Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1928, Page 2

131 BAR ASPIRANTS PASS LOCAL TESTS 120 Men and 11 Women May Be Permitted to Begin Practice in March. One hiindred and twenty men and 11 women of the 289 who took the District bar evamination in December success- fully passed the test. it was announced todav by John Paul Earnest, chairman ©of *he examination committee. Should no objections on moral grounds reacn the committee the successful can- didates will be permitted to begin the practice of law early in March. The “ollowing is the list of successful | o B Aronowsky. Chauncey D. . Ralph L. Bailey. p Block, George ien. Joseph C. Boyle, Ray- haw, Peter F. Brogan, Eliza Alfred Lytle Burdine, James F. Callahan, N Carter. Louis J. Carusillo, Mar- S Cascy, Manderson Cestle, 3 Donald ‘haney, Lyman M. Chipman, W y Wallace Cochran, Beverler Mosby Coleman. Morton Oscar v Perfield Connor, James r. George Burton Cowles, udille, Newell George Hutley. Alden E ve. Rodger Ray Kaufl- . Joseph Khotim= ge. Joseph James A. Langsion. ce., Randolph Harold E. icBane. McCadden, Harold D. R. McCrady. Charles Thomas H. McGregor, NclIne . Geotge G. McLeish, G. Mcleod. William F. McNutt, Edward J. McQuade. Carleton W. Aever. Lawrence J. Mills, jr.; Clarence W. Moore. Roger D. Moore, May M. Murphy. John Francis O'Brien, Joseph Austin O'Brien. Edmond C, O'Hanra- han, Roy A. Porterfield, Forrest A, De Long. Youls Yorke de | Zychlin: b e <ki. John Frank Dirks, John J. Vincent P._ Downey. Leo K. Ralph P. Dunn. Solomon H. an, Martha Lillian Felix, Roy scher, J. Howard Flint. Walter C. an, Frank Walsh Glenn, Nina Harris, Paul D. Helfrich, Ernest n Henry, Everett B. Hickerson| Lucile Hines, John R. Hobson. Schneider. Paul A. Sebastian, Thomas J_ Sheridan, Joseph M. Silverman, Wil- liam Montgomery Smith, jr.. James William Sommerville. Roy M. Stock- man, Edward D. Swinburne, John A. Talbot, Clvde A. Tolson. J. Mark Trice, Frederick H. Untiedt, W. Edwin Waite, Hryman Waldman. Robert Prancis Wal- dron, James A. Walsh. Aubrey St. Cl | John F. McCabe, | | plained, was designed to permit men | to breathe while rising to the surface | of the water. Admiral Bueret said that D Residents of Rhode Island, Massachu- setts, New York and Georgia. claiming to be the heirs-at-law and next of kin of John Quincy Adams, President of the United States, who died in 1848, today filed suit in the District of Columbia Supreme Court to recover real estate in Washington formerly used as a burying round by the Colored Union Benevolent Association. Sold to the assoclation for $2,500 in 1870, the land now is said to be worth $285.000. The petitioners claim that since the association abandoned the property, lo- cated near the Calvert street entrance to the Zoo, some years ago for the uses | for which it was prchased, the land. according to an opinion of the United States Supreme Court, reverts to the heirs of the original owners. The plaintifis are John Quincy| Adams Johnson and William C. J. Doo- little of New York. Eben S. Doolittle of Rhode Island, Charles A. Doolittle of Georgia and Erskine Clement. jr..and Louise C. Clement of Massachusetts. NAVAL NEGLIGENCE CITED AT HEARING |Britten and Vinson Score Failure to Adopt Safety Submarine Helmet. | By the Associated Press. Two House naval committee mem- bers, Britten of Illinois, Republican, and Vinson of Georgia, Democrat, join- ed at a committees hearing today in accusing the Navy of failure by the department to provide proper “safety helmets™” for men attempting to escape from sunken submarines. * During the testimony of Rear Ad- miral J. D. Bueret, chief constructor of the Navy, Britten declared that ‘“the department was overlooking a bet” in failing to adopt the helmet as standard submarine equipment, while Vinson ar- gued the department has been “some- what negligent” in not investigating more thoroughly the advisability of on the pretext that they protect the in- using helmets. Bueret testified that the department had been studying helmets of various tvpes, but had been unable to find one regarded as suitabie. The submarine helmet, it was ex-| | when such a helmet proved itself, it | would be adopted by the Na: C. L. LAWRANCE GETS AERONAUTIC TROPHY lair Wardwell, Leon A. White, Lous Leo ‘Whitestone, William Vallie Whitting- tn, Robert Boal Wickes, v.;::u B;' Wiley. Bernard Montgomery 3 - nard J. Woods, Howard’La Mar Wyand, Yasmer, Prederick Ewin Youngman, Burnham Yung-Kwal and Manuel G. Zamora. HOUSE MEMBERS PUSH RETIREMENT 'Cmg from First Page.) bearing on the provisions of the Lekl- told the committee that the Stx?y‘-fi;hr.h Congress. Edward J. Gainor. national president of Letter Carriers, with 54,000 largest organization in service, with more persons on the re- tirement role than any other unit, urged liberalization of retirement law eiong common-sense lines as recor:- mended at the national convention of his tion. Letter s presented a brief in support of the re- tirement provisions recommended by the iwenty-sixth national convention of that sssociation, for a maximum of $1,200, v they ask that it be set at 58 years. They 8l ask for an increase in annuity W the veterans who have already retired. “The executive committee of the associa- tion heartily indorsed the Lehlbach bill Cites Hardships. Beveral members of the civil service eommittee discussed with the speaker the question of men who have been re- tired for Oisablilty and recovered their health, indicating & zal 1 do Justice in such cases where the present law is shown 10 be working & haréship, sz was calied to the attention of the commit- Ve by severnl specific cases mentioned &1 the hearing