Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1922, Page 2

- Hour, 1. ock, = 1930, CENIS SN ASS0M Telephone Engineers’ Sur- vey Puts Present Popula- tion at 438,000. FAMILY UNITS - SMALLER ——— Report Also Shows Fewer Single Men and Women Here Than Two Years Ago. Washington in 1943 will have @ population of 645,000, according to a predicition made today by a group of | commercial engineers retained by the Chesapeake and Potomac Teley Company. The engineers were here by the com to forecast scient srowth of the ) that the corpora might be pre- pared to meet future demands for| service as they arlse. | alled | One of the most imteresting con- clusions reached by the investigators is that the size of-fhe average Wash- family is gradually golng Here is what they report: Average Washington family 1890, 5.24 persons; in 1900, 4.90; 1910, 4 in 1920, 4.55. and at lhc! present time, 4.34. Fewer Single Persons. The engineers also declare that two years ago there were more singie men and women included in the population of Washington than there are today They predict that in 1343 the popu lation of the suburban area around Washington, including Alexandria, will be 79,000. This figure, added to the estimate of 645,000 for the city proper, will give a total population for telephone purposes of 734,600, The telephone engi‘neirs {fwn ;h:, resent population of the city prope: Presert BeR00, and in the suburbs, 41,000, making a total of 479,000, ‘An independent census which these erts made of the city revealed famjlies, according to their They found that 67,658 of ilies live in houses, the oal- apartments and lodging ington down. s in) | inj exp 100,957 report. those. fam! ance in houses. v The investigators inquired into rents in their round of the city, with the following results: There are 9, families living in houses that rent for $15 or leas a month; 3,156 families igapartments or flats renting for 315 of:less a mon¥h. R There are 7,332 families in houses f§6m $20 to $25 per month. and + ini* apartments at similar rentals.) There are 5938 familles ments renting from $80 upward, and §.340 families in houses which would réht from $10¢ a month upward. i Growth In Sections. Ithe telephone company is interested bt only in the growth of the city as aiwhole, but also in the questlon of hbw that growth is likely to be dis- teibuted over the various sections of b city. Hor that purpose the investigators nidde a study of how the population has increased or decreased during the t twelve years in each part of the cl In that study they tollowed the boundary. lines of the nine wards into which Washington was laid off many R ire are r of familles in are the numi "'-md,'_-novm changes in the rst 0, 31,208, and 1922, 32.445. ond—l"!‘g,l 9,359; 1920, 12,184, 1932, 11,791, Ird—1910, 7,108; 1930, 7,417; 1922, 7,547, Fourth—1910, 7,633; 1920, 9,171, and 1922, 9,457, Fifth—1910, 3,365; 1920, 3,727, and 1922, 3,804. gfxlh——lslo, 1,271; 1920, 2,708, and 1922, 3.664. Seventth—1910, 10,982; 1920, 21,489, and 1922, 23,665 t 1910, 2,413; 1920, 4,375, and 1930, 3,915, and figures show the total num- ber of famil® in 1910 was 71,339; in 1920, 96,19, and today, 100,957 The mass of data studied by the telephone experts in connection with their forecast of Washington's de- velopment fncluded school enrollment figures, directory names, volume of wholesale and retail business done, bank clearings, postal receipts, build- ing permits, telephone statistics, and other reports of various branches of the Diatrict government. The survey i® under the direct supervision of G. T. Longeope, com- mercial engineer of the local com- pany. Havre de Grace Entries. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., Septem- ber 22.—Entries for Havre de Grace, Md., for Saturday, September 23: First race, purse, $1,343.33; for two. year-olds; five and one-half furlongs —(b)Blue 'Peter, 104; (a)Luminist, 104; Better Times, 104; St. Lawrence, 104; Rock Garden, 105; Glarre, 110; Winner Take All 110; Sun Doll, 110; (b)Rialto, 113; (a)Mark Twain, 113. (2)—W. J. Salmon entry; (b)—H. P. ‘Whitney entry. Becond race, purse, $1,443.3: ing; two-year-olds and up furiongs—Lady Myra, 101; Dr. John son, 11 M. 1 112 Stmplicity, 107 *Mercury, 113; Clansman, 110; Minute Man, 112; *(a)Caligula, 117. a)—E. B. McLean entry. 1 | *(d)Deckmate, 108 'North Wales, 104: Solid Rock, 105; Gallivant, 108 *Little Ammle, 98; *The Desert, 100 105: Gratian. 10 (a)Helen AtKin, Sunny i 100; *Stanley, 163; (a)Little Ed, 105 (b)Thrift, 9’ Amaze, 11 Also eligivle, *Rajah, 100; *Bravo, 108. (a) H. E. Crist and'T. E. Crist entry. | (b) G. W. Foreman entry. { Fourth race. purse. $1.343.33; for| three-year-olds and up: one mile seventy yards—Petite Dame, 103; Maryland Belle, 107; Norfords Choice, 103; Nedra. 111; Crossiess. 104; Pral- 107; Yankee Star, 110; Neapoli- tan, 107 Mollle Barnes, 108; Royal Charlle, 110. Fifth the Potomac handicap; | $10,000 added; three-year-olds; one and one-sixteenth miles—Saddle and Boots, 103; (a) Nedna, 107; (b) Lucky 23; (b)Missionary, 105, Dead- (a)Bunting, 127; Comic (b) Southern Cross, 116. P. Whitney and Greentree stable entry. (b) Lexington atable and Xalapa Farms entry. Sixth race; purse, $1,543.3 ing: three-year-olds and u one-sixteenth miles—Saili, Al g 98; Mock Oran, ’100; *(a)Rebuke, ‘Top Sergeant, 113 105; Dresden, o Knight of the Heather, 100; (b)SlHp-: Saddle and Boots, 113; *By Jimmy, 105; 106; (a)Billy Bar- §, (2) 8. Louis entry. W. M. Jeffords and Sunny- ntry. venth race, $1,3¢3.34, claiming: three-year-olds and up; one mile and seventy yarde—*! Zeus, 103; 'Wauk: ook, 117 ng, (2) H. elaim- one and ng _Along, —*Miles 8, 1 -‘al? 108; *Ple, 10 entice allowance clear; track fast, 10 *St. Gornlll.l‘lll. Ettane, 113; Scotch Ver- claimed; D Weal Expected to Be Named New Chief of G. A. R. i COi.. J. E. WILLETT, lowa, who s considered th meetx at Dex Moincs, next week. Col Willet, had a remarkable war record, rerving Grunt's wtaff. CAUGHT IN GOURT Baltimore Detectives Seize Man Wanted in Murder Case Probe. By the Associated Pres: BALTIMORE, September 32.