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Evening star., 1924-04-12
HOUSE MEMBER AIDS
STARS 'ROxIE' FUND
Representative Richards of Ne
vada Donates $40, Along With
Letter Indorsing Project.
CALLS DELEGATION CAUCUS"
Declares Nevada Is Poor in Wealth,
But Rich in Sympathy.

Contributions to The Stars "Roxie"
four hours swelled the total to
$632.95. The money will be credited
to the original fund created by
"Roxie' and his gang" for the pur-
chase and maintenance, of radio re-
ceiving apparatus for the disabled
service men in Walter Reed, Mount
Alto and the Naval hospitals.
One of the largest contributions today
came from Representative Charles l..
Richards of Nevada, who lauded the eff
forts of The Star to help raise the
amount necessary to brighten the exist
encc, through the medium OF radio, of
the bedridden patients in the three gov
ernment hospitals. The letter which ac-
companied Representative Richards
check Of SO fellows:
The writer has recently noted the
commendable effort on the part of your
paper and ROxie' to secure public dona-
tionS for entertainment by radio for the
unfortunate hospital inmates of this
District. The compelling force of its in
flu"nce caused him to call meeting of
Representatives and there discuss the
advisability as to the extent of its con-
tribution to said fund.
constituting it's whole 'deiega-
ton also being chairman of its
executive committee as we'll az its
whip. Being all these things with
In myself. / have the following idea
as to the attitude Of my state to-
ward this laudable effort. The state
represented is the least able. of all
states to contribute charity TO any
cause, from the standpoint of wealth.
1t is the richest, however, when it
comes to sympathy for the unfor-
tunate. and If financially able it's
heartfelt abundance would be reflect
ed by a liberal donation from all of
it's people sufficient unto your needs
The impossible cannot be expected.
but its delegation evidences it's
feeling toward these unfortunates
and contributes the incIosed SO to-
ward their ultimate and lastin &
pl eaaure. You have my best wishes.
and those of my state. for it's glor-
ious success"
Evening star., 1924-04-12
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia and Maryland
Fair and warmer tonight; tomor-
row mostly cloudy and warmer. Mod
crate southerly winds
Virginia-Fair tonight and tomor-
row; warmer tomorrow, and in the
interior tonight; moderate variable
winds becoming southeriy.
West Vfrginia-Fair and warmer
tonight; tomorrow cloudy and warm
er; possibly showers in north por-
ton.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The pm. SIS; pm.,
81; IL midnight, so; 4 am, Al; am,
As; noon, SO.
Barometer4 pm, 1886: 8 pm.
5000: IL midnight, 1901; am, 80 OF: s
am, 30.oS; noon, 30. O6.
Highest temperature, 63, occurred
at noon today. Lowest temperature,
3S, occurred at $40 am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 81; lowest, As.
Weather in Varisus Cities.
Evening star., 1924-04-12
HONOR NANCY HANKS
By PLANTING TREE
Boy Scouts Make Small White Oak
Center of Ceremonies Near
Memorial.

With fitting ceremonies small
white oak tree was planted today by
the Boy Scouts OF the District of
Columbia in honor of Nancy Hanks.
the mother Of Abraham Lincoln. The
tree was planted in the shadows of
the great Lincoln Memorial, where
the name of her illustrious son Is
forever perpetuated.
The tree itself has a historical
value. for it was dug up from the
Lincoln homestead near Evansville.
Ind, where undoubtedly the acorn
dropped from II massive oak under
whose branches the young Lincoln
played as a boy. The homestead has
been recently purchased by the state
or Indiana and is now being turned
into a memorial park.
the planting today. were representa-
tives of the various troops of the
city, and among them were Eagle
Scouts. the highest rank conferred
in scoutdom. They were under the
leader ship OF Lynn C. Drake, scout
executive of the District.
A delegation from Congress also
took part in the exercises. each mem
ber present pitching a small shovel
tree. Repre- resentative William T.. Will
son, in whose district in Indiana the
Lincoln farm is located. headed the
dele CATION, and made a short address
of tribute to the memory of Nancy
Hanks Other repreSe natives pres
ent were: Henry L. Garfield and Sam
uel Il. Cook of Indiana, W. w. Arnold
of Illinois. Charles |. Stengle of New
York and William III. Boyce of Della
ware.
Evening star., 1924-04-12
WILL COMM EMORATE
FRENCH AID TO U. S.
Sons of Revolution to Celebrate
Dispatehing of Fleet 146
Years Ago.

