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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-21
BODIES ARE SOUGHT
IN RUINS Of HOTEL
Two Known Dead in Blaze.
Others May Have
Lost Lives.
By the Associated Press.


EAST ST. LOUIS. Ill, February 90.
-Firemen tonight searched ruins OF
the Arnold Hotel for bodies of two
men believed to have lost their lives in
the fire which early today destroyed
the north wing of the hotel and routed
so guests in night clothing. Three
men were severely injured. Property
damage exceeded 100000.
The known missing were Bailey l..
Cato. 40, of Dawson Springs, Ky. an
Illinois Central Railroad civil engi-
neer. and II. l.. Cole. O., formerly Of
Springfield, ILL.,, day hotel clerk. The
hotel register was burned ana II l....7
feared others might be missing as Il
complete check of guests could not be
made.
Harry 3. Darling, AZ, managing ed
itor OF the East st. Louis News Re
view. received injuries to his head and
back from a fall while lowering him
self on rope from the third floor Of
the three story brick building. Wal
lace Calvin, 81, of Chicago, and Will
liam b. Dever of Terre Haute, Ind,
suffered body and face burns.
Most of the so guests escaped by
sliding down ropes or coming down
ladders hoisted by firemen. Timely
discovery of the flames and proximity
of fire department headquarters prob
ably prevented heavier loss OF life.
Some of the tiremen were struck by
missiles. but not seriously hurt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-21

the lowest total being designated the
national champion.
All seven of the national finalists
Will be taken on a Summer tour Of
Europe at no expense. the entire
three-month journey being made in
special party. The itinerary will
include the chief points of continental
historic and general interest and the
countries to be visited include
France. Italy, Germany. Switzerland,
Holland, Belgium and England While
abroad the champion in the American
finals will speak in Paris, Berlin and
London with the national champions
In those countries.
Booklet is Ready
The 1926 booklets, describing the
contest this year, which contain also
the speeches of the seven finalists of
1925, will be available for delegates
to the National Education Associa-
ton, which will meet in Washington
the coming week. Copies may be had
at the headquarters of the high school
division of the department of super
intendents in the Central High School
building.
Word has been received at the ma
tional Office of the oratorical contest
in The Star building from f. Dumont
Smith. chairman of the committee on
American citizenship of the American
Bar Association, that a radio pro-
gram, featuring addresses on the Con
stitution by leading authorities on the
subject. has been worked out, and
these addresses will be broadcast from
Washington, New York. Kansas City
and Louisville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-21
HOPES u. S. REJECTS
( ITALIAN DEBT PACT
washington Must Free Europe
From Mussolini." Says
German Paper.

BERLIN, February shing-
ton must free Europe from Musso-
ltni,' declares Norwaerts. the Social
list organ. today in commenting on
news from the United States of on
position In the Senate to the debt
funding agreement concluded by
Count Nolpi and Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon.
In the interests Of European dem.
ocracy it must be hoped that the or
position against ratification of the
agreement will be so strong that the
cabinet will remember the great
traditions of the country" says Nor-
waerts. ut would be gruesome joke
OF world history If. through the
Washington debt agreement. the name
of one of the noblest champions Of
the freedom of peoples. George Wash
fngtOn. We're To be linked pernla-
nently with the name of a suppressor
OF all freedom MusSolini.
There is a complete lack of logic
in treating IA scist Italy in a man.
ner indescribably better than demo
cratic France"
Forwaerts asserts that Mussolini
now plays role in Europe similar
to that Of the Kaiser before the
war, and makes the charge that his
ruthless oppression Of all opposition
dates from "the diplomatic triumph
over Secretary Mellon"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-21

