Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1929, Page 2

2 & THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, “CHANGE IN MERGER PLANS SUGGESTED - Subcommittee May Begin Discussion of Traction Proposal Next Week. When the subcommittee handling the street railway merger meets early n:xt week with reports before'it from all the interested parties it should be ady to begin discussion of what its po- sition is to be toward the unification lan as presented by the companies, in pinion of Chairman Capper. nd ns are that members of the subcommi not at the presel tim> see the need f her hearings on the general propc but are likely to proceed by weig s ‘defailed questions involved in the vort, of the Bureau of Efficlency and Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, together with » suggestions and arguments advanced | y the companies in their responsc. After they meet and go over in confer- | ence the various questions presented in | the several written reports, the sub-| rommitiee members may wish to ask for | fur.er data on particular phases of | the problem. i Clayton Urges Changes. | While various members of the sub-! comm have expressed their views individually regarding the plan as pre- sented, the subcommittee thus far has | taken no formal action William McK. Clayton, chairman of the utilities committee of the Federa-| . tion of Citizens' Associations, who was | asked by Chairman Capper for his{ Views on the merger proposition, said foday that based in part on bis own personal views, but mainly in line with ihe recommendations of the federation, he would ask the Senate committee to | make the following changes in the erger reement . O imination of the §50,00 tion and all reference to va cause, as stated by Dr. Mal unnecessary Make specific pr ment that there w , fares until after a reval Pl olidate the com onsolidate the 10" os allowed to merge, under a con- | gressional charter, with a provision that Congress can amend, alter or repeal it, instead of permitting them to merge * under the provisions of the District | Code. co‘;hnt the duration of the merger agreement be limited to five years or less. pla the o) 0,000 valua- | luation, be- | thie, it 15 | | ovision in the agree- | fll be no increase in | luation is com- panies, if they are | Wants Universal Transfer. ¥rite in a specific provision providing | !‘a:'unrccrsal transfers from street cars %o busses and vice versa and another provision compelling the new company to grant reduced fares to_school chil- dren, instead of leaving this matter for the Public Utilities Commission to de- cide at some future time. Inclusion of a clause in the agreement compelling the Capital ‘Traction and Washington Railway & Electric Cos. to turn over to the new company their combined depreciation funds, amounting to_approximately $7,000,000. Limit the price to be paid for the Washington Rapid Transit Co. to $500,~ 000 or $600,000, which he claims is something like its actual vaiue. Modification of the power clause in the agreement so that the Potomac Electric Power Co. will remain as a part of the Washington Railway & Flectric Co. instead of being divorced and operated separately. ‘Word the agreement so that improve- ment of service will be guaranteed as in the present charters of the traction o injes, and the plan for rerouting of v.rs, as well as the type and number of cars to be operated, will be definitely provided in the chartér of the new com- any. 5 M’r Clayton said that unless these changes are made in the agreement, from his viewpoint nad that of the fed- eration, there would be little or no ad- vantage to the public in having the local transportation faeilities so con- solidated. GLOVER IS ALQOF IN SHIP MAIL ROW WITH CUNARD LINE! {Continued From First Page.) Cunard Line says the Berengaria will reach Europé two days or more before any other steamer salling this week end. ‘The ' next Europe-bound ship, the Star liner' Baltic, was due to sall ‘at 11 am. today. The post office order automatically transferred the bulk of mail awaiting shipment to her. The | ‘White Star Line also operates under the British flag The Post Office Department an- nounced that it might reroute all its n mail in favor of American ships. It was pointed out that on their last trips the Olympic of the White Star Line carried 15,000 sacks of mail, and | the Leviathan of the United States | Lines 4,500 sacgs. Denial was made that the withdrawal of mail from the ships of the Cunard Line was connect- ed with the controversy between the line and the United States Shipping Board over the New York-Havana trade. Officials of the Cunard Line said they “preferred not to draw any inference: regarding a connection between the Cuban trade war and the post office order, The controversy over the New York- Havana passenger trade arose when the Shipping Board announced it had al- located the Ii President Roosevelt to the Ward Line for service between this port and Havana to meet the com- petition of the Cunard liner Caronia, which recently was assigned to the Havana run. Underwood’s Condition Improves. | The condition of former Senator Oscar Underwood of Alabama, who has been ill for some weeks past at his| home at Woodlawn, Va., was reported | as improved today. sary 4 (P).