Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1928, Page 2

ABUSE OF STEWART DENIED BY WALSK Sefiator Cites Errors in Star’s Account of Contempt Case—Correction Made. To the Editor of The Star: In your issue of November 21 ap- peared an articie entitled “Stewart Ac- quittal Ends Long Seres,” in which, after referring to the arrest of Stewart for contempt of the Senate and his temporary release on a writ of habeas corpus, occurs the following paragraph: “The legal move stunned the Senate for the time being and released a storm ot abuse that was heaped upon the oil man’s head by Senator Walsh oi Mon- tana and Senator Heflin of Alabama and others who were clamoring for his punishment.” T need not say to you that the para- graph quoted is offensive in a high de- gree and particularly so as there is ot the faintest justification for the accusa- tion. The record discloses that on the oc- casion referred to I made no comment whatever on the conduct of Col. Stew- art. At its direction I submitted a re- port of the committee in tie nature of an extract- from its proceedings, shove ing the refusal of Stewart to testify and a resolution directing his arrest by the sergeant-at-arms_for contempt of the Senate. On the following day, on sub- mitting a resolution providing for the employment of counsel to represent the Senate in the proceedings, the follow- ing occurred: “Mr. King—I just came into the chamber and I was wondering whether the last resolution which the Senator offered contemplates the abandonment “of any policy of procedure which would bring Mr. Stewart before the Senate? “Mr. Walsh of Montana—Not at all, I am very glad that question has been aske d, r. King—It looks as though it might be inconsistent. “Mr. Walsh of Montana—Not at all. Under the procedure which wgs con- templated, should Col. Stewart appear here he would be relieved from the custody of the Senate at any time he would signify a willingness to answer the questions which were propounded to him. Thereupon thel power of the Senate is gone; we could not hold him for a moment. “But, Mr. President, this is an offense, a grave offense, punishable by imprisonment. I.think that the time has come when the dignity of the Sen- ate of the United States ought to be recognized and it -ought. to -be appre- ciated that it-is no trifing affair to defy its. authority, however high the recusant witness may stand. I am not CREED W. FULTON, Is general chairman of the convention committee of the Cornell Alumni Seciety of Washington, which is sponsoring th annual meeting of the Cornell Alumni Corporation at the Willard, Noveraber 30. —Harris-Ewing Photo. CORNELL ALUMNI HOLD ANNUAL MEET HERE Convention, Following Foot Bulli Game at Philadelphia, Opens Friday. Washington for the first time has been selected as the meeting piace of | the annual convention of the Cornell Alumni Corporation, which will con- vene here at the Willard Hotel Novem- | ber 30 for a two-day session, it was an- nounced today by Foster Coffin, cor- poration secretary. Delegates to the convention will ar- rive in Washington Friday from Phila- delphia, where they will attend the Cornell-Pennsylvania - foot ball game Thanksgiving day. Creed W. Fulton has been named general chairman of the convention committee of the Cornell Alumni So- ciety of Washington, which is sponsor- ing the event. He is alded by a num- ber of local subcommittees, which are planning _ entertainment, registration, | transportation and other activities. The Cornell Alumni Corporation acts as a nominating body in'the election.of trustees for, the university and devises plans for co-operation between alumni and administration officials of the uni- versity. In addition to. Mr. Fulton, the local committee includes Willlam M. Aitchi- content at all to excuse Col. Stewart if he should now agree to testify. His offense is properly punishable, as was the offense of Mr. Harry F. Sinclair, who was sentenced to 90 days in the com- mon jail.” (conmalg;nl Record, Feb- ruary 4, 1928, page ) The particular above teferred to is not the (only one 11{1 ;:specn: ;n whéchh the brief paragrapl pal 'rom the truth. “The legal move” referred to “stunned” neither the Senate nor any member of it. It was, of course, antici- ted by all, as would be anticipated any .one in_the _slightest degree familiar with legal procedure. The course pursued followed exactly that taken by Sinclair when he found him- self in a similar situation, gk The article referred to gives evidence of some familiarity on the part of the writer with judicial proceedings, who ‘consequently must have known that the resort to the writ of habeas corpus by Stewart occasioned to no-mem-~ ber of the Senate. His offense is ag- “gravated by coupling my name with that of Senator Heflin in his scurrilous rcomment. T. J. WALSH. Editor's note.—The Star publishes the above letter from Senator Walsh as the most effective. ] e presentation of the facts in ‘the case. On the question as to whether abuse was heaped on Col. Stewart's head by Senator Walsh, The, Star was_entirely in error. The record discloses no justification for such a rhrue and The Star deeply regrets ts employment in its columns. HOPE IS HELD OUT BY PHYSICIANS AS KING GEORGE RESTS (Continued Prom First Page) palace all morning anxious for news from the royal sick room, but probably because of the fact that it was raining the numbers were smaller than yester- The palace guards were mounted and changed as usual, but without the/band. This caused some in the to won- der uneaslly what this meant. until it as explained that:the guard at.Buck- ham Palace is always mounted with- out music when weather conditions are 14 Headship Ts Discussed. i’ Considerable discussion,” mostly of a nature, was heard in unofficial les here today, as to who would as- fiime the headship of the royal family in the event the King's illness reached ‘erisis. The Prince of Wales, who would ally have assumed this position, is i /South Africa. He is being kept in- formed of the progress of his father's Bness. i/ Historians pointed to the case of King Haward 1, who when Prince of Wales was away on a crusade at the death of his father, Henry III, in 1270. Edward in no hurry to return to England, m occupied two years in arriving for his coronation. In the meantime a eouncil of regency carried on the gov- ernment. Most British observers today were sgreed that the Duke of York, the King's second son, would take care of the royal duties until the Prince of Wales returned. The return of the Prince of Wales in case of an emer- s:ney would occupy only a few days. e could take Royal Air Force planes to Cairo, and thence follow regular air routes to England, The prince has been a consistent user of planes in his many varied visits within England and Scotland. Lord Chancellor Mentioned. The name of the lord chancellor, Lord Hailsham, formerly Sir Douglas Hogg, attorney general, has also been mentioned in conjectures. The lord chancellor, who is also lord keeper of the King's seal, is known as the “keep- ey of the King's ‘conscience.” It is atsumed that he would be consulted before any action were taken to place a temporary head at the British roy- alty structure. He occupied Prime Minister Bald- win's post last Summer for a few weeks during Mr. Baldwin’s vacation. ‘The Duke of York is 33 years old. ‘The Duchess of York, who formerly was Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, is one of the most popular women in England. WALES SHOOTS LION. Prince’s Plans Unchanged by Iliness of King George, DODOMA, Tanganyika ‘Territory, Africa, November 23 (#).—The Prince of Wales shot, a lion measuring 8 feet 8 inches in Northern Tanganyika Wed- nesday. The chief secretary of the territorial government stated today at Dar-es- Salaam that there had been no word of any changes in the Prince’s program because of the iliness of King George. son and Miss Jean Stephenson, vice chairmen, and Edward L. Duffies, Fred- eric F. Espenschied, John S. Gorrell, Dorsey W. Hyde, jr.; Paul E. Lesh, Allen C. Minnix, Charles A. Robinson, F. E. Rogers, A. L. Thompson and Miss | Abbie Tingley. NATIONAL GRANGE SESSION NEAR END Convention May Adjourn To- night—Taxation Report Is Adopted. Preparing to adjourn their 10 day's sessions tonight, .the delegates to the National Grange convention adopted a com mg,tl ing the agricultural body to'a program of National and State un}.k;n, vmg the zmx; of a pro- | posal for a tax on e property, whi¢h was ordered referred back to committee without instructions. ‘The report from the committee on taxation, submitted to the convention by Chairman Ralph W. Smith of Iowa, :zbodled the following recommenda- ns: Retention of the Federal inheritance tax without any reduction in existing Tates. * Urge Tax.Retention. Retention also of the Federal income ‘tax with ‘o reduection in rates until indebtedréss accruing from the war has been paid. . Enactment by the various States of State income tax laws and the enact- ment by ‘Congress of an excess profits tax to apply to stocks and bonds and other intangible property. ) The committee had proposed a prop- erty tax on intangible property on the theory that ebunties and townships would: derive’ the chief benefit. Th'ul proved the -only.controversial point, the _disc!ts.slon ending, when this phase of | the Yeport- was ordéred recommitted. Adoption’ of a program for agric tural relief remained as the only portant matter pending before the con- ventiop adjourns. ‘. It was forecast that this program would embody the four principal points made in the opening address to the convention by National Master Louis J. Taber. * These"are: Tariff readjustment—Increased du- ties on many agricultural imports; broadened powers of the Tariff Com- mission; equality for farmers on a level | with other products. Export debenture plan—Application to agriculture of the same type of ad- Justment of tariff laws as have been | necessary to accommodate industry. | Specifically thé use of the export de. benture as a means of making the tai iff effectivé on those staple farm crops u{ which there is stitl produced a sur- | plus. . Reorganization of the marketing sys- tem with the introduction of better market methods and elimination of waste through development primarily of the co-operative system. National land policy opposing new | irrigation and reclamation projects until evidences appear of actual need for food purpeses. Road Building Urged. Preparatory to winding up their busi- | ness, the delegates adopted a resolution | proposing that the proceeds from the sale of supplies to France during and after the World War should be used in building and repairing rural roads. “This material that was sold to France would have been used in this country for constructing roads if we had kept it,” said A. 8. Goss of Seattle, Wash., in introducing the resolution, “and it is only right that the proceeds g0 to the construction of roads that do not come under the Federal highway system.” The Grange adopted two other reso- lutions, one calling for the publication of the financial sources-of support of all lobbyists and persons seeking to in- fluence State and national legislation, and the other adopting the policy of placing all butter substitutes, other than oleomargarine, under the same regula- tions that restrict the sale of olcomar- garine. Grand Master Taber and the other delegates were the guests last night of R. W. Dunlap, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, at a dinner at the Con- gressional Country Club. Jugoslavia Arranges Loan. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, November 23 (). —King, Alexander last night signed a law contracting for the turning over of the Jugoslav match monopoly to the Swedish match trust in return 1.5, ASKED FOR AID IN'BALKAN CRISIS Civil War Threatens as Sofia Guard Against Michailoff Is Doubled. By the Associaled Press. SOFIA, Bulgaria, November 23.—The | police guard protecting members of the | cabinet was doubled today in the fear ! that Ivan Michailoff, | belligerent faction of the Macedonian leader of the revolutionary party, might carry out threats to march on Sofia with his wild cohorts and murder certain ministers whom he designated by letter. .The entire country was apprehen- sive lest Bulgaria plunge into civil war if Michailoff became more aggressive. A violent conflict between opposing po- litical factions before the club of the agrarian party last night added to the fears of the people. Brisk fire was exchanged between the factions before police arrested many of the belligerents, U. S. Asked for Help. Athanase Buroff, foreign minister, in a statement to the Associated Press ap- pealed to the United States to rescue Bulgaria from its present internal crisis. Tt is felt generally that Bulgaria's piti- fully small army would be almost pow- erless to cope with a widespread upris- ing. XKing Boris, who has striven con- stantly to bring about peace, is deeply disturbed at acts of terrorism which have occurred. Hundreds of families, fearing murder at the hands of Macedonian despera- does, are fleeing toward Sofia from Petrich, where Michailoff has headquar- ters. Reports were ~current today that Michailoff himself was in Sofia. He was rumored to be at the bedside of his wife, Mencia Carniciu, who is dying of tuberculosis. Mencia Carniciu in 1925 was found guilty of the murder of ‘Todor- Panizsa, an alleged Balkan des- perado, whom she killed in the Na- glsozs Theater. in Vienna on May 8, Marries Michailof, Because of her precarious physical | condition she was released by the Aus- | trian authorities. She returned to Bul- | garia, where Michailoff proclaimed her his heroine and married her. She is | cfedited’ with ‘having devised many of her husband’s_ reyolutionary and ter- rorist acts. Foreign Minister Buroff in his state- ment said: I fear that if we do not soon secure relief, either through the United States or Europe, Bulgaria must slowly bleed to death. Let the great United States, to which 6,000,000 Bulgarians look as a guardian of small nations, answer. As the richest, most powerful and most influential nation in the world, it will be im ible for the United States to play the role of passive onlooker in the face of the tragedy which threatens Bulgaria. Bolshevism a Menace. “Will not the United States save us before our peasants, crushed with tax- ation, reparations and the high price of the necessities of life, are forced to embrace bolshevism?" M. Buroff said that the succession of terroristic acts by illegal Macedonian | bands which had occurred recently were the indirect result of the “crush- ing terms imposed upon Bulgaria by the post-war peace treaties.” Speaking of the Macedonian revolu- tionary organizations, the foreign min- ister sal “Bulgarians living in those rts of Macedonia which were awarded Greece and Jugoslavia under the treaties are so oppressed by their con- querors that they cry out to their lead- ers for relief. ‘They neither want to be Hellenized nor Serbified. Treaties Prevent Relief. “Besides these Macedonians, we have 800,000 more living within our own | borders who sympathize with their brethren under’ alien rule and are clamoring for autonomy. Paralyzed as we are by the peace treaties, we cannot give relief either to them or those out- side the frontiers.. There can be no real tranquillity in the Balkans while these conditions endure.” The foreign minister said that if the Macedonian organization headed by Michailoff. were. a legal body he would be the first to stop it. He added that, unhappily, ‘it ‘was illegal and its de- signs and movements so elusive and uncertain that it was virtually impossi- ble to suppress it. The recent demands of Great Britain and France that the Macedonian committee be extermi- nated, M. Buroff said, only enraged and emboldened members, provoking them to Tenew excesses. Efforts of the cabinet against the Macedonians have been . impeded by the fact that the present minister of war and other cabinet members are in sympathy with Michailoff. LONGWORTH OPPOSES FARM RELIEF SESSION (Continued From First Page) reapportionment on the 1920 returns this would probably mean that the 1920 returns would call for an increase of approximately 100 members above the present size of the House. Fenn Bill Proposal. The proposal to pass the Fenn bill, | with some slight changes in phraseol- | ogy, is an_entirely new departure in re- apportionment because. it seeks to defi- nitely fix .a size limit upon the house and makes future reapportionments an automatic . mathematical proposition to be administered by the Department of Commerce unless there is some specific action by Congress. It is belleved by Speaker Longworth that in this way wrangling over reapportionment can be prevented for future years. Speaker Longworth agrees with House i Leader Tilson’s view that outside of the | passage of the regular annual appro- | priation bill there is not a very heavy | program of major legislation awaiting | the House in the short session. The cruiser bill and the Boulder Dam bill have both