Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bareau Forecs Rain und slightly colder tonight; temperature about 25 degrees; tomor- row, snow, followed by clearing and cold wave. Highest, 35, at 2:15 p.m. vesterday: lowest, 82, at 5 a.m. tod “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes i Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Enterca as post_oftice. No. 29,490. . ond lass matter Washington. D. C. ¢ Foening Star. as fa the papers are printed. Saturday’ Sunday's WASHINGT ON, D. €., MONDAY, - DAWES PLAN MADE ASIS FOR LUTHE CABINET POLICIES Progressive Internal and Ex- ternal Program and Debt Payment Pledged. SOCIALLY REACTIONARY TENDENCY FIRMLY DENIED | Friendly Relations Will Be Sought With All, Chancellor Declares. New German BY EDGAR ANSEL Br Radio to The Star and Chics BERLIN, under the Luther, ternal ing MOWRER. Daily News, llor, Dr. H intends basing its whole ex- nd internal policy upon pay- the reparations under the Dawes ylan, she will seek to maintain The friendliest possible relations with a1l nations, excluding none. Chancellor Luther aggressively denies that his poli will be Chauvinistic or socially reactionary. He considers himself the head of a government of experts whose first task!is to get themselves and Ger- many down to and push peaceful pathways. This is the gist of a long statement prepared for this writer—the first since Dr. Luther became the chan- cellor—after a three-hour conversa tion with the plump, genial and en- ergetic man who seems still to be what he formerly was—the upper burgomaster of Essen and the watch- dog of the German treasury durin 5 e ' the last troubled y January new chanc and business along in Talks to the Polnt. Chancellor Luther talks “to the Point” in concrete sentences, avoiding the officlal jargon and interpolating Witty and pertinent asides which, un- fortunately, he es not wish to ha repeated. His sincerity is patent, He said 1 was especially glad of the opPortunity you are giving me at the beginning of my chancellorship to explain to the American people the fundamental aims of polie and to clear up any misunderstanding and misrepresentation which might disturb the present friendly relations between our two countries mis- understanding which could only prove | regrettable for, since the signing of the peace, the relations between the United States and Germany have srown continually better. Thinks America Fair. “Germany has become convinced that America wants to treat her fairly and she sees in the American decision to take part of the annulities under the Daws plan, instead of push- ing a separate claim, a proof of the American confidence In Germany's £00d Will. To restore such confidence generally as the basis for universal peace is the fundamental and lead- ing alm of the new German cabinet. Germany, | “It is my conviction that there is no| more suitable way to reach this aim | than this economic understanding| which is foreseen by the Dawes l'?-l port. Moreover, the internal recon- struction and peaceful development of Germany, which are important ele- ments of this general world pacifica- | tion, are possible only if the principle | of political and economic understand- ing is assured. This applies .to the! question of the evacuation of the| northern Rhineland zone. The Reichs | government wants to settle this ques- | tlon as soon as possible, for when the | evacuation, which was foreseen under | the treaty of Versailles, failed to oc- cur on January 10, the profound con- viction of the German people that the healing of Germany and the world| was now to be expected was heavily ! impaired and with it Germany's ca- pacity for making reparations de- liveries. New Policy Stable. | “I took an intensive part in last| year's work for international pacifica- tion both in Berlin and London. 1 should have repudiated the greatest work of my life if I had not done all| in my power to steer the German| state along this course which is 5o | promising. The present German go ernment is aware that its foreign policy directed toward consolidating & real peace was definitely deter- mined by the pact, and there is no| real basis for speaking of a change of | under the new cabinet. oncerning the charge current abroad that my cabinet and I are re- actionary or Chauvinistic or consti- tute a danger to the present German constitution, I answer that the last elections rendered the formation of a parliamentary majority extremely difficult and olmost impossible. But| internal and external affairs demand- | ed the formation of a cabinet. When, | finally, I, who hitherto had been in | German public life only as an offictal, | took over the task it was clear that 1, having no party behind me, must have some kind of a