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2 . PPOSE FINE ARTS RULE ON BUILDINGS D. C. Heads Protest Bill to Regulate Plans of Struc- tures Here. The District Commissioners today rendered an adverse report on the pending bill requiring the Commission of Fine Arts to approve plans for the construction of buildings or dwellings fronting on or located within 200 feet | of a public building or public park in the Capital. In a communication to Chairman Zihiman of the House District com- mittee, the Commissioners sald: It is the opinion of the Commissioners that while some effective control of the character and appearance of private structures fronting the principal im- portant public buildings and public spaces in the Capital may perhaps be desirable. the bill as drawn is lmm‘(‘es-I sarily far-reaching and drastic. Provisions Scored. isions would apply l& a J:lr\‘ area of private property through- thx;gemr Dislrk"’l. and would give to the Fine Arts Commission regulatory pow- ers so broad and so important as to threaten to be confiscatory. For a very large part of the area affected, there seems to be no present necessity for such drastic regulatory action. This fact is recognized in the provisio “Its prov i{and I did so, hoping at the time that NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Left: Senator Nye of North Dakota, membe? of the Senate investigating com- mittee hearing testimony from the former Republican Postmaster General, and chairman of the Republican national committee. Toeanys FROR SINCLAIR DONATION OF $160,000 TO AID G. 0. P. FUND IN 1920 (Continued from First Page 0Oil Bonds Traced, Senators Told, to Continental Firm| | | The Government's special counsel in the Teapot Dome case has traced $196,000 of the $233,000 in Liberty bonds which went from Harry F. Sinclair to Albert B. Fall directly to the account of the Continental Trading Co.. the Senate ofl commit- they were used by him for that purpos “Consequently, I lacked approx: mately $85.000 with which to repay Mr. Sinclair the entire $185.000. I felt bound to reimburse Mr. Sinclair in full I could get some further help later the till which authorizes the Fine Arts| Commission to designate certain classes of cases. in respect to which the re-| quirements of the act may reasonably | from others, but this did not material- ize. I had suffered financial losses, of which Mr. Sinclair knew. 1 tee was informed today by George Chandler of Philadelphia, who is as- sociated with the counsel. Chandler said the bonds had been be waived for the time being. without rejudice to the public interest, but if t be recognized that such areas exist. it Appears to be unnecessary now to enact Jegislation that would cover them. leav- inz the exercise of its powers discre- ry with the Fine Arts Commission h drastic regulatory legislation as this should not be enacted unless and to such an extent as can be shown to be tial to the public interest. For the ioregoing reasons, the Com- missioners recommend that the bill in its present form be not enacted.” Luce Is Author. Representative Luce of Massachusetts 1s author of the bill. The action of the Commissioners was taken in the face of a favorable recom- mendation by Maj. Willlam E. R. Covell, Assistant District Engineer Commission- er. and John W. Oehmann, District in- spector of buildings. Maj. Covell, in a communication to Engineer Commissioner Ladue, January 21, declared that “this bill should be pushed as v usly as possible.” He de- Returned $85,000 Bonds. “He did not feel that I should bear | this burden personally, and he volun- tarily returned the $85,000 of securities which I had caused to be delivered to him. These securities did not comprise any of the Government bonds original- 1y delivercd by Mr. Sinclair to me. The | securities which he returned were the identical securities which I sent to him. bought for the account of the Con- tinental a weck after the lease of Teapot Dome to Sinclair, and a month later were being sold for Fall's account. tinental Trading Co. then. “Oh, we all believe that,” observed. Walsh I simply had not succeeded in raising the entire amount and made it up per- sonally with securities which bore no relation whatever to the bonds with which the committee now is concerned. “This last transaction had not taken place when I testified before this com- mittee in 1924, that according to my recollection Mr. Sinclair’s contribution in making up the deficit did not ex- ceed $75.000. “Of the remaining $135.000 I deliv- ered to John T. Pratt of New York, to the best of my recollection, $50,000, at | about which time he placed in the| hands of the committee $50,000 in ad- dition to amounts he had previously, did not volunteer any information was here to reply to a report that Sin- | clair had given 75.000 shares of Sinclair Consolidated committee.” vigoro! clared it is “the first e Loward the ultimate regulation of vate arcl - ture for the District, which I am rapidly Lost Track of Securities. beginning to feel is inevitable and nec- | “Later I asked Mr. Pratt to add that essary if this city is to take its rank isuym to his previous contribution. To among the most beautiful cities in the | this he and delivered to me agreed world.” $50,000 in Government