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Evening star., 1924-03-03
PROPOSAL FOR PROBE
OF SHIPPING BOARD
Resolutions for Purpose Coming
Before House in Advance of
Muscle Shoals Issue.
BILLS BEFORE THE SENATE
Relief of Wheat Farmers Among
Questions Scheduled.

The searchlight of congressional in
vestigation will be turned this week
upon the Shipping Board and the air.
craft industry. thus widening the IL
Illuminated area Of suspected graft in
the government.
Resolutions for this purpose are
scheduled to come up in the House
tomorrow before the Mckenzie pro-
posal to accept Henry Ford's offer for
Muscle Shoals is taken up.
While the House Is considering the
Muscle Shoals question the Senate
will have before it the Norbeck-Burt-
ness bill for the relief of northwes-
tern wheat farmers and southern cot
ton growers.
The Senate finance committee plans
to take up the revenue bill by the
middle Of the week. Public hearings
will be held, but Chairman Smoot
plans to limit the number of spokes-
men to one for each trade and In
dustry so that the committee can get
to it's task OF rewriting the measure
within two weeks.
Deficiency Bill Soon Due in House.
After the Muscle Shoals measure is
disposed. Of the House Will take up
the first deficiency bill of this session,
and the other annual supply measures
will be pressed after that time. Only
two, the Interior and the Treasury
Post Office, have been sent to the
Senate, which has acted on only the
Interior Department measure.
Evening star., 1924-03-03
wife TRAILS HUSBAND
AND GIRL TO HOTEL
Her Efforts Result in Arrest Of
Two Couples After Early
Morning Sleuthing.

Sleuthing on the part Of Mrs. Eliza.
beth Cugle, 2121 Goth street northwest
late Saturday night and early yester.
day resulted in the arrest of Kenneth
Wilson Cugle, her husband, 1858 Co.
lumbia road northwest, and a youns
woman. describing herself as Betty
Martin, twenty-five, 1901 Connecticut
avenue northwest. -. .E..':.
Another couple, who gave the ficti-
tious names and addresses Of John L.
Hawkins, lawyer, Scranton, Pa, and
Marie Kelly, twenty-four, stenog.
irapher, Norristown,, Pa, Jared q, simi.
lar fate. -.
Mrs. Cugle,. according to the police
Itrailed her husband from 1910 G stree,
northwest, his place Of business, to
the Roosevelt Hotel. From there she
lis said to have trailed the quartet te
the Old Dutch Mill, -7th street cabaret
and back to the hotel, reaching the
latter place about am.
When Lieut., Davis and Sergt., Nc.
Quade of the vice squad gained access
to the room occupied by tho quartet
lit is stated, Mrs. Cugle attacked hel
husbands ma1e-.companfon, but she
twas soon restrained by tho police
lCollaterals amounting to $50 were de.
posted for. the appearance Of the
couples, to answer a statutory charge
Evening star., 1924-03-03
W0MEN's CLUBS iND0RsE
NATIONAL GARDEN Week
Second Event of Kind, April 2O-26,
to Be Marked by Motion
Picture Views,

Garden week, the second national
event of its kind, has been set FOR
April 20 to 2s by the. General Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs. Church effort
and motion pictures will contribute to
the campaign.
Mrs. John D. Sherman, chairman OF
the department of applied education
of the federation, who has been nom
ipated by Colorado, her home state,
for the presidency Of the federation
at the biennial election in Los An
geles in June, has announced the In
dorsement of the movement by Presi-
dent Coolidge and Secretary Hoover
and that the bureau Of education has
asked schools to emphasize the work
in their study on Wednesday.
The program as outlined by the
federation goes into every phase Of
gardening. Friday Is tree day and
the American Tree Association Will
send tree day programs and tree
planting suggestions to schools and
clubs.
Every civic organization has been
asked to cooperate in the work. Ac-
cording to reports to the federation,
school gardens in New York city last
year produced food valued at $4,000
and that city is considered one in
which gardening conditions are the
hardest. ---.----
Evening star., 1924-03-03
SHAPIRO TO LEAD
PALESTINE DRIVE
$4,000 Sought Among Washing
ton Hebrews for Founda-
tion Fund.
COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED
Opening Banquet and Daily
Lunches Planned.

