Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER (T. S, Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain tonight and probably tomor- row; much colder tomorrow. Temperature—Highest, 69, at noon today: lowest, 53, at 4:15 a.m. today. Full report on page 6. *Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 ed a No. post office, 30,148, second Wash | class matter ington, D. C. Che Zn WASHINGTON, D. £, WRS. LS LOVE FOR HALL ALWAYS OPEN, SAYS SISTER Cared More for His Little Finge® Than Husband, She Tells Jury. AFFECTION EXPRESSED TO CHILDREN, SHE AVERS Prosecution Considers Taking “Pig Woman” Into Court Wednes- day on Stretcher. Br the Associated Prese COURTHOU A .. November Mrs. Elsie Barn wlain with the Rev #aid on the witness stand today that Jier sister told her that she loved Mr. Jiall's little finger more than her hus- Yand’s whole body. Testifylng as a State's witness at the tral of Mrs, Frances Stevens Hall #nd her brothers, Henry and Willie Stevens, charged with Mrs. Mills’ murder, Mre. Barnhardt said that Mrs. Mills had taken her into her confidence in telling of her love for the rector of the church where Mrs. Mills was & member of the choir. Repeated Before Children. “Eleanor told me she loved Mr. Hall's lttle finger more than Jim whole body,” the witness said. “Jin is James Mills, husband of the slain Woman. Later Mrs. Barnhardt added that her sister repeated the statement in the presence of Mills and their two ohildren, Carlotte and Daniel. “She said it several times,” Barnhardt testified. Her sister met her warning that her friendship with the minister was un- wise with the reply: I don't care who knows I love Mr. Hall,” said the witness, g The witness told of “the last bench in Buccleugh Park” place her sister told of meeting Rev. Hall “and helping him with his sermons.” “Somewhere on Easton avenue was another meeting place, she said, and “another was in New York Robert H. McCarter of defense counsel said today that a conversa tion he was reported as having had with a juror in the case was in fact a conversation the juror had with him. At the opening of court today there were rumors that a mistrial might be ordered, that Charlotte Mills had seen Mr. McCarter talk- ing to a juror and that something would be done about it officially. McCarter Explains Talk. Mr. McCarter said to the Asso- clated Press “In the courtroom Saturday morn- ing before court opened 1 was sitting at counsel's table talking to Mr. Studer, one of my associates. Mr. Tillman, one of the jurors, with a court official, came up to our table and said he was the juror whose brother had died and that he wanted to speak to one of the presiding judges, and asked if we knew where the judges were. “Both Studer and 1 expressed re- gret at his trouble and I said I had not seen Justice Parker, Judge Cleary had just gone out of the room. This was the entire inci- dent and it was overheard by the court offical in charge of the jury.” vard S, panied by funeral of his brother, man, at Raritan, Court Stenographer Testifies. The State called to the stand as its first witness of the day, A. McKeever, a stenographer of Hudson County, who took down statement made by former Sheriff Bogart T. Conklin of Somerset County to officials who were investigating the slayir McKeever wus called by Prosecu- tor Simpson in an attempt to bring out alleged discrepancies between the testimony glven by Conklin on the witness stand Saturday and the statement which he made before the trial. The first question asked the witness by mpson was objected to by Defense Counsel Case, resulting in a clash, during which Simpson stated that the defense had intimated that he was “manufacturing evi- dence.” e replied that he made no such intimation, but that the point which he had made was tha »son had pretended Conklin's testimony prosecutor “knew p, ) hat the w ness’ testimony w I be. Crow the Mrs. Desieged courtroom as on Ars. Hall i the court e the trial resumad, = it 1 occasion. ally speaking a few ws preparations wero made day in court. Taxi Driver Called. New Brunswick taxi- ¥ he morn- re found | me from bundle under our boxes un- aid he thought iness papers 1 them in a and drove away. xamination one arm and t der the other. the boxes and that Carpe large green o7 Senator drew fr that he made only inspection of w The taxi drive i making change for a he delivered at the hou: not describe the car say it was a lar machi and admitted that he was so bu with his passenger that he did not see it drive away. The defense began hammering early today at activities of the Jersey City police in the investigation whi to the indictment of Mrs. Hall and her brothe; McKeever, who preceded Butler on the stand, had been called by the State to sustain the contention that former Sheriff Conklin made certain statements to police under oath and then refused to sign the transcript ©0f these statements McKeever rapher and fner in the police that he administered oath: & oopy of the statelpent which Sheriff Conkiln was alleged to have made ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column €. taking plac was busy rger whom He could r than to stenog- hardt, sister of Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, | but that | James | st Summer | words to their | ch led | {Prisoner Forges Governor’s Name And Gets Parole By the Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., No- vember 15.