Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1929, Page 2

BUDGET CHANGE 5 RECOMMENDED " Rescarch Body Holds District Finances Should Be Admin- istered Independently. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. “Removal of all jurisdiction of the au of the Budget of the National Government over the budget of the District and the vesting of full au- v in the proposed city manager posed legislative council for ve tormulation and aporoval © ¢ esnmates to be presented to Congress” is one of the important rec- ommendations made by the Institute for Government Research for reorgani- zation of the government for the Na- tional Capital. Previously in the report the institute bad emphasized “the importance of clearl distinguishing between the ad- “remstranive activities of the District of olumbia ana those of the National Government and of intrusting those pertaining to the District of Columbia to purely local agencies.” One of the greatest evils resulting from failure to make such distinction and segregation, the institute argues, “is the confusion that is thereby introduced in the ad- ministration of the finances of both the National Government and the District government. “So long as use is made of purely Federal agencies for the performance of Disirict work it is impossible to secure in proper form that information regard- ing financial conditions and operations that must be had if effective control and intelligent planning is to be exer- cised,” the report continues. “This sit- uation is rendered still worse by the use to a large extent of Federal agencies for the administration of the financial affairs of the District.” Treated as U. S. Department. At the present time, the institute points out, “the District of Columbia, from the financial standpoint, is treated practically as an administrative de- partment of the General Gov.rnment. Its revenues are covered into the Fed- eral Treasury precisely as are other Federal receipts and figure among the receipts of the National Government. Its expenditures, in like manner, are treated as a part of the national ex- penditures. Though these receipts and expenditures are segregated in the books of accounts, they nevertheless appear as part of the totals of national income and expenditure in precisely the same way as the income and expenditures of purely Federal services. “The procedure employed in deter- . mining and making provision for the financial needs of the District govern- ment is precisely the same as is used in determining the financial needs of the Federal administrative services. ‘The Treasurer of the United States has the custody of District funds in the « 8ame way that he has of Federal funds. ‘The accounts of the District are settled and audited by the controller general of the United States, as are the ac- counts of the National Government. & word, there is complete commingling cof the administration of the financial , affairs of the two governments.” The institute issués that “this system *does violence to correct principles of public administration and is productive of confusion in determining and mak- ing provision for the financial needs of s the two governments, and in stating 4the accounts in a manner in which ! financial condition and operations may « be clearly known. 4 “There are few changes affecting the | government of the District of Colum- bia that are of greater importarce than 4 that of the correction of this condition . by giving to that government its own » disinct system of financial administra- tion,-ore in which its financial opera- ! tlons are kept wholly distinct from those of the National Government.” Budget System First Step. . ] ! change is to give the District its owm budget system, the institute recomse { mends. Congress should make it part jof the duties of the officers it places «in charge of District government v ‘submit to it an annual budget, cor- i responding to the Federal budget, in + which is set forth a full report ot financial operations in the past, exist- ing finarcial conditions and an esti- mate of future financiagl needs. This + document, completely separate from | the Federal budget, should be trans- +mitted directly to Congress without ipassing through the Bureau of the , Budget, the institute advises, because the District is a distinct political sub- division, analogous in all respects, ex- cept as pertains to its legislative sya- + tem, to the territories and dependencies. 4 The institute recommends that the | District budget should be prepared un- + der the direction and be transmitted to ! Congress by the executive head (wheth- ier the Board of Commissioners or the s proposed city manager). “There is no . more reason in logic or expedienc{"’ the institute says, “in having this dget pass through and be revised by the Bu- reay of the Budget than there is for having a similar requirement as to the budgets of Alaska or Hawail. “So long as the contribution of the National Government to the support of the District government was on a per- centage basis, it might be said that the National Government was as directly concerned in keeping down the expendi- tures of the District as it was in keep- ing down those of the administrative departments, and consequently was jus- tified in having its agent—the Bureau‘ of the Budget—revise the requests for funds as formulated by the District government. Now that the contribution of the National Government is a fixed sum, the justification no longer exists. Opportunity for Control. 