Because Of building restrictions i'm
posed when the site for the Wembley
exposition at London was purchased,
the plans to establish factory sites
there are being challenged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-21
RICH SPORTSMAN
BURNED TO DEATH
F. B. Pearson'S Lighted Gig.
arctic Sets Hotel Room
AbIaze-Was Drinking.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 20.-Fred-
erick Beverly Pearson. 80. millionaire
sportsman, was burned to death in a
room at the Claridge Hotel early this
morning. A coroner's inquest de-
cided that the cause of the fire was
a lighted cigarette the young man
was smoking when he fell asleep In
an armchair. A companion. John IL.
Hogshead, who had accompanied
Pearson on a round of cabarets earlier
in the evening, barely escaped with
his life from the blazing room.
Hogshead told police that he and
Pearson had registered at the hotel
after visiting the six-day bicycle race
and various downtown eabarets,
where Pearson drank heavily. He
retired after leaving the young mil
lionaire seated in an armchair. and
was awakened by smoke and flames
barely in time to save himself. II
was not until the flames had been eX-
tinguished by hotel employees that
Pearsons charred body was found.
Pearson was the son of the late
Walter B. Pearson. president of the
Standard Screw Co. who left
50 900 900 in trust for him, the prin-
cipal of which was to have been
turned over to him on his 35th
birthday. His aged mother, Mrs.
Ellen Pearson, with whom he lived.
lad not been informed OF her sons
death tonight, due to her serious i'll
ness.
Young Pearson's wife. Mrs. Gladys
Sans Pearson, divorced him recently,
charging habitual drunkenness. He
was active in sports. especially polo.
and kept string of polo ponies at
the Chicago Riding Club.
According to the story told police
by Hogshead. who is the son of
Lutheran minister here, Pearson had
been drinking steadily for the past
month. and he accompanied him on
last nights party to watch out for
him" He said that he and Pearson
had been chums since boyhood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-21
FIELDS SHRINE READY.
Body of Children s Poet" to Be
Transferred March 7.

CHICAGO, February 20 P).-The
body Of Eugene Field. "the children's
poet" will be refnterred in the me-
mortal cloister at the Episcopal Church
of the Holy Comforter In Kenilworth
March I, Rev. Leland Hobart Dan
forth, rector, announced today.
The marble slab which will mark
Fields final resting place has been
completed and will be sealed at the
time Of the burial. An elaborate and
impressive ceremony will mark the
final interment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-21

haul railroad passenger traffic. Tie
number Of automobiles for the popu-
lation in Iowa and the rural character
of the communities We're principal
factors in determining the decrease in
railroad passenger traffic. he said.
The average for other States in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-21
IOWA HAS ONE CAR TO 81
PERSONS, RAIL HEAD SAYS
Leads Grain States of Middle
West in Ownership of Autos,
C. e. N. w. President Asserts.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 20.-Iowa has
one automobile to every 81 persons
and leads the grain States of the
Middle West with the number of au-
tomobiles owned per capita Presi-
dent f. w. Sargent of the Chicago
and North Western Railroad declared
here today.
His statement was made in a dis
cussion Of an increase of automobile
ownership and the falling off in short
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-21
STUDY SYRIAN MANDATE.
League Officials Adjourn Till Mon
day After Brief Session.

ROME. February 20 R)-The per-
manent mandates commission Of the
League Of Nations adjourned until
Monday after brief session today for
discussion preliminary to beginning
work on the report it is expected to
draft on the French mandate in
Syria.
The discussion was confined to an
analysis of the nature of Frances OBJ
legations there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-21
ORATORS TO FACE
NOTABLE JUDGES
Taft and Four Associate JUS
tees of Supreme Court
Will Select Winner.

