Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1925, Page 4

4 = MILLIONS NEEDED FOR NAVAL RADIO $8,500,000 Required Complete Overhauling Sought. for The Un a perfect system of radio communi- catlon both afloat and ashore, but it will take several s’ time, accor ing to Admiral Robison, chief of the au of engineering of the Navy plete modernization of nav uld require about $8,500,000 sum, $6,60 would be put into radio apparatus on ships in com- mission. approximately $300,000 more for other ships and $125,000 for an- ual maintenance and repairs station improvements would approxi- mate nearly $1,500,000 more. The above figures apply to peace- time conditions: in the event of war, $15,854,000 would be required for radio equipment. half of it for ships n commission, the, balance for in raserve and new ships under co struction, Considering all the appara- tus in use today, it iIs difficult to ar- rive at an exact value the present radio communication system of the Navy, but thé ship radio equipment is mated as worth about $7.500,000 Although this could not be raised at R forced sale, it is pointed out, its re- ement today would cost about 00,000 Many Changes YVeeded. The amount required to modernize the fleet radio eguipment—over six and a half miilion dollars—would be tsed to replace spark sets with tube transmitters. to replace obsolete re cefving equipment, some of which was designed In 1915, and receiving sets using the broadcast band of wave Jengths no longer available to naval vessels. This sum would also pro- vide for mccurate measuring appar- atus which would enable the naval operators to keep on their assigned wave channels. and would cover ap- paratys permitting most ships to op- erate in duplex—that is, receive and send several messages simultaneo J¥, ms is essential in battle. Some capital ships require at least eight separate radio channels for commu- nication Admiral Robison deems it expedient to put as much as $550,000 into com munication equipment on vessels in aission in 1926, and has asked for that amount. He re- 000 us essential to the ion of the naval communi- system afloat. Out of the 1 he desires to expend the r duples wo battl rs. outfitting each w odern transmitting and recefving system at a total cost esti- mated at $50.000. He plans to sp n equipping ten battleships cruisers, eight auxiliary vessels nineteen destroyers with frequency apparatus replacing spark sets; and to expend $24,000 on new radio-frequency receivers in place of obsolete sets on three buttieships and Rix cruisers. About $60.000 would be used to equip four vessels with com- plete underwater sound gear eati \ a complete Apparatus Cost Is High. Naval radio apparatus, it is pointed out, is far more expensive than that used ashore by amateurs and listen- ers-in, for the reason that it is not desired in such great quantities and because of special requirements, mak ing It impractical for commercisl Suitable wave meters and measuring apparatus designed for naval use, for example, cost approximately $330 each, and when only about 50 or so are ordered, it is seen that manufac. turers cannot follow their usual quantity-production methods. so the cost is far higher than when a thou- d sets are made from one model. On the land end of its great com- munication system, which handles more than 50.000.000 words a the Navy has asked Congress for 5404000 for radio improvements, hav- ing spent more than that sum in 1 and requests $330,000 for maintena in 1826, appr e sar amount as was expended during th vear. The maintenance pro- {dos for the upkeep of 89 sho! radio traflic stations and about radio compass stations nately = rent FIREMEN KEPT BUSY BY THREE BLAZES Manhole Cover Blast and False Alarm Contribute to Strenu- which did small da in a manhole which sent the hurtling into the air and an an per with a_misdirected f humor kept the District fire the run during the past colored. and his d 10 children were today when Brook mily of a w en te d s Shart « the Capita a fire which did sma Louisiana avenue 1ts of houses | York avenue aroused frov A and Fourth their beds exploded early to- the cover remen ulation of wires belong- ashington Railway and any burnir other call a- street of the Langles I, was found abluze. olice are sceking the pearson who sen Maryland avent Four-and-a-Half eet early to “joker.” A re- ward of 330 is offered for persons ring- se alarms, lamp in Junior High unknown EVANGELIST ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS WIFE Man Charged With Crime Alleges Pistol Was Accidentally Dis- charged. D the Associated Press TUNTINGDON, British Columbia, January 10.