Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1929, Page 13

WASHINGTON, D. ( i Jay ¢ Foening Star TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1929. * PAGE 13 GRAND JURY FREES CHNESEACEUSEDIN TONG WAR SLAYING {Lack of Evidence Given as Reason for Refusing to Indict Lee Loi. '2 BELIEVED MEMBERS OF HIP SINGS KILLED "Man Released by Jurors Said to Belong to On Leong Faction. Taken Night of Shooting. The grand jury today ignored the murder charges against Lee Loi, Chi- nese, who was held by a coroner’s jury last October in connection with the fatal shooting of Joe Yen Lee, also known as Lee Sue, during the tong| flareup here. Lack of positive evidence and inability of prosecuting witnesses 'to give accurate accounts of the par-| ticular shooting in which the man was | killed caused the grand jury to refuse | to indict Lof. ‘The Chinese, said to be a member ©of the Hip Sing Tong, was shot to death jat the tong headquarters, 325 Penn- sylvania avenue, October*15, during an | {affray at which another Hip Sing mem- | ‘ber also was killed. i Loi, said by police to be a member of the opposing faction, the On Leong ong, was arrested the same night by | iHeadquarters Detective Edward Kelly of | the homicide dsqua_d and later charged yith the murder. | 4 Andrew J. Hawkins, colored, was in- | dicted for murder in the first degree in connection with the death of Ruth‘ Watkins, also colored, December 22 Jast. ‘'The shooting occurred in the 1500 block of Twenty-sixth street fol- wing an argument. hMlgshughkr is charged in an_in dictment against John Henry Day, colored. He is alleged to have shot ‘end killed Harry Smith, also colored. | December 16, in the 600 block of New- | n street. uEdna Gray, colored, 430 Rhode Island avenue, was indicted on a charge of performing an illegal operation on | Hazel Hardy, of Clarendon, Va. | November 16. Colored Man Exonerated. ] hn | The grand jurors exonerated Jol | H. Long, colored, who had been Held for the shooting to death of Williams Cunningham, also colored, in the 2200 block of Eleventh street February 2. Cunningham is said to have been drunk and to have broken into the house after having been ejected. Other cases ignored include: Dupree Lockhart, *violating HKarrison act; Mary Scott, bigamy:; Earl Kettner, larceny after trust; Clifford Mead, Charles E. Wash- ington, James Summerville, Thomas Marshall, James W. Chase, Charles Rob- inson, Silas R. Young, Shirley Ridgeway, Walter Smith and Joe Frazier, joy- ‘ding; Josephine Sommers, grand lar- ceny; Ralph C. Pack, housebreaking and James Gross, robbery. A total of 59 indictments were re- ported to Chief Justice McCoy, in which ‘were included the following: Kay W. Frederickson, robbery; James | staff. 8. Fowler, forgery and uttering; James J. Turner, James Redmond, alias James Redman: Tom Boyd, John W. Mason, James W. Chase, James Summerville, Thomas L. Kaiser, Preston White, Phillip Sharpe, Solomon Holmes, Charles Brown, Joseph W. Craven (three cases), James J. Turner (four cases), house- breaking and larceny; Sylvester Holmes, Levi Dublin, DeWitt Jones and Pine ittle, receiving stolen property; Merhle . Becroft, Earl Marshall Wysong, Albert C. Parlin, Luther B. Garner, jr; Maurice L. David, Charles Monaco, alias Charles Bennett; Benny Hamilton, Joseph Philip Munitz, John Lee Pres- ton, Owen M. Bancroft and James E. Kemph, non-support; Emmett E. Harler, John H. Lillis, Charles M. Rush, alias | Charles M. Fletcher; Edward Harris, | ¥.dward C. Larson, alias Edward Lamont ‘wo cases); Minnie Henson, Russell T/intz, Stephen R. Mulligan Arthur Valler, Ruby Hill, alias Ruby Sewell; Nicholas Humphrey, alias Clarence Reed: Samuel Brown, alias Jesse Willis, grand | larceny: Joseph Gaskins, grand larceny’ and jovriding: Joseph C. Thomgs, | Eugene Dorsey, Willlam Anderson (two ‘cases); Harry M. Moore, Joseph W. Geddes (two cases), joyriding; Maynard J. Willard, larceny after trust; Murray ‘Wilson, embezzlement: Douglas Stead- man, Kent Keys, Albert F. Simcoe and | ‘William Elder, assault with dangerous | weapon. L GALENTINE DEATH Finding of Hat in Elevator Shaft| Accepted as Proof He Died I of Accident. | 1 2 it | Headquarters Jtectives Darnall and | ‘Waldro=. Lad defnitely concluded today | that the death of Homer H. Galentine, 18, who staggered home with a fractured skull Saturday night, resulted from an eccidental fall into an elevator shaft, that it was i%t the result of an seault as had at Yrst been presumed. ‘The finding of the boy’s hat in a pool of blocdy water at the bottom of the shaft in a building under construc- tion at 5426 Connecticut avenue was the factor which cleares up the mys- tery. Galentine left his home at 3609 Pat- terson street