passed the House and are awaiting action in the Senate, so that the House will probably have little to do with these measures. What disposi- tion will be made of Muscle Shoals is the principal hangover legislation in the House. Speaker Longworth has been advised that the House appropriations commit- tee is making good progress on drafting the appropriation bills, with the prob- ability that two or three of these meas- ures will be passed before the Christmas recess. CHAPMAN'S BID LOW ON HEATING PROJECT D. W. Chapman was low bidder on the work of installing a new heating plant in Gallinger Hospital when the bids were opened by Roland M. Bren- nan, chief clerk of the engineer depart- ment, vesterday. -« The appropriation available for the work is $55,000. Mr. Chapman bid $38,000. This was the second time bids were asked on the project, all bids received the first time being rejected. The lowest bid received yesterday for construction of a combination gym- nastum and agsembly hall for the Ta- koma School was $62,100. The ap- for the Colombian patriot. BYRDS FLAGSHP NEARNEW ZEALAND Passengers Anticipate Bed, Bath and Dinner in Dunedin Sunday. BY DR. FRANCIS D. COMAN. | By Wireless to the New York Times. ON BOARD THE STEAMSHIP CITY OF NEW YORK, Flagship of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, November 23— Entering the roaring forties yesterday, some of us aboard this vessel thought of those other ‘roaring forties” along What Col. Lindbergh did for Franco-American relations and good will, Lieut. Benj. Mendez, ace of the Colombian army air corps, will do for relatious be- tween the United States and his country by his 4,600-mile flight from New York to Bogota, Colombia, which began today. Here is the youthful airman, who was | trained in United States Army and Navy seaplane, bought for him by popular subscription in Colombia, and named Ricaurte ing schools, and his Curtiss Falcon —P. & A. Photo. HESSE CLAIMS GAIN INGANBLING WAR Picketing by Police Cuts Down Number of Visitors to “Social Clubs.” With condemnation of what was term- ed the inadequacy of District laws in dealing with the gambling situation coming from quarters both high and low, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse today ex- pressed pleasure at the success of his plan employed yesterday afterncon and last night of picketiug the establish- ments and his determination to con- fraternity to the finish. Six so-called “social clubs” were under surveillance last night and the official reports of the police stationed outside disclosed that these places were visited by only 230 persons, a considerably smaller number than usually frequents them. Many Deterred From Entering. Up and down Fourteenth street, where most of the larger “clubs” are located, were stationed uniformed men, whose duty was to keep count of the patrons and by their presence deter many of the more timid from entering. On many of the street corners near the gambling houses could be seen groups of men, some flashily dressed and some shiver'ng in threadbare clothes, huddled togecher discussing the new de- velopment in ‘the war between the gamblers and police. & “I've got $8 coming to me in there,” one of the most shabbily dressed ones confided to a neighbor, with a jerk of his head toward a door before which stood a policeman, “but’ there are too many cops around tonight. I'm going to steer clear.” “Aw, go on in and get your dough” his' friend counseled. “They can’t do anything to you.” Neither moved, however, and the friend scemed in no hurry to walk through the door past the policeman. 1 The number of persons seen entering the clubs varied considerably. The greatest number of patrons was re- ported at an incorporated club in the 1000 block of Fourteenth street. The policeman there reported 71. Some came singly and some in groups as large as 10, he said. The least frequented establishment was one near North Capitol and P streets. The officer there saw only seven men enter. Gamblers Called “Tin Horn: Maj. Hesse emphatically denied today that his campaign had its origin in fear of an outbreak of anything re- sembling a gang war arising’ from pos- sible reprisals foy a series of hold-ups and attacks recently perpertrated against men well known in gambling circles. “There are a lot of tin horns here and they're afraid to start anything,” was the way he expressed his bellef. The only way to get around the | technicalities of the “present gaming laws, Maj. Hesse thinks, is for Con- gress to enact a stringent vagrancy law, which will enable Washington to rid itself of undesirable characters. The laws governing search and seizure are so strict, he declared, that it is almost impossible to put the social clubs out of business by any other means. He was high in his pralse, however, of the co-operation he is recelving from the office of the United States district attorney. Of the seven indictments re- turned by the grand jury in gaming cases, he sald, the defendants in all cases have been convicted. The difficulty in obtaining evidence necessary before a raid can be made is said to be evident when one enters one of the larger clubs. The places are | usually on the second floor and two and sometimes as many as four doors must be passed through to enter them. The first door usually is unlocked. The second portal offen is barred and is opened g‘; an operator who stands at the head of the stairs behind another door and Inspects the candidate for en- trance, If he is known, a button fs pushed and the door is automatically unlocked. Still there remains a heavily reinforced wooden or steel door capable of withstanding the blows of the sledge hammers of the police, which must be opened