Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness tonight; to- morrow, showers and warmer, fol- lowed by cooler at night. Temperature—Highest, 66, at noon today; lowest, 54, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 5. New York Stock Market Closed Today he Fpening Star. No. 30,114. post office, DAWES CONDEMNS AS SHE LEAVES PARIS FOR U. S. . PRIMARY SYSTEM 10 LEGIONNAIRES Nominations by Conventions Would Insure Better Can- didates, He Says. CALLS “MINORITY RULE” RESULT OF LETHARGY France Renews Invitation for Ses- sion to Meet in Paris Next Year. By fhe Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Octoher Vice President Dawes today joined bands with those seeking the abolish- ent of the American system of pri- k elections for selecting candi- to public office. He expressed his sent!ments in the of a plea made before the onal convention of the American on for a greater exercise of the granchise by the voters of the United whose lethargy, he sald, made possible for a very small minority choose nominees who later were @lected. *Personally I belleve that the pri- mary system should be largely abolished and that if we follow the theory and plan of representative gov- ernment laid down in our Constitution | by providing for nomination by con-| ventions, a better and more impartial class of candidates will result” he| 12— “But even if the primary system were abolished an increase in the im- partial voting in the United States is the crying need of the hour.” Leglon Project Indorsed. The basfs for Mr. Dawes, address was the plan of the American Leglon for getting out the vote in national, State and_city elections Thlis proj- ect he fndorsed as one “vital to the welfare of the Republic.” “If the American Government is to be a success,” he said, “the American people must vote. Indifference in the attitude of the American toward the franchise is the greatest existing menace to American institu- tions. It ix tending to government by aggressive and inter- ested munorities for government by the people. “Especially is this the case in State, county and ity elections. The per- centage of the qualified vote cast in non-presidential years is far below the 52 per cent in the 1924 presidential election. , After making some examination into, statistics gathered fro: should say that in the prima tests preceding i presiaential in North, : timate ‘that 25 per eent of the qualified vote is cast is, i anything, excessive. Since there are sill two dominant political parties, quite evenly divided between them Minority Elects, He Says. *In such event the election of the candldates to be voted on at a future election determined in each party by & majority or plurality, as the| case may be, of only about 121§ per | cent of the qualified voters. Under! such clrcumsiances men elected to office are thus selected by a small minority of arou 7 cent of the qualified v “We all realize that as o wealth and population increase and | business broadens and becomes more | diversified there arises tho neces- sity not only for the centralization of greater power in State, county efty government, but for Its const: uee in the carrying out of its legiti- mate projects “Especially is this true in connec- tion with State government Im- mense road-building projects are being carrled out by States, assisted | By the national Govefhment. Our state and city administrations are accustomed not only to use public | employes in getting out a primary vote to maintain an existing admin- fstration in power, but in many places all those interested in con- | struction or other public contracts with their organization and employes are expected to perform active serv- | ice in getting out the primary vote for the same purpose, “At the time, thereiore. when, ow- ing to the fadifference of the public to the franchise. the number of quali- fled voters necessary to control a pri- mary election is lessening. the num- ber of these having a business inter- est in the centinuance of an existing administration and willing to work at the polls for it Is rapidly increas- ing. “Controlled Vote” Growing. “While the general and impartial vota is decreasing., the controlled | vote is steadily increasing. It is to be hoped that in most localities there 18 & scrupulous and proper use of centralized power, but it is not too much to say that in some States and | elties the power of the administration 1s ko exerted that the dominant party will always present candidates at the | election selacted by those having a business and personal interest in the | continuance of the administration. Where this is the case we have changed from a representative gov- ernment of the pecple into an oligar- ohy Gominated by self-interest. As times goes on the evil increases. “As long as our primary system exists there is but one remedy for the situation and that is to increase | the number of impartial voters of both parties not only at primaries, but at general elections. We have lost our free government if those interested in direct