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2 PIS HEADS BOOK FOB NATIONAL FETE Election Follows Resignation of Bayliss as President of Committee. Mai. Gen. A urns Fries. chief of the Chemical Warfare Service of the Army, was elected president of the National Sesqutrentenni.-tl t’ommittee by the executive committee of the ni gs nization at a mee:ing belli in the Munsev Building Saturday afternoon. The election of t’.cn. Fries followed the acceptance-of Dr. Charles T. Bay liss' resignation by the executive com mittee. in a statement issued today the executive committee stated that it had accepted I'r. Bayliss' resigna tion with reluctance after insistence by Dr. Bayliss that they do so. The affairs of the National Sesqtii centennial committee were given wide publicity several weeks ago on >he resignation of a number of prominent people from official positions >vith the organization after publication of cer tain activities of Dr. Bayliss with other organizations during the past ! few tears. The announcement ui'ea out thisj morning indicates that under (Jen. Fries it will be the plan of ihe com- • minor to foster celebrations of the! 150th annivt ;ur\ of the signing of j ihe Declaration of Independence inj every State, town and oil'- of the' count ry. At the office of the committee this morning Dr. BavTiss' secretary would give no information as to whet net Dr. Bayliss would take any active part in the organization or whether he would remain connected with h in any way. WASHINGTON FOOD COST SHOWS SLIGHT DECREASE: Drop of 1 Per Cent in Retail Prices j Between November 15 and j December 15 Reported. The steady increase in retail prices of food in Washington was checked ' in the month between November 15 J and December 15. the Labor Depart- j ment annnunceed today, when food ! prices here decreased 1 per cent. The drop in food costs was the first in several months, as progressive in creases have been shown since' Summer. Although a decrease was shown in j the month ended December 15. j Washington topped 25 other cities i from which prices were obtained in ! the increase since 191.3. the ri«e re corded here aggregating 72 per cent.; Decreases in the month ended De- • cemher 15 were shown for 18 of the! ?8 cities surveyed, while six showed! Increases, and two showed no change. 1 New York City ranked next to Wash- ! Ington in the increase over 'Ol3. with ! a rise of 7" per rent. Food prices here increased S per cent in the year period between De cember 13. 1074. and December 13, j 1075. with all the 75 other cities j showing increases 'or the same j period. The maximum—l 3 per cent - was recorded in Atlanta and Clnrln- ! nati. FLORIDA THEATER MEN PLACED UNDER ARREST Daytona Beach Authorities. Re- j versing on Sunday Opening Is sue. Seize Managers, the Associated Pre«. DAYTONA BEA< 'H . Fla.. January I It.—Authorities who Saturday de clared they would not molest mana gers of theaters which opened for , business on Sunday reversed ’hem- : selves last night, arresting managers of theaters which opened for business, j City commissioners, it was said, did ; not interfere, so county peace officers j made the arrests. l DEMANDS JURY TRIAL. ; Spanish Village Club Owner Denies i Disorderly House Charge. Tete Boras, proprietor of the Span- j ish Village Club, 1304 G street, which was raided Saturday night, pleaded not guilty in Police Court today to a > charge of running a disorderly house. ■ and demanded a trial by. jury. He was released on a bond of ssnn. According to Policemen .Mansfield and Stepp, who were in Police Court; today to swear out the necessary! papers, additional papers will he sworn I out for four others for illegal posses sion of liquor. Ralph Given, assistant Fnited States attorney, said today that he expected | difficulty in presenting the case to the i court because of some of the witnesses! being connected with foreign ern- ( bassies who could refuse to testify, j TELLS WHY WOMEN WORK Government Research Shows Many Support Dependent Relatives. Women generally go to work be cause they have dependent relatives to support, according to conclusions reached through a study undertaken by the Government in co-operation with the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women in Industry. Results of the investigation as to 101 students in the institution, pre pared by Prof. Amy Howes and made public today hy the Women's Bureau of the Labor Department, showed that about half of the women so enrolled had to contribute to family support and that a fifth were the sole car riers of such a burden. Further, it was concluded, the "de pendents of women are more fre quently the older parents, who will never he self-supporting again, who usually fall to the care of unmarried daughters." SHIP RAMMED AND SUNK. Eight Believed Drowned in Yangtze River Disaster. SHANGHAI. January 11 14 3 ).—The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Asia, .outbound from Shanghai, today rammed the steamer Tungshing. 