Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1928, Page 2

» o “ HOUSE PREPARES FINANGIAL BILLS $4,500,000,000 Budget to! Be Reported af Opening of Short Session. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Everything is set for expeditious work on the major task of the short session of Congress that starts two weeks from Monday—the passage of 11 regular an- nual appropriation bills for support of all branches of the Government. Hearings started today on the In-| terior Department appropriation bill be- fore a subcommuttee, of which Repre- sentative Cramton of Michigan is chair- [' man. The other members of the sub- committee are: Representatives Mur- phy, Oblo; French, Idaho; Taylor, Colorado, and Hastings, Oklahoma. Hearings are to start_ tomorrow on the supply bills for the Department of Agriculture — War, with non-military functions first considered—and Treas- ury and Post Office with the Post Office section to be considered first. The hearings on the agricultural ap- propriation bill are in charge of Rep- resentative Dickinson of Iowa, the othcr members being Wason, New Hampshire; Summers, Washington; Buchanan, Texas, and Sandlin, Louisiana. Repre- sentative Barbour of California is in charge of the hearings on the War De- partment supply bill, which comes in two sections—non-military or engineer- ing and military functions. The other members of this subcommittee are Clague, Minnesota; Taber, New York: Harrison, Virginia, and Collins, Missis- sippi. “Wood to Hold Hearings. Representative Wood of Indiana, who will be chairman of the appropriations committee in the next Congress, will conduct the hearings on the Treasury and Post Office budgets. On this sub- committee there is one vacancy, caused by the death of Representative Gallivan of Massachusetts. The other members are: Thatcher, Kentucky; Hardy, Colo- rado; Bacon, New York, and Byrne of Tennessce, the latter being the only remaining Democrat on this subcom- mittee, After two years' absence from his legislative duties on account of sickness, one-half of which time he was confined to bed, Representative Anthony of Kan- sas, who has succeeded to the chair- manship of the committee, will take active charge of the committee work next Monday. He is now completing & service of 22 years in Congress. He was not a candidate for re-election to the Beventy-first Congress. The budget will be submitted to Con- gress on the opening day, Monday, De- cember 3, To facilitate the work of Congress certain sections of the budget have been confidentially placed in the hands of the. clerks of the House ap-, propriations committee, who, during the past two or three months, have been whipping it into shape in the vari- ous departmental bills, so that the sub- committees could act more promptly and intelligently upon the estimates submitted. This work has been done under the supervision of Marcellus C. Bhield, clerk of the committee, with a m:m clerk assigned to each of the 11 Will Call for $4,500,000,000. | The budget which goes to the Housc | on the opening day will be the largest peace-time - budget ever drafted— pproximately - $4,500,000,000. a halve IRy ‘SeBBiencic 10 pr was _$4,322,000,000. year's apj riations, and the famous Thomas gm ed answered it with the comment that this was a “billion-dol- Jar country.” 1t was only a few years o that the records showed the first billion-dollar session of Congress, the first session of the Sixtieth Congress. ow we are fast approaching a five- illion-dollar sesslon of Congress. i . The first of the big appropriation | bills is scheduled to bé re] to the House on December 5—the Treasury- Post Office bill. The plans call for four of these bills to be %uued before the Christmas holidays—the Interior bill to be reported on cember 8, the oulture bill to be reported on Deccmber 12 and the State, Justice, Commerce and Labor bill, on which hearings are ta.start next Tuesday, to be wported to the House on December 15. The schedule for the other bills is as follows: War Department, hearings to start tomorrow and the bill to be reported January 1. First deficiency blll, hearings to start December 17 and the bill to be reported January 7. Independent offices bill, hearings 10| start ember 17 and the bill to bo| reported January 12 | fstrict of Columbia lpg:opr!auun, Bill, hearings to start December 20 and the bill to be reported January 18. Navy Department bill, hearings start January 7 and the bill to be ported January 28. « Legislative