Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1924, Page 5

THE EVENING JASHINGTON MANOR HOUSE RAZED BY FLAMES Two of Occupants Burned in Fire in Historic Vir- ginia Home. D. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1924. 5 BOY SCOUTS JON SEARCH FOR AN Louis Camsher. Retcred Jewvq eler, Has Been Missing Since Saturday. CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKERSHIP FIGHT STARTING FOR SPEAKERSHIP Longworth, Madden and Til- son Are Considered Prin- cipal Contenders. ! GREEN VALLEY MANOR WRECKED BY FIRE i | | Gree sentati | 1 House < Longworth and Repre- rtin B. Madden of Tlli- of the House appro- ommittee, ndidates Speakership, to succeed in the Congress’ Representative ederick 1 Gillett of Massachu- tts, who has been elected to the Senate in the next Congress and who | will not be a member of the House vien Congress reassembles in De- cembe Sinee Gil thi ing in the retired j | Chevy re Troop eruoon 1 eh for weler, Valley Manor House, aristo- : i o £ 3 crat among notable Virginia estates : i 3 for more than a century, is a mass of smoldering ruins today, following an early morning fire that almost en- trapped its four tenants, nayal of- | ficers, and resulted in injuriesito two | of them. Located about thred miles trom Washington. just north of the | Mount Vernon Boulevard, thé house contained treasures in antiques and | e Sl historic items which make estimate | !L;\hf‘l‘“‘":;; of the damayge virtually impossible, | e Senate in opposition to Senator but it wi to have exceeded vid'I. Walsh, Demaerat. the names $30,000. | i Representatives Tongworth and | REPRESENTATIVE LEADER NICHOLAS i While firemen from Washington, | lden have been insistently men- | MADDEN LONGWORTH Rosslyn, Clarendon and Cherrydale | tioned. Others have also been urged | 1lino ot Ohio. ;“‘Aru pumping water into the sizzling for the honor, including Representa- | wreckage, Lieut. Thomas I5. Latti- tive John Q. Tilson of Connecticut, mur. U, N, and Lieut. John L. who has just been re-elected to the | U. were being treated for 2 . Mouse, and who is also urged Naval Hospital here. e i . i S C % . it ed HARDING NJ.V(]TE; (ENEAYSLOST of Ohio, sentative ol Saturday footmen ree volice mounted « a number « and members Col of park police It was suggested this mory an appeul to the th rities, it was announced tha tt would make the 3 the s known secti ~o has b n made but | assistance MARTIN B. ,Hifh v :;,: missitg 1 Before. the Misxsing Onee absence of alarmed his w was reported that Calli: said to have disappea sanitariun before has desir ife patie d T |,um~ atives. r -v..unx‘d the burns to his arms and face | 3 er i n he was forced Lo crawl out of a | o o P~ % AN | the sa [\r:'nnd story window and over a| p {lower roof to safety after exit by the | stairway bad been cut off b: sheets| jof flame. | ! Origin Undetermined. tatives Lonzworth and Ladden hay ch served 10 terms, or vears the House. Longworth to Capitol Hiil in the 1if- ighth Coagress. Lut he had a two- car vacation while the Siaty-third INETess was in ses Madden ame here first the Fi \'!\rmm)x ongress. and his service hus been onsecutive are both ¢ “tdered am en of their in the s taken i but his A ppearsd husbas wooded seety me exhuus! 10 a fears the by e Senator | serious "at the hos . 1 ndeye who is ion Herbert Perring Carter, on Mount Vernon Boulevard, would Military Increase Points to Plurality|Position Taken Despite Cool- | Exceeding 354,654 Given idge Lead of 23,376 and | G. 0. P. in 1920. Sackett’s 20,213. party leadersh Mr. Madden omination as when the <anized at th +ut Congress, Lut be st actiy Speaker Gillett Friends o orth « also would e cre has been m on the. subje nber of the House wdidacy placed in o r Speak- Leing or- | py ne Aesociated Press the pres- | NEwWARK, J.. November 110 COn-|returns from rural sections of 48ainst | suate continued pour in last might | Tong: } there was every indication that Pres- belief l."ll dent Coodidge and Gen. Dawes had “4l) carried New Jersey Tuesday by a race, but| plurality exceeding 330,000, I ut from | “mhereare only 118 districts yet to ne other [y, “heard from, 1 as these are anneunced | 4 knowledged tepublican mor- mally, it med 4t the Coolidge lundslide would exde n impressive- « candi Housre begin ate £ was ing of cli By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky. Nove With the latest compilati official returns showing Coolidge over Davis of 23, | and a majority for ¥red M. .a«'k(lt, Republican, of 20,213 over A. Democratic incumbent in senatorial race, Judge Samuel M. Wil- on, Democratic State chairman, con- tinued today in his refusal to admit feat of his party Kentucky in yesday’s election. With 3 precincts missing the vote | stood: Coolidge, 382.399; Davis, 260,- Re