Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1924, Page 2

WILL SUPPORT ~ FOR PARK CONTROL! American Civic Association Wants Commission Empow- ered to Purchase Lands. Body Organized to Insure Beauty of Capital. Acting with the co-operation and backing of more thun fifty commit- tees, organized in as many cities. to further the federal plan for develop- ment of Washington, the American Civie Association, r in the plan for development “Washington beautiful.” moved todar to push p sage of the Ball-Langley Capital P: Compission bill. THe association, pione ieting through its Washington committer, of which Frederic A. Delano is chairman, rounced that its first cfforts for the current seuson center on | sage of the bill which wonld a Capital park comini:sion. con of the Secretary of e Treasury, the Secretary of W the chairmen of the two com ees in Congress on sting | Seeking Peaceful Stamber, He Picks Graveyard Couch Arthur Coleman, . colored, late Satur- day afterncon filled up with bootleg corn whisky and picked out a grave in Mount Olivet cemetery as a bed for the night. Policeman' J. G. Helm of the tweifth: precinct discovered Arthur asleep in the sacred grounds. When brought be- fore Judge Gus A. Schuldt in the Po- {lice Court today on a charge of intoxica- tion Arthur pleaded guilt jamazed when the officer tol found no sir lewp, the offie uid not pay +in there after dark. “Fiftes or fifteen days. case,” said Judge Schuldt EXPLANS HTOR OF TRACTION PR |Hanna Tells Senate Commit- tee Details of Consolida- tion in 1895. Next i public buildings and grounds, and the | Engineer Commissioner of the Di; trict. The commission. under the pro- posed legislation, 1 have power “to acquire such lands as in its judg- ment shall be necessary and desirable in the District of cent areas in Maryland and Virgini: One of the primary purposes of the commission, according to the bill, is to preserve the flow of water in Roek creek, to prevent pollution of Rock creek and the Potomac and Ana- costia rivers and to preserve fores and natural scemery in and abe ‘Washington and provide for the com- prehensive, systematic and continu- ous development of the park. park- way and playground system of the Capital. Invite Committee Members. Committee members from the fifty cities in which organizations have been completed to further the fed- eral plan have been invited to come to Washington on April 9 to make a trip of inspection of the city and to attend a luncheon of the American Association at the City Club. On that date, the association an- nounced today, the third great step in progress of th- L'Enfant plan for Washington will be taken—a restudy and extension of the plan of 1792 to meet the conditions of 1924, leferring to the bill for the Capital 2 commission, the association pointed out toda at the District ©f Columbia has lost areas absolutely vital to its park system because Con- &ress has beon Slow to act. “When an authorizinz bill weathe: process needed for its passage in the House and in the Senate, it must be followed by estimut s for appropria- tions. included i1 the executive de- partments; run the zantlet of the bu- Teau of the budeet and the commi tees and floor d-bate of both houses of Congress. When all this circum- is required to add a single lot or acrs to the park hardly remarkable that one plot after another has been put to other us by the owners. # Capital park commission with power to act. Scope of Comminion. “But the Capital park commission bill, while it would provide a method | for ‘zcauiring park make it pussible to sure areas threat- ened by destruction. would not con- trol the street system. the laying out of open country, the planning of util- ities, the location of public buildings. both federal and Distriet und all those other features of a comprehen- sive city plan “The W 25 which would eration of the wh streets through. and it recomméinds that ‘a central super- visory planning authority should be nstructive «ffort the ablest me the country, men equal to thos under the Mo\ Many :cres d being utilized and unsizhtly cots | force a streat sy= cnmm i are now ul grading onen spaces t h old the a new plan hefor Many he v o of the MM commission of 1961, the association added, a + unrealized Some can never be realized, for ti original forest of the Di: L of Co- lumbia bas fallen before the ax, streams have bLeen fillvd. and row upon rows of uttached louses have been sot upon the level o Not only have streams and wooded lLanks of many of the tributaries to Rock Creek disappearsd and o made ut- terly impr the ronnections plan- ned by the McMillan commission, but the flow of Itoc teelf is di- minishing, and if t devas- ation continues Re will soon be a dry. c: aftords an occ: storm waters. exthetic reasons, be pre- served. — MRS. J. E. DALGLEISH IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Member of 01d Washington Family Victim of Lingering Illness. Mrs. James Edward Dalglelsh, six- ty-nine yvears old, widow of James Tdward Dalgleish and a member of an_old Washington family, died at her residence, 1512 Varnum street northwest, Saturday, after a lingers ing illness. Funeral services will be conducted at her late residence tomorrow after- noon at 1 o'clock. Interment will be in_the Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs. Dalglelsh was the daughter of John H. Small, florist. She had been a_lifelong fesident here—her famliy originally living in Georgetown. She had long been a member of the Church of the Epiphany, and took much interest in the activities of the church. She _is survived by three children, Mrs. J. A. Sutherland, James E. Dal- gleish, this city, and Robert H. Dalgléish, chief engineer of the Cap- ital_Traction Company; & brother, C. A. Small of New York, and five sis- ters, Mrs. J. P. Crow of Bramwell, W. Va, apd Mrs. Charles W. Richard. son, Mrs. Grace Berry, Miss Janet Small and Miss Sidney Small, all of this city. NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 0'Clock SPEAKER TOMORROW Mr. Wm. Knowles Cooper CONDUCTED BY Dr. W. Sinchir Bowen Every One Invited No Collection the long | tem, it is ! That is why we need | shington committes urges The history of the organization of the Capital Traction described Ly Supt. J. H. Hanna of that company at a hearing today on the McKellar five-cent street car fare bill before the Senate District sub- committee on public utilities. The purchase of the old Washing- ton and Georgetown Rallway Com- pany by the Roek Creek Railway Company in 1835, when the owners of the Londs of the Washingten and Georgetqwn Company received ,ap- proximately double the par value of the bonds of the company and $275 per share, of which the par value $50, was declared by Mr. Han have been the best possible de: tha could have been made for the puc- | chase of that company at that t'me. flad Charged “Watering.” Earlier in _the hearings Senator that the transfer of the bonds at $8,000,600 when their par value was ,;A.Ogo,on had been “watering” of the on and also insisted that the present rate of fare charged by the Capital I tion Company,” as fixed by the Public Utilities Commission, has noth- ing whatever to do with the purchase price of the old Washington Georgetown® Company. He said that |the rates now charged have been {fixed by the Public Utilities Comumis- Aflun of the District on a fair valua- {tion of the property as found by the commission. Approved by Comgrens. The purchase of and Georgetown Company by the Rock reek Railrcad Company was made, 3 Hanna told the committee, through the late Senator Newlands of Nevada, acting as trustee, and the late Senator Stewart. He in- sisted that these gentlemen ob- tained the best price they could from {the owners of the Washington and Georgetown Raillway Company. He deciared also that it would have been | impossible to purchase the control of that company witheut purchase of the | bonds, since stock and bonds were owned by the same men. He said, jtoo. that the purchase had the ap- proval of after it was consummated. At the tim-'the purchase was made, Mr. Hanna.said, the estimated fisca’ ivaus of the Washington and George- town Railway Company was $5.600,000. He contended, however, that the c (pany was cipabie of earning a di dend on $12,000.000, and for that re: n jwas entitied to the price recrived for it. |, Senator McKellar pointed out that the {bonds of the Washington and George- town Company would have matured in {three “vears,” and that the owners would then have gotten $4,000,000 for wal] | them. He said. too. that the Rock Creek {have full and unhindered ajon.’ | Company at that time was not making | their economic system. jany money, and that ¢ » moving cause tof the sale of th shington and attempt to | GeoTEetown Company was the value of | Terls nmAtted | $5.000,000 placed on its $1,000,000 worth | free to maintain garrisons in the Ruhr 1 of honds. i Mr. Hanna’ocontended that there | was a $5,150,000 worth of intangill. value of the Warhington and Georye: itown Company In excess of its phy- | sieal value. | Senator McKellar wanted to know lif this di! not arise from _a fran- chise granted by Congress. Mr. Han na replied that it aroce from numer- jous things; that the company had by careful 'management built up a business worth $10,750,000, and that :;it was entitled to seli its business { for that price. In 1895, Mr. Hanna said a streel |rallway was operated like a privat i business, and that there were no pub- lic utilitles commission at that time, ichanged with regard to public serv- ico corporations and they are regu- {lated by law. and are vastly differ- {ent for that reason. | Mr. Hanna insisted that the price