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Evening star., 1926-04-09
PEACE OF WORLD
IN HANOSO PRESS,
JOURNALISTS TOLD
Need for High Code Of Ethics
Stressed by American and
Mexican Delegates.

An appeal for the establishment of
a definite code OF ethics In journal
ism. coupled with the warning that
until newspapers accept their full
responsibility and recognize the
mandate of Justice and truthfulness
the nations OF the world can never
attain their long cherished goal of
universal peace voiced this morning
IT the second business session of the
Pan.American journalistic Congress
in the hall of the Americas. found
unanimous approval from the news
paper men Of the Western Hemi.
sphere as represented at the confer
ence.
The topic before the congress con-
cerned newspaper ethics. incorporat
ing the influence Of Journalism on
International relations and the in
ternal affairs of nations. bearing in
mind the necessity of feconciii,g =
the liberty Of the press with the
highest conception of the ethics of
journalism. On this subject two
papers were presented for discus
sion, the first by DIR. Juan Jose Ta.
blada, editor of Ell Universe, Mexico
City. and the second by John n.
Fahey, publisher of the Evening Post
of Worcester. Mass.
Mr.. Fahey fnahis address decla red
at the beginning that the World War
had removed forever all doubt as
to the power of the press, even as
the molder OF ,interna tioral opinion.
II is. in fact, he said. the greatest
single influence in international re-
lations today. and for this reason
he spared no words in bitterly criti-
cizing foreign correspondents who,
either thoughtlessly Or deliberately.
ca bled false reports from the capitals
of other nations.
BIames Press for War.
Before the war" Mr.. Fshey con.
tinued, the press Of Europe had a
large part, together with greedy mon
archial systems of government. In
responsibility for the condition which
resulted in that conhagra ton.
Without the aid of the press the
leaders of autocratic governments
could never have aroused the suspi-
cion. prejudices and national an.
tipathies on which extreme national
ism was built up.
IF ma jority of the leading news
papers of Europe had opposed the ex.
travagant armament plans, it is likely
they could never have been carried
the parliaments. II, even on
the eve Of the catastrophe in the fate
full weeks which preceded its out
break, leaders Of the European press
had demanded a general conference,
who can say what the result might
have been.
The war demonstrated the tire.
mendous power OF the press as never
before in history. 1t revealed great
reservoirs which even those most
familiar with its influence did not un.
derstand. 1t represents now the great.
Continued on Page 1, Column 2)
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D. c. FISCAL PROBE
URGED ON HOUSE
Zih|man Reports His Measure
for inquiry by Joint
Committee.

