Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1928, Page 2

BYRDSHI LEAVES TOGET 4 PLANS Eleanor Bolling Clears Dune- din on Trip to Wellington. Awaits City of New York. AY RiCHARD BROPHY. By Wireless to The Star and New York Times. ON BOARD THE STEAMSHIP ELEANOR BOLLING AT SEA, Novem- | ber 21.—The Eleanor Bolling cleared Dunedin, New Zealand, for Wellington at noon today. arrive at Wellington Friday morning | to take on board four airplanes and gear, and return to Dunedin, where the entire Byrd expedition will consoli- date about November 26, when the bark City of New York is expected to reach Dunedin The lasi mail to reacn miembers of the expedition from home must go by the Makura, leaving San Francisco on November 28 and arriving in New Zea- Jand on December 17, a few days be- fore the Bolling is scheduled to leave Dunedin for the Antarctic, having been vreceded by the City of New York, wh~n will spend onlv a few days at Tunedin and immediately shove off. Copyright, 1928, by the New York Times Co. and St. Louls Post Dispatch. All rights for publication throughout the world: TIME PASSES QUICKLY. Crew of Flagship Begrudge Day Lost Crossing Date Line. BY DR. FRANCIS D. COMAN. By Wireless to The Star and New York Times. WITH THE BYRD SOUTH POLE EXPEDITION, aboard the City of New York, November 21.—The last 24 hours have passed quickly on the flagship City of New York, so quickly, in fact, that -although we sat down to dinner on Tuesday noon and had no food till Wednesday afternoon, none of us seemed to mind it except the cabin steward, Dick Konter, who pulled a few “wise cracks” about having to keep the food warm all that time. However, Tuesday having dawned a bit cold and wet, no one begrudged the loss of such a day, for Wednesday after- noon is bright and clear. Teddy Bayer claims he heard the ship’s bottom scrape across the date line but the rest of us believe it was only the captain’s snoring. Joe Rucker, one of the assistant navigators, held forth at length con- cerning the loss of a day at the 180th meridian saying: “It's a good blooming thing it gives 8 fellow an extra day’s ration of smokes, figuring on a weekly basis. Of course, we lost a day’s eating and sleeping, but the quicker the days pass the better. “Tom Muloy is peeved because it makes two Sundays come so close to- gether, but he will get his day back again if he lives to cross the date line going home. No telling how long that will be, though. “At any rate, on the basis of time at Greenwich, we have passed out of their Tuesday, the 20th, into Wednes- day, the 21st, by passing from a point nearer Greenwich measuring toward the west to a position nearer Green- wich measuring toward the east. “Since the day starts in the east and The ship expects to| nounced this morning by Dr. George C. THE EVENING STAR . WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1998, o " BACHRALH A group of the chairmen for federation groups whose appointment was an- Havenner, the new president. Upper, left to right: William McK. Clayton, Charles 1. Stengle. Center, left proceeds toward the west, we have to right: Edwin S. Hege, E. B. Henderson. Lower, left to right: Mrs. J. Jerome gradually lost time in sailing west from New York until, at a rate of four minutes for every degree of longitude, we have lost enough to bring us into the afternoon of a new day before we had spent all of the day we started with this morning. And the converse is true when conditions are vice versa, and a day is gained (or lost). I hope that is clear.” “Clear as mud,” said most of us, “but it is O. K. if you say so. Anyway, it’s good there are no births or mar- riages or deaths or birthdays to eom- plicate thi further, Us poor: sta- faring men have enough on our minds without having to understand all such stuff. Here it is Wednesday afternoon, "l‘gflh tnol a bit of sleep since Monday night.” (Copyright, 1928, by the New York Times . and the St. Louls Post Dispatch. All rights for publication reserved throughout the world.) DAWES WILL RETURN TO BANK BUSINESS Vice President Tells. Employes Fe Is Pleased to Think of Resuming Post. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 21.—Vice Pres- ident Ckfilu G. Dawes has announced that he wnll return to the banking busi- ness after Senator Curtis steps into of- fice March 4. “I have never made an announzement that gave me greater pleasure,” the Vice President said at a banquet of employes of the Central Trust Co. last night. Mr. Dawes’ position as chairman of the board of directors of the Central ‘Trust Co. has been vacant sinrc he re- signed to become Vice President in 1924, Previously he was president of the bank. TOMORRO FIRST RACE—Purse, $1,300; claiming; 2- year-oids; 5% furlongs. a*Golden Arrow. Common Sense.. & Toki .. 1 upn “Reigh Burn Pegz’s Pride 9 AMum's Extra Little Captal *Eterne .. *The Doctor *Dandy Hill 1111 & M. L. Schwartz-George W. Loft entry. SECOND RACE—Purse. $1.300; claiming; 3-year-olds and up; 6 furiongs. Sun Keeper, 1 Lassa’ . =Corn Belt Rocklight Argus ... ~Monte Car Judge Fullc dowdale p *Aversion Golirm: *Complication . Rendezvous THIRD RACE—Purse, $1,300: the Pascina- tion: 3-year-old fllles; 8 Turlonge, oo a Lisa Fly Ligi Rockdale DEOURTH RACEPur nion Handicap: 3- ¥ iy 3 1) miiles. 105 Spear Rock . 108 Penalo .... 110 Chancellor .... 101 Royal Stranger.. FIFTH RACE—_Purse. $1.500; the White- marsh; 3-year-olds and up: 11 imiles. Spear Rock 107 3. red A. Erickly Hieat !l 110 Stretcher Canaan .. Shasta Kl Roval Stranger.. 