Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1923, Page 8

i BACK UP PROGRA FORIMPROVED CITY President and Cabinet Favor | Beautifying Mall and the [ Public Parks. ASSENT- IS UNANIMOUS Erection of a Number of Hand- { some Departmental Buildings k. Also Is Indorsed. _ President Harding and his cabinet heartily approve of the general pro- gram calling for the beautification of the Mall, Potomac and Rock Creek parks, and the ercction of a number of handsome departmental buildings in this city. ~ This was made known at the White Houso yesterday when it was an- nounced by a high officlal that the public buildings and park program for the District of Colum the prin topic of discussion at vesterday’'s cabinet session, The mat- ter was brought before the meeting in an informal manner and the dis- cussion was general and impersonal in its nature Unanimous View Voiced. | The disc this important local question ¢ ed in a vincin hat the the Vic it and the are unanimou heir_opinions re- garding this p n. It was made very cvident that each of these ad- ministration enthusia over the propc add to the beaut of the capitu believe futur ings should soints of m prope wise pec: ‘or tho general u »ullding in quest The present administra wnxious for the > Jig program. has it owever, thai it ¢ ime i8 ripe to start he execution of the :alls more espec ul transformation of he capital immedfate Pennsylvania avenue ane t street, Because of the administra- jon's’ anno. 1 intention of prac- icing the strictest governmental econ- the present the President lold that the public this particular time is position to permit the “Xpensive step as proposed. Will Not Be Sidetracked. At the same time the White Hou zives assurances that the adn ration does not int to permanent- y sidetract the am. On the ‘ontrary 5 hated that the ransformation as provided for in the seneral program will be realized in art, if not entirely, during of the public and that they firmly »vernmeptal build cted _in _various o in the Mall or else nt to it or other- uated or adapted efulness of the on, although out of this be known, es not believe the mediately upon program. which for this beauti- { hat on of | south of of 15th 0t quite in terday's cabi- indicated that pressed with the aying long the nt_ of the two nnsylvania avenue recessity »roposed socks south ‘etween 15th hought the blc sania_avenue he Botanic (¢ his. J The program as considered at o “erday session calls for the erection »f & large, handsome building for the Jepartment of Justice somewhere ad- acent to 15th nd E streets ot far listant it is proposed to locate the wrchives building, which from the ‘iewpoint of architecture and con- truction Is to be a work of art. It \as been suggested to locate the Jullding for the office of the con- roller general in the viéinity of the sresent munitions building, although there ar who T a Imore zentrally site for this pro- sosed o he site of the resent government dormitories is among other sites proposed Other Departments Consldered. The plan calls also for the erection of suitable buildings to house perma- nently the Department of Commerce | and Labor in the Seve sites have bee for the futur home of b artment among them being t ow oceu the United Court of v n Art 1y’ opposite the north side avy building. It is hinted at the White House that the public buildings and parks pro- gram will be discussed cabinet when it is cxpe matter will be g into in a more detailed manner and when It is hoped that some definite step looking toward the realization of the great work will be taken. White the President is enthusiastic| over this lopment plan for the N onal al he has let it be known very positively that he does not approve at this time the large omnibus public b dings bill which Representative 1 gley, chairman of the House committee on public build- ings and grounds, Is known 1o have prepared for introduction in Congress at this session CHANGES N CONSULA . SERVCE. ANNDUNEED Two Resignations and Numerous Transfers Contained in State Department List. rdens should follow Recent changes in the United States consular service include the resigna- tions of George E. J. Crosby of New Jersey, gonsul at Charlottetown, and Milton B. Kirk of Illinois, consul at Rouen, and the recall to this city for servite at the Department of State of Joseph E. Jacobs of South Carolina, consul at Shanghai, and John