Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer, with lowest tem- perature about 32 degrees tonight; to- morrow increasing cloudiness, warmer, Temperature—Highest, 39, at nopn today; lowest, 29, at 7 a.m. today. * Full report on page 9. B Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, No. 30,155, Duteen s D, @ WASHINGTON MORE WITNESSES | SUPPORT FISHING AL OF STEVENS Three Testify They Saw Henry on Beach About Hour of Murders. SIMPSON TRIES IN VAIN TO TRAP THEM ON STAND Cook Tells of Preparing Supper on Slaying Night and Meal the Wext Morning By the Arsoviated Press COURTHOU J.. November * hesses from Lavalette, N. J Yienry Stevens, came tod wort his statement that he $922, when Mrs. Illeanor R. Mills w Klaln with the Rev. Edward W. Hall, Vrother-inlaw of Stevens. Testimo foday placed him there as late as 30:30 o'clock. Mrs, Sarah Wilson, a neighbor in 3922, testified that Stevens came to Yier home about 10:30 o'clock on the hight of September 14 Other Neighbors Testify. ‘The State contends that Mrs. Mills #ud Mr. Hall were killed about 10:20 welock that night Frances Willie VILLE, of w Irs. Stevens sther, ¢ : beach at b 10 o'clock.” Howuard Price said he saw him in front of his home at 955 and Mr. und Mrs. Arthur Applegate said he wis on the beach when they left for thelr home, which they reached at and “about Mre. Anna Stevens' de- sh about his being there the cook told of » heach to evening and she reached Stevens' ¥vanson, parture fo 845 in the Yome when zext mornin; The State oss-examination of the @efense witness was directed to an ef- fort to show that they were confused 88 to the dates. An alleged statement of Applegate to New Jersey police of. fcers was mentioned by Special Pr cutor Simpsen several times during the testimony of the witness, who is & carpenter and enthusiastic fishe man, but Applegate couid not recall naking me of the statements at- tributed to him. He declared he was J during hat perjurer” anber some on September not,” answered the ber Thursday, Sep- remember whether you “Do you Henry Stevens that got supper for Hight 2" S “Do you reniember whether he was Rhere:? Yes, he PPer wWis serv about 6 o'clock, and she went home about 7. anson’s testimon corrobo- Fated the s v u the stand of this year?” on cross- August of asked arty Kenator Simpson examination, 1 av for two weeks In the | T was part of October, friends ith Beach * she said, nine at ¢ name?” 4 Simpson an- pounced in court that Mrs. Fvanson was missing and his line of cross- examination was apparently in the direction of attempting to prove that the defense had hidden witnesses from bis Sent to Boundbrook. Simpson drew from the witness the statement that Mrs, Henry Stevens had teld her to go to Boundbroo S le. four days ago, and there until called to tes. defense. Mrs. Evanson Ly automobile to Bound v the fare he ir d her if any one ed to her about the date, Sep and she said no one brook, - t did you serve for supper on ked the pros: don't remember,” answered the s. arding the time a she left the that night, Simpson u at the clock? becanse 1 worked Btevens asked: by the i remember whether was ut Stevens house the before. Afier ¢ guestions concernin of devs ir ber E witness with the month, dates fore Septem- ow, who ed the witness, who faltering volce examination ex- cept during a few moments when she geemed 1o have been somewhat an- gered by the brusque manner of the prosecutor. Denies She Was in Hiding. we been o, “Isu't it a fact detectives and police have been scarching for you and ‘were unable to find vou? “No." “You £ay You were away for only #wo weeks in the early part of Octo- ber?” “Yes.” *“Was Mr. Stevens at home on Fri. day of the week after the killings?" “Yes." “Was he home on Thursday?” Yes" nd on Wednesday?" continued Simpson In an easy fashion, apparent- & « trap for the witness. " she repiies e home from New York on yr” “What time did you go to the house pn the day after the killings?" “About 9 o'clock.” *What were vou doing there so early “{Continued on Page 4, Column 2) 3 whether Mrs. | UPPER PART OF Demolition of the third floor, attic and second floor celling of the White House, entirely rebuilding them, will be started between March 5 and 25 next, it was disclosed today at the Offices of Public Buildings and Public Parks’ simultaneously with the fssu- ance of specifications to prospective bidders on the work. The exact date for beginning work is dependent on the official family set- tling down in some other part of the city and the time required for the removal of the