business relations with government, either as employes or through contracts, are the ones | who contral the nomination of can- didates.” . Cheers Greet Pershing. Members of the American Expedt- | flomary Force today faced thelr old | commander, Gen. Pershing, and | cheered him until the smiling, gray- hatred warrior motioned them to cease. | Gen. Pershing, who many delegates sald, could be the next national com- mander of the American Leglon if he 8o desired, made a fiveminute | extemporaneous speech before Legion’s annual convention, in which he sald he came merely to say, “How « (Continued on Page 5, Column 3) public | i substitute | | the vote in most localities is | who are| Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. CAROL AND QUEEN RECONCILED Son Is Embraced Ardently on Train—Marie Faces Trip in Radiant Mood. { Notable Group on Leviathan Includes Mrs. Wilson—Due Here October 18. By the Assoctated Pres PARIS, October 12.—Reconciled to her errant son, former Crown Prince {Carol, whom she embraced in ardent motherly fashion at thelr parting, Queen Marle of Rumania swept majestically out of Paris this morning en route to America. The Queen was visibly moved when Carol finally arrived at the station a quarter hour before her train left for Cherbourg to connect with the Leviathan. Mother and son went into her com- partment in the Rumanian royal i coach, attached to the Cherbourg boat train, and talked in private. The train was held several minutes to allow them to prolong their inter- view. Carol Departs Quietly. Carol departed as quietly as he had come, while the Queen smiled from a car window in acknowledgment of the farewells from representatives of French officialdom, the United States n;mb‘uuy and the Rumanian colony of Parts. Upon her arrival at the station, the Queen was greeted by a throng of top-hatted and frock-coated gentle- men, Gen. Lasson, chief of President Doumergue’s military staff, in full uniform, and Col. T. Bentley Mott, military attache of the American em- bassy, in olive drab, and wearing PRINCE_CAROL. decorations which included the res- plendent Rumartan Order. As she advanced slowly along the station platform, the assembled women of the French capital courtsied in a billowy wave. Marie wore a Krimmer coat of gun- mental shade, fading into gray, over a simple brown taflored suit. A chic brown felt traveling hat topped her auburn head. She wore a lone white orchid over her heart. Her slippers and hose were in harmony with the rest of the costume. Queen Appears Radiant. Despite the ordeal of supervising the last-minute packing of the 109 pleces of luggage of the pa: well (Continued on Page 5, Col U. 3. MAY NOT TRY DAUGHERTY AGAIN i Discharge of Jury After 65 Hours’ Deadlock Leaves Course in Doubt. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, October 12.—There was doubt today whether Harry M. Daugherty and Thomas W. Miller would be tried again on charges of conspiracy against the United States while Attorney General and allen property custodian, respectively. “I'll not be able to tellfo.’ & month at least whether I'll bring them to trial again or not,” said Federal At torney Buckper after a jury disagreed yesterday. The Jury after hearing evidence for five weeks debated its verdict for 65 i hours and 40 minutes before the court accepted a report of disagreement. | That is a record for Federal courts in this district. The final vote was 7 to 5 for conviction of Daugherty and 10 to 2 for conviction of Miller, some jurors said. Daugherty Expected Acquittal. The charge was conspiracy to de- fraud the United States of honest services in the transfer of $7,000,000 worth of stock In the American Met- als Co. to allen interests. “I am disappointed that there was not a verdict of acquittal,” Daugherty sald. “1 expected it and deserved it. However, I have no complaints to malke. Mr. Daugherty has left for his !homo. in Columbus, Ohfo. Col Miller is going home to Wilmington, Del., and then to the American Legion convention in Philadelphia. Max D. Steuer, Daugherty’s attor- ney, sald there were three reasons actuating the jurors who voted against Daugherty’s acquittal. “The first and weightiest,” said Mr. (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) WUCHANG CAPTURED BY ‘RED’ CANTONESE Important City, Long Besieged, Is Third to Surrender to South- ern Foes. By the Associated Press. PEKING, October 12.—Foreign dis- patches from Hankow confirm reports of the surrender of the city of Wu- chang to the “red” Cantonese troops who have besieged it for so long. It is understood that an agreement between the Cantonese and the north- ern troops who surrendered the city provides for a money payment to the conquerors and {ndorporation of the soldlers who defended Wuchang into the Cantonese forces. The Cantonese now hold all of the three great citles of Hankow, Wu- chang and Hanyang. These three cities have a total pop- ulation of approximately 1,000,000. They cluster about the junction of the Hankiang River with the Yangtze, some 600 miles inland on the latter river. Hankow, probably the largest of the three cities, went down before the southerners some weeks ago, with Wu Pei Fu, northern commander, with- drawing northward toward the border of Honan province and destroying the railroad behind him. DEADLY GANG WAR FLARES IN CHICAGO Machine-Gun Slaying of Two Means Fatal Reprisals, Po- lice Apprehend. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 12.—Chicago’s deadliest gang battle—a war to ex- termination—has opened between two opulent bands of booze racketeers for control of the ety liquor traffic. That fearful sengine of war, the deatlspewing iching gun, swas- fhe. Slulster weagon' employed by gang- sters, who mowed down five men in olic Cathedral of the Holy Name, on North State street, lite yesterda The murderous attack, more daring than the assassination of Assistant pected to bring reprisal and counter reprisal—the eternal viclous~ cycle that all “alky” fends go through “It is another gang killing. No one knows anything. No one wants know anything. _They ace afraid,” was the comment of an attache of the | State’s attorney’s office, who ques- tioned witnesses at the scene of the slayings. Two Gangsters Killed. The victims in the newest and most deadly of gangland’s own method of eliminating _its -enemies were Earl “Hymie” Weiss, notorious gangster and gunmun, who at 28 had risen to overlordship of a powerful city-wide combine of, booze runners, and Paddy Murray, a leutenant. Both were killed almost instantly, their bodies riddled by slugs, as ma: chine guns, spitting their deadly mes- |sengers 1of death from a rooming house window, and an automobile raked them with a withering cross fire of lead. The wounded were William W. O'Brien, former assistant State's at- torney, prominent criminal lawyer and counsel for “Blg Joe” Saltis, ally of Weiss, now on trial for murder; Ben Jacobs, an Investigator for O'Brien, and Sam_Peller, henchman and bodyguard of Weiss. The men went down under the mur- after they had left the modest 'florist shop of Willlam Schofield, across State street from the Cathedral, and believed by police to be the head- quarters of the Saltis defense forces. It was In this shop, two years ago, that Dean O'Banion, ace of Chicago alcohol purveyors, was slain by three gunmen amidst his roses and chrysan- themums. O0’Brien Hit Seven Times. Attorney O'Brien had just come from the Criminal Courts Buildings, a few blocks away, where a jury had been completed to try Saltis. O'Brien, struck by seven bullets, but declared out of danger, denied that the florist shop was a rendezvous of Saltis work- ers, but police found a list of all men called for jury service in Weiss' pockets, while a safe in Schofleld office vielded a list of State witnesses Who are to testify against Saltis. Al- though the usual silence of gangland prevalled after the shooting, the police versed in the lore of the underworld, say the attack was the apogee of a long guerrilla warfare between two cliques of gunmen and beer runners. They belleved the shooting was the direct result of the failure of a re- cont “peace parles” between hench- men of “Scarface Al” Capone, king- pin of Cicero vicelands, and Weiss. The meeting broke up, according to information in the hands of authori- ties, when Weiss demanded that Ca- pone offer for assassination the two men who had tried to kill his partner, ‘Vincent “Schemer” Druccl, on Michi gan avenue, several weeks ago. The vdeemnd was rejected, and the war as on. Groping back into the past, the au- thorities saw the O’Banion slaying as the genesis of a series of reprisals and counter-reprisals, culminating in the latest assault. Weiss was a faith- ful lieutenant of the florist-gangster. The Capone-Johnny Torrio band was blamed for the shooting. Later Tor- rio was shot down, but not killed, and this was called a reprisal by O'Ban- ion’s followers. tempt to kill Drucci, partner of Welss in the leadership of the O'Banion gang—blamed on the Capone faction. A _ocounterblow by the Weiss-Drucel (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 7 the shadow of Chicago's great Cath- e State's Attorney McSwiggin, was ex-| derous stream apparently a moment | ‘Then two months ago came the at- |. MALL SITE OPPOSED FOR COMMERGE OR ANY DEPARTMENT Fine Arts Commission Favors Only Museum Type Struc- tures in That Area. AVENUE LOCATION HELD BEST FOR NEW BUILDING Letter to Smoot Rejects Agricul- ture Offices From North Side of Parkway. N P TR A new development in the Govern- .