Ran- dolph of New York, consul at Con- starkfiople. Samuel Honaker of Texas, consul unassigned, has been detailed to duty at the State Department. Various transfers are announced as follows: Knox Alexander of Mis- sourl, vice consul, from Puerto Cortes to Quebec; Raymond H. Geist of Ohio, vice consul, from Buenos Aires to Montevideo; Donald R. Heath of Kan- sas, vice consul, from“Bucharest to Warsaw: John E. Holler of Pennsyl- vania, vice consui. from Bilboa to Gi- braltar; Charies B. Hosmer of Maine, vice consul, from Havana to Santo Do- mingo; Robert F. Kelly of Massachu- setts, vice consul, at Calcutta; Hugh S. Miller of Tilinols, vice consul, from 'Quebec_to Singapore; John C. Moo- maw of Virginia, vice consul, from Montreal to St. Stephen; James L. Murphy of New York, vice consul, from Strasbourg to Paris; Robert L. Smyth of California, vice consul, at Chungking; George P. Shaw of Cal- ifornia, vice consul, from Tampico to Puerto’ Cortes; Leslie E. Woods of Massachusetts, vice consul, at Stras- bourg; Walter H. Keese of Texas, vica at Malta; Sylvio C. Leoni of few. York, vice consul, from Messina Milan; Herbert F. Pearson of rgia, vice consul, at Naples; Verne Staten of Illinols, vice consui, from w to Amoy; John 8. Williams S e ™ B [1ocal bar and Cad { homa, that shortly before the primary THE EVENING STAR, 'WASHINGTON, Poker Portraits—The Home Lover. THANK HEAVEMN 100N'T HAVE To Go0uUT ON A ROTTEN NIGHT J LIKE THIS! THE LITTLE OLD CASTLE LooK'S WASN'T 00IMG A THING - TusT READING-, YOU SAY You'VE GOTSIX? & FingE! SAME OLO Ten CENT LienT | SPose. Vit BE RIGHT OVER CONGRESSMAN NAMED IN'$130,000 LIBEL SUIT Baptist Missionary Files Charges Against Representative Collins and Two Other Men. Ross A. Collins, representative in Congress from the fifth district of Mississippi; F. J. McKinley, special Indian agent at Philadelphia, Miss., and the latter's chief clerk, Thomas J. &cott, are named as defendants In | suburban Heights series. {constant study GooO —By WEBSTER. Autosuggestions Are Blamed For Tenant’s Row About Heat Autosuggestion arising from a of his thermometer, and not failure on her part to fur- nish heat to his apartment, led Ed- | win H. Miistead to complain to the District Rent Commission, according to the answer made to the commission vesterday by Susan A. Cuffin. The defendant filed with the com- misslon a Gluyas Williams cartoon, from The “The Blessing of Having a Thermom- eter ‘Round the House” from the The pic- a sult to recover $130,000 damages | tyres showed a woman who was per- for alleged libel filed yesterday in the District Supreme Court by James E. Arnold of Union, Miss. Mr. Arnold is a missionary of the Baptist Church to the Indlans in Mis- sissippi and is a half-blood Choctaw | the commission that the present com- | whose maintenanc: ! plaint is not caused by Indian. His wife, Mrs. J. B. Arnold, was a candidate opposing Mr. Collins bofore the democratic primary for his seat in Congress. The Richardson and W. M. Bastian of the Mathis of Okla- the defendants entered Into an al- leged conspiracy, In furtherance of which they are charged with capsing to be published in ten papers in the district where the election was being | held @ puid advertisement purporting to be a statement from the records of the Indian office, signed by McKinley, in which it was stated that the can- didate’s husband, Mr. Arnold, “part negro.” It is claimed the defendants knew she statement was false and that Mr. Arnold is balf white and half Indian. There was no opportunity to contra- dict the statement from the true rece ords, it is stated. Mr. Arnold eaid he was ordained a minister at Calvary Baptist Church in this city in February, 1910. LI meRE NEW D. C. PAROLE PLAN IS PROVIDED IN BILL - Board Would Have Power to Ex- amine Cases of Local Prisoners. A ney bill to provide for a parole system for prisoners convicted in the District of Columbia is being drafted by the board of charity. John Joy Edson presented a draft of the proposed law at a meeting of the board in the District building yes- terday. Mr. Edson stated that the bill will call for the creation of a parole board, which would have authority to consider a man's case after he had served one-fifth of his term. The board had also intended to con- sider mother pension legislation at today's meeting, but the members were called before the Senate sub- committee on appropriations before they had finished their meeting. ELEPHANT KILLS KEEPER. Angry Animal Dashes Man’s Head Against Wall. BASLE, Switzerland, Jarfuary 13. —1In-a sudden fit of anger an ele- phant in the zoological gardens here today wrapped its trunk about the legs of the keeper and swung him through the air, dash- ing his head against a -wall and killing him instantly. ‘The victim was Hans Haeflinger, aged twenty-five, who leaves a wife and three children. The ele- phant was formerly with a circus and originally came from Nepal, India. The animal is fifteen years old. ———— The total mileage of the streets of dop i 2,228, . 