Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1926, Page 17

Kansas (right), majority leader of S Senator Charles Curtis of the Senate, and Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, minority leader, photographed at the White House yesterday as members of the joint committee which called on the President to inform him that Congress was ready to receive his rec- ommendations. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON 'ENDING BENEFIT BALL TONIGHT. Miss Elizabeth Fries, iter of Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Fries, and one of the s debu- tantes, in the tableau costume in which she will attend t all at the Mayflower Hotel tonight for the benefit of Wi and ) v College. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. John M. Robsion, jr., son of Rep- resentative Robsion of Kentucky, who will serve as speaker of the “Little Congress,” composed of sec- retaries to Senators and Represent- atives and other attaches of the Capitol. D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1926. HOUSE CONVENES FOR FINAL SESSION OF THE SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Rev. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House, leading the members in prayer after the body was called to order yesterday by Speaker Longworth to open the short sessi House and Senate both held brief sessions, adjourning out of respect to members who have died since adjournment of the last session. The sion of Congress. Henry Miller. MEETS_SOME NOTABLI gent, with his little granddaughter, took to the Capitol yesterday to see was_introduced to Vice President Capitol. al Sar Mary whom he the convening of Congress. Mary Dawes and other oflicials at 3 Copyright by P. & A. Photo: NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE HOLDS WINDOW DISPLAY. The work of the Neighborhood House settle- ment, at 470 N street southwest, is illustrated in this window display today in the Transportation Building, 829 Seventeenth street, held for the drive to raise funds for its work. costume, works at a weaving machine, and Milton Lee impersonates the Teddy Bear. Wa Miss Helen Da son, in Swedish hington Star Photo. an hour in it. New York, a mechanic, in his spare time. ngspace i ' Lubin 0 70 miles &A. n ight by P. Phota TES PROGRESS INRECLAMATON Mead Reports Projects Now Nearer Than Ever to Business Basis. The varfous Federal reclamation projects now are more nearly on a s than ever before in ays Dr. Elwood Mead, ¢ of reclamation, in his annual report submitted today to Sec- retary of the Interior Work. Time of payments has been extend- ed so that the farmers will be better able to endure temporary hard times and old debts, which they considered v have been out gether. Dr. Mead better spirit among the s ttlers than he has ever observed befory The commission report shows that the total value of crops grown in 1925 on irrizated lands, furnished in whole or art from Government s $131,000,000, 10,000,000 in 1924, an 000,000. Total pa n water users to the Recla- mation Bureau increased from $3,- S811,600 in 1924 to §4.454,8000 during the fiscal year of 1 a gain of tensive settler made on th announced that an in- ent campaign had been Belle Fourche project, in South Dakota, and the Lower Yel- lowstone projct, in Montana Dakota. Both of these projects need settlers who will be good farmers. If a_considerable acreage of the unoccu pled or unirrigated lands on the projects can be settled with the right type of farmers by the beginning of the next irrigation sea placed the two Fede reclamation projects on a sound financial footing similar and pointed the way to velopment on other projes Under = de- ¢ of opportuni Southern tes for planned rural community development, a report on which will be made to Congress at the coming ses JAPAN.HONORS U. S. FLYER * Capt. Smith, Commander of Round- World Cruise, Decorated. HONOLULU, December ). — Capt. Lowell H. Smith, commander of the United Army ar und-the vorld air crui 1924, was decorates with the Japanese Order of the § Treasure, fifth order of m Field here yesterday The Japanese consul general, K. Kuwashima, the presentation, and Maj. Gen. Fxdward M. Lewis, com: mander of the Hawalian Department of the Army. ned the decoration on Smith. Smith is stationed here in com of the 19th Air Pursuft Squadron on, it will have , Silver Leaf Social Club’s Loss of $90 Brings Jail Term The treasury of the Silver Leaf Social Club, composed of five col- ored women, became depleted yes- terday when the loss of $90 was reported by its tr urer. As a result James Perkins, col- ored, was brought into Police Court on a warrant sworn out by his wife, the club’s treasurer, and charged with assault and grand larceny. The treasurer testified that she | was balancing accounts when her husband rushed in, assaulted her and grabbed the mone Judge George H. Macdonald im- posed a sentenca of 30 days in jail on the assault charge and held him for the action of the grand jury on a bond of $500 on the theft charge. It was not brought out in court whether the club would be able to continue. _ORGANlZATIOI.