Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1926, Page 4

- be passed readily TEACHERS” ANNUITY PLAN CONSIDERED Hearing Being Held on Modi- | fied Bill by Senate D. C. Committee. Representatives of the tion, the District gov hool teachers’ testifying before the S committee this tion of the pr ized teacher: Under exi: 5 law nunuity for a teacher after 30 vears of service is District, gove the rute of $10 Zing measy would have r ard of Ba- contributes at vear. The liberal- first Introduced d the maximum to ent Donovan, District | nded to tha Comm! oners tk lan be medified to $1,140, with @ government contribu- tion of §18 annually Reing anxious to see the law liberal 1zed without delay, the teac to accept the modified and it is that plan the committee is considering today. COAL BILL CHANCES FOR THIS SESSION HANG IN BALANCE (Continued from First Page.) | Lat he has made known his and has referred the inter. erce committee to the fact- n for data in d that Con- itself without 1 the Executive. r atl intimated that there is an n among some members of Congress that the President, at this late hour is mnot going to be insistent about this leg lation. Whether or not this impre: sfon was confirmed during their con- ference with the President today they declined to say. Mr. Treadw his advoc; has been active in coal legislation ever since thi ngress convened, and after his talk with the today he said he was opti the outcome this n. When asked if he thoughy the President would agree to a posiponement of the legislation he said he has reason to feel that the President feels j game today as he did when he r mended to Congress that it bl tic about Bill Might Be Passed. The feeling generally at the Capitol is that there considerable opposi tion to any coal legislation at th session, but it is not of sufficlent size and force to prevent the passage of a bill satisfactory to the adminisi toward which the ! THE FEVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1926. JUDGE KATHRYN SELLERS HOLDS |MRS. STOKES TO ATTEND BROTHER’S APPOINTMENT LEGAL Declares McCarl Approved Act—Gibson Committee Member Accuses Her of Disobeying Spirit of Federal Law. Judge Kathryn Sellers of the Juve- nile Court held that Controller Gen- eral McCarl approved her admitted appointment of her brother as deputy clerk ¢ court when memt the ( House s room of the last night. ommittee Insisted that she i Sellers branded as abso- the charge that she has not lowed moth in court when their children were brought in. Engineer Commissioner Bell and A, L. Harris, the municipal architect, were questioned in detail regarding school bullding contracts, the employ- ment of outside architects, whether wre belng erected within the appropriations, and the committee was apparently well satisfled with the answers. Tax Report Asked. Tower, the collector of taxes, ed to submit a report in an- wer to a complaint received by the nittee that the Washington R: and Electric Co. owes the cft arge sum for taxes. 1 thought this mu new paving betw done by the city the railway compa wer will be questioned when the hearing s re. sumed tonight about the order of the Commissioners carrying much of the work of the collector’s office into the office of the assessor. Dr. P. H. Murphy. from St. Fliz beth’s Hospital. was questfoned by Representative Blanton regarding his recently calling the attendants to gether and instructing them “to keep the service in good shape and be ready for anything.” Mr. Blanton presumed this meant a_surprise visit from the “little old Gibson committee that might come snooping around.” Mr. Blanton also asked about a report that had come to him that an order was recently issued at St. Elizabeth’s that when the Gihson subcommittee came over there the wildest of the patients would be let loose upon them. Dr. Murphy denied any intent to get the institution cleaned up in anticipa tion of a visit from the investigating committee. He also denled hearing of the order to unleash “wild” patients, and laughed at it. He denied that the hospital is cleaner today than at any time since 1913, Steel Firm Complained. Chairman_Gibson called to the at tention of Col. Bell a complaint from Washington representative of the el Works that the build- of the District does not per- the use of their products, and on the floor. Provision has been made upon the legislative calendar for the bill by Leader Tilson More significance is attached to the opposition in the Senate, where there tion when i once put to a vote. The opposition, therefore, is devoting | its fight within the House and Senate | committ ng the fon. | The interstat