2
RADIO SAYS HUERTA
0. K. INFRONTERA
Death at Sea Story Invented
by Obregon Supporters,
Says Rebel Agent.
By the Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex., March 29.—Adolfo
tie la Huerta, Mexican rebel leader, is
safe at Frontera. Mexico, and sent
radio orders to his agent, Jose Re
menterla, here, at 11:30 o'clock last
night, Rementeria announced.
Rementeria declared that Obregon
representatives invented the story
from New Orleans to the effect that
d© la Huerta was reported lost at
sea.
De la Huerta ordered two ships from
Houston to Progreso, Yucatan, to take
aboard cargoes of sisal lor the Inter
national Harvester Company, accord
ing to Rementeria.
The message came from Frontera.
where a Mexican radio station is
located. This station is said to be
controled by the rebel forces. On
receipt of the instructions. Remen
teria announced that the boats would |
sail from Port Houston April 4. and j
that a local firm would supply them.
Slant Advanced ns l oan.
As the agent explained the arrange
ment, the merchants of the state of
Yucatan have advanced to de la
Huerta sisal in the nature of a loan.
The money it is sold for eventually is
to be returned to the men from whom
the sisal is taken.
Rementeria sent the rebel chief this
message; "Economic situation of Ob
regon government very delicate. Gen.
Moran attacked the city of Elalamo, |
Vera .Cruz. Rebel forces growing j
very rapidly in states of Durango and
Chihuahua,"
The Obregon forces fear de la
Huerta so much that they wish he
were dead. Rementeria declared, when (
shown the New Orleans report. I
‘T talked to Mrs. do la Huerta for J
two hours over the telephone ed
■nesday," he said. "She told rbe that |
her husband had ordered her to New |
Orleans from Mexico City and later i
to join him at Frontera, but that she
was not to hurry since he expected |
shortly to take up his residence in the |
Mexican capital.”
SANCHEZ PUT, TO DEATH. j
Executed With Staff After Mafafa !
.Defeat, Juarez Report.
EL PASO, March 29.—Gen. Guada- 1
lupe Sanchez, rebel chieftain, and his
staff, wore executed after their cap
ture in the battle at Mafafa. Vera.
Cruz, according to information re
ceived in Juarez military circles.
REBEL POSITIONS LOST.
MEXICO CITY. March 29—The
rebels hare been forced to evacuate |
several strong positions on the road !
to Oa_\aca City, owing to the federal
offensive begun on Wednesday, say 1
dispatches to the War Department. I
They give evidence, however, of in- j
tending to offer further resistance, j
and Gen. Jesus Aguirre has been or
dered to co-operate in the campaign, j
MRS. BIDDLE TO WED
NEW YORK ARCHITECI
Divorced Wife of Late Angier B.
Duke to Be Bride of T. M.
Robertson.
—
By the Assoc.ated Press. ■
NEW YORK. March 29.—Thomas j
Markoe Robertson, New York aurchi- j
tect, and Mrs. Cordelia Biddle, di- |
rorced wife of the late Angier B. j
Duke, nephew of J. B. Duke, the j
‘•tobacco king,” today obtained a
marriage license here. The wedding,
it was said, would take place April
24, at St. Bartholomew’s Church, this j
oity.
Mrs. Biddle, who is the daughter of
A J. Drexel Biddle and Cornelia Brad
ley of Philadelphia, married Duke at
the age of seventeen. In 1921 she
obtained a divorce on grounds of
cruelty And inhuman treatment In an
uncontested action. Duke was drown
ed at Greenwich. Conn., last Sep
tember. The divorce decree. Issued at
Philadelphia, became final last Mon
day.
in applying for the marriage per
mit Mr. Robertson gave his age as
forty-five ajid Mrs. Biddle twenty
five. Uncorroborated reports of their
engagement emanated several weeks
age from Palm Beach, where they
were spending the winter.
RIGOROUS VICE WAR
POLICE REPLY TO
STINGING CRITICISM
<Continued from First Page.)
set forth in a manner that will close
every criminal resort In the city.
“I expect to complete arrangements
for the men In the various precincts
to co-operate with the vice squad.
We. in turn, will co-operate with the
federal authorities. Lieut. Davis will
command the police squads as usual.
I have implicit faith in him. He has
given me ample evidence to begin
operations and we are only awaiting
the psychological minute.”
Maj. Sullivan said he had studied
vice conditions in other cities and
that he was cAnvinocd conditions here
do rot merit the criticism of outside
neraona who admit they spoke only
from heresay. He pointed out that
it is far more difficult to enforce pro
hibition In Washington than It is in
Venn sylvan la, because the police there
have a state enabling act.
Police Power* Limited.
Under the Volstead act, he said, a
policeman In Washington may only
gather the evidence. The arrest and
prosecution must be conducted by
prohibition agents of the government.
Although the police superintendent
raid the federal authorities had oo
t>pe rated loyally In every instance, the
lack of authority to act on their own
Initiative is a detriment to the Wash
ington police force.
“If Congress would give us an en
»bllng act, permitting us to make an
• rrest In liquor cases without the as
fistanc* of a federal agent, the task
t.f keeping Washington Tx>no dry’
Would be much simplified. That law
naa made It possible for Gen. Butler
so smash right into orime in Phila
delphia. and It would give the same
opportunity here.”
Referring to his visit to Phila
delphia, Maj. Sullivan reiterated that
nis main purpose was to pass upon
applications for inspectatorships a
task Gen. Butler had asked him to
assume. He said the safety director’s
difficulties arise mostly from boot
leggers and bandits. So flagrant has
banditry become, he said, that Gen.
Butler is considering installing a pow
erful searchlight in the tower of the city
halt.
The minute a hold-up occurred and
waa communicated to headquarters In
city ball, the light would begin cir
cling the city. Immediately every
policeman would be obliged to hurry
to the nearest police box and com
municate with his station for a de
scription of the highwaymen and
further orders. The situation in
Washington does not yet warrant
each action here, Maj. Sullivan said.