early Saturday evening.to take a walk, and returned two hours later with his skull fractured. He was unable to tell what had happened}to him, and died a few hours later. ‘The peculiar nature of his injuries and the fact that his hat was missing gave rise to the theory that he had been siugged from behind. Late yesterday afternoon, however, ‘William Cole, superintendent of the construction job, found the hat and tossed it aside, failing to appreciate its _significance. ) Detective Darnall, who spent the day searching for the hat, happened to see it lying on a pile of lumber, and imme- gliately identified it as the one belong- ing to Galentine. When he learned the circumstances of its discovery, he decid- ed that the youth had stopped to look through the building, and being un- familiar with its interior, accidentally siepped into the open shaft. A coroner’s jury today returned a verdict of accidental death. s . Judge Whitaker Critically Ill. Dispatch to The Star LYNCHBURG, Va., February 12— Jndge F. W. Whitaker of the Munici- Juvenile and Domestic Relations Special ally ill at Memorial Hos- | Pital here of pneumonia, for inspection by the public tomorrow. Tdin‘ officer. and 4 officers. Upper right inset: Lieut. Comdr. Will AT NAVY [IMMUNITY UPHELD IN'3500,000 AGTION AGAINST COUZENS Court Holds Senator’s State- ments Free From Civil Liability. RULES WORDS WERE NOT SPOKEN “UNOFFICIALLY” Montgomery County, Md., Tax Consultant Notes Appeal to Appellate Court. Congressional immunity from civil liability for statements made in the course of a speech in either house of Congress has been upheld by Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford of the District of Columbia Supreme Court in an opin- ion dismissing a suit for $500,000 dam- ages brought against James Couzens, Senator from Michigan, by Howe P. Cochran, a resident of Montgomery County, Md., and a tax consultant. Cochran claimed that statements derog- atorv to him were made by Senator Couzens unofficially and not pertinent | Senate. The tax consultant noted an The S-48, one of the latest types of suomarines, which nosed its way up the Potomac yesterday and tied up at the navy yard. The ship will be ready The S-48 carrjes a_crew of 40 men m Lorenz, the com- —Star Staff Photo. THREE ARE INIURED IN TRAFFIC CRASH One Woman Seriously Hurt: When Autos Collide—Pe- destrian Hit at Crossing. One woman was seriously injured, | another sustained slight cuts and a man | was painfully bruised early this morning | when the automobile in which they| were riding was in collision at Connec- ticut avenue and K street with a car | driven by Roy Estep of 2201 K street. | Sterling Shearer of 2153 K street, the | driver of the machine in which the riruured persons were riding, was not urt. Mrs. Annie Williams, 51 years old, of | 2153 K stret, sustained lacerations tog her head, a fractured pelvis and pos- sible internal injuries. Mrs. Mable Shearer, 32 years old, and Mack For- | rest, both of 2135 K street, sustained minor injuries. ‘They were all taken to Emergency Hospital in a passing taxicab and treated by Dr. Andrew Betz. of the| st : [ Jerome A. Beall, 22 years old, of 600 | Eleventh street northeast, sustained a possible fracture of his skull last night, when he was struck at Eleventh and K | streets northeast by an automobile driven by Clarence G. Warfield, 34 years | old, of 1132 Connecticut avenue. He was taken to Casualty Hospital. Fol- lowing treatment he went home despite protests of hospital physicians. Others hurt last night in traffic acci- dents include Mrs. Florence Sawdon, 49 years old, of 1016 Eighth street, and Benjamin Brown, colored, 50 years old, of 33 Missouri avenue, Their injuries were slight. Brown was struck hy & hit-and-run driver. | HIGHWAY PROJECT - | URGED BY CITIZENS | Piney Branch Association Asks Land Congemnation for Extension of 17th Street Northward. Condemnation of land necessary to provide an entrance from Seventeenth street to the north into Piney Branch Valley is requested by the Commission- ers in resolutions adopted by the Piney Branch Citizens’ Association, at a meet- ing in the Hamline M. E. Church, Six- teenth and Allison streets, last night. It was sald that development of the project was given consideration by the board of Commissioners while Commis- sioner Bell was on the board, but has been dormant for several years, being held up, it was said, through refusal of an out-of-town owner to sell a small tract of land. Action was taken urging the Commis- sioners to survey the community and make efforts to procure land and es- tablish playgrounds somewhere near Sixteenth street. There have been nu- merous accidents where children playing in the streets