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2 * NIXED UP, FAIMAN ADNITS ON STAND Counsel for Shepherd Ques- tions Accuser on Typhoid Germ Story. Br the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 19.—Continuation of the cross-examination of Charles €. Faiman in the Shepherd murder trial was delayed this morning while the attorneys argued in chambers. The defense sought to have Judge Thomas J. Lynch permit questioning of Faiman about alleged ‘shady deals at his school, the National Uni- versity of Sclences, where. he testified yesterday, Willlam D. Shepherd ob- tained three test tubes of typhold bacilli and instructions how to use them in slaying William N. McClin- tock, his millionaire foster son The State contended the defense could not bring out anything except *tnfamous” crimes against a witness. The defense argument was that other irregular acts could be indicated legitimately in the Faiman instance because he was en accomplios. Defense Loses Fight. The question which precipitated the argument was intended to go into whether F man had been promised that he would not be returned to Afinneapolis, Minn., to face an indict- ment if he would testify agai Shepherd. It was the first of a series prepared by the defense to try to show the jury that Faiman was unworthy of belief because of alleged “shady’” transactions and acts, The court finally decided against the defense and Faiman resumed the stand Faiman was handed a transcript of his testimony at the hearing at which he was granted bail and with another copy in his hand, W. S. Stewart, chief of defense counsel, attempted to show where Faiman’s accusation of Shep- herd vesterday differed from his pre- vious sworn statement. Two of ten meetings with Shepherd described vesterday were not touched upon in the bail hearing testimony. “Mixed Up,” Says Faiman. “I'm mixed up on it,”” said Faiman.| “I know you are mixed up on it, that is why T am going over it in this manner,” replied Stewart Tt was during that series of meet ings, testified Falman, that Shepherd was given the germs and instructed how to kill the rich youth. Shepherd watched the proceedings intently and strained forward in an effort to hear Faiman's low-voiced statements. Across the aisle from the defendant Mrs. Julie Shepherd and the two pretty girls who have been her constant court companions were no less interested Mrs. Shepherd was garbed as usual in the heavy mourning she has worn since the death of young McClintock. whom she had mothered 1% years. Tells of Typhoid Cultures. “How long did vou have the typhoid cultures vou say you gave Shepherd before you let him have them?" asked Stewart. “Couple of months.” replied Faiman “Where did you keep them?"” “In the ice box." Faiman said he got the germs from the city Heaith Department, but could not name nor identify the man from whom he obtained them. He said he was not asked his name nor was any record of his obtaining the germs made. “All you did was to walk up, say give me three tubes, get them and walk out?” asked Stewart “Yes,” said Faiman Posed as Doctor. Faiman admitted that at his school and hospital he had posed as a phy sician, but denied that he ever had operated upon any one Stewart tried to show that Faiman had made false reports of hospital patients for the purpose of ebtaining alcohol. but Faiman denied it. He admitted he did get alcohol, but denied he bootleged it. Faiman denied he used his hospital school for “‘peddling dope.” or that he had obtained naroctics through own the school. You let patients who called believe vou were a doctor and discussed wh was wrong with them, didn't vo asked Stewart 2 said Faiman. vou were not a physician?" *‘admitted Faiman. Denies Being Hit. Trouble with John P. Marchand. a former employe. was the last subject upon which Faiman was questioned. Faiman denied Marchand had struck him while they were in the office of | the state’'s attorney. Stewart produced the bail-hearing transcript and showed Faimen then had said Marchand had struck him. Stewart tried to show that after Faiman had denied that he knew any thing about Shepherd until the attack Mar riman then agreed to Shepherd. Prosecutor (towe explained that Dr. George E. Fosberg. Lewis Kless and Robert White, named as State wit- nesses, would not be called, as he could not vouch for their testimony The State then rested its case and the defense began introducing evi- dence Chief Justice Harry Olson of the Municipal Court, who has been the chief figure in the prosecution of Shep- herd. declared today that regardless of the outcome of the Shepherd trial, “Isabelle Pope (MeCiintock’s flancee) will come into possession of the Mc- Clintock fortune.” NEW SIGNAL LIGHTS FOR 16TH STREET ORDERED AT ONCE (Continued from F fire headquarters, by oughout the top.” During midday traic hours, when the congestion due to the office rush has ended, the Sixteenth street traffic will be halted more frequently, or about every 45 seconds. The cross. street siznals will not be materially changed in their timing, it is under- stood At Scott Circle a special system has been worked out, whereby there will be uninterrupted flow of trafiic. In the center of Sixteenth street, north and south of the circle and on a line with the present safety are platforms. will be placed a post flash- ing signals in four directions. When the north and south sides of the post signal Sixteenth street motorists to procesd the east and west signals will halt all traffic coming around the clrcle and intending to cross the Six- teenth street lane of trafic. Similarly Sixteenth street traffic will halt to let the east and west traffic by. Director of Traffic Eldridge recom mended this system following an in- spection of similar signals in opera- tion in six other large cities in the East. He believes the new signals Will greatly reduce accidents on Six- teenth street and be welcomed as a hoon by pedestrians. who now fear | to eross this heavily traveled thor-| oughfare. which all lights svstem will flash Australia plans to