by the attendant inside. The police Informer must stand a rigid Inspection in order to oblain evi- dence necessary to convict and the patrolman on the beat is helpless. He is known, whether in uniform or out. tinue his war on the local gambling | Y., C. A MEETING WL CLOSE TODAY | Branch of International Rail- road Wil End With Business Session. Submission of committee reports and | election of officers late today end the sixth International Younger Men's Con- ference of the Railroad Y. M. C. A, which opened Wednesday at the May- flower Hotel. Henri Johannot of Geneva, Switzer~ land, of the world’s committee, Y. M. C. A, discussed railroad transportation as a means of promoting international good will, in an address this morning before the conference. The speaker called the growing popularity of travel an important factor in the establish- ment of world peace. C. C. Robinson of the National Coun- cil, Y. M. C. A, one of the conference leaders, will address the closing ses- sion on the future significance of the meetings promoted each year to discuss the soclal and business problems of young men afiiliated with railroads of the United States and Canada. The association held its annual ban- quet last night. Musical programs at the conference have featured Simeon Oliver, a native of Chingnik, Alaska, whose talent as a pianist has gained national attention. Both as a concert and radio musician, Mr. Oliver is known to American au- diences. He was reared in a Metho~ dist mission at Unalaska in the Aleu- tian Islands, coming to the United States six years ago. At present Oliver resides in St. Louis. | | TRANSIT MERGER REPORT SPEEDED Results of Efficiency Bureau Survey Will Be Given to Senator Capper. today to the Bureau of Efficiency’s re- port on the result of its exhaustive in- vestigation of the transit merger plan. ‘The report, sald by officials to be the most important the bureau has ever made on a subject of local interest, will be turned over to Senator Cap- per, chairman of the Senate District committee, when he returns to Wash- ington. At Senator Capper’s office, it was sald he is expected either tomor- row or Sunday. The report will be sent direct to the Senator, it was said, because it was at his request that the bureau under- took a study of the plan of merger and the unification agreement of the trans- portation companies. Dr. Milo Maltbie, New York public utilities expert, also is making a study of the merger plan for the Senate committee, independent of the bureau's investigation. Contents of the bureau’s report are being guarded with utmost secrecy. Officials of the bureau, however, indi- cate that it treats comprehensively every phase of the plan of unification, including the financial arrangements involved as well as the proposed rerout- ing of the car iines, which traction officials have pointed out will effect great economies in operation. The bureau report, as well as the findings of Dr. Maltble, are expected to | have a vital effect on the Senate com- mittee's action on the plan of merger. FISHERMEN RESCUED. Six Carried Away on Ice Floe Reach Isolated Village. WINNIPEG, November 23 (#).—Car- ried 6 miles into Lake Manitoba on an ice floe, six fishermen were safe at the isolated village of Bluff Creek today. The men were swept out on the lake last Tuesday when a strong wind broke up the ice on which they were setting their nets a mile off shore. They finally landed on the shores of a barren island, from which they were brought to the mainland by fellow fishermen who, after an arduous struggle, forced their way through the floating ice. . WOma By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 23.—Mrs. C. H. Stmmons insists that if the newspapers print anything about her ruckus with a bandit last night that they do so “with- out any frills or heroles.” “Did I strike him?” the gray-haired woman sald. “Well, what - woman wouldn't, with her husband in danger?” The doorbell rang and her husband, The Prince was traveling by rail to- day from Dodoma to Kigoma. From Kigoma.he. will go by lake er 1o ~Sesthern RBhodepiis ?? for a loan of $22,000,000. The law was promulgated today in the officiat jour- propriation for this project is $60,000, and it is probable thas the Commis- sioners will’alter the. pl: to bring the ® a mortgage broker, answered. Mrs. Simmons heard a scuffle and went o i b 4 1 o f¥he 2 n Who Beat Armed Hold-up Man Wants No “Heroics” in Newspapers “A young man with a handkerchief over part of his face stood there point- ing a pistol at my husband. He struck Mr. Simmons over the head with the handle of the gun. I grabbed it from him. Did I strike him? Well, who wouldn't? Between us, we gave that young man a thrashing. “The handkerchief came off his face, and he ran as fast as he could. I sup- pose he was glad to get away. “But remembers” Mrs. Simmons cau ‘a9 1a the newspspers, | Finishing touches are being added Broadway, on the other side of the world, and mourned momentarily for | the flesh pots of Gotham, Byt before many salty tears could be shed for such things of the past the rugged mountains of the promised land loomed gray three points off the star- | board bow.” A spontaneous celebration | immediately spread from quarterdeck | to_forecastle. | With one accord, old ballads of the {sea sprang from a score of lusty throats. Faster and louder came the comments and the voicing of long-guarded doubts. Is this really the North Island of New Zealand, or is it the Cook Islands, w}lx(scéx our navigators failed to find? we asked. Predictions Doubted. The captain has told us that bright on Sabbath morning we will hear the (merry church bells ring from the bells of Dunedin, but on this three