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\VEATHI£R.
<O. 3. Waaihri Bureau Forecast .1
Bnow or rain today, clearing by to
night; tomorrow fair with slowly rising
temperature.
Temperature; Highest. 40. at 4 p.m ;
lowest, 34, at 4 a m.
Full report on page 7.
No. 1.2(H)-X o, 30,()37.
M IS RECLAIMED
EROM OCEAN CRAVE
BY NAVY ENGINEERS
Sunken Submarine Raised
After Three Months’ Work j
of Salvage Crews.
TUGS TOWING DEATH SHIP
TO BOSTON NAVY YARD
Six Bodies of Victims Are in Tor
pedo Room—Two Others Are j
t
Believed in Craft.
BY BEX McKF.LWAY.
Staff Correspondent of The Sl.tr.
PRO VINCETOWN. Mass, March 17.
—Three months to the day and within
is minutes of the hour she sank with
4ft men aboard beneath the waters of
Cape Cod Bay off Wood End. Province
town the United States Submarine S-4
ptked her conning tower and battered
superstructure through a b’.anket ot
white foam this afternoon and a mo
ment later was resting easily, swung in
a cradle of chains between six huge
pon’oons.
Within an hour she was on her way
to Boston, preceded and towed by two
tugs, creeping along at two knots, and ■
followed by another one, pumping j
steadily the air into her compartments j
and the pontoon# that keep her afloat.
The convoy, moving like a funeral
train, is expected to reach Boston Navy
Yard early tomorrow’ morning when
the S-4 win be put in dry dock, her
huU to be searched for the tragic
secrets it may hold.
Final Salvage Work.
It was at 3:37 on the gray afternoon ,
of December 17 when the S-4. rammed ,
almost within hailing distance of the;
shore bv the Coast Guard Destroyer
Paulding went down with 40 officers j
and men trapped without a chance in
her steel hull. - . . j
It was at 3.22 this afternoon that she
rose again. The sun was shining bright- j
Iv. A slight breeze rippled the blue j
•wwter The spot where the S-4 sank was ;
marked by a fleet of Navy ships stand- ;
tng by to watch and help in the resur- j
rrction There were the Mallard and
Sagamore, two mine sweepers, anchored I
to shelter the spot where the S-4 lav
resting on the bottom, and actint as j
a breakwater. Next in line was the Fal
con, flagship of the salvage fleet, and.
near her the Wandank and the Lark, j
two other mine-sweepers.
After three months of hard, unceasing \
ami dangerous work, the preparation* *
had been made and all was ready Lying
102 feet beneath the surface of the bay.
hugging closely between them the wreck
of the S-4. were six big steel pontoons—
four of them forward of the c mning
tower, two of them aft. Between the*
pontoons chains had been tunneled un- ;
cer the submarine, so that when they
lifted, they would lift the ship.
, ' tjix thousand feet of air lines led
from a control manifold on the bridge j
o' the Falcon to the compartments ot
the S-4 and the six pontoons, and at j
11 G 4 o clock in the morning the wont*
of blowing air into the sub and into ;
the pontoons began. j
First the control room of the sub- ;
r a rune was blown clear of water. Then ;
the motor room, the torpedo room, the
battery room, the main ballast room
tanka, fuel tanks and safety tanks were J
c>ared and filled with air.
S-* Filled With Air.
Then the pontoons themselves, each I
with a lifting force of 80 tons, felt the j
Inrush of air under an average pressure
of 3*o pounds to the square inch.
At 2:15 o'clock Comdr. Harold E.
Saunders, chiel salvage officer, standing i
*’ the controls on the bridge of the ]
Falcon, said the submarine was full of ;
aSf, Sailors began making bets on ]
whether she would rise Some of the;
3ft or more divers, hanging over thei
rail of the Falcon made up a pool, each 1
drawing pellets naming the hour and
imr.uta the sub would lift above the
surface. Minutes passed The word be- }
gan U» go around that the Navy would
time the raising of the S-4 to make
he* oome up the very minute that she
w'-nt down. But everybody war work
ing o bring h-r up beso r » the three
month* had passed
A’ 2 .58 the waters near the stern
t,‘ •;,* Falcon, 20 feet or so away, be- ,
$-rj to boil Suddenly two big pontoons, j
their red and black barrel-tike sides
fa rting in the sun leaped above the
foam, then bobbed under, then floated
avain, down at the bow. high at the
stern.
•'She 8 up" went up the cry. but
nothing else happened. The rumor be- j
•/an to fly about that the two stern pon- j
toons had broken away But Comdr. j
Saunders his hand at the valves, his
eye* on the gauges, shook hi* head 5
Submarine (teaches Surface.