Jacob B. Shapiro, real estate opera
tor, has been named general chairman
of campaign to be conducted in
Washington March % to so to raisr
$4,000 for the Palestine foundation
fund (Keren Hayesod). designed T."
finance the rebuilding of Palestine as
a national Jewish homeland.
In accepting the leadership Mr.
Shapiro pointed to. the record made
by Washington in going $4,000 over
in a s250.000 campaign for a Jewish
community center building here, and
predicted the Palestine fund drive
would be a success.
Associated with him in the cam
paign will be nearly 100 of the
city's leading Jews: Paul Himmelfarb,
treasurer of the Washington branch
of the Keren Hayesod, has been named
treasurer of the campaign. Mrs. lisa
dore Kahn is chairman of the WON
ems division.
Committee In Charge.
The administrative committee III
charge Of organizing the campaign
Jacob Hickman, Max Rhoade. DR.. J.
Davidson. Mrs. Isadore Kahn. louis
e. Spiegler, Mrs. Isadore Freund.
Mrs Alexander Koplin, DR.. Carl
GOlOenperg, MOTIFS stein, Motifs Car
fnkle and Miss Rose Hornstefn.
Max Rhoade is chairman of the
publicity committee, Louis Z. Spieg-
ler, speakers; Mrs. Isadore Kahn.
luncheons; Isadore- Freund, special
Mrs. Earl Klein. printing, and Mrs
Isadore Freund,' volunteer workers.
Team generals and other leaders
will be named at meetings to be held
in the near future. The campaign
headquarters will be at s14 New York
avenue northwest.
The drive will be conducted along
lines similar to the community CEN
ter campaign. Virtually every Jew
ish home will be reached. The drive
will open with a large banquet, and
daily luncheons Of the team workers
Will be held.
It Is expected that much Of the
money will be subscribed before the
actual campaign opens. Isadore
Freund, president of the local branch
of the Keren Hayesod, which will
throw it's full strength into the cam
paign. said last night that sentiment
for the Palestine movement is favor
ably current in Washington.
Evening star., 1924-03-03
u. S. Experiments With Hemp Here
Result in Startling Improvements
Finest Product IN World assured by Patient Scien-
tists-Expert of to Philippines to Improve
SisaI for Wheat Binding.

in the great hemp fields of Wis.
consin.
Use of hemp now largely is con-
fined to making twine although II
still Is favored for hanging nooses,
due to the fact that it does not
stretch. The production OF courser
cord and ropes affords another prob
lem for the Department of Agricul-
ture, and this week H. T. Edwards
expert in the production Of fiber
crops, left Washington for the Phil
'ippines where he will experiment in
the growth of sisal. 49,
Filipino Product Salty.
This is Of particular interest to
the department because 1t is the
source of binders used for wheat
The quality arriving from the islands
has been unusually salty so that II
attracts mice. who gnaw =, it away
after the wheat is tied up. Edwards
will try to induce the F1lipinos to
use special machines which will do
away with this salt flavor
Because of the peculiar political
situation in Yucatan, formerly the
chief source of the worlds sisal sup
ply, American wheat growers have
been unable to secure any binding
cord from that country and have
been entirely dependent on the Phil
ippine crop. With the present meth
DDS of harvesting, department. ex-
perts claim. the American wheat
grower would be helpless without a
proper and plentiful supply Of binder.
Evening star., 1924-03-03
GEORGE D. PRATT HEADS
FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
Elected President by Directors to
Succeed Col. Henry S. Graves,
Who Declined Reelection.

George D. Pratt Of New York was
elected president of the American
Forestry Association at the meeting
OF the board of directors today. Mr..
Pratt's election followed acceptance
by the board of the resignation of
Col. Henry S. Graves, provost of Yale
University. recently reelected presi-
dent Of the association for a second
term but who requested to be relieved
because Of added duties in connection
with his university work.
Mr.. Pratt was formerly conserva-
Uon commissioner of New York and
is a national figure in forestry and in
other conservation and outdoor ac-
tivitieS. He has been treasurer of the
Boy Scouts Of America since its or
ganization and for many years presi-
dent Of the Camp Fire Clubs of Amer
ica.
Col Graves in submitting his res
ignAtion to the board declared his in
terest In the association remains as
deep as ever and therefore continued
IS member of the directorate.
Evening star., 1924-03-03

Gentlemen about to be hanged may
be comforted to know that the rope
will be made of the finest hemp in
the world, due to the patient efforts
OF Department Of Agriculture scien-
lists here.
Seed has been selected to carry on
the second part of the experiment
this summer-lengthenin the dis
tance between leaves so as to pro-
duce longer unbroken strands Of
fiber. Already the average height of
a Chinese plant imported few years
ago has been increased from three to
five meters, tall enough for agricul-
tural purposes. Now efforts will be
made to lengthen the unbroken sec
tions of the stem to sixteen cent?
meters. This involves tireless ex-
pertinent.
Ship Seeds to Kentucky.
The experiments at Arlington have
put America in the front rank of
hemp raising countries. The seed
produced here is shipped to hemp
seed growers in the Kentucky river
valley near Lexington. where for
fifty miles down Il narrow, boxed-in
canyon the farmers are engaged in
producing hemp seed. largely for use
Evening star., 1924-03-03
WOMAN ATTACKED
WITH DOPE NEEDLE
Assai|ant Is Disarmed by
Mrs. Alma Smith-Sus-
pect Is Released.

