Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1927, Page 2

2 % THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTO 0., THURSDAY; DECEMBER 8, 1927 PIRCHOT AND BIBY INTILT AT PARLEY Former Governor U. S. Engineers With Failure in Harbors Speech. A flareup between former Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania and Brig. Gen. W. H. Bixby, former chief of Army Enginecrs. over the part of the Army engincers in Mi=sissippi River flood control enlivened this morning’s session of the twenty-third convention of the National River and Harbors Congress, in session at the Willard Hotel. This followed an address by Secre- ‘ommerce Hoover, in which ited development of the re- of the Mississippi River for uses, pointing out that as neglected water resources of the N tion come into their own, the v of the congress will become incrr ingly important. Mr Hoover warned that flodds are likely to come and said that a very important problem of organiz vernment agencies lics before the Nation. Charges Engineers' Failure. A commission of the best minds probably summoned by presidential call, to develop the Mississippi River from the standpoint of flood control irrigation, electricity, soil. foréstry, social, financial and aulic aspects was urged by Mr. Pinchot, who took jssue with the Army engineers chari ing they have failed to collect such a plan, although they b in control for haif a centu Gen. Bixby challenged this state ment by saying the President might have appointed four hydraulic engi neers on the Mississippi River Flood Commission, to outvote the Army en- gineers serving on it The Army engineers were never al lowed t., make reports on flond control until recently. Gen Bixby said, and to- day they are acting under orders they never had hefore, f any one is responsible that the Mississippi River Flond Commission failed to make the report referved fo. it was the fault of Congress and the people who sent the legislators to Con- gress and not that of the Army engi neers.” Gen. Bixhy asserted. Likening the Mississippi River prob- Jem to a funnel into which more water is poured at one end than can flow out at the other, with a consequent run ning over at the edges. Mr. Pinchot said that the problem is twofold. Says People Need Relief. Relief for people who have heen Aamaged in the flood he placed first. with immediate relief fo prevent the next flood from le such tol in the future as the sidered. This he characterized as “the higzest conservation probiem ever un dertaken in the history of the worl adding that he hoped that Congr more will take immediate steps to prevent a | recurrence of the disaster. “The Mississippi River ought to be deal' with as a unit from its source to its mouth,” Mr. Pinchot said. “not simply from the standpoint of flood control but to get every available use from those waters.” Tointing out that there problem, a farm problem, a forest problem. and vast social questions, among the various angzles to be con- sidered, Mr. Pinchot said that storage reservoirs can play an important part in development of the Mississippi River. ) He said that an important question i« whether by the production of elec- trical energy from dams built by the United States encugh revenue can be produced to pay for an appreciable part of the cost of development of regon. The Army Engincers have failed to collect data on the plan I am talk- ing about.” Mr. Pinchot charged. em- phasizing that He had no fault to find th them personally or professionally. he plan of levies only, for which the Army engineers have stood has heen the most collossal engineering blunder on the face of the earth." The former governor of the Key: stone State sail that the Army engi- neers were not hydraulic engineers and that such men are needed. He added that he had nothing to say scainst putting the Army engineers in chargs of construction. Bixby Defends Engineers. Following this address Gen. Bixby was permitted to take the floor, and declared that the reason the Army en- cineera had never made such report was that they had no right to. Unable to fake his place on the pro- £ram at the banquet last night, retary Hoover unexpectedly this morning’s session, declaring that “w~ have devoted ourselves for the last 150 vears to the development of minerals and land and have neglected is a =oil Charges the | - of the floods. Although the District of Columbia has less than '3 of 1 per cent of the population of the United it d much more than its average share of the total internal revenue re- ceipts of the Federal Government for the past fiscal year, according to the annual report of Internal tevenue Coramissioner Biair, made public last night. The population of the District, ne- cording to estimates of the Bureau of the Census for July 1, 1927, siven as 540,000, or 0.45 per cent of the tota population of the United States, but the percentage of the total faxes paid here was much higher, 0.63 per cent States, National Increase Shown. Collectfons from all sources for vear ended June were 82, of which {District contributed $18.2 | This was an in, of 1 per cent over the previous vear. The relative high rating of the Dis- {trict_of Columbia as a taxpayer into the Federal Treasury also was shown in the per d by the | rious S | figure s the 30 the apita tax pit to the only $24.0 payer in the Dis. t turned into the Federal Treasurs average of $8.54 more than the tax- wer throughout the country. The lowest per capita tax was shown to be in South Dakota, which paid only $1.18, while_the highest was not New York, but Norih Carolina, which Showed $70 18 compared to New wk's 866,10, The big tobacca tax in rth Carolina was veflected in this higher figure for the Tarheel State., Owing partly to decreases in rates, which took effect during fiscal year ended last June 30, { Government's levies on corporations. estates and automobiles and most | other items showed sharp declines, but the inereases in returns on cig the the INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS FOR COUNTRY SHOW