Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1926, Page 2

2 * THE EVENING FATHER BEATS GIRL FOR SPOILING AP Child, 5. and Mother Tearful- ly Tell of Blows by Man Held for Observation. 38 vears old, of axicah driver John P Me Frank R. Hopkins. 414 Eecond sivesi. n arralgned, hefore Iudze Mahon in Police Couri toiay on an assault charge. pleaded guilty (o heat ing his five-vear-old daughter Loulse. ecause she awakensd him from # nap. and asked for (he lenjency of the court In & dilemma hecanse the defendant is the sole avt of his wile and two children, the voungest one heing just & baby, the judge sent Hopkine hack 10 his cell until some plan couid be developed thet would hring ne un due hardship 1o the (nmiiy The of Miss assistant (tion ofilcer. th kins served overse and W shocked. tozeiher with the ve Aation that Hopkins bhe given mental examination at the Gallinger Hos pital. prohahly will be aceepted hy the judge. In the report it wes stated that Hopkins had heen on probation { several for minor offenses i Marks. | took 1he witness | bhearing the marks| inflicted an her preuy face vesterda: | by her father. Her face was badly| «wollen and her syes hove a dark. un | natural In a quaverinz voice | harvely audible, she told the court that | after her mother had left the aouse ! yme provisiens she (it lonel; | and tri to awaken her father The | Eather fumped 1o his faet and struek | her several times with his st on i face and back i The mother broke down on takine ! the nd. After a few efforis to te'l her story through sohs she was com | pelled to retire tn the witness room fc | eompose herelf. Returning she told| the court. hetween tears, that she had tound her daughter prostrated and! hurried with the child 1o her mother Mrs. G. FE. Cunningham, at 501 Eighteenth strect northeast. | Father Admits Blows, | The defendant admitted he sirick the child, saving he had been on 14 hours centinuous duty in his taxicab 2nd had returned home worn out. Be- ing awakened hy the child crying for her mother, he sald. he tried to quiet her. and late, hecoming provoked. had struck her Mre. Helen Hopkins, the mother had not recovered her composure for lonz time after the hearing. but Tay Aown on a couch in the adjoining room. where water and smelling salts were administered. Meanwhile the lit tle girl descended the stairs and shyly posed for the photographers. | Hopkins was arrested last night by Lieut. Gustav Lauten and Policeman F. . 0'Meary of the sixth precinct. MAN LONG MISSING BELIEVED IN PRISON. Te Poster Hop <heil ommen times Fa The little girl stand today, &) o Bears 1 Peruvian Employe 2t Pan American Union, Gone Since March 1, in Oceoquan, Police Think. The police search for Marcial Neira. 80.vear-old Peruvian and former em. ploye of the Pan-American Union. ended yesterdav when police learned that a ‘man answering his name and description had hesn arrested hy Pe. liceman Ramsay of the third precinct on March 17, on charges of vagrancy, and sentenced to 30 days at Occoquan. News that Nelra was serving time as a vagrant in Occoguan came as a shock to residents of the home of | George B. Rlandford, at 1847 Fuller | street. where he roomed, since the be. lief existed that he held a responsible | position in the editorial division of the | Pan-American Union. 1t was when a rablegram arrived for Neira a few Aays ago that Mr. Blandford hecame anxious as tn hix safety and notified | police that he had lefi rthe house Mareh 1, taking nene of hix helong inge. At the Pan.American Unien it was | sald today that Neira was only a temporary emplove. He resided at the Fuller strest residence for about a month prior tn his disappearance. PROBE OF I_NDIAN AFFAIRS LOOMING IN HOUSE MEASURE (Continued from First Page.) the Indians’ posses the grants revocable Aer. ong by by making Ixecutive or- Intimidation I« Seen. While no wholesale revocation would take place. the Indian leaders think this means that a club will be held over them and that they will be sub. jacted to intimidation constantly un- leas they dispose of their lands 1o the white man At the latter’s prices, for politically the people who seek oil lands for development and production are more powerful than the Indian. Party lines have disappeared in the fight. About 340,000 Indians have heen declared citizens and eligible to vete. The Indian Bureau in the De partment of Interior always has had an extraordinary influence with Con- gress, for the Indian Bureau controls