318 s SIXTH RACE—Pucse, $1.300; claiming; 3- vear-olds and up; 11 miles. *Red Pate Lucky Drift . Grand Bey Charles H. Friedjof Nai Tazewell ... Justa Pal Also " elliibil “Alita_Alle; *Stage Struck ~La Morte, Watkinso Rhyme & Rei *Joe Ada, Pat Calhoun *Union Jack Intrepid . Nizht Mail Rock Thorn . Misnomer =Toenns SEVENTH RACE—Purse. $1,300; claiming; 3-year-olds and up: 1,s miles. Reg Fra Flagship Great Luck *Apprentice allowance clai Weather cleer; track fasi. 5 | numerous occasions, had told members Lightfoot and James G. Yaden. GRAND JURY DATA ATTAGKED IN COURT Rockville Paper Asks Deietion of Reference to It From Report. Special Dispatch to The Star. \ ROCKVILLE, Md., November 21.— Hedring was held before Judge Robert B. Peter of Circuit Court today on a petition of the Independent Publishing Co., asking that portions of the grand jury report of yesterday referreing to the Independent, a weekly publication, be stricken out. Harold C. Smith, at- torney for the company, argued that the grand jury report contained what amounted to a public indictment of the editor of the Independent, without giv- ing him the right to a hearing, and cited a case in which such action was held to be illegal. Judge Peter said he real- ized the importance of the matter and would give a decision soon. Editor Disputes Jurors. Morris A. Bealle, editor of the Inde- pendent, gave the following statement to a reporter of The Evening Star, fol- lowing the hearing on his petition, and asked that it be published: “Morris A. Bealle, editor of the In- dependent, _denied categoriaclly the charges of the grand jury in its report and also denied that the jury investi- gated any other charges. He said he was called before them and asked who was stealing from the county till, and replied that he had charged no one with such a crime. He declared his charges had been mismanagement, waste and the laying down of roads and public improvements for political purposes rather than for public neces- sity.” Pastor Makes Denial. Rev. H. H. Nichol, Baptist pastor of Kensington and Cedar Grove, yesterday denied charges contained in the Inde- pendent’s report of a sermon he de- livered which resulted in his being sum- moned before the grand jury Monday. He made no attack whatever on offi- cials or politicians of -the county, he said. He preached only a temperance sermon on the night referred to, he said, and was incorrectly reported in the Independent. He said he attacked no one except the bootleggers of the county, FEDERATION CHIEF NAMES FIVE NEW COMMITTEE HEADS (Continued From First Page) man; Mrs. H. G. Doyle, vice chairman; D. H. Cole, H. C. Grove, J. P. Laake, C. W. Sherifl, J. H. Thomas. i Charities and corrections — Mrs. J. Jerome Lightfoot, chairman; Robert Balley, vice chalrman; Burt W. Ane drews, W. F. McCray, J. W. McGarry, Mrs. Edna R. Johnston, E. J. New- combe, Mrs. C. W. Sheriff. Police and Fire Protection—N. F. Jenney, chairman; A. F. E. Scheer, vice chairman; Otto Baumgartner, G. How- ard Dunnington, E. P. Hazleton, E. 8. Hobbs, H. W. Lynn, Robert H. Mc- Mackin, Lewis Radcliffe and ? L. Scott. Zoning Regulations—E. B. Hender- son, chairman; Henry I. Quinn, vice chairman; A. B. Carty, H. K. Dierkoph, J. Louls Gelbman, J. Millard Hall, Maj. A. M. Holcombe, R. L. Jennings, Charles N. Joyce, M. G. Lloyd, G. M. Kooch~ kogey, George Middleton, J. G. Miller, George F. Mitchell, William A. Rob- erts, G. L. Rodier and H. 8. Torbert. Fiscal Relations—Charles I. Stengle, chairman; J. Louis Gelbman, vice chair- man; C. A. Barker, R. F. Beresford, B. A. Bowles, Hugh F. Frampton, Joseph L. Gammell, Edwin S. Hege, W. I. Swanton, H. S. Torbert and George R. Wales. City planning—Maj. Clayton E. Emig, chairman; H. K. Bush-Brown, vice chairman; Kenneth P. Armstrong, C. A. Barker, Capt. B. B. Blerer, R. Wood- land Gates, E. J. Hibbs, L. M. Leisen- ring, Col. E. P. Pendletqn, C. H. Spencer and John Walker. National representation—Edwin 8. Hege, chairman; Guilford 8. Jameson, vice chairman; Mrs. H. G. Doyle, Miss Edna J. Sheehy and Frank Van Sant, Local suffrage—Hugh M. Frampton, chairman; E. M. Richardson, vice chair- man; Selden M. Ely, Willam McK. Clayton, Charles I. Stengle and James G._Yaden. Interfederation conference—B. A. Bowles, Maj. Clayton E. Emig, Edwin 3. Hege and James G. Yaden. Traffic council—N. F. Jenney and A. F. Scheer. COUPLE ANNOUNCES SECRET MARRIAGE A boy and girl romance culminated last Saturday in a trip to Rockville and the marriage of Miss Marjorie L. Mor- ris, 20 years old, of 26 Grafton street, Chevy Chase, and F. Stanley Nish- and denied having attacked the county officials as “the courthouse gang” or having attacked any individual or county leader. He also denied any at- tack on Maj. E. Brooke Lee, Democratic county leader and Speaker of the Mary- land House of Delegates, but instead, on of his congregation of the county and various Protestant ministers that Lee had made good his promise to eliminate the loophole in the county’s prohibition law which allowed transportation of liquor through the county. New York Gets First Snow. NEW YORK, November 21 (#).