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3IMBA DISMISSAL
REFUSED IN COURT
Must Hear Testimony in
Case, Judge Declares, as
Trial Is Opened.
Sy the A«»oclate.' Pres«
BROCKTON. Mass., February 24.
.Anthony B!mba. Lithuanian editor. to
day went on trial on charges of blas
phemy and inciting to riot, growing
< ut of a speech he delivered in Lithu
i nlan National Hall in this city on
January 26.
Bimba entered the courtroom with
his wife jin after the prosecution had
sworn in 15 \.itr -s.-es for the Govern
ment. Mrs lti,. Im. a young and at
tractive '.von;, i . nas wearing a fur
coat and an oi-i lose straw hat. She
sat with Harry and Irving Hoffman,
attorneys for her husband.
Every seat in the small court room
had been filled by witnesses and news
papermen. Not more than six general
cpectators were admitted.
Asks Bimba's Discharge.
Harry Hoffman, defense counsel, of
fered a motion that the law under
which the blasphemy charge was
drawn was in violation of the consti
tution of Massachusetts and asked the
( ourt to discharge the defendant.
Hoffman also moved to quash the
Fedifion i harte and argument by both
. ides was hoard. At their conclusion
Judge C. Carroll King, in overruling
' he motion, said he had “felt all along
it was a misfortune to have these
cases in this court. I have known
for quite a number of years of dis
cussions among our Lithuanian
friends in the northern part of the
city. Ido not believe the courts are
the proper places to settle those dif
ficulties.
“However, the cases are here.
“As to the first, the so-called blas
phemy complaint the statute under
which it was brought was declared
constitutional by the Massachusetts
Supreme Court in 1838. The status
had made mere denying of a supreme
being a crime, hut the court softened
this by the add Ad qualifications of a
bad motive as an essential * • •
Will Await Testimony.
“It would appear that this was not
a decent or orderly expression of re
ligious belief or disbelief and the de
fendant dragged the expression in by
the ears, t must await ihe testimony.
“As to incitement case, the statute
was passed in 1319, when war senti
ments were rising. It Is possible
thit today there Is no cause for en
forcement. The language is not the
usual language of incitement, as at
tributed to the defendants; it is more
The language of prophecy. I am in
clined to taae the speech as a whole,
however, when it might be considered
us incitement.
"Therefore Overrule Both Motions.”
Bimba. whose arrest followed an
address at a Lithuanian hall here last
January in which he is alleged to have
•lec.aied: “There are still fools whc
i-eliexe in God.” Last night he re
iterated his unbelief before another
meeting here.
' Science and experience have
proved to me that there is no God,'
lie shouted. "It was not God that
made man, but man that made God.’
Last night’s meeting was the flra
ills supporters have succeeded In
bolding. Attempts in other cities have
met with police action, or warnings
that sufficed to call off arrangements.
Many residents here regard the cas.
simply ae a dispute between two sac
ifor.s of Lithuanians.
REMOVAL OF GATES
IS GIVEN APPROVAL
House Committee Favors Taking
Down Piers Between White
House and State Building.
Favorable report was ordered today
by the House committee on public
buildings and grounds on the kill au
thorizing the removal of the Iron gates
and piers across Executive avenue be
tween the White House ground* and
'he State, War and Navy Building.
It was emphasized that these gates
are a dangerous obstruction to traffic
and serve no good purpose.
Hearings are to be held on Friday
before the committee on the bill,
which has already passed the Senate,
providing for the expansion of the
Capitol grounds and the development
of the plaza between the Capitol and
the Union Station through the pur
chase of privately owned property.
The bill authorizes the use of funds
previously appropriated and unexpend
ed with whatever additional funds
may be necessary for this purpose
Representative Ben Johnson of Ken
tucky. formerly chairman of the
House District committee, will appear
before the committee on public build
ings and grounds reviewing the Capi
tol plaza legislation since the bill was
passed in 1810, for the Information of
members of Congress, the majority
of whom were not in Congress when
the original act was passed.
Hearings are also to be held on the
two lulls providing for erection of a
power house «.i.<l a scales house at
the Bureau of fcmndams.
TAKEN TO SANITARIUM
AFTER POSE IS EXPOSED
3oath Carolina Youth Alleged to
Have Married m Bole of
French Diplomat,
By the A«§o> !»te<l Prr»«.
ANDERSON, S C., February 24.
Voe! Cobh, scion of a well known
Anderson tamily, who is alleged to
have posed as a French diplomat in
Decatur. Gh.. and married Miss Vir
ginia Hollingsworth. Agnes Scott stu
dent. yesteicay afternoon was taken
‘o a shidianum in North Carolina.
Alemoere of 'he family declined to dis
close me name of the mnitarium. Lo
cal pnysicians are said to have ex
pressed mi, belief said the young
man's hea.tt. would be restored after
rest treatment.
Cobb's r a truly derhn»d to permit
Visitors to «.c» aim, declaring that his
condition .ltd ..ot permit it.
