Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1926, Page 2

2 » PUBLICIS IGNORED, TRADE BOARD SAYS Rebukes City Heads for Not| First Consulting D. C. Bodies on Bills. A sharp letter suggesting that the District Commissioners geai the views of all aceradited local arcanizations be- fore recommending hills that viaile affect the District Coiumbin W forwarded 1o the Commiscionars the Washington Reurd of Trade day. The letter grew o made hy Enginesr o Rell bhefore the Senate Distyic mittee holding hearings o b aiax ctyoe: 1 ™ of A siatAmant ongh ial. sates Tt tension of Fourieer the grounds of Wr Commissioner Rel declared that he had ar est hill providinz the street thr eliminating = clal transporis with the hospi resentatives of of Trade exprecs oner He!l conferr Authoritiss and T . bt ey Ve e e rep m Reard that om-. i with the hos: not eonsnlt ieally Pourteenti street tery for all traf- m Hiea) with all of which a transporia fir Notified. Y veearding ad their notityd in o e he e the hoare vious people of 1} the el eommercial Bireer extension p S the propased The letrer follows The Washinzion Reard of Trade desires 1n ral which we feel i Vit interest and roncern o i1 of ol bia and its futire developmant ae the Capital nf the Nation The Dietrict of Columhia, as van are mware, has no represenfation in the Senate o1 House of LRepresanta- tives. being the onir community in the United Siates deprived of thi American privilege and of n toice in the administration of {12 awn affairs, “The commission form of govern ment in effect he we helieve, < one of the hest. if not the hest possible, and we see no need for any change The twn civilian Commissioners ure duly _quelified Washingtonians and the Engineer Commissioner is s lected trom the tCorps of Engineers T'nited States Arm Thess gentle. men are appointed SerVe AL repe. _sentatives of the people and adminis. ter the affaire of the eity in such man mer as will enhance the growth and prosperity of the community. “The (ommissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia. therefore, shouid endenvor at all times fo provide for the eiiy those projects which are advanced and advocated by the pen- ple s vepresented through the eivie, commercial and eltizens’ associa- tions. ren Rights Disregarded. “In matiers of great intereat to the welfare of the city -frequently most vital to its future growth--the Com- missioners have caused to he intro- duced bills In Congress and appeared before congressional committees ad vocating this or that measure for the District of Columbia without afford- ing the citizens who are =n vitally interested to even give expression of opinion therenn. For example, take the proposed extensinon of Fourteenth strest northwest. The ariginal hill rovided for street car and motor us trangportation to take care of a rapidly growing territory in subur- ban Washington. This Ml received the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the War Department and practically every civic organization in this city and nearby State of Maryland. The original bill unfortunately failed of passage. “Yesterday, hefore the Senate Dis- | triet commiitee, Lieut. Col. J. Fran lin BRell, Engineer Commission wstated t after conference with certain Army officers at Walter Reed ! Hogpital the Commissionsrs of the |over the person of an insane patient | iat St | i District of Columbia had approved A ‘compromise bill' This ‘compre mige bill' does nol make any pro- | vision for street ear or even mator | bug transportation, and would he| practically little betier than no reet at all. The question naturally arises. why should the officiale of TWalter Reed Hospital he called into conference nver a measure which af- fects the entire city's growth, while the representatives of the various organizations, who are spokesmen of the citizenry, ave dented this same privilege Want Chance to Be Heard. “The Commissioners of the Dis- ! friet of Columbin. if earnest in their | desive to serve the needs of Wash- fzton and its residents (and we helieve they are). should moat « tainly at least accord the citizens An opportunity to be heard on such important matters. Without a repre santation in the halls of Congre our citizens lonk 1o the Board of Commissionors 1o vepresent the com- munity hut if the Commissioners eontinue 1o folio their apparent policy of acting upon munieipal mat - ters without first least listening tn what the citizens advorate, they Will most assuredis not he repre- senting the eity and the people. “The interesis of (he nublic are entitled to firar matiers and all nther interesis shouid be cubservient “In the iuteresi of beiter under etanding heiween the Roard of Com- missioners and the peaple nf Wash- mgion, the Board of ‘ivede NURRERIs that conference. from time to time, hetween the ity officinls and repre- Bentutives of ceredited orga tionx shpuld