pald by the Rock Creek Company for the Washington and Georgetown Com- pany in 1895 had nothing to do with Ithe fares now being fixed for the iCapital Traction Company. but that ithey were fixed on the fair value as {found by the Public Utilities Commis- sion today. Commission has confirmed the value fixed by your company,” said Senator McKellar, “Abs=olutely no,” replied Mr. Hanna. He said that the company figured the fair value of its property at some ties Commission did. Ask Omly Ome Chamge. Mr. Hanna made it clear that the Capital Traction Company had joined in only one request for changes in i posed the fare be made 5 cents straight without the issue of tickets of six for 26 cents. He suggested, however, that sooner or later th company would have been compelied | to ask for increases in fare. While | Mr. Hanna admitted that the fares possibly might not have ‘been raised as high as they were If the Public Utilities Commission had been acting alone on the Capital Traction Com- pany’s case, he told the committee that if there had been a single strect railway company operating in the District—which would have meant a consolidation_of the Capital Traction | Company and the Washington Rail- way and Electric Company—the fares | allowed would not have been one cent less than those which have been allowed. Figubes submitted to the committee by Mr. Hanna at the request of Sena- tor McKellar showed that the Capital Traction Company paid the fol- lowing excess profits tax: For the year 1918, $1.612.61; for the year 1919, | $39,877.02; for the year 1920, $109,- $98.85, ‘and for the year 1921, 3130 19.61. Another table presented by Mr. Hanna showed that the number of stockholders in 1895 were 359 and in 1923 2,273, The number of shares of stock in both 1895 and 1923 was 120, 000. 1t showed also that the number of stockholders today who held stock in 185 is 75 and that the' sharehold- ers in 1895 who today own stock in 1835 owned 26,314 shares, while to- day they own 23,228, The , committee will hearings next Friday R sen iR, Dr. Yoshino Now_ Editor. TOKIO, ' March 17.—Dr. Sakuzo Yoshino, internationally known as a leader of liberal thought in Japan, has resigned as professor’ of inter- national law in the Tokio Imperial Unliversity to become editor of magazine of advanced views. Yo no is the most outspoken of the academic radicals of Japas. ... = 7 lrauume its am. Company was ' ! McKeller of Tennessee had charged | Mr. Hanna denied this emphatically | and | the Washington | Congress, both before and | “You mean that the Public Utilities ! $8,000,000 more than the Public Utili- | pleted, the indications being that it | will be on the same lines as control | fare and that was when It was pro- | .0, "ary mortgige on the German | EAPERTS I BASE REPARATIONSPLAN iwm Ask Bank of Issue to | Guard Mark, Rail Mortgage, IGerman Control of Industries By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 17.—The report of oupt be | the first committee of experts under | me. to 0 | Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, which is | practically agreed upon, though the working out of some details and the ! drawing up of the text may require ! another week, is based on these fun- damental findings. The German people must pay as much in taxes as any of the people of the allied countries. ity in reparations. The German eco- nomic machine must be free to fune- | German control, unhinder- i interference from the out- side. , Minimum sums must be paid at once or in the immediate future on | reparations, these to be increased in | proportion 'to the revival of Ger- i < prosperity and according to i her economic conditions, Propowe to Set Up Bamk. In order to put Germany in a posi- | tion under ed by any Germany | | must pay the maximum of her capac- | { i tion to carry out her part of the pro- | | to the reparations commission on the experts propose fo set up an interna- tional bank, to have exclusive right to the issue of German currency on a gold basis. The bank plan provides for the co-operation of the allies and neutral nations with the Germans in supplying capital and in the manage- ment of the institution, which is to be located in some country neutral in_the late war. The capital of the bank remains to be fixed; indications are that it will be in the neighborhood of {3400,000,000, of which half will come {from Germany and the remainder from abroad. Foreign subscribers to loans, to raise the necessary amount, or to the capital, if final arange: ments so provid ill be secured by a lien on Germany’s productive mo- 1nopolies. To Stabilize Mark. The setting up of a bank-of issue is_expected not only to assure per- manent stability of the mark, but to fu sh a flexible medium which reparation payments may be effected without resorting to the pur- {chase of foreign money with