parliamentary majority. Experts to Do Work, “Therefore certain parties have con- tributed each a member as a trustee, but most of the business will be car- ried on through experts. Moreover, | in the parties supporting the cabi- net, there are millions of workers, | employes and members of the middle class. My chief alm is to obtain the broadest possible support for all the government decistons. Hence 1 wel- come any collaboration and am ea- kerly striving to win over the greater circles of the nation. Certainly it is true that the German Nationalists have sometimes uttered opinions | which do not agree with the views | of the present cabinet. But it is de- cisive that all the Richstag members of the Nationalist party have ap- proved the cabinet's program. The cabinet's policy is uniform and, according tc the constitution, its general policles are determined by the chancellor. Denies He is Reactionary. “Concerning the fears of a ‘reac- tionary danger,’ allow me as the con- sclously responble head of the new cabinet to speak of myself. I am known to you for my work as min- ister of finance in the Marx cabinet. I come from & German municipal ad- ministration which even abroad has never been considered reactionary. I am neither a Chauvinist nor a reac- tionary. I claim to be a patriot in the sense in which the word is taken in America and in other countries, and 1 consider my principal task to "” (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) | do not permit them to face the future | the Start in Walter idol of the movies instead of the dia- | mond. Believing the dean .of the major hurlers and one of the out-| standing heroes of the last \\nrhli series is determined to give up big | league base ball if he possibly can enter some other remunerative busi- ness, Moore, prominent local | motion picture promoter, has offered | Johnson a salary of at least $2,000 | a week to transfer his activities to| the screen, and the pitcher has tenta- | | tively accepted the offer i Moore, for vears a personal friend | of Johnson, early this month wired | the latter asifing 1f a substantial | | Johnson soon may be an Tom weekly salary to appear as star in| moving picture productions to be! filmed in Los Angeles, now Johnson's {home, would be ccnsidered. The base | ball player lost little time ffi tele- graphing Moore an agent's authori- | zation In the matter May Start Work Here. | According to Moore, if Johnson ac- cepts a contract with some moving | picture concern he probably wil: |make a six-week tour of vaudeville | (CABINET FOR RAISE IN ANNUITIES PAID - RETIRED WORKERS, iSecretary Work Speaks for Associates in Behalf of 11,000 Beneficiaries. Speaking for the entire membership of the President’s cabinet, Secretary | of the Interior Work urged increased annuities for the more than 11,000 | retired Government employes in a let- {ter today to Senator Robert N. Stan- | field, chalrman of the Senate commit- tée on civil service. The Interior S | retary urged legislation at the pres- | ent session of Congress to relieve { what he described as “actual distress | existing in many cases” of underpaid | Federal annuitants. | The average annual rate pald an- Miultants under the present law is | $546.30, with about one-third of the annuitants recelving a maximum of | $720. Mr. Work sald, while nearly {another third recefve less than $432. |The letter maid the number of an- | nuitants was $10,548, the figure given | for the close of the last fiscal year, | June 30 last. As the number of Fed | eral annuitants increases at the rate of about 1,000 a year, the number is probably in excess of 11,000 now, ac- cording to the Interfor Department. Benefit Seen to U. S. Secretary Work's letter points out that the effect of an increase in an- nuities would operate to the benefit of the Government by lessening the pressure for retention in the service of employes who have reached the retirement age, “but whose resources on the present slender retirement pay with equanimity.” The letter follows: “I am authorized to state that the members of the President's cabinet! favor Increased annuitles for retired| vernment employes, and hope that Congress at the present session wil come to the assistance of the thou-| sands of retired Federal workers by increasing thelr annuities under the retirement law. “The average annual rate paid an- nuitants under the present law s $546.30. About one-third of the total of 10,548 annuitants recelve a maxi- mum of $720; almost another third recelve less than $432, which the low- est annuity now being paid is $30.60 per annum. Created From Salaries. “The retirement fund from which these annuities are pald has been created by deductions withheld from the salaries of the employes