Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy tonight; tomorrow unsettled, probably showers; little change in temperature. Temperature for twen ty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 75, at 2 p.m. vesterday; lowest, €1, at 1:45 a.m. today. I #ull report on page 26. Late N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 27 ch No. 29,022, otfice_Wasi post Entered as seconi-class matter hington, D C. BERLIN POLICE ROUT MBS N ATTAGKS FOMENTED BY REDS Unemployed Attemot to Take| City Hall—Three Wounded | in Suburban Fight. FOOD RIOTS REPORTED IN MANY GERMAN CITIES| More Than Hundred Communists Arrested in Hanover Province. Leipzig Seething. Dr the Associated Press, BERLIN, October 16.—Several thou- | sand unemployed attempted to storm the Rathaus, or town hall, in the heart of the city, this morning, but were repulsed by the police, who | charged the mob with fixed bayonets. | The demonstration, which the au- thorities say was led by communistic agitators, completely blocked traffic fn what is normally one of the most congested quarters of the city and forced numerous shops to pull down their iron shutters a protection | against looters i Fire Into One Mob. | Congregating mobs in the outlying sections of the Greater Berlin kept) the police busy all the forenoon. At one point the police were forced to fire into the crowd, seriously wound- ing three demonstrators. Renewed food riots I’\-‘rruor"tcd from numergu$ points in Germany. A serious clash occurred in Mannheim, Where one police sergeant and one demonstrator were killed. Leipzig continues to be the scene of e riotinz and many of the ahor chose to give away bread and oleomargarine in prefer- ence to having their vremises looted. Police Gunrd Markets. The police are guarding the market| hall¢, while most of the shops in lhe‘ heart of the city either have cleared | their show windows of all displays or shut down completely. | More than 100 communist leaders ! huve been arrested at HilPesheim | and Elfeld, in the province of Han- over, while attempting to hold a con- gress of workmen's councils. STOCK EXCHANGE ATTACKED. Berlin Police, However, Repulse Rioters, London Hears. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 16.—A mob tried | 6 force 16" way 1o the Berlin stock | exchange this morning, says a Cen- tral News dispatch from the German capital The doors were promptly osed d the police took up the task of dealing with the attacking throng. The mob also tried to storm the city Tall, the message states, but the po- 1i appeared in strong force and seemed to be masters of the situation after flerce fighting, in which a num- ber of persons were injured, several seriously. For the moment, adds the message, the city hall and the stock exchange have been locked and strongly guarded, and the Wilhelm- sLr closed to pedestrians and ve- hicles. ‘The situat trouble arose over the food on. The crowds of unemployed which appeared before the city hall demanded to see the burgomaster. The police dispersed this crowd, but it was later joined by reinforcements from the side Streets, and the guard finally had to use revolvers to scatter it. All the shops in the neighborhood were closed. LOOT IS RECOVERED. Damage in Duesseldorf Placed at Millions of Dollars. WILLIAM E. NASH. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923, SLDORF, October 16.—Loot Saturday's pillaging, including silk stocking: neckties, stovepipe hats, fur coats, party gowns and lingerie, was found hidden in out-of- the-way corners all over town today, and thirt Ve more arrests were made, bringing the total to more than 300. ' Rough preliminary estimates place the amount of damage done by the looters at several million dollars, part of which will have to be paid by the city, part by the state and part| by _the nation. The rioting is beliecved to be over for the moment, but the threatening enonomic causes back of the outbreak | still exist. The firemen’s union has placed itself at the disposal of the police. The shopkeepers, property Owners, labor unions and_political parties’ all have formed self-protec- live organizations. Even the com- munists have voted to contribute toward the maintenance of law and order. DUE from ‘Worst Rioting of Year. Saturday's plunderings in Duessel- dorf were probably the most im- portan: that have occurred in the Ruhr since the occupation. The ¥rench and German authorities dis- agree as to the food situation. The French assert that more foodstuffs | than ever have entered the Ruhr from unoccupied territory in the last few days. Berlin it is declared, is sending more than a thousand cars of food dally to industrial Westphalia. The Germans argue that even if this is true, it does not alter the fact that