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— 2o iy CODLIDGEISBACKED -~ INMEXICO STAND i{ House Foreign Affairs Com-]‘ i} mittee Votes to Report Fairchild Measure. | By the Associated Press. i By a count of 9 to 5, the House for- | {} elgn affairs committee voted today to | report the Falrchild resolution affirm | ii ing the position taken by President Coolidge in the Nicaraguan-Mexican | situation. The vote was on partv lines, except that Representative ( .’ Demo- xa®, Join ht Repub: v fe said he | was opposed to the resolution, and voted because it would enable him to move to reconsider. He then made a | motion that the vote be reconsidered, and the committee became involved in a discussion over he rules. Reconsideration Motion Rejected. The Fairchild resolution would place the House on record as expressing “its full concurrence” with the Presi : vote ~¢ 8 to 7, it also rejected - Representative Moore, , to call Secretary te State De- ated by him partment official desig i for question on the Mexican- Nicaraguan ation. On_ this vote Representative Fish, Repub! n, New York, joined with the Democrats sup- porting Moore, Representative “ennally next moved that in reporting the Fairchild resnlu- tion the committee have a red bo’der printed arouna the document, bu~ his suggestion was lgnored. During the aebate Represen’tive O'Connell, Democrat, w York, de clared that Representative Falithild Republican, New York. sponsored the resolution in erder to obtain White House favor which “may help the gen- tleman after March 4. Denles Move for Favor. Fairchild, who was not re-elected to the next Congress, replied that “there isn’t an appointive position I would have,” and denied that his actions were prompted by any desire to obtain the favor of President Coolidge. Republican” intimations that the Democrats were playing politics were denied by Moore and Connally. The latter appealea to the newspapers to give careful consideration “of how this is being put over. saying that he could not differ with the administra- tion without peing twitted by the Republicans. He added that he feared that the administration was on a path that might lead fo war if some fanatic in Nicaragua should spill American ‘blood. DELUGE OF BOGUS RUM PERMITS SEEN IN McCARL DECISION (Continued from First Page.) well as the complete permits and prescriptions?” . In denying the Treasury the right to use prohibition funds for any of the three proposed methods, Controller General McCarl pointed to his prior decision, holding that the expenses incident to the criminal proceedings would not be questioned on the basis that there was an extraditible crime having some immediate connection with enforcement of prohibition in this country. McCarl Denies Authority. The present proposal of the Treas- ury to replevin and then buy the pa- per, however, McCarl said, “involves proceedings in a foreign country for enforcement of prohibition in’ this country.” There is no authority, ex- pressed or implied, in the national prohibition act, or the appropriations for enforcement, for proceedings in foreign' countries to stop the manu- facture in such foreign countries of intoxicating liquors that might be smuggled into this country in viola- tion of the national prohibition act. “Likewise, there is no authority, ex- pressed or implied, for proceedings in forelgn countries to stop the manu- facture in such foreign countries of watermarked paper used by this coun- try in the printing of permit and prescription blanks. “In either case, in the absence of express statutory authority or treaty provisions, it would be a question, after manufacture, of it becoming a matter of stopping the smuggling into this country, which is for administra- tive consideratior The McCarl decision was recognized today by officials in close touch with the situation as virtually tying the hands of the administration in its proposed course o® action. Whether any new attempts will be made in remains to be decided fol- lowing conferences between legal ex- perts of the Department of Justice and the Treasury Department. Four Indicted in Boston. Pursuing further efforts to stop the alleged conspiracy in prohibition pa- per, the Treasury, through the office of the chief prohibition investigator, has already secured the indictment in Boston of four men accused off hav- ing manufactured the “bandyroll,” a device for putting the watermark “Prohibition” in- the paper. The men, who were charged with having de- frauded the United States by manu- facturing the bandyroll in Holyoke, | Mass., were arrested in New Yorl | city, and will be tried in Boston Fed- eral Court March 17. Even should this case be success- ful, however, the supply of paper remains in Canada, along with the entire machinery for its further manufacture. With a court decision in Canada that the men on trial there were not guilty of violating any Ca- nadlan law, the situation leaves the | factory and operators there the op- | portunity of turning out more paper. | The supply of watermarked paper in question, about 17 tons, was seized | by the mounted police on a dock at| Montreal, according to records here, when it was about to be loaded on a | wvessel bound down the St. Lawrence River. It was In the custody of the | court during the criminal case, and is still being held temporarily by court until some decision m: reached as to how the United may proceed further, if it proceeds at all. | Held for Grand Jury Action. James Lee Dean of 910 I street, charged with operating a smoke screen, pleaded not guilty in Police Court’ today before Judge Gus A. Schuldt, und was held for the action | of the grand jury on a bond of $1,000. | Dean was arrested by Policeman Wil- | lam J. Cunningham of the fourth | precinct. Conquers Channel HENRY SWIMMER CROSSES CATALINACHANNEL Henry Sullivan of Massachu- setts Makes Trip in 22 Hours After Failing in Marathon. By the Associated Pry LONG BEACH, Calif, February 1.