Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1926, Page 2

- SWELTERNG CITY FACES 2T NIGHT Forecaster Offers = Cheer, However, for Showers Will Bring Relief Tomorrow. Armed with a formidable array of sizzling rays, Old Sol was struggling today, and somewhat successfully, too, to provide Washington with its hottest temperature of the present season. Forecaster Mitchell noon that the mercury had climbed to 95 degrees and was still soing, strong toward an anticipated mark of 99 or 100 degrees. No permanent relief could be prom ised, elither, until probably tomorrow night, when a break is expected in the existing warm spell, followed by a period of more comfortable weather. Mr. Mitchell said there was a bare possibility that local thundershowers would develop this afternoon, but as for tonight—he swelters to think of it. Unless something unforeseen crops up, it it will be a warm, warm night in the old town, he believes. Tomorrow it will be not so warm. however, with possibly a scattering of thundershowers in the afternoon and then will corme the promised re Tief. “Hot _weather’s nd if you know ather in the offing,” the forecaster observed, philosophically. “Tell the | folks 10 concentrate on what is com- ing, and it will help them to forget about the heat. NEW YORK SWELTERS. announced at hard to is cooler | not so there Rising Temperature Drives Crowds to Beaches—Relief in Sight. ~ NEW YORK, July 21 UP).—Thunder- showers ahead was the hope held out NGV HONE NEEDED BY SUPRENE COURT |Proposed ' Structure Near Capitol Would Relieve Seri- ously Cramped Situation. This is the fifth and final article of a series showing how plans are now being worked out to give the Capitol a more imposing setting. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. After nearly 137 years of existence the highest judicial tribunal in .the | world, the Supreme Court of the United States, one of the three co- ordinate branches of our Government, is about to have a permanent hol under the $50,000,000 Federal bulldin plan on a site long held in mind, fac- ing the Capliol and next-door neigh: bor to the Library of Congress. In the $165,000,000 public building act passed by the last session of Con- gress, which includes $50,000,000 for Federal buildings in Washington, there is specific provision that the Public Buildings Commission shall se- lect a site for the Supreme Court Building. Chief Justice Taft and the associdte . justices are practically agreed on the site. While the Public Buildings Commission has ‘yet taken | no definite action, there is little doubt [ that the site between East Capitol and Maryland avenue, First and Second streets northeast will be selected, The commission’in a comprehensive report Jnited States Supreme Court as been located in the Capitol ever nce its creation, even going with the legislative body when the Capitol was burned in 1814. Although in size it is the smallest of the three co-ordinate branches of the Government, it has the distinction of being a creation unique among governmental activi- ties. Holding possession of the former Senate chamber, it sits in a room fine in fts proportions. The quarters as- signed to the law library are not adequate, or are the other rooms used by the clerieal force sufficient for to New Yorkers today as they wilted before the wave of humid heat sweep- ing the Eastern seaboard. At no time during the night did the mercury drop below 70 and in early morning it started a steady upward march, which the Weather Bureau indicated would continue all day. As the rush for the beaches began the sweltering crowds took what com- fort they could in the forecaster's assertion that the mounting heat would dry the air and so lower the humidity. The heat would be broken during the late day or evening, the Weather Bureau believed, by thundershowers, which would mark a shift to cooler weather for tomorrow. Many lives have been lost at bath- ing beaches, whither families were driven in search of comfort. Seven drownings have been recorded in New England, two in New Jersey and others throughout the country. . POLICEMAN HELD WITH COMPANION FOR BRIBERY PROBR, (Continued from First Page.) request was made to adjust matters and $42 was given Ramstad. The signed statement then continued that the car was then taken to the garage where Ramstad was later arrested. The investigators allege that they have evidence to the effect that after recelving th® $42 Ramstad wanted an additional $58 and at the garage al- lowed one of the colored men to de- part in an effort to get this money. After the man departed the others waited at the garage. Meanwhile to the eighth precinct came an old col- ored woman, whose name was not obtained. She told Schenck and Jones that there was a “hijacking” and bribery game being played at the garage. They rushed up there and found Ramstad and Woolridge there the service imposed upon them. It has long been considered probable that some day the court will request a building of its own, which preferably should be located on the square fac- ing the Capitol grounds, adjacent to that now occupied by the Library of Congress. Until the court initiates