Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1927, Page 4

HOUSE MEMBERS INSPECT STREETS Seventy Paving or Widening Projects Will Be Seen in 1928 Program. Inspection of more than 70 street paving and widening projects in all sections of Washington, for which appropriations have been included in the 1928 appropriation bill, was begun today by Representative Frank H. Funk, Republican, of Illinofs, chair- man of the District appropriations subcommittee, and Representatives Ross A. Collins, Democrat, Mississippi; Robert G. Simmons, Republican, Tras nd Anthony J. Griffin, Demo- crat, New York City. The House members were accompanied on their tour by Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, As- sistant Engineer Comumissioner, in charge of highways; . B. Hunt, en- gineer of highways, and L. C. Rob- ertson of the Highway Department. . Starting from the House Office Building at 10 o'clock, the party spent two hours if in visiting the various stre avenues, covering a majo > In the northwest section 1 on the list. Follow- ing the custom of former yvears, the House members will arrange at least two other tours later in the week, in that all sections of the city may vered Foliowir of highwa : is the complete route list h will be visited by member They the M Street zo, Inasmuch ere is an item 0,000 in the bill or the recon- struction of this bridge: Northwest. Widening of Twelfth street between E and Pen vania avenue, $10,000; widening of eenth street between I and Massachusetts avenue, $95,000; widening of Connecticut avenue from N street Dupont, Cir $60,000; widening of Connecticut avenue from Dupont to Florida avenue, $90,000; paving of § street between Twenty- third and Twenty-fourth streets, $9,800; paving I street between rty fifth and Thirty-seventh.streets, $15,000; paving of Thirty-sixth street from Reservoir rond to T street, $13,000; paving of S street from Thirtyfifth to Thirty-sixth street, $6,000; paving of Hawthorne street, Forty-fourth and N streets to Forty- fourth and N place, $6,000; paving of Klingle street, Forty-fifth to Forts sixth street, 00; grading of Fort) fourth street, Windom place to Yuma | street and Yuma street, Forty-fourth | to Forty-fifth, £4,100; grading of Ten-| nyson street, Thirty-third street to lot { . $3,200; construction Rock Creek at Military grading of Audubon Terrace, Linnean avenue to Broad Branch road, $15,000; widening of ‘Woodley road, Connecticut avenue to Twenty-ninth street. Paving of Argonne place, Harvard street to Lanier place, $7,000; condem- nation Harvard street, Lanier place to Zoological Park; paving of Ogden street, Fourteenth street to Spring place, $17,300; paving,of Upshur street, Sixteenth to Arkansas avenue, $8,500; paving of Sevententh street, Bu- chanan to Crittenden, $5,600; paving of Crittenden street, Sixteenth to Seven- teenth, $8,000; paving of Decatur street, Sixteenth to Seventeenth street, $5,000; paving of Gallatin street, Pin Branch road to Six- teenth street, $7,600; paving of Alas- ka avenue, Sixteenth street to Geor- gia avenue, $68,000; paving of Six- teenth street Alaska avenue to Kal- mia street, $80,000; paving of Van Buren street, Georgia avenue to Piney Branch road, $6,000; paving of Piney Branch road, Van Buren to Butter- nut, $30,000; paving of Fourth street, Butternut to Cedar, $7,600; paving of Laurel street, Eastern avenue to Sec- cnd street, $5,000; paving of Second street, Laurel to Van Buren, $13,000; paving of First street, Whittier to Van Buren, $6,000; paving of Van Buren street, Second to Viaduct, $8,400; sew- ers in Manor Park; grading of North Dakota avenue, North Capitol to Third, $4,800; paving of Fourth street, Buchanan to Decatur $10,200; paving of Decatur street, Fourth to Fifth, $6,600; paving of Fifth street, Deca- tur to Emerson, $8,000; paving of Emerson street, Kansas avenue to Illinois avenue, $9,900; paving. of Seventh street, Decatur to Hamilton, £19,800; paving of Farragut street, Fifth street to Illinois avenue, $12,900; paving of Gallatin street, Fifth to Illinois avenue, $15,400; paving of Hamilton street, Seventh to Illinois avenue, $9.900; paving of Eighth street, Emerson to Hamilton, $11,000; paving of Illinols avenue, Gallatin to Hamilton, $5,600; grading of Spring 2 Tenth to Thirteenth street, of bridge ov road, $18.000; | Northeast. aving of Franklin street, Fourth eventh, $17,000; grading of Evarts, d to Fourth, ,200; paving of Ifth street, de Island avenue Monroe street, ,000; paving of Taylor street, Twelfth street to Mich- igan avenue, $10,500; paving of Thir- teenth street, Michigan avenue to Upshur, $6,100; paving of Newton street, Eighteenth to Twentieth, $18,- 600; paving of Twenty second street, Monroe to Otis, $10,000; paving of West avenue, Penn street to Hol terrace, $7,400; pav- ing e Virginia avenue, Eighth to F avenue, $13,000; be- ginning construction of upper Ana- cost interceptor, Anacostia, Ben- ning to trict line; grading of J stre v-fourth to For $3,000: paving of E street, Eleventh to Fifteenth streets, $35,0000 