Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1926, Page 9

OIL TRIAL COMING AFTER21-2 YEARS Fall and Doheny Ready to Face Bar Next Week on Conspiracy Charge. Almost two years and a half since thelr original indictment on charges of conspiracy to defraud the Govern- ment in the leasing of the Elk Hills naval oil reserves, Albert B. Fall, for- mer Secretary of the Interior, and Edward L. Doheny, multi-millionaire California ofl operator, are prepared to stand trial, a week from tomorrow, before a jury in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbla The prelude to the opening of the first criminal proceedings involved in the four indictments growing out of the celsbrated Teapot Dome investi- gation, begun five years ago by the United States Senate, was staged last Wednesday when the two defendants appeared before Justice Adolph A. Hoehling in Criminal Court No. 2 and pleaded not guilty to the indict- ments. ‘Whatever the verdlict of the jury in the, pending case prison bars or ex- oneration, the forthcoming trial is the first phase of a legal battle which may continue for as long a time as it required to bring the defendants before the bar of justice. Like the equity suits now pending in the United States Supreme Court to can- cel the Elk Hills lease to Doheny and the Teapot Dome lease to Harry F. Sinclair, also under indictment,” the criminal proceedings undoubtedly will lead through the same tortuems trail of appeal and counter-appeal. Big Staff for Defense. The defense has assembled an ar- y of couggel. ¥rank J. Hogan leads the stHft of attorneys for Do. heny. with Frederick 1. Kellogg of New York and Joseph L. Cotter and Harold Walker of Washington, Wil- ton J. Lambert, engaged for the de- fense of Fall at the eleventh hour, will be assisted by Henry A. Wise of New York, Mark P. Thompson of P}'sw Mexico and Levi Cooke of this clty. ‘Trial of the present cace is expected to occupy at least six weeks, and if the Government' is successful ft will be followed by trial of the bribery charge against the two defendants, as well as the trials of similar cases pend- ing against Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny, jr., the messenger who con- veyed to Fall the “loan” of $100,000 from his father in the “little black bag” that figured so prominently in the Senate investigation. If the Gov- ernment, represented by Pevton Gor- don, United States attorney; Atlee Pomeree and Owen J. Roberts, special ofl counsel, fails to convict Fall and Doheny in the forthcoming trial, it nevertheless will press the bribery charge as the next move. arry ¥. Sinclair is not a defendant with Fall and Doheny at this time. Originally indicted with them. Sinclair @ week ago, through counsel, fleld a petition in the United States Supreme Court to test the validity of the in- dictment. The Supreme Court is now in recess and will not convene until November 22, the day the Fall and Doheny trial opens. The earliest pos- sible date it can_act on the Sinclair motion will ba November 29. While there exists the possibility that the ruling of the court may favor Sinclair, 1t is not belleved probable by opposing counsel that Justice Hoehling will postpone the trial case until the high- est court passes on the validity of the indictment. Indicted in 1924. The original indictments against Fall, the Dohenys and Sinclair were re- turned June 30, They were challenged in the trial court because of the presence of the Assistant At- torney General and the United States attorney in the grand jury room. Chief Justice McCov of the District Supreme Court sustalned the defendants’ plea, and the Government, on April 6, 19 took a_speclal appeal to the Court of Appeals, which was abandoned, and the court dismissed the case. Pomer- ene and Roberts, the CGovernment counsel, then re.presented the testi- mony to the grand jury, and a_second fndictment_followed on May 27, 1925. Edward L. Doheny, jr., was enjoined in the first indictment, but the second grand jury declined to include him, which explains the reason he is not to_stand trial next week. Demurrers wera submitted and ar- gued, and In February of 1926 Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford of the trial court suhmitted 2 memorandum up- holding the validity of the indict- ments. The Court of Appeals allowed a special appeal on March then that Senato alsh of . chief prosecutor of the sen- ion out of which the| indictments sprang, moved to circum- vent any probable nction of