the movement for a pew building, or until the demand for space in the Capitol for legislative purposes shall force the court to seek new quarters, determination of these questions may be held in abeyance.” Woman's Building on Site. The court has now “initiated the movement for a new building,” the Public Buildings Commission is m{lhnflzed by law to select a site, and William R. Stansbury, clerk of 'the court, and Frank K. Green, marshal, are preparing a statement for the commission covering the needs of the court. The NationSal Woman's Party now occupies a historic building on the proposed site and has plans ma- turing for the erection of an impos- ing structure. The leaders consulted with Senator Smoot, chairman of the Public Buildings Commission, who ad- viged them not to build at this time, thus indicating that an official an. nouncement will be made soon regard- ing the intention of using that land for the Supreme Court Building. The party headquarters, at the southeast corner- of First and A Streets northeast, is known as “the Brick Capitol” because Congress con- vened here during 1815. Here also the inauguration of President Mon- roe took place in 1817.- Here John f‘ y Calhoun died in 1850, as is sh a memorial tablet. On the n::vuzlfle during the Civil War the building was ocnupleg as a prison, and so it lg also § called “the Old Capitol Prison.” ‘It | was built in 1800 as a tavern. The only question about this site | seems to be whether the entire area between - Bast Capitol and B streets and First and Second streets should street northeast. Building. have one of the most imposing build- ings in this @apital, noted as the most beautiful city it the world, and one whose buildings reflect the wealth and power and dignity of the Ameri- can people and the greatest Govern- ment that ever existed. In answer to the second obkc%lon to the larger site, with the straighten- ing, widening and development of B street from the Arlington Memorial Bridge to the north side of the Capi- tol as a great boulevard of heroes for official corteges from the Capitol to Arlington National Cemetery, Mary- land avenue would naturally turn its trafflc into B street at Second street northeast. As a matter of fact, now that trafic through the Capitol grounds is being chased around a ‘merry-goround” most of the traffic coming in on Maryland avenue from the northeast swings even now into B street to avoid passing through the Capitol grounds.- No it is the earnest hope of those most interested in the future develop- ment of the Capital that the entire area between KEa Capitol - and B streets, First and Second streets, will be taken for the eite for the new Su- preme Court Building. Sat in Seven Places. During the 137 years of its exist- ence the Supreme Court has sat in seven different places; first, in New York: second, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia; third, in the basement of the Capitol, where it was when the British burned the Capitol in 1814; fourth, while the Capitol was being rebuilt the Supreme Court occupied the magnificient residence of the clerk of the court; fifth, when the Capitol wings were built it came into fits present chamber, which was previous- Iy the Senate chamber; sixth, when driven out by an explosion and fire in 1898 it occupied the committée room of Senator McMillan, which is the District of Columbia committee room, and for a brief period also sat in the be taken or the portion between Mary- land avenue and East Capitol street. The Methodist Building occuples the other triangle. If the entire area is taken and A street and Maryland avenue closed between Second street with the other colored man and the car with 10 cases of liquor in it. The women disappeared as the police approached but later Mrs. Ram- stad was apprehended. Police say that the $42 was recov- ered and is being held as evidence. Ramstad has been on the police force for approximately three and a half years. At the eighth precinct it was stated that he at first refused to make any statement as to the case but later gave the signed statement. Assistant District Attorney Ralph Given, after a conference with police officials investigating the case, said this afternoon that a charge bf ac- cepting a bribe would be placed egainst Ramstad. Woolridge denies implication, asserting that his car had been commandeered by the po- liceman. He is being held while his story is investigated. Ramstad was expected to be released on bond this afternoon. RIDDICK L. LYNCH DIES. Compositor on The Star for Nine Years Ill Only Short Time. Riddick Lee Lynch, 47 years old, of 25 Sixteenth street southeast, an Evening Star compositor for the past nine vears, died yesterday afternoon at Garfield Hospital after a brief iliness. & He was a_member of the Knights of Pythias, Norfolk, Va., and is sur- vived by his widow, M Gullena D. Lynch; a sister, Mrs. W. A. Dodd of Greenville, S. C., and a brother, 8. L. Lynch of this city. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at Epworth Methodist Church by Rev. John P. Tyler, pastor, followed by interement in Fort Lincoin Cemetery. FAITHFUL EMPLOYE DIES. William Crusenberry, colored, 60 years old, for the past 15 years an émploye of the National Press Club, ged last night at Freedmen's Hospi- 1 For the past few years he had acted as night manager at the club and was well known to the members. Funeral serviges will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at the chapel of R. L. Donohoe, 2930 M street. THE STAR will be glad .| to have its attention called to any misleading or untrue statement, if such should appear at any time, in any advertisement in its columns, Readers are requested to assist in protecting themselves and legitimate advertisers. { and the Capitol grounds the develop- ment would be of the same size and would balance the Library of Congress site. Those who are most interested in the symmetrical planning of the Capitol surroundings and who are looking toward the future are in favor of this larger plan. It has been proposed that the Government eventually acquire the Methodist Building for some other Federal ac- tivity and this is advocated by the Commission of Fine Arts. Two Objections Made. The principal objections to the larger site are: (1) The Supreme Court is a relatively small organ- ization and really does not need as large a building as the Library of Congress; and (2) Maryland avenue is an important traffic thoroughfare from the northeast entrance to’ the Capital City. \ The answer is that the Supreme Court has never had anything like the space it needs for proper conduct of its duties and befitting its im- portance. It represents one-third of the Government, balancing and harmonizing all of its parts, a tri- bunal which has received the general approval and admiration of foreign jurists and statesmen and which commands the respect and confidence of the more than 110,000,000 people or whom it administers justice. his tribunal was created under the Constitution framed by the Federal convention of 1787, composed mostly of the legal profession, but with ‘Washington, the soldier, presiding, and Franklin, the philosopher, ad- vised at every step. It was to “‘establish justice” for the people of the United States under the new venture in self-government that the Federal judiciary with the Supreme Court as its head was created. It forms the balance wheel by which the affairs of the Nation and its relation to the States are kept in 'working order, and is itself held in check by the power of the President to appoint its members as vacancles may ' occur, also by the power of Congress to im. peach them for misconduct, to regu- late the mn.‘un of its appell Jurls- diction.and to increase or diminish its numbers. The permanent stability of the judicial power is assured by its being imbedded in the Constitution with a jurisdiction co-ordinate with that of the executive and legislative departments, # Others Get Appropriations. Congress, the legislative branch, has its own building and provides addition- al hulldlm as it needs e;hem. Con- gress hasalways approved appropria- tions sufficlent to meet the momen- dations of the President for the execu- tive establishment. It ‘would ‘' come with poor grace now for Congress to refuse to approve the recommenda- tions of the third co-ordinate branch— the. Supreme Court. ‘Above and beyond all this, the people of the United States look to the Su- Court _as the highest judicial . When t the | todian are voluminous them | destroyed, ‘| documents may be “Gipho and the White ond only to the Judiclary committee room, according to the records of the clerk of the court. While for quiet and harmonious beauty the present Supreme Court room is one of the most attractive in the magnificent Capitol Building, theco urt accommodations have never been adequate. This courtroom was designed by Latrobe, after the model of a Greek theater, a semi-circular hall with a low-domed ceiling. It is historically sacred ground. Here Webster answered Hayne. Here Benton and John Randolph made their great speeches. On the left side of the Senate stood Calhoun in many a contest with Clay and Webster on the right. This Supreme Court room has been made further memorable, as be- ing the place in which, in 1877, sat the Electoral Commission which de- glded the presidential contest as to whether Hayes of the Republican party or Tilden of the Democratic party should be_the executive of this great Natlon for a period of four years. This tribunal and the wise and _ self-sacrificing patriotism of Tilden and- his party saved the country from a bloody civil war. ‘This Supreme Court room will be pre- served as a trophy room of. the Capitol when the Supreme Court has justly come into its own new build- ing. Could Fill Large Building. Those who are familiar with the Supreme Court work and who_have lived with it for more than a quarter. of a century peint out that with little exertion the court could expand com- fortably into @ building that would match up harmoniously “with the Library of Congress. Those who have never seen “behind the scenes” of the court have little idea of how inade- quately it has been housed. First of all, in the new, building there should be a large courtroom, with sufficient space to accomm the public on