months’ voyage we have learned to take all pre- dictions with much salt. For the past few days Berkner, Grenlie and Mason have kept the radio busy with getting orders and questions and appeals from the white-collared force of the expedition, already await- ing us, until the rumors that have arisen concerning immediate plans would make Army rumors pale into in- significance. All that we know. at present is that after spending three or four.days in Dunedin and having 2 mutton and kangaroo Thanksgiving dinner we will proceed immediately for Little America, the village to be established on the great ice barrier in the Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, on the shores of Antarctica in 80 degrees south latitude. Bed, Bath and Dinner. At Dunedin the first business for each will be a bed, a bath and a dinner. {Then we will read our mail and send iback our last written words before we enter the ice pack. The Eleanor Bolling, which is to fol- low us three weeks later, will bring the last mail from home, waiting in New Zealand for the steamship Makura, which will leave San Fraucisco on No- vember 28. We all hope that today's air mail from New York will reach the Makura in time to bring us our Christmas mail. (Copyright, 1928, by the New York Times ‘and the 8t. Louis Post-Dispatch. Rights (Puiblication “reserved ~ throughout the 0. for worl TG VESSELS SN ESLUES REPIRTED Third Ship Said to Be Aground, With All Aboard Apparently Safe. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 23.—The Danish steamer Estonia today notified the Va- lentia wireless station that it had res- cued 13 men of the crew of the German steamer Herrenwyk, last reported in distress about 645 miles west of Ireland. ‘The message read: “Have now got 13 in all, but men too weak to give names yet. Still searching wreckage. Seas mountainous.” Previously the Estonia had reported | saving six of the crew last night and | had stated that she would resume the search this morning. ‘The Herrenwyk is a German boat of 1,569 tons net register and 2,514 tons gross. Its home port is Lubeck, Ger- many. It sailed November 6 from New | York for Danzig by way of Norfolk. CREW OF GREEK SHIP SAVED. Portuguese Coast. LISBON, Portugal, November 23 (#). —The crew of the Greek steamer Vir- ginia, which sent out an § O S. call yesterday, have been rescued by a Span- ish trawler. They were landed at Leixoes, Portugal, today. ‘The Virginia sank close to the Portu- guese coast before Portuguese gunboats and an English warship which went to her rescue were able to reach the spot indicated in her S O S. They. found only a deserted raft. JAPANESE SHIP AGROUND. Swept on Island in Philippines During Typhoon. MANILA, November 23 (#).—The Japanese steamer Saka Maru today was driven aground on the Island of Mas- bate by a typhoon which is sweeping the central part of the archipelago. Meager messages recelved here stated that the crew was on board and appar- ently safe. £ ‘Whether other damage has been done was unknown, as the typhoon inter- rupted communication. The typhoon, which is described by meteorologists as being strong, passed the Islands of Sa- mar and Masbate and is heading to- ward Mindoro. JUSTICE PEYTON GORDON | WILL BE HONOR GUEST Testimonial Dinner to Be Given by Bar Association for Ju- rist Tomorrow. Justice Peyton Gordon will be the guest of honor at a testimonial dinner at the Willard Hotel tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. His associates on the bench of the District Supreme Court and other officials of the courthouse have been invited by the Bar Associ- ation to aid them in felicitating the guest of honor, who was formerly presi- dent of the association. Frederic D. Mc- Kenney will be the principal speaker. Practically the entire membership of the association will attend. Jesse C. Adkins, president of the Bar Association, is in charge of the dinner and Stanton C. Peelle will wel- come the invited guests. Half Billion Now Floated Under League of Nations' Auspices. GENEVA, November 23 (#).—Recon- struction and refugee loans issued under the auspices of the League of Nations passed the half billion-dollar mark with the successful flotation of & $25,000,000 loan to Bulgaria. R ‘The total reached $525000.000, with American investors absorbing a con- siderable part. The issues included loans to Bulgaria, - Austria, Hungary, Greece, Estonia and the Free City of o Hunter Tramps Miles,' Then Sees . Deer Shot in Yard By the Assocated Press. MOOSE_LAKE, Minn., November 23 —Paul Fetters, farmer, living near here, believes he is the unluckiest deer’ hunter in Minnesota. On the last day of the hunting season, he tramped the woods for fles in quest of a deer without suc- cess. He returned home just in time to see two men shoot a big buck which had been feeding in Fetters' barn yard. ANNEXATION CASE MARKED BY TILTS Alexandria Manager Contin- ues Testimony as to City’s Advantages. Special Dispatch to The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., November 23.