Without warning, at 2 21. sotti'*body
shouted. Here si«e eome* " Or.*- min
ute later, with great geysers of foagn
shooting high into the air and with the
aurfahe itself churned into milky white- ;
nem the conning tower of the 8-* hot
Into the air. her two periscopes bent,
her superstructure twisted or torn
away. The four pontoon* that held iier
forward of the conning lower bobbed up
like big painted cor k*
A great cheer went up from th<- Fal
ror. ’hat was echoed from the >a) lot -
tin the other ship* But hardly had
the < heenng Cue away when boats
put out from the ships and headed
toward the pontoons al! of Vn< to with
rrr«t waiting to jump on *h* pontoon*
tnfi make eyerything fast Aboard the
Falcon officers crowded around Oapt
Earnest King In charge of (be opera
tion* and Lieut 8a under* congra'u
ialir.g them on the successful outcome
ui a hazardous to o difficult feat of
;/ vaj engineering For when Urn con
ning tower of the 8 4 popped above
the aurfa/e of ’iu water H marked the
end of Hi* first stage of frantic work
that began three months ago, and
whi* n ha* paused but little since Th»
8-4 hae been down 91 days and on the
440 f them that weather permitted
diver* under the ’** and hundreds of
men above the surface have been work -
mg to get her up again Inver*, for in
e’aftte have gone down bftft time*.
•ul getting the h 4 up is only pa-*
of the job 'fount h< ' >** < envoy so pi
• eding slowly to Boston with mot*-
• fisn one hear* Ideating fas* from tin
’nought that m the WJ-rmie »np some
t ,;og might give way and the 8 4 go
Co wrt again. A smooth tea ar,d fir,*
v * afhet promise* »<•** Imwevn arid
*',meUO<« tomorrow ii<e 8 4 i* i/.pe< •**
to b* in true dryd'k k that await* he*
in r‘ri» rkc town
in Hi* forward control tortn of <h»
• 4 are <t»e buffi** of Hr men and
•Ot tie where else in the htlii ate two
‘’ gtonUoued VO Pag* 3, Ojlumo ij
Entered as second class matter
pos* office. Washington. I> C.
TRACTORS COMB SILT IN SEARCH !
FOR BODIES OF FLOOD VICTIMS
Known Dead in Dam Catastrophe Now
Total 244 —Governor Appoints
Probe Committee.
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R.v thf A«sotiatf*cl Pre*t.
LOS ANGELES, March 17.-A bat
i terv of 55 tractors traveling in forma
tion like military tanks so as to leave
no ground uncovered, today rolled
j through the Santa Clara River Valley
I in a final search for victims of the St.
Francis dam disaster of last Tuesday.
One additional body was found and
J those directing the search expressed the
belief that all bodies viable on the sur
; face or partly buried in the silt and
j debris left in the wake of the flood
liad been recovered. The total known
dead, as compiled from official and un- j
, official sources, reached 244.
Other tractors, steam shovels and
! teams were at work throughout the val- :
ley on the job of rehabilitation, the ;
i cost of which. Mayor George E. Cryer j
!of Los Angeles announced, would be j
I borne iv that city which had owned :
the destroyed darn
Uneomfirmed reports of epidemics in :
the affected section were current but
health officials of Los Aligns and
Ventura Counties denied this, declaring
thai every possible measure was being
mm naval
BILL PASSES HOUSE
■ |
Fifteen Cruisers and One Air-,
craft Carrier Supported
by Large Majority.
By the A?so<.iated Press
Strengthening of the American Navy
i by the construction of 15 new 10,000-
| ton cruisers and one aircraft carrier of
13,800 tone was approved yesterday by
the House. The cost of the proposed i
ships, exclusive of aircraft equipment,
has been estimated at $274,000,000. ;
The House action came with passage
; by a standing vote of 287 to 57 of the !
; Butler bill to authorize the building of
' the vessels. The measure now goes to
: the Senate.
An unsuccessful effort was made by
Representative Blanton, Texas. Demo
crat. to obtain a record vote on final
passage. Under House rules this is
possible only by the consent of one
fifth of the members present and less
than that number supported the Texan's j
motion.
Arms Parley Urge*.
The bill as passed carried an amend
ment by Representative Sproul, Re
publican. Kansas, to request the Presi
dent to urge the “necessity" for a fur
ther international conference for naval |
arms limitations. It also would give
the President power to suspend any or
all of the construction in the event of
such an agreement being reached.
Another amendment, sponsored by
Representative Dallinger, Republican, j
Massachusetts, was written into the
i measure to provide that half of the
| ships must be constructed in Govern-1
! meet nary yards.