|ment bullding program proposed in Washington came today with an- nouncement by the National Commis- slon of Fine Arts that it opposes con~ struction of any departmental build- ing on the north side of the Mall, op- posite the Department of Agriculture, and the definite statement by commis- slon officlals that the fine arts body is allgned against encroachment on the Mall of any building of a purely Government business nature. The site opposife the Department of Ag- | riculture group fronting on B street between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets has been proposed as the lo- cation f&r the new Commerce Depart- ment Bullding and has been opposed by Secretary of Agriculture Jardine. At the same time the commission in a letter to Senator Smoot, made public today, suggests that the origi- nal location of the Commerce Depart- ment structure in the area between Fourteenth and Fifteenth _streets, Pennsylvania avenue and B street be retained for that structure. Text of Letter to Smoot. ‘The letter of the commission to Sen- ator Smoot, chairman of the Public Buildings Commission, follows ‘Dear Senator Smoot: Your ggmmunication of July 7, in- closing a letter addressed to vou as chairman of the Public Buildings Commission by the Hon. the Secretary of Agriculture, was received. You ask the comments of the Commission of Fine Arts on the Secretary’s letter. ‘Secretary Jardine is opposed to the lLerection of the building for the De- | partment of Commeroce in the area on the north side of the Mall, opposite the Department of Agriculture. He | states that the workers in the De- partment of Agriculture have long looked forward to a new home on that site, and he asks thut the De- pertmient of Agricuiture have oppor- tunfi to lay before the proper au- |nrides ste v’ smniendations ca, to the uttlizatfon of these grounds. ine, the Commission of Fine Arts | eached these conclusion: 1. That the Mall area in question should not be allotted to wny depart- tmental building, but should be re- | served for a building of the Museum tvpe, which can be kept down to a height uniform with other buildings in the Mall and can have those land- seape features essential to park build- Ings. This would preclude its use for the Department of Agriculture, as well as for the Department of Com- merce. The Commission of Fine Arts {is of the opinion that the Depart- ment of Commerce Building should be located as provided by Congress, in the area between, Fourteenth and Fif- teenth streets, Pénnsylvanian avenue and B streets northwest. “For the commission, “Very respectfully, yours, “CHARLES MOORE, Chairman. Commission’s First Stand. The letter today {s the first state- ment of the fine arts body In opposi- tion to placing the Commerce Depart- ment Bullding on the Mall. H. P. Caemmerer, secretary of the commission, explained that Congress originally intended the Commerte De- partment should be placed in the | Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania | avenue site, even though some con- flict has arisen in connection with a claim by the Department of Justice {on this location. Another new development came to- day with the information that plans are under consideration for placing the Department of Justic Bullding on Pennsylvania avenue at Sixth street, where the St. James Hotel is now located. Mr. Caemmerer said the com- mission is of the opinion that the Mall should be reserved for semi-public buildings of the type of the Freer Gallery and the National Museum and should not be utilized for building of the purely public nature of the large Government Departments. He added that at some future date 2 national gallery of art bullding will be constructed in the Mall and that it should probably go in near the present National Museum. The commission secretary said the automobile parking problem s becoming pressing and in. dicated the commission feels parked automobiles should be kept off the Mall as much as possible. Plans for the new Commerce Department build- ing include parking space within the building for about 500 cars with a ramp arrangement. Patent Office Problem. In this connection, the commission also has before it the problem of lo- cating the proposed new Patent Office Building. In the view of the commis- slon officials, this structure, a large and commodious building to take care of the greatly increased work of the | 1 Patent Office, could well be construct- ed in the area between Pennsylvania avenue and B street and between Fourteenth gnd Fifteenth streets, along with other buildings of the Commerce Department, the entire group to be connected either by ar- cades crossing above the intersect- ing streets, or by passageways be- low_street level under the streets. The Commerce Department, ac- cording to Mr. Caemmerer, could use at least two and possibly three blocks in the area between Pennsyl- vania avenue and B street. Another suggestion has been made that the building to be vacated by the Patent Office if a new structure is bullt for the office, can be used by the Labor Department, now housed in a rented building on G street near Seventeenth. Secretary Jardingg early in the Summer, when the Ifth and B (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) DEmg (RAT) SULLET: MEMBER oF THE CONGRESSIoNAL Commjger 'CONGRATULATES Prrcuex GROVER CLEVELAND LEXANDER Afi’ WVITES HIM T ASSIST THE DEMOCRATS € CONGRESSIo IN EHANPMGN DRY VOTE TO BEAT POMERENE IN OHI0 Prohibition Issue Is Declared Determining Factor for Success of Willis. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 12. The wet and dry issue is likely to set- tle the senatorial election in Ohlo, al- though to date nelther of the candl- dates has Stressed this lssue ir hi campalgn speeches. - Ohio, the home of. the national or- ganization of the Anti-Saloon League, is faithful In its alleglance to the dry cause. No man {n public life has been more consistently dry than Senator Frank B. Willls, thé Republican porai- nee to succeed himself. Former Setator Atlee Pomerene, the-Democratic fiom- | inee for the Senate, personally dry, is nevertheless regarded as a wet for the purposes, of this campaign. And whether he desires it or not, he will stand or fall, in all human probability, on the prohibition issue. The Anti-Sa- loon League and the W. C. T. U. both have indorsed Senator Willis, and they will leave no stone unturned in his interest. Dry by 100,000 Votes. Four years ago the voters of Ohio rejected by a vote of 908,522 to 719,060 a proposed constitutional amendment legalizing wine and beer. Allowing for some turnover In sentiment In favor of the wets in recent years, Ohlo is still a dry States. It has its wet spots, Cincinnati, Cleveland, other industrial centers. But take it by large, the State is dry today by at least 100,000 votes and probably more. Senator Willis has other {ssues to aid him in this fight. Senator Pom- erene was opposed to woman suffrage, while Willls favored it. The women in this State have long memories and they still hold this against Pomerene. The Republican leaders are fanning the flames of resentment. Further- more, in the Democratic primaries this year Senator Pomerene, com- ing out as an eleventh-hour candi- date, defeated Judge Florence E. Allen of the State Supreme Court for the Democratic nomination for Sena- tor. This rankles in the .minds of some of the women in Ohio. In a measure, Senator Frank Willis is the political Rudolph Valentino to the women of Ohlo. He has stood con- sistently for the two things in politics which have had the earnest support of the women—prohibition and woman suffrage—and he is to reap the benefit now in his race with Senator Pomerene. Labor Opposing Pomerene. A third element of Willls' strength s organized labor. It is not that labor loves Senator Willls so much as that it loves Pomerene less. The labor vote was credited with having had a large hand in the defeat of Senator Pomerene in 1922, when Sen- ator Fess succeeded him. Railroad labor particularly has its knife out for Pomerene, and yesterday it was announced in Cleveland that the rail- road workmen’s organization would support Willis. W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Raflway Train- men, speaking not only for his own organization, but also for the Brother- hoods of Locomotive Engineers, Loco- mtive Firemen and Enginemen, Rail- way Conductors and allied organiza- tions, declared their support of Willis. During the primary campaign, the editor of Labor, the organ of the rallroad brotherhoods, sent a special edition into this State in the interests of Judge Allen and against Senator Pomerene. To cap the balance still further for ‘Willis, Ohio is normally strongly Re- publican. It has a great regard for President Coolidge and his adminis- tration. President Coolidge ¢arried this State in 1924 by a plurality of 340,000 overthe combined vote for Davis, Democrat, and La Follette, Progressive. His plurality over Davis alone was nearly 700,000. It is only fair to suppose that part of the vote which went to La Follette was nor- mally Republican, and that had there heen only Coolidge 3nd Davis in the race, the Coolidge plurality would have been 500,000 more. “Stand By Coolidge.” Benator Willis, campaigning vig- orously throughout the State, has been' ringing the changes on the need of sending a Republican Senator back to Washington to support the Presi- dent. President Coolidge and his ad- ministration, he insists, would be re- pudiated by the election of Senator Pomerene. To effect the strength of the Senator Pomere .WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1926—FORTY-SIX PAGES. Disappointed Lover Deliberately Eats Himself to Death By the Associated Press. TOKIO, October 12.—Disappoint- ed in love, and feeling there was nothing else to live for, Giichi Kitazawa, a confectioner, recently “ate himself to death.” W4th his sweetheart sitting across the table from him, Kitazawa swallowed eggs and curry and rice in large quantities, with sake and whisky. Finally he fell unconsclous and died within a few hours §2,100 000 DIAMOND STOLEN IN FRANGE “Grand Conde”. and. Other Gems in Collection Taken in Raid on Museum. By the Associated Press. CHANTILLY, France, October 12.