Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1928, Page 4

£ WATER PRESSURE B00T IS FAVORED Board of Trade Probers WiII;E Urge Electric Pumping System. | | An increase of the water pressure in the present mains from an average of | 46 pounds per square inch to 86 pounds | by coupling electric pumps on mains | now fed by gr: will be recom-| mended by the Board of Trade's sub- rommittee of its water supply commit- | tee as a means of improving the water supply for fire protection in the down- | town business area of Washington, ac- cording to Asa E. Phillips, consulting engineer and cheirman of the sub- | committee n outlining his plan to The Star fast night, Mr. Phillips made it cle: that the preposal, which will be made in the form of a report to thc Board of were not to be tak-w ot this time as having the appr of the board. Concerted Action Sought. ‘The purpose of making public find- ings of the subcommittee before the Board of Trade has had an opportunity to act upon them, Mr. Phillips said. | was to afford other organizations and | individuals time to consider the project | simultaneously with the Board of | Trade, so that. if app: , it may be | presented to Congress its coming session. According to Mr. Phillips, the terri- | tory now suffering from inadequate | water supply for fire protection is that | served by gravity from the reservoirs | under a plan installed in 1856. Roughly, | that area lies south of a zigzag line | formed by Pennsylvania avenue, and New York avenue northwest and Florida | avenue and Benning road northeast, | and between the Potomac River and | the Anacostia Rivi Vithin this ter- ritory there are two “islands” .\:‘rvtdi by water under pump pressure of the, | technically speaking. “first high area.” | ‘These embrace the United States Naval | Museum of Hygiene adjoining Potomac | Park near the Lincoln Memorial. and | the higher ground at Capitol Hill ex- tending eastward to Seventeenth street, as far north as F strect northeast and | as far south as G street southeast. The gravity-fed area cmbraces all of | the city's downtown shopping and office | building district. | The proposal which Mr. Phillips will | submit includes the installation of a set of three 25.000,000-zallon electrically driven centrifugal lift pumps at the Bryant street pumping plant, which would force clear water from the Mc- Millan Reservoir at First and Bryant streets into the mains now installed. “The greatest pressure which the present gravity flow stem forces into the pipes, Phillips declares, is 60 pounds per square inch, while the minimum is 19 pounds, or an average pressure of 46 pounds. With the lift pumps operating | at McMillan Park, the Board of Trade | committeeman estimates the maximum | load would not exceed 100 pounds. while ; the average pressure would be 86 pounds | to the square inch. | Claims Mains Can Stand Strain. Commenting on the possibility of ex- eessive strain on the mains, Mr. Phillips explains that they were installed after withstanding a pressure of 300 pounds to the square inch, leaving. in his es- timation, a full safety margin of more than 150 pounds of pressure if the ‘pumps are built. Since the higher prescure by lift! pumps would use the existing mains, | Mr. Phillips believes the total cost of the project would not exceed $100,000 With the present daily requirement of approximately 35,000,000 gallons of water, the set of three pumps would e adequste to meet the demand with tw) in continuous operation and the third held as a reserve unit. The upkeep of the plant, he contends, should be neg- ligible, since an emergency stafl already is kept on duty at the Bryant street station in event the new plant at Dale- carlia should break down. The same staff, now idle, he says, could operate the business district pumpers. In event the proposed pumping sy’ tem at the Bryant street station should halt for any purpose, the area it serves | always could return for a temporaiy period to the present.gravity feed. The plan. Mr. Phillips declared, would provide not only increased water supply at, the downtown fire hydrants, but su:- ficient pres: T sprinkling and standpipe systems of pri- vate end Government buildings within the high value district. These systems | at present, he says, are dependent unon i pressure supplied by fire apparatus | pumpers. { In improved water supply and pres-|° sure for fire protection in the down- town area is, in Mr. Phillips’ opinion, the most important accomplishment re- maining in the District of Columbia. Previous proposals to bring the reliel were not acceptable and in_ reviewing | them last night, he recalled the sugges- | tion