Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1927, Page 4

STRANGE COMBINES FORMED IN SENATE Farmer-Banker, Insurgent- Regular and Others Work to Expedite Legislation. By the Associated Press. Unusual alliances in the Senate appear to be the order during the closing days of the Sixty-ninth Con- gres: Some are dictated by an expe- diency, some 1 others by an overwhelming desire of a large majority of Senators to remove the necessity for an extra sesslon of the Seventieth Congress One of the strangest of them all fs the combination of the farmer and the ker legislators whereby the McNary-Haugen and the McFadden branch banking bills would be put through with the use of cloture if 1es necessary, combination which had ats vainly seeking the answer when th regulars and insurgents temporarily buried the political hatchet to head off the Democrats in their effort to declare for tax reduction legis tion at this session. Other Strange Combinations. The line-up on the naval bill earlier in the week also furnished something of a surpr with Re- | publican Old Guard splitting on the question of supporting the President against immediate construction of three more scout cruisers and number of the Democrat mong them most of the so-called radicals, standing behind the Executive. Just to show that it can function when it's a mind to, the Senate dis posed of four measures, two involving appropriations of nearly one hundred million dollars; confirmed upward of & hundred executive nominations and was halted suddenly by Senator Blease, Democrat, South Carolina, just as it was ready to put through the $360,000,000 Army appropriation bill. Blease Demands Vote. Action of the military committee in eliminating a_provi; survey the Kin and Cowpen: War battlefields, raised South Carolinian. He announced that he was going to have a vote of the Senate on that proposition and de- manded a quroum call. Leaders thought they had the way all paved for the establishment of something of a record and they quick- ly crowded around the South Caro- lina Senator, urging him to with- draw his request. But he was obdurate and, after a roll call showed less than 49 Senators present, adjournment was taken until today. Measures disposed of yesterday were the $85,000,000 appropriation bill for the State, Justice, Labor and Com- merce Departments; the $10,000,000 bill for the eradication of the Euro- pean corn borer; the bill to regulate the importation of milk and cream from Canada and a resolution declar- ing for the use of the present Treas- ury surplus for reducing the public debt instead of the Mation’s tax bill. Measures Passed. With the passage of these four measures, the total for the week was raised to 89, the others including the $320,000,000 naval appropriation bill with its' provision for beginning work this vear on three additional scout cruisers, and a number of claims, pen- sion and other bills, which were on the unanimous cqnsent calendar. With the passage of the additional appropriation bill vesterday, only four now remain to be put through the The Patterson House at No. 15 Du- pont circle has been selected by Pres- ident and Mrs. Coolidge to be their home during the several months the White House will be undergoing exten- sive interior repairs. This handseme dwelling is the prop- erty of Mrs. Elmer Schlesinger, whose politics and still | husband is a New York stock broker. It was built by Mrs. Schlesinger’'s father, Robert W. Patterson of Chi- cago, about 20 years ago. While not so pretentious or as large as some of the homes in Washington, it is gener- ally looked upon as one of the most attractive, The old Patterson home is one of | the finest of the many mansions to be found in the Dupont Circle sec- tion of Washington. Stately in archi- tecture, of Italian influence, from the outside, it Is even more gorgeous in- side. It contains 30 rooms, all of them large and comfortable and 10 baths. An elevator runs from base- ment to top floor. The house has four floors and is built of white stone and was designed by the late Stanford White. It is com- pletely detached. This feature s un- derstood to have had considerable in- fluence in causing this house to be picked by the President for the tem- porary White House. They wanted a home that had plenty of light. There were other houses that appealed but were ‘not_selected because they are not detached and because their con- struction did not permit sufficient day- light to enter the rooms. Will Take Few Furnishings. In making the announcement re- garding the selection of the Patterson House the President indicated that he and Mrs. Coolidge will not occupy it before the adjournment of Congress March 4 President Coolidge does not think it will be necessary to move anything from the White House other than the linen and table silver, because the Patterson House is completely fur- nished. A sufficient number of servants will be taken from the White House to work in the' temporary home. A dozen or so policemen, members of the White House force, will be detailed to serve as guards both inside and out- side. However, not more than five policemen will be on duty at one time. The old Pateerson home has been called by many interlor decorators “probably the best kept up house in