today. s | season may be arranged at this time, 1927 Award Given Developer of Air-Cooled Engine of Trans- ocean Flights. By the Associated Press ‘The Collier trophy for 1927 was awarded by the National Aeronautical Association today to Charles L. Law- rance for his work in developing the air-cooled engine. ‘The award is made annually for “the greatest achievement in aviation in America, the vajue of which has been demonstrated by actual use during the preceding ¥ Lawrance, the association said, was the “pioneer in the development »f the air-cooled in America.” The model of the present Wright original gh:r'lzl;tnd engine was designed by mm‘ “His far-sightedness for the future THE EVENING escendants of John Quincy Adams Sue to Get Back Land Used as Cemetery Besides the corporation there are named as defendants George E. Emmons, Harry A. Clarke and Whitefield McKinlay, trustees. Through Attorneys Wilton J. Lam- bert, Rudolph H. Yeatman and George D. Horning, jr, the plaintiffs say they are descendants of Mary Louisa Adams, ?mndd:\ughu‘r of the former President, for whose benefit the property in que: tion was devised by the will of Presi- dent Adams. The property was con- veyed to trustees for the benefit of the benevolent organization April 1, 1870, and was used for a burying ground until about 1889, when it was abandoned by direction of the Health Department and is not now being used. Congress recently authorized the dis- solution of the corporation, and a suit to carry out this purpose is pending in the District Supreme Court. The court auditor, it is stated, has made a report in which he attempts to name the persons entitled to share in the sale of the assets of the corporation, but makes no mention of the former owners of the land, which is claimed l(n revert under the operation of the aw. 13610 15 ASKED FOR WAR COLLEGE $5,220 More Requested to In- crease Staff Preparing Army History of War. | The sum of $73,610 is asked by the | Army War College for expenses for the ! fiscal year 1929, a little more than | $5,000 more than for the present fiscal | year, according to testimony before a subcommittee of the House appropria- tions committee, considering the War Department appropriation _bill. | Describing the War College as an | institution for training specially select- ed officers for posts of high respon- sibility in the Army, for positions of high command and staff, and for gen- eral staff duty and corps area com- mands, Lieut. Col. J. J. Fulmer, execu- tive officer of the college, said the officers selected for the War College course are usually chosen from the graduates of the staff school at Fort Leaven- worth. The faculty consists of 15 Army officers, two Naval officers, the com- | mandant, the assistant commandant | and the executive officer. 90 Officers Now Enrolled. Nearly 90 officers of the Army, Navy | and Marine Corps are now enrolled in | the courses, which engage the services | of military men and civilian special- | ists in lectures on various subjects al- lied to military usage. Col. Fulmer explained that the re- quested increase of $5,220 in the appro- priation for 1929 over the present year is due to an increase in personnel to make historical studies in connection ;n.h preparation of the World War his- Ty. Col. C. A. Bach is in charge of prepa- ration of a series of monographs—62 in all—dealing with all the military activities of the United States during the war. The work was undertaken in 1926 and progressed slowly. because of the limited staff available and the need for absolute authenticity. Since 1926, 10 additional officers have been | delegated to the work, and Col. Bach told the committee the work could prob- ably be finished in eight years. Germany Doing Similar Work. Germany has 24 officers at work on | a similar history, who have turned out five volumes, while Col. Bach said the United States officers have not turned out any. Each monograph. Col. Bach said. will run from 25000 to 40.000 words. Eleven officers are now engaged in the work, of whom nine are in this country and two abroad. The war history. Col. Bach explained. will not deal with anything but the| military end of the war. since it will be impossible to divorce from ! mili- tary project the story of the economic effort and the industrial effort whien took place bearing directly upon the military effort. The naval end will be of aviation in this country, and his un- energy in the development of this engine,” the announcement added, “has brought it to its present state of ection.” was used on most of the big over-water flights last year. PRESIDENT AVOIDS ROW. | Executive Takes No Action | Army-Navy Foot Ball Break. President Coolidge has taken no action looking toward a settlement of the controversy over the Army-Navy foot ball game, according o a statement made at the White House today. There was no indication at the executive offices that the President intends to take a hand in the matter. Members of, Congress interested in patching up e differences between Annapolis and West Point, so that the schedule of games for the next foot ball in have suggested that the President as commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy could issue an executive order directing that the annual foot ball game between the Naval Aca'emy and the Military Academy be played. and that he could fix the basis upon which men would be allowed to play on the West Point team, | HELD FOR FAKE ORDER. ey should be 11l they can able position Members of the eommitice also dis- cussed @ recorumendation made by Mr. ¥ trat the annuity pey should be e wversge 10r the past five r than on s last 10 