the Court of Appeals reversing the ruling of the trial court. The.Walsh act was passed on July 3. This act of Congress pro- hibited the Court of Appeals from re- viewing interlocutory orders fn crimi- nal cases, and by virtue of that st ute the court on Octoher 22 mandate dismissing the appe: Sinclair Appeals Again. | Nefther Fall nor Doheny appealed | from that rejection, but counsel! for| Stnclair did nelair in his petltion | in the Supreme Court attacked the | dismissal on the ground that the ap- pellate court had given the law a re- troactive construction. Aside from these indictments and | the civil suits growi it of the oil investigation. there is the District Court of Appeals s proceeding against Sinclair for con- tempt of the Senate in ing to ap- pear further in the hearings of the public lands committee after he had previously appeared five times. This | indictment, filed March 31, was argued | on demurrer May 2 and 8, 1924, before Justice Hoehling, who, July 14, 1924, overruled the demurrer, but suggest- ed a special appeal because of the im- portant constitutional questions in- volved. These relate to the power, denied by the defendant, of consres: sfonal committees to compel private citizens to give testimony and open their private records. The speeial ap- peal was allowed A . 1924. Last week United ney Gordon end the r filed in the Court of in support of their mot the specia! appeal The length of the pending trial of Fall and Doheny depends to a great degree on Justice Hoehling’s ruling as to the admissibility of evidence. If the door Is left wide open, then in all probability the one of the most involved in the history of local courts, will extend six weeks or more. 100 Witnesses Expected. No subpoena has been issued as yet, dbut it is expected that fi wit- nesses will be called by both the Gov- | ernment and the defense. The Gov- | ernment is planning to call 67, in- cluding Col. Theodore Roosevelt, As- sistant Secretary of the Navy at the | time the oil leases were made. | It 18 probable that both Doheny and Pall will take the witness stamd In their own defense. r counsel for the former Sec y of the In- terfor will offer him a witness is a matter which, it is understood. oumstances during the 1 will de- termine. Mr. | i coritends that che ca in realiw 2 political con rected agu'r<t him This {cided ana ial counsel | orari September 13. and the decision < {on_ the appeal is still pending. | lia Girls to How 414 Detective Sergeant Arthur B. Scrivener die? This simple question, representing one of the most intricate mysteries confronting police in the history of the department, will be put to a jury of six men at a coromer's in- quest in the District Morgue Tuesday for an answer. The jurymen may decide that Scrivener was murdered. They may say he died by his own hand. They on the other hand, return an open verdict, Since the investigation, which got underway early on the morning of Wednesday, October 13, shortly after the discovery of Scrivener's dead body, has been conducted, two dis- tinct theories have developed. One supports murder, the other sulcide. All Facts May Be Told. A sizable list of witnesses will tell the facts of the case to the coroner's jury. Detective Sergeant Edward J. Kelly, Scrivener’s partner, may re- veal all that has been uncovered in the investigation made by the Police Department. These facis have al- ready been made public. It" has been already officlally stated that police have been unable to discover any motive for murder. They have learned that a pistol re- sembling that found at the feet of Scrivener at the death scene in an alley near Wisconsin avenue and N streets had been in his possession not long before he dled. They havy discovered that a necktle similar tt the one held ‘in Hcrivener's right hand, when his body was found with a bullet through the heart, early on that October morning, had been presented by him to Matt Walsh, with whom Scrivener lived. They have discovered that 38 bullets sim- flar to the cheap German-made bul- lets found .in the pistol chamber were in Scrivener's locker. Miss Catherine Doering of 8128 N street will testify. Her home is at the side of the alley in which the body was found. She has told police that she was awakened about 1 o'clock on the morning of the trag- edy. She heard the sound of a shot. She heard a tattoo of heels on the ground. She heard groans. Then everything was still. She rushed to the front of the house, but saw no one when she