meeting to commemorate the
146th anniversary of the dispatch of
the French fleet to the support of the
American forces during the RevoIu-
tion will be held by the Sons of the
Revolution in the District Of Colum-
bia tonight at $50 at the Army and
Navy Club
A feature will be an address by
Maj. de Bles of the Royal Welch F'uzi-
leers on France the Standard Bearer
of Civilization" He will be guest
of honor at the dinner preceding the
meeting
The F'uzileers which will be honored
Dy the meeting were created in 1889
In lU5 Sir William Howe, as colonel
OF the Royal Welch bought the regi-
ment to Boston. where he was desig-
mated commander in chief of British
forces after Gen. Gage was recalled
They served eight years against
American troops in the revolution
from Bunker Hill to Yorktown. On
their reglmental standards a long list
of battle honors is inscribed, includ-
ing Blenheim, Oudenarde Corunna
Peninsula, Waterloo, Lucknow. Sc
bastapol. and others, but not one of
the American battles is found SO in
scrlbed upon their colors
According to tradition the weIch-
men refused these as battle honors.
on the ground that they did not wish
so to commemorate contests against
those of their own blood.
The meeting tomorrow night. which
Will combine these two items of his
tory-the Welch Fuzileers and the
support of France-will commence
rate the 14sth anniversary of the de-
parture of the French feet unSar
Aomlral d Estainse to America, since
it took place on April IL. 1778
Evening star., 1924-04-12
0RAT0RICAL CONTEST
LEADERS SELECTED
Winning Six of Each High School
Submitted for Final
Competition.
PRIZE FOR EACH GROUP
$1OO to Be Awarded to VictorS in
Seven Districts.

promptly on schedule the seven high
schools in the District of Columbia
last night submitted the leading six
students In the oratorica1 contest in
their respective districts to The Star.
The judging of the literary merit
and delivery of more than f.00O ora
tons was no mean task, and the
promptness with which ii was COM
pleted demonstrates the enthusiasm
which has animated Judges and com
petitors alike throughout the prog
ress of the first phases OF the con
test.
The winning six in each OF tho
Washington high schools, whose
names follow in alphabetical order.
have qualified to compete in their re-
spective schools for The Star dis
trict prizes of 500 each:
Western-Dolores Carter, Helen
Cook. Serge Korf, Norman Miller,
Central-Mary Belts, Paul Keyser.
Yv0nne Levy. Ruth Newburn, EyeIvu
Schwartz and Robert Ward
Business-Anne Arthur. Ethel Fla
marty Edith Miley, Robert Parsons
Elizabeth Reilly and Marguerite Son
neman.
Technical-Dorothy Baumga rten.
Mary l.. Mann. Charles S. Miner.
Gerard Smell, Joseph SorreIl ana
Frank Winant
Armstr rong-Lucinda Brooks. Lii
liam Burgess, Evelyn Douglass, R"-
zier Gaddis. Beatrice Murphy and
Annie Wheeler.
Dunbar-Romaine Brown, Rather
inc Chappele, EozeIle Cowser, Francis
Gregory. Othello Thompson and Lii
liam Washington
Eastern-Donald Bingham, william
Ciementson, Lydia Edwards, Asenath
Graves. Ruth Greenwood and Fern
Painter
Evening star., 1924-04-12
HIT FEDERAL WASTE
IN WATERWAY WORK
Speakers at Missouri River Confer.
ence Score Loss of Mil.
lions in Past.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press =
KANSAS CITY, April 12-The
federal government was scored for
"shortsightedness and an extravagant
policy of false economy" by speakers
at yesterdays session Of the Missouri
river Improvement conference meet
ing here.
The congressional practice of
making piecemeal appropriations for
development of the great inland
waterways was declared already to
have caused the loss of millions.
Maj. c. C. Gee, Kansas City. of the
United States Army Corps of En-
gineers. who was the chief assai1ant
of the federal wastefulness in river
work, said completion of the Missouri
river channel now would cost the
full total of the estimate in 1912, plus
the s1o,oo0,9 600 spent on the stream
in the interval
Gov. Davis of Kansas declared
the pending waterways legislation
promised a boon to the grain growers
of the west
Evening star., 1924-04-12
Girl, Wounded in
Suicide attempt,
Weds in Hospital