establish a new irrigated section of 20.000 acres.to be THE _EVENING STAR, BODY OF LA FOLLETTE TO LIE IN STATE IN WISCONSIN CAPITOL Funeral Services to Be Held on Monday at Madison. Nation’s Leaders Pay Tributes to Late Head of Progressive Party. The body of Senator Robert M. La Follette, who died at his home here yesterday, will lie in state all day Sunday in the Wisconsin State capitol at Madison—amid the scenes of the earliest fighting of his battle-torn po- litical career. The remains of the independent Senate leader will leave Washington this afternoon at 3 o'clock in a special car for Chicago over the Baltimore and Ohjo. At Chicago the funeral car and another coach carrying mem bers of his family and close friends will be made into a special train for Madison. Funeral services will be held at his home in Madison on Monday. A heart attack early vesterda: ing after similar attacks of {llness in the past 10 vears, and in part due to his strenuous campaign as independ ndidate for the presidency last ended in his 70th year the ca- reer which had made Senator La Fol- lette one of the outstanding figures in American politics. Voices Love for People. last articulate words, whispered to his son Robert, long his secretary and confidante, when he knew that death was inevitable and he was slip. ping into unconsciousness, expressed the dominant motive of his strenuous, often misunderstood life “I am at peace with the world.” he aid. “but there is a lot of work I could still do. I don’t know how the people will: feel toward me, but I shall take to the grave my love of them, which has sustained me through life. The Senator had been confined to his bed for several weeks by illness vhich had wrecked his body repeated- - in the last few vears. The heart at- tack yesterday morning brought him very near the end. He lapsed into un- consciousness shortly before noon and died at 1:21 pam.. with all his family 14 his bedside, including Mrs. La Fol- lte, his sons Philip and Robert, his ghters, Mrs. Fola Middleton of New York and Mrs. Ralph Sucher of Washington; Mr. Middleton, Mr. Sucher and Mrs. Philip La Follette. Mrs. La Follette, the Senator's con. fidante and adviser for 43 yvears of married life, withstood bravely the shock of his death. : Tiness Was Painful. During his last iline: Follette suffered much pain, bron chial asthma making breathing dif- ficult and returning attacks of angina pectoris making his suffering more acute. Toward the end he murmured some- thing which members of the family, leaning over his bed, could not un derstand. For two days. his family said, he had realized that he might His Senator La [ not be able to shake off his iliness. A week ago, glancing out of the window of his sickroom at a_group of children in the street, the Senator had remarked: “Life is good.” When he_took to his bed, at the insistence of his physicians. he r marked that he thought he had “earned a long rest.” Senator La Follett's death was not attributed by his physicians and ¢ to the grind of campaigning vear nor to disappointment over showing as a presidential candi- date. but rather fto his persistent tendency to overtax his strength throughout his career. “He simply burned himself out,” was the way one of his sons put it Worked Far Into Night. An able debater, he frequently held the floor for hours in the Senate es- pousing what he considered a worthy cause, or attacking what he believed to be an unworthy proposition. Far into the night he worked in his study preparing speeches, scrutinizing leg- islative proposals, delving Into works on economics, history and kindred subjects, to be better informed and equipped for his battles in the polti- cal arena. While campaigning in 1912 the Senator suffered a collapse. His in- timates, realizing a vear ago that a strenuous life had cost him his health, urged him to desist from active cam- palgning, but he traveled steadily for a month delivering one prepared ad- dress a day. Although' exhausted after winding up his campaign at a meeting in Cleveland, in the hall in which Calvin Coolidge had been nominated for the Presidency, and where a few weeks later his own supporters in conven- tion had called on him to enter the field as an independent, he apparently suffered no ill effects. He was plainly disappointed, however, at his failure to win the electoral votes of any States other than Wisconsin and at the total of his popular vote—less than 5,000,000 But the result found him still defiant and his answer to it was that he would continue to fight for the principles he advocated. As soon as Senator La Follette's death became known vesterday mes- sages of condolence began to arrive at the home from both the dead leader’s friends and foes in political life. Coolidge Extends Sympathy. Coolidge wrote to Mrs. President La Follette “The news having just reached me of the death of Senator La Follette, I wish to extend to you and your fam- ily the sympathy of myself and Mrs. Coolidge. As you know, I presided over the Senate for a considerable period while he was a member of that body, and so came to know of his great ability and untiring energy? He has left behind him a great concourse of triends who will, I know, do every- thing in their power to comfort you in this hour, but my own experience tells me that nothing that mortal can do will be of very much help to you. T trust that you may, as the years go by, find an increasing satisfaction in the long list of honors that were con- ferred upon Senator La Follette by his countrymen.” Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, who for several years has been in the opposing political camp, voiced his tribute to Senator La Follette in the following statement: For more than a quarter of a cen- tury Senator La Follette has been one of the leading figures in our public life, His industry, his ability and power to present his views to the public easily made him the leader of any movement which he espoused. While in recent years we had political differences, for more than 10 years 1 was very closely associated with him. and I have never hesitated to pay tribute to the good that' he wrought in elevating our standards of public service. His home life was absolutely ideal and filled with warm affection. 