—The municipal observer on Pine Avenue Pjer here stated that Henry F. Sullivan of Lowell, Mass.,, landed on the pier here about 8 o'clock this morning from a launch which he boarded at Point Vicente, declaring that he had swam the San Pedro Channel from Santa Catalina Island in 22 hours and 45 minutes. - Sullivan, who conquered the Eng- lish Channel several years ago, failed in the recent island marathon race, won by George Young of Toronto. Landed at 11:53 P.M. WILMINGTON, Calif., February 1 (®).—The Wilmington Transporta- tion Company reported today that a man who accompanied Henry F. Sullivan on a second attempt to swim the San Pedro Channel from Santa Catalina Island, informed one of their officials that the Massachusetts swim- mer had landed at 11:33_ p.m. last night at Point Vicente, and had gone from there by launch to Long Beach. The informant, who gave his name as D. R. Monroe of Long Beach, sald Sullivan started at 108 Monday morning, which would make his crossing time 22 hours and 45 minutes, or seven hours more than that taken by George Young of Toronto, Ontario, who also landed at Point Vicente in winning the $25,000 Wrigley ocean marathon two weeks 0. His appearance on the Pine Avenue Pier at Long Beach gave rise to reports that he had completed the crossing there. e ™ DISTRICT COMMITTEES REAFFIRM OPPOSITION Favor Grading and Draining of School Grounds for Play Purposes. The education and highways and parks and waterways committees of the Federation of Citizens' Assocla- tions voted last night to reaffirm their original report opposing the proposed employment of a_landscape architect who would be charged with giving special esthetic treatment to the pub- lic school grounds and approaches to the buildings, but favoring instead the grading and draining of school grounds for play purposes. The report was presented to the federation at its last meeting, but was referred back by action of that body for reconsideration. Maj. Layson E. Atkins. assistant District Engineer Commissioner, ap- peared before the committees at their joint meeting and outlined the plans contemplated to improve the appear- ance of the school grounds. PRESENTS DISTRICT BILLS Zihlman Introduces Juvenile Court and Rail Suit Measures. Two bills were introduced in the House today by Chairman Zihlman of the House District committee at the request of the District Commissioners. One these would be to amend Tuvenile Court legislation as proposed by the Commission on Public Welfare Legislation and approved by the Board of Public Welfare. It bases Juvenile Court law on chancery rather than on criminal procedure. The other bill would authorize the District Commissioners to drop all suits against the rallroads for the settling of First street between B street south and B street north. It provides that the Philadelphia, Balti- more_and Washington Railroad Co., the Pennsylvania Rallroad and the Washington Terminal Co. be allowed to pay to the Collector of Taxes of the District, not less than $30,000, in com- promise settlement of claims and suits pending in the Supreme Court to recover the sum of $58,198.80. o iy, INDUSTRIAL AGE DATA. Growth of Manufacturing in U. 8. Outlined by Statistician. Growth of manufacturing in the in- dustrial age of the Wnited States since 1873 was outlined by Woodlief Thomas, statisticlan of the Federal Reserve Board, in an address before the Wash- ington Statistical Society’s annual meeting last night at the Raleigh Hotel. Dr. E. Dana Durand of the Depart- ment of Commerce was elected presi- dent of the society, succeeding Dr. | J. A. Hill of the Census Bureau. W1 liam M. Steuart, director of the cen- sus, was elected vice president, and Dorsey W. Hyde, jr., was elected sec- retary. | graphic description of the Ford sales THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, SO0 1A RECOVERY U UP Hearing Resumed on Govern- ment’s Claim Against Ford Co. Minority Stockholders. By the Assoclated Press. | Hearings in the Government's | $30,000,000 tax-recovery suit against former minority stockholders in u’!