Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1927, Page 2

B STREET CHOSEN FOR MARKET SITE {Temporary Sheds for Farm- ers Will Be Built Between Seventh and Ninth. ‘Establishment of the temporary ¥armers' Market along the south side of B street between Seventh and Ninth streets was décided upon today following an inspection of the market area by the Public Buildings Commis- sion =34 the District Commissioners, according to Senator Smoot, chairman of the Buildings Commission. Although in the same vicinity, this is a different location from that rec- ommended by the District Commission- ers, who suggested in their report to Congress last week that the market be placed temporarily in the Mall be- tween Sixth and Seventh streets. Senator Smoot explained that under the plan agreed upon today the busi- ness of the farmers could be taken care of on P street between Seventh and Ninth streets during eight months of the year and that in the four months when the volume of marketing §s heavy the farmers would be per- mitted fo extend east along the south side of B street as far as Sixth street. Sidewalks to Be Used. According to members of the Public Buildings Commission, the line of sheds would be erected near the curb on the south side of B street between Seventh and Ninth streets, with the canopy extending over ‘the sidewalk and also toward the street, thereby permitting customers to use the side- ‘walk for marketing. It was figured by members of the Buildings Commission that placing the sheds in this way would not take up much more room than automobile parking now utilizes, and that pro- vision could be made for the parking of automobiles inside of the iron fence which extends along the sidewalk on the south side of B street. Asked how long he thought this temporary arrangement would have to continue, Senmator Smoot estimated about two or three yeara. The Public Buildings Commission, he sald, decided against locating the farmers on the land in the Mall be- tween Sixth and Beventh streets, in back of the proposed George Wash- ~mmofld. Under the new ar- nt all of the farmers would out along B street. Tiis - understood that two factors enterad into the question of changing the temporary location. One was that ths original suggestion would place the farmers' stand too close to the temporary Government buildings that extend along Sixth and Seventh street in the line of the Mall, and the other was that the latest location would place the farmers nearer to the flow of market business. Present Shed Soon to Go. The farmers’ shed must be moved at an early date from the present site, between Tenth and Twelfth streets, B and Little B streets, to permit steam- * shovels to begin digging out the foun- dation for the new Internal Revenue PBuilding, which _is one of the first projects in the Federal building pro- The inspection party which looked over the market area before selecting the new location included Senators Smoot and Jwanson, tive Elliott, Representative Lanham, Col. U. 8. Gr::t. 34,and tion near the water fromt. n party that went out today aid not visit the proposed permanent site, but confined itself to a study of fio‘:muanotsumpomm ment Sees Greater Cost. ' The new temporary location for the Farmers' Produce Market sug- gested by the Public Buildings Com- _, mission will be ptable to the Dis- Ztrict Commissioriers, providing ar- rangements can be worked out satis- i factorily to erect the sheds along B g A = A erty, chairman of the mcommlfldm. following the in- n trip. Commissioner Dougherty pointed “‘out, however, that the location of the market on this site probably “would cost the District government . considerably more than if it was put “s.on the temporary site recommended {#4py the Commissioners, between Sixth =, and Seventh streets, behind t;n lec< founda- The location of the market along B street also would tend to intensify the traffic congestion around the Cen- ter Market for a short time, it was sald, but this condition would be re- lieved by the closing of B street be- tween Tenth and Twelfth streets, ‘when work is started on the new in- ternal revenue building. Commissioner Dougherty said that the location of the market temporar: ily along B street facing the south side of the ter Market was con- sidered by the Commissioners before they prepared their report to Con- gress, but that it was abandoned in favor of the site behind the Victory Memorial Building Foundation. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers’ Home ‘Band Orchestra, this evening, in Stan- ley Hall, at 5:40 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster: March, “Anchors Aweigh,” Zimmerman (Requested.) Overture, “La Sonelle” (1812), Tschi Morceau, “A Serenade” Scenes from musical c Maryland” . Fox-trot, ““Bar! ‘Waltz hit, “Charmal: . Finale, “I'll Think of You, “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band Orchestra, In the Auditorium, Marine Barracks, tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. _Taylor Branson, leader; Ar- thur 8. Whitcomb, second leader: from “Bables (b) Intermezzo, “Bon, Vivant,” Zamecnick Solo for vibraphone, “Song of the Br.ook” ...ee. Lack Mus' jan Wi Grand scenes from “T the Madonna” “Liebestraume’ Suite de bailet, “Coppel (a) Entr’ Acte and Valse. {b) Festival Dance and Valse of th Hours. Czard: fl:?lnal' rh mn, “The Halls of