furnishings, No temporary home has lected by Pre t and Mrs, Coolidg bhut it was said today it 18 probabl The Presi- Coolidge wiil be re- about flve months in home to be provided the speeifications require to be finished within 160 dent and quired to 1 the tempor for them, the work days. Tank Removed for Safety. | The beginning of the work of re. construction will remove one of the causes of worry to those charged with the protection of the President, as it has been known for some time, and, in fact, officlally reported to Con- gress, that the roof was in a danger- ous condition. During times of heavy snowfall it was necessary to keep laborers on the roof to remove the snow. To lessen the weight, and con- sequently the danger, a water tank on the roof was removed some months ago. Generally the new work contem- plates the carrying of the second- story ceiling, third story and new roof on structural steel supported by WHITE HOUSE IS TO BE ENTIRELY REBUILT| |Second Floor Ceiling and All Above to Be Demolished and Replaced—Work to Be Started in Spring. the exterior walls and the interior brick partition. The specifications called to the attention of prospective bidders that the White House Is of masonry construction from the base- ment to the first floor ceiling and from there up it is of frame construction. Must Protect Lower Floors. Detailed requirements are contained In the specifications for the protection of the lower floors while the work is in progress. They call for the erec- tion by the contractor of moisture and dust proof screens and require that outside stairways be erected for the use of workmen during the pro- gress of the pr vill be required to begin work within 10 days otification to him of the acceptance ¢ his bid, He will be required to build a temporary roof over the entre building for protection during the courss of the work and also will have to repair any damage caused to the trees, shrubbery, lawns and rcadways. Work to Be Extensive. The entire third story and roof will be rebuilt. This includes the con- struction of partitions, flooring, wir- ing, installation of pipes for vacuum cleaner systems, screening and weather stripping, the installation of & new water heater for a supply of hot water, and to connect the White House heating. em with the plant In the State, War and Navy Building across the street. The contractor s authorized to be- gin the storing of material within the White House grounds on March 5. The prospective bidders will be al- lowed to examine the building by spe- cial appointment with the director of the Office of Public Building and Pub- lic Parks, PLAN VALUATION OFGAS CONPANES | Utilities Commission to Ask i $50,000 to Carry on Work. Higher Rate Likely. | The Public Utilitles Commission will ask Congress at the forthcoming sesslon to appropriate $50,000 with ch to make an expert valuation of the physical properties of the Washington Gas Light and George- town Gas Light companies, it was learned today at the District Building. The companies some time ago asked the commission to revalue thelr prop- erty, but the request was denied be- cause of the lack of funds to employ experts. Unless Congress grants the appropriation, it was said, the com- mission probably will make its own valuation without the aid of outside experts on valuation. The last valuation was made in May, 1917, as of December 31, 1916. At that time the valuation of the Washington Gas Light Co. was placed at $9,007,873, and the Georgetown company at $829,000, making a total of $9,926,873. Since that time the companies have made a number of extensions in their service and other improvements which have added to the valuation, according to attaches of the commission. Higher Rates Foreseen. A higher valuation probably will re- sult in a slight increase in gas rates, officfals of the commission point out. | A move toward higher gas rates was l made about a month ago, when the Dboard of directors of the Washington 1 s Light Co. arbitrarily raised the | depreclation rate from 9 to 12 cents. | This increase, if allowed, would add approximately $160,000 a year to the operating expenses of the company, accountants of the commission have | figureg, and would provide the com- | pany with a sound argument for high- | er gas rates. The commission, however, through | its executive secretary, Earl V. Fisher, { officially advised the company today | that it had “erred” in increasing the | depreciation accrual, and that the 12. cent rate would not be approved until after an investigation determines that | it is