ter rads S sentative he the state and has v and in Po- sugges- At- the States court f pendin resentative Martin Madden of | 5 Chosen chairman of the House appr yns commiittee, who was one of {the President's visitors tod: said {that he has alrcady drafted a com- | prehensive plan to be put into effect Uruguay i “Ishall also make an extensive r | search for any unexpended funds’ he said, “and where justified [ seek their return to the ruuury It I find any appreciable sums that | arc free from obligation I shall un- dertake to have them returned to th people under the general plan I have outlined in the bill I propose to in- ftroduee.” . Representative Madden stated that he thought he would find between $100,000.000 and $560,000,000 surplus | i the railroad administration i | priat ing Board. State Hughes was re- * rector X d his Fred- by a vday ns o conference the head of th committee said e a bill the open- session which woui the Treasury President whenever s Of £25,000,000 or ury at the end of a turn, the President with stood: Agninst Postage Increase. 1: La | consideraby more than 106,00 official returns placed Kentucky in hind the national ticket, defeat the Republican column for the first ness that of Warr Harding four | years ago, when New Jersey gave the d\.ur v of $54.854 Vote for Senat with | Riding o the tida! wave that S missing, was: Sackett, \'4&"\11 over the Stat Senator 6 anley, 363.673. | Democratic opponent, Mayor time in its history, with eleven elec- eri W. Donnelly of Trenton | torul votes for the Republican nomi- !margin which likely will reach - | nee n:l'l );r»[}\,o;rg 0"?‘1’1‘1[!’?[".1!‘ w”dl; Ten Stales Remam Stead- | Y e e party fast to Democratic Tenets. | f° “55ms et nishe st House Delegation Unchanged With 7 of 8 Democratic, But | Pine Wins for Senate. (Progressiv Escept for the segreg: in industrial centers, Senat 10| lette failed to command’ the .q | that political observers he_would. Ten of the State’s ptured by the of the o 307,945 3 cord, 1439, Novembe Mr. Huglh e to Ochoa Or recent - < duties Washingtor first tim. £ board ormed that M n ely fixed Pan-Amer which v The d ted districts | r La FFol- support predicted By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., N late s he i to tl e 1 wao Minister d who attend peeting of the The board was 10, asis of States stead of South = ightly oolidge The total tates ravis 63685 atte combined 336, South Carolina hea mdividual States iess than 17 to two principal ollows ombined e of these i 12 Representatives Republicans Kew Jersey Leg- Republican ing its spread were out of the ques- (inx A nearb in fact, had to be dammed ju order to supply sufli- cient water for ) engine 1o pour a sizable stream on the structure, Mrs. Carter. who is abroad, lea: the house to the four naval offic Every unda afternoon oren bouse during tea time par ties had been iy 1 nig! there 1 dinner party and which did not break up until about 2 o'clock this morning. at which time les o ek over ring tie | were 10 h atu e margins, be and La DEMOCRAT LEADS d a Eoing Dav he was way Commission approved by the and recommendation was made that transmitted to the Argentine g oppone and many siven there ( was an infor dance at the ne. was bo. By the Associated Press. k. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. 6.—The political alignment Roma's cight members in the House | Home of Mrs. miles from Washington, zutted : The origin of the fire is undetermin- | Taoraing: teaae: eck Park ed. Tt is thought that possibly a spark | g e from the n fireplace may have | g ! ere started it Firemen think that it would then direct the Secretary of the Two THEFT cHAR E E started in the front of the house on reasury to turn this surplus back | G S ported the lower floor. to the taxpayers in the form of re- | { roads at after Licut. Frank Lowe and Licut. Ben { duction on the taxes paid for the cur- | F".ED AGAINST HART after he d from @ nurse jamin Kilmaster, U. 8. N, with | rent calendar year in which the fiseal | ed to aff at the atoriu: Licuts. Lusk and Lattimors, were [ear in question ended. H \ 8q u_,,, of poit-enen under the d sleeping on the second floor shortly i . rect Jeut. Giles the Tenle: af!l“r 5 o'clock, when Lieut. Kilmas- | TAX- E Starts Intensive Work. _ _ > district de a careful sea ter smelled smoke. He arcused the | Representative Madden explained | Pleads Not Guilty in Housebreak- cr portions of Rock Creek Park a others, and all but Lusk escaped | that under this bill, if it is success : the adjacent countrs, but found down the stairs, Lusk, however, was ful, any surplus showing for ing—Bond Set at |_A,,. < 1 after he was seen :,:,. forced to climb to safety over the - |fiscal year ecnding June 320, 1 »aniels and ry 10 aturd: roof