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"Fro@n Press to Home Within the Hour” The :Star’s carrier system covers -every &ity block and the regular edi- tion isglelivered to Washington homes as fastyas the papers are printed. WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) TIncreasing cloudiness and somewhat warmer tonight, followed by rain late tonight; colder tomorrow night. Temperature—Highest, 56, at nobn today; lowest, 41, at 7 a.m. today. * Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 1 No. 30,150. post office, Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D. C. . WHOLE OF AVENUE TRIANGLE WILL BE USED FORHUGE L. §. BUILDING PROGRAM Commission Approves Pur- chase of Entire Tract From 15th to 3d Street and Sets Location of 8 Structures. $50.000.0b0 TO BE SPENT AND MORE MONEY ASKED| Body Will Go as Far as Possible With General Plans on Funds Al- ready Authorized—$150,000,000 Total Estimate—New Market Center Now Believed Certain. A general plan for the $50,000,000 Tederal building program in Wash- ington, calling for the purchase of all the triangle south of Pennsyl- vania avenue as far east as Third street and location of eight impos- 1g structures within that area, was ved by the Public Buildings ssion, at one of the most im- portant meetings it has yet held in the Scnate Office Building today. Following the session, which was attended by Secretary of the Treas- ury Mellon, Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the commission, an- nounced that the following locations have been designated for various de- partments: Department of Justtice, Pennsylvania_avenue between th and Fourteenth streets, extending not quite to D street. Commetce Site. Department of Commerce, in back of Justice from Fifteenth to Four- teenth, und south to B street. General Supply Building, teenth to Thirteenth, south street, not quite to C street. Archives building, facing Pennsyl- vania avenue, from Thirteenth to Twelfth, and running back to C street. Independent Offices Building, Thir- teenth to Twelfth, and from C to B. Department of Labor, Fourteenth to Thirteenth, C to B. Internal Revenue, Twelfth to Tenth, facing Fit- and Four- from D Accounting Office, Tenth to B also decided to pro- acquisition of land in square north of the Congressional | a ite for the United States Supreme Court Building. At the pres- ent time the Supreme Court is crowd- ed into the Capitol Buildin adequate space for the j es and for the proper handling of the busi- ness of the highest tribunal, and the am contemplates erec- 2 separate structure for the Smoot also stated that the Commerce and Archives Buildings would be among the first of the group in the Pennsylvania avenue triangle to be erected. oot said that these an- ts do not nec i fication m 5 it was laid down 1 plan to go on. the commiss rent of the entire M enue triangle, i he would ask Con- authority to carry it tood to b 1 under mission’s pln to bl the ir »propriation de at s the $50,000,00 m tent Office Centralized. The commission also settled the fu- { the Patent Office, deciding houid be centra; with ail ches of the Commerce De- the massive new struc- ned for that department. old Patent Office, how- isturbed, ator ould not go further it will be used for ageney. C it the Intersta ssion might >l a be housed nmerce Building will n fect of floor space, + weneral vicinity of that will be a large court et i 800" parked means a ner tentative pesi- Archives Building, the square i nth, C to B on with regard to Building is no al decision. the etch of this before vision g an attractive Treasury and the in keeping appearance rer end of the avenue trans| vistia between ows that the new kept down to a make them sym- ury Building. - Commerce the first two will commission to te improve: the most 'n taken | area avenue be- nd the White n advocated for tween House, proceed on the veluping the entire tri- kes it more certain that ot center must be estab- lished for Washington, a question which has been undergoing thorough study throughout the Summer by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Senator Smoot estimated this after- noon that the carrying out of this angle also 8 new m with in-{ ‘KING'BENJAMIN, Purnell Is Released on $50,- 000 Bail, But Later Is Re-Arrested. Examination Will Be Held December 22—State Police Make Raid. By the Associated Press. BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Novem- ber 17.