appropriation bill, hear- ings to start January 22 and the bill to be reported January 31. Second deneiem:;‘ appropriation bill, hearings to start February 4 and the bill to be reported February 5. One Vacancy Exists. This schedule on which the appro- jations committee is working contem- tes that all regular appropriation will be before the House by Feb- ary 1. This will put the business of short session in excellent shape, tol re- ‘There is now only one vacancy on he appropriations committee, that left the late Representative Gallivan, a mocrat. The vacancy caused by the th of Chairman Madden has been appointment of Represente ive Allen of Illinois. It is probable at one of the first acts of the new Gongress will be to approve the appoint- jment_of some Democrat to succeed to iMr. Gallivan's place. In the new Congress there will be three vacancies to be filled on the ap- propriations committee: Mr. Anthony, a Republican, was not a candidate for re-election; Representative Harrison, | Democrat, of Virginia, and Representa- | tive Vinson, Democrat, of Kentucky, were defeated. ‘There is no change in the subcom- | mittee that will start hearings on the | District of Columbia budget December 20. Representative Simmons of Ne- braska will again be in charge of the hearings. The other members of the subcommittee are: Representative Holaday, Illinols; Walsh, Pennsylvanis Grifin, New York, and Casey, Pennsyl- vania. e HOOVER TO VISIT MEXICO ON TOUR OF LATIN AMERICA t_Page.) paper men in leaving. Col. Donovan sald her visit was a surprise to him, as he didn't even know she was in California Members of the Hoover party have been nstructed to have their trunks aboard the battleship Maryland by 8at» urday morning, so that the ship fhay take the luggage ahead with her to S8an Pedro. ‘The party will leave here by special train Sunday night, arviving in 8an Pedro Monday morning. The voyage will start immediately. upon their arrival it is understood. |Attorneys Correct Steno- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER .14, 1928 Heads Farm Group ANCIENT SACRIFICE Great Thanksgiving Rites, Survival of Prehistoric Times, Observed. By the Assoclated Press. { ‘LOUIS J. TABER, Grand master of the National Grange, | who addressed the organization rep- | resentative of 800,000 at the opening | session of the convention here this| morning. FARM GROUPS’ AID IN FIGHT FOR NEW RELIEF IS URGED| | (Continued From First Page) | commission; equality for the farmer on’ a level with other producers. 3—Export' debenture plan—Application to agriculture of the same type of adjustments of the tariff laws. as have been necessary to accommodate -indus- try. Specifically the use of the export| debenture as & means of making the tarift effective on those staple-farm crops of which we still produce a sur- ius. 4—Organized marketing: a farm mar- keting board—Replace present methods with business like distribution, aided by the extension of co-operative mar- keting; but with the control always re- tained in. the hands of the farmers themselves. 5. A national land policy—opposing new irrigation and reclamation projects until evidences appear of actual need for food purposes. Encouragament of preservation and extension of ‘forest and recreation areas, including the re- forestation of certain farm lands, The granges of the Distriet-of Co- lumbia, Maryland and Virginia are act~ ing as hosts at the present session. Washington is the home -of the first grange ever-organized, Potomac Grange, No. 1, which is one of the hosts on this occasion. Potomac Grange was Organ- ized January 7, 1868. The seven foun- ders of the National Grange and their associates were members of Grange g REVSE TESTIVONY N STEWART TRIL graphic Account in Tea- ,mpot‘nome Haazmg. y the Associated Press. & The perjury trial of Robtrt W. Stew- art, chajrman of the board of fhe Standard Oil of Indiana, moved slowly today in District of Columbia Supreme Court as eounsel completed correction of the stenographic account of Stewart's testimony before the Senate in the Tea- pot Dome case on which his indict- ment is based. With a great number of revisions agreed upon after comparison of the printed record with notes of the offi- clal stenographers, the new version was admitted into evidence and read to the jury which is to decide whether Stew- art perjured himself in his testimonv concerning bond transactions of the Continental Trading Co. of Canada. Some of those bonds have been shown in testimony