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MORENO'S COUNSEL HITS “CONFESSION “Voluntary” Statement to| Police Denied—Cross-ex- amination Opposed. Tha question of whether Assistant| TUnited States Attorney George D. will be permitted to s-examine Samuel Moreno, one of defendants on trial in Criminal of Police { | Division 2 for the murder ¢ man Leo W. K. Busch, on a ‘‘con fession”’ he made to police, and which mow claims was not voluntarily given, is being considere by J Justice William Hitz today as Moreno's coun sel offers testimony to show the men tal and physical condition of their client was such as to preclude a will ing admission of the facts concerning the Petworth gun battle Justice Hitz excused the jury from until Monday, as there will be tomorrow, and_Attorneys nd Clifford Grant service no session Martin O’Donoghue 3 produced two witnesses to testify as their client’s physical condition reiving a gunshot wound in the and then called upon Detective Bdward J. Kelly to relate the rounding the making of the on."" after tie seret facts su “‘confes; Cross-Examination Sought. Moreno's counsel at one time dur- ing the trial had stipulated that the statement was made voluntarily, but they would not vouch for the truth or falsity of the facts di ed therein. The Government withdrew its plans for offering it in evidence against the youth and just prior to, s move Moreno, through his coun- nnounced he would repudiate the voluntary feature of it. Horning now seeks to cross-examine Moreno, who testiffied vesterday on the confession and now the defendant’s attorneys are endeavoring to prevent this. . Dr. Raphael Manganaro, physician at the District jail, testified that Moreno was brought before him on the evening of September 29, or three days after the battle, suffering from two wounds in the leg, evidently pro- duced by one bullet. After an exam- ination he was put to bed and 1,500 units of antitoxin were administered. The doctor said Moreno had a tem- perature of about 100 and that the leg pained him whenever it was moved. On cross-examination by Horning the physician stated the anti toxin dose was ordinary and there was nothing serious about Moreno’s condition. “Big Sister” Testifies. Mrs. Anna Loretta Hart, who served appointment of Juvenile Court as a “big sister” to Moreno, related nearly two days of effort expended before she obtained an interview with the young man at No. 10 precinct after the shooting. She likewise re- ported the defendant appeared to be suffering with pains from the wound ed leg. Asked if she ncticed “any- thing unusual about the boy during her several years of observation, she replied, “He didn't like to go to school and would forget easily.” She was first attracted to Moreno about six years ago when three fingers of his left hand were blown off by a cartridge, she said. Kelly told of Moreno and Nicholas Lee Eagles, another defendant, hav- ing been brought to police headquar- ters about midnight of September 26 for questioning about the shooting, which occurred around 4 o'clock that morning. Kelly said three or: four hours were spent with Eagles, and he did not know 'what happened to Mo- reno at headquarters. He saw him at 6 o'clock in the morning, however, and proceeded to set down a state- ment that Moreno made. Detective Outiines Procedure. Do you know whether Moreno had sleep that night at all?” asked ©'Donoghue. “If he did, he had a little more than the night before, when he was out in the street shooting at people,” responded Kelly. The detective said that he wrote down a warning to Moreno that everything he. stated would be used against him and that he did not have to make a statement unless he wished to. Eagles whispered something to Moreno and upon being asked again by Kelly it he wished to make a statement Moreno replied he did, the detective stated. The procedure adopted by Kelly was first to write a question down on the typewriter, read it to Moreno, and then set down by Moreno Held Unsound. 5 As part of their plan to show that Moreno was not in a condition to make a statement or “confession” of the shooting which could be used against him at his trial, Martin O'Donoghue and Clifford Grant, ves: terday afternoon produced testimony that their client was of unsound mind. Dr. Kenneth W. Kinney, psychia- trist, declared on the witness stand that he made a study of the defendant and had investigated his activities. He found the youth to know the differ- ence between right and wrong and the consequences thereof, but, the doctor testified, Moreno is unable to carry out that knowledge. The defendant re- sponded to a test and examination that a normal child of 8 years would, the witness added. Dr. Kinney's testimony followed Grant’s unsuccessful attempt at the time to place in evidence a letter writ- | ten Joseph W. Sanford, probation of- ficer, by Dr. L. O. Weldon, now of London, England, regarding Moreno's mental condition. The doctor, for-{ merly a psychiatrist assigned to the Juvenile Court, had made an exam- ination of Moreno, but his conclu sions, set forth in a typewritten letter and signed by a “‘rubber-stamped signa- ture,” were temporarily ruled out by the court until other records in the Juvenile Court pertaining to Moreno and having a bearing on the letter are produced. Archer and Horning objected to the letter, Archer basing his objection on the ground that “Moreno is a witness against my client Proctor.” TWO HURT IN CLASH OF BUS WITH AUTOS| Julia Campbell, Colored, and An- drea Bichi Hurt in Double Collision. Two persons were slightly hurt in a double collision between a Washing- ton Railway and Electric Co. bus and; two automobiles at Sixth street and Rhode Island avenue today. The bus, operated by Lyle D, Honig of 210 ¢ street, was running east on Jhode Island avenue when it col lided with an automobile operated by Lawrence E. Hawkins, colored, of 1011 Irving street at the intersection of Sixth street, throwing that car into another collision with another auto- mobile, operated by Edward A. Cook, colored, of 1722 Willard street. Julia Campbell, colored, of 13 Cleventh street, and Andrea Sichi, 55 s old, of 1204 Quincy street north- Firemen “Heroes” Now Facing Trial- On Arson Charge By the Associated Press. KIEV, Ukraine, February 11. Commended several days ago for their heroism