Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1926, Page 2

BUILDING PROBLEM PUT UPTO DISTRICT City Officials Must Evolve Housing Plans for Offices | in Way of U. S. Project. The problem of providing for the varfous District of Columbia agencies | that will have to vacate existing quar- ters to make way for new Federal structures south of Pennsylvania ave- nue. was carefully gone over by the Public Buildings Commission in con- | ference with Engineer Commissioner | Bell. today, but no change was made in/He decision arrived at by the com- on 10 days ago to place one dy Federal buildings directly south | e District Building. i man Smoot of the Public! Commission, stated, follow- | ing the meeting, that it would be left | to the municipal officials to recommend | to Congress a plan for hov~' g the | municipal institutions that siind in the way of the Government building program. . Senator Smoot declared that he would co-operate with the Commis- gloners, but that it would be their function to initiate a proposal for ad- ditional buflding space for the city government. Market Also Discussed. The relocation of the farmers’ mar- ket, which must be moved from the triangle south of Perinsylvania ave- nue, also was ™ i o discussed. Senator Smoot said the Public Buildings Com- mission may join with the District government in recommending the site to be purchased for the farmers. He indicated that a conclusion had been reached as to the most desirable site, but stated that its location should not be made known until negotiations looking to its purchase had been start- ed. The Commission also turned its at- tention today to what will prove to be one of the most troublesome prob- lems in connection with the Federal bullding program, namely, where to house temporarily Federal bureaus, including hundreds of emploves who are now occupying the buildings that are to be torn down between Four- teenth and Fifteenth streets, Penn- sylvania avenue and B street. This large area has been designated as the site for the new bullding for the Department of Commerce and Justice. Survey Is Ordered. Senator Smoot indicated today that the Commission does not know at this time what provision will be made for these Federal bureaus, but said a sur- vey has been ordered to determine where they might be housed while the new structures are being erected. These agencles include the income tax unit, the Coast Guard Service and branches of Internal Revenue on Pennsylvania averfue. The Public Buildings Commission has some- vacant buildings in the group of dormitories on Union Station plaza, but members of the commission said these buildings are not very well suited for office use. Although Senator Smoot said it was for the Commissioners to recommend where they want additional buildings for the municipal government, he stated in answer to questions that he still believes the municipality should take in the Southern Railway rquare just east of the District Build- ing. Proposal Borne Out. This proposal also was borne out by the fact that the commission to- day made no change in its former de- cision to put the general supply bulfld- ing and the Department of Labor directly south of the District Bullding, between D street and B street. This particular area has been looked upon in the past as a logical one for the expansion of the District Building. The importance of obtaining one or more new municipal structures with- out delay becomes apparent when it 18 realized that the following mu- nicipal agencies will have to move when the new Federal buildings are started: No. 1 police station and the municipal lodging house, on Twelfth street; No. 16 engine company and No. 8 truck company, the former on D street and the latter on Fourteenth street; the House of Detention, oc- cupying the old Emergency Hospital on Ohlo avenue; the Traffic Bureat und the District Employment Agency, on Pennsylvania avenue between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. In addition to these branches, there remains the already crowded condi- ‘ion of the office forces in the present District Buflding. No Changes Made. Senator Smoot stated today that no changes were made in the compre- hensive plan agreed upon 10 days ago, under which it was decided to ask “ongress to acquire all of the private 1y owned land between Pennsylvania avenue and B street and as far east s Third street, nor were any changes made in the locations announced pre- viously for of the new Federal bulldings that are to go in that tri- ungle, Senator Smoot said that on the first day of the session of Congress he would introduce a bill calling for the necessary authorization to completo the purchase by the Government of the triangle. additional funds, however, will be asked for at the short session. The commission already has money in the initial appropriation made at the last session tq get the building program, started. GUSTAV GIESLER DEAD. ‘Former Grocer and Proprietor of Bowling Alleys. Qustav A Gilesler, who formerly onducted a bowling alley near the American League base ball park, at Seventh and Florida avenue, and, who was widely known in this city, where he had been a lifelong resident, died tn Garfleld Hospital yesterday. He had been in failing health for several months, but had been seriously ill only & short while. Mr. Glesler was at one time in the grocery business with his father, the iats Danfel Gierler, at Eighth and R streets, for about 20 years. He also at one time ran a bowling alley on E street. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Katherine A. Hhomas. Funeral services will be conducted in the 8. H. Hines Co. funeral home, 2801 Fourteenth street, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery. SHEFFIELD PAYS CALL. Makes Courtesy Visit to Foreign Minister Saenz. MEXICO CITY. November 30 (F).