—Repre- F. Niedringhaus of | issouri, and Miss Ariel L. Cargo, both Louis, obtained a marriage license iedringhaus gave his age as 61 and Miss Cargo gave hers as 3! Telegram Tucked In Food Delivered To Plane in Air The first recorded delivery of a commercial telegraph message to ane in the air was made from Washington bv Union _Telegraph The message went to Capt. Ira G. Eaker of the Army Air Corps on board the plane Ques- tion Mark, which is making an endurance flight out of the met- ropolitan airport at Los Angeles. The communication was sent from Washington by Fairfax Naulty and was taken up from the ground at Los Angeles by Lieut. Moon, who piloted the the plane which is refueling the Question Mark and supplying food to her passengers. The tel- egram was tucked into a parcel of sandwiches and successfully passed down to the cabin of the Question Mark as it continue flight. Mr.” Naulty’s message Wae | Camden. N. J. Rail Act’s Father Dead | | WILLIAM C. ADAMSON. ADAMSON, FATHER OF RAL ACT, DS Georgia Representative for Two Decades Helped Avert | Transportation Tie-Up. | By Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 4—The body | of William C. Adamson, who as a Rep- | resentative from Georgia sponsored the railroad act named for him, will be taken to his late home in Carroliton, | Ga., tonight for burial. Adamson died at the Presbyterian | Hospital last night of pneumonia after an illness of 1i days. He was T4 years | old. At his bedside were Mrs. Adamson, | his sister-in-law, Mrs. Estelle Baylock, | and his three sons, Reese and Ernie | Adamson of New York and Charles of He had come to New York to spend the holidays. The most significant achievement linked with the career of Mr. Adamson, for two decades a member of the House of Representatives from Georgia, was | the railroad eight-hour-day law, a measure which fixed trainmen's work- ing days at eight hours and prevented a threatened strike in the industry. As chairman of the House interstate and foreign commerce committtee, Mr. Adamson also was active 1n other rail- road measures. He resigned in 1917 to accept an appointment by President Wilson as member of the Board of United States General Appraisers (Cus- | toms Court). ‘The Adamson act was passed shortly before America entered the World War, during a period when a transportation tie-up would have been especially dis- astrous. The bill was approved only after expression of bitter feeling among members of both parties, but it was ac- cepted by leaders of the railroad bl’flut\erhood as a “satisfactory settle- ment.” Act Is Held Valid. ‘The Supreme Court was called to pass on the constitutionality of the Adamson act in March, 1917, and up- held it as valid in a five to four decision. Briefly, the bill provided for reckoning eight hours as a day's work, and ng- pointment of a commission to study the effect of the change and report to Con- gress. The Supreme Court's decision, read by Chief Justice White, is considered an epoch in law relating to railroad transportation. The decision declared both carriers and their employes, en- gaged in & business charged with public interest, were subject to the right of Congress to arbitrate disputes affect- ing operation of that business. During his years in the House Mr. Adamson also was active in behalf of public health, water power and labor measures. He practically led the fight which resulted in the present Pacific cable, and his efforts are credited largely with bringing about elimination of ex- treme provisions in the pure food act. He was a member of the subcommittee that drafted the bill creating the De- partment of Commerce and Labor. Mr. Adamson was serving his eleventh term in Congress when he resigned to accept President Wilson's appointment. Later, on his retirement from the cus- toms bench, he received letters of com- mendation from President Coolidge, as- sociates of the court and scores of at- torneys who practiced before him. Attended Bowcon College. Judge Adamson was born at Bowdon, Carroll County, Ga., August 13, 1854./ He attended Bowdon College, now a part of the University of Georgia, and re- ceived an A. B. degree there. Later his alma mater conferred honorary degrees of M. A. and L. M. D. upon him. Completing his colleg> education, Judge Adamson entered the law offices of Samuel W. Harris and was admifted to the bar in October, 1876. He then established his residence at Carroliton, ., Where he maintained it until hi death. He was first elected to Congress from the fourth Georgia district in 1896. Mr. Adamson was married twice. His first wife, Minnie Reese of Carroliton, died December 30, 1912. Five years later, on January 1, 1917, he married Ella Zellers Camp or Grantville, Ga. There were three chiléren born of the first marriage. Judge Adamson was an active mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, a Mason, a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Koyal Arcanum. SRR HERRICK ABLE TO BE UP. Given Permission by Physician to Leave Sick Bed. CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 4 (#).