Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1926, Page 2

NAVY WAGE BOARD CLOSES HEARINGS Labor Chiefs Conclude Testi- mony for Pay Increases of Workers in Yards. The Navy Wage Board of Review concluded today its hearings and the taking of testimony of labor repre- eentatives who had gathered here from all parts of the country to urge wage increases for workers in navy vards. Representatives of painters. pattern makers and plumbers were heard at the closing session. Those who teatl- fied included William J. Gallagher of the Brotherhood of Painters, Deco- rators and Paper Hangers of America, with headquarters in Philadelphia. and James Wilson, president of the Pattern Makers' League of North America, with headquarters in Cin- cinnati. Critic by local Mr. in the naval gun factory in Washing- ton are permitted to gather their own data on salaries paid by private instl- tutions, but their figures do not agree in the final analysis with the con clusions reached by the local wage hoard. He added that higher wages prevailed for painters on the outside than are given to the men in the yard here and elsewhere. Mr. Wilson told the board that the pattern makers know they never will he granted the same wages paid their fellow-workers on the outside. He nrged the members, however, 10 grant ail pattern makers in navy yards on the Atlantic coast a wage scale of $1.12 an hour. “This is under the average paid on the outside,” he declared. “but if yeu give it to them, the men in the vards will know they are being considered at least.” Capt. Frank H. Clark, in charge of the Navy Yard Division of the Nav. Department and chairman of the board, insisted that the labor spokes- men abandon assertions offered with- out betng followed up with proot and sesist the board by pointing out the methods of wage scale adoptions in private concern The board will begin ite considera- tion of recommendations submitted by local navy yard boards and the tes- timony adduced at the public hearings from labor representatives Friday morning. It is expected these delibera- tions will occupy about a week, and their report probably will be avallable Deacember 1. AVENUE TRIANGLE T0 BE USED FOR U. S. BUILDING PROGRAM inuad from First Page.) employed hoards. the methods yard wage Zing navy comprehensive plan for the develop ment of the triangle with Govern- ment buildings will_cost $100.000,000 in addition to the $50.000.000 author- ized in the public building fund pass- ed at the last session. Just how rap- idly this additional autherization will be sought from Congress has mnot been definitely decided, but is expected to extend over a number of vears. street will remain as a traffic artery passing through the group of buildings between Pennsylvania_ave- nue and the Mall and between Four- teenth and Ninth streets. All east and west streatsas they now exist between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, Pennsylvania avenue and B street will be closed, but it is planned to have twn one-way traffic streets pass- ing through the Commerce Building between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. Although the commission had before it today architectural sketches of the various buildings, Senator Smoot said that the tentative design for the Archives Building was not quite sat- isfactory and probably would be re- drawn. The courtvard space to he set aside for automobiles in the midst of this group of buildings will be in back of the (ieneral Supply Building. which used to be located hetween Thirteenth and Fourteenth and south from D street, but not quite to the line of C street. The of building locations nounced today includes the use of the area hetween Ninth and Tenth, C and R streets for the General Accounting Office. which is now occupied by com mission merchants. These merchants for several months have heen consid- ering a new location for their busi ness in connection with the market question. While the list of buildings announced today does not place a structure on the Center Market square. that market lies within the triangle marked off for development The Government aiready owns the large tract of land between Fifteenth and Fourteenth streets. Pennsyivania avenue and B streel, which has been allotted tn Justice and Commerce of fices, and certain other squares with in the triangie. inciuding the District Ruilding and the Post Office Depart- ment. are aiready (iovernment terri- tory. so that the amount of land need- ed 1o complete the occupation of the triangle is not great as it would seem at first glance Announcement that the huge Com- merca Building would be placed be. tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, north of R street. means that tha Mall s to be saved from building encroachment which would have re- sulted from an earlier suggesiion that tha Commerce Buiiding be placed south of B street A later for location of tha Commerce Building had heen he tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. ng on Pennsyvivania ave. nue. The new pian places the De. partment of Justice in this position Charles Mooare, chairman the Fine Arts Commission, attended the meeting today First steps toward ere authorized $1.250.000 addition to wwernment Printing Office, to ,be used as offices for this huge establisi ment. have been taken through ac quisition of part of a plot of ground fmmec 16 west of the present plant of $42.000 has authorized purchase a et and the erection of the uilding. at a cost not to exceed $1 250,000, with not more than $100.000 to be spent during this fiscal vear. Acquisition of the first part of the site came as a result of legislation in the form of an act satisfving a claim by owners of the property, Relle H. Walker and Frank E. Smith ot the Yale Luundry Co.. who had charged that the property had been damaged when footings for the pres- ent structure of the Government Printing Office undermined their prop. eriy list an- n An act was passed last session, and Approved June 15, authorizing the pur ‘hase