Mon- tezuma.” . “The Star Spangled Banuer.” Y".l . LEHR FESS PAID HIGH TRIBUTE AS HE QUITS POST IN HOUSE Parliamentarian Leaves to Enter Law Practice in Toledo. Cannon, Longworth and Madden Praise His Eight Years of Service. The House paild an extraordinary tribute yesterday to one of its most valuable employes in bidding good-by to Lehr Fess, parliamentarian, who is quitting work in the Capitol to prac- tice law in Toledo. He is the son of Senator Fess. After securing permission to speak on a “subject of general interest to the House,” Representative Cannon of Missour], a former parliamentarian to Speaker Champ Clark, said: “With the adjournment of today's session the House loses one of its most valuable and most valued employe: Mr. Lehr Fess, who has served as pa liamentarian of the House under two Speakers, in five Congresses, and over a period of more than eight years—a notable eight years in the parliamen- tary annals of the House—resigns to- day to resume the practice of law, which he began at the close of the last session of Congress with one of the great legal firms of his State. Regret Expressed. “I have no doubt that I speak for every member of the House, and cer- tainly for the members on this side of the aisle, when I express regret at the decision of Mr. Fess to leave the service of the House. He has dis- charged the trying duties of that dif- ficult place with unusual tact and ca- pacity. He is unquestionably one of the most efficient men who have occu- pled that exacting position in the his- tory of the House, and his resignation is a loss both to the House and to the country. “Incidentally, it is interesting to note in this connection that while we hear in practically ~very session of Con- gress the suggestion that employes of the House are overpaid, one of the reason for Mr. Fess’ making this change is the financial consideration. We have here an instance in which one of the highest salaried employes at either end of the Capitol is volun- tarily giving up his work and going into a new field, with the prospect of increased emolument. “But however successful and how- ever prosperous Mr. Fess may be in his chosen profession—and I am cer- tain he will be both—I am not con- vinced that his absence from the House is necessarily permanent. Of the six men who immediately preceded Mr. Fess as parliamentarian at the Speaker's table, every one, with a sin- LEHR FESS. than Lehr Fess. T have watched him with a great deal of pride. He came here as a young lad and he leaves us as a mature man. He takes into the world the experience which he gather- ed here, and he will give the world the benefit of that experience in the building up of a better life in the com- munity to which he goes. I wish him godspeed, good health, good luck, and the greatest success in his future en- deavors.” Speaker Longworth, acting in his official capacity and addressing the House from the Speaker's rostrum, added his commendation of Mr. Fess, congratulated the House on having secured a promising successor and wished his colleagues the joys of the season, saying: “Before adjournment the chair would ask the indulgence of the House for a moment. In supplement of what was said by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Cannon) and the gentle- man from Tllinois (Mr. Madden), it is with genuine regret that the chair contemplates the retirement of our parliamentarian, Mr. Lehr Fess. “The gentleman from Missouri has well expressed our-appreciation of the unusual tact and capacity with which Mr. Fess had filled this position and gle exception, has eventually returned as a member of the House. And while, 80 far as I am aware, Mr. Fess en- tertains no such ambition, I venture to hope that in the end he will not prove to be an exception to the rule. I am certain that I express the uni- versal sentiment of the members of this House when I wish him Godspeed :nd much success and a speedy re- urn. Madden Pays Tribute. Chairman Madden of the House ap- propriations committee added his meed of appreciation; saying: “I want also to pay tribute to the integrity and modesty and ability of the young man who has been here as parliamentarian clerk of the House for the past eight years. There is no man more modest than he, none with great- er integrity, and certainly none who will prove more worthy of the confi- dence of those with whom he may come in contact, wherever he may go, HICKMAN REPORTED IN SEATTLE, TRYING TO REACH CANADA (Continued from First Page.) stains in the apartment occupled by Hickman during the days of the kid- naping and murder were blood. The ‘I&ats ‘were fresh, the chemist said, er a microscopic examination. It was last Saturday night that the torso of that small body was bartered to the father for $1,600. It was Satur- day night, too, that Hickman and an- other man were seen leaving the apartment, carrying a number of bundles, according to two witnesses. A third man waited in a car at the entrance to the apartment house. The next day the missing parts of the body of the fiend’s victim were found scattered along a road where appar- ently they had been cast from an automobile. ‘Topples Police Theory. Another chemist—County Chemist Abernathy—also has added his bit of evidence. In this case it toppled some. the theories of the slaving. Abernathy said there was no evidence that the child had been given