town.” ‘Furnished -with all of the luxurious comfort the combined arts of the interior decorator and unlim- ited wealth can command, it will offer to its new distinguished guests a sharp change from the colonial simplicity of the White House. Expert Deseribes House. Miss Genevieve Hendricks, who writes a weekly article on interior decorating for The S has been doing over the decoratin. of the house for Mrs. Schlesinger for two years, rushing the work for the past two months to prepare for the arrival of the President and Mrs. Coolidge. Miss Hendricks gave The Star a minute description of the house teday, Through a vestibule of carefully selected Italian marble the visitor steps into a magnificent hallway of the same stone. Before him a gorge- ous marble stairway, studied in its formality, rises to a landing midway to the second floor, where it divides and turns to complete the rise in two directions. On the landing an ex- ceptional statue of Diana, goddess Senate—the Army, the legislative, the District of Columbia and the second deficiency. JILTED SOCIETY GIRL FILES NEW CHARGES Natchez Woman. Says Man Who Eloped With Stenographer Got $12,000 by Fraud. By the Associated Press. NATCHEZ, Miss, February b6.— Immediately after the postponement of the preliminary trial of Fred R. Hymel on charges of breach of trust, he was rearrested on two similar charges here late Wednesday. One affidavit alleged breach of trust and a second embezzlement Hymel was arrested recently in Little Rock, Ark., at the instigation f Miss Catherine McKittrick, Natchez to whom he had been en he eloped with a ste- nograp He was charged in the new affidavits with obtaining $12,000 from Miss McKittrick by fraudulent breach of trust and embezzlement. Attorneys for Hymel sald the new charges were substantially the same as those made in the first affidavit of Miss McKittrick when, hecharged the man with obtaining $15,000 in bonds from her by fraud, and pretense of love and affection. They said they would insist on trial on the date on which the bonds for the new charges are returnable, February 4. Hymel was released on additional bonds of $1,000, Barlier in the day, the preliminary trial on the first charge had been postponed to February 19. NEW ‘ENOCH ARDEN’ SUES TO GET PROPERTY BACK Left Home 17 Years Ago—Starts Court Action Against Wife and Her New Husband. By the Associated Pres BRAZIL, Ind., February 6. have been all right for Enoc but John Baker of Clay City, who has returned after 17 years of wan- dering, has filed suit against his wife and the man she married during his absence. He seeks to recover from Janett Baker Sims and her. present husband, John Sims, a bridge builder, property which he says he possessed before his departure. When his saloon business became unprofitable Baker is sald to have left without notifying his wife, but he imparted the {nformation to towns people that he would net be hack until he made a “barrel of money }e returned last week with consid- erable cash gnd found he Imd been declared legally dead, that his wife had remarried and that his property had been sold, His wanderings, he says, took him to the Alaskan gold fields, to Idaho and to the South African diamond mines, Bobbing Craze Causes Want. Continuation of the bobbed hair creze is causing destitution among the former workers in the hairnet indus- try in China. Thousands have been thrown out of employment, and so appalling are conditions in some sec- tions that relief workers are ap) ing for funds. Women and children in Chefoo are suffering, according to reports, and many fight for tasks pay as low as 6 cents & day, of the hunt, stands guard. The entire wall of the entrance hall- way is covered with an old Flemish tapestry. Another wall is adorned by & _gorgeous mantelpiece of delicate vellowish pink marble. Up the stair. way are hung the trophies of Mrs. Schlesinger’s many hunting expedi- tions into the Rocky Mountains of the United States and Canada. - Mrs. Schlesinger was noted as a crack shot, to which the trophies bear mute witness. Reception Room Frengh. To the left of the reception hall is a small reception room and informal library, papered and furnished in soft blue-green shades. On the floor is o costly Aubusson rug of soft pastel shades. The furniture is. of French origin, painted green. An outstand- ing piece is a beautiful desk, old French in origin but strikingly like Duncan Phyfe in design. An entire wall is covered with books, from floor to ceiling. Across the hall is another reception room, the walls of pale gray panels, The soft rose of the Aubusson rug is repeated in the over-curtains and silk lamp shades. Qutstanding of the pieces of furniture are two con- sole tables dating back to the Louis XVI period. The remainder of the lower floor is devoted to servants’ quarters, the kitchen and service rooms, Upon mounting the stalrs, the first thing that catches the visitor's eye is a wonderful Persian carpet, excep- tional in size and almost priceless in value. The hall is sternly formal, the furniture being Italian of the eighteenth century. The curtains are of old brocaded silk, in creamy yelfow with designs in pastel shades. The draw curtains are of peach-col- ored taffeta. Dining Room in Hepplewhite. To one side is the dining