of the property in question, in ding five lots facing on G street tnmediately west of the printing office, At 8 cost of §42,000 The entire site, which is about twice the size of the plot acquired from Yale Laundry interests, is to be bound- ed by the Government Printing Of- fice on the east, Jackson alley on the north, G street on the south, and will extend about 114 feet in & westerly direction along G strest. The Treasury hLas asked for offers from owners of the remainder of the <ite. Plans for the building lteelf have sol been compleled, Gallagher declared that the men | of an! the | | BEFORE OFFI !School Board Backs Right of Employes to Private Views on Socialism. Essay Incident Gets National Attention—Flury Gives Patriotism Stand. Mal. Gen. Amos A. Fries, chief of the division of chemical warfare and | District commander of the American | Leglon, politely rebuffed in his first attempt to have the Boagd of Educa- tion punish Henry Flury, professor of science at Eastern High School, | for publishing an essay on socialism, | plans to lay the case before other officers of the Leglon before taking further action. “The Roard of Education feels that every Individual is entitled to enter- tain his or her private views regard- | ing religion and politics,” Gen. Fries | sald today. “Does the Board of Edu- cation believe that opinions publicly expressed in a magazine, which any school child in Washington may buy, are ‘private’? I think not. “I shall lay the facte of this case before officials of the American Leglon. Until then 1 do not expect to reply to the Board of Education. T may ask Dr. Ballou to explain, how- ever. why Lucia Ames Mead was permitted to argue for disarmament in the Dunbar High School last week." Miss Mead is a member of the Asso- ciation for the Prevention of War. \ation Taking Interest. Tn the meantime, Gen. Fries' fight against the Eastern High School pro- fessor is attracting the attention of educators and others throughout the country. Shonld Mr. Flury's useful: ness as an fnstructor be fmpaired as a result of the affar, it is sald_that the Committea of 100 for the Intel- lectual Freedom of Teachers, with headquarters in New York City, is prepared to defend him. The essay that precipitated the con- troversy occupied less than 20 lines of type in the October issue of the Forum magazine. Besides the na- tional publicity arising from the dis- approval aired by Gen. Fries, it netted him $5. which the magazine had offer- ed for the best essay defining Soclal- ism. Nine other essays were printed. Dr. Flury's article follows “Soclallam is a big question mark. 1t asks why. with all the wonderfully productive machinery and improved methods of organization, the workers are still slaves. It aske why little children still toil in factorles. It asks why those who create do not enjoy the advintages of what i3 created, why those who build automobiles walk, those who build Pullmans ride in hox cars, those who build palaces live in hovels. It asks: Is not the Industrial civilization we have created a Frankenstein that has made itself; our master?"”’ Wrote to Dr. Ballou, Gen. Fries’ attention. he said, was first directed to the essay by a mem- iher of the American Legion. Afte reading the article. Gen. Fries wrote to Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintend- ent of schools, asking if Mr. Flur were a teacher in the high school “and, if =0, what action do you pro: pose 1o take * * ¢ | “The American Legion,” his letter continued, “stands for God and eoun- try. It stands for vigorous American- ism. 1t stands for nationalism and the vigorous upholding of the Constitution | of the United States. It is for that| reason that as commander of the| American Legion of the District of Columbia T object most strenuously to the ideas put forth in the Forum of Columbia who says in effect that workmen in America are slaves; that our civilization is cruel: that little | children still toll in factories (some do, but very few and lessening all the M v - “Any one who has gone to the fac- tories of Henry Ford, or who has taken the trouble to go whers build- ing operations are in progress any- where in this city. will find that the majority of workmen ride to their work in their own automobiles. He will probably find also that they get paid equally well or better than high school teachers. Finally, in asking the aquestion, ‘Is not the industrial civilization we have created a Frank- enstein * * * he is using only in slightly different m the statements of the Communist that our form of Government is bad."” Dr. Ballou replied that he would ascertain whether Mr. Flury had taught such views in his classroom and present the facts to the Roard GEN. FRIES TO LAY TEACHER ROW CIALS OF LEGION UNDERWOOD Above: PROF. HENRY FLURY, Eastern High School. Lower: MAJ. GEN. AMOS A.VIV‘BIESA of Education. To this Gen. Fries an- swered that he was more interested in knowing whether Mr. Flury was really the author of the essay, adding that “a man who will write such a definition of socialism has, in my opinion, a mind so constituted and : ideas s0 warped as to b unsafe.” Asked for an explanation of the essay, Mr. Flury wrote Dr. Rallou that he could not consent to discuss his private views in such a manner. “I had, of course, a perfect legal right,” he said. “to offer a definition of socialism, as T have the same right to offer one of prohibition, the pro- tective tariff, the single tax, the Ku Klux Klan, Catholicism, Judaism or the principles of Thomas Jefferson.” “T cheerfully comply with your re quest,” the Jetter added. “that 1 make a statement regarding my patriotism. I am a stanch patriot. T am a firm believer in the enforcement of all laws, hoth those that I dislike and those that I like, and I consistently obey them. T helieve that Soclalists should obev anti-Socalist laws: that anti-prohibitfonists should obey the prohibition law. and vice versa, and that it soclalism should ever be adopt- ed in this country, anti-Socialists should obey