Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1928, Page 3

THE "EVENING "STAR.. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 -Over the. § Sign seen in a laundry window : “We do not your clothes machinery. tear l hy ® L] We do it carefully by hand.” That's a help. Wilkins Coffecis @ L] very carefully blanded o and roasted but never L B touched by hand. e SENATE EXPECTED ' - TOCONFIRM WEST Cenfirmation by the Senats of Roy O. West as Secretary of the Interior is confidently expecied by some of the Scnate leaders. Mr. West's testimony before the Senate public lands commit- tee yesterday, it was said today. has | done much to lessen the opposition to | ‘hls confirmation. While some of the Senators from the West may vote against him on the ground that they prefer some one more familiar with | the problems of the public land Stetes, it is not believed that many will take | ! that position. The nomination of Mr. West is be- | fore the public lands committee, and it was said (odav that the committee | probably would act upon the nomina- tion by the end of this week or cer- nly by the first of next week. It probable that a favorable report | will be made mending his confirmation. Quizzed on Insull Connections. Mr. West was questioned for two! hours v the committee. He ularly about his con- | nections with the Samuel Insull utility interests and his consideration of pro- tests over the renewal of the Salt Creek | Royal Oil contract to Harry F. Sinclair, | The Secretary said he had invested about $67.000 in_ stocks of the Insull | | companies over 26 years, which he sold | for $118.000 when he took office in the cabinct last July. He said he now had ! no_investme: in public utilities Mr. W aid he had received a pro- test from Senator Capper, Republican, Kansas, a week after taking office against thé renewal of the Salt Creek Royal Oil contract to Sinclair and on advice of E. C. Finney, an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, had replied that | the entire question of the contract was | then in the hands of the Department of Justice, Senator Walsh conducted the ques- to the Senate recom- | COMMITTEE QUESTIONS WORK The chairman of the Republican national committee and former S extreme right, being questioned by the Senate pu Facing Dr. Work at th: oil contract to the Sinclair interests. and Chairman Nye. NEW YORK POLIE HEAD QUITS POST Warren Resvgns Unuer Fire for Alleged Failure to Solve ‘ Rothstein Murder. | the NEW Associated YORK. A. ‘Warren, New York police Comm.. sioner, whose department ha: en criticized for its conduct of the Arnmd Rothstein murder case, resigned today, effective not later than December 31. Warren's resignation was tendered while he was under fire from Mayor ‘Walker for alleged failure to solve the murder of Arnold Rothstein, gambler, slain November 4 in the Park Central ecrela blic lands committee regarding 13 EKPERTS ADVISED SINCLAIR RENEWAL, | WORK TELLS GROUP/| g 1(‘nmn1und hnm Fr<' Page.) | | of steps taken and every detail involved |n these transactions. This record I present with the request that it be made | | a part of these proccedings and made available to the public.” “Remote Relation” to Nomination. At the outset of foday's tor Walsh stated that the S rtract inquiry had only remote elation” to thz West nomination. Included in the cerrespondsnce re- lating to the Salt Sreek renewal, Mr. Work said, was a letter, dated last Feb- ruary 7, from Senator Walsh to W. G. Williams, a protestant to the contract renewal, “advising him that he could not understand how the Government 4 scape the obligation to renew the ct and agreeing with the Secr of the Interior, Dr. Hubert Work, at the e committee table, left to right: | prehending men belicved to be her hus- | selves to be,” FIGHT FOR FARE RAISE PUSHED BY TRACTION CO.! | Special Dispatch to The Star. | 'BALTIMORE. December 13.