justified. “The Public Utilities Commission has given consideration to your let- ter dated October 30, 1926, wherein the information is submitted that the board of directors of youy company | passed a resolution ine Ing the de- | preciation acerual from 9 to 12 cents | per thousani cubic feet of gas sold,” said the commission’s letter. Rules Company Erred. “The commission is of the opinion that your company erred in arbitra- rily increasing the monthly set-up for maintenance and general amortization { without first making formal applica- | tion to this body. | *“The commission stated in the last | paragraph of the second page of its | order No. 378, dated May 29, 1920, i that at that time it bélleved that no injustice would be done your company i1f the accrual was made on the basis |of 9 cents per 1,000 cubio feet of gas sold. The commission believes that ithe findings and opinions expressed {in this order are to be considered to- get i her. “You are therefore directed to mdke epplication to this commission for au- thority to change the rate of accrual for maintenance and general amorti- rected to make no in the rate By the Assoclated Prees. PARIS, November 22.—Storms, with scarcely a lull between them, are ravaging Southwestern Europe. Ports on both the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts are filled with | battered vessels. The fishing indus. !try is at a standstill. The Riviera again has suffered badly. A tidal wave swept bales of mer- chandise from the wharves at Mar- sellles, damaged the coast road and stopped the operation of the street cars. A wireless communication picked up there frow the Spanish ] PRESIDENT WANTS RIVERLINES PUSHED Urges Development as Fast as Money Can Be Obtained. Hoover Explains Plan. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, November 22.—Presi- dent Coolldge wants development of | the Mississippl waterways for trans- portation purposes to go on as rapidly as financial resources will permit, he says In a letter read today at the convention of the Mississippi Valley Association. The letter follows: “Much to my regret I find it Impos- sible to accept your invitation to make an address at the eighth annual con- vention of the Mississippl Valley As- sociation, to be held in St. Louis the latter part of this month. I cannot refrain, however, from sending a word to emphasize my interest in the princt- pal matter to be considered. “In my messages to Congress T have expressed my opinion that the devel- opment of the waterways of the Miss- issippi for transportation purposes is of great importance to a large section of our country. I want this work to 80 on as rapidly as our financial re- sources will permit. To that end I had an additional item of $10,000,000 put into the present budget. Assoclation Great Ald. “Your assoclation can be most help- ful in erystallizing public sentiment and in considering and suggesting the 's In which your waterways v be improved £o as to furnish the maximum of service to your people and to the Nation at large.” A broader national policy toward the development of the country's in- land waterways and its water re- sources generally, 1S now in course of promulgation. This was disclosed in a prepared address today by Secretary Hoover, here as the principal speaker of the association program. After sketching the offered by creation of a 12,000-mile water transportation system through the heart of the country by the utilization of the Mississippl system, the Great Lakes, and the projected canal to the Atlantic, he touched upon | the controversies involving the latter project with a plea for the exxpendi- ture “of money on cement and steel, rather than upon courts and political agltation.” $120,000,000 More Needed. Mr. Hoover stressed that waterway improvement had to be taken up as a whole, because disconnected though fmproved segments merely put up a “no thoroughfare” sign against barges | tossed Atlantic today told the tale of | The finding was quoted as follows: and vessels fit to serve modern needs. Engineering structures to maintain the desireu levels of the Great Lakes he declared to be entirely possible and | t 1 he estimated that a unified program ' his men battled the waves, with the an advantage by making a payment for completing the opening of the Mississippl system would cost $120,- 000,000 more than aiready has been appropriated and could be attair~d within five years. Benefits to the whole Nation would come, hd asserted, In many ways, one better distribution of population, since relief from freight burdens would