Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1928, Page 2

" THE EVENING SHINGTO N. D. C. FRIDAY. M 928. ARCH 9. 1 NEW NEDGAL LAY TOBE CONSDER ‘Senate District Committee Expects to Hear Report of Copeland. ‘The Senate District committee. at a _ meeting this afternoon, is expected to consiict the proposed new medical practice law for Washington, which would set up the standards to be met by all persons treating the human body by any method. > Senator Copeland of New York, chair- man of the subcommittee which heid hoarings on the subject, is prepared to submit his report to the old committee recommending some of the amendments /i tequested by various groups of drugless | practitioners. but retaining the essintial | {Toatures of the original bill. as prepared br the District of Columbia Medica: ! Eozicty. i Examination Required. i The report of Senator Copeland will recommend that no change be made in | tion requiring all persons to pass same examination in the basic #ciences of anatomy. physiology. chem- | i bacterioloey and patholog: of what method of tre . both for medicine as the first step in obtaining a license. In addition to this board there would B> scparate examining boards to take final action on the applicants for dif- ferent methods of treatment. In the ‘riginal bill. provision was made for a board on medicine and osteopathy. \ funciioning under a general comm sion 10 regulate the art of healing “This commission was given authority 1o create other examining boards for the various other groups of drugless healers” The modified bill to be sub mitted this afternoon will dir;cl the ! chiropractors and naturopaths declared they were willing to have an examina- tion in the basic science, but they felt the examination should be prepared from the standpoint from which these subjects are applied to their methods ©f treatment. Will Study Bill. The pending bill would provide for the licensing of all persons who have boen engaged in the practice of their articular branch of healing for a/ 1 | i [ {Grindell-Mathews Plans Re- sumption of Experiments | With Power Rays. iScicntist Will Work on Island Set Aside by Gov- ernment. With an island in the British Chan- | mel set aside by the British government for his use, H. Grindell-Mathews, noted English inventor. will resume work in a ! few months on a device for projecting power along light beams which. he be- lieves. may bring about deathless wars in the future. Grindell-Mathews was in Washington today on a mission which he refused to discuss. Explains Invention. The device on which he expoets to resume work where he left off two years and a half ago, he said, is the same that which was termed the “death ray" at_the time. ! “I nover applied such a name to it.” id. “It would be just the opposite could have the pdwer to transmit something like a lightning bolt over ! considerable distances, the light beams acting as high power transmission lines act in carrying power today. am confident that' when radio trans n is a little better perfected this will be practical, as well as other | forms of transmission of power through space which will render useless all the ugly high-power lines and poles which w the countryside today. de not like to be thought of :e inventing a ‘death ray.' As a matter o. fact, no modern INCNERATORBIL B LINEREQUE "NEETS PPOSTON SERVCE EATENIN City Heads Take Stand Against Capper Measure in Letter. DEATHLESS WARS IS OBJECT: SOUGHT BY' BRITISH INVENTOR | » [ 1 3¢ bl th of time, but would apply .y, " e e i o all future apmi.| Vigorous objection to the Capper bill, | giit {providing for th: establishment of | The bill will not 7:_ reponltdd uln;n;mm modern high-temperature gar- | ":5 ::fig’:"‘;g“b: de today by |bige and refuss incinerators in the 2 © " I District, was registered by the Commis- | ‘. Senator Copeland. | sloners today in a letter to Budget Di- GRACE WAS SUICIDE, |5 o, o Commicincs v SAYS D. C. CORONER, the provisions of the measure are in |accord with the financial program of . Verdict Issued in Hotel Death.! Police Seek Man's | President Coolidge. Companions. i i Coroner Nevitt issucd a certificate of | ' suicide last night in connection with the | death of Julius Grace of Philadelphia, | p room at the Houston Hotel with a #"bullet wound through his heart, a pistol side. though the man, who came to the | Botel Monday with two co! ., had I as “Joe Hoffman,” investiga- “fion of the homicide squad disclosed }/that his real name was Julius Grace, i-with & bxmlzer.m:(yer Grace, living }n 1 Chi parents residing in - rmmpn'fl His father, Barnet s 17608 Emily street. Philadeiphia. came i /here last night and took his son's body bark with him. 2 1. Detectives are searching for his com- | w panions. who occupisd an M)nmmq {.Toom and registered as “Prank Hofl-| % Bn” and “Art Murphy.” " POLICE ASSOCIATION UPHOLDS MAJ. HESSE| i ‘Buperintendent Given Vote of Con- fidence at Meeting in Pythian Temple. . The Policemen’s Assoclation, meet- Ing last night at ‘Temple, ex- tended an unqualified vote of confidence | n Ma2j. Edwin B. Hesse. superintendent ‘of police, and a member of the associ- | |#tion Motion % findorse Maj. Hesse | ss introduced by Private George “Wheelock, vice president of the assocl- 2 and wss adopted unanimously | “Writhout debate by the 130 members Upresent Representative Casey of Pennsyl- | 3. spoke on value of organiza- | and brie! addresses along similar ines were delivered by Capt. Albert C. | Miller of the Allentown, Pa., police esident of the Fraternal Order of + Pcliemen, and Bergt. Arthur P. larkin | of Reading, Pa., recording secretary of e order GOVERNORS PROTEST BAN ON PRISON GOODS Four Mew England Executives Send Messsze on Hawes and Coop- er Bills. In # letter addressed v Congr . and printed 1o Wdzy's Congressional Rec- ord. four New Engiand governors voiced thelr opposition v the Hawes and Cooper bilis W bar prison-made goods from interstste commerce | Gove, Case of Rhode Isiand, Spaul- @ng of New Hampshire, Trumbull of Counecticut end Weeks of Vermont de- eisred the proposal would constitute “an entering wedge” 1o violate the rights of Blates W Gelermine the oonduct of their interstate business with other Bratos The measires sl would “completely Grotroy” the market for prison goods end brnng sbout ‘s oondition of une employment in the prisons. which would | be of ‘greal hanm the privoners and | ©f grest expense 1 the Bate,” it added Fotl bills have been the subject of leasings by Bensie and Hous | [z tees FIRED HOUSE TO SPITE HUSBAND, SAY POLICE n ment en Charge of Arson at Visputed Property. spite her husbend, Mrs. Eve Yomgue, oolored. 