bonds, but I Mr. Oehmann characterized the bill as | had no knowledge as to whether they the “most workable and satisfactory s0- | were the same bonds I had previously lution of a difficult situation that could | delivered to him. These bonds in any be devised.” adding that “this office |case were given by me to Mr. Sinclair.” heartily concurs in its adoption. Hays testified that Sinclair person- *— ally handed him the $260,000 of secu- B rities “in a package,” either in his or TWO MEN ARRESTED Sinclair's New York office. He further R CHARGES | achanged ‘between. bim ‘and Stnclai ex: ween an clair ON Llouo c s in connection with the transaction wmm the former Republican Police Vice Squad Raids Rooms nl:n hnemsm !1:1&:«6 l.l:m":l:‘l: ;nbo\dn: b W 1! eliveres e n Over Store—200-Gallon to him, but Hays said he could not re- call clearly, althoug! e was certain Still Is Seized. the '"““‘“,‘,’L‘d “:onk. gplyfe d'fi m’ :,grk Hays testi ow i sl ] what became of the bonds he delivered to the late Mr. Upham, then treasurer of the national committee; the late That they were used to help reduce the t were to help reduce the Fourteenth street last night. party deficit. " " Charles Henry ohous, colored 37/ Taking up the contribution by Pratt) gears old, fled across meigiboring roofs | Hays insisted that Pratt gave $50.000 to S establish- | ¢ national committee and then gave After a chase, he was captured | pim pack $50.000 in bonds which later and crarged with illegal possession and | gere returned to Sinclair. e e The former Postmaster General sald contributed. alleged Taid by Sergt. O. J. police vice squad on the second floor of 2212 were placed against Aaron Gordon. 55 years proprie he could not recall details. but that he Jears old. probrictor of the hardware |t have told Pratt that the $50,000 1 a vas | had been provided in the campaign so :J;m“mm& Gordon oves | that Upham could report the A store, he said that a man was up | Wiped out before the 1924 campaign. there melting lead, and invited the | “Sinclair's contribution wasto be as raider: to go upstairs and see for them- little over $75,000 as possible;” the wit- selves. Both men were released on | ness added. bond. Other Lizeral Donors. R, “He said he had retired from the . committee in 1921 and from the cabinet MIRES IS DESIGNATED. | committee o A e o e ponsibilit, cause cf Deputy Commissioner Named Aide ;nm,"d im he was ch-l{n'un -r;‘d that ded to a request from the Epietarnn WRursris It Lzm‘n‘.‘x’efi:flm committee in 1923 to H P. Mires, deputy commissioner of (aid in the endeavor to liquidate the re- internal revenue, in charge of the ac- | maining indebtedness. counts and collections unit, today was| * didn't you use all the Binclair designated acting assistant to the com- | bonds?” Walsh demanded. K missioner of internal revenue to suc- “Well, in the first pl:u we didn't ceed Charles R. Nash, who resigned.|need it,” Hays replied. “I do not re- provided for. “When you were here before you did | not tell us about any bonds.” “I was not asked about any and I 1! stock to the national Hays said he told the committee four years ago that Sinclair had given a maximum of $85,000 gift was made after he testified | $75.000, but that the fore. “When did you turn over the $85,000 H to Sinclair?” “In the general washout. It was after | he first gave me the $185,000.” “How long after?" “That's indefinite. but it was some | months afterwards.” [& clair bonds sent to him, Walsh asked | if it was not a fact that he distributed them among people in Chicago, who sold contributicns. Pressing for information as to what pham was to do with $60,000 of Sin- them and “pretended” to make | Debt “Provided for.” “That was not done to my knowl- edge.” Hays declared. “The reports here show that at about the time you sent him the bonds he received a number of $5.000 and $10,000 contributions to the campaign fund,” Walsh observed. The Montanan wented to know how, unless the bonds were sold. the com- mittee debt could have been reported as_extinguished. “Not extinguished," Hays sald, “but Walsh read from records of the Con- tinental & Commercial National Bank of Chicago. showing that in December, 1923, Upham made a number of de- posits of small suyms in that bank. It looks a little suspicious doesn't 1t2" -the- Montanan- asked. “I would not say so. We were mak- ing a drive for funds all over the country.” “Mr. Hays, are you a stockholder in the Continental Baking Co.?" Walsh asked. “1 am a director,” Hays replied. ‘Were you a director when the proceedings against the Continental be- fore the Federal Trade Commission were dismissed?"” “No, sir.” Chairman Nye adverted to *he bonds Hays turned over to Sinclair, and the witness sald he could furnish the com- mittee a record of those securities, “I think they were 4! T cgnt bonds,” he said, adding that “there ey have been some cash in the $85,000." Hays was then excused. Before calling Mr. Hayes, the investi- gators inquired about loans made to the national committee by Willlam Boyce Thompson, one-time chairman of the Republican party finance committee, Thompson Unable to Appear. Willlam Wallace, jr, of New York, Mr. Nash’s resignation becomes effec- | member the details.” counsel for Thompson, gave testimony tive March 