—New witz, 21, of 3801 Fulton street, a thire year student at the Georgetown Univer- sity School of Foreign Service. News of the wedding was not made public until today. The romance had its beginning some years ago, when both were puplls at the John Eaton School in this city. But in late years their paths separated. Miss Morris was taken out of school and accompanied her father, Maj. T. R. Morris, to the Philip- pine Islands. Whon she returned to Washington, Mr. Nishwitz was at Vir- ginia Military Institute. He returned here, however, to complete his course at Georgetown University. The wedding was a surprise to the York felt the first real touch of Winter today when snow hegan to fall shortly before 9 am. The fall was light and the Weather Bureau said it would not amount to much. parents of the bride and bridegroom. The youth's father, W. T. Nishwitz, however, rallied to the occasion by giv~ hg his son a position in his automobile office. : Planes Over Studios Sound Like Saw Mill, Firms Complain By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 21.—Air- plane pilots in and around Los Angeles have a new worry. First they were ordered by a poultry men’s assoclation to keep away from chicken yards, since roaring planes frightened the hens until they refused to lay eggs for weeks at a time. Then rgsidents around the airports threatep*® suits and sought injunctions Make Talkies because the propellers kicked up dust. Now letters have begun to come to airport officials from motion picture companies that planes be kept from flying over the studios. » “The airplanes make so much noise that we can't take ‘talkies’ without every scene sounding like a reproduction of a saw mill,” o) company wrote. ”El:lse tell your flfiw fly some place A 130:F00T AVENUE HOTELS OPPOSED Planning Commission Objects to High Buildings Opposite Federal Structures. The National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission today registered its I firm objection to the building of a 130- of Pennsylvania avenue facing build- ings to be included in the Federal building programs for the Mall-Penn- sylvania avenue triangle. The protest came at a meeting of the Zoning Commission, at which a propo- sition was discussed to change the zon- {ing of the ground on which the Na- tional Hotel, at Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth street, is located from 90- foot “D" area to first commercial 110~ foot “D” area. The latter zoning would permit a building 130 feet high with setbacks_at the 90-foot and 110-foot levels. Edward W. Darling, jr., archi- tect, said that clients he represented intended to build a large hotel on this location, with rates attractive to tour- ists. He said that his clients did not desire to do anything to interfere with the Federal Building program and that the highest point on the hotel would i come 40 feet below the perspective line | from the, top of the Capitol to the top {of the high buildings on F street and {hat the highest point in the building would be 51 feet back on the Pennsyl- vania avenue lot line. Model Is Shown, Mr. Darling had previously set up in the hearing room a large block model showing the proposed structure, which would be built in three main blocks, with the chief entrance on Sixth street. Maj. Carey Brown, engineer of the National Capital Park #&nd Planning Commission, stated that this proposition had been discussed at the November meeting of the commission. Owing to the tendency of the so-called Ship- stead bill to regulate the architecture of buildings on the north side of Penn- sylvania avenue, Maj. Brown said, the planning commission felt that it would be most unfortunate to allow any change in the zoning at this time. Moreover, Maj. Brown declared that the building of this hotel would inter- fere with the work on the proposed municipal center, which is expected to be grouped around the present District Supreme Court building north of the National Hotel. Planning Harmonious Designs. ‘Maj. Brown said that the American Institute of Architects was now en- gaged in developing architectural de- signs for buildings on the north side of the Avenue along lines that would be harmonious with the proposed Federal { buildings on the south side. These de- | signs, he sald, would be submitted to ! the planning commission, for use in ar- | riving at a decislon as to the kind of | architecture to be allowed on the north iside of the Avenue should the Ship- stead bill be enacted into law. E. W. Darling, sr., sald that on be- half of the owners of the property he wished that the plans for the hotel could be submitted to the institute of architects for their approval. A storm of protest was caused by & petition to change from residential “C area to first commercial “C” area the roperty at 1601 Hobart street. Mrs. urnita Shelton Matthews, an attorney, made an eloquent Y]e. for this change on behalf of a client who owns the house and resides in it. Mrs. Matthews pointed out that although the house fronts on Hobart street, more than two and a half times the length of the Hobart street frontage is on Mount Pleasant street, which is now praciically all zoned commercial. She said that the Zoning Commission had allowed the erection of a gasoline filling station within 10 feet of the entrance to her client's property, and that this had so damaged its value as a residence that there was no way for her to save her investment in it other than by having it zoned commercial and selling it. Many Opposed to Change. When Chairman Willlam B. Ladue of the commission asked if anybody was present to oppose the change about 40 persons, or_nearly everybody in the room, arose, Col. Ladue suggested that they elect a spokesman, and M. W. Lewis of 3316 Mount Pleasant street, chairman