special occasions. Now there is not sufficient. space to accom- modate more than a mere handful of visitors who are squeezed in one or two at a time with their backs to the wall, so that tourists have to stand in Jine for a chance to look in even for a few minutes at the court in session. This frequent dribbling in and shift- ing of the visitors, a great annoyance to the court, would be minimized in a larger ‘courtroom. .As it is now, when an important, case is being ar- gued there is not sufficient ‘space in the courtroom to accommodate the attorneys In the case. Facllities must also be provided for' newspaper men. They now have absolutely no accom- modations for properl: court proceedings in which the people all over the country are'so vitally interested. The line waiting for en- trance to the court chamber now quently extends along the corridor into, and around the rotunda. Bven the mecessary court attendants have not adequate working space, and this frequently seriously delays the pro- ceedings of the court, o More Filing Space Needed. Adequate*filing facilities must "be provided, with storage ‘space. The documents of which the court is ‘cus- d cannot be ruled that noj taken frequently House, as it should be, in architect- | ago Tn brief, the Supreme Court should Senato! to séeure for th m(um'm N | At bottom: Left, Congressional Apartment Building, East Capitol and First street northeast; right, tional Woman's Party, known as “The Brick Capitol” and the * id Capitol Prison,” both of which woul At top: Robert Bacon’s design for the new Supreme Court Building, to be located between East Capitol street and Maryland avenue, facing First historic structure now owned and occupied by Na- 1d give way for the erection of the Supreme Court BLAST KILLS 3 MEN bl PERSONS BITTEN | IN ALABAMA MINE| BY DOGS INZ0 DAYS but this is now well filled. Document filing space to meet requirements for at least 200 years to come should be provided in the new building. ‘The Supreme Court suffered serious loss of its papers in 1898 through fire when they were stored on wooden shelves. In the new structure fire- proof storage space is absolutely es- sential. In connection with this, con sultation rooms must be provided for attorneys, where they can have ref- erence to these original court docu- ments, Legislation of recfnt vears has multiplied the work of the Supreme Court and this, in turn, has been re- flected in the enlargement of its clerical foroe necessary not only to handle the routine court business but to take care of the extensive corre- spondence and contact work’ with the attorneys all' over the country and the people particularly concerned with the court decisions. The clerical force, with alf live records and docu- ments and briefs and decisions, are now crowded into three small rooms. These offices should be expanded to occupy the entire floor of a new building. The present arrangement is awk- ward. The elerk's office is on the other side of the old Senate lobby from the court chamber. Sometimes when certain papers or data from the clerk’s office are needed the court has to suspend while they are sent for. Under a proper arrangement the clerk’s office should be adjacent to the courtroom. \ Library Also Hampered. The law library of the Supreme Court is said to be one of the best of such specialized researoh libraries in the world. However, as the Public Buildings Commission report empha- sized in 1917 and as law journals have repeatedly compllained, the accomoda- tions at this library are so inadequate that the library is used to only a small fraction ef its possibilities. In the plans for the new building an entire floor should be provided for this library, with large reading rooms and with smaller rooms where coun- sel in important cases can hold con- ferences and prepare their cases. ‘The public will be surprised to learn that the Chief Justice and the asso- ciate justices have no privacy and no offices. They have no place now to which they can retire for conference. In the new building it is proposed to give each justice at least the ac- commodation that is afforded to .a United States Senator. It is calcu- lated that each of the nine members of the Supreme Court should have at least three office rooms with two clerks. This shouldl be in addition to a large conference room. There is now a nominal “robing room” for the justices, but this is a shabby back office, used necessarily as a store room, which is entirely out of keeping with the dignity and stand- ing and work of this great branch of the Government. Present Size fo Rémain. § The time. has come when it can be pretty safely predicted that the Su- preme Coart will continue indefinitely at its present size, nine members, so that in planning the new, building /| this number can be taken into ac- count. The Supreme Court has with- drawn from the circuit, and litigants today want the entire court to decide each case instead of dividing up the cases among & larger bench. The marshal's office also must have a suite of offices assigned to it. For many years the building of a great temple of justice has been ad- vocated, but thé project