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he Sunday Star, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star 1s delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Generally fair and warmer today and tomorTow. Temperature—Highest, 47, at 4 pm.; lowest, 33, at 8 :I.r': g Full report on page 7. No. 1,202— 30,651. lass matter T gton, D. C. iTO WASHI HOOVER IS FAVORED 10 TAKE MAIORITY OF OHIO DELEGATES Wave of Sentiment for Mem- ory of Willis Seen Only Possible Obstacle. REPUBLICAN BALLOTS TO REMAIN UNCHANGED Entrance of Dawes Into State Held Unlikely—Question of Senate Candidates Postponed. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Out of the chaos into which the death of Senator Prank B. Willis threw the political situation in Ohio tempo- rarily, there appeared last night the follewing The Republican ballot in the presi- | dential preferenttal primary and th | Republican delegate ballot are to re- | main unchanged. Senator Willis' name | will remain on the ballot, as will the | names of the Willls slate of delegates, with Willis as their first choice and the specified second choices. This is the ruling of the Secretary of State of Ohio, Clarence Brown. Secretary Herbert Hoover of the De. partment of Commerce, who has en- tered the primary in Ohio for the Re- publican delegates to the national con- vention and for the “preference” of the State, stands to win & majority of the delegates and the State's preference. Only a wave of sentiment in the State, bringing thousands of votes for th: memory of Senator Willis, it is said. can prevent these results. It is too early to predict whether such a wav: of sentiment will sweep the State, and | whether that wave, it materializes, will be strong until April 24, the date of the primary. i Make “Second Choice.” Under the Ohio law, the delegate | candidates have announced their “sec- illis sla of delegates has announced as follows their second choice: i Frank O. Lowden, Illinois, 34 Senator Charles Curtis, Kansas, 8. Col. Fisher of Ohio, 9. i | al- | ternate delegate at ia“ge kas aanounced | One of the Willis candidates for choice Senator Watson of The opinion is expressed here that candidat none of the tes given by Willis as their second choice is as as his second Indiana. _| Willlam M. Butler, chairman. of the G, APRIL 1928 —114 PAGES * Mexican Divorces Declared Valid by Judge in Chicago =) (=) By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 31.—A long debated question of whether Mexican divorces are valid was answered to- day by Superior Judge Joseph | Sabath in declaring valid a decree obtained in that country by Charles | A Stoll, former president of the Lorel Rug Co. “We must recognize these divorces if they are not obtained by fraud,” he declared. The court’s action ended a fight of many months between Mr. Stoll | and Mrs. Hattie Stoll, who charged | her husband was trying, in getting | the divorce in Mexico, to deprive her | 2 ;\&{“l:t;rflgm,smlg\d to circumvent the ‘FUNDS FOR PURCHASE ’ OF PARKS INCREASED Mrs. Stoll's injunction was in con- nectibn with a suit for separate Revolving Fund for Penal Institu- tions’ Industries Sought HUBHES DECLINES * CONVENTION POST Declares He Needs Rest After Havana Meet—Pick | cost of maintaining and developing the | National Capital. Keynoter Tuesday. | Indications last night were that the | bill will be taken up by the Senatc | Tuesday " | By the Associated Press. { "I feel confident that when the biil is , NEW YORK, March 31.—Charles E. | taken up for consideration on the floor | Hughes has definitely declined to serve | the Senate will sustain the .ction of | as temporary chairman of the Republi- | the subcommittee and of the approp:ia- can national convention at Kansas City. | tions committee on the amendment to discontinue the temporary 'ump sum PHPPS CONFIDENT OF SENTEFAVR FOR 4D PLAN District Appropriation Bill Expecetd to Be Taken Up on Tuesday. by Subcommittee. Confidence was expressed yvesterday by Chairman Phipps of the Senate sub- committee in charge of District appro- priations that the Senate will look %‘:"‘gx‘npco"r:‘r";‘“:fi"“";‘:‘;°‘:‘:fgdke‘;’fl:&‘ practice and return to the sbstantive speaker will be selected Tuesday. law fixing a 60-40 ratio,” Senator hChix!es -113 Hilles, vlc:u :h;!rl:l;\ of | Phipps said yesterday. the national committee, e had in- v formed Mr. Hughes that Chairman But- Would Be Consistent Action. ler and other party leaders were pre- | “Such action would be consistent with pared to urge his selection as keynote | the stand taken by the Senate » former speaker if assured that he would accept. | 10 oy w | 'Mr. Hughes declined, he said, on the years before the lump sum practice | grounds that he had planned