For the third time in the history Of
the national oratorical contest, the
final judges will be members of the
United States Supreme Court. The
jurists who will pass upon the seven
best high school orators of the United
States at the final meeting for the
1926 contest on June 4 in the Wash
Justice William Howard Taft and
Associate Justices Willis Van De-
vanter, Pierce Butler. Edward T. San
ford and George Sutherland.
The judges in the 1924 contest
were Associate Justices Willis Van
Devanter, George Sutherland. Pierce
Butler and Edward T. Sanford and
Hon. Charles Evans Hughes. then
Secretary Of State and a former mem
Der of the United States Supreme
Court. Mr. Hughes, who was to have
acted as chairman of the 1924 final
meeting, took Chief Justice Taft's
place as a judge when the latter was
taken Ill on the eve of the contest.
The Judges at the 1925 final contest
were Chief Justice Taft. Associate
Justices Van Devanter Sanford and
Butler and Attorney General Sar-
gent.
Judges to Be Scattered.
At the national finals of 1926 the
Judges WILL as heretofore, be seated
in different parts of the auditorium
in which the contest will be held. In
that way contestants will be tested
according to their ability to make
their orations effective from the
standpoint of delivery in every part
of one of the largest auditC ;ums in
the country. The judges. as hereto
fore. will make their selections with
out consultation, each judge rating
each speaker. the contestant getting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-21
Assigned to General staff.

Capt. George W. Armitage. Quar-
termaster Corps. constructing quarter
master in this city, has been detailed
to duty with the War Department
general staff and Capt. George +. Hob
son, Quartermaster Corps of the War
Department general staff has been
transferred to Fort Humphreys, Va.
for duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-21

roads territory was set at "A persons
per automobile. For the {. ted States
1t is ST. Other States Show 40 in
Nebraska, Al in South Dakota, ~
in Michigan. 40 in Minnesota. 4.6 a.
Wyoming, Al in Wisconsin and SIS in
Illinois
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Smith College Club Aids
COLLEGE, in China

To ra Use funds for Ginling College.
China. and Juniper Lodge. the grad
uste vacation house in New Hamp-
shire the Smith College Club has
arranged heneht bridge for Tues
day. AT the A a. y. W. clubhouse.
1884 ! street northwest. There Will
he an afternoon party AT 2:30 o'clock
and one In the evening At 40
O'Clock. Mrs. Charles ". Ptmper.
president of the club, is being assist
ed by the following committee: Mrs.
Ernest a. Back. chairman: Mre.
Gregg e. Birdssll. Mrs. Kirke Bryan.
Miss Ruth Burt. Mrs. 4. NJ Charlton.
Mrs Warren r. Ora per. Mrs. Karl
Fenn!ng. Miss Florence Hanford.
Mrs Bertram n. Hulen. Mrs. James
r. I.eake. Miss Dorothea McCaho.
Miss Helen McCa he. Mrs. Howard
G. Nichols. Mrs. James 7. Nichol-
son. Miss Louisa Puffer and M's.
Raw ~ SkeIton
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Art Promoters List
Guests for Tea TODAY

Miss May Bradshaw and Miss Cath
arine G. Crichter will he guests NJ
honor this afternoon at the Art
Promoters Club. 20tf I stpeet north
west. from 4 10 s o'clock. Among
the other guests will he Mrs. May Ash
ton. Miss Estelle G.. Drsne. Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Dabney, Mr.. and mrs
Thomas Willis. Miss Edith Grosvenor.
and the Misses Bass Under the aus
pices of the Junior Art Promoters an
exhibition Of pen and Ink portraiture
from the Business High School Will
he on view. contributed by Miss Eva
Barrett Miss Laura Beckett. Mr. WI
liam Bird. Miss Naomi Conntck, Miss
Louisa Devlin. Miss Mary Duffy. Miss
Jeannette Harmon. Mr.. Lawrence Val
stead. Mr.. Kenneth Harvey. MISC Al
herta I.amore. Mr. Richard Montgom
cry Miss Angela Myers and Miss
Helen Sjoussa. Al O'Clock Miss
Critcher will speak on The Import
ance Of Early Art study"
Evening star., 1926-04-18