— Ambassador James R. Sheffield, who has just returned to his post here after a visit in the United States, yes- torday made the customary formal oourtesy call on Foreign ~Minister Saens at the Mexican foreign office. The greetings were entirely pleas- ant, and no reference was made to any of the pending questions between the two governments. As soon as the Mexioan government makes an ap- pointment the Ambassador will make a similar formal courtesy oal on Fresident Calles, S PAUL CLAUDEL. LAUDEL APPROVED SEWDTOLLS. Paris Sends Present Ambas- sador to Japan to Succeed Berenger Here. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November £0.—The cabinet. today ratified Foreign Minister Briand's choice of Paul Claudel, now Ambassador to Japan, to succeed Henry Berenger as Ambassador to the United States. M. Berenger re- fused to accept further extension of his appointment to the post on the ground that his work in connection with the debt-funding agreement was completed. Official declaration of M. Claudel's appointment is withheld, subject to the usual acceptance on the part of the Washington Government. He is a veteran diplomat, having filled various important posts since the be- ginning of his diplomatic career 36 years ago, when he served in the French consulates in New York and Boston. = M. Claudel, in addition to his diplo- matie work, has gained recognition as a poet. He is 58 years old. BOY BLAMES DRINK FORSTARTING FIRE Juvenile Court Continues Case Involving Blaze at Store to Get More Data. Following a drink of whisky given him, it was said, by a roomer in his mother's house, Paul McGraw, 14 years old, 903 Thirteenth street, walk- ed barefoot to the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. store at 912-14 Twelfth street, where he set fire to a pile of rubbish in the basement, he testified before Judge Kathryn Sellers in Juvenile Court this morning, where he was be- ing tried for arson, preferred against him by Patrolman Q. E. Heyne of the first precinct, who arpested him at his home early Sunday morning while firemen fought the blaze. Following that testimony, Judge Sellers continued the case for 30 days, pending a_mental observation of the boy at Galllnger Hospital and a more thorough investigation of the facts surrounding the boy's employment. When asked by Judge Sellers why he set fire to the store, young Mec- Graw at first gave evasive replies, but as detailed questions were put to him he declared that he had worked for P. H. Bartman, manager of the store, at odd hours and that he was paid 25 cents for two hours’ work of cleaning up the store and delivering parcels. Last Saturday night, the boy testified, Bartman did not pay him when it came time for him to leave the store and the two had an argument. The boy went from the store to.| his home, where a man he named gave him a drink of whisky, he as- serted, after which McGraw went to bed. A little later he got up, put on an overcoat and walked to the store, where he started the fire in the rub- bish heap in the cellar. Heyne, the policeman, testified that he discovered the fire and turned in the alarm. Then he remembered having seen the barefoot, overcoated boy in the neighborhood just prior to his discovery. His suspicions aroused, Heyne went to the boy's home, where the lad admitted his gullt. Bartman, the store manager, was not in court today, but he will be summoned to appear when the trial is resumed. UNIONISTS LOSE APPEAL. CHARLESTON, W. Va., November 30 (#).—Three district officials of the United Mine Workers lost their ap- peal from jail sentences and fines, when the State Supreme Court today refused them writs of error from the decision of the Monongalia County Circuit Court. The union leaders, S. Sanford Snyder, Ish Barnes and Por- ter Bennett, were adjudged in con- tempt by the lower court for alleged violation of an injunction prohibiting picketing activities on the property of the Monongelia Valley Coal Co. Snyder and Barnes were each sen- tenced to 80 days’ Imprisonment and fined $200, while Bennett was given 10 days and fined $50. THE EVENING WVINTYRE DEPICTS - FILIPINS” NEEDS Says Balanced Development Is Retarded by Flaws in Land Laws. ‘The lack of outside capital, adequate labor and necessary land legislation is blocking the balanced development of the Philippine Islands, asserted Maj. Gen. Frank Mclntyre, chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, in his annual report, made public today. No direct reference is made by the general to the independence movement now afoot in the islands, but in com- { menting upon the disagreement exist- ing between the governor, Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, and the Philippine Legislature, he says, “This, perhaps, 1s not an ideal situation, but it rather | assists than militates against an eco- nomical operation of the government and has rather assisted the rehabilita- tion of the finances of the govern- ment than interfered therewith.” A “reasonable amendment” of the land and immigration laws of the is- lands, Gen. Mclntyre stated, permit- ting a “controlled and limited flow of agricultural labor,” would attract out- side labor and result in advantages largely to the benefit of the present oc- cupants of the islands. No Land Action. “The land laws have not been amended In the serious way to at- tract capital,” he finds. ‘‘The neces- sity for such amendment is gener- ally appreciated by the people in the islands and by the Legislature, but there has been injeéted into the con- sideration of this subject a political consideration prompted by people in the United States having contrary interests or who believe that the in- troduction of capital would delay the separation of the islands from the United States. This thought from the outside has found lodgment in the minds of many of those who at pres- ent control legislation in the Philip- pine Islands, with