Ry the Associa led Press,
BALTIMORE, Md, April IL
Sitting in her bed in Mercy Hospital
yesterday afternoon, Miss jose
phine Matassa. eighteen years old.
suffering from q bullet wound in
fiicted in an attempt to take her own
life, became the bride of Joseph ID.
Castagna, twenty-three.
The bridegroom, who is medical
student at a Richmond, Va, institu-
ton, learning Of his fiauce's condi-
tion. hurried to Baltimore. He OBJ
tanned a marriage license and made
arrangements for the wedding.
The ceremony was to have
taken place Easter, but complica-
tions developed and the event was
postponed. Because the wedding
date had been announced and the in
VitationS mailed, il was said, Miss
MatasSa became Respondent at the
delay and her depression. according
to the police, led her to attempt to
end her life.
Her condition was reported as ia
rorable today.
Evening star., 1924-04-12
HITS MUD THROWING
BY SENATE PROBERS
Willis Declares Wrongdoing
Should Be Punished, But Says
Rights 0versepped

Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio,
speaking before the Vaughn Bible
Class in the Calvary Baptist Church
last night, said: There is no DISPOSE
tion in the Senate to condone wrong
doing. but I deplore suspicious: in
connection with the Senate investiga-
tions. which are only designed to
throw mud at somebody"
Intimating that the Senate had
overstepped it's bounds of authority,
he said: 'It isn't the business of the
department and everybody in the
country"
Referring to the immigration problem.
Senator Willis said that sit is strictly
domestic problem which we have a
right to solve from the standpoint of
America 7 am more interested in the
kind of folks that we are going to
have in this country fifty years from
now than L am in the labor that we
are going to get into somebody's
mill"
He advocated keeping out aliens
until they have expressed their inten-
tion of becoming full-fiedged Ameri-
cans
.-rhe eighteenth amendment" said
breaker out of anybody, but only
showed up a lot OF people who were
already lawbreakers at heart" There
is more lawbreaking in America than
in Europe, the senator stated. For
example," he said, take London with
a population of 100000 and Wash :
ington with a population OF about
500, 900: statistics will show that
there is four times as much crime
committed in this city as there is in
London"
Louis D. Bliss. teacher ofs the
Vaughn Glass, fayed the pessimists
and the conservatives and told of
the need of accomplishing good
through well applied energy and
optimism.
DR.. w. s. Abernetf1y, pastor of
Calvary Baptish Church. told of the
value of cooperation among individ-
uals and organizations.
Rev. DIR. Harvey Baker Smith, pastor
of the Columbia Heights, Christian
Church, also delivered a brief address.
The program included violin solos
by Durwood Bowersox and readings
by Walter w. Beck. Invocation was
delivered by DR.. ]. Stanley Durkee,
president of Howard University.
DR.. E. c. Rice and Edward Kines,
who attended the first annual ban
Duet, in 1891, and who have never
missed a subsequent affair. were on
hand. Dinner was served. by the
wives of the class members under
the direction of Mrs- c. o. Allnutt.
Evening star., 1924-04-12
JAPANESE QUESTION
STIRRED IN GENEVA
Advisory Committee Has Tilt Over
Relations to Women and Chill
dren Emigrants.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, April 12.-Japanese emil
grafton to California and woman's
equality with man were two questions
which gave an unexpectedly dramatic
touch yesterday to the final session
of the league of nations advisory
committee on traftc in women and
children. The committee was engaged
in drawing up recommendations for
presentation to the immi graf ton con-
ference to be held in Rome next
month and in which the United States
will participate. one OF the recon-
mendations presented was that a COM
petent woman should be especially
charged with the care of the interests
of women and children on all emf
grant ships.
The Japanese delegate objected to
the provisions contending that as Jap
anese emigrants were practically all
men, the provision for women seemed
out of place. This brought a sharp
reply from the Italian delegate. Mar
quis Paulucci de Camboh, formerly
Italian ambassador to Japan, who
said:
Il have lived in Toxic and I know
that the statement is inexact, for
Japanese women go to California to
meet their husbands"
The commission subsequently decid
ed to recommend that woman guar
dians sail on all emigrant ships.
Evening star., 1924-04-12
GLOBE FLYERS READY
FOR SEWARD FLIGHT
Will Leave Sitka Tomorrow on
6l0-Mile Hop if Weather Is
Favorable.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SITKA. Alaska. April I2.--Nothing
but unfavorable weather reports will
prevent the four United States Army
aviators, en- route around the world
from hopping off from here today for
Seward, 610 miles north, omitting a
scheduled stop at Cordova, 135 miles
east of Seward
An eight-hOur battle was waged by
the flyers yesterday with high winds and
heavy seas to prevent the seaplanes New
Orleans and Boston from being washed
ashore and dashed to pieces. Only the
prompt aid of a United States forest
ranger boat and the use OF heavier
anchors saved the planes. The light
anchors of the machines were like toys
in the strong gale, which swept them
steadily inland until additional weights
were attached
The flyers landed here Thursday after
300-mile flight from Prince Rupert,
+. C. The fight was started from Santa
Monica, Calf, March II.
Evening star., 1924-04-12
POSES BESIDE LIKENESS.