—Walter Socolow, wanted here in connection with the hold-up and murder of Wil- liam B. Norris, contractor, August 18, and who was rushed out of New York by Baltimore detectives pending decision by Judge Martin of the New York supreme court on habeas corpus proceedings, arrived here last night at 9:30 under guard of the detectives, who spirited him away from New York. Socolow was taken in an aute- took a Pennsylvania railroad train to Baltimore. NEW YORK, September 32.—Walter Socolow, nineteen vears old, wanted in Baltimore on a charge of murder was the center of a foot ball rush in the supreme court yesterday, when three Baltimore detectives grasped what they seemed to think was the psychological moment, between the dismiesal of one writ of habeas cor- pus and the signing of another, and hustied him away. Justice rtin protested vigorously against _such action and ordered court officers to stop the Baltimore detectives, but before anything could be done Socolow and his captors had aped away in an automobile. Ferry terminals and railroad stations are being watched by New York police, with orders from the court to inter- cept the prisoner and the detectivea “1 never saw anything like it in a supreme court,” said Justice Mar- tin from the bench. * an_out- rage. They can’t pull off that rough stuff in my courtroom. Drag Prisoner Away. Sogolow -was_ in court. Wednesday. in habeas corpus prockadings-'whem Assistant District Attorney Driscoll asked that the writ Socolow’s counsel sought be dismissed on the ground that it had been sued out after the prisoner had been committed by .a magistrate, and before the arrival of the warrant of the Governor of Mary- land. Justice Martin granted the two at- torneys until yesterday to argue the matter. Yesterday Socolow's counsel asked for a week's continuance and Justice Martin dismisged the first writ. _A new writ, based on the gov- ernor's warrant, had been prepared and was about to be handed to Justice Martin for his signature, providing he should decide to slgn it and grant the week's continuance. It was just a¢ this moment that the Baltimore de- tectives seized the prisoner and drag- ged him away. Justice Martin immediately: signed the second writ, served it on’ the rep- resentative of the district attorney's office and declared to @& New York police lleutenant: “You have that man here at 2 a’clock tomorrow, or I shall hold the police department responsible for the scene enacted in this courtroom.” $950 TAKEN FROM SAFE. Information obtained by Detectiv Scrivener and Kelly resulted in Balti- mare detectives recovering $950 from a safe deposit vault in a , the money, it is belleved, representing part of the money stolen ffrom William B. Norris when he was slain by bandits in Baltimore the morning of Apgust 18. It was learned by the local detec- tives that Mrs. Katherine Kavanaugh Hart, wife of “Jack Hart, who is un- der indictment | murder, rented the hox under the name of Katherine Stewart, the police stated, telling bank officials she wanted the box as a depository for her deeds and other papers. Keys to the safe deposit vault were obtained and yesterday Detectives Mintiens, Cooney and Klein came here from Baltimore and recovered the money. It may be used in evidence when the murder cases are tried.. CONFESSION IN MURDER. BALTIMORE, Md., September 22 (Special) —One of the most important developments. in the proaecution of the nine men accused of the murder of William B. Norris and the robber: of the company's pay roll of un,ssf is an alleged confession made by James “Jack” Hart, who was arrested in Washington Saturday. Up to the time of Hart's confession the confesslon of Frank Allers, one of the gunmen, had been the principal basis of the prose- cution, and in Hart's confeasion is found positive corroboration of Aller's statements. > = Aceording to the story told by Hart, Allers drave the car with “Country” Carey sitting beside him, and Wal- ter Socolow, now under arrest in New York, was named by Hart aa the man who 'shot Norria. =~ Hart claims he was the man who stood guard, while “Wiggles” Smith was the man who attacked Prederick W. Kuethe, book- keeper for the firm, who earried the bag containing the payroll. Divided Money. Aeno:‘utlnx 'tha ‘Hm (4 eonln':on. the gang er their eacape went te an East Baltimore saloon, where they divided the money. separated, Hart together, and the rest of:-the m hiding in_East Baltimore. ~Hart and Socolow: décided that it was danger- ous to remain here, and, in they went to Washington, whers formerly lived with his wife. and owned a. home there. Hart sail_he went to ihe Light street wharf and hid in a- load produce which was going to Linthi. cum_Helghts, where he ‘Washington, Baltimore ang train for Washington. He low joined him two days lat did ‘not explain how MURDER SUSPECT | The the a Sbeofow going | g2 ed_a oy NEW TARRF LAV REAPS MLLINS Rates in Effect Today Give President Broad Powers. !FORD_NEY N WARNING Says Incresse of Prices in Retail The new rates of the tariff act of 1932 were applying today. on the flow of American imports. The law, mark- ing a.new