— With numerous tilts between counsel the annexation case of Alexandria | this morning with City Manager Paul | Morton of Alexandria on the stand. | In the event of annexation, Mr. Mor- { ton told the court, Alexandria can ade- quately handle the sewage of the terri- tory it seeks to obtain. He said that Hooffs Run sewer, a $60,000 project which is expected to be completed in the Spring, could be continued from the city limits to pick up the raw sew- age dumped into the run by Arlington County residents. He said the sewer could be extended to Mount Ida to receive the sewage of that section. and that the houses in Braddock and Brad dock Heights could be ‘served by the Timber Branch trunk line. Hooffs Run sewer, he said, was constructed in such a manner that it could easily take care of the houses erected in the territory as well as in the city itself. Objects to Testimony. The city manager said the territory 1 across the old canal basin, from an economical standpoint, ~would be sewered to the Potomac River. Attorney Crandall Mackey of Arlington counsel noted an objection to the testimony being offered by Mr. Morton, and filed an exception when his motion was overruled. Under questioning by Attorney Albert Bryan, of the counsel for Alexandria, Mr. Morton attempted to show that the Alexandria Water Co. was in a position to supply the residents of the territory in question, but Mr. Mackey objected, stating that the testimony was not primary, and had been gained, as a witness admitted, by inspection of the books, maps and records of the water company, and not through personal knowledge. The objection was sustain- ed, and an exception was noted by Mr. Bryan. Arlington County counsel stubbornly objected to allowing the witness to tes- tify as to the portion of the bonded in- debtedness of Alexandria, which had been used for promotion of railroads in the city, and the objection made by John S. Barbour was sustained. ‘The court refused to allow Mr, Mor- ton to read from the 1877 annual re- port-of the city the information asked by Mr. Bryan. v Turning to assessments of personal property, Mr. Morton told the court that personal property assessinents in Alex- andria in 1915, when other territory was annexed, totaled $1,214,639 for all classes. Tangible personal property as- sessments in 1928 amounted to $912,193. He said he had not segregated the as- sessments on tangible and intangibie personal property for 1928. Street Lighting Explained. Under direct examination. the Al- exandria manager explained the street- lighting system of the city. He said an illumination expert was emnloyed in 1925 to design the most modern light- 4ing system possible, and that the City Council made an appropriation of $3,000 to start installation work immediately, and is now making annual appropria- tions to improve the system. He said that every cross road and street intersection in the old city and the territory gained in 1915 was illu- minated by foreign lights. He said the city now has 358 street lights, includ- | ing 60 in the new territory. He said the [city has a white way of 73 lights on | King street, installed by property own- ers, and the operating cost paid by the city. Asked by Mr. Bryan if he had any knowledge of a bridge serving three | streets recently torn down and replaced with & modern concrete structure, Mr. | Morton said the bridge was located in Glendale, and was placed there by sub- dividers before the city took over the street. He said he condemned the bridgée two years ago and kept it closed until the Hooffs Run sewer project was started, and that a modern $8.000 bridge and storm-water culvert had been installed. Capt. Mackey in his opening remarks to the court on Wed- nesday referred to the bridge. In comparing the sidewalks and streets in the territory adjacent to Alex- andria on the north with those of the city, Mr. Morton said that, generally speaking, those of the city were better than those in the county, but that C. L. Kinnear, the Arlington County en- gineer, is eliminating the poor methods and that modern streets and sidewalks are being installed by the county. Wednesday Capt. Mackey said the city had sold a site in George Wash- ington Park which it had purchased at a nominal cost. with the understanding that it was to be used as a public park. Mr. Morton read deeds which explained that the city purchased the land in question for $6.316.94 .in November, 1915, and sold the land to the George Washington National Masonic Memo- rial Association for $8,000 on April 1, 1921, as a site for a $5,000,000 temple now being constructed. Prior to adjourning for lunch the direct examination of Mr. Morton was completed by Attorney Bryan, and the witness was submitted to counsel for Arlington County for cross-examination. The cross-examination, which will be conducted by Capt. Mackey, was ex- pected to consume the entire afternoon. Following today's session court will adjourn until Monday. TWICE ESCAPED PRISONER RECAPTURED AND JAILED Given Term on Charge of Intoxica- tion When Caught by Officer. Recaptured having escaped from Occoquan Wed- nesday night, Willard A. Robey, 32 years old, of the 700 block of Eleventh street southwest, was sentenced to 30 dags in jail and fined $100 or 30 days Court today when the arresting officer saild he was intoxicated. According to pollce, Robey was serv- ing a 180-day term for intoxication when he escaped Wednesday. Yester- day Policeman W. E. Davis of the se ond precinct arrested Robey upon ree ognizing him near New York avenue and Fourth street. At the station house, Robey is said to have told of getting away from the abandoned near Alexandria. Davis then took Wim in his own machine to re- cover, the abandoned car. ‘While the rpcllt:emfln was fixing mechanical defect in his car near Alex andria Robey jumped from the ma- chine and escaped into the woods. He{ was recaptured by Davis about two hours latgh ’ N against Arlington County was resumed | twice yesterday after | J- more by Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Police | 2 ‘ IDAVIS CITES NEED FOR LIBERAL WAGE Prosperity Is Product of Masses, Labor Secretary Tells Convention, { By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, November 23 Speaking before the American Federa- tion of Labor, in session here, James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, today sald that progressive