31, but as he has been “How was the $185,000 amount ar-|on this point. He presented a doctor’s Jowed 30 days vacation he virtually re-| rived 1t?” certificate that Thompson, who now is “That I do not remember. It was in the nature of an estimate. It might have been based on what Mr. Upham thought we needed.” g Hays could not recall what banis held committee loans. “You made no report on this?” Walsh pursued. “I was not an official of the commit- tee,” Hays replied. “Was therc sny other contributor quite 50 liberal?” “Oh, 1 think s0." Can’t_you give us their names?” “No, 1 cannot. I know Danlel J Reed of Indisna. I don't remember the detalls, but I urged him to make a con- butin 1 heard later he did.” hat was the amount of that?” 4100,000.” “That doesn’'t quite reach Mr. Bin- clair's $185,000." “No, but 1t was & large one” Contributions Liimted. Huys likened the drive for funds for the national committee in 1920 to w | “Red Cross drive” explaining there were Blute and county chairmen with contributions limited to & maximum of 41,000 Hsys sald that it was during this campaign that Tteed “loaned or causd © he Joaned,” $100,000 and Benator T. Coleman du_Pont horrowed $100,000 at the Empire Trust Co, in New York for lnquished his duties today to Mr. Mires ‘The office which he assumed in the scting capacity is a presidential ap- mlmmem and it was understood that e President will send his nomination to the Senate. Mires will continue #lso his duties as deputy commissioner in charge of the accounts and collec- tions unit, . PARKED AUTO LOOTED. Woman Driver Reports Theft of Money and Papers, Thetts reported 1o police today in- |V cluded $60 in cash and papers valued ot $70 swlen from Mrs, Margaret Wil- cox, 826 L street, who stated that they had been left in & bag which her auto parked at Beventh Emma Scbe¥er, 909 L etreet, wld police that some one had entered her room snd swolen a fur cost valued at $250. Pirates Loot Steamer. LONDON, Mareh 1 () ~An Ex- ehange Telegraph dispatch from Hong- kong twdsy says pirates ceptured and lonted 1he Japanese stesmer Kinko Maru nesr ¥Foochow. afterwards besch- [ yhe pational commitiee. ing it ‘The ralders escaped in their | walsh suid there was no record of a junks Vi Kwing and Huitin 1xlands, | feed loan in the report of the national ukien Province committee Destroyers wok off the officers and | Fhey he probably ceused Jt 1o be erew of the Kinko Maru, which 8 joaned” “Perhaps you cen tell us why Mr. Binclair wes s exceptionally liberal in this mutter?” ) asked bim o help ™ “Is that i7" “Yes that is all There was |m||l!n¥ ulterior about soliciting Mr. Binclair.” “1 wish you would glve us some more | nmes,” Walsh continues 0L can’t of my own knowledge " “Iia you see Robert W Blewart?” “1 have met him, but got no money from him?7" Replying to Benator Nye, Hays sald {he got po contribution from James £ HO'Nell, who with Blackmer s | witness in the Fall-Binclair | mpiracy case | Benstor Cutting, Mexico being talveged by snother ehip, NOONDAY LENTEN SERVICES KEITH'S THEATER 12:29 10 1 O’'Clock huspices Washington FEDERATION OF CHURCHES New developed that John T. Pratt s 8 brotier of Herhert Pratt Republican, SPEAKER THIS WEEK Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo Pasior New York Avenue Preshyteriun Church “Mr. Herbert Pratt s president of | ‘hie Klandsrd ON of New York, sn't | | ner “1 o not know " Hays replied, "My | John Pratt i not connected with any oll company " Ina you get VBlarkmer?’ “No, snd 1 never knew of the Con- any from Menry M ALY CORDIALLY INVITED at Palm Beach, was unable to appear because of high blood pressure, which in 1926 caused a stroke of paralysis. Wallace testified that Thompson loaned the Republican committee $150.- 000, which subsequently was paid off. The witness sald he took the statement of the men in Thompson’s office who handled the affair and checked this against the national committee records. ‘Thompson's counsel sald there were two notes, one for $50000 and the other for $100,000. The larger contri- bution was made in the name of H. E. Dodge. an employe of ‘Thompson, but the fund< came from Thompson's personal family corporation, The first lonn was made on October 1. 1920. and the second on October 14, 1920, Wallace sald. The repayments were 5 per cent on January 21, 1921; 10 per cent on April 19, 1921, and the vlram:lmnx 85 per cent on January 13, 22, Quit Ol Board In 1921, Golng into minute detall of the re- payments to Thompson and Dodge by the Republican national committee, Wallace sald Dodge's records showed that as the national commitiee repald him he drew checks to Thompson's credit in the amounts recelved from the political organization, Wallace disclosed that before the na- tlonal committee made the final pay- ment. of $127600 on the two notes, Thompson gave the committee $60,000, which the witness sald unquestionably eame from ‘Thompson's private funds, as evidenced by a check made payable to James G Blaine, Eastern treasurer of the Republican national committee “Were any of the payments in the form of Liberty bonds?" ssked Benator Walsh, Democrat, Montans, the com- mi prosecutor, “No, sir,” the witness replied. Wallnce' testified that Thompson was n director in one of Binclair's ofl com {mnlfl, hut