1 | claim is made in the declara-; on” et swiorss . DESPITE FERVENT PLEA OF HEFLIN| was fpropriation bill b | l fectly comfortable until she looked at the thermometer and saw the house | temperature was 65 degrees instead of the anticipated 70 degrees. “Defendant respectfully submits to ny lack or default on her part, but is solely the Star of January 9. entitled | | Tesult of the mental condition of com- plainant and the autosuggestions aris- ing from a constant study of the ther- mometer and thermograph and the ulation of his perspiration gooseflesh, according to its d declared Miss Guffin in_her ar The cartoon from The Sta stated, fllustrated pictorially “a fa of common knowledge of which the commission will doubtless feel con- strained to take judicial notice.” She told the corfimission that for many weeks she had practically turned off the heat from her own apartments, and with the consent of other tenants had diverted most of the heat from their rooms, so that the buik of the heat * nt to the apart- ment of the complalnant, in a des- perate endeavor to satisfy him and save herself and brother from the up- roar created by complainant when- | ever his sclentific instruments for re- | cording temperatures showed any | variation from the ideal standard to he seems. to have -his fortune and | consecrated his life. his manly energies.” SENATORS VOTE DOWN FREE SEEDS Free secds vesterday received a final death blow in the Senate, and the lit- tle packets for the garden and flower bed, mailed annually by members of Congress to their constituents, will stop after next year. On a point of order by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the republi- can leader, amendment to the agricultural ap- enator Heflig, democrat, Alabama, to provide $360,- 000 for continuation of the free seed distribution. The amendment recent- beaten in the House by simi-| lar means. ch vear there has been a fight U. S. IS NOT SELLING ARMS TO FOREIGNERS President So Informs Diplomat ‘Who Seeks Half Million Rifles. 1t was made known officlally yesterday that the United States government is not selling arms to any foreign gov- ernment, and it at this time has ’7 interition of doing so. This explanation was made follow- ing an inquiry from a foreign diplo- mat representing a European govern- ment, as to whether the United States would not be willing to readily sell one-half million rifles. It was explained that this request was made known to the President, and that he did not think enough of it to ad- vise the War Department of the offer to dispose of & number Of its rifles and that he lost no time in conveying to the inquiring diplomat that this govern- ment under mo circumstances would sell to anybody any of its arms or ammu- nition, and that it would not encourage private individuals or companies to sell. $525 THEFT REPORTED. Burglar Robs Shoe Repair Shop at / Alexandria, Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, January 13.—While William T. Lloyd,. shoe repairer, had gome to lunch yesterday a burglar broke into his shop at 116 South St. Asaph street and looted his cash till of the sum of $525. Entrance was effected by forcing the front door. Lloyd discovered the robbery upon his re- turn from lunch at 1 o'clock. The police were motified and they are scouring the roads of the neighbor- ing county in search of a white man who is suspected of having committed the robbery. The largest single trade union in the world has resulted from. the amalgamation of the tional Union of General ‘Workers, the Amalgumaied Union of Labor an the Senate rejected an | against continuing the seed privilége, but this was the first time the appro- priation has heen defeated. nator Hel dramat continue seed fund. Urging Senator Lodge vain to withdraw his point of order against the seed amendment, Heflin said th; if Senator Lodge would withdraw it “millions of ve basking in the sun will rise up 11 you blefSed de a long and Crats | Agriculture propriations for the seed fund, which made it impossible for either Senate ] or Mouse to overturn the point of order. 