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J t 2 SHOWNEEDOF Hi WATERPRESSURE Figures of Property Valuation, in Area Considered Total $311,266,474.50. * Property in the area in which high water pressure for fire fighting is sought is valued at $311,266,474.50, in- cluding land and improvements, ac- cording to figures made public to- day by the Washington Board of Trade. The figures were complled by the ‘newly created statistical bureau of the Washington Board of Trade, under the direction of Mrs. Ethel L. Ward, and at the suggestion of David M Lea, chairman of the insurance committee of the board, and leading figure in the movemept to bring about an_appropriation for beginning the installution of the high pressure sys- tem this vear. Tuken From Assessor's Books. These figures were not available at the District bullding, and it was necessary for the Board of Trade to get the books from the District as- - and compile them for of the arguments in the proposed fight to bring about success for the hizh water pressure move- ment Full values are indicated by the fig- ures, according to the statement given out. They show that the value of the land in the area which is bounded by North Capitol street, 19th street, K street and the mall is $184,- ;'1 and of the improvements That the United States and District governments would be the benefict- ar to & great extent of the pro- posed high-pressure installation 1s in- dicated by the figures. In this area are millions of dollars of government Property, containing priceless rec- ords dating from the birth of the na- tion. These would recelve the pro- tection from a high-pre ure system, it was pointed out. most_every vear in Congress there is much di cussion of means for protecting this &overnment property. Value of U. S. Property. The value of the United States prop- erty in this area is shown by the fig- ures to be $100,571,278.50, divided into $45.259.800 for the improvements and $52, 478.50 for the land. District y has a total value of $5,702,- of which 3 0 is for im- provements 62.50 for land. The private ned property aggre- ®ates $1 , of which 1.542, for improvements and $125,2 for land. Exempted property, including churches, hospitals, etc., has a value in area of $8,322,848.50, of which $4,155,150 is for improve E and §4. 50 is for land. FIND NAVY OFFICER ACCUSED OF THEFT Lieut. C. F. Bennett, Former Paymaster, Was Trailed Three Years. Lieut. C. F. Bennett, formerly a paymaster of the Navy, wanted for the theft of $75,000 from the Navy Department here, has been arrested by Department of Justice operatives in Texas and will be brought either to Washington or New York for trial. Bennett disappeared about three years ago and has been sought by the authorities through this country, Can- ada_and Mexico. Appointed pay- master during the war, he was as- signed to duty here. Being granted a leave of absence in the fall of 1920, he left the city and was not seen un- til taken into custody in San Antonio, Tex., this week He eill be turned over to naval au- thorities from New Orleans either to- day or tomorrow, to be taken to New Orleans, and later brought north. It had not been determined today, Capt. Edward B. Fenner of the disciplinary tion, bureau of navigation, said, where Bennett will be brought to trial, or exactly what charges will be brought against him. He could be tried for both embezzlement and desertion, it was sald, but the charge of desertion may be dropped to concentrate the case on the charge of embezzlement. MAYOR IS SUSPENDED FOR NEGLECT OF DUTY Ohio Governor’s Action Against Youngstown Officlal Based on Failure to Enforce Laws. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 27.—Mayor Willlam G. Rose of Youngstown to- day was suspended from office for thirty days by Gov. Donahey upon charges of nonfeasance, gross and wiliful neglect of duty and fallure to enforce the laws relating to in- toxicating liquors, At the same time the governor preferred similar charges against Chief of Police James Watkins of Youngstown, who, however, was not suspended. Robert Backus, president of the city council, was designated acting mayor during Mayor Reese's suspension. Mayor Reese is to be given a hearing before the chief executive August 22, and Chlef Watkins is to_be given a hearing August 23. Mayor Reese is the second olty executive to be removed from office by Gov, Donahey during the first six months of his incumbency as_the state’s chief executive. Mayor Her- bert Vogt of Massilon was the first to fall under the governors orders for Ohio mayors “to clean up” their clties. Mayor Vogt's removal later was upheld by the state supreme court. —_— BLANTON IS ACQUITTED. Texas Representative Held Not Guilty of Libeling His Rival. By the Associated Press. COMANCHE, Tex., July 27.—Rep- resentative Thomas L. Blanton was acquitted last night of the alleged libel of former Representative Oscar | Callaway. hours. Mr. Blanton and Mr. Callaway were The jury was out three pitted against each other on the stump | in 1922. “Mr. Blanton defeated Mr. Cal- laway and went to Congress represent= ing the seventeenth district. 