2515 Thirteenth street, The bill authorizes the Commissioners ; to acquire three suitable and properly located sites within the District and to erect a modern incinerator on each at| a total cost not to exceed $800,000. “The Commissioners of the District | of Columbia are opposed to the pro- | visions of this bill,” they told Gen. Lord. | “The presen method of garbage dis- posal is satisfactory from the standpoint on non-nuisance as well as from a financial standpoint. The reduction plant is locted on District-owned prop- erty in Virginia, about 30 miles from Washington, where it is out of the way | in a sparsely settled section and where | it has been in operation for years with practically no complaints. The ex-| pense of disposing of the garbage in| this manner is more than met by the | revenues derived from the sale of greass | extracted therefrom. “It is true that the District is in need of more adequate facilities for the dis- posal of miscellaneous refuse. The pres. ent plant is not owned by the District; | it is badly located from an economic standpoint, and has been the source of complaints from citizens in the neigh- borhood. Because of its inadequac much waste material from Federal Gov ernment establishments and from mu- | nicipal government (such as street and alley cleanings), and from private of- fices is burned on dumps, which, of course, creates much smoke and con- stitutes a nuisance. i “To correct this condition, the Dis- trict proposes to acquire a site for a transfer station where collecting units | would deliver their loads and where | materfal would be reduced in bulk 0 a minimum bv incineration and otherwise, and from whence the residue could be transported to an adequate dumping ground “The Commissioners believe that ene incinerator is ol that is necessary or advantageous since sites for three in- nerators v.ould be exceedingly difficult | 0 procure, as in every section there would be objections from residents. The Commissioners are of the opiulon that they should continue the policy of onerating a salvage plant as an aid to the disposition of miscellaneous refuse snd that in conjunction with incinera- tion a trash nlant should be built ty repiece the one now leased at Montello ‘V'lhl‘l! and Mount Olive road north- east.” Newly Weds Killed by Train. ROCKFORD, 1l March 9 (). Mr. #nd Mrs. David Sharp, each 36 year. old, of Beloit, Wis, were killed last night when thelr auto was struck by s Chi- | cago & Northwestern passenger train They had been married two weeks The accident oceurred only a few rods from the home of Sharp's father '{VAhitc House (‘J‘Aa‘tc Kx;o;kcd Dov;'n By Crasher Who Us Eva Longus Faces Arraigzn-| Abe Sehnider, 25 years old, 633 Que- strect, pluced himself in the running s H. GRINDELL-MATTHEWS. to kill people when they could as easily render bodics of men shock and take them It would mean an entirely dea fn war.” Plans New Devices. Mr. Mathews sald that he is fitting up a laboratory in New York and ex- pects to go back and forth frequently | across the Atlantic. Among the devices | on which he is working s an organ | that is played by light, rather than by columns of wind, on a photo-clectric basis. He also is perfecting a means of ting pictures and words against | as a curtain, which he believes b: of great value in advertising. daifferent | 1§ | | | Weuld Bring Forest Glen| Coaches to Downtown Point Under Plan. Application for authority to extend the terminus of its Forest “Glen line from Sixteenth and Kennedy strects to Eighth street and Pennsylvania avenue was filed with the Public Utilitles Com- mission today by the Washington Rapid Transit Co Through service from the downtown section of Washington to the various; points in "Montgomery County, Md.. served by the Forest Glen lin», which | include Four Corners, Linden and East Silver Spring. would result if the appli- | cation is approved | Wants to Run Express Service. Besides an cxtension in the line, the | company also seeks authority to estab- | lish an’ express service on the Forest Glen line between 4 and 6 pm. with | no local stops between Fifteenth and K | streets and Sixteenth and Buchanan, strects. ‘The primary object of this pro- posed limited servico is to prevent busses leaving downtown in the after- | noon rush hour from being overcrowded | with local passengers / The application bore the signature of | D. Merrill, president and general manager of the but company, who| pointed out that the proposed through service on the Forest Glen line would involve a revision of the companys agreement with the Capital Traction Co ! concerning operations north of Kenney street. The revision of this agreement he said, will deprive the bus compa i Republican, | third vote FOUR-YEAR TERM Proposal in Increase Tenure of Members Voted Down, 27 to 33. The House cast into di. | terday & proposal to increase to four years the tenure of office of its membership. ‘This