the Rhineland crops, which are most important for winter nourishment, con- tinue to come in very slow. In Cologne, where stock exchange speculation has been wilder than anywhere else In Germany of late, \ith disastrous effects on prices, the British authorities have decided to intervene in the high cost of living questicn, according to the French. Will Supervise Prices. Lvery shopkeeper who lists his goods in gold marks and then sells for paper marks at a fixed rate of ex- change must submit his “multiplier” or gold-to-paper ratio to competent authorities daily. If it is found to be exaggerated or unjust he must ex- peet to see it changed by the British experts. Although there are 100,000 unem- ployed among Duesseldort's 500,000 Dopulation, the French claim that Sat- urday’s riots were due more to politi- cal than to economic causes. The riot- ing and pillaging, it is asserted, was organized by radicals of both the right and left as a demonstration against the Stresemann government. Most _of the rioters arrested were declared to be communist youths of eighteen to twenty years. uch Youths, it is contended, are not “hon- est, hungry men,” but irresponsible agitators, acting under orders. The shops they pillaged are alleged to have been designated in advance, being the property of men inimical to the radieal partles. jaren are being paid by BIG BUILDING ORDER PLACED BY JAPAN Government Board: to Buy $15,- 000,000 Lumber and Steel in United States. By the Assoclated Press, TOK10, October 15—The govern- ment reconstruction board. through the foreign office, has placed with the United States zovernment an order for lumber and steel amounting to 30.000.000 yen ($15,000,000). Home Minister Geto says other orders will be placed through the government, it { necessary, to combat profiteering Fire losses outside the earthquake Japanese in- urance companics, according to offi- cials. but the companies decline to admit liability for losses within the arca. The Japan Fire Insurance As- sociation, composed of forty-six Japa- nese companies, adopted a resolution Proposing payment not to exceed 10 per cent on losses within the earth- quake area, provided the government iend companies that amount for a veriod of fifty years at low interest. FARMER AND WIFE FOUND BRUTALLY BEATEN T0 DEATH Son Finds Couple in CeHarl With Skulls Crushed by Bar. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAM RSTOWN, Md., Their skulls crushed by blows from an iron bar, the bodies of John Cline, aged seveuty, wealthy truck farmer, and his wife, Rebecca, aged sixty- three, were found In tne cellar of their home on the Fiddlersburg pike, near here, today. Harry Cline, eighteen-year-old son of the couple, who had left home eatly this morning to pick apples on a neighboring farm, discovered the doubie murder when he searched the house for his parents on his return at noon. He found the body of his mother lying in the center of the cellar room and that of his father just inside the door. Nearby was a blood-spattered iron bar believed t have been used by the murderer. He notified Coroner John Bickmer and Stat Attorney Dangle Wolfin ger, who immediately began an i Vestigation. Up to the present they are without a single clue except th fron bar. It is believed that robbery was the motive, as Cline is reported to have kept considerable money in his_home. 'The Cline home one-half miles north The couple has resided -there about seven years. Although the house was only several hundred feet from the roud it was secluded by a grove of trees. The next house was several hundred yards distant. o The son is being held pending an investigation. THOUSANDS FLEE OKLAHOMA FLOOD Bursting Dam Releases Huge Wall of Water, Inundating Capital Lowlands. is about two and By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., October 16.—A catastrophic flood grips Okla- | homa City today. With virtually the entire south side Inundated, flood waters of the | North Canadian river, rising rapidly, at dawn literally were lapping at the very threshold of the retail business center. Sweeping savagely southeastward, the torrent, swollen to unprecedented proportions by rains which have fallen virtually without interruption for four days in the west and north central sections of the state, through the municipal reservoir, ten miles west of here, arly today and flung a pent-up nine-foot wall of water downstream to spread further disaster to the aiready stricken low- lands on Oklahoma City's south side. ‘Water at the reservolr had fallen six feet since midnight, according to an announcement at 8:15 o'clock by e Bretz, superintendent waterworks. ¥ No loss of life has been reported, but officlals were apprehensive that the flood had taken a toll of death from some who tarried too long after the city fire siren at midnight shrieked a warning that the reser- voir embankment had broken. Ordered to places of safety last night by city authorities, approx- imately 15,000 residents abandoned their homes in an area in the flood's path comprising 177 city blocks and are being sheltered and fed by has- tily formed rellef organizations. Bring Refugees Out. As doctors, pressed Into service by the city administration, gathered from all over the city at points of concentration, ambulances from every hospital and fire trucks clanged their way through congested traffic lines, rushing into the -danger zones for refugees or dashing back from there October 16.