— Myron T. Herrick, United States Am- permission by his physician to get up from his sick bed at his home in Gates Mills, where he had been ordered to bed last Tuesday after an attack of asth- matic influenza. The Ambassador, how- bassador to France, today was given | KING ABLE 10 REST; TAKES NUTRIMENT Evidence of Will Power Hail- ed by Doctors as Favor- able Omen. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 4.—Two favorable | factors have appeared In the latest de- velopments in King George's prolonged struggle. The restlessness which prevented him | from getting adequate repose on two| previous nights seemed to have left him in a large degree and he passed the night more quletly. This, it was as- sumed, would prove helpful, adding to} the powers of recuperation he needs to | lift him out of debilitation. Concurrently, this morning's bulletin | reported improvement in the locally in- | fected area. His general condition was reported as | being stationary. This indicated that at least there had been no setback. The inference was that the King had main- tained the slight improvement noted recently. The morning bulletin said: “The King had a quieter night. The local condition shows a slight improve- ment, while the general condition re- mains stationary.” ‘Will Power Asserted. A statement that King George has the will to live was hailed today as the most encouraging feature in the long review of the monarch’s illness contrib- uted to medical journals by the royal physicians. Medical experts in the morning papers emphasized the impor- tance and the significance of this atti- tue on the part of the patient. It was contended that peysistence of the instinet to fight for self-preserva- tion was the sign itself of some measure of health, because the desire to live probably has a physical basis. The authorized review of the King's illness which appeared in the Lancet and the British Medical Journal today stated that because of exhaustion the course of the illness must be long and for the present anxious. Nurse Uses Feeder. It was stated that there was a disin- clination toward most foods and a dis- like for many, and that weakness ne- cessitated nourishment being given by‘ a nurse with a feeder. Adequacy of‘ nutriment, both as regards quantity and‘ variety, was now being secured, though not without difficulty. p It was announced that Sister Rose Simmons, an expert in practical dietet- ics and a member of the staff of one of the big London hospitals, had contrib- uted to the care of the King during the past weeks. Provided all goes well with King Grorge, it was stated today that the Duke of York and the Duke of Glouces- ter will go to Sandringham next Mon- day with a small shooting party of men and remain there for a week, The rince of Wales plans to go the follow- ing_week. xm!!')\t’ Duke of York hunted with the | Pytchley hounds from Naseby today and will return to London tonight. . ACCUSED GIVES UP IN D. C. GIRL'S DEATH Man Wanted in Lehman Case De- nies Aiding in Operation—Freed on Bond of $3,000. (From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star.) The Charles H. Parker of Philadel- phia who is alleged to have aided in performing a criminal operation on Miss Eleanor Lehman here last March was surrendered today by his attorney, Bertrand Emerson, before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage. Detectives some months ago brought an- other Charles H. Parker from Philadel- phia and charged him with the offense. Shortly after arrival, the other Parker zonvinced the detectives of their mistake and he was allowed to return to Phil- adelphia. The alleged criminal operation is said to have been performed by Louis W. Hoffman, a physiotherapist, who plead- ed guilty to a charge of second degree murder, causing the death of the young woman by breaking her neck while sioner and was released on bond of $3,000 to await the action of the grand jury. He is said to have been employed at the same place where Miss Lehman formerly worked and disappeared from Washington after Hoffman's arrest, treating her. He is serving a 30-year prison term. Samuel Wagshal, vroprietor of the delicatessen at 908 G street, gave bond of $1,500 on a charge of complicity in the alleged crime. Assistant United States Attorney M. Pearl McCall, who investigated the case, claimed that Wagshal had furnished the money for the alleged operation. Parker, who was said to have been paying attention to the young woman, pleaded not guilty before the commis- BRIGADIER SUSPENDED BY SALVATION ARMY Edward Slattery, Accused of Crit- icism of Members of High Council. By the Associated Press. : MELBOURNE, Australia, January 4. —Brig. Edward Slattery, divisional commander of the Melbourne central division of the Salvation Army, has been suspended from duty because of alleged criticism of members of the | high couneil, which will meet next week at Sunbury, England, to consider the status of Gen. Bramwell Booth. The brigadier also was alleged to have re- ever, was reported content to stay in bed and read. | | | | New Vear greeting to Caph. Eaker and the other fiyers on the In the photo, souri; Charles fused to refrain from referring to the !arbitration. | meeting of the high council as had been | directed. SUPREME