them- selves for this purpose. It is their own money. The Government so far has not been called upon to appropri- ate for the support of the retirement fund, and the time when such pa- ternalistic assistance will become necessary by reason of the depletion of the fund is not yet in sight. “Before the passage of the present law it was estimated that 10 years would elapse before additions to the retirement fund by Government a propriation would become necessary. The board of actuaries now report that this estimate was too conserva- tive and announce that the fund will survive, as at present maintained, for a longer period. ““The actual time when Federal as- sistance will be required, however, cannot be determined from avallable records, but that the self-sustain- ing period under the present plan will be considerably prolonged over original estimate cannot be doubted upon an examination of tie condition of the fund after almost five_years' operation. The amount placed in the fund during the first fiscal year (1921) was ‘Walter Johnson to Go in Movies; Accepts Contract Tentatively $2,000 Weekly Offered by Tom Provides For Vaudeville Tour to JANUARY 26, £ 1925 -THIRTY PAGES. ’s Circulation, 98,692 Circulation, 107,021 TWO CENTS. loore Capital. houses throughout the principal in a sketch before starting picture work at Los Angeles. Moore already has planned to have Johnson make his debut as an actor in Wash- ngton. The Washington promoter is of the opinion that Johnson possesses many of the qualities a capable screen star, and that a few weeks of training under expert directior will fit the big pitcher admirabiy for the work. Moore believes he will be given a con- tract substantiai enough to net him within & short time more than he could earn in base ball in several yearw. Recent messages received by Moore from Johnson indicate the stellar pitcher 1s more than anxious to retire from big league base ball, and that the moving picture offer holds considerabe appeal Johnson stated before the heginning of the last base ball season that 1924 would be his last year in the majors, as he wanted to become part owner of a minor league club in the West that he might be the greater part of t Johnson' cces: (Continued on Page ENFORCED SCHOOL | ATTENDANCE BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Capper-Zihiman Increasing Age Limits, Goes to President. near his Nevada home | he year. in the American Column 1.; Measure, | The Capper - Zihlman compulsory school attendance and school census| bill, which has already passed the Senate, was passed by the House to-| v and now goes to the President| for for his signature. This legislation is indorsed by the | Distriet Commi; oners, the Board of Education and the Budget Bureau, which reported that it is not in con- flict with the financial program of | the President. Under the present law the age for compulsory school attendance is from 8 to 14 years, while under the Capper- Zihiman bill it is from 7 to 16 years. | This bill also makes changes in the educational standard in excuses from attendance, valid excuses for absence, recording attendance, reporting ab- sentees and fines for non-attendance. Would Combine Work. The school census section provides for a census of all children between 3 and* 18 years of age in order to| saake possible better enforcement of the school attendance law. There are provisious for keeping this census up-to-date and a definite system of securing information is outlined. Under the administration features there are changes in the officers for the ‘enforcement of the act, and the child labor office, now functioning di- rectly under the superintendent of schools, is transferred and consoli- dated witk the attendance office into a new department of school attend- ance and work permits, to operate under the direct supervision of the director of enforcement and finally under the superintendent. By this consolidation closely related work of | enforeing school attendance and is- suing work certificates will be co- ordinated and made more effective. The Juvenile Court of the District is given jurisdiction In all cases arising under this act. Heirs Sue Tr;nity Church for Lands Worth $10,000,000 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 26.