he held. (o the end that the needs of the Nation's Capital may he more thoroughly and veiully tiscuszed and considerad. and sieps taken toward securing. without de- lay, necessary legisl J. HARRY ( 1] INGHAM, President.” PROVIDES FOR NEW PARKe Chairman Zihlman of the House District commitiee ana a member of the National Capital Parks Commis. sion todav introduced in the Houte a bill authorizing that commission to acquire by purchase a certain of land south of T street exiended, com- prising 103,964 square feel, for park purposes. The bill provides that thix real estate shall not be acquired if the ag- Eregate cost exceeds the sum of $313,- $16.14, and that thix sum sha!l be paid from the revenues of the “trict and the general, funds of the Treasury in the same proportion ag other expenses ©f the District of Columbia are paid. When purchased this property as yart of the park sysiem would he un- der control of the chief of engineers of the United States Army. Army Recital Tomor;-ow. The joint recital by Angel del Busto, on the bassoon, and Miss Dorothy Bedford, pianist, which was postponed from the originally fixed date of March 13, will be held at the Army Music Scheol tomorrow after. noon at 2:30 o'clock. Two numbers by Mr. del Buste, an intermezzo, by Samuel Gardner and “Capricelo,” by Elna Bherman. in which Miss Bedford will accompamv him, were written ecpecially for dhis recital, an ta & situation | - | personal services in consideration on ail ! v | MADDEN TO AWAIT VETERANS' BUREAU REPORT ON FENNING (ontinued from First Page.) thousands of doliars a year for such services Chairman Madden said, “If he is doing_that he ought to he put out of I his office.” Representative Bianton, Democrat, of Texas, replied: *“That is what he has done, and I hope the committee Will find out some:hing about it." “We will”* safl Mr. Madden [ When an item of $£3.000 in the Dis- | trict appro on Hill was nnder con- sideration “'for expen<es attendinz the axecutfon of writs de In inqul- endo and commitments thereunder in all ces of indi Insane persons commiited or sonzht to he committed | to St Elizabeth's Hospital, by order of the executive authovity of the Distriet of Columbia, nnder the provision of axieting faw. inciuding personal sery. ives.” \lr. Rinnton moved to strike oud | the paragraph. Ia said that the ap- nropriations committes is Authorizing the exnensiture o’ $8.000 in connec. tion with the commitmenis af lunnties | to S Elizaheth's Haspital by exsen (rive arder, and acked f mmitments A thus made by exeentive onder or hy eommitment fram A cour Green Makes Charges, epresentative | avida, who, he o K6t one of | the Districr, | an for a | sabeth's, to Ve then ealled npon Green. Demorrat, of b i “has heen trving [the Commissioners af fwho happens to he [ Florida soldier in St waive his rizhts as sugrdian and allow the soldier 1o he (ransferved to] Floriia and that enardianship pro ceedinzs take place there M. Grean stated that ha has been working on this case more than months and ihat the Distriet Com missioner vefuses to dsliver him. The Sommissionar is hie gua dinn and he (is held in Si. Elizaheth's Hasphial. His Miher died the dac of a broken heart. He had tried for 17 months to ‘zer Fennmg to deliver 1he down there. where his peopie visit him. but he wauld net dn it " Says Court Tssues Order. ned. “If lunatie e they may he. are com mitied to =0, Blizaberh Hospital nnder Iexecntive orders of the Commissioners | nd the Commissioners themselves are lzunrdians. then who appoints Commissioners guardians?” | My, Madden repliad. “They could not he made guardiane except by order of the eour My, Green said that information vesterday what anthoerity he (Comm ning) was made guardian Mr. Madden veplied. “He was made zuardian by order of the court and he | “ould not survender that guardianship, except by order of the court.” Mi. Blanton then asked if Mr. Mad- {den knows “how much remuneration he (Mr. Fenning) is receiving monthly | for his ward.” Mr. Madden veplied. "1t is & question now of proceeding under the law. The gentiem tried 10 get the Com- mission nder a responsibility ix fixed upon him by law.” Cites’ Judge Sellers” Statement. | Representative Dyey Republican {nf Missourl, then Interjected that! ]‘nenhfl' the Commissioner nor the {Board of Charities can commit any jone 1o &t. Elizabet That must be {done by rcourt order.” | Mr. Madden resumed that the Com | missioners do not commit. They simply !pay for the indigent who are sent I there. Mr. Blanton then told |that “the judge of the !iestified before our committee em- | phatically that every policeman in | Washington hax the quthority to com- {mit people to St. Elizabeth’'s Hoapital | {without an order of the court.” | Mr. Dyer challenged that atatement a8 “not_true.” Mr. Blanton ins “Judge Sel- lers of the Juvenile Court, testified to that emphatically