of the zoning committee of the Mount Pleasant Citizens' Assocla- tion, was named. Mr. Lewis said that the proposed change was just one step toward com- mercializing Mount Pleasant street to- ward the south and the beautiful park areas there. ‘The community did not want to run the risk of having Sixteenth street and its neighborhood further marred by commercial properties, he said. Twenty-five residents in the vicinity of 1620 First street opposed changing the zoning of that property from first to second commercial area to allow the construction of additional unloading g}ed‘s( on the dairy property of Harry L. ack. Witnesses sald that there was much noise in the early hours of the morn- ing from banging he milk cans now, and that allowing the unloading shed area to be increased would simply in- crease this noise. There was no oppo- sition registered to a yronosed change from residential 60-foot “B” area to first commercial 90-foot “C” area of the property at 208 Massachusetts avenue northeast, nor any to a projected change from 60-foot “C” area to 90-foot “C” area of the property at 301 to 327 First street northeast. A proposal to change from residential to first commercial the zoning of 641 B street and 638 North Carolina ave- nue southeast, however, brought forth objections. Property owners said that this sec- tion had enough stores. . Storm Warning for Lakes. CLEVELAND, November 21 (#).— Storm warnings were ordered on the Great Lakes by the Government Weather Bureau this- morning. South- west storm warnings were given for Lakes Erie and Ontario and northwest for Lakes Michigan, Huron and East- ern Superior. Will Rogers NEW YORK CITY.—Al Smith has gone South {o play golf. That shows that there must be prosperity, when even the Demo- crats can afford golf courses. I attribute Hoover's success to the fact that we have never seen his picture on a golf course. Nothing outside of a sen- atorial investiga- tion can ruin a man so complete- ly with the gen- eral public as golf pictures can. That's why Cal- vin has remained so strong. You have seen him in every other cos- tume imaginable, but you have never seen him in knee breeches, | foot height hotel on the north side; STENARTACQTAL FADS LONE SERES 0il Magnate Frankly Happy| - When Jury Finds Him Not Guilty of Perjury. A jury in the District Supreme Court wrote finls yesterday to the series of sensational cases involving Col. Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of directors of the Standard Oil Co. of In- diana, when it acquitted him of charges of perjury growing out of his appear- ance last February before the Senate oil investigating committee. As a result of his acquittal, after a deliberation of less than an hour, Col. Stewart stands cleared today of the last indiciment pending against him.| | Who succeeds Col. Joseph W. McTntosh Previously the oil magnate had been acquitted of charges of contempt of the Senate, based on his same appear- ance before the Senate committee that gave rise also to the perjury indict- ment. Thanks Jury Members. Frankly and exuberantly happy at the outcome of the trial which stretched through a week and a half, the oil man with his chief of counsel, Frank J. Hogan of Washington, at his side, was surrounded by a throng of friends of- fering thelr congratulations. He thanked the members of the jury in- dividually and bestowed upon each of the three women who served on the panel a hearty hug. For Mr. Hogan, who brought about the acquittal of Edward L. Doheny and Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, of the conspiracy charges involving them through the leasing of the Elk Hills, Calif., oil leases, the ver- dict of “not guilty” returned by the jury yesterday was his second big legal victory growing out of the Senate’s far- flung net. Harry F. Sinclair, who fig- ured in the leasing of the Wyoming naval oll reserves, faces jail sentences pending the outcome of cases now on appeal. Col. Stewart’s alleged contempt of the Senate and his appearance before its public lands committee completed the long record of sensational suits emanating from the investigation of the naval oil land leases. Facing sum- mary punishment by the Senate for his defiance of its oil committee, Col. Stewart, held under arrest, took his case to court on February 4. His coun- sel obtained his release on a writ of habeas corpus, pleading that the oil man was being illegally detained. Incident Produces Furore. The incident produced a furore at the Capitol, for at the hour that Stew- art threw his legal forces into the fray the Senate galleries were packed with visitors awaiting the summoning of the oil man before the bar of the Senate. Just then the attorneys emerged from the chambers of Justice Jennings Bailey with an order which called upon the Senate serceant-at-arms to release Stewart, who was placed under bond of $1,000. His bond was signed by Rob- ert V. Fleming, president of the Riggs National Bank. The legal move stunned the Senate for the time being and released a storm of abuse that was heaped upon the oil man’s head by Senator Walsh of Mon- tana and Senator Heflin of Alabama and others who were clamoring for his punishment. The perjury case was given to the jury at 2:30 pam. yesterday, with in- structions from Justice Jennings Bailey to consider first of all whether there was & quorum present at the session of the Senate committee ai which Stewart gave his testimony. This point was the subject of a bitter dispuie from the very beginning of the trial. Based on Quorum. 