room, its walls covered with heavy red bro- cade above creamy white panels, The furniture is Hepplewhite, upholstered in red leather to match the wall color. A marvlous example of Chinese art is found in the big screen that shields the entrance to the butler's pantry from view. It is said that 60 persons can be seated comfortably in this big room. The library, across the wall, is fur- nished in the French empire style. Many of the pleces are exquisite ma- hogany with ormolu mounts of brass. The walls are lined with books to a height of 6 feet, the shelves of light- colored, highly polished walnut. From the shelves to the celling the walls are covered with heavy green bro- cade in typical empire designs. The mantelpiece is of beautiful onxy-col- ored Italian marble. The floor is com- pletely hidden by a heavy, plain rug of eggplant color. The curtains are of green velvet. Some of the furniture is upholstered to match the curtains and others in prune color to tone in with the rug. Two large sofas are upholstered in striped imported material, the colors being gold, green and prune. Oppo- site the fireplace is an old French table, which is used as a desk. Among ;m‘ ;xcelptlsoenlzi pleces are four orig- nal Louls chairs, uphol ot g pholstered in Off from the library is a small sun parlor, furnished in ‘wicker, and the remainder of the floor is occupied by the ballroom, probably the most won- derful room in the house. Its walls are paneled in soft French gray, mounted by 28 wonderful old bronze brackets, cleverly wired so that they may be used to hold the electric lights, At one end of the room is a tremen. dous fireplace; at the other a formal balcony. “Chooses” Room for President. On the floor is another Aubusson rug in pastel shades and dating back to the early eighteenth century. THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON PATTERSON HOUSE IS CHOSEN TOBE TEMPORARY WHITE HOUSE Beautiful Building at 15 Dupont Circle Will Be Occupied by President and Mrs. Coolidge Early in March. Practically all of the furniture in the room is original, dating clear back to the period of Louis XIV. Some, too, is of the Louis XV period, but most is common to the time of Loulse Seize. It is upholstered in original Aubusson tapestry, with a soft blue ground, and brocaded taffetas and silks. The chairs are arranged in charming conversational groups. The bedrooms are all models of beauty and comfort, but the one Miss Hendricks would choose for the President is furnished in antique mahogany, Sheraton in feeling, The walls are colored, the overcurtains of flowered chintz on a black field. In front of the big open fireplace is a roomy sofa, covered with the same material. The walls are cov- ered with very beautiful and rare old prints, Bedroom in Light Blue. The prettiest sleeping suite in the house is the one Mrs. Schlesinger oc- cupied, and this, Miss Hendricks be- lioves, would be ideal for Mrs. Cool- idge, The walls are very pale blue, with a_greenish tinge. The curtains are yellow, the rug prune colored. The furniture is original old French, all of Louls XVI period and exquisite examples of the delicate grace of that time. An_ exceptional piece is a little French day-bed, an original. There are so many bedroom: capable of being converted instan- taneously Into a private suite, Miss Hendric pointed out, that the President and Mrs. Coolidge will find no difficulty suiting -their individual tastes, however, if the rooms men- tioned do not suit them. Each room adjoins a bath and a commodious dressing room. The bedrooms occupy both the third and fourth floors. Miss Hendricks said that the re- decoration process the house has been going through has just about been completed, 8o that the President and Mrs. Coolfdge will enter a home done over as_though in their particular honor. Mrs. Schlesinger, however, noted for the care with which she keeps her home surroundings con- stantly new and beautiful. Although the President and Mrs. Coolidge have not yet decided just how the various rooms will be utilized, it has been settled that the reception room on the ground floor will be used as an office for the head usher and by representatives of the secret service. It has not been determined yet in what room the President will receive callers. It is thought, however, that intimates will be received by him in the room he will use as an office on the third floor, and that personal and semi-official callers will be received in the library on the second floor. One of the many features offered by this house is the stage built at the far end of the ballroom. There also is a hanging gallery in this room. This house has been one of the show DV AND FISE VITE IS DEFERED Informal Opinion, However, Holds Proper Motives Actuated Latter. By the Associated Press. The House rivers and harbors com mittee deferred action yesterday on a proposed vote of confidence in Maj. | Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief of engineers, end Maj. Harold C. Fiske of the En- gineer Corps, under criticism by Rep- resentative James, Republican, Mich- igan, in connection with alleged so- licitation of funds by Fiske from ap- plicants for power permits in east Tennessee. After an executive session of the committee Chairman Dempsey an