Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1928, Page 2

EVENING STAR, WASIINGTON, D. €, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1928 sTON IN GRIP OF THE SEASON’S HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SENATE VOTES $4 PROBE IN CONGRESS Amended Resolution Sent Back to House—Fight There Is Seen. tions of President | fon | putting itself out of line with the White | tive commis SENATE T0 VOIE ON SHIPPING BILL !Action on Jones Measure, Opposed by President, Set for Monday. WASHIN By the Associated Pross. The Senate, Which more and more is er, the Senate | House, will decide Monday whether it | by a vote of 51 position hall go on record for a Government- | owned merchant marine, in direct op- to the wishes of President | 1 which would | Coolidge. | e President-appoint d | An agreement to bring the Jones > way clear, | shipping bill to a vote on Monday wa his | reached by Se: cted |and fust afterward it was made kno d sal- | at al, how- | ests and he believes that would be made sent Commission Opposed. nator Swan- ady bad asked ti hey argued that d be able to t would judge Dawe the sident will name COMPROMISE PLAN SOUGHT IN SCHEME TO DEVELOP FALLS| hereas the opposite would pre- e case of thase for the power By bringing these two plans vith the resultant dis-| the advantages and each would be it is the hope lw dt‘vgo the comj e or third plan whic would me‘:;s the approval of all parties interested in the matter and be ad- vantageous and of benefit to the public well. “D ng the development of these plans no effort will be made to deter- mine the feasibility or economic value of having @ power project in the area, that matter being left for the determi- nation of the private interests if it should be decided that the power is perior to the park development, or it can be worked into the pro- posed park project: e Cresult of. these supplemental udies of the t¥o projects will be in- cluded in the reporis wi will be filed n the power commission for consid- eration in connection with the appli- tions already on file for preliminary permits to develop the area for power purposes. In the meantime, Maj. Som- ervell's original x‘*flfl. based on hls previous studies, will be held in sbey- &nce, and it was said that 1t will per- haps be June or July before he is ready 1o communicate his findings 10 Federal Power Commission. During ihis period the power commission Will 3 vantages brought_out su that me, awailing and it is not bound by mit wherein it must make 3 he applications. Three Applications Filed. sne of the appli- | h the power | at ring the appli: ion of the Potomac River Corpora- e preliminary permit, the Ba 1on was dug from the fil tiey sent along. Besides 1 o gle an applicalion praneh Power Co.' for iop the Potomac River U. §. Grant, 2d, director blic buildings and pub- nal Capital and ex- al Capital g Commission, the so-calied Po- DE ‘JAI;EP.A HITS CLAIMS OF IRISH PROSPERITY ¥r Presi Retuses 1o Co ¢, Former m grave Visit, RT. United BAND CONCE Herner o i b ek s d o bk, the | these further de- | has | e e leaders yesterday, | n | the White House tha President | Coolidge no merit in the measure He has consistently recomended return of the merchant fieet to private inter- | | virtually impossible under the Jones | bill, particularly one provision of it Personnel Change Seen. | That provision stipulates that unani- s consent of the Shipping Board mbership would be necessary before any of the Government ships could be old to private operators. As President Coolidge sees it. one opposing member of the board would. in fact, constitute a majority, preventing sale of any ships. He believes that a drastic re- ion of the board's personnel would is be made necessary, since one mem- * has consistently voted against such hough the Jones bill. sponsored by ‘man Jones of the commerce com- ce. has met with vigorous opposi- from administration Senators, the | animous consent provision was voted | into the bill by a two-to-one majority. Supporters of the bill. who include v all of the Senate Democrats, to the Repub- nator Johnson of | a for develop- | s sea strength, | opposition, Sc lifornia, making a {ment of the count | commercial and naval. The addition of Johnson was offset, however, by gg}xl'x:\tflr Copeland's opposition to the ill. Joins With Bingham. The New York Democrat j | Bingham, Republican, Connecticut, {attacking the measure as handicapping | private ~interests in the shipping | industry. Senator Bingham offered a resolution. {which was accepted, requesting the | Shipping Board to give details of the proposal of the Trans-Oceanic Corpora- tion to build six transatlantic liners on | funds borrowed from the Government. | It passed with an amendment by Sen- ator Walsh. Democrat, Massachusetts, | | asking for information on the financial | | structure of the corporation. | ATTACKS JONES BILL. ed with | in ¢ U. S. Chamber of Commerce Decries Federal Ownership of Vessels. ‘The Chamber of Commerce of the United States opposes proposals to launch the Federal Government upon another period of ship-owning and ship- building. Lewis E. Pierson, president of the chamber, issued a statement to- day declaring that “after our disastrous experience with a Government-owned merchant marine American business cannot help viewing with grave mis- giving the revival of efforts to declare as national shipping policy the per- | nicious principle of Government owner- i ship.” The Jones merchant marinz bill | now before the Senate would have this effect, he said. “Neither in theory nor in practice can this principle be defended. Our experience with Gevernment operation has been unsatisfactory. It has cost the people a vast amount of money | with poor results. We cannot retrieve our position on the seas by plunging still ‘more recklessly upon a program of merchant ship building on Govern- ment account, and the longer we cling to this doctrine that business cannot manage its own affairs, the more ob- scure becomes the prospect of giving | to our merchant shipping the vitality | of private Initiative and enterprise. “The Jones bill, if made into law. j Would constitute a reversal of the busi- | ness spirit of the times.” e NON-SINKABLE SUIT FOR FLYERS TESTED, James T. Clark, former chief petty | officer and champion parachute jumper | at the Naval Air Station, now a civilian parachute expert at the Naval Alrcraft | Pactory, gave an flluminating demon- | stration of & nonsinkable fiying suit at | the station yesterday afternoon befere a group of Congressional and Army and Navy officiais The sult is designed primarily for i pliots fiying over water and its non- | sinkable qualities enable plane occeu- | pants o employ parachutes without | danger of drowning. Clark jumped | from a De Haviland iand plane piloted by Lieut. Barnett Talbott at an tude of 2,000 f and he floated |down to the water'’s edge he unfas- tened his harness and jumped free of | it Just before he struck. This preven | him from becoming 1. d in the shroud lines of chute. vy boal brought him ashore and d dry clothing under proot of its water- inkable qualities, Clark w0 the Anacostia and d around” for about 20 minutes | p water. The sult 18 of a rub- | nposttion and has a built-in ka- which given it buoyancy. ry has nov sdopted the gar- as yet, but its fiyers who spend of their time over the water, are | ided with kapok vests to prevent | from sinking in the event they }in waler with their parachutes | | | furthe: SEEKS MORé TEACHERS. 28 ) et governor nd e ned 16 return W the United Ly W reeruit Ame Philippine schools. | witendent of pub Philippines. He so0n WK CONVEnient after of the new | Inson Eugene | of i Lerd ANILA Gllmore Jay Foulois Is Confirmed Col, Ben- tant chiet frmed lat 1t hid i Jteed nomination of Lieut Chsirman paitiee for several nvestigation. Foulols will vank of bogadier general Device ]nvcntcd to I HICKMAN HEARING Upper left: A snowplow of one of the railway companies doing a good job i n keeping the service open. Right: A typical scene as citizens work. Lower, left: Members of the street cleaning department, morning after the night before. in an effort to clear the streets of the snow, are shown dumping a load down a manhole. icked their way to Right: The REGESSES IN SNARL Defense Springs Surprise by‘ Accepting Jury, Blocking | State’s Right to Challenge. By the Assoriated Pre LOS ANGELES, January 28—A legal snarl today left the Willam Edward Hickman sanity trial in confusion over the court’s weck end recess The legal tangle, developing in the| closing minutes of 3 lefs nine men and thr nically accepted as the jury sou determine whether the ~Kidnaper slayer of Marian Parker could di guish between right