looked up and down the street. She returned to a side window to see the body of a man lying upgrade in the alley, on his back, hands outstretched. She summoned her brother Robert. In turn, he summoned the police. Another Girl to Testify. Policeman Bohrer of the seventh precinct, first policeman on the scene, will testify. He will relate the detalls of the discovery of the body. Miss Helen Barnes Parker of Mc- Iean, Va., will be summoned as a witness. She was to have been married to Arthur Scrivener on the night of the day he dled. She will be asked, probably, to recount the con- duct of Scrivener toward their wed- ding—how he first changed the date SUNDAY STAR, WASH[NGTO&, D. 0, NOVEMBER 14, 1926—PART 1. JURY TO GET SCRIVENER DEATH MYSTERY AT MORGUE TUESDAY Coroner’s Inquest Will Go Into Theories of Murder and Suicide of Detective. Testify. from October 830 to October 12 and then switched again to October 13 on an excuse that he was forced to go to Danville for a prisoner—an excuse later found unsupported by any orders recelved from officials at head- quarters. Miss Catherine Markey of this city, a former flancee of Scrivener, will summoned. She, probably, will be asked to testify regarding her meeting with Scrivener on Monday night pre- ceding the Wednesday morning when he was found dead. She has already related to police that Scrivener at- tempted to patch up his romance with her and that she refused; that he told her of his impending marriage and that he made a significant re- mark—“Well, I'm not married yet and God knows what will hej She will be asked to tell, probably, of the returtdf of the ring Scrivener had given her. Ties to Be Identified. A representative of The Young Men's Shop will be asked to identify two neckties. One will be a gray one with polka dots of a different shade; the other will be a blue one with sim- flar dots. The fabric will be parently the same. One of these tles will be the one found clenched i Scrivener’s right hand, when his body was found. The other will be the one he gave to Matt Walsh, with whom he lived at 3123 N street. At the Young Men's Shop, it was stated to police, both ties had been in stock there more than a year ago. Matt Valsh will be called. The principal portion of his tes‘imony is expected to concern the necktie. Ha will also be questioned regarding Scrivener's actions immediately prior to the night preceding his death. R. N. Norris will be another wit- ness. He roomed with Scrivener. Ha will bé asked concerning Scrivener’'s actlons during recent months. Deputy Coroner to Appear. Deputy Coroner Herbert H. Martyn will probably be one of the star wit- nesses. He performed the autopsy on the body of Scrivener. He participated in tests with a pistol to see at what distance from the ody smoke- smudges, such as those found on Scrivener’s overcoat, would be made. He will testify concerning the cause of death. There will be other witnesses to supplement and fill in portions of the chain of circumstances uncovered in the investigation. The concensus of those most closely identified with the case, It has been ascertained; is_this: If Scrivener’s death was a murder, it was a most unusual sort of a mur- der; if it was a suicide, it was a most unusual sort of & suicide. The duty of deciding which of these two theories is the correct one will rest with the coroner’s jury. Few if any puzzles such as this one have confronted a coroner’s jury in the memory of some of the most ex- perienced police and detectives. Many maintain that it will not be unex- pected if an open verdict is returned in the case. partment of Justice, but under a spe- clal act whereby Congress orders spe- clal prosecution to charge us with bribery and conspiracy and takes us before the United States side of the Supreme Court of the District of Co- lumbla on those charges.” The indictment against Fall and Do- heny charges conspiracy to defraud the “Government under section 37 of the Penal Code, Fall being charged with having conspired with the oil magnate to grant to him the Elk Hills lease, and to have accepted “large sums of money as loans and gifts,” thereby depriving the Government of his “honest, unbiased, impartial and unprejudiced service’” in the matter of leasing the naval ofl reserves in question. Basis of Bribery Case. The bribery indictment, trial of which may follow, is based on the loan of $100,000 to Fall by Doheny, ad- mitted during the testlmeny before the Senate committee, about the time the contracts