2 or failing to request American’s Heart To Grave at Home PITTSBURGH, Pa., January 13. —The heart of Norman Spang, for- mer resident of Pittsburgh, who died in Paris a month ago, was placed in a vault in Allegheny cemetery here today. The body was buriéd in France. The last request of Mr. Spang was that his heart be brought back to Pitts- burgh and interred beside the re- mains of his parents. Mr. Spang was & son of Charles F. Spang, pinoeer steel manufac- turer. He was born here in 1841, Since 1902 he resided in New York and Paris. He was a noted engi- neer and his valuable collection of minerals is in the Carnegie Mu- Cut This Out and Save if Subject to Sore Throat A harmless and effective gargle is to dissolve two Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in four tablespoonfuls of water, ang gargle throat thoroughly. Repeat in two hours if necessary. Be sure you use only the genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin, marked with the Bayer Cross, which can be had in tin boxes of twelve tablets for few cents. Tablots Sent From Paris| . D. O, SATURDAY, JANUARY, 13, 1923° SLAYER SAYS GIRL REFUSED TOMARRY Actor Glad He Killed Miss MacLargn; Sorry He Failed to End Own Life. SCENE IN GOTHAM CAFE Brother of Victim Wounded in Shoulder Trying to Check Assailant. By the Associated Press. . NEW YORK, January 13,—Harold Van Alstein, member of the vaude- ville team of Van and Emerson, who last night shot and killed Miss Marion MacLaren of the musical troupe “the Five MacLarens,” wounded her brother Hugh and then shot himself, told police today he killed the girl be- cause she had broken their engage- ment to be married, and refused even to talk with him. Van Alsteln said his mother lives at 2211 Davenport street, Omaha, Neb. He s under arrest in Bellevue Ho: pital on & homicidal charge. His self- inflicted wound ix not serious, physi- clans said. Hugh MacLaren jeft the hospital after his injury, a -—flesh wound in the left shouider, had be dressed. “I am not sorry 1 shot her, Van Alstein told pol “I loved her and she drove me insane by her re- fusal even to talk to me. The only thing I regret is that I didn’t. kill myself. Please don't tell my dear old mother her boy is a murderer.” Second Shot Fatal Miss MacLaren, dining in an Sth avenue restaurant with her brother, his wife and her two sisters, after the evening performance at a vaude- ville theater where they had played since Thursday, arose when Van Al- stein entered the crowded cafe. Threading his way past crowded ta- bles, he walked to her table and be- gun’ shooting. The first shot went wild. The second went true and Miss MacLaren fell dead. A third struck Hugh MacLaren as he attempted to reach Van Alstein, who then turned the revolver on himself. Police reserves were called out to ear a passage from the cafe to the reet when Miss Maclaren's body was removed and the other two sent to hospitals. . PRISON-TERMS ALLOTTED. Young Man on Probation After Admitting Housebreaking Charge. Luther Ray, a youns white man, who claimed that he entered his em- ployer's place of business at night, December 3 last, to get some whisky, which he declared was there, and who was convicted of housebreaking, was sentenced yesterday by Justice Balley to serve two vears in the peni- tentiary. Because of previous good character the court placed him on probation. Ray was represented by Attorney Robert I Millér. Madison Jackson, colored, was given a term of two'vears for violat- fing the anti-narcotic law. Joseph De Celles, convicted of false pri tenses, wiil nineteen months in the penitentiary, the court having de- ducted the five months he has been in jail from a term of two years. Louis Leftwich, colored,” got, one year at Occoquan for forgery. APPOINTEES FAVORED. Representative S. D. Fess of Ohio called up in the House vesterday the Senate joint resolution for filling two vacancies other than members of Con- gress on the board of regents of the Smithsonian Tustitution, which occur in February and March, by reappoint- ment of Henry White, Washington, D. C. and_appointment of Fred A. Delano