marks, | with the consequent risk of another depreciation in German money. The reich is supposed under this plan to deposit in this bank the sums |required to pay interest om loans reparation install- | i jand minimum {ments. The portionately to their percemtages fixed at Spa. They may check out ash or draw checks payable to pro- ducts imported from Germany on the | reparation account. Thus the reich |may pay its obligations in its own | money. i Revenue of Monopolies. | Monopolies and railroads are ex- ;P?Clfl! to furnish the revenue from {which the minimum reparation in- stallments are to be paid. uggested that in case these revenues are insufficient at any time the bal nce must be made up by additiol {taxation. This proposition is based {on the conviction of the experts that {once Germany's money is stabilized she will almost automatically recover {her capacity to pay something, and |if the money is not forthcoming from pledges it must be furnished from the | people’s pockets. The suggestion of the experts that Germany's economic machinery be freed tof any Interference from the outside means that the French apd Belghans imust hand over the admimistration of the Ruhr and Rhineland railroads and abandon economic supervision of the Rukr mines and industries. The ex (perts will avoid the political aspects of this problem and will omit any re erence as to the merits of the occupa- jtion of the Ruhr, basing their recom- :mendation on the purely economic truth {that if the Germans are expected to produce to the maximum they must control of | Can Waintain Garrisons. The French and Belgians will be left {or immediate vicinity. {to give up actual possession of the pledges seized in January, 1923, they Will be able at any time to put their hands on the Ruhr industries if Ger- many fails to carry out the terms. j, One of the most important questions {treated by the experts is control of |the bank and pledges that will give |maximum security to the creditors of iermany with minimum annoyance to |the Germans. Representatives of the reich in their negotiations with the ex- perts demanded full and unqualified {control of the bank, the railroads and he monopolies. Theé representatives of he allies insisted that if they gave {up economic control of the Ruhr they nust have equivalent security in con- So while obliged ‘oday., he said, public opinion hastrol of the bank of issue, the railroads | {and monopolies. The experts hit u |a middle course, giving the Germans an {apparently dominating position in the !bank, while affording an oppor- | tunity for the allies to block any policy {that might be inimical to their inter- ests or the Interests of other creditors. Veto Power to Allles. The bank board, according to thy plan, will be made up of glnurlee: members, seven Germans and seven allies and neutrals, with a German { Provide that questions of interest to cided only by a three-fourths vote, thus giving an actual veto power to | the allied representatives. | _Rallroad control remains to be com- of the bank of issue. In order to i provide immediately funds which the {allles may have in hand in partial satisfaction of the reparation obliga- i tio the experts propose a ten-bil- i railroads, which would be handed over to the allies. The mortgage { bonds wuold be divided among the ai- ilies on the percentages fixed at Spa: i i they would bear interest either at 6 { per cent, as the experts have recom- mended; 5 per cent, as the Germans demand, or 5l per cent a8 a com- promise. it is hoped that the interest lnl)‘menu on these mortgage bonds ; would make them negotiable, enabling France, for instance, ta realize something on them and relieve her financial stress. Opvese Continual Centrel. The experts make suggestions as to balancing the German budget during the five ensuing vears. They will probably dodge ‘the aliled plan for continual control of German finances, { belleving that ofice the reparation | commission and the allies have made i known the terms of the final settle- ment and Germany has accepted them, it becomes a_simple question as to | whether the Germans are determined to carry out the agreement, and con- tinual control would be ineffectual to e matters. O e eport wiil also be silent on the thorny question of a reduction of the total German reparation obligations. {The experts hold that all the Germans {neea to know is how much they are | Fequired to pay in taxes. If they are able to bear the burden and at the same time produce a surplus and lay it away there will be sufficient in- ducement for them to go to work and ipay off their country’s debt.