the result that no serious action has been taken under the authorization of Congress.” The authorization referred to is pro- vided for in the organic law of 1915, recognizing the difficulties of passing laws.in Washington affecting land d immigration questions, which, n. Mclntyre says, ‘'should be governed by the needs of the islands and not by conditions in the United States which necessarily affect such legi: tion here.” The organic law author- ized the Philippine Legislature to en- act land and immigration laws, sub- ject to the approval of the President. Economically, he finds 1925 the first normal year since 1915, as the islands during tho intervening time have been more or less abnormal, due to the ‘World War and subsequent reactions. In 1925 the United States Treasury transmitted to the islands $14,500,000 (largely in connection with the Army and Navy contingents there) for dis- oursements. The total taxes collect- ed there amounted to about $44,000,- 000. The total exports were approxi- mately $149,000,000; the total imports ahout $120,000,000, while the circula- tion in the islands was about $66,- 000,000. These figures are misleading, Gen. Melntyre adds, as an analysis shows that the progress in the jslands has en “largely due to the initiative of the government and the actual in- vestment of the government in pro- ductive enterprises,” and to the fact that there has been practically no in- vestment of outside capital there in the 10-year period. The large balance of trade in favor of the islands is accounted for in the foreign investments there, the increase on Philippine deposits abroad, interest paid on Philippine debentures and other factors. Porto RI on the otker hand, Gen. McIutyre says, is also confront- ed with peculiar problems which must be solved. Although there has been a steady progress in that island, it was faced during the year by a depression in the sugar industry which caused a reduction in revenues and an incre: of unemployment, a situation already acute. As a solution, Gen. McIntyre advo- cated not only a budget that will bal- ance in normal years, but also a sur- plus which will meet fluctuations in revenues, which is inimical to a one- crop area, as is sugar in the case of Porto Rico. Gen. Mclntyre, in recognizing that the most serious-problem confronting the Porto Ricans was that of unem- ployment caused by overpopulation, stressed the opportunities afforded them in continental United States. The Porto Ricans, he points out, are United States citizens ang free to pass from State to State without restric- tion. A universal training of the vouth in Porto Rico, he held, would enable them to recognize these op- portunities. V. 0. HUMPHREY SUES.. TO ANNUL MARRIAGE Alleges Mrs. Humphrey Had Un- divorced Husband Living at Date of Their Wedding. Volney 'O. Humphrey, 1700 Irv- ing street northeast, today filed suit in the District Supreme Court to have declared void his marriage on August 1, 1924, in Alexandria, Va., to Mrs. Ella Price Humphrey, 1241 Evarts street northeast. It was alleged by Humphrey that his wife was lawfully wedded to Harry Willlam Beehrle at the time of the ceremony and he was misled into the marriage upon false representations. The suit further afleged that the de- fendant was married in this city Sep- tember 23, 191§, to Beehrle and that no divorce had been awarded either party prior to the Virginia marriage. Humphrey claims Beehrle was still living when he entered into the cere- mony and his wife well knew this fact. Attorneys Raymond Neudecker and Willlam C. Ashford appear for the husband. Charles Watson Allen Dies. BOSTON, November 30 (P).— Charles Watson Allen, former presi- dent of Little, Brown & Co., Boston book publishers, died at his home here yesterday. During the visit of Charles Dickens to this country, Mr. Allen served the author as a private courier to rush his proofs to and from the printers. Married 46 Years, Wife Asks Divorce; Husband Beat Horse. Then Her. She Says After a married life of 46 years Mrs. Maggie M. Fenton, 1240 Morse street northeast, today filed suit for a limited divorce from John W. Fen- ton, wholesale butcher, who lives at 1415 West Virginia avenue northeast. They were married at Baltimore, M July 29, 1880, and have five children, all grown. During the past 20 vears, the wife tells the court, through Attorney Harry F. Kennedy, she has lived in almost constant fear of her life. In September, 1907, she says, her hus- band secured an affidavit from two physicians which caused her to be detained at St, Elzabeth's for s week until her counsel obtained her release. December 14, 1925, Mrs. Fenton states, she remonstrated with her hus- band ana tried to get him to desist from beating his horse. He became 80 angry, she says, that he threw her down on the stone floor and knocked her head against it, She fled into the house, but was followed by him, she avers, and was beaten into uncon- sciousness and shoved under the bed, where she was found the next morn- ing by their son. 5 The Fentons own the Morse street house jointly, and the wife asks the|an atmosphere as breathable as ordi- court for an accounting by her hus- » Willlam . Green, 19 yvears old, stu- gdent of American’ University, who lives at 1860 Mintwood Pla put TR STAR, WASHINGTO! McKENNA LEFT/$40,000. |PRINCESSES UNDER KNIFE| Estate of Late Jurist to Go to Four Children. The will of Joseph McKenna, retired associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, was admitted to pro- bate today by Justice Stafford of the District Supreme Court and letters were granted to his son, Frank B. Mc- Kenna. The estate, consists entirely of personal property and is valued at $40,000. Under the will the estate is to be distributed equally among the four children of the late jurist. A desk used by Justice McKenna while on the Supreme Court bench is left by the will to Attorney Robert F. Cogswell, who was his secretary for many years. CAUSE OF BARBEE KILLING DISPUTED Witnesses Disagree on Which Side Provoked Row That Led Rule to Shoot. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 30.— Four additional prosecution witnesses today substantially corroborated previ- ous testimony in the trial of Richard ! Henry Rule, 22 years old, of 1627 Six-| teenth street, Washington, charged | with murder in connection with the | shooting at a boys’ camp on the Colesville Pike, October 30, of Wil- liam J. Barbee, 19, of 18 Vernon street, following a fight that grew out of a jest when two groups met. Conflicts in testimony, given by | members of the two groups of Hal- loween parties, arose only over the question of which side_actually pro- voked the argument and fight, and as to the exact position of a number of youths in the party of the slain boy at the time of the Killing. Liquor Is Admitted. Witnesses from both groyps ad- mitted that there had been a small quantity of liquor in their possession early in the evening on Halloween and that a small quantity had heen drunk by several. They all insisted, however, that the amount consumed was not sufficlent in any case to cause intoxication. on the stand to show that the mem- bers of the Barbee crowd had been invited informally to attend a dance of the Pi Phi fraternity, which was being held in the vicinity of Burnt Mills, Md. Losing their way, he said, they stopped at the clubhouse rented by Rule and his friends, to ask their way. He said he did not go to the house with Barbee and the others, and did not see the shooting. Bert W. Kennedy, Falkstone Ceurts, said Rule took offe when members of the former’s party made Jjesting remarks about the Scottish kilt costume, which was worn by the defendant. Rule said that he had been insulted, the witness stated, and “jumped” at Samuel F. Perkins and the two rolled on the ground in a fight. No Attempt to Escape. The other witness this morning was Leslie Burnet Quick, 17 years old, 8020 Porter street, who told the court that after the shooting Rule made no attempt to escape and invited two of Barbee's friends to stay at the club- house with him until police arrived. Quick said his companion, Kugene Abadie, had suggested to Rule that his girl companions and their chap- erone be taken home before police ar- rived and that if they had any liquor there it be destroyed. The witness added that a half gallon jar partly full of whisky was thrown out. Donald Dow Randolph 3 member of Rule’s party, cor! the statement of Quick regarding the liquor. He also described the Hal- loween party preceding the arrival of the Barbee group. Clash Marks Special Session. A special session last night was marked by ‘long debates and clashes between opposing counsel. The climax came when the State’s attorney ac- cused the defense of s ting Wwit- nesses in order to prevent them from testifying for the State, and the de- fense charged that the State's attor- ney was attempting to present de- fense witnesses as a part of the prose- cution. No decision was announced. Although .the defense attempted to break down his testimony, Henry Bowles Dalby, 2138 California avenue, a friend of Barbee.and a member of his barty, maintained the defendant provoked the quarrel that preceded the shooting. Dalby stated that his party was trying to find a barn dance and had merely stopped by the boys’ club to ask directions. He said that he, Barbee and Samuel Perkins had had one drink early in the evening, but stated that it was not sufficient | to produce intoxication. Policeman William 1. Vermillion of the thirteenth precinct, who arrested | Rule shortly after the shooting, testi- fled that he detected the odor of “corn liquor” on the prisoner. Both Vermillion and his companion officer, Frank J. Schoville, stated that Rule voluntarily submitted to arrest and admitted that he had killed Barbee, explaining he had fired only in self- defense when assaulted by members of the Barbee crowd. Maj. George O. Totten, Washing- ton architect, who employed Rule as a draftsman, stated that the defend- ant had an “excellent” reputation for peace and good order. Youth Describes Party. Edwin Hunter, 18 years old, 518 Shepherd street, gave a description of the Halloween party prior to the arrival of the Barbee group, and Wil- liam F. Terry, 18 years old, of Bates | road northeast, told of the arrival of Barbee and his companions, but said he did not see the shooting. Declaring he had evidence that would warrant his asking a verdict of guilty on the murder charge, State's Attorney Cissel presented his case to the jury and recounted the incidents leading up to the shooting. He said that he would prove that, following a remark from a member of the Barbee party regarding a Scottish costume worn by Rule, a struggle took place between Samuel Perkins and Rule and that Rule then challenged any one to a fight and shot Barbee as he stepped forward to accept the chal- lenge. Defense Attorney Welsh stated that he proposed to show that the defendant had purchased a pistol shortly before the night of the shoot- ing as a protection against thieves who had robbed the clubhouse. He charged that the Barbee group had assaulted Rule and made derogatory remarks about his companions, and asserted that Rule had intended to fire in the air to scare them away. villiam J. Barbee, sr., a deputy United States marshal and a retired detective, father of the deceased, was put on the stand as the first witness to identify the slain.youth. He was followed by Guy L. Jones, a Mont- gomery County policeman, who told of Rule reporting robbery at the place, and Joseph N. Stardey, Mont- gomery County surveyor, who pre- sented a dlagram of the clubhouse. D. C, Daughters of Late King Constan- tine Suffer Appendicitis. FLORENCE, Italy, November 30 (®)—Two former