a needed | ¥&5 inaugurated by the House.” | rest after his labors at the Pan-Amer- The hearings held by the subcom- | mittee while it was drafting the ap- ican Conference at Havana. i C:,ngln ;‘B'\ltler. nfvr. yHJllles.RoNa- propriation bill, which are available | on: mmitteeman J. ¥.nry Rora- | now that t E hack of Connecticut, and Col. Lafayette | 2% P4\ the measure hus been re. | B. Gleason. convention secretary, let | 3 s s today for Kansas City to attend the |€lose attention to the proper develop- meeting tomorrow of the conventicn ment of the park system as a national 'A;‘ngemfl::’ mfimgme. s Thr(\' starx‘a i“m in the Capital. As a result of | 'y _expec Al jor plans (o) the | this discussion they raised the fund of | ook '© be compleied by Tues- |tne National Capital Park and Plan- R e B ning Commisison for acquisition of land from $600,000 to $1,000,000, al- {lowed another installment of $100,000 GERMANS MAY BEGIN |toward completion of Meridian Hill favorably upon the recommendation to | restore the 60-40 basis of meeting the | \PRIL Passengers Tell Of Leap to Safety | As Trains Crash| By the Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa., March 31.—8. liams of Los Angeles on their ar- rival here today described their nar- row escape last night when Liberty Limited of the Pennsylvania raliroad crashed into the rear of the Broad- way Limited at Lima, Ohio. Neither was hurt after leaping from the observation platform of the Broad- way just before the Liberty tele: scoped the car. Davis said he and Willlams, his business associate, saw the onrush- ing train bearing down on them. Both leaped over the rail, Davis finding a break in a string of freight cars on the next track to crawl through to safety, while Willlams dove under the standing cars. About a half dozen other men on the platform had sufficient time to jump to safety, Mr. Davis said. FEDERATON HTS * PUAN FOR MARKET | Construction of “Wholesale ” (#) Means Associated Press. A. Davis of Seattle and W. L. Wil- | Farmers’ Trading Place by Public Funds Decried. Striking a blow direct at any “whole- sale” farmers’ market, built by pub- HOPES FOR TREATY Plan for Six-Power Pact‘ Viewed With Favor by U. S. Officials. 1 \ T | By the Associated Press Hailed at the State Department as marking a stride toward a world agree- ment renouncing and denouncing war as a weapon of national policy, the new | Briand note assenting to immediate many, Italy and Japan to that end was | velopment of the Rock Creek and Poto- |mac Parkway connecting 1$93,000 to $125,000. i Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director | | |Sun and Wind Dry Irish Field Plane Awaits Conditions b2t & o_ver Athn? OCEAN HOP MoNDAY4Pflk and increased the item for de- b Parkvay would permit {early completion of the road in the | section extending from Zoological Park By the Associated Press NNEL . AIRDROME, Dublin, BALDO! March 31.—If Atlantic Ocean conditions This conclusion was reached morning, tonight by authorities of the Irish Fies State Air Force as the result of a day {of bright sunshine and wind which rapidly dried the field here. A 20-mile northeasterly wind blew all day. and if it continues tomorrow, theze will be almost no handicap for a safe getaway of the heavily-ladden plane. Baron von Huenefeld, backer and super of the projected . would not indicate definitely, however, what he in- tends to do. He and his companions, Capt. Hermann Koehl and Arthur Spindler, remained in seclusion at the airdrome. Their attitude has caused much specu- lation in Dublin. The newspaper Irish ‘Times today dubbed the whole preject as the “Atlantic Mystery Flight.” {RUMANIA REPORTED SEEKING GOLD EMBARGO ]Nltlon Claims $5,000,000 Now Held by New York Banks { on Soviet Accounts. | By the Amociated Pres BUCHAREST, Rumania, March 3], — | Local newspapers report that the | Rumanian government has applied to | the State Department at Washington is up for re-election. It is true that the primaries for the senatorial nom- inations do not come until August and that the last day for filing for the Benate is somewhere around the time of the Republican national convention in Kanses City. But men wish to be- ;o‘me mndld’w :ur the lztel’me on the publican ket are y w0 take e into considerat.on how their stand in | fi,";;:‘,‘.r: cr:,“&;m:‘;‘f.h :’::lym. ':f,g the presidential primary fight may -'-1 World War. Moscow has refused to fect them return any of this money. | The newspapers rtate that the | Rumanian government has retained | some of the best American lawyers to | press its claim SEEK GRAIN ACT REPEAL. Minnesota Men Coming Here to | $5,000,000 of Boviet gold now held in | New York banks. { Rumania claims 350,000,000 leus (about 870,000,000 at par and $21,875,000 at Dawes Is Groomed. Back of the movemen. o elect a Willis delegation to the Republican con- vention lay in some messure tne de- side on the part of friends of Vice President Dawes 10 see him nominated Indeed, the undercurrent for Dawes 1 #aiC 0 have been very strong, wilth the | purpose of leaving Willis when it be- | came epperent he could not be llllm-‘ z:"fi and swinging the delegation Wi Back Shipstead Bill These Dawes followers would lke| 87. PAUL, March 31 (#).