—Rev. R. T. Anderson. evangelist, was arrested here vester- day, charged with shooting his wife. The shooting occurred at the home of a sister-in-law after the e 1- 18t is alleged to have received a tel phone message that his wife had gone there to meet another man. “The shooting wae accidental” Mr. Anderson sald. “We were scuffling over a gun and it went off.” Mrs. Anderson is expected cover. to re- Basket Ball Player Killed. ESCANABA. Mich.. January 10— Arthyr Lemke, 17, a member of the liscanaba High School basket ball team, died here yesterday as the result of injuries received In a practice game last week. His back was wrenched and he was injured internally & collision with an- player, d States Navy is planning Shore | “lof year. | in a false alarm from | '$819,373 CLAIMED ‘ OVER CRAMTONS FIGURES |Donovan Submits Facts Committee Hearings—Calls Attention to Phipps Bill. | | joE Fa | States and the District of Columbia ]:m- the fiscal year ended June 30, _ It should not have been included | {in the report of the accountants of the committee, or In the report of the committee iteelf. as it was a | transaction to be taken cave of and ncluded n the statement of account between the United States and the District of Columbia for the follow- {ing fiscal year, namely, that ending | June 80, 1923, ax the act was not ap- | proved until that fiscal year. | Dintrict Charged Teiee. | A situation has developed as the result of the inclusion of this ftem In_the committee’s report. and the reduction of surplus revenues of the District of Columbia thereby. that operates to do injustice to the Dis- | trict_of Columbla. The joint select | committee, proceeding on the basi the rteport of the accountants, :narged the District’s proportion of the appropriations made by this de- clency- act against the surplus of of the District in the easury on June 30, 1922 | _“The controller general of | United States and the auditor of the ve accounts between the United States and the District of | Columbia for the flscal year ended | June 30, 1923, have again charged the District of Columbia with the propor- tion of the appropriations made by the sald defleiency aci. Therefore, the revenues of the District of Columbia jare now twice charged with the amount of this ftem. “3. The sum of $11,670.14 The amount of this Item represents cer- tain moneys deposited directly in the Treasury of the United States (not through the collector of taxes of the District) during the fiscal year 1922 to the credit of the District of Co- lumbla. i In the settlement of accounts be- tween the United States and the Dj trict of Columbla for the fiscal vear {ended June 30, 1923, these charges, amounting, as stated. to $233 7.51, were settled by the transfer of that | amount of money from the revenues of the District of Columbla to the| redit of the revenues of the United | tates. Therefore, all known and| rtained sums legally and morally {owed by the District of Columbia to the United States have been pald. This amount was the District’s pro- portionate credit of miscelianeous | moness. such as surplus faes of the re- corder of deeds and the register of wills, miscellaneous fees from the National | Zoological Park and activities under the | direction and control of the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds. The amount of this item was actually in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbla prior to the cloge of the fiscal year ended June 30, 1822, and is included n the general fund balance of the District on that date, as certified by the Controller ieneral of the United States. And yet | it was treated in the report of the ac- | | countants, and as a result thereof in the report of the joint select committee, as an obligation chargeable to the surplus enues of the District of Columbla in e Treasury on June 30, 1922, Obligations Releaxed. 