INCREASE ‘District Pays Mor;:T;\;K:erage in Pro-i UN ARMY I-[]YALTY portion to population: North Carolina Heads List. arettes and incomes to bring the totals the p vious ye From the f{ncome | during the last vear the Government | collected $2.219.952 443, against 81 {974.104.141 in the previous 12 months, | In the tobaceo taxes it collected $376 | . against § 8 the prey ous year. | $27 1 From Cigarettes. “Unparalleled receipts from taxes {on small ¢ ttes,” the report said, {held up the tobacco totals, and the ‘l“m‘“‘”" money the Government it ounted to $278,928,561, or $24,103 { 33 above the total of the year by ‘ levies | brought in | against §17 were ahove those of and profi tax 9 se taxes, upon chiefly including automobiles, A total of $if, L198.000 in the r. while theatrical aml event admissions produced | ment revenue to a total of inst $34.054 the ve The liquor laxes. reduced g | prohibition in recent enue amounting to the previous year | 36,000 | Considering the cost of the opers | tions of the Revenue Bureau, Mr. Blair caleulated that the Government {paid _out S1.15 for each $100 it col- lected, while the vear before the col [lection costs were $1.23.° | More than onequarter Government's internal tion. or § \ il ow Pennsylvan ccond payments, counted f 3 per cent. 1liinois w he third, with | payments of §217,378.608. while North | lina, in spite of a smaller popu [lation, was enabled, by the concentia. | tion of tobacco manufacture within its horders, o take fourth place. with la total of & 51,6 the year, 000, previous sporting Govern- 000, gave rev 194,000, while they produced of all revenue the tax ted in the ac. DESPONDENT, KLLS WIFE AND HIMSELF | Mate After Frugal Noon- | day Meal. | Discouraged hecause Claude Jackson, rooming at 1740 southeast, shot Mre. Ida Jackson, also 51, early vester- day afternon and then turned his pis- {tol on himself, dying within a few | hours. | The shooting, which occurred ev! | dently shortly after tae couple h {eaten a frugal lunch, was not discov- | ered until 4:45 o'clock. when Mr. and | Mrs. W. T. Fitzgerald, owners of the | house, returned home from business. The husband, who was found lyving on an upstairs back porch had a small of unemploy 51 years old, Potomac avenue | ment, ’pislol in his hand and was still alive. | He died a few minutes after the dis-| | covery of the tragedy, Dr. Nathaniet | Malinou of Emergency Hospital pro- | nouncing him dead upon his arrival. Dr. J. Ramsey Nevttl, city coroner, viewed the bodies and issuéd certifi- cates of homicide and suicide, Mrs. Jackson was lying on the bed, tully clothed. She had been killed in- stantly, the bullet penetrating her {brain. Fitzgerald said that Jackson fnad repeatedly deplored his inability |10 ‘ohtain employment since he lost a | position as a watchman at Gallinger Hospital six weeks ago. Mrs. Jackson i s formerly Miss Ida May Oliver of | Fairfax County, Va. by two sisters. | A nextoor_neighbor, Mrs. Annie | Rosenberg, 1738 Potomac avenue utheast, said that she heard a s | but believed it to be the hackfiri |an automobile. Later she heard a sound resembling a moan, but thought ‘ll was the Fitzgeralds’ dog, which is !locked in the cellar during the The congress viewed this after the opening film fon. Senator Willis Speaks. Senator Willis of Ohio, shortly [Man, Out of Job, Shoots and killed his wife, | She is survived | speaking | CAPT. . G. FIELD DIES IN CAPITAL Retired Naval Surgeon. Brother Is Stricken. Capt. James Gaven Fleld, 65 years {old, Medical Corps, United States retired, of 2818 Cathedral ave- nue, died in the United States Naval Hospital here last night, the victim of tularemia, a | disease contracted from rabbits, and metimes called rabbit fever, | The disease was contracted by both Capt. Field and his brother, Maxey G Field of Orange, Va., while on a hunt- ing trip in nearby M | brother is i1l in a Charlott | hospital. Physicians brothe contracted the disease by skinning some rabbits they had killed. Capt. Field served with distinction in the United State Navy for more than 30 vears. He received a letter of commendation from the Navy De- partment_for special service rendered at the Naval lospital at Annapolis during the World War. Born in Virginia. Born in Albemarle County, Va., November 13. 1862, Capt. Field was the son of the late Gen. James G. ¥'ield of the Confederate Army and at one time attorney general of Virginia He was educated at the Richmond | Medical College and took a post-grad- uate course at Columbia University He was commissioned an assistant i surgeon in the Navy M 23, 1887 and was placed on the retired June 26, 1893 He restored to active serviee special act was placed in line of promotion as an additional number in the grade of surgeon from March 3. 1905. " He was promoted to the grade of medical inspector. Octo- ber 7, 1910, and to medical director, January 22, 1913, the retired list for age, November 13, The officer's last active duty at the Navy Yard. New York. Served In Capital. water resources which will become in- | last night at the annual banguet of las a member of the examining and creasingly important, as the popula- | the congress, described a recent trip |retiring hoards in this city. tion increases.” He placed the country’s and said that the time will soon come | he made to Alaska. and said that I increase in | here should be an organization to ac- | widos population every 10 vears at 15,000,000 | quaint the people of the United States | Dalla, with the resources and importance of Field is survived by | Capt. his Te Kntherine a daughter. Miss Laura ield: u sister. Mre. W. O. when the Nation will be hunting for | Alaska, just as the National Rivers and | Whitesearver of Columbia. 