Chairman Zihlman Of the House
District committee today laid before
the House the committees favorable
report on Mr.. Zihlman's bill for ap-
pointment of a joint committee TO Ak
the amount 10 be contributed by the
United States toward defraying the
expenses OF the District OF Columbia.
In his report. Chairman Zihlman
states that in 1878. when the present
organic law was passed. 1t was pro-
vided therein that one-half of the ex-
penses of the government of the Dis
trict of Columbia should he paid
by contribution from the Federal
Treasury.
This system Of $3.50 contribution
continued up until 1920. at which time
the appropriation bill for the District
OF Columbia cha nged the $3.50 system
and substituted a system OF 40 per
cent by the Federal Government and
so per cent by the District Of Colum
bia. This continued during the fiscal
years 1921. 1922. 1929 and 1924 and un-
til the fiscal year 1925. when Congress
substituted a lump-sum contribution
for the existing plan.
Lump Sum Provided.
In the appropriation bill for the
wear 1925 the sum OF 80 100000 was
carried to which was added certain
revenues which had formerly been
credited in part to the Federal Gov
ernment.
The Zihlman hill as reported makes
the lump sum Of $4,000 900 permanent
law for the fiscal years 1927 and 1928,
and provides for the appointment OF
ha
Ave Senators to he appointed by the
President OF the Senate and five Rep.
resentatives to he appointed by the
Speaker Of the House. This joint
committee Is authorized and directed
to inuuire into the present hscal rela-
tions between the United States and
the District of Columbia with view
to ascertaining and reporting to Con
gress whether the persent percentage
nroportion basis Of appropriating for
the expenses OF the government OF the
District OF Columbia should continue.
and IL so. what percentage OF appro-
pria ton for such purpose should be
paid by the United states and the Dis
trict OF Columbia. respectively. or
whether the present temporary law
providing for a lump-sum contrlpu-
tion should be continued as permanent
law. -
The bill further provides that the
various officers and employees OF the
District government should fllrnlsh
the committee all necessary informa
tjon regarding the powers. duties. ac.
tiyities. organization and methods or
business. and also provides tnat the
committee shall have access to ana
the right to examine any books. docu'
ments papers or records of the admin
istrative service of the District.
Report by January, 1927.
The findings of the committee are
to be reported to the House and Sen
ate on or before the first Monday IN
There has been no investigation,
Chairman Zihlman points out. of the
fiscal relationship between the Federal
Government and the District OF
Columbia since 1915. a period or IL
years. The present lump sum, which
is now temporary law. was con.
ceived largely in the mind of the sub
committee having the District Of
Continued on Page 8, Column %
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BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. April 9.-Two men, aid
ed by woman. risked their lives
here early today in a daring but un-
successful attempt to rescue Leo j.
Atrsworth of Cincinnati while he
clung from window ledge of his
ilre-swept hotel ,oom 800 feet above
the sidewalk
The men formed human ladder
from a window below the hanging
man, but before a rescue could be
effected Ainsworth dropped from the
nineteenth floor. his burned fingers
no longer able to hold his weight.
He was instantly killed. Scores of
pedestrians gazed in horror on the
scene, powerless to aid.
Mr.. and Mrs j. w. Melville of
Chicago and +. a. Guilleaume of New
York. guests at the Morrison Hotel.
tallest hostelry in the world, where
the tragedy occurred. were the three
who sought TO save Ainsworth. a
pioneer in radio manufacturing and
hroadcasting in Cincinnati.
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TWO MEN KILLED,
81 STILL MISSING,
INA OIL DISASTERS
Property Loss Estimated at
S18.OOO.OCO in Destruction
of Tank Farms.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press,
Two persons are dead. IS are
missing. and $1s .0a0. 900 worth Of
property has been destroyed In four
disasters involving oil ships and
properties in two widely separated
parts of the country.
Thirty members of the crew of the
Dutch steamer Silyanus are missing
as a result OF collision with stand
ard Oil tanker In the Mississippi River
below New Orleans. Five persons
were believed to have been killed and
more than two score were injured
when another Standard Oil tanker ex-
ploded at a New Orleans drydock.
The huge property loss was suffered
In two oil reservoir fields at San Luis
Obispo, and Brea, Calf. The fire In
he former field was rated as the
greatest petroleum confagration in
the history of the American oil in
dustry, with probable loss Of
s15. 900 900. The loss at Brea was
estimated at $4,000 900. Both oil tank
farms were owned by the Union
OH Co
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EXPECTED TO BURN SIX DAYS.
Miniature Tornado, Generated by In.
tense Heat, Wrecks Home.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calf, April 9
P).--Men today continued their two
day battle against flames that were
oil stored by the Union Oil Co. on two
tank farms in California. The FIRE
near here apparently had ceased to
spread. but officials OF the compa ny
said 1t would he three W four Gays be-
fore the 5000 900 barrels of petroleum
in the field were completely burnt d
out At Brea. $50 miles southeast Of
here, 5000 men were battling the
flames to save three huge reser, oirs
and a number Of surfac. tanks that
We're threatened. the damage being
done by the fires was estimated at
S1s.000,0 900. which officials said was
largely covered by insurance.
Two lives were claimed by the dis
aster here when reservoir exploded
yesterday A miniature tornado. gen
Grated by he heat. tore apart the
farmhouse occupied by the victims.
Hope raised by a favorable change
in the wind here during the night
that remaining seven or eight small
tanks of So 200 barrels capacity each
may be saved stirred little enthusiasm
among the weary fireflghters who
had been beaten back in a steady re-
treat before the lake of flames.
Reservoirs Boil Over.
Along the length Of the two-mile
area successive boiling over Of the six
great storage reservoirs OF from 750.-
600 to 1,250.000 barrels each, and the
smaller surface tanks had spread
flames that destroyed farmhouses
nd lines of trees from the landscape.
The workers have bent their force
to patrolling this area. stemming the
rush Of the flames that threatened to
cut off the main highway through
the valley and warning persons away
from the danger area.
BY early morning Oil men de
clared that two reservoirs were vir-
tually burned out, while numerous
boiiings over by one of 1.250,0o0 bar
rels' capacity had almost exhausted
1t, and its contents. spread over the
burning field, were licked up greedily
by the flames.
The village OF Edna. occupied prin,
cipalIy by the 400 employees of the
company and their families. re-
mained intact, although windows
were shattered. and there was other
evidence of the force of the explosion
of the oil containers.
Parts of the district appeared today
as IL struck by tornado.
At least two houses were destroyed.
The roof OF the house at which the
two persons lost their lives was torn
off and the porches torn off. The barn
was a heap of timbers. but smaller
building 100 feet nearer the fire was
untouched. Telephone poles and trees
were blown down.
In Brea 1900. 900 barrels Of refining
NJ, were burned in three reservoirs
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Seven Russians
Dying as Factory
Tea Is Poisoned