and skill in fighting fires in the Trade Union Club and the headquarters of a navigation company, the members of a local fire brigade now are awaiting trial for arson. The police charge that the fire- men, finding themselves without work for several weeks, delib. erately set the buildings ablaze for excitement. PREPAREDNESS URGED BY TYSON Adequate Defense Insurance Against War, He Tells Patriotic Conference. Adequate preparedness as an insur- ance against war, accompanied by #ood will toward all nations, was urged by Senmator Tyson of Tennessee in an address today before the Wom- en's Patriotic Conference for National Defense, which is holding its annual tragic fate of great nations which have failed to keep in condition to defend themselves—now exemplified by China and Indla—was cited by Senator Tyson as a warning to the United States. But at the same time, he said, military and naval establish- ments should be regarded as insurance and not as instruments of aggression. The United States, he held, should gauge its Insurance by the danger and should take into account that there is an active dislike for the Nation roughout the world. Unfortunately,” said@ Senator Tyson, “the United States has gone into every war of importance which she has fought almost wholly unprepared.' Senator Tyson sald the hest senti- ment in Congress was for keeping the Navy at the 5—5—3 ratio, although personally he did not believe it was necessary to have a Navy as large as that maintained by Great Britain. “But we must alwa maintain a greatly superior to Japan," he . “Of course, a navy as large as that of Great Britain would be grati- fying to our pride, but it would post an enormous sum of money, which is not necessa as I now see it, and would be a waste of maney."” Japan, Senator Tyson said, is the only country in the world with whom there seems any possibility of war, and he did not believe that country would be so foolish as to pick a quarrel with the United States. “Not a ship, on or under the sea today, is safe from the airplane sald Representative Roy D. Fitzgerald of Ohio. Points to Need of Planes. Mr. Fitzgerald, in describing the de- Vflopm!!lt of military aviation in the United States, spoke of the American genius for invention, but lack of in- lfi%tlve in its development. Infantry, the backbone of the Army, is helpless without auxiliary arms, especially the airplane,” as- serted Mr. Fitzgeraid. In discussing the relation of com- meicial aviation to national defense, ;\lerli:':n P.'Bichcken. Jr., Assistant ry of Aeronautics, Depar of l;)nn;l_’merce. said: g “During war, speed of transpor of the utmost importance. (‘n‘;nl:e“ cial aviation will be needed as a mem- ber of our transportation system, and can function much more effectively in that sphere than if the personnel and equipment were turned over to the military authorities to be converted into instrumentalities of war.” He pointed out that commercial aviation would make it possible to develop a real alrcraft industry in this country and that such an indus- lr)i‘ is essential to military aviation. ‘The peace-time requirements of the Army and Navy have never been and never will be large enough to support an industry capable of ex. panding its production to meet the requirements of a_major military op- eration,” Mr. McCracken declared. President Coolidge recelved the delegates to the conference at the White. House after the session ad- Jm’:‘;ned this morning. rs. Adalin Wright MacA tional president of the Amar‘l‘tl::)r'x' ;‘z gion Auxiliary, presided, assisted by Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, president general, Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. MacAuley appoint- ed a credentials committee under the chairmanship of Mrs. Henry B. Joy, Daughters of Founders pnd Patriots, and the resolutions and extension committees are making their reports this afternoon as the conference ad- journs. Rev. Francis J. Hurney de- livered the invocation this morning. A patriotic pageant and educational meeting was staged last night at the National Museum by the American War Mothers, one of the 28 organiza- tions represented at the conference. Mrs. H. H. McCluer, national presi- dent, urged preparedness in time of peace to avert war and combat Com- munist propaganda. Pupils of the Park View School presented a flag drill, and Col. James A. Moss, director general of ‘the United States Flag Association, addressed the gathering. Chaplain Milton O. Beebe, U. 8. A. pronounced the invocation and Mrs l-d(!;_ Wagner, District president, pre- sided. Pleads for Training. With an eloquent and impassioned plea for the promotion of military training in the United States, as pro- vided by the national defense act of 1920, Paul V. McNutt, dean of the University of Indiana law school, yes- terday afternoon called the attention of the conference to “the warning ges- tures of pacifism,” as evidenced by the efforts of the foes of preparedness to abolish military training in the schools and colleges throughout the country. £ Mr. McNutt sought to refute the pacifistic propaganda against military training_for the youth of the United States by summoning logical argu- ments in answer to each of the prin cipal derogatory claims advanced. In reply to the objection that military training is dangerous, he said: 7 The public school system would be a failure if military service were not recognized as’part of the duties of citizenship.” The question of compulsion—there being compulsory military training in 83 of the schools and colleges of the country, according to Mr. MeNutt— was settled by the fact that it was only a fraction of the rest of the curri culum, also compulsory. Military training invoives no loss of icademic freedom,” for the reason that specialized subjects are best taught by experts—in this case repre. sentatives of the War Department— Mr. MeNutt pointed out. He said that military training had bred no signs of “war psychology” whatsoever in the universities; that the cost was a -negli gible part of the total expense for preparedness, and that the vouth of east, passengers on the bus, according to the police report,” were taken to Freedmen's Hospital for treatment The former sustained a cut over the left eyve and Bichi suffered a cut up- per 1lip and loss of a tooth. Neither today are badly