Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1927, Page 2

2 E3 FESS MAY LEAD STADIUM FIGHT Senator Indicates He Will Sponsor Project After Talk With President. for a hug events today wital athletic sted £ Ohic @ cham nt to secure the put througl expressed himself in " the Wh ommissic 200th ar re W pose to 1t 1pon the that niversary wshington, of discuss: mmis President body would is chat or said the O ashingtor m to he thut mple games incident to the y ik e he in 2 For Olympic Games. to bring to this city f providing a euitable place ing these many athletic events as the Capital can offer no such place at this tim would like Congress provide one. He woul ke to sec a stadium erected here not only of a size sufiicient to meet the lemand of such an event s the Olym games, but one t t would he ar chitecturaily beautiful. He said he ad no special site in mind, but he posed a suitable one.could easily be_found. The Senator stated that the question of holding the Olympic games in Washington in connection with the Washington birthday anniversary ceremont had not been acted upon Ly the commission, which is arrang ng for this great occasion. He said, 1owever, the personally is strong- 1y in favor of it and intimated that at the proper time he will bring the mat r to the attention of his associates on the commission. In the event the Jatter are favorably inclined toward ihe proposal it is to be assumed that Senator Fess, because of his personal nterest in the matter, will prepare a bill adequately covering the subject and will personally engineer it through Congress. Washington Was Athlete. Senator Fess looks upon George Washington as one of the great ath- letes of his day and as a champion of outdoor life. Because of those views and the steady increase in this coun- try in amateur athletics, he believes that it would be highly appropriate to age the Olympic games as a part of © general celebration. Senator Fess has no idea at this time what the cost would be for a stadium such as he has in mind, but he does believe that if Congress agrees to thé project the stadium should be one of which the people of the Nation should be proud. For some years efforts have been made to arouse Congress to the need of the Capital in the matter of a suit- able place for the holding of large nthletic events. Two years ago a bill prepared by Col. C. O. Sherill, who was then officer in charge of ‘public buildings and grounds, was submitted 1o Congress, but it has received. scant pttention. Those who > been ad- vocating a stadium in the Capital wanted one of sufficient’size in which 10 hold the annual foot ball game be- tween West Point and Annapolis and other such notable games that are being held annually. The plan offered by Col. Sherrill did not contain a re- quest for an appropriation, but merely the granting of authority to citizens of Washington to organize a control- ling company to construct a stadium apon Government-owned property. Suggestions for Site. Those who have been behind the movement have shown a preference for Potomac Park as a place where the stadium should be built, although there have been suggestions that it should be erected in Anacostia Park. While discussing the subject of a stadium today ator Fess did not nfer that he brought it to the Presi- dent's attention during their confer- ence. He said that they discussed vrincipally the details for the cere- monies to be held in the House of Representatives February 22 ' under the auspices of the George Washing ton birthday commission, on which occasion a patriotic address will be made by President Coolidge. Olymipic nator possible games Ohl GOV. BYRD TO CALL SPECIAL SESSION | Spacial Dispatch to The Star RICHMOND, Va., January 24.— Gov. Harry F. Byrd today announced that a special session of the Virginia ILegislature would be called for March | 1to take in all States in the event there | Moreno had . | is any cnarge (o justify an inquiry. substi- | 16 to hear the report of the Resear: Bureau on suggested char S government. Legislative matters relating to automobile license law also will considered by the session, which imited by law to 30 days. Although the session will cost the Htate around $50,000, it is id that the reforms in governmental methods, which are to abolish many bureaus and offices said to be unnecessary and do away with much red tape, will ef fect eaving > than amount. Sugges! changes been under consideration of 38 ess men, who were appointed b governor at the beginning of ninlstration from all ginia. The formal ca 1 the be is have busi for the spe cial session was expected to be issued | COMPROMISE CHILDREN’S COURT BILL INTRODUCED Agreeable to All Interests Previ- ously at Odds, House Is Told Told by Mr. McLeod. new Children's Court bill for the Dis et Columbia was reintroduced the House today by Representative Leod, Republican of Michiga