Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1926, Page 2

L] THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1926. D.C. BODIES STRIKE BELT LINE BRIDGE Board of Trade and C. of C. Ask Hearing on Bills Be- fore Congress. Voleing opposition to the consirie tion of a belt line railroad around the Natjonal Capital. the Washington Board of Trade and the \Washingion Chamber of Commerce have hoth asked for hearings hefore the sub committes of the Senate commitiee of commerce, o oppose the hill receniiy passed by ihe House providing the! erection of a helt line railvoad hrid scross the Potemac near Chain Bridge. The requests were made 10 Senator Hiram Rinzham. chairman the suhcommittee. today Discovaring that the hill had slip ped through the Honse and that it provided for a_hridge. which is an in tegral part of the proiected Wash ington Loughborough Relt [ine bath these nrganizations in their letters to Eenator Bingham reiterated their an m nn the ground that further d faclities are not needed in ’ashingren. inasmuch as the pres ent terminals are adequate and that it menaces a large residential area and interferas with the logical develop ment of the city Both thess arganizati last Fail made exhaustive siurveve of the necessity of such a line and bridge ! and reported adversely on the proiect from all standpoints Roard of Trade's Protest. The Roard of Trade lattar, forward- @i by Ren T. Webster, secreta e hill hridge across the vieinity f the hain paszed the Honse and f= now it providing for the Potomac River a in Rridge, has | hefore vour suhcommittes of the commit- tee an together with Sen- ate hill “This proposed railroad hridze ie A part of what is termed the Wash fngton-Loughborocgh Relt Line. which rompany contemplates the establish- ment of railroad terminals, freight vards, ete “When this propestlon was firat advanced in the earlv Fall. the Wash- fngton Roard of Trade's subcammit- tee on steam railroads spent consid- erahle time and effor! in investigat- fng the matter hefore submitting fts report and recommendation there- | on. which was adopted by the Roard of Trade. The investigation was thoroughly made and the committee recommended adverselv on the plan. helieving that said railroad termi nals. freight vards. etc.. were not necessary for the present or even future development of Washington and continzuous territory Further- Mmore. the committee felt that such a development would interfere with the property of citizens in that section and was cerfainly not in keeping with 1he development and esthetic| treatment of the National Capital. | The Washington Board of Trade feels that thir is 2 matter of such im- portance. hoth tn the District of Co- Tumbia and the people of Montgomer, County. that hearings should he grant- | ed hefore final action is taken by vour | suhcommittee. Every opportunity should he given those for and againat | the bridge project to give an exprea- sion of their opinion.” The Chamber nf Commerce letter read “We find that the House of Repre scntatives has passed House bill 7823, which proposes for the erection of & bridge across the Potomac River in the vicinity of Chain Bridge, and that this matter ia now hefore your sub- committee, eith under House bill 7523 or_the corresponding Senate bill 2735, e also understand that the erection of this bridge i= a part of the proposed nlan known as the ‘Washing- | ton-Loughborough Belt Line,” which contemplates the building of a railroad practically aronnd the District of Co- lumbia and the estahlishment of fréight yards at Loughborough. partly within and partly without the District of Columbis i “The matter of the estahlishment | of these freight vards and the huild- Ing of this raflroad was hrought te the attention of the hoard of diree- fors of the Washington Chamher of | Cdmmerce in Septemher, 1 At that time the matter was thoroughly | considered and the hoard of directors went on record unanimously as op- poged 1o this project, and the fol- Towi statement was forwarded 1o the Public Service Commission of | Maryland: “The hoard of director | the “Washington Chamber of merce, having had its attention called to a propoged beli line around the | westerly environs of Washington | from Potomac and Cameron vards on the south 1o an indefinite location on the north, records iis disapproval of the proposal: first, hacause it bhe- lieves nn necessity existe. the present facilities heing entirely adequate and, second. becanse the proposed belt line would seriously damage property values in the residential district through which it is under- £tood to he profecied.’ “The Washington Commerce sees no reason for any change of opinion upon this suh- ject, and we respectfully request that before any action is taken a public hearing be held hy vour committee, £0 that the views of our organization may he definitely expressed.” Chamber of The chamber's letter is signed by Martin A, Leese. president: A, E. Eeymour. secretary. ALEXANDRIA GARAGE SAFE BROKEN OPEN Yeggs Escape With $12° After Carrying Depository From Building to Vacant Lot. Epecial Dizpatch to The Star ALEXANDRIA. Va., March 10. - Yeggmen broke inin the Temple Garage at the head of King street near Union Station last night or early this morning. and after carrving out the safe, cracked its lock and rifled it of 12 The safe was | the vacant I und this morning on adioininz the zavasze hy George McKenney, who operates the garage. Finger print records were made hyv the police who are working today upon these and oth clues. INHALES GAS, DIES. Mrs. Agnes C. de Fore enlored, B8 years old. 1032 Lamont street, was found dead in bed in her room yester day afternoon. She had inhaled gas from a tube attached 10 a fixture in her room. Coroner Nevitt gave A& certificate of suicide. — = Will Ask Citizenship. Walter Flore. 34 years old, slish butler at the home of Secretary Mel. lon, at 1785 Massachusetis avenue, has declared his intention to hecome an American citizen. He has Leen in this country since 1912, Flore expects to go abroad shortly and made In quiry of the clerk of the District Su- preme Court if Secretary Mellon could expedife the granting of his final pa- g ¥ i HOOVER OUTLINES WATERWAY SYSTEM 'Lays Developmeént Project for Middle West Before G. 0. P. League. Hy the Aesnciatel Press CHICAGO. 1., March 10, Herhert Hoover, Sacretnry of Commerce, last night outlined 'a complete inland waterway system, pointed out its economic necessity for the Middle West, and =aid he helieved # 9-foot ; “hannel from Chicago to the Gulf was in sizht. He appealed for settlement [ of Tukedevel disputes by spending manex “on concrete wnd steel, vather han on the lawyerse ™ He addressed the thivty-xecond an- nual banquet of the John Ericsson Re- i publican Leaxue of 1llinols Secretary Hoover's prepaved speech | Ald net touch upon jwlitles | _He pletured the Middle West ax! | givdled by a row of toll gates com- | nosed of increased rail rates and | maintenance of acesn freight rates at | virually prewar levels. with agri- | [ culture suffering more than industry, | Sees Section Suffering. YA study by the Department of | | Commerce of these combined factors | in their effect upon the Middle West | indicatess clearly a gre presssuve | Against her interesis, | “In any examination of our country | {for vemedies we naturally turn to the development of our agnificent our naniral waterways by deepening | them 0 as 1o permit modern | on the rivers and ocean shipping o | the Inkes.” ! Railways have reached their highest { {efciency in their history, he said, and | rate reductions cannoi he resorted to the Panama Canal cannot he closed, nor can sea rates be ralsed arbitvarily. | He visnalized two great imland | waterway svstems, the Missjesippl sy« | tem of modern harge lines and the | | Great Lakes system of ocean stean ers. the latter of first imporiance, despite the great economic value of the Lakestothe-Gulf voute, comple jtion of which is in sight “If we examine our possibilitles in | this vision we find that the rivers of | the Mississippi drainage between the Alleghenies and the Great Plains ars | disposed topographically in sueh | fashion that hy deepening them we! could project a 8.000-mile consolidated system through which 20 States coul i find cheaper transportation for thel import and export raw materials anil much advaniage in intevior distribu- | tion.™ Could Be Ready Soon. | The system could comprise an east west trunk, 1.600 miles along the Ohio, Mississippl Missouri from Pits: | burgh to . and a_ north-| south trunk from Chicago to New Or- leans. hoth deepened to 4 feet, with {lateral vivers mostly developed to o { feer. bringing in the area comprising | St Paul and Minneapolis. Omaha and suth Dakota points, Chattanoos Nashville and Little Rock. Comple tion of the coastal canal would bring in Houston and Galveston. and s on {with other possible rivers. The trunks, excepting parts of the Kansas Clty- St. Louls system, could be completed | within five years. | Two routes for the Great Lakes| to the Atantic route. the St. Law-| rence and the New York ship canal, ! are helng Investigated. he explained with the comparative merits to he | hammered out in debate when en- | gineering facts and conclusions are { ready. | Meanwhile the levels of the lakes { demand attention. During the seven vears past, a steady fall in the lakes | has brought a drop of 2 or 3| feet in levels, which last seasan alone used an estimated transportation loss of $19.000.000 The secratary quoted United States | enginesrs as reporting something less | than one-sixth of the drop due to diversion from Lake Michigan at Chicago. and five-sixths to the cli- matie eyele, STREET EXTENSION PROPOSAL OPPOSED| Citizens Favor Cutting Fourteenth | Street Through, But Want Civil Control. The plan to _cut Fourteenth stree* Inquiry Into Values of New HOUSE DISTRICT COMMITTEEMEN WHO INSPECTED JAIL Left to right thorough inspectio in Sunday’s Star. Representatives B today and concluded that action Is nee 7ini d to remedy ¢ an, Reid, Lamper n and Rathbone. They gave the Dist et Jail a ditions pointed out by “Pete Martin™ FORENAN RELIEVED ON MARSHALL JURY | Admitted Having Been Client | of Defense Counsel. Place Filled. By