8. C.: two farm land 1o raise food for these in creased millions. To develop these Jands, alded by irrigation. the Secre- ta said, “we must develop the Mifsissipni River's sources for all nses, and no one should he developed to unduly destroy the other.” Ransdell Address. The Congress listened to Joseph E. Ransdell of Loni: liver an impassioned address the subject and insist that “Congress has the right and it is the duty of Con- gress to take charge of this problem.” Former Senator his conceplion of the Nation's in assisting flood control. “The Constitution confers the authority on Congress to deal with flood control,” Senator Ransdell said ise il ter of natio necessary ‘lo reg among the s al duty is There i& no doubt that Con. ! « has the power. The local peo- ple have paid for levees and tenance £160,000,000 th to $65,000.000 that the United Government has contributed. We haven't got the money to go o as we have had in the past. It is & husiness proposition for the people of the United States to prevent the recurtence of these awful floods.” Urges Unified Control. Senator Ransdell pointed out i a now ) co-partners in enterprise of maintaining miles of levees along the Mis hut. unified control ix necded this is the duiy of the Federal G ernment. Senator R; is a close connec! tion and flood e 1 and that duri the recent dis er the floods halted commerce on the rivers, highway: and railvoads ax well as interfering with the mail service Representative Wilson of Louisiana president of the congress, session, wzing that the congress go on reco:. for a national program of flood control. The organization must see that each project is completed and that modern equipment, ncludin terminals and exchanges at every essential point, is available. he declared. Citing the point tion wrought by Mississippi Valley s co that of an invading army. Capt McD. Shearer of the Army Corps of Englineers, stationed at Tort Ium- phries, Va.. explained a filn taken by that in between 1 that tne destrue- the floods the thix | ansdell insisted that there opened the | Harbors Congress is doing for water. JLH. Blee of the aeronautics | of the Department of Com- | merce told ihe congress of plans, | through lighting, radio and weather reports, to make the alrways of the branch inger, Federal supervisor for the education of farm | women for the Department of Agricul. ture, declared that farm women are | the hope of the country. She dis- counted the belief that farm women {are hent over with work. thin and | hagwavd, pointing to the fact that half | beauty into rural life. | brothers, Maxey president of the | Bank. Orange, Va.. ren Field of niece, Mrs eity. Funeral services will he econducted at the recidence Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock Arlington G. Field, who is Orange National and William War. San Diego, Calif.. and a Samuel Herrick of this Cemetery. ‘ 18 Burn to Death. CATCU lighteen persons, including three 0 3 rd Pinchot « X = ! we G iftord Pinchot of Penn-|a million farm women meet frequently | women and iy children. were burned nia_likewise forcefully presented | jn elubs to bring recreation, art and to death®when trapped by fire in a dwelling in north Caleutt | The New Idea of Cancer | BUI | | American Socicty for Control of Can. Many Cascs Can Be Cured If Reported Promptly ETIN NO. 12. cer, 25 West jidrd 8t., New York City. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? i 1t you want to feel as safe a do this, You should have a thoro the carllest signs of cancer, if an what_further action, if any. may You should go immediately and is the proper person to apply fo. 10 go. you shoi .which ‘is prepared to give vou 1t may he that your phy: Most hospilais are prepa ave special facilities for this purp 1t does not follow, of course cancer at a hospital simply hecause Ivice. Tn most _instances no o | | person who is examined will go o In some eases sound advice will b it or the correction o e o d to eancer In a few sty ed to cancer will he dis be done about it Washington hospitals cancer 18 treated, follow: Garfield—Monday, Wednesda ieorge Washingion—Daily the ician which Providence Hospital conduets except Sunday from 11 am. to 12 4 1o make the examination required. except Fmergency—Dnily except Sunday s possible about cancer. you should ugh physical examination to detect v ire present. and get advice as to he required 1 to the right place. Your physician 1t vou have no physician to whom either find one promptly or go to a hospital or clinic examination which you desire, will send vou to a hospital or clinie. Some ose that a person must be treated for he or she goes there for examination erous conditions will he found and the away with a greatly relieved mind. e given for the avoldance of some ndition which if neglected. might # harmful condition which is not and the patient told what should ‘This is worth while in itself, conduct surgical clinies at which and Friday. from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, 1130 am. to 1 p.m. 1 nm. to 2 pm. A clinfe for cancer diagnosis dally noon but gives no treatment. s et s byt St b il e R, | The Time to Cure Cancer 1s When It 15 Boginning. If wou think you have any of the symptoms deseribed in these ari cles you should e cxamincd by i orps depicting the damage our doctor or at a hospltal at once, sufcient | Rare “Rabbit Fever” Fatal to| re and contaglous | list | special act of Congress in June, | He was placed on | Prior to that service he had served | who was Miss Laura Field of | Tnterment will be in | India, December & (#). | 'BRATIANU DEPENDS SEEKS REAL STORY | | Rumanian Premier Declares He Will Not Resign or Change Government. { BY EUGENE CRAWFORD. I Be Cable to the St and Chicaco Dails | ! News Copight, 10 | VIENNA, December 8.