Death Ends Long Career
; y /
&§
EIGE.VE CARUSI.
CHANCELLOR OF LAW
SCHOOL OF N. U. DIES
Eugene Carusi Was Engaged in
Practice or Teaching Here
Many Years.
Eugene Carusi. eighty-nine years
old, chancellor of the National Uni
versity Law School, engaged in prac
ticing or teaching law here for many
years, and a member of one of the
! oldest families in Washington, died
tat his residence, 1225 13th street
northwest, yesterday afternoon.
Funeral services wSR be held at St.
Paul’s Catholic Church, 15th and V
i streets northwest. Monday morning at
j 9 o’clock. Mgr. James F. Mackin
I will officiate. Interment will be pri-
I vale, in the Mount Olivet cemetery.
I Mr. Carusi was born in Alexandria.
Va„ then a part of the District of
(Columbia. January 19. 1835. He was
the son of Nathaniel Carusi and Mrs.
Jane Dade Carusi. His family has
lived in the District since his grand
father settled here in 1801. He was
educated by private tutors and
1 studied law in Washington in an at
j torney’s office. He waa admitted to
( the bar nearly seventy years ago, and
| was the last surviving member of
! those who practiced before the old
| circuit court which preceded the 9u
; preme Court of the District of Co
lumbia. William F. Mattingly and
Nathaniel Wilson, both recently de
ceased. were two other survivors of
that bar.
In Title Insurance.
For many years Mr. Carusi was
the senior member of the firm of
Carusi & Miller. He retired from
law practice in 1890 to become presi
dent of the District Title Insurance
! Company. He resigned the latter
I position in 1900 and resumed the
| practice of law, until he retired from
I active practice about fifteen years
| ago.
1 In 1879 Mr. Carusi. Justice Arthur
| McArthur of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia. H. O.
{Claughton and William H. Webb re
j organized the National University
j Law School. Mr. Cams! succeeded
{ Richard H. Alvery, chief justice of :
the Court of Appeals of the District j
of Columbia, as chancellor of the uni
versity, and held that position up to
the time of his death. Chief Justice
Alvery died thirteen or fourteen
years ago.
Mr. Carusi married Miss Frances
Standford. He is survived by two
sons, Eugene Delancey Carusi. con
nected with the Department of Jus
j tice. and Charles Francis Carusi, a
j member of the bar of the District of
! Columbia and for a number of years
' dean of the law faculty of the Na
tional University Law School, and by
four grandchildren and three great-
I grandchildren.
I ,
- DRIVE TO COMPEL
MELLON TO RETIRE
STARTS IN SENATE.
~
(Continued from First Page.)
be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor
and forfeit to the Unitfed States the
penalty of 93,000, and shall, upon con
viction. be removed from office and
forever thereafter be incapable of hold- !
ing any office under the United States, |
and If any other person than the pub- j
He prosecutor shall give information of
any such offense upon which a prosecu- |
tion and conviction eh&U be had, one- j
half the aforesaid penalty of 93,000,
when recovered, shall be for the use
of the person giving such information.’ j
"And whereas section 3168 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States
provides as follows:
“ ‘Any internal revenue officer who
I is or shall become interested, directly
or Indirectly, In the manufacture of
tobacco, snuff or cigars, or in the pro
duction, rectification or redlatlllatlon
of distilled srpirits, shall be dismissed
from office; and every officer who be
comes so Interested In any such
manufacture, or production, rectifica
tion or rediftillation, or in the pro
duction of fermented liquors, shall be
fined not less than 9500 nor more than
95,000”
Qnotn Mellon Letter.
‘‘And whereas it appears from a
letter from A. W. Mellon addressed to
Kenneth McKellar, dated March 5,
1924; "The refund* to the Gulf Com
pany and Its subsidiaries were
charged against three appropriations
depending upon the year In which the
taxes refunded were originally col
lected. The payments were 9766,112.29
out of the appropriation for refund of
taxes Illegally collected In 1918 and
prior years: 91.360,884.63 from a
similar appropriation for 1919; and
91.211,143.07 for 1931;’
"And whereas it appears that In
April, 1921, after A. W. Mellon had
become Secretary of the Treasury In
March, 192 L the Treasury refunded to
the Gulf Refining Company sums in
amounts shown by excerpt* from said
letter;
“And whereas, it is further shown
in said letter that an abatement and
settlement has since been made with
the Gulf Refining Company, Atlantic,
Gulf and West Indies Steamship Com
pany, a company in which said A. W.
Mellon Is interested, in the sum of
92.631.381;
"And whereas, other settlements
were made with other companies in
which the said A. W. Mellon is stock
holder or otherwise Interested;
"And whereas. It appears that the
said A. W. Mellon is interested in the
Overholt Distilling Company;
Asks Hearing Be Held.
"Therefore, be It resolved, thf.t the
judiciary committee of the Senate be
and it is hereby requested and in
structed to hold hearings by itself
or through a subcommittee and re
port with the least delay practicable;
“First, whether the said A. W.
Mellon is directly or indirectly con
cerned in carrying on the business
of trade or commerce;
"Second, whether he is the owner
In whole, or in part, of any sea
vessel:
"Third, whether he is bolding the
office of the Secretary of the .Treas
ury of the United States in violation
of section 243 of the revised statutes
of the United States or any of the
laws of the United States;
"Fourth, whether he Is holding the
office of the Secretary of the Treas
ury of the United States in violation
of "section 3168 of the revised statutes
of the United States.”
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, T>. C- SATURDAY, MARCH 29. 1924.
STAR ORATORICAL
TEST DRAWS 4,131
Entry List Is Record for Dis
trict —Weeding Out Process
Starts Monday.
_— j
Midnight, last night, witnessed the |
termination of the first period of The !
Star oratorical contest—that devoted I
to the preparation and perfecting of
the orations.
Many last-minute entries were re
ceived and the total contestants, so
far as has been ascertained to date,
number 4,131—a record for such an
undertaking In the District of Colum
bia.