that a seperate “high pressure system of mains be installed in the| downtown area with a pumping station constructed on the waterfront to force river water throught the District at high pressure. Separate System Opposed. The District appropriation approved May 10, 1926, he recalls, carried an item of $3.000 to cover the expenses of a! committee in framing a report on this proposal. That committee. including George S. Watson, chief of the District Fire Department; Daniel E. Garges, secretary of the Board of Commis- sioners; George N. Thompson, secretary | of the building code committee of the | Department of Commerce; Charles A. Peters, jr., assistant engineer of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the Na- tional Capital, and David M. Lea, chair- | man of the insurance committee of the Board of Trade, n‘lumedhfls report | August 8, 1927, opposing the separate | higgfxus pressure | plan. The National | Board of Fire Underwriters had reached similar conclusion a vear earlier when it considered the feasibility of a sepa- rate high pressure system for the Dis triet of Columbia. While it opposed the high pressure | hearing—foliowed | ths lezks Sunday, both port and starboard. had said that he had discovered late Sunday starboard leak | out which he thought was through the coal | Trade's permanent weter supply com- | porf mittee, represented his own ideas and|the storm. and had stand | water line. last trip. ports personally?” Now sure to operate efficiently the | ®%’ . DESPITE 36 ___ (Continued From First Page) in the court stenographer had difficulty Johnzon to stend. In contrast to Johnson, who had been nervous and irritable, Adams was calm. Patiently, over and over again, in his scarcely audible voice—th= voice of a man who does not do much talk- ing—Adams tried to explain to Tuttle the problems_that confronted him on the day morning. Went to See Caplain. The climax in Adams' story came when Tutile asked him if he talked to_the captain Monday morning. “Yes, 1 went up to see_him about 11 o'clock Monday morning.” Adams said. | “H» asked me how things were going. ! 1 s24d. ‘Captain, the water is not gain- | ing now. T'm holding. I can manage to keep her afloat as long as I ean keep > stgam. The captain said. ‘Well. do st you can' And that was the last time I spoke to him.” Adams then told of keeping pumps going all Sunday night. viously he had told of discovering four the | Pre- | | afternoon a t which had been drenched loose in | described how, z in the water. the stokers had kept the boilers going. Examination of Johnson. Johnson was questioned and swered as follows: “Who had charge of loading coal on the Vestris?” United States Attorney Tuttle asked. “Well, the chief engineer.” “You had nothing to do with it?" an- No. “Where w: it put in>" “Two coal ports 5 feet. above the They were about 3 feet squar “How were they closed?" “A door on a hinge, fastened from | the outside i “Any way to close them from inside?” 0. “What did you do about it on this trip2” “I gave orders to the carpenter, a man named Wahl.” "\‘:Vns he among the survivors?"” | Johnson said he “didn’t think” there | were any places for gaskets to seal the | edges around these doors. “Had there ever been gaskets?" 'm not sure.” “As a matter of fact. weren't some of those gaskets missing? “There was no place for gaskets.” “Youre willing to swear to that— that there never had been any gaskets?” “So far as I know there never were any.” any such | Never Inspected Ports. | Here United States Commissioner | O'Neill, presiding at the hearing, asked the withess if he never had any occa- sion to examine the ports so that he would know about the gaskets. “I had the opportunity.” | “But you never did inspect .hose ports?” Tuttle asked. “I never had occasion to. Them'd} never been any trouble with them.” “There was trouble enough on the You never inspected the | Tuttle asked Johnson to describe in | detail how doors were closed. He said | each door had 12 or 16 boits. | “How were the bolts fastened?