check the tendency of people to leave the interior for the seaboard. “These are not new channels that we have suddenly discovered,” he sald. “On our rivers the nacket boats were the pioneers of Western transporta- tion. Our Great Lakes have become a {Heavy Storms and Tidal Wave Ravage Southwest Europe: Shipping Battered steamer Cabo Santa Pola sald the vessel was in distress five miles off Palos. She had lost her propellor and was in need of kelp. The Rhone and most of the other rivers in South- eastern France are rising rapidly. | “The Swiss Canton of Ticano has been visited by a gale, accompanied by a deluge of rain which lasted 24 hours. The rivers rose swiftly and flooded the various lakes. An Italian torpedoboat belonging to lieved to be an Eastman Kodak Co.|Counsel for the count stated that his after the | possibilittes | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D, G, ) ANOTHER PLUNGES FROM MONUMENT; NEARLY HITS GUARD Colored Man Flashes by Offi- | cer So Close He Brushes | His Body. | | TAG TIED TO CLOTHING REVEALS HIM AS B. WARD { Legs Crushed Off by 504-Foot Drop. Second Suicide in Three Days. Anotlier man jumped to his death | from a window atop the Washington | Monument at 1:40 this afternoon, only about 48 hours after Henry C. Ander- ' son, Spanish War veteran, had leaped to eternity from an unguarded portal in the observation tower. He was tdentifled by @ tag tied to his clothes; as B. Ward, colored, of 724 Thirteenth street northeast. The tag, of stout wrapping, was | tled to a buttonhole of his coat, evidently in preparation for the jump. Jump. Two guards and a sightseer, J. J. Jensen of the Department of Agricul- ture, were in the observation tower at the time Ward made his leap, but none of them saw him go over the | ledge. A guard, August Crossant, at the door of the Monument below, missed being hit by the plunging body by inches, Ward flashing past so close that he touched the Euard’s clothing. Lands Feet First. { Apparently Ward landed feet first and, unlike Anderson, who was mashed beyond recognition, only his legs showed outward results of the 504-foot drop from the observation tower to the ground. Both legs were broken, but no other visible signs indicated the | tragedy @f his death. One heel was | ripped off his shoe. Later examination at the morgue, however, showed that most of the bones in his body were broken, Guards Had Turned Back. This is the fourth suicide to occur from the top of the Monument, and the third since 1923, the last two vic- tims before Ward having chosen win- dows through which to hurl them- selves to their death. The first sui- clde was a woman, who leaped down the elevator shaft from a stairway, landing near the top of the Monu- ment. _Ward chose the east window for his traglc exit. Jensen and the two guards had just turned their ba on the man, apparently. None o them noticed him ting queerly Like Anderson he seemed absolutely normal. When they turned again ‘Ward was gone; his body already lay on the concrete almost squarely in front of the entrance to the Monu- ment through which he had walked a short time before Crossant, who narrowly missed being crushed by the falling body, was the same guard who turday morning heard “a pistol shot,” as he thought,| and ran around to the north side of the Monument and found Anderson dead from a deliberate plupge from the top of the Monument. This time, however, the suicide fell directly in front of him. Guard Is Stunned. Crossant's duty is at the entrance to the Monument. He was there, as usual, except that this time he was outside getting some air. He felt a sudden rush and then a heavy object brushed his clothes. Stunned for a second, he looked to the pavement to see Ward's hody huddled before him, the man having been killed instantly. An ambulance was summoned from Emergency Hospital, but there was nothing for the doctors to do. Ward was about 40 vears of age. The morgue was notjfied and the body was ordered rethoved immediately. Guards recalled seelng Ward enter the Monument during the early after- noon. No other visitors arrived at that time and the elevator did not make a trip, so it is safely assumed that the man walked the long flights | of stairs to the scene of his self.