—"King” Benjamin Purnell, fugitive leader of the Israelite House of David, sought for three years throughout the world, was captured ly today by State police in a build |ing of the colony here. Purnell was released later on| $50,000 bail, when arraigned in Justice | Court on serious statutory charges {brought by two former girl members jof the sect. The bend was signed by Edith Mel- drum and Frank Rosetta, House of David members. It was secured by the colony’s $160,000 hotel building in Benton Harbor, which during the night was deeded by colony officials to Miss Meldrum and Rosetta. Purnell was rearrested this after- noon when Circuit Judge Charles E. White ruled that the bond was worth- {less. The new warrant was eerved on Purnell as he lay in his bed at the administration building inside the colony. Prosecutor George H. Book- walter sald Purnell would be brought back to Justice Court before night and that cash bonds will be asked. Four man members and three women, arrested in the State police raid on the colony last night and charged with obstructing justice, were also released under bond. Purnell's examination was set for December 22. “King” Ben, who bullt the colony from a scattered membership to a com- munity of nearly 1,000 men and he Fpening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1926 -FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. * LONG FUGITIVE ISRAELITE CULT HEAD, SEIZED. “KING” BENJAMIN PURNELL. women, was carried into the court of Justice Elizabeth Forhan by four bearded members of the sect. A cane in his hand shook visibly. He re- mained silent during the short court proceedings. Missing since 1922, when warrants were issued charging him with assault on the girls, Purnell, bewhiskered leader of a cult which defied for years investigation by State authorities, fell captive to a surprise attack by troop- ers. From all sections of this country and often from foreign lands have come reports, varied and always er- roneous, of the arrest of this figure. Only a few hours ago did the authori- ties learn that he was living quietly, (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) IRS. GIBSON HELD ABLE TOTESTIFY Will Go to Court in Ambulance Tomorrow—Defence Out- lines Its Plans. By the Associated Press. JERSEY CITY, N. J.,, November 17.—The condition of Mrs. Jane Gib- son, for whom the Hall-Mills trial in Somerville has been adjourned un- til tomorrow, “remains good,” it was stated officially at Jersey City Hos- pital today. Mrs. Gibson, who is to be the State's last and most important wit- ness, will be able to leave in an ambulance early tomorrow, it was asserted in contradiction to reports that she could not be moved from the hospltal, where specialists are at- tending her. The Jersey Journal today says that counsel for the Hall defense, headed by ex-Attorney Gen. Robert H. Me- Carter and Senator Clarence E. Case, met in conference near Somerville today and mapped out the whole line of defense. In outlining the program to be followed immediately after the prosecution rests its case, a mem- ber of the defense counsel said that all three defendants will testify. Mrs. Hall to Testify. Mrs. Hail will testify that she did not know the extent of the intimacy of her husband and the choir singer. She is expected to say that she knew of the rector's interest in the voung singer, but she will declare | that she believed this interest to be the natural one of a rector in a woman who was active in his church, one of the best workers of the par- ish, a cholr singer and a leader in all ‘the soclal activities. She will say that she believed this pastoral interest to be purely platonic and not a flery passion as laid bare in the letters the two exchanged. Much will be made of the testimony of Louise Geist Riehl, maid in the Hall home, who, though called by the State, affirmed Mrs. Hall's alibl by saving that she saw the wife of the rector playing solitaire in the Hall home at 10 p.m. September 14, 1922, the time at which the State has in- timated the rector and his lover were slain. Statement About Coat. As to the coat which was sent to Philadelphla to be dyed the defense will assert that Mrs. Hall had little to_do with it. Mrs. Anna Bearmann, a friend who swent to the Hall home to help out the | widow after the crime, is expected t> <ay that she took the coat to have it dyed for mourning wear and that she sent it to Philadelphia, where she had had other such work done. She wlill say, it