Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1926, Page 2

9 FCONOMY DELAYING = TN MENORAL Lack of Funds for Sea Wall Holds Up Erection of Com- pleted Shrine. Governmental economy presumably | te barring completion of the Titanio nemorial, to be located at the inter- section of New Hampshire avenue and i street, a site now under water. The nemarial proner has be completed nd the o« Memorial Assoclation was X' o have it finish: by the ary of the sinking of el April 1 =i u was includ the office ve: huitdi truction of a sea W about 1,000 feet in th vietnity of this point and on the river slde of the memorial. The building «f this wall woud have heen followed by filling m land and completion of one of the links of the Rock Creek-| o parkway project. However. | ne slp in the estimating vear, the estimate { ft out, and unless revailed upon to in- the appropriation ¢ be several vears before the the extending for site for the memorial a in the river where “inlent eddies occur and I the direct path of an lre flow. Until the sea- ‘wall is erected the memorial would be in constant @ er of destruction. The Titanic Memorial Assooiation contributed $10,000 to the Government “or prepuring the site, which consist- ed of building up a foundaton of viprap work to furnish a firm base for ihe memorial. The plans have all been completed by Henry Bacon. Maj. U S. Grant, 3d. director of | public buildings and parks, has laid the situation before Mrs. Florence ahn. member of Congress from Cali- »rnia, who is a member of the com- | mittee of 100 having the construc- | tion of the memorial in charge. Mrs. Kahn out of the eity,! Wt it is understood that she will nake some effort during the current ‘ongress to have some provision made the construction of the seawall necessary in order that the memorial may be erected Waiting for Seawall. Robert 8. Chew of this city, v of the association, sald that| while the association is ready to pro- ceed and Is anxious to get the memo- Hal in place as soon as possible, it will have to wait until the seawall is com- pleted, us the members realize that the yresent conditions at the site, exposed as it is, wonid make it folly to try to o ahead with the work. While they ave no hope of getting it up by the <he said, they would { y April, 1927. The riprap work will have been in about 1 year by that time and will have had i chance to settle, which would make « firmer foundation for the monument. Mrs. Chew said that she could offer no explanation as to the reason for leaving the estimate out this vear it was a part of the govern- economy program, and MaJ. also said that he did not now why it had been left out. Maj Grant did say, however, that the plans and designs for the wall had been zone over and changed so that the Government had found that at the present time it could build it at a saving of several thousand doilars. SEIZURE OF MINES BY U. S. PROPOSED IN HOUSE MEASURE (Continued from First Page.) or elucidate this statement, but referred to the “blind determination of Mr. Lewis to impose his will on us, our and the people of this ! “ountry. News of the disruption brought gloom among the thousands of inhab- itants of the 500 square miles of ter- the Pennsylvania Many miners have wuffered hardships for weeks and soup sitchens have been established. Mer- chants in numerous towns have felt the pinch and there have been some hankruptcies. Referring to the operators’ de- mmand for arbitration, which has been ! the chief stumbling block in the dis- | pute, Lewls said: “This is a price we ~an not and will not pay and for this reason the operators purpose to keep the mines closed until a population starves. It s as truly a lockout as sver existed in the history of Amer- ‘can industry.” Flag Sent to Meeting. An American flag was in the con- ference room, sent by a person not revealed, with a card saying, “The ' American flag has always stood for | arbitration.” ~ None of the conferees wwould comment on the presence o the flag. Efforts of the Pennsylvania Legls- ature at Harrishnrg to deal with the anthracite situation were virtually at a standstill today. Unfavorable ac- been taken on a bill of Gov to make the coal Industry utility. Action on a bill tr change the miners' certificate law and open the way to miners from sutside the State has been postponed. COAL STOCKS SLUMP, 2 public Failure of Conference Brings Break in Market. NEW YORK, February 3 (P).— Faflure of miners and operators to reach an agreement for the resump- tion of anthracite mining was fol- lowed today by heavy liquidation of the stocks of hard coal mining com- panies and anthracite-carrying rail- roads. On the New York curb Glen Alden Coal broke seven points to 1491 on the first sale of 1,000 share. Lehigh Valley Coal certificates opened 4% Jower at 39%. On the New York Stock Exchange, Delaware and Hudson dropped 3% points, Philadelphia _and Reading “oal and Iron 2 and Delaware, Lack- awanna and Western 1. AGNES Z. CARRICK DIES. Secretary to Banker Buccumbs to Long Illness. Jiss Agnes Zoneita Carrick, 33 vears old_for 12 years secretary to L. Bert Nve, manager of the local hranch of the American Surety Co., died at her residence, 148 Twelfth street southeast, Monday after a long iliness, A native of this city, Miss Carrick received her carly education here and was later graduated from Business High School. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Carrick, and a sister, Mre. J. W. Swain. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence this_afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. P. W. Crosby, pastor of North Caro- iina Avenue M. P. Church, will offl- ciate. Interment will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, | | | f ] " with inter < nnd public parks | | the decorations to be given the Ameri- |can heroes. It is hoped that it will , resolution, now pending before the Sen- '_Flyer in Rubber By “Boy Plunger” Seen by Friends 7 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 3.—Jesse L. Livermore, the “boy plunger” of Wall street, has joined the newly formed New York Cocoa and Rub- ber Exchange, which friends inter- s part to take a hand in ndustriul market which now centers in Unlike his Stock Lxchange activi- tles, always carried out through brokers, he has chosen the more di- | rect contact of actual membership in his own name in the new ex- change. Friends who watehed Livermore run a shoestring Into fortune be- was 21 and then lose it through speculation. only to gain milllons throngh britliant are watching his latest ¢ st vear he is sald to have a fortume in the grain mar- . buving millions «f hushels of $1.04 und selling at $2. INER ROOSEVELT CFFICERS LAUDED Paris Editor Sees Legion Award Due for Rescue of Shipwrecked Crew. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 3.— Stephane Lausanne editor of the Matin, today asks the government to award the Legion of Honor to Capt. Fried and Chief Officer Robert Miller of the | steamer President Roosevelt for their heroic efforts in rescuing the crew of the British freighter Antinoe, and | also to Masterat-Arms Uno Witannen and Boatswain's mate Ernest Heit- man, who were drowned. He says it is “a reward which In every period | France has given to the brave, what- | ever their nationality or faith. The Matin associates the splendid cournge of the crew of the President Roosevelt with another act of herofsm, which obtained from the government yesterday the Legion of Honor and special mention In the Offictal Journal, holding up as an example to the na- tion the voung physicist, Andre Ri- baud, who lost his life by the ex plosion of a retort in the course of a series of delicate experiments in the extraction of rare gases from the air. “By honoring those who fall victims to their duty,” declares the in, “the government honors itself.” AWARD MADE IN LONDON. Roosevelt Officers and Crew Also May Meet King George. LONDON, February 3 (@.—It Capt. George Fried of the American liner President Roosevelt and mem- bers of his crew who are to receive | awards for their rescue of the crew of the Antinoe are able to leave their vessel at Southampton and journey to London next Saturday it is prob- able they will be received by King George at Buckingham Palace. This possibility is receiving favor | able consideration from the officials in charge of selecting and preparing be possible for the King in person to decorate the American seamen. The President Roosevelt is due to call at Southampton Saturday on her return voyage from Bremen to New York. COAL PROBE ACTION WAITING ON M'CARL Controller General's Raling on Right to Use of His Audi- tors Expected Soon. The Senate District committee is marking time today on its investiga- tion into coal prices in the District, pending receipt of definite word from Controller McCarl of the Treasury as to whether his auditors will be able to make a study of the books of local coal dealers for the committee. Senator Arthur Capper, chairman of the committee, conferred with Mr. Me- Carl yesterday and said today that he expected to receive word at any mo- ment as to whether Government audi- tors are available for this work. 1t was indicated today that if this arrangement can be made it may not | prove necessary to put through the ate committes on audit and control, | Tow | ran in vea ! for the light euthorizing the committee to employ accountants and to make other neces- sary expenditures in connection with carrying on the coal inquiry. b e s v The whole development of Pit River power plant No. 1, in Cali- fornia, for generating electricity to be used In the factories, on the farms and In the homes of the State, will not reach completion untfl 1935, and the total cost will be $100,000,000. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1926. STORMS VENT FURY ON PACIFIC GOAST, Ship in Distress, Others Torn by Gales—Homes Near Sea Threatened. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, February 3.— Wind, rain and snow continned today to harass the entire Pacific Coast from ! Seattle to San Diego. Lives were at stake, much property hus been damaged and shipping is badly Alsrupted as a result of the furi- ons assaulte of the winds vesterdav. At sea a d zen or so larger ships were menaced hy the storm. Many smaller eraft were land lashed In gales which in some places reached a ve- locity of 80 miles an hour. The sailing Schooner Ecola, bound from Portland, Oreg. to Shanghai, with the unlucky number of 13 per- sons ahoard. was in trouble 170 miles north of here last night. The motorship Novo and two other craft were standing by, hoping to get !a towline aboard or_save the crew. Rexidents of Las Tunax Beach were ! making time for fear another high tide might wash away more homes to fol. the 20 that have gone into the sea in the last two day: Storm warnings are posted along the | athern 1st where the heaviest | has been faliing as far ns San Diego. In San Franclsco the Aownpour approached the proportions of a cloudburst yesterday. Shipping was tied up at San Pedro and Venice, Portland reported carly today that e storm in the northwest had moved inland, and that damage from high | winds was reported from the Columbia River south of the California lne. The forecast for tomorrow is more | rain and snow inland with some abate- ment of the wind WARSHIPS GET HEAVY SEA. o nd Rough Going