Detectives and fourth precinct police
men are seeking an unidentified man.
who is reported to have made an at
tempt to use a hypoderlnic needle on
Mrs. Alma Smith, twenty-six, Arling-
ton, Va, near 18th and D streets south
west, late Saturday night.
A slight scar on her breast was indi-
assailant. Mrs. Smith told the police
that quick action on her part resulted
in disarming the man. She said she
threw the needle away after the man
left her
Mrs. Smith, her husband and two
children had visited her father at his
home, 934 street southwest, and her
husbands car became disabled near
the foot of 14th street while the four
members Of the finally were homeward
bound.
Mrs. Smith returned to her fathers
home to get friend of the family to
assist her husband with the machine.
Her husband and children wre re-
turned to the G street house by the
friend in his automobile.
When Mrs. Smith returned to her
fathers home she was hysterical and
crying. She told of the automobile ac-
cident and then related story of the
attack by the unidentified man. She eX-
planned to Detective Thomas Nally OF
the fourth precinct that the man put
his arm about her and said he would
not hurt her.
Mrs. Smiths relatives hurried to the
scene of the attack, found colored
man there and had him arrested as a
suspect. Police released him when Mrs
Smith failed to identify him.
Evening star., 1924-03-03
Legal AdUiser Stephens SOlves
Doubt of Wask,ing gton's Boundary
City Mere ''LOcaI Habitati0n and a Nan,e,' But
Territory COertensiue Wih Area Granted
u. S. as Seat of Government, He Says.

The question reached the corpora
ton counsel when a taxpayer ask ed
the Commissioners if a certain piece
of property in an extreme northeast
suburb is in the city Of Washington.
Here is what Mr.. Stephens advised
the Commissioners:
"The corporations Of Washington
and Georgetown and levy courts were
abolished on February 81. 1871, and
in their place there was created a
municipal corporation. the District
OF Columbia. It's territorial bound
aries were coextensive with the ter
ritory granted the United States as
a seat of government.
Not n Political Entity.
''The city of Washington. therefore.
is merely a local habitation and a
name AS a political and legal en-
tity it is nonexistent. To define the
physical boundaries of name is be-
yond my powers.
Whether that term would be con-
fined to the limits Of the old cor
poration or be held to include any
thing within the limits of the District
of Columbia in the Interpretation of
some regulation or statute relating
to the District of Columbia would
depend largely upon whether such
statute or regulation were passed
prior to the extinguishment Of the
corporation and the purpose and de-
sign of the law under review.
Evening star., 1924-03-03
W0MAN'S ALLIANCE
PARLEY POSTPONED
World Welfare Conference Set
for April 2S Deferred Until
November 10 Is Announced.

The Woman's Universal Alliance
has postponed it world welfare confer
ence from the week of April % to
May 8, to November 10 to Is, ION
account Of the present political
stress in the country, and the fact
that many of the prominent speakers
who had previously consented to
speak will be absorbed in the political
campaigns"
The chief objective Of the alliance
at present is said to be "furthering
the mothers memorial, through which
it is to carry on its welfare work for
women, children and the home"
The alliance announced 1t has re-
ceived words of praise from many
leaders, including Senator Swanson
of Virginia, Representative r. WAL
ton Moore Of Virginia, Representative
Henry St. George Tucker, Represen-
tative George c. Peery Of Virginia,
Judge Robert E. Mattingly Of the
Municipal Court of the District, and
the Rt. Rev. DR.. James e. Freeman,
Bishop Of Washington.
Evening star., 1924-03-03
CANCER-CONTROL DRIVE
PLANS LAID BY D. c.
Churches, Clubs and Civic organi-
cations to Join in Months
Campaign.