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, April 12.-
Mrs. Raymond T. Baker, who was
the wife of Alfred Gwinn Vanderbilt,
Lusitania victim, posed beside 1900
pound marble bust, supposedly OF
herself, today, while jurymen studied
her face in comparison with that of the
craven image. They will decide later
whether or not the carved features
sufficiently represent her to warrant
ass, 900 payment r. the artist.
Mrs. Baker appeared as defendant
in a $4,000 suit brought by the es-
tate of Pietro Cardiar1o Sciarrino,
italian sculptor. She testified that
the sculptor had executed commits
sions to make three busts-one of her
former husband and one of each of
her two children-and had then Of
fered to make one of herself free.
She declined, she said, but told him
to proceed with the work and, if sat
isfactory, she would pay for it. Later,
she Baid, she saw the bust in 5th
avenue shop window, and was in
formed that 1t was a likeness of her
self, and refused to accept or pay
for il.
Evening star., 1924-04-12
343 CONTRIBUTIONS
GIVEN FOR CHARITIES
173 Additional Returns in Easter
Drive Received in Past Twenty
Four Hours.

Three hundred and forty-three adj
ditional contributions is the record of
receipts since the opening of the Eas-
tiles and Citizens Relief Association
three days ago. OF these 173 have
come in within the last twenty-four
hours. An encouraging feature con-
tinues to be the returns from the
group letters sent to professional and
business men. The total receipts from
this source is $506. The lawyers
group has a record of twenty-six re-
turns, with a total subscription of
s147. A. few of the twenty-three
groups have Yet to register their first
returns.
The Associated Charities seeks dur
ing this Easter campaign. as it does
at Christmas time, through it's four
teen opportunities, to visualize to the
people of Washington some of the
contrasts which exist between those
whose good fortune has brought into
their lives the assets of success, of
health and of opportunity, as COM
pared with others who may at some
time have possessed such assets, but
at the moment are faced with i'll
health, debts and mental worry. 1t
is to be able to bring to bear upon
those with such heavy handicaps the
resources of hope and opportunity
that at this Easter season the Asso-
ciated Charities is asking the interest
and financial cooperation of 10000
Washingtonians.
Poverty Inevitable.
Always in city of nearly half
million souls like Washington under
existing conditions there are in
evitably a large number of families
so close to the margin of necessity
that sickness or accident to the
ton for the children or other depend
ent members. The amount asked for
by the. Associated Charities to COM
plete its general budget for the year,
namely $4,000, can easily be obtain
ed, If the finance committee can reach
its goal of 10000 contributors
Glasses OF Members.
In order to suit different purses the
finance committee has divided it's list
of members as follows: Two dollars
constitutes one an associate member,
S. an active member, $40 a special
member. S25 a supporting member,
$50 a sustaining member and 500 a
capital member. Contributions may
be made monthly or quarterly by the
partial payment plan, according to
the convenience of the donor.
Subscriptions sent to Ord Preston,
treasurer, 1922 18th street northwest,
may be designated either for the As
ISOLATED Charities or for the Citizens
Relief Association, or may be left to
the discretion of the committee, sc-
cording to the respective needs of
these two organizations.
Evening star., 1924-04-12
Honorary CoIoneIs,
Actresses and All,
Under Ban of Army

There will be no Honorary col
onels- in the United Staes Army.
Any such designation has been held
to be Unauthorized by Army regula
tions, and the War Department has
decreed against the creation at this
time of such a grade in the commis-
stoned ranks.
Objections against any such praC-
tice, filed with the department. are
said to have resulted in the decision,
hence, actresses and other prsohs
now holding designations of honorary
colonels bestowed by regimental or
ganizatfons, formally or informally.
are not to be recognized and the
practice Is to be terr1fn ated forthwith.
Evening star., 1924-04-12
WATSON BELITTLES
SCHOOL FIRE HAZARD
Declares Conditions Do Not War.
rant Closing or Any Undue
Alarm.