before our com- mittee. I questioned that statement. | and she said khe knew what she was | talking about. We ought not to take !these random statements from any- [body. The gentleman from Florida is a member of the Houxe, for whom 1 have the greatest possible respect. but | he will not insist that because he | makes a demand for the survender of | the guardianship of the Commissioners thase he “requested | showing by sioner Fen: the House Juvenile Court Elizabeth's, that, therefore, th ianship should be surrendered Mr. Green replied: “'I have been try. ng to do that for 12 months. Not longer ago than day hefore yesterda: I wroie a letter saying that unless this man were transferred and unlass 1 had the written consent of the guardian for the transfer, I would in- voke the power of Congress to ge I the transfer.” ! Says Congress Can't Act. Mr. Madden commentad that gress has no jurisdictiol Mr. Green ‘insisted, “There should {he some power to get this boy ther Mr. Blanton then resumed, saving: “The point 1 am getting at is that in this bill we are furnishing $8,000 for pmmitting lunn.- {1jes to St. Elizabeth’s under executivs {order of the Commissioners,” and he ead the language in the appropria- {tion bill. He insisted, “There should e no executive order commitment.” Mr. Dyer interposed, “There is | none. | Continuing, Mr. Blanton sald: “It} { «hould only be done by order of the { couri, and no policeman should have "any authority to make a commitment and no Commissionsr ought to have {the authority to make a commitment. The second nbservation 1 want to make is thai na Commissiéner of this Dia- iriet ought to he appeinted guardian | for anv lunatie and receive a single dollar for remuneration. Representative (iibson. Republican, of Vermont then asked {f Mr. Blanton ows for how many people the Com- nifesioner 1o whom the gentleman re- ferred 1a guardian alread: | Mr. Gibson said that he is informed | that Commissioner Fenning is guard- pn for a greai many in cases situ- | 21ed ax the case to which the gentle, {man from Florida referred. | When Blanton asked approxi- { mately ax to what his fees amount io per vear for these cases, Mr. Glb- son replied that he does not know | from personal knowledge, but has | hesn informed that Commissione: Fenning receives ‘“‘meveral thousand | dotlars, guar {PASSING OF LEADING | CITIZEN IS GRIEVOUS | LOSS TO PLYMOUTH him. The colonel did not favor dancing, and one night the boys, then visiting here. attended a dance at the public hall. Next morning Col. Coolidge anked where they had been the night before. plied in chorus, “I don't The colonel pursued the mat- ter no further. Arranged Own Funeral. The philosophy of “the squire” was evidenced in his attitude when he knew that death was at hand. Months Against | ! ot | (Continued from First Page. | : | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY., MARCH 19, 1926. HOUSE W:HERE COL. COOLIDGE DIED, AND SCENES IN LIFE Upper left: Col. John C. Coolidge snapped as abo dent’s mother, at the time of her marviage to the e Plymouth for weeks. Lower left: Coolldge fami roads abou SR G el. U t to greet his distinguished son arriving for n week e right: The Coolidge home at Plym ly group at Plymouth at “the e w ey g oir 4 e ey % me € S visit. Below: Mrs. John €. € covered with snow, which has blocked the ! . Coolidge administered the oath as President of the United States to his son. Lower right: Col. Coolidge seafed in the town hail of Plymouth, where he was one ¢f the hoard of auditors, writing a letter to his son. COOLIDGE SPECIAL SSTOPPEDBY SON John Waits Three Hours in Cold After Railway Sta- tion Is Closed. Ry the Associnted Precs NORTHAMPTON, Mass., March 19, —John Coolidge. Amherst College stus dent, son of the President, showed characteristic Coolidge determination after he had hesn roused from sleep by a Northampton newmpaper man and informed of his grandfather death, Y He received the news at his hoard- ing house at 11 o'clock and 35 minutes Iater was on his way here, an eight- mile trip by trolley. He did not go to the paternal home on Massasoit street, where his grand- mother, Mrs. Goodhue, is keeping house, but from a public telephorie station called the chief dispatcher of the Boston & Malne railroad in Spring- field and ordered him to stop the presi- dential special in Northampton, saying he would accept responsibility. With nearly three hours to walt, he spent the first walking the familiar atreetr, tugging his suitcase with him, then went to the raflroad station. Northampton's raliroad station Is de- serted and locked in the early morning hours, and the mere fact that a son of the Preaident of the United States was | joining his father from its platform didn’t revise the schedule. Nearly twe hours would pass hefore the fiyer conld reach the eity, and young Coolidge was faced by a cold. hleak platform