Friends of tne family declared last
night that (h-ie were no grounds for
a charge of .Agamy against him as
no records could be found of a mar
riage prior to hie marriage to Mle*
Hollingsworth.
Parachute Jumper Drowned.
ORLANDO. Fla., Fenruary 24 OP).—
Sari Vincent. 36 a parachute jumper,
vas drowned here yesterday when he
landed in Lake Olivet after cutting
loose ttom # oailoon He made the
leecent easily, and apparently floated
gently t;n.o ‘.he w'ater. but drowned
before boats could reach him.
The boa) will be shipped to Kent
wood, Lathe home of his wife.
for roaa building In Peru wiU
le raijsd by_cotton export taxes.
Will Run Again
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GEN. ALVARO OBREGOX.
OBREGONTOSEEK
PRESIDENCY AGAIN
Will Be Candidate in 1928,
Friends Announce, After
Birthday Party.
By the Associated Preti.
NOGALES. Arlz., February 24.
Oen. Alvaro Obregon plans to emerge
from retirement on his farm in
southern Sonora, Mexico, and be a
candidate for the presidency of the
republic of Mexico in the 1828 elec
tions.
This announcement was made by
close friends of the former President
following a gathering of prominent
governmental and military leaders at
his ranch on February 18 to celebrate
Obregon’s fourty-fourth birthday.
The Mexican constitution forbids a
President serving two consecutive
terms and Ohregon retired in 1924
after a regime of four years that
was marked by recognition of the
Mexican government by the United
States.
Olfc-egon first came Into prominence
as "military ‘leader during the Diaz-
Madero rebellion and his election to
the presidency followed in 192". He
has extensive farming and milling in
terests in the State of Sonora.
COMES TO DEFENSE
OF MODERN YOUTH
Massachusetts Official Says Those
of Today Bank Well in
, Scale.
Defending modern youth as “Just
as fine, noble, pure and as having Just
as high ideals as had the youth of
any other generation,” Payson Smith,
commissioner of education of Massa
chusetts. at midday Lenten services
in Keith's Theater today declared
that the way properly to Influence
youth is not by condemning and criti
cizing, but by impressing them with
the high hopes that you have for
them
“The hardest problem that has ever
come before you Is in getting the
qouth properly adjusted to- the intric
acies of the present time,” said Mr.
Smith. The latter objective will not
be accomplished, the speaker said, un
til the home and other institutions
realize that they must have an atti
tude of righteousness toward youth.
The speaker emphasized that “the
world is not in ruin” and referred to
the “twenty-five million shining youths
of ours” as the material that will de
velop the world into what it is going
to be.
Invocation and benediction were de
livered by Rev. E. P. Wroth of Christ
Episcopal Church, f\eor*etown. As
sistant Supt. of Schools Robert L.
Haycock presided.
Dr. Howard A. Kelly of Baltimore
will be the speaker at tomorrow’s
services, which begin at 12:25 o’clock.
WOULD INCREASE LOANS.
$29,000 Limit for Filipino Farm
Advances Suggested.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rica, February
24 OP).—Recommendation has been
made to Congress that the limit for
farm loans in Porto Rico made by the
Federal Land Bank be' raised from
$lO 000 to $25,000, the same limit now
In force In the United States. This
recommendation has been made with
the Indorsement of the Federal Land
Bank of Baltimore, of which the San
Juan Bank is a branch, as well as
the board of the General Land Bank.
E. B. Thomas, manager of the Porto
Rico branch, says that since the land
bank was opened for business here in
October, 1922. loans amounting to
$7,600,000 have been made.
HOUSE MEMBERS DOZE AS GREEK
INVENTOR DESCRIBES TRICK SHIP
“Unsinkable” Craft Performs in Glass Tank, While
Its Author Does Same in Language That Is Not
Masterable by His Auditors.
Adam Themlstocles Drekollas, New
York Inventor, expounded on the prin
ciples of Archimedes and. Incidentally,
demonstrated his unsinkable ship
"Avythistos,” before members of the
House naval affair* committee today
In the House caticus room.
Mr. Drekollas was well versed on
Archimedes, but, being not so familiar
with the English languages, was not
entirely successful in getting his mes
sago home to the Representatives
who assembled to hear him. As are
suit one or two members dozed
through the lecture and others, re
membering Important engagements
elsewhere, left before the big demon
stratlon, proper, took place.
Mr. Drekollas had his trained ship
do its tricks in a glass-faced tank,
filled with sea water. He also had
various other appurtenances, tnclud
ing a tin pall with a spigot on the
bottom, several collapsible aluminum
cun* and two copper contrivances
sonfcwhat resembling cowbells.
Mr. Drekollas met with reverses at
the very outset of his demonstration.
He v placed himself in front of a large
stereoptlcon screen, pointer In hand,
and signaled for the auxiliary illustra
tive program to begin, but nothing
happened. The Archimedes lecture,
consequently, was held up for several
minutes, while assistants, traced the
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1926.
