Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1926, Page 1

W Ivfl\ ITI | ; [ rom Press v'-" Home Within the Hour" are overs and the regular edi ’ Washington homes printed i Yesterday's Cimll;fion, fi’io‘“ tar's ty hlock tion is delivered t er system as fast as the paper " e ' } 1 Closing N. . Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 e e BARLY ACOUITION FLIND SOUTH OF e wecond clams niatter Washington, 1h. ¢ DN PLTIED > MasHcToN Faxs Leave AT FIGHT TONIGHT: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, Vlfl‘.'li THREAT OF TYPHOD INHURRICANE AREA WASHINGTON, D. ) Means Associated Press TWO CEN \Many Trains Pull Out During Day. Bear- COURT BARS LIFTED Dempsey-Tunney Bout Draws Rich and Poor, High and Low to Philadelphia. TUNNEY COMES BY PLANE; CLEAR NIGHT FORECAST Sun Comes Out in Afternoon—Rail- roads and Autos Carry Crowds to Scene. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 23 With the legal atmosphere cleared by the dismissal of all injunction moves and the weather clearing after & morning of intermittent showers the Dempsey Tunney champlonship battle apparently burdled all of eleventh-hour Btacles. At 2 pan, the sun came out to dry fhe dampened rows of seats at the Besquicentennial Stadium, scene of to- might's battle, and warm the multi- tude of fans making up the most spectacular jam that ever accom- Panied a sporting event anywhere. Three railroads, their facilities taxed to the limit, estimated they ready had handled 80,000 arrival this basis it seemed that close to 200,- 000 fans altogether would figure in the final crush to fill the arena to its capacity of 132,000, 3 There was no prospect of more than a threatening weather gesture for the rest of the day and the crowds early began their “big push” toward the arena. The big corps of ticket handlers, ushers and police prepared 1o, let the advance guard into the sta- dium at 3 o'clock. Dempsey Weighs More. The arrival of the challenger, Gene Tunney, by airplane from his Strouds. burg training camp added a colorful episode to the day's excitement, but lso sent a few shivers down the spine of Tex Rickard, contemplating the re- sulting _risk to his record gate of nearly $2,000,000. Dempsey is not expected to arrive before evening. He is due to make the trip in a special car from Atlantic City. Dempsey became an even stronge: favorite to defend his title after ir| became known he had scaled 190 pounds at Atlantic City. This was an advantage of four and a half’ pounds over the challenger, who ! scaled 1%5% pounds. It“Was ‘withind two pounds of Dempsey’s weight | when he won the crown from Jess | Willard seven vears ago and indicated the champion was in fine trim. | Champlon and challenger will start | fighting shortly after 8:30 p.m. (stand- ard time) for the heavyweight cham- pionship of the world and the richest rize in the sporting world—some 650,000—before the greatest throng that ever paid to view an athletic event anywhere. Much Maneuvering Needed. Few wars have required more dfplo- matic -maneuvers, negotiations and ultimatums than this duel, but the path to its consummation was clear when the application for an injunc- tion to stop the fight was dismissed this morning by the unanimous opin- fon of three judges in Common Pleas Court. The court's decision removed the last legal obstacle confronting the bout. Two injunction suits, brought by B. C. Clements, Chicago promoter, who claims a prior contract for Dempsey's services, were dismissed. ©One was aimed to restrain Promoter Tex Rickard and the other the Sesqui- centennial Exposition from conduct- ing the title match. The court, in the opinion read by President Judge Bartlett, held , that evidence of the alleged contract be- tween Clements and Dempsey, as as the fulfilnent of the terms of ‘wert not sufficient upon which to injunction proceedings. Clements' attempt to block the fight based upon the contention that psey, under the terms of an al- contract with the Chicago aliseurn Club, was obligated to fight arry Wills before meeting any other pponent. Indiana courts issued an injunc- on against the fight recently on the lea of Clements, but the Philadelphia ourt, in its opinion today, held that his was not enforceable here hecause psey {8 not within the jurisdic Mion of the Pennsylvania courts and ‘because Tunney and Rickard were ot parties to the Indisna action be- ®ween Clements and Dempsey “From the proofs submitted pinion sald, “the alleged contract stween plaintiff and Dempsey was Wague and uncertain I ead of clear nd specific. No proof was offered by laintiff that it was prepared to carry ut the contemplated exhibition inso- ar as the sald Wills was concerned; or did the plaintiff establish by suf- cient proof it had complied with the terms of its alleged contract by the yment of $300,000 to Dempsey, and t secks to restrain a breach of a con- ectural rather than a proved con has a ract. “In such a case, equity will not Smue an fnjunction. Ordinarily the test of the jurisdiction of equity to grant such an injunction is the inade muacy of legal remedy for dumuges fWhere there 8 an adequate remed #at law for a breach of contract, hoourt in equity will not lend its aid to restrain a breath thereof. The aintiff, by instituting suits for dam- | for the breach of an alleged con- tract, is persuaded that it has an fraequate remedy at law.’ Prelims Begin at 7 0'clock. The preliminary skirmishes in the | ;mg are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Sestern standard time, with the signal )for the main attack between $:30 and &:45. While lawvers moved to seitle the last remaining legal issues, Phil delphia braced fiself to withstand th rush of 132,000 t d the scene battle, the gigantic municipal stadium Jocated in the Sesquicentennial Expo sition grounds. It seemed Ilfkely that 000 would seek the vicinity battleground by nightfa 000 to 100,000 visit with as pon heir close to 200, of the expected tives intent in proximity to he battle of a century and a half.” The sdvance guard of the visiting battalions, numbering closa to 50.000, converged on the city overnight, to be {Continued on Page & Column 1) heavyweight | Employing virtually every known means of rapid transportation except bicycles and roller skates, official, di lomatic, social and civilian W ton to the number of at least has deserted or is in the act of de. serting the city today for Philadelphia to watch two men take cracks at each other for the honor of being the world’s best fighter. The psychological effect ington of the forthcoming fistic en- counter 150 miles away W far greater than had been anticipated in |any quarters. Of course the excite ment was not of the nature that at- tended the opening day of a serfes right here in the District limits, but for some unknown 190 per cent of all conversation held this morning consisted of this: j you going to the fight?” No, are you Pty The persons ringside seats (as It appeared, all were ringsides, thereby indicating big ring indeed), were joy- r distinction. There was no use rubbing it in, however, as those who are staying in the city plan to come downtown, mill around as in those dark days when Dempsey fought Willard and when there was no radio; or to wait for the extra, or to just sit tight and hope that blanketv-blank set, which has served on Wash who possessed th world | reason about | or, in favored cases, | ing Officials and Civilians to Scene of Fistic Encounter. (8o faithfully when punk programs were coming through the air, would | not. fail when its utility reaches the | high peak tonight. As to who would win the fight to- . well, that's a diflicult question. was o lot of chatter about who would win. Doiled down, it comes to this: If Dempsey does not win Gene will President Coolidge was the rank- ay-at-home' citizen in Wash ington today. He did not indicate whether he would or would not listen in to the returns on the White House radio set, and therefore the extent of his interest in a matter of conjecture. Probably the greatest Washington was made made by railroad train. cars have been e 1o ha icipated crowds, numbering as high had arranged special The Baltimore and estimated today that {carry 1,000 or more fight fans t | Philadelphia. before the late afte noon . arrives. jeginning at 7 o'clock needed, and another appeal for more space on the 9:20 train went up. At 11 o'clock two sections went out, at 1 p.m. three more trains left and at 3 p.m. the final contingent de- parted in two sections. At 3:44 o'clock tomorrow morning five sections, each (Continued on rage f, Column 1.) exodus from and is being At least 50 pressed into | and many parties, s 90 or 100 each trains Ohio Railroad its trains will TAX GAIN BOOSTS SURPLUS ESTIMATE Mellon Announces Receipts Will Give Treasury Margin of Over $185,000,000. By the Associated Press. Increasing tax receipts flooding into the Treasury impelled Secretary Mellon today to boost his original estimate of a $185,000,000 surplus for this fiscal year. He was unwilling to predict what the eventual surplus might be, how- ever, and maintained it was too early to talk of tax reduction. “The administration is as anxious -as others to cut taxes tne lowest safe limot,” sald Mr. Mellon, “but we have got to look to future vears. We are enjoying tax returns now on un- precedented prosperity, and any change in this would wipe out the anticipated margin." Holds Oldfield Plan Impossible. He described as impossible the re- cent proposal of Chairman Oldfield of the Democratic congressional cam paign committee that the surplus of $370,000,000 of last vear be added to the