Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1926, Page 1

¢ Foening Sl MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1926—FORTY WEATHER. 'd somewhat colder tonight Mmorrow: lowest temperature (o- about 30 degrees, itures—Highes vesterday; lowe: Full report a £ and night Tempe m every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 101,8%. Sunday’s Circutation, 110,071 TWO $452373959 FUND n page 3 | Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 ‘From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers matter 'MOUNTED POLICE TO PATROL U. S. WASHINGTON, D. C PAGES. * FALL INDICTMENT St office, W (P Means Associated Pre CENTS. CRAVEN QUTS U ashinto BEFORE WARRANTIS ISSUED FOR ARREST Gees to Montreal--Countess | Cathcart Case Hoaring | Is Under Way. WOMAN'S PARTY GROUP STORMS MEETING HERE Developments Give Denial to Rumor Accused Wa: Ready to Drop Entry F the the \ warrant was sworn out by of 1 today rl T woking toward his Tnited States crtment learned that Vady departinent he Earl is in Montr time developments climax today in the entrance into Counte t B ts rtment bor he as the rta of Craven was unofficially last now same swiftly to se involving the United States of Vera Catheart. who has been b 1is Island on alleged admiss involving “moral turpitude.” Women St which now been r Department for f re the Bc jon early ed n of i m Hearing. . came bef view for final a e n. 150 women, representing the Na- | sonal Woman's par stormed the rs of the hearing room der nding that the be allowed an audience to protest against what they termed hserimination™ and a “double moral | standard.” The warrant for Burl of Craven w r quest of Henry H. Curran, commis- sioner of Immigration of New York and will be forwarded to him for xer\’~i jce on the earl. It was not known | officially at the Department at the| time of nce that the ear h.ul' niready left New York for Canad: As nt Secretary Robe 1 White ' sald that if the earl is already in Can-| nda the purpose of the Department | will have been accomplished. “The | primary purpose of the warrant,” he sald ‘is to get him out of this country Karlier in the day attorneys of the| firm, headed by Wilton J. Lambert, | filed a notice of appearance before the board, indicating that the case had not been dropped and that the countess would fight the deportation roceeding nding against her, Aus- bert firm and said Wiliam A. De Ford, chief counsel for the countess, | womld appear later at the hearing be- | fore the board of review. | Earl Faces Same Charge. the arrest of the issued at the re- he warrant issued for the Earl of Craven contains charges that he was guilty of an offerse involving moral | turpitude in his elopement to Africa | with the countess. He will not be lixhle to further prosecution because | of failure to admit the acts inv moral turpitude, Mr. White said, be- | canse he probably was not asked re- | garding these acts when he entered | the United States in November. | Filing of the notice of appearance ittorneys for the countess by Mr. intield disposed of rumors that she was to sail for England tomorrow. If the Earl of Craven returns to the United States and is arrested under | the warrant issued today. he will be | given a hearing before an immigration inspector, who will make a recommen- dation based on the testimony. If he recommends deportatjon under the law | and the earl files an appeal, as expect- | ed, the case will come to Washington for review by the board of review apd the Fecretary of Labor, exactly the| same procedure through which the | appeal of the Countess of Cathcart has | gone Meanwhile the countes: Island, held at the New gration s when she is said to h fmmigration insp “moral turpitude barred is at Elis| York imm last Tuesday, | dmitted to the acts of which she is! Women Explain Protest. he National Women's ion was headed by Mi: rnon, execu secretary of the anization, nd was made up of men from nearly State in | the Union, gathered, . not tn Jdefense of the countess. but to point out that no law Jjustifies the discrimination against women made in the Cathcart case, while the man | who was named as co-respondent in the Cathcart divorce case was ad- | mitted without question. Mrs. W) mond Bradbury headed the delega- tion from the District of Columbia, | while Mrs. Marv Lockwood Morris | led the Virginia delegation and Mrs. | Robert Walker headed a large dele- | jon from Marvland i action of the immigration | ithorities shows clearly the need writing into the ConStitution of | United States the principle of equal rights beiween men and wom- en.” Mi lice Paul, leade® of the ! Woman's Party, said rhe Earl of Craven i: deportation proceedings as well the Countess of Catheart under a | section of the 1917 immigration law, | which provides that no person admit- | ting commission of an act involving | moral turpitude shall be permitted | to enter the United States, A Secretary Husband said. ty dele- Afabel | o th ubject to | EARL DODGES PUBLICITY. Attorney Says Departure Is Due to' Desire for Peace. | February 15 (). —A | f morals is now being | n authorities in | arl of Craven, and theart. whose elope- | artled the British no- N W\ single st applied by the case of the ment in hility. When the countess was ordered ex- cluded last Wednesday many protests | were made, especially since it devel- oped that the earl had been admitted Just November. Commissioner Curran at Ellis Island yesterday, however, telegraphed the Department of Labor for a warrant the arrest of the earl. The earl i questioned about his relations with the ¢ after it was learned that for Radio Programr—?nge 32. | Lment, | of | currency as {eral manager of the mine, took the - BORDERS STRONGLY URGED HERE Force Representing All Branches of Government in Stopping of All Law Violators at Line Advo- cated by Many Officials. SO f armed, mounted Fed- Plans for ral polic ntire Ame sious con n ican border. are under deration by the administr | tion The new force would repre but all branches of the in stopping 1tion an law at the border sincoln C. of a force w vitat gt of program for more =tiinoni en forcement of the nationzi probilation act Repre-entative Hui-or Michisin. who ha all Kins toward the expected 1o sk mittee, 1o ved, to open hearin Jres as s00n as possit At the office of the chief co-ordina- tor, who co-operates with the Bureau of the Pudget in correlating all Fed- eral activities, it w id that the subject of such a single force at the Ameri of intensive study for that several departn concerned Force of 100 in Service. Department of Labe dy has a mounted, wee of more than 400 men o) under immigration inspect the border to enforce the immigration t nor rtern- of ‘any « istant isory today ot Ly i he thee House judiciary which they were r s on his meas some time nts were The said, al it was irmed in border had been, the subject law, This is the largest force of its to be thrown around the | kind along the border, and, according | Doheny and Sinclair Also to Gien. Andrews, is the best equipped and organized for such work. Gen. Andrews would favor placing the new Federal police under the Depart ment of Labor. o The need for such a Federal® police o represent «rnment at th pointed out. Dparent daily on. Andrews ing more ap- s he observed the sev- «val activities of various departments reaus alons the border. 1id faver the esiablishment of single ari of the Government, cauinpe inied AN W anly borde and the to s v, 1o ix ool foree. 1o wateh the il pecson . | 1emptin enter from | n oil proper port of entry. He would faver slacing no other 1 in the ot the police nor encumber them he responsibilities of attempting to carry out detadls of any of the various ining to the border. Would Aid At the por explained, the minals i United ate through Many Branches. of entry, Gen persons, fmals by the esentatives of the various depart ments concerned. | Amonz the princi; al Government nches of the Gov- | i | l | and compel | Interferen Andrews | nd activities which would benefit by such | n arrangement, it said, would he | (Continued on Page 4, Column 2) SENATE VOTES BILL TOBUY PLAZALAND Would Ulilize Unexpended $1,700,000 to Complete Purchase of Tract. The Senate this afternoon passed the bill to complete the purchase of the Union Station Plaza tract for the purpose of extending the Capitol #rounds to the depot. The bill now goes to the House for consideration. The Senate approved the measure without a record vote after a brief discussion, in which a few questions were usked as to how it would affect | the dormltorfes for Government work- ers now located on the Plaza. Senator Fernald of Maine, chairman the committee on buildings and grounds, explained that this bill does not disturb the dormitories for the ime being, but simply authorizes the Vice President, :the Speaker of-the House and Architect Lynn of the Capitol to complete purchase of the land which eventually will be beauti- fied and made a park of the Capitol grounds, when the dormitories are finally removed. tention to lumn 1.) (ONE MINER KILLED, 19 HURTINBLAST 600 Escape Three Hours After Explosion in Pow- hatan Pit in Ohio. By the Associated Press. BELLAIRE, Ohio, February 15.