CHANGE IN TRAFFIC
LAW IS PROTESTED
A. A. A. Representative Op
posed to License Fee as
Revenue Measure.
Protest was made at a hearing be
fore the House today against amend
ments to the traffic law which is
now pending on the House calendar,
to be taken up for action in the
House on next District day.
On motion of Representative Stalk
er, Republican, of New York, the
District committee h ard George
W. OlTtut, representing the American
Automobile Association, who spoke
both for the District of Columbia di
vision, being a member of its advisory
committee, and tor the national or
ganization. He asked that these
amendments he recalled from th©
House calendar anti reconsidered. Mr.
Offutt told the committee that t
national association considers the lire
of the license fee us u revenue meas
ure a vicious precedent to the Hmjes.
He said that “the purpose of a u?iv
er’s license is to serve as a means of
identification and to bring the person
more readily within the control of the
police officials. It is justified only in
the exercise of the inherent police
powers in all political entities. It is
primarily, if not. solely, a safety
measure, and it is contrary to the,
established principles of law as well
;>s fulr play to pervert the purpose of
such a measure by making it a tax
ing law.”
Aimed at Blanton Measure.
This criticism was directed against
an amendment sponsored by Repre
sentative Blanton, Democrat, of Tex
as, which provides that when new
permits are 'issued on July 1 they
shall be> for a three-year period at a
fee of $1 a year, the revenue from
which, estimated at $325,000 to $350,-
000. is to be used for installation and
operation of the electr.o signal light
system.
Mr. Offutt also, on l>ehalf of the
American Automobile Association,
protested against the provision au
ihoHzing the director of traffic to sus
pend or revoke drivers' permits tor in
unction of tne traffic act as well as
tor violations of regulations promul
gated by the traffic director. He con
tended that final authority should be
taken out ot the hands of any siug.e
olhciai by providing ier un appeal to
the court to nave the license restonsi,
the revocation to stand until the
court acts.
Referred to Subcommittee.
On motion of Representative Reid,
Republican, of Illinois, tnese protests
were reterred to tne traffic subcommit
tee tor consideration in connection
with Zihlman traffic bill whicn was in
troduced at the request oi me District
Commissioners. lie questioned the
legality on several points, particularly
on granting a right to appeal trom a
non-judicial officer. In mis he was
supported by Representative William
C. Hammer, Democrat, of North
Carolina.
Automobile owners in Washington
are assessed less per capita lor auto
mobile operation than in most States
of the United States. Traffic Director
Eldridge said todays discussing the
bill. Mr. Eldridge defended the pro
vision in the bill for yearly renewal
of drivers' permits, declaring that it
would permit a more ready check on
latv violators and make it difficult tor
persistent lawbreakers to secure the
rignt to drive an automobile in the
District.
Mr. Eldridge said the average cost
in taxes by the District to owners of
automobiles here is about sl2 a year,
made up of a $5 average gas tax paid
at the Bource: an average personal
tax of about $5 on automobiles and a
$2 ft e for license. This fee, under the
Blanton bill, would be reduced to $1
a year. He said the average cost to
automobile owners levied by the
States was about $25. Mr. Eldridge
quoted figures from many State motor
vehicle laws tending to show the cost
to District taxpayers of ownership
and operation of automobiles to be
lower than in moat other Jurisdictions.
RICHMOND ARTIST DIES
FOLLOWING AUTO CRASH
Carl J. Rostrup, Native of Norway,
Was Prominent in Fraternal
Circles 22 Years.
By the Aisodated Prase.
RICHMOND. Va.. February 24. —
Carl J. Rostrup, 61 years old. promi
nent in the fraternal life of Richmond
for twenty-two years, and one of the
city’s leading illustrators and car
toonists. died yesterday from Injuries
sus.ained when an automobile he was
driving collided with a mo or bus on
the streets here Sunday. The driver
of the bus was charged with careless
and reckless driving at the time of the
accident and that charge will Ikj
changed to one of involuntary man
slaughter, police say.
Born In Christiania. Norway, Ros
trup was brought to this country by
his parents when only 6 years old. Ho
came to Richmond from Baltimore,
where he had been employed as car
toonist by the Baltimore News. He
served several papers of this city be
fore accepting a position with the
Virginia Engraving Co., by whom he
was employed at the time of the fatal
iccident. During late years he had
levoted a great deal of his time also
to the painting of scenery used by
local theaters.
trouble to a defective electrical connec
tion.
The projected pictures showed the
exact connection between Archimedes’
principle and Mr. Drekollas’ ship.
"Avythistos.” The inventor explained
in great detail Just how the specific
gravity of various substances are
taken into consideration in arriving
at a noneinkable ship.
From a written article handed to
the Congressman the Information
was conveyed that the ship doesn't
sink because It is full of collapsible
air cells. The ship was so full of
these cells. In fact, that one of the
auditors asked the Inventor where
the cargo waa put. He replied that
matter could be taken care of easily.