probable surplus for this fiscal year, and a total cut of approxi- mately $500,000,000 in taxes be made. This would cut the annual Govern- ment revenue below it regular needs, the Secretary said. Receipts and ex- penditures must be balanced annually, he added, and the surpluses of two years could not be added to make a permanent annual reduction. Fur- thermore, he pointed out, that the $370,000,000 surplus of last fiscal year had all been applied toward reduction of the public debt. The Treasury predicted today that income tax receipts for September would total $440,000,000 or $15,000,000 more than previously estimated. This will bring the total of income tax col- lections for this quarter to more than $500,000,000, or almost $100,000,000 above a year ago. This will be partly offset, however, by a drop of about $80,000,000 this quarter in miscellaneous tax receipts under the new law. Altogether the Treasury believes $200,000,000 less will be collected this year than last year from the miscellaneous taxes. _ Customs receipts since July 1 of this ar already are $10,000,000 above the collections a vear ago. Attacking the Coolidge administs tion because of its present opposition to further tax reduction, Representa- tive William A. Oldfield, chairman of the Democratic congressional cam- palgn committee, in a statement to- | day declared “The election of « Democratic | 1, ASSAILS ORDER ON PEPCD REFUND Holds District Supreme Court and Public Utilities Counsel Exceeded Rights. Attacking the authority of the Dis- trict Supreme Court for a decree fix- ing the valuation of the Potomac Electric Power Co., which authorized the return of half of an impounded fund to the consumers, Maj. Peyton Gordon, United States attorney, today moved in the District Supreme Court to intervene in the controversy be- tween the Potomac Electric Power Co. and the Public Utilities Commis- sion. * Acting by direction of the Attorney General of the United States, Maj. rdon is seeking the United States Government’s share of the fund which the court allowed the Potomac Electric Power Co. to retain. In his petition, Maj. Gordon says that both the compromise agreement between the attorneys for the Public Utilitles Commission and the attor- neys for the Potomac Electric Power Co. and the decree of the court ap- as they purport to affect the moneys of the United States in.a cauee in which it was not named as party litigant and not represented by coun- sel. Holds Powers Exceeded. He says that the attorney for the Public Utilities Commission had no authority to represent the United States In any manner whatever af- fecting, the moneys of the United States, as “he had no authority to consent, or the court to enter, any decree affecting the right” of the United States to recover from the Potomac Electric Power Co. any sum paid it in excess of the lawful rates fixed by the Public Utllities Commis- sion. The petition asks the court to va- cate the decree of December 20, 1924, approving the compromise, in so far as it affects the rights of the United States to recover from the Potomac Electric Power Co. all sums paid it by the Government during the period from August 1, 1917, to December 31, 1924, in excess of the lawful rate. Court Should Have Decided. Maj. Gordon in his petition tells the court that, the Potomac Electric Pow- er Co. having raised the issue as to whether the rate of 8% cents was reasonable, it was the duty of the court to have decided what was a fair ard reasonable rate on the valuation the bout was | ndle the known and an-| this morning extra cars were | proving the same are void in so far | Indians fn that section had perished. | of | fixed for the property used and useful in the public service during the period | involved, whether such decision might have resulted either in an increase or de sase in the rate of 81z cents which had been fixed by the Public] Utilities Commission An agreement having been entered into and a decree passed whereby the value of the property used and useful in the public service was fixed at $32.500,000 and the amount of re- turn the Potomae Eiectric Power Co, was entitled to recefve upon said val uation was fixed at not more than 71y per cent return, it was a simple matter of mathematical computation | to determine what were the fair and reasonable rates to be charged during ! the period in question. “The Potomac irie Power Co. having admitted that under such set- tlements the rate could not have been {in excess of Tl cents per kilowatt hour. the UUnited States is not only en itled to a return of its full propor tionate amount impounded but also to an additional sum not yet determined, as under no theory of law or fact nd now it develops that instead |0l e v e of & aeficit which the administration | #5¥ 1 e e [ Ananclers profewsed to