resigned and sold his stoci n October, 1021 “He also had no transactions with the Republican national committee after Jununry 12, 1022, Wallace sald, udding also In reply to Chalrman Nye thal Thompson knew nothing shout the Con- Unental Trading Co, BRITISH ARMY FUND CUT. Ertimates for Current Year Re- duced §2,H75,000, LONDON, Murch | (). Rritish Avmy extimaten for 1028 total £4) 080, 000 (about 8206 260.000), w reduction of EDIA 000 (82 K76 000), No provision 18 made for exir; I China. tor which supplement mates will be presented, o e L] C., THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1928. NAVY TRAILS CLUES 10 MISSING FLYERS Search Pilot Reporis Sight- ing 0Oil Slick on Surface of Bay. Every possible clue which appears authentic is being followed diligently by the Navy in its efforts to obtain Information concerning the missing Ellyson plane, which disappeared Mon- day morning during a flight from Hampton Roads naval base to An- napolis. Surface craft from Norfolk and York- town are being mobilized today in the vicinity of Horn Harbor, about 3 miles from New Point Comfort Lighthouse and close to the Wolf Trap Light- house, in Chesapeake Bay, where they will drag in the hope of finding the missing plane, which carried three naval aviators—Comdr. T. G. Ellyson, Lieut. Comdr Hugh Schmidt and Lieut. Rogers Ransehousen. Rear ~Admiral R. E. Coontz, com- mandant of the fifth naval district at Norfolk, who is directing the scarch. sald that authentic information had been received that the missing plane came from the castward at 2:30 o'clock Monday morning in the direction of Horn Harbor. It was flying low and subsequently headed to the northward. Engine Stopped. According to three witnesses, the en- gine is reported to hi stopped about three minutes after it was observed by them near Horn Harbor. The surface craft have been directed to drag the waters within a radius of five miles of Horn Harbor in the hope of finding scme trace of the plane. In an effort to determine whether others in the vicinity had any Information concerning the ship, personnel have been assigned to interview people living within the same radius. Planes also will be used to fly over this area to ascertain whether the ship came down on shore. Another surface-searching operation will be carried on by craft from An- napolis in the vicinity of Mountain Point, which is on the south end of Gibson Island, in the Chesapeake Bay, not far from the entrance to the Severn River. | Aviation Pilot Nold reported that he | had observed an ofl slick 25 feet in | diameter inside of Mountain Point at | 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Admiral Coontz reported to the Navy Department that the following plan had been put in effect today: The Langley Fleld unit will fly over the Nansemond River, Hampton Roads | and off the const of Virginia Beach, to | S point 15 miles south of the naval| ase. ‘The fiyers from the Marine base at Quantico have been directed to flv ov both sides of the Chesapeake Bay, tween latitudes 37 degrees 35 minutes and 38 degrees. The flyers from the Anacostia naval base have been instructed to survey both sides of Chesapeake Bay. between latitudes 38 degrees and 2 minutes and 38 degrees and 42 minutes. Flyers from Bolling Field will take the | area on both sides of the bay between | 38 degrees and 42 minutes and 39 de-| grees and 20 minutes. Many Planes in Hunt. All of the more than two-score planes which participated in the search ves-| terday will be in the air today, accord- | ing to Admiral Coontz. He sald the plane from Lakchurst, N. J., had cover- ed the area assigned to it without re- sult, and again today would comb the same area. The planes from Anacostia, according to Lieut. Comdr Homer C. Wick, commandant of the navail air station, left there at 8 o'clock this morning to resume the search. A land plane assigned to Lakehurst left Ana- costia today at 8 o'clock for Aberdeen, to resume the search in that vicinity. FOURTEENTH STREET EXTENSION REVIVED| Bruce Introduces Bill to CIole; Other Thoroughfares Through Walter Reed Grounds. ‘The movement to extend Fourteenth street through Walter Reed Hospital grounds, which has been dormant for the past two years, was revived today when Senator Bruce of Maryland in- troduced a bill on the subject. The measure provides for the closing and abandonment of other streets within the hospital area, together with pro- visions that when Fourteenth street has been extended and widened as far as the southern boundary of the reser- vation, the land within the grounds in the line of Fourteenth street would pass under the control of the Commis- sioners of the District. It is also pro- vided, however, that the Secretary of War would have the right to pass upon the grade at which the street would go through the hospital grounds. The bill introduced today !vwwd the Senate in April. 