| Ne Moratoriam Suggested. The committee regards this question | as settied by the article of the treaty {of Versailles which requires the Ger- mans to pay as much taxes as the | people in any- allled country. It is | doubtrul if the word moratorfum will |be found in the report. The experts make no distinction between payment in cash and in kind. The plan pro- vides for minimum payments 'to begin t once, hence there is no quéstion of moraiorium, the object of which s attained, it is thought, in basis of these general principles, the | through allies will be enabled | jto draw on the reparation fund pro- ! Tt will be | president. The statutes as drawn up | the creditors of Germany may be de- | gram, which the report will suggest | mamtaimed by the twe months. HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN GETS POOR RESULTS With One Day to Go Only $170,000 of Necessary Half Million Has Been Obtained. i RENEWED EFFORTS PLANNED Whole Sum Necessary to Preserve Full Work of Institution. | Renewed efforts are being put forth |by the six hundred workers in the | Emergency and Casualty hospitals campaign for $500,000. The campaign, { which officially ends tomerrow, has | brought in but about $170,000, accord. ling to the last compilation. Officials {of the hospital declare -the $300,000 {is necessary to keep the varied serv- {ices of the institutions goink and | to prevent discontinuance of the am- [bulance and emergency work in the city. Richards, appealed to on public to save tha service. in an address at the Temple. 13th street and avenue, this morning. and Casuvalty hospitals {must be kept up to standard and {Casualty Hospital must be kept open,” declared Miss Richards. She outlined !the work of these institutions, calling attention to their service to charity | cases and consequent financial loss. 1 Child’s Life Saved. { An example of the “imperative ne- cessity” of continuing the emergency and ambulance work of the city hos- pitals was brought to the attention | of the hospital officials by a visit {from a seven-year-old girl, Thelma Lee Pickett. who returned to the hos- i pital yesterday to bring fowers and thanks to the doctors and nurses., | who, through quick answer to_ her { emergency «all and prompt medical |attention. maved her life when her {case seemed a hopeless one. As the result of being burned while playing with fireworks last July 4 the littie girl was brought in by the | ambulance that rushed to her call | The dootors feared her death would { come any minute. But quick action iand a long and exacting treatment saved not only the girl's life, but | mended her burned body so that she is again rosy-cheeked and happy. | _She visited Dr. Hoble Dick, Dr. John | L. de Mayo, Dr. William B. Marbury and Miss Rubey Payne, nurse in charge of the children's ward, who | saved her life. T A VETERAN D. C. TEACHER IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Miss Alice P. Stromberger, Years in School Service, i Victim of Pneumonia. Alice P. Stromberger, sixty-five | years old, teacher in the public,| schools of the District for forty years, jdied at her residence, 1325 Massachu- setts avenwe southeast, yesterday. She had been ill for some time, poe { monia developing. Funeral arrange- { ments have not been completed. | Miss Stromberger was the daughter {of Frederick W. and Mrs. Mary E. | Stromberger, originally of Baltimore. iShe moved to Washington with | parents while still a child. Durin her long career as a teacher here she taught at more than half a dozen {schools and was principal of a ma- jority of them. Miss Stromberger was one of the founders of the Grace Baptist Church and always took an active interest in the missionary work of the church, She was for & number of years in charge of the primary department of | the Sunday school of that church. { She_Is survived by two sisters, Mrs. B. F. Mann, and Mrs. 1. Everett Scroggin, and two brothers, Fred M. of this city and Dr. H. H. Stromberger of California. —————— : JOHNSON IMMIGRATION 40 Measure Retains 1890 Census as Quota Basis, Otherwise Conforms to Secretary Hughes’ View. The Johnson immigration bill was reintroduced in the House today, re- | taining the 1890 census as a basis for 'a 2 per cent quota, but otherwise re- jvised to meet the suggestions of Sec- {retary Hughes relative to treaties !and administrative features. By re- taining the 1890 census the Japanese clauses remain unchanged. CLASS CLAIMS CONNERY. G. U. Law Freshmen Deny He Is Senior Student. The freshman class of Georse- town University Law School has itaken exception to a statement pub- !lished _in The Star that Representa- tive William P. Connery, jr, of Massachusetts is & member of the senlor class. It asserts he is a member of its class and refuses to permit the seniors to take such honors. a sliding scale for minimum pay- ments, in which Germany's present | prospective capacity for payment is duly taken into account. The drawing up of the second com- mittee's report which is to be sub- mitted simultaneously with’ that of the first committee, headed