airman of the subcomur on judi House District Commit cLeod sald today that the measure has been agreed upon by all inter which have previously en at variance irt legislatior 1. De Lac judge unc on, wh aiid was compiled by , formerly Juvenile the Roosevelt a was chairman of which has been all & er on a reform the Juvenile Court s introduced today 1s iden the one introduced in the r 18 by Kenator Gerry except for a change wrding the official « fldren’s Court It was sthted today that Mrs. Gile Scott Rafter, president of the Parent- eacher Assclation, hins reservedyin. Jorsement of the measure, ‘ joint working easure The bill I with Deceml Rhode Island the i 0 that | in regard to Juvenile | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY, | | | | | | i | | ATECOURTOUSTS JU0CE BEN LNOSEY | Opponent in 1924 Election Wins Case in Colorado’s Highest Tribunal. | i i | { By the Associated Press DENVER, Colo., January 24.—Judge Ben B. Lindsey was ousted as judg: the Denver Juvenile Court througn decision of the State Supreme Court today. The high court reversed the decision of the Denver District Court in con- test proceedings brought by Royal W. Graham, Lindsey’s opponent in the 1924 election, and held that the ouster priyed by Graham should be entered. Graham, who brought the contest proceedings, is now dead. Judge Lindsey said he plans to continue in ofhice despite the decision, which he termed “the most astound- ing thing I ever heard.” Judgeship Is Vacant. The decision of the Supreme C leaves the juvenile judgeship Denver vacant. Graham diea urt of n his home here more than a year ago, under mysterious circumstances. A’ coroner’s jury held that he took his own life. His wife and friends have held persistently that he was murdered. Judge Limdsey founded the Juvenile Court and i nationally known for his work with boys. His recent state ments alleging the failure of modern | marriage have attracted Nation-wide interest. Campalgn Was Vigorous. The political campaign. jn which Lindsey and Graham were opponents was’ one of the hottest ever waged in Denver. The count showed Lindsey a victor by a small margin, but in April, 1925, Graham brought contest proogeding¥, alleging - that Lindsey had ‘not been legaly elgcted. Judge Julian H. Moore in the Denver Dis- | trict'Court, after hearing the evidence {of Graham and his supporters, ruled {in favor of Lindsey without requiring { him to introduce combative testimony. The court held Graham had failed to establish that Lindsey had not re- celved a majority of the votes legally cas Graham took the appeal to the Su- preme Court, and it has heen pressed there by his attorneys after his death, The decision today throws out the bal- lots of one precinct, giving Graham a majority of the votes cast. OFU.5. PATRONAGE Judiciary Committee Advo- cates Investigation and Adopts Norris Resolution. i | By the Associated Press A blanket investigation of the sale of Federal patronage was recommend- | €d to the Senate today by its judi- | ciary committee Starting out with the consideration of charges made in Congress of the sale of such patronage by Republican | party officers in the South, the com mittee decided to broaden the scope The committee approved | tute resolution offered b; Norris, which recites. th such sale of public offic direct the judiciary c: certain whether political party organi: properly, illegally or dishonestly used the influence and power of their p | tions as officials | ganizations in bringing about the ap pointment of Federal officials vhether they have used such | ence in making ment or mands of any Kind upon any public Federal officials.” Particular attention would be whether money n. The+ Norris substitute for Senators Hal |and Ernst, Re | The Harris measure would have {confined the inquiry to the | while the Eirnst measure proposed an {investigation also of what was charged as a denial of franchise to the | vast majority of the negroes of the | South a Chairman charges of It would mmittee to was solicited or L offered resolutic both tho: N ublican, Kentucky TWO HIT AND RUN. [ | Mrs. Lelia | Hanson and Henry Cavens, Colored, Victims. Drivers of t { fizured in alle dents yesterday poiice. . Henry years old, 1920 ed automobiles hit-and-run sought by the Cavens, colored, 54 Ninth street, vietim of one of the accidents, was knocked |down at Tenth street and Vermont |avenue about 4:45 a'clock in the after- roon by an automobile occupied by ‘IIN' colored men, wh according to | the police, failed to stop. He was | treated at Freedmen's Hospital for cuts and bruises. Mrs. Lelia Henson, 29 703 Mount Vernon place, victim of the other accident, was standing at the car stop ut First and B streets north- east shortly after 6 o'clock last night | when knocked down and in llmul She was treated at Casualty that acei Hospital for concussion of 4he brain. Several other