—Admitting that he forged his own parole, L. M. Carson, former Creek County chool superintendent, convicted of sing 4w Jail here today Carson was sentenced to 16 years in the State Penitentiary on a charge of raising a county school warrant from $4.06 to $204.05. He had been transferred to the re- formatory at Granite and placed in charge of the Institutions school. Four days ago a parole was re- ceived bearing the signatures of the Governor and Secretary of State. Carson returned to his wife and six children. The hoax was discovered when the parole w filed at the capital. Although he told officers last night that he prepared the parole, refused to reveal how he 8 the blank and had it anailed from the capital. MARIE TO BE HOME ON CHRISTMAS DAY Grantg King’s Request That She Sail December 11 In- stead of 24th, as Planned. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 15.—Christ- mas day, the Christmas holiday that brings thoughts of home to millions, from Queens to the humblest com- moner, will find Queen Marie under her own rooftree in Bucharest in- stead of on the bleak Atlantic. At the request of King Ferdinand {of Rumania, his royal consort has canceled a portion of her American trip so that she and her children, Princess Ileana and Prince Nicholas, may be with their own people on De- cember They will sail from New York on December 11, instead of December 24, as originally planned. Part of a con- templated Southern trip will’ be abandoned to meet the earlier sailing date. “Her majesty received word from his majesty,” explained a member of the royal entourdge, “that he wanted to have her home for Christmas.” He said, too, that the people throughout Rumania were so anxious for their beloved Queen to be back at the holi- day season. Touched by Appeal. “And her majesty was touched at the wish. She was anxious to see more of America. She is looking for- ward to a brief Southern trip. But she wants, most of all, to obey the wishes of her people.” Incldentally, the new plan will make it possible for Princess Ileana to cele- brate her eighteenth birthday in her land. The Princess comes of age stmas eve, the very night on which, according to the earlier plan, | she would be sailing out of New York Harbor. The same cable that brought the King's request to Queen Marie, also detailed the soverlgn's,speech in open- ing Parliament in Bucharest, in which he referred to the impossing mani- festations which have marked the |Queen’s visit to America with great {gratification. Rumania, he said, never has stood so well in her relations with foreign countries and the situa- tion at home was improving steadily. Loans Reported Under Way. Other dispatches from the Ruman- fan capital sald that negotiations for varjous foreign loans to the Balkan kingdom were reported in rapid suc- cession the last week. Among these were a reported loan of $100,000,000 from an American group, and £30,- | 000,000 in" London, from an Anglo- jcan consortium. Leading finan- ial circles, however, professed to | know nothing concerning an Ameri- an loan. Three men and three women dis- tributing _handbills _attacking the Queen to the crowd about the Jewish B3 jan synagogue, during the Queen’s presence there yesterday, | were arrested. They were booked on charges of disorderly conduct and distributing handbills, and were re- Jeased in bond of $50 each. The pam- phlets charged workers are imprison- ed and murdered in Rumania, and spoke of ‘“extravagant orgies” In roval court. The distributors made no attempts at violence. n The revised itinerary for Queen I Marie cancels a Florida trip and calls for a two-day stop at Washington, be- ginning November 24, and a_visit to Atlantic City on November 27 and to following day. After being joined by her children, who will attend the Army-Navy game here, the roval party will go to Richmond, Va., and in @ few days to New York. A visit to Boston may be added to the sched- ule. Hill at Queen’s Table. Samuel Hill, host to the Queen in the Pacific Northwest, who came to hicago Saturday, departed for the last night, declaring that “every- thing was adjusted.” Mr. Hill, who W involved in a dispute with per- sons on the Queen’s train, was a guest vesterday at a luncheon given by Mrs. Rockefeller McCormick and sat at the Queen’s_table. The flaming stacks of steel mills on Lake Michigan's southern shore beckoned the Queen today from a round of receptions which filled her time yesterday from noon to late at night. ‘Quitting the