COURT BUILDING COMMISSION stice Taft the Capitol, wijl be executive officer of the commission. left to right: Represeni Fairman, chief clerk tative Elliott, architec Indjana; in the t's office tor Keyes, New Hai Chief Justice T: U..S. HAS REFUNDED §975.012.3% TAXES $4,061,769,209 Collected as Additional Levies in Same Time, Since 1917. By the Associated Press Since 1917 the Government has re- funded $975,012,356 of taxes illegally or erroneously collected. In the same time $4,061,769,209 has been collected as additional or back | taxes, as well as those assessed in the | ordinary course of events, | These * computations were included today in the report submitted to the House by its appropriations committee with the first deficiency bill, which said that the total refunded was appr mately 2.5 per cent of the $38,715,757, of the internal revenue receipts for the period. The bill itself sought to provide $84.- 128,310 to meet emergency expenses for the current fiscal year, including $75.- 000,000 for tax refunds. The total is $66,705 less than that recommended by the’ budgst. A total of $5,000,000 would be used for carrying on the Government's con- | tract air-mail service, $1,050,000 would go toward construction of new barracks at the Pacific branch of the National Home for at Santa Monica, Calif.; $45.000 for the inauguration of President-elect Hoover and $30,000 for aiding Indian influenza victims of the Southwest. In connection with the tax refund item, the committee which framed the measure declared that while $130,000,- 000 was made available for this purpose this fiscal year, refunds for the first five months had been at the rate of approximately $15,000,000 a month and, with the approval last month of a $26,- 000,000 claim by the United States Steel Corporation, a total of $205,000,000 would be required to meet all refunds this year. PAN-AMERICA PACTS 0. K.’D BY DELEGATES IN PLENARY SESSION| (Continued From First Page.) ernments, the arbitration treaty pro- | vides for the principle of compulso: arbitration for all international contro- versies among American republics to which established principles of inter- national law can be applied. All the American republics save Ar- gentina are expected to ratify the treaties. Argentina sent no delegates to the conference and her attitude is in doubt, though she may ratify the treaties later. . When a controversy arises the coun- tries concerned are given freedom to agree upon the arbitrator or tribunal for mediation. But if they fail to agree they each may name two arbitrators. Only one of these may be a national, or chosen from the country’s members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, and one would be selected from another American republic. The four arbitrators named, provided two countries were concerned, would select a fifth, who would become president of the tribunal. If there should be inability to agree on the fifth member a non-American member of the Permanent Court of Ar- bitration at The Hague would be named. Way Out Also Paved. A move leading to the renunciation of the reservations that individual na- tions may make to the treaty was seen in the approval by the arbitration com- mittee of a draft protocol of progressive _Nations could adhere to this progressively as they found it pos- sible, then renounce some or all of the reservations which they might make to the general treaty of arbitration. The draft of the conciliation pact agreed upon by conference committees established the principle of compulsory submission of all disputes “of any kind” urlfl:)gdbcbwet’dn American States to the method agreed upon in the arl ln“%ty‘ po! bitration he instruments for conciliation would be the investigating commissions set up by the Gondra treaties of 1923. Until now, they have had authority only to make an inquiry into the facts and report on their findings. Under the text of the conciliation treaty, they could undertake conciliation a ties either during the period of investiga- tion or at the discretion of the com- nnlssion, t was considered a happy omen that the treaties were shnpcgpfnr rati- fication and the Paraguayan-Bolivian conciliation protocol signed on the same day. When the protocol finally was signed it was the occasion of speeches by both the Paraguayan and Bolivian representatives. Both expressed satis- faction and thanked the conference for the work it had done toward bringing the dispute out of the crisis stage. Sec- retary Kellogg, in replying, said that both " countries’ had “shown a great spirit of peace and good ywill.” Of the nine judges on the mediation tribunal two each would be named by Paraguay and Bolivia and the other five chosen from the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Uruguay and Cuba. Argentina and Brazil were expected to be represented, but both declared they did not wish to serve. The commission would be given a year, if necessary, to settle or fix re- sponsibility for the border fights. It will not go into the territory dispute which brought about the clashes. Under the protocol, Bolivia and Para- guay are enjoined from warlike activi- ties pending the labors of the com- mission. The countries have not re- sumed