Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1927, Page 1

GATHER IN STREETS WEATHER. U S Weather Rain ‘Temperature—} yesterday; lowest, Full report on Closing N. Y. Mark tonight and row morning; colder tomorrow Bureaa Forecast ) probably tomor {ighest, 6 2 pm 41, at 6 w.m. today page 9. | | ! ets, Pages 14 and 15 @ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. service. Entered as se post office, W No. 30,543. nd class matter shington. D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1927 — IXTY-EIGHT PAGES * () Means Associated Pre The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,671 TWO CENTS. - LINDBERGH CALLS ON CALLES WHILE CHEERING CROWDS Airman Visits Plane, Then Makes Official Tour of For- eign Office, Chapultepec Palace and Museum. WILL LEAVE BY AIR, GOOD WILL ENVDY SAYS Flyer Telephones Mother to Tell Her He Is Safe, Then Retires at 8 0'Clock to Get 12-Hour Sleep Before Strenuous Day as Guest of Republic. By the Associated Pre MEXICO CITY, December 15 Cheered by crowds that gathered in the streets everywhere that he passed, Col.* Charles A. Lindbergh this morning paid an official call upon President Calles, who again felicitated him upon his brilliant flight from Washington to Mexico City. Completely rested after a 12-hour sleep and looking fit' and fine, the American air hero made a series of . official visits with American Ambas- sador Dwight W. Morrow and then went out to the Valbuena Air Ficl(l‘ to see his beloved Spirit of St. Louis, with which he has gained such world-wide fame. Goes to Chapultepec. Among the places w jean aviator visited were the foreig office, Chapultepec Palace and the national museum, at the latter place inspecting the famous Aztec calen- dar stone. Everywhere that he went the boy- jsh-looking. smiling. good will am bhassador was greeted joyiully by Mexico's citizens, into whose hearts he has completely won his, way. A crowd of several hundied persons had gathered outside ‘the of The | American embassy when Lindbergh and Ambassador Morrow left it for | ign cffice. s 'fi?:!"'“‘he crowd shouted and the American fiyer responded with his sual quick smile and wave of his| haxg;basmdor Morrow beamed with pleasure at the friendly demonstration. Along the route to the foreign offic where the streets were still beflagge With the Stars and Stripes and Mex can colors from yesterday's triumphal procession. the “populace recognized theflyer and cheered him madly. Calles Hugs Flyer. President Calles gave Lindy a full “ombrazo.”'a real hug, expressing his oy and the joy of the people at the airman’s successful termination of the flight yesterday after being lost in the heavy fog off Tampico. Not con tent ‘with merely shaking hands. the President threw both arms around the fiver's shoulders and patted him affec- m’l"‘::eliensnm of that long wait on the sun-baked -valbuena flying field for the airman broken. the surging erowds voiced their relief in mingled shouts of “viva” and "bravo.” Three hours of apprehension that misfortune had befallen the fiver, during which they comforted themselves wl(h_ the thought that Lindy always arrives. Fave place to a delirious demonstra- flon of joy. It was doubted if even the crowd that greeted Lindbergh at the conclusion of his first great air venture at Le Bourget. when he com- pleted his New York-to-P: At Fave a greater demonstration of en fhusiasm than those who hailed him | ico City. ’nl!::dxallnled by hours at the controls of the Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh announced that when he left Mexico it would be by air. Morrow Expresses Pride. Dwight fellow a_won “He is and sador his he The American Amba W. Morrow, looked upon citizen with pride. “Tsn’t derful boy.” he exclaimed perfect physically, mentally apiritually.” At the American em will be a guest du Lindy's thoughts turne in Detroit. and he tele fore he called it a day d at % pm. What the fiver told the mother, whose confidence in him has mever wavered, was not revealed. Phose who should be in a position t Xnow said the mother told her fa son how giad she feit of his safety Pad success and Lindy replied in ef- fect, “Oh, shucks, it wasn’t anythin for you to be worried about \nd while the crowds milled around the embassy shouting the fiye mechanics at Valbuena Field fles from the city, were carefully Tleaning the other half of the famous tham of “We"'—the Spirit of t. Louie ” lane in which Lindberg has The plan ately 35000 miles since o his mother phoned her be- eft e ikt Jex of h e ced 10 be in first-class condi - Fvery bit of cotton waste with cleaned was carefully the mechanics, worried at il alout " Lindbergh said. "I knew ‘"P‘nl'l‘l'l\' a question of floating I found some lv"’("llt.