Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1927, Page 2

SUSPEET ADNITS ATTACING WONAN Confession Follows Identifi- cation of Phillip Jackson by [Ars. Daisy Welling. With a confession from Phillip Jackson, colored, that he attacked and criminally assaulted Mrs. Daisy Well- ing, 35, 135 D street southeast, Friday night in the Capitol grounds, and the finding today of the brick with which he fractured her ekull, the man, who is 30 years old, and lives at 231 Third street northeast, is being held In the fifth police precinct station house. He probably will he taken to court tomorrow marning for commitment to the jail, awaiting the final outcome of the injuries to the woman. As yvet no formal .charges have been placed on the police blotter against him. ‘The confession came last night to Detectives Cullinane, O'Dea, Kuehl- ing, Cole. Messer and Wilson. after which the man was taken to the scene of the crime, which was just across the street from the Neptune statue fronting the Library of Con- gress, and in the clump of bushes there. There, hefore the police, he re-enacted the crime. Brick Found in Snow. Capt. Sanford, commanding No. 5 precinct, this morning sent Policeman T. M. Toland to the scene to search for the brick, and shortly before noon a half of a brick was recovered from under the snow. This was immediate- Iy taken to the cell of the prisoner, where he identified it as the weapon he used to beat Mrs. Welling into senselessness. The police say that they already have the clothes which the prigoner wore on the night of the attack, although he did not have them on when arrested. Jackson, according to the police, was picked up with other euspects during the course of the investiga- tion, and Mrs. Welling has identified him as her assailant. She picked him out from among several others taken into the sick room last night. After this identification, all were taken from the room and their coats and hats changed, taken back, and Mrs. Welling again identified Jackeon. Finally Admits Crime. It was after this identification that he was returned to polics headquer- ters for further questioning, during which, with the knowledge of such a positive identification in mind, broke down and confessed the whole crime to the police, admitting to them, they say, that he was the assallant. The police, it was said at the De- tective Bureau, will await the outcome of Mrs. Welling’s injuries before plac- ing formal charges against Jackson. The erime of criminal assault puts in the discretion of the jury the death nalty. peTh“t‘chndfllon of Mrs. Welling, it was said at Providenoe Hospital to- day, showed a slight improvement, and it was added that 1f there are no complications it is believed now that she will recover. Walker Eligible to Reward. Sergt. James M. Walker of the Court Expatriates Man Who Prefers To Die Lithuanian By the Astociated Press. KENOSHA, Wis, February 22.— Because he wanted to go back to his fatherland, Lithuania, and die a citizen of that country, Peter Indrunszle, 65, of Kenosha was given an order of expatriation be. fore Judge Perry L. Pearsons in ‘Waukegan. It was the fiest time within the memory of courts in this section that such an order was entered. Indrunszie was naturalized in 1905, FILIBUSTER HALTS VETERAN LOAN BILL Senate Fails to Act on House Measure After Three- Hour Debate. The bill authorizing the Veterans' Bureau to make loans to ex-service men on the security of their adjusted compensation certificates, already ap- proved by the House, was before the Senate for three hours as a speclal order of business last night, but failed to reach a vote when efforts were made to attach other soldier legisla- tion to ft. The filibuster was aimed not at the bill but at two riders, one the emer- | gency officers’ retirement bill offered | by nator Tyson, Democrat, Ten-| nessee, and later withdrawn, and an | amendment by Senator Bratton, Dem- | ocrat, New Mexico, which was ac-| cepted by the Senate by a vote of 46 to 15 The Bratton amendment would re- peal that section of the World War veterans' act reducing by one-half after next July 1 the $30 compensa- tion now authorized for temporarily disabled veterans receiving hospitali- zation, Bingham Fights Tyson Amendment. The Tyson amendment was_filibus- tered by Senator Bingham, Republi- can, Connecticut, until five minutes before the hour set for adjournment, when the Tennessee Senator heeded the pleading of a number of his col- leagues and withdrew it. Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsyl- vania, then insisted that the Brat- ton amendment be withdrawn under threat of death to the loan legislation and the Senate milled around ahout that until adjournment at 11 o’clock. The loan bill now goes back to the Senate calendar, but it will be taken up later and Senator Tyson plans then to offer his emergency officers’ retirement bill as a rider.and to put in a petition for cloture limiting debate to one hour for each Senator. Robinson Wins Applause. Shattering one of the most sacred Senate rules, spectators in the gal- leries, women as well ag men, vigor- ously applauded a declaration by Sena- tor Robinson, Republican, Indiana, that the soldiers of the American ex- peditionary force were not loafers. The demonstration came during a Terminal Police Force is now given credit by the Detective Bureau for causing the arrest of Jackson, and is eligible for the $500 reward offered for the arrest and conviction of the as- said toda under Walker’s observation for some He had worked as an extra on force and was a habitue of that place yhen not employed. On_the afternoon following the crime, Walker, it was sald, sug- gested to Policemen James C. Collins and W. E. , who do plain clothes