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*hours later. *when his _ | ONEKILLED, FOUR HURT IN ACCIDENTS John A. Soulhern, Hit byi Street Car, Dies—Youth Injured in Crash. John A. Southern rs old, 3 D street southeast, struck by southbound Capital Traction car a Eighth and C streets southeast early last night and was so severely injured that he died in Casualty Hospital two Death resulted from a | of the skull. Southern, according to the police. was running acr Eighth street when the street car, in charge of Mo- torman Virgil W. Reamy, )8 Penn- sylvania avenue south hit him. The injured man was taken, uncon- scious, to the hospital, where he was treated by Dr. Sindoni, who held no hope for his recovery. Coroner Nevitt conducted an inquest at the morgue today Severely Hurt in Auto William Herbert - Arnold, old, 2323 Park place southeast, was geverely injured 3 rday afternoon automobile collided with. a | oy William J. Ball, | colored, 1247 D streot southeast, on | Florida avenue between Second and | Third streets northeast snd was over- turned. He was treated at ualty tal by Dr. Hollister for an in-|% fracture Collision. 19 machine driven Ball was held by wait the result of Montgomery, 1207 Taylor strpet northeast, a fracture of the leg yesterday & noon when knocked down on the street near his home by a motor vehicle of the Post Office Department driven by L, F. Barrett, 501 H street. The in- jured boy was treated at Sibley Hos- pital by Dr. Becker. Blames “Blinding Lights” for Crash. Blinding lights on an approaching automobile were blamed for an acei- lent to Leo Nachman, 18 812 Wisconsin avenue, Massachusetts avenue entrance to the Naval Observatory grounds, at 12:30 o’clock this morning. Nachman’s car hit a tree, and his head was injured. He was taken to Emergency Hospital, where Dr. P. J. Gittleman gave first aid. Policeman Chmylko of the eleventh yprecinct was injured yesterday after- noon when his motor cycle overturned at North Carolina avenue and Eighth street southeast. The accident hap- pened when the policeman made a short turn to avoid a collision with a | motor bus of the Washington Railway | & Electric Co. Chmylko was treated | at Casualty Hospital for injuries to his face and shoulder. 1 NATURAL BRIDGE STUDY | IN ARCH SLING PLANNED Bcientists Who Explored Endless| Caverns Arrive at Staunton for Trip to Wonder Spot. 8pecial Dispateh to The Star. | STAUNTON, Va., March 4—Dr. Chester A. Reeds, head of the de- partment of invertibrate paleontology of the American Museum of Natural History, arrived last night from ‘Washington on his way to study the contour and formation of the Natural Bridge. A request has been made by Dr. Reeds that equipment.be provided so that he may be swung from the “top of the arch of the bridge to make a study of the ceiling and walls; He has his own photographers. The party headed by Dr. Reeds is the same that recently explored the ¥ndless Caverns and its members were guests of Maj. Edward M. Brown while there. Maj. Brown is the owner of Endless Caverns. TAX BEER GAHDEN LOSS. Liabilities Through Contract Breach Held Deductible. Liabilities incurred through breach ©f contract were held deductible losses on tax returns in a decision yesterday by the board of tax appeals. In another ruling the board held property used in operating” a beer garden made useless by the prohibi- tion law may not be deducted from income tax returns. The breach of contract decision was rendered in an action brought by the Raleigh Smokeless Fuel Co, of West Virginia, while the beer garden case related to losses in the storage and disposal of steins, wine glasses and goblets of the Marigold Garden Co. and Randolph Hotel Co. of Chicago. DEATH MYSTERY CLEARED John Seal, Caroline County, Va., Farmer, Heart Disease Victim. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., Mar ult of the autopsy on John Seal, the “aroline County farmer, showed that Jis death severs ago was due 0 an attack of heart disease, following lnul\lxlm! his nan: |of his claim. | Ham h 4.