by Briz. Gen. Charlee G. Dawes, has not begun, but it will be much shorter than the Dawes committee report. The opinion prevails that only a few days will be BILL AGAIN UP IN HOUSE; Dr. John L. De Maye and Misx Kuby Payne of the Emergency Hospital staff greeted by Thelma Plekett, whone life was saved lasxt year by their treatment HOUSE GETS REPORT ON SOLDIER BONUS (Continued from First Page.) to the insurance pelicies and 389,583 veterans who served from sixty-ome to 110 days who would be entitled to the cash payment, Also there were 153,805 veterans who died prior to January 1 this vear, and whose dependents would be en- titled to the adjusted service compen- sation in ten annual installments. The average age of veterans was figured at thirty-two years. As of January 1. 1924, officers above the rank of cap- tain in the Army and Marine Corps, and lieutenant in the Navy, would not be _eligible. The cash ayments might be made, Mr. Green said, within the c vear, if the bill is passed. although {lhe insuarnce policies would not be { dated until January 1, 1925. k i Loans could be made on the policies after two vears from the date of issuance at banks incorporated under the laws of a state, territory or Dis trict of Columbia, and the rate of in { terest could not be higher than 2 p | cent more than the federal reserve rates for the district in which the loaning bank is situated. Loans could not exceed 90 er cent of the reserve value of the certificate for the cur- | | value at any time. Table Shows Lean Val The following table shows the loan values at various years of a $1.000 policy: Three years, loan value 30 per cent, . $119.99; five years, years, $185.61; eight years, 2 nine years, $303.95; ten vears, 346.1 ven vears, $390.25; twelve Fere i3 30, thirteen vears, $444.99; fourteen years, 3535.84; fifteen years, $589.19: sixteen years, $64: seven- teen vears, $704.09; elghteen years, ! $766.0. nineten = years, $831.23 twenty years, $300. i i | ren the tosts of the bill a sink- ling fund would be created, for which 15160.000,000 would be appropriated an- nually. !the cash payments as well as payments 110 dependents of deceased veterans in the first year were estimated at about $125,000,000. This cost would decrease jannually, it was fizured, to $30,835,930 |in the nineteenth year. | The minority report deciared that ‘while we have a great deal of sym- ipathy for the proposition that in time {of war all citizens, whether drafted for military service or performing neces- sary economic labors, should be paid as nearly as possible on the same basis. on the theory that in time of national danger all men's persons and time { should be at the dis) 1 of their coun- try, we believe it to be impossible to re- adjust this inequality today without Zrave economic loss to all of our peo- | Die. which, of course, includes the vet- |erans themselves.” ) The minority members declared for {legislation which would be beneficial to the wounded and sick veterans and their dependents. Minority Repert on Funds. The minority report pointed out that an appropriation of $135,000,000 would be necessary in the first year of operation of the bill and that “the revenue bill recently adopted by the House reduced taxes to point where, in accordance with the Treasury esti- mates, they will not only wipe out all prospective surplus, but, in_ all probabllity, create a deficit for that calendar year. “In the face of these facts,” the re- port said, “for Congress to create a new and continuing obligation for some years to come without provid- ing the revenue to meet that obli- gation is, in our judsment, a very unsound practice.” PLEA FOR WAR'S DISABLED. seven Relief Measures Now Before Con- gress Urged by J. A. McFarland. Legislation for the relief of the war's disabled, now under considera- tion by Congress, “has the unanimous support of nationally recogmized or- ganized veterandom,” James A. Mc- { Farland, nztional commander of the Disabled American Veterans, declared in a statement today. “If Congress will enact the present measure, with- out destructive amendments.” he con- tinued, “it will mark one of the most worthy leislative advances since the armistice,” he added. Commander McFarland said one of the troubles in the past has been that Congress “with some justice,” has insisted that the former service men themselves could not agree upon what was really needed. He declared !the veterans mow are in agreement jon the legislation which they now want. enacted. Protest was recelved by every member of Congress today against | suspension of the House rules tomor- | row, as planned by the leaders, with the object of rushing through the veterans' adjusted compensation bill, which is built lmnw ?:: l:ls rldk-eup insurance proposition fathered by Rep- resentative Isaac Bacharach of New Jersey. These letters