—The United Railways yesterday filed suit in the Circuit Court asking for an in- junction rcsiralnmx the Public Serv- ice Commission from interfering with the street rallway company if it should | charge a straight 10-cent fare. Officials of the company said that the move represented an effort to get | \'hp legal record in such form that it | | could go to the Supreme Court of the | United States. “The purpose in going to the highest | court in the land, it is explained, is to | ultimately get the right to earn more than 6.26 per cent, which the Court of Appeals of Maryland has decided is | dequate return. i If the case should be won before | the Supreme Court on the ground on which the United Railways filed its action that would involve, it is said, the right to charge a 10-cent straight fare and to revise commutation rates up- ward. The outcome of the case will set a precedent and is being closely followed ! by, street raflway officials all over the country. | [ his renewal of the Salt Creek royalty | nator Thomas J. Walsh sociated Press Photo. | | WIDOW LAUDS POLICE. Mre. P. H. Bitner Expresses Thanks “‘ hether you rent for ‘Apprehending Men. or whether you buy, | Mrs. Bitner, widow of P. H. Bitner, in | You pay fortbehcme charge of a gas station 4t Rhode Tsland | u avenue and Sixth street, where he was | 'ID“ oce P‘l dlain by colored men November 29, -Warren writing to Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, in | E.zau: charge of police homicide squad, ex- ssed appreciation and thanks for the | commendable police work” in ap- FLAT TIRE ? FRANKLIN 764 ‘, 1 Formerly Main 500 band’s slayers. “It is indeed a source of real grati- tion fo know (hat respectable per- | have adequate police protection in | an efficient class of policemen and de- | tectives such as you have proven your- Mrs. Bitner wrote. Mrs. Bitner, who resided at 817 Sher- idan street the time her husband was slain, is now living in Delmar, Del. | | i fic t 250 Gallons of the Best Grade 0 < PIONEER DIES AT 88. | ection of this city, died in Los Angeles, * | calif., Saturday, according to word re-, | ceived here. He resided here:from 1873 to 1914, when he moved to California. He is survi¥d by a son, Jostah C. Cobb of this cit; Clarence F. Cobb. 88 years old, Civil War veteran, who was for 43 years em- sloyed in the War Department and a yioneer resident of the Mount Pleasant 15 RUE.DE LATPAIX. PARIS I[)a r_fi)nw/u' to the Modern Womar. ochidee bleue; "LUE ORCHID AT ALL GOOD SHOPS IMPORTED BY LIONEL, 20-22 WEST 57™ 5T, NEW _YORK 1215 CONNECTICUT AVE N.w. Hotel. It had been unofficially stated that Warren had been given until Sat- urday to quit his post, and that Gro- that he is legally bound to renew The Montana Senator immediately read the full text of that letter, which tioning of the Secretary and cemered4 Df Flll’l'llce oil his attention on what he termed lhev @ .| failure of Mr, West to answer particular | FREE! Wilkins Tea is of the same fine quality WILLARD BATTERIES | sou) ‘/ lcE nnmzn\ 3811 UPTON Street N. CHARMI C new 8.room and 2. bath English Resi. dence. just a few doors east of Wisconsin Ave- nue will be OPEN FOR INSPECTION Every Evening Between 6 and 9 P. M. 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ADAMS PRINTING IN A HURRY Eigh grads. but mot high priced. e on'a part pavment. | 12 OF YOUR LIFE | 1t it reaulres | | questions in Capper’s 1 | the Salt Creek lease renewal. Mr. West, who sat across the com- mittee table from the Montana Senator, | replied that the letter of Senator Capper came to him within a few days after he took office. He said he read the Capper letter hurriedly: that “it was all new to me and I cailed in Judg> Finney. in whom 1 had great confidence.” When Mr. Finney presented him with a reply, he said, he signed it without reading it. The reply said the case was in the mandc of the Department of Justice. “1 assumed the letter was answered.” {he said. “T didn't read the letter of ‘Senutm‘ Capper_again. Nor did he \xme to me again. Two Questions Quoted. Senator Walsh inquired why he had not replied to these two questions in | the letter and which he contended | tions were: “Was the existence of the optional agreement in the Sinclair contract dis- closed at the time the execution of the original contract was announced in the press? Is it true that the State of Wyom- | ing received 31 cents a barrel more for its royalty oil than was received by the | Government for its oil .from the same | fields under the Sinclair lease?” The Montanan insisted that Mr. West should have made inquiry about these questions. “Did you ever make any further in- quiry into the protest of the White Eagle Oil Co. which