Socialist laws as readily as they expect Socialists to obey anti- Soctalist statutes.” Principal Gives Views. Dr. Charles Hart, principal of Fast- ern High School, informed Dr. Rallon that Mr. Flury has “performed very satigfactory service” and that his patriotism had never been questioned during his five vears of service on the teaching staff of Gov. George W. P. Hunt of na and Senator Edwards of Jersey, whose attention wag directed to the situation, also sent telegrams com- | mending Mr. Flury's reputation for patriotism. These facts wera submitted to the Roard of Education at an executive session about ten days ago. The | Roard in a letter to Gen. Fries de- clared: “The Roard = unanimously of the opinion that it will not tolerate in the public schools of the District of Co- lumbia any utterances or communica- tions to the pupils therein which are seditious, disloval or disrespectful to | the Government of the United States and its Constitution or which are subversive of the ideals which lie at the foundation of the Government: and any emplove of the Board of Education who, either in classroom or outside of the classroom. by direct communication to the puplls of the public schaols or indirectly by any means which are likely to be brought to their attention, undertakes to vio- late efther the language or spirit of this position (which represents the policy of the hoard) will after due proof thereof he subjected to dis. ciplinary actfon.” A& to the charge against Mr. Flur: the Board told Gen. Fries that he the author of the essay, but that “the | views or beliefs expressed in the article referred to have found no place in his classroom teaching. in his d cussions or conversations with the faculty or with the patrons of the school.” MRS. GIBSON HELD ABLE TO TESTIFY (Continned from First Page.) not propped up at the foot of Hall, but was found some distance from the body, probably dropped, they will allege, by the person who robhed Rev. Mr. Hall's body either during or after the murder. Henry Stevens will have at least four witnesses called to hack up his alihl that_he was fishing or in h home at Lavallette in Ocean County at_the time of the slaying. Mrs. Mary Demarest's testimony that she saw Stevens in New Bruns- wick the morning of September 15, the day after the murder, when Stevens says he was still in Lavallette | | will be met with the rejoinder that IMre. Demarest may ‘have seen Stevens' double The defense will call ta the stand | Dr. John F. Anderson. connected with | the ‘lahoratory of Rutgers College. | { who resembles Stevens. to say that | he was in his automobile at Albany |and George Streets, New Rrunswick, on his way to college at the time Mrs. Demarest says she saw Stevens. .The street corner mentioned i the place where Mrs. Demarest says she saw Stevens in his auto. Henry Stevens will never knew of Mills before also say that the existence of he read of the murder and that he was quite un aware that his brother-inlaw was mixexd up in a love affair with a { choir singer. ~ | Henry L. Dickman's testimony that | he was given a $2,500 bribe by Prose. | cutor Azariah Beekman to get out of the State at the time he was the “lone hand” Hall-Mills investigator {will be called unreliable and unsup- ported. Miss he | Mrs. Jennie Lenfurt, mnow Mrs Wahler, who was with Robert Ehri- ling on the auto ride September 14 11922, when he savs he saw Mrs. Jane | Gibson on her mule in De Russey's iane, will testify. it ix expected, that Ehrling was mistaken Ehrling sald he heard nn shate or ccreams guch as were testified to hy other witnesses, but that he saw Mrs, Gibson on her mule. Mrs. Wahler is expected to say that | she was with Ehriing all the time and that she saw nothing of the kind Ira Nixon's testimony that Elijah | Soper (V14 him four years agu that he | hud seen Mrs. ilall and her brothers. | Willle and Henry, in the murder lane | on the night of the crime will be pointed to s uusupported and strangely shielded for four yea Mrs. Nixon is to he summoned to| ithe siand Lo say jhat 0 Wl $hs fous - | witness’, Dr. Otto Schultze's, statment vears her hushand never told her of Soper's startling revelation. Mrs. Salome (‘erenner, mother of Mrs. 3ibson, will be held in readiness to at- tack her daughter's credibility as a witness. The nature of her testimony will he guided by the story told by Mre. Gibson. The testimony about Willie sending clothes to be cleaned the dayv the bodies were found will be met with his statement that he, as often happened. had spilled food on them. and that he wanted to get them cleaned up for the funeral, which was set for two days after the clothes-cleaning inci- dent. The defense will question the State that the tongue of Mrs. Mills was rip- ped out along the larynx and the top of the windpipe. They will call doc tors, who are expected to testify that the organs found missing from the hody in the four-year-late -autopsy might have decaved and deteriorated They will point to the fact that their absence was not noticed hy the several doctors and others who saw the pody in 1822, REV. DR. TUPPER STRICKEN Rev. Dr. Henry Allen Tupper, for- mer pastor of First Baptist Church, at Sixteenth and O streets, a resident of Philadelphia. suffered a stroke of paraly: while at the Merchants' Rank Trust Co., Southern Building, today. He was In a semiconscious eon dition when taken to Emergency Hos. pital in the ambulance. Dr. F. Ernest Mitchell was summoned to attend him. Tt was sald at the hospital later in the day that his condition was slightly improved. now and The largest luke in Europe Is Lake Ladoga, in Russia. SCh;ol Boys and Girls Will Witness MRS. FRIEND NAMED BY JEWISH WOMEN Unopposed for National Pres- ident of Council, Holding Convention Here. Mrs. Joseph Friend of New Orleans, active worker in the National Council of Jewish Women for the past 30 vears, was placed in nomination for national president of the organization at today's session of the Eleventh Triennial Convention, being held at the Washington Hotel. Since Mrs. Friend's nomination was without op- position, her election tomorrow was assured. The ticket of other national officers presented by Mrs. Irwin V. Barth, chairman of the committee on nomina- tions, was reported as follows: Mra. Alvin Bauman of St. Louis, first vice president; Mrs. Alexander Wolf of Washington. second vice president; Mrs. Bdwin Zugsmith, wald, Milwaukee, Wis., treasurer, and Mrs. I. K. E. Trager of Boston, record- | ing secretary. Nine persons were placed in nomi.