have been in- volved, it was shown, and as the near- est present play space is more than a mile away, immediate action is urged. Approval was given to the bill passed by the House to provide free text books to_senior and junior high schools. Edgar B. Henderson, president of the association, presided. Convicted of Second-Degree Murder victed today by a jury in criminal di- vision 1 before Chief Justice McCoy of murder in the second degree in con- nection with the death of LeRoy Taylor, also colored, August 26 ast. The| tragedy occurred in Bell's court, when Newman shot Taylor following an ar- gument. Assistant United States At- torney William H. Collins conducted the Edward Newman, colored, was con- 52 000 LOOT TAKEN FROM STYLE SHOP Burglars Smash Transom, Get Tailored Suits and Expensive Gowns. ‘While police headquarters was in- vestigating a series of window-smash- ings at three jewelry stores during the past three weeks, burglars last night broke through a transom at the Stan- ley Style Shop, 1209 G _street, and escaped with .goods which detectives value at $2,000. ‘The thieves made way with a number of tailored suits and expensive gowns. Investigation by Detective J. E. Kane of the first precinct revealed that the robbers made their exit by jimmying open the front door. 'The theft was reported to police this morning by Ruben Sworzyn, - proprietor, who dis- covered the theft when he arrived at the store. The three jewelry robberies, under investigation by Headquarters Detec- tives Thomas Nally and E. E. Thompson, are thought to have been perpetrated by a lone burglar who can out-time burglar alarms. This theory is ad- vanced because in each instance an alarm was sounded and police arrived too late to apprehend the thief. The three stores were entered by a burglar who first cut-a round hole in the glass and then broke out the glass with a gauze-covered brick, The stores robbed are the Marx Jew- elry Co., 701 Seventh street, where $500 was stolen; the Shah Jewelry Co., 907 F strept, where $350 was reported miss- ing, and Castelberg’s Jewelry Co., 1004 F street, where jewelry valued at $350 was stolen, Burglars last night raided Foster's dyeing establishment at 1937 Eleventh street. Entrance was gained by re- moving a screen from a rear window, police were told, and clothing valued at $400 stolen. Detectives Curtis ' H. Trammell and Richard H. Mansfield are investigating. Intruders last night also were in evidence on the premises of the Cook Waste Paper Co., 70 O street. They gained access to the office on the sec- ond floor, broke open a box containing nothing but papers ané made an un- successful attempt to knock the knob from the safe. BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU WORK WILL BE DISCUSSED Annual Midwinter Meeting Is Scheduled for February 26 at National Press Club. Many phases of the work of a bet- ter business bureau will be discussed at the annual Midwinter meeting of the ‘Washington Better Business Bureau, to be held February 26 at the National Press Club, it was announced today by Joshud Evans, jr., chairman of the board of directors, who will preside. Members of the bureau and friends are invited. It is expected more than 100 will attend. Among the speakers at the meeting will be Harry W. Riehl, manager of the St. Louis Better Business Bureau. One of the objectives of the annual meeting is to acquaint local business interests with the purpuses and services of the Betler Business Bureau. LAUGHS LOSE HUSBAND. Woman Says He Left Thinking She “Kidded” His Bowlegs. BALTIMORE, February 12 (#).—Mrs. Elizabeth M. Justice was granted an ab- solute divorce here today after she testified that her husband had deserted her three years ago after accusing her and her sister of laughing at his “bow- legs.” Mrs. Justice testified that she and her prosecution. The prisoner was re- sister had been laughing at the antics of a colored girl. manded for sentence. - TO Win Prisone Invoking recollection of the words of Abraham Lincoln, failed as a plea for a minimum sentence for Max Uber, convicted recently on liquor charges, when he came before Judge Gus A. Schuldt today. Appearing before the court his attor- ney recited the words of the Emancipa- tor and said: “Your honor, today is Lincoln's birthday. I wish that you would remember his immortal words, ‘Malice toward mnone, charity toward all’.” ng Assistant District Atfor- In ney R. amalier reminged the court htN[alin:e Toward None” Plea Fails ¢ "Charity“ of Court that Lincoln in his two terms as Presi- dent had strictly observed the Consti- tution. He declared that an error in spelling had caused the defendant to be chn;':ed ;;‘th first offense, sale and possession. e same