“: Ford Motor Co. were resumed here | today with the presentation of further | evidence reviewing the early days of | the Ford organization. Norval A. Hawkins, former m-nager of the company, said that, al- | | though Henry Ford played amall-town | reuits and rural communities when | he started out in 1904 with his selling compaign, by 1912 there were 7.000 ex pert and traited Ford dealers scat tered over the United States. | Held as Valuable Franchise. | “They constituted the most valuable | franchise in the country,” he said, “and excelled in their organization the selling staff of any motor manufactur- ing concern.” Mr. Hawkins was general sales and commercial manager for the Ford com- ny from 1907 to 1919. He gave a | sales | hods and its system of locating assembling plants at strategic points hroughout the country. rhis testimony was offered by_the former minority stockholders to dem- onstrate that the value placed on ) shares of Ford stock sold to Henry Ford in 1918 was conservatively appraised by the Internal Revenus Iureau at $9,489 a share, as of March 1, 1913 Another Point Stressed: : Also that the revised valuation of $3.600 now put forwanl by the Gov- ernment does not accord with the con- dition of prosperity already reflected in_the operations in 1913. It is upon the basis of the lower valuation that the Internal Revenue Bureau is attempting to collect an additional $30.000,000 tax on alleged extra profits made by the minority stockholders when they sold out. Of the total, $10,000,000 was assessed against Senator James Couzens of Michigan. A s:ctlon of the Board of Tax Ap- peals is hearing the evidence, a part of which was presented in Detroit at hearings which were interrupted last week. MARLBOROUGH JOINS CATHOLIC CHURCH Former Husband of Consuelo Van- derbilt Admitted by Arch- bishop of Westminster. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 1.—The Duke of Marlborough, whose marriage to the former Consuelo Vanderbilt recently was nullified, was received into the Catholic Church today. The ceremony was held In the chapel of the arch- bishop's house, Westminister. The present Duchess of Marlbor- ough, Countess Abingdon, Lady Gwen- doline, Spencer Churchill and Lord Lovat were present. Cardinal _Francis Bourne, Arch- bishop of Westminster, granted the duke and duchess an audlience after the ceremeny and blessed them. The Duke of Mariborough's mar- riage to the former Consuelo Vander- bilt, under the rites of the Episcopal Church, was nullified by the Catholic diocesan court of Southwark, England, a year ago, and the verdict was con- firmed last July by the Holy Tribunal f Rota, at Rome. 5 New':" of the nullification became public in November and created inter- national interest, and Episcopal digni. taries, including Bishop Manning of New York, strongly criticized the ac- tion of the Catholic authorities. When reports of the nullification proceedings first became known it was stated that they were initiated to “regularize” the duke's position and permit his entry into the Catholic faith. M. & M. HEAD NAMES STANDING COMMITTEES Gen. Stephan Selects Frank Jel- leff and Mark Lansburgh as Chief Aides. Gen. Anton Stephan, newly elected president of the Merchants and Manu- facturers’ Association, todayappointed seven of the standing committees of the organization, which will serve for the ensuing year. Only one committee remains to be named. Committeemen and their chairmen were selected as follows: Audit committee—Franklin Harper, chairman; George De Neale. Executive committee—Gen. Anton Stephan, cha‘rman; Frank Jelleff, Mark Lansburgh. Trade abuses—Mark Lansburgh, chairman; E. H. Lowe, Bert Brewood, Moritz Mayer, Jackson Reade, Frank Low. Law and legislation—Joseph A. Burkhart, chairman; Claude Owen, H. E. Stringer. Membership—Claude Owen, chair- man; Charles Crane, Sidney West, Bert Olmsted, A. J. Sundlun, Peter M. Dorsch, Ford Young, Z. D. Blacki- stone, J. E. Collifiower, J. 8. Blick Frank Avalear, Joseph Harris, Ray Semmes. Freight and transportation—O. J. DeMoll, chairman; H. H. Kidwell, Harry Roche, F. L. Marshall, jr., W. ‘W. Bowie. Publicity—O. T. Wright, chairman; John Shoemaker, Harry Hahn. B —— MEXICAN BOND INTEREST. NEW YORK, February 1 (#).— Funds necessary to complete payment in full of the second six-months’ in- terest on the bonds of the Republic of Mexico have been received here and will be placed at the disposal of the international committee of bankers by the Mexican treasury department, it was announced today by Arturo M. Elias, financial agent of Mexico, Interest on the guaran- teed bonds of the National Railway of Mexico also was provided. 'Girl Is Suspended from Rafters Before Death by Poison; Father Held By the Associated Press. CENTERVILLE, Ala., February 1.—Nellfe Greathouse, 15-year-old girl, - Harvey Myers Jailed. TAMPA, Fla., February 1 (P.— Harvey Myers of Covington, Ky., president of the defunct West Coast Jockey Club, was sentenced to 1 year in jall by Judge W. Raleigh Pettagay ' of the Criminal Court of Hillshoro} County today, after convietion on charges of conspiracy to violate the State gambling whose death by poisoning last week caused the arrest of her father, B. F. Greathouse, on a charge of murder, was tortured by being suspended by her wrists from the rafters as a pun- ishment for failing to do housework satistactorily a short time before her | death, her brother, Noah Greathouge, 17, told officers yesterday. Other instances of inhuman treat- ment of his sister and himself by | give additional their father and stepmother were told by the boy, who ran away from home and went to live with another sister t‘od;scape the father's crueity, officers No report from B. B. Ross, State chemist at Auburn, who is making an examination of the girl's internal organs to establish the fact of her polsoning, was expected until Wednes- day by local authorities. gr'he mother of the girl, divorced fronfiireathouse and now living fn W 4 ., Was x| last night to IH‘V" to