city which she inspect- ed yesterday from Gold Coast to Ghetto, Rumania’s royal visitor faced a schedule which carried her to Gary, Ind. At South Shore Country Club | Charles J. Vopicka, former Minister ito the Balkan States, was host of a {1 o'clock luncheon, after which the program called for her return to Chi- cago for receptions at the University {of Chicago, the Hyde Park Y. M. C. | A., the Chicago Lying-in Hospital and the Art Institute. Spends Busy Sunday. Tonight she will be the executive committee’s dinner guest at the Ca- sino Club Yesterday's arduous program gave the Queen and her children an ac- curate cross section of America’s sec- ond city. Starting out before noon, she was whirled up the North Shore from her hotel to Lincoln Park, where thousands stood in the rain to see her place a wreath at the foot of the Lincely Monwmsnt, ) { White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., the| PLANS FOR REVOLT INMEXICO BARED; - NINE REBELS SLAIN :Detachmenls Still Hunting i for Band Reported Led by Huerta Follower. LOPEZ SCOUTS REPORTS OF MOVE AGAINST JUAREZ General Also Denies Former Villa' Aide Is Leading Revolution. | Escorts Doubled on Trains. | o ! By the Associated Press. LEL PASO, Tex., November 1. Plans for a revolutionary movement | in northern Mexico are believed to| have been partially revealed by the reported slaying of nine rebels by Federal trocps in the State of Chihuahua. Rumors that Gen. Nicholas Fer- nandez, former chief of staff for Gen. Francisco (Pancho) Villa, was one of the leaders of the proposed revolution have been denied by Gen. Ramon Lopez, commander of the Mexican Federal garrison here. The reports credited Gen. Fernandez with leading a small detpchment of heavily armed men into Mexico November 1. This, 1t was said, was part of a scheme to mobilize thousands of Villa's followers who located on Chihuahua ranches when the bandit leader was slain. Gen. Lopez admitted that detach- ments had been ordered to search. for the rebel band. Last night he de- clared nine of the band had been killed, according to unofficial reports, and that Maj. Jose Florenzaza, his chief of staff, was hunting for the others. He declined to state who was in command of the rebels. Two Shot Escaping. Shooting of two Mexicans, held on charges of transporting munitions to rebel factlons, when they attempted to escape last week from Federal troops, was the first indication of extensive investigation of rumors of a revolt. Lino Delgadillo, slain when he tried to escape Friday, told of assembling arms and ammunition, Gen. Lopez said. Gen. Lopez scouted reports that the rebels were planning a surprise at- tack on Juarez. It was persistently rumored that 700 men were ready to attack Juarez as soon as a flve-day payroll was'avallable. A former fol- lower of Adolfo de la Huerta was said to have been here recruiting men. He was reported to have ample funds, lack of which was given as the reason for postponement of former revolu- tionary plans. Possibility that the rebels were planning to join the Yaqui Indian uprising in Sonora was seen by Gen. Lopez. He professed to have a pris- oner whom he was to question today in expectation of obtaining more de- tails of the plot. The identity of the prisoner had been kept secret, he said, to prevent followers of Huerta from learning of his arrest. Military Escorts Doubled. Observers also have attempted to link the recent visit of Gen. Jullan C. Medina, traveling inspector of the federal army, with the investigation of the revolt. Military escorts haye been doubled on trains leaving No- gales for interior points. Trains now carry 100 men armed with machine guns. These precautions were taken, military officials sald, because of ac- tivities of Yaqui Indians in Sonora. Leaves of absence have also been limited to 24 hours for both officers and men. Ismeal Palafox, known as the spokesman for De la Huerta here, last night said the two men shot by federals last week were unknown to him. He added that De la Huerta has great friendship for the Yaquis. Many Mexican residents here be- lieve that an outbreak is unlikely at this time. They clalm a serious re- volt would be more apt to occur after crops have been harvested to provide food for the rebels and money for munitions. = Desire to take advantage of the dissension created by religious restric- tions has been advanced as one of| the reasons for planning a revolt at | this time.- Gen. Fernandez, however, is sald to have been in accord with antl-Catholic demonstrations. BANDIT GROUPS ACTIVE. Papers Blame Them for Outbreaks Throughout Mextto. MEXICO CITY, November 15 (#).