—Backed very much 1 draw the Vice President | by a concurrent resolution of the 1927 nw the rece In Obio now, as the real | Legisiature, six Representatives of the opponent of Mr. Hoover But this does Btate government left tonight not appear possible for two reasons In | Washington to seek the repeal of the the first place, the Becretary of Blate | Federal grain grading act Wi has charge of elections, has ruled | O P, B. Jacobson that the baliot must remain the same, wud Viee President Dawes’ name does not appear on it In the second place the candidale must give assent W the use of his name in an Ohlo primary, end Vice President Dawes, it i be Jieved, would give no such sssent. He has repeatedly denied he is 8 candidate #nd has seld he suppored Mr. Lowden or the nominstion. As Mr. Lowden i very much in the Ohlo race oday, there seems no Jikelihood that the Vice President would change his stand fenstor Willis wes particularly strong with the temperance forces in Ohio and wes campaigning for thelr vows, and charging thet Mr. Hoover wus not us “hone dry” as himself, The Blate W C T U recently indorsed the cen- didacy of Benstor Willis, But Mr, Low- . den would not have the seme clein on the Gry forces in Obio as Senator Willle. Mr. Willis wee criticizing Mr. Hoover because of hie reply W the Boreh dry questionnsire, slihough Mr Hoover msserted in that reply he was sgainst the n:xml of the elghteenth smendment and for strict law enforce- ment. But Mr. Lowden, sithough e alor Boreh sent Wm s similar ques- tionneire more than & month ago, bhas sgnoved the questions snd mede no | reply | mission |pear before the Senate ings on the bill of Benator Bhipstend al the act 14 Name Address Court Atack Seen The suggestion wes n i some o eriers lost night thas iy the rul- fg of the secretary of stale of Ohio, | " gontinued on Pege b, Column 4. | for & permjt to lay an embargo on the | for | points of difference. chalrman of the Blate Relirond snd Warehouse Com-|between the United States and Dis- led the party, which will ap- |trict governments, Benator Phi) agriculture committee, starting Tuesday, in hear- Enroll me as a member of vening Sfar Golden Rule Safe Drivers Club | sgree to whide by the Golden Rule of Motordom, “Drive as you would heve others drive, considerste of pedestriai Wise_snd Mail ' The Kyeulng Biar or Mand \o Any Folicemap | o Massachusetts avenue. Would Link Parks. This parkway, planned many years! |ago, is an important project, because | it will link together with driveways the two b eas of Rock Creek and | Potomac Park, | Chairman Phipps and other members | of the subcommittee indicated at the hearings a desire to see Meridian Hill Park, on Sixteenth street, completed without delay. Senator Phipps ex- pressed the belief in the hearings that flulla unsightly in its half-completed state. Col. Grant testified that at the rate of $100,000 a year the work of com- pleting the Meridian Hill project, in- | cluding walls, grading and landscaping, would take three years more after this. The subcommittee carried out this thought by inserting the $100,000 amendment. There was nothing in the Ho:"k.e bill for going forward with this work. The hearings also show that the com- mittee made the increase from $100,000 to $125,000 for trees and parkings after Assistant Engineer Commissioner White- | hurst bhad testified that the city has | not been able to keep pace with the | growth of the District in extending the | hade tree system, regarded as one of | the attractive features of the Capital. | After pointing out that many trees are lost annually, Capt. Whitehurst told | the subcommittee the department should |plant at the rate of about 3,000 trees | year to keep up with improvements made in " e thoroughfares Revolving Fund Provided. | The Senate committee wrote Into the ihlll an amendment for the setting up of a revolving fund to assist the Dis- trict workhouse and reformatory in carrying on its various industrial enter- prises. “The fund would be started with | $50,000 and the various departments of the Pederal and District governments would be authorized to buy industrial or farm products from the workhouse, the receipts from such sales to be deposited in the proposed revolving fund. This