duty for the Metropolitan police at the station, that &ni.hon might be the man tw ‘wan Collins ormed Inspector Pratt to pick him up. He was apprehended however, by Lieut. O. T. Davis and Polilceman T. M. Toland of number 5 precinct. NEGRO HITS WOMAN AND STEALS PURSE Miss Gudrun Larsen Struck by Man ‘While Walking Along $ Street. Miss Gudrug L. Larsen, Chateau Thierry Apartments, 1920 S street, ‘was struck on the chest by an uniden- tifled colored man about 9 o'clock last night while on S street between Phelps place and Twenty-third street and robbed of her pocketbook, containing about $10 in cash, Christmas saving cards, passport and bank book. The scene of the attack was not far from the homes of many families prominent in official and social life. There were no persdns on the street to respond to Miss Larsen's cry for help until after the disappearance of the robber, however, and so quickly did he act that Miss Larsen was un- able to get a good description of him. Miss Larsen was on her way to visit & friend. The robber, without saying a word, dealt her the one blow and snatched her pocketbook. He then ran away. e ACTION DUE TOMORROW ON MYERS’ NOMINATION ST Senate Committee to Propose His Confirmation for Trade Board Wosks By the Assoctated Pre After hearing Abram F. Myers, nominated for the Federal Trade Com- mission, explain in executive session his connections with the Federal in- vestigation of the Aluminum Co. of America, a majority of the Senate in- terstate commerce committes voted yesterday to call up the nomination in the Senate tomorrow and ask for confirmation. The nomination was referred back to the committee, which several dave ago reported it favorably, for an in- vestigation of charges against Myers by Senator Walsh, Democrat, Mon- tana, who contended that a memoran- dum, prepared by Myers while As- eistant Attorney General was an im- portant factor in the dismissal of the Aluminum case. Myers told the committee that he had prepared a memorandum on the law, stating that from the informa- tion at hand it d4id not appear the Government had a case. After yesterday's committee meet- ing Senator Waish declared that his ol opinion had not been changed by the testimony and that he would carry the fight to the Senate floor. Chairman Watson, however, sald that nothing in the testimony warranted rejection of Myers' nomination. Would Mark Wright Air Flight. A Senate bill to authorize a monu- ment on Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, N. C., to commemorate the first air- plane flight by the Wright Brothers on December 7, 1903, was passed yes- colloquy between Robinson and Sen- ator Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania, both World War veterans,.and was stilled by another man who was on the .Western front, Vice President Dawes, who pounded his gavel vigor- ously for order. HOUSE ADDS $23,000,000 TO PENSIONS OF WOMEN 185,000 Widows of Civil War Vet- erans Would Benefit—8enate Gets Bill A bill to grant a flat $50 monthly pension to all widows and remarried widows of Civil War veterans was passed unanimously by the House ye: terday and sent to the Senate. Representative Elliott, Republican, Indiana, author of the measure, said it would affect 195,000 widows and cost approximately $23,000,000 annual- ly. It would increase the present rate by $10 a month. CUNNINGHAM FACES CONTEMPT CHARGE IN CAMPAIGN CASE (Continued from First Page.) since there were slates in Cook Coun- ty bearing the name of Frank L. Smith, who sought the senatorial nomination, the money necessarily benefited that candidate along with all others. Insull Under Hot Fire. Insull, who was on the stand for an hour and who seemed somewhat bewildered at the end under the vol- ley of questions fired at him by Chair- man Reed, told the committee that any cne to whom he made campaign gifts was at liberty to publish fhe fact and the amount. At one point in his examination Senator La Follette, Republican, Wis- consin, halted him to make it a mat- ter of record that the evidence dis- closed total contributions by him of $237,925, listing the contributors. Insull sald that all of these contri- butions were made in cash and that in some instances he borrowed the money to make the payments, receiv- ing advances sometimes from his utili- ties companies. He asserted that prac- tically all of these advances had been refunded and that all would be. Goes to Get Evidence. The utilities operator left last night for Chicago, to obtaln for the commit- tee a check for $190,000 and other memoranda, and he was advised by Chairman Reed that while away he should make every effort to have the four men to whom he gave the $40,000 release him from his pledge of secrecy. “The committee does not want to have to go to extremities,” the chair- man sald. Cunningham, who appeared with his attorney, Representative Golder, Re- publican. Pennsylvania, stood his ground against the committee, refus. ing point blank to answer any ques- tions as to the source of the $50,000 which he contributed to the primary campalgn organization of Willlam 8. Vare, senator-elect from Pennsylvania. Refuses to Answer. “I refuse to answer,”” Cunningham sald In response to all questions, and even to the declarations of Senator to answer. As he was excused the Philadelpkia political leader did explain that he was interested in the campaign of Ed- ward Beldleman for the Republican gubernatorial nomination and that he would not have made the contribution hed Beldleman not been a candidate. During a recess between its two sessions, the committee, through Sen- ator Reed, asked the Senate to con- tinue its life through the coming re- cess of Congress and also to authorize it to open the ballot hoxes brought here