1.900 tons, near Black Point 12 miles dow n the Yangtze River. The Tungshing sank while attempting to reach the beach. The lost vessel is owned by the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., and was bound from Hongkong to Shanghai. Eight Chinese passengers on the Tungshing are missing and are be lieved to have drowned. The Empress is proceeding to Nagasaki for repairs. 500 BODIES FOUND. MEXICO CITY. January 11 OP).— Special dispatches from Tepie, in the state of Nava fit. report that the bodies of 500 persons have been re covered In the flooded region in the neighborhood of Santiago Ixcauintla. The damage dene in this region by the flood waters war very severe. The waters are subsiding. f i HELEN KELLER GREETS PRESIDENT ] Calvin ( 'nnlidge is a “dear I'rrsiilMil," In- was told today by the faint'd blind J and deaf woman who railed a) the White House. BATHING POOL BILL | TO BE GIVEN 0. K. Favorable Report on Measure Assured by House D. C. ! Committee. Favorable report will lie made to j the House District committee Wed -1 nesrtay on the l>iii recommended by the District Commissioners for the creation of two artificial bathing j beaches in Washington on Govern-! . ment-owned land, at a cost not to ex | ceeii *345.000. I This decision was reached ntiani | mously hy the subcommittee headed j hy Representative Gibson of Vermont. * Two members of the committee, how ever, reserved the right to otter an ; amendment providing for the erection of three bathing beaches, two for j white people and one for colored peo ple. instead of one beach for white and one for colored, as provided in the Commissioners' hill. These mem ; hers of the subcommittee are Repre } sentatives Casque of South Carolina i and Little of Kansas. If their amend J ment carries it will mean that lYie j limit of cost now placed at $345.000 I will he increased under the authnriza ! tion clause in the bill. | Plans for each of the bathing i beaches have been submitted h\ the ; j District Commissioners and were con- j sidered by the subcommittee. The i * oooi for white listthers, according to ' these plans, is about twice as large as that for colored Imthers. INDULGENCE TO PRINCES ATTACKED IN GERMANY . [ Reichstag President Favors Vote i on Expropriation of Piop eities in Empire. j By the Associated Press. FRANKFORT. Germany, January j 11.—-Paul Loebe. president of the Oer- j J titan Reichstag, believes that the Ber ! lin government is treating the former! German princes too indulgently as re) gards the properties they formerly! held in various parts of the empire. Addressing a joint meeting of Re publican organizations here yesterday, I j he said there should he a popular ref ] erendum to decide whether these prop- ( erties should not be expropriated in i lease the Reichstag bills for settlement ; by the states fail of passage, i Those princes whose private for- i ! tunes are insufficient to support them j I would receive pensions under his t scheme. DISTRICT WOMAN DIES. Mrs. Kate 0. Stratton King Expires After Month's Illness. Mrs. Kate O. Stratton King, 74 years j old, died at her residence. 3X Rhode Island avenue. yesterday morning j after a month's illness. Funeral serv- I ti es will he held at the residence to | morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock Mrs. King's second husband was ! Norman I„. King, who was employed • lin the Geological Survey up to the! jtime of his death here several years 1 ago. Her first husband was Sanford ! K. Stratton of this city. She is stir- 1 j vived hy two sons of her first mar-, j rlage, Otney TV. Stratton of this city and Sanford A. Stratton of Philadei-i j phia, and two grandchildren. • ' t • i MUNSEY ESTATE GROWS. i . - i Will Be Larger Than Estimates. Publisher's Attorney Says. NKW YORK, January i I (A I ). —The, total amount of Frank A. Munaey's j gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art will he “even larger than has) been anticipated," Ralph O. Willgusa. i who was an attorney for Mr. Munsev, i said today, when the will was filed f for probate. The gift has been variously esti- I mated al from $25,000,000 to $40,000,000. ] * Gerry Heads Campaign Body. | Senator Gerry of Rhode Island was j selected today as chairman of the J Democratic senatorial campaign com- j mlttee. succeeding Senator Jones of New Mexico, 1 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, T>. CL, MONDAY, JANUARY 11. 1926. CORNELL ALUMNI SOCIETY; TO HONOR FOUNDERS’ DAY j Program of Music and Recitation to Be Held Tonight, With Parents as Guests. Founders' day will be observed by I the Cornell Alumni Society tonight.! with a program of music and reoita- 1 tion at the Women's Fniversity J Club. Hill! 1 street. which t lie ;mr-| ents of Washington students at j Cornell will be guests of honor. The program, which has lieen at- i ranged by Karl A. Brown, to consist ] entirely of Cornell talent, includes! bagpipe selections by Dr. W . R. j Crawford of College Park. Mil., with ; Scotch daisies by Mrs. Crawford: solo ; numbers by Kit Hill and community j singing, led by Mrs. Raleigh Gil- j christ. Poems of Mrs. K. K. Stossmi, j ttie first woman to receive an ad;; vanced degree from Cornell, will l>fgj lead by Miss Alice 11. Drake. The hospitality committee w hich will receive the guests includes Mrs. ! Raymond \\*. Bell, chairman: Miss Abbie Tingley, Miss Fanstine l>ennis, Mrs. Victor Lumslen. Mrs. Stephen i Bray. Miss Clara Bailey. Mrs. W . R. ! Crawford, Miss Ruth Paterson. Mrs. j Harrison Dixon. Mrs. Raleigh Oil-! itirist. Miss Grace Anderson, Mrs. j Horace Stevenson and Miss Alice du j Breuii. Arrangements for the enter- j tainment are in charge of Henry M. Eaton of the ciass of 389t*. BISHOP FREEMAN TO TALK TO EDUCATIONAL BODY j Will Deliver Address at Vesper ! Service for Department of j Superintendence of N. E. A. ! Right Rev. Dr. .lames K. Freeman. 