| nation for the hoard of directors. out of which five are to be elected. These were: Mrs. Ignace Rels, Chicage Mrs. Leon Stern, Terre Haute, Ind. Mrs. Charles Long, Wilkes-Barre, Pa Mrs. Maurice Goldman, Houston, Tex Mrs. George Goldsmith, T.os Angele: Mrs. James Ginns, Wilmington, Del Mrs. A. S. Kohler, vannah, Ga.; Mrs. Leonard Schloss, Washington, and Mrs. S. S. Gisman, Cincinnati. Mrs. Friend Pioneer. Of the newly nominated officers Mrs. Bauman is now national treas- urer and Mrs. Wolf has been named to succeed herself as second vice president. Mrs. Wolf is chairman of the Washington section and has been long prominent in Jewish affairs in the Capital. Mrs. Friend, who will head the organization during the next trien- nial period, was national treasurer 12 years ago and is_ane of the ploneer clubwomen of New Orleans. Renomination as national president was declined by Mrs. Willlam D. Sporborg. This morning's session was de- voted to business matters, including reports on the committee on syrvey and resolutions, by Mrs. Herbert E Ottenheimer of Louisville and M Dantel Myers of Albany, N. Y., re- spectively. Banquet Ts Brilljant. The banquet Jast night was a bril- liant function. Fully 1,100 women, crowding the nall to capacity, ga an ovatlon to Senator Willlam K Rorah of Idaho, the only masculine guest present, and met with sympa- thetic applanse an impassioned ap- peal by the foreign relations commit tee chairman for a policy of interna tionai justice toward China in the | interest of world peace. Mrs. Alexander Wolf of this city chalrman of the Washington sectios was foastmaster, and Mrs. Leonard R.. Schloss gave the blessing. In a brief address Mrs. William D. Spo horg. national president of the organ zation, complimented the local section for the way “it puts things ov: and referring to the aims of the 2 tional Council declared it “has eves on the mext generation.” Assigned the general topic of peace, Senator Rorah dealt directly with the furmoil In China, which he declared furnishes the acid test for the world peace program. Deseribing China's present plight as “a situation that will touch the sense of justice and the good faith of nations,” Senator Borah Warned that if a policy of force Is adopted in the face of the natlonal- istic movement spreading through China, disaster will come fo yrient. Urges China for Chinese. The destiny of China, he said surges hetween two major conditions— the ruthless exploitation of her 400.- 000,000 people and her resources by other nations and the arising spirit of nationalism among her people. *“China for the Chinese has come to be the battle cry of that vast, seething sea of humanity,” he warned. “It is par- ticularly the cry of the young and coming generation. “We may write and sign treaties nd devise schemes for world peace, hut al Ithese things may disappear in 1 night if there is burfed heneath your tructure of peace the inexplicable urge of a people to live their own lives in thelr own way. “The nation which, under the cir- cumstances now existing. invokes the brutal poliey of force in China, will be the deliberate assassin of justice in the Orfent for decades and decades. It will dedicate that land to years of hloodshed and misery and in the end it would settle nothing—force never does. We must recognize and deal with them as a great nation. We must deal with them, in so far a= we deal with them as a nation, upon terms of equality. We must deal with them in absolute justice to their own rights.” 3 Sees Nation's Future. its Tn invoking this plea for justice Senator Borah declared. “There is no people who respond more wholeheart- edly to such a policy as the Chinese.” “1 am one who bhelieves,” he added, “that with a fair and just treatment, with rights accorded to her to which every nation is entitled, with a clean, unmistakable policy on the part of for- eign nations; of help instead of ex- ploitation, China can take her place among the strong and prosperous na- tions. As a Nation we have respected those things which a nation most cherishes. For this policy we are now in certain quarters being subjected to ridicule. We are told our policy means failure, that force must be ac- cepted as the basic principle of a suc- cessful Orfental policy. China may furnish the acid test of whether tho world has been converted to fustice as a basis of international dealing or whether it proposes to re- tain the barbarous creed of force.'” SLAYER’S BODY FOUND. Special Dispatch 1o The Star. PERRYVILLE. Md, November 17~ While the sheriff was in Phila delphia_vesterday following a due to the whereahouts of Willlam Whirley, sought since June for the slaying of Arthur Armel here. Whirley’s body was found floating in the Shenandoah River. The body was badly decom poxed. but showed evidence that Whirley had been shot An inguest Is belng held today. Christening of Hi-Boy and Dot Tomorrow Hi-Boy and Dot will be christened tomorrow. The 16 school hoys and girls who won awards because of the merit of thelr suggestions for names for the two baby giraffes in the contest which was conducted Ly The Evening Stur will guther by the big cage at the orth end of the birdhouse at § pm. There they will be met by Dr. Wil- ltam M. Mann, superintendent of the Zoo, who will fntroduce them to Hi- Bay apd Lot aud alterwargdshow them the other strange birds and beasts which he brought back from East Africa. The two children whose names were selected for the giraffes, Mildred Smith and Herbert Martyn, Jr., will be presented $20 in