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PRESIDENT STARTS DRAFTING MESSAGE Information Is Executive Will Insist Only on Surplus ' for Taxpayers. | BY J. RUSSELL YOUN: | President Coolidge has already started work on the fi draft of his annual message to Congress, hut there 18 very little in the way of legislation | that he is going to ask. His message will cover a wide range of subjects, containing numerous sug- gestion: nd recommendations, but the only thing he is actually going to he insistent about according to pre ent information, is the turning of the Treasur: pavers of the ) s time let the revenue act remain-in . The ident contends that while this Nation and its people are pros 1v. there is no assurance v will be so a year, or two vears hence, and, if there is a reces- | sion In prosyerity there would natur- ally follow a decided slump in the | Nation's revenues. For Law Codification Although the President F ha known that ha h the task of framing his mes has given little if any indic how he intends to treat problems, other than the tax matter. There aré such controversial subjects as vonsoli- dation of railroads, ultirel egislation and proposed changes the immigration laws. but thus far he has 1eft all questions about his ideas npon hese subjects unanswered. And, | if he follows his habits of the past regarding the preparation of his me <ages to Congress, there is little like- thood of his doing =0, at least pul$ Mely. before the message is submitted to Congre: There are indleations that the Prestdent will include in this message a strong recommendation of legisla- tion designed to bring about a codifi- catfon of International laws. He Is represented in this connection as heing of the opinion that the.United States. by this means, can perform a valuable service in hehalf of world | peace. e thinks a codification of the various ions would be ve step in the right direction and would at least serve to strengthen The Hague tribunal. :!(f is expected to recommend doptioft of resolu- ing him to call an inter- | conference for the purpose | the laws. A resolution introduced at the by Repre- rchusetts, ative Porter | sman of the for- tteo the House, dently in favor of a codifi- sommended to the President of the Tinkham resolu- v v similar to it < det it | hree Weeks' Latitude. As for t \World Court pr the President | amount: as made it unmistak- » has no intention of uiodification of the Sen- | wions for American ad-| While there has heen no in-| jon from him as to his attitude | arding what step is to be taken in | matter of further reduction in s, it is thought that he will | some length in | ably plain that | the armam treat t his message Tt is understood also that f@ent will discuss veteran tslation looking to the str of the merchant warine ievelop- | ment of inland waterways and good | of the Muscle Sh:\:l\.fli prohibition | tion about three to o over all these n put his message in subject at the Pres- relief. leg- rthening The President weeks in subjects final form GENERAL VON SEECKT TO WRITE HIS MEMOIRS Retire to Secluded Estate in Bavaria. By the Assoc s, BERLIN. November von Seeckt wrmer - hief of the German Army, will retire to a seclude ate in to ‘rite his memoirs, His ¢ ne ‘e keenly felt than in Berlin The ki mansion was famous smart set. von Seeckt, popu- | Jodel Seeckt,” pre. | lded over 4 salon in which one could | tind not only the leading lights of the arny and navy, but poets, paint i1s und musiclans as well. The gen- e with being one of the ed and well read men in a l'vn~i dezvous of the city Fran Dorothe: arly known E is « most e Germany His friends r his retirement permanent. He tioned for the & fuse to believe that public life will be is claimed commands respect court, while his en- fasm for sports would be another valuable asset. N Falling of publio interest in dia- monds has caused many in dlamond polishing plants ‘of Belgium to be idle. as it Von | 1dy is being men- | ssadorship to the | the | $50.000,000 in Pirate THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Gold Still Buried On South American Isle. Says Explorer By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 13. —Doubloons, pieces of eight, and treasures of the Spanish Main lie buried on a South American treasure island, ready for the person who .s willing to dig for $50,000.000. George Finlay Simmons, curator of ornothology of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, said npor. %is re turn from the island that the teeasure, taken from the Inca Indians, lies disturb® where it was burieda a cen: tury ago by two pirates, on tue island oft ‘the coast of Brazil. Reminiscent of the days of Capt. Kidd, the story of the treasure is replete with lore of roving buccaneers, slashing cutlasses and treasure maps. One of the hoards, Simmons said, to $40,000.000 and was