in need of discipline. He asserted that more than half of the battle casualties in United States his. tory had been caused solely by the THE _EV. G IGOE ASKS TOGVE UPAUTOTAG 0B Losing Money, He Says, With 15,000 Still to Be De- livered Here. The District's already muddled au tomobile tag situation became more serious today when Representative- elect James Igoe of Tilinols, who took over the defaulted contract of the original manufacturer, reéquested 16 be ved of filling the order for the remainder of the 1927 tags. Approximately 85,000 of the 10000 pairs of tags ordered in the opiginal | contract have been .delivered, 15,000 | of them coming in tday, but Mr. Igoe advised District officials that he is not anxious to continue with the contract because of a heavy financial loss. Mr. Igoe said his losses thus far to- tal $20,276.63, and that this sum would mount materially if he is forced to pay per pair, he said, while the contract price is 11% cents per pair. As a result of Mr. Igeo's desire to be relieved of the responsibility for completing the contract, M. C. Har- grove, District purchasing agent, made arrangements to o out on the open market for the remainder of the tags, which, of course, will force another de- lay in the ultimate distribution. About 40,000 tags have been issued, but Wade H. Coombs, superintendent of licenses, does not plan to distribute any of the 15,000 which eame in today until deliveries are made on the new contract to be awarded. The Commissioners have extended the time limit for the use of the 1926 s until March 1. A further exten sion likely will be ordered, in view of the new developments. Mr, Hargrove said that the contract for the remainder of the tags would be awarded to the firm that can make the quickest delivery and that the price will not be a major factor for consideration. Contracting Company Must Pay. The company which furnished the bond for the eriginal contractor will be called upon to make up any differ- ence in price. The Maryland State Penitentiary, the second lowest bidder on the orig- inal contract, has informed Mr. Har- grave that it can turn out 2,500 tags per day as soon as steel is obtained. The steel plate manufacturer in Minnesota reported that it could make delivery of the tags within about 40 days. Mr. Igeo was the financial backer of the Chicago tag manufacturer who was awarded. the original contract. When this contractor defaulted, Mr. Igeo took over the project and prom- ised to compiete it. WOMAN'S SLAYER GETS LIFE TERM Thomas Brown Unmoved as Court Sentences Him for Killing Sweetheart. Deelaring that all the clenjency to which they were entitled had been ex- tended by the Government ‘when it accepted a plea of guilty to murder in the second degree, Justice Adolph Hoehling, in Criminal Division 1 to- day sent Thomas'B. Brown, §3 years old, and Frederick M, Jackson, 32 years old, who Is colored, to the peni- tentiary for the rest of their natural lives. ; Brown, a former Army sergeant and member of the local police force, from which he had been dismissed, was en- gaged in the real estate business when he shot to death his sweetheart, Miss Frances Voegele, June 2 last, near Fourteenth and Euclid streets, The prisoner stood unmoved while the court narrated the details of the tragedy and the circumstances lead- ing up to the killing of the woman who had been threatened by Brown, and who had him arrested only the day before the shooting for threaten- ing her life. Judge Hoehling took pccasion to criticize the ease with which deadly weapons may be purchased in Wash- ington because of the absence of any regulatory statute. He declared it was incredible that the woman should have asked Brown to buy a pistol, as contended by Attorney Raymond Bi Dickey, as a defense during their fre- quent ‘auto trips into the country, when she had been living in fear of harm from Brown by reason of his Jealousy, Jackson was accused of the death of Milton Blackwell, also colored, De- cember 12 last. The killing followed a quarrel between the men after Jackson had = awakened Blackwell from a sound sleep. Joseph Miles, colored, was sent to the penitentiary for 10 vears by Jus- tice Hoehling for throwing a lighted lamp at Laura L. Geary, 401 L street southeast. The woman was burned severely. Miles had served a term of 10 vears for throwing lIye into the eves of a man some years ago, blind- ing him. paganda in every branch of the com- munity life in the United States was pointed out by Mrs. B. L. Rohinson, president, Massachusetts Public In- terests League, who said that “lib- erals, who merely grease the tracks downward to ecommunism,” have spread their insidious doctrines not only in the college and cfub but in the church and in welfare organizations, and have secured the passage of i- cal legislation under the disguise of misleading titles. “The spirit of confident security is the bane of the' American people to- day,” said Joseph R. Cashman of New York. “Socialism and communism, masquerading under high-sounding names, are one and the same, and soclal efforts are being made by the radicals to enlist the women of the country to its ranks. Women’s clubs, of which there f8 a great preponder- ance over men’s, frequently listen to speakers on public questions who are periodicals, in the United States, Mr. Cashman stated, whose utterances are read and listened to in al innocence hy the unsuspecting citizen. The | present crime wave was pictured as a concerted radical attack on the respeet for property, aimed at the general breakdown of society. The passage of a bill to designate “The Star Spangled Banner” as the national emblem was urged by Mrs. R. R. Holloway, Daughters of 1812, The meeting yesterday afternoon was Was reperted in a serious condition, |failure of the Nation to prepare in|presided over by Mrs. Adalin and Sichi left the hoepital after treafy ment, time of peace. The gublla influenca of radical pro- Macauley, Auxlliary, president, """"'m STAR, WASHINGTO ;. C, FRIDAX SMITHSONIAN NEEDS AND AIMS OUTLINED AT EPOCHAL MEET _(Continued from First Page) American science and which, as long Ago as 1850, made youthful America an international patron of thought and knowledge. “The Chief Justice recalled the excite- ment areused in this country in 1836 wheh James ‘Smithson, an English sclentist, made his unprecedented be- quest of half a million dollars for the founding. of the institution. He pointed out that from its heginning the Smithsontan aroused a sense of responsibility in the country's leading men, and he showed how work done on the private funds of the Smith- sonian had developed great govern- ment bureaus like the Weather Bureau, the Fisheries Commission and the National Musenm Finally, he made clear that the ‘| institution had arisen at the psycho- logical moment to reap for science the benefits of the material development of the new continent. Achievements of Secfetary Henry and. of ‘his successors, Baird, Langley and Walcott, were praised. and the debt which America and which seience owes to these men and to Smithson was characterized as ‘great” by the changellor. for the remaining 15,000 tags called Administers 7 Bureaus. i e in 844l | . 