Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1929, Page 13

Closed to traffic for more than two years, the M Street Bridge, spanning Rock Creek between Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets, is now to be replaced. This shows work under way of removing the old bridge. The new one is expected to be ready for traffic in about a year. —Star Stafl Photo. Maud Howell Smith as she will appear tonight as prologue speaker at the first of two performances of “The Dover Road,” the first production of the Washington High School auditorium. Prama Guild, at the McKinley —Copyright by Harris & Ewing. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D WEDNE A nimble young man of Hollywood! Eddie Nugent, one of the screen's fanciest tumblers, gives Raquel Torres (left) and Anita Page a thrill by taking a swan dive over their automobile. —Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. » Egyptian wall decorations carry out the motif of this year’s Bal Boheme of the Arts Club, to be held at the Willard Hotel, January 28. Assisting here in the decoration of one of the hotel balirooms are, left to right, Miss Mary Billheimer, Miss Edna Luginbuhl, Miss Adelaide Harley and Hugo Inden, in ¢ Building up the chassis of the new speed monster, the Golden Arrow, in which Maj. H. 0. D. Segrave, the British racing driver, will attempt to break the world speed record at Daytona Beach, Fla., next March. He hopes to attain a speed of 240 miles an hour in the car, which is powered with a 450-horsepower Napiér Lion airplane engine. The photo was taken at Putney, England. COL. LADUE ORDERS —Wide World Photos. PLANS REVEALED TO BRING CURTIS APARTMENT harge of painting, will ride in the show to be given Hunt Club. —Star Staft Photo. Preparing for the horse show. Miss Katherine Snyder, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Snyder, taking the jumps on the mount she next Saturday by the Riding and —Copyright by Harris & Ewing. FUCH'S ART COLLECTION HERE | : WILL ADDRESS ALUMNI. TWO GUNEXPERTS | Srecnns cowmrrree TESTIFY IN TRIAL Claim Bullet That Wounded McBreen Came From Ex- Policeman’s Pistol. ! ‘Two arms experts testified today at the trial of Edward M. Taylor, former | policeman, charged with assault to kill in the shooting of William S. McBreen, | employe of a gas-filling station at 2637 Benning road, August 30, 1927, that the bullet taken from McBreen’s body was fired from the service pistol which had \been issued to Taylor on his appoint- ment to the police force and which he surrendered when suspended. The twp experts were Maj. Calvin Goddard and Police Sergt. Benjamin Cornwell, small arms experts of the po- lice force, who told of experiments | made with Taylor's pistol. Objections to their testimony, which was given before Chief Justice MeCoy and a jury in Criminal Court, Division 1, was made by Attorney Joseph Salo- mon for the defense. N Assistant United States Attorney Wil- iliam H. Collins, who is conducting the | prosecution, called to the witness stand | Lieut. Edward J. Kelly and Detective | Sergts. Joseph Waldron, Thomas F. | 'Sweeney and John J. Fowler, who told of the surrender to Maj. Goddard of the bullet taken from McBreen. Fow- ler also said that Taylor admitted, aft- | er being brought here from New York, | ‘where he was arrested, that he used the | same revolter throughout his term of | service in the Police Department. Taylor is charged with shooting Mec- Breen, whom he is_supposed to have mistaken for Henry Finke, another em- gluye of the filling station, with whom e had had a disagreement earlier on the day of the shooting. USURY IN DISTRICT PUT UP TO COURT Question of Fulfilling Laws Forms Appeal of Man Charging High Interest Is Charged. The question of whether the usury | laws of the District can be evaded and | set at naught by circumvention is put up to the District Court of Appeals in a brief filed today by Assistant United States Attorney James J. O'Leary and Attorney Alfred Cerceo on behalf of Jerry Maiatico, who claims his property was advertised for sale under a deed of trust for non-payment of alleged usuri- ous interest on money not advanced, but, it is claimed, retained in advance by the money lender as a “discount.” Maiatico lost in the lower court when he asked an accounting and injunction to stop the sale, and noted an appeal. He obtained a writ of supersedeas, which defers sale until the appellate court acts in the matter. O’Leary has launched an attack on money lenders who evade the law by charges under the guise of “discounts and commissions,” and has announced he will fnvestigats for lawyers and lay- men the legal phases of any case of Alleged usury brought to his attention. | I Rej Hoi committee, who has been holding a spe- cial rule since the last session of Con- | House as soon as directed by the steer- | Group of Five, Including Two Ofi- in the Canal Zone when the gig. of the U. 8. 