nounced, hov that the members had joined in an “informal expression of opinion” that Iiske had ‘“been ctuated by proper motives and be- | lieved himself within the law" when in 1924 he sought $20,000 from two companies, now merged into the East Tennessee Development Co., for sur- veys of power sites on which they were interested. Action Is Deferred. The committec decided to defer action on the confidence resolution when Dempsey related that he had conferred with Chairman Morin of the military committee, of which James is ranking Republican. Demp. sey said Morin's committee planned to take up the subject as soon as possible and that rivers and harbors members 1greed to withhold for mal action “out of respect to the military committee. James, who contends Fiske acted without legal authority in attempting to obtain the $20,000, and who told Gen, Jadwin he was “not a fit man” for his position, because he had ex pressed belief that Fiske acted legally, declared he would continue to press for court-martial of both officers. Engineer at Chattanooga. Fiske was district engineer at Chattanooga when he wrote to heads of the two companies to obtain funds ‘| with which to make surveys for him. He is now stationed at Fort Lewi: Wash. Gen. Jadwin, who becam hief of engineers last June, was sta- tioned at Charleston, S. C., at the time. ant o e il The British ministry of agriculture says the sweetness of sugar beets has a peculiar attraction for rats, causing them to overrun the great sugar beet producing centers im the eastern counties of England. places of Washington. Mrs. Schles-| inger, who, before her marriage to Mr. Schlesinger, was the wife of Count Gizycka of Poland, entertained ex- tensively, and many brilliant social functions have been held in her home. MANLY’S RELIABILITY AS WITNESS ASSAILED Director of People’'s Legislative Service Attacked at Baking Investigation. Commissioner Humphrey of the Fed- eral Trade Commission questioned the reliability of Basil M. Manly, director of the People's Leglslative Service, at a hearing yesterday before the Senate Jjudiciary subcommittee inquiring into the commission’s baking investigation. He produced a letter, which Mr. Manly had written the commission, protesting the dismissal of the co: plaint against the Continental Baking Corporation, ~the investigation of which, the letter sald, had been started in response to a resolution of the late Senator La Follette of Wisconsin on information obtained by the People's Legislative Seryice. Manly's letter, Commissioner Hum- phrey said, contained exaggerated statements and showed the ‘unreli- ability of the witness,” He sought to place other doeuments in the record along the same line, but Senator Walsh, Democrat Montana, presiding, prevented their insertion on the ground they had no bearing on the case. NAVY RELIEF SOCIETY ELECTS FIVE MANAGERS First Wednesday of March Urged As Day to Solicit Funds for Welfare Work. Five new members of the board of managers of the Navy Relief Society were elected at a meeting of that or ganization In the Navy Bullding Wed- nesday. Reports were recelved from the officers of rellef work done among of- ficers and men of the Navy and their families during the past year,and Ad miral E. W. Eberle, president of the society, in his report, urged that the people in the Navy contribute gener- ously to the relief fund so that it would not be necessary to ask for ald outside of the service. . In order to keep the fund at a point high enough to meet any urgent rt quirements, it was suggested that the first Wednesday of March of each ear should be designated Navy Re- lief day, when special drives for funds would be made aboard all ships and at all stations, Those elected to the board werd Capt, C, H. Dickins for one year; A miral E. W. Eberle for two years and the following for three years: Mrs. Albert Gleaves, Lieut. Col, L. C. Lu- cas, Mrs, A. M. N. McCormick, Rear Admiral 8. A. Staunton and Capt. C. R. Traln. The board of managers will meet February 24 to elect officers for the ensuing year. PENAL CODE AMENDMENT IS APPROVED BY SENATE Convicts Under Plan Would Re- tain Citizenship Unless Juries Propose Forfeiture. The Senate has passed and sent to the House an amendment to the Fed- eral penal code under which loss of citizenship by convictionor sentence fo rany crime would not be involved unless expressly specified by the jury or in the court sentence. The amendment would make all of- fenses which are punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year felonies and all other offenses misdemeanars, Senator Walsh, Democrat, introduced the lmondg:;\ a quest of the D. ©, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 192T. Womdward & Lothrop POLICE JOBS OPEN. Competitive Tests Ordered in Fill- ing D. C. Positions. The Civil Service Commission will receive applications until June 30 for positions of policemen in the Metro- politan Police Department and park policemen under the office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. The age limits are 22 and 35 years. Full information and application | blanks may be obtained at the office | of the Civil Service Commission, 1724 F street. NEW SEES BIG LOSS IN POSTAL REVISIONS | Moses Gets Letter From Post- master General Estimating