of a smaller attached structure. | Tells President He Proposes | would he pro-rated back to the ta. $10,000. arternoon The alarm of tire, which brought Iraversian therusare thuns w1 it il Washington and neighboring Vir- 3 | connection Representative Madden LNt enenters oltiansene BilltorRetunniAnnually) [<ehoection THepnsantiive SMEdden Bl phancis v Mkt % v HUGHES AGAIN HEADS t00 late to be of material aid in sav- AIE M ithe new appropriation bills in order | charged on two counts with house- ing the house. The Alexandria de- . that they may be ready for submis. | breaking, pleaded no Ity PRrtment refused 10gespond hecause XoeSSINOIICYS lon 'to” Congress | immediately” and | v Soeomraanns o PAN-AMERICAN BOARD the irelwes outside its area — forestall the need of an C“"“yhr- Soart ( oy REes neighbors charge. on after March 4, = s # i . Above the ruins, stanch and stur- tion of Assistant United Minister Vi dy, still stand the walls which were torney Ralph ( the Ol ttiant b TO R first put up between 1810 and 1820 the bonds at § i The interior of the house, the roof |¢.‘.n of the grand jur; having collapsed, was gutted e e e R PareVerhe Raimcd. at the coming ion of Congress | by Rev. Meade B MaeBryc elected chairman and Dr. J. Varel In the debris are laces hundreds of | with reference to tax reduction and of Grace Episcopal Church, who had |yfjnister of Uruguay, was chosen 1 years old. all ruined; furniture which | governmental economy. He stated given him a room in his apartme Etain iRtk znvertins ihodxdis can never be replaced, works of art |that lLc is of the opinion that the best the Cavendish aparty American Union at the meet valued at thousands of dollars way to effect cconumy in the Govern- | Columbia road. It wa veste afterncon. Un: The house is the property of Mrs.iment is to keep the Government | | the police are alleged to the governing Elerbert Beseing: Carter, Swho —was fHgwiiup the stolen articles accordance with { Bnat 1 5 haal omasut Coolidge | Hart is alleged to bave bLroken int American Union adopted at Englieh family. The property had |appropriations ellinioF Carciing 15 Flacaes f - {been in her family for four genera-|would introduce the dwelling of Caroline E. Hardesty, jittons ling of the short He will start work Monday on the Mount Pleasant street, Octoh In the early days, when the aristo- | require the Sec | Treasury and Post Office appropria-|3 and stolen two Liberty honds |eratic old structure was newly built. | ¢ report to the tion bills On the 12th work will be | ued at $100 e statesmen and diplomats coming 1o | there was a sur started on the Interior Department | gold wrist watch { Washington found warm welcome | & WS bill; on the 17th the Navy and Agri-|stri f pearls | within its wal Tts selting was | pgoo,) cultural bills will be taken up, and | ¢ome beads valued at wholly suburban; nestled in a clump the Army appropriation bLill will come| Tue second information |of oaks with a vista to the river in for .consideration immediately | jart to have entered below. thereafter. | premises of Rose Later. d Regarding the proposed increased|pard street, October War, Mrs 2 ay for postal employes, which 1 Tnited States Treasu present owne d there. and en- islation was vetoed by the President|tifcates. total value, |tertained Gen. Lee ‘and other motables at the last session, Mr. Madden re-|giring of pearls taluad { More recently the house furnished fused to make any comment. On the| > Hare was arrested Monday | nospitality 1o persons prominent in matter of Postmaster General New's | qectives Guesne poncn by |the present day. Mre. Carter being a report that increases in the rates on was stated by police at the time member of one of the foremost Vir- sceond and third class mail would be led ins Stherti ginia families. Among the lost ar- | necessary to meet any wage boost, he onlal ot e ticles of personal property is a hand- said: “If®@he second class rates are el ipien ) l1eE some dining room set bearing the lsid oliiouId b abie o etubut ecall pive jcoat of arms of the Carter family six or seven million dollars addi- e rich itself is a British heirlcom of tional, which would not be enough. tinction. ouse State Davis % ¢ iissisain i corg \iabans . Carolina \rksnsas | jorida .. Virginia. Jeanes l WASHINGTON HOUSE CONTEST IS CLOSE, 1 plus 1 minus 1 plus to 1 plus 3101 plus tered about Early Compilations Indicate Cool-" late 1 idge's Plurality Will Ex- ceed 50,000. EATTLE. Wash Compilation of ¢ rom the fifth congres nal district, where J. Ed- ard Perguson, Wenatcher. Republi- tan, and B. Hill. Waterville, somocrat, were esting today, zave Ferguson the lead with only 31 stes, 161 incomplete precinets ording + votes for him. com- d with 33,343 for 1ill. Washing- er four Repr ntatives, all Itepublican, scemed & ured of re- stion Washinzton cast #imated to have he heaviest ote in its hiztors. when it gave aven toral votes to Coolidge and Dawes and dominating leads to vear- cvery other Republican candidate Wwith registration of approxi- mately 600,00 is believed by Re nublican leaders that bLetween 450,000 | and 500,000 votes wcere cast. Incomplete returns from 1,570 of 2,437 precincts in the State gave: Cootidge. 