1 Bishop of Washington, will deliver thf i address at the ves|M*r sejvice F»bnt- 1 i ary 21, at 4 p.m., In connection with! ! the opening session of the department j of superintendence of the National! Education Association at its fifty sixth , annual convention, whii ii is to he held j ! here the last week in February, in- j : cording to announcement made today , by Dr. Frank V. Ballou, president of j i the department. For tlie past several years the ile-; partment of superintendence has reg- | . ulnrly hel«l a vesper service at 4 j i o'clock on " she Sunday afternoon of j j t lie week of the convention. Since the 1 ! meeting is to he held in W ashington. ! ; it has been deemed fitting that thej I address of the occasion should he de- j livered hy the Bishop of Washington. 1 The service will Vie held in Conti- j nental Memorial Hall, through com-; j tesv of the Daughters of the Anver-j i ican Revolution, and arrangements I have been made for broadcasting thej ; service in lien of the usual broadcast- • j ing service at the Washington Ca ; thedral. RAIL LABOR PEACE SEEN UNDER RECENT MEASURE i Watson-Parker Bill, Now Before) Congress, Is Highly Praised by Richberg. * The Watson-Parker railroad labor I bill should not be regarded as either an anti-strike or anti-injunction ' measure. Donald B. Richberg, coun- j sel for the railroad labor organize- i tions. declared in a statement mpde 1 j public today through Chairman Wat ’ son. of the Senate Interstate Com- j 1 merce committee. “This is a bil! which its sponsors ! sincerely believe will prevent strikes j 1 and make injunctions unnecessary,” Mr. Richberg said. He added that a J j saving clause to prevent courts from . compelling individual employes to re * main at work was added to protect j tlie constitutionality of the act as I well as the constitutional rights of • the individuals affected. I „ •—; • ——. Cardinal Mercier Improves. BRUSSELS. January 11 (/P).—Card!- j nal Mercier's condition was slightly i improved today, with temperature normal ami pulse stronger. He was ! able to take liquid nourishment in 1 greater quantity than before. The | aged prelate underwent an operation i December 29 for correction of a lesion | of the stomach. Nine Pardons Held Illegal. j LITTLE ROCK. Ark., January It ! (A 3 ''. The Arkansas Supreme Court j today held that the nine pardons I granted by S. B. McCall, acting gov -1 ernor during the recent temporary absence of Gov. Tom J. Terral from ' Arkansas, are illegal. PRESIDENT BEAR, SAYS MISS KELLER Famous Deaf-Blind Woman Reads Lips of Executive on White House Visit. Helen Keller, world-famous deaf and blind woman, was received by President Coolirige in his office today. She read his lips with her lingers and then, placing her arms about his shoulders, told him that he was "a dear President." When Miss Keller was presented to the President she said to him; ‘Silence is golden, speech is silver and yonr words about the blind are bright jewels in our dark castles.” The President then started to talk and when he did so this remarkable woman placed her fingers light Iv upon his lips and in this way received his message, which was; "Miss Kel ler. you have a wonderful personality and I am very glad to meet you.” Miss Keller then said to Ihe Presi dent: "They say you are cold, hut you are not; you are a dear Presi dent She was accompanied during this audience l» Mrs. Anne Sullivan Mary, her tutor, and members of the 'committee arranging for the benefit for the blind. After this little scene in the (’resident's office the party ad journed to the grounds of ihe White. House, where they posed for pictures. Miss Keller brought her message of cheer anti hope for the sightless to; the Capital today, an ivinu at 7:7a. Miss Mary, for a sisnking program this week in the interest u' the Amer ican Foundation for the Blind, to which she is t eco'ing hrr life. Met by Committee. Miss Keller, who is touring the country to assist in raising a >*’.linn.- (••Hi fiintl for the foundation, was in el at the station this morning hv mem bers of the Washington committee of the foundation, which act .is a tlear ing house ami co ordinating agency for all institutions of the countt" i|cv.