fund then would be available for the purchase and repair of machinery and raw materials needed in operating the | wo;l;&mwh ug:mn. 1 r the natle passes the appro- | priation bill it will go back w0 the { House for consideration of whatever | changes the SBenate makes in the House provisions. The next step s the ap- pointing of conferees by the two branches of Congress to discuss the the Benate several rt of a more equitable ing the cost of the city In addressing days ago in suj method of div] o di- rected the attention of his colleagues to the comprehensive tabulations on , | the subject, prepared in recent months I by the Washington Board of Trade, wnd st ull times he nd children, | inated and for which It s responsible.” | in the hands of Secretary Kellogg to- American reply. Pending detailed examination of the paign which has been in progress for | cajves {of public buildings and parks, told the | French communication, department of- | the past week, has a local setting and | subcommittee, the hearings show, that | ficials withheld comment beyond saying | its tragic climax is exactly the sort ' similar stos the additional $32,000 for the Rock|it clearly represented an advance to-|of thing that happens every few weeks ward a time wheri a meeting of winds on the subject among' the great powers will be possible. Mr. Kellogg was re- | ported as hopeful that a formula for an | anti-war treaty satisfactory not alone to but to all the governments of the world can be found. Stripped of thesargument that sur- rounds it in the note handed to the Secretary by Ambassador Claudel, the French foreign minister has proposed that the Washington and Paris govern- ments agree upon a draft Alateral anti-war treaty, then join in present- ing this as a working basis to the other four powers, accompanied by all the | Franco-American exchanges on the subject. “Adjustments” Expected. Out of that six-way discussion, the French government hopes will come “any adjustments” that present the “possibility of reconciling previous ob- | ligations with the terms of the con- | ur_;x’ghud new treaty.” | e note points out that Secretary | Kellogg has clung not alone to his in- sistence upon a multilateral treaty in- stead of the bilateral Franco-American | rlme again war between them orig- | nally suggested by Briand, but has also | insisted upon unconditional pledge” in any resulting treaty. In that con- nection, the new note says: “If your excellency really belleves that greater chances of success may be | found in this formula in spite of the | consequences which it involves, espe- cially the necessity of attaining a treaty of world-wide scope, the government would hesitate to discuss longer the question of its adherence to a plan which the American Government orij But the note then goes on to make the new proposal for working up a for- | mula on which six-power conversations | would be_possible, basing it on a_“new | (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) PART ONE—36 PAGES. General News— National Forelgn. Political Burvey of the United States— Pages 12, 13 and 14, Schools and Colleges—Pages 22, and 25. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 26. News of the Clubs—Pages 32 and 33. Radio News—Page 34. At Community Centers—Page 36. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial and Editorial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of New Books-—Page 4. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Boclety, Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 8 D. A R. Activities —Pages § and 10, W. C. T, U, Activities-—Page 10 Y. W. C. A, News—Page 10 PART FOUR—I14 PAGES, ‘Theater, Bereen and Music. News of the Motor World—Pages 6, 7 and 8 Army and Navy News—Page 9 Bpanish War Ve! ns—Page 9, Berfal story, “The Devil's Mantle'— Page 10. District National Guard—Page 10, Veterans of the Creat War—Page 11 Civillan Army News ‘P'f."' 1. District Naval Reserve—Page 11 Army and Navy Union-—Page 0. Fraternal News—Pages 12 and 13 PART FIVE—4 PAGES, Pink Sports aeu_l_!gn © PART BIX—12 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Around the City—Pi Oross-word Pugle— Boy Beout Ne Financial News-—| 10 and 11, PART SEVEN—A PAGES. Magazine Bection-PFletlon and Humor. GRAPHIC BECTION—12 PAGES, World Events in Plotures, COLOR KEOTION—4 PAGES, Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; My, and Mrs.; High Lights of History, and 23 BRIAND NOTE STIRS GOLDEN RULE MOVIE DEPICTS | TRAGEDY OF CARELESS DRIVING Sta Just a second’s selfish negligence— | and the cost was a little girl's life. | It is an old, old story in every eity in the United States—this tragic chain of circumstances upon which is based | the feature motion picture film, “The | Penalty,” which yesterday started a week’s run on the screen at the Fox Theater as a visual lesson to Wash- | ) conversations with Great Britain, Ger- ington motorists on the necessity of | course, want to run over the little girl. obeying the Golden Rule. ‘The picture, which is presented by link from | night, awalting his decision as to the The Evening Star in connection with the Golden Rule safety driving cam- | on the streets of Washington. “It has happened 92 times during the past | five years, according to police records. “But, your honor.” r Picture at Fox Features City Children in Graphic Portrayal of Disaster Recklessness Brings. | other incident of lic funds, the Federation of Citizens Association last night told the Dis- trict Commissioners and Congress that what the city needs is a new “retail” market, to accominodate also the far- mers “in a central location.” The federation adopted by a vote of 40 to 3, a sweeping resolution by E. S. Hege, charging that the “wholesale” system of the farmers’ market plan, denied consumers any financial bene- | fit and declared it would be unfair to make them pay for such a market out | of taxes. g It was an_attack on the bill which | aas passed the House and has been re- | Jierc. times before. He has heard it in every Jorted out by the Senate District com- city in the United States. Very likely | mittee providing for a Farmers' Whole- it is true, but is it an excuse? | sale Market in the Southwest site at a | 'ost of $600,000. George M. Yeatman Motorfst Without Excuse. !5t the Southwest Citizen's Association “That doesn't make any difference,” ind G. M. Koockogey of Trinidad stood he thunders at the defendant. “You | ip in defense of the House bill, but were speeding in a residential area,” | inder a storm of support from the floor The driver didn't have the shadow | ‘or the Hege resolution, went down in f a real excuse. He hadn’t deliber- jefeat. ately violated any law. He didn't, of | Hurls “Propaganda” Charge. Koockogey hurled charges of “propa- janda” for the site “north of the \venue,” but Hege denied this. Hearings and public discussions of the Farmers’ | Produce Market, the resolution said, “clearly indicate that mm 80 to .O:s thereon probably pass through wholesalers or and perhaps cold storage ware- The resolution will be sent to the Speaker of the House and President of But he failed to bear in mind that justl such things are bound to happen to | any motorist sooner or later who goes | about the streets with the cynical mot- | to, “Let others look out for them- How frequentiy in_the ry been dictated over the to the news room of The T, to whom, accustomed as he Is to the raw side life, it is just he day's work—just | says the penitent | another first-page story. 1 the Senate. with the request it be Record, n- serted in the Congressional and driver, '“I didn't see the child. She| | | ran right out in front of me." dge has heard this story many BOY AUTOVICTM LINDY D DIES OF INJURIES Edmund Joseph Lyddane Struck While Coasting Near Home Monday. = | One week before his sixth birthday, | Edmund Joseph Lyddane died last night | of injuries received when he was struck by an automobile while coasting in his express wagon on Thirty-fourth street | last Monday. The child was hit by the | car of Clifton N. Waters, 24, 1233 | Thirty-third street, and sustained a| fracture of the skull and concussion of the brain. He died at 5 o'clock yester- | day afternoon The accident occurred at the corner | of Thirty-fourth and O streets. The boy was taken to Georgetown Univer- | sity Hospital, unconscious. A short time later Waters was arrested by police of | the seventh precinet and held in $1,000 bond to await the outcome of the child's Injuries. Last night he was directed to appear at an Inquest at the District morgue tomorrow morning at 11 Edmund was the son of Francls Lyddane of 3317 P street. Since his mother’s death two y ago he had lived with his aunt, M Wade H Coombs, 3313 O street. Mr, Coombs Is superintendent of licenses for the Dis- trict of Columbia. ‘The funeral will be Tuesda; mund s survived by his fathes ter, Mary Frances Lyddane, 7, brothers, Robert Eugene and John Eustace, 3 Falling or slipping from a street car Joading platform early last m=m, Miss Rosle A, McDonald, 20, of 1840 Bilt- more strect, was struck by a truck Her skull may have been fractured. | She was taken to Emergency Hospital, | where her condition was reported as | serious. Miss McDonald John P. McDonald, manager for American Oll Co. 8he was on the platform at Eighteenth street and ennsylvania avenue at the time of the accident, The truck was driven by Leon Bhelton, 726 Twenty-third street Police believe Miss McDonald fainted | or perhaps lost her balance due to the strong wind. Her father last night expressed the | bellef that she miscalculated the width | of the platform and stepped backward | off of It { Miss MeDonald 1s & Arsi-ald worker | At Providence Hospital | The driver was arrested for Il\\‘nlll»’ gation and later released on §80 collat- eral on a charge of driving with b-fl[ | | of the is & daughter brakes, LEGION HEAD IN DULUTH. TH, Minn, March 31 (#).