Plans are taking shape for the can
Ger control campaign here, March 15-
April Is, when the Capital, in COM
mon with the rest of the country, will
bend its efforts toward the eradica-
tion of this disease.
Every agency in the city is to be
enlisted in the movAment-churches
clubs, civic, societies and similar or
ganizations being drawn upon for
representatives for the committee OF
one hundred" which will cooperate
with the District of Columbia COM
mittee OF the American Society for
the control Of Cancer, in fostering the
campaign.
Letters have been sent by the Dis
trfcte committee asking representa-
tives to serve, and 1t was announced
yesterday by. Miss e. s. Schroeder.
acting secretary, that acceptances
are being received daily at the head
quarters Of the Districteommittee, in
the District Medical Society building,
1918 M street northwest. ..
DR.. H. H. Kerr, chairman or the
District committee, Saturday night at
tended the annual meeting Of the Amer
lean Society in New York at which
measures to add to the effectiveness
Of the campaign were discussed.
Evening star., 1924-03-03

Local residents who happen to
live outside the boundaries Of the
original city of Washington need no
longer develop gray hairs worrying
over whether they are Washing
tonians or merely District of Column
bians.
Corporation Counsel Stephens, the
legal adviser to the Commissioners,
took his pen in hand Saturday and
rendered an opinion designed to clear
away the doubts of those who have
been skeptical as to whether the
city Of Washington really extends to
limits of the District Of Columbia.
Mr.. Stephens declared the city OF
Wash ington is now merely a local
habitation and a name AS a politi-
cal and legal entity 1t is nom exist
ent. To define the physical bound
aries of a name is beyond my
powers"
Boundary of "Old City"
Florida avenue marked the north
ern boundary Of the old city and it
has been contended by some stu
dents OF local history that persons
living beyond that point are resi-
dents Of the District of Columbia,
but not of the city of Washington.
Evening star., 1924-03-03
new PLANE CHOSEN
FOR STUDENT FLYERS
Change Simplifies Problem of Spare
Parts, Many of Which Are
interchangeable.

A new Boeing training plane, equip
ped with interchangeable landing
gear. has been selected by a special
board of officers at the naval air sta
tfon. at Pensacola, Fla. for student
No and HS-2L seaplanes and the
JN-4 land plane.
The bureau of aeronautics of the
Navy Department announced today
that the change simplif1es the prob
lem OF spare parts by having upper
and lower wings, the right and left
ailerons and control surfaces Of the
wings interchangeable.
Two cockpits, for Instructor and for
work Of the single pontoon type, and
q Wright-Lawrence J-3 engine, 200
horsepower, are other features Of the
new plane, fifty of which have been
contracted for with a Seattle, WASH,
firm: The body is made of tubular
steel.
Evening star., 1924-03-03
HAND CUT IN COLLISION.
Maryland Mans Auto Is Hit by
Car Being Towed.

Breaking Of a line used in towing
an automobile on Benning road near
the viaduct yesterday resulted in the
disabled car colliding with the motor
truck Of Henry Baldwin, Ardmore.
Md. Baldwin's left hand was badly
cut, by pieces of broken windshield.
He was given surgical aid at Casu-
atty Hospital.
George Offenstein, .615 New York
avenue northwest, Arthur j. Dixon,
728 Sd street southeast, were drivers
OF automobiles that collided at Sher-
man avenue and Irving street last
night. The cars were slightly dam
aged. Nora NJ. Butler, 3012 11th street
northwest occupant Of the latter car,
was cut on the face by a piece of
a broken windshield.
William A. Brown. sixty, 1143 New
Hampshire avenue northwest, cross
ing at New Hampshire avenue and
NJ street northwest last night was
knocked down by an automobile
driven by John J. Gilbert. 141o n
street northwest. He was taken to
Emergency Hospital and treated for
shock and an injury. to his forehead.
Evening star., 1924-03-03
SAYS HERCULES NEEDED
TO CLEAN UP. POLITICS
Bishop Bristol Declares Gigantic
Task Awaits Somebody
in Washington.

Bishop Frank NJ. Bristol Of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, declared in a sermon
yesterday morning on the occasion Of
the f1fty-fifth anniversary OF the
dedication Of the Metropolitan NJ. E.
Church, John Marshall place, that it
will require a Hercules to make the
cleanup which the recent startling
disclosures brought. to light by the
United States Senate have shown to
be necessary In governmental affairs.
From time to time it becomes
necessary to make a cleanup in the
affairs Of government and the present
is one of those times" Bishop
Bristol asserted. "1t is a task for a
Hercules. The action must be non
partisan, based wholly on loyalty and
patriotism. That Hercules, please
God. may now be in the White
House"
The bishop refuted the claims often
made by pessimtsts that the world
Is growing worse. Those who make
such assertions need to read history,
he declared.
Evening star., 1924-03-03
Ireland in Chicago.