> cd to the interest of the blind. The principal meeting to be addressed bv Miss Keller here will be lcdd at the Washington Auditorium Wednesday night at 8:15 o'clock. .Mis* Keller will be entertained at a tea at the home of Mrs. James W Wadsworth. Jr 2800 Wood lawn road, this afternoon a! 4 o'clock, at which Edwin Grasse, the distinguished blind v iolinisl. will pl iv . Tomorrow .Miss Keller and Mrs. : Min t will he formally received at the White House hy Mrs. Coolidge. The mistress of the White House, wh" formerly taught in a deaf and dumb school, may be able to use. through hand pressure, the means of i "iiimim , ication she once employ ed in convers ing with Miss Keller. To Speak at Church. Tomorrow night Miss Keller w ill I speak a* St. John's Episcopal; Church in Georgetown: Thursday I night at the New York A venue Pres hyterian Church: Friday night at the Mount Pleasant Congregational ; Church, and Saturday night, her final 1 meeting here, at the Epworth Metho dist Episcopal Church. Admission to all of the meetings, including that at the Auditorium, will be by invitation only. President and Mrs. Coolidge. \ ice President and Mrs. Dawes, members of ihe cabinet and diplomatic Corps are expected to attend the Auditorium meeting, which also will include a music program. Dr. Gilbert Grosve nor. president of the National Geo graphic Society, who heads the Washington committee, will preside, ami Dr. Henry van Dyke of Prime ton. chairman of tiie Helen Keller national committee of the American Foundation for the Blind, will ex plain the work of the Foundation. NAVY SOON WILL LAUNCH NEW SUBMARINE TENDER First Vessel of Tvpe to Be Built in U. S. Will Hit Wavs February 15. Hy- the Associated Pip«*. The new submarine tender Holland.) the first vessel of the type to be built ; be ;he N!W \ . "ill be launched at the Bnge: Hound Navy Yard February 15 and commissioned probably about April 1. It is to be named for John Philip Holland. th» inventor, who de signed the first submarine for the American Navy igi 187. i. A Navy Department announcement said llm vessel was designed primarily as a mother ship for submarines, to act as a floating base for repair and supply purposes. It is to be equipped with apparatus for partly lifting dam * get | submarines and for towing them. The Holland will he 508 feet over all, with a breadth of til feet, a draft of 21 feet and a displacement of lit. Him tons. It was authorized in the 1918 building program, but due to the pres sure of other construction during the war, was not laid down until 1921. BOYS FIND BANK LOOT. Discover SIO,OOO in Securities Taken From Texas Bank. FORT WORTH. Tex., January 11 f/P).—Dispatches from Cranbury. Hood County, told of the finding of slo,non in Treasury certificates and other se enrit'. -s stolen from the Strawn Bank. La von Holmes and Jack Ward, tyvo small boys, made the discovery while play! ig on a sand bar of the Brazos Rive near Cranbury, being attracted by a -v 1 bill in a mass of pa tiers which had been thrown into the water in a weighted sack. The valuables were ; turned over to the sheriff. • ORDAINED TO'MINISTRY. Dr. G. Iv. Abbott, medical superin tendent of t lie Washington Sani tarium. was ordained to the gospel ministry in the presence of a large audience Saturday in Columbia Hall, | Takoma Park, by Rev. W. A. Spicer, , president of the general conference ; of Seventh-day Adventists. The ordination service followed a ! discourse by President Spicer, who ! spoke on the sacredness of the min jistry calling. The ordination prayer I was offered by Rev. C. H. Watson. I vice president of the general confer ence, and Prof. .T. L. Shaw, treasurer of the conference, voiced the welcome to the ministry. GOOD WILL IN MIDWINTER Tlie work of the Associated Charities —including the Citizens’ Relief Association —is now at its heipht. The aim of these welfare agencies is to assist families in distress in the Distrct of Colombia. Immediate aid is piven as needed, pending study of conditions in order to remove cause of misfortune so far as humanly possible. Illness or death of wape-earner is the disability most frequently found in families under care. Other serious handicaps accompany sickness. These social apencies receive no public appropriation. Their ef fectiveness is dependent upon the pood will of the people of Wnsh inpton. If you are not already a contributor, will you not ltecome one now? Your help is needed. Contributions may he sent care of joint finance committee, 1052 Kleventh street, and will he individually ac knowledped. CORCORAN THOM. Chairman .Joint Finance Committee." ~ i BATTLES AGAIN IN COURT FOR LIFE. ■ I I ! I Ziang Sun \V;m, who won! on trial today. accused in the Chinese educational .Mission slayings seven \ears ago. is shown surrounded by counsel and guards. Left to right. Deputy United States Marshal Itw/./.ell, Wilton *l. I.atuherl.' Wan. A. O. Stanley. Rudolph 11. Veuliuau and Deputy .Marshal Magruder. j OFFICIALS DEFEND ADDED D. C. ITEMS Anpear Before House 3om rritlee Urging Supple mental Estimates. The three District Commissioners ; and heads of a number of municipal government departments will appeal before i!ii House subcommittee on appropriations this afternoon to de fend items in the supplemental ap j propria