1t calls attention that the National Government under the arrangement proposed will still possess ample oppor- tunity to control the financial policies of the District, through the fact that the budget as approved by the District legislative body (whether Commission- ers or the proposed legislative council) must be submitted to Congress and that that body alone has authority to appropriate money for the District. Should this recommendation that the District budget be taken from the juris- diction of the Bureau of the Budget not meet with approval, the institute fur- ther insists, ~provision should at least be made for & segregation of the Dis- trict budget from that of the Natlonal Government, its preparation as a sep- arate document and its_consideration by the Bureau of the Budget, and sub- sequently by Congress as an independ- ent_proposition. “Moreover, snce the Bureau of the Budget is properly concerned only with 1 control, its activities should not tend to the initiation of matters of legislative policy.” As a second step toward conferring fiancial autnomy upon the District povernment, the institute, recommends the abolition ‘of the present system, un= Ger which the treasurer of the United States acts as.the treasurer of the District of Columbia. “The District government has, in its collector of faxes,” the report says, “an officer to whom could be given ail of the dutfes and responsibilities now nossessed by the treasurer of the United States con- cerned with the custody and disburse- ment of District funds. The great bulk of District revenues are now paid in the first instance to that officer. The title of this offer should be changed to ‘treasurer of the District of Co- lumbia.’ " e In discussing “financial control” the institute’s comprehensive report advises that “the office of the auditor of the District should be. as it now largely is, the central accounting office of the Striet government. in which all claims or against that government should pe subjected to an administrative ex- amination, and as so examined and verified transmitted fo: dnal settlement | al genenl account- I' of the general tion and operations of the District mllatfi;h»y must look to such men as ¢nd adjustment to the g cfiice, in which a! The first step toward effetcing this| G. W. TRIPLETT, 75, DIES. Injuries Are TFatal to Widely Known Horse Trainer. | MOBILE, Al October 24 (#)— George W. Triplett, 75, widely known horse trainer, was dead here today as a result of injuries received several days ago. | “Triplett was holding a halter when a race horse reared and threw him to the ground. His collar bone and a num- ber of ribs were broken and pneumonia developed. He was a native of Triplett, Mo. The body will be taken to Kansas City for interment. FINALS IN WOMEN'S GOLF PLAY REACHED Mrs. Hugh Nicolson to Meet Mrs. F. N. Hodges Tomor- row Morning. Mrs. Hugh T. Nicolson of Washington Golf and Country Club and Mrs. J. N. Hodges of Army, Navy and Marine Club reached the finals of the annual | Middle Atlantic women's golf cham- pionship at Columbia Country Club to- day. They will meet tomorrow morning in the final match of 18 holes. Mrs. Nicholson scored an easy 7 and 6 victory over Mrs. L. O. Came- ron, Chevy Chase, this morning. Mrs. Hodges, however, was forced to the nineteenth hole by Miss Effie Bowes of Baltimore before winning. Mrs. Hodges was leading her opponent 2 up and two to play but Miss Bowes squared the match with a birdie 3 at the seventeenth and a 5 on the eighteenth where Mrs, Hodges took a Wins on Extra Hole. Mrs. Hodges won out in the extra hole by scoring a 5 while Miss Bowes missed a short putt. First round consolation flights re- sulted as follows: Mrs. Hume Wrong, Chevy Chase, defeated Mrs. H. A. Knox, Congressional, 3 and 2; Mrs. S, F. Col- laday, Columbia, defeated Mrs. George H. Parker,~Columbia, 2 and 1. Second Round Results. Second round results follow: Mrs. W. D. Bahn, Baltimore Country Club, defeated Mrs. J. R. DeFarges, Co- lumbia, 8 and 7, in a semi-final match of the second flight, and Mrs. B, C. Hartig, Manor, defeated Mrs. N. B. Frost, Columbia, 1 up in the other match. Second flight consolation results fol- low: Mrs. J. A. Marr, Columbia, defeated Mrs, Elizabeth Heiusler, Rolling Road, 2 and 1; Mrs. H. King Cornwell, Co- lumbia, defeated Mrs. Newman Little, Columbia, 2 and 1. JEEE——. DEATH OF 5 IS LAID TO MISSING FATHER Wife and ‘Four Children Are Vie- tims of Gas—Enigmatic Note Baffles Police. By the Assoclated Press. HAMILTON, Ontario, October 24— Charles King, sr., & 36-year-old barber, was hunted today to explain the deaths of his'wife and four of his children and the probable fatal illness of another child. Robert, 14; Leon, 12, and Keith, 5, were found dead from inhaling gas by neighbors who broke open the door of the unpretentious two-story home of the Kings yesterday. Paul, 10, éied in a hospital last night and his mother, Sarah Ethel, 31, early today. It was feared that Charles, jr., 6, would not live, King disappeared, leaving an enig- matic note which said three Coldwater, Ohio, men “caused me to do this.” He did not explain this statement end the only inkling of a motive was the in- formation t the barber owed money to one of the trio. A note was due Monday and King had promised to pay it Tuesday, according to Coldwater n- vestigators. The King family came here about six months ago from that village. King had not returned to his barber shop since Saturday night. Yesterday neighbors smelled gas emanating from his home and forced an entrance. The five children and otheir mother were found in beds and the top had been taken off a gas pipe. Coroner Edward C. Cook said he believed King removed the cap while his family slept. In the family automobile, the coroner found one of King's suits of clothes and a partly emptied bottle of liquor. King will be charged with murder if found, the coroner said. o Cancels Tour After Riots. By Cable to The Star. MAZATLAN, Sinaloa, Mexico., Octo- ber, 24.