1 The case, pungent with politics, cen~ tered about a campaign document al- leged to have appeared in the Clsco, Tex., News on July 16, 1922, touching upor Callaway’s war record. General handshaking and embracing, with Blanton the center of the group, Collowed reading of the jury’s verdict. BAKER SHOOTS BRIDE. NEW YORK, July 27—Willlam Smith, fifty-three-year-old baker, to- day shot Mrs. Anna Lenshinsky, a twenty-year-old bride of two week: at her home on East 74th street, b cause she had refused to elope with him, and then shot himself. Mrs. Len- shinsky was hit in both legs, but will xacover. Smith died In a no-mn‘, PRINCIPALS IN Wide Influence eld by Garretts In Cumberland Here is an indication of the scope of the influence of the Garrett brothers, on trial for the slaying of the Rev. E. Plerce, in Cumberland county Robert O. Garrett, chairman county democratic committee, clerk pf the court of Cumber- land county, secretary Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Associa- tion in county, recent recefver Cumberland-Cartersville Tele- phone Company, former secre- tary and treasurer of county. Larkin C. Garrett, commis- sioner in chancery, member school board. Jointly and singly they are owners of farm lands, Garrett Cumberland Mercantile _Store, Cumberland Hotel, the Garrett Garage, the Garrett Roller Mills, the Garrett blacksmith shop, the tobacco warehouse, the bathing lake, electric light plant, saw mill and planing mill. TERROR REIGN CHARGED TO GARRETT BROTHERS AT TRIAL FOR MURDER (Continued from First Page.) affidavit, had his inning in court to- day. In the document he referred in detail to the charges made in state afidavits in which he was used of holding the county in & reign of ter- ror; of manipulating the machinery of the county for his own gain and otherwise running the county by high-handed methods of violence and abuse, and countered with the dec- laration that those signing the state affidavits were his business rivals and were actuated by the hope that the Garretts could be “run out of the county.” "He reviewed his career since coming to Cumberland, and step by step reviewed the circumstances that developed enmity toward him by his business and political rivals. Make Pledge to Wives. The affidavit further asserts that his competitors used every effort and means to divert grain that was com- ing to his mill, and reflected upon his honesty in dealings with customers at the mill. Garrett's afidavit goes Into detail in reference to the fight with Willle Corson. After this difculty the affidavit says, “We pledged our wives that we would not aliow these people to draw us into a difficulty, it mattered not what they said, and we have kept these pledges to our wives ever since, under very trying condl- tione at times.” The affidavit relates the incldents of the shooting of A. M. Chandler on May 4, 1923, on the highways, and adds that “‘while several hundred citizens joined in the search for the assailant, not a single one of these business and political enemies of myself and broth- er from around the courthouse took any interest in the investigation.” Larkin C. Garrett, one of the de- fendants, was {n the car with Chan- dler the night he was shot. Tells of Threat. C. R. Sanderson said that when he was elected sheriff, fifteen years ago, before the Garretts came to Cumber- land, the defeated clan notified him that 100 mounted men of their num- ber would call on him and demand that he appoint his deputy from their faction. He sald he refused to do this and brought in R. O. Garrett to serve. This, he continued, made Gar- rett disliked and inspired’ such oppo- sition to him that it has continued to_the present time. Dr. E. B. Nuckols, whose practice takes him all over the county, stated that, while the shooting has been much discussed. he considers that a fair trial may be had. The defense i8 trying to prove that the factional rivairy exists only in the village and that elsewhere jus- tice is denled. Most of the prose- cution's affidavits are from people living within a radius of twelve miles of the courthouse. Mr. Smith, after announcing he would place on the stand the chiefs of ~ Lynchburg, Portsmouth and Petersburg platoons of police sta- tioned here to testify to the demeanor of the spectators, read the affidavit of R. O. Garrett. Sixty-one AMdavits. Mr. Smith offered the following al- leged tabulation of the prosecution’s affidavits. Seventeen people made sixty-one affidavits; seventy-five affi- davits were made in seventeen fam- flies; four republicans made twenty- three affidavits; three Garretts' en- emies made fifteen afidavits; forty- nine afants lived within six miles of the courthouse and twelve at the courthouse. Nine affiants were from the home of Donald McCrea, alleged head of the anti-Garrett faction. d W. C. Stout, business rival of the Garretts, signed flve affidavits; his family two: A. T. Brown, republican, made six (he has no family); C. C. Corson swore to three and his fam- ily to three. At 11:12, James G. Talbott, forty- eight, deputy sergeant of the Ports- mouth police force, took the stand. Drunk With Gun. “The crowd is very orderly,” he sald. “I have heard no threats and seen no excitement. Our only trouble was with a drunk who had & gun. We saw that he was carried home and kept there.” Lieut. John M. Morris, in charge of the Lynchburg delegation of police, and