t ion bill. The supplemental estimates i-,ill for | additional appropriations amounting to $1,792,383. to carry out the program of the i ominissiotters in repaving i streels, maintenance of schools, the Police and Health departments, tin i office of the director of traffic and j the payment of judgments against the i J Metric!. The item for street improvements' i totals Sx-jii.iioii, of which $500.0n0 is to be paid out of the gasoline tax fund as fast as it is accumulated. The traf ! fie director's office asks for Mt. 435 to * Increase its office personnel, and the Police Department has an item of; s3.3tMi for new cells and the purchase j of a gasoline launch for the harbor precinct. The school items include $159.0110 for furnishings for Western High School, a wing for the Alaqfar land .lunion High School and for the completion of the new Bright wood Scfiool. and the schools at Fifth and Sheridan streets and at Fifth and Buchanan streets. The Sewer Depart ment has requested $275,000 for as sessment and permit work. Commissioners Rudolph. Kenning and Bell will take with them to the Capitol Traffic Director M. O. Kldridge. District Health Officer William C. ■ Fowler and other department heads.' who have asked for supplemental ap propriations. Supt. of Schools Frank \\ . Ballon and the budget committee of the Board of Education «Iho are i expected to attend. POLICE CHIEF IN JAIL ON HOLD-UP CHARGE Missouri Official Accused of Aiding in $10,640 Robbery of Bank at De Soto. By til#* Associated I'reM. Mu.. January 11.— Chief of Police 1.. W. Hurst of De j Soto. Mo., arrested late Saturday. | - was placed in the county jail here 1 ; yesterday on a charge of assisting in I the hoUl-up of the American Rank jat Dc Soto December 39. in which $9,840 and $1,090 in Liliert.v lends | were obtained. Hurst’s arrest followed a confes- i sion by William Perkins, farmer, on j whose farm, it is charged, the loot was divided. Perkins impliented Hurst and three men said to reside in Blythevilte. Ark. Two of the Arkansas men are held here and the , third is in jail at Blytheville. charged! | with another offense, j It is charged that Hurst, leading ; the pursuit of the hank rnhhers. had ' hecn informed in advance of ihe road j to he taken hy the fleeing bandits and j led the posse off the trail. HALL WHERE COOLIDGE ' STUDIED IS DESTROYED ; Building at St. Johnsbury Academy Ruined by Fire—l 6 Have Narrow Escape. Tty tlie Associated Press. ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt„ January 11. I —Sixteen students and teachers of St. , Johnsbury Academy had narrow es ; capes today when South Hall was de stroyed by fire. The loss was esti | mated at SIOO,OOO. South Hall, where President Cool . idge once attended classes, contained , a dormitory, classrooms, the princi pal's office and the astronomical oh . servatory. It was built In 1872. The dormitory oeeuiwnts. blocked ! by flames shooting tip the two large . stairways fled, scantily elad in the i zero weather, down fire escapes, their personal belongings were destroyed. D. C. HEADS’ POWER BILL IS IN HEARING: 30 WITNESSES READY ■- it '(int inued from First Page.) ; dinners ;n p a*-!i' n until jt'iincir' has made its decision, IU- explained that ihr Uourt "f Ap peals of the District of Columbia has ! re pea tp.il v held that the < •nmmission : pis havp only such powers as Con ■ sress them anti when Congress i attempts to legislate <»n any muniei pal matter it removes from the Dis rrict Commissioners any right to ref:tilate or attempt to control sttch municipal matters. As an illustration he pointer! out that regulations for re moval t.f snow and ice cannot he en j forced, since the court has held they : arc tint onstittitionn! hecattse Congress has removed jurisdiction in such inat j ters from the District Commissioners. Mr. Williams, in discussing the sec tion providing for the appointment of the recorder of deeds, the Hoard of education anti the Board of Chari- i ties anil of other officers anti boards exercising municipal functions, by the t ’ommissloners. said that all were strictly city officials. \ct on licenses. on the section to regulate the amount and character of license fees on trade, professions anti vocations i anti to promulgate regulations for the conduct of such trades, professions | anti vocations, he saiti that the last ■ ! general enactment by Congress in re ; grirtl to license fees was in 1902, and I since then many of the trades, profes i sions and vocations covered in that i legislation are extinct, while others have developed that should he inciud- j ed. Mr. Heitl contended that the pow ers should he strictly enumerated and \ I not blanket authority given “to regu- : lat e e\ eryt hing." Mr. Zihlman asked what objection I the Commissioners had to the apimint- ; : tnent of tiie recorder of deeds by the ; President, and Mr. Williams explain-; ! eti that the purjiose was to take this j j municipal office out of the political struggle among applicants. Mr. Heitl | asked if the Commissioners were not seeking both aptmintive and legislative l powers. Mr. Zihlm.i ttasked if there was ob jection to any of the appointees on the Board of Education. Mr. Williams replied that there was none as far as he knew, but that the pudges of the 1 Supreme Court ate anxious to fie re -1 lipved of this non-judicial duty of ap iminting the Board of Kducation. laical Nature of Board. Mr. Williams said that the President ! has recognized the local nature of the j Board of Kducation and other mu - nicipal offices by consultation with the ! District Commissioners and with a j numbei of local people. | Mr. Zihlman asketl whether this leg islation would allow the Commission ers to designate the amount of license j fees at their discretion without act of Congress and Mr. Williams replied! 