fenr, there re- | "y Government contends that it plus of approximately $377,000,000 s coming to it out of the fund re- i ned by tha power company approxi- and for the year 1927 there will be | tAined by the power company approx a surplus of $156.000,000, and pos- | mately $208, R ells SR g POS- | the court that the Government has sibly ‘more; or a total of more than | eceived under protest $45,000. D8 90 g | The matter will come up for hearing | How the Secretary, favoring the omorrow at the same last tax rveductlon on the ground | .iition of E. W. Davis Is heard. that the Treasury would have a Sur- | vy js seeking $39 out of the fund {plusg of $300,000,000, can now OPPOSE | ol the court authorized the power lany further reduction, when the | onit Lo Ot e Tesult of the Treasury will have u surplus of riear- | combron oc Iy double that sum, can he explained in no other way than that he and his chief wish to defer any further relief to the taxpayers until the eve Congress in Nevember will be a man- {date to the Government for another Itax cut that mot even the Coolidge | administration can afford to ignore.” | Charges Political Motive. dtion of Presi Mellon in ! Discussing the oppe dent Coolidge and Secretary “ty any further early reduction |taxes.” Mr. Oldfield sald | ““Secretary Mellon and his chief | President Coolidge, based their su | port of the lust tax reduction measure lon the fact that the Treasury would ave a surplus, They estimated a lcut of about $300,000,000 could be I made in taxes. The Democrats in Congress con- {tended the state of the Treasury {made it possible to redice the tax burden by about $500,000,000, and | proposed increasing the amount of {the reduction hy abont $165,000,000 | The administration oppc 1 any In {crease above $300.000.000, asserting | {it would create a deficii. However, | {the Democrats succeeded in forcing | the tax cut up to about $365,000,000, | | | Mr, Gasoline Fire Razes Town. [ | st stood today at time that the | MORE DEAD FOUND 400 Bodies Listed, But Total Is Expected to Grow With Wider Search. |SERUMS AND MEDICINES | ARE RUSHED TO SCENE | Vaccination Made Mandatory. Dragging of Harbor May Yield Many Victims. | By tha Associated Press Sanftation, movement of refugees ont of the storm area and efforts to locate and recover the bodies of the uncounted dead today occupied the attention of workers endeavoring to rehabflitate the southeastern Florida Every effort was being made to get into the district medicines and serums needed to prevent a serlous epidemic of disease, and in an effort to prevent gickness Davie and Moore Haven have been ordered evacuated by all except workers needed to clean up or search for bodies. All workers or persons remaining in the distr are required to be vaceinated against typhoid The known death list from the hur- ricane stood today at more than 400, with the possibility that Moore Haven, agricultural even than the city of Miami. A total of 110 bodies had been recovered up to last night at Moore Haven, and probably 200 more were killed there, according to Col. A. I. Lowrey, ir.. of Tampa, in charge of troops guarding the area. 300 Vessels Wrecked. At Miami the known death list of the final total vary widely. An un dertaker in charge of the compiling of the list estimated that not than 10 more bodies would be found F. R. Collins, head of the m persons bureau, expressed the belief that 750 smore bodies would be found when all of the wreckage along Bis- {cayne Bay and unexplored spots had | been searched and the bottom |bay dragged. Ile was supported in this belief by J. 0. Irvin, city editor of the Miami News, who watched the storm from the News tower. Mr. Col. lins pointed out that 300 vessels we wreeked. Known deaths in all sections struck by the storm today stood at exactly 400. This number of bodies {been reported recovered Many Seminoles Believed Dead. The chief of the Seminole Indlans in Miami, leaving the Everglades for treatment for his injuries, reported that many killed, but could give no exact figures, although persons who talked with him interpreted his statements to mean that perhabs 100 of the 350 Should even a fraction of these have perished, as they doubtlessly dld, the known death list would he swelled to more than 400. The U. S. Navy destroyer Downe left Charleston, S. C. last night, planning to travel z5 knots an hour until she reached Miami with a large quantity of typhold serum. The Cassin is due to leave today with general cargo of supplies. Danger of a typhold epidemic w. stressed by Dr. William R. Redden, national medical director for the tine C. Anderson, field superintendent of nursing for the Florida State board |of health. Dr.’Redden is in charge of medieal work in the area and Miss Anderson is directing nfirsing work at Fort Lauderdale. REHABILITATION