8. Whitney, destroyer tender, col- | Department has not yet heard from Sponsors Making Concerted Drive | on, Tilson for anors‘ble Ac- tion on Proposed Measure. ‘The fate of the Dale bill to liberalize the Civil Service retirement law, which has passed the Senate, rests-with the publican steering committee of the use. 7 Chairman Snell of the House rules gress authorizing preferential considera- tion for the Dale bill, said today he will be glad to ‘call up this resolution in the ing committee. Those who are urging prompt action on the Dale bill now are making a con- certed drive on House Leader Tilson for favorable action by the steering DROWNED NAVY MEN TAKEN FROM SEA cers, Were Lost in Canal Zone Collision Sunday. Bodies of two enlisted men drowned lided with a barge while returning from Balboa, on Sunday, were recovered yes- terday eyening, the Navy Department was advised today in dispatches from the isthmus. Two officers and three enlisted men were lost in the accident, the bodies of all save Fred W. Schweineberg, coxswain, of West Orange, N. J., and Herbert D. McDowell, seaman, of Jack- sonville, Fla., being recovered soon after the collision. The latter bodies were found by searchers last night. - The body of Coxswain Schweineberg will be brought to Arlington National Cemetery for interment, but the Navy relatives of McDowell.” The bodies of Capt. Ralph M. Griswold of Washing- ton, commanding Destroyer Squadron No. 9, Scouting Fleet, and Chief Pay Clerk Arthur S. Wrenn, the two officers lost in the accident, also will be brought | to Arlington for burial. The Navy Department announced to- day that it has directed that the bodies now on the U. S. S. Mercy, hospital ship, be brought north aboard the U. S. S. Nitro, which leaves the Canal Zone Saturday and is due at Hampton Roads, Va., early next month. The body of Earl D. Tibbats, fireman, of Haverhill, Mass., at the request: of relatives, will be buried in his home town. TRIAL BOARD UPHELD. Commissioners Approve Order for Dismissal of Policeman. The District Commissioners yesterday upheld the finding of the Trial Board ordering Policeman J. W. H. Smith, fourth precinct, dismissed from the force. Smith has been found gullty of neglect of duty and making a false statement to his superior officer. On December 12, he was sald to have given an un- truthful answer to Capt. Fred Corn- well, his commanding officer, when the latter asked him to explain his presence on Highway Bridge at a time when the policeman should have been on FLOOR CRASH PROBE Oehmann Reports “All Rea- sonable Precautions Taken to Avoid Accidents.” Engineer Commissioner William B. Ladue has ordered an investigation of the collapse of part of the first floor of an apartment building at Connecti- cut avenue and Porter street yesterday which resulted in the death of one workman and injury to another. In a preliminary report, sent forward by Building Inspector John W. Oeh- mann to Col. Ladue today, it is declared that “all reasonable precautions were taken to avcid accidents.” In spite of this finding, Inspectors A. T. Rogers and John J. Widmayer, who wrote the report, conclude “the method of sup- porting the slabs was not the best, but was done in accordance with existing practice.” Debris Cleared Away by Firemen. Rogers is inspector of concrete work and Widmayer is the special inspec- tor assigned to the job. The inspector declared that “the definite cause of the accident could not be ascertained as the firemen had cleaned away most of the debris in recovering the body of the dead man.” Col. Ladue was not at his desk today, as he was conducting a party of mem. bers of the Senate appropriations com- mittce on an inspection tour of the various projects for whici money is be- ing asked in the appropriations bill now under consideration. He is known, how- ever, to be contemplating an investiga- tion, which will take in not only the present accident but several others which have occurred in recent months in building operations, Inquest Into Death Started. Assistant _ Engineer Commissioner Donald A. Davison has been working with Col. Oehmann for the past several weeks on a plan to reorganize building inspection work in the District. The investigation into the accidents and Maj. Davison's investigation work may be combined. In that case, the in- vestigation would have to wait until next week, as Maj. Davison is at pres- ent on leave. An inquest was started at the morgue a‘ noon into the fatality. Henry Rob- erts, colored, 38 years old, of 1513 Marion court, was the victim. e PLANS ANNUAL DANCE. Program Announced by Catholic Missions Crusade Group. The fourth annual dance of the local conference of the Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade will be held Friday night, from 9 to 1 o'clock, at the Hotel