and Mrs. Paul Bastedo, Col. and Mrs.
Charlton, the counselor of the Ger
man embassy and Nine. Dieckhoffi
Count and Countess Sieyes de Veynes.
the first secretary of the Belgian EN-
bassy and Nine. Tilmont. Nine. Philip
Soyez. Miss Lelita Dawson. Miss
Elizabeth Hick, Miss Helena Rogers.
Miss Lenore Scullian. Mrs. John r.
Williams. Miss Adelaide Wolsten-
holne. Miss Frances Mckee. Miss
Nancy Hoyt. Miss Anita Henry. Miss
Grace Woggamsn. n. Miss Marian Trum
bull. Miss Louise McLanahan. Miss
Betty. Byrne Miss Beatrice Hender
son. Miss Francoise Pfaeff1i, Mrs.
Rosetta McCallum, Miss Helen Gary
Miss Phoebe Quimby. Miss Micheline
ReScO md others
Evening star., 1926-04-18

perhaps show more prolonged and
close affiliation with the affairs Of the
society than any of it's national offi-
GERS, Mrs FRYE was charter mem
ber and served as the first vice presi-
dent general on the board with Mrs.
BENJAMIN Harrison. the first executive
of the Daughters. Mrs. Briggs was in
those days local girl and she had
been page and usher and various other
aids 10 her mother and after her mar
riage to Mr.. Briggs and her residence
In Maine for some years. she came to
Washington regularly as a delegate
from her chapter to the Congress.
Mrs. Briggs is enthusiastic over the
plans for the new auditorium which
will he rented much more freely than
the assembly hall in the Memorial
Hall. This new hall will he one OF the
most beautiful and ornate places for
public meetings yet erected in Wash
ington. In the broad sense. the
ground plan Of the famous Prince
Regenten theater in Munich will serve
AS model though in the case of the
Daughters auditorium. II will be pos
sihle to shut off the stage and few
tiers OF boxes for smaller affairs and
II will also be designed to serve as a
hall without any seats on the main
floor.
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Miss Mohler Hostess in
Honor of Miss Delano

Miss Miriam Mohler was hostess at
bridge luncheon at the White Pea
cock last week, when she entertained
in compliment 10 Miss Priscilla Delano
of Boston. house guest of Miss Mary
Hills. The other guests We're Miss
Mary Hills. Miss Anne Scott. Miss
Virginia Merritt. Miss Elizabeth
Southgate. Miss Lettice Lee Coulling
of Baltimore. Miss Hadashah Fleming.
Miss Isabella Mccormick, Miss Dor.
othy Barnes. Miss Claire Richard.
Miss Elizabeth Duffy. Miss Mary
Louise Lemon. Miss Anne kondruD,
Miss Elizabeth Greenlees. Miss Leah
De Moll. Miss Prudence Wilson of
Brooklyn. Miss Jessie Adkins. Mrs.
Marcella Cline and Mrs. Royce
HOugh, ir.
Miss Mohler has returned to Bos-
ton. where she. is a student at Mr.
G. Howard Walkers School Of Fine
Art and Crafts. after spending the
Ea aster vacation with her parents, DR..
and Mrs. John r. Mohler.
Evening star., 1926-04-18
u. D. c. Chapter Will Give
Benefit PARTY TUESDAY,

Southern Cross Cha pter of u. d. G..
is having card party al the City
Club, 1920 G. street northwest, Tues
day, for the benefit of the Confederate
Veterans, TO help defray expenses to
the Confederate reunion in Birmipe-
ham May 10. The patronesses in
clude Mrs. Lee H. Overman, Mrs.
Ralph H. Cameron. Mrs. r. n. Cara
way. Mrs. James 2. Aswell, Mrs.
Ladislas i.szaro, Mrs. r.. G.. Simmons.
Mrs. r. D. F'ulmer. Mrs. James Ran
kin 500 Mrs. Bolivar Kemp.
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Officers Transferred.