and wrong. not one of the jurors was ¢ tain he would retain his seat long the opening of court Monday. The mix-up apparently left the prosc- cution with 16 peremptory challeng but it was not certain that it could use them and not quite decided whether it | desired to exercise them if permmitted to | do s0. And the defense had on its hands | four peremptory challenges, whieh may or may not be usable. The kinks in the law resulted when the prosecution passed the of the jury to the defense. ar ; man’s atiorney surprised the court by quickly accepting the jury The move brought Dis Asa Keyes out of his c request that the pros challenge if it day's session, women tech- | it stiil might red Monday. Je- ar-old chief defen and the | ended to | same privilege: the prosecution. Although the fury technicall ted by both sides, Trabucco ordered that the 1 not be sworn. Monday, would rule on the prosec declaring: “Both sides woul alike tn the matter. At the close of court Keyes sald he wasn't quite sure whether he desired to challenge any juror. The defense torneys said the jury was satic W them All ot rors are well Into or p P, The three women gave their occupi- tions as housewives Two are hafred. Only four of th from Los Angeles prope coming from surburba by cities of the The jury Angeles; Maurice Virgin had &J ) talesmen said, he 5 request be treated e . Log wmbra; ate; 2 tra Madre ert L. Bowman, Lot Angeles; A Rickett, Pomona; Edward Venables Hermosa Beach; J. A. Ruggles, Loy An- | geles; Howard Ske , Whittier, How- | rd Atkinson, Long Beach dson Burch, Whittier, and ah a Roach, Los Angeles Every juror now in the box has de- clared under questionir that he had read of the Hickman case In the new papers. Five of them said they had furmed oplnlon: “r It of thelr NEVSpaper re but could +1t on the jury with ) pen mind F WVen prospective Jurors were questioned re challenged by the defens, | by the prosecution and the rest, | with the exception of the 12, were dis- | missed for case, . | Stanley Company Elects Head. PHILADELPHIA 28 Irving D Rosshelin, et of Staniey Co. of Amerk esterday win elected president, succeeding John J MeGuirk, who becomes chaltman of the board of directors The Btanley compe hundred motdon picture theaters in varlous country Janun, Il t th | Controly sey el ey tons of Would Limit Dry Law Penalty An smendment W e tlimiting Ui nutacture, sl dngson it on catlug Bgiuors W a fine of five yenrs' dmorisonment or eachi offense 15 proposed i a enintor s, Btepublican | | i Ity for 1 | or cxportation of Intoxi $10.000 o1 oth bl by Wil i lclp Farm Hand With Weak Back May Bring Fortune kg i [ AVICHELL complaint of & fain Avsciieted Prose Dk, Jununry 1A of 0 de Lk prompled Bving 6 mile erlig B a iy ead ' 1 { wrs viere yranted him A et The boanutler ol e da 2 In June s G dassr Lkippiks n L S4U-paie b ek enr b and Uhat he | 1024, | sl that he wa Dk Uying Lo sleer Uie inadhibie M Polue wasn't s keen about [ e and “haw ariangements of ‘ v, b he ordered tie Diacksmith ehop shfting of the thrawing the leit with case e by Polus Polus wsdd today that seversl mani ficturers of farm Bnplements have Gpened negotbons for manulaclning thie cultivater, . breaking his o hi i | wheels gt o len of o the proh angles machine was 1he | ber | action portation, | for | the | the | machine | CHARLES J. GOOCH DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Funeral Services to Be Held Here Monday for Patent Attorney. Charles J. Gooch, 79 years old, coun- r in patent cases, died in the Har- t Lane Home here yesterday after a ng illness. Mr. Gooch was active in church and ernal circles. He was for 30 years 'mber of the First Congregational Church and later joined the Trinity Episcopal Church, in Takoma Park, at one time serving as a member of the vestry. He was a life member of Co- lumbia Lodge of Masons and a mem- of Mount Vernon Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He was born in London, came to this cour when a young d by his widow, Mrs. Gooch, and a daughter, L. Gooch al services will be conducted in ohn R. Wright funeral lors nday morning 10 o'clock. Inter- ent wili be in Rock Creek Cemetery. LA, WOMEN TAKE PART INWARD CLUB RioT 300 Stage Free-for-All in Chicago—Police Nab 12 Participants. By the 1 Pre CHICAGO, January 28 —Those who speak of ward polides as passe should have seen the fists, pistols, chairs