phase in the history of American tariff-making fn its dele- sation to the President of broad pow- ers under the elastic rate pruvisions, went {nto effect at midnight, with il collectors of custors previously in- structed as to its provisjons, which became operative at once. Millions of dollars of revenue, officiais be- lieve, will be raised immediately trom the assessment of the new duties on 'soods in bond or in transit to ports of entry. With the going into effcet of the law, signed yesterday by President Harding, the tarift commission, as the agency through which the Presi- dent will exercise his new authority to increase or decrease rates, and to i change from foreign to American val- uation as the basis for assessing, ad valorem duties, assumes a greatly en- larged function. President’s Raspensidility. In addition to extensive investiga- \tlons into costs of production at home and abroad, as a basis for recommendation of rate or valuation changes to the President, upon the commigsion also devolves the re- sponsibility of determining any case of discrimination against American commerce and trade in foreign coun- tries and of making recommendations as to means of meeting such situa- tione. ‘Warning that any advance in re- tajl prices because of the operation of the few tariff law is unwarranted was given in the House by Chairman Fordney of the ways and means com- mittee after hia return from the cere- the White House yesterday at | mobile to Jersey City, where the party | when the bill was signed. For Profiteer Law. “In view of present high prices and enormous profit in foreign goods sold in our markets” Mr. Fordney told n apart- | in connection with a pay-roll robbery, [the House, “there is not the slightest ground for an appreciable increase in retail prices in any goods, foreign or {domestic, and whoever so does will {be & profiteer pure and simple. | “Any such unjustifiable acts should be met, not by a repeal of this Ameri- lcan measure, but by stringent laws making profiteering a crime and mis- representation of the tariff incremen iin sales prices punishable as obtain- jing money under false pretenses. CUSTOMS RECEIPTS HIGH. Gall Money Forced Up on N. Y. Exchange by Withdrawals. NEW YORK, September 22.—An average of more than $1,000,000 a day has been collected in customs at-the {part of New York since July 1 last. {and more than 33,000,000 s day was taken in Saturday, Monday 3nd Tues- day. Cash_withdrawals from banks became so Breat yesterduy that, cou- pled with withdrawals by Interior banks to move crops, call. money was forced up from 43 to 6 per cent on the stock exchange. When the tariff bill left the Senate last Tuesday to &9 to the White House for the President's signature, steam- ship men sent out appeals by wireless to ships at sea to bend every effort, to reach port soon as possible be- ifore the new tariff could become a law. Several ships, by Increasing their speed. made New York harbor { vesterday and thus saves the owners of the merchandise they were carrying thousands of dollara in_ increased duties. Exemptions Sought. Other shipping concerns having stezmships due to_arrive endeavored te obtain rulings from the. customs authorities that would consider the ships within New York harbor if they were within the 13-mile beot- leggers' limit. The steamship Rotterdam from Hol- 1and with general carga Wwas due to reach Fire Island around at midnight, but the customs men rgled that the ship ';n:: h&w to ho! ';I:, nu‘:cr way through the Narrows in arder {o escape the workings of the new tariff law. Sugar, tob: and ‘were the cus- n connsction with the | factured One of the shipments from foreign ports which falled in the race to reach here in time was a special tralnload of English textiles, Irish laces and other merchandise rushed aboard the Maure- tania before she left Emgland. The Mauyretania will not arrive -hers until Saturday. Other steamshipe bearing large cargoes of ‘which will have to pay the new duties are the France the French line from Havre,.the La Bourdonnals from Bordeaux, the Vasari from Rio Janeiro, the Lapland from lAntwerp. the President Filimere from | Bremen. e {and Baitic. In addition there are more Oropes, Scythia than two-score frelght and tramp steamers ing for New York with duttable goods. LONDON PRESS SBES HARN. U. 5. as Creditor Nation Will Be Purther Embarrassed, View, Ry the Amociated Prese. LONDON, Septomber 32.—The new American tariff bill cannot -fail to accentuate the embarrassment of the United States, caused by that coun- try's overwhelming creditor position, is the opinion expressed by the Times in & long editorial which subjects the.new enactment to sesrching criti- olgm. “We join some of the leading finan-' clal experts In the United States,” the newspaper says, “in regarding. this experiment as likely to defeat” the ob- Ject for whieh it 18 tried and s con- trary to the economlc experience of e the explanation the worl %, law in “the tb-nun:f industrial L in Both Hart and Becolow in Washingten, he asid, were within twa squares of the house when his_wife, who i3 as Kitty Cavanaugh. was arreated by In his confession. Hart also -ad- of tha Calvert Bank y twi months ago, police sald, f . . and { th also known | al y':t &!llfi by the deveiopment of jts \ & Engineers working on the Georgetown bridge d four sehemes for laying off the M street approach to Tae structure. The one shown in the accompanying pleture was regarded as the most economical.