is said, that there were no Spots on the coat L\n@ the avelng was merely to make it suitable for mourning wear. As to the bribery charge made against Felix di Martini, detective ! hired by Mrs. Hall after the crime, who s accused by Mrs. Mary Demarest of offering her $2,500 to “keep her mouth closed,” Mrs. Hall | will make a disavowal. It Di Martini made the bribe offer, or if he hired Peter Sommer to help | | him scare off witnesses, it was done | without the knowledge and consent of | the widow, it will be contended. Did Hire Detective. Mrs. Hall will say that she hired Di Martini to stay at her home ‘and | protect her from the many cranks and fanatics who pestered her in per- son and by mail after the crime. The razor shown in court by Sén. ator Simpson is still left “up in the air,” unconnected with the Hall home- | stead. Frank Caprio, the discharged Jer- sey Clty policeman. who said he got | the razor from the late Azariah Beek- man, prosecutor of Somerset County at the time of the murder, as the weapon that slashed Mrs. Mills' throat, has not been called to the stand and may not be. B The defense against the fingerprint on the calling card of Rev. Mr. Hall found near the body in De Russey's 1ane will be that the card was handied so much and traveled about the country so much under unofficial sponsorship that it is unreliable. The State clalms the finger print is that of Willle Stevens. The de- fense doubts it. It also will assert that the card was A (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) (Continued on Page 2, C?\umn 2) 12 PIRATES SLAIN BY BRITISH IN CHINA One Other Drowned and 9 Are Captured in Desperate Battle on Ship. By the Assoclated Press. HONGKONG, November 17.—Twelve pirates were killed, 1 was drowned and 9 captured in a desperate battle on the decks of the British steamer Sunning and a subsequent -pursuit of the fleeing buccaneers, 8 miles off Hongkong, it was learned here today when the ship, badly gutted by fire and bearing gruesome marks of the encounter, was towed into port under guard. i As the captured pirates were rushed to jail, officers of the ship told the story of the fight. When the watch was being changed late Monday afternoon 40 pirates rush- ed the rails, overpowering nearby officers at the point of revolvers and taking control of the ship by putting two of their number on the bridge. Plan to Recapture Ship. Chief Officer T. H. Beatty and Sec- ond Officer J. W. Hurst, who had been held at bay by the pirates, finally located two revolvers and 190 rounds of ammunition, and at midnight de- cided to attempt to regain control of the ship. Brandishing their guns, they rushed the bridge. The two pirates on the bridge were mowed down by the offi- cers and left apparently lifeless. This put the officers in control of the ship’s workings. Shortly afterward one of the “life- less” buccaneers revived and fired pointblank at them, but missed. The butt of a carbine snatched from the deck by one of the defenders, laid him out again. Then another pirate rush- ed the bridge. A revolver duel en- sued at close range and he fell dead. The remaining buccaneers, their plans going down to defeat be- cause of the pluck of the British sea- men, then seized G. Cormack, chief engineer of the Sunning, and, using him for a shield, rushed to the steps of the bridge in a body. Eleven Pirates Shot Dead. Here the two defenders turned loose their deadliest fire and 11 pirates were siain. Cormack was wounded in the chest and leg. Realizing their efforts to retake pos- session of the ship were futile, the boarders then fired the first-class ac- commodations of the ship, hoping to make the bridge too hot for the of- ficers, but the wind carried the flames aft and away from the control, incin- erating the ‘dead and dying pirates and making it impossible to resume their attack on Beatty and Hurst, The flames then attracted the Brit- | ish craiser Bluebell and other vessels. Meanwhile, the attackers launched two lifeboats and disappeared in the darkness, taking with them H. W. Lapsley, ‘an employe of the Eastern Extension Service. A heavy sea was running. A wom- an passenger, whose name was not given, was put off in a lifeboat by the third officer, who feared for her safe- ty. This boat later was picked up by the Norwegian steamer Revensjell. One Pirate Boat Taken. The Bluebell arrived alongside and put a naval guard aboard, setting out then in pursuit of the two boatloads of pirates. One