D. T, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 171, 1927. FORD COMPANY TAX CASE TRANSFERRED HERE HENRY MUQER Left to right: counsel for apj resenting t m[;mflty stock | as income tax from their sale of their Ford holdings. fore the board of tax appeals. Hearings were arl;hulf.y star_ed Caplital. Joseph Davies, John W. Davis, former Democratic llants; T W. Gregg, solicitor of the Bureau of Interal Revenue; Floyd J. Toome; e Government, in opposition to the appeal o’ Senator James Couzens and other former owners of | in the Ford Motor Co. from the attempt o’ the Government to collect $30,000,000 alleged to be due was taken at the opening of hearings torda; troit, but have been transferred to the N: Th> pieture D andidate for President; Sidney T. Miller, and W. H. Trigg, be- ational EXCUSE 2 JURORS INEKER RUM CASE Judge Declares Technical Mistrial of Mayor, Police Chief and 17 Others. By the Arsociated Press. NEW YORK, February 1.—A tech- nical mistrial was declared today in the Eker rum case in which the mayor and chief of police of Edgewater, N. J., and 17 others are defendants, when two jurors were excused by Judge Meekins. A recess was taken pending impaneling of new jurors. The two jurors excused were Ernest 8. Blum and Herbert B. Lederer. It was, indicated that Blum, who is an Importer of medicinal wines, was re- lleved because it was considered the nature of his occupation would pre- vent him from being impartial. Lederer was allowed to retire on the ground that he “knew a party who had contributed to the defense fund.” Judge Meekins said that this would not be enough to bar Lederer, but that he might be excused if he felt that his continuance on the panel would ‘‘prove embarrassing.” The defendants are charged with conspiring to violate the prohibition and customs law by landing liquor brought from the Bahamas in the steamer Eker. It is charged that oper- ators of the Eker paid $70,000 in bribes to arrange the landing of the $2,000,000 rum cargo on the Jersey coast. Of this money $50,000 is said by the Government to have gone to Mayor Henry Wissel of Edgewater for distribution to Chief of Police James A. Dinan and other officlals. The other $20,000, it is charged, was given to Police Sergt. John J. Lowery of the marine division, New York. Pleas of guilty by ‘three co-defend- ants and the dismissal of a prospec- tive juror who startled the court by rejecting jury service on the ground that some of -his relatives were rum runners featured first day of the trial. Cecil Kinder and D. Turner of Chi- cago and Maurice Borden of New- port, R. 1., pleaded guilty and were remanded for sentence. This reduced the number of defendants to 19. Today in Congress SENATE. Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippl called up for considera- tion his resolution seeking to have the Senate express the belief that taxes should be reduced at this ses- sion. Chairman Hale of the naval com- mittee called up the naval appro- priation bill again with a possibil. ity of a vote today on the contro- versial amendments providing $1,- 200,000 to begin work on three cruisers. Senator Mayfield, Democrat, of ‘Texas, appealed for action at this session on three pending bills to tighten up the enforcement of prohibition. A judiciary subcommittee, head- ed by Senator Walsh of Montana, resumed hearings to determine what steps the Federal Trade Com- mission has taken in the investiga- tion of the bread and beking in- dustry. Immigration committee held a meeting to consider pending bills on the national origin quota provi- sion of existing law. Interstate commerce committee held a hearing on railroad consoli- dations. HOUSE. The House today is considering the largest District appropriation bill ever before Congress. Representatives Simmons, Ne- braska, Republica Collins, Mis- sissippi, Democrat; Griffin, New York, Democrat, all members of the subcommittee that drafted the District appropriation bills, dis- cussed the question of 74 addition- al teachers for the Washington schools whoo were recommended by the budget but stricken out by the appropriations committee. Repre- sentative Funk, Republican, Illi- nois, discussed the bill generally and made important specific recom- mendations regarding the Traffic Bureau and the corporation coun- sel’s office. The House today approved the resolution granting the Gibson sub- committee which is making a sys- tematic study of the municipal ad- ministration authority to subpoena witnesses, and providing an appro- priation of $1,500. Interstate commerce committee in executive session on railroad consolidation. Military affairs committee holds regular meeting in executive ses- on. Legislative appropriation bill re- ported to House after full meeting of appropriations committee. Ways and means committee in executive session on whisky bill. Foreign affairs committee con- ducts hearing on Fairchild resolu- tion on Mexico. Immigration committee in execu- tive session. Rules committee conducts hear- ing, with Representative Porter, chairman of foreign affairs com- mittee, as witness, on third Hague conference. Public lands committee holds meeting in executive session. Judiciary subcommittee of House District committee favorably re- ports bill to regulate practice of pharmacy and arranges for hear- ings to start next Monday on Sun- day blue law bill. Subcommittee