Mai. Rapp Brush. at the Army War
has been assigned TO the 18th
Infantry at Fort Andrews. Mass; MAJ
Robert f.. Parrish, Medical Corps. ~
Walter Reed General Hospital, has
been transferred to Fort Sam Hous-
ton. Tex. Mai ADAM r. Sch'an nser'
Medical Corps. from Fort l.eaVen.
worth. kans. TO Walter Reed General ]
Hospital, this city. and Maj. Fra ncis
NJ. Maddox. 7th Infantry. from Chill
koot Barracks. Alaska. to Fort Sen
ming. Ca.
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Mr.. and Mrs. Sworzyn
Paw Honor to Son

Mr.. and Mrs. q. Joseph SwcrZyn
evening. April 25. from 70 II o'clock,
al 420l Sixteenth street northwest.
in honor NJ their son Herbert. whose
confirma ton will take place Sal
urday morning. April "a. AT O'Clock
AT Adath Israel Synagogue. Sixth and
7 streets northwest
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Veterans Entertained at
Congressional Library

Miss Frances LEIGH. chairman of
the New York state Society. enter
tanned Miss Cunningham. Miss Will
lis and 10 Of the New York State
World War soldiers Of Walter Reed
General Hospital. AT the Congress
sional Library yesterday afternoon.
from TO o'clock. Mrs. Grace F..
Strait was hostess. Mr. A. B. Evans
directed the party throughout the
Library building. after which tea
served
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Mrs. Elsie Hill Here
for Soiourn of Month

Mrs. Elsie Hill. suffrage leader and
wife of DR.. Albert Levitt. has arrived
in Washington 10 spend month and
is at the National Women's Party
hea dquarters. She has with her her
little daughter, Elsie Hill Levitt. Mrs.
Hin - her daughter will sail in
MAY 10 Paris, where DR.. Levitt. who
is the professor Of law At the Wash
ington and Lee University. will join
hnr
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Gard Party Arranged
For Eniscopal Benefit

4 card party for the benefit Of the
Episcopal Home for Children will he
held in the palm room Of the May
flower Saturday evening. sac o'clock.
Mrs. Howard s. Robinson. chairman
Of the card party. has assisting her
Mrs. Harry G.. Tolson, Mrs. Rols nd
n. Jefferson. Mrs. James F.. Neale and
Mrs Elkins Reed.
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Mr.. and Mrs. Frailey
Hosts at Dance for Son

Mr.. and Mrs. Carson r. F'railey nj
1904 Livingston street. Chevy Chase
gave dance for their son. Carson
Gray. Friday evening in the Chevy
Chase Library. Forty guests were
entertained
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Brazil's Envoy Host
at Largest Dinner
Dance of Season

Continued from Fifth PageD
Evening star., 1926-04-18

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matte that legislative restraints be-
come more acute as our life becomes
more complex"
Mr.. Williamson. however. hated to
think Of the time when Government
control would get to the point Where
Bulletin Dis will prescribe official
rules for the burial of the dead and
the consolation Of all friends and reda-
tives."
Mr.. Fordham, on the other hand.
found much in Washington's trafhc
conditions to warrant very extensive
Government control OF tndiv1duai
rights.
II have been struck by your beau
tiful countryside and your beautlfu
city here" he said. And have very
nearly been struck by some other
things. In fact, I am beginning TO
think you have two classes here-tne
quick and the dead. Your very trafnc
here is proof of the need OF leglsla-
ton. In Washington you have many
restraints-you may go here. you
can't go there. But out of that sys'
tenn of restraint comes real freedom,
more freedom for all. The community
must come before the individual"
Mr.. Trimble, however, felt that fur
ther governmental interference would
kill the initiative and self-reliance OF
the individual. I'VE will soon reach
a point where everything is done for
the individual but nothing by him"
he asserted. "It is the tendency that
would reduce us to be mere wards OF
q paternalistic state. We can counte-
nance nothing that will put a limit on
the daring and enterprise Of men.
Private and moral rights are sa-
cred. You must have the consent OF
the will before you can make con-
structive progress with any legisla-
ton. Unless you base your law on
human nature, it must fail. We have
rt~iy example Of this in the pro-
hibition law. I shall not debate the
Evening star., 1926-11-30
CAMBRIDGE DEBATERS DEFEAT
CIV. u. TEAM ON RIGHTS ISSUE