boat, containing 10 of them, was sizhted. ' On being over- taken, one of them jumped overboard | and was drowned and the others were taken captive. The British steamer Suiyang, learn- Ing of the Sunning’s distress, altered her course and came to the rescue. By that time the fire had been sub. dued, and_ after two attempts the Sulyang sticceeded in getting a tow rope aboard the Sunning, but it broke. Last night, however, a tug from Hongkong arrived and took her in ow. The Sunning, a ship of about 2,500 tons, was on its way here from Amoy. COTTON EMBARGO ON. | Put in Effect in New Orleans Due to Overcrowded Warehouses. NEW ORLEANS, November 17 (#). —The New Orleans States said today an embargo on cotton had been put into effect in New Orleans, occasioned by overcrowded warehouses, seeing |- FARN-AD PROGRAN GIVEN TOCONGRESS DY 2TATEGROLP Conference Adopts Plan of | Lowden—Contains Mc- Nary-Haugen Ideas. ASKS NON-PARTISAN BLOC TO PUT MEASURE OVER’ EEnne— | Both Parties Hit for Alleged Re- pudiation of Pledges to Re- lieve Agriculture. | By the Assoclated Press. ST. LOUIS, November 17.—A dec- laration of principles which 80 farmer organization representatives from six Southern and six Northern States came to St. Louis to evolve as the initial step of a renewed and united demand upon Congress for legislation for agricultural relief was announced today. Itis a document of 8,000 words and 21 sections. Its outstanding item is hearty indorsement of the plan sponsored by Frank O. Lowden, for- ‘mer governor of Illinois. The Lowden plan, advocated in previous addresses and magazine ar- ticles, was outlined again in an ad- dress yesterday by the former Illinols governor, himself a farmer on 4,500 acres near Oregon, Ill. In its general principles it agrees with the new version of the McNary- Haugen bill, the first two editions of which failed to muster sufficlent strength in Congress. Surplus Control Proposed. The new McNary-Haugen bill is known as a ‘“farm surplus control” instrument. The 1924 bill was a price-ratio bill, seeking to fix prices of, agricultural products of that day upon a proper ratio with pre-war prices. The McNary-Haugen bill of last year embodied the export corpora tion idea as its chief provision. The new idea was expressed in Mr. Lowden's speech yesterday in these words: “A Federal farm board should be vested with power of inquiring into} certain facts. s there a surplus of some basic farm product? Does this; surplus depress the price below cost of production with a reasonable profit? Are the growers of that product suf- ficiently organized co-operatively as to be fairly representative of all the producers of that product? “If the board finds that all of these questions must be answered yes, it is then empowered to authorize the co- operative to take control of the sur- plus. The only aid from the Govern- ment would be that the Government would distribute among all the pro-{ ducers of the particular commodity the cost to the co-operative of han- dling the surplus. .~ Question of Price-Fixing. “Nelther_the governor nor Govern- ment board would determine the price. The co-operative, like any other in-! dustry, would study all the conditions affecting the particular commodity and from time to time decide upon a price which conditions would seem to warrant.” The Lowden plan has as one of its chief points the collection of an “equalization fee,” which has formed a section of other proposed measures, being covered in his reference to “the cost to the co-operative.” The equal- ization fee would be collected from all producers of the particular com- modity involved at the “processing point,” such as the mill or gin. Under the terms of the new Mec. Nary-Haugen bill the Government might anticipate collection of the fee merely as a banking preparation, the money to be returned when available. The agricultural committees of both Senate and House were urged by Mr. Lowden to meet immediately to con- sider such farm legislation as might be presented to the December session of Congress. Unity in Conference. The declaration of principles, term- ed by some ‘‘the farmers’ declaration of independence,” stressed that a spirit of unity and harmony had marked the two-day progress of the first meeting between Southern cot- ton planters and rice growers and the North Central grain and cattle producers. Such cooperation was termed “highly significant,” and another paragraph commended members of