from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh as a result of the contest for Vare's seat brought by his Democratic op- ponent, Willlam B. Wilson. The res. olutian giving this grant of power terday the House. The measure must go 'k to the Senate, however, for comcurrence in amendmaents. A went over under the rules on objection | Reed that the committee directed him | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, ARBORETUMBILL | CONFERENCE ASKED v PREPARE REBUTTAL IN'FORD TAX CASE Counsel for Former Minority Stockholders Ready to Start Tomorrow. Counsel for former minority stock- holders of the Ford Motor Co. will begin tomorrow rebuttal testimony to the Government case, which con- cluded yesterday, in the litigation in- | stituted by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, seeking an additional levy of $30,000,000 taxes on the sale of holdings of the former stockholders to_the Ford family. With conclusion of Government { presentation of its case yesterday, the hearings were adjourned until tomorrow morning. Rebuttal testi- mony for the.former stockholders is expected to occupy two days. Both parties to the litigation will then be- gin work on preparation of briefs and subsequent oral arguments, which will be submitted to the board of tax appeals.dquring the next three montl The board will then take the case JUDSON HARMO! EX-GOV.HARMON under final advisement. Continue Voegelin Examination. Councel for the Government and the appellants also continued examin- ation of F, E. Voegelin, consulting engineer of New York. Voegelin's claim that Ford stock was wort! only $4,300 a share as of March 1, 1919, was based on the theory that Ford's domination of the policies and practice of the company, his adhe- sion to a single type of car and the further fact that public jinterest in purchases of common stocks was a restricted one, On motion of Joseph E. Davies of coungel for the stockholders, documen- tary evidence submitted by the Gov. ernment in the shape of a cogporation tax report by the Ford Co. flled in June, 1917, naming a value of 6,100 a share for its stock, based on tangible assets only, was ruled out. The report took no cognizance of the good will of the company or intangible assets, the objection stated. Sherwood Gives Testimony. Government counsel yesterday con- fined itself to presentation of testl- mony by officials of the Bureau of In- ternal Revenue bearing on the reopen- ing of the tax cases and the manner in which it conducts a record of pend- ing cases. V. Sherwood, chief of the bureau's clearing divieion, testified that no less than 3,000 jeopardy assessments were levied between February 15and March 15, 1825, on actount of the pending ex- piration of the statute of limitations. The assessment against Senator Couzens of Michigan and other former holders of Ford stock of $30,000,000 back taxes on account of an alleged overvaluation of the stock falls within this perfod. PROBING ANNAPOLIS CRIBBING CHARGES Naval Academy Authorities Get Report Some Midshipmen Had Examination Questions. By the Associated Press. Charges of cribbing in the Decem- ber examination¥ st the Naval ‘Acad- emy .are . - given a thorough in- vestigation by Admiral L. M. Nulton, superintendent of the academy. Advance copies of questions in an examination In one subject are said to have been available and an etiort is being made to determine the number of midshipmen who might have had ac- cess to them. The name of an instructor under suspicion of having given advance in- formation was withheld. It is added that ncldelrlz authorities had failed thus far to ‘substantiate their sus- piclons and were proceeding with ex- tra caution in order not to involve in- nocent persons. i b POLICE ASKED TO LOCATE MRS. ANNA H. DONNELLY Woman Missing Since Thursday From Her Home in Mount Rainier. | Police have been asked to search for Mrs. Anna H. Donnelly, 33 vears old, of 3724 Thirty-second street, Mount Rainier, who has been missing | from. her home since Thursday. Rel- atives are at loss to account for her disappearance. Mrs. Donnelly left home that morn- Ing to visit an aunt, where she was to meet her husband, John W. Don- nelly, a furniture salesman. °She never reached the aunt's house, but was seen that evening ahout 5 o’clock at Thirteenth ‘and H streets north- east, where she stopped to talk to a friend. After that there is no trace of her. Mrs. Donnelly was a divorces when married for the second time, about six vears ago, and has a son, Frank Padgett, 16 years old, by the first marriage. She is a brunette, ahout 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 148 pounds. When last seen she was wearing a blue hat. black drees, seul coat, black shoes and light hose. ———ee NORTH WOODSIDE ASKS SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT Citizens Want Maryland Assembly to Create Division—Water Service Sought. Enactment at the present session of the Maryland General Assembly of the bill providing creation of a special tax- ing district for North Woodside, Md\\, was argued by the North Woodside Citizens’ Association last night in monthly meeting. Montgomery County delegates to the Assembly were re. quested to wage an active fight for the measure. The association also went on record favoring extension of Sixteenth street into Maryland and adopted a resolu- tion urging fulfiliment of existing con- tracts for the improvement of streets in the aubdivision. Extension of the Washington tele. | phone service inte suburban Mont. gomery_County sections and purchase by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission of its water supply from the War Department, when water from the new flitration plant of the Wash- ingtop system is available, in prefer- ence to the chlorinated creek water now used, also were recommended by the association. $200,000 Rubber Fund. President Coolldge has asked Con- OF OHID S DEAD End Comes Unexpectedly to Attorney General in Cleve- land’s Cabinet. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, February 22, Judson Harmon, former Governor of | Ohio, died today. g Mr. Harmon was taken {ll several days ago, when it was stated his all- ment was believed to be of a minor nature, He was 81 years old and one of Ohio’s leading lawyers and states- men. Mr. Harmon dled unexpectedly. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Ablgall Harmon Wright, Cinecinnati; Mrs. Geor; Caseatt, London, Eng- land, and Mrs. Alfred C. Cassatt, Cin- cinnati. Former Gov. Harmon made a notable record as a lawyer and statesman and became a figure of national prom- inence through his service to his home State and to the country. From the time he attained his majority until the last few vears of his life he was en- gaged in public service most of the time. Mayor and Judge. He had served as mayor, judge of common pleas and circuit courts in Ohin, Attorney General of the United States and Governor of Ohio for two terms. Although never seeking the highest honor from his party, he fig- ured prominently at several Dema- cratic national conventions as a pos sible nominee for President. In 1904 the Ohlo delegation was instructed for him, but at his request his name was not presented. He had a strong fol- lowing in the 1912 convention and re- ceived votes on several of the early ballots. Mr. Harmon's public service be- gan with his election as mayor of Wyoming, Ohlo, which office he held in 1875-76. In the latter year he was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and two years later went on the bench of the Superior Court. After a service of nearly nine years hé resigned March 7, 1887, to become senfor member of the law firm of Harmon, Colston, Goldsmith & Head- ley. Willlam Howard Taft, chief Jjustice of the United States, was a pointed by J. B. Foraker, then gov- ernor, to succeed him on the Superior Court bench. Named Attorney General. The character of his service on two Ohio court henches and the prom- inence he attained in important litiga- tion directed national attention to Judge Harmon and resulted in his appointment as Attorney General of the United States by President Cleve- 1and in the latter's second administra- tion. Judge Harmon sersed from 1895 until the end of the administra- tlon, in 1897, and during that time personally conducted many important suits in which the Government was involved, Although of opposite political faith, President Roosevelt recognized the ability of Judge Harmon and in 1904 appointed him a delegate to represent the United States at the Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists. President Roosevelt also appointed him to investigate charges of rebate which had peen flled against the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail- way Co. He resigned after submit- ting his report sustaining the charges and after the President refused to per- mit prosecution of the railroad. Judge Harmon was appointed in 1899 receiver for the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Raliroad and six years later acted in the same capacity for the Cincinnatl, Hamiliton Dayton, Pere Marquette and Toledo Raliroads. Elected Governor in 1908, Judge Harmon was elected Governor of Ohio in 1908 and was re-elected two years later, defeating Warren G. Hard- ing. He was born at Newton, Ohio, near Cincinnati, February 3, 1846, the son of the Rev. B. F. Harmon and Julia Bronson Harmol He was educated at Denison University, from which he was graduated in 1868. Three years later he received his degree in law from the Cincinnati Law School and began practice at Cincinnati. He was elected president of the Ohio State Bar Association in 189% and the same year was named professor of law at the Cincinnat! Law School. Upon the establishment of the Cincinnat{ branch of the Federal Reserve Bank he was named a director. Judge Harmon married Olivia Sco- bey, a daughter of Dr. Willam H. Scobey of Hamilton, in June 1870, TAFT EXPRESSES REGRET. Chief Justice Recalls Warm Friend- ship for Former Governor. Chief Justice Taft made this state- ;lllsnl when told of the death of Judson armon. sad. We were the warmest friends during my entire professional lite. 1 succeeded him as judge of the Superfor Court of Cincinnati when he resigned, and my selection as a very Young man was largely due to his rec- ommendation. “He was a most admirable judge, broad-minded, hard-working, abie and learned in the law, and these qualities dictinguished him as a leader of the bar in Fkis practice after he left the bench. He twice became Governor of Ohio and. then Attorney General of the United States under Grover Cleve- land, and was a worthy counselor of his Lt chief, who valued him much, ‘‘He was universally beloved, mod. est, of great sweetness of temper, of catholic spirit and world-wide in his sympathies. He was a man of the highest ideals. He was one of the Nation’s best men." gress for a fund of $200,000 to enable the Department of Agriculture to en- large its investigations of rubber pro- duction, especially in the Philipfingé Islands. The War Department ready to assign 6,000 acres on the by Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsyl- ania. i v adapted for rubber culture for experi- mentation. g — BAND CONCERT. TOMORROW. By the United States Marine Band Island of Mindanao believed to be well | Oreh: "{}' 8 8:15 o'clock, Willlam H. Santelmann, | give Branson, second s Taylor leader, Senate Bids House Group to Meet to Push Action—Fa- vorable Comment