4. The sum of $398, 12, | amount of this item represents the District's proportion of the surplus warrant issued by the Secretary of the Treasury as of June 30, 1922, re- leasing obligations against District | revenues covered by unexpended bal- | ances of District appropriations. U der the law, annual appropriatio are kept upon the books of the Treas ury Department for two years follow ing the vear for which the appropri- ations are authorized. At the expira- tion of that period the appropriation | accounts must bLe closed out Under | the accounting system controlling the { fiscal relations between the United States and the District of Columbia, the revenues of the District of Co- ! lumbia for a given year are charged { with its proportion of the total appro- | priations authorized by Congress for | that year. | his means that the District must [ set aside its current revenues for a | given year on the assumption that the | total amount of the appropriations i for that year will be expended. | Therefore, when unexpended balances | of District appropriations lapse, and iare carried to surplus by warrant of the Secretary of the Treasury, the pro- portion of such balances theretofore charged to District revenues is re- turned to the District's credit as 8o much actual cash The amount of this item, $398.755.12, is included as a part of the general fund balance of the District in the Treasury on June 120, 1922, as certified by the controller general of the United Stat, Yet, notwithstanding the fact that the amount of this {tem was an actual money credit in the Treasury on Juue | 30, 1922, belonging to the District of “olumbia, and operating to Increase its surplus revenues in the Treasury | on that date. the accountants employ- {ed by the committee, and the joint select committee by reason thereof, | reported the amount of the item as | an obligation against the District of Columbia and deducted the amount from the surplus revenues belonging to the District in the Treasury on June 30, 1022 Called Improper Obligation. “It appeals to me that the forego- ing explanations convincingly and | conelusively show that the sum of | | $819,372.83, embracing the several | items constdered in detail above, was improperly treated as an obligation of the District of Columbia on June 30, 1822, thus resulting in corresponding- Iy reducing the surplus revenues of the District in the Treasury on that date, when it should properly have been treated as a revenue credit of i District of Columbia. thereby in- | creasing the surplus revenues of the | District of Columbia in the Treasury on June 30. 1022, Had this amount been treated in the light indicated, the 1t select committea must have re- | ported that the surplus revenues in | the Treasury on-June 30, 1922, belong- nz to the District of lumbia | amounted to $5.263,758.61.. instead of | 34.428,154.92, Ry referring to the Phipps bill (S. | , as passed by the Benate, you will note that the joint select com- | mittes found certain items to be prop erly chargeable to the Distriet of Co- | lumbla, apart from unexpended bal- |ances of appropriations, amounting ! to $28. 51, made up of three items: | (1) £191,890.35, representing the Dis- trict's proportion of the $240 bonus paid to employes under the ofiicer in \arge of Public Bufldings and Grounds, employes of the National Zoological Park and employes of the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court ¢t the District of Columbia: (2) $41,500, representing the District’s proportion of the purchase price of ! additional land for the Natlonal Zoo- logical Park, and (3) $317.16 h(‘lni‘v one-half of an appropriation carried | by a special act for'the relfef of E. G. | Davls, & former collector of taxes of | the District of Columbla. The 1 Claim Weld Correct. | “Referring to the additional credit of $819,373.53 claimed by the District of Columbla, it Is my understanding that when the Phipps bill was before | the Senate committee on the District of Columbia the controller general was asked to verify the correctness of this claim, and that there is on file with that committee a statement from | be sho |on the child labor amendment deliver- THE EVE FOR DISTRICT Developed During Joint him admitting the correctness of the District’s contention in this respect. “In this connection it is desired to n that as the result of in- vestigations into fiscal relations con- ducted by the House committee on the District of Columbia during the incumbency of Representative John- son of Kentucky as chairman of that committee, items aggregating $2,497,- 021.78 were _develope as charges against the District of Columbla, and pursuant to legislative requirements this total sum has heretofore been charged to the revenues of the [ trict of Columbia and transferred to the credit of the revenues of the United Stotes feel that yYou would have no ob- jection to the prasentation of the Dis- t's contention regarding this sum of §819, 3.83, hence this letter; and I hope with you that action will be taken at the present session of Con- zress giving legislative recognition to the surplus revenues of the District, and thus making them avallable for early appropriation for vital munici- pal needs.” JACOBS DROPS SUIT AGAINST M'CORMICK Alienation Action Started Against Harvester Company Official Abandoned. By the Associated Pross, NEW YORK, January 10.