Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1926, Page 2

FHR ELLEN MACKAY WED ¢ TOIRVING BERLIN Broadway Jazz Prince Mar- ries Fifth Avenue Society prince waiter in il of their honeymoon to board wiil Wi spend sc eired in wht hat wde Berlin : ept da tha i been ne P father. » Telephone. vomance and marriage of who start sian frami » thrills of many songs, of his eph My ANy that wed orn the the to he fon w n in had beer nd as many ay Yesterday The m: surpris ithout my rumored times de disapproved of the issued this riakge comes as me and was knowledze and ap- temer Berlin's early life was spent selling newspapers on the Bowery, HIs bride is of Fifth avenue society Mr. Ber- lin s Jew; father was a rabbi lis bride is & Roman Catholic. Her her is 1 the most- prominent us Question 1s asked abos “There is re bout that the religious Iy nothing to now,” be an wedding tpa party went to the Building by subway. one of subway trips the bride had i a deputy city clerk ceremony s popular songs have ven around incidents in his fter the death of his first wife, on their honeymoon In “When I Lost You." ckay recently was sent her father, Berlin and when you are far away, and I am blue, what'll I do?” he wrote “Don’t Walt Too and soon after that “Remem en, =d th wrote “All Alone’ “What'll I do nied that significanc was ¢ the songs held spec but Broadway never s first grezt popular nit was “Alex- ander's Hagtime Band.” “Oh, How 1 ate to Get Up in the Morning” was written when he was a sergeant at Camp Upton during the war. "oday he heads his own musica) pub. lishing firm, is producer of the annual Music Box Revues and is reputed to have an income of $500,000 a year, Berlin is 37 and his bride 22, Re- cently she attracted attention by writ- £ an article explaining why debu- inntes prefer cabarets to exclusive 2l functions, whose “boredom” 1ld not be overcome They t at a social function on Long lIsland. The bride’s mother, who married Dr. Joseph A. Blake, after a divorce, de- clined to comment on her daughter's marriage me reports credit _her with opposition to the marriage; others sy she has been willing to let her daughter follow the dictates of her heart QUESTIONS BLANKET RELIEF MEASURES Reclamation Commissioner Urges Investigation Into Each Project Considered. 5 frho wisdom of blanket reliet meas- pres for reclamation projects, without investigation Into each e, Wi nuestioned In testimony by Dr. Elwood Mead, commissioner of reclamation, before the House subcommittee con- sidering the Interior Department ap- propriation Lill. The testimony was made public tod: Recalling that between 1921 and 1524 Co had pussed four relief measures, all providing for postpone- ments ip pavments due the Govern- ment from water users, Dr. Mead said: While the Intent of these relief measures was commendable, their operations would have been far more aluable 1f they required a careful utiny into individual necessities and \ted relief to those unable to meet heir obligations. This would have prevented the Government's gener- osity being abused, as it been where rellef was granted to all de- lnquents regardless of the causes of delinquenc Because of the blanket feature and nce of necessary individual crutiny, we find on profects some water users have made herofc sacri- fices to pay their debts to the Govern- ment In full, while others have been kronic evaders, not only refusing to pay charges they were amply able to meet, b using their influence to in- duce other settlers to oppose these pay- men “There is need on all land, public nd private, for selection of settlers, breause the cultivation of those lands, © as to meet high development ex- penses, must be intensive. Plans for 1 development and economic or- gznization of communities are as es- entinl rdequate plans and esti- v the engineering works. Un- these are provided early or gatis- 'y return from the Government's estient need not be anticipated.” mates CITY HEADS OPPOSING ZONE LAW AMENDMENT A bill introduced in the Senate to smend the zoning act that the helght of bufldings could be increased to 90 fect on blocks separate from public buildings, public building sites, pub- irks, or other public property was opposed today hy the Board of District Commissioners. In & report to Senator Capper, chairman of the Senate District com mittee, the Commissfoners pointed out that the Zoning Commission as well as themselves have ample au- thority under existing law to prescribe the height limit of buildings confront- ing public buildings, public parks, etc., and they believe the bill is unneces- -5y, Mrs. Roosevelt Pays First White House Visit in 17 Years Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, widow of President Roosevelt, accompanied by M as Longworth, wife of th of the Hous former Presid Coolidge at This was the Roosevelt has House since her husband 81 the upon Mrs, House toc Mr: White when ivate life called White first time that bheen in the March 4, 1% retired to Mrs, Roosevell is visiting in the home of her step-daughter. on Massachusetts avenue, and made it n to t I that before leaving Washington she was de sirous of meeting Mrs. Coolidge and more looking about the in. the White Hous wias arranged for alimost and for nearly half hour the three women sat in veception room on the second r of the White House a later visited other rooms of the old man- n familiar to the former mistress, JUVENILE CERSUS NEAR COMPLETION Official Count of Children Ex- pected to Be Ready by March. ca immediate Washington's eagerly awaited venile census, the otficial count