Congress, regardless of party, who worked and voted for agricultural reliet legislation and pledged them active support. ‘A permanent program for cotton was demanded, and the plan of Presi- dent Coolidge's cotton commission for the removal of 4,000,000 bales from the immediate market was con- demned as a ‘‘temporary expedient.” Both Republican and Democratic parties were criticized for what was termed repudiation of pledges in 1924 in platforms and by candidates. Congress Blocs Defended. Blocs in Congress were defended and Senators and Representatives | from agricultural regions were re- quested to ‘“organize themselves into an aggressive and effective unit, re- gardless of party, to express and work for the economic interests of agricul- ture.” The tariff was touched upon in a section favoring *removal or modifica- {tion of unfalr and excessive tarift }dutles that now afford shelter for | price-fixing monopolies.” Immediate | reduction on such baslc materials as | | aluminum, steel and chemicals was urged. The constructive aid of thoughtful ! men was welcomed, but “the spirit of | criticism and fault finding, which is | barren of workable proposals,” was deprecated. It also was stated that it was the belief that ideas for farmer relief should be originated by agricul- tural leadership. ‘Warning to Labor. Labor was warned that the contin- ued exodus from the farms “‘may soon- er or later produce a demoralizing oversupply of labor.” The status of cotton was termed not due to reckless overproduction, but to | lack of adequate means for handling the temporarily unneeded part of the erop. C%n!umeru ‘were told that stabiliza- tion of crop prices would mean an ul- timate saving to them, as development of co-operatives would lessen the i spread between farmer and consumer. Promulgation .of the declaration of principles was the only item of busi. (Continued on Prt b Column 6.) FOURDIEINSTORM THROUGHOUT EAST Dam Breaks, Flooding Valley. - Blizzards Sweep West, With Snow in Texas. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 17.— Moderately cold weather in Eastern States today followed a heavy rain- storm and a gale of 72 miles'an hour, which took a toll of four lives, in- jured many and did considerable damage. The gale affected the section from ‘West Virginia to Massachusetts. Six men were trapped in a coal mine at Hazleton, Pa., by the overflow of a creek. A score of small fishing craft were sunk off Provincetown, Mass. Scores of persons were driven from their homes by overflowing rivers in no-thern West Virginia and floo waters thronghout the section “hdi pered transporation and communica- tion. Freighter Rams Steamer. Coastal and river shipping was forced to cover and sustained consider- able damage. A British freighter at Marcus Hook, below Philadelphia, dragged anchor and collided with an Italian steamer, while a tug stranded on a sand bar off Atlantic City was capsized, its crew being rescued by Coast Guardsmen after several hours of effort. In Asbury Park, N. J., a score of workmen narrowly escaped death when the wall of a theater under con- struction was blown in. Buildings at the Sesquicentennial Exposition at Philadelphia were badly damaged by wind and water. Camden, N. J., was flooded, water standing 6 inches deep along the water front. A baby was killed when blown from a fire escape in Brooklyn. In Wee- hawken, N. J., an errand boy was killed when he came in contact with an electric feed wire blown down by the wind. A boy was dragged into the Lackawanna River at Scranton, Pa., by a plece of driftwood, and drowned, while at Hartford, Conn., a painter was killed by a falling flagpole. Town Without Light. ‘Wire communications were dis- turbed. Tarrytown, N. Y, was with- out light or power for eight hours, and thousands of dollars of damage was caused by high waters at Bing- hamton, N. Y. Train’ service was delayed in some (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) -—— CATALAN CONSPIRATORS DEPORTED TO BELGIUM France Sending Plotters Away 13 at a Time—Grenade De- signer Is Held. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, November 17.—A dozen of the men connects with the recent attepmt to invade Spain from France and set up a government in Catalonia were sent across the Belgian frontier overnight. This was the first con- tingent of the 86 conspirators ordered deported. The remainder are coming from Perpignan in groups of a dozen daily. They will be sent to Belgium because they are political refugees who might be severely dealt with if deported to Spain. The police have arrested a Uruguayan named Ernest Dalmou. It is alleged that he was the designer of grenades to be used in the Italian revolution. LEGLESS SAILOR MISSING. War Veteran Sailing Alone Across Ocean Believed Lost: NAPLES, Italy, November 17 (P).