upon which to spend the time. A newrpaper man and a po- lice officer were his only companions as he strode up and down the length of the platform, stopping occasionally to peer impatiently down the tracks. “I hope we come back Sunday night,” he ventured, “I've got a lot of ing to do.” ‘DId you bring any books with you?" he was asked. No, 1 didn’t have time,” was the answe A Pullman porter d a cluster of ecret service men were waiting on the step of the presidentlal car when the train pulled in at 3:01. John was gathered in and two minutes later was apeeding north. learned of the colonel's imminent breakdown. He loved to ait with his fellows in the general store, keeping in touch with the uctivities of the village. It war noticed that the colonel, usu- lly alert and bright, would fall asleep in hie chair bheside the stove. Then the neighbors learned that he sat up night aiter night at his home attend- ing to The heavy correspondence, which developed after his son became President. Plymouth attributes his breakdown to the responsibilities he assumed as father of the Nation's Chiel Executive, Iron Will Kvidenced. The fron will, which drove him to greet thousands of tourists to the President’s birthplace when he wax too slck for the task, was evidenced throughout his long illness. In the midst of a heart attack, his phyai- ago he called Selectman Azro John- son in and made all arrangements for hik own funeral. The selectman was given tha task of preparing a grava. The plot in the town cematery already was marked with the stone bearing the name ‘““John C. Coolidge.” His business affairs wars in order long before he was doomed to inactivity. The neighbors tell how they first cian maid, Col. Coolidge would remem- her some unperformed tasrk and would force his body to ohey his indomitable will. From his father, the Plymouth folk say, President Coolidge has inherited many of the qualities that brought him to the higheat . position In. country, f‘ OATH HE ADMIN | Was When Calvin Coolidge succeeded to the Presidency upon the death of | Prestdent Iarding, in Augnst, 1923, his father, Col. John Coolidge, sud. | denly sprang from the obscurity of & qulet, little Vermont tewn to na- tional prominence. Up to that time | the father of the new Premident. al though he had been actively interestad In ‘public affaire for many years, scapcely was known or heard of out- side hix native State. Not many of the 29 men who were fathers of Presidents lived to ses their sons inducted into the highest public office, and among thAse who did Col. Coolidge had the distinction of being the only one to administer the oath of the presidential office to his son. Tt was this more than the mere fact he had become father of the President that caused the attention of the tion to be directed to him. Plan for Oath. Tt was only A few weeks hefore that the mon, then Vice President, with h! family, had returned to the paternal homestead for a vacation. In the midst of this family reunion and holi- day came the death of resident Harding. It w ear midnight when the news reached the Coolldge home in the little mountain village of Plymouth, remote from the rallroad, and immediately plans were made for s ring in the w President. I'he ceremony was delayed only long enough to receive from Washington the official form of the preridential oath, and when it arrived in the early | morning hours the stage was all set {for one of the most solemn and dra- matic inductions of a President in the | history of the country. Col. Coolidge was thrust into the picture much in the manner of an un- derstudy suddeniy called upon to play the leading role in n drama. The Vice President had decided that his father, by virtue of hix ofMce of notary public of Plymouth, was qualified to admin- ister the oath, which war done in the living room,of the Coolidge home by the light of a small kerosene lamp of the type commonly used in farmhouse kitchens. Ceremony Like Early Days. The ceremony, thus performed amid surroundings that were more like the eurly years of the country rather than the twentleth century, was in c¢ formity to the simple traditions that have marked the lives of the lidges of Vermont for many vears. Col. Coolidge—he obiained his rank from service on the staff of Gov. Stickney of Vermont—always lived in Plymouth, where he was born March 31, 1845. The fact that his son became President did not change his mode of living with the exception that he was obliged to spend considerable time greeting touriats who paused to get a glimpse of the place where Calvin Coolidge was born and apent his boy- hood. These tourists came by thou- sands during the months when snow did not hinder motor traffic to the vil- lage. The Colonel took a great pride in showing them the table where the President signed the oath of office, the pen, the kitchen lamp and the Bible used in the