in the history of the city of children between the ages of 3 and 18 years, was announced today as Seven tenths completed, with the probabil- that the final reports of enumer- ators will be completed by March While this is the third forecast that has been made concerning the com pletion of the interesting census, Miss F. L. Bentley, director of the depart- ment of school attendance and work permits. pointed out today that the task is a monumental one, in which she now has only five enumerators working. It was first predicted in the annual report of Dr. Frank W Ballou, superintendent of achools, that the census would be finished by Sep- tember, and later De was set as the period of completion Large Section Remains. A careful check-up today on the map of the city being used in the census on which the enumerators dally pencil out the squares they have covered shows that one large section remains to be covered. This 1s the entire northwest section, bound- ed on the east by Rhode Island ave. nue, on the north by the Maryland line, on the west by Georgia avenue and Thirteenth street and on the south by Florida avenue. In this area there Is but one strip lyving southwest of the Soldiers' Home and a lower half of Petworth that have been covered. Miss Bentley plans to put all of the five enumerators to work on this sec- tion as soon as they have finished small uncanvassed sections in the parts of the city they have been as signed. Another territory which has not been reached by the enumerators is that bounded on the south by Con- necticut avenue and on the mnorth by Rock Creck Park, including the Trum- bull Circle territory. Small areas around Thomas Circle, Dupont Circle and Mount Vernon square also re- main untouched. Anacostia Covered. In the northeast and southeast there is & strip north and south of the Lin- coln Park area and east of Fourteenth street, southeast out to the jail which must be worked. but the entire section across the bridge in Anacostla has been covered. There are two outstanding uses to which the census will be put when it s completed. One is to glve the school authoritles an accurate method of preparing for school enrollments and the other is to check up on chil- dren who might be evading the com- pulsory school attendance law. Miss Bentley declared today that her enumerators have been accorded splendid co-operation in their thou- sands of solicitations for informa- tion. Inasmuch as the work Is being done afoot, there heimg no funds for automobiles for the enumerators, it can be appreclated, she says, that their task is no simple one. During the Summer months Miss Bentley impressed into service in the census the 11 school-attendance offi- cers, giving her 16 enumerators, but when school opened she again found herself with but five enumerators. Uses for Census. There are many uses to which the census figures can be put,” Miss | Bentley reminded today, “outside of the two for which it is primarily heing taken. For instance, years from now it may be necessary to establish the age of certaln men and women. This could be done through reference to the census cardf. Also in the plan- ning of playground facilities reference tour files would tell the number of children who would be benefited in any glven area. I expect, goes on, that we will be able to put our datz to numerous uses which were not in the minds of those who drafted and sponsored the law It has been found that the average output of an enumerator is 100 names a day. This does not mean, however, that they only visit 100 homes a day, as, of course, many families they in- terrogate are either childless or have children outside of the ages being in- cluded in the census. B ORGAN RECITAL GIVEN AT HAMLINE CHURCH Chandler Goldthwaite, Famous Art- ist, Presents Splendid Program. i Ju i | st | The week of dedicatory services at the new Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and Allison streets, was featured: last night by an organ recital by Chandler Goldthwalte of New York, one of the great concert or- ganists of the country. He was as- sisted by John Marville, basso, and Edith B. Athey, accompanist. Mr. Goldthwaite possesses unusual technical equipment and taste in reg- istration. The program opened with Cesar Franck's Choral, No. 3. Later, Franck’s ‘“Plece Herolque™ received : fine_interpretation. _Short numbers by Schumann, Karg-Elert, Nevin and Bonnet followed. Bach was represent- ed by an “Adagio.” This was given a quaint registration and was one of the most interesting numbers. The concluding “Toccata” by Mulet was plaved with speed and clarity and proved a good medium to display the virtuosity of the recitalist. Mr. Marville sang a recitative and arfa, “Now Heaven in Fullest Glory Shone,” from “The Creation,” by Haydn, and “Hallelujah,” by Hum mel. Both these numbers were given in fine voice and style. Miss Athey played effective accompeniments as time | THE EVE DOHENY OIL LEASE INVALIDITY UPHELD 'U. S. Appeals Court Also De- nies Any Compensation for Money Expended. By the Assoviated Press AN FRANCISCO, decision _which if ‘upheld by the United States Supreme Court will strip the Bdward L. Doheny Interests of all their protested leaseholds in naval ofl reserve No. 1 in California, and deny them any performed in such the Pearl Harbor oil station at Hono- lulu, was handed down here yesterday the United States Circuit Court of January b5.