—If the army remains loyal to the preset Rumanian | government. Premier Ventila Brati lanu will continue to govern as did his | | brother Tonel | | In Wednesday’s Parliament session | | —~the first since the late premier |death—Ventila afirmed- his intention not to resign mor reconstruct the | government. He said the government |=ousht and wished co-operation with | the National Peasant party, but that | | this co-operation had heen refuscd. Speaking as if he considered his government permanent and not pro- visional, although it was | formed i grea , M | outhimed his prog and said submitted to budzet would b Linent soon. He also outlined | for_intensifying production | The late government's domestic pol- | iy toward minorities inRumanian | policy and its gn policy toward other states will he continued. M. | | Manin, leader of the opposition, de- I nounced the government for tricking | the country by forming a provision: sabinet and then making it perm: nent. e accused the government of tnining the country’s eredit abroad | id demanded new elections. | When a vote of confidence was (aken, however. M. Prathinn won {hands down, with the same majority | his hrother ranged for himsel the last elections. plans | | \DETECTIVE VISITED i | KIDWELL'S FATHER, | : SAYS HIS REPORT (Continued_from First Page.) luntll more light has been thrown on | [the auestionof whether the mere shadowing of a eriminal jury Is un- Ilawful. Since no court opinion h: [ heen found covering this question, the decision of Justice Siddons will b a new trail in contempt pro- ceedings. At the outset today Ruddy ex- plained to the court that it was on | October 29, and mot on October 27, s he testified vesterday about writ- ng to Douglds Sherman Burns in New York regarding the costs of sur- veillanet His letter, read to the court, was in response to one from | Burns, complaining about the hotel | bill, | Cites Demand of Pay. Ruddy explained to the Burns official | that Day, who hired the Burns agency tat the request of Sinclajr, had directed | that the remaining operatives be quartered at the Wardman Park Ho- tel. They took rooms there, he said. =0 as to be within easier access to Day. who was stopping at the resi- dence of Donald Woodward, Washing- ton merchant, at 2118 Le Roy place. Bécause fcabs were “too easily | spotted,” Ruddy explained that he had | ordered his operatives to engage pri- vate automobiles for shadowing the Jurors. The reports concerning Miss Heaton and Holt showed how closely every | movement of these two jurors was watched by the operatives from the hour that they stepped forth to go to the Courthouse until lights were finally dimmed in their residences at night. Mistalen for Dry Agent. Baltimore _operator K1, who | shadowed Holt, told how he was ap- | proached by a policeman who mistook |him for a prohibition agent. At the policeman’s suggestion that prohibi- tlon agents were unpopular in that neighborhood he took a room diago | nally ncross the street, at 1013 Four- {anda-Half street southwest, Holt's | residence heing 1104, Justice Siddons seemed to take un- {usual interest in the manner in which Buins operatives designated the varl- |ous jurors they were following. He explained that the numbers given hy the detectives migut lead the court to think that perhaps there were errors and confusion. It was explained, hos ever, by Ruddy that the jurors were numbered in a different manner from | | that conformed to by the court. Agents' Reports Read. Among the reports read by Gordon were those of Operatives John Klein, Richard §. Kirby, J. Paul Homrig- | auser, Joseph E. Dwyer, Thomas Brennan and Frank J. O'Reilly, the latter serving also in the capacity of | assistant manager at the time | During the reading of Kirby's re- port. which stated that he got a room at 1013 Fourand-a-half street south- vest, diagonally opposite the home of Juror Charles Holt, who lived at 1104 Four-and-a-half street, Justice Sid- dons questioned the possibility of the operative obtaining a_comprehensive | view of the juror when In his opinion ' the houses were nearly a block apart. When O'Reilly’'s reports were taken up Ruddy was asked if coples of those reports were sent to Day and the wit- ness replied with the exception ot one or two, all were sent to him. Day's counsel objected to their introduction as evidence, but the court ruled they could be received and would not be binding against that respondent. Ruddy referred to O'Rellly as his “contact man” between himself and the operatives: and when Gordon asked If O'Reiily had ever met the “elient,” Ruddy repl “I believe Mr, O'Reilly was in my apartment ene day when the client called. hut I don't remember introducing him to Day, al- though 1 did introduce him to Claik.” Day, Ruddy explained, was the client Realty Salesman Trailed. Gordon then read a report by O'Rellly identifying a man as Charles E. Burr, a real estate salesman of the Cafritz Co. Asked if he ordered the investigntion, Ruddy reriled he Qid and explained that in the rerort of “the so-called Long” reference was mude to a man seen in Juror Gias- cock's company. and hecause this man appeared suspicious the effort was made 1o establish his identity, “DId you order an investigation of those suspicious subjects seen in close proximity to Juror Costinet?’ asked Gordon. “No." replied Ruddy, *be- cnuse there was no clear identifica- tion to work on. One automobile number was checked, but had the identification heen hetter we would have undoubtedly made an investiga- tion.” Justice Siddons then asked If Ruddy's instructions included suryeil ance of persons scen in the company of jurors and Ruddy replied it their acts seemed suspielous “our instruc- tions were to find out who they were.” The court asked if Day Instructed Ruddy to pursue inquirjes ns to suspicious characters and the witness replied in the afirmative. Gordon then showed Ruddy the re- port of Homrighauser dated October 2, which stated two suspicious charac ters were seen ‘hanging around” Juror Costinet, and then asked “You 8aid those two people wore not looked after hecause they could not be iden- tifiea?” ““The [nstructions to the operatives undoubtediy were to see it they an !man Butler of the House naval com ! people could lecutive desired to sponsor. peared aguin and, as no other refer- as made 10 them, they probably ot seen again by the opera- []F ARMS PARI-EY‘.