Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1928, Page 11

HINES IS UPHELD INVETERAN GASE Court Rules Director Can Use His Discretion in Com- pensation Issue. The director of the Veterans' Bu discretion_in a case by a verdict of a ju judgment of the District of Columbia Supreme Court, in an “insurance” case. The District Court of Amwns s0 held vesterday when it reversed j ment of the lower court. grant mandamus against Frank T. Hines, rector compelling him to pay £100 a month total disability, to Jack Welch, former soldier. The Welch case has been before the courts for several vears and Mrs. Madeline Welch. former committee of her husband, conducted the litigation until she was adjudged of unsound mind and committed to St. Elizabeth's Asvlum. Welch is at liberty and his legal status has been restored. Enlisted in 1917, Welch enlisted in the Army, Decem- ber 2 1917, and was honorably dis- charged December 24, 1920, and April | )9 1926, a jury deciared to be nfi und mind and ¢ was red against the ed States for t committee ipensation act, i = that the bureau is und by | e court'’s findings of insanity and perm\nem disability. The lower court sustained that view and granted the ndamus from which Director Hines | 1 through . t Attorney Rove cases which cannot | be reviewed by the court, except for abuse, and points out that the two do not have the same subject matter and estoppel will not lie even though the parties be the same. Judge Graham Rules. Judge William J. Graham, presid- ing judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals, who sat in the case and rendered the opinion, points out that while a soldier may recover insurance although totally and per- manently disabled by his own miscon- duct, to be entitled to compensation his application must negative the claim that his condition is due to his own_misconduct. “Even {f it be conceded,” said Judge | Graham, “that the judgment in the | FECERAL COURT DENIED United | | THE FEVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, V. City Reports 3,000 Deaths in Traffic Within 12 Months are v responsible arming num- believed to be p antinoy 12 months there automobile entalling bed, the pr of the city has ordered the t cops to rain_their gesticula- tions and to sand henceforth mo- ss on their platforms, hold- ing their elbows tight to their sides ling only with their fin- hoped that thus ped he arms of the PROBATION AUTHORITY Supreme Court Holds U. 8. Tribu- nals Have No Right to Re- lease Prisoners. By the Associated Press. Disapproving probations Dr. Frederick A. Cook Glen Murra in Nebr . the Su preme Court held yesterday that Fed- eral courts have no authority to place prisoners on probation after they have begun serving their sentences. Dr. Cook, scldier of fortune and ex plorer st remain in Leavenworth s served about two | e of 14 years and granted n Texas, and to defrawd in connection with oil pro | motion operations ced to three County Jjail | at Omaha upon pleading guilty to the | charge of having violated the Fed eral prohibition law. Both men were granted probation after they had begun serving thelr sentences, over the protest of the Government. Floods Hit East Macedonia. ATHENS, Greece, January 4 (#).— Severe flonds are reported in the Struma Vallev in eastern Macedonia. Established 18 Years |'smu, 812 F St. | MEMORIAL BRIDGE PlANS UNDER WAY Commission and Fine Arts Body Now Considering West End Areas. With treatment of the eastern end the great Arlington Memortal ze disposed of by the decision to uct a vehicular underpass be- en th> bridgehead and the Lincoln norial, members of the Comm'ssion “ine Arts and the Arlington Memo- al Bridge Commission will turn Fri- day to discussion of steps to be taken to improve and beautify the area at the west end of the bridge in con- nection with the program for improve- ment of the entire Virginia shore be- tween the Highway and Key Bridges | and Columbia Tsland. The west end of the bridge will rest on this island. ! which will eventually become a recrea tion park of approximately 200 acres under plans now before the two com- missions. Members of the Fine Arts body expect to devote much of the time of their monthly meeting Friday to dis cussion of the problems of connecting An Improved Complexion And Admiration Ladies—Are youtroubled withsallow skin, pimples and other face blem- ishes? If the cause is constipation, allthe face creams and skin lotions won’t help you. i You must expel the poisons from the intestines—the bowels must move regularly. Tn CARTER’S LITTLE LIVER PILLS Their action 1s mild, free from pain and not habit forming. Druggists, 25 and 75¢ red packages up the bridge roadway with the pro- posed Mount Vernon boulevard, run. ning south from the bridge to the home of George Washington, on the lower Potomac, and a tle-up with ti Lee Highway, running west through Falls Church into the Valley of Vir- ginin. At the same time the two planning bodies will consider the gen- eral scheme for Potomac River front development along the west bank of the rive Ult ately under plans approved by the War Department, the entire area between the two principal bridges that now connect Washington with nearby Virginia will be beautified and made into a recreation area similar in character to East Potomac Park. Great Plaza Entrance Planned. A scheme for a great plaza en- trance from the wes. to the Arling- ton Bridge has already been drawn up and approved, similar to the treat. ment of the east side, although the underpass on the east side is not necessary on the west bank of the river. Invulved In the west bank C., WEDNESDAY, treatment is remval of the Arling to Experimental Farm, which he moved to another point In or ad) cent to the District of Columbia, pos- sibly near the National Arboretum, on the Mount !lnmll(on nltc PLAN PENSION 'HEARINGS. Committees Expect to Hold Ses- sions This Month. Joint hearings by Senate and House committees on retirement legislation for Government employes probably will be held some time this month, although no date has been decided upon, it was Indicated today by Sena- tor Dale of Vermont, chairman of the Senate civil service committee. The various orgunizations of Fed- eral employes, both in Washington and throughout the country, are re. newing at this session thelr appeal for a maximum annuity of $1,200 and provision for optional retirement after NUARY 4, 1928. 30 years of service. . When the ques- tion was before the Sixty-ninth Con- gress the Houre and Senate committees ma o the hearings foint and it is vir- tually certain that the same course will be followed this year. Edmonston Studio Photographers New Location 1333 F St. N.W. Phone Main 4900 While you are about it, Get a GOOD Picture” CIEETIM 'rURNlTUTllé Free Lectures and Demonstrations by THE WHITE PROPHET Begin Thurs., Jnn. Sth 8 P. Will You? 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