—A rves and at | court upheld the action of the United States District Court in Los Angeles in ordering the cancellation of the leascholds in question on the | ground that they were obtained through conspiracy and collusion. | The court, however, reversed the | finding of the trial court that the Pan- | American Petroleum and Transport { Co. should be compensated by $11,786.- 92§ for work done in establishing the Pearl Harbor oil base and for explora- tion and drilling work in the Elk Hills | fields, the focal point of the contro- versy In effect the court held that if the leases themselves were obtained through an illegal exchange of any sort, the lessees most certainly were not entitled to the return of any moneys expended as an outgrowth of such iilegal act. The Government's suit against E. Lo Doheny oil interests was the first ciase investigated by the United States 1 o to come to trial. Dur- investigation Dobeny testifled that he expected to realize $100,000,000 on the leases and con- involving the Elk Hills naval reserve, Gern Co Calif., and ruction of the ¢ oil base at Pewrl Harbor, Hawail Federal Judge Paul J. McCormick at Los Angeles, after hearing the case, which opened in October, 1924, ordered | the leases and contracts canceled on |two grounds—first, that they were | against public policy. hecause the ac- |tion of the then Sccretary of the In- terlor, Albert B. Fall, in making them was fraudulent, and, second, because the executlve order under which the instruments were executed was {n- valld. “Loan” Called “Bribe.” In its complaint the Government charged that a fraudulent conspiracy between Fall and Doheny entered into negotfations surrounding the leases. | Government counsel charged specifi- | cally that the $100,000 “loan” Doheny | made to Fall in November, 1921, was a bribe and constituted a fraud on the | United States. | ‘Counsel for Doheny defended the | $100,000 transaction as a personal loan | between friends of lifelons standing | and held that it played no part in securing the leases, since the tender | took*place more than a year previous [to the letting of the major lease in | sute. During the trial at Los Angeles the Government introduced a mass of evi- |@ence designed to show that through- out the negotiations Fall and Doheny | were the chief factors in all important {matters leading up to the letting of |the leases. Other evidence tended to |show that secrecy surrounded the | negotiations, and that the leases were made without competitive bidding. Secrecy Charged. Countering this magnate’'s counsel and argument held lat that time Secretary of the and in charge of naval ofl mat {was always informed of the various |steps in making the leases, and that |the secrecy was ordered by ti# Navy | Department because the Pearl Hurbor |project was included In the Navy's | war plans. | " In arguing before the Circuit Court |ot Appeals the defense contended that | Judge McCormick's finding that Secre. |tary Denby was “passive” throughout | the negotiations, that he “took no ac- tive part” in them and was without | knowledge of the contents of the docu- ments he signed, was directly con- s to evidence in the lower court Defense counsel pointed spect! cally to testimony of Admiral J. Robison, in charge of oil matter under Secretary Denby, who testi- fled that “I never did ome thing in this ofl business without its being approved by Secretary Denby first. Through this and other evidence the defense sought to show that the stamp of legality was placed on all leases and contracts in suit. Decision Cited. Attorneys for Doheny called the attention of the appellate court to the decision of Federal Judge Ken- nedy at Cheyenne, who declined to cancel leases held by the Mammoth Oll Co.. executed at about the same time as the Dohney leases, and quoted that part of the decision which said that “to hold that it was not Denby’s official act is, it seems to us, little short of branding him as an imbecile.” The leases to Doheny were ex- ecuted under the executive order of May 31, 1921, signed by Presldent Harding, delegating power to lease naval ofl lands to the Secretary of the Navy. Preceding this order was the congressional act of June 4, 1920 known as the naval oll reserve act which authorized the Secretary of the Navy to lease and operate these lands “in his discretion” and “for the benefit of the United States.” The Government charged the leas- ing of virtually all of naval oil reserve No. 1 was contrary to the policy out- lined by Congress, since the lands were to be held as reserves except for protection against drainage. The contracts entered into between the Government and Doheny provided for the construction of a mnaval oil base at Pearl Harbor and to supply a total of 4,200,000 barrels of fuel oil at the Hawailan base. The Govern. ment agreed {o exchange royalty crude of] accruing from the leases for fuel oil’ and the tankage facilities This exchange was attacked and de- fended. Frank J. Hogan, chief counsel for Edward L. Doheny, today declared that in proper time an application would be made to the United States Supreme Court to review the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals, which vesterday declared invalld the lease to the Elk Hills Naval Reserve. “Until that court acts,” sald Mr. Hogun, “we shall have nothing to say.” ofl | con: | | i { contentfon the oll through evidence Edwin Denb: e Accused Minister Denied Hearing. SPRINGFIELD, TIL, January 5 (®). —-Dr. Carl D. Case, former Oak Park, U1, minister, asked the Supreme Court yesterday to reconsider its de- “islon in refusing to hear him before pproving the divorce of Albert R. Leland and his wife, Charlotte, of Chi- cago, on her self-confessed infidelity. ‘The court held that Dr. Case, who was named corespondent in the divorce action, had no right to intervene. Society Leader Dies. CHICAGO, Januaty 5 P.