G. W. McGee, Petersburg detec- tive sergeant, swore to substantially {the same thing. i At the conclusion of the testimony, Attorney White rose and said, in re- ply to Mr. Smith's tabulation, that he would read affidavits to show why the { eitizens have not made afdavits more readily. These affants said they had been threatened with punishment if they made prosecution afdavits. At 11:30, the reading of affidavits was concluded, and Attorney Wendenburg rose to move the rejection of certain prosecution afMdavits. He warned that if the trial is transferred to another county, the court there will have to determine whether the trans- fer was proper. The defense desired stricken out all affidavits concerning political opposition, which was claimed to have been natural and ir- relevant to a venue change. Other Afidavits, Among other afidavits read were the following: Personally appeared before me, Mary E. Godsey, a notary public in and for the county aforesaid in the THE MURDER TRIAL CoGARRETT state of Virginia, Willie Harris, who made oath as follows Bunny Franklin came to my house after I had given a statement to counsel in this case and asked me if I had given any affidavit about Gar- retts' handling liquor. I stated that I had not given any atfidavit about any liquor.2 Bunny Franklin sald: “You got drunk and turned your au- tomobile over, and if you don't look out you'll be reported " He further stated that he would rather be in arretts’ place than in the place of three men at Cumberland Court House, one of whom was Judge Smith. Threatened With Fine. Personally appeared before me, Miss Mary E. Godsey, etc, Mrs. R. F. Woods, Mrs. J. C. McGraw, Mrs. Marion Parker and Mrs. W. J. Keller, who made oath that when approached for an afiidavit of the condition in Cumberland county created by discus- sion of the Garrett case, they had been told that if they signed any paper they would be brought here to court and fined. W. F. Godsey made oath that he asked Mr. Wesley T. Putney if he thought that the Garrett case should be tried in Cumberland county and if he should make any affidavit of his opinion in the matter. He, Mr. Put- ney, said he knew that the, Garrett case could not be fairly and impartial- ly tried in Cumberland county, but that he would not sign any statement to that effect because, “You Kknow that Bob Garrett can do anything In Cumberland county that he wants to do, and for that reason I am afraid to _sign anything." W. M. Corson made oath that he was present when counsel for the prosecution in the Garrett case asked Mr. C. Osborne, the Presbyterian min- ister living in the upper section of Cumberland county, if he would give counsel a statement of certain facts within his knowledge, and he, Mr. Osborne, said: “If I took sides with either side in this matter it would be like throwing a bombshell in my church, and 1 would have to leave Cumberland county.” Natives Take Holiday. There were more spectators today than yesterday. Expecting that the technical discussion of the venue change would have been concluded and the opening addresses of the at- torneys begun, rural inhabitantstook holiday from their work and liter- ally swarmed into town. Cumberiand county experienced another shortage today when the crowd in front of the courthouse learned that the sardine supply of the entire town has been exhausted. Many lunched over store counters, not going home for dinner, and hur- ried back to stand in line in effort to get a seat in the courthouse. A new sardine supdly has been ordered and 1s being rushed here. OFFICERS NEAR END OF COURSE IN CAMP Instruction for Special Local Na- tional Guard Unit Will Close Tomorrow. Tomorrow will mark the last day at Camp Sims of the preliminary course for the specially selected of- ficers and non-commissioned officers of the local national guardsmen. But it will not be the easiest. Ac- cording to plans, they will spend some of their last hours at the camp constructing a pontoon bridge across Glesboro Point. The entire dotachment will help in the con- struction of the bridge, under Capt. H. H. Pohl and Capt. R. M. Mo- Cutchen, assisted by Capt. Joseph C. Sutton and Sergt. Coanshock. Later the day will be devoted to athletics. Willlam F. Jorgenson of Company C is athletic officer and he has arranged a series of events Company D, commanded by Capt. Jullan 8. Oliff, has challenged the Test of the regiment to a ball game, races or any other form of contest SoTheir ban 1 elr eam 13 compos: W. 3. Lee! Reginald B. Giibort d. B Miller, Charles E. Riley, J. A. Dills, Robert A. Dewberry, E. W. Smithson, L. P. McDonald, Juifan L. McCullar, Harry A. Sweeney and R. T. Sim- The camp will be open to visitors o all of the events rising at 5:30 yesterday, the: through. thelr “chow" and caloe thenice by 7 a.m. Later they visited the rifle ranges and in the afternoon attended various lectures. Today's program consists of rifle practice, in- struction in building pontoon bridges, extended order drill and musketry, followed by & dress parade this aft- e detachment will e letachment wi Tetur: Washington early Sunday morning to make room for the entry of A, and C companies of the 121st En- gineers, who will spend the next two weeks at the camp. —_—— ROBS SEVEN OF $16,200. CHICAGO, July 27.