Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1929, Page 5

'SERVIGE T0 HONOR .~ HEROES OF MAINE ‘Spanish War Veterans Spon- « sor Memorial at Fort Myer on Friday. Memorial services in honor of the men Who lost their lives on the ill-fated battleship Maine in Havana Harbor 31 years ago will be held under auspices «t the United Spanish War Veterans in the riding hall, Fort Myer, Va., Friday aflternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Dr. Orestes Ferrara, Cuban Ambas- | sador, and Col. Willlam L. Grayson, commander-in-chief of the United Spanish War Veterans, will be the prin- cipal speakers. Special invitations have been sent to members of the Senate and House of Representatives and the heads of Government departments, many of whom have accepted. One platoon of Marines, one platoon of bluejackets and a troop of Cavalry will form an honor guard, and the Ma- rines will fire three volleys preceding the sounding of “Taps.” Music will be furnished by the Marine Band, the pro- gram including the Cuban national anthem. Exercises at Shaft. Preceding the exercises in the riding hall, the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Span- ish War Veterans and the Lineal So- ciety of the Spanish War will hold brief exercises at the Maine shaft in Arlington National Cemetery, when they will place wreaths sent by Presi- dent Coolidge on the monument. | Capt. Taylor Branson, chairman of the music committee, has prepared a special program of musical numbers, and the services will be broadcast by a comprehensive hook-up. The riding hall will be decorated under the direc- tion of Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of Public Buildings and Public Parks. Miss Hazel Arth, winner of the na- tional radio audition of the Atwater Kent Foundation, will ’mt‘h an “Ave Maria,” accompanied by the Marine Band, Capt. Taylor Branson, leader, and Miss Jeanette McCaffrey, soprano soloist, will sing “The Star Spangled Banner.” Past Commander in Chief John Lewis Smith, chairmaw of the Maine Memo- rial committee, will call the meeting to order, which will be followed by the presentation of the colors by a coler guard from the United States Navy Yard. The invocation will be by Chap- lain A. F. Vaughan of Fort Myer. General Committees. The general committee In charge arrangements is: John Lewis Smith, chairman; Wil- Ham L. Mattocks, master of ceremonies; Lee H. Harris, secretary. Executive committee, James G. Yaden, John Lewis Smith, D. V. Chisholm, Maj. +Frederic S. Hodgson, Jere A. Costello, ?ust-aveE E.M Rlu:cdh, WM‘ Harris, ames E. Maynard, L. Mat- (tocks, Charles J. P. Weber, Samuel G. Mawson, James J. Murphy, X .Patternson, Charles W. McCaffrey, [Clarence A. Belknap, Albert Michaud, g:fl;:’rn I;{'P'uh:'t‘ie' l:r!n C. Nelson, 1 Ben; . Motley, A. ne Pierce and William E. Rink. i ‘ot 'FIVE WEEKS’ LIMIT IS SET FOR STUDY OF REPARATIONS | (Continued From First Page.) (dcan delegates, spent the entire after- noon delving into figures and details of ‘payments under the Dawes plan which were submitted to them by S. Parker fi}' P cle b Rl of the Maine on the night of February THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C." FEBRUARY 10, 1929=PART 1.7 IN MAINE MEMORIAL SERVICES el r 15, 1898. DISPUTED ISSUES (Continued From First Page.) streets, one finds the proportion to be still 19.7 per cent, or a very consider- able amount over that of the average Gilbert, agent general of reparations, None of them would discuss the day's developments except to praise the menu iserved by the chef of the Bank of France. Mr. Young did say that he “really would rather serve as a plain American delegate,” instead of as per- manent chairman. ; FPrench members of the Commission admitted that the total German repara- tions probably would be decreased by present negotiations. They em- phasized, however, that this reduction on the credit side of their reparations ‘Jedger must be counterbalanced by similar reductions on their debit side. No official figures were mentioned. It was said, however, that if France should be asked to accept $10,000,000,- 000 for reconstruction of war-deves- tated territory and for pensions and similar claims, then the French debts to Great Britain and the United States ‘would need to be reduced. France was ¥ l:epned w’mlke (urtheb tr Wn‘" e cause of peace, but e er allies and associates to bear their shares Yof such sacrifices. ‘The French cuisine scored today with all the delegates to the reparations con- ference. At today’s luncheon seven vintages of wine, to say nothing of Napoleon 1820 cognac made the Amer- jcan delegates realize that they were far from home. The luncheon started with Ostend ,oysters, with Chablis 1921 as the bev- erage. Then came “lobster L’Ameri- +eaine pouilly 1919,” and both Mr. Mor- gan and Mr. Young admitted after- ward that they had never before met ,that sort of an American lobster. A {barbeque of venison was accompanied with Chateau Rothschild Bordeaux of 1881 vintage. The bird course was washed down with Clovougeot 1921, and the salad, of fresh asparagus, with ! Chateauoyem 1910. ;. Champagne made 19 years ago ac- eompanied the ice cream. Next came * cheese, fruits and coffee, and finally the “cognac Napoleon 1820 The chef ealled especial attention to that and |when it was pointed out that in 1820 Napoleon was in exile in St. Helena, he ‘said earnestly: | “Yes, but the 1820 Napoleon cognac was much better than that of any of *the Emperor’s happier years.” TORAL IS EXECUTED BY RIFLE SQUAD FOR OBREGON’S DEATH | __(Continued From First Page.) | Yequests, half an hour before his death 2 bottle of cognac was brought to Toral of which he drank about half. He spilled some on his carefully polished black shoes and he very meticulously ‘wiped it off. He said he wanted to face the firing squad spick and span. He was dressed in his best clothes, a double-breasted black coat, dark, pin- striped trousers, with an old, vari- | colored sweater over his vest. Less than 50 persons witnessed the execution. Most of these were Mexican end foreign newspaper men with a few high government officials, members of congress and army generals. As news- paper men rushed out after the execu- tion seeking telephones by which to send their bulletins, they were besieged by prison guards with the question, “How did Toral die?” “Bravely,” they repl! “Ah, what a brave the guards. Father Soto, who was detained after breaking through the guard in the courtyard of execution, was later re- lied. boy,” exclaimed Seldon Netherton Epecial Dispatch to The Star. LANDOVER, Md. February 9.—Funer- al services for Seldon Netherton, 15 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Beauverd of this place, who died in Baltimore of bronchial pneumonia, Buried. 3 K ents' home. SN COmElepTy L wn aueimay clty of this size. “Now let us take these figures in a little bit different way. The city of Buffalo has a population of 553,000 ‘The city of Washington has a popula- tion estimated at 525,000, so that they are very closely related in size of population. In the city of Buffalo the total amount of exempt real property is $178,000,000, in round numbers. In the city of Washington the total amount of exempt property is $604,- 000,000. If we do not consider the amount used by the’ National Govern- ment itself, the amount still remains at $283,000,000, or nearly $110,000,000 more exempt property in Washington than in the city of Buffalo. “A similar comparison may be made with the city of Newark, which is a little bit smaller than Washington, where the amount of exempt property is only $104,000,000. It is for these rea- sons, Mr. President, that the commit- tee believes it proper that the Federal Government should make a gift in lieu of any taxation which may not be legally liable, but which, I entirely agree with the Senator from North Carolina, is morally liable—a gift to the city of Washington of an amount of money corresponding to the differ- ence between what the citizens of any city in the United States of similar size have to pay and what the citizens of Washington have to pay.” U. S. Tax Would Be $7,440,939. Senetor Bingham went on to show by the Efficiency Bureau report that if the Federal Government paid taxes on its property here its tax bill would be $7,440,939. “As a matter of fact,” he continued, “in the bill as it came from the House, there is & lump-sum contribution of $9,000,000. ‘This leaves an amount of $1,559,061 to be applied against other charges, not legal but moral or ethical, which may be made against the Federal Government. The two principal items which may be considered in this con- nection are the loss of tax revenue on account of excess ordinary real property exemptions, and, second, the cost of ex- cess park acquisitions and maintenance. “The first of these items, the account of excess ordinary real property exemp- tions, I have briefly referred to; and it may be seen that over a city of similar size, the city of Washington has an ex- cess of something over $110,000,000 worth of exempt property apart from that owned and used by the United States Government, more than exists in similar cities. “It seems reasonable to the commit- tee that a rate should be charged against this exemption which would amount, at the rate of 17 mills, to some- thing like $1,700,000, which more than uses up the difference in the lump sum