has been de- Jayed because the Bupreme Court very properly objected to_having its build- ing occupied by other agencies. It has consistently - maintained that when the building was erected it should be understood to be exclusively odate | for the Supreme: Court, and to be known as. the .Supreme, Court Build- ing. Now that the site for the new Department ~of ‘' Justice has been definitely selected and .designated at Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, probably on a frontage line with. the District or Municipal Build- jing, with.a triangular park in front covering the | which will improve the vista from the White House and Treasury down Pennsylvania avenue to the Capitol, this difficulty has been largely obvi: ated. The Justice Building will be on the ‘south ‘side 'of Pennsylvania ave- nue, dblelmmally "&Punmfi m‘"fi and the! Supreme ui 0] posite the east front of the Capitol, balancing the Library of Congress. Room for Portraits Sought. In the new Supteme Court Build- ing will be an art gallery, In the dilapi- dated, work-worn ‘“‘robing room” of today are. hung .the: portraits of the 10 Chief Justices. There has been in sufficient room ta lm‘nsl po;teml‘tu k of the associate justices, In the clerk’s office are hung porfraits of the clerks of ‘the coyrt. In the courtroom itself are mavble busts of the Chief Justices, In the new building fitting and ample space: will ‘be provided for properly prxurvln‘ g for posterity the imiles the from the | styl Dr. Willlam M, Mann, head of the Smithsonian-Chrysler wild animal ex- pedition to South Africa, has pene. trated through the jungles to the land of the koodoo, thé dik-dik and the galago and has established a base at Dodoma, where baboons are yellow and fish have lunge. In a letter to the Smithsonian In- stitution here, made public today, Dr. Mann irdicated that the Washington Zoo is destined before long to receive the largest stock of rare and ferocious animals ever captured by one expe- diton. Beset by many hazards, from the dangerous tsetse fly to man-eating lions and charging rhinoceroses, Dr. Mann's party has succeeded already in capturing alive a number of Mter- esting specimons, including the mon- Kkey-like, cat size galago of Zanibar and a baby crowned crane. Feared Tsetse ¥Fly. The fear of the tsetse fly, whose sting often causes sleeping sickness, led the party to abandon its plans for establishing a_camp at Tabora, mid- way between Dar-cs-Salaam and Lake Tanganyika, and the small vill of Dodoma, located in the arid belt, was selected instead. The expedition, which left New York last March, spent nearly two months getting to Zanzibar, on the east coast of Africa. From Zanzibar the party proceeded by small boat to Dar-es- Salaam and then entrained for Dodoma: Passing along the Makato plains the party saw more than 30 giraffes, prime objective of the expe- dition, feeding near the tracks. Dr. Mann writes that at Morogoro, a station near Dodoma, just 10 days before his sending the letters, a lion came right to the station platform, which was crowded with people, seized a native boy and carrifed him away. New Yorker Joins Party. At Dodoma the expedition is housed in a large frame building. A walled yard has been constructed to take care of the animals, Dr. Mann writes that the party has been joined by Lyman N. Hine of New York, who knows Tanganyika well and is an expgrienced hunter. Here are excerpts from Dr. Mann's letter: “We got away from Dodoma a little before moon and headed for a village called Kondoa lrange. The first 30 miles was pretty flat, with much arid .thorn scrub. Then we climbed a few hundred feet and the vegetation changed completely with: baobab trees and large, umbrella- shaped mimosas. Along the road we frequently. flushed tiny dik-dik ante- lopes that galloped along the road in front and then finally into the scrub. “Next day, curiously, natives, espe- cially children, would also dart in front of the car running so close that we had difficulty keeping out of their way. They would see how close they could get to the car and then would dart into the scrub. 3 ~On the same day I took a strdll 200 yards away from a camp we established for the day and found myself in the middle of a big troop of ycllow baboons in trees and among the rocks. They ran away from me slowly and the biggest male in the troop kept well behind the others land barked at me furiously as he went ,along. Nights Very Cold. “Night time was surprisingly cold and two heavy blankets each of us had were scArcely enough. We reached Kondoa. Irange at noon. and th¢l second day rested a time in the house of the absent district officer, who had some wonderful koodoo horns on the wall, and then kept on up the hills, Near Kondoa Irange we stopped to Interview the local sultan, We were im) with the idea of mecting a sultan, but since then have met a number and are losing the im- pressed feeling: They are native rulers under the 'local government and have considerable power over the people, % ) “The road was exceedingly 'steep PR ——————— ] has been the thought that in addition to housing the Supreme Courtinterna- tional courts of arbitration