™ “The bolts were screwed into the hull of the ship. There was a thread in the hull and a thread on the boit.” ficers discover something out of order on the ship?” “Seven p.m. Sunday.” Contradicts Radio Operator. “Your radio operator yesterday said he noticed a 10-degree list Saturday night. He's wrong?” “Yes.” “Passengers here have said they ob- served the list long before Sunday night. They are wrong, are they?” “There was a slight list caused by wind and sea on port side Sunday.” “You say there was no list Satur- day night?” “Yes.” “Then your radio operator doesn’t know what talking about?” “I don't say anything about the radic operators.” “When did you first discover any- thing wrong? “Seven-thirty Sunday night.” “Don’'t you know Capt. Carey sent a radio that the ship had hove to since Sunday noon?” “That was because of bad weath- “Capt. Carey said sea was only mod- erately rough. He was wrong, was he?” “It was more than moderately rough.” Also Differs With Captain. “You contradict your captain, you?” “Yes.” “When did you land here?” “Tuesday.” “Where have you been since then?” At the Holley Hotel.” “With what representatives of the line have you talked? “Mr. Clark, one of the lawyers of the line, another lawyer—I don’t re- member his name.” “When did you talk to them?” “Tuesday evening.” “Talk to anybody else representing the line2” : “Capt. Heesley. the marine superin. dent of the line.” “Any one else?’ Capt. Regan.” “Did you talk to any of these men Wednesday, Thursday or Friday>” “I went to the lawyer's office Thurs- day evening. “Whom did you meet there?” r. Clark.” “Did you put in a written repert | do t | after landing?” ‘No.’ 1've made no written report yet?” “Who told you Sunday night that something was wrong?” “The ship took a heavy lurch and I went around to see what, if any, dam- age had been done. 1 was anxious about ths deck cargo. They reported to me that the cargo had shifted—that bulk- heads had broken down and that the cargo was in the fo'castle.” Found Water Coming in Door. ystem, however, the water supply com- mittee, operating under congressional | appropriation, returned four recom- | mendations. The frst of ,these cailc for the installation of new mains and certain replacements in the genersl water distribution system. and the in- stallation of some 400 additional fire hydrants throughout the District, a* 2 fotal estimated cost of $686,350. The | second recommendation called for the| inclusion in the District's budget from vear to year of a sum sufficient 1o per- nit the installation of “the nec2ssary water mains, fire hydrants, fire alarm boxes. fire houses, apparatius and per- sonnel to assure adeauate protection for ol sections wne District.” The thivd was that the bullding code of the District be amended to require the in- stallation of automatic 1 and stanépipes in all buildin v virtue of their size, const n. oc- cupancy, singly or combined, might act as conflagration breeders.” The fourth recommendation set forth that “if th-~ improvements recommended heretn can be secured, the Comm! ne1s will report to Congress that there will exist no vital neces: tion of a high pressure water system, and that reasonable safeiy from con- flagrations can be assured without tuch an installation.” The report which preparing as a vehicle mendation of his increased plan will he S0l chn Trade's water Thillips now is ‘or the recom- yres-ure Buard of commiitee made supp'v chairman. [ hen | for the installa- | ot | ~hich Prancis R. Weller, civil engineer, ! Johnson said he made an inspection and found the half door was making d | quite a lot of water. The half door, he | said, was aft of the coal ports and | about the came distance from the wa- | | ter. It was fastened with about 10 bolts | fastened from the inside. “Where was the water coming in?" | “From the fore side, about half way “Whose business was it fn sce that the half door was properly fastened?” “Mine.” “What did you do about it on that | | trip’ | “I examined it myself.” | “How much water was coming in | there?” | “About lite a 2-inch pipe.” | “When the cargo went through the bulkhead, how far through did it go?” “About 15 feet.” “How much cargo was there on her this trip?” “I don't know.” “What is your explanation of why the ship sank?" “Exceptionally bad weather.” Questioned as to Cargo. \ I | that shifted? | “I can’t tell.” “You id three automobiles packing c ifted, didn't you?" “Then the weight of cargo chifted would b about 10 tons?” “Make it 12 fons." “And thnse 12 tons shifted 15 feet?" ‘About that.” ‘What waz l? weight of ship?” Vestris all day Sunday and Mon- | | der the coal.” “How soon after you sailed did the of- | THE SUNDAY" STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, NUVEMBER 13, 1y —PARYT 'VESTRIS OFFICERS CONFIDENT ALMOST TO END HOURS' LEAKING, THEY TESTIFY » | “What maximum weight would she carry?” | “Net 6.000 to 6,500 tons.” { “How much cargo was there on her | this trip?"” “I don’t know.” Does Not Blame Shifting. “You don't claim that the 12 tons | of cargo shifting 15 feet sank the| ship?” | “In a boat that carried 6.500 tnns' | of cargo how much list would result { from shifting 12 tons 15 feet. 1 | " “Nothing you'd see.” | “So the shifting cargo does not ex- | | piain the sinking of the ship?" “There must have besn water in hor hold somewhere, wasn't there?” Fex “What the pumps?” “T don't know.” “Theyd throw over more than a 2- inch stream, wouldn't they?” “Yes.” “There' was wator coming into that ship somewhere. Where was it com- ing from | “That's just what we tried to find of cargo was capacity of vour “You were the first officer of that| ship. Have you no explanation as to why she sank?” “Have you got even a theory?