— | of Hagerstown. | broke | { of the | WASHINGTON, D. C, ACITY POLICEMEN FACE 13 CHARGES BYU.5.DRY AGENTS Names of Those Involved ifi | Counter Accusations With- held by Oyster. TO CONFER WITH COUNSEL ON POSSIBLE SUSPENSION Nature of Commissioner’s Policy Unknown—Affidavits Accom- pany Allegations. The counter charges flled by prohibi- {tion agents against the local police contain thirteen specific allegations and {involve four members of the force. | Commissioner Oyster announced today. The Commissioner said he could not |disclose the names of the men or the inature of the complaints until he has jmade some preliminary inquiries, [which will include conferences with Assistant Corporation Counsel Ring- £old Hart and Supt. of Police Sullivan. The Commissioner probably will de- Icide following his talk with Mr. Hart whether the men mentioned in the jcomplaints should be relieved from {duty pending investigation. 1t also is still unsettied whether the en will be summoned before the reg- luiar public volice trial hoard or wheth- jer the probe will be conducted along | special line: | i | 1investigation into the allegations and {take the appropriate action at the ! concluston.” The filing of counter complaints .against the police, as forecast ;lerda,\', has been expected since the day Commissioner Oyster forwarded o Prohibition Commissioner Haynes he charges which members of the olice vice squad made against pro- hibition enforcement officers. The irregularities of which the pro- {hibition men now complain were given to Commissioner Oyster by In- ternal Revenue Commissioner Blair |and were accompanied by afhdavits. | It is understood that the dry agents ‘are preparing additiona} affidavits to ibe submitted later. he men whose names appear in ithe counter charges will be advised |of the nature of the complaints made | against them some time today. | | Promises Thorough Probe. Commissioner Oyster, howe make this positiye statement: er, did | LAID 70 GOAL MEN Federal Trade Commission Issues Complaints Against Anthracite Dealers. Acting under the direction of Presi- dent Coolidge, the Federal Trade ! Commission has Investigated charges of unfair practices in the anthracite business and has filed a complaint against several anthracite wholesala dealers, and against the operating firm of Maderla, Hill & Company of Philadelphia, it was announced at the ‘White House today. The President's attention has becn called to charges that through the reconsignment of anthracite ship- ments, causing an unnecessary in- crease in the consumer’s cost, some of the anthracite dealers had been re- sorting to unfair practices. The other defendants besides the { Philadelphla firm are Pattison & i Brown of New York, the Titian Fuel Corporation of New York, Hartwell- Lester, Inc. of {New York: Clement P. Broadhead of [New York and Lynn Rainger of |Boston. All of the defendants, ex- cept Maderia, Hill & Co., are whole- salers. They have been summoned to appear November 19 before the trade commission, when a hearing will be held on the charges, and to | show cause why an order should not ibe entered requiring them to cease the alleged practices. The commission’s complaint ex- plained that most of the anthracite is produced by a few large operators, the remainder by certain independent operators. During the 1922 strike Congress declared the existence of a national emergency and created. a federal fuel distributor, to be ap- pointed by the President. L C. C. Powers Enlarged. The powers of the Interstate Com- merce Commission were at the same time enlarged to enable it to help meet the emergency in coal trans- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 5. Lack of Funds Forces Army To Halt Court-Martial Here)| A general court-martial, called to try Capt. Samuel C. Gwynne, retired, Medical Corps, U. S. A, on charges of faflure to provide proper medical and surgical care to Private Guy Pendleton, legless soldler, was ad- journed immedlately after it met to- day because there is no money to meet the