On Monday next, the work of elim
ination will begin, and by April 11,
the competitors will have been re
duced to forty-eight.
An eleventh-hour contribution to
the contest reaches The Star from the
Institute for Public Service In the
shape of a booklet from the pen of
Miss Etta V. Leighton, civic secretary
°/tbe National Security League, en
titled “Our Constitution in My Town
and My Life: with 115 questions and
answers.”
Aid for Readers.
In this work, the Constitution is
treated topically and readers are
helped to understand the stirring dra
matic scenes attending Its adoption
and the character, knowledge and ex
perience of Its framers. It demon
strates the splendid guarantees of In
dividual rights which it provides; Us
protecting and charitable attitude to
ward those accused of crime, and its
sense of justice and square dealing.
The interesting section devoted to the
sanctity of the home comprehends its
conception of liberty as a personal,
inalienable right guaranteed but not
bestowed by government, and em
phasizes the protection it affords
against wrongs such as were suffered
by individuals and their children un- i
der past tyrannical governments in i
the history of the human race.
Miss Leighton’s book possesses a
strong appeal to those students who
decide to pursue further their In
quiries in this direction.
RAILROADS CONTINUE
LABOR LAW FIGHT
I
Howell Bill Scope Impossible, View
of Chairman of
Executives.
i
j Railroad representatives continued
| presentation to the Senate Interstate
| Commerce committee today of their
! objections to the Howell bill, provid
i Ing for substitution of "national ad
justment tribunals” for the Railroad
Labor Board.
John O. Walber. chairman of the
advisory committee on operations.
Association of Railway Executives,
in a brief analyzing 'the proposed
law. declared its attempted scope was
sufficient to make it Impracticable.
Might Include Others.
"This bill,” he asserted, "might
easily be interpreted to include em
ployes of manufacturing companies
engaged in construction of railroad
equipment. demurrage bureaus,
weighing associations and even joint
shipping agencies maintained by
groups of railroads in various cen
ters for regulating service.”
The classification provisions so the
bill were criticised by Mr. Walber as
"tantamount to prohibiting any re
organization in an office in the Inter
est of efficiency and economy if such
reorganization disturbed the title of
occupation and the character of the
work." Progress is being made In rail
road organization, he said, through
the introduction of new mechanical
appliances which require changes in
assignments of employes.
The proposed requirement upon the
adjustment boards to "make and
maintain agreements” were declared ,
by the witness to be “vague and in- t
capable of ready construction legally" !
In connection with other important 1
provisions of the bill.
SENATE TO BE GIVEN
RENT DATA MONDAY
j
Subcommittee to Use Eeport in
Framing Decision on Ball
Act Continuance.
)
i
The data regarding rental proper- j
ties in the District of Columbia, called J
for under the resolution adopted by i
the Senate directing a survey of
housing conditions In Washington,
will be ready for submission to the
Senate subcommittee in charge of the
survey by Monday night. It was re
ported today.
This data will show the number of
vacant, houses and apartments in
Washington, their condition, and the
rental prices asked for them. When
the subcommittee has this data in
hand it will frame a report dealing
with the necessity of contin.ulng the
I Rent Commission act for submission
to the full committee.
Senator Ball is chairman of the
subcommittee.
SEEK FOR WEAPONS
IN ANCIENT GRAVES j
Scientists Say Discovery Would
Aid in Placing Date of Cali
fornia Skeletons.
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 29.
Further search at the Rancho Gunajo
excavation for weapons, ornaments
or implements belonging to the five
prehistoric skeletons brought to
light there, waa to be conducted to
day by acientista
Should some weapon or ornament be
unearthed, their period of existence,
scientists say, could be estimated
with much greater accuracy. For in
stance. it has been pointed out. If an
impl&i'fcnt or weapon of the old stone
age type were found there It would
i furnish comparatively reliable evi
dence that the four men and a wom
an whose bones are now being stud
ltd. roamed southern California in
that old stone, or paleonitblc period,
which closed in Europe some ten or
twelve thousand years ago.
Gen . Loyo Captures
Brother and 2 Other
Mexican Rebel Chiefs
By the Associated Frees.
VERA CRUZ, March 29.-rileii.
Eduardo Loyo, who recently join
ed the federal forces, has captured
his brother, Abraham, and Ruben
Basanez, a prominent leader of
the Huerta revolutionary move
ment and Gen. Lopez Mansano, In
the mountains near Nautla.
Gen. Mansano Is a former gar
rison commander of Vera Cruz,
having fought the anti-rent strik
ers in a pitched battle In the
streets of Vera Cruz over two
years ago, ip which sixty persons
were killed. _
CONVICTED OF MURDER.
Leo Brown, Colored, Guilty of
Stabbing Last September.
Leo Brown, colored, has been con
victed of murder In the second degree
by a jury in Criminal Division 2. be
fore Justice Hoehllng, In connection
with the stabbing to death of Levi
Berkley, also colored. The tragedy
occurred September 15 last near Ist
and N streets southeast. Brown
claimed he acted in self-defense.
The verdict carries a minimum pen
alty of twenty years in the peniten
tiary. Brown was remanded for sen
tence. He was represented by Attor
ney A. W. Scott, while Assistant
j United States Attorney Emerson con
j ducted the prosecution.
MEET TO RATIFY
TRAMWAY TERMS
Delegates of Strikers and
Companies Act Today for
Resumption of Service.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 29.—Delegates of
the Transport Workers’ Union and
the tramway and bus companies met
today to discuss the terms of strike
settlement proposed In consequence
of yesterday’s negotiations.
If the delegates ratify the terms
’ they will remain to be put before the
workers for ballot, according to the
union secretary, Ernest Bevins, and’ |
work will not be resumed until the result 1
Is declared. Meanwhile all the par
ties officially concerned in the ar
rangement refuse to confirm or deny
the accuracy of the terms given in
last night’s dispatches, although
these are generally believed to be j
accurate,
lin mediate Advance.
| They include an immediate wage *
advance of 6 shillings, with the re
maining 2 shillings demanded by*
the men fluctuating according to the
cost of living index. It now seems
doubtful whether the suspended tram
and bus service will be resumed be
fore Monday.
theTweather
District of Columbia and Mary
land—Showers this afternoon and to- 1
night; tomorrow fair and much cold- |
er; south shifting to west gale*.