—The re-| Convicted Tll()\l A Ml» LER CONVICTED, JURY DISAGREES ON DAUGHERTY CASE (Continued from First Page.) of his own accord indictment, which umong the defe superse by o mention Mal of forme D. m Germ: or.gin; me fr fter the ants, had been which did not Daugherty, 1 Attorney Genes Senator from W ton was on the nd told in detail of his rela- h King and of the passage He admitted that when present the claim he thought it might be weak, but denied that he knew of any irregularity in the way the claims were put through. Mal Daugherty, who is president of the Midland tional = Bank of Washington . Court House, Ohio, told how his brother had destroyed bank records which the Government alleged would have proved him to have re- ceived - large sums of money paid King by Merton. Senator Goff Attorney Ge charge of matters r office, told of approving the Merton claim on his own responsibility. These three we nesses again jfu the second trial, which began February 7 and ended today. In neither trial did either Daugherty or Miller take the stand in his own behalf. the vd for six tions w he came to and had custodian e the chief wit- DR. LEWIS RAPS AUTOIST Traffic Prob]ems Laid to Driving in Baltimore Address. Spacial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 4.—"It's not the increasing number of cars that makes the so-called traffic problem. It's the decreasing number of ladies and gentlemen behind the wheels.' This analysis was made by Dr. W Mather Lewls, president George Washington University, in ad- dressing the Kiwanis Club here yes- terday. ““Common courtesy seems to be hold- ing up pretty well nowadays,” Dr. Lewis said, “until we get behind the wheels of our cars. Then we act as| though nobody else has a right on the street at all FIGHT LEWD PERIODICALS. Virginia Temperance Women Also Score Woman Smokers. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 4.—The Richmond and Henrico district of the Woman'’s Christian Temperance Union has opened war on the lewd publica- tions which are placed on the new stands. It calls on the people to se that such publications are driven from the city, The union went on record against the sale of cigarettes to minors and to women, condemning the increasing smoking habit of women. Resolutions were adopted calling on the voters to name no person to any office who is not in sympathy with the cause of temperance. Fall From Porch Fatal. HAGERSTOWN, Md., March 4.— William Durff, 73 years old, of Ship- vensburg, Pa., was Instantly killed lust night when he fell off the back porch at the home of James Lucas here, breaking his neck. Durff and Lucas A French scientist, Charles Perez has been honored by the French Acad- for discovering the process by which a caterpillar turns into a butte fly 1$3.50 Philadelphia drinking bout, in it is alleged “red Lecours and his wife, lately Canada, figured. The man and woman were detzined n the county jail, but not arrested 'uneral services for the farmer wer eld yesterday afternoon from the ethodist Church. He is survived b vo_daughters, Mrs. John Acor: irs.” John Evans, both of ( d Hanly Seal of Atlanta — . Two Residences Burned. Special Dispatch to The EASTON, Md.. March 4 denees were destroyed by this morning at They were the k and Simon A. Nediu: in the Ross home, Mrs. Ro: overcome by smoke, wu< rescued b passers-by who discovered the flames roline The fire sta | Washington's Only Exclusive Shoe Bargain Basement || MEN'S SHOES A NEW DEPARTMENT! Fine Goodyear-welted high in black and ta $ DRESS STYLES Absclutely Perfect— No Beconds Al Styles. 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Special lu«\nln h The Sta ANNAPOLI Md., Funds for the mainter departments of Chevy Bethesda, Montgomery County be provided by di county March Chase would nmissioners conal property within those ler the provisions of companion bills introduced by the delegation in the House of vesterday. A levy of would apply as to Chevy 15 cents for Bethosds partments of both of these town: incorporated organizations n- tenance and operation expenses would include the salaries of firemen, under the bills. The bills also define are: where these special assessments would be applicable. PRESIDENT TO OFFICIATE on rei De the $100 Chase & 5 cents on s are to Receive Trophy Tomorrow The Harmon Trophy, awarded by the Ameri n section of the Interna- tional League of Aviators to Shirley J. Short, a transcontinental r mall pilot, will be presented to the airman tomorrow by President Coolidge. Following the presentation cere- mony, Pilot Short will be the guest of honor at a luncheon given by the District of Columbia Chapter, National Aeronautic Association, at the Army and Navy Club. Postmaster General New and other officials of the Alr Mail Service have been invited to at- tend. Short was awarded the trophy for flying more than 500 hours over the tr: continental route without a ced landing or accident. STAGE BARS CHILDREN. Chicago Pupils Can Appear Only During Holidays. CHICAGO, March 4 (#)-—Children no longer will appear on the stages of Chicago theaters except at Christmas i time, management of the theaters an- nounced yesterday, following a protest meeting with school authorities and a Chicago women’s aid committee, The women opposed children’s stage appearances on the grounds they were kept up too late and often missed their classes. 