minor accidents, none serious, added to the day's record, IMRS. POPE TELLS | NORRIS GUARDED | | | | | | | | { or Moreno, URGES SENATE QUIZ. to | such officials of | ment, tions have im- | nounced i | of political party or-| (’Leary to continue. nd | in the United States attorney influ- | Friday de- | you recall telling me that on F | Eagles given | n his pocket” Democrat, Georgla, | attorney refefred to his line of ques | South, | | | { | | | | IN COURTROOM Friends Surround Minister as Both Sides Rest in Murder Trial. OF HOLD-UP PLANS Friend of Three of Four Held in Busch Murder Testi- fies at Trial. [ ] | Displaying what Government coun- | By the Associated Press JANUARY 24, 1921. D. C. MOTORISTS RUSH FOR NEW AUTO TAGS AUS STIN, Tex January 21 ll"‘rl possible inj to Dr. J. Frank caused his friends to ask court bailiffs today for permission to sit near him within the railing where | that John Proctor, Nicholas Lee|his murder triul s drawing to a close Bagles and Samuel Moreno conspired | \When court opened, a circle of to commit a “hold-up™ on the night [close fricnds surrounded the Fort of September 25 | Worth pastor, who is charged with When Justice William Hitz recessed | killing D, 1. Chipps t for luncheon, he ordercd Mrs. | gy o b Pope not to speak with any one about et fatin ana mraket et testimony, This was based on 4 | £ occupied defense and pros conversation she admitted having had counsel. with her sister during a_short inter B. F. Bouldin, mission, in which she left the court-|ney, and Rev. J room. Defense attorneys requested |Tex., a brother-indaw of Dr. the court to instruct Mrs. Pope not |were the only witnesses called toda to talk with any « ind Justice | Hitz ordered the marshall to “keep | her where she can't talk.” She had | : : been admonished by the court while [days to entry of testimony on Chipps'| on the stand not to speak with any | character and habits and to his al- one. Mrs. Pope was placed in the |leged threats against the pastor for matron’s room of the courthouse dur- | his attacks on the administration of ing the luncheon rece May¢ H. ¢, Meacham of Fort Worth. When Justice Hit rned to the | They also sought to show through L. bench after the recess he announced | H. ‘Nutt, an official of the church, he had lunch sent to Mrs. Pope and|Who claimed he witnessed the shoot that she did not eat He concluded | In&, that Dr. Norris shot only afte she was not well enough to resume | ChiDDs had threatened him. This, the | the stand and appeaved to be dis. | defense contends, placed the pastor | RURBA. GnA el from. “this. experl: |0 SPDAIENC denger’aud forced him | ence.” In recommending that she |10 Shoot in sclfdefense, en, sl be excused for the present and re-| peniorfeys indicated that with "‘% sel characterized as “apparent hostil-| ity,” Mrs. Gladys Pope, friend of three of ‘the four defendants on trial the murder of Policeman | Busch in Criminal Division antly testificd for the prosecution to co “apparent dan- sution | Fort Worth attol ; R. Brittain of Ennis, | Norris, | Long Arguments Ahead. ! Defense counsel devoted several | | retu | | u | charge to the jury and the final argu turn Wednesday morning, counsel onlments pending, there was little chanc both sides Interposed no objection. | of (he going to the jury until Then, calling a deputy marshal 0| ate tomorrow or Wednesday the bench Justice Hltz handed him| State and defense closed their testl- some money with the instruction to|mony at 9:50 a.m., and the judge be “get a cab and send her home gan his charge to the fury shortl Calls Witness Hostile afterward Arguments to the jury {are to be limited to six hours to a Mrs. Pope, formerly Miss Gladys |side, James, and who is 20 years old, was S i among those questioned by the police | Asks Death Penalt after the fatal shooting in the early | After the judge's charge the State morning hours of September She |opened arguments with John Shelton identified one revolver as having been [of Austin, special prosecutor, demand- in Bagle’s possession at his home at |ing the death penalty for the funda- 319 C street, whe she llved for o | mentallst pastor. time, but only gave a partial identifica- | tion of another revolver. Both pistols it previously had been testified by Government witne: s, were stolen by BIGAMOUS WIFE revolvers were found near the scene | of the shooting. Mrs. Pope's tinued from Ass William Coffey Confesses He| Hit Woman With Base Ball Bat. | | | imony was i afternoon, which time United St Attorney Geor conducting the examination and bally expressed his displeasure with | the nature of the witness’ reply to his | questions. Assistant United States At- | torney John J. O'Leary took over the | questioning this morning and stated to the court, after experiencing much delay and difficulty in obtaining an- that he would cross-examine for her apparent hostility Admits They Told Pla The Government ‘has sought prove through Mrs. Pope that the ce volvers Baglessand Moreno obtained were the same as those used in l]‘vl)l Petworth shooting. Mrs. Pope admit- | ted she was present in Bagles' home | when Proctor and Moreno arriyed the | ‘ night of September 25, and after a| nouncement the | conteksion Wke | conference among them they an|made by District Attorney Robert nounced they were going out to BOd | cy e one up.” O'Leary reached a|“art =~ oo o o fi.’