— One miner was killed and 19 others were injured, one perhaps fatally, at the Powhatan mine, 16 miles south of here, this morning. Six hundred other men in the mine escaped un- injured. Employes of the mine, 700 in num- ber, went on strike Friday, after they had been offered checks instead of . W, O. Percival, gen- was too much of a money from Bell stand that it risk to transport aire banks. The miners voted yvesterday to re- turn to work today. The Powhatan mine is located § miles from the Webb mine at Shady- side, where nine men perished De- cember 22 in an explosion. An explosion shortly before 6 o'clock this morning wrecked the interior of the main shaft, resulting in the death of 1 miner and the injury of 19 others. Ten of the injured were taken to a Bellaire hospital, while the other mine were sent to their homes. The miners engaged in workings farther in the main shaft, made their escape through the main entrance within three hours after the explosion. Percival said the mine would be reconditioned today with a view of renewing operations tomorrow. By a strange fate the miner killed was drowned. The blast threw him into the air and he landed face down- ward in a puddle of water. He has not been identified. HOUSE DISAGREES Bill Sent to Conference, With Senate Reductions Due for Hard Fight. Without a word of debate the House today formally disagreed to the Senate amendments to {ts revenue bill. When Chairman Green asked unan- imous consent that the bill be sent to conference Representative Sosnowski, Republican, of Michigan, duction from 5 to 3 per cent as pro- vided by the House, objected. The sent to conference and it was im- the other House conferees will be Treadway, Massachusetts, licans, and Garner, Texas, and Colller, Mississippl, Democrats. = Revision is Problem. as to meet the approval of the House, Senate and Treasury confronted con- ferees appointed by the two chambers. As passed by the Senate the bill or more than $1 $100,000,000 more than Secretary Mel- lon believes the condition of the Treas- ury will permit this year. A considerable portion of the in- crease appears to be doomed by the at- titude of House leaders, who would adhere to their own figures. Chair- man Green has declared that any in- proposed by the House not only threatens a Treasury deficit, but jeopardizes enactment of several pend- ing bills calling for increased appro- priations, including the public build- ings bill. Actual Cut $600,000,000. Mr. Green also declared that while Government actuaries estimated the Senate bill Would reduce taxes by $456,261,000 this calendar year, its actual reduction would amount to $600,000,000 annually when the bill goes fully into effect in later years. The House conferkes also have more or less support from the three Republican representatives of the Senate were made Democrats, aided by some Republican insurgents, The taxes which seem most likely to be restored to the bill, possibly at lower-rates, are those on automo- bile passenger cars, dues. Conferees named by the Senate to work with the House representatives are Senators Smoot, Utah; McLean, Connecticut and Reed, Pennsylvania, Republicans; Simmons, North Caro’ lina, and Gerry, Rhode Island, Demo- crats. CONTRACT PLANE OFF. First Mail Ship Under New System Leaves Dearborn for Cleveland. DETROIT, February 15 (P).—The first airplane to carry mail for the Post Office Department under the contract system took the afr at Ford Airport, Dearborn, at 10:40 a.m. to- day for Cleveland, where It will con- nect service. The mall was placed aboard the plane by Henry Ford, who re- ceived the pouches from Charles Kel- T0RE, postmaster. In the presence of city’ and Government offictals, in- cluding Second Assistant Postmaster General Glover. The Chicago service will be started this afternoon. Our dollar bills may soon be much smaller in size, but they will last a lot longer, according to Herbert D. Brown, chief of the Bureau of Effi- ciency. This _information became known today when a subcommittee of the House appropriations committee made public testimony given it by Mr. Brown during hearings last month. The committee was told that a board of