—Acting on the advice of his supporters, Pascual Ortiz Rublo, Na- tional Revolutionary party candidate for the presidency, canceled his pro- posed visit to the States of Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora, At least one was killed and several injured at Tepec Tuesday night in a political demon- stration. chould be kept, and from which should jssue financial statements and reports having for their purpose to make known the financial condition and operations of the District government.! It sug- gests that the designation of that office should be changed to “District account- ing office” and that of the directing head to “District controller.” The only important change needed to put into full effect this proposed system is to relieve the auditor of re- sponsibility for the making of disburse- ments, the report states. “‘As a central financial agency it should be the duty of the auditor (or Controller) to act as the budget officer of the District hav- ing the duty of preparing the initial budget estimates for the District ex- ecutive head and standing in relation thereto the same as the Bureau of the Budget does to the President of the United States; that is, in performing this work he should act purely as an agency of the District government, full responsibility lying with the local legis- lative body (whether the Board of Commissioners or the proposed legisla- tive council) in regard to the character of the recommendations contained in the budget as approved and submitted to Congress. *“As a central control agency his office should have the same powers and duties of examining into, on behalf of the local legislative authority, the manner in which the operating services are or- ganized and conduct their work and of Tecommending improvements therein, that is now possessed by the Bureau of the Budget.” The institute further recommends that the office of the auditor (or con- troller) shall at once enter upon the task of sub}ec',lnfsthe entire accounting system of the District to thorough re- vision, with a view to making it con- form more nearly to modern principles of public accounting and reporting. It recommends that this office should prepare and publish an annual financial report that will set forth in one place THE EVENING STAR, \\'ASHINGTOX.TD. ., THURSDAY, OCTOBER- 24, 1929. PRATT IS UNMOVED BY SENATE ATTACK 'Doyle and Allen Proffered Many Offers of Aid as. Trial Nears. HAND LEAVES CELL WITH HELP OF KEY Two Prisoners Look on as Convicted Bandit Gets Out of Prison. (Continued From First Page.) ___(Continued From First Page) trial, but intimated that it probably weculd be Bolitha J. Laws, who defended him before the trial board less than a‘ year ago, when he was acquitted on a charge of failing to co-cperate with the District Fealth Department. The case involved a dciicatessen store proprieter who had been charged by the Health Department with using unsterilized glasses. Allen’s testimony resulted in | the dismissal of the charge against the storekeeper in Police Court. Preparing Charges. The formal charges to be preferred against Doyle and Allen were still under preparation today and Maj. Pratt an- nounced that he expected the papers to be completed and served on the two officers within the next 24 hours. The delay in drawing up g¢he charges has been due to the care with which Harry M. Luckett, chief clerk of the Police Department, is proceeding in writing the specifications. The general charge to be preferred against both officers, however, will be conduct prejudicial to the good order, reputation and discipline of the police force. ‘The trial was definitely fixed to begin Wednesday, when the Police Trial Board holds its next regular session. There is a strcng lkelihood, however, that a postponement may be ordered, especially in the case of Allen, who fears that Attorney Laws, who is engaged in an important_case, may not be ready to proceed at that time should he agree to defend the officer. Maj. Pratt declined to comment on Senator Blease’s tirade against him in | the Senate yesterday, and his associates | at headquarters said he showed no visible signs of being disturbed by the attack. The Blease resolution calling for Pratt’s suspension also has failed to move him. Resolution Not Binding. Even though the Senate should adopt the Blease resolution, Pratt's ascociates pointed out, its effect would not be binding on the Commissioners. It also was explained that while the Commis- sioners have the power to suspend Pratt they cannot summarily remove him without trial. While Maj. Pratt was reticent, on the | attacks on him in the Senate, he took occasion to deny reports that he pro- posed to create a special trial board to hear the charges against Doyle and Allen and that he retired early last night on account of illness. The superintendent said the reports of his illness, like the reports of Mark Twain's death “were greatly exaggerated,” and that his only physical ailment consisted of a pimple on_his neck. Maj. Pratt also explained that there is no necessity for a special $rial board and that he believed the Doyle and Allen case should be handled in the usual way. However, if either of the accused officers object to the personnel of the board and give a valid reason for the opposition, the superintendent | sald, he would change the make-up of the regular trial board. Friends Rally Behind Doyle. Led by the pastor of the church he has attended for 25 years, old friends and admirers of Capt. Doyle continued to rally behind him today, voicing their faith in his integrity and pledging their unqualified support in his forthcoming crial on the charge of insubordination preferred by Supt. Pratt. Unstinted %{Iise of Capt. Doyle and his work in the Police Department was given today by Rev. Moses R. Lovell, pastor of the Mount Pleasant Congre- gational Church, which Doyle has at- tended for a quarter century. Ex- pressing the bellef that Capt. Doyle should be restored to his command, the pastor declared that “his hundreds of friends throughout the city now rise up to demand for him an unblased hearing and a square deal.” Capper Receives Letters. Further indication of the high regard in which Capt. Doyle is held by his friends was forthcoming from the Sen- ate, Chairman Capper of the Senate District committee announcing that he has recelved a number of letters today praising the police record of the sus- pended officer. At his home this morning Capt. Doyle said he has been swamped with letters, telegrams and telephone calls from friends wishing to express their confidence in him and offering their aid in any way possible. Offers of legal aid, he said, have come to him from| 14 local attorneys, and three from out of town. The Rev. Mr. Lovell issued the fol- lowing statement to the press: “In the present issue before the Dis- trict Commissioners and the chief of police, regarding Capt. Robert E. Doyle, we have under consideration a man of | most unusual record. For 40 years he has been on the city’s police force, serving 24 of. them as captain, with hardly a blot on his career. Intrusted with a difficult precinct, he has met the demands of his office with unquestioned zeal and honesty. For 25 years he has | been a member in excellent standing of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, where he has a host of friends who have absolute confidence in his integrity and in the sincerity and up- rightness of his intentions. Has High Sense of Justice. “He has endeavored always, regard- less of fear or favor, to bring the guilty to justice, and yet has added to his{ high sense of justice the humane desire to help and improve the offender. “It is the superlative frankness and | honesty of the man in answering his| superfor’s request for an opinion that has been misunderstood and has re- sulted in raising the question of the| appropriateness of his reply. _The, rugged honesty that, regardless of the | cost, forthrightly expressed itself, has| been gravely misunderstood. “As his pastor for some years, T wish to go on record for the man's sterling | character. I wish to speak in behalf of literally hundreds of men and women throughout the city who, knowing him equally well, now rise up to demand for him an unbiased hearing and a square deal. We believe that in his reinstate- ment to his command will not only be found the answer to the demands of present justice, but more than that, rc- claim to the force one whose long years of absolute proven and efficient service is just the element most needed now for the effective regulation of our city.” Attorney Registers Protest. S. T. Cameron, a patent attorney, wrote, in_part, to Chairman Capper as follows: “I wish to register my em- phatic approval of Capt. R. E. Doyle of the Washington police force, in his re- cent action, for which Maj. Pratt, super- intendent of police, is reparted in papers to have suspended him. I have known Capt. Doyle for 40 years and have care- fully observed his conduct as a private, sergeant and a captain of police. He has heen an ideal police officer, honest, capsble and conscientious.” Another letter of indorsement was signed by Cyrus M. Potter and S. Brooke Taliaferro Potter. Referring to Capt. Doyle, it stated: “The nobility of his character is shown by the fact of his having afforded to Henry G. Pratt during the period of his service under the authority of Capt. Doyle, every opportunity available for his ad- vancement and uplift.” had never seen the key in that period. Michael Engle, another policeman at the station, said he saw the key three weeks ago with the handle off when he was temporarily assigned as a stallon clerk. No Previous Report. As far as can be learned no previous report had been made that the key was missing. Speith’s statement to Inspector Headley was to the effect that the keys to the station house were all in their proper place and under his control from midnight until 5:35 a.m. During the time that Hand was ir the «cell it is known that two persons not connected with the Police Depart- ment visited him. One was his broth- er and the second was an’ automobile dealer. During the visits of both these persons, however, a policeman was present for the entire length of the interview. On each occasion, accora- ing to the report, Hand asked the po- liceman if he would go and get u glass of water, but in each case the policeman waited until the visit was over before complying with the re- quest. Accepts Responsibility. The report states that Capt. Walter | Emerson, in charge of the detective bureau, accepts full responsibility for keeping the prisoner at the precinct in- stead of having committed him to jail under the fugitive law. Capt. Emerson’s reasans, as stated to Inspector Headley, were that recently the attitude taken by judges of the Police Court on re- quests for fugitive warrants has been that the warrants will not be issued on telegraphic communications from other Jjurisdictions. The fugitive warrant is the only way in which a prisoner held for another jurisdiction can be brought to court and he must be brought to co\]xrt before he can be committed to Jail. ‘The part played by the dummy key in the transaction, Inspector Headley said, had muddied the waters consider- ably. He said that it might hint at collusion on the part of some members of the department. Apparently the hack saw blades were not used for any purpose, but they could have been used to cut down the size of the key, and it may be that the prisoner had a sec- ond dummy key which he actually did cut down by use of the blades. The whole contrivance, which is of a col- lapsible and somewhat fragile character, was tied together with black silk. Many other matters in connection with Hand'’s disappearance have to b® looked into, Inspector Headley sald, and he will make a supplementary report later. Maj. Pratt will await the arrival of this second report before taking any action in the matter. . FOUR FALL TO DEATHS. Steel Workers Plunge 160 Feet as Ladder Buckles. WINONA, Minn.,, October 24 ().— Four steel workers fell 160 feet to death today from the top of a tank under construction here, A ladder gave way, plunging them to the ground. The dead are Henry Ellis, La Plata Md.; Wayne R. Wetzel, Oklahoma; F. L. Taylor, Grinnell, Towa, and Fred | Compton, Winterset, Iowa. All were employed by the Piltsburg-Des Moines Steel Co. of Des Moines, Iowa, con- tractors who were building the new tank, which was to have been completed tomorrow. . Four Die ig Arsenal Blast. BOLOGNA, Italy, October 24 (P).