.“mmm block, however, when ha,],""l-‘.\ told Sheriff W ”{‘“‘1“'1" he o elicit from the witness the | hit the woman over the head with a e : : f | base ball bat in a_camp on the Mis- statement that before the three left | Base bill bat in a ca A Eagles placed 'some revolvers on a7 ‘ll':"o; \._"l‘ivl_ _u’v’m]m,o_ lau Octo- table in her presence 11 hefore throwing her body into Mrs. Pope, however, stoutly main- | tained she could not remember seeing | Wife and Three Children. The 48-year-old Madison bond sales- the rt‘vol\lmm." el I scribing the three men as ;,efi,fiefd,‘-:s,:,d up® on the night they | man, who married Mrs. Hales Coffey left the house and recalling that at Winona, Minn, last September, al- sagles and Moreno wore caps, Mrs. | though he had a wife and three chil- Pope was shown a light gray cap, (dren in Madison, had refused to ad- which she recognized, but could not | mit his guilt in u several hours' grill- state whether it belonged to Eagles|ing last night. Coffey told the sheriff that the night of the woman's death he had been in Dubugque, returning to the camp late. He hit her, he added, when ‘‘she ed me of being out with other women,"” I hit base ball b that blow night dre ve By the Assomated Press MAUSTON, Wis., January 24.—Wil- | Coffey, Madison bond salesm: confessed today that he murdered | Mrs. Hattle Hales Coffey, his biga- | mous second wfie, and threw the body | in the river at Dubuque, Towa. An- o | liam of | | | | agles | Identifies Revolve Before the three went out, went into the bedroom and was joined by Proctor and Moreno, Mrs. Pope | testified. They conversed out of her | hearing, however, but when they re-| turn Proctor, gles and Moreno | said, “they were going out after a load of liquor some pl " she said Proctor, it was added, said he knew where he could get it. ; Aftef much questioning by O'Leary | Mrs, Pope recalled that Eagles sald | “they were going to hold some one up.” She explained that Proctor and | Bagles “and all of them” explained | this as their object. When shown one of the which she was unable to identify day Mrs. Pope stated that had it at the house and she the presence of Moreno, herself and Rel Coope her friend and com panion. She also recalled having seen it in Detective Edward Kelly's office when she stated, she testified, it was the same pistol that had been at Eagles' home. The other revolver she could mnot positively identify although admitting that “looks something like the other that her ove the head with t t." Coffey said I think ilied her.” She was in her I threw her body into | the river. It was so late that I don't know whether it was October 11 or| October 12." | Coffey was arrested Friday when he | appeared at El Roy, Wis., to attend | a_meeting of the board of directors | of a company in which his wife held | stock. The meeting was arranged as | | @ ruse by Mrs. Anna Holdridge, Rock- | revolvers | ford, Ill., sister of Mrs. Hales Coffey, | | widow of a railroad engineer, who was | saleswoman in La Crosse when | wooed by Coffey | aw it in Letter Aroused Suspicion. Mrs. Holdridge picious when she re: Dubuque, lowa, had grown sus-| ved letters from signed “Bill and Hattie,” but obviously written by | Coffey, who each time added the| phrase “Hattie is sitting by my side as I write.” Coffey refused until to- day to tell where his bigamous wife | was, but confessed previously to using a rubber stamp to wife's name to obtain the of stocks and securities. . it gun Speaks in Low V For the purpose of refreshing her memory, O'Leary produced a type written statement which bore "the caption “Gladys’ or Jane's state- which Mrs. Pope read and pro- correct. |MAIL PLANE IS DOWN Snied comeet T IN STORM; TRAINS LATE Justice Hitz examined it he permitted R i Afte ling | Wire Communication Crippled in Her HCentionite s L Western Texas and North- transfer s v afternon O'Leary asked haterh | Arkansas, i laid _guns on the table gave one to Moreno and put the othe: and | By the Associated Press o | "KANSAS CITY, January 24.