the Associated PHILADELPHIA, March Joseph Mooney, foreman of the jur which is to try David 1. Marshall, harged with the murder of Miss Anna 10— M Dietrich, today was relieved of | further duty and his y e was taken as foreman number two man | Hoepp. was taken f he ) jury X hecause at one time he had Leen represented in a eivil matter by the law firm of Abraham Wernick. unsel for the defense. The case was halted vesterday afternvon when the Information became known to Judge Harry 8 Devitt at the irial, and sider: incident delayed the opening of curt today. When Mooney ury duty on Mon examined for | he sald he was acquainted with the prisoner or srneys on either side. Had he ad | mitted such arquainiancesat the time. | {he would have heen disqualified at {once from jury duty. was COUNGIL APPROVES VOTE FORDISTRICT School Sites Will Be Made. The Jones joint resolution props ing an amendment to the Constitu- tion of the United States to grant national representation in r‘mm--n‘. and the electoral college to the dis- | through the Walter Reed Hospita} grounds. hut vest control of the thor- | oughfare in the military authorities, was opposed in a resolution adopted | by the Sixteenth Street Heights Citi- | zena’ Association. meeting at the home | 1309 Floral | of Mre. 1. B. Rurgdorf, street, last night. The assaciation approves the exten sion of the theroughfare. but takes the position that the proposed restric- | tion= ave undesirable, and that if these | are to he imposed. the members would | prefer to see the street remain as at! present. An alternative plan would vest control in the District Commis- sionera. Pending legislation to extend the privilege of jury duty to women of the District was also opposed. Four new members were elec He Morton Phillips, secret s nominated for a place on the Citizens’ Advisory Council. | > 5 BLEASE TO ADDRESS ! POLICE ASSOCIATION ‘im.-m.g winflcnn;;u; Retirement | Fund and Free i Uniforms. nator Cole Rlease of Sauth Care. lina is expected to deliver an address on law enforcement at a meeting of the Policemen’s Association at Pyth- ian Temple tomorrow night. It is understood that Senator Blease will also speak of the exercise of the { pardoning power. | A matter of much interest to mem- | bers of the assoclation and others in the department. that of forming a vetirement club, will be reported upon at the mesting. "The plan involves the taking of a specified sum from the salary of each policeman every month and 10 give each $1.000 on retirement. Money so deposited would he returned In event of dismissal or resignation. The association will also discuss the question of free uniforms for members of the force and a change in the style of overcoats. COL. COOLIDGE WORSE. | Condition Less Satistactory Today, Physician Announces. PLYMOUTH. Vt., March 10 (#).— ‘The condition of Col. .John C. Coolidge, father of the President, who has heen il at his home here for several months, was less satisfactory today, his physician, Dr. Albert W, Cram of Rridgewater, announced. e ‘ — Ordered to Walter Reed. First Lieut. Frank M. McKee, Army franchised peonle of the District was indorsed last night by the Citizen Advisory Council sge (. Suter, chalrman of the council, was autho- rized to draft favorable report on the resolution and transmit it to Congress. Action an the resolution was taken at the requesi of AMr. Suter, who pointed out that a numher of oral | requests had heen made to the coun- il to report to Congress on thir suh- fect, The Federation of Cltizens Associations already Is on record a favoring the resolution. he said. and has appointed a standing committee to seek its adoption. ‘The motion to Indorse the resolu- tion was made by Dr. George C. Havenner, candidate for re-election {o the council. The only dissenting Vote was cast by George R. Wales. Realty Inquiry Voted. to make investigation of the “ap- parent diserepancies” between the veal values and the purchase price nf real estate acquired for municipal The inauiry will be made ‘The council voted thorough purpos Dy & special committee composed of W. 1. Swanton. Dr. Havenner and William . Terhert. A statement of a member of the Honge appropriations committee at a recent hearing that the District ir paving prices ahove the assessed Value for property acquired for achool sites inspired the investigation. Sug- gestions were made by several council members that holders of real estate, when learning that the District planned to acquire it for municipal purposes, arbitrarily increased the \ bill changing the name of St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum to “St. Joseph’s Home and School” was i {dorsed. In its report to Congre the council will recommend that the bill he amended to fix a definite amount of real estate which the insti- tution may hold and that all property held in excess of that fixed amount he taxable, Protest _Is Voiced. In connection with the report on the hill, the council adopted a general policy protesting against repeated withdrawals of property of private Interests from taxation above that actually used by charitable and cor- rectional