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Evening star., 1926-03-11
HA|T|AN'S PROTEST
BLOCKED IN SENATE
Petition AssaiIing Occupation
Policy of U. S. Kept
Out of Record.

The Senate became involved in a
lively parliamentary discussion yester-
day afternoon over the presentation
by Senator King, Democrat, of Utah
of a paper written by a citizen OF
Haiti assailing American occupation OF
that republic.
When the clerk concluded the read
ing Senator Wadsworth, Republican.
New York, made a point of order
against the paper under rule pre-
venting reception of any petition.
memorial or other paper" by citizen
of a foreign country unless presented
by the President.
Point Is Sustained.
Senator Bingham, Republican, Con-
necticut, who was presiding, sustain
ed the point of order, and Senator
Reed, Democrat, Missouri. appealed
from the ruling.
Fervid constitutional and legal argu-
ments followed. Senators Borah, Re-
publican, Idaho, and Norris. Repub-
lican. Nebraska, insisted that such
ruling would curtail the right of free
speech in the Senate. Senator Wads-
worth agreed that this might be the
case, and announced that he would
withdraw his point of order and sub
stitQte a motion to expunge the docu-
ment from the Record.
II think it is an extraordinarily Bit
ter denunciation of the policies of the
United States Government he said.
"To me it is offensive. and ! do not
like to see it printed in the Congress
sional Record"
Referred TO Committee.
Declaring that he could understand
that the document might be offensive
to other Senators, Senator King said
he would ask that it be withheld from
the Record for the time being and re-
ferred to the foreign relations commit
tee for determination as to whether 1t
should be received.
Senator Reed then withdrew his ap-
peal from the ruling of the chair, the
chair withdrew its ruling and Senator
WadswOrth withdrew his point of or
der, and the document went to the
foreign relations committee. That
closed the incident.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
WOMAN ENDS LIFE
AT YOUTHS FUNERAL
Fear She Would Be Called to Testi-
fy of Mysterious Shooting
Is Blamed.
By the Associated Press.

SANDUSKY, Mich. March IL
Fear that she would be called to tes-
tify concerning the mysterious shoot
ing Saturday night of 1S-yearold Roy
Lee is believed to have prompted the
suicide yesterday of Mrs. Pearl Dor
land, jr., who swallowed poison while
attending the boys funeral.
Lee was found shot to death in an
automobile outside the home of Albert
Sager, near here, where his brother,
two other men and three women were
holding an oyster supper and party.
He had been shot with a .22-caliber
bullet, but no pistol could be found.
either in holster which the boy wore
or in the automobile.
Disappointment in love affair was
considered by the police to have
caused Roy to shoot himself
Mrs. Dorland was one of the women
in the party, and her husband and the
other men were arrested, charged with
liquor law violations.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
COLLEGE BUILDING BURNS

GREENSBORO, N. c., March II
N).-The Curry Building at the
North Carolina College for Women
here was completely destroyed by fire
yesterday afternoon, entailing a. loss
of approximately 100000, only half of
which was covered by insurance.
The building was used as a train
ing school and was attended by ap-
proximately so grammar grade pupils
Of the city, all of whom escaped
without injury. The structure was To-
Gated in close proximity to other col
lege buildings and residences, and
the city's entire Fire Department had
hard work to keep the flames from
spreading.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
BANKER HELD UP.
John w. Calvert Robbed of $50 at
Point of Pistol.

John w. Calvert, 1850 Corcoran
street, assistant treasurer of the Ma
tional Savings & Trust Co., was held
up at the point of pistol and robbed
of $50 by two men near his home last
night.
The taller of the two displayed the
pistol and threatened to use it, but
Mr.. Calvert offered no resistance.
While holding the pistol in one
hand, police were told, the armed man
proceeded to search the pockets Of
the victim, his accomplice standing
by. They then fed.
A report of the affair was made to
the police, and Mr.. Calvert and De-
tective Nally toured the city in an
unsuccessful search for the bandits.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
ASSOCIATION AGAIN
HONORS Faulkner
Reelected President by Michigan
Park Citizens-Other Of
feers Chosen.