1In his instructions to the jury, Justice Bailey ruled that before a meeting of a Senate committee can become valid & majority of its members must be ac- tually and physically present. With a majority present at the outset, he sald, one or more might withdraw without impairing the validity of the session, unless a specific point of a lack «f a quorum should be raised. He told the jurors to settle the quo- rum question first of all, and, if it was agreed that these requirements were not fulfilled, it need go no further, but return a verdict of acquittal at once. ‘What happened in the jury room re- mained a secret, guarded closely by the members of the panel. One said that an agreement was made before reporting the verdict, under which all promised not to reveal how the discussion went or how many ballots were taken, The perjury indictment was based upon three questions, which, the Gov- ernment asserted, were propounded by the committee and which, it was charg- ed, Stewart answered with deliberate falsifications. These knew anything of the distribution of the Liberty bond profits of the Continental Trading Co., Ltd, of Canada, which the committee was attempting to trace; whether he received any of the bonds, and whether he had had any conversa- tion or had any knowledge that would lead him to belleve that any individual ?: organization had received the securi- es. 1t was charged that Stewart answered all three questions in the negative when, as a matter of fact, the president of the Continental had given him bonds to the value of $759,500. i Part Later Traced. Part of these bonds were later traced to_Sinclair and Fall. ‘While the Stewart trial was winding up yesterday, the oil case was breaking out in other spots. Almost coincident with the Stewart verdict Senator Walsh of Montana said that he intended to ask the Senate to inquire into the reasons of Dr. Hubert Work, former Secretary of the Interior, for renewing a least in the Salt Creek oil fleld to Sinclair Crude Ol Purchasing Co. This lease was recently declared invalid by the Depaitment of Justice. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals asked the Supreme Court for interpretations on five points involved in the appeal of Sinclair from sentence for contempt of the Senate, and Sena- tor Borah of Idaho, it was announced, has begun returning $8,000 which he received as part of a prospective fund of $160,000 which he intended to return to_Sinclair. Sinclair gave the $160,000 to the Re- publican party in 1920 and when the circumstances of the gift came to light Senator Borah said he felt that party morals demanded its return, He an- nounced that he would receive volun- tary contributions to “purge” the Sin- clair contribution. “Not Charging for Services.” That was some months ago. He be- gan parceling out $8,000 to 340 persons yesterday. Asked about the interest on the money, Borah smiled and re- plied, “I can say I am not charging anything for my services.” The ruling of Justice Jennings Bailey, who presided at the Stewart trial on the absence or presence of a quorum Wwas criticized by Senator Norris of Ne- braska after the verdict. “Such decision,” the Senator sald, “have made our jurisprudence the laughing stock of the civilized world.” Senator Walsh, who has figured quite prominently in the oil investigations to date, in making the announcement that he thought still more probing was needed said: “I want to know why Mr. Work questions. were whether he | 8T Gets Treasury Post JOHN W. POLE, as controller. —Harris-Ewing Photo. J. W, POLE NAMED T0 MINTOSH POST i Chief National Bank Exam- iner Named Controller of Currency. John W. Pole of Cleveland, Ohio, ap- pointed late yesterday by President Coolidge to succeed Col. Joseph W. Me- Intosh, resigned, as controller of the currency, is being sworn into office this afternoon in the office of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. Col. McIntosh will enter the banking field in New York City. Mr. Pole was the center of groups of banking and Government officials who this morning flocked to his office to offer him congratulations. Among them was Robert V. Fleming, president of Riggs National Bank, and president of the District of Columbia Bankers’ As- sociation. The new controller was appointed to his post from the position of chief na- tional bank examiner, following the pol- icy of Secretary of the Treasury Mel- lon of promting from within the ranks of the Treasury Department. Began Career in South. Mr. Pole’s office was banked with flowers from friends and acquaintances and from local banks. The new controller'’s active and executive experience in banking has been continuous for the past 23 years. His banking career began in an execu- tive capacity with the First National Bank of Decatur, Ala., and continued in that and other banking institutions for more than 10 years. After the establishment of the Federal reserve system, Mr. Pole became identi- fled with the controller’s office and was appointed chie® . ational bank examiner of the sixth F« al reserve district. At the beginning of the Dawes administra- tion as controlier of the currency, he was designated chief national bank ex- aminer of the entire United States, and in this capacity he has served until the present time. He has an extremely wide end intimate acquaintance with bankers throughout the country. Mellon Praises McIntosh. HARRIS