business men had come to see the economic wisdom of paying a liberal wage. “The old notion that prosperity is produced only by the buying of a wealthy class has been exploded,” he declared. “The man who still thinks ¢ in this mistaken vein is wrong in the very fundamentals of economics. Pros- perity is not the product of the classe: it is the product of the masses. Today our well-paid workers share in the wealth now being produced and help create prosperity because they .have acquired all that multiplicity of wants that once distinguished only the well- to-do.” { Secretary Davis, asserting that the number of strikes and lockouts has de- | creased. declared this was due in part to a “rapid rise in industrial intelli- gence.” Workers Study Strike Cost. He said the change was due in part | to the increase in wages that made a \\'r’))rkman hesitate before quitting his job. Secretary Davis indicated he believed | workmen had nothing to fear from the o-called “labor-saving” machines. He said that they were becoming “leisure- | producing machines” and that he be- , lieved they had a great deal to do with | the movement away from the long day jand the seven-day week. 2 | He declared prosperity ‘was fairlv general, but said there was room for improvement. in some industries, notabl: the textile, shoe and soft coal industries, Green Asks Higher Scale. Declaring that “a rich nation like America cannot ask its employes to work (91‘ a wage that is entirely inade- quate,” Willlam Green, president of the Federation, served notice that the Federation, if necessary. will strive to defeat Congressmen opposed to grant- ing increased salaries to postal employes. In an address last night at a banquet In his honor, Mr. Green asserted that attempts to pass bills in Congress to give larger salaries to postal employes had been met with a cry that “economy !n”GovemmenL must prevail.” ‘As a result of this plea this legisla-~ tlon, so urgently needed, so fair, so just had been defeated,” Mr. Green said. “I have never been influenced by this cry of economy. The facts presented could not be refuted. The rights of postal enflx_zll'&})lys co:!d ?nly be denied. ousands of Federal emplo; e now able to retire and be assured of ar. income, but we are far short of our goal. The retirement legislation is inadequate. 1t does not measure up to the standard Te: uhr'xe\q he'r; tllj: America.” urnin le question of wages, Mr. Green sald the federation bellased ’g\e income of workers “should keep pace with their increasing efficiency.” s The prosperity of America,” he said, is measured not by money in the banks but by the pay envelope of the workers," A campaign in 1929 to “make every laborer a member of a trade union” was | approved yesterday by the convention. The plan, which received the unani- { mous approval of the delegates, was in {line with a recommendation of the ex- ;fi:;leve co;mcu that a special effort be next year - m%: o b};"mt; double the Federa- e report of the niza - mittee showed that '::gbenflgn‘?m‘ end of the last fiscal year was 2,893.013, y!”flcrease of 81,387 over the previous et VETERANS ASK CHECK ON BENEFIT SALES Fred Kochli, commander of s. trict department of the Dlsable:h;meh- can Veterans of the World War, yes- terday wrote the District Commissioners suggesting that applicants for licenses to sell articles for the benefit of war veterans be referred to his organization before obtaining the licenses. This Wwould serve as a check, Mr. Kochli held on the alleged “fleecing” of ‘Washing- 33] ;;sl;ifir‘:ge:ympe&dleu and solicitors ;:;r o e guise of helping e suggestion was referred to a stand- ing committee engaged in drawi proposed new Hcens‘e code.d W BOWIE ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. FIRST RACE—Purse, $1.300; claiming: 3- 1, 'miles. vear-olds and up; 1y - 111 *Maxie .... 103 +Lucie Ann 107 eIsabella ... 103 Also elisible L 11 *Pestival . 1il +One Cent’, *Ibby 1l Rim . . 105 Helen Hansdel - 108 Dixie Smith ... Have a Care SECOND RACE—Purse. $1.400; the Loch Raven; 2-year-olds: 7 7 furlongs. & Mayor Walker. 103 Essare Roy ... 1 b African 111 Standby . 108 ¢ Bravery 2 Neddie ... 122 Raucona 5 Annapolis 103 Upset Lad ¢ Fly Light ..210 100 aE. B. McLean entry. bR T. Wilton. )r.-W. J. Salmon entry. © Sage Stable entry. THIRD RACE—Purse, $1.500: Handicap; all furlongs. Percentage Ramoneur Hot Timi Skylight Candy Pig a Chatford Gun_Ro Sandy ........... 118 a F. M. Bray and David Lederer entry. FOURTH RACE—The Gadsden D. Bryan Memorial Handicap: $30.000 added; 2-year- olds and up; 1.s miles. Lebey (P. Goodwin) ..... Chance Play (L. McAfce) Sun Friar (no boy) .. the Tiptop kman) 000 b Pigeonhole (L. McDermott) Roy (1O BOY) ........... Misstep (M. Garner b Helen's Babe (F. a Jock (no boy) ¢ Knapsack (no bo Display (J. Maiben) Extreme (F. Coltiletti} Roval Stranger (no bos) Sun Beau (J. Craigmyle) Distraction (F. Weiner) Kk (G. ENiS) ....... 8 Neddie (no boy) Fred A. (no boy} Stevens) aE. B McLean entry b Hal Price Headley entr ¢ Kershaw Stable-A. C. FIFTH RACE--Purse. $1.400; the Shenan- doah; S-year-olds: 1/ miles. Sun Persian ..... 108 Panther 1103 Penalo . I 108 Corpor = 106 Tinita Hot Toddy 115 Dear SIXTH RACE-Purse. $1 year-olds and up; 1's mil *Shakitup 07 Fairman . Light View Knockany D111 *Nezopoli .. 108 Sour Mash . Ring On .... . irse. $1,300; 2 2 claiming: 5. hwartz entry. .300; claimini es. SEVENTH RACE—Pu 3-year-olds and up: 1' Hat Brush *Danger workhouse in an automobile which he [ Wami ampee . King Jimm! *Czarist . *Siknola . *Drawing’ Ho Miss Prim Lelcn Valley fnceepid ... L'gine . Shadowdale “Ra. Low Gear ... S u Jutse Caverl . R. Fleischmann eatry, tice sllowance claimed, . WoREeH Hear"track fasen