Robert B. Faulkner, president of the
Michigan Park Citizens Association,
was reelected president and named as
its candidate for election to the Citi-
ZenS' Advisory Council last night at
meeting at 1923 Twelfth street
northeast.
Mrs. j. A. Herman was reelected
vice president, and l.. A. Sinclair was
elected secretary; a. S. Lord, assistant
secretary; NJ. J. kilerlane, treasurer;
l.. S. Trundle, delegate to the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations; j. w.
Connolly. c. II. Richmond and S. H.
Hoddinott, members of the executive
council.
The following committee chairmen
were appointed:
B. B. Pettus, membership; DIR. J. A.
Herman, laws and legislation; T. A.
Gillis, public utilities; J. w. Connolly,
publicity; L. S. Trundle, education; j.
T. Reside, streets, and S. H. Hod-
dinott, police and fire protection.
Demands for immediate enlarge
ment of school facilities for white resi-
dents of the Michigan Park section
were made following a report of a
conference held with Supt. of Schools
Frank w. Ballou. r. A. Gillis re-
ported that 1876 elementary school chill
dren of the community were being
hampered by being crowded into in
adequate buildings, including port
able, and pointed out that, while pro-
vision for a 16-room school is to be
made under the provisions of the
projected five-year school building
program, immediate relief must be
affected. Four hundred new homes
being erected in this section will
bring a great increase in the number
of children to be taken care of, he
warned. DR.. Ballou was aid to have
taken the plea under advisement.
Condition of the paving on Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets from Taylor
to Upshur streets is SO bad residents
OF the community will be forced to
pay to have the work done unless
Congress includes the items in the ap.
preparation bill, it was declared.
Future meetings Of the association
are to be held on the second Wednes'
day Of the month at 4200 Thirteenth
street northeast.
Street car service on the Brookland.
North Capitol line was declared to be
the worst in the city, and a committee
was appointed to confer with other as
sociations affected by the service and
representatives Of the Washington
Railway and Electric Co.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
1900 FARMERS join
MOVE
Frederick County, Maryland, Asso-
citation to Buy $5o0,000
Plants.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

FREDERICK, Md, March Ii
Frederick County, through it's cooper
ative marketing association, yester-
day announced the most ambitious
farm ownership project ever at
tempted in Maryland. The plan, which
involves the purchase of nearly 20
grain, milling and supply plants of
the city and county, provides for an
investment of more than $5O0,OOO
with 1900 farmers as stockholders of
the profit-sharing organization.
For three years the Frederick
County Farm Bureau Cooperative AS
sociation has been conducting plants
in this city, Emmitsburg and Bruins.
wick. The projects have been success.
full and led to the drafting of plans
for the acquisition of all other farm
supply plants in this city.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
BANKING BILL CHANGED.
Section 8, Relating to Branches,
Rewritten in Senate.

= The Senate banking committee, in
considering the McFadden banking
bill passed by the House, has rewrit-
ten section 8 to permit State
banks holding membership in the
Federal reserve system to create
branches within their own States
under certain restrictions.
The fight against section g.,
which would have placed restrictions
on the branch activities Of each bank,
was led by Senator Glass, Democrat,
former Secretary of the Treasury,
who charged it would tend to destroy
the national bank system and drive
State banks out Of the reserve
system.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
u. S. SALE IN FLORIDA.
General Land Office Will Auction
Acreage Next Tuesday.

Two tracts of land near the mouth
of the ST. Johns River in Florida, ag-
gregating S41 acres and appraised at
$5,271. will be sold at auction next
Tuesday by the General Land Office.
On March 10, an auction sale OF
nearly 7 acres OF land on the
ocean side of Key Biscayne, an island
off the city of Miami, will be held.
The land is appraised at $6,S40.
An executive order withdrawing q
number of tracts of public land in
Florida from settlement pending
classification and legislation was is
sued yesterday on recommendation of
the Secretary of the Interior.
The tracts are located on Lake
Dora and another small lake in Lake
County, Fla. Their withdrawal is
based on the fact that the surveys
made of them many years ago may be-
found to be faulty and sxronseNA
Evening star., 1926-03-11
FEDERAL JOBS OPEN.
Laboratory and Chemists Assist
ants and Packers Needed.