—A ' party of seven persons, which included visit- ors who were being shown “the sights,” was held up and robbed of money and jewelry valued at $16,200 by a bandit here early today, accord- ing to the police. Melvin Adams, an official of a trunk manufacturing company, sustained a fractured jaw and the 1088 of several teeth when he was struck by th - dit for involuntarily sounding his au- tomobile horn while the robbery was in progress. EVENING JUMP IN TAXABLE PROPERTY SHOWN Reaity Valuation This Year Greatest in History of District. Assessed value of real estate and tangible personal property for the last fiscal year, ended June 30, amounted to $846,964,640.85, it w: figured today by District Assessor Willlam R. Richards. It was polnted out by Mr. Richards that this does not mean that asses: ments were raised $254,264,247.10. The apparent increase, the assessor sald, is attributable to the jump from two- thirds valuation to full valuation last year as provided by an act of Con- gress. The year, however, was marked.| by a normal increase of about 7 per cent, due to the increased valuation of real estate coupled with Increased building activity. Jump in Two Years. Mr. Richards explained that the assessed value of real estate for the fiscal year of 1921 was $472,945,805, with a rate of $1.82 per $100, while last vear the total jumped to $723,- 199,268 with the tax rate lowered to $1.30. The addition of the new biennial assessment, effective as of July 1 will bring this total to more than $750,000,000, it was estimated by Mr. Richards. ~ This is the highest amount in the District's history. Intangible Property. Intangible personal property assess- ment, which was made June 30 last, ed $365,079,089, an increase of $: ,270 over the preceding year. This figure will be enlarged when taxpayers, delinquent in the May pay- ments, send in thelr checks. Intangl- ble personal property is assessed at one-half of 1 per rent, or $5 per $1,000. Revenues from real estate, Assessor Richards said, bore over four-fifths of the tax burden. The largest expendi- ture goes to the public schools, with the police and fire departments and the charities next. SUBMITS DRAWING OF SCHOOL ANNEX Municipal Architect’s Plans for Western High Before Education Officials. Tentative plans for the addition to be erected at the rear of Western High School were explained by A. L Harrls, municipal architect, to D. J. Callahan, president of the board of education, and several other school officials at a meeting held at the Franklin School this morning. The drawings, explained by Mr. Harris, provide for an addition to con- tain eighteen classrooms, a large au- ditorfum, two gymnasiums and swim- ming pools, if the latter are thought desirable, although the cost of the pools would run nearly $30,000 over the appropriation for the new struc- ture. The plans call for a basement and one story, with provisions for the erection of another story if it should become necessary. The auditorium as suggested by Mr. Harris will have a seating ca- pacity of 1,300 persons, 1,000 on the first floor and 300 {n the balcony. It will be equipped with a fireproof steel curtain. There will be two large gymnasiums, one for boys and one for girls. The elghteen additional classrooms will have a capacity of G40 students, increasing the capacity of the entire school to 1,200. Between the wings of the old school building and those of the new addition there will be a distance of ninety-two feet for air space. The plans are subject to change and alteration &s those in charge may see fit, and have been submitted by the municipal architect as his suggestion. CONSIDER CHANGES AT WALTER REED Hines and Ireland to Confer on Re- placement of Temporary Hos- pital Buildings. Director Hines of the Veterans’ Bureau plans to confer early next week with Surgeon General Ireland of the Army concerning the replace- ment of temporary bulldings at Wal- ter Reed Hospital with permanent structures. The need for new construction to replace the buildings which are rap- idly deteriorating at Walter Reed has long been recognizedl by both the Army, to which the hospital belongs, and the Veterans Bureau, which sends many of its patients there. With the announcement recently, however, by Director Hines that he ‘was negotiating with the Army con- cerning _the rebullding of Walter Reed came new hope that the Vet. erans’ Bureau would inalude in its estimates for the next fiscal year, 1925, appropriations to help ~the Army bulld permannt wards at Wal ter Reed. At the conference next week it is expected the question of how the Army and the Veterans’ Bureau could split the cost of reconstruc- tion will be discusse REPORTER CHARGES ATTACK BY DETECTIVE: John J. McGann Swears Out War rant Against Patrick 0'Brien After Blow. John J. McGann, & local newspaper man, todey swore out & warrant for the arrest of Detective Sergt. Patrick O'Brien, charging the latter with having assaulted him In the corridors of “the District bullding yesterday afternoon. Accord| to the reporter, O'Brien appeared in the pressroom at detec- R eadquarters. and callea both MoGann and another writer abusive names. The detective is alleged to have objected to an article printed in ‘two atterncon papers concerming an