and me the greatest satisfac- . As you knmr-m h our full confidence, lu.pfy to have our judgment as it has been at every point, discretion, tact and effective we feel L\;sfllhd, your 3 the Army ‘with remarkable in a day or two the ‘will be in its camps, National Guard Sl must be greatly increased in capacity | 10 course, from the moment you Jjudgment, both the time is lndkt-ha Ppreparations thoroi ade- uate. “In the matter of selecting and division commanders, I constantly feel that I ought to have your advice and Jjudgment. = You realize, of course, the difficulty of selecting division command- ers out of our Army, made up as it is’ of very zealous and fine men, but nec- essarily men who have had no experi- ence with the sort of warfare now being waged, and few, if any, of them hav- ing even had the experience of actually commanding a division of troops in ma- neuvers. From all that you have said, supplemented by all that I have learned elsewhere, the need for young and gnyllu.lly strong men is apparent and am perfectly willing to go any limit in mee! this requirement. “It will, of course, necessitate. passing over a substantial number of our older genarals, who are very eager to go to France, and who in their own ideas, and that of the country, have certain right to be preferred; but their occupation here in the training of troops is, of course, a valuable contribution to the cause, and, whenever I can feel sure in the selection of the younger man that he actually has the capacity to develop to a sufficient extent to justify his be- ing preferred to a man of greater ex- perience, I shall not hesitate. But most of these younger officers present prob- lems of judgment and forecast, and your advice on the subject would be most helpful. “At present I am planning to send gll"ucflcnlly all of the general officers to ance for a visit to the front, so that they will come back to their training camps with actual knowledge of the conditions of present methods of war- fare. After they have been to France, they are to call on me individually to report, and I hope in that way to have opportunity to make personal -estimate of their vigor and alertness both of mind and body. In the meantime, you, of course, will see them all while they are in Prance, and I would be grateful if you would let me have an estimatc of the ‘mpressions they make on you while they are actually at the scene of “war and studying the conditions at the front. Baker Proposes Gen. March. *“There is ancther subject upon which I want to say a confidential word. Gen. Scott will retire on the 22nd of this month. He will, of course, be called back into active service and put in charge of one of our training camps, where his fine character and soldierly expe&l:noe wili be an m;h;plflnc exngple ung men ler him. Gen. Bliss, '{:7 has three times acted as chief of staff. will succeed Gen. Scott for the few months which intervene until his own retirement. But when Gen. Bliss retires in November (Decem- ber), if wilk be necessary to select a chief of staff, and ‘my strong desirc is to have a young man who has had some months of experience in PFrance. “My mind has rather run in the di- rection of Gen. March, who, by the mid- dle of Novemoer, will have had an ex- Five Rooms, Kitchen and Bath Electrical Refrigeration THE ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Road : - Reasonable Réntals Our low prices a for cash delivery only. W. A. Egg..$14.60 W. A, Stove, $15.30 ‘W. A, Nut..$14.75 " "W, A, Pea...$10.40 Buckwheat.. $8.10 Coke .......$10.75 Fairmont Egg, $8.25 New River Egg, $11.00 - fireplace and Soala a¥e sevestied And full - ..., oWelght gusranteed. B. J. WERNER 1937 Fifth St. N.E. North 0079 cellent opportunity to become familiar with the whole situation abroad, and whose experience in the War "Depart- ment has be2n such that there would be no loss of time on his part in under- standing the Intricactes of bureau oper- atlon- here. . -In-addition- to that, he is & 1T of positive and detided character. “I realize, of course, that bringing Gen. March away might be a serious loss to you, and I have by no means de- cided upon him for the place, but I would like to have your judgment on this question. It seems to me that co- operation in Washington is of an im- portance impoassible to overestimate, and that we can aseure it best by having a young, aggressive man who will realize from actual observation and participa- tion your difficulties, and be able to understand from the least hint what is necessary for us to do to be of the maximum support to you.” In view of the emergency that was so clearly set forth by the Joffre and Balfour missions when they visited the United States, and which was confirmed after my arrival in France and reported with all emphasis, I have never been able to understand the unnecessary de- lay caused by waiting six months for the construi of large cantonments before cal out men and assembling them for g. > A Of cburse, it was particularly urgént that the specialists and laborers needed in France to build up our facilitfes should have been provided as fast as m{ could be profitably employed, but nothing, should have postponed the im- mediate mobilization of the combat units of the Regular Army and the Na- tional Guard. « After setting apart a large propor- tion of officers and men of the Regu- lars for duty in training cemps and for assignment to new units, each unit could have been started to work with only enough of its skeleton to furnish foundation, and this much of our preparation could have been accom- plis! in much~less time than was taken to handle the problem as a whole. As it was, the services of these al- réady partially trained contingents were not available abroad until it was all but too late. The department failed to lrgp the big problem until the last minute. Tomorrow: First National Guard division arrives. Pershing tells Baker the war must be won in 1918. 