administration of the oath. He aulno prized highly his visitors' reg- ister, & series of notebooks containing the signatures of thousands of persons from all over the country. Visited In Capit After his son became the occupant of the White House, Coi. Coolidge made occasional trips to Washington, but always appeared glad to get back ' to his farm and the life to which he had so long heen accustomed. Although naturally proud of the suc- cess of his son's caresr, the father never wam heard to take any cradlt for it. “When Cal was in school,” he ones remarked, “I thought he would make a good doctor, but his thought as & youth-was to get.a good | mouth and conducted STERED TO SON | BROUGHT COL. COOLIDGE FAME| education, and 1 did all in my power to help him. As & boy he alwaye went With me 16 the town meeting. town ua and such things. and alwavs when we had a publ ol teache terested in su it ia, whatev he had to do he at- tended to 1t and did it the best he knew how, whether he liked it or not, and I think that's what he has al- ways done., Had Many Interests. Col. Coolldge, although primarily a merchant during most of the years of his active life. was a man of many interests. After his achooling at Rlack River Academy at Ludlow, which his son later Attended, orked for the villags wheelwright cutting timber until he was 22 years of age. Then he rented the general atore at Ply- it until 1918, ~hen he sold the business to devote his time to Insurance Interasts and his dutier ax an officer of the Ludlow Savings Bank and Trust Co. He was one of the organizers of the latter and a charter member of the board of directors. At the age of 27 Col. Coolidge was elected to the Vermont Legislature. and was the youngest representative in the seasic He served six terms a8 representative and one as State senator. In his home town he was tax collector for 38 years, a deputy sheriff for more than 40 years and #chool director for a long period. He RlRo served as moderator for the town meeting and was assistant postmaster for 49 vears. In the last-named posi- tion It was snid in the village that he ‘WAR the only pérson there who was sufficlently familiar with the forms of the Post Office Department to make out correctly the detailed reports re- quired. His servicex aixo were in de- mand in the settlement of estates. Even Made Coffins. A visitor to Plymouth once re- marked that the colonel appeared “to have been_everything in thix town except the undertaker.” To this he replied that as a youth working in the wheelwright's shop he asalsted in making cofins. “And we thought,” he added, “that It was cheating to use anything but hardwoud for coffins in those days." Col. Coolidge in He w h things, always in- The point of 1868 married Vie- torin Josephine Moo They lived In a tenement in the rear of the store, where President Coolldge was bornm, until 1878, when upon the death of his father the colonel moved into the latter’s home, the present Coolidge homentead. Mrs. Coolldge died when Calvin was 12 years old. The colonel's second wife was Carrie A. Brown, who died In 1926, Speaking of the affection hetween his second wife and his son, Col. Coolidge once said: “Calvin was never so busy but that he wrote to his stepmother every week and sometimes oftener. And she could see more in him than I could. Bhe took mote stock In his some day becoming President than I dia.” Never Had Auto. Although thousands of automobiles visited his home after his son became President, Col. Coolidge never had & desire for this modern means of con- vevance. Making the tripe which his varied business interests demanded he stuck to his buggy and old horse, which, he remarked In 1024, was “about played out.” He took Kindly. however, to the radio and in his later vears abandoned his lifetime practice of retiring early in order to listen in, especially when swn address hy his heing broadeast. He was greatly touched when President Cool- idge, at the close of an address near the end of nlnhltu rh-‘m?:::‘ sald & ublic goodnight to his r. P'flle death of Calvin Coolldge, ir.. son of the President, greatly affected First Action to Bring President’s Father Into | Public Eye Despite Long Years of Active Interest in Many Fields. examination for | DAWES EULOGIZES COOLIDGE'S FATHER Senate Adjourns Out of Re- spect to Father of Chief Executive. By the Associated Press. Col. John €. Coolid sonality In himself, Dawes declared today in rendering wa per- tribute to the father of the President. | ‘Iiven after his mon was chosen the Natfon's chi he said. “T im- agina that his neighbors at Plymouth | more often thought of the President ax the son of Col. Conlidge than they did of Col. Coolidge ar the father of A President, “The American peanle had instine- tively recognized the qualities of Col. Coolidge and knew him As the thor- oughbred he was. “"They knew and were grateful