paving of Fourteenth place, h Carolina ave- nue to D street, $5,000. Southeast. Paving ol A stree hteenth to ng of Seven- teenth to E stréet paving of Fitteenth $8,000; C Kentucky Seventeenth H o stree 600; pa ki @ Suitland road, District line nesota ave Elghteenth D | 000; | place, Fourteenth to ) paving of Fifteenth | i avenue to K| of Admiral avenue to yaving of enteenth, th street, titland road, and | eighth street to paving of Min-| Good Hope ad, to . $28,000; ing of of 1ve to street, paving of Richols S 1o Good Ho bama and > road, $ avenue bet Sleventh place, Nichols avenue, Southwest. Paving Twelfth street, Water, $3.600; paving of D Twenty first to Twenty-third E to street, Horse Breeder lel;d. LEXINGTON, Ky., January 4 (). Milton K. Snyder, 40, farmer and well known breeder of thoroughbred horses, died late Sunday night at his home near here of a bullet wound, which, membh of the family said, was accldentally self-inflicted. The $13,000. | (Continued from First Page) with its careless, reckless driver that is the worst offender. “The light delivery truck drivers— mostly thoughtless youths without a sense of responsibility—constitute the gravest menace on Washington streets today,” says Mr. Eldridge. “The basic safety rules, thoes that proscribe excessive speeds and define the right of way, are flagrantly violated dozens of times daily by these wantonly reck- less boys who seem to have little or no knowledge of the laws and even less of common decency. . “Arrests reveal that a majority of them are under the impression that they are allowed to travel at passen ger car speeds—as high as 30 miles an hour in certaln zones—while the law specifies that without exception the limit for this type of vehicle is 18 miles an hour. A light commercial vehicle is classified as a ‘slow’ machine and should keep close to the right curb, but it seems to be the practice of ifs drivers to take to the center of the street at a speed out of all pro- portion to the mechanical capacities of the car. Horns Used Reckles: ‘“Pedestrians either are blasted out of the way with raucus horns or terrorized into precipitous and hys- terical flight as these machines bear down upon intersections at territic speed “Commercial vehicles, as a result, have figured in accidents far in excess :f a reasonably proportionate num- er. “In the case of the taxi, bus or livery car operator, the office of the traffic director has the full co-oper- ation of employers in suspending per- mits of those who drive recklessly. These groups are close knit and their ual members, accordingly, eas- ¢ identifiable. “The situation as it applies to the driver of the light delivery car is quite different and it makes drastic action in barring him from the streets much more difficult. Taxis and busses are operated as fieets, while the light com- mercial vehicle may belong to a dealer who operates but one machine. This is true in a majority of cases. “The small employer, however, can co-operate as well as the operator of the large fleet of motor vehicles. He can demand obedience to the traffic laws on the part of his employe under threat of dismissal. Furthermore, he can help himself and the city generally by inviting the public 1o report any case of recklessness on the part of his driver. Citizens Asked to Help. “Employers and citizens generally should drop their apathy toward this desperate situation. Careless speeding and reckless driving are dangerous to life and property whether they result in an immediate accident or mnot. If persisted in, it is inevitable that they will result seriously.” The traffic director’s point regarding delivery vehicle participztion in an ex- cessively large proportion of the fatal accldents in the past three years is graphically and unpleasantly illus- INFANT DEATH RATE CUT TO BE SOUGHT BY DISTRICT GROUPS (Continued from First Page.) phis, 162,300, rate of 107; Nashville, 118,300, rate of 97; Dallas, Tex., 158,- 900, rate of 101; Houston, Tex., 138,200, rate of 99, and San Antonio, 161,300, rate of 125. ¥ However, statistics do not show any city in the United States with a popu- lation in excess of Washington's pos- sessing a higher infant mortality rate than 87. Only one dangerously ap- proaches it, and that is Buffalo, with a population of 506,700, ranking as the eleventh city and rated at 86. The other ranking cities and the order of their population, together with the infant mortality rates, are: New York City, first, 5,620,000, rate 64; Chicago, second, 2,700,000, rate 75; Philadelphia, third, 1,800,000, rate 77, Detroit, fourth, 993,000, rate 77; Cleve- land, fifth, 796,800, rate 66; St. Louis, sixth, 772,800, rate 67; Boston, sev- enth, 748,000, rate 85; Baltimore, eighth, 733800, rate 82; Pittsburgh, ninth, 588,300, rate 82; Los Angeles, tenth, 576,600, rate 67; San Francisco, twelfth, 506,600, rate 55, and Milwau- kee, thirteenth, 457,100, rate 81. Another angle from which Wash- ington may be compared is as fol- lows: Take the total population of 12 cities, in order of