| inflicted execution. All elevator men | were certain that they had not had Ward as a passenge! CRIPPLED SHIP BATTLES STORM FOR 30 HOURS Radio Tells of Grim Fight With Death by British Freighter Aldworth. By the Assoctated Press. LONDON, November ing radio signals from ~—Sputter- e storm- | a grim fight by the crew of the Rritish frefghter Aldworth to save i their ship In face of seeming death. For 80 hours Capt. Caldicott and | vessel in momentary danger of found- | | ering—superstructure, boats and bridge | smashed, and two holds and the en- | gine room flooded. The Cunarder Andania reached the Aldworth in answe= to distress signals, ! but the captain and crew refused to | leave the Aldworth. Finally, after hours of anxiety and peril, the sea ! abated and the Aldworth got under ‘way toward Queenstown, convoved by the American steamer West Eldara. The Aldworth, a steel vessel of | 8,369 tons, left Norfolk for Queens- town November 4. - THREE BURN TO DEATH IN APARTMENT FIRE By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 22, —Three persons were burned to death, 19 others were injured , two seriously, and a Japanese house boy is missing in a fire which early today destroyed |the Rangely Apartments, a three- istory wooden structure at 723 West, { Third street. | Police and firemen began a search | of the ruins shortly after daylight for i the body of the Japanese. No one re- ported having seen him after the fire i started at 3 a.m. and police considered }it possible he may have escaped. The dead are: W. Rockwell, 51, be- MONDAY, NOVEMBER | Democratic statement quoted Justice | political assessment as the price of 29 —ay ¢ Foening Star, 1926—FORTY-TWO PAGES. DAME SLUSH AND BRIBE CHARGED N MAINE: Probe Demanded, With G. 0. P. Senate Control Hing- " ing on Nov. 29 Election. ! @ By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Me. 22— November { With Republican control of the Sen- ate depending on the special election in this State on November 29, Arthur R. Gould. Republican nominee, was faced today with charges of exceed- ing legal expenses in the recent pri- mary and with having given a $100,- 000 bribe several years ago to the premier of New Brunswick. In addition, there was a demand before Senator Reed of Missouri for a Federal inquiry into the primary situation here. Fighting back at his opponents, Mr. Gould said that the bribe story was old, and asserted the money had been paid by former business associates in a railroad construction project as a political campaign contribution and without his knowledge. Investigation Reviewed. The charges were contained in a statement issued by a committee as- soclated with the campaign of Falton J. Redman, Democratic senatorial nominee. The statement reviewed the investigation cenducted by Chief Justice Harrison A. McKeown of the provinve, in which the jurist charae- terized the payment to Premier J. K. Flemming as a “bribe.” Secretary of State Frank Ball at Augusta announces a hearing for next Friday on a petition filed Satur- day by Rev. A. F. Leigh of Randolph. The clergyman, prominent in the Ku Klux Klan organization in this State, charged \Gould had exceeded the $1,500 campaign expense allowed by law. Gould recently filed an expense account . which showed disbursements of $1,324. The Klan was credited with having supported another candidate in the primary, which determined the nom- inee to succeed the late Senator Bert Fernald. Mr. Gould won decisively over three opponents, while Mr. Red- man was unopposed for the Demo- cratic nomination. Gould's supporters today charged his accusers with unfair and eleventh hour tactics and asserted that even if there were any reason for re- moving a candidate’s me from the ballots it would be physically impos- sible to do so, since all have been mailed to the varlous cities and towns throughout the te. Gould, in denying the bribe story, sald it was “another cheap attempt to dig up some ghost in an effort to bring votes to the Democratic party.” The Democratic charges went back to 1910, when Gould was interested in the construction of the St. John Valley and Quebec Raflway. The McKeown's finding, in which Gould’s testimony that the money was a getting railroad legislation through Parliament was called into question. “Mr. Gould represents the payment | as practically forced from him. I am | not so sure that this is so. T think he was only too ready to purchase of such a nature. Intention Called Deliberate. “Added to this the fact the premier was looking after this railway busi- ness himself confirms me in my belief that Mr. Gould deliberately set out by the payment of this money to make his position secure and to evade the consequences of future defaults, should any be made by him, by plac- ing the most trusted public officlal in the province under his control.” Gould said the evidence, taken be- fore a royal commission, had been given when he was endeavoring to obtain payment of $400,000 which the province still owed him and his asso- clates. He further asserted that when Premier Clarke, a_successor of Flemming, sought an additional con- tribution of $50,000, he advised his associates to reject the demand and that as a result legislation was passed which “put us out of business.” In addition, he said the Supreme Court of Canada, before which his associates unsuccessfully sued the province, failed to find any bribery or attempt at bribery Salm Suit Postponed. | NEW YORK, November 22 (#).