Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1923, Page 23

® e % ___________ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25 1923. Forbes Given Chance to To Mortimer Charges Soon Rej NN NSNS NSO /P TERNL NEWS JOSEPH T. ORYAN. | eral counsel for the Semate fa-| __vestigating _commitiee. i ieteran Bureau ill-; quiry Halts for Week End. Ex-Director to Testi-| fy Out of Order on| Account of Health. Having heard testimony from Elias | H. Mortimer of Philadelphia as to his | relations with Charles R. Forbes, for- | mer director of the Veterans' Bureau, while he was seeking a contract from the bureau - for the cons tion of a hospital, the Senate com: investigating the bureau v today until next Monday. fts counsel will prepare to pr ther dis res regarding the of the bureau ay, upon nony, the | Popular Former direc | Forbes to reply to | which debauchery and corruption awarding of a contract | for the building of a veterans' hospital tion % Mr. Forb ve opportunity Monday from Ir. | undergoing CHARLES R. FORBES, the contained charges of with the Veterans’ Mortimer's story, intrigue, in conneec- malady, and attanded the opening ses- slon of'the hearings. On tne advice of friends, who are sald to have ur him to conserve his strength, he has been absent since that time. His plans as to appearance before the committee have not been made known. He left late yvesterday the hotel where he has been ‘staying and efforts to locate him have been unavailing. In suggesting to the committee that Mr. Forbes be heard next week, Maj. Gen. John F. O'Ryan, general counsei for the committes, said that it would be understood, of course, that after Mr. ¥orbes had made his direct state- ment he would be subject to cross- examination by counsel. It wa: agreed by the committee members | that Mr. Forbes should be heard out of order because of his statement to the committee Monday that he was anxious to return'to the Seattle Hos- Pital for treatment as soon .as pos- sible. Tells of Bribe Offer. Among other things the witness told of a conversation he had with Forbes late in 1922 regarding the contract for the hospital at Tupper Lake, N. Y. He sald the Sutherland Construction Company had been lawarded the contract for the founda- tion and was seeking the contract for the main buflding and that Willlam McCanley of that company had agreed to make it right with the witness if the second award was made. Learning that Forbes was in Phila- delphia, Mortimer sald he went there d meét Forbes in the lobby of the Fairmont Park Hotel. The director promised to make the award as re- Qquested, he said, and added that sub- sequently this was done, without com- Inellli\'u bids. Mortimer said McCau- lley gave him $2.500 “as my share. Mortimer said that in regard to one contract Forbes had told him that “we could clean up enough on this one job to retire for life.” The questioning by committee mem- bers also led into the question of the stores of narcotics held at the bu- reau depot at Perryville, Md. and {Chairman Reed asked the witnces as to whether Forbes personally had told him that “we could clean up a nice pile of money.” The witness said the director had so stated to him personally at “various times after our return from the coast.” Senator Oddie, republican, Nevada. wanted to know If there was to be “traficking in narcotics.” “Yes, sir,” was the answer. s e m DENY BRADFORD DIVORCE. Justice Rules Both Parties Equal- 1y Guilty. Justice Stafford in Equity Division 2 today dismissed a suit for a limited divorce brought by Betty Birch Brad- ford against Granville C. Bradford, real estate operator, and also the suit for an absolute divorce which the husband had instituted against the wife. The court decided that the evi- dence showed both to be equally guilty and nelther entitled to the relief of the court. Mrs. Bradford had charged drunk- enness and said her husband, when faced with the alternative of her leaving him or giving up the in- toxicants, expressed his preference for the liquor. She also charged he was attentive to other women and showed letters which the husband bad received from an_ affinity. The husband asserted that his wife drank as much as he did and also entertain- ed other men. RUHR COAL ON WAY. HERBESTHA L, German-Belgian Frontier, October A freight train 1o the Poptiac|composed of forty cars loaded with of Detroit, one |4'mil and coke destined for Belgium and sented by Morti- Forbes in Seclusion. tre: for Pocketbooks Eiki Boxes, Pouch Bags, Billy Burke and Party came to Washington last Seattle, where he has been ous Germans. France on the reparation account and manned by a German crew, arrived here today. It was the first time since the Franco-Belgian troops entered the Ruhr on January 11 that such a train has been taken out of the Ruhr by the REPLACING BRIDGES FAVORED BY BELL Engineer Commissioner Adds Calvert Structure to Those Criticized. Engineer Commissioner Bell today went on record in favor of the early replacement of three bridges char- acterized by a Board of Trade com- mittee as unsafe in the annual report of the committee submitted yesterday to the Board of Trade. The three structures mentioned by the trade body were the Chain bridge, the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge in the Southeast and the Klingle bridge on Connecticut avenue. Maj. Bell went further and voiced the bellef that the Calvert Street| bridge over Rock creek also should be replaced as soon as funds can be obtained from Congress. As to the| safety of the structures, Maj. Bell| 1d they are safe up to certain load ! Victrola Style 80 with 8 75c (16 sclec- Victrola 80, Victor Records tions). 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It is understood that the estimates for next year do not provide for any new bridges for the reason that there were 80 many other needs regarded as more urgent to be asked for. The question of inserting an item in the budget for a new Pennsylvania avenue structure Is understood to have been considered carly in- the preparation of the estimates, but was one of the many items that had to Ye_stricken out. Maj. Bell indicated that he was neartily in favor of any movement to get new bridges as foon as it is possible to get the figures before Congress. Recommendations Listed. The recommendations of the com- mittee, made yesterday through its chairman, George L. Offutt, follow: For preliminary work in replace- ment of Chain bridge. not less_than 7.500. For preliminary work in improve- ment and replacement of the Pennsyl- vania Avenue bridge, not less than 0. For replacement of flooring of the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge. a_suit- floor. 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