— Four persons were killed and fourteen injured today in an explosion of two powder deposits near here, five of those injured were in a serious conditio: to “correct outrageous conditions that exist in our local government.” “If you will make possible a com- plete and impartial survey of the gov- ernment of the District of Columbia you will be doing the local citizens of Wash- ington an inestimable favor,” Mr. Spink said. Capt. Doyle said this morning he has not as yet formulated a plan of defense nor has he chosen from among the attorneys who have proffered their aid. “Some of the most prominent coun- sel in the country,” Doyle declared, have volunteered their services. This morning “the telephone had been so busy” that he had been unable to de- cide upon counsel, he said. “It has all been very gratifying to me,” Doyle said. “It appears that every one in the District is coming to my assistance, The newspaper men have been particularly nice to me and their work is sincerely appreciated. I only hope that some day I will be able to prove that their confidence was merited.” Says Act Reprehensible. In a statement issued yesterday after- noon Senator Overman, Democrat, of North Carolina, declared it was “repre- hensible” to suspend Capt. Doyle and Policeman Allen, while at the same time retaining on duty Inspector W. S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, who were charged with inefficiency by the grand jury. Senator Overman, who was instrumental in having the Mc- Pherson case taken up by the grand jury, said: “It is reprehensible that the District Commissioners and Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, have found it necessary to suspend from duty with- out pay, Capt. Robert E. Doyle of the eighth precinct and Pvt. Robert J. Allen of his command for an alleged minor infraction of the police regula- tions, while at the same time retaining in active service Inspector Willlam S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, against whom gross charges of ineffi- ciency have been made by a grand jury.” Neither the Commissioners nor Maj. Pratt can defend such action. It is another glaring example of police injustice.” PANIC IS AVERTED ON STOCK MARKET BY LEADING BANKERS (Continued From First Page.) way reflect business conditions, adding that profits from business are still large and increasing regularly. Many Accounts Unloaded. Much of the selling represented the unloading of marginal accounts weak- ened In yesterday's drastic decline, the sharpest” in recent years. Brokerage house margin clerks, in many instances, worked until early hours this morning sending out calls for more funds. On the other hand, many large traders and investors felt that stocks had reached | bargain levels, and many who had sold the market short covered the commit- ments which supplied the market with large buying orders. Commission houses, however, were inclined to advise cus- tomers to proceed with great caution until the present price levels are thor- oughly tested. COTTON PRICES BREAK. Market Drops Heavy Losses in Stocks. NEW ORLEANS, October 24 (#)— Cotton prices kroke sharpiy affer an early advance today in sympathy with the sharp decline in New -York stocks. Just before noon values traded around 50 points below the day’s high and 40 points under yesterday's ciose. STOCKS BREAK ON COAST. Echo of New York Collapse Is Heard In San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, October 24 ().— Prices skidded precipitately at the open- ing today of the San Francisco Stock Exchange, leading issues losing one to cight points each. Trading rushed at a furious pace. The San Francisco Curb dealing was comparatively coolheaded. A few Curb stocks declined abruptly, but most were comparatively firm in the face of desperate dumping on other boards. WINNIPEG MARKET BREAKS. Wheat Prices Tumble as Market Shows Losses. WINNIPEG, October 24 (#).—Wheat was literally poured in on the pit hefe today as traders started one of the heaviest liquidation movements wit- nessed here in some time and prices tumbled from 81 to 13 cents below vesterday's quotations up to 11:15 o'clock, C. 8. T., this morning. October wheat dropped 9% cents to $1.28, November 8! cents to $1.29, De- cember 111; cents to $1.27 and May 13 cents to $1.32. WHEAT PRICES RALLY. Chicago Market Comes Back in Afternoon When Stocks Improve. CHICAGO, October 24 (#)—After slumping 12 cents, wheat rallied strong- 1y on the Chicago board of Trade today and snapped back quickly to 7 cents above the low point, although still around 5 cents under the previous finish. BREAK IN MONTREAL. Heavy Liquidation Follows Collapse in New York Market. MONTREAL, October 24 (#).—Viclent liquidation, with stock values crashing to new lows for many months, set in today on the Montreal Stock Exchange, further reducing prices which had al- ready been severely cut during the re- cession of the past 10 days. The most severe loss was Montreal Power which dropped 21 to 139. Consolidated Smelt- ers was off 35 points to 325. BUSINESS HELI‘) SOUND. Treasury Officials Say Break in Stocks Not Justified. The violent break in the stock mar- ket <yesterday is considered by high Treasury officials, who are now figuring on the possibilities of future tax reduc- tion, as due more to “technicalities” than by any weakness in the real busl- ness situation, which these officials stil! consider to be “sound.” The conditions of business at the present time, in the opinion of high Treasury officials who are also very closely in touch with the industrial situation, justify a constant downward trend in the stock market. ‘The cause of the break was ascribed by these officials to overexpansion of speculation, but it was predicted at the Treasury that in the main and in the long run it would be business condi- tions themselves rather than specula- tion which would govern the trend of the market over a longer period. Speculation Overdone. Speculation has been overdone, in the opinion of officials, and correction kas set in, but it is not upon any such single Teaction as this present drop in the market that officials will base their estimates for possibilities of tax reduc- tion, it was emphasized. On the other hand, the prospects for tax reduction must be based on a more widely extended basis of the gen= eral trend of the stock market over a longer term of many months, or longer. But the stock market, nevertheless, must be taken into c.nsideration