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. April Twenty
seven workmen have been poisoned
by drinking tea from galvanized
tank, which. investigation showed.
contained arsenic. Seven are dy-
ing and the rest are in a critical
condition.
A special commission. consisting
of the Moscow public prosecutor.
the head of the criminal police. a
labor inspector and a Judge. is in
vestiga ting the circumsta noes. A
plot to poison the entire staff of
the factory where the men were
employed is suspected.
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WHEELER TO LEAVE D. c.
Bells Assistant to Take Course at
General STAFF School.

Maj. Raymond A. Wheeler, Assist.
ant Engineer Commissioner of the
District of Columbia, whose four.year
tour Of duty. here is expiring early
in August, under orders issued BY
the War Department today. which di.
rect him to report between August
20 and September to the com
mandant OF the General staff School
at Fort Leavenworth. Kans.. for duty
as student for the ls26.1927 course
at that school m
The selection Of his successor az
an assistant to Engineer Commission.
er Bell at the District Building will
be announced within the next few
weeks.
Evening star., 1926-04-09
Singer Stung by Scorpion Sent to Her
In Easter Egg Filled With Cockroaches

at restaurant. Inside 1t was a little
box. carefully wrapped.
Mile. Hastrea. delighted in the be
lief that a pleasant surprise was In
store for her. got her fingers all mixed
up in her hurry to unite the string
binding the little box When finally it
was opened. out came dozen foul.
smelling Asiatic cockroaches and
small scorpion. The latter promptly
attacked the singer and stung her on
the finger She repartsa the incident
10 the police.
Evening star., 1926-04-09
DEBT PARLEY ADVANCES.
Franco-U. S. Negotiations Progress
Satisfying to Peret.

PARIS. April 9 @.-Finance
Minister Peret indicated today that
the debt negotiations between AM
bassador Berenger at Washington
and the American Government were
progressing favorably
M Peret said he was awaiting
further Information from Washing
ton Before going to London to rake
I'M the British debt. However. mat
ters were progressins SO at Wash
nrton that ne counted on meeting
Chancellor Churchill by the end of
next week
Although negotiations have been
in progress for some time between
Secretary Mellon and the French
Ambassador here on basis for fund.-
ing the French debt. Treasury off,
cials indicated today that nothing
would be done until the Italian debt
agreement. now before the Senate,
was disposed Of.
Evening star., 1926-04-09

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. April s.-Juliana Hastrea,
young Argentine singer. has been
stunS on the finger by a scorpion
which was sent here inclosed In a
gaudy Easter egg.
Mile. Hastrea. whose home Is Bue-
nos Aires. but who now resides In the
Latin quarter, received superb choc-
olate Easter egg, handsomely bound
with ribbon.
The egg was opened during dinner
Evening star., 1926-04-09
BATTERED SHIP DOCKS,

MIAMI. Fla, April 9-LAp.-The 2 four
masted schooner Alvena. which sailed
from Aberdeen, WASH, last December
II In. race with her sister ship. the
irene. slipped quietly into harbor here
today, battered and bruised bv
grueling experience in the Pacific.
Evening star., 1926-04-09
Rival Crowd Attacked.