expense of the trial. The court adjourned on receipt of an order from the judge advocate general denying it the use of a spe- clal stenographer, and will assemble again only upon an order by the President. In the trial of Maj. George W. Cook, Army Medical Corps, convicted on similar charges, the stenographic ex- penses totalled $1,700, and the judge advocate general's office has indi- cated that .under the budget there ~ 2 are no funds for a similar expense at_this trial. This is the first time in the history ot the Army that such a situation has arisen. The judge advocate of the trial, Capt. Humphrey Biddle, and the at- torneys for the defense pointed out that the trlal would be an extremely technical one, involving intricate testi- mony with medical words and phrases. 1t would be unfair to the government and the accused, he said, if there was not an accurate report kept, and this would be impossible without a high- 1y trained stenographer. Army fleld clerks or regilar stenog- raphers in the department were not qualified for such work, Capt. Biddle said. He pointed out, further, that with a qualified stenographer _the case of Maj. Cook took twelve days and on that basis the present case would run at least six weeks. or poseibly several months, requiring the services of at least twenty offi- cers during that time If the testi- mony were reported In long hand. “We will conduct & most thorough | ves- | UNFAIR PRACTICES full working order in time for the | Massachusetts and ! WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ““&‘éiow"q‘;s REPUBLICANS PLAN GREAT CLUB HERE Party May Take Over Frank- | lin Square Hotel for | Headquarters. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Plans are maturing for the estab- lishment of a national republican | club in Washington on a monumental }BL‘SII: Prime movers in the enterprise jare Harry M. Daugherty, Attorney General: W. F. Colladay, republican national committeeman for the Dis- | trict of Columbia, and former United | States Senator Dick of Ohio. iproject materialized while President | Harding was still alive. It has mean- {time won the approval of President: olidge. The promoters are anxious rganize the club and have it In 1924 presidential campaign. Its pur- pose is frankly to enhance the glory |and power of the G. O. P. in every nook and cranny of the land. Two sites, including commodious buildings suitable for the club's pur- poses, are already under considera- tion. One of them is the Franklin of 14th and K streets, which Is own- jacent buildings in K street. If these premise$ are not selected an- other large hotel property | same neighborhood would be taken | An investment running into several | million dollars will be necessitated. { The proposition would be financed ! mainly by the placing of $5 non- I resident memberships among hundreds of thousands of republicans through- out the country. For that modest | subscription per annum they would be entitled to the privileges of a first- class modern clubhouse on the oc- { casions of visits to Washington. { Would Establish Headquarters. | The basic idea of the promoters is to make the National Republican Club the physical headquarters of all offi- clal party organizations. Within its walls would be housed the republi- can national committee, the republi- jcan senatorial campaign committee |and the House campalgn committee. The District of Columbia republican organization aiso wouid be conducted from the club. Quite particularly it is proposed to enlist the interest of republican woman voters in the club- house scheme. There will be an en- tire division of the building devoted to the political and social activities of the feminine branch of the G. O. P. A large restaurant, a gymnasium, a banqueting hall and a convention chamber would be additional fea- tures. Hotel room now available for transcient guests would be comverted into residential apartments for re- publican _senators, representatives or government officials who might prefer such quarters and such a stal- wart atmosphere to “diggings” else- where in Washington. Leaders Favor Plan. Chairman John T. Adams. Treas- urer Fred W. Upham and other re- publican national commftteemen have been acquainted with the clubhouse project and are sald to have given it their blessing. Definite activities looking to a development of the scheme will be in progress early in November. Every prominent republican ap- proached on the subject expresses en- thusiasm. Many evince wonder that the ldea wasn't thought of and car- ried out long ago. Most authorities think it the longest constructive step planned in years for solidifying and keeping militant the rank-and-file re- publicans of both eexes. Men who were prominent in the organization of the new Congres- slonal Country Club at Washington probably will be intrusted with the details of organizing the National Republican Club. 1f their 'calcula- tions turn out to be sound the new G. O. P. citadel In the nation's Capi- tal will be & going concern before 1924 is many months old. (Copyright, 1823.) YANKEE STAR FREED. NEW YORK, October 16.