--Rain | turned to sleet in northern and west- Justice Hitz sustained the defense|orp Texas and northwestern Arkansas fons and Mr. O'Leary announc- |last night and today, interrupting tel umining her for ap-|ephone and telegraph communica when one defense | tjon. Y | Ark | rent hostility | delayed and an al | bound from Kansas City to Dall | was reported forced down near' Ma Irietta, OKkla., when ice formed on it. | A section of a 1,000-foot tunnel be- | tween Pyatt and Bergman, Ark., on the White River division of the Mis- | | souri Pacific Railroad, caved in yes-| terday and two bridges were reported [“ shed out following two days of heavy rains were in northern mail plane, ns tioning. nsa Mrs. Pope as extremely slow and deliberate in responding to the ques- tions propounded and she spoke in such a low, indistinct tone that the court reporter had to read ca~h rep to the jury. Several times porter, who sat about two fe from the witness, failed to hear answers. The burden of Mrs. testimony was, “T don't reme S dbesd Cone, Clild Dead. et Unpaid, Plight of Sick Mother three months overdue. The landlord, she said, has served her notice to acate by next Thursday Neighbors, learning of her plight ave contributed small quantities of ened to evict her and she, herself, is | fuel, food and money to the hapless sick in bed. So Mrs. Helen Pumphrey, | family, ~Meanwhile the Associated 22-year-old wife of Stanley Pumphrey, | Charities is investigating the case, 23, is wondering what next will hap: |while police search for the absent pen. husband. The mother and the other children. Mrs. Pumphrey has two brothers, { Marie, 23 ye: nd Stanley, 4—have | one policeman and the other a {been without sufficient food and heat {mul(unmn, both- of whom have fam- | because of the destitute condition in |ilies of their own to support. ‘A sister which they were left by the missing is the sole support of her invalid husbund and father, a taxi driver. ‘,mnlhor. the 1é way h Pope's mber Her husband disappeared Thursday, her Friday was buried this morning, her children | are hungry, the landlord has thre 3-week-old baby died and | | The little apartment, heated “I don't know where I'll go or what stoves, is without fuei 'l do,” Mrs. Pumphrey sald, wearily, Pumphrey sald today ent isl today, - forge his | Crowds at District B ng this morning as first lot of 1927 license plates finally were put on sale. OPEN RUSH THOUSANDS OF TAG SEEKERS FOR NEW PLATES 'Distribution Slowed Down Under Pro- cedure Adopted This Year—Basement Floor of District Building Jammed Early. The basement floor of the District Building was crowded today with au tomobile owners seeking new identification tags, originally uled for distribution early last D« cember. There were several thousand persons in line when the lssuance of the tags was started at slock and before noon the human chain extended beyond the limits of the building to Thirteen-and-a-half street and Penn sylvania avenue. The new system adopted for the dis- tribution of the tags this year has slowed down the procedure, and only those with extreme patience went | away from the District Building this morning with new tags. They Stand in Line. Heretofore the application blanks were filled in and all the motorist had o do was to give the clerk the num ver of his old tag and his application was handed to him completely filled out forthwith But under the new arrangement the applicant must s in line until he reaches the batte typists in _the main corridor of 1l basement floor of thé building, recite the information required on the blanks and walt for it to be typed. The 1926 tags, under a recent decree of the Commissioners, will be recog- nized until February 15, but motorists are urged by Wade H. Coombs, super- intendent of licenses, (using the fs 1927 | sched- | | mi Christmas slogan) “to. come early and avoid the last-minute rush.” Many of those applicants who were successful in reaching the cage from |which the new tags are being issued | apparently were not satisfied with the numbers given them and entered l¢ land vehement protests. | Some asked for “trick combinations, such i1 Another wanted a spond with Others gave v ing certain Tags Not All Here Yet. The complete shipment pairs of tags ordered have not yet rived, hut Mr. Coombs said there sufficient supply on hand to meet the demand for the next two weeks In order to enable motorists to pi cure the new automobile driving per mits without much additional delay, Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge has arranged to place a temporary stand in the Distr Building where applications may be the new cards. Mr. Eldridge calls attention that all old permits numbered from 1 to 50,000 will be outlawed February 1, and the holders of cars bearing thése num bers should apply for renewals mediately in order to Insure the is suance of the new permit by that | time. number’ or 6699, to corre number. want numt telephon rious reasons for imbers. | ot filed for Thieves Overloqk Combination Sign On Safe They Rob By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, January 24. Faulty eyesight unbelief signs caused thieves the unneces- sary abor of battering the lock off a safe at the Stafford Machine Works here last