the deposits in local banks in Indian sreas and haz a general power over Tndlan affairs which members of Con- zress from States contalning Indian reservations do not like to see allied with their political opponents. The Indian Bureau itself has a per plexing job with local administration and has in past vears felt justified in using Iron-handed tactics 1o get re. sults. There are two sides to the ary, as the volumes and volumes of printed testimony of the hearings will dlsclose 1o the casual reader, but whethar the disposition of the land that onee helonged (o the Indian is fundamentally just will he debated henesforth in Congress and a general inquiry ‘inte the status of the Indian may result from the disclosures tc he developed in the debate. | (Copyright. 1976, . Today in Congress Senate. Proposed amendments to the | rules to enable individual Senators | tn reveal how they voted on neminations in executive session may be acted on this afternvon. Decision was reached this morn- ing to let the Steck-Brookhart senatorial contest go over until Monday. Manufactures commitiee held a hearing on a pure paint bill. Agriculture committese went on with hearings on farm relief meas- ures. Proposed changex in postal rates are still heing considered by the ioint Senate and House subcommit- | tee. Judistary committee held a hear ; Ing on the longshoremen's compen-. | eation bill ul!?u.ry affajrs committee met in exscutive seesion on current bille. ’ | posed | water prices and to the limitaiion o | ors have joined in esking the Senate ! vevenues instead of taking it from the | purtment to take care of the necessay | | extension and maintenance of the dis- | maintenance i tribution | consumers, since the Federal Govern | ment | commitiee noi | all of its various provisions at every { available opporiunity. | recognized rolored races heard of as a highly elvilized group. STORM CONTINUES THROUGHOUT WEST Air Mail in Mountains Is Suspended. By the Asso Poess SAS inte Ka or April Good Friday dawned with snow still fall | ing in the Rocky Mountain region and virinally Yhe entire States of | Kansax and Missourl. Lterday morninz the second storm of | the wesk had already added & inches to the depth of tha covering left on the ground by the ewrlier fall, the end was no. vel in sight. A foot of snow had fallen Monddy and Tues- over Wolf Creek, Killed. and Charles letre., Wyo.. seriously nton, Wyo. last night ), Burlingion and Quincy train No. 42 crashed into of & freight train during 1. Dunn, cattlenan, was Claph i of injured ut "Th | when Chica prssenger | the rear e | storm, Atomobile | highways and country was al- most ause of the drifts land tratns were running behind time. | Road crews worked all of iast night cleiring parts of the crosa-State high- way in Missourl. Okinhoms Skies Clear. starting not exiend A tar south s (he one eaviier In the week, Oklahoma and Texus today 1eporting clear skies and normal Spring weather. Much of the snow from the first disturhance had melted in the two Stat capt i the Texas pinhandle. where ther was some snow last night. Rain fell early today southern horder of Kansas hut snow |and sleet were reported in the re mainder of the State. It was snowing Increase in water rates and is| in Kansas City and over Missouri alling for all the information it can | generally. except In the southern part get from Distriet authorities bearing | where it was clear on this question. It probably will be | For < air mail_service be yme time next week hefore the sub. tween Salt Leke City and Cheyenne, ommittee reaches any conclusions on | Wyo.. has been at a siandstill. Flyers hese questions found themselves unable (o penetr District Ci « hewvy siorm na Rock Wyo. and the mail was moving by . Citizens of the District, through | rain bhetween ths Wyoming and various organizations, have registered | {7tgh Siate capitals their objections hoth to the boost in | Meunwhile Lus it panies were planninz 1o bring delegates e i Kappa Delta’s nu tigna! debating convention down from tex Park 1o the nearest rallway point. Althougic more than 1§ inches of snow ared the ground at Estes Park Village transportation offietals | deciured they could get threugh with their big hisses and bring back the college studenis. ¥rom norihern ‘ Mon., trunsportation on the impossible b UISE HOPKIN Who took the stand in Police Court tocday I testifed how her father strnek her for wakinz him up. e i vanterday SENATORS INSPECT : STREETS IN STUDY OF PAVING PLANS ' Firs t along the (Contimied from Page.) Is going very carefully into the pro s Object. nsporiation e purchase of property. Ou the water vaie question the District Commission subcommitiee to avoid the increase in ! rates by placinz maintenance of the water #ippiy s siem under gener collections. 