Arlington. Mary Louise Colliflower is chairman of the dance committee, which includes Dorothy Mtller, Patrice Rice, Mary Barnes, Mary Smith, Eileen Hatigan, Irene O'Hanlon, Nancy Jones, Arthur Carroll, James Horigan, Lee Dante, Wil- liam Hannan and Thomas McCarthy, —e New Coolidge Portrait to Be Shown A new portrait of President Coolidge, completed yesterday by Ercole Cartotto, will be on exhibition for the next two weeks at the Corcoran Art Gallery. emergency traffic duty in the first pre- cumct, was painted for the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity in New York, |R. L. Preston Tells of Steps to Give Washington An- other Exhibit. Paintings, Sculptures and Etchings Included in Group of Artist. A suggestion made three years ago by Robert L. Preston of Washington and Leesburg, Va., may bring to Wash- ington a permanent collection of paint- ings, sculptures and etchings executed by Emil Fuchs; famous artist, who shot himself to death in his New York apartment January 12, under terms | of the artist'’s will. filed in New York. | Mr. Fuchs’ will discloses his residuary estate is to be used to establish a foundation which will direct an ex- hibition of his art work in a suitable small hall in the National Capital, to ald “those who ‘wish to study:and learn.” Discussing the provisions of the will at the Cosmos Club, where he lives when here, Mr. Preston, a personal friend of the dead artist, revealed this morn- ing what he believes is the conception of the plan to give Washington another noted collection. Fuchs visited Wash- ington four years ago to seek a means to exhibit permanently here his marble | herole group, “Mother Love.” At that time Mr. Preston and he visited points of vantage about the city, conferred with Government officials on the feasi- | bility of setting up the piece on Federal park lands, and with the directors of local art galleries. The work, it was decided, could not be set up on Government land, Corco- ran Gallery would not accept it because at that time the Clark addition was under construction and it was feared injury might come to the sculpture, and the National Gallery could not accept it because of its dimensions. .Greek Temple Plan. Then, with a view to erecting a small Greek temple to house the work, Mr. Preston took Mr. Fuchs to a point of high land overlooking the Potomac River from the Virginia hills west of the Arlington National Cemetery. The | site was approved by the artist, but sub- sequent efforts to obtain an option on the property failed when the owner re- fused to sell. It was during those endeavors to- gether that Mr. Preston suggested that | Fuchs leave his entire collection to| Washington rather than to New York. Mr. Preston pointed out that since so many” collections are located in the | | metropolis a grouping of work may lose | some of the distinction it deserved, and which it could preserve in such a city as the Capital. Mr. Fuchs told the | Washington man then that the plan| {appealed to him and they discussed | possible methods of housing the collec- | tion here. Nothing definite was done, however, and the first intimation that Mr. Preston had that his suggestion had been completely accepted by the artist was when the Fuchs will was filed yes- terday. The location of the works here is particularly significant when it is re- membered that Fuchs was an Austrian | by birth and that his greatest distinc- tion probably was attained during his residence in England, where he did numerous portraits of the royal family and was, by virtue of his work, a per- sonal friend of members of the ruling house. During the war, however, the Austrian quit England and came to It | New York, where he lived until his|Siater, Edward Stuart, M ago. M. bffl will that l tragic suicide two weeks Mr, Fuchs specified in ROBERT L.. PRESTON. if for any reason the foundation trustees find it inconvenient to have the exhibition in Washington, the plan shall be carried out in Austria. Mr. Preston said today, however, that he will confer with the trustees in an ef- fort to guarantee the founding of the. collection here. An individual gallery may be built, or, if the collection is preserved in its com- plete identity, it may be installed as a unit in an already established gallery. The works include 50 bronzes, 30 marbles and 250 efchings in addition to a number of paintings. SCOTTISH SOCIETIES HONOR ROBERT BURNS The Scottish-American Societies of Washington will celebrate the 170th an- niversary of the birth of Robert Burns at the City Club at 6:30 o'clock’ Friday night. The participating organizations are Clan MacLennan, Order of Scottish Clans, Lady MacLennan, Daughters of Scotia, the St. Andrew's 'Society, the Caledonian Club and the Clan Gregor Society. The St. Andrew's Society of Baltimore will .be the guest of the Washington socleties. - The bagpipe