years years, as a result of efwr-war anflaton, ine Government found it pecessary v materislly in- Cremse ine salaries of employes T do Justs who have because in ] ning years Leeme smewhat incepecated WhHich Uiey were reduced % Jepresentative Bmith commended that the annul- be based on any five years ¢ rather than on the last five Lomight e st o reduced Fisherty, president of the Federation of Pow. Office O wecrelary of the joint eon e on Tetrement quowd former wuster Generol Wil Hays end Dr et Work in support of the prin- Cipie wvolved in the weltare bl He VoA the €Vl service commitiee it enacument of e measure will improve Uie morsle of Uie postal eervice and Uit Federal eervice generally COASTING COSTS $2. Thomes Grimes Besches Court Too Late 1o Cleim Collatresl. Thomas E. Grimes, one of the four boye srrested by Policeman W. C. Con- por of twe seventh precinct Sunday sULE on Massechiuselte svenue arty-fourth place, 0 violstion of ouly one W sppear in % morning o an et teral returned huywever, and ruled thet i he an hour late Lsanc R Hiut want e i for it on \ime yerueraay must stend. e furteltuie of [ & | Buspect Captured in Cigar Com-, pany’s Trap. Having been robbed of smoking ma- terial several times by persons tele- | phoning fake orders, employes of the | Capital Cigar and Tobacco Co., at 602 | Pennsylvania avenue, this afternoon [ kept tah on an individual who tele- | phoned such an order and caused hit | arrest in front of Police Court by De- tectives Brodke and Collins | " The dewctives were nearby when the | store porter made the delivery, and the {yulmz man placed under arrest was | chisels were taken from him. He gave handled by the Navy. BLUECOAT TO FIGHT CHARGE OF ASSAULT| Policeman K. 0. Speiss Denies He | Struck Prisoner in Making ‘ Arrest. Charged with an assault on Cornelius | Ray. colored, 414 I street, Policeman | Karl O. Speiss of the sixth precinct, | pleaded not guilty before Judge Rob ert E. Mattingly in Police Court today | and demanded a jury trial, | The assault is “alleged to have oc- | curred Jast Tuesday afternoon at Ray's home, wien he was arrested on an in- vestigation charge. y says that he hurt his hand at the Union Storage Co., 705 Florida ave- nue, ‘where he worked, Tuesday morn- ing, and was forced to go home. Ac- cording to his story, he was fumbling for his key at the door when Spelss | came up and asked him how he injured his hand. Ray says that he told the | officer and then Speiss asked where | he worked, Ray says he again replied | #and Spelss then called him a lar and | hit him in the mouth with his fist, and | dragged him to No. 6 prectnct station. | At No. 6 the origin of Ray’s injury was investigated and found to be as he claimed. He was sent to Sibley Hos- | pital for treatment and released Spess denied that he struck the man, and alw told Assistant United States Attorney Ralph Given, who is handling the ease, that Ray refused to tell him how he hurt his hand and ordered him out of the front yard According to | sment, Ray pushed him with | bow, hit him on the back of the hesd with his hand and then Speiss seized him by the back of the neck and 1ok him to the patrol box. He called the patrol and Ray was taken to the station Only when he had gotten Ray almost to the patrol box did the colored taken U police headquarters, where L%o the name of George Prager and sald he was from Baltmore man tell him how he recetved the in- jury to his hand, Bpelss says. | e | | By the Associana NEW YORK, Janusry 31-—Mayor | “Bowsy” Gillis, who through his quips | has brought much publicity W his home own of Newburyport, Mass . was home- ward bound today, defeated 16 8 com- bat of wisecracks with Mayor Jemes J Walker “Jymey” hud called st City Hall W pay hils respects. New York's meyor like & ring cham- pion, kept bis opponent nervously ewaiting his errival, then ok the offensive from the start “D6 1 obwerve your entoursye?” | Mayor Walker inquired, referring o e hilf @ hundred reporters and pho- U B heTe “Bowy” conntered with & grin “Burrounded by your proselyues were, eh?” continued Mayor Walk 1 Newburyport mayor aidn't even s it bad enough 1 Wok the ofleusive, i point “momentarily Bossyl' Gillis Loses Wisecrack Bout: l Can’t Stop Jimmy Walker’s Fast Ones sparred casually, “while 1 was in my tub at the hotel, Mayor Diver of Mal- den, Mass, called upon me " Walker, seizing Uie opening, tried 1o put over a knockout. “Ah” he said, “taking @ bath, eh? Now we know what brought you o New York" “Hossy,” sensing defeat, made u final lunge. “Where,” he sald, “is Grover Whalen?” “Grover Whalen,” came back Jinmy, “1s mlways here Lo welcome stiangers, but you're one of the gang " ‘Why,” said “Bossy” In s fast one 'L you finish New York?" He re- ferred Lo the muny streets underyoing repuin “Whet " said Walker, “and hrow “Yesterday,” he | those thousands of men out of wor And then with e smtle of victory b | put over tie one that won e bout 1 dont think we'll finlsh New York” | e satd, “unti) we minex Newburyport | lengthy _argument, STAR, WASHINGTO CONTEMPT CHARGE Counsél Attacks Testimony as First Step Toward Hav- ing Case Dropped. Defense counsel trained their heaviest guns today on the accumulated evidence taken during the contempt proceedings since the opening on December 5 as a preliminary step to a motion to dis- miss the charges of jury tampering brought against Harry F. Sinclair, Wil- liam J. Burns, Henry deun Day and the other three respondents. Maj. Peyton Gordon, United States attorney, paved the way for the crucial test early in the morning by resting the Government's case. From the out- set it was evident um‘:“lnc mu;i(fl o smiss the