—Suit to compel Trinity Church to turn over the bulk of its property in lower Manhattan to the heirs of Robert Edwards was begun in Federal Court today by the filing of a bill in equity by Arthur J. Edwards of Guilford County, N. C., and Wesley J. Edwards of Los Angeles, Calif. Real estate involved in the suit includes the church property, an old cemetery at Wall street and Broadway and the land extending from this plot westward to the Hudson River. Counsel for the heirs estimated the property to be worth considerably more than $10,- 000,000. Trinity, said to be the wealthiest church in the United States, would be barred by the heirs from all claim to the property. The bill asks that a recelver be appointed and that. the church be compelled to render an accountings of all rents and profits derived from the land i " (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) Born in 1881—Died Newspapers, radio and the budget have combined to shove into oblivion that long-familiar ornament of post offices, general stores and other gathering places of the people, the Weather Bureau dally forecast card. The last forecast postcard was mailed yesterday. Today, in every town and hamlet where space has been reserved for these little cards for many years, a bit of dusty wall or a calendar, art study or the like greeted the curious eyes of weather fans. “The cards just naturally lost their popularity,” it was explained at the Weather Bureau today. “Tha bureau has been obtaining such complete broadcasting serv- ice from the newspapers and radio stations that the little cards suf- A in 1925, Is Epitaph Upon Daily Weather Forecast Card since May 1, 1866. fered from want of admirers. We felt sorry for them and decided to end their troubles. Besides, they have been costing the Government a bit of money and the budget ex- perts agreed that they might find better use for this sum.” Since June 18, 1881, the daily re- port, printed in large letters on a postcard, has been treated as spe- clal mail matter and rushed to all parts of the country. When the service first started, the little card was one of the chief sources of interest to townspeople. Nothing could replace the weather as a topic of conversation. The card's epitaph shows it lived country as| necessary to the making of | If Johnson enters the films | | perm | Repre: | not want to have | next | measure was under consideration in D.C. SURPLUSBILL - PASSED BY HOUSE: - ONECHANGE MADE iSenate Has Already Acted and Is Expected to Concur ! in Amendment. | et e |MEASURE GIVES DISTRICT $4,438,154 FUND AT ONCE | Addition of $819,373 Possible if Controller General Approves Claims of Capital. | By a vote of to 79 the House to- | passed the District surplus bill, | | which has already passed the Senate, | with one amendment, which will be ap- | |proved by the Senate without further | delay This legislation makes perma- nently available a clear surplus of $4,438,154.92, repeatedly fourfd to be- long to the District in the Federal Treasury after extensive Investiga- tion by special commissions appoint- ed by Congress. It also provides that the controller general, being the chief auditing officer of the United States Government, shall decide whether other sums totaling $819,373.83 should not also be added to this District surplus, making the total approxi- mately $5,300,000 The bill was passed after Repre- sentative Cramton had been defeated by @ vote of 46 to 34 in an attempt to strike out the provision of the bill which calls for this investigation by the controller general. Fillbusters Are Dropped. An amendment offered by Repre- sentative Cramton provided that this surplus be made available only for nent public improvements, such hools, parks and playgrounds. entative Cramton said he did the $5,000,000 used | for relief taxpayers during the | fiscal year, but that it should be used for some of the important developments that are needed in the pnal Capital. This amendment s approved, 61 to 12 Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas did not filibuster against the District surplus bill, nor did Repre- entative Cramton, both of whom had | previously delayed action when this | of the House Representative Blanton, however, | did discuss the District surplus ques- tion and opposed this authorization bill when the bill to extend Bancroft place was up in the House. Blanton In Attacked. For this action he was lectured on the floor by Representative Ralph Gilbert of Kentucky, a fellow Demo- crat of the House District committee, who charged that Mr. Blanton was merely taking up the time of the House to have his remarks printed for home consumption so that he might stand before his constituents as defending them against raids on the United States Treasury. Representative Gilbert asked his/ colleagues, “whose opinion should we take” That of our own committee, who have made an investigation, or the man who admits that he made no investigation, but presumes to put his mentality and judgment up as superior to all the rest of the com- mittee.. HERRIN SEES PEACE IN RIVALS' DEATHS Slaying of Leaders of Fac- tions Brings Hope for Turmoil’s End. By the Associated Press. HERRIN, 111, January 26.