IS STARTED. Recovered From Shock, * Stricken Areas Go Stoically to Work. MIAMI, Fla., September 23 (). Recovered from the first shock of Sat urday’s devastating hurricane, dazed residents of Florida’s storm-stricken area, alded by Red Cross and other relief agencies, today stoically set ahout the work of rehabilitation An appeal for lirge sums of money for relief was made to the Nation vesterday: by an executive committee of the Miam| Herald. tion Mayor Romfh and City Manager Wharton designated the American Red Cross as the official relief organi zation. As surgeons and In a proclama hastily recruited forces of volunteer nurses bent their | to relief of the injured and homeless, especially drafted forces of men began the task of clearing the 60-mile wreckage-strewn coastal area between West Palm Beach and Miami and the region about Lake Okeechobee. Fear for Sanitary Conditlons. At the same time g fears were expressed regarding sanitary condi- tions and officials of the various health services were prepared for whatever measures necessary to pre vent an epidemic. (Casualty reports from the score or more citles and towns leveled by the wind and sea still varied widely to- day, but rescuers placed the total loss of iife at above 400. Miami's death 100, with 010 in 25 of them serfous cases The Miami missing persons bureau has estimated that a thorough search of the tangled wreckage and the waters of Biscayne Bay will reveal at least 750 bodies. A report that 17 persons had heen (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) energy hospitals, 4 Extra Star! It will be on the street tonight with a complete story of the Dempsey-Tunney THREE RIVERS, Quebec, Septem- ber 23 (®).—The litle town of Nicolet, near here, was swept today by a fire | which destroyed the homes of 16 fam- illes. There were no casualties. The fire followed the explosion of a gaso- + line tank in a garage, of the 1928 presidential campaign, so they can claim credit “or it for nistration. Radio Programs—Page 37 q Championship Fight in Philadelphia ty on the hanks of Lake | Okeechobee, might have more deaths | reached 100 last night, but estimates | more | sing | of the ! 40’ ths harbor at the yme, and all were | have | of his people had been | American Red Cross and Miss Byrin- | headed by Frank B. Shutts, publisher | Stor M STRICKEN FLORIDA GERMANBOND SALE PROPISAL DOOHED Poincare’s Plan to Pay Off U. S. Debt Requires Sanction | of State Department. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWER. By Radio to The Star und Chicago Datly News. BERLIN, September 23.—If mier we of France believes he can utilize German rallway and in-| dustrial bonds 1o prov funds | whereby he will be enabled to rati {the Berenger debt agreement with the United States, he is showi lamentable lack of financial under standing, according to bankers and financial interests whom the corvespondent has talked. The Germans welcome the Thiory agroement as a wonderful and un- | hoped-for relief and give all credit to Premier Poinc and Foreign Minister Briand fo real concilia- {tory, triendly spirit. But if, as re ported, Germany's consent is ex- pected to an immediate marketing of a slice of German industrial bonds, which means that world investors would be asked to lend money to creditor nations with German repay ments as securlty, the French are liable to be deceived. vae Pre- Price of ation. ‘The (iermans do not wish to mabket any of their industrial bonds, because they realize that their sale throughout the world would be a hindrance to any revision of the German scale of pu ments In the near future, but perhaps, in view of such desired compensation immediate evacuation of the Rhine- land, would consent. But the chief difficulty is not Germany, but the United States, “Suppose we were willing,” | prominent banker to the writery French do not seem Lo realiz | tain_ facts frst, the only adequate | market for such bonds is the United | States. Therefore, should the Amer State Department be convinced that immediate marketing was not de. sirable In view of the French un wiliingness to ratify the debt agree ment, it could easily make difficulties. ond, the industrial bonds are in reichsmarks and not in dollars. Hitherto all foreign borrowers from the United States have been com- pelled to accept dollar obligations. It is improbable that the American mar- ket is yet ripe to accept a mark loan, however well guaranteed. Difficulty in Marketing. “Third, marketing of 5 per cent bonds would have to be at a figure so low that it is not likely other creditor nations, without France, would be willing to give their consent. “In my opinion the difficultie ,not come from us. The power re: with the United States. The Department can have the last We Germans sincerely hope a Franco-German agreement will be possible on something like the Thiory ba ithout involving political and technical difficulties, such as the marketing of our industrial bonds in volves. In any case it would take considerable time to carry out such a plan, and the present rumors are ely founded on talk. right. 