charges, which will lez T At would hardly be reached before court adjourns this eve- ning. “The principal fight today was staged by George P. Hoover, of counsel for Sinclair, who sought to have the court strike out the record of the original re- ports filed by the Burns operatives on their jury surveillance activities from which “edited” copies mitted to Mr. Day, who was Justice Frederick L. Siddons overruled the motion and ordered these original copies to remain on the record. Court Faces Stiff Task. In view of the five thousand and eight hundred pages of accumulated testimony and the many objections cited by defense attorneys to vital points, a long and tedious day was ahead of the court. All this testimony in dispute had been admitted as sub- ject to a motion to strike it out after the Government had concluded its case. Testimony by Daniel R. Jackson of the Department of Justice, who had made inquiries on behalf of counsel for Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, regarding Horace R. Lamb, was eliminated by order of the court. Government counsel _succeeded in blocking attempts to strike out the identification by Franz M. Dent. a po- lice sergeant, of Operativ Ianiel Mer- ritt, who was seen in tne neighborhood of a juror's home. The conversation wheih took place between the two men, however, was retained in the record. An early struggle took place over two pages of testimony given by “Edwm':l J. Kidwell, the “talkative juror, bout receiving a mysterious tele- his place of business. Maj. at the Burns op- told & phone call at Gordon contended th cratives. on several occasions bad used “pretexts” which had make Kidweil suspicious that he was being shadowed. Mr Hoover argued, however, there was no evidence connecting the telephone call with any one of the respondents, and the court agreed with Lim. Plea for Clark and Day. In asking that the original reports of the Burns operatives be stricken out, Mr. Hoover spoke also in_behalf of Sheldon Clark and Mr. Day. The original réports from which the edited copies were made were sent to W_Sher- man Burns and were admitted pgainst him only. None of the reports can be used as evidence tending ‘to establish charges of jury tampering, intimidation. con- tact, or attempts to influence the oil trial jurors, Mr. Hoover declared Joining in his motion, Charles A Douglas, attorney for the Burns Agency, declared that so far as Sher- man Burns is concerned the original reports were not received by him untl October 31, the day the jury’s sur- veillance ceased. Evidence in the case, he declared, show that William J Burns in no way participated in the jury surveillance or did C. L. Vietsch, manager of the Baltimore agency, who also is a respondent. Veitsch's oniy connection with the case, Douglas claimed, was to transmit expense money from Baltimore. Says Motives Revealed. Nell Burkinshaw, assistant United States attorney, declared it was the contention of the Government that the shadowing by done in pursuance of instructions from Mr. Day, who acted for Mr. Sinclair The original reports, he claimed, shed light on the shadowing operations, be cause each was made at the conclu- sion of the day's work He cited the incident of Frank J O'Reilly, one of the operatives, whé, reported to Charles E. Ruddy. his chief, on his visits to the home of Juror Kidwell, and the barber shop of the juror’s {ather. O'Reilly made a verbal Teport to Ruddy in the presence of Mr. Day. he declared. and this and other original reports shed light on the mo- tives of the entire enterprise, Mr. Hoover disputed Day’s connection with the O'Reilly report, declaring the Sinclair official merely happented to be {in the room at the time the detective saw his chief. “I submit the Govern- ment has not offered a scintilla of e dence even tending to support this charge of bribery. tampering, influenc- ing or intimidating the juror,” Mr Hoover declared. “On the contrary, the testimony of the Government, which is uncontradictory. merely shows the fact that these men came here to shadow the jury.” Refuses Motion. Justice 8iddons in overruiing the mo- tion to strike out these original reports, held ne could not do so merely because Mr. Day had not seen them. The tes- timony, the court pointed out, showed that Mr. Day took a decided Interest in seeing that the teports were made promptly and at one time “put Ruddy on the carpet” for the slowness in which they were being delivered. He also cited the fact that Ruddy was to take orders from Mr. Day, who had authority over the jury surveiilance. When court recessed for luncheon Mr. Hoover had moved t strike out stimony given by Juror Kidwell re- garding conversations he had with Mrs. Amelia L. Bailey and Miss Bernice K Heaton, the two woman members of the jury, In an anteroom of the court- house, It was during this incident that Kidwell sald he had returned to the courthouse earlier than usual in order to “keep out of trouble.” LA FOLLETTE ACTS TO BLOCK “DRAFT” MOVE FOR COOLIDGE _(Continued from First Page) The text of the resolution introduced by ator La Follette follows “Resolved, That It s the sense of the Benate Uit the precedent established by Washington and other Presidents of the United States in retiring from the presidential office after their second term has become, by universal concur- rence, u part of our Republican system of Government, and that any departure from this time-honored custom would be unwise, unpatriotic and fraught with peril W our free matitutions “And be It further resolved, That the Senate commends observance of this precedent by the President Explains Resolution, Benator La Follette issued