1 have never seen a more tender family relationship. Trrespec- tive of differing political beliefs, the whole country mourns his passing, and heartfelt sympathy goes out to his de- voted family.” 3 g TUpon hearing of his colleague’s death Senator Borah of Idaho issued the following statement: “In death, as in life, there will be wide and vic.ent differences of view, as to the character and capacity of Senator La Polleite. But T think all will have to con «io that he possessed ability of @ rare order; that he was untiring in industry: unrelenting in purpose and as incorruptible as he was fearless. Tor mysell, I think he was, as he saw it, devoted to the subdivided in farms of from 15 to 20 acres each. public good, and in all his plans and ambitions a patriot, & = 3 1 suppose he will take his place in history, in the view of some, as an agitator, and in these days we are not favorable to agitators. But, as such, he will have the company of the nobiest spirits of history. Agitation has its place and an indispensable place in the life of free Government, and if a man is devoted to his country, as I believe La Follette always to have been. his service Is often the highest type of statesmanship. “Those who care to glance back over the last 30 years and recall the things for which La Follette contend- ed will be surprised to know how many of them have been accepted as sound and just. He boldly led. His friends and admirers, looking back over his life of terrific energy and thinking of the denunclations which ever and always accompanied his ef- forts, will be able to point with satls- faction and pride to the things he ac. tually achieved. They can well rest thelr commendation upon the work ac- tually performed. Generally _de- nounced and often for a time baffled, nevertheless there is the record of things done, and now accepted. There is often a great sense of loneliness in the discharge of high public duties. “The old bishop in Hugo's great novel said to the hunted galley slave ‘This door does not ask a man who enters whether he has a name, but if he has a sorrow.’ This was a guld- ing principle in the life of Bob La Follette. Human suffering, human misery, oppression, injustice, could at all times and under all circumstances enlist the uncompromising support of this gladiator. If the voice of human suffering called, there was no indivi- dual so obscure, no cause 8o con- temned, but could find here a ready and tireless defender and advocate, He preferred ‘to go to the house of mourning rather than to the house of feasting.” “He had a keen scent for wrong- dolng. The devious track of the crook seemed straight and plain enough to him, for he knew where he was going, and once on the trail neither power nor place, nor friend nor foe coutd turn him aside “His faith perhaps mizht Be wrong. his life. 1 am sure. was in the right.” A. Patriot, Walsh Says Senator Walsh of Montana said Senator La Follette was a patriot 1 never doubted his sincerity or the purity of his purposes. The country owes him much for rescuing it from the danger of falling into a rank plu- tocracy. He wore himself out in serv- ice to the public.” Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, said ‘The death of Robert Marion La Follette marks the passing of Amer ica’s leading champion of liberty. No other public official in contempora- neous life can approach his record of devotion to the people’s cause. When time tempers the judgment of men it will be found that that record has not been equaled by any legislater in the Nation's history. “No other official can match his long list of constructive legislative pro- posals that were finally accepted and written into the law of the land. His outstanding contributions to human liberty were the seamen's law and Government emploves’ anti-gag law.” *“The Nation has suffered a distinct loss in the death of Robert M. La Fol- lette. When history is written he will be recorded as one of this coun- try's greatest statesmen,’” sald Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montapa, his running mate In the last presfdential election. “His 40 years of public life is a greater monument than anything that can be erected to his memory. The fight for the principles which he has advocated these many vears will be carried on by the people with the same indomitable courage which he has always manifested. La Follette dead will be even more powerful than La Follette liying.” A letter of condolence accompany- ing a wreath,. with a card bearing th words, “From the Fillpino people. was sent today to Mrs. La Follette and family, reads, in part: “The death of Senator Robert M. La Follette, your most beloved husband, comes as a shock not only to his legion of American friends and admirers, but to the 11,000,000 Fillpinos whom he has alded so much and so devotedly in their struggle for freedom and in dependence. “The entire Filipino people will cherish his name and his memory with fond recollection, and in extend. ing our heartfelt condolence and sympathy we do o in the hope that this sentiment from a whole people may help assuage the sorrow which must be yours in this hour of yeur bereavement.” BRYAN PAYS TRIBUTE. in some nice tenets La Follette’'s Death Loss to Reform- ers, Commoner S JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 19 (#). Senator La Follette was termed an “outstanding champion of the rights of the plain people against the en. croachment of corporate power” by Willilam Jennings Bryan in a state- ment today. “His passing will be mourned by scores of officlal friends and by many others—friends of reform,” Mr. Bryan said. “His fight extended over a zeneration and was made where his enemies were the strongest intrenched. ““His sympathies were with the masses and he had the ability to plead their cause and the courage to make his stand aginst all criticlsm.” IS LIKENED TO LINCOLN. Brokohart Says La Follette Cause Is Not Dead. DES MOINES, Jowa, June 19 (#).