contribution between the $9,000,000 and the $7,440,000 held to be liable as municipal taxes. Supposing that cancels the one against the other, we then have the other item, the cost of excess park acquisition and maintenance.” Park Areas Are Cited. Senator Bingham then declared the park area in Washington is twice as large as in comparable cities, and that these parks are, in a way, national parks. He proceeded to show that when allowance is made for the excess park expenditures required for the National Capital the committee’s action in rais- ing the Federal share of the appropri- ation bill to $10,000,000 was fully Justified. Senator King later took the position that whatever prosperity exists in Wash- ington is due to the presence here of the Federal Government activities. Senator Bingham replied that argu- ment would be a potent one to be made by a large corporation in a city seek- ing to be relieved of its taxes on the theory that the city would not exist if the corporation were not in operation there, Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary- land, made a plea on the floor in behalf of his amendment, which was rejected were held this afternoon at the par-}in committee, seeking an appropriation Interment was in Pruspectl f 400,000 in the District bill to AWAIT ACTION BY CONFEREES IN FUND BILL i Creek Park into Maryland. He stressed j the point that Maryland property own- ers were ready to give 700 acres of land for the park extension and were asking that the District build the roads through it. He did not press for action on the amendment, but sought the views of other Senators as to how the question might be considered in the next Congress. f Several Senators, including Bingham, Norris and King, suggested the question should be taken up with the Senate District committee. Bingham Favors Park. “It does not seem quite fair to me, speaking for myself alone,” said Senator Bingham, “that this should be charged up against the District of Columbia. I believe absolutely in having a National Park in the vicinity referred to by the Senator from Maryland, but I think that the amount should be apropriated by the Federal Government as part of its normal appropriations for the up- keep of roads in National Parks.” Senator Tydings said he thought the point was well taken, but added that “the people of the District would, more than any other people, enjoy the park if it were built.” The discussion ended with Senator Tydings indicating he would bring the question up at the next session of Congress. During consideration of the appro- priation bill Senator Caraway referred to recent accidents occurring in con- nection with building operations. He said he had noticed that some one con- nected with the District government had given out a report “that they were under no obligation to supervise the manner of construction.” The Senator inquired if that is true under the Dis- trict law. On motion of Senator Phipps, Re- publican, of Colorado, the item for grading streets was increased by $5,000. CYRIL URGED AS CZAR BY RELIGIOUS BODY ‘White Russian Ecclesiastics . Told Grand Duke Is Choice of Churches Abroad. By the Assoclated Press. VIENNA, February 9.—White Russian ecclesiastics here were informed today by Archbishop Anthony of Warsaw that Grand Duke Cyril, cousin of the late Emperor Nicholas, is the choice for the Russian throne of the White Russian supreme religious body abroad. ‘The archbishop, who is mendicant of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, has instructed the priests of the Russian colonies at Vienna, Berlin, Praque, Sofia, Belgrade, Bucharest and Athens to mention Grand Duke Cyril's name at all church services and pray for his success in restoring the monarch of the Romanoffs. ' ‘The Holy Synod at Warsaw has in- formed Cyril officially of his selection as Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias and has transmitted to him its blessings and benediction. In all Russian churches abroad to- morrow, metropolitan bishops will take the oath to support Cyril as Czar and head of the Russian Orthodox Church, South Holds Citizenship Meet. ATLANTA, Ga., February 9 (P)— State Auditor Sam J. Slate heads a list of prominent Southerners who are to speak at the Southeastern Citizenship Conference which opens Tuesday at ‘Emory University here. Governmental problems of State, National and inter- national character will be discussed at the four-day session. Mr. Slate will speak Friday noon on “Modern Responsible State Govern- ment.” . Murder Trial Opens April 15. GASTONIA, N. C., February 9 (#).