n state- ment in explanation of the introduction of the resolution “The nction of the New York State Hepublican lenders on Saturday, Janu- ary 28, suld Benator La Folleito, “in agreelng upon an uninstructed Republi- can delegation that will be irst for Prest- Aent Coolidge, 15 conclusive proof that the movement Lo draft President Cool Iage' and smash the third-term tradi Hon fr walning headway “Charles 1 Hilles, v the Republican nati co chuirman of wl committee | And “Bosny" CGoilts departed for the Lold home own where there e Bo Jluung Walkes W crab hia style, wnd former chaliman, $a responsible for the action tuken &t Albany on Batuiday. Me has persistently advo- who had | Burns operatives Wwas | D. C, TUESDAY, JA MOVETODISMISS ~ TWOTEAPOT DOME |« WITNESSES ABSENT Dawes and Stewart Unable to Appear Before Senate Probers Today. By the Associated Press. ‘The tortuous path which the Senate oil committee has trod in its quest for information as to what became of the profits of the now dead Continental Trading Co., Limited, of Canada, still stretched before the investigators to- day at the end of another day of ex- ploration, Deprived of two of its best known witnesses, Beeman G. Dawes, brother of the Vice President. and Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil Co., of Indiana, who were unable to appear today, the committee delved into the contract for oil pur- chases through which the Continental is said to have reaped huge profits, but the ultimate disposal of these profits, part of which the Government contends went to Albert B. Fall, remained obscure. Contract Is Disclosed. From A. L. Carlson, secretary-treas- urer of the Sinclair Crude Co., Senator Walsh of Montana, the cofumittee prosecutor, gained details of the con- tract for the purchase of oil from the Continental at $1.75 a barrel. The Continental, whose contract was guar- anteed by Stewart, Harry F. Sinclair 'and‘o(hcrs. had paid $1.50 per barrel or it. Despite the expostulations of Senator Walsh, Carlson insisted he thought this transaction was fair to the stockhold- ers of his company. The Montanan pointed out that the contracts of the Continental would have been $8,000,000, meaning $4.000,000 to the directors of Carlson's concern, but the witness held that would be proper. Excused to Tomorrow. Finally, the Montana Senator, after a long exchange with Carlson, told the witness that he was not treating the commitee right in answering questic@ and soon thereafter he was excused until tomorrow. Another witness, J. D. Clark of Den- ver, president of the Midwest Refining Co. of Denver, testified as to corre- spondence regarding the oil which finally went to the Continental from | American fields, but was excused after he had finally reiterated that he knew | nothing of the dealings of the com- pany or the circumstances surrounding | the tnqui {DOUBLE CAR TRACK OPPOSED BY CITIZENS | Kennedy Street Residents File Pro- test—Traction Company De- nies Plan. A petition protesting against the| construction of a double street car track on Kennedy street between Four- ! teenth and Fifth streets was received | bv the Public Utilities Commission to- | day from property owners on the street. | The petition bore 50 signatures. There is now a single track car| line on Kennedy street. and the Capital | Traction Co. has advised the commis- | fon, according to Earl V. Fisher, execu- | tive secretary. that it does not contem- | plate the construction of an additional | track. The commission is now puzzled | as to how the report originated that a double-track line had been proposed. The petition pointed out that Ken- nedy street is only 40 feet wide and if a double track is constructed it would in front of a residence with sufficient space for street cars to pass. cated that the Republican party should not take seriously the statement that ‘President Coolidge does not choose to {run’ It is reliably reported that Mr Hilles and Secretary of the Treasury ! Mellon are working in close co-opera- tion and that a drive is on to obtain uninstructed delegations in many States, which will support the plan to draft the President.” Plans Early Action. “In order that the representatives of | the people in the Senate may have an- opportunity to express their conviction with regard to the importance of pre- serving the tradition that no President | shall succeed himself for a third term. | T have introduced a resolution and shall i press for its early consideration and | adoption by the Senate.” Many Republican Senators would like to see the President renominated How many of them would be wiling to g0 on record in opposition to the two- term tradition, while they still had no assurance that the President would permit himself to be drafted, is an- other matter. . If the anti-third term resolution passed the Senate by a substantial ma- jority 1t might give the Republicans. who are urging the renomination of President Coolidge something to thing about. A similar resolution, put through the House during President Grant's ad- ministration, checked for a time the plans for the nomination of Grant for @ third term. The claim of the Republi- can leaders has been, however, that another term for President Coolidge could not properly be considered a third term, since he served only 19 months of the Harding unexpired term. Further- more, there is much opinion to the effect’ that the third-term issue is not taken so serlously by the voters today as it was half m century or more ago Believe President Firm. Friends of President Coolldge who maintain that he has meant from the time of his Black Hills announcement that he would not be a candidate, or