mmerce ttee of the House h ided to epared by its Parker of | ©of no teeth or other 18 considered as answering situ tion to a larze extent. The opinion | 18 unless the opposition can defeat | this bill within the committee it will | when brought out (T-_— YOUR -GCREDIT are Republicans who, while not wor- rid one way or the other about coal, are expected to oppose any measure unless it will bring credit to the ad ministration or to some individual Republican. In the Senate the bill introduced by Senator Copeland, Dem- ., New York, occuples now the best position to recelve favorable action in the committee, but some Republicans are not anxious to see any one of the opposition party re. celve the credit for putting through legislation which, they feel, is cer- tain to meet with wide popularity asked for a report. Col. Bell and Architect Hlarris answered that this matter has been brought to the atten tlon of the building code committee ¢|and the Bureau of Standards asked £ report on the reinforcing steel product of this concern. Mr. Gibson renewed his request for a report on the appropriation made several vears ago for buildings at the Occoquan workhouse, which have not been erected Architect Harris described in length the duties of his office and the organi- zation he has built up, and discussed with the committee each school build- ing now under construction. He was questioned particularly by Mr. Blan- ton regarding the employment of out- side architects on six of the nine build- ng projects in 1921 and on five of the school buildings, at about 3 per cent commission, amounting in all to nearly 000. He promised to fur- nish the exact percentage of the fee to the committee. Repres Kentucky, asked about one fire cur- tain costing more than §21,000 for Cen tral High School and another costing $20,000 for the Dunbar School. He sug- gested that it would be cheaper to hire a theater. Judge Sellers Questioned. Judge Sellers was questioned by Representative Gilbert about the ap- pointment of her brother as deputy clerk of the court, and quoted the law showing it was specifically pro- hibited to make such an appointment of nearer blood relation than second cousin. Although an ardent suffrage worker, Judge Sellers sald she found “every woman needs the protection of a man of her blood.” When the judge claimed that the controller gen- ernl had ruled that the appéintment might be made, Mr. Gilbert comment- ed that “being within the letter of the law, yeu believe it is all right for vou to disobey the spirit of the law,” and he asked her to submit a copy of the controller's decision. Mr. Gil- bert commented that the. only ones who seemed to disagree with the con- troller general are the nine justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Houston facetiously com- mented: “Who would think of putting the decision of the Supreme Court against that of the controller gen- eral?” Mr. Gilbert questioned Judge Sell- ers tensively regarding lack of co- operation hetween the Juventle Court and the Police Women's Bureau and the judge protested that there was no lack of co-operation, but only rereement, but that she had critic! the Women's Bureau view of the and method of handling cases. said she was unable to get the soclal workers' viewpoint. C. M. Tower, the tax collector, sald | there is $8,000,000 of unpald taxes but later explained that this is not an unusual amount, and that these | taxes will be collected in regular course. The Gihson subcommittee will re- sume its hearings at 7:30 o'clock to- night in the caucus room of the House Office Building. il g Realty Man Kills Self. NEW YORK, May 21 (#®).—De- pressed by financial losses suffered in Wall Street trading, according to e. Clide Spencer Mates, 43-vear- wealthy real estate operator of J.. committed suicide | shooting himself in -the 3 in the basement of the Hotel Antoinette, at Broadway and Sixty- seventh street ntative Gilbert, Democrat, of | ds- | She FUNERAL OF HUSBAND Widow of Millionaire Going to New York With Children—Will Re- turn to Denver. By the Assocfated Pr OHICAGO, May 21.—Mrs. Helen El- wood Stokes of Denver, widow of W.| ¥. D. Stokes, New York millionaire, will attend her husband’s funeral in New York. She passed through here today with har children. Her mother, Mrs. A. 8. Miller of Denver, and a friend, Mrs. A. B. Meservey of Colorado Springs, companied her. | “My daughter will attend the funeral and then she will come back to Denve to live with me, as she has been livin since she and her husband separated,” the mother said. Bill Bans Extra-Fare Trains. 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