Here. The Renate yesterday afternoon asked for A conference with the House on the bill to establish a national ar- boretum for the Department of Agri- culture {n Washington, which has passed both branches of Congress, but in which there are certain amend- ments to be agreed to. The conference was requested by Senator McNary of Oregon, chairman of the Senate agriculture committee, who was appointed one of the con- terees, together with Senators Norris o.f Nebraska and Smith of South Carvo- lina. It is understood) the conference will be held as soon possible after the House appoints its managers, so that no time will be lost in reporting back the findings of the conferees on the amendments. Indicatiops are that the main purpose of the conference is to discuss the House amendment limiting the purchase price of land for the ar- boretum to 25 per cent above the as- sessed valuation. Favorable Sentiment Grows. Now that the national arboretum bill has reached conference stage, there is increasing sentiment among members of the House not only to de- velop a great arboretum that will eventually eclipre any such scientific institution in any other country, but to utilize it to enhnace the beauty of the National Capital. Representative Boylan of New York enthusiastically suggested to his col- leagues in a speech in the House that the north side of Pennsylvania avenue should be taken as a site for the national arboretum, and he emphasized how a beautiful approach to the Capital City from the east can be made where now it is a stretch of undeveloped cheap land. Mr. Boy- lan said: “If 1 had my way, I would change the location this arboretum to the north side of Pennsylvania avenue. If we included the north side of Penn- sylvania avenue we could remove the splendid vista that now greets us when we enter the Nation's Capital. When we drive from the Union Sta- tion to Pennaylvania avenue the first thing we see is a peanut atand at the foot of Pennsylvania avenue; adjoin- ing that is a one-armed restaurant, and then we have a gypsy fortune teller's place, a Chinese laundry, sec- ond-hand shops and then we have sev- eral other dumps of a similar char- acter, giving a beautiful aspect and leaving a wonderful memory of one's entrance to the city of these beauti- ful dumps along the north side of Pennsylvania avenue. Yet we sit here and shout about buying a little land at the rate of 215 cents a foot. Why, it Ja terribly expensive land; jus) think, 214 cents a foot, $1,00 an acre. Why, gentlemep, it is a disgrace to the City of Washington. It is really a reflection upon the Con- gress that the approach to this city is in such an awful condition. Urges Plans for Future Take the city of Fhiladephia, with its magnificient approach of 15 or 18 miles, beautifully parked, or the beau- tiful Bronx River Parkway, In New York City. That is what we ought to have coming into Washington, and that is what we ought to have going out of Washington, not only to the south but to the north and to the east and to the weat, We should have such a city here that people coming from other parts of the country can g0 back to their home city or State and say, we have seen a beautiful model of a city in the city of Wash- ington and we will try to emulate it in our own town or city. What do we care about locating something of national importance far to the south, to east or west, where it would be in- accesasible? There is nothing we ean do too big or too great to beau:ify this city of Washington, because we are not planning for the day or for the hour; we are lookjng ahead for the years that are to come, and we do not want to have it cast up i those years that we failed to visualize the opportunity to Dbeautify this magnificient city. We have already made a splendid start. The Sixty-ninth Congress, in liberally approiating money for new buildings in Washington, is entitled to the commendation of the entire coun- try. Let us go further and create a magnificent park systera around the entire city of Washington, and let us wipe out the dumps and other ob- noxious bujldings existing along the north side of Pennsylvbania Avenue and other sections of the city. Representative Davey of Ohio spoke as an authority on trees in calling to the *attention of his fellow members the advantages of giving the largest possible number of people an oppor- tunity to visit as a sanctuary an un- matched beauty spot of nature. He pointed out that most of the objec- tlons made to the arboretum legisla- tlon were “based on rather ordinary and petty considerations.” More Than Growing Trees. ‘‘There is something to a national arboretum outside of merely growing trees and plants for research and edu- cation, valuable as that is,” sald Mr. Davey. “It rises high above the con- troversy over the price of land or the specious argument that it might juet as well be established anywhere in the United States. The real purpose of an arboretum is to gather specimens of all the trees and plants and flowers that can be grown in this latitude and those that can be acclimated. The ob- Ject of a national arboretum is to es- tablish it where the greatest number of people can he benefited and where it may be under the supervision of the technical staff of the Government. It is proposed to develop a great beauty spot that will include all the kinds and varietles of growing things with which nature has blessed us. “I have been wondering what the world would be if we could take out of it all of the things that represent the finer side of life. Would mere food and clothing and shelter satisfy the insatinctive longing of civilized man for beauty and happiness? What would the world be if we could re- move from it all of the benefits of art and