¥but there were Srave doubts as to whether it could be 50 laid off in view of the grades at that point. It wan decided that the surest way to find out whether this plan would be feasible was to carry it out on & amall scale. Aceordingly, a street was lald oft can be t arranged. would have cost. own wonderful resource less, it adds, such unnatural restric- tions must be a blow to the general Prosperity of its citizens. “The tarift’s supporters,” the edito- rial continues, “appear to have lost sight of the true function and purpose of commerce. * * % Eagerly desir- ous of supplying the world's markets with American merchandise, America is taking steps to make it as difficult a8 possible to receive payment; it will accept in return neither goods nor service.” JAM OF WOOL IN BOSTON. Warehouses Show Remarkable Ef- fect of New Tariff Law. BOSTON, September 22.—As the re- sult of foreign ships racing to American ports in the past few days in an effort to beat the signing of the new tariff bill, Boston wedrehouses lare now jammed with wool. SHIP SAVES $71,000 ON LEAD. Rushes Into Galveston to Escape: New Tariff Taxes. GALVESTON, Tex., September 22. —The Steamship Csuto was in port from Tampico today with a cargo of lead bars, on which :$71,000 in import duty was saved when the vessel was diverted to Galveston when it was found she could not reach New York before the new tarift bill went into effect at midnight last night. INCREASE AT NEW ORLEANS. Customs Collections Will Be Mil- lions More Anndally. NEW ORLEANS, September 22— The new tariff law which became ef- fective at _midnight last pight will increase the gnnual customs collee | tions for the port of New Orleans by between $6,000,000 and $7,000.000, it was estimated. The British steamer Dictator is due here tomorrow with a cargo of burlap bags from Calcutta and the owners will be compelled to pay $30,000 duty for the day's delay. SAYS BRYSON LOST SENSE OF MORALS THROUGH DISEASE (Continued from First Page.) itself later in many acts of careless- ness, which might result in the loss ‘of lives, as in cases of the engineers of locomotives, or the disease may result in the man committing crim- inal acts which he never would have committed in his right mind. o Case Nearing Close. Dr. Willlams then testified that to- day Dr. Bryson was not in.every cir- cumstance capable of choosing the right and avolding the wrong. He sald in minor small things he might make sound decislons and at any time might make an unsound opinion in _large or important questions. He said that on April 8 last, Dr. Bryson being in a worse state than at present, his decislons might have been un- sound even more often than now. Tt is expected that all evidence will be in before the end of today's ses- slon. Tomorrow morning should be glven to arguments concluding cases for defénse and ' prosecution. Mre. Bryson on Stand. Mrs. Laura B. Randall, sister of Dr. Bryson, testified that her brother al ways lived at home during the time he attended upiversity and was inclined to be responstble as to duties to Mra, Randall and his mother. When he re- turned {rom Wilkes-Barre, Pa. she said, where he spent one year-in the general hospital there as an-interne, he opened his office in their home at 714 13th street northeast. . . Mrs. Elizabeth Bryson teok the stand in behalf of her son at 11:30 today. She told of the home life of her son in a broken _ voice, * bending forward from time to time in her efforts to allow the time ‘to time in her efforts to allow the overseas service and gave a pathetic Neverthe-| A. Williams, Washington neurologist 1 | ¢ I {bat them. ) viously and that he insisted on arous- : i He declared that Dr. Bryson was suffering at this tfme from a well ad- vanced case of endotaritis obliverans. He illustrated this by declaring that this disease consists of the inward thickening of the walls of blood ves- sels which bring to the brain the blood it needs with which to work, thereby narrowing the channels for blood passage, and causing a reduc- tion in the amount of blood reaching the brain. Dr. Williams declared the course of the disease to be progressive and likely to become worse rather than better. He said that taking it at the present stage, a chance for cure is! remote. He declared that tests for the con firmation of opinion as to the exist ence of this disease had supported his theory in every detail. Not only, he declared, is there a moticeable increase in the reflexes on the right, or affect- ed side, but algo on his left side, indi- cating progress of the dise On cross-examination Dr. Williams declared he had heard of cases when men simulating lunacy had fooled ex- perts, but added impressively that' such a possibility was not within the realm of reason in a case such as Dr. Bryson presented when the tests had been completed. He went into a detailed explanation of the disease, giving mirute pathology. He offered to show the tests in the courtroom, but his offer was not ac- cepted. Instead, the prosecution pro- pounded a hypothetical question to him, which was ruled out by Judge Bailey on the ground that it pre- sented no facts sufficiently germane ;o the case for consideration of the ury. Dr. H. W. Moffitt of Washingfon also testified yesterday. While on Ye stand he was bothered by a swarm of flies, which interrupted his testi- mony continually and caused b finally to use @ large fan to com- He told the jury that Dr. Bryson was an exceptional medi- cal student, w! fellow classmate in George Washington University, and that as a physician in Washington he held an excellent reputation and was highly thought of as a diagnos- tician. He said that the most marked change he found in' Dr. Bryson after his return from