1917 the aqueduct and fil tration piant which constitute the sup- ply under the Kederal Government were mainiained of general rev enues, leaving the District Waier De. | water reni Prior to New Mexico 1o the nadian border the storm raged on upreiting plans for Great Falls' cel ebration ye ay of its “Winteriess Winter,” although the citizens made ihe mostL of the situation by parading in straw hats through the snow in an imprompui festival dedicated to the “only day of Winter.” Down in the Galiura Mountains of Avizona # party of sireicher bearers was making its way into an lsolated spot, where Mrs. Max MacMurray of Cleveland Ohio, #nd Arizona ranch- owner, has lain injured for more than week. iribution part of the system out of the water rent collections. In recent yeare, however, the entire burden of of the supply and dix- system has come out of the water renc collections from the private in not charged for the water which it usese 1o the extent of 18 per cent of the total consumption In appealing to the Renate o place_an arbil limit on expenditures for park and school sites, representatives of civie organizations hzve poipted out that property in the District is assessed at two.year intervals, and that tand desirable for parks and schools would be likely 10 increase in value betwee sssessments, making it difficult for the city to acquire the proper sites if the price were limited to 25 per cent above the assessed value. | Because of the pressure of «m- portant business in the Senate mem bers of the subcommittee have not been ahie to devote every day to con sideration of the District bill, but they are giving careful attention to | h. i« reported Lo haye undergone great hardships. She wax from a horse during a mountain hunt of March 23. and the extent of her injuries made” it impossible for members of the hunting party to bhring her over rough mountain tralls. Despite unfavorahle weather, New Mexican Penitentes and Yaaui_ Indiane continued their X Faster celebrations in emulation of the scenes on Calvary 2000 vears ago and pressad on to their culmina tion with unabated fervor. Canadian Damage $2,000,000. TORONTO, April 2 (®).—Toronto and western Ontario today were slow- Iy recovering from the havoc wrought by the storm which swept Ontario | Wedhesday. Many parts of the { province are isolated from the out | side world and it 1z considered it will he Monday al least hefore communi cation facilities are normal. Latest estimates place the storm Aamage in the province at more than £2.000.000. The telegraph and telephone sy tem suffered the most severe paraly- i in vears. Railways are almost hack to normal service and the hydro- electric commission i able (o provide all its patrons with power. CONTRACT TO ELIMINATE GRADE CROSSING IS GIVEN Potomac Construction Co. Gets Job of Building Van Buren Street Bridge and Tube. the P They hope to he ahle 1o complets the measure some time next week. . ENGLISH REFUSES T0 RESIGN TO AVERT TRIAL BY SENATE (Continued from First Page.) | | | hefore undertaking Speaker pounded for Says Time Was Reasonable. ““The vote was on the judiciary committee resolution,” Mr. Longworth | sald. after the House had subsided. ‘After the motion to recommit had been announced. the chair waite what it considered a reazonable time - opponents to demand a separate vote on any one of the articles of impeachment.” Mr. Longworth then explained that in view of what members regarded as confusion at the time of the vote he would vacate his ruling. He then Representative Bowling, Democrat, Alabama, to present a mo- tion for a vole on the first article of impeachment. This mbve was defeated, 101 to 260, on a rising vot In the face of this overwhelming majority against them. opponents of impeachment abandoned plans on the four remaining articles of impeach- ment, and the entire resolution was permitted to come immediately to a record vote. Chairman Graham of the judiciary committee and Representative Mon. tague of Virginia, a Democrat of that committee, Ar for impeachment, while Representative Weaver of North Carolina, another Democrat the committee, carried the burden for the opposition. Atten There was an to order. reply the - the construction of & suhway and bridge at the intersection of Van Ruren sireet. which will elimi- nate the Lamond grade crossing over the tracks of the Metropolitan bhranch of the Baltimore and Ohlo Rajlroad, was awarded by the Commissioners today to the Potomae Constructjon The company’'s hid of $69.607 was the lowest. “The railvoad company, have to share half of t of the construction, submitted a hid of §72.000. The Commissioners point- ed_out, “however, that they are quired hy law to.accept the lowest responsible bidder. Congress has authorized an appro- priaiion of $84,000 for eliminating the grade crossing. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR SATURDAY P RACE—$1.200: the lde: 4 furlo 130 110 Contract fo which will e total cost ance Is Large. unusually large at- tendance and a marked attention in the House as these three members and others unfolded their arguments and_logie, A#er the various votes had been taken the House undertook to name the seven memhers who are to pros cute the case hefore the Senate. The Jjudiciary committee slate of five Re- | *Poor Sport 105 *Tribune. ;. publicans and two Democrats was oh. cenes 10% Camoufiaxe jeeted 1o by Representative Garrett, | R e Who suggested a four-to-three political 8K ratio. Chairman Graham explained there was not only & precedent for this ratio but also for appointment of all seven members from the part in power. Thereapon the Democratic leader objected to the immediate con- sideration of the resolution naming the managers, and the House ad- journed, FIR: 2.year Sphere . tFiorian . | ¥hripalong 107 FCapricorn 16 tH. P. Whitney entry IWalter J. Salmon enfry, SECOND RACE—Claiming seur-olds and up: 1 mile and 3 Lady . . THIRD RACE—Claiming: $1,200: 3-year- ohis and up: 815 furlonge. o St. Valentine .. 112 Munko ..... 107 Warma 107 Kn't'of Merii 24 1 118 Misn Rosednle. ; Button Br the Springtime 4 ups 5% furlong t Lacutenant Siogle FIFTH RACE-—Claimi Gnds and up: 1y, miles. Ouperman . 16 e Hill Cligue 11 Dr, O'Mar Manifold 113 *Villager (XTH RACE—( olde and up: 1 mile flfi:..dirfllh ;'I.’ll :;nlw-nn o *Modesta 3 Iy . Wilkes: Bare 3 VIR Paificc Eray Gables . 108 SEVENTH RACE--$1.300; and claiming: 17 miles. Brotherly Love. 108 Mary B, loon Mazic 115 *Jimson "The Roll Call Firet Edition Apprentice allowance claim Weather clear. track fast, . New Indian Race Developing. Rex I. Harlow, a studen | and “statistician, after studying the conditions among the Indians in the United States, has come to the con- clusion that the American Indian has so intermarried among whites from all parts of the werld, as well as the that have entered the United States. that virvally a new Indian race has developed. This ne vace has heen “quickened.” he mays by the new infustion, and will research Aeyenr-olde ag 108 107 ‘ Two Killed as Trains Crash. | $tarting ves. | and ! did | Springs. | Severe siorms have swept | that mountain range and the woman | the | ;| ashamed when they opened their store WASHINGTON € TWO SAVE WOMAN FROM DEATH LEAP Men Pull Her Up as She| Hangs From Bridge Rail- ing Over Abyss. STAR. | 4 Heroie work on the part of Wilton | i W. Conner, 223 Tenth sirest : east, and James Matthews, Cathedral | Mansions, suved the life of Misk| i i Pearl \West, 30 vears old, who last night attempred (o jump off the ( neeticut Avenue Eridge ¢ Delay of a second or twe In reach | Inz rhe voung woman. whe hung by one hand from the iron slats in tne X railing. wonld have prevented her re:- | cue, in the opinion of those wh | witnessed the aftair. | Misx West 1< shock in Emerzency Hospital and, while reluciant ai Hrst cuss the maiter. explaining cares aboul © she fnally ted thut 11l hen | riod of nine yveurs, i thing ‘ Wells Story i Hosphtal. | “1 left my sister's house, #i Connecticut Avenue, where | whout % clock last evening didn’t suy anything to anyhody, anserted. ‘1 walked 1 now have & tion climbing from today to dic “nobody wdmit u pe whole recovering FEDERAL JUDGE JACOBSTEIN URGES COAL MERGERS TO AID U. S. CONTRO First | | ENGLISH, | | h. spread over cunsed 1he E live and from sne | (ontinued Page.) | ‘ ‘ Aown to the bridge and tairly 00d recoilec over the railing then. when | saw | was zoing 1o tall, 1 held on for all T was worth.” | What followed then waus not clear in her mind. PPhysicians at the hos bita] said she was hysterical lasi Mght, hut hecause of her rapid re-| overy she probably would bhe dis rissed some time