The Civil Service Commission to-
day announced open competitive ex-
aminations to fill vacancies in the
day announced positions:
Chemical laboratorian at $4.32 a
day. mechanical laboratorian at $4.32
a day, and metallurgical laboratorian
at $432 O. day, Naval Academy, An
napolis, Md, and in the Navy Yard
service throughout the Fourth Civil
Service District.
Junior chemist, Chemical Warfare
Service, Edgewood Arsenal Edge
wood, Md, at $1,S6O to $2,40O a year.
Packer at $4 a day, and packers
helper at $3.50 a day, Quartermaster
Supply Office, here.
Cold storage Warehouse tucker,
Center Market, Bureau Of Agri-
cultural Economics, Department of
Agriculture, here at 81 day when
actually employed.
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained from the office
of the secretary, Fourth United States
Civil Service District, 1923 F street.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
FORMER MOTHER-IN-LAW
SUES PAUL WHITEMAN
Mrs. Celia Stack Asks $4,000 for
Her Daughters Doctor Bills
and Baby's Burial.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 11.-Paul
Whiteman, orchestra conductor, has
been sued for SIC, 900 damages by Mrs.
Celia Stack, his former mother-in-
law, it was revealed yesterday in Sui
preme Court when Justice Proskauer
denied Whiteman's application for an
order to examine Mrs. Stack before
trial.
Mrs. Stack alleged that her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Nellie Stack Whitman, was
married to the orchestra leader on
August 10, 1908, and that he deserted
her six months later. Her daughter,
she said, obtained divorce in 1914.
Her daughter bore a child which lived
six months, Mrs. Stack said, and the
hospital and doctor bills and funeral
expenses were paid by Mrs. Stack, ac-
cording to her complaint. Whiteman
denied he made any promise to pay
these expenses, alleged that his form.
er wife left him, and pleaded the
statute of limitations. The suit has
been set for March %. After White
man made his reputation as jazz king
he married Wanda Hoff.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
MAN GOES ON TRIAL
IN FIANCEE'S DEATH
Girl Was Shot on Wedding Day.
Alone With Accused, Her
Father Says.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WEWOKA, Okla. March 11.-Rita
May Gosa, 17-year-old farm girl, was
dressed for her wedding and was
waiting for her parents to accom-
panY her to the church, when she
was shot to death, February IA, by
her f1ance, Erman p. Higdon. it was
testified yesterday at the opening Of
Higdon's trial for murder.
Details Of the love affair between
the girl and her sweetheart, termi-
mating in the killing at her home,
were related by J. M. Gosa. her
father. Higdon is % years old and
lived on a neighboring farm. He
and the girl had been sweethearts
two years, the father said.
Gosa said Higdon had been left
alone with the girl and that he came
to the church with the word that
Rita May was missing. He described
the search for her and the finding
Of the body, a bullet through the
heart. in ravine near the house.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
Scientist Undergoes I'D Operation;
Skin Grated to Hands X-Ray Burned

by frequent or prolonged exposure
to the X-rays and have already cost
DIR. Baetjer eight fingers and one
eye.
DIR. Baetjer is regarded as an
authority on radio activity and the
Roentgen rays. Beginning his studies
of their physiological effects shortly
after their discovery, 25 years ago,
the scientist for years has been ex-
perimenting with them and using
them. in the treatment of disease.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
"Y" FOLK ENTERTAIN.
Play Presented Before Officers and
Clergymen.

Wives of the employed officers Of
the Washington Y. M. c. A. and the
woman employees of the association
were hostesses at an entertainment
given to the officers of the Y. M. C..
A., the board of managers and a
group of Washington clergymen in
the auditorium of the Y. M. c. A.
central building last night. A play.
let, Marrying Into the Y" was the
feature of the evenings entertain
ment. Mrs. G. Fleming and Mrs. 10.
M. Wiles were in charge of produc-
tion of the playlet, and Mrs. H. w.
Clair took the leading part.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
Capitol Heights Meeting.
snenial nisnatch to The Star.

CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md, March
1.-THE first meeting Of the newly
formed Peoples party will be held at
the Prince Georges Theater tonight,
beginning at o'clock. Town affairs
and the election in May will be dis
cussed, addresses and music featuring
the evening.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Md, March 11.-Dr
Frederick Henry Baetjer, roentgen-
ologist of Johns Hopkins Hospital
and Medical School and one of the
most famous scientists in America,
Yesterday underwent his seventy
second operation as result of X-ray
burns.
Skin was grated to his hands from
another part of his body in an effort
to stay the burns, which are caused
Evening star., 1926-03-11
COrsets of Cars
Court Go on Sale;
Buyers Not Found
Ry the Associated Press.

LENINGRAD, Russia, March IL.
The local Soviet authorities, con-
tinuing their liquidation of the
properties of the czarist regime,
have placed on the market 124 cor
sets and 600 pairs of shoes once
worn by the ladies of the imperial
court. About one-tenth the orig
inal prices are asked, but so far
there have been no takers, since
the articles are at least 20 years
behind the styles.
The corsets date largely from Vic
torian times, while the shoes We're
stylish during the earliest years of
the present century.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
Commissions Awarded.

Commissions in the officers Reserve
Corps of the Army have been issued
by the War Department to Francis
Drischler, Alexandra. Va, and to
George B. McCeney, Laurel, Nd, as
a second lieutenant Of Infantry.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
Jury Is Too Late
With Its Verdict
In Alienation Suit
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. March 11.-While
q jury in Brooklyn Supreme Court
was celebrating yesterday on the
$4,000 alienation of affections
suit brought by Albert Stone
against Charles u. Weiner. Stone
and Weiner settled the matter be-
tween themselves for $4,000.
Five minutes later the jury an
nounced that it had decided to
award Stone $4,000.
Justice Strong disregarded the
verdict and authorized the settle
ment
Evening star., 1926-03-11

London is to have a church exclu-
sively for children. With the excep-
ton of the minister, the organization
Of the church will be composed entire
ly of boys and girls.
Evening star., 1926-03-11

Snowdrops from Italy, prunes from
Holland and orchids from local con-
selvatories were sold in London
streets during the Winter.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
U. S. MAY GET CONTROL
OF BELGIAN KONGO LAND
Brussels Excited Over Reports of
Conditions of Loan From
America.
BY the Associated Press.

BRUSSELS, March 11.--EXcitement
was caused in political and financial
circles yesterday by a report that
loan of $100,000.000 to Belgium had
been made by American bankers on
the essential condition that their
agents take over control of the
finances of the Belgian Kongo.
The incident has necessitated post
ponement Of Finance Minister JAMS
sens trip to London, England. He
will appear before the cabinet tomor-
row and explain the status of the loan
negotiations.
Evening star., 1926-03-11

The Belgian Parliament recently au-
thoriZed the government to arrange
for a $150,000,O00 loan, which was to
be divided among New York and sew
eral European financial centers.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-15
Good Roads Men to
Meet in Chicago

NEW YORK.--That the next an
nual good roads convention and ex-
position of the Am erican Road Build
ers' Association to be held in Chi
cago January Ills, 1926, inclusive,
will be an international and especially
a Pan-American affair, is indicated
by the fact that all the Central and
South American countries are being
asked to send delegates. Last year
10000 registered delegates, many OF
them unofficial ones from South
America, attended the convention.
A request is being made of the
Central and South American coun-
tries this year, however, to take Of
fetal cognizance of the meeting and
send official representatives, the invi-
tation being presented personally by
Frank Page, chairman of the North
Carolina State Highway Commission,
who is past president of the Ameri-
can Road Builders Association and
who is now at Buenos Aires, attend
ing the Pan-American Good Roads
Congress, as one of the American
delegates appointed by President
Coolidge.
Mr.. Page is also vice-president Of
the American Association of State
Highway Officials and is brother of
the late Walter Hines Page, American
ambassador to Great Britain during
the World War. He will visit practi-
cally every country in Central and
South America and personally pre-
sent to it's government the American
invitation to participate in the Chi
cago convention.
National highway activities have
created interest in road construction
and maintenance to such an extent
that all highway engineers and Off
Gals are now eager to learn the latest
developments in road building. That
this is realized by producers of mai
chinery and materials is evidenced by
the fact that more than 200 exhibitors
have already applied for space at the
road shows to be held at the Chicago
Coliseum by the American Road Build
ers' Association in conjunction with
it's convention. More than 400 exhibit
tors will display their most up-to-date
products in road machinery, equip
ment and materials.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-15
CAN A NOISE BE LOCKED UP?