‘projcct Suggested as Federal Contribution; Butler Plans Effort to Find Why Geneva Naval Con- ference Failed. By the Assncifted Press. An effort to obtain what he de scribed as the “inside story” of the ieneva Naval Arms Limitation Con ference will be mads soon by Chair-| mittee. He said today that he proposed & his committee for authority call before it the American delegates | to the parley so that the Amerfcan | “satisfied that te the r s0 be made our hest effort and why we failed.” ‘his inquiry will not be for the purpose of terrorizing other nations,” | he declared, “but to enable us to give the public the reason why the Ameri- | can commission failed to obtain Great | 3 in's consent to further limita-| tion." son | Hopes for Specific Plan. Mr. Butler also said that he hoped to receive from President Coolidze, through the Navy Department, a spe fic recommendation as to the naval | building program that the Chief Ex- Pending he added, he would make no ef-| to Ty out Mr. Coolidge's sug gestion in his annual message that the Navy ‘“needs submarin il airplane earriers and tlon to ils cruiser forge.” | “Perhaps at no time have T looked for lendership upon a national defense program as now,” Butler continued “I have differed with the Chief Ex- acutive and his cabinet several times | with recommendations made to Con-| gress to provide for this defense. Now I feel that the time is here for the Chief Executive to point the direction and the distance that we must go. “The commander-in-chief knows the nesds, He knows better than any member of Congrs what ought to be done for the Navy. I intend to wait for him to act and I propose to be guided by his recommendations. Days of Competition Over. “He has wisely sald, in my judg- ment, that the davs of competition are over. We now must build in an Ameri- can way and for America alone with- out reference to what other nations may do. “No one knows as well as the Presi- dent to what extent we should go. having but one view in mind—the good of Amer Mr. Butler said he personally be- lieved Congress should appropriate for the construction of three or four cruigers over a five-year period. This would be in addition to the eight al- ready in various stages of construc- tion. In addition he said he “presum- ed" another airplane carrier was need- ed, but that he must be advised of the necessity. “Of the submarine problem, I know nothing,” he added, “These views are of course subject to modification should the President make known his specific views." ANTI-WAR PACTS FAVORED. Fisli Plans Resolution to Consider Outlawing of Conflicts. Declaring the American people were interested in the proposal of Foreign Minisfer Briand of France for an agreement outlawing war between the United States and that country, Rep- resentative Fish, Reépublican, New York, has announced his intention tp offer a joint resolution to consider the expediency of entering into similad contracts with other nations. *There should be no unnecessary de- lay in accepting the noble offer by the French government,” he said in a statement accompanying another reso- lution requesting the State Depart- ment to furnish the House with a copy of the Briand proposal. As a member of the foreign affairs committee, Mr. Fish said he proposed to introduce a joint resolution looking to compacts along this line with Eng- land, Germany, Italy, Japan and others. Representative La Guardia, Repub- lican, New York, has introduced a joint resolution requesting the Presi- dent to invite the nations of the world to a conference in Washington to con- sidér the outlawing of war and to write a treaty to make war a public crime, RELIEF APPLICATIONS T0 CLOSE HERE TODAY Tornado Vietims Must File Pleas for Aid With Red Cross at Once. The American Red Cross will re- ceive no applications for relief from tornado sufferers in the District of Columbia after 5 o'clock this after- | noon, according to an announcement by Maj. Gen, George Barnett, chalir- man of the District chaptey, who said that, while he felt confident all per- sons needing assistance had heen ex- tended ald. he wished to give any per- sons needing help who may have ne- glected to seek assistance this final opportunity for filing applications with the relief organization. Such ap- plications should be made at the head- quarters of the District of Columbia Chapter, §21 Sixteenth street. ien. Barnett's adisvory committee will hold its final meeting tomorrow night for the consideration of several applications for aid and to settle other matters pertaining to the relief work. The Red Cross announced that the donations it has recelved fotal $4,314.- 04, while the subscription list at The Evehing Star amounts to $4.200.75. Additional doners to The Star fund follow: Wyatt Archer. Cash Lehanon Lilly Keine BTGy The new by the Red Cross follows Mrs. J. A. Cannell . 10.00 1.00 2,00 2.00 2,00 Roger Gary ....... Letitia A." Langille. Mps. L. A. Langille Tda 8. Breckinridge Thirteenth Division hool . Eeak Bernice D. Mansfleld. Cash . . L. F. Scthmeckebier. Miss Ella Frazi Edith J. Lee.. Calvin T. Mila Friends Meeting Maj. and Mrs, A Mrs. George Wood "Publi¢ Bill WouldkCurb—_Promotiom‘ A bill to regulate reallocation in thy Federal service by preventing any promotion until appropriations cover- ing these positions have been made was today introduced by Chairman Madden of the House appropriations Hin the | today | executive | the | the commission to determine Wwithin ! %o incongruous as to detract from the | committee, Jieads of adminlstrative departments would he required, under this measure, to report to Congress he Budget Bureau tive promotions. POTOMAC GORGE DEVELOPMENT| AT U. S. COST ASKED BY GRANT' to Regional Plan—Seen Solution : of Difficult Problem. | Development of the Potomae River | " in the so- | metropolitan district, entirely | coxt of the United States, as the | Covernment s contrilution to foanl acvelopment, wis urged anual report of the National Capital Park and Plinning Commis- slon, pr at the White House by Col. U 8. Grant, 3d, of the commission pvernment should un dertake such a project, then the com- missiol recommend that Maryland and Virginia be made to understand that this would be the final contribu- tion of the United States, and