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LIQUOR D|SPENSARY
LEAGUE LAYS PLANS
Organization to Seek Law to
Take Place of Eighteenth
Amendment.

To work for prohibition legislation to
substitute for the eighteenth amend
ment to permit the manufacture and
sale Of wines, beers and spirits for home
consumption under Federal dispensary
plan,, the Federal DispenSary-Tax Re-
duction League has been organized here
and plans made for extension of the or
ganization into all the States.
Spreading of literature and employ
ment of lecturers to further the prin-
ciple Of Federal dispensaries for liquor
will be undertaken by the league, 1t was
announced yesterday and plans have
been made for solicitation of the neces-
Sary funds.
A finance committee, with authority
to function under the title of national
executive committee of the league, COM
posed mainly Of men OF Washington and
the vicinity. has been named and the
following officers Of the league have been
elected: Rice Hooe. attorney, president;
Joseph McReynolds, automobile dealer.
first vice president; Leo p. Harlow, at
torney, second vice president: F. W..
Profit, hotel man, treasurer, and Elmer
F. Nagel, recording secretary.
In addition to the officers, the finance
and executive committee includes: Rus
sell Balderson, president Of the Balder-
son Co.. Harry G. Burke, president Of
the Burke g. Herbert Bank. Alex
andria Va; Ward Brown, architect;
Col. Charles H. Consolvo. hotel opera
tor; A. T. Contella, realty dealer; DR..
John A. Foote. dean of the Medical
School Of GEORGETOWN University; DR..
Gusts Lee Hall, Wilton j. Lambert, at
torney; E. e. Lawler, Whitney Leary,
X. D. McRae. DR.. S. B. Moore. Frank
l.. Peckham, Harold Scarborough. Mrs
Elsie w. Schafer, Dr. Camp Stanley.
j. T. Stephenson, w. J. Strobel. former
Senator C. S. Thomas of Colorado,
o. H. Tracy and o. M. Weise.
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EARLY WASHINGTON
PAPERS DISPLAYED
Betty W. Lewis Signature Pro
nounced Genuine by Descend
ant of Family.

Documents found in the trunk of
Betty Washington Lewis. sister of
George Washington, recently located in
Fredericksburg Va. we're displayed to-
day by Henry Woodhouse, president Of
the Aerial League of America. at the
second of the series of Spring me-
morals" conducted by the league at the
Willard Hotel.
A number of men and women who
said they were descendants of the
Washington and Lewis families viewed
the contents of the trunk. These in
cluded Mrs. Ellie Knox-Gore Keckler.
descendant of Betty Washington and
niece of Mrs Meta Pollock Taylor, who
sold the trunk to Mr. Woodhouse.
H. Latane Lewis, local business man.
a descendant of Col Charles Lewis,
brother of Fielding Lewis, showed par
ticular interest in what Mr.. Woodhouse
said was the only existing signature of
Betty Lewis. Mr.. Lewis said that the
document and signature undoubtedly
were authentic.
George Washington and his brothers,
Charles and Samuel Washington, are
named in one of the old papers, which
is signed by Col. Burgess Ball, executor
Of the estate of Mrs. Mary Washington.
mother of George. The latter is re-
corded as having received 100 pounds.
About IS persons attended the lecture.
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STORM AND WIND HIT NEBRASKA
Rain, Snow, Hail. Sleet and Tornadoes
Leave Havoc In Path.