—Two attor- ney representing Edwin W. Jacobs, who recently brought suit against Cyrus | H. McCormick, son of the inventor of the harvester, for alienation of Mre. Jacobs' affections, yesterdsy requested Federal Judge Augustus N. Hand to compel two other attorneys, who rep- resented Jacobs in bringing the suit, to discontinue the action. Although it had been reported that | the suft had been scttled out of court, Jacobs' orlginal attorneys refused to discontinue the action, alleging that they had not received t r fee from Jacobs. They sald they believed Jacobs had recelved @ monetary settiement without thelr knowledge. | Details of the settlement of the suit, | which was for $500,000, were not re-| vealed at the hearing, but Matthews | and Rothweil, present attorneys fo Jacobs, said the latter had received othing. Burger & Burger, former attorneys for Jacobs, asked for payment of $2,500 tees for services rendered, and requested | permission to tell the court of the serv- | fes performed. Mr. Matthews objected. | | | however. on the ground that this would violate the confidence of his client and that matters would be brought out which were not privileged. Jacobs, Mr. | Matthews sald, was not financfally able to pay a heavy fee. Judge Hand ruled that Burger & Bur- ger might submit an afdavit of serv- ices performed and that he would then render a decision. MRS. SCOTT IS READY T0 TELL ALL, IF ASKED Representative’s Wife Declares She Will Answer Congress’ Call .to Bare Alleged Drinking. Hy the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., January 10.—Mrs, Edna James Scott, defendant in a divorce ¥etion by Representative Frank D. Scott, would respond to any officlal summons to “tell all ska knows" about liquor conditions in the National Capital, Ward S. Feck, at- indicated last night, following eipt of a story here that “wet” ssmen were making plans to invite her before a House committee to tell what she knows “about dry" Congressmen. Mrs. Scott., however, it frame of mind to “initiate : to elean up Washington,” made clear. not in a crusade M. Peck ALPENA, Mich., January 10.—Rep- resentative Frank D. Scott of the eleventh Michigan district, jlanned to leave here last night for Washing- ton to attend present sessions of Con- ording to an announcement Scott, whose suit for divo from his wife, Mrs. Edna James Scott, being heard here, was ad- journed recently until March 10. had previously announced his intention of taking a short rest before returning to the Capitel. DENIES LOBBY SOUGHT | T0 BEAT CHILD LABOR BAN, | Manufacturers' Counsel Replies to | Speech of Walsh—Says Peo- ple Know Truth. James A, Emery, general counsel for the National Asseciation of Manu- facturers, replying today to the speech ed in the Senate Thursday, by Sen- ator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, de- clared Mr. Walsh was endeavoring to excite prejudice with “bitter allusions to the so-called lobby investigation in which he participitated.” “Fortunately,” he said, “the ma- jority of the public recognized at the time and remembers, that primarily it was part of an endeavor to discover a tariff influence which proved non- existent.” | Children’s Guardians should | far behind | Representative Gilbert, the House | 1and of New York acquiesced, adding WELFARE UNIT BILL HIT AND DEFENDED Joint Subcommittee From Senate and House Has Hearing on Measure. The LIl to establish a board public welfare in the District of limbla was defended and opposed at & joint hearing of the Senate and House subcommittees on this legisla- | tion today. Judge Siddons of the District Sus preme Court, appearing for the Code Commission, explained the provisions of the bill and strongly advocated its enactment. Louls A. Simon, repre- senting the Federation of Citizens' Assaclation; Dr. W. L. Darby, execu- tive secretary of the Federation of Churches, representing the Monday Evening Club, and Dr. Hastings A. Hart of the Russel Sage Foundation also gave thelr indorsement. Joseph D. Sullivan, a member of the Welfare Commission, which 1 on this bill. but who deserib self as a ‘“recalcitrant member, d the bill, declaring that all boards of a similar nature to that proposed should be abolished, and the entire authority