that!the Board of Charities here. six mem- | Wherever possihle ident, had lived and developed under the example and guidance of a Christfan gentleman who fully upheld the high standards of hix New Kngland kith and kin. “Col. Coolidge died in the knowl- edge of the honorable success of his only son—a knowledge which ix the greatest boon that could come to a father in life, and which can fil with happiness even the long and painful days when the shadows of death iteelf are deepening. The Senate adfourned as soon as it met today on motion of Senator Dale, Republican, Vermont. out of respect_to Col. Coolidge. The Touse adopted a his son, their P reolution extending its sympathy to the Presi. dent. Presented by Representative Gar- rett of Tennessee, the Democratic leader, it read: “Resalved: That to the President of the United States and the mem- bera of hirx family the House of Representatives extends deepest sympathy in the bereavement which has come to them and to the Nation by the death of the President’s father, Col. John C. Coolidge. whose character, gentleness and simplicity of life furnirhed to all mankind an example worthy of emulation.” the Colonel, and his friends said that he never fully recovered from the shock. The condition of the President's futher first attracted public attention early in April of last year, about a mouth after he had returned from Washington, where he had attended the inauguration of his son. His condition gave such coneern to his physician that it was arranged for him ‘to come to Boston on May 1 for an examination at the Massa- chusetts General Hosapital. There Drs. Paul D. White and Arthur Chute. Boston experts. in consultation with Dr. Cram, diage nosed Col. Coolidge's ailment as “heart block,” a condition character- ized by a slow pulse. Otherwise, the aged patient was found to be in good health. On May 11 it was reported that he had suffered a fainting speel, but the colonel jocularly told in- quirers that if he had been ill he had nut known of it himseif. Condition Grows Worne, Later ‘his condition took a turn for the worse on June 27 und he was reported in serious condition. Attor- ney Qeneral J. G. Sargent drove over from Ludlow and visited him, and Dr. Cram. who war in almost con- stant attendance, re ted that the lonel had develo A temperature around 100 and was in considerable pain. Dr. Cram said the colonel had gas on the stomach and howels and that an inflammatory condition had set in, but that the heart action remained £00d. Neverthéless. he ordered his patient to bed. OCoincident with the news of these developments, Presi- President ! PEPGO WILL FIGHT RULING OF MCARL Refuses to Pay Government Seven-year Refund From Impounded Funds. Flatly refusing to follow a ruling by Controller Generdl McCarl, Potomac Electric Power Co. has sery ed notice that it will fight his de- cision, which holds that refunds fr the company’s impounded funds are due the Government for a period of | seven vears, instead of the two years ax contended by the company In a letter to . J. Howell clerk of the Post Office Department. | A. G, Neal. vice president and con- | troller of the power company, de-| clared: “We eannot agree position axsumed by the general.” cigion of the District Supreme Court,| contending thai since the Govern-| ment hud not contributed to the fund | n | not be due a refund The letter 10 the P'ost Office Depart ment wax carefully prepared. Mr. Neal said, and is considered ax a precedent in the case of all departmentx and establishmentx of the ( who expect to approach the company | for refunds. Copies of it have been| sent to other CGovernment I‘PVI('XP-’ inquiring about the matter since. | A fight of fur-reaching proportions I | forecast by the action of the power | mpany. The controller general whose power in the Federal Govern- | ment hax heen a source of controversy with Iy évery branch of the | service, 1% on record in his decision nx declaring that the Government exia lishments and departments in the Dis triet of Columbia should collect from | the company for the entire seven years, the same period for which the public is receiving refunds. The company, on the other hand, | haw taken the position that the Go ernment did not begin to contribute to the fmpounding fund. by reason of special ratex accorded. until July 1.| . whereas the public had heen con- | uting since Aungnsr 1, 191 rat Oficial Request. The letter from the Post Office partment was the first official com. munication addressed to the compan. it was explained. althouzh the test case on which the controller gener: issued his decision concerned the Iy rtment of Agriculture | The Department of Agriculture yes terday sent tv the company fis re. | quest for refund under the McCarl de- | Cision. The application was made on | {the regular application blank. such as | tused by the public, and sttached there [t was n list of the various hulldings {concerned during the period. Mr. Neal | indicated 4 reply would. be made the Department of Agriculture similar | to that issued to the Post Office De. | riment i The chief clerk of the Pust Office De- | partment had written the company in regard to the refunds. claiming the re- funds safd by Mr. McCarl to he due | the Gavernment, and inclosing a copy | of the controller genaral’s decision of February 17. 