no funds would be available for the pur- chase of other park areas within the metropolitan districts of the two | States, The commisslon makes this recom mendation as a possible solution of What may prove a difficult problem, if | every project is to be the wubjeet of | Qdiscussion between the various com- missions, Another outstanding tion is that some legislation he en acted to allow Government control of appearance of private structures djncent to public huildings and park projects. as A malor project ealled officer If the Federal ¢ recommenda Legislation Difficult. “It is difficult to draft general legis. ation for this purpose which will} cover adequately all es and all | ta that may arvise in the future.” | he report, with reference to re- | gianal development, ®since In each | project the relative interests of \]IP} parties will be somewhat different It | is believed that some general basis for operative work, as has for years heen administered gatistactorily In con nection with the Mississippi and Sac- ramento flood-control projects, would | he applicable to this case. This would | amount to giving the commission 2 | fund available for the United States | contribution to purchases which fm_|h| he entered upon In agreement with | the appropriate authorities of the ad- jacent States, the proportion to be contributed by the United States and hy the local authorities being left to general limitations. _ “On the other hand, the adminis- tration of such a law would involve for each project a discussion and mutual agreement between the parties thereto as to the relative interest of each in it and the whole matter might be materially simplified by the adop- tion of some major project to be car- ried out by the Federal Government exclusively with funds appropriated from the Federal Treasurv as the complete and full contribution of the Federal Government to the park sys- tem of the region about the National ‘apital. it being understood by the tate authorities that no further con- tributions to parks within the region would be expected of the Federal Gov- ernment. Contribution by U. “Because of its special scenic inter: est and remarkable potentialities as a public playground, bringing the out door recreation of the distant country and mountains to the very doors of the Capital, the commission has in mind recommending the development of the Potomac gorge to and includ- ing Great Falls as the most appro- priate Federal contribution, this area Iying partly in both States and partly within the District of Columbia.” The commission recommends the acquisition of land for the construc- tion of a boulevard to Mount Vernon by a route near the river's edge; also an appropriation for the study, inves- tigation and preparation of detailed plans for developing the grounds about the Washington Monument be- fore 1932, and it remews its recom- mendations that Forts Washington, Hunt and Foote, on the Potomac River below Washington, be trans ferred to the Oftice of Public Build ings and Public Parks for mainte- nance and use as a part of the re gional park system. Taking up the question trol of the exterior appear: - vate buildings adjacent to public buildinds and park projects, the re. | port says: “The large expenditures Leing made | by the Federal Government and the | Municipal Government for improve- ments, which must inevitably in- | crense the values of the property in | their vicinity, seem to call for the ex- ercise of some control over private huilding operations, to prevent those | public improvement or exploit it for the benefit of a few and to the detri- ment of the many. The commission | recommends legislation to provide for Federal approval of such private projgts.” Street Closing Asked. It also recommends the passage of legislation permitting the closing of | eets which have not yet been con- structed and only parts of which have heen dedicated when made unneces- v by changes in the highway plan, nd it also urges legislation for the relocation and the straightening out of Michigan avenue southeast of the | Soldiers’ Home, to take out the bad curves now existing there. The commission points to the very urgent need of developing the reyional P projects, since’ the suburbs of Washington have been growing very rapidly in the last few vears, and many of these projects are likely to hecome impracticable if the land is not fmmediately reserved for park purposes. Economically, the report continues, it would also be sound pol- icy to proceed with the acquisition of land needed for park purposes at the earliest possible moment, as the ex- perience of Washington Itself since 1901 has shown the extravagance of postponing such projects while build- ing operations and an increasing pop- ulation raise real estate values. Retention of the Potomac gorge a great nature laboratory fis strongly urged by the commission, which names, as other projects for develop- ment outside of the District, but in the reglonal area, as fallows: The Po- tomac River project to Fort Hunt, in- cluding the houlevard: preservation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, ex- tension of Rock Creek Park into Maryland, development of the North- west Branch Park for the preserva- tion of the water supply for the Mary- land regional district and the exten- sion of Anacestin Park up the valley of Indlan Creek. Discussing further “he Great Falls-Potomac River project, which is being sought for private wa- ter power development, the commis- sion's report says: Called Valuable Project. Probably no city of the United States has within such a short dis- tance the possibility of so picturesque and valuable park project as Washing- ton has in the gorge of the Potomac to and including Great Falls. The rugged scenery of the falls and rapids, cut through a torrential river, has a picturesque value that has heen re- marked on for a century, and the value of which is very much enhanced by contrast with the quiet and pictur- esque Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, run- ning