\I OF NEW COMMISSION COMPLETED Reorganization of the Board of Dis- trict Commissioners was completed to- day with several changes in the as- signments of Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty and Sidney L. Talia- ferro. Supervision of the office of the superintendent of insurance was shift- ed from Commissioner Dougherty to the new Commissioner. This office formerly was under the finance Com- missioner and was changed to the Police Commissioner during the term of Frederick A. Fenning. Commissioner Taliferro was relieved of supervision of the office of the &u- perintendent of licenses and this office was placed under Commissioner Dougherty in exchange for the office of the superintendent of insurance. Commissioner Dougherty also was | relieved of his assignment as ex-offi- | cio member of the board of trustees of | the Columbi Hospital for Women, | this membership being transferred to Commissioner Taliaferro. | PLACED ON PROBATION. Joseph H. Kesterson Waé Accused of Taking Diamond Ring. ring placed on a counter in a Seventh street store. while the owner. Law- rence C. Hatcher of Brentwood, Md., was trying on a pair of glove: Henry Kesterson, 21 yea Four-and-a-half ~street was placed on probation by ! Judge George H. Macdonald in Police Court toda |~ Kesterson had been on probation before, but could not remember for | Found guilty of taking a diamond | SEEKS T0 REPEAL HOMESTEAD LAWS Stock-Raising and Desert Acts Not Advantageous, Commission Holds. Repeal of the stock-raising home- stead and desert land laws on the ground that the settlement of such areas on the public domain is no longer advantageous, is favored by the annual report of the Commis- sioner of the General Land Office. It is also recommended that Con- gress enact a law for the establish- ment of grazing districts on the public domain to be leased to stock raisers. The commissioner indicates that a number of the present land laws have become worn out and should give way to new measures applicable to present-day conditions. A summary of the activities of the General Land Office during the past fiscal year shows that the operating expenses in conducting the public land business of the Government was reduced by $538,825.16, the cost being $2,370,170.19, as compared with $2,- 909,095.35. The average number of employes was decreased from 903 in 1925 to 769 in 1926, a reduction of 134. The number of applications, origi- nal and final, for the year was 28,673. as compared with 32,362, a decrease of 3,689, while original homestead en- tries were filed on 3,243,446 acres of public land in 1926, as compared with 3,641,092 in 192! The total number of homestead sites and kindred cases | received by the office amounted to | 44, as against 38,852 for the pre- vious year, a gain of 5,672. Collec- tions from all sources by the General Land Office increased, the total amount being $11,414,040.46, as com- pared with $10,766,194.59, a gain of $64 87. Surveying activities of the bureau for thg year extended over 20 States and Alaska, the area of public land | surveyed totaling 2,458,218 acres, ex- clusive of special surveys. SOVIET PLAYERS HELD. | Forty Performers Detained Pend- | ing Bond Before Starting American Tour. | NEW YORK, December 7.—(f).— Forty members of the Habima Players ! of Moscow, arriving yesterday on the |Carmania, were detained at Ellis Is- {land, where they will be required to | what charge when asked by thepost bond before being admitted into { court. “I was on abomt five {the United States. The troupe is months,” he stated. | booked for six months' tour. The defendant w rrested by | The company is made up entirely of | Headquarters Detectives Kuehling | Russian-Jewish performers, and they {and Wilson, who stated that they found the ring secreted j Kesterson's i home. v interpret dramatic plays with the aid of music. The company is subsidized by the Soviet government. | RED CROSS MEETING TO BE HELD TOMORROW William Howard Taft Will Preside at Incorporators’ ¢ ssion in Morning. The annual meetings of the incor- porators, the delegates of chapters and the general board of the Ameri- can National Red Cross will be held tomorrow at the Red Cross head- quarters building, on Seventeenth street between D and E streets. There will also be a meeting of the central committee, The incorporators, their assoclates and successors, will meet at 10 a.m., the chapter delegates at 11 a.m., the central committee at 11:30 a.m. and the general board at 2:30 p.m William - Howard Taft, presi- dent of the Red Cross, will preside at the meeting of the incorporators, who will fill the vacancies caused by the deaths of Robert Lincoln of Washins- ton and Cleveland H. Dodge of New York; elect two members of the cen- tral committee, occurring on account of the expiration of the terms of Miss Mabel T. Boardman of Washington and Mrs, Henry R. Rea of Pittsburgh, and elect three members of the board of trustees of the endowment fund to fill vacancies on account of the ex- piration of the terms of John B. Mil- ler of Los Angeles, James Parmelee of Washington and Felix M. War- burg of New York. 3 James L. Fieser, acting chairman of the Red Cross, will preside at the chapter delegates’ meeting. Two Va- cancies on the central committee, due to. expiration of the terms. of Mrs. August Belmont of New York and Gustavus D. Pope of Detroit will be | filled. The general board will elect officers and receive annual reports. Robert W. De Forest of Locust Valley, N. Y., vice president of the Red Cross, will preside at‘this meeting. P POLICEMAN SUSPENDED ON GAMBLING CHARGE Said to Have Been Found in Re- cent Raid on H Street House. Suspension without pay of Police Private Walter J. Morrison of the ninth precinct, was ordered today. by the District Commissioners following a report by Superintendent of Police Hesse that the officer was in a house at 303 H street northeast when it was raided on December 2 and the occu- pant, Manuel Shanholtz, arrested on a charge of permitting gamin, Policeman Morrison was off duty and not engaged in the game when the raid was made, according to Maj. Hesse. The house, however, Maj. Hesse's report stated, has heen ded by police of the ninth precinct about four times in the last year. Charleston Banned in Vienna. VIENNA, Decembeg 7 (#).