The cruisers, the largest that can be;
; built under terms of the Washington j
! naval pact, would be laid down at the;
! rate of five a year during the fiscal j
years 1929 and 1931. Inclusive. The j
aircraft carrier, leas than half the size j
j of the carriers Lexington and Saratoga, j
; would be started prior to June 30, 1930. j
The measure fails to propose a;
definite completion date for any of the j
| vessels, but the naval committee which '
| drafted the program argued that the j
provision that the Secretary of the
Navy annually submit estimates to the
, Budget Bureau to carry on the con-1
Utruction would insure building of the
! ‘hips and prevent them from becoming I
only a “paper fleet."
Competition Denied.
The bill also would direct the Secre
*ary at the Navy to submit to Congress,
bv December 10 next, specifications and
; the estimated cost of two salvage ship*
for use in submarine or other ship
disasters.
Supporters of the bill argued that
. the program represented the original
American proposal to the unsuccessful
Geneva naval parley; that it was de
i signed to meet the needs only of the
American Navy and was not competi
tive with the naval building programs
i of other nations.
Twenty of the 21 members of the
naval committee concurred in th
statement that completion of the Ift
I ships still would leave the United
States second to Great Britain in sea
: power
Opposition *o the program was
headed by Representative McClintlc of
Oklahoma, a Democrat on the naval
committee, who sought unsuccessfully
to provid- for Hi** construction or \h
submarines in place <»f the cruiser* and
ai.vr by Representative la Ouardia. a
New York Republican, who argued that
! hete no danger ot war within a
generation arid that the ship* would
outlive their useful!)*** without ever
< flung a shot in battle.
After par-sage of the bill J.a Ouardia
issued a statement declaring that he,
like Blanton, fell that, action should
nave been taken by a record vote, add
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Beneficiaries of
Honest Advertising
i
The Star’* policy for years past of rejecting all
undesirable advertising has borne fruit and honest
advertisers and the public have been the greatest
beneficiaries.
In no city in the country has advertising been
developed to a higher plane and Washington adver
tising men and the merchants who iiave helped make
this possible are to be congratulated.
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Any f'ontplain! Will Ilf
I nutn ilmii l s’ Immtitntfd
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©he ftafern f&tat
WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION
takem to prevent an outbreak of j
disease.
Survey of the flooded area brought
the total area of orchard and farm!
acreage inundated and badly damaged 1
to 79.000. No estimate has been made
yet of the cost of rehabilitating this
land. Mayor Cryer said this work would
be undertaken by Los Angeles City
through a bond issue.
The special investigation committee,
instructed by Asa Keyes, district attor
ney of Los Angeles County, to inspect
the ruined dam and report to him what,
in its belief, caused the structure to
‘ give way. finished its inquiry today.
! Keyes announced the report would
j not be made public at present, but that
|if it formed any basis for criminal
! prosecutions involving county officials or
; others connected with the building of
; the dam, the evidence would be sub
j mitted to the county grand jury for
i indictment purposes.
1 Gov. C. C. Young at Sacramento,
appointed a State investigating com
i mission which he instructed to “ascer
tain the facts" in connection with the
collaose of the dam.
: "The of California is j
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SRIAND MAY DROP
WORD AGGRESSION’
, Minister’s Reply to U. S. on ;
Anti-War Pact Seen
as Modified.
By th* Associated Pre-«.
PARIS. March 17.—The modifying
word “aggression" seems likely to be
dropped out of the French version of
the proposed multilateral peace pact,
j Foreign Minister Briand’s forthcoming
; reply to Secretary of State Kellogg in
! a few days is expected in semi-official
j clrcles closely to approach the Amer
' lean idea.
M. Briand's conversations with For
eign Minister Chamberlain of Great I
Britain and Foreign Minister Strese
mann of Germany, during their sessions!
at Geneva, are believed to have satis-1
fled him that the proposed pact can !
easily be made compatible with League I
■ of Nations obligations.
One way suggested is release bv the !
signatories if one of them violates the j
pact, thi* bring in lln* with a Miggc.** i
tion attributed to United States Sen
ator Borah.
200 INMATES SAVED j
AS HOSPITAL BURNS
Nuri« Hurt as She Misses Net in
Leap—Firemen Carry Many
to Safety.
By the Auoc-iatcd Pre*».
j ALBANY, N. Y.. March 17.-~Two
| hundred patients were carried to safety
| down ladders. Are escapes and eleva
j tors here today within 20 minutes after
j fire started on the upper floor of
| Memorial Hospital. A nurse, falling to !
| strike a life net squarely in her leap i
j from an upper floor, was hurt serious- i
i lr- One patient leaped info the net '
without injury, while several jumped I
; from lower floor windows. The latter J
were believed to have suffered little j
Injury.