institutions. The council deferred action on a report on the Zihlman bill amending the District traffic act pending a re- port on a similar measure passed by the House Monday. The report will be submitted by Dr. Havenner who presented the report on the Zihiman bill. Action on the bill abolishing the fee system in the offices of the register of wills and the recorder of deeds also was postponed until A meeting next Tuesday night, when representatives of the two offices, the hureau of the | Air Service, at Norton Fjeld. Colum- bue. Ohio, has been ordered to this city for treatment Walter Reed General Hespital. hudget and District Auditor Danlel Donovan will he heard on the measure. The hill was disqussed last night when Dr. Havenner reported on it uvovu. Speech by Mayor Fails to Reach Air; Promoter Jailed By the Asauciated Prass FAST CHICAGO, Ind. March 10 Faced with the prohlem of getting up something new and snappy for the club’s luncheon and entertalnment. [esl Ottenheimer, program chairman of a local hoost- ers’ club, struck upon a brilliant idea - something new In radio hoaxes. e carrfed it out. but spent two hours in jail last night. Ottenheimer, so the story goes, notices for sent out a hig hooster meeiing, the speeches to be broad- cast through WGN, Chi The « meeting took place vesterday. Bovd Lukins, president of the club, announced that two million fans were lstening In. The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce spoke into the microphone 45 minutes the mavar dwelt eloquentiy on the town's virtues for half an hos The thing was a great snccess until some one discovered the mi- crophone was not connected. Mav- or Hale ordered the police to throw - Ottenheimer into jall. where he remained until Henry Peterson, village attornev. announced there was nothing in the statutes ahout disconnecting microphanes Today in Congress Senate. The Senate war in executive session untfl 2 o'clock considering the nomination of Charles W. Hunt for another term on the Federal Trade Commission. Consideration of propriation bill i resumed later today. The agriculture committee voted a favorahle report on the hill to tablish o national arhoretum for the Department of Agriculture in Washington. A suhcommittee of the appropiia- tions committee began work on the annual supply bill for the State, Justice, Commerce and Labor De- partments. Conferees of the two Houses on the naval appropriation bill are in session this afternon. Privileges and elections commit- tee continued in session on the Steck-Brookhart senatorial contest. Public lands committes resumed hearings on the hill to regulate catle grazing on public domains in the Weat. The foreign relations committee is meeting in executive sessfon. District committee in in session this afternoen, acting on varinus hills, the Army hahly will ap- be House, District appropriation hill for fiscal year heginning July 1 next, carrying a total of more than $33 700.000, was reported to the Hou today and immediately taken up under general debate which will occupy two dave. The Diatrict ftems in the bill will not be con- sidered before next Tuesday. Five members of House District committee make personal inspec- tion at the jall with a view to af- fording relief, through addition of a new wing, from overcrowded and fnsanitary conditions. House District committee orders favorable report on three measures and defers action on workmen's comipensation and the proposed purchase under condemnation pro- ceedings of alte now occupied by the municipal garbage disposal plant. Subcommitiee of appropriations committee starts hearings in exec- ntive sessidn on legislative appro- priation bill. Naval affairs committee con- tinues hearings on naval hospitals. Banking and currency committee hold hearing on proposal to amend Revised Statutes, Interstate commerce committee in executive session considers avia- tion. ¥ Military affairs commitiee holds regular meeting In executive ses- slon, Agricultural relief measures subject of continued hearings be- fore committee on agriculture. Rivers and harbors bill con- sidered in executive seasion by rivers and harbors committee. Committee on public buildings and grounds hold Rurln[ on _reso- lution prohibiting eraction of per- manent bullding !n Potomac Park and another hearing on the sale of the Detroit Marine Hospital. Foreign affairs committee, in executive session, continues con- alderation of foreign emhasay bill. Committee on mines and min- ing continues consideration of measure providing for mine rescue station in Kentucky. Post office committee holds spe- cial meeting in executive session to receive report from subcom- mitteea, Committee on irrigation and re- clamation continues consideration of Bolder Canyon measure. Subcommittees of the District committee hold two hearings to- night, one on the Gasque bill providing for electicn of the Dia- trict school hoard and the other to consider legislation on .the street rvailway problem. RESENTS CRITICSM *BY FINE ARTS BODY Legion to Ask City Heads for Right to Extend Flag Installations. Diepleased with the criticism leveled | at the