night to get $20 loot. A sign on the read: “Phis safe contains no valuables, only the company's records, so here is the combination if you want it.”” The combination followed. or an in door of the safe Today in Congress SENATE. The Senate took up the urgent deficiency appropriation bill, which includes a number of items for the District government The Senate went session at 2 o'clock nomination of Cyrus E. be a member of the Commerce Commission. Unanimous consent agr was entered into for the t: tomorrow of the Robinson resol tion, urging arbitration of the pending questions between United States and Mexico. K Senator Wadsworth, Republican, of New York, addressed the Senate on_prohibition, Judiciary committee held execu- tive session on resolutions calling for an investigation into the al- leged sale of patronage in certain State Finance committee tive session. Special Senate corhmittee con tinued hearing on the Tariff Com. mission. ecutive to act on the Woods to Interstate into e ement ng up held execu HOUSI The House today tomorrow to Repre . Greene of Iowa and of Texas, party leaders on the ways and means committes to discuss “the state of the Union.” This probably means a party debate on the tax reduction proposal. Minority Leader Garrett addres ed the House on a motion to dis- charge the ways and means com mittee from further consideration of the Garner tax reduction bill, with instructions to report the bill back to the House within 15 days. He was followed by Representative Mills, Republican, of New York. The House took up the confer ence report on the MacFadden branch bank bill Subcommittee on District appra priation bill continues hearing executive session Forelgn affairs committee con tinues hearing on treaties relating to China. The House judiciary committee conducts hearing on several House measures. Ways and means committee in executive session on several bill Interstate commerce committee conducts hearing on_legislation to permit guides of the blind to travel free on raflroads. in Man Freed; Wine Restored. Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘WINCHESTER, Va., January 24.— James Rehill was acquitted in jus- tice’s court lzst Saturday evening of charges of selling intoxicating liquors, and the court ordered 20 gallons of wine selzed at Rehill's home ' re- turned. Rehill showed that he had made the wine from grapes and pears &rown on is own gll&fi DUNMY DIPLOMA * PRODFS APPROVED | Junior High School Certifi- cates to Answer Until Proper Ones Are Ready. printer's proof of ‘dummy” diplomas which will in the senior and junior high school midyear graduations, beginning Thursday, was approved at the Franklin School to day. These temporary certificates, which within a month or six weeks will be exchanged for the usual diploma. are bout one-third the size of the ciploma and will be signed merely by the prin cipal of the school The wording on m follows: This certifies that has isfactorily completed the requirments of graduation in the Schools of the District of Columbia and is en titled to a diploma.” No statement has been school officials as to whethe be successful in compellir | maker or printer of the inferior diplo mas to do_their work over again with out cost. No admission is made either | concerning the cost of the temporary certfiicates which were found to be necessary following the attempt of the | s be used | sat made by the board of school apportionments to | | save 2.9 cents on each diploma. | | TAX FIGHT CARRIED T0 HOUSE FLOOR BY DEMOCRATS (Continued from Page.) | dent, with whatever political benefit may acrue to them thereby, because we have sought our country’s honors serve our country's good, ourselves and invite you | (Republicans) the Nation.” i Gesture, Declares Mills. When Garrett concluded, Demo- jerats flocked to the Speaker’s table to sign tne petition, but desisted | while Representative Mills, Republi- ean, New York, chosen by President Coolidge to be the next Undersec- | retary of the Treasury, delivered a | speech. The Democratic proposal, Mills said, should be “dismissed as a politi- cal gesture” because of the impos- sibility of enactment in the remain- ing days of the session 1t should be remembered, Mills said, that tax laws are not based solely on Treasury surplu He pointed |out that certain taxes being included | this year will not be available next year. Replying to a question b pre sentative Garner of Texas, Mills said ,he would favor tax reduction in the | first session of the next Congress. To a_question whether the reduction would be retroactive to apply to 1927, Mills said, “we should cross that bridge when we get to it."” “Yes,” rejoined Garner, “and you want that bridge to come as ciose to the 1928 election as possible.” Repre tive Crisp, orgla, msked it Mills would support his pending proposal to cut the cor- porationftax from 13% per cent