—Ed- Bpaflord, national commander he American Leglon, avrived late to- day by airplane from East, Ho left McKeesport, Pa., this morning, after refueling at Ohicago hoppe | for Dutlum. with Capt, R. O Breene | a8 d:lla omdr. Spafford came here to attend the fourth annual “Hall of Fame" banquet, l!'vm !«nltm by the local American Leglon Post, and | off After picturing the death of a little girl under the wheels of a speeding auto (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) ENIES PLAN. FOR PACIFIC FLIGHT Leaves St. Louis for Coast to Receive New Plane Built for Him. By the Associated Press ST. LOUIS, March 31.—Categorical denial of reports that he contemplated round-the-world or transpacific flights ' was made by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh | before his departure today for San Diego. Calif., to receive a new mono- | plane built for him there. “None of the reports of my plans 1s | true.” Col. Lindbergh sald when pressed | for a statement. “I have utterly no| plans for any flying trip at this time ! beyond the flight I am now beginning There have beem so many rumors that I can't deny them all and I don't in- | tend to keep on denying rumors in the | future.” \ Asked concerning detalls of the trip | and future plans, Col. Lindbergh said he had no announcement to make Before departing, Lindbergh walked | to the National Guard hangar to look | at the Spirit of St. Louls, which is on | exhibition there. | ‘The present flight is in a Ryan | brougham, lent by the B. F. Mahoney | Alreraft Corporation of San Diego. | makers of the Spirit of St. Louis and | the new plane, which is a brougham | | with seats for three passengers. AT TULSA. 1 TULSA, Okla, March 31 (#).—Col. Charles A, Lindbergh arrived here this evening from St. Louts on his flight to San Diego. He landed at 6:45 p.m North Carolina Judge Dies. DURHAM, N. C. March 31 @) Judge W. M. Carolina judicial district was found dead | in his room at the Malbourne Hotel at | 715 o'clock lhodl Death was attributed ARRI1V Annual “Learn-to- April 9, 10, FREE SWIMMING LESSONS s Auspices of | | also sent to the District Commissioners, = |the Citizens’ Advisory Council. the Bu- reau of the Budget and the chairmen | of the Senate and House District com- mittees. Two principal contentions were made. Pirst, it was set forth “that public funds raised by the taxpayers of the District ought not be used to provide any kind of market that is to be laregly of & wh%les‘de cmn‘c‘t:r.l"rm Second, it sugges! “provision might be made for a new and suitable retail market in a central location with ample facilities for the sale by farmers of their produce, this new center mar- ket to be either a municipal activity, or a private activity under proper pub- lic supervision.” Sees Tax Rate Increase. The $600,000 cost of the farmers | market, Hege claimed would probably result in an addition of 5 cents on the tax rate. The people of Washington feel that old Center Market should be perpetu- ated elsewhere after it is torn down, according to Jesse C. Suter, who de- fended the Hege resolution. “The people are educated to buying t such & place where there is a wide ~hofce, such as is available at Center Market.” he said. “The farmers’ mar- ket is designed to serve the jobbers and the warehouse men more than the con- sumer. 1 favor the principle of main- tenance of Center Market, and a place for the farmers to sell there at retail” Koockogey took issue with Suter's charge that the municipal fish market had virtually ceased to be a retail mai- ket and was now virtually only a whole- sale place. The action of the federation last night followed developments within the | past few days, disclosing that at least iwo, and probably three groups of pro- moters, have under consideration the construction of privately financed mar- kets, similar to Center Market. One project would place a great new Center Market somewhere in the downtown area, and another, reported to be in the neighborhood of a $1,000,000 enter- prise, would be located somewhere in the general vicinity of Eighteenth and Columbia road The federation approved retention of western market A special committee, consisting of HAarry N. Stull, E. S. Hege, E. B. Hen- derson, W. A Roberts and E. J Brennan, was named to study and ‘eport on & resolution