diplomatic relations, broken after the first fight at Fort Van- guardia on December 6. NINE SEEK JUDGESHIP. ‘The names of nine candidates have been submitted for the newly created post_of judge of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, it was learned today at the Department of Justice. They are George C. Gertman, Henry H. Glassie, John Lewis Smith, George P. Barse, Dale C. Drain, James Con- lon, George F. Williams, Dr. George Butte and Charles W. Main. ‘The new position, which ‘provides an additional judge for the local court, was recently created by Congress. MEETS The commission recently created by Congress to obtain plans for the proposed United States Supreme Court Build- ing held its first meeting today and organized by designating Chief. as chairman. David Lynn, architect of Disabled Volunteer Soldiers | PRIVATE CONVIGTED {Dismissal Is Recommended pshire; Senator Reed, Mis- aft, David Lynn, architect of the Caps. Two new members of the cabinet were included in this photograph, made on the White House grounds today. Left to right, back row: Postmaster General Secretary of Commerce Whiting, Secretary of Agriculture Jardine, Secretary of Interior West and Secretary of Navy Wilbur. Front row, seated: Secretary of War Davis, Secretary of State Kellogg, President Coolidge, Secretary of Treasury Mellon and Attorney General Sargent. New, Secretary of Labor Davi: BY POLICE BOARD After Hearing on Neglect- of-Duty Charges. Pyt. J. W. H. Smith, fourth precinct, has been found guilty by the Police Trial Board and recommended for dismissal | from the force on charges of neglect of duty and making a false statement | to his superior officer, it was announced | today. Smith was charged with being on the Highway Bridge at a time when he was | supposed to have been directing traffic | in the first precinct, and to have | offered & false explanation of his pres- ence there to a superior officer. C. H. Ford, thirteenth precinct, was fined $75 on charges of intoxication and neglect of duty. R. S. Miller, third precinct, was excnerated on charges | of conduct unbecoming to an officer, | using unnecessary violence toward a | person and misuse of his revolver. He was tried after Frank J. Boudinot, jr., | had complained that the officer struck | him in the head with a pistol in an | apartment in the 900 block of Twentieth street December 26. W. I Griggs, second precinct, was fined $10 on & charge of failing to| communicate with his precinct through | the patrol system, but was cleared of | charges of neglect of duty, drinking | on duty, and failing to patrol his beat. | H. B. Thompson, fourth precinct, was | fined $5 for neglect of duty. J. W. Con- | nors, fourth precinct, was fined $5 for | failing to patrol his beat and entering a building while on duty. C. A. Cart- | mill, second precinet, was found guiity | of failure to patrol his beat and enter- ing a building while on duty, and was warned. EDGE ITS;(?CITIZEN BODY TO PROBE PROHIBITION | them —Associated Press Photo. House Sandwich Counters Ruled Out as Insanitary PhysicianSaysCloakroom | “Restaurant” Dirtiest In District. Another of the old traditions and conveniences for members of the House has been’ thrown in the discard in the cause of hygiene and sanitation. ‘The naval officer, Comdr. George W. Calver, who has just been made House physician, has declared that sandwich counters in the cloakrooms of the House chamber “are the most in- | sanitary eating places in the District of Columbia,” and the new chairman of the committee on-accounts formally notified the Housé yesterday that these sandwich counters are to be closed. Chairman Underhill, however, salved the feelings of some members by telling that arrangements have been made for serving sandwiches in sanitary containers and milk in sanitary drink- ing cups from the House cafe—but that if they desire a plate of soup, they must go to the restaurant for it. Mr. Under- hill is making arrangements to open a cafeteria or sandwich shop, separate from the House cafe or dining room. In explaining his action, Mr. Under- hill reminded the House that the last session of Congress appropriated almost 00,000 to improve the ventilating system in this chamber and, in the Senate chamber. Of that amount about $175,000 was expended in improv- ing the ventilation of this chamber. “However,” he said, “we overlooked one serious condition which has more to do, perhaps, with the good health of mem- bers than the matter of ventilation. We had overlooked the fact that we were carrying a source of infection, dis- tribution of illness and contagion, through the medium of food served in | the little cubbyholes underneath the gallery. “With this information and upon the | doctor's advice, the sale of food in the cloakrooms has been abandoned. To | take the place of that, if any of the New Jersey Senator Wants Nine Citizens to Conduct an Investi- gation of Dry Law. By the Associated Pres Appointment of a cmmission of nine citizens by President Hoover to inves- tigate prohibition was proposed in the Senate today by Senator Edge, Repub- lican, of New Jersey. The New Jersey Senator, who was one of Mr. Hoover's supporters in the cam- paign, submitted his proposal as an mendment to the resolution offered terday by Senator Jones, Republic- an, Washington, for a Senate inquiry of prohibition. ' Jones wants an inves- tigation by “friends of the law” with a view to “building up rather than tearing down.” Senator Edge is a wet. His amend- ment_stipulated that on April 1, the Presicent should name a commission of nine citizens. FARMHAND HANGED FOR SLAYING OF TWO Accused of Killing Employer and Woman, Then Setting Fire to Barm By the Associated, Press. BARRIE, Ontario, January 4.