1926, but did not get through the House ‘The proposed streets which would be closed are Thirteenth street, Fifteenth, Dahlia, Dogwood and Elder. RITES FOR GEN. KERR ARE HELD AT FORT MYER Retired Officer Won Distinction in Indian Wara—Burial in Arlington. Funeral services for Brig, Gen. John Brown Kerr, U. B. A, retired, who died in Garfield Hospital Monday, were con- ducted in the chapel at Fort Myer to- day at 11 o'clock. Interment, with full military honors, Arlington Cemetery. Honorary fol- lows: Brig. Gen, Eben Bwift, Brig. Gen John L, Clem, Brig. Gen, Thomas H. Blavens, Brig. Gen. Robert H. Carter, Brig. Gen, James T. Kerr, Ool, John H Morgan, Col. Guy V. Henry and Col William Baird. Gen, Kerr was the holder of the Con- wressional Medal of Honor for gullantry in Indlan wars, He would have been #1 yenrs old March 12 nd had spent the grenter part of his life In this city sinee his retirement from the Army In 1909, making his home at 2231 Bancroft | was in pallbears were As place. Treasury Clock Rewards Observers Lcap Year Clmnges By Recording The old clock which for years has been pointing the time of day and the day of the month at the Treasury De- partment. fulfilled the fondest hopes of 113 frienda Tnat night when 1t correctly Jumped from Wednesdny, Fehruary 29, o Thursday, March | Much inlerest had hen centered on the wnctent tlemeplece, &5 I the past 1 had correctly indieated not anly the 40-day and 31 months, but hid also corvectly registered the short Feb- uary month On lenp yenr yesterday, however, the old elock with unerring preeision, | slead of Jumping from Pebruny 30 THEATER MANAGER ARRESTED INROW Policeman Says Sherman Kicked Him in Stomach. Photographer Attacked. As a result of an alleged assault upon Policeman John Maher, 64 years old, of the fourteenth precinct, in which he is charged with kicking him in the stomach, breaking his glasses and tak- ing his badge, Leroy Sherman, 29 years old, 4530 Sixteenth street, son-in-law of Harry Crandall, motion picture the- ater magnate, and manager of the Earle Theater, was arrested early this morn- ing and charged with assault and dis- orderly conduct. An additional charge of assault was placed against him this morning for an attack on a newspaper photographer. Sherman was locked up at the four- teenth precinct about 3 o'clock this morning and was not released until after 8 o'clock this morning, when he procured a $1,000 real estate bond. At the time of his arrest cash collateral was refused. Was Leaving Party. According to the police account Sher- man with a party of men and women was leaving a dance of Crandall em- ployes at 5612 Connecticut avenue when he engaged in an altercation with an- other member of the party. When Po- liceman Maher appeared, it is alleged. Sherman assaulted him, kicking him in the stomach and wrenching his left shoulder and forearm. After the disturbance, police reported. Sherman disappeared. but was treated at Garficld Hospital for a small eut on his head and was arresied by Pelice- man D. W. Moore when he returned to the dance to get his overcoat and his wife's wraps. Policeman on Sick Leave. Police stated that Sherman told them that he was assisting a woman into a taxicab who had become ill when some one attempted to prevent him from doing s0. A fight ensued, he admitted, but denies having attacked the police- man, who went on sick leave today. As he was about to join his wife and sister-in-law, who were waiting for him in a car outside the fourteenth precinct this morning, Sherman rushed at a press photographer, kicking his camera and cutting him about the mouth. _ HOUSE GOM CUTS WY FUNDS Refuses $34,670,000 Asked for Modernization of Five Battleships. By the Associated Press. For the second time In recent weeks, the House naval committee today re- fused to follow a Navy Department recommendation and voted to authorize an appropriation of only $14.800,000 for the modernization of two battleships, instead of the $34,670,000 requested for the renovation of five capital ships. Previously the committee had de- cided to reduce the 71-new-warship-con- struction program submitted by Secre- tary Wilbur to a program calling for only 16 ships. ‘The committee todav specified that the proposed $14,800,000 expenditure should be used for modernization of the battleships Pennsylvania and Arizona. ‘The additional amount requested by the department would have enabled the reconditioning of three other ships, the New Mexico, Idaho and Mississippi. Representative Britten, Republican, Tlinols, who was instructed to intro- duce a bill to carry out the committee's action, said that the character of the work to be done on the Pennsylvania and Arizona was practically identical and that the three other ships probably would be cared for next session. | TIRE. SHOP EXPLOSION VICTIM RECOVERING Injury Edward Frazell, 18, Cnused by Cigarette Spark Ignit- ing Vulcanizing Cement. Edward Frazell, 18 years old, of Glen Echo Heights, Md.. is recovering today at Georgetown University Hospital from ourns recetved Tuesday when a can of vulcanizing cement with which he was painting in the Potomac Tire & Patch Co., Inc., 3318 P street, became ignited by a spark from his cigarette. At the tire shop it was explained that Frazell was using a quart can of vuleanizing cement that had been di- luted with gasoline to paint some tire cquipment. I"is apron caught fire and as he tried to beat out the flames he tipped over the can of cement, thus causing & burst of flame which en- veloped his head, chest and hands. WOMAN’'S PURSE SEIZED. Colored Man Escapes Through Al- ley With $40 of Visitor, A colored man snatched a