IS UPHELD Efficiency Bureau’s ReportE Exonerates Architect of Favoritism. | Chairman Gibson of the subcommit- tee of the House District committee, which is making a survey of the municipal administration, today received a report from the Bureau of Efficiency exonerating A. L. Harris, the municipal architect, from the charges of favorit- ism and discrimination in brick pur- chases, made by Henry Stringer, vice president of the Hydraulic Press Brick Co., on which extensive hearings were held by the Gibson subcommittee during the last session of Congress. The Bureau of Efficiency report recommends & more systematic effort should be made to use Occoquan brick. “Such of these brick as are needed for facing purposes should be carefully manufactured and handled for this specific purpose,” the report says. The other conclusions reached by the bureau are as follows: “There is no evidence of any discrim- ination by the municipal architect against the products of the Hydraulic Press Brick Co. “There is no evidence that the mu- nicipal architect has favored any par- ticular company when making awards for face brick. “The municipal architect appears to be justified in refusing to use Wash- ington colonial face brick in the type of architecture now prevailing for schools in the District of Columbia. Written Reporis Urged. ' “The municipal architect should be required to approve or reject in writing any and all materials which are pur- chased on sample or where the element of artistic merit, color or other inde- scribable quality is involved and which are submiited to him for use in a par- ticular building. He should ‘do this both at the time the specifications are prepared and after the bids are re- ceived. He should also be required to set forth in the specifications for the particular job, when purchasing on NEAATONSUT SCALEDUNFAR Arlington Counsel Says Alex- andria Seeks to Inerease Its Revenues. Special Dispatch to The Star. ARLINGTON, Va. November 2] .- The annexation proceedings which Alex- andria has instituted against Arlington County with the hope of acquiring four square miles of territory in Jeffer- son and Arlington magisterial distriets, were resumed this morning in the Arlington County courthouse before a special tribunal of three judges ap- pointed by Gov. Harry Flood Byrd. The Judges are Frederick Coleman of Fredericksburg, E. W. Hudgings of Chase City and Don P. Halsey of Lynchburg. { Albert V. Bryan of the counsel for Alexandria read the notice originally served on the board of supervisors of Arlington County advising that body of Alexandria’s intention to institute suit. A copy of the ordinance which the City Council of Alexandria approved Ot.:ngre‘r s18,31927. was also read. o] . Barbour of the counsel {or Arlington pointed out that there is ‘no valued or just reason why Alexandria needs the territory it seeks. He said the annexation suit is unfair and unjust and that annexation by Alexandria would greatly reduce the area of Jef- ferson magisterial district, that there is no necessity or expediency for annex- ation, that the suit is “born of a selfish and grasping desire to artificially in- :;Mdna ‘populnuan and wealth of Alex- Deadline of Growth See: He further stated that the cily al- ready has reached the deadline of its growth and is in no position to carry out the improvement it promises if its annexation desires are realized, and that the territory sought is not neces- sary for the health of the city or does the city show any justification for an- nexation of more land. Mr. Barbour pointed out that the territory was not necessary for Alex- andria’s development as the present houndaries of that municipality are ample. He said that the territory in question is not in need of any greater police protection than that afforded ( sample, the trade name of all materials | by which have been approved by him as acceptable for that job. He will also, of course, indicate in the specifications that other materials equal to those named will be acceptable. In no other way can full and complete competition be secured. FEAR N DN Myster.ious Slayer Spreads Terror—Three Killed and Another Dying. By the Assoclated Press. OMAHA, Nebr., November 21.— Not since the rifle of Frank Carter, “the sniper,” was a death weapon that sent fear racing down a city's spine. has Omaha heen gripped by the dread in- spired today by iis “haichet-man.” Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, in a letier to Col. McIntosh, said he had received the resignation “with a feeling of very genuine regret.” “T know,” said the Secretary, “that for some time past you have retained this office at a personal sacrifice, and I can=- not let tl opportunity pass without expressing to you my sincere apprecia- tion of the service which you have ren- dered to the Treasury and to me.” In resigning, Col. McIntosh sald he had “many regrets” upon lnvlnf, but felt that “after 10 years of public life in Washington, I feel that I have reached the age where I must give some atten- tion to my private affairs.” e, A banquet will be tendered to Col. Mc- Intosh tomorrow night at the Carlton Hotel by G. Golden Donaldson, presi- dent of the Commercial National Bank, There will be about 100 guests. SPECIAL SESSION IS ASKED BY BORAH FOR FARM RELIEF LAW gress would work out a satisfactory pro- am that would bring “actual relief to the American farmers.” “I pledge my support,” he said, “to any legislation that we may agree upon