France was his per- ceptible aging and his-slovenly and unkempt appearance, which was in complete variance with his former immaculate attire. Relates War Incident. Dr. F. A. Detrich, whom Dr. Bryson assisted in practice in Robertsdale, Pa.; when he first came to this part of the state, testified that the case appeared to him to be paresis, or or- ganic dementia. He said that he had geen three or four cases during the last few years, one of which was dead at present, and another in an insane asylum. M. Manning Marcus, a Washington attorney, told a story of & wild trip he took with Bryson in France. He said that Bryson, himself, a French interpreter and a chauffeur were to- gether in an sutomobtle, going from one village in France to another. He said that at 11:30 that night Dr. Bryson passed by the cottage in which he had been billeted ten months pre- | ing the inmates to greet them. Upon his failure to gain admission, witness stated, the physician started such an arraignment of the French nation and French invividuals that the inter- preter remarked he would shoot Dr. Bryson it he had a revolver. At the conclusion of the journey, however, witness declared, Dr. Bryson wished all members of the party a happy good-night and good rest with the greatest of courtesy. Dr. Magruder MacDonald, well known Washington diagnostician, and a personal friend of Dr. Bryson, on the stand stated that on his visits for ex- amination of Dr. Bryson recently, he found the man he had known as Dr. Bryson a complete ?h}'slc&l and mental wreck. This mental deterioration was marked in the extreme, and witness de- clared that he had never seen such a deplorable condition occur within a short period of time. Dr. MacDonald described in detail Dr. Bryson's former habits and compared points of Dr. Bryson's former personal hygiene -to the unkempt tendencies of his present state. ‘This, witness said, clearly | showed the extent of mental and moral disintegration, in his opinion. He also gave the jury a word picture grandiose characteristics of icture of a widow with her only son in | B ‘Ther e Was a tense air in the tourtroom as she took stand. Dressed in a plain blue suit, she pre: le but touching figure, ‘which caused hundreds crowding the courtroom to quiet cougha and nolses, the r to hear testimony. A very short cross- tion was given and she left the stand after less than five minutes in the witness' box. - @heer Treatment Deseribed. ~The defense injected a surprise into the case yesterday in_the testimony of Dr. E. C. Wilson. The new paint which veered the entire line-up ac- credited thus.far to the defense, was that Dr. Bryson' was acting queerly everl befare he went into the world war. Thiz brought out the specula- tion that the defense would endeavor to show that it was the war an shell shock which broke down the maental structure of Dr. Bryson, whose mind was already affected when he entered the world conflict. Dr. Wilson testified regarding the treatment Dr. Bryson accorded a child patient after bperation in a hospi &t Washington. This was -bor't‘:x after the return of the Natioi Guard troops from the, Mexican bor- @er and beforée these troops had boen called eut .of the city. for a journey to the war theater in Furope. Dr.’ Wilson sald :hl( r an operation in & :.“. and.”mm to take the proper operative treatment. The sald Dr. Bryson left the hoss Iu'dllhl{.ulu the o] ion and paid no furiher attentiod to the ont. Dr, Wilson followed .up’ his- testi- mony with the statement on cross-ax- amination at present he believed t:;. socused physician to be & very » man neane. tion failed to break down the zuumnu of Dr. Wilsen on any . Testifies. for the Pennsyl clared that together with the manner- isms of a man with considerable hauteur he coupled & pecullar inability to-grasp simple details or to carry on a con- nected conversation, D. 8. R. BALLOU IS CONTINUING SCHOOL SYSTEM SURVEY Dr. Frank W. Ballou, of schools, continued his Visiting the schools 1n the thIEd Arviaien, i asccompanied by He was = D e e o The 8u] in sirtlar uBdesirable Son. NPOH'I“‘MCBQ o, M Back View, Betworsy, Jonmmn: {’flwlfl. Ross, Takoma, West and Wood- schools are most seriouaty congested In_the evsten e —— 43 pal bert. . congestion and ‘The ml‘m urn. jven! | As was od, th mmfi of the day was the teltlm:ny of Dr, Tom The First Thing to Do When You Return From Your Vacation Is 1o ORDER THE STAR tivared your home regular L ':lrfiv mho-” 2 “FROM PRBSS TO HOMB WITHIN THE HOUR> Star, 600 a4 Sunday; Suar, €00 ser menth 1m | for which the vouchers could not be i produced. Tosden model of the first span of the bridee wa built at the District repair shop, a miniature and a on of ear track put in the imitation treet Officials of the District engineer department say the model confirms the fact that the treatment, it is said, will cost conslderably lens than any of proach te the bridge | e other three plams FEDERAL BUILDING PROGRAM IS URGED (Continued from First Page.) country had waited long enowgh— nearly” ten years—for an omnibus public buildings bill, and that he pro- posed to present one to the next ses- sion of the present Congress, Plans Archives Buildiag. Washington is going to receive im- mediate consideration in the omnibus public buildings bill through pro- vision for/ a hall of records, or &m “archives building.” The hall of records will cost sev- eral million dollars, and while no site has been definitely determined, Chair- man Langley stated that his com. mittee and the public bulldings com- mission are pretty well agreed that it would be advantageously located between