today. The vounz men who woman from the deat net want lo meei char Aismissed the incident as something, anyhody else would have done and 4aid they “didn’t see the need of all (his spread in the papers ahout it Connor told in a matterof-fact | way of riding across the bridge| {oward the Cathedral Mansions and seeing the young woman climb over the rail. The cur was atopped and he and Matthews rushed o the point in the middle of the bridge Others Came (o Heip. “This stuff ahot heins held the feet is all | he declared Matthews may have held on to some pirt of me while we pulled hei up, but after we got her aven with the top railing there were many more persons to help ns get her over. We | placed her in an a ohile helonging to Mrs. Edmunds drove her 1o (he hospital. Mrs. Ralph F Park Hotel was hridge, And. she 4+ voung weman agencies the suspension deemed necessary, stein suggestion. right to withdraw the | whenever 1t might be | under the Jacob- Urges Government Action. Mr. Jacobstein suid that while he | wax opposed 1o Government operation | of con) mines and also, at the ather | and of the scale. to a “do-nothing™ | policy by Congress. he felt that the ! vernment mizht. nnder his proposal | tor sus the anti-troat luws, | bring about unification of the hard coal indusiry as teeoperate it on # much more efficient | and have definite control by the Government over both production and price. Mr. Jacobstein was sharply chal lenged by committee members as to whether he would set up a Govern ment price-fixing agency He said he had no such intention, but hoped that aconomie law, working on a firm foun- dation ba ses on wnification In the hard coal Industry. would work ont @ achedule of prices which would be (air and reasonahble and wonld not need fix 1ing by the « rnmen He wadded howvever, that ne Government con | troi over price, and posaibly a guarin ltee of profits to oparators. wonld he necessary. | Selling” agencies which handle the | output of hard coal mines should he part and parcel of the unification of the industry, he contended Such unification migh involve pooling of the industry to enalle the weuke | mines to keep operatin ' suved 1hel ension « sneh crevistically | [ ane munds of Wardman Ariving aeross the vemt g today san | valk ng horriedly. She stopped and lovsed over the ruil v » moment und then “before I} renhize 11, she climbed over She missed her footing ana | hunk <uspended by one hand. The | voung men in the car ahead of me! saw her climb over at the same time “They stopped and ran back just In | time 10 catch her before her rapidiy- | slipping hold on the rail gave away. I think Mr, Connor and Mr. Mati hews deserve i adit, for was not ! an eds\ & to climb over that rail-} ing unde e conditions. My on- nor put hix acim about her and pulled her up to & point where Mr, Ma'thews conld get a better hold. She was ! crying and hysterical, They put her | in my ear and we took her to thei hoapiial, Men Never Hesitated. ““'he voung men never hesiialed about saving the girl. If they had | delaved a second or 1wo she most cer | tainly would have tallen.’ Miss Waest said she wus emnloved in the disbursing division of the Vat- erans’ Bureau. where there is a lo of noisy machinery. This constant noime. she helleves. has undermined | her nerves. together with her long veriod of ill-heaith. “My de has advised me to go swav for a rest she sald, “hut that's all very nice If vou have pienty of meney do it Laws Prevent Unification ’ The said | either i industry present laws, My Jacobstein | do not permit unification in the_anthracite or bituminous | The anthracite industry he | described ax a closely knit, relatively efficient industey and the bituminous | industry as a loosely woven fabric of mines, many operating at a loss even when prices are favorable Mr. Jacobstein predicted | pric for anthracite coal under his | unification plan, even 1 ugh prices iat the mine might he higher than at present. Pooling &nd control of ihe selling agencies and eliminating many of the high middeiman's profits now exacted would bring about this r sult, he explained. Anthracite coal, he suid. even though it Ix hecoming more and more valuable. s losing Its markel at a rate of about 5,000,000 tons a year. iSubstitutes are vapidly taking s Iplace, and he foresaw the day when anthracite prices will he down 1o meet | the competition of oil and bituminous | coal. Would Close Inefficient Mines. The Jacobstein plan would put out | of business as soon s possible (hose | coal mines which are not now operal- |ing eMciently, although he agreed with Representative Ravburn, Demo- crat, of Texas that the natural eco- | with.” nomie law of more efficlent operation | The close cull would in time foree the ineficlently | has spurred her on to renswed cour operated mines 1o suspend operation.