—When Waite Hoyt, youthful pitching star for the world champion New Yorlk Yankees, was haled before City Mag- istrate Oberwager today charged with a minor infraction of motor traffic rules the magistrate said: “Are you trying to becoms miore fa. mous, Mr. Hoyt?" “This kind of fame Is no Zood,” was the reply. “And it won't happen again.” . ntence was suspended. He was arrested in the theatrical district last night. | The | chelves of law | was offered for sale | composed mostly Square Hotel property, at the corner | ¢ Foening i ALL ed by Mr. Dick, and a couple of ad- |cut {from a na OVER TILL NEXT Prominent Folk Sta “From Press to Home Within the Hour The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at cents per month. Telephohe Main 5000 L 4 Yesterday’s 60 l and service will start immediately. il Circulation, 94,675 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1923—FORTY PAGES. YEAR. Attend Auction At Former Harding Dwelling Household Effects Used by Late Presi- dent as Senator Eagerly Purchased at Wyoming In the quiect residence where War- ren G. Harding lived as a senator of the United States, at 2314 Wyom- ing avenue northwest, the auction eer's hammer today knocked down to the highest bidder what were once personal household effects of the late President. Every article in the house, from a blackened copper boiler in the laundry to the President’s easy chair, and the books i hix library, A large crowd, of prominent men #nd women who were attracted to the sale for sentimental reasons and paid well for the privilege of own- ing. some articles that had once been closely associated with the life of President Harding, wandered through | the halls and rooms of the residence ! for several hours examining the pleces, labeled with green tags, be- | fore the auctloneer arrived The lowly copper boiler which hung in the laundry was the first article to be sold by the auction- eers. It brought 50 cents, and a mo- ment later a white enaméled chair in one of of the maids’ rooms was grabbed by a woman wearing a fashionably suit of expensive material, for 35 cents. A man purchasing a large refrigerator was forced to pay $50, as the bidding for that article was in the lively. The rugs, which were unusually cx- quisite, proved the favorite articles among the bidders, althouxh the auc- tioneer loudly lamented his inability to coax more money from the crowd, One Shirvan brought $21, another of the same make was sold for $40 SHERRILL DEFENDS PARK ESTIMATES Tells Budget Bureau of Need fur Maintenance and Im- provement Funds. Improvements in the National Cap- ital park system were given impetus today when Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, superintendent of public buildings and grounds, appeared before the budget bureau in an endeavor to se- cure approval of seven important items. The meeting was held this afternoon in the office of Gen. Lord, chief of the bureau. The need of additions to the park area and the necessity for funds to maintain and continue work on proj- ects completed and under construc- tion were brought to the attention of the bureau. . Public support of the projects out- lined by Col. Sherrill has been Indi- cated by civic organizations, such as the Washington Board of Trade and the Chamber of Commerce, as well as cltizens” assoclations throughout the city. In appearing before the bureau Col. Sherrill pointed out that funds were urgently needed for the following projects: Judiciary Park—A small amount for ueeded improvements. Rock Creek Park—Funds for widen- ing of roads to take care of increased traffic, repair and maintenance of bridges throughout the park neces- sitated by heavy traflic, opening up of new areas throughout the park, in- cluding the building of roads, foot- paths and bridle paths. Also main- tenance of existing- roads in the park. East Potomac Park—Widening of the road in this section from twenty- six to forty feet. This project, it has been pointed out, should have ‘imme- dlate attention, as the present road- way is hardly wide enough to take gare of present-day automobile traf- c. Meridian Hil Park: Funds are ur- gently needed to improve this park, which is in one of the most exclusive residential sections in the city and which at present is in an unsightiy con- dition in certain areas. It has been estimated that at the present rate of appropriation for this park it