man, according to Camalier, had been previously convicted when using the name of Yuber. Judge Schuldt declared that he thought Lincoln would have dealt dras- tically with the defendant under similar circumstances. He im| & maximum fine for first offense of 180 days for the | February 20 at the A. A. A. headquar- | R. Holz as division commander of the sale, and $500 or 190 days for possession | ters and the T. Arthur Smith Bureau, | Salvaf e Asaplaiss of liquor. to anything under consideration by the appeal to the Court of Appeals. Justice Stafford points out that the |, Constitution declares itself the supreme law of the land, which is bifiding on all judges, even of State courts, and as- serts that “for any speech or debate in either house they (Senators and m‘rre- sentatives) shall not be questioned in any other place.” The justice declares that a speech “Includes every word of a speech and the suit attempts to ques- tion a Senator for words uttered in a speech in the Senate. The words could not be spoken “unofficially,” as claimed, he declares, because they were spoken by a Senator in the Senate in a speech | to the Senate at a regular meeting. “Unofficially” Not Mentioned. “The Constitution,” says Justice Staf- ford, “says nothing about ‘unofficially.’ To say that a Senator in a speech at a regular session is not speaking offi- cially is to say that a court, or a jury under the instructions of the court, is to determine when the words are spoken officially and when they are not. If it is for the court to determine whether they are spoken officially it has no facts upon which to determine the question.” Referring to the matter of pertinency, the court says, the question arises whether the Constitution leaves it to some one other than the Senate to de- termine in some other placé whether the words were pertinent. If so, then it meant that the Senator might be questioned, the court holds, in another place as to whether the words were pertinent, but no such exception is to be found in the words of the Constitu- tion. Public Interest Noted. ‘The court points out that the pro- vision for immunity was made in the public interest and not in the interest of the Senators. “It was made,” says Jusitce Stafford, “in order that the Senators might be fearless in all they sald in a speech on the floor. How could they be fearless if a court or jury has a right to decide that they had no right to say what they did ‘because it was not pertinent? The court has no right to regulre the defendant to plead to such a declaration. To do so would be to allow him to be questioned re- garding a matter as to which the Con- stitution has said he shall not be ques- ; tioned in any place other than the house where the words were spoken.” CAPITOL GUIDE SYSTEM SCORED Exacting Fee From Visitors Called “Infamous Outrage” by Representative Taylor. ‘The guide system in the Capitol Building was announced as “a humili- ating national disgrace” and the collec- tion of 25 cents per head from visitors was called “an_infamous outrage” by Representative Taylor, Democrat, Cok orado, in hearings on the legislative appropriation bill reported to the House today. In renewing his attack upon the guide system in the Capitol, which he has been making for several years, Mr. Taylor, a member of the subcom- mittee in charge of the bill, spoke in reply to Joseph G. Rogers, sergeant- at-arms of the House, who submitted a_statement from Benjamin J. Cady, chief of the guides, sho that each ide received $1,932.30 last year. Mr. gers was discussing the suggestion frequently made that the guide service shoul dbe put on the pay roll of the Capitol. He admitted that the finan- cial statement from Chief Guide Cady has not been audited and that he could turn in any sort of statement he saw fit. he saw fit. Mr. Taylor said, “I haven't the slight- | be held in the next few weeks, with |on schools, est criticism to make against any of the guides personally. But the Capitol guide system which is practically a charge of 25 cents a head admission fes to the National Capitol is an in- famous outrage upon the patriotic sight-seeing public and a humiliating national disgrace, which Congress ought not_to tolerate for an hour. "It is & species of graft that is beneath the dignity of our country. ‘The American public, and in fact the whole world, should be courteously shown through our Capitol Building without any charge whatever.” PLAY TOURNAMENT WILL OPEN TONIGHT The third annual one-act play tour- nament spondered by the Community Drama Guild opens tonight at 8 o'clock at Columbia Heights Community Center with plays by the Woman’s Club drama unit, the O’Connor Dramadio Players and “The Masks.” Harold Snyder will direct_sf lighting, assisted by Wil- liam Ellenberger and C. Newell Atkin- son. Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, executive secretary of the guild and in charge of the tournament, today that Russell Burchard has been added to the committee to judge preliminary tryouts this week and next, five of which will be held at Columbia Heights Center and two at East Wi Center. Reserved seats for the finals go on sale » The Capital paid its respects to the memory of Lincoln today at services conducted on the steps of the memorial. This photograph was made as Senator Shortrid of California was delivering a n address. —Star Staff Photo. FUND BILL FACES FURTHER DEBATE D. C. Measure Sent to Con- ference, With Indication of Vigorous Discussion. Further vigorous discussion. between representatives of the House and Sen- ate over the fiscal relations question and other ‘phases of the District appropria- tion bill and between factions in the House was indicated today when the bill was sent to conference. Chairman Simmons of the subcom- mittee handling the bill with Repre- sentative Holaday of Illinois and Rep- resentative Griffin, the_ranking minor- ity member on the subcommittee, of New York, were appointed by the Speaker as conferees on this measure. Blanton Demands Assurance. Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, demanded from Mr. Simmons an assurance that he would be able to argue on the Caraway amendment pro- hibiting payment of salary to Capt. Guy E. Burlingame if this still remains in the bill when it was brought back from the conference. Representative Simmons and House Leader Tilson: both pledged that any reasonable debate would be allowed. Representative Griffin then served« notice that he will demand time to de- bate on the fiscal relations question and the teachers’ normal school amendment. Representative Simmons said that he could not anticipate the action of the conferees and that the bill might be very materially changed in conference, Meeting Tomorrow. The Senate District committee will meet tomorrow morning to consider the municipal center bill; which. passed the House yesterday, and any other pending measures on which action at this session is.deemed desirable. 1t is expected the committee also will act on the Vandenburg resolution pro- viding for a select committee of seven Senators to make a survey of the air- port requirements of the National Capi- tal from the standpoint both of the municipality. and the various govern- mental agencies. The Senate committee has already held a hearing on the bill authorizing purchasé of the land for the munlcl?ul center in which to develop new build- ings for the District government and it is probable the committee will act tomorrow on the bill which passed the House. . CAPT. ASHER GIVEN ADVANCE IN RANK Salvation A:y;fl;' in District Becomes Divisional Commander. Assumes His Duties. Staff Capt. James Asher has been named to succeed Staff Capt. Ernest R. Holz, divisional commander of the Sal- vation Army of the District of Colum- bia, who has been transferred to Okla- homa. Capt. Asher already has as- sumed his new duties. ‘The appointment of Capt. Asher was announced at headquarters of the Southern territory of the Army in At- lanta, Ga. For the past year Capt. Asher has been stationed at this head- quarters as special efforts secretary. The new head of the Salvation Army in the District of Columbia has been a Salvation Army officer for more than 20 years, serving during this period in Boston, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and other cities in the East. He is married and has three children, two of them being in the Army and the third at home. In Washington Capt. Asher is living at 3903 Milltary road northwest. Ceremonies for the formal induction of Capt. Asher into his new post will officials from the Southern headquarters in attendance. Takes Post Here STAFF CAPT. JAMES ASHER, Named to succeed Staff Capt. Ernest tion Army of the District of Co- Taunting Officer Costly, Colored Man Tells ]nge Taunting a police officer with the declaration “you must think you are one of Tom Blanton's cops” resulted disastrously for ‘Washington Gaines, colored, he informed Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court today. Arraigned on a charge of in- toxication, Gaines testified that he had been taken into custody by Officer P. C. Reading of No. 4 precinct yesterday and that Reading began to use ‘“strong- arm” tactics in escorting him to the “box.” “Huh, you must think you are one of Tom Blanton's cops,” he said he told Reading. ‘Then silence reigned as a large night #tick wielded by the officer came into contact with his cran- ium, Gaines