—Mrs. George W. Dixon, for years a society leader and widely known clubwoman, ictive In philanthropic work, died yes erday at her home here. She was dentifled prominently with _social scrvice agencies and was a_director of the ¢ 0 Tubgrculoais Institute, relief for work | 'AR, WASHINGTO J $100,000 IS NEEDED TO RESTORE CUSTIS MANSION AT ARLINGTON i Estimate of A A mount Necessary to Comply With Act uthorizing Repairing Gen. Lee’s Home Is Cut About $125,000 by War Department. It is estimated by the War Depart- ment that an appropriation by Con- gress of $100,000 will enable it to restore the old Custls Mansion in the Arlington Natlonal Cemetery to the general condition in which it existed immediately prior to the Civil War, when it was occupied by Gen. Robert | E. Lee, at the time he resigned from the United States Army to assume command of the military forces of the Confederncy. An et was passed March 4, 1925, directing the Secretary of War to re- store the building as stated, but as 1t carrled no appropriation it could not | be put into effect. In addition to pro- | viding for the repair and rehabilita- | tlon of the old colonial mansion, the | act provided for replacing the original i furniture and equipment if such arti- Lcles could be procured, and if not, the | procurement, either by gift or pur- chase, of suitable substitutes. No Funds Available. Several months ago the quartermas: ter general of the Army, who has di- rect supervision of the cemetery, was directed to make an investigation of the matter. In his report he sald no |funds were avaflable to execute the provisions of the act, and estimated that it would require $225,000 to do so. He pofnted out that it was practi- cally fmpossible to trace and recover the original furniture and equipment at this late date, and though some suit able substitutes might be donated, the bulk of the interfor furnishings, stmi- lar to the originals, would have to be purchased in the open market, and might not be cbtainable even in that manner. The report showed also that the mansion ftself, with the two low stone bufldings in the rear, formerly occu- pled by the slave help, were in need of considerable repairs and would have to be repainted and touched up. At present the mansion is occupied by the superintendent of the cemetery as a residence and also for offices for himself and his assistants. The quar- termaster general explained that the execution of the act would require the vacation of their present quari and the erection of new buildings within llhrx reservation for their accommoda- tion. Three Buildings Included. In estimating the total cost at §22 000, nearly one-half was for three new buildings of a character to harmonize on a reduced scale with the only other buildings within the cemetery, the Custis mansion und the amphitheater. These bulldings were to be loc near the three principal entrances to the cemetery. Since that report was made investi- gations have been made by Assistant Secretary of War MacNider and other officers of the Quartcrmaster Corps with the result that it was found that the actual necessities of the case might be met by the erection of a sin- gle small lodge for the use of the su- perintendent, located preferably near the Fort Meyer gateway. There al ready is a small brick lodge for an as sistant superintendent near the Ord- Weitzel gateway at the extreme north- east corner of the reservation. Reduction Made. With these revisions and a few oth- ers connected with the repair and re- furnishing of the mansion and the slave quarters it was found possible to reduce the original estimate of the cost of the entire project to $100,000. It I8 admitted, however, that it may become necessary later to the ] 4T the Sherf dan where the Avlington ulevard from 1 Bridge will ¢ the « tery grounds, on a dires 10 bet the Lincoln Memorial and the historic Custis Mansion. Though bullt and oo cupled by the Custis family, the man sion has become generally known as the Lee Mansfon. because Gen. Lee made it his home after his marrlage to Miss Mary Anne Randolph Custis, up to the outhreak of the Civil War the te ALL-NIGHT PARKING BAN NOW 0PPOSED Chamber Committee Favors Study and Adoption of Rule Later. Declaring the prevention of all- night parking of automobiles is im- practicable at this time, the police and fire protection committee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce announced today that there should be some regulation governing this mat- ter a year or 18 months hence. The committee felt that this prob lem should be given very deep stud and that immediate action would work an undue hardship on automo- bile owners. . The committes was unanimous in its opinion that the status of the Women's Bureau and of the person- nel should remain the same. This is |in opposition to the efforts of Mrs { Van Winkle to make the bureau in- dependent and enlarge the force. | A number of other matters, includ- ing the condemnation of palnted traf fic signs on the streets, particular! the street car safety zones, the re stralnt of the sale of firearms, the necessity of a high pressure water | system to downtown Washington and better lighting facilities, were in- dorsed by the committee, of which Charles W. Darr is chairman. Elaborate preparations are being made for the annual Midwinter din- | ner of the chamber, which is to be held at the New Willard January 2 Members of the House and Se District committee, the District Com- mis ners and other prominent local and Federal officials have been invited. | It is expected that more than 600 will | attend. |"“Warren C. Kendall, chatrman of the chamber's house @ommittee, is in charge of the plans for the dinner. E. A. Smith s chairman of the pro- gram committee, Henry C. Cole, chairman of the seating committee, Harry Evans, chairman of the enter- tainment committee and O. A. C. Oehmler zhairman of the music com- mittee. MOTHERS’ AID BILL COMPROMISE WINS UNDIVIDED' SUPPORT (Continued from First Page.) $28 per child for maintenance in in- stitutions, it costs only $15 per child on an average to bring it up under a mother’s care in its own home. Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, a member of the committee, promised his support of the measure, and emphasized that the House has already acted favorably upon the prin- ciple of the bill, when he made the amendment on the floor of the House that no child should be taken from the care of the mother except on grounds of immorality. Questioned by Mr. Gilbert of the subcommittee whether such legisla- tion has not a socialistic trend, Mr. Blanton replied that If the mother can take better care of the child in her own home for half the cost to the State he does not care whether it is soclalistic or not. Louis Simon, chairman of the New York State Welfare Commission, spoke earnestly in support of the legislation and said that with the Nation spend- ing millions of dollars -for prevention and conservation, it was only proper that it should spend relatively small sums for conservation of its greatest asset—child Ufe. Club Leaders Back Bill. Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, chalrman of the joint committee on children's legisiation of District of Columbia clubs, reported on a conference in her home, at which the interlocking and overlapping of boards was deplored. She emphasized that public welfare must not be confused with public chaf- ity. She was hopeful that there would be united support of this legislation with the prospect that early action would be had at the present Congress. Mrs. L. B. Swormstedt, vice presi- dent of the Soclal Welfare Commission of the District of Columbia, said that she could not speak for that organiza- tion on the compromise measure, but that she was very sure that they would be glad to co-operate in any way in getting through mothers Aid legislation during this Congress. Mrs. Rosemary Anderson of New London, Conn., who hag been work- ing for 18 months as & member of a commission on recodification of. laws of that State, made a forceful pres- entation of the public duty of a com- munity to take care of dependent chil- dren without branding them with the stigma of charity. Opposes Institution System. “No child should be put in an in. stitution,” she said, in defending the principle that wherever possible, ald 4 “Rock-a-Bye” ; ong Comes True to 4 In Befogged Auto Spectal Dispatch to The Sta LAUREL, Md., January 5 ck-a-bye baby on the tree top song became a reallty for four per- sons in a small near here last nigh Picking fts wa throngh t fog about a mlie mF last night the r lost its bearings, left the road, rolled down an em bankment and landed in the top of a tree below. The top of the machine had to be cut away to re lease the four occupants the fr They refused to give their n D.C. COMMITTEE MEETS TOMORROW If No District Bills Are Ready by Monday Opportunity Will Be Lost. Tomorrow is the first resufur ing day of the House District com mitt and if any measures for the Natfonal Capital can be reported by the committee tomorrow they can be taken up for consideration in the House on the first District day, which is next Monday. If no District measures ar the calendar for consideration by House on Monday the Distri only lose its opportunity for through needed legislation, cal members of the House will have another opportunity to complain that the District committee does not take advantage of the time allowed it in the House. Knows of Nothing Ready. Chairman Zihlman of the House Dis- trict committee said today that he does not know of any measure which the committee has ready to report out at the meeting tomorrow. There are several non-controversial measures, he recalled, which might be taken up for consideration. Most conspicuous among matters that may be consider- ed, he said, is the bill authorizing the construction of two artificial public bathing beaches in the District at a maximum cost of $345,000. It was rather senerally believed that the House District committee tomorrow night report favorably on the bill to enlarze the powers of the District Commissioiers granting them municipal authority. This legislation is designed not only to expedite ad- ministrative action by the District Commissioners on minor municipal affalrs, but to save the District com mittee in Congress from considering many pleces of minor legislation which have heretofore vexed the House, iy on the e Report on Rules. As far as Chairman Zihlman saw today the committee will tomorrow devote its attention to receiving a re- port from a special subcommittee on rules governing procedure at commit- tee meetings which are designed to expedite action in the committee and to making €ome changes in subcom- mittee assignments. It was thought that the subcom- mittee, which held a hearing today on the mothers aid bills, might be ready to report to the full committee tomor- row, but this action has been delayed for another week. T Sergeant Retired. Technical Sergt. Harry Wilson, Ord- nance Corps, at the proving ground, Aberdeen, Md., has been placed on the retired list of the Army, on his own application, after more than 30 years' service vide for | will not | putting | but criti- | ANUARY ASKS HALF MILLION FORD. C. STREETS President Submits List of Supplemental Items for Local Projects. A half-million-dollar appropriation for the improvement of streets of the District is asked by President Coolidge in a list of supplemental items totaling 1$1,792,383 for the remainder of the cur |rent fiscal year, which he submitted to Congress late yesterday. Approximate. 