will take more than fifty years to. complete work on_it. ' . Rock Creek Park and Potomac Park’: Col. Sherrill recommended a small amount be dppropriated for general im- late | Street Home. A spirited battle between a second hand dealer and a modishly dressed | young woman for possession of a pair | of gray enameled rattan cushioned rocking chairs interested the gallery of buyers for ten minutes. The woman openly admitted that she wanted the chairs for sentimental reasons and won by bidding $39, just 30 cents more than the second hand | man sajd he could do if he hoped to get back a reasonable profit. The sale began at 11 o'clock and it appeared that at least the entire day would he occupied by the auctioncer. By Junch time he had | scarcely left the basement and started from the third floor down through the rooms of the Houke proper. Many | of those who attended the sale were walting particularly for the auction- | jeer to reach the late Presidents private study, where were the books he | once read =o carefully and the soft { chairs in which he relaxed after his long hours of duty in the government | service. In the library, among other things to be sold, were two Beloochistan | rugs, Bokhara and a fine Kurdestan: | an antique Roman gold mirror, a bronzed figure. well done by Earl Cummings: an iron grate and wrought iron fire set: a mahogany smoking stand, complete with the glass tobacco jar the late President | once used; an inlaid mahogany writ- ing desk and even a glass candy jar. The President's oak windsor desk chair and two deeply cushioned ve- lour armchairs, besides 322 volumes of law books, were marked for sale. The furniture auctioned today was in- cluded in the sale of the Wyoming street home when Mr. Harding was | elected President. The "Harding family ' had nothing to do with the auction sal PRESIDENT TOEND DRY STAND DOUBT Will Use All Powers of Gov-l ernment to Enforce Law, Conference to Be Told. | | | BY DAVID LAWRENCE, President Coolidge will enforce the Volstead act by utilizing every avail- able agency of the United States gov. ernment. And in telling this to the assembled governors of the several states next Saturday he will point out the serious responsibility which rests with the states to enforce the law of the land. The effect of the citizenship con- an important pronouncement by Pres ident Coolldge. After It is made, it was sald today at the White House, there will about the position of the President toward law enforcement. But at no time will the President take the extreme position on the pro- hibition subject which has been de- scribed by some prohibitionists as the course of “fanaticism.” Mr. Coolidge recognizes that the enforcement of prohibition is en- tirely separate from whatever senti- ment may legitimately be expressed with reference to future modifica- tion by legal means of existing law. So long as the statutes are on the books he will- insist upon 100 per cent enforcement, but the chancesare he will not commit himself against modification, as did the late President Harding. Has Faith in Haynes Mr. Coolidge may take occasion to make it clear that he has absolute faith in Roy Haynas, prohibition com- missioner. He has informally let it be known heretoforé that he intended Mr. Haynes to have hls complete sup- port. The prospects are that the “drys” will gain their point in asking that the. President take personal charge of the prohibition situation by dealing directlv with Mr. Haynes in- | stoad of the usual procedure by way | of the head of a department. The speech of former Gov. Henry J. Allen of Kansas, who replied to Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania by telling the laiter that hes could en- force the law by removing mayers of cities where the law was being flout- ed, gives a cue to. the attitude which (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) {Continued on Page 2, Column 1) GOURT AUTHORIZES Ino capital stock and has never paid lany | institution, | subscriptions and {lawyer said. ference has been to set the stage for | no longer be any doubt' % TWO CENTS. District Pupils Easily Excel in T hinking Power| Seventh and eighth grade pupils in the District public schools ex- cel those in other citles in reason- ing and working out problems, a cording to educational measure- ment tests conducted by the of- ficials. The tests were applied to 3,763 puplls. They consisted of a series of arithmetic problems arranged in order of their difficulty. Judgment was based on the Mong roe arithmetical reasoning tests applled in other cities with which a comparison was made. The boys uniformly obtained higher aver- ages than the girls. Washington pupils made an aver- age of 19.3 per cent against the national average