an anesthetie prior to death. The autopsy surgeon reported that the girl was not choked to death. If these hypotheses are true, it is possible that the little girl was dis- sected alive. Another puzzling angle developed in the light of this evidence when the police announced, after a miscroscopic examination of the apartment, that there were none of the girl's finger- prints present, and that if she were taken there, it apparently was after her death. Had she been' able to move about the room, officers declared, there would have been fingerprints left. The chemist's report caused the police to question the deductions they had drawn from the identification of Hickman as a man who during the three weeks preceding the kidnaping held up at least three drug stores to obtain anesthetics and in one case forced the druggist to instruct him in the use of them. assumed this was in preparation for their use in the kidnaping. Fails to Use Disguise. Another police theory advanced last night that Hickman might have re- sorted to an extensive disguise also apparently had come to naught with the report from Seattle that the sus- pect there had been recognized at once by the shopkeeper from the pub- lished photographs of the fugitive. Pollce at ElI Paso, Tex., reported arresting a man today who answered the description of Hickman. He said he left Los Angeles Saturda: was held pending efforts to him. Restdents of Bellevue Arms Apart- ments, where Hickman made his home, today disclosed how close to capture the fugitive came last Sun- day morning when the apartment house was raided by 100 police offi- cers. John Henry, owner of the apart- ment house, sald he was accompany- ing four policemen when they reached apartment 215, the one occupied by “Do Evans,” since identified as Hickign. “I Mhocked at the door and a man I had@known as ‘Evans’ called out, asking what was wanted,” said Henry. “I looked in when the door was opened and saw Evans sitting up in bed as the four police officers entered and made a search.” A couple of days later, Henry sald, after the question of whether the ac- cused “Fox” had met the searching officers in his own lair, became a matter of controversy between sheriff’s officers and police, a police ‘The officers had our appreciation of his long and faith- ful service. To myself he has been a tower of strength, as I believe every gentleman who has occupled this chair during the consideration of business in the committee of the whole feels. I know we all wish for him great suc- cess in his chosen field. Successor Greeted. “The chair is also happy to say that he thinks his place will be worthily filled by Mr. Louis Deschler, who has entered upon the dutles of this-posi- tion with the greatest interest and en- thusiasm. I wish for him a career parallel to that of Mr. Fess. “And now, just a word before we adjourn. I want to congratulate this House on being the most efficient law- making body in .existence. We have passed three vitally important major pleces of legislation in less than two weeks. You have well deserved your, holiday, and I wish you all a merry’ Christmas and happy New Year.” officer returned and declared that Hickman was not in the apartment l.tl}he tll;m: lothhe raid. rs. Ethel Broderick, manager of the apartments, probably was the last person to see Hickman in the build- my what's all the excitement about?” she quoted him as saying as he strolled through the lobby in leaving the apartment house soon after the raid. SUSPECT SEEN IN TACOMA. Youth Resembling Hickman Rents Auto and Leaves City.. TACOMA, Wash. December 22 (#). —A man belleved to be Willlam Ed- ward Hickman, reputed slayer of 12. year-old Marian Parker in Los Angeles, was seen in Tacoma last night be- tween 10:30 and 11 o'clock by four persons, police were informed today. Belleving it would have been im- possible for Hickman to elude the Los Angeles police net, they neglected to report to Tacoma police until Hick- man was reported in Seattle. The ‘“fox” suspect here was seen walking by a downtown taxicab stand by drivers. The man rented an auto- mobile and was last seen apparently headed for Seattle. DR. MANTZ THREATENED. Owner of Car Used in Slaying Re- ceives Mysterious Call. KANSAS CITY, December 22 (P).— A mysterious telephone call threaten- ing children of Dr. Herbert L. Mantz, whose stolen automobile was used by the kidnaper of Marian Parker, today stood out in the maze of rumors, sug- gestions and purported trails leading through the home city of William Edward Hickman. : While police believed' the threat came for a person of unbalanced mind, Dr. Mantz took precautions and detectives watched his home. He lives near the place where Mrs. Eva Hickman, mother of the suspect, re- sides. Dr. Mantz recelved the call at his office Tuesday in the presence of two detectives, who happened to be dis- cussing the Los Angeles kidnaping with him. This was revealed when the Kansas City Star last night was informed in an anonymous telephone message from St. Louis that the chil- dren of the physician had been threat- ened. The St. Louis informant first asked the Star if there were any develop- ments in the Parker case. Told there were none, he said: “Well, Il give you a tip. Dr. Mantz knows a lot about it. He has had contact with that fellow. He was in Kansas City Tuesday and threat- PART OF AFFIDAVIT DENIED BY