between the Govern- ment and the Doheny company were being negotiated. The maze of legal entanglements involving the criminal proceedings is equaled, if not exceeded, by the long- drawn-out civil suits pending to can- cel the leases and contracts with the two ofl operators. Pending the out- come of these suits receivers appoint- ed by the Federal courts now are in charge of all three reserves, the two Elk Hills reserves, in California, and naval reserve No. 3, known as Tea- pot Dome, in Wyoming. The initial suit to cancel the lease to Doheny was tried October 20 to November 18, 1924, at Los Angeles before Judge Paul J. McCormick. On 4 1925, Judge McCormick de- found that the Secretary of the Navy was authorized to make leases and contracts with the Doheny company, but declared that Fall had negotiated them and that Secretary Denby ignorant of what actually was going on. The court therefore ordered the leases and contracts can- ed, but at the same time ordered t the payvment made in crude oll to Doheny, to the value of $12,000,000 for the construction of storage tanks at_Pearl Harbor, should stand. Both the United States and Doheny appealed, the Government against the 000,000 award and the latter st the cancellation of the lease. Authority 1s Denled. The United States Circuit Court at San Francisco reviewed the decision and on 1926, handed down N uthority of the y of the Navy to make the and contracts, holding that in the light of its construction of the law there W no necessity of review- ing the and oréering the Do- | heny company to reimburse the Gov- ernment to the amount of $12,000,000 on that ground. The United States Supreme Court granted a writ of cer- In the case of the Sinclair eivil | suit, the initlal proceedings to cancel | the lease of Teapot Dome were tried at Chevenne June 19, 1925, before Judge T. Blake Kennedy. The court d the suit on the ground that there was no evidence of fraud in the lease. An appeal was taken to the United States Circuit Court at St. Paul, and on September 28, 1926, Judge William S. Kenyon handed down a decision to the effect that the Secretary of the Navy had the author- ity to make the lease, but that while no evidence of fraud had been sub- mitted to the court, the court, under | the circumstances, chiefly on account of the refusal of Sinclair to take the witness stand, was warranted in as- suming the existence of fraud and ordered the lease and contract can- celed. The decision of the Supreme Court in the appeal in this case also is pending. William C. Moir Acquitted. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. November 13 (®).—A jury last night acquitted W' : C. Moir of Nashua, N. H., of the murder of Frederick Clerhents, a Bur- without parallel in the legal hi: the world,” he sald on his 1o answer 1o the indictment b gl it el L was lington garage proprietgr, whose body as found in the S sheen River at Buriington, we DAL, CHO JIATE AFD ‘ INJUNCTION HALTS BURIAL AT DAK HILL Conflicting Rights in Cemetery Lot Result in Litigation Involving W. T. Reed Estate. Injunction proceedings yesterday afternoon halted the interment in Oak Hill Cemetery of Willlam T. Reed of Cottage City, Md., relatives of his wife objecting to his body being placed in their family lot and taking their fight to court. Burial was to have been in the aft- ernoon, but es the result of the suit, instituted earlier in the day, the casket was placed in the cemetery chapel, and it was said it would re- main there until some other arrange- ment was made. Under the rule issued by Justice Stafford in the District Supreme Court, the defendants are to show cause, November 18, why they should not be enjoined from making the in- terment, and, if it is made, why they should not remove the body and re- store the lot to its present condition. The sult is directed against Mrs. Margaret D. Reed, the widow, the un- dertaking firm of Francis Gasch's Sons of Hyattsville, and the manage- ment of Oak Hill. The complainants are three brothers and a sister of Mrs. Reed, Fred W., Harry G. and Samuel A. Cissel, and Mrs. Julla C. Moore. They declare that the lot has but three more burial sites, and that there are more members of the immediate family of the late F. A. Whitney, their grandfather, entitled to inter ment than potential graves. Each of these helrs has a vested right in the burial .ground, it is contended, and no one may give permission, for & burial of any one but a Whitney heir with- out consent of the other