— Capt. Terezio Fava, legless war vet- eran, who left Torre del Greco, near here, May 8 in the cutter Stella Maris to make a single-handed trip to New York, is believed to have been lost at sea. Forty-five days after the start, Fava touched at Gibraltar and later several ships sighted him on the high seas. Finally, 10 weeks ago, the liner Duilio hailed him about 200 miles off New York. That was the last seen of him. i i Veteran Agent Dismissed. ST. ALBANS, Vt, November 17 (#)—Edward H. Twohey, one of the oldest immigration inspectors in length of service in the first district, and in charge of the local office since 1920, has been dismissed from the service on charges of misconduct by the Secretary of NN TN A \\ \\‘ 9% i i /// Wy Geni'i” o Appropriation Bill Clean-Up by House By January 20 See: By the Assoclated Press. % The men who draft the bills sup- plying money for the Federal Gov- ernment are forging far ahead in their annual race against time. The job already is so far along that Representative Martin Mad- den, who presides over the House appropriations committee, said to- day the whole batch of supply measures ought to be through the House by January 20. Although Congress does not meet until December 6, the Post Office bill has been completed in committee, the Agriculture and Interior bills are well along, the . Treasury bill was started the first of the week and the subcommittee in charge of the Navy biil began work today. TAX-REFUND PLAN CHANCES SLIMMER Democrats Serve Ultimatum Demanding Permanent Re- duction, or Nothing. By the Associated Press. D The seemingly unalterable opposi- tion of leading Democratic tax ex- perts to the administration’s proposal for a tax credit on next year’'s income tax payments served today to impress Republican leaders with a certain sense of hopelessness for the program. “Permanent tax reduction or noth- ing"” was served as an ultimatum by Representative Garner, Democrat, of Texas, ranking minority member of the House ways and means committee, through which all fiscal legislation must pass, With general Democratic antagonism such as this, sponsors of the plan see no rosy prospects of put- ting it through in the brief, short session to begin December 6.+ One Optimistic Note. One optimistic note was sounded, however, by Chairman Madden of the House appropriations committee, who said he approved Secretary Mellon's suggestion that the proposed credit should be raised from 1213 per cent and that he saw no reason why the refund could not be made applicable to payments due next March. Representative Garner has proposed a program to cut the corporation tax from 131 per cent to 11 per cent and to repeal all “nuisance” taxes, includ- ing the levies on automoblles, admis- sionr and dues. This plan would involve a saving of about $400,000,000 or more to the tax payers, but Mr. Garner insisted it could be safely accomplished with a surplus of almost $500,000,000 in sight for this year, according to his calculations. He would make no change in the individual income taxes now." Wants Permanent Cut. “Why should we give back to the corporatlons, including the Aluminum Co. of America, taxes which they al- ready have collected from the con- sumers?”’ Mr. Garner asked. “Weare going to have a surplus actually of almost $500,000,000. Let's make a scientific and permanent tax revision.” There were increasing indications at the Treasury today that the sur- plus for this fiscal year, ending June 30, would mount above the $300,000,000 forecast. Deputies Vote Down Radicals’ Amendment as Premier Warns of Dangers. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 17.