—Barked shins and broken amkles incurred by beginners trying to €harleston have led the Assoélation of Dancing Estab- lishment Proprietors @f Vienna to ban the dance from their Balls. The asso- ciation is comprised some 200 pro- prietors and 1$;tru rs | ican Cgllege of Surgeons, and Dr. | Sullivan, J. Wesley Bovee, G. Brown REID PREPARING BILL FOR “HOME RULE” HERE Suffrage Proposal to Be Introduced This Week Will Provide for Five Commissioners. A voluminous “home-rule” bill for the District of Columbla is being drafted by Representative Frank R. Reid, Republican of Illinois, who ex- pects to introduce it in the House this week. This is to be the first District suffrage legislation intro- duced at this session and Mr. Reid says that he will press it for early consideration before the House Dis- trict committee. This measure will provide for a board of five Commissioners to be elected by the people of the District, four of whom shall represent the geographical sections of the city and the other elected at large and to be chairman of the board. This measure would provide for full municipal authority for the Com- missioners to fix a tax rate, make municipal regulations and have com- pleto authority as in any other city. DR. BOVEE ENTERTAINS IN HONOR OF VISITORS Serves as Host at Dinner Given for Members of Gynecological “Travel Club.” Dr. J. Wesley Bovee was host at the Cosmos Club last night to members of the Gynecological and Obstetrical Travel Club of the United States, who spent the day inspecting the Columbia Hospital for Women and the Army Medical Museum, where they were entertained by Maj. R. Callender, curator. Addresses dealing with medical sub. jects of international importance were delivered last night by Dr. J. Franklin ‘Martin, director general of the Amer- FElliot Hishop of Brooklyn Hospital. Earlier in the day the visiting physi- | clans, who represent the leading women’s hospitals of the country, attended clinics conducted by Drs. J. J. Mindell and W. M. Sprigg and witnessed . operations at Columbia Hospital performed by Drs. Robert Y. Miller, and Huron W. Lawson. The delegation included: Dr. Erank Pemberton, Boston: Dr. Harold O. Jones, Chicago; Dr. Edward A. Bullard, Dr. F. W. Sovak, Dr. O. A. Gordon, Dr. William Sydney Smith, Dy. Wil- | lam A. Jewett, Dr. Wilbur Ward and Dr. J. Franklin Martin, all of New York, and Dr. Elliott Bishop. Wagner Visits Capital. Senator-clect. Robert F. Wagner of ew York, Democrat, who defeated Senator Wadsworth, Republican, in the recent election, visited Washing- ton today and spent several hours at the Senate end of the Capitol meeting his future colleagues. Mr. Wagner does not take office, however, until next year. | satirizes SOCIETY AUTHORS INDULGE IN SATIRE Depict Hostess Who Stalks Literary Lion and Buys Books for Display. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 7.—The so- ! ciety hostess now buys books for dis- ay rather than to read, but she reached her apex of dignity in the Victorian days by draping plano legs with pantaloog, in the opinion of two society authors who are holding mir- rors of their own creatfon up to the 400 in books just published. The authors are Miss Helen Walker, a member of the Junior League and of the New York bar, who is “Pri Chase-Lyon” Ordw Ordw jr, son of former Justice and himself a lawyer, who society in general in a volume entitled “Elegant History of New York Society for Young Persons of Quality.” Talks of “Enlightened” Folk. Mr. Ordway, in outlining his sub- ject, traces society from its early days n enlightened band of aristoc- to today, when he terms it “a fiction of the press agents.” “The vanity of the matron of the Victorian era was such that, fearing their own natural charms might be overlooked in drawing rooms adorned with classic art, they took to draping their statuary in lace aprons, and some even—the apex of dignity— placed pantaloons upon the legs of their pianos.” " Mr. Ordway while at Harvard was an editor of the Lampoon and upon graduating from the university pub- lished a volume called “Little Codfish Cabot at Harvard.” Miss Walker, who is a ‘daughter of James Blaine Walker, secretary of the New York Transit Commission, and is assistant editor of Common- weal, introduces her heroine with: “Why, here's Mrs. Chase-Lyon! Our charming, socially ambitious American hostess—a delightful char- acter, whose values are regulated by the social register (supplemented, we whisper it, by the cash register).” The hostess’ niece from Kansas in-. quires how the busy hostess manages to get “on time” with the intellectuals. And