in the computation of prospective tax cuts, for great profits or great losses in the mar- ket cause wide fluctuations in the Fed- eral revenues through income taxes. ‘The progress of business, according to these officlals, “still is very strong.” Profits were reported to be still increas- ing, so far as could be determined from present prospects. The great bulk of the losses, which are “written off” as paper losses on such a day as the market suffered yesterday, do not find themselves fully reflected in the income taxes of the Federal Government, it was_ explained, because it is only when sales are made, and actual cash losses experienced, which can be deducted on the income tax re- tArn, that the stock market reaction actually affects Federal income. Furthermore, it was pointed out frices of the stock market, even after the severe break, are still generally above their level of a year ago. 12,000 JAILED FOR DRUNKENNESS IN DISTRICT SINCE JANUARY 1 Police Court Records Reveal an Increase Over Pre ceding Records at Police Court reveal that over 12,000 persons have been arrested in this city on charges of drunkenness from January 1 of this year up to and including yesterday. The number of persons arrested on this charge has showed a steady in- crease during the last several years. Ten thousand eight hundred sixty-nine were arrested during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925. The following year showed an increase of more than 200, when 12,091 were arrested. ‘The number has grown each year, with approximately 14,000 names being Another letter was from Ernest W. Spink, who told Senator Capper that the information that it is desirable to have regarding the financial_condi- sccounts of the District ‘:vemment government, since the citizens of Washington have no opportunity to express themselves by the chairman of the ‘Dlsmcc committee put on the records from June of 1928 until June of this year. Indications are that there will be a still larger incr this year, as the number has already passed the .12,000 mark, with two months to go. dates. Years. Judge Gus A Schuldt, presiding magistrate of the Police Court, when in- formed of the tremendous number of arrests for intoxication, estimated that | 40 per cent of the persons whose names are found on the records are repeaters. He said that these figures are mislead- ing, and that it was his opinion that drinking in the Capital City is no more widespread than in a number of other large cities. The Anti-Saloon League also reported that it was its opinion that these fig- ures did not mean a great deal. They reported that Washington was not un- usually wet when compared to other large Eastern cities. The court lock-up at Police Court is crowded every morning with persons police have arrested for being drunk. Court attaches announce that the num- ber has increased so rapidly during the last few years that there is scarcely room to house all of the arrested inebri- £ in Sympathy WlthI l LATEST ARRIVALS Juan J. Remos Rubio of the University Upper (left to right): Vicente Pardo Suarez, Cuban spokesman, and Dr. of Havana and the Institute of Havana. Lower (left to right): F. Whitnall Allen, English orator, and Benigno Petit Lecaros of Peru, spokesman for South America. % —Star Staff Photo. FALL’S INTENTION IS ISSUE, HITZ SAYS, AS JURY GETS CASE (Continued From First Page.) FATE OF 100 CAUGHT ON LAKES IS HIDDEN AS 23 ARE RESCUED (Continued From First Page.) back on the evidence in this case, but not lawfully,” Justice Hitz admonished the jury. He told the 12 men and women who are to decide the fate of the 68-year- old defendant that it was for them to say whether he was guilty of the spe- cific charge in the indictment and noth- ing else. “He 1s charged with bribery, the be- betrayal of & public trust,” said the Jjustice. “He is not charged with conspiring with Doheny to defraud the Govern- ment, but is charged with betraying his trust as an officer of the United States on a certain date when he received money from a man with whom the Government was in negotiations.” Charge Held Favorable to U. S. Justice Hitz's charge to the jury as & whole favored the Government far more than it did the defense, which claims the money -transaction was “a friendly loan” based on friendship of 44 years' standing. Justice Hitz emphasized, however, that the charge must be proved beyond “a reasonable doubt.” Referring to the intent in the defend- ant’s mind upon which hinges the ques- tion of guilt or innocence, Justice Hitz pointed out it was admissible and ob- vious that mcney passed from Doheny to Fall, and that contracts with Government ensued. “But you are asked to find the intent in the defendant’s mind,” he added. “To find what is in a man's mind is an inherent difficulty, but one that the jury must undertake.” He stressed that Fall occupied an office in the Government that would subject him to being bribed and that Doheny was in a financial position to “make ;@_sentimental loan of $100,000, if he wished to do it.” “You are not concerned with the in- tent of Doheny’s mind,” he warned the jury. “You sre not trying him,” he added in reminding that it does not necessarily follow that whatever was in the oil man's mind was likewise in Fall's, Touches on Sinclair Deal. Justice Hitz touched briefly on the Sinclair transaction introduced by the Government to show that Fall received $269,000 from Harry F. Sinclair in re- turn’ for a share in his ranch holdings. ‘The jurist impressed on the jury that this testimony could be considered only for the purpose in aiding the jury to de- termine the intent with which Fall got $100.000 from Doheny. “The Sinclair transaction was re- ceived here,” he said, “because it was | an ‘act of the same mind at about the same time on a similar project.” The first half of Justice Hitz's charge to the jury dealt with the prayers of counsel for instructions to the jury on the rules of law applicable to the case. He stressed that there was no charge in the indictment involving Sinclair. At the outset of his formal charge Justice Hitz explained that he assumed