The fire originated in the X-rav room
i on the top floor of the five-story build-
Ing A pall of thick, suffocating fumes
rolled from the room and through the
upper floors, handicapping the frantic
i work of the corps of nurses to rescue
| their charges
Firemen and police reaching the hos
pital found the nurses and patients
leaping from upper windows to rseape
the heavy smoke Patients from the i
lower floors already were being hurried j
from the building on stretchers and in j
the arms of hospital attendants
Firemen swarmed up ladders and es- I
feeted many rescues.
A fleet of ambulances carried the pa
tients to other hospitals.
DIES AFTER BOAT BLAST.
R. F. Hamden, New York, Drowns
Near Monroe, La.
MONROE, La. March 17 (/P).- Ralph!
E Hamden, 35, controller of the Co- !
i lumbtan Carbon Co of New York, lost
his life late today at an Isolated point
on the Ouachita River, 14 miles above
Monroe, when the Ivoufsiana Conserva
tion Department boat Tarpon blew up
i out. from shore and was demolished.
Hamden drowned while trvlng to
i >.w»m ashore with Capt ft. I» Webb, his
’on, ft f* Webb, Jr., and Harry Olivet \
and Charles Easterling, Monroe attor- j
j ney* The survivors said they saw I
Hamden no down while trying to reach !
chore, but were unable to save him
Attempts will be made tomorrow morn
ing to recover the body.
WASHINGTON, l>. €., SUNDAY MOKMNO. MARCH 18. ms-110 FAQIX *
'SENATORS BAFFLED
IN QUEST OF BONDS
DONATED TO G. 0. P.
Efforts to Trace Sinclair's
Gift Continued at Chi
i
cago Hearing.
HAYS MAY BE RECALLED
FOR $85,000 REFUND QUIZ
Committee Seeks Further Details
on Return of Bonds
to Sinclair.
B.v tlii* \s*n<'iair<l I’ren*.
CHICAGO. March 17.—After ques
tioning seven more witnesses, the Sen
ate Teapot Dome subcommittee closed
its hearing here today without finding
further trace of the Continental Trad
! ing Co. Liberty bonds which Harry F.
Sinclair turned over to Will H. Hays
in 1923 to help extinguish the deficit of
the Republican party.
Seeking to trace the item of $25,000
appearing on the records of the late
Fred W. Upliam. once treasurer of the
Republican national committee, and
credited as a contribution from the
Cook County Republican committee,
the Senate investigators interrogated
Alexander FyfTe, "harmony chairman"
in Cook County in the 1924 campaign,
but he knew of no such gift from the
county organisation to the national
body.
Homer Galpin, chairman. and
Charles V. Barrett, treasurer of the reg
ular Cook County committee, have tes
tified they had no knowledge of such a
contribution and the Senators are pro
ceeding now on the theory that $25,000
of the $60,000 of Harry F. Sinclair Lib
erty bonds which Hays sent to Upham
i were sold for use in wiping out the
| deficit and the Cook County committee
credited with the donation.
Discrepancies in Records.
Several other discrepancies in the
Upham records have been found by the
subcommittee, which during its sittings
here found that $2,000 of the Sinclair
bonds were turned over by Upham to
B. A. Eckhart for a like contribution in
cash. Eckhart sold them.
Several witnesses who testified here
said they made no political contribu
tions at the time they were credited on
the Upham records , with having done
so. and the investigators assume that
some of the Liberty bonds were sold
then in small blocks and the transac
tions concealed through "dummy" en
tries on the records.
Irl G. Hipsley and A. V. Leonard, for
mer associates of Upham. reiterated at
the last session their statements that
Upham had told them that Wilbur W.
Marsh of Waterloo. Ipwa. had suggested
in 1923 that neither party make a re
port of contributions for that year since
none was required by law.
Marsh Denied Agreement.
Marsh has emphatically denied that
he entered into any such agreement
with Upham. A subpoena directing
him to appear before the entire com
mittee at Washington next Wednesday
has been issued by Senator Nye, Re
publican, North Dakota, the committee
chairman, who wants to question Marsh
about the Democratic contributions in
1923
Testimony that Philip D Armour
and F. Edson White, president of
Armour & Co., meat packers, contrib
uted $4,000 each to the Republican
j campaign fund in 1924 was given by
; them. They said B. A Eckhart, assist
: ant treasurer of the Republican coni
; mittee, had solicited them and that
{they had not been reimbursed fort Heir
I subscriptions by Liberty bonds or other
| wise.
! One witness. F L. Siddons. Chicago,
| failed to respond, when called today
j Senator Nye indicated Mr. Siddons was
; expected to tell a rather startling story.
He may be called later after further
inquiry.