gold. Une award of $10 und one of $5 will be given Then there will be 13 new silver dol lars for the others. Besides the brass plates containing the numes of the giraffes and those who named them Will be placed on the cage, Pittsburgh, | third vice president; Mrs. David Green- | the | New Speed Record For Cross-Country Flying Established| A new_speed record for cross- country flying in military service planes has been established by Lieut. Lawson H. Sanderson, Ma- rine Corps, of Brown Field, Quan- tico, Va., Who flew from Buffalo to Washington in 2 hours and 20 minutes. The fight was made In connec- tion with the delfvery of the first of elght new Curtiss “Hawk" pur- sult_planes which will replace the six Boeing fighters soon to depart for the West Coast by air. Lieut. Sanderson left Buffalo at 2:06 p.m. and arrived at Bolling Field at 4:25 o'clock. The afr-line distance he traveled was 300 miles. It required but nine minutes to fin- ish the last lap of his journey to Quantico. The previous record for this trip ‘was 2 hours and 40 minutes. {MORE BUILDINGS IN REAR OF PRESENT URGED FOR DISTRICT __(Continued from First Page) itreasury and District taxpayers 18hould be on a scientific hasis Mr. | Houston said that the present lump- | sum experiment has no basis in fact. i The two members of the subcommit- tee agreed with Auditor Donovan that ! what is needed and what will bring | the people of the District and members { of Congress to a common interest in the National Capital and its upbuild- ing, is for the Congress to determine, after careful study and consideration of all the equitles and obligations in- | volved, what is fair and just between the Federal Government and the people of the District. Calls Hearing Profitable. Mr. Gibson said thet he believed the hearing today had heen a particulariy profitable one and that much of th testimony drawn from Auditor Don- ovan had convinced the members of the need for a joint committes in Congress to frame needed legislation for the Capital. Mr. Gibson question- ied Maj. Donovan regarding the cor- poration counsel's office. It was brought out that the assistants areap- pointed by the Commissioners and that there are now eight assistants, with laries ranging from $2,400 to $4,000. | This is not a sufficlent number to properly carry on the work, and the corporation counsel has asked, and the , Commissioners have approved in the hudget. an estimate of 200 for one assistant, to be charged with handling condemnation proceedings. It was emphasized that in this very impo tant work the District government has been embarrassed by the fact that the Department of Jastice and outside business have attracted away at much higher salaries those wh become expert in this class of work for the District. It is thought that the $5.200 salary may induce an e pert to remain on the job for the city Discuss Tax Tssue. The subcommittee discussed at length with the District auditor the millions of dollars due in back taxe: {and the reason for $1,200,000 outstand- ing in charges against some half dozen of the largest public service corporations. The principle involved in these cases has been argued in the trial court, but the decision has not heen rendered, and will doubtless go on appeal to the higher court. The corporation counsel has also ! |asked for two additional assistants at 182,400 each to be assigned to Police | | Court work. The subcommittee decided to ecall | on Frank Sebring, clerk of the Police | Court, for a statement regarding the | i number of cases that are handled. The committee also went on record | as intending to secure recommenda- | tions from the courts on the question | of reorganizing the court work. | I Court Conditions Criticized. It was brought out also that the | Commissioners have appointed a com- | mittee to investigate the desirability iof setting up a magisterial system, | | with judges sitting in police precincts ito handle minor cases that do not {call for jury trial and thus expedite procedure. Mr. Gibson emphatically declared {that the conditions existing here of congestion In the courts ought not to obtain in any jurisdiction. and that such a_condition is detrimental to re- spect for the law. It was brought out, particularly, that the entire court system is in arrears on its work, and this is expecially true with regard to iminal cases. Mr. Houston said { Congress should find the cause and | correct it. Mr. Gibson said that if [the cause is lack of appropriation Congress should take the blame, and that if the cause is incompetent of- ficlals_they should be gotten rid of. |, Again Mr. Houston emphasized that the condition “shouldn’t be as it is, {and can be corrected.” Stresses Need for Space. The members of the committee agreed with Auditor Donovan and with the report of the United States | Bureau of Effciency that the Re- corder of Deeds ought to be under the District Commissioners, and should occupy a part of the municipal estab- lishment. The question of establish- ing phostat records to do away with | a very large number of errors, and to effect considerable economy, was dis- cussed. Mr. Houston raised the ques- tion of permanency, and Maj. Dono- van explained that an expert from the Bureau of Standards had declared that a phostat is a permanent record, but depends upon the quality of the operator. Mr. Gibson, in a series of question: established the practical benefits in the administration of District affairs by having the activities of the District government grouped together. Maj. Donovan, in reply to a question, said | he did not know where the new publi utilities commission can be quartered, as the present District Bullding is already overcrowded. Mr. Gibson also put into the record a statement that the cost of udminis. | tration and overhead would be greatly reduced by housing all the District activities in a municipal group. Mal. Donovan was asked to have a diagram prepared showing how the , roposed extension of - the District Building gouth to B street will