royal princesses, Irene and Catherine of Greece, were operated on today for appendicitis. The princesses are daughters of the late King Constantine. Princess Helen of Rumania, wife of former Crown Prince Carol, 1s a sister of the young women. Dowager Queen Sophie is at their sbedside. It is said the opera- tions” wre successful, and that the princesses will recover in a short time. Princess Irene is 22 years old and Princess Catherine is 13. MANY SSUES RISE AS SESSION NEARS Opening of Congress to See Fight on Navy Cut in Prominent Place. By the Assoclated Press. The confused chorus of pre-session talk at the Capitol is rising in volume] as the last assembly of the Sixty- ninth Congress approaches, with va- rious notes which have been dor- mant thrusting out for more atten- tion. Not only are the farm relief advo- cates crying their wares and Repub- lican leaders discussing, in moderate tones of reconciliation, the status of insurgent members of their party, but the Democrats have projected a motif of their own which dwells on tax and tariff reduction, the plight of agriculture and corruption in prima- ries, Behind all of this more or less in- formal medley can be heard the efforts of a number of committees which are lustily striking their an- vils to fashion a supply of bills that will give the House plenty to de- bate about from the moment it meets. And when idle periods intervene in any of the varied movements, the election by Maine of Arthur J. Gould, Republican, to the Senate provides ample basis for revived gos- sip about the complexion of that chamber in the Seventieth Congress, to which now 48 Republicans, 47 Democrats and one farmer-labor member have been elected. Navy Cut Studied. Although the committee anvils are placed behind. closed doors, it is pos- sible now and then to detect the pyr- port of their part in the general chorus. For instance, in the barred room of the House appropriations committee cqn iderable discussion has taken place in the last few days over the advisability of a reduction in the Navy’s enlisted personnel. The budget is represented as favor- ing a parking down by several hun- dred of the present enlisted strength 00 men. This has not met with mous approval among the com- mittee members. It the committee should sanction any reduction, some feel, it would meet with strong opposition when the bill comes up for consideration on the House floor, and many favor more nearly unanimous solution of the problem in committee if possible. A number of arguments have been brought into the oral conflict. strength is slightly below that authorized two Winters ago and that a reduction this year would be the second eut within two-year period. Many Ships Tied Up. The reduction was approved by Congress last Winter after it had been explained that several ships would be tied up for repalrs during the year and that their crews could be assigned to other duties. Pro- ponents of further curtailment see the same condition in prospect for the coming fiscal year. The other side contends that, since the two new airplane carriers, the Saratoga and Lexington, are sched- uled to be launched during the period, continuance of the present enlisted strength will be necessary if they are to be manned without inroads being made on the enlisted complements of ships now in active service. Negotiations looking to restoration to insurgent Republicans of commit- tee positions and other party privi- leges taken away from them because of their support of the La Follette presidential ticket in 1924 are pro- ceeding more rapidly in the Senate than in the House. In the Senate only one of the excluded insurgents, Ffa. zier of North Dakota, remains on the Tolls, angd, in view of his apparent willingness to accept committee as- signments as a_Republican, the inci- dent, as far as he is concerned, prob- ably can be closed soon after Congress meets. In the House, however, more than a dozen insurgents were barred from the Republican caucus. WILL TRANSMIT MESSAGE. President Not to Go to Capitol to Read Annual Report. President Coolidge will not go to the Capitol to read his annual mes- sage to Congress next Tuesday, but will send his message and have it read for him. Last year the President was in Chi- cago when Congress assembled, and his message on that occasion was read for him. The late President Wilson resur- rected the custom of personally read- ing his message, and the practice was oontinued by the late President Hard- ing. RUSSIAN ENVOY QUITS. - Ambassador to Tokio Will Not Re- turn to Post, Embassy Says. TOKIO, November 30 (#).—Russian Ambassador Victor Kopp, who is at present in Moscow, will not return to his Japanese post, the Soviet embassy today informed the Assoclated Press. The identity of the new ambassador is not known. Ambassador Kopp left last June for Moscow on a two months’ leave of absence. At that time it was ru- mored he would not return, but there was no verification of the report. Christmas is coming SHOP EARLY And find the gifts Hellum mixed with oxygen forms nary air, and is being used in diving and tunneling muwzl, ¢ % you really want. MERRY CHRISTMAS It has | been recalled that the present enlisted | TUESDAY, NQVEMBER 3 DAMAGED PAINTING CASE T0 BE HEARD Colored Youth to Appear in Juvenile Court—Stories of Affair Differ. - Clarence Edward Winston, colored, 15 years old, charged with destroy Ing private property in connection with the mutiliation of the large and valuable Jacques Philpot paint- ing of a part of the battle of Gettys- burg, will be given a hearing:by Pro- bation Officer Sanford in Juvenlie Court at 1 o'clock tomorrow after- noon. Anton Heitmuller, art critic and dealer in portraits, prints and an- tiques at 1307 Fourteenth street, who was custodian of the picture and who reported the theft of it to the police November 18, will present facts in his knowledge in