temporary flag installations | | by the Commission of Fine Arta three weeks ago the committee of the American Legion in charge of placing flag standards and flags for gala oc casions an the downtown sidewalks plans to zo over the heade of the! Fine Arts hody and appeal directly o the Distrlet Commissioners ihortty fa extend the flag Instaila- | e to many of the prinel down town thoraughfares Members of the Fine Artx hody | and the District Commissioners viewed the temporary flag Installation ar anged hy the legion three weeks ago ¥ street hetween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. A few days after the inapection the Fine Arue body | | Wrote the legion committee, pointing [out that in ite opinion the flag staffa | were not suffclently large and that |the flag might he made larger and of a slightly different xhape. Redesign of the flag staffs and flags would involve eonsiderable expendi ture and cover ground that already has heen covered hy the concerns who made exhaustive tests of hoth the staffs and flags before manufac. turing them in quantitv. The installa- tions on F street were made in ac.! |cord with installagions that already have heen approved ny many munici- palities The legion. aceording o spokes men. does not want to undertake addi | tional expense and research worck in | connection with the flag installstions |and helieves the installations which were approved in principle by the F | Arta Commission will meet with full public approval when enough are in | stalled 1o reveal the true beanty of the uniform fag display Roth the flags and the fagataffs were exposed 1o high winds and put through severe tests hefore heing ap- proved. according to Norman B. Lan. dreau. a _member of the legion com- mittee. They were put on top of a high building in gale and showed absolute stabilitv and remarkable strength. he said The staffs would be set in metal sockets on the sidewalks back from the curb line and carry triangnlar- shaped flags approximately 5 feet long and 3 feet wide. $3 AUTO TAG PROPOSAL | DRAWS FIRE OF A. A. A. 1 Resolution Submitted to Rudolph Voicing Opposition to Blanton Measure Provision. Opposition to the provision in the Blanton traffic hill providing a fee of $3 for automobile operators’ permits for the District to cover a period of three yeurs ix expressed in remolu- tions received by Commissioner Cuno M. Rudolph today from the advisory board of the District di- vision of the American Automobile Assoclation. The resolutlon pointed out that the fee had been $1 without a renewal charge, and that the additional tax- atlon I not equitahle when the henefits will accrue to pedestrians as well as to motorists. Revenies de- rived through the issuance of per- mite will be usred for completion of a svatem of automatic traffic lights. The resolution also commende the Commissioners for keeping lanes of travel open during the heavy snow last month, urged that snow he re- moved completely from all bridges in the future, thgt necessary repairs be made to bridges ard traffic guard rails erected to prevent automobiles from leaping from them, commended Traffic Director M..O. Eldridge for his “excellent handling” of traffic un- der the co-ordinated system through the light controlled areas on Six- teenth street and Massachusetts ave- nue, requested the Public [tilities Commission to require street cars to atop at all interesctions where auto- mobile trafic is compelled to stop and indorsed the bill which would give the traffic director sufficient au- thority to control and regulate pe- destrian travel at traffic intersec- tions. JURY IS DISCHARGED. Unable to Reach Verdict in Auto Death Case. A jury in Criminal Division 1, be- fore Justice Bailey, deliberated five hours In the case of Willlam M. Davis, charged with manslaughter in connec- tion with the death of Anna Jack in an automoblle accident December §, at | Eleventh street and New York ave- | nue. When the jurors announced their inahility o reach a verdict Justice Balley discharged them from further consideration of the case. Davis was released on $2,000 hail. Attorney Ber- trand Emerson appearad for the ac- cused. = ; | the necexsity | disposed to recommend that the Se CAPPER WILL PUSH WELFARE MEASURE Slight Changes to Be Given Senate Without Con- ference, He Says. The public welfare bill, designed to consolidate the welfare ‘activities of the District government in one board ik dextined to become a law without of going to confere It was indicated today. Chair Capper of the Senate District « mittee stated that when the bill which pussed the House vesterday afternoos fs returned to the Senate he will li 1 tne slight change in phrase- clogy made by the House without ask ing for conferees, The District Commiskioners wrote to Senator Capper today requesting his committee to postpans further con sideration of the new District insur a rde and the new organic lawv for the Juvenile Court until the efty heads have an opportunity te go ave them again. ' In the case of the insurance bill the Inknrance men who have ap- peared hefore the Senate commiftes have been divided as to