— | The separation suit of Count Ludwig Salm Hoogstraeten from his wife, the former Millicent Rogers, set for today, was postponed until latér in the week. the anti-smuggling service, was forced |official of New York State; Mrs. W.|client was on board the Homeric, due | to take refuge at the Swiss village of Magadine, on Lake Magglore, Rockwell. Flizabeth Stage, 60, be- Hevel {rom Linceln, Neb. fn New York either Wednesday or Thursday., DEMOCRACY’S DILEN Ex-Kaiser Is Sick With Severe Cold, Making Body Stiff By the Assoclated Press. DOORN, Holland, November 22.— Former Emperor William of Ger- many is confined to his bed by a severe cold, which has settled through his body so that he cannot move. It was stated that his con- dition is painful, but that he is in no immediate danger. After a slight indisposition, the ex-Kalser on Friday was allowed to go outdoors. Saturday he caught the cold which resulted in his pres- ent {llness. Princess Hermine, his wife, is a frequent visitor to the sick room. Willlam is 67. U. S. DEPUTY’S OFFICE REPORTED ATTACKE Federal Attorney in Illinois Orders Probe of Rumored Machine Gun Assault. By the Associated Press. EAST ST. LOUIS, NI, November 22.—United States District Attorney Harold Baker today ordered an fmme- diate investigation of fragmentary reports that the office of Deputy United States Marshal Zach Leitsch at Harrisburg, Saline County, was 1 machine-gunned by gangsters Satur- day night and again Sunday night. ‘The attack, which was reported to have been made by men in several automobiles, is the first directed against an agent of the Federal Gov- ernment in the southern Illinois gang ‘warfare. FLIGHT TO PANAMA IS AGAIN DELAYED Reports of Bad Weather in Carib- bean Sea Halts Start of Nor- folk-to-Canal Hop. By the Assoclated Press. NORFOLK, Va., Discouraging reports of unsettled weather in the Carfbbean Sea caused postponement again today of the Navy’'s non-stop flight from Hampton Roads to Panama. Lieut. Comdr. H. C. Bartlett, com- manding the two PN-10 planes which will take off on the attempted 2,200- mile trip, announced today that they will not begin the long hop until weather conditions in the Caribbean Sea have cleared up. This they do not expect before tomorrow or Wed- nesday. Ship to Take Up Statlon. PANAMA, November 22 (#).—The commandant of the Panama naval district has received orders from the Navy Department at Washington to prepare to receive the two ,naval PN-10 seaplanes, due to start on a non-stop flight from Nerfolk, Va., to Colon. ’ The Navy minesweeper Swan has heen ordered to take up a station be- tween Cuba and New Providence Is- 'land, in the Bahama group, to watch for the planes. —_— EASY DIVORCE HIT BY CHICAGO JUDGE By tho Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 22.—An edict against easy divorce was pronounced today by Judge Marcus A. Kavanaugh, dean of Chicago jurists, as he took over his assignment as judge of the Divorce Court. “In hearing divorce cases I am go- ing to make it a rule that the cause must be proved, and residence here established. Chicago should not have her good name tarnished by floaters drifting into the city and pretending residence to which they are not en- titled.” “One of the main reasons for the throbbing unrest which lles behind most separations {s want of a home.” said the judge. “There are few di- vorces among people who own thelr homes. “Today the strongest recollection children have of their home is the picture of a moving van on May 1. Three-fourths of the defendants in criminal courts come from broken homes, cansed by death, desertion or divorce. November 22.