connection with the case to the probation officer. The colored boy told police that he had not been aware of the value of the picture, while he was clean- ing the premises, mistaking it for an article that was virtually valueless. Value Is Placed Higher. Mr. Heitmuller, however, today pointed out that the nominal valua- tion of the picture of $100, placed on the police record, did mnot approach the true worth of the picture, which was a part of the original painting of' the Battle of Gettysburg, a panorama, depicting the charge of the Union sol- diers on the raflroad bridge. The plc- ture, he added, has a rare historical interest and only a portion of it now remains, The picture was 6 feet by 6 feet, Mr. Heitmuller added, and the services of three men were needed to place it on the wooden stretcher on the walls of a business establishment at 1301 Four- teenth street, near Mr. Heitmuller's store, when he loaned it for exhibition purposes to the proprietor of the bus- iness at that address. ‘Winston, after his arrest, informed police that he had been employed to assist his uncle in cleaning up the \premises at 1301 Fourteenth street, after the place was vacated by the business establishment to which the picture had been loaned by Mr. Heit- muller. He told police he tore down the picture and placed it in the cellar. Detective Found Picture. He tried to tear down another one, thinking that the walls should be cleaned of the pictures and not un- derstanding their value, but the other was too large a piece for him to take down. Detective Sergt. George Dar- nall, who_ investigated the case and arrested Winston, reported that he recovered the mutilated painting in | the cellar of the premises at 1301 Fourteenth street, where Winston had placed it after tearing it down. The Star erroneously reported that the colored boy had been employed by Mr. Heitmuller in the cleaning-up process, in a previous account pub- lished following the boy’s arrest. Mr. Heitmuller points out that he did not even know the boy and did not em- ploy him. Police state that the boy averred he had been called in by his uncle to assist the uncle in cleaning up the premises after the uncle had been employed in this work by a real estate firm having charge of the premises and desirogs of cleaning it up before leasing it to a new tenant. All these facts, it is expected, will | be thrashed out tomorrow before Pro- bation Officer Sanford at the hearing in Juvenile Court. WILL DELAY CLOSING Will Be Open Until 5:30 P.M. to Accommodate Last-Minute Rush of Payers. Chatham M. Towers, collector of taxes in the District, has arranged to keep his office in the District Building open until 5:30 o'clock this afternoon for the accommodation of last-minuate taxpayers. As today is pay day in the Government depart- ments, Mr. Towers anticipates a rush of Federal employes after 4:30 o'clock. Property owners who fail to pay the initial installment of the 1926-27 taxes today will suffer a penalty of 1 per cent per month until the bills are pald. Payments may be made by mail. Envelopes containing tax bils postmarked before midnight tonight will be accepted without the penalty. The jam which began in the tax collector’s office” yesterday, increased today as the time limit for the pay- ment of taxes drew near. Long lines of taxpayers were formed on the first floor of the District Building and proceeded slowly to the tax collector’s office. ‘Wade H. Coombs, superintendent of licenses, has started preparations to Issue the 1927 automobile identifica- tion tags. The tags were originally scheduled to be placed on sale tomor- row, but the shipment has been de- layed, and is not expected to arrive until the latter part of the week. WEB PRESSM.EN’S UNION WILL MEET AT DINNER Members .to Observe Anniversary Tomorrow at Harvey’s Restaurant ‘With Local Publishers Guests. The anniversary dinner of the ‘Washington Newspapér Web Press- men’s Union will be held at Harvey's Restaurant tomorrow evening. Maj. George L. Berry, president of the International Pressmen’s Union, will be the chief speaker, Guests of honor will be publishers of local newspapers: Frank B. Noyes and Fleming Newbold of The Star, Ralph Quinn of the News, C. I. Put- nam of the Times-Herald, A. D. Marks of the Post, John E. Rice of the United States Daily, Edward Keating of Labor and James Vance of the Fellowship Forum. Labor leaders who will attend are Edward F. McGrady, A, F. of L.; 8. J. Kjar, Department of Labor; C. H. Evans, District organizer of the press. men; Mrs. Myrtle McVoy, president of the Allied Trades Council, and T. A. Franklin, president of Local, No. 1. Entertainment will be provided by Miss Ruth McClelland, Miss Margaret Little, Miss Blanche Lehman, Earl Columbus and Frank A. Dougherty. —_— ANNUITY MEETING CALLED Move May Be Launched to Ask for More Liberal Law. Plans for a prospective new legisla- tive campaign for more liberal civil service retirement laws will be dis- cussed at a meeting of the joint con- ference on retirement at the Typo- graphical Temple tonight at 8 o’clock. Robert H. Alcorn, chairman of the conference, issued the -call for the meeting. It is expected that the program President Dislikes Honey, But Bees Use ~ White House Trees Several swarms of bees have Joined the White House menagerie in the rear grounds. They came uninvited some time last Summer while the presidential household was in the Adirondacks. The bees, according to the Pres- ident, have made their homes in the hollows of several trees in the Jower end of the grounds and have een busily engaged making honey. In telling of this, the President said that unfortunately he did not care for honey. He recalled that when he was a small boy back in Plymouth one of his grandfather's farm hands brought home a large quantity of honey and that he, the President, ate so much he became violently ill and has since had no appetite for honey and has rather disliked even the smell. WARRANT 1§ 1SSUED INDOUBTED DEATH| Boy Sweetheart Is Charged With Girl’s Murder, Which Is Unestablished. By the Assoctated Press. PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis., Novem- ber 30.