The fact remains that the model
ship, some flve feet in length, and
constructed of metal, behaved Just
as its master wanted It to. sinking
when he pulled a trigger or two on
the side or refusing to stay Under
when operated according to the ap
proved methods of Archimedes.
Chairman Butler of the naval af
fairs committee was one of the
many who' failed to witness the
actual sinking attempts. He appeared
on the scene fcarly, but hurried out
of the room to escape the Insistent
demands of news photographers that
he and his colleagues pose beside
Avythistos. He never came back.
ARMORY PROJECT
IS GIVEN APPROVAL
Fine Arts Body Would Let
Pension Office Take Place
of Memorial.
The Fine Arts Commission has ap
proved uso of the Pension OAlce
Building by the National Guard of
the District ot Columbia as an armory
and suggested that this building serve
the purpose heretofore intended to
be served by a proposed new memo
rial armory.
In a letter to Chairman Elliott of
the Mouse committee on public build
ings and grounds, Charles Moore,
chairman of the commission, pointed
out that Congress already has up
nroved the project for “a monumental
bandstand in Potoruac Park” as a
memorial for the District of Colum
bia participants in the World War.
so that the "memorial feature” of the
armory bill is beileied “to b© cov
ered.”
Will Meet Real Need.
Replying to Mr. Elliott’s request
for consideration of the bill for a
memorial arm ry in the District. Mr.
Moore said. “The commission has
known of the efforts made in past
'.ears to erect on armory for the
District of Columbia militia. No <ity
in the country deserves more adequate
accommodations for its militia than
does the city of Washington. Here the
service preformed by the militia
should find recognition from Congress.
If the Pension Office Building can l>e
made available for the use of the
District militia, it wifi meet an im
mediate need for an armory. The
plan of the building lends itself to
the use of troops. Moreover, it was
built as a memorial to the soldiers of
the Civil War.
“The matter was taken up with
Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, command
ing the District of Columbia militia,
who expresses himself heartily in
favor of the suggestion. A copy of
his leeter on the subject is enclosed.
“The memorial feature proposed by
tlie bill, however, is believed to be cov
ered by the act. approved June 7,
1924 (Public Resolution No. 28, Sixty
eighth Congress), providing f‘>r a ‘me
morial to those members of the mlli
tary and naval forces of th-> United
Slates from the District of Columbia
who served their country In the great
war,* The project of a monumental
bandstand in Potomac Park has l•ecu
approved by Congress as u memorial.
The design of the bandstand lias been
approved by the commission.
Would I s© Sit© Otherwise.
“The Commission of Fine Arts,
therefore, recommends that. Instead
of constructing an armory building
as proposed bv If. U. M 22. the Pension
Office Building*be turned over to the
District of Columbia militia and
adapted to such uses. The site here
tofore considered for an armory,
along Pennsylvania avenue, between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, may
well be used for the internal revenue
building or the general accounting of
fice, or other of the needed Govern
ment buildings.”
Gen. Stephan in his letter to the
Fine Arts Commission pointing out
that the National Guard had pending
before the Public Buildings Commie
sion a request for assignment of
space in the Pension Office Building,
declared that the use of the building
"for armory purposes is highly' desir
able, in view of its downtown location
and the fact that the large rotunda
would be available for drill purposes.
“If the National Guard could secure
space In the Pension Office Building
(25.060 square feet, exclusive of the
rotunda) for company assembly and
locker rooms. It would be possible to
scour© storage and other facilities out
side of the Pension Office Building to
meet the baTance of our require
ments.”
COUNTESS ISDENIED
NEW HEARING HERE
ON EXCLUSION ORDER
(Continued from First Fage.)
ment," he added, “we cannot reopen
a case for submission of additional
evidence while a writ of habeas cor
pus is pending. That always has
been our policy, and we have never
departed from it. There is no reason
why this case should ho made an ex
ception.”
REPRISALS ARE REFUSED.
Baldwin Government Spurns Pro
posals in Commons.
LONDON. February 24 G4 3 ).— I The
British government Will consider no
proposals to institute reprisals for
the barring of the Countess of Cath
cart from the United States.
This, in effect, was the reply of the
foreign secretary, Sir Austen Cham
berlain, to a spirited cross-fire of
questions in the House of Commons
today regarding the working of the
American immigration laws.
Sir Austen said the British gov
ernment considered it entirely the
business of the American authorities
as to who should or should not be
admitted to the United States.
FLYER TO FACE CHARGE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md.. February 24.
Detective John Maggersutt will go to
Norfolk, Va., to bring back Lieut.
Walter Brooke, charged with the theft
of a seaplane, said to be the property
of Howard A. Kelly, Jr. The plane
disappeared recently from Its moor
ings in the Patapsco River here.
Brooke, 29 years old, a former Navy
flyer, surrendered ut Norfolk to an
swer the charge made in a warrant
by Kelly'. He was released unde,
SI,OOO bond for a hearing Friday.