Rain, Snow, Hail, Sleet and Tornadoes
Leave Havoc In Path.
OMAHA, Nebr., April Is tP.-Tor-.
nadoes, rain, snow, hail ana Sieet rakeo
Nebraska yesterday, causing heavy
property damage and inJurlng at least
two persons.
While two tornadoes struck in East
ern Nebraska, the western section OF
the State was being swept by snow ano
rain. In some sections cloudbursts &C.
CURED and at least two towns suffered
from flood waters. Snow was driven
by a 50-mile gale.
A tornado cut q path II miles long
through the farming community be-
tween Ulysses and David CITY, doing
thousands of dollars worth Of property
damage. Hesse Howe, a farmer, was
slightly injured when struck by flying
debris. The home OF Henry Book,
State Representative from Butler
County, was destroyed.
Another tornado of lesser intensity
wrecked several farm buildings in the
vicinity Of Papiilion and Ashland, be-
tween Omaha and Lincoln. Charles r.
Sprague, q farmer. suffered slight In
iuries when his automobile was hurled
into a ditch near Papillion.
A terrific hailstorm preceded the
tornado in the vicinity Of David City.
Hail stones ruined the tops Of scores OF
automobiles, broke windows and
damaged the wheat crop.
Cambridge was partly flooded by
waters from Medicine Creek. Within
an hour Cambridge was surrounded by
water and the city park was flooded to
depth of several feet.
unMEC nr AAA TNFpERIIED
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believe that the school estimates should
be entitled to any other rule OF con-
sideration than that granted to other
divisions of the District government.
To make an exception in the case OF
the schools would, of course, be to dis
credit the District Commissioners in
their action and to limit their very
necessary activity in submitting a bal
anced budget to the Budget Bureau
and Congress and to that extent break
down the budget law"
THE budget law has resulted in vast
economies to the taxpayer. To make
an exception in the case of the schools
of Washington is to open the gates for
the ultimate breaking down OF the law
in the Federal departments. In my
Judgment, Congress will not do that
and the country will not approve that
course. Whether or not that Is your
intention, most certainly that Is the
effect of the proposal which has been
very vigorously advanced from certain
quarters in Washington.
The responsibility of finally passing
upon the expenditures of funds for the
District government rests with Con-
rress. which body relies largely upon
the study of and recommendations o.
the appropriation committees OF the
two Houses. That responsibility shouic
be performed by the two Houses Whef
these matters are submitted IN the reg
ular course to us by the Bureau OF tht
Budget, and not before"
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hausted, and the men had gone without
water for two days.
News of the rescue was received in
wireless message by the Radio Cor
poration of America.
The message read:
Schooner James E. Coburn, owner j.
Fonceca. New Bedford. foundered $50
miles north Of Bermuda, April II. Crew
picked up 10 Greenwich meridian time,
latitude 34.25 north, longitude 64.35
west Names of survivors: Master, J..
Pereira: mate, Edward Rice: engineer
w. Milliken; mess boy, Eugenio Seuildo;
seamen, Joseph Delgado. Manuel Silva,
Henry Adres, r. Monterro: boatswain,
John Britto; purser. Joseph Maderos
Cook, W. Sargent, died from exposure
last night. Crew in lifeboat nine days.
(Signed) Master yacht Amida, Nc
LOUGHLIN."
The rescue ship is owned by Ernest
R. Behrend of Newport, r. l., and Erie,
Pa. Behrend Is president and general
manager Of the Hammermill Paper Co.
Of Erie.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. April Is Cp)
The four -masted schooner James E.
Coburn, whose lifeboat is reported to
have been picked up at sea, was COM
manded by j. Perreira of this city.
Marine circles here said the schooner
carried a crew of about 10 men, and
most of them shipped from Perth Am
boy, N. j.
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SETTLE IS NAMED
TO LEAD AIR TEAM
Four Officers Selected as
Navy Entries in LitchfieId
Trophy Balloon Race.

Lieut.. T. @. w. Settle Of the District
of Columbia is one of the four officers
elected as the Nays entries In the
national elimination balloon race for
the Litchfeld Trophy. to be held at
Pittsburg May 4. 1t was announced at
the Navy Department today.
He will be in charge Of the team,
the other members being Lieut.. j. C.
Richardson Of st. Louis. Lieut.. 81. g.
Maurice M. Bradley of Carey. Ohio. and
Ensign Wilfred Bushnell of Watertown.
N. Y. The officers now are training
for the race at the Naval AR Station
at Lakehurst. N. j., where they are on
duty. The winner will represent the
United States in the international bal
loon endurance race.
All four officers are veteran balloon
lists. Lieut.. Settle was member OF the
Navy balloon racing team Of 1927 and
has had to date approximately 1900
hours in lighter-than-air craft and has
made Is free balloon hops. On one Of
these he few for 211a hours, covering a
distance of 478 miles. from Lakehurst
to Lisbon Falls, Me. Lieut.. Settle made
the return trip on the Graf Zeppelin
from the United States to Germany last
Fall.
Lieut.. Richardson is on duty aboard
the drigible Los Angeles, and has a
record of nearly 100 hours in the
air. The other two members of the
team, Lieut. Bradley and Ensign Bush
nell. have been on duty at Lakehurst
since 1928, and each has had approx
mately 400 hours in the air.
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Rain In Watershed Threatens New Rise
Along Mississippi.