certaln fm- portant featnres of this legisiation and the committee Innt Saturday served notice on them that nnless they composed their differences with. I oa week, the committee wonld pro- ceed 10 take wome action on (he bl I'he Nenate Dietyier committee e L:\;fl\;hln :’h fiernoon e sidering eral pendin, ers, ine . jeloral pending matiers. including he Fhe bill to authorize the Washing- ton and Georgetown Gas Light Cos (0 consolidate: the hill to stipniate con- Altions under which ehildren and in- valids max he kept in non-firepraof instftution, and also providing for the fireproofing of siuch hulldings after a stated number of vears: the measure authorizing the director pubiic buildings and public parke to en large the park police foree from time tn time as his appropriation Is in- creased, Two other bills, one amending the law for the licensing of plumhers and sasfitters and the other amending the code o enable women 10 hecome surety on notes, will be considerad MEMBERS OF HOUSE CALL FOR REMEDY OF JAIL CONDITIONS ntinued from « First Page.) part of the cell ventilation, it heing deemed inadequate in the opinion of some of the inspecting committee. “Naturaily.” said Mr. Rowman, “we find the floors fairly clean a+ the | present time. It appears that a spe cial effort at cleaning up has been made in the past few dave.' Offcials Handicapped. “Regarding that,” Mr. Reid said 1 feel rather sq for the officials wha we making an evident attempr to make thix a good jail under such handicaps as the unexpected Increases in jail population have hrought ahout. | It seems as though an honest effort is heing made to conduct this profect Along conscientious lines. with the handicap of physical conditions weigh. ing down the officials. A view of the prisoners in the| south wing. exercising. attracted the | interest of the inspecting party. The rrisoners were lined up in the nar- row corvidors and marched up and down the WAng. two abreast. walking along stretching their limba to elim. inate cell cramp. This, Capt. Rather. dale sald. would continue for u few honrs a day. ! Alr. Zihlman. making minute inqui. | ries 1o a number of prispne Accom panisd by Mr. Reld. developed that the average capacities of many of the cells last night. in the north wing To Be Relieved MAJ. JAMES A. 0'CONNOR. MALJ A OCONNOR T0 GO TO COLLEGE Engineer in Charge of Many Big Projects Here to Be Relieved in August. Maj. James A O'Connor, Corps of Fingineers, whe, for the past three years, has been in charge of the Washington aquedict, the project for increaging the water supply of the District, the Washington Monument At Wakefleld. Va. and the improve. ment of the Potemac River from this ity to its mouth, wili be relieved of those duties in August and report at HOUSE VOTE SOON ON JUDGE ENGLISH Impeachment Resolution to Be Presented Before Next Tuesday. By the A 4 Press. The House will he calld upon with- in the next two weeka to decids whether Federal Judge George W. English of the eastern Illinois district shall be tried by the Senate on charges of “high misdemeanors in office.’ Recommendation that impeachment proceedings on such grounds he Inati- tuted against the judge were voted late yesterday by the House jndlclary committes. Its action, taken hy a 14-10-5 vote. followed an investigation hased on fAindings of a special commit tee which last Summer inquired intn charges that the judge was invelved in manipulation of bankruptey pro ceedings and war guilty of usurpation of power over Siate officials. The judiclary committee appoint a subcommittee to draft the article of ftmpeachment and report bhack March 16. The committes plans o place the matter before the House within two davs after these articles are submitted to it, and its report will have right of way in the House over {all other busine: It the House votes to institute the | impeachment proceedings and Judge English has not resigned in the mean time, the Senate must immediately set # date to sit as a court for the trial, which will be prosecuted by “mana gers” selected from the House mem- hership. probably seven in number. A majority vote of the house is required to inatitute impeachment proceedings and a two-thirds vote of the Senate Is required for conviction. with expulsion from office the most severe penalty which can he imposed. If the case ac- tually reaches the Senate and the | judge continues ta fight the charges [ it will he the tenth impeachment trial | in the history of the Gavernment. {ADOPT ADVERTISING | CODE OF STANDARDS | Installment Clothing Store Pro- | prietors Agree to Suggestions of the Army War College, Washington Barracks, as a student for the 142 1927 course An order ta that effect was issied hy the War Department today. Maj. Gen. Harry Tavlor, chief of Fngineers, has not vet selected his successor as district engineer for the Washington distriet, hut will do so within the next few weeks Maj. O'Connor hegan his dutles in thix city June 24, 1923, on the trans fer of Maj. Max . Tyler. Corpe of Engineers. to Florence. Ala.. to take charge of the construction of Wiison Dam and other works of the Muscle