on Trip South For Maneuvers. SAN PEDRO, Calif., February 3 ). —teavy seas made rough going forces of the United fleet composed of the destroyers. submarines, nd auxillaries, it ates battle readnaughts, aircraft forces {held to o southerly course bound for | the grand annual maneuvers in tropt cal waters 1 The battle bent warcraft, however. | found heavy weather only @ part of the game, and it merely fitted into the { continuous exercises and maneuvers in which 14,000 officers and men en gaged. The fieet, American bulwark of naval defense in the Pacific, steams southward in the role of blue fleet, de fending itself against the 60-0dd craft of the United States scouting fleet, | designated the black fleet in this an- nual maneuvers problem. The scene of action is somewhere in the Pactfic north of the canal. The old clipper ship Indiana, car rylng a moving picture company of 25, was towed safely into port this morning after being buffeted about for hours in the rough Catalina Channel, in_tmminent danger of de-| struction. Joseph Schildkraut, the actor, was on the ship, First indication that the Indlan was in trouble came at 10 o'cloc last night, when she was in tow of | the tug Restl The tug Sea Witch | was then sent to her assistance. Members of the Sea Witch's crew reported that had they left San Pedro 15 minutes lates the old safling craft would have gone to its doom on the rocky coast. After five attempts, the Sea Witch got a line aboard the In- diana, which was then a half-mile from shore, driven closer each ment by the wind. Aside from a few qualms of sea- sickness, the passengers and crew were none the worse for thelr ex perience. mo- SEES ONE CHANGE NEEDED Assistant Secretary Husband | Would Amend Immigration Law. The chief change that Walter W. Husband, second Assictant Secretary of Labor, and authority on immigra- tion problems, would like to see made in the imm'gration laws as they now stand would be the placing of the widowed mother of an American cit- izen and the husband of an American citizen in the non-quota class, ac- | cording to a statement made last eve- ning by Mr. Husband at the meeting | of the Columbian Women of George Washiggton University. The wife of an American citizen already has this favorable position under the Immigra- tion laws Mr. Husband. who has been a stu- dent of immigration problems for a quarter of » century, told his audience | that with the passage in 1924 of the permanent quota law by the Congress of the United States, a great deal had been done to “smooth the way of the immigrant” desiring to come to this country. ‘“Quotas permissible of entry from any country are now counted abroad at the United States consulate nearest the home of the prospective ‘mmigrants. and in these consulates are located technical advisers to the United States consuls, officers of the United States Public Health Service ind {nspectors of the immigration service of this country,” Mr. Hus- pand said 11,737 Bills Introduced Since Congress Opened, December By the Associsted Press. The difficulties Congress encounters in trying to keep its head above the flood of proposals by its 5831 members is strikingiy filiustrated by the cold statistics of what has been acocom- plished in the two months of the pres- ent session. 8ince opening day, on December 7, exactly 11,737 bills have been intro- duced and just 3 have passed through all of the stages necessary before they become the law of the land. They are measures authorizing construction of bridges across navigable streams. The only piece of legislation of im- portance to reach President Coolidge is the joint resolution appropriating £50,000 to defray the expenses of 7—and Only 3 Pass -unerican participation in the prelimi- nary disarmament conference at Ge- neva. ‘The Senate has spent most of its time considering the resolution of ad- nerence of the United Btates to the world Court, which was adopted last week. The tax bill soon will be pass- ed, and with these two big issues out of the way the machinery will be speeded up. The House has been going ahead much faster, but with new proposals coming in every day Congress can never hope to consider even a third of them. The great bulk will be kicked around committee rooms, only to find a final resting place in the waste pa- per baskets after this Congress ex- nires. Time Signal Service Direct to Fans | ‘Inaugurated by Naval Broadcaster Dally time signal service was made available to radio Illtens;s bAy!ulhe Navy Department today, when ton ;Jnod broadcasting the ,;',.mnfi rect from the Naval Observatory n a wave length of 434% meters. This, according to naval radio experts, should make it possible for radio ls- teners in most of the country to re- ceive this direct time signal service. Heretofcre it has been rebroadcast every other day by WRC and dally by Annapolis on a wave band of 17,130, which was too great for the users of small sets. The time signal will be sent out at noon and 10 p.m., the signaling start- ing respectively at 11:55 a.m. and 9:55 p.m. Radlo listeners will have to train themselves to catch the last tick, as there wil be no formal announcement, as has been the practice with the com- jtinct quadrupeds were first discovered | Institution of Washington, conceived TWO ARRESTS NEAR ! in | ing 'ALASKA JUDGE FACES mercial radio companies, saying “the next dash will be noon.” Each tick of the clock is transmit- ted except the twenty-ninth second of each minute and the last 5 seconis of the first 4 minutes, and finally the last 10 seconds of the last minute. The noon and 10 p.m. signals are longer in contact after this 10-second bl;db 'FINDS FGOTPRINTS MADE IN SANDf]H_[S OF THEFTS