™” As Johnson hesitated Tuttle flung | another question at him. “The colored members of the crew.” | he said, “men nowhere nearly so well | educated as you, say that the coal bunkers filled with water, Didn't vou hear that the coal bunkers were filiing | with water?” | “My opinion was that it was not the coal bunkers.” Johnson repliad. | 5 “Then where was the water .coming | trom?" | Water Came Befween Decks. Water coming in decl “Was the side of the ship broken?" “Something must_have sprung.” | “The coal in the bunkers—where was | it placed?” ‘Amidships.” “What was the way of getting into | coal punkers inside for an examina- | tion?” “There was no way.” “‘Couldn’t you go into the coal bunk- ers from top or sides?" “You could from the top, but not un- was between “Did you or any officer of the hoat make any examination in the coal| hungl(e before she sank?” “No, “Didn't you look to water .was coming in?" “Water was coming in between decks and we couldn't get down there.” “Between decks? Above or below the coal ports.” “Below. “The water was coming into those coal bunkers and you had means of getting in through the top—how would water below interfere with your getting into coal bunkers?” “We could get—" “The truth is that you could have got into tops of those coal bunkers if you hed wanted to?” “We couldn’t get into between-decks.” “What I want to know is how your theory that the water was coming in between decks could interfere with your coming down into the coal bunkers from the top?” “Between-decks, it was full up.” "gld you see it that way?" “Yes. , see where the | | “Full up with what?" “Coal.” { “What is your theery that the water | was coming in between-decks based on?" “Later on I heard—you could hear water running underneath there, some- i hat time was that?” | | e. Sunday morning ! Asked About S O S. Was the water coming in the coal | “Sure?” “I shouldn’t think it was coming in ere.” The officer said the Vestris’ log was lost with the ship, as far as he knew. He then told of the ship being hove to Sunday noon with engines idling, but he had no idea when the engines stopped. “You know a to other ships?’ “Nothing, T was naver on the bridge.” | “Ever ask the captain about an| “1 asked the captain Monday if he had sent one. Hepéald yes.” % “But you never took any messages to tb}’\e radio men?” th | | nything about messages “What orders did you give Sunday to save the ship?” “1 ordered the half door tightened.” “eld you superintend the work?” “Was the door tightened?” “Nothing could be done.” Declares Situation Serious, “By morning (Monday) how big a stream was coming in there?” “The ship had rolled over much far- | ther and the water was coming in a | whole lot.” “When were orders given to the crew to bail ship with buckets?” “About 4 a.m. Monday.” “When did you begin to think this| s a hopeless job?” | I thought there was a chance ll | along.” | “But when were the odds, in your ?ptr:km‘ greater for sinking than sav- | ng>” “About noon Monday.” | “When was the order given to put | out_the boats?” “I don't know.” . “When was the order | cargo: bout 9 a.m. Monday." “How many cases were thrown over- board?” “I1 have no idea.” “Again I ask when you first thought there was serious danger?” “About 4, Monday morning.” “Why didn't you consult the captain then about a distress call?” to jettison W « for some “I went on the bridge and told the | Jol ing son was temporarily released. he- red to remain in the courtroom. Chief Engineer Testifies. Chiel Engineer Adams was then call- ed. Commissioner O'Neil ordered all members of the Vestris crew present to leave the room. Adams said he had been chief on the the Vestris about a year. “When were you first informed water W;sdcoming into the boat?” Tuttle asked. “About 9 c'clock Sunday morning, ! when I went below and they were hav- ing trouble with the ash ejectors. Water was coming in there. The bilge was nearly full.” “How long had this leak been go- ng_on?" they had been working on it time. “You say the bilge was nearly full. How many tons would that mean?” “About 20 tons s water coming in anywhere else?" A . In the engine room. A pipe from a lavatory had been carried away. It was leaking badly then.” “How much water was there in the 1o estimate, Prob- ably the engine room bilge was very nearly fuli.” “How many tens would that be?” “Fifteen or twenty.” “When did you discover this leak?” “About 10 a.m. Sunday.” “How long had that been going on?” “Quite a while.” "l;)id vou ultimately stop that leak?” Says Both Leaks Were Stopped. “When did you get th: two leaks opned?” “About 12 o'clock.” “When did you hear of more water ming in?" 1 went to the shelter deck and noticed water coming out of a stoke hole T went up on top to see what was wrong, and a working door was leaking very badly. Th's was on the port side.” 