Figure at $28,000,000. Chairman Moses of the postal com- mittee has received a letter from Postmaster General New opposing the Senate bill for revision of postal rates. The letter said the bill would mean a loss of $28,000,000 annually in revenue. Senator Moses, who announed he also was opposed to many provisiona of the measure, sought unsuccessfully to have it voted upon by the Senate and sent to conference with repre- sentatives of the House. He said it would have to be rewritten in confer- ence because the bill passed by the House differed in almost every par- ticular from the Senate committee’s measure. Mr. New estimated that the pro- posal to reduce second-class rates to the 1920 schedule would mean a loss of $8,389,180 annually and the pre vision for discontinuance of the serv- ice charge on fourth-class matter would cost $19,000,000. He said the department had not recommended either change and called attention to its $19,972,379 cash deficit in 1926 and its operating deflcit of $37,906,118. D. C. BOY IS FAVORED. Robert D. Parkham Among Presi- dent's West Point Appointees. Robert D. Parkham, a private in ‘ompany F, 121st Engineers of the National Guard of the District of Co- lumbia, who lives at 1003 Taylor stréet northeast, has been appointed a cadet at the United States Military Acad- em) Charles H. Treeger, jr., Bethlehem, >a., and Rodney H. Peck, Hampton ads, Va., have been appointed by the President cadets at large at the same {nstitution. These appointees will be examined in March next with a view to their admission to the academy July 1 next. Get together all your rent receipts and enter them for record in the Rent Receipt Reward Search everywhere—find all you can—for they are worth CASH MONEY. If your receipts and cancelled checks, rep- resenting payment for a place in which to live in the District of Columbia, count up in the high numbers you will be entitled to one of the CASH REWARDS. 1st Reward... $150.00 To the one who has the largest num- ber of rent receipts and cancelled checks. 2nd Reward . . $100.00 To the one who has the next:largest number of rent receipts and can- celled checks. 10 Rewards, each $10.00 To the 10 persons who have the next largest numbers of rent receipts and cancelled checks. Each entry to be accompanied by a short story (not over 500 words) on Rent Receipts. EVERYBODY IS ELIGIBLE, except em- ployes of the Cafritz Company. RENT RECEIPTS — or CANCELLED CHECKS—must represent payment for a place in which to live in the District of Co- lumbia. DON'T send us the receipts, but fill in the coupon below—telling the number you have, court is among the and send it in, with i1:tmr short story. If your igh entries we will then notity you to bring the receipts for the judges to verify and record. No Entries Recorded After Midnight, Feb. 15 NAMO cevivrevovononcs Address .. monthly rent receipts ( apartments), given to in which to live in ] | | | | | | | | I | | I ) 1 can deliver for inspection and veri| ‘me’ for 'p: the Distri ipts. is my story about “Rent Receip! RENT RECEIPT REWARD RECORD Fill in your name and record for entry. fcation. hn:\u-’ ll'ld' 3 e ayment of Tent {or ‘a Place o o Columbla. A'u'u"c{:g e o e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e CAFRITZ 14th & K O“rg e Pulde Main 9080 More Than 1,000 “Life-time Homes” au‘ - Sold——100’s More Under C: ANSWER 10th, 11th, F and G Streets The Status of The Tailored Suit for Spring Listed below are the questions smart young women are asking about tailored suits for Spring—and the answers that the Misses’ Suit Section of Woodward & Lothrop gives to them. QUESTION: What are types of tailored suits most shown? ANSWER: The types of tailored suits shown fall into four smart classes; The regulation single or double breasted suit with notched collar—smartly stitched, and sometimes braid bound. Shown in sketch 1. The suit with contrasting skirt; smartly combining a pleated plaid skirt and a short, double- breasted plain-color coat—the plaid repeated on the coat as a smart collar with full-length tuxedo sketch 2. revers. Shown in The one-button, double-breast- ed tailored suit, of mannish- mixed fabrics—smartly pock- eted; shown in sketch 3. The cardigan suit—the most informal of all, worn mostly for sports; it appears as a three- piece suit with silk skirt, Vion- net type blouse and black and white plaid wool cardigan coat trimmed in black silk; shown in sketch 4. ' QUESTION: What materials are most used? ANSWER: ‘Twill, cheviot, tweed, men’s- wear mixtures, wool crepe— wool crepe combined with silk. QUESTION: What are the best colors? ANSWER: Navy, beige, gray and mixtures - featuring grays, browns and tans; tweeds showing a fleck of French blue, tan or gray. QUESTION: How are the skirts made? ANSWER: They are either wrap-around or side pleated; sometimes the en- tire front pleated. QUESTION: What is the general price range of New Spring Tailored Suits? ANSWER: Prices range from $25 to $62.50. QUESTION: What sert of a blouse will be worn with the new tai- lored suits? Overblouses of plain crepe de chine that have the smart Vion- net square neckline; perfectly tailored, smartly hemstitched; in lip-stick red, bois de rose, French blue, gooseberry green, tan, gray, navy and white; $7.50. Shown in sketch 5. U