for the relief that agriculture is entitled to.” In referring to the Grange, Senator hou Curtis said he felt its representatives can do “a lot to secure the measures that will bring actual relief to the far- mers” and praised the organization for is general attitude affecting the wel- fare of the country. Senator Curtis was escorted to the platform by Caldwell Davis of Kansas and introduced by L. J. Taber, the Na- tional Grange master, who referred to the Vice President-elect as one who had always stood 100 per cent for the farmers. Owing to his doctor’s orders to take care of his voice, Senator Cur- tis limited his remarks to a very few words. Members of the executive committee of the order last night attended a din- ner given at the Carlton Hotel by the trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Charles 8. Ham- lin, trustee of the endowment, who pre- sided, received a letter from Dr. Nich- olas Murray Butler, its head, and pres- ident of Columbia University, who was unable to attend. “American agriculiure is by its very nature a ruling element in international trade,” said Dr. Butler. “Its export- able surplus must find a reasonably quick market at fair price, and it must be assured of safe and speedy trans- portation both by land and oversea. All this must necessarily be wanting when there is fear of.war. The renun- clation of war as an instrument of public policy is the longest single step forward that civilization has ever taken and may well open a new day of pros- perity and comfort for agriculture and for all those who are dependent thereon.” Speakers at the dinner included Roy A. Young of the Federal Reserve Board and J. Reuben Clark, jr., Undersecre- tary of State. ‘The new slayer, who, like “ihe enip- er,” appears to pick his viciims at ran- dom, has slain three, beaten a fourth 50 severely he will not live, and serious- 1y injured a fitth. All the attacks have taken place since early Sunday morne ing. Omaha’s “sniper,” whose silencer- equl%ged rifle slew two and wounded one before he was captured a few years ago, kept the city in a state of un- easiness during the days he remained large. That same sense of pre- vailed today, intensified because of the brutalities of the crimes and the regu- larity of the hatchet man's deadly vis- itations. Mrs. Harold Stribling, the only victim of the madman's handax who was not killed or critically wounded, had pro- vided police with a description of the man they hold responsible for all five attacks. “He is of dark complexion, about 21 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds,” she said. “He was well dressed. His trouscrs were neatly pressed, and he wore a belted :‘:e coat, a dark gray cap und a bow | Death Imminent. Harold Stribling, who was beaten the hatchet man early yesterday murz ing, lies dying at a hospital with four distinct skull fractures. Hospital phy- siclans said his death was a matter of TS, Mrs. Stribling was awakened early yesterday to see a man standing beside the bed. The lights were on and her + husband’s head was bleeding. The slayer hit him again and then struck at her. She moved and received a glancing blow. Then she pleaded with the man for an hour, begging him to leave and offered him anything if he would. He consented, but ordered her to leave with him. The Striblings’ baby, sleeping in a crib naerby, was not harmed. Mrs. Stribling walked with the ab- ductor three miles before he said she could go. Then he walked in one direc- tion, and she in another, until she met a potrolman. She told her story and she and her husband were taken to a hos- pital, where she underwent an operation last night, which will probably save the sight of her eye, which was injured by the hatchet’s blow. ‘This attack followed the Killing of Mrs. Waldo Resso and her sister, Creta Brown, early Monday morning in their home and the slaying of Joseph Black- man, 75, & drayman, early Sunday. Eighty policemen, in pairs, armed with shotguns, drove over Omaha last night. A half a hundred men volun- teered last night to assist police in the hunt for the sylayer. ‘Two dozen shotguns have been pur- chased for the police department, Com- ‘mission Dunn said, and 50 cots and mattresses were provided to give officers and detectives a chance to rest. A score of deputy sheriffs slept in the court- house last aight to be ready for an emergency. A squad of 200 American Legion men, narcotic agents, Federal and prohibition agents have volunteered their services. Rewards of $1,000 have been offered for the slayer’s arrest or information lead- ing to his capture. Canada C;)n;rc;i; Grain Rust b;r ijse Of Sulphur for Dusting Grain Fields By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, Ontario, November 21.