experts appointed by the Treasury Department, of which Mr. Brown is a member, is working out a plan to re- duce the size of America’s paper cur- rency at least a third. The experts are considering recommending a bill of the same size as the currency of the Philippine Islands, Mr. Brown said. In addition, the w paper has been develpped, with the assistance of the Bu of Standards. which -experts declare will last -EE B said, a new od |One-Dollar Bills Are to Be Made Smaller, /But Treasury Says They’ll Last Longer| longer than that mnow used. The average Iife of the present bill is only about 10 months, Mr. Brown added, and a year or so ago was down to seven months. ““There has been complaint recently” he continued ‘“that our money wears out too quickly. We have discontinued washing soiled bills because neither the paper nor the dyes would stand up under the chemicals necessary for the cleaning. Our committee is con- sidering the whole currency problem— paper, size of bills, designs, colors and even safety devices.” Mr. Brown pointed out that both the adoption of better paper and reduction in the size of bills would be economical moves, -as they would conserve the paper used. The smaller bill would also make the pockets of the more opu- lent members of the public less bulky lon pay day, the committee was told. admissions and | with the trdnscontinental air | * TOTA REVIONS | | | memorandum | opinion w | rea who has |t Jaw involved, are these: Fall and| fought for total repeal of the auto- | Doheny entered into a corrupt agree- mobile tax, instead of merely a re-{ment with each other chairman then moved that the bill be { contracts and I mediately voted. Besides Mr. Green | States in consideration of gifts and Representatives Hawley, Oregon, and {and to accomplish sald purpose by Repub- | trickery and dishonest methods, de- The problem of revising the bill sa! This order, however, it is now agreed, | | | i | | | Senate, inasmuch as the major in-|bY creases in reduction voted by the |one-half of 1 per cent on alcoholic on the votes of i content and legalizing all beverages | | | senting to EDGE INTRODUCES crease over the $330.000,000 reduction ! jment made public N OILLEASECASE 5 DECLARED VALID Legally Accused of Con- spiracy, D. C. Court Rules. 3 NOW MUST BE TRIED IF SPECIAL PLEA FAILS With U. S. Operations Held Fraud panicd by Trickery. Is if Accom- i Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford of | the District Supreme (‘ourt tos sustained the validity of the new con- | sirney indictments against Albert B. | Fall. former Secre of the In-| terior: dward L. Doheny of Los| Angeles. Calif., and Harry 1. Sin. | ciair of New York, ofl magnates, in | connection with the leases of the | naval ofl reserves in Californfa and Wyoming. | The court overruled demurrers filed ly the three defendants, and held that, while Fall had no legal authority to wwurd the contracts, the colirt felt con- strained to hold that the indictments charze a conspiracy to defraud the United States through interference | with governmental functions and oper- | < would embarrass the United | Such interference, when its ace Is accompanied and ac-' complished by trickery, deceit and is a fraud upon the United bribe: States. The action of the court will require that the defendants go to trial ul||P:<fl; the District Court of Appeals should! grant a special appeal and pass on the | law points involved. | Text of Opinion. The opinion of the court was ren- dered in the Doheny case, and a| adopting the same! filed in the Sinclair case. ! The of Justice Stafford | ds “The facts set forth in the indict- ment, which are admitted by the de- murrer, solely for the purpose pre- | the court the questionsi opinion that Fall, as Secretary of the Intetior, should award to Doheny's companies certaln es relating to the ! of the United | oil ,and gas lands loans to be made to Fall by Doheny. | scribed in the indictments. L “Fall was assuming to act in these matters under and by virture of an Executive order of the President. was null and vold, because Congress had intrusted the power to the Sec-! retary of the Navy alone. | “The principal point presented by : provides for reduction by $456,261,000, | the defendants is that inasmuch as|length of time. He said it has b .000,000 in excess of | Fall had no legal authority to award ! generally recognized that the pre: that voted by the House, and about|{the contracts or leases, any attempt | custom of requiring new members on his part to do so would also be (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) | i NEW VET NEASURE Senator Would Legalize All{ Beverages “Non-Intoxicat- | ing in Fact.” i A bill to modify the Volstead act eliminating the present limit of that are “non-intoxicating in fact” was introduced in the Senate today by Senator Edge, Republican, of New Jerse: The Senator announced this meas | ure is a substitute for the one he of-| fered on the opening day of the ses- sion, which would have increased the alcoholic limit from one-half of 1 per. cent to 2% per cent. | Applies to All Beverages. ecided to introduce this substi- Senator Edge explained, ‘‘be- cause of recent decisions of the Fed. eral District Court and Court of Ap- peals establishing the legal right, un- der the Volstead act, to manufacture cider and grape juice for home con- sumption up to the point of provén intoxication. It seems to me, as this decision disposed of all contention as to those beverages, to be consistent, the same formula should likewise be permitted for all other beverages, malt, cereal or vinous. “‘Again, this substitute bill removes the highly disputed question of just ' what percentage is or is not intoxi- | cating. Some .sclentists say 2.75 is' and some say it is.not. Therefore, if we leave it to the courts as the proponents of the Volstead act were satisfied to do with wines and ciders, | everybody will be treated the same. ““This substitute bill takes from the argument one very controversial ques- tion, i.e., what is Intoxicating? I am entirely content to let the courts de- cide.” ‘Wheeler Strikes Back. ‘Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon League, has struck back at the resolution introduced in the House by Representative Britten, Republican, Tllinois, calling for an in- vestigation of the league. In a state- last night Mr. Wheeler described the resolution as “another ‘stop thief’' effort to detract attention from the corrupt practices of the wets in their effort to control the coming congressional primaries and_elections.” “To ask for an investigation of the organization that has stood for clean politics and has revealed corruption in politics and has obeyed the laws,” sald Mr. Wheeler, “and to remain silent about the methods used by the outlawed brewers and the Assoclation Against the Prohibition Amendment, will fool no who s familiar with the tactics 2 | i {ihe {under League of Nations auspices. {in 1923) A REAL QmPritp i} VICTORY, Gl HA.HA! ) SENATE APPROVES | EARLY INAUGURAL Votes 73 to 2 for Office-| Taking in January After Election. | By a vote of 73 to 2, the Senate to- day passed the joint resolution calling for an amendment to the Constitution under which the terms of President and Vice President and members uf Congress would begin in the January | following election. The chief object | of the amendment, according to iis | author, Senator Norris of Nebraska, is | to eliminate “lame-duck” sessions of Congress, which are participated in by members who have been defeated for re-election. This same resolution has passed the Senate on two previous occasions, but was not acted upon by the House. If House should approve it at this session, it would have to be ratifi by the requisite number of States to become operative. Senator Norris explained before the vote was taken that the resolution probably would abolish the short ses- sion of Congress and bring about two sessions of substantially the same ome nt of | Congress to walt 13 months following their election hefore they take office iy undesirable and should be done away with. If this amendment to the | Constitution is made, he pointed out, members of the House and Senate elected in November would take office and begin to function at a session of Congress beginning in January, just two months later. Says Law Wouldn't Work. Senator King, Democrat, Utah, said he saw no reason why Congress could not accomplish the desired results by the passing of the law rather than by constitutional amendment. Senator Norris replied that undoubt- edly Congress could change the time for the beginning of the session to January, but he pointed out that un- der such a law the old “or lame duck" Congress would still be the one to meet. The object he is seeking to ac- complish, he said, is to enable the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) — RUSSIA- MAY PROP;SE COPENHAGEN FOR PARLEY Germany Hears Report That Mos- cow Is to Offer Substitute for Geneva Tonight. By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, February 15.