Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1928, Page 16

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il bW 18 @ DEAD IS NEARING RECOVERY REAPPORTIONMENT |* 554D 1s' Nea FIGHI_@ENEWEI]i Census Committee in House | Studies Bill Drafted by i Chairman Fenn. E By the Associated Prese | For the third time in the past seven a move has been launched in House to reapportion its member- ship among the several States on the sis of their incressed population since the 1910 census. ° Faced by & number of bills proposing meothods for reapportionment, the House census committee is now en- raged in hearings on the subject and is expected to report out a measure that will reallocate the membership on the basis of the estimated 1930 census Although it is stipulated in the Con- stitution that the reapportionment shall take place with each decennial census, all efforts for its consummation urnder the 1920 census were deadlocked, one group of Representatives opposing increase of the House membership. while others refused to accept the loss of any State's representations Discrepancies Seen. The proponents of the reapportion- ment claim that the increased popula- tion between 1910 and 1930 has led to repancies in the representa- number of States as author- d under the Constit n Under the bill now under considera- n drawn by the committee chair- Representative Fenn of Connecti- the 1930 census reapportionment d make the following changes in House membership labama. loss of 1 ative: . gain of 1: gain of Connecticut. gain of 1; Florida. gain f 1: Indiana. loss of oss of Kansas loss of 1: v, s 1 Vermonter Shot Down in Bootleg Battle Four Years Ago. Left Apparently Lifeless by Typhoid in 1898—Ac- tive Again. Twice given up for dead, Senator Frank L. Greene, Republican, Vermont, today is m good spirits and well on the way to recovery, following an ex- perience which is considered outstand- ing In medical annals. Four years ago last night Senator Greene was struck above the left e while avenu & J A 'sha lace, N a_stray shot during o battle between officers and bootleggers. The days tha followed were anxious ones, Senator lay at Emergency Hospital near the point of death, and it was . necessary to perform an operation on his brain, which was torn by bone splinters. The injury, on the left side of his| head. paralyzed his right side. For six weeks he was unable to speak, and later uttered “Yes" when he meant to say * the tedious work of relearning lan- guage, under the direction of Dr. S. Franz. thon professor of physiology at George Washington Univer: s med- ral schoc ho also was with St Elizabeth’s Hospital. Medical Authorities Confer. The Senator’s personal physician. Dr. a tendent of St Elizabeth’s Hospital. was called into consultation during those s lrving days. when the Senator was in Emergency Hospital ] Today. Senator Greene is able to con- erse well and looks forward to being himself again soon. He looks well. and 1 cave for partial paralysis of his right gain of 3: Oklahoma, gain of 1. Penn- sylvania, loss of 1. Tennessee. loss of 1: Texas, gain of 2: Vermont. loss of 1: Virginia. loss of 1: Washi of 1. Bill Is Recommitted. In the Sixty-seventh Con 1921, 2 bill for a reapportio the 1920 census. calling for an 435 to 460 members in the House. was passed. but was recommitted on an amendment to make a further in- crease to 483 members. In the last Congress a si: ure to that now before the was defeated, 197 to 187. Deny Kemal Is Il ANGORA. Turkey. Pebruary 16 (P).— The semi-official news agency of Tur- key has been authorized to deny that Mustapha Kemal is ill The health of the Turkish dictator was recently reported as causing his friends much concern. It was said that he had fainted on the streets. arm and side. he has practically re- covered. The Senator is daily at his place on the floor of the Senate, and while he has not yet been able to take part in debate, he aids in committee work. Con- sidered by his friends one of the most ~apable men in the Senate. to which ed by the Green Mountain , State after long and conspicuous serv- ' . Senator Greene has red b PISOS Quick Relief for that Cough— PISO'S is a pleasant, effective syrup used since 1864. Soothing—contains 80 opiates. 35 and 60c siges. Use PISO'S THROAT and CHEST SALVE with the syrup. Applied axtornally. it quickly peetrates. 