action came on a motion to r vise the pending “lame duck” consti- tutional amendment before a single member other than the author had had an opportunity to raise his volce in its behalf. The proposal was then smoth- ered by a vote of 207 to 33. The four-year term proposal was of- fered by Representative Bankhead, an Alabama Democrat, who contended that inasmuch as the amendment would change the convening date of Congress from the first Monday in December to January 4, that a lengthening of the term oyl the House member could be considered also. Presiding over the House at the time, Representative Lehlbach, a New Jersey took & (llf{(‘l‘cnl.t \.'lcw ::‘\? rejected the proposal ds mot in order. Btenkhrld \l':\‘s’ then voted down on an offort to reverse the decision of the chair. A proposal w: tative Chindblom, designated to eliminate amendment all reference to ch: | congressional and presidential inaugural meeting dates. Measure Condemned. I this should carry. the amendment would be stripped of all provisions save those providing for the successions to the presidency in the event death or death “d late yes- as presented by Represen- Republican, Tilinois, from the ntingencies. ca‘l‘hesdl'bnu‘ yesterday enzulfed up- ward of twoscore of the House mem- bership and drew into its mesh many of those most active in its functioning. Tilson of Connecticut, the Republican leader. opposed the amendment, declar- ing “its adoption will be an un- sible for it should never ceas® to regret.” He was supported by the vetcran Martin Madden of Illinois, chairman of the appropriations committee, and Will Wood of Indiana, another Repub- lican stalwart in the House. These in turn were joined by Montague and Moore, both Virginia Democrats, and a host of other Southern member: On the other side another formidable array was presented. Members of the committee that framed the amendment, known as the White-Norris resolution, warmly urged its approval, deciaring that it would correct deficiencies in governmental operation that should not longer cxist. Under the leadership of ‘White of Kansas, co-author of the pro- posal, and Gifford of Massachusetts, both Republicans, they directed an attack at the arguments of the oppo- nents and frequently challenged state- ments forthcoming from the opposi‘ion camp. Defeat Is Predicted. As to what the outcome of the amendment will be, predictions were in conflict. Under the Constitution a two- is necessary for approval, and one faction claimed that this sup- port could be mustered, while the other argued that more than a third of the House had made up its mind to vote no. In addition to the Chindblom proposal, upward of a haif-dozen amendments await action. Several propose sweeping on by Representative Garrett of Ten- nessee, the Democratic leader. suggest- ing a single seven-year term for Presidents. Another would eliminate the provi- sfon that the propossd four-month 5f a certain amount paid by the Capital | Traction Co. in support of the service but will permit the bus concern to oper- | ate between points north of Kennedy | street and points south of Kenned: street Expect to Equalize Loss. “It is belleved,” he declared, “that an | additional number of persons will con- tinue the trip on the busses rather than transferring o street cars. and that additional new business will be secured due 0 the Increased convenlence of the service, so that the revenue lost by change in the agreement will be made up by increased number of passengers using our busses.” The company urged the commissicn to authorize the improved service by March 25, in connection with a change in schedule which will increase the ef- | ficlency of service on both the Sixteenth street and Petworth lines between noon and 4 pm. No change in the present rates of fare is contemplated, but Mr. Merrill sald t may be necessary t in- troduce an identification ticket to indi- cate those passengers who have paid through fares as distinguished from thrse who are riding only in the State | of Maryland JUAREZ SALOONS BURN. EL PASO, Tex., March 9 (1".—Half # block of cafes and bars in Juarez was in ruins today. Fire caused damage in | the main part of the town estimated at more than §100,000 Much whisky was destroyed, but con- | siderable equipment, including slot machines, furniture and safes were saved. ‘The Lobby Bar, the Keno Bar, | the Toltec Bar, the B and B Cafe, and | the Chee You Cafe were destroyed. All | were familiar to tourists | es Automo bile worning while the other one is under- golng repalrs Behnider, who Is re- Wel fue W a house el 4222 Dix street | early Wi morning as w rivel o the | ported o have haad seversl feminine s Murch 8, she hus sdmitied o police S No J1 precinet station Bhe was or- | celehiuted “Ore-eye” o Wate crasher Connolly, cham of the universe, hy | compentons vith him on his informul L entry into the White House grounds, Foowd Mondsy by Detective Robert L. | Dieral'y crasling 8 gate tiat bas proven | was detained by Officers Murcey and Maxning wug will be wrruigned in Po- | Jie Court woay on & charge of arson Mis Longus wes separated lrom her Buchend wud ix seid (o have hed sev- @il Gisputes with bim about posses- Bion of Lhe house run from \he bLouse when they Al of the furiiture hsd been police sey. Mie. Longus wes Blold. ohaurate 1o muny & | Jemlous politician Abe plloted B sutomabile agains e lon gate of Lhe White House itscif U tronts on Bouth Esepulive svenne statecman and {us [ Firemen sew some | southwest of Ui manslon proper, at 4 g, when his cane | welock this morning The gate and It sustaliing post were Aurnaged 1o cucki gn extent iat a e PUIBILY Kule was 6L du ils place Lhis | tie didiage, Anderson of the White House police for { ‘m“tl‘ ot the tnird precinet, who booked i o @ charge of 1eckless