their rank, beginning with Baltimore, the eighth and ending with Seattle, the 20th, which, by the way, for a 315,000 population has a rate of 456. Ex- cluding Washington, strike the aver- age population of these 12 cities and it will be found to be about 466,000, or a few thousand more than the Dis- trict. The average infant mortality rate for these 12 cities is 74, or 13 per 1,000 under that for Washington. Authorities on child and public health work do not hesitate in at- tributing the large mortality rate of some cities reported as being responsible, in a large measure, to the poorer class of colored people. Statistics themselvy tend to bear out this statement, also. ‘Washington, of course, has a larger percentage of colored people than any other city in the country within the 400,000 class or over. Its percentage is given at 25.3 by the Census Bureau. {There are only six other cities, all Southern, too, with a higher percent- age, and all of them 100,000 or over. They are: Atlanta, 200,600, per cent, 31.3; Memphis, 162,300, per cent, 37.7; Nashville, 118,300, per cent, 80.1; New Orleans, 387,200, per cent, 26.2; Nor- folk, 115,700, per cent, 37.6, and Rich- mond, 171,600, per cent, 31.5. These cities, too, had a higher infant mor- tality rate than Washington. All other citles larger than Wash- ington have a much lower percentage of colored population, according to the census figures. The white birth rate in Washington for 1925 was 67.5, and the colored, 131.1. The number of white live births in the District was 6,313, while the number of deaths was 426. The number of colored live births here during that peirod was 2,860 and the number of deaths, 375. Infant mortality rates for 192 were generally higher than tho for 1924, and this statement includes the District of Columbi Nineteen % POLICE TO SPOT TRUCK DRIVERS IMPERILING ALL OTHER TRAFFIC trated by three charts hanging on the wall of his office. These charts are mute but emphatic reminders of the need for greater care by all users of the streets. They contain the name of every person killed in traffic mishaps in the city for the three-year period, the date of death and the cause. Unless there is an immediate and radical change in the tactics of the drivers in question, citizens will not have to look far if they decide to re- spond to possible pleas of employers for reports of recklessness. Evidence of Wanton Driving. ‘While on his way to the District Building to confer with officials, this observer saw the following exhibitions of recklessness or wanton carelessness on the part of light truck drivers: At Twelfth street and the Avenue the delivery car of a florist was com- ing south” on Twelfth street. Al though it was midafternoon and pedes- trian trafic relatively heavy at the intersection, the driver, desiring to turn around to go north on Twelfth street, pulled over to the line painted on the street and drove through both safety zones on the west side, forcing a woman and child to jump aside to avold being struck. Completing his turn, the driver found himself behind a group of pe- destrians within the white lines. Al- though the traffic regulations gave the pedestrians the full right of way under conditions prevailing, the driver began an incessant blowing of his horn, which scattered them in all directions. The traffic code specifies that safety zones are not to be entered hyv vehicles at any time, but this iriver succeeded in passing through three out of four, two of which were occupied at the time. High Speed of Truck. Leaving the District Building, a light truck owned by an automobile repair establishment was seen travel: ling eastward on the Avenue at a rate of speed that could not have been less than 30 miles an hour. Blowing his horn, the operator weaved dangerously from one traffic lane to another, passing one car on the right, enother on the left and crossing the tntersection at Thirteenth street without the slightest decrease in speed. Issuance of the 1927 license plates which clearly designate the light de- livery vehicle by the letter “B” will greatly facilitate the police efforts in a continuing campaign against these drivers. iz This has been particularly true in the past in the cases of cars which bear a type designation clearly on the license plate, such as H for taxi, L for livery, etc. While the 1927 tags have not been issued and the police will be without the assistance they would offer, Maj. Hesse is not letting this interfere in any way with ordering relentless war on this menace until it is brought under reasonable control. Officers awheel and afoot will begin early tomorrow morning on the cam- paign, with the public generally con- fident of immediate and far-reaching results. Woman Dies From Injuries Suffered In Spanking Son By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 4.