purse con- talning $40 and valuable papers {rom Mrs. Rose Lattimer of Baltimore as she wax walking on R street between Six- to teenth and Seventeenth streets last night. He ran down an alley and es- caped. Ax the man approached Mrs mer he selzed her running into the al summon help, TOWNS SURVIVE QUAKE. Little hum’-u;c ")')om; -hy Tremors in South Central Montana. HELENA, Mont., March 1 (#)-Little it any damage was caused by a series of earthquakes in south central Mon. tann yesterday, reporta reaching here today from towns throughout the Cal- Intin Valley indicated. ‘The shocks, coming Inte In the afternoon, contin- ued for upwards of 10 seconds The tremors were deseribed an the most mevere atnce June, 1925, when many bulldings in this section were Latu- ‘IHI'!U’, wheellng and ey before she could damaged to Mareh 1, as it had during years, solemnly pointed its date hand At February 20, ‘Uhere was much con- Jeoture as to whether it would be able to vegister correctly the extra leap year duy. But this morning when eager in- quirers looked Into the voom in the ofMice of the direotor of the mint it was seen that the old works had evi- dently made n great atraln in the night e thme about midnight and moved 30, past 30 and 31, corveatly to March 1, and observers are maning the word around 'The old elock for yeara was In the United Htates Mint ordinary in U‘ll'nuu “;mv‘ Nev, before belng rough h gt ey, oe s Loumw Ay Upper, left to right: Corpl. Cicero D. Austin of Crockett, Tex., and Pvt. Al- bert Schlauck of Jamestown, N. Dak. Lower: Pvt. John C. Pump of Coun- cil Bluffs, Towa. SENATORS DISCUSS MERGER QUESTION Brookhart Challenges Right of Utility to Get 7 Per Cent | Return on Capital. | | The street car merger agreement now | being considered before the Public Util- | ities Commission gave rise to a debate | in the Senate today over the question of | a 7 per cent return and the reasonable- | ington. Senator Brookhart, Republican, of Iowa, started the discussion by calling attention to published reports in which John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co., was quoted as saying that if the merger plan should fail, his com. pany will have to ask for an increase of fare. Senator Brookhart declared he fol- lowed the question because of a desire to challenge the suggestion that a public per cent return. He asked Chairman Capper of the Senate District committee if any such proposal is being made. Must Go to Congress. Senator Capper explained that the| merger plan prepared by the companies is being considered by the Public Util- iities Commission, but that no consoli- | dation can be carried out without the approval of Congress. He said the ques- | tion would come to Congress when the | Public Utilitles Commission takes ac-| tion on the agreement. | Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the | Democratic leader, Interrupted to in- Quire if the rate-making power rests with the Public Utilitles Commission |adding that it seems to him that a re- Iduction might be made in the present cash fare of 8 cents. He characterized this fare as “very high" He was re- minded by one of his colleagues that! lnkl"-l;s can be purchased six for 40 cents, Brookhart Resumes Floor. At this point, Senator Brookhart re- sumed the floor, asserting that seven per cent is too high a rate of return for any public utility anywhere. Senator Caraway. Democrat of Ar- kansas. suggested that Senator Brook- | hart examine the charters of the local railway companies which, he declared, required them to sell tickets five- for- 25-cents. He said there has been no repeal of the charters, explaining that the increases came after creation of the Public Utilities Commission. Senator Robinson of Arkansas asked Senator Capper if he knew of any large city where a higher fare than eight c%":i' is charged. Senator Capper re- plied: “1 do not. I can conceive of no sit- ustion that might arise which would Justify any increase in the presens rate."” TRANSIT CAPITAL MAY RANGE AS HIGH | AS $53,500.000 MARK| | (Continued from First Page) 1s now allowed by the commission. This will never be lo it may be higher" Mr. Fleharty: “What is the effect of a fixed value and a rate of return on the powers of the commission?"” Mr. Hanna: “That might be consid- ered a limitation of the powers of the commission in the future. The powers of the commission as to the rate of return are always limited—limited by the Constitution of the United States. ‘They are not limited, however. as to service. ‘The commission would have power over fares for school children and transfers from busses to street cars, etc, so long as the company got & fair return’ kd Mr. Fleharty —Could the commission ever fix a rate of return that would give you less than 7 per cent? Mr. Hanna- No. They are not sup- osed to, but we have not earned a air return since 1913, Mr. Fleharty—If the company earns 6 per cent and the commission ordered an extension which would not Hmit the | return below 6 per cent would that | be legul? Mr. Hanna—Yes. Lower Rate Believed lllegal. Mr, Fleharty— Do you_believe 8 per cent to be fllegal or congscatory? Mr. Hanna- - Yes Mr. Fleharty- Do you consider the order of the Maryland Public Service Commission setting the rate for the United Ratlways of Baltimore at 8%, per cent flleg Me Hanna -1 am not familiar with that case, but apparently the answer I8 ves Mr, Fleharty- What s the objection to allowing the agreement to go to | effect without valuation and a rate ot return? | | Mr. Hanna - We would be willing to 0 On our own value. I can't answer or the other compantes, Mr, Fleharty -You say land property 18 worth $4i that ever been fixed by a Mr. Hanna - Well, practically, Utilittes O yes, | When the Publ mmission valied our property (hey survoved all i of our Maryland properties, part of which is used and useful in the District of Columbla business. 