driving After giving 8100 collaternl, he wa | relenscd, o uppar i court this mor wah conling i he visited Ove office rnmnv bulldings snd 108100 1y “m; 1or March 14 Later of the atrector of public parks and sion should end automatically on May 4, while others would remove but specify that the sessions of Con- gress should convene and adjourn with iven periods. The latter i3 indorsed y Jeffers of Alabama, ranking Demo- crat on the committee that drafied the White-Norris amendment eads of Republican congressional campalgn committee, in arguing against the ameadment expressed the hope that before long steps would be taken to repeal the seventeenth amendment, which provides for the clection of Sen- ators by popular vote that if the House were called upon to pass on this provision at the present only about 15 members would support it. Called “Quack” Remedy. Stobbs, a Massachusetts Republican, interrupted an attack on the resolu- tion by Chatrman Snell of the House rules committee, to inquire what would have been the situation if in 1861 the election of a President had been thrown into the House. Buchanan, a Democrat. was Presi- dent, and both houses were controlled by that party, he said. The people in crats, he went on, and yet under the present system this party was in con- trol of the House, Snell contended that the evils of the resolution were greater than those it would correct, e Moore described the resolution as a “quack remedy for the supposed lame-duck evil” Montague | said that he knew some “lame ducks" that walked better lame NEW G. 0. P. BATTLE LOOMS IN INDIANA AS HOOVER FILES (Continued from First Page.) after they became least a negative victory muy be won for their candidates They do not expect Henator Watson to be nominated for President. Furthermore, it been widely heralded that Senator Watson, if he finds he cannot be nominated, will fglendly o e nomination of Vice Presldent " Dawes, or perhaps to Mr Lowden or Senator Curtls, It is unother case in Indlana of Hoover against the field, withough he will have but w sin- @l opponent 1 the open primary. The entry of Mr. Hoover into the In- dinna primary does away with any erit- felsm that might be ralsed ngainat him In Ohlo that he signaled out Senat Willls us the one “favorite son" can date o challenge for a State d ton. The Ohlo primary comes 24, two weeks earlier than the Indinnn il and It Mr, Hoover runs well i Ohio, the psychological effect upon llln- Indiana primary may be consideras o “The Hoover strength, it has been fre- quently aeserted, lies particulurly with the rank and flo of the voters, His lentry tnto muny primary States, under Il iditions, “appears the logleal thing 0 Femaln out of the primaries wis o permit the political leaders in muny of the Biates, some of them strongly opposed to Mr. Hoover, to han- dle the delegations us they saw fit The attyck or M Hoover's candidacy, Inunched tn Ohlo by Senator Willls, Is t be continued here by wn address to- dny In the House by Representative Brand, a supporter of Senntor Willls for the prestdentinl nomine to It s Ikely 1o take slnllar lnes (o those adopled by Benator Willla 1 his speech w week ago i Wellston, I which he challens My Hoover's Americandim wnd Hepublicantsm. —The Willia apeech according (o Hoover supporters, has Proved suiething of & boomerang. L0SES N HOUSE om two ange in | of the | hs of the President and | Vice President-clect and in other such | fortunate mistake, which those respon- | GRAND JURY HEAD DENIES CHARGE OF AIDING GAMBLERS 0! I (Continued _fron rst_Page.) five. He admitted that none of th: were against Killeen, because, he said, that name had not even been brought before the grand jury in complaints. He denied knowing the proprietor ex- cept_having once seen him pointed out by Sergt. Holmes. He was then asked why there had been no action by the grand jury against him and replied that 0o charges had been presented. Says Cases Not Presented. He was then confronted by testimony that there are 3,000 bootleggers in the National Capital, constituting a public scandal, and yet, according to his own testimony, the grand jury had not issued a single indictment. Represcnta- tive Gilbert nsisted that it is the duty of the grand jury to investigate <uch public scanda’s and summarized that in three months Mr. McQuade's grand jury has returncd five indictments against gamblers and none against liquor law violators. He asked, “Why in the Ca tal of the Nation, with 3,000 bootlegz. plying their trade, can’t you find evi- dence against one of them?" Mr. McQuade ansvered that he un- derstood the police and the prohibition unit were aetive in enforcement of the law, but had not presented the cases to the grand jury. He was then asked, “What excuse have you as foreman of the grand jury for not investigating the case of a spe- cially constructed truck admittedly hauling in large quantities of liquor?™ He replied that he understood In- spector Headiey had been making the investigation and had not made his re- port. Mr. Gilbert sarcastically remarked that bootlegging in the Capital had reached the stage of a public scandal, but ‘your grand jury knows nothing about it."” At this point Representative Gilbert and Hammer argued with the witness that it is the duty of the grand jury to act of its own initiative and not to just pass upon the determination of whether there is sufficient evidence in a complaint to order it to trial. Doesn’'t Know Plans. Mr. McQuade started to say that two days ago in the assistant district attor- ney's office he overheard that it was the intention of that office to bring some liquor cases before the grand jury. when he was interrupted by Mr. Ham- mer’s exclamation, “Yes, you're getting ready to act now that we have ex- posad the condition.” Mr. Gilbert impressed upon Mr. Mc- Quade that “your body is higher than | the district . attorney’s office and it is |your duty to investizate that office if 1t is derelict_in duty.” He was asked, !to whether the district attorney's of- | fice is doing its full duty towards sup- | pression of these 3,000 bootleggers? | “Have you made any investigation as | SCIENTISTS SEE MAN'S NERVE SYSTEM FUNCTION IN FILM Russian Professor's Human BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, March 9.