35c. colleagues for the B *and vice versa. Then came | I | committes on enrolled bills, and is a | \ * " 1 / THE, EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON., D. €. THURSDAY, FTEBRUARY 16, 1928. During the war with Spain, he con- tracted typhoid fever and was given up by friends for dead, but recovered. Born in St. Albans, Vt, February 10, 1870, the Senator left school at the age of 13, due to family reverses, and became an errand boy for the Central Vermont Railway. Later, he entered the newspaper business and was_promoted to editor of the St. Albans Daily Mes- { senger. He served in the Vermont Na- THOUGHT 11900, rising from private to captain. Senate Refers to Recent Agricul- ture Bulletin on Prices. I By the Associated Press An inquiry into the operations of cotton exchanges, mills and the De- partment of Agriculture to ascertain price manipulation of cotton was order- ‘od yesterday by the Senate. ! The resolution scts forth that al- though the 1927 cotton crop was more than four million bales less than that of 1926 and consumption had increased, the price of cotton had steadily de- clined. \ Reference was made to the recent bulletin of the Bureau of Agricultura! Economies of the Agriculture Depart- ment stating that in spite of the short cotton crop prices would decline. i S Airman's Widow Gets $5,000. - | SENATOR FRANK L. GREENE. | DALLAS, Tex, February 16 (P).--A | check for $5,000 was deposited by Col of the Seventieth Congress by election | wiljam E. kasterwood Tuesda: o - 5 y to the 0 the important c | | to the important committee on finance | oy of the widow of Capt. Willlam Heads One Committee. | P. Erwin, who lost his life last Summer Senator Greene is chairman cf the | while searching over the Pacific for missing aviators in the Dole Afr Derby | to Honolulu Capt. Erwin was an en- trant for a $50.000 prize posted by Col Easterwood for a three-stop Dallas-to- Hongkong flight. member of the audit and control. con- tingent expenses of the Senate. inter- occanic canals, military affairs and privileges and elections committees. T % g 2 . . g 7 AMERICA'S SMARTE! 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Cooper Architect BOSS & PHE Owners and Develo st AR orth_One Block to Diive West_on Que St to Wis nd Turn at 44th Nt Reservoir Rd. and West to Villaze. o IR MR ) I R e I e R R e R iy | FEB ( Jas ETIME Y FURNITURE This Is One of the More Unusual Sale Values Colonial Bedroom Suite With Four Major Pieces $295 ERE is onc of the most remark. able values we have ever offered in a Bedroom Suite. A fine Old Colonial design worth nearly as much agdain as its sale price. The dresser is 54 inches wide and there is a roomy wardrobe. All of the picces are finished in a dzlightful brown Zapon Lacquer finish that will not print or doily mark —neither will it get sticky in humid The four major pieces are Night Stand, $19. weather. priced at $295. Priced $2.200 Other Bedroom Siites Now I'rom $I150 to MAYER & CO. SEVENTH STREET BETWEEN D &E )u’ufi'o»’lzfl “» nal Guard from October 4, 1888, to | COTTON INQUIRY VOTED. | whether there has been any efforts at | % % ng é D T T I e T L L T L A R S L L T L L R TR D SR SR bR 333533838 2020000 54 9980000000000 pants that it was & “friendly eonrcr-} ence” and that, contrary to reports | from New York, Prohibition Adminis- trator Campbell had not been ‘“called on the carpet.” ‘The agents who raided the club pro- ceeded under an old revenue law which | ’:l:uthonzed destruction of utensils and | | bar | the nd much 1.5, TAKES STAND But Conferees Fail to Reveal lfil;gs of the agents. | th fel Vi 3 - Details—Dry Officials | %t FritT s Gather Here. of the Department of Justice: Pronibi- | fixtures used in alleged violation of | law, al criticlsm resulted in tion Commissioner Doran and Assistant Commissioner Oftedal, Prohibition Ad- ministrator Campbell, United States P\h[:ns! SA!amcy ‘Tuttle and Assistant ' Unites tates Attorn v Decision as to the Government's atti- York City. SEE SISO New tude n the case of the Helen Morgan | T T PENSION BILL 0. K.’D. Night Club of New York, raided by pro- | hibition agents and partly destroyed shortly before Christmas, was reached late yesterday afternoon at the Depart- ment of ice in a conforence be- tween Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt, prohibition offic from headquarters here and New Yor] prohibition offic The nature of W A bill to increase from $30 to $40 per month the pension for Civil War widows over 75 years old was reported today by the House invalid pensions committee. The measure is similar to action the Gov- | one which last year, receiving congres- was not disclosed. | sional approval, was not signed by the y one of the partici- sident. 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