Standard Parking
Signs Discussed
For Local Streets
Traffic Director Eldridge today
took up with Charles Moore, chair
man of the Commission of Fine
Arts, a design for standard park
ing signs to be hung from electric
and gaslight poles on the streets of
jWashlngton. The signs will be
hung from standards to he screwed
into the light poles, at a standard
height of eight and a half feet
from the sidewalk, and will re
place the present temporary signs
mounted on movable standards.
The move is in the Interest of uni
formity of signs and uniformity
of design and distance from the
ground, Mr. Eldridge said. Twenty
three different parking signs are
used In Washington, he added. Un
der the new scheme all the signs
would be constructed of a uniform
shape and color, with a deep blue
background and white lettering.
When placed on gas light poles
the bottom of the signs would -be
less than eight feet from the
ground, but sufficiently high to
clear the top of a parked automo
bile.
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Slain Wife and Spouse
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Upper: Mrs. Jacob Nesbit, 25, grail- j
uate of Ohio State University, whose
body was found in a bathtub full of
water by her husband, Jacob Nesbit
; (below), in their home at Troy, Ohio.'
CATHOLICS URGED
TO BACK DRY LAW
Must Observe Statute Be
cause It Is on Books, School
Head Says.
| By the Associated Pretn.
i CHICAGO, February 24.—Speaking
'on "prohibition from the Catholic
; viewpoint,” the Ilev. Joseph Reiner,
•S. J.. dean ot ihe College or Arm and
, Sciences of Loyola University, today.
pleaded for an emphasis upon the
! need of law observance and respect
I for the law. He addressed the Luke
i .Shore Women's Club.
"So far as Catholic principles are*
| concerned, a go.einment may adopt
! prohibition or not. may continue it i
or repeal It or modify it." he said. I
| "When the government adopts prohl- 1
; bition, prohibition becomes a law and
as a law. not as prohibition, it as-
I sumes moral aspects.”
J That the success of the prohibition
amendment was not complete caused
the speaker no surprise, although he !
i was surprised that prohibition "has
j attained the measure of success that
! even many of its enemies are willing ,
| to admit.”
; For those with an honest belief j
i that prohibition is unwise he said
j that "front the Cat ho lie viewpoint ycu
i have the right—l would say you have
| the obligation—to agitate for its re
j peal. But from that same viewpoint
: you have another and a more sacred ,
land a more compelling obligation, the
I obligation to agitate for a substitute
; measure that gives fair promise to
' meet the situation more effectively.
"Prohibition is not so completely
lout of harmony with Catholic thought
■ and practice as some would have u: I
I believe,” he said. t
He cited introduction of it Into j
, their fields by various missionaries j
, and said at least 18 bishops are known ,
I to have favored enactment of prohi- [
! tion laws.
|C. E. HUGHES ASSAILS
j “RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY”
| Makes Address at Dinner by
Churches of Christ in Honor
of Jewish Eabbis.
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; By the AMOClatnd Press
NEW YORK. February 24 Re- i
i ligious bigotry was assailed by Charles
I Evans Hughes at a Kosher dinner
i last night, given by the Federal Coun
oil of Churches of Christ in America
i to prominent rabbis, Jewish laymen
i and civic loaders.
| "It is a strange thing indeed,” Mr.
; Hughes said, "that in this twentieth
| century we should see the beast of
religious bigotry raise Us hateful head
and do it in the very name of the
j Americanism which it soils by its
I vicious influences. It is time for us
to go back to the true Americanism
j of our fathers, the Americanism of re- 1
[ ligious freedom. We can’t expect to j
I to seek international peace on a sub
stantial footing until we have created :
good will in our own midst."
Resolutions were passed assorting a
belief in the brotherhood of Jew and
Gentile beneath differences of creed
and declaring that "all should dedicate
themselves anew to mutual under
standing, friendly accord and earnest
co-operation for the common good.”
RABIES QUARANTINE ON.
Doga Ordered Restrained Within
Ten-Mile Radius.
HUNTINGTON. W. Va„ February
24 C4 5 ).—A hydrophobia quarantine
went into effect here today prohibit
ing dogs from running at large within
a 10-miie radius of the Cabell County
Courthouse and providing a penalty
of death if the animals stray over the
line of limitation, irrespective of
whether the owner has paid dog taje.
The quarantine was invoked by Dr.
Ernest Layne, State veterinarian, in
an effort to prevent a possible epi
demic. Nine persons are now being
treated after being bitten by afflicied
j animals.
Mrs. Coolidge 111 of Cold, President
Escorts Mrs. Jardine to Honor Dinner
By the Associated Press.
A severe cold prevented Mrs. Cool
idge from attending a dinner last
night, and sent White House attaches
searching for precedents to guide
President Coolldge’s attendance with
another partner.
The dinner was given at the Wil
lard Hotel by Attorney General and
Mrs. Sargent, and was one of the
weekly affairs by cabinet members
and their wives in honor of the Preel
dent and Mrs. Coolidge. At the last
moment Mrs. Coolidge felt she should
remain at the White House, anc\ the
President, wishing to attend the af
fair, sought another partner.