literature and music and religion and the beauty of nature—the great unmatched beauty of the living out of doers? ““There 18 poetry in the trees and in the flowers that/God put here to adorn the world. There is something bigger and finer in the idea of establishing an arboretum than even the practical side of it, and I concede that there is likely to be much practical benefit flow from a national arboretum. Beauty Itself Is Valuable. “The development of beauty itselt is a thing worth while for any nation that puts a proper value on the better and finer side of life. Here in this body, in the natural course of events, we give most of our time and our consideration to the practical quet tions of the business of Government, but once in a while there comes before us opportunity to consider some- thing that will contribute to the spl itual forces of our country; som thing that has to do with the very essence of our civilization, somethin; that appeals to the soul of man, an has the power to lift him above the plane of the ordinary and the elemen. t ‘This is one of those really fine things to which we are permitted to and: wheih TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1927. YRD PLANS TO FLY ACROSS SOUTH POLE IN SUMMER OF 28 p Within Next 18 Months Expected to Es- tablish Base. Voyage to Be Made in Type of Plane He Used in Arclic Expedition. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 22.—Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, the first man to fly an airplane over the North Pole, will attempt’ to fly across the South Pole in the Antarctic Summer of 1828, he announced here. The flight base will be in the ice bar- rier around the Pole. Comdr. Byrd has been working out the plans since last May. Bases of supplies will be established, facilities for taking off and alighting will be prepared and trial flights made in the next 18 months. Will Use Fokker Plane. An American-built Fokker plane will be used, and the flight will be private- ly financed. The announcement of the flight was made preceding Comdr. Byrd's address before the Izaak Walton League last night. “All the sciences will be cailed upon to ald the flight,” he said. ‘“Studies of wind, climate, geology and air navi- gation will be completed. This will mean that a corps of scientists will spend the six-month polar night pre- ceding the flight in the Far South. “The best starting point on the ice barrier, which surrounds the Pole with a radtus of 1,000 miles, wil] be de- i $37 o COMDR. BYRD. _ termined by the next 18 months’ study. Instead of circling the Pole, as in the Arctic flight, we probably will sall in a straight line 2,000 miles. Flight Financed Privately. “T expect to use an American-bullt Fokker plane of the same type I used last time, with the same equipment, except as improvements are developed. “The flight will be financed by pri- vate individuals. The dash will take us over a portion of the globe never before seen by man. No one can say whatgwe may encounter. It will be a dash Into the unknown.” The flight will atart as soon after September as the Antarctic early Spring conditions permit. LONGWORTH NAMED 10 SUCCEED SELF Republican Caucus Selects Same Speaker—Tilson Is Also Retained. ~ Representative Longworth of Ohio was selected to succeed himself as Speaker of the House in the next Con- gresa at the Republican party caucus held last night. The vote was by ac- clamation, and the nomination vir- tually is equivalent to election. Mr. Longworth’s name was placed in nomination by Representative Mad- den of Illinois, who two years ago un- successfully opposed him for the office. Representative Burton of Ohio second- ed the nomination, Only one insurgent, Representative Nelson of Wisconsin, was observed en- tering the House chamber for the caucus, to whicn only Republican ‘members-elect of the Seventieth Con- gress were admitted. Invitations had been issued to all of the insurgent group, but thera was a noticeable absence of those who two years ago were barred from party councils because of their support of the ILa Follette independent presi- dentfal candidacy. Representative Tilson of Connectl- cut, was selected unanimously to suc- ceed hanself as the party floor leader. Representative Treadway of Massa- chusetts placed Tilson's name’ before the caucus, while Representative Johnson of Washington made the seconding speech. The caucus also nominated to suc- ceed themselves, Willlam Tyler Page, as clerk of the House; J. G. Rodgers, sergeant-at-arms, Bert W. Kennedy, doorkeeper, and Frank W. Collier, postmaster. AUTOISTS “QUARANTINED” IN STOLEN-CAR HUNT Disappearance of 300 Results in Detention of Used-Machine Owners in Nevada. By the Associated Press. GOLDFIELD, Nev., February 22.— Owners of usgd automobiles in and near Goldfield today were under “‘quarantine’ imposed by Government investigators while they searched for some 800 cars alleged to have heen stolen from various Pacific Coast cities and resold here. 8o cleverly did the manipulators conceal their scheme that scores of innocent purchasers now are being hunted. Among those who bought cars in good faith and later discovered they had been stolen machines were Sheriff Mercer and his chief deputy, Charles Benton. Today in Congress The Senate. The Senate met at 11 o'clock for the reading of Washington's fare- well address by Senator George, Democrat, of Georgia. Following this the members of the Senate went to the House of Representatives for the joint ses- sion of Congress, to be addressed by President Coolidge on the sub- Ject of the bicentennial in 1982, Following the joint session .the Senate will return and resume reg- ular business. Conferees on the District appro- priation bill will meet at 2:30 