fit in with the $30.000,000 Federal bullding prosram already approved by Congres: Land Price Growing. The need for new buildings having heen shown. Mr. Gibson also put ints the record testimony showing that the price of the land needed is rapidly in- reasing. The squures new consid ered could have been bouzhit a few years ugo for $360.000, W 48 lodi they will cust at least ).000, and probably fwice as much & soon as the Federsl buildings already au- | thorized are_erected Maj. Dondvan al record the law whi prohibits the Distriet government from using agents in the purchase of real estate, to avold having the price boosted. The reasons for moving the records and wmx ledgers from the collector's office to the assessor's office were dis- cussed. Maj. Donovan expressed the opinion that this was a very fmpor- tant step in the interest of efficiency Mr. Houston then raised the gues tion whether both the assessor aud collector should not properly have their work co-ordinated intosone office for proper co-operation. putinto the | h | { Ritchie and a high naval official. | Brother of Late D. C. Minister Maj. Donovan agreed with mem- bers of the committee that there is conslderable nnpm'filmlu'_ for asuch co- IS DENIED IN PART! White House Auto and Secret Service Agent Not Put at Young Man’s Disposal. The story told the police of Boston by Joseph Hall, 23 yvears of age, of Edgartown, Mass., who w recently arrested on charges of larceny, that he was a friend of President Coolidge and had occupied the latter's box at the Navy-Michigan foot ball game several weeks ago was denled today at the White House. Hall's further claim that one of the big White House automobiles and one of the President's secret service attendants wero put at his disposal | for this trip also was denied. H Fdward P. Clark, acting secretary | to the President, added, however, that some parts of Hall's story were true. According to Mr. Clark, Hall, whom he describés as a very nice looking young man with a plausible and pleasing manner of talking, presented himself at the executive offices the day of the foot ball game in question. | He was not known. Hall represented himself as being the brother of Alfred Hall, one of the Republican leaders of the Cape (od district of Massa- chusetts, and on the strength of this he hoped the White House would have a couple of tickets for the game to spare. He explained that he had come all the way to Washington on the promise of two tickets from some midshipman friends, but the latter had disappointed him and he was considerably embarrassed be- 1se he had invited a young lady to | accompany him. It so happened that Secretary Sanders did have two tickets, which he had been holding to give to a sonal friend. The latter had not ao- peared and rather ‘han have them go to waste, he and Mr. Clark, after talking the matter over, decided to give these to the dapper young man from Massachusetta. They had no fear of his “scalping” the tickets be- cause of the lateness of the hour. HALL SENT TO PRISON. Sentenced for Larceny From Mer- chants in Boston. ROSTON, November 17 (A).—Joseph Hall, 23, of Kdgartown, was sent to; the Concord reformatory for an in- definite sentence yesterday for lar- ceny, but he carried with him the stubs of two preclous foot hall tickets which he xaid were given him by Presi- | dent Coolidge on the strength family connections. Bevond exhibited stubs, the Boston police ave made no effort to check on his ory of an audience with the Presi- dent and concerned themselves only | with the presentation of chavges of | the larceny of goods valued at $1.500, | by false pretenses, from Boston me: chants. { Hall pleaded guilty to these charges | and to larceny of an automobile under similar conditions and accepted sen- tence. He was arrested in Raleigh, Concerning his_occupancy presidential box, Hall said he was in Washington, on October 30, with a girl friend and had no tickets to the Navy-Michigan game. So he went 1 the White House, he said, and Presi- dent Coolidge, remembering membe of his family, gave him two tickets, | sent a secret service man to Baltimore with him and offered the use of an au- tomobile. Hall said he declined the Iast, hecause he had the car which he admitied stealing. The White House tickets placed him in a box with Gov. of the The police said that Hall lived high | in New York as well as in Washing- ton: that he charged foot ball tickets at the University Club and cut a wide swath on several golf lin On arrival in Boston, Hall was well dressed and carrled a golf bag slung over his shoulder Reuben Hall, Edgartown merchant, a brother of Joseph, sald that there were charges pending against the vounger man in Altmny. He said that as soon as Joseph had served his sen- tence In this State, he would take steps to have the Albany case pressed. “I never want to see him again as long as he lives,” Reuben Hall sald. BERNARD NELMS’ DEATH 70 BE INVESTIGATED Killed by Fall From Hotel ‘Window in Florida. By the Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH. Fla., No- vember 17.—A coroner's inquest will{ be held today over the hody of Ber- nard Nelms, 59, who met death here yesterday when his body hurtled | through the air from the ninth floor | of an office building to the pavement below. Sheriff's Deputy W. H. Lawrence. who conducted an investigation, and close friends of Mr. Nelms expressed the conviction that his death was due, | to a fall from the window caused by a fainting spell, which selzed him after entering the office of I torney. Mr. Nelms formerly was a resident ewport News, Va., where a broth- Nelms, now resides. . Nelms was also a brother of the late Rev. Dr. J. Henning Nelms, f merly rector of the Silver Spring par- | ish in Maryland, who died two years | A nephew, Henning C. Nelms, ordination throughout the District | Rullding. He illustrated that there | are now two group departments, first, the hoard of public welfare, which cordinates all charitable, humanita- rian, elimosinary and corrective