came to these shores to escape a gov
ernment that treSpassed the rights of
individuals. He marveled that the
three visitors should now come over
here to attempt to impose such a
proposition on free Americans again.
You want more government; we
want less. You demand more legisla-
ton; we demand less," he argued.
"Since the war we have been viewing
with genuine alarm the tremendous
extent to which the Government is
extending it's invasion of the indi-
vidual's rights. 1t is contrary to the
very philosophy of the American ma.
ton. We rebel against it with inher-
ent dislike, and it is an unnatural sit
uation at the best"
Mr.. Herklots professed that after
hearing such an argument he could
better understand New York, where
the automats and the slot machines
make it veritable dumb mans para
disc" His able adversary, he ad-
mitted, had an entirely false idea of
liberty. He even shuddered to think
what would become Of his "individu-
alistic friend when he stepped out
into Washington's traffic should his
views become the mandate of the
people.
Mr.. Herklots provoked loud laugh
ter and applause when he spoke Of
having come from the land of re.
serve to the land of reservations" &"
He closed his argument with the plea
that the very fact that man lives in a
community must impose some re-
straint upon him. THE good Of the
whole must be upheld above all else."
the speaker cOntended. 1T Is axio.
Evening star., 1926-11-30

merits of prohibition. But the people
Of this nation hold that it abridges
their rights and they refuse to obey it.
That attitude is resulting in disrespect
for all law"
To conclude the debate, Mr.. Hutch
inson ventured to believe that there
are more laws today than ever before
in history. yet there is more initiative,
too. Aside from that fact, however
he pointed out that the affirmative
side had not offered any genuine evi
dence to show that laws should be
abolished. On the other hand, ample
evidence had been produced to show
that without restraint on individual
caprices civilization would soon dis
solve.
DIR. William Mather Lewis, presi-
dent Of George Washington Univer-
sity, delivered a brief address. Then
he turned the meeting over to Prof
Gilbert L. Hall, who explained the
subject and introduced the debaters
Last year Cambridge lost to George
Washington. Next year George Wash
ington University will send its team
to Cambridge to meet the British ora
tors on their home ground.
Evening star., 1926-11-30
JUDGES ACCUSED
IN HUGE RUMPL0T
Paper Says New York Mag
istrates Sought Immunity
for Gang Members.
BY the Associated Press.

DF liit AseOcidtcu IICcs.
BOSTON, November 30.-Two New
York City magistrates are lnciuoeo
among those under investigation by
the Government in connection with
the gigantic rum conspiracy whlcn
was discovered with the seizure here
last August of the steamer Cretan and
a $500 900 cargo of alcohol, the Bos'
ton Advertiser says today.
More than two-score persons, IN
Guiding Lewis H. Rothchild, vice
president of the Chelsea Exchange
Rank of New York, two of his as.
sistants. and the captain and crew OF
p men of the Cretan already nave
been indicted in connection with the
alleged conspiracy.
The Advertiser quotes an unnamed
official as saying that the New 1ork
iudges used their influence 10 secu,e {
immunity for members OF the gang, AZ
nroviding protection to those ullloau.
ing cargoes and in eettlhs ihoi'e'
hacking for enterprise. ,ao
AT least a score nave oen th;s
nillionaires by the operations o
Isetrnne secret indictments were
,.o.ad nv Federal grand jury hele
s,d warrants have been served oll
nr+ of these. it was reVeaieu heie
r,,nday with announcement OF lhe pio
ooadines against the bankers.
Tbnse unders Indictment lncluoe a.
~ "evnrs" rum dealers ana uls
,,.shutors and the men VINO hesoli" 80
:, ,,rnbose of the Cretan from tiie
,rerahan nts and Miners Transportalioii
~ in addition to the shlpS cIem y.
Do+hchild has issued a statement oe-
,,.inp any connection Win Tic i'Ne