—George O'Neil, farmhand, was hanged in the jail yard here shortly after midnight for the murder of his 72-year-old em- ployer and the latter's daughter, No motive had ‘ever been established for the crime. The bodies of Azor Robertson and his daughter, Mrs. Ruby Martin, were found in the ruins of the Robertson barn after a fire last February. The prosecution declared tnat although.no motive had been established it had proved O'Neil had fired the barn after saturating the straw on Mrs. Martin's body with oil. Robertson’s skull was found to have been fractured and his body bore signs of violence. Indi:;ls" ' Weal?h Last June Placed At $1,648,075,274 The Indian wealth of the Nation for the fiscal year ending last June was placed at $1,648,075,274, in a statement issued today by the Interior Depart- ment, making public data furnished to the House appropriations committee in which the claim is set forth by the Bu- reau of Indian Affairs that the past even years have been the, most fruitful 1 the century that Indians have been wards of the Government. The wealth of the Indians of this country in the fiscal year 1921 was placed at $716,705,500 and the Indian population in that year was declared to be 340,838. An increase of approxi- mately 15,000 was recorded by the bu- reau, in citing the figure for the fiscal year 1928 at 355,901. Among the needs of the Indian office, the Interior Department placed more doctors, more medical experts on tra- choma and tuberculosis, more sanatoria and more sanatorium schools, at least 200 more nurses for field service, 25 ad- ditional hospitals, Indian schools with a minimum per capita allowance of $300 and gradually increased annual appropriations. Timber sales in the seven-year period jumped from $1,400,000 to approxi- mately $2,500,000 lpPraprhmm for health work for fiscal year 1929 is $1,440,000, or four times the amount members find themselves obliged to Te- main on the floor of the House during the lunch period, arrangements have been made at the restaurant downstairs to serve such food as can be served up here without contamination or fear of contagion. Representative Garrett of Texas wanted to know if the doctor had made it clear whether the contagion or in- fection takes place on the sandwich before it is wrapped with paper or afterwards. “I would like to know” Mr. Garrett said, “whether the man who fixes the | sandwich downstairs has any cleaner hands than the man who fixed the sandwich in the cloakroom, and if the tongue or the ham that he fixes down- stairs in the restaurant:has been in- spected differently from what it was in the cloakrooms, or if it had been in- spected up here any differently from what it will be inspected downstairs. Where the germ lodges is on the sand- wich before it goes into the paper, and I would like to know whether the condi- tions are better downstairs and whether when we get the sandwich wrapped up we will be any more secure when we unwrap it up here than if we were to get it up here in the manner in which we have been getting it?” Answering Mr. Garrett, Mr. Under- hill said: “That is a question which I suppose scientists might ponder over, just as they have over the question of whether the chicken or the egg came first. As a matter of fact, the doctor is going to make a thorough inspection—and has already made a partial one—of every- thing connected with the restaurant downstairs. We propose to follow his advice and co-operate with him to the fullest extent.” BASKET BALL MATCHES DELAYED TO TOMORROW Opening ' Games in High School Championship to Be Played at Catholic U. Gymnasium. Opening matches of the public high school basket ball championship series between Central and Western and Eastern and Tech, scheduled today in the Tech High gymnasium, have been postponed until tomorrow morning and will be staged in the Catholic Univer- sity gymnasium at Brookland. It was found impossible to get seats and other equipment ready in time for the games today at Tech. However, beginning with the games next Tuesday, when it is expected the Tech gymnasiume: will be ready, it is planned to play all the championship matches there. Central and Western will meet in the first game of the double-header tomor- row morning at 10 o'clock, with East- ern and Tech taking the floor immedi- ately afterward, ‘P Washington. To in some of the cl R.H. BAGBY RETIRED BANKER, 5 DEAD |Succumbs to Illness of Year at the Age of 56 Years. Richard Hugh Bagby, retired banker, died last night at his residence, 1614 Riggs place, after an illness of about a year. He was 56 years old and had lived most of his life in Washington. Mr. Bagby was vice president and director of the Washingten Mechanics Saving Bank, of which he was one of the organizers, and also of the Wash- ington Mechanics’ Mortgage Co. He re- tired from business about two years ago on account of failing health. Born in King and Queen County, Va., the son of a Baptist minister, Mr. Bagby came to Washington in early life and started in business. His wife, who was Miss Libbie Leslie, of Loudoun County, Va., died several years ago. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Bagby Simmons, with whom he lived; a son, Samuel Leslie Bagby of Los Angeles, and four brothers, Charles T. Bagby, Alfred Bagby and George P. Bagby of Baltimore and John Bagby of Richmond. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the First Baptist Church, Sixteenth and O streets, by Rev. Dr. Samuel Judson Porter, the pastor. My. Bagby was a life deacon of the church. Interment will be in Congressional Cemetery. | | | | |WASHINGTON STUDENT WEDS FOOT BALL STAR | Secret Marriage of Miss Helen Dif- fenbaugh and Marshall Glenn August 22 Revealed. (Prom Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star.) By the Associated Press. MORGANTOWN, W. Va. January 3.—Announcement was made here today of the marriage of Miss Helen DefTen- baugh of Washington, D. C., and Mar- shall “Little Sleepy” Glenn, star West Virginia University foot ball player. They were married August 22 last, at Fairfax, Va., and kept the wedding secret until they returned here to re- sume their studies at West Virginia University. Glenn, a resident of Elkins, W. Va,, was recently named captain of the Mountaineer grid tcam of 1929. Miss” Deffenbaugh, former Central High School student, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Deffenbaugh of 519 Butternut street, Takoma Park, D. C. She is 19 years old, and is row in her second year at West Virginia, wherc she is taking a bachelor of science course. Mr. Deffenbaugh is chief of the city schools division of the Pureau of Education. The young couple slipped away to Fairfax for their wedding ceremony, but notified the family here imme- diately afterward, Mr. Deffenbaugh said. They decided, however, to keep the wedding a secret from their friends for a while. Both Mr. and Mrs. Glenn plan to continue their school work, Mr. Def- fenbaugh said. | BINGHA# IS INVITE ! ON AIRPORT SITE TOUR| Senator Bingham, Republican, Con- | necticut, who is looked upon as an au- thority on aviation problems in the Senate, has been invited o accompany the special subcommittee of the Senate District committee when it goes out in a few days to inspect proposed sites for Washington’s airport. The subcommit- tee is headed by Senator Vanderberg, Republican, Michigan. In addition to being a close student | of aeronautical problems, Senator Bing- ham is chairman of the District sub- committee of the Senate appropriations committee, and in that capacity would handle appropriations - for the airport after the project has been authorized. | FENN BILL REPORTED. The House census committee today | favorably reported the Fenn bill pro- posing reapportion of the membership of the House. The measure originally would have provided that on the first day of the second regular session of the Seventy- first Congress and every 10 years there- after, the 435 Representatives be re- apportioned according to the number of persons in each State. An amendment was adopted to fix the reapportionment to come at each fifth Congress after the reapportion- ment in the Seventy-first Congress. HYSICAL well-being of the young people is one of the aims of a number of churches in accomplish this, there are hurches swimming pools, gymnasiums, bowling alleys, basket ball and other clean, healthful sports, under competent physical directors, and free medical examinations given from time to time. are to be found? Do you know where these features By reading the church pages in Saturday’s Star, you will learn these and ligious activities in Washington. all other gcts about re- | all oltstanding | Parker-Bridget | United States Navy. BUILDING LEASE CLAIN SUSTAINED Co. Wins Equity Court Decision in Year-0ld Dispute. Justice William Hitz in Equity Court today signed a decree sustaining the claim of Parker-Bridget Co. to a lease for 21 years in a portion of the first floor and basement of the Washington Building, at Fifteenth street and New York avenue. The litigation has been pending more than a year. The Nation- al Shawmut Bank of Boston, Robert M. Burnett and Robert H. Montgomery, trustees of the Washington Central Trust, owner of the building, noted an | appeal to the Court of Appeals. Justice Hitz directed that the .trustees file & bond of $50.000 to stay execution of his order pending action of thé appel- late court. _In the construction of the first floor, it was explained to the court, it had been depressed some feet from the ground level in alleged violation of the building plans. Justice Hitz directed that within 60 days the trustees shall begin the work of correcting the con- dition of the floor level and completing the fittings, finishings and equipment of the building as provided in the lease. Should this equipment be not conclud- €d within six months, the court authore ized the plainuiff