arrest he had made. ‘When McGann followed the police- man into the corridor and demande; an apology, threatening to take thi matter up with the District Commis- sioners otherwise, O'Brien is said to have renewed his abuse. A heated argument ensued and a moment later the detective is said to have struck McGann, knocking him to the floor :n:d- opening a bad out on his fore- e / JURY INSTRUCTICNS ON MORSES ARGUED —_— Defense Counsel|Offers 197 Prayers to Win Favorable Court View. Legal arguments on the instruc- tlons to be given by Justice Stafford to the jury in the Morse conspiracy trail ocoupled the session of Criminal Division 1 today. The jury had been excused until Monday and Justice Stafford has given permission to the defendants to absent themselves, If desired, during the arguments. Be- sides the lawyers on both sides there were few persons {n attendance on the court. Charles W. Morse went to New York and Benjamln W. Morse paid a visit to Boston. The other defend- ants remained in the city, but were not in court All of the elght de- fendants will be present Monday when the summing-up arguments are started. A total of 197 prayers for instruc- tions were submitted by the defense arranged in thirty-five groups. These instructions in varying forms set forth the views of the lawyers for the defense as to what is necessary for the government to have proved before any of the accused may be gonvicted of the charge of conspir- The first thirty prayers related to requests that verdicts of not guilty be directed in favor of all the de- fendants and of each one in particu- lar. Justice Stafford took up the con- sideration of prayer 31 and from that on asked the views of the govern- ment counsel as to whether or not the law of the case was properly stated in each. Some were conceded by the government and to others ob- jection was noted. United States Attorney Gordon at the noon hour had not determined just how many requests for instruc- tions would be offered by the prose- cution. He preferred to walit the rul- Ing of the court on the numerous prayers of the defense before indicat- Ing what he would ask on behalf of the government. REFORMATORY GAIN [NPROVES RECORD Prisoners More Numerous and Better at Lorton, Va., Says Annual Report. An increase of more than 20 per cent in the population at the District reformatory at Lorton, Va., during the fiscal year just ended is shown by Assistant Superintendent M. M. Bar- nard in his annual report, made pub- lic today. The average daily popu- lation at the reformatory, the report showed, was 198.89, compared with 178.25 the previous year. “The prisoners were worked over a radius of two miles and kept under fairly strict survelllance,” sald Mr. Barnard. “It is very gratifying to report that there has been but two escapes during the fiscal year—a re- markable record when one considers the conditions under which we are operating, without walls or barriers of any kind placed In the way of those who violate the trust placed in them."” Permanent Building Progress. ¢ Progress in the work of construct- ing permanent bulldings was one of the outstanding activities at the re- formatory during the year, the report sald. This work included the com- Dletion of a brick cottage on the main highway near Giles run, which is a great help in policing the road and safeguarding against escapes; com- pletion of & ten-room bullding_used as sleeping quarters for officers, which greatly relieves the crowded condition that existed heretofore; completion of four buildings, three of which are being occupled as a garage, commlssary and broom shop and a plumbing shop. The other is to be used as a carpenter shop. In addition, four other buildings are under con- struction. A dairy—one of the new industries started during the year—has been un- usually successful, the report points out. The dairy is operated on a small scale and consists of four cows, which furnish the institution with' much of its milk and cream for the officers and the residences. There also was placed in operation a poultry farm, from which the reformatory has been able to furnish sufficlent eggs to sup- ply the residences and officers’ dining room. Brooms valued at 32,333 were manufactured at the reformatory and distributed to the various branches of the District government. ‘This industry,” said the report, ‘eould be made very profitable if the institution were allowed to dispose of its surplus, and it is also an ex- cellent trade to teack the prisoners.” During the year M0 railroad ties were manufactured and delivered tr the raflroad, at the _institution which means a saving to the District government of approximately $4,375, provided these ties had to be pur- chased. Fresh pork amounting to 15,000 pounds was also raised by the prisoners and furnished to the {nlti- tution. “The work at the reformatory,” Assistant Superintendent Barnard said in conclusion, “is marked by the slendid spirit of co-operation be- tween the management and em- ployes. The employes are loyal, faithful and conscientious in the performance of their dutles, and to them must be given credit for the most successful year that the refor- matory has enjoyed since its in- ception. D. C. POLICE SEEK MAN IN ATTACK ON GIRL, 15 Assailant Fled When