ac- cept the nomination for President. de- clare that the President’s record shows he never seeks anything by indirection They maintain that he could have been renominated if he had been wil to make the race, without raising his hand or saying & word, ‘That he would seem- Ingly decline the nomination only to convention they say is unthinkable ‘The situation in New York, where it (8 now apparently determined to send an unnstructed delegation to the Repub- liean national convention, is regarded in political headquarters here as created to hold the organization, headed by Charles D. Hilles, Republican national committeeman, and George Morvis, ‘Btate chalrman, intact, It has been interp oo, as & check to the Hoover band-wagon n wment, although the friends of the S retary of Commerce In New York inst: that this is not so. Mr. Hilles' plea for an uninstructed delegation, which might be swung to the President if a diaft movement gets under way, apparently his been effective, for Whatever reason it was made. Reports from New York today say that the Lowden-for-President head- quarters, maintained for several months In New York, principally for publicity i the East, have been closed. In some quarters this action is viewed merely as w recognition of the determination of the Republican leaders in New York to send an uninatructed delegation Why waste time Lrying Lo get a Lowden dele- gation in the Empire State, 1t s asked, under such conditions? Friends of Nir Lowden here nslst that the closing of the New Yok headquarters does not pean that Mr. Lowden s rething hom the race. ‘There have been rumors the paat that Mr Lowden might \- tually take himself out the pleture. hut there haa been Bo congitmation of them 5o far, s be impossible to park an automobile | accept it when tendered to him by the | ARY 31, 1098.’ Held Legal By By a &taft Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, January 31— North Chevy Chase’s historic juniper, cut last Christmas to serve as a symbol of good will in Chevy Chase Circle, and which has threatened to disrupt the peace of the community ever since, was leveled with proper legal authority, Judge Samuel Riggs decided here today in Police Court. ‘The judge announced his exonera- tlon of Lincoln Potter, accused by the State of cutting the tree without proper permission, after counsel for the de- fense had sprung a surprise by the in- troduction of testimony showing that a Chevy Chase forest warden had author- ized Potter to cut the tree. ‘The surprise witness was Willlam H. Gottlieb of Chevy Chas d., a mem- ber of the community Christmas tree ommittee, and, according to evidence introduced at the trial, also holder of a commission from the State Board of Forestry as “forest warden for Mont- gomery County.” State’s Attorney Robert Peter, jr., made an effort to prove that Gottlieb's commission had expired, but the de- fense came back with a letter showing that State Forester Besley had accepted CAFE LIQUOR CASE NOW NEARING END Douthitt Concludes Testi- | mony With Description of His Former Activities. U | Harry N. Douthitt, secretary of the | Citizens’ Service Association, today concluded his testimony before Justice Charles S. Hatfield, who is trying the Government's case against the Le Paradis Cafe. against which a perma- |nent injunction is sought under the | nuisance provision of the national pro- | hibition act. The Government claims | that the sale of ginger ale and cracked ice, known as “set-ups,” is a violation of the law, because patrons of the cafe add intoxicants thereto from private flasks or bottles. Douthitt said he was at the cafe on New Year eve and counted 21 persons, !whom he considered under the infu- |ence of intoxicants. He admitied that only one woman of the 21 persons was seen to stagger. The witness said he had been a law- ver in Indiana. but knew only one law book and dmitted that persons may the afidavit of two responsible persons that he has read law. He was former- ly an engineer and also an automobile mechanic, the witness said. Douthitt was followed on the stand by Dr. Albert Spear. chemist of the prohibition unit for the past 10 years. He said he tasted and smelled the con: tents of a bottle taken from the cafe by one of the inv not made an anal! government expects to conclude the presentation of its evidence shortly with the statement of other policewom- en, who accompanied Mrs. Hazel K. Mansfield, policewoman, and Informer Douthitt on their visit to the cafe. Assistant United States Attorney Harold W. Orcutt is conducting the prosecution, while Attorneys Morris Simon and Lawrence Koenigsberger ap- pear tor Meyer Davis and the National Caf»s, Incorporated, which operates the cafe and Attorney Crandal Mackey represents Howe Totten, owner of the ! butlding in which the cafe is located. TWO GYPSY WOMEN ACCUSED OF ROBBERY | $75—O0ther Thefts Reported. Two gypsy women. sleight-of-hand | artists, who told the fortunes of Hoover Zoox and Bernard M. Coon, 1335 F street, and took $75, figured in robbery reports submitted to police today. Arti- | cles reported stolen range from jewelry 1o clcthing and cameras. Jimmying & door, an unidentified thief entered the apartment of Frank Brown in the Woodworth, Tenth and M streets, and stole jewelry and revolver, valued at $115. s. Susan Chase. 1316 U street, re- ported the loss of wearing apparel and a camera, valued at $88. The clothing and camera, she stated. were taken from her in the past few days. Henry C. Abramovitz. 