— The federal department of agriculture in an official report says that sulphur dusting experiment conducted last Sum- mer in the grain flelds of Western Canada have established beyond doubt the effectiveness of this method of cereal rust control. Citing the case of one experiment the report says that grain so treated stood by this renewal. I am led to be-, ylelded thé farmer $11.87 an acre more lieve that he knew of the invalidity|than grain not treated, the yvield was of the dease before he gave up his increased and the grade of the dusted office as secret?'y." \ crop improved, dusting in this case was done by a horse-drawn machine, but the use of airplanes also proved satis- factory, the report says. Further exserlments are to be made to definitely fix the cost of the dusting. A new variety of rust-resistant wheat, | March, the Reward, also has.been developed, | Overture, “Opera Bouff but experiments have not gone far enough to make a definite report. M than 350 with the grain, it was said. ary government tests of th:dtum shown that it has a marke Prleimin- ore farmers are experimenting | Excerpts from musical ‘comed; ability to | Popular, Arlington County. It was shown that the population of Alexandria has increased little since its annexation of approximately 950 acres of Arlingion ¢ and Fairfax Counties by similar pro- ceedings in 1915, . He indicated that sidewalks and roads in the city adjacent to that pro- posed to be annexed are not modern, and in many places are impassable and that conditions in the county are generally better than tBose in the city and that Alexandria is unable to put in a sanitary system in the territory<* it desires without increasing mmm} Benefits Held Lacking. Mr. Barbour said that the sewers, sidewalks and streets which Alexandria promised to install when it annexed territory in the two counties in 1915 have not been installed. He asserted that many inhabitants of Arlington County object to any change of gov- ernment. Mr. Barbour told the court that the residents of Arlington County have many advantages which the city does not offer including free text books for school children, a school dentist, well organized health clinics in various mag- isterial districts, health center for the ' care of infants and a full time health officer with three attendants. He stated that the Board of Super- visors of Arlington County® is vesied with the same power of any ecity council, Mr. Barbour told the couri that il Alexandria acquired tne ferritory it de- sires 1o obtain it would mean that the residents in that seclion would be forced to g;c ‘;‘t vided for by a grant He sald that the modern fire mflt of the county is more efficlent that of Alexandria. Mr, Barbour denied that the resi- ¢ dents in the territory proposed to be annexed enjoyed to a large degree the facilities of the- city without having to bear any of the city’s burdens. He said no steps had been taken to improve Hoofs Run since 1921 until the present annexation suit was institutes In his opening remarks Attorney Bryan said Alexandria’s principal claim for annexation was “a necessity” and “expediency,” and that the health of the community is the main demand. He introduced a map on which he pointed out the territory in Alexandria rior to annexation in 1915 and showed he present boundaries of the city, which he said contalned 2.65 square miles. He showed on the map the land Alex- andria desired in Arlington County, which amounts to 4.038 square miles. Mr. Bryan said there is no scavenger service in the territory in question and that the community is not properly sewered, the sewage being disposed of by ceagools and private sewers. He showed that the subdivisions ef Cottage Park, Jefferson Park and others on the north and northwest empty their sewage in a raw state into Hoofs Run, which flows through Alexandria. Alexandria is a draining station for the territory on its north and northwest boundaries, he said, and existing condi- tions can be corrected only by placing that section under one control. He said Alexandria has almost completed a mod- ern sanitary sewer from Hunting Creek to its north boundary, and that the | sewer will be brought to the northern limits of the city by Spring. Lack of Eoom Cited. He cited the lack of room for play~ grounds and municipal park areas with- in the city limits. He said there is no room for industrial developments and that several applications for industrial sites have recently been rejected because of the lack of room to accommodate the firms which wished to locate there. He asserted that the residential develop- ment in the territory sought by annexa- tion was largely brought about by Alexandria business men building their homes in that section because of the 1. lack of suitable sites in the city il: He said a large number of the resid have their business, social and religious connection in Alexandria. Mr. Bryan pointed out that the sub- divisions in Arlington County north of the city have been constructed in a haphazard manner, each built individ- ually with no relation to the other sul division, and that the correct way to remedy that condition would be to place the territory under one control Mr. Bryan sald the population in the territory sought by annexation is 5447 persons, and that they require better fire and police protection than the county affords. Fairfax County was not represented at the hearing this morning. an agree- ment having been reached with Alex- andria last week in which Fairfax gave Alexandria 500 of the 900 acres which the city desired in its suit. The town council of Potomac, the territory sought by Alexandria, at its meeting Monday night rescinded action against becoming a part of the city, thus fa- voring for the second time the annei- ation move. L i BAND CONCERT. TOMORROW. vhe United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, at 5:30 o'clock. “The Spirit of Freedom”..Losch e”... Finck, Persian Garden, Ketelbey y. Kunneke Morceau, “In 2 “The Love Song” have | Foxt trot, “Ckiquita. “Beneath Veneiian Skies”. Rose combat stem rust, one of the most wide- ' Finale, “Crazy Rhythm.” nd virulent of the rust forms. omgEe. ‘The Star Spangled Bannes.”