‘l‘\ ahout ing jt was ¥ around until or other Saw Name on Station. Heavy fog Off the coast and moun tains cause at Tampico. saw station. lo e o the southwest. that the American had been 'w"at Toluca reached the F"m and eight Mexican Army A es set off in quest of kim DI Few minutes later o th q against the purple PP nges In the distance 50.000, fving fleld wa They arger. T :hn\' \were almost afraic -[Con\lnuadinnil’rtic 2, Column 79 air- moun At le: tehed the speck were afraid to cheer i to hope h the Amer- | mous | d him to go off his course He flew around until he ‘he name Toluca on a railroad Then he knew he was close capital, Toluca being about 40 flying a, tiny speck erhaps 100,000, persons on the zrow | FLIG OF CAREER HT MOST INTERESTING . LINDBERGH SAYS ‘Fog and Dargc | BY Co1 DBERGH. MEXICO CITY, December 1 | has beer in some ways the m | teresting flight I have ever made. | For one thing, 1 did more “instru | ment flying” than I did in the Atlan- | | tic flight, and I managed to get com- | | pletely lost in the fog over Mexico and | had considerable difficulty in finding | my way again. It is a rather odd fact that 1 kept a better course when I was flying blind for much of the time, during the night, than during the day { when 1 hit out from Tampico to Mex- ico City. Semething went wrong and I guess it was me. There were some moments during {the two hours 1 was wandering around over Mexico when th was not_much comfort in the terrain be neath me. There were not many land- ing flelds. And. somehow or other, the railroad statipns are not marked as much as they might be, and they did not al- ways agree with my maps when they were marked Sorry for Waiting Crowd. T am sorry that those waiting for | me had such a long time under the hot sun, but I was just as anxious |to come down as thev were to have me. The entire trip was made in the | face of some difficulties which, I think. ' | | tog, showers and rain struments to Keep Plane on Course and Evcn Kecl. show conclusively the importance of cross-country training in flying. The Weather Bureau did not prom- ise me good weather, but they did say that it not an impossibie bar 1o the flight. They were entirely accu- rate. The weather was not good. It was 12:20 o'clock, Washington time, or 11:25 o'clock, Mexican time. when 1 took off from Bolling Field. The take-off was not difficult. tailskid stuck in the mud a little, but as soon as I got that out the tail lifted easily, and we got away long before we hit the puddles. The Weather Bureau had predicted They were all waiting for us. After leaving Wash ington there were high clouds partly broken up, so that it was possible to see throush them. and considerable haze. This lasted down to Carolina, where, at 5:45 p.m.. me dark and 1 still it be. was in dark then and up to was no moon. The t, and there was rain frequent intervals throughout the ght and sometimes heavy showers, was -almost impossible to see the on for much of the time, al though occasionally it was possible te make out lights on the ground. Instruments Were Needed. It was during this period that in- strument flying was necessar 1 have rnever done (Continued on Page 5, Column 1. CALLES COMMENDS -~ LINDY AS ENVOY | e |Holds Flight as Important and Difficult as That Across Atlantic. Note—The following tribute 1o ol Lindhergh hae been received by The Siar and Norih American Newspaper Alfiance from President Calles of Mexico: BY PLUTARCO ELIAS CALLES, President of Mexico, MEXICO. CITY, December 15. | The admirable non-stop flight of Col. Lindbergh from Washington to Mexico | | City, is, in my opinion, a feat not in-| {ferior in difficulties of a technical | order to that other flight, which con- | secrated the flying young colonel as | a glorious aviator. when he flew from | New York to Paris. | The last part of yesterday’'s flight | over fterritory entirely unknown to| him and over dangerous and difficult | zones, where there are no roads or | landscapes which could guide him, | and the deviation from his original | route which made him pass over the |states of Gnanajuato and Michoacan, | has proved to the world that Lind- | be: the air. | His marvelons resolution and | |energy prevented him from landing |elsewhere and he kept true to his! ose until he so valiantly the Mexico City airdrome. in 19 DEAD AS BLAZE RAZES ORPHANAGE Total Loss of Life Estimated at 50—Wall Collapse Ham- pers Rescue Work. ted Press, December 15.