'el::!','"w many doors did that stoke hole st col ‘How much water was coming in?" was leaking badly. hat time was this?" About 10 a.m. Sunday When did you first notice that the vessel had a list?” “Sunday morning.” “What time?"” “When I got up—-7 o'clack.” “How much of a list was it then—5 or 10 degrees?” “Not so much as 10.” Blames Wind for List. “What caused this list—that was be- ore you found the leaks, wasn't it?” “Strong winds caused that list.” “Was it possible to get down into the cqal bvt’mkers ' Sa(f‘m couldn't get down through the 1t was full of coal thare.” “You are sure the water in the coal bunkers Sunday morning was coming across from the portside?” “There were leaks on the starboard side, too.” “Where?" “From coal ports. The ship had been pitching heavily and was s:rained.” “What time did you decide Sunday morning that there was a leak on the starboard side, 002" “That was Sunday evening about 4 o'clock.” “Your eflorts tn stop the leak in the | work door on the portside was un- | availing?” “Yes." “The water out of the slarboard bunkers—did it increase®” “It grew steadily worse.” “When did it affect the engines>” Boller Shut Off. “The starboard boiler shut off at 4 a.m. Monday.” “How many boilers did you have?"- “Three.” “When did the other two shut off?” “Not till the last thing.” “When did you first think the situa- tion was serious?” 9:30 a.m. Monday.” “Did you talk with the captain®” “Yes. I went up to see him about 11 a.m. Monday. He asked me how things were going. I said, ‘Captain, the water is not gaining now. I'm ho|d|nf. 1 can manage to keep her afloat as long as I can keep up steam.’ He said, ‘Well, do the best you can,’ and that was the last time I spoke to him.” Adams told 1hen of keeping the pumps going all Sunday night. “And yet the water kept increasing?” Tut;[le asked. “No.” “But the ship kept listing more and more all Sunday night from about 10 to 20 or 30 degrees?” “Yes.” “Then more water was coming in than was going out, wasn't it?” “Not in the engine room.” “But the rest of the ship?” “The pumps were all in the engine room.” Water Gained Headway. “But all over the ship, obviously more w t;r came in than went out, didn’t it?" Yes> “Then why did you tell the captain at 11 o'clock Monday that you were stemming the flood?"” “I had been ahle to get up more steam.” “But water began coming in other leaks?” “Yes." “Would you say a list of 32 degrees was dangerous?” “And with the boat at thal degree and the decks awash you told the cap- tain you could pump the ship out?” 1 could pump out the engine room. 1 didn't tell him I could get the ship dry. I said I thought I could keep her afloat and he told me he expected two destroyers by night.” e HOT pay for it in fuel | captain things were serious but left it to his judgment what to do.” “Just what did you tell him?>” . “I said the water was increasing and it was pretty serious.” List Regarded Dangerous. {out a communication?” No. “Nor he?” “No." “And from then on things got steadily worse?" “Yen.” “How many degress list was there al | 8 o'clock Monday morning?"” *“‘About, £0.” “Is that a dangerous ifst?” “Yes.” “Would you say a statement that here was a 32-degree list was untrue?” “No, I just estimate it was 20.” “Monday morning what was the wea- | ther?” | A northeast wind, moderated some, but the sea still high.” “At 10 o'clock would vou say the sea moderately rough?” ”d call it a rough sca with a heavy swell.” Tuttle asked if Johnson knew the Voltaire was near. T knew it was somewhere around.” ‘What did you have to do with | e wi st | “What was the weight of the cargo launching the lifeboats?” “T took men to the boats. T looked at the boats and then the third officer and ! came and I told him to get the boats in the water. As soon as a boat was in that | the water I got them to row away from | the ship to get out of the way." | “How many boats didn't get away at o Oh, well, about tha"” "Did you say anything about sending i obstructed. The ! i other times. . i 1 don't know fenything Ay WATER c —in your furnace does not give vou hot water for nothing. You one time and not hot enough at 'wgggggflg ( Instariteneous or Storage T'ypes) Gas Heated —give you an unlimited supply of clean HOT WATER with even tem- perature at small expense. ESTIMATES FREE Edgar Morris Sales Co. 1305 G St. N.W. | ‘SAFE SEA TRAVEL, - OBJECT OF PARLEY |Revision of Regulations to Be; " Undertaken—U. S. Will Be Represented. | By the Associated Press. | } The Vestris disaster has cpurred | American Government officials to the determination that nothing, so far a3 international law is concerned, shall 2° left undone to insure safety of ships’ passengers and crews at the coming in- ternational conference to revise th: 1914 convention for the safety of lif> 2t sea. ‘This convention resulted from the sinlvng of the Titanic with its larg> loss of life. The conference will be held in Lon- | don mnext Spring at a date yet to be: determined. It is to he held upon the proposal of the British government, | which conveyed to the Unifed States last September suggestions for a basis of discussion of amendments to the | 1914 convention. While the United States participated in the 1914 confer- | ence af London, this Government did | not ratify the convention. | Owing to the war, the convention was | not brought into force completely in | any ccuntry. Parts of it, however, have been adopted and put into force by sev- eral countries as national laws, by the United States notably in the regulations of section 14 of the La Follette sea- man’s act, which has to do with life- saving appliances and fire protection. The scope of the new convention, which upon ratification by the various countriec becomes international law, will_cover the subject of navigation, the eonstruciion of vessels, radio teleg- | raphy at sea, lifs-saving appliance: | fire protection, ice patrol and collisio | regulations. ! The ever-increasing number of Amer- ! icans traveling on the sea in ships of | | all nations, and the growth of th‘i American merchant marine, have im- | pressed upon American government of- ficlals the necessity for increasing as| | much as possible the safety of pas-| | sengers and members of crevs of ves- sels. The American delegaticn to Lon- don, therefore, will go fully prepared to | insist upon every possible provision for | safety being incorporated in the re-! | | | | | i | | vised convention. CORTISINFUROR. AT FRAMEP CRY 1 Even Judge Takes Part in | Verbal Free-or-All in Chicago Trial. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 17.—Declara- | ton of a defendant among the 16 men | on trial for conspiracy to commit fraud, violence and murder in connection with last April's primaries, that the entire case was a “frame-up” today precipitated a spirited free-for-all verbal battle in which the defendant-witness, a dozen lawyers and even the trial judge him- self participated. The climax came when Harry Hock- stein, the witness, charged that David Stansbury, chief of the staff of prose- cutors, had conferred with him with a view to inducing him to give testi- mony, which he said Stansbury hoped would send to the penitentiary Robert E. Crowe. State’s attorney; Michael Hughes. former police commissioner; Morris Eller, city collector, and “Scar- | face Al” Capone, Chicago gang leader. Judge Reprimands Lawyers. ‘The verbal pyrotechnics ended when the defense made a motion for a mis- trial, which ‘was overruled by Judge John M. O'Connor with a reprimand for defense lawyers. Hockstein. one of the 16 lieutenants of Eller in the “bloody twentieth ward,” over which Eller reigned as Republican “boss” and where most of the primary day disorder. including one slaying, occurred, maintained the case against the defendants and against Morris El- ler, and his son, Judge Emanuel Eller, also indicted, was “framed” by Sheridan fi;useaux. investigator for the prosecu- n. Hockslein's declaration that he “could have made a deal” when he went to visit Stansbury brought a new howl of protest from both State and prosecu- tion and was followed by a declaration by Edwin J. Raber, examining attorney for the State, that Hockstein himseif was trying to evolve a frame-up. Thiz Hockstein hotly denied. Hockstein maintained the violence in the twentieth ward on primary day was the work of enemies or the Ellers, wiio desired to shift’ responsibility for the disorder onto their ‘shoulders. The El- lers have obtained separate trials. Order and good humor was restored in court when the State began ques- tioning Hockstein about half a dozen political jobs he had said he held at | one time ‘or another. Age of the Rockies. ‘The Rocky Mountains are fairly