parallel to the river on its left bank, and the wide, quiet stretches of tidewater downstream from the Key Dridge. The gorge is already an out- door playground for great numbers of the inhabitants of Washington who can nof afford the.time or cost of go- ing to greater distances for recreation. “Walking, canoeing, rowing, and all kinds of maturalistic investigation ‘and trips are the k,lndu of recreation | lands for residential |its duties; but it does feel called upon | this city who will neither co-operate | ! These moat generally indulged In. The gorge is recognized by the Government ex % having special interest from | jthological and biological stand- | point, as well as affording an iavesting | opportunity comparing different | Kkinds of vegetation growing togetner in the same area 5 almost_continuous the fauna for and many 1 studies 1 made of a, 80 that it has a special value nature laboratory with un ; long continuous records " s commission points out that study of the avea within 25 mi of the Capital shows that it contains purposes which will accommodate 4,500,000 people, and | that while this population is not ex-| pected within 75 years, adding th acquisition for parks and playgronnds must he made promptly, as delay will | mean a great wast public ex.| pense, to say nothing the possi-| bility of destruction park pur a | 4 for | pose: Appropriation Urged. | clerk ot the ¢ The commission urges some vlan he devised for providing large sums of | money promptly for the acquisition of | lands, saying - commission finds that in the century since the MeMillan ion made 1ts report the area of park land in the District of Colum- bia has been increased only per cent, while the population has in- creased nearly 70 per cent. and the ssed value of land 240 per cent in ame period: that the increase ark area has been only about one-third of the increase as rapid as the increase in the value of land. quarter Commis Economically, the delay in acquiring | land is therefore extravagant, as weli | as failing to provide for the necds of the population. The commission estimates that if funds can be made available at a rate ‘of 2,000,000 to 2000000 a year, the needs of the pital for park land should be res onably provided for in five year: after which appropriations could 1 reduced to what is necessary to pro- vide for strictly local needs that can- not now be foreseen. If the present rate of appropriations is adhered to, the cost of providing the needed pai space will be very much greater and complicat>d by much more interfer- ence with private development; proceed in this manner is uneconom- ieal and therefore inadvisable. Not only will gome of the land needed for parks cost many times as much irn future years, as it increases in value and becomes covered with buildings or other improvements, but it will lose much of its desirability for park pur- poses by the destruction of beautiful forest trees and by being graded into flat uninteresting areas by real estate operators. “If the funds for the purchase of park land must confinue to be .ap- propriated from the funds for the District of Columbia, and if they can not be substantially increased, then it would be good constructive econ- omy to secure the loan of the amount needed for the least expensive way of making the purchase, under terms permitting of amortization of the debt within a term of years, with an annual appropriation pot exceeding that now authorfzed. “As the pur- chase of land is nof'a, continuing or renewable expense, but s, in fact. a capital investment, the circumstances in this case appear to justify a bond issue; the cost of retiring the bonds in approximately 30 years, plus the interest and the commission’s annual administrative and planning expenses being so regulated as not to increase materially the burden on the tax- payers of the District of Columbia. imilarly the problem might be Solved by a loan from the United States Treasury to the District of Columbia and its liquidation by an- ual installments. “This commission does not presume | o say which method should be dopted feeling this is a question of fiscal policy outside the purview of to point out the shortcomings 'and probable costliness of the methods | now imposed upon it, with sueh solu- tions of the problem as are evident | to it.” FINE ARTS VICTOR IN FIGHT ON CIGAR STORE'S BUILDING| (Continued from First Page.) | | | | in Washington. The Nation, through the action of Congress, is going to spend vast sums of money in this city for buildings. These are needed ex- penditures to house the activities of the Government. But above the mere physical need we also are moved to make those expenditures because we feel that there is a national desir to make the Nation's Capital archi-’| tecturally and artistically and eco- nomically worthy of the Nation. “But while we are appropriating money so liberally to beautify Wash- ington, according to the local news. | papers. there are property owners in | with or conform with these plannings. At an importaat point on Pennsyl- vania avenue it is proposed to eres building which the Fine Arts Commis sion has found entirely out of har- | mony with what the Government is | planning on the opposite side of the | Avenue. Hopes for Preventive Means. nterested only in advertising and | profit, a corporation proposéd to erect | what I assume a garish piece of archi- tecture. They propose to attract huyers for their wares even if it mayv act from the cf which we are trying to make fit our Nation. and that at great expense. trust that some w nd means may be found to stop this ‘public damned’ effort on the part of the cov poration until the Congress can en- act a law giving some one autherity to regulate construction along the streets and avenues facing Govern- ment building: 'Nor is the issue involved limited to Washington. Through similar greed | we are not only standardizing all the main streets and byways of this coun- try, but we are making America from ocean to ocean a succession of gaudy and garish