The campaign, booklets put out by
the two factions and lists of candi.
dates for the county Offices are typical
of. this strange campaign. The Grove,
Barrett -Brundage. Thompson faction in
its booklet carr es the banner Amer.
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Reiterates Opinion.

The President reiterated his opinion
regarding the major features of the
proposition. Because an employe who
has worked for the Government for
ma nv wears has reached so or 81 or SIS
years of age is not sufficient reason
for him to retire to private life and
expect the Government to give him
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Fair and cooler tonight; tomorrow
increasing cloudiness and continued
cool. followed by rain tomorrow after
noon or night. Highest. IS. at 4:30
pm. yesterday; lowest. 49, at am.
today. Fun report on page 9.
Evening star., 1926-05-10
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received ty Private Wire Direct to The Star Office

April shipments. but the stock went
slightly lower with most other motors.
Federal Motor Truck lost almost a
point when it changed hands at Il r.
and Durant was selling within a point
ofof its low for the year.
The action of oil shares as group
was disappointing to those who had
been holding on with the hope that
they would respond to a greater eX-
tent to predictions Of much hlgher
prices, in view of the change Tor the
betters in the statistical position OF the
industry and the outlook for higher
quotations both for Mid-Continent ana
Pennsylvania grades. South Pennsyl-
yania ut 1872 lost points. Humble was
off more than point and Standard OF
Indiana lost almost half point. Glo-
son Oil. which had featured the group
last week, opened at a new high rec
ord on a block of 5000 shares when
it changed hands at ~. But when
weakness developed in others OF the
group, operations for the rise were
SllSDended
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NET INCOME, $2,739,197.

NEW YORK, May 10 P.-Mid-
Continent Petroleum reports net in
come of S2.739, 1877 for the first quarter
of 1926 after interest. abandoned wells
and other charges. but before de-
probation and depletion, which com
pares with S3,694 $50 in the first
quarter of 1925. The company stated
that while net income was apparently
less than year ago. it was due to an
inventory adjustment in the hrst
quarter last year
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Money to Loan

Secured by first deed of trust real estate.
Prevailing interest and commission.
Joseph |. Weller4SsiS1 Si1r wash ,tb 1; 4 4 TFSst NW
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EARNINGS INCREASE.

NEW YORK. May 10 R)--The
Fairbanks co. reports net profit of
S76.O43 for the first quarter this year
equal to $3.50 Il share on the first
preferred stock. on which no dividends
have been paid since 1921. This com
pares with $57,029, or $50 a share on
the first preferred, in the preceding
quarter and S51.ll5, or SSH a share,
in the first quarter of 1925.
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UTAH COPPER INCOME.

NEW YORK. November 10 A).-
Net income of Utah Copper for the
first quarter was 50, l29,oo'. altef
taxes and depreciation, but before de-
pletion, equal to Sl.92 n share on the
S16,244 600 capital stock, against S3,-
1903 or $2.l4 share in the pre-,
ceding Quarter and $3.131. .405, or $1.92
a share in the first quarter of 1928.
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ENGLISH SILK DUTIES.

NEW YORK, May 10 R).-Duty on
silk or artiftcial silk will not be levied
by their customs officials on travellers
to the United Kingdom, the Chamber
of Commerce of the state of New
York has been advised by the London
Chamber of Commerce. Duty viii be
charged. however, on all silk and ar
tificial silk bought for persons in the
United Kingdom.
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TREASURY CERTIFICATES.