— That enemies of the government are endeavoring to start a movement for the overthrow of President Calles is evident from the newspapers, which record the activities of rebel and ban- dit groups in various parts of the | country. | The war department asserts that the 1evolutionary outbreaks do not offer a military problem because the rebel groups are very small and lack unity of action. In a majority of the cases of revolutionists are said to be ban- dits who are profiting by the oppor- tunity offered them by the religious unrest again to become active. The war department says it has the situation under control. Federal sol- diers in motor lorries are patrolling the highways in zones where the reb. |els are active. Passenger and freight | trains are running under military es- |cort, while troops are being held in | readiness at varfous points along the railways to be rurhed to places where | rebels or bandits hold up trains. e SUICIDE TRAILS SLAYING. Financier Kills Wife and Self. ‘Wounds Woman. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Towa, Novem- ber 16 (#).—John Keeline today shot and killed his wife and probably fa- tally wounded her sister-in-law, Mrs. Henry Andreeson. He then commit- ted suicide. The shooting occurred at_the Keeline home. Keeline, 1s a member of one of the oldest and best known families in this city. He is known as a financier and sportsman and at one time was con- nected with the Council Bluffs Savings Bank, of which he was a stockholder. Mrs. Andreeson had been staying at the Keeline home during the absence of Keeline on a business trip. 'Radio Programs—Page 34 eNIN ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MONDAY, SR DS OVEMBER 15, 1926—FORTY-SIX PAGES. News Note: It is estimated that more than 85,000 people visited the Zoo yesterday. MINEBLAST LS 3 AND ETONBS 2 Two Others Injured in West Virginia Explosion—Eleven Workers Escape. By the Associated Press. MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va., Novem- ber 15—Two miners and a boy met death, two others were seriously in- jured and two of their comrades were entombed by a gas explosion early to- day in the First street mine of the Glendale Gas Coal Co. here. Eleven workmen escaped the blast, which occurred in the south entry about a quarter of a mile from the shaft. They were brought to the ‘sur- face in the mine cage four hours after the explosion, apparently none the worse for their experience. First reports were that four miners were entombed, but a check-up of those in the mine at the time ac- counted for all but two. Believe' Men Alive. Some hopes were entertained that the missing workmen may be found alive. Reports from the mine were that the blast occurred in the south entry. The force was o great that it was felt in all sections of the work- ings. The three miners killed were reported to have been working a short distance from the point where the explosion occurred. Additional rescuers were rushed into the workings when a crew leader re- ported he had heard rappings from the section in which Thomas Robin- son and J. E. Stifel were entombed. Rescuers belleved the men were allve. They are trapped behind a wall of fire. The dead are Walter Forgal, 19; Mike Kovachak, 43, and Rube Kirk- hart, 23. Jim Lemasters and V. F. Cumberidge were rescued from the mine and taken to the Glendale Hos- pital, where it was said their condi- tlon was serious. Rescue crews from nearby mines were summoned immediately after the blast and began the task of dig- ging their way toward the entombed men. When Jesse Fogle, mine foreman, staggered from the mine uninjured, he was heartsick, for far down in the dark recesses he had stood by help- less until his son Walter died. Fogle was in the north entry. His boy was not employed in the mine, but had been visiting his father. When the blast came Fogle and 10 fellow work- ers fled before a cloud of smoke and gas. They dragged the boy with them, but before they succeeded in erecting a brattice, the lad was overcome. Stands By Till Boy Dies. The father covered the boy's head with a coat, hoping to keep out the deadly gas. He stood by until the lad died and then made his escape up the shaft, A. E. Lafferty, deputy mine inspec- tor, sald he believed the three victims were killed by afterdamp, as the bodies bore no marks. The mine is operated by the J. A. Paisley interests of Cleveland. The normal working force of 800 men were not scheduled to go to work until 6 am. The workers in the mine at the time of the blast were getting the mine in condition for the regular force. — o SCRIPPS INTERESTS BUY MEMPHIS NEWS-SCIMITAR Paper Will Be Consolidated With Press, Established in 1906 by Chain Publishers. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., November 15. —Sale of the Memphis News-Scimitar, afternoon newspaper, to the Scripps- Howard publishing interests, was an- nounced here today by Bernard Cohn, publisher of the News-Scimitar. The News-Scimitar, a member of the Associated Press, will be taken by the Memphis Press, Scripps- ;"Iv:;'u‘z daily, Mr. Cohn said. Paul Block of New York was owner of the News-Scimitar. The transfer is ex- pected to bo made within a few days. The Memphis News-Scimitar a consolidation of the Scimitar, estab- lished in 1882, and the News, estab- lished in 1902. The Memphis Press was started here by the Scripps-How- ard interests in 1806. The Press wiil publish both papers tomorrow under the * iead”” of both papers and it was said that the new name had not heen . finally determined. The finan- clal con-itlemunngwll not announced. Russian Colony Left On Wrangell Island in Arctic By Cabla_to The Star and Chicago Daily v News. Copyright. 