burled by a Spanish pirate, Toe Santos, who aptured a ship laden witn gold and silver bar, altar vestments and cande- labras from the churches of Lima, Peru. More than $8,000,000 fore was | specimens for buried on the same island by an Eng- lish pirate who styles himself “Zul- miro,” Simmons said. 1""Records ot thi and were in the possession of the Rus. sian_quartermaster of the ship, until he died in the Far East. Eight expeditions were made to find the treasure between 1800 and 1892, Simmons said, but most of them never reached the desolate coast of the island. - Those that did found land ! marks left on the map wiped out by a landslide. - “Robert Louis Stevenson used the and the scene of = Treasure Island’,” Simmons said, “‘but the swag found 'in fiction is still there in reality.” , Simmons was commander of the Blossom, research ship of the Cleve- and museum, which cruised the South Seas for two and a half years, visited three continents and brought back the museum'’s collec- " were kept tion. BRIGHTWOOD HAS NEWEST SCHOOL Dedication Exercises Are Held, With Array of Speak- ers Participating. The new Erightwood School, the first 16-room building for white dents completed under the five-y chool building program, was ated Jast night. A large number -of the citizens of the Brightwood community attended the exercises and inspected the ncw $250,000 addition to the school sy: of the National Capital, locate Thirteenth and Nicholson streei. Engineer Commissioner J It lin Bell, one of the speakers, urged tlfe citizens of the District to take &n active interest in the successful development of the local school | system. Bell Advocates Force. Commissioner Bell said that hefore he retired from office he hoped to have organized a landscaping and caretak- ing force to look after the s grounds, so that they would be ¢ parable with the parks and triangles throughout the city, which come under the office of director of public W hools of who wa trict of Co- one of the citizens of ving out program. much money is of a 16-room st rather than the five-year building declared that saved by the erection building in one contr: | piecemeal, but, he explained, in order that all sections of the city should be relieved of congestion and get the benefit of school appropriations, it is metimes nece: to erect eight room buildings arious locations. Latest in Schools. The exe vere conducted the school in with American Educational Other speakers were R. L. Ha assistant superinténdent of in week. TO USERS OF ~ OIL BURNERS I A Pittsburg Automatic Gas Water Heater (instantaneous or storage type) beside your furnace will give you hot water day or night—Winter or Summer. It will eliminate rusty overheated or under- heated water. BEFORE YOU BUY A WATER HEATER LEARN WHY A Pittsburg AUTOMATIC GAS WATER HEATER 3 ' is the cheapest buy in the long run Many Sizes to Select From VERY CONVENIENT TERMS EDGAR MORRIS SALES CO. Factory Distributors 1305 G Street N.W. by | conjunction | president, Sixteenth Street Highlands _Citizens’ Associa- ion: William McK. Clayton, repre- ist-minu the Brightwood Citizens',Asso- ciation, and Raymond Bresnahan, president of the Parent-Teacher As- ociation of the new Brightwood hool. Mrs. Marie Hodgkins of the Board of Education, was toastmistress and pt. A. C. Oliver, jr., chaplain of Walter Reed Hospital, pronounced the invocation and benediction. Miss Helen Williams entertained with piano_selections. containing 16 class rooms, school has a combined gym- | nasium-auditorium, manual training, | domestic science and domestic art | rooms. Tt is considered the last word |in elementary school construction. GRANGERS GIVE DEGREES. ;National Group Clears Deck for Basiness Sessions. | PORTLAND, Me., November 13 | (#).—The National Grange tonight had concluded its degree work and the field was clear for the business sessions, which begin Monday and last through four days, during which questions of national importance will be considered. At the Assembly of Demeter, attend- ed by about 3,000, the secret work and signs of the order were explained by High Priest of Demeter Charles M. Gardner of Springfield, Mass., and a staff of seventh degree assistants. S. H. Talkes, 'HOTEL FOR AIR TOURISTS | BERLIN, November 13 (#).—The .| rapid increase in passenger air trans- | portation has induced a hotel com- | pany to undertake the construction of 300-room hotel for air tr: near Tempelhof Field of the German | Air Service. All planes of the 75 na- tional and international lines arrive and depa " there. The flyi: @ 4 is about 20 minutes’ ! ride from .. neart of the city, and | it is believed passengers who arrive late at night or wish to depart early in the morning will find it more con- venient to live close to the field. Hotel Inn 604-610 9th St. N.W. Daily, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 roouww. $6 weekly! $10.60 rooms. 