—S. Glenn Young, picturesque young Williamson County dry raider and Ku Klux Klan leader, two of his companions and his avowed enemy, Ora Thomas, deputy sheriff and anti-klan leader, lay dead here today and in their passing citizens found hope that Herrin's days of turmoil were over. State militiamen again had custody of the town, although on many sides it was Insisted that, with the leaders fallen, none would be found to carry in the internecine struggle. Many conflicting theories confront- ed officers seeking to establish the precise manner of the fatal meeting, but it seemed that from them this was the best reconstruction of what oc- curred: A single shot was fired from the vicinity of the European Hotel about 0 o'clock Saturday night. Young, Ed Torbes and Homer Warner left a nearby restaurant to Investigate. In the hotel cigar store they met Thomas and when the smoke had cleared, Young shot through the heart, and Forbes and Warner were dead, while Thomas lay on the floor dying. Witnesses Disappean Despite Mrs. Young's statement that witnesses would be on hand today, none could be found yesterday. At least four men were known to have been present, but their names remained unreveaied. An hour or two later the news reached Gov. Small and he immediately directed Adjt. Gen. Carlos Black to send militiamen to Herrin from Carbon- dale, a few miles away. Today found everything quiet, with only shattered window panes and bul- let-scarred walls as a public testi- monial of the night's conflict. Much of the bitterness and desire for retallation which had marked other clashes within the county seemed lacking. The investigation of the State marked time pending the inquest. A coroner's jury impaneled yesterday viewed the scene of the shooting, but (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) Adds Two D. C. Appeals Justices. 44 years, Radio Programs—Page 19. A bill to provide for two additional judgges in the Court of Appeals of the District _was introduced today by Senator Ernst of Kentucky. It was referred to the District committee, |introduced by Representative /-PARK PROPOSAL SENTTO CONGRESS Work, Backed by President and Budget, Submits Recommendations. Carrying the approval of the Di- rector of the Bureau of the Budget and the President of the United States, Secretary of the Interior Work today sent to Congress recom- mendations for establishment of two national parks in the Southern Appal- achian Mountain Range. The first park, which will be au- thorized under a bill now in the House, Henry W. Temple of Pennsylvania, would be established at Blue Ridge, Va. The Secretary also recommended that an appropriation of $10,000 already approved for a survey of the Blue Ridge site be Increased to $15.000 for & similar study and report on the proposed second natfonal park in the Great Smokies area of North Carolina and Tennessee. Favors Both Parks. The Temple bill, which was sent to the Secretary of Interior and Budget Bureau for consideration, would au- thorize the Interior Secretary to report to Congress on the boundaries and area of such portions of the two park sites as may be recommended by him to be acquired for national park purposes and the best means for acquiring such land. He would be further authorized to appoint an ad- visory commission of five park ex- perts to make the surveys. Secretary Work declared without qualification that he was in favor of establishment of both proposed na- tional parks, adding that one should be operated to suppliment the other. Referring to the facts that 18 of the 19 national parks now in opera- tion are west of the Mississippi River, while 70 per cent of the population of the United States Is east of the Mississippl, Mr. Work sald it was his opinion that “a definite policy should be adopted by the Govern- ment for the creation of additional national parks in the eastern sec- tlon for the public use and general welfare of its millions of inhabitants. Most of these live in densely popu- lated communities, and cannot afford time or money required to visit the western national parks. The East contributes its share to the upkeep and maintenance of the existing na- tonal park system, and for that rea- son, too, should be entitled to recog- nitfon. Fi Mr. Work recommended that the Temple bill recelve favorable con- sideration of the public lands com- mittee. Turning to the second bill, providing for the establishment of the second natlonal park in the great Smokles’ area in Tennessee and North Carolina, he sald: *“I am of the opinion that the second national park should be established in the Great Smokies’ area and that the commis- sion contemplated in the Temple bill, if authorized by Congress, should also be authorized to investitgate and re- port on the best means of acquiring the lands in that are: The director of the Bureau of the Budget took up the twin appropria- tions totaling $15,000, referred to in the two bills, with the President and told the Secretary of the Interfor that such an expenditure would not be in conflict with the President's financial program. res Great Smokies’ Area. g CHINESE CLAIMS DENIED FOR MANILA RIOT DAMAGE Philippine Government Held Re- lieved of Liability in Ruling by Attorney General. By the Assoclated Press. MANILA, January 26.