—The com- pletely mechanized man, conditioned, controlled and motivated with machine precision, has been foreshadowed here by a private showing of the film, “The Mechanics of the Brain,” covering the researches of I P. Paviov, the great Russlan sclentist. Members of the New York Soclety for Clinical Research, who viewed the film, said Prof. Pavlov's study of “con- ditioned reflexes,” as shown by the plc- ture, constituted an event df scientific importance comparable to the Dar- winian hypothesis and to the later re- scarches of the great American, Jacques Loeb, In Prof. Paviov's picturization of why animals and humans behave, there is a isquieting reminder of the iron man, | answering the telephone and starting the vacuum cleaner, as shown here by a New York sclentist several weeks ago. However, Prof. Paviov did not begin with a mechanistic theory. Geared, regimented, rack-and-pinion conduct, a: revealed by his motion picture, is merely the incidental result of placing brains, muscles, cells and tissue under the ruthless and impartial eye of a motion picture camera, through a long period of years. In 1904 Prof. Paviov was awarded the Nobel prize for his researches in diges- tive functions. H. G. Wells later called him “a star which lights the world, shining down a vista hitherto unex- plored.” Dr. H. S. Liddell of the faculty University said to this reporter today, after viewing the film: “Prof. Pavlov is undoubtedly the greatest living sclentist in the world.” Frogs, clephants, apes, dogs, bears, geese, cows and human beings have the stellar and minor roles in this great laboratory drama. The unseen play- wright is a realist. There is no “long ending in this play. A bit of inert tissue is galvanized into a grotesque semblance of life; the nervous system, in both higher and lower organisms, becomes a complex of wires leading out from a switchboard; the brain becomes a clearing house for sensory and motor I | | of the School of Medicine of Cornell | arm of coincidence,” and no happy | ! Research Said to Mark New Era in Control of Behavior. impulses; an organism becomcs a re- sultant of forces. While Prof. Pavlov did not begin with a theory, his researches led him to his statement of “conditioned reflexes,” which sclentists throughout the world accept, not only as a novel and hopeful inquiry, but as a revelation of human motivations of profound social signif icance. Adherents of this school main- tain that it makes possible a diagnosis |of both congenial and induced crim- inality; that it wjll lay the basis of a new_educational’ system through early conditioning, and tha! it will clear up the problem of emotional instability, which, in its extremities, leads to crime. Dr. Liddell outlined the theory of conditioned reflexes to this Inquirer as follows: “Prof. Pavlov proves beyond question the - localization of bi functions in ;‘r:hm'lu and fun—not a new dls‘%‘oxv‘ery. it of eat importance in provi g a physlcnrbusls for conduct. His picture shows (and this has never been done before) that the conditioned reflex is the basis of all higher nervous ac- tivity. The mechanics of this lies in the |lated brain centers in associative proc- | esses. The reaction to a food stimu- | lus, for instance, is a reflex: when the offer of food is associated with any particular sight or sound, so that the | sight or sound will cause the animal | to_expect food, we have a wndllmneda reflex. | “The practical importance of this | lies in the conditioning of infants—the {removal of fears and the building up of desirable reactions and capacities. | An inhibition causes dissociation of | {brain areas, with resulting fear and impotence. 1 “An understanding of the mechxnlai |of this opens the way for curative| | methods. Marvelous results have been: | obtained by the early conditioning of | i children Its importance as the physi- { | cal basis of experimental psychology is | obvious.” , | While it is a Robot which Prof. Pav- lov shows in his film, any man’s deepi ‘\'cnenuon for the mysteries of life! will not bz disturbed by seeing it. Prof.| | Pavlov is in accord with the Psalmist in revealing man as “fearfully and | wonderfully made.” (Consright 1978 i Quade. Chairman Gibson reminded | ing, shoulé be kept in D.C. FUNDS GROUP: WILL TOUR CITY Sénate Subcommittee Ends Hearings—May Report Bill Next Week. Having concluded hearings on the District appropriation bill, tne Senate subcommittee will devote tomorfow to & tour of the city to observe the condition of streets and to inspect school sites. The subcommittee will not begin to decide upon changes in the House pro- visions until next week, and it is not certain at this time what day the bill will be ready to be reported to the Senate. Besides amendments to detailed items in the bill, the subcommittee is expected to give careful consideration to the plea of the citizens of the District for a mere equitable division of cost between the United States and District governments Any changes the subcommittee may make, however, will not be known until ppeal is bel made to the Sen- abeuw‘ insert m‘?rfz bill an item of $45,000 to prevent the closing of the Bryant street pumping_station of the Water ment. With the new water system completed, it is contem- plated to do all the pumping to the higher levels