new. | Scientists know this because they are so steep. Old mountains are more worn down and have lower forms. The growth of mountains is slow. They are not | pushed up suddenly in some grand cataciysm, but rise a few inches in 1,000 | Coil . The fire box is water is too hot Lelt to right: Betty Mae Snyder and Marilyn Bywaters, victors in the baby contest at the Food Show yesterday. HASONS T0 NG FORFOOD W Glee Club to Perform Tomor- row Night—Exhibit Closed Over Sunday. ‘The Masonic Glee Club of Washing- ton will appear at 9:30 tomorrow eve- ning at the food show being staged at the Washington Auditorium by the Distriet Grocers' Society, as fhe fea- ture of the evening’s entertainment program, it was announced last night. With between 30 and 40 members present, the club, under the leadership of Charles Barilett, will sing six or more popular and comic compositions. The club, which volunteers its services at lodge. church and other public gath- erings. is headed by Clark Middleton, president: C. B. Lyons, secretary, and Floyd Mastin treasurer. The food show, closed over Sunday. will reopen tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, when one of the daily contests for the healthiest. happlest baby will be staged, and will continue to Satur- day evening. Thousands of visitors have been attracted to the show, which occupies the entire lower floor of ths Auditorium. There are more than 50 | large booths loaded with foodstuffs and related household equipment being dis- played by manufacturers and local dis- tributors. Winners of the baby contest vester- day afternoon were Beity Mae Snyder, 114 Virginia avenue, Clarendon, Va, and Marilyn Bywaters, 1337 Fifteenth street, who tied for first place. JAM IN CONGRESS SEEN AS SPELLING SPECIAL SESSION ¢ (Continued From First Page.) been negotiated and signed by the great powers of the world in conjunc- don with the United States. Chairman Borah of the foreign relations com- mittee is a hearty believer in this trcaty. So far no opposition to its _ratification has been announced by members of the Senate, although op- position to it has been manifesied in some of the daily newspapers. There is not the slightest doubt but what the treaty will be ratified once it is brought to a vote, but if controversy develops in the Senate over the treaty it may be impossible to get final action on_ it at the coming short session. If President Coolidge sends the treaty to the Senate as soon as that body con- | venes, it will bs taken up promptly by the foreign relations committee and reported out with as little delay as pos- sible. Senator Borah believes that. as | the United States has been a prime mover in this treaty, the United States should not wait upon other nations to ratify it, but should act promptly on the treaty. In some quarters there is a disposi- tion to avold a special session of Con- gress on the theory that the incoming President should have time to get firmly seated and established in the adminis- | tration of the Government before he is | called upon to deal with Congress and legislation. But against this is the fact that Mr. Hoover is no stranger either to administration of the Govern- ment-or to Congress. Other newly | elected Presidents have seen fit to call special sessions of Congress immediately after their entry into office. President Wilson called such a session soon after he went into office in 1913, and Presi- dent Harding called Congress together | to deal with post-war problems in 1921. | a0 HOMES'!! Hundreds of them will be sold for TAXES Do not lose your life long sav- ings by permitting your home to be sold for the want of a few hundreds of dollars with which to pay your taxes. Under our Easy-Payment Plan, we may be able to help you in this or some other equally worthy object. THE @ms PLAN.~ Easy to Pay Monthly Main 1032 Pittsburg Water Heaters can be purchased also from $360 $540 $1,200 $100.00 $6,000 $500.00 It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow. THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H STREET, N. W. | serted that if he had no obje-ticns 3OXXO XX BV LV VLT VLTS MCABE ABSOLVED INROTHSTEI CASE “Tough Willie” Satisfies State He Was Nct Party to Slaying. the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Novem! nicknamed By | | Joab Banton today for questioning i | the Arnold Rothstein murder investi- | gation. McCabe, referred to as the murdered gambler’s race track cashier, appeared voluntarily, surrendering first at a police station and then going with a detective to see the county official. After the questioning, Mr. Banton sald McCabe had denied any knowl- edge of the fatal shooting of Roth- stein in a hotel two wecks ago to- | morrow, and that he (the district at- 1:%1;\!;’9)'\!