1626, MOSCOW, November 15.—Thers was not & sign of the American occupation of 1924 on Wrangell Island when he flew over the deso- late speck of land in the Arctic Ocean, says Aviator Kalvitz of the returning Soviet Polar expedition. The Russians left a colonization party on the island, including six Russlans—among them a physi- clan and three women—and 50 families of Tohuktchi tribesmen from Tchaplin, near Bering Strait. The red flag also was raised over Herald Island, 13 miles east of Wrangell Island. The Wrangell colony 1is provisioned for three vears, and also is equipped with for communication with THREE ARE URGED AS COMMISSIONER Elliott H. Goodwin, Clarence A. Aspinwall and Evan H. Tucker Suggested. Elliot H. Goodwin, formerly vice president of the United States Cham- ber of Commerce; Clarence A. Aspin- wall, president of the Security Storage Co., and Evan H. Tucker, president of the Northeast Citizens’ Assoclation, were recommended to the President today for appointment to the place on the board of District Commissioners, shortly to be made vacant by Cuno H. Rudolph. Their names were presented by a small delegation headed by Rear Admiral W. 8. Rodgers, United States Navy. retired, and with Gen. John J. Pershing as a member. The others in this company were: Maj. Gen. John Johnson, United States Army, retired, former Commissioner, and Al- vin Dodd. Although the names of those recom- mended by this comniittee appeared in the above order it was indicated by members of the committe after seein| the President that they had no prefe ence and that if he selected any one of the three it would be satisfactory. Admirat Rodgers, who acted as spokesman, said that the President re- ceived the suggestions very graciously and asked a number of questions re- garding those recommended, but in no- wise committed himself. Neither did the President give the members of this committee any indication when he will make this appointment or even that he was nearing a solution. Represented Larger Committee. It was explained to the President that this committee was appointed by a larger one which met to consider those available in the District of the co-called residential type rather than the business and financial type for Mr. Rudolph’s place. They explained further that a meeting of members of varfous citizens' associations, spon- sored by the Dupont Circle Citizens' Association, was held last Summer for she purpose of bringing about a more united front on the part of the mem- bers of cltizens’ associations and what they referred to as the residential ele- ment of the city in support of some one or several individuals for Commis- sloner ‘when the time arrives for the President to make another appoint- ment to the board. The President was assured that each of the three names presented to him by the committee today had been given careful thought and that the members of the committee looked upon each man as eminently qualified in every way to successfully fill the office to be vacated by Commissioner Rudolph. They gave the President brief bio- graphical sketches of the threc men and added that they hoped the Presi- dent would select fron. the so-called residential element of the city rather than from the business and financial group when he makes his appoint- ment. WELSH MINERS AGREE. CARDIFF, Wales, November 15 (#). —The executive council of the South ‘Wales Miners' Federation has agreed to the terms offered by the govern- ment for the settlement of the long- protracted coal tie-up. ‘The action of South Wales has been awaited by the country with greater anxiety than that of any other sec- tion because 250,000 miners are in- volved, among them being the bulk of the socalled red section of the miners’ federation. §60.000 1S NEEDED T0 HELP LA PLATA First Estimate Is More Than Doubled After Survey by Red Cross. Sixty thousand dollars is needed for the rellef of the tornado-stricken area surrounding La Plata, it was an- nounced this morning by the Ameri- can National Red Cross, whose rep- resentative, G. B. Gwin, has com- pleted an inspection tour of the ter- ritory with a committee of La Plata business men, headed by State Sen- ator Walter Mitchell. This more than doubles the first estimate. ‘While the heaviest loss of life was recorded at La Plata by virtue of the schoolhouse destruction, the storm's damage was by no means confined to that place, J. Arthur Jeffers, assistant to the vice chairman of the Red Cross, said this morning. Several farm houses and their stocked barns in Charles and Prince Georges counties were demolished and their familles sequently made destitute, he sal As the storm struck after harvests had been stored, the means of liveli- hood of most of the families in those counties were completely obliterated, and before the homes of those per- sons can be rebuilt outside assistance must be given them, it was explained. 