'The part not aurveved Was put in by us at 1038 prices. | Tt is a perfectly fatr value. i Quevied on Faving Tax, After this barrage of questions me‘ people's counsel turned to the paving | Ax item, whioch the merged company would be velleved of paying under the agreoment. Later he veturned to the | WIth' the propertien outaide of the Dis- it In the so catled metropolitan avea." ,Flehaily then went back to the 1 a ness of the present rate of fare in Wash- | utility should be allowed to earn a 7/ | address tomorrow. COOLIDGE T0 FILL DIPLOMATIC POSTS 'Envoys to Peru, Egypt and i Bolivia Will Be Named. Moore Considered. ' | Nominations for a number of dipio- i {matic posts, including those at Peru, Egypt and Bolivia, is expected to be made soon by President Coolidge. Interest centers in a successor to Am- bassador Poindexter, who has announced t a, Peru, to Republican nomination for United es Senatnr in his home State of Washington. Al exander P. Moore of Pittsburgh. form Ambassador to Spain, is among thos under consideration. ‘The name of Franklin M. Guntiaer.cf Amherst, Va,, at present serving in the Department of State as chief of the | division of Mexican affairs, is being mentioned in connection with a suc cessor to Morton Howell. who 1- | signed some time ago as Ministes to | Egypt. | There 15 as yet no indication who will be the new Minister to Bolivia to H 8. Cottrell of Tennessee, The selection has been mad: however, and the nomination is ex- pected to be transmitted to the Sena! shortly by President Cool | | call at the White House ftoday, said hat he was very favorable to the ap- pointment of Moore to the Peru pos! !and that he thought that the Pitt: burgh man would be pleased to accs He emphasized, h ver, that while he | knew that Moore's name had been prominently urged, the matter had not been discussed at his conference with i Mr. Coolidge this morning. . SLANDER SUIT FILED | AGAINST D. C. LAWYER per cent return provision. and Hauzp explained that as it stands in the | agreement it merely calls for a retum;n“’ghm"i“'hw Asks $25,000 | of this amount if it can be earne: . . o | ”That 7 per cent i the lowest rate| ETom Irwin H. Linton in Rock- ville Circuit Court. |of return that can be fixed today,” | declared Mr. Hanna. “Supposing some years later it is de- {cided that 4 per cent is a fair rate of ireturn, could the companies still get {7 per cent?" asked Fleharty. ROCKVILLE., Md.. March 1.—Suit | “Yes" replied Mr. Hanna. “The for $25.000 damages for alleged slander |same would b~ true if it is held in| Was filed in Circuit Court here thi: | future years that 9 per cent is a fair morning by Mrs. Irwin G. Linton {and reasonable return. The companies | 88ainst her father-in-law, Irwin H. Lin- | then would have to be satisfled with | ton. a prominent Washington attorney | 7 per cent. I think it is in the public | Shortly after her marriage. May 17 interest that a definite rate of return | 1926, in South Carolina. where young | be settled on to stop endless discussions, | Linton was a student at Erskine College. sK:: h(m:i lnnulmc'x;‘l. was filed here by the bridegroom, charging coercit d Present Rate Set At 3.8 Per Cent. | intimidation. He set forth thc: ‘Slo Mr. Roberts then proceeded with the | marriage was performed in the presence examination of Mr. Hanna. He called | of officers of the law armed with a attention to an exhibit submitted by | warrant for his arrest, and that the the Capital Traction Co. president yes- | warrant was illegally issued. terday afternoon, showing the com-| Through her attorneys. Dawson & pany’s operating income for 1927 as| Welch. Mrs. Linton. whose home is in $1,000.235. He asked what rate of re- | Kensington. charges that before and turn is shown by that figure and Mr. | since the marriage the father of her Hanna answered 3.8 per cent. husband reflected upon her character “If you capitalize that return, what | and made remarks throwing doubt upon would be the market value?” asked Mz. | the fatherhood of her baby. Roberts | 'PURS capitalization is about $14.000.000. | “If you earned a fair return on your | value you would have to increase the | earnings?” said Mr. Roberts | “Ycs, to $1848,000," answered Special Diepateh to T investigations and bickerings.” — - E OF CORPSE TAKEN. Colored Morgue Attendant at Hos- pital Held for Inquiry. Hanna. William Long. colored. 