I2th and 15th streets, on Ohio avenue. While designed to fit in architec- turally with the general scheme for beautification of the capital, Chair- man Langley emphasized that the prineipal consideration will be safety for the vast accumulation of price- less documents and records which are | now. he said, “dumped as waste paper in fire-traps. He stressed that the proper filing’ and storage of these documents will not only be a real economy in releasing much needed space in the various departments, but that the documents in many cases are such that their loss would place the government at the mercy of thou- sands of unscrupulous persons who would see a chance to mulct the gov- ernment on claims already paid. but Representative Langley says that several other public buildings should be speedily erected upon grounds now owned and set apart by the govern- ment for different government func- tions. He is unalterably opposed, he says, to the plan which is being put | into operation. to contract with pri- vate parties to erect colossal build- ings in cities, to be rented at a rate of 10 per cent per annum, so that at the end of ten years the builders will | have been reimbursed for their - ex-| penditures and the buildings will goi back into the hands of private par-! ties, and the government as a result | will be in a worse fix than it is now. Mr. Langley contends that this sit- ustion emphasizes the necessity for | the speedy enactment of an omnibus public buildings bill. which his com. mittee is now getting ready to pre- pare, and that he intendc to report, it to the Congress at its next session. | Favers Original Plans. In referring to the buildings on the Union Station plaza, Representative Langley eaid that he thought the original plan of beautifying those grounds should be carried out, or that _ |WORKING MODEL OF APPROACH TO GEORGETOWN BRIDGE.|RumaniaPledges Aid to Preserve Peéace in Balkans BUCHAREST, September 22.—For- eign Minister Duca has described the Rumianian attitude in regard to the Turkish situation, maintaining that peace in the Balkans can only be as- sured by the freedom of the straits. He said: “Rumania has & special interest in the liverty and intergationalization of the straits. it means the preservation safeguard her interest and to con- tribute to the maintenance of peace.” STRIKE INJUNCTION RULING TOMORROW Daugherty Fails to Suggest Modification of Tem- porary Order. By the Amsociated Press. 53 CHICAGO, Septeraber 22.—With the railroad world waiting for the decision he has promised by 11 a.m. tomotrow, Judge James H. Wilkerson, in the preparation of Bis ruling on the gov- ernment’s strike injunction, was with- out any suggestions today from At- torney Géneral Daugherty for modifica- tion of the restraining order issued September 1. The only features of the Attorney General's ‘bill interpreted as in any 5 ot e o, oy, e logy of original passages, and in the ba purpose. and Both- ing contained :n this order shall be con- strued to prohibit the expression of any opinion or argument not intended to aid or encourage the doing of any of the acts heretofore enjoined. or not cal culated to maintain or prolong a con £piracy to restrain interstate commerce or the transportation of the mails.” Statement by Daugherty. Mr. Daugherty. at the close of the hearing, 1y explained the government's position “The order.” he said, “epeaks the last word for the government and for society and for civilization: for peace and fairness, for liberty and protec- tion, with firmness and, if necessary with force Declaring it the duty of the govern- ment to compel the railroads to fur- nish transportation, he asserted also that it is the obllgation of the gov- ernment to step in and prevent inter- ference with transportation. Until he makes his ruling the re- straining_order issued September .1 and extended for = second ten-day od, remains in effect, Judge Wil- kerson announced. Meanwhile nineteen railways and their subsidiaries had made peace with their striking shopmen on the basis of the Baltimore terms, accord- ing to_an official announcement by John Scott, secretary of ‘the shop crafts' organization. At the same time many other roads continued to hold aloof from the set- tlement plan and operated their shons independent of any negotiations with officials of the striking unions. Union Shifts Responsibiiity. Roadr which have declined to settle must shoulder the responsihility of maintaining_a lockout, a. bulletin is- sued at strike headquarters asserted. The return of strikers to shops of the Southern railway at Coster. Ky.. was marked by the worst outbreak of the strike period, . when _non-union workmen were driven off sfter a fizht in which fourteen men were injured. ‘The Southern was one of the roads which accepted the Baltimore terms. A bomb explosion in the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy roundhouse at Kansas City marked the first disorder in these shops= during the strike. At Bt. Louis a bomb demolished a car and stopped a train in the Mis- souri, Kansas and Texas yards. Rafl- road officlals said they belleved the bomb was intended for two cars loaded with high explosives, which were only a few car lengths from the car which was wrecked. D. A. Hamilton, president of the Federation of Shop Craft Unifons in the Santa Fe shops at Fort Madison, Jowa, ‘was arrested for interfering with a deputy United States marshal who entered union headquarters to arrest a man charged with complicity in an at- tack on Joseph Vonderhaar, a work- man. Hamilton was taken to Keokuk for a hearing before a United States the buildings should be utilized for the housing of government functions now occupying rented buildings, and that aside from his antipathy to the idea of the government being in- the hotel business, he thinks that it is indefensible ‘that the war workers, who have been occupying these build- ing on that theory, aithough the war has been over nearly four years, should continue to occupy them; and that in addition to this consideration, there is no reason why 1,500 or 2,000 employes of the government should be treated as special wards of the government, while the 80,000 or 90,000 other employes in Washington are | willing to look out for themseives in the matter of accommodations. 