—The govern- ment of the Philippine Islands is relieved of all liability for damage incurred by Chinese residents of Manila in recent months when their business houses and homes were damaged in riots against the celes- tisls by the Filipinos, the attorney general ruled today in rejecting a $17,500 claim, made by the Chinese consul general. The authorities used “due diligence in preventing and repressing the riots and punishing' those concerned in the rioting”' the attorney general sald. He pointed out parallel cases where injurles sustained by foreign- ers the result of mob violence were not recovered from the govern- ment on the showing that such prac- tice was uniform among nation Snow and Another Cold Wave Likely In Next 24 Hours Washington's frisky weather is determined to keep the citizens humping. The forecast for the en- suing 24 hours runs the gamut from Spring zephvrs to blizzardy blasts. Here are the successive stages of the kaleldoscopic outlook that brought wrinkles to the forehead of Forecaster Weightman today: 1. Warm and cloudy (just at present). 2. Slightly colder and rain (to- night) 3. Still colder and snow morrow morning). 4. Clearing and much (tomorrow afternoon) 5. Real old-fashioned wave (thereafter) “My weather maps are all mud- dled up with meteorological dfs- turbances,” Mr. Weightman said, in explaining a delay in making up his mind about today's fore- cast statement. “That storm up in Manitoba has messed up a per- fectly good map for me. Wash- ington 1s going to get the tail end of it, 50 to speak. I don't know just how cold it will get, but I am looking for at least a drop to 20 degrees” STONE NOMINATION 1S RECOMMITTED Senate Sends Issue Back to Committee—Nominee ta Testify. (to- colder cold The Senate today recommitted to the judiclary committee the nomina- tion of Attorney General Stone to be a Supreme Court justice. The action was taken after an hour's discussion in executive session and had the approval of the adminis- tration leaders, who have conferred with President Coolidge. It is probable that Mr. Stone will appear before the committee to make a sfatement with reference to the action of the Justice Department in seeking a second indictment against Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, in the District of Columbla. Will Reply at Length. Friends of the Attorney (General say he will reply at length before the committee to charges that there is an attempt to “persecute” the Mon- tana Senator, and that the depart- ment is violating a fundamental principle of law by seeking to try Mr. Wheeler here instead of in Mon- tana, where he already is under in- dictment. The department is said to regard the two proceedings as entirely in- dependent of one another, although they both relate to land questions. It is the plan to press the Montana case to trial there. % Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Re- publican floor leader, and Senator Watson of Indiana, the assistant leader, also talked today with Presi- dent Coolidge. Senator Watson was one of those who canvassed the sit- uation yesterday with Mr. Stone and Mr. Donovan Prestdent In Informed. All features of his talk with the Justice Department officials. and of the tangle in the Senate were given to the President by Senator Watson, who had been commissioned to make a report to the White House on be- halt of the Senate leadership. There was no indication of admin- istration opposition to the move to refer the nomination back to commit- tee, At the Department of Justice today it was learned that the trial of Senator Wheeler at Butte, Mont., which has long been pending, has been set for March 15. MAY BAR CONFIRMATION. Some Senators’ Feelings Hurt by ‘Wheeler Incident. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Political expediency and public duty have collided with each other in the mix-up which has arisen over the failure of the Senate to confirm the nomination of Attorney General Stone as associate justice of the Supreme Court. The controversy is in its infancy and before it Is concluded may be- come one of those peculfar episodes which represent a turning point in good feeling as between the executive Continued on Page 2, Column 3.)