'that it would, lie said that in seeking j |to regulate the different trades and ! professions the Commissioners did not I concern themselves with qualification to practice, but t«» have the business I conducted in a modern, safe anti san ! It ary manner. The third section of the bill proposes ■ to regulate venders upon the streets | tint! to prohibit street vending as the I District Commissioners may deem ad | visa hie. Mr. Zihltnan asked whether ithe District Commissioners have not this power now. Mr. Williams saiti they have hut are experiencing all ; sorts of difficulty. Since the license act of 1902 a num ber of specific laws have been passed. Iso thm tlie Commissioners are now [ in a quandary as to whether certain J feat ices can be controlled by them 1 or whether they must come to Con gress for authority. The license act ; | is out of date, there is confusion be- ! I tween hucksters anti peddlers and this j authority is asked solely to put the ! j Idcense Bureau on a modern basis. Power for (fathering. Under the fourth section the Com missioners would have authority to j enact sttch regulations as they might deem proper to meet exigencies at tendant upon presidential inaugura tions. conventions, processions anti other such emergencies. Mr. Zihlman asked whether the j Commissioners would make any at tempt to infringe upon the duties of the inaugural committee or whether they are merely seeking authority to! ’ make police regulations, which an- ] thority they now have. Mr. Williams | replied that the pttrpo.se was to get : authority to make additional regtila- j . tions for emergencies and that there : |i was no attempt to Infringe upon thei inaugural committee. Mr. Williams j ■said that they sought to avoid the j ! necessity of repeatedly coming to j I Congress for authority tinder which ' , they might better protect visitors at j , | inaugurals or conventions. . I Under the fifth section authority j would he given to enact regulations re i lating to the erection of fire escapes j anti fireproofing of buildings. Mr. I Zihlman asked if this was not all covered in the new building code and ■Mr. Williams replied that that code is not in effect, as many item covered in it have been subject to regulation j by Congress and the Commissioners j are powerless to change these regitia j tions. Section B provides for remittance of ! penalties and interest which may have ■ accrued on overdue (taxes, to calcel I taxes, when, in the judgment of the ' District Commissioners, it would serve a public interest to do so. Mr. Zihlman end Mr. Reid both ques j tioned Mr. Williams closely on this subject, and Mr. Bold argued that it j was a dangerous grant of power i which no municipal body in the world had power to exercise—the cancella | tion of overdue (axes. He interjected ! that sttch power should not he given. | when the District Commissioners “can't even regulate traffic.” 1 Section * covers the authority to VIRGINIANS CONFER ON MEMORIAL BRIDGE Take Up Plan for Co-ordinating- Arlington County Highways With Southern Approach. Co-ordination of the plans of the various governmental agencies having • charge nf the work and improve ment of the Virginia approach to the j Arlington Memorial Bridge is being t discussed this afternoon by citizens I of Arlington County, headed by .1. I cloyd Beers and Ma.i. Ulysses S. ! Brant. 3d and Maj. Carey 11. Brown, I respectively, director anti assistant di- ; rector of the office of public buildings ! anti public parks of the National ' < 'a pita!. The conferees will discuss particu- | 1 larly the highway plan in the vicinity j ■of the southern approach to thei bridge. Plans hate been drawn aml 1 been approved by the Commission of I Fine Arts for roadways in this vicinity, i ; hooking them up with the Arlington i Cemetery road anti roads across the! Arlington experimental farm of the | Department of Agriculture It- is ttn-j derstood to lie the purpose of thei Arlington county citizens to see just ! what should be done with the county! highways in order to make them con-) form to the Federal project. - —•— - COMMEMORATE BIRTH OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON Services commemorating the lfiDth j anniversary of the birth of Alexander Hamilton were held at the Hamilton! statue on the south portico of the i Treasury Building this morning, under ] the auspices of the Sons of the Revo- ! lutioit in the District of Columbia, j Secretary of Treasury Mellon placed a ! wreath at the foot of the statue. Brig. Ben. Ceorge Richards, C. S. M. C., president of the society.handing hint the wreath. Dr. Thomas Kdwanl Breen, chaplain of the society, read George Washing-! ton's prayer, opening the services ! The American flag, continental stand- j arils, the banners of the Sons of the ■ Revolution and the Bourbon emblem , of France were arranged around the! st at ue. Beorgp W. White was chairman of 1 the onmmitte of the Sons of the Revo-: lotion in charge of the ceremonies-, i • SCHOOL IS DISMISSED. 