—Mrs. Emma Hohoff, 35, died last night from injuries suffered while spank- ing her.8-year-old son Leo. Leo, the father said, struck his mother in the abdomen with his head while trying to elude her. She died from abdominal hemorrhages which, doctors said, resulted from the blow. Leo’s father said he did not know why the boy was being punished. of 30 States show higher rates, while the highest, 90.4, appears for Mary- land and the lowest, 51.2, for Oregon. These figures, based on returns to the Department of Commerce, do not include Massachusetts and Utah, Fig- ures for several cities of importance also are missing from the report, but the gaps have been filled in from the statistical report of infant mortality for 1925 as compiled and published by the American Child Health Asso- ciation, New York City. The vital statistics goal of the Department of Commerce is “every State in the registration area before 1930.” One of the first tangible steps to- wards attacking the problem will be taken tomorrow afternoon when the “committee of eleven,” composed of representatives of health agencies in Washington, and appointed by the Advisory Council of the Council of Social Agencies, reports on the cost of items it will recommend for an increased health program here. In- cluded in this program is a provision for increasing the child hygiene health staff of the Health Department, and enlargement of prenatal work which now is being carried on at a limited degree. YELVERTON RITES SET. Business Associates Will Body to Grave. The funeral of W. E. Yelverton, Washington newspaper man, who died at El Paso, Tex., Friday, will he con- ducted from the Joseph Gawler fu. neral apartments at 2:30 o'clock to- morrow afternoon. Rev. Charles T, Warner of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church will conduct the services at the mortuary and at the grave in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. Yelverton's friends and business assoclates will bo represented by the pallbearers, who will be James L. ‘Wright, William Hard, Kemper Cowing, James L. Bray, Horace Epes and C. G. Marshall. Mr. Yelverton died after a long fll- ness. He left Washington about a year ago, golng to the Southwest in an effort to regain his health, He had come to this city in 1613 as the local correspondent of the Ralelgh News and Obeserver and of the Savannah Morning News. Subsequently he be. | came associated with several news as sociations and press bureaus until two years ago, when he became an as- sistant to Secretary of Commerce Her- | bert Hoover. Bear By the Associated Press. PEORIA, TIL, January 4.-—Leaving the prosaic business of running an au- | tomobile agency ostensibly for a hunt- ed to be Henry | ing trip, a_man bel Smith of Chippew: ed up in Secor, I, to enter a of crlme as a bank robber, only to end it a few minutes later with his own pistol. The robber held up.the Iirst tional Bank of Secor yesterday and escaped from the building with $1,000 after herding four employes in the vault. His failure to lock the vault securely permitted the prisoners to escape and give the alarm soon after coroner ordered an investigation. o A legislative council for the trans- Jordon is to be formed in Palestine. he jumped into an automobile and sped away. A posse of vigllantes and town guards formed at £l Paso, near Secor, and the robber, discovering the anmy Bank Robber Who Killed Self in Chase May Be Auto Dealer Who Went Hunting bush, slowed down his car, drew his { pistol and shot himself through the { head. All of the loot was recovered. | In the dend robber's clothes was found a hunting license issued Henry Smith of Chippewa Falls and the ‘man's description tallied with | that given on the permit. The auto- mobile was of the same make Smith handled in his Chippewa Falls |agency. Two sets of license plates were found in the machine and the police were checking on these with Wisconsin authorities. According to word from the Wis- consin city, Smith left Chippewa Falls last week, leaving word with his wite and his business partner that he was going to Rice Lake, 50 miles ‘north, on a hunting trip. That was the last heard of him. The Smiths have one child, to]| as|| COAL AUDIT DEBATE SET FOR THURSDAY Senate District Committee to Study Report Submitted by McCarl. The Senate District committee will meet at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon to consider the voluminous report sub- mitted late yesterday by the controller general's office showing the margins between the cost and sale prices of coal in Washington during the 12 months ending April 1, last, which included the period of the anthracite strike. group of dealers that in- e and small volumes of business, the controller general's of- fice calculated average figures for the 12 months on each kind of fuel, showing the difference between what the dealer paid for the coal and what he recelved for it, after allowing for the various items of expense in get- ting it from the mine to the cus- tomer’s door. The report shows that for each type of fuel there was considerable variation in the margins of different dealers between the purchase price and the sale price. The accountants who made the survey, however, did not state any