music will be furnished by the Washington Pipe Band and dance music by an orchestra. A num- ber of Scottish folk dances will be a feature of the evening. A selected group will perform the famous old Scoich ceremony of bringing in the Haggis. Andy Paterson will offer Lauder songs. There also will be songs by J. F. M. Bowie and Marie Sherrier Bowie, accompanied by Elizabeth Gar- diner Coombs. Douglas Boyd and Wil- liam F. McGinty will rendér violin and piano selections of Scottish national . Among_those taking parf will be Dr. Thomas E. Green, national director of public speaking, American Red Cross; Walter R. Davidson, Representatives Crosser of Ohio, Carss of Minnesota, Kelly of Pennsylvania, Begg of Ohio, McSwain of South Carolina and James A. Messer, ‘The committee for the celebration consists of John J. Gunn, chairman; Robert, F. Watson, Mrs. Lewis E. Wer- den, niel R. Duff, Richard M. Hodge, llliam Bryden, Lee Kemon, Miss Catherine Gourlay, Mrs. Helen H. McLachlen and Douglas Boyd. BENG FITED P Mrs. Gann Begins Moving Be- longings to Mayflower Pre- paratory to Occupancy. ‘Today may be just another round of dutles at the Capitol for Senator Charles Curtis, but for Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister and official hostess of the Vice President-elect, it was an all-important moving day. Preparations for an early occupancy of the vice presidential suite in the Mayflower Hotel started this morning | when a moving van appeared before the door of 3508 Macomb street, where Sen- ator Curtis has been making his home with his sister and brother-in-law, Ed- ward Everett Gann. While Senator Curtis left for the Capitol, as usual, Mrs. Gann was supervising the removal of belongings to the spacious 10-room apartment which is to be their new home for the next four years. Although their new apartment is sumptuously furnished by the' hotel, the family will take with them many per- sonal belongings valuable through years of association. “We are taking our own silver, china, pictures and Oriental rus Mrs. Gann explained. “The servants which I now | have will also accompany me, as I am to continue keeping house.” No Change in Mode of Living. Senator Curtis and the Ganns are | home lovers and just because they are going to live in an apartmeni-notel is no rcason for changing their present mode of living. “Give up housekeeping!” exclaimed Mrs. Gann, when such an idea was suggested to her. “Why, I wouldn't give up housekeeping for the world. I Jjust love to keep my own house and find nothing but pleasure in it.” The new apartment is newly deco- rated, elaborately furnished and hung throughout with new curtains and draperies. At one side is the dining room, where the future vice presidential dinners are to be held, furnished in a handsome suite of circassian walnut. A few original water colors lend cheer to the room, and Mrs. Gann said she intended to leave the pictures on the walls, as she liked to see pictures in homes and was bringing several of her own to add to those already in the apartment, Her house keeping facilities are modern and adequate. A pantry leads from the dining room into a large bright kitchen which would delight any house keeper. It is therefore a source of great pleasure to Mrs. Gann who likes to oversee her own kitchen. i Drawing Rooms Overlooks City. A large drawing room from whose windows may be seen a broad sweep westward over the city is furnished in Itallan period furniture. It is in this room that Mrs. Gann intends to receive | the policeman first came into promi- Dr. Wilbur of G. W. U. to Attend Association Luncheon. Dr. William Allen Wilbur, provost of George Washington University, will be the speaker at the luncheon to be given by the General Alumni Association Saturday at 12:30 o'clock at the Hotel Lafayette. ‘The luncheon has been planned for alumni of Columbian College, College of Liberal Arts, of which Dr. Wilbur, prior to becoming provost last October, was for 24 years the dean. Dr. Wilbur has been associated with the university since 1895. Lyman Dishman and Miss Emilie Margaret White of the executive coi mittee of the General Alumni Associa tion are in charge of arrangements for the luncheon. BIBSON TO ATTEND | House Subcommittee Chair- man to Hear Charges Against Policeman. Chairman Gibson of the House Dis- trict subcommitiee, who has ‘taken a keen interest in the affairs of the Metropolitan Police Department, plans to attend the trial of Policeman Robert J. Allen of the third precinct before the Police Trial Board tomorrow morn- ing at 10 o'clock. Allen is charged with conduct prejudi- cial to the good order, reputation and disicipline of the police force as a re- sult of his testimony in Police Court recently, which caused the dismissal of a case against a delicatessen store proprietor who had been charged by a sanitary inspector of the District