to have been turned over by Stewart to a trustee, It appeared that the prosecution would wind up its case by Friday, with the defense presentation going into next week. Stewart is expected by his coun- sel to deny having. told the committee he had no knowledge of the distribu- tion of any bonds by the Continental company, COMMISSION DENIES BUS FARE REDUCTION Citizens’ Associations’ Defeated in Move for Lower Rate From District Line. The petition of the Randle High- lands and Bradbury Heights Cltlzens’ Associations for removal of the fare zone on the Washington, Mariboro and An- napolis Motor Bus Line was denied to- day by the Public Utilities Commission. Abolition of the zone would have the effect of reducing the fare from the District line into the city from 15 to 10 cents. The commission held that the bus company is not now earning a sufficlent return to warrant' a lower rate. | 1 | | | ® a leaky ga) ine, this morning. KYOTO, Japan, November 14.—The Daljo-sai, or “Great Thanksgiving," always celebrated following the formal enthronement of an Emperor of Japan, began in Kyoto late today. Throughout tonight Hirohito, as the 124th ruler in the line of the Heavenly Sun dynasty, will engage in observance of the most solemn rites of the Shinto religion, act- ing as the high priest of the nation. The Japanese enthronement consti- tutes the oldest state ceremonial sur- viving among modern mnations, but the most ancient part of these observances 1s the “Great Thanksgiving.” Else- where in the enthronement ritual are borrowings from Chinese and other cultures, but in the Daljo-sal is pre- served intact the Japan of 2,000 years ago. None but Japanese witness any pm| of this ceremony and none but the Emperor is witness to its most solemn moments. In the dead of night, alone, he offers to the gods.of his people the first fruits of the first untainted harvest of his reign and intercedes with them for the prosperity of the nation. ‘This is the first “untainted” harvest, for last year's, grown while Hirohito was actually reigning, was sown and reaped during the year in which the nation was still mourning for his father. ‘When he entered the grove of ever- greens in which the bulldings of the | Daijo-Sai have been erected the Em- eror plunged into a restoration of the 5-01-15 Iin vi"hlch his ancestors of more than a hundred generations ago lived. In these primitive buildings, huts like those in which early man began to shel- ter himself, there is no metal, the ten- drils of wistaria being used to bind the timbers together. Two Huts Are Center. The central place in this restoration is held by two small shelters of wood and thatch, They stand side by side, their frames of pine logs with the bark left on, the rooftree an unhewn log, the roof covering of thatch. The walls and cellings are of rough reed matting, the doors screens of bamboo. These are the Yuki-Den and the Suki-Den. Midnight is the dividing line between the phases of the Emperor’s ordeal to- night. The observance on which he entered with the coming .of darkness moved to its climax in the inner cham- ber of the Yuki-Den, to be com leted shortly before midnight. Then, ai ter & rest of two hours, exactly the same ritual was to be vepeated in the Suki- Dl"r"fie twin sanctuaries are set in an inclosure marked by a rough brushwood fence six feet high surrounding an area 100 by 60 feet, Around the two shrines are disposed auxiliary shelters of the same construction, a hall of ablution. cocking sheds for each of the sanctu- aries and_ pavilions of attendance. Within this inclosure may enter only the sovereigns, members of the imperial family and the highest dignitaries and court 6Melals directly participating in the ritual. The invited guests are placed in waiting halls outside the in- closure, from which they are unable to see any part of what goes on within. They merely walt throughout the nl‘{m Empress Nagako, followed by her train of princesses and court ladies, ac- companied her consort, but was permit- ted to share in onl of the mtes. She remained in &e”miof purifica- tion. Scholars do not agree as to the (ul‘ly import of the “Great Thanksgiving, although it is undoubted that in it survives many very old elements. 