Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1928, Page 12

- R 'HE EVENING ETAR, WASHINGTON. D. U. FRIDKY. DECEMBER 27 1928 DEATH BENEFITS BILL IS ENACTED Others Signed by Coolidge During Past 24 Hours Are Listed. Among the mass of bills passed dur- ing the present session of Congress and which have been signed by President Coolidge during the past 24 hours is the Senate bill 3844, which amends the fraternal beneficial association law for the District of Columbia regarding the payment of death benefits. This amend- ment proposes to give greater protection to the members of fraternal beneficial | organizations and beneficiaries. Among the other bills signed were: S. 3171, providing for a Presidents’ Plaza and Memorial in Nashville, Tenn., to former Presidents Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk and Andrew Johnson. 225, an act for the relief of Hor- 6, an act for the relief of g. H. R. 9319, an act for the the Glens Falls Insurance Co Falls, N. Y. H. R. 9320, an act for the relief of the Home Insurance Co. of New York. H. R. 12354, to grant the city Leominster, Mass., an assessment over certain Government property. | H. R. 12951, providing for the pur- | chase of 640 acres of land adjoining | Camp Clark, at Nevada, Miss. and| avthorizing appropriation therefor. of Glens H. R. 13406, authorizing the city of | has a gross tonnage of 5,628. Her nor- | Fort Thomas, Ky.. to widen and other- wise $mprove Fort Thomas avenue and to assess the cost against the United States. Joint resolution, 169, for {he appoint- | ment of W. A. Albright of Kansas as a member of the board of managers, Na- | tional Homes for Disabled Volunterr | Soldiers. Joint resolution 193 for the appoint- ment of Roy L. Marston of Maine for the board of managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. H. R. 8728, to authorize the Post- master General to give motor vehicle service employes credit for actual time served on a basis of one year for each 306 deys of eight hours served as sub- stitutes. H. R. 13778, authorizing Alex Gon- vales, his heirs or legal representatives to construct and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande River near the town of Ysleta, Tex. H. R. 11983, to provide for issuance of perpetual casement to the Depart- ment of Fish and Game of the State of Idaho to cértain lands within the original boundaries of the Nez Peice Indian Reservation of that State. H. R. 13824, authorizing L. L. Mon- tague to construct and operate a bridge across the Columbia River at or nenrl Arlington, Ore. H. 8;‘0 13990, to authorize the Presi- dent to present the Distinguished Fly- ing Cross to Orville Wright and to Wil- bur Wright, deceased. H. R. 14801, making appropriation for the Treasury and Post Office De- partments. Joint resolution 131, providing for the participation by the United States in the international conference for the revision of the convention of 1914, for the safety of life at sea. S. 4402, authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to assign to the chief of naval operations the public quarters originally constructed for the superin- tendent of the Naval Observatory in the District of Columbia. H. R. 5894, for the relief of the State Bank & Trust Co. of Fayetteville, Tenn. H. R. 5529, authorizing a court of claims to hear and determine questions of law involved in the alleged erroneous assessment of tonnage taxes in 1920 and 1921 on three vessels n;})enud by the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey under charter from a Danzig corpora- tion. H R 13753, authorizing an expendi- ture of certain funds standing to the credit of the Cherokee Indians in the United States Treasury. ‘The following relief bills were signed: For Theodore Herbert, Franklin B. Morse, John -N. Andrews, James Meyer, Myra Madry, Leah Frank, Eloise Childers and Effa Cowe. SIX COSTLY PAINTINGS BELIEVED STOLEN, FOUND By the Associated Press. GRAZ, Austria, December 21—Six Ttalian paintings, valued at $500,000, including Tintoretto’s “Adoration of the Child” believed to have been stolen upon the retreat of the Austrian army from the Piave during the World War, have turned up in Vienna. They were presented for restoration by an unnamed person to Richter Bien- enthaae, government restorer. The paintings are believed to have been removed by thieves from churches and palaces in the town of Belluno. ‘The Austrian government immediately advised the Italian government which is sending a special commission to Graz to take charge of the paintings. SO EDRB DD B RO RO RO EO B SO I B RO RO ROV BV BNV, ARMSTRONG CATOR CO. Hundreds of Hats Made to Sell Up to $5 $1.00 Only o!\ | All Priced at For Saturday By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December 21.—Here, folks, is today's revolver story. This revolver, by rights, should be in quotation marks. Such punctuational procedure, however, would indicate at once that there was something queer about it. So the quotation marks are omitted; but it is a revolver story none the less. Three policemen were escorting Archie Butler into the bureau of identification after he had been held to the grand Prisoners With Idea, Policeman Without And Whirling Door Make Revolver Story jury for robbery armed. Ingress to the bureau is by a revolving door. Archie hadn’t lived 43 years without picking up some good ideas. One of them was that a revolving door held possibilities, He got into his compartment after two of the officers had preceded him. The third officer got in the compart- men behind. When Archie got inside, however, he kept right on going around, The officer behind, from force of habit, stepped out. ‘When the policemen got outside Archie had dissolved (or revolved) from sight. |AMERICAN STEAMER f ASHORE OFF IRELAND | West Totant, Shipping Board Ves- sel, Expected to Be Total Loss. | By the Associated Press. | BELFAST, Ireland, December 21— relief of | The American steamer West Totant went | {ashore in Bangor Bay close to the head- | quarters of the Ulster Yacht Club early | today. It was thought likely that the vessel. which was bound for Belfast from New Orleans, would become a total wreck. The United States Shipping Board stcamer West Totant was built in 1919 at Portland, Ore., which is also her hailing port. She is 410 feet long and mal crew numbers 42, Shin Hits Rocks. MEXICO CITY, December 21 (#).