to have the work done and to deduct the cost from the rents provided in the lease. The cost of the litigation is assessed against the Wash- ington Central Trust. Attorney William G. Johnson appeared for the Parker- Bridget Co. . DEBATE ON TREATY REVOLVES AROUND MONROE DOCTRINE (Continued From First Page.) declared that “whatever may be of value io the treaty, it must be measured by the full, conceded right of self-defense of all the signatories.” “Certainly it is not contended,” he said, “that the language of this treaty calls for force; it refutes any such position. We must remember that the philosophy of this treaty is not of pre- ventnig war but of organizing peace.” The understanding between Senate leaders whereby the treaty is given prior consideration over the naval bill had been explained to the Senate by genutors Borah and Hale earlier in the ay. Before starting a prepared address on the Navy's need for the 15 cruisers, Senator Hale was examined by Senators Reed, Democrat, Missouri, an opponent of the treaty, and Johnson, Republican, California, on the program for consid- eration of the cruiser bill and the treaty. Agreement With Borah. Senator Hale said that he had agro3d with Senator Borah to let the trc: come up as soon as he had conch his address and that he was willin permit discussion of the treaty for a “reasonable time,” but that if it was not brought to & vote he would again seck to bring up the naval measure. In his opening plea for more ships, Senator Hale rapped “pacifists,” wha, he said, would rely on the treaty against war as a measure of national defense. Declaring President Coolidge favored authorization of the cruisers as well as the peace pact, he insisted that “the present situation of the Navy is not in any way changed by the ne- gotiation of the treaty. “Whose advice are we to take?” he asked. “The advice of the high officials of the Government who must have some familiarity with and knowledge of the treaty which they have negotiated and the international relations of our coun- try with 1its naval needs or the advice of the pacifist who is always to be heard clamoring against naval preparedness and whose voice is never stilled in the land until the dogs of war, whica a proper preparedness might. have held back, are unleashed on his unfortunate country.” Reads Extensive Tables. Senator Hale read extensive tables showing the naval strength of other world powers. He concluded that even the addition of the 15 cruisers provided by the bill already passed by the Hause would not bring this Nation “anywhere near” the ratio of the Washington Con- ference as applied to Great Britain or to_Japan. Because of the failure of America to add to its cruiser strength he at- tributed the failure of the Geneva Con- ference of 1927 in which America sought a limitation in cruisers and sub- marines among Great Britain and Japan and herself. He made no reference in his prepared address to the request of President Coolidge for elimination of the provision calling for completion of the ecruisers within three years. It is understood he wiil oppose such an elimination on the ground it would result in the authoriza- tion only of a “paper navy.” “The opponents of preparcdpess in this countr: he said. “who seem to be united in their support of the mulli- lateral treaty are equally united in their opposition to the cruiser bill. Appar- ently they think the treaty will entirely do away with wars in the futurs and that strong navies are no longer needed. “It is not as though we were trying to build up a powerful Navy for purposes of aggression. Our interests and aims are all for peace and for the advantages that peace brings. “Let us by all means do everything that lies within our power to encourage treatles and agreements that will prevent war and that will result in a propor= tionate rednction of armament throughe out the world,ut until we know beyond peradventurt doubt that wars will not occur or until agreements have ac- tually been reached providing for a proportionate reduction in armaments let us keep up to the full measure of our national needs that arm of the service which must bear the first brunt of any hostiie attack and which is the real life insurance of our country—the Let us no longer gamble on the chances that that life in- surance may not be needed.” TESTIMONY IN HOUSE FAVORABLE TO TREATY Fish Moves for Body to Express Desire for Ratification by Senate. By the Associated Press. Testimony favorable to the Kellogg anti-war treaty was heard by the House foreign affairs committee today at a hearing on the Fish resolution, which would place the House on rec- ord as expressing its desire that the pact be ratified by the Senate. S. O. Levinson of Chicago, chairman of the committee on outlawry of war, said that all peace groups were solidly behind the treaty and wanted it rati- fled without strings. Bishop William F. McDowell of *h~ Federal Council of Churches and Lieut, Col. John Thomas Taylor, pational representative of the American Legion, also favored early ratification. Belgrade Opens Negotiations. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, * January 4 (). —Negotiations for the ssttiement of etween, Jugo-