—A case outstanding in Wis- consin criminal history confronted authorities today as posses scoured the hills of picturesque Kickapoo Val- ley for traces of Clara Olson, and search continued for her youthful col- lege boy sweetheart, Erdman Olson, for whom a warrant charging murder has been issued. The strange situation was presented by the disappearance of the girl near- ly three months ago, the subsequent disappearance of young Olson, 18- year-old student at Gale College, at Galesville, Wis., and the issuance of the warrant despite the fact that the death of the girl has not been estab- lished. Are Not Related. The story goes back to last May, when Erdman Olson, son of Albert Olson, wealthy Crawford County to- bacco grower, met Clara_ Olson, 22, daughter of Chris Olson, also a tobac- co grower. The families are not re- lated and never met until tragedy touched their homes. On_September 7, Investigators have established, Erdman wrote the girl a long letfer which she received on September 9. She destroyed the letter, her parents said, and retired to her room. Shortly after midnight the girl's father heard an _automobile drive into the yard and leave again. He found Clara had gonme and from her window a lamp cast its light into the yard. Leaves Note Behind. In her room he found a note, which nad: “Dear folks: I know you all will be surprised to find me gone, as I am leaving this evening. I will have to go tonight. “Again I must tell you not to worry about me as I am taken good care of and will be back soon. Don’t take it too seriously as it will mean noth- ing—only a little surprise. I will be back soon from my trip.” Erdman Olson returned to his studies at Gale College, a preparatory school, on September 25, and a few days later Chris Olson, the girl's father, told county officials he went there to plead with him to bring his daughter back. A few days later the boy disappear- ed from the college. Threat of Suicide. Chris Olson yesterday signed a com- plaint after investigators had laid their information before District At torney J. S. Earl and Justice C. H. Speck, and the latter issued a warrant charging first degree murder. A threat of suicide was contained in a letter Erdman wrote to his parents and another which he sent to Clara’s father. “You'll never see me again unless it'’s in my coffin,” he wrote to the former. “I'd take death rather than capture, Orvid (his brother) may live down the shame I have left.” o TRACTION MERGER PLAN [S PRESENTED BY STREET CAR LINES (Continued from First Page.) but still providing for a sliding scale of fares. The joint proposals of the com- panies were contained in a communi- cation addressed to Commissioner Bell, which was signed by John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co., and William F. Ham, president of the Washington Ralil- way and Electric Co. The text of the letter follows: “During the progress of a hearing held by the commission on Novem- ber 3, 1926, on the subject of a bill to provide for the merger of local street car companies, request was made by you that the companies out- line to the commission legislation that, in thelr judgment, would form a basls for merger. “This request has been given care- ful consideration at joint conferences of committees of our two companies, and in response thereto, we submit the following as containing their ideas of the more essential features that should be embodied in such leg- islation: “1. The bill should provide that any existing street railway or new corporation to be formed shall have power to own and operate directly, or through subsidiary companies, street railway, motor bus or any other form of public transportation service in the District of Columbia and adjacent States, and to conduct such other activities as may be use- ful in_connection therewith, or inci- dent thereto, and with power, among other things, subject to the approval of the Public Utllities Commission, to acquire, lease, operate and enjoy all or any part of the street railway, motor bus or other transit properties and franchises of any and all such companies now operating, or author- ized to operate, street railway, motor bus and/or other transportation prop- erties within_the District of Colum- bia or any adjacent State, and to ac- quire the capital stock and/or other securities of any such companies. Such legislation should, without going into detall, provide, among other things, for the issue of stock, com- mon and/or preferred, non-par or otherwise, and bonds or other evi- dences of indebtedness, and should also provide for the appraisement of stock of any dissenting stockholders, similar to that contained in the act approved June 5, 1900, entitled ‘An Act Relating to Certain Street Rail- way Corporations Owning or Oper- ating Street Rallways in the District of Columbia.’ ‘Would Prevent Competition. will center about an attempt to raise the $1,000 maximum annuity which was provided for in a compromise biil at the last session of Congress when the joint conference members were seeking a §1,200 maximum annuity,- “2. The consolidated or new cor- poration, or corporations, thus formed should be protected from harmful competition within the District of Columbia and.shall be entitled, after all operating and maintenance costs, 3 PAGFIG UM TRADE HTON FOURSDES 42 Indicted in San Francisco While Royal Commission Opens Canadian Probe. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 30.