|age. and she intimated that immedi. | “I am not afrald of public regula. | ately she will seek a quist spot away tion.” Mr. Jacobstein safd. “We have [ from Washington ample precedent for such regulation - . e n et einweon of mviie | DRIVERS' PERMITS STILL NECESSARY, MAJ. HESSE WARNS ntiliti Hard coal is a natural (Continued from First lower = f [ she had. howeve:, monopoly, and soft corl s not. “If Henry Ford or -Rockefeller owned the hard-coal industry, it would | he operated aconomically. Under. | production or everproduction is waste. | ful. What we want is an adequate gupply of conl. and the American pub. lie Is willing 1o pay a falr price. Bituminous Strike Possible, i “There is a good deal of strike talk | regarding termination of the union bituminoux contract on March 31 1927. 1 am sure the union min will not submit to a reduction of or 23 per cant in wages to bring them down 1o the 1917 scale when their contract expires a vear hence.’ Mr. Jacobstein said there are two separate conflicts in prospect in the %oft coal industry, one hetween the operators and miners and another he. tween mine operators In the North and those in the South. where mines generally are not operated by nunion workers, He said the mine owne; In the North will fight to shut down the competing non-union mines. Questloned as to the constitutional ity of his proposale fo cure the {lls in the coal.mining industry, Mr. Jacobstein furnished the committee With two Supreme Court declsions, one applying to the coal industry and another in an analogous industry, both of which, he said. furnish precedent for legislation on coal, “I know there is going to be a battle on the constitutionality of coal legisiation.” he said. Where practices and abuses result in restraint of in- | terstate commerce Congress may step n and regulate an industry.” |MANY WEEP, UNASHAMED. Burglar Alarm e | Government Can Step Out of Serv- | Floods Jewelry Store ! ice Now, New Says. NEW YORK. April 2 (®).—John and Kdward Rundback. proprietors of a | CHICAGO, April 2 (P).—Postmas Third avenue jewelry store, and their | ter General Harry S. New said today 12 amploves ‘wept openly and un-| (hat the time it al hand when the ® Government can step out of the air muil business and let private inter 18 gradually take over the service. After making an address at Peora, | 1., he will go to Indianapolis, his home, for a few days. Mr, New said the progress in the last few months has been great. He | believes the air mall route between Chicago and St. Louis, to be inaugu- vated April 15, will be a siccess. Page.) aualified should not procure & Distriet of Columbia permit if he chooses. “Approximately 25 per cent of all thoxe who apply for permits are turn. ed down for good and sufficient re:- sons. and I am afraid that the puh. ity glven the declsion of the Trafc Court judge lasi night will »ncouraze many of thoxe who have heen unable to procure permits to drive withont permite. 1 will. therefore, thank von 1o let me know the nameus, aduresses and circumatances surrounding each arrest which is made in the future of driving without a permit in order that we may consider the advisability of placing such names on onr list of those who will he refused permits in case they in the fuiure may make ap- | plication for the same. | “In the event that there is an ar-| rest of a person from another State | involved in a serisue accident or traf fic violation we will then notify the | State from which the driver comes and request the authorities io sus- | pend or cance' the permit, depending | upon the circumstances of the case. James M. Hayes, Jr.. commissioner of motor vehicles of Virginiu. tele- graphed the Commssioners today that | the Virginia authorities would con- tinue to honor Diatrict drivers per. | mitx until further notice. Similar an- nouncements have come from the comm ssloners of motor vehicles in South Carolina and Connecticut. AIR MAIL PROGRESSES. |today. A crowd gathered, some wepi: I detachment of police was rushed to | the scene, and the hluecoats wept. | "The place had not been robbed. but {# burglar alarm in the basement had ! heen unaceountably touched off. flood- ing the store with tear gas and setting i a burglar siren to walling. The racket continued for 10 minutes hefore police were able to turn off the alarm. Local Post Office Is Almost Swamped By Unusual Burden of Easter Mail! the average day. The cancellation machine, handling ap- proximately 730,000 pieces of mail on an average day, ran'off 12653840 letters Wednesday and 1,282.104 more vesterda Despite the unusually heavy bur- eden. Superintendent of Mail« Schooley | sald this morning that he believed. Wwith the help of the extra men this afternoon, the tons of mail will be cleaned up quickly. I Large quantities of Easter cards,|ble that of candy, flowers and advertiding have literally swamped the local post office, and, as the officials do no sanction employing extra Kagter help as during the Christmas season, all- available employes are forced to work overtime to get the mail out on schedule. In the only department where an sccuratae check can he made fmme- Qiately, the Easter load is nearly dou- | north-{ FRIDAY, APRIIL QUICK Wholesalers Report General Advance at Mines, But| List Is Lower Than at Any Other Time This Year, Dealers Declare. Rasad ite { 1975, and the [ April 1 deal, 9 Left to right: Wilton W. ( ANTHRACITE PRICES IN CAPITAL 60 CENTS HIGHER THAN IN 1925 on what over the year hours, w van | anthracit must thou ves « wee though | during 1421 imparative Agures ces an [ nour Stove Pea Coke Ees Nut Pes 1 Coke w highe holesilers e most At the long m It o 1gh than it has of Apeil for it is today k April 1 several I whe'esale The FIRST RET SECOND RE THIRD RET FOURTH RF holesale prices. e dealers claim h she herself did| ;0 4ivorantial in the cost of anthra. | ©I*e wovern according 1926. ACTION PREVENTED A TRACEDY FAGA “PECULIAR,” OFFIGER DECLARES Maj. Wirgman Tells of Lieu- tenant’s Habit of Driving Noisy Car Late at Night. | The fact that aga. Marine qua {at the Annapolix post, » hers of the | World War, wh I= tacing & number of serioux charges hafore a general | court-martial in session at the navy vard drove a noisy ear abqut the | barracks at Annapolis during late hours at night was the only hasie of the testimony givan vesterday hy Maj Harold F. Wirgman. eommandant of the Marine post 1 the aceused an was “peculiar.’” The admission as adduced at the wpening of the morning sexsion of the trial. when a memb of the ecourt asked Mauj \Wirgman why he he ileved Lient. ¥Fa wus peculiar, a helisf which the co mandant said led him investigate Faga's nunts nx quartermaster ““The only reason | ean give for this Lieut. William H ermaster assigned nor, James Mathews. hetween April 1 ame date 1n 1928, price L of hard coal in Washington. sffective | average 80 or | than & vear ago. even though several | = have announced price of anthracite within the last 70 cents higher the 24 cuts neral ad. sizes of which they the retailers, »! wlers report the zensral t ymestic ines in ad al toda in is first vears, al price thie tits lowest anthracite ears an- lers and b hath ge rets b ve lowe: AILER f TAILER 1500 ATLER S35 158 e 10 No coks fortew £1ven to one the large Washington wholes:lers have € vane stove coal a coal Lyhens Valley shown conl et even coal an rise of advance stove an conts a ton ¥ New ur large retail e York have annos has shown of larger. advances an Sh.cent ad increase of $1 30 canté and pex £.20 A ton coal has risen 30 ies in foilow aal eomy unced th $1.308 Given for Relief Work. The avar cociation the | reprecents | inves:ment ! rennial Dece rurn | ef %6 Commissioner £1,308 to the ¥ for dishur ! the purcha<e of fusl and clothing in the Dist; intevest f the mr inauguial the « to the noot mber 1 T el over 164, rs todav turned Relief As for for . This kmount terived from the neipal i er. jief_fund. since mmissioners have specintion A total tizens sement only Leanfidence indefinable imj I gained of Lieut. Faga was (hat he made a prac tiee of driving about t harracks night after night until very late hou In his machine ~ testified Maj Wir man. “It wa=a very noisy machine | %o noisy that 1 dn't sleep. Trosted Mai Wirgman that Faza of 4 highly nervous gemperamert. When quesiioned by he eourt. Maj. Wirgman declared em. phatieally that he had ne fears of he accns-d officers” moral or mental fiiness for his duties. 