1y onethird of the amount widening, paving and resurf: streets, while but $160,000 is appr for the additions to and equipment for the public schools. The additional appropriations asked were approved by the President after they had been prepared by the Dis trict Commissioners and approved by the Burcau of the Budget Explains Need of Funds. The letter of transmissal to Con- gress states that If the funds are not granted valuable time will be lost in carrying out the projected work. Among the outstanding items are re {moval of the Lamond grade crossing {$25,000; widening of Eleventh street, which for nearly two years has been |actively advocated; extension of sewer- |uge service through the ssment |#nd permit system, $275,000, and other ltems for maintenance of District stitution The Elr fr stimated This proposal has th of much confrove nd forth considerable discussion at He hearings last year. Would Widen Another widening of Conn jcut avenue tween K and M streets from M to Eighteenth street Both street widening projects would be paid out of the gasoline tax fund as would the following paving and re surfacing of streeis Northwest—(olumbia a, Six | teenth 1o Eighteenth streets. $22.000 | Massuchusetts avenue Fourteenth to | Bighteenth, $22 000; Vermont aveny | Thomas cir to Towan « le, $28.000 5 inth to Fourteenth streets, 1£32,000; Buchanan street. New Hamp. shire to Kansas, $22.000, South and st side of 1 ¢ circle, $ Northeast—West Virginia Florida avenue to Pe is nth street widening proj the dening of the Pennsyivania aver o ave to aximum | ect fu ,. | street e ol 70 feet, a cost been hrouziit « pub- Avenue. project s | to 80 fecet be n circ heast—Kentucky avenue, H street 1o Admiral Barney circle, $9,400, Kentucky avenue, Fifteenth sirect to South Carclina avenue, $34,200: C street, Twelfth Fifteenth, Street Improvements. to Additional street improvements. to out of general appropriations, the following items. orthwest — Ingraham Seventh to Eighth, $6 |street, Meridian to Ogden, $4,700; De 1< tur stre xteenth to Seve $7.500, Eighth street, Decatur son, $6.800; Decatu: street, avenue to Fifth, $7,600; the grading of Albermarie street, from Murdock Mill road to Wisconsin _avenue, $6,500; thedral avenue, Conduit road to Albemarl - rfield street, $5.500; Twen: road to Cal 00; Center « street, dock Mill road, $2.800; ¢ Tunlaw to Forty-fourth ty-ninth street, Woodley vert, $15 Northe nd, $12 st—T street, Lincoln 00; Neal Str. zinia avenue to Trinid Oates strect, Mont $10,000; Trinidad, Neal to Qu 0000 the grading of Dix str fourth orty-ninth, $4.400; ird to Fourth, $4,000. st — Firth-Sterling 1 to Stevens road, ol appropriations req ed by President Coolidge e for Macfarland Junfor iHigh 000; furniture and equipment m_High School, §2 Fifth and Buchan streets, Brightwood Park, $30.000; an Fifth and Sherid: 3 nd the Industrk School, $2,500. Athletic Field Asked. A street item which will be of value to the school system is a re | quested appropriation for purchase of two squares of land in the vieini of Western Hizh hool for use as {an athletic fleld, at 2 cost of $125.000. | Other items include: For the office of the director of traffic, $44.435; post- age, $4.000; plumbing inspection, di vislon, §2.100; employes’ compensation, $3,000: repairs to the District Jail necessitated by the recent fire, $3,000 linger Munictpal Hospital, $3.100 maintenance of the District Work- house, $25,000; care and maintenance of patients at St. Elizabeth’s Hospi- tal, $260,000; judgments against the District, $15,573; additions to the chil- dren’s department of the Mount Pleas ant Branch Library, $2.725, and for completion of the death mber of the District Jafl, $10,000 (this a reap- propriation). Two other authorizations asked ure for application of the indefinite ap propriation, carried in the regular budget for the opening of streets. to the extension of Brandywine, Thirty eighth, Fortieth and Forty-first streets; to permit the Municipal Court to spend the $1,000 out of the $2.000 formerly paid for rent for other pur poses. | | me R Will Exchange Duties. Capt. Rollo P. Bourbon, Medical Corps, t Walter Reed General Hospi- man, at the United States Soldiers’ Home, this city, have been ordered to exchange stations and duties. One-Man Cars to Go. The Washington Railway and Elec- tric Co. was ordered by the Public Utilitles Comimission yesterday after- noon to improve the service on ‘Wisconsin avenue line by scrapping the old style one-man cars, replacing them with elther two-man cars or the new type of one-man cars with wider doors. should be given to the mother to bring up her family in her home. Miss Loeb said she was authorized to speak for the officers of the Na- tional Child Welfare Assoclation, and especlally for Miss Margaret Wilson, vice president of the Child Welfare Comnmiittee of America, who had ex- pected to attend the hearings and who sent the message that she hoped model legislation to take care of every needy child in the National Capital might soon be passed. ‘William Phelps Eno, a_director of the Child Welfare Committee of Amer- ica, who knows conditions in the Na- tional Capital from a residence of 23 vears here, spoke earnestly in support of a separate board to administer mothers aid as distinct from public charitfes. Mrs. George Ricker, president of the District of Columbia League of Wom- en’'s Voters, sald her organization wants whatever is the best that can be done for the children. If this com- promise can be effected, she is sure that all well-minded persons, in the District of Columbia will supgort the legislation, Forme Newsboy Buys Hotel Where He Sold Papers By the sAssociated Press. NEW YORK, January 5.