400 Excused From Maury When Heat Fails. I Four hundred pupils of the Maury 1 School, on B street near Eleventh \ northeast, were necessarily excused 1 toda y. Miss C. I. Mathis, principal of the s.-hool. reported to the Franklin Soho* >1 that the pulley driving fan : fai inv t*. function and it was impos sible to force heat into the class- ; rooms. The furnace, it was pointed 1 out. was all right. Hugh F. MoQueeney, superintendent i of janitors, made a jiersonal examina tion of the trouble and put the repair shop men a: work on the job \\v i the proliability that the children would be able to use the school some time! this afternoon. MEXICAN BANDITS MASSACRE MORE THAN SCORE ABOARD TRAIN (Continued from First Page.) i Pullman was burned along with the : other ears when the bandits fled in J the iocomotive. It is said the outrage was committed j because the bandits believed Gen. Fer i reira. military commandant of the state of Jalisco, was aboard the train. The attack started when the train was i running between Negrete and Yttre cuaro. Twenty armed men, wearing disguises, suddently began using their knives on the soldiers and killing and robbing the passengers. us the military escort all but seven were killed. The bandits are said to have been acting under orders of for mer Col. Manuel Nunez. Their booty j was 300.01*0 pesos. Immediately the news of the crime I arrived here orders were issued for | federal troops to go in pursuit of the ! bandits. widen or narrow roadways and side I walks. Mr. Zihlman argued that the 1 District code row gives the Commis ! sinners authority to widen alleys and ! minor streets. Mr. Williams pointed 1 out that the word roadway Is a ‘ broader term and would include any street, even Pennsylvania, avenue, i Mr. Zihlman then argued that this 1 legislation would allow' the Oomniis i sinners to widen at will such streets j as Thirteenth, as was done by specific ! legislation last year, and that if the (proposal to widen Eleventh street, hs j recommended in a bill now before the 1 appropriations committee, was re jected. the Commissioners could still go ahead and do it under this blanket * authority and assess the costs as I benefits against the abutting property owners. I Under section 9 authority would j l>e given to fix the rales of assess i inents for installation and oonstruc ! j tion of sewers, water mains, side • walks, curbs anti paving of roadways and alleys. Mr. Reid asked whether this would mean different rates in different sections of the city and whether such rates would be deter * mined by public hearings. Mr. Reid I also asked if there is any provision | in the District tinder which property i owners have the right to put in water land sewer mains themselves If they can do It cheaper than the municipal authorities. iMARKEf SESSIONS” : BEGIN TOMORROW Leaders of Co-Operative Groups Seek Solution of Farm Problems. i The fourth annti.nl conference <>f th® many ro-nwrative marketing asso ciations of the country. which have a membership in excess of finO.OOfi. will open tomorrow morning nr the I.ee House for a four-day convention during which the ontstanding prnb lems of the farmers will he discussed I by farm movement leaders, including i former tlov. Frank <>. l/ttvclen of l Illinois, Secretary of Agriculture Jar ! dine and Aaron Sapiro. local counsel j for marketing organizaticctis. I Far-reaching proposals for the solu tion of these problems, sm h as legis lation dealing with the handling «*f surplus farm proclucts. the wriiinjr of ia text hook on co-operative marketing land the placing of it in the < union lurn of the schools of the Nation and the pooling of wheat, are to he out lined hv speakers and group con ferees. J.eaders of the association de clined to predict, however, what meas ures would he advocated for passage I by the present Congress, j Former flow kemden has been re | quested hv Secretary Jardine. who re : c-entlv indorsed in principle 1 surplus marketing hill, to sit with a group of agricultural editors and farm leaders who will consult with the Secretary of Agriculture on the troublesome sur plus question. Another incident which emphasized the importance of the convention was the calling together of the House agri culture committee for the first tim® since th° present Congress opened, to begin the piecing together of ten agt'i culture program of its own. Mr. I.owden was a central figure in the pre-convention