— Jacob Vanderburg, 17, will go on trial in Superior Court here April 15 on a charge of murder of his father, mother, brother and two sisters, Solicitor John G. Car- penter of Gaston County announced today. The bodies of five Vanderburgs were discovered in the f Croct. e Upper, left to right: Col. William L. Grayson, commander-in-chief, United Spanish War Veterans, speaker; - Miss Jeanette McCafirey, soloist; Past Commander-in-Chief John Lewis Smith, chairman Maine memorial committee. Lower: Facsimile draft of first cable dispatch to Navy Depariment from Admiral Sigsbee reporting the explosion OTHER PRSONERS THREATEN HEVES Inmates of San Quentin Lay Plans to Get Revenge, Warden Admits. By the Associated Press. SAN QUENTIN, Calif., February 9.— Should former District Attorney Asa Keyes of Los Angeles, convicted of ac- cepting bribes, be sent to San Quentin Prison, he will prove a source of em- barrassment to prison authorities, Warden James B. Holohan admitted to- day. Even now, although Keyes is ex- pected to appeal the conviction and take the case to the courts of last resort, prison officials are seriously considering where to place him if the conviction is upheld. “With probably 50 per cent of the prisoners here having been sent up from Los Angeles and a great many of them claiming that they were ‘rail- roaded’ by Keyes, the feeling against him is so intensely bitter that we will have to go to the extremes to protect him from the other prisoners,” Holo- han said. “As about the only place where he would be unmolested by other prisoners is the condemned row, it is probable that Keyes will be assigned a cell in that section,” he said. Knowledge of Keyes’ conviction, borne on the mysterious and undefined prison “telegraph,” has already caused sinister whispers and threats of re- prisals against Keyes from the prison inmates, declared those close to prison affairs. Holohan said that should Keyes be committed, he probably would be placed in a cell without a cell mate in a block used by condemned men because its lo- cation and rigid surveillance would be the greatest guarantee that no convicts would be able to reach the former pros- ecutor. KEYES PLANS APPEAL. LOS ANGELES, February 9 (#).— Former District Attorney Keyes and two associates conferred at length in their jail cells today with attorneys in plan- ning,appeals from their conviction yes- terday in Superior Court on bribery charges. The convicted trio—Keyes, Ben Get- zoff and Ed H. Rosenberg—were con- victed by a jury of 10 women and 2 men of giving and receiving bribes in connection with the fraud trial of the Julian Petroleum Corporation promoters. They are to be sentenced Monday. The penalty is 1 to 14 years. Each of the prisoners was kept in a separate cell. Keyes occupied one which once confined Russell Beitzel, convicted Los Angeles murderer. The former _prosecutor appeared unruffied when he was stripped of his street clothes and oérdered to dress in the regulation blue jail dungarees. He ap- parently was not bothered by a night spent on an iron cot covered with a rough blanket. Both Getzoff and Rosenberg appeared much depressed, but after they con- ferred with attorneys, they became more cheerful. Getzoff complained of iliness from stomach ulcers and a physician was_called for him. ‘The convicted men refused to be in- terviewed or rhowanphed, Keyes faces trial on another charge of bribery in connection with his han- dling of the case of A. I. Lasker, mil- lionaire sportsman and former head of a now defunct financing company, who today was sentenced to serve from 5 to 30 years in the penitentiary for falsi- fication of corporation records. Lasker and three others are jointly charged with Keyes, who is alleged to have accepted money while he was prosecutor to save Lasker from prison. Superior Judge Hartley Shaw pro- nounced sentence on er, tollo‘wrllz.\r a denial of motions for a new Lasker was convicted on five coun when brought to trikl by Buron Fitts, who s led Keybs as district at- TENNESSEE ELECTION FIGHT TO GO TO COURT Democrats and Republicans Battle to See Who Shall Control 3-Man Commission. By the Assoclated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., February 9.—A fight to determine whether Democrats or Republicans shall control the Ten- nessee Election Commission will be taken to the State Supreme Court, it was announced here today when the powerful three-man commission was organized by the two Democratic mem- bers over the protests of the lone Re- publican, Crawford Alexander. The controversy started when a Democratic caucus of the General As- sembly selected Grover Keaton of Milan as West Tennessee commissioner. The Democrats always have had two mem- bers of the board and Republicans one. 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