1026, by Chicazo Da EYES ON PREMIERSHIP. Briannd Rumored as Seeking to Head New Left Government. By Cable to The Star and Chi PARIS, September 23.—The French internal political situation again is | becoming disturbed. Despite efforts |at concealment it is known that seri- ms divergences of opinion exist | within the national union govern | ment. Foreign Minister Briand, staking all on his forelgn policy of a Franco- | German entente, is rumored to be at- tempting to prepare for his own re- turn to power as premier at the head | of a Left government. MA. Barthou and Marin, leaders of the Right, are said to be countering by maneuvers caleulated to end in the formation of la wholly conservative government Herriot Keeps Hands Of. BEdouard Herriot aking no part in these intrigues, but aid to real- ize that the hope originally placed in Ithe national union government has not_been fulfilled. Nothing fundamental has been done to overcome the financial risis and nothing fundamental seems to be con } templated. M. Poincare, who is noted will des, ate tly News Co.) 20 Dafly News i | | i | they were F NEEDSHELP AT ONCE | Give GENEROUSLY GIVE PROMPTLY 7NATION DEMANDS EXECUTIVE WORK HARD, PRESIDENT FINDS Holds Cabinet Membersi Sht;uld Run De- partments, Allowing Him Time to Carry Out Greater Duties. Fditors Note—0n his last day in the 1oods the President sat down ith Bruce Barton, n personal friend. and chatted informaily, answering some of the ques rions which are oftqn in the minds of Lis fellow citizens and which they would like o ask him if they cowd. The notes of this (alk proved to be such an interesting revelation of the human side of the Chiel Erecutive that his visitor prevailed upon Aim fo depart from preedent in this single instance and aliow himself to be quoted to the American people directly. A first install- men e interview icas published yesterday in The Star. The conclusion follorcs. BY BRUCE BARTO) (Convrmrht. 18 by the Associate] Press)) A patient and persistent father was walting as the President and 1 left the little frame building that had béen the Summer office headquarters )f the Government. He had stationed his 4-year-old daughter on the steps and instructed her just how to thrust her bunch of wild flowers into the President’s hand when he came out of the door The President taok the flowens thé long the shutter+ of camera clicked; his trip had been a success. The Pres dent held the flowers in his hand as with fathe a smile, them into a vase in the living ‘\\‘h had hardly settled ourselves in front of the big open'fire before the White House collies, Rob Rey and Prudence Prim, were upon us. Their four soiled feet were prompt- 1y planted in the center of the Presi- dent's vest. They have no respect for the dignity of office and he spoils them gloriously, feeding them tid- bits at the them in all the tricks by which sm boys have found pleasure from the beginning of time. “L onee saw In the papers a pic- ture of you selecting a saddle h in Washington,” 1 said. never seen any pictures of you rid ing him.” “It takes too long to change your clothes,” he answered. “Did n ride when you were a boy " “Yes. All farm boy constantly. 1 liked (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) ride. I rode we rode back to the camp and put | room. | table and encouraging 1 in dogs President and Cabinet Of-. ficers Counted On to Back Plan Before Congress. PURCHASE NOW WOULD RUSH BUILDING PROGRAM Architects Studying Proposal to Erect Commerce Offices Facing 15th Street, Near Treasury. BY WILIL . KENNEDY. Congress will be asked soon after it meets, two months hence, to author- 1ze the Immediate purchase, under the $50,000,000 public building program, of all the privately owned land in the triangle south of Pennsylvania avenue between Sixth street and FIf teenth, the Avenue and B street. All this land was Included in the MeMil lan Park Commission’s plan in 1901 to be used as sites for imposing Gov ernment buildings to line Pennsyl vania avenue. This recommendation to Congress probably will have the support of President Coolidge, Secretaries Mellon Hoover and Jardine, the Publle | Bullding Commission. the National | Capital Parks and City Planning Com- mission and the Commission of Fine Arts. If this is done, then with the acqui sition of six other parcels of land on the north and south side of the Ave. nie, in connection with the widening and straightening of B street, as | already authorized in the Arlington | Bridge act, and on which favorabie ~onsideration already has heen given v the Senate and House committees on public buildings and grounds, ail privately owned land bhetween the Capitol and the Treasury, Pennsyl vania avenue and the Mall will come {into possession of the Government. Discussed by Cabinet Officers. Acquisition of all the land in this triangle, so as to expedite the long- cherished plan for cleaning up an unsightly area in the heart of the eity, to provide for an orderly and co- | ordinated placement of public build- ings, to avoid piecemeal deals through condemnation proceedings on indi- vidual sites, to make promptly possible the removal of the entire market area, with a more anrvantageous relocation nearer the center of population, and | to provide a more fitting frontage for | the Mall with the development of B @ | street, was discussed this week at the ‘but I have | meeting of cabinet members with the Public Buildings, Capital Planning and Fine Arts commissions. Secretaries Mellon and Hoover supported the plan and showed a desire to be helpful in the development of the Capital. Secretary Meilon expressed ideal- istic views for the building up and embellishment of the Capital, and to day confirmed that he would support the plan of immediate purchase if a SEEKS T0 TRACE BONDS TOMILLER U. S. Calls Bank Clerks in Ef- fort to SHow He Obtained Merton Securities. By the Associated Pre NEW YORK weeping girl the conspiracy Septembe A e testimony today in t of H M. Daugherty and Thomas W. Miller that led to the introduction of evi- dence to show that two Liberty loan bonds with a value of $20,000 that Richard Merton, German metal mag- nate, paid to John T. King, late Re publican national committeeman from Connecticut, were exchanged for bonds of smaller denomination by an attorney in the alien property cu todian’s office. Merton gave the bonds to King as part of a “commission” of $441.000 for rushing throush the alien prop erty custodian’s offics in 1921 the claim of the Socicte Suisse Pour Valeurs de Metaut on $7,000,000 of shares of the American Metal Co. Miller at that time was alien property custodian, Regina Mullen, the girl witness, who was a clerk in the Federal Bank at Philadelphia, testified February 5, 16 Vincent Carroll, Philadelphia_lawyer, at that time em ployed by Milier presented Liberty Bonds A00043201 and B00043202 at the Iederal Reserve Bank and ex- changed them for 20 $1,000 bonds. Under cross-examination by Wi liam Rand, counsel for Miller, Miss Mullen was asked if the series were lettered to G. After she replied that and stipulated that they In confusion and embar. Mullen broke down She was excused ended at E. sment, Miss and began to weep. to compose herself. Made Copy of Application. The Government then called Charles Herman, another Federal Re- serve Bank employe, and through him drew testimony to show that a wom- an posing us a representative of the Department of Justice came to the Federal Reserve Bank January 1924, and procured the original appli: cation made by Carroll for exchange of the bonds. At this woman's request, Herman said, he took the original applica tion' from the files and after making a copy gave it to her. He sald he knew nothing of the woman, except that she told him her name was “Miss Houston.” There {8 no imputation of wrong- doing by Carroll, Buckner said, and it was his belief that Carroll was acting as the unwitting accomplice of Miller, he said. Through Harold Ford, clerk in the banking house of Lal Dissell & for his moderate, conciliatory methods, is trying his best to hold his cabinet together. Reconvening of Parllament has been (Continued on Page 4, Column 4} Mends at Wilmington, Del., Buckner brought out th m the same day that Carroll exghanged the bonds in Philadelphia, $16,000 bonds bearing Reserve | on | 1. | Fromageot of Frane 1 | la Other Members Given Right to Withdraw Approval Later, However. By the Associated Press. A, Switzerland, —The World Court ference today adopted its committe report concerning acceptance of the American reservations to membership in the Court and then adjourned The conference voted to give the members of the Court the right, if they saw fit later, to withdraw their al of the American reserva- September Delegate Con ments to the Court statutes and con- cerning the question of asking advis. | ory opinions of the Court. An animated discussion was precipi tated in the conference when Sir F cis Bell of New Zealand moved the suppression "of those paragraphs in the report of the committee of 14, un der which membe two-thirds vote, their acceptance of reservations. could the withdraw American Opposed by Prance. Sir Francls insisted that the United States would not accept such a provi- sion. and might resent it The discussion went afternoon, after Sir Francis' motion had been vigorously opposed