Virginia—Showers this afternoon ;
and tonight, colder in interior to- I
night; tomorrow fair and much cold- I
er; southwest gales
West Virginia—Rain this after- i
noon and tonight, colder tonight; to- ;
morrow fair and much colder, wester- j
ly galea
Records for Twe*ty-Fonr Honrs.
Thermometer—4 p.nru, 72; 8 p.m., i
66; 12 midnight, 55; 4 am., 56; 8 a.rn., j
56; noon. 58.
Barometer—4 p.m., 29.83; 8 p.m..
29.82; 12 midnight. 29.77; 4 a.m., !
29.60: 8 a.m., 29.56: noon. 29.54.
Highest temperature, 72, occured
at 2:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest tem
perature, 54, occurred at 12:30 &.m.
today.
Temperature same date last year— I
Highest, 40; lowest, 18.
Condition of the Water,
Temperature and condition of the I
water at 8 a-m.: Great Falls—Tem- .
perature, 46: condition, very muddy. 1
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States coast ■
and geodetic survey.)
Today—Low tide, 9:39 a_m. and
10:19 p.m.; high tide, 3 a.m. and 3:34 1
p.m.
Tomorrow—Low tide. 10:43 am. j
and 11:16 p.m.; high tide, 4:10 a.m, 1
and 4:41 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Today—Sun rose 5:59 a_m.; sun sets*
6:29 p.m. *
Tomorrow—Sun rises 5:57 a.m.: sun i
seta 6:30 p.m.
Moon rises 2:37 a.m.; sets Ipm.
Automobile lamps to bo lighted
one-half hour after sunset.
Weather In Variona Cities.
a Temperature. *as
5 * •
1 li BT !l *
! « 5 f 2.5 ° “ Weather.
, ” a <e
; ; b
Abilene, Tex. 29.88 80 32 002 C lear
Albany 29 84 54 32 . . c£Sdy
Atlanta 29.72 76 64 .... Cloudy
Atlantic City 29.64 70 44 0.40 Rainlnr
Baltimore .. 29,56 72 52 102 Ha nnf
Birmingham. 29 64 74 66 0.08 Cloudy*
Biamarck .. 29.84 24 IS 0.28 Cloudy I
gonjoo 29.88 58 40 .... Cloudy
Buffalo 29.58 44 32 . Rainier
Charleston .. 2U.80 72 62 .. . . “t Ao.Jdr
; Chicago .... 29 08 44 38 M /laintor
1 Cincinnati... 29,28 62 52 M Cloudy
(Clereland .. 29.36 48 34 o.tt Raining
i
i Detroit 29.34 50 32 0.46 Cloudy
IE! Paso, r... 29.92 54 38 Clear
j Gal»emton .. 29.80 70 62 0.01 Pt.clondy
Huron 8. I). 29 30 32 18 0.50 Snowing
Indiana poll*. 29.18 Cloudy
j Jacksonville. 29.92 80 66 Clear 7
Kansas City. 28.92 78 46 080 Cloudy
Loa Angele*. 30.08 58 48 .. Clear
Louisville ..29.26 66 58 1,66 Ciondy
Miami. Fla.. 80.08 78 72 .... PfedSody
New Orleans 29.72 80 70 Cloody 7
New York .29 82 66 42 ..i. Cindy
Okla. City... 20.60 72 46 0.30 Clear 7
Omaha 28.92 56 32 0.60 Snowing
Philadelphia. 29.66 72 42 0.20 Rainlnr
Phoenix 29.98 60 44 Clear
Pittsburgh... 29.42 66 50 0.96 Rainlnr
Portland. Me. 29.88 54 32 Clear *
Portland, Ore 29.88 60 34 0.08 Snowing
Raleigh,N.C. 29.70 74 64 0.04 Cloody
8. Lake City 29.70 42 32 0.14 Snowlnr
Ban Antonio. 29.80 86 58 0.01 Ptcloody
San Dieto... 80.10 60 54 0.04 .
8. Francisco 80.18 58 48 Clear
St. L0u1a.... 29.00 60 56 1.52 Cloody
Seattle 29 82 48 32 .... Clear
Spokane .... 29.62 46 30 0.06 Ciondy
WASH..D.C. 29.56 72 54 1.21 Raining
FOREIGN.
1(8 a.m., Greenwich time, tooay.)
Stations. Temperature. Weather.
Dm don. England 36 Clear
I Parla, Prance 40 Part cloody
| Copenhagen, Denmark 34 Part ciondy
] Stockholm. Sweden 28 Part ciondy
Horta (Payal). Azores 56 Part cloody
! Hamilton, Bermuda 62 Clear
ban Juan, Porto Kico 76 Ciondy
Havana, Cuba 70 Clear
Colon, Canal Zone, 80 Cloudy
WARNS OF NEW WAR
IF LEACfUE FAILS
Former Justice Clarke Cites Many
Accomplishments in Aiding
World.
By the Associated Praia.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 29.—The
league of nations hae settled five
threatened wars, arrested an epi- I
dcmic of typhus in Russia, rescued
450,000 prisoners of war who were
dying in Russian prisons, and per
formed other great tasks successfully
in the interests of all humanity. John
H, Clarke, former associate justice
of the United States Supreme Court,
said here In an address to the Com
monwealth Club in advocacy of the
league.
The league has rescued Austria from
bolshevism and bankruptcy, and has
proven to be such an effective Instru
mentality for peace and order that
fifty-four of the slxty-two nations of
the world have joined it. Justice
Clarke said.