conclusions as to the rea- nablen of these margins. Of- ficlals of the committee will be busy during the next few days studying the report, in preparation for the cam- mittee meeting Thursday. Some Losses Shown. In preparing the statement showing the average margin on which each dealer handled each kind of fuel, the accountants gave the sale price and deducted from it the cost of the coal at the mine, the freight rate to Wash- ington, the loss due to degradation, the cost of handiing and delivering and an allowance for general adminis- tration and officers’ salaries. The bal- ance remaining was the margin, and the report showed that on some types of fuel certain dealers sustained a loss on each ton. For example, on run-of-mine soft coal the figures obtained from different dealers ranged from 92 cents per ton net for one dealer to a loss of 91 cents per ton for another dealer. On briquettes the report shows a range of from $3.07 net in one case to 35 cents net in another, with other dealers having margins in between those extremes. On high volatile prepared soft coal the range was from $1.83 net to 29 cents net. On low volatile prepared soft coal the range was from $1.59 net. for one dealer to a loss of 9 cents per ton for another dealer. On coke one dealer showed a margin of $2.91 per ton, and the others ranged down to as low as 48 cents net. Capper Makes No Comment. The table contains one illustration of anthracite, using an average sale price of $13.97 and & net margin of 70 cents after allowing for the varioas items of expense. The calculations were made by H. A. A. Smith of the controller general’s office in accordance with an agree- ment entered into between the coal merchants and the Senate committee, whereby a group of dealers represent- ing each class of coal business would furnish the information, with the un- derstanding that names of concerns would not be- used in the report. In showing the variations in the mar- gins, the dealers who gave the infor- mation are referred Lo as A, B and C. Senator Capper, chairman of the committee, said he has not had oppor- tunity to analyze the report and, therefore, was not prepared to com- ment on what more the committee will do. RAIL VALUATION CASE BEFORE SUPREME COURT $20,000,000,000 Estimates of In- terstate Commerce Body at Stake in Trial. By the Associated Press. The valuation, representing approx- imately $20,000,000,000, which the In- terstate Commerce Commission must place upon the 1,800 railroads of the country today is at issue before the Supreme Court. The case, which was won_by the Los Angeles and. Salt Lake Ralilroad | in the lower court and is in the stage | the | of oral argument on appeal by Government before the highest court is regarded as a test of all the valua- tlon work of the commission, which has been proceeding for several years under an act of Congress. Objecting to the figure of $45,000,000 placed upon the rallroad, Charles E. Hughes yesterday insisted that the whole system of valuation by the com- mission was erroneous and should be discarded. Government counsel argued that the commission had faithfully carried into effect the intention of Congress, and had properly proceeded to value the railroads of the country for rate-making purposes. In view of the importance of the is- sues presented the court allowed ad- ditional time for the oral argument of the case, and it will be concluded to- day. REREEE ey COLLEGE STUDENT HELD. Arrested for Murderous Assault Upon Brewing Company Secretary. TROY, N. Y., January 4 (#)—Alan Arthur Dale of Bakersfleld, Calif., a junior in Rensselaer Polytechnic In- stitute, was identified last night by George H. McCarthy, jr., secretary of the John Stanton Brewing Co., as the assailant who thrice shot him on the night of December 23. McCarthy told the police that Dale had been friendly with Lucy Moyni- han before she became Mrs. McCarthy last September. Dale left the city the night of the D. O FOR §1.311416% Goodyear Company Charges Former President With Misuse of Funds. By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, January 4.—The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. today filed suit against F. A. Seiberling, its |former president, for $1,311,416.96, charging fraudulent misappropriation of company funds. | Two ounts are named in the suit, | $281,154.45, with interest from Novem- ber 1, 1919, and $1,030,262.51, with in- terest from December 31, 1919 | The $1,030,262.51 represents money which Seiberling is alleged to have fraudulently caused the Goodyear Co. to pay out in improvements for Good | vear Helghts allotment No. 2. This | money, it 1s charged, should have been | paid by Seiberlinz personally. | Today's action is one of the ever- | increasing number of legal suits and | counter suits being filed by common and preferred stockholders and di- rectors of the reorganized Goodyear in | a battle for control of the company. | Control now rests with the Dillon. | Read banking interests, which handled | the financing of th mpany upon its