and other furniture fly last night at the Fiftieth Ward Republican Club. Long after 300 men and women had fought all over the place, and long after 50 policemen, answering riot calls, had arrested a dozen men and women, George Mechan, club president,, placed a sore right hand to the four stitches i his scalp and announced: “The Republicans of the ard will remain united.” elve women swoonied, but even they as much about what caused the ruction as the 300 who remained con- for the riot got started with the fechan's mallet calling the ) order., Editor Is Blamed, Police blamed the ley, editor of vspaper, in which b a demand that the like Gaul, Into thre he indicated 1 sery der. had a front row seat. Mee- vl had no sooner fallen \ley was on his feet demand- recognition. Meehan, who s awligned with the Mayor ‘Thomp-= Teepublican faction, outshouted teling him he' was out of fiftieth i of ting trouble on B. J a neighberhood ecently printed word be divided, parts, one of which would be willing to g closel son Shanley, onfusing some who of withesses 1s There are Testimony from that po | snid Shanley refused to be out of order, advancing toward the ade clear to police. t this Ume there aro: one elly, & pollcemn 1 that fotllowed thereupon. ‘The tiot quad wis told o few minutes later that Kelly had drawn his pistol and felled President Mechan with i blow, Meehan Is Felled. responsible, Meehan four stitches ‘The nght With Mee- found but he platform. however, cvon Iowas 1 b rick Whoever felled taken then becume nan hors de combat, Bhanley Bimself at the Speaker's stand, there only until Police Licut, Mar- McCormick, wearlng two bluck wequited i Bl militant advance wnditorium, could reach the | platfor Police Betgt. Koy Stoffe wrrounded by rloters, pulled his ¥ | volver and threatened to shoot unle [ 1ie be permitted to go to the Heutenant's ald “Then [ women wnd 10 arped with o eiting to 1ot ane of those hicld ftichard Prendergast il ely brutsed penrance of others was clearly Hive to the most casunl observer hey bad nob been attending a i ent was as witness the in his scalp promiseuous tiom he the 1ot squad. Two men were werested ailt and battery and Policeman Kelly was ward committee Ihe ap Indiea thnt Pk was the only one wnd he was there to have the four Mechan L hospitald, long enough a Lakon, fdent Disabled Ship Nears NORFOLIC, Va, January The Const Ghinrd — eutler Mascoutin veached lower Chiesapeakie Hay yestor Any with the ridderiess steamer Diana Tar, which shie pleked up wt sea after slewtner hid broken away from durinie the storm Tuesday night Tie Disni 18 hound fo Baltnors (o Bave w oisw Judder dstaeds Port. ey MOST AIR DEATHS LAID TO PERSONNEL rience Blamed for 80 Per Cent of Tragedies. By tha Associated Press. Eighty per cent of the fatalities in naval aviation since 1921 have been traced directly to personnel. The Bu- reau of Aeronautics, in making this announcement af an exhaustive study of the causes of airplane ace dents, said, however, that an tmprove- ment of 340 per cent in the six years was shown as the result of natural evolution in aviation. The leading causes of personnel failure were found to be bad ju@gment and inexperfence. The safest pro- cedure for a pilot, the bureau said, is to permit him to fly as frequently as pos- sible, Sees Rapid Improvement. The study was made in an effort to detect the most frequent causes and it was hoped that more rapid improve- ment could be obtained. It was established by the bureau that the type of plane with a welded steel fuselage is 75 per cent safer in a crash than those made of wood and wire- bracing. It was found that when a mission was such as to require caution, the records show that pilots “have risen to the occasion with a record of only a few accidents.” More than two-thirds of the crashes resulting from engine failures werc found not to be a fundamental fault of the power plant, but to faulty opera- tion, maintenance or inspection. Experience Prime Factor. Experience was shown to be the prime factor in the efficiency of the individ- ual pilot. Pilots with an average fly- ing time of 400 hours had 40 per cent the form Pilots with 1,500 fiying hours had & 75 per cent reduction in crash probability than those having 400 hours flying time. Drawing the concluslon that in- creased fiying Ume for the pilots was economical both of life and o was to be gh ven opportunity for more fughts, ' ¢ Guest at Supper—To Aban- don Tours, Iy the Associated Pre INDIANAPOLIS, January 28.