TWENTY-FIVE MILLION YEARS AGO Dr. Charles W. Gilmore, Paleontologist, Has Speci- men’s of Tracks of Extinct Animals Discovered in Grand Canyon of Colorado. Footprints made in the sand approxi- mately twenty-five million years ago by animals long sincy extinct have been discovered in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. They have been preserved in delibly in the rec ord of the rocks” in this instance the Coconino sand-stone of Ari ona. Dr. Charles W. Gilmore, the pa leontologist who uncovered many of these ancient tracks, has brought specimen: of them to Wash- ington. He de scribes the unique exhibit for the pr. Cuaries Gllmore. first time in a bul- letin of the Smithsonizn Institution made public today. The human mind, according to Dr. Gilmore, can scarcely grasp the idea of the vast age of animal life on the earth that is presented by these strange footprints. Some tracks of ex- in the Grand Canyon in 1915 by Prof. Charles Schuchert. In 1924 Dr. John . Merriam, president of the Carnegie the idea of having a pe hibit of the footprints in place as they were found, so that the tour ist that visits the Grand Canyon may see them. Such an exhibit has been prepared on the Hermit Trall by Dr. Gilmore, in addition to the specimens brought to Washington. The tracks include those of new and unknown species that ilved in the wet sand of this region when the earth was much younger. The Smithsonian Institution hopes later to do similar work in other localities and to take steps to preserve such natural phenomena. “The great antiquity of these foot- | prints, which occur from 900 to 1,080 feet below the level of the present rim of the canyon,” says Dr. Gilmore, “is clearly demonstrated at this locality. “It 18 obvious that since the day when those animals impressed their feet in what at that time was molst sand more than 1,000 feet of rock- making materials were piled up in successive strata above them, and this does not_take into account many hun- dreds of feet more that have been eroded off from the present top of the canyon wall. “The great length of time required for the cutting away or erosion of the rock to form the deep canyon, and the even longer time necessary for the original deposition of this great mass of stone is, when translated into terms of years, if that were possible, so stupendous as to be almost beyond human comprehension. “It fs hoped that the object lesson 80 graphically taught by this unique exhiblt may serve as an example to stimulate the preparation and preser | vation of other natural phenomena to be found in our Government-controlled ! parks, monuments and reservations.” UNDER SMOKE LAW ‘Pure Carelessness’ of Firms, Engineers to Be Punished, Fowler Declares. To “aggravated” violations of the| anttsmoke regulations were reported to Health Officer Willlam C. Fowler | today by the squad of sanitary in-| spectors detalled especially to the | work of Improving the condition of Washington's smokeheavy —atmos. | here. Warrants for the arrest of the violators will be sworn to this after- | noon by Dr. Fowler The inspectors wera attracted to the two establishments, whers violations | were found. Dr. Fowler said. by great | clouds of intense smoke belching forth | from the chimneys.. A warning had | been issued to one of these places sme time ago, the health officer ex. plained, when he personally called the attention of the proprietor to the nuisance. Dr. Fowler sald he is satisfiel that both cases were caused by “pure care- lessness” on the part of the enginee firing the boilers and not to an inferfor grade of coal. The sanitary inspectors have (aterviewed 11 coal dealers, the health officer s21d, nine of whom reported -hat they have ade- quate supplies of high-grade bitumi- nous coal. If there is an ample supply high-grade bituminous coal in Wash on,” Dr. Fowler declared, “there is absolutely no veason why the in.| ferior grades rhould Le burned and | the city smoked up nnnecessarily. Good coal, however, will not always prevent smbking. 11 s up to he en | gineers to stoke the furnace boflers properly.” Since the Health Department in augurated its campaizn to abate the smoke nufsance, Dr. Fowler majd there has been materinl improvement in_the condition of the aimosphere. The penalty for violatlon of the anti-smoke regulation {s a fine rang- ing from $10 to $109. of | CONSPIRACY CHARGE Federal Jurist Reed, Former Gov. Bone and U. S. Attorney Ac- cused of Political Deal. By the Associated Press. A political conspiracy charged against Federal District Judge Thom- as M. Reed of Alaska was lodged today before a Senate judiciary sub- committee. Former Gov. Scott C. Pone and District Attorney Arthur G. Shoup of the first Alaska district were named as other parties to the allezed conspiracy. Dan Sutherland, delegate from Alaska. told the committee that John W. Frame was elected natfonal com- mitteeman for Alaska in 1924, and that Reed, Bone and Shoup conspired to have George Sexton elected as committeeman at the Cleveland con- vention. Sexton and Dr. L. P. Dawes had been elected as delegates to Cleveland, but Dawes could not go and gave his proxy to Sexton. Describing Sexton as a ‘‘weak old man,” Sutherland said Reed and others “bribed him with money.” He added that Reed sent this telegram to Shoup. who was at San Fran- cisco: “Dawes not going. You must go. Sexton or Ray for committeeman sat- istactory here. Take action. Urgent. Sexton will stand firm.” This charge was the opening gun in a general assault to be made be- fore the committee against the ap- pointment of three district Judges, two district attorneys and four Fed- eral marshals in Alaska recently nominated by President Coolidge. ALLEGED SMUGGLER HELD Jan de Bruyn Accused of Sending Arms to China. MIAMI, February 3 (P).