said today. His trial was continued ufftil tomorrow in order that he might obtain witnesses. MERGER PROSPECT SEEMS BRIGHTER Senate Steering Committee Puts Project on Recom- mended Program. The outlook for consideration of the street railway merger plan by the Sen- ate at this session appeared to be more favorable today following announce- ment by Chairman Capper of the Dis- trict committee that the Senate steer- ing commitiee has promised to place the merger on the program of measures fecommended to be taken up. Senator Capper was told by Senator Sackett, chairman of the steering cam- mittee, that the merger resolution would be listed for consideration after congressional reapportionment. ‘While this assurance puts the merger resolution in a better position than it now occupies on the ordinary calendar of bills reported, it does not mean that there is a certainty that it will be taken up. The reapportionment bill has not yet been considered by the Senate, and there are several other bills already ,on the steering committee program as well as_reapportionment. In connection with the consideration of the merger there is also th%pom- bility that a controversy may develop on the floor when it is taken up over the amendment sponsored by Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wisconsin seek- ing to establish the prudent investment theory 'of valuafion. Senator Capper believes & majority of the Senate would favor the merger if it comes to a vote. The Public Utilities Commission yes- terday informed the Senate District committee that it saw no objection to the merger of the local street railway companies as provided for in the com- mittee report on the Wilson merger plan. A typographical error in the re- port was corrected. The corcmission’s report was not put in writing, but Earl V. Fisher, executive secretary to the commission, informed the Senate committee of its action by telephone. SIMMONS TO ADDRESS POTOMAC GRANGE NO. 1, District School Matters Will Be| Subject for Meeting Tomorrow Night at All Souls’ Church. Representative Simmons, chairman of the subcommittee on District appropria- tions, will address Potomac Grange No. 1 on District school matters at a meet- ing in All Souls' Church tomorrow, ight. ‘The membership of the Grange num- bers many parents of children in local schools, and Clyde Marquis, master of the Grange, has named a committee The meeting tomorrow night is the first of several which the Grangers propose to hold in an effort to familiarize themselves with the school problems. Potomac Grange is the only urban Grange out of some 8,000 in the coun- try. Its members are officials of the Department of Agriculture, representa- tiyes of national farm organizations, e farm press and others interested in agriculture, — Jimmy Walker Il With Cold. NEW YORK, February 12 (#).— Mayor James J. Walker was confined to rfidhome today with a severe cold. He been advised by his physician to remain in bed Sunday, but, instead, spoke at a dinner of the East Side Chamber of Commerce. | the Senate wing will not be CAPTAL PROETS PROVDED N BIL [ Legislative Appropriation Measure Is Reported to Lower Branch. Development projects surrounding the Capitol Building are provided for in the legislative appropriation bill re- ported to the House today. ) ‘To carry out the provisions of an act approved last May for acquiring land for future enlargement of the Library of Congress between First and Second streets, B street and an alley back of the “Grant Row” an appropriation ol $600,000 is recommended. ‘To carry out the provisions of the act directing the relocation of the Botanic Garden at a limit of cost of $876,398 an appropriation of $300,000 for the coming fiscal year is recommended with authorization to enter into contracts for the additional $576,398. It is plan- ned to go ahead with the program in the coming fiscal year of acquiring the additional land needed at the foot of (zapltol Hill and to start building opera- tions. The legislative appropriation bill carries appropriations for the Senate, House, Capitol police, the joint com- mittee on printing, the office of legis- lative counsel, the architect of the Capitol, the Botanic Garden, t(h2 Library of Congress, and the Govern- | ment Printing Office. The bill reported today recommends a total appropriation of $18,645,052, wich is $177,488 less than the budget estimate and $891,978 more than the current appropriations. To Extend Ventilation. The new ventilating system that was installed in the House last Summer will be extended to the Senate chamber during the coming Summer. The cur- rent appropriation carries. $323,000 for this ventilating system. The lla- tion in the House cost $186,203. Due to the fact that structural changes in the Senate wing were under discussion work on the ventilating system for the Senate was held up. David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, told the sub- committee handling this bill that as it has been decided that altergtions on ade for two years, the ventilating gystem will be_installed. For equipment of the new eight-story addition to the Government Printing Office $200,000 is included. For the employment of eight assistant librarians at $1,800 per year to bring the work more nearly current an in- crease of $86,100 is made in the salary item for the Library of Congress. There was much disappointment ‘about the Capitol today because the bill as report- ed does not carry increases in the pres- ent schedufes of salaries paid in the legislative branches. In reporting on this bill Chairman Welch of the subcommit- tee said they did not believe they had power to comply with the numerous requests made for increases and that a reSolution to create a joint commit- tee to study this question is now pend- ing before Congress. Increase Recommended. The committee recommended ° total estimates for the Bof Garden amounting to $173,060, whicn is an in- crease of $30,463 over the current year. In the salary increase $6,440 is for four additional employes to be employed in the cultivation and improvement of the Poplar Point Nursery. About $14,000 of the increase is to be used in the construction of roadwork at the Poplar Point Nursery and $10,000 for repairs on the existing greenMeuses. An in- crease in salary of $1,500 for the archi- tect of the Capitol was disallowed. The bill includes $5,000 for tree sur- gery on trees on the Capitol grounds. The committee disallowed an estimate of $133,000 for renewing the west steps of the Capitol. ‘The bill included $1,500 for replacing the capstone and rebuilding the pedestal of the John Marshall statue at the foot of the west entrance to the Capitol grounds. The sum of $2,000 is included for maintenance and repair of the subway cars connecting the Senate Office Building with the Capitol. Under the office of the superintend- ent of documents there is recommend- ed an appropriation of $524,000, which is an increase of $74,000 over current appropriations. Of this, $26,000 is at- tributable to the operation of the Welch pay act and $13,000 to the Kiess bill, which authorizes the, public printer to determine the wages of printers through collective bargaining with -the | employes. Steamer Reported in Distress. MARSEILLE, France, February 12 (#).—The German steamer Atlas was reported by the Lorient wireless station today to be in distress 25 miles south- west of Les Sables D'Olonne, France. Lloyd’s Register lists a German steam- er Atlas, home port, Hamburg; register, 645 tons. Husband Dies Three Days After Wife: Double Funeral t James H. Mills, 53 years old, black- smith and toolmaker for the Washing- fon Rallway and Electric Co., died in Sibley Hospital today, his death fol- lowing three days the death of his wife, Mrs. Sarah H. Mills, whose illness_was attributed largely to worry over his ill- ness and that of their son, Robert Law- rence Mills, also suffering from pneu- monia. Mrs. Mills dled Saturday from cere- bral hemmorhage, Double funeral services will be con- Mills, Mr. and Mrs. other sons, James A. Mil H. Mills, and a daughter, Miss M t Mills, 15 couple resided at 225 Q street. Mills had been employed by the Wash- o Be Held Thursday 816 H street northeast, Thursday morn- ing at 10:30 o'clock. Rev. Richard Schmidt will officiate. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mills will be buried in Glenwood Cemetery. Besides the son, Robert Lawrence ls leave two and Joseph Anna years old. The Mr, tric Co, for about n Railway & e 3 is was 48 years vet Mrs. CAPITAL OBSERVES LINCOLN BIRTHDAY WITH CEREMONIES U. S. Officials and Patriotic Organizations Honor Emancipator. SENATOR SHORTRIDGE IS PRINCIPAL SPEAKER Special Meeting Slated Tomorrow Night—Hoover-Curtis Club Also to Gather: for Address. The National Capital today donned full patriotic dress in commemoration of the 120th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, and Government officials and members of a score or more patriotic organizations gathered at the shrine of the Great Emancipator in Potomac Park to pay honor to the man who welded back into peace and friendship the warring sections of a Nation. Senator Shortridge of California was the principal speaker at the ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial at noon and characterized Lincoln as “the man who rose” above the great statesmen of his day—who was as earnest as Phillips, as gifted as Baker, more