—Premier Poincare recelved another vote of confidence today when the Chamber of Deputies, at his request, defeated an amendment to the budget, offered by_the radicals, 330 to 135. |, Vigorously combatting every at- tempt to increase the credits in the budget, the premier warned the | Deputies: “The financial peril which we have avoided has not yet disappeared—I should like to have everybody here understand that. “Pertl is still near, and if you do not look out, the good you have done will speedily be lost.” Radio Programs—Page 41 I\ ” Wi?l:/r/%h () Means Associated Pres o a A ey e i i | e et /) Yestelday’s Circalation, 102,398 TWO CENTS. MURDER IS VERDICT OF CORONER'S JURY IN SCRIVENER CASE AFTER BRIEF STUDY 'Requlres But 10 Minutes to Reach Decision on Mys- / v, 4 tery of Detective’s Death One Month Ago. POLICE SUICIDE THEORY IS UPSET BY EVIDENCE VORE UGS FRDSTRETUED Group Behind Present Sfruc- ture Recommended Qy Auditor at Probe. ! Erection of a municipal grdup of butldings south of the present Iistrict Building to B street between§ Thir- teenth and Thirteen-and-a-half jtreets was advocated today by Distric§ Audl- tor Daniel J. Donovan before ths Gib- son subcommittee of the Housp.Dis- trict committee and received Atrong encouragement from Chairman §ibson and Representative Houston, tip only two members of the subcofimitte present. The discussion had been reghrding buildings already required, e of which have already been autkorized, for District agencies, such as the Po- lice Court, recorder of deeds, §unic- ipal and Juvenile Courts. It is proposed that the addftfonal buildings in this municipal §group would include space also for tile new Public Utllities Commission, tHe reg- ister of wills, the Board of gPublic Welfare and the public worksRactiv- ities. Chairman Gibson sald: “Th/ plan proposed by Maj. Donovan apphals to the smembers of the committe} who are present, and unless some§ addi- tional testimony is brought out yhang- ing the situation, we hope toabring other members of the commityee to meet our present views. If ®e de- cide on a recommendation bringin together the activities of the Ifistrict government into one group, not only will we make such recommendsttons, but will actively work to co-oi inate all agencles necessary to brig it = ac- | about. In other words, we will tive to accomplish what we :ssom- mend.” [ The subcommittee expressed # posi- tive view today that a careful durvey by experts should be made X' the municipal government of the Diitrict, with a view to setting up a ‘model municipal government to med the peculiar and unique conditions fn the National Capital. Chairman libson emphasized that the desire Is t4 sim- plify the government of the Dlstrict without destroying any of its Fecog- nized efficiencies, but rather ¥ in- crease its efficiency. Against Plecemeal Plan. Representative Houston sald} that he has come to the conclusion that it is useless to recommend pieceme}! leg- islation, but that a fundament#l and complete plan of reorganization &hould be framed, and that a very impArtant basis in framing such a plan be an equitable and just determi#ation of the flscal relations. i Mr. Gibson emphasized that the fis- cal relations as between the Fyderal (Continued on Page 2, CoxumE!‘s) Spun Gold Ho Valued at $700 - e Be Given to M%ne By the Associated Press. ’ INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Novethber 17.—A pair of hose, fashionefl aof spun gold and valued at more fhan $700, will be presented to ieen Mgrie of Rumania during hervisit to Indianapolls today. ‘The hose, woven in the miljs of an Indfanapolis hosiery manfifac- turing concern, will be presdnted to the Queen just before a nuamf of notable Indiana authors are pre- sented to her. New Tank to Guz’rd Fish on Train From Becoming ‘Seasfck’ By the Assoctated Press. 5 CHICAGO, November 17.—Tf re- duce the heavy mortality afhong fishes from ‘‘seasickness’ hile traveling, a special tank car ¥ be- ing built for the new $3,000,000 Shedd Aquarfum here. Fishes, like people, are made i1l by the swaying of a rallroads car, George Morse, director, expl§ined today, and the car is designdd to reduce the death rate by kezuing the water tanks free of impugities during overland travels. The car in which the aquagiam will bring fish from their nktive habitats will permit control of the ‘water's temperature, circulatd the ‘water continually and pour (resh oxygen into it. ould | Acquaintances Hold He Appeared Nervous Just Prior to Slaying; Former Fiancee Says He Told Her “Anything Might Happen” Before Wedding. “Mitt” Scrivener was murdered. After 10 minutes’ deliberation this afternoon, a month and four days after the body of Detective Sergt. Arthur B. Scrivener was found in an alley, a coroner’s jury returned a verdict that he “came to his death, about 1 o’clock on October 13, at the mouth of an alley alongside of 3128 N street, from a gunshot wound of the heart due to a bullet