—TFederal authorities late yesterday apprehended Jan de Bruyn in his real estate office here after a nation-wide search of more than two years. He is being held in $10,000 bond awaiting trial today. De Bruyn was charged with having been implicated in smuggling arms trom 8an P‘r&nc(legh';o a Chl::fl?fl{: o the young na move 19230 He 13 said to have admitted his (dentity, but declared that two other men were the principals in the fili- bustering expedition and that he is not guilty of violating custom laws. The names of the other two were not given. —— Debt (‘J;nlerenéu Continue. Informal conferences continued to- day between experts of the American and Jugoslav commissions in an ef- fort to compose their differences in order to fund the $66,000,000 debt of Jugoslavia. 8o far as could be learn- od the two governments are still far apart on the matter of terms. \D. C. Boxing Board Bill Disapproved By Commissioners The District Commissioners sent to Chairman Zihlman of the House District committee today an un- favorable report on a bill to es- tablish u boxing commission in the Capital. Establishment of a boxing com- mission, the Commissionérs point- ed out, would lead to professional prize fighung. “bringing an influx of undesirable people, and that it would not be conducive to the best interests of the community.” SERVICE MEMORIAL RVER STE CHOSEN Navy and Marine Monument Will Be Erected in East Potomac Park. Selection of a site for the Navy and Marine memorial was made yves- terday at conferences between offi- cers of the Navy and Marine Mem- orfal Assoclation, headed by Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, retired: Maj. U. S. Grant, 3rd, director of public building and parks, and Charles Moore, chairman of the Com- | mission of Fine Arts. The site final- Moore | Iy determined announced today, is on the south roadway of East Potomac Park, in the vicinity of the fleld house of the golf course. This selection was made, it was sald. because of the straightaway view down the Potomac as far as Alexandria. Several sites were suggested, one at the junction of north B street and the Potomac River. It was pointed out that this would be a correspond- ing plece to the Erlesson memorial at the junction at south B street and the Polomac River. The site at the head of Sixteenth street northwest, overlooking the city, also was sug- gested. but rejected as undesirable because of no water background. The site in East Po omac Park will involve some changes in the roadway there. according to Maj. Grant, and these may be made at any time in conformity with other plans laid down for the treatment of this particular area. It is not known when the memorial will be erected. as it is said that the plans have not yvet been completed. Others who participated in the conference yesterday were Harvey Wiley Corbett, the architect, and Begni del Piaita, the sculptor. HEARINGS OPENED ON CAPE COD BILL Measure Before House Committee Would Ratify Purchase of Cansl by United States. upon. Mr. By the Associated Press. The much debated Cape Cod Canal purchase by the Government has started another congresslonal inquiry course today with the opening of hear- ings by the House rivers and harbors committee on a bill which would ratify the contract entered into in 1921 by Becretary Weeks with the Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Co. ‘The House passed a bill last session authorizing the Government to take over the canal, but the Senate failed to pase it in the closing days of the session Maj. Gen. Harry Taylor, chief of Army engineers, the first witness to- day, told tha committee that the canal was safegvarding life and ships by removing the perils of outside naviga- tion around Cape Cod. The distance fro mboston to New York, he said, h.n’? been reduced from 335 to 264 miles. 300 HOMELESS IN GALE IN FLORIDA; BABY KILLED $750,000 Damage at West Palm Teach as Authorities Check Re- port of Becond Fatality. By the Associated Press. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,, Febru- ary 3.—A windstorm of hurricane pro- m&nu. which swept the neighbor- of West Palm Beach early today resulted in the death of at ieast one person, left 300 persons dia property $750,000. Identity of the dead, a baby, has not yet been established. Autohrities are checking reports that two babies were killed. Two:persons, R. T. Winters and Mrs. R. K. Fort of Baden, N, C., ‘were injured. ‘The storm first touched the Geo avenue lolcuon ':1‘ ‘West Palm Beach, reports indicated, sweeping eight blocks there before striking Gr’fi’n AT NISSION HOUSE Former Detective Explains Mysterious Visit—Wan Was Ill, Doctor Says., The second day of the battle to save the life of Ziang Sun Wan wes util- ized by the defendant's counsel in seeking to prove that Wan's physical condition before and at the time the crime is alleged to have been com- mitted, January 29, 1919, was greatly impaired. Dr. J. Russel Verbrycke, jr. a stomach _specialist, who examined Wan at the District jall in the middle ot February, 1919, testified today that he found the defendant *prostrated: and emaclated” and there was “every probability that this condition had bsen {n existence for a long time.” Wan, he added, was suffering from spastic colitis, The courtroom was thrown into a tense condition for a short time when Charles H. Bradiev, former detective of the tenth precinct, testified there had been “several robberies” at the mission house in the Summer of 191%, Mr. Bradley, who us a prosecution witness several days ago left the court- room e: an air of mystery