—Nineteen bodies had heen recovered today from the fire-swept ruins of the Hospice Charles Orphanage, with the probabil- ity that the death list would mount. A check of the missing and injured led firemen to believe that at least 50 ost their Jives in the early morning Firemen were unable to search the 1uine, which were still smoldering. | The bodies of the“13 children and one woman recovered indicated that they had died of suffocation rather than by fire, The walls of the ancient structure collapsed while the fire was at its height last night, stopping rescue work, Flames Hamper Rescuers. So rapidly the flames spread that despite every effort by the nuns, firemen, priests and zens, little | 20uld be done to rescue the youngsters, h i an exceptional navigator of [many of whom were so overcome by | velopment on the south » sleep that they could hardly have realized what was going on Rescuers fearlessly entered the burn- ing building and returned with chil- dren, still half asleep. Many children | jumped from windows and the older | fne {fiat it offers a great opportunity childrer, dragged younger ones along ! with them. landed Praises Good Wil | have | The people of this rapital | | known how to appreciate the worth of this flight. The frantic cnthusiasm | with which Col. Lindbergh was re- |ceived by this city and the popular | homage rendered him, as well as the homages that he will receive during his stay among us, and the anguish | experienced by all of us, who were awaiting for him at the airdrome of Valbuena when we feared that he might have encountered some mis- hap, are ihe best proofs of the in-| terest and the love of the Mexican | people for the brilliant feat of Coi. Lindbergh, But the technical interest of this | flight as an heroical aviation stunt is not all that has been accomplished. 1| myself regard the flight as a valuable ! message of good will sent to us hy the good people of the United States. who | |chose the highest representative of their vouth, power and heroism, and sent him 1o us to produce a firmer spiritual and material rapproachement Letween these two countries, | Admires Lindbergh's Type. This my view of Lindbergh's flight, and 1 may assure your reade |that the results from the point of view of greater friendship between the two countries have been already posi- | tive and immediate. As far as 1 am concerned T wish 1o express my sincere and enthusiastic admiration for this marvelous type of | the modern hero, and my gratefulness |to him for having accepted my invi- o |tation to come to us, and to be the [0t 00 TS CHIGIER O honor guest of Mexico. Finally I wish to convey my most vordial con- gratulation to Col. Lindbergh, and to the American Nation, which has a 10 he proud of a man of his type Signed) PLUTARCO E JIAS LL irs by N Alliance 7 in all_eou th an Newspaper The morgue was a pitiful sight. The little bodies were all laid on slabs and frantic mothers were there in hundreds to try to identify them, Only two children had been identified up to & a.m. Many stories of heroism were told. One firema! was reported to have rescued 15 children, making repeated trips up and down a ladder. Firemen threw children and nuns from windows into life nets. The fire, which presumably started from the explosion of a furnace, shot flames up a central flue, creating a dratt and carrying the fire throughout the old building. Rescue work was stopped when the walls collapsed. The new section of the institution was of fireproof construction and was practically undamaged. 16 Dead in Dormitory. A distressing episode ¢ *d when firemen who first ent the hall und & tall Christmas tree decorated and ready to be lighted for the pleas ure of the children during what was to have been a happy Christmas sea- son Dense clonds of smoke the rescuers, who had to grope | darkness for the voungsters in their beds. In one section of a dormitory they found uped together the b of 16 children. The staff of nuns of the Good Shep- | herd, who conducted the institution, {and 371 children were in bed when | the fire broke out hampered ticed in the corridor, roused sleeping _children other occupants of the orphanage. | Most_of the children were quickly to safety. smoke the | ¢ | gathered was used to protect the refu | gees as they were taken to other in- | stitutions and private homes A passerby who noticed smoke pour- ing from windows | turned i (Continued on | alarn e 6, Column 7. Lincibergh Has Set New Record in Plane In Matter of Hours and Good Servics| When A. Lindbers, and Mexico City yesterday after- {noon, he had recorded a total flying time of close to 330 hours, or about 33, 000 miles, for the Spirit of St. Louis and the Wright Whirlwind air- cooled. 