sole responsibility for keeping the jurors locked up and separated from their pursuits and homes dur the trial. He said he had made it his purpose to cut out the newspaper clippings bearing on any reference to the case, “except the Fell fashions,” which he had let remain in for the pleasure of the woman jurors, Although ~ the courtroom was well filled when the doors opened this morn- ing, the scene was different from the eagerness with which spectators gath- ered during the last three days of the final arguments by the array of coun- sel on both sides. Fall Is in Court. The defendant, who has been attend- ing trial every day since four physicians appointed by the court declared he would be taking his life in his hands to do so, was in his customary seat be- side his personal doctor and nurse. Members of his family sat as usual with Mrs. Doheny, among the spectators. Fall's countenance seemed unmoved as the 12 jurors filed out of the room to deliberate on his case. The verdict will affect Doheny also, although the oil man is not a defendant. He 1is under indictment, however, charged with bribing Fall. A verdict of guilty, which would mean a jail sentence for Fall up to three years, would result in court ma- chinery being set in motion to bring Doheny to trial on bribery charges. An acquittal of Fall, it was conceded by counsel, would result undoubtedly in the United States attorney’s office nolle prossing the case against Doheny, which would bring the five years of criminal actions drawing out of the ol leasing to an end. Roberts Sums Up Case. Arguments to the jury were brought to a close after three days late yester- day by Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia, whos ummed up the Government's case and in doing so delivered one of the most caustic arraignments of Fall heard in a courtroom during the long period of prosecution growing out of the oil trials. He began his analysis of the case by explaining that an officer of the Government, who accepts or receives money with the intent to be influenced in transactions involving the Govern- nent, is guilty of a violation of the law. “That is all you have to decide,” he told the jury. “It is admitted that Fall got $100,000. What was the intent? Doheny wanted the ofl leases a rock and being severely pounded by the waves. Neither Capt. M. Staulkes, the com- mander, nor any of the Test of the crew suffered from their three-and-a-half- day battle with the lake. The crew planned to take a bus to the Sault this morning. 7 . Property loss will run into the mil- lions, with the city of Chicago a heavy sufferer. The estimate of damage to Chicago breakwaters, boulevard systems and parks was fixed at $2,000,000, with private property damage adding an- other million to the city's total loss. The damage along the isconsin shore line was certain to be close to $1,000,000, according to reports to Mil- waukee. Green Bay, Wis, suffered a $100,000 loss from flood and the dam- age to Menominee Harbor was believed to have been more than $75,000. Upper Michigan's property loss was placed at $100,000, but it was in that section that shipping suffered heavily. Along the Southwestern Michigan shore line and in the Indiana dune country the wrecking of property and shipping ran up a repair and replacement bill of several hundred thousand dollars. Some crop damage resulted from the snowstorm that trailed the storm across Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. A few sections reported corn and garden products affected. Despite the rolling seas, nine boats ventured out from Superior, Wis., yester- day and half a dozsn arrived. Wireless reports during the day told of a 60-mile wmgI at Split Rock, 60 miles to the south. - needed the money. It was an enormous sum to him.” The Government attorney contended that while Pan-American and Mamouth Oil Co. contracts were run=- ning parallel, Fall told his assistants and the .Navy Department to handle the California leases. “I have other things to do,” Roberts credited Fall with say- ing, in bringing to the attention of the jury that, the former Cabinet officer thereupon went to Three Rivers, N. | Mex., to handle the Sinclair lease for { which the Government declares he re- | ceived $269,000 in return for a share in | his ranch properties. Exonerates Denby. In reply to a defense challenge, | Roberts declared there was no rea- Ison why the late Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy, should have been indicted for his part in the oil ilenslng transaction. “There is not an intimation that Denby or any sub- ordinate of his or of Fall ever got a cent,” Roberts said. “If Denby or Robinson had known what Fall was doing, they never would have touched this matter.” Roberts told the jury that the in- timate friendship between Fall and Doheny made the alleged bribe trans- action even worse. “There is no room here for that sort of sympathy,” he warned the jury. ‘The Government attorney was bit- ter in his arraignment of the “cash transactions” between Fall on the one hand and Doheny and Sinclair on the other. He declared that all had taken care that no bank records of the transactiqns should be left. The nds given by Sinclair were than cash, he explained. “I defy the devil himself to trace them,” Roberts asserted. Fall had not asked McLean for cash, the Government pointed out, be- cause the publisher was not in the oil business and had no dealings with the Government. Belittles “War” Claim. ‘The defense claim of a threatened war with Japan in 1921 as an excuse for Doheny's bid on the Pearl Harbor contract was belittled by the Govern- ment attorney. “I care nothing about the Japanese war scare or what the Navy had in it,” he added. “I care only about the bribery of Fall. With one hand he took a personal favor that relieved a necessity and with the other he ad- ministered public property.” Roberts claimed there was no evidence to show that Doheny had any knowledge of the so-called war scare when he gave Fall $100,000. At one time during his argument, Roberts referred to Fall as a “faithless” servant of the public and in