from the Trinidad ivens charging that it was “unethical d improper for delegates foderation to accept any pay or emolus | Bond of the frst North |Ments from any public utility interest | doing business in or for the Distriet of Columbia for services In connection With any measure of public interest for (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) Swim Campaign™ 11, 12, 1928 l The Star and Boys' Department, Y. M. C. A. | Get further information at the office 1732 G Street Name Addvess Pavent's Siguature | l | | | and make appointment of the "Y" Main 8250 FIVE CENTS. FIST FIGHT NEAR AS BLANTON AND ATTORNEY DEBATE Texan Says He Was “Insult- | ed” Time After Time as Sta- | ples Trial Progresses. ATTEMPTS TO BREAK UP TRIAL BOARD MEETING | | 1 | | Accuses Court Stenographer, Who | Muttered “I Know My Busi- ness,” of Incivility. A near fist fight between Represent- ative Blanton of Texas and Attorney C. H. Fowler, followed immediately by | a “misunderstanding” between the frate | Texan and the official court reporter | that temporarily halted the proceed- |ings while an apology was being de- | manded for “insults,” featured the clos- ing session of the first week of the trial of Policeman Orville Staples yes- terday afternoon. -Mr. Blanton and Attorney Fowler pro- vided the sensation that the spectators who crowded the small hearing room had been awaiting when the “outside counsel” employed by two police wit- nesses charged his opponent with re- sorting to “dirty ways” in trying to get Policeman Fred A. Schenck involved more than he already is in the case. Blanton Livid With Rage. “That’s just what I told this board would happen,” Blanton exclaimed angrily, jumping to his feet. “Some littie cheap skate attorney would come in here and insult me.” Mr. Blanton was livid with rage and his fist was doubled up. He added something about not being “afraid of all the attorneys brought in Chairman William H. Wahly was try- to restore order in n:e’hb = Is “Insulted” Again. Two minutes later when Blanton asked the court T 10 mark two pictures of Schenck’s burned automo- bile for proper identification, the harrassed stenographer who had been trying to catch rapid fire remarks on the wing. muttered, “I know my busi- ness.” Blanton was on his feet shout- ing that he had been “insulted” again. “Here’s another man who has come here to insult me.” he protested to the | board. | Turning to the stenographer he de- | mane : “Did you take that down |as part of the record?” When the re- | porter, who appeared amazed at the sudden outburst replied that he had | not. Blanton launched into a verbal ‘umululxs : “1 object to this reporter insulting & | member of Congress," he declared. “If he can find it in his heart to insult & | member of the body that pays g | peoples money for his work, I'll | the board to instruct his firm to send |some one else. He will get no more business fram Congress.™ Chairman Wahly tried to pacify the | Indignant Blanton and said he felt sure the reporter meant nothing discourtes | ous or insulting in his remark | Tried to Break Up Session. | Blanton determined to break up the | meeting and the chairman hastily sug- | gested a recess. “I won't go on unless the reporter apologizes to me for what he said." he shouted. “Tt was a direct insult.” Because Blanton had a witness who would not be available Monday, he cooled down a bit. | “1 can't talk and write at the same time if you'll just stop long enough to let me explam—" the reporter inter rupted, throwing down his pen. Vhen Blanton had mug:mfa. the stenographer explained that i ideats | fying exhibits he had to follow the rules nerally accepted by the courts and At was not what Mr. Blanton had asked him to do in marking the ples tures. “The talk was going fast and furfous: there was a misunderstanding,* he explained “Then you didn't intend to insult me?" Blanton demanded. “Qf course not,” the stenographer re- led. “Then let's go on,” Blanton told the board and things settled down to routine testimony. Assails Mystery House Owaer, - Betore packing his brief case at the end of a hectie proveeding. which will resume Monday at 10 o'elock, Mr. Blans ton had at least solved the mystery house which has figured so prominently throughout the trial. The owner of the house. at 1243 Nineteenth street. Bdward J. Bastable, responded to & ocourt subpoena and faced Mr. Rlanton in the witness chair His business, explained. was a registered pharmacist, lanton asked him numerous gues- tions about his activities outside of the drug store and Onally the withess ads mitted he was a clerk in the Washing~ ton Qas Light Co g‘“l:‘\ the same ualuomu llu\l;nl D Mo-. iade, fotemen of the prand jury, W (Continued on Page 4, fifin"‘“ |