225-horsepower enging. both of which have undergone only minor overhaul, since he took off from San Diego last May to participate in the non-stop race from New York to Paris. There are Col. Cha planes and engines in flight today that have exceeded the hours Col. Lindbergh has exacted from hix equipment, but he has estab- lished a record for ship in the matter of time flown dis- tance covered and long periode in the air without landing in the past seven months. The added feature of ich a per- [ formance lies in the fact that the vouthful colonel has recorded the feat alone Col. Lindbergh's, e Is still “new’ himself and his | from the standpoint and if its famous military service inspection policy to | t. a major overhaul of the crafi itself would not be due until the 400 hour mark is reached of flying hours pilot applied the used by Col period for overhauls in the commer- cial or military services. such work depending entirely upon the type of service it receives. There ure some of the “Whirlwinds' which have gone over 500 hours’ or the equivalent of 50.000 miles, without major overhaul, while others used to carry heavy loads and fly at high speeds must be torn down. inspected and replaced. every 200 hours or so. Col. Lindbergh s engine has received | the best mechanical attention avall- able in the country, and he is suffi ntly skilled in motor mechanics to “nurse the power plant and preserve its life. Airmen here left the matter of overhauling the engine entirely up to Col. Lindhergh. whose judgment in such matters to dute has proved en- tirely accurate, The | North | the | The fire was dis- covered by Sister St. Therese, who no- and and “lothing loaned hy the crowds which of the building and police, The air-cooled engine of the type Lindbergh has no set +e Forced Him to Use In DALLS FOR CIVIC CENTER PLAN - BASIS ON EXPENSE Atkins Reveals Details of Project—Approval Given by Fine Arts. FUTURE EXPANSION NEEDS ARE COVERED iDougheny Urges Speed in Seeking Authorization and Funds From Congres: | While the District Commissioners ad before them today a letter from |the Commigsion of Fine Arte, for | mally approving prelimina plans for the proposed civic center between Third and Seventh streets, immedi ately north of Pennsylvania avenue, Maj. L. B. Atkins, assistant engineer | commissioner, revealed details of the plan at a luncheon meeting of the Washington Board of Trade, and de clared that legislation authorizing the | Commissioners to proceed with the project will be sought at the present | session of Congress. Maj. Atkins said he already has recommended to the Commissioners a plan for financing the project on a 60-40 basis, which would obligate the Federal Government to pay 40 per cent of the cost: and that the plnn‘ very likely will be approved. | Dougherty Praises Plans. Chairman Dougherty of the Board | of Commussioners aiso declared that the plans for the civil group are ideal | and carry out the thoughts of the city | heads with respect to provision for present needs and the future expan sion. He also urged that authoriza- tion for the purchase of the site and appropriation of money to begin con- struction be expedited in order that the municipal activities now in the triangle” may be housed when the iovernment huilding program gets well under wi Several D rict activities, including | the Municipal Buiding, are in the | triangle to be used in Government building construetion and the struc- tures occupied by most of them will have to be vacated within the next decade. “If Congress should declare its in- tentlon 10 take over for the use of the | Distriet of Coiumbia the entire avea | indicated on the plan,” the letter of the Commission of Fine Arts declares, “then the Commissioners might be authorized to acquire immedfately the. fsites for -¥he “Police Court and other {buildings for which thete is urgemt present need, and could proceed with the development of a group plan, of which the structures indicated would form a constituent part. “8uch a declaration also would have the effect of providing for the ultimate reclamation of what is now the least | desirable portion of the north side of Pennsylvania avenue and insure the adequate development of that historic thoroughfare in an orderly manner, | in keeping with the Government de- Ak Provides for Expansion. | Fine Arts Commission officials who huve approved the preliminary design are enthusiastic over the scheme, hold to combine in one location all the civic activities of the District. to provide for future expansion and to construct in accordance with the type of strue- ture to go up across Pennsylvania avenue. The area (o be used hy the proposed civic group will cover six squares be- tween Third and Seventh street Pennsylvania and Louixiana avenues. | under the plans prepared by Municipal | Architect Harris, | Maj. Atkins said today a recent sur- | vey showed District activities now used 87,150 square feet of floor