Sheals profect. Since then. Maj. O'Connor has personally supervised the construction of the new conduft from CGreat Falls, the big filtration hasin and pumping plant near the Dalecarlin Reservoir. two new high service reservoirs on high sground west of the eltv. and tunnel and pipe connections with the District water maink, designed to more than double the water supply of the National Cap. ital Other important work performed under his personal direction was the completion of the Francis Scott K Rridge and all the preliminary work for the consiruction of the Arlinxton Memorial _Bridge, which included sonndings for the pier bases, changes in the conrse of the Virginia channel and aleo In the houndaries of Colum- hia Island to meet the plans for the memorial bridge approaches on that reclaimed area. Maj. O'Con also has drawn plans for deepening the Potomae River from this city o Chesapeake Ray in the Intereat of improved navigation. SENATORS APPROVE which is the crowded section of the Jail, wers a= high as five and six in some tiers, runing down to four in others. The cells were made to care for two prisoners with decent ae commodations, originally, and a third bunk, added ‘about iwo vears ago, was thought at that time to have touched the capacity Hmit., Mr. Lampert. who has a toward figu heard with amaze. ment the recounting of statistics showing that the District jail, which cared for 3.804 prisoners in the fiscal vear ending June 30, 1921 on a total maintenance fund of $59.188, will have approximately 12000 prisoners this yvear, ending next June 20, to care for on an appropriation of $8,000 less, leaning Money Far Too Little, “It Ix not until one connects facts | with figures.” he sald, “that the con- ditions stand ont so glaringly. I ean easily see why the paint iz peeling off the walls in some places and mold showing through the paint in other places, It is easier to- understand also just why the mattresses and pallets for prisoners to sleep on can | deterforate and reach the condition they are now in." Outside the Jail, the committee agreed that the inapection had con- vinced them of the need of rectify- ing certaln conditlons at the jail, as laid before the public by “Pete Mar- tin,” and that he had struck more than one nall on the head. The in- spectors then left for Capitol Hill to map out a program of improvement which would moat economically and skillfully meet the needs at the fafl. Mr. Zihiman expressed the opinion that Maj. Peak's suggestion for an additional building would go far to- ward alleviating the conditions there, and stated that he would inquire im- mediately into the cost of such a structure, az well as into details as to its general architecture. All were agreed upon the fact thai the inspection was convincing evi- dence of the need of better accom- modations at the Diatrict jail, and that some steps should, in all justice, be taken In the immediate future to remedy such conditions. NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES B.F.KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 O’Clock Speaker Tomorrow Rev. Joseph T. Herson Conducted by Rev. Robert S. Barnes Every One Invited—No Collection ARBORETUM BILL: GRANT MORE MONEY First (Continued from Page.) ment with a larger variety of tre and plant specimen at Mount Hamiiton than at any one peint in this part of the United States. Other witnesses developed the fa~t that the arboretum would be of great assistance in the reforestation timher land through the vast amount of knowledge that could he derived from research work in an arboretum | 10 the hest kinds of trees 1o he grown in certain lacalities. Attention of the committee alsn was brought fo the fact that if ac- tion 10oking to the estahlishment of the arboretum is delayed much long er there is imminent danger that the Monnt Hamilton tract will he split up and devoted to private develap- ment. The section of the hill relating to an advisory council. which the Senate committee struck out. contemplated the calling together of representa- tives of a number of national organi- zatlons to render assistance to the Agriculture Department in conducting the work of the arboretum. The or- ganizations mentioned in the original bill were: The National Academy of Sclences, the Natlonal Research Coun- cil. the Smithsontan Institution. the Carnegie Institution of Washington, the Garden Club of America. the Wild- flower Preservation Society, the Rotan lcal Society of America. the Amer- fcan Soclety of Landscape Architects the American Association of Nursery- men. the Natlonal Association of | Auduhon Socleties. the American Forestry Association, the Soclety of American Foresters. the American Pharmaceutical Association and the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science. The report of the committee will he made to the Senate in the near future, after which the bill will be placed on the calendar. BUS-TOP “PEEPERS” SCORED BY WOMAN tinued from First Page.) « bus line, offering two alternative propositions. One proposal contem. plates a loop to Eighteenth and Mon- roe streets northeast. and the other would