—The Berlingske Tidende says it learns that the Soviet Russian govern- ment tonight will propose Copenhagen instead of Geneva as the site for the disarmament conference to be held The Russian diplomatic representa- tives in London, Paris and Berlin to- day received telegraphic instructions from Moscow to that effect, the paper adds. (The Soviet government has stmd-l fastly refused to participate in any meetings held on Swiss soil until full | reparation is made for the assassina-| tion of Vaslav Vorovsky at Lausanne FOCH UNHURT IN CRASH. | World War Generalissimo in Col- lision—Two Women Injured. PARIS, February 15 (#).—Marshal Foch, generalissimo of the allled ar- mies in the World War, narrowly es- caped injury today when an automo- bile in which he was riding collided with one driven by Mile. Godart, daughter of Justin Godart, former minister of labor. The marshal was not injured, but Mile. Godart and her mother, who was With her, were slightly bruised and cut by glass. 33 ON SHIP SAVED. BRIXHAM, Devon, England, Febru- ary 16 (#).—Life lines were used to- day to save 30 members of the crew of the Italian freight steamer Liberta, 2,563 tons, ashore in a storm off South Devon. Three of the crew were rescued by a motor lifeboat, but further use of boats became during the morning because of the thickening weather and rising storm. 5 _ The remainder of the crew were e tae 2opasatis, “The Liberia i total loss. New Skin Disease Traced to Matches In Trousers Pocket By the Associated Press. BERLIN, February 15.—“Match- box inflammation" the name ziven a new diagnosed skin disease. Physiclans of the Uni- versity of Berlin Clinic say It is caused by carrying boxes of matches in trousers pockets. Hundreds of cases of what appeared to be eczema on the thighs of men led to an investi- tion. It was found that the phosphorous sandpaper on the sides of the match boxes vaporized under the heat of the body and pen- etrated the skin. The inflammation 1s painful and as slow to heal as purns produced by phosphorous TUMULTY FAMLY HADE L BY 4S Wife and Two Daughters of Secretary to Wilson Reported Out of Danger Today. Three members of the family of loseph Tumnulty, secretary to the late President Wilson, are recuperating to- day from an illness that attacked them late Saturday and is believed to have been caused by escapng ceal or Hlumi- nating gas. Mrs. Tumulty and her vounger daughters, Grace and Alice, were the ones stricken. They were completely out of danger this after- noon. Mr. Tumulty said he was home with his family, at 1917 -Kaloramn road, when he thought he detected the odor of gas. Having just recavered from the effects of a cold, the fumes seemed so faint to him that he dismissed the idea until other members of the family were stricken with somewhat violent coughing_spells. Mrs. Tumulty and the younger daughters hecame so ill within a few minutes that Mr. Tumulty summoned Dr. Jerome Crowley. Windows were thrown open and the most seriously affected ones were ordered to lie down. After an examination, Dr. Crowley sald they showed symptoms of mon- oxide gas poisoning and ordered that they be kept i _bed. They had re- sponded to treatment sufficiently to be up today. however. Mr. Tumulty had experts examining both the furnace and the gas system of his home today to determine which produced the fumes. It is believed that the gas escaped from a cooking stove in the Kitchen and crept through the house in sufficient quan- tities to nearly wreak havoc before its presence was detected: Inspector Francis Dowyd of the Health Department made”a brief ex- amination vesterday and reported that the fumes might have come either from the gas stove or a water heater and the District has ordered the plumbing inspector to make a thor- ough examination of the premises and submit a report. In the meantime Dr. Crowley still has Mrs. Tumulty and the children under his care. MRS. PB;T SEEKS bIVORCE Daughter of Charles Dana Gibson Files Suit in Paris. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 16.—Mrs. George B. Post, jr., of New York City, the former irene Langhorne Gibson, filed st for divorce in the French courts today. She is a daughter of Charles Dana Gibson and nfeee of Lady Astor, the former Nancy Langhorne. 