1t is certainly a harvest festival, in which the Emperor offers the first fruits and it s, in part, a worship of the sun goddess. Care Used in Growing Rice. As the great national harvest festival the Daijo-Sai has demanded long and careful agricultural preparation. Its central rite is the offering of the sacred rice of the new harvest to the gods, and the grain to be used in this observance has n grown with every precaution against contamination from any source. Each of the sanctuaries has its own paddy feld to supply the rice used for making the sake and food used in its half of the oblation. The Yuki field has always been chosen' from the dis- trict north and east of Kioto, the Suki field must lie south and west of the old capital. The exact district in each case was determined last February 5, when the ancient divination method of the heated tortolse shell was invoked in a ceremony in the imperial palace at Tokio. In the cracks of the shell diviners read the will of the gods. The particular flelds were chosen by the Department of Agriculture. Every step in the growth of this crop was hedged about with elaborate pre- cautions against harm, either from tangible physical forces or from in- fluences of the spirit world. In late September the rice was harvested, and a month later brought to Kioto in lt}h cial trains, personally escorted by the governor of the prefecture in which it WAS grown, Danville Seeks Post Office. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., November 14.—A movement has been started here for a new post office. Practically all local civic agencies are represented on a committee to be appointed by the presi- dent of the council, Scouting craft, recelving its test at the Naval Aly Station, as it was destroyed by fire after a FMPEROR OFFERS ~ ADVERTISERS PLAN QUALITATIVE TEST lar to Audit System‘in Field of Circulation. Formation of an organization similar to the Audit Bureau of Circulation to | conduct qualitative work in the field of publication and perform a service sim- | flar to that which the Audit Bureau of Circulation is doing in the quantitative fleld was advocated today at the twelfth annual convention of the American As- sociation of Advertising Agencies, meet- Ing at the Hotel Mayflower, by Stewart L. Mims, vice president of the J. Walter Thompson Co. of New York and chair- man of the association’s committee on research, Under his plan a corps of competent nvestigators headed by a suitable ex- pert would conduct its work under an executive council composed of publish- ers, advertisers and advertising agencies, and ascertain, for example, flelds for advertising certain products. Formation of System Urged. The time is ripe for the formation of such an organization, Mr. Mims told the delegates, urging that such a move- ment should be given the full support of the publishers, who, he said, could save millions of dollars by subsid an investigation of a cer bureau. John Benson, the organization’s presi- dent, set forth the aims and policies of | the association in his opening address. In relation to advertising agents, Mr. Benson sald, the organization's mission is to educate and not dictate; to en- courage members to govern -hemscl with a broad point of view, rather promulgate rules and enfarce com- pliance under penalty, and to foster a fraternal fecling among advertising agents and a professional tone in agency competition—a spirit of good Sports- manship and sound practice. Concerning publishers, Mr. Benson said the organization should strive to facilitate agency relations with pub- lishers by standardizing and simply- tying forms, plates, inks, pages and accounting and to help publishers reduce their cost and effort of selling national advertising wherever feasible. Advertisers to Be Favored. Concerning the advertisers, Mr. Ben- son declared the organization should attempt to put the interest of the ad- vertiser above every other consideration, and to co-ordinate and harmonize ell competing media under the single policy of serving the advertiser, thus reducing destructive competition. . Mr. Benson told the delegates that in‘relation: to advertising and its ad- vancement the organization should en- deavor to deepen public confidence and to discourage any misuse of ediloral influence which might .weaken con- fidence in the press as an advertising medium. Torning to the organization's rela- tions to outside interests, its president said all its operations should be open and above board and that it should maintain a friendly and helpful relation with all other advertising bocies and related interesis, Mr, Benson warned the organization against the over- advertising of mediocre products, in- slsting that “we can’t sell a turnip for a rose” when “the