1926, ] | DESTITUTE FAMILY | OF 13 IS CENTER OF { | | ontinued from First Page.) in two small rooms there, the only I place available for them. One | these rooms, Mr. Fare said. ix entively | without any heating facilities, owing to defective pipes. « Some time prior to the arrival of | the family & man from Washington | appeared hefore the board of super « of Fairfax County. according Mr. Farr, and attempted ve | that the county was morally and | ! legally responsible for the Campiell | family. He was advised. Mr. Farr said. that there was no | of his | | aswertions and that until such ool | could he given the county would not | be responsible for the care of the { family. Six Held Subnormal. | This was the last that was heard of | the affair, Mr. Farr said, until the | arrival of the family last Tueeday According to Mr. Farr and officials of | bers of the family are subnarmal men- | tally. One of the children is a baby two months old. George 8. Wilson, secretary Roard of Charities, asserted that send- ing the family to Falrfax was the - possible solution of the ditficulty. | According to the records of the bourd i Mr. Campbell came here with his iam ily Arlington County about the 18t of November. They lived at 1110 | Maryland avenue and paid one month's rent there, the records show. | The condition of the family first cathe to the attention of the board | when the father was picked up on the atreet in a dazed condition and sent to Gallinger Hospital November 16. . He was found to bhe suffering from tuberculosis and sent to the Tuberculosis Hospital for treatment. In connection with the Associnted Charities, Mr. Wilson said, an in- vestigation war started which dis- closed the deplorable condition of the | family. Fvery effort, he said, was) made to come to some agreement with the Fairfax County authorities, but all appeals to them were prac- tically ignored. it was learned that Judge J. C.| Parrish of the Juvenile Court at Manassas, Va., had some knowledge of the family and it was mainly on the strength of & letter from him thut the Board of Charities sent the tamily to Fairfux. Judge Parrish said that he had known the people for some time and | that to the best of his knowledge | Fairfax County had been thelr legal residence for the better part of the | pust five years. When threatened with eviction from thelr home here the family was taken to the House Detention for care, Mr. Wilson safd. After remaining there a few days, they were taken to the station by a representative of the Women's Rurean, given $20 and! placed on a car for Fairfax. 1 When they left Washington, Mr. Wilson sald, he considered the matter closed so far ax hik board was, con- cerned. “It i8 now up to the Virginia au- thorities to settie the dispute hetween the countles as to the legal resfdence or the family," according to Mr. Wil- son of the dent Coolldge, who was summering at ‘White Court, in Swampscott, directed his personal physician. Maj. F. Coupal, to his father's bedside. - In the meantime, Dr. White of Bos- ton had arrived, and on the afternoon | of June 28 he operated on the patient, who lay stretched on a table in the same room in which, on that historic day August 3, 1923, he had sworn his son Into office an the President of | the United, States. The sick man stood the operation well. and felt greatly relievéd. It was reported that the aperation was to clear an abscess of the prostate gland. Another severe heart attack early ! yesterday heralded the approaching \ | the “roaring forties” with the | self. controller | been settied hetween Mr. Carroll and He hased hir stand on de. ‘,'h;"“'" when the producer | tha tain at the Belasco Theater evening Countess Catheart should pre for the five vears in question It could | ing™ Mr and two night stands en ernment, | the way Countess Vera explained the ! now CHARITY DISPUTEfi:v- [Club ot |, STRING OF PEARLS BUYSBACK “ASHES" Countess Vera, Paying Price of Broadway Opening, Parts With Carroll. The Countess of Catheart and Earl the | Carroll have parted company perma- nently—"the very dearest of friends’" and the countess has hought hack her play for a sring of pearis. Am a result, “Ashes of Love, which the countess has heen starring here for a week under the direction Carvoll, will concinde fta Wash n engagement tomorrow night chief| A0 open up Mondav night either at the Ritz Theater or Miller Theater, in of Rroadway These