KIDWELL Juror Challenges Statements Credited to Mother in Jury- Tampering Probe. Juror Edward J. Kidwe", jr., was put through another gruelling exami- nation today by Government counsel and denied parts of an affidavit made by Mrs. Mary Pearl Kidwell in which she said her son had told her he be- lieved he was being followed during the Fall-Sinclair conspiracy trial by persons who wanted. to find out if he would accept a bribe. At the outset of today's proceedings Justice Frederick L. Siddons ruled that the charges of intimidation of witnesses brought against Assistant United States Attorney James J. O'Leary would be given precedence over the contempt proceedings involv- ing Sinclair and the other five respondents. Kidwell's testimony today, dealing mainly with the afidavit made by his mother on December 9, involved so many conflicting and confusing an- swers that Justice Slddons recessed court a few minutes before the reg- ular luncheon hour with the remark that perhaps things would be straight- ened out during the interim. Kidwell denied having made many of the numerous statements attributed to him in his mother's statement, and also denied that his mother had sald certain things contained in the af- fidavit. Denies Exact Language. His answers were explained chiefly through his inability to understand the transcribing of questions put to him and to his mother by the gov- ernment attorney at the time the affidavit was made out. Repeatedly he admitted at that the substances of the statements were true and correct and his ob- jection was made solely to the fact that his mother had not answered the questions in the exact language that Mr. O'Leary had writfen out in the affdavit. Proceedings today were marked by the usual clashes between opposing counsel and on more than one occa- sion Justice Siddons cautioned Mr. O'Leary not to confuse the witness. Kidwell had denied that he had told his mother either “Fall or Sinclair people” or “oil people” were following him during the Sinclair ol conspiracy trial to find out if he would accept a bribe. He admitted to Mr. O'Leary, however, that he had actually meant Fall and Sinclair and admitted further that the substance of the statement contained in the afidavit was correct. Contempt Laid Aside. Contempt proceedings involving Sin- clair and the other respondents were ordered laid aside by Justice Siddons today until completion of the inquiry into charges by the oil magnate's counsel that the witness Kidwell had been coerced by Assistant District At- torney O'Leary into making false statements in affidavits presented to the court. Says Charges Serious. The court in declding to go ahead with the inquiry into the charges in- volving the Witness Kidwell, stressed\| the grave nature of the accusations against the district attorney’s office. Justice Siddons declared the charges contained two aspects. The first, he pointed out, cast a serious reflection on the office of the district attorney, which, if sustained, would necessitate some sort of action being taken with respect to the prosecutor. This intimidation and coercion by the district attorney or his assistants means anything, Justice Siddons pointed out, It is calculated to re- duce the witness to a state of ter- rorism even if it cannot be proved that the witness was induced to swear falsely to affidavits. “The court feels that if anything of that kind has been done, it might most seriously affect the probative value of the witnesses' testimony,” Justice Siddons said. He added that he agreed with Mr. Littleton that now is the time to clear up the charges made by Mr. Hoover before proceeding further with the taking of testimony in_the contempt proceedings. With this understanding, Maj. Gordon appealed to the court at the proper time to give a ruling on whether the witness had been in- timidated as charged by defense counsel. In suggesting that the contempt proceedings and inquiry be dovetailed, Mr. Douglas pointed out it would save an immense amount of time, while, on the other hand, if the two things were divoreed, it would involve a departure from the contempt case and lead to more confusion. “If we go on this way it will amount to a case within a case and an issue within an issue and we will be going off on a tangent,” Mr. Douglas explained. O'Leary began his examination of Kidwell by referring to efforts of a newspaperman to communicate with Kidwell and O'Leary on the day Kid- well first appeared at the United States attorney’s office to make the celebrated ened Dr. Mantz. He is scared to death.” After refusing to reveal his identity, the informant terminated the call. Dr. Mantz then admitted receipt of the call and told of his concern for his three children. He sald a man first demanded if the physician recog- nized his voice. Dr. Mantz said he did not. ‘When the man told the physician he was the bandit who held him up and took his car here last Fall, Dr. Mantz signaled the detectives and they started to trace the call. “I wouldn’t be in all this trouble it it were not for you,” the man sald. “I'm going to get one of your You know what will happen Efforts to trace the call proved un- successful. While the St. Louis call was placed at a public booth there, no trace of the Star’s informant could be found. Dr. and Mrs. Mantz have a five- year-old son and twin daughters 16_months old. While