She Struck Him and Cried for Help, High School Pupil Says. A white man about forty-five years old, wearing & brown suit and eye- glasses, is being sought to answer a charge of having assaulted Madeline Burleigh, fifteen-year-old _Central High BSchool student, the Rochelle, 16th and U streets, on Florida avenue between 14th and 15th streets yester- day mornins. Miss Burleigh, on her way to Cen- tral High School, was walking on the south side of Florida avenue when she found the unidentified man walk-~ ing alongside her. She paid no atten- tion until he suddenly grabbed her by the throat. She struck the man in the face and also made an outery. The man fled. JULIAN BAKER FINED. NEW YORK, July 27—Jullan B. Baker, a member of the Yamaqua Yacht Club in Sheepshead bay and said by Edward Barnes, assistant collector of customs, to be a brother of former Secretary of War Newton D. Bakor, today was fined $1,000 after coast guards boarded his motor boat Modesty yesterday outside the three-mile limit and found six cases of whisky abo : [4 STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRfDAY JULY 27, 1923. CABINET MEMBER IN BERLIN Secretary of Labor Davis (left) muking an official call on Ambassador Houghton, on hix arrival in the German capital. ANACOSTIA PARK OPEN FOR PUBLIC IN OCTOBER (Continued from First Page.) this park practical, as well as beau- tiful Payne Draws Plans. The plans for converting this first section of the proposed project were made by Irwin W. Payne, landscape architect, assoclated with the office of public buildings and grounds. Probably Mr. Paynes most notable achievement in landscape work in the capital, according to the judgment of experts, was the laying out and beautification of the grounds sur- rounding the Lincoln Memorial. Mr. Payne's plans call for the con- struction of a large and artistic cen- tral clubhouse which will contain sit- ting_and rest rooms, locker spaces, porches and other appointments for the comfort and pleasure of patrons of the park. It is not the intention of Col._ Sherrill, however, to commence work on_ this building before next spring. What he belleves will be one of the features of the park is the main driveway to be constructed along the bank of the river and which eventually will run from the south end of this park system at Bolling Field to the upper end of the so- called Anacostia flats, not far distant from the grounds of the United States Reform School. Road Forty Feet Wide. This roadway will be forty feet in wlidth, and will be known as the Anacostia Park boulevard. Col Sherrill intimated today that in plan- ning for the future park development of the District he will include this boulevard as a main link in the road- ways proposed to cirole the city through the park system. To make this link possible and practical, he mlso will suggest the construction of a bridge across the Potomac river connecting Halns point in East Po- tomac Park with the southern ter- minus of the Anacostia Park boule- vard. This connection and the future development of roadways through the series of old fort reservations cir- cling the eastern and northern bound- aries of the city, when completed, will provide a continuous and un- broken_loop about the capital. Col. Sherrill said, though, that the bridge proposal probably will not be taken up seriously for several years. When the pipes for draining_the first section of the Anacostia Park have been laid, and the necessary grading work and the sowing of grass seed and the planting work has been completed, he will then start on the construction of six ten- nis courts and four base ball dia- monds. Wil Erect Bandstand. There also will be a bandstand erected not far distant from the north end of this section of the park. Eventually a large and handsome ampthitheater will be erected at the foot of the sloping ground in the vicinity of the Pennsylvania avenue bridge. The transforming of this first sec- tion of the Anacostia Park project will cost approximately $150,000, al- though only $560,000 is available. This latter amount will be expanded in the work to be done between now and Ootober. It is estimated roughly that the entire project when completed will oost more than $1,000,000, ex- clusive of the proposed bridge and the roads linking the old forts. Col. Sherrill sald today that he is especially interested in the creation of this park, inasmuch as it will be the first public park of any consequence that the citizens of Anacostia have had. Announcement was made by him to- day that the program of ceremonies for the ground-breaking next Thurs- day, which was published last Sun- day, will include an interesting dem- onstration arranged by the Army air service. This exhibition will take place immediately following the cere- monies, which are to be held at 3 p.m. The following is the program of this exhibition: ‘Event No. l1—Acroback In SB-5. Event No. 2—A dummy, with para- chute attached, to be dropped over Bolling Fleld. Event No. 3—A forma- tion of five De H. 4Bs, flying in close formation, mot over 500 feet, this formation to circle park 80 as to be in full view of the people all the time PostmasterWants To Buy No Nice Bear, Do You? ‘Who wants to buy a nice thir- five-pound bear? Postmaster Mooney today