25 Farms Swept. A careful check by the touring party of La Plata business men and the Red Cross officer shows that a total of 19 farms were swept in Charles County, in addition to 6 in Prince Georges County. Six houses were démolished in_the immediate neighborhood of La Plata, as well as 6 farmhouses and their barns in the same area. Three houses of that sec- tion were seriously demaged and these must be almost rebuilt to make them habitable. At Cedarville, in Prince Georges County, a house, a store and 6 barns were leveled. While their parents and towns- folk strive to rebuild their destroyed and damaged homes, La Plata’s chil- dren in Washington hospitals con- tinue to improve their chances for complete recovery. Several, however, are still in a serious condition. These include little Maria Murphy, whose fight for life has been a re- markable one. When she was brought to Providence Hospital she was more dead than alive and surgeons ex- tracted from its deep bed in her brain a two-inch plece of stone and a nail. The bone of her forehead was crushed through by the impact of the stone's entry. This morning she was a “little better,” though her improvement is far less marked than that of most of her classmates in the same hospital. Others Are Improving. Little Benjamin Miles and Louls Swann each spent restful nights since Saturday, Providence announced, and thelr recovery 1s expected if their improvement continues. Samuel Berry, at Children’s Hos- pital, whose skull was fractured and whose arm was amputated following mangling, was improved also this morning and his recovery s expected, despite his critical injuries. All the other children are out of the serious list. Some 16 of them talking about the future, playing with their many gifts and eating nourish- ing food. Scores of visitors, most of whom do not know the youngsters, filed nto Providence Hospital yester: . ‘While the inspection party toured the area yestorday, thousands of sight- seers in automobiles choked the roads to La Plata. It was estimated that from early morning until sunset be- tween 4,000 and 5,000 machines were driven from Washington to the little town. For the first time in its history, La Plata had a “traffic cop” stationed at its entrance; a State trooper was detalled to handle the steady stream of vehicles which brought curious souvenir-hunters, who carried to their homes with them such morbid memoes as bits of broken desks from the shattered school. Money Sought for Needs. While the Red Cross in’ its relief work makes no attempt to provide stricken farmers with an “insurance’” fund to cover all their loss, Mr. Jeffers said this morning that the or- to provide money for their immediate needs. In many cases the Red Cross fs providing families with a part of the equity in their rebuilt houses and barns, which can be added to what funds they already have, so that sufficient money can be borrowed from banks by the individuals to permit the re- construction of their homes. This is being done {n addition to the “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. Saturday’s Clrculation, 98,672 Sunday" Speeding Student Pleads Cold I:‘eet; Lost Shoes in Game Judge Issac R. Hitt in Traffle Court today ordered the personal bond taken of Francis Tompkins of 1610 Park road when he admitted speeding Saturday because he was shoeless and his feet were cold. Tompkins is a student at Mary- land University and between halves at the Virginia-Maryland game he with other members of his class engaged in & shoe scrimmage on the playing fleld. Unable to find his shges at the close of the game, he' admitted hurrying back to his home in this city because his feet were cold. He was arrested by Policeman W. M. Sanders of the thirteenth precinct. COMMITTEE HEARS LIST OF D. . NEEDS Urgency of Suffrage and Many Improvements Told by Trade Board. ‘When the Gibson subcommiites of the House District committee re- sumed its hearings on the, municipal administration of the District of Co- lumbia today, a long list 6f projects affecting the upbuilding of the city, “al] worthy of accomplishment at the very earliest date,” was submitted by the Washington Board of Trade, through J. Harry Cunningham, presi- dent. The board, howevery empha- sized three of these projects as most urgent at this time, as follsws: First—“We favor Federal control! over the District of Columbis and the present commission form of govern- ment. We belleve civil appointments to sald commission should be limited to bona fide legal residents of the District of Columbia, as should all official positions in the Nation's Cap- ital.” Second—“That