5 He also stated that he has received within the past few days lists of more than a thousand rooms and apart- ments that are available for rental at reasonable rat and that these are not in und -able sections, but in re- spectable sections, largely in the northwest section of the city. Chalrman Langley also points out that the Hooe building, now occupied by the prohibition unit, costs the gov- ernment a rental of about $77,000 a year, and that there are several other branches of the {nternal revenue bu- reau and other departments of the government which could easily be housed in these. Plaza buildings, as they are. constructed in a manner to make them avallable for government work _for many years. Sees Further Economy. His astimate is that these Plaza buildings, with slight alterations to suit the needs of the different gov- ernment activities which, he thipks, { | ! | ought to be transferred there, the government will not only save the rent of $77,000 & year being paid for the Hooe bullding, but that other branches of the service could be transferred to- those buildings and Sur- gave from $150,000 to $200,000 a year to the government. “J¢ this can be done” he argues, “what justification is there for having & few favored individusls who perplex 'and bother the government, to say nothing of the numerous high-salaried positions” in connection ‘with the su- pervision of these. buildings, and to the exclusion of fifteen or twenty times dé many other government em- loyes in Washington who have never gnd’tlm sdvantages, when the gov- ernment can Save. this’' enormous amount.of money and n% all govern- ment employes on an t equality 80 far as ',-'! accommodationa are concern 2 ‘When asked about the qu: converting these bulldings for gov- ernment oocupsnay, Mr. Langley said: “T do not care to mix up in the con troversy that they are having over there from time to time. What I want uch mvl"y to the gov- ernment as_pussible, 'and to pave the way toward housing all government | the uefivl es " {n numnmn n govern- and thus cut rent. If these plaza BT S ey s o e en they o util- an auch 3 u‘, tlx they are ‘rased ang the sion really intended it to be. commissione: CONGRESS PASSES LAWS [IMPORTANT TO D. C. PROGRESS (Continued from First Page.) cient Order of the Sons and Daugh- ters, Brethren and Sisters of Mos . Amending &n_ act incorporatf Prospect Hill cemetery. ‘Authorizing the erection on public grourd in the District of a memorial to_Jeanne d’Arc. Providing a site for the erection of statue of Dante. Authorizing the eréction on a site in the District of a statue of Edmund Burke. \ Authoriging the transfer of jurisdic- tion over certain reservations lying along the old James Creek canal from Maryland avenue to P street southwest, from the chief of engineers to the joint committee on library, to be used In connection with Botanic Garden. Several Investigations Made. " During the session a number of fm- portant congressional investigations of Djstrict matters were conducted, some of them stlll continuing, as in the case of the investigation regard- ing the surplus revenues of the District, A joint committee of both houses made exhaustive investigation into the needs of the District schools, and this committee will report its findings st the coming session of Congress. The Benate District- committee in- vestigated the proposals for national representation of the District and for the election of & delegate to represent the District on the floor of the House, and later reparted. favorably to the Senate the Jones resolution to amend the Constitution s0-as to-give the District national representation and the Poindexter bill for the -election of_a District delegate. . a 2 Both the Senate and House blflrlctl committees held long hearings on the proposed legisiation to bripg about a merger of the street railway coms panies of the District and the Senate passed & Dbill suthorizing such a| merger. i -K. P’S TO HOLD RITES. Initial Visitation of Grand Officers Tekes Place Tonight. _Initial visitation of the grand chan- cellor ‘and the other ‘officers of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias of domain of the District of Colum- bis, wijl take place tonight at Rath- boneSuperior Lodge, No. 29, in Pyth- ian Temple. Senator Morris Sheppard df Texas will be the-principal speaker of the ° cling.hu w&g to be “Fraternal- {sm.” : R. E. L. Smith, chancellor com- 't Rathbons-Superior. e, X will be master of ceremoni: elaborate program has been arranged. ) the | 62525 CHLDREN ON SCHOOL ROLLS Figures - Show Increase of 1,602 Over Same Period Last Year. Enrollment in the District public schools has reached 62,526, an increase of 1,602 over the same period last year, according to the latest figures &iven out today by school authorities. Of this total, 50,379 are in the ele- mentary schools, 11,672 in the high #chools and 475 in the normal schools. The greatest. increase