10-LASH SENTENCE, of assault | since | FOR FIRE PROTECTION| Chevy Chase and Bethesda Meas-| Montgomery | e | Shirley J. Short, Air Mail Pilot, nee of the fire | imprisonment for Mrs. Virginia Mul- and | | Tex., charged with the murder of hex 't tax levy by the | 114 walk with his wife through a Gary nd | The fire de- | {and | f | cused him directly of the murder and Locust Plagues Menacing Large Areas in Russia By the Associated Press. ASTRAKHAN, Russia, March 4—Plagues of locusts, 60 times greater than those of last year, are menacing large areas of Astra- khan Province, and the authorities have appealed to Moscow for four airplanes to assist in exterminating the pests. Ninety-three spe are engaged in dest of the locusts. JURY GIVES WOMAN | LIFE TERM IN PRISON Mrs. Virginia Mullins of Gary, Ind., Convicted on First Ballot of Muidering Husband. 1 detachments ving the eggs By the Associated Press. CROWN POINT, Ind., March 4. ~Only one ballot was needed by a here yesterday in voting a ver- of guilty and a penalty of life lins of Gary, formerly of Commerce, husband, Joseph Mulling, shot to death who year ago while lnklnl: par William Donaldson, a ry Mulling home, who had them from Tex: was tried and con victed last Fall for complicity in the murder, also was sentenced to life. fmprisonment. The State charged that the woman Donaldson plotted the murder, Mrs. Mullins luring her husband into k so that Donaldson, lying in could shoot Mullins to death. Mulling turned against Don- | aldson at his trial and was the State's chief witness against him. She ac- omer in the ccompanied denled she had plotted with him to put her husband out of the way.” SERVICE BILL SIGNED. Department Foreign Branch Reorganization Approved. The bill reorganizing the foreign service of the Commerce Department, giving its agents a permanent status, was signed yesterday by Presiden Coolidge In the presence of Secretary Hoover and Director Klein of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The foreign service never has had o permanent status and had appro- priations for its continuance been withheld in the past it would have lapsed. The bill was passed after a fight lasting more than two years. President Coolidge presented to Dr. Klein the pen with which he signed the measure. Commerce MAROONED IN BATH. Cigar Store Magnate Imprisoned by Automatic Lock. NEW YORK, March 4 (#).—David A. Schulte, who has engineered some important and intricate mergers in the tobacco and candy retall trades, was marooned several hours in the bath- room of his home through inability to solve an automatic lock. His apartment is on the sixteenth floor, and Mr. Schulte’s efforts to at tract attention from the street were unavailing. | had gone to b VIRGINIA PHYSICIAN ARRESTED IN KILLING Fired in Darkness When Tres- passers Created Disturbance, Says Dr. George R. Reavis. By the Associated Press, RICHMOND, March 4.—Dr. George R. Reavis, 60 years old, of Goochland County, Vs arrested late yesterday on a charge of killing Golbert W. ¥, also of Gooch- land, Wednesday night with a shot. | zun. He was released under bond of | $3,000. | Dr. Reavis is reported to have said | that he fired to frighten a party of men who came to his home after he and created a dis- turbance. He said, it is alleged, that he did not know that Lacy was within the range of his gun. 1 Dr. R will be arraigned for prelimina hearing Monday after- noon at Goochland Courthouse. MOLLER DEFENDS TRAFFIC CONTRACT ACTS IN AFFIDAVIT (Continued from First Page.) facilities were Crouse Hinds | Hinds manufacturing superjor and that the Co. had a more extensive and experi- | enced engineering force on t gnal work, which I proposed to a self of in'the Interest of the Dis of Columbia. “I have had it impre by officfals in all cities v engineering force of the Cr Co. had been of great as: them in their Installations “On my return to Washington and after reporting conditions as I found them to Mr. Eldridge, director of traffic, and obtaining his approval I immediately requested the Crouse Hinds