Mai Gen. Merritte w. Ireland,
surgeon general Of the Army. is in
Chicago for few days to attend q
number Of important medical meet :.
inga Among them are sessions OF
the executive council OF the Nationad
Board of Medical Examiners of the
United States, Of which he is the
chairman; the midwinter meetings Of
committees of the American Medical
Association and sessions of the coun-
ell on, medical education and hospi-
talization OF that association. -
Evening star., 1924-03-03
SALVATION ARMY WILL
ASK $37, 900 IN CAPITAL
Plans for Annual Appeal in April
Will Be Made Tomor-

At special meeting of the ad-
visory board of the Salvation Army
of the District of Columbia tomor-
row Anal arrangements will be made
for the annual appeal. which will
take place from April 2 to April 16,
inclusive.
The appeal will be based on the
actual needs of the army for the
year. between $4,000 and $4,000 be-
ing the amount required for work in
Washington.
as follows: Rudolph Jose, Newbold
Noyes, Thomas P. Hickman, Cuno Ru-
dolph, Joshua Evans, Robert L. Nc
keever, William Flather. jr.: Meyer
Cohen, I. L. Goldheim, William F.
GUIDE, Victor Deyber. Avery Marks
Isaac Cans and William S. Hoge, jr.
Evening star., 1924-03-03
C0LP0YS GAINS SUPPORT

John b. Co1poys has been suggest
ed for a District Commissioner by
William ]. Hendricks, president of
Federal Employees Union, No. 2, in
a letter to President Coolidge.
In the letter Mr.. Hendricks charged
that "the feeling is wellnigh uni
versal among them federal en-
ployes), that. as far as the District
government is concerned. big bust
ness rules everything" adding that
Commissioners should be person
otherwise fully qualified. whose point
Of view is somewhat detached from
business and dividends" = -, $50.
Evening star., 1924-03-03

the gas industry in the United States
were compiled seventy-f1ve years
ago the volume of business and the
capital invested In the industry have
Increased over 200 times -
Evening star., 1924-03-03
: Fleischman Hurt at Polo.

MIAMI. Fla, March 3.-Julius
FIeishmann, manufacturer and sports
man, suffered a broken shoulder
when thrown from his horse In the
first game Of . double header sat
urday.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-02-09
men
TO NASHVILLE
FOR CONVENTION
Journalist of National Repute
Will Assemble for Session
February 1924.

Nashville, Tenn.-The local COM
mittee of the National Negro Press
Association Is making large prepara-
,tions to entertain the National gath
ering which convenes here February
1924.
On Friday night, February %. the
leading newspaper men of the United
States composing the National Negro
Press Association will be presented to
the citizens of Nashville. This presen-
tation will take place at the Ryman
Auditorium on Fifth avenue at 500
p. NJ. Nashville will be host to the
twenty-seventh annual session of this
association that is made up of news
papers, magazines and their editors,
owners and managers scattered
throughout the United States. These
men and women win be here as rep
resentatives. They are to spend the
week beginning the 18th Of February
and closing the Gath, in deliberations
on matters and questions effecting
the Press of the United States, and
are expected to promulgate certain
reforms effecting newspapers and
their Wblishers, and to create
healthy public sentiment along some
new lines that mean much for the de-
velopment and the awakening of race
consciousness.
On this particular night Nashville
is supposed to be at her best. Invi-
tations have been extended to the
pastors of every church to be pres
ent with his congregation, the pastor
to occupy a seat on the platform.
The several colleges, viz: Meharry
Medical College, Walden College,
Fisk University, Roger Williams Uni
versity, the Theological and Training
Seminary, the High School and the
Grammar Schools, the Academy of
Our Immaculate Mother have been
asked to give a number on the pro-
gram. While every business man in
the city has been especially invited to
take part in helping to entertain
these quill pushers and publishers.
The Secretary of the association has
made the announcement that the
entire week will be one of exhibits
as there will be shown in the spa
cious gymnasium room specimen
copies of books, pamphlets and news
papers published, edited and written
by members of this organization and
by the leading writers of the race.
Argus
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-02-09
FirpO- Wills Go
For $2OO,OOO

Buenos Aires.-Louis Firpo, the
Argentine heavyweight, received a
cablegram from Tex Rickard Offering
$500. 900 for fight between him and
Harry Wills in July and proposing an
other fight between Firpo and Jack
Dempsey in September.
Firpo said he would not decide un-
til the arrival of Hugh Garland, his
New York representative, who is on
his way here and who. notified Firpo
that he had an offer of s250,000 for a
fight with Wills from Newark pro-
moters.
Firpo explained that he was no
longer bound by the agreement he
made with Rickard after the Demp-
sey match to fight Wills, because the
time limit for Wills signature to the
agreement had expired; hence he was
at liberty to accept the Newark Of
fer. Rickard said in his message to
Firpo that II had been difficult to ar
range a match with Wills.