might be held there, peacé conferences and such great world legal assemblages whick look to the Unjted States for leader: ship in affairs of justices among na- tions as the Supreme Court has for 137 years so notably to_American citizens. n would be similar Parthenon of ancient e. The with marblé ¢ highly, engraved DR. MANN’S EXPEDITION FINDS - RARE ANIMALS FOR CAPITAL ZOO Smithsonian-Chrysler Group Penetrates Land of Koodoo and Dik-Dik Where Fish Have Lungs and Baboons Are Yellow. | trouble in following us. the had some Toward eve- ning at a native village we met a priest, followed by 12 porters carry- ing an organ. He was to conduct services there. We chatted a time with him and asked about game near his village. He said there was very little, not even enough for the lions, vho had the night previous killed a woman and the night before that a child. “We camped at night on a piain, surrounded with hills and everywhete on it were scattered termite mounds 10 feet or so high and covered with vegetation. The natives told us there was a much better camping place a little farther on, which there was not, but they finally brought us some eggs and milk and a couple of chickens. THey do not always like white men in their districts, as ex- plained to me, because they think that the government will hold them responsible if anything happens to them. Not so long ago a white man was*speared in one of the districts of Kenya and the natives were fined 25,000 head of caftle. Biz Goose Shot. “The night was cold again and the morning delightful to walk in, so Hine and I started out ahead of the | cars and walked some miles before | they caught up with us. The d: journey was picturesque, up a high range of hills called Pinar Heights, with beautiful open forest and the ground covered with waist-high grass. At a little lake we stopped and missed some ducks and geese, but Runton shot a big spur-winged goose early this morning, so our supper was pro- vided for this evening. “Coming down the hills we could see a vast plain with hills on all sides. On one side is a high mountain range with sheer cliffs that look a thousand feet high. There was a lake in the distance. Coming near the village we passed many large fields of kaffir corn, in the center of each a high plat- form where stands a small boy to scare away the small birds that take a frightful toll from the natives’ crops. We are‘out of the country of the Wagogo, but in that of the Wam- bugrwe, who are-more agricultural and spend less time on their hair. They have herds of humped cattle and goats, and the herdsman has the same custom as the Masai, of standing on in parts and lorry Gas Pocket Explodes, Wiping Out Night Shift—Seven Bodies Removed. By the Associated Pres: BLOCTON, Ala., July 21. — Nine men were killed in a gas explosion at the Dixie mine of the Moffatt Coal Co. at Moffatt today. The dead in- clude three white miners: and six negro workers. Seven of the bodies were removed soon after the ex- plosion. Representatives of the * United States Bureau of Mines and State mining’ officials stationed here hur- ried to the mine. The men were working a short night shift, and every man in the mine at the time of the accident was killed. It was believed by officials that the explosion of a “gas pocket,” which occurred at daybreak, was re- sponsible for the blast. The Moffatt property Is at Moffatt, Ala., in Bibb County. DISTRICT DAY PLAN * FORSESQUI MADE Votelessness to Be Stressed in Capital’s Exhibit at ; Philadelphia. The fact that the District is without national representation will be em- phasized at the Philadelphia Sesqui- centennial Exposition during the Dis- trict of Columbia day celébration October 6, it was decided by the com- mittee appointed to arrange the pro- gram at a meeting yesterday after- noon in the board room of the Dis- trict Building. The printed program, booklets and a pageant were sug- gested as the medium for broadcasting this information to visitors at the exposition. Committees on finance, transporta- tion, program and publicity were au- thorized to be appointed by Commis- gioner Cuno H. Rudolph, ' chairman of the celebration committée. A sub- committee was named to recommend the selection of an orator. The Ma- rine Band was suggested as the most suitable military band to play on the occasion. Another * suggestion was made that special arrangements be made to have the Washington base ball team clash with Connie Mack’s Athletics at Shibe Park on that day. J. H. Sayers, director of participa- tion and special events of the Sequi- centennial, told what had been done by other cities and made suggestions as to what Washington might do. Representative of the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroads promised that trains would be run direct to_the exposition grounds on District day, proyviding sufficient pat- ronage of their lines warrants it. A promise of reduced fares also was made under the same conditions. Martin A. Leese, vice chairman of the committee, presided. PASTOR DEMANDS * HE BE INDICTED Dr. Norris Seeks Trial on Slaying Charge at Once. Religious Issue Raised. By theé Associated Press. FORT