primary refponsibil- ity for the support and development of the National Capital is hpon the Nation. Congress, not the people of the Federal District, fixes thg amount of our tax contributions toyard the cost of the Capital's maintenance. The revenue derived from| various | sources of taxatlon is not sufficient in fitself properly to develop and maintain the Natlon's Capital. The Federal Government should by all means pay its fair and equitable pro- portion for the maintenance of its Federal city.” Third—"Amendment to the Consti- tution of the United States granting national voting _representdtion to residents of the District of Golumbia in the House, Senate and Electoral College, with access to the Federal Court.” Fuller Explantion Dests Chairman Gibson stated fhat he would ask for a fuller exjflanation of what the Board of Tradf means regarding ‘‘access to the jFederal courts.” Amplification of the reckifss driv- ing clause and careful study bf diplo- matic immunity, which now extends not only to the officlal represetatives of foreign governments, buf to all thelr attaches and emplovek, were recommended by Traffic Dirdetor M. 0. Eldridge. He declared fhat 22 miles an hour on wet pavetnent is dangerous at all times, urged the Gibson subcommittee to infite the Traffic Court judges to explaid a “dis- graceful situation in the coulrts that ought to be corrected by infmediate legislation,” referring to e con- gested dockets, and to invit§ Corpo- ration Counsel Stevens to stfte what additional assistants he mleds to prosecute cases. In the longer list of prYects to which the Board of Trade hgs given its indorsement, are the foll i A _new Chain Bridge, new for Recorder of Deeds office, funds for the growth and nance of public schools systes er of the local traction c appropriation for the estal of a mental hyglene clinic early diagonsis and treat| mental cases, sufficient app: for sewerage and water in lying sections of the city as demand and for repair and nance of the existing system. A high-pressure fire protection sys- tem, sufficient appropriatior; for the necessary repairs and mainténance of streets and highways, the improve- ment of the street lighting gystem of the city, the abolition of at Jeast one steam rallroad crossing h year, that a bridge building progrim be in- stituted for replacement of oid bridges in their proper order, a munigipal ath- letic stadium commensurate; with the surroundings of the (‘aplll\l,)fln insur- panies, ishment. mainte- ewerage ance code for the District §f Colum- bia, a law to prevent the sale of fraud- ulent securities, a building for centra. police headquarters, a new buflding for the Municipal and Juvenile Courts, provision for adequate municipal Wathing facilities, improvements along the south side of Pennsylvania avenue between First and Fifteenth streets, sufficient annual appropriations for purchase of grounds for park and play- ground purposes, a new fire engine house in the vicinity of Connecticut and Nebraska avenues, removal of all temporary war buildings. Funds for Hospital, Continuation of approprifitions for construction work at_Galllhger Hos- pital, a_new armory buildif, a five- year building program faf branch libraries of the District, a national law regulating manufacture and sale of firearms and deadly weapdas, estab- lishment of a dispensary #nd clinic for tubercular children, imfirovement and maintenance of a 24-fuét channel in the Potomac River, ccripletion of reclamation of Anacostia Flver flats above Benning Bridge to tite District line, completion of seweragh purifica- tion work. : Complete repeal of the Botland law; extension of streets and highways as the growth of the city dertands; re- moval of the pollution in Reck Creek Park by sewerage inflow from Piney Branch Valley; elimination of educa- tional institutions of a fraudulant na- ture; adequate appropriatipns for the water distribution systenf, appropri- ation for improving the whter service in the eastern part of tné District; appropriation to begin t§a work of replacing inadequate stribution water mains in the older bart of the city; the careful study of tie projects of acquiring the right of way of the e and Ohlo Canal extend- ing from Washington to Cumberland im- Continued on Page 2, Column 2) | _(Continued on Page 2, Column 4. s Circulation, 110,158 WO CENTS. WHISKY RUNS LOW. ANDREWS WILL ASK MORE OF GONGRESS Dry Chief Wants Supply Man- ufactured to Replenish Medicinal Stock. WAREHOUSES NOW HOLD SOME 15,000,000 GALLONS Prescription Consumption Rises and Number of Authorized Physi- cians Is Doubled. |k “good whisky"” supply of the untry is running so low that manu facture must be resumed to insure adequate stoclc for legitimate medic! nal use, Gen. Lincoln . Andrews. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in charge of prohibition, announced this morning. To meet the “‘emergency,” he is pre- paring to seek legislation at the forth coming session of Congress, the dry chief said, adding In this connection that the amount of medictnal llquor consumed is showing a sharp increase, and that there is only about five years’ supply now on hand. In order that the new product may have ample time properly to age, it will be necessary to start manufacture very soon, he em phasized. One-Third Evaporates. At present the demand for legiti mate medicinal liquor is running something over 2,000,000 gallons « {year, it was sald. When the distiller ips start running again, they wiil in all probability be permitted to make a | total of about 3,000,000 gallons a year, which would allow for the natural loss by evaporation of about one-third over the five-year aging perlod: The medicinal liquor under control of the Government is now concentrat ed in 37 warchouses. Restrictions have |been thrown about this supply, in torder to protect it from leaking into | the bootleg trade, and Gen. Andrews estimated today that there was now less diversion of liquor from this source than at any time. In admitting today that the amount of medicinal liquor used has been on the increase, Gen. Andrews disclosed for the first time that the number of doctors who can prescribe for the use of such liquor has more than doubled in the past two years. Treasury Plans Bill. As the law not only lays upon the Secretary of the Treasury the respon sibility for enforcing prohibition, but also for replenishment of the addi- tional supply of medicinal liquor need- ed for the country, Gen. Andrews characterized the present situation as { nothing short of an “‘emergency.” he Treasury will present emergenc o Congress in the form of la DIl designed to set up a plan for the manufacturo of a new supply. Details of tho plan are withheld, but it is expected to be disclosed within & week and will be ready for.sub- I mission to Congress when it meets in | December. This same measure Ig ex- pected to contain additional safe- guards for handling the llquor, which Gen. Andrews recently sald wers ne essary, Two important features of this legislation naturally will be the speci- fying of just how much liquor the dis tillerfes may turn out and over how long a period they may operate and the designation of the distilleries which will be allowed to resume work, To Hold Inventory. The manufacture of whisky for medicinal purposes was continued un- der prohibition until shortly after the passage of the Willis-Campbell act, approved November 23, 1921. There were at that time only two concerns manufabturing whisky, the Larger dis- - | tilling company at Pittsburgh and the Gwynbrook distillery at Baltimore, These concerns, under. the law and Iregulation of the Treasury, were al- lowed to complete distilling the whisky they had in process. | At that time it was estimated by the Government that there were on hand about 50,000,000 gallons through- out the country. According to records kept of the amount entering the dis- tillerios prior to that and the amount leaving them legally since, there should be on hand in the 37 distiilery | warehouses about 23,000,000 gallons. | But owlng to shrinkage, evaporation {and absorbtion, it is estimated by the Government that the present supply may be but 14 or 15 million gallons. On account of the large amount of effort and expense required, a check- up against the exact amount in stock has not been made for some time, but it 15 planned to have a scientific gaug- ing of the whole supply as soon as the new legislation is passed. The medicinal whisky is now stored in barrels in the Government ware. | houses, from which it Is bottled in bond by the owners, in bottles of one- fourth, half and pints. Some States Prohibit. In the early days the llquor was =old in barrels to druggists, but the Treasury found that it was being “‘cut” by the druggists in bottling to a weaker solution. Taking steps to prevent this practice of the druggists | in selling to the public a cut product the Government in 1922 required that the druggists may buy and sell ouly the original packages bottled in bond at the warehouses under Government ision. At each of the 87 ware- the Government had stationed a storekeeper gauger, whose responsi- Dbility is to see that all Government regulations are carried out In the warehouses. Medicinal liquor is used legally in only 28 States of the Union as State laws prohibit it in the other 22 States. Colorado stipulates it may be sold in only quarter-pint bottles. Some others, Including Ohlo and Michigan, restrict the size to half pints, but the pint bottle is prevalent in most States where it is legally seld. i BANDITS SACK TOWN. * VERA CRUZ, November 15 (#).—A group of bandits descended upon the town of Banderilla, near Jalapa, today and surprised and killed the garrison of 12 soldiers. The marauders also wounded sev eral civiliang, sacked business houses and escaped. large foroe of troops has been dispatched to seek the perpetrators of the outrage.