Mrs. Hickman today con- tinued to support her contention that her son’s brilllant scholastic record and habits should to a large extent prove his innocense, she waited im- patiently for an answer to her appeal that the boy communicate with her. Santa Claus to Place $400,000 in Gold In Washington's Christmas Stockings Glittering gold, about $400,000 of it, will find its way into Christmas stock- ings, and onto gayly decorated trees this year in Washington, according to predictions at the Tgeasury. From the cashroom of the United States Treasury flows out each year a stream of gold pleces, not only to the banks of the city, but to individuals who call at the counters in the Trea: ury Department, to use Uncle Sam's coin for Christmas gifts. The demand this year seems to be about the same as last, according to officials. Last year records show that the Christmas demand took out of the Treasury about $400,000, and it was estimated today that this would at least be equaled this year. The coins range from the neat lit- tle quarter-eagle, or $2.50 gold plece, up to the stately double-eagle, worth $20. The $5 piece is known.as a half-eagle and $10 plece. an eagle. They all bear the insignia of that great American bird emblem, At the cash room of the Treasury the demand for $2.50 gold pieces proved so great this year that cus- tomers were limited to two each. There was no limit placed, however, on the half-eagle, so it appeared probable that the largest number issued would prove to be the $5 gold piece. Most of the gold soon returns to the Treasury, according to past ex- perience, and a good portion of it, some persons estimated today, will be spent for favorite articles shortly after Christmas day. Some of it, however, is known to find its way into the sav- ings accounts at the was correct, i Lowering the flag-bedecked casket containing the body of the in the new $500,000 Harding Memorial in Marion, Ohio. The body of large delegation of citizens and Republicans watched the ceremony. late President Warren G. Harding, into the vault f Mrs. Harding was placed at his side, while a The memorial is now virtually completed. voluntary statement. Both counsel for the respondents and the court saw no revelancy in this matter, S0 O'Leary turned to events at Kidwell's house that night when a newspaper was produced carrying a story con- cerning intimations of bribery. O'Leary asked for the witness' best recollection as to whether he, O'Leary, left Kidwell and his mother alone in the house on the night in question, and the witness replied in the affirmative. . O'Leary’s next question was whether Kidwell informed him that upon his arrival home his mother-told of a man calling about a barber shop permit and of Kidwell's reply that “I think the man is one who is following me to get some information about the trial because I am on the jury” “Not all of those words are mine, Mr. O'Leary; you supplied some of those,” replied Kidwell firmly. “I aid not say anything about the jury trial, you put that in yourself. You did not hand the paper to me to read, but gave it to my mother while I went out for a notary.” Taking the paper up to the wit- ness, O'Leary asked Kidwell torecall some discussion they had about using the words “a man” or “the man,” and Kidwell denied any recol- lection of this incident, adding: “Sev- eral things in there I did not say, and you know I did not say them.” Counsel Sees “Evasion.” O'Leary drew from Kidwell the ad- mission that O'Leary told him he “had not gone into the Kidwell in- cident because Maj. Gordon had just put him into the case.” This state- ment, Kidwell said, was made en route to the latter’s home on the day they first met. Daniel Thew Wright at this point of the proceedure arose “in protest” against the line of examination by O'Leary, maintaining that he was evading the issue then before the court, which concerned the charges of intimidation and not jury shadow- ing. “The district attorney,” de- clared Wright, “should be brought to make an answer to these charges.” Court Halts Inquiry. Concerning the statement made by Kidwell's mother, O'Leary’s questions and the witness’ answers were so con- fusing to the court and every one else that Justice Siddons felt compelled to interrupt. He declared that he was concerned to know “what this witness claims is false and untrue.” ‘The court then told Kidwell to read the statement over and point out whether it contained anything he did or did not say, or, if inserted by some one else, to tell by whom. Kidwell hesitated, and the court de- clared, impatiently, “Do it.” The witness then proceeded to point out on various pages of his mother’s statement some immaterial matter which he claimed had not been stated by himself in O'Leary’s presence or by his mother. It had to do with the man. who made inquirfes at the Kid- well home about the father's bar.ber shop. Kidwell said O'Leary had put it in and the court asked him if it was true or false, “It's true as far as the hap- penings are concerned,” the witness replied, “but my mother did not say it at that time.” The witness next relterated his denial of yesterday that anything had been said about “oil people” having been to follow him evidently for the purpose of offering him a bribe. Kidwell declared emphatically he had never said anything about “oil people” and that his mother had never