garden variety of product comes to us and wants us to put @ halo around its head.” Lecture by Dr. Starch. Dr. Dapiel Starch, director of research of the organization, gave an illustrated lecture on the result of farm paper circtifation study. The meeting this morning opened a two-day session. ‘To guide the advertising men from all rts'of the Nation, and export informa- lon bureau, exhibiting copies-of news- papers, magazines and trade papers from all over the world, was set up, out- side the convention chamber. Carlos Cabrera of the assoclation’s staff was in charge of this dlspln{. which con- tained 4,352 foreign publications. Hgkiias i JOSEPH S. DILLER CALLED BY DEATH Funeral Services for Retired Gov- ernment Geologist Will Take Place Tomorrow. Joseph Silas Diller, for more than 40 years a geologist of the U, 8. Geologi~ cal Survey here, died at his residence, 1466 Belmont street, yesterday after a long fllness. He was 78 years old. Mr. Diller was retired December 31, 1923. He was a member of the Cosmos Club, the First Congregational Church and a number of scientific societies, Funeral services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment will be at Plain- fleld, N. J., Friday. SUICIDE FOLLOWS AUDIT. Assistant Postmaster at Fargo Ends Life After Examination. FARGO, N. Dak., November 14 (#).— Postal inspectors who expressed a de- sire to talk with T. Verne Carey, 45 years old, assistant postmaster, follow- ing their annual check of the post office finances, found he had killed himself. Postmaster Hugh Corrigan discovered Carey’s body, a bullet through the head, a pistol nearby. Postal inspectors would not comment on the result of their check of Carey's accounts, Organization Proposed Simi-| the best | '6AS PROVES FATAL forced landing, due ' address as Mrs. Patrick Cahill, 2812 _Star Stafl Photo. Lellhgron 5txeet.‘l’huadclphia. | | | | Top—A_lifeboat load of passengers from the Vestris as they approached the S. S, Berlin, which rescued them. | Lower—Life preservers being thrown to survivors of the wreck from the decks of the Berlin. Paramount News-A. P. Photos SEEK NEW PRISON FOR WOMEN HERE District Commissioners Heed Objections of B Street Residents. The District Commissioners, it was learned today, have heeded objections of residents of the vicinity of 908 B street southwest, against permanent lo- cation of the House of Detention there, and will endeavor to build a new home for the women and minor prisoners of the District at Eighth and D streets southwest. An option on a site at this corner has been secured, it was learned. Further, an appropriation of $52,000 probably will be included in the District’s budget for 1929-30 for purchase of the site. This is the site over which the Com- missioners entered into negotiations with a contractor some time ago, looking toward his erecting a building which the city government would rent. These negotiations fell through. It is im- proved by a Catholic Girls' School, In the meanwhile, the Woman's Bu- reau will continue to occupy the pres- ent House of Detention at 908 B strect southwest. They were compelled to va- cate the old house of detention at Fifteenth street and Ohio avenue to make way for the new Commerce De- partment Building. e BRUCE APPOINTED 0 SUCGEED GIVEN Official Announcement s Made of His Appointment to District Office. Official announcement of the ap- Rclntmtnl of Assistant United States ttorney Joseph C. Bruce to take charge of the assistant District at- torney's office at Police Court, a_post held for nearly 25 yeas by Ralph Given, was made this afternoon. The apponitment is effective im- mediately after Mr. Given takes his place as judge of Police Court, a osition to which he was nfpalnud by resident Coolidge last Saturday. Admited to Bar in 1920, Bruce, who is 30 years old, has been employed . in the assistant District at- toreny’s office nearly nine years. He came to Washington from his home, at Miliford, Mass., during the war to mc- cept a position as a clerk in the adju- tant general’s office. From 1917 to 1919 he worked in the War Departmént and attended Georgetown University Law School at night. He graduated from that course in" June, 1920, and in October of the same year was admitted to the District bar. In 1923 he was admitted to prac- tice before the Supreme Court of the United States. He obtained his master's degree in law from QGeorgetown University and also holds the degree of bachelor of commercial sclence from the District of Columbia