re- ceived a letter from M. D. Dar- nell of Alvon, W. Va., offering to sell him the bear, Which has been caught by a neighbor in Green- brier county. The price quoted is $110. Darnell asked the postmaster in the even! did not want the ani- mal to it any of his “neigh- bou‘,‘ ‘would be interested in own- ing it. stmaster Mooney wrote Dar- nell that he is not interested in bears, his specialty being hunting dogs, and sent the letter from the West Virginian to Supt. Hollister at the National Zoological Park. SEOT DRY MISIN VTSN CAPTAL Interviews Heads of Wet and Prohibition Groups in Study of Question. To study the effects of prohibition In America a delegation of seven Scots, on tour across the country stopped in Washington, interviewed various officlals, and organizations, both wet and dry, and planned to leave late this afternon for Louls- ville, Ky. The men, understood to be investi- gating conditions here for certain churches of Scotland, have been in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, and will go west to Vancouver, B. C. They expect to sail for home on August 30. Willing to discuss any other prob. lem, the men refused to talk about the object of their mission. or to re- veal any results of their work. In the party were: Dr. William Swan, Rev. Joseph Johnston, Rey. J. Malcom Munro, Robert Gibson, W. I, Living- ston, R. Roderick Manson and A. N. Burnie Luncheon at City Club. The .commission was entertained at luncheon yesterday in the City Club. Those" present and who wel- comed the visitors included: Bishop William F. McDowell of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, Roy A. Hayne federal prohibition commissioner; Dr. E. O. Watson, federal council of the Church of Christ in America: Dr. W. L. Darby, secretary, Washington Fed- eration of Churches; Edward F. Col- laday, president of the Board] of Trade; Charles A. Baker, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Asso- clations; James T. Lloyd, vice presi- dent, Chamber of Commerce; Deets Pickett, board of temperance, Met! odist Episcopal Church; Andrew Wil- son, president, and E. B. Dunford and T. J. Stewart of the Washington of- fice, Ant loon League of America; Dr. L. W. Glazebrook and A. E. Shoe- maker. Brief addresses were made by Bishop McDowell, Mr. Colladay, Mr. Lloyd and_the members of the com- mission. Mr. Wilson presided. DEPUTY SHOOTS MAN FOR ANNOYING GIRL Amateur Theatrical Star Says Mer- chant Had Been Watching Her Nightly for Months. By the Associated Press. MORRIS, 11, July 27.—Persistent attentions to Miss Jane Remington ended in the killing last night of James Blaney Beach, forty years old, a prominent dry goods merchant of Joliet. He was shot by Deputy Sher- iff Clay Harrod, to whom the young woman had appealed when she saw Beach lurking near her home. Miss Remington is twenty-five years old and prominent in amateur theat- rical circles. She is a pretty young woman and for some time, until three months ago, Beach had pald her marked attentions. There was only friendship between them, Miss Rem- ington says, but three months &go their friendship ceased. Since then almost nightly, she alleges, Beach had sought to annoy her. Miss_Remington was unable to ex- plain Beach's alleged persistent ef- forts to keep a surveillance over her, and declared they had not been en- gaged and that no others had been involved in the differences which ended their friendship. Harrod was recently appointed dep- uty sheriff. He was not arrested aft- er the killing, but an inquest was scheduled to be held this afternoon. P S S — SUBMIT $32,500,000 PRELIMINARY BUDGET Commissioners to Supplement Total Estimate With Detailed Figures Later. District estimates for the fiscal year of 1925 totaling about $32,- 500,000 were transmitted to the bu- reau of the budget today by the Commissioners. The estimates are preliminary in that they contain only the totals asked by the various branches of the District government. The detailed budget will not be sent to the Treasury until early in Sep- tember. The Commissioners are not ex- pected to appear before officlals of the budget bureau for a hearing on the gn?unn until September. ITOWNWILLIGNORE STATE'S BLUE LAWS Ludington, Mich., Officials Say Business and Pleasure Will Not Be Stopped. By the Assoclated Press. LUDINGTON, Mich., July 27.—The order’ of Virgil A. Fitch, prosecuting jattorney of Mason county, that the state’s most obsolete Sunday blue laws be enforced throughout the county on every Sunday hereafter, today, caused a defiant attitude on the part of city offictals of Ludington the largest center in the county In a formal statement, K. Ma thews, city attorney, announced had advised the city police to ig: the prosecutor’s order, which wo prevent motorists from driving t automobiles for pleasure on Sund: close all ico m parlors, garages and places of amusement and preven: ssuance of Sunday newspapers In his statement the city attorn jdescribed the prosecutors order hysterfa” and “sickeningly silly. The prosecutor had acted when clubwomen and religious leaders dc manded that dancing on Sunday b prohibited e To Ignore Ruling. K. L. Ashbacker, president of the Ludington trade bureau announced today most of the firms that usually open on Sundays would conduct thefr business as usual. This statement followed a ruling from the city at torney that the only course the prose- cutor might take would be the filing of civil suits to collect fin The city attorney, in his statement, charged " the closing order was prompted by Roscoe Conklin Fiteh son of the prosecutor, who some tims g0 was a witness in Chicago before the grand jury that investigated the death of Leighton Mount, former orthwestern University student Fitch declared today that enforce ment of the Sunday blue laws wiil mean 1. Closing all billiard parlors, sof: drink emporiums, dance halls, thea. ters and other places of amusement including bathing beaches Stopping publication and dis- tribution of the Ludington Sunday News. 5 3. Stopping play on all golf courses in the county. 