Co. to send_their best traffic signal engineer to Washington to as- slst me fn making a layout of traffic signals for the District of Columbia and in writing the specifications for the signals themselves and the control apparatus best suited to our needs. Explains Co-operation Here. After reciting the details operation extended by the use Hinds Co. in sending an expert to Washington to help with the specifi- cations, and declaring that he was anxious to have leeway in this first contract with which he was concer ed, Col. Moller said that he “feared that it we did not spec enough signals and found that we had a sur- plus to spend that surplus would re- vert to the Treasury due to the fact that it would impossible to fe- advertise for additional bids before June 30" and as a result, “after much discussion with Mr. Marion C. Har- grove, the purchasing officer for the | District, it was finally agreed that the proposal sheet should specify two or more on certain items and one or more on other items where it was evident that only one would be re- quired.” As a result of this contract, it was shown before the committee, ar- rangements - for obtaining 99 signal lights were made, of which only 78 weére delivered, although the 99 were certified to as having been received by Col Moller. This was the crux of one of the charges of irregularities against Col Moller. Reganding this point, Col. )lolleri said at when the question arose as to what should be done with re-| gard to the 99 signal lights when it was found that there would not be! enough money in appropriations to pay for their installation, because of | sed upon me ed that the | se-Hinds ance to | tion in which we were placed.” | spe | were 1927. the estimate for instaliation exceeding expectations, of the office by approxi- mately $6,000, he had a conference with Mr. Donovan. auditor, and Mr.| Hargrove, purchasing officer, n | which 1 explained to them the situn- ! He told them it would be impossible to install more than 76 trafic lights and sought their advice about cancell ing the 23 remaining signals, Col. Mol- ler declared in the affidavit. He also | told them, he declared, that it was highly desirable to get some isolated signal ligh = “I then asked the auditor to permit | me to substitute signals of this type | in place of the signals that would not | be possible for us to install with our available funds,” Col. Moller con tinued, “and b wted that while this proceeding was irregular, it had never- theless been done before and that as | long as 1 certified ,the vouchers for | payment, no question would be raised This, virtually is what Col. Moller did, he states. Maj. Donovan denied the | statement later and before the com- mittee and this angle became one of | the Important phases in the sub-com- mittee's investigation. nother point in the affi ¢ alleged: “1 have al Idrige constantly informe vit Col. kept ed to do, and the reason therefor I lunched with him daily for this pur- pose, as it was difficult to find time v conferences in the office. Mr. Eld- ridge, therefore, was thoroughly fa- miliar with all of these matters, and, after discussing them, he had always s hearty approval” ) had been denied by Mr. cluding Bidders. Although he had the assistance of an expert from the Crouse Hinds Co in drawing up the specifications for the first signals here, Col. Moller reiterated there was nothing in the ifications which would exclude legitimate bidder. mples required to be submitted with bids. any the Despite the fact that the Distric proposal called for two or more lights, none of the manufacturers knew how many lights were to be needed, though it was a matter of gene knowledge to all bidders that Con- gress had provided $10,000 for the installation and that this mone: would have to be spent on the ord in question, Col. Moller points out.