Co-operation of the nations through
the league Is necessary, he declared,
in order that commerce can be sta
bilized and proeperlty assured. All
the world agrees that, unless the
league can prevent It. another world
war is on the way within the next tea
years.
BOOSTS HOWARD DRIVE.
Advisory Board Takes Up Cam
paign for $500,000.
The advisory board of the school
of religion of Howard University at
its annual meeting yesterday gave
Impetus to the campaign for $500,000
for the erection and equipment of a
modern fireproof building to contain
a chapel, lecture room, library, study
rooms and offices of the school.
Rt. Rev. James P. Freeman, Epis
copal bishop of the diocese of Wash
ington heads ,the advisory board of
the school of religion. He was elect
ed recently to the presidency to suc
ceed the late Bishop Alfred T. Hard
ing.
whitFCotparking
APPROVAL GIVEN
Sherrill Announces Autoists
to Be Permitted 4-Hour
Stop on Park Roads.
Beginning Tuesday morning, four
hour parking of automobiles will be
permitted on one side of the park
I roadways on the eastern side of the |
White lot, extending from 15th and
B streets to 15th and E streets north
west. An announcement to this effect
was made to.day T»y Col. C. O. Sherrill,
officer in charge of public buildings
! and grounds, following a survey of
'parks with Maj. Holcomb, chairman
I or the District traffic commission,
j It is pointed out by Col. Sherrill that
' these new facilities will provide half
■ day parking space for approximately 100
: motor vehicle*. Appropriate signs indi
cating the parking places and manner
of parking will be posted.
! Legislation providing for a full stop
j by all vehicles before crossing arterial
' highways is provided for in a bill infro
-1 duced today by Representative Clarence
jJ. McLeod, republican, of Michigan.
. who says that in his home city of De-
I trolt they have a similar law which is
! working satisfactorily.
Impounding BUI Asked.
Representative McLeod has been re
quested to Introduce an impounding
law to prevent monopolising the
parking privilege la congested sec
tions. If this bill is passed it would
authorise- police officers to seise the
vehicle and hold it until a fine had
been paid,
t The bill Introduced today provides
that any person operating a vehicle
in the District or on any street or
alley intersecting any through traffic
street must bring such vehicle to a
complete stop before entering or
crossing such a through traffic street.
This requirement of a full stop would
be inoperative at any intersection
where traffic is directed by a traffic
officer.
Order Stop at Sidewalk.
The McLeod bill also specifies that
lit shall be unlawful for any person
'to drive a vehicle out of an alley or
driveway onto any street or highway
-without bringing the vehicle to a
complete stop before driving across
;the sidewalk or the crossing inter
secting the entrance to the alley or
-driveway.
j In his bill Representative McLeod
■ specified certain through traffic
i streets, suggested to him by the
j traffic bureau of the police depart
' ment—Pennsylvania avenue, Connect
| cut avenuet Massachusetts avenue,
! Sherman avenue. Brightwood avenue.
I Rhode Island avenue. New Hamp
shire avenue and 16th street north
west. The bill provides that these
| streets shall be marked with ui aj>-
! proprlate sign at the point of Inter-
I section.
OFFICIAL VISITATION
PAID ST. JOHN’S LODGE
(
: Grand Master of Masons and Staff
Entertained at Booms in
Temple.
One of the most enjoyable visita
tions thus far of the 1924 oories by
the grand master of Masons of the
District of Columbia to the constitu
ent lodges occurred last evening, the
host organization being St. John's
Lodge. No. 11. In Masonic Temple,
13th street and New York avenue. St.
John’s Lodge was chartered Decenv
ber 27, 1545, and baa a membership
of 1,055.
Grand Master Charles P. Roberts
and his officers were cordially wel
comed by Needham C. Tumage, mas
ter cf St. John’s Lodge. The grand
master made a complimentary re
sponse and several important an
nounce nrver t s.
One of the guests of honor was
George H. Ross, overseer of finance
of Toronto. Canada, and a past in
ternational president of Klwanis
clubs. He dwelt on the cordial re
lations existing between the United.
States and Canada.
The principal address was delivered
by Rev. Thomas B. Green, D. D.,
of the American Red Cross. At the
conclusion of his oration he was
presented with a large basket of
spring flowers. Instrumental music
was furnished by Meyer Goldman, a
member of the lodge, and his or
chestra. and vocal selections by other
members.
The lodge room was artistically
decorated with the national colors,
palms and flowering plants. The next
visitation will be to Washington-
Centennial Lodge, No. 14, next Wed
j nesday evening at 8 o’clock.
PLANS CARNIVAL PARADE.
Decision to make a parade the open
ing feature of the carnival celebrat
ing the opening of the Tivoli The
ater, at 14th street and Park road,
was reached at a meeting of the com
munity committee in charge of the
celebration plans.
The parade will be staged the night
of April 4, and the theater will be
opened the following day to the ac
companiment of carnival festivities,
dancing, fireworks, music and fea
tures. Member* of the committee are:
Joseph Sanders, chairman: C. J. .Van
Epps, vice chairman; J. Clinton Hiatt,
secretary: B, M. McNeil, treasurer;
C. H, Donch, assistant treasurer; H.
E. Greene, executive secretary; J. D.
Blackistone, A. T. Androus, F. E. Al
tetnus, W. A. Buacher, J. Ofano, Col.
C. H. Blrdeye, Joseph Berberich. C. C.
Lancaster, L. O. Cook, B. S. Embry,
E. T. Goodman, B. 8. Judd, E. Mount
ford, R. L. W. Owens, Clarence Par
sley, M. Schlosenberg, M. Sheer, W.
Snellenburg, M. W. Walles, L. F. Col
lins, J. W. Wood. J. C. Mulford. E. C.
Phillips, J. Heitmuller, A. R. Swan.
■ Norman W. Oyster, E. J. Ervin, L.
Sherman, H. Anger-man, Dr. Seneca
B. Bain, W. B. Wells, Dr. C. Griffith.
Emile Berliner, Gen. A. W. Catlin,
Percy Cranford, Frank Kidwell, E.