to 10 per gent, but Mills declared he could n@t, because it “‘would cost the Treasury $350,000,000." The pregent T! 3 | al tomorrow | » let us help you serve | 10 Only By tb DET againsf ord to ton. remair were | woula Only serted far, moval befo | shi How nearly hi and with was T tax tr A d former secret ace E. | Dodg ocia | who quishec socia | newspa | Fora te The | ove | | being made to T. T. ciate « surre | of 867 | sentati nority H | ment ¢ |1, 1913 | compu | claims M | Broj [ money | compel | The labout that ment ! purpos | that i | high In | neys r t the st correspondence intended to show that | former | enue proved gard to the correctness of the figure, | By number of a automg they will | inal valuation, in their opinion the plate- | hOt too high, United & Gover i case he | they w to | 489.34 stead ¢ v ttle "he $20,000, ot this! |rect v ifferen of th, | Fora | ness at le sta ington | here fo befor, Likev whethe Mellon se w The de they w ship of lon pri which w formuls | was h the forn Depart ation, contend of all that the Democrats 1924” and final i gress Mellon. The | efrect, revenue rates were in Mills | tion t. | to reduce taxes confine: Whe FORD TAXH charge Motor Co. today planned company Daniel C. 84 enacted BE SHIFTED HERE Few Defense Witnesses Remain to Be Called in Detroit. Associated Press. ROIT, January -Ofticials in the Government tax suit former stockholders of the were prepared Washin; witnesses t £t Only the hearings few defense ied to be heard, and indications the preliminary hearing be concluded tomorrow defense in the record of the case vern of opening their Halted Stock Listir Ford Motor listed on the Exch: ow Henry Ford prevented this A timely newspaper _interview lated today at the $30,000,000 eposition a here has been thus evidence in waiting re- the \ent counsel to case the hearing al Ce Stock was on ng of A. L. McMeans, v to John F. and Hor Dodge. said that §. shares in 1917, declared he was ted with a New York group to organize a holdiug and sell stock. He relin 1'the option when, he eaid, his tas lost interest because of aper articles quoting Henry planning to turn his plant v the Government. option was renewed in 1919, Berger, an ass of Rothschild, but was again ered, this time on payment 000 by Stewart Webb, repr ve of Ford, in buying out mi stock. It fs on this sale tha sent suit hinges. The Govern: contends the stock as of March ¥ for the valued too high tation of taxable profi an additional §30,000,000 eans deposed that the Dodge rs were willing to sell ‘“be- they on bad terms with nd se they saw an op- to make a large sum of They had previously legall “ord to disburse dividend e testiony has revolved dominant contentions— Internal Revenue Depar nally set a valuation on of 1913, for taxation §9,489.34 4 share and valuation was not too led de two. he orig ock uch at a ipport of the first point attor- ad into the record voluminous Commissioner of Internal Rev- Roper verified and s the valuation in 1919. In re pert witnesses, mostly itive leaders, testified the orig , was States Seeks $30,000,000. rnment attorneys have given nkling of the nature of their :vond saying at the outset that ill waive argument on the point whether the valuation of $9, was actually set and will in attempt to prove the figure er. neous. Government contends it lost 000 income taxes as a result valuation and alleges the cor- uation should have been only share. The sum it seeks sents the tax on the nce in profits aceruing from sale stock 1 191 Ford Not Subpoenaed. was not suby enaed as a wit- the hearin, | g here and neither ated if his appearance at Wask was contemplated. Ford left or Sudbury, Mass., a few days the hearing opened 5 Wise neither ecretary of under whose as reopened, would he called. fense attorneys. however, said ould attempt to trace author- memoranda forwarded to Mel. or to opening of the case in vas included, as a suggestion, u @ for assessing the stock, which Id to be virtually identical with mula later used by the Treasury ment in making ) side indicated the Treasury direction second evalu ded, is due to the “overthrow strove for adoption by Con- “of views of Secretary the “more re: sonable rates' he said, had pr than ates” now in oduced more the higher war-time when the Democrats n the majority in Congress, said he belleved the corpora- X too high and would be willing now if it could be d to the corporation levy. n Mills had concluded, Demo- crats rushed to sign the document amid such confusion that Democrat, | Longworth suggested it be transferred | to the | | near K to comj Speaker House lobby to permit the chamber to carry on its business. L ik bk Buildings for the aircraft -ndq;n arachl, Ind! to p 7 e, EARINGS K. Roths- | im. | child, who held an option on the 2,000 | and | the | MISS CLARKE SLAIN, DOCTOR BELIEVES :Decla-res. After Autopsy, That He Holds View, Despite