WASHINGTON. = Can noise be
locked up?
Yes, and furthermore street cars
clangor can be confined to the street
and the blare of the saxophone in the
apartment above can be imprisoned
there, reports the National Bureau of
Standards at Washington, d. c.,
which has just finished experiments
in preventing noises of big city from
disturbing the quiet of it's homes and
apartments
Noise can be kept out of a room,
just as we'll as snowstorm cam" re-
ported DR.. Paul S. Heyl, chief Of the
bureaus sound laboratory. "The
main difference is that to keep out
snow the stouter the WALL the better,
while to ward off noise the fimsier
the wall the better"
To prove publicly that he can play
traffic policeman to speeding sound,
DR.. Heyl had partition which ne
promised would be "soundproof' built
between two adjoining bathrooms Of
the Mayfower Hotel at Washington.
He arranged to test it on the night
that the big Charity Ball was to be in
one ballroom and at the same time
ball to members Of the Diplomatic
Corps in the other.
Came the first dance! A nine-piece
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-15
Only Seniors May
AdOrn UDper IiDs

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, Moscow.
The trick lip-warmers popularity
known as football-11 of each side,
count 'em-mustaches will hereafter
ornament only the upper lips of
senior men on the University of Idaho
campus. The information, in the
form of warning, has been issued
by the II" club upholders of campus
tradition, through President Ray
Stephens, and the athletes have al
ready demonstrated that they intend
to enforce the ruling rigidly.
The regulation is backed by
University tradition of long standing
Growing popularity of the mustaches
among juniors and under-classmen
despite the old custom forbidding the
adornments was Immediately respon
sible for the action of the II" club, ac-
cording to President Stephens.
Along with this privilege the senior
me reserve the sole right Of appear
ing on the campus bare-headed.
Juniors and under-classmen also have
their traditions. The third year men
have exclusive privilege Of wearing
the famous collegiate corduroys; the
sophomores sport distinctive garb,
their numeraled vest; and the lowly
frosh alone are privileged" to wear
the green "dink" instead of cap or
hat in the fall and spring. This lat
ter custom is abrogated during the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-15
To Study Production
of Rabbits

d. Monroe Green, formerly with the
Bureau of Animal Industry, United
States Department Of Agriculture,
has been transferred to the Bureau
of Biological Survey in the same de-
partment, as assistant in the division
of fur resources, and will devote much
of his time to the rabbit industry
He will visit rabbitries in various Sec
tions of the United States to study
practices in breeding, feeding, and
handling rabbits, and will give par
ticular attention. to- methods of mar
keting meat and fur. Breeding ex-
periments with rabbits will be con-
Quoted by the Biological Survey sand
it's experimental fur farm at Saratoga
Springs, N. Y, and other projects
will be carried on in cooperation with
individual breeders or rabbitries.
A study will be made of handling
rabbit skins on the raw-fur market as
well as of methods employed in dress.
ing and 'dyeing them. In conducting
this, work the bureau is endeavoring
to determine under what conditions
rabbits can be. raised profitably for
food and fur. 1t is attempting also to
promote sound education in rabbit
raising and to assist breeders in com
batting diseases Of the animals and in
other problems, with a view to bene-
fitting the industry as whole.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-15

jazz orchestra struck up spirited
fox trot in the Charity Ball room. An
other orchestra played dreamy
waltz in the Diplomatic Ball room.
But there was no confusion. Not a
fox trot note could be heard in the
room where the waltz was being dane
ed, nor a single waltz note drifted
into the neighboring room.
"The music from both orchestras
was Gagged in the intervening sound
proof PARTITION" Dr. Heyl explained.
"rhe partition is made of hair felt,
supported by thin boards Of sugar
cane FIBER and the musical sounds be-
came tangled and lost in this wilder
ness Of hair and fiber Hair, fiber and
similar pliable substances, we have
found enmesh and deaden sound
which would vibrate through the
strongest steel"