made such a remark as con- tained in the affidavit. At stil lanother point Kidwell's mother was quoted as saying that her son had not told her he was pretty sure other jurors were being followed by the oil people, and some of them knew they were being fol- lowed. . “My mother never said that,” Kid- well declared. Kidwell read the affidavit by his father and pronounced it correct with the exception of the word “Sinclair,” which appeared before the words “oil trial.” Kidwell declared his father did not use the word “Sinclair. O'Leary drew from Kidwell the ad- mission that the statements were writ- ten down by him after he had ques- tioned both Kidwell and his mother, first asking Kidwell a question and upon recelving & reply. getting a verification of this reply from the mother. Denles Mother Made Statement. Kidwell had been emphatic while reading his mother's statement in declaring that she had not said the following: “During the time that the Sinclair case was being tried and while my son, Edward J. Kidwell, jr, was serv- ing as a juror, one evening just about dark a white man came to my home, No. 1637 U street southeast—which is also the home of myson Edward— and knocked at the door.” O'Leary hammered away at Kid- well and in all innocence Kidwell answered his questions to the effect that O'Leary had questioned Mrs. Kidwell on all the facts set forth in the quoted paragraph and she had glven answers, From these answers O'Leary wrote on a paper. Kidwell found himself admitting that every statemerit in the quoted paragraphs was correct and then O'Leary asked: “Is there anylhing wrong in this statement?” “Yes,” replied Kidwell, leaning for- ward in his chair. “You said my mother said that. She just answered the questions.” A ripple of laughter went over the courtroom and the bailift rapped for order. The Govern- ment prosecutor appeared highly elated over the point Kidwell was making, which indicated that while the words used in the affidavit were probably not the exact quotations, the substance of the statements given WASHINGTON WILL LEAD NATION IN GREATEST YULE OBSERVANCE Lighting of Tree Amid _Pgng of Chimes and Carol Singing Will Usher in Christmas Here. A flare in the sky like the evening star, bells pealing joyously from scores of steeples, a national commu- nity Christmas tree bursting suddenly into thousands of blossoms of light, services in homes and churches, and general participation with millions of others scattered over the continent in the singing of Christmas carols will mark the eve of Christendom's great- est festival in Washington Saturday. The national' community Christmas tree standing in Sherman Square will burst into light when President Cool- idge presses the button at 6 o'clock. The carol singing will be broadcast from New York starting at 10:30 o'clock and will be carried into Wash- ington homes from Station WRC. It will be directed by Rev. Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. A large group of noted con- cert artists will be assembled in the New York church to lead the national singing, and family and church groups throughout the country will join as the music comes over the radio. Star to Publish Carols. The words and the music of these famous old carols will be published in The Star tomorrow afternoon. The carol singing will be under the aus- pices of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. Chan- ning Lefebre, organist of Trinity Church, New York City, will play the accompaniments and there will be sev- eral solo numbers of famous artists. The national service will begin with an organ service which will serve as a summons to all listeners. Following the organ solo one of the country’s most famous clergymen will be heard, making an announcement concerning the program to come. Many of the carols interspersed through the program will be familiar to every one from childhood. Dr. Cad- man himself will broadcast brief stories about the legendry of Christ- mas and an inspiring Christmas mes- sage. His voice already is familiar to millions of radio listeners, who have heard him in his Sunday broadcasts. President to Participate. It is expected that President Cool- idge and members of his family, gath- ered in the White House, will join in the singing. The concert will for 90 minutes, concluding as the chimes ring midnight, with a conclud- ing inspiring feature that will be an- nounced just before it is presented. The exercises at Sherman Circle will JUDGE BRENT WIELDS GAVEL IN CLASH AT ANNEXATION HEARING (Continued from First Page.) intervene several times i order to restore quiet. The dispute between Mr. Mackey and Judge Brent arose over Mackey’s reference to Alexandria as “a bank- rupt city.” Carter Hall, counsel for Alexandria, strenuously objected to this designation and contended that evidence already produced by the city showed otherwise. The court upheld Mr. Hall's objection, as Mr. Mackey continued to reiterate the charge that Alexandria is bankrupt. ‘With Hall and Mackey both joining in the last vocal refrain, Judge Brent began hammering loudly for Mackey to sit down, but the latter only raised his voice higher, changing his line of argument .into a heated protest at Judge Brent’s actions, The judge finally stopped hammer- ing and Mackey declared: “In all my 30 years of experience I have never heard of an attorney being