KAN HI WAtcESucV All eatChS ANS" AssSS
Along Mississippi.
QUINCY, ILL.,, April 25.-The homes
of 1000 people and the safety of over
81. DOC, 900 worth of property lay at the
mercy of the Mississippi today, and the
prospects Of compassion from the
mighty river seemed woefully slight.
Rain poured last night into the rivers
to the north in Iowa, Illinois, and Mis-
souri,, and Missouri after heavy showers
the day before had caused a six-inch
rise at Keokuk, and the Government
observer here said the river would I'M
Questionably rise again.
A sensation was caused In the Hood
region last night. with the report that
danger faced the Sni drainage district,
lust below the now flooded South Quincy
tract, The Sni area, heretofore believed
entirely safe, comprises 10000 acres
and is said to be the largest drainage
district in the world protected by a
single levee. Approximately 900 families
live there.
Veteran flood observers said that an
other rise like the one last week end
would push down the Sni bikes and
bring damage that might reach
$3,000,000
Only the heroic efforts of a skilled
engineer and construction crew working
on improvements have saved the 10000
acre Lima Lake district this long, resi-
dents stated, and the continued safety
Of the Gregory district, below War
saw, ILL.,, on the Missouri side, is at
tributed to more good luck.
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TORNADOES LASH EAST TEXAS.
Two Children, Fleeing to SchOolhouse
| for Haven, Among Seven Killed.

Two Children, Fleeing to SchOOlhouse
for Haven, Among Seven Killed.
PALESTINE, Tex, April IS (H1.-Two
tornadoes dashed three East Texas nam
lets yesterday, killing Z persons, 1n)urlng
at least 81 and causing properly oam-
age estimated at $250,000.
The most severe OF the windstorms
roared down a path Of 3 miles wide.
twisted the little town OF Slocum. 10
miles east Of here, into mass OF ruins
and killed Z, then dipped again miles
to the east and wiped out Benson
Springs without injury TO any OF It's
inhabitants.
Another twister of lesser intensity hit
the James community, near Center. Tex,
leaving rs homeless and casualty, q
woman injured.
The dead at Slocum:
BE. McDaniels, about so; Mrs. p E.
Mechanics, about so; Mrs. Ben Kirk
wood. 80, and her two sons, and z;
Mrs. Edna Gatlin, 80, and Claude Nc
liver. about 9.
The injured, several Of whom are
expected to die, were being cared for
In hospitals here. The Red Cross and
relief committees from nearby towns
furnished shelter and food for the
homeless.
TWO of those killed at Slocum were
school children. About $50 children
were on the school Fairgrounds during
the noon recess, when suddenly the
tornado appeared. The children rushed
to the schoolnouse. but the storm de-
stroyed it just as they entered. Several
other children were injured.
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relief legislative program generally con-
sidered to have the Endorsement Of
President Hoover was delivered in the
Senate yesterday by Senator Brook
hart.
The Iowa Senator's address was pune
tuated with fourishes Of pamphlets
containing the speeches he had made
for Hoover in the presidential cam
paign. He had described the chief eX-
ecutive during that contest as "the best
friend the farmer ever had" Brook
hart said that prior to election Mr..
Hoover had given every indication that
he would actually bring equality to
agriculture
"On that basis I supported him." he
shouted. But when his message came
to Congress, we found the statement
that the agricultural problem must be
solved changed to the statement that
1t cannot be done in a day"
Congress has the power to solve this
question even over veto," said Brook
hart.
Like to See Some Vetoes.
He declared that he would like to see
some vetoes," and then watch Congress
vote after them, because he for one had
not surrendered his seat in the Senate
to the White House.
Senator Brookhart asserted that the
Republican party at Kansas City and
President Hoover in his campaign
speeches had promised equality for
agriculture. but that the bill being ad-
vocated would fail to bring this about.
The Iowan declared agriculture was
entitled to a large subsidy comparable
to the relief given the railroads during
the war. and that failing to get this, he
intended to support the export deben-
ture plan, which is opposed by the Pres
ident.
Tydings Clashes With Iowan.
Senator Brookhart was questioned by
Senators Tydings of Maryland and King
of Utah, Democrats, as to whether the
Government had made mistake in
guaranteeing the profits of railroads
during the war. Brookhart said he
thought it had
Then as understand the Senator"
Tydings declared, "he believes If you
make one mistake the way to right it is
to make more mistakes. If the Senator
complains that something is wrong, but
turns around and says it is right if you
give me some of the pie, then am in
clined to question the Senator's logic"
Senator King commended a govern
ment must follow fiscal policy during
war time different from that of peace.
He said what Brookhart proposed was
an outright gratuity which he felt no
farmer desired.
Brookhart warned that the farmers
must be given equality with industry or
he would be ready to fight the tariff all
along the line"
He declared American ships had been
sold to private interests so that trans
portation rates charged the farmer can
be boosted" and Senator Jones. Repub-
lican, of Washington replied that the
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U. S. Cruisers Leave China.