A search of social precedents dis
closed that President McKinley had
escorted wives of cabinet members to
such affairs during the illness of Mrs.
COUNT SALM FIGHTS
GLOOM WITH TANGO
Dances Till Wee Sma* Hours
at Club, But Still Is
“Out” to Callers.
Count Ludwig Salm von Hoogstrae
ten has Buffeted few pangs of acute
melancholia over the legal barriers
that separate him from his wife and
tiny' son since coming to Washington
if his soclul engagen. ents during the
first day of his stay in the National
Capital count for anything at all.
Yesterday afternoon, a few hours
after he had stepped from a train
that brought him from Palm Beach,
where his dash half across the world
for custody of his boy ended fruitless
ly', ho had luncheon wil h a pretty girl
of about 19 in the main salon of the
Mayflower Hotel, and last night he
danced until the wee sma’ hours with
a party of friends at the Club Chan
teoler, on Thomas Circle.
“Out" to Caller*.
Salm locked himself very carefully
in his rooms, politely informed the
management of the Mayflower, where
he took a suite, that he must not be
! disturbed by any one, and told re
j porters they should "excuse” him for
not making a statement, as his law
| yers had ordered him not to say’ any
j thing or to see any one. He said he
; would be "out” to all who called, even
I his friends.
As the shadows lengthened last
j night, however, and the minutes
j droned laboriously around the face of
, the clock with terrifying slowness, the
count accepted an Invitation from Mr,
I and Mrs. L<-onard Block to Join them,
Miss -Virginia Selden of 2118 Connecti
cut avenue, a Airs. Ledere of New
York City and Frank Hagan at the
Clu’> Chanteeler.
At the club the count danced a num
ber of times with Miss tielden and
other members of the party. Then he
invited Miss delden to join him in a
solo rendition of the tango. The
i dance wus a pronounced success and
| brought enthusiastic demands for an
{ encore from the members of the or-
I ohestra and other guests.
Up Betimes.
Count Salm got up tills morning
; about 9 o'clock and spent about two
; hours getting dressed before lunch,
j incidentally’ cutting or trimming his
| own hair. He went to lunch shortly
after 1 o'clock and ate with the same
unidentified young woman he lunched
with yesterday and his mother.
The count said h • had engagements
; that would occupy all of hie time this
> utternoon. He is giving a dance to
night in his suite and has engaged
- five rooms in addition to the four he
has had. He had a number of tables
set tip and was preparing for his party
! tonight.
i In reply to a letter from W. Spen
cer Tupman, orchestra leader at the
Mayflower, offering to play for him,
the count replied in a brief note; "I
thank you very much for your kind
offer as I am a great lover of music.
If I can find th» time I will gladly
avail myself of your offer.”
Hangs Up Phone.
All efforts today to reach t-alm and
; ask him to give the newspaper men a
j few social notes of his activities In
■ Washington simply brought this an
! swer, via the telephone:
i “I am so sorry, but I cannot speak
| I do not know what you have to tell
me, but nothing will imerest me, be
cause my lawyers have told pi® to say
absolutely’ nothing. So you w*ill pleaae
excuse me if I hang up.”
And he did. A few minutes later he
called the office clerks and ordered
some newspapers sent to his room.
SALM NOT “BROKE.”
! \\ ell Able to (five Home to Family,
Say* Lawyer.
i NEW' YORK, February 24 OP).—
j Count Ludwig Haim Hoogstraeten,
| whose financial status and consequent
light to be in the United States ha*
been questioned by Representative
: Ftorella 11. La Guardia, Socialist, of
J New York, not only has means it sup
! port but Ik well able to give a proper
i home to his estranged wife and hie
| child, his lawyer here asserts.
Representative La Guardia yester
day, in a letter to Secretary of Labor
j Davis, requested that an investigation
! be made as to whether Count Salm
| was likely to become a public charge,
| with a view- to deportation if this
j were found to be the case,
i Mr. La Guardia cited the immigra
! tion law as barring any alien who
j comes to the United States on fund’s
j provided by another, and declared that
the “alien in question has no occupa
tion."
“Count Saint finds it necessary to
dispel by an absolute denial the false
rumor that anybody pays or con
tributes toward his expenses.” said
his lawyer, Herman B. Goodstein. “He
has neither required, sought nor ob
tained financial aid from any source
and ho is not indebted to any-body on
any account. He is quite able to pay
his own way, nnd has shown in court
proceedings that he was and is able
j to support his wife and child and to
provide a suitable home for them.”
The count, at Washington, seems
, undisturbed by Representative La
Guardia s act.
“I do not find it very interesting,”
he said. “Perhaps my lawyer will,
but I do not.”
The count 8 suit for separation from
his wife, the former Millicent Rogers,
and for custody of his son is pending
in the New York courts. The count
arrived in Washington yesterday after
seeing his son at Palm Beach for the
first time.