38 with toilet, shower and lavator: room. 507" more. Rooms dike Mothe an unlimited supply of Main 1032 Our remarkable plan puts the new single dial control in your home TEALsaaus e gy cesssemmBeREE LI Demonstration Now 647 H St. NE. F. O. Sexton Co. Open Evenings 00D PRLSTON BEGINS 10 GATHER Quezon and' Roxas Question General’s Right to Abolish Insular Control Board. By the Associated Press. MANILA, November 13.—The op- ition to Gov. Gen. Wood began organizing today to fight for the re- turn to power of the Insular Board of Control, which the general abol- ished recently by an executive orders,| A conference of members of the Legislature now in Manila resulted in the appointment of a committee of three to study varlous proposals for testing the executive order and to report to the full membership of the Legislature next Wednesday the line of action to be pursued. F. C. Fisher, justice of the Philip- pine Supreme Court, today declared he believed the order should be sub- mitted to the test of judicial inquiry. Manuel Quezon, President of the Senate, and Speaker Roxas of the House of Representatives addressed a Joint letter to the governor general protesting against the order. Gen. Wood issued the order after having recelved opinions from the Attorney General of the United States and the Judge Advocate General of the Army holding that the insular law under which the board was created was not legally sound. The board controlled all government- owned corporations in the island, and was composed of the Presidegt of the Senate, the Speaker of the House and the governor general. Now the governor general alone performs its duties. The Quezon-Roxas letter, which questioned Wood's authority to annul the legislative act, says in part: “It is to be regretted that despite the fact that opinions of the judge advocate general and the Attorney General of the United States were in your hands November 7, two days prior to adjournment of the Legis- lature, you have found it convenient to delay their transmittal to us and withhold publication of your execu- tive order until November 10. This fact deprived the Legislature of the opportunity to consider the matter. Protest Against Action. “Our duty constrains us to inform vou that we dissent from and pro- test against the action taken by you. The Board of Control has been cre- ated by and its legal existence recog- nized by numerous acts of the Legis- lature, and we are at a loss to under- 'mmmmm'm‘lm“mm“mml“matw‘4 = CASTELBERGS GREATEST DIAMOND RING-VALUE stand how, by mere executive order, it can be abolished. “It is a well established principle of constitutional government * * * that determination of the constitu- tionality of law falls exclusively with- in the province of the judicial depart- ment. Judge Fisher said: “I am of the opinion that the deci- sion of the Attorney General of the United States concerning the Board of Control is correct, but I believe it should be submitted to the test of judicial inquiry. Method of Testing. “The Supreme Court probably would hold that the governor-general's offi- clal action is not subjet to review by quo warranto proceedings. The best way to test the validity of the ruling would be to wait until the governor- | general, exercising the voting power of the insular government, elects one | or more directors of the Philippine | Vational Bank or other government- | controlled corporation. The other two members of the Board of Control, con. | stituting a majority, could then elect | some other person to the same office. | The person elected by the governor- | general would no doubt obtain pos session of the office. The person elect- | ed by the other members of the | board could then bring action against the de facto director and test his titl to the office. “This will involve determination of the iegality or illegality of the acts of the Philippine Legislature, where- by it was intended to create a board of control. WOULD LIMIT GAS TAXES. Conference Holds Levies Should Meet Road Expenses Only. ST. LOUIS, November 13 (#).— Recommendation that State taxes on gasoline be sufficient only to meet the needs of highways was made at the closing session of the National Con- terence of Gasoline Tax Administra- and Oil Inspector here today. The conference decided that the tax rate “must be left to the respective States to be determined by local necessity and conditions.” The con- ference also recommended that no re- funds of the tax be made to consum- ers who use gasoline for purposes other than in motor vehicles. The gathering resolved itself into a new organization to be known as the North American Gasoline Tax Con- ference, covering the United States and €anada. The first convention will be at Columbus, Ohio, next year. William A. McAtee, Missouri oil in- spector, was elected president Lo