151 a Follette, 103, 970, and Davis, 23,424, At Republican State headquarters it was predicted that the President's pluralit; over Senator La Follette would exceed 10,000, but would not egual the Hard- ng voto of 223.137 in 1920, dloland 1i. Iartey, candidate for governor, had even a zreater lead over his nearest op- ponent, Ben F. Hill. Democrat. Re- turns from 1 3 precincts, incom- vlete, gave Hartley 136 097. and Hill 15,78 All initiative and referendum meas- s submitted to the voters were < mapproved. Tho six candidates for whom bal- Iots were cast for President polled a total of 329,836, according to returns ompiled touight from 1,891 precincts ut of 2.4 n the State. About 90 )f these precinets were incomplete T'he 329,836 votes were distributed as follow Coolidge, 1 avis, rollette. 3 American, 1 Julln\, Socialist-Labvor, 24 Workers' party, 183. -— e CALIFORNIA TOTAL NOW 617,960 FOR COOLIDGE La Follette Second, With 358,415, and Davis Has 91,540—Many Missing. 1y the Associated Press, SAN FRANCISCO. November 6.— Calvin Coolidge's plurality in Cali- fornia continues to grow. The reports wr_more than 6,000 of California's {465 precinc ive Coolidge 617,960; La_ Follette Davis 91,340, Election of Representatives Walter F. Lineberger and John D. Fredericks vas fndicated on the face of returns smmeg LLcir respective districts N rns vember 6. as esday what been th 1,785;: La 1.036; Foster, re- | ¢ Republican | DIXON IN MONTANA Has 14,000 Margin for Gov- ernor—Walsh 13,000 Ahead of Opponent. HELENA, Mont., November ¢.—I ! terest in the election here today ce revised tabulations that night gave J. K. Erickson, a 1ead over Gov. Joseph M for the governor- n 1145 ¢ ts indic that { Democrat, Republican, 3 precin m would “14.000 votes President Coolidge ed the 15.000 mark late today he seemed | tana’s clectoral vote, ted States Senator Thomas J Walsh, Democrat, led Frank B, Li | derman, Republicun, by approximate- 1y 13.000 votes for re-election. In- sumbent congressmen from the first | and second districts app ed certain winners ‘:DAVIS‘ PLURALITY GAINS ON TENNESSEE RETURNS | Mounts to 26,000 Over Coolidge. | ! Tyson Runs Ahead of G. 0. P. | Senate Rival. last nig oF nt and | Mon- assured By the Associated Prose | _MEMPHIS, Tenn., November - | Democratic ' majoritics: continued to | mount in Tennessee last night on the |face of unofticial returns, with John { W. Da high vote honors with G Austin Peay—returns from 1,694 of the polling places in Ithe State giv the presidential 35.453 of a total of approxi- | mately 23 votes accounted for, v. Peay 132,857 Returns available lust night gave Mr. Davis a plurality of approxi- mately 26,000 votes over President ! Coolidge. Tabulation of the vote in the 1,694 precinets which have report- | ed gave Mr. Coolidge, 107,083 and Sen- ator La Follette, 9,054 In the senatorial contest Gen. L. D. Tyson bad a total of 117,748 and his Republican opponent, H. B. Lindsay 90,569. v. Peay's total of 132,857 gave him a lead of 34,818 over T. F. Peck, Republican contestant for the governorship. Mr. Peck’s total, ac- cording to figures tabulated last night, was 98,039, ° s VIRGINIA HAS FULL HOUSE DELEGATION Representative Peery Has Mnrei Than 3,000 Majority in Ninth District. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., November 6.—Vir- nia again will be represented in ‘ongress by an entire Democratic delegation. according to unofficial re- turns tabulated here last night. George, C. Peery. Incumbent from G e e more thau 3,000 majority over his Re- publican opponent, C. Henry Harmon 1203 of the 256 precincts in the dis trict giving him a total pf 27,331 as inst 24,385 for Harmoy, | aga | voted & over J. ¢ { room, 50 per cent mor of Representatives—seven Democrats and one Republican—will remain un- changed, latest returns indi Six Democratic incumbents & new Democratic member and the one Republic cun sured of viet The districts developed close races Wayne Bayless in the first, and W. W Hastings in the second, gained leads ana with the districts virtually complete State” bent seemed first and second n both held seemingly safe majorities over | their Republican opponents. Late returns on the presidential and senatorial races cmphasize the de- gree to which Oklahc clectors split ticket. 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