was presented by Senator Capper?” asked Senator Walsh. “Yes, 1 did " answered West. “When?” continued Walsh. “Soon thereafter»’I asked about the protest,” West said, “and was assured that the ease was entirely in the hands of the Department of Justice, and when it acted then I would act.” Mr. West explained how he had can- celled the Sinclair contract by wire on the dav he had received the opinion from the Attorney General that the contract was void. That was last October 17. This was two days after the New York World had published the protest of the White Eagle Oil Co., Walsh explained. West said he had done law work i principally in small criminal cases. He declared he had not served on a salary basis, and that the total fees collected |/ by his law firm from the Insull com- panies in 26 years had amounted 10 $24,585. After he had been dismissed Senator z. Walsh called the Secretary back to ask if he had sat as a member of the | R %ai- | Water Power Commission in the recent hearing of the application by the sull interests for rights on the Cumber- |{land River. He replied he had sat as | one of the three members on that ap- | plication, which is still pending. The Secretary declared that he and | Mr. Insull had almost always been on | opposite sides in Republican party cam- lpmgn: in Illinois and he referred to the 1926 senatorial primary campaign | when he said Insull supported Frank | L. Smith and he and Senator Deneen | | supported the late Senator McKinley | | for_the Republican nomination. | _Chairman Nye, at the conclusion of the hearing. asked Mr. West if he cared to make any statement. The Secre- tary turned to Senator Deneen of Illinois, an intimate friend, and asked him if there was anything else should say that he had forgotten. While | not a_member of the committee Sen- | ator Deneen was present for the hear- He. however, had nothing to suz- " BRIEF ILLNESS FATAL T0 EDWIN TARRISSE Services Will Be Held Tomorrow for Department of State Special Officer. | | _Edwin Tarrisse, special officer in the Division of Foreign Administration, De- partment of State, died at his resi- dence in the Farragut Apartments, Seventeenth and I streets, yesterday | |after a_sudden illness. tial clerk to the chief of the Bureau | of Indexes and Archives, Department of State, in January, 1896. Prior to then he had served as (‘,lerk to a member of the House of Repre- sentatives and later to a Senator. He also served as a clerk in the Interstate | Commerce Commission for a number of | vears, He is survived by | Zapponi of this city. ried. Funeral services will be conducted in Gawler's chapel, 1730 Pennsylvania ave- nue, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. e FALLS DEAD IN SHOP John Meyer, 1248 Hamlin _street northeast, fell dead in a tailor shop at 602 F street while examining some suits of clothes early this afternoon. When Meyer entered the store, the proprietor, who was waiting on another customer, requested him to wait a few minutes. ortly thereafter he heard a noise and, turning, found Meyer lying on | the floor. ‘The Emergency Hospital ambulance was summoned and Dr. I. Rutkoski pro- nounced the man dead. He said heart irouble was the probable | a_sister, Mrs. A, He was unmar- should have been answered. Tho qucs-‘ for the Insull interests since 1897, but | ® | husband at the time. wants $3.500 for | Mr. Tarrisse was appointed confiden- | { sioner. | Added interest was given th: Roth- | | stein case today with the claim of Mrs, | Bridget Farry, chambermaid at the | Park Central Hotel, that she knew who | killed Rothstein. know who did it | and I'm gomng to squeal on him, too.” she shouted as she shook her fist at Supreme Gourt Justice Wasservogel, who denied her habess corpus action to | obtain her release from jail. She is held | in default of $5,000 bonds as a material | witness. | Mrs. Farry, on duty on the third floor ! of the hotel, is known to have been in | {and out of room 349 the night Roth- | stein was lured there and shot. The likelihood of a new police com- | missioner before the weck is out was a principal development in the many-sided | Arnold Rothstein case. | i | i | i | 'POST OFFICE BILL PASSED BY SENATE| Measure, Also Allowmg Treasury Appropriation, Accepted as | Approved by House. The