With the board of education mark
ing time over what action to take to
eliminate the fire hazards found in
many of the public schools during
the recent annual inspection, Fire
Chief George Watson today expressed
the opinion that the conditions are
not serious enough to warrant the
closing of the buildings.
while / believe that all OF the sug-
gestions made to the board of educa-
tion in the report of the deputy fire
marshal are things that should be
followed up" said Chief Watson, II
action myself to bring about the
temporary closing of any of the build
ings if ] Rad thought such action was
neces sary.
I'm the case Of the Smallwood No-
cationaI School. I did lay particular
stress on the fire dangers existing
there and Superintendent of Schools
Ballou acted promptly in cooperation
with the fire marshal in correcting
that situation"
No Need for Alarm.
School officials are not unduIy
alarmed over the conditions found by
the fire inspectors. pointing out that
many Of them are transitory. Fire
Chief Watson also emphasized that
there is no occasion for alarm on this
part of parents.
Some of the conditions found in the
schools by the fire inspectors, such
as the storing of waste paper. old fur
niture and books in the easements of
the buildings. it was pointed out. are
due to the proverbial and often criti-
cized system of red tape
Regulations of the District govern
ment, it was said, preclude the re-
moval of old furniture, books, etc,
from school buildings until this ma
terial is condemned by the property
survey officer. AS a result such prop
erty is stored in the easements of
school buildings for days and weeks
awaiting official condemnation.
Superintendent OF Schools Ballou
declared that the storing of paper
under stairways and in the easements
is something to be expected under
the present collection system. The
District building office. he said, col
lects the trash about every eight or
ten days. and 1T accumulateS in the
meantime
If the fire inspectors visited the
made, he points out, they would find
a condition such as they report,
whereas, they would not If they made
the inspection the following days.
Some Repairs Ordered.
A few of the conditions complained
of in the fire departments report il
was learned today, are on the repair
list for correction next month. Many
of the complaints cannot be correct
ed, it was said, because of the lack of
funds.
Fire Chief Wat son agrees with the
fire inspectors that the stage in the
Central High School auditorium
should be equipped with a steel cur
tain, sprinklers and other safeguards,
as required in theatera
Evening star., 1924-04-12
10000 MINERS VOTE
STRIKE IN SCRANTON
By the Associ1 ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SCRANTON, Pa April ia vote
to call general strike of the 10000
employees of the Pennsylvania and
Hillside Coal and Iron Company. was
taken at a meeting of the general
grievance committee last night in
Pittston. The strike, which. would tie
up ten collieries throughout the valley,
is to become effective Monday.
The vote was taken after the griey-
ance committee of the central COL
lieries reported that contractors were
mining coal for the company and that
company officials had refused to dis
charge the contractors on their re-
quest The 1920 contract between the
men and company requires that the
contract system be abolished.
Evening star., 1924-04-12

Continued from First Page
day, Mr.. Smoot announcing the re-
port was ordered by general consent
Copeland Has Bill.
Senator Copeland, democrat. New
York, has introduced a bonus bill
along the lines Of that Senator Sim
mons will propose, except that n car
RES no insurance option. Using the
dollar day basis of credit, the Cope
land bill would authorize a govern
ment bond issue Of $1,000. 00O, 900 to
run for period of sixty years. which
amount, il was estimated, would cover
the entire cost. Cost Of the Hous.
bill has been estimated by govern
ment actuaries at from s2,202 0O0 eos
to $500. 100000
With IL report of the bonus bill TO
the Senate an Immediate showdown is
expected on whether the tax or bonus
bill will be taken up first Chairman
Smoot of the finance committee an
nounced yesterday he would call the
tax bill up for discussion about the
middle Of the week. Republicans
generally, however, have said private
~ that they would favor disposition
first of the bonus bill.
Would Include Women.
An amendment agreed TO would per
nit women who served in the Navy
and Marine Corps as yoemen to re-
ceive the benefits of the measure
This group, numbering about 1000.
was included in the measure passed
last session, but was excluded by
the House.
No opinion was expressed by the
committee as to whether the tax or
bonus bills should be taken up first
chairman Smoot said, however, he ex-
peCted move would be made to nut
the bonus bill ahead. while Senator Sim
mons declared he would leave such q
decision to non-partisan action of the
Senate.
Leaders of both parties have de-
clared week probably will be neces-
sary TO dispose Of the bonus bill and
three weeks at least for the tay-rc-
auction measure. The bill was passed
by the House, 355 to "a, after forty
minutes debate.
The enlisted men and women and
officers up to and including the rank
of captain in the Army and Marine
Corps and lieutenant in the Navy
would be entitled to the bonus.
Dollar a Day Basis,
The compensation would be figured
on the basis of 81 day for homa
service and s1.25 a day for overseas
service, exclusive of the first sixty
days, with maxihums of $500 and
$685., respectively.
The insurance policies would be
valued on the basis of adjusted com
pensation due, plus 25 per cer1t--nf +
that amount. The policies would
have a face value of about two and
a half times this sum
Loans would be allowed on the
policies up to go per cent of the cur
rent cash reserve of the certificate es
any time after two years from the
date of their issuance