‘ was .f;!}';isl:\'d ‘{Vlf‘cab' had no ection wi t, having bees shipboard at the time, * gk Administrators Are Named. Surrcgate O'Brien today appointed temporary administrators of O)Pepfioth- stein estate to start immediately at ctraightening the ad man’s tangled affairs. Those na were Abraham E. Rothstein, ths gam Brown. an executor, and Andrew J. Sheridan, a real estate operator. father; Eamuel | WITNESSES UPHOLD HEAD OF OGP Testimony Ended in North Carolina Case Involving Care of Insane. By the Associated Press RALEIGH, N. C. November 17 | Testimony 1n the trial of Dr. A. B. An- derson. superintendent of the State | Hospital for the Insane, on charges of embezzlement and malfeasance in office had been concluded when Superior Court adjourned late today until Mon day. after another jon that sa 1 parade of wiinesses, technical an: haracter, take the stand for the ds- fendant Judge W. A. Devin, presiding. fixed the maximum time for argument at even hours for the defense and fire hours for the prosecution,and said that it both sides showed a disposition to use all the time allowed he would hold a session Monday night so that he might begin his charge Tuesday after- and give the case to the jury be- night. | Counts Eliminated. | Solicitor L. S. Brassfield agreed to | climination of three of the fifteen | counts in the bill of indictment. One {was a charge of malfeasance in of- | fice in connection with the death of Mrs. Lilly F. Nelson, Harkers Island, who died at the institution on Janu- (ary 4, 1918. Ths charge was with- {drawn, he said, because malfeasance in office is a misdemeanor and the statute of limitation on misdemeanors two vears. The prosecution also agreed to eliminate two counts on the bill charging James Adams, superin- tendent of the institution's farm. with working inmates on his private prop- eriy. Adams is co-defendant with An- derson on two indictments charging embezzlement of hospital property. A group of former or sent, ployes of the institution was ca'led | ih> defense today and testified that D Anderson had not permitted his b ness ventures to interfere h his du- ties as head of the hospital. Without exception they declared he had n neglected paficnts nor been rem his duties. noon | fore Approves Accounts | Henry Burke of the State Budget Bu- reau testified that he had examined and approved from time to time the ac- counts of th> institution and had found them properly kept. ‘Testifying as experts, Dr. H. C. He: cuperintendent of the Virginia Ho: | tal for the Negro Insane at Petersburg, | Va.; Dr. James K. Hall of Richmond, | Va.. and Dr. Charles H. O'Laughing- | house State health officer, each declared he was familiar with the institution here and said its administration c | pared favorably with other institutio; in the United Sta | PANIC OF FIREMEN Inez Norton, former actress to whom | Rothstein made a substantial bequ-st in the will executed on his deathbes filed and later withdrew an affidavit Surrcgate's Court today’ wherein she said the gambler had planned to marry | her as soon as his wife divorced him. | Miss Norton said Rothstein g showed her letters written him by his wife from London and Paris which as- would wait until she returned to obt: the divorce. When Mrs. Rothstein did back, the affidavit alleged. she re- at a hotel and received 52,000 a month from the gambler under a sepa- ration agreement. Th» withdrawal was made after the appointment of ths ad- ministrators, sided Catalpa Victim of Moths. To be eaten alive of our catalpa tres es. Tre; BLAMED IN SINKING OF STEAMER VESTRIS (Continued From First Page.) | more and the steam began to fail, wit the corresponding and increasing | of power in the pumps, more and more water poured in through the broken | port, while by this time undoubtedly the | ship had strained on® or mors plaics in the hsavy rolling, thereby letting in more water. | “At 10 o’clock ti | to send out the S O | the list had become s0 heavy there e is the fate of many | no need for an S O S and that th: dous rav- | fore the widely circulated tale ages by the catalpa sphinx—the cater- | Carey's alleged indecision or delzy pillars or larvae of hued hawk moths—I and unsightly, says the ezine. Sometimes th these severe defoliatio stroyed. Tuesday Evening From 6 & 3016 Connec For three days G opened store only a -an hou GUD Main Store 1212 F Other Flow 1102 Conn. Ave. N.W, Decatur 3146 Members of Florists' WMAL for Gude's Flower Girl and Her Musica! Bounuet Another Gude Bros. Co. 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