— “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 th %9 () Means Associated e papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 100,137 Sunday’s Circulation, 110,457 Press. [ TWO CENTS. OIL TRIAL OPENS; JURY COMPLETED INASHORT TIME Panel of Twelve Men Chosen Soon After Court Resumes This Afternoon. FALL AND DOHENY APPEAR AT EASE IN COURTROOM Inquiries Made Into Walsh's \ IRULING DEPRIVES | LUSBY OF ONE 108 Cannot Be Disbursing Officer for District and National Guard, McCarl Decides. A. TUnless Congress makes specific ap- propriation and changes the present statutes, Maj. James R. Lusby, after June 30, 1927, can no longer hold the dual position of disbursing officer for the District of Columbia and for the District of Columbia National Guard, nor can he continue to pay out certain travel funds for the Fire De- partment and the National Guard, it was ruled by Controller General Me- Carl in three decisions made public today. Maj. Lusby cannot continue to hold his dual post as disbursing officer for two separate organizations, the ruling held, because of a law which prohibits pavment to an individual of “more | than one salary when the combined | amount of the salarfes exceeds the sum of $2,000 per year.” As disbursing officer for the District, it was shown, he recelves $3,000 a_year. As disburs: ing officer for the National Guard he has been recelving $900 a year. Allowance Is Explained. Gen. Anton Stephan, in charge of the District National Guard, today ex- plained that Mr. Lusby receives “an allowance” of ‘$75 a month as certifled to him by the War Department. It cannot be called exactly a salary, he declared. He said that the money is drawn through a regular pay voucher, however, and Mr. Lusby is docked if he is absent, as other employes. The McCarl decision sald that ft was “desirable” that the two posts should be held by one individual in the District of Columbia, as it is sim- flarly held in States “having a rela- tively small National Guard.” On this account, it was sald, no curtail- ment would be made in the salary of Maj. Lusby, as often is done in cases where a disbursing officer or other Government employe has been over- pald, or overdrawn his account. “That an opportunity may be af- forded to present the matter to Con- gress, for its consideration, “said the decision,” payments to Mr. Lusby as United States property and disbursing officer to and including June 30, 1927, will be passed to his credit, and not thereafter unless ‘specifically author- wredlsk;z' law,’ as required by the act o Travel Expenses Questioned. Under a second decision. McCarl questioned the legality of payment of travel expenses to O. E. Fearn, super- intendent of machinery of the Fire Department, for a trip to Louisville, Ky., and Indianapolis, for the purpose of “inspecting motor fire apparatus and appliances and investigating fire department repair shop practice.” The account was credited in Lusby’s record, but warning was served by McCarl that “credit will not be allowed for traveling expenses in- curred after June 30, 1926, under Dis- trict of Columbla appropriations not specifically or by necessary implica- tion providing therefor.” In a third decision, the controller payments by Lusby to sergeants of the National Guard, and allowed vouchers previously questioned paying traveling expenses of officers attending National Guard conferences. The payments disallowed included one to Sergt. P. F. Briggs for $4.80 for expenses for accompanying a patient from Virginia Beach, Va., to Walter Reed Hospital and return, and one of $9 to Sergt. Lloyd F. Meeds from | Washington to Cleveland, Ohio, and return for the “purpose of attending the national matches.” GAS FROM U. S. COAL KEEPS LONDON WARM | Fuel Delivered in English Metrop- olis Now Costs About $20 a Ton. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November 22.—London of late has been cooking and keeping warm partly with gas made from American coal. This is due to the tle- up in the British coal industry. There are 1,250,000 consumers in the London Gas Light and Coke Co. district. American gas coal dellvered here costs about $20 a ton. London is using more gas now _than at any other time in history. Many thousands of persons have been in- stalling gas heaters as fast as possible since the first cold snap arrived, and the announcement was made that under the new government rationin, system each household was to be [1owed only a hundredweight of -fuel I wedkly, ger ral made final disallowance in two | Radio Speech and Novel Refer- ring to Harding Regime. Selection of the 12 men to consti tute the jury in the Clovernment': case against Alert B. Fall of New Mexico, former Secretary of the In- !terfor, and Edward L. Doheny, o magnate of Los Angeles, charged with | conspiracy to defraud the ¥nited States In connection with the lease of '(he naval ofl reserve at Elk Hill 1 Calif.,, was completed at 2:30 o'clock al