SHANGHAI. China, April Is R).-
The light cruisers Trenton and Milwau-
kee sailed for the United States today
after completing years duty in China
The light cruiser Memphis Of the same
division left Chefoo. also for the United
States, and will join the others at Yoko-
hama.
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1t. Thus, under its functioning, Ger
many might even be released from pay
ment of part or all of any annulties
until the situation was remedied.
The situation as presented to the
transfer committee yesterday probably
was this: That the monetary circula-
ton of Germany amounts to between
five and six billion marks; that the
minimum gold reserve covering this
should be, by law, 40 per cent, or about
2.4OO, DOC, 900 marks: that since January.
as a result of successive Withdrawals.
the Reichsbanks gold reserve has
dropped to 100000 900 marks, or only
100000, 900 marks (about $4,000, OOO
above the legal minimum.
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TAKE TOLL
over WESTERN U. S.
Blizzard ParaIyzes Wyoming.
Texas Tornadoes Kill 7.
Nebraska Is Hit.
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900 in other parts Of the State.
The casualty list of Wyoming bliz-
yards usually Is composed largely of
sheep herders, and stockmen were
apprehensive as to the safety Of men
tending their fiocks. Other possible
victims were those caught IN automc-
biles in the desolate sections Of the
State. Until telephone trouble crews,
travelling In tractors to the trunk wires,
succeed III connecting wyoming cities
by telegraph and telephone, what
havoc the storm has wrought cannot
be determined.
Last reports received here before
communication was cut of said many
streams were being transformed into
raging torrents.
From several points In Colorado came
reports Of streams nearing flood stage
from the heavy precipitation and near
Craig. Colo, the Yampa River was
carrying out bridges and endangering
q Texas oil company refinery as the
ordinarily small stream was assuming
the dimensions of torrent.
rORNADOES LASH EAST TEXAS.
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r. NJ. King Is Commissioned.

Russell M. King. Federal Trade Com
mission, 1000 D street, has been COM
missioned by the War Department a
second lieutenant, Coast Artillery, Re-
serve Corps of the Army.
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Construction of a final 70o-miie
stretch would extend the Pacific Coast
Highway from Mexico to the Arctic
Circle.
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general and representative of Benito
Mussolini. and Count Massigli. tall,
slender French delegate, and was over
the subject of division of air fleets into
home and overseas forces.
Delegates Show Interest.
In the light of Italys expected con-
tention when naval disarmament pro-
posals reach the negotiation stage that
she have sea power equal to that Of
France this first clash created absorb
ing interest and was followed word for
word by those present.
Gen. Marinis urged sharp division
of airplanes at home and overseas so
as to know exactly how many airplanes
any country might have at its disposal
at home and In time Of crisis. He
insisted upon fixing the distance within
which aircraft would be regarded as
belonging to home forces and though
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Moultrie. Ca, farmers have adopted
a slogan Of Bigger and better peanuts. +"
They are not satisfied with present pro-
duction.
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REICHSBANK RAISES
RATE, DAWES PLAN
! HELD ENDANGERED

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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. Al
Thu four mo cfad cahnOnor
ITALYS NAVAL AIM
CALLED OBSTACLE
TO GENEVA ACCORD

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DEMOCRATIC SPLIT
MAY SPELL DEATH
TO DEBENTURE PLAN

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10 SAVED IN OCEAN
AFTER NINE DAYS
DRIFTING IN BOAT

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SIMMONS Rejects
CARUSFS PROPOSAL
ON SCHOOL BUDGET

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Washington Weather.