Aside from tracing more of the Sin
clair Continental bonds here, the sub
committee turned up what to it was
rather interesting testimony and re
ceived tlie Continental and Commer
cial National Bank records showing
; some rather large deposits in that in-
I .-dilution late in 1924 by Robert W
] Stewart, chairman of the board of the
i Standard Oil Co of Indiana and who
I was present when the Continental Oil
Ideal contracts were signed late in 1921.
May Recall llays.
i As a result of the testimony of James
P Connery. Chicago coal dealer, the
committee may recall Will H. Hays.
Connery acted as Intermediary between
Sinclair and Hays in the return of $85.-
000 which the former chairman of the
Republican national committee paid
j to the lessee of Teapot Dome to eotn
j t»lete the return of the slfit),ooo in
j securities which Sinclair advanced in
; 1923 to help tin* Republican party
| deficit
j Connery told Hie Senators that lie
and Hays had long been partners In
stock and bond deals and that little
o Mie $85,000 reached Hays, as it was
• J to cover ids slock accounts. Home
hi tile deals were in Hlnrlalr Consoli
dated oil Co. slock, Connery said.
I which had been bought on tlit* advice
of Hinclair.
WOMAN, 60, KILLED
IN FLORIDA STORM
Neaily Two Score Injured as Tor
nado Sweeps Towns
in South.
by ttin AMfVttitrd |’r#n*
SOU RENTON, Fla , March 17.—One
person was killed and upward of two
score were In lured when a tornado
struck this city late today, cutting a
swath about one and a half miles long
Mrs Maggie Blackwell, 60. was killed
when tier house blew down on hei
About 10 other houses were damaged
At Lake Oeni, nortliwest of here, one
man was in lured several houses dam
aged, trees uprooted and oilier slight
damage reported
At 1 .resiling ilia imtakhls of the city
weie touched hv the high wind and
trees were uprooted wlllt oliin slight
damage reported
Among (lie injured her# one woman
lOfet fell II fid (MiUtIUM liUfttttllifHt IllMl*
tilled hopes Estimates of those in
lured range from « to 40
The storm also si nick Mount Dora
crippling wire communications, The
e«ti>ni of the damage time was l»nt
known. , r
Jifi^LGoioNUovs,
' THE TEAPOT TWIN'S.
FEDERATIONBARS ~
RESTRICTED OFFICE
Citizens Refuse to Reject i
Members of Utility
Corporations.
! "
The question of whether it is ethical
; for the president or any other elected
official of the Federation of Citizens'
Associations to hold office in a public
utilities corporation operating in the
District arose on two occasions at the
meeting of the federation last night,
causing sharp debate, and both times
motions to place in the constitution
restrictions against officers holding such
i posts were rejected by decisive vote.
The question came to the fore re
j cently during discussion of the proposed
; merger of the transportation lines of
the District when it developed that
! James O. Yaden. president of the fed
! eration and ex-officio head of the Cit- j
izens’ Advisory Council, was a director
of the Washington Rapid Transit Co j
Subsequently, the federation at a recent |
meeting acquiesed In his holding office
on the board of the bus concern, the
approval being by unanimous vole.
Offers to Quit Post.
When the matter again arose at the
| meeting last night. Mr. Yaden turned j
i the chairmanship of the meeting over
j to George C. Havenner. vice president.
• and declared that "this motion evidently '
: is aimed at me." He reminded the Fed-
I eration delegates that he had asked
11 their consent and obtained their ap
| proval before accepting the position on,
j the board of the W. R. T.
During the debate on the question.
: injected Into the session first by W. I.
: Hwanton of tin* Columbia Heights ch
i' izens' Association, Mr. Yaden declared !
' "I will resign here tonight if any deie
gaie to this association can rise to his j
' feet and show that at any time I have
j used this office to influence the vote
of any member on any question affect
ing public utility questions."
j The federation last night also adopt-;
ed numerous amendments to the eon- *
i stitutlon of the organization, submitted
i by a special committee headed by Jesse
; C. Suter. and adopted rules for the elec
! lion of members of the Citizens' Advis
-1 i ory Council, which Is to be held at the
I next regular meeting of the federation.
; April 7. President Yaden announced
that a special meeting would be held
March 31 for the consideration of.com
mittee reports and other unfinished
business. On motion by Dr Havenner
' the federation indorsed the Brown bill
1 now (lending in Congress, which would
make available for the purchase of park
lands in the metropolitan area of the
National Capital, a portion of the funds
1 which accrued from the sale of excess
* war materials.
| Increased Dues Barred.
One important proposed amendment
' to tlte constitution of the federation,
which would have provided for an in
crease in the dues of member bodies of
i the organization from $lO to sls a year
i was defeated after considerable debate
Almost ul the outset of the considera
tion of the proposed amendments to
■ the federation constitution, Mr, swan-1
i ton offered an un amendment to ai-!