profoynd than Seward, more wise than Chase, more logical than Douglas, more eloquent than Everett. “That humble, loving, forgiving, sub- lLme man was the rail-splitter of Illinois, sainted and immortal Abraham Lincoln, child of poverty, champion of freedom, savior of the Union. “The Union, strong and great, en- dures. ‘The ‘Government of the people, by the people and for the people’ did not perish. The sons of America march all one way.” Remey Conducts Ceremony. Charles Mason Remey of the Order of the Loyal Legion conducted the simple ceremony at the shrine. Attention was sounded at noon by an Armv bugler. Members of the Grand army of the Republic, whose commander-am- chief Lincoln was, were lined on (he south side of the portico, with a color guard of marines, soldiers, sailors and coast guardsmen on the south side of the fourth terrace. On the fifth terrace was posted the Army Band, while the public and mem- bers of the other patriotic organizations iaking part in the ceremonies were on the north side of the fourth terrace. Wreaths from practically all of the organizations participating were placed at the shrine. Rev. George F. Dud- ley pronounced the invocation and then fguwr Shortbridge was introduced by At the¥Close of Senator Shortbridge’s brief speech the Army Band played “The Star Spangled Banner” and th: crowd about the shrine dispersed. Organizations Taking Part. The following organizations took part in the ceremonies this morning, having one or more representatives at the Me- morial: American War Mothers, Distric: of Columbia Society, Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution; American Red Cross, American Women's Legion, George Baldwin MeCoy Unit, National Sociey, Sons of the American Revolution; Abraham Lincoln Circle, No. 3, Ladies of the G. A. R.; American Federation of Labor, Disirict Department, er- ican Legion; Aztec*Club of 1847, Na- tional Society, D. A. B.; Beck Circle, No. 4, Ladies of the G. A. R.; Mrs. Elien Spencer Mussey Tent, No. 1, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Daughters of the Cincinnati, District Department, Veterans of For- eign Wars; District Federation of Wom- en’s Clubs, District iety, Daughters of 1812; George Washington Umivei- sity, Department of the Potomac, G. A. .; Military Order of the Carabao, Naval and Military Order of the Span- ish-American War, Navy League, So- Jjourners’ Club, United Spanish War Veterans, District Department, United Spanish War Veterans’ Auxiliary; Di - trict Chapter, D. A. R.; Lincoln Post, Woman's Reilef Corps, G. A. R.; Wa.- cen G. Harding Camp, Suns of Unicn Veterans of the Civil War; Federation for Patriotic Observance, Robley D. Evans Unit, No. 4, American Legion Auxiliary, and National Soclety, Ladies’ Union Veteran Legion. A special meeting to honor the memory of Lincoln will be held tomor- Trow evening at the Army and Navy Club_by the Washington Chapter of the National Sojourners. Representa- tive Ketcham of Michigan, Maj. Gen. John L. Clem and O. H. Oldroyd, col- lector of Lincoln relics, will speak at this mee \ . The Hoover-Curtis Republican League will meet tomorrow night at Metropoli- tan Baptist Chufch at 7.45 o'ck to hear N. E. Weathless of the faculty of Dunbar High School speak on Lincoln. INCINERATOR PLANT LOCATION DEBATED Georgetown Progressives Insist on Approval of Site by Park and Planning Commission. At a hearing before the subcommit- tee on parks and playgrounds, of the House District committee yesterday the Progressive Citizens’ Association of Georgetown urged that\in locating the proposed incinerator plant in George- town the site should be approved by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the designsby the Com- mission of Iine Arts. It was pointed out that. unless strict safeguards are provided, the plant may emit odors that will be a menace to the settled community. Protection against the plant adding another eyesore to the view from the Key Bridge was sought in the request for the Fine Arts Commission to approve the design; also the location within a stone’s throw of Analostan Island, in- cludec in the Cramton bill for a com- prehensive park system, and “destin- ed to become a pearl” in such a system, was _empl as a reason for the amendment recommended to the bill placing the design in the authority of mmissiol e col n. Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan, chairman of the legislation committee, represented the agsoclation. She stated the assc- clation mm:yampnhnlc :i:h l|he im- proved mef proposed collectiny and dlxg:ouln‘ of the city’s trash, buc was desirous that every safeguard i-r Georgatown residen's and for th» p--: sysiem should be thrown around ih: | proposal.