of the city from the new plant at Dalecarlia rescvoir and to let the Bryant street reservoir supply to gravity sections of the city. John H. Lorch, business representa- tive of Loval 99, International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers, con- tends the Bryant street pumping sta- tion, which formerly did all the pump- ing order as a safeguard in case oi®trouble on the W system. nc“u in unforeseen accident should ac- cur to the new lines.” Mr. Lorch sad. “they could immediately be cut off & different points and the old service for the Bryant street station put in oper- ation, prae\éidnddm n::m'lency force was maintained ane ‘mac] main- tained in running order. The Bryan street station is an investment of some thing like $1.000.000, and is well worth retaining for the small amount re- uired.” ure to maintain the st - ing staticn will increase the fire hazard in the District, and he expects to have the support of business groups.in seex- g the necessary item. —_— him that it was not what the officer | “thinks" but “knows" that the com-“ mittee is interested in. Claimed by Death It was at this point that Mr. Mc- Qundeb:hid lhnxl he (l‘l& ;! is ht:, duty [ to go back to the grand jury and sug- gost that it make an Investigation, M| Accuses McQuade. admitted that it is common knowledge | Mr. Hellmuth replied, “I know I was that there is considerable bootlegging |transferred and that you as foreman of here, but he protested that he does not the grand jury commended the cap- know where the places are. imln." Turning squarely to McQuade. Representatives Hammer and Gilbert | Hellmuth said, “I really believe that |agreed that the present exposc on ac- there are close relations between you count of its feature of conspiracy is and the captain of the station.” very serious and quite a proper onc for | Hellmuth told the subcommittee that the grand jury to investigate, even |other officers in that precinct have told EPARK AND POWER DEVELOPMENT ON POTOMAC APPROVED (Continued from First Page.) plan is presumably certain. It does not appear that the people of the District and its environs need be burdened with power from the Potomac if they do not |wish to receive it. I do not see why though the usual procedure in minor him that since. the hearing the othar ‘ the development cannot be made a unit During debate yesterday Wood, who | He predicted | November had repudiated the Demo- | ! liquor violation cases is through the | Police Court as misdemeanors. Strangers Find Places. . Mr. Gilbert could not understand why this subcommittee of members whose homes are far aficld from Washington can come here and find out about such | public scandals, while the grand jury, | composed of responsible citizens, cannot find out. Mr. McQuade said that as foreman of the grand jury he did not know where to look for such places. lie confidence if you find out now and tell why this officer, who for many changes in the, Nation's organic law,|years has borne a spotless reputation, | den testified that you as foreman of the grand jury, told him to keep his eyes | shut and when he didn't, he was taken | from the beat where he could have | performed a great public service and sentelsewhere, where he has been less valuable. “I think the capiain of the fourth | specific meeting and adjournment dates, | Precinct is the man you ought to send | he had no grievance against any one for,” stated Mr. McQuade, when he was interrupted by Mr. Gilbert, who said “He % the man for you to send for.” “You are foraman of the grand jury | he added. Mr. McQuade said he would be glad to take up the matter and subpoena the captain and endeavor to find out why Officer Hellmuth was removed. Mr. Gilbert then said, “It is well known that another man with two good eyves was also removed from his beat where he was doing good service to close up gam- bling joints and that it was said to have cost $2,000 to get him removed.” Commended Police Work. glad to have the foreman of the grand fury get authoritative information on both these cases and report back to the | Gibson subcommittee. Representative Gibson then ques- tloned Mr. McQuade regarding his many years of personal {riendship with Ma). Hesse and, having established this, asked Mr. McQuade why, after a man had been pointed out to him as a gam- bler, he had not told his good triend Hesse about this gambler, Mr. McQuade in reply to questions denfed that he knew a man who oper- ated an alleged gambling joint on Four- { and-a-half street, which was one of | the two place OMcer Hellmuth reported | he had been advised to keep his eyes | closed about. Mr. McQuade was questioned as to | whether he had commended the cap- {tain of the fourth precinct to Maj. Hesse, He explained that following the disposition of a case before the grand jury that body had directed by resolution that the officers who had de- veloped the testimony should be com- mended with the captain of the pre- cinct. He sald that he had seat such a letter to Maj. Hes Mr. Hammer said, “You needn't ex- pect to enforce the prohibition law if the grand jury doesn’t do anything to bring notorfous offenders to justice,” and asked Mr. McQuade If the judge “does not charge you to make diligent quiry.” Mr. McQuade explained that he In- terpreted this “diligent Inquiry” to mean that the grand jury make a thor- ough study of the evidence brought before it, " Mr. Hammer insisted that the grand jury has the right to make diligent Inquiry on Iits own Inftiative and to make presentments to the prosecuting attorney. By a sertes of questions it was developed that the grand jury acts entirely upon what iy brought betore 1t by the assistant dis- LI“;: attorney ussigned (o present caxes ) Chalrman Gibson called Sergt. Holmes and had Mr McQuade identity him