by M. Sir Cecil Hurst of Great Britain and Sir George Fos ter of Canada, and had been supported by Senor Zumeta of Venezuela, Senor Franco Franco of the Diminican Re public and M. Negulesko of Rumania. Sir Francls contended that United States had the undoubted right to adhere to the court at any time, and that this could not be abrogated. Sir George Foster affirmed that it was only reasonable that. if the United States were given the right to with- draw, the powers should have the priv ilege of denouncing their approval of the American reservations. Veto Power Feared. The Canadian statesman possible American vetoing amendment to the Court ver until cited the of some statutes, {which might be earnestly desired by | the League of Nations, as a matter | which might influence members of the League to withdraw their anrroval of the American conditions. In an endeavor to meet Sir Francis Bell's objection, Sir Cecil Hurst sug- gested that, before denouncing the American reservations, it should be understood always that the members of the court should meet In confer- ence. Signor Pilotti of Italy, chairman of the committee, addressing the con- ference, sald the committee’s report was & virtual acceptance of all the five American reservations. He remarked that the United Stutes would have an absolute veto as to COURT CONFERENGE 0.K'S CONDTIONS concerning. adoption of amend- | n- | of the Court, by | the | special study of this area, now being i made by direction of that conference. warrants such action. This study is to show the total amount of property and the probable cost under straight purchase or condemnation proceed- ings, and a plan of closing certain streets in the triangle and possibly opening up others, so as to provide the most advantageous sites for the ontemplated public buildings As a basis for this recommendation to Congress, it was explained at the | conference, that the erection of the { new public buildings probably ie due to the fact that the working force in the office of the supervising archi tect has not been sufficient to get the plans prepared, and due also to the fact that condemnation proceedings to acquire sites determined upon have been slow. Acquisition Urged Now. In that event it was urged that the millions of dollars _already appro | priated by Congress for the first two | vears of the five-year period should not be allowed to iie idle, but be used to acquire the sites now, and at the | same time serve as an expression of {the Government's intention, at the earliest possible date, to build up the triangle between Pennsylvania avenue {and The Mail. It is believed the owners of land triangle will weleome prompt | s the “dead hand” has been [ held on their property for a quarter of a century, retarding development and improvement by private capital |1t is emphasized that it is decidedly in the public interest that the prop erty owners should meet the Govern Iment agents on a friendly and co | operative basis, as any otper attitude | would delay indefinitely 18is improve {ment, which is the greatest under- taken in the Capital during its entire | existency Another study is being made by the Government architects in confes lence with some of the leading archi- | tects of the country, regarding the practicability of ecrecting such & structure as the $10,000,000 home for the Department of Commerce on the |site facing Fifteenth street between Pennsylvania avenue and B street, with a monumental frontage on the ner from the Treas. was given that if used now for the Com { merce Bullding. the Labor Depart ment Buflding would be placed be tween Seventh and Ninth streets and the Justice Building between Ninth and Tenth streets, or some other | Federal buildings will be placed in | this area now occupled by the Center | (retail) and wholesale markets. This makes it certain that the entire mar- | ket area, within three to five years, will be removed from the area be tween Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall. Two Arguments Advanceo. T'wo arguments were advanesa for | placing the Commerce Building on the Avenue and Fifteen’a street tract, where it would have a 1,300 foot frontage on Fifteenth street. It is extremely desirable and urgent that the Commerce Bullding be start ed as soon as possible. The Govern- ment already owns this land so the construction work could start just as soon as plans are agreed upon. The second argument, which is the basis of the Fine Arts Commission’s recom- mendation of this site, is that the city planners wish to place a great Gov- ernment department building on the site at the earliest possible date, so as to link together in that area about the | | | site is | (Continued o ge 2, Column 8, “"(Continued on Page 2, Cojamn 6. (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.)