fired from a pistol held in the hand or hands of persons other than himself, unknown to the jury.” The verdict was reached at the end of the second day's session of the coroner’s jury. These sessions were marked by con- flicting opinions held by the Police De- partment and other agencies of the local government. Horning Blocked Evidence. The police had expected to present facts to the jury in a summarized form after Detective E. J. Kelly had investigated the case, showing that Scrivener’s conduct and actions im- mediately before the day of his death opened the possibility of a sulcide. When Kelly started his summary yesterday an objection was lodged by Assistant District Attorney George D. Horning, jr., with the resuit that no general summary of the full investi- gation of the case ever reaghed the coroner’s jury, but orlly djointed testimon® coming from individual wit- nesses, alf bearing upon Scrivener's actions, The jury retired at 1:07 o'clock to | discuss the evidence and notified Cor- ffoner Nevitt 10 minutes later that they Ihad reached a decision. Conference Delays Hearing. Today’s session was heid up by a proposal to introduce testimony from {a prisoner at the District jail, Henry Moore, bearing upon the identification of the death pistol. X , This proposal resulted in a confer ‘ence, which delayed matters for (he greater part of an hour, at the e of which time, reserving his decision, Coroner Nevitt opened the last ses sion of the inquest. Just before the jury retired he de- | cided against recetving the testimony of Moore. Detective Sergt. Kelly was the last witness to take the stand. rance another 1d by Cd ys and | Just prior to his appea |long conference was Nevitt with the attorr | Inspector Pratt. Coroner Nevitt asked Kelly {o tell of his investigation of the statement that Serivener is said to have made to Miss Parker that he had made | plans for them to live at the Hotel Martinique after they were marricd Kelly said, “I investigated the s ment from two angles and found that Serivener never negotiated for accom modations at the Hotel Martinique.” Before Kelly testified Detective Dar- nell took the stand and made it clear in the jurors’ minds that he could not positively identify the gun found by Serivener as the one he had given Scrivener some time be ‘e. Just before the inquest was ordered closed by Coroner Nevitt two ques- | tions were asked of Detective Kelly by jurors regarding the hullets which were found in Scrivener’s locker and were said to be identical with the one found in the revolver. The crowd of spectators gathered in the hall appeared surprised at the suddenness of the jury’s action when the police guards summoned Coroner Nevitt and told him that a verdict had been reached. It was at least 15 minutes after Coroner Nevitt went into the board- room at the request of the jurors that the doors were opened and the news- paper men advised of the verdict. While Moore never testified before the jury, he is sald to have identified the gun found near Scrivener. Before the inguest had started. Moore, in the office of the United States attorney, had selected from a group of five or six pistols spread on the desk of Maj. Peyton Gordon the weapon found beside the body of Scrivener. He never touched another weapon, Taking the pistol in his hands, Moore broke it and unscrewed the cylinder, remarking, “That is the gun.” Says He Threw Gun Away. The prisoner explained to Maj. Gor- don that he had secured the weapon in Florida and brought it here with him. Shortly before his arrest by Scrivener September 28 last, Moore sald, he and a pal whose name was not disclosed planned a robbery in tho vicinity of Seventh and H streets northwest. He had the gun, & crow- bar and a flashlight wrapped in a plece of paper under his arm, he sald, when he noticed the action of two men whom he suspected of being “coppers.”” He threw the bundle into a trash receptacle at the corner and ‘went across the street. He saw one of the men whom he suspected look into the trash box and take out the ckage. Maj. Gordon then decided to present Moore as a witness before the cor- oner's jury tomorrow. This, of course, is now impossible. The testimony today centered about Scrivener's strange actions immed! ately before his death. Miss Catherire Markey, his former flancee, testified that he implored her to remain his flancee on October 11, two days before the day of his death, which was also tinued on Page 3, Column 1)