1 1 had.” he | vaid. <1 mest certainly woula have | asked to have him relieved Lucien H. Van Doren, chief defense attorney, on cross-examination, con tinued 1o ask ahont the previous testi mony about Faga bel peculiar” and indicated by his questions that he intends to prove that such acts hy the defendant as driving late at night | were caused by nervousness resulting from his experiences in front-line trenches in France, where he was twice wounded and twice gassed Mr. Van Doren, taking up the charge of neglect of dniy. hrought it from Maj. Wirzman the adinis Sion that an uxsuming command there he had stated that o 11 previous erders in eflect would remain <o unless medi fied and that he knew of ne such ar forbidding the ovariermaster to ntrust the kev fo the storeroom 1o an anlisted man, which ix one of the <pecifications Capt. T. T. Taylor. judge advec 1zht 1he secomd mantion voman friend the ‘he eusxe inday when that Maj. Wirgman tell lation to the aecused.t Mai man stated he knew such a hut was interrupied hy Attorney | Doren, who ed that the | ifon was irrelevant. The e wined the n The prosecution scored of poinik with the admis Hence of records showing overdrawn accounts at the Annapolis Banking wnd Trust Co., which were presented d e testimony of Frank H. the cromnce received at the | npcon’ testified that despite state White Huise night. He Is to b iomiies et s T T s used. he wttempt to spointment make this survey has natur ed consideranle speculation and political circles here. The ap. POINIMENT was at onee interpreted hy many as signifying that the Presi dent hus received startling advices concerning petivities in the islands, Others hai» intimated that the sending of Col. Thompson (o the islands wax & redection wpon Gen We hut the White Ha gives assurance t such is not n point 1t Gen and Col. Thompson of many vear White House an ther that the President ession is Moral Fitness, continued 1o sa ing prices on domestic sizes of anthra COOLIDGE ORDERS PHILIPPINE STUDY BY SPECIAL ENVOY i A Wontinned from t of the ¢ . of Cleyeland wninently identified with pre-conveniion campaizn was active in the suhse izn of that vear, the defeated Re. for Governor o and very recently now preside Tod-$ Iron Owe ¢ He was pi the Cooli in 1924 and anent national campa Col. Thompson was< publican eandidaie Ohiv 1wo vears 3 intimated that he intended run n for this office. e ix national niander of the Spanish War Veter ne came 1o Washinzion several dayx azo in the interest of legistation Inerense s for veterans war their widows and a into demanded wh on Dery hre o in tha phins 1t i# understood that the President | acquainted Col. Thompson with his de ire 1o send him on this mission dur- | ing & conference at the \“hite House | carly this week. Col. Thampson th asked the P'resident to give him time pens and a number n in evi- last ovordrats o made ne take of Col. Thombson t 1y start i« not the slightest t the President’s ac smmis sioner. 10 the Philippines. as suggesting that he ie onsidering the possihility of extending independence the fslands at any time in the future The Presideni’s position relative te Philippine irdependence is well known. While he his o keon reciation of the deve opment on the purt of the natives, he nvinesd thal Whey are not veady for self-government. He does lieve the Fillipinos them selves b a full realization of the confidence in Gen. Wood and is satis- fundamental ideals of demoeratic- fied with his adminisiration of the republican zovernment affairs of the islands i i+ indicated at the White House The President ix known to be con- (hit when the President gives his de. vineed that Gen. Wood has at all | “ailed instructions ta_Col. Thompson times acted within his proper con. | hefore he startx upow_his mission, stitnilonal authority, despite the considerable stress will e laid upen fact that charges to the contrary ure of bringing shout a freguently reach the Whi e Honse understanding on the from native politiciins. Having thix nutives of the ideals of in the zenerul. the Pres- Also, he will he fdent I known to he determined ende o bring about sustain him. hetter co.operation hetwesn the gov It wax swid at the \hite House | ernor ceneval and -the various today by one of the President’s anches of the insular government tes that there son to interpr tion in sending A in near is that the euse Wood friends i warm standing said fur has absoluis horities not the vernment. more art of their urged to o v BLAIR-TAKOMA Section Three $6,500 HOMES $300 Cash—$58 Monthly Sixteenth Street ver Spring BLAIR- TAKOMA E. 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