—The sixty-sixth birthday of Walter Dam- rosch, conductor of the New York Sym- phony Orchestra, will be celebrated here Monday night at a supper follow- ing his appearance here in concert Hugh McK. Landon, Indianapolis banker and chatrman of the board of the Indlanapolls Symphony Society will preside at the ceremony. The vet- eran musteal conductor will be pr sented with & seven-foot wreath and a huge birthday cake decorated with 66 candles. When the golden jubilee tour is end- ed, within u few weeks, Mr. Damrosch ntends to devote most of his time to musical lectures over the radio. He has found In the radio, he says, the ideal nstrument to carry the story of music and of the great composers into the hills_and the backwoods communities which ure shut off from contact with o fine arts, Plane Believed Afire Only Usi New Piston Rings By tha Associated ¥ CHARLESTON, 8, C, January 20 Everelt. Willlams o “Spartanburg artived here yosterday afternoon by atiplane from his home city. He came by way of Columbla, fiying in W direction that took him over portion of the Santee River Swamp. Willlams stated that ho was ustig new platon Hngs on s plane and w lght ofl, and that his motor re- peatedly choked and emitted quantity of dense smoke. Near the entranve of the Hantee Canal, i the vieinity of Ferguson, Willlama satd he passed over a forest fre of con- siderable |ll‘uLm|lhm:| which sent up W heavy smoke, vendering his plane tvisible from the ground, and this I conjunction with the heavy smoke soreent from his plane gave vise (o bellef by onlookers from the ground that his plane was afive No other plane 13 kinwn here to Liave heen iy this section at the tine ob Whe deported crealy of win Al Rkeee. 4 Bad Judgment and Inexpe-| fewer crashes than those with only 100 | hours, despite the increased hazards of | material, | the bureau announced that every pilot | DAMROSCH TO CELEBRATE | 66TH BIRTHDAY IN WEST| Veteran Orchestra Leader Will Be ! ATLANTIC GALES DELAY | Ships Notify Agents They Will Not Arrive on Time. NEW YORK, Ja 28.—Eighteen ships at sea yesterday wirelessed their agents that they would be unable to | make port on scheduled time, because of the gale which ttravelled out on the Atlantic, after causing havoc up and down the Atlantic seaboard Wednesda Most of the liners notified their own- ! ers that they would be more than a day late. They reported that the winds which assailed them earl had abated. but that this storm had so retarded their speed that they could | not make up their schedules. For almast a week none of the transatlantic liners | has docked on tim FEDERATION URGES §120 POLIGE RAISE for Bluecoats and Fire- men of Capital. A blanket increase of $120 a year for members of the Polic d Fire Departments in leu of the $300 pro- vided in_the Blanton bill was urged by the Federation of Civic Associa- | tions at a meeting last night in the boardroom of the District Building Action was taken on motion of Georg T. Besson. & member of the Citizens' Advisory Council, which will meet to- | night fo consider the fire and police pay increase bills now pending before Congress Opposition to the proposed $300 in- crease was registered by George W | Jackson, chairman of the federation's | committee on legislation, and several others. Al opposition was withdrawn tion. The fed creation of s mbers of out tion also authorized the special comm ying citizens’ 1 areas alleged to have been nes ted over a period of years by | Commisstoners, despite Tepeate for improveme The re the survey will be made the G the Hou ‘The Capper bill provid ge for the District w spectal committee composed of . Payne. Dr. Charles H. Marshall, and Dr, J. J. Porter, referred to Fearless Rats Forage for Food. LONDON, January 28 (#)—R which the recent floods have driven from the riverside. ous menace in South Lambeth It was reported today that rod suffering from hu had invaded living rooms of houses in the day in Conroy stroet in search of food, even though people. were in rooms night the rats enter bedrooms and te rify the occupa; Todge Marks Anuniversary. Special Dispateh to The Star, BOWIE, Md, January Harding Todge, Independent Order of Odd Fel lows, colebrated its fourth annty Wednesday night. A number