of 17.2. RECEIVERS CLOSE CASUALTY HOSPITAL Gracie K. Richards and Tracy L. Jeffords Are Ap- pointed Receivers. Justice Hitz of the District Supreme Court today selected Gracie K. Rich- | ards, local philanthropist, and Tracy L. Jeffords, lawyer and member of the board of directors of Casualty ! Hospital, to serve as receivers of the Eastern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital, which is in financtal difi- culties. The bond of the receivers was fixed at $10,000, and the: are authorized to close the hospltal, tem- porarily or permanently, as may he“ required. No intimation was given | today as to when the hospital will be closed Baxed on Petition. The action of the court is based on | a petition of the corporation, signed by Evan H. Tucker, as president, and Joseph A. Herbert, jr. as secretary, in which the court is advived that al- though solvent, the corporation's business is going behind each dav.| and it has an indebtedness in excess of $30,000, with available cash on hand of less than $200. The court proceeding was decided on last night at a meeting of the board of directors, at which eighteen members attended, and was unanimous, according to At- torneys Jeffords & Dutton, who pre- sented the petition to the court. | The directors had asked that Mr. Jeffords be appointed the sole receiv- er, but J ce Hitz declared that in view of the'public interest in the mat- | ter he would ask Mr. Richards to| serve as a co-receiver, Mr. Jeffords readily acquiesced in the suggestion. Conducted by Charity. Mr. Jeffords explained to Justice Hitz that the hospital corporation has fees, salaries or commissions to its board of directors, but has been conducted purely as an eleemosynary | supported by donations, | a small payment from a few patients. This has been augmented at times by appropriations of Congress and by a few legacies, the There is now due th hospital, he t 1d the court, about $7,00 for the care of poor cases for which no | appropriation has been made by Con- | gress. Among the liabilities of the cor- | poration, he said, is a note discounted in a_local bank on which payment has been demanded and which falls due next month, and a judgment for $1,000, on which monthly payments of $40 have been made. The balance | represents bills due for supplies. | Merchants who have been serving the institution have accounts against | it more than a year overdue, ths | lawyer said, and have refused further | supplies. ! $3,000 Month Pay Roll | “Our pay roll,” said Mr. Jeffords, | is $3,000 a month and we have less | than $200 in bank and do not know where the balance is to come from. | The court will see the necessity for closing the hospital.” Mr. Jeffords made it plain that the institution is not bankrupt, hut its assets are not in such liquid form as | to permit of continuing business, he (Continued on Page 12, Column 5.) FREAK SIZEBOTTLE FOR MILK BANNED |D. C. Takes Steps to End Sale| of One-Third Quart Contain- | i er by Local Dairies. i i Steps were taken today by George ! M. Roberts, superintendent of welghts PRESIDENT 10 ASK BIG' YEARLY FUND FORNEWBUILDINGS $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 Sought Until Departments Are Properly Housed. GETS CABINET OPINION ON CONSTRUCTION IDEA Executive Impressed With Need for New Office for D. C. Re- corder of Deeds. President Coolidge is convinced that better facilities for housing the gov- ernment departments in Washington are urgent, and this winter he will endeavor to obtain from Congress a continuing appropriation of from $3.- 000,000 to $5.000,000 a year until the necessary buildings have been erected. This was made known at the White House today, and at the same time it was explained that the matter of more suitable buildings not only to serve as ornaments and as models of architecture, but to adequately house the government, was the principal topic of discussion at today's cabinet session. The matter of more public build- ings has been before President Cool- idge several times and on several oc- casions President Harding's atten- tion was called to it by cabinet mem- bers and other high officials. Gets Cabinet’s View. During the cabinet discusslon today of this building program the Pr dent obtained from each member of the cabinet his personal opinion re- garding the immediate needs for his rarticular department. In some in- stances, the President was informed that one or two departments of the government are housed in twenty to thirty different bulldings scattered throughout the city. Some of these buildings, the President was told, are not only inadequate, but are diiapi- dated, unsafe and insanitary, all of which, it was pointed out. is not con- ducive to promotion of efficiency in the government work which is being required by the administration. The President also has been im- pressed with the great need for the proper housing of the office of the recorder of deeds for the District of Columbla. Realizes Danger. His attention has been called to the danger of destruction of these important records because of the present congested and flimsy nature of the building now occupied by this office. 