— Dispatches from Tampico today said that the American steamer Nevaria had gone on the rocks off Tampico in a gale. Heavy seas prevailed and efforts to rescue the crew were fruitless. They werc in no immediate danger. . 20 Arrested in Plot. CONSTANTINOPLE, December 21 (®)—Twenty alleged plotters charged with arranging the escape of prisoners have been arrested at Broussa. A num- ber of arrests also have been made in Stamboul. The exact circumstances have not been revealed and much mys- tery surrounds the action. Windbreakers Some men may not care for suede leather wind-breakers — but they’re few and far between, according to what we hear them BAY: inivi s Wisivareinte $12.50 $16.50 Sol— HERZOG —Inc. Cor. 9th at ‘F’ NEW MINISTRY FORMED. Mantere Becomes Premier of Fin- land by Move. HELSINGFORS, Finland, December 21 (®)—Dr. Oskarl Mantere today formed a new ministry to take the place of the one that resigned recently :gler losing a vote of confidence in the et. Dr. Mantere became premier, J. H. Vennola, minister of foreign affairs, and the majority of the members of the cabinet were drawn from the Na- tional Progressive party. brief history of the Isn’t This Your Idea? Your father’s watch is called a “potato”—the watch you'd select is thin as a wafer. The old automobiles looked like a Chinese puzzle under the hood. The kind yow'd select today is as simple and accessible as the J SrELr P 2 3 N NEW EFFORT MADE 10 QUST TENANTS Parkway Apartments Case Is Continued in Munic- ipal Court. The legal battle for possession of 12 apartment suites in the Parkway Apart- ments, Connecticut avenue and Ma- comb street, growing out of its failure as a co-operative project and .subse- quent sale at auction, was continued in Municipal Court today when . Azreal Furr, present owner, made a new effort to oust from the apartments tenants who early this year purchased stock in the building to obtain residences there. Judge George C. Aukam, before whom the renewed case was tried this morn- ing, following arguments by counsel on legal phases of the case, took the mat- ter under advisement and is not ex- pected to announce his decision for several days. The same case was heard last month by Judge Mary O'Toole, who indicated she would rule that Municipal Court had no jurisdiction in the case on the ground that it was not a landlord and tenant dispute. At that time Roger J. Whiteford. counsel for Mr. Furr, took a “non-suit,” which enabled him today to renew the ouster proceedings before another judge. Evidence on Contract. Attorney Whiteford today introduced evidence to show that the tenants who are retaining possession of the apart- ments at issue last June signed a_con- tract with W. C. Miller and R. B. H. Lyon, trustees, agreeing to vacate the apartments peaceably October 28, walving the customary 30-day notice, in return for four months’ free occu- pancy in the building, then scheduled to be sold at auction. This, he con- tended, constituted a “landlord and tenant” agreement, thus bringing the case within the jurisdiction of Muni- cipal Court. Gerald M. Johnson, attorney for the defendant tenants, did not contest ad- mittance of the agreement to vacate, but argued that it did not create a landlord and tenant relationship, and cited cases decided in Federal courts to support his contention. He moved dismissal of the action. Decisions Are Cited. In rebuttal, Mr. Whiteford, cited numerous other decisions which he contended proved that Municipal Court did have jurisdiction. The building, containing 83 apart- ments, 30 of which had been sold on the co-operative plan, was knocked down at auction at for-~Yosure under a second trust held by Sol Lansburgh and Roy L. Neuhauser, to Walter B. Wil- liams. Later it was sold to Eugene A. Smith, Inc., who still later sold it to Mr. Furr. Warrants are outstanding for the arrest of Arthur M. Suit, president of the Parkway Apartments, Inc., who acted in the sale of stock in the build- ing to tenant purchasers. 424 IN TOWN OF 450 ILL WITH INFLUENZA Coast Guard Cutter Renders Aid to Several Stricken Alaskan Villages. Out of a total population of 450 at Hoodah, Alaska, the Coast Guard Cutter Unalga reported today there were 424 cases of influenza. Her re- port also said that there were but one doctor, one nurse and one teacher to care for the Alaskan village's sufferers. In her report received by Coast Guard headquarters here, the Unalga said she was visiting outlying commu- nities in Alaska rendering aid to influ- enza victims. Th> Unalga reported her position to- day as off False Bay in Chatham Strait. She planned to proceed to Fanakee and from there to other communities where influenza had been reported. Japan was the first one of the Asiatic countries to adopt a constitutional form of government. b Dawes Gets Gavel From Tree Planted By Hoover’s Father A gavel carved from the wood of a tree planted by Herbert Hoover’s father at West Branch, Jowa, ‘was presented to Vice President Dawes today, with the request that it be passed on to Senator Curtis when he takes the office of Vice President on March 4. The presentation was made by Senator Deneen, Republican, of Illinois, on behalf of Robert R. Wallace, who said in his letter that the wood was given to him by the present occupants of the Towa home of the President-elect. 63 MINERS TRAPPED. Graduate McCormick Medieal Glasses Fitted College Eyes Examined DR. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist 1 TOKYO, Japan, December 21 (#).— | Sixty-three miners were trapped today by an explosion in the Harutori coal mine near Kushiro. Yezo Island. Fire followed the explosion and the fate of the miners could not be determined. 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