insti- i tutions, and second, the engineer de purtment, which s one of public works. Then the rest of the District government ix u series of bLuresus. cing specific filustration of how fur- ther co-ordination could be effected, the auditor suggested a department of finance, which would Include as- sessment, collection of taxes, pur- chases, preparation of the hudget and | the work of the auditor's office. Will Confer With Brown. Mr. Gibson asked Maj. Donovan re- garding what he thought would he the hest agency to make a ntific study | of the District government to bring | ubont such coordination. Ie nsked il the United States Bureau of Effi| clency could do this work. The sub- committee 18 to confer with Herbert D. Brown, chief of that bureau on lhe[ question. The question of suffrage for the Distrle was discussed, and Maf. Dono- | van declared emphatically that he is | not in faver of local suffrage. Repre. | sentattive Houston emphasized that it is incongruous that in the Nation's Capital a half milllon people have no voice or vote in the handling of their common husiness, and said he was in mpathy with suggestions made to | correct this situation. 1t was brought out that the right of suffrage is closely connected with a settlement of the flscal relations, since the right of suffrage, both local and national, was taken over by Congress in 1578, when the 50-30 plan of finane- ing the National Capltal was adopted. | which was { Kelly would be {saw the gun which Kkilled Wcrivener | | plain-clothes men. Finall “the telephone as to a unified {another he said it was a pititol with| | OF CORONER'S JJRY IN SCRIVENER CASE (Continued from First i?‘u:-.» the day assigned for his Wedding to Miss Helen Barnes Parker.d Friends Noticed (‘hn?rfi. The climax of Miss Marley's testi- mony was the statement she alleged Scrivener made when she finally re- fused to retain his ring, W rine, I'm not married yet what will happen Miss Markey also noted tifat he was nervous and apparently ik % tense frame of mind. E Miss Parker described impetuous advance of a we at firat from October 30 to ( of his excuse of a trip to D the fact that a minister wa postpone the date until (Atober 131 and of his presenting her weth a ring | that was very loose upon hér finge Matthew Walsh, with whpm Scr ener lived, testified he had guown the decensed detective since fis carly vouth, said he had no kndwledge of the contemplated marriagg but no ticed “a_little change in §Scrivener during those last two weekg, when he seemed more quiet than usfal. Walsh also identified a necytie Scriv- sner had given him. This ngcktie was a mate in every way excel® in colo for the tie found in Scriveger's hand at_the time of his death The matter of Moore's stimony, which had caused a delay @ the out- set of the inquest had not begn decided finally as the morning seshlon drew near a close. < Procedure Delays Opes A protracted conference fover the method of procedure to hegemployed during the balance of the {8quest de- layed the opening this mnrnin;: for 50 minutes. Principals in the spiritedl debate, conducted in fidertones and out of hearing of the julors, were Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt, bAssistant District Attorney George' § Horning, jr.. Inspector Pratt, Detectfe Sergt ¥ N A-rivener's ting date ctober 12 vilie and busy, to ing. Ed. Kelly and Assistant Cdrporation Counsel Ringgold Hart. One of the principal .umi;u under- discussion _was whether Detective permitted § to_give testimony contradicting expgeted fur- ther testimony of Moore& who is| held at the District jail. Woore fs said to be ready to festify§ that he thrown pic into a ed up by a trash can couple nd later of Iupppsed ths problem was solved by suggesting ®hat spector Pratt and Maj. don, district attorney tion of the Further Inquiry The fnquest waited whi Pratt departed to make the returning Inspector Pratt hr information that the di torney’s office was opposed timony attempting ownership of the pis Jury until_an opportunity§ for fur- ther investigation of Moorg's state- | ments had heen afforded th¢ district | attorney’s office, At one time during Inspector Pratt offered to fllow the inquest to end without furt pelice testimony If the restrictior§ sought | by Mr. Horning on collateralievidence were to apply to the testfnony of | police investigators. This pposition | was held in abeyvance by £ Coroner | Nevitt pending the outcomj of the | The delay cansed not quite 80 numerous as to become restive, e. nspector | &1 Upon | the cdnference | the sigectators, | sterday. | and a falde rumor that the Inquest was to be abruptly concluded, was clreulated. Sentenced to Five Yesfs Assistant District Attorned Horning then was called to phone to recefve instinctivps from | Maj. Gordon. Henry Miller Moore, 24 xfars old, the witness whose proposed fstimony caused the delay, sentegeed Friday to five vears in thek peniten- | tiary following conviction n cases | charging him with the ro§bery of | $300 from the safe of thei Avenue Girand Theater on Septembei 10 and | with robbing the store off Samuel | Mitchell, at 711 Ninth stred), where | eight watches valued at $H1, were| taken from the show window, on Sep- tember 18. ! During the course of the igvestiga- tion headquarters detectiveg several times had endeavored to hae Moore identify the pistol with whifh Scriv- ener was killed. At one timg he said the pistol was a blue steel wlpon; at | ieorge 3 a hammer. hammerless nickel-plated Falled to Take All Finger@rints. Lile the The pistol really was a | fircarm After the long ruling ax to Moure's testl still being held in ubeyar Sundberg, identification exy Police Department, wax call ‘s first witness. lle te: prints of the thumbs Serive. ner, but did not take printg of his fing He said a small fr8ction of | a print was on the death pitol. but that he was unahle to deterndne from what part of the hand it had§come. Joseph William Brannan, # veigh- hor of Serivener, and hi} sister, Ethel, were the next witnesses culled Ro fur ax is Known they were ihe luxt tu nee s..n—a_u alive vefore his death early on th¥ morn ing of October 13. Breunanftestified that he saw Scrivener near &Viscon- sin avenue and N street dn his antomobile about 12:10] that morning. e talked 1 ener, he festified. regarding he had gotten for speeding. Miss Markey Testifie:. The next witness was Mg« Mar- key. Her testimony started} with a categorical series of questi®ns and anawers from Coroner Nefitt and her. “Did you know Arthur Fv.