Irving Hall, Irving W. Hltchcok, H.
V. Spcelman, Dr. E. E. Thompson, W.
W. Bennett, F. S. Harris, W. B. Har
gett, Dr. Wade H. Atkinson. E. L.
Mattice, Dr. M. G. Gibbs, C. T. Clagctt,
Robert H. Young, J. O. Gheen. R. S.
Stuntz, H. S. Hoskinson, W. F. Dls
mar, Alton B. Carty, R. L. Hartner,
P. L. Pay lor, W. H. Wagner, L. A.
Walker, D. Walsh and J. A. Hunter.
Asks SIO,OOO From Antoist.
Michele Celenza, administrator of
the estate of Überio Celenza has filed
suit to recover SIO,OOO damages
against -William R. Crowley, owenr
of an automobile which is said to
have caused the death of Liberie
Calenza December 19 last. The .inci
dent occurred in Eckington place.
4.
12 DEAD IN STORM
RAVAGING WEST
Tornadoes, Blizzards and
Floods Sweep Mississippi
and Northwest Sections.
By Out AaaocUted Preu.
CHICAGO, March 29.—Twelve per
sons are dead, property damage U
heavy, and scores of towns and cities
in the northwest, central west and
Mississippi valleys are virtually iso
lated today, the result of tornadoes,
blizzards and storms which began
yesterday. Heavy rainfalls, zccom- 1
panied by gales, struck points in
Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas late
yesterday, causing eight deaths and
injuring more than seventy in Shaw
nee, Okla. A boy was killed by light
ning at Goffs, Kan. Four persons
were injured at Vernon, Tex.
Three people were killed, fifteen In*-
Jured and many miles of telephone
wires and other property damaged, in
a windstorm which swept through
southeastern Missouri at 2 o’clock
this morning.
Thousands of dollars damage was
done to property and wire facilities.
Damage to crops Is feared in some
sections of South Dakota and Mlnne- j
sota where temperatures fell 16 de- j
grees to below freezing in a raging j
blizzard that brought snow, blocked ,
roads and hampered transportation.
Trains were delayed.
Passengers on a bus traveling to
ward Minneapolis, Minn., were forced
to spend the night at Waverly. Minn.,
after their vehicle went off a curve
when the driver was unable to see i
the road, buried in the snow. I
A severe electrical storm In the I
lower Mississippi valley severed
wire connection between in j
Arkansas, southwest Missouri, Ken- :
tucky. southern Illinois and Ten
nessee. Serious damage to communi
cating wires, lighting and power
plants was reported from western j
Arkansas and communication south
and west of Memphis was difficult.
Facilities of the Associated Press
in the affected areas were hampered.
Chicago and St, Louis experienced
trouble with wires radiating In all
directions.
OHIO SECTIONS FLOODED.
Rivers and Creeks Overflow Banks
After Heavy Bain.
By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. March 29.—Fol
lowing a rainfall of from 1.5 to 2.31
inches during the past twenty-four
hours, rivers and streams in Central
Ohio were at flood stage today. Hun
dreds of acres of lowlands were un
der water and considerable property
damage had been reported.
At no point, however, was the situa
tion reported as unusually serious,
according to the United States weath
er bureau here, which announced that
the heavy rains were ovre for the
present at least. Much colder weather
was promised for tonight and tomor
row.
Versailles, Ohio, reported the high
est water there since the big flood of
1913. More than a dozen families were
rescued from their houses in boats,
while many other families were re
quired to take refuge in the second
floors of their houses. Swan creek at
Versailles was from ten to twelve
feet over it banks this morning, and
at points in the town the water has ,
spread out a mile or so wide.
Buck creek at Springfield over- i
flowed its banks and at 8 o'clock this
morning caused the suspension of
street car service in that city by
flooding the powerhouse of the trac
tion company. At Springfield, more
than a score of homes were under
water and police and firemen worked
with boats to rescue the occupants, j
Rivers and creeks in the Miami |
valley, near Dayton were at flood I
stage, and the weather bureau re- j
ported that the Scioto, Muskingum,
Hocking and Sandusky rivers, either
were at flood stage this morning or
would overflow their banks at many
places during the day. The Musk
ingum was reported at flood stage at
Coshocton and near flood stage at
Zanesville.
THREE TOWNS WIPED OUT.
, Heath. Maxon and Lamotte. Ken
tucky, Reported in Ruins.
By the Associated Press.
1 CAIRO. 111., March 29.—Three little
towns in McCracken county, Ky.,
have been wiped out by the wind
storm which is still sweeping down
from the northwest, according to
■ meager reports reaching here over
the only telephone wire into that
county still intact. Towns named as
’ destroyed are Heath. Maxon and Ha
rriotts, whose total population is loss
than 1,000.
HAT LINING Is CLUE
t
IN ATTACK ON COUPLE
Prince Georges Officials Hopeful of
Getting Bandits Who Beat
’ Mother and Son.
!
A thorough investigation was un
’ der way today under the supervision
of Sheriff William E. Fugltt and
State’s Attorney Alan Bowie of Prince
. Georges county, in connection with
the brutal assault upon Mrs. Evelyn
Simmons, ninety-one years old, and
her son William Simmons, fifty-eight,
and the subsequent robbery by mask
ed bandits at their home In Sidney,
Md.. yesterday morning.
Sheriff Fugitt, It is understood, al
ready has run two clues to a fruit
less conclusion, but he has embarked
on a new angle which was said to be
highly promising today. Importance
, of the latest clue may be judged by
the fact that a call for assistance was
sent today to Baltimore, where De
' tective Carroll was detailed for ex
pert assistance in connection with the
Investigation.
Sheriff Fugitt and tSate s Attorney
Bowie conferred this afternoon along
lines for the speedy prosecution of
the investigation.
Two suspects were quizzed by
Sheriff Fugitt late yesterday after
noon, but no Important disclosures
were made. It is understood that
both were completely exonerated.