MYSTERY IN BLAST.
Porto Rico Police Station Partly
Wrecked by Supposed Bomb.
BAN JUAN, Porto Rico, February
24 C A 3 }. —Alanuel Ferrer, a district
police chief, was seriously injured
yesterday when the police station at
Rio Grande, 20 miles from San Juan,
was partly destroyed by an explosion
supposed to have been from a dyna
mite bomb.
The explosion caused much alarm In
the town. Police are unable to ac
count for it. as Porto Rico is said not
to have had a case pf criminal dyna
miting before.
McKinley and that course was adopt
-- ed. Hurried consultations revealed
t that Mrs. William M. Jardine, wife
, of the Secretary of Agriculture, had
‘ engagements last evening, and she
e accepted the invitation,
it Then doubt arose as to whether the
President should call for Mrs. Jardine
[- or whether an automobile should be
1 sent for her, being joined by the Presl
e dent at the White House. Or should
s Mrs. Jardine be taken direct to the
l hotel, her escort to find her there,
t The McKinley precedent was accept
i ed again. The President’s aide escort
e ed Mrs. Jardine to the White House,
where Mr. Coolidge joined her and con
tinued to the hotel. On the return
i- trip the procedure was the Bame, the
i aide escorting Mrs. Jardine home aft
-3 er the President was left at the Execu
i. ttve Mansion,
Tangoes With the Count
MISS VIRGINIA SELDEN.
DEEDS 6UILDING
IS RECOMMENDED
House Committee Action Fol
lows Amendment Abol
ishing Use of Fees.
Erection of a new building to meet
the long recognised need of the re
corder of deeds office, not only to pro
vide adequate facilities with a sub
stantial saving in rent for that branch
of the District government, but for the
protection from tire hazards of the
real property records, was recommend
ed by the House District committee to
day.
An amendment offered by Repre
sentative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas
to the bill introduced in the House yes
terday by Chairman Madden of the
House appropriations committee, abol
ishing the use of fees for support of
the offices of recorder of deeds and
register of wills was adopted, and the
bill favorably reported and a motion
adopted making this measure special
order of business to be taken up first
on the next District day in the House,
March 15.
The effect of the Madden bill is that
all fees collected by these two offices
shall be paid directly into the 1 reas
ury of the United States to the credit
of the District of Columbia, and that
these two offices must hereafter oper
ate through the Budget Bureau, sub
mitting annually estimates to Congress
for support of their offices, which must
be justified at hearings before the ap
propriations committee.
Mr. Blanton stressed the need for a
fireproof record building for the re
corder of deeds, saying that most valu
able papers, on which titles to real
property in the District of Columbia
rest, are daily in jeopardy.
An effort was made by Representa
tive Raid, Republican, of Illinois, to
have this bill relerreil to the proper
subcommittee for hearings “and to be
properly prepared.” Tne committee,
however, acted favorably upon this bill
without reference to any subcommit
tee.
Today in Congress
Senate.
A Joint committee of the Senate
and House held a hearing on the
bill to create a Depai-imen. of Ed
ucation with a caoinet officer at
its head.
The banking and currency com
mittee held an executive session.
Hearings on the railroad consol
idation bill were continued by the
inters.ate commerce committee.
methods of developing Muscle
Shoals again were consiuered at a
hearing before the agriculture com
mittee.
Hearings were continued by the
public .ands committee on the
Stanfield grazing bill.
A subcommittee of the District
committee will meet mis afternoon
to consider the elimination of Mich
igan avenue railroad grade cross
ing.
The conference report on the de
ficiency appropriation bill, which
includes 51 .ToO.UOu of D strict items,
was considered on the floor of the
Senate this afternoon.
The Senate was notified of the
action ot the House yesterday in
ratifying the conference agreement
on the tax bill.
House.
House takes up railroad labor
bill. v
House District committee makes
favorable report on new Public
Library bill and on bill
by Chairman Madden of House
appropriation committee yesterday
to abolish the District system of
operating agencies under fee sys
tem. This carries an amendment
adopted in committee authorizing
erection of a new building for the
recorder of deeds.
Subcommittee on District ap
propriation bill continues .hearing
in executive session.
Public buildings and grounds
committee favorably reports bill
to remove gates {\nd piers Ijeiween
White House and State. M ar and
Navy Building on Seventeenth
fitr66t«
i Public buildings and grounds
committee ordered meeting for
Friday to consider extension of
Capitol Grounds by competing
purchase of privately owned land
between the Capitol and Union
Station, and for proposed two sew
buildings at the Bureau of Stand
ards.
Agricultural committee reported
migratory bird bill and ordered
a meeting Friday, when national
arboretum bill will probably be
reported.
Naval affair* committee wit
nesses demonstration on non
sinkable boat in caucus room of
House Office Building.
Banking and currency commit
tee conducts hearing on Buffalo
branch of New York Federal Re
serve
Military affairs committee con
tinues hearing on proposed new
department of national defense
with Admiral Moffett as principal
witness.