1n_dealing with the Smithsonian's o e e activites and capacities, Dr. Abbot st - 4 explained how the popular misappre- Means Another Delay hension that the institution was a The tags are costing him 23 cents | Government bureau had arisen from the fact that it administers seven sci entific bureaus for .the Government. He sald this service was performed for the Government. because the bu- reaus in_question had arisen out of Smithsonian activities, He empha- sized that the major work of the in- stitution continued to be research and publication, and he listed 14 distinet activities which contributed ta these ends. To show how the Smithsonian had been able to accomplish so much, Dr Abbot listed five principles evolyed by Prof. Henry and which have be- epme a tradition with the establish- ment. These are, first, to embrace all branches of knowledge; second, to seek facts irrespective of their ap- parent economic value; third, to do nothing that could be equally well done by any other agency: fourth, to malintain a simple organization with a minimum. overhead, and fifth, to co- operate with_ all serious workers in selence. As an illustration of the great op- ortunities for the increase and. dif- ‘usion of knowledge which are poten- tial with the tremendous natural his- tory collegtions amassed under direc- tion of the Smithsoniar, the acting secretary related the following: Mud Aids 0il Men. “For years the institution had been gathering together samples of bottom muds from every sea in the world, in- cidental to oceanographic studies. All this material had piled up in the Na- tional Museum and would have been consldered by the average man as so much waste mud. But the Smithsonian Institution engaged an expert to learn all there was to know about one sin- gle family of little marine shelled an- imals, called foraminifera, found in the muds from sea bottoms. Six or seven years ago oil geologists discovered the présence of certain species of, the foraminifera’ would serve as a gulde to oil-bearing strata to a man who knew about them. The only man in the United States who did know was this worker on the museum collections under the Smithsonian. The oil eom- panies turned to him for.the informa- tion_which, a8 the Encyclopedia Brit- tanlea states, *has brought about the principal advance in the geological technique of oil finding.’ " Tt was in_this connection that Dr. Wbbot * eéxplained the ' inestimable value of a systéematic stady’ of all other specimens “just as important froni an investigation standpoiiit as the’ foraminifera.” American Ethnology Work. Of the Smithsonian’s possibilities in the study of American ethnology Dr, Abbot -sald: “The institution created the Bureau of American Ethnology and has done more than any other one agency in this branch of science. At the present moment the encroachments of the white man | are obliterating forever the remains of Indian clvilization in America. The Indians are heing absorbed, for- Retting their own languages. The next few yvears offer the last oppor- tunities to learn the story of Amer- lea’s native tribes, and it would be wasteful not to use to the utmost the Smithsonian’s qualifications to make the most of these opportunities “The same,” he continued, “is true of the anjmal and plant life of the world. Because of ments of the ture and other activities, hundreds of thousands of species of animals and plants have disappeared and more must disapps The increase of knowledge, Dr. Abbot sald, is only half of the Smith- sonian’s purpose. The diffusion of knowledge is equally important. In spite of the value and importance of | Smithsonlan publications, he asserted. | been able for | 20 years, without outside help, to pub- the institution has not lish one of its chief series, “The Con- tributions to Knowledge,” and since the Great War the miscellaneous col- lections have heen reduced to a third of thelr former siz “Our country,” Dr. in conclusion, “does not need to stress the utilitarian aspects of the increase of knowledge. Tt has profited bevond Abbot declared all other peoples in its application of | ts. Having leisure and means in undance, our people are now coming 10 a time when the profound satis- factions of knowledge will be sought for their own sake. “It is not too much to say that we have reached a turning point in our intellectual history. Hitherto we v with fell ads, and have been concerned main ing forests, building ral winning a living from a new land. In | these things we have aftained an overwhelming success, ““The energetic minds of our people are turning to new concerns. The province of the mind offers itself as the richest promise. In his recent message to Congress the President of the United States expressed the de- sire that Washington should become the national and world center of science, education, art and literature. “Here iz the great opportunity of the Smithsonian Institution. It has worthily led the van hitherto toward that great. aim. Should it not go strongly on?” The list of conferees follows: The establishment of the Smithso- nian Institution—President . Coolidge, Vice President Dawes, Chief Justice Taft, Secretary Kellogg, Secretary Mellon, Secretary of War Davis, At torney General Sargent, Postmaster eneral New, Secretary Wilbur, Sec- retary Work, Secretary Jardine, Secre- y Hoover and Secretary of Labor Davis. Regents—Senator Smoot, Senator Pepper, Semator Ferris, Representa- tive Aibert Johnson, Representative