1t was not made known whether the President amd his cabinet con- sidered the proposal of Representa- tive Langley. of-Kentucky, chairman of the House eommittee on public buildings amd grounds; to introduce one big public bullding bili to answer the wants of the _wovernment throughout -the United States, which would call for an annual appropria- tion of $50,000,000 a year for ten years and which would include new buildings for the departments in Washington. Five or Six Bulldings Asked. It was made plain, however, that in the cabinet discussion today it was the concensus of opinion of all, re- gardless of the Langley general build- ing bill, the President should insist upon the starting of a vlan for the rection of at least five cr six gov- ernment buildings urgently needed at this time. It was said by a spokes- |man for the President that in decid- ing upon this plan to be put before Congress the President specified neither particular buildings nor par- ticular sites. It was sald he was represented as favoring the plan originally drawn up by the arts com- mission, and was willing to leave it to the discretion of this body to carry it cut This would mean that the Mall south of Pennsylvania avenue ami cast of 15th street would be the territory selected for the erection of these new buildings and that con- etruction would not be of a tempo- rary nature, to answer an emergency, but would be magnificent in architec- ture and general aspect. It is under. | stood also that besides new buildings for the Department of Justice, De- partment of State and burcau of in- ternal revenue, an archives building for the government was among the buildings looked upon generally as most needed at this time. W. R. E. IS CRITICIZED IN WOMAN’S DEATH Trolley Company Called “Dere- lict” in Not Safeguarding Tracks. Holding the Washington Railwa d Electric Company “derelict” in not providing adequate protection along its tracks, the coroner's jury rendered a verdict of accidental death in the case of Mary J. Hall, sixty, 1023 23d street northwest, who died at Georgetown Hospital yvesterday as a result of injuries received Sunday an night when she was struck by a street |car in attempting to cross the tracks {in front of 3420 O street northwest Testimony showed that an excava- tion about eighteen Inches deep ran alongside the tracks at the point | where the woman was struck. Wit- inesses declared that Hflhlxd \\:rr e | placed at every sixty feet and that day with the assistant corporation B 97" was no rope or any ights be- counsel concerning prosecutions. |tween this space. Policeman Nash of He pointed out there is no deception | No. 7 precinct testified that the street in the labels on the bottles, because | 1ghts in that section of the city were and measures, to stop three Washing- ton milk dairies from using & bottle | holding one-third of a quart. Mr. Roberts said today that the use of a bottie of that size is illegal under the weights and measures law and that he would confer later in the " | very poor. the content, “1-3 of qt.” is blown into | 'r%.kpsueev. railroad company is mak- the giass. Mr. Roberts' contention is, ing extensive repairs in that section rowever, that the law states that “bot- | tles or jars used for the sale of milk | r cream shall be of the capacity of i or eream shal be of tne gapacity ot RAIN HERE TOMORROW one quart, one pint, haif pint or one !, = iz oY I" A guif storm, now moving inland For Restaurant Trade. in a northerly direction over Louls According to Mr. Roberts, his infor. | ana, will bring showers to Washing- mation is that these one-third of a|ton tomorrow afternoon, it was an- quart bottles are not sold to house- |nounced by the weather bureau to- Lolders, but are intended for lunch-|day. Hurricane warnings have been room trade, where a bottle of milk is | ordered down, but southeast storm sold oyer the counter with a glass. warnings are displayed from Bay St Inspectors #from the welghts and measures office say they purchased these bottles of milk at a number of Iunchrooms for 10 cents each. Immediate steps. were taken _this morning to prevent further use of the bottles in question. Louis to Cedar Keys, Fla. There will be virtually no wind accompanying the rain in Washing- ton, however. Today's clouds are due to northeast winds coming in from the ses, It was sald.