Division ! of the District Supreme Court. ’ The jury as finally constituted con sists of the following: Herbert Via, 1331 Perry place. | Henry D. Byers of 171 Newto: | street. William B. Farmer, ! southeast. George B. northeast. Christian street. Alphonso ¥ tleth street. Henry J. Brigss, avenue. iy Stephen _ Vermillion, | street northeast Clinton « street. Bernard £. street. e Martin Winfield, Building As ation. Chester M. Parker. The jury was completed after boti sides had exercised several challenges ! Included among those challenged were | two talesmen who had stated under ex amination that inquiries had been made about them through their | families and neighbors. One of them | declared questions had been asked of his wife regarding his standing by “somebody” and tha other told of a | neighbor formation fense in exercising two challenges ex {cused hboth of these men from | turther duty with the jury. Eleven men were left in the box as the result of the morning's work The celebrated which grew out { this afternoon in Cr i 1235 W stree Cobb, 2018 Third street Vogel, 101 Longfellow Parker, 2863 Twen 240 Rhode Island 1156 Fifth arver, 136 Emerson Snow, 3709 Thirteenth Perpetual of the Senate oil investigation, at- tracted a large crowd. After U. S. Attorney Peyton Gordon had made a short state it identify- iIng the case, the examination of the Jurors from the regular panel of Crim- inal Division No. 1 was begun. The counsel for the Government made no reterence in court to tha announced inquiry by Maj. Gordon into mysterious telephone calls at homes of prospective jurors, but when attorney Frank J. Hogan, chief coun- sel for Doheny, examined the first juror he asked if the talesman’'s wife had been annoyed by any telephons calls. He received an answer of no. Much stress was laid by Hogan in the examination of the talesmen on & published story that jurors were sit ting up_ at night called “Revelry v described as defaming the name of late President Ilarding. The jurors were also asked about hearing a radio speech by Senator Thomas J. Walsh ‘Some two years ago concerning the oil case. Inquiry as to whether the tales- men would permit their politica ligious affillations, or the question of wealth and prominence to interfere with the rendering of a verdict was made by counsel for the defense. Questioned About Police. Attorney Wilton J. Lambert, r!{lel counsel for Mr. Fall, asked the tales men about their acquaintance with members of the Police Department and especially with officers in the precincts where the talesmen reside. Lambert was anxious that the | prospective jurors say whether they would give the benefit of the doubt to | the accused, but Justice Hoehling, on objection by Maj. Gordon, sald he | would take care of that in his in- ! structions to the jury. | Maj. Gordon conducted the aques. tioning for the prosecution. He in | quired if the men had formed or ex- | pressed an opinion s to the gufit or | finocence ot the accused and wheth er they were acquainted with the de- fendants or thelr counsel. Maj. Gor don appeared content when the tales men answered that they would bLe governed by the evidence as they heard it in the courtroom and by the law a8 explained in the charge of Justice Hoehling at the end of the trial. ‘The first talesman to be excused was Robert E. Kenney, a_clerk in the | Riggs Natlonal Bank. Kenney, ex- i plained that Mr. Hogan is counsel | for the bank and Justice Hoehling |allowed him to stand aside. Another excused was Joseph P. Locke, elec | trical engineer employed by the Times | Herald, for which Attorney Wilton J. Lambert is counsel. Defense Not Blamed. Attorney Owen J. Roberts, chief prosecutor for the Government with | Atlee Pomerene, stated before the ltrial began that he was convinced that the so-called mysterlous telephone | calls to the homes of jurors had not come from any one connected with the defendants or their counsel. There was nothing to indicate any attempt to reach the jurors for the purpose of impeding or obstructing justice, Mr. Roberts said. Long before the appointed hour of 10 oclock a small crowd commenced to congregate in the corridors outside the little courtroom. Camera men, barred from the Court House, waited outside to snap the de fendants and array of counsel as they prepared to enter the building about 15 minutes before the trial com- menced. Soon the small courtroom, scene of one of the most notable criminal trials held here in recent years, begar: to be janimed with spectators and wit (Continued on Page 3, Column %) Radio programs—Page 36 ‘h