on the pur. Pose of his viklt to tha house at & p.m. January 29, when he could not get admitiance, was used as a defense | Witness to explain this visir ! Called by Wong. Mr. Bradley said a messs been received at the station from T. T. Wong, head of the mission and | one of the murdered Chinese, for him to call at the house. The wit- | ness asserted he had become Qquite | friendly with the three occupants be- | cause of his work in trying to solve the “roberries." Under cross-examination of George D. Horning, Jr, Assistant United | States Attorney, the witness admg:ted there were only two robberies, both resulting in minor loss and being con- | fined to stamps, pencils and smell | change. He told Mr. Horning & clue 110 the perpetrator was found In the form of a boy's wet bathing suft This testimony caused the spectators to settle down once morn. Other witnesses for the defense who testified regarding Wan's heulth were Danlel Scanlon, a guard at the Dis- trict jail; J. T. Howard, deputy super- intendent of the jail wnd hospital 1919, and Mrs. Gertrude Bartels, own- {er of a rooming house in New York where the derendant and his hrother n lived. Mr. Scanion said Wan was | b irht to the ) in the first week of February “very weak,” and that| “1 had to help him in and out of his| bunk at night.” Mr. Howard suid Wan “was very sick when I saw him and he was in bed the whole time." Mrs. artels testified that Wan was Iways in bed” and owing to the »t sufficient heat in his third-floor ack room he wore gloves and a sweater while 1ving down. | She also testified that both Van t‘nd' Wan paid their rent promptly and that | Wan “always was a gentleman.” She told of a visit the brothers made to a doctor and of Van's appealing to her about a preseription. Opposes Prosecution Claims. The session opened with A. I Creecy, the defense’s first witness ye: terday, on the stand for resumption of | crossexamination by United States | Attorney Peyton Gordon. Maj. Gordon | opened up a rapid fire of questioning | and endeavored to break down the wit- | ness' direct testimony, which wide. 1y differed from that of virtually all prosecution witnesses who wers at the mission house on the night the crime was discovered i The witness, however, &tood his| ground und cven in the face of state ments recited by Maj. Gordon which were at variance with the testimony, Creecy stuck to his original state. ment Several of the witness' direct state- menta were challenged hy Maj. Gordon. They inc.uded the testimony that the police did not know of a telephone in the house on the night of January 31 and sent some one out to telephone hcadquarters. Maj. Gordon then produced a photograph, which had been admitted in evidenc showing a telephone on the first fioor and near the body of Dr. Wong. “They didn't know it was there at that time.” explained the witness. The witness also steadfastly main- tained that with the exception of ahout_one-hal hour when he drove Maj. Pullman, then superintendent of police, to headquarters, the major was at the house continuously from 5:50 p.m. to early the following morning. The testimony that he personally drove to police headquarters about 9:30 and returned with Detective Bur- lingame came in for exceeding strong fire by Maj. Gordon. Creec: declaration that on arrival at the mi slon with Maj. Pullman and Inspector Grant at the mission house that he ! saw a table overturned and a chair broken up was the subject of much grilling by Maj. Gordon, who produced three photographs of the condition of the house. The witness, however, de- clared the objects he referred to were not in the photograph. Creecy's Story. The story told by Creecy on direct examination yesterday was in sub- etance as fo'lows: He had known the late Maj. Raymond W. Pul!'man for 15 or 20 years, and around the time of the triple murder he was in his | presence nearly every day, showing him how to drive an automobile. He was at police headquarters when word was received of the tragedy, and he drove the late Inspector Clifford L. Grant and Maj. Pullman to the scene. He found a blood trail leading to the basement and about 8 inches from the outstretched hand of one of the vie- tims was a revolver. Kang Li, then a medical student, who testified that he discovered the murder, was questioned in Creecy's presence by Grant and Pullman and said a day or two before the crime came to light he went to the mission house to get some money. Falling to get a response at the door, he looked in a parlor window which was opened about a foot and a half, heard a shot, “‘got all nervous and excited and ran back to his room.” On the evening of ithe 31st Li again went to the house |after “somebody™ had told him ‘some- thing had happened” there. and again looking in the opened window he saw a body Iving on the floor. The story Creecy said Li told the police authorities differed widely from that he told on the stand as the prosecution’s star witness. Maj. Gor- don began a rapid fire of cross-exam- ination, pinning the witness down on ! sistance to the committee. | the recommendations of the council lin a fair degree.” he said, “will re- Today in Congress SENATE. The Senate went on with con- sideration of the tax bill on the floor. Before the session opened, the finance committee met for the purpose of passing on the various amendments tnat have been of- fered to the tax bill since it was taken up. The agriculture committee de- cided by a vote ot 11 to 5 to make a favorable report on the resolu- tion passed by the House creating a joint congressional committee to recelve bids for the leasing of Muscle Shoals The judiclary committee met this morning to consider a number of