‘\'an'r?" “Yem him 7" “low long did you knew Two and a half or three ‘ear “Did you know him quite jvell Heit “Were you ever engaged “1 was." clay and itied he him?” | The Spanish embassy | far bz tol goigk to the | i | vou SPAIN T0 PURCHASE SITE FOREMBASSY $230,000 Authorized for Ac- quisition of Location on Sixteenth Street. By the Associated Press. MADRID, November 17.—Spain shortly is to have a new home for s embassy in Washington. The council of minlsters has authorized foreign Minister Yanguas to negotfate for the acquisition of a site on Sixteenth street. The site will cost $230,000. will soon be moved to mbassy row”" on Six teenth street, according to Mariano de Amodeo, first cretary of the Spanish emba. . Awalt Word From Spain. “We iting word from For- eign Minister Yunguas before proceed- ing with the y Sixteenth street, It is reported that Yangnas has been authorized by the counci ministers fo negotiate for the purchase of a sita costin approximately §230.000, When the Ambassador from Spain moves to Sixteenth street he will join the colony of foreign representatives already located on that street, largely through the efforts of Mrs Henderson, who built houses occupied by th The Spanish Ambassador, Alefandro adilia, i living at the present time at Wardman Park lotel. The em bassy is located at 1673 Columbia road. —_— re aw. hase of a house on he said today. ment with him prior to the time he was found dead?” Miss Markey stated then that the engagement had been sroken off as as a year ngo and that ehe ad attempted to return his ring three times, but that he had stead fastly refused to take ft back until the Monday before his death. At the request of Corporation “onn sel Ringgold Hart she described in de tall the attitude of Serivener and tie conversation upon that « fon. She Refused Him. said, had asked l. § 't all over again. She refused He told me that T should real that we had heen very happy gether,” Miss Markey contin rememhered places we had sons we used and 1 used to enfoy sther, She again fm and v the ring, she testifled, which wrapped in a handkerchicf and was not wearing hec e she had declde to give it back hat night She detailed ion regard ing Serivener’ sald he then told he She expressed the hope he would be happy. to which he replied: It deesn't make any differance about me. if T am happy or not: the only thing that counts is that you are happy.” She then placed the ring in hix hand. she said. and he declared “Well, Catherine, I am not married vet, and God knows what will hap pen g o » meet Said He Was Nervous. rivener during peared nervous ng his lips and knob from the his automebile, Miss Markey this conversation from one 3 Miss Markey also detailed another conversation which took place on the vieus to the tragedy t Serivener came to her hout 845 o'clock and to have something on his He sald he was very tired and ned d worried. Upon cross-examin fng asked her It Serivener's conduct had any bearing on her decision not to marry him. To this she replied in even tones, “I just found out marry Mr. Serivener Horning press tion, Mr. Horn I didn’t want to 1 her to find ont d any materfal change Serivener's attitude over the period he had known her. She said that he much more worried in ry of 1926 pan he was in January of 1925, and d not seem the same he long awaited testimony of Miss Helen Barnes Parker. pretty apher of McLean, Va have married Scrivener net his death, began at 12:15. Coroner Nevitt opened the testimony with the following line of questions Q. How long had you known Serit ener? A stenog was to day he Approximately 11 months. Q. Where did vou meet him? A. At a soclal gathering. Q. Were yvou to marry A. Yes, on October 13. Q. Was another date ever set? A. Yes, a later date of October 30 Had Ring and License. “Did talk over where would ou wers mar. you liv ever fter Q. yur only plans were to take the Hotel Martinique.” Wi time and where were to be n £ CAL S 0 < at the residence of Dr. Wilfrey . “DId he tell you he had the ring license Q. “Did he give you a ring?" A. “Yes. Q. “How did it fit?” A. “It was loose.” Q. “Was there any over the size of the ring A. “He apologized and said should have asked me the size™ When crossexamined by Mr. Horn ing, Miss Parker told of meeting Serjv ener for the last time at Eightesnth conversation he | street and Pennsylvania avenue, wher he took her to her home in Virginia She said that he looked the same to Ler ax alwuys d. Miss Parker became confused uid testified haltingly when Mr. Hornin usked her if she had ever asked Sci ener for an engagement ring betwes the time thee were engaged and the time that was set for tha marriage Mr. Horning then asked her they had planned te he married secretly and she said they hadn't de cided. Mr. Parker Witness Becomes Conf drew from Mies Serfvener had ashed her what she was golog 1 wesr ut the wedding and she b replied she hud decided on a blue dress. She sald she had 1u tended to take a week off witho pay for her honeymoon, but she had not made application for it Miss Parker wax on the stand wut 10 minutes and testifted fn low vole at times appeari: ahashed. She seemed especiallr barraseed when she related that 'h engagement ring did not fit her finger. Following Miss Parker's testimon Detective Kelly and Darnell took the stand separately With unexpected suddenness the heariug was closed and the case went to the jury. Torning the faet t . ‘Among the fisher folk of Erittan maldens, wives and widows each have their own dixtinctive colors for thelr A