of protest were sent out by the Private Soldiers and Sail- ors' Leglon. Marvin Gates Sperry, hational president of that organiza- tion, declared that this “soldiers’ bonus” legislation is so important to all, veterans of the world war that it s | ‘without ample time for discussion and amendments. —_—— NOTED DOCTOR DIES. A. P. Francine, Famous Authority on Tuberculosis. Word was received at the Veterans' ‘Bureau here today of the death of Dr, Albert P. Francine of Philadelphia; consultant for tuberculosis of the bu- reau and: an international authority on_that diseuse. > Dr. Francine had only been ill one . Ho wus u graduate of Harvard Univerait rancine was the number of works on ta- t the hospital, and becauxe of the eme: titution. The photograph was made ia the children's ward, where Thelma stayed endar | rent year, nor 60 per cent of the face | The funds necessary to meet ! hould not be put through the House ! EVENING STAR, WASHENGTON D. O, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1924, |President Afraid | H ney and ambulance we CHAPMAN SUSPECT JAILED IN KENTUCKY 'lbn Believed to Be Escaped Mail Robber Arrested—Admits Prison Record. | U. S. AUTHORITIES NOTIFIED| | Tip From Woman Companion L'ed to Capture. { H By the Aswciated Press. GREENVILLE, Ky, March 17.—A man believed by Muhlenburg county | officials to be Gerald Chapman, es-{ caped copvict from the federal prison lat Atlanta, where he was serving a ! | twenty-five-year sentence for a mail | {robbery in New York, is being held Ihere today for federal authorities. | The government agents in Louisville have been notified and are expected to come here today for the prisoner. | Chapman was arrested at Belton, | this county, yesterday by Sherift C. P. | Shaver, who had been watching him | since soon after his arrival in Central | ty ten days ago. The prisoner said his name was Charles Chapman, but {denied that he was the man wanted. | | He Fas admitted a prison record, and, according to Deputy D. ce, his| physical appearance ‘talies closely w‘VKh that of the fugitive mail robber. Chapman. according to Pace, arrived | in Central City from Union City ten | | days ago. He was accompanied by a woman and two children, a girl four- teen and a boy sixteen vears old. Since that time he has been visiting | mining camps'in this section, accom- | { panied by the girl, Mr. Pace said. : ‘Was Reported Dead. i Chapman was born in an djoining| county, and ten years ago was con- victed of forgery at Elkton, Ky. He | disappeared shortly thereafter, and . was not seen for a number of vears, according to Pace. His family re- { ported him dead. In March or April last year, shortly after Chapman's sensational escape from the Atlanta prison, the man now under arrest here appeared in Todd and Logan counties. He was in a “bad fix"” aty the time, Pace asserted. Saturday the woman sent a Central City man to Belton with a verbal message to Chapman. telling him | that he was being watched, and ad- vising him _to flee. according to the sheriff's office. The messenger wa with the sheriff when the suspect was | arrested. 181,660 each. |and " settlement To Oust Daugherty, Caraway Charges Attorney General Daugherty is being kept in efficc by President Coolidge solely because of Mr. Daugherty's “supposed pelitical in- fluence” in the forthcoming cam- paign, Senator Caraway, democrat, :lrkannn today charged in the Sen® . “Every one knows there would be a quick change of Attorney Generals if Mr. Coolidge were not a candidat: for re-election,” said the Arkansas senator. “I am not criticizing the President in this connection, but it is certain he doesn't dare to let Daugherty go simply amd only be- cause of political reasons.” e DL WOULD R PARK POLE PAY Ball Wants Schedule to Con- form to That for Metro- politan Force. A bill increase the salaries of officers and members of the United States park police in the Dis- triet, in conformity the in- creases proposed for ihe metropoli- tan pelice, was introduced in the ‘Senate today by Senator Ball. chair- man_ of the District commiitee, at the request of the War Department. It was referred to the District com- mittee and will be considered by that committee in connection with a House bill for the metropolitan icemen and firemen. The bill authorizes the detail of an officer of the United States Army by the War Department to have charge of the park police and provides the following salaries for the officers and members of the park police: Proposed Pay Schedale. Lieutenant, $2,400; first sergeant, $2.200; sergeants,'$2,100 each; privates, class 3, 31.860 each: privates, class 2, 31,760 'each, and privates, class 1, The bill also authorizes the park police to participate in the police and firemen’s relief fund. A ‘second bill introduced by Ball would validate an agree tween the Secretary of