■ tide 3 a new section to lead:
i "No employe or officer of n public
■ utility operating within the District of |
Columbia rhail be eligible to take or I
hold office In tile federation, nor .shall 1
any delegate who lias agreed for com- j
pensallon to stipjtort or oppose, or to
cause otliers to support or op|H)se, mat - !
lets pending before the federation be i
eligible to vote upon these matters" i
Mr, Suter immediately came to the 1
defense of President Yaden by pro|Mts
j tug to amend tlie motion by Mr. !
Swanton to make it read as being ef
fective against any officer of the fedeta- I
lion except "an employe of the Federal
oi District governments " Ml. Yaden is 1
an employe of the Federal Government
j Delegate Hiller added, however, that ills
amendment was made halt In lest as
; Dr. Havenner took the clmir vacated
hv Mr. Yaden and ruled that (lie
Hwanton motion was not igiseiiUal to
the quest lon of amendments to the
constitution then pending before the
organization.
Proposal Kuled Out.
The federation then proceeded with
consideration of constitutional amend
ments proposed by the Holer commit
tee, bid the matter of the Hwanton pro
posal again bobbed up when G M
Koockogey of the Tiintdud Citizens’
Association, supported by la*wts Geib
ntnn, proposed that the latter half of
> the Hwanton amendment be consul*
I tied as an amendment to section 4,
article sos ttie constitution. Tills would
have made it impossible for any dele
i gate to Hie federation who engaged for
compensation In ell bet *up|uoUng or
opposing matters affecting public utility
iiiiesiiniia to vote on such matters when
before the federation.
, Chairman Havenner again ruled the
I proposal out of order, as an amend*
tCuntiimeU on Page 2, Column J.)
SI,OOO Is Offered
For Best Plans on
Airway Markings
By the Associated Prsss.
WICHITA. Kans., March 17.
Having announced the belief that
the air-traveling public as well as
those who speed across the highways
of the earth need signposts to point
the way to their destinations, the
Wichita Chamber of Commerce has
offered SI,OOO In cash prize* for "the
best, practical suggestions on meth
ods, systems and designs for mark
ing airways and airports."
The designs submitted will be ex
hibited and tested during the air
way marking convention in Wichita,
May 10 and 11.
GIRL, 19, KILLED
IN WINDOW FALL
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Father Finds Body—Victim
Preparing to Dress
for Dance.
leaning out of a second-story win
dow at. her home to close a shutter.
Miss Eleanor Harriet Morgan. 19 years
old. 425 Manor place, last night fell
| 20 feet onto a concrete sidewalk coping
| below and was killed instantly.
Miss Morgan, a student at the Wash
ington School for Secretaries, was
about to dress In preparation for at
| tending a St. Patrick's dance at the
City Club when she attempted to close
‘the shutter, which caught in vines
growing on the side of the house.
Her father. Aria Morgan, an employe
jot the Isthmian Canal Commission,
I heard a thud and rushed to the rear
j vard of the house to find his daughter
j tying tin the ground Dr 1 Ruthkoski
of the Emergency Hospital staff pro
nounced her dead from a fracture of
j the skull and Coroner Nevitt gave a
I certificate of accidental death
j While Coroner Nevitt was conduct -
! Ing his investigation the young man
with whom Miss Morgan had expected
to attend the dance called at the home
for her.
St. Louis Feels Quake.
ST. LOUIS. March 17 (/s>).-Slight
earthquake tremors, believed to be cen
tered 12 miles from liere. were recorded
by the St. Louis University seismograph
today. The tremors began at 3 15 p m
and continued for three minutes. No
reports of any quake have been re
ceived, however.
TODAY’S STAR
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PART ONE—2B PAGES.
General News laical. National and
Foreign.
Political Survey of the United States—
Pages 12, 13. 15 and IS.
Radio News Page IS
Schools and Colleges Pages 22 and 23
PART TWO—If PAGES.
Editorial and Editorial Features.
Notes of Art and Artists Page 4
j Review of the New Books Page 4
I Financial News Pages 7, 8 and 9
PART THREE—I 6 PAGES.
: Society.
j Tales of Well Known Folk Page 7
; Around the City Page 7
j News of the Clubs Pages 8 and 9
Clubwomen of Hie Nation Page 9
Y. W C. A Activities—Page 9.
D A R Activities Page 10
j Parent-Teacher Activities Page u
PART FOUR—IB PAGES.
j Theaters, Hcrectt and Music
i News of the Motor World Pages 6 7,
8 ami 9
Veterans of Hie Great War Page 10
Army and Navy News Page II
District National Guard Page 12,
Cross-word Puzzle Page 12
Serial story. "The Devil's Mantle”
Page 13.