There is a kind of fashion among
some people In Washington and else
where to speak slightingly Of the
weather here, as If by some mysterious
dispensation of Providence meteoro-
logical conditions here were differenet
from those prevailing in other sections
Of the country.
AS matter of cold fact the same
gentle dew diStills from the same
heaven upon the same ground beneath,
and the National Capital has enjoyed,
does enjoy and will enjoy many beau
tiful weeks Of Spring, Summer, Autumn
and Winter weather.
The memory Of no single person is
long enough to recall all the rainy days
or the hot spells, or the cool periods, SO
that 1t is fashionable with some to de-
clare with every recurring weather tend
ency that the prevailing weather Il
unprecedented.
Washington enjoys good weather, and
the clear days with cool nights and
Npprrn enough afternoons Of the past few
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Ambassador probably has inventoried
his cellar and found that "he's got all
he needs" Meantime thirsty Washington
society is observing, with some relief,
that Sir Esme Howard has not pro-
claimed his intention of making his
embassy dry. He has merely announced
that he will not bring any more liquor
into the country.
X n 4 \
Not much attention was attracted
hereaboutS by the commencement ad-
dress which Col. William j. Donovan,
former assistant to the Attorney Gen
eral of the United States, delivered the
other day at Notre Dame. There was
one passage which may, or may not,
have a bearing on certain events in
which wild BilP' latterly figured to
wit: ITO men of that faith (the Roman
Cathol1c) which this college teaches
there is today particular need of that
quality of courage which is guided by
intelligence and directed by honor-a
courage that can be patient. You will
De subjected to attacks and attempted
discrimination by certain narrow and
ignorant groups, but you men, with the
training that you have had here, can
not surrender to bigotry. You cannot
yourselves be guilty Of that which you
condemn in Others"
X u X
Japan has apparently taken coeni-
zance OF the fact that the Ouakers are
now IN power at Washington. At least
tne Toxic government has dispatched
Japans most eminent Quaker, Mr.. Setsu
SaWada, to its most important COM
mercial post in the United States, that
OF consul general at New York. Mr..
SaWaoa, up to last year, was counselor
OF the Japanese embassy in Washington.
he became a convert to the Friends
Ialth while youth in Japan. Nine.
SaWada as a child was converted to
Roman Catholicism. Mr.. Sawada en-
joys the close friendship of Emperor
Hiroh1to, having accompanied the
monarch, when the latter was Crown
Prince, on his famous trip around the
world.
1t is the opinion of close-range OBJ
servers at this weeks corner stone lay
ing OF the new Department of Com
merce that as mason Herbert Hoover
Is a first-class engineer. When the
PRESIDENT was handed that trowel and
mallet, with which well and truly to
lay the stone. he evinced manifest I'M
familiarity with the tools. A workman
had to be drafted into emergency sery-
Ice to show Mr.. Hoover how to WELD
them, which he. thereupon proceeded
to do with dexterity Cameramen who
snapped President Coolidge in the act
OF laying the National Press Build
ing corner stone in 1927 recall that
"Cal'' smeared the mortar like a pro-
fessional. The Commerce Building cor
ner stone contains the first complete
collection of the new United States
paper money, specially contributed for
the purpose by Secretary Mellon.
(CopyriEht, 1927
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Rule Against Touching
Corpse Retarded Medics
BY E. e. FREE. Ph. m

How the superstitious dogma that no
cleanly human being dare touch a
corpse Stif1ed for many centuries the re-
coVery of scientific medicine after the
times of the Greeks was explained bv
p. Johnston-Saint of the Welcome
historical Medical Museum of London.
In recent address before the IndiaY,
section OF the Royal Society of Arts
F1fteen centuries ago, Mr.. Johnston
SAINT said, there arose in India a re-
markable group of thoroughly scientific
physicians. They discovered the circu-
lat1on of the blood: they practiced vac
clnat1on against smallpox; they were
skillful brain surgeons: it is y5robable
That they had some idea of the germ
nature of infectious diseases. Limbs
were amputated successfully and re-
placed by artificial legs or arms. New
ears, noses or other parts of the face
were reconstructed by flaps of tissue
from other parts of the body, an art
recovered by modern plastic surgeons
only within the last generation. MANY
modern drugs were first discovered and
used, the lecturer stated, by these ancient
indian doctors. What ruined the pro-
feSsion and stopped an advance which
might have given modern sanitation to
the world at least 10 centuries earlier
than its actual date was the promulga-
ton OF the ceremonial rule forbiddinn
contact with dead body. The educated
Indian was taught that he was denied
by such contact and medical science
came to an end.