Treasury and Post Office Depart- | ment appropriation bill, which carries funds for continuing work on the Gov- { ernment’s big building program in the | ! National Capital, passed the Senate this | afternoon and was sent to_conference, having previously passed the House. This bili provides for making a start on the Archites Building, in addition to continuation of work on the other build- ings in the Triangle already started. The Senate agreed without change to the House action raising the limit of cost for the Archives Building from $6.900,000 to $8,750,000. The measure aiso makes available another $5.000.000 of the fund author-| ized by Congress to acquire all of the privately owned land in the Pennsyl- vania avenue-Mall triangle for public building purposes. The total amount carried in the bill for all expenses of the Treasury and Post Office Departments is approxi- 'mately $1,119,650,000. The Senate appropriations committee | withdrew the amendments, which would | have increased the salaries of the Un- | dersecretary of the Treasury and of the | director of the budget from $10,000 to | $12,000 each, which were opposed on | - | the’ floor. $53, 500 SUITS FILED. Suits for damages totaling $53.500 | were filed today in the District Su- preme Court against the Connecticut- Copper'hnr Pie Co. by J. Cleveland l ice, a lawyer of Hagerstown, Md., and his wife, Mrs. Elta Marie Grice, as the result of a collision of one of | the trucks of the company with an | automobile owned by Mrs. Grice and | driven by her husband, on the Rockville | Pike January 18, las | Mr. Grice says he sustained serious injury as the result of the collision, jand the wife, who was not with her | | the damage sustained by her car. The husband places his injury at $50,000. Attorney W. Gwynn Gardiner appears for both plaintiff Mrs. E. TfWalsh Is Dead. Mrs. Elizabeth Trundle Welsh, native of this city, the daughter of Albert S. Trundle and the late Kate Shumate Trundle, died in Denver, Colo., recenu), according to word received here. neral services were conducted in Denver and burial was in Lincoln, Va. Besides her father, Mrs. Welsh is sur- vived by an infant daughter, a sister, | Mrs. J. H. Goss of this city, and two brothers, Lewis Trundle of this ecity | nnd Albert S. 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This action was taken after the | protest of the White Eagle Ol & Re- | fining Co. had becn fiied. | ullification Story Sought. The story of events leading to and connected with the nullification of the it is treated as void from James P. Kem, counsel for the | White Eagle Oil Co.. which had pro- | tested against the renewal, and William | J. Donovan, assistant to the Attorney | General, and other Government officials. | Kem told the committee of his com- | pany’s profest to the Interior Depart- | ment and said he learned later that the | case had been turned over to the De- partment of Justice. Kem said he conferred with the De- partment of Justice early in September relative to the Sinclair renewal. Senator Walsh then read an ' inter- | view in the New York World last Oc- tober, quoting Chairman Nye of the | committee as declaring that he had | taken the case up with the Department of Justice in June and that he had been assured the lease would be can- | celed. The interview said Senator Walsh could have obtained the same “I am sorry that interview went out | as it did,” Senator Nye remarked, and then read a subsequent statement he | had prepared stating that the matter | had been before the committee in only | a minor way. | Kem volunteered a statement that he | was not protesting against Secretary West, declaring he believed the Secre- tary had_acted “with the utmost dis- patch” when the Department of Justice declared the Sinclair contract void. The witness said his company’s bid for the Salt Creek royalty oil now before the Interior Depariment would have | netted the Government about $1.000 | more a day than was recelved under the Sinclair contract. PATIENT BITES DOCTOR. Injury Causes Infection of Ambu- lance Physician’s Limb. | Bitten a week ago by a delirious pat- | ient, Dr. I. Rutkoski of the Emergency | Hospital staff, is suffering from an in- | fection of the arm. 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