closing his two-hour address to the jury he sald: “You have it within your power to sweep away this evidence of dreadful red stain of money, lesses and faithless- ness of trust. “If their transactions were not .cor- rupt, say so; if you think they were, saa’l so, and let the chips fly where they WilL" PUPPETS TO PERFORM Performances of the Jean Gros Ma- rionettes, one of the largest puppet shows in the world, are scheduled for tomorrow and Saturday nights at the D. A. R. Hall, Seventeenth and D streets. ‘The collection of mechanical figures, | represenitng many characters of story ISWOFFORD IS DUE® IN CAPITAL TODAY | Miss Lis Torsleff of Denmark Is Only Other Orator to Arrive. Following the scheduled arrival here today of Ben W. Swofford, Kansas City boy, who will represent the United States in the Fourth International Oratorical Contest finals Saturd night, only one of the nine contenders for the world secondary school speech- making champlonship, remaias to come to Washington. She is Miss Lis Torsleft of Denmark, spokesman for the Scan- dinavian and Upper European nations and the only girl in the contest. F. Whitnall Allen of England and Vicente Pardo Suarez of Cuba arrived in the Capital last night, reporting at contest headquarters in The Star Bulld+ ing this morning. Allen, who landed in New York last Monday, had been visiting a fellow countryman at Harvard University until his departure early yesterday, while Suarez came directly from Key West on his way up from his island home. On his championship- hunting visit bere, the Cuban is ac- companied by Dr. Juan J. Remos y Rubio, professor of literature at the University of Havana and the Institute of Havana, and- the Cuban orator's coach. Allen, the Briton, was enthusiastic here today over his stay at Harvard. Admitting that his time there permitted him opportunity to catch only “an im- pression” of the famous American in- stitution of learning, the youth dicllr!d that that impression was one of com- plete admiration for the atmosphere of the place. Suarez, the Cuban, has been some- thing of a globe trotter, having circled the world once and having visited Eu- rope several times. He has been in Washington before, his last visit here having been four years ago. He speaks English quite well and when he greeted Allen informally in the office of Ran- dolph Leigh, contest director general, this morning, he pleased his friendly opponent for world forensic honors with a declaration of fondness for the British Isle: Miss Torsleffl has been in New York since her arrival there early this week. She will reach Washington tomorrow afterncon in time to go directly to the Virginia home of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh for the formal reception in honor of the contestants. Today the international oraters who were in the Capital included, with last night's arrivals: Herbert Schaumann of Germany, Gabriel Fouche of France, Roch Pinard of Canada, Benigno Petit Lecaros of Peru, spokesman for South America, and Roberto Ortiz Gris of Mexico. BELGIAN DISPLAY OF ART T0 OPEN Exhibition Sponsored by President and King as Gesture of Amity. As a gesture of international amity, and under the joint sponsorship of the leaders of the twe co-operating nad the President of the United States the King of the Belgians, a special ex- hibition of cotemporary Belgian art has been sent to this country and will gen at the Corcoran Gallery of Art with a private view tonight. The committee of sponsorship for America consists of President Hoover, Prince Albert De l.\gul:e. the Eelgl:im Ambassador, and Princess De e. The exhibit, which is described as s cross-section of the best in Belgian ar- tistic effort during the past two decades, and which is held under the auspices of the European and American Art Committee, following the initial show- ing here in the Natlonal Capital, Wil later be taken to leading art museums throughout the United States. It will be open to public inspection tomorrow and will Tematn here on public view until November 30. Exchange of Exhibitions. The European and American Art Committee was organized for the Spe- cific purpose of promoting the exchange of international art exhibitions and the present display is but the first of such a series. Plans are already under way for sending a collection of cotemporary American art to be shown in of the Alliance Francaise. The collec- tion was brought-to America by Louls Pierard, member of the Belgian Parlia- ment, as representative of the govern= ment in charge. Catalogue Is Prepared. The catalogue has been prepared and the foreword thereto erben by Dr. Christian Brinton, noted art critic, in collaboration with M. Plerard, who is author of its introduction, and who points out therein that the crowning glory of those provinces which consti= tute present-day Belgium is beyond doubt an uninterrupted artistic tradi- tion that extends from the sixteenth century to today. ‘The exhibition includes more than 100 paintings, some 40 specimens of graphic art, and a similar number of pieces of sculpture. It is stated that only the absence from Washington of President Hoover prevents his attend- ance on the opening )mv-u view of the display, the first of its kind to be sponsored by a Chief Executive, RAILROAD OFFICIAL’S WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE Mrs. Belle-Austin Burden Charges Cruelty and Use of Intoxi- cants in Suit. Charging acts of cruelty and exces- sive use of intoxicants, Mrs. Belle-Aus- Court against Charles H. Burden, an official of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail- road, for limited divorce and The parties were married in this city , and have one child. and Raymond Neudecker appear on half of the wife. BAND CONCERT, By Band Orchestra, at 8'~nley Hall, this evening at 5:30 o'clock, John 8. M. Zim- director; Anton Pointner, Gems from musical comedv. Rita” . e book and fairy lore, require 1,500 strings to put them through their convolutions. ‘The show has played to audiences of children and adults in all quarters of { Fox trot popular, “Whispe Whisper Low” . Waltz suite,