o'clock. Commerce committee held execu- tive n_this mornin matisfaction—to create and maintain beauty is to bless mankind. “Why should we want to consider establishing a national arboretum any place else than in the Capital of the United States; right here where all the nature lovers of our country and the world, who have ocoasion to visit our Canital, may go out and look and! study and enjoy themselves. and drink in the beauty that nature has pro- vided with a lavish hand and that man can place at our disposal. Every year there are probably hundreds of thousands of people who come to Washington because it is their N tion's Capital, and they want to see here something besides cold pave- ments and monuments of stone. They want to see something here that rep- resents the great and inspiring beauty of the out of doors. “We have an urportunuy in the passage of this bill to give to th people of America, at a very mode ate investment, particularly those tens of thousands of men and women and children who visit Washington, to see the visibj#“@vidences of their Govern- ment ABATTOIR PERMIT BELIEVED INVALID Virginia Park Commission Of- ficial Expresses View on Project Opposite Capital. The permit granted by Arlington County authorities for erection of an abattoir near the Highway Bridge is invalid, according to an opinion ex- DUAL AGREEMENTS RATIFIED BY YALE Chief Features of Triple liance With Princeton and Harvard Retained. By the Asociated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., February 32, ~~Ratification of Harvard-Yale and Princeton-Yale dual agreements in athjstics was announced by the Yale University Athlétic Association today and the text of these was made known to alumnl gatherings during the day. The new dual agreements maintain the former “triple” agreement as the essential code governing the spirit and practice of joint athletic relations and contesta. 'he only changes are a simplification of the present wording of the artlcle forbidding post-season or intersectional championship contests, and the provision that individual ques- tions of athletic eligibility shall be determined by cerned. Agreements Explained. Prof. George H. Nettleton, Yalo chairman, made the following com- ment on the agreements: “The dual agreements with Harvard and Princeton provide for the fullest and. most cordial continuance that the essential spirit and code of athletio practjce embodied in the “triple agree- ment” remain essentially unchanged. One step forward in the new agree- ments {8 clear. The old machinery for the settlement of cases of doubt- ful athletic eligibility by final decisign of the committee of three chairmen has heen done away. Instead, there 18 provision for personal conference, It desired, but the real settlement of all minor questions is left wholly to the good faith and good will of the university concerned. In this spirit of unquestioned mutual confidence and understanding the new dual agreements have heen drawn. Yale will certainly welcome and support them fully." The two agreements are dated Febd ruary 22 and are dmwn in identical form. The Harvard-Yale agreemen is signed, for Harvard, by William J. Bingham, director of athletios, and for Yale by Prof. George H. Nettle- ton, chairman of the board of control. The Princeton-Yale agreement has the signatures, for Princeton, of Prof. Charles W. Kennedy, chairman of the board of athletic control, and, for Yale, of Prof. Nettleton. Text of Agreement. The full text of the identical dual agreements with Harvard and with Princeton follows: Harvard (Princeton) Yale dual agree- ment. the university con- pressed in a letter to promoters of the enterprise by Frank G. Campbell, a member of the Virginia Park and Planning Commission and chairman of the legislative committee of the Arlington County Civio Federation. “Without going into the merits of the controversy over the possibility of the abattoir becoming a uisance,” Mr. Campbell stated today, “it is un- doubtedly a fact that the board of supervisors had no right to grant such a permit under the conditions existing.” In the meantime citizens of Virginia Highlands, Aurora Hills and other communities on the road to Alexan- dria and Mount Vernon have fll):? a mass meeting for tomorTow evening af 6:30 o'clock in the Calvary Metho- dist Protestant Church 1in - Aurora Hills, when, it is announced, means, will be considered for preventing erec- tion of the slaughter house. Revocation Is Asked. A petition requesting the board of supervisors to revoke the permit at its next meeting also is being cireu- lated, it has been learned. Mr. Campbell's contention is that the board of supervisors, after apparently first passing an ordinance making it compulsory for applicants to adver: tise their intentions two weeks in a vance, meeting and granted a permit to the N. Auth company ia direct violations of this provision. The new ordinance, adopted last Monday on_ the recommendation of Maj. Carey Brown, engineer of the Na. tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission, is designed to give the county strict control over abbatoirs, fertilizer factories, soap factories, etc. Persons desiring to build such plants are re- quired to go through the routine of advertising in two county newspapers their full intent, including location of the projected plant, of applying to the supervisors for a permit and of show- ing that the proposed factory will not have any features offensive to the publie. Auth Project Defended. By objectionable features, the regu- lation states, are meant obnoxious odors or the discharge of waste ma- terial, paper, offal and so forth. s The Auth interests declare that their abbatoir is to be of the latest type, costing $200,000, and that