nominations for appointment to office in Alaska. Hearings were resumed this aft- ernoon on the contest ralsed by former Senator Magnus Johnson over the seating of Senator Schall of Minnesota. HOUSE. The McFadden national bank bill Wwas taken up again for considera- tion in the House, this being cal- endar Wednesday:. Th> House District committee to- day ordered a favorable report on the bill sponsored by Representa- tive E. W. Gilson of Vermont, to enlarge the personnel and powers of (he Nauonal Capital Park Commission to include those of a city planning board. Subcommitiees of appropriations ©ommitee in executive seasion con- duct hearings on State, Justice, in- dependent offices and Commerce and Labor appropriation bills. Hearing on aviation continues before naval affairs committes. o). Thor ness befa committer § Raiiroad ard and set system of arhitration, mediation and conciliation Hearing continued before foreign affairs committee on acquisition of sites for forelgn embassies. cretary Hoover of Commerce and Secretary Wilbur of Navy De- partment witnesses at hearing be- fore industrial arts and expositions tions committee on sesquicenten- niul celebration at Philadelphia. Hearing continues before com- mittee on colnage, weights and measures on Britten bill for stand- ardizing metric sysiem. Gen. Taylor, chief of engineers of Army, witness before rivers and arbors ‘committee at hearing on Cape Cod Canal. Hearing befors subcommittes of post office committes on air mail. Emploves' and employers’ liabil- ity dis d at hearing hefore Judiciary committee. Contested Pariman-Edes caso considered by committee on elec- tions No. 1 REFERS MEASURES TO CITIZEN COUNCIL Zihlman Accords Official Recogni- tion to Local Advisory Body. to ambolish Three biils pending before the House District committee have been reterred to the citizen's Advisory council by Chairman Zihlman for consideration and report, it was announced today by Jessie C. Suter, chairman. The meas- ures will be discussed at a meeting of the council in the District Bullding, Friday evening at 7 o'clock. The councl now has an official tatus as e result of a new policy adopted by the committee under which all proposed District legislation will be referred to it as well as to the Com- 1 PUT UONPIIPISUOD J0) EISUOIESIUL re. The first bills on the council's cal- endar submitted by Chairman Zihl- man isclude one providing for the extension of Quackenbos street, anoth- er extending the District water sup- pIv to the Ariington County sanitary district of Virginia and the third providing for improvement of Potomac River and the deveiopment of B hydroclectric plant at Great The Monday Evening Club, Mr. Suter said, also has referred to the council for consideration and report several bills relating to the Juvenile Court. Mr. Suter declared that he is elated over the decision of the House Dis- | trict committee in giving the council official recognition and predicted that the council would be of material as- “I believe flect the general desires of the people of the District.” PLAN TO DEVELOP 90-FOOT ROADWAY Queen’s Chapel Road Work Will Go on Gradually as Section Grows. The city and park planning com- mittee of the national park commis. sion, headed by Maj. Carey H. Brown, decided at the meeting yesterday to provide for a 90-foot roadway to be developed out of the Queens Chapel road. The development will be made gradually as the section through which it runs is subdivided. The plan is to acquire necessary land as development progresses. The road- way is at present 33 feet wide, and is declared inadequate to handle traffic as the section is built up. The committee also decided to make some changes in the street and high way plans on the old Benning race track. These will be made to con- form to the general treatment of Anacostia Park as it s developed above the Benning Bridge. Several changes in street arrange- ments also were made in the area bounded by Conduit, Foxhall and Reservoir roads. e “Little Housekeepers” Give Tea A demonstration of housekeeping efficiency was given by members of the Little Housekeepers' Club, rang- ing in age from 6 to 8 years, of Friendship House, 326 Virginia ave- nue southcast, for visitors who were entertained at a tea there Monday. ‘The 16 members of the club, who are instructed by Miss Anne Betson, showed how they could swecp floors, build fires, make beds, etc. Mrs. Henry Clay Newcomer was hostess. —eee e every statement he had made and | eliciting the declaration from Creecy that LI was “brought from No. 10 police station” to the mission house. The district attorney also bore down ! on the testimony of Creecy that he had driven Detective Burlingame to the house that night at about 10 o'clock Stresses iness. Creecy was the first defense wit- ness called on conclusion of Mr. Lam- bert's opening statement to the jury. Throughout this address the chief de- fense attorney stressed the fliness of ‘Wan, and concluded by declaring that “under the law you could not assume this defendant had even been guilty of touching a hair on the head of his good friend. Ben Sen Wu. In alluding to the part a $5,000 check might play in the circumstan- tial evidence against Wan, Mr. Lam- | Bank with an unknown Chinese, leav- mg Wan at Union Station January 30. The stranger had sought Vai help because the iatter spoke Englisn, Mr. Lambert said. ‘Wean took & room at the Harris Hotel in order to relieve the mission house of the burden of caring for & sick man, Mr. Lambert said, and on the night of the 29th, about 6 o'clock, ‘Wan went to the mission to see if he had m{omfl. He returned to the hotel about 8 p.m. of the 29th, the night the prosecution