Fraternal News Pages 14 and IV
District Naval Reserve Page 15
Marine Corps News Page 13.
PART FIVE—4 PAGES,
Pink .Sports .Section
PART SIX-1# PAGES.
Classified Advertising
At Community Centers Page 8
Mpnulsh War Veterans Page 8
W O T U Activities Page 8
Civilian Army News Page 8
Hoy Hcnuts Page 8
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SMITH HELD CHOICE
OF D. C. DEMOCRATS
!
Governor to Get Six Votes of;
Capital Delegation.
Costello Says.
BY WILL P. KENNEDY.
"The six votes of the District of Co
lumbia In the Democratic national con
! vention in Houston undoubtedly will be
cast for Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New
York'." John F. Costello. District nation
al committeeman, said last night after
conferences with party leaders.
I "Among Democrats in the District it
is conservative to estimate that SO per
cent are for Gov Smith," Mr. Costello
continued, confirming an estimate pre
viously made by organizers of the A1
Smith for President Club recently es
tablished here. "No other name is be-
I ing discu-sed seriously. The popula
tion of the Capital is cosmopolitan
Here one gets a cross-section of the I
political mind of the Nation. More near- f
lv than in any of the Stales can senti
ment in Washington be said to repre- J
sent the political trend of the masses.
Called People's Choice.
"It is my opinion that Gov. Smith is
the overwhelming choice of members of ‘
his party, but even more important than
that is the fact that he would be truly j
the candidate of all the people regard
less of party. The time has come when
the people should have some say in the
i naming of their candidates. Personal
ambitions, sectional jealousies and big
oted fanaticism should be done away i
with.
"Gov Smith Is a statesman any way
you look at him. He has a gift that j
many other statesman either lack or j
ignore, which is an understanding of
humanity in the mass. He more nearly
personifies th- thing in public life
which is desired by the average citiren
than any other character in American
history since Abraham Lincoln
"Let the platform be short and to;
the point. Let it be a fighting plat- 1
form for simple honesty in Govern
ment. It could well pivot on the slogan j
of turn the rascals out and return the
Government to the people.’
Roused by Oil Probe.
"The recent revelations of the Tea- j
pot Dome Inquiry have had a tremen- .
dous effect here. Men and women in i
every walk of life are disguested at
such a revolting state of affairs. Re
publican leadership stands convicted
before the bar of public opinion. This
condition makes success a certainty j
j for the Democratic party if it has at'
Its head a mat. like Gov. Smith.
"Throughout his remarkable career,;
l as four times the chief executive of a |
great State, Gov. Smith has become i
a symbol of efficiency in government—
and the keynote of his success is plain,
old-fashioned common sense."
INTERNES SCORE CO-EDS.
Five London Hospitals Ban Woman
| Student* on Men's Complaint.
LONDON, March 17 (4‘V - Women
j students have been banned by five large
| London hospitals because the men stu
dents complain that the women inter
' fete with athletics and distract men
! from their studies, says the Sunday
I Express
Hospital authorities expect dramatic
counter-attacks from women’s organt
rations, and it is reported that the
I Senate or London University intends
to take up the cudgels in behalf of
j the co-eds The hospitals affected are
j Kings' College. Westminster, Charing
! Crass. London and St George's,
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I The (iood ami the
111 of It
By Theodore Dreiser
Famous novelist atui
author of
j | "An American Tragedy” \
\ series of dally articles
i Ii beginning tomorrow tn
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\\ The Evening Star
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FIVE CENTS.
EFFECT OF OIL QUIZ
UPON CAMPAIGN IS
REPUBLICAN TOPIC
Results of Inquiry Viewed
Blow to Bosses’ Rule
at Convention.
CONTRIBUTIONS CONTINUE
TO REACH SENATOR BORAH
•’Redemption Fund” Swelled; Dem
ocrats Lay Corruption Issue
at Door of G. 0. P.
BY G. GOI'LD LINCOLN.
While contributions to the ‘ redemp
tion fund" continue to flow into the
hands of Senator Borah of Idaho, the
■'fleet of the dealings of Will H. Hays
with Sinclair bonds to pay off the Re
publican deficit in 1923. upon the com
ing campaign was widely discussed here
yesterday.
The consensus among Republican
leaders was that much depended upon
the choice erf candidates by the party in
Kansas City next June. If the nomi
nees for President and Vice President
are without connection with the tran
action, directly or indirectly, the feel
ing among Republicans was the revela
tions before the Teapot Dome com
mittee would not be effective as cam
paign arguments by the Democrats.
If, on the other hand, the Republi
cans nominate a man for President who
should be found to have been connected
even remotely with the Hays transac
tions. the burden of defense would fall
immediately upon the Republican party.