of Washington, D, C., to suc- ceed John B. Henderson, deceased. The House adopted the resolutien, THIEF GETS $100 LOOT. Wearing appearel and other items ued at §100 were reported stolen orge Brown of 50th and Fitch sireets northeast, who told police last night that a fur coat, a brown suit, a_child's plush coat, a gold pen cil and a .38-caliber revolver were aken from his house vesterday Joseph Friedman. of 3128 "19th street, also reported to the police a theif of 0 from his home yester- d; PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent on shares maturing in 45 or 83 months. It Pays 4 Per Cent on shares withdrawn be- fore maturity. Assets More Than $8,000,000 Surplus More Than $800,000 Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W. JAMES BERRY......President JOSHUA W. CARR, Secretary Calf With Hairlip Eats Horse’s Tail Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, V., Jasuary 18— A calf belonging to Thomas Carter of Fairfax got into the stable recently and ate the tall oft Mr. Carter's horse, leavih only about four hairs, whicl e -:-u:-': o tryin, now e ol to procure a false tail for the orse’s use im summer. MAN N HOOK SEEKN TAG PLAY WITH VNS Brilliant Star Obscured for Forty- Five Minutes, as Result of Occultation. CHICAGO, January 13.—The man in the moon early today played tag with Venus and for nearly forty-five min- utes that bright star was invisible tc observers here. At 5:20 o'clock Venus-seemed to be hanging by a thread to the eastern tip of the moon. A few minutes later it was entirely hidden. At 6:13 o'clock Venus reappeared on the dark side of the moon, seemingly in added luster. The juxtaposition of the two bodies as Venus soared above the moon after the occulation, resembied the Turkish crescent and star. While this phenomenon was observers at Yerkes Lake Geneva, Wis., to be not ugiver- sdl, it rarely occurs that the paths of the moon and Venus croks in such @ manner as o cause a darkening of Venus. Within the course of a month, the observers said, fifteen or twenty stars Will be overrun by the moon, al- though this is not always visibie at night. Piotures of Venus reappearing after the occultation were taken at the ob. servatory, id by observatory it Local Observers Disappointed. Thelr telescopes all shined for the occasion, observers at the Naval Ob- servatory this morning were unable to witness the first part of the occul- tation of the planet Venus by the moon, owing to clouds which ob- scured the eastern sky. Prof. Asa Hall and Prof. Ernest Bowers, at the 36-inch and nch telescopes, saw the end of the occul- tation, howeve clouds having cleared away b a.m., when the phenomena ended. The moon beghn to cover the planet at 6:20 a.m. in this vicinity. No pho- tographs were made at the Naval Observatory of the passage of the moon between Venus and the earth, “Beautiful Sight,” Prof. Hall Says. “It was a beautiful sight,” declared Prof. Hall. Many people throughout the city got up early to witness the occultation. Other celestial vicinity of Washington were not much ‘interested in the carryin's-on of Venus and the moon during early hours this morning. L _The windows at the Georgetown University observatory remalned closed, the caps stayed on the tele- scopes, and the observers staved in observers in the ADD VALUE TO YOUR HOME BY HAVING IT PAINTED PROPERLY BY OUR EXPERTS R. K. 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Requesting that the board of cdu- cation file “an emergency school pro- gram” amd plead for it before the Senate District committee and ask President Harding to make a special request to the bureau of budget that it be allowed, the ortheast Wash- ington Citizens' Association adopted a resolution in [ which it deplored the recent cut in the District school appropriations, at a meeting at the Masonic Temple, Sth and F streets northeast, last night. The abolition of the board of chil- dren’s guardians and the enlargement | Milk Fresh from cow to you. Make SUNDAYS Family - Reunions at THE BELLEVUE FARMS RESTAURANTS 1332-34-36 G St. N. W. 1338 N. Y. Ave. N. W. Delightful Dinners and Chic a la Carte Specials Selections to Please Every Taste at Prices to Please Every Purse. Attractive Salads and Pastries. of the Juvenil urt, in order that it could take over the work of the board, was urged in a resolution adopted. Edward N. 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