on police and fire- men of the House District commit- tee concludes hearings on proposed merger of United States park po- lice force with the Metropolitan po- lice force. Judiclary committee conducts ng before subcommittee. heari ing and currency commit- tee continues on Federal lnl"lu‘ ; BUSCH’S DEATHBED CHARGES RECITED ON WITNESS STAND (Continued_from First P: plied he had made a mistake; that he did not know who wes the man in the blue suit. “In these trying times,” he ex- plained, “it's easy to make a mistake with the firing of questions.” Slicker Is Mentioned. O'Donoghue challenged the witness on his frequent references to a man in a “green slicker” after Ach had iden- tified a black one as resembling the one In question on the morning of the shooting. O'Donoghue showed Ach the black one and then asked: “Is green similar to black?"” “It is very similar,” replied Ach. O’Donoghue fired his questions in a loud voice that caused Horning to ap- peal to the court. The prosecuting at- torney requested that O'Donoghue be instructed to address his questions in a “polite voice,” as “the witness is not a criminal, but a guardian of the law.” O'Shea objected to this remark, and for a moment everybody talked at once, but O'Shea’s voice could be heard above the others, demanding the mat- ter be discussed at the bench. After quiet was regained, Justice Hitz said he had heard nothing that would war- rant ecriticism. O'Shea’s cross-examination dwelt particularly on McCabe's connection with the shooting. Ach reiterated again and again the various features of the occurrence, and, for the edifica- tion of O'Shea and the courtroom, stepped from the chair, used McCabe as an illustration of his relative po- sition, and also pressed into service Clifford Grant, Eagle's attorney, t serve as “the man in the blue suit.” He then demonstrated how he grabbed McCabe by the beit in the middle of his back and the man in the blue suit by the left arm. Talked With Young Lady. O'Shea asked Ach if he ever had dis- cussed the case ‘“with a young lady named ‘Bobby,’ " and the witness re- plied he had, but when he found out she was a friend of John Proctor, one of the defendants, he refused to talk further about it. ““You are not favoring anybody in this case?” asked O'Shea. “I've no right to,” replied Ach. “You are not trying to conceal the identity of any one, are you?” “If 1 would take with any one about this matter, it would never reverse any decision I have made in this case,” Ach replied. ‘Walter A. Proctor, 2702 Huntington avenue, Baltimore, brother of the de- fendant Proctor, testified that at 10 o'clock on the morning of September 26 he arrived at his home and found John there with a bullet wound in his stomach. He was taken to Franklin Square Hospital and, Walter said, when he asked John what caused the wound, the younger brother was unable to talk and he never learned from him the facts in the case. Felix Solari, an earlier witness in the proceedings, was recalled by Horning to identify a cameo ring, which, he said, was taken from him by Eagles in a hold-up on the Balti- more pike about two hours before the Petworth shooting. Solari said the first time he had seen the ring since the robbery was in Horning's office this morning. Yesterday, George H. Vogel of 4106 New Hampshire ave- nue testified that he found the ring in a paint bucket in his cellar Wednesday night “as the result of certain information imparted to me.” Questioned on Ammunition. When Ach resumed the stand for direct examination yesterday after- noon, he was asked by O'Leary if he observed McCabe’s condition as the four men and the two officers went in search of the “broken-down car.” Ach replied that McCabe appeared to be “as well as I was and I was in perfect health at that time. He walked straight and I didn’'t notice anything unusual about his walk, and he talked clear. There were no odors about him.” Ach testified that McCabe, Moreno and Eagles were brought into his room at Garfield Hospital September 27 and that he had not seen the de- fendants prior ‘to the time he ap- peared in court at their trial. Then O'Leary turned the examina- tion to the ammunition Ach used, receiving from the witness the state- ment that .38 ‘“special” cartridges were used by him that night. ‘Ach stated that those shells were given him while he was a student at the police school last January. He was shown a cartridge and after examin- ing it Ach declared it was similar in appearance to the ones he used. The exploded shells in Ach’s revolver were removed by Capt. Frederick Cornwell of the tenth precinct shortly after the shooting and thrown away, the captain had testified, to prevent corrosion in the gun. O’Shea fought the ammunition phase of the testimony, declaring “this witness cannot tell about the bul- lets” and adding, ‘“they want to speculate and then compare them with other evidence in this case.” Archer, counsel for Proctor, took Ach over part of his story on cross-exami- ARKANSAS FLOOD DRIVES 0UT 1,000 Three Counties Almost En- tirely Under Water—Many Families Marooned. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., February 1.