| Approval was given by Auditor Donovan_ also, according to Col. ‘Mol- ler, for billing the Potomac Electric Power Co., for items provided by the Crouse Hinds Co. near Scott Circle and the same proceedure also was fol lowed at the time to provide for pur- chase of flashing motor to operate the | fire signal. “No oOrder was ever is- sued to the Crouse Hinds Co. or on the Potomac Electric Power Co. for these bracket arms, pole clams, cable or flashing motor,” Col. Moller said, but the items were billed by the electric power company, which did the instal- latlon work, as an installation charge. This phase was never inquired into in detail by the subcommittee and comprises virtually a new charge against Auditor Donovan. Says Donovan Changed Later. Some time later, Mr. Donovan, in the presence of Mr. Eldridge, repudi- ated the verbal permission to change the items of the first contract and in- formed Col. Moller that the act was illegal and “might result in my going to the penitentiary,” Col. Moller de- clared. “I became thoroughly alarmed, due to this repudiation,” Col. Moller states, and immediately decided to remove correspondence between himself and the Crouse Hinds Co., thinking it pos: The FEDERAL-AMERICAN SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT Is One of the Finest in the Entire Country PERFECT PROTECTION EISEMAN’S 7th & F Sts. | might gain acces | not o jcommittee of the | the membe: 1 hereb; uthorized ] to the correspon- dence and remove paper, the loss of which would make it difficult for him to clear up the situation in a manner en to misinterpretation. Col. Moller calls fact that h work gton an automatic nal eontrol system s led to his pointment as chairm: the ional committee on t B signals at street inter and to | his appointment as a of the | Amel ngineer- | ted to obtain uni- and installation of day is for the purpose of having the Gibson subcommittee supervise the work of the Bureau of Efficiency. The District Commissioners are in ! hearty eympathy with this investiga tion and will co-operate, Mr. Gibson Reid declared that son subcommittee ac- complishing more good than can be measured in money und more than the people dream.” “This Investigation by the Gibson subcommittee is not intended as a club ¢ the heads of District em ployes,” he said. “Its objects are constructive. We do not say that | graft and corruptlon exist, but some- times stupidity and negligence on the part of officts just as bad.” Mr. Gibson was lauded by his col leagues for “heroic intelligence, fai: minded constructive works William T Page, clerk of the House, and an authority on the Cor stitution and rules of the House, said % ; A {today that this action by the Dis h’:']}‘;;—-“:\. e ed: ““That | it committee gives the Gibson suh s resolution w ted: “That | committee no authority beyond that of the subcommittee of | of 1, citizens or members-elect the District of Columbia of the House | to the Seventieth Congress. of Representatives who are members of the Seventieth Congress authorized to make a survey of the government | of the District of Columbla be, and | are, authorized to continue such surveys or inquiries as they deem necessary during the recess of Con- gress between the adjournment of the Sixty-ninth Congress and the con- vening of the Seventieth Congress, | with authority to summen witnesses and send for persons and paper Will Continue Hearings. Chairman_Gibson assured his com- | mittee members that he had pledges from Representatives Reid of Illino and Houston of Delaware, both Re- | publicans, that they would remain in | Washington to continue hearings and that he himself would be present | when needed. Mr. ibson called attention to the fact that the House appropriation committee already has authorized the Representative Gibson, Republican, of Bureau of Efficiency to continue its| Vermont, said he considered M study of the local government. He | Keller one of the most important and id that the resolution presented to- able members of Congress. EISEMAN S & F Sts. sible that some one ur at- in | sig- | P | In conclusion tention to the giving Wash tative er ing Couneil appe form operation traffic signals in (unthllmllfl- Is Authorized. The House District committee at a | special meeting today directed the bson subcommittee, which has been | nvestigating the municipal adminis- tration in the District of Columbia, to continue throughout the time that Connot Subpoena Witnesses. “The House itself could not author- ize a subcommittee investigation ex cept through a concurrent resolution approved by the Senate. The House cannot, therefore, delegate greater authority to any committee than i | has itself,” said Mr. Page. h Gibson subcommittee will not have uthority to subpoena witnesses and ompel them to testify or to Insist {upon introduction of records and pipers.” At the special meeting today th District committee adopted a reso lution eulogizing the work of Repre sentative Oscar E. Keller. Repre sentative of Minnesota, who has been a member for eight years and was defeated for re-election. 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