3 by the B pmerican” NewSoiner'® alfance! in whole or in part prohibited.) : At a recent sale of rare stamps for the-benefit of a London hospital, $2,500 was realized. TO BALTIMORE Good for return within seven Aays of date of sale. Tickets sold commencing February 1 for all trains except Limited—Liberty Limited Pennsylvania Railroad Congressional {MAN HURT WHEN AUTO CRASHES GOING TO FIRE Two Washington Men Escape Un- hurt in Collision in Alexan- dria Street. Special Dispatch to The St ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 31.—A local man was injured and two Wash- ington men had narrow escapes in an automobile accident at Duke and Alfred streets here at noon yesterday. The ac- cident is said to have occurred when one car was on. its way to a fire. The injuredaman is Clarence J. Bart- lett, 35, of 91@-East Randolph avenue, this city. He was tr:ated at the Alex- andria hospital for lacerations and undertermined injuries to his back. Wharton E. Lester, 1728 Massachusetts avenue, driver of the other car, and Phillip G. Afflect, 1B5 New York ave- hue, escaped, injury. = Both cars were totally wrecked and traffic was tied up for some time. The fire, which .resuited “in two alarms, badly damaged a double house in the 1800 block of Duke street. “Firem ri were almost an hour the flames. in quelli d Well Known Dentist Réturns Dr for many years a Washing- his practice here and an nently, having closed out all in- fices with mod- furnishings at politan Theater will be glad to to welcome new too well known &= o ‘Washington _psople. ‘Watth this To Washington Permanently. ton dentist, but who has office in Miami, Fla., has returned terests in Florida. He is now ern dental $32-934 F Street Building, this see all of his ones as well. to need any pepet for announcement of open- R. CARLETON VAUGHAN, divided his time between to Washington to remain perma- fitting up of- equipment and NW., Metro- city, where he old friends and Dr. Vaughan is g Vaughan. introduction to , on or about February 1.—Ad- . vertisement. 7227272222 Y Z % Limited—Crescent and The Senator. 72 YaLk oF THE TowN “Is my_ shirt wrinkled, Dear?” “Of course not! WEST END LAUNDRY You ought to know that the knows how to fix a stiff bosom so it STAYS that way!” PHONE METROPOLITAN LAUNDRY WEST END 1723 Pennsylvania -Avenue N.W. 1201 Conn. Ave. 1006 15th St. N. 1122 14th St. NW. 193. LAVAL CARRIES BIG {2555 CONFIDENGE VOTE Majorities of 54, 51 Given New French Premier Hint Term Until June. "By the Associated Press. ARIS, January 31.-—Pierre Laval, son of a country butehér and one of the' youngest men ever.to Teath the head. of the French.government, was established in office today by two yotes of confidence ‘which surpassed the hope of even his fondest friends. ~ * His pO] -saw - in- the two ma~ m;‘-mw Jem! m;pultl bl a re! an o] on amend- ment te the: original que -of <confi- dence, -indieating that-this-government, the seventh in the Mfe of the- present Parliament—would -hold on until & new President is elected in June-to succeed . Ts,Rersuasive Leader. 4 In winning his Chamber victory after reading. of-the ministerial. declaration Prémier Laval, who. is 47 years old and always wears,a white tie, proved almost as great a spellbinder as his mentor, Aristide Briand, a.leading candidate in the race for the presidency to succeed M. Dourgeigue. v Modest, persuasive “and sincere, his appeal to rise above politics and work for the good of France drew cheers even from many opponents. His skill in debate was- 8 by 3. neat. of his most” formidable opponert, the veteran Edouard Herriot, making a deep im- pression on the House, where some ob- servers hailed him as a statesman of the first rank. Strong in Senate. The premier emerged with a majority much the size and character of those Andre Tardieu.used to command. He has great strength in the Senate, of The Winton-Stanley 1411 Harvard St. N.W. Four Rooms, Kitchen and Bath Reasonable Rentals Notice to Subscribers in Apartment Houses Subscribers wishing the carrier boy to knock on the door when delivering The Star will please tele- phone circulation depart- ment, National 5000—and instructions wiil be givefi for this service to start at once. gl g ber, and this will be his government. ‘The first vote came on a question of the declara. t rejection of Socialists would have involved some extension’ of free education. M. Laval, believing the matter one of educational rather-than political policy, asked its rejection. The Chamber responded with a vote favoring the government of 309 to 258. MRS. LOCKETT WILL “PROBATING 1S ASKED National Savings & Trust Firm Named as Executor'and - Trustee for Estate. - ‘The National Savings & Trust Co. yes- terday asked the District Supreme Court to admit to probate the will of Mrs. Pauline Lockett, who died January 12. The company is named as executor and trustee under the will and tells the court that Mrs. Lockett owned premises at 1776 Massachusctts avenue, assessed at $45,00¢, and had- personal property worth $432,814.91. FIRST LOAN RELIEF CHECKS ARE ISSUED Three Virginia Farmers Are Given Initial Installment of Three Payments. By the Assoclated Press. - Three Virginia farmers yesterday were given the first checks to be drawn against the $45,000,000 agricultural seed loan relief fund from the Washington office of the Drought Relief Committee. Dr. C. W. Warburton, secretary of the committee, said so far as he knew these were the first checks to be issued, al- though reports were lackifig from field offices. The checks today were for 60 per eent of the loan granted, with-the remaining 40 per cent to be released in two equal installments later. s One - hundred dollars was paid - to- ay to: - J. D. Wilsen, Shenandoah' County, $50; 8. M.-Lewis, Rockbridge County; $25, and G. Materspaw, Rockbridge County, $25. She is survived by her husband, James W. Lockett, and a ‘daughter, Pauline A Kaiser of St. Louls. . The trust company is directed by the will to pay the husband a life annuity of $100 per month and to pay one-third of the remaining income to the daugh- ter and two-thirds to Pauline A. Hyatt and Franck Hyatt, 3d, grandchildren of the deceased. {THAYER)] PRODUCER OF THE BEST PRINTING - “Small Work Exclasively ™ oisr 1816 909 12vusrarer HOWARD 8. FISK, MANAcER A Mrs. Anna E. 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