in the en- follment has been in the high schools, the figures shewing that there are 1,372 more students in these institu- tions than at a similar period last year. The enrollment gain in the graded schools thus far is but seven- ty in excess of last year. School offi- cials, however, belleve that there are many graded school children who have not been placed on the roils due to their fallure to obtain vaccination ¢certificates. These children probably will earoll next week, increasing the graded 0ol enroliment consider- ably. Central Largest Increase. Of the high schools, the figures show that Central has the largest enroliment increase. There are 3.110 studenta at this school, compared with 2,867 last year, a gain of 243. Armstrong is_next, with an increace of 230, and Eastern third, with a ain of 223. Tncreases in the other igh schools follow: Business, 1 Dunbar, 129; Western, 95, and Me- Kinley, 26. ¥ ‘The Columbia Junior High School reported an enroliment of $24, an increase of 241 over the same period lS:fi\“ {ur. a}':e Sl;lz.w Jynior High 00l has pupils on its rolis, a sain of 21. Divisien Enrollments. Enrollment figures for the various divigions are: First division, 5,273: third, 7.860: Wilson Normal practice, 320; speciai schools, 353; Franklin - Thomson. 649; fifth diyision, 6,057; sixth, 3.444; seventh, 3,650; eighth, 2,943; ninth, 3.945; tenth, 4.763; eleventh, 4,622 Miner Normal Practice School, 211; division, ~1,321; _thirteenth 4,798; loza Vocationa! Bchool, 40, and the O Street Voca- lhgn‘ll School, 84. outstanding importance to schoo! officials is the gain shown in the norma enrollment. The figures show that there are 475 prospective teachers in training in the Wilton and Miner normal schools, an increase of 159 over the corresponding period of last year. With a total of 62,526 pupils in the #chools, the eurollment is within 2,375 of the peak of last- year, which was reached in November.” School officials expect last year's maximum figures to be reached within the next two weeks, and belleve that before November there will be 67,000 pupils on the achool roll«. ARREST ON MANN ACT CHARGE BLOCKS OUTING, Virginian Arrested With Divorced Wife on Charges Made by Woodhaven, L_ 1, Girl. An outing Hazen H. Witt of Pen- nington Gap, Va, had planned to spend ‘with -his divorced wife at the National Zoological Gardens here was abruptly terminated at its very beginning vesterday, when Witt was arrested on a charge of white slavery. The charge was preferred by Miss Ethel M. Olswang, nineteen years old, of Woodhaven, Long Is- 1and, who is said to have been an im- portant witness during Mrs. Witt's suit for_divorce. Witt had arranged to meet his former wife and three children and spend a day at the Zoo. They were en route to that rendezvous in an automobile when Detective Bradley overtook them and placed the man under arrest. Miss Olswang was :umng for them at police headquar- ers, According to the authorities, Miss {Olswang alleges she trusted Witt when he promised to marry her, and ;accompanied him on a trip to Vir- iginfa, and finally to Washington. When she learned, however, that the Chicago court which granted Mrs. Witt a divorce had forbidden the husband to remarry until next spring, Miss Olswang became _suspicious. Upon hearing later that Witt planned to take a trip to Europe and that he had made an engagement with his former wife, the girl swore out the warrant. ‘Witt was released under $5.000 bail for appearance in court today. Im- mediately after leaving police head- quarters he and his former wife:.con- inued their trip to the Zoo. CHURCH MEMBERS IN MURDER GRILL (Continued from First Page.) 1 H found who spoke definitely of two oo+ casions on which the clergyman and Mrs. Mills had been alone together. ‘They also have testimony that Mr. 1 been seen parked near ‘mystery house” on the Phillips farm, which {s expensively furnished and bears evidences of recent occu- pancy despite the fact it had been closed for a year. Husband Re-Examined. Mills was re-examined today at length by Mr. Toolan and detectives, but they declined.to indicate what line the questioning took. It was un- derstood, however, that they made strenuous efforts to help him recall the name of the woman who, he say: told him several months ago that gos- sips were linking ths names of Mrs, Mills and Mr. Hall The questioners were ready to follow lines supporting any one of three i theorie: That the murders were committed with a jealousy motive. That they were committed by black- { mailers who had become desperate. i That they were committed by some self-appointed “moral censor” in the minister’s flock. The only theory which has ‘been advanced that they appeared un- willing to consider seriously was that of & robbery motive. , Mr. Toolan voiced the firm bellef that the slayings were “deliberate, well planned, cold-blooded murder.” Authorities have been unable to get any information as to. who called Mrs, Mills the Thursday night of her death or who summoned Mr. Hall from his home by telephoné the same night. E | | - Sister Gfves Evidence. ‘Mrs. James Tennedon, a sister of the dead woman,- partially . confirmed re- ports that an attempt was made at a tea party last June to poison Mrs. Mills. She h.:lld mz' P:l sister, Mrs. Elsle Barnhart of erson, _upon learning of Mrs. Milis death, visited the Mills home last Monday and took away. a_package of phots and Mre. Mills. whether the package also ters written _by Mrs. Mills simtiar to those which were found near. the M‘fi “Detectives left ' immediately to vi Barnhart and .obtain the centents