— The famous chateau of the Duc d’Aumale, maintained as a national museum, was robbed last night. A number of priceless pieces were taken from the jewelry collection, including the famcus rose diamond known as “the Grand Conde,” a diamond- studded-dagger which belonged to the Arab chief Abd-el-Kadir; another equal- 1y begemmed one, once the property of the Bey of Tunis; several art ob- jeots 1n gold and several miniatures. Scaled Gem Tower. The burglars penetrated the chateau park with a 40-foot ladder, scaled the ‘gem tower”” and entered through a window. They escaped without de- tection. Paris jewelers say the famous rose diamond 1{s of almost inestimable value. Even before the war, with the franc at par, it was worth at least 10,000,000 francs. At the present time the estimated value is nearer 70,000, 000 ($2,100,000). Total Value $2,700,000. The total value of the jewels taken is placed at approximately 90,000,000 francs ($2,700,000). ‘The government has assigned the best detectives in France to the case. The Duc d’Aumale, Prince Henry of Orleans, who died in 1897, was the fourth son of Louis Philippe of France. The chateau was designed for the prince by Honore Daumet, and under its roof the owner gathered the art ;;-u-uren and heirlooms of his fam- y. —_———— GIRL’S BODY FOUND. Two Men Held in Connection With Chigago Shooting. CHICAGO, October 12 (#A).—Two men were held today In connection with the death of Miss Edna Bolt of Decatur, Ill., whose almost nude body was found behind the German Dea- coness’ Hospital Patrick and Thomas Fleming were taken for questioning by detectives after an unidentified man said he had seen the girl shot and fatally wounded early yesterday during a quarrel in the Flemings’ West Side tearoom. ‘The witness declared that Miss Bolt was an_accidental victim, the bullet having been fired by her escort when he quarreled with another patron. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 100,240 ‘W) Means Associated 22 SCHOOLS APPLY FOR BOY PATROLS New Safety Units Welcomed in Move to Cut Traffic Hazards. ‘While parents of Washington, in- tent on insuring street safety for school children, were registering to- day their overwhelming approval of the proposal to change the opening hour for school, the movement for city-wide establishment of school boy safety patrols went forward with rapid strides. Principals of 22 of the city's ele- mentary schools today filed urgent re- quests with school authorities for the necessary insignia and equipment for institution of the patrol system at buildings under their supervision, fol- lowing the successful example set ves- terday by Principal C. K. Finckel of the Thomson ‘School. Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge at the same time announced a still more ‘widespread plan for traffic regulation at school intersections through a man- ually operated eletric signal light, simflar to the synchronized lights of Sixteenth street, in the interest of safeguarding school children from traffic. Mr. Eldridge’s proposal was con- celved, he stated, by his assistant, Col. I. C. Moller, just back from a xun‘ vey of traffic conditions in other citfes. To Try Out Signal. The 1dea 18 to install immediately a four-way light signal system at the Thomson School experimental center, with an authorizd operator in charge of it, to direct the motor vehicle traf- fic and take some of the burden off the traffic policeman at the corner. Mr. Eldridge, in advocating this improvement, announced that he felt certain these lights could be installed| at dangerous school trafflo intersec- tions at a cost of approximately $300 per site. One of these test lights is avallable at the present time, it was stated, and the experiment with it is to be made as soon as Mr. Eldridge can complete the necessary arrangements. If it proves practicable, it was announced, the system gould be extended to any part of the city. Model Conditions Sought. Meanwh#le, well organized plans were crystallizing with a view to mak- ing Washington a model traffic city so far as the safety of school children is concerned. Qutstanding among the propositions advanced was the proposal broached today by Ben W. Murch, school safety chairman, for a conference with Chief of Police Edwin B. Hesse, Traffic Di- rector M. O. Eldridge and Assistant General Manager C. P. Clark of the American Automobile Association, with a view to uniting these agencies with the school safety committe for prac- tical assistance and co-operation in putting safety reforms for school chil- dren into effect. The conference is scheduled for early next week at an informal luncheon meeting. The local Boy Scout organization also has stepped forward with another advantageous plan. It contemplates the classification of Boy Scouts as to schools and the institution of safety instruction classes for the benefit not only of the Boy Scouts in the schools, but also for the boy patrol members. Patrol Prizes Offered. ‘While the enthusiasm for the school boy patrol system was permeating the ranks of the teachers and principals of the school system, according to re- ports received by Mr. Murch, consid- erable impetus in enthusing the chil- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) childhood of day in The Evening Star When Mrs. Coolidge Was a Girl An intimate story of the of the White House, written by her friend Mrs. Herbert Hoover Five