Health Department with using unsterilized drinking glasses. A new trial board has been organized especially to handle the Allen case. Mr. Gibson has followed closely Allen’s career on the police force since | ALLEN HEARING MELLONIS AGAINST SENATE TAX PLAN Secretary Opposes McKel- “lar’s Proposed Amendment Regarding Impost Refunds. | By the Associated Press. Secretary Mellon again finds himself in opposition to legislation pending in | the Senate. The Senate had before it today Sena~ tor McKellar's proposed amendment to |the first deficiency bill, which would | place the settlement of tax refunds in excess of $10,000 with the board of tax appeals rather than the Commis- sioner of Internal Revenue. The Senate also had before it Secreary Mellon’s letter in which he gave his reasons for opposing McKellar’s proposal. McKellar in a speech on the pending amendment said that the Treasury is the sole arbiter of claims and declared | that this opens the door to unlimited |returns and makes it imperative that the discretion of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue be subjected to re- vision by another body. In his letter Mellon asserted that the Tennessee Senator’s proposal would seriously affect the tax law machinery. “These tax refunds,” McKellar declar- ed “including credits, during the last eight years have amounted to between |four and five hundred million a year. ‘They are in the nature of favors granted special taxpayers. Those who are on the inside know how to get the returns. “The way it is being conducted it is really a species of graft, obtained in secret, bartered for in secret, the money pald in secret and with Senate and House committees flouted when they ask for information.” Secretary Mellon's letter, sent to Chairman Smoot of the Senate finance committee, had not been made public at the time of Senator McKellar's speech, but in it he said: “No proof has been offeved to show any improper payments.” “There is no evidence of maladmin- istration, corruption or improper pra tices,” he continued. “There is nof ing to indicate that the present ma- chinery is not functioning smoothly. “The real issue is whether the income tax is to be administered by the execu- tive branch of the Government or is to be turned over to the judiclal branch. nence by publicly accusing his brother officers of manhandling prisoners. | In addition to Mr. Gibson, Police | Court. Judge Mattingly, who tried the | case against the delicatessen store pro- | prietor, is said to be interested in Alién's | trial and will come to his aid in his fight for exoneration. vate bath, show a distinction of style| her guests at her “at homes” and teas. An individual touch will be lent to the room by Mrs. Gann's introduction of photographs, flowers and Oriental rugs thrown over the carpets with which the apartment floors are now covered. At one side of the drawing room is a comfortable smoking room or study in which are several handsome pieces of leather upholstered furniture. This will be Senator’s Curtis’ “den” where he will work at night, when he gets a chance, and in whieh many a conference of rs. Willlam Duff, William G. MacKay, Eugene'the Vice President-elect’s smoking room. | and that. I believe, will be placed in political leaders probably will be held. ‘The Gann living room is most in- viting and cozy, with the walls decorated in soft tones of gray. It is on the op- posite side of the drawing room from Five large bedrooms, each with a pri- % and furnishing. A guest room displays | in attractive suite of gold furniture and | the hangings and bed draperies are m' Tose. The bedroom of the Vice President- elect is furnished throughout in heavy mahogany. Other rooms are in French walnut and mal Y. ‘With personal touches, which only an | efficlent house keeper can make, the| apartment will be a comfortable home, | at once formal and informal enough for | any occasion. i Mrs. Gann was asked if there would be any music in the vice presidential suite—such as a piano or radio. “Oh yes.” she replied, “we have a| very fine radio which we greatly enjoy | Senator Curti’ smoking room.” T have no hesitation in Fmpheayln‘ that the latter course spells the complete breakdown of the income tax.” ——e DEATH OF MISS GOWL SUBJECT OF INQUIRY Autopsy Made to Disclose Cause of Fatality—Young Woman Died Alone in Room. Following an autopsy this nmlx“ in investigation of the death of Miss Nora Gowl, 27 years old, who was found dead in her room, at 1324 Massachusetts ave- nue, yesterday, the contents of her stom- ach were sent to the District chemist for analysis. Dr. Joseph Rqefi.-dmly coroner, ordered the autopsy. Gow! had been ill. She was found by her roommate, Miss Golden Bayles. Miss Gow! was a native of Harrigon- burg, Va.. and is survived by her sister, Mrs. Annie Myers of Harrisonburg, who bas been notified of her death. \