reorganization six s ago. Seiber- ling is one of the stockholders’ voting trustees said to be seeking to regain | control of the company he founded. DISMISSAL ASKED BY GOULD OF BRIBE INQUIRY IN SENATE (Continued from First Page.) of Tilinois, in which charges of cor- ruption in the primary elections are involved. Mr, Hinckley discussed the consti- tutional provisions relating to the right of States to be represented in the Senate, relating to the qualifica- tions of a Senator as prescribed in the Constitution and the right of the Senate to cxpel one of its members. He quoted from opinions of Chief Jus- tice Marshall_and Justice Storey of the Supreme Court to support b C | tention that the Senate in pa upon the qualifications of its members could not go beyond those enumerated in_the Constitution. | Those qualifications are that a Sena- tor must be at least 30 years of age, must be a citizen of the United States for at least nine years and must re- side in the State from which he is elected. Mr. Hinckley said that the Constitution was a “creature of t States and the people of the States” and gave no right to the Senate ex- cept those granted by the S| Views on Constitution. “If in the constitutional convention any delegate had proposed to permit two-thirds of the Senators to expel a member of the Senate for an act of moral turpitude, determined to be such an act by the Senate, long be- fore he became & tion and no State cepted such a provision,” Hinckley Senator George suggested that it would be necessary to consider the | power given by the Constitution to the Senate to expel a member by a two-thirds vote in connection with the authority given to the Senate to pass upon the qualifications of its members. Mr. Hinckley told the committee that there was no case in the history of the Senate or the House where either body has expelled a member for committing an act previous to becoming a member that did not re- late to elections. Senator Gould, he said, was charged with having committed an act of moral turpitude 14 years. ago. did not admit the act, but declared that if the Senate should expel Sen- ator Gould for this alleged act, the Senate would do away with any op- portunity for a reform on the part of Senator Gould. - Present Status Stressed. “Even if all clergymen in the land should vote that Senator Gould might be a fit member for heaven, under this proceeding it might be held that | he was not fit to be a member of the | Senate, no consideration being givea to what Senator Gould might be to- ay,” said Mr. Hinckley. fr. Hinckley cited to the committee ny of the cases where the Senate had heen asked to expel its members |in the past. The first of these wa | that of Senator Humphrey Marshal |of Kentucky, in 1796. Marshall had been accused by two judges of the | Court of Appeals of committing per- |jury in a matter before them. A | committee of five Senators held that | the Constitution did not give the Sen- ate jurisdiction to expel Senator Mar- |shall or to investigate a charge | brought against him and that there- fore the proceedings should be dis- missed. Mr. Hinckley insisted that | the Gould case was on all fours with | that of Senator Marshall. would have ac- said Mr. i Texas Auto Racer Killed. ANTONIO, Tex., January 4 Royal K. Alley, San Marcos, Tex., automobile racer, died here from injuries received in an automobile race. While driving at 80 miles an hour Alley's car overturned. crushing him. Clearance House For Repossessed Finance Co. cars Many Makes and Models 1926 and 1927 Models LDING tment Bidg. . Franklin 7601 ags and Sundays shooting for the Christmas vacation | and was arrested upon his return. Open Lausanne Hearings Fail. The Senate refused vesterday, a decisive vote, to have open sessions by | for the consideration of the Lausanne | treaty, which would re-establish diplo- | matic and commercial relations with | Turkey. Several Democrats, ing Senator King of Utah, are op- posed to the treaty. It is the inten- tion of Chairman Borah of the for- eign relations committee to force a vote at an early date. includ- | is a Prescription for |Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. Massachusetts Ave. at 21st St. Potomac 4480 Parlor, Bedroom and Bath Two Bedrooms and Bath Fully furnished, complete hotel service Monthly, $80.00 to $100.00 On improved real estate in D. C. and nearby suburbs —for 3 or 5 yearsor longer. Prompt approvals. SEIBERLING SUED ™™ nator, the conven- | He | TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1927 ANS UNDER WAY TO CREATE GREATER BOTANIC GARDEN POLICE COURTS GET Architects Requested to Confer on Con- I-ARGER REVENUES struction and Development at New Site Authorized by Congress. Acting under instruction ef the Joint committee on the library, David Lynn, architect of .the Capitol, today wired Willlam E. Parsons of the firm of Bennett, Parsons and Frost, Chicago, to come to Washington as soon as possible for conferences with George W. Hess, director of the bo- tanic_garden, so as to prepare plans for