The next step will be a joint con
ference between Detective Carroll of
Baltimore, the sheriff and Mr. Bowie.
One of the clews in the hands of the
investigators is the lining of a man's
felt hat, bearing the size mark of
6%. Atttcntion is being centered on
running down the owner of this hat.
FEW OPPOSE D. C. HEADS.
«
Senate Subcommittee to Consider
Protests Monday.
Few protests against confirmation of
the nominations of District Commission
ers Rudolph and Oyster to succeed them
selves have been received bo far by the
subcommittee of the Senate District
committee charged with receiving and
passing upon these protests.
It was said at the office of Senator
Edwards, chairman of the subcommittee,
that about a dozen communications had
been received, equally divided between
protests and recommendations. All com
munications must be filed with the sub
committee by Monday morning, and
must b« in writing and signed, giving
the address of the person signing. The
aubcommtttsa Is to meet Monday to
consider these communications.
Patrons 5 Flowers
Pay Honor to Dead
Newspaper Vender
“He is dead; please help buy
flowers for him.” .
Thus a roughly printed sign,
placed on a little box attached to
an empty rolling chair, told pa
trons of the death of Felix Thomas,
colored, who sold The Star at the
corner of 22nd street and Penn
sylvania avenue for twenty-five
years.
Where thousands of passing
government employes had pur
chased papers from the crippled
but cheerful vender, there stood
but the empty chair, the little box
and the sign.
Felix, whose home was at 1116
22nd street, was buried today in
the rain. He had lived, labored
and died—that is about all there is
1 to his story. .
But on his grave there are many
bright blossoms.
APPALACHIAN PARK
INQUIRY DETERMINED
Not to Go Farther North Than
Southern Pennsylvania Bor
der, Decision.
The southern boundary of Pennsyl-
I vania will be the northern boundary
of an Inquiry to determine a site for
a new national park to be located in
the Appalachian mountains of the
oast, the Appalachian national park (
committee announced today, at the j
, conclusion of its initial meeting. At
| the same time the committee an- j
I nounced that questionnaires have 1
I been sent to communities in seven |
j states suggesting national park sites,
1 ranging from a few hundred acres to j
j many square miles
I Three cities in Virginia—Staunton, I
i Harrisonburg and Big Knob—ln addi- j
tion to Wise County, Va., have sug- j
gested sites for the park.
Ares Without Park.
Giving as its reason for selecting
the southern boundary of Pennsylva
nia as the northern limit of its in
quiry, the committee explained that
there is no national park nor many
state parks in the southern Appa
lachians. New York has many state
parks scattered through its mountain
areas, while New England already has
a national park on Mount Desert Is
land, oft the Maine coast. The ques
tionnaires sent out by the committee
asked as to area, elevation, natural
scenery, availability of property and
possible purchase price.
Col. Glen 3. Smith, secretary of the
committee, said today applicants will |
be asked to send in detailed descrip- !
tions of the territory, and the com
mittee will make a personal Inspec
tion of the most available sites after
all the data is compiled.
DAUGHERTY SCORES
| SENATE WITNESSES
j Declares He Hopes Country Will
Not Believe “Jnst
Plain Lies.”
■ ■— -
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J-. March 29.
Besieged by newspaper men ever
since his arrival here at 5:40 o’clock
yesterday afternoon former Attorney
] General Harry M. Daugherty decided
to issue a formal statement in con
: nection with his resignation. As he
handed a sheet of hotel stationary,
upon which he had scrawled a few
lines, to a group of Insistent report
ers, he said: “Well, boys, I hope I'll
be let alone for a while now.” The
statement follows:
"I know nothing further to say at
this time or while here, as far as I
know, except to take advantage of
this, my first opportunity to advise
the country that I hop© the lies told
by irresponsible so-called witnesses
as to immoral conduct, disgraceful
doings and improper associations on
my part will not be believed.
“They are just plain lies procured
to be told to create prejudice. Con
sidering that the committee is with
out legal authority to make inquiry
into any such subjects, prosecution
for perjury would fail. My friends
know full well the kind of life 1
have always lived.”
After Issuing the statement Mr.
Daugherty left the hotel for a walk
along the boardwalk. He took the
elevator to the street floor, evidently
i wishing to avoid walking through
! the crowded lobby, where his arrival
had created a stir earlier in the eve
ning.
WRIGLEY WITHDRAWS
FROM JOHNSON’S SIDE
Magnate Says He Cannot Agree
With Some Policies—Sees Cool
idge's Nomination.
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Calif.. March 29.
Persistent rumors that he had with
drawn his support from the presidential
campaign of Hiram Johnson were con
firmed by William Wrigley. jr., In a
statement issued yesterday.
“Tea It’s true,” the chewing gum
magnate declared, when asked if he had
left the Johnson ranks.
“You sec,” he added, “Hiram John
son and I are personal friends. Kight
now I do not agree with some of hla
policies. Some of the things his sup
porters are saying I would not care to
back up 1 am not satisfied with Hiram’s
present ideas. But you know men can
be friends and still disagree politically.”
He predicted the nomination of Calvin
Coolidge and his subsequent ©lection.
-Are you going to work for Coolidge?”
he was asked.
“I’ll not take any active part unless
it is after the nomination,” ho replied.
COOLIDGE’S MANAGER
REFUSES TO GIVE UP
Roberts Holds Official Count Is
Necessary to Determine South
Dakota Result.
By the Associated Pm*.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March 29.—T.
B. Roberts of Pierre, state manager
of President Coolidge’s campaign in
Tuesday's state-wide republican pri
mary, last night refused to concede
victory to Senator Hiram Johnson,
shown to have won in unofficial re
turns.
“In my opinion," Mr. Roberts said,
“it will take an official count to de
termine the outcome.”
His statement was made after un
official returns compiled by the sev
eral South Dakota newspapers show
ed that Johnson had a majority of
1,580 votes over Coolidge, with less
than 100 scattered, small precincts
unreported.