Quotations furnished by Redmond & Co.
Evening star., 1926-05-10
BY WILLIAM f. HEFFERNAN.
Received ty Privat

NEW YORK May l0.-Whatever
tendency was shown last week to work
Tor higher prices was not in evidence
In the curb market today. On the
contrary. the general body of stocks
was subjected TO selling pressure and
this told IN a number OF substantial
declines in stocks which had been
prominent recently.
There was certainly nothing in the
news concerning the outlook for the
motor industry upon which to base
operations for the rise. one of the
leading manufacturers announced "a
substantial reduction in prices and
this, along with II declining tendency
IN production schedules, did not coin
eide with the highly optimistic state
mentS put out by heads of the indus
try at the outset of the year concern.
ing the outlook for operations during
the first six months of the present
Y9r.
The Stutz Motor Car Corporation
was able to report slight increase in
NEW YORK, May l0.-Following
Is an official list of bonds and stocks
traded in ON the New York Curb
>'arket today.
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Out Of Cas-!

uOW many careless motorists
III have rallied at themselves for
being caught without gas. But the
wise motorist keeps his tank we'll
filled-and never finds himself
embarrassed.
It is the same along the road of
LIFE. The careless man fails be-
cause he does not provide himself
with financial fuel. But the care
full man, with his sound policy of
investing his funds wisely, is GER
tain to reach his goal.
Our First Mortgage Notes are
not only safe, but they yield 6 " 20
per annum.
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UNTITLED ORDERS DROP.

NEW YORK. May 10 P).-Untilled
orders of the United States steel Cor
poration on April 80, made public TO-
day, totaled 1867 $40 tons, decrease
of 511,959 tons compared with the
end of the preceding month.
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Before You Inyest--InVestiga

It's queer how careful u man can
be after he's lost his money. Abe
Martin says that man who Is not
satisfied with per cent and his
money are soon parted.
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Prompt Action
First Mortgage Loans

Lowest Rates of Interest and Commission
Thomas J. Fisher & Company, Inc.
S38 18th Street
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nv MARY MARSHALL.

or it's own telephone exchange can
generally boast of pleating and hem.
stitching establishment. Usually pink.
ing and hat pressing are carried on
under the same auspices. and so long
as there was demand for such work
ostrich feathers were recurled at the
Same place. Sometimes button cover
ing Is carried on as side issue ana
in one small community the woman
who does the pleating and machine
hemstitching also sells bran mullins
and teaches china painting In her
effort to exc out a sufficient income.
All of which has precious little 10
do with the present fashion for pleat-
ing. The interesting thing is that
until quite recently there had been al
most no change In the methods of
pleating. Recently, however. pleating
processes have been enormously i'm
proved. Experts in the craft produce
effects that offer great assistance TO
the dressmakers.
With the fashion condition what it
is at the present pleats are enor-
mously important. We have set our
selves in favor of fuller skirts. yet we
cling tenaciously to the slender.
straight lines that we have been en-
joying for several years. That is why
side pleats appear so much more
frequently in the smart new clothes
than godets.
The frock in the sketch In Of black
georgette combined with rose. There
is a pleated skirt and jabot.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
All That Is Bile Is Not Bilious.

All gall tracts are divided into three
parts. First is the hepatic duct. which
is the junction formed by the fusion
of the numerous bile ducts from OH
ferent PARTS Of the liver. Second. there
is the cystic duct. which Is sort oil
a blind siding off the hepatic duct
with the beautiful. golden gan nlao.
der at its terminus-sometirnes indeed
a sac Of precious stones for which
the owner has no further use ana
which the explorer is delighted TO ma.
Third. the union of the cystic duct
with, the hepatic duct forms the com
mon gall duct which carries on TO
the intestine emptying into the duo
denum few inches below the lower
opening or outlet Of the stomach into
the intestine.
Picture the arrangements as Y.
one arm of the Y representing liver
a nd it's hepatic duct: the other arm
the gall bladder and its cystic duct;
the base the common duct and the
intestine. Now take pair of scis-
sors or a scalpel or saw and cut OF
the smaller and more helpless arm,
of the Y and If you do neat job you
still have left a patulous or naVl
gable canal from liver TO bowel, with
only a gentle bend near the middle oil
it's course.
This gall bladder is just about the
size Of a perfume atomiZer bulb. anc
when full II holds about an ounce
of bile. which il elects through cystic
and common ducts into the duode
mum periodically. The gall sac squirt'
it's store of bile in this manner when
ever chyme dncompletely digestec
food) from the stomach enters thu
duodenum: the acid in the chyme
| seems to he natural stimulus &c
the election of the bile by the gall sac
The gall sac is thus just little