as the one who had polnted out the re- Juted bookmuker Hellmuth was called and repeated his testimony In the presence of My, Mo Quade and yegarding his subsequent transfer m his beat and later from the precinet, Mr. Gibson asked if he knew of any complaint against him ve- garding his ofofal duties and he sald that he had been vated above 91 per cent In the last efMciency rating by the department, Representative Gilbert reminded the suboommitice l"\"“ Inapector Shelby had testified that Hellmuth s one of the best offivers on the foree for truth jand cMelency Mr. MeQuade then usked the tight (o auostion the ofcer. He sald, “If | so approached him, why didn't he ime medlately report me to the deparis ment Hellmuth answered thal he had Iovely angry as well as surs prised, und that when he was vemoved from hia beat he docided that 1t wasn't mich use (o say anyvthing “Ta you think 1 have anything to do With your Granafert” asked My, Mo- “You will Inspire a great deal of pub- | 1 Mr. Gllbert said that he would be day, the captain has questioned them | reearding their racollection of his hav- {ing threatened Hellmuth if he con- tinusd hi< activities against the alleged {30mb'ing piace. i Chinirman Gibson told Mr. McQuad® {that he had this cfficer t>sily in order jthat Mr. McQuade might hear firsi- hand what he had to say. Officer Cox was then called. He re. peated his testimony identifying Mr. | MeQuade as the man who asked him | if he had a warrant for a certain place, and who had told him that he knew { the operator and that he was a good | fellow Following this Mr. McQuade ied any such incident, and Mr. Cox !in a statement reminded the subcom- | mittee that he was not there of his owr | wishes, but that he would tell the truth in reply to any questions. He sald Mr McQuade had never asked him to pro- tect gamblers and had several times given information as a result of which | ruccessful raids resulted. He declared | I nor officers of the police force and ! volunteered that he had never smelled | liquor on Maj. Hesse's breath. Questioned as to who could have | given information that he had such a | warpant he said that Sergt. Letterman | was the only one who knew it and that |he would stake his life that Sergt.| | Letterman had given no information. Turning to McQuade, Cox sald that | he had ug‘ectcd him to deny the inter- | | view with him regarding which Cox had | testified b | said, “I say o his face that he did ask | | me. H Quizzed on Raids. | Mr. McQuade then told the commit- tee regarding a number of times when | he had given the police information against gamblers. Representative Gil- belt ve Information about | other gamblers, but not about Killeen?' | Mr. McQuade answered: I couldn’t | because I didn't know him." Representative Gilbert said that lh!‘l charges before the committee are not | that no gambling places are raided. but | | that some are protected and not raided. | John M. Sinclair was cross-examined | by Chairman Gibson regarding an in- | terview he had with a Mr. Simms, | whose name has been frequently men- | tioned during the hearing. regarding | what testimony he would give a* the hearing today. Mr. Sinclair admitted such a conversation. but denled saving. | “I am going to tell nothing.” or that | Mr. Stimms had said to him, “I am go- ing to tell as much as I have to.” Mr. Gibson was dissatisfied with this witness and sald that he would con- front him later on the same subject Mr. Sinclair was allowed to state that in this interview with Simms he had sa The only thing I could tell is that 1 have known Maj. Hesse for 17 years and have never seen him under the in- fwce of lquor, never smelled liquor on his breath.” The hearing closed with Hammer tioning Hellmuth and Cox regarding 2 they know are operated as gam-. Ing houses and the difficulties they en- counter In endeavoring to get evidence a2 which they could got a warrant ‘The hearing will be resumed on notice from the chairman, possibly fomorrow night, as the District committee s hold- Ing a meeting tomorrow. TIPS FOR TAXPAYERS No. 26, Doductions for depreciation form an tmportant ftem 0 the returns of many taxpayers. ing & deduction for deprecia- fundamental principles must be observed. The deduction must be trade, business, profession. or vocation, In general, it applies to the taxpayer' capital assets — bulldings machinery. otc.~—~the ovst of which cannot be ducted as a business expense. A bulld- ing or machine gradually becomea old and worn out. On acoount of this de- preciation the value of such asseta s deoreasod. A loas in thereby austained, for which the luruyvr ia entitled to recognition In making his return of neome. Depreciation may be clalmed on all busineas property, which ineludes not only I-mhhulu and machinery of & per- nanent ohavacter, but autamaobiles, farm traotors, mine and mill equipment, ofoe furniture and books . The holling of water removes very fow of Ks ehemical tmpurities, but 1t Allls germs, according to the Libarty Magasine, | ganleations confined to property actually used in | e WANAMAKER DIES AT JERSEY RESORTi (Continued from First Page) Princeton University, was graduated 1886, and immediately entered house of Wanamaker to learn the busi- ness. ore the subcommittee, but 1888 and sent him to Paris, where he remained for 10 years as head of the Wanamaker Paris house. He assumed the presidency of the entire business in January, 1923, following his father's de: Wanamaker married twice. His first wife was Fernanda Henry of Philadel- { phia, deceased. He later married Violet Cruger of Providence and New York. Wanamaker's residence in Pa adapted him to the French habit of imind. and he was imbued with a feel-| ing of kinship which he strove to ce- ment. In the crisis of 1926, when the franc toppled