conferences today and yesterday. Members of various i groups of opinion within the associa j tion kept him busy in consultations • dealing with farm relief proposals. Mr. ! I.owden was described hv one official jas having "taken off his coat and put j his shoulder to the wheel" in pushing j farm relief movements. , fine of the chief proposals is the de. j velopment of a widespread and united I support of co-operative marketing hv ! the leaching of the subject in the 1 public schools of the Nation. Mr. I.owden is chairman of the c nm i mittee organized by l)r. Macy Famp ! bell, head of the department of rural | education of the lowa State Teachers' College at Cedar Falls. lowa, and I past president of the Rural Kducation ! Bureau of the National Kducation ! Association, which ha «■ been prepar ing data for the co-operative marke*- ing hook. “Co-operative marketing develops more rapidly and more soundly where • young farmers have been educated t.i i understand it." a member of the com -1 mittee explained. "Th“ proper edit i cation of the youth before they be I crime members of a marketing a = | social ion reduces the strain of mem | bership contact and on local morale ! Teaching of the detailed plan of cn- I operative marketing, its purpose*, benefits and ideals is proposed. A report on the progress made hy the l committee drafting the hook is to he j presented to the convention. The ! book, after data has been completed j by farming experts representing all i views of the subject, is to l>e written ! i>.v Dr. Campbell and Dr. Anna D. I Cordis of lowa. Conference on Surplus. ; The matter of immediate considera tion before the congressional commit tees was the administration co-opera tive marketing bill, which a powerful j group of Western Senators and Rep resentatives. some of them stalwart j Republicans, have pronounced wholly j inadequate to meet present conditions, j Mr. Jardines conference was devot ed to the surplus crop question but j association members took the oppor- I tunity to present to him forceful complaint against elements of indus trial and political tendencies. The opening address will be made at tl o'clock tomorrow at the l.ee House hy Judge R. \V. Bingham, chairman I of the national council, of Louisville, i Ky.. who will Vie followed by .1. K. ' Brownlee, premier of Alberta. Canada. I who will tel! of the Canadian wheat j pools. Committee meetings and a dis I ettssion of field service hy I, F, -Me j Kav. chairman of the field service 'committee, will take up the afternoon. Text Hook (Question. The text book question will come up 'Tuesday when Dr. B. \\ . Kilgore. chairman of the co-operative educa i tion committee, will preside. | Tuesday afternoon the matter of j credit for farmers for seeding an*! | other pre-harvest investments will be : given a hearing. ! Divergent views on the problem of the surplus Will come tip Wednesday ! when Aaron Sapiro and Mr. Lovvden j will give their views. Sapiro, antag j onlst of legislation on the subject, 1 will s|teak at 10 a.tit. and Mr. Lovvden. proponent of legislation designed t" i relieve the situation, will he principal | speaker at the annual banquet at 7 | h-m. I Secretary Jardine will speak Thurs * day morning on “What the United * State Department of Agriculture Is j Doing and fining to Do for Co-opera - ! tive Marketing." CITIZENS TO MEET. j Takoma Park Association Will Dis cuss Pending Legislation. District legislation providing for a mothers' pension, for several street extensions and other hills, will he con sidered at the regular monthly meet ing tonight of the Takoma Park Citi zens' Association in the Takoma J.i hrary. Fifth and Cedar streets, at 7 So o'clock. Klmer It. Reynolds, the new president, will preside at the meeting. ] The association also will consider matters before the northeast boundary sanitary commission so far as they affect Takoma Park, Md. Other mat ters to he considered are lighting of Blair road, better lighting of Georgia avenue, regulation of pedestrian traffic ■ in the District, and establishment of a bus service from Soldier's Home en , trance to Takoma Park. All residents of the section, whether or nnt mem bers of the association, are asked to attend the meet-ing. 250 HIT BY HEAT WAVE. Central and Northern Argentina •I Suffer With Mercury at 110. | j BI'HNOS AIRES. January It (A 9 ). , ' Central and northern Argentina are lin the throes of a heat wave. Tem j ! peratures range from 30 to 110. I There have been numerous prostra , tions. and ice famines are reported. More than 50 persons were treated at the public hospitals yesterday and I 200 other cases were reported. A windstorm brought some relief ’ last night, diminishing the humidity. Four Pneumonia Deaths. i The week end swelled the District I Health Department's pneumonia rec •-j ords,with 34 new cases and 4 deaths. I ' Seventeen cases developed Sunday and i*l7 today. Two of the deaths occurred • i Sunday and the other two today. • There have been 34 deaths from the disease since January 1. The ntitn- I I her of rases developing in this period totals 126.