heirs. JR. 0. U. A. M. COUNCIL HAS ANNUAL DINNER Banquet Follows Call on President and Placing Wreath on Wash- ington’s Casket. The National Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics, held its annual banquet last night at Harvey's Restaurant following a call on Presi- dent Coolidge at the White House, at noon, and the placing of a wreath on the casket of George Washington at Mount Vernon. Officers of the organ- ization will place a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldler at 11 o'clock this morning, followed by a visit to the Cathedral, Wilson home, Temple Helghts, Rock Creek Park, Walter Reed Hospital and Masonfc, Eastern Star and Soldiers’ Homes. Representative J. M. Robsion of Kentucky, principal speaker at the banquet last night, indorsed the coun- cil's stand on immigration restriction. The invocation was pronounced by J. N. Trimyer, State treasurer, Virgin and H. H. Sinnamon of Philadelphia acted as toastmaster. E. A. Llewellyn, national vice councillor, Cincinnati, spoke on_the order's organization work. J. ‘Tunison, junior past na- tional oouncilor, New York, and James A. Wilmeth, national secretary, Philadelphia, were the other speakers. Among national officers here are: Thomas H. Walters, naticnal coun- cllor; Charles Relmer, national treas- ure! National council committee on ob- servance is composed of H. H. Sinna- mon, national representative; Harry . Beck, State councilor; James A. Wilmeth, national secretary. The State Council District of Co- lumbia committee is composed of John down with ! Prender, D. Simpson. State ¥ice councilor; John F85 WhipD, Busto e secretary, and W. Cul- 4 ice. provl DO COPELAND T0 HELP WETS IN CONGRESS New York Senator Says Ref- erendum Vote Is Mandate for Him to Obey. One of the first tangible results of the wet victory in the New York State referendum is an announce- ment by Senator Royal 8. Copeland that he regards the vote in that referendum as a mandaté to him to do all he can to bring about modi- fication of the Volstead act. This s the first time since he was elected to the Senate in 1922, that Senator Copeland has indicated his position on the liquor question. In that election, he defeated Senator Calder, a wet Republican, and in doing so received the support of many dry Republicans. By many persons it was assumed that Senator Copeland was inclined to be dry, if he was not actually dry. During his service in the Senate he has not been called upon to vote wet or dry. . But he has not hitherto Joined with the wet group in the Senate demanding modification of the Volstead act. His present state- ment, however, shows that in the coming session of Congress he will be aligned with the Senators who ap- have been leading the fight for a revision of the Volstead act. Accepts Voters’ Declsion. T accept the decision of the voters in the referendum as a mandate,” Senator Copeland said before leav- ing here for Michigan to visit his father, “and consider it my duty to assist the campaign of the Senators who have been leading the fight for modification. The vote on the prohibition question, according to the Senator, was remark- able in that only 13 counties returned pluralities in opposition to modifica tion. Irrespective of whether all citi- zens voted or not, the conclusion is inescapable, he said, that there is an overwhelming sentiment in the Em- pire State for a change in the law and he proposes to do what he can to bring it about. Aside from that, Senator Copeland announced that one of his main tasks in the next two years will be to bring about the nomination on the Demo- cratic ticket and election of Gov. Al- fred E. Smith as President of the United States. The Senator says the result of the gubernatorial vote in the State puts Smith into the preferred position for this office and his claims cannot be denied. Sees Candidacy Advanced. “Everywhere,” he went on, *his victory has caused his candidacy to be accepted with a degree of serious- ness which has not hitherto been at- tached to it, and the plain fact is that you can't get away from the signifi- cance of the victory in relation to his nomination for the presidency. Dr. Copeland, who after March 4, will be the senior United States Sena- tor from New York, expects to have the assistance of Senator-elect Robert F. Wagner, in promoting the candl- dacy of Gov. Smith, after his arrival in the Capital. 