Irrigation and reclamation com
mittee continues hearing on Caster
Alcova project with witnesses
from Wyoming.
Merchant marine committee
continues hearing on proposed
consolidation of certain bureaus
In the Department of Commerce.
Judiciary committee through
subcommittee continues hearing
on motor theft measure.
Committee on education con
ducts joint hearing with Senate
ooptralUe* on education bill.
FUND TO STABILIZE
FRANC PROPOSED
Senator Coty, Owner of
Figaro, Offers Huge Con
tribution as Nucleus.
By the Associated Prent.
PARIS, February 24. —Senator Fran
cols Coty of the Figaro today offers
to contribute 100.000,000 francs to a
national subscription to form a sink
ing fund to stabilize the franc. He
will unfold his plan In a series of
seven articles in the Figaro.
Senator Coty says the fund will be
managed by a committee of competent
men, untrammeled by politics or poli
ticians. With the fund there wilt be
no need for further loans or inflation
He invites contributions from other
newspapers, and industrial and busi
ness firms and even private citizens,
to be paid in 10 annual installments.
He is convinced that with the plan
the franc can lie stabilized within 10
years. Even the smallest contribution
would be accepted.
Continue Negotiations.
Meanwhile Premier Briand, Flnanca
Minister Doumer, Landes Mllles La
Croix, president of the Senate finance
committee, and Louis Malvv and M
Lamoureux, respectively president and
reporter of the finance committee of
the Chamber of Deputies, continue
their laborious negotiations with a
view to finding away of avoiding a
clash between the two houses of Par
llament on controversial sections o'
the proposed financial treasures, r"
tably the stamp tax.
Conferees Still Apart.
This -the Left cartel still oppose*
So far as is known, no agreement has
yet been reached by the conferees, who
decline to give any Information.
Only quick passage of the govern
ment's finance bill by the Senate can
restore France's credit. Premier
Briand declared in the upper houae to
day.
"Our discussions are being followed
abroad with anxiety,” he 6aid.
FRANCE TO RAISE TARIFF
30 Per Cent Increase on Imports
Planned. Spain Told.
MADRID, February 24 OP).—
France has informed Spain that the
French tariff will be raised up to 3t
per cent on imports from all foreign
countries.
Count Peretti de !a Rocea, the
French Ambassador, has delivered a
note to Foreign Minister Y r angua*
justifying the action of France. He
cites the precarious state of the
French treasury and the depreciation
of the French franc, but says the pro
posed increase in the French tariff is
subject to parliamentary approval.
The .Spanish cabinet will take ac
tlon on the situation next Friday,
ARBORETUM REFUSED
BY HOUSE COMMITTEE
Bill Not Killed, However, as An
other Vote Friday Is
Likely,
The House committee on agriculture
today voted down a motion to report
favorably the national arboretum hii;
which authorizes an appropriation oi
$300,000 to be expended under the
direction of the Secretary of Agri
culture for the acquisition of part of
the Mount Hamilton tract.
The action, however, does not kill
the bill, it was stated, as the vote was
a close one and taken near the close
of the meeting when members were
in a hurrv to get away. The bill
probably will be called up again for
action at the next meeting of the corn
mittee on Friday.
It has the support of the Secretary
of Agriculture, the director of the
Botanic Garden, the National Acad
emy of Sciences, the National Rc
search Council, Smithsonian In.stitu
tion, Carnegie Instl.ution of Washing
ton, the Garden Club oY America,
Wild Flowers Preservation Society,
Botanical Society of America, Ameri
can Society of Landscape Architects,
American Association of Nurserymen.
National Association of Audubon Sc
cieties, American Forestry Associa
tion, Society of American F'oresters.
American Pharmaceutical Associa
tion and the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
WALLS OF FIREHOUSE
BRACED WITH TIMBER
Collapse Feared Due to Excavat
ing Nearby—lnvestigation
Is Ordered.
Timber bracings have been installed
against the wall of Fire Engine Com
pany No. 1, on K street between Six
teenth and Seventeenth streets, to
prevent it collapsing, it was learned
today at the FTre Department. Exca
vation operations on the adjoining
property, it was said, weakened the
wall and caused it to crack.
Paper has been pas.ed across the
crack to keep out the cold air, and
the heavy- motor-driven engine has
oeen moved to the opposite side of
' the fire house to prevent it from be
ing damaged in case the wall col
lapsed.
The engine house is one of the old
est in the service. An investigation
has been ordered by Deputy Fire
Chief Sullivan, in command of the de
partment In the absence of Fire Chief
George S. Watson, to determine what
can be done to strengthen the wall.
The national forests of Montana
furnish range for nearly a million
head of cattle and sheep. .
NOON-DAY
LENTEN SERVICES j
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B.F.KEITH’S THEATER
12:30 to 1 O’Clock
Speaker Tomorrow
Dr. Howard A. Kelly
Conducted by
Rev. H. J. Smith
Every One Invited—No Collection