— More than a hundred thousand acres of land were under water today as a result of levee breaks caused by floods in the St. Francis district here, but reports of deaths in the stricken area were discounted by Red Cross workers. ‘Woodruff, Prairie and Monroe Coun- tles were almost entirely under water along the course of the White River, where the most serious break occurred. Many Families Homeless. The State military department was caring for 700 to 1,000 persons who were forced from their homes to the shelter of tents. In Cotton Plant, a town located on high ground in the middle of the flooded district, 500 per- sons are being cared for. Thirteen families were marooned on a knoll of ground near Calhoun, Ky. Messages indicated that although they needed food, clothing and medicine, they were in no immediate danger. Doyle Clem, a 12-year-old boy, thrice reported drowned, not only was alive and well today, but was lauded by Little Rock relief workers for the res- :;Je of his younger brother and baby ster. Lad Shows His mother had when the waters began to rise, and, leaving her three children in their home, went to seek aid. In the meantime, the house became flood- ed, and Doyle carried his brother and sister to a bridge over a stream which he had to cross to reach higher ground. Midstream, wading on the rail of the bridge, waist deep in the water, he could go no farther. For hours the boy held the two younger children above the water until they were reached by a rescue party in a boat. —— Heroism. become alarmed nation, but was unable to develop ary new points. Ach had one or two litt.e tilts with Proctor's attorney. When Archer said he did not like to refer to Busch “lying in the gutter, because he wasn't in the gutter,” Ach shot back, “He was in the gutter.” Ach was asked if the man “in the blue suit” walking before him had not fallen when the first shot was fired, but the witness replied he knew not ing about that. Shot at “Green Slicker.” id you shoot Proctor?” Archer asked. (T don't know who I shot. I shot al e man in e ‘een sli P witness replied. SR O'Donoghue showed Ach two bul- lets and asked the witness to state if they resembled each other In ap- pearance. Ach declared they were of two different makes, and insisted they were not alike. O'Donoghue still pur- sued his original question of “resem- blance,” whereas Ach maintained the bullets were different. Horning came to Ach’s rescue, and objected to the “improper cross-ex- amination of the witness” by 0’Dono- ghue, and O'Shea sided with his col- league, declaring that Horning’s re- marks’ were only made “to prejudi Mr. O'Donoghue against the jury. The court observed nothing unusual about the cross-examination, and finally Ach responded that the bul- lets did resemble each other. In re- sponse to a question, he stated one was a Remington and the other & Weston, and then, at 0'Donoghue’s in- vitation, he slipped them in the cham- ber of his own service revolver, which the defense has marked “For identifi- cation, Moreno, No. 1.” When O'Donoghue asked Ach to detail again the position of the men as they walked east on Upshur street, Ach replied: “I have told you before: consult the record.” O'Shea jumped to his feet and requested the court to instruct the witness that he must answer questions propopnded to him. Without carrying out O'Shea’s r quest, Justice Hitz adjourned court for the day. L O NS et William Smith, 80, Expires. Willlam Smith, colored, 80 years old, 1731 Johnson street, died yester- day afternoon. Smith recently had been under the care of a physician, A certificate of death from natural causes was given. BAND CONCERT. TODAY. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra, at the Marine Barrack: 8:15 o’'clock, Willlam H. Santelmann, leader; Taylor Branson, second leader. New York Nearest to Undersea City:; Buildings and Subways Below Water By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 1.—Father Knickerbocker is known to the skyline gazing visitors as an old fel- low with his head held loftily among the clouds. But a survey reveals that New York is about the nearest thing in existence to an undersea city. At no point below Forty-second street is the elevation more than 45 feet above sea level. Most of the tall buildings have their foundations be- low the waterline, The subways, wherever they have to dip to slide under intersections, sewers, gas lines, and water pipes, burrow through rock which is a wall between the fishes of the deep and the millions who go hurtling through the tunnels on their way to work or pl An army of men M drilling through miles of New York's bedrock, and trucks are carting off B, rth and rock. . of the. L¥ If all the dirt removed in excavation work in New York since skyscrapers and subways became “the thing” were replaced, the entire level of Manhat- tan Island would be raised to 55 to 70 _feet above its present level. ‘When the new Eighth avenue sub- way is completed, New York’s tunnels could reach from New York to Phila- delphia. More than 40 per cent of the excav: tions for the subway lines have been through solid rock, which forms the bed of the island. The first link of the new subway will extend 10% miles, from Green- wich Village to Washington Heights. Most of its depths will be below sea levaly Drille#s, plugging through Gneiss ke from 100 to 150 feet a day thrgugh hard rock, in contrast with 4QFfeet a day a few vears ago r a _machines avaflable. e« - FORSCOTTISH RiTE New Cathedral Planned to House Activities of Four Local Bodies. Construction of a new Scottish Rite Cathedral, monumental in character, for use of all members ot the order in | the District of Columbia, to b erected | at Thirteenth and K streets at a cost | approximating $1,500,000, last night was authorized by representatives of | the four Scottish Rite bodies of this | Jurisdiction at a joint meeting held at the New York avenue temple | Although architectural plans as yet | have not been drafted, a building com- mittee of eight was vested with full powers to proceed with the project and construction of the temple Is ex- pected to begin within'two months. Building Committee Named. John C. Wineman was appointed chairman of the building committee, which also includes James A. Wet. 