Lack of Evidence. E | i MAY, N that Miss - Pittsburgh body was fc beac week ago, had been murdered eased last it by Dr. Jull Cape May county physiciar Way, who performed the had announced afte arke had com iral causes o sand. chan Mary voman, whase s exy Way Dr Miss ( from by br \ith Lt Athing had he had psy v D e fre exposu itopsy prove substantiate am convinced the woman pnot death 1d While that w theory, 1 I mind “that have no convincing | for my belief, but it opinfon and will not less some pretty strong come along Cites Broken 1" t the e in was js my stea chang <o St t is true o fr th rms ma ezing upon that she mig ntering her lux her, but I believe down and throwr inhaled it into her died. t she collapsed and posure, how was it ti with a strap torn as if it had been snatched from her arm, was found nearly 40 feet away? How was it that the purse belonging to a woma admittedly wealthy contained only cents and a railroad mileage secrip She could hardly have thrown ti purse away herself, and a woman wi }is traveling about the country Wbt of 55 cents. I try sanc d from e: her purse tr Inquest Tomorrow “The g | memc theory that temporarily and t |was on her way to Atl where she had been living, In the head by the sto road conductor on th train from Camden to Wildwood June who stated positively that the woman hagl handed him her scrip and had said Take out mileage to Cape May.’ Coroner William H. Thompson aiso | still holds the theory that Miss Clarke was murdered, with robbery as the |motive. He said last night he was certain this theory woyld be substan tlated before the investigation was completed. The coroner said an in quest would be held tomorrow. Mean while, the woman's stomach and other | organs are being analyzed by an ntic City chemist for trac of poison. fais }POSSIBLE MINE STRIKE * FOR APRIL 1 MINIMIZED knocked of the rail- possible s | Union’s Proposal Met by Statement That Non-Unionists Produce 1 | Greater Part of Soft Coal. The effect of « | bituminous mine mized today in nouncement Mines that strike of unioniged April 1 was mini- the light of an an made by the Bureau of 5.3 per cent of the soft coal being produced in the United States December 31 came from non- union mines and 61.3 per cent of the miners employed were wor with\ out_union supervision F. (. Tryon and H vestigators. who drew pointed out that the f the union control over 3 cent of the produc n had to b Ject to_interpretation, however, inasy {much as on the ate given union mines were working far under capacity and a large number of union miners w unemployed. Likewise national strike, of union mines walkouts. In addition, on the given the operators of a numbe {mines in the past unionized were a regarding wase acts with the unions. Wage contracts under | bituminous miners are expire April 1. Probabil on that date has been | though negatiations for {have not vet been | Production of « breaking seasonal high all last Fall. For the | January 15 the output the Mines Burea | thns. HORNING TO CONSIDER MRS. HOUCK PLEA TODAY Application for Removal of Som to Baltimore to Be Discussed U. 8. Attorney. The application of the v of In Knutt Houck that he he transferred rom Walter Reed Hospital, where he is under observation, to an institution n Baltimore, will be considered lat this afternoon by Assistant United Statesd Attorney George D. Horning. jr., at f conference in his office nded by Dr. J. W. Damgaard of izabethls Hospital, a friend D Hougek and Capt. James Wilson of the eleventh precinet, who has been idety. tified with the search_for Dr Houek! wife, Mrs. Gladys W. Houck, who dis. appeared from her Congress ileights apartment December 15, Dr. Houck, who following his wife i nce wund in Neiw York State in a mentally unbalanced condition, and who was returned to Gullinger Hospital here. is in Walter Reed Hospital on his own application as a former service mum. BRITISH POLICE PLAN - TO WIPE OUT GUNMEN Scotland Yard Flying Squadran Ordered to Shoot to Kill in Pursuing Desperadoes. By the Associated Press LONDON, January 24—Scotland Yard, spurred by a’ recent increase in the operations of gunmen in Lon. |don and’ the provinces, is organizing |a flying squad under orders to shoot | to Kill when in pursuit of desperadoes, The squad will consist of picked men equipped with automobiles. A citizens' volunteer police of 1,500 men' lalso has been sanctioned in Ilertford- shire by the home secretary as an |aid to the police in the preservation of law. and order. ] The -methods employed by burglars and other criminals in. England of late have brought the authorities to the belief that hardened = Americin gunmen have reinforced English and have ' 0. R in up the report. res indicating « bare 35 per gers, in case ¢ numbers 1 with date cont which w working of o strike icated, al- 1 new contract 1 rec wds and ran¥ week ended was estimated 12,550,000 at