articles, to be pub- lished daily, beginning Fri- the mistress TWO CENTS. VOICE FOR DISTRICT IN CONGRESS URGED * ATHOUSE HEARING George F. Mitchell Gives New Plan of Governing Fis- cal Relations. Press. “TAX” ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY SUGGESTED J. R. Bibbins Denounces Increase of “Checkerboard” Streets in New Areas. Representation in Congress and the afoption of a scientific method of de- termining how much the Federal Gov- ernment should pay toward Capital development and maintenance were advocated as\ outstanding District needs by George F. Mitchell, presi- dent of the Kaloraina Citizens' Asso- clation, the first witness before today’s session of the specfal House commit- tee inquiring into local affairs. Other suggestions given the com- mittee by Mr. Mitchell were: Substitution of an income tax with a low rate and liberal deduction in place of the present intangible per- sonal tax, which he described as un- satisfactory; election of the Board of Educatlon by the people; separatlon of District finances from the Federal Budget Bureau, and a new law to gov- ern procedure in Juvenile Court. Would Estimate “Tax. In advocating national representa- tion and election of the school board, Mr. Mitcheil - stated In answer to a question from Representative Reld of Illinofs, that he was not In faver of local self-government. Mr. Mitchell said one scientific way of determining Federal Government's proper rict upkeep would be to pay an amount equal to what the tax would be on United States property here. “Would you still advocats that if it should prove to be less, than the Federal Government pays now” Rep- resentative Reid inquired. “Even if it was less, it would stop the constant harangue about the ques- tion,” Mr. Mitchell replied. A considerable part of the session was taken up by J. R. Bibbin, a con- sulting engineer, and chairman of the committee of the Kalorama assocla- tion, who confined himself to the high- way plan, asserting that the natural beauty of the outlying portion of, Washington has been ' marred byy catting down hills in opening new streets, He contended thé - proper method In developing “Washington should be to preserve the natural topography instead of cantinuing “the checker-board” system of, streets as they exlst under the L'Enfant plan in the older part of the city. Pressed by Mr. Reid for more In- formatiorr, Mr. Bibbins said he regard- ed ‘Vashington as a beautiful city, but that the condition hé complained of with regard to topography in the newer section’ should be corrected. Mr. Reid asked him if he thought the cutting down of land has anything to do with the development of row houses and so-called community houses, which® have led to so much discussion before the zoning commls- sfon. The witness said he could see how it might become necessary (o build row houses if the cost of pre- paring the site was very heavy. Zihlman Points to Difficulty. Ropresentative Zihlman of Mary land, chairman of the District com mittee, sald he agreed with some of the things Mr. Bibbins had said, but that he could not understand Bow preserving the natural topography of the land would reduce the cost, point- ing out that In keeping_ the topogra- phy thege would result many odd shaped and different-sized iots. Mr. Bibbins referred the committee to Berkley, Calif., as an example of what he called “the contour plan” of (Continued on Page 2, Column 5) 32 KNOWN DEAD iN WAKE OF HOLLAND HURRICANE Many Lost at Sea as Boats Founder in Storm—Shipping Crippled. By the Aesociated Press. AMSTERDAM, Holland, October 12 —A toli of 32 lives is known to have been taken over the week end by a hurricane which raged over Denmark and Holland. The trawler Agatha Maria foundered at Wyk and its crew of 14 were drowned. A tug sank with its crew of four on the Maas River after a colliston. News nalso was received today that the steam trawler Copernicus founder ed in the North Sea on Saturday with the loss of 14 of its crew. Three men were rescued. Heavy damage was caused by the storm, especially to shipping, and many other vessels were in difficulty. ASK CHURCH LAW CHANGE. Catholic Laymen in Mexico Pe- tition Chamber of Deputies. MEXICO CITY, October 12 (P).— Sixty prominent Catholic laymen have handed to the Chamber of Deputies a petition requesting an amendment of the religious clauses of the Mexican | constitution. ‘The petition is identical with that presented to the chamber by the Catholic episcopate some time ago and which was rejected because it was signed only by prelates, who are not entitled under the law to address the Congress. Py T — GIRL AND PARENTS SLAIN. Police Believe Vermont Killed Two and Self. BARRE, Vt, October 12 (®). Mr. and Mrs. P. Russell Morrison and their daughter Joyce, 6 years old, were shot dead In thelr home four miles from this city, probably Sunday night. Their bodies were found in their locked home this morning. The authorities think that Morrison, becoming suddenly insane, shot his wife and child and then killed himself. N