space, only | a little more than is to he turned over | to the Women's Bureau and the House of Detention under future plans, Nearly 64,000 square feet of floor space are urgently needed to house District activities, he said, while the natural growth estimated in the next | decade will make necessary 109,662 square feet in addition Municipal activities now housed in the triangle include the following Municipal Building, Municipal Lodg- | ing House. Traffic Bureau. House of | Detention and Women's Burean, a fire engine house. the first precinet station house and the medical clinic | of the Health Department, which has been moved to muke way for the Com- nierce Department Building. Bill to Be Prepared. The next step contemplated in the development of the plan, Maj. Atkins explained, is preparation of a bill au- thorizing acquisition of the property needed and appropriation of funds for | the preparation and study of plans. The plan of financing suggested y Atkins contemplates an im- | diate loan from the Federal Trea of the funds necessary to quire the site 60 per cent of which would he returned in annual install- ments spread over a period of years Maj Atkins said it is absolutely necessary (o acquire the entire site at one time and not by piecemeas | methods as the Federal Government's | public building development on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue would enhance the value of the prop- erty on the north side desired hy | the District. and thus increase the | jeost_ubove the estimated $8.000,000 | or_£0.000.000 Maj. Atkins said that he was un able to make an intellizent estimate of the ultimate cost of the municipal center at this time, although it likely | would be as high as $40,000,000. An | accurate estimate cannot be made, he | explained. until the detailed plans of the buil to be erected have been studied. If Congress will authorize a loan from the Treasury to cover the cost of the site and preparation of the plans, Maj. Atkins said he believed funds for construction of the buildings could be provided in the annual appropriation bills. n, Far-Visioned Pl The municipal center development, he emphasized, is a far-visioned project, and the final building to go into the area may not be erected for about 40 years. The present plans contemplate erection of an adminis. trative building with wings to accom- modate all of the existing municipal activities, including those now housed in rented quarters, The preliminary sketches of Munie- ipal Architect Harris call for the erec- tion of the adminigtrative bullding on the southeast cornfr of John Marshall ~ (Continued on Hfe, 2, Column 2) | droelectric |OFFERS RETIREMENT BILL ey 3 \\\“\ N ¥ K&d ) N \ ) A PR S STRIT N ‘) 'SJ’I:OU,‘? l .’\ po = U .S, HYDRO PLANT ATFALLS IS ASKED Norris Introduces Bill Potomac Project in Senate. on A bill for Government development of the water power at Great Falls was introduced in the Senate this afternoon by Senator Norvis, Republi- can, of Nebraska, and referyed to the District committee for report. Senator Norris, who has advocated a Government water-power project on the upper Potomac in previous ses- sions of Congress, decided to intro- duce his bill this vear after he had learned during the Summer of the filing of an application with the Fed eral Power Commission for a private power project by the Potomac River | Corporation of Delaware. A third | ungle to the question is the bill of the National Capital Park and Plan. ning Confmission to preserve the up- per Potomae for the park system. The Norris bill would direct the Secretary of War to proceed with construction of a project as outlined in the plan submitted 1o the Sixty sixth Congress by Maj. M. ¢\ Tyler | of the Army Engineer Corps, Con- | tinuing, the bill provides: “The Federal Water Power Com- mission iz herehy authorized to make any modifications or changes in the plans of Maj. Tyler that in their judgment may be necessary to in crease the maximum amount of hy- energy that can be de veloped therefrom and if any such changes or modifications are made the Secretary of War shall modify said plans ordingly. WIFE FREED ON PROMISE TO RETURN TO FAMILY Mrs. Mary R. Sessums Had Desert- ed Five Children and Husband at Brentwood. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE —After she had promised turn to her husband and five children whom she deserted a week ago, after 14 years of married life, Mrs. Mary R. Sessums, 34 years old. of Brent- | vood, Md., was given her freedom by Mrs. Retta Morris, loeal justice of the peace, at a hearing this morning. The husband withdraw the charge of desertion that he had filed a nst her. Justice Morris reprimanded Mrs Sessums and told her that the chil- dren were the innocent sufferers by | her act. The husband and wife were | taken to their home by Sergt, H. G. Machen of the Prince Georges (‘oun- ty police. Sessums promised 10 he more considerate of his wife in the future, ' LAUNDRY WORKER KILLED | WHEN HIT BY FLYWHEELE Foreman of Washing Department, | Employed for 18 Years, | Dies Instantly. { Quillin W. Grist, 50 years old ’”E Seventh street northeast, foreman of | the washing department of the Na-| tional Laundry Pierce street, was Killed instantly about 10:15 o'clock this morning by the fly wheel of the steam engine which furnishes power for the laundry. Grist had_been laundry for 18 years. Grist was struck by the fiv wheel | shortly after the engineer had step.| ped out of the room, and no one saw | the accident. There is a guard rail around the wheel Quillan W. Grist, man who was kited, the laundry The coroner has been notified. by | | employed the jr.. son of the works at { Senator Dale Re‘ntroduces $1,200 | Measure in Upper Body. | A bill to raise the maximum annuity of retired Government employes from $1,000 to $1,200 was introduced in the Senate this afternoon by Chairman Dale of the civil service committee and referred to that committee for re port. A similar bill is to be -advocatec in the House. This measure would give Govern ment workers the right of optional re tirement after 30 y of service with. out regard to age. way similar to the bill desired by the employes in the last Congress, whe the Senate and House compromised b | adopting the present law making th maximum $1,000. Radio Programs—Page 54 | o It is in a general | Letter Sunk on Ship 10 Years Ago Gets Back to Its Writer By the Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif.. December 15 —A letter that had lain at the bot- tom of the Mediterranean Sea for more than 10 years, was back in the possession of its writer. ald Wilkins, here today. Wilkins wrote the letter to his mother, Mrs. A. Wilking of lLondon. while he was in a hospl recovering from a wound received at Salonika The transport which carried the letter torpedoed and sunk. A few months ago the ship was vaised and the decipherable mail delivered. When Mrs. Wilkins re ceived the letter she forwarded it BN AN FAES (OWELL N OLRT Shadower Fails to Identify Juror as Defense Accuses Government of Suppression. Fdward J. Kidwell, jr. the juror who recently admitted (o the Govern- ment he was conscious of heing “shad- owed” during the Teapot Dome trial, was hrought unexpectedly into the courtroom during the Sinclaic Burns contempt proceedings today to identifid by the same Burns detective who had testified pre: usly to having approached the juror's mother and father. During the uproar that followed the introduction of the Teapot Dome juror and effortg of Government counsel to block testimonv concerning the Kid- well affair, defense counsel made the deliberate charge that James J. O’ Leary, assistant U'nited States attor- ney, was “seeking to suppress the truth that in justice might be done and your honor deceived.” 1t s ‘Leary and not William J. Burns who tteropting to obstruci justice, the Burns attorney pr identifying Horace assistant to the Attorney ( he had “shadowed.” when well was called. Kidwell was seated among the spectators in the court and rose to face O'Reilly “Did you ever talk to ry asked. I never talked to him in my O'Reilly replied “Did you ever at a noon recess of the trial ask him. “how can I get in there to see this damn thir O'Reilly ind Vv denied it. “Did vou ever approach Juror Kid- well?” the Government atiorney per sisted, rtainly not.” was the answer, “Did_Kidwell ever talk to you?" No." Defense counsel objected repeatedly 1o the persistency of the examination, protesting that the witn cady stated he had never ta Kidwell. ©'Leary was attempting to lay a foundation to impeach his own witness, which is forbidden by the rules of court, defense counsel con- tended. There ensued a ment over the meaning of the words “impeachment” and “discredit,” hefore the witness was turned over for cross. examination. this man?" lite, Suppression Charged. r. Douzlas opened the cross-exami- nation of O'Rei he had said to Mrs. Kidwell, the jur- mother. when he went to her house on 17 street, as testified to on the previous day. 1 asked her if a tenant wa d Kidwell. who was a vy replied What did Mrs, « there barher, Kidwell to { “(Continued on Page 2. Column 5) (Continued on Page be | long argu- | v and asked him what | PRESBYTERIAN AIM L National Edifice in Spanish Gothic Style Planned on Connecticut Avenue. Plans for the construction, equip- ment and maintenance of the Na- tional Presbyterian Church at the corner of Calvert street