to carry out (I be lodged In the District Com oners. He indicated that the rd of Fducation as well as the Board of Charities and the Board of be done of away with. Say District Lags. the District of Columb other American munic palities in social laws was stated by v member of enator Cope- That committee District was also far behind now that the In strect lighting, public schools. “And street car service, Representative Gllbert Senator Copeland and Representa- tive Gilbert both placed the blame for this backwardness largely on the shoulders of Congress. Judge Siddons, commenting upon the public weifare bill, the enactment of which was favorably recommended by President Coolidze ® his annual message to Congress, pointed out that it did not contemplate bureaucrac in dealing with matters of welfare in the District - removal and chimed in public 24 BROADCAST STATIONS TERMINATE OPERATIONS | el | Department of Commerce An-| nounces Suspensions Throughout United States in December. Twenty-four broadcasting stations ! ‘signed off” permanently during De- cember, it was announced today b They the Department of Commerce. | follow: | KpzR, | Medrora. i’um;m. Bollingham, Wash.: KFA Oreg.; KFBE, San Louis alif.; KFBS, Trinidad, Colo.; Colorado _ Sprin Colo, : arshfieid, Oreg.; KFPN, Jef- *ity, Mo.; KFPO, Denver, KFQK, Fayette, Mo.; KFQO, . Kans.; F¥RG, St. Louls, Mo.: | , Denver, Colo.; KGG, Portland. | , Los Angeles, Calit.; Hood River, Oreg.; WABP, Ohio: WBL. Anthony, Kans. De Land, ; WIAB, R, WLAW, York, N. WQA Ohlo; WQAX, Peorla, Schenectady, N. Y. N | riffith § “oal ood lean WJoal A ORI ¢ WEBU, ford, Tll.; i WPAR, Sandusky, | 11, and WR orporation HE details that en- ter into the finish of a building, pub- lic or private, are of the ut- most importance in its ar- tistic valuation. You cannot afford to make a mistake in color tones or drapery effects; in Furniture de- sign or floor covering scheme—for on them de- pends the successful achievement of results — and the result is what im- presses or depresses. It requires the ex- perience, taste, judgment and skill of masters in ar- tistry—which we are. Sum- mons us into consultation. Phone Fr. 3690 Contract Dept. BALLARD He declared the amendment was | | doomed because the rank and file had decided it was unwise. Ja " Footer’s Furs Cleaned or Dyed 209 Reduction There is no mysterious furs., Furs are cleaned like and special soaps and retai pelt and hair. (lazing restores their b Many reliable furriers for cleaning. Avail yourself of our special price: FOOTE Cleaners and Dyers 1332 G Street N.W. Furniture Floor Coverings Draperies Upholstery Fabrics 1340 G Street nuary Sale % process for the cleaning of clothes, with clear benzine n their natural softness of N right, lustrous finish. send their furs to Footer’s R’S Main 2343 Will Make Entry To Coolidge Home By the Associated Press. RUTLAND, Vt. January 10.—If President Coolidge / visits Ply- mouth, his native town, next Sum- mer, he will not have to do his evening reading by u kerosene lamp, most advanced means of il- lumination the little Vermont hamlet ever has known. An electric power line will be strung from Ludlow, 11 miles away, to Plymouth next Summer, meeording to an announcement terday by the Vermont Hydro- ctric Co. here. The line will extend to the post office bullding, where the executive offices were maintained during the President's vacation last Summer, and the service will be available to the President’s father and other farm- ers, — . Turkey will establish match and alcohol ~monopolies, reserving the sole right to manufacture to the gov- ernment or ite concessionaire. January Price, $8 ner Sets—including oblong doilies and inch center. 1 sets suitable A really extraordinary value, in these beautiful Damask Din- 12 12x18 18x45- Especially for the smaller_table are these dinner G STAR, WASHINGTON, .D. ., SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1925. Electric Lighting 2 MEN SENTENCED FOR STORE BREAKING One Gets Two, Another Three-Year Term—Cantaloupe Thief Gets Three Years. Justicé Siddons, In Criminal Di- vision 1, has sent Eugene Brown, col- ored, to the penlitentiary for two and Avell Woodson, also colored, for three years, for breaking into the store of Charles Kaufman & Sons, Inc., August 30, und stealing a quan- tity of clothing. Waiter Snowden, colored, was given a term of three years in the peni- tentiary for the theft last Summer of 76 crates of cantaloupes from cars of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany. Two years in the penitentlary was imposed on Mabel Ande ored, for violating the “dop Jekse Willis, colored, was sent to the penitentiary for three years for stealing an automobile, and William | A. Wilson, colored, got 18 months in the penitentiary for an assault with a dangerous weapoh. John S. Brown & Sons’ Damask Dinner Sets $10 Dozen. Very heavy handsome designs. | him. Goldfish Bowl Centers Sun Rays, Causes Home Fire NEWARK, N. J, January 10.