1 by CITY HEADS BACK NEW TRAFFIC BILL Approve Blanton Measure Giving Closer Control of Drivers’ Permits. esentative Blanton's hill mend the District traffic act was approved today by the Commissione: with several minor modification Commissione opposed the origi Blanton bill, which provided powers and a substantial salary for the director of fr features are omitted in the The new bill gives the traffic di rector authority to revoke operators’ permits for any violation of the trafh act Or for “any cause which may be deemed sufficient.” It also provides for the addition of two members to the force of the corporation counsel to handle trafic cases and authorizes the traffic director to cancel all driv- ers’ permits now in use und reissue them to person who #re morally, mentally and physically qualified 1o operate @ motor vehicle sifely. The rencwal fee would be §1. The principal change the Commissioners ing of the act which would street cars under control of the direc The plained that they tion of street under the jurisdi Utilities Commission Another modification the Commissioners was in section § of the bill which gives the traffic di- rector authority to revoke or suspend operators’ permits. The Commission- latest in hese new bill. bring traf- Commissioners ex- belicve the oper should continue n of the proposed by ers added a clause which would give | him power to s ing a hearing to believe that an improper or to operate a motor danger to the public.’ Drivers’ permits under the new bill spend @ permit pend- when he has reason the holder thereof incompetent person vehicle or is a would be reissned for a period of five ! vears, renewed annually fee of $1. The Commissioners suggested that the renewal fee at the expiration of the five-vear limit be $2 U. S. TRADE COMMISSION RENEWS ALUMINUM PROBE Demands Names of Every Holder of More Than 3 Per Cent of Company Stock. 1ated Prose URGI. Febr: 15.—The ade Commission resumed its ion into allezed monopolistic practitces of the Aluminum Co. of America here today with an order directing the company to with the name of every holder of 3 at By the Aw PITT: Federal investig: , per cent or more of stock in the con- cern. The order was issued while George R. Gibbons, vice president and secre tary of the company, the first witness. was testifyving. demand for the names of stockholders in the com- pany, in which S ary of the Treas- ury Mellon is interested, was made by Attorney Richard P. Whitley, counse for the commission, and was opposed Attorney Willlam Watson Smith, counsel for the company. Maj. W. W. Shepherd, examiner for the commissfon, who is ¢onducting the hearing, first ruled out the demand, but on Whitley's insistence he direct- ed that the names be supplied. American Freed From Custody. Louis E. Holmd ican ar- rested by Me: ies in Chihuahua after the reported behead- ing of Francisco Villa's body. has been freed and left Chihuahua Saturday for the United States. the State Depart ment was advised today by Consul McEnelly. $500,000 Needed to Repair White House Roof to Make It Safe, Grant Asserts Although the White House roof for some years has been considered un- safe, nothing has been done toward replacing or strengthening it except to remove a 2,000-gallon water tank weighing eight tons. This was revealed by Maj. U. S. Grant, in charge of public buildings, to the House subcommittee which drafted the annual appropriation bill carrying funds for the executive office and made public today. He said there was danger of the roof collapsing un- der a. wet, heavy snow, and estimated h , a 2 "the' President has not approved any such large ex- penditure. He also does not see how he can get away long enough to enable the roof to be taken off and replaced. As reported to the House, the bill carries nothing for repairing or re- placing the roof, Chairman Woed of the subcommittee expressing the view that it would be best to wait for a long congressional recess before un- dertaking the work. Most of the $50,000 appropriated last year for White House repairs was spent in putting in a water main that the water tank on the roof Lroader | Public ! is | provide it | FOR INDEPENDENT - OFFICES REPORTED ;House Committee Recom- | mends Total of $14.220,271 | for Use in District. |PRESIDENT'S SECRETARY | VOTED SALARY INCREASE $2.500,000 for Arlington Bridge Approved—$28,000 Is Asked for Lincoln Memorial. independs Governme: uments of 1 1of w impo work of resic iy unce 1o alumbia i w v Representative Wo spropriatios Civil Service ¢ 5,500 less than 1 