— Senator Smith W. Brookhart, often identified with the La Follette group in the Senate, paid high tribute to the late Senator Robert M. La Fol- lette. “Like the good work ef Lincoln was carried on after his death so will La Follette's cause continue,” he saild. “The force of Senator La Fol- lette was so great that the common ople will benefit from his efforts n vears to come.” HIS HONESTY IS PRAISED. Always Fought Fairly, Senator Mec- Lean Declares. HARTFORD, Conn., June 19 (P),— United States Senator George P. Mc- Lean of Simsbury last night said: - “‘Senator La Follette and I differed radically about many matters and yet our personal relations were always friendly. His courage in the face of his own physical breakdewn, compli- cated by a long and serious illness of his sen, was little shert of heroic. His colleagues knew this, and his family will have the profound sym- pathy of every member of the Senate. No one will question his marked su- periority as a leader, or his honesty of purpose, and he will long be re- membered as a strong national figure who fought fairly and flercely in de- fense of his political opinion MAY CALL ELECTION. MADISO! death of Wis., June 19 P).—The nater Robert M. La Fol- lette places GuV.‘ Blaine' in gufl; e filled at the next general election, By Consolidated Press. MADISON, Wis.. June 19.—The La Follette family will continue in poli- tics, despite the passing of its fa- mous leader, with two sons building for the future that their father wished them to follow. Phil La Follette and Robert M. La Follette, jr., are names with which the country will become more and more familiar as the years roll by, in the opinion of politicians here. These two young scions of the La Follette family have for years been aiming to follow the political path their father set out for them—and, so far. with success. Death of the father and adviser who helped chart their early course has only thrown new responsibilities in State politics on the sons. Robert, Jr., in Father's Footsteps. Phil, just three years out of law school, is cutting a figure as district attorney of Dane County, the posi- tion his father filled shortiy after he finished the same law school nearly 50 years ago. Robert, jr., is the pow. er behind political thrones in Wiscon- sin, as his father’s representative and chairman of the Republican State cen- tral committee. Both sons have that astute political wisdom that brought success to their tather. Phil is the orator, imbued with the same dramatic guality of speech that characterized his father. Short in stature, he has the same wiry physique and the same dash. Robert, jr., is the organizer and director, more quiet in manner and less strong phys- ically. But years as his father's secre- tary have given him_a political back ground that makes him a power in the Btate where the name La Follette car- ries almost the force of law. The last presidential campaign gave the sons a taste of politics on a na- tional scale. Phil stumped a good part of the country, carrying the burden of speaking. while his father was under the restraint of physical handicaps. Robert managed the Progressives’ campalgn. Brothers Close Companions. These two brothers are close com- panions. Their abilities and ambi- tions dovetail so perfectly in a politi cal way that they no doubt will be seen teaming together in the politics of Wisconsin, and, they hope, later in national politics Deaths within the past week have so upset politics in Wisconsin that the La Follette sons have an exceptional opportunity. Former Gov. Emanuel L. Philipp, three times chief executive of the State and Senator lLa Fol lette’s most formidable opponent, died only last week. This leaves Senator Lenroot, who has been quite out of touch with the Wisconsin situation the last few years, the active head of the regular Repub. licans, while Gov. Blaine leads the La Follette Progressives, though the Senator himself was grooming Attor- ney General Herman L. Ekern for that pbsition. HEADLEY REPLACED BY CAPT. BROWN IN SHAKE-UP OF POLICE ued from First Page.) ing other traffic improvement. His only duties have been to direct the operation of the traffic forces of the District in their enforcement of the regulations drawn up by Traffic Di rector Eldridge and approved by the Commissioners. Precinct Commands Changed. With the separation of Capt. Brown from the first precinct, a number of changes in precinct command became necessary, as follow: Capt. Headley will be assigned to command No. 4 precinct in the south- west section; Capt. Ira Sheetz will be shifted from No. 4 to No. 3 precinct, on K street near Twenty-first, and Capt. Colin Flather of No. 3 will take back his old precinct, No. 1, where he presided for a number of years in the past. Detective Nalley 8 now stationed at No. 4 precinct. Talley at No. 5, Trammell at No. 8. Kuehling at No. 9 and Walsh at the harbor precinct. Walsh formerly was a detective sergeant at headquarters. Pvt. Varney, who is now at No. 1, i1l become precinct detective at No. Pvt. Wilson will go from No. 3 to No. 9 for detective duty there; Pvt Ogle will remain at No. 4 precinct, assigned to detective work; Pvt. Lowry, now detailed at police head- quarters, will become precinct detec tive at No. 8. Pvt. Hoyle D. Secreast of No. b precinet will take over Lowry's de- tail at police headquarters. Brown Has Fine Record. Capt. Brown has made an enviable record for himself in local police cir- cles since his appointment to the force as a private in 1896. He became a sergeant in 1906, was promoted to lieutenant in 1917 and to captain in 1920, with assignment at No. 3 pre- cinct. A year later he took command of the important downtown business precinct, No. 1. His term of duty at this precinct brought him into contact with most of the city's leading busi- ness men and others of prominence by whom he is held in high esteem. He is recognized as an authority in traffic matters, having solved many problems that have presented themselves in the congested shopping district. Inspector Headley has been in charge of traffic matters since 1919, when he was appointed a.captain and assigned to police headquarters to supervise the traffic force. In 1922 he was appointed inspector, and in 1923 became head of the Traffic Bureau. SENATOR LADD IS ILL N BALTIMORE HOSPITAL Undergoing Treatment for Throat Trouble—Has Been Confined for 10 Days. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., June 13.—Sen- ator Edwin Fremont Ladd of North Dakota is a patient at the Baltimore Church Home and Infirmary, it be- came known today. At the home it was said that the Senator had been there for 10 days undergoing treat- ment for throat trouble. Dr, G. Lane Taneyhlll, Senator Ladd’s physician, could not be reached this afternoon. It was not indicated at the home that Senator Ladd's con- dition was serious. ————— tion of determining whether the pe- sition in the United States Senate shall be filled by special election or at the general election 18 months hence. ' Discretion in the matter of deter. mining -the election 1s fixed in a stat- ute which says that if the vacancy oceurs more than four months or less than 40 days before a general election it may be filled at a special election, but that if it is not so filled it shall WASHINGTON, D. LA FOLLETTE NAME HELD IN POLITICS Sons of Wisconsin Senator Building for Future on Lines He Chartqd. C., FRIDAY MMILLAN T0 PICK NEW ARGTIC BASE Planes to Fly From Axel-Hei- berg Island—Expedition Sails Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. WISCASSET, Me., June 19.—An unknown area in the Northland beck- ons to Donald B. MacMillan and his party of explorers, scientists and naval aviators, who sail tomorrow to seek a new continent in the Polar Bea. The expedition’s aerial stead of being at Cape Columbia, where the search for Amundsen would have started had not the Nor- wegian returned safe to Spitzbergen vesterday, will be at Cape Thomas Hubbard, on Axel-Heiberg Island. From there the flyers will spread out like the fingers of a hand to look for the new continent. Once this land is found the scien- tists of the expedition, who are work- ing under the auspices of the Na- tional Geographic Society, which is sponsoring and financing the trip, will begin their studles of the ele- ments and the plant and animal life of the territory. Scientist to Study Game. One of these scientists js Dr. Wal- ter Koelz of Ann Arbor, Mich.. who for the past 10 years has been study- ing the habits and species of white fish in the Great Lakes for the United States Bureau of Fisheries. He expects to find many types of fish that will be new to museums and perhaps to learn the breeding place of the cod that swarms to New Eng- land waters. There are many game birds in the United States that come from no one knows where and Dr Koelz believes the breeding places of many will be found Plant life and flowers, believed to abound on the unknown land, will be base, in- photographed in natural colors by Ja cob Gayer of Akron, Ohio. He is taking 800 plates, especially prepared for the color process. Ordinary cam- eras, with home modifications, are used for the work. Mr. Gayer also will photograph fish, birds and cloud effects. It is in the Arctic that most “‘weather originates” is the belief of Albert C. Francis, chief aerographer for the Navy, who will study wind currents from the standpoint of the offect they have upon the rest of the world. Final Preparations Made. Final preparations were being made today to make things shipshape aboard the two vessels which will carry the party to the North. To- night Lieut. Comdr. MacMillan will be a guest at a dinner in Southport. given by the State of Maine. Elabo- ate preparations are being made in Wiscasset for the final departure to- morrow, and thousands of persons are expected to watch the two little ships slip away from the wharf and down the Sheepscot River for an unknown land, News of Amundsen's return was greeted with joy by members of the MacMillan _expedition, not only be cause of thankfulness for the safety of their fellow explorer, but also be- cause these men who have made such elaborate preparations had visions of their plans going for naught if they did what they considered their duty and used their time in the North searching for Amundsen. On hearing of the Norwegian's safe return MacMillan voiced his “heartiest congratulations.” Explaining that it would net now Dbe necessary to subordinate his origi- nal plans, he said it would be possible to undertake exploration of the great continent. Among the more than a thousand members of the Radio Relay League who will strain their ears to catch a wireless message from MacMillan's expedition when it reaches the Polar Sea will be a woman in Manchester, | Conn. She is Mrs. John Reinartz, wife of the young man who designed and built the radio apparatus aboard Mac- Millan's ship, the Bowdoin, and who will be the operator on the Bowdoin. He is largely responsible for the use of the short wave length in radio transmission Mrs. Reinartz will listen because she knows it will be the hand of her husband tapping the key far off in the northland or perhaps she will be fortunate enough to hear his voice, for Reinartz plans to use the radio tele- phone as much as possible. PLEA FOR MORE SPACE IN U. S. DEPARTMENTS Public Buildings Commission, Headed by Senator Smoot, to Re- port on Crowded Conditions. A comprehensive survey of office space in the Government departments in Washington will probably be made by the Public Buildings Commissien, of which Senator Smoot of Utah is chairman. At a meeting today held in Senator Smoot’'s office the eommission heard pleas for more space from representa- tives of the various departments. These representatives were sald to be unanimous in reeiting crowded con- ditions and inadequate quarters in which to carry on the business of the United States. Although it is said that the com- mission