and a tense situation re sulted, he exhorted nations to ©o-op- eraté, not quibdle with France. His work in behalf of better trade relations between the United Stz es and France was recognized by the French with the decoration of the Legion of onor. He subsequently was made chevalier, officer and commander of the order. Patron of Art, The interest of Rodman Wanamaker |in art was lifelong and brought him recognition as a connoisseur. His own collection of art treasures included the works of the masters, of which he be. | came an authoritative judge. One of that of an art| his principal gifts w collection to Princeton University. The American Art Association in Paris elected Mr. Wanamaker president, an office he retained for many years. It was partly through his patronage that the American Art Students’ Clud in Paris was founded In appreciation of his services and benefactions Mr. Wanamaker was dec- orated as commander af the Royal Vie- tortan Order of Qreat Britain, grand officer of the Order of the Crown (Italy), officer of the Order of St. Sava, highest grade (Serbia) and member of | Order of the Liberator. second class | (Venesuela) He held memberships in various or« and societies, business, sclentific and social. He was a mem- bor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Sulgrave In- stitution, Washington He belonged to clubs i New York, Philadelphia. Lon- don. Paris and elsewhere, wnd was a director In many business enterprises. INSURED FOR $1.300.000, NEW YORK, March 9 (- Rodman Wanamaker, merchant prince. wha died today at his Atlantie Clty villa. had his 1 nsured for $7,500.000, making him e of the most heavily lnsured persans the country. The Spectator, nsurance magasine. last September TatXed him at the head of & liat of 194 persons who hald pali- cloa for $1,000,000 or mare. Only seven persons held palicies as great as ‘I.N\O.Mfl $25,000 IN BONDS STOLEN COHICAQO, March § (- Negotiable old bonds worth $23.000 were stalen rom the Chatles Hallenbach Sausage Ou's plant last night by seven young men, wWho forced the watehman o ace COMpany them to the main afices. The men galned entrance thivugh a basement window and met the wateh man as he made his rounds One af “the wobbers A sledgehammar o ARock the comtination fram the sate. i | e e (o] el * | the turbines sufficiently deep in |in the proposed superpower system of | the nof?heuum section of the coun- ey District Line Dam. | His plan would provide power as well as park development. It comprehends. he says, a dam at the District lLne. Ihis dam wouid have the top of crest zates at somewhere between elevaticns i5 and Tu;klnsleld of 115 as now pro- -apids of the Potomac and nterfere with Great Falls. E many of the islands. { -onal Capital Park and Planning Com- | mission objects to. It would aliow a parkway to be constructed along the route of the canal from Great Palls as | far easterly as Lock 11, and from th: {oofnt along the bluff to Cabin Jch: | Bridge. The power to be obtained Chain Bridge would be only about twe- thirds of that under the Tyler plan. but would be largely made up through | the other developments which he has in | mind. N . in addition.” he continues, resent dam His father made him his partner in C l of the flow of the river would be avail- able for power production at this paunt The powerhouse could be located. I think, on one of the islands just sou of the Falls and connected with &t ‘huer by a large tunnel approximate! 2,500 feet in length. If sush a i for the powerhouse it not practical {it could be lecated near the dam. with rock for & tail-race tunnel to dischars water brlow the Falls at an elevat about that of water level in the lo reservoir. | Powerhouse Plans. “In addition, this plan would includ> the future construction of a dam across the Potomac River about a mile above .f‘- at l.?h‘ lThBR“dam m :l\\‘ it op > elevation proy y Ma) | Tyler for the Great Falls dam ).u the | above point, & third powderhouse woult | be constructed. this one discharging | water into the river at the level of the | present Great Falls pool The waftr | thus let down. except that allowed to | pass over the Falls, would de availabie (for use in the powerhouse just delow {the present dam. and all of it would used later at the District line. | “The location for a dam above Great Falls appears from the map to bde a | favarable one. “Under the plan which I am sug- gesting, the total fall of the river from above Great Falls to tids level would be used fust as under the Tyler project. With the exception that power could |not be developed from such water as would be allowed to pass over the Falis during certaimn daylight hours for a distance amounting verdcally to adout T0 feet. It is impaossidle to state, withe out a mare compeehensive investiga- {tion, whether this project would oos: | mare or less than the Tvler project [ “Since {§ appoars that a projecs can I be worked out that will at the same | thme preservs the chffs and. many jother scenic features of the gorge de- low Oreat Falls, as well as the Falis |1 urge that your commission make no |msllli\‘l recommendation - agamst all plans for the production of power m the Polomac River pear Washington that they call the attention of the Federal Power Qunmtsion @ e practicability of working out an ecos nunical power \\h\l\'\‘l which will pwe- serve Creat Malls and many natural | features of the gorge below, and that | they recammend that ivestigation be made of the soundness of such & pros fect before denving the teuance of & | preliminary permit.” pess BAND CONCERT. TOMORROW. Ay (he United States Soltlers' Howe Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hal < 340 oolkek | Mareh, “Sabars and Spars FOverture, “The Amasa™.. 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