and Connecti- | cut avenue, to cost $5.000.000 and to be built in the Spanish Gothic type of architecture, were announced to- ! day in conjunction with the start of | a Nation-wide campaign to raise this sum. ‘The plans provide for a group of Gothic buildings, consisting of the church, the parish house, the manse and an open-air auditorium, the sev- tors. of the Church of {he Covenant, is | president of the National Capital the corporation and Rev. Dr. John C. Palmer is chairman of the board of trustees. The land for the edifice has been secured through a gift of $100,000 from Mrs. Medill McCormick, who | also has provided for the architect's plans. Ralph Adams Cram of the firm of Cram & Ferguson of Boston gave his personal attention to the plans, aided by George Oakley Totts i of Washington and Edward P. v York, associated archi- Description of Edifice. This description of the proposed edifice was furnished today by prom- inent Presbyterians: “The plan of the church harks back to the fourteentn century Gothic churches of Catalonia. such as the superb and little known | Cathedral of Palma, and the Church | of Sania Maria del Mar in Barcelona. |The nave itself is very wide and the | columns are comparatively slender | and widely spaced, so as to give a | greater floor area for the use of large | congregations and to permit high visibility and good acoustic proper- ‘ ties. The plan shows the wide nave | terminating in a polygonal apse with lofty traceried windows. The aisles | also are wide and these are continued the form of a_low ambulatory | around the apse. Near the chancel are shown on either side large, low transeptal chapels, opening by broad arches Into the nave, these chapels forming additional seating space when | the normal capacity of seats in the| church proper needs to he increased. “The exterior,” the description con- | tinued. “shows an impressive, simple land monumental mass, lofty and assive, with a single great tower placed on the left of the nave and near the front and the facade dis- tinguished by a spacious open porch, reminiscent of the famous South rch of Albi Cathedral in Southern ance. Above this is the great rose ndow lighting the end of the nave. Flying butiresses take the thrust of | the high vault, but apart from the porch and the upper part of the tower, there is comparatively little elaboration of detail, the effect here, as in the interior, depending on scale, mass and light' and shade. Cloister With Arcades. “To the left of the church will be seen a great cloister with arcades run- ning around three sides so as to give access to the manse, the Sunday school huflding and the administrative of- | fices.™ | The mission | thus described: | "“The church should he not only a | great edifice. but a center of far- veaching power. It should provide » setting and atmosphere for great preaching—a place where these enternal truths of our Christian faith, which have always constituted the | message of Presbyterianism. can be set forth by preachers of eloquence and fame like Thomas Chalmers and Norman_MacLeod. It should be a Column 5. of this church was 5. 55 Silk-Clad Dolls A By the Associated Press CHICAGO. December 15.—TFifty-five silk-clad dolls, tiny travelers from Ja- e title of “Ambassadors had a truly royal wel- "ome awaiting them toda A public reception followed by a | ‘anquet in the grand ballroom of a .00p hotel were among the events on he welcoming program. “These dolls come as ambassadors f good will from five million Japanese ‘hildren to the children of America axplained Teylro Tamura consul here. rrive as Envoys Of Good Will From Japanese Children “Bach doll ambassador represents a prefecture of the empire. On No- vember 3 the whole doll party, togeth- er with the special envoy. was given a farewell reception in Japan." Each doll, together with her ward- robe, is valued at $200, or a total of $11,000. They are 30 inches tall and their extensive wardrobes are made of the costliest silk, specially woven, designed and dyed. Each doll with her possesions bears a different fam fly crest and has a trunk for her clothes, a chest of drawers. a chair, 7 desk and a mirror-stand. all of black lacquer trimmed witl ‘The dolls and their aral steuctures to be linked by clois- Rev, Dr. Charles. Wood, pastor church extension committee and of BORAH, LAFOLLETTE HEFLIN AND NORRIS NAMED IN' MEXICO SLUSH FUND PROBE | Hearst Reports of $1,215,- T 000 Bribery Plot Investi- galed by Special Commit- { | tee of U. S. Senate. | |INDIGNANT DENIAL MADE | BY THREE LEGISLATORS \ L Friends of Norris, Who Is Il1, Also Brand Statements as False. Publisher Says He Does Not Be- lieve Lawmakers Got Money. | Br the A, ted Press. Four United