R. Walfon Moore, Representative Wal- ter H. Newton, Charles F. Choate, jr. Henry White, Robert S. Brookings, Ir- win B. Laughlin, Frederic A. Delano and Dwight W. Morrow. ° Officers—Acting Secretary Charles G. Abbot and Assistant ~Secretary Alexander Wetmore. Invited conferees—Dr. Edwin A. Al derman, Senator Hiram Bingham, Robert W. Bingham, Charles . Brush, Dr. W. W. Campbell, Asa G. Candler, jr.. Emory W. Clark, Representative Charles Crisp, Harvey S. Firestone, D, Simon Flexner, Représentative L. A, -Frothinghem, Gov. Fuller, Elbert H. Gary, Walter S. Gifford, Chauncey J. Hamlin, Cordell Hull. Robert P. La- mont, Representative Nicholas Long- wotth, Gen. H. M. Lord,' Dy, John C. Merriam, Senator Jesse 1. Metcalf, Representative Ogden Mills, Dr. Henry Fairfleld Osborn, Judge Edwin B. Parker, John Poole, John J. Ras- kob, Samuel Rea, Edgar Rickard, Dr Henry M. Robinson, Willlam B. Storey, Dr. 8. W. Stratton, Silas H. Strawn, Dr. George E. Vincent, Dr. Wiltiam Henry Welch, Rebert Win- sor and Owen D. Young. AL HAMLIN GETS HIGH DRY UNIT J0B Becomes Chief In\}estigator in Place of Simonton, Who Goes to Legal Section. Change in one of the highly re- sponsible_prohihition posts took place today when Maj.. Philip Hamlin of Massachusetts was appointed chief prohibition Investigator, succeeding Vincent Simonton, who was trans- ferred to the legal division of the pro- hibition unit &s an assistant to the chief counsel, J. J. Britt. The new elrief investigator was ‘in the- city today to take his oath, com- ing from ‘Boston, where he has heen assistant prohibition administrator in charge of” enforcerilent in. the New England. district since October, 1925, Served in World War. Prior to his connection with the prohibition department Maj. Hamlin was in the Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, for about two vears. Fof many vears he held an executive position with the American Telephone “and Telegraph Co: . MaJ. Hamlin . served in the Spanish-Amer. ican War and also In the World War. Mr, Simonton, who goes to the. legal division, was formerly legal adviser to Maj. Walten R. Green. one-time chief prohibition investigator. Simon- ton was advanced to Green's position at the resignation of the latter, Has Charge of Mobile Forces. The. chief prohibition investigator has charge of the m force of prohibitior: investigators ' operating throughout the country, without re- gard to district lines. Their’ efforts are. directed against big conspiracies, and they have been among the prin- cipal users of the so-called “under- cover fund” now under some’debate in_Congress. W The undercover fund of :$500,000 a year, which had been includéd in the Treasury appropriation act since 1922, was stricken out this year on points of order, but Secretary Mellon vester- day submitted to Congress a proposed bill with the. recommendation that other funds appropriated for prohibi- tion and narcotic enforcement should be available for this undereover work. BILL TO ENLARGE TOWN. Hyattsville Measure Introduced Communist agents, seeking to destroy :;1:5:.‘:; ,and morality, their avowed Among Others at Annapolis. There are now some 275 radical | Special Dispateh to The Star. {groups, abetted by G600 subversive| ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 11.— A bill to extend the limits of Hyatts- ville and another providing for collec- tion of taxes And special assessments by the Hyattsville mavor and common council were introduced in the Mary- land Legislature today by the Prince Georges County delegation. Speaker Lee of the House, Repre lsentative from Montgomery Count introduced several measures, one relat- ing to jurisdiction of courts in applica- tions for divorce and another adding & section to, the school laws conferring power on the Supreme Court of Balti- more to prescribe processes, writs, pleadingsy ot - Today in Congress SENATE. Supporters and opponents of the McNary-Haugen farm bill are making final arguments, with an agreement to vote at 4 eo'clock. Joint committee on Hbrary ap- proved & plan for the new Hotanic Garden and recommended that the money be appropriated in the secs ond_deficiency biit before adjourn- ment. 7 Military affairs committee _side- tracked the proposal to exempt Engineer Commissioner Bell from the military law which will make it necessary for him to g0 on duty with troops some time this year. The committee laid the bill on the table, feeling that the Army law requiring officers to serve every fifth year with troops should be adhered to. Public lands committee held a meeting on a question relating. to a natlonal forest in Oregon. Senate subcommittee in charge of District appropriations spent an- other day inspecting streets, HOUSE. The House today acted on the resolution from the judiciary com- mittee requesting authority to subpoena witnesses and compel the production of papers in the Judge Cooper impeachment case. The, House continues considera- tion of McNary-Haugen farm re- et bill. Hotise District committee today ordered favorable report on the Commissioners bill for elimination of Michigan avenue railroad grade crossing. 4 Joint committee on the Library directs - Architeet Lynn of the Capitol to transmit to the Budget Rureau an estimate of $800.000 for development. of the new Botanie Gardens, ' Subcommittee of appropriations committee drafting second defi- ciency bill in executive session continues hearing of District offi- clals ‘on items totaling $1,200,000. Foreign* affairs committee con- siders miscellaneous claims bill. Subcommittee of military affairs committee in executive session on Muscle Shoals. Ways and means committee in executive sesgion. Veterans committee in execu- tive session on omnibus hospital bilL. : Banking and currency tee continues hearing on reserve pension Dbill. mmit- Federal HELD IN WIFE SHOOTING. Paul McDuffle, former White TTouse péliceman, was arraigned today before Justice Hoehling in Criminal sion 1 to answer an indictment for assault with a dangerous weapon. MecDuffie is charged with shooting his wife, Norma A. McDuffie, at their home April 23, 1926. He pleaded not guilty, ¢ He had been held to be insane shortly after the ghooting and was confined at St. Elizabeth’s until a few months ago, when he was re- leased on habeas corpus proceedings anhd admitted to bail to await trial on the charge of the attack on his wife. McDuffle_is represented by Attorne; Wilton J. hmurl“nd Arthur G. Lanibert ¥ FEBRU. the encroach- | white man's_ agricul- | Divi- | ARY/ 11, 1927 EX-WAR MINISTER - SLAININ PORTUGAL Lishon Ur;der Martial Law. | Civilians With Guns Are - i Ordered Shot. | By the Associated Prass, | PARIS, February 11.