College of the Y. M. C. A He has been an iustructor in commer- cial law at that institution for the last four years. Bruce is a member Lodge, F. A. A. M. lives with his Park, M of Columbia . He is married and family at Takoma TO YOUNG WOMAN Found Unconscious Near Jet—Dies Before Rescue Squad Can Reach Her. Miss Mary Cahill, 25 years old, of 509 Third street, died this morning shortly after she was found uncon- scious in her room, near an open gas jet. Mrs, Cora M. Kline, who found her, summoned the Fire Department rescue squad and a Casualty Hospital ambu- lance, but she was pronounced dead when the ambulance arrived. Coroner Nevitt was notified. According to officlals of the E street branch of the ¥, W, C. A, Miss Cahill came there on October 35, obtaining a room, They succeeded- in getting her a position as a waitress in a tea room. Saturday she announced that she had cbtained another position, and th: | ¥. W. C. A. secured a room for he | at the home of Rev. Herbert W. Kline moved Saturday evening, Yesterday, it was sald, Miss Cahill did not leave her room all day. Hoth Mrs, Kline and officials of the v. W. C, A sald that Miss Cahill did not seem to be depressed or worried. When she rngmarnfl at the Y. W. C. A. she gave her mother's name and at the Third dtreet address where she | KREGER IS NAMIED Colonel, on Duty at Govern- ors Island, Will Succeed Gen, Hull. Col. Edward A. Kreger of the judge advocate general's department, now on duty at Governor's Island, New York, today was appointed by the President judge advocate general of the Army, with the rank of major general, as the successor of Maj. Gen. John A. Hull, whe has just completed a four-year term in that office, Col. Kreger is from Keota, Towa, and served in the Spanish War of 1808 as a captain in the 52d Towa Infantry, and during the World War was assistant to the provost marshal general of the United States in this city, and after- ward as acting judge advocate general of the American forces in France. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in an engagement with the enemy near Los Banos in the Philippines in March, 1900, and the Distinguished Service War. Col Kreger served in the office of from 1921 to 1924 and accompanied Gen. Pershing to South America in 1825 as legal 'adviser in the attempted arbi- tration of the Tacna-Arica dispute. OBREGON'S NEPHEW COMMITS SUICIDE Heavy Guard Is Placed About Toral's Cell as Slaying Attempt Fails. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, November 14 —Pre- vented from taking the life of Jose de Leon Toral, assassin of Gen. Alvaro Obregon, Capt. Jesus Obregon last night tool: his ewn life. An extraordinarily heavy guard was placed today about Toral's cell. Police described OCapt. Obregon, who is a nephew of the slain President-elect, as mentally unbalanced. Capt. Obregon was not detained by chumlnry officials. He returned to his home ‘and locked himself in his room. Others in the house heard a shot and broke in the door. They found Capt. Obregon lying on the floor. He died at a first ald station. . City Has “Rain” of Quails. When quails began to fall into the streets of Nimes, the historic town jn France, the residents immediately thought of Santa Claus. Some of the birds fell just in front of the principal cafes in the main street; and there was a rush of customers to secure them, The “bag” was reported to be much larger than that obtained by local sportsmen on a day's hunting trip. The birds evidently had fallen from ex- haustien after a long flight. For Larg The large American family, advos cated by former President Roosevelt, will come into the spotlight at the open- ing of the food show at the Washing- ton Auditorfum tonight, when & large quantity of food will be offered as a prize for the family of the largest num- ber appearing at the exposition. This award will be a feature of the evening's entertainment program, which will open at 9:30 o'clock, it WAS an- nounced this morning by W. P. MoBuin, director of the show, which is being staged by the Diatriet Gocers’ Society. The doors of the Auditorium will be Medal for efficiency during the World | the judge advocate general in this city | ONFORN BLS TAY URCEDBY BOARD | Change Would Leyy 6 Mills Per Mile for Each Ma- chine Operated. A move to establish a uniform meth- od of taxing motor busses was made to- day by the Public Utilities Commission, when it recommended to the committee appointed by the Commissioners to study licenses and fees