the greater bLotanic garden on the new site authorized by Congress. The joint committee on the library tok this early action in order to expedite the "carrying out of the botanic garden removal as au- thorized in the act now before the President for his signature and which he late yesterday referred to the budget bureau. One of the first things to be determined will be the exact site for the Bartholdi fountain in order that it may be promptly removed to allow work memorial to be complet Committees Co-operating. |, Both the Sen 1nd Housp commit- tees on the librar Fine Arts Com- mission, the ctor of the Botanic Garden, the itect of the Capitol and the director of public buildings and publie parks are all co-operating in the plans for the Botanic Garden development As soon landscapo a Mr. Parsons, who is a “hitect, has compieted his study and recommendations, the 1I- brary committee will meet again to recelve his estimate of cost for the new conservatory and other buildings. It is contemplated that in the mean time funds will be made available in the legislative appropriation bill, which is now belng drafted, for ac quiring the two squares south of the present location, on which it 1s pro poscd to lay out the new Botanic Garden. Makes Personal Inspection. The joint committee on the library today made a personal inspection of the historic frieze in the rotunda of the Capitol. There was considerable discussion * regarding the proposed completion of the frieze, some mem- bers arguing that as it is an histori- cal record of the country, certain space should be left blank for future great achievements. There was also considerable de- bate as to what great events in the history of the U. should be in- cluded in the unfinished portion as well as the material in which It should be completed, and what artists should do the work. The joint com mittee on the library will hold another speclal meeting soon to glve lymr-nculnr study to the frieze prob- em. Veteran Leaves His 15-Foot Beard to Whiskerinos Club By the Assoclated Press RENO, Nev. January luxuriant _hirsute adornment of Zachary Taylor Wilcox, 79, who dled Friday, will be cut off just before burial and presented to the Whiskerinos Club of Sacramento. Calif. Wilcox left his 15-foot bear 4.—The will bequeathing to the club, which will hold fitting rites. He was a Civil War veteran The Whiskerinos Club was formed in the California capital last jear 1o gather bewhiskered characiers for the State's diamond jubilee celebration. IMMUNITY ASSAILED. Blease Offers Letter in Diplomatic Traffic Disputes. Exercises of diplomatic immunity in trafic matters by attaches of embas sles and ‘legations is assailed in a letter to Senator Cole Blease of South Carolina, which Senator Blease had | printed ~ in today’s Congressional | Recora. The' letter, from an unnamed friend of the Senator, declared that an at- tache of the Hungarian legation had lodged a complaint against a police sergeant se he had inquired about the attache's use of dealer’s tags on a private car and about al- sed parking violations at the lega- tion. Exception was taken to the ser. geant’s inquiries by “persons at the legation,” the letter said, and to the police officer's announcement that he intended to make a report on the mat- ter to the Stata Department. "his officer,” the communication to | Senator Blease went on, “was the rep- | resentative of his city, his govern- and because he had red blood s he would not be cowed | by even a foreign attache. The result will no doubt be that this sergeant | will be either fined, transferred, de- moted or some penalty imposed on him for doing what a would do.” Senator Blease did not put into the { Record the name of either the police- {man or the author o { him. Accompanying the letter, Sena- tor Blease placed in the Record, with- I i paper clipping of other recent traffic {cases involving persons connected with embassies and legations. | “ANGEL OF POOR” DIES. CHICAGO, January 4 (#).—Miss Leila THoghteling, heiress, who as a | volunteer welfare worker, became known as an “angel of the poor,” | died here Swunday. Physicians sald | she might have lived had she been { willing to give up an indefatigable campaign of charity Miss Houghteling, 37 years old, was the first Chicago girl to go to Green- {land to assist Dr. William Grenfel in h mission of St. Anthony on the hores of Labrador. WINTER RATES TO CALIFORNIA The Washington-Sunset Route is the most economical and comfortable way to | go. Tourist slceping cars daily from Washington to California without change via New Orleans, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso. Write today for iliustrated book- let “C”, time tables and fares. | | | G. V. McArt, Passenger Agent | WASHINGTON-SUNSET ROUTE, 1510 H St., N. W., Washington, D. ILES %wo PAZO =" omrmenT| is Applied, because ‘,‘/ It is itive in Action It begins immediately to take out all, the Infiammation andr, |Swelling. The first application brings Great Relief. Stops Itching Instant and Hitioras Terfe St i Quickiy Severe teats in cases of 1 have proved that FAZO SIVIERT co be depended upon with absolute certain 10 8top any case OF 1 tching, Biind; Hlesd. ing or Profruding Piles. Recommended by Physicane and Drug- ts in United States and Foreigh untries. PAZO OINTMENT in tubes with Pile and in tin boxes, Ample funds. H L Rust Co. which everybody should know. PARIS MEDICINE CO. ‘Beaumont and Pine Streets, St. Lo Since 1889 y real American | the letter to | | out comment from himself, a' news- | DEAFNESS BLOCKS SOLOMON JUDGMENT Judge Gives Compromise Verdict Over Baby as Movie Test on Women Fails. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, January 4.—Partial deafness on the part of one of the litigants resulted in failure yesterday of the motion picture camera to aid in a King Solomon-like decislon in Municipal Court here. The decislon revolved about the claims of Mrs. Irene Marcot and Mrs. Julia Pryzla for custody of the 4-year- old daughter of Mrs. Pryzla, who was adopted at birth by Mrs. Marcot. Judge Vincent M. Brennan, unable to decide which had the better claim, | brought the camera into court to {record the mother love emotlons of the pair. At a hearing of the case recently, Judge Brennan told the women he probably would decide that nefther who, instead, would be placed in a public institution. As the announcement was made, the camera was set in motion to record the reaction of the two women to such a verdict. The pictures were thrown on the screen in the court room, and showed Mrs. Marcot expressing ~extreme sion was rather of stolid bewilder- ment. It developed, however, Pryzla is partiaily deaf and did not at the time. The experiment a failure, Judge Brennan rendered a compromise verdict by which the women will have joint custody of the child. Poland s thwart the sell their nte) to change its rent law to ‘holdover” tenants who rights” to lease: Only new, chase surpius sale purposes. resents Were 5'0 .00 Were '1.50 240. 2°& 3 380 &4 5.00 & 6 should have the custody of the child, | anguish while Mrs. Pryzla's expres- | that Mrs. | understand the judge's announcement | | which | which - Sidney Increase of $7,789 Over 1925 Shown—Number of Cases Gains Heavily. y X Police Court coffers were increased by $7,789.79 over the revenue obtained in fines in 1925, official figures made public today by Frank A. Sebring, chief clerk, reves The increase in revenue was great- ly surpassed by the number of cases filed during the year just ended over the preceding one as evidenced by 13- 582 more cases filed in 1926. The smaller proportionate revenue is explained by Mr. Sebring as being due to the cessation of jury trials during the ‘Summer months while & question of law was argued. The total amount of revenue ob- tained by the financtal clerk during 1926 was $461,660.47, against $463, §70.68 for 1925. Total number of cases filed lase Jear were 77,249, against 63.667 for N Divided into the varfous branches of Police Court the revenue and num-/ ber of cases filed in the two years are as follows 1926—Tnited States, $111,6 Dis- triet, $349.964.94; United States, 10, 991 ca District, 25,319 cases, and e United $14,401 District, $139,476.83 (of ed traffic 94.86 (of sed trafflo 10,209 (of traffic cases), which 1847 revenue); which § revenue) 1,750 and District, 53,458 (of comprised traffic cases). All cases were handled by the four regular Police irt judges, with the exception of a_substiiute from the Municipal Court during sickness. Tho great volume of business is proof enough for much needed room and? additional judges, Mr. Sebring stated. “Already there are more than 1,000 jury cases pending.” The yearly increases are attributed to traffic and prohibition regulations PEN WOMEN’S CLUB “Hoot of the Owl” Headquarters to Open Friday. Fashioned after the “old English coffee house,” famous gathering place for literary folk of the Elizabethan | era, the District of Columbia branch of the National League of American Pen Women will open headquarters Friday at the “Hoot of the Owl," 1709 H street. A literary program will be presented between the hours of 4 and 6 p.md The speaker F will be Tsmail Kamel Bey, ch d'affaires of gvpt, who will discuss “The Litera. e of Islam.” Other talks will be given this month nd_during February and March. rge OIN THE CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB OF THE FEDERAL-AMERICAN “Everybody's Doing It” Cuticura Loveliness A Clear Healthy Skin Insured by Every-da; Use_of Cuticura Soan MENS WEAR Clearance Comments regular astock {s cleared in this Sale. or been Weat's practice to pur- merchandise Coery price rep- a genu definit® amount is Jurnishing items and one-fourth subtracted from prices of winter suits and over- It has nev- for e aavings—a reduced from the atandard JANUARY LEARANC Shirts Fancy Neglige and Pleated Collars to Match and Collars Attached Now oLl R SRR aisea i Neckwear Knitted and Cut Silks Many unique and exclusive patterns Now .1.15 1.85 Entire Stock of Suits and Overcoats ONE-FOURTH OFF West 14th & G Streets N. W.