hammered down by the judge’s gavel, and I wish to take exception to it.” Judge Brent let the remark pass for the time being, but when Mackey in- terrupted him several moments later he chided the attorney for his “dis- courtesy,” and explained that had he been courteous during the previous in. cident there would have been no neces- sity for pounding the gavel. Attorney Hall and members of the defense counsel.added to the excite- ment during the day by frequently ex- changing accusations of discourtesy, and Hall protested to the court about “these repeated offenses.” Mr. Garrett testified for Alexandria regarding sanitation plans, which he deemed essential for the portion of Arlington County which the city seeks to annex. He sald this section should be controlled and sewered by Alexan- dria, because it comprises a natural drainage area. Size of Mains Criticized. Garrett criticized the size of water mains which Arlington County is ex- tending into the disputed territory, declaring that “nothing less than a 12- inch main is sufficient to carry the need of this community.” He said the mains now being laid are 8 inches in diameter. Miss Fannle Carter, superintendent of the Alexandria Hospital, testified that 161 cases from that portion of Arlington County included in the an- nexation plan had been admitted to the hospital up to November 15. Under close examination, however, she told the court she had only a general idea of the territory in question and last | W. start at 5:30 p.m., when there will be a concert of Christmas music by the United States Marine Band. This will last for half an hour. At the conclusion of the concert President Coolidge will light the tree. Simul- taneously a flare bomb will be sent into the evening sky above the ellipse. This will be the signal awaited by the bell ringers in all the city’s churches. Boy Scout buglers also will sound a clarion announcement of the lighting. A group of colored choristers, gath- ered about the tree, then will give a short program of Christmas carols. The lllumination and decoration of the tree this year will be more elab- orate than every before. The lighting has been undertaken by the Electric League of Washington in co-operation with the General Electric Co., which is sending to Washington two expert illuminating engineers. Jewels Adorn Tree. In addition to 500 new bulbs of great beauty the tree will be adorned with 2,000 jewels loaned by D'Arcy Ryan of the General Electric Co. and lighted by two giant searchlights. These jewels, known as novagems, were originated by Mr. Ryan for use at the Panama Pacific international exposition in 1915, and are an exact replica of a “rosecut” diamond, made in Australia. At the exposition 100,000 of these gems were used to cover the famous “tower of dlamonds.” Since that time they have been used in various spec- tacular displays in Washington, in- cluding the arches set up at the limitation of arms conference. The tree will remain lighted at least a week. The work of installation be- gan yesterday under the direction of Mr. Ryan and H. H. Bell of the Gen- eral Eleatric Co. The local lighting committée is headed by T. Lincoln Townsend, as- sisted by L. T. Souder, George Colbeck, H. A. Brooks and R. P. Harrington. The national committee for the lighting of the tree is headed by Rep- resentative F. N. Zihlman. The local executive committee includes Miss Sibyl Baker, director of the Commu- nity Center Department of the public schools, chairman; Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d; Capt. Harris Jones, Mrs. L. Hardy, Mrs. Gabrielle Pelham, George T. Beason, Col. E. L. Mattice, Miss R. Eleanor Lewis and D. H. Johnson, each representing various or- ganizations engaged in local civic ‘work. sald that City Attorney Albert Bryan had helped her check up on the records. Motion by Commonwealth Attorney Gloth to strike out all of her testimony was overruled by the court, only after another flare-up betwene Gloth and Judge Brent. | Gloth objected to being interrupted by Judge Brent before he had a chance to complete his motion and the court then allowed him to pro- ceed with a full statement of his grounds for noting an exception. Judge Howard W. Smith, from the Alexandria Corporation Court, took the stand just before lunch to tell of the character of residences and the subdivision developments in the part of the disputed territory. He de- clared that the financing of the sub- divisions of Mount Ida and Abingdon, located in the disputed territory, was done in Alexandria. Personal Opinions Barred. The court ruled yesterday after- noon that residents of the disputed territory may not give to the court their personal opinions as to the de- sirability or inadvisability of annexa- tion. The decision was not concurred in by Judge Coleman, however. The ruling had the immediate effect of barring witnesses which Alexan- dria had planned to put on the stand to show that business interests of Alexandria favor annexation. Objec- tion to such testimony was made by Crandall Mackey of counsel for Arlington County, and Judges Halsey and Brent sustained the objection. F. 8. McCandlish, associate counsel for Fairfax County, let the court know ‘that Fairfax County did not Join with Arlington County in the objection, and he asked that his county be excepted from the ruling. The court indicated it would grant this request. TEN HOUSE MEMBERS FUNERAL TRAIN ESCORT Party for Senator Jones’ Funeral Will Be Headed by Repre- sentative Morrow. Ten Representatives were named today as an escort on the funeral train of late Senator Andrieus A. Jones, Democrat, New Mexico, which will leave here Sunday for burial services at Las Vegas, N. Mex. The party will be headed by Repre- sentative Morrow, Democrat, New Mexico. The others are Treadway, Massachusetts; Sears, Nebraska; Win- ter, Wyoming, and Colton, Utah, Re- publicans, and Ragon, Arkansas; Mc- Keown and Howard, Oklahoma, and Edgar Howard, Nebraska, and Wil- liams, Texas, Democrats. LY WL GRET HS MOTHER TODAY Lunch Served Her at Tam- pico Before Final Hop . , to Mexico City. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 22—The Mexican Telephone Co. notified the American embassy today that Mrs. Evangeline L. Lindbergh lapdea at Tampico about 11 o'clock this morn- ing, trom Brownsville The message sald that she probably would leave Tampico about 1:30 pm. for Mexico City to join her famous son there for the Christmas holidays. The distance from Tampico to Mexico City is about 200 miles. : Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, the American aviator, who was lunching with former President Obregon at a group of famous pyramids 30 miles distant from Mexico City, planned to come back by automobile to w his_mother. s Present indications are that Lind- bergh will take off Tuesday, December 27, for Guatemala City, probably at an early hour, in the expectation of reaching his destination before dark. The airman himself will not outline his plans in advance, but it is known that he hopes, with good weather, to make a start Tuesday. ® —_— S-4 RESCUE EFFORTS WILL BE EXPEDITED Admiral Andrews Says Work Will Be Continued Rapidly as Possible. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 22.—Rear Ad- miral Philip Andrews, commandant of the First Naval District, declared to- day that in his opinion the work of raising the sunken submarine S-4 should “go right ahead,” so long as conditions permit a continuance of op- erations, whether there is still life aboard the boat or not. In actordance with views expressed by Admiral Hughes, commander-in- chief of the United States fleet, on Sun- day, Admiral Andrews notified Rear Admiral Frank H. Brumby, in com- mand of the salvage fleet at Provinee- ;(:m."thu the work was “to be expe- MEXICO TO SEND NOTES TO NEW YORK BANKERS By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 22.—Be- cause the foreign debt service for the coming year it out of proportion with the economic possibilities of the Mexi- can government the secretary of the treasury has been authorized by Pres- ident Calles to draft a memorandum to the international bankers, the treas- ury department announced today. The memorandum, detailing present conditions, will be delivered in New York by Fernando Diez Barroso and Fernando de la Fuente. They are e: pected to reach New York soon. The treasury department represent- atives will also carry a full report on the financial status of the Mexican government and what was done to cover the debt service during the pres- ent year despite the financial stress. WILL AID REFUGEES. Greece to Pay Fourth of Cost of Transferring Armenians. GENEVA, Switzerland, December 22 (#).—Greece will pay 25 per cent of the cost of transporting Armenian refugees to the proposed Armenian National Home in the Erivan Repub- lic, - the Athenian government in- formed the League of Nations today. The Greek statement expressed the hopes that other countries will help restore tranquillity to_the victims of the war in the Near East. Jugoslavia Bans Direct Taxation. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, December 22 (A).—Direct taxation throughout Jugoslavia, will be abolished ‘progres- sively by 1929, under a measure adopt- ed yesterday by the Jugoslav govern- ment. There has been a great popular g‘:n:nd for this measure for some CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. ‘The Washington City Chiropractors’ Association will meet, 8 -'Em in ! Cleveland School. wi 8. Whitman will deliver an address-and install newly elected officers.” ' Mrs. Frank J. Hamilton wil'give a tea dance, 4 to 7 o'clock, at ths May- flower Hotel. s Mrs. H. H. Adams will give a din- ner dance at the Mayflower Hotel. Col. James 8. Pettit Auxiliary will serve a chicken pie dinner from 4:30 to 8 o'clock at Potomac Bank Building, Wisconsin avenue and M street. James E. Walker Post, No. 26, American Legion, will meet, 9 o'elock, at Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. Elec: tion of officers. : FUTURE. - The Stearns Bible class will meet tomorrow, 1 p.m.. in Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. K. B. Moomaw will be in charge. An_exhibition _of block prints by Harold Hayven Brown and Florence Bradshaw Brown will be held daily from 9 to 4:30 in the Smithsonian Building, until January 2. Miss Frances Hill will give a tea dance tomorrow from § to 7 p-m. at the Mayflower Hotel. The American War Mothers will meet tomorrow, 8 p.m., at the Hamil. ton Hotel. James F. Pierce of Cooley- McCullough Post will speak of “Echoes of the Convention.” The Federation of Civic Assoclations will meet tomorrow, 8 p.m., in board room of the District Building. 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