These returns, which were from
1,731 of the state's 1,825 precincts,
gave the California senator 40,339 and
J Coolidge, 38,779. -
A
TENLEYTOWN THIEF
ENTERS]] HOUSES
Loot Valued Around S3OO.
Four Homes Ransacked,
But Nothing Taken.
The lone burglar visited eleven
houses in Tenleytown last night and
although his entries were at the time
unknown to the owners, and his ac
tions apparently unmolested, his
"pickings” were scanty, for during
the visitations between midnight and
6 o’clock this morning he gathered
in belongings totaling at the outside
8300. The radius of the wholesale
pillaging was very short, and the
police virtually are certain that it
was the work of one intruder.
Pour of the homes visited were ,
ransacked but nothing was taken,
the housebreaker either being scared
j away or afraid to continue his search
for valuables upstairs. None of the
property owners or families was
able to catch even a glimpse of the
midnight marauder, and all the police
have to go on is a large foot print
found on a lawn outside the house,
i and a few finger prints inside.
Admittance Through Windows.
The burglar gained admittance each
time from a window at .the rear or side
of the dwelling. A few he found un
locked, but the majority he was com
pelled to force up. In no case did he
I dare to venture upstairs, causing the
t police to believe he was unarmed. It
| was also ascertained ,that before en
tering each home he took off his shoes,
j Previous to last night Tenieyiowia
i has been the scene of several cases oil
housebreaking, the thief employing
| about the same tactics. It is therefore
believed that when last night's ban
j dit is apprehended the section of th»
jcity will settle down to the quiet an#
I unmolested nights to which In ths
; past it has been accustomed,
i Investigation was started early to
; day. As the robberies had been re
i ported to Sub-T precinct over the
telephone, Lieut. James L. Giles, in
charge of the substation, immediately
dispatched Sergta. John L. McLuca*
and 'Raymond B. Carroll to the vari
ous homes. They were joined by
William F. Burke, detective at the
seventh precinct, and Headquarter*
Detectives Charles Mullen and D. J.
Murphy.
List of Victims.
The places broken into and their
owners and the articles stolen are as
follows:
John T. Finny, 4016 Davenport
street —Gray felt hat. gold fountain
pen and penciL
Richard H. Brooks. 4112 Ingomar
street—Dark gray overcoat, blue sack
i coat, bill fold, containing $36, and a
j Masonic pin.
Prank A. Hitchcock. 5205 Wisconsin
avenue—Nothing taken. f
James E. Anderson, 5023 42d street—
Nothing taken.
John R. McAstor, 4111 Fessenden
street—Gold watch.
Edgar J. Bartemeir, 5025 42d street—
Nothing taken.
John Albert Stevenson, 4113 Emery
place—Fifty cents and some car tokens.
McKinley W. Kriegh, 4130 Garrison
street —Six dollars, four pairs of black
silk socks, gold watch, blue coat and
vest, ,
William C. Shelton. 4112 Emery place
—Pocketbook containing 82.25.
Frank S. Hubbard, 4002 Chesapeake
street—Blue coat and vest, gold watch
arid jeweled Elk fob.
; William K. Davidson, 4108 Ingomar
street—Nothing taken.
$900,000 STEAMER
TO REPLACE MIDLAND
Norfolk and Washington Com
pany Awards Contract to
Delaware Shipyard.
The Norfolk and Washington Steam- '
boat Company today announced it has
let a contract for a new 8900.000 boat
to replace the Midland, partially de
stroyed by fire several months ago.
The company also has awarded a
contract to the W. E. Mooney Com
pany for erection of a two-story office
building on 7th street southwest,
directly across from Its pier.
Plan Fireproof Structure.
At the same time the District gov
ernment, which controls the wharf, is
making plans for construction of a
one-story office structure on the
wharf that will be as nearly fireproof
as it can be made with available
funds. The freight sheds on the
wharf, wrecked by the fire, will be
The Commissioners also are consid
ering covering the wharf with as
phalt. and, if sufficient funds are not
available for that work, a sprinkler
system will be installed.
Ready in Ten Months.
D. J. Callahan,, vice president and
general manager of the steamboat
company, announced the new ship
will be built within ten months by
the Pusey and Jones Company of
Wilmington, Del. It will be a coun
terpart of the steamer Northland, now
in service. It will contain 166 state
rooms, equipped with all modern con
veniences.
two trains Isolated
IN POTOMAC FLOOD
(Continued from First Page.)
cansing the Potomac river to rise
rapidly and the waters may reach
serious flood stage within the next
twepty-four hours.
As far down as Harpers Ferry the
river has risen ten feet overnight
and the gauge was still going up, it
was announced at the weather bu
reau. Whether or not the crest of »
the flood will be serious enough to
damage property as far down as
Cabin John and Sycamore Island could
not be forecast at noon.
Valley May Suffer.
It was announced, however, that the
situation will bear careful watching, and
if the rise continues at its present rate
property owners there may be advised to
adopt measures of safety. Snow iu the
mountains last winter was heavy, and
if the thaw is not interrupted the Poto
mac valley is likely to suffer severe
floods.
Continued rain for today and tonight,
with fair but colder weather tomorrow,
la the prediction for Washington. A se
vere sou’wester is raging over the Mis
sissippi valley today and moving north
eastward at cyclonic rate. Washington
will feel the southern edge of it in the
shape of heavy rains and very high
winds tonight.
Oelder Weather Seen.
Although colder weather is predict
ed, the mercury will not drop to the
freexlng point Forecaster Bowie
estimated that by tomorrow night it
may go down as far as 35 degrees,
but the present spring-like weather
will suffer some interruption for the
next few days.
The rainfall last night was very
severe, the precipitation at 9 o'clock
this morning measuring an inch and
a quarter. Many sections of the dty
were flooded and the northeast >
suburbs suffered the usual inundation
that has been their fate at the spring
and fall equinoxes for several years.
Conditions around Bladensburg, Md.,
where the Eastern branch flows be
neath the Baltimore pike, were said to
Ibe delaying traffic considerably.