_ ¥ | | | | COMMITTEE 0.K'S - STSO00000 L Provides for New Federal! Buildings—Memorial Bridge Indorsed. vorable report was ordered today | Elliott bill carrving authoriza- | tion for $150,000,000 for Government buildings during the next six years, one- third of which is to be spent in housing | Federal actlvities in the National Capi- | tal. Favorable report was also ordered | on the bill which has already passed the Senate authorizing an appropridion of $14.750,000 for the Arlington Mévworial | Bridge between the Lincoln Meiorial | and Arlington National Cemetery, link- ing the North and South and #fving | Washington the finest approach of any city in the world. | This action was taken by the Hyuse | committee on public buildings and grounds following executive sessions for | two days and two days for public hear- ings. Adopt Four Amendments. Before reporting the public build- ings bill the committee directed Chairman Elliott to make four amendments. The first of these would give the Postmaster General | joint authority with the Secretary of | the Treasury in selecting sites and | in deciding which of the projects| should have priority in order to best; meet the most pressing needs of the Federal service. | Another amendment authorizes the | closing of such streets in Washing- | ton as may be necessary to provide | a sufficlently large site for some of the bulldings to be erected. This was | designed especially to permit erec- | tion of a bullding for the office of | the Controller General and the In-| ternal Revenue Bureau on parts of | the seven squares west of Seven- | teenth street and north of B street, | which the Government purchased several vears ago, that each of these bulldings might house all activities | under one roof. | A third amendment was adopted to meet the wishes of the American So- | clety of Architects, providing that the Treasury Department may obtain the services of the best architectural tal- | ent of the country to work under the supervising architect of the Treasury, rather than, as the bill now stands, to have all such outside help actually serve in the office of the supervising | architect. | Practical Side Streased. he fourth amendment was adopted on' the motion of Representative Frank Oliver of New York and pro- vides that as far as practicable these new buildings shail be designed for utilitarian and practical purposes, so that the Government employe will have an adequate and suitable workshop rather than that these bulildings be monumental in character. During the hearings Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, engineer officer in charge of public bulldings and grounds, who is executive secretary of the public | buildings commission emphasized that the Arlington Memorial bridge fits in as an integral part of the public| bulldings program for the National Capital and will really be the first big step in development of the Mall as recommended to Congress in an exhaustive report in 1901, by a spe- clal public bulldings commission. Essential to the erection of this memorial bridge will be the widen- ing and improvement of B street from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol, | which will be lined on either side| with Government buildings and which | is expected to greatly relieve the traffic situation. HOUSE APPROVES BILL TO EXTEND BANCROFT PL. Zihlman Measure Provides Con- demnation of Small Tract of Land. The House today passed the Zihl- man bill for the extension of Ban- croft place between Phelps place and Twenty-third street northwest. Bancroft place is now opened from Twenty-fourth street east to Twenty- third street and has been dedicated from Twenty-third street to Phelps place with the exception of a small tract of land_ 50x174 feet. The pur-; pose of this bill is to condemn and open up the square, which will con- tinue on to Connecticut avenue. It is now open between Phelps place and Connecticut avenue. The District Commissioners urged the passage of this bill in the public interest. | Wxaley RENT RISES ASKED ON 3680 DWELLING NS, SIS REPOT Commission Head Tells Joint Committee Demands Made Since Last June. FINDS INCREASES RANGE FROM 10 TO 300 PER CENT Former Senator Gore Attacks Con- stitutionality of Proposed Law. Licensing Bill Explained. Rent increases have been de of tenants in 3,680 dwelling un the District from June 1924 January 24, 1925, according to ment filed today with the jc gressional committee, handling rent legislation, by Chairman Whaley the Rent Commission. Mr. Whaley said that these in- creases were contained in notices to quit or ‘notices of increased rental; he sald that they had been brought to the attention of the commission either in person, by letter or by tele- phone. The statement was accepted for the record of the committee