Mrs. Chase-Lyon explains: “By buying a few copies of their books and leaving them conspicuously around thé living room. It isn't nec- essary to read them, though it's safest to cut the pages and leave a book- mark here and there. You can learn {all yon avant {o know about them from the book review: Ordered Here for Duty. Capt. Frederick L. Black, Quarter- master Corps, has been relieved from duty at Babson Institute, Massachu- setts, and ordered to this city for duty in tl office of the quartermaster general, War Department. Paris-to-New York Flight to Be Tried By French Flyers Another attempt to cross the Atlantic by airplane in a Paris-to- New York flight will be made in 1927, this time under French aus- pices, the Commerce Department was advised today by Trade Com- missioner H. H. Kelly at Parls. The monoplane in which it is pro- posed to make the trip is now under construction. The plane is to be a two-seater with double command, the pilot seats to connect with the naviga- | tor’s cabin, in which will be placed six gasoline tanks holding 3,300 liters of fuel and equipped Wwith quick emptying devices. The land- ing gear of the Bernard-Ferbois plane, composed of two_independ- ent wheels, can be cast loose by a lever. The plane will be powered by one engine, a Gnome-Rhone Jupiter, air cooled, and equipped with three carburetors and two magnetos, the power plant developing 420 horse- power. Speed of the plane is esti- mated at 125 miles an hour. An_attempt was made by Capt. Fonck of the French army last Summer to span the Atlantic by air. The plane crashed on the take-off at Long Island, killing two men. AUTOIST SHOT IN DISPUTE. Argument Over Blocked Road Pre- cedes Shooting Early Today. A dispute between two automobile parties on the Bladensburg road, near Cottage City early this morning re- sulted in_Joseph Coughlin, 27 vears old, ot East Hyattsville, Md., being shot and slightly wounded. ters, where he went after receiving he and four compan| to Washington. Th8y found the road blocked by another car and four men. An argument led to a general fight, and a pistol was discharged, Cough- lin being struck by the bullet. As_the men in the second car de- manded no money, police believe they were looking for a car carrying whisky and mistook Coughlin’s ma- chine for the one. WITNESS FINED $10. Failure to remajn in court after being summoned as a witness in a traffic case cost Edward Matera of 202 Four-and-a-hall street southwest $10 when Judge John P. McMahon found him guilty today of contempt of court. Matera stated that he had come to court, but that a lawyer, misunder- standing his question, told him he could go home. = The lawyer stated that he thought that Matera referred to a parking Coughlin told police at headquar- treatment at Casualty Hospital, that | ns were coming | DEPOSED DRY CHIEF FACES COURT TODAY Col. Ned M. Green of Cali- fornia Charged With Embez- zling Seized Liquor. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, December 7. The case of Col. Ned M. Green, de- posed prohibition administrator for northern California and Nevada, charged with embezzlement of sel liquor, headed the docket in Federal Court’ here today. The former dry chief is accused of diverting Government liquor to his own use. Investigators upon whose testimony Green was indicted asser that he served allegedly embe beverages to friends while s parties. Green denies the s contending that they are the out- growth of a “frame-up” to remove him from office because he “wouldn’t take orders and give certain people what they wanted.” During the in vestigation Col. Green calmly admitted taking an occasional drink. Will Show No Leniency. That the Government intends to prosecute the case to the fullest ex tent was indicated by United Sta District Attorney George J. Hatfield “This office feels that Green de liberately violated a high public trust and we are not inclined tc 1 lenl]enry in the slightest degree,” sajd. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, As istant United States Attorney Gen eral, left Los Angeles last night f San Francisco to take a leading part in the prosecution. “It is inconceivable that a man who acquitted himself so well in the serv ice of his country should stoop to th theft of 42 bottles of liquor,” Green's attorney, Theodore Roche, said. “All They Could Find,” He Says. “That is all they could find to charge him with, although prior to the drawing up of the indictment he was promiscuoysly sorting with i never known, or never spoken to; of mair taining a yacht for pleasure purposes, although the boat referred to had no charge engine and never left its moorin; jand of giving wild parties in } [rooms, although food was served there on only three occasios Green, a retired Army « appointed administrator i 1925, and was removed in July la { Previously he had served : in the Army, and during the World War was provost marshal for the A. E. F. in Pa Transferred to Station WJZ. William M. Sweets, who for than a year was publicity manag {of Station WRC, has been transferred me case of his own and knew that he could forfeit the collateral and leave. He stated that he did not know that Matera was a witness in another case. | to WJZ, New York, to write éontl nuities for that station's prosrams, it was announced today by the N&- tional Broadcasting Co.