it will have no undesirable aspects. The plant is to be bullt on Columbia pike near its intersection with the lower Alexandria highway, and less than a mile from the Highway Bridge and the proposed river route for the new Mount Vernon boulevard. ARREST CHINESE DOCTOR FOR TOSSING AWAY COINS Y. 0. Ginn, Herbalist, Told Judge He Was Merely Advertising Himself. By the Associated Preass SAN FRANCISCO, February 22— The advertising campaign ot Dr. Y, O. Ginn, Chinatown herbalist, wi turned around at the same|..qeq p With the intent of maintaining ex- itsing athletic relations between Har- vard (Princeton) and Yale in thelr es- sential integrity and with mutual confidence in the cordial spirit as well as in the actual rules controlling such relations, it is mutually agreed: 1. That the triple agreement (the Harvard-Yale-Princéton agreement of 1916, together with all revisions now Incorporated in it) shall continue as the code governing the joint athletic relations and contests between Har- vard (Princeton) and Yale, but sec- tion 3 of article VI of the agreement of January 1, 1923, shall read: No_post-season. contests or contests for the purpose of settling sectional or other champlonships shall be per- mitted, 3. That the Harvard (Princeton) and Yale chairmen shall preform jointly the general functions filled, under the triple agreement. by the committes of the three chairmen; but after such consuitation as m: at y time be desired by either chalrman, final re- sponsibility for the eligibility, scholas- tic and otherwise, of individual mem- bers of athletic teams shall rest with the university concerned. 8. That either party to the present agreement hetween Harvard (Prince- ton) and Yale may withdraw upon six months’ notice, which shall be pre- e Joint conference. New Air Line Planned. TOKIO, February 22 (#).—A new passenger air service between Osaka and_Shanghal, to begin this Spring, is being planned by the Nippon Kokusaisha (Japan Aeronautic Co.) uf Osaka. A huge monoplane from Germany has been purchased for the purpose. The plane will be able to carry 10 passengers, besides two pilots, one radio operator and one mechanie. s VOTES FOR DISTRICT AS BI-CENTENARY ACTION IS URGED (Conttnued from First Page.) subjected to a fundamental and un- paralleled injustice. George Wash- ington personifies democracy in the American mind and in the mind of the world. To rob half a milllon patriotic, intelligent, well-to-do citizans of the Republic of the vote because they happen to live at the seat of the Federal Government personifies autoc- racy rather than democracy. “George Washington, wera he alive today to direct our destinies with his wisdom and idealism, would, I am convinced, favor abolition of humiliating restrictions under which the District suffers. He would be setting himself against all the prin- ciples that hallow his memory if he atood for their maintenance. He would, we may feel sure, consider taxation without representation tyrannous today as when it was so stigmatized 151 years ago.” Senator Jones was asked what, In 0 pealed directly to the Chinese p-* by tossing several hundred dollars In coins out of his office window, has come to an end in Police Court. Garbed in the rich clothes of a man- darin, he appeared and naively told the judge he was merely advertising his ability along medicinal lines and didn’t know it was against the law to give away money. . Dr. Ginn's campaign attracted hordes of youngsters, who packed the street and blocked traffic. A police sergeant warned Dr. Ginn against tossing away his money. On his next round the policeman saw another crowd at the doctor's office. It was still raining coins, and he ar- rested the doctor. The ch ‘was dis- missed after Dr. Ginn's explanation. Ginn is said to have had a brilliant record with the Chinese army. GIVES BOND OF si,ooo. C. A. McAvoy Arrested on Charge of Making Handbook. Charles Andrew MoAvoy, 30 years old, was arrested on a charge of mak- ing a handbook on the races yester- day afternoon, when Lieut. Sidney Marks of the ninth precinct led a raid on the upper flocrs of 1112 H street northeast. ance in court. While the raiders were in _the i to be inspired to better |rooms, telephones jln'l?h'udu n opportunity to provide | police answered them. for something of large educa- t I {onal 3 umthln, beautiful and | siring Gening Gt ' oy caindhgnae by mant " o | oon al that lh.: calls S chor” ar as came from and his Ju.d;mont. should first be done to give effect to his suggestion of a Washington bi-centenary realization of the rict's suffrage aspirationa. Informed People For Franchise. “Ignorance about ‘voteless Wash- ington’ is profound and widespread he rejoined. “Indifference, too, is ril So the need of the hour is education. Congress must act in the initial in- stance. House and Senate must join in submitting the required constitu- tional amendment to the Statea. Then the people of the States will have to be awakened to the facts and to the righteousness of altering them. I have thought that the District's case rhight be pleaded with a little more ease and with a lfttle stronger likeli- hood of success if it can be tied up with the Washington celebrations in 1932. We are a sentimental country, after all. The Distriet of Columbla General Committee on National Representation is in possession of ample, first-hand evidence from leaders of American public thought that Washington's plea for enfranchisement is considered a just one. Leaders who pledge their support of the plea come from every rank of life and all parties. States- men, State governors, universit; presidents, clergymen, newspaper edl tors, :tw”"' ‘bankers, merchants, McAvoy gave bond | th in the sum of $2,000 for his appear- L+ | '