-Advices re ceived here from Lishe.. say that Maj. Americo Olavo, former minister of war, was assassinated by the revolu- tionaries in Portugal. ' ¢ The number killed in the fighting at Lisbon, according to the Havas cor- respondent, is 198. Thirty-seven offi- cers were arrested for having a part |in the movement. At Oporto, where | the revolt started, the deaths were 76, with 360 wounded. Lisbon is being strongly patroiled, 1 the police are making & careful search of the quarters occupied by, the | insurrectionists. Most of the. citizens | who left when the fighting started. in | Lisbon on Monday returned to. the | city last night. | 230 REVOLT IN 17 ¥ ARS. Uprising Suppressed, Strictly Censored Accounts Indieate. LONDON, February 11 (#).—Lisbon is under martial law. and censor- | ship which precludes aceurate detalls | of the casualties in the latest Portu- guese revolution, which, from all ae- | counts, has been suppressed. It was | the twenty-third revolution in the 17 | years of the republic’s life. | persons lost - their | Many lives, a large number were wounded and there’ | was a_great, deal of property damage. | One report places the list of dead all | told ‘at_about, 300, with more. than 1,000 wounded.. . § | "'Fhe arrival as Lisbon of President | Carmona with troops. from Oporto de- cided matters against the revolution- | aries. whose numbers are said, not to | have exceeded 5,000, for the most part civilians, among them women and | boys. i Barricades Shot Away. [ Several dispatches agree that barri- | cades in Lisbon were destroyed by | government artillery, while airplanes bombed the arsenal. Government am- | bulances collecting the. injured were forbidden to take revoutionists be- cause it was believed they would i | the ambulances to escape. 5 | The revolt started a week ago in a | garrison at Oporto, which was bom- | harded hefore the insurrectionists sur- | rendered. 3 FLEHARTY LIKELY TO BE SELECTED PEOPLE’S gbuusaL (Continued from First Page.) | have used unusual care in determining | the qualifications of the candidates. Laskey on Preferred List. It is understood that athers who are | said to be on the preferred list headed | by - Mr. Fleharty placed befgre the | President today are John K. Laskey, former United States attol of the | District, wha bas been one.of the lead: | ing Bgures of the local.bar for.a num | be..of, years; Edward Duvall, George | | Barse and Tiugh Frampton. The, President bas b?,z? represe) | as"not having given getious con tion to the name of William McKee | Clayton, who heretofore has represent- | ed ‘the 'Federation of Citizens’ Asso- | clations in all public utility matters. The President is known to be anx- ious to dispose of this matter just as soon ds possible. He has frankly ! stated that the law governing this ap- | pointment has tied his hands to such an extent that he has been greatly’ ent- I barrassed and handicapped in obtain- ing the services of same ome Wwho could pass muster and at the same | time possesses the same high stand- | ards that the President is leoking for |'in the one whom he appoints as peo- ple’s counsel. A The prineipal difficulty the President has met has been that section of the | 1aw prohibiting a_person from serving |in the position who shall have during a period of five years preceeding his appointment, - direetly or - indirectly. | been interested in any :local public | utility or in any stock. bond, mortgage | security or - contract of any such public utility. President Cites Examples.’ The President recently said to friends while discussing this ‘section of the law that if it was taken liter- | ally there is no ane who would not be | disqualified. He mentioned for the | sake of argument the contracting for a telephone or the purchase of a stréet car token as sufficient 1o disqualify an | individual Because these -transactions would, by a literal interpretation of the | law, be judged as entering into a con- | tract with a public utility. - ‘Fhat section of the law requiring | the person to be appoinfed to be a hona fide resident of the Distiict for | perion of -five years: iflor -to ‘his | appointment also has contributed to “the problem of filling this place, gc- {cording tothe President. The Presk | dent is known to lopk upon the work | this public officer will be called upon to perform as of especial importance, |and for that reason has used greal | care in considering the appointment. Born in 1llinols. Mr. Fleharty was brn in_Gales- | burg, I1i, 42 years ago, but he has |'heen a vesident of the .District of Co- lumbia for 30 years. He attended the grade schools of this city, and,in 1900 entered . the Eastern’ High School | Two years later he 'was transferr to thé McKinley* Manual ' Training School, from which he was graduated {in 1904. He then entered the George: | town University Law Scheol, veceiv }ing his ‘degree in- 190! | mitted to the bar of | same year. 0t g | Shortly afterward Mr: Pleharty en- tered upon the practice of. law, which | he has followed ever since. “He was | associated with J. S. Baaby-Smith for 10 years.’ He is a member of the Ba Association of the District. “ Although never having'taken a lead- | ing part in_clvic work in this. city, | Mr., Fleharty has always beén ‘inter- | ested in the deyelopment’ and: better- | ment of the city. He is a member of | the Chevy Chase Citizens' -Agsoci: | tion. He is fond* of outdoor sports and is a member .of the Columbia Country Club. He belongs also to | the Racquet Club and €olumbia T:odge | of Masons. | Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church.. { . Flehurty. mgrried. Mise Inez Pfll-ke;;"u!‘_;hlz_qflfll'y_l ;W, 2and fives fwith ‘his famdly at: 408 *Faftyfirst | street, Chevy (Hase, .1 @. i |Zin st PRINCESSES SNOWBOUND. Disteict the Trapped in Mountain. FLORENCE, Italy, February 11 (®).