'more. Frank Sebring, Moni Sanger, L. Whiting Estes, Frank Koch, Lem ¥owers and J. Claude Keiper. The meeting of the co-ordinating | Scottish Rite bodies last night was presided over by Ellwood P. Morey, deputy of the Supreme Council for the District of Columbia, The building committee was author- ized to borrow up to $1,000,000 to carry out the plans for the new structure. This, added to another $1,000,000 now held by 'the order in real estate and liquid assets, it is said, will be ample to finance the project. Sale of the present Scottish Rite Cathedral, at 433 Third street, which was acquired some years ago from the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction, when the House of the Temple was completed at Sixteenth and S streets, also is contemplated. An offer of $100, 000 for the building was made some time ago, officers say. House Activities. The new cathedral will house the activities of all four local Scottish Rite bodies, Mithras Lodge of Perfec- tion, Robert Le Bruce Council of Ka- dosh, the Evangelist Chapter, Rose Croix, and the Albert Pike Consis- tory, having a total membership of about 8,700. The style of architecture, it is said, has been left to the judgment of the building committee, but it is under- stood the structure will incorporate a huge auditorium, seating about 2,000 persons, and five floors of clubrooms. The remainder of the building is to be given over to offices for .the most part. According to present plans, the building will have a frontage of 147 feet on Thirteenth street and 152 feet on K. AUTOMOBILE SHOW BREAKS RECORD Attendance Last Night Exceeded 5,000—Crowd Caused No Congestion. ‘Washington's tribute to the 1927 automobile was most emphatically 1900000 TEMPLE |BROWNING DEMIE CRUELTY CAARGES Never Struck “Peaches,” He Tells Court From the Witness Stand. By the Associated Press WHITE PLAINS. N. Y., February 1.—Edward W, Browning took the stand at 11:26 o'clock today te deny his wife's charges that he was a cruel husband. Flushed, but apparently not very nervous, the witness took his seat and gave his age as 52. Since he was 16 years old, he said, he had been in the real estate business. His meeting with the then Frances McAlpin Hotel at a e s then described. Miss Heenan walked up to a group of people I was with, and after she had been Introduced to me, she asked me to danc Browning said. *“After the dance she gave me her telephone number. She was she said at first, and gradually reduced the age as I got better acquainted.” Describes Acid Incident. The witness described the incidents of the acid burning, the first knowl- edge of which, he said, was tele- phone ge from Mrs. Hee) Browning detailed how medical at- tention was received and how he called the police, against Mrs. Hee- nan's wishes. ‘_‘I)ul you have anything to do with ttu:i acid burning of the gir Johre h..: ack of Browning's counsel asked. Only with securing help and medi- ca}‘nlu‘nliun answered Lrowning. Did you ever strike your wife, or did she ever scream?* he was, asked. ‘No sir, no sir,” he said. Describes Wife’s “Spells.” Browning described the “spells” which Mrs. Browning told about in her_testimony. “She scared me half to death,” he sald. “She would froth at the mouth and bite her tongue and had a kind of“u'rattle in her throat. ‘When I was one year old I might have crawled on the floor, but never since, Browning said, laughingly, when asked if he had ever Jumped about like a monkey on the floor. matI bough': 50 or 60 dresses and S—anything she wanted sk have,” he declared. . Riverside Drive was for his wife, he said, when_looking for an apartment in T n New York for “She wanted a roadster and three dogs, but I was afraid if she had & car of her own she would have a ‘spell’ and hurt herself;” he sald. i Gander Bobs Up Again. Irs. Elizabeth D. Farney, the fi witness, testified Mrs. y'Bm:vm?: seemed to get a lot of enjoyment out of Browning's honking gander. Her husband, Frank J. Farney, said he met Mrs. Browning, not through an roduction, but by “b " Rt y utting in" to Miss Emma R. Steiner, an orch tral conductor; Margaret Mncdol\l:;: a journalist and publicity woman, and Mrs. Norma Drupike, an acquaintance of Browning for s Sestifieq, g several years, also “too cheap"” RO, WOODSIDE PARK GROUP BACKS MONTGOMERY PLAN pald at the Auditorium last night, when more than 5,000 persons filed through the hall to view the exhibits displayed under the auspices of the Washington Automotive Trade Asso- clation. According to Rudolph Jose, chair- man of the show committee of the association, 'last night's attendance was the greatest in the history of