—A bowl of gold fish was listed by the fire department yesterday as hav- ing caused a fire in the home of Dr. Morris Zimmerman. -Inquiry showed that the rays of the sun, passing through the heavy glass of the bowl, heated the cane seat of a chair until it burst into flame. Mrs. Simmons Asks Divorce. As the pequel to a rald by the vice squad, which she led, Mrs. Irene Sim- mons has filed suit' for an-absolute | divorce from Herbert Stmmons, who | is sald to have been visiting the apartment of an English divorcee when the raiding party surprised The Simmonses were married | April 10, 1918, and separated shortly bafore tl:e raid. Attorneys Flynn & | | Quinn appear for the wife | Gy e Practically all the at Havre, France, cotton now received is from Double Damask Tablecloths and Napkins—January Priced 2x2, $8; 2x2v;, $10; 2x3, $12. Unusually low priced. America. Handmade Antique Filet Luncheon Sets January Price, $18 Real filet in the cream shadc, in Napkins, 22x22, quality damask in several an va Woodward & Lothrap W, appreciate this extraordinary 2 AUTOISTS INDICTED ON MURDER CHARGE Cumberland Grand Jury Exacts Trial of Prominent Citizen and Youth in Accidents. 1 Dispateh to The Star BERLAND, Md., J The grand jury today indictments for murder fn two autc mobile accidents. Edward Himmler belonging to an old family in this ¥, 15 charged with running down and killing Fred Jenkins Frost- burg while Jenkins was walking along the National highway, and Paul O'Donnell, & youth, is charged with running down and killing Mattie mith, 15 years old, on Christmas eve. while she was on her way home with Christmas packagos. Both men are accused of be intoxicated. Himmler was releas on $6,000 bond. His trial will t place next week. O'Donnell is I in jail 10. two ry found a very handsome desigr including 1 20x36 oval ce d 12 12x18 oval plate doilies omen who know linens w lue. January Sale of Linens Abounds in Unusual Savings The prices are lower in many cases than present wholesale costs, due to our early buying in the foreign market. Lifen Section, Second foor Linen Pillowcases January Price $3 Pair Made in Ireland—of pure linen—and a value very e: ceptional at this low price. Size 2214x36 inches. All-Linen Checked Glass Toweling 24c Yard 500 vards checked Gla: white checks: priced. very Hemstitched all-linen Toweling, in red, white or blue and low All-white Turkish Bath for men, heavy ribbed towels of exceptional qual- i 23x43 inches; absorb iy, priced Fancy Weave Hemstitched Pure Linen Damask January price. Towels. the best in the e of Damask Tablecloths $7.50 Several patterns. very 63x63 inches. Towels for the Housewife to Make $1 Pure Flemish linen hucka- back toweling, each unfin- ished pattern 20x40, with damask border on ends and sides. Easy to finish. attractive Note especially the desirability of the size, T ablecloths 2x2 yards:....$540 2x2Y, yards. . .$6.75 This well known fashioned housekeeper, 2x2 yards, $3.60 Towels Low Priced Richardson's Linen Guest Towels; plain, hem- sttehead huck towels. 14x22 inches. Fleur-de-Lis Linen Damask‘ make prettier with each laundering. Cream Damask Tablecloths of pure linen, made in Ireland, are of special interest to the old- many enduring. qualities. + 20x20 Napkins, $4 dozen Z For many years patrons have found \Woodward & Lothrop linens superior—and these superior linens are now offered at Colored Linen Damask Luncheon Sets, $7.95 Pure linen; gold. napkins, 16x16, to match. An unusual January value 2,000 Yards Belgian Toweling, 35¢ Yard Pure linen, and a wonder- ful Towels, made especially January - 62Vc ent quality .- 62V6c Maker is one January price, - $4.50 world. se ki Low Priced Napkins to match— 22x22...$7.50 dozen of pure linen; look who appreciates their 2x2V4 yaris, $4.60 tremendous savings. rose, Cloth, 72x7 lue > and 7 January value in a rviceable good-wearing tchen toweling. Wool-filled Mull Comforts $11.95 A Very Special Value Filled with genuine lambs- wool, figured silk border. or blue; r0S "way below usual. covered mull, in pretty with plain Rose, gold some in plain The January price is