the adoption of 4 tax of 6 mills a bus mile on all motor bus operations. The proposed tax would affect not only the busses operated by the two street rallway companies, but busses of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. and independent companies. The commission feels that under the existing method of taxation the street railway companies are being discrimi- nated against in their bus operations, because they are required to pay a tax nf 4 per cent on the gross revenue of their ~busses, while . the Washington Rapid Transit and other bus companies > no revenue tax. ‘The method of taxation proposed by the commission, therefore, would reduce the tax on the bus operations of the car companies and increase the taxes paid by the independent bus concerns which now consist only of a personal property tax and the so-called “jitney license” fee of $0 a year. The 6 mill tax, the commission cal- culated. would increase the taxes of the Washington Rapid Transit Co: about $2,500 a year; the Washington, Marlboro & Annapolis line, $600; the Alexandria, Bareroft & Washington Co., $2,200; the Washington, Virginia & Maryland Coach Co., $1,100, and the smaller operations combined about $700. The reduction to the car companies would amount to about $1,200 for the Capital Traction Co. and about $5.900 Em' the Washington Rail & Electric 0. e VETERANS’ MEDICA SERVICE APPROVED Advisory Council 0. K.'s Plan to Provide Automatic Advance- ment for Doctors. Approval of revised plans for & medi- the Medical Advisory Council of the bureau before its adiournment late yes- terday. The plans, understood to be drawn in chape of a bill for Congress, would orovide for a permanent medical serv- ice, with regular provision for auto- matic raise in rank and pay, for civil service status and retirement for dis- ability, ‘The council also approved a proposal submitted by a special committee to consolidate under a medical officer, wherever possible, the activities of the regional offices of the bureau and the hospitals of the bureau in the fleld Several administrative changes were approved. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur of Leland Stanford University, brother of Secre- tary of the Navy Wilbur, presided. Food Show Management to Award Prize est Family Attending Tonight opened at 7:30 o'clock and the show will be continued until 10 p.m. Be- ginning tomorrow afternoon there will be matinees daily from 2 to 5:30 p.m. The exposition will continue through November 24. Booths on the lower floor of the Audi- torlum today are being loaded with samples of food, which will be dis- iributed to visitors. In addition to the award for the largest family, a feature of the show=- this evening will be a most-at- tractive girl contest, Beginning tomors row afternoon there will be baby cone tests daily. cal service for the Veterans' Bureau was | one of the important actions taken by | “That was ODLICE SHAKE P * SEENINNEW YORK [Walker Reported Ready to Ask for Resignation of Chief i | [ for Alleged Failure. By the: Associated Press. NEW. YORK, November 14.—While { police today continued their apparently irruilleSs efforts to find the slayer of | Arnold Rothstein, gambler. rumors were circulated that Mayor Walker had asked "the resignation of Police Com-" | missioner Joseph A. Warren. | Attaches of the mayor's office re- | fused to comment, but it is known that | Mayor Walker is dissatisfied with the | police handling of the case and has in- | stigated his own investigation. ] ‘Warren Denies Breach. | _The commissioner denied that he and the mayor had had any disagreement | or that he intended to resign. He said | he was satisfied with the handling of | the case and that he expected an ar- rest before the week is over. | Differences of opinion between the | police and the district attorney also have come into the open. District At- torney Joab Banton insisted that “Tough Willie” McCahe, alleged to have been present when Rothstein was shot, was not there and is not being sought. | The police declared they want “Tough } Willie” as a witness to the shooting. | < A court fight for the gambler’s estate variously estimated at from $500,000 to 1 $10,000,000, opened in Surrogate's Court | with the filing of a petition by his father seeking to be named executor {of the estate. In the will which Roth- | stein - signed on his death bed and which, it has been intimated, his wife {and parents will attempt to have in- | validated, Rothstein named Maurice