War, hehalf of the United States, and the Washington Gas Light Company, for the purpose of effecting an adjustment 3 between the States and that company, respecting the title and ownership of certain land adjacent to the Anacostia river. This bill was passed by the Senate at the last session of Congress. [ RECORDS ARE CITED| Officials, Answering Tinkham, De- clare Only Five Murders Since 1920 Remain Unsolved. Washington compares favorably with any city in the country in the suppression of crime, noiice’ depart- ment officials declared today, follow- ing the statement last night of Rep- resentative Tinkham. Massachusetts. that the Capital city is 0 per cent | more murderous than London and 300 per cent more drunken than Paris.” United | ENDS: OPPOSITION T0 WORK ON FLATS Phipps Says He Now Will Support Improvement Above Benning Bridge. Past opposition. by Senator Law- rence C. Phipps of Colorado, chair- man of the subcommittee on Dis- trict appropriations of the appre- priation committee to the improve ment of the Anacostia flats above the Benning bridge has been withdrawn Sepator Phipps stated today in a let ter to Richard L. Connor, assistant secretary of the Washington Board of Trade. With reference to a resolution re cently adopted by the board on rec ommendaticn of the committee or parks and reservations, of which ¥ J. Coldren is chairman, urging imme- diate improvement of this territory, Senator Phipps said: Reasons for Oppesition. “Permit me to say that I believe T took the leading part in confining the activities of reclamation of the Anacostia_ flats to the territory be- jow the Benning bridge for, several reasons, including cconomy of oper- ion, t climination of propesed itory above the Benning bridg and a proper resurvey and modifica tion of the plan covering that teeri draw-spans in the Henning bridg: which further examination and re port were called for in the appro- priation bill adopted last vear. “Now that this work of resurves has been completed and practical { modifications of the plan which will result in decided economy have bsen acoomplished by the board appoint- ed under the law, 1 have no further opposition to the continuange of the work above the Benning bridge and shall be glad to do what I can to have this work put under way at th proper time.” Favors Park Plan. Senator Phipps also wrote that he was in general accord with the pur { poses met forth in resolutions recentl adopted by tire board, which urge the | provisien of a roadway through the proposed Piney Branch Park to Rock creek and thence to Potomac Patk. and for the survey of the banks of the Potomac from the Highwas bridge to Great Fulls. i INAVY SECRETARY-ELECT MAY ARRIVE IN PLANE | Chiet Justice Wilbur Considering | Offer to Fly Here—Is Writ- ing “Children’s Story.” SAN FRANCISCO, March 17, t D. Wilbur, Secretary of the elect, and present chief justice i California_supreme court, has sunder advisement an offer to Washington by airplane. The aviator i making the offer did not disclose his | name. Chief Justi o Wilbur has disclosed that for several months he has been writing a children’s story ohnny and His Magis Vest"—in which “John- makes Uncle Sam master of all | y that may | sound 1fke a Navy policy,” the cabi- Inet appointee laughed. “But, remem- ber, it's only a children's story.” ANSELL, BISHOP & TURNER, INC. Washington’s Largest Victrola House PIANOS—PLAYER-PIANOS—GRANDS PIANOS RENTED AN EXTRA SPECIAL This New 1924 Table Style C-O-N-S-O-L- i A $125 PHONOGRAPH D. C. BANKERS CALLED IN BRIBERY PROBE| Will Testify on Charges Filed Against Two Members of House. The grand jury which is investigat- ing the alleged bribery charges against two members of the House of Representatives resumed its in- quiry this morning. Among the wit- nesses waiting to testify were offi- cials of three Washington financial institutions. The presence of the! bankers gave rise to the impression that the grand jurors were making an examination of the bank ac- counts of the suspected representa- m;*':écxax Assistant Attorney Genehrnl! “rim would not venture a guess when Ghe Inquiry would be completed. Tnef Department of Justice officials were | Kept waiting a while this morning | as the grand jury was considering a | ToD-sUpport cas. - ————— ’ inen is one of the oldest fabrics. lll\‘t?ls used by the ancient Egyptians ! and became a symbol of purity. being the material worn by the priests. No_reference is made to the tiger in the Bible. Crown Prince Sells Farm Machinery to Add to His Income By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 17.—The for- mer Germanm crewm prince is now selling farm machinery and is Iving at the home of his brother, Eitel Friedrich, at Potwdam, with hix wife and family, according to the Dally Mail’s Berlin correspondent. 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