a Fast Worker. From the New York Sun. An Osage Indian boy bought automobiles in two years, The lization of the aborigines'is proceed- nine their annual tributes to the known and | trees’ neart | William J. F' ing at a rate most satisfactory to their friends. O, NOVEMBER 14, 1926—PART 1. POTTER'S FIELD HERE CONTAINS New Foundland. ginia who ebec. GRAVES OF 17 FRIENDLESS FOLK| ¢ Congress Has Authorized $1,000 to Fence Forgotten Spot on Potomac at Blue Plains. fmprovements @88 to be made near future, according to Haskell, the home. Armistice days may come and g0, and Memorial days roll around with unknown dead, but never a tear Is shed nor a single flower dropped over a certain group of lonely graves on the District shore of the river at Blue Plains. With numbers for an epitaph and wooden slabs for markers, the bodles of Washington's unknown, friendless dead lie, almost forgotten, except to & few municipal officials charged with their keepin True, these are not war dead, but, neverthel the burled there were somebody fore an unkind fate robbed them of all earthly possesisons and associations Now they form the nucleus for the Capital's growing Potter’s field—estab lished only six vears near the Home for the Aged The numbers on the little slabs point to their “records.” Almost invariably these records are couched in the terse phraseology of the police department They tell of suicides and homicides, most of them; of shots in the night, of plunges into the icy waters of the Po- tomac, of other mysterious happen- ings. Ch: wa, Trip to the Morgue. Always in such cases ther the trip to the morgue, the coroner’s in quest, the futile seirch for claimants of the body, and, finally, the notation on police book: “No relatives; interred at District ex- pense at Blue Plains, D. C.” Seventeen times this process has been repeated. Once the records had to be changed. 1In 1922 a man’s body, | listed as unidentified, was disint and claimed by relatives. There yet remain 17 bodies, how ever, for the rules were varied in 1 to permit of the burial of a boy from the Industrial Home whose name was known, but who was without a real friend in the world. Washington's potter’s field is hid- | den from the view of the casual pass erby at Blue Plain: hrouded | with a covering of artly obscured by was ups of institution buildings presided over by | uperintendent of the Home for the Aged | The place has not been entirely neg- | lected. An appropriation of §1,000 has been granted for erection of a fence about the grave tion of a gravel roadw roac body EaStern Branch. In 1923, five persons, including the body Potomac River near Highway Bridge and buried April 18; May 27, | from | body of white man who died on the to Casualty Hospital; June 26, a colored inmate of the Home for the | Aged, for whom a collection was taken to have his body buried instead of cremated, | man found Highway Bridge. In 1924, four persons including the I body of a man who died from a gun- shot wound in the head at Casualty | Hospital May 13, a colored man who died in Freedman's Hospital; June 25, a man found in Potomac River near Railroad | Bridge, and November 27, a white man who died in Gallinger Hospital. Only field in 1 | the wood: the District | wound in the chest. Again_this y was burfed in the fleld, a colored man who was found in an_automobile in | front of 476 Cullinane alley southwest, who disease. The old potter's field was in back is unt; » b s vas establis Tt 3 Suet east. of the | Untl the present one was established Joseph P. Ragland of the Distri Columbia, who has been on duty at the Department of State, has been de- tailed as vice consul at St. John's | I1linoi: | idad, ment of State. Frank B.| assistant superintendent of | Record of Interments. The record of the 17 interments Is: | In 1921, a colored man. | In 1922, six persons, white man buried March 30, nounced as a sulclde, his body having | been found.with & gunshot wound at Fifteenth and B streets; April 18, the | body of @ white man found in the | Potomac River near Railroad Bridge: June 8, a colored man who died from exhaustion {n Emergency August 18, the body of a white man | which was found in the Georgetown | nnel about a mile south of Rail- | tnoluding a | pro- | Hospital: the in 3ridge, and November 8, of a colored woman found of a colored man found in the the boy the Industrial Home; June 2| and in October 13, colored Potomac River near outlay no-v. sacritice sale. and pronounced a suicide: Mammot each; dozen Large size, varieties, dozen Mixed, doxen one body was buried in the , that of a man found in near Georgia avenue and line, with a gunshot ar only one person id to have died of heart All y stock. ¢ llinger Hospital and was used e Named Vice Consul. t ot of | He has been . b relieves Vice Consul George H. 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