'That will not be for some time, however. ‘There is some significance seen, also, in Senator Copeland’s announce- ment relative to the Smith candidacy. For a long time many of the Smith people have suspected that the Sena- tor had ambitions which might en- danger those of the governor. In fact, some of his friends, during the 1924 convention, were putting him forward as a compromise candidate. That and other developments, chiefly the effort of the Senator to bring about reor- ganization of the Democratic party upstate, led to some feeling between the two elements. During the recent campaign, how- ever, Senator Copeland supported ac- tively Gov. Smith and Judge Wag- ner. - Senator Copeland may be opposed for re-election two years hence by Senator James W. Wadsworth, jr., recently defeated by Robert F. Wag- ner, Democrat. Senator Wadsworth has so far made no announcement of his plans for the future. The 1928 senatorial election, however, may give him an early opportunity to attempt to stage a political comeback. He will have the advantage of running in & presidential year, when the Republic- ans usually vote strongly tn New York. I Gov. Al Smith fails to be the Democratic nominee, it would appear that any candidate the Republicans put up for President would carry the State, and Wadsworth, if he be norni- nated, along with him. * g b SLOW DRINKERS CUT LEAGUE’S BAR PROFITS Business Not So Good as Briand Sips Orangeade and Cecil Lemon Squash. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, November 13.—Slow beer drinkers have seriously cut down the receipts of the League Assembly’s bar, according to Melle Marguerite Galli, known as the ‘“international, bar- maid.” For the last four years she has held sway behind the marble counter of the Hotel Victoria, adjoin- ing the Hall of Reformation. She has ladled out orangeade to M. Briand, lemon squash to Lord Cecll, international cocktails to the diplo- mats of 556 countries and whiskles- soda to various visitors. But she con- fesses that 1926 was the worst year of her incumbency. y bar's receipts for 1926 were only one-half of what they were in 1925,” said Melle Galli, “and 1925's re- ceipts were barely half those of 1924. The German gentlemen this year did not go in for cocktails and liquors. A small glass of beer now and then, & coffee about 4 o'clock, seemed to sat- isfy them. Naturally there isn't the same profit in those drinks as there is in the others.” POOR HEALTH BLAMED TO NOISE OF BIG CITY Expert Says Life Could Be Pro- longed if Din Could Be Abolished, By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 1 If the rattle,. bang and roar of the city could be eliminated, the average life of its residents would be prolonged about seven years, declares Chicago's commissioner of health, Dr. Herman N. Bundeson. Individual and com- munity efficiency would at the same time be materially increased. Noise is always a tax on nerves,” says the commissioner, who has be* attempting to lessen the street noises of Chicago. “It causes almost as much wear and tear as the exertion one puts forth in the performance of daily work. ““Although one can and does get ao- customed to noises which are a part of one’s daily life, yet unusual and unnecessary noise tends to upset the nerves and cause annoyance. Con- stant din may also affect the brain in such a way as to catise dizziness, diness and nausea il some persons. The new Pggt-. Befllin airplane serv- %> so@n-hour scheduls 240 Votes Sustain Pastor, Excluded For Tobacco Habit By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., November 13.— An effort to bar Rev. R. I. John- son of Subligna, Ga., from- the North Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South because he used tobacco, falled by 240 votes whoen the question was submitted to the general meeting here’ yesterday. A determined fight had been made against him, despite the fact he had announced his intention of becoming a ‘“total abstainer.” The conference Thursday passed & rule barring users of tobacco in any form from the conference, and Rev. Mr. Johnson was at that time refused membership because he was addicted to the “weed.” Yesterday he sald he would give up tobacco if admitted. He has been a supply pastor for 18 years. A Little Celebrating. From the Vancouver Province. ‘The wandering knight of the road, with true professional manner, had called the woman of the house to the door. With a whine he pleaded: ““WH1ll you please give a poor man a plece of cake, or ple and perhaps a drink of wine?” ‘The matron looked upon him with rising wrath. “Cake, or ple, and wine! It secems to me you are a high-toned beggar.’ “As a rule I am easily suited,” re- plied the stranger, “but today is my birthday, and I would like to cele- brate a little, St Ten of the leading schools of Eng land have young headmasters who were between the ages of 26 and 80 when they were appointed. INQUIRE ABOUT IVE TEXANS HELD INNEGROES' DEATHS ) Young White Men Accused of Killing Trio—One Slain Was Woman. By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., November 18.— Five young white men, alleged to be the night ralders who shot and killed three negroes in Fort Bend County last Wednesday night, faced murder charges today. The five in jail are: H. B. Crowder, jr.; John Crowder, “Buster” Roberts and Joe Rose, of Katy, and W. H. Holden of Houston. Roberts was ar- rested and taken to jail by his father, & deputy sheriff. The prisoners were held in connec- tion with the deaths of Robert Brown, Sally Brown and Scott Evans; H. B. Crowder, jr., is charged in one complaint with burning the negro woman to death. Officers advanced the theory that the triple killing grew out of the death of Wallace Crowder, a brother of H. B. Crowder, jr. He was killed a week ago by Tanner Ivans, negro tenant farmer, following an argu- ment, which began at a ranch house dance. —_— Ripe Time for Matrimony. From the San Francisco Chroniels. The time to get married s about a year before selfishness becomes a set- tled habit. OUR DE Capital Round-Up of Milk Bottles Follows Daily Loss of 20,000 in Trade Every day, in varfous ways, 20,000 milk bottles pass into mysterious oblivion somewhere within the con- fines of the National Capital—never more to return. These innocent-a pearing lacteal containers slip quietly out of sight, to be replaced, at a cost to the dealers of approximately & cents a bottle, by a new generation of_glassware. More than 300.000 of the bottles are deposited on the porches or doorsteps of Washington homes and stores in the early hours of dawn. They find their way into refrigerators, lunch baskets and divers other places, and before long their contents have gur- gled down the throats of thousands of thirsty citizens. In due course every one of those 800,000 bottles should find a way back to the dealers who sent them out, but invariably 20,000 do their strange dis- appearing act. Where do they go? Probably on Trash Heap., The milk dealers are not sure them- selves. They have a sneakinz suspi: clon, as it were, as to where many of them go. Aside from the casual breakage item, a large proportion of the bottles are carelessly thrown away at lunch time, to find thelr way through devious channels to tho trash heap, according to C. A. Simpson, a local’ dealer. ‘Working people will buy a bottle of milk from the corner store to drink with their lunch, and, instead of re- turning the ‘empty’ to the store, throw it behind a box, into a trash recep- tacle or on a convenfent dirt pile. In this way they are broken, carried to the dump, buried or otherwise lost.” The Fall preserving season also means an increase in dafly loss of bot- tles, Mr. Simpson declared. The small- er bottles make excellent jelly con- FERRED PAYMENT tatners, he pointed out, although he made no direct accusations. Police even recall instances fn which the innocuous milk bott: have been used as domestic missiles, with o ous consequences not only for the bot tle, but for the unhappy victim. Decide on Stern Measures. Vhatever the method of effacement, Washington milk dealers are deter- mined to adopt stern measures. Thou sands of bottles, they believe, are in temporary retirement, awaiting only a little coaxing on the part of house- holders, storekeepers, lunchroom pro prietors and such befors returning to _the fold. That being true, they have enlisted the aid of the Mcrchants and Manu- facturers’ Association in a city-wide milk bottle round-up, predicated on a campalgn of enlightenment. Secretary Edward D. Shaw safd la night that “if any one having excess milk bottles around the house will ta: ephone the local Milk Bottle Ew change, a milk truck will call for them without delay." Boy Scouts, considering the situation full of oppor fes for “good turns.” have offered to assist in the collection Hotel Gordon 816 16th St. N.W. “The Best Dinner in Town"” One Dollar Sunday—2:30 to & P.M. Roast Long Island Duckling Roast_Capon Brofled Steak With Mushrooms get: Dessert. Coffee, Tea or Milks Special Seaf. er. 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