Boss Control Hit.
In some quarters it was urged that
‘he revelations, linking the Harding ad
ministration still further with Harry F.
Sinclair, the oil man. made it more and
more unlikely that delegates to the Re
publican national convention would
; submit to a nomination for President
growing out of midnight gatherings of
a few party bosses. In other words, it
was said, the chances for the nomina
tion of leading candidates, going into
the convention with the votes of many
delegates back of them, have been en
hanced still further by the investigation
of the "oil scandals."
The Democrats, not unnaturally take
a very* different view. They insist that
there is no escape for the Republican
party from the issue of corruption,
which they claim has been successfully
made against the Republicans. They
are planning to make the most of it.
Senator Reed of Missouri, who lias at
tacked the Republicans as corruption
! ists during his recent Western trip is
i about to go to North Carolina to de
liver an addrns. and he will, it is said,
deal with the Hays-Sinclair transaction
vrishout gloves.
The likelihood of a Senate commit
[ tte. invested with power to hold hear
ings and investigate the expenditures
in the coming campaign, grows. Al
ready the introduction of a resolution
for the appointment of such a commit
tee is being discussed among Senators,
and it is only a question of time before
such a resolution is prepared, it was
said last night.
Resolutions Offered.
In 1920 Senator Borah offered such
a resolution, and the committee which
made the investigation was headed by
Judge William S. Kenyon, then Senator
from lowa. In 1924 a similar resolu
tion was offered by the late Senator
La Follette of Wisconsin, and Senator
Borah was chairman of the committee
in that year.
The present Reed slush fund com
mittee. which was appointed to investi
gate the campaign expenditures in sen
atorial primaries two years ago. has
among its members Senator Reed of
Missouri, who is a candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomination,
and Senators La Follette and King,
both of whom are up for re-election.
It Is not likely that any Senator who
ts a candidate for election will serve,
u was «aid. on an investigating com
mittee for the coming campaign.
Nearly a score of new contributions
to the fund which is being rawed by
Senator Borah to return to Sinclair
the $160,000 contribution he made to
help pay off the Republican deficit In
1923. were received yesterdav, ranging
in amount from S2OO. given bv former
Senator Calder of New York, to $1 con
tributions.
The funds will be deposited in a local
bank as fast as they come in. the first
deposit made yesterday, amounting to
$1,440. Telegrams and letters to Sen
ator Borah prom be many more contri
butions. including a contribution of
from SI,OOO to $5,000 made by Sen
ator Goff of West Virginia.
Receipts Are Listed.
The actual receipts Ibted by Senator
Borah so far arc as follows
Senator Cutting of New Mexico.
SI,OOO George A Schreiner. Washing
ton. D. C.. $lO. Herbert Gutman.
Washington, D C $1 J H Yost,
Winchester Va $3, W O Simp
son. Detroit, $10; J. H Hamilton.
Washington. D. C. $3; Gilbert Rosen
berg, $2; James W. Kenuok. Con
cord, N H . SlO. too H Hirsch, Jr .
Princeton, N J S'. E. H, Gruenlng
Portland, Me. $100; s O, Levinson.
Chicago, stoo, \V P Burbank. Cieve
land. sl, Harry l. Benedict Boston.
$3; J. A. Reinhart. Patterson, N. J . s.'.
IV p Grunauer Cleveland. $l J f
Youse, Charleston. W. Va. Si: Roy
Harris. New York $2; Harry W. Young
er. Athens. N Y . $5, Rev Edward
RadolttTe. New York St; E E Bel.
New York. $1; G W. Egbert, Brooklyn
sl, William Gray New York So Simon
T Stern, New York. St O P Con
nolly. Newark N J $10; Homer l.
Loomta. New York. $1; Eved L Perry,
New Haven. SJ; John K Eliot, Winter
HUI. Mass., $3 Ben Daniels, Goldsboro,
N C, $1; A H Halev. Newton Center,
Mass si; Frances Keller, New York.
*3; Miller P Alien. Albany, $1; Mrs.
Benjamin Nicholl, New York. *l,
Senator Borah has received a total
of $1,701. He is confident that the total
amount, $l6O 000, will be contributed
and that he wit) be able to return <h*
whole amount to Sinclair, either
through the Republican national com
mittee. or I'ersonall.v. should the vom
mtttee be unwilling to act in the mai
ler He has reoelved no further word
hour Chairman William M. Butler since
the letter in which Mr. Buttler took
the view* that those who were tesrvn
sible for raising the contribution from
Sinclair weie tesiwasUvle tor its return,
and (hat he would consider the matter
further alter Uve Senate commute*
had made Us report
Senator Borah yesterdav returned to
Representative Rev tan. a New York
Democrat a contribution of i.l
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