4. Arrest of all automobiles for Sabbath. as v persons driving pleasure on the CRISIS IN MINE STRIKE LOOMS AS CONFERENCE -‘BECOMES DEADLOCKED __(Continued from First Page.) lishment of the closed shop and the , check-off throughout the anthracit industry, with a strike on September 1 as the penalty for rejection, was flung into the joint wage negotia- tions conference yesterday by the miners and refused point blank by the operators. Aftr the concerence, Mr. Lewis said “The making of a new wage agree- ment is contingent upon the operators giving full consideration to the United Mine Workers of America The relationship between the oper ators and the men engaged in the in- dustry requires such recognition Such ‘a relationship has existed for & quarter century in the bituminous coal flelds and the anthracite miners are within their rights in asking equal consideration. “Granting this demand will not add a single penny to the cost of anthra- cite, and concession on_this point is essential to carry out the recommen- dations of the United States Coal Commission in the matter of penal- ties for breach of contract. The mine workers are insistent on this point and will continue in that respect.” The operators contended that com- pliance with the demand meant the closed shop and would mean the en- forced exodus of every non-union miner from the anthracite regions ot Pennsylvania. Mr. Warriners state- ment follows: “We do and have fully recognized the United Mine Workers of America 2s a contracting party, in accordance with the Roosevelt award after the 1902 strike and the Wilson award of 1920. Their officers and agents are the recognized people with whom we do business and confer to settle dis- putes relative to labor matters, in accordance with our agreement. “The agreement to which the uni heretofore has subscribed has bee: one under which any one could work in the mines in accordance with his constitutional right so to do. “If he elects to become a member of the union he is protected against discrimination by any employer. The recognition insisted upon by Mr. Lewls is on the closed shop proposi- tion, under which no one can work in the 'anthracite field unless he is a member of his organization. thereby depriving anybody who may not so elect of his constitutional right to earn a living at his chosen vocation. “The operator is also to be com- pelled to collect from every man Working in the anthracite industry, exclusive of clerical and managerial occupations, such fines, dues and as- sessments as_the union may dictate The United States Coal Commission is very clear on this matter when it say: “‘Every one freely admits that a man has the right to work free and unimpeded by threats, duress, coer- clon or restraint, when, where and for whomsoever he 'chooses; that a man has a legal right to employ and dis- charge as he pleases, and that men have a right to bind themselves to- gether for collective bargaining, touching wages and working condi- tions.’ U. S. WATCHES CONFERENCE. Fuel Body Doubts Mine Parley Is Near Break. Although watching closely the ne- gotlations at Atlantic City between anthracite mine operators and offi- cials of the miners’ union, the Coal Commission was sald today to be un- ready as yet to interpose. John Hays Hammond, the commis- slon chairman, expressed the opinion that the conference was not dan- gerously near a break,” adding that a certain amount of “sparring” in such matters is inevitable. “Of course, we can't tell whether the contestants have actually taken off gloves and gone in for a fight,” Mr. Hammond said, “but we don't think that is the case yet. Certainly there will be nothing done precipl- tately by the commission.” The commission was understood to be ready to urge a continuance of , the wage negotlations in case any strike should develop. —_— U. S. GUNBOAT FIRE FOILS BLOCKADE OF YANGTSZE Attempt of South China Troops to Cut Off Foreign Community Is Defeated. By the Associated Press. HANKOW, China, July 37.—The speedy action of the United States gunboat Monocacy recently in re- plying to the fire of a _Chinese force on the shore of the Yangtsze river, has _eftectually defeated an attempt of the south China troops to estab- lish a blocade of the river before Chung King, thus cutting off the forelgn community from communica~ tion with the outside. ‘The Chinese troops, it is said, fear- ing further reprisals on the part of forelgn gunboats, have definitely ziven up their blockade plans. '