the appropr that the Gov- has a 1 of 564715 | oves under the Civil Service s tem of whom 755 are emploved the Distriet of Columbia and 500,96 Ve tield se The bill clary dent. irate w hrin urrent approy ltions committee show ernment now al viee “poses increase o secretary to the Presi ide. salary commer the duties of the office. the secretary’s salary o $10.000 2 vear. The tot ive office is $444,460, 00 less than current appropric Hons, and £2.500 more than the bud mendations 00,000 for Bridge. nstruetion Dridge the n appropris ing fisca ! h For continuing the the Arlington Mero committee recomme ded for the e ion of the i ridz: quisition of additional suitable ap . Timit <t for the entire project has bes: $14.000.000, of which the of the bridze will be Wood, in reporting ted that it is propos 4 low level segmen i with nine arches. the center span heing feet leng, with the arches i that the spAns are shorter toward the ends. The center span is to be a steel {lascule bridge in order to permit i s to zo through when necessar: [ The width of the roadway for {vehicular traffic will be 60 feet, with on_either side feet wide the overall width 90 feei. < estimated that the entire project he completed in 10 vears, the bridze lLeing completed in approx imately six vears. The llouse appropriations commit tee recommends an appropriation af $210,000 for the general expenses of the Bure f Bfficiency for the com Mr. Wood explains past year the hureat conducted a number of investigation resulting in large savings to the Gov ernment through the adoption of tin recommended improvements in the method of conducting the bushess of nd at presen: e number of im with request < of the capacity of the present organization $28,000 for 1 Wood explained 1916, there w t | e d cost {the bill 1o const coln Memorial. that on June 438.057 employes {in the ex sivil service, and on November 1918, approximately i and on June 30, 1325, a tota i 54,718, | _For the first time appropriations for the office of public buildings and pub {lic parks of the National Capital are carried in this bill. The report ex | plained that this office is a consolida | tion of the office’ of public building and grounds, under the chief of engi { neers, United States Army, and th- | office of superintendent of the State | War and Navy Department buildings {and is charzed with the maintenance ! improvement. protection and repair of public buildings and grounds in 'W; ington. To provide for the installation and operation of the lighting syvstem for the Lincoln Memorial, the bill carries an increase of $8,000 over the budge: extimates, and approves the recom mendation of the budget making an appropriation of $20,000 available for installation of a public comfort statior in the Lincoln Memorial. An appropriation of $29,381 for the National Gallery of Art is recommend ed. This S 381 in excess of the hudget estimates and is recommended i for the purpose of providing $1,000 for | necessary repairs to the Freer Art Gallery, and $7.353 for additional em | ployes to,protect the art collection A total of $5.295 is recommended for i the Commission of Fine Arts, of which 185,000 is for salaries and expenses | There is a reduction of $1.205 in the {item for printing and binding. | For the Government Hotels $505.453 {is carried in this bill under the Hous | ing Corporation budget, which is $67,. i 017 less than for the current year. Would Push Monument Work. Completion of European monument= to America’s war dead in time for i dedication on the tenth anniversary the signing of the armistice is provid ed for in the bill. | The direct appropriation for the | Americar Battle Monuments Commi | sion is £800,000, plus a contract au | thorization of $2.200,000, In this con nection the committee said. “It is the program of the commis sion to complete the memorials =0 they can be dedicated on November 11 1928, just 10 years after the signins lof the armistice.” The total increase of more than $50,000,000 {s the result of larger aj propriations for the Veterans’ Bureu to care principally for adjusted com pensation and insurance require ments, the appropriation totalink $462,965,000. Other Funds Provided. Without changing the budget re ommendations, the measure provid tor the following: Federal Trade Commission, $297 000, a decrease of $11,000; Interstate Cemmerce Commission, $6,153,000, de. crease, $700,000; Railroad Labor Board, $285,000, ?.cnue $11,500. 99,000, decreass. N\