WORTH, Tex., July The county grand jury investigating the slaying Saturday of D. E. Chipps, wealthy lumber man, by Rev. J. Frank Norris, nationally known Bap- tist evangelist and fundamentalist, will reconvene here today faced with a demand from the pastor that he be indicted for the slaying to insure a trial in the near future. Charged with Chipps’ murder in a complaint filed by the district attor- ney, Dr. Norris said he did not wish the grand jury te return a ‘“‘no bill,” 21— one foot like a crane, the other placed aganinst the side of his knee. “We reached Mobugqwe this noom and nrade camp a half mile from the village on a flat. The Sultan sent us some wood and water and the local native game scout came around for a conference with us. This village is distinguished by having a soldier of the King's African rifles stationed hete. We have sent a native runner with a note to the white official ih a hill station a day's march from here to send us porters to carry our stuff up, and we expect to start in the morning to make camp in the hills and hunt from there. 'We have seen signs of elephant, rhino, hippo and Llon, as w‘;ll as Ill‘lfl;ls of small easts, and this mornihg passed a herd of hartebeest and ‘one of zebra. *“This is ome of the places where flies attack all day and mosquitos all night. FEarly this morning we got some lung fish—anclent type of life— in-a water hole right at camp.” —_— G. H. ASCHENBACH DIES * SUDDENLY IN HOSPITAL G. P. 0. Employe Had Long Been | Secretary of Northeast Washing- ton Citizens’ Association. George Henry Aschenbach, 56 years old, of 1007 L, street, printer, for 10 vears in the hand section of the Gov- ernment Printing Office, died suddenly George Washington Uni- tary of the Nérth- east Washington: Citizens'. Assoclation trl':m.kt m ;nd was a former presi- Kssoolation. = He 1. survived by his widow, Mrs. Faloun G havelia e st 332 | sides h tel base t roof in : % 1 roof in -vm{chldu Ch as it/ would leave the status of the case indefinite, with the possibility that a future grand jury might indict him. After hearing six witnesses yesterday the grand jury summoned 11'new witnesses and adjourned until today. J. J. Mickle, public reldtions di- rector of the First Baptist Church, of which Dr. Norris has been pastor for several years, said that church officials were ready to testify that Chipps’ slaying was the outgrowth of a plot aguninst the pastor. Religious Issue Raised. L.-H. Nutt, a deacon in the church and thought to be the only witness to the shooting, declared Dr.’ Norris shot Chipps after the lumberman had threatened to kill him if he continued attacks on Mayor H. C..Meecham and other city officlals. Mickle has prepared an article for the Search- iight, ‘church ~ newspaper, quoting Nutt and other church officials on their versions of the shooting. Mickle charges that the jury contains men unfriendly to Dr. Norris as a result of the pastor's remarks on the ad- ministration of eity finances and his sermons on alleged practices-of mem- bers of another religious faith. “The 3resen! grand jury was formed a few days before the shooting and has on it prominent Roman Catholics, or men with Catholic families.” said Mickle. Also, in addition to this, there are certaln well known, long-standing bitter enemies of Dr. Norris on the present grand jury. Three. of the jurymen were pall- bearers at Chipps’ funeral last Sunday. Pressure Is Charged. Mickle's article also charges that ex- ception was taken to a sermon by Dr. Norris on the subject - “Six Members manager of Meecham Dry ;) The article also alleges that mem- bers of his faith visited Dr. Norris, asking him to ‘drop the attacks and that Chipps' visit was p:)rrt of an al- leged conspiracy to force Dr. Norrjs to discontinue remarks at which certain took offense. . - ‘Witnesses examined yesterday be- Nutt included Mrs. Fannie Greer, sald -to ha: " wverheard Chij - 1o have o “Chipps’ with Dr. Nerris shortly be- the shooting telling the pastor he coming to the church to see htm. | Democrats, Record Total Brings Drive for Strict Enforcement of Regulations. With 61 persons bitten by dogs since the first of this month, a record in this period for a number of years, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, has started a drive to en force the license and muzzle require ments for dogs in the District. In 12 instances of persons bitten recently the dog was found to have rabies. Many persons still have failed to apply for dog licenses to replace those which expired on June 30, and while each year owners of dogs are given a few days' grace and the poundmaster refrains from impound ing dogs found without current censes, Maj. Hesse and Health Offi Fowler both believe the situation now demands enforcement of the law. Strict enforcement by police of the regulation requiring dogs on the street, without leash, to be muzzled during June, July, August and Sep tember, and also the license require ment was ordered by Maj. Hesse in this message to. the various preeinct captains: “It is reported that approximately 2,000 dog tags less have been sold thus far this year than during the preceding year, but that the number