of past grand offic were present, The third dogreo was conferred on Qibert Y Smith, tollowing which the lodge was entertatned by members of the Grand Lodgo of Washington 18 LINERS’ SCHEDULES er in the week | the | have become a seri- | BAHAMIAS MAY ASK 05 ANGELES BACK, AFTER SEA L ANDING TRIALOFU.S. GUARDi Nesle Conviction Expected Giant Dirigihle Completes | | to Reopen Negotiations for Surrender of Christensen. Great Feat by Alighting on Airplane Carrier. P7 the Assnclated Prevs, | | | LAKEHURST, January # | tional negotiations loome possible sequel to th | lonial Supreme Co Nesle, former Ut ent, found ¢ | property—part of a rum boat cized by American Coast Guardsm AT the Bahaman shore Although formal pa been forwarde 1 cxpected that extrad asked for Larry Christensen, co {er of the Coast Guard boa the capture last September | Justice Beatty.. in chargin Vesterday, said it had been ¢ clusiy oved | Chiristensen were [ planning to approg { cargo.” able Rehearsed on Paj as a la; per. that | ance, aiting outcome case. The chief justice told the evidence prove within _the Christensen, attached to the ndina, Fla rd officer: quotes tensen Gets Year's Sentence, In vesterday's trial, ch ceny against Nesle were his sentence for rece erty was announced as o | | | ning with his origi after the capture of the rum The liquor involved, ¢ trial as evidence, was f home on Cat Cay, a Brit lead that the ish he liquor was from a sses failed Billard Says Coast Guard Will Stand by Officer Wanted in Bahamas. WASHINGTON. January 28 Coast Guard officials are that La one of rday by Chief Jus au, ourt he cargo is still in ser ard, commandant d, said and the colonial cou “In opir continued by the rum-rur the Coast Guard.’ 'FIVE SNOWPLOWS {Citizens Oppose $300 Boost| Tie-Up Averted, Though Lee High- way Survey by Engineers Is Delayed. CLARENDON. Va., J | snow plows of o | depas were put | i = s Record for i " fale with the adoption of the Beason mo-/| o ot received a s he work of & party of county b A, S. Hays ers, said it 15 plan: | face the road for a width of 27 fe is understood that an de to get an 80-foot road through the cou and pros verients along this s eliminate seve n ot the Water, PRESENTED. ° Art Clud of St ¢ in Dramatic Mark's Two Dy ane- ntzhit at the parist “hureh, Third and A s he Potboile and “Matinata, were given | In the east af taking were |wuerite Barnes, { O'Danne, v ek and i “Mati Glngr Stmonds, Lawrencoe Cook, o Graves, € herine Covk. Leady At were acted by o atherine Cook and Qv | Two Bluecoats Trail Scix;)o] Burgfln; By Bloodstain Rloodstains and & plle &f bedding, canned goods and tools, piled just in- slde the door of Bell Behoul, Hecond street between 1D and ® streets south- Lwest, discloscd ® burglar's tratl to BPo- Heomen J, (L Middlethon and 3 J Hunter of the fouth precinet early this morning, | Middlethon and Hunter were stroll. g pust the school abont 3 oelk, when they aaw the fiont door open They went tnstde and found the plle of stuff, and & minute later the handle of ane of the tools revealed & blood- atatn, The pollcemen declded ta search the butlding, but found nothing ‘Then they declded to scour the vielnity to find the meaning of the atat [roomy 1 Honth Washingion opened and Atiddiethon and Hunter enteredThey faed thelt gases on half & dosen vol oved patrons At one they looked hrder than the test. He was holding his hand out of sight. They demanded Al hour fater the door of & haneh- | on Handle of Tool 1 fififififi N i N An examination of the N cuts and Wlood wpon 1t A search of the ma who satd he was William T, Harris, 233 1 southwest, revealed soverat WK and & spoke shave, aticged © hav Been removed fram Wt sehool. HAETa was said o have ad mitted that he took (he AN Was Deating a retreat when men entered the butlding, arvatgned Manday The home of Styvester Thamas IC street southeast, wis vausacked | nlght and jewelry and clothing val AL $100 Were slolen. Butrance was BAEd DY renmoving a serven. Miss Mar el Hurne, 921 New Hamp shive avenue. teported the ks of weat g apparel valued ata $110. The ok Ing was taken from her home day night Ransacking of & san Siore At G40 Hecohd streel nrtheas Phusday DiEDE was tepocied o patic {2 the ninth precinet st night, Notw Was slolen, il and tound article the pat He will be FORRIGN. N e dae ) Tvamy T am, Gvenw s Aty Chi Yo, R L3 ana, & - iy