—A. E. Lefcourt, millionaire garment man- ufacturer and real estate operator, who started his career by selling newspapers in front of the Hotel Normandie, at Broadway and Thirty-eighth street, 40 years ago, yesterday became owner of the ho- tel. The price was not revealed. Less than a year ago Lefcourt deeded his 12-year-old son Allen $10,000,000 in the form of a 30- story building he will erect on Madison avenue, on. property for- merly owned by William Waldorf Astor. His pu , he said,"Wwas to inculcate in the boy a sense of thrift and responsibility. - | Subfect | nd to 65 feet| $12.000; | street, | tal, this city, and Capt Paul N. Bow- | its | 'Mrs. Kahn Joins House Committee Against Dry Act| Mrs. Florence Kahn of California is the second of the three woman members of Congress to accept membership on the unofficial House committee for modification of the Volstead uct. In a letter to Representative Hill, Republican, Maryland, who headed the organization in the last Congress, she sald: “While' I belleve In law enforce ment, 1 am confident that the evils attendant upon the Volstead wet as now enforced are fur greater than any that could possibly fol- low its modification to the extent of permitting manufacture and | sale of light wines and bee No ane could have listened with equanimity to the pleas made by the so-called ‘drys’ in the recent el in the House, to he per- mitted to uee fraud, les, deceit and extravagant sums of money to ob- tuln evidence to enforce prohtbi- | tion laws, and not realize they | were undermining the whole moral | fabric of our Nation.” | Mrs. Kahn is a Republican. Mrs, Mary T. Norton of New Jersey the only woman Democrat in the IHouse, recently accepted member- ship on the same committee, CAROL FORCED OUT, RUMORS INDICATE. [Prince Declared to Have| Planned Fascist Revolt in Bucharest. 1Y JOHN GUNTHEK. Cable to The Star and Chicago Daiy News. LONDON, January b.—Extraord- | linary rumors flooding London from Milan, Bucharest, Herlin, Paris and o capitals indicate that Prince Carol's renunciation of the Rums \ll\)'mu was dictated by the Rumanian ! gov nt itself. |~ According irol planned urmy in Bucharest o Ruranian Christr sult of nviction that 1eede tary dictator I d the further convicti mistreated by of his | | | | | \ | | | By niar these stories volution by the January 6, the gs the re- ! Rumanian 15 he had pary his vari. | that bee ro, s on account Affairs. ous Exile for 10 Years | is given these reports by the Rumanian Parl the King, must remain imania for 10 cported from of King “arol’s [ ment ¢ 1 has ¢ [ vears. It | Ferdinand s pr of wd disappointed queens It known ow that the first step toward ban- hen he heard persist- Carol’'s attempted rev. Bucharest fully alive cerue to is King Ferai- | | ent rumors of \-offici e this way which might it + fund parent Kevolution. that were re suppol cers well Erouy in other especially Germany | r ungle to the gnarled sta the fact that Carol. lik a1 lern. Mean rarol is sittin ght at Milan iting for the storm either to break {ppear while th 1 truth as » who or wh provoked the sudden | sensational abdication probably will nown for sever: ct that King Ferdinand and | Marie proclaimed Prince | Prince Michael, vithin a few < of Carol's renunciation, adds | | color to the theory which now is al- | most universally held that the roval | door slammed in Carol’s face and that | orced to get o1 (Copyright. 1826, hy Chicazo Daily News € Plans foi sist Carol well d | Berlin advices plans | known, and th: [ h¥ many high or countries Af ¥ { dbmes with for ution ars, { I | TAKES NEW NAME. | MILAN, Ttaly, January 5 ner Crown Prince Carol of Ru-| mania, who renounced his right of | succession to the throne apparently | at the call of love, is to be known in the future as Secarlat Mondstireanu. | At least that is the name, taken from one of his estate in Rumania. ap- pearing on the passport he has just received from Bucharest | BRUCE SUPPORTS U. S. COURT ENTRY IN SENATE DEBATE irst_Page.) wP).— | Fe (ontinued fre eventually followed by its entry into the League of Natiogs. and I have no wish to conceal the®hict that this re- sult would he a source of supreme gratification to me: though [ am per- fectly honest when 1 say that, even could 1 lift the veil of the future and see that the United States will never become a member of the League, I should earnestly support the pending resolution. Sees Aloofness End. “Better that we should adhere to the World Court only than to no inter- national agency at all for the conser- vation of Intérnational concord,” con- tinued Senator Bruc “As it is, I think that the entry of the United States into the World Court would break the ice of our national aloof- ness, so to speak, and would so habit- | nate’ our country to the idea of co- operating with the other great powers of the world for the maintenance of world peace that it would finally be- come inclined to assume the same general measure of responsibility for world peace as they.’ Senator Bruce insisted that if the United States is to join any court it must join the present court. He de- rided the notion that the other na- tions would agree to set up a new tribunal. The Maryland Senator also discounted the claim that American entry into the World Conrt should be conditioned upon the adopticn of an international agreement outlawing all war between nations. “In my humble opinion, the impor- tance of this idea from a practical polnt of view has been verv much exaggerated,” sald Senator Bruce. The recommendation that American entry into the World Court should also be conditioned upon the codifica- tlon of international law also was opposed by Senator Bruce. TIhe ex-| istence of the law of nations had been | |asleep. They ar i ¥ [ | of misconduct wit | appeal would COURT OPPONENTS SEEKING DELAYS Idea Is to Prolong Debate So Tax Bill Will Displace All Else. BY DAVID LAWRENC Although all seems quiet on the Po tomac with reference to the World Court fesue, the truth {5 the opponents of American entry are by no mean as determined to de feat the measure as they were durine the Leugue of Natlons debate. Thelr idea mow s to prolong the debate 8 much as possible, so that when Sen: tor Smoot, chalrman of the & finance committee, brings In the t Bill #¢ will immediately displace every thing else. Chairman Smoot has the assurance of his colleazues that they will make the tax bill the unfinished business be fore the Senate as soon as it 1s ready He wants action not later than March 1, and so does the country, judging from the lette bers of Congres ed by the Senat least two or thr date for debat Small But Strong Group. It the tax bill is ready the second week in February the World Court will really have about five weeks for debate Wil that be enougk Frorm the viewpoint of the advocates it s suffic 15 they are ready now to take « vote. The opponents, however say the subject has hardly con sidered, th: mtil now the real st tack ' are heer m implications o Ameri it have not he by the country at It's a small group o bies,” but a powerful one Senator Borah, chal relations comm debaters of the received here by mem To get the bill pass March 1 means at ks ahead of tha een that ind the [ thoroug L n ge rreconctl foreign of the ables tion Strictly speaking center on entrance Court, but actually opponents of mind the 1 tion with the League of Nutions Democrats will conceds are voting for the World was created by the cause it Is a step into the league its cgus say they will doesn't mean entry into th The “rreconcilabies the W can’t be right and thee Democ to the co with the definite s .‘ zenera the debate wi the World dvocates and associat in leugue mor later mat dis doubts ) wit the concern ssociatic the le mes pate disarn nite Opposition Lacking no sign vet that be opposed from any quarter that the I lent v the preliminary conference, which to formulate a program for discus From the viewpoint of the the Wor noted t Amers impai in which is not obl! by ations the de: hen given the league. would n angled in the pr decrees would be igue of N While the pr have the ne the moment minority is hard to delay and defer the matter, bel public opinion can be ar sition if only sufficlent for furt debate. (Copyrizght, sponents two-thi t §s not ¢ the t er. The . SIR BASIL THOMSON CONVICTED AND FINED Assessed £5 on Charge of Miscon- duct—Was Getting Data for Book, He Says By tho Associated Prese LONDON, Jan Thomson, former 1, was convicte iy otland Yu today of u charg 1 woman in Hyd same A notice that wis entered Sir Basil was thering data for literary w when_arrested in Hyde Park on December 11, it was testified on his behalf After crossexamination of the police witnesses by the prosecution the magistrate elicited the statement that Sir Basil had net protested against the arrest while at the police station. The defendunt’s counsel, Sir Henry H. Curtis-Bennett, declared he would call witnesse knew of Sir Basil's intentions i Communism, Hyde Park tation in the west end to get his material by park at night. It was during the woman to get such the counsel, that the thelr charge. Reginald McKenna, cellor of the exchequer, miral Sir Reginald Hall regarding Sir Basil's Sir Basil confirmed staiement that he was to gather material on Communtsm as he had been informed that a mar he wanted to hear would speak there On the way he was uccosted by woman and sat down with her to & material for his book. After some conversation she complained that she was in need of money, and he gave her two or three shillings from walstcoat pocket, whereupon the con stables rushed up and announced thelr intention of arresting them for in- decency. Sir Basil declared the cor stable’'s charges were untrue. Park and fined £5. in costs was as; be wit satd made ave evidence character. his in the park Seeks Administrative Letters. A petition for letters of administra tion on he estate of George Warring ton, marine engineer, who died De cember 24 without leaving a will, has been filed in Probate Court by his widow, Mrs. Minnie Anna Warrington, 3110 Nineteenth street northwest, re presented by Attorney [ Bark: The estate, cash, stocks and bonds and other negotiable papers, is valued at $66,- 9, and Mrs. Warrington asks that son, Chester H. Warrington, 12 recognized by the United States as long ago as 1787, he said. Oxford street, Chevy Chase. be ap Ppointed administrator.