—Princesses Irene and Catherine, sisters of 'former 'King. George of Greece, were snowbound recently for | two, days. in the tiny mouritain tby of Cutigliano, in the Appenines, it came known-today. . : | winte S0k toware - Aehora ted | and was ad- | He i8 a member of the. Two Sisters of Former Greek King |, Wi, ll:! 'D. J: SCHULYER ADDED TO:RECALCITRANT LIST Senate Campaign Funds Commit- tee Studies Procedure Against Four Witnesses. The name of Dasiel J. Schuyier, Chi- cago attorney, was added today by the Senate campaign funds committee to ite list of recalcitrant withesses in the Tllinois and Pennsylvania primary in- vestigations against whom the Senate will be asked to act. . The committee completed ite report today and will meet again tomorrow to- determine whether it will ask that «| the. witnesses be summoned before the bar of the Senate or before the com- mittee itself and given another oppor- tunity to answer the questions. Besides Schuyler, these witnesses are Samuel Insull, Chicago utilities operator: Robert E. Crowe, State's at- ney of Cook County, and Thomas .. Cunningham, clerk of the Court of General Sessions at Philadelphia. S700000 ENBASSY PLANS APPROVED Britain’s Proposed Construe- tion on Massachusetts Ave- nut 0. K.’d by Arts Body. Plans for the erection of the new British: Embassy on Massachusetts ‘|avenue at the Observatory circle, call ing for a structure of proportions and elaborate design that will make it one ‘ot the show places of Washington, costing approximately $700,000, have beem approved by the Fine Arts Com- mission, and the poject in the near future will be offered for contract, ac- cording to an ‘anmouncement sanc- tioried ‘today at the embassy. Actual construction of the new em- bassy, which is designed to outclass any similar building in this city as well as many .in. other capitals. {s ex- pected. to start -in June, with the antioipation that it will be ready for occupancy within two years, To Oceiipy 3Y4-Acre Plot. The new embassy, for which the British Parliament has appropriated £140,000 (approximately $700,000), will be bujlt on ap irregularly shaped tract of land on Massachusetts avenue of about three and one-half acres, which was purchased a year |ago from Harry Wardman, Washing- ton realtor and -builder, who is & native of England. The site was approved by Sir Edwin | Lutyens, British government archi- tect, who has drawn the plans for the |embassy buildings. Assoclated with 'Sit* Edwin in the project is Frederick Brooke, Washington architect. Sir | Edwin now fs in India supervising the |completion of the new capital at |Dethi for the British government. His |work is Sidely'” recognized in this [country, and two vears ago he was {awarded a gold medal by the Ameri- can Institute of Architects: | 2 ... . Plans Lauded by Commission. .In approving architectural sketches sitbmitted by Sir Edwin, the Fine Arts Commission lauded the plans and de- clared the proposed structures were of pature “‘approgriate for the. uses in- enided, expressive of the dignity of h::Nllior: -m: lmmh:eq with charm.” ‘oncurring in opinion of the [ ¥ine * Krts Comitssion "lm former {miembers of the commission who were | called ‘fito consultation on the plans |at a rheeting held in New York Febru |ary 5. “These architects inctuded Cass |Gifbert, Thomas Hastings, Charles A, |Platt,” Louis Ayres and Milton B. | Medary, jr. Alse included in the con- {ferénce were Daniel Chester French, | Herbert Adams and James E. Fraser, {seulptors. The report was submitted {by Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission. | Style of Architecture. The fNew embassy will be of the | Queen Anne Atyle of two stories, hav- |ing a high-pitched Dutch-type roef. | It will set well back from the street |line, on the rising ground of the hill, |and will command a far-flung view of | the Capital. The structure will be of brick with columns of Indiana free | stone. There will be two Leshaped wings at the front of the structure, which awill be ‘devoted to the chancery. It | Will_be of two “storles. but because | OF the slope of ‘the land, the section | will ‘be one story lower than the main gm;m»n of the embassy proper. Con- | mecting this unit with the main por- tion of the embassy will be a port cochere and an mclosed corridor lead- ing from this entrance. Spacious Halls Provided. In the main section of the building | will be spacious reception halls, par- | lors and library especially arranged to [dccommodate state functions and re- | ceptions the Ambssador: | The Ambassador's offices will he placed in a separate wing of the main 1 I i portion of the embassy and his resi- dentlal quarters will occupy the- sec- ond floor of the building. A detached | garage will be constrycted in a seclud- ed-section of the grounds. Sir Edwin will come to Washington this Spring to supervise construction of the embassy, and upon his arrival here ‘the project will be offered for constructive bids. g BIG FRATERNAL FAIR - ' T0 OPEN TOMORROW Exhibits and Entertainment at .Arcadia Auditorium Will Con- -tinue Until February 19. Washington's most pretentious fra- terngl fair will open formally tomor- row night at 7:30 o'olock in the audl- torium. of the Arcadia, Fourteenth street at Park road, to continue night- ly,until Saturday, February 19. Having more exhibitors, finer enter- tainment and the most liberal prizes of -any preceding year, the manage- ment of the fair predicts the largest crowd in its history. To enliven interest, Edward Oliver, chairman. of the executive committee for the fair, announced today that a concert will be given outside the Ar- cadia an hour before opening . time each night. - The band also will furnish imusic jn.the auditorium. alrman Oliver: states that @ num- ber.of, yaudeville: acts will be. put. on each night, as well @s stunts by the various fraternal drill teams. -The Co- Jumbla Helfhln Business Men's Asso- (clation .will be the host orgenization At _the opening tomorrow night. _Scores.of entries already have been maude In the baby, beauty and popular- ity contest The principal organizations spon- soring the falr wre: Federal Employes’ Union, Junior Order of Mechanics, Sons, of Jonadab. Daughters of Amer- ica, . Esther Rebekah Lodge, No. 5, 1. 0. O.F.: Sons and Daughters of Lib- erty, Women's Benefit Association, AmericanLegion, Woodmen .of the World. and Woodmen Circle. The smoking habit was inculcated n Mrs. Sargh Richmond, 81, Bruns- ick, Nebr..; says, when at the a, 10 she- & matoh to her s i U.S.ISBLOCKED + IN DAUGHERTY CASE Defense Upheld in Objections * to Move Linking King With Alleged Fraud. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, Febrvary 11.—The/ Government met with fallure today! in the Daugherty-Miller case when if tried to introduce evidenca to show! that John T. King, ome-time Republis can national committeeman from Cone necticut, destroyed records that might have linked him in an alleged con. spiracy. United States Attorney Bucknes called John Durkin, King's private sece retary for six years, and sought to bring out through him testimeny ad- duced at the first trial, which showed that hook containing papers relating to the transfer of $7,000,000 of as- sets of the American Metal Co. dise appeared from King's home in Bridge- port after a congressional investiga. tion of the transfer had been started. Objections Are Sustained. Repeated objections from defenss counsel haled this trend of testimony when they gvere sustained by Judge Knox o Through Durkin the Government, however, got into the record ex hibits to whichydefense offered vigor- ous objections r | basis of the claim made non-enemy A Waldorf Elotel : showing Jess W. Smith, Daugher handy man, wae registered there August 1, 1921, was admitted. Then the (fovernment gat admitted a can celed chack drawn by King on the Chase National Bank for $25.000. The check was made owt to “cash” and the money was drawn by King him- self. By this, Buckner explained, the Government hoped the jury would infer that the $25000 was given to Smith as his share of a $50,000 “re- tainer” Richard Merton, German metal magnate, had given King Tells of Liberty Bonds. Durkin also gave testimony the deposit of $195,000 of Libe bonds Merton gave King, but this was covered by an attorney’s stipulation and the Government's attempt to show that it was included In King' income tax return, although K considered it a _legitimate pay~w was obstructed by defense. obje sustained by Judge Knox. The ruled that Durkin had not L of this matter until a date subs to the time of the alleged cons Mrs, Edith Walker, floor clerk Hotel McAlpin, New York, was to tell of Miller occupying the su T. Coleman du Pont during part o. time the Government alleges a cons acy was in_ force between Mii. Daugherty, King and Smith. Merton Repeats His Story Mertor yvesterday was called to tell his story of the transfer of the $7.- 000,000 assets of the American Metal Co., seized during the war as enemy- owned property, from the alien prop- . erty custodian to the Societe Suisse Pour Valeurs de Metaux. Merton related that he came to the United States in 1921 to see if he could have .the American Metal assets res leased to the Societe Suisse, for which he was agent. He said he met King and told him his mission. King, he said, declared he could help him, that services of a lawyer were not necessary in having the claim al. lowed. Then King introduced him ta Smith. Later on, Merton said, he was introduced to Miller, but he. could not reeall whether King or Smith did the introducing. Miller, he said, told him he had just been installed as allen property custodian and didn’t know much about the affairs of that office, but that if he.would come to Washing- ton he would be turned over to an authority on alien property matters. Came to Capital Again. So Merton went to Washington, met Miller again, and was turned over to ! G. . Williams, Miller's assistani. Williams, he recounted, told him his claim—based on a debt owned by the Societe Suisse—should be revised, this part of the claim left out and the sole ownership. ¢ ‘Then Merton many, got essential turned to America. After Some delay he went to Washington, where Smith had already taken his claim papers. He put up at the Shoreham Hotel, he sald, next door to “the little house in H street,” where Daugherty and Smith were living, and only a short distance from the Department of Justice building. Without being questioned further about the validity of his claim, Merton sald Smith told him the claim was passed. In the meantime, Mertori testified, an agreement was made between Mer- ton and King that King shouid be pald 5 per cent of the total of the claim for services in obtaining pay- ment. Merton also testified he gave King a “retainer” ‘of $530,000 before returning to Germany. Gave Dinner in New York. After the claim was passed Mer- ton returned to New York. At his invitation Miller, Smith and King came to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, the night of September 30, 1921, to have dinner with him. As Miller took his went back to Gers papers and re- seat he handed Merton two checks that totaled $6,453, N sat at a table and drank two bottles of champagne. Then Merton present- ed each of his guests a gold cigaretto case, for which he paid “at least $200, and I dare say more." The next day, Saturday, October 1, 1921, King went with Merton to Gold man, Sachs & Co.'s office and Merton gave him $391,000 in Liberty bonds. By previous witnesses, the govern ment contends it has shown that by following the trail of these bonds hy their serial numbers, $140,000 were traced to the accounts of Daugherty in the Midland tional Bank at ‘Washington Court House, Ohlo, of which his brother, Mal S, Daugherty, is president. Likewise, $40,000 wers traced to the brokerage and banking accounts of Miller in New York and Wilmington, Del. Smith, the Govern- ment contends, also got some. ! g D. C. ANSWERS TAXI WRIT. Court Asked to Dismiss Mandamus Limiting Vehicl The District Commissioners and ‘Wade H. (oombs, superinténdent of licenses, todey fled answer to the rule in mandamus by which the Independ- ent Taxi Owners' Assoclation, Incor- porated, which operates the Diemond Cab Co., seeks to test the validity of the lmitation of the number of taxi- cabs to be licensed to do business in Washington. Through Corporation Counsel Stephens and Assisiant Corporation Counsel Ringgold Hart, the Commis- sioners defend their right to limit th number of taxicabs under the police power for the protection of the lives health, comfort and quiet of the cit zens and the protection of property The court is asked to dismiss the petition on the ground that pa license is issued to the company to.operate taxicabs in Washington and that each ¢ it Jof the cabs bearing the gnmmdgbhm