signboards to match the extravagantly painted door front: The natural beauty of America Is being sacrificed to greed. Every bit of natural heauty along a public high- way is to some one only an invitation to extend the sale of pale pills or something equally - inconsequential. billboard makers are even vulgarizing the spelling and use of the language which we should cherish as a sacred heritage. “One may almost hope that some day there may be superassociations in America. composed of all men and women who cherish ideals and who want to perpetuate the beauty of the countryside. pledged to refuse to patronage those who mar our towns | and cities and our waysides. Civie Center Plans Presented. Plans for the proposed civic center || between Third and Sixth streets and Pennsylvanin and Louisiana avenues | their deliber to | | at Fourteenth and K streets w LLLENDAE JURY INLONG DEADLOCK No Verdict Reached in 17 Hours—Ten-to-Two Split Is Reported. By the Assaciated Press AYS LANDIN sventeen hi d in their Lilliendan! 1 to the conrt had been were sent tions, Before going to Atlantie € night Justice mphell instr the jury that he would he benci this morning in event they come to an agreement by that 10-t0-2 Split Reporte usual drift about th courthons persistent was 10 to 2 for con pr of n slowed of the jury before 10 t began roll of talesnien from which lect a jury for another e ‘trial beginning today in same courtroom where, for nine da the Lilliendahl ease was heard that of an Atlantic City nesvo n Obie Johnson, charged with m the his wife. Justice Camph inz In the Johnson ease. too id that any time the Lillien jury was ready to report they ome before him ‘and he would sus- pend the Johnson case to hear the Lilliendahl ve The Lilliendahl jury v ing at 5:35 p.m. yesterday The State’s star witness. inderson. traveli dney, Ohio. el | testimony of last week, said on Tues. day that on September 15 he saw ach running from the woods which cloaked the murder scene. On stand last week. he startied Proseen. | tor Hinkle when he said he could not vely make such identification, When he corrected his testimony there was no cross-examination, Sanderson’s Testimony. Sanderson was said to have filed an aMdavit claiming he was intimidated by the sight of an aluminum frying an in the hands of a defense det tive when the witness took the stand last week. Newspapers sald Sander- son belicved the frving pan was used as a sign to him ti the detective was ~ aware of a gay party which he had at- tended in New York -recently. Nan- derson left for his home with his wife N. I, Dece ter the ds the der tria A mber ¥ g was pl {in the ported verdict jurors ha ! re. today reached back to ec " The floating most il he ould berat shortly of rumors he A imed rder. 1 e i Nearly six hours after the jury re, ceived the case. it returned to the court room at 11:07 p.m. and asked it both the State and the defense could have examined Sanderson at length as to the reason for his expressed wish to correct his testimony. Justice Camp- bell said both sides could have done so. The jury was then lacked up for the night. The foreman, Mrs. Mary Calkins, Atlantic housewife, showed signs of having shed tears in the jury room. NEW LEGATION URGED. 0SLO, Norway, December 8 (. —" The building of ‘a new legation for Norway at Washington has been rec- ommended by Halvard Bachke, re- cently appointed Norwegian Minister to_Washington. Minister Bachke and his wife expect to arrive in New York December 15. . BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra in the Auditcrium, Marine tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'elock. Program. March, “Second Connecticut N. G..” Reoves ... Thomas ‘ ure, “Miznon”. “Serenade Espagnole, Opus 20, No. . .Glazounow () “March of the Tin Soldiers” Plerne Cello solos: (1) “Andante € Muelerr (b) “The Swan™...... aint-Sacns Musician John Auer. Grand scenes from “La Gioconda” Ponchielli Valse de concert, “Champagne Von Blon Two movements from the suite “Algerfenne” . aint-Saens (a) “Reverie du Soir" (evening rev- erie), (b) “Marche Militaire Francaise” (French military march). Hymn, “The Halls of Moess Marine: Zum; ~The Star Spasiiied Banner.” between the several municipai strws tures to be erected. The Commission, took no actiolt on the plans, bat mem- bers declared they were pleased with the project as outlined. A plan for a new engine house at xteenth and Webster streets wus pproved by the commigsion, hut the ne Arts body recommended further consideration of location én a street other than Sixteenth street. [lans for the Paul Junior High School ir Brightwood and the Potomae Heights School w proved. Architects' drawings for a néw office building to be constrycted on he site of the Franklin Square Hotel Lefore the commission by Robert F esford, the architect, and tenta- tively approved. The building, ac cording to Bates Warren, one of the. group of business men financing the construction, will be as mounmental in character as possible and no ex pense wili he spared in the des! Alchough the Zoning Commission luid down a height limit of 110 1 tor downtown office buildings by ro- cessing the stories above the 110-f level, additional heizht may be gained Tke new office building will rise feet above the street by gakins vantage of the Zoning Commiss regulation allowing recessing of th stories above the 110-foot leyel. G eral plans for the construction of o United States building at the Seville International Exposition next year were approved. Plans for a new bridge to be con- structed across Water street n Fourteenth street were approved by the commission, with certain demll; 1o be rnfither considered. Th new bridge will hav of about 146 feet. - 2 s : ot * [ December 8 17 Days to Christmas were submitted to the commission by Maj. L. E. Atkins, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, and A. L. Harris, munie- ipal architect. The plans go at some length doto location of the new bufld- ing angl contemplate & central court Christmas Seals . Stand for Health seae