States Senators— Borah, Heflin, La Follette and Nor- s—were named today as the mys- terious quartet recently described anonymously in the Hearst news- papers as the intended recipients of |2 $1215000 Mexican government | slush fund. Immediately their names were dis- closed, Borah, Heflin and La Follette appeared before the special Senate committee investigating the charges and denied that they ever had re- ceived money from such a source or had been approached by any one who might have been interested in such an offer. Senator Norris is ill at his home, but_his friends on the committee | denied the charge also on his behalf and secured a statement from him. Gist of Charges. Senator Borah, who Is chairman of the foreign relations committee, was named in documents submitted by William Randolph Hearst as having been destined to receive $500,000. Heflin was to have received $350,000, according to the documents: La Fol- lette, §15,000, and Norris, presumably, the remainder of the $1,215,000 fund. All of these four Senators have beer, actively interested in Mexican affafrs and at one time or another each of them has disagreed with the Mexican :)rnllcl. of the Coolidge adminigtra- jon. The American pay-off man 'for the slush fund was said in the documents to have been Dudley Field Malone, thé New York lawyer. Malone also took the witness stand and denled con- nection with any such project. The documents were submitted to the committee by Mr. Hi with the comment that although he had reasons to think they had come from the official files of the Mexican gov- ernment, and were authentic, he did not believe any of the money had been paid over. After Heflin and La Follette had taken the stand in turn and had de- nied involvement in any slush fund and demanded prosecution of those who had made the “disclosure,” Sena- tor Borah took the witness' oath and was informed by Chairman Reed that he was supposed, according to the documents, to have been designated to receive $500,000. Charges Cause Laugh. As Reed read the amount, the crowd- ed hearing room rang with laughter, and Borah smiled. “My first information of this reach- ed me about the time the documents were first published,” said the Idaho Senator. “Mr. R. E. McFarland, = :)oew;:papsr man in Mexico, referred “He said he had heard of those documents while he was in Mexico. He said he understood one of the documents purported that four Sen- ators, including myself, were sup- posed to have recefved money. “No one ever approached me in a matter of this kind. I had no com- munication from any in connection with this. either by mail, wire, word or any other manner. Reed said that Dudley Field Ma- lone of York. was ‘supposed’ to have been the intermediary. “I have had no conversation with Malone of any kind about this. I knew him five or six vears ago. Has he been subpoenaed?” Hearst Is First Witness, . Taking the stand as the first witness in the committee’s inquiry into the charges, Mr. Hearst said E. B. Cob- lentz. one of his New York editors, decoded the documents, which were in code and which, he claimed, came from Mexican official archives. Mr. Hearst said that some of the documents came to him about May this vear and some as late as a month before their publication. Declining to make public the name of the person who gave them to him. he said that “it would not be health- ful” for this man in Mexico. He gave the name in secret to the commitiee on a slip of paper. Chairman Reed, Republican, Penn- sylvania, questioned Mr. Hearst about the documents, which have been ap- pearing in the Hearts newspapers and which have been declared to be forger- ies by Mexican officials. They have dealt largely with alleged propaganda gl‘fntrtl by Mexico against the United ates Explaining further how he got Jdocuments, Hearst said: ot the “This man I have aamed to you communicated information that these documents were available, indicating unwarranted interference. He gave this word to Edwird Clark, manager of my mother's estate. Finally he said that for expenditure of $1,000 or $2,000 he could get copies of the docu- ments relating to the United States Senate. This man never sald he had seen them. Pays for Documents, “Later 1 authorized expenditure of about §1,000. That wa: in April of th_l;hyur." 5 is secret man and Joh ), & Hearst reporter, produced nibro.u‘t' 10 documents, Hearst said, “They were original documents and seemed of great importance,” he de- clared. "They said they had made every effort to determine their au thenticity. They said they had submitted the documents o Ambassador Sheffield and to the counsellor -0’ the embassy and had been unable to find anything wro! 1 ng. “They said the persons who ors