make an extensfon to Twenty second and Monroe streets. Repre- sentatives of the Rhode Island Ave. nue and Brookland Citizens' Associa- tions, who appeared at the hearing, were unanimous in favor of the latter plan. If this extension is made the follow- ing route was suggested: From Twenty-second and Monroe streets, south on Twenty-stcond street, west on Lawrence street to Twentieth street, north on Twentieth street to Monroe street and thence weat on Monroe to the present terminus. Those who supported the Twenty- Second and Monroe street extension were C. B. Phelps, chairman of the public utilities committee of the Brook- land Citizens' Association: K. P. Arm- atrong, chairman of the public utilities commission of the Rhode Island Ave- nue Citizens' Association: Chester R. Smith, president of the latter associa- tion, and John M. King, a builder. of | Better Business Bureaus. | \doption of a code of standards for | advertising by representatives of in { stallment clothing stores of Washing {ton at a meeting vesterday with offi cials of the Better Rusiness Bureau | was announced today by Louis Rath | schild, director of the bureau ! Mr. Rothschild's announcement said | the hureau. afier extensive investiga- {tion. had found that advertising | “among these stores, generally, was truthful,” but that the standards { adopted are “designed to make adver. {tising more than truthful. and thereby {bufld public confidence.” | The ato under the code. agree 1o qualify advertising In order to | show, for instance. that eredit terms [are availahle to persons with reputa- tions, or that an advertised low price | 1= restricted to purchases not exceed {ing a stated amount. Other conditions a “Merchandise advertised at low prices be on hand in the store until a reasonable hour. “Superlative statements. such as “the greatest values in town™ he elim linated in favor of qualified statements 10 inspire confidence. | “Eliminate ‘zet the goods’ In adver- 1tising credit terms, such as ‘$1 down | gets the goods 1 | BEER AND WINE VOTE | BY PUBLIC IS ASKED | INHOUSE BY SOMERS (ontinued from First Pazc. Introduced and referred 1o that com { mittee. and on which three Senarors have demanded hearings he given. | The judiciary committee is to mee | saturday. when it probably will de cide whether Senator Cummins chairman. has authority to appoint a | subcommittee 1o consider the madifi | cation bille and resolutions. as h | hax said he would do. Such a sub. { committee might hold hearings on the | bills if 1t desired. Senator Cummins is a “dry’ and {trom a “dry” State. but he has heen aroused by the challenge to his au- thority, as chairman of the commit- | tee, to appoint a suhcommittee. The point was raised hy Senator Walsh o Montana, who has maintained that the chairman has ne such authority un- less granted hy the committee. = Sen | ator Borah has proposed that the re peal and medification bills he reported adversely to the Senate without fur- | ther consideration or hearings. | The three Senators who have de manded hearings are Rruce of Mary {1and and Fdwards and Edge of New Jersey, two Democrats and-a Republil- can. Senater Bruce has proposed an ! amendment to the Constitution put | ting the manufacture and sale of liquor under the Government: Senator Edwards has proposed repeal of the Volatead act and Senator Edge has sought @ modification permitting the use of light wines and beer. 1t in insisted by the “drys” that the purpose of the proposed hearings is merely to get publicity for the “wets.” They insist further that prohihition is a closed issue and fs the law of the jand. The “wets.” on the other hand. say that the “drys" feel they have nothing te gain by such hearings and everything to lose Senator Jonea of Washington, a leading “dry.” said today that the most recent and best referendum on the prohibition issue was the result of the mayoralty election in Seattle. in which Mrs. Bertha K. Landes was a victor over Mayor Edwin J. Brown Mrs. Landes ran on a law-enforcement platform. Mayor Brown. it has heen expected, would be a candidate on the | Democratic ticket for Senator againat jones In the elections next RAPS CHURCH VOGUE. Says Christ Must * Taught as a Man. Rev. GGeorge M. Diffenderfer, Luther Place Memorial Church, speaking at the noopday Lenten services at Keith's Theater today, severely eritl cized the policy now in vogue in some churches of defining Christ solely as a Divine Being. Dr. Diffenderfer sald that the rising generation, if it Is to he converted to the Christian religion, must be shown both sides of the question. “Christ must be taught as a real, strong and genuvine man,” he said. “However, the fact that He has the power to forgive sin indicates that He is also the son of God. The judge who is our judge Is a man well as God, and as such He must be taught to our youth.” George R. Wales, civil service com- missioner, presided at todav's serv- wes and Rev. W. L. Darhy, execu- tive secretary, of the Washington Federation of Churches, pronounced the _ benedjotion Rev. Joseph T. Herson of miine Methodist Chureh will e temerrow's apeaker. Pastor Be