local automobile shows, even outstrip- ping the new high marks set last year. Both floors of the Auditorium were filled to capacity throughout the eve- ning, while attendance during the aft- ernoon also was exceptionally heavy. Exhibits have been so arranged, how- ever, that, although the Auditorium was called upon tc bear an unusually heavy volume of human traffic, there was little or no congestion, and the crowds passed through easily and com- fortably. It is pointed out by Mr. Jose that total attendance at the show thus far is considerably in advance of last year’s large total, and the prospects | are that when the exhibition closes on Saturday night the aggregate gain will run well into the thousands. Show visitors commented upon the tasteful decorations with which both floors have been festooned, as well as upon the well placed orchestras. SALE OF ELECTRIC LINE IS ORDERED FOR APRIL ‘Washington and Virginia Railway Has Total Indebtedness of $3,500,000. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. February 1.— ‘The Washington and Virginia Railway line, operating between Washington, Alexandria, Mount Vernon and Fair- | fax, which has been in the hand of the receivers since November 23, 1923, will be sold at public auction in April, according to an announcement made today by Gardner L. Bootle. The road has an indebtness of $3,- 500,000 of which amount $2,500,000 is an the Mount Vernon branch, which sxtends from Washington to Mount Vernon and $1,000,000 on the Falls Church branch, which extends to Fair- fax Court Hou: —_— ICE WAGON TURNED OVER. Hit by Car at New York Avenue and Tenth Street. An fice wagon containing 1,000, pounds of ice was turned over this morning when a westbound street car hit it at New York avenue and Tenth street. The driver, H. G. Nau, owner of the truck and veteran ice dealer. leaped to safety and the truck escaped with minor damages, although part of its icy cargo was strewn about the street. Mr. Nau was going south on Tenth street and attempted to make a left hand turn on New York avenue when the street car hit the rear of his truck, tossing It over on its side. RN HELP SERVICE MEN. Insurance Consultants on Duty Late in Day. Announcement was rhade at the Veterans' Bureau this morning that, beginning this afternoon and continu- ing through February 7, insurance consultants will be on duty to accom- modate service men employed during the day. 'This service is in line with the cam- paign to have veterans convert their insurance policies. The consultants will give advice from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. A consultant will be at the I street en- trance e Washington regional of- Change in County Government to Provide Greater Flexibility Favor- ed by Association. The Woodside Park Property Own- ers' Assoclation, at its latest re meeting: indorsed the plans. nes ing proposed for a change of govern- . ment in Montgomery County, it more fiexible and better able to function in the swiftly growing urban communities adjoining Washington in Maryland. But two or three minor modifications to the proposed plan, which has been indorsed by the Mont- gomery County Civic Federation, were suggested. It was the consensus that the de- velapment of suburban Washington must be looked upon broadly, as it | will include Jarge sections of Mont. gomery and Prince Georges Counties. Every effort should be made to aveid multiplicity of small, taxable areas and to provide machinery and money for co-operating with the National Cap- ital Park Planning Commission and other bodies seeking to direct the fu- ture growth of the city along far- seeing lines. _The ,committee was appointed to discuss ways and means of securing a community center with sufficient area for playgrounds. The president was instructed to ap- point immediately a committee to in- terview the property holders with re- gard to raising the minimum restric- tion on the cost of homes. It was the emphatic opinion of the meeting that it would be to the great benefit of all property holders to join in raising the building restrictions and providing suitable consulting architectural tal- ent for those desiring to build homes. RN Pl AN Mabel M. James, 44, Dead. Mabel M. James, 44, dled at her home, 808 I street, at about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Coroner Nevitt gave a certificate of death from natural causes. Every Geography Is Out of Date The decision of postal authorities, travel agencies, geographers and map makers to use the European spelling for cities in Europe has caused radi- cal changes in the map of Europe. The war made great changes in boundaries, created new countries, changed spellings. New surveys have corrected the mapping of rivers, cor- rected mountain heights, ete. Now the first correct, complete map of Europe under new conditions f{s ready. The Washington Information Bureau of The Evening Star has secured an advance supply of these maps at a cost enabling every reader to have one at a nominal price. A full color map, 21 by 28 inches, on heavy paper, with complete tables of _statistics on the reverse side, bringing the reader up to date on Europe. Every Evening Star reader will want one to make European news understandable. Every school child should have one. Use the Attachea Coupon. 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