2604 Connecti- cut avenue. reported the loss of two $20 bills. The money, he stated, was taken from a pocketbook in a buffet drawer lsat night by a burglar. who gained entrance through a rear door. [DENY ROYAL BETROTHAL. Stockholm Authorities Discredit Rumor of Princess’ Engagement. STOCKHOLM, Sweden. January 31 Princess Ingrid of Sweden. daughter of Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus, to Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark. The heir to the Danish throne is At present visiting Stockholm in con- nection with the celebration of “Danish Week” in the Swedish capital. ng of North Chevy Chase Jumper be acmitted to practice in Indiana on ! | Men Charge Fortune Tellers Took | (#).—Ofcial denial has been issued in | Stockholm of the reported betrothal of | Judge in Tree Case Gottlieb’s resignation after the tree- cutting episode. Judge Riggs, In acquitting Potter of the charge of “cutting a tree along a public highway without permission of the State Board of Forestry,” stated that while he “thoroughly sympathized" with Mrs. Mary Ray Waters, on the edge of whose property the juniper had stood for more than 70 years, there was nothing he could do but dismiss the charge. It developed that a dispute had arisen in the Forestry Board as to whether or not Gottlieb’s authority ex- tended into North Chevy Chase, and it ‘was on the contention that his jurisdic- tlon was limited that the charge was pressed against Potter, who was con- tractor for the community Yule com- mittee. The board's witness was Wal- ter J. Quick, jr., district forester for central Maryland. Judge Riggs told Mrs. Waters she was “perfectly right” in protesting against cutting of the tree when she thought it was on her property. “'Mrs. George E. Phillips, who pro- tected a large sprice tree which Potter was preparing to saw down, was in court on a subpoena, but was not called on to testify. The little courtroom was packed with interested spectators. | French Tricolor Claims 100,000,000 Under New Census By the Associated Pre PARIS, January 31.—The census held a year ago in all French col- onies has just been published, re- vealing that there are slightly more than 100,000,000 persons living under the tricolor. France herself has a little more than 40,000,000 population. Algeria, Tunis and Morocco have a combined total of 12,454,000. of whom more than 1,000,000 are Europeans. Indo- China adds 20.000.000 and the great French territories forming a belt through the middle of Darkest Africa are inhabited by almost 20, 000,000 natives. French West Afris counts another 13,000,000 While the population of France re- mains rather stationary, the inhab- itants of all the colonies are in- creasing. WILLIAM WALLER DIES; WAS ILL TWO MONTHS ;Trust Company Employe, Promi- { nent in Masonic Order, Suc- cumbs at Age of 70. | Wwilliam Waller, 70 years old. vault custodian for the American Security | and Trust Co., where he had been em- | ployed for the past 10 vears. died at { his residence in the Hammond Court apartments. Thirtieth and Q streets, to- day after an illness of iwo months. He had lohg been an active member of St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, where h was senior warden. Born in New York, July 22, 1 Mr. Waller was graduated frum Columbdia University in 1878. Prior to entening the employ of the American Security & Trust Co.. he was field audior for the Standard Oil Co. He had been a resi- dent of this city since about 1903. He was a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason. He is survived by his widow. Mrs.| Elizabeth Ruff Waller, and a daughter. | Miss Elizabeth Waller. Funeral services will be condnucted in St. Margaret's Episcopal Church. Thars- day afternoon at 2 o'ciock. Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rector, will officiate. In- | ‘lermem will be in Rock Creek Ceme- ery. DUCK SEASON CLOSES ON POTOMAC TODAY { Poor Season Reported by Sports-| Due to Mild Weather. | men, | tributaries. tncluding the Potomac River tionally plentiful this season. but the | weather continued so mild that sports- | good luck | Saturday morning's storm brought | | favorable weather for the sport. and | many persons left the city thal moming | {for the ducking grounds an both the { Maryland and Virginia sides of the river Many were unable to reach the river | because of the snow, while those who! | reported to have experienced poor spor |RITES FOR COL. McBRIDE. Retired Army Officer to Be Buried in Arlington Tomorrow. n National Cemetery toamorrow at 11 o'clock for Lteut. Col {cBride. jr. United States Armv. who died at his hame. in Port- B Ae. Saturday. Col. McBride was trom Michigan and served as a first, lieutenant in the Volunteer Army dur- ¢ Spanish War and the Phil ection, and as a colonel of artillery National Army during the World od H :he Coast Artillery Corps, Regular Army m July 1901, reached ih de of leu- tenant colonel o July, 1920, and was re- tired in November of the sane year. Locking an instructross in a closet and galning A 10 minutes’ start by cutung the telophone wires i the office of the Nattonal Training School for Grls. Muirkirk, Md., five girls eseaped from | | that institution Sunday ntght and have since eluded recapture Using a toothache as a ruse, Dorothy Anderson, 16 years old, lured Mrs. Annie Carpenter, fnstructress, to her room Abble Cook, 20 years old, inmate of a nearby room, who had previously com- plained to the instructress of being Wl then appeared with Margaret Smith, 20 vears old. and the three girls attacked arpenter, authorities at the s stated “Taking her keys, they shoved her i a closet and locked the door. Then they released Katharine Shawalter, 17 years \ By the Associated Press ORENSE, Spain, January tale worthy of a Poe was unfoled to- day concerning & country merchant who from a place of concealment saw robbers digging a grave for him Franchieo Rodvigues Alvares, the | merchant, was on his way &0 ispect | s tarm when two masked highway - men robbed him of 150 peaetas (about $20) | Blopping at an i for the night, varee told the Innkeoper he had o much larger amount W the lning of his hat Near midnlght he awoke and overs | 3 A; Spaniard Frustrates Bandits at Five Girls Escape From Training School After Locking Instructress in Closet old, and Gladys Yates. 