announcements were anthol ized this morning hy the countess her All husiness arrangements have insisted upon the drop of the final eur tomerrow pare immediately for a “harnstorm trip thronghout the country Longed for Broadway. ted to open up on Broadway il wanted 1 to make one tour,” was “1 wa Car situation. “We could not_agree, so | simply asked Mr. Carroll what he Would take for his interest in my show. He quoted $20.000. “Of course, 1 dld not have that much money, but I 4id have a string of pearls the last of my jewels. | pledged them security’ for the $20.000. M. Carrll agreed. and now ‘Ashes of Iave fe my own In ever: sanse of the word I =hall elo here tomorrow evening and open up on Rroadway on Monday, the theat de pending upon word from New K today “I'wish to deny that T ever said 1 was tired of the footlights, 1 love the stage. And [ have baan informed by competent parsons. that under my own management 1 will, in time, he come & worthy actrese, 1 shall keep the entire siaff and all of the artists #ngaged with ‘Ashes of Love and exactly the same cast will appear | ax Yo | with me In New York Dearest of Friends, The econunteas strong exception nouncement when here laat Monday that “Ashes of Love was the story of her awn life ‘1 was & _good sport, though, and let it pass.” she added. “Rut that had nothing to do with my parting from Mr. Carroll: we are the very nlr:.ub’vxx of friends.’ he countess also denfed that she had attended Mr. Casrofis cehon 1 bath tub party” fn New sald she had to the takan urtain an the show apenad CITIZENS INITIATE A NATIONAL DRIVE FOR D. C. SUFFRAGE (ontinued from First Pags.) vacaney: Rohert N. Hap surer and Louis Otrentere, e ron Among the arganizations repr ed At IAst night's meeting ware the Board of Trade. Chamher of (om e, Federation of il ong’ Agro. ons. District of Columbia League Women Voters. central Labor Mer nte and Manufactur. Association. Monday Fvening Bar Aw Assaciation of Inhabit t Delegate “ .\\A‘~h\nfi|nv\ Citi Association, Northeast Washing- Citizens’ Agsociation, Washing. Real Estate Roard. Advertising Wushington, Woman's Bar 1. Twentieth 1y Club, Clity Club, tion of Women's Clubs. Society of Natives of the Distriet of olumbia, ' Anthony League and District of Columbin Congr of Parent-Teacher Associa tions. A special effort is to he veach Influential Ameriean who live in various part try by presenting the lumbia‘'s political numerous national in Washington thron The appreaching v marked by an especially her of these conventions will be placed wpen thels programe and the husiness ns national Union, pre made 10 citizens of the coun District of o claims hefors the inventions held ont the vear e will he large num Speakers senslone of the va ciations and societies will he asked to consider and approve resolutions in favor of placing citizens of the Dis t of Columbia upon n level of full equality with their fellow citizens elsewhere in the Unfied States. nssn Today in Congress nate, n as the Senate convenad today it adjourned out of respect to the memory of Col. Coolidge, father of the P'resident. who died last night. The motion was made by Senator Dale of \'ermont. Agriculture committee held an other execntive session today on the Haugen hill. passed by the Houge. eatablishing 2 hurean of cn operative marketing in the Depart ment of Agriculture, The judiciary subeommittes met in axecutive seasion Again to de clde whether open hearings should he held on beer and light wine bills, The joint committee an hids for Muscle’ Shoals met in executive session. Military affairs committee held an executive session on current Dills, The District committee will meet this afternoon on the bill to change methods of handling feex in the of- fices of recorder of deeds and register of wills. A dangerons weupon bill also will be considersd Senator Couzens of Michigan an- nounced he would confer with the civil service committee next week relative to his bill to place all municipal employes of the District under civil service law. * Hous The House As it today adopted a resolution presentsd hy Minority leader Garrett expressing deap sympathy with the family of the President. The House dehate on the priation bill. The committee on interstate and foreign commerce continues henr- ing on railroads. Military affairs committee hold regular meeting in executive ses- sion. Committee on continued general legislative appro- agriculture con. tinuex hearing on Louisiana ant Texas inter-costal waterways, Merchant Marine committee con- tinues hearing on Bacen bill to amend shipping act. Committee pn frrigation and reclamation continues hearing on Boulder dam with Ward Rannister of Denver as principal witness, Judiciary committee continues hearing on bill to control dishurse. ments of Federal funds on public work. Committee on coinage, weights and measures continues hear!ny on metric system.