after Senator Ball had announced that the real estate dealers would be permi ted to make answer to it and also file statement showing the creases made In rentals in Wash ton, which B. F. Saul and others i1 sisted have been numerous. Blanton Criticizes Statement. Representative Blanton of Tex criticized the statement of Mr Whaley as ex parte and not based or sworn testimony. Mr. Whaley's statement {tself was in the form of an afdavit. In his letter of trans al Mr. Whaley expressed the opinion that demand for increases in rent in the period covered by his statement have been many more than those listed. The list, he those demands brought to the Commission Percentage of increases rent originally paid by was given by Mr. Whaley. centages therefore mean demanded over rentals pald in many cases before the war and not in- creases over the rent paid today. The percentages ran from 300 to 10 per cent. Only one plece of property reached the high point of 300 per cent, 16 Fohall road. Included in his list were 3,366 apartments in 132 apartment houses and 314 dwellings other than apartment houses. Mr. said that using the census estimate of 4.6 persons to a family, the increase demanded would affect 16,560 people. said, contains on which have been attention of the Rent over the tenants: The per increases Gore Attacks Bill. At the hearing this morning for- mer Senator Gore of Oklahoma, ap- pearing as counsel for the Associa- tion of Building Owners and Man- agers, attacked the constitutionality of the Whaley bill. He charged that it was in line with communism and socialism; that it was such legisla- tion as the Russian Soviet govern- ment would applaud. He sald that it attacked the fundamental principle of private property upon which Anglo-Saxon civilization is built. At the outset of the hearing Roger J. Whitford, counsel for the Real Es- tate Board of Washington. explained in detail the licensing bill proposed by the board and said that the mem- bers of the organization are hearti in favor of its enactment into law Mr. Whitford read to the committee a letter addressed by John A. Petty, secretary of the Real Estate Board, to Quinter, Thomas & Co., agents for the Earlington Apartment, in which eviction notices were served last week on certain tenants. In this letter Mr. Petty declared that a spe- clal committee of the board had in- vestigated and reported that the Earlington was in bad condition, not properly maintained and the service poor. Mr. Petty's letter declared that the board stands for fair dealing and recommended that Quinter, Thomas & Co. advise the owner of the Earling- ton “that you will no longer represent him unless he placed the property in good condition within 60 days and properly maintains the building and renders the character of service justi- fied by the rentals.” Furthermore, Quinter, Thomas & Co. are requested to appear before the ex- ecutive committee of the board tomor- row “to explain your connection, if any, with the financing of the building.” Action Is Commended. Senator Ball commended the action of the Real Estate Board in address- ing this letter to Quinter, Thomas & Co. John F. Bowle, rent manager of the H. L. Rust office, took the stand to reply to testimony given early in the hearings by Mr. Whaley. At that time Mr. Whaley criticized landlords for failure to furnish services and make repairs, and cited his own case. Mr. Bowle sald that the commission- er had done an injustice to H. L. Rust Co. In not stating the whole case. He said that Mr. Whaley had rent- ed a four-room and bath apartment in the Iroquis Apartment, 1410 M street, in August, 1916 at $40 a month. He still occuples this apartment pay- ing $60 a month. Mr. Bowle said that Chairman Whaley had created a wrong impression when he declared repairs and improvements had not been made. He showed that from July 18, 1923 to February 1, 1924, im- provements were made in his apart- ment costing $283; that in 18 months time the landlord had expended al- most five months' rent on Mr. Whaley's apartment Mr. Whaley spoke of a leak that came from above that was not prop- erly attended to,” said Mr. Bowie. “He may have mentioned it to me when 1 was before the Rent Commission and I may have overlooked it. But when he called the office in regard to it, the repairs were made right away. He must know that there was no in- tentional neglect.” Bills Held Much Alike. Mr. Whiteford told the committee that there was no fundamentai differ. ence between the licensing bill sub- mitted by the Real Estate Board and that introduced by Representative Blanton framed in accordance with the MacChesney model law which has been used in a number of the States. He pointed out that the Real Estate (Continued on Page 4, Column 4 3