of persons bitten seems to indicate that there is an equal numbe in the District; also that the Commis- sioners’ order. requiring such dogs to be muzzled is not being obeyed nor enforced. “Members of the force are directed to put forth special effort to bring- ing about compliance, both with the law requiring dogs to be licensed an the Commissioners’ orders requicin the dogs running at large be effec tively muzzled. COOLIDGE GROWING STRONGER IN WEST, FESS ASSURES HIM ___ (Continued from First Page) sure that Senator Wadsworth Would win_easily. “There is one important factor in this election the Democrats are ov looking,” Senator Fess said. “That is the women's vote; when these so-called doubtful States were actually doubt ful the women of the Nation did not have a vote. In I . when the wom en of the country ted, these States all went Republican. The same £ the case in 1924, possibly with one ex ception. Republican leaders, there: fore, are counting upon the woman voters to rally to the Republican ban ners again this Fall, and I would not be surprised to see all of these so called doubtful Senators returned to the Senate.” In his opinion Senator Butler of Massachusetts will have less difficulty winning in November than is the common belief. As for Senators Har. reild and Ernest, while they are from’ States that are commonly looked upon as Democratic, they are personally popular and have splendid records, and there is reason to expect the people of their respective States to return them to the Senate. The talk about Senator Oddie facing defeat, Senator Fess described as beng more or less i He admitted, however, s not as familiar with the situation in Nevada as elsewhere, but at the same time he said he had re received reperts which lead him to feel that this State will remain within the Republican ranks after the No- vember elections. Senator Cameron of Arizor ing to the Ohio Senator, is probably facing the stiffest opposition He said he had been informed that Sen- ator Cameron has a wide following and that he is popu with many and as a result of this may pull through. West Not So Disgruntled. It also is the opinion of Senator Fess that the voters of the West, es pecially those in the so-called corn belt, are not as disgruntied over the failure of the admizistation to do something handsome for them in the way of relief legislation as common rumor would lead one to believe. In+ act, be does not consider the farm situation generally as being serious. He realizes that there are spots where conditions are bad and where the agri- culturist is in a sad plight, but looking at it in a general way, the farmer is in fairly good shape and the prospects are that his situation will grow betier right along. The Ohio Senator discodnts reports that the farmers, regardless of party affiliation, are going to make a raid on the Republican tariff at the next session of Congress. He stated that the Democrats are trying hard to bring this revolt about, but he person- ally does not think anything serious will result. Of course, there is poli- tics being played in connection with the agricultural situation, the Senator said, but aside from agitating things, he does not look for any general de- sertion from the Republican party by the farmers of the West and Central West. “The American farmer is far teo sensible and far-sighted to see any advantage in deserting the Republi- can party,” Senator Fess said. “They know that they would starve without the East as a market, so why should the farmer be silly enough to destroy the Republican tariff that is insuring employment and prosperity just for the sake of pleasing a few radicals and political fnanipullator: Won't "“Cut Off Nose.” It was pointed out by Senator Fess that 92 per cent of the entire agricul tural production 'in’ the United States is consumed in the United States, and that a large majority of this home consumption. is in the Kast. He therefore is satisfied that the Amer jcan farmer, even though he be displeased for the ‘present and may be fostering some form of retaliation at this moment, will not “cut off his nose to spite his face,” as he ex- pressed it. Being of this opinion regarding, the farmer and the future, Senator Fess does not look for any really serious effort to tinker with the present riff. v wHowever. he is hopeful that some- thing can be done in the way of legis- lation that will make it possible for the farmer to get.a little more for his product than is now the case. This cannot be done by Government control or price fixing, he stated, but it might be necomplished by a good, sound bill providing better distribu- tion and funds for the development of eoéopefl(lv- marketing and one which would assist the farmer generally to assist himsell ’ . accord f. Senator Fess described the present clamor among radical farmers in the ‘West and Central West as being very similar ‘to' the “‘greenback” and ‘“free silver” flurries of years ago. ‘‘They make a lot of noise while they last, but soon fade away." The Senator left White Pine Camp before l?;;’nhck n;d‘;:: -:fieomp‘;“m back to rm’ visiting at Tup- Laks miles from here, by Mrs. anxious to