Cantor, his attorney, and two other friends as executors, ~ It was in this will that Inez Norton, former show girl, was named a beneficlary. The,gambler had been estranged from his wife and had reduced her share of the estate from one-half to a life interest in only one-third. Creditors Attack Estate. Rothstein's creditors also_opened fire on his estate, the Hervid Realty Cor- poration applying for a foreclosure on a third mcnnr ~of $100,000 it holds on the Fairfield Hotel, one of the gambler's real estate properties. The suit disclosed that there are a first mortgage of $025,000 and a second mortgage of . $200,000 outstanding | against the property. Rothstein’s other | holdlli;lgs are in a similar condition, it is said. 'MINISTER FORGIVES, ' DRUPS SLANDER SUIT ;Former Georgetown Rector Aban- dons $100,000 Action Against Mrs. Marguerite Lee. ) Rev. Willlam T. Reynolds, former rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Georgetown, through Attorneys Edward L. Marthill and Rice Hooe, has directed I the clerk of the District Supreme Court Ito discontinue the suit for $100,000 damages brought by him against Mrs. Marguerite du Pont Lee, a relative of ;| the du Pont family of Delaware, be- cause “he feels it his duty as a min- ister of the gospel to practice forgive- ness.” The minister charged slander in a conversation of Mrs. Lee with other persons at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, near Washington Circle, last February wi he was conducting:a series of healing services at that church. His instructions that the suit be withdrawn and his reason for the action were ex- pressed in a letter to his attorneys, they announced. In her answer to the suit Mrs. Lee sald she had no intention of defaming the minister. Her answer was filed by Attorneys Mackall & Mackall and she told court she proposed the healing services and financed them. ILLNESS IS FATAL TOW. T. PATTISON Funeral Services for Apartment Builder, 83, Will Be Held Tomorrow. W. Terrell Pattison, 83 years old, for | the past 30 years manager of the Wash- |ingon Sanitary Improvement Co., en- /gaged in building and renting apart- 1menu. died at his residence, 1501 Third street, today after a long fllness. Mr. Pattison operated the medical | supply department under the late Surg. Gen. George M. Sternberg during the Spanish American War. A native of Indianapolis, Mr. Patti~ son was a veteran of the Union Army. He was a member of the New Jerusa- lem Lodge of Masons, Columbia Chap- ter, No. 1, Royal Arch Masons, and of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Cora_Alexander Pattison; four daugh- ters, Miss Louise Fattison, Mrs. Clarence B. Miller of this city, widow of former Representative Miller of Minnesota; | Mrs. E. D. Vincent of Los les and Mrs. E. B. Neffeler of Everett, Wash.; a sister, Mrs. George M. Sternberg of Detroit, and a_brother, Leroy Pattison {of Ann Arbor, Mich, 3 Funeral services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment will be in the {family plot in Indianapolis Priday. {Strange Men Arouse Suspicion at Hearing Of Gas Value Case A quiet investigation is under way at the offices of the Public Utilities Com- mission today to determine the identity of two strange men who ventured into the hearing of the gas valuation case yesterday and remained throughout the entire session without taking a note or making any inquiry about the highly technical questions discussed. Aside from valuation engineers inter- ested in the case, these were the first visitors who have listened in on the proceedings since their outset, more than a month ago, and the commission's curi~ osity naturally has been aroused. In fact, the commission appreciates that no one save engineers and the news- anflr men who are required to “cover” he hearings would want to listen to the drab and monotonous recitation of fig- ures and the theories of depreciation, going concern value and kindred sub- Jects that are being poured into the offi~ cial record. ‘Throughout thge mor the two strangers were watched. 1y, after the luncheon recess, Earl V. T, X~ ecutive secretary of the commission, took it upon himself to learn the iden- tity of the men and their purpose. Fisher plxmed & strategic move. Ap- roaching the men, ke announced that he official stenographer desired to re- cord their names and the firms they represented. They responded with the polite but firm reply that they did not wish their n:cnc Th be made hnn\;:'. . and .they remained rest of the day.