clatms the mur- der occurred, and went Lo bed because of exhaustion from the journey. Along about midnight the two brothers went for a walk, returning to the hotel at 12:30 am. The two left for New York about 11 o’clock on the morning of the 30th and after Van unsuccessfully attempted to cash a check for the unknown Chinese, Mr. the | 105 CADETS LISTED FOR COMMISSIONS Annual Presentation to Be Held at Central High School March 4. Names of 105 cadet officers who will receive commisstons at the annual presentation to be hald {n the Central High School Auditorium the after noon of March 4 were announced today by Col. Wal lace M. Craigie, professor of mi tary sclences tactics of the p lic achool system Gen. Han Elv, U. § will off the pres ate at entation missions Col. Craigie also announced today that the battalion and band compe titfons this ve. will be held fr the Wilson Sta dium on the afternoon of Thursday April 29. In case of inclement weath or the exercises will be postponed untfl Mondas 3. The regimental competition will be held in the W Stadium on the afternoon of Thurs day, May 6. In cans of bad weather this conipe 1 will be held May 7 The annuul beizade inspection and review will be held Monday, May 10 in the Wilson Stadium. The annual competitive drill dates will not be an | nounced until the bass ball scteduls has been drafted and it Is found wher sultable open dates are avallable at the American League Park. Cadets to Be Honored. Following ara the names of ihe 105 cadet officets who will receive commissions on March 4: Cadet Col. FAward D. Andrus, brigade commander, Eastern; Major Karlton Steln, Eastern; Cadet Maj brigade quartermaster, Central—Lieut. Col J commanding Harold Battalion ing 24 Ba mandin Vaughn Kerby, ' regimental quartermaster | Llewellvn Reynolds, hand; Darrell « Crain, Squire. J. B. Holden, A COL. CRAIGI i c Resiment: mmanding 1st first lieutenant adjutant; V jutant; T. C. Dorsett. band ad Cummings, band ad jutant; Lester Harris, band; N. Ober lin, band quartermaster; D. Levin rmaster, J. Biggs, band B. C. Stevens, T. Me Queen, C. Humter, E. D. Talbert, I Sondheimer, R Collins, C. P. Bishep B. A. P. Doehrer. Second lieutenants L. Todd. C. P. Strother, R. Troth M. A. Whiton, W. R. Gifford, J Franzoni, G. B. Chafee, C. H. Hoft mian. Eastern: Maj. R. C {l manding 1st Battalion, Capta Thom, A. L. Walter, J. H. Swingle. First lieutenant | Gates, band adjutant; R. L. son, band quartermaster; Heintz, W. F. Rhine F. E. Scrivener. S A. F. Kregiow, K. cell, C. G. Militzer. Roll for MeKinley, McKinley: Lieut. Col. Joseph E. Sor rell, communding 2d Regiment: Mai. J. 0. Linge:, commanaing ist Ba: }talion. Caprains—harrison Hamilton regimental adjutant; Josiah Shepherd, reguneniu quartermaster: Lugenc Zuck, band: Chnwn L. Fogley, J. Lr Marr, Sianey Berman, Fred Thumas First licutenants—Robert J. Vouand band_adjutant; Donaid . Louis M. Franke, J. E. Myers, Fra Richarduon. Second lieu.enants—Ma colm Edwards, Hugh H. Hussey, jr. John C. Russell Business — Maj { command: | Avram Kraft, am Wollowitz, Na- !1than Kluf.; First Lieut. Andrew Me | Garraghy, band ady ) | Harvey, band quarte Hurst, Donald Liddle, Willard Brow Second Lieuts. Simon T. Men: Harry L. Slye, jr. and Joseph tetr Western — Lient. Col. Lloyd Free, ent; Maj. Paul (lark, commanding 3d Baitalion: Capts. John Henry, regimental adju Y Willlam Smoot, t. | quartermaster; Robert Yellot | Weftzel, Arthur Kimball, Wade Saf {ford: Firs Lients. Warren Mitchell, {band adjutant: Mynter Frazier, band |quartermaster, Winston Manning, |acting band ‘quartermaster; Berch mans_ Fitzp: , Charles Pimper, Leverett S . Frank Wedderburn: | Second Lieuts. Andrew Bird. jr.; Ric lard Craighill, George Watson and John Scofield. MISSING COOLID&HAIR IN G. 0. P. CLUB IS FOUND Marblehead, Mass., Policeman Con- fesses Taking Article, and, Fur- thermore, He Will Keep It. By the Associsted Press. MARBLEHEAD. Mass., February i. | —The missing Coolidge chair, the dis appearance of which at the annual outing of Essex County Republican Club last July has caused excitement | within the organization ranks, has come to light. George P. Kelley, local policeman, jis the confessed culprit. The spirit jing away of the chair first became {known when Edmund G. Sullivan, | president of the club, falled to include {among the prominent invited guests |to the Lincoln night dinner in Salem n February 12 several men suspect ed of complicity in the affair. The lub wanted the chair in which the ! President sat at the outing for his- torical purposes, it was explained. Five Marblehead Republicans be- sides Kelley admit they are under sus picion and four of them have agreed to produce the article of furniture at the dinner and explain its disappear- ance. They insist, however, that, party discipline or no discipline, they are going to keep the chair. WILL PLAN WAR ON RIFFS. Marshal Petain of France Leaves Paris for Morocco. PARIS, February 3 (#).—Marshal Petain and his staff left for Morocco today to prepare for the Spring cam- paign against Adbed-Krim, the Rif- flan chief. He will stop at Madrid for a day or two to interview King Alfonso and discuss joint operations with the Spanish military leaders. ’Girl Unhurt by Jump From Auto. | Grace Harrils, 24 years old, 310 I | street, was examined at Casualty Hospital last night for injuries she may have received in a jump from a moving automobile on Third, be- 'ween E and F streets. She was found Acres, two miles west of Lake Worth. | bert declared Van, the defendant's | Lambert said.” The check never has|to have sustained on injury, police There the greatest damase was dems. A brother, went to the Riggs Natlona) bean | reported.