earnestly desires the removal of all temporary buildings on the Mall, it is regarded as unlikely that these structures will be done away with until some plan is worked out to provide additional space either in new buildings or in the present ones. Fol- lowing the\ meeting today Senator Smoot admitted that conditions de- manded immediate action. ‘The commission is expected to meet ain in a few days to go over the 'guments advanced by the repr sentatives today and to determine its future actions. COOLIDGE PLEASED BY TRIBUTE FROM CAPITAL CITIZENS (Continued from First Page.) sented to me I shall cherish as a con- stant memorial to the high patriotism and abiding friendship which has caused you and your associates to con- fer it upon the presidential office. It will be an inspiration to me while I am in the public service and one of my ‘most cherished memories when I have the privilege again to retire to pri- vate life.” The presentation was made by Willlam T. Galliher, who was chair- man of the inaugural committee, and who on this_occasion was accom- panied to the White House by Samuyel J. Prescott, Robert N. Harper. Ld- ward C. Graham, E. F. Colladay, T. Lincoln Townsend, C. C. Glover, j and E. F. Everett, who were assoc ated with Mr. Galliher on the (nsugu- ral committee. JUNE 19, 1925. FIGURE IN POLICE SHAKE-UP : Inspector Albert J. Headley, in charge of Traffic Bureau, who was demoted to rank of captain for assignment to a precinct. Right: Capt. E. W. Brow promoted to rank of inspector and placed in charge of Traffic Bureau. He has been in command of No. 1 precinct. DRIVERISINDICTED FOR DEATH OF GIRL Alvin Maurice Davis Is. Held by Grand Jury on Charge of Manslaughter. An indictment for manslaughter re sulting from a traffic accident was re- ported today by the grand jury against Alvin Maurice Davis, driver of an automobfle which is said to have caused the death of Miss Nellie R. Hershberger May 15. The young woman was a passenger in a car May 10 with which the automobile of Davis was in collision at Twenty first and L streets, and was thrown Trom the vehicle by the force of the collision. She was taken to Emergency Hospital and died five days later Ralph D. Reeves, former officer of the Reeves Guaranty Co., is charged with embezzlement in connection with a note of $3.826 belonging to the corporation. The indictment alleges that the note was in the possession of Reeves as officer, agent and employe of the corporation. and that November 29, 1922, he converted the note to his own use Arnold B. Coffman is indicted for two violations of the postal laws. He is alleged to have opened two pack- sae=— deposited in the mails and to ;""’n\" taken two pistols, each worth The grand jurors ignored a c of violating the anti-narcotic law pre- ferred against Florence A. Fowler, and dropped a charge of embezzle: ment against Charles Newman. Other Indictments. Others indicted and the against them are: David J. Brenner, violation Harrison narcotic act; Pete Bailey, alias Clarence Baylor, and Danzell Jackson, grand larceny; Thorn- ton Gibson and Randolph Ward, housebreaking and _larceny. Clifton Simms, assault with dangerous weapon; Harvey T. Soper, false pre- tenses; Willls W. Parker, embezzie- ment and larceny after trust: George B. McLeod, false pretenses; Ralph D. Reev embezzlement: Frank Lops, white slavery: Harrison H. Hunter and Daniel Riley, housebreaking and larceny: George Francis McNulty and Belton Moore, violation Harrison nar- cotic act; James P. Wayland, false pretenses; Charles Evans, violation Harrison narcotic act. Charlie A. Robinson, pandering: Hammond Sinclair McElvy and Rich. ard Henry Eva, violation of the Har- rison narcotic act: Harvey T. Soper, forgery; Norman Clifton Hawe, viola- tion Harrison narcotic ac John Crawford. non-support of minor chil- dren; Harrison Hunter and Danlel Riley, housebreaking and larceny; Daniel Riley and Harrison H. Hunter, Joy-riding: Isa Bowen, alias Charles Russell Bowne, alias Robert W. Lans. dale, allas R. R. Lansdale, white slavery; James Watson, assault with a dangerous weapon:; Stanley P. Sampson, joy-riding; George Wintner. violation of Harrison rnarcotic act; Mabel Liberty, assault with a danger- ous weapon; Harry B. Rudd, violation of national prohibition act; John Percy Young, robbery; Nathan Campbell, robbery and grand larceny: William H. O’'Brien, carnal knowledge. ge charges TEAPOT DOME OIL LEASES TO SINCLAIR UPHELD BY COURT (Continued from First Page.) lease a secret pending consummation of the Pearl Harbor oil storage lease with the E. L. Doheny interests. Fall's - neglect to get an opinion frog the Attorney General on the legality of the lease was ‘no more than an error in judgment in select- ing attorneys.” Judge Kennedy held, pointing out that Assistant Secretary Finney passed on the question. Declares Fraud Unproven. The Government's contention that Sinclair was guilty of fraud because bonds of the Continental Trading Co were found in the possession of a relative of Fall's, cannot be upheld from the evidence offered, the deci sion asserted. The decision assumed that the oil transactions invelving the trading company; A. E. Humphreys, Texas oll operator, the Sinclair interests and the Midwest Oil Co., have been bona fide. APPEAL 1S EXPECTED. Both Sinclair and Doheny Cases Likely to Go to Supreme Court. By the Associated Press > Harry ¥. Sinclair's victory in the Government’s attempt to cancel the Teapot Dome naval oil lease probably will result in throwing that case, as well as the one decided against E. L. Doheny, invelving the Elk Hills reserve, into the Supreme Court of the United States. The Doheny case, in which the Gov- ernment won, already has been ap- pealed, and Government counsel hav glven notice that they would carry the Sinclair e to the higher courts in the event their efforts at Cheyenne resulted in failure. Although the situation presents an apparent conflict of judicial opinion, it is pointed out here that some of the circumstances in the cases differ and they were fought out on their individual merits. One point, however, on which a sharp division was presented in the decisions of the judges who heard the two cases was that involving the President’s right to transfer the oil reserves to the Interior Department. In the Doheny case this right was denied, while today at Cheyenne it was upheld. This point is expected to furnish a basis for a long legal battle. The tempest of Teapot Dome had its inception in Washington early in April, 1922, when reports became cur- ALOGAL OLFERS STAY INTOURNEY MacKenzie, Kellerman, Tuek- erman and McCallum Win. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. BALTIMORE. Md., June 19—Four golters from Washington clubs sur- vived the first round of match play in the Middle Atlantic Golf Associa- tion's champlonship today, which is being played on the course of the new Maryland Country Club. Eight = Washingtonians qualified vesterday in the first flight and only four of them survived the first round today. Roland R. MacKenzie of Co- lumbia found a worthy opponent in Le Roy Sasscer of Maryland, reaching the turn all even with the home club plaver. MacKenzie had three birdies in & row, beginning with the eleventh hole, and won the match by 4—3. George J. Voigt of Bannockburn was defeated by W. L. Richardson of Mary- land in one of the upsets of the first round. Richardson was around in 72 to win from the Bannockburn by 2-1 Other Results. Other first flight results follow: F. A. Savage, jr. Elkridge, defeated John F. Brawner of Columbia. 1 up in the nineteenth hole; W. R. Tucker- man, Burning Tree, defeated Albert R. MacKenzie, Columbia, 6 and 5, while Karl F. Kellerman, jr.. Colum- bia Douglas Rose, Maryland, . A. Savage, sr., Elkridge . Sasscer, Maryland. de. feated M. Peck, Richmond, 2 and 1: W. R. McCallum, Washington, defeat- ed C. Peck, Lexington. 4 and 3. Of the three father-and-son com binations in the first sixteen the Mac Kenzies, the Savages and the Pecks, the senior members of the families were beaten in first rounds today, while one of the Sasscers won and the other lo: rent that the then Secretary of the Interior, Albert B. Fall, had leased the big Wyoming naval oil reserve to Harry F. Sinclair's Mammoth Oil Co. Reports of the leasing were confirmed by Mr. Fall himself after the Senate, at the instance of Senator J. B. Hen. drick of Wyoming, had demanded of the Interior Secretary the facts in the case. It was April 21 of that year when Mr. Fall reported the lease had been given Mr. Sinclair. The next step of consequence was the creation of the Senate ofl committee, headed by Sena- tor Walsh of Montana, which probed long and deep into the transaction, giving the Government information upon which it based its suit for annul- ment on the ground of fraud and ille- gality The sult was prepared by Owen J Roberts, Philadelphia lawyer, and Atlee Pomerene, former Ohio Senator, who were appointed by President Cool- idge as special Government counsel It was filed in March, 1924, just a year before being brought to trial. Trial $230,500 in Bonds. In the year intervening between the flling of the suit and the trial Mr. Roberts and Mr. Pomerene obtained information which they said indicated an exchange of Liberty bonds between Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Fall shortly after the lease was executed. and thelr hunt for evidence led them to Toronto, Canada, to the threshold of the Continental Trading Co., which they later charged was an organiza tion fostered by Mr. Sinclair and other oil men. One of the functions of this com- pany, the Government charged, was the passing of securities to Mr. Fall from Mr. Sinclair. The Government attempted to prove that $230,500 in bonds bought by the trading com- pany were given to Mr. Fall. H. §. Osler, head of the company, refused to answer questions in Toronto when asked for a deposition by a repre. sentative of the American State De- partment After three delays in the start- ing of the case, it got under way here March 9 last. Mr. Sinclair and his small army of attorneys, among them Martin W. Littleton of New York. George P. Hoover of Washing- ton and J. W. Lacey of Cheyenne, were on hand to fight the Govern- ment's charges with every means at their command. Deal Kept Secret. E. C. Finney, Assistant Secretary of the interior, was the first wit- ness called by the Government in its attempt to prove that the negotia- tion and execution of the lease were carried out in secrecy and that it had been granted without competi- tive bidding. Mr. Finney testified that he had not been Informed of the signing of the lease until some time after it had been executed. Senator Kendrick also was called to. testify as to a flood of inquiries by his constituents as to prospects for leasing the oil reserve, and of his unsuccessful attempts to get definite information from the Interior Department. Then the Government plunged into its attempt to establish that Mr. Fall had received liberty bonds from Mr. Sinclair. It called to the stand bhank officials and em ployes from Pueblo, Colo.; EI Paso, Tex., and Carrizozo, N. Mex.. where Mr. Fall had banking connections, and produced records of Mr. Fall's bank acpounts. The defense objected vigorously to the introduction of these records on the ground that no evidence had been Introduced to connect either Mr. Sinclair or Mr. Fall or the Mammeth Oil Co. with the transactions. Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy took the jobjection under advisement over the week end and on the following Mon- upheld the objection on the ground that the Government had es- tablished no connection between Mr. Sinclair and the bank accounts. Th Government t| reversed its order of testimony and called bank clerks ' NERGER PROPUSH STRS PARK POLE Representative Blanton’s Plan May Cost Men Their Jobs, Col. Sherrilt Says. Posgibility of consolidation of tha park police and other individual police forces in the District of Columbia with the Meuopolitan police is being studied by Representative Thomas 1. Blanton of Texas, he said today. Mr Blanton declared, however, 1t had not made up his mind as whether such a consolidation wo be feasible or practical, but that Was going into the entire matter Several days ago. he said. he wg present at the White House Ellipse a' one of the regular inspections of th United States park p for 1 addressed them on th. majority indicated at they would welcome the c with the metropolitan p ton said he told them that the matter probably would oo considered in committee at the co ing sessfon of Congress and th, would like to have some of them | ent their views then. He denied repart that he had told th ganize a committee to pre case and if they did not do he would subpoena them indiv 10 testify before the committes Discipline Held Menaced. According to those present at the inspection of the park police McMorris asked Mr. Blanton cared to say anything to the mer the legislator told them of the p leges enjoyed by the metrop: lice and asked how mar would like to become metropolitan police. Not a few of then held up their hands, and 3la it is said, promised to try about the necessary le; What is feared most Lieut. Col. Clarence O charge of public buildings parks, is that the park nolice under & rigid discipline, will rel the efforts of the Texas Represer and neglect to comply with the r discipline of the park police. The r result will be, it was pointed out many of them will never get or metropolitan police force there is a tranfer of they will lose their jobs Park Rules Rigid. The park police w ulations of their regular police trial ho case with the Metropolitan are given a hearing hef, riors, and they are not set the evidence, it was pointed out as is done in the case of the ) politan police. Many of them want to get under disciplinary feature the system in vogue in the 1 tem one of the finest police force: T the country has been built up, but they are kept on their toes all the time in the performance of their dutv, for they are made to realize what it means to fail to perform their duty in a small point One of the priv out to the men the other day t they would get one day off in seven instead of one day off in fourteen, as at present the latter is due to the fact that t are not enough men on the park p force to give one day off in seven Neither do the park police have the disability pay feature, and this was held out to them. Once Near Mutiny Several vears ago the park oli got up a round robin, which a substantially to a mutiny, with the result that many of them lost their positions and, it was pointed out b officials, that if they rely too much on their prospects of getting on the metropolitan force the same thing is likely to happen At any rate, it was said, strenuo efforts will be made to prevent th transfer of this force o the Distr government. Col. Sherrill pointed ot that it is the practice throughot country for cities to have a sey and distinct police force for parks. a force of men specially t for this duty. To put the park under one head and leave the s ity for maintaining the parks under the Federal officers would sult in a dual control that wo disastrou at The time the. 1solidation AT that b and P the o violate Unde: h from New York, bonds bought company. Then, through witnesses and ords, the Government traced 1he bonds by their serial numbers to M T. Everhart of Pueblo, a of Mr. Fall, who was stand. Mr. Everhart swer questions regarding the honds and the deposits he was alleged have made in behalf of Mr. Fall on the ground that such might incrimin ate him. Again the case was tied up pending a ruling by Judge Ken nedy, and the judge finally held 1t Mr. Everhart must answer certain questions, but that the court would gulde him if the questions obviously were of a nature that would impli cate him. He was promptly upheld by the court and excused from test: fying when Government counsel quiz zed him as to whether he was in the EnAulern part of the United States in 1922. The Government had attempted to prove that Mr. Everhart carried the bonds from the trading company to Pueblo and had deposited them there for Mr. Fall. After that the Government's was short, and the defense launched into its side of the fight The deposition of Rear Admiral J K. Robison, chief of the Navy Bureau of Engineering, which required almost two davs for reading, was put bef. the court. Admiral Robison's mony was to the effect that clair's offer was the best that could have been obtained by the Govern ment; that Teapot Dome was in im minent danger of drainage from th wells in the adjacent Salt Creek field and that the national defense situ ation In 1920 and 1921 was such that the Navy was badly in need of oil Navy Records Withheld. Another high spot in the defense was the calling to the stand of Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer, Judge Advocate General of the Navy. who appeared as the representative of Becretary of the Navy Wilbur. The defense had subpoenued certain rec ords of the Navy Department in sup port of its contention that the inter national situation demanded that be made ready for naval use Admiral Latimer brought certif cates from Secretary Wilbur and from Secretary of State Kellogg in which they made known their refusal to produce certain of the records sub poenaed on the ground that they con tained naval secrets and that to pu them before the public would be imical te the interests of the United States. The certificates requested Judge Kennedy to excuse their re fusal, which he did From that point the defense made quick work of its side of the case and rested after three days. The Govern ment used seven days in the presen tation of testimony, and two days of argument, in which the validity of the executive order, signed by Presi dent Harding in May, 1921, transfer ring the oil reserves from the Nat who testified as 10 there by the’ tradins re. son-in-lz called to the refused to an test] Mr. Sir Department to the TInterior Depari ment, was argued. This phase of the argument congtituted one of the main issues In the Bovernment's case.