18 years old. and Al five girls ran from the building. paus- ing to snip the wires leading to the tele- phone in the ofice. Two ling and banging against the closet X and released her a few minutes fter the departure of the givls. uh he telephone wire disabled it was neces- sary 10 g0 0 another butlding to tele- phone the alarm. Matrons boarded & car 1o set out fn pursuit, but the car wouldn't start. Miss A O Wilon, superintendent, stated that they evidently made their Wy to the Baltimore pike and caught a ride, either (o Baltimore or Washing ton. Police of both citles have been furnished deseriptions of the missing gl lnn | heard the highwaymen addvessing the Mnkeeper as “father.” He arranged his bed s0 as 10 make 1t appear vocupied, and arming hime self with a rasor, hid behind the doar Through the window he ocould see the two highwaymen dEgtng & grave n the courtyard Soon the door ereaked. and the ane Keeper, CAuiously entering the toom. plunged his dagger Wt the ple of badsheets Alvares threw himself upon the tane Keeper and overpowered him Hastening to & police station. he re wrned befure the grave had been voam Pleted, and the men wele arresied. i . [ I 1 The duck-shooting season closed to-| | Ducks are reported to have been excep- | | DRIVE ON SANDINO , SEEN IN NICARAGUA Largest Supply Train Sent tq Interior Indicates Plan for Heavy Movement. By Cable to The Star and Chir 1 Newn. " Copyrizmec 1988250 Duig LEON, Managua, January 31—The largest supply train over leaving for interior, departed from the quarterw master depot here today. It consisted of 185 ox cart teams and 100 mules, carrying supplies for the troops in tha Nueva Segovia battle area. Thi die cates that a heavy movement is ahead and that no chances are being taken of running short. Maj. Pierce, with 300 soldl with the train. They were joi miles out by 150 more ox cart teams, It will take 16 days to reach Octoal. From there the train will break up. to take supplies through that sector. This will require at least three weeks longe After that, no supply trains will come through for six months. Patrols Precede Train. Patrols were ¢t out in advance of the train to clear out possible am bushes. Airplanes also are helping ¢ reconnoiter the roads. Bandits o wise would have an easy time train more than six miles long. The ox carts and mules are high with goods of every de: and greatly resemble desert c: during a gold rush. The h in this country are ¥ from those encountered in where lack of water is the c! culty. Here trails are hard and shoes are worn out in four davs. The men have to fight mosquitoes, ticks and flies, Water is carried on the mules. for the water found here causes dysentery and malaria. These sufferings are “the desert, g a | plied when the rainy season begins. Hostile Farmers Line Route. The entire route of the march is held by hostile farmers. who will provide i neither food nor water for the Marines. After leaving Ocatal the smaller trains will have to follow the narrow paths which the Marines have slashed out of the woods. As yet the: idino. It is chieftain is | duras with his Marine forces in th v section are now encircling the area the purpose of advancing toward tne center in the hope of bagging the gen- 1. However. it is believed that he nd his remaining followers can escape oy boat down the Coco River 1o the lantic. There are also two trails at edge of the secicr which lead CHARLES D. DAVIS, 71, CLAIMED BY DEATH | Was Neative of Washington and for Many Years Prominent in Government Service. h DeVin Davis. 71 vears ol tive Washingtonian and for many in the Government service hx at his country home Sunday. Death was at failure resulting from over-es taking a long walk in the show to a neighbor. the end of his enl again went with the and coutinued there until 1317 ered the Bureau of \ines g there until retind last Sur Davis was a grandson of Da: ment Geological Survey 17 =1 matning mer. Mr. late Cha: A lain of th» Un He it Tho was chapy widow, Mrs. farmerly of Greensburg. Pa.: Covode Davis. United n route to this city 0 fak: up s | at the Navy Depattment. and & br 8 sister. Mrs H D Easdv men have not experienced their usual| | morrow af! ment w DRY AGENTS UNFIT, BRUCE TELLS SENATE Failure of Hu ds Ex Shows Favoritism and Partial- in ity. He Says. By the Associated Press Funeral services will be held at the &% have proved quired Juestions T. FRELINGHUYSEN DIES AT HIS HOME IN NEW YORK Son of Late New Jersey State A an Succumbds at the trusties” heard the instructress ! New York y Secretary o N C L) of Brig Gen here. Nr. Freli Fredervck T Qeorge G and two N Miss Lucy ¥ Qen MoCawiey this afternoan A & able to acvompaay him o . BAND CONCERT At the sa Oekwk tonlyg N Navy Band Qrehestra, leader. March, “The Siamese Patrad” bicke Overture, “The Natades St Bennet, OB 13 Rlooaia, ~The Wren. Danace « clan W Newver awh due o Boqter, Solo for *Introduction. Spinning Chorwsand Ballad® from the opera “The Fing Dutehman Qrand scenes from (e opers “Carmen” Prelude I € Sharn M op 3 No Y Rachnanmaost Exwerpts fram “The Five OCk Qi X Valwe l:b‘w\\lk’ The Visnna Rt Bpan Star Spangid Baw b ot wen