40 years old. “The remainder then would have to |morgue attendant at Freedmen's Hos- come from operating savings or ia- |pital. is held for investigation by police creased fares?” said Mr. Roberts of the eighth precinct in connection “Yes." Mr. Hanna replied. “As far | with the theft last night of a pocket- as the Capital Traction Co. is con- [book from the body of a patient who cerned.” had died at the hospital. P T 4 Police stated that no charge had DR. SIZ00 SPEAKS. ibeen placed against the prisoner pend- Tells Lenten Hearers Power Comes has no bearing on market responded Mr. Hanna. “The ing further investigation of the ecir- cumstances. Hospital authorities ex- plained that Lonz had been detained jdue to several “suspicious circum- stances.” but that no definite evidence |had developed which would indicate positively that he is responsible for {the theft. . From Heaven. Man's power comes from Heaven, Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. sald In his address at the noon-day | TS Lenten service today at Keith's ! BAND CONCERTS Theater. held under the auspices of| By the United States Marine Band. the Federation of Churches. | at the Marine Barracks. at 7 o'clock “Man lives in two worlds,”" Dr. Sizoo { Tavlor Branson. leader. sald. “and many live in one and fail | March. “America Victorfous™... to see the other. All of us are seeking | Overture, “Leonore. No. power. Where do we get it? The only | "Serenade for Flute and Horn" way for man who lives in this world | “Kol Nidrei"......... . to gain power is to keep in touch with | “Petite Bij the One above." | “Second Hv Dr. Sizoo will present his concluding | Marines There will be no| services on Saturday or Sunday. Dr.| Anson Phelps Stokes, Canon of Wash-| po e United States Soldie! ington Cathedral, will speak at the| v Sanky: s Ll i “ Band Orchestra. at the Stanley Hull. at — March. ASSOCIATION IS PLANNED. Overture. hapsody The Halls of Monte- " ruma “The Star Spangled Banner.™ He 34 Professional Fraternities to Be Represented at Meeting. Establishment of a Professtonal Fra- ternities Association will be sought in A session at the Hamilton Hotel tomor- row and Saturday. in which men out- standing in several professions will par- | ticipate. Delegates representing 34 pro- | fessional fraternities will attend. Jarvis Butler, president of the Con- leu-n;-; of Law Fraternities, will deliver | ” an address. The executive committee of | o, e. “The Bartered Bri the Law Conference i3 sponsoring the | O VCFHUre. “The Bactered Bl proposed association. 1 oo ~on Tous TWO HELD IN THEFTS. International Pickpocket Band Be- lieved to Be Broken. PARIS. March 1 (% A band of 1 ternational pickpockets alleged by th police to have robbed wealthy foreign- | ers, including Amerteans, of many thou- | (©) Anitra’s D sands of dollars during the last six| ) Dance o months, was belleved broken up with | Marines hymn the arrest today of two men, Louls Cassulo and Abbato Vittoria i A number of false passports and s IaTge quAntity of fewelry were found i their possession, in_addition to an Amertean letter of credit for $4.000, ¢ ~What Do Y | Valse popular, “Dians (D) “Canzonett: Clarinet solo. tor B i | 1 | acen niment | Musictan Lug Grand sceties from Valse Celebre Sutte d'orel a0 N ) Ase Mosskowsk Peer Gynt".. .Qrieg n- the U ¢ Halls of Montes suma “The Star Spangled Banner™ 35 Deaths to 84 Births, Dispateh fo the Star, | estate paid HBURG, Vi, Mareh 1 FIfEys | e seduetibie aths und 84 bIrths weie teported | agaimst local to the Burean of Health here during paving or drat JANUATY, A Teport of the Public Wellare | crease the value of 4 Department here shows Angina pee- |are ot deductible torls, With # total of 10, led W the | sidered as constt causes of deaths. permanent hnprovenent . \'l\f‘ .P\\h’mi l':u.\'xu" tan E\\A\ nt e Will Seck Coolidge R S e o witla Board to Settle First Flight Row by States may be deductad dyoan mdi e A Tuxes on persy sich Ay street b tend to the cost of a [ Vidual on his Federal tax re- | turn, | The Sederal estate tav & deductinle | fom the gross taeame of the estate of {a decedent m process of admmistration 0 Ascertaming net income of the estate sublect 1o the tax Custams duties Ated Press pald By A persoan on $50,000,000 vate base and asked If tt| Action by the House military com- farticles tmported for his own use aie had been declded on the value of the | wittes on & resalution 0 wuthorize | deductible. Admission taves are de perties in Mavyland. this ques- | President Coolidge (0 Appoint | duotible, but the tanpaver must show tHon My, Hanna sald that the com-| gommission 10 aseertaiin - Cwhich ihat acocunt has been kept of misslon I8 supposed to consider the value | was the frst heavier-than-at Avs famount paid duning e vear Quess of both the Maryland and Distriot prop- |ty weehine” will be sought By Fwork will not be accepied ertivs s & whol | Representative MeSwain of - South Tues ate deduciine as sich anty by “Of course,” he anid, “the ment | Caroling. The Peisois upan whom ey ae im contemplates giving the commisaton He aald today that thix would | psed Thus the excise taves ipes urisdiction In eosoperating with the | give Orvitle Weight and sl other [upon the sales by nanuiactueny of o Mavyland Publie Sevviee Commiaston [ persons i any way itorested” an | tomobils cChassts and dosdies and sy OPPEIINILY t0 presont evidence & fovcles are nol deductie by the g © which was the fvst successfll “chaser. even thoueh saeh 1aves mie alrplane fNight, Dilled (0 aln Aa separate itewma, . [}