— Prohibition forces moved against the organized liquor traffic of the Pacific Coast from four directions yesterday. While a royal commission at Vie toria, British Columbia, was learning in its investigation of rum smuggling that great quantities of liquor are being shipped by Canadian exporters with the full knowledge that it later will find its way into the United | States, 42 indictments were returned here against the alleged leaders of what the San Francisco newspapers call a $10,000,000 smuggling combine, which has been operating all the way from Canada to Mexico. 24-Hour Patrol Set Up. In addition to that, the Government today set up a 24-hour customs _patrol, which will operata against liquor running at every port of entry in the State. This force will supplement the Coast Guard by patrol- ling the shores. The name of one of the most picturesque rum ships in the game was wiped off the shipping register when the three-masted schooner Mari on G. Dougl a runher of contraband, was sold at auction here and will become a fishing She was purchased by H. I Federal The Marion G. into her own, for the fishing industry out of Halifa> Nova Scotia, to the Grand Banks. While the indictments returned b the Federal grand jury here were kept secret pending arrest of some of th named, they are assumed to accuse soveral men of wealth and influence on the Pacific Coast of connection with the big rum circle. Previous to the meeting of the grand jury Federal officials had arrested Joe Parente, known as king of the San Francisco rum runners; J. W. Nard. millionaire British Columbia liquor ex perter; certain members of the of directors of the Consolidated Ex- porters, Inc., of British Columbia; off cers of vessels known to be in the rum-running game and other men con nected with the exporting flrm as agents in this country At Los Angeles Federal officials an- nounced that evidence against several persons believed to be connected with rum-running activities would be placed before a grand jury in a few days. PROBE GOES DEEPER. Rum Ship Held Up as Evidence of Smuggling Given. VICTORIA, British Columbla, No vember 30 aving heard testi mony from Canadian liquor exp ers that they ship liquor to a poin off the British Columbia coast for transfer to American vessels and the later sale in the United States, royal commission investigating rum smuggling in the Northwest today was to dig deeper into the situati Testimony before the investigat produced tangible results yesterday when the rum-aden steamer Chris Moeller was detained here when it was declared her wet cargo was destined for California consumption J. W. Nosentow of Vancouver, man- aging director of the Manitoba Re finerfes of British Columbla, wa listed as a witn-ss tods His con cern w identified in the testimony yesterday as the shipper of 15,000 cases of uor which are aboard the Chris Moeller billed to San Blas Mexico. Testimon had been given that the liquor would likely appear on the California market and the vessel was ordered held here pending axporters, Ltd n attack by Consolidated of the United States s as the princi pal vender of liquor to Pacific Coast rum runners, entered the hearing by testimony of James Hunters, fits president, that a branch office of the does a business company in Victor of $700,000 a year He said that liquor was trans! ed from the com s to American boats on the sh Columbia coast to fili orders telephoned from Pacific North west cities. VOTEé APPROVE SWITCH. Kenworthy’s Change to Laborite Gets Indorsement. HULL, England, November 30 (4% Lieut. Comdr. the Hon. Joseph M Kenworthy’s switch from the Liberul to the Labor party has been approved by the voters. In today’s bye-election, necessi by the change of party affiliation, he was returned to Parllament with 16, 145 votes as against 11,466 for L. E. Gaunt, Conservative, and 2,885 foi Col. C. J. Kerr, Libe: ted taxes, proper allowances for depre ciation, obsolescence and abandon ments, and other proper charges, Lo earn a reasonable return upon the fair value of the combined of® con stituent properties forming said merger, as may be determined in pending litigation, or upon revalua tions thereof as may be made from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the act of March 4, 1913. The rates of fare shall be based upon a return of 7' per cent upon such fair value, plus the cost of additions. If the rates hereafter yleld more than 73 per cent return on such fair value, plus actual cost of future additions, undepreciated but weighted, during a period of any one year, one-half of said excess shall be used In the reduction of rates to be charged the public for transportu tion service thereafter, thereby pro- viding a slidin ale of rates under provisions of paragraph 18 of the act creating the Public Utllities Commis- sion—advantageous to the public and company alike; or, one-half of such excess shall be used in providing ad- ditional services or facilities, or in any other way beneficial to the pub- lie, with the